User talk:Wilchett

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Military brat

Hi Wilchett, I have made a proposal on the discussion that I would like you to look at. Basically it is this. Military brats are the largest subcategory of Third Culture Kids (an article needing a fair amount of work.) I propose creating a new category Third Culture Kids and then creating a subcategory on military brats. This will alert those who are unfamiliar with the term that we are dealing with a scientifically studied definable term. It will let people know that we are not dealing with a mere "slang" term that those unfamiliar with the term might find offensive. Also, this will help highlight the fact that in this manner, we are not looking at the parental occupation, but rather the effects on the individual discussed.Balloonman 17:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Good faith edits to California Gold Rush

Hello, could you please hold off on edits to this article? It has had substantial review all this week prior to being a Featured Article. Please see the history diffs as noted members of the WP:CAL project, etal have looked at the article from top to bottom. Thanks, Ronbo76 04:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here are the history diffs. User:NorCalHistory did a substantial copyedit followed by a member of the copyedit committee. User:SandyGeorgia, one of the Featured Articles committee has done edits prior to it becoming Featured. Of course, after reading this, you can do edits but I would ask you to wait a day or so. Thanks, Ronbo76 04:07, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is an unacceptable request. It is normal and proper for articles to be heavily edited while they are featured on the main page, and all articles must stand on their merits at all times. The WP:CAL should be embarrassed to have left in a claim that is both unprovable and utterly improbable. In any case, they do not own the article .Wilchett 19:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about phrasing of California Gold Rush

Thanks for thinking about this article. An observation - this is the kind of discussion that might be more productive if it were taking place not in the middle of dealing with lots of vandals and other people making similar good faith, well-intended edits. It's just difficult to give the attention that your edit deserves today for the next four hours.

First, please notice that this statement is in the lead section. It is by definition a summary intro statement. If you'll look at the original phrasing, it says "many" not "everyone" returned with little more than they started with. There is then substantial detail in the main text about who did and did not profit from the Gold Rush, depending on when they arrived, and what they did when they got there. Your phrasing "most" I don't believe to be adequate for a lead section (or accurate), and it is unsourced, so I'm going to revert a second time.

Again, you are welcome to edit the article at any time. However, as a courtesy to the dozens of people who have worked on this mature article, would you be kind enough to bring suggested changes to the talk page first, so everyone can weigh on your thinking before making your third revert (see WP:3RR). NorCalHistory 19:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Again I repeat that your attitude is out of order. You do not own the article and you are not entitled to instruct people not to edit any article in any circumstances. This applies to every word of every article with no exceptions whatsoever and it is irrelevant who has edited the article or how often. It is most emphatically not a requirement of wikipedia that edits should be discussed on the talk page first. I also regard your preemptive reference to WP:3RR as intimidatory. You have a nerve to talk about lack of sources when your own nonsensical claim was non-sourced. Wilchett 19:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, I have only edited that point twice, so I cannot breach WP:3RR with my next edit. Wilchett 20:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that further reply would be productive. I believe that other editors looking at this request (from several of us) would agree that is a sensible request. NorCalHistory 20:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You think that people would agree that once one has gathered a few friends together it is fine to ride roughshod over the basic principles of Wikipedia? Somehow I think not. Wilchett 16:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings

Thank you for the edit on my Categories for Colo Av Hist Society. LanceBarber

Category:Settlements by region

As per your comment on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 15#Category:Settlements by region, I was wondering if you could comment at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 May 18#Category:Settlements in Kurdistan. -- Cat ^chi? 07:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Seaside resorts in Saudi Arabia

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Resorts in Saudi Arabia

A tag has been placed on Category:Resorts in Saudi Arabia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Category:Spa towns in Montenegro has been nominated for merging

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