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Rubbish

Fleshing out a paragraph with gramatical accuracy is hardly NPOV. I'm sure you'll agree that the irony of your biasness is pretty shameful

Battle of Bunker Hill

Well, can't argue with that. Page protected for 3 months. We'll see what happens then. Nishkid64 (talk) 19:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Western Wall

Why the year is mentioned as "19 BCE" instead of "19 BC"? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 03:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

The BCE/CE system is the one that has been established for that article. For more background on the Wiki policies governing choice of era dating, you might look here. Hertz1888 (talk) 03:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. Ok, thanks for the clarification. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 03:32, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - Astronomical thought for the day

I'm going to quote this from Talk:Solar_radiation and use it in my physics class today:

“Astronomical numbers are so mind-boggling, it's hard to imagine how any human can handle them. Manipulate, yes—but truly grasp? And yet, as far as we know, human consciousness is the best resource the universe has for being aware of itself!” Hertz1888 04:31, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I happened upon your comment after reading up on Ackermann’s function and Graham’s number, so pure math had me primed for this sentiment.

--Thanks! Dc3 (talk) 14:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyright warning

Hi, the page I referenced was referencing a copyrighted printed work: Rev. Geophys. Vol. 33 Suppl., © 1995 American Geophysical Union. The web page itself was not copyrighted by the AGU. Therefore, my edit was not in violation of the copyright policy. Would you kindly put back my edit? 75.67.80.68 (talk) 09:41, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

You can do that yourself (or at least can introduce material derived from it), provided you comply with the guidelines here. Per my understanding of the WP policies, lengthy excerpts (such as yours) from anywhere, whether under copyright or not, should be avoided. They may instead be rewritten in your own words, using "multiple referenced sources". Brief excerpts may be quoted, citing the source (in this case the web page).

After six months it was difficult to know what you were referring to and to locate it. Hertz1888 (talk) 12:11, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Israel lobby in the United States

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Israel lobby in the United States. Thank you. Nsaum75 (talk) 08:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

hi

ill just start deleting unsourced content from that article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.175.243 (talk) 17:22, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

From WP:VAN: "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Vandalism cannot and will not be tolerated." Also see WP:POINT. Hertz1888 (talk) 17:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Anti-Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States#Requested_move

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:Anti-Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States#Requested_move. Thank you. Nsaum75 (talk) 07:05, 25 July 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

Six-day war

Sorry about that, tryed to give the page the one date formant instead of two. will try again later hopfully with out altering direct quotes User:Silverhorse

If a few dates differ from the predominant style, correction may be in order. Per the WP:MOS, a global changeover is not acceptable - and besides, why bother? Hertz1888 (talk) 07:13, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your peer review

Hey, I just wanted to say "thanks" for all the peer review that you helped me with on the Fresh Pond and Watertown Branch Railroad articles. After my years of TXTing and IMng, my basic grammar feels pretty shoddy. Wikipedia has been one of my outlets over the summer to bring my grammar back up to par. Your edits are very much welcomed, especially as they have given me concrete examples of alternate ways to phrase my statements and diction. I know I'll get there soon. You though, have made the arduous journey a little bit easier. Thanks again. CaribDigita (talk) 02:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

What a nice message. Thank you very much. I'm glad you find my alterations instructive, and that I am able to help you come up to speed. I am fussy, and chances are that not everybody would appreciate corrections or revisions of their work. I am happy you approve.

Someone—let it be me—should thank you for your industriousness and ingenuity in finding new, well-sourced information to bring into the articles. Best wishes on your journey as a WP contributor, and in general. Hertz1888 (talk) 05:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

443

You changed "all" to "some" access roads. Which access roads exactly are open? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Potjernik (talk • contribs) 14:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

What we write must conform with the cited source. It says "several", in the third paragraph. It doesn't say "all" anywhere that I could find. Hertz1888 (talk) 15:11, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thanks for the address corrections! If you find more errors, would you be willing to log them at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues? This page contains errors that we've found and plan to report to the Register database people. Nyttend (talk) 17:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd be happy to do so. That page looks like an essential part of the feedback process. Hertz1888 (talk) 17:31, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Content dispute

Moving this here for context. Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

• {{Vandal|YehudaMedinaMizrahi}} Persistent vandalism, continuing after Last Warning. Series of warnings given on user talk page and user page, preceded initially by a period of remarkable patience by other editors while this user repeatedly depleted and disrupted a series of articles. Please administer more than a "slap on the wrist", to protect these articles. It is also likely this user is editing in the same destructive fashion as IP 24.36.128.200. Hertz1888 (talk) 06:35, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

{{AIV|c}} Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:46, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

All invitations for dialog have been ignored. User continues to leave articles in meaningless condition. Hertz1888 (talk) 06:48, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, you could take this to WP:AN3, or I could try to help you guys out... Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:50, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Whatever you can do would be welcome. Immediate help needed. This is not an edit war. The texts are turned into nonsense. Hertz1888 (talk) 06:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Ok, so, fill me in. I'll do everything I can. Riddle me one thing, though; is this an ethnic dispute? YehudaMedina seems to have some issues with specific ethnic terms. Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

That's a major part of it. A pattern of ethnic or national bias is definitely there. The effect generally is that the removal and substitution of terms leaves the text ungrammatical, confusing, depleted and frequently unreadable. Hertz1888 (talk) 07:05, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Seems like a typical Zionist view. They're commenting out all reference to Arabs or anything that refers to separate Jewish splinter groups and calling it all "Israel". I'll have a word with the editor on their talk page. Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 07:11, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

I've posted on their talk page. If you're wondering why I haven't blocked; well, I'm a bit softer than most. I like to offer people an extra chance. Hopefully, the user embraces the goodwill. I'll keep an eye on this, thanks for reporting it! :) Cheers, Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 07:14, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not as optimistic as you, because I have not seen anything positive to come from this editor, not even an edit summary in response to requests for same, but we will see. Thank you in advance for continuing to monitor. Hertz1888 (talk) 07:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

No problem! If I'm not around and the user starts to vandalize again (I have to sleep, too), just re-report it at AIV and the administrators there should deal with it. If they tell you it's a content dispute, just refer them to this discussion and explain it; they should follow up. Cheers, Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 07:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Cheers, and thanks again for your help with this. Hertz1888 (talk) 07:27, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you, Nableezy, for the quick reversion of vandalism. Hertz1888 (talk) 03:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

And to you, Zhang He. Hertz1888 (talk) 04:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)