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Dear BranStark

Your are the deceiver, Stop falsifying data if you truly fear God. If you truly believe that Judism is the true religion then there is no need for it. I have altered Judism because you have falsified data for Christianity and Islam. My response to you: It is foolish to listen to someone who will not listen to you. When you refrain from your ill actions, lies and propaganda then so will I. This is a taste of your own medicine, let's see how you will handle it. Btw how is Judism first, alphabetically Judism comes after Christainity and Islam. I will alter what I know to be false in order to protect the innocent reader from those with hidden agendas. See you soon, hope you hit the sandbox first,.

I am a Semite (Middle Eastern, arab). if you say I'm anti-Semite, then I will lodge a formal complaint. If you complain about the holocaust, My ancestors were killed and shared the same faith as the Jews in Germany so shead your crocodile tears elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.170.49.104 (talk) 21:13, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Looking back at my contribs, the only edit I made was to revert your change here which I don't find to be particularly constructive and certainly doesn't reflect my views on religion nor suggest I'm prejudice in any way. — BranStark (talk) 10:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

New section

i am sorry. that was a mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BD0C:AF0:ADC5:6474:DC4F:2040 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Since you're a new user, if you want to test the features, rather than plunging into editing and publishing things like this, try playing around in the Sandbox, thanks — BranStark (talk) 10:43, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

New Section

It,s ok and please help and improve it or adding references and external links thanks.49.150.173.176 (talk) 13:33, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the subject of the article — BranStark (talk) 13:34, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Account Creation Interface application

Are you still interested in joining the ACC Team? We're awaiting a diff verifying that you have identified to the Wikimedia Foundation (I see that you're not yet listed on the ID noticeboard). Add your statement that you have read, understand and will comply with the Request an account Guide and the Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy to a signed post here on your talk page and we'll get you approved. For now, take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 15:12, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi yeah, I was once very involved with ACC back when it started, I was even an admin on the tool but then I took a WikiBreak and my permissions revoked. I'm still waiting back from the Foundation on getting verified but I only emailed them yesterday so I'm happy to wait. — BranStark (talk) 15:19, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

I left your request in the pending list but another tool admin may decline it until your identification diff is posted. We've had a backlog for over a month that got, at one point, to two weeks behind and over 300 awaiting action. It's down below three days and 100 open requests now but we could use your help. I watchlisted your talk and will approve as soon as I see your post here (if another tool admin doesn't do it first). Take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 16:13, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi, a Steward verified me so I should be on the notice board now. I've read and agreed to the terms but I won't be active again until monday as I don't edit Wikipedia on Sundays :) — BranStark (talk) 20:36, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

"Neither ref supports claim"

I am quite sure you didn't even look at my sources before declaring that.

The very first line of my second source: Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right." http://www.thenation.com/article/agent-intolerance

A few other chocie bits: Though Falwell's influence waned in his twilight years--his approval rating among evangelicals, according to a 2006 Pew Poll, had drifted downward to 46 percent--his well-publicized gaffes continued to make him one of the most recognizable figures of the Christian right. "

"Falwell uttered countless epithets over his long life--in 1999 he warned that Tinky Winky, a character on the children's show Teletubbies, might be gay--but his most infamous remark arrived on the morning of 9/11, after the terrorist attacks, when he proclaimed, "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.30.95.32 (talk) 14:36, 20 April 2015 (UTC) 192.30.95.32 (talk) 14:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

First of all, the "Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right." was written in tiny tiny writing so obviously I missed it. Secondly your other 'choice bits' don't suggest the guy was homophobic in anyway. However, since your pointed out the above (which I missed) the article is OK — BranStark (talk) 14:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't mean to incite any argument or mean dialogue, I just thought that it was such a major part of who he was that it was worth mentioning in the beginning of the article - it's arguably what many people remember most about him. 192.30.95.32 (talk) 14:42, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

No worries! — BranStark (talk) 14:43, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Revert

Hello,

It appears that you have reverted my archive of this SPI case and left a generic template message. Could you please provide an explanation? Was this in error? Mike V • Talk 15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

I have no idea, sincerest apologies! Huggle must have screwed up somewhere! — BranStark (talk) 15:32, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Uniloc

Uniloc is a patent troll, the most oft-cited example of a patent troll. Any attempt to characterize them as anything else is disingenuous. Readers shouldn't have to scroll half way through the article to find that critical piece of information.

They (no longer) have any non-litigious business practice and to suggest that they do is patently false. To wit, of the two links you have restored, the first is content sourced directly from Uniloc itself via a self-supplied corporate profile (I think this is NPOV in wiki jargon) and the second is a broken link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.231.91 (talk) 15:50, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Regardless of your personal opinion on the company this kind of edit is unacceptable on the project — BranStark (talk) 15:53, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

MikeatFlexjobs

Hi BranStark,

Thanks for your welcome message. I am just getting the hang of this Wikipedia thing :)

To be transparent, I work at a company that has asked me to write their article for them on Wikipedia. I talk about this on my user page [[1]]

I have been working hard to keep everything neutral, objective and factual from reliable 3rd party sources. I was wondering if you could check out the page and see if you think it is ready to be submitted. It would be great to see if you think there are any red flags that I am missing.

Let me know what you think?

Mike at FlexJobs (talk) 15:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

I can't seem to find the article, the link doesn't work — BranStark (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Oopsies. Here you go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:FlexJobs

Mike at FlexJobs (talk) 15:40, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

It's definitely a start, you've included plenty of sources to promote it's notability. If you feel you can't enhance it anymore, I'd say give it a go — BranStark (talk) 15:48, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for the encouragement. I will let you know how it goes.

Mike at FlexJobs (talk) 17:21, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Talk page comments

Hi there. You can't do this[2] by the way, it violates WP:BLANKING. Cheers. --Turpin Dick (talk) 11:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm aware of the policy, however the account was created 30 minutes ago and already 3 instances of serious vandalism have taken place, including 2 personal attacks/harassment against other editors. Despite his claims his vandalism days are over, I felt it prudent the notices remained in case (like with many such cases) his disruptive edits persist. — BranStark (talk) 11:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

I agree that every mainspace edit saved by the editor was vandalism and I don't excuse it. All I am saying is that length of time and number of cases are not included in the exceptions for restoration. You can restore deletion tags during discussions or block notices but not warnings. What you need to remember is that the warnings still stand regardless of whether on display. Looks to me like he's had all four so if he vandalizes once more then you can go straight to WP:AIV with links to the vandal edit and to the warnings previously issued and then you can fall silent, within a short time he'll be blocked. --Turpin Dick (talk) 17:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

PS. Incidentally, here is where it came to my attention, I was the last to edit there and I am watching that article because of recent vandalism. Had it not been for that, I wouldn't have witnessed the rest of the chapter. I am not affiliated to the editor. --Turpin Dick (talk) 17:40, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

New section

Hey Bran Stark, Thank You so much for the message. I just want to know that if I made an article, so how can I remove the 'user' word in- "User:StuartMatthewHC" --StuartMatthewHC (talk) 03:54, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

@StuartMatthewHC: Unfortunately you can't remove the 'User:' prefix from pages within the userspace as pages here denote slots within a User's personal space. However when you create an encyclopaedic article in the article mainspace, the prefix will be dropped. — BranStark (talk) 10:22, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Frances Cobain

Hi BranStark. You think my edit was a test. Not so. I changed a "RIP Childhood" to an "RIP Childhood" with the thought and care I give to all my edits. RIP as in R I P, not "rip". I'd be very happy for my change to be put back in place. Thanks KFerg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.93.133.109 (talk) 11:18, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

@116.93.133.109: Apologies, I've reverted my revert. Not sure what happened there — BranStark (talk) 11:21, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

New section

Oh hello thank you for editing that, I didn't really see that error. Sorry for the inconvinience — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.208.240.139 (talk) 15:20, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I find that hard to believe but let this be a lesson to you that these kind of edits are not tolerated on Wikipedia — BranStark (talk) 15:22, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

RFD notice

See Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_April_21#Lisa_Falkenberg--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:02, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

ACC tool access request approved

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Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again welcome!  DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 18:32, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

No tool root was hanging around on IRC so I emailed them to ask that one of them set you as identified in the database. That could take up to a day. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 18:35, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Hey :) Welcome back - do you want me to merge your old account with your new one so you keep stats and history on the tool? [stwalkerster|talk] 18:57, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

@Stwalkerster: Hey, good to see a familiar face! Yeah, please merge my accounts, thanks — BranStark (talk) 10:22, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I also tried to enter the #wikipedia-en-accounts ^connect chat but I think I need approving. My name on there is BranStark — BranStark (talk) 10:38, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Accounts merged successfully, with a small hiccup. You probably want to check your preferences are still correct. If you have any issues logging in to the tool now, please let me know. [stwalkerster|talk] 17:59, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

@Stwalkerster:I can't see any hiccup, everything seems ok to me. Thanks! — BranStark (talk) 10:24, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

Please do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:43, 21 April 2015 (UTC) _{(Warning left in error)}

@Joseph2302: Um, please elaborate? You haven't shown any diffs and as far as I'm aware I haven't created a page that attacks anyone. Is this an error? Cheers, — BranStark (talk) 07:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Branstark, it was a error involving Twinkle. Another user was using their talkpage to attack other users, but because you were the first person to edit that talkpage, Twinkle wrongly sent the warning message to you, not them. Please feel free to ignore/delete this message. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

@Joseph2302:Ok cool, thanks for letting me know. Semi-auto tools can be temperamental at times :) — BranStark (talk) 14:44, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, BranStark. You have new messages at Hajme's talk page.
Message added 15:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hajme 15:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

New section

Apologies for the silly PM edit - ten minutes ago they decided to see how easy it was to edit a page live on Radio 4 after a politician's editing made the news - so it might be rather busy... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.31.60.1 (talk) 16:37, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Let this be a lesson — BranStark (talk) 16:39, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Author-blanked pages

In general, when a new article is tagged for speedy deletion, and the author of the page then blanks the page, this is taken as a good-faith effort on the part of the author to delete the offending material. We don't generally revert such edits, as you did here. Instead, we tag the newly blank page with {{db-author}} or {{db-g7}}. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

@WikiDan61: Yeah I know, with Huggle you can't see the entire history just the fact the content was removed. Normally, you get a message to alert you that you're reverting the person who created the article. Wasn't the case this time, strange. Apologies — BranStark (talk) 15:34, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

revisions may be vandalism

I opened a wikipedia page (without having signed in - in fact, I almost never sign in at all as I only read entries) and saw a notification as to having two messages. One was about changes to a page on the Kabbalah Center, which I cannot recall visiting, much less revising. As I work in a school, there may be other users who have made those changes. Otherwise I am at a loss as to what is the cause of those revisions.

"Artstop (talk) 22:34, 6 May 2015 (UTC)" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.247.162 (talk) 22:32, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

If you work in a school, it was probably another person who made the edits — BranStark (talk) 08:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Adoption

Dear BranStark, It was requested by Bishonen that I get a mentor. I am a new person. I looked at your page and thought it would be a good idea if I asked you to be my mentor. Thanks, Jamesarmistead25 (talk) 18:34, 26 May 2015 (UTC)Jamesarmistead25

@Jamesarmistead25: Hey, I have an adoption course which is aimed at the very amatuer editors as it goes back to the basics. When you finish the course, you should have grasped everything you need to be a competent (and confident considering all the polices that exist on here :) ) Wikipedian. If you're interested in that, let me know. You can view the classroom here User:BranStark/adoption — BranStark (talk) 10:43, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Adoption and mentorship

I am somewhat new to editing in wikipedia and want to learn alot to become an expert wikipedian. I currently live in Malaysia and I am a career academic. Please, do you have time to adopt me?

Tetelesti (talk) 17:25, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

@Tetelesti: Hey, I have an adoption course which is aimed at the very amatuer editors as it goes back to the basics. When you finish the course, you should have grasped everything you need to be a competent (and confident considering all the polices that exist on here :) ) Wikipedian. If you're interested in that, let me know. You can view the classroom here User:BranStark/adoption — BranStark (talk) 18:03, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello,

I am new to using my account on Wikipedia and I would like to constructively contribute. I have been reading Wikipedia for a long time. I now want to help the community. I would like to be adopted by you. That sounds kind of weird, but I would like some help from a more experienced user.

Yonikasz (talk) 19:56, 12 June 2015 (UTC)yonikasz

@Yonikasz: Hey, I have an adoption course which is aimed at the very amatuer editors as it goes back to the basics. When you finish the course, you should have grasped everything you need to be a competent (and confident considering all the polices that exist on here :) ) Wikipedian. If you're interested in that, let me know. You can view the classroom here User:BranStark/adoption — BranStark (talk) 10:13, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

@BranStark: I would be interested in this. Thank you so much for the offer, I am so happy to accept it. I believe that I emailed you about it, maybe you didn't get it. I just figured out how to reply to a user, hopefully that helps.Yonikasz (talk) 00:46, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Yonikasz:, Hey yeah I got your email. Apologies for the late reply, I generally try to stay away from Wikipedia on Sundays :) Anyway, I'd gladly adopt you and take you through the classroom. I've gone ahead and created an adoption subpage within your talk page here: adoption which is where all your work will be carried out. You can see there are 6 modules that need completing before passing (4 mandatory modules & 2 optional - you can pick 2 of the 4 available). If you haven't already, give this page a read User:BranStark/adoption which explains in more detail. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask — BranStark (talk) 11:27, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello there! I'm Nicole and I'm from England and would love to edit more. I enjoy editing football pages especially at this time when squad numbers are released. My most recent update was on the Peterborough United page as they have had many squad number changes which I have updated on their page. Thank you for reading, I hope you can adopt me :) Yours sincerely, Nicole Nicole towler (talk) 20:21, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Hey, @Nicole towler:! I sincerely apologise for the delay in getting back to you. I have an adoption course which is aimed at the very amateur editors as it goes back to the basics. When you finish the course, you should have grasped everything you need to be a competent (and confident considering all the polices that exist on here :) ) Wikipedian. If you're interested in that, let me know. You can view the classroom here User:BranStark/adoption — BranStark (talk) 11:23, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

I would definitely be interested in the course :) Nicole towler (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

@Nicole towler: I'd gladly adopt you and take you through the classroom. I've gone ahead and created an adoption subpage within your talk page here: adoption which is where all your work will be carried out so please add this page to your Watchlist. You can see there are 6 modules that need completing before passing (4 mandatory modules & 2 optional - you can pick 2 of the 4 available). If you haven't already, give this page a read User:BranStark/adoption which explains in more detail. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask — BranStark (talk) 16:32, 20 July 2015 (UTC)