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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Tellyguy (talk | contribs) at 12:26, 8 January 2014 (Deletion of my bio amendments: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Susan Blond article: I believe the claim is significant enough to warrant inclusion, however the source for it is an interview with Boy George posted on YouTube (a blacklist site?) - I do not know the original source. Greeneditor491 (talk) 04:30, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mahusha

Please help me to create the article London Greek Commitee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahusha (talkcontribs) 12:39, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

woodbridge photo fix

many thanks.--ColonelHenry (talk) 01:32, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reblocking Chief of all chiefs

Hi, Please reblock Chief of all chiefs with email access disabled because, this user might still do personal attacks and/or harassments by email even if blocked.

 Done Materialscientist (talk) 23:31, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Austria page

When I went to the page it said "Hello sonny boy my bicc boyyyy" and the country fact box was gone. I was trying to delete it. The page that was displayed was the one last revised by Brenodn245, and not the one by MusikAnimal. So, I tried to change it back to the original one that didn't say "Hello sonny my bicc boyyy" but accidently reversed the edit by MusikAnimal. I don't know why it was displaying the Brenodn245 edit instead of MusikAnimal which was the most recent edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.57.189.125 (talk) 00:43, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eric of google

Good Faith policy does not prohibit criticizing someone when evidence is available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.211.88.35 (talk) 01:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://allthingsd.com/20131125/eric-schmidts-easy-four-step-guide-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/

you can also have a look into this.You can also check his google+ profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.211.88.35 (talk) 01:15, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Difference between revisions"

Whelp, you just restored a duplicated section. Good on you for not bothering to check the comparison, but I'm not fixing your mistake for you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.238.113.60 (talk) 01:53, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, fixed. Materialscientist (talk) 01:58, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain what you mean by this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:1.127.170.154

I don't recall editing Wiki in the past 6 months. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.127.170.154 (talk) 15:44, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It means that someone else had recently used this IP to commit vandalism before you got it. If you, personally, did not make the vandalism edit, then ignore the warning.--Mr Fink (talk) 17:25, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Calfmessy

Hi, could you determine if Calfmessy (talk · contribs), already blocked, is another Fernando-the-King's sock? I didn't report it before now because I was waiting for some more evidence, anyway Calfmessy repeated a vandalism made by BoomBamChuk in STAR Sports. Secondly, I report the presence of some annoying IPs from the usual range in 2013 World Touring Car Championship season. –Gpmat (talk) 21:08, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CU-wise, Calfmessy is very likely Fernando-the-King. I have semi-protected 2013 World Touring Car Championship season. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 07:22, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good work

I seem to keep running into you while patrolling recent changes and my watchlist. Keep up the good work, it's really appreciated (even when you do beat me to an edit). Novusuna talk 23:32, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail!

Hello, Materialscientist. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 17:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

MusikAnimal talk 17:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi Materialscientist. I got a message from you, I am not very familiar with much of Wikipedia, and I am not sure I know how to properly reply. Your message probably had to do with the removal of my edit to the "avogadro constant" wiki page. I do not understand why anybody may have done that. What I know for sure is the the reported motivation for the removal is ridiculous. If you care to reply, please do so by email at the address stehbar@gmail.com. regards - Stefano Baroni — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefanobaroni (talkcontribs) 13:06, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I recently made an edit to Ukiah, California in which I added the famous and renowned Tattoo Artist, Lyle Tuttle to the list of Notable people. Lyle Tuttle is the reason tattooing is as popular as it is today, which I'm sure you have the slightest idea about. However, Kat Von D is listen in the notable people of Monterrey, Mexico. Kat Von D wouldn't even be an apple in the public's eye had it not been for Lyle Tuttle's contributions to the industry. Pull your head out of your ass and give Mr. Tuttle the recognition he deserves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.151.104.91 (talk) 03:56, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 2013

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Edit to Arnold Clark

It looked (and still looks) to me that all the references in the Arnold Clark article are to Arnold Clark websites, hence I would suspect an inherent bias. I felt (and feel) this should be pointed out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.16.222.31 (talk) 12:32, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added to the article. It looks like there is a BBC News reference there too. Acalycine talk 08:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IP making hoax edits on BLPs

Hello, I noticed that you just reverted an edit made by 112.210.102.97 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). I have just reverted another edit by the same IP, a hoax edit (diff) on Dolphy, a BLP about a deceased Filipino actor, changing the article to look as if the actor is still alive and active. The same type of edit on Dolphy, plus similar edits on multiple other BLPs, were made by 112.207.221.104 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) three days ago (diff), an IP that was subsequently blocked as a sock of long-term vandal User:Christian2941, with a lot of clean-up required afterwards, and also by 112.207.192.211 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (diff) (an IP that I haven't noticed until now, but that has made the same type of hoax edits as the other two). So I would appreciate if you would apply a quick block to the new IP112.210.102.97, based on WP:DUCK, and perhaps also to IP112.207.192.211 (even though that IP doesn't seem to be active now) so that we can minimize the damage... Thomas.W talk to me 14:45, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re Changes to Wingham Article

Hello friend,

While I certainly appreciate your concern for the integrity and accuracy of the articles posted on this site, I assure you that my recent edit to the page was nothing, if not accurate. You see, I am actually from the town in question and thus have a fairly accurate understanding of it and its people. 124.168.26.71 (talk) 17:09, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What you have done is called original research. Take a look at WP:ORIGINAL. Acalycine talk 08:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Growlers Greatest sHits Album

Hello, Your concern about my edit is reasonable as it does involve a word that may be considered vulgar, and I'm glad that there are people who monitor the pages to ensure that the content is as helpful as possible. With that being said, the name of the album is Greatest sHits. It is an obvious play on words that the band has used to name their album. My only intention was to provide truthful information in order to ameliorate the false information provided. Thank you for expressing your concern and if you need proof this link will no doubt provide it. http://www.last.fm/music/The+Growlers/Greatest+sHits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.15.211.169 (talk) 23:23, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks, corrected that. Materialscientist (talk) 23:26, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Statement regarding "Most Scientists believe..."

Good point, and my apologies. Thanks for the advice. I made other edits that you undid, so i will revert it, just to get access to those many other edits. I will certainly put "Some scientists" and place a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwratner1 (talkcontribs) 03:16, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Omar Epps

If you look at Mike Tomlin's page on Wikipedia, it states that he looks like Omar Epps so I don't know how my edit is so bad... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.243.47.253 (talk) 04:45, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adrien Broner

Hey, thanks for blocking the IP vandalizing the Adrien Broner article. I was wondering if you could semi-protect the page as well? I see that a request was put in a few hours ago but nothing has happened yet. The subject just lost a title fight in boxing and the IPs are having a field day berating him. Thanks. SQGibbon (talk) 06:26, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks for protecting the page! SQGibbon (talk) 06:33, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tonga

I've noticed that in the article on Tonga, one or more editors have kept adding statistics from a religious organization; other editors have reverted with clear edit summaries; it's going back and forth. Do you have time to look at it and perhaps protect the page? Note the difference in a population figure between 17,000 and 60,000!CorinneSD (talk) 23:52, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Harvey Littleton edit re death

I edited the entry on Harvey Littleton. Not sure how to add sources on the page itself, so I didn't do that, but here are some sources that I found:

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass http://contempglass.org/news/entry/in-memoriam-harvey-littleton

Washington Glass School http://washingtonglass.blogspot.com/2013/12/in-memoriam-harvey-k-littleton.html

184.60.37.25 (talk) 06:37, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I was fixing that, but got distracted. Materialscientist (talk) 07:32, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bollineni Hillside

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bollineni_Hillside&diff=prev&oldid=586301060 Hi regarding revertion of my changes in Bollineni Hillside is a relavent. Wikepedia is being used BSCPL builders for township for marketing. Lots of the folks are being duped them especially NRI in USA,UK,Middlle East,etc. I am posting these comments so that it can save the hard earned money for people. You can check the fustration of people in the below link and how the builder is threatening the people.

http://www.chellamuthu.com/2013/05/bollineni-hillside-problems.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.185.48.13 (talk) 07:11, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AshokSundari

In that article you are inserting sources which are unvalid. WP:RS clearly states that only academic sources like books can be used as references for mythological articles. None of the sources in that article are academic sources. Also those sources provide incorrect and inaccurate information and are unreliable. They say that Ashok Sundari married Nahusha and Yayati was grandfather of Nahusha. However in actual Nahusha married Viraja daughter of Pitrs not Shiva. Also Yayati was son of Nahusha. Wrong information itself is a sign of unreliability.

This English translation of Padma Purana tells about Nahusha and Yayati but does not mention any Ashok Sundari:

As far as this matter is concern it is atleast proved she is not mentioned in Padma Purana. Also she is actually only a character in a play [ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1090&dq=Ashok+Sundari&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HxTKULaAHtHoiQLQ_4CYDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Ashok%20Sundari&f=false] by Sambhu Prasad. MythoEditor (talk) 09:25, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Taslim Arif (Cricketer)

Hello, my name is Mariumarif and I'm late Taslim Arifs daughter. I'm trying to update his page but somehow you keep deleting it. Please help me and tell me how can I edit his page and and some of more information. Regards, Maryam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariumarif (talkcontribs) 08:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Atomic number in Avogadro constant

I see that the change I suggested on the (atomic number -> atomic weight) on the Avogadro constant page was reverted back to atomic number. Carbon-12 has an atomic weight of 12. The paragraph is incorrect in two places and should be changed. Marc Gagné 17:39, 17 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcgagne0 (talkcontribs)

The atomic weight of hydrogen is not 1 [1]. Could you tell where the paragraph is incorrect as it stands? Materialscientist (talk) 21:55, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your message to me

I did not make any edits. I didn't even know someone could. Are you sure you got the right person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.156.163 (talk) 22:35, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CUFFARO EXPELLED FROM THE MEDICAL ORDER

Hello Materialscientist, may i ask you why you reverted the last edit ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.193.20 (talk) 03:08, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

just in case this is the source

http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/05/05/news/salvatore_cuffaro_radiato_dall_ordine_dei_medici-15807751/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.193.20 (talk) 03:10, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

SOURCE FOR CUFFARO EXPULSION FROM THE MEDICAL ORDER

Hello Materialscientist, may i ask you why you reverted the last edit about Cuffaro being expelled from the Medical Order ?

Just in case this is the source :

http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/05/05/news/salvatore_cuffaro_radiato_dall_ordine_dei_medici-15807751/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.193.20 (talk) 03:14, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had to accept your edit

Heya. I don't quite understand why this edit was showing up on my watchlist as needing accepting. You're an admin, so I thought it should have approved that automatically; it does with me. Was it becauase there were two previous IP edits that also needed approving (by different IPs to the one you reverted?). The logistics of PC does confuse me sometimes. GedUK  12:09, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This happens very often, and I don't know why (I can accept my revert, but only after the revert). I guess it is a PC bug, maybe related to delays in refreshing the wiki database, but I haven't studied it. Materialscientist (talk) 13:03, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it might be delays, but there were several hours between yuor edit and me logging in. I'll see whether I can replicate it or see another instance and report it somewhere. Thanks! GedUK  13:55, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


I am cognitive scientist and I am undoing your done because the contents you have written is discriminatory and biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.196.127.10 (talk) 13:50, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Kewell

Hello, I made my changes to this page again and included a change comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WayneBiggins (talkcontribs) 14:05, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wolff Kishner

Hi, I appreciate you trying to improve my page. However, I do not like the citing style that you introduced. I think my references look quite chaotic now, but I guess that is a question of personal taste. If you make those changes however, I think you should follow proper citing styles and use journal abbreviations as I used them. If you look in any kind of professional essay, you will see that abbreviations are commonly used. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.103.93.150 (talk) 15:57, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not Materialscientist, but I think he was reformatting your citations/references to fit with WP:CITE, the most common citation/reference style used on Wikipedia. Acalycine talk 08:10, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

electron microscope images

Hi

I'm the Wikipedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum in London. I've been offered a small amount of time for someone to take electron microscope images of entomology specimens in the collection. Do you have any recommendations of species? Can you suggest places I could ask where people might be interested in this? I've added messages to Commons Village Pump and Wikiproject Insects so far.

Thanks

John

Range block for IP-hopping vandal on Space Elevator?

Hello Materialscientist, Thanks for the block on the IP edit-warring on Space Elevator. It now looks like he's IP-hopping and continuing the same war. Exact same wording, no efforts to form consensus. It looks like his current range of IPs is 74.82.64.xx. Do you have range blocking powers? What about semi-protection (for a very limited time like a day or a week)? Any other ideas about how to manage this? Skyway (talk) 18:41, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. We got a one-week semi-protection by another Admin while I was posting above. Skyway (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References for the Editing the page content of 'Tristutik'

The reference books are: "Jain Parampara no Itihas" - available on www.jainlibrary.org " Gacchh Mat Prabandh" - available on www.jainlibrary.org " Chaturstuti Niranay Shankoddhar" available on www.jainlibrary.org I am not sure about the source for the existing content - who provided this and where is it from? Please forward the information if you have so. I am one the followers of the tristutik gacchh. I noticed this discrepancy so I edited it. If you need any further information, I can send images of the pages from the books I mentioned above. Thanks, Hemin Sanghvi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heminsanghvi (talkcontribs) 20:54, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tristutik

"The Tristutik Gaccha was reformed by Acharya Rajendrasuri."

This line is not given in the two references mentioned on the wikipedia page. Other information is 100% correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heminsanghvi (talkcontribs) 20:58, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reversal of rolls: vandals making it look like they are trying to remove so you keep it in.

I have seen this today on four different articles: McAfee, BBC Radio 1, Norton AntiVirus, and Heart (radio network). One of the editors copy & pastes a section from one area of the article into another location or new section. Three out of four times it has been a section like "Criticisms" being moved into the lead, or an "Overview" section. On these three the initial copy & paste was done by User:Mark D Hemmingway (see notes on his talk page).

After the initial addition of text multiple other editors come in looking like vandals and remove it multiple times. Usually leaving an edit summary that directly points at vandalism (e.g. "because it is CRAAAAP that's why"). Some regular users see this and revert these edits thinking they are vandalism when in reality the edits being reverted are actually removing the cleverly disguised disruptive edit/vandalism. The point appears to be to get the original edit to be part of the article, by the inertia/confusion of multiple editors reverting it back in.

The following editors participated in this today, all with the exception of User:Mark D Hemmingway and 188.28.240.27 are now banned:

I am mentioning this to you because you were one of the editors who was reverting back in the disruptive edit on two of the pages, . You might want to keep a look out for this type of activity in the future. Makyen (talk) 11:39, 20 December 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I saw your cleanup and am really grateful for that. Meanwhile I came to the same conclusions as you summed up above, but I'm still pondering about all that (also don't have much time, thus this is just a quick note). Materialscientist (talk) 11:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is the long-term abuser Evlekis, Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Evlekis. Sorry, it took me too long to figure this out (I wasn't familiar with him). Materialscientist (talk) 11:59, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Thanks for taking care of him/her. From the sockpuppet investigation, his sockpuppet category, and the edits I saw this one is definitely persistent. Thanks again. Makyen (talk) 22:06, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up on a repeating vandal

Heads up. You blocked User talk:68.112.216.230 for the same edit as this filtered edit. I warned and watchlisted this account. -- Alexf(talk) 15:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

I thank you because you have made many helpful contributions.

The Namin Sa (talk) 23:49, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Randolph Mantooth

I changed the DOB because in multiple interviews the actor has stated that he was 21 when the series Emergency began and since they began officially filming in 1971 then it is factual proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parabluemedic (talkcontribs) 01:16, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actors lie about their age. Please provide reliable sources. Materialscientist (talk) 02:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Hey Materialscientist, I just wanted to take a few moments to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (If you don't celebrate Christmas, then feel free to take it as a Merry Saphala Ekadashi or a Happy Oshogatsu, or whatever you like.) I just wanted to express my appreciation for all you do for Wikipedia, and for the help you've provided to me personally. Thankyou. Zaereth (talk) 01:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, same to you! Materialscientist (talk) 02:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gun (video game)

Can you do something about or inform an administrator that something needs to be done about user Silver Wolf Voki on the Gun wiki page. This user keeps putting false information about a sequel for the game[2]. The link to this states Four oh four! This is not the page you are looking for. Sorry, the page you were looking for can’t be found. Try going back to the homepage instead?.[3] I've searched that website for something about a sequel and I came up with nothing.108.82.5.224 (talk) 02:10, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Recent Changes Barnstar
Well done! For your work patrolling Recent Changes and constantly beating me, Novusuna and many other patrollers to the many rollbacks you do. Thank you. Acalycine talk 08:02, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Automatically archiving your talk page

I noticed that you get a large volume on your talk page and that you archive it using a partial edit history method. Would it not be easier to set up auto-archiving, with a short time to archive (e.g. 7 days, or less), rather than have to take the time to empty this page every month? If it is that you desire to be able to take a break every once in a while without the new threads being archived, you can always turn it off prior to a break or revert the archiving if you forget to do so. Just wondering. (no reply needed) Makyen (talk) 22:20, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just a reminder...

Please don't mark non-minor edits as minor. This revert[4] was not a minor edit. I've just re-added the material to the article, but even if it had been vandalism, removing 570 bytes of content isn't 'minor'. Thanks for reading. Robofish (talk) 23:06, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverts are automarked as minor edits by the wikisoftware. Thus you came to a wrong talk about that. Materialscientist (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

On Quantum Gravity

Hi Material Scientist,

Regarding quantum gravity (QG): It is said by many that QG still has no definitive battleground. I wonder, what makes someone like yourself an authority on QG to judge the validity of different approaches? Would it be better to allow some new approach that has a solid quantum logical foundation to be known rather than to continue the promotion of untestable and deemed "not even wrong" approaches by many? Thanks for your attention. dfyytj — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfyytj (talkcontribs) 15:20, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This case is not about validity, but notability - your references are too weak for a new theory. See WP:Fringe. Materialscientist (talk) 15:32, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


where i made a mistake??

you gave a little warning on my talk page that I removed some content? 69.22.169.108 (talk) 09:29, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, here [5]. Materialscientist (talk) 09:31, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Glad Tidings and all that ...

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 20:08, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Single stack .45c Glock 21 magazine

In this edit[6] an anon user added a sales site source for a single stack cartridge which is not a desirable source. I'd love to find the magazine in a source like the "2012 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide" but the catalog doesn't mention the magazine stacking. I did find a picture of the actual 10 round and it is single stack but the Glock site is no help. You have better source inventory? I started helping on the gun and ammo pages from working on a modification of the Fallout 3 game and found sourcing frustrating as it's almost all commercial sales and advertising sites. Alatari (talk) 06:51, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to publish an article but you undid

You undid my article which I was trying to publish based on OMNOVA Solutions. Our Company name is Immortal Computer Lab Pvt Ltd (eximon.com). Kindly revert my article. Thanks --Amarjit Singh-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amarjitsingharora (talkcontribs) 10:57, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was considered that MC Hammer's music was just garbage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.32.59.126 (talk) 20:14, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Swamp

Today, an editor with an IP address beginning with 88 made a silly edit to Swamp. Another editor reverted it. That IP editor responded by blanking the page. A different editor undid that. The IP editor blanked the page again, and a different editor undid that. I believe that IP editor just made one more silly edit, and a different editor undid that. Is there any way to block that IP address editor?CorinneSD (talk) 20:46, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clovis Watson Article

Hi,

You contacted me stating my recent changes to the Clovis Watson article provided no reliable sources.

While I have ample sources for everything I wrote in that article - I will not dispute I did not provide them.

However - There are three thing cited to back up the entirety of the rest of the article. If you are going to "patrol" for sources - then I suggest perhaps you might erase the rest of the article other than that which states his date of birth, etc. and the fact that he "is" in the House of Representatives and that he "did" switch parties (the only things with sources to back them up - even though the Gainesville Sun, especially with regard to Clovis Watson, is hardly a reliable source.

Nothing in that article is produced via sources - it is all fictitious propaganda created by the people who "operate" Clovis Watson.

Let's start with easy stuff. You removed for example my corrections to his academic records. What sources exist to back up the claims made currently.

I know that this information is false - because I have his actual transcripts (and have placed them on scribd (http://www.scribd.com/collections/2280041/Proof-of-Fraud-Academic-Fraud-Clovis-Watson). I have also done all the research to uncover the multiple elements of fraud involved in those claims - including having all of his "earlier" resumes (his own produced resume is NOT a "reliable source" by the way). These include claims to OTHER degrees he never earned.

Perhaps if you don't like my re-edits - you would at least start with the transcripts - and "fix" the fictions put onto Wikipedia by Watson and his allies. They even removed my previous edits - where I added the link above to the actual transcripts - because they did not want anyone to see them.

Please let me know when you do. I certainly would hate to see all the rest of the false claims made in that "article" kept up on Wikipedia without a single reliable source.

Or do you want me to re-write the edits - and use those transcripts to provide a DETAILED point by point PROOF of the many, many lies being told by Watson in that article? And then go from there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.89.158.131 (talk) 21:31, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Materialscientist,

Thank you for removing the links I added on the Photon and Virtual Photon pages so quickly. These were my first attempts to contribute to Wikipedia and it was heartening to know that someone is paying such close attention. Regarding your advice to look at the welcome page, actually I read it in detail and it said " Don't be afraid to edit – anyone can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to be bold" As other Wikipedia editing information indicated, I thought a link to very pertinent information would be appreciated.

In the spirit of fostering future online cooperation I suggest you read "The Decline of Wikipedia" here: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/

Since you have not had a chance to read the paper "The Two Body Photon" formerly available from the link you removed ( https://sites.google.com/site/twobodyphoton/ ) I suggest you read it now so that you can advise me in how to incorporate the information it contains into the Wikipedia information. Since I am new at editing Wikipedia I will need help correcting the errors in the Wikipedia article. It appears if I edit it myself it will just be reverted anyway so there is no sense in wasting my time as long as you are around. Please read the paper carefully and with an open mind and enjoy the holidays! K0RTD (talk) 00:28, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Washington Huskies

Thanks for deleting my post about the Fuskies. You must be a big UW fan. Truth hurts, doesn't it? All those losses adding up, it must hurt a bit. I understand that as a wikipedia administrator you have the right to delete posts you don't agree with, so that's why I'm not going to bother redoing my edit, because you're going to just go ahead and delete it again. All I have to say is that you and I both know what the truth is, the Huskies suck, they've lost to Oregon every year for the past decade and you're just going to have to deal with getting blown out for the next 10+ years. Go Ducks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.92.34 (talk) 11:19, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How's this for proof, moron. Bet you remember this pretty clearly: [[7]]

  • 2004: Oregon 31, Washington 6
  • 2005: Oregon 45, Washington 21
  • 2006: Oregon 34, Washington 14
  • 2007: Oregon 55, Washington 34
  • 2008: Oregon 44, Washington 10
  • 2009: Oregon 43, Washington 19
  • 2010: Oregon 53, Washington 16
  • 2011: Oregon 34, Washington 17
  • 2012: Oregon 52, Washington 21
  • 2013: Oregon 45, Washington 24
  • And counting.... Screw you, and screw your Huskies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.92.34 (talk) 11:35, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas

Wikipedia is intended to be an encyclopeadia of ongoing information and it cannot be so if small minded people like yourself delete contributions that you know nothing of - doing so drags Wiki back into the dark ages, Please reinstate my contribution to Munchausen By Proxy as it is very germaine to the whole topic. I see you make a habit of nitpicking for selfagrandisement which is not the ethos of wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.249.41.104 (talk) 16:45, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:No personal attacks, please. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 16:51, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's Baaaaaaaaaack

Hi, the Indonesian category spammer you blocked last night, 125.164.61.218, is back at/as 36.74.205.62 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)--Mr Fink (talk) 16:53, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ki Hajar Dewantara

If you have time, would you look at the last few edits to Ki Hajar Dewantara? An editor removed a category, "Indonesian revolutionaries", with an edit summary saying something to the effect that this is a subjective term and that it needs to be discussed/sourced. The editor who had added the category undid that, but the edit summary made no sense to me, so today I undid that, with an edit summary saying that the edit summary had made no sense, and urged the editor to discuss it on the Talk page. The original editor again undid my edit, adding the category back in, but I still don't understand the edit summary.CorinneSD (talk) 17:24, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I do see a brief comment on the article's Talk page, but I do not know if that is sufficient reason to add the category.CorinneSD (talk) 17:34, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Omura's whale

Hi, I am really sorry that somehow I forgot to reply to your message to me long time ago...

I will try to search any available images of the species. When I find it, I will post it.

Sincerely — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamera1123 (talkcontribs) 04:23, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
thank you for the advice!!! Niknonu (talk) 05:26, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please clarify which article that I edited that you deleted while citing no references.

I received a message from you stating that you deleted a change that I made to a wiki article. I am not sure which you are referring to and would appreciate further clarification. I regularly edit wiki entries dealing with corporate culture and specifically articles dealing with the ENRON CORP fraud. My goal is to correct misleading information about those crimes. My source is direct personal observations and experiences. I worked at ENRON CORP before Ken Lay did and I was in the next room when he got his job. I have multiple direct interfaces with him and other executives both at corporate headquarters and at field locations. When it became obvious to many of use that Lay was engaged in criminal activities, I left. I then worked for Enron's lead bank, First City Bancorp of Texas where I was hired by the CEO & Chairman of that bank. I also worked directly with the CEO of what was called Collecting bank and that CEO was the first CEO of Enron Corp. The last job that I had before retirement was a VP of JP Morgan Chase which became Enron's lead bank. Later I was a party to the class action suit against JPM Chase for conspiracy and collusion with Enron in it's crimes. I think that I am in a unique position to comment about most things about Enron. I have tons of Enron documentation and many documents that were never made public. I could go on but it might be in vain unless you could reference the wiki listing you mentioned. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.125.254.29 (talk) 07:51, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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Flat Out let's discuss it

undo mistake

mr. material scientist if you dont mind shall i again do the edit. because i bet people would like mine than yours. so let us have a small competition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.193.151 (talk) 08:59, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Theatre royal drury lane

You r right, this was a mistake! Please can you undo it! Had no idea it was so easy to make edits, will take care not to do this in the future. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.67.116 (talk) 12:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr

Hello Materialscientist,

I received an email from you stating that I made an edit to the above subject. The subject is my father. I added my mother's name as his wife, Ameenah (nee Lucia Iltchenko). They've been married for 58 years. I don't need "permission" to edit information about my family. Thank you. I would like my edit to remain on the page. Thank you again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magicwoman786 (talkcontribs) 14:13, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I wanted to know how my response was a copyright violation. I cited all my sources. If I am doing something incorrectly could you please help me? I undid it but I can change it as necessary. Thanks

216.138.103.10 (talk) 04:33, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citing references avoided plagiarism, but it is still a copyright violation - the authors did not allow to reproduce their work. Materialscientist (talk) 04:57, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Okay I removed the copyright violation material. You did not need to be so rude about it. Thank you for directing me in the right direction. Your input on that topic is also appreciated. I will ask for help if I need any additional help. I think you assume all new users are here to hurt the site and I am not. I hope that you can help me rather than revert everything and provide some insight into how to go about working on articles.

74.174.50.201 (talk) 19:07, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Khatri page

I understand your comments on the talk page but if you note the language and level of discussioin and abuse on the talk page for Khatri it does not stimulate any decent level of discussion. If you note my changes, they are simply removing personal and unverifiable comments in the article. Not sure how we can get this page protected but the current data on the page is of extremely low quallity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indianuser11 (talkcontribs) 06:35, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Objectivity does not skate English Wikipedia

What claims to the phrase "Maybe they are connected with the disappearance of Chechen 300,000 three hundred thousand Chechens are not" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsianen (talkcontribs) 10:45, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incomprehensible, speculative, unsourced. Materialscientist (talk) 10:55, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

look at the demographic data in this same article if you haven't deleted

Hello, you wrote me about your noticing that I didn't support my changes with citations to a reliable resource. Thank you for your interest in it and I understand how you might feel about what you've said. However, according to my change, I have already added two more citations to the page. I know that I could have make it more circumspect too but that's not necessary because the citation that I added have already covered all the content in that page and enough to let it published.

Therefore, I will correct it again a bit more, even though I think I have already done it enough in the previous version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trakarom (talkcontribs) 11:28, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there is a suggestion: write a controversial paragraph does not remove the information from each other but complementing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsianen (talkcontribs) 11:47, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re. room temperature superconductor

Hi, just to let you know I am co-authoring a paper on replication of one of Joe Eck's materials. Seems that Eck although on the fringes of the scientific community really has discovered a lot of materials and new physics that deserves special recognition.

The material is the "Ultra YBCO" doped with strontium titanate, and at this point I am contacting several science journals as the material clearly demonstrates a Meissner effect at nearly double the current record of 138K. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.72.157.146 (talk) 15:21, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You recently blocked this editor under a different account. And she says on her user page that she's been blocked before that. Should you block again, or does WP:Clean start factor into this? 68.15.208.87 (talk) 03:17, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

mike shanahan edit

you changed my edit, but you too didn't include a citation... ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.166.144.39 (talk) 15:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

Hi there and Happy 2014! The talkpage for Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba is messed up after some botched moves. I'd fix it if I were sure I wouldn't make it worse. Can you take a look? No worries if you're busy with other things. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:16, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved that talk back and don't see further problems, but I've looked at all this only for a few seconds, thus poke me if I missed something. Happy New Year. 01:54, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Looks good. Many thanks! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:28, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peach foliage damage by earwigs

Hi Materialscientist. Just received your request for a reference for earwigs eating peaches. The only reference I have at hand is a German-language gardening website, but it has a couple of photos showing the characteristic damage:

http://forum.garten-pur.de/index.php?board=25;action=display;threadid=35543;start=0

I suppose the photo is copyrighted, otherwise I might have tried adding it.

My hunch is that earwig damage is due to the early mild springs we have been having in the past 2 decades, here in England at least. Added to the fact that the little monsters feed nocturnally, most people have not noted earwigs as a pest in the traditional textbooks. You need a torch after dusk to see them: 3-4 of them on each tip! Small trees are killed, established ones survive but do not bear fruit, as the blossom is eaten first. A greaseband applied just before the blossom solved the problem for me: we had a crop of over 100 nectarines per tree in 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.36.35 (talk) 10:03, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dating BC

Why did you revert from 1600-1500 BC on the Saffron page? From my understanding when providing a date range it is correct to write the oldest year first i.e.

I've reverted [8] addition of spamlink and inconsistent date style (mix up of BC/BCE). Materialscientist (talk) 23:01, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Materialscientist, despite his mixup of BC/BCE styles, Jjohns71 does have a valid point re putting the oldest date in a date range first. I've cleaned it up. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 02:26, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shared IP

Ugh.... apparently mine is a shared IP. I never made the 'edits' in question and thoroughly agree that they should have been quashed. I already have (and use) a wiki userid. Thanks

Change to a name

Julian Fenton is my brother. Many of what's written is incorrect and we'll be making more changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.213.249.197 (talk) 13:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Violation of WP:Outing

See https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AReligious_interpretations_of_the_Big_Bang_theory&diff=583256124&oldid=561512454 I have no idea who the IP is or how they got the information but publishing another users personal information (e.g. name) violates WP:OUTING. Anything you can do? Cheers and happy new year Polyamorph (talk) 15:11, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry for modiffying the article about space exploration on wikipedia. I wanted to discuss my point of view with someone as I think the world spends far to much money on space exploration. Yet again I am sorry for violiting the rules of editing in wikipedia as I didn't know about this rules.
Rvpt (talk) 21:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC) rpt Rvpt (talk) 21:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Arthurrrrr12

This user, whom you blocked indef over three years ago, is requesting unblock for the third time. It's been long enough since both the block and the last request that I think we could let him start anew (since his current request seems to show some maturity). Plus it's the New Year, so why not? Daniel Case (talk) 23:25, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Happy New Year. Materialscientist (talk) 23:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hersi Matmuja

Hi, I've seen that you have reverted edits by another user in this page, saying that a reliable source is needed. In the talk page of that voice I have published several reliable sources (including a question asked directly to the person in object) that prove that her birth name is Hersjana Matmuja and that her stage name is Hersi Matmuja, but still now other users don't think that those sources are reliable. They say that the only reliable source is eurovision.tv website and other Wikipedia versions of that voice... Good, but now that also eurovision.tv website has corrected the error (without considering that some other version of Wikipedia, like the Swedish one, already talked about the error and reported the correct version of the name), nothing has changed and edits are still reverted. So the question that now I ask to you is: which reliable source prove that the singer's name is Herciana? No one! --ale83_webmaster (talk) 01:08, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could I have an answer, please? Thanks in advance. --ale83_webmaster (talk) 14:15, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps a more well mannered text would give you the attention you want. Just as you say now that the text has been changed in the eurovision.tv source and it has been "corrected" it could perhaps be changed. But for that to happen you can not act like a angry brat towards the one you want to make the change. You can not expect people to be polite towards you and take notice of your requests if you are not polite back. Just a tip. regards--BabbaQ (talk) 23:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
But considering how you have POV pushed this I would still be surprised if Materialscientist responds to you. Just being honest. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 23:47, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think I've ever written anything ill-mannered in my comments, but the only "wrong" thing that I did was to insist too much. If I did this, though, it was only because I found people like you and other ones who, even after I brought the evidence that showed that in the Wikipedia article there was a mistake, you have denied the obvious and continued to keep the mistake, saying also that, although in the future the error had been corrected in your reliable source, PERHAPS it would have been corrected on Wikipedia (and you've just confirmed this also in the comment immediately above), as if you are the only one who can decide what is right and what is wrong.
However, I'm not angry with you, and if I exaggerated, I apologize to you. If you want, we can go back to the talk page of the article to discuss and face the issue quietly, with both of us evaluating each other's opinions and then peacefully we can decide what to do. What do you think about this? Best regards, ale83_webmaster (talk) 00:29, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Backlogged

Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention Please help! Thanks! ///EuroCarGT 04:33, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this is not my area of activity. Materialscientist (talk) 04:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, darn! Have a good day then! ///EuroCarGT 04:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain why you deleted my user page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devil Digital (talkcontribs) 06:08, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:SOAP. Materialscientist (talk) 07:23, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your Objection of more detail added by me on my city "SIALKOT CITY" page

Hi scientist, you just text em seeking the reason of the addition i made and reference to that. well 1st problem was i had no clue how to add references i had. 2ndly the detail i added is about my city's demography and its society. unfortunately i dont have some published reference in support, but since i am local and i know about it more then others i think i can take the responsibility that all added was in good faith and genuine. so i would request you to please restore all additions i made. Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MHAmin (talkcontribs) 06:30, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't work here, see WP:VERIFY. Dougweller (talk) 06:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]



just delete what i wrote — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.47.205.110 (talk) 12:24, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wellness Tourism

Hello Materialscientist,

Thank you for your comments. I have just joined the Wikipedia community so please forgive any breach of etiquette. I added the link to the discussion of Wellness Tourism because I was quoted in the article, and since I have been writing, researching and living the topic since prior to 2004 I thought it would be a relevant site for anyone interested in more on the subject of wellness tourism and wellness travel. I now realize that I should have linked directly to the appropriate URL and I will do that now. Thank you again for pointing this out.

Billy Wright

Hello Materialscientist,

You reverted an edit I made concerning Billy Wright. The current descriptor is "English - Irish Commander". He wasn't English, he wasn't Irish and he certainly wasn't a commander in any official sense of the word. He was however, a convicted terrorist who was murdered in prison. Perhaps "Convicted Terrorist" isn't perfect but it has the singular advantage of actually being true; something the original does not. Can you please explain?

Thanks!

"Het Masteen"

See WP:NPOV. One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. You might notice that we don't explicitly label "terrorist" (at least in the article lead) even people like Osama bin Laden. Materialscientist (talk) 06:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Netherlands Currency

Oh! I'm sorry i thought it was just the Netherlands without the dutch carribean, cause the dollar also uses there in the dutch carribean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsoff2020 (talkcontribs) 18:06, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year to you!

AnneDimon (talk) 15:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC) AnneDimon[reply]

Veronica Brazier "Stevens"

I made the changes and I don't need proof to change them unless you would like to see mine and her marriage certificate!! Along with the Paul London training at SMWA he never went the school he just rode to ROH with Danielson, Luscious, Kendrick and others!! This is coming right from my wife Veronica Brazier who yall says name is Veronica Stevens which her real name was never Stevens it was either Carrejo, Pisiak, back to Carrejo, and now Brazier. The Stevens part came from when Veronica and Steve Corino dated. So yes your information is very in correct and I want them either changed or I would like her page taken down and I will make a new one myself with all the correct info! Thank you one pissed off Husband John Brazier — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.122.124.86 (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is your opinion

Hello Materialscientist. What do you believe should be done, if anything, to AFC submissions when they are created under the same misguided concept that turns a user page into a "work of spam" or an article into and advertisement? Does CSD give reason to delete these spam works as well?—John Cline (talk) 12:30, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

bolivia

Sorry for taking like 3 years to get back to you, but anyway, I didnt know about the whole red link vs dead link thing. sorry bout that. and also, cool that you wrote the element articles! I collect elements :) look up theodore gray for an awesome element collection — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyber chlorine (talkcontribs) 15:54, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

cite PMID versus cite journal

We at WPMED much prefer cite journal over cite PMID. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:21, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Medref. templates tend to be rather bulky (10+ authors, pmid/doi/pmc, etc.) that hinders editing. Cite journal is good for keeping a custom style, like reverse author names (B. Smith), but you don't use that in med. articles. Materialscientist (talk) 00:33, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We like to see the year of publication and journal when we are editing the text in question. It also decreases the risk of vandalism. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:12, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The same IP you reverted earlier on this article has returned and put in more unsourced negative claims. Can you keep an eye on this? Thanks. Rosario Berganza 01:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

beg your pardon- for forgetting the topic

sorry buddy but i dont remember actually what edit did i make, can u help me with that, so that i can tell you why! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adityamishr123 (talkcontribs) 19:17, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Your name has been popping up all over my (extensive) watchlist recently due to reverts using Stiki. It is appreciated: I cop far too much flak for reverting on India-related articles, even from people who perhaps should know better than to cast aspersions that I am being unconstructive . It is a wearisome task but I hope that you can, erm, stiki with it. - Sitush (talk) 10:08, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know someone is watching those articles - I often miss unconstructive edits in a rush. Materialscientist (talk) 10:17, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

periodic table

Please look at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Elements#element infobox and comment if you if you wish.Petergans (talk) 16:45, 6 January 2014 (UTC

Thank you for your correction, but the original material was wrong,I will submit the correct historical studies with references. thank you again

Can you block him/her a month? Because he/she did edit-warring on Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.171.176.14 (talk) 08:16, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oman Info Box -

Hi thanks for fixing the info box (my mess), could you please add the following:-

|legislature = Parliament |upper_house = Council of State (Majlis al-Dawla) |lower_house = Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)

supporting links are on the respective pages.

thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamalaz (talkcontribs) 11:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there - I note you've deleted my updates to my biography which is woefully out of date - so much so that a BBC Radio 4 show last week credited incorrectly because they referred to mu Wiki page. How can I make the edits and additions when they are of my own resume and biography? Not sure how it can link to verifiable sources for such changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tellyguy (talkcontribs) 12:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you recently [reverted a revision] where I removed a NotMovedToCommons template because an image was already marked KeepLocal saying that NotMovedToCommons and KeepLocal are different (and by extension need to remain together). My intention in removing the NotMovedToCommons template is to clear the backlog in Category:Wikipedia_files_moved_to_Wikimedia_Commons_which_could_not_be_deleted. Clearing this backlog means we can focus on images that need to be fixed to make it on to Commons; retaining NotMovedToCommons on a KeepLocal image only results in cluttering up the category which isn't helpful. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you Cube00 (talk) 13:35, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it should not be moved to Commons - it was moved by non-admin, in 2012, when Commons and Wikimedia Foundation were yet unsettled about the recent URAA developments [9]. Nominally, PD-Sweden is compliant with URAA, but there is a problem in it which I still haven't figured out how to solve. Materialscientist (talk) 14:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What if I changed NotMovedToCommons to the "Do not move to Commons" template with your justification above? We can get the backlog cleared and your reasoning is still clearly recorded on the page. If that isn't acceptable what if I nominated the Commons version for deletion and let the community come to a decision? Cube00 (talk) 14:16, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
{{Do not move to Commons}} is written for images that are free in the US. This is a different case. Materialscientist (talk) 14:22, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It also handles "any other reason". If you set the reason= parameter the only text that appears is "Do not move to Commons" and your reason text, no reference to free in the US.Cube00 (talk) 14:25, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Technically that would work, but {{Possibly non-free in US}} nicely explains this case, which is why it is in the image file. Materialscientist (talk) 14:29, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Very true however that still leaves "NotMovedToCommons" on the page which what I'm trying to resolve to clear the backlog category. Since we already have "Possibly non-free in US" on the page and also "NotMovedToCommons" would it be acceptable to you if "NotMovedToCommons" was replaced with "Do not moved to Commons|reason=..." leaving all other existing templates? Cube00 (talk) 14:36, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Again, NotMovedToCommons nicely explains the situation. I am fine with removing KeepLocal though. Materialscientist (talk) 14:45, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My only interest was trying to get Category:Wikipedia_files_moved_to_Wikimedia_Commons_which_could_not_be_deleted under control; best of luck resolving this tricky case and thanks for your time. Cube00 (talk) 14:52, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I kicked off a deletion request on Commons to see what they thought and they asking for some dates, thought you may be able to help (I understand you didn't ask for the deletion request so it's up to you if you want to partipate in the discussion) Cube00 (talk) 04:09, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Automotive industry in Hong Kong

I was looking at the deletion log and saw that you deleted Automotive industry in Hong Kong claiming not enough context to identify the subject of the article. That's complete bull. The title is "automotive industry in Hong Kong" and that is the subject of the article. It's important to get speedy deletes right, since it is one of the least scrutinized parts of Wikipedia. Ego White Tray (talk) 05:14, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redeleted, though a redirect might be in order. There is no use arguing about few-word articles (yes, the title defined the topic, but the body was not complying with it). Materialscientist (talk) 05:20, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Grey Whale

Sorry, I can't help it that the USA is the only country that can't spell it's own language correctly. All English articles which are not specifically for the USA should be written in internationally accepted English, not the other way around. Please refrain from editing my edits in future.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.2.35.165 (talk) 05:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
For tireless all-round good work. Green Giant (talk) 08:58, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aksum and Eritrea

I added a source, but haven't the foggiest idea what this editor's problem is. I'll probably block him if he continues this. Dougweller (talk) 09:53, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Same here - I've just quickly looked at maps showing a clear overlap of Aksum and Eritrea and didn't bother with adding a ref. - the editor needs to articulate the problem one way or another. Thanks anyway. Materialscientist (talk) 10:01, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy Issues Kingdom of Aksum and Eritrea

MaterialScientist

Sorry for what I have done to get the attention of the person who wrote on the Kingdom of Aksum and Eritrea. I read a lot on those pages which perhaps should be examined. For instance: 1) the writer mentioned a "Hamasien Republic". This is incorrect. There has never been a republic by that name, at least in that part of the world. 2) the map depicting the kingdom of Aksum is also not accurate. The kingdom was established in the Northern Ethiopia region which is now Tigray. It did include some parts of present day Eritrea and the ports, but It doesn't include the whole present day Eritrea 3) the Writer said that Modern Human beings expanded to the rest of Africa from the Red Sea cost but this too is erroneous.

Eritrea may have its own history during the sixty years it fell under the Italian occupation and twenty three years it won independence. Beside that ,it has been an integral part of the Ethopian/Abyssinian/Aksumite kingdom. It didn't have it's present day shape, it didn't have it's present day name (which was given by the Italians). But What I read there made me to think that the writer might be an Eritrean who want to give an exaggerated content of history for his new country. That is not fair as it would mislead the readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elyaad (talkcontribs) 10:58, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of my bio amendments

Hello there - I note you've deleted my updates to my biography (Mal Young) which is woefully out of date - so much so that a BBC Radio 4 show last week credited incorrectly because they referred to mu Wiki page. How can I make the edits and additions when they are of my own resume and biography? Not sure how it can link to verifiable sources for such changes. Tellyguy (talk) 12:26, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]