User talk:Yong

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April 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Will Clark, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.

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The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Will Clark was changed by Yong (u) (t) making a minor change censoring content (Wikipedia is not censored) on 2010-04-08T01:23:16+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 01:23, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism on today's featured article

No worries, your edit was good. :) There were a couple others in there that had sneaked in and the quickest way to make things right was to revert to earlier. - The Bushranger (talk) 01:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Succession boxes

WP:CONSENSUS is not achieved through discussion but through an "implicit and invisible process on articles across Wikipedia. Any edit that is not disputed or reverted by another editor can be assumed to have consensus. Should that edit later be revised by another editor without dispute, it can be assumed that a new consensus has been reached." If you agree with their removal, then let the consensus policy play out as described, that way I know who I legitimately need to convince. I have had conversations with many of these editors who have disputed and reverted my edits, and for the most part they have conceded on this issue. Consensus does not mean policy; if that were true, please point me to the policy which says succession boxes should be used for #1 charting songs and albums. There isn't one, thus there is as much consensus to have them as there is to not have them. Since many articles have seen the removal of these succession boxes for well over a month, it is implied per WP:CONSENSUS that consensus has been reached. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 23:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removing succession box

I don't really understand why you remove the succession box. I reviewed discussions about the removal of it but clearly a consensus has not reached yet. This editor had been warned of removing the boxes before a clear consensus is reached. Also the link you directed (WT:Charts) is not valid and the page does not exist. --Yong (talk) 06:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I meant WT:CHARTS, just needed to shout. Either way why you want those boxes:

They are too big, and collapsing them does not wor with printed works.
They are obsoletes.
The songs before/after are always unsourced, and say that are the facts is WP:OR.
A see also including the number-one per chart is better idea.

As you can see there's no reason for add them or remove them, if an editor want to remove them he can, there's no rule for use them. Tbhotch^Talk ^C. 02:55, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More care needed?

You made this edit [1], which undid a vandal's self-revert. Presumably you did that because of the "section blanking" tag, but in this case the section should've been blanked (apart from anything else, it doesn't cite a reliable source for the information). Please can you take a little more care in future? Best wishes. Philip Trueman (talk) 01:06, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My apology if I didn't notice the section is unnecessary, but I think if it's not cited it should not be deleted outright, but rather put a citation needed mark and wait if anyone can provide citations. It is true that Wikipedia requires citations, but we should also allow time for people to verify and provide citations. --Yong (talk) 01:10, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please read that section and tell me if you think it's worthy of an encyclopedia? Philip Trueman (talk) 01:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That someone could revert this edit in error is just about plausible, but that someone can revert this edit and then defend doing so when questioned is bewildering. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:57, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

November 2010

(redacted) LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:39, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your note on my talkpage. Per AGF I accept that your edit was not intended to be disruptive, although it is not obvious how removing a section whose content has consensus is countering vandalism. Indeed, upon review of your contributions I am concerned that you often remove content - claiming vandalism - while marking the edit as minor. Per Wikipedia:Minor edit#When not to mark an edit as a minor edit, such edits should not be marked as such. I suggest that you more closely follow WP's guidelines and policies regarding appropriate editing behaviour if you wish that other editors do not have similar misunderstandings regarding your contributions. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:36, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I discussion of Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars and succession boxes

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. 28bytes (talk) 19:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RFC courtesy notice - succession boxes

As someone who has an interest in the use of succession boxes in articles for songs and albums, I'd like to notify you of a request for comment that is taking place at WT:CHARTS#Request for comment: Use of succession boxes. It would be nice to finally come to a resolution on this. If you have already participated in this RFC or do not wish to participate, then please disregard this notice. Thanks. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 00:38, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox BART station

Template:Infobox BART station has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. 69.158.95.113 (talk) 13:07, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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