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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017

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Google Chrome version history

Hi. Regarding you saying "you removed not only the description but the reference for each release", I checked some example refs before removing them, they list only "Security Fixes and Rewards". Regarding the significant changes, those pages say for example: "Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 62" -Lopifalko (talk) 09:53, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you are convinced that there is no loss of significant information, I'll be happy if you reinstate your changes, providing that nobody else objects. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:28, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look now

Straight-Out Democratic Party deisenbe (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ANI

Looks like I beat you to it. GMGtalk 17:35, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017

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syed hasan askari - Requesting to undelete the page

Dear David, Kindly assist in undeleting and restoring the original page Syed Hasan Askari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari) or the latest draft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Syed_Hasan_Askari) which I created earlier with the help of several wikipedia editors. I first created the Facebook page of Syed Hasan Askari (https://www.facebook.com/professorsyedhasanaskari) as I am grandson of late Prof Askari. Then I created the wikipedia page of Syed Hasan Askari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari) based upon my Facebook page of Syed Hasan Askari (https://www.facebook.com/professorsyedhasanaskari) therefore the reference etc should not be in violation of copyright as both pages were authored by me with references. If you still have concerns then you can assist in removing the contested FB reference or restore the page so I can edit it out but kindly restore the page so academia can benefit from it. Due to this reason, requesting you to restore the page Syed Hasan Askari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari) at your earliest possible convenience. Kindly let me know if you need additional clarification and information. Thanks in advance! Syed Ahmer Raza — Preceding unsigned comment added by Syedahmerraza (talk • contribs) 00:14, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You presumably haven't read the answers which you received at WP:Requests for undeletion#syed hasan askari - Requesting to undelete the page or User talk:Nick Moyes/Archive 3#Requesting to restore the page Syed Hasan Askari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari) or User talk:Primefac#Requesting to restore page Syed Hasan Askari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari) or WP:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 687#Request to Restore Page of Syed Hasan Askari or...? --David Biddulph (talk) 00:31, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse

Hi, I'm pretty new to helping out at the Teahouse, so I was just wondering why you removed some threads in THIS edit? Thanks. Kosack (talk) 09:10, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing it out. I must have picked up an earlier version as the starting point for my edit. I hope I've resolved it now. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:24, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, thanks. Kosack (talk) 09:31, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter

Hi, you told me that I removed a lot of content on the Twitter page, but I only closed a ref tag that was missing? Now the error is back on the page after you reverted my edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitsjol (talk • contribs) 13:07, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The edit which I reverted was this one, where in closing the ref tag you deleted the subsequent section. Hopefully OK now after my reversion and your subsequent edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:04, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

not showing in google search.

I've created a page (ram lal jat), but its not showing in google search. and how can i upload a photo on this page,(persons' photo on his template). help me to slove these issues. thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isuraj (talk • contribs) 19:56, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New articles are NOINDEXed until they have been patrolled through the new page patrol process. There is currently a queue of over 13 thousand articles awaiting patrol, with a backlog of about 8 months. If, however, it hasn't been patrolled in 90 days the NOINDEX attribute will be removed, and Google can then index the page. As for your second question, about a photo, I see that you another editor made a first attempt, then a further editor has tidied it up to comply with the WP:Manual of Style. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:53, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note also that case is significant in article titles. Your link to ram lal jat is a red link, as the article title is Ramlal Jat. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:54, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Submissions for Best Animated Short Film Academy Award

Would you like to explain why my page doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines? Espngeek (talk) 19:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)Espngeek[reply]

Why are you asking me? You could ask the editor who added the tag, or ask on the article talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:37, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is an unfair issues about christina's article

Christina's ethnicity in the categories not listed and its not fair. Why should that happen for other latino actors and her? 2001:569:7671:F100:6806:57DC:A814:F459 (talk) 01:46, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to discuss an article, the place for the discussion is the article's talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:51, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On punctuation, in general.

I'll get back to you... Wikidalien (talk) 20:13, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Random punctuation

On my, according to some, here, random punctuation in my article edits:

collapsed incoherent drivel from editor who can't write in English

There has been a general decline, particularly in American culture, since, shortly after the advent of the Internet (that word, by the way, is ALWAYS capitalized), and particularly, the 'World-Wide Web', in what used to be considered, 'good' English grammar. But a trend towards degeneration has been firmly set in place - mainly due to ignorance of the rules of the language, and, sheer laziness of attitude and that, mainly in punctuation, spelling, syntax, grammar, etc. This, I well remember, was predicted early on by veteran computer users, and, in particular, those who were writers. This trend, of course, is due to the influx and influence of the general populace, which, seemingly all at once, introduced a 'lowest-common-denominator' policy on textual communication, by people who, typically, were not at all familiar with keyboards, namely typewriters, as used in textual communication of any kind. This has affect the comprehension and interpretation of said communications, to such a degree, that, more than 80% of all Internet-originated, textual communications sent by, even close family members, are misunderstood by the receiver, and another 80%, of any given message's content, is not correctly interpreted.

Punctuation, is the 'flavor' of a statement, or clause, as it relates to the previous, and the following statement or clause. As the eye perceives any good artwork, you are being guided - sensibly, and rationally through it, by way of proper punctuation. See how easy, and conversational that was to read? Now, try this:

"There has been a general decline particularly in america since shortly after the advent of the internet which by the way is always capitalized and particularly the world wide web in what used to be considered good english grammar a trend towards degeneration has been firmly set in place mainly due to ignorance of the rules of the english language mainly in punctuation spelling syntax grammar and etc." No, I wouldn't want to have to read it again, either.

There is, also, probably something else to consider. That is, your personal familiarity or unfamiliarity, with the language and how you learned to speak it, and, how you read it. If you're under about the age of 30, then you, and those before you, are speaking it differently. Your 'discontinued use' of - what used to be required adeptness in - the intricacies of English grammar, doesn't make my memory, and my retention of it, wrong. Good writing should resemble, even mimic, oral conversation. Punctuation gives a string of ideas, or a clause - or a string, or a progression of clauses - clarity, and sensibility. See that? If you didn't quite catch it, read it again.

According to Strunk and White, a certain amount of 'literary freedom', is granted to the writer, who may wish to use it as a literary 'device', or, in such a way as to emphasize something, which, may not present itself, readily, to the reader. Punctuation should present, properly, the idea proposed, in a way that fits, and suits, the desired, chosen way of expression of the writer. The way it is written and punctuated, depends on the content, dialect, phraseology (British, or American) emphasis of content or idea, and, even local colloquialism.

DO NOT criticize, or otherwise reprimand me, for my application of something, that is going to assist you, in the understanding, and readability, of each idea, as it occurs, and is presented, in a way that, in the end, makes your reading experience, one, of better, overall comprehension. Now, read that rather lengthy sentence again - this time, with no punctuation. Have fun. DO NOT try to minimalize my level of continued, and, continuing education, unless, you are quite well-prepared to assert comparisons. If, at this point, you didn't quite catch what I just said, read it again. If all else fails - I'll do the writing; you, do the reading.

Wikidalien (talk) 00:40, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hee Sir, iam sorry for that but i want an Bot Acount so that is the reason iam creating it but i don't known that hoe to i make my Acount is an Bot Acount thank you because i don't andesitand your policy ok thank you sir, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bot 0017 (talk • contribs) 13:18, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I gave you a link to WP:Bot policy, but I wouldn't recommend trying to do anything with bots until you are much more familiar with editing Wikipedia. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:32, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
FYI the above user is Shiwam Kumar Sriwastaw. -★- PlyrStar93. →Message me. ← 17:28, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I saw that he'd been globally blocked as a sock. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:36, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article incorrectly renamed

Hi, thanks for helping with moving back the article on ARA San Juan to its correct name. Can you pleaese now help with same for ARA Salta? Left justification in its talk page. Thanks, DPdH (talk) 20:37, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully done now. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:02, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
So far so good. Thanks again, DPdH (talk) 10:52, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017

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Weird Editing Quirk

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Milton_Keynes_Council_election,_2015&action=history So I edited this article to provide Wiki-links to the respective towns involved in the election, and that's all I did. I see no difference whatsoever besides the new Wiki-link titles, but for some reason the 'View history' section tells me that I've whacked off 3.5+ kilobytes of data. I'm extremely confused.

Sorry to keep bugging you today.

TheTechnician27 (talk) 00:08, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There were lots of extra spaces in the previous version, and you've got rid of them. Nothing to worry about. I could see that using the "show improved diff view" option, which can be enabled in the editing section at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, either stand-alone or as part of WikiEd. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:23, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mendoza, Texas

Hello David... I received the warning you gave me telling me that I would be blocked from editing the next time I added unsourced content to Wikipedia, as I did in Mendoza, Texas. What I don't understand, though, is why you gave me that warning even though I did give it a source at the end. Was it the coordinates and the degrees of latitude and longitude that I didn't source? I did source where it stands with the Handbook of Texas as my source. Will you please tell me what I did wrong, and why I received this warning from you? That would be really appreciative of you for doing so! I want to do as many edits as I can! Colman2000 (talk) 05:02, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The edit which provoked my warning was this one, in which only part of the section which you added was sourced. You had been warned on numerous previous occasions for adding unsourced material (including material similar to this edit), so you ought to have been more careful and ensured that everything you added was sourced. In general it is better if discussion takes place on your own talk page where the warning was given, so that other editors can see an unfragmented discussion. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:24, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

help

hi, havent European Rowing Championships from 1973 to 2007?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhaomelani (talk • contribs) 20:26, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

True. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:31, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Edith Rigby

Thanks for the nice bunch of BBB - I am, as I have already made clear to you - the author of the document you refer to as stolen from "https://web.archive.org/web/20170227064121/http://englishessaypartners.co.uk/data/documents/William-Lever-and-Edith-Rigby.pdf" Moreover, the website [englishessaypartners] belonged to me before I deleted it. My research on this subject - Edith Rigby and Roynton Cottage - was published in the Bolton Evening News in June 2013. My paper/article is well written (sorry for that) and referenced and cited to academic standards (sorry for that as well) What exactly do you want? Should I rewrite it, but like an antiquarian (ie badly)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairchristabelle (talk • contribs) 20:33, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's very simple. You need to go through the process which was pointed out to you some time ago for donating copyrighted material. Wikipedia's processes are in place to protect copyright owners, and as yet Wikipedia has not been given evidence that you are the copyright owner and that you wish to release that material irrevocably for everyone else to use under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:39, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Mistaken identity?

Hello there im just catching up on a warning you just gave me perhaps you have mistaken my identity for another user? i didnt vandalise that page perhaps you meant to warn BudJillett or 82.9.98.74 ?

thanks a concerned wikipedia user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.68.23 (talk) 21:01, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The warning was for you, and the block will be for you if the vandalism continues. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:23, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Goodbye Wikipedia

Hey David Biddulph I'm Done with Wikipedia you son of a Bitch Goodbye 68.102.39.189 (talk) 01:35, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I Want To leave Wikipedia now 68.102.39.189 (talk) 15:27, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would like your input in a discussion/question.

Hi,

I would appreciate it if you could give your input regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_naval_ship_classes_in_service#Split_this_article_into_multiple_articles Thanks in advance Dragnadh (talk) 20:33, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Hi David, and happy new year! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! Colman2000 (talk) 23:09, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Re RNXS page edits

(cur | prev) 21:20, 1 January 2018‎ David Biddulph (talk | contribs)‎ . . (23,048 bytes) (+8)‎ . . (→‎Role: Another misplaced external link turned to a ref (bare url again)) (undo | thank)

Misplaced How ? you don't elabborate

(cur | prev) 21:19, 1 January 2018‎ David Biddulph (talk | contribs)‎ . . (23,040 bytes) (-145)‎ . . (In Wikipedia we don't generally put full stops between letters of initialisms, & sorted out a few more spurious capitals) (undo | thank)

if your are referring to R.N.X.S, its a Navy Acronyms and how it is written in the service ,general speaking you do put a full stop between the letters especially when referring to the service.


(cur | prev) 21:01, 1 January 2018‎ David Biddulph (talk | contribs)‎ . . (23,185 bytes) (+6)‎ . . (→‎Disbandment: Turned misplaced external links to refs (though still bare urls)) (undo | thank)

Not sure what Urls you are referring to


(cur | prev) 20:58, 1 January 2018‎ David Biddulph (talk | contribs)‎ . . (23,179 bytes) (-62)‎ . . (→‎Disbandment: What a mess! Refs don't go in section heading, & punctuation, spelling, capitalisation, & grammar were atrocious) (undo | thank)

Thanks for your critic ,of my contribution ,is it Shakespeare hardly am i being assessed on its content for some award ?i think not. i am sure my dyslexia wont end the world or crash wiki but feel to edit it to your exacting standards of punctuation, spelling, capitalisation, & grammarDixon hill (talk) 02:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for correcting my edit

Thank you David for correcting my edits on Miriam's page and also the note about marking an edit as being minor (or not). SpikeUK (talk) 11:29, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I'm still not able to digest the fact that I have made such a big blunder on HMS St Albans (F83). Thanks for correcting. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 16:45, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Editing the Geography section of Mendoza, Texas

Hello David... I saw your reasoning behind why I was given a warning that I was going to be blocked from editing without further warning the next time I added unsourced content to Wikipedia, as I did at Mendoza, Texas. I understand that I was given several warnings about adding unsourced content to Wikipedia, and I know that I shouldn't, but sometimes my mind just plays tricks on me. If you are wondering where I received the distances from, I received them from [1], to where you can just type in the name of a city and the distance from that city to the community will be shown. If this is not a good source, then please let me know. If I convert them, I don't know if I will be blocked for not sourcing that material. Also, with the most recent warning you gave me, I disagree with WP:USCITIES saying that you should remove the coordinates from the Geography section if they are also located in the infobox. Why is because it is shown on many articles of incorporated cities and towns in the United States. Take the article of Johnstown, Colorado as an example. The coordinates are in both the infobox and the geography section. This is also used in articles such as Lockhart, Texas and Manchester, Ohio. To be honest, this is still kind of confusing, and I am still kind of new to this. I am still trying to get the hang of editing on here, and I will continue to get help if I need it. I also feel like I should've read the guidelines and WikiProjects before creating an account on here. I also found it foolish to remove all of the messages from my talk page. I didn't take notes showing how to use copyrighted material left on my talk page, and I regret every negative thing I have said. To make it up to you, will you please read what I wrote, and tell me how you think I should do this? Also, I want to be able to be alerted to your talk page, so please don't forget to add "ping" in front of my username, and I will look at what you wrote ASAP. Thanks! Colman2000 (talk) 03:26, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My view is that if you needed to do calculations to work out the distances to put in the article, you should have left out the distances, but if you wanted to include them the Bing search included numerous links, one of which could have been used as a reference if it supported the figure you were using; note that a Bing search URL itself ought not to be used as a ref because the results can change from time to time. I believe that there was one distance in the handbook reference which you used, so of course it would be reasonable to include that one. My most recent warning to you made no mention of WP:USCITIES, but perhaps you are thinking of an earlier warning from another editor. If you disagree with the guidelines in WP:USCITIES, the place to discuss your disagreement and to suggest an improvement is not here on my talk page but on the talk page of the guidelines. It is unwise to use pages which don't comply with the guidelines as an example, as there are many pages which were written in ignorance of the guidelines and there is a limited number of volunteers who might have noticed. If you wish to choose examples to follow, it is better to choose featured articles or articles with a high rating on the relevant project's quality scale. You can always go back to read the advice which you received on your user talk page, as it is still available in the page history. On your final point, I do not make a habit of pinging anybody who asks questions on my user talk page, as I expect them to put my page on their watchlist if they choose to ask the question here. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:23, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@David Biddulph: Thanks for writing. I will add you to my watchlist, and thank you for telling me that Bing search URLs change overtime. I will leave a message on the WP:USCITIES talk page discussing my disagreement. I also agree that I could have used only the distance where the community is from on the Handbook of Texas' official website. I will be more aware of what I am doing. Cheers. Colman2000 (talk) 16:22, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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New to Wikipedia - The Boat Race Article

Hello David, Thank you for reverting my edit of The Boat Race. You are correct in pointing out that it was me (or rather a mate on my laptop) who made the first edit, I attempted to change it more carefully after your feedback. I was just wondering in what cases I had edited the wrong sections, I'm new to Wikipedia so trying to work it out! Any help would be much appreciated although I have now read several tutorials and will imminently attempt edit no. 3 Perry2764 (talk) 18:20, 8 January 2018 (UTC) Perry2764 (talk) 18:16, 08 Jan 2018[reply]

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