User talk:Dawn Bard/Archive 4

POV banner for eMarketer page

Hello Dawn, would you like to address any POV concerns you may have? I originally created the page/maintain it for my class. Part of my assignment is to resolve any disputes and keep the page within the Wikipedia guidelines. Please let me know what I can do to improve the article. Thanks! Colweiss (talk • contribs) 19:12, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dawn, haven't heard from you. I made some edits. I reviewed the WP:NOTADVERTISING and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view pages, I do not see anything else on the page that would violate the principles outlined within the aforementioned links. I'd love to engage in any discussions should you disagree. However, I do not think it is fair nor responsible for me to create a page without consent of the subject to then simply neglect the page... Even though I have to maintain the page for a class assignment and I could care less once the class is over, I believe our actions on Wikipedia certainly affect the subjects involved. While the content of the article itself is of the most importance, we should insure we are not causing undue injury by not addressing issues in a timely manner. Unless I have overlooked any other identifiable/glaring issues related to WP:SOAP or NPOV, the article is in compliance. Colweiss (talk) 17:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can remove the tag if you want; I won't put it back. But the first sentence in particular reads as very promotional to me. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:10, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, remove the independent part? I remember looking at Forrester Research another market research company to get ideas on how I should structure the page, and the intro is almost identical: "Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides advice on existing and potential impact of technology, to its clients and the public." I know that Wikipedia:Other stuff exists tells you not to do this, but I think there's a parallel in this case. What do you think? How would you start it off? Colweiss (talk) 17:48, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No edit conflict warnings...

Hi Dawn - Just checking with you if you happened to get any edit conflict warnings during the previous couple of edits, one to Rochdale Principles and the other to the IP vandal's talk page. I edited both of those pages roughly the same time you did, received no edit conflicts on the Rochdale page, and duplicated your warning on the IP page. Not sure what's going on, but I smell a bug :) Would appreciate your help if you got the same. Regards, Fish ^Barking? 20:24, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fish - I didn't get any edit conflict warnings, either. Strange, no? Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:27, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Revisionism

I noticed that you reverted some of User:Msoamu's edits here on Wahhabi. If you have the time, he is engaging in the same behavior on the articles for Sunni Tehreek, Barelvi and Ahl al-Hadith - all Muslim religious movements about which the user has strong opinions. He has reverted virtually all attempts by other users to edit those articles and refused to engage on a discussion about content; on Talk:Barelvi, he has engaged in discussion but only to attack other editors. I reported it on WP:ANI but an admin told me my report was extremely wrong and might not be read (which is what happened). Myself and a few other editors are at the end of our ropes and don't know what to do, hence my attempts to contact neutral third parties. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:54, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I opened a discussion about this at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. If you have the time, it would really help the article improve if you could take a look at the discussion and contribute. MezzoMezzo (talk) 14:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Alton Gansky for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alton Gansky until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Linda Riordan

Hey. I've taken a look at this article as it seems to have been the subject of some controversial removal of content and tried to ensure some balance. Looks like the comments the user - who may be the subject of the article - is objecting to were added on 2012-10-20 as the story was emerging and the full details weren't yet in the public domain. I'd appreciate some more sets of eyes on the article just to check - I've explained the rough thrust of my edits on the talk. Ta. Blue Square Thing (talk) 19:12, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

mission statment

sorry ABOUT THAT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.83.99.11 (talk) 15:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dawn,

I did remove some content on the Hijab page, as there are a number of factual errors on the page. I hope you'll see fit to restore the edits.

Thanks,

Elisabeth Strout (talk) 18:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

{{help me}} ......User talk:Sandshark23#Thanks!.Moxy (talk) 08:07, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New to this

Hello Dawn- I am new to the editing world of Wikipedia, though I appreciate it's great service. I am looking at the article on the agency I represent, St. Vincent Family Center. I have a lot of update information that I added yesterday but saw that it was removed by you. Can you please help me understand how I can best put the correct information on my agency on the page? Thank you.98.102.245.2 (talk) 13:24, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Facebeef

Hi Dawn, I have blocked the IP user on the above and deleted the page; be careful of getting into a WP:3RR fight! $Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...)$ 14:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, sorry about that. I was under the impression that reverting vandalism didn't count as 3RR, and that removing the speedy tag constituted vandalism. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:29, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Black Kettle

You seem to be having an afternoon of it Dawn! I have blocked the disruptive IP user on this case too! $Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...)$ 14:30, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Advertisey?

Dawn, what exactly about my edits to Brickell CitiCentre were "Advertisey" and prompted you to undo my edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cglas (talk • contribs) 19:24, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The whole thing is written as an advertisement; it reads like it was pasted directly out of promotional material. Please check out WP:NOTPROMOTION to get an idea of what that means, and please feel free to ask me or ask on the article's talk page if you have any more questions about the language at Brickell CitiCentre. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:50, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing "marketing de contenidos", Dawn Bard.

Unfortunately FreeRangeFrog has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

Unreviewing page due to PROD.

To reply, leave a comment on FreeRangeFrog's talk page.

REPLY

The user is using a fake name to edit this page & remove sourced contents without any justification.Rajkris (talk) 19:36, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Les pages Aryan & Mukkulathor sont vandalisées par 2 différents éditeurs qui ajoutent des contenus non référencés et en retirent d'autres qui sont référencés.Rajkris (talk) 19:40, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is not justification to break the 3-revert rule. Take it to the talk page. Also, the other Wikipedian involved is allowed to use a fake name, just like any of us are. I'm not saying their edits are correct, I'm saying you are both engaged in an edit war. Dawn Bard (talk) 19:41, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are many users or IPs like hm who are daily vandalising this page, to promote their ideology & propaganda. If we let them act, this page would be a complete mess.Rajkris (talk) 19:49, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Those edits aren't vandalism - just because you disagree with an edit doesn't make it vandalism. You don't own the article. Dawn Bard (talk) 19:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removing sourced contents and adding instead unsourced ones is a kind of vandalism. This user edits only Aryan page, this shows again his mind & motivation. He's not there for discussion but to defend his ideology. From my side, I am totally ready for discussion.Rajkris (talk) 19:57, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The other involved editor was adding different sources, and the citations were poorly formed, but they weren't unsourced. Dawn Bard (talk) 19:59, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Outlook.com

I made the change to the Outlook.com article. I believe you removed it in order to satisfy a corporate policy of not criticizing a company's product. Do not change it. A reliable source will be added soon, unless you are going to monitor the site and change it back in less than one minute from when I re-posted the paragraphs again. Please post the original text back. If Outlook.com will not give you permission, then you should inform them of the anger they caused in their customers because of the change they made to the product and ask them directly why they are ignoring their customers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.227.179 (talk) 17:30, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are misunderstanding my edit. There is no Wikipedia policy of "not criticizing a company's product," and Outlook.com's permission would not be required to post unflattering information about them, as long as it is reliably sourced. The lack of sources is the reason you have had your contribution reverted by two different users. If you want to complain to Outlook.com, their Wikipedia article isn't really the best place to do it - I'd suggest dealing directly with their customer service. Nobody from Wikipedia is going to be contacting them on your behalf. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:43, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit of 1953

Hello Dawn. Sorry for my actions. I had downloaded the page to my computer where I was happily amending it for my own purposes. I guess I should stop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.30.180 (talk) 18:22, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi sorry I don't know how to do this so if this is the wrong place I apologise. Regarding Walking WIth A Ghost I am using it as a template to create an article of Closer. If you'd given me a minute I would have changed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickabiddybex (talk • contribs) 18:33, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

:?

Dear Dawn,

I think you must have made a mistake....The edit I made wasn't a test. I was just being creative.

Sincerely, Not-Logged-In User of Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.44.110.147 (talk) 21:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bolding large sections of text for no apparent reason came accross as disruptive, and I wasn't the only user to revert your edits. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 21:13, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding external link!

Hi Dawn Bard,

I notice you marked external link as spam. Can you please explain since I'm the contributor and if you check that external link its just a simple content page with a review. Please read it and tell me if you consider that spam or promotional offer.

Thanks,

Greg — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregBonu (talk • contribs) 06:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The site in question didn't add anything of value to the Wikipedia article, it's just an unsigned review. Also, when a new user shows up and their only edit is to add external links, it looks like they are promoting something. It doesn't have to be a promotional offer per se, it can just be someone looking for hits. It's generally up to the person adding the link to explain why the new link needs to be there, rather than up to others to explain why it isn't necessary. Dawn Bard (talk) 12:32, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mahathir Mohamad biography

Hi, on the "Mahathir Mohamad" page, I've already explain why I deleted previous edit by LeeGuan. Reference by LeeGuan is from blogspot, which, is not a reliable source. I've taken the info on most of my edit from Mahathir's memoirs.

And since when Mahathir's father named Iskandar Kutty? Iskandar is his grandfather's name, and there's no "Kutty" there. No record, or prove that Iskandar has last name "Kutty". — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Auditor In Chief (talk • contribs) 16:34, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't explain; you made the edit without explanation, and without adding sources. And none of the sources you deleted were from blogspot, they were from Barry Wain's book. And nothing you deleted said anything about his father's name. You undermine your credibility by misrepresenting your edits. If you are using Mahathir's memoirs, you need to cite them as as a source instead of just changing sourced content without citations. Wikipedia takes reliable sources seriously, especially in biographies of living people. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Geno (album)

Hello, thanks for tagging this for not meeting WP:NALBUMS. You may want to consider making it a redirect, as the tag's still there. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:44, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent ides. Done! Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Dawn Bard. You have new messages at JennGEP's talk page.
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re: historical facts about the scientific method

With all due respect, consensus based on bias and against documented historical facts has a horrible track record in history. And if the consensus were that Jefferson didn't write the Declaration of Independence, that wouldn't make it a fact or ethical for an encyclopedia to include. It is a historical fact that we have documentation of all 5 steps of the scientific method being used in an experiment in Daniel 1 and many of the ~32 steps of the clinical method as well. Read the peer reviewed article and don't be a party to censoring and erasing the facts of history.

People are just deleting historical facts due to biases, such as the one of methodological naturalism. There is more evidence for Daniel using the scientific method than there is for a number of other claims on that page. Be consistent. Don't use double standards.Dotoree (talk) 16:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, none of that justifies breaking the three-revert rule. I left you a warning for edit-warring because you have added that information to the article 4 times now and been reverted by 4 separate users. Believing you are right is not considered justification for engaging in an edit war, as you have already been told. If you think there is other poorly-sourced information in the article, bring it up on the talk page, but that doesn't mitigate your edit war. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's currently 4th revert in two successive days for user:Dotoree on History of scientific method. I could block him, say after his 5th & 6th, or even 7th reverts, but I would appreciate feedback on the length of the block. I will watch this page. __Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 16:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I don't know, I'm not an admin - isn't the first block usually 24 hours? Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:50, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The nomination was closed prematurely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.40.50.1 (talk) 20:18, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, it wasn't. See WP:SK. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

reverted speedy deletions

Rather than deleting the tag you say is incorrect, why not fix it or direct towards correct tag.

Actions like this make fixing flaws in wiki harder, when i good faith used the best tag i could find.

I'm sorry, I don't know what edits of mine you are talking about. Dawn Bard (talk) 15:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Robison Family Murders

The ROBISON FAMILY MURDERS has been part of my last five year's research project for the PETOSKEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Petoskey, Michigan. This is close to the northern Michigan site of the June 25, 1968 Robison family Good Hart murders. I have placed all of the FOIA purchased references and other materials used in my search of this event and now feel that for the first time the WIKI article reads in a correct manner.

I now feel that all of the clean up notices should be eliminated.

If you wish to see further evidence of my credentials on this subject you can email me at MNR.RAWiles@gmail.com Richard A. Wile MA/Ed.S MICHIGAN NORTH RESEARCH 210 Sky View Drive PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN 49770-9212 MNR.RAWiles@gmail.com/ 231 347 4587

Thank you --RW — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eugene Francois Vidocq (talk • contribs) 19:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mandy Stadtmiller

Hi Dawn,

edited Mandy Stadtmiller page for improper content and referencing. article reads like a resume. also the majority of the references included on the page simply link to the front page of a business or publication and do not verify the information provided in the wiki. also, the article cites the the twitter front page as verification that she "quit" her job.

article is misleading and clearly written either by Stadtmiller or a representitive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.93.19.145 (talk) 21:38, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I've taken a closer look at your edits, and I agree with you, so I apologize for reverting you so quickly. I see you explained you most recent edit in the edit summary;[1] thanks for that - it's one of the best ways, along with using the article talk page, to make sure your edits don't get mis-identified as vandalism. Again, I'm sorry about the misunderstanding. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 21:48, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dawn,

I am new to WIKI, but I am a veteran historical researcher, former history instructor and passionate about northern Michigan (MACKINAC ISLAND area) history. I will take all of your advice to construct a better article for the Robison Family Murders. Thank you! RW (E.F.V) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.247.225.203 (talk) 14:21, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Although the "Institute of Creation of Research" jars to many academicians as a source "unreliable", on the theoretical grounds, all relevant and academic sources were included in my edit from the source article. http://www.icr.org/article/5512/ All of its arguments are cited from publications out of mainstream publication houses and journals. Please read the content of the addition in light of the arguments being made, and then inform yourself of your edit. Thank you. I'm an evolutionist!

I've never known anyone to self-identify as an "evolutionist" before. It's usually just a label that creationists use to imply that evolution is an ideology or a religion. The Institute of Creation Research isn't a reliable source on science articles because it is fundamentally unscientific to skew research towards supporting a pre-determined conclusion, such as "the world and people were created by a deity." Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You must be a young man, because although the hesitance to American fundamental "creationism" is no doubt prevalent among scientific society, the theory of Darwinian evolution is still scientific theory. We work with theories in all rubrics of science, and sometimes they are adapted, changed, and even completely discredited according to observable data. The argument being added to the page under dispute, doesn't disprove evolution!! If may very well add to it! It happens to be a scientific assay from a premise of "Intelligent Design", but it's in no way not amenable to evolutionary theory! Remember, Darwinian evolution characterizes the courses and changes of existing breeding populations, and in now way explains abiogenesis. This is where the side of "Intelligent Design" adumbrates its arguments from. Although their premise may be wrong, their arguments may still be true! Please inform yourself of the content of the sourced information argument, because your edits have all been in trespass of Wikipedia's WP:RS Thank you! --Twainmaned (talk) 20:20, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing you've written here justifies the use of ICR as a source on a science article, but excellent use of big words and exclamation marks! Dawn Bard (talk) 20:25, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Jerry Bergman's article is academically-cited from scientific journals, mainstream publication houses, and from fellow Ph.Ds!! The Institute of Creation Research has nothing to do with the content of his article or its sources. It's merely a purveyor of his content! Please inform yourself. Thank you. ; )

Even if we put aside the issue of reliable sources, pasting large blocks of text directly from the source is a copyright violation, and as such is against the rules here!! Please inform yourself. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:43, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robison family murder

Thank you very much for helping us get this entry in the proper style and format for Wiki. It has been a challenge to do so due to unfamiliarity of the process. There are two of us trying to make this work in progress correct. The facts are true, well researched and very well documented. We are currently working on substance, format and visual syntax style for Wiki. Please don't hesitate to help us out. After we get the text in proper format, we will add our footnote citations. We would profit from your help there if you could assist us. Please be patient with us we find the process a bit challenging to a novice. But be reassured we are not novices with respect to the Robison family murder facts and details.Dr. John H. Watson (talk) 22:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robison family murder

I am sorry about the Epilogue. Consider it done and thank you. Please do not hesitate to help us make this perfect. Footnotes are yet to come but I am beat now and need a time out.Dr. John H. Watson (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ibiza

You deleted a whole section. Why ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.158.37.192 (talk) 17:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As I said in the notice on your talk page, I deleted your spam (advertising) links, because advertising isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Accusations of Personal Attacks and Subsequent Wiki Bullying of New Users

I have NOT personally attacked any Wiki fellow user and User: Toccata quarta is flaming, please see and help put a stop to this aggresion from User: Toccata quarta:

User: Toccata quarta has accussed me of accusing him of being racist here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Accusations_of_racism

This is wholly false. This started with User: Toccata quarta vandelising the chess article after I added chess is a board game "of Indian origin" and introduced the notion of "Grandmaster" by early on describing current World Champion, V. Anand, as a Grandmaster and linking "Grandmaster" to the Grandmaster page.

This is all I included and have contributed to Wiki, to which User: Toccata quarta reverted my post saying that "Modern chess is different from Indian chess" and that "Grandmaster is unnesscary".

Ofcourse, I never said anything about Indian chess and modern chess, only saying chess originates from India in the introduction.

To which I replied: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Chess&action=history

I never accused User: Toccata quarta of being racist but simply asked if he has a biased view in editing the chess article with my specific use of question marks after asking him questions about his bias.

User: Toccata quarta then taunts me to not attack him when I simply ASKED (NOT ACCUSED) the question of whether he was racist and has a biased view in editing the page as can be seen with User: Toccata quarta's comments:

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

Now I reply with further questions about the absurdity of what User: Toccata quarta has written. He writes, in brief, "I edit article about India therefore I am not racist".

To which I rationally respond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Toccata_quarta#Personal_and_Racial_Attacks

Please note, I do NOT accuse him at all of being a "closet racist" but simply make the obious statement that defines closet racists - they have friends of all colors/races.

How is this a personal attack by me?

ESPECIALLY since he gloats and taunts me that he has reported me to YOU with this further heated comment on my talk page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:HACKER_HEADSHOT (look under "February 2013")

I am worried User: Toccata quarta will continue to flame people if User: Toccata quarta is not given a warming about his repeated use of deleting posts unjustly and provoking other users into fights like this.

Thank you for your service.

HACKER HEADSHOT (talk) 22:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by HACKER HEADSHOT (talk • contribs) 22:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an admin, and nobody reported you to me. I just noticed that you were accusing another user of racism in edit summaries, and left a notice on your talk page. I strongly suggest you stop "asking" other users if they are racist. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 22:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand you and share your empathy in handling users that are so keen so flame. I simply want to contribute good material in edits and not be bullied by User: Toccata quarta and definantly NOT be banned from articles that are on my watchlist and I enjoy reading.

Thank you nonetheless. Could you please debrief User: Toccata quarta about the situation and kindly ask User: Toccata quarta not to accuse others of accussing her/him of racism? Especially, like you said, when they are open questions and NOT statements.

HACKER HEADSHOT (talk) 22:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Let's keep the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, so it's all in one place, okay? Dawn Bard (talk) 22:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Charsadda

i am from charsadda.. i know more then you.. so plz stop this.. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.65.156.135 (talk) 15:04, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your addition to the article is unsourced, poorly written and not directly about Charsadda. I'm not the only one reverting it, and it's are going to keep getting reverted unless you improve them. If you want to improve the article, use the article's talk page to ask for advice. If you continue your edit war, the page will just be protected again. Dawn Bard (talk) 15:10, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war

What? i have even added sources on the page that shows that they were not Kurds, the guy that reported me is editing everything and saying it's Kurdish, please take a look what's happening, and im not stopping until you see what's actually happening, i would report the guy but i don't know how, thank you. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

None of this is justification for breaking the 3-revert rule, and the information you were deleting was sourced. I suggest you try to reach consensus on the talk page before continuing the edit war. If you want to "report" someone, you're free to do so on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or on whichever of the admin noticeboards is appropriate. You can also respond to the report about you on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents to defend yourself, if you like. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 22:15, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not creating vandalism

You're damaging the english language by allowing a Neologist, incorrect term appear on a popular website when a more correct term already exists — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt606 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't disagree with you about the quality of the Theorycraft article, but your edits still constitute vandalism. If you want to handle it in a more constructive way, you can nominate the article for deletion or start a discussion on the article's talk page. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ok

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Arsène Wenger Good job noting the edit war. Fbifriday (talk) 05:58, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Plcoopr

No

I will not

you should mind your own business...like you are getting paid or something — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plcoopr (talk • contribs) 12:30, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting Problems

Hi! I am new to Wiki, and I'm still trying to work out the formatting :/ Thanks for your patience!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.244.94.37 (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, no problem. I'm sorry I reverted your edit so quickly, it just really did screw up the formatting of the page. If you edit it again, I will try to fix the formatting instead of reverting you. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:08, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Category talk:Traditional knowledge

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Bannu

I see that you and Technark-1 (talk · contribs) have been having a go at Bannu. I direct your attention to this change which caught my attention for having added over 200K to the size of the article. I don't have knowledge of the sources that you claim this text might be lifted from, and since you have been keeping an eye on this page, I thought you might like to evaluate this most recent change as well. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:09, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I think it should reverted wholesale. I'd feel bad about doing it, because Technark-1 (talk · contribs) has obviously put a lot of work into it, but I still suspect a lot of it was copied out of the book he cites. Many of my previous edits were to remove massive quotes from the book, but I only knew that because Technark-1 (talk · contribs) had identified them as such in previous versions of the page. (I know direct quotes are allowed if attributed, but these were such big blocks of text that I felt they might go beyond what would be allowed under fair use.) In addition to the potential copyright problems, most of the content is not directly relevant to the article. The article is meant to be about the city of Bannu, but now reads as an extensive history of the entire region. I tried to engage Technark-1 (talk · contribs) on the article's talk page to no avail. Do you think I should go ahead and revert the whole shebang? Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:31, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In the spirit of WP:BRD, I'd say a revert is in order, and then an attempt to engage Technark in the consensus process. If that user won't engage in discussions, it might be a matter for administrative intervention. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Abiogenesis

I find it strange that "Origin of Life" redirects to abiogenesis. This isn't a known truth, and therefore should not be displayed as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.61.43.218 (talk) 20:04, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, then. Your edits were still disruptive, though, and I wasn't the only one to revert you. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:18, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bannu

Technark-1 (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2013 (UTC) (Technark-1 (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2013 (UTC)) I edited Bannu page but some pictures were uploaded from sites already on Wikipedia. It took me two consecutive days to mend the site. I am my self writer of a book on Bannu which is under publication. However, since I am new user, some in-deliberate faults were committed for which I am sorry as I do respect the wiki rules. when I came to know that taking one odd images from other sites is prohibited, I tried to copy the text I had written, but it was over. can i have the complete copy of the text as the record of that is not with me. Doubtlessly, the aim was to educate people and nor to wink at the site. can you help me in getting back my text. I shall refine it as per Wikipedia requirement. Thanks.[reply]

I'm guessing that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/History of the Tribes of Bannu really belongs at Talk:Bannu. Dougweller (talk) 19:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Family Research Institute

First, I did not add commentary or my own personal analysis to the Family Research Institute page.
Second, the page is highly biased as it is, stating conclusions unsubstantiated, like "discredited".
Third, while perhaps more and better sources could be found, the page is in desperate need of sources that offer an alternative point of view to what is there now, which is really nothing more than a compilation of attacks.
Please do not protect such clear bias.Yeoberry (talk) 22:16, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The assertion that the research is "discredited" is very well supported by the accompanying sources. The page is not a compilation of attacks, it is a compilation of what reliable sources have to say about the FRI. And I strongly suggest you read Wikipedia:Edit warring before continuing to revert the other editors at the article. Consider opening a discussion on the article's talk page to address your concerns. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 22:25, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your assertions here are simply wrong. One of the main sources is nothing more than gleanings from a blog, not a reliable source. There are no reliable sources that support a sweeping conclusion that the research is "discredited". There are opinions and other opinions that counter that. You accept the verdict of sources that fit the agenda you are trying to further and suppress those that do not fit your agenda. If you cannot hold yourself back from using wikipedia to further your political agenda I suggest you cease from editing.Yeoberry (talk) 13:53, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The place to discuss this kind of issue - the sourcing and content of the article - is at the article's talk page, where anyone who is interested in the topic willl see it and be able to participate. I'm not going to continue to discuss the specifics here, and there is already a discussion taking place there. Please consider reading WP:CIV AND WP:AGF; you are making some big, unfounded accusations here. And thank you for your kind advice, but I will not stop editing Wikipedia. I've been here for a very long time, and I like it here, and I certainly won't be bullied away over something like this. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:10, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Yeoberry's talk page history makes interesting reading. I thought I'd reverted at the list article but you beat me to it. Edit warring over multiple articles after a number of previous warnings is not a good idea. Dougweller (talk) 17:07, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reported at WP:3RRN. Dougweller (talk) 17:39, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

abiogenesis

I have reviewed the policies on editing and I'm sorry but I do not find anywhere where my edit violated any of these rules. Could you please elaborate on why you reverted my edit? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contributions/eznight (talk) 00:45, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit claimed that Intelligent Design is scientific. Check out the consensus and sources at Intelligent design to see why that assertion is not supported by reliable sources. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 03:05, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have reviewed the 8 criteria, in the intelligent design article, for a theory to qualify as science and intelligent design meets all of them. However, from reading the article I have also become aware that sadly Wikipedia is not an impartial source. It is always sad to know when any institution is repressive of knowledge no matter what side one is on. I do hope that one day Wikipedia will be impartial. Until then, Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eznight (talk • contribs) 04:56, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia accurately and impartially reflects what reliable scientific sources have to say about intelligent design. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 08:38, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The intelligent design scientists have never labeled evolution non-science even while elucidating some of the inadequacies of the full theory of evolution. Likewise the evolution community should be fully capable of elucidating any shortcomings of intelligent design while not labeling ID as non-science simply because they do not like it, since ID does meet the 8 criteria. Therefore the scientific sources you reference are biased. Bias should not exist in either of the two scientific disciplines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eznight (talk • contribs) 23:06, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you have concerns about the quality of the sources at Abiogenesis or Intelligent design or anywhere else, the best place to discuss it is on the respective article talk pages. ID isn't science, and I'm not going to debate that here on my talk page. I'm sure you know you don't need my permission to reinstate the edit of yours that I reverted. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 23:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Free Territory of Trieste (English, French, German and Spanish articles)

There is someone called "Aarska" who continues to modify the article "Free Territory of Trieste", pretending that this territory still exists as an independent state, while in the truth it was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia for a first time not definitively in 1954 and definitively in 1975. Since then Zone A of the former Free Territory belongs to Italy and Zone B of the former Territory belonged until 1991 to Yugoslavia and since that year to Slovenia and Croatia. "Aarska" argues that the Peace Treaty between United Nations and Italy, signed in 1947, that put in force the Free Territory, can't ever be modified and so the Free Territory still exists. Obviously this is not the truth, a peace treaty can be modified by the according of two or more countries involved in it, and that modifications get into value unless a third country claims against it. That has been not the case, therefore the Osimo Treaty between Italy and Yugoslavia is valid and the Free Territory doesn't exist any more. It is sufficient to get a glance in the similar articles of Italian and Slovenian/Croatian Wikipedia to read the correct history. What can be made to prevent further illogical and untrue modifications by "Aarska"? Thanks!

This is the sort of thing that you need to hash out on the article's talk page instead of just reverting each other back and forth. Noe of what you've written is justification for an edit war, and the constant reversions are just bad for the article. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:06, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Acupuncture

I was in the process of getting all that together. You can make the change, because this interface is new and confusing. Do you want the info?(Srodrigu (talk) 23:45, 8 March 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Nomination of Steven Crowder for deletion

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I don't want destroy your work, but I want to know from where you have information that Total Fertility Rate in Turkey for 2012 is 1,90. This table for Turkey I made that's why I'm asking. I'm sorry for my english. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.217.192.27 (talk) 21:38, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you have time...

Regarding Madkhalism, then the information posted by Abu abdullah 05 seems to be copy pasted from Fatwa-Online.com, an English-language Madkhalist website. While the guy seems to legitimately not know site policy, I wouldn't be surprised if similar behavior is seen on that article as well as articles for Salafism and Rabee Madkhali himself. Nothing against the user personally, but I'm sure you've seen on Islam-related articles that this behavior sometimes happens in short spurts. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, MezzoMezzo. I've added it to my watch list so I. Can keep an eye on it. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 06:18, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sexual orientation

Hello, I'm Dawn Bard. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Sexual orientation without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Dawn Bard (talk) 15:10, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Dawn, you stated that “the scientific consensus is that sexual orientation is not a choice“ is not accurate. There is no consensus.

I will correct this error and add my references for the revision.

Thanks, John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawljo (talk • contribs) 16:33, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John, I did not state that “the scientific consensus is that sexual orientation is not a choice," per se, I just restored the very well sourced information that you deleted from the article without explanation. I'm not going to debate the scientific consensus on sexual orientation on my talk page. If you have suggestions for improving the article, the place to discuss them is on the article's talk page. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:48, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I responded here when reverting Hawljo. Stating that scientists are not sure about what causes sexual orientation, which the lead already states, is different than stating that there is no scientific consensus about whether or not it is a choice. Flyer22 (talk) 17:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely. I would have made that same revert myself if you hadn't beaten me to it. I mean, NARTH as a source? I think not. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:10, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I appreciate you helping out with this article. I started a discussion about this topic on its talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 17:57, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

edits on mujaddid

allright i wont make further editions, can you tell me why you deleted my edits? have you even read the article. have you browsed the sources i provided? i am asking you to revert the article back....regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.2.153.221 (talk) 17:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since you're the one who is making a huge change to the article, and you have been reverted by several users now, maybe you're the one who should consider explaining your edits. (And the place to do it is on the article's talk page, not here.) I will say you are likely to keep getting reverted if you continue to replace information that has a good variety of reliable sources with information sourced to a wordpress blog. Self-published sources like blogs are not considered reliable. And even if you had provided a reliable source, you didn't explain why you deleted so much other sourced material. I suggest you open up a discussion on the article's talk page if you have suggestions for improving the article. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robison Family Murder

Dawn would you help us upload and insert a picture for our Robison entry? Thank you, Dr. John H. Watson (talk) 18:07, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.193.175.178 (talk) 20:16, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robison Family Murders citation update

It was a 1967 family picture obtained from the Michigan State Police case evidence file CR 4114-08-785-66

I have successfully uploaded it on WIKI at File:Robison family 1967.pdf Would you please insert it back in the article for me? I am afraid of losing all my work if I attempt this.

Thank You ! Eugene Francois Vidocq — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eugene Francois Vidocq (talk • contribs) 20:18, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ngunalik (talk) 21:46, 13 March 2013 (UTC)LRA article[reply]

Hi Dawn

I have been editing the article of LRA, I am still working on it. Please check later and let me know if you are ok with the new sources of information that I am adding.

Regards Ngunalik (talk) 21:46, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Hi Dawn,

I receievd a message from you regarding setting up of my new page. I am the director of Faux Face Group so I was wondering what I needed to do to be able to keep the page.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Natalie — Preceding unsigned comment added by FauxFaceGroup (talk • contribs) 18:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Midsouth Shooters Supply Deletion

Hello! Not sure why we are getting deleted, I understand I may have it in the wrong category, but not sure how other companies can offer pages as well and not be deleted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MidwayUSA

I am new to this process - so please help me to understand.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MidsouthShootersSupply (talk • contribs) 19:15, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The issue is that you aren't supposed to use your userpage for promotion (WP:UP#PROMO), and that you aren't supposed to have a username that is the same as a company or organization (WP:CORPNAME). Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:26, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CenturyLink Field edits

Edits made to century link field involve unsourced or badly sourced information on crown noises. I have mentioned it in the past that the sources were of bad quality and most of it was heresay. I've been in an editing battle with some Seattle fans who insist on reverting my edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.115.248.21 (talk) 19:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay - I suggest that you open a discussion on the talk page to seek consensus, though, and explain your edits the edit summary so it doesn't get mistaken for vandalism. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:57, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prophecy of the Popes

As I have explained to multiple users, this section was both properly sourced and notable. I honestly don't understand why you folks keep removing it. Twarwick666 (talk) 00:19, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FRINGE, WP:BLP, WP:OR, WP:SYNTH. It's being discussed on the article's talk page, I'm not going to go over it again here. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 00:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Empty Canvas

Hi Dawn,

Kindly review my article creation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Empty_Canvas

I hope this article will be approved.

Thanks! Onlyalive — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onlyalive (talk • contribs) 01:36, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Your article is not likely to be approved if you can't demonstrate the band's notability using reliable sources. Dawn Bard (talk) 01:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting Dispute Resolution

Dear "Dawn Board". This is in reference to the article "Greater Middle East". In the "View history" section, I see (cur | prev) 18:39, 4 March 2013‎ Dawn Bard (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (22,190 bytes) (+16,279)‎ . . (Undid revision 541980908 by 99.235.25.103 (talk) unexplained deletion of sourced material) (undo)

In fact, I have explained the deletion twice in the TALK section under "Relevance of article". This article has been consistent in context from 2006 until February 2013. For the last few weeks, an attempt is being made to generalize the article to the extent of triviality.

I have opened a dispute resolution for this case which you can see at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Greater_Middle_East — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.25.103 (talk) 11:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my comments there about your participation, per your request. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 16:20, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your time Dawn Bard. I will try to engage WashingtonPrime again in the talk section. (Apologies if I did not follow the right protocol in inviting you to the dispute. Best! 99.235.25.103 (talk) 03:29, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit War

Hi Dawn, I received your message regarding edit war with JudgementfromGod also the same person with the IP address 197.255.163.84. Most of the references presented in his version are null. Others are not related. to comments made on the Wiki page of "Harold Demuren". JudgementfromGod aka 197.255.163.84 keeps reverting the whole page back to his version. Also, deleted the whole page at one point. onetime10 15:44, 15 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onetime10 (talk • contribs)

I requested semi-protection when he was still using his IP, but that seems moot now. Sitethief~_{talk to me}~ 15:46, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, Onetime10, I removed the 3RR warning from your page and reported our "friend" for edit warring. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I appreciate the help. onetime10 16:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onetime10 (talk • contribs)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thank you Dawn for your efforts! It seems like every time I see something and think, "That's a problem, someone should fix that..." and don't have time to do it myself, within a few minutes, you've reverted it, PROD'd it, AFD'd it, reported it to AIV, or explained it. `Zad68` 20:19, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thank you! *blushes* Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:53, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dawn Bard:

I was trying to contribute to the Trabectome's richness (registered mark) of NeoMedix Corporation, that has developed and commercialized the niche revolutionary technology. However, you and your colleagues have chosen to delete twice under the "advertising" reason. Just as FEDEX, UPS, XEROX, etc. have their respective histories and facts and mentioned in Wikipedia with fullest details, how can the Trabectome Procedure (which has contributed heavily in the world of glaucoma) be not explained in terms of its intended uses (particularly from the US FDA perspective?. I request that one of your deletions/edits be undone.

If you want, we can have further conversation/discussion regarding the above. My contacts are listed below.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards / Cordialement / 宜しく/ Met vriendelijke groet / ד 'ש / Saludos cordiales / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / 最誠摯的問候,

Amarjit S. Jowandha

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance

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Tel: (714) 258-8355 Ext. 116

Fax: (714) 258-8356

ajowandha@neomedix.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.23.164.158 (talk) 03:05, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sylvio de Lellis

Actually it was misspelled, as a note on Talk page said; "maestro Silvio de Lellis" renamed and sourced and unsourcable (and almost certainly incorrect) claim that father was an admiral removed. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:29, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there

Just wanted to say hi to you, since I've run into you a couple of times now doing vandalism patrols. Keep up the good work! Sitethief~_{talk to me}~ 20:33, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - you, too, Sitethief! Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Roman Catholic Church and "civilization"

Dawn, I have swapped all "civilisation" spellings to "civilization". This isn't to unnecessarily swap language from British to American, but because all pages linked use the American English version rather than British. This may confuse some, and to prevent this, American English should be used universally unless all are changed to British. Consistency should not only be used within articles but also across articles. As you said, this is an international webpage, therefore, consistency across pages is important to those who don't natively speak English. If one is changed, all should be changed.

Regards, Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.168.91 (talk) 20:32, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Michael, thanks for commenting here. If you check out the relevant section of the Manual of Style, you'll see that it's Wikipedia policy to allow different variations of English. When an article is about something that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking country, the corresponding version of English is used - so the article about Queen Elizabeth II is in British English and the article about California is in American English, for example. But for other articles, any variant is acceptable, though consistency within any given article is favoured. (...favored.)

Anyway, all that said, I'm not going to get into an edit war at Catholic Church, and if you restore your changes, I'm not going to revert you. Consider checking out MOS:RETAIN, though, which states "disputes over which English variety to use in an article are strongly discouraged" and "when an English variety's consistent usage has been established in an article, it is maintained in the absence of consensus to the contrary."

Please feel free to comment here again if you have any questions or concerns. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dawn, what you said makes complete sense. I didn't mean to disrespect any variant of the English language, I simply thought it would get confusing with linking, where the hyperlinked text includes the British form of the word, while the actual page contains the American English form. That is all. Because you are much more experienced in editing on Wiki, I will let you direct the page in the way you think is best.

Regards, Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.168.91 (talk) 23:13, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up articles.--I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 04:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Link to ECOLEX

Dear Dawn Bard

according to your message you have removed an ECOLEX link which was added to the Lake Victoria article.

ECOLEX is a non-profit, non-commercial website which offers free of charge for users worldwide comprehensive information and documents on environmental law (national legislation, treaties, court decisions, literature). The purpose is to build capacity and inform students, other researchers and decision makers in the area of policy and law. The portal ECOLEX is fed and jointly managed by IUCN, FAO and UNEP. All well known and highly recognized international organizations -- two are UN organizations.

There are several conventions related to the Lake Victoria available in ECOLEX (bibliographic information plus full texts) and we only wanted to inform the interested reader about this.

We kindly request your permission to add such links to ECOLEX.

Regards Anni Lukács IUCN-Environmental Law Centre ECOLEX Management Unit — Preceding unsigned comment added by IUCN-ELC (talk • contribs) 09:15, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When a new user shows up and their only edits are to add links to the same website to dozens of articles, it looks very much like spamming. It looks like you are here to promote your site rather than to help build an encyclopedia. If you want to add the links back I won't stop you, but i wasn't the only one to revert you, so you might consider explaining, on the article's talk page, why you think the article absolutely needs a link to ECOLEX. And check out WP:EL. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Deaths in 2013

Harry Reems seems to be listed twice - perhaps that explains the deletion ?

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 17:37, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, oops! Good catch, Derek - sorry about that. This is why I wish people would use edit summaries. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:38, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found it by pure chance - you are dead right though about edit summaries. No damage done. Cheers,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 17:51, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stroopwafels!

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Conflict in Turkey

You stated in your message to me that I could edit the article of Kurdish–Turkish conflict if I provide reliable sources. So did I. But Kolega2357 undid my changes to backwards again. I don't get it why.

This new stuation (the call for an end of armed struggle declared today) in Turkey is huuuge, by the way. The nation is at a changing of course of history, in case you guys don't realise that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.97.16.230 (talk) 21:47, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

I reverted the article to my edits. Most of the waterfalls of Belize do not have articles, so links are being used in the meantime. They are as amazing as any waterfalls anywhere, it's just that they have not been given articles for whatever reason(?). Still they should be known about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pgbk1987 (talk • contribs) 13:53, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The links are still spam as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not going to get into an edit war over it, so I won't remove them again. Have you considered writing articles about the waterfalls yourself? There's no reason they don't have articles other than the fact that nobody has written them. There's lots of good info about writing an article here: Wikipedia:Your first article. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Which evidence

Please refer me the area of map and page number of various publications from which I have synthesizedMaria0333 (talk) 18:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You listed them yourself here: [2]. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:11, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Dawn. I've tried to consolidate a discussion at File talk:Map on Dialects Of Punjabi Language.jpg. --Orlady (talk) 19:46, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed for User:Maria0333‎

The user has blanked her talk page. I reported her for her un-constructive behaviour and she was blocked for 24 hours, but now with an other image, which is for "Dialects of Punjabi", but she has put it witha size of 400px in these unwanted articles: The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ahmadpur East Attock Attock District Bahawalnagar Bahawalnagar District Bahawalpur Bahawalpur District Bhakkar Bhakkar District Burewala Chakwal Chhachi dialect Chishtian Darya Khan Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan District Derawali dialect Dhani dialect Dialects of the Punjab Doabi dialect Dogri language Faisalabad Faisalabad District Ghebi dialect Gujar Khan Gujranwala Gujranwala District Gujrat District Gujrat city Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar Hasilpur Jampur Jandali dialect Jauharabad Jhangvi dialect Jhelum Jhelum District Kalabagh Karor Lal Esan Kasur Kasur District Khanewal Khanewal District Khanpur Khushab Khushab District Kot Adu Lahnda (Western Punjabi) Lahore Lahore District Layyah Layyah District Liaqauatpur Lodhran Lodhran District Mailsi Malwi dialect Mianwali Mianwali District Multan Multan District Multani dialect Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh District Nankana Sahib District Narowal Narowal District Punjab, Pakistan Punjabi language Pwadhi dialect Rahim Yar Khan Rahim Yar Khan District Rajanpur Rajanpur District Rawalpindi Rawalpindi District Riasti dialect Riyasati dialect Sadiqabad Sargodha Sargodha District Shah puri dialect Sheikhupura Sheikhupura District Sialkot Sialkot District Sohawa Thalochi dialect Vehari District

Please help! This image has also a problem of "original research" and is under discussion, but in these unrelated pages with a size of 400px is not justified! This is the image:

File:Map on Dialects Of Punjabi Language.jpg

Richard Littlejohn...

Hi, I recently tried to correct Richard Littlejohns wikki page but then you felt the need to remove my corrections stating they were inaccurate or unhelpful.

My correctiion involved the insertion of the word hypocritical....and this is why I believe it is not inaccurate and should remain.. In this first article Mr. Littlejohn states how he "always hated this kind of ritual public humiliation."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2246112/Australian-prank-DJs-interview-Do-spare-self-pity-Sheila-says-Richard-Littlejohn.html

Yet in the following article he is completely guilty of exactly the same thing...

http://web.archive.org/web/20121226073921/http:/www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2251347/Nathan-Uptons-wrong-body--hes-wrong-job.html

your comments are eagerly awaited.

Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.101.159.166 (talk) 23:04, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Take it to the article's talk page if really feel like it must be included. I reverted your edit because you added unsourced commentary to a biography of a living person, something Wikipedia takes seriously, and I wasn't the only one to revert you. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 23:10, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	for reverting countless amounts of vandalism! -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 17:37, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Singer George Komsky

Dear Dawn, please undelete my recent post - Singer George Komsky I am the writer of this wiki page and the biography on the official website. you can see in the contact on the site, I am part of the site. there is no copyright infringement. thank you, Nicole Nicolemuj (talk) 17:04, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. There are procedures for donating copyrighted material which should have been followed before pasting the text into an article. The page you copied from has an explicit copyright declared on it, so it is appropriate for the tag to stay in place until the material is reworded or the material is donated. Dawn Bard (talk) 17:11, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Trieste Commodity Exchange as was

I see you have changed this back to how it was, almost, In fact this time yesterday it was called UFB Direct (company), but no matter. I'm not sure what user user:Candicell was doing, because if you look at the page history, you'll see that s/he created the page in the first place (24 Jan, from Dr Adil)

This is the second time recently I've come across what I call "page hijack", when the entire original material has been overwritten by something else entirely. Another is Meenakshi Express and another which may have been some sort of joke was Manuel Uribe. I never really know what to do in these cases. I was about to seek help on this, after sleeping on it, but I guess you picked it up from some or other admin report.

In case you're wondering, my chosen stick to beat my own back is Category:Pages with missing references list. Incidentally, I come across a lot of vandalism. I did try to report it a couple of times, but I found the pages incredibly difficult to navigate, and enquiry just produced hostility, so now I don't bother but just note it in edit comment.

John of Cromer in Philippines (talk) mytime= Wed 05:59, wikitime= 21:59, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

World Mission Society Church of God

Looks like user Lucykim55 has been deleted but an anonymous user now rolls back in his/her place. I'm sure you know better than me, but my suggestion is to revert to the big one, then lock against change. John of Cromer in Philippines (talk) mytime= Wed 17:25, wikitime= 09:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What are we doing wrong?

Hi dawn,

Wondering if you can help us identify what we're doing wrong to have our page keep reverting back? The content we are adding is not promotional in nature, it's informational about our company, along with a few photos. Information who are executives are, a chronological timeline of our history, and a listing of some of the awards we won. We want to contribute appropriately, so if there's any info or direction you can give us, we would really appreciate it. Thank you. wearefallon Wearefallon (talk) 20:56, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PFSweb Page

Hi Dawn,

After reading over this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTPROMOTION#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion) I am wondering why some recent edits I have made to this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFSweb) have made it be flagged by you as an advertisement. I have tried to be very conscious that the article cites only third party sources and states facts about the company without any opinions (i.e. this company is great because they signed client xyz). There is even content on the page which is factual but not an "advertisement" at all, such as how the company was forced to lay off employees in the past.

Could you please offer any advice on what exactly you are talking about as being an advertisement on the page so it can be corrected and cleared up?

Thank you for your time and your continued contributions to Wikipedia - people like you make this site what it is and I would just like to get this article straightened up so it can meet the standards of the site (something which I apparently failed in doing).

Thanks,

Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mabmattbrown (talk • contribs) 23:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I start the ball rolling with users who keep reverting to their own tosh?

Apart from aforesaid Lucykim55 who now seems to have gone anonymous, there is another one - 110.93.93.89 who keeps overwriting Naga, Camarines Sur, now for the fourth time. (3 of another user, once of mine. I'm not too sure how effective a warning can be against an anonymous user - all they have to do is move to a different seat in the net bar.

John of Cromer in Philippines (talk) mytime= Thu 19:49, wikitime= 11:49, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chang Gil Jah

The Contents that were removed from the Zahng Gil Jah article are not true, although sources were quoted, they are coming from a website that is down, and is a bit controversial and biased on their content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agone1234 (talk • contribs) 02:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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New pages, harassment

Hello Dawn. I am a new contributor, learning the ropes. I created an article "Katkari People" in my sandbox on April 1, 2013 only to find that on April 2 an article with this title was created by an editor. I'm curious. Was this an "amazing coincidence" or do editors have access to a users' sandbox? I also made some minor edits on related topics a day earlier, so may have revealed my existence at that time. Finally, there is some difference in view regarding the facts for this page, and I have been written to by regular email, so I am feeling a bit uneasy about possible harassment. Suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Buckles (talk • contribs) 16:27, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hondros College Updates

Hi Dawn. I work on behalf of Hondros College and we are quite new to Wiki entries so apologies if we made a few mistakes. We would like to list our physical locations of the schools if that is ok. I saw your comment about office hours, etc. being to promotional and that seems fair to me (meaning ... I agree with you.)

66.39.207.16 (talk) 16:55, 5 April 2013 (UTC)Doug Newman[reply]

Mapping the Global Economy

Hi Dawn Bard, I am looking for volunteers to re-create the link below for all 196 countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States The goal of this project is to map out the global economy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnabber091 (talk • contribs) 03:27, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Morgellon's

I'm very upset that at the very top of the Morgellon's article it flat out states that the people who have it are delusional. This is still up for debate. It's not a done deal. There are many people who claim similar symptoms to each other and the fact that they don't get FDA recognition does not make them crazy!

I feel that Wikipedia should present the information from both sides of this better and not take one side or the other on the ongoing debate.

I'm really frustrated that you undid my edit when I simply deleted the part about them being delusional. I left the part that said the establishment medical community believes they are delusional.

I don't suffer from this disease but I have a lot of empathy for people who do. How would you feel if you had sores that wouldn't heal, with fibers coming out of them, biting and stinging sensations, your hair follicles being replaced with something very strange, etc. and no doctor would help you but to call you delusional.

I'm upset that Wikipedia says this because if a patient tells their doctor they may have Morgellons and the doctor doesn't know what that means and looks it up, the Wikipedia page may come up first on google and the person could get a WRONG delusions of parasitosis diagnosis when they really have a disease that needs treatment.

http://www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/morgellons/index.cfm http://www.morgellonsexposed.com 99.9.78.0 (talk) 18:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to talk about the content of the article, the best place to do it is the article's talk page - that way anyone interested in the topic can see it and participate in the discussion. This issue has been discussed repeatedly at Talk:Morgellons. Nobody should be using Wikipedia for medical advice, least of all doctors - no self-respecting physician is going to use Wikipedia for diagnosis. As to presenting information from "both sides," please check out Wikipedia's policies regarding undue weight and reliable sources for medical articles. The article accurately reflects the reliable medical body of literature on Morgellons. Dawn Bard (talk) 18:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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ANI

Thanks for the help. You may be interested in this. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:50, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template

Hello Dawn Bard, my name is Howicus. Via Recent Changes, I found User talk:RaDe Phenom, and I was just wondering, what's the template you used there? I think a "Welcome/Warning" template like that would come in handy for me. Howicus (talk) 16:49, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Howicus, nice to meet you. The template is {{subst:welcomevandal}}; if you want to refer to a specific article the user edited, do this {{subst:welcomevandal|ARTICLE TITLE}}. There are a few similar templates here Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates in the "Specialized messages" section. Let me know if you have any more questions. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:24, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, I'm sure that'll come in handy. Howicus (talk) 17:49, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your feedback!

For the Wiki entry "Big Data"

would an external link like this one be ok?

Big Data and Analytical Data Platforms Collection of Articles

Pls advise

Best Regards Roberto — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rzicari (talk • contribs) 14:31, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Dakhla, Marocco

Why you reverted the changes ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghrissolsky (talk • contribs) 14:59, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because you just copied and pasted the contents of Dakhla, Western Sahara into Dakhla, Morocco, and Dakhla, Morocco is already a redirect to Dakhla, Western Sahara. Wikipedia doesn't duplicate the same article in multiple places, it uses redirect pages. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:41, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead and delete it

Go ahead and delete the article --PirateBlast (talk) 21:31, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

deletion mistake

i recently put up a death and you deleted. a bit of back ground Bryan Gilbert was very well known in northern and parts of southern ontario he was in a band called koschecks for some reason you deleted the post — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.98.73 (talk) 22:46, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You did not provide a source for your edit, which is why I deleted it, as I have already explained on your talk page (User talk:208.101.98.73). Dawn Bard (talk) 22:49, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Bomb Buddies

Hello Dawn Bard. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Bomb Buddies, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: I don't think it's a web based game. A7 doesn't apply. Suggest PROD. Thank you. Ged UK 11:57, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Elia Nora Rodriguez

Just fyi, I removed the PROD BLP tag beacuse there are references. Uberaccount (talk) 20:07, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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DO NOT TRUST THE COPS! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Topeditor8 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In re: Welcome to Wikipedia

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Re: Human Evo Edits

The edits I keep making to the human evolution page are not incorrect. I'm a Palaeolithic archaeologist with a PhD in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of East Africa and handaxes are used throughout the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in Africa, Asia and Europe! Moreover, Flake technology was the first knapped technology and is found within every paleolithic time period/tool kit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.225.5 (talk) 19:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, the place to discuss the content of the Human evolution article is on the article's talk page, not on my talk page. Secondly, the article is incredibly well sourced, so you can't just throw in an unsourced assertion that human evolution is a "very unproven concept." The article is full of well-sourced proof, is what I mean. Dawn Bard (talk) 20:03, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Yao Wenyuan by Jiataozhang

Perhaps we can get a translator to provide a possible quotation to this user's edits and to also check the verifiability of such claims as well as seeing if the source is acceptable. Non-English sources are permitted, albeit with caveats. 108.9.38.198 (talk) 20:19, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that non-English sources are permitted, but the text the user is adding multiple articles is unacceptable even if the source is verified - it's just very badly written. I have asked the user on their talk page to use the article talk pages to verify text before inserting it into articles, but they will not engage in discussion. The edits are, at this point, disruptive. Dawn Bard (talk) 20:24, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User problem

The user DrKiernan seems to attack any edits I make on Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the user is obsessed with removing important things from the lead which has been there for years, the user started this war after I started editing. (Monkelese (talk) 19:36, 28 May 2013 (UTC))[reply]

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Wilhelmina Models Edits

Dawn — I am keen on implementing the edits to the Wilhelmina Models page, but am evidently running afoul of protocol in the process. I am unclear on the copyright violations that you are presenting as basis for your edits. The source that I am citing is the about page on Wihelmina.com. This page trumps any other pages such as http://www.fotoshoot.com/, which have clearly copy and pasted text from Wilhelmina.com.

How can I see my edit implemented? Please advise and thanks.

Damien Neva ghostfeed

If the content is lifted from the Wilhelmina Models page, then it's still a copyright violation. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I will rewrite the edit I have been trying to implement in an effort to avoid running awry of any copyright. Thank you for your feedback. --Ghostfeed (talk) 16:44, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Objections to additions to Sandra Choi Biography

Please advise more precisely your objections. Sources were cited for the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.111.140.164 (talk) 16:57, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The text was copied from http://chooconnection.jimmychoo.com/content/sandra-choi-creative-director so it is a potential copyright violation. See Wikipedia's copyright policy for details. This is clearly spelled out in the messages I left here: User talk:JChooPR. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:02, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Absolut Vodka page

The external links do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or positions of TAC (The Absolut Company), Pernod Ricard or their affiliates. A note has been added, but please don't remove the links as they serve as a valuable resource. If you have any questions, please contact me directly. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krejsbol (talk • contribs) 22:30, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please check out Wikipedia's policy on external links to see why I deleted them. If you really think they need to be there, please make a case on the article's talk page before adding them back. Dawn Bard (talk) 03:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Theabbeykat (talk) 17:40, 4 June 2013 (UTC) Mr.Bard, I think you should not have taken my edits down on wiki of Dr.Seuss. I belive those edits made a real cotrabution to that page.[reply]

I have co-authored an iPad app featuring original 3D photos taken on North Brother Island, along with carefully researched and written histories. I removed the external links. The app contains information and pictures that anyone interested in North Brother Island would be interested in. Please ease up. Thank you, Lneedell (talk) 17:51, 4 June 2013 (UTC)Laurie Needell[reply]

Your Rideshare Edit

Hi Dawn, The first time here, edited the page to add link to my company web page. Not sure why you identified it as SPAM?Ftc1955 (talk) 19:08, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the guidelines on external links and, spam and conflict of interest that I posted on your talk page. Posting a link to your company's site is spam. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:21, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Posting the company name with no link is fine then? Just want to make sure before doing it.Ftc1955 (talk) 21:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of text

The information on Philippa Tomson is incorrect. Her circumstances have now changed and now as a result of the incorrect information, it is having a detrimental impact on both her personal and professional life. I've been instructed to update the page with the correct information. How do I go about doing this? I look forward to your response. Regards, Samgram — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samgram13 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Samgram, thanks for your questions. Your looked problematic because the information that was deleted was sourced. If you have any sources for the updated information, it would be best to add them when you add or replace text - see the policy on verifiability for the relevant policies. It's also always recommended that you explain your edits in the edit summary, so other users know your intentions. You could also explain your edits on the article talk page, if you have more to say than the edit summary allows. Wikipedia takes biographies of living people particularly seriously in terms of verifiability, accuracy, and neutrality, so thanks for your efforts to improve the article! I'm sorry it got flagged as unconstructive. Please feel free to ask here or on the article's talk page if you have any more questions. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:11, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion converted to PROD: The Winkler Theory

Hello Dawn Bard. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on The Winkler Theory to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. I was sorely tempted to zap it, and it stands no chance as being OR, but I don't think he's trying to deceive which is the essence of a hoax, so I give it the benefit of the doubt. I will point him to WP:NOR and WP:NFT, and hope he doesn't put us to the trouble of an AfD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Persian and Kurmanji Kurdish comparison

Hi Dawn Bard,

Table may help language researchers. As you know that both languages are from same origin.

Regards

Persian versus Kurmanji Kurdish

Hello there,

Are you okay? It is my own work that was trying to add. They were deleting my own work. What do you mean with war? So, you mean I can only make contributions that is limited with some people's desires that shared their ideas here?

I made some contributions so if people have a doupt they have to put it for consensus not deleting a whole work. Please respect my work and revert it for a consensus that I do not know how to do so.

Thank you. Kurmanjo (talk) 22:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay. I explained the idea of an edit-war on your talk page. Wikipedia works by consensus, so you do have to work with the other users. (Wikipedia:Consensus) Continue the discussion you are already involved in on the article's talk page to see if you can get consensus. I know this is your work and you've put a lot of time into it, but Wikipedia doesn't publish original research and you've been told so a number of times. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 22:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My name is not Kurmanji, is Kurmanjo Thank you.

Kurmanjo (talk) 22:09, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dawn Bard,

You reffered me to read the "being civil to your fellow Wikipedians" What do you mean? Am I not a civil? Or was I swearing some people?

If I were leting them easily delete my work without a notification so probably I might be a polite man? O yes you are a civilised man. Actually I am a cave man. So let it be people think as they wish.

Thank you civil man.

Kurmanjo (talk) 22:31, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you assume I'm a man? Accusing a fellow user of having some sort of a "European linguistics" agenda[3] for their edits is not civil. Neither is saying "You ove [sic] me an explanation pal." And neither is your sarcasm here. If you would like to discuss the contents of the article, please continue to do so article talk page. Dawn Bard (talk) 22:42, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read my first question? at [4]. I dont know if this works in your territory or not but it works here in my country. If somebody delete my own work without a given notice I call this politeness and not-civilized and even rudeness. Deleting a work is so easy, but building is so hard. Okay I gave up. You fondly can delete my all contributions. I gave up. Wikipedia is yours...

Kurmanjo (talk) 23:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm not going to discuss this further here, I find it frustrating. If you want to talk about the article you can continue to do so at the article talk page. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 23:58, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peer instruction

Hi Dawn, I am Julie Schell and I made the original Post on the Peer Instruction wikipedia page as you can see - The Blog for Peer Instruction (http://blog.peerinstruction.net) is run by me and I author all the articles and resources there. I am not sure why it was removed.

Thanks so much, Julie Julieschell (talk) 17:29, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Julie. Wikipedia has guidelines against self-promotion. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't keep reverting my restoration on Darius the Great article

Please read the discussion on the Darius the Great article. Basically a bunch of people decided to gang up and "Vote" to have the name of the article changed to "Darius I" from Darius the Great. This is not an election or a popularity contest. All articles in wikipedia are based on sources; Take a moment and think about how silly it is for an editor to start a voting topic on something he has no knowledge of and then have his friends vote on it and then call it a "consensus" and a "good reason" to rewrite history. Klax44 (talk) 18:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia operates based on consensus, and you don't have consensus. You can stop quoting the rules at me; I've been here a lot longer than you, and I assure you I know them. Please stop your disruptive editing. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:34, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aidan Turner's page

Hi,

Could you please NOT 'update' my page on wiki. I want my IMDB biography to appear on Wiki.

Thanks,

Aidan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan4567 (talk • contribs) 01:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Aidan. I'm afraid that's not how Wikipedia works. You simply don't get to tell other users not to edit a particular page. Please check the policy outlined at WP:OWN. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 04:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please help

Hi. I am an employee of Critical Path and Mirapoint. I am trying to constructively update the info on our company on Wikipedia (the info has not been updated in years). However, I keep getting an error messages. Might you be able to help with any guidance in making the updates stick? Any help you could provide would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Best, Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Critical Path in San Mateo (talk • contribs) 21:59, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bias

I am extremely surprised to see the way in which you are behaving. Clearly you aren't a Jim Flaherty "fan", but that doesn't mean you get to destroy facts that show the Minister in a good light and leave all the negative sections on his page. I would say that the bias is coming from your end.

Information from the Department of Finance, the Bank of Canada and several news organizations is not reliable?? But LIBERAL.CA is?? Really?

Have a nice day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmfmo (talk • contribs) 14:38, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I actually am a Flaherty fan, though I expect you won't believe me, but the article was really biased - it isn't supposed to be a hagiography any more than it is supposed to be a takedown piece. The problem isn't so much the sources that you were using, per se, but the way they were being used. You can't, for example, use an article that doesn't mention Mr. Flaherty to source a statement about how Mr. Flaherty saved the Canadian economy. I have already explained this on the article talk page and on the NPOV message board, so I'm not going to re-hash it all here.

Also, take a look at the history of the edits to the page - you'll see that I was not the one to even remove the bulk of the content.

Please participate in the discussion at the article talk page - that's the best place to come to a consensus on the contents of the article. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:16, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note that I have now removed the liberal.ca source, because I agree that it is not appropriate. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to work together on a go-forward basis, because I didn't start editing this page to get into an editing war. I have great respect for Jim Flaherty and that's why I felt it was important to input some of his achievements, after seeing his entire page had negative content. I've recently put back the Universal Childcare Benefit section, with new sources. Can you check it out for me? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmfmo (talk • contribs) 17:45, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this. The best place to collaborate on the contents of the article is the article's talk page, so that any interested party can see and participate in the discussion. I'll see you there! Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:47, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection Sikhism Sidebar

Hey Mr. Bard, The user anonymous user coming from 66.112.191.186 and also 142.59.249.84 is removing data from other pages without specifying why, perhaps only because I made them as he seems to be attacking my edits particually on the Sikh page where he reverted a bunch of recent edits I made including grammer edits. No sign of actually improving the pages and based on that users history you can tell the user has been doing some vandalism and is up to no good. I removed the section because it seemed that it was under control. Thanks. Jujhar.pannu (talk) 19:10, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Response regarding Sentry Siren Wikipedia page

Good morning Dawn Bard,

As a new contributor to Wikipedia, I am still getting used to the rules and regs. I totally understand that advertising and promotional materials are not permitted. However, the last round of edits I made to Sentry Siren's page were strictly fact and were actually correcting misinformation that existed on the original version of the page I found yesterday. I am going to republish my last round of edits - I sincerely hope everyone will stop undoing my edits as the sole intent of the post is to correct bad information regarding the different Sentry models.

Sincerely,

Awolk1986 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awolk1986 (talk • contribs) 14:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gender

Sorry about that. I tend to associate genders online with users' usernames. However, Dawn was a girl in Pokemon, so I should have known here. XD

Anyway, if I were you, I'd bring up the misrepresentation on ANI. Cheers! - Amaury (talk) 15:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I didn't mean you! I meant our friend 142.59.249.84 - I think you just said "he" because they did - and I wish I hadn't said anything, because they have resorted to the tired old "that time of the month" saw. Thanks for your help with all of this. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:41, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you're welcome. Glad to be of service. And it looks like it's been blocked by Gilliam. Yup, it gets to be called an "it." =) - Amaury (talk) 15:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Brown's Inferno

Hello Dawn. Er... why did you delete my edit on Dan Brown's Inferno page? Those mistakes are real. I don't understand... Bye!

Tommaso Intini TommasoIntini (talk) 17:35, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You did not provide a source for the content you added. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:39, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spacenet conflict of interest?

Have you or are you going to report the spacenet user? Seems like a clear case of WP:COI Kmg90 (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did report thme to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention, and I think it's likely they'll get a spam username block. Is there somewhere else I should be reporting it? Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:03, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nope that's all I was concerned about I didn't want to post on noticeboard if you were in the process of doing it yourself Kmg90 (talk) 16:13, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

How come every time i edit the profile it gets declined, it says his religion is atheist when in relaity before his hanging he got back into sikhi and started reading the Guru Granth sahib which is the sikh holy book and he started to grow his hair.

He got inspired by the likes of Kartar Singh Sarabha but nothing is written about him in this article.

A Dosanjh1 (talk) 20:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC) A_Dosanjh1[reply]

Jim Flaherty

I saw your notice at NPOV-NB re: Jim F article and I think your points are well taken. I made some additional edits, mostly trimming. I tried to explain the principles, as I note that you had also, so the eds who originally added the material to the article can better understand what constitutes RS's on WP. EMP (talk 15:40, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

For your initiative, persistence, and leadership in cleaning up that out-of-control Jim Flaherty article. Good edits and explanations, and nice work in bringing in other eyes and hands to complete a task too large for any (sane) single editor.

		The Cleanup Barnstar

--EMP (talk 22:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks! And thank you for your work on the article, too, EMP. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:31, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

speedy deletion SolePath institute

Hi Dawn Just finding my way around wikipedia. Yikes, you were quick. Any suggestions for me. Kindest Debra

197.110.82.234 (talk) 19:47, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

--HESM29 (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)== Welkom info and some input ==[reply]

Hi dawn...I see you are very active on wiki...well done....Just a few polite questions. Have you ever been to South Africa particularly in the Free State Province and visited the city of Welkom? Some of the info pieces posted are incorrect. So when an 'inconsistency' report is not valid any more should it still stay on the site? For example. The one edit I still want to make is that the Airport does not have any commercial flights anymore but is only used for private use only. So if I change it will the question in the 'inconsistency' block still be valid?

Then I tried a few times to change the picture and then you change it back. Is it fine now? And how many pics do you think one can place? I see for example you don't have a problem with the amount of picture in the Bloemfontein post but you have a problem with the Photos placed for Welkom. Just would like to get your input here.

thx again regards HESM29

The info about the airport was not in the article, it was in a comment on the talk page. Editing or deleting other users' talk page comments is not allowed on Wikipedia, but people don't generally read the talk page for facts. If you think it's important to refute it, you can reply to the other person's comment with the correct information. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:54, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great thx dawn....care to answer my other questions...would love to hear your comments--HESM29 (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of Pandas and People - thanks

Hi Dawn,

Thanks for your revert restoring the sourced comment in the lede of Of Pandas and People. Had Tembew (Talk) read the OP&P Talk page, s/he would've seen why "pseudoscientific" is neither PoV nor a value judgement, but a dispassionate adjective which can be used to describe something which makes unwarranted claims to scientific principle. If you end up in a revert war, feel free to refer Tembew there, and/or add your own comments to Talk. Mathglot (talk) 01:24, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help find a resolution. The thread is "Talk:Morgellons". Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! EarwigBot ^{operator / talk} 03:31, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James Gandolfini

Hi Dawn, Sorry, I put the wrong link for the petition - it is here: www.ipetitions.com/petition/a-street-in-park-ridge-named-to-honor-james/ The one for the Little Theater is www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-rename-the-little-theater-at-park/ I would be grateful if you would repost this information. I think it is very much about James Gandolfini, and as it lists other efforts to honor him, it belongs in the text, perhaps above the last sentence? Thanks very much, Francesca Rogier

why did you remove the article

Hello i recently updated That Aaron said on his facebook page that he had the most intense lockdown ever to find Vlad the impaler on ghost adventures wiki page and for some unknown reason you deleted it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.98.73 (talk) 01:23, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A minor change to DRN

Hi there, you're getting this message as you are involved in a case at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard which is currently open. Today DRN has undergone a big move resulting in individual cases on subpages as opposed to all the content on one page. This is to inform you that your case is now back on the DRN board and you will be able to 'watch' the subpage it's located on. Thanks, Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:14, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2 new photos

Hi Dawn, I have 2 new photos that I want to upload onto the City of Welkom page. The one Photo is related to the city's nickname "Circle City" pic. Then I have a earthquake pic of when the city was hit by an earthquake in 1976 where a building completely collapsed . Should I create a new section to the page or can I just place it near the relevant paragraphs?

thx regards HESM29 (talk) 12:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dawn I've done the inserts can you plz help with aligning the photos in the Section "Natural Disasters" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welkom ? thx HESM29 (talk) 09:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Terascala link

Dawn,

Are you an employee of Wikipedia?

Is there some rule to not link to outside websites?

I am an employee of Terascala and considering there was no way to explain what our Lustre relationship was within the given Lustre wikipedia page, I linked to a products page on our website that is informational and educational and involves a Lustre management software suite.

Can you explain to me why you replied telling me this was inappropriate? I am confused. I don't see anything inappropriate about this.

Regards, Lindsey Angione Terascala, Inc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terascala Inc (talk • contribs) 14:59, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I am not an employee of Wikipedia. The guidelines on external links can be found here. Wikipedia is not a place for advertising or promoting your company. Dawn Bard (talk) 15:06, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for my new page

I am new to Wikipedia and thought I was creating a page for the encyclopedia. I believe I am actually just supposed to be a user? I will delete my info and start again. Sorry for the misunderstanding! Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plan-It Geographical (talk • contribs) 20:10, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Dolliee reported by User:Dawn Bard (Result: ). Thank you. Dawn Bard (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi i am Dolliee and this is my first day and this is only the second place I found to answer ANYBODY

My 2 caveat wiki paragraphs did not edit or change one word by anyone but added true perspective regarding the Holy Infant of Prague

THEY WERE BOTH REPEATEDLY DELETED Here are the 2 caveat paragraphs:

Caveat Wiki - It should be noted that until the late 1980's this Holy Sign Icon was practically universally known without using the name of Jesus, as The Infant of Prague, in exact fulfillment of Hosea 2:16-17. Also, the only truly known origin of the hand-less Icon, a pile of rubble after the Thirty Years War, was later verified and supported in the nineteenth century by the events at Lourdes, France, around a pile of rubble. There have also been repeated fabricated attempts to base this powerful Holy Self-made miraculous Sign-Icon of Prague in Spain, because the timing of its discovery and Hosea fulfillment contradicts the anti-Semitic text then being prepared by Mary of Agreda in Spain solely to sell an apocryphal, scandalous, sinful and impossible name, "Joakim", for the father of Mary already 1000 years honorably secured as Levite "Amram" by the Holy Qoran.

Caveat Wiki (again) - Firstly, it should be noted in regard to the so-called Ratzinger "coronation" that for this event the hair on the Prague Holy Icon was painted unprecedented non-Jewish, non-Jacob (Genesis 25:21 et seq.), red. Also, the September 2009 event itself either never officially took place or could not last becase the Sanctuary of The Infant of Prague had been violated in April, 2009. Apparently Ratzinger had not cared to notice this. But when the Czech Republic rightly excluded/deported from Czech territory David Duke as undesirable or even dangerous in late April, 2009, it neither then nor thereafter made any provision for the human rights of Duke (who had actually kept an image of the Infant of Prague on his website the whole time he was getting his PhD), to obtain even a limited and guarded day pass access to the Holy Infant of Prague Shrine Sanctuary, which is not "Czech Territory". No one has sued the Czech government or the Vatican over this yet.

After repeat deletions I added:

TO Maurauder40 et al: I am not a vandal. I am a lawyer. If you will stop deleting my LEGAL and SAFE Scripturally proven needed caveats, I will stop deleting your COMPLETELY MISLEADING Daniel 7 murder racket propaganda. You will please also note that I do not NEED to delete "your" lying junk to be understood. It is YOU who delete and call mine "unconstructive". OF WHAT? Murder rackets or phoney Catholicism?

See how they need to get away with anti-Semitic lies by blocking objectivity

you decide

cc:my files Dolliee (talk) 19:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)Dolliee (talk) 19:42, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please help to change population info

Hi Dawn can you plz help me to fix the population of Welkom. Some one changed it to 64,130 and it should be 406,461 as per census of 2011...The populations of suburbs (Riebeecstad & Thabong was left out)Can you help? thx --HESM29 (talk) 15:47, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted

Why did you revert the link on the roof cleaning article? The other link that was there doesn't work. The page is completely gone. 404 ---- missing. I'm not trying to spam, I am trying to help out.

Jay Salkini

Curious as to what you found unreliable about the changes to the page for Jay Salkini that you reverted. Although there was an official name change, and a legal citation to the name change litigation was included, there were also legitimate references to third party news articles that identified the subject as "Jihad" or "Jehad" Salkini. The text I added was both completely factual and documented with sources.

Peer instruction

Hi Dawn, I am Julie Schell and I made the original Post on the Peer Instruction wikipedia page as you can see - The Blog for Peer Instruction (http://blog.peerinstruction.net) is run by me and I author all the articles and resources there. I am not sure why it was removed.

Thanks so much, Julie Julieschell (talk) 17:29, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Julie. Wikipedia has guidelines against self-promotion. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't keep reverting my restoration on Darius the Great article

Please read the discussion on the Darius the Great article. Basically a bunch of people decided to gang up and "Vote" to have the name of the article changed to "Darius I" from Darius the Great. This is not an election or a popularity contest. All articles in wikipedia are based on sources; Take a moment and think about how silly it is for an editor to start a voting topic on something he has no knowledge of and then have his friends vote on it and then call it a "consensus" and a "good reason" to rewrite history. Klax44 (talk) 18:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia operates based on consensus, and you don't have consensus. You can stop quoting the rules at me; I've been here a lot longer than you, and I assure you I know them. Please stop your disruptive editing. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:34, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aidan Turner's page

Hi,

Could you please NOT 'update' my page on wiki. I want my IMDB biography to appear on Wiki.

Thanks,

Aidan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan4567 (talk • contribs) 01:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Aidan. I'm afraid that's not how Wikipedia works. You simply don't get to tell other users not to edit a particular page. Please check the policy outlined at WP:OWN. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 04:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please help

Hi. I am an employee of Critical Path and Mirapoint. I am trying to constructively update the info on our company on Wikipedia (the info has not been updated in years). However, I keep getting an error messages. Might you be able to help with any guidance in making the updates stick? Any help you could provide would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Best, Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Critical Path in San Mateo (talk • contribs) 21:59, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bias

I am extremely surprised to see the way in which you are behaving. Clearly you aren't a Jim Flaherty "fan", but that doesn't mean you get to destroy facts that show the Minister in a good light and leave all the negative sections on his page. I would say that the bias is coming from your end.

Information from the Department of Finance, the Bank of Canada and several news organizations is not reliable?? But LIBERAL.CA is?? Really?

Have a nice day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmfmo (talk • contribs) 14:38, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I actually am a Flaherty fan, though I expect you won't believe me, but the article was really biased - it isn't supposed to be a hagiography any more than it is supposed to be a takedown piece. The problem isn't so much the sources that you were using, per se, but the way they were being used. You can't, for example, use an article that doesn't mention Mr. Flaherty to source a statement about how Mr. Flaherty saved the Canadian economy. I have already explained this on the article talk page and on the NPOV message board, so I'm not going to re-hash it all here.

Also, take a look at the history of the edits to the page - you'll see that I was not the one to even remove the bulk of the content.

Please participate in the discussion at the article talk page - that's the best place to come to a consensus on the contents of the article. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:16, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note that I have now removed the liberal.ca source, because I agree that it is not appropriate. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to work together on a go-forward basis, because I didn't start editing this page to get into an editing war. I have great respect for Jim Flaherty and that's why I felt it was important to input some of his achievements, after seeing his entire page had negative content. I've recently put back the Universal Childcare Benefit section, with new sources. Can you check it out for me? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmfmo (talk • contribs) 17:45, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this. The best place to collaborate on the contents of the article is the article's talk page, so that any interested party can see and participate in the discussion. I'll see you there! Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 18:47, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection Sikhism Sidebar

Hey Mr. Bard, The user anonymous user coming from 66.112.191.186 and also 142.59.249.84 is removing data from other pages without specifying why, perhaps only because I made them as he seems to be attacking my edits particually on the Sikh page where he reverted a bunch of recent edits I made including grammer edits. No sign of actually improving the pages and based on that users history you can tell the user has been doing some vandalism and is up to no good. I removed the section because it seemed that it was under control. Thanks. Jujhar.pannu (talk) 19:10, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Response regarding Sentry Siren Wikipedia page

Good morning Dawn Bard,

As a new contributor to Wikipedia, I am still getting used to the rules and regs. I totally understand that advertising and promotional materials are not permitted. However, the last round of edits I made to Sentry Siren's page were strictly fact and were actually correcting misinformation that existed on the original version of the page I found yesterday. I am going to republish my last round of edits - I sincerely hope everyone will stop undoing my edits as the sole intent of the post is to correct bad information regarding the different Sentry models.

Sincerely,

Awolk1986 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awolk1986 (talk • contribs) 14:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gender

Sorry about that. I tend to associate genders online with users' usernames. However, Dawn was a girl in Pokemon, so I should have known here. XD

Anyway, if I were you, I'd bring up the misrepresentation on ANI. Cheers! - Amaury (talk) 15:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I didn't mean you! I meant our friend 142.59.249.84 - I think you just said "he" because they did - and I wish I hadn't said anything, because they have resorted to the tired old "that time of the month" saw. Thanks for your help with all of this. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 15:41, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you're welcome. Glad to be of service. And it looks like it's been blocked by Gilliam. Yup, it gets to be called an "it." =) - Amaury (talk) 15:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Brown's Inferno

Hello Dawn. Er... why did you delete my edit on Dan Brown's Inferno page? Those mistakes are real. I don't understand... Bye!

Tommaso Intini TommasoIntini (talk) 17:35, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You did not provide a source for the content you added. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 17:39, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spacenet conflict of interest?

Have you or are you going to report the spacenet user? Seems like a clear case of WP:COI Kmg90 (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did report thme to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention, and I think it's likely they'll get a spam username block. Is there somewhere else I should be reporting it? Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:03, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nope that's all I was concerned about I didn't want to post on noticeboard if you were in the process of doing it yourself Kmg90 (talk) 16:13, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

How come every time i edit the profile it gets declined, it says his religion is atheist when in relaity before his hanging he got back into sikhi and started reading the Guru Granth sahib which is the sikh holy book and he started to grow his hair.

He got inspired by the likes of Kartar Singh Sarabha but nothing is written about him in this article.

A Dosanjh1 (talk) 20:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC) A_Dosanjh1[reply]

Jim Flaherty

I saw your notice at NPOV-NB re: Jim F article and I think your points are well taken. I made some additional edits, mostly trimming. I tried to explain the principles, as I note that you had also, so the eds who originally added the material to the article can better understand what constitutes RS's on WP. EMP (talk 15:40, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

For your initiative, persistence, and leadership in cleaning up that out-of-control Jim Flaherty article. Good edits and explanations, and nice work in bringing in other eyes and hands to complete a task too large for any (sane) single editor.

		The Cleanup Barnstar

--EMP (talk 22:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks! And thank you for your work on the article, too, EMP. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 14:31, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

speedy deletion SolePath institute

Hi Dawn Just finding my way around wikipedia. Yikes, you were quick. Any suggestions for me. Kindest Debra

197.110.82.234 (talk) 19:47, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

--HESM29 (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)== Welkom info and some input ==[reply]

Hi dawn...I see you are very active on wiki...well done....Just a few polite questions. Have you ever been to South Africa particularly in the Free State Province and visited the city of Welkom? Some of the info pieces posted are incorrect. So when an 'inconsistency' report is not valid any more should it still stay on the site? For example. The one edit I still want to make is that the Airport does not have any commercial flights anymore but is only used for private use only. So if I change it will the question in the 'inconsistency' block still be valid?

Then I tried a few times to change the picture and then you change it back. Is it fine now? And how many pics do you think one can place? I see for example you don't have a problem with the amount of picture in the Bloemfontein post but you have a problem with the Photos placed for Welkom. Just would like to get your input here.

thx again regards HESM29

The info about the airport was not in the article, it was in a comment on the talk page. Editing or deleting other users' talk page comments is not allowed on Wikipedia, but people don't generally read the talk page for facts. If you think it's important to refute it, you can reply to the other person's comment with the correct information. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 19:54, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great thx dawn....care to answer my other questions...would love to hear your comments--HESM29 (talk) 20:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of Pandas and People - thanks

Hi Dawn,

Thanks for your revert restoring the sourced comment in the lede of Of Pandas and People. Had Tembew (Talk) read the OP&P Talk page, s/he would've seen why "pseudoscientific" is neither PoV nor a value judgement, but a dispassionate adjective which can be used to describe something which makes unwarranted claims to scientific principle. If you end up in a revert war, feel free to refer Tembew there, and/or add your own comments to Talk. Mathglot (talk) 01:24, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

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James Gandolfini

Hi Dawn, Sorry, I put the wrong link for the petition - it is here: www.ipetitions.com/petition/a-street-in-park-ridge-named-to-honor-james/ The one for the Little Theater is www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-rename-the-little-theater-at-park/ I would be grateful if you would repost this information. I think it is very much about James Gandolfini, and as it lists other efforts to honor him, it belongs in the text, perhaps above the last sentence? Thanks very much, Francesca Rogier

why did you remove the article

Hello i recently updated That Aaron said on his facebook page that he had the most intense lockdown ever to find Vlad the impaler on ghost adventures wiki page and for some unknown reason you deleted it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.98.73 (talk) 01:23, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A minor change to DRN

Hi there, you're getting this message as you are involved in a case at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard which is currently open. Today DRN has undergone a big move resulting in individual cases on subpages as opposed to all the content on one page. This is to inform you that your case is now back on the DRN board and you will be able to 'watch' the subpage it's located on. Thanks, Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:14, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2 new photos

Hi Dawn, I have 2 new photos that I want to upload onto the City of Welkom page. The one Photo is related to the city's nickname "Circle City" pic. Then I have a earthquake pic of when the city was hit by an earthquake in 1976 where a building completely collapsed . Should I create a new section to the page or can I just place it near the relevant paragraphs?

thx regards HESM29 (talk) 12:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dawn I've done the inserts can you plz help with aligning the photos in the Section "Natural Disasters" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welkom ? thx HESM29 (talk) 09:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Terascala link

Dawn,

Are you an employee of Wikipedia?

Is there some rule to not link to outside websites?

I am an employee of Terascala and considering there was no way to explain what our Lustre relationship was within the given Lustre wikipedia page, I linked to a products page on our website that is informational and educational and involves a Lustre management software suite.

Can you explain to me why you replied telling me this was inappropriate? I am confused. I don't see anything inappropriate about this.

Regards, Lindsey Angione Terascala, Inc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terascala Inc (talk • contribs) 14:59, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I am not an employee of Wikipedia. The guidelines on external links can be found here. Wikipedia is not a place for advertising or promoting your company. Dawn Bard (talk) 15:06, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for my new page

I am new to Wikipedia and thought I was creating a page for the encyclopedia. I believe I am actually just supposed to be a user? I will delete my info and start again. Sorry for the misunderstanding! Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plan-It Geographical (talk • contribs) 20:10, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Dolliee reported by User:Dawn Bard (Result: ). Thank you. Dawn Bard (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi i am Dolliee and this is my first day and this is only the second place I found to answer ANYBODY

My 2 caveat wiki paragraphs did not edit or change one word by anyone but added true perspective regarding the Holy Infant of Prague

THEY WERE BOTH REPEATEDLY DELETED Here are the 2 caveat paragraphs:

Caveat Wiki - It should be noted that until the late 1980's this Holy Sign Icon was practically universally known without using the name of Jesus, as The Infant of Prague, in exact fulfillment of Hosea 2:16-17. Also, the only truly known origin of the hand-less Icon, a pile of rubble after the Thirty Years War, was later verified and supported in the nineteenth century by the events at Lourdes, France, around a pile of rubble. There have also been repeated fabricated attempts to base this powerful Holy Self-made miraculous Sign-Icon of Prague in Spain, because the timing of its discovery and Hosea fulfillment contradicts the anti-Semitic text then being prepared by Mary of Agreda in Spain solely to sell an apocryphal, scandalous, sinful and impossible name, "Joakim", for the father of Mary already 1000 years honorably secured as Levite "Amram" by the Holy Qoran.

Caveat Wiki (again) - Firstly, it should be noted in regard to the so-called Ratzinger "coronation" that for this event the hair on the Prague Holy Icon was painted unprecedented non-Jewish, non-Jacob (Genesis 25:21 et seq.), red. Also, the September 2009 event itself either never officially took place or could not last becase the Sanctuary of The Infant of Prague had been violated in April, 2009. Apparently Ratzinger had not cared to notice this. But when the Czech Republic rightly excluded/deported from Czech territory David Duke as undesirable or even dangerous in late April, 2009, it neither then nor thereafter made any provision for the human rights of Duke (who had actually kept an image of the Infant of Prague on his website the whole time he was getting his PhD), to obtain even a limited and guarded day pass access to the Holy Infant of Prague Shrine Sanctuary, which is not "Czech Territory". No one has sued the Czech government or the Vatican over this yet.

After repeat deletions I added:

TO Maurauder40 et al: I am not a vandal. I am a lawyer. If you will stop deleting my LEGAL and SAFE Scripturally proven needed caveats, I will stop deleting your COMPLETELY MISLEADING Daniel 7 murder racket propaganda. You will please also note that I do not NEED to delete "your" lying junk to be understood. It is YOU who delete and call mine "unconstructive". OF WHAT? Murder rackets or phoney Catholicism?

See how they need to get away with anti-Semitic lies by blocking objectivity

you decide

cc:my files Dolliee (talk) 19:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)Dolliee (talk) 19:42, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please help to change population info

Hi Dawn can you plz help me to fix the population of Welkom. Some one changed it to 64,130 and it should be 406,461 as per census of 2011...The populations of suburbs (Riebeecstad & Thabong was left out)Can you help? thx --HESM29 (talk) 15:47, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted

Why did you revert the link on the roof cleaning article? The other link that was there doesn't work. The page is completely gone. 404 ---- missing. I'm not trying to spam, I am trying to help out.

Jay Salkini

Curious as to what you found unreliable about the changes to the page for Jay Salkini that you reverted. Although there was an official name change, and a legal citation to the name change litigation was included, there were also legitimate references to third party news articles that identified the subject as "Jihad" or "Jehad" Salkini. The text I added was both completely factual and documented with sources.