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Keep the talk clean Akjar13 (talk) 10:30, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I thank you for what I consider to be certainly very good and friendly advice yesterday on the Talk Page as now cited in respect of the making of an account within Wikipedia by myself. I have a number of things to do at the moment (I am changing my address while staying in the northeast of England) but will certainly try to do this. It had in fact already occured to me that it is something I should be doing at last, after so many years! Well, for better or for worse we shall all see how this complicated affair goes. The business in the northeast of England is extremely complicated at the moment as you will see to some extent, if not entirely, on [[1]] . This is a rather complicated pdf file and unfortunately at no point does it directly tackle the problem in accordance with what is said by myself in Wikipedia. Whether this Wikipedia article has been read by the author of this pdf file or not is something I cannot say. If you can explain to me how you think Wikipedia can become involved in this, as you seem to imply, then please specify exactly what you mean, either here or on the West Hartlepool Talk page when I have provided my new Wikipedia identification, which I hope will be fairly soon and in the form of a response to your own message (or of course within my own Talk page as should, thanks to Wikipedia, by then have been created). I thank you again and au revoir. Peter Judge — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.165.186 (talk) 17:53, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
My apologies, this was done by myself and clearly it was not something I intended to do! After trying and failing, I have decided not to bother trying to remove the extra and useless section on your Talk Page, for which I apologize, but perhaps you can do this yourself? I close once again with regards.
Peter Judge — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.165.186 (talk) 18:06, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Copyediting help of any kind ... take your pick ... on any WP:OPNORMANDY article or on any article that's currently being reviewed would be great, and I'll be happy to give you feedback. See the top of my talk page for the current list of peer reviews, A-class reviews and FACs. - Dank (push to talk) 16:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
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Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:13, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Akjar13 (talk) 10:27, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi both,
Another admin asked for someone to take a look at this. It looks like you've got off on the wrong foot, maybe this will help:
FT2 (Talk | email) 11:36, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I got here the same way FT2 did - I was asked to look at the situation - and I just want to add that there's a whole lot of assuming bad faith going on here on Dave1185's part. Welcoming new users who haven't edited yet isn't recommended, but neither is it spam or unconstructive; mostly it's just the sort of thing where it's considered not very useful, and is considered a little bit annoying. Why assume that the goal is to "artificially inflate edit count", when it's equally - probably more - likely that what we have here is a user who figured out that they could do something that looked helpful, and is doing it as often as they can?
In addition, wikiprojects do not have membership requirements, nor is one required to be a member of the welcoming committee to welcome new users. Dave1185, please do not continue to tell users that they're "too new" to welcome or to join the welcoming committee; if you believe that a user's method of welcoming is annoying, excessive, or otherwise not ideal, try approaching them calmly and explaining to them why their edits aren't doing as much good as they think they are. The sort of accusatory, biting approach you took here is not acceptable. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 13:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I develop games with the Hero Engine and played no part in the development of the software itself, I can change it to reflect from a third person perspective if that would help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.129.104.221 (talk) 08:39, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Just gave myself a headache going through sources and translating Cyrillic Russian to find out a bit more about the actress.[2] What I am finding is that there is some older coverage about her work, and the more recent coverage of her death is beginning to include information about her past. More to do, yes... and I am hoping for help from editors far more able than I in translating. Any opinion on how I might best proceed? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
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"The frequency of edits" may not have "merited the [in use] template", but the fact that he author died yesterday does. Regardless, I was working on the page, and your edit cost me my edits.
Please be a little more considerate of your fellow Wikipedians... --*Kat* (meow?) 09:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Agreed, i couldn't help but comment, his "corrections" were baffling. Bobfordsgun (talk) 16:05, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hiya!
Re. #Close - thanks for commenting on it. I can see what you mean about the !voting, but personally I'm not so sure; I read the !voting as;
And one "keep both or remove both" AnemoneProjectors
Thus, although I have not actually made a decision on it, I'd lean towards "no consensus" I think, and would probably suggest an alternative approach: remove it from the example in the doc, Template:Infobox character/doc#Usage and/or explain the parameter in the documentation. Most people, when using an infobox, copy/paste from the top example. In the case of e.g. ((Infobox person)), it shows the "Blank template with basic parameters" and then goes on to give details about certain other params - such as, for the somewhat contentious "religion" parameter, it explains in the doc, If relevant. For living persons please refer to WP:BLPCAT. Please be sure to support with a citation from a reliable source. - I wonder if something similar could be used on this one?
Your signature of "He's Gone Mental" is rather confusing; it is preferable to have your user name in there - at least as part of the sig. For example, you could maybe have "Akjar13 (He's Gone Mental)" with links, or something. See WP:SIG While not an absolute requirement, it is common practice for a signature to resemble to some degree the user name it represents.
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Hello, You recently edited the Michael Best & Friedrich page. I was told before this that all I had to do was add a few more citations and it would be good. Then I got this message from you: "This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion because I accidently misnamed the article, please delete this ASAP. Asserted to be non-controversial maintenance. See CSD G6. If this article does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, please remove this notice."
What is going on? Now the content is gone and I can't seem to resubmit it. Please advise.
Kailey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100statestreet (talk • contribs) 16:02, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
That's ok, thank you for the apology. The page still doesn't seem to be searchable on Wikipedia (i.e. if I enter "Michael Best & Friedrich LLP" in the search term it doesn't find the page). Should I just stop messing with it or should I be making changes and resubmitting? It is also re-directing from a page called 'Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (2nd Submission).' Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100statestreet (talk • contribs) 17:03, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Why was my edit reverted? --93.138.153.184 (talk) 19:16, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Re [3] - I spoke to that user; I believe it's a legitimate edit, not vandalism, so I undid your revert. Chzz ► 21:11, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Matthijs Bouma, author of Conqueror (Paper Manufacturer)
Dear Sir,
I've received your rejection, and am a bit puzzled by it, because the reference made to quote the history of the company (their own site) seems to have been accepted on other manufacturers' articles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Pen_Company#cite_note-timeline-1 , http://www.volvocars.com/intl/top/about/corporate/volvo-sustainability/Documents/Volvo_Corporate_report_ENG_2010_locked.pdf), and if unquoted, does not seem to cause any problems. Must I remove the quote (i.e. leving it unreferenced), or try and find another timeline for the manufacturer, while others can freely quote their websites?
Awaiting your reply, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Matthijs Bouma
Sincerely, Akjar13 (He's Gone Mental) 16:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
I have added a second reference to a site called Superbrands.uk.co which is, to the best of my knowledge, not related to Conqueror. Still it isn't good enough? It appears to have been rejected again, unless I have done something wrong in posting, being a bit of a noob. As for adding content, I would be afraid that the objectivity might be endangered, as I happen to think that Conqueror make a very nice sheet of paper...
You have not answered my question why it seems to be acceptable for other articles that refer to the subject's own site as their source. Why can they, but not I?
Thank you for your speedy reply. I am eagerly awaiting the next step in this my first article for Wiki. Until it arrives, I shall be as before,
Sincerely yours,
Matthijs Bouma
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Hi, I've noticed you've also saw this diff http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Power_Rangers&diff=next&oldid=469719755 - Cluebot reverted it was I in the wrong removing that edit. ObsidianCommandtalk 14:35, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
i have posted the official website of my article East Bengal the Real Power i.e. www.eastbengaltherealpower.com . also the mention of this article is provided in Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. under the topic 'Supporters'. If you want, I can also provide contacts with the founding and the active members of East Bengal the Real Power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indrajittt (talk • contribs) 09:52, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I just wanted to ask more about the point of view issue that was raised by editor of an entry I submitted. I am not new to Wikipedia, but am new to posting articles. Just a little background... the article is on Mixman. My oldest son started using Mixman and when I went to find out information about the product/company I was surprised to find nothing on Wikipedia. Being a former Financial Analyst who used to write and publish about public companies, I thought it would be fun to do some research on Mixman and post up the information. Since, I sent the page in last night, I have found more information about the period of time when the Mixman site/service went a bit dormant and plan to add that now that I know more about it. Regarding the point of view, the editor said the article should be written in a more neutral point of view that does not show off the subject. Can I ask them to be a bit more specific on where in the article they think it isn't neutral? I would love to have this entry go up, but am unsure how to proceed given my limited background in writing articles as well as the fact that, while my son loves the technology, my opinion on Mixman is already pretty neutral.
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Hi akjar13, Just wondering about the issues found with my article submission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/FuturICT.
You rejected it because the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia - however the item you are referring to "Living Earth Simulator" is not the same as this article. The Living Earth Simulator - which i understand is redirected to - is merely a single element of the entire project.
The other issues i have encountered in trying to get this article published revolved around self referencing - however, because the project is only a pilot project, there has been no research done yet - therefore the only material available is found on their website in the form of informational factsheets etc.
I would greatly appreciate if you could help me get this article published.
Thanks K — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.239.97.143 (talk) 16:27, 12 January 2012 (UTC)