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Hullo again Thanks for your message on my talk page :) managed to figure this out. Onwards and upwards with editing... Claire 75 (talk) 15:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Racklever Thanks for looking at the Amice Calverley page - it's my first stab at creating a Wiki page. I've put in a lead but having difficulty adding an image from Wikicommons so wondered if you could help?

The images is: thumb|AbydosSetiChapelRelief145 and my suggested caption is: 'Example of a relief in Temple Chapel of Osiris, Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt' (only relevant images I can find on Wikimedia are ones of the relevant temple, and I expect although do not know if this is actually one that was recorded by Calverley).

Thanks Claire 75 (talk) 08:23, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:HMT Lancastria plaque.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:53, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

If you believe this is the "last good version", then I don't know what to say. Quis separabit? 20:18, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

I was reverting possible copyvio [1] --Racklever (talk) 03:54, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for reading and editing my article! I added a link to Elghalia Djimi under her organization Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State. Is it then ok to remove the orphan status? Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glibzkticz (talk • contribs) 20:58, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Racklever,

this is my first article for Wikipedia and I appreciate your advice about bias etc. I don't work for the watch company in question but love their stuff. what needs to be changed now? is it because I am adding links to the companies website perhaps?

really appreciate the help,

thanks

monty — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monty.corry (talk • contribs) 14:37, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

The companies web site is not a reliable reference.--Racklever (talk) 14:46, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Racklever,

Your message: I have reverted some of your edits to the Edward Ho article as they destroyed the standard layout of the page.--

My edits mainly corrected errors. My sources is Mr. Edward Ho himself. Your reversion brought re-introduced the errors.

On the "standard layout of the page" , may I ask on what basis is this established? I removed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong box because it is factually incorrect: - The equivalent of "parliament" in Hong Kong is "legislature" - Prior to 1991 legislative councilors are appointed - The colonial Legislative Council was not succeeded by the Provisional Legislative Council, they partly co-existed (1996 - 1997)although somewhat clandestinely before the reversion of sovereignty to China in 1997 - There is no succession of the Provisional Legislative Council, it was extinguished after serving its purpose of transitioning to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) - The HKSAR Legislative Council succeeded the colonial Legislative Council

In reviewing my edits Mr. Edward Ho did consider maintaining the standard layout of the page as far as possible, but the Legislative Council of Hong Kong box is so erroneous it was not possible to maintain.

So please understand my edits are not vandalism and reversion to maintain "the standard layout of the page" is inappropriate.

202.130.100.174 (talk) 02:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

The reference given is this: [2] --Racklever (talk) 14:13, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi, the reference is outdated (13 years old) , particularly regarding the honourific of "Honourable" which Mr. Edward Ho is no longer entitled to once he ceased to be a member of LegCo (since June 2000). My edits are consistent with the other historically correct facts in the reference cited. I hope this explains and I will revert the article to my edits. Thank you WT Architects (talk) 01:36, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-passings-20131003,0,6475319.story#axzz2lnxiV1Fy

Hi, Sorry on that.

Could you add this link above to the Jay Robinson article.

Thank you.

I know you are a fan.

 Done --Racklever (talk) 08:37, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Racklever. I saw you working to archive some of last years stuff for Deaths in 2013. Will you visit Talk:Deaths in 2014 and consider the question I raised there? Your insight will undoubtedly be handy if anything should be done. Thanks,; happy New Year.—John Cline (talk) 16:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done--Racklever (talk) 17:59, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for your work on the English Wikipedia.

I noticed an article you worked on. Just a short note to point out that we don’t normally link:

• dates
• years
• commonly known geographical terms (including well-known country-names), and
• common terms you’d look up in a dictionary (unless significantly technical).

(This even applies for infoboxes.)

Thanks and my best wishes.

Tony (talk) 06:35, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

My only edit to the article was to add category:Living people.--Racklever (talk) 07:47, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I am relatively new on Wikipedia and I think I've uncovered a spoof article (Al Little). I am bringing this to your attention because you seem to be the last person to have edited it. There doesn't seem to be any evidence to suggest that Al Little was a boxer of note in Northern Ireland in the 1930's and 40's and he certainly was never a Commonwealth Games champion. This article probably should be deleted. 1982vdven (talk) 06:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

There was a boxer called Al Lyttle [3] but he did not fight at the Commonwealth games. I have added db-hoax to the article.--Racklever (talk) 06:33, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello Racklever, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Al Little, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The last external link verifies that there was a boxer by this name (albeit misspelled) and several facts in the article, so this isn't an obvious hoax. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 10:22, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

I really have no clue as to how to handle the death thing without ruining the page, but, I figured you could do it, and I even found you a link.

http://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/roger-hill-who-played-cyrus-in-the-warriors-dies-at-65-1201120971/ SeanPat73 says 03:35, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

 Done --Racklever (talk) 07:41, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I was once in the situation that a friend told me that his father (who has an article) had died, asking me to change it. I did, an obituary came days later. This feels the same, but I will not revert you. German is different from English now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The article has now been updated with a reference.--Racklever (talk) 15:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Racklever, sorry for making trouble at Janet Hemingway. I thought that Category:Living people was redundant since there was also Category:Year of birth missing (living people) - not noticing that the latter category is hidden. RockMagnetist (talk) 15:56, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Dear Racklever,

I appreciate your posting of info on Harri Peccinotti. I recently attempted to do a brief update which gave a more rounded bio and see that you have reverted it back again. I would appreciate it if you could leave the edit I have put up which I intend on adding to at a later date. I have done the edit with the approval of Harri Peccinotti himself who I am related to and currently working with.I am new to wikipedia so hope this post finds you and if you have any problems with edit or suggestions please could you contact me as opposed to taking page down again..

many thanks

Vincenzobandini (talk) 14:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

You have been selected to receive a merchandise giveaway. We last contacted you on 3/4/14. Please send us a message if you would like to claim your shirt. --JMatthews (WMF) (talk) 06:22, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

• Park Hae-jin by --Sunuraju (talk) 11:35, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I just wanted you to know that I didn't intend my edit to be seen as vandalism. I know he was declared dead in absentia after 7 years or so, but many people have been missing and declared dead for similar periods of time, and later turned up alive in remote areas (such as castaways). So... if there is a possibility of him still being alive somewhere, wouldn't that make him a candidate for "possibly living"? RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 20:32, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Greetings. How are you? We have never crossed paths on Wikipedia. I found you listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Watches. I created an article article about two weeks ago. It was about a watch company. Another editor tagged the article as advertisement and I followed their advice on the article (or at least I tried to follow their advice). Anyway the editor still feels that the article is an advert. Will be kind enough to take a look at it and fix the advertisement-like content? There's no animosity or hard feelings. I totally respect the other editor and he has been great with me. But his plate is sort of full with other projects and I don't want to do anything on the article. Since I have created it, I am inclined towards thinking that it's some great piece of work, which it is definitely not. :-D Would greatly appreciate your help on this Muhammad Ali Khalid (talk) 09:56, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on File:Tompion.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at Ann Heberleins article that I created a few days ago. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:20, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Dear Racklever , I found that administrator had blocked creation of article on Igor Janev in the way that only Administrators of Wikipedia can create the article. I tried with account Игор Р. Јанев to create article on Igor Janev, and it was impossible. So for that reason I took action at AFC modus. Do you share my opinion that creation of article on Igor Janev is limited only for administrators? Sincerely, Игор Р. Јанев (talk) 22:38, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

I suggest you ask User talk:Rschen7754 who deleted the last version of the article as a hoax.--Racklever (talk) 06:51, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Dear Racklever, my account Игор Р. Јанев is now Globally locked. I can not do anything.178.222.40.45 (talk) 09:41, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading File:Thomas Tompion pocket watch.jpg, which you've attributed to (Site Says Non-Commercial). I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
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If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as ((non-free fair use)) or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:24, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

see Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_.22Open_Access_for_Scholarly_Content.22_images for discussion.--Racklever (talk) 21:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Just a quick note, references should in most cases go into the body of the article and not the lead. I moved the reference you placed in Alicemarie Huber Stotler to the body. Good reference otherwise. Thanks. Safiel (talk) 20:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Why are trying to resurrect Mr. Holmström, who has been dead for two yaers? Look at this article about him written after his death: http://www.visac.se/document/Visuellt%20nr%2039.pdf . Look at page 46. It is in Swedish. But there are also no referensces in English that he was ever born. So if you need that the whole article must be deleted. It is better with no article at all than an article falsely telling he is alive. --Muniswede (talk) 21:26, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

The article Salomon Cohen Levy is no longer orphan, thank you for pointing it out --Eleonora Venezuela (talk) 18:15, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

You reverted my change on Hirut Desta although I was only making the Persondata template match the visible data in the article. I admit, I mistakenly deleted the 1930 birth category instead of the living category. You then went on to revert the whole article to indicate the person was still alive. However, a quick Google search shows that she did die recently. for example

I do not have any particular interest in the subject, so I am carrying on with my own personal persondata project, in the hope that you will take the necessary action. Periglio (talk) 21:08, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

If you change a BLP article to show that the subject has died then you have to have a reference such as an obituary. The persondata and infobox may be wrong due to mistaken identity or vandalism. --Racklever (talk) 21:18, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

My point being that I took a few moments to establish the facts before I made my change, whereas a little bit of effort on your part would have saved you reverting the article back to the present tense and allowed you to add the required death reference Periglio (talk) 06:39, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

I have opened a discussion about the article Ernesto Kreplak at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Ernesto Kreplak. As you have been involved with the discussion about the article, I suggest that you check that discussion and comment your ideas about it. Cambalachero (talk) 03:37, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Take a look at the Elsa Billgren article that I just created. Thanks :)--BabbaQ (talk) 16:28, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

And Ekeby oak tree. Thank you!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:56, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

And my final one, Valentin Wolfenstein. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:12, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

On 31 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elsa Billgren, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Swedish television presenter Elsa Billgren (pictured) is the daughter of artist and writer Ernst Billgren? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elsa Billgren. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:53, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Concerning this edit summary, the death is still on the "In the News" section of the Main page, and WP:BDP gives the "recent death" timeframe as the range of "six months, one year, two years at the outside", given that this is a suicide (again, see WP:BDP on that) that happened a week ago, it is still very much a recent death. This is reflected in the two discussions at WP:BLPN and the talk page discussion at Talk:Robin Williams. If you disagree you are welcome to start a talk page discussion and see if there is an agreement about this, but Wikipedia policy and the prior discussions do not reflect your reasoning. Unless consensus changes, it's a recent death and subject to the BLP policy, and you removing the appropriate template will be reverted until a consensus shows otherwise. - Aoidh (talk) 08:42, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

The current BLP policy and current consenus is to only use blp=yes for living people and blpo=yes for controversial deaths such as murders. This is a clear case of suicide so is not controversial. --Racklever (talk) 08:52, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Do you have a link to this current consensus you're referring to? Because placing blpo on the page is inaccurate and directly contradicts the policy's wording which makes its use inappropriate (see the discussions), and your definition of controversial is not reflected by the BLP policy. So again, before removing that parameter showing that BLP applies to the article's subject (which it does), please discuss it on the article talk page and get a consensus for it. - Aoidh (talk) 08:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

template:blpo was obviously created by consensus for controversial deaths. Marking some-one as alive who is dead is a clear violation of current BLP policy and WP:COMMON. --Racklever (talk) 09:22, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't think claiming the BLPO was created for recent deaths is obvious at all, nor does there seem to be any discussion, let alone consensus, reflecting this. BLPO is for many things, recent deaths is not one of them (also deaths!=recent deaths). Saying that the BLP policy covers the recently deceased (which is what blp=yes does) is not a violation of the BLP policy. It's not "marking someone alive who is dead", it's filling a parameter: "Is the article's subject directly covered by the BLP policy?" the answer is yes, therefore blp=yes. - Aoidh (talk) 09:28, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

On 22 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Valentin Wolfenstein, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Valentin Wolfenstein owned the first successful photography studio in Los Angeles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valentin Wolfenstein. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:11, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

biographies
Thank you, cyclist and fruit lover, for quality articles on cyclists such as Daniel Fleeman, for images, for watching over biographies and find references for death, for tireless updates to talk pages of biographies - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Dear Sir, Hacklever edited the page Marcelo Monte (racing driver) again and did everything that was in my range so that it is correct, because I intend to search and edit more riders who are forgotten, please fix some error scores if there are, please also help to edit photos, grateful — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathias karl estress (talk • contribs) 21:46, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Please Sr. Racklever, help me to aditing "live people" to Marcelo Monte ( racing Driver ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.206.167.119 (talk) 18:23, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello; on this surely well intended edit of yours to Breitling SA -- as wretched as most (all?) WP articles on wristwatch brands -- do please look at and respond to Talk:Breitling SA. Thanks. -- Hoary (talk) 01:24, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Racklever, you rated my article on John Buckley (composer) as a stub biography. That's not very friendly. This article may be brief, but it contains everything that one needs to know to form a first opinion about this composer and get all necessary facts. The article is fully referenced. There are links both within Wikipedia and external ones. It has full lists of compositions and recordings. There is absolutely no reason to rate this article as a stub. Please reconsider and change it. Thanks. Aklein62 (talk) 16:17, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

• I saw the same with Nancy F. Cott. The definition of the stub rating is "Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition." This certainly does not apply to John Buckley (composer) or to Nancy F. Cott. I see you have also given stub ratings for many other non-trivial articles like Owen Hegarty, Ole Goethe, Odd André Elveland, Niyi Adeolokun, Nikos Markatos etc. What is the rationale? Aymatth2 (talk) 00:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

I am adding talk pages with the WikiProject Biography banner to new articles listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Untagged biographies of living people. I am using Stub class as a default.--Racklever (talk) 07:47, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

What? You are "using Stub class as a default"??? Why?! Can't you look more carefully? This speaks for a strong disregard of other people's work. Please be more responsible in the future. As for my article on John Buckley (composer), I will remove your Stub classification.Aklein62 (talk) 07:57, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

While I can't find an obituary for this person, a court document mentions his death. TheGGoose (talk) 14:10, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I have now updated the article.--Racklever (talk) 14:18, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

The document says his death is in 1991. Could it be cited to the article? TheGGoose (talk) 14:42, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Racklever - Since you are an experienced Wiki editor, I am hoping you could help shed light on a tag that was placed in the last few days on the article about G. Flint Taylor. There are no specifics provided, only that the neutrality is questioned. I would be happy to address the issue if I only knew what prompted this. It looks like something generated by a computer (not a real person). Could you provide any advice on what steps I can take to remove this disclaimer? Thanks for your work on the article, Carolfowler1 (talk) 20:39, 31 October 2014 (UTC)carolfowler1

Talk:Mukhtar Gharib, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Mukhtar Gharib and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Talk:Mukhtar Gharib during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. LS1979 (talk) 20:39, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Do you know Ian Michael was British? (Very likely but I can't find any mention of it.) Oculi (talk) 17:00, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Says here: University of Malawi’s first vice chancellor dies aged 99 --Racklever (talk) 17:04, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

So it does, as well as mentioning the 'Scottish boarders'. Will add it as a ref. Oculi (talk) 22:10, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

You classified Philip G. Hodge as a materials Scientist, was that because of plasticity? He was a professor of mechanics who contributed to the Theory of Plasticity, but he didn't work as a materials scientist. I've discusse this with his collegues and we think material science is incorrect.

Bill Kelly (talk) 02:03, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

I have changed his description. You are welcome to edit the article yourself.--Racklever (talk) 12:11, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Idientifes as Irish. British was added by an IP with the es "He first was a Union leader in Liverpool, in Britain", which does not follow guidelines of biographies, we dont note the nationality of positions held. Murry1975 (talk) 20:20, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

He was born in Liverpool which is not in Ireland. The IP was correct --Racklever (talk) 21:00, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

It is unnecessary duplication - the sentence already says he was born in Liverpool, England. Denisarona (talk) 13:48, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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		Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for your contributions to the George Kline article LoveMonkey 17:49, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Got a few to add if you don't mind - Ed Vereb/Ronnie Koes. Also got the ref for Robert Johnson. Connormah (talk) 18:26, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I should never edit while sleepy. Thanks--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever, You are very kind man and very useful to the wiki community. Thank you for removing the "speedy delete" from the article Justin Capra. As you mentioned, it has references. Now, the article is again in discussion for deletion. I only found out about this person when he died, and I consider that it needs an English article in wiki, not only a Romanian one, and I translated the Romanian version of wiki. I don't understand why people don't read the article first. How can be a person who was Awarded at Geneva (Inventions Exhibition) and awarded by the Romanian president with National Order of Merit in rank of Knight be a nobody? Or the world is upside-down and I don't understand it? Please give me an answer. 21:11, 22 January 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eminescus (talk • contribs)

Hello

I want to change info in semi-protected space.

Namely in the section: 1994 Deaths/January: it reads: Telly Savalas (b. 1924); but actually he was born in 1922.

Is that possible for you to fix it? Radosław Wiśniewski (talk) 07:47, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done --Racklever (talk) 09:12, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for the edits on 2015 in India. Would you like to join a discussion on the Talk page? We are trying to decide a notability criteria for the entries under the deaths section. The section is growing too big compared to the events sections.

Kenfyre (talk) 08:10, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, I edited the Albert Ritzenberg page, and I found your "orphan tag". I found a page on wiki that refers to Albert Riztenberg (I didn't at first, because he also goes by "Allie") but I don't seem to be able to link it. Could you help? Amirafturazzi (talk) 16:30, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

@Amirafturazzi:, that link has been fixed already. To link is easy, all you need to do is put two pairs of square brackets around the term, like [[Albert Riztenberg]]. If the term that you link is different from the name of the article that you want to link to you use the syntax [[Albert Riztenberg|Albert "Allie" Ritzenberg]] , where the part before the divider is the actual link. Hope that helps. --Wolbo (talk) 16:45, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Well, thank you! Amirafturazzi (talk) 16:48, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Can I take away the orphan tag now? Or does someone else have to do it? Amirafturazzi (talk) 16:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever! Please could you remove the tag on my article Shahram Qadir, because I have already made references which is reliable.Thank you so much. Wikipedia 00:57, 6 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iranian Cinematographers (talk • contribs)

 Done --Racklever (talk) 07:43, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever! I would like to thank you for reviewing my article. Best regards. Wikipedia 12:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iranian Cinematographers (talk • contribs)

Hello Racklever, You may have streamlined the 3 references to the Edwin Hugh Lundie wiki page, but in the process the visibility of citation has been removed. It source information should be clear: "University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives"

Although, I appreciate your edits, and I am new to Wikipedia with the creation of this page, your assistance on restoring the citation would be very helpful.

Thanks. Chauncy1 (talk) 14:34, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

 Done --Racklever (talk) 17:00, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

I believe it may be your entry in the article on English geographer Jay Appleton that claims he died on April 27, 2015. I have searched for obituaries, news articles, etc., on-line. There seems to be nothing so far. Did he actually die? The silence on this suggests he did not.

littlerhody — Preceding undated comment added 19:19, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

I have reverted the article to show that he is alive as there is no reference. Another editor had added a date of death and I added a "citation needed" template. --Racklever (talk) 21:48, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

You deleted my edits to my dad's page. Apparently, because you can't find an obituary, he didn't die. The death certificate tells me otherwise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.228.1 (talk) 16:31, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

This was discussed at Talk:Reuben Greene many years ago.--Racklever (talk) 07:55, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever, I see you adding many entries to Deaths in 20nn. Where the reference is in a language other than English, could you please use the relevant language icon? For example, ((fr icon)) rather than "in French". It will help the wikignomes trying to keep all the pages consistent. Thanks, WWGB (talk) 04:40, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Can you please help the project by simply typing ((no icon)), which produces the Norwegian icon, instead of just typing "(in Norwegian)". That's what everyone else is doing. Thanks, WWGB (talk) 00:55, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

"The Soviet Union was not a country, it was a union of countries, hence the name" - that's simply wrong. -- Y not? 15:41, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a union of republics by definition.--Racklever (talk) 15:44, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

That's about as correct as calling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea "democractic" by definition. -- Y not? 15:51, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for your edits on the article, I pretty much wrote it all and it helps me greatly when someone updates the tables. What a stage it was is it? I think this is one of the most epic stages I've seen. Your help is appreciated. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 23:06, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Could you please tell me why you rated the article as 'B'? Mattsnow81 (Talk) 22:41, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

You go around evaluating other people's work (I worked my arse off for this article) and don't even give an answer when asked why you rated it the way you did? That is not very nice. I think I'm polite and nice enough to deserve an answer. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 12:20, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't go above B for articles that I have contributed towards. The article could do with a map of the complete course and has too many red links. Otherwise it is good. --Racklever (talk) 00:36, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

OK thanks for the suggestions :) Mattsnow81 (Talk) 06:42, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, you put a warning on the top of the "J. Math" page because it didn't have any references. It since has been updated with 7 references. Thanks for bringing the issue my attention. Please remove the warning box at your earliest convenience. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kairaba (talk • contribs) 03:24, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I didn't put the warning there but I have now removed it.--Racklever (talk) 04:22, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I have no confirmation in the Internet except for this one: https://twitter.com/lesmurraysbs/status/592545068369641474 . Is it a good source? Regards, Gelu6 (talk) 19:22, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Twitter is not a reliable source. It's better to wait for an obituary.--Racklever (talk) 05:19, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Article now updated.--Racklever (talk) 04:31, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Aaditi Agrawal isn't that actress, who dies at 31. The article says about Aarthi Agarwal, her sister. --Sudzuki Erina (talk) 15:57, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Fixed --Racklever (talk) 17:02, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

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The Obits should appear quite soon as his funeral takes place at Blackheath on Thursday 25th June so will tidy the Wiki once in a week or so after. Jols

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The article now has a ref --Racklever (talk) 18:15, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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Sorry for the unintended rollback. Fat fingers! WWGB (talk) 22:38, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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Please stop adding a guest blog to Daniel Quinn (actor). This was brought to WP:BLPN, there was no real consensus, and the fact that his official website still says he's alive makes the whole thing rather confusing and contentious. Until an actual obituary gets posted somewhere, we shouldn't be relying on guest blogs to guess whether he's alive or dead. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:54, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

It's a blog on a news site. As it says in WP:V these may be acceptable sources if the writers are professionals.--Racklever (talk) 10:43, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever Thank you for your recent clean up. You added a Living people categorization. Is this an assignment by default or do you have a source? FeatherPluma (talk) 01:21, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

It's the default.--Racklever (talk) 06:27, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever I see a 115 year rule applies, thank you. FeatherPluma (talk) 15:27, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

One entry from the "Deaths" subsection was removed. Because it is not WP:Notable. It was not covered by any leading national newspapers. The "Deaths" is too long and more entries may be removed in future. Thank you for your contributions but it would be appreciated if you used proper templates while adding citations. -Kenfyre (talk) 11:55, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

He is clearly notable and is included in Deaths in 2015.--Racklever (talk) 12:20, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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Walter's death was announced in the last edition of his "From Jerusalem" newsletter, published posthemously. Zozoulia (talk) 17:32, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever. May I ask you, please, to make a small improvement to your citation pattern in the Deaths section of the 2015 in Ireland article? Now, your citations generally contain only the title of the source article, with an embedded link to that source, like this example:

Gerry Duffy – one of the greats of Irish cricket

We need at least two more details: the name of the cited publication ("RTÉ News", "Irish Times", etc.) and the date of publication (or retrieved date where publication date is absent), so that the complete citation should look like this:

Gerry Duffy – one of the greats of Irish cricket, Irish Times, 2015-07-27.

The Help article Wikipedia:Citing sources contains instructions and advice on how citations should be handled, but my request for just two extra items – publisher and date – should cover it if you do not have time to read the Help article. Thank you. — O'Dea (talk) 04:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I am currently using the short format used in Deaths in 2015 to reduce page loading times.--Racklever (talk) 07:38, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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I have removed the speedy template and added a bit from the Guardian obituary, which should stop this. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:43, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks --Racklever (talk) 17:51, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hello,

I only added death date from the Infobox. Please clean it up too ;) --Hsarrazin (talk) 06:41, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Racklever. Can I ask why you thought it appropriate to make my Ronnie Apteker page into a redirect to Internet Solutions? The IS page does not even mention him (ironically, since he was one of the co-founders of the company). I am attempting to put together a dedicated Ronnie Apteker page and would rather people discussed its rationale and content with me before making unilateral decisions, however well-intentioned. Happy to discuss. Picknick99 (talk) 12:34, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

See the comments at Draft:Ronnie Apteker. --Racklever (talk) 20:39, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am reverting your edit here[4] as this[5] shows he is still alive. Curro2 (talk) 21:05, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello Racklever. I see you have done some work on the Chrisopher Felver article. I did quite a bit of editing/research on this article recently and believe it is quite objective at this point. I do not think the note about it being a possible autobiography is relevant anymore. Also, the issue of links to/from the article is being addressed. I'l like to get your input. Thank you - and Happy New Year!Ray Jameson (talk) 03:31, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your help on categories! Enjoy your deserved beer, Rashida knows all Rashidaknowsall (talk) 17:38, 23 February 2016 (UTC)