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At the bottom of Wikipedia:Userboxes, you're mentioned as a user who will make userboxes at a request. I'd like to get one with the following text: "This user comments at the drama boards to hopefully make them less of a drama board." or some variant of that text. Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 20:24, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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I work for Joseph Walker and was told to make some additions and amend a few items. The first he informed me of was that date change. My source is Mr Walker himself but I will make citation of my sources when I make the changes. If he informs me that the date was in fact correct I will change it back.
Hi, I'll admit I'm new to editing wikipedia, but you messaged me saying that I should leave an edit summary. I belive I did leave a summary for my edit of the article on 8chan, due to a large amount of content being biased and potentially defamatory.
Please notify me when you've posted at ANI. Thank you. --NeilN talk to me 19:06, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks. And have a nice day. NickCT (talk) 18:55, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
So, this may be a personal gripe, but I feel that FF characters should be confined to the FF wiki. The whole point of that wiki is to provide information on the characters and such related to the FF games. I believe articles related to FF should be removed. That's just my personal opinion. Casual Gaming (talk) 02:10, 6 May 2015 (UTC)Casual Gaming
Do you work for wikipedia? There's a reason that was changed, I am a professional historian and political scientist, and, as such, I often find pages about those things that are biased and outright wrong. The page on Democratic Socialism was such a thing, it was biased, and clearly written by someone with an agenda. Someone had written in (basically) that there was a "definition" of Democratic Socialism, when different socialist groups using that term have radically different agendas, between them, therefore, there is no encyclopedic definition of democratic socialism. I'm not sure worrying about "minor changes" is the best use of yours or wikipedia's time. Wikipedia is written by people who are not professionals anyway, and as a professional (at least on history and political science), I often have to change things, minor or major, that are *wildly* inaccurate. Isn't that the nature of wikipedia? If these pages were written by myself or other professionals, they would always be unbiased and for the most part correct, but they're not. So why would you or wikipedia be concerned about correcting "minor changes"? I do my best to make sure the pages are as accurate as possible, and I correct errors when I see them, but wikipedia is written by people who, in the end, have no business writing about these things anyway -- that's its nature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryanf222 (talk • contribs) 23:42, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
To demonstrate that you are not adding OR, you must be able to cite reliable, published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article, and directly support the material being presented.There were no sources cited and affirmed above that it was his own internal knowledge of the subject. The edit itself didn't have any sourcing. And I'm probably the last person to really care about Democratic socialism, I only cared about the massive amount of stuff (that was sourced) being removed and addition of a paragraph that wasn't. Tutelary (talk) 00:51, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm going to report all of you, especially you "Tutelary," you accused me of doing several things that I did not do, plus you said "It's all natural for experts to be digging into the depths of their amorous knowledge," are you aware that amourous, the word that you used as harassment means: "inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love" so now not only are you accusing me of doing things I did not do, but now you're sexually harassing me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.26.223.14 (talk) 02:53, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
…at a bloke in trouble… [3]. 71.239.87.100 (talk) 04:08, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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Per an earlier discussion in 2014, there is a new OR / Synthesis argument for the inclusion of SRS as "controversial". I could see SRS as a separate section on the Reddit main page if included as part of a discussion of the referenced "toxic" study, but as a stand-alone section it makes no sense and isn't corroborated by the sources any more than it was 3 years ago. If you are around, your input would be appreciated. Sorry, should have made it clear referring to Controversial Reddit communities. Koncorde (talk) 21:42, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
It puts the grid I your shape where you can view it propetly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.251.164.102 (talk) 23:49, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I wanted to congratulate you for getting NPP/R user right (I've request page watchlisted). I also wanted to apologise for our earlier communication. Only after coming to your userpage (now), I realised you are a lady. So your gender has got nothing to do with it.
Congrats, and sorry. :-) —usernamekiran(talk) 12:50, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to check in with you after three years of creating my first Wikipedia article that you unfortunately CSD'd. Back then I was definitely unaware of the proper procedure (i.e. using the sandbox, etc.), but nevertheless, I persisted and here I am helping to clear up Wikipedia just like you did back then. Thanks for your hard work, it was appreciated then as much as it is now (maybe even more). Sometimes people need a good slap to steer them in the right direction. Best, Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 23:59, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for earlier affirming interactions. See User:Leprof_7272 page for details if interested. Bonne chance. Le Prof 73.210.155.96 (talk) 15:47, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Regarding your query, see my talk page. Another editor asked about the matter as well. Pretty much the issue is this: The RfC closed with consensus for mentioning the "interest in" aspect in the lead. But this aspect, that Till was accused of showing some type of interest in Bryant, still currently is not in the lead (except for the recanting aspect). Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:56, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
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Why did you delete my edit to the list of banned games? I made a valid point. And no, the link was not illegal, at least not in the US. The museum in question, who's website I linked to, is located in New York City, which is certainly in the US.
I've seen the images of the 17yo in the game in question, and they don't rise to level of being pornographic.which is talk in article. Talk goes on the talk page, not on the article itself. So your edit had a lot of reasons to be reverted, which is what I did. If you'd like to propose some sort of content to the article, then use the article's talk page to do such. Tutelary (talk) 15:40, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
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Tutelary, this is MatthewCipolla1. I don't know how to cite a page when editing a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MatthewCipolla1 (talk • contribs)
<ref>...</ref>
with ... being the source. Though that is only a minimalistic way to cite it. The proper way for every conceivable scenario you could think of would be outlined at WP:CS. I have no opinion one way or the other when you do cite a source. Tutelary (talk) 22:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)Backlog update:
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Hello, I am amazed that you reverted my edits for the "BlackBerry" 950. The information was 100% correct. It is actually widely known that this device was introduced in 1998 as the "Inter@ctive Pager 950". I already wrote this on the Talk page. You can even read about it on the main BlackBerry page. The device also didn't carry the BlackBerry name at introduction at all. The Gadgeteer review gives the false impression that this was a new device at the time of review, while it was not. The 957, also mentioned in the review, was new. The 950 was already > 2 years on the market. Therefore I'm going to readd my edits now, plus a citation of the McNish/Silcoff book, which covers RIM/BlackBerry history in detail. Sorry I don't understand the instructions on the WP:CS page. --Mottenkiste (talk) 14:42, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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I realised you havent edited in like a month. I hope everything is fine with you. Best, —usernamekiran(talk) 07:09, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Let me introduce myself. I am Felix and I’m a novice in Wikipedia ! I wrote an article recently, it’s a biography of a french-american journalist : Laura Haim. Now, I’m waiting for validation from wikipedian reviewer. Would you be able to help me? I have no idea how long it could take… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Laura_Haim Many thanks for your help. Best
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Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.
There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)