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The wikipedia article about The Boston Globe goes into some details about particularily unfortunate things that have been done by the Globe's staff, etc. I suspect that something like 1/5 of the current Wikipedia article (and 1/3 of its prose) is talking about the worst .1% of the things the Globe has done. I'm not sure that's consistent with Wikipedia's NPOV policy. However, I'm not entirely sure, and would like to see other editors' opinions about this. JNW2 (talk) 19:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, A newbie trying to post on http://www.cribrockcouture.com, the history, the business model (guerilla tabloid publicity) the founders (movie people naturally) and before the post was even "dry" a guy named Max from Russia took it down as advertising. Help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TracyMKB (talk • contribs) 06:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
We are having an on going disagreement over deletion of mention of irrelevant persons in another person’s biography. In the page for Natalie Gauci one user constantly reinserts the irrelevant mention of other persons that have been deleted. During a period when the page was protected the proposed deletion and the reasons why were discussed at length. The changes were agreed to by all responders, including that rogue user (subject to being told what to do by another user). However, the page became unprotected before the administrators had made the requested deletion.
This is the preferred version: “She was chosen by the judges to enter the top 24, but during her semi- final round, she did not gain enough votes to proceed to the Top 12. She was then called back to perform at the Wildcard Show and once again was not voted by the public into the Top 12,”
This is the version with irrelevant comment: "She was chosen by the judges to enter the top 24, but during her semi- final round, she did not gain enough votes to proceed to the Top 12. The two finalists who progressed through in her semi-final were Tarisai Vushe and Lana Krost. She was then called back to perform at the Wildcard Show and once again was not voted by the public into the Top 12, hence the judges chose her and Carl Riseley as the judges choice to be included in the Top 12."
The deletion of the words mentioning Tarisai Vushe and Lana Krost does not detract from the point of the paragraph. That Natalie did not get fan support early in the competition, but needed help from the judges to get to the final, is clear from the modified version. The page is about Natalie Gauci, and to mention two other contestants is irrelevant. It would make as much sense to name all 10 of the contestants who got voted through to the final 12. But this would also be irrelevant since the article is about Natalie Gauci, and there is another page on Wikipedia about that Australian Idol contest where the losing contestants could be named more appropriately.
Again, during the period this page was in protection these changes were discussed at length and they were agreed to by all responders. This discussion has continued and all users except the rogue user agree to make the change. That user insists there is no consensus until he/she says so. This user seems to believe that they are the user in charge of this page.
How do we get that user to stop making unwanted and unwarranted changes to the page, and to respect the wishes of the majority? I have suggested this user should be reported to the administrators but I am not sure how to do that. There does not seem to be a way to do that easily, which may be why this rogue user seems to feel that they are in charge, and untouchable. Any suggestions?? DrDownunder (talk) 04:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
On 30 March, I started an RM at Talk:Sněžka-Śnieżka#Requested Move. Noting an earlier, failed attempt to find a singular name for the article, per {[WP:NCGN]], I tried to include a wide range of parties by posting invitations on a number of WikiProjects, including WP:Mountains and WP:Geography, as well as WP:Poland and WP:Czech Republic. I also personally invited the participants of the previous discussion. Initial responses to the proposal found different aspects of the proposal unsatisfactory, but various parties were noting that they would be in favor of an article name change if modifications were made to the name. Then, suddenly, the conversation was abruptly closed under WP:SNOW by one of the total critics to any sort of name change. There wasn't, in my view, sufficient time for too many editors, beyond the somewhat politicized world of WP:Czech Republic and WP:Poland to weigh in. And the discussion might have led to useful revisions of the original proposal, had it been given time to breathe.
It seems as if this article is doomed to maintain its double-name, despite clear warnings at WP:NCGN that such names should be avoided. Does anyone have any recomendations on how to foster a discussion on this matter that isn't closed immediately? Is it even "right" that active participants to a discussion should be able to close discussions? Is it possible to reopen the discussion to allow for others to join in the discussion? This is quite unlike, and quite a bit more uncivilized than, any other discussion I've ever been a party to here on WIkipedia. Any help understanding what happened would be appreciated. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 08:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
74.14.6.207 (talk · contribs) has identified herself as being a leader with an organization in the field of children's rights. Before and after that she has made a lot of edits to the children's rights article in which she cites her organization's materials and perspectives repeatedly. I know these are disruptive but not vandalism, and I also I don't want my own edits to be nonconstructive. Any feedback on this situation is appreciated. • Freechild'sup? 18:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Al Lutz article continually is being reverted back to a state which has biased POV views about the person, and makes fallacious claims about Al Lutz's alleged impact on the Disney Corporation. Each time this information is removed, it gets reverted back. Concessions have been attempted to appease the one who continually reverts the article, but the editor simply does not appear to be happy without the "Tom Sawyer Island" section intact, as well as the title "Impact on Disney" as opposed to the more verifiable and correct "Reporting on Disney" which is what Al Lutz does. The main issue is the "Tom Sawyer Island" section of the article, as the claim being made is that Al Lutz caused Disney to keep a loose Tom Sawyer theme, which is not verifiable, and implies that the correlation is the causation. Additionally, it doesn't fit Wikipedia standards. A brief mention of the Tom Sawyer controversy is already made in the article, and this we don't need to have a recap of everything Al has blogged upon.
Please assist in determining a suitable solution here! This is out of hand. 151.151.21.105 (talk) 19:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Until the version dated 10th November 2007, this article was about a golfer....now he's a UVF leader. I'm assuming that someone just wiped the article and replaced it. The golfer is of semi-notability, having competed in a major tournament (though he only placed 16th so this may not indicate enough notability for a WP article), but the UVF leader is also of dubious notability - certainly Google doesn't turn up much in the way of information. The question therefore is - which is the one to use, or should it be disambiguated ? (Note also that the Rock disambiguation page lists this article as the UVF version, but the article is also apparently part of the Golf wikiproject..... Any ideas how to sort this out ? CultureDrone (talk) 11:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
There has been an ongoing dispute on KARE's page regarding its news ratings information. Someone is continuing to modify the page to reflect questionable information, unnecessarily diminishing KARE while supporting competitor WCCO-TV. The first link provided is dead and I have found no other online information to support this. It is also interesting that WCCO-TV itself does not address this supposed 20-year achievement on its own online PR page.
Furthermore, the other editor(s) have placed ratings information out of context, which alters its meaning. Toward the end of the ratings paragraph, there is a sentence referring to the questionable November 2007 demographic numbers (dead link), followed by February household numbers. These are 2 different ratings periods in entirely different categories. In my modification, I left the reference to KARE's third place ranking in households (as a compromise), but also cited the most recent (February 2008) demographic ratings, which continue to put KARE in first place and are most valued in the TV news industry. It is noteworthy that even though KARE is in third place in HH, it has maintained the desired demographics. The other editor opposed this information.
Household ratings have one basic purpose... A quick internet search led me to this quote from Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (December 25, 2003): "Why do TV stations care about demos? Because the household ratings are almost meaningless -- they're good for bragging rights only. Television advertising is bought and sold on demographics: age, gender, etc." http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20031225owen1225fnp3.asp Applying this to the situation at hand, even though KARE finished third in households, this information really only serves to support competitors who have placed better. So, if the information must stay on the page, it should be compared with the demographics numbers for clarity and purpose. As it stands, KARE's competition gets bragging rights on the KARE page.
The February 2008 demo information I submitted was deleted, for no good reason. The editor simply stated on the discussion page, "Material on demos was already included in previous version," although it was from November 2007 (not the most recent) and again, questionably accurate.
Additionally, other edits diminish the great achievement given to KARE as NPPA 'Station of the Year' for large markets. The NPPA awards are highly competitive and esteemed in the industry. I have tried using different wording to support this achievement, although I have been accused of lacking a NPOV. The last attempt I made used the word 'honor', but was replaced with "was the recipient". Quotes used from KARE's website were deemed invalid. Wikipedia user Orange Mike remarked on the discussion page, "Information from the station's own website is not from a reliable source." I then added a judge's comment from the NPPA website, along with cited reference on the page. This has been removed as well.
I do not work at KARE, Gannett, or any business affiliate, nor do I know anyone who does. There is no conflict of interest--I am simply a KARE-11 viewer. However, the other editor(s) seem to have a passionate desire to downplay KARE's success and magnify its weakness, while cleverly uplifting WCCO with inaccurate and meaningless information--clearly showing a strong conflict of interest.
I have voiced my concerns on KARE's talk page, but the same edits/reverts are still occuring. What can be done? Thanks for your help. Robinsegg 18:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was hoping to get some advice from an outside editor. I'm a Canadian poet who posted an article on myself (my apologies, I wasn't aware of Wikipedia's ethical guidelines and now realize I should have spoken to my editor or publishing house or a reporter from a local paper to do so on my behalf). There is a user who has motioned for my posting to be deleted (quite rightly perhaps) but his deletion request isn't based with a referenced fact. He seems to target emerging writers and warrants the deletion of their entries based on his opinion (which is subjective rather than objective). On the other side, there are a number of self-posted writer entries that I know of that are uncontested by the Wikipedia community. I'd love to hear what others Wikipedia users have to say about this. Thanks! Seanhorlor (talk) 22:51, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
I seek advice on how to deal with another editor who constantly disrespects my edits. The editor, named One Night in Hackney, knows Wikipedia very well, especially vs. me.
From my perspective, he immediately reverts my edits and often says something nasty on the talk page of the given article. He has referred to my edits as ignorant and has used curse words like crap and f*** in the course of his editing. When I ask a direct question on a discussion page that asks why a source is not valid he ignores it, changes the subject, etc. I don't get an answer, do get frustrated, and on 3 occasions have been frustrated enough to get banned. That's been my fault, I admit it (also, still learning some rules).
But the editor, One Night in Hackney, acts as if he is the ultimate authority on things Irish Republican. He is not. My view is that that when primary sources conflict then that conflict should either be noted in the article or in a footnote. Instead, One Night In Hackney persistently chooses his preferred source and sticks to it, ignoring alternative interpretations. This, to me, is original research.
What I seek now is a place to turn next time this happens.
If you are interested, please check out the discussion pages for entries on subjects like: Ed Moloney, Ruairi O Bradaigh, Gerry Adams, and Border Campaign. Thank you. WH--WilliamHanrahan (talk) 19:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Lawrence, thank you for your comments. I will check out WP:ANI when there's a chance. But the comments above from One Night in Hackney are indicative of the tone constantly taken. I have tried to discuss issues on ONIH's talk page and on the relevant discussion pages in Wikipedia. ONIH states above that "now I just ignore it," but please note that yesterday he did a major rewrite of the Ed Moloney article and began his justification on the discussion page with, "Basically, this article was a load of crap."
Last week we had a disagreement with the wikipedia article on Gerry Adams. On the discussion page I pointed out that J. Bowyer Bell, a reputable author, stated that more than 100 people walked out of the 1986 Sinn Fein Ard-Fheis (convention). ONIH stated, "Clear misrepresentation of the source. Bell doesn't say 100 walked out of the AF itself, he says that's how many reconvened later on." I typed in direct quotes from Bell's account of the Ard-Fheis, which in full states, "November 2 came and two-thirds voted against the traditionalists and for dropping abstentionism: 429-161. Ruairi O Bradaigh, Daithi O'Connell, and about one hundred others walked out to form Republican Sinn Fein...." He claimed Bell was referring to people who reconvened later, but when asked how ONIH knew that there was no answer to the question. In frustration, I pushed the issue too far.
In the Gerry Adams instance, the sources are not in agreement (if you want, see the discussion page). My point is that my (valid) source was dismissed with, "Regardless, it was a small split that nobody cared less about...." I care about it, and suspect others do, too; perhaps some have given up based on the responses of ONIH. It is not "pushing a minority, extremist POV" to ask that articles are accurate. Bell might be wrong, the sources ONIH cites may be wrong, but it seems inappropriate to me to dismiss my source out of hand. Instead, the article should be written to reflect disagreement and seek a middle/neutral ground. That seems to be the spirit of Wikipedia.
Again, Lawrence, thank you for the help. WH.--WilliamHanrahan (talk) 22:18, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
I have been involved in an ongoing disagreement with user HiDrNick about links at the end of the Spider Solitaire page. He's put unpleasant comments on my discussion page and I have done the same on his. A third user posted a short message of support to me on my discussion page and HiDrNick deleted it (I reverted the page to restore it and you can view his actions on the history links on my discussion page). I think this is outrageously inappropriate. Advice?? 206.74.61.67 (talk) 23:50, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
I've become a wiki user to try and resolve an issue of home town pride.
I'm contacting you for instructions on how to replace a terrible and depressing photograph of our home town that's posted on the Wikipedia page for Portland, Indiana. Could someone please provide step by step instructions. Other novice users have attempted to understand how to replace images from what they have gleaned from reading on wiki, but have had no success.
Also, while the user that posted the image did it in good faith, I'm at a loss as to how to mediate because they don't have email contact.
Here is the URL for the page, and the picture we want to replace with one that's a little more cheery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Indiana
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
IfOnlyThePresidentUnderstood (talk) 05:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. A little over a week ago I started a discussion about adding a new section to WP:RS to be known as WP:BELIEFS and I believe it is time to be bold and go live.
I have discussed it in the RS talk page[1], I have made a Request For Feedback[2] and also advertised the discussion at the Village Pump (policy) page[3]. All feedback seems generally amiable to this proposed guideline so I would appreciate help in how to best integrate the text to the actual policy page. One of my concerns is the way the most recent revision's proposed text[4] is formatted feels sloppy/amateurish but I am not sure how I could format it better. Any help is appreciated. -- Low Sea (talk) 15:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I have been helping build Oregon State University's Wiki for about a year now and continue to encounter vandalism from several handles (Likely the same individual) who appear to be blatantly biased against the school.
The handles this individual uses are "VegaDark" and "AboutMoves". For about four months this individual has hounded the Oregon State University Wiki and made unfounded revisions repeatedly.
This individual will begin building a case to make changes on a site by appearing to gain consensus in the discussion with several of his/her own handles and within a period of days will begin making deletions with little reasoning.
As you will read in our discussions, I have requested editors provide an alternative to the word "Revered" rather than delete it. For four months I have received no alternatives and, as you will see in the history, the repeated deletions of this word continue without end.
I am recommending the page be locked with my most recent changes and these handles be blocked from editing this page. Neither handles have contributed anything of value to the page and appear to be playing a game. Thank you for your help. AgntOrange (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Wow. Honestly, ridiculous is the only word that actually makes sense in this situation. They're all constructive editors, while AgntOrange has little to show in his career other than a block. Wizardman 21:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
The editors of Florida State Seminoles are in an edit war with Badagnani hand has been asked by three users including myself to stop with his edits. the item has been brought to talk, and he refuses to yield to the majority even with the offer of a compromise. --UkrNole 485 (talk) 00:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Apologies: I really don't know how to do this. There are two articles with similar content: [process modeling] and [business process modeling]. There is a redirect from the search term "Business Process Modeling" to the more generic article 'process modeling'. The redirect should be removed. At least, that is the apparent consensus of the editors on the discussion page.
That said, there is a great deal of overlap between the two topics. I've posted a suggestion that we move the content from the 'process modeling' article that is specific to business process modeling to that more-specific topic. We shall see where that goes.
For now, I need help removing the redirect. Nickmalik (talk) 03:55, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Your posting on Sam Melville deals exclusively with a US minorities personality!! Sam Melville WAS also a leading performer in the TV show "ROOKIES" .. the current article on Sam Melville needs to be edited to reflect this!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.100.118 (talk) 07:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Please investigate MapsMan for editing harrasment.
I ammended a few articles and every time he has individually reverted my work.
my information is reliable.
My defense was not acknowledged and he has not carried out duties correctly.
As a disabled wikipedian, i condone harasment or blocking without any real grounds.
my contributions are equally worthwile as a person. for the moment i dont like his harrasing tactics.
Please be aware of this.
ian Snowball —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian Snowball (talk • contribs) 18:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
I came across what I feel to be a clear cut joke edit here. I removed this and placed Template:Uw-joke3 on the talk page of James Callahan as he had already been warned using Template:Uw-joke2. This user has accused me of making mindless threats on his talk page and responded that it was not a joke edit.
Can someone please look at this edit his talk page and my talk page and weigh in on this issue, I'm not sure how to deal with it.
Thanks very much. Wjw0111 (talk) 02:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I have just tried to add a page to wiki and am new to this - my submission has problems. What can be done to rectifiy it. The page is called - Garrett and Alexandra Conover -
Many thanks,
Abodude (talk) 12:11, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
As a publicist I represent a client, Stardoll.com, which is one of the most trafficked websites on the net. They previously had a wikipedia page but it was deleted. Since I represent them I don't believe I would be the appropriate person to create/edit the page.
I would like to request a page be created on them but it's previously been deleted. I think it was deleted because the Stardoll community (it's a virtual world with about 8 million international uniques/month) is very young (about 9-17 yrs old) and they are very enthusiastic about the site and I think they were editing the wikipedia page too often and using too much flowery language.
Is there a way that we could create a page for Stardoll but then block it so it's not easily accessible to edit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisolipsist (talk • contribs) 15:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I am a new user of Wikipedia and I want to clear up a reference to an article I wrote. On the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Wikipedia page, an Editor has placed a reference to an article I wrote [Sarah Johnson, "From Staten Island to Shangri-la: The Collecting Life of Jacques Marchais," Orientations Vol. 38, No. 4, May 2007, pp. 85-90]. My problem is that some information in the sentence that bears a reference to my article is incorrect, and I do not want people to think I am the author of this incorrect information. I dispute the fact that Jacques Marchais used the name "Jacqueline Norma Klauber" and do not want my article linked to that misinformation.Sarah108j (talk) 22:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
NB - Some conversation regarding this discussion can be found at: User_talk:Travellingcari#Jacques_Marchais_Museum_of_Tibetan_Art
I would like to apologize for lake of "wikette"- I am not a technology person and am not used to this kind of discourse. Again, I would like to point out that I do not dispute that Marchais' married name was Klauber; I dispute the incorrect variations of her name such as "Jacqueline" and "Norma." In academic writing, usually the most current research is considered to be the most updated and accurate. Unfortunately, there is misinformation in the 1996 essay on Marchais in the Museum's catalog. This misinformation was printed and reprinted in such sources as the New York Times (I would correct this information with the Times, but the Wong article was published 10 years ago!). Many of these inaccuracies were addressed in current research, based on new historically verifiable information on Marchais such as geneological and archival documents. It is curious to me how a Wikipedia editor can cite a reference without having read the content. For the sake of accuracy, again, the establishment date of the organization is 1945, and the 1996 catalog was not published by the Journal of the American Oriental Society. Sarah108j (talk) 18:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Memphisbassman and 74.193.136.139 have been systematically replacing bassists with "Bill Godley". Neither the user Memphisbassman nor 74.193.136.139 have any edits to their credit except for this vandalism.
Perhaps a warning or temporary block is in order here. I don't know how to go about these things.
Thank you!
Webbbbbbber (talk) 23:08, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I've just noticed that WP has both Category:Washington sportspeople, and Category:Sportspeople from Washington ..... what's the difference ?! :-) CultureDrone (talk) 11:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
hi. the entry below is getting rejected do to this reason, 'web content doesn't show notability' [a7]. please help me fix this. thanks.
I have been somewhat involved in editing the Jehovah article recently. A problem is that another, and better written article, Yahweh, seems to cover the exact same subject. In other words, the Jehovah article seems to be a content fork of the Yahweh article. Other editors not been clear on this question, and I would appreciate it is someone could take a look at the two articles. I do not want to disrupt the editing process if I am mistaken, and initiating an AfD certainly would be disruptive. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 11:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the responses. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 15:33, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I want to move the order of the topics as they appear. In addition there are two topics that need to be consolidated: Evolution of Theory and Brief history. I do not know how to do either because each topic is listed ith an individual edit section. R38597033 (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)R38597033
Ok, I'll admit it - this question has always bugged me - a lot of the uncategorised pages I try to categorise seem to be albums. Now, according to WP:MUSIC/Albums, "In general, if the musician or ensemble that recorded an album is considered notable, then officially released albums may have sufficient notability", and then goes on to say "Album articles with little more than a track listing may be more appropriately merged into the artist's main article or discography article". Fair enough - but what if the artist has their own article, and several albums articles, but this particular article is nothing but an track listing ? Take, for instance, the band Starfield - they have their own article, so are apparently notable enough for inclusion. They have released several albums, all of which have their own articles, but only one of which Beauty in the Broken would seem to be notable, due to it reaching a number 1 position. So, assuming that this makes that one album notable, what happens to the other album articles ? Should these be merged back into the main article, a discography article created, left as 'track-listing only' articles, or simply deleted ? Ow..it's too complicated...my head hurts !! :-) CultureDrone (talk) 10:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm a relatively new Wikipedia editor and seek advice on how to deal with another editor who constantly adds negative comments and reverts my edits in the Anchor Weights section of Anchors. I believe the editor, IP 124 197 12 28 knows Wikipedia very well, especially compared with me.
This Editor constantly adds that anchor weights do not work in heavy weather sounding as if he is the ultimate authority on the subject. These negative comments are not supported by any research and appear to be personal opinion. We also believe there is a conflict of interest with our product and his.
I made an error initially in using our normal user name and have been accused of sockpuppetry along with being blocked for vandalism. I have now created another user name.
I seek your advice as to what to do the next time this happens.--Ruloo (talk) 09:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
To Whom It may Concern
Someone has edited my son's page and added nasty comments. I tried to re-edit it but the comments still show in the google Cached text. Please help to amend that or let me know what I need to do to amend it. Thanks.
Hilda KoonLowfatchicken (talk) 17:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, the article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML The text shows a thing that is literally incorrect. I change the article twice (with comments as explication), but then another user ("HAl") undid all my changes and removed all my considerations. The article's editor ("Ghettoblaster") didn't undo any change from me nor from the other user.
The problem is about the status of Office Open XML as ISO standard. The article now shows that format is an international ISO standard, but actually its status is 40.98, while ISO releases an international standard when its status become 60.60. This is no reflected in the article.
Besides, this is in agreement with a Microsoft campaign releasing this format is already an international ISO standard. However, the wikipedia article shows at bottom the problems that the format has to be released as an international ISO standard.
If the article's editor do not action, can I do anything to correct this? I think is not correct the other user and me are doing changes continuously.
Thanks.
Hello, The Ayn Rand page has been edited recently by an anonymous IP user (multiple IPs) who signs his talk as Edward Nilges. He has bombarded the talk page with long posts full of insults. I've put various talk pages of his IP addresses on wikiqutte alerts and asked him to be polite and constructive. That has failed and he started adding a long POV section to the article. I reverted it and putting my reason on the talk page. He posted more insults and began to revert war over it with more insults and calling me a vandal. I mentioned the idea of protecting the article from anonymous IP edits and several editors agreed on the Ayn Rand talk page. I figure he can make an account and still participate. I would like an admin to take a look at protecting the Ayn Rand page against anonymous edits. Thanks! Ethan a dawe (talk) 00:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't figure out where else to put this.
On two occasions in the last two days I have tried to provide links to other people which pointed to wiki URLs.
They both failed because of punctuation marks.
The first because of an exclamation mark ( ! ) at the end of URL.
And the second because of an apostrophe ( ' ) in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_the_Earth's_atmosphere
I don't see why you need to make URLs like that.
67.167.210.220 (talk) 10:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
> I have a problem with the article " Michele Renouf". > Each time I make a change to the article, another user, Robert Ham, > deletes them. By looking at his activities at WIKIPEDIA, one > can objectively conclude that he IS A HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST > himself. Here is how describes himself on WIKIPEDIA :
I R EAT J00 I found this edit both funny and sad. It's a wonderful example of mindless Zionism from a fool, something that predominates on wikipedia>>
> How can we bring an end do to our repeated edits/unedits ? > > -- > BENJAMIN YAFET > xxxxxxx > ORO VALLEY, AZ 85755 > 520-xxx-xxxx >
Hi. Can an experienced editor please review these two articles. Both cite the same sources - one is a joke document, the other only cites these as a section heading with no note of verifiability. Both articles are NOT official policy, but apparent jokes. I'd therefore assume these would either fall foul of WP:NOHOAXES, or at the least WP:NEO. I don't want to get involved in an argument over these, so could an experienced editor please provide some input. Thanks. CultureDrone (talk) 17:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I made an amendment to a Wikipedia article entitled 'List of National Anthems'.
The amendment I made was to include the national anthem of Cymru / Wales. The reason for the amendment was that Wales is a nation and that it has an anthem. The logical conclusion being that the anthem would, therefore, be a national anthem, which should be included in a list of national anthems.
My amendment has been deleted and the previous article reinstated.
I've looked at the article again and I can see that all the nations listed are noted in the English language, rather than their own language. I assume that this is the reason for the deletion. The reason I chose to include the Welsh name for Wales was because the Welsh national anthem is in the Welsh language. I see now that this is inapproprate.
I would like to resubmit an amendment adding the national anthem of Wales, but before I do so I would like to ensure that the reason for the deletion was for purely linguistic reasons, as I don't want to make further amendments if there are other reasons.
Please advise.
Best regards,
Dai caregos.
SHEFFIELDSTEELTALK 20:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I recently attempted to write an article about the NBC News Foreign Correspondent in Beijing, Mark Mullen. I wrote a well researched article that cited four different sources and thought that I indicated the importance of the subject by nature of the fact that he's one of NBC's most prominent correspondents on Nightly News and Today.
It was, however, summarily deleted despite the hour or so it took me to research and write it. Can you offer any clarity as to why this article was categorized for speedy deletion? Thank you.
NewsGuru (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)NewsGuru
Having not really edited anything on wikipedia before, I thought that for fun I would add my own page for when i have been in newspapers to see it online. I wholeheartedly accept the comments for why the page should be deleted should it be deleted. However I object to comments from Tavix (who is one of your moderators i assume) saying things like "there are absolutely no references that would tell me if any of this crap is true". Found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jamiecg74
I thought that wikipedia was supposed to be an objective community that is involved of the upkeep and maintenance of useful and important information for the world. I found the comment by Tavix upsetting and although not offensive, it was obviously a negative comment that took totally out of context my intentions of what I wanted to do on my page. I would appreciate your thoughts on this? --Jamiecg74 (talk) 22:44, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
I tried to create an article for "AddMorePhotos". It is consistantly being removed immediately and I am following the TOS.
Here is my article:
"AddMorePhotos.com is an online photo sharing service based in the United States, the site was launched in 2008. AddMorePhotos.com is considered a public sharing service. It differs from other photo sharing websites in that the users are allowed to create gallery pages that stay up for 60 days and then deleted. It is idea for those who only need to promote photos for a short period of time or want to include photos in classified websites similar to Craigslist, Kajiji, Gumtree etc."
Any suggestions on what is happening and what I need to do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kostenlose (talk • contribs) 23:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've added (sourced) statements re:Ms Knowles' "songwriting" and this stan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Efe keeps reverting them for no reason (other than that he can't stand having his idol criticized). Can someone assist? Thanks! Nathan86 (talk) 03:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
The user claims my company has nothing to do with a cappella music, yet my company deals specifically with design, hosting, and public relation planning for a cappella groups. We also shoot, edit, and encode concert video from our client's concerts as another service. There are other businesses listed as a cappella websites, yet mine is still being discriminated against. I've tried to talk to this user, but he/she responded back with the 'this has NOTHING to do with a cappella'.
The page in questions is 'a cappella' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella
Please advise..
Thank you!
Acappellahosting (talk) 04:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I am getting a little upset with another user/editor who seems by his actions to be somewhat intent on 'warring' with me. I am by nature a peaceable character. I did not join Wikipedia to get involved in arguments. Nor indeed to waste hours of my leisure time researching and writing articles to improve Wikipedia, only to have the content deleted without any prior notification, or indeed without any attempt to discussion. Since most users edit in good faith, and any mistakes they make are normally made in ignorance of rules and procedures of which there are many, I would myself never delete major content from an article written by another user without discussing this with them first. In fact I believe those that take this line are not only discourteous, but since it actively discourages users from contributing to Wikipedia, they are the kind of editors we can well do without. To promote knowledge is what I consider Wikipedia to be about. Deletists however simply seek to destroy it. That can never be considered a good thing and if this trend is allowed to continue, it will in the long term I'm sure prove very harmful to the site. We all have much to learn from each other. We all have a wealth of experience to share. To help each other should be our aim. I am certainly endeavoring to keep my cool in this particular situation but I confess this is proving extremely difficult for me since the editor is clearly intent on continuing to antagonize the situation. I would therefore appreciate someone's assistance with helping me to find an amicable resolution to this problem before it gets totally out of hand. Since I do not wish to divulge the name of this editor publicly, I would be grateful if someone could contact me on my talk page. Thanking you in advance. ♫ Яєdxx ♪♫♪♫♪Talk 21:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm troubled by this, but I'm not sure what, if anything, to do about it. User:Daynal has been blocked, for SPAish user name and behaviour. Since being blocked, he has put a good deal of work into his talk page, including the collection of various comments from other places. My interest arises here; he's taken several posts of mine and presented them in a context that's not quite representative of how they occurred. Somewhat connected, User:Rldavisiv seems like he might be another account used by the same individual; the userpage says he's banned, but he doesn't appear to be banned or blocked. My questions: Is this all reasonable, in which case I should just worry about something more important? Or, is there some other course of action required? Thanks in advance, --AndrewHowse (talk) 20:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I dont know if this is the right place, but a person edited a page that a friend of mine spent a while working on and then i changed it back. He then send things to my talk including saying that he dislikes Wikipedia becuase it is unreliable and enjoyed editing the page. If there is any way you can prevent him from editing again thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Surferdude27 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I visit Wikipedia about twice a month for reference purposes. Imagine my surprise when I see that I have a 'Vandalism Warning' message from someone named 'Spencer' telling me that my 'recent post' about Bryan, Ohio was 'not constructive'.
Question #1 - Who is 'Spencer', and why is he/she sending me warnings about vandalism?
Reference: == March 2008 == - Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Bryan, Ohio, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. SpencerT♦C 23:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Question #2 - What 'recent post'? I am not a 'member' of, nor have I ever submitted a single thing to Wikipedia!!
Question #3 - Seeing as though 'Spencer' tends to issue warnings to law enforcement officers (which I am), I am formally submitting a request to the supervisors of this site for a disclosure of the evidence used in justifying this 'vandalism warning'. Cyber-Vandalism is a felony, therefore your accusation had better have incontrovertible proof of the commission of the felonious act, or a really good reason for an oversight and/or error.
If it sounds like I'm not too happy, then my message has been accurately conveyed. The accusation brought forth by 'Spencer' could result in my suspension or my termination as a law enforcement officer! Hopefully this can be resolved without having to seek other remedies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.155.60 (talk • contribs)
I was not aware that it had been withdrawn. Thank you for your insight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.155.60 (talk) 19:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
there are some very nasty things on the side part at the top of the Christanity article.
65.1.145.232 (talk) 21:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC) Bricen Hoyle
The Christopher Lloyd entry says that his family donated Waveny Manor to the town of New Cannan Conneticut. It was built by my Grandfather John H. Lapham, and not the Lloyds. Ruth may have inherited it, but my father, as well as aunts and uncles lived there until their teeen years. I have no refernces to the Lloyd part of the family inheriting it.
Very truly yours,
Leonard H. Lapham (grandson of Col. John H Lapham) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.3.209.103 (talk) 10:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)