Blacks != African Americans editPlease refrain from mindless mass edits like this -- black people in Brazil are not "African American". Jpatokal (talk) 08:35, 9 September 2010 (UTC) Blind reverting editI started a discussion. Please join the discussion. Don't revert blindly. You cited a discussion from 5 years ago. Guess what. Consensus can and does change. You ought to work with me, rather than initiating an edit war. I will not join you. Instead, I will get some help. Jehochman Talk 14:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Please be more careful when changing links with AWB editYour recent AWB work with fixing links to disambiguation pages has been replacing a link to GMC Yukon XL with a piped link showing as "GMCYukon" (without the space). In addition to that error, any time the Yukon XL is noted specifically it is meant to be distinct; saying just "GMC Yukon" implies the Tahoe-based truck, not the Suburban. I have reverted your changes, and for the sake of simplicity and clarity now and in the future I've changed GMC Yukon XL to redirect to Chevrolet Suburban as it was originally intended, since any link to that is intended to go there, and any reader searching for it specifically will be looking for the Suburban-based vehicle. Thank you. --Sable232 (talk) 16:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
AWB Stripped all of my Bold editI'm new to Wiki and I've written just one page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Arthur). I'm trying to do things correctly. I am confused regarding your AWB edit of my page. I do appreciated your disambiguation and improving my links. What I don't understand is why you stripped all of the bold text from the biography. I was using bold to accentuate the main points and to allow a reader to skim. I didn't feel that it was excessive. I un-did your edit and with it your disambiguation. Could you please explain to me why all of the bold text was stripped with AWB. I've seen other pages where abundant bold text is allowed. Perhaps there's a bug in your bot??? Could you kindly tell me if there are any specific rules on Wiki regarding bold text. I was unable to find specific guidelines myself. Here is a reference to your edit:
Kind regards Pariah —Preceding unsigned comment added by PariahCarry (talk • contribs) 23:41, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks...Is there anyway to automatically change the bolded text into italics? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PariahCarry (talk • contribs) 23:51, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Got it. I re-formatted it based upon the above link changing bold to italics for emphasis. If you get a chance, please let me know if alterations are needed. best wishes..PariahCarry (talk) 01:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC) Hittites editI noticed that you were working on links to the Hittites. The link you provided however is a page about the wrong time period. The 18th and 19th dynasty materials should link to the Hittite Empire, which for some reason was renamed History of the Hittites by someone. The Hattians page you used is referring to the wrong time period for these articles (predates the events by more than a 1000 years). Cheers --AnnekeBart (talk) 23:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC) DPL editHey, I've been really busy the past few weeks and it's not getting any better now that school's back on. I haven't been able to devote much time to editing recently. If I ever get a break, you can expect me to get back on that train. Great job, though! You guys have moved really fast. –Schmloof (talk · contribs) 16:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC) Automated editing editHi BD2412! At least one of your edits seems to introduce a redirect in a hatnote instead of a link to the proper disambiguation page, in the article Arad, Israel. Please be more careful with automated editing. —Ynhockey (Talk) 20:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Have you seen... edit...this? --Auntof6 (talk) 00:38, 17 September 2010 (UTC) Disambig pages editNow that I have gone through most of the "see also" links on disambig pages, I am going to generate a new list of links from disambiguation pages to other disambiguation pages, as you suggested. It will be in the subpages of User:RussBot/Disambiguation pages with links/from disambiguation pages, unless and until you want to move it into the project namespace. I didn't want to overwrite the pages you are working on now. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:21, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Undo speedy deletion? editBD, it's been a long time since we talked. I just signed on and found that a 5 year old article Free Dominguez was deleted as a speedy deletion, without discussion. This is a 5 year old article that has had contributions from a number of different editors. The article cites a couple of third party reviews, notes several albums issued by an established (though now defunct) label, and her participation in notable band. The deletion also created about a dozen red links in other articles which linked . I have no objection to someone putting this up for AFD (although I think the article has merit), but using the speedy deletion mechanism on a long-established article just is not right. I would ask that you restore the article. -- DS1953 talk 20:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
History merge mess editI don't think it was a particularly good idea to interleave the history of the page with the history of the talk page. Of course, since fixing would take forever, I'm not going to undo it, but you shouldn't do that in the future. It would've been better just to think of a neutrally-titled redirect to Hurricane Katrina and put the history there, with the talk page there on its own. However, please do accept my thanks for restoring the GFDL-significant edits (a necessity the closing administrator apparently overlooked). –xenotalk 14:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
← I see maybe you're about to attempt a fix [2] - do note that these concerns will probably never come to fruition, so don't worry about it too much. Unmerging will be a huge PITA. My primary goal here was just to prevent this kind of merge being done again in the future. If you've already unmerged the edits though- thanks =) –xenotalk 15:08, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Deletion of pages/redirects within project space editWikipedia:Templates with red links/2007/Politics and Government - done. EmanWilm (talk) 00:19, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia:Templates with red links/2006jan25-1 - done. EmanWilm (talk) 16:48, 7 December 2010 (UTC) Update Count on Sept. Dab page editHollo, I notice you update the numbers when you finish a page, should all link-repairers (like myself) do the same, or do you have that covered? The Interior (talk) 00:43, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, there's a disambig link on the fully protected Ayan (film) page. Could you jump in and change it? I think it should go to [[Congo (region)|Congo]]. It would let me close out Congo. Cheers, The Interior (talk) 03:52, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Help in a debate editThere is a year long debate about the status of Kosovo War - is it a part of Yugoslav Wars or not? You can find it here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yugoslav_Wars#Vote:_Is_Kosovo_War_part_of_Yugoslav_Wars?) I was hoping you or someone else more qualified can finally bring a conclusion to it so that the matter can finally be put to rest. Thank you in advance.--Justice and Arbitration (talk) 12:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Great month edit
Congratulations editGood job winning the Disambiguation Challenge this month; it's about you got your name at the top of the leaderboard! (And it's amazing that Woohookitty has fallen into second place for two consecutive months; that hasn't happened since June 2009!) --R'n'B (call me Russ) 20:54, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
I have been made a Reviewer without my knowledge editI have been made a Reviewer without my knowledge, the first I knew of it was when I looked at my preferences to see my number of edits. Could you please remove this right. --kathleen wright5 (talk) 09:56, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Seriously, you're getting really annoying. editDo you annoy other people on this website like you annoy me? Seriously, stop being so irritating. By irritating, I mean going into my contributions and reverting my edits for stupid reasons. Sure, not all whites in America are citizens of the country. Boo Hoo. Get over yourself. The Universe Is Cool (talk) 06:25, 9 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool
Incorrect? What are you talking about? The Universe Is Cool (talk) 19:09, 9 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool
You don't mind me saying "Black Americans" or "Asian Americans", but God forbid I say "White Americans" or "European Americans". I have typed "White Americans" in many other demographics sections; no one else cares. What's your problem? Just leave it the way it is. You're making this more complicated than it needs to be. The Universe Is Cool (talk) 21:38, 9 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe is Cool
Um...You do know there is an article for the term "European American", right? The term isn't "demographically meaningless and misleading". Again, you're making this more complicated than it needs to be. A European American is an American of European descent. An African American is an American of African descent. Etc, etc. My wording is not inaccurate. The Universe Is Cool (talk) 16:08, 10 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool Federal Building, United States Post Office and Courthouse (Hilo, Hawaii) editHello, I ran across this, which describes the same building I took a picture of and added infobox and redirect from the NRHP listings. So I updated the NRHP pointer to redirect to yours, and merged in my picture and infobox. Also merged in location and links to nearby sites. I am not an architect however, so not sure of the style terminology or how those should link. If you have a minute you might want to take and make sure I did not do too much damage. W Nowicki (talk) 18:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC) United States Post Office (Phoenix, Arizona) edit This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of United States Post Office (Phoenix, Arizona), and it appears to include material copied directly from http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/PrinterFriendlyBuildingDetail.php?BuildingName=United+States+Post+Office+-+Downtown+Phoenix&LocationCity=Phoenix&LocationState=Arizona&LocationNation=United+States. It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. The article will be reviewed to determine if there are any copyright issues. If substantial content is duplicated and it is not public domain or available under a compatible license, it will be deleted. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. You may use such publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details. (If you own the copyright to the previously published content and wish to donate it, see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for the procedure.) CorenSearchBot (talk) 18:14, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Mexican editThanks for creating a boatload of work for me. Seriously. Not being sarcastic. :) I always wondered how that was a redirect. --User:Woohookitty Disamming fool! 06:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC) Legal subject editWhat's your opinion here? Uncle G (talk) 14:10, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Seriously...STOP IT! editYou're just reverting my edits to be annoying, and you're doing a very good job of it. Why the hell do only care about the terminology for whites? I don't know you, but you're getting so annoying to the point where I feel that I hate you. I'm being honest. Every time I see that you reverted my edits, I get tense. Stop...NOW. The Universe Is Cool (talk) 21:50, 17 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool
What about other groups?! You only care if I use "wrong terms" for whites, but not for blacks, Asians, or any other group! What the hell?! The Universe Is Cool (talk) 22:15, 17 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool
The social definition of "white" is a person of European descent. The Census definition includes Europe in its definition of "White", so there is nothing "wrong" with referring to whites as "European Americans" because the general public commonly thinks of white Americans as being exclusivity of European descent. I'm sure that if you ask any person if he or she thinks Middle Easterners, North Africans, or Central Asians are white, they will most likely say no. Again, we commonly associate only European Americans as being white. The Universe Is Cool (talk) 22:33, 17 October 2010 (UTC)The Universe Is Cool
The Choir (disambiguation) edit
Everything you write in [3] is true of a page that does not contain the phrase "(disambiguation)". You have not made your case and I quite frankly think that you don't understand what you're saying. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:02, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Katrina editI just came across the Katrina alternative theory article splits, and I think it works better that way. One of my major problems with the old article is that it was just a dumping ground for fringe theories, which I think ran counter to FRINGE. Splitting, in that case, solves that problem. The quality of sourcing is much better too! Sceptre (talk) 14:22, 24 October 2010 (UTC) Proposed deletion of Skarlet edit The article Skarlet has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing
Stockman editCould you please change back the Stockman article to Stockman (disambiguation) — and then return the Stockman page to its original usage for the Australian Stockman (which dates back to July 2005). The change from Stockman to Stockman (Australia) was suggested, earlier this year, by anonymous user 69.3.72.249 (who was later banned from editing Wikipedia for doing the same thing to other Wikipedia articles — see User_talk:69.3.72.249). Although only 69.3.72.249 wanted the change (from Stockman to Stockman (Australia)) the move was made against consensus (as can be seen on the talk:Stockman (Australia) page. Stockmen are an important part of Australian cultural heritage and history, and deserve better than to be only able to be reached through a disambiguation page. It is noticeable that the American equivalent of Stockman (i.e. the Cowboy), has been allowed to retain its 'primary' page status (i.e. the American Cowboy is not titled Cowboy (American)). Therefore, at present, the two — while holding similar work positions — are being treated unequally by Wikipedia — with a bias shown towards the American Cowboy — while the Australian equivalent of Stockman is being unfairly treated as inferior. Figaro (talk) 04:53, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Erie Federal Courthouse editI just noticed you created the article. Being an Erieite, I had seen this on your list of GSA-documented buildings and was going to see if you wanted any help with it, but completely forgot about it. I do have photos of the buildings, including the Baker Building and Main Library (having made an effort to get photos of NRHP-listed building in downtown Erie the last time I was there). Niagara Don't give up the ship 18:25, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
DC and contributions editGreetings! Please excuse this intrusion on your talk page, and allow me to invite you to participate in the newly-formed Wikipedia Contribution Team (WP:CONTRIB for short)! The goal of the team is to attract more and better contributions to the English Wikipedia, as well as to help support the fundraising team in our financial and editing contribution goals. We have lots of stuff to work on, from minor and major page building, to WikiProject outreach, article improvement, donor relations, and more—in fact, part of our mission is to empower team members to make their own projects to support our mission. Some of our projects only take a few minutes to work on, while others can be large, multi-person tasks—whatever your interest level, we're glad to have you. If this sounds interesting, please visit WP:CONTRIB and sign onto the team. Even if there does not appear to be anything that really speaks out as being work you'd like to do, I'd encourage you to join and follow the project anyway, as the type of work we'll be doing will certainly evolve and change over time. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, or ask on the team talk page. Regards, ⇒DanRosenthal Wikipedia Contribution Team 02:58, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
The page Genesis (disambiguation) does not exist. The page is called simply Genesis. Do not disambiguate where it is not necessary. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 01:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Question about WPUSCJ editYou seem to be pretty active in this project so Ill ask you about this since knowone responded to my comments on the projects talk page. I would like to rename the projects template from {{WikiProject USCJ}} to WikiProject United States courts and judges so the meaning of the template is clearer. Do you have a problem with this? I also created some documentation for the projects template based on the documentation for WPUS but I didnt implement it yet. Do you think thats ok? --Kumioko (talk) 19:12, 30 November 2010 (UTC) EAA editYou recently made an edit which made a statement about the EAA, and which another editor supported [4]. Can you please tell me what constitutes "appropriate recognition or authorization to grant an accreditation?" Or in other words, what source makes that statement for us? As Wikipedians in compliance with the WP:NPOV policy, we can't be making statements like that on our own authority. Of course, I have no doubt that this is a diploma mill, but that's not the issue. The issue is that while we can say that the state doesn't support EAA, we don't seem to have a source supporting the above quote. BE——Critical__Talk 23:20, 1 December 2010 (UTC) Legal subject nominated for deletion edit
As far as I can tell, there's a difference between U.S. Federal law (as explained by the FBI) and Indiana state law (Garner 2001, pp. 278 et seq.), and thus at least two types of franchise fraud. You might like to research this one and give an opinion. Uncle G (talk)
Help in finding out about legal case editHi bd2412, my name is Hunter. I see that you are a member of WP:LAW and you appear to be pretty knowledgeable about legal matters, so I thought maybe you could help me, or direct me to someone (or some resource) that could. I have been working to improve the article about a B movie called Laserblast, and while searching for sources I found an old press release from PR Newswire dated October 11, 1983, about three favorable judgments that MCA-Universal had won. Regarding one of them, it said:
Now, this didn't make very much sense to me (which makes me suspect the press release is no good) and I was having trouble finding anything else about this. However, while searching Google, I did find this page, which seems to indicate there was a suit between Universal and J.A.R. Sales over alleged copyright infringement regarding the film E.T. This source, however, mentions nothing about Laserblast. (The dates also don't match up, as the website is from 1984 and the press release is from 1983, so it's possible there is a different lawsuit between Universal and J.A.R. Sales over E.T.) What I'm wondering is whether I can get ahold of the original complaint or docket related to this case. However, I don't have a PACER account, and don't know of any other way to get it. Do you know where I might be able to find this, or find more information about this case? Please let me know. Sorry to bother you. Thanks! — Hunter Kahn 02:47, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Kbthompson/scratch editIt appears that Kb was working on this as part of the article on Royal National Theatre. Can you tell if he had already made his changes to that article? All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:49, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Recommend a Project:Law editor? editHi. I flagged Pacific Legal Foundation as POV/advertisement, because it seemed to me to be very biased in favor of the organization. It essentially contains all of the information that the group would want to advertise about themselves, and nothing that they would not. I don't have the time/experience to fix it. Also, because of my participation in a non-wiki research project that tangentially relates to PLF, I don't know if it would be appropriate for me to dive into editing this article. Can you recommend an editor who might be able to take a look at it? My flag got a very defensive response from an editor there. Thanks! A5553434 (talk) 18:27, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Your DYK nomination of Kenneth M. Hoyt editThe Kenneth M. Hoyt article is not new and does not meet other DYK selection criteria. The best option for qualification at this point is to expand the prose 5x within the next 5 days. KimChee (talk) 21:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Talk page banners added to article editHi, I'm guessing that your addition of WikiProject banners to Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. was an accidental manual paste. But I thought I should notify you just in case there's something strange going on with your AWB settings. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:35, 26 December 2010 (UTC) LGBT articles of Brazil editHello! I am Brazilian and I need of you to correct my translation edits, please help me in the Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil, LGBT rights in Brazil, Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil, Age of consent in Brazil, Prejudice in the Brazilian LGBT community. 28 December 2010 (UTC) User: Hentzer Superintendents of patents editHello again. Hope you are enjoying the holidays and will have a good new year. Glad to see you created the category for superintendents of patents, but you might want to move it as 'superintendent' is misspelled as is. Good idea to have the category though. Best wishes, MarmadukePercy (talk) 00:22, 30 December 2010 (UTC) K. the Surveyor editBefore you give in to K. the Surveyor (talk · contribs)'s wishes, you might want to take a look at the contribution list. I think contributions indicate that this is a POV warrior on the warpath. --Nlu (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Invitation to join WikiProject United States edit
Judge X, Governor X, Doctor X, Mayor X editGeneral X, Judge X, Governor X, Doctor X, Mayor X. Confusing when you read about someone only known as Judge X, I hope you and I can clear up most of them and make them easy to find. Newspapers always expect you to know who they are referring to because the news is usually so local. The Bain image collection is full of people only labelled by their title and last name. At least President X and Governor X is easy. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:53, 8 January 2011 (UTC) PRIMUS editI think this was a very bad edit. It had previously redirected to primus, a disambiguation page. If that is the title of a disambiguation page, then Primus (band) should not be treated as the main meaning. Clearly this should redirect either to primus, the disambiguation page, or to PRIMUS (journal), since that is the only one normally spelled entirely with capital letters. In fact, you did not even put a hatnote at the top of Primus (band) saying that PRIMUS redirects to that page, and linking to the disambiguation page for other senses of the word. Michael Hardy (talk) 00:01, 12 January 2011 (UTC) wrong place editYou wrote My thinking on this is that we should now have a separate article on the Tuscons memorial, of which Obama's speech would be a part. The memorial was a notable gathering, not just for Obama's speech, but for remarks by other public figures (the governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security), and the separate criticism raised by some regarding the 'rally-like' atmosphere of the event. bd2412 T 20:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC) You put it in the wrong place. Suggest you remove the comment and move it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Public_reactions_to_the_Giffords_assassination_attempt This is what you want, it seems. Madrid 2020 (talk) 21:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
3 branches editNot sure if John Marvin Jones meets the criteria, but under Bibliography and references Jones, Marvin (1973). Memoirs; 1917-1973, fifty-six years of continuing service in all three branches of the Federal Government. Edited and annotated by Joseph M. Ray.. El Paso: Texas Western Press. caught my eye as I had looked at the article after your WP:USCongress mention. Dru of Id (talk) 05:08, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
"Arua" editHi, you introduced a typo to a bunch of pages, misspelling "aura" as "arua". I fixed the error on 42 pages, and I think others may have fixed about eight, so I think they've all been corrected now. But if you have any more to do, please adjust your AWB settings. Please note that I only quickly corrected the typos, not checking the proper context. But looking at the example link I provided, I noticed that the disambiguation was also incorrect; aura should have either been unlinked or changed to Wiktionary (which I did in this case). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Lime editHi BD2412, I noticed that you disambiguated Lime (confusingly the British name for Linden trees) to Lime (fruit) it should be Tilia. But thank you for giving me the image of my local park with a sub-tropical climate filled with ripe citrus bushes. :-) Grim23★ 01:52, 2 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks for the invite editI'm just a glutton for punishment, the prospect of disambiguating an endless supply of links wasn't arduous enough so I decided I should start adding references to 40,000 biographies of Fijian basketball players and Somalian tribal chiefs! Come to think of it, disambiguating some links sounds like a nice diversion...I think I'll aim for the middle of the leader board though. J04n(talk page) 03:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Pillar editI wasn't sure about this addition to Pillar. It sounds awfully close to a dictionary definition (which should not appear on dab pages by definition) and the word "pillar" isn't even mentioned in principle. Yes I wasn't sure enough to just revert it. What do you think? --Muhandes (talk) 15:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Lionfish editI'd be happy to, I'm not really a "fish guy", but have had some experience with these fish in the past. I think Lionfish should redirect to: Pterois and folks can drill down and find the correct species/subspecies. The problem comes into paradise when another genus uses the same common name. Personally, I think all articles on animals (especially reptiles, amphibians, and fish) should be titled by Latin name, then Common names redirected there. So what do we want to do, change Lionfish to "any number of species of the genus Pterois and alternatively these species? Let me know what direction you want to take and I'll get on it. Thanks!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:07, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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