User talk:Topclaw

Februrary 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Belgian Gardens, Queensland, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add your reference to the article. Thank you. WikiTownsvillian 11:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The Godfather Part II

Hello. You may have noticed that I've reverted your multiple attempts to add the word "lamenting" to the plot section of The Godfather Part II, in the description of the final image of Al Pacino as Michael Corleone sitting alone in the Corleone compound. You should know that I've also removed other editors' attempts to add descriptive words there (such as "contemplating") for the simple reason that there is no way to confirm what the character is thinking at that point. There is no dialogue, and no voice over to explain the character's inner thoughts, and the director has not provided any other means for us to know what's going on inside Michael's head. I think this was deliberate on Coppola's part, to allow us to project onto Michael our own feelings at that moment, but that's speculation on my part -- in any event, there's no visual or scripted support for any additional words there.

Please consider giving up the attempt to add "lamenting" to the plot description at that point. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 17:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Just a note: making the same edit using an ISP isn't going to get it accepted any easier. If you think you have a case to make why "lamenting" should be included, please go to the talk page and lay it out. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 06:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

February 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Dan Ilic, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.

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• The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Dan Ilic was changed by Topclaw (u) (t) deleting 8223 characters on 2010-02-25T05:35:51+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 05:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Hungry Beast has been reverted, as it appears to have removed content from the page without explanation. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Egmontaz♤ ^talk 02:16, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

The recent edit you made to Marc Fennell constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content from articles without explanation. Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ 02:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletions, edit summaries

I nearly reverted your edit to Hungry Beast because it removed an entire section without explanation. I revised my position when I read the talk page, but people can't be expected to do that all the time. The next time you delete a section of an article like that, could you use the edit summary field to explain your changes or point to the talk page of the article? It's only a matter of time before someone reverts you because you didn't clearly explain the reasons for your edit. Thanks. —LedgendGamer 02:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Putin decade exodus

The article Putin decade exodus has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The term is a sensationalized journalistic neologism found in few media sources, with less than 1000 Google search results, and that's greatly multipied by republishing. According to the statistics, emigration from Russia steadily decreased in the last 10 years from the upsurge in 1980s-1990s, with only 25,357 emigrating in January-October 2011 [1], and that's with 252,881 people arriving to Russia in the same period, that is highly positive net migration. Emigration from Russia is 20 times lower than, say, from Germany [2] (734,000 in 2009) or the United Kingdom [3] (336,000 in 2010). As such, this article is hopelessly POV under the current title.

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Replaceable fair use File:Stella Young at ABC Perth Event.png

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