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Speedy deletion nomination of Oslo Operaball


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John G. McKendrick
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John G. McKendrick
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Speedy deletion nomination of John G. McKendrick


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July 2012
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is invited to contribute, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Carnival of Venice, 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 read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Mushroom (Talk) 21:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)c

Hello - please reconsider: there is an obvious mistake in the text. The carnival ENDS 40 days before Easter. You have reverted it to the original text, stating that the carnival begins 40 days before Easter. The carnival period is mainly 2-3 weeks before Lent, some start on epiphany, others start 11.11 (but have no carnival activities between 24.12-6.1). You can have no carnival activities in Lent (the 40 days before Easter).BlaBlaB (talk) 22:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Here are references for Venice http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-carnival-dates.htm and here are dates for Easter http://www.almanac.com/content/when-easter : e.g. Carneval 2014 February 22 - March 4 and Easter 2014 April 20 orthodox easter is different in 2015 and 16. You also need to explain how these dates add up to 40 (try a count). The present text in Wikipedia is "The Carnival starts forty days before Easter[1]". which is nonsense. How can you call this vandalism? BlaBlaB (talk) 04:11, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm truly sorry, I made a mistake. I have undone my revert and I hope you'll accept my apologies. Feel free to make any further edits you think are necessary to make the article better. Mushroom (Talk) 07:50, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you - apologies accepted and we both share a love for encyclopedic knowledge. Carnival is perhaps not taken as seriously as Easter, but the organizers and some attenders have knowledge that may befit the world lexicon... The distinction may have been easy to miss since it has probably been left unnoticed for some time in the article. The point about Lent need not necessarily be affirmed in the second sentence on this page, it just ended that way when corrected. The article is far from satisfactory: there may me more mistakes: "with the original glass technique!" - masks of glass? I've never even seen any. The masks are mostly papier maché, and gesso only coats papier mache, not leather masks. These are some of the earlies references to paper use in Europe. The ancient mix of gesso is a trade secret... There are also separate entrees on larva and bauta, which are the same mask - see e.g. the photo text in the italian http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnevale_di_Venezia BlaBlaB (talk) 08:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

December 2013
The recent edit you made to Mohel has been reverted, as it removed all content from the page without explanation. Please do not do this, as it is considered vandalism; instead, use the sandbox for testing. If you think the page should be deleted, see here for what to do. Thank you.  Tide  rolls  19:43, 29 December 2013 (UTC) Stricken with apologies. Thank you for your work here, BlaBlaB.  Tide  rolls  13:53, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Edits have addressed the following two issues: in the original text AND {clarify|date=August 2013}} The topic may be controversial, but I have added updated references from the most reknowned and noteworthy sources (CDC, medical literature, sources in Israel, 2013):references to children who have been admitted to hospital, even died: why revert these? BlaBlaB (talk) 19:51, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Please excuse my tardy reply,BlaBlaB. I appreciate any effort to improve the encyclopedia; however, blanking an article is only constructive in the most limited of circumstances.  With the automated script I employ I see a page blanking.  That there may have been constructive edits prior is almost irrelevant.  As stated in the templated message above, blanking is considered vandalism.  Even taking your explanation into account there exists no grounds for blanking the article completely.  I'll offer an apology for not taking the assumption of good faith to the tipping point if you'll consider that your action was just a bit past the threshold of a good idea. Regards  Tide  rolls  21:05, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I deeply apologize (as you saw in acknowledging the ... reversion you prompted): when saving an edit, the page turned blank - the record would have reverted it, it was entirely unintentional and would not have been left for a second:so take that as a slip of the keyboard: I shall continue improving on this and any other field - the references are now updated to the highest standards! Sincerely, BlaBlaB (talk) 23:42, 29 December 2013 (UTC)