User talk:David Biddulph/Archive 10

What do you think about AIs on Wikipedia?
Hi David Biddulph,

I’m a researcher working on improving the Artificial Intelligences (AIs) that support Wikipedia. I saw your post on Teahouse, and I’m personally contacting a small handful of editors to make sure your voice is heard as we build and refine these AIs.

Will you please provide an interview to share your thoughts about AI on Wikipedia? It would only take about 30 minutes over phone or video chat. We will send you a $15 Amazon gift card as a way to thank you for your time.

I am working in collaboration with Wikimedia Foundation staff to do this research, so if you decide to participate, your opinion could help build the future of Wikipedia. Hope to talk to you soon!

PS. You can learn more about our study here.

Best, Bowen, aka Bobo.03 (talk) 21:51, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

The twinkle template on my user page
Level 0? Why Level 0? Woshiyiweizhongguoren (🇨🇳) 12:24, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I could have given you a higher level warning but I was assuming good faith and giving you the benefit of the doubt as a new user who needs to learn. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:28, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I mean, don't the Twinkle templates start at one? Woshiyiweizhongguoren (🇨🇳) 13:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * WP:Twinkle/Preferences - Warn user - Custom warning templates to display. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:30, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm kind of confused. If there are four levels per template (numbered 1 to 4), the where does the "0" come from? P. S. I just recently installed Twinkle; it helped me with recent changes patrolling. <b style="color:#00205B">Woshiyiwei</b><b style="color:#0077C0">zhongguo</b><b style="color:#00205B">ren</b> (<b style="color:#0077C0">🇨🇳</b>) 14:43, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, you're confused. If you want to know about the history of uw-vandalism0 you go to Template:uw-vandalism0 and look at the "History" tab, and also at the talk page, and at WP:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 April 15.  You can also look at the history of Template:Uw-vandalism1, and at the relevant discussions in the archive at Template talk:Uw-vandalism1. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:02, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Oh, now I get it! Everything makes sense now, thank you. <b style="color:#00205B">Woshiyiwei</b><b style="color:#0077C0">zhongguo</b><b style="color:#00205B">ren</b> (<b style="color:#0077C0">🇨🇳</b>) 18:50, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019
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A kitten for you!
nice

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Draft page in the wrong place
Dear David, Thanks for visiting the Wikiproject:Newspapers/States/Indiana page. We are doing this as a college course and we knew it was not correct, but I had to look up how to Move an article again and life got in the way. So, we have remedied the situation per your remarks. Thanks,Fr. M.+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkurowski (talk • contribs) 04:17, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the explanation. I recommend that you explain tactfully to your college lecturer that he ought to read the advice at WP:Education and particularly at WP:Student assignments.  Another thing that he ought to explain to your class is that drafts are not put into article categories, see WP:DRAFTNOCAT.  Good luck with the rest of your course. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:23, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * The students might also find it useful to have a look at a couple of articles on newspapers which are "Featured Articles", Wikipedia's gold standard, to get a better feel for the layout and style, in particular how to arrange the opening sentence of the article (and that we don't need headings like "Introduction"): see The Philadelphia Inquirer and Sunderland Echo. At least one of the drafts you've edited shows that someone doesn't understand how to cite references, and another that they haven't learned that Wikipedia uses straight quotes not slanted, as apostrophes. There's a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia but it's an interesting journey and I hope the students on the course will enjoy it and stick around to continue editing after their course. Pam  D  08:18, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi David
Thanks for your message. I was just trying to clear messages in some messages I didn’t make words make any senses. I was trying to fix it. Thanks for letting me know. Ben Ben2719941 (talk) 05:23, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Look at my discussion page - ty in advance B3TABLASTJAY (talk) 14:04, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Hii i want to talk about it Dualswords (talk) 18:07, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

That poor student who posted about "Publication" over at the Help desk...
And there's also WP:WIKIPEDIADOESNOTEXISTTODOINSTRUCTORSWORKFORTHEM. Yes, I agree...that's a bit of snark but C'MON Teach! Shearonink (talk) 05:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I feel sorry for them - they were doing the right thing by asking what to do & how to proceed but sheesh... Shearonink (talk) 05:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Typo
On the Class 379 article, I found it quite hard to believe that the requirements are for over 100 years from now, which is why I changed it. Doomotron (talk) 19:50, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * - I believe GM/RT2130 is a numerical standard, not a dating standard: Engineering 360.  Chaheel Riens (talk) 19:57, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

==Hello, Ériugena. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there! Please note that all old questions are archived. Message added by David Biddulph (talk) 21:52, 26 December 2018 (U==

Unfortunately I can't find the message..plwease HELP! Ériugena (talk) 20:55, 7 May 2019 (UTC)


 * To search the archive, use the archive search box. Just put your user name in there. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019
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Ben Burrell
Thank you for your note and for explaining why you reverted my edit. I made the changes in response to a proposal to delete the article and explained why I made those changes in that deletion discussion. I also removed some dead links and added new independent references and thought that explaining this on the deletion discussion was sufficient. I will now add an explanation to the actual article. Rillington (talk) 20:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is. CLCStudent (talk) 12:03, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Answer
Thank you David for clearing things up for me. BodyaF (talk) 18:25, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Ask
Can you please tell me how to make user boxes Affan7 (talk) 13:39, 3 June 2019 (UTC)


 * To find out about userboxes, try reading WP:Userboxes. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:43, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

About Miss Bangladesh or Miss World Bangladesh Wikipage
Hey David, Thanks for your message. I was just trying to put the updated and current information about this event. But all edits was reverted. Also there's some historical mistake about the information. I was trying to fix all those. Thanks for letting me know. Let me know how I can inform you the correct information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maddy4all (talk • contribs) 22:08, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Review before submission
Hi David,

Thanks a lot for your response. As I understand from your response, you would want to see the draft of my submission. Do I have to submit my article for submission for it to come as the draft? or can I just paste my article into this talk box?

I wanted to know if my article has promotional content as it was rejected once for the same. I have made necessary changes to the article and I wish to check with you before I submit it to wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shreyavinod (talk • contribs) 08:39, 5 June 2019 (UTC)


 * The process for producing your draft and submitting it for review can be seen at WP:Articles for creation and WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:17, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

You're a 'Featured Host'
You may have seen this announcement that all the 'Featured Hosts' - whose names and pictures randomly cycle round in the Teahouse Header - have just been updated.

As you are currently one of the 29 most active editors at WP:TH, your name and an image has now replaced that of an inactive host. But because you haven't yet added yourself to the full list of active hosts, I have chosen what I hope might be an acceptable image to you (over the default picture of a cup of green tea). It would be great if you would now do two things:

Many thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:22, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Check or change the 'featured host' image allocated to you. Edit it at Teahouse/Host/Featured/5, or undo my changes if you don't wish to be 'featured'.
 * Create a 'host profile' for yourself, and choose a relevant picture - click the 'Experienced editor?' button in the TH Header to formally sign up to create a separate entry on the full list of all 89 current hosts which new editors can see.

The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019
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Imahacker2007
Thanks for warning this user. I'd just like to let you know that this user might be a sockpuppet of User:11Abbasii, due to similar behavior. I've filed a sockpuppet investigation. Are you aware of this? TitanSymphony (talk) 11:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Reply By 11Abbasii I Am Not Imahacker2007 that account is my classmates account whos name is Josh we were Changing random articles in class for fun sorry for the disturbance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 11Abbasii (talk • contribs) 14:43, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

WHY DAVID WHY!!!!! ????????
HI DAVID. I see you put that I was vandalizing I am sorry I didn't know I was. But in that case I can't be accurate. I have to have a source and I did not vandalize. Please help me to write thing without having a warning again. Thanks again and sorry for any rudeness from me. My motto is "become better writer and editor by time" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1coolsean (talk • contribs) 15:40, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019
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Commons del request
Hi david, please see my comment, for your info. <b style="color: White;">Night</b><b style="color: White">fury</b> 13:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi David
Sorry for what did to some Micronesian Airports with Caroline Islands Air. I understand and I won't do it again. Many thanks. ThePacificMan (talk) 12:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Baltistan
Hello David the addition of the link to administered Kashmir is incorrect as its regarded as an autonomous territory plus it links to a article and section discussing the conflict it needs to remain consistent as per the Jammu And Kashmir article. 82.132.242.217 (talk) 11:17, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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Your help desk response
This question was kind of hard to read and made it look like English was their second language, but the person did say they spoke English, and you assumed they did not. The problem was that they were trying to get English instead of Russian. I gave the person the standard advice.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  21:20, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

New Subject Entry
Thanks David for your guidance in the Teahouse! I sure could use some assistance in reference formatting. Can you take a look at my sandbox for the proposed entry for Marisol Deluna? Certainly would appreciate it. After looking over your User page, I can certainly learn a lot from you. EM EMETIB MAILLIW (talk) 10:24, 16 August 2019 (UTC)


 * As I said at the Teahouse, many of the error messages have explicit help links to help you. In many cases you are trying to use parameters which don't exist for the particular citation template where you are trying to use it; for example cite web tells you which parameters are valid for that template. Also there are places where you have used   with one bracket when you presumably intended   with two brackets.  Also in some cases you have enclosed in   brackets text where a template of that name doesn't exist. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Noted and making adjustments to the references! The article is thoughtfully coming along.  Thank you kindly.  Emma EMETIB MAILLIW (talk) 02:12, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

hi
it is not the Koran. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.205.181.58 (talk) 22:57, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

I noticed that editor as well...
Am keeping an eye on Gabriel alejo mom myself. Majority of their edits are clear vandalism... Shearonink (talk) 00:41, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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User talk:SKELOTONOVERLORD
I have removed your warning from User talk:SKELOTONOVERLORD, as it appears that this user is just asking a question in the wrong place, and not yet actually vandalising Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:24, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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Rowing
Hey, i just added the 2019 ones. Looking at the ref, the overview page is not updated but the countries are when you click on them. I guess they will update it later on. Kante4 (talk) 20:31, 1 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I undid my revert of your changes. It's obviously a mess as we know that the source was in error and incomplete.  I hope we may be able to find a reliable source.  --David Biddulph (talk) 20:33, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem. Will hope the same. Kante4 (talk) 20:40, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * As one example, your figure for GBR agrees with the source for silver & bronze, but is 4 different for gold. It is noted in the "unreliable source" tag that the source apparently omits adaptive events. I assume that your edits for 2019, along with whoever did the 2017 & 2018 updates, have included the adaptive results for those recent years, but those have been added to base figures from the source which apparently didn't include adaptive events for earlier years. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:45, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Normally i seperate the para events from the other ones. In 2019, an editor added all events in one medal table. Kante4 (talk) 20:59, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

I wish to make the following contribution to Rowing Oars... The Italian Lightweight Sculler Martino Goretti placed third at the European Championships in July, 2019. He contacted Ian Randall shortly after to trial and speed test the Randall foil blade design. He was able to replicate performance claims (5% speed increase) and adopted the foil design to make up the deficit and to gain a potentially winning margin. Three months later, at the World Championships in Linz, Martino Goretti recorded the fastest time in every heat, quarter, semi and final, beating European Champion Péter Galambos of Hungary by clear water. Goretti is well-known for adopting innovation in rowing and has a long and decorated career and his adoption of the design gives testimony. Goretti was able to adopt the design as he was not part of the Italian Federation and is coached by his father Eros Goretti. Goretti used the foil successfully at all Italian selection regattas leading up to the World Championships. The foil design is a new category of blade design as it differs in performance and appearance; It has a distinct surface fold on the blade (close to a 90 degrees), it requires no blade pitch, during the drive phase the shaft of the oar is not buried below the foil, and there is no catch slip (when pitched at 0-degrees).--Ian Randall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian Randall (talk • contribs) 22:04, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Gorakhpur
Sir,

I belong to that city, and all the information which I gave you were correct Sir. Shivansh Hindustani (talk) 16:13, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * As I told you on your user talk page, if you don't understand what it says in English about WP:verifiability you need to stick to editing a Wikipedia in a language which you do understand. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:18, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Saini article, User Punjabier
I've opened a SPI on User:Punjabier who's likely a sock of an older banned account. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

David sir see the difference between mali and saini Mali caste, in southern districts of Haryana and beyond in the states of UP, MP, and Rajasthan, also started using the surname "Saini" in 20th century since 1930-40.

However, this is not the same community as Tomar-Yaduvanshi descent Sainis of Punjab who according to renowned and peer-reviewed ethno-historians like SS Gahlot et al have maintained their Rajput character .This is testified by the fact that census of 1881 does not acknowledge of the existence of Saini community outside Punjab and, despite the insinuations of colonial writers like Ibbetson, records Sainis and Malis as separate communities. Denzil Ibbetson Even colonial census authorities, somewhat eager to club Sainis with Malis for the sake of getting easier handle on complex Saini history and ethnography, were forced to acknowledge this stark fact with the remark: "...that some of the higher tribes of the same class (Sainis) will not marry with them (Malis). It is to be noted that Denzil Ibbetson was not an anthropologist, ethnographer or historian in the way these terms are understood in the contemporary academics. He was a census commissioner with no formal training in social anthropology or history, and a considerable portion of his work is derived from unidentifiable informant sources and hearsay. In great many cases his work is also conditioned with the ignorance and prejudice of both English and native colonial officials whose reports he compliled and relied on to produce his work titled "Punjab Castes" . For these reasons the citability of Ibbetson's work for strictly ethno-historic purposes is questionable but in the absence of any other work of acceptable academic standard written by a trained socio-anthropologist which encompasses the breadth of Ibbetson's work, his work continues to be in circulation despite a large number of factual and interpretive inaccuracies contained in it. Jogendra Nath Bhattachary Another work of 19th century by Jogendra Nath Bhattachary also treated Saini group to be completely distinct from Malis. In his work titlled "Hindu castes and sects", published in 1896, he refers to Sainis on pp 285 as a distinct agricultural group with a population of about 125000 and restricted to Punjab. He mentions Malis in a separate category and makes no attempt to link both communities. Bhattachary's work, unlike Ibbetson's, is considered academic grade and is regarded as first ever serious attempt at anthropology in colonial India. Edward Balfour In 1885 Edward Balfour, another colonial scholar, clearly identified Sainis as distinct from Malis. What is more interesting is that Edward Balfour found Sainis to be largely involved with sugar-cane farming instead of vegetable farming while only Malis to be involved with gardening. Edward Balfour's account thus gives further confirmation, in addition to self-contradiction implied in Ibbetson's account, that Sainis were understood to be entirely different from Malis in the colonial times as can be seen from the following excerpt from his work:

"The most industrious are the Rain, Mali, Saini, Lubana, and Jat. The Rain are diligent, persevering men, and on good land will often obtain three or four successive crops of vegetables, which they produce largely in addition to the grain crops.

The Malis are chiefly gardners.

The Saini occupy sub-mountain tracts and grow sugarcane largely. Their village lands are always in a high state of tillage."

-The encyclopædia of India and of eastern and southern Asia, Volume 3, pp 118, By Edward Balfour, 1885

As can be seen there is no confusion about the difference between both the communities in this scholarly work of late 19th century.

Balfour also enlists Syed, Pathan, Banjara, Brahman, Gujar, Rangar, and the Rajput as tribes engaged in agriculture. Mahton Rajputs, also sometimes called Sikh Rajputs, another agricultural tribe in rural Hoshiarpur was confused by English scholars to be identical with Banjaras at the time of writing of Balfour's work in 1880s.

The Punjab Alienation of Land Act of 1900 AD

The Punjab Alienation of Land Act of 1900 AD was instituted by the colonial government of Punjab to safeguard the lands of agricultrual tribes of Punjab from being appropriated by Khatri and Baniya moneylenders (Master Hari Singh, 1984). The Act provided several protections to the members of the notified agricultural tribes against exploitation by urban mercantile castes. It also enumerated a district wise list of notified agricultural tribes which were to be extended special privileges. Some of the notified agricultural tribes included Jats, Arains, Janjuas, Bhattis, Awans, Sainis, Kharrals, etc. The Act once again made clear distinction between Saini and Mali and enumerates them as separate tribes (See The Punjab Alienation of Land Act of 1900 AD, XIII of 1907, pp 22-29, Sir Shadi Lal).

In a nutshell Saini presence, according to this authoritative goverment document, was only recorded in the following districts of colonial Punjab: Hoshiarpur Gurdaspur Jalandhar Ludhiana Lyallpur Sialkot Ambala (included present day Ropar) Delhi Ferozepur

It is noteworthy that Malis were also notified as an agricultural tribe by this statute but no where does the language of the Act ever confuse both the communities. Mali presence was recorded in the following districts where no Saini presence was recorded:

Hissar Rohtak Gurgaon Karnal

In the following districts both communities are recorded but were once again enlisted as separate entities: E.A.H Blunt E.A.H. Blunt who produced a seminal work on caste system of Northern India also placed Sainis as a group completely distinct from Malis, Baghbans, Kacchis and Muraos. He enlisted Sainis a landholding group while describing the latter groups as having mainly gardening, flower and vegetable cultivation as their major occupations. The strength of Blunt's work lies in the fact that he had the advantage of looking at the work of all the prior colonial writers like Ibbetson, Risley, Hunter, etc and revising their inconsistencies. Post-colonial scholars In Punjab there is no confusion whatsoever about the difference between Mali and Saini community and Sainis are nowhere confused with the Mali community. But in Haryana, a lot of Mali tribes have now adopted 'Saini' last name which has made the Saini identity somewhat confused in the state and southwards of it. Marking out the clear difference between Malis and Sainis of Haryana, an Anthroplogical Survey of India report published in 1994 states the following: (A Neo Saini Publication) An example of post 1930 Neo Saini or Mali literature. Out of myriads of the words and labels availaible to claim a Rajput or martial identity, the word "Sainik" was choosen discreetly by the Mali community leaders to get the community registered as "Saini", supposedly as short form of "Sainik". Having thus remodeled their identity as "Saini", through manipulation of name and taking advantage of the confusion in poorly documented government records, they hoped for Mali community to gain entry into British Indian Army, which exclusively recruited from "martial classes" from which, owing to racist prejudices of colonial era, this group was excluded. The original Sainis, i.e., the Sainis of Punjab were enlisted as "martial class" since the earliest era of British recruitment history of India. Several companies of Sainis recruited from Punjab had fought in World War 1 and Sainis had won many gallantry awards such as OBI, IOM, Cross of St. George, etc equivalents of modern PVCs and MVCs. Later a proposal to raise a full division of Sainis called "Saini Infantry" was also on the anvil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 01:39, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * My user talk page is not the place to discuss improvements to an article. The place to propose changes is on the article's talk page, but a wall of text like the above would be sure to provoke a reaction of TLDR, and it contributes nothing where the concerns about edits are related to verifiability. (Have you read that link yet, and is there something about it which you don't understand?)  The requirement is for references to published reliable sources independent of the subject.  It has been explained to you elsewhere that material published by a particular caste is not a reliable source regarding that caste, because it is not independent.  --David Biddulph (talk) 03:24, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

David sir

I see you put that I was vandalizing I am sorry I didn't know I was. But in that case I can't be accurate. I have to have a source and I did not vandalize. Please help me to write thing without having a warning again. Thanks again and sorry for any rudeness from me. My motto is "become better writer and editor by time ,how i can provide reliable sources for articles editing throug email or website link please edit one word why Wikipedia publish wrong information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 06:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Your warning
You should check the whole summary of edits before finding ways edit. The information about GDP was updated but he intentionally removed new revised gdp figures and instead added old,outdated figures.... This is not vandalism than what?.....And I added banned word because it could refrain him to do this again.... Before saying anything, u should examine things around it and should take any step journal quartz (talk) 08:23, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Minor edits
Thank you for your comment about minor edits. As I am an user since 2004, I have quite an idea of what they represent. But, strangely, some very little edits (typography mainly) are sometimes considered by others as very important and delicate. As perhaps you have observed my recent edits in the rowing world (my nephew is a possible qualifier at Tokyo 2020, single scull), since two or three months, I am trying to improve some articles about rowers, and even creating new ones. But one of the biggest work (minor editing) I am doing is to check out the errors of FISA, especially in spelling and misspelling names and first names. For database reasons, at least 20 % of the names are not written correctly : no ö in German or Swiss rowers but oe (even an oeoe instead of öö!), no accents in the Italian and Spanish names, and better not to say nothing for Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian names ! Or even worse for Cyrillic transcriptions and so on. For the Romanian rowers, FISA put a hyphen between the two first names (to distinguish from a double last name) and always forget î, and commas under S or T. For these reasons, a lot of links stay red, like Alexis López (rower) (and not Alexis Lopez !.

I do hope that one day, someone will thank me for all this job, instead of writing me about the exact definition of minor edits. Of course, as an human, I may mistake (I do revert my own edits sometimes!).

Yours, (please: reply here and not on my own page…)-Arorae (talk) 15:54, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

/: since September the 13th, you may not have time for a short (or minor ?) answer. Probably more important things to do elsewhere. I am sorry for that.-Arorae (talk) 17:48, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

it was MY comment
I adjusted it. Go back, and revert your revert.50.111.22.47 (talk) 17:05, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * No, the original message was from User:HammerFilmFan. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:08, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It's called "not logging in" HammerFilmFan (talk) 00:43, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Editing regarding Malakpet
Dear,

I was born and raised in Malakpet. Few elements do not like to see the reality. I know Malakpet in and out. Please do not revert back the facts that I've mentioned on the Malakpet page. Thanks for your understanding. Nato James (talk) 19:48, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

In continuation to my earlier message, I want to mention further that if you do not trust those facts then please get it verified then publish the changes. Nato James (talk) 19:52, 8 October 2019 (UTC)


 * You need to read about WP:verifiability, & particularly WP:V. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:06, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

RAF Croughton
Dear David,

Do not delete my edits to RAF Croughton as reliable sources have been cited. This article should be updated to include current controveries concerning its operational status with regard to any extension of immunity (it cannot be diplomatic unless included on the H M Government's own register and this is freely available for scrutiny by the public) and I cited the legal opiniin of Mark Stephens based on his inspection of the diplomatic register that no immunity was available to either Mr Sacoolas working at RAF Croughton or indeed by extension his wife. The failure of Mrs Sacoolas to comply with British law and her flight to the USA is a matter to be included in this article on RAF Croughton either in the introduction or in the last section (which is very thin) coveting its current wirk and scope. The question of any secret agreement the British government has with the USAF who operate from the base (which is not classified as diplomatic) is a natter that should be included in the article. It is not for you to act as a political filtwr on Wikipedia censoring information, facts or details which may throw American intelligence operations in an unfavourable light in countries which they have been invited as guests. My edit to this article was previously deleted by a Wikipedia administrator who clearly in his profile showed he had a long standing background in military and defence amounting to a professional interest. He was clearly not a suitable person to exercise any judgement. As so often hapoens, in recignising his bias and unsuitability, he has now disappeared from the debate and has been replaced with yourself attempting to exercise the same censorship to my valid points. Therefore let the edit stand. Do not delete it. If it is not perfect or fully compliant offer advice which is constructive and helpful or correct it yourself while leaving the basic facts unchanged.

Theodore Bloom in his Taxonomy of Knowledge notes that all collections of knowledge or libraries eventually create a secretive society of "guardians" who protect their domain by inventing forms of language, codes and procedures which restrict access from the public in general and enable them to control the level of consciousness and knowledge available to society as a whole. Do not fall into that trap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarlingDavid (talk • contribs) 15:00, 9 October 2019 (UTC)


 * You presumably haven't read the wikilinks (the words in blue) in my message on your user talk page: ... without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Those "sources" do not satisfy the requirements for verifiability.  In particular you need to read WP:V. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:10, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Misleading
You are writing misleading information on Aruba's page! You are not even Aruba. YOU DO NOT KNOW THE CORRECT INFORMATION!! Vondunn02 (talk) 15:19, 9 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I am able to read the cited reference, and I am able to read your edit which blatantly contradicted the cited reference. Please read about verifiability. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:24, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019
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Marathon
Why did you remove the which template? There are several dozen different Supreme Courts, including several different ones with jurisdiction in New York City, and "the Supreme Court" is too imprecise. (It's like saying that the race coincided with the borough boundaries without saying which borough.) Also the wording sounds like the writer was maybe thinking of the New York Court of Appeals, which is analogous to the supreme courts of other states. Until someone can identify which court is being talked about, the template is needed. 208.95.51.53 (talk) 12:17, 14 October 2019 (UTC)


 * The source says "The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court", so that would be New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, not New York Court of Appeals, wouldn't it? The source refers to Justice Francis T. Murphy Jr., who is the subject of http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/centennial/Bios/ftmurphy2.shtml (see also Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department). I see no reason to disagree with the source. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:29, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

52.144.111.231
I read your AIV report, but it looks more like WP:COMPETENCE than straight vandalism. Either way, a block is required. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  17:45, 14 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Obviously ignoring all the warnings. Thanks for blocking. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Teahouse
Any help with this Teahouse post? Interstellarity (talk) 16:31, 17 October 2019 (UTC)


 * No, I have no interest in badges. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:33, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * , Who can I ask to answer the question? Interstellarity (talk) 16:37, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you'll find that most people who answer questions at the Teahouse are interested in improving the encyclopedia, rather than playing with badges. If anyone who sees the question is interested and thinks they can answer the question, they will presumably do so. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2298 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Minor accident on an edit
I put an edit that British Rail Class 360/1 and British Rail Class 360/2 redirect here on British Rail Class 360, but I had a minor accident. (message is under copyright) Northernrailwaysfan (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * You broke the syntax of the infobox, so I reverted your edit. You need to check your edits with "Show preview" before saving your edits.  --David Biddulph (talk) 18:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * What's all this nonsense about 'messages being under copyright' anyway? What do you mean? Superalbs (talk) 00:50, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit revert.
Wait. Who are you ?? You just reverted my edit. Are you from Wikipedia or general public of India ? Whoever you are, if my edit was unconstructive then who gave authority to address kalapani(official territory of Nepal) as Uttarakhand, India in Wikipedia and even has kept protect from vandalism. Answer me. Katappa ko bau (talk) 16:40, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Treehouse talkback?
Hello,

I responded to your comment in the Treehouse. But I'm not sure if I should have done something to notify you of it (like you did by posting some talkback template in my talk page)? —Srid YO 17:25, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents
You are invited to join the discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I just happened to notice your warning to this user after I submitted an ANI thread about them. Perhaps you'd like to contribute to the thread? Jalen Folf  (talk)  00:32, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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Class 43
I did have a reference that this was 801109 but when I went back to grab it I noticed that it doesn't say that anymore, so obviously it was wrong and I was wrong to have added it. Whatever, I don't really care if I make a mistake it's not the end or the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.64.163.198 (talk) 19:48, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi, thanks for telling me how to do UW. I'm quite new to this171.33.193.151 (talk) 11:46, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

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Confused edits
Hello David, The link you metioned is verified. Inconvenience if any regretted. In case the inclusion do not follow the Wikipedia guidelines, please remove. Thank you. (SymbiosisOperations) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SymbiosisOperations (talk • contribs) 05:45, 29 November 2019 (UTC)


 * You have again made an edit which broke the page syntax, so I have reverted it. You need to check with "Page preview" before saving.  Also if you are trying to add a reference you need to add it after the text which the reference is supporting, see Help:Referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:51, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Thomas M. Montgomery
David: Please undo the revert on Thomas M. Montgomery. I deleted the section concerning Command in Somalia at his request.

Thanks, Dave Stockwell — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Stockwell (talk • contribs) 21:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


 * An article subject doesn't have a veto on what is written about them. Advice is available at WP:BLPSELF and at WP:Contact us/Article subjects. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:27, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks
Many thanks, David Biddulph, for your guidance. I'm getting old and sometimes don't quickly understand new things like I used to.

( Dave Stockwell (talk) 10:33, 4 December 2019 (UTC) )


 * I know the feeling! --David Biddulph (talk) 10:52, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

NFCCE
Hi David. I saw your ANI thread about an IP adding non-free files to articles without providing the required FURs. Although I've already commented there, I just thought I post a little more about this here. This kind of thing happens quite a lot and it's usually by editors who mean well but are simply unaware of relevant policy. Sometimes leaving a uw-nonfree helps clarify things, but not always, particularly win dealing with IPs since they never seem to look at "their" user talk pages regardless. Anyway, there are bots like 's which go around looking for and removing files like this, but you can also do so yourself if you want per WP:NFCCE; the bot leaves an edit summary linking to WP:NFC, but also being more specific like saying "A separate, specific non-free use rationale is required for each use per WP:NFCC" or something similar works just as well. You can even provide the rationale yourself if you feel the non-free use complies with policy; just be aware of WP:JUSTONE. Most of the time reporting IPs/editors doing this time of things at ANI is not really going to generate a lot of interest unless it's clear the edits are being WP:DE or WP:TE, and at best an administrator might just issue a warning. However, if things starts turn into some serious edit warring when the file keeps getting re-adding despite being previous removed (see Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 18 for an example of this that just happened earlier today when someone thought edit warring with a bot was a good idea), then an admin will usually issue a block, but it might be better to simply approach one directly than going to ANI. One other option in cases where you're not sure whether a particular use is policy compliant is to tag the file page with di-missing some article links and then add Missing rationale2 to relevant article talk page(s); this makes others aware of the problem and gives them a chance to try and fix it before the image is removed. These tags are usually reviewed by one of the admins who tend to work in the file namespace and with non-free content, and they usually decide what to do. It's adds a few more steps to the process, but it can help sometimes. FWIW, I think you were correct in going to ANI, but I just don't think much is going to come out of it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Nebraska edit -- Reverted
Just to let you know, while funny, your edit on the Nebraska page looked like Vandalism. Please do not use Wikipedia as your personal playground for jokes. Thanks!

Ulse X (talk) 19:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Firstly, new topics on talk pages go at the foot of the page, not the top. More importantly, you need to look again at . --David Biddulph (talk) 19:18, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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Reverting my edit on User_talk:2.99.203.100
I was trying to delete the talk page because there wasn’t such thing as that user, and it was created only for vandalism, I need help on how to delete that. Please reply. The person who should not be named (talk) 20:22, 24 November 2019 (UTC)


 * That user does exist, so yes, you are wrong. There is no reason to delete the user talk page. Try reading about user talk pages.  And please don't try to make speedy deletion nominations when you obviously don't understand the criteria. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:31, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

I only tried to delete the page because I tried looking on Wikipedia on 2.99.203.100 and I didn’t get anything, Didn’t look it up the usual way you search on Wikipedia, and so in case it happens again, and there isn’t any user, then I need help on deleting a talk page. Thank you. The person who should not be named (talk | contribs) 20:56, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * You garbled the display of my user talk page by opening a comment and not closing it. I have corrected your carelessness.  Please check your edits with "Show preview" before saving. You will have seen that the contribution record for 2.99.203.100 is not blank.  You have been told more than once that user talk pages are not deleted. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:06, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

In case of any other  pages, I have created a template called broken syntax, and plus, when I edited your talk page that broke the display of it, it didn’t let me preview the edit, there is a shortcut to replying that automatically signs your comment. The person who should not be named (talk) 00:10, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Godolphin revert
Re your reversal of my edit: December 2019‎ David Biddulph (talk | contribs)‎ m. . (10,147 bytes) (0)‎. . (David Biddulph moved page Godolphin Racing, LLC to Godolphin (racing) over redirect: Reverted undiscussed move which was contrary to WP:NCCORP) (undo)

Regret I must take exception to your interpretation of WP:NCCORP. This article was in fact originally given the Proper Title of Godolphin Racing which conformed to WP:NCCORP exactly like another corporation article at Wikipedia General Motors which was not ever General Motors (automobile manufacturers) or the like. However, some very sincere person at Wikipedia decided it should be not be Godolphin Racing and changed it to Godolphin (racing). Please correct. Thank you. 19:37, 19 December 2019 (UTC) User:Stretchrunner


 * I see that the organisation's website refers to the organisation as Godolphin, not as "Godolphin Racing". I don't see the analogy with General Motors, as that is clearly the primary topic for that title, and there is no significant likelihood of confusion, though there is a hatnote to refer to General Motors railway station;  you perhaps haven't read about the concept of disambiguation?  If you wish to suggest a renaming of the Godolphin (racing) article back to Godolphin Racing, the place for discussion would be at Talk:Godolphin (racing). --David Biddulph (talk) 20:17, 19 December 2019 (UTC)


 * "Goldophin" is used for the UAE only. Godolphin Racing LLC is ALL international holdings (U.S. U.K., Australia, etc.) be they horses, stables, breeding farms and the like. Here is the legitimate link for it. Note that this link is a Jockey Club owned/backed publication. The Jockey Club (United States) (note too it is legally incorporated as "The Jockey Club") is the ONLY legitimate authority in the U.S., although Canadian racing adheres to their rules, Grading of stakes, and total earnings etc. Hence, the original and proper title of Godolphin Racing allows for the UAE info but the largest and most important text to be in a section titled Goldolphin Racing LLC for info on the international operations.  Thanks again.  Stretchrunner (talk) 15:34, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Good luck
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:#fff; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:8px; " class="plainlinks"> 豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune. このミラPはDavid Biddulphたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！ フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE! ミラP 03:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:#FF4646; background-color:#F6F0F7; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:7px; border-radius: 1em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75);;" class="plainlinks">Happy Holidays text.png Hello David Biddulph: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Michael French page
Hi David - I'm struggling to understand how to complete the amendments to this page. I understand that you aid I need to insert a signature or MickeyDaisyJimmyDipsey (talk) 19:02, 30 December 2019 (UTC) but is that on the "Talk" page only? How do I make the edits on the main page? I realise I'm probably making a hash of it but I have never done this before.


 * Signatures are only on talk pages. You obviously don't know how to edit articles and provide adequate references, so the best thing is to use the article talk page to make suggestions, supported by published reliable sources. I will put a welcome message on your user talk page, to include a number of useful links. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:06, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Michael French page
Thank you David. I will endeavour to make some edits to the page once I have read through your links. I only hope that I haven't been blocked because of previous attempts at editing. MickeyDaisyJimmyDipsey (talk) 19:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

why?
Arthur Choo is a Singaporean musician. He is famous for his instrument the cajon. he is doing social works and helping poor and handicapped people in Singapore. I Artdotc want's to publish an article for his great efforts and social work. His contributions should be notable to the people and about him their should be an article on Wikipedia. I'm trying a lot to publish an article on his life but every time after publishing article (Arthur Choo) i'm getting notice that this article should be deleted under section G11. they are saying that i'm advertising in this article but i'm seriously not. I'm a confirmed user on Wikipedia, i know how to write an article and how to edit articles. Even if i upload an image of eminent personality Arthur Choo, i gotta notice that this image should be deleted. I click that image with my own camera, still they don't approve that image.

Wikipedia made me a confirmed user, that's great!, with this now i can create an article, move an article and upload media, this is only a joke with me. Still i'm unable to create articles and upload images. overall their is no use of my confirmed user. why Wikipedia isn't so smart and technical that it is unable to identify the point of view of my written article. There is no single medium of advertising and productivity in my article Arthur Choo. so please, it is a humble request to you, that let my article to be live on Wikipedia without any objections. and please contact me if you seriously found any mistake in my article(Arthur Choo), except deleting my article. Thanks Wikipedia confirmed User Artdotc Artdotc 14:54, 5 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artdotc (talk • contribs)


 * You've had an answer to your question at WP:Help desk. Copyright violation as well as blatantly promotional. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:58, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Uldale
Thanks for your help with Uldale, can you look at Ireby, Cumbria.

Devokewater (talk) 17:51, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Inappropriate information
Vaishnavi mahant wikipedia. Well thats me itself...and i have passports adhar to prove it. My maiden surname was mahant. Now i am known as vaishnavi macdonald everywhere. Kindly edit that asap and also my birth place is NOT madhya pradesh But Mumbai. i wil need to takr action of not done Macvaishnavi (talk) 18:42, 13 January 2020 (UTC)


 * You ought not to be editing an article about yourself. See WP:conflict of interest and WP:Autobiography.  If you wish to suggest changes you can do so at the article's talk page, but you need to support your suggestions with references to published independent reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:45, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Rowing officials and administrators
Hey David Biddulph, a couple of months ago I raised a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rowing regarding the difference between "rowing official" and "rowing administrator" roles. As there was no reply yet and you seem to be the guy to ask here, I now come to your talk page directly. Can you please add an answer over there (or here)? Thank you in advance, —MisterSynergy (talk) 08:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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uSwitch
Hi David, Hope you are okay, In regards to uSwitch - Shouldn't the article reflect the rebrand ?, IMHO the lead should say Uswitch (formerly USwitch.com) with the content being updated too but I wanted to discuss first instead of going all gung-ho, Thanks, Regards, – Davey 2010 Talk 20:43, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * They are obviously part way through their rebranding exercise on their own website during the course of today, and much has changed since earlier in the day when nearly all instances still had their old style. WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks talks of "styles already in use by independent reliable sources", and at present it looks as if mentions on independent sources tend to find "uSwitch".  Search engines finding the company's own pages are still currently usually showing the search results with "uSwitch", but often the click onwards presents them as "Uswitch";  this situation will presumably change as the search engines' caching is refreshed.  I'm happy to accept whatever consensus appears at the RM after the 7 days. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Sorry
Would you able to help the mergers? 2607:FEA8:F420:3DD1:88BD:C2FA:E2AB:9C49 (talk) 00:14, 27 January 2020 (UTC)


 * New topics go at the foot of talk pages, so I have moved this message from the top of this page. You need to go through the steps of the process.  I gave you the link in my message on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:21, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Subject concerned about article
I appreciate your response. The user who added the information refuses to delete it, and I don't know where to turn from here. It seems many people are able to keep personal information off of the pages. Susansteinberg (talk) 02:25, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Talk:Susan Steinberg (author) has a link to WP:Biographies of living persons/Help. The reply to your help desk question gave a link to WP:Autobiography.  Each of those pages gives a number of steps which you can take, and in each case the first step is to discuss your proposed change on the article talk page.  That, rather than my user talk page, is the place to discuss your problem. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:30, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

User talk:147.188.254.225
Hi David, I'm concerned about a message I just received: "Please do not add or change content, as you did at West Midlands Trains, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Try reading the ref: "36 x 3 car trains". David Biddulph (talk) 11:59, 27 January 2020 (UTC)" The source of my concern is that I have never edited the claimed page (Ipswich), and while I am based in West Midlands, I did not go to the train station yesterday (when the edit apparently occurred). If an edit was made with my IP address, could that be an indicator of some form of malware on my computer? Or is there some more innocuous explanation? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.188.254.225 (talk) 15:51, 28 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Edits made from your IP are listed at Special:Contributions/147.188.254.225. If you are sharing that IP address with other users, you would be advised to create an account. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello David
Jason Hoyte does not live with 'one out of five of his children' Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.180.251 (talk) 10:44, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I will always use references from now on. Have a good day and happy editinh.:) 86.182.213.38 (talk) 17:58, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello Sir, what I wrote about gorakhpur was all correct. Shivansh Hindustani (talk) 16:03, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Sir, my all informations were correct. Shivansh Hindustani (talk) 16:12, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

How Many Maximum time will Wikipedia takes for approve and index my wikipedia page on Google ? Please Sir, Tell me. Wuki writter (talk) 19:49, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Why do you have a problem with me updating both Ireby and Uldale with factual information? The public house in Ireby is called "Emily's Black Lion" and the famous tea rooms in Uldale is called "Mae's Tea Room". It appears to me that you are the one trying to spread incorrect information and give this site a bad name. I live and work in the parish of Ireby and Uldale - have you ever even been to the place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derwent Goat (talk • contribs) 18:09, 8 January 2020 (UTC)