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December 2018
Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Matthew Gray Gubler. Thank you.  General Ization Talk  17:40, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

January 2019
Hello, I'm Broccoli and Coffee. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Nathan Fielder, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! –  Broccoli  &#38; Coffee (Oh hai) 05:22, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

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July 2019
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Carrie Pilby, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". and almost every other edit you have made Meters (talk) 03:37, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

October 2019
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May 2020
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Ethnicelebs.com as a source
Hi Dog Starkiller. I noticed that you recently used ethnicelebs.com as a source for biographical information in Jolene Purdy. Please note that the general consensus as expressed at WP:RSN is that it does not meet the reliable sourcing criteria for the inclusion of personal information in such articles. I've gone ahead and removed it. If you disagree, let's discuss it. You may want to check WP:RSP and WP:RSN to help determine if a source is reliable. Thanks.--Hipal/Ronz (talk) 16:26, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

February 2021
Hello, I'm WilliamJE. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Martin Gaffney, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Your edit here is a WP:BLP because in neither of the two references you added does it say the Maureen Gaffney in the articles is Martin Gaffney's daughter. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Dog Starkiller! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Greg Wise that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you.  Grey joy talk 06:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Minor edits
Hi Dog Starkiller! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. – 108.56.139.120 (talk) 01:55, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you re Solicitor Regulation Authority citation
Thank you for your message, and for the edit on my daughter's page. If anyone challenges it, my full name is Arthur Ka Li and my Solicitors Regulation Authority registration number is 155085 in case people want to perform their own search on the SRA website. ArthurKaLi (talk) 09:09, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Fictional babysitting story
Hi Dog Starkiller, there are concerns that you cited a fiction piece as reference for your claim that an article subject "During her time at Stanford [...] babysat for Mackenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos" (whose names also do not actually appear in the cited source). Thoughts? Regards, HaeB (talk) 21:53, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi HaeB, you are completely right, my mistake!! I have no clue why I read that whole thing, saw that the biographical information in the story didn't match, and then added it anyway to the page. In my defense when I read the piece on my phone, I didn't see anything labeling it as fiction. Thanks very much for correcting it and bringing it to my attention. I feel like a complete and utter fool! Whoops!! Dog Starkiller (talk) 00:46, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you for the explanation! Regards, HaeB (talk) 07:22, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

May I know which format you intent to use for Jonathan Banks?
Hi Dog Starkiller,

May I know which format you intend to use for Jonathan Banks?

Please point to a featured article in media bios, so that you can explain why a format is best suited for Jonathan Banks.

I am a bit baffled by the fact that you took out the dates in the heading because that is the ordinary formatting for layout.... 2010-2020: Subsequent roles

Previously in this article, you had a John Oliver fan who was gushing over a PSA that Banks made because it was mocked on Oliver's show. I guess the point I am making, that it was highly underdeveloped putting the highlight on random things.

I am also looking at the actor's edit history, and you did not edit on that page until I started. Please don't do that. A number of editors have edited in between my edits, they seem ok with what I do.

Thank you.Filmman3000 (talk) 05:24, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * If you have any questions on why I function as I do please ask. Also, I am well aware that the stretch I did is not the finished article, some of your phrasings is correct.Filmman3000 (talk) 05:43, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I was not aware that there was an agreed-upon format for actors' pages. If you look at good articles such as Meryl Streep, or even the other Breaking Bad actors' pages, like Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston, there really isn't an ordinary formatting. Even featured articles in media bios, like Gary Cooper and Philip Seymour Hoffman have differences in the Career headings. I took out the dates in the headings because I think Breaking Bad is one of his most notable works and I wanted to put that in a heading, since his role in that show and the spinoff have earned him several Emmy nominations. Also, "2014-present day: Current work" is rather repetitive, no? Since you already mention that the following information will focus on his present work, it feels unnecessary to then say current work after the colon.

You mention a John Oliver fan putting too much emphasis on a PSA; I agree that that info is probably not very important in terms of his career. However, your edits to his page are also "putting the highlight on random things"-- why are you listing all the television films he's done in the Career section and not in the Filmography section? I agree that it's important to have all his credits on his page, but it feels like overkill to place every inconsequential role he's had in that section.

I'm not sure what other editors are doing, I began editing after I saw what was (to me) weird formatting in the Career section. I've already given Meryl Streep's page as an example and I will point to it again to say, her page does not list all her credits in the way you're listing Banks' credits (the "In 19??, he starred in x, x, and x.") If you're going to list all that information without elaborating on his roles in those films, why can't you just put it in the Filmography section? I'm definitely not trying to start an edit war with you! I value the information you added, which is why I did not delete anything, I just changed the formatting. If you want to keep the dates in the headings, that's fine, it's mostly the body of the section that I take issue with.

Please let me know if we can reach an agreement on this, I definitely did not intend to start an edit war with you :) I just want his page to look and read well. I know this was a long message but I wanted to address all your questions. Hope it's ok I'm not indenting all this text with the, it's only indenting the first paragraph and not the whole thing!

Dog Starkiller (talk) 22:42, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey friend,

Yes, regarding heading you can either do like Streep or Cooper e.g.:"1970s: Early work and breakthrough" or "Hollywood stardom, 1929–1935".

I do not agree with the repetitiveness in the headings "1974-1990: Early roles and recognition", "1991-2013: Subsequent roles", and "2014-present day: Current work". I only word "roles" is seen twice but feel free to change one of them with a synonym.

However, it's good we agree on some grounds.

The reason I am adding all the credits is that it leads to false information. For example in Morgan Freeman's page, someone wrote: His sole film that year was {insert title here}. But it was not true because he also narrated a documentary that year.

Even in some featured articles, they skip important parts...

In the talk page I mention the need to create a separate page for his filmography. If you agree we can split it into two pages.Filmman3000 (talk) 01:57, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Hiya, Regarding the repetitiveness, I was referring to the information in the third sub-heading, not the first two! Using roles twice is A-OK. Specifically the word "present" indicates the same thing as the word "current", which is why I rewrote the headings. I am fine with keeping the dates in the sub-headings but I think we should name some of the most notable things he's been involved in, like Wiseguy and Breaking Bad, as he received Emmy nominations for those shows.

Yeah I am not disparaging your efforts to add all his credits, I understand why you want to do it. I'll support your idea to split the article. Do you agree that it's reasonable to then remove those less notable credits from his Career section and keep them on the Filmography page? I'll go over there and support the move now!

Dog Starkiller (talk) 21:19, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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RFC on Claire Danes
You have previously contributed to Claire Danes. I have opened an RFC on some of the content and would appreciate your input. Talk:Claire Danes SquareInARoundHole (talk) 19:10, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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Logan Bunbury
Hi,

I noticed that last month you removed a reference to Logan Bunbury from the article about his sister Kylie, calling it "false information", and similarly removed a reference to Logan Bunbury from the article about Alex Bunbury. Could you explain your reasoning? The ESPN reference you removed is not the only source that calls Logan and Kylie siblings. Kylie Bunbury's own Instagram account shows a picture of Kylie as a child with her mother who was then pregnant with Logan. This Youtube video features an interview with Kylie, Teal and Logan together.

I restored the reference to Logan previously after this IP user, claiming to be Kylie and Logan's uncle, made the suggestion and I found the ESPN article to support it. Let me make it clear that I know nothing about the Bunbury family beyond what the available sources say.

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 17:18, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

PS

Here's a picture showing Alex Bunbury with his four children - Kylie, Teal, Mataeo, and Logan.

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 20:11, 14 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Jean-de-Nivelle, thank you for bringing this to my attention! I'm restoring the info to the life section of Kylie Bunbury's page. However, as this brother is not notable, he should not be listed in her infobox. Best, Dog Starkiller (talk) 05:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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