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Merge question
I proposed that Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Hawaii Rainbow Wahine be merged on April 18, since no other school has separate articles for its men's and women's teams. Only two others have commented, both agreeing that the two should merge. I have written a new article that combines the two with additional info & cites. Should I wait longer or go ahead and do a merge? If I go ahead, do I create a new page & change the current two to redirects, or what??? GWFrog (talk) 23:16, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

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Apollo 20 hoax copyright issue
You said I used text from this YouTube video in my article but just the opposite is true. I originally created the article in Wikibooks in 2009. The International Business Times then referenced it last year in July. Then the YouTube user you referenced copied the text into his/her video two months later in August of 2014.

I began working on the article in March of 2009. Here's the link that proves it: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=User:Moby-Dick4000/Apollo_20_hoax&diff=prev&oldid=1455772. I stored the text in my sandbox on my WikiBooks account viewable at this link. A week or so ago I was surprised to discover that the "International Business Times" had posted this article on July 1st, 2014 and placed a link to my stored article in my Wikibooks sandbox. I then began viewing YouTube videos on the subject to see what new information had been posted. I was further surprised to discover the YouTube video you referenced had contained much of my text WORD FOR WORD. Please note the YouTube video is dated August 13th, 2014. What obviously happened is that the YouTube poster saw the link to my WikiBooks sandbox in the International Business Times article and then used my text in his/her video. Moby-Dick4000 (talk) 23:56, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

+ Apollo 20 hoax copyright issue +
I just did a bit of researching and I discovered that this is a case of backwards copyrighting because I first created it for the Wikimedia foundation and the YouTube poster copied it without attribution. I just posted a detailed explanation as to how that happened so please restore the article. I will also place a backwards copy tag on the article. Moby-Dick4000 (talk) 00:26, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about restoring the article. I already did it and I included a backwards copyright tag and an explanation with links as to how it happened on the article's talk page.Moby-Dick4000 (talk) 01:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the mistake. That's a first. Regards,  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 13:35, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem.Moby-Dick4000 (talk) 16:23, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

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Your recent categorization on West Virginia
Hello, Genquest. I am reverting your category edit on WV with all good intentions. West Virginia statehood history is my specialty, and it is very confusing to many who have not studied it in depth. West Virginia was not established in Virginia in 1861, or ever actually. What was established was the Restored Government of Virginia in Wheeling, which approved the creation of West Virginia. West Virginia was established from Virginia, but not in Virginia. Everything the Union government did in Wheeling was done as the government of Virginia. Francis H. Pierpont was not ever the governor of West Virginia, he was always the governor of Virginia. Hope that explains things. I know it sounds nit-picky, but the distinction is important Dubyavee (talk) 21:12, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fine by me. I moved it there because it had been added over at State of Kanawha, and it didn't belong there, either, since that state was never established.  I figured WV was established so, what the heck, might as well move it over there.  You cleared that up. Thanks. it's just another unhelpful category anyway.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 21:18, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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Fixes of links to disambiguation pages
Hi, I see you reverted me at Speaker (politics) article. I don't understand your edit summary "These have all been redirected to the primary", by the way. I hope I am not out of line by trying to explain, as follows:

I am working with others in wp:DPL towards fixing/removing all ambiguous links ("dablinks", or links to disambiguation pages) in Wikipedia, besides relatively few ones that are correctly intentional and are indicated properly to be intentional. At that article I reworded one section in order to link to separate U.K. and Canada positions, replacing a dablink. I wouldn't mind that being solved differently, perhaps by just unlinking instead. Just reverting me without fixing the situation is not great, IMO. And, in the See also section, there are multiple links to dab pages. These are intentional links, and IMO it is better to show readers that they go to disambiguation pages, on principal of avoiding surprise, which can be done by linking to "topic (disambiguation)" instead of "topic". Even if you really wish to display "topic" to readers, that should be done by pipelink, as in "topic (disambiguation)"|"topic", to indicate to disambiguation-focused others like me (and like bots that report all others) that your link to disambiguation is intentional. That's how the item is removed from the worklists of wp:DPL. Me or others will return again and again and again to fix them, otherwise. Like the vampires who will not let Will Smith's character alone, in I Am Legend (film). :<

Does this make sense? Or are you already aware of all this? It remains to fix the dablinks on Speaker (politics) page...I'd appreciate if you could re-implement the fix or a modified version. I will try to watch here for any reply; otherwise in a day or two I would plan to reimplement the edit. -- do ncr  am  15:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, User talk:Doncram; The disambiguation pages you are linking to no longer exist.  They are all redirects now to the primary names. It is simply a matter of Manual of style, as the originals have been redirected to the primary subject.  Simply click in the links to view these.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 15:51, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay now I understand what you are saying. The problem is that those "primary name" articles are marked as disambiguation pages:  they ARE disambiguation pages from my point of view, while I now understand you view them differently.


 * For example Speaker of the senate, look towards the bottom, it says "This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Speaker of the senate." Given that it is a disambiguation page (which should change I guess), then the article Speaker of the senate (disambiguation) is what should be linked, if in another article one is intentionally trying to direct readers to the Speaker of the senate disambiguation page.


 * Note: all these pages show red in DabSolver. The DabSolver tool applied to "Speaker (politics)" is working correctly and shows red for these pages, as they have the disambiguation template and from my & everyone else's perspective they ARE disambiguation pages.  They are in Category:Disambiguation.  They show up in worklists, etc.


 * Okay, I agree that Speaker of the senate could be considered not-a-disambiguation page. Instead I think it is exactly what a wp:Set Index Article (SIA) is defined to be.  SIAs provide a disambiguating function for readers arriving looking for one example, but they also describe the general term and they can be directly linked.  So to fix the misunderstandings all that need be done is change  to  in that page.  I haven't checked but I believe you and I expect that all the others should be SIAs too.  Can you possibly please update them?
 * -- do ncr  am  03:57, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll check when I get a free moment the next couple of days. Flying today.  Someone must have just done REDIRs on them with no update of content.   GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 13:33, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

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Wrongful Edit on "Nickajack"
ᏏᏲ, I am an avid reader of wiki pages and I know the adage about beware what info you take from it. But if you look through proper source links there is a world of properly documented items. On to the topic on the town "Nickajack" and where it's name originated. I am aware and proficient enough in the Cherokee language as well as of key townships in their culture. I am very aware because this is my culture, no I am not a great-great-great-great grandkid of a "Cherokee princess" I am an enrolled member of the E. B. C. I. I am very fond and educated on my people and it struck me today when I checked on my edit that it was edited out. I am sorry my source wasn't the greatest you have me on that but I am not wrong in my answer. You say Nickajack is a corruption of (A-ni-ku-sha-ti-yi) which is Coosa Town and yes it is but it fails to translate completely. Like I wrote "yi" is a locative suffix but Coosa is really "Ku-shi" for creek person. Add "A-Ni" and you get people. (A-ni-ku-shi) I think the Nickajack is a bit of a stretch. I am well informed that it was a place of a African -American "negro" (hate the terms) named jack and was crudely named "Ni**er-jack. I allowed the present information to remain and merely added that this was another variation of the name origin. I am sorry if I came off offensive in my editing but I feel that the readers need to know all aspects of the story. Sgi ᏚᏘᏱ-ᎠᏂᏳᎢᏂ (talk) 00:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi GenQuest, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3A added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  03:57, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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Sandy Gunn
Hi GenQuest, I'm a newbie here and have been writing some articles on "Great Escapers" (Stalag Luft III). You seem to have have removed some material from my article on Sandy Gunn including details of his commemoration etc on official websites and which lists of murdered officers he was mentioned in (as released to the press in May 1944) plus a link to an on-line newspaper article which mentioned him by name and gave biographical details concerning him. I respect your position as editor but don't understand why this material had to be removed ? thanks R44   Researcher1944 (talk) 09:58, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

I have just replaced the link to the central article on the "Stalag Luft III" murders (which you had removed) as I'd been asked by another editor to include that. I will not load any further articles in this series until I understand what is required and what is not. thanks R44Researcher1944 (talk) 10:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello . Thank you for your efforts at expanding Wikipedia and its articles and an interest in becoming a contributing editor.


 * While patrolling new articles the other day, I came across your interesting one regarding Sandy Gunn, and noted that the article required a certain amount of "Wikification," (making it "more encyclopedic"), a somewhat common occurrence when one is starting out writing articles here. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, which has a writing style all of its own.  It is kind of a non-narrative narrative, if you will.  There is a whole body of work created over the years called the Wikipedia Manual of Style which addresses much of what is needed in the creation of articles, daily editing, etc. for the encyclopedia.  "Wikification" may include removal of redundancies, trivial information, and over-linking; basic copy editing; page layout & style, reliable sourcing and a whole lot more.  Also, just plain experience over time will help.  You may wish to read other Good-class or Featured Articles about similar individuals (perhaps Audie Murphy) to help get a better feel for what is expected in encyclopedic writing.


 * I will be happy to discuss the specifics of the editing I did to your initial Sandy Gunn article over at that talk page if you feel you can benefit from it. Let me know. (Just note that my job is causing a bit of a time crunch for me at the moment.)  I'll always respond as quick as I can.  Regards,  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 15:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * thanks, I have put a note on there and appreciate your offer of advice.Researcher1944 (talk) 15:16, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Persondata discussion
Hey, GQ. Let me apologize to you for any time you may have wasted on adding/updating Persondata over the past 90 days. I have repeatedly requested that the "deprecation" results be widely published and I have been ignored. In late May/early June 2015, I took it on myself to post notices on the talk pages for WikiProject Biography, WP:AN, Village Pump and various other WikiProjects with which I am directly involved. In several cases, those notices prompted local discussion about manual transfer of alternate names, etc., that had not been transferred by bot action. I've tried to do my part, but others seem to believe nothing further is or should be required but unleashing the bots to delete all remaining Persondata, regardless of any remaining information that may not have been transferred to Wikidata. My comments in the Village Pump discussion were not meant to denigrate your Persondata editing in any way; in fact, I've spent something like half of my editing time in the last three months manually transferring valid Persondata to Wikidata. I've put my money where my mouth is in that regard. If you have the time, we could certainly use the help. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:35, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. I will help as possible, but my time is very limited just now.  I do try to do a little editing daily in order to keep my sanity.  I have not been a very active contributor lately, especially during the summer, so I missed all the discussions (apparently).  It seems that the task of moving any existing data should be a simple matter of bot execution, is that not possible?  If not, then what was the debaters' answer to "who'd do the work"?  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 22:47, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Copyediting
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Lance
The info i put under lance is true. he is my teacher at school so i added it as his job then you removed it. i am going to add it again and please do not remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyrone LD (talk • contribs) 01:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Just include a reliable source for your addition, which would belong in the body of the article, not the infobox. Also, please stop vandalizing other articles.   GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 18:03, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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List of people who survived assassination attempts
If the Conspiracy of the Slaves does not qualify for this list, then why is the Gunpowder Plot included? In both cases, the plot was revealed before it was to take place and never actually happened. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:49, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Branded TV channels
GenQuest, your recent edits at KNSD, KTGM, WDAY-TV, WPTA-DT2, WWSB and WZVN-TV are not correct. "Digital channel" refers to the RF channel on which stations actually broadcast. "Branded channel" refers to stations which publicly brand by some channel number other than the virtual or RF channel, usually a local cable channel. Please cease reverting my edits. Thanks. --Chaswmsday (talk) 18:12, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The article link you are using, "Channel 7 branded TV stations in the United States" is a redirect to a disambiguation page. Please use "Channel 7" instead, or it will just keep getting Disambiguated.  Regards,  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 18:18, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The links as they stand came about after a drawn-out process by the editors in WikiProject Television Stations, converting previously existing categories into article links. "Branded channels" ended up on the DAB pages. I'm not sure I see the difference between a redirect to a DAB or a direct reference to the same DAB. What I am sure of is that "digital channel" is not the correct replacement for what's there now. Please discuss. --Chaswmsday (talk) 18:32, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It is probably the double re-direct that is throwing it into DAB-Solver. I won't mess with them anymore, but someone else running DS will probably do it all over again. Maybe you should write the article "Branded Channels" (or some such) and direct those articles there?  Good luck.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 18:38, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Gun violence in the United States by state
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Someone went in and changed this table you have been working on to vague negligent manslaughter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.8.218 (talk) 18:56, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye on it. GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 19:01, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, can u see this article list of mayors of Baghdad, Kurdistantolive (talk) 05:51, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Will do a quick c/e and make notes so you can learn from them. Let me know if you have any questions.  Also, list articles usually can't have pictures, so you may run into a copyright problem there.  I'm not sure what the guidelines for that is specifically, however.  The article looks good otherwise.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 06:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Here in my country no body help me, I work free no money, may be in your country government help but here in my country government don't help me, some time I sent you message just for help, I hope you understand me and what I mean. I become happy for any help from u to me. Kurdistantolive (talk) 12:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
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Any knowledge of probability clearly shows the removed portions failure to accurately provide opinions. The removed portion provides an additional story of the origin which is fine, as long as the reference is respectable, however there is an opinion following the story that does not provide meaningful information's/opinion's to the article.

Thanks, let me know if we could start a talk section on the article about this portion.
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Excuse me, but site of the company is styled as forum. It doesn't mean that the site is not reliable source. Zeta Team have forum - like website too! Now what?! Natsume96 (talk) 11:08, 4 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep working on the article by finding some info in newspapers, brochures, and magazines with editorial oversight. Published text from a book is really helpful if it can be found.  Forums, wikis, and most blogs are not considered reliable because anyone can post anything to them that is not verifiable.  Official Company websites are notoriously biased and therefore not verifiable without outside collaboration.  One of the main things indicating that a secondary reference is considered reliable is editorial oversight.  It also indicates if the article subject is actually notable enough for a wikipedia article.  Subscription sites and foreign language sites are OK too (try to translate the important information if the latter).  It is also possible others will see the tags and respond with the finding and posting of the needed information.  Regards,  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 17:11, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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Signing comment as me
Hi GenQuest. Can I ask what was going on here? You appear to have signed a comment as me, with a date back in June. At first, I thought you might be restoring a deleted comment, but I can't find it in the article history. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:36, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, I now realise that it's a comment from Proposed mergers. There is already a discussion at Talk:Black British, however. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:53, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Just a transclusion of your request. I am currently working through the backlog at proposed mergers and tagging the involved articles and setting up discussion areas.  The section on Other Black didn't have a commonly named sub-title, and I missed it.  It's all good now, though.  Thanks for your help.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 13:34, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, is there a better heading then "Merger proposal" that I should use in future? Cordless Larry (talk) 22:22, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Chalk it up to late, late night editing. I stopped looking after finding the "Black British population merger proposal" sub-head—waaaaaaaaay above yours.  "Merger proposal" is fine.  I'll archive the old stuff on the talk page.  Sorry for the confusion.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 01:06, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries, and thanks for sorting out the archiving. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:48, 28 November 2015 (UTC)