User talk:Headtale

Thanks for fixing the vandalism to Indian Head, Saskatchewan; I've added a warning to the talk page of the user responsible. If they continue vandalising after this warning you can use one of the more severe warnings such as or. If they still continue vandalising after these warnings, report them at WP:AIV and they'll be blocked. Demiurge 20:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Telemiracle
Hi. I have responded at Talk:Telemiracle. Double Blue (Talk) 02:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Image permission problem with Image:Ryanmeili.jpg
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March 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Ryan Meili has been reverted.

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May 2009
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Blocked
You have been blocked for a period of 24 hours for edit warring on Dwain Lingenfelter. It is essential that you are more careful to discuss controversial changes with the user in question, rather than simply revert them repeatedly: this applies even if you think or know you are correct. Edit warring helps nobody, and actually harms the page in question, and the encyclopedia. To contest this block please place below. Tiptoety talk 00:57, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll wait until I'm back but can you please investigate the newly created user: Sidthekid72 - he just set up an account yesterday and his only edit was reverting my last changes on the Dwain Lingenfelter page - leading me to suspect that it may be Szegus posting from a different location. (Plus his reason is that vote buying is not illegal in party rules yet he removed something about a vote buying scandal for the candidate he's supporting.) Thanks! Headtale (talk) 13:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

My Compromise for Szegus
Just for the record, here's what I was going to post on Szegus' talk page before the Block was initiated:

We should probably figure out a compromise on what is relevant and what isn't in regards to Lingenfelter/Meili and by extension, their endorsers. I don't feel that your bringing up the allegations about Maynard's possible vote buying is completely irrelevant given what's happening again with Lingenfelter. But in some of the places you're inserting it and how you're wording it, you're creating false equivalencies that are 'not' neutral point of view. (This is the guiding principle of Wikipedia and I know you only set-up your account a few days ago so you may not realise that.)

Your wording and connecting Sontag to Meili in this way makes it seem as if you're saying "it's happened before so this is no different." My point is that this is very different - Lingenfelter, the candidate who is running, has admitted his guilt and that his campaign paid for the 1100 memberships with small bills whereas Ryan has been endorsed by a former leadership candidate who was accused of this activity (did he admit wrong-doing? Was a lawyer called to investigate?  As far as I know, no but I stand to be corrected.)

The other thing is that Link has a MUCH longer history than Meili and if we start putting in all the negatives about each candidate, there's no way that Link comes out ahead. So my proposal is this - I'm happy to leave in the references to the Sontag allegations in Lingenfelter's entry since vote-buying is something that's been alleged before - both for Sontag and for Lingenfelter. But I don't see how relating it to Meili is relevant or should be part of Ryan's entry.

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Noah evanchuk
I have deleted this article as unduly promotional. You should leave this one to people that don't have any connection to the subject. That or something else is impeding your ability to write neutrally about this particular person.--Chaser (talk) 04:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Ryan Meili - Candidate for the 2013 Leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Meili2013headshot.jpg
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I've added a note to this page (http://www.ryanmei.li/official_logos_images) making the CC license explicit. Let me know if you need anything else. Headtale (talk) 03:50, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

COI
Just thought I would ask if you work for or otherwise represent Ryan Meili's leadership campaign. If so, that would put you in a conflict of interest position, and it's better to disclose that openly so that other editors can give you the benefit of good faith. There are some problems that I've tagged on the page which I plan on addressing shortly. Cheers. --Drm310 (talk) 15:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I'm a volunteer on his campaign. Where/how do I disclose this?

Headtale (talk) 05:11, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Oh, and if you haven't already, you should check the pages for the other three leadership candidates as I'm sure they are all in a similar situation with campaign volunteers contributing to and then monitoring the pages of their preferred candidates. Cheers!

Headtale (talk) 05:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)


 * You should make a formal declaration on the article talk page. You could also create your user page and state it there.
 * I have already started combing through the other candidate's pages. I did quite a bit of editing on Trent Wotherspoon's article yesterday and I will continue my work on it soon. I'll do the same for Cam Broten and Erin Weir too.  Hopefully if there are volunteers editing those pages, they will be as equally honest about their COI.  Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 16:47, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the pointers. I don't use Wikipedia enough to be super-familiar with the ins and outs of how these things are done so I appreciate your guidance.

Headtale (talk) 03:41, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest?
Greetings again, Headtale. I see that you have created an article for Nicole White, an NDP candidate for the 2016 Saskatchewan election. I'd just like to remind you that if you are volunteering for the party again, you should disclose this. If you are being paid for your work, then such a disclosure is mandatory per WP:PAID.

Please also limit the information you add to that which can be verified by reliable, third-party sources. User-generated content from social media (e.g. blogs, Twitter, Facebook) is not considered reliable and should be avoided. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 04:39, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there,

Just seeing this message now as I rarely add/contribute to Wikipedia anymore (partly because I find many of the rules overbearing, inconsistently applied and hard to follow.) That's my issue, not yours but anyhow, I was not paid to create the page for Nicole White but thanks for checking. And never minding my own issues with the site (cite - ha!), kudos to you for the work you do. The concept of Wikipedia is such a powerful force but unfortunately in my view, undermined by the execution in many cases. This isn't the place for it but if you ever want to discuss further, I'm pretty easy to track down on Facebook, e-mail, etc. under my user name. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Headtale (talk • contribs)

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Shouting in the Void
Around this time of year, I always get requests from Wikipedia asking me to once again be a financial supporter of this site as I have been in the past. The emails I receive have a link to donate, a link to unsubscribe but there's never a clear way to reply and explain why I choose not to donate again.

As someone who spent hours looking through encyclopedias in my grandma's home growing up, as someone who loves the potential of the Internet, as someone who wrote more than one paper with Wikipedia as the subject while completing my Master of Library Science degree, I should be someone who is a regular contributor to this site - both in terms of content and also financially.

But I can't do it.

Everytime I re-read my Talk page and see how many of my attempts to add to this site have been reversed or deleted completely, I feel an incredible sense of frustration.

I didn't jump through the complicated hoops to have a photo I added to the site remain on the site. My attempt to start a page about an upcoming musician who would go on to have his music cited on Rolling Stone "Best of the Year" lists is deleted because I started the article with...content from the musician's page (true, copyrighted material but I suspect the musician would be okay with that!) and isn't the point to rebuild, rework and grow articles from those kinds of starting points? I've watched others who've repeatedly reverted my changes continue to do so under a fake account without penalty.

I know I'm shouting in the void here and Wikipedia probably won't listen. That's part of the problem too. How many others like me who *want* to help this site grow and improve are simply turned off by the fact that you have to practically have a degree in Wikipedia to use Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Headtale (talk • contribs)

Nomination of Lukas Rossi for deletion
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CS1 error on Indian Head, Saskatchewan
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