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Kate De Remero / Kate Donnelly
Kate Donnelly 108.51.195.71 (talk) 23:45, 29 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi there, and thanks for your message. Are you another person called Kate Donnelly? I ask because your focus seems to be on her old name, and when I searched for Kate Donnelly on Google I noticed that it is showing incorrect information and the wrong photo in the infobox. Johndavies837 (talk) 00:21, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your message back! Again I appreciate all of your contributions to Wikapedia.

No, I am not another person named Kate Donnelly.

I am just someone looking to become a possible member of Wikapedia. I preach that I am just trying to do what is best for Wikapedia. Since there are many other Kate Donnelly's and Kate de Remero does not go by Kate Donnelly anymore, I think the presence of the redirect page makes for extra confusion. In addition, you accurately noted that she was born as Katherine Donnelly. That is a great addition to have on the page! But the addition of the Kate Donnelly redirect page makes for more perplexion and confusion.

I commend you for the work you have done on Wikapedia and also on the Kate De Remero page. I have been praying that I can make a positive impact on Wikapedia, and I think the elimination of the redirect page is a way I can do that. For the betterment of Wikapedia, I ask that you delete the Kate Donnelly redirect page. From doing adequate research, I have learned that deleting a redirect page is extremely simple due to its small bandwith. If it makes for extra confusion, I think deletion of the redirect page will have a positive impact.

Thank you so much and I appreciate your time! 108.51.195.71 (talk) 11:04, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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2019 El Paso shooting
Are you capturing, editing and then pasting/replacing the entire article? Please don't do that, as exactly what just occurred will frequently be the outcome when other editors are also editing the same article. See WP:EDITCONFLICT to see how we normally protect against that when you use the Wikipedia editor.  General Ization Talk  21:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I had multiple tabs open. I think I was accidentally editing an old revision and clicked save, which is why later edits were overwritten. When I saw what happened I copied the last revision by Octoberwoodland and restored it, minus the change I intended to make. Johndavies837 (talk) 21:39, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I thoroughly understand; I've done the same. Just wanted to make sure you weren't using Copy to Notepad/scrabble scrabble scrabble/Copy All/Paste to edit articles, as I've seen editors do that as well with the same consequences. Thanks.  General Ization  Talk  01:08, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of Redirect Page
Thank you for your message back! Again I appreciate all of your contributions to Wikapedia.

No, I am not another person named Kate Donnelly.

I am just someone looking to become a possible member of Wikapedia. I preach that I am just trying to do what is best for Wikapedia. Since there are many other Kate Donnelly's and Kate de Remero does not go by Kate Donnelly anymore, I think the presence of the redirect page makes for extra confusion. In addition, you accurately noted that she was born as Katherine Donnelly. That is a great addition to have on the page! But the addition of the Kate Donnelly redirect page makes for more perplexion and confusion.

I commend you for the work you have done on Wikapedia and also on the Kate De Remero page. I have been praying that I can make a positive impact on Wikapedia, and I think the elimination of the redirect page is a way I can do that. For the betterment of Wikapedia, I ask that you delete the Kate Donnelly redirect page. From doing adequate research, I have learned that deleting a redirect page is extremely simple due to its small bandwith. If it makes for extra confusion, I think deletion of the redirect page will have a positive impact.

Thank you so much and I appreciate your time! 108.51.195.71 (talk) 16:04, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jack Edwards (American politician)
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FYI
With this edit you restored vandalism. Appears the IP is acting in good faith. Home Lander (talk) 00:46, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * You're right. I hadn't noticed but I reverted the wrong edit. Thanks for letting me know. I had also posted a vandalism note on the IP user's talk page, which I have now removed. Johndavies837 (talk) 00:51, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Unsigned
What you said about my 'unconstructive changes' was unfair. I take you would like to repent and revert the changes. Otherwise I will block you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave32123432 (talk • contribs)


 * What you did was vandalism, simple. Johndavies837 (talk) 14:05, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

That is not true. It was based of fact. David Warner is my best mate and works with me at school. He is very upset that the information is unfair. In my kindness I changed it for him, simple.

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! Johndavies837 (talk) 17:47, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

yo what section did i supposedly vandalise???
yo what section did i supposedly vandalise for you to put that stupid warning on my page like a piece of shit graffiti. idiot — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.201.226 (talk) 12:37, 5 November 2019 (UTC)


 * You (or someone using your IP address) vandalized Thailand national handball team by calling someone "gay" and describing a player as "mentally handicapped". Also, engaging in personal attacks does not make you look any better. Johndavies837 (talk) 15:57, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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Happy New Year Johndavies837!
Happy New Year! Hello Johndavies837: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 23:28, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks (static)}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

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apology
Cull island - might have accidentally wiped out part of your editing during an edit conflict... JarrahTree 04:13, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. Johndavies837 (talk) 04:16, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Current foreign minister of Oman
Haitham bin Tariq al Said was sworn in only as sultan not as prime minster or foreign minister. The new government will probably be formed after the end of the mourning period. Until then these functions are vacant. Bogdan Uleia (talk) 14:56, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Have you read the source I linked to? It says he's also foreign minister. Johndavies837 (talk) 15:10, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Al Jazeera is wrong. It is not mandatory for the sultan to be simultaneously s ultan, prime minister and foreign minister. Although he was sultan since 1970 Quaboos bin Said became prime minister and foreign minister only in 1972. So it is possible that the current sultan will appoint other people for these positions. Bogdan Uleia (talk) 17:02, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Dixon High School (California)
Please don't revert edits because of simple typos. That should only be done for vandalism ,which this clearly wasn't. That was an abuse of rollback. And when someone makes a typo and is in the process of fixing things, just leave it alone. Meters (talk) 20:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)


 * @Meters The first edit was flagged because an IP user changed the principal and there was no source, which is a common type of vandalism on high school pages. The next edit minutes was not just a typo, it made the page completely unreadable. In hindsight, it obviously wasn't your intention to do that, but to call it an abuse of rollback is absurd. Johndavies837 (talk) 20:30, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It was not vandalism. You agree. Therefore it was an abuse of the rollback. Period. If you can't be bothered to actually look at what the edit was supposed to be that's your problem. Don't do it again.
 * And as for the IP's edit, it removed a dead link and an incorrect claim, and replaced it with a correct claim. You obviously didn't bother to look at the original reference that you restored, or check the school's webpage to see if the principal had indeed changed. The IP's edit was not vandalism either. You need to be much more careful about what you call vandalism. Meters (talk) 20:37, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You might want to re-read WP:ROLLBACK "Standard rollback may only be used in certain situations – editors who misuse standard rollback (for example, by using it to reverse good-faith edits in situations where an explanatory edit summary would normally be expected) may have their rollback rights removed. "


 * You might also want to read WP:GOODFAITH. It was rolled back because it appeared to be vandalism at the time and I explained why. I'm not sure why you are taking this personally. Johndavies837 (talk) 20:46, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You incorrectly reverted an edit of mine as vandalism, while I was in the process of fixing the typos. I pointed out that that that is an abuse of the roll back feature. You argued. I pointed you to WP:ROLLBACK. There's no assumption of bad faith. If I thought that you had acted in bad faith I would have templated you. And no, you didn't explain why you reverted me in your edit summary. You did so after I called you out on your use of roll back. This was clearly an inappropriate use of rollback. If you don't understand when you are allowed to use rollback and when you are not, you should not be using at all. Meters (talk) 20:54, 14 August 2020 (UTC)


 * The first edit was flagged on recent changes, it's a common type of vandalism on high school pages. I left a message on the IP user's page and asked to add a citation. When I stepped away for a few minutes and came back, the whole page was unreadable, at which point I concluded someone was vandalizing the page. In hindsight, I don't think you were vandalizing, no, but that's just how it appeared at the time. There's no need to argue about it when neither of us were acting in bad faith. Johndavies837 (talk) 21:08, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

A Shoal is not an Island?
Hello! Thanks for your work on Metis Shoal. In this edit you called the shoal an island. In my mind, there's a bit of a problem there. A shoal is an underwater bank. An island is a piece of land surrounded by water that isn't a continent. I would think that the article should say that Metis Shoal is (or was?) a shoal and the new island is an island on that (former?) shoal. Let me know if I'm making any sense. Thanks again for your work. Geographyinitiative (talk) 10:25, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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I dont understand why you didnt add a full reference here. Do you care about adding this info? Or do you not really care? A reference only consisting of a url is subject to WP:link rot, because the link moves or becomes dead, sometimes within weeks. so a claim referenced with a raw link will be unverifiable in a relatively short time, and your edit becomes useless. Adding a raw linkref makes no sense. Use provelt and it does the job automatically! Besides url and title, please add at an absolute minimum: Wuerzele (talk) 18:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
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July 2023
Hello, I'm Doniago. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, List of disaster films, 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 referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. DonIago (talk) 01:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Doniago I'll assume good faith, but the link I added literally includes a description and references in case you had any real doubts about the content. I don't think you should be removing links to other pages in this manner. Johndavies837 (talk) 13:20, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Per WP:LISTVERIFY, list items must include their own citations, not rely on linked articles. Also, every other item on the list is (or should be) sourced, so it's not a stretch to assume that items being added must also be sourced. DonIago (talk) 13:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

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