User talk:Markvs88/Archive 4

Archive for User talk:Markvs88 from 25 August 2012 to 24 August 2018.

A plate of samosas for you!

 * Thank you AshLin! I haven't had the opportunity to touch this much in the last week but my schedule should become much more open soon. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

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Springfield, MA
Yes, "Marksvs88", I was serious when I provided references for factual statements that you removed from the Springfield, MA article. I can kind of see you point to an extent, but each of those statements that you removed are factual and I will find "non-POV" sources. I did leave out other language but left the factual statements.

You obviously are not from around Springfield or work in agriculture because you are not aware that the Connecticut River Valley does indeed contain the most fertile soil in New England and is one of the reasons why it was settled the way it was. That is is a fact.

You obviously are not old enough, or know someone who is, to know that the closing of the armory WAS controversial. Very controversial. There were numerous sources that used the word controversial when speaking of the closing. It's laughable because not mentioning that is doing exactly why you removed the other "promotional" statements.

Are you not aware that basketball is one of the worlds most popular sport? It's not like it's some obscure sport. The fact is that it's one of the worlds most popular sports. Period.

I'd like to add that you seem to make these arbitrary decisions about what is right and wrong and I've seen you swoop into an article and make spurious claims from your opinion alone and then say something like "are you serious" or "lol" or, my favorite, "fail" (as if that's a real term) and only when presented with a preponderance of references do you let it stay. Why can't you do the opposite and when you see something you feel is wrong, do some research? Pickup a book or call and expert and only remove the part that you feel is not correct when you know for sure that it is? Just a suggestion but I see your name all over different pages that I've contributed to and watch (and others) doing the same thing.

So be prepared for these statements to come back once I've found some other references that will meet YOUR criteria and show you that they are indeed, factual.Dbroer (talk) 10:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Dbroer,


 * First of all, I wish to apologize for the tone of my edit summary. I just re-read it and it was needlessly harsh. I was upset about something else (offline) and it got in the way of my editing. I am sorry.


 * Okay, as to the edits... please note that at no time I removed anything germane to Springfield. However, this article is particularly beset by wp:puffery and wp:peacock terms. The only reason I edit it is because the Knowledge Corridor editor(s) were so invasive that I had to do a huge cleanup on the Hartford and New Haven articles just so that they wouldn't read like subs of the Knowlege Corridor! (That, and the Bradley Airport verbage was absurd.)


 * 1) Basketball: yes, but it's dwarfed by football (soccer), and perhaps by cricket, tennis and motorsport depending on who you ask. Heck... according to this, basketball is 9th! . If someone wants to read up on basketball, it's linked. Should we add under "Springfield tornado of June 1, 2011" that "tornados are the second least common cause of natural death in MA after earthquake"? No. Because the article is about Springfield. I'm not disputing that it's not popular, I'm saying it's common knowledge.
 * 2) "Most fertile soil":... is IMO a literary device. The book in question ("Cultivating a Past") is a history of Hadley, MA and does not appear to be an authoritative work on farming conditions. They did certainly did not do a soil analysis of every town on the river, much less in New England. Is the land in Springfield more fertile in Portland/Middletown CT? I don't know. For what crops are the conditions "most fertile"? (For example, beets and onions like very different soil conditions.) Also, I can't actually read the book online and the webpage cited does not actually substantiate the claim as it says "some", not "the most".
 * 3) Springfield Armory: Well, yes... you are correct. Even though I'm closing in on 40 I wasn't around when they closed the armory. And you know what? It probably was controvertial to some people. On the other hand, I'm sure others rejoiced. My point here was that one word ("controvertial") is an opinion. But I get your point, and I can certainly live with it being re-included if you can find a good third party souce calling it controvertial. I'm sure the Boston Globe or Herald or the Hartford Courant or NYT will yield something. (I'm against using the current source as according to the Credits section on the site specifically states it is promotional for the Commonwealth.)


 * Again, I am sorry for the tone of my edit summary on the page, and I hope you will please accept my apology as it is sincere. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Marksv88,


 * I appreciate you candor and reply. I do see your point regarding the statement about basketball.  The particular sentence was about the nickname "hoop city" and I think it begs for an explaination as to why beyond basketball being invented here.  That being said, I'll go ahead and remove that to try and clean-up some of the puffery as you put it as it really doesn't need to be there.


 * I found another text from Yale University Press that specifically mentions that Springfield was settled because of it's fertile soil but I did specify that it was "some of the most fertitle" because as you mentioned, some crops require different soil types.


 * In terms of the Armory, I don't have access to some of the archived newspaper articles that google has over the controversy, but several do mention the controversy. Is it acceptable to link to the search?


 * Thanks for the apology and it is accepted...hopefully we can helpful to one another as we seem to share an interest in the same region.Dbroer (talk) 14:00, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi again Dbroer,


 * Re: Basketball & Soil: thanks and I appreciate your willingness to discuss it, too.
 * Eek. I see what you mean about "Pay per view"! I did a little poking around though and found these free sources, wdyt? (Okay NYT isn't free, but I think we can safely cite is given what they have posted in the synopsis)., ,
 * Thank you, I really do feel badly about that edit summary. Absolutely! Best, Markvs88 (talk) 15:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Pomperaug High School
The "Uncited championships" can be seen on the link...All I did was take what was written on the Pomperaug Athletics Website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XxStateOfThe203xX (talk • contribs) 02:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I cited the Championships and I made a slight correction of the order. Having the Sexual assault scandel be one of the first things coming up is a shame, Its still available and i made no corrections to it, I just moved in downward, but the Athletics is correct. I placed the link to the website and everything. I'm new to the whole citing thing, so my appologizes if I cited wrong. Also, I didn't delete the scandel on purpose. I just didn't know how to work the editing. My appologizes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XxStateOfThe203xX (talk • contribs) 02:27, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, and thanks for the citation! If you have any questions about editing or have any problems, please feel free to ask them here. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 02:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Gerber Scientific
Can you please explain why you deleted the edits to the Gerber Scientific page that the last writer provided? That information was actually correct and your edits have made the post non factual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.248.171.250 (talk) 18:07, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Sure... I reverted your edit because it was unsourced. Anything that's uncited can be deleted from Wikipedia at any time. As the edit concerned a buyout & acquisition (which are notable), SOP is to revert (rather than even putting a citation needed tag on it), as it could be libelous or a rumor. I'm happy to discuss this further if you like. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 18:48, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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messing with Connecticut. FYI, in case you were considering a report.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  16:29, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks SPhilbrick!! I was going to file one but got pulled away to something else offline. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 16:47, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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Note: I am the publisher of the site, and I also LIVE in Ridgefield, CT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.201.204 (talk) 18:07, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

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Back again Comment
Hello!

I have returned on a limited basis to see if anything has changed over the last six years. I look forward to seeing any old friends, as well as new ones... please feel free to drop me a line. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 23:10, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Charles Morgan, Wikiproject Connecticut
Hi Markvs88, Thanks for re-rating Charles Morgan (businessman). This is a difficult article to evaluate because of its reliance on James P. Baughman's 1968 biography. There are not very many copies for sale, even if there are many library copies:. Also, I noticed that you changed the status of Wikiproject Connecticut. There are two articles I have worked on which may have some interest to this project. Pope Manufacturing Company and Albert Augustus Pope are usually associated with the commonwealth of Massachusetts; however, Pope located his first manufacturing plant in Hartford, which served as the main plant for his bicycles. Another article has a less obvious relation to Connecticut, that of the probable inventor of the bicycle, Pierre Lallement. While he spent only two years in Connecticut, he built his prototype and tested it in Ansonia, CT. Cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 10:45, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Oldsanfelipe! Yes, many moons ago I actually had rated pretty close to every article in WP-CT! It is nice to see Charles Morgan and so many others have been improved, and I'm going to spend some time rating and re-rating other articles, but I have promised myself that I will *not* be spending 2-4 hours per day on Wikipedia like I used to. :-) Thanks for writing, and I will look at those soon. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 11:32, 14 August 2018 (UTC)