User talk:Merlinsorca

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Edit War on Lost: What They Died For
I had understood that Wikipedia discouraged edit wars, preferring editors to resolve with discussion. I am currently trying to find the Wikipedia policy in *untransmitted* spoilers. I personally can't see the justification at all for including this in an encyclopaedia. I don't think it's appropriate to call my edits vandalism or to threaten to blok me while you take part in an edit war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 13:54, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I have asked on the Editor Assistance Requests page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 14:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I have added to Talk page on the advice of one of the Editors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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Okay, im sorry.
I just thougt the discussion page would be easier to navigate if I cleaned it up a bit.

Btw, Would you consider adding back the text that mentions Britney as the best-selling teenage artist?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.49.241 (talk) 23:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Okay
Would you consider adding back the text that mentions Britney as the bestselling teenage artist?

Source: http://britneyspearsblackout.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/guiness-2.jpg

--213.100.49.241 (talk) 00:17, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!
I saw that you added back the text about Britney being the best-selling teenage recording artist in her discography article. I appreciate it!

--213.100.49.241 (talk) 21:32, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

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Interview
Hi, I am a Wikipedian and researcher from Carnegie Mellon University, working with Professors Robert E. Kraut and Aniket Kittur. We’ve published many scholarly papers on Wikipedia and are partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on several new projects.

I have been analyzing collaboration in Wikipedia, especially Collaborations of the Week/Month. My analysis of seven years of archival Wikipedia data shows that Collaborations of the Week/Month substantially increase the amount and nature of project members’ contributions, with long lasting effects. We would like to talk to Wikipedians to better understand the processes that that produce this behavior change.

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Thanks! (This my personal website)Haiyizhu (talk) 04:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

List of The Legend of Korra episode
I disagree with your decision to cut down the size of the summaries. The previous summaries are far more comparable to the summaries of Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 2 3).

On top of that, you can hardly compare Korra's list to one with 7 seasons, now can you? Brightgalrs ( /braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/ )[1] 21:49, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I just wanted to say thank you for editing the post I made on the Holocaust page. I meant no disrespect, and the only reason I added that stuff was because my English teacher had us do an assignment that included adding random stuff to a wikipedia page on our subject for our term paper. Mine happened to be the Holocaust. She wanted us to see that anyone can edit a page and Wikipedia is not a reliable source. I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

~Lily

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Speedy Deletion of Treet.TV
Hi there, I set up the article as a stub as it is no where near finished and I was posting it online as we were asked to publish what we have so far as a stub online for our assignment, I'm sure you have good reason for wanting it deletion but this is why I shall attempt to amend any problems. Thanks --NomNomNomNathan (talk) 16:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your concern in this matter, kind regards NomNomNomNathan (talk) 23:51, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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The Walking Dead (TV series) IP
Hello, Merlinsorca. I'm stopping by your talk page to let you know that this IP has been reverting you. I've reverted the IP once thus far. Flyer22 (talk) 08:26, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of SpaceInvasion


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Google Clips moved to draftspace
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 * I've added references. Will it really take over a month to get this article back?  Merlin  s  orca  18:40, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As an autoconfirmed user, you can move it back to the main space, but I would recommend letting a reviewer look over it. Since the product was just released today, its unclear whether or not it is notable. Time allows reviewers to see if it meets our inclusion criteria. If it were to be moved back to the article space, we likely have a deletion discussion. Continuing to develop this article as a draft and letting our articles for creation reviewers help you with it is probably the best way for it to become an article :) TonyBallioni (talk) 18:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. I won't move it back to article space myself after it's already been put in this process, especially as the article creator. I'll just wait for review. Merlin  s  orca  16:55, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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Category:Wikipedians who like Black Mirror
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Copyright problem on United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
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Rollback granted
Hi Merlinsorca. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AMerlinsorca enabled] rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Swarm {talk}  22:24, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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A favor please
Hey, would you mind doing a favor for me please? I noticed that you created and added much information to the page 2019 Indian heat wave and that you also seem to be a very experienced editor. I have started a draft page for a related event, which was Chennai running out of water, but the other Wikipedians will only confirm my draft into an article if I add certain information to it as this link shows: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&diff=903232025&oldid=903230540 (You can see the full discussion by clicking the section "01:39:52, 21 June 2019 review of submission by EagerBeaverPJ" under June 21). However, being a relatively new editor on Wikipedia this is the first time I've ever taken the initiative to create a page before, and now I'm kind of stuck because I'm not able to find much information/links for the stuff they want me to add to get it confirmed. Plus being very busy with school pretty much cuts off most of the time on many days that I get to edit on Wikipedia or research for that information. But I do believe that if this article is created successfully, it could even appear on the news section of the front page, so do you mind if you could help me out with the stuff I need to add? Don't worry, once the wheels start rolling on this article, I'll definitely try to contribute to my fullest ability adding references and additional information, but right now I just need some help getting out of the ditch I'm in with this article. Thanks, EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 08:58, 29 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for bringing your draft to my attention. I can definitely help add some references and information when I get a chance. Merlin  s  orca  14:00, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! Yeah we should definitely try to complete this draft as fast as possible :) I'll also ping you on the talk page of the draft if I have any questions/concerns with something you write. EagerBeaverPJ (talk) 05:16, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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I saw that you re-added the section using Ecosia's blog, it is actually quite easy to find independent sources on Ecosia Trees. Ecosia is a big search engine now and the latest report on search traffic to Wikipedia by the Wikimedia Foundation even included Ecosia. So there are plenty of independent reliable sources that report on it so we don't need to use their blog posts. --Donald Trung (talk) 12:21, 5 July 2021 (UTC)


 * That is good to know, and thanks for finding and adding the secondary sources. Personally I think that a company making an announcement about their own product on their blog is a valid use of primary sources. It's a simple statement of fact that they released the X service on Y date. Merlin  s  orca  23:49, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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