User talk:MrBill3/Archive 1

Welcome to Wikipedia
Bill,

I'd just like to welcome you and thank you for your gracious and thoughtful comments on the ACS talk page. It is surprisingly rare for a new editor to take the time to read and respond. Your tone and efforts to learn the ropes is impressive. I'm glad you're here. Have fun. Capitalismojo (talk) 22:16, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Books References Not Showing
When I export as a PDF or create a book, or print an existing book, the references don't show up. MrBill3 (talk) 01:28, 25 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The references should show up. They are sometimes printed at the very end of the document.  What pages are you adding? Which reference style are the pages using? --LauraHale (talk) 01:42, 25 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The first time I noticed this was after exporting as a PDF a complete Wiki Book that already existed Book:Critical Care: An Introduction. Then I went to an article that is in the book Intensive-care unit, finally I went to a draft rewrite I am working on User:MrBill3/draft article MSS. The intensive-care unit article has 8 references. In the PDF the inline cites are all there and numbered but the reference list has only references 1, 6 and 7. My draft article has 36 references and only 1, 2 and 3 show up on the reference list. The intensive care unit article uses the was invoked but never defined (see the help page). " Can you take a look and work out what you were trying to do? Thanks -- Frze > talk   15:16, 22 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry. I think it was User:Mjroots --Frze > talk  15:21, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I believe it was. I have been working on the category also ;). When I find a ref like this  with no info or closing tag I change it to just to close the tag. Please let me know how you think my edits have been working out on that category. - - MrBill3 (talk) 15:27, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

November 2013
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If I may take a moment of your time
Hello MrBill3.

I am sorry if I am approaching this in a wrong or discourteous manner, but I am completely new to the back end of Wikipedia :) My name is Julie, I am a IT and Science Masters Student from Denmark, and I am writing to you because I am currently researching Alternative Medicine through digital methods. I am attempting to discover the main actors online who has an influence on public opinion in relation to Alternative Medicine.

After an investigation into the revision history of the Wikipage on Alternative Medicine, you appeared as one of the main contributors and from what my research has provided me, as a person very focused on ensuring correct references and citations within that article. I furthermore noticed, when viewing your user page, that you are a registered nurse and associated with many Wiki Projects regarding Medicine and scepticism. This led me to the conclusion that you, as a prime editor and contributor to the page regarding Alternative Medicine and with a background in medicine, have a unique and specific knowledge regarding what Alternative Medicine is and play a clear role in defining it towards the readers of Wikipedia.

What I would like to ask you is whether you might want to aid me in situating my research, as I am attempting to provide qualitative human stories and opinions to support my research. Would you perhaps be interested in offering a small quote on you personal view of Alternative Medicine, and why you chose to engage with the topic through Wikipedia? I would be very thankfull for your help and time.

Best regards, Julie from DK DKJulie (talk) 02:00, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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PEAR
Hello Bill, I noticed that you’ve been improving the references on the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab article, and I was wondering if you might answer a question for me. I just inserted another reference (it’s the very last one in the article) to “Nonsense on Stilts” and I wanted it to refer to page 79 rather than page 77 which the first reference refers to. I can get it to refer to page 79 instead of page 77, but I can’t get it to show links to both. Do you know how to fix that? 76.107.171.90 (talk) 14:13, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I fixed it. I used the Harvid template (technically SfnRef) to create an anchor on the first citation of the book, then the sfn template to refer to that anchor. I also changed the page number on the google books url and the number that the url pointed to. To examine how to use the templates type- template:Harvid or- template:sfn in the search box that will take you to the template documentation. A url in single brackets with one space after the url followed by text (inside the brackets) will create a link to the text, like so: page# makes page#. I use a linked page number if it is available online and do not use google books url for the url parameter ( |url= ) because a link to a book on google books is available via the isbn and is not appropriate in the ref unless the full text is available online (the last bit is my opinion, somewhat backed up by policy WP:EL etc.) I hope this helps. - - MrBill3 (talk) 14:56, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bill. 76.107.171.90 (talk) 20:43, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Talk:David Irving
Hi! Back in December you tweaked the archiving at Talk:David Irving. But the result is this bare list of archive numbers near the top of the talk page. Perhaps you might fix that? --jpgordon:==( o ) 16:34, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out the problem. Do you think the article milestones should be listed in the archive box? - - MrBill3 (talk) 16:59, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I'd never looked at them before. Logically, perhaps - but where do such things live in other talk pages? Perhaps adjacent to it would suffice - then people looking for archives would find them both at a glance. --jpgordon:==( o ) 18:55, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * On other talk pages they exist in the Article history template, as they already do on this talk page. I think they probably should remain just there and readers interested can find them easily enough. - - MrBill3 (talk) 19:00, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Alternative medicine
If this revert is due to faulty referencing, may I ask you to have a look and maybe help with rectifying? Qexigator (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I left a message on the editors talk page. It looks like there have been multiple edits since then. In the future I'd be happy to help out. FYI unused refs in the ref list can just be - - MrBill3 (talk) 05:07, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and I have added my message there. Now I will try a bit of remarked out magic. Qexigator (talk) 08:30, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Archive boxes
Hi, thanks for the work on the McKenna article. Re the Sheldrake talk page, those little archive boxes are too tiny, at least for my taste. It looks like you disabled the talk header archive search because it pointed to a blank index. I've redirected it to the proper index and re-enabled the search field. I don't mind having the extra archive box (if only for the masochists :), but I'd like to keep the main one, please. vzaak 17:04, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, for large archives I completely agree and in general it's not an issue for me box or talk header. I archive many talk pages anytime you feel like modifying feel free. Feedback is appreciated as I archive boldly.
 * As for the McKenna article it has been Screamliner not me doing all the work. I've just been formatting refs and finding a few Screamliner has been finding high quality refs and doing the editing. I realized the article was not quite making it to NPOV but was greatly improved. I was hoping it could be brought up WP NPOV, FRINGE etc in an encouraging way. I try to recognize the efforts of my fellow editors and encourage and support new editors. - - MrBill3 (talk) 20:20, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Theories about Stonehenge
Did you look at the IP's addition of "The tent theory"? Dougweller (talk) 07:12, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I hadn't looked at the article overall, just doing AWB maintainence. Looks like tons of unsourced material is in the article. I'd pull the tent theory out but there is so much unsourced. Where to start... - - MrBill3 (talk) 07:17, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've pulled the tent theory out as the IP keeps adding OR to articles. Most of the rest is sourceable, but that wasn't. Dougweller (talk) 19:28, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll put it on my watchlist, good luck. Let me know when and if you see other questionable editing, I'll do what I can to help out. - - MrBill3 (talk) 02:37, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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Notice of Arbitration
Hi, I just want to let you to know I am requesting arbitration for fair resolution of the current editing dispute on Daniel Amen.

Here is the link: #Request for arbitration re inappropriate editing of leads on Daniel Amen article

Thanks, 2602:306:BDA0:97A0:466D:57FF:FE90:AC45 (talk) 22:18, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Notice of mediation

 * Instead I am starting with mediation, I have named you as a party in this case. Here is the link to the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Daniel_Amen You might al;so want to check your Wikipedia related email.


 * Thanks,


 * Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 00:40, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Just saw your Olive Branch
Hi,

I only saw your olive branch near the end of may last posting session. I had to go so had no time to respond. I wanted to say that I appreciated it and if I had more time, I would have offered you an Olive Branch back. :-)

Since I was under time pressure, I decided to just quickly withdraw my comment about Wikipedia policy versus thinking independently because I was concerned that my wording might have been getting too heated.

I withdrew another comment (about Overmedication) to avoid misunderstanding as it never had anything to do with you at all (or any other person posting on Dr. Daniel Amen- related pages), but I was concerned that it might be taken that way.

Thanks, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 06:14, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!

 * Thanks for the good wishes! We might not always agree but I appreciate your dedication, your carefully considered points and your passion to uphold the spirit and collective wisdom of Wikipedia!


 * Sincerely, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 20:39, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Ken Ham
Always willing to have a discussion. Would you consider a compromise on the Ken Ham Article? Thank you for your willingness to discuss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.178.43.177 (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * See talk page of the article. - - MrBill3 (talk) 14:34, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2014
Your recent editing history at Ken Ham shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. I see you have made four reverts in six hours. StAnselm (talk) 19:13, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Please note that most of those edits were reverts of an IP now blocked for edit warring. Note also that my "reverts" were restoration of material removed. Additionally the inclusion of the content is supported by numerous other editors. See Talk:Ken Ham/Archive 1 and that it continues to be supported for inclusion and restored. Given the consensus for keeping the material I suggest editors seeking to remove it find support and consensus on the talk page before removing the material. - - MrBill3 (talk) 19:36, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I see you've warned me twice on my talk page, but I don't understand what either of the warnings were for. StAnselm (talk) 23:29, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The warnings were for disruptive editing on a talk page. You have soapboxed on a fact not in question in the academic community and are now disputing what a "fact" is. These are not issues of debate per WP policy. Continued interference with constructive editing through talk page posts is a form of disruptive editing for which you can be blocked, banned etc. - - MrBill3 (talk) 23:35, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Welcome from STiki!

 * Not a WVU alum myself, but born and raised there, and a season-ticket holder come football season. Let's Go ... Mountaineers. West.andrew.g (talk) 05:12, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Anthropic principle
Hi MrBill3, I added a section near the beginning of the wikipedia article for Anthropic principle, and seconds later you deleted it, and sent me what looks like a standard message. I have thought about the Anthropic principle for some time, and in trying to explain it to my friends, have developed a number of illustrations that my friends find useful. So I thought I had something to contribute. This is my first attempted contribution to wikipedia, so perhaps I've added my paragraph to the wrong place, or it is the wrong style, or perhaps there is no room for ideas, however useful, that certain people don't agree with. I welcome your comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack Ponting (talk • contribs) 16:58, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * First sign your comments with four tildes ~ . Second WP is an encyclopedia, content needs to come from published reliable sources your original research or unpublished essay does not belong in an encyclopedia. Don't mean to be brusque, just being brief. - - MrBill3 (talk) 17:21, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank You,Yay!
Dear Mr.Bill3 i am wvc192005 i think i made a mistake on my edit but thanks for taking it off your very kind sinserly wvc192005

Wvc192005 (talk) 16:48, 12 April 2014 (UTC) 
 * No problem I am using an anti-vandalism tool, STiki, and it also finds fragmentary or apparently erroneous edits. I appreciate the feedback. - - MrBill3 (talk) 17:26, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

HI
THANKS FOR BEING GREAT

Wvc192005 (talk) 19:52, 12 April 2014 (UTC) 

Revision using STiki
Hi MrBill3, I noticed that you used STiki to identify one of my posts (on the Helen Caldicott article) as vandalism. I assure you that my edit was not vandalism but rather a constructive change to the article. I know that vandalism is an issue on Wikipedia and that automated tools are a big help in dealing with the problem, but please make sure that you double-check what the tools are doing when you use them. It would be very off putting for a new member of the community if one of their edits was incorrectly flagged as vandalism. Thanks for all of your good work though, 99.9% of what you do is great. 37.48.81.44 (talk) 06:21, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Apparently Daffydavid and Gandydancer share my interpretation of removing the sourced fact that Caldicott is a physician and using the characterization of "professional activist" as not constructive diff, diff. Your actions are edit warring as you have been reverted by three editors and repeatedly reinserted the content without discussion on the talk page. - - MrBill3 (talk) 01:49, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. - - Jjibber76 (talk)) — Preceding undated comment added 04:57, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Regarding IAHP
You have been editing the IAHP page without a NPOV and have continuously made undocumented changes to my edits. My edits were clearly stated and the reasons why the edits were made. Please refrain from reverting. Comments were also made on the talk page. John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjibber76 (talk • contribs) 04:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)  Jjibber76 (talk) 04:59, 16 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Take some time to actually read and understand WP:NPOV. This has been referred to the 3RR Notice board. See my comment on the talk page of the article. You made multiple edits with no edit summary. Your editing on this page is clearly WP:VANDALISM. - - MrBill3 (talk) 04:33, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If you read the talk page of the article you will see extensive policy based explanations of content added and sources with multiple editors participating. - - MrBill3 (talk) 04:45, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Perms
With 14,600 edits, I recommend you try for reviewer or Rollbacker first. When you have experience with those tools, try for admin. Titus Fox  'Tribs 13:08, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Stoney Case
Mr. Bill, while I may have a conflict of interest, I was simply adding some very relevant statistics and eliminating a few opinions and derogatory comments to clean up the info about Stoney Case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjcase (talk • contribs) 20:30, 16 April 2014 (UTC)