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July 2017
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Edit at Zara Larsson
Hey ParadiseDesertOasis8888! I reverted your edit at Zara Larsson because that particular section has been somewhat controversial in the past. If you wish to have it changed it is best to discuss the changes you want to make at the article's talk page first so that we can establish consensus. Thanks, Jith12 (talk) 13:53, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Portland Public Schools
Hi ParadiseDesertOasis8888,

I noticed you changed "Glencoe" to "Blencoe" on the article Portland Public Schools (Oregon). this district website, it seems to be written Glencoe. Where were you getting the source for it being Blencoe?

Margalob (talk) 22:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to change genres without discussion or sources, as you did at Praying (song), you may be blocked from editing.  Ss 112  09:37, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Casualties in Las Vegas
ParadiseDesertOasis8888, why did you change the number of casualties at 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting from 59 to 58? The 58 number is from older articles. All of the most recent reporting says 59 people killed in the shooting. Adding the perpetrator's suicide makes 60 fatalities. Please don't change this again unless you have some more recent source saying the reported number of fatalities has been DECREASED by one. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 04:04, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * My mistake, I just heard the sheriff confirm 58 victims plus the perpetrator = 59. Sorry to bother you. --MelanieN (talk) 04:58, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ParadiseDesertOasis8888 I, mostly, agree with MelanieN, BUT, if you change a figure, you should say why in your edit summary and it should be cited. (See WP: Verifiability) So just changing the figure is not really acceptable unless the source has also been updated, or replaced with another one that supports the change.
 * Re your WP:good faith edit here to my update to Paradise, Nevada, note that I was deliberately vague about the exact number of injured because I was quite sure it would change, and it did, downwards. It is now 489, as sourced here. See Verifiability not truth. Happy editing! Regards, 220  of  Borg 05:09, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

October 2017
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January 2018
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What are you referring to? ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 20:48, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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Sunnyvale Flag
You asked about the Sunnyvale flag. When the city's logo changed to the green and white circular logo, its flag changed accordingly. But I was unable to find any images of the new flag in action, sorry. JGriffithSV (talk) 07:42, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

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Category:Guests on Dr. Phil (talk show) has been nominated for discussion
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Please stop adding additional articles to this category while it is being considered for deletion. Please see in particular WP:NOTDEFINING.  General Ization Talk  03:01, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Please do not bolden the word "stop" when this is a first-time offense. From Civility: "Try not to get too intense. Passion can be misread as aggression, so take great care to avoid the appearance of being heavy-handed or bossy. Nobody likes to be bossed about by an editor who appears to believe that they are "superior"; nobody likes a bully." and "Be careful with user warning templates. Be careful about issuing templated messages to editors you're currently involved in a dispute with, and exercise caution when using templated messages for newcomers (see Please do not bite the newcomers). Consider using a personal message instead of, or in addition to, the templated message." Also, remember to assume good faith and not bite the newcomer (or in this case, someone with significantly less edits/experience than you. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 03:21, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * The use of bold on the word "stop" is neither an attack nor aggression. It is a call for you to stop a particular editing action that you are engaging in when your previous 30-odd exercises of that action have been reverted (and you have no doubt noted that they were).  I also directed you to the particular policy that addresses that action. You are also not a "newbie" after more editing here for more than a year and 3000+ edits. I did not call your good faith into question.   General Ization  Talk  03:27, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I was warned originally after adding all but two pages to the category. I added the other two before I realized that the others had been removed from the category (you can even see that I reverted one of my own edits after I realized that the others had been removed). It wasn't done in a rebellious way. Also, by assuming that I knew I wasn't supposed to add them after the first warning, you are calling my good faith into question. Lastly, I wasn't calling you aggressive, the section of the article that I quoted said passion that may be interpreted as aggression. I don't think you were trying to be aggressive, you're just passionate about Wikipedia. I'm sure that you've had to deal with a lot of people who add categories without good intentions and you may have just assumed that I'm one of them. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 04:46, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It's all good then. I suggest, however, that you participate in the discussion about which you were notified above, either to contest the deletion of the category or to acknowledge that you now understand why it may be deleted.  General Ization  Talk  04:51, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you...
... for adding references for album and song genres, and adding appropriate categories for sourced genres. Too often I am having to remove unsourced genre fields from infoboxes and corresponding categories, so keep up the great work! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem, glad to know I'm doing it correctly! Thank you for taking the time to come over here and write that. It means a lot! -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 00:54, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Annales de Gergonne
In the article Nimes, the section "Culture" mentions the Annales de Gergonne, which is a mathematical journal. By inserting a pipe you have directed the link to scientific journal. If you have an issue with Annales, that article might be edited. Why did you insert the pipe? — Rgdboer (talk) 22:42, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * If you click on "mathematical journal", you are automatically redirected to "scientific journal". There is no Wikipedia article for mathematical journal. -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 01:07, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

How right you are! Something obvious that I should have seen. Thank you for making the edits and bearing with my ignorance. — Rgdboer (talk) 02:21, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

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Instagram hashtags
Hi, Paradise ... I am no expert on Instagram or hashtags, but if you go directly to instagram, the trending hashtag has no uppercase-- it is #guaidochallenge-- so I wondered about this edit? I will follow your page for response, thanks, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All of the sources I've seen use #GuaidoChallenge, which is why I changed it. I didn't look at Instagram but if that's what's trending, then it probably should be #guaidochallenge. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 02:50, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks ... so, do you mind if I change it back? I am not that familia with Instagram, but it appears that all hashtags are lower case, so I am unsure here ... Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:31, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you can change it back. I'm not that familiar with Instagram either. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 04:44, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think I will first look at some other articles on hashtags ... it is possible that it makes no difference! Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:46, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Found! Our article on hashtag says they are not case sensitive.  Which means that your usage (GuaidoChallenge) probably makes more sense, because it is more readable, and ends up at the same place as all lowercase.  So thanks!  Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:49, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
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camps
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Double spacing (and edit summaries)
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2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
Hi your update of the China count was undone as you failed to take into account Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. These are listed separately here. To use a figure from the web site used as a ref, you have to subtract the numbers given for 台湾 澳门 and 香港. These may not match the numbers in our article, due to it being out of date. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:22, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Graeme Bartlett, Hello, I used the source for China (https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/) which says there have been 1,985 cases, including 10 in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. I subtracted 10 from 1,985 to get 1,975. -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 02:32, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

 * Thank you! -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 02:33, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Sources for virus case count
Hi Paradise. Thanks for keeping up on the grim Wuhan virus numbers. As there's quite a difference between sources right now (almost 200 different between BNOnews and qq.com), may I suggest noting which source you're using, in your update comment. Jw 193 (talk) 01:46, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Okay. I'll be sure to do that in the future. ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 06:28, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Eugene Gu article
You keep restoring the Category:American rapists to the Eugene Gu article. Here's what WP:BLPCAT says: "... Category:Criminals and its subcategories should be added only for an incident that is relevant to the person's notability; the incident was published by reliable third-party sources; the subject was convicted; and the conviction was not overturned on appeal." It is arguable whether or not the sexual assault allegations against Gu are relevant to his notability. What is not arguable is that the article text currently makes no claim and cites no source to the effect that Gu has been arrested for or charged with, let alone convicted of, rape or any other type of sexual assault. Thus, the category's addition is inappropriate. Please stop adding it back to the article. --Mox La Push (talk) 04:41, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for notifying me. Since he was never convicted, I have instead added a different category. Here is the edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eugene_Gu&diff=940877922 -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 05:08, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Regional languages in the United States
I had to revert your list of regional languages. The list was already debated several times on the Talk page for United States. Each time, it has been rejected for the following reason: There are no "recognized regional languages" at the national level. In certain states (Native languages in Alaska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota; Spanish in New Mexico; French in Louisiana, which you omitted), languages other than English have a very limited administrative function -- much like services offered in eastern Belgium for German speakers. You'll have to take this to the U.S. Talk page and explain why the list is helpful. Thanks. Mason.Jones (talk) 16:28, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2020
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 * I haven't done any of that. -- ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 18:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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