User talk:Paugus

Young Men and Fire
No, the year wasn't "accidently left out". If you read the following carefully, it has the year, and what did Norman's father say to Norman about writing? "The art of writing lay in thrift", IE: "Less is more.":


 * Young Men and Fire is a non-fiction book written by Norman Maclean and edited by his son, John Norman Maclean. It is an account of Norman Maclean's research of the Mann Gulch fire of 1949 and the 13 men who died there. The fire occurred in Mann Gulch in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness on August 5.

The year is in the preceding sentence. Why repeat it?

- 4.240.159.90 (talk) 21:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * PS: You spelled accidentally incorrectly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.240.159.90 (talk) 21:49, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

--UTRSBot (talk) 21:54, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

William Heffelfinger edit
The explanation of my edit as saved before I finished it: "17:01, 30 September 2018‎ Paugus (talk | contribs)‎ . . (20,359 bytes) (-384)‎ . . (→‎First professional football player: I eliminated an entire paragraph which was self contradictory, offered no non-supporting references not supported by the link to another Wikipedia page.) (undo)"

What I intended to say (before I apparently struck the enter key accidently) was: "I eliminated an entire paragraph which was self-contradictory, offered no non-Wikipedia supporting references,  and was contradicted by the one Wikipedia page it linked to.  Because the paragraph contained two errors of arithmetic, it was not possible to be sure what the intended point of it was.  However, a reader could possibly interpret it as disputing a major -- and well-referenced -- aspect of Heffelfinger's life, namely that he is believed, on the basis of stated evidence, to be the first professional American football player.

If the deleted paragraph had reasonably stated "other football historians dispute Heffelfinger's priority" or something to that effect, I would have left it in place and noted that a reference was needed. But since the paragraph was logically scrambled, and identified another player who was clearly not the first (based on the linked Wikipedia page), it probably represents vandalism, not scholarship. So I deleted it entirely. Paugus (talk) 18:12, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 29
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited The Mansion of Happiness, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Salem ([//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py/The_Mansion_of_Happiness check to confirm] | [//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py/The_Mansion_of_Happiness?client=notify fix with Dab solver]). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
 Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:31, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

CS1 error on Melveen Leed
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Melveen Leed, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Paugus&section=new&preloadparams%5b%5d=&preloadparams%5b%5d=1181230840 report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 18:46, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melveen_Leed&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1181230840%7CMelveen%20Leed%5D%5D Ask for help])

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message
 Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)