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Conspiracy against you
You nominated the article MUD trees for deletion, but the votes were rigged by MUD owners who listed their MUD on page, as you can see on their forum here: http://www.topmudsites.com/forums/tavern-blue-hand/5287-defense-all-muds-our-genres-noteworthiness-being-questioned-16.html

Thus, they violated the WP:MEAT policy. They also plan to delete your articles as revenge. You should let an administrator know about it.EternalFlare (talk) 11:01, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Patchy1 12:43, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Poetical Son Nat Powers
Oh yes! Didn't put the reference for the Nat Powers article, I will locate that ASAP and re write it with a reference. Thanks for pointing out! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.6.210.45 (talk) 16:03, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Nat Powers
Thanks PBurka! I will do just that! 86.6.210.45 (talk) 19:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

ATSE / FTSE
FYI. (I agree.) Thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:45, 25 February 2013 (UTC) (Obviously, it's time to do something not involving a computer. Good night. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:51, 25 February 2013 (UTC))

Stitch
You are right, looks unsourced, wrote it a long time ago. Will find a source and then put it back. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 13:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Arin Hanson
The article was changed greatly from the time you commented. Please judge it as now. Note the number of interviews he has done in reliable sources. Please join the undelete discussion. Deletion review/Log/2013 March 25  D r e a m Focus  22:37, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Naftalan AfD
Hello,

It appears that you've missed steps 2 and 3 of the AfD process (creation of discussion subpage and its inclusion in the main AfD list)... GregorB (talk) 18:36, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Canadian diplomats
Hi. Thank you for your contribution to the discussion about the bot run. Below is a list of Canadian diplomats who probably don't meet WP:DIPLOMAT. Would you like to work on any of these articles? If so I'd be grateful if you could let me know. • Eldon Pattyson Black

• Charles Blair (diplomat)

• Roy William Blake

• Arthur Edward Blanchette

• Anna Blauveldt

• Georges-Henri Blouin

• Edward Lucien Bobinski

• Peter Boehm

• Angela Bogdan

• Jean-Pierre Bolduc

• Alan Bones

• Charles Steven Booth

• Claude Boucher (diplomat)

• Yves Boulanger

• Anne-Marie Bourcier

• Malcolm Norman Bow

• Richard Plant Bower

• Alan Bowker

• Alan Robb Boyd

• Philip Francis Brady

• Marc Brault

• Denis Briand

• Paul Augustus Bridle

• James Clelland Britton

• Yves Brodeur

• Jacques Edmond Brossard

• Harry Leslie Brown

• John Clemence Gordon Brown

• Kenneth Charles Brown

• Brendon Browne

• Dean John Browne

• Dennis Brian Browne

• Geoffrey Franklin Bruce

• Martha Dilys Buckley-Jones

• Glen Garvie James David Buick

• Marius Jean Bujold

• Roger Anthony Bull

• William Frederick Bull

• Clayton George Bullis

• Kenneth Joseph Burbridge

• Morley Byron Bursey

• Bertram Charles Butler

• Esmond Unwin Butler

• Michel Cadieux

• Clive Alexander Carruthers

• Joseph Gilles André Couvrette

• William Crosbie

• D'Iberville Fortier

• Laurette Glasgow

• Kevin Hamilton

• Susan Harper (diplomat)

• Sara Hradecky

• Jean-Pierre Juneau

• Michael Kergin

• Sandra McCardell

• John Mundy (diplomat)

• Thérèse Paquet-Sévigny

• Patrick Parisot

• John Lawrence Paynter

• Michael Pearson (Canadian diplomat)

• Robert W. Peck

• Penny Reedie

• Barbara Richardson (diplomat)

• Guillermo Rishchynski Thanks very much. Regards.  Klein zach  06:15, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've already started. You're welcome to help. It's very easy to find references for most of these demonstrating that they meet WP:GNG, and they mostly meet WP:POLITICIAN already. Pburka (talk) 06:18, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll take them off my bot run list for now. Can you possibly let me know when you have finished? I'll be working on other nationalities in the meantime. -- Klein zach  06:37, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No, I won't let you know when I'm finished. Wikipedia has WP:NOTIMELIMIT. If the topics are notable today they'll be notable ten years from now. Pburka (talk) 13:00, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Photos as references
--Bejnar (talk) 16:26, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Roy William Blake
I don't know how I managed to remove part of the lede when I took the AfD tag out, but thanks for fixing it. --Michig (talk) 18:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Chariot (Australia)
The articles suggested as reliable sources provide very little material which can be used to expand the article. Has the subject really been addressed directly in detail? For businesses and within the telecommunications and technology sectors developments may occur rapidly so those old article may not be reliable now. Does it still have 100,000 subscribers in South Australia? Are acquisitions in 2003 or earlier really remarkable? Details of Chariots VoIP service provider aren't significant. Are the key people mentioned in those articles still in those positions? We need reliable sources that can verify current information about the company. Please note that significant coverage in reliable sources is not a guarantee. Lets try to imagine the lead for an expanded article. What would you write in it to explain why the topic is notable? - Shiftchange (talk) 01:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You seem to be adamant that the subject of the article is notable yet I haven't seen anything notable about it. - Shiftchange (talk) 02:33, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hello
During my wiki stalking I noticed you put a post on Epicgenius's talk page about Red Links. Following a...disagreement with an IP editor who was removing Red Links on Orphan Black, I have posted a question over on WP:RED over the definition of a "personal name". If you would like to come and contribute that would be great. -- MisterShiney    ✉    19:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Patience of a saint
You has it! JesseRafe (talk) 02:02, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

De-PRODs
Hi there, when you de-PROD article, it would be an idea to actually deal with the issue that has been raised. You seem to have simply blitzed through articles like Dan Maddicott and Anne Ripley Smith in quick succession without actually improving them, or stating claim to notability. GiantSnowman 10:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a false economy though - and so by de-PRODding article but not actually dealing with the issues raised, notability still remains questionable and it is inevitable that the articles will shortly wind up at AFD, which means more work for everybody involved. GiantSnowman 11:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks. (I'm trying to think of some witty comment about my left hand not knowing what my right hand is doing ... ) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:59, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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June 2013
Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you.
 * Presumably this is in relation to Scared Famous, which is a WP:PROD, not WP:AfD. Pburka (talk) 02:44, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi Pburka. You don't know me but I just wanted to say thank you for this comment you made at AN/EW regarding 155blue's edit warring report against me (for edits on my own talk page). Believe it or not, she also reported my supposed edit warring at the vandalism noticeboard, which of course was quickly dumped. She has apparently been educated several times about what vandalism is, but she continues to falsely accuse (and report) other editors of it. And she ignored me when I educated her about WP:3RR and WP:NOT3RR. I see that she also issued you a bogus warning just above this thread (without a signature, yet again). She doesn't know the difference between WP:PROD and WP:AFD, which doesn't surprise me because she warned me about moving a "warning" - on my own talk page, no less - that was actually a template. The most concerning issue, though, is that she only has 300 or so edits - most of them in the past four months - and has shown a pattern of of rashly issuing warnings to, and filing reports at various noticeboards about, editors. Even very experienced ones, like yourself. This pattern of hers seems to indicate that she prefers to go straight to noticeboards instead of having proper discussions with editors first, even though some of the editors are vastly more experienced than her and the allegations are flawed. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the very on-point comment you made. --76.189.109.155 (talk) 07:03, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Amy Linden
Most nationally-published journalists are notable, and this was editied since you prodded the article, so I removed your prod. You can always to go WP:AfD. Bearian (talk) 22:51, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Online predation
WIki is supporting an online predator. You are complicit in online predation. Criminal activity. How stupid are you????????????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.141.253 (talk) 21:36, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps you could elaborate? Pburka (talk) 23:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Hater
Idk why u want to delete the Mayday album off Wiki, but your lazy but needs to quit it. The album dropped Tuesday. Take ur low IQ but back to ask.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gangstaaaron7 (talk • contribs) 05:41, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

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Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park
hello there, thank you for your message. The reason why I redirected the NY Ritz to the St. Moritz is because they are one and the same building. Since there is no separate article for the NY Ritz, I think it makes more sense to direct to the actual building where the hotel is located, as opposed to the group article in general. Anyone wanting to find out more information about the hotel group can follow the link from the building article. Gryffindor (talk) 14:08, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

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Request
I would like to ask that you review and comment on this proposal on the Talk:Captain_Phillips_(film) page. Thanks -  thewolfchild   19:31, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

You might want to comment...
...on this. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:35, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I note that you reverted one of his edits, I did the same to 38 more, which he reverted back. I have no intention of letting this person draw me into an edit war, but if you agree that his edits are mistaken, you might want to undo his action on those edits. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:13, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This wasn't a revert. Epicgenius (give him tirade • check out damage) 21:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Source Tagging
I do not understand why you just source-tagged the Fiasco (role-playing game) page. In particular I don't understand why you think the best source to demonstrate that something won a given award is something other than the website of the award itself, and I do not understand how linking to the specific episode of tabletop is anything other than the single most reliable source possible on what was done on tabletop. Neonchameleon (talk) 11:26, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia requires WP:secondary sources in order to demonstrate notability, and discourages the use of WP:primary sources. This article has no secondary sources; it relies entirely on primary sources. While they may be sufficient to demonstrate that something is true, they don't demonstrate that something is notable. For example, is it important that the game was mentioned in a YouTube video? If we had a secondary source talking about it we would know that it is, but all we have is the video itself. Pburka (talk) 12:58, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a misunderstanding of primary and secondary sources on a par with saying that linking to an article in the New York Times automatically makes the New York Times article about someone into a primary source. Tabletop (web series) is a secondary source when talking about Fiasco although it would not be a secondary source when talking about itself.  (It is also a notable source, although a generic youtube video would not be).  The Diane Jones Awards are a secondary source on the subject of Fiasco and as such can be used to establish its notability.  Neonchameleon (talk) 00:13, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Tabletop (web series) in a primary source when it's used to support the claim that the game was discussed on Tabletop (and it's not a reliable source, since there's no evidence of editorial oversight). The Diane Jones Awards are a primary source when used to support the claim that the game was nominated for such an award. Those sources are ok on their own, but the problem is that the article relies entirely on primary sources. If the game is notable, it should have been covered in reliable secondary sources. Pburka (talk) 03:03, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * As I say, the article is not about whether Fiasco won an award or was discussed on Tabletop. That something won almost certainly the most prestigious award in its field is itself commentary; it means that the most notable award committee thought it deserved the prize - the very reason Wikipedia prizes secondary sources.  It was about Fiasco and as such to not link the Diana Jones Award directly would be using not secondary, but WP:Tertiary sources. Using another site to establish Fiasco was the winner of the Diana Jones Award would be exactly as far removed from what happened if the site was Wikipedia as if it was any other site that mentioned the game won the award.  And Wikipedia is specifically cited as a tertiary source because that is what it does, with every other site at the same remove being a tertiary source by the same token (as well as by definition).  As such the Diane Jones Award and Tabletop are secondary sources with respect to Fiasco itself, independent of Fiasco but providing commentary - the textbook definition of secondary sources on wikipedia.  Neonchameleon (talk) 03:40, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

James A Bayard the younger
As I told the other two users, please cease undoing my edits. I am one of the cited sources ( Brion McClanahan) and know more about Bayard than 100 percent of the American population. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.38.134.185 (talk) 03:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Then I'm sure that you have access to reliable sources, and won't mind footnoting your work. An argument from authority is rarely convincing. Pburka (talk) 03:49, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

This is ridiculous. My reliable source is my dissertation, which is already cited on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.38.134.185 (talk) 04:20, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that has sources you can also cite for various parts of the article. Neonchameleon (talk) 03:45, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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So what sort of list is it?
Because the editing of currencies out isnt honest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.196.48.62 (talk) 21:03, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a list of major cryptocurrencies, not every cryptocurrency anyone's ever thought about implementing. If you want to add more currencies, start a discussion on the article's talk page. Pburka (talk) 21:06, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

To you it is. It wasnt always. Seems like this thread is being hijacked. The title of the wiki is "List of Cryptocurrencies" not "list of major cryptocurrencies" seems like you are editing something that you know nothing about. For a start, most of those details are wrong. Coinmarketcap dot com.. check it out and you will see the market cap for them all are not truthful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NataliWinehouse (talk • contribs) 21:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Ontario Mental Health Act

 * This is the legal concept for a "reasonable man", a citizen not conversant in law. If you interpret the legislation differently, please share your plain meaning view.

A physician filling out a Form 1 is making a formal declaration of their belief that they have a Duty to Disclose, breaching doctor-patient confidentiality.


 * This is as close to sacrosanct in Canadian jurisprudence as Solicitor-Client privilege. Ask a first year law or med student. When a physician speaks of a patient to a non-medical professional not involved in the patient's care, it is a textbook example of Breach of Confidence. Form 1 is a public document.

The legality of this assessment, ostensibly performed because of a priori knowledge of parens patriae state power in the specific case of a non compos mentis individual, has not been tested in a court of competent jurisdiction.


 * There is no case law on this subject. This is a basic statement of the common law authority on which the examination is based. See the Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes, 4th Edition. How do you cite an entire Legal reference...that shows no guidance but for the common law before 1982 and the Constitution?

This provincial statute requirement is an attempt to satisfy Section Ten of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms


 * This is fundamental law, re Section 52 of the Charter. I can't find the Wikipedia page I read before making the edits at the moment, I'll look, but the gist of it was 1+1=2. If you see 1+1, it's ok to say it equals 2. If you'd like to say otherwise, bring on the secondary sources. All of the edits you removed are stating 1+1=2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.40.143 (talk) 03:12, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

As for - "restore one paragraph, as it is referenced (albeit to a primary source))"


 * This is how the law works. Legislators write it, the courts apply and interpret. This is a published Judgement - it is law until a court of competent jurisdiction changes it. It is a current legal reference to precedence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.40.143 (talk) 03:19, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Kona Lanes
This article is "finished" from my standpoint, so I've listed it for peer review, hoping to get feedback from others who may find the subject of interest. Feel free to add your opinions if you're so inclined, with my thanks. &mdash; ATinySliver /  ATalkPage  21:43, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Need for proof reading
Your edit to Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient completely messed up the formatting of the part that you edited. It is really important when making this kind of change to proof-read the effect, and make sure that you are actually achieving what you mean to achieve. Preferably you should do this on a preview, rather than only checking after saving, so that you never post a wrong version, but one way or another it is essential to check. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:59, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you elaborate on what the problem is? It looked correct to me. Did it not render correctly for you? Pburka (talk) 21:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Going back to the state of the page after you edited it, here, what I see immediately after "The Pearson correlation can be expressed in terms of uncentered moments. Since" is a big red notice saying "Failed to parse(lexing error): μ_X=E(X), σ_X^2=E[(X-E(X))^2]=E(X^2)-E^2(X)". I can't understand how it was that you didn't see that, since this is certainly a message generated by the Wikipedia server, not by the local browser. The only possibility I can think of is that maybe you were looking at a copy of the old version of the page saved in your browser's cache, but that would be somwewhat surprising. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:17, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks like my code only renders correctly with MathJax enabled (in preferences, under 'Appearance'). I'll take a look at it later to figure out why it doesn't render correctly on the server side. Thanks for pointing out the problem. By the way, do you know if the math is supposed to be rendered as σX2 or as σX2? i.e. is σ squared, or X? My encoding was consistent with the former interpretation (which matches the current rendering), but I'm not sure that's correct. Pburka (talk) 18:43, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have now enabled MathJax, and it's fine. Sorry to have suggested that it was a failure on your part to check properly, but, as you can no doubt imagine, that was the way it looked to me. (I did think it surprising, as you seem to be enough of a sensible and careful editor that I wouldn't expect you to make changes without making sure you knew what the effect was.) As for the other point, the way you did it was right; that is to say that it's σ that is squared, not x. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:54, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Arthur Edward Blanchette
Thank you for pointing me in the direction of WP:PBY.

I am developing software that analyses data in Wikipedia articles. My edits to Arthur Edward Blanchette were as a result of that software highlighting the page as containing conflicting information. ie born 1921 or 1922 but solely in the 1921 category.

At the top of WP:PBY it says that it is a guideline, best treated with common sense, occasional exceptions may apply. The section in question is regarded as ambiguous, see the talk page. The category you insist on keeping could be wrong ie why choose 1921 not 1922?

I am still of the opinion that the Arthur Edward Blanchette article is incorrectly categorised and I am saying this as someone who has spent the last six weeks studying the formats of biographical articles. However, I have a huge list of articles to correct so I will decline from engaging into any further edits on Mr Blanchette. Periglio (talk) 18:41, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Bill de Blasio
My apologies, I was going to include links to several pre-election polls, but had to step away from the puter. If I include links to the polls, can I restore that bit? HangingCurveSwing for the fence 16:25, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Of course, but I suggest adding the references at the same time as the content. Pburka (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
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Category:Companies based in Gatineau
Hi and sorry for ignoring you. I have reinstated Category:Companies based in Gatineau by cancel the speedy deletion. I would like to apologize for ignoring you. There are three articles but now there are five articles. The five companies are based in Gatineau goes into five articles fit in the category for it's growth. I would like to say "I'm sorry" and it would never happen like this again. So if any user ask me you just talk back. So, once again the companies category is reinstated into it's eponymous Gatineau category and everything is solved. Cheers. :) Steam5 (talk) 23:05, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Steam5. No need to apologize. You don't need to monitor Wikipedia obsessively! I Pburka (talk) 23:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

List of lists of lists
It actually is essentially true, but that's no reason for you not to have reverted.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 12:13, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Admittedly, the empty list is a list of lists, but it's not true that the empty set is a member of all sets, which is, I believe, what the anon editor appeared to claim. Counterexamples: the set of non-empty sets doesn't include the empty set, nor does the set of things which are not sets. Pburka (talk) 14:35, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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Case McCoy
Sir,

I saw you removed the section of Case McCoy's tweets regarding the Michael Sam kissing incident.

You asked for more citations regarding the tweet.

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/case-mccoy-tweets-displeasure-with-espns-coverage-of-michael-sam.html/

http://fansided.com/2014/05/12/dale-hansen-weighs-michael-sam-takes-great-shot-case-mccoy-texas-longhorns-video/#!MMzAE The above article has Dallas sports anchors addressing the situation.

http://www.wfaa.com/sports/Hansen-Unplugged--258847821.html

http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/05/foaming-over-michael-sams-draft-day-kiss-and-espn-as-deep-throat/

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/05/12/all-abuzz-athletes-tweet-mixed-reactions-to-michael-sam-kiss.html

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/10913755/2014-nfl-draft-michael-sam-drafted-st-louis-rams-seventh-round

Your statement that this is not a story is belied by the numerous reports on it. I could find more links if you would like. You say the tweet was ambiguous but these numerous respectable sports news sites respectfully disagree. Matching his tweet to the timing of the "kiss" leaves no other conclusion. Also, every person who responded to Mr. McCoy's tweet knew exactly to what he was addressing.

Can we add this to the biography?

Controversy Case McCoy issued a tweet following the draft of Michael Sam that many journalists considered a negative reaction to televising Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend on live television. At the moment of the televised kissing McCoy tweeted "ESPN...You serious right now?". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.231.249.141 (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * That looks better. The ESPN and Columbus Dispatch references seems to be reliable, and the proposed wording provides good context. (As far as 'leaving no other conclusion', I think that's a stretch. IMO it was likely homophobic, but could permit alternate explanations. Some of the other athletes quoted were much less oblique in their homophobia. But that's all irrelevant as Wikipedia's role isn't to interpret.) Pburka (talk) 20:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Scops owls
Hi. Just a heads-up that Flammulated owl, Seychelles scops owl, African scops owl still need downcasing. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 18:33, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looks like the flammulated wasn't in Category:Otus. The other two I just missed. Pburka (talk) 22:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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PR Nightjar
I noticed that you added an NPOV tag to the article. Could you please outline your concerns on the article's talk page. Thanks. Guettarda (talk) 12:15, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that Guettarda -- I've added an explanation: Talk:Puerto Rican nightjar. Pburka (talk) 23:55, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Izquierdo
Hi. :) Had no idea the reference I prv. added failed any kind of reliability criterion. The two additional references I've just added to the Elisa Izquierdo article should not fail any criteria? Regards,--Kieronoldham (talk) 00:08, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * PS Hope I was not abrupt in reverting your edit: that info has been on the page for at least 15-18 months (from memory) until someone, rather than requesting a citation, chose to remove it as it was unreferenced.--Kieronoldham (talk) 00:10, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm quite cautious about original research in biographies of living people. While it is permitted to use primary sources in certain cases, I think it's best to be conservative about doing so when the information could be harmful to the person. Information about a prison term could easily be misinterpreted by an editor, so I believe it's best not to include it unless a reliable secondary source reports it. Obviously, if we are going to include such information, any source is better than no source. Pburka (talk) 01:49, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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CD Howe
Trying to understand the rationale for not listing speakers -- why remove the examples? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmathewm (talk • contribs) 15:27, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I suggest we continue this conversation on the article's talk page, where I attempted to start a discussion earlier but received no responses. Generally, Wikipedia discourages long lists within articles, and encourages WP:PROSE instead. If the list is intended to express something about the institute, then it's better to do that explicitly, and support it with secondary sources. If the list is simply intended as a directory or catalog, then it's not encyclopedic. Pburka (talk) 19:20, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Breast Binding
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Content for artist Ercy Mirage
Dannygeez (talk) 14:52, 30 October 2014 (UTC) Hello, im new to this wikipedia and im trying to figure it all out You had an issue with notability.. I have provided a substantial amount of back links and references for the subject. The accomplishments are noteable and is definitely a reputable musician, music producer, etc etc

For my own sake of learning,

How can i imporve the article or exactly what additonal information would require?

Thank you Dannygeez (talk) 14:52, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Ellen Burka
Dear Pburka, Thanks for your remarks about the PD-tagging of the image of your great-aunt Ellen Burka. I do however think that the image is PD. Dutch copyright rules apply (the photo was made in the Netherlands in or before 1943), and as this is a photo by an anonymous photographer and made >70 years ago, this photo is clearly PD (see also Wikisource Auteurswet art. 38.1). I will give more information about the case (also about the copyright of the period of WWII in NL) on the Discussion page on Commons. A related question: there are many pictures (and a Polygoon filmreel) of the IJsrevue 1948, and Ellen Burka might be in. If you are interested: http://gahetna.nl (search term: ijsrevue) Vysotsky (talk) 12:41, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Pburka, I can understand your (and your family's) motives and I am of course willing to retract the image from the Dutch Wikipedia as soon as there is another image (perhaps from the late 40s or 50s?) available. I used this early image because it was also used in a former and in a recent Dutch documentary. My apologies if I caused any harm. Vysotsky (talk) 10:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

re: Ellen Burka photo
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Bond
That didn't go very well, sorry about that. I'll have to pick my questions more carefully next time. - Dank (push to talk) 14:31, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Not your fault. Just way more dramatic than I care for. Pburka (talk) 19:36, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Italics for series titles
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Minimate
How an article can be merged int a redirect? I'm sorry I didn't understand the idea so I removed your template. If you are sure, please return it, but maybe with an explanation?Xx236 (talk) 08:59, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops. I meant merge to Minimates. That article itself is misnamed, and should be Minimate. Pburka (talk) 13:36, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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Translations of Official Names
Perhaps my text was too deterministic, there is no hard a fast rule, but it is in generally bad form to translate an official name if you can avoid it, if you do translate, translation should be in parenthesis, or you might translate and the give original name in parenthesis, I can agree to both styles. However translation of official names can often render a name unrecognizable, or simply odd. Albert Einstein is never rendered in Spanish as Alberto Einstein, the record label Deutsche Grammophon would not be recognizable if refereed to as German Records. Before editing the style entry I came across an entry on an article on Health Information Technology referring to the "German Hospital and the Hospital Italiano" in the same sentence, why not the "German Hospital and the Italian Hospital", best in this case was "Hospital Aleman and Hospital Italiano". If you search for Hospital Aleman you will go straight to the right page, if you search German Hospital, you will get a list of a multitude of hospitals. There are cases where translated names take on their own standing, such as the People's National Congress, this is particularly true of names which are officially written in another script. Yet as a general rule, avoiding translation is a good policy. The Argentine newspaper La Nacion, would never be translated to The Nation, nor would you ever list The New York Times as El Tiempo de Nueva York, or even El Times de Nueva York in Spanish Wikipedia. In an extreme case some people think that the country Colombia should be translated as Columbia, though most people see this a a spelling mistake. On the other hand we name Deutschland as Germany all the time and think nothing of it.

Would you accept then an edit that was more open? I do think this issue of name translation is important, and its a often a problem for me when I am reading both English and Spanish

this was may original edit:

Official names (of companies, organizations, or places) should not be altered. (St Thomas' Hospital should therefore not be rendered as St Thomas's Hospital, even for consistency.) Official names should not be translated (Hospital Aleman, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, should therefore not be rendered as German Hospital.) Maboitiz (talk) 17:09, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I suggest opening a discussion on the WT:MOS page, but I think it's going to be controversial. Historically, many terms have been translated when used in English (e.g. Germany, as you pointed out or, more controversially, Myanmar). We also don't use official names in many cases (e.g. IBM vs. International Business Machines Corporation). In fact, the advice on official names may even be seen to contradict MOS:TM, which tells us to "choose the style that most closely resembles standard English, regardless of the preference of the trademark owner." Pburka (talk) 18:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, review MOS:FOREIGN, as it covers some of these cases already. Pburka (talk) 18:21, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

The Standard Highline
Hello, thanks for the feedback on my edit to The Standard Highline. I was not attempting to be promotional in mentioning DeSimone. They were the structural engineer on the project and it has won many awards. I have also found an outside source to attest to this: http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2012/architecture/thestandard/index.htm

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GSheaNY (talk • contribs) 19:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I work for a PR Firm that works with DeSimone. They did not have a Wikipedia presence (as most other large engineering firms do) despite working on some of the most significant new structures in the world so I wanted to create a page for them. DeSimone is mentioned in numerous wikipedia pages, however there was no link to their won page as one had not been created. I purposely tried to not be promotional, only stating facts that could be sourced to independent sources. I am confused how adding the fact that DeSimone served as structural engineer on a project is promotional as it is extremely relevant to the structures discussed. Can you please provide some clarity on this? The DeSimone draft page i worked on is all sourced to outside sources and is purposefully not promotional. It also appears to be inline with other structual engineering firms Wikipedia pages. Can you provide some clarity on this...it is my first time editing or creating a wikipedia page!?! Thanks for your help! GSheaNY (talk) 20:55, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Broad street
the information comes from the Castello plan/map --- and index--- New Netherlands history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimmabee (talk • contribs) 03:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

maiden lane
references would be the court and land records of new Amsterdam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimmabee (talk • contribs) 03:04, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * You need to be more specific than that. Can you cite the specific records, preferably with a link to an on-line copy of the records? The citation needs to be specific enough that someone else can look it up and verify it. Please see WP:CITE for more information about this policy. Pburka (talk) 16:23, 24 April 2016 (UTC)