User talk:Prof. Mc/Archive 1

Green Dog Food
Dear Prof. Mc, I would like to contest the speedy deletion of the Green Dog Food Wiki page. The article concerns a national UK brand and according to ongoing discussion on Wikipedia, the general consensus is that brands are worthy of entries. The wiki is fully cited and is one of many such wikis on dog food brands - none of which have been earmarked for speedy deletion, yet a number cite only their own website. The language employed is not bias and I have gone to pains not to reference specific products or use any form of advertising spiel. In support of my case I would cite such wiki entries as can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dog_food_brands.

I look forward to hearing from you on this. Gruntfuttock115 (talk) 17:25, 7 May 2014 (UTC)


 * FYI Grunt works for a PR agency - see for example the upload information on this file. They presumably have a COI with regards to this company. SmartSE (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Harriet Starr Cannon
Thanks for your review of this new page. After I posted it, it had a lot of edits by a supposedly experienced wikipedia editor, which IMHO made it worse, making your note poignant.Jweaver28 (talk) 12:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Seema Midha
Dear Prof. Mc. I am a new user and am a creating this page for a friend of mine. Any pointers as to what should be improved upon and why do you feel that it appears to be promotional. Thanks in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ManeeshMohnot (talk • contribs) 13:25, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Metadoxine
Thanks for reviewing the entry I made yesterday. I heard about Metadoxine because Alcobra wants to repurpose it for ADHD. I'll try to expand on that application soon. Fluidcarl (talk) 15:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Frank A. DeMarco
Thank you very much for your review of this page. I am new to this and I hope to keep progressing. Could you tell me what is the next step to see the AFC submission template removed? Ammiamm (talk) 01:01, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
331dot (talk) 13:17, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

WP:PROD should only be used for an uncontroversial deletion; you will probably need to use the WP:AFD process. 331dot (talk) 13:57, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Rashid Rehman
See section External links of page Rashid Rehman. He is in news of worlds's leading media. I will update the page time to time. on external link you may found so much detail of him. Hope you will remove the tags. Ameen Akbar (talk) 18:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm CaroleHenson. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, On New River, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. CaroleHenson (talk ) 10:21, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Removing AfD template
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inre Articles for deletion/Poovarasam Peepee
While unreleased films sometimes do not merit articles, this is not a hard nor fast rule. Applicable POLICY allows that future events may be spoke of, and in acknowledging this, applicable GUIDELINE for unreleased films lets us know that sometimes a film merits an article even if not yet released. See WP:NFF (paragraph 3). Expanded in the essays WP:NYF and WP:FFEXCEPTIONS. Because it is seen that the film being considered for deletion has indeed been subject of coverage in multiple reliable sources AND because it is slated for release within three weeks, inclusion criteria are met and I ask you to reconsider your deletion stance. There is no shame (and indeed some great wisdom) in withdrawing your nomination. Thank you,  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 04:40, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Makes sense. Thanks. My concern wasn't really about when it was to be released, but that even upon release it didn't seem to meet criteria. But I've got no ego in this. I'm happy to hear from someone with plenty of experience that I should withdraw the nomination. Prof. Mc (talk) 05:19, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Well said. I have no qualms about supporting a delete for topics simply not ready, but when they are, I support a keep. Thank you.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 05:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I tried to follow the steps to withdraw my nomination, but seem to have done it wrong. Any advice on what I need to do to actually get the nomination withdrawn and off the page?
 * A bit difficult to simply undo an AFD once it gets listed in the delsorts. So best to do just as you did... but better to do a strikethrough of the nomination statement and do an bulleted and emboldened Withdraw nomination with explanation following right after that. And thank you... Iranian films are difficult to source unless they actually get out of Iran.  As this one was by a notable Iranian film producer, we'll get more.   Schmidt,  Michael Q. 03:09, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for taking care of that, and for the tutoring. Prof. Mc (talk) 10:22, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

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Deleted contributions
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 * Thanks, that does help, yes. I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. Prof. Mc (talk) 13:03, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Are you clear about how WP:PROD works?
As can be seen at
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelantan_pitis&action=history

you PRODed Kelantan pitis a half hour after created it, with the following reason:
 * There is a short article on the Kelantan keping. This should be a subsection, or an extra sentence.

JoshXF challenged the PROD, inviting you to bring the dispute to the talk page. You instead reverted his challenge. That is not your prerogative. Once a PROD fails, you have to then resort to the AfD process. Please don't make that mistake again. Thanks 72.244.204.119 (talk) 21:41, 18 May 2014 (UTC) P.S. Perhaps you should consider delaying your WP:Requests for permissions/Rollback ?
 * I think what the log shows is that I reverted his deletion of my PROD. At least, when I compare my revision to his, and look at his Edit Summary, which says "Removed the text." The next revision is me restoring the PROD. At least, that's what I remember. And when I compare each revision to the next, that's what I see. What am I missing? Prof. Mc (talk) 22:15, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Your summary is correct. Anyone can remove a PROD, even the article's creator.  You aren't supposed to restore a PROD once it was challenged. Instead of reverting the removal of the PROD, you're next step was (and still is) an WP:AfD 72.244.204.119 (talk) 22:30, 18 May 2014 (UTC).
 * Oh, yes, I see what you're saying now. My apologies. Yes, lesson learned when it happened. Certainly my request for rollback can be denied, but I still think it's a fair request for me to make. I've worked on a lot of vandalism since then, and have tended to stay away from the new article creation stuff. And, I've stuck to reverting clear vandalism on the non-beer pages. I appreciate the feedback from you, honestly. Prof. Mc (talk) 23:03, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Of course you'll get wp:rollback sooner or later. All that the rest of us can hope is that you make a good-faith effort to learn the WP:PG, while keeping the WP:FIVEPILLARS in mind... Good luck. 72.244.204.119 (talk) 23:47, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm sure it's not the last mistake I'll make. As far as I can tell, my mistake on the Kelantan pitis was not catastrophic. I've learned from it, and hopefully will from any others I might make. Again, thanks for the feedback. Prof. Mc (talk) 23:54, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Closed AFD discussion of N S Narendra
Hi. Thanks for withdrawing your nomination of the article. I'd like to make some points clear. The article may not be notable by content (esp in the beginning when it's new article), but may be as a subject, just as it was in the case of N S Narendra. So in such cases, all you need to do is just check if all the notability guidelines at WP:N (and any notability criteria specific to the subject are met) by using Google search. If they fail even after these, you may go ahead and nominate them for deletion or in some cases, they may even fall under WP:CSD. If you are not sure of whether the article is a candidate for deletion through any of the process, you may just leave it alone, someone familiar in the subject of the article may nominate it if it is. We all make mistakes and they are meant to be since we learn from them. So, no worries. If you have any queries, feel free to ask me or anyone else. Cheers! &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk 15:36, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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Deleting my edits to Fadak
I do not understand why you and others are consistently deleting my edits to Fadak, I will make it more concise and summarize it, but it seems VERY biased that you are not allowing an alternative research to be added for the public to view, rather than a one sided view. I even added a specific header for the alternative opinion and didn't delete any existing information.

The page currently has a lot of detail according to a minority opinion, so for you to say my post is not suitable for the page is rather hypocritical. None the less I shall summarise it and make a different page if need be, so if the public do wish to research it, they can get a balanced research rather than a one sided one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MissyB786 (talk • contribs) 15:10, 26 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi MissyB786. Your edits are being reverted/deleted because they seem to violate Wikipedia's style guidelines with regard to neutrality and point of view. You are quoting from religious texts for information on a place, and the language/prose you're using draws heavily on prose more appropriate to a religious text. You might consider reading through the Wikipedia Manual of Style before making any more edits. Prof. Mc (talk) 15:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Flowers in the Columbian Exchange
Hi Prof Mc. I just saw your name at the Columbian Exchange and I see that you are historian. I did an edit or two at Dahlia and when I saw it came from Mexico, immediately thought of the Columbian Exchange. It has just dawned on me that no flowers/ ornamental plants are listed at Columbian Exchange. Do you think you could come up with a few, or are they just too many to list? As an aside, do you know that there are at least about 10 species of grasses, wild flowers and trees that entered South Africa accidentally in the bales of fodder that the British brought from Argentina to feed their horses during the Anglo-Boer war? Pampas grass, cosmos, araucarias, tumbleweed, ... Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 00:36, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! I think you'll probably find lists of plants transferred during the Columbian Exchange in books like Guns, Germs, and Steel, but I can't pull out any list right now, sorry. Prof. Mc (talk) 20:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Removal of thread on project talk?
Hello, one of your recent edits appears to have removed my thread from WT:WikiProject Economics which was inviting any interested parties to consider undertaking the GA review for Global financial system at WP:GAN. Did you intend to remove it, or might it have been a mistake? Judging from the varied removals/additions of entirely separate threads, I cannot discern the intended purpose of your edit. Perhaps you might take another look and correct anything you didn't mean to modify? Cheers,  John Shandy`   &bull; talk 01:50, 28 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi!. I have absolutely no idea how that happened. I was trying to post a note about the MonteDaCunca sock puppet. I'm also not quite sure how to restore that text without being sure that I'm not removing the intervening edits. Can you help? My apologies for that mistake. Again, I've no idea how that came to be. Prof. Mc (talk) 10:19, 28 May 2014 (UTC)


 * No problem, you must have accidentally selected a large portion of the article text before typing your message. At any rate, I've gone ahead and restored just my thread. I won't bother with the other content, since I cannot discern what else should be restored. We all make goofs from time to time - I certainly have. Cheers,  John Shandy`   &bull; talk 02:53, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Leatherback sea turtle
Please explain this edit. Why is no reason given in the edit summary? Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 08:28, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Reverted a good-faith edit using STiki. I don't usually put more than that, since a comparison of the two versions makes it self evident, but the edit I undid completely reversed the meaning of the sentence, and made it internally self-contradictory. It wasn't quite vandalism, but not quite a joke. So I assumed good faith. Prof. Mc (talk) 12:30, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Evaluation
Thanks for evaluating the new article San Diego Brewing Company for WikiProject Beer. But - stub? really? With three paragraphs and five references? The project quality scale defines "stub" as "A very basic description of the topic; Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition." Just asking; I'm no expert in evaluating articles. --MelanieN (talk) 18:25, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! First, let me say--it's not personal. Assessing an article as a "Stub" is not a judgment on the importance of the subject. Second, it's subjective. Third, as usual I looked through the assessment criteria at WikiProject Beer when I examined this page. The relevant section, to me, for calling it a "Stub" was "The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article." It seems short to me, and while it has some organization I think it's still in the "rough collection" stage. It seems to require more content to make it to the next level.


 * That having been said, if you think it qualifies as a "Start," then please feel free to change it. As I wrote, it's not personal, and it is subjective. I can see some reasons it might be labeled a "Start," and am of course not about to engage in an editing-assessment war over start vs. stub. I do, however, think it should remain assessed as a Low-Importance article, based on the information it currently contains.


 * I hope this all helps. Prof. Mc (talk) 18:36, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, I'll accept your judgment. I'm just used to thinking of a stub as being one or two sentences. And I certainly agree about the "low importance". --MelanieN (talk) 20:05, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * OK. Well, like I said, it's subjective. I certainly think it's right on the edge. Another paragraph with citations and I'd have probably said "Start." Or even on a different day. I think it goes either way. Prof. Mc (talk) 20:18, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, and thanks for the re-evaluation! I didn't mean to lobby you (well, I guess I did, a little bit) but I do think that reflects the current state of the article. And thanks for the behind the scenes work you do in maintaining these articles, it's thankless but important. --MelanieN (talk) 14:40, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, and while I am shamelessly lobbying, could you take another look at Beer in San Diego County, California? I think it may have moved beyond the "start" category but I don't believe in rating my own articles. --MelanieN (talk) 14:45, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to look at it again, sure thing. If you don't mind I'll put it on a list of things for this weekend or early next week at the latest. Doing Stub and Start are fairly quick to do, but I'd take a bit more time assessing Start --> C. On quick glance it does look good, but I'd prefer to take some time on it, if you don't mind. Then I can leave some feedback on the Talk page explaining my process, instead of doing it in the Summary. That OK? Prof. Mc (talk) 14:54, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be great, whatever works for you; there's certainly no rush. And I do appreciate the care you take in rating these things. Part of the reason for rating is to encourage people to improve the articles, and as you can see it worked here! (Heck, maybe I could learn a little so I could do some rating of other articles as needed.) --MelanieN (talk) 15:17, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Sam Adams Edits
I noticed that in all the great editing you're doing that you un-wikilinked Lager. What that intentional? Prof. Mc (talk) 20:05, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes. I was thinking of WP:LINKCLARITY and WP:SPECIFICLINK because what I unlinked was part of a product name, and the link went to lager rather than pale lager, so the intention was to link the pertinent part of the description of the product (as in "a 5% abv pale lager"), but I didn't come upon a description, so it got overlooked. I will look up the product shortly, and then write a short description of it, linking the part(s) of the description that may be helpful. If I don't get around to it in the next day or two, and you already know the product, then please go ahead and write a description yourself.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  07:42, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

List of breweries in Indiana
I'm working on updating this page to list all breweries here in Indiana. I assume you just deleted the updated list because of all the red links and probably because I wasn't logged in. I am working on updating this list right now to reflect the links to each brewery's wiki page if it exists. The red links help me see which link needs to either be updated or removed. I am not linking to their websites and this list comes from the Brewers of Indiana Guild. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IndyHomeBrewer (talk • contribs) 14:10, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yes, I did remove those because it was a list of redlinks and the edit came from an IP address with no other edits. Though I will say that they'd have probably been deleted anyway. Now that I'm aware of what you're working towards, so I'll won't delete the stuff you're doing so quickly, but in general the "List of breweries" pages are patrolled pretty tightly for redlinks and spam. I'm just one of four currently active people who watch those. So you might consider making the list in your sandbox, getting it in shape, and then pasting it in. You might also look at the other "List of breweries" pages as a guide, starting with List of breweries in Arkansas etc etc etc. Prof. Mc (talk) 14:16, 20 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Was curious why the list of breweries I added to the Indiana page was removed on Sept 6th? All of the city, state links were correct and any brewery that had a wiki page had a link to the page. --IndyHomeBrewer (talk) 18:29, 15 November 2014 (UTC)-
 * I removed them because there was no evidence that they actually existed. Generally you need to include a link to an independent source [ie. a newspaper, magazine article, etc. and not the brewery's website] showing that the brewery is real. Prof. Mc (talk) 01:42, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Ahhhhh... So I'll need to find an article somewhere talking about the brewery?  Would I add that link to the See Also or Reference section? -- (talk) 14:32, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Look at some of the other "List of Breweries" pages to get an idea for how they're done, but in general they are references/footnotes. Prof. Mc (talk) 19:29, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks IndyHomeBrewer (talk) 19:57, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

List of breweries in Tennessee
Why in the world did you revert all the hard work I spent on adding to this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian-L (talk • contribs) 16:01, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Because if you are going to list breweries on a page, they need to have an independent source verifying their existence and significance. So, a link to a newspaper article or to an already-existing Wiki page. A link to a brewery's website is not an acceptable source.Prof. Mc (talk) 13:25, 3 August 2015 (UTC)


 * You've got to be kidding. That doesn't make sense, as for one thing 99% of Wikipedia content has no "newspaper article or to an already-existing Wiki page" linked. So how is a breweries existence any different? Besides, a brewery's website has more credit than an already-existing Wiki page. And how does a newspaper article make things official? And what if no "newspaper article or to an already-existing Wiki page" exists to link to? Those references just clutter up things anyway. And many link to articles with outdated information that is no longer true. I showed my version of the page to a few people who found no problem with it.
 * It seems like you would welcome and appreciate the lengthy work of others, and if you want links, work on adding those yourself or allowing other users to, instead of just discarding the whole page. Honestly I highly doubt anyone other than you would have a problem with these breweries being listed. And why would they? FYI, I've been to most of these breweries personally.


 * Just curious, why do you think this is all your decision? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.141.177.179 (talk) 17:15, 3 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi and . Thanks for your response here. I've been curating the "Breweries" pages for a bit more than a year, along with a few other editors, including, ,  and a few others. We curate the pages following the generally-accepted guidelines for Wikipedia in general, and for the beer-related pages specifically. Here's a general guide that covers this: WP:LISTCOMPANY. Here are the general, project-related Guidelines: WikiProject_Beer/Guidelines.


 * In terms of "my decision," it is not. I'm curating the pages based on generally-accepted Guidelines established by the Wiki community and the Project Beer folks. Feel free to initiate a discussion about this at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Beer. \


 * Finally, I've reformatted your replies and posts to my page. When you reply, please use the colon [:] to indent your reply to keep them readable. Also, please remember to sign your posts. Thanks! Prof. Mc (talk) 17:34, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Removed Content
Hi there,

The reason I didn't explain why I removed content was just Wiki ignorance. I don't know how or where to explain.

I removed the link to Jennifer Coolidge birthday on Aug 28, Because the link takes you to her page where she is listed as being born on June 1.

Thanks Tuneman45 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.116.40.122 (talk) 20:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks!

Kashmir
You will never understand the pain caused by militiants and pakistanies on innocent like me who are living as Kashmir pandits in the region come to reality you fkr Girish ghost (talk) 02:40, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Good faith?
Is pipelinking a BLP's name to "Fat Bert" really a "good-faith edit": ? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:10, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Benefit of the doubt? Getting soft. Yeesh, I have no idea. I had just handed out a few vandalism warnings via Stiki and was starting to feel guilty. Mea culpa, for sure. Prof. Mc (talk) 01:12, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You might want to hand out another warning template or two, Mac. There is some sort of crazy IP edit-war going on over Bret Bielema's name, with several IP users pipelinking the article title to "Bert Bielema" or "Fat Bert" or variations thereof in multiple Arkansas Razorbacks and Wisconsin Badgers articles.  You can check out the 10 or 15 most recent rollbacks in my contributions log -- I don't use rollback that often and they stand out like a sore thumb.  Cheers.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:17, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe it needs to be nominated for temp protection? Prof. Mc (talk) 01:19, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was already done. Pubs closed early tonight? Prof. Mc (talk) 01:21, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Mac, if that's a suggestion that I need to stop editing, and go have a pint, you may have a valid point.   Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:28, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ha! No, I was thinking that the edit-war was because people were bored. But heading out for a pint isn't a bad idea. If I still lived in England, I'd definitely head out. Nothing like an English pub to soothe the troubles. Prof. Mc (talk) 02:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Matteo Renzi
Hello, I assume that you don't like zodiac signs and that you are the judge about the fact that putting the zodiac sign is to be considered "not constructive". Btw which is YOUR zodiac sign? p — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.61.81.145 (talk) 19:17, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Please Stop Editing Salvatorian College Page
I have reverted your edits of Salvatorian College. It was founded by the Venerable Francis Jordan. Please do not change it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.169.21 (talk) 18:38, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. According to the webpage of the entry you are editing, you are introducing incorrect information. The webpage does not say that it was founded by that person, who died decades before the college opened. Please explain your edit. Prof. Mc (talk) 18:42, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I hope I can clear this issue up as I used to work for Salvatorian College. M. Anderson was a Cover Supervisor who used to work at the school. I have no idea how the idea came about to him becoming the founder of the school, this is not true. The school was actually founded by Father Gabriel Enderle, who did so under the wishes of Father Francis Jordan, however - Francis Jordan is generally attributed as being the founder of the college, by the college authorities when they celebrate "Founders Day" on the 8th December. I hope this clears everything up. Regards, Henry Balkwill - Former College Chaplain (2010-2014)

balkwillh (talk) 12:04, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. To be honest, it isn't really relevant who the college celebrates as its founder. If it was founded by Fr. Enderle under the wishes of Fr. Jordan, then it was founded by Fr. Enderle. One of the issues people complain about with regard to Wikipedia is accuracy, and as an encyclopedia it should reflect reality, not the wishes of the subject matter. Prof. Mc (talk) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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Blocked my access
Hello User:Materialscientist. I see that you've blocked me from editing Wikipedia until March 2016, but didn't leave an explanation as to why on my talk page. If this is in relation to the classroom assignment that went awry, this seems a bit harsh. It was an honest mistake that I immediately took steps to correct. I've got a record of pretty consistently good contributions apart from this one. . . well. . . very honest mistake. I'm also working with the Wikipedia Ed people to restructure this assignment for next time. If it's for something else, I'd be interested to know what. I've not received any warnings for anything that I can find. Thanks! Prof. Mc (talk) 12:51, 12 December 2015 (UTC)


 * This must be a block of the IP you've been using as you aren't blocked. I'll try to figure out what to do. Doug Weller (talk) 18:06, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Unblock request

 * Can you tell us the message you are getting? If it refers to an IP address that you don't want made public, that can be emailed to someone who knows more about rangeblocks than I do. Peridon (talk) 19:40, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Peridon. I get:

You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia.

You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them. Editing from 2605:A000:161C:0:0:0:0:0/48 has been blocked (disabled) by Materialscientist for the following reason(s):

CheckUser evidence has determined that this IP address or network has been used (not necessarily by you) to disrupt Wikipedia. It has been blocked from editing to prevent further abuse.

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:16, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * However, I am logged into my account, not trying to edit from an IP. Prof. Mc (talk) 19:53, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * No, you aren't blocked (not directly, anyway) - but someone else in that range is, and they must be changing IPs in that range. It's a checkuser range block, so only a checkuser can do something about it. It's affecting anyone in that range, not just you. Peridon (talk) 20:35, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply, Peridon. I had not encountered this type of block before, so I'm learning as I go. I've contacted the person who put the block in place. We've exchanged some messages previously regarding some pages we both patrol, so hopefully I can get this resolved. The block may be in place because of something I inadvertently caused--a Wiki-oriented assignment with students in one of my university classes that I've done for several years but that this semester I didn't not explain or cover very well before turning them loose. Anyway, I'll follow up with the checkuser. Thanks fro your quick attention. Prof. Mc (talk) 20:42, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * You can also request an IP Block Exemption which may solve your problem.


 * I've now received an answer to my request for comment from the blocking administrator. It is clear that you were not the intended target of the block, but the person who was the target has been very troublesome for a very long time, so that unblocking is an unattractive option. There are other possibilities that could be considered, such as giving you IP block exemption, but I am also told that you never edited from this IP range until yesterday, so the question arises as to whether you need to edit from the same range. I have no way of knowing why you have moved to a new range: you could be editing from a different place, or your IP address on the same connection could have changed for any one of a number of reasons. Are you able to just edit from another IP address? If you are, that may be the easiest way to deal with the problem; if not, we can ask the blocking administrator/CheckUser to consider other options. I am really sorry this is taking a while to sort out, and I can easily imagine it must be frustrating for you, but I hope we can get some solution before too long. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:42, 13 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi JamesBWatson, Peridon, Materialscientist, and Doug Weller. I really appreciate everyone looking into this. It turns out I am not blocked when I try to edit from my computer at work. So . . . apparently . . . this is something that is related to my at-home service, which is through the cable company, which all routes through a central city in my state. Ugh. As I wrote above, this just started while I was out of the country last week, so it would appear that someone in the same IP stream as me needed to be blocked, and I've been caught up in this somehow. And, I guess, the IP stream that serves my house must have changed in some way. When I read the block message the IP address listed is not one that's familiar to me. Probably the next step is for me to do some "intensive IT work" and simply turn my router off and on to see if it picks up a slightly different IP when it reconnects. Failing that I'll fill out the form for an IP block extension, as the cable company through which I get my internet access is notoriously unhelpful in all things related to customer service. Again, I appreciate the help on this. Prof. Mc (talk) 14:08, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Looks like a good case for WP:IPBE to me - clearly an editor accidentally caught up in an unrelated IP block. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:44, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I can't find it but I thought someone said that wasn't feasible. Resetting the router is a good idea. Doug Weller (talk) 19:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * IPBE granted. Prodego  talk  04:47, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

List of Breweries in wherever
If items on lists need references to meet notability guidelines why not take five minutes to put them in instead of just deleting items en masse?

When you read about "The problem that's plaguing Wikipedia," know that the problem is people like you. Here's a reference: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/

Congratulations, you've driven a potential contributor away! Do they have a badge for that to go on your talk page?98.230.183.111 (talk) 20:25, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * 98.230.183.111 Hi. Thanks for your feedback. Sometimes I do, as in the List of breweries in List_of_breweries_in_Rhode_Island&action=history (which took two days), and sometimes I do not. I feel like people should take the time to read the Guidelines, but understand that the cannot always. Thank you for the feedback. Prof. Mc (talk) 20:37, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Why keep deleting breweries of the lists? The ones that are on their don't have references, why delete the ones that I put on? I won't be going back to change again, so you can be thankful that you are limiting progress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdahl7 (talk • contribs) 21:21, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter – March 2016
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Beer discussion
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beer which you may wish to participate in. Thank you. --MelanieN (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . I had just read it and was thinking about how to reply. I think you make good sense. I'm not a fan of the long lists of awards, especially since many of them are non-notable. But where's the cutoff line? Wherever it is, it should be made canonical on WP:ListBrew so it can be referenced when the long lists crop up. Prof. Mc (talk) 17:57, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Tara-Jean Popowich
I entirely agree about deletion. I reinstated the forwarding to competition page werldwayd (talk) 18:32, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick catch! Prof. Mc (talk) 18:34, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Leigh Daniel Avidan
I created the page as a redirect to Ninja Sex Party. I don't know who added to it, but... I think it should be restored to its first draft, rather than deleted. Anthonymous 18:42, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Feel free to take the CSD down and restore the redirect. Prof. Mc (talk) 18:46, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and did it. Prof. Mc (talk) 18:48, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * And someone has recreated the information on the page. . Prof. Mc (talk) 18:59, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * As expected. Is there anything you can do about Dan Avidan? It's not well-sourced or credible, but those contributing insist it is. I feel as though Ninja Sex Party has more than enough information on him. Anthonymous 19:44, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The only thing I would suggest at this point is temporary page protection. I don't have the ability to do that. Thoughts on that route? Prof. Mc (talk) 19:46, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * They've already done so, actually. They've taken this on as their own. xD Anthonymous 19:51, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, heh. But the protected page is Dan_Avidan, not Leigh_Daniel_Avidan, I think. Prof. Mc (talk) 19:55, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * There it goes. Thanks! Prof. Mc (talk) 20:00, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Citrus Pay
Hello Prof.

The [|Citrus Pay] page is not unambiguously promotional, because it is a fully functional financial technology company based in India and is regularly written about in the Indian media.

I was doing some research about similar companies, and found the page was missing. Hence decided to sign up and contribute to Wikipedia.

Also, I intend to improve this page with the help of my peers over some time as I gather more data in my research.

Please don't delete this page. Wikipedia community needs it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramdevkn (talk • contribs) 13:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi
Hi i received your message. I think you had been make a mistake.I edit right but you detele it.If you don't know what am i editing in the Malaysia airline u can just send me a message Kow Ethan (talk) 11:55, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

WLLZ Edit
Why did you undo my edit to WLLZ-LP? I put down its power was 893 watts, but you reverted it to 0.893 kilowatts. There's no difference, but 1000 watts make a kilowatt, so I don't think its power should be listed in kilowatts.Jack Marter (talk) 15:24, 17 June 2016 (UTC) Jack Marter (talk) 15:24, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . I didn't see anything in the edit summary field explaining why you made the change, nor why that was an improvement. Feel free to change it back, of course, and explain why you think the change is needed. Are the other radio stations listed in watts or kilowatts? That would be a good starting point for an explanation. Prof. Mc (talk) 15:32, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Re: Tumanbay, Tumanbay (Radio)
Hi. Your change seems reasonable. I moved the new page from Tumanbay (Radio) to Tumanbay (radio drama), which I felt was more descriptive (e.g. Neverwhere (radio play) and The War of the Worlds (radio drama)). Gamesmaster G-9 (talk) 03:00, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . Thanks. Is "radio drama" a normal naming convention? I'd not seen it. It's definitely more specific. Prof. Mc (talk) 15:19, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yup. It's most commonly used in the titles of adaptations of other works for the radio (Salem's Lot (radio drama)) is another example). Gamesmaster G-9 (talk) 06:14, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Overlinking on My Type
Hey Professor, I noticed that you tagged My Type as overlinked. As the page's creator and primary editor, I'm curious as to what you think can be done to clean it up. Thanks, Amccann421 &#160; (talk)  05:35, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . I've delinked the ones that don't seem directly relevant to the subject. Expanding the article would also help. Prof. Mc (talk) 11:54, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Looted art
Dear Prof Mc,

Thanks for your message. Whilst I appreciate your comments about what you might expect from an encyclopedia, I hope you will also appreciate the following?

- The extent text makes a giant leap -

USING: Unsubstantiated allegations, lack of justice and due process, inability to present case, misreading of the other underlying sources

TO: Making the wild and deeply grave claim that the individual concerned was THE PERSON who looted the entire South East Asian region. The South East Asian region consists of 10 or more countries! The individual concerned did not even speak the Khmer language.

It goes on to make so (yes, factual) statements about return of objects by museums in the US, but it does so in the context of "looting of the entire South East Asian region" ... .by one individual.

This jump and deduction is so patently absurd that the preceding text also has to go. So if you remove my text I would contend that you have to remove the preceding text as well and leave just the opening paragraph about the French.

This is what I will do, since I dont think there is any hope of the community agreeing a fair representation of the position here.

Nice to talk to you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trutheditor100 (talk • contribs) 05:50, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Buried Alive (performance)
You added some tags (neutrality etc.) to Buried Alive (performance) I tried to clean it up a bit, could you have a look? Thanks. K-pachs (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:59, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter (August 2016)
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WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter: September 2016
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WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter: November 2016
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