User talk:Racklever/Archive 4

vandal?
did you just accuse me of vandalizing? I take that seriously and you should remove it and talk me about reverting my edit. It's disrespectful knee jerk and I resent it. You simply brushed aside 3 hours of my work. Please respond quickly so we don't get into an edit war he said she said. This article should have the same standards as all others. I put a lot of effort into research my edit. Where is the proper source for "he took a prescription medication"? Did you even read what I wrote here. The links are bad the information in them is incorrectly entered and you just put it all back. How about you do some work here and tell me what part of this you think I got wrong. I will NOT let a vandalism charge go unanswered. Jackhammer111 (talk) 01:15, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Your edit deleted a section of an article which has six references . It would be better to edit the section add add new references to support your changes. --Racklever (talk) 16:42, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes I did, and I wrote in detail why I did. References that are not linked and use misrepresented text are not excuses for leaving serious accusations on someone's BLP. I notice you're not arguing any of the problems I pointed out with those sources. Read what I won't again and respond to what I wrote. If you wanna argue my points argue my points, but you can't justify a vandalism tag based on what you've written here. Reputable editors do not allow people to add disputable content to a BLP, and invent text in the citation that does not exist on the source page. Again I'm offended at the vandalism charge. deleting a section with no justification would be vandalism. I spent 3 hours writing justifications. That is not vandalism. I don't know how you go about removing that tag from the edit what I want you to do so. This is my second request and if you do not do so my next step is to get administrative help.Jackhammer111 (talk) 20:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Arthur Mayo (politician)
Hi-another article Arthur Mayo (politician) that can be added to Deaths in 2015 for November 3, 2015-many thanks-RFD (talk) 11:07, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

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False "Threatening"
Goodevening, I don't know if I should address to you, but I didn't found a "Report User" page. Before a while, the user User:Sportsfan 1234 let me a message in my talk page that says that I made disruptive edits to the 2016 Summer Olympics page and if I continue, I will be blocked. In fact, the only thing I did to that page is to change the number of athletes to 17,076, as the Rio 2016 official site (http://www.rio2016.com) writes. What should I do? User:Dimsar01 talk 15:22, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There has never been more than 11,000 athletes at the Summer Olympics, so the 17,076 seemed like a made up number (I cannot find it on the website either). Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 18:50, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

BLP and bands
Band articles fall under the BLP project. So if a section is not sourced, BLP unsourced section should be applied. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:06, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * BLP unsourced section is meant for BLPs (Biographies of Living People) only, not related articles. BLP policy apples to all articles including bands. Database reports/Potential biographies of living people (1) was created to keep track of improper usage and currently it only has 89 articles. --Racklever (talk) 15:00, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Jagjit Kaur
Was there a reason why you removed the speedy for Jagjit Kaur? It was a previously deleted speedy-not a prod or anything like that. Wgolf (talk) 22:21, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It has references so speedy is not appropriate.--Racklever (talk) 23:25, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Arman Arian page is pourly sourced
Dear Racklever I saw you have tagged the page Arman Arian as biographies of living persons and this tag says:  Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. I checked all the references carefully and I found none of them relative to the content they are referring to. So I removed most of the page contents. But user Atlantic306 didn't let me do it and reverted everything. Please take a look at the page and tell me if I can remove the contents that have no reference. I also tried to find source for the page content both in English and Persian but found nothing. I think this page should be removed completely. I am waiting for your reply. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric hack (talk • contribs) 09:36, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * You need follow the procedure at WP:PROD if you want the article deleted.--Racklever (talk) 09:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of
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Tour Down Under
Hi Racklever. You should avoid to use Wikidata in articles. I try and had problems with an hand of users. But you do as you want, the program woks very well in different languages. If you need to have better translations in English, kits are here and here. I can speak English but it is very basic. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick (talk) 10:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Death of Jeff Prothero (Cynbe ru Taren)
I believe that the edits you reverted on Cynbe ru Taren that noted his death were made by his wife, who also left a signed comment on Talk:Cynbe ru Taren referring to him in the past tense from the same IP and on the same date.

Anyway, Jeff was a colleague and friend of mine, and I can confirm that he has passed away, although I have no public source I can cite. I left more details on the talk page. Dr.frog (talk) 19:58, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Namsa Leuba
Yes, interviews are okay within limits as self-published sources, but you restored a mountain of unsourced and unreliably sourced claims... czar 19:25, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

TX Watch Company
Just curious why you would grade the TX Watch Company article at START when an article like Remontoire gets "C?" The TX article has three times as many sources, has 898 readable text words vs. 736 for Remontoire. Obviously it can't come down to article size, but number of sources and depth of coverage do relate to size. And seriously, many of the other START grade articles have far fewer references and cover their subjects far more briefly.

The TX article probably isn't going to grow very much, given that the company is defunct. Is it even possible for an article like this to achieve anything higher? Is the rating of the article conflated with the IMPORTANCE of the subject of the article? What suggestions do you have to improve the quality? I'm assuming that since you graded the article, you'd have specific reasoning to why it's not C or B.

Thanks. 842U (talk) 16:28, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Your WikiProject Biography using AWB here on Erika Grey
Dear Racklever: I noticed your edit referenced in the title above.

Just a timely update: The latest relisting is already 1 day past espiry, and you might want to read the VfD page, here: permalink, and weigh in before it's too late. Just saying. Thanks.96.59.177.243 (talk) 05:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Enzo Mirigliani
I've proposed deleting this page. Please fix it now. Bearian (talk) 03:54, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Brian Snitker
He's not dead. There was vandalism on his page today that said he was, but he's not. Please be careful. - BilCat (talk) 06:30, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Waltham Watch Company
Hi, Could you please explain why you undid my edit yesterday? I had corrected one piece of erroneous information (Appleton, Tracy & Co. never made "chronometers"), and I had added an explanation that the movement design AT&Co had inherited from the Boston Watch Co., which AT&Co called the "Model 1857," actually predated 1857 by about three years. Should I assume you know the difference between a "chronometer" and a "chronodrometer?" Your subsequent reference to "railroad chronometers" makes me wonder. (That phrase was watch company advertising hype of a later period, which was effectively devoid of meaning.)

Wiki articles are supposed to be community resources, which are not "owned" by any particular individual. Thus, I expect that when a constructive change is made to an article, and then is explained by the editor, it is respected, and not merely undone without discussion or explanation. I am a Fellow of the NAWCC who has collected, researched and written about early American watches for over 30 years, and there are several other contributions I could make to that wiki. But I wanted to clear up this issue first. Thank you! Clint Geller (talk) 16:41, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * You have to provide references for changes to an article. This is the number one rule. Someone who is not an expert can read the reference for a more detailed explanation.


 * The international definition of a chronometer is any timepiece that passes a series of official tests. This is not to be confused with the detent chronometer escapement which Waltham never made. The Chronodrometer was a chronograph so has nothing at all to do with the subject in question. --Racklever (talk) 21:37, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

You can help!

 * Racklever I am still working on my article Draft:Joy Chinwe Eyisi before it was moved. Anyway, could you help me de-orphan it as you have p;laced a tagged on it? Better still, tell me the parameters template to use to introduce a link to the said orphaned article.--Nwachinazo (talk) 09:52, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Ekkehard Hübschmann
Please could you tell me how to delete User:PeterBraun74/Ekkehard Hübschmann? - I dont understand the template-sites. Tried yesterday. -PeterBraun74 (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Just use Template:db-u1 --Racklever (talk) 09:33, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -PeterBraun74 (talk) 19:34, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Precious three years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Alan Sinfield
Do you think this is sufficient to add it back to Deaths in 2017 please? It was removed yesterday. Earlier today I e-mailed several newspapers including The Guardian asking them to publish his obituary...we'll see if they pay attention.Zigzig20s (talk) 11:35, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I have already added it to Deaths in 2017. --Racklever (talk) 12:38, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * He died on Saturday (2nd).Zigzig20s (talk) 12:44, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Mary Lee Woods reference
You have deleted the date and place of Mary Lee Berners-Lee's death. As a friend of the family I received an announcement and attended the funeral. I do not think the press have picked up on it, so what sort of reference is appropriate in the circumstances?--TedColes (talk) 07:59, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Usually a newspaper obituary is sufficient.--Racklever (talk) 09:53, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Muhiyidin d'Baha entry in 2018 deaths
Hi, you've completely removed Muhiyidin d'Baha from the 2018 deaths page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2018 He died yesterday (6 Feb) - did you mean to remove him from the 7 Feb list and add him to the 6 Feb list ? Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:42, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * As discussed on the talk page he is listed on the 6th as Muhiyidin Elamin Moye --Racklever (talk) 19:53, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! Rodney Baggins (talk) 20:50, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Misha Arobelidze for deletion
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Bell & Ross
Hi, Racklever. Since you removed my PROD nomination from Bell & Ross and added a reference, I thought you might be interested in commenting in this discussion, and/or at the AfD I've opened: Articles for deletion/Bell & Ross. Bishonen &#124; talk 15:40, 9 April 2018 (UTC).

Someone sabotages!
Please remove the removal request from the Ilia Hashmi pageMrloopitus (talk) 11:33, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Reversion on Manitonquat
Please do not use a machete when a scalpel would do. There were two legitimate edits on Manitonquat that were wiped away by your reversion, specifically a correction of the non-existent parameter pen_name to pseudonym, & the inclusion of the July 17, 1929 template.

Also, why you did not simply use a citation needed template or check to see if there were any citations confirming the death?

Peaceray (talk) 22:04, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hoaxes on social media such as Facebook and Twitter are very common so it is vital to add a reliable citation when adding a death. --Racklever (talk) 22:23, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Um, that's an ignoratio elenchi. I am not in contention with requiring WP:V from WP:RS, although placing a cn or searching for a citation might have been more productive. What I was wondering about is why you removed legitimate edits when objectionable edits could have been easily excised? Peaceray (talk) 01:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Pippin Drysdale image
Hi, just wondered why you removed the centering and enlargement of the image on this page. The style pages on images do not discourage the use of images in this way ... unless I missed it. Thanks. Ratel (talk) 08:56, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I think it looks cleaner this way.--Racklever (talk) 09:07, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, mostly I agree with you, but this particular shot looks best in the wider format as it is almost a panoramic photo. Looks good like this on the mobile platform too (more and more people are using mobile to access WP, I hear). Thanks for the interest in the article. Ratel (talk) 10:27, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

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Amjad Siddique artilcle
Hi rack why your edit is not showing on Wikipedia can you help me? Usama00722 (talk) 11:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The edit just added categories that are only visible in desktop mode. --Racklever (talk) 12:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

BLP tag on article talk pages
Since WP:BLP does not only apply to articles about currently living people but all articles where living people are discussed or mentioned, and since WP:BDP specifies that the policy "can extend for an indeterminate period beyond the date of death" (mentioning two years as an outside limit) there is no reason to remove the "blp=yes" tag on talk pages for articles about people who are very recently deceased. Talk:Sara Danius even has a hidden note that specifies this; if you feel that there are exceptionally strong reasons to remove the tag, please start a discussion about that on the relevant talk page, but I don't think it is a good idea to systematically remove blp=yes from talk pages. It looks as if you have been doing that, for various articles about people who died within the last few days or weeks, and I'm not sure why. --bonadea contributions talk 17:23, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
 * BLP policy applies to all articles. The BLP template adds the article to Category:Biography articles of living people so should only be used for living people and he very recently deceased. --Racklever (talk) 17:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

"change ref"
Nope. We don't include information from unreliable sources. Feel free to reinstate the information with a reliable source, but that isn't one. Guy (help!) 13:24, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I changed the reference to a reliable source.--Racklever (talk) 14:33, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

If you have an opinion
Regarding the AfD discussion, of this article that you've edited. plese feel free and stop in and express it. Cheers. 67.167.8.141 (talk) 05:13, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Odd category
Hi Racklever. I'm curious to know why you did this considering he died a little while back?  Rob van  vee  18:47, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I did not notice the reference. I should have added 2020 deaths.--Racklever (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 *  Rob van  vee  18:54, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

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