User talk:Shearonink/Archive 8

William Pūnohu White
Many thanks for the GA review on James Kaliokalani. I was wondering if you have the time, can you do a review of William Pūnohu White? Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:04, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please let me know if this does not interest you or you have no time for it at the moment. Because I may want to just skip the GA review (skip the waiting) and go straight for an FA review. No hard feelings either way just like to know so I can make a decision. Thanks!--KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:38, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you - I'd be glad to. I do think it would be useful to go for a GA first but it's up to you. Shearonink (talk) 04:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. Please do so (review it that is). Thanks!--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Élizabeth_Teissier/GA1
Thanks for this! I've responded to your points. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Re: Whisky Rebellion
Hello, thanks for the note. However, I know nothing about this subject; I only have the article on my watchlist to fight against vandalism. Therefore I don't feel comfortable dealing with the GA review. Graham 87 05:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah ok. Well thanks for the reply anyway. Shearonink (talk) 05:03, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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You've got mail!
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 * Hello! Are you still interested in access to newspapers.com? --Cameron11598 (Talk) 19:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Just took care of it. Shearonink (talk) 21:35, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks
Hi, many thanks for dealing with the GA review of Christopher R. W. Nevinson. Much appreciated.14GTR (talk) 15:26, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Newspapers.com Account
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A barnstar for you!

 * Heh, well, since the GAR requester is self-blocked I figured they weren't going to be able to do that requested spot-check and it didn't seem fair to let the article languish in some sort of a GAR/Wiki-limbo so I checked all the refs for at least one asserted fact. Glad to help, Shearonink (talk) 03:56, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And thanks for the Barnstar. Shearonink (talk) 04:00, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi
Thanks for you co-operation on the Hamill article. Could you please take a look at the settings for my talk page archiving. So I have done that correctly anyway :-) Good that the bot worked without any problems.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:31, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I had something else written up but then I noticed that the Bot isn't doing the archiving, you are?... You shouldn't have to be doing anything for your archiving to work. And all your archives are ending up on one page - User talk:BabbaQ/Archive 1.  The way it is set up now there will never be a User talk:BabbaQ/Archive 2...
 * Your archiving code is:




 * My archiving code is:




 * Disregard my counter #, that is constantly changing as the Bot moves stale (14 day old) posts from my main talkpage to my Archives. If you look at my Archive pages User talk:Shearonink/Archive 1 you'll see that my archive pages are set up to be a certain size (100K) and when that size-limit is hit the Bot then starts a new Archive page.  The Bot that is doing my archiving is Lowercase sigmabot III (which took over for MiszaBot I/II/III).  I can't tell if your archiving will work or not because you've been doing the moving yourself.  I could change your archiving to my style but 1)am not sure that's what you want and 2)your present Archive pages will not change...
 * I think you need to ask some of the techno-coding wizards around here to take a look at your set-up to see:
 * A)If your archiving will work and
 * B)If it does work, does it do what you want.
 * Hope this all helps, Shearonink (talk) 15:48, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I perhaps should have just left it alone. But that is not an option anymore. I would appreciate it if you could change to your code. So the archiving perhaps could start working for Archive 3 or similar. It is worth a try.BabbaQ (talk) 15:53, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I added another code. I will try and see how that works first. Thanks.BabbaQ (talk) 16:09, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I did add some linkage to the top of Archive 2 so there will be a link to the preceding and subsequent Archive pages. The important thing now is to leave it all alone - let the Bot do its work. Lol, I know that's hard - but you gotta let the dish cook a while to see if the recipe will turn out. Shearonink (talk) 17:20, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 3
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Looking for
another? O Fortuna! ...Imperatrix mundi.  15:59, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Not right now but hit me up next month and I'll be glad to take a whack at whatever :-). Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 16:26, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
 * -OK- will do. Cheers! O Fortuna!  ...Imperatrix mundi.  08:51, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ... just realised it was already 'next month' when I (very belatedly) acknowledged your reply; sorry about that. The article in question is this: it's dinky, but I asked here just to check it wasn't too dinky :) Hope you're well, O Fortuna!  ...Imperatrix mundi.  14:32, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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More Whiskey Rebellion content added
I can't tell you how much I admire your patience and kindhearted approach to your review of the Whiskey Rebellion. I decided not to ping you since I put so much content on the review page. I would be pinging you like crazy. As you can see, this is more of a leisurely and congenial effort - but still one worth completing to the end. Thank you again. The Best of Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) ✐   ✉  14:14, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

The Great Silence
Thank you very much for your review of The Great Silence. I removed the Amazon-related info from the DVD section, but how do you recommend I go about with the other changes you recommended? What should I rewrite within the protagonist section? PatTheMoron (talk) 11:17, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply, I've continued this discussion on Talk:The Great Silence/GA1. Shearonink (talk) 15:44, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

I've rewritten part of the protagonist section to explicitly mention the writers who described the film in the terms they did. Is it okay, now? PatTheMoron (talk) 09:13, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Ocute GA
Hi Shearonink, just curious when you might get started on the GA at Ocute? Just trying to prepare in case anything needs to be changed.--Cúchullain t/ c 20:09, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry I have been swamped with all the Reviews I have been doing for the GA Cup. I will get started on your GA nom/Ocute right now. Shearonink (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Not a problem at all, it's better to do things right than to do them fast.--Cúchullain t/ c 20:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, I just checked my Review page and I forgot to log Ocute onto it - many MANY thanks for the reminder. Shearonink (talk) 20:26, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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4th GA Cup - The Final
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Wytheville Raid
Thank you for reviewing the Wytheville Raid. Not everybody is willing to review an article with nearly 100 citations and 23 notes. I appreciate your work. It appears you have had some frustrating experiences with "Wikipedians" lately—do not let that destroy your passion. Hopefully they will lose interest after a short while, and you will still be involved. Thanks again. TwoScars (talk) 01:22, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, it was a pleasure to review your article. At first the length just looked absolutely overwhelming but once I got the timeline in my head it all started to make perfect sense.  Re: being around WP - Well, we all have good days and bad days...I try not to take any of it personally.  I've been editing on Wikipedia for around 7 years and I tend to think most people who stick around Wikipedia have the best interests of the project at heart even when we might disagree on how to get there.  Shearonink (talk) 01:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * No worries....Nom, nom, nom, nom.... chocolate... Shearonink (talk) 01:54, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Frankie Ruiz/GA1
Shearonink, I noticed that you posted to this page that you were failing the nomination, but you haven't yet actually closed the nomination on the article talk page by replacing the GA nominee template with a FailedGA one. I just wanted to check to see whether there was something else going on with this nomination, or if perhaps you simply forgot to take the final step here. Thanks for all that you're doing at GAN and GAR. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:49, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The whole thing made me very sad - I hated to do it but no one was answering my calls... Yeah, I'll go adjust those templates to be Failed. Ugh. Shearonink (talk) 14:51, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I know. It had been waiting so long. And for Caribbean H.Q. to have completed the offline draft and never published it (assuming that it what happened) or even edited Wikipedia since posting that it was ready is a great shame. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:42, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I left Talkbacks on both C-HQ's page and on Magiciandude's talkpage before I Failed it and didn't hear back from either editor. My main issues were that 1)so much of the article depended on a single faith-based source that the article took on a somewhat-hagiographic tone and 2)there were so many details about non-notable occurrences that the content ended up bordering on the trivial.  But still....it broke my heart.  They can always re-nominate it at a future date though. Shearonink (talk) 15:51, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I do hope they return and fix up the article, so it can be nominated again. And, this time, that it gets picked up sooner for reviewing. Thanks for taking it on, and for giving it a thorough review. Those issues needed to be addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:59, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Chantry Island Lightstation Tower - Dispute Resolution
@Shearonink Good morning,

I cannot tell if you have seen my new topic about Mediation on the Talk page for this article, but I will start the WP:DR process today. My post there explains why. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 11:10, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I have never seen a User delete another User's Talk page post. This is amazing.

03:53, 15 March 2017‎ Imasku (talk | contribs)‎. . (9,278 bytes) (-610)‎. . (→‎Recent edits)

03:47, 15 March 2017‎ Shearonink (talk | contribs)‎. . (9,888 bytes) (+610)‎. . (→‎Recent edits: new section) Peter K Burian (talk) 11:18, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Shearonink I have filed for Mediation Chantry Island Lightstation Tower vs. Imasku. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Chantry_Island_Lightstation_Tower#Parties.27_agreement_to_mediation Peter K Burian (talk) 17:26, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your thoughts on this but I'm moving on. While I disagree with this particular editor's action, I do not feel the need for mediation.  The user in question seemed very upset about the various edits on the article and about the posts on their user talk so in my case I am leaving it all alone. Shearonink (talk) 18:31, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * OK Shearonink I understand. I have walked away from some issues of this type too, in the past. But this time I will proceed. All the best, Peter K Burian (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I am concerned that this particular editor has been upset by our recent interest in the Lighthouse Tower article. I would ask that you proceed with the utmost of AGR and civility. Shearonink (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * OK @Shearonink I will try my best to be civil. It is harder when another user is so blatant. But I will try.


 * The info about you at the top of your page indicates you are the type of editor that 95% of us would be happy to collaborate with; and we could compromise to solve any issue if we occasionally disagreed. (But yeah, I have encountered the other 5% too, including one guy who sent me a veiled threat ... and then he said he could leave Wikipedia anytime if he got into any trouble and come back as a new user, starting fresh, without all the baggage. It may not be simple to do, but certainly possible.)


 * Keep in touch if you need help with some other article. My primary interests are History, Economy, Politics, Ontario communities, Canada, the UK, Sovereignty of countries and territories, the Caribbean, and yes, beer. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:55, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

who do you think you are
wrong garfield? who are you to say what garfield is "right" or "wrong you fascist — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donald7204 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 31 March 2017 (UTC) (UTC)

Aaron Swartz
Please stop hiding the truth about Aaron Swartz and dont change what i have written its the truth and i am not afraid by te way oif ieng hacked or arrestted i am not gonna stop from revealing the truth  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.34.179.43 (talk) 19:02, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Non-free images in talk page messages
Just a reminder to please check the non-free nature of an image before using it in user talk page messages (like here), as they may be non-free and inappropriate to use outside articles with a non-free use rationale.  Sounder Bruce  23:14, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The WikiLove notices are something I started doing when I pass an article to a GA status - I know how hard it is to get an article to be a WP:GA. I try to be as careful as possible about the "wikiloves" I leave for GA nominators of the articles I review and that being careful extends to taking a look at the various usage parameters included with the image-File.  There are images I have rejected for using on user talkpages because the licensing is too restrictive.  I see that this image does have the 4.0 CCSA licensure which includes an attributions' parameter so I was going to remove it from the WikiLove notice I left on your page.  I won't make that mistake again. Shearonink (talk) 23:26, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


 * The station icons (pictograms) for Sound Transit are not licensed under CC or anything compatible. They are fully copyrighted and should not be used in any WikiLove messages. I appreciate the messages that use my own pictures (or other appropriately-licensed pictures), though.  Sounder Bruce  23:30, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the correction. Shearonink (talk) 23:43, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * User:SounderBruce: I have responded to your posts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup/Disqualification Log. Shearonink (talk) 00:44, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Airbus A320 Family GA Review
Hey Shearonink, hope you're well and having a good week so far mate. Just came to let you know that I will be a lot slower than usual to fix the problems you have listed on the GA page, as this week I have embarked on a two week work experience programme at the bus company Go-Ahead London. I work all day from 9 to 5 and then have to write a log book for my college which takes an awful long time. Therefore I don't really have that much time throughout the week to fix the problems listed, however I will try my best if i get my log book finished early, and should be freed up by the weekend. Is there any way we can notify other editors to help out, such as at WikiProject Aviation? Thanks for your understanding and I will try to fix the issues you have mentioned when I get time. Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  20:46, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll leave a Talkback at the appropriate WikiProjects. As I am participating in the most recent GA Cup I would like to have this Review done before the end of the month.  There isn't really all that much to fix, especially considering the massive size of this article.  Maybe someone will be able to step in and lend a hand. Shearonink (talk) 20:52, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Everything alright? You havent been online for 4 days! All the concerns seem to be now fixed by, who I thank for stepping in and helping out in my absence. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  09:53, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look at the changes today. Life in general was interfering with Wikipedia-ing plus "stuff".  Shearonink (talk) 18:48, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Hamilton and slavery
Most all historians say he never owned slaves, though when he was younger, before he moved to what is now the United States, Hamilton worked for a Trade company that traded in slaves as well as other things such as Rum, sugar, etc. It is clear from his later actions that he was fervent in his disdain for slavery. This is evident in his writings on what he saw as the contradiction of the American Revolution's cry against the British "making slaves out of the colonist" and that the revolution was to bring about liberty and freedom from oppression of Britain when these same colonist oppressed and enslaved their fellow man. Hamilton tirelessly tried to end the slave trade in the United States, especially in New York and helped to found an organization, the first non-Quaker organization, whose goal was to abolish slavery in New York. Some of the members in question did have slaves but Hamilton was not among them. There is no evidence what so ever that implies that Hamilton participated in the American slave trade, in fact he appears to abhor the practice for moralistic and logic-based reasons, reasons that are believed by some historians to have their roots in his witnessing of the more barbarous Caribbean slave Trade, which was among the harshest in the world (South America's is considered to have been worse by some). Hamilton fought for equal rights for black citizens, fought to abolish slavery, and even wrote about how black people were "equal to us in terms of their mental faculties" and wrote in favor for a multi-cultural society in America, which broke from founders like Washington, Jefferson and others, who did not see slaves as being mentally equal to their slave-owning counterparts and saw who no way that freed slaves could coexist among their former masters. Hamilton even supported the Haitian slave revolt and again broke from his contemporaries in support for the new republic and sought to forge closer trade and diplomatic ties between Haiti and the U.S, but the Slave-holding interest in the south was spooked by the violent revolution and not only did they reject the plan but limited the rights of American-owned slaves in those states that still held them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OzarkerRazorback (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It would be better for the article for this issue to be discussed on the article talkpage but since you've raised the issue on my talkpages I'll respond here.
 * I understand that you have a strong point of view about this issue but there are considered differences of opinion between historians about if Hamilton owned slaves or if he did not. For Wikipedia to delete this sourced information from the article doesn't serve our readers or the subject well.
 * Looking at the literature and sources some things do seem to be true:


 * 1) Hamilton published statements against slavery and was a member of the Manumission Society.
 * 2) Hamilton bought and sold people as an agent for others.
 * 3) Hamilton profited from the slave trade because his wife's family, the Schuylers, owned many slaves.
 * 4) Some experts on the subject/historians have published statements that Hamilton held people as property and others have published statements that he did not hold people as property. Both viewpoints are supported by interpretations of historical documents/references.
 * Even though Wikipedia has a separate article about Alexander Hamilton and slavery is important that we also be able to verify any statements in the main Hamilton article - his opinions, possible ownership of people, his actions - from reliable sources.
 * A good overview can be found in the following Schuyler Mansion columns:
 * Mansion Mythbusters: Hamilton and Slavery Part I
 * Mansion Mythbusters: Hamilton and Slavery Part II.
 * Here are some other references that also lay out the various issues re: Hamilton/slavery:
 * Alexander Hamilton and the Abolition of Slavery in New York, by Rob N. Weston in Afro-Americans in New York Life and History (Journal)
 * Alexander Hamilton’s exaggerated abolitionism by Dr. Phillip Magness, PhD
 * Ambition & Bondage: An Inquiry on Alexander Hamilton and Slavery an article from the Columbia University and Slavery Project
 * A Hamilton Skeptic on Why the Show Isn’t As Revolutionary As It Seems (an interview of historian Lyra Monteiro by Rebecca Onion in "Slate")
 * Shearonink (talk) 17:06, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Pocono Mountains
I want to substitute a different Pocono Mountains for the existing one, but don't know how to do that. Also, I don't know anything about the Wiki writing rules. Can someone help? Mikalac (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2017 (UTC) Norm Mikalac: mikalac53@gmail.com

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, that's very kind of you. Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 01:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

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Ancestry
Hello Thanks for your efforts in trying to ferret out the basis for Ancestry edits in four Mississippi County articles that first appeared on May 11. As you noted in your recent edits on May 13, "...Info as stated does not seem to exist in cited source..." I was able to track down 2015 ancestry data for Perry County, Mississippi, but not at the "source" referenced by the IP user. Note that for Perry County, the numerical data in the statistical atlas reference do not match the numbers given by the IP users. I found it peculiar that the "contributions" of three different IP addresses (72.250.242.174 (North Carolina), 64.134.101.148 (Kansas), 98.103.156.199 (Ohio)) were basically limited to the four Mississippi Counties. It would appear the these edits are nothing more than vandalism and should be deleted. Plus, I doubt that "self-reported ancestry data" are considered reliable sources in Wikipedia. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 12:05, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I see this POV-warrior's asserted information at the source above and self-reported ancestry data is sort of part of the 2010 US Census (see Census questions) but this editor is asserting the information as being from "As of 2015" (which doesn't quite seem completely correct). There is a "Some other race" parameter, and I did find this for Perry County but these official stats don't agree with what has been added to the article.  I just wish this person (assuming it is all one person) would have cited a specific source for the info they added to the articles.  Maybe this is all a mangled classroom assignment for some online class...either that or meat/sock puppets with a strange sense of humor...  Assuming good faith (maybe they're just a new enthusiastic editor who travels around a lot...), I'm going to wait to see what they do with the reference improvement templates and the various notices on their talk pages.  Shearonink (talk) 13:40, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * You may be correct to 'wait and see', but please compare Perry County 2015 ancestry census data here, updated April 17, 2015, to that reported by IP editor as 2015 data in the Perry County article here — the percentages don't match. In fact, percentages don't match for any of the other 3 counties (Marion, Pearl River, Stone). Even if they did, should these "ancestry" tables now be added to all Wikipedia articles for counties in the United States? Woodlot (talk) 14:37, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, took me quite a while to tease out the actual figures - theirs aren't correct at all. Assuming it is all the same editor or a group of associated editors, the IP-hopping is an issue but I try to give folks a chance - I remember when I started editing here how the rules/guidelines seemed so obtuse and strange to me.  If they don't respond then I'll delete it all and give them a Level 3 & 4 Warning etc. if they revert again especially without an explanation.
 * And I agree with you that putting up all the self-reported ethnic percentages is not something I want to see in all (or even any) of the US County articles. If the editorial consensus were for adding the information then that would be different but that doesn't seem to be the case.   ...Btw have you noticed how all this country/ethnic percentages are for white Europeans? Shearonink (talk) 16:01, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * We seem to be in agreement. As regards to your question about 'country/ethnic percentages', yes the data appear to be skewed to European countries, while Hispanics and Asians are clumped into the "other" category, according to the table footnote, which is another reason to question its inclusion on Wikipedia. Woodlot (talk) 19:35, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * FYI - No answer to my posted concerns @ the "Ancestry" content on any of the talkpages, so I've gone ahead and removed the unsourced assertions. Shearonink (talk) 23:51, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

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A talk page bulletpoint
Hi, thanks for writing to me. Below I've posted your note followed with my reply.


 * Alfred Nemours - You are basically spamming - as in "repeating the same content over and over and over again" - your own posts. Your "replies" are often pretty much the same content "Please take a minute to actually read the comment itself... (etc.)" If you have an issue with the usage of the word "attack" within the pages of Wikipedia because you think it is disparaging certain groups, then, I am in agreement with EvergreenFir - I suggest you take the issue up at an appropriate Village Pump and not spread out/decentralize any possible discussions over multiple (23 at last count!) pages throughout Wikipedia.Shearonink (talk) 21:41, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks again for writing. My two replies were identical where I thought that they responded to the same criticism. As for the comment, the goal was never to decentralize discussion. It was not even to stimulate discussion or any editorial changes in the way any articles are structured. It was simply to register a concern with fellow readers that I find to be serious and fundamental to our understanding of an event. It so happens that this concern pertains to more than one event. I simply posted the comment where I thought it was applicable--again, under an obtrusive bullet in the talk page, bothering no one yet available to an interested reader. A reader with a specific interest in a deep and accurate understanding of recent events in London might not ever see a bulletpoint raised on a page relating to Manchester. I can see an interest in centralizing discussion that relates to proposed action on an agenda item. But no action is being proposed. I am simply registering a concern with fellow readers in a forum where space is not an issue and where bulletpoints are hyperlinked, facilitating easy navigation. I thought that's one of the things wikipedia talk pages are supposed to be about.  Alfred Nemours (talk) 22:41, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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So. I saw these edit summaries today...
WP:LEARNTOPUNCTUATE? Really. Wow... that is sooooo polite and helps promote a collegial editing atmosphere of respect and civility. Yeah. Shearonink (talk) 15:15, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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Lil Cory
Thanks. Editor was a sock, the master created an identical article called Cory Daniel Edwards. Doug Weller talk 09:17, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Re: puzzled about this import...
Hello, I was looking at the page history of the Classic books page on the Nostalgia Wikipedia and found that it contained [//nostalgia.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Classic_books&diff=65612&oldid=7275 this edit] which was not in the English Wikipedia database. Using a right I have in Wikipedia called importupload, I was able to copy (or import) that edit to the English Wikipedia history at "Classic book", so it now appears [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Classic_book&diff=793484642&oldid=241341 like so]. There are several peculiarities about the way it appears when it is imported (described on my user subpage about importing), but the main thing is that the edit is now properly attributed. Graham 87 02:18, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Standardizing Airline Pages
Hello, not sure if I'm doing this right or not. You removed several of my edits recently on the United Airlines page. Allow me to explain myself. The section "controversies" seems to exhibit clear bias against the airline as United is the only airline containing this section, and the majority are recent (2017) social media complaints. Both American Airlines and Delta Airlines have no such section, instead public relations issues are included under "accidents and incidents", if included at all. In hopes of having a standard layout for all airline pages without bias, this section should be compressed into "accidents and incidents" or removed entirely. These pages should not be places to vent frustrations about corporate affairs. Dmarr1 (talk) 20:19, 3 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmarr1 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The content you have been removing is sourced from reliable sources. Wikipedia reports on what appears elsewhere, we do not write essays or opinion pieces.  If frustrations about corporate affairs is what is in the news, if frustrations about corporate affairs is what is appearing in magazines and newspapers and on television news shows and in reliable online sources then that is what should appear in such an article.  That being said, in my opinion the content you removed is not a form of WP:ATTACK - in my opinion the content is merely what has been published elsewhere in reliable sources.  If you disagree with my assessment, that is fine.  The best way to proceed on United Airlines is to post your concerns on the article's talk page and ask for input there.  If you think that multiple airline pages need to be brought into agreement with each other or they should be standardized in some of their aspects then it might be best to post about your concerns at an appropriate WikiProject - WP:AVIATION would seem to be a good fit.
 * This online encyclopedia is created through editorial consensus, so folks will weigh in with their thoughts - keeping in mind Wikipedia's policies and guidelines - and a consensus will develop. You might change my mind, I might change yours - it's all good. Shearonink (talk) 21:02, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the WElcome, Professor Claudele :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ProfessorClaudele (talk • contribs) 05:17, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Message at Meta-wiki
Hello. I left you a message at your Meta-wiki talk page. --George Ho (talk) 08:43, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

August 30: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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No one can help me with this change wtf...
So. When I bring up an editing window I now see Times New Roman or a variant thereof in the editing window...and this just happened today because I was editing earlier and the font in the editing window was Arial or whatever...I seriously cannot continue editing if I can't figure out how to fix this. It's too hard on my eyes. Shearonink (talk) 04:04, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Mine is the same too, albeit in Courier font. Have you tried the Help Desk? Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  10:15, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I went on IRC and asked in the help channel. It has something to do with a change that was rolled out this week about the WP editing "Preferences" & how they interact with our Safari/OS browser preferences. See this, this at phabricator, and this - "The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices."  The phabricator link said there should be some announcement about the change but I don't remember seeing anything about it... I did change my "Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing" from the default "Monospaced font" (which was that unreadable Times New Roman/Courier style) to "Sans-serif font" and that helps somewhat but the font in my editing window still looks a little weird to me. Shearonink (talk) 14:04, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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Template Removed
Thanks for looking at the COI in one of the review links.

I just saw that the one who put on the template suggests removing most the reviews as they seem promotional. Could that be done and the template removed?Carol Smallwood (talk) 07:36, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Removing Template
Since it says I have a COI with articles, could just my list of books appear? Could this be done or could you request it? Carol Smallwood (talk) 08:10, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

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Many thanks
Many thanks for changing my typed text for the word "Martyr" to a wikilink to Martyr (band) at Articles for deletion. As one may appreciate, with so many articles in Wikipedia, typing in Wikilinks may get confusing at times! Vorbee (talk) 17:24, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you that's very kind. Glad it's useful for folks.  I give all credit to  - I just took what he started and tried to make a help for the folks like me who stumble into WP and feel lost about everything, including "how in the world do I make these wiki-references?". Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 03:00, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Ok... Sorry if I stepped in it, didn't mean to possibly offend, you're one of my favorites around here. Shearonink (talk) 21:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * PS - And you write great articles and have a level head on your shoulders and a keen grasp of WP-editing practices. Anytime you want to run for any WP-stuff (oh, I don't know...like maybe the door? lol) I'd be very happy to support you. Shearonink (talk) 21:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * PPS - And let me know if you need any articles GA-reviewed. Shearonink (talk) 21:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Psssst - Maybe you know about it but your signature is giving folks the emailing-link thingy. Shearonink (talk) 21:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

, I am absolutely gobsmacked and bereft, you have no idea. Shearonink (talk) 21:15, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * , and, in any case, i could hardly leave before the aforementioned GANs are done :p  ;)  Cheers!  Serial  Number  54129 11:52, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * oh! welcome back. (happy face) Shearonink (talk) 17:00, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, only a small hiaitus after all, v sorry to distract everbody... Serial  Number  54129 17:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)