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What's not accurate?
WP:OWN? WP:IDONTLIKEIT? BRD requires a "D." Toddst1 (talk) 23:08, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Page number range
With regards to this edit, By all means replace a dash with an ndash, but please do not remove full page numbers in a page number range. Just as with date ranges Wikipedia does not need to save the space that using the full page takes up. -- PBS (talk) 13:38, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

cite isbn parameter
I noticed you added  to cite books in the David Brooks article with this edit. Is there a reason you prefer this to the the attribute ? I actually ended up replacing the citations in question completely, so it's a moot point for that article, but I'm wondering for future reference. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 16:11, 8 August 2017 (UTC) Hello. Take a second look and you'll see the templates were cite web and cite book. Since I was doing the edits on my iphone, using id= ISBN was the easiest way to assure that the ISBNs rendered. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 16:01, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Hatnote
With this edit at List of Confederate monuments and memorials, you added a link to Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery. Why? Magnolia677 (talk) 01:33, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the refs. Memorials are pictured and mentioned. – S. Rich (talk) 02:20, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Come on, hatnotes don't need sources. The target article has refs which mention memorials. – S. Rich (talk) 02:32, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Mass delete at List of Confederate monuments and memorials
With this edit you removed a number of entries at List of Confederate monuments and memorials with the edit summary "remove mentions of graves of soldiers (per general attitude on talk page) as these are memorials to the individuals, not necessarily to the CSA)". Unfortunately, not all of what you removed were graves.  For example, at Alton, Illinois, you removed the entry for the Confederate Cemetery and Memorial.  This is the memorial.  It's clearly not a grave.  You also removed, which had the caption "Confederate Monument, Little Rock National Cemetery", as well as a text entry for it.  I have only glanced at your edit, but suspect there will be more monuments (not graves) that were removed. Would you be prepared to revisit your edit and restore content which should not have been removed? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:06, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Nice photo of the obelisk. When there's 640 buried at at one location a large monument is appropriate, and it really is a marking for the unknown soldiers buried there. It does not look like a memorial to the CSA or Confederacy. I suspect the same is true for the NPS image/monument -- after all, it is in a cemetery. Given how political the topic is, I hope we can just omit these burial sites from the listing. If we don't then what it the stopping point? Why not include the grave markers/memorials for each of the soldiers we can find in a cemetery? And given that vandals have invaded cemeteries to damage the "evil" monuments to the dead, wouldn't keeping out such monuments help a little in discouraging such mischief? (BTW, I once visited a memorial to the German soldiers who had died during the WWII Western Desert Campaign. It is a large walk-in structure with vaults that hold the remains of 20,000 soldiers.) – S. Rich (talk) 00:37, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I have started a discussion about this at List of Confederate monuments and memorials. Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 00:44, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

List_of_monuments_and_memorials_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
Hi there,

Thanks for all your hard work on the above, mentioned article. I've had another go at editing it and because my reasons went into rather more depth than the edit summary allowed I've left some notes about the edit on the talk page. I appreciate your comments that the word "public sponsor" neglects and confuses the fact that some of the monuments might have been paid for privately. I've had another go at changing the word with the intent of using the source to clarify the text in the article without using potentially confusing terminology. Please check it and comment if necessary. Many thanks again. Edaham (talk) 06:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of my note
I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac (talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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Islamosecularism
Dear Mr. Rich,

I read your note on my talk page /User_talk:Ahassan01. Recently I read the rules of Wikipedia regarding verification and reliable sources. I respect these rules and I will follow them. To do that, I am planing to convert my Islamosecularism blog to a conference paper that can be published in good conference. After the paper is published, it will be easy to add it to Wikipedia because at that time, it will be well-established topic, that have reliable reference (the proceedings of the conference). Finally, the topic of my PhD does not include islamosecularism.

Best Regards, ali hassan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahassan01 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Please let me know when it is is published. To avoid problems with WP:SELFCITE it is often best to have another editor make the contributions. – S. Rich (talk) 03:56, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Sorry
Sorry about the trouble with the Dam failure article, some of the new sites have changed their headlines since I posted the references.Pastorma (talk) 23:07, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Got it. – S. Rich (talk) 01:46, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of my note
I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac (talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Quite the contrary. I've been providing edit summaries and talk page comments at every stage. Also, I'm amazed that some editors fail to address the Very Long problem and even removed Very Long tag that I posted on the article. When editors suggest that I be banned from an article, I think they are exhibiting WP:OWNBEHAVIOR issues – and I prefer that they keep their comments off of my talk page. – S. Rich (talk) 01:22, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Your comments about my edits being disruptive are not appreciated or supported. E.g., "several editors" have not described them as such. Please WP:AGF and WP:NPA in your talk page comments. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 06:09, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:49, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Help needed
Hello.

Would you be willing to help me out by checking through the following list of statistics and other references, and inserting the ones that are appropriate and sufficiently reliable into related Wikipedia pages?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_A/Important_Fact_Links

I am kept extremely busy constantly managing one of the world's most popular entertainment wikis, so I regrettably do not have the time to do so, and am also rather inexperienced with editing articles covering more serious subjects.

I would really appreciate the help. David A (talk) 16:23, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry. There is much to much in the list to review. I would not know where to begin. Best wishes on your endeavor. – S. Rich (talk) 03:53, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks anyway. There is a lot of important information there however. David A (talk) 04:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Ref
This ref definitely supports? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:28, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I've been on the mobile app and misread the citation. Back on the desktop where I can/do review the mobile edits. – S. Rich (talk) 18:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

A cleanup you did failed
See here, which messed up formatting and notes. I just found an IP removing one mess (an IP who is trying to make changes in grammar some of which change the meaning entirely). Doug Weller talk 10:14, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Always good to learn something new. The bracketed "citations" previously rerouted to the very same article. My edit to them was via AutoEd, which should know better. But now, following your latest edit, we still see the same strange non-footnote text. E.g., it renders "immediately.43[3]" I'll leave it to you for a final fix as the technical aspects of this footnoting style are beyond me. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 18:18, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll ask at the help desk, it's beyond me also. Doug Weller  talk 19:07, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
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Backlog update: Outreach and Invitations:
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Prince
Hello. I do not fully understand your question about Bireley? You mean the book about the "anti" Machiavellians in the Counter Reformation? I have a copy, but I am not sure what to look for. Please explain.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 22:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Bireley is cited at the end of the paragraph, referencing page 14. Is he the source for all of the info in the paragraph? If so, then you might add an editor's note that says he translated "De Principatibus" as such and such. – S. Rich (talk) 22:18, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Birely is most important for the last sentence, the least well-known fact in that paragraph, but it also potentially a source for the second last sentence if needed. (The paragraph is an intro paragraph with basic information that will appear in almost any book on the subject.) I can see your tag is on the second sentence. Not sure why, but in any case I will put a source there.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 22:27, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Professional Association of Diving Instructors
The user behind the account is still a registered Wikipedia editor. They renamed to and their contributions to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors article can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors&offset=20140703&action=history. It is true that the account hasn't edited since 2014.

A discussion about their edits on the talk page is in the second part of the section Talk:Professional Association of Diving Instructors, and at their talk page User talk:H20below. The criticism section has been the subject of several discussions as you can see from the talk page.

Nevertheless, the article is pretty stable now, and I won't contest your removal of the COI tag. --RexxS (talk) 13:46, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * when you see a COI contributor the best solution is to notify them about COI policies and add a connected contributor notice to the article talk page. That way we avoid needless indexing of the COI issues. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 17:39, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I think you'll find that connected contributor is only for "when dealing with an editor who has an actual conflict of interest, not merely a potential conflict of interest." It's not always apparent that such a condition exists, so I'd urge caution in its use. The COI tag is aimed at readers, as well as editors, and is used "to alert readers that the article may be biased by a conflict of interest, and to request help with an article that is biased or has other serious problems as a direct result of the editing done by the subject of the article or by a person with a close connection to the subject". Neither of them is a substitute for explaining our COI policies to an editor who may have some conflict of interest. --RexxS (talk) 19:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks
I appreciate the thank you for unlinking English. Unfortunately, I'm getting beat up for it by those who think everything needs a link. Niteshift36 (talk) 20:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive
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Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018
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Arbitration
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Did you get my ping
At Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 18:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Got the ping. I'm not sure what the issue is. Is there concern about the sanctions notice (which I posted years ago)? I do see I added "ae" to it; perhaps because von Mises is listed as Morgenstern's academic advisor. (But I can't remember the exact rationale.) In any case, SPECIFICO provided RS for the Austrian School connection. – S. Rich (talk) 20:14, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It says “who edit pages related to, including this article.” The person asking wants to know, I presume, related to what? Doug Weller  talk 20:34, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * At one point the topic was subject to sanctions: Here. But the regime is now obsolete. The solution is to remove the template. ✅. – S. Rich (talk) 21:02, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Randal Quarles' Term
His term expires January 31, 2018 as he was nominated to fill the unexpired term of Jeremy C. Stein. He has been renominated to fill the term expiring January 31, 2032 for a new 14-year term. Your edit to Template:Federal Reserve Governors is therefore incorrect and I have reverted it. – JocularJellyfish TalkContribs 23:30, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

I miscalculated the end of Governor term as Jan 31, 2031. But you've reverted to the original incorrect date. Please double-check and change to 2032. – S. Rich (talk) 00:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * you've misunderstood. As of now, Quarles has only been confirmed to the remainder of the term ending January 31, 2018. The new term has not been confirmed yet so as of now, if the Senate does not act on his nomination he will leave the Fed at the end of this month. Once he is confirmed again the term expiration date can be changed to 2032. – JocularJellyfish TalkContribs 00:23, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Now I understand. – S. Rich (talk) 00:35, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Alert
&mdash; Coffee //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 13:30, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

"Dead" links
Please don't remove "dead" links as they can be recovered from archival sources. See for an example.  General Ization Talk  03:39, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Spacing within the infobox disease template
Can you please not alter the spacing in this template as you did here?

Many thanks Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 08:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you ...
... for improving article quality in January 2018! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:16, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
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 * An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
 * Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news
 * A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: New Year Backlog Drive results:
 * The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
 * We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!
 * We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

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 * ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
 * Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

Bibliography Inclusions
Hi Srich32977, I am roseoilpicnic, and I just revised the wikipedia article for The Heartland Institute. I spent quite a lot of time creating an up-to-date Bibliography and had posted it. Within a space of ten minutes, a message from your handle had removed the list. Your note mentions a lack of relevance and something about salad. I do not understand. Please explain. Roseoilpicnic (talk) 23:15, 16 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic 2/16/2018

Follow-on note, Perhaps you ran across the unusual, but actual, title of "Don't Poop in my Salad". That book has been listed under the "Books" category of the article for quite some time. Please do reinstate the Bibliography. The citations are in order. Roseoilpicnic (talk) 01:03, 17 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic2/16/2018

It wasn't me, but I agree with the removal. – S. Rich (talk) 18:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Use of templates within citation templates
In this edit where was added to the title of a  - this is disallowed as it breaks things. See the top of the where it says "STOP! Don't add this to citation templates" (-: In general, it's not a good idea to add templates within a citation template. --  Green  C  15:41, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't know. Happy to learn something new! – S. Rich (talk) 18:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

endash/emdash at Stoneman Douglas
Re:

Hello. First, I appreciate not having "discussions" via re-reverts and edit summaries. Your rationale is not entirely clear to me, although I get that you don't like unspaced emdash. There is no basis in my experience for a statement that spaced endash is "used elsewhere - consistently", if that's what you meant. While it's currently true that "no other unspaced eMdashs are in the article", it's also true that there were no spaced endashes in the article's prose. MOS says you can use either provided you use it consistently within the article, and it's not talking about things like date and time ranges, which always use spaced endash. To my mind, all this means that the one use of unspaced emdash should be left alone. ― Mandruss  &#9742;  11:40, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

per MOS:DASH "In all these cases [e.g. sentence punctuation], use either unspaced em dashes or spaced en dashes, with consistency in any one article:" – S. Rich (talk) 18:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC) The article now has 2 emdashes (improperly spaced) and several other properly spaced endashes. Not consistent, and not in keeping with the MOS. 18:31, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018). Administrator changes
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 * † Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news
 * The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
 * Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
 * A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
 * A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news
 * CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
 * The edit filter has a new feature  that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards:, , , ,.

Obituaries
 * Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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RfA
Would you be interested in a RfA nom? You seem to be a great candidate. L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:56, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for the invite. I've toyed with the idea before and other fine editors have encouraged me as well. At this stage, though, I'll defer. The RfA can be a bothersome process. At the moment I do not want the aggravation. I'll let you know when I'm ready. Best regards. – S. Rich (talk) 02:41, 3 March 2018 (UTC)