User talk:Theroadislong/Archive 5

Jesse Dylan edits
Hello Teapotgeorge, thank you for bringing this to my attention, I have both put in a username change request to be in compliance with Wikipedia's rules, and made some changes to Jesse Dylan's page. I'm very new to Wikipedia, so I'm still learning the ropes. I am making changes to provide a more neutral description, but please advise on other changes you see that will keep the page more neutral. --poespuck (talk) 18:19, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

KV-5 Stonehenge edits
Hello Teapotgeorge:

I've written two books on the subjects, both based on the Hopi Creation Story. I lived with the Hopi for four years in the early 70's.

I am not sure why anything new and different is considered to be false or misleading. If you look at my theory I think you will find it to be true.

Here is an article that a friend published after he tried to prove my theory and found it to be accurate, three pages long: http://mondovista.com/changingnorthx.html

The article mentions Stonehenge on the second page.

Thanks Thomas O. Mills  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas O. Mills (talk • contribs) 22:42, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't say your work was false or misleading? I suggest you take your ideas to the articles talk pages and get consensus for their inclusion first.  Teapot  george Talk  07:51, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

--- Obviously whacky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.200.154.216 (talk) 08:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC) The above comment is by a contributor to the Optical Express article you recently edited. This user has a history of negative edits verging on vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotsmasher (talk • contribs) 18:59, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Would a blog count?
I'm afraid you might be right, Teapot, I couldn't find any reliable sources. Nevertheless, I did find a source and know it isn't lying (because I live there). Not too sure this is important (pig slaughter) anyway. Wekn  reven i susej eht  Talk• Follow 13:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blogs are not considered reliable third party references.  Teapot  george Talk  13:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Wekn   reven i susej eht  Talk• Follow 13:11, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Wonder Years Contest
Hello TeapotGeorge. You mention the fact i have a "conflict of interests" How do i set up the page for Wonder Years then without conflicting interests? The page was not bias in any way it was not yelling "COME AND DONATE!"... I am merely telling the story of the charity and what it does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irdewehir (talk • contribs) 14:48, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If the charity is notable someone else will write the article. Wikipedia is not for "telling your story" it's an encyclopedia.  Teapot  george Talk  14:51, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

When i say telling a story i mean...showing how the charity started and how it was formed. this is knowledge that makes an encyclopedia. Noun: A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically. Im giving information on the charity.
 * If you read the deletion notice at the top of the article it explains that "it does nothing but promote some entity, person or product and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic" It is also a copyright vilolation.  Teapot  george Talk  15:20, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Changes to Cornwall article
Can you please give full details of any way in which my recent edit to the article Cornwall introduced ideas that you assert to be incorrect, or unsupported by evidence? Further, if any ideas that were introduced, which, if not incorrect or difficult to verify, otherwise were not helpful for this online encyclopedia? I politely request that all replies are in plain English, in sentences as grammatically unambiguous as the English language allows, rather than in Wikipedia jargon, or in links to lengthy pages with their own sublinks within the often contradictory policies and guidelines of Wikipedia itself. Muggetypie (talk) 19:18, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * your edits were vandalism... very funny but still vandalism  Teapot  george Talk  19:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * vandalism in English or in Wikipedia jargon? Muggetypie (talk) 19:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of recent alterations to Anglo-Cornish - without discussion and only an obscurantist explanation.
Can you please give full details of any way in which my or others recent edit(s) to the article Anglo-Cornish introduced ideas that you assert to be incorrect, or unsupported by evidence? Further, if any ideas that were introduced, which, if not incorrect or difficult to verify, otherwise were not helpful for this online encyclopedia? I politely request that all replies are in plain English, in sentences as grammatically unambiguous as the English language allows, rather than in Wikipedia jargon, or in links to lengthy pages with their own sublinks within the often contradictory policies and guidelines of Wikipedia itself. Muggetypie (talk) 19:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I contend that your recent reversion to a previous version of the Anglo-Cornish article reintroduced ambiguities of English grammar, and other issues that had been removed in a set of revisions you characterise as vandalism, and a spurious linguistic hypothesis (sentence final "yo" for emphasis in Cornish dialect). Muggetypie (talk) 19:33, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The "linguistic hypothesis" has not yet been backed up by an acceptable reference, but I believe it has been put forward. The dialects where it is in use would be north Cornwall and possibly other districts.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 11:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Greenland
Dear Mr. Teapotgeorge, I am not affiliated with one of the parties involved in a conflict about Greenland. I am a completely independent researcher.--Dr. R.M. de Jonge (talk) 16:59, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Your conflict of interest is with the article Early Discovery of Greenland which is only supported by books YOU have written.  Teapot  george Talk  17:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

I understand what you mean. I shall add another reference, which prooves the megalith builders were there.--Dr. R.M. de Jonge (talk) 18:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * No, you can't make claims like that. See WP:NPOV. None of these articles should exist as they are pov forks from other articles. You are also using unreliable sources by our criteria, eg Ancient American, personal websites, etc. Dougweller (talk) 15:35, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Relationship between Religion and Science
Hi Teapotgeorge,

I see you removed the paragraph I added to the page, "Relationship between Religion and Science," apparently for some promotional content. I'll be happy to correct it & resubmit if you'll tell me what you found "promotional."

User imat6441, nickname Bruce. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imat6441 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 23 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I found it ALL promotional? If you disagree take it to the article talk page.  Teapot  george Talk  21:40, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Email Marketing Ebook
Hi Teapotgeorge,

Thank you for your kind message. But I don't think the PDF is inappropriate. Have you read the ebook? It talks about the benefits of email marketing, explain the concepts of email marketing, how to increase the delivery rate, how to do a/b test... I think these articles should be listed in Wikipedia.

Thanks.

Powershelled — Preceding unsigned comment added by Powershelled (talk • contribs) 08:29, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

George Nicholson
I noticed you put a BLPPROD on George Nicholson (UFC fighter. A bit of digging reveals that George Nicholson is not the UFC light heavyweight champion; that title is held by Jon Jones, who is not set to defend his title until September of this year. I think this is a vanity hoax, especially given the braggadocian text. In fact, Googling I don't see "George Nicholson" and "UFC" on the same page anywhere except this article. At any rate it seems like an obvious hoax. --NellieBly (talk) 01:32, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Repost of Buysellads
A tag has been placed on requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, because it appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion process. If you can indicate how it is different from the previously posted material, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the article's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please contact the administrator who deleted the page or use deletion review instead of continuing to recreate the page. Thank you.

This page should not be speedy deleted because...Previously it was deleted only because of lack of notability. Which i have improved time by adding references from new york times and yahoo finance. Lack time the administrators did not have a problem with the article and was only the case of notability so i have improved on it. Now how fair is it to delete the article saying that it is the same as the previous where notability had been the only issue and which has been rectified. For proof please do see the discussion page of the article which was there previously over here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Buysellads. An admin by melanie had dealt with me back then. Please look into this. Venomarv (talk) 11:13, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Ray Flacke Aquos San (talk) 22:54, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
The people he has played with (discography) are referenced at AllMusic.com. His instructional videos ‘were’ referenced at the companies that sold them and now the sentence has a [citation needed]. How can this simple article with less than 100 words, which has references for every point, become so smacked down?
 * The references are primary sources you need reliable secondary sources to show notability.  Teapot  george Talk  07:34, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks... Aquos San (talk) 15:45, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

RE: Ghandi template
Yes, I know. That is a navigation template. I have not created it nor added links to it. I also think that some of the articles listed on that template are not appropriate, but, as I wrote before, it is a navigation template, so we have to remove non-appropriate links/articles from the template and the template from the non-appropriate articles, but we can not remove the template from an article without removing the corresponding link from the template itself or we will "produce" a dead-end page for its navigation. Please, read this when you have time. Thank you! –p joe f (talk • contribs) 20:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Re Adam Leitman Bailey and associated editors
We have shown tremendous restraint regarding Adam Leitman Bailey and the whole coterie of associated articles and editors. The articles were just a bit too promotional to be anything but a COI, but I had tried to help out with some earlier edits and thought that it might be possible to explain the issues involved and provide some guidance, which I did early on, providing an example of appropriate sources and an article for attorney who was genuinely notable. Bailey has a more than credible claim of notability, but the article that has emerged is almost entirely puffery. Spinal Tap talked about their amps hitting 11, but this one is in the high teens in terms of being over the top promotionalism, with Bailey coming to the rescue of aggrieved clients, doing everything but wearing a cape and fighting crime. After you and I provided further warnings regarding COI issues, this seems to have snowballed to include a whole new bunch of editors who have been hitting the same network of articles and making similar promotional edits, sockpuppets or meatpuppets who apparently exist as a means to make it look like User:Internalb isn't the only one involved. I provided a far sterner warning on User_talk:Internalb early this morning, making it clear that deletion could well be the result of such chicanery and pasted that same warning to two of the other users that appear to have picked up the Bailey banner. I do sincerely believe from the sources out there that a neutral article about Bailey could be written, but this one ain't it. I know that you have been keeping an eye on this whole situation. I encourage you to continue to do so and to let me know if I can help with any further remedies if you deem them appropriate, and vice versa. Thanks for your work on this one so far. I can't guess what will happen next. Alansohn (talk) 18:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed... I have already asked for a sockpuppet investigation. There are plenty of reliable third party refs out there to support a neutral article but like you say this ain't it!  Teapot  george Talk  19:02, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I missed the flurry of activity this afternoon on the Bailey article. The chutzpah of someone who has been rather explicitly warned that we were aware of the sockpuppetry going on, to create an additional set of sockpuppets to further edit the same article and remove warning tags is hard to believe. The warning message I left on three of his most-frequently used socks could not have been any clearer. The SPI found a whopping 18 different usernames that had all been created from the same puppetmaster and blocked them all, even though some hadn't even been used yet (though I'm sure they were waiting in the wings). Thanks for grabbing this bull by the horns. The articles affected need drastic work, if they can be rectified. Alansohn (talk) 05:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Spam Links?
Hello Teapotgeorge,

I have just received your warnings. As I am new to Wikipedia editing, please refrain from blocking or blacklisting, I was not aware that there was such a strict policy against linking to regular magazine articles under "external references", which I thought to be exactly the place where further readings could be found.

Thank you, regards,

Monad032c — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monad032c (talk • contribs) 13:06, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Rephrase proposal for COI warning
Hello.

I saw your notification to AKnight2B, and I agree that the notification is justified. Actually, I have also notified him, in a comment regarding to a page move proposed by AKnight2B. However, I think your wording could be "softened" a bit. How about changing "People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it" to "People who are very close to a subject often, sometimes unknowingly, have a biased view of it"?

Best regards.

HandsomeFella (talk) 18:58, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I am just using the standard templates. I don't really think it needs softening he's promoting his own interests on Wikipedia?  Teapot  george Talk  19:24, 24 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I have checked his contributions, and I see what you mean. HandsomeFella (talk) 20:11, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you seen that he has now removed all content from his talkpage? It does make it look that he has never been criticized. I'm not sure that that's ok. HandsomeFella (talk) 07:10, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine, you are perfectly at liberty to blank content on your talk page, but it's all there for all to see in the history.  Teapot 

Party Planner article
Thanks for your comments for our article. I am a writer so dont have a connection as such with the subject, just write about this area. Our reference we wrote was not associated with us. Is that ok or do you need further information to edit articles? Greenantreview (talk) 18:51, 28 July 2011 (UTC)Joe
 * "Our reference we wrote"...Wikipedia users are meant to be individuals your username and comments suggest you are editing on behalf of a company or organization.  Teapot  george Talk  19:03, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Dishware
An article that you have been involved in editing, Dishware, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Gmcbjames (talk) 03:55, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm just getting started!!
This is earth'sbuddy, sorry about that post I didn't know what to do because this is my first day on Wikipedia and i need help on how to Edit and write new pages, can you please help me Teapotgeorge? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earth'sbuddy (talk • contribs) 20:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Blogs as Reference
I agree that the new references on Knight Communications were from Blog sites; however, according to Citing self-published blogs Blogs CAN be used as reference, so long as they are signed. Prior to publishing the references, I researched the Blog as Reference via Wikipedia. Please undo your undo on the site.

Thank you AKnight2B (talk) 13:54, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Please take it to the article talk page, the blog posting wasn't signed and could not possibly be considered a reliable third party reference.  Teapot  george Talk  14:09, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Avalon University School of Medicine
Hi There,

Can you please explain me, why our school is not accredited by WHO? Asfateh (talk) 14:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Because that is what the reference here says... http://avicennadb.ku.dk/avicenna/viewSchool.php?school=151 regards  Teapot  george Talk  14:39, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

But we have accreditation from IMED and ECFMG we have it. If you want to check you can check from this website Avicenna directory please click on database and select the country and press "go" after that select Curacao from drop down box and press "Go" you will see the name of two medical school in the list. Click on Avalon University School of Medicine and you can see the accreditation on that page. Please remove the sentence "According to the World Health Organization, the school does not have accreditation.[4]" Asfateh (talk) 14:09, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you :) Asfateh (talk) 14:39, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

One more question, if I want to use the text from our official website for wikipedia what I have to do. Which kind of proof I should give to wikipedia so i can use text and other material from our official website. Please let me know Asfateh (talk) 15:08, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I would advise you not to use text from the official website and your comment suggests you have a conflict of interest wp:coi  Teapot  george Talk  15:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Scum page
How can I use the book that the church is the subject of as a reference without it being considered a commercial link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FlintlockNed (talk • contribs) 18:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You can link to the details of the book without linking to a commercial site.  Teapot  george Talk  18:28, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Practise what you preach
Rather than simply delete what was a quite straightforward and simple point, why not respond to it ..... or are you 'do as I say......'.

Socialmedium (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I replied on the article talk page yesterday. I am NOT a member of your group and have no affiliations or connections with teaching whatsoever either.  Teapot  george  Talk  06:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

I have replied to your response. I found it interesting, as you have not edited or removed content framed from a negative perspective which cites the article's subject so there is a somewhat inconsistent approach here. I neither like nor dislike what the press has to say on this matter and it is not for you to infer that I do. I do, however, believe that readers have the right to know that such references are subjective. All of the contributors to this article appear to be either current members of IfL or should, by law, be members of IfL - so your point on my membership is moot. It would be like barring a UK taxpayer from contributing to HMRC or referencing HMRC information. I respect entirely your right to edit, but you simply blamket deleted six additions I made on the basis that (in your judgement) my closeness to the topic made me have a conflict of interest. This had nothing to do with "removing content with reliable third party references and replacing them with with your own organisations primary sources". I did no such thing, I added reliable UK govt references to regulations.

I am also interested as to why an individual with "no affiliations or connections with teaching whatsoever" and who is "NOT a member of your (my) group" (no idea what group) would choose to, therefore, act as a moderator for this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socialmedium (talk • contribs) 08:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

What kind of references needed for Western Union?
What do you recommend for a reference? The changes have happened to me personally. I still have not been paid and am waiting for a new social security card to be able to do so? Ed $gtedrock (talk) 21:04, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Optical Express Page
Hello Teapotgeorge I have reverted four edits on this page today which removed factual material. The page is being disruptively edited on occasion. Yours RotsmasherRotsmasher (talk) 17:39, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * If as you suggest the edits are widely reported and factually accurate, you need to supply reliable third party references to back up your claims otherwise they can be quite correctly deleted. cheers.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  17:48, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello Teapot, I have added reliable third party references to the article where these were not supplied. Rot

W.V. Grant
Hello, I posted a valid reason on the talk page and move the text to the talk page. Explain why you reverted please. Thanks! Please read my notes and let me know. akc9000 (talk • contribs • count) 18:45, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Could you please explain the revert? I have explained (I thought I did) that the information in the Book by Randi is NOT correct. That Oranization that give out DD degrees do NOT have liscenced etc, as he claims. So in light of this fact why did you re-include the "bogus" information. Just because someone writes something in a book does not make the information correct. I verified my information, did you?

akc9000 (talk • contribs • count) 20:52, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia relies on secondary sources not your opinions sorry.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  21:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * We do not work that way. We report what has been published about the subject. The information is taken directly from the source document, and is fully verifiable. Just because you feel Randi was wrong in how he defines "phoney", is no reason to change the article. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  21:18, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

I will make some time today to look into this, I want factual information in Wiki (its just how I am) akc9000 (talk • contribs • count) 12:23, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Why are you threatening me with a block?
I did no remove any information, it already exists, why do you insist it be at the top of the article instead of the section ir should be in? I do not see why the Tax problems section needs to be repeated. SO PLEASE explain it to me.

Thanks!

akc9000 (talk • contribs • count) 18:06, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As another user has already explained to you, the lede of an article summarizes the main body content.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  18:14, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Not vandalism - The.aircraft.expert and Sony Vaio M
Hi Teapotgeorge, I'm currently mentoring User:The.aviation.expert so I'm keeping an eye on his talk page and (occasionally) contributions. I was a bit puzzled by your describing this series of edits as vandalism. It appeared to be a good faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, adding an infobox to an article that lacked one, and adding an image (which the article also lacked) that he'd taken himself. You're entirely right that the templates he added didn't help much, but in fact he'd made a good faith effort to explain why he added the cleanup tag (perhaps not a successful effort!), and also the wikify tag does indeed include "add a lead section" as one of its component tasks, which appears to be what he thought needed fixing. I know there have been some serious problems with The.aviation.expert's editing in the past, and I'm sure there might be a few more problems while he learns his way around, but I don't think those particular edits can be seen as vandalism. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes my apologies, I did a semi-revert perhaps there needs to be a template for unhelpful edits?  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  07:47, 9 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, the problem is that such a template would be, umm... unhelpful :-) Receiving a template saying "your edit to article X was unhelpful, please don't make unhelpful edits again" is of no use, since the editor could continue to make what they believe are helpful edits - which might not be. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Can you put my information back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreya687 (talk • contribs) 17:27, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I removed your edits because they were unreferenced original research. Please see the welcome on your talk page.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  17:30, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Optical Express Page
I have provided editing suggestions on the OE discussion page as requested. Can you please let me know if these comply with Wiki guidelines and can be actioned? Thank you. Beatthecyberhate (talk) 11:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

TG, the ASA appeal lodged by Optical Express did not appeal the TV advert (as we already changed any confusing content and the revised Padraig Harrington advert has been cleared to broadcast since May 2011), or indeed many of the other points. It appealed point 11, which although ruling was revised by ASA it was upheld. Notwithstanding that only one point was appealed, ASA republished the full ajudication. We feel your edit is sensationalism. Further there is no third party source of any TV ad unless it is reported by press/ASA - and is a matter of record that it has aired on TV with those statements given the space afforded by you towards our ASA history in the Optical Express page - given the confussion and mistrust Rotsmasher's points and tone appear to be promoting, we only wish to point out what we have currently said. --User talk:PKdundee —Preceding undated comment added 21:16, 27 August 2011 (UTC).
 * I'm not at all clear why you are posting this here? I removed your promotional content "performed over 1 million laser eye surgery procedures worldwide, has invested over £1million in technology in each of its clinics, that 99% of Optical Express treated patients achieve or exceed 20/20 vision, and that over 99% of its patients would recommend Optical Express laser eye surgery to family and friends." You will need to discuss other content on the article talk page  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  21:20, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

MikeWazowski
This editor is not only undoing edits to the OE page, but my enquiries via his talk page to clarify - how is this following Wiki rules??? Can you please have a look at the OE disussion page and advise. I would like a factual unbias encyclopedic page for OE. How do I follow Wiki rules to allow this? Is there an independent adjudication committee? Beatthecyberhate (talk) 16:07, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Community Standards: OE contribution
In compliance with Wiki guidelines that you should receive notification: you have been noted in a grievance discussion with regards to the OE page concerning failure uphold Wiki policies and guidelines which has now been escalated here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Optical_Express_Page Beatthecyberhate2 (talk) 11:24, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Teapot. Pecanfarm (talk) 19:53, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. I will like to know what the criteria is for "Nigerian Poets". Royal Chukwudumebi is a Nigerian teenager and poet, who has over 120 poems in circulation in the American society. Please do check out her books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouthforAmerica (talk • contribs) 17:47, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

West Lothian College edits
A minority of that is in fact true (they are making course changes,) but I'm drafting up a more objective version of the revisions the Westlothiancollege account made. Just thought I'd inform you before you remark for vandalism again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.175.32 (talk) 00:41, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Optical Express
Hello Teapotgeorge. What is your view on the recent edits to this page? I am baffled. Yours Rotsmasher In addition one of the IPs who have recently contributed largely to the new Optical Express page vandalised your page - see KV-5 Stonehenge edits. Yours Rotsmasher

CSD on Kelly McCallum
Hi Teapotgeorge, I have contested the speedy deletion of Kelly McCallum because her work has been shown in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a notable and reputable museum, I think that this is a credible claim to significance (not necessarily notability). Thanks, <font face="Franklin Gothic"><font color="#99FF66">Quasi <font color="#99CCCC">human  &#124; <font color="CCCCCC">Talk  20:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine I think more content was added after my speedy tagging.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  20:44, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Yronwode
Yronwode is back at her gratuitous self-promotion at Catherine Yronwode. Yworo (talk) 22:43, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit Warring
TG. I am gaining experience daily. Instead of deleting things that are being discussed on the talk page, please discuss on talk page or at least explain your actions there. A reference that Moorfileds is a direct competitor to OE will be found if that's what you are sugggesting. All you need to do is insert a citation required and I will provide that in due course. Thanks. PKdundee (talk) 18:44, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Please do NOT accuse me of edit warring you are adding contentious material with no reference, I am perfectly at liberty to remove such material.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  18:53, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, a misunderstanding on your rights. The edit-warring comment is really to do with your history of blindly deleting everything and not just the unreferenced material. What I should have said in hingsight, though, is please assume good faith please don't start an edit war. Nonetheless, thank you for putting comment on the talk page.PKdundee (talk) 21:05, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

i was just tryin to make a page for my favorite wing places — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foodfan999 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Creative Barcode
I've added an additional external reference to Creative barcode. Does that address your notability concerns?--Nowa (talk) 20:18, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Blogs are not considered to be suitable reliable references for the purposes of Wikipedia.  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  20:29, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I understand. What I was referring to, though, was the addition of a reference to Intellectual Property Magazine.  Does that satisfy notability concerns?  --Nowa (talk) 01:13, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Clem Chambers
Sorry we collided - that article is a mess! The pen is yours for now (or should I say shovel?). Toddst1 (talk) 20:09, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No no...after you!  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  20:12, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This is what led me there... Kind Regards  Teapot  george <sup style="color:blue;">Talk  20:24, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Soapboxing
Hi there, Theroadislong! Thank you for making me aware of that. I don't mean to "soapbox," and I'll know better in the future! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ItalianPottery929 (talk • contribs) 20:01, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

SoapBoxing
Ditto!!!

thanks for your guidance - appreciated   regards JTFP  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justthefactspal (talk • contribs) 22:41, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Mystery
I don't know wheter I deserve being compare with Bono's lyrics or not but... Thank you! <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  14:31, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Theroadislong,

I received your note - regarding concern that my edits were marketing-oriented - and noted that you reverted our page back to its original state. I understand that Wikipedia is an online Encyclopedia and was attempting to update our page with an up-to-date description of our work, not market or promote our project, programs, or publications in any way. How might you suggest I rework the text I'd input yesterday so that this does not happen again? If I am assigned to edit the page, how can I ensure that I avoid presenting this information in a way that reads as though there is a conflict of interest?

Thank you, Amy — Preceding unsigned comment added by GHD Editor AMS (talk • contribs) 13:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

cement tile
Hi Theroadislong, Thank you for the tips, I was wondering why my information and link has been removed but not the other persons information and link
 * Thanks I have removed those also.Theroadislong (talk) 22:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Edit warring discussion
I have started a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring about the WP:3RR violations we've had to deal with at Ian Fleming‎. It's at if you want to comment there. SonOfThornhill (talk) 22:57, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks I did notice but do not wish to comment, I find him rather threatening!Theroadislong (talk) 23:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Really? What do you think I'll do to you? I'm a pussycat if you're nice to me, honest! Thanks for your sensible edits to the page on Free Agent, incidentally. I'm not entirely sure why there is an entry for the book at all, but there you go. Jeremy Duns (talk) 15:10, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

WP U2 New barnstar
Take a look and give us your opinion on the WP U2 discussion. Thanks <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  15:26, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Michael Cardew
Re last edit, Is not the 2012 Harrod biog broadly contributive though...? I was going to put a publisher link but then thought that it implied marketing.. hence the error! Would a link to publisher be ok, or would you prefer a broadsheet review link there? Or another subtitle with the biographies listed? thanks Cazimir (talk) 09:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It would be much better to add some relevant content and then reference it to the book.Theroadislong (talk) 09:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ok. will do - but that means I need to wait till I see the book. If the portrait head of Cardew is featured in there, I'll replace that content which you questioned ages ago, if you are happy that might justify its relevance? thanks Cazimir (talk) 10:54, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Catweazle - external link amendments
Hi Theroadislong,

The significance of the link you removed is in the body of the text, however I have changed the link to a specific web page in a similar manner to the relevant Zeta Minor and BFI page links provided, which you may prefer. The link/article referenced is more pertinent and comprehensive than most other links there actually, not only in terms of its complete, in-depth and overall historical outline of the topic for the benefit of those wishing to obtain a greater knowledge and understanding, but also in that it contains the last recorded (and hence most up-to-date) comments of principal cast member and series creator made prior to their deaths in 2010 and 2012 respectively. The referenced work is somewhat pivotal to the legacy in many other ways too, not least in that it also contains the creator's first (and last) recorded comments about his aspirations for a new movie, which is still presently in pre-production stages and very much a reality, along with his further exclusive comments about modern film and television. A link to the relevant 'Catweazle the Movie' website has already been included here for some time but presently contains very little information and no relevant quotes at all from its creator about his hopes for the venture such as those made in the referenced article, which offers a totally accurate, unique and important angle on both the subject's past and future, 'straight from the horse's mouth' so-to-speak. Wikipedia users seeking broader information on this topic are being dealt a great injustice if a link to this article is not included here.

Thanks in advance for your consideration - and, I hope, your understanding Portrait of Jennie (talk) 20:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC).
 * It would be more beneficial to the article if you added content and referenced it to the website rather than just directing readers off Wikipedia, but you don't seem to be interested in improving the article itself only promoting your link.Theroadislong (talk) 21:30, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Morleigh Steinberg
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Mystery Girl calling again
I have two questions, for you... Can you give your opinion here  Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U2??? and Are you Irish??<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:07, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think I can help much with featured article pushes...not experienced enough! Sorry I am not Irish, I did enjoy U2's Joshua Tree VERY much in my youth, but I'm not a huge fan of their recent work, Bob Dylan is my favorite musician.Theroadislong (talk) 20:19, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I am a huge fan of Dylan's work, I listen to it since I am 16. My favorite albums are The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Bringing It All Back Home. How old are you? I am 19.
 * About the discussion on WP U2 talk page, I was talking about the updating of the Task section at the main page.<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:23, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look at the task section but not sure what I can do...I remember both albums coming out so I'm somewhat older than you!Theroadislong (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey!... that's cheating...I told you my age... why can't you tell me yours... Let me guess... You have Bono's age... 52<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive">  Miss Bono   (zootalk)  11:53, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ha haa I wish!Theroadislong (talk) 12:17, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * More than 52??? No way!!! I always thought I was talking to a teenager :O <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  12:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't let me with the doubt. How old are you??? Pleaseeeee...<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:31, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Why does it matter??Theroadislong (talk) 13:35, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Cause I thought you were a teenager, and now that I know you are not, I am curious about that. Why won't you tell me that. Pleaseeeeee (and Miss Bono showed her eyes like Shrek's Puss in Boots ) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive">  Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:41, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * 58 happily married with 3 children and 2 grandchildren :) Theroadislong (talk) 13:49, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wao!!! You are still young. I am 19 years old and I am happy with my boyfriend (we are together since November 2011) Best wishes for you and all your family!! :)<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:56, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Wild Honey
You are not VERY OLD, you are mature, ok? :) I read a few days ago some information about the song. I am going to put things together and add some of it to the article.... Thanks!! :P--<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  15:52, 10 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I added some information about the song. Check it out. <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent that's just what it needed, I'll add the final track on the album too and maybe you can add to that one. Thanks.Theroadislong (talk) 13:08, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you find any thing in your books for the Grace (U2 song) article, I've just started it for you.Theroadislong (talk) 13:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, anytime. I am checking out for Grace ;) I think there is a lot more of it on U2 by U2 than of Wild Honey. <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't know if the grammar in what I added to Wild Honey it is the proper, please feel free to fix my mistakes. Thanks. <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  13:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Grace ✅,

We need to find more information on the songs' Writing and recording, Composition, Live performances, Reception, thoug. <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  14:01, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Grace SOS
Take a look at this Talk:Grace_(U2_song) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  15:45, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Wild Honey
User:Moxy found references Talk:Wild Honey (U2 song) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * but I don't have the book unfortunatelyTheroadislong (talk) 17:13, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Try by clicking the link he gave?<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:17, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry let me give you the .com one over .ca see... here?Moxy (talk) 17:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Did you find something??<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes I added some more detail.Theroadislong (talk) 20:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * A question from a non-native English speaker (me :P)... what does Bono wanted to say with: "Call it a sorbet between courses"?? <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:16, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorbet, is fruited ice it's served to clear the palate (mouth)  during a meal.Theroadislong (talk) 20:22, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. Thanks. Another question (I promise It'll be the last) I was reading in U2 by U2 that Bono was in a house they rented in Germany and a family caught naked and he said: "I was naked as a jay bird". What does it mean? <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It's an American expression. Some say it refers to a new prisoner (bird) being stripped and processed for jail.Theroadislong (talk) 20:36, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * hehehe, i get it now, after a little reading. See you tomorrowConfused.png <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:39, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Cedars of Lebanon
Another one that needs revision.<span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  18:59, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

And this
Heartland_(U2_Song) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  19:28, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

I am back
I just finished my last exam for getting into college, and I am back now willing to do something useful... What can i do?? <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:02, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Grace Information
Melicans post something in the Talk Page of Grace. Take a look at it whenever you can. Cheers! :) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  18:04, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I saw it and added more detail about an hour ago. cheers.Theroadislong (talk) 18:11, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, sorry. ;) What can i do?? I feel like if my hands were tied. <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  18:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC

Mystery
I hope I am not a mystery for you anymore ;) <span style="font-family:'Segoe Script',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  19:19, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Sincere apologies
Theroadislong please allow me to apologize for the block on your account. I was investigating the User:Theroadismuchlonger and User:Kelly Pelaou connection based on an unblock request at UTRS and was trying to tie together any potential loose ends. I contacted the original blocking admin and unfortunately cut and pasted your user name instead of that of the similarly named sock account. I have unblocked your account now and offer my sincerest apologies for the error. I will make myself available for a thorough trout slapping at a time of your choosing. I've been in your position before, so I know how it feels. Mea culpa, --<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 00:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Please accept my apologies as well - I failed to apply common sense to realize it must have been an error. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * No worries, perhaps one of you could explain to User:Kelly Pelaou what it is she has done, my past advice to her has been described as harassment!Theroadislong (talk) 06:34, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello Theroadislong, please could you point out which part was advertising the charity we just mentioned our services and history? Very new to this and not sure how to say what Rainbrow Trust Children's Charity is any differently. I used templates from other charities to build. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RainbowTrust (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Hello Theroadislong, please could you point out which part was advertising the charity we just mentioned our services and history? Very new to this and not sure how to say what Rainbrow Trust Children's Charity does any differently. I used templates from other charities to build. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RainbowTrust (talk • contribs) 10:39, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your revisions the content looks slightly better, now whereas previously you had copied huge amounts of text from your own website.Theroadislong (talk) 12:23, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Guestbook
I just created my guestbook, i'd like you to sign it. and feel free to spread the news. <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  19:49, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Kurt Cobain vs. Nirvana 1992 Photo
Hey there Theroadisalong. I thought that a full on portrait of Kurt Cobain would be appropriate to intro this article vs. a side-shot of Kurt Cobain playing with Nirvana. I was moving it to the top--I put it in the Nirvana section erroneously, and I was going to replace the Nirvana 1992 photo in the Nirvana section + delete the caption on the Cobain portrait and replace it with just his name and dates. I'm not super-attached to getting this portrait into the article but I'm just wondering why you thought it shouldn't be there? Why should the Nirvana 1992 photo be in there twice? I'm totally open-minded here, I'm just curious about what your logic is on this issue.ThomasMikael (talk) 14:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe you could take your proposal to the talk page of the article.Theroadislong (talk) 14:16, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'm relatively new and have no experience with that. I'll give it a shot.ThomasMikael (talk) 12:48, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Walk in My Shoes Project
Hello, long time no see... Hope your great!! When you have some free time, please sign my Guestbook, you can find the link to it in my User Page banner. Also I was wondering if you can find something on Walk in my Shoes Project by Adam Clayton. The creation of the article is on the main task of WP:U2, please if you find anything post it here User:Cullen328/Mentorship Thanks...<span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  15:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for signing!! but, what does mean what you put in my guestbook?? :? <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive">  Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:03, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Irish for... Long life to you. Theroadislong (talk) 17:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Same to you!! Do you speak irish?? <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:35, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry noTheroadislong (talk) 17:44, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Why you say "Sorry"??<span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  17:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Did you find something on Walk In My Shoes?? <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  19:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Thanks!!! <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Is there any infobox I should use for the main article?? <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  20:17, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Not that I know of.Theroadislong (talk) 20:29, 20 May 2013 (UTC)