User talk:WBoutros

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Change IP Address to User Name in prior contributions ?
Hello I made several contributions (edits, corrections etc) without having logged in. As a result, my contributions do not show my User Name as the signature, rather an IP Address.

Is there a way to change all those IP Addresses to my User Name so that I can track my changes based on User Name and also let others see that I made those changes (in case of desired communication etc) ?

Please answer here and my talk page.

Thanks

WB —Preceding unsigned comment added by WBoutros (talk • contribs) 04:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid not: article history can't be changed. You can make a dummy edit in the article's history saying 'that IP was me', if you like. --ais523 17:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

December 2007
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. ''The page explicitly states that all material MUST BE SOURCED or it will be deleted. Please do not add the information again until you have a PROPER CITATION attached to it -- and another Wikipedia page does NOT count as a citation.'' Ten Pound Hammer  • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 06:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikietiquette alert
My apologies if I was a little too harsh in the comment for that edit -- but you repeatedly added info to the article without sourcing it. I do think that you're being a little too swift, judging me on just one edit summary -- I try to be civil at all times, but sometimes I just snap. Again, I'm sorry if you took offense to it, but next time, please make sure to source any info that you add.

Also, when you make a Wikietiquette alert, please be sure to notify the user you're reporting as well -- I didn't find out about the alert until just a few minutes ago. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Yelling is usually not acceptable around here. FYI. - FlightTime Phone  ( open channel ) 00:52, 18 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, the all-caps thing. It did get me thinking about "the Shouty Man" from Horrible Histories – which is no bad thing(!) JG66 (talk) 09:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Dear User:JG66 and anyone else, I‘ve removed the “yelling” in my original post on the Talk page of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” on my issue with Wiki Lennon & McCartney song entries. I’ve also removed it’s initial sardonic tone. Likewise I’ll cease all caps going forward.

Being new to the world of Wiki “Talk”, I was angered by continual reversions of my edits without seeing explanations, and/or not knowing where/how to respond when I did see them. So I apologize.

JG66, you typed that I was “blathering”, and had a “fairytale” view of Lennon & McCartney’s collaborative process, or something to that effect.

Why would you personally insult someone who disagrees with you?

Did I accompany my edits with ad hominem attacks directed towards you or any individual? I have admitted that I’m a novice at navigating the world of Wiki “Talk” - in fact I still don’t even know how to directly respond to an individual.

I would like to be civil and am extending an olive branch. I have no wish to continually make edits that will be reverted, nor to be a gadfly with no productive purpose.

Although I’m a novice in the world of Wiki “Talk”, I’m not a novice in intelligent discourse and debate, nor in the fields of songwriting, copyrights, collaborative processes, Lennon & McCartney, the backgrounds of Beatles compositions, nor a wide variety of related and widely unrelated topics.

The bottom line is that I would like to propose an alternate and more accurate way of attributing songwriting credit in the majority of Lennon & McCartney Wiki song entries - abiding by Wiki policy. They are not “fairytale” versions.

JG66, I know you’re a senior editor and are the official Lennon & McCartney / Beatles expert and Wiki gatekeeper, with supreme editorial authority.

But that does not make you infallible, nor does it justify personal insults like “blathering”, “fairytale” delusions or whatever else you typed.

Finally, either you, or someone else typed that II’m in the “minority”.

That’s fine, I have no problem being in the minority.

Ultimately logic and facts should prevail if Wiki is an egalitarian, self-correcting and accurate source of info, correct?

And I have to believe that it is, as opposed to a site governed by an elite majority.

JG66, could you kindly confirm that you read this so I know I am responding via the proper Wiki mechanism?

Thank you kindly WB WB (talk) 21:18, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

No more all caps, “yelling” etc. No problem.
My apologies if my initial posts had “yelling” with all caps.

I also apologize if some of my posts were sardonic or angry in tone.

The reason I became angry is because my edits were instantly reverted.

Not knowing how to navigate this “Talk” side of Wiki, I did not know how to contact the person reverting my edits and in some cases didn’t even see comments made about my edits.

Some people commented that sources must always be cited, and I fully support that.

But I think some folks are failing to recognize the legal fact that a copyright, in and of itself, is a source. The highest and most official source in fact.

Therefore, in the absence of unequivocal and unanimous agreement by all persons listed in a copyright to the contrary, all persons listed in a copyright must be credited.

That’s not opinion, that’s law.

But I’ve addressed that elsewhere and will continue to as needed, in a civil and mature manner, abiding by Wiki policy.

I never have and never would personally insult someone I disagreed with, even though I’ve experienced that.

Peace. WB (talk) 01:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)