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07:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Asad Shafiq Edits
Hello, this is Yousha. I appreciate your efforts however I would like to defend the changes I had made on the page. You mentioned that the tone was better; I assume you made that comment because the page continues with the section "2011–present". I would like to point out that I was about to continue the restructing based on the pages of other cricketers. I was doing it in good faith and with the objective to make all pages related to cricketers look similar (written on the same format). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yousha hashmi (talk • contribs) 15:37, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Yousha hashmi: no, the main issue was a few weasle words and unencyclopedic language creeping in (eg. "A product of the Karachi tape ball circuit, Shafiq was first noticed when he stormed the first-class scene", "
he national selectors had earmarked him as one for the future". I would recommend the current heading style as better per our Manual of style. --Mdann52talk to me! 15:55, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristiana of Capua and Adelaide of Riedenburg
Why did you close this as a merge? All users supported the proposal for the deletion of these articles not a merge. I said "Merging should not even be an option. Both articles should be deleted and all links and mentions on related articles erased to prevent Wikipedia for proliferating false facts and original research." All three users agreed and supported this and no one suggested merging since there is basically nothing reliable that can be merged. --The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 23:26, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- @The Emperor's New Spy: I see the close has been reverted. I think I must of misread the statement, as I completely agree with you. I must of run out of caffeine or something :P --Mdann52talk to me! 05:13, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Funkadelic
The edit I'd done only happened because it had been confirmed by the man himself and plus I would've never edit incorrect information into an article. I would truly appreciate if you didn't remove my edit. These are not factual errors. User:Mdann52 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblez411 (talk • contribs) 05:24, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Bubblez411: Unfortunately, the information needs to be verified by reliable sources. We can not accept the subjects word for it. --Mdann52talk to me! 06:15, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Hyve Managed Hosting
Hi,
Would like to discuss the Speedy deletion nomination of Hyve Managed Hosting which I've just created.
How speedy is that deletion? As although I've set up the page with some very basic content - it will be shortly populated by our Marketing team and Lead Editor - Lucie Sadler.
We're a web hosting provider who have been trading for many years. Initially started by two colleagues and very quickly expanded to become the very first UK hosting partner of Vmware
We are also one of the first to use HP's 3PAR technology to shake up the way web providers charge for disk space as it uses a mix of SAS and SSD technology.
Hopefully that's enough for now, as I'd hate for it to be deleted before our editor has had a chance to populate it properly.
Thanks
Nick
Nickhyve (talk) 12:33, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Nickhyve: I suspect deletion may take a while, as no admins currently appear to be active. You may, however, add {{hangon}} to the page if you intend to improve it. I would note that, in it's current form, it fails our guidelines for notability (WP:NCORP), and requires more reliable sources (eg. independent news articles) to show notability. Finally, I would like to note that, if you are editing the page while you are being paid by the company in question then, per our ToC's (wmf:Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities), you should declare this on your user page. More information on this is avalible at WP:PSCOI. Please let me know if I can help furthur. --Mdann52talk to me! 12:41, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks User:Mdann52 I've added the hangon section, updated my profile and have asked Marketing to update Asap. Nick — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickhyve (talk • contribs) 12:55, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I do believe it is not constructive.
I feel that the removal of the characters and actors, that I added purposely because they were not listed, I posted in The Guiding Light (1960 - 1969) is not constructive, because you are not giving actors and actresses their credits for work they did in the industry on this show.
I will be deleting, shortly, a few of the descriptive lines about the characters and include them in the plot development section instead, but they should be in the list of characters and the actors and actresses who played them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petjbr03 (talk • contribs) 14:21, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- I have no idea what you are on about. Can you clarify please? --Mdann52talk to me! 14:41, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
My article Ayyan (model, singer, producer, actress) was deleted
Hello, Mdann52. My article Ayyan (model, singer, producer, actress) was deleted because another page Ayyan (model) has information about the same artist. I made my page, because the old one, Ayyan (model), is not grammatically correct and does not have the latest updated on her career, nor a recent photo, and I believe that an internationally known person like Ayyan should have a page that would give accurate information on her. I tried to edit the old one, but my edits are deleted immediately after they are made. What can I do about undeleting my page? Thank you!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jules.mirique (talk • contribs) 09:48, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- The issue is that your sources appear to be unreliable. Additionally, the tone of the entry was not ideal; All articles should be from a neutral point of view. --Mdann52talk to me! 11:31, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Apologies
Dear Mdann52, Apologies about my sister's edits. She really makes a fool of herself sometimes.
Yours Sincerely, Krissa — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaguitariusXD (talk • contribs) 15:29, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Rosemary Beach
User:Mdann52 Can you explain why the changes were not accepted on the Rosemary Beach® page? I am General Counsel for Rosemary Beach Holdings, LLC, the Founder of Rosemary Beach. We are trying to ensure that the Wikipedia page for our community is accurately reflected on Wikipedia. The information that is currently listed was added by a travel writer who is not associated with Rosemary Beach and it is not accurate. I can submit our federal trademark registration documentation if need be to confirm that we are the rightful party to update on behalf of Rosemary Beach. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosemarybeachfounder (talk • contribs) 15:25, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Rosemarybeachfounder: The Wikipedia article is not controlled by you; it should read neutrally, and be verified by reliable sources, none of which your edits complied with. I also suggest you read WP:PSCOI. --Mdann52talk to me! 15:35, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
kari ann peniche
Hi I'm Kari Ann Peniche social media director and I would like to send you some updates and photos pf Kari Ann so you can get her page updated. My email is (Retracted) my name is Bob Centracchio and you can verify my work with ksri ann by contacting her at (Retracted) which is her charity she is stsrting up — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gno2012 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Gno2012: Please see Wikipedia:Contact us - Subjects for more help the photo point. In terms of the updates, you should post on Talk:Kari Ann Peniche, using {{Requested edit}}. --Mdann52talk to me! 15:59, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Dangit, sorry about that.
I hadn't intended to leave the impression I was claiming credit, I've left an apology and correction in the discussion thread. I'll be more careful in the future. Cheers, --j⚛e deckertalk 16:35, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Joe Decker: No problem, I was joking; It's very hard for people to pick up my sarcasm over the internet :P --Mdann52talk to me! 16:38, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed it is. :) But your contributions are far too valuable here to be ignored, and I owed you an apology or a shout out whether you'd called it to my attention or not. I owe ya a favor some time, don't hesitate to call it in. Cheers, --j⚛e deckertalk 16:41, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
About your hatting
I guess I could have made uncivil comments. So, I'm here to ask you why you hatted part of the discussion at archive.is RFC as "uncivil" and why you think my part in specific is uncivil while Chris's whole paragraph commenting on me is "civil".Forbidden User (talk) 11:00, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
I guess you'd be the more rational one, with you not being a veteran at AN/I.Forbidden User (talk) 11:23, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Forbidden User: from memory, I was in the process of looking through comments made, and probably became distracted. I'm on mobile at the minute, but I'll finish my analysis, and issue warnings if appropriate. --Mdann52talk to me! 11:28, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. I will appreciate any constructive criticism (as I'm three-month-old anyway).Forbidden User (talk) 11:40, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- There is a lot of funny stuff at my talk page as well. You may talk a look at that. Some quotes are "your words are lies", "this is my last attempt to educate you", along with failure to quote where exactly his pointless WP:YOUREWRONG cry is about when asked. I've heard about actions being preventative not punitive. Perhaps he wants a hit-and-run and leave me eating up the insult. Hope to hear from you soon.Forbidden User (talk) 19:00, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Forbidden User: from memory, I was in the process of looking through comments made, and probably became distracted. I'm on mobile at the minute, but I'll finish my analysis, and issue warnings if appropriate. --Mdann52talk to me! 11:28, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
It would be nice if you could close this. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 15:11, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
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Talk:Babymetal#Disruptive edits by SilentDan297 discussion
Apologies for bothering you but you have yet to reply to me on the dispute discussion concerning the Babymetal article. The infobox genre's where no problem at all, it's the Record Labels that are the primary concern in this section. Other issues have been discussed and are also awaiting consensus, including the discography and previously the members section which has since been resolved. Hope to hear from you again soon and again apologies for bothering you. SilentDan (talk) 22:21, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- @SilentDan297: Apologies for forgetting about it - recently, RL has been rather hectic. Unfortunately, I will be going away for a few days, and will have very little interenet, so if I reopen the discussion, it will likely be closed again by the time I get back. Sorry about this. --Mdann52talk to me! 05:28, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
Concerning Aspect-oriented_software_development
User:Mdann52 Hi, I see you overwrote my edits to the page above almost immediately. As what I wrote is factually correct, could you please advise on a suitable wording to satisfy the neutrality guidelines? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Playtime222 (talk • contribs) 15:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC) #
- @Playtime222: Wikipedia is not here to promote a product. We do not namedrop certain products in articles just because they do a certain task. --Mdann52talk to me! 15:32, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Mdann52: OK, I understand that concern. On Unity as aspect-oriented, the two points I was making was a) the decorator pattern isn't specifically aspect-orientated which is what Unity interception is doing b) Unity is only resolving the dependencies here and providing a proxy - any dependency injection container library can do this e.g. MEF, Castle. 'Aspect-Oriented concepts' is misleading.
- As for PostSharp, I discovered this about a year ago and it fits the bill for full aspect-orientation - it has a point-cut language, a weaver, etc - so it does enable the adoption of aspect-orientated development on .NET. I didn't mean to come across as a sales pitch but I can see what you mean :-/ Other commercial products are mentioned in this section WAS, TopLink etc... would a better wording be something like - Postsharp is a commercial post-compiler that supports aspect-oriented development in .NET ?
User:Mdann52 Bump... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.103.165 (talk) 16:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC) User:Mdann52 Could you please respond? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.35.148.2 (talk) 08:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
DRN volunterring
Hello. I have recently added myself to the volunteer list at DRN and wish to participate in dispute resolutions. I wish to start with the case Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Current disputes#user talk:Thomas.W, which borderlines user conduct issues but also involves adequate conduct (in my opinion) to attempt a resolution. However, since I'm new to dispute resolutions, I was wondering whether you can guide me in opening and maintaining the case. In the case that you were willing, I was going to start with a warning to only discuss content, not user conduct, and ask both users to cite policy or guidelines for their respective sides. KJ Discuss? 04:29, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Kkj11210: Yea, that's a good start. In my opening statement, I try and double check the loci of the dispute. Once it is clear, I try and discuss the sources/wording/whatever, and try and reach common ground. I then propose a solution, based on the evidence given. The closing process can be a bit fiddly, but we'll cross that bridge when you get there :). --Mdann52talk to me! 05:40, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, and if the conversation starts to turn towards user conduct, then it may be worth closing it early. --Mdann52talk to me!<
- Thanks for the reply. I've made an opening statement, though I'm not sure if I did it correctly. Please check it out when you have time. Thanks again! KJ Discuss? 06:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Kkj11210: caught me just before I have to go to work :P yeah, looks fine to me. --Mdann52talk to me! 06:36, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. I've made an opening statement, though I'm not sure if I did it correctly. Please check it out when you have time. Thanks again! KJ Discuss? 06:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
Since it's been three days, and one editor is refusing to comment on the page while the other has been completely non-responsive, is there any way to close the discussion? KJ Discuss? 11:41, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Kkj11210: The instructions are listed here. --Mdann52talk to me! 13:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Edit conflict
Sorry for stepping on your toes on Calvin Earl. Clearly needed a lot of work. Thanks for the hand. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:01, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- @WikiDan61: no problem. Not often I hit an editconflict using Twinkle :P --Mdann52talk to me! 14:23, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Your !vote over at the reviewer userright RfC
I reformatted the RfC taking place at VPP and thought you may want to move your !vote into the "Support" section, taking it out of the threaded discussion at the top. Thanks! APerson (talk!) 22:29, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
Letter to the foundation
The the math project page is not only a place for discussing math content/math articles as such, but it is also a place to discuss (within reason) that are other subjects of interest or concern to the WP math editors/math community. WP:Canvass is not designed to block information, but to black selective (mass) targetting, spamming or campaign, which is clearly not the case here.--Kmhkmh (talk) 12:25, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Kmhkmh: asking groups of random Wikipedians to contribute the the discussion when there is no link between them is also considered canvassing. --Mdann52talk to me! 12:38, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't ask a random group, but i posted a notice in a forum where I am regular (contrary to you as far as i can tell). You however seem to have deleted that notice without having any relation to that forum at all. And I didn't really ask them to contribute to the discussion either, but informed them about an ongoing event.--Kmhkmh (talk) 13:11, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- I would also add that Kmhkmh's notice is relevant to an ongoing discussion (taking place higher up on the project talk page) between project members and Foundation employees. Ozob (talk) 13:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Ozob: with the point above, fair enough. @Kmhkmh: It is usually worth including such threads a subthread, or linking to, the origional, to avoid issues such as this, although I take responsibility for being too lazy to read through... --Mdann52talk to me! 15:20, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- I would also add that Kmhkmh's notice is relevant to an ongoing discussion (taking place higher up on the project talk page) between project members and Foundation employees. Ozob (talk) 13:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't ask a random group, but i posted a notice in a forum where I am regular (contrary to you as far as i can tell). You however seem to have deleted that notice without having any relation to that forum at all. And I didn't really ask them to contribute to the discussion either, but informed them about an ongoing event.--Kmhkmh (talk) 13:11, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:Templates_for_discussion#Request_for_Comment:_WP:NENAN
Shouldn't the "NENAW" with a W at Wikipedia_talk:Templates_for_discussion#Request_for_Comment:_WP:NENAN say "NENAN" with an N? --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:14, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Jax 0677:
Nah, I've invented a new policyyeah, probably. Corrected. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:22, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Anti-vandalism
I finally finished the answers to the lessons. Please take a look. Thanks--TerryAlex (talk) 15:18, 24 August 2014 (UTC) @TerryAlex: All looks good to me. I've left a mini-test for you to do next bwhahaha --Mdann52talk to me! 07:21, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
external links
Thank you for your edit to Samuel Bolton Colburn. I was unsure about what an appropriate external link should be. Also, I'm trying to address the note on this entry saying that this article has multiple issues. One of the issues being that it is an Orphan and is not linked. How do I resolve the issues mentioned and get this tag removed?
Sorry, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susan M Anderson (talk • contribs)
- @Susan M Anderson: no problem! The problem with the links you used is that you used links to external sites in the text of the article; I didn't judge the links, only where they were located (I could of been clearer). The correct place to put them would be with an == External links== heading at the end of the article. I have removed the refimprove tag, but as for the other issue, you just need to link another article to the page. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:29, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
New edits to Suzannah Lipscomb article
Greetings! I know you've been involved in the Suzannah Lipscomb article and its OTRS ticket. Ajz1978 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has made some edits to the article today. I've reverted them, generally. You've probably got the article watchlisted and have already seen them, but just in case, would you mind taking a look at the edits? Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 20:08, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
- yeah, I spotted you had reverted them. I'm keeping an eye on this (one of the few articles I get email notifications on thigh my alt account). I've just warned them through the edit summary, but I'm going to assume it isn't the return of the socks yet again. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:21, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Can you please advise where I will find details of the OTRS action you suggested I read? (UTC)
- The article talk page and page history are good starts; Due to the nature of OTRS, revealing the emails is counter intuitive. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:40, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
It really does not make sense to me why the ref of her DOB and middle names is included, yet they can't be mentioned in the article? Also her family can't be mentioned and the Daily Mail can't be used as a source? No other article I've seen has so many restrictions as this one. (UTC)
- @Ajz1978: The Daily Mail is generally not accepted in any BLP article. --NeilN talk to me 21:27, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Can you please advise if it can be inserted into the article that she was a child actor and appeared in 'The house of Eliott' and 'witchcraft'? References: http://www.talktalk.co.uk/tv-guide/content/jr8zy/the-house-of-eliott and http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0196214/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_ttfc_3
This info was in a very early version of the page. (UTC)
- I have the same comments on those that you have already been given. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:33, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Talk archiving
I would like to know how to put comments and/or posts back onto the talkpage and get archived at again at a certain (for example) at "2160". I've possibly made a mistake at some point and would like to re-do my actions. While I know moving them back to the talkpage would leave them at the archived place and how would I remove the archival-old template to re-do them? Adamdaley (talk) 23:37, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
- Answered on IRC. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:35, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for undoing my edit, I think I may have made a mistake too. I was just about to revert the edit myself, I'm sorry about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.142.3 (talk) 16:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
People are writing 'hearsay' on this guys page. I am erasing the false statements — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunners1988 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
- The material appears well sourced to me. I'm going to take a look through and cut it down a bit, but it seems to be more than "hearsay". --Mdann52talk to me! 16:35, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
Could you close this one for me? Thanks. Armbrust The Homunculus 21:24, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Armbrust:
Done --Mdann52talk to me! 05:40, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
COMSATS
Request to control page COMSATS Institute of Information Technology was already filed to the Institute. You have messed things up by removing the material. Edits were soon to be made in it. You were supposed to tailor the article, not remove it. Idiot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.32.195.29 (talk) 13:35, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah... I suggest you read WP:OWN and WP:NPA, and stop using Wikipedia for advertising. --Mdann52talk to me! 13:43, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- DS; Yeah, raised at AN. --Mdann52talk to me! 14:10, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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07:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Metamodernism talk page
Hi, I see you recently deleted several discussions, including subsections, from Talk:Metamodernism. A fair bit of the initial material in calming things down was present in the deleted material, including some in the one you asked not to be reinstated. It seems to me that this positive material should in due course be archived rather than summarily deleted. I do not appear to have access to the "email" link you gave in one edit comment, so I have no way of understanding your reasons. Also, your other comments cited WP:OUT. It is not clear to me that this essay relates to talk pages rather than content. So I am wondering if you could explain why you deleted so much material, and why you blanket-deleted the constructive material along with the bad? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:26, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, I am curious too. We only delete talk page material in exceptional circumstances. What is the cause of this? Thanks, --Mark viking (talk) 16:12, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- Even if this was 'water over the dam', it should then have been archived, not deleted. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Steelpillow and Mark viking: the link was wrong.... WP:DOX is the correct one. This was done in line with this in mind; I know this is in relation to AfD, but you get the idea. I am provented from giving too many details away publicly, so can say little else. However, I will leave a note in the history noting the incorrect link.--Mdann52talk to me! 17:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- OK, I take your point. Thank you for clarifying. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 19:07, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- This makes more sense. It is unfortunate that we will lose useful discussion, but I understand the need. Thanks for clarifying your actions. --Mark viking (talk) 19:45, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Mark viking: the discussion is still accessible in the page history; As some of it is useful, I'm not going to get it revdelled. --Mdann52talk to me! 19:49, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Steelpillow and Mark viking: the link was wrong.... WP:DOX is the correct one. This was done in line with this in mind; I know this is in relation to AfD, but you get the idea. I am provented from giving too many details away publicly, so can say little else. However, I will leave a note in the history noting the incorrect link.--Mdann52talk to me! 17:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- Even if this was 'water over the dam', it should then have been archived, not deleted. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Zoho Office Suite
Hi.
You are online? Good. Unless you have disabled your notification system, you must have by now realized that your changes to Zoho Office Suite is reverted. As I said in my edit summary, I do see some peacock terms but the violation is not so severe as to merit such a large-scale deletion.
Of course, per WP:BRD, you are entitled to have an audit trial on the article talk page. Should I start one?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 20:48, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Codename Lisa: I'm kinda online (I'm on mobile ATM), but I'll be honest; Reviewing the edit, I was a bit heavy handed. I'll take another look tomorrow, once I've got some sleep. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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- - MrBill3 (talk) 13:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
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Per your edit note
here, I am contacting you. I believe the edits I made comply with BLP very stringently and I would be very open to discussing how others might think differently. An editor claiming to be the subject of the article (may be or may not be) has been on the Talk page, POV-pushing, and my rationale is laid out there. Jytdog (talk) 13:25, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- I just made this edit, in which I removed unsourced statements, which we should not have in a BLP article. I also removed the POV tag and refimprove tags, since everything that is there is sourced. I did not add anything. I left the notability tag. Jytdog (talk) 13:36, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- And I just made this edit, removing categories for which we have no support, again under WP:BLP. We should say nothing without support. Jytdog (talk) 13:46, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Jytdog: I didn't realise the material was unsourced; He verified the unsourced bits. I've found a source to verify it; Not the best, but it'll do. --Mdann52talk to me! 16:28, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- i'm sorry, but that source does not do - it fails WP:INDY. especially on a contested BLP article we need to reach for great sources and keep standards high; if we start allowing low quality sources then we have no justification for keeping negative information out, either. so i reverted, with apologies. Jytdog (talk) 16:50, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Jytdog: This seems appropriate per WP:BLPSELFPUB, however my interpretation of it may not be ideal, so feel free to review it. --Mdann52talk to me! 17:24, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- i find it uncollegial that you have parachuted into the article and are not dealing with the extensive conversations that have happened on talk, not participating in those discussions, and are leaving pretty high-handed edit notes. I am walking away from the article and your talk page. i regret having wasted my time trying to improve it. Jytdog (talk) 18:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- frustrated, but decided to stick with it. please Talk, on the Talk page. Jytdog (talk) 00:36, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Jytdog: This seems appropriate per WP:BLPSELFPUB, however my interpretation of it may not be ideal, so feel free to review it. --Mdann52talk to me! 17:24, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- i'm sorry, but that source does not do - it fails WP:INDY. especially on a contested BLP article we need to reach for great sources and keep standards high; if we start allowing low quality sources then we have no justification for keeping negative information out, either. so i reverted, with apologies. Jytdog (talk) 16:50, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Jytdog: I didn't realise the material was unsourced; He verified the unsourced bits. I've found a source to verify it; Not the best, but it'll do. --Mdann52talk to me! 16:28, 5 September 2014 (UTC)