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Hey Rmhermen. The issue here with creating it as a disambiguation page is that the base is still at its incorrect location. McGuire AFB should be moved to McGuire Field, and the page could then have a note added to the top of the article denoting what it also might refer to. Thanks for your help though, and I look forward to working with you! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:20, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
McGuire Air Force Base appears to be the official name - with McGuire Field only being a nickname. Rmhermen (talk) 01:35, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
I would expect the Air Force to be thed authority on the names of their own bases and they refer to "McGuire AFB" [1]Rmhermen (talk) 03:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Re:Convert template
Yes, there was a reason, the convert template was producing a grammatical error that was most cleanly fixed by entering the number and conversion manually. I could have made the grammar work, but it would've been awkward. Is there a reason to strongly prefer convert templates? Tazerdadog (talk) 03:52, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
It's just you. I think you are confusing Wikipedia's requirement for NPOV editing with non-neutral statements from sources. His writings and criticisms definitely center on "genecides", "killings", "exploitation", etc., (and not milder euphemisms for the same) regardless of whether you personally feel his perspective is accurate of justified. It's caustic language, indeed, but that is part of his notability, if I'm not mistaken. Xenophrenic (talk) 04:33, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Your version factually states that repression of Native Americans continues to this day. If Churchill has said that, please quote him directly and provide a source. Otherwise, it's POV.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 04:39, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
That was my interpretation too. The difference is between saying "it is so" and saying "he says 'it is so'" 16:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
That should have been the difference, Rmhermen, but it was not. Please review again the diff provided above, which shows a revert of your edit. Your edit did not change the text to read what Churchill says is so, which is what you should have done; instead, your edit changed the text to say what you believe is so. There is a difference. Regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 00:34, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
I think the indentation shows I was expanding on the previous answers given. Rmhermen (talk) 20:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Barbara Brunner
You have recently deleted my Wikipedia page on Barbara Brunner... which I am a major fan of. I asked her if I may use everything in the public domain. She can tell you herself. Can you please reinstate the page?
Im sorry I dont know how to send messages. Please email me at skelations@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathan1610 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Barbara Brunner
You have recently deleted my Wikipedia page on Barbara Brunner... which I am a major fan of. I asked her if I may use everything in the public domain. She can tell you herself. Can you please reinstate the page?
Im sorry I dont know how to send messages. Please email me at skelations@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathan1610 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
This page was an obvious copyright infringement of the website: Barbara Brunner - Author Interview which clearly states "Thank you for joining us. Copyright 2012. Founded" It is necessary to write articles in your own words. Public domain only includes very old material or material specifically released into the public domain by a legal disclaimer. Rmhermen (talk) 19:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
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Threatening a user to delete their work because 8 or 9 years later some other user changes the way information is displayed is really poor for editor retention. Better if you want something to fit in this week's super-perfect modern techno format, you do it yourself - rather than trying to force me to change it every few months. After the first dozen times I get asked I no longer want to upload any pictures to this site. In fact, I essentially have stopped uploading images I have created for this reason and I am one of the longest-serving editors and an admin to boot. Of course I doubt anyone will ever check my response to this drive-by tagging. Rmhermen (talk) 16:36, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Broken tables
Tell me Rmhermen... Can you read this text????
"WARNING: Article could not be rendered - ouputting plain text.
Potential causes of the problem are: (a) a bug in the pdf-writer software (b) problematic Mediawiki markup (c) table
is too wide
North American archaeological periods divides the history of pre-Columbian North America into a number of named
successive eras or periods, from the earliest evidence of human habitation through to the early Colonial period which
followed the European colonization of the Americas.Stage classificationOne of the most enduring classifications of
archaeological periods & cultures was established in Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips (archaeologist)Philip
Phillips' 1958 book Method and Theory in American Archaeology. They divided the archaeological record in the
Tradition c. 11,200 BCE - 9000 BCE, California Post Pattern c. 11,000 BCE - 7000 BCE, NW California Folsom
tradition c. 9000 BCE - 8000 BCE Dalton Tradition c. 8500 BCE - 7900 BCE Archaic period in the
AmericasArchaic period, (Archaic stage) (8000 BCE - 1000 BCE)by Time Period Early Archaic8000 BCE - 6000
BCE Plano culturesPaleo-Arctic Tradition 8000 BCE - 5000 BCE Maritime ArchaicRed Paint PeopleMiddle
Archaic6000 BCE - 3000 BCE Chihuahua tradition c. 6000 BCE - c. 250 CE Watson Brake and Lower Mississippi
Valley sites c. 3500 BCE - 2800 BCE Late Archaic3000 BCE - 1000 BCE Arctic Small Tool tradition 2500 BCE -
800 BCE Aleutian tradition 2500 BCE - 1800 BCE Poverty Point culture 2200 BCE - 700 BCE by Location Great
BasinDesert ArchaicMiddle ArchaicLate ArchaicGreat LakesOld Copper Complex c. 4000 BCE - c. 1000 BCE
MesoamericaMexican ArchaicSouthwest United StatesSouthwest: Southwestern Archaic TraditionsArchaic – Early"
You are highly encourage to fix the table yourself. Shouting at us is not very helpful. Rmhermen (talk) 00:06, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm hiding on print... you can still view the table... or are you blind??? put some glass please.... when you create a book with that article inside... a book with 400 articles... you just can't create a book... because the render don't work with that table... split the table in two or more parts if you know how to do it and then you can remove the div ........ did you ever try to export as pdf????? I guess no... You know where??? go to Pring/export then download as pdf. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgccgs (talk • contribs) 17:40, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Your edits are not helpful. After your edit, you are merely hiding a problem that no one else will fix. Either fix it or ask for help - don't simply hide it. I can find no examples of your code being used in any Wikpedia article - that alone should be a hint that your approach is not encouraged. No one except you is going to know that the table isn't printing - it might be a workable solution for you but what about the next person who wants the first table in a book? If you don't know how to fix it yourself (try the pages around WP:Tables) but a tag, go to the help desk, find an expert on Wikipedia tables. I am no expert on tables, and I have never tried nor wanted to try printing any article as a PDF. Rmhermen (talk) 21:43, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Yes are very helpful what is better.. let me know... book with errors... or book without errors? please answer that first... then this one if someone... are creating a book with this category "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_peoples" ok? and here in this category are 2 articles with erros this one ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeological_periods_(North_America) and this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TheDJ/Sandbox) they never know... why the pdf render don't work... don't work because that table is too large.. the pdf don't suport the table. Please try it out. And about that "next person who wants the first table in a book?" is for that .. why i have add this comment "WARNING: Article could not be rendered - ouputting plain text. - When You put a table.. learn how to do it, and try save as PDF after you can save that thank you! (
)" for that people who want the table and who know how to fix it. But you encourage the errors.. and i understand... please try what i ask.. add the category in a book with that article, then add the category without the article.. and you can see the diference.
And i have made donations also... and if i want that div in the article what is the problem.. why you're opinion is better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgccgs (talk • contribs) 00:08, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
No, the next user is not supposed to have to dig into the article change history. The way you tried to hide it they may never notice that one of the tables didn't print. Just fix the problems yourself or ask for help. And books and PDF are not really high priority. We are a free online encyclopedia, not a print one. Rmhermen (talk) 00:47, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Please provide sources for these edits, otherwise they'll have to be removed per WP:BLP (even if they're legitimate). Thank you. -- Scjessey (talk) 21:32, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
I've temporarily removed the section. -- Scjessey (talk) 22:03, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Ridiculous. It had a main article link already. Rmhermen (talk) 22:19, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
That is entirely beside the point. Controversial biographical details in particularmust be referenced in the same article in which they are presented. -- Scjessey (talk) 11:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
If you thought it was such a problem you could have added the sources from the main article yourself - and in less time too. Instead you want to Wikilawyer, instead of "Build the encyclopedia". See a problem - fix it. Rmhermen (talk) 04:42, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
You are the person adding the controversial material, so you are responsible for sourcing it. You could've fixed it instead of simply reverting it back into the article. As an administrator, you should know how important WP:BLP is and how important references are. Don't imagine for a second that this is my failure. -- Scjessey (talk) 12:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Yes, your failure and an increasingly common one. Destroy whatever - build little. You saw a possible problem and instead of improving the encyclopedia and fixing it, you chose to delete all the content. Over a piece of content that is not in the least obscure or controversial. I challenge you to consider whether your approach is the in the best interest of growing the encyclopedia and retaining editors. Rmhermen (talk) 19:02, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
WP:BLP is the most important policy in Wikipedia, and you broke it. As a sysop, you should be setting a good example by properly referencing controversial facts about living people. -- Scjessey (talk) 23:55, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hey there. I totally don't mean to sound like the proverbial WP:DICK here (although I probably will nonetheless), but since this is like the one thing I really care about when it comes to my edits: This edit copied content I'd added to 2011 Waltham murders without giving attribution as required by WP:COPYWITHIN. Obviously it's not a huge deal or anything, but since higher-profile articles like this eventually get used in books and heavily mirrored and everything, I like to know that my contributions, however small, will somehow be noted in the page history. A little edit-summary link to the article you copy from is all that's needed. Once again, not trying to do any telling-off here; I just think that since we have such a great copyleft system at work here, it's important to enforce the few requirements that system entails.
P.S. Even though this is a "hand-written" note, I feel like I'm vaguely in WP:DTTR territory here, since I'm talking to an admin with the same tone I normally use on confused newbies. I apologize if I do sound at all condescending. This is just how I talk when I have my "helpful note" hat on. — PinkAmpers&(Je vous invite à me parler) 00:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Not at all. I didn't consider it that large of a piece of text (and I think, partly reworded). Sorry about that. Rmhermen (talk) 17:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You just deleted the talkpage of Corpora spongiosa penes. Would you mind deleting the redirect itself. As I stated on the talkpage I created it under the wrong name. Thank you for your fast reply to my deletion proposal previously. Kind regards JakobSteenberg (talk) 20:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
OK. All gone. Rmhermen (talk) 21:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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No yet agsain - it is lacking nothing. Rmhermen (talk) 17:10, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
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On June 17, 2013 you deleted the Youtube video I inserted on this topic stating "move wrongly placed link again". However, you did not suggest an alternate placement. The video is averaging approximately 1,000 hits per month largely driven by traffic from the link to this page. Clearly, the video is both relevant and of interest to the readers of this page. Since you don't like the link under "States Without Capital Punishment", I think the next best place would be in a box below the table "Death Penalty Statutes in the United States." I would appreciate your advice in this matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.151.61.175 (talk) 14:32, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
External links go in the section called External Links. Rmhermen (talk) 14:07, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rmhermen, On 27 September 2004 you added some information to the Aurochs article regarding possible third and fourth domestication events. I know this is asking a lot, 9 years later, but would you still happen to know the sources? Your inserts were:
African cattle are thought to have resulted from a third aurochs domestication event, in this case, the domestication of a second group of aurochs closely related to the Near Eastern ones which gave rise to the European cattle.
The "Turano-Mongolian" type of cattle now found in Northern China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan may represent a fourth domestication event (and a third event among Bos taurus-type aurochs). This group may have diverged from the Near East group some 35,000 years ago.
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Hi, earlier today you reversed my edits in the crime section. If you clicked on the FBI sources, you must realize that it doesn't actually take you to a page that verifies the stats in the section. Did I use the wrong template? Should I have used [full citation needed] ? Lance Friedman (talk) 19:31, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
In fact I did click on the links and I did find the stats. I am not sure why you couldn't. Rmhermen (talk) 03:10, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
The links simply take you to the cover page of the FBI Crime Reports site. This is not a full citation. A full citation is needed that links to the specific stats within the FBI site. The way it is now it would be like me saying the population of Wyoming is 550,000 and just putting census.gov instead of the specific place within census.gov that has the relevant information.Lance Friedman (talk) 22:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Not all databases allow directly linking to data. You can get to the information with one or two clicks. This is normal citation practice. Rmhermen (talk) 18:09, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
This site does allow direct linking. So why not directly link to the page with the relevant information? It seems like the "full citation needed" template needs to be put on these stats. What else is that template for if not for this situation. Right now, once you go to the FBI cover page it not clear at all where you can find the relevant information.Lance Friedman (talk) 21:59, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Feel free to improve the citation. But verification failed templates are clearly wrong. Rmhermen (talk) 15:32, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
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No it isn't. Rmhermen (talk) 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Windows Crap Edition
You were right to delete it. I deleted it too, but then restored it as a possible mistake because it googled. Before I had a chance to remove the speedy tag, you deleted it again. Then I realized it didn't google that well. Now I'm glad it's gone again. Thanks. You must think I'm bananas. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:24, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Well, I was curious. Rmhermen (talk) 13:27, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm a new admin, and am probably just second-guessing myself a bit too much. Thanks for your understanding. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:14, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
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I just wanted to let you know that when you deleted this article, forgot to delete the talk page. Cheers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:54, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
I left it intentionally to preserve the link to the previous deletion debate. Rmhermen (talk) 02:02, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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Why, did you redirect the Rebekah Mikaelsoo page?, why, like I clearly stated on the talk page, she deserves a page, what's the point of a page for the Eight Doctor, he only appeared in one film, please leave me a talk back message upon replying!. Original Authority (talk) 12:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Of course the page covers the subject better, you redirected the page before I got chance to finish.! Original Authority (talk) 17:13, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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"mentally retarded" and related terminology
May be you should have a look at the terminology section of Intellectual disability article. you will find that "Intellectual disability" is the new consensus name for the old "mental retardation" article dolfrog (talk) 01:21, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
"Mentally retarded" is the term used by the Supreme Court [2] - and exact wordings are rather important in the legal world. It is not up to us to change it, only to report it. Rmhermen (talk) 01:52, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
OK it is your legal system, but you may have to change link from a redirect to the new main article. And eventually your legal system will be using the preferred terminology which is also now part of your legal system as per one of the first citations in the new article. Rosa's Lawdolfrog (talk) 02:10, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
No, the legal opinion "ATKINS v. COMMONWEALTH" will forever say "mentally retarded". Other laws and other opinions may use different words but that will not change what Atkins says. Rmhermen (talk) 19:10, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Population Source
I got it from Here. It was taken straight from the census. I don't know how to add references in the Geobox infoboxes. Thricecube 06:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
You can add references in infoboxes just as you would anywhere else. Rmhermen (talk) 17:48, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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Bobrayner has once again stroke out valid comments on TalkPage: Kosovo War, even though you have warned him....
And I really do not know how to reason him.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.106.254.165 (talk) 15:11, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
User Zavtek has vandalized TalkPage: Kosovo War, not only striking out statements but deleting them too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.106.254.165 (talk) 19:24, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rmhermen. I am sorry about the error to have led to this[3] restoration. Quite simply I was examining each revision one by one whe suddenly I decided to reply without realising there had been later additions. Subsequently I deleted all that followed. It was unintentional. I'll now restore my comments but shall do it the proper way. Thanks. Zavtek (talk) 00:07, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
I suspected that one was unintentional. Rmhermen (talk) 03:10, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
BobRayner is vandalising Serb-related wikipages. He simply removes large contents of the article, there is no discussion or agreement. Last example is "Serbs in Romania". I reverted his edit, but he will continue to be uncooperative. 109.106.254.165 (talk) 08:11, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
As things stand, the reverts by Bobrayner meet none of these criteria[4] because you are merely an editor who hasn't logged in/opened an account and even if you are responsible for a number of other edits from other IP addresses, it is obviously not the case with you that the different numbers to materialise each time you log in are your doing, or an attempt to pose as a "different person", you are therefore not a "sockpuppet" (and even if you were, there would have to be a named "puppet master account" for which you account is being used, eg. 'sock of User:IJA' or 'sock of User:Joy', or sock of 11.111.11.11 in IP cases). Now you bare this in mind for future conversation in which you are involved. In the meantime however, and unfortunately for you, Bobrayner is able to edit-war below the radar because his fourth revert comes a long time after the 24-hour mark of the first - it has to be four reverts within 24 hours. The rules suggest that even outside the 24 hours, continued reverting is gaming the system, but this is shady since there has to come a deadline and that official deadline happens to be 24 hours, not 26 hours and 18 minutes. It is worth scrutinising Bobrayner because he does violate the rule from time to time, and it certainly cannot go on for ever. But for now, no luck with this claim. Eastern promises (talk) 00:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
To the anonymous user, please consider making an account so we can more easily communicate with you. Rmhermen (talk) 03:51, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Rmhermen, I assume you've been canvassed because you previously cooperated with this sockpuppeteer. There will be more. Lest you be lured into further embarrassment, I suggest reading WP:3RRNO. In the past, other admins have solved this problem by semiprotecting the page. bobrayner (talk) 22:22, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
I am not embarrassed. But you appear to be involved in another edit war. Rmhermen (talk) 03:47, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Reverting a sock certainly doesn't count towards 3RR. Reverting a sock is a Good Thing. Of course, it wouldn't be necessary if an admin were to block the socks. bobrayner (talk) 06:39, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello good people :),
Forgive me Rmhermen for not opening an account, the atmosphere here on Wikipedia is rather hostile to say the least. I do not like accounts. I would also like to add that I am not a sock, but who needs evidence, right? Anyway, as you can see from my contributions I have not vandalised a thing (unlike some users here), I even gave constructive criticism.
Oh and boobrayner has once again struk out my comments on page Talk:Kosovo War (not the Zavtek's but the IP's, mine to be specific).
Anyway I've been called vandal, sock and Serb-something, God only knows how much would I last here if I were to create an account. I would probably be reported and banned indefinitely simply for doing what I have been doing so far........and that is trying to reason people and be objective.
TaaTaa 109.106.231.225 (talk) 09:12, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Instead of standing and watching the socks play, and handing out ominous "final warnings" to those actually dealing with the problem, perhaps you'd consider reverting and/or blocking some of the sockpuppets? I'm not an admin, but my understanding is that admins are supposed to stop disruptive editing rather than prolong it; what is your understanding? bobrayner (talk) 11:03, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Bobrayner and Rmhermen, I've had a look at some what's involved here as well as what I've experienced of it through ArbCom clerking. This seems to be a pretty clear case of sockpuppetry from a number of users. Bob, if you have articles which constantly suffer the IP sockpuppetry I'm happy to semi or PC them long term/indef (as a DS enforcement action if needed) as long as they have recent examples of socks and none or very little good edits from non-autoconfirmed users. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 15:02, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
Well, some people here would like I was a sock.........but I am not. I just have lousy ISP and sometimes power outages, that is all. :) TaaTaa 109.106.244.168 (talk) 08:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, can you please jump into the discussion on Talk: Jimmy Henchman, that one user's disruption is getting too much to handle by myself. STATicmessage me! 21:01, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
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Haha, I didn't realize we posted the same question at the same time. ;) Thanks for merging our requests into the same section. 96.48.151.67 (talk) 21:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
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Can you please tell me if my theory's right or wrong? I don't mind if it's Right or Wrong. DSS Director Lamb sent DSS Agents Alex & Billy to arrest the Mysterious Person, who's exchanging suitcases with Chen at (UN Garage). Chen & Mysterious Person are exchanging suitcases in (UN Garage). Chen & Mysterious Person have been friends for more than 1 year. Mysterious Person knows that (he's/she's) giving Government Secrets to Chen. Mysterious Person knows that (he's/she's) getting Cash from Chen. Chen's a Chinese Diplomat, who has Diplomatic Immunity. Alex knocks out Chen in self-defense. Alex can't arrest Chen because of diplomatic immunity. When Billy's behind Mysterious Person, Billy identifies himself as an Agent, but Mysterious Person intentionally kills Billy by hitting his head against the wall. Alex hears Billy shouting "Help Me" & that's why Alex tries to shoot Mysterious Person in Self-Defense but Mysterious Person intentionally kills Alex. Mysterious Person knew beforehand that Alex & Billy were Agents. Alex & Billy still don't know Mysterious Person's identity. Mysterious Person throws (his/her) Gloves into Trashcan on the Street. When Lamb finds those particular Gloves, those Gloves have Fingerprints that matched Sheridan's fingerprints on Lamb's (employees' files) because Sheridan's 1 of Lamb's employees. Since Lamb found Sheridan's fingerprints on those Gloves, Lamb realized that Sheridan's the Mysterious Person who sold Secrets to Chen & that's why Lamb created Federal Arrest Warrant for Sheridan. The Warrant lied that Sheridan's fingerprints were found in Garage or the Warrant honestly said that Sheridan's fingerprints were found on Gloves.(76.20.90.53 (talk) 18:54, 7 February 2014 (UTC)).
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Thank you for this edit [[5]]. Unfortunately, they were reverted by RedPenofDoom. Dennis Brown resolved the same issues RedPenofDoom is warring about in our favor in 2012. Then he was tag-teaming with an administrator who left the page after she had to revert herself. Unfortunately RedPenofDoom has a new tag team. They threaten to block us and make attacks on us. All the good people have left the page. Can you help us? Scholarlyarticles (talk) 23:29, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
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Wikipedians who want to do Hamtramck, Michigan photo requests
Rmhermen,
Do you know which Wikipedians are willing to do Hamtramck, Michigan photo requests? There's a Polish editor who wanted photos of Hamtramck public schools.
User:Dwight Burdette is the most active Metro Detroit photographer I can think of. Don't know if he gets into the city though. Rmhermen (talk) 16:35, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I'll contact him. Thank you for the notice! WhisperToMe (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
He's out of range for Hamtramck but I'm checking if he's willing to do Oakland County photos WhisperToMe (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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This page is under a heavy blanking dispute. I was about to lock it myself when someone else semiprotected it. Rmhermen (talk) 02:55, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, yes. Well, I am anonymous user and I contributed to a talk page not even the article itself. And the other user simply deleted my statement. Is that even OK?
I don't know what you meant to link to but what i am seeing is a comparison of the 47 Ronin article and the Kosovo talk page. Not surprisingly they aren't the same. I didn't know that kind of comparison was even possible. Rmhermen (talk) 21:05, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Son of a........I have no idea, let me try again...:)
For the record lol, I never, ever opened 47 Ronin page on wikia......and I do mean never. LOL
(glitch, hackers, aliens? :P)
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Refiloe Maele Phoolo
Sorry for, as it turns out, needlessly getting you to delete the page Refiloe Maele Phoolo. :-\ It was only after looking at the page creator's other edits that I realised they were apparently trying to create a redirect to Cassper Nyovest aka 'Refiloe Maele Phoolo'. Hence I recreated it with the proper redirect syntax. --220ofBorg 04:09, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Hallo, I see you have restored a set of redlinked list entries with the comment that redlinks are good.
First, let me agree that in some situations redlinks ARE good. For instance, in a scientific article, a redlink to a species that does not yet have a WP article is a good thing: the species can readily be proven to exist, and an article will be welcome when it arrives.
The same is not necessarily true of possibly small, possibly WP:hoax items such as bogs. The function of the list here is to assemble for convenience a way of accessing the existing WP articles on those places which have already been established as notable. Each one should therefore have a bluelink (and probably a citation too). It is therefore inappropriate to include redlinks; articles should be written first, then linked. I'd like therefore to restore my changes, if that's all right with you. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:26, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
I disagree entirely with your supposed definition of what a list is for - and note that you have removed U.s. national landmarks! Rmhermen (talk) 03:30, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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Just out of curiosity, did you look at the articles talk page (and the links there) before declining this speedy? You might disagree with if it's 'highly promotional' as is, but you're basically 'validating' this editors evasion of the actions taken by other administrators. If nothing else, fix the page histories and put it back under the right name, please. Reventtalk 06:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
I did read and article and the talk page. It looks pretty much like a standard company article to me. Rmhermen (talk) 03:32, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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Category links for various Ottoman foods
Hi, I see you've been reverting a bunch of my edits to categories on foods of the Ottoman world. I don't understand your reasoning. For example:
On Spanakopita, you removed Category:Ottoman cuisine and added Category:Kosovan cuisine. I don't doubt that spanakopita is part of Kosovan cuisine, but it is in fact part of the shared cuisine of all the former Ottoman territories. The name spanakopita is Greek and the article defines the food as Greek (which is overly narrow, but can be fixed later), so it is bizarre that the category Category:Greek cuisine (or its supercategory Category:Ottoman cuisine) is gone; but then, precisely the same food appears under other names, e.g. Turkish ıspanaklı böreği. I suppose that for all Ottoman foods, you could list all the formerly Ottoman territories' cuisines: Greece, Albania, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iraq -- but I'm not sure what the point of that would be. That would be like listing pasta under Category:Cuisine of Lazio, Category:Cuisine of Tuscany, etc., etc. rather than under Category:Italian cuisine.
What's more, in the particular case of Kosovan cuisine, you seem to be reverting back to a POV-pushing editor who wants to add that category to a long list of articles when a perfectly good superordinate category is available.
Besides the detailed problems, there is a more general problem, which is that defining foods as being from a particular country is misleading and ahistorical. These are foods that are shared by pretty much all regions which were formerly Ottoman. The category Category:Ottoman cuisine is much more accurate than listing countries most of which didn't even exist through most of the history of these foods. And along the edges, Ottoman is actually more accurate. For example, I suspect that the cuisine of Transylvania is not very heavily influenced by Ottoman cuisine, unlike that of Wallachia and Moldavia, though all three are parts of Romania. The category Ottoman cuisine captures that in a way that Romanian cuisine does not.
You're obviously an experienced editor (we've both been on WP for about 10 years) and I would really appreciate understanding where you're coming from in all this. --Macrakis (talk) 15:01, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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National park
I'm not sure why you don't want an Australian park mentioned in the lede. There's a template in the article that explicitely asks for a worldwide view. I would also suggest that National parks in the United States might warrant it's own article, where you can do your thing. Could you make some suggestions on what kind of content you would be willing to tolerate in the lede of National park on that article's talk page, please. --Melody Lavender 20:08, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
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