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June 27[edit]

Edit request at Talk:International Anti-Corruption Academy[edit]

Helped
Hey. I left an edit request at Talk:International Anti-Corruption Academy that has gone unanswered for nearly 10 days now. If someone could look into that at their earliest convenience, that would be appreciated. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 06:16, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me so I'm doing it. Not sure why an edit request was necessary though. Alpha3031 (t • c) 14:44, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Alpha3031: I reverted the edit and left a note on the talk page of the requesting editor and the article (regarding the requesting editor's undisclosed paid status). Orville1974^talk 16:56, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Killiechassie[edit]

Ref number 12 is all wrong - sorry - please leave in quote and fix it p if you can. Thanks 175.32.82.245 (talk) 13:01, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Maproom (talk) 13:40, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pages not working[edit]

Helped
In Dr. Shamsheer's article when we click on Reference [2], a page opens with number 21,but when we scroll to page 20 or page 22, both the pages shows error (20 & 22). These pages( 20 & 22) needs to be updated and saved properly by the help of Wayback Machine. Note:Editors who know how to save pages by the help of Wayback Machine should only work on this request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.162.149 (talk) 16:54, 27 June 2019 (UTC) Thanks(223.230.162.149 (talk)) —Preceding undated comment added 16:49, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The wayback machine didn't save the other pages of the article, but I added a second reference to Shamsheer Vayalil's article, that contains the entire referenced article you're looking for, when I responded to your edit request. You can see the full article when you click on the other footnote (it's currently footnote 11) following the radiology fellowship sentence. Orville1974^talk 16:59, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is some sort of edit warring[edit]

taking place at Sculpture, an editor, User:Artlover8789, is insisting that a picture of a work that their edit history suggests that they have an inordinate interest in, be the lede picture. I don't think it belongs at all, and other editors seem to agree. Attempts to get the issue moved to the talk page have not been successful. What should I do? What can you do? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 20:53, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is the issue? I am adding "Charging Bull' to the lead of sculpture as it is arguably the world's most iconic sculpture? If you can please let me know a sculpture which attracts the millions of people each year Charging Bull does, I would happily agree that Charging Bull should come second. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artlover8789 (talk • contribs) 21:00, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Artlover8789, you need to have that discussion with other editors on the talk page for the article so that consensus can determine the images to be used in the article. Schazjmd (Talk) 21:04, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a 1917 Photograph of the First American Hill & Dale Lyraphone Label[edit]

Dear Sirs, I was interested in adding a picture of the first known issued Lyraphone record label to an already existing article. This will greatly improve the informational content of the article. It is stated below. Rick

The first exclusive hill and dale Lyraphone record label is shown here that would have been used in 1917 before the later lateral label was used that shows the cat on top of a Lyric record. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rick Wilkins (talk • contribs) 22:50, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph that I think needs to be split[edit]

I feel like the following paragraph, from the opening section of the article on John D. MacDonald, should be split:

"MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of Florida. One of the most successful American novelists of his time, MacDonald sold an estimated 70 million books in his career. His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series, and his novel The Executioners, which was filmed as Cape Fear (1962) and remade in 1991. In 1972, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed upon MacDonald its very highest honor, the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement and consistent quality. When the U.S. book publishing industry responded to criticism of the National Book Awards as run by insiders by replacing them in 1980 with a voting academy of 2,000, it honored MacDonald during its elaborate television production entitled The American Book Awards in that only year containing the Mystery category. Stephen King praised MacDonald as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Kingsley Amis said, MacDonald "is by any standards a better writer than Saul Bellow, only MacDonald writes thrillers and Bellow is a human-heart chap, so guess who wears the top-grade laurels."

The sentence beginning with "[i]n 1972" seems best. Could anyone please tell me if I'm on the right track?--Thylacine24 (talk) 23:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Thylacine24: I agree. However you do not need anyone's agreement prior to exercising your editorial judgement. You are a Wikipedia editor, just like the rest of us, so just make the change. Another editor may disagree, and revert, and then you can discuss it on the article's talk page: see WP:BRD. -Arch dude (talk) 01:18, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I feel uncomfortable not asking about anything that isn't related to grammar, spelling, or punctuation.--Thylacine24 (talk) 20:52, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]