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A article I patrolled as it was a unsourced BLP that has apparent sources added but...

Imran Tareen, it seems nearly all of these are for: Youtube, Facebook or even just back to Wikipedia! I was starting to delete them all but there are way too many! (Heck I'm not even sure how reliable most of these are, most of them seem like EL's), it seems way too much, I think this article needs cleanup, not even sure if this guy is notable even! Wgolf (talk) 00:20, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Wgolf! Thanks for leaving me a message! I did some quick searching online, and I couldn't find any sources to meet WP:RS and WP:BLP. I don't think this article subject meets WP:GNG. It's arguable as to whether or not the actor meets WP:NACTOR (due to the lack of reliable sources). If you can't find any reliable sources that establish notability per GNG, I think this article is a good AFD candidate worth nominating. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:30, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Done, on another note-on a AFD I did earlier Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yung Sherman, it seems the only response so far is oddly by someone who has never edited before, possibly a SPA (and the username feels like a name block, yes Uranus is a planet, but still...) Wgolf (talk) 00:37, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Dandakosaurus

Hello, just now you reverted my edits to Dandakosaurus and left a message on my talk page regarding it. I admit I did not leave a summary when I should've, and as such I'll try and explain my changes here. The article before my edit (and as it is currently) has this sentence: "It is currently classified as Neoceratosauria incertae sedis but may in fact be a ceratosaurid or basal tetanuran."; the first part makes the neoceratosaur classification sound certain. However, the taxobox places it as Tetanurae, making that identification sound certain, despite this being contradictory since Tetanurae is outside of Neoceratosauria. This contradiction is also present in the sentence, since it makes the certain-sounding statement uncertain by saying it may also be a tetanuran; additionally, the statement that it's a neoceratosaur but may in fact be a ceratosaurid makes even less sense, since Ceratosauridae is within Neoceratosauria, making that clarification redundant.

With all this in mind, I changed the sentence to say Averostra in place of Neoceratosauria, since Averostra is the least inclusive clade including both Tetanurae and Neoceratosauria; I also changed the wording of the latter half to avoid the "but may in fact" part that was causing problems before, changing it to "variously suggested to be", since saying "Currently classified as Averostra but may in fact be a ceratosaur or basal tetanuran" runs into the problem before with Neoceratosauria in relation to Ceratosauridae with the latter being within the former. The last thing I changed was using the word ceratosaur instead of the much more specific ceratosaurid, to go with the more inclusive between ceratosauridae and neoceratosauria, now that only one of the terms is used. Lastly, I changed the term Tetanurae to Averostra in the taxobox to reflect changes to the sentence, for the sake of consistency, and replaced the taxobox with an newly made automatic taxobox, since that's the standard format for articles these days.

Therefore, although in total 150 bytes were removed, because of the simplicity of the automatic taxobox, I didn't "remove" any content from the article, but rather only make alterations to fix major problems with wording and inconsistency. With all of this in mind, unless you have any further gripes with my version, I suggest my edit be restored. Lusotitan (talk) 00:35, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Lusotitan! Thanks for leaving me a message regarding your edits to Dandakosaurus. So long as you use an edit summary to describe your changes, and your changes are supported with reliable sources and citations, you'll be good to go and it will avoid potential frustration and confusion with other editors (such as what happened here). Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers, and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:46, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

So am I good to put my edit back in place? Lusotitan (talk) 00:51, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Lusotitan - Sure! If the edits are good and any additions sourced, go for it! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't understand

I've completely lost the mood of editing here after these warnings. I still don't see I have done anything wrong. He's undoing the edits for the complete wrong reason. If he just wrote that he is going to take the messages with a grain of salt, I wouldn't have reverted the edits. Could you please catch me up here? 3primetime3 (talk) 01:23, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry too much, 3primetime3. I added a comment so that the admins will know that you were just reverting warnings removed by the user on his talk page (even though it is against 3RR). I don't think they'll take any action against you (if anything, the IP would be blocked for their edits). I believe that users are allowed to remove warnings from their talk pages (just so you know), but it's obvious that the IP is making unconstructive edits. I wouldn't sweat it, man. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:28, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

It's here that worries me - especially the comments by User:Only, saying that I would be blocked if I ever revert that user's edits again. I generally follow the three-edit revert rule (after a mistake I made a while back), but I'm just saying that he is removing it without a good-faith intent. Now with the "only warning" template on my user talk page for MarioKart 64...jeez...I don't know what to do. 3primetime3 (talk) 01:31, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @3primetime3: That "only warning" about Mario Kart 64 was from a trolling IP who was blocked a little while ago for vandalizing AIV several times. I don't think it's something you need to worry about at all. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 01:41, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me out guys. I probably won't edit for a few days to cool off. Cya soon :). 3primetime3 (talk) 01:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

You would be blocked for reverting further at his page because it's technically in violation of 3RR. Unless another admin takes action at the 3RR noticeboard, you've gotten off "easy" with the warnings from two admins considering you reverted over a dozen times there, definitely going over 3RR. Enjoy your time away to clear your head. only (talk) 01:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

3primetime3 - I think that Only sums everything up accurately here. While it is 3RR, it seems clear that you didn't know users are allowed to revert or remove warnings from their own talk pages. Just make sure that, when you are warned (especially by multiple administrators), that you do stop when asked to. You can always ask questions on their talk page, and the administrator should be more than happy to explain and assist you. I understand that the warnings, as well as the AN3 report, have left you quite confused and frustrated. I'm happy that you've decided to take a break and clear your head as opposed to editing and contributing while you're angry. It shows good judgment on your part. If you have any further questions, 3primetime3, please do not hesitate to ask me here (as you already did). My talk page is always open to you. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @3primetime3: If a warning on your talk page bothers you, you may simply remove it per WP:BLANKING. On the same note, WP:BLANKING allows anonymous users to also remove unwanted warnings from their talk pages. Instead of reverting them, you are welcome to add Template:OW to the top of their page. Reverting the removal of warnings at a IP editor's talk page is a common mistake as it seems counterintuitive that it would be permitted.– Gilliam (talk) 04:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Eidetic Memory

Hey Oswah, I appreciate you reaching out and messaging me after removing my changes. I did not remove information entirely from the article, but instead reshuffled the page to make the sections more coherent and non-repetitive. Please allow me to replace my edits as I believe it is only serving to help the Wikipedia community. Thank you. Devinrajan95 (talk) 03:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Devinrajan95! Thanks for leaving me a message. No problem; if you were simply moving content, then that's fine. In the future, you'll want to use an edit summary for each of your changes to describe what you're doing. It helps other editors to understand what you're doing and why. It also eliminates potential confusion and frustration. I also recommend performing your moves within the same edit, as opposed to removing content in one edit and then adding it later in another. This also helps clearly show other editors your intended changes, as well as eliminating potential confusion. Feel free to restore your changes; if you need anything else or if you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:53, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Chloral Hydrate

I have no proof other than my prescription from a compounding pharmacy.

The original manufacturer has discontinued its use in 2012:

https://drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215262 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Insomniac70 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Insomniac70, and thanks for leaving me a message here. When adding such content to articles, it's important that we cite the added content to reliable sources. This is what keeps Wikipedia accurate and verifies the accuracy and origin of information. If you end up locating a source that is reliable, please feel free to add it (as well as the content) back to the article. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:56, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		Thank you for helping me develop UTRSBot (talk · contribs) by creating the admin notification template and also by creating a new {{UTRSbarnstar}} for those who help on the UTRS tool. You're helpfulness is very much appreciated.--v/r - TP 03:53, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi TParis! Thanks for the barnstar! And you're very welcome; I'm always happy to lend a hand. I'm glad to hear that those templates I made were what you needed, and that they're working out well. If you need help with creating more templates, please don't hesitate to shoot me a message and let me know. I'll be happy to help! Happy Saturday, and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Better than a block - right? SQLQuery me! 03:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

SQL - LOL. I'd have to agree; beer is usually always better than a block. But in the case regarding the attempted block for π number of seconds, I'll say that the pure hilarity that came from the result was totally worth it! I had a damn good laugh, I can't lie. XD ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:02, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

jackie rice

im just wondering how it works, anyway thanks for noticing me! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.173.107 (talk) 05:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem. If you want to make test edits, visit the sandbox and make your test edits there. This will keep the content and articles in the live article space from being affected by such editing. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Robin Ashwell

So sorry to have not fully understood the rules - the biography is written by the artist himself, and he has asked me to add the page to Wikipedia. Do I need to acknowledge that? Petefoz (talk) 08:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Petefoz! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your questions regarding the Robin Ashwell article. I'll be happy to answer your questions and assist you. Copying and pasting directly from external sources constitutes copyright violations, as it uses content directly from other sources. I understand that you may have been asked to perform edits on Wikipedia, but we cannot verify your claims made here, nor can we verify the copyright status and permissions from the external sources. I highly recommend that you review Wikipedia's guidelines on citing sources, as well as Wikipedia's guidelines on copyrights. These will explain the relevant policies that you should know, and will answer any questions. On a side note, you may want to review Wikipedia's general notability guidelines, as well as Wikipedia's criterion regarding the notability of musicians. This person might not meet these guidelines, and if they don't, your article may be tagged for proposed deletion or nominated for deletion through Wikipedia's articles for deletion process. If these templates appear on the article, it's important to know that you must not remove them. Instead, follow the directions on the template in order to properly contest the deletion. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I did some general copyediting on the text of the article to help a bit.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 10:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Godsy - Awesome! That's always helpful! Thanks for taking the time to do that :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Didnt know how that happened — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.106.87.227 (talk) 09:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries. Mistakes happen. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:22, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Oshwah,

I have some excellent news!!! I actually managed to get a date for the dinner dance!!!! Also I always help others, thats how I managed to get a date. Also by helping the IP manage the problem, I found that was the way she wanted to go with me to my dinner dance because of my kind actions. I do hope to become more involved in helping out with incidents. I hope you like the news, and thanks for the support you have given to me on Wikipedia :) --EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 09:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi EurovisionNim! I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. You're very welcome; I'm always happy to encourage editors and offer mentoring to those that want to grow and gain experience on Wikipedia in hard or tough areas. I'm glad to hear that diffusing situations and offering help to others (no matter who they are) is a priority to you. Assuming good faith and never resorting to antagonizing or attacking others is something that many people fall short of (especially to IPs or suspected socks). Being respectful, even to trolls, shows that their edits and messages aren't making a real impact, is the right thing to do, and is what truly sets you apart from the others as an experienced editor and leader on Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy your event, and I'll see you around! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:02, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Recently, I was encouraged by ALL of my friends to sing at the dinner dance. What is going to happen is I have chosen some songs, and i will be singing them to the crowd. If I manage to get a recording, would you like to view it. I can personally post the video to you by an external link :). In addition my friends want me and my date to kiss at the dinner dance and are encouraging me to go out with her :) I am a brilliant singer and all my friends want me to do a dance off, which mostly I am a pro at. How good would you be if you were asked by my friends to dance and sing, would you be confident?--EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 10:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I'd be confident (in a silly way), but I wouldn't sing nor dance very well at all! Sure; if you record it want want me to see it, just email the link to me (so it won't get posted publicly and on Wikipedia). It sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun; be safe and make good decisions ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Your last message

I deleted the link by accident. Not on purpose. Please accept my apologies.86.172.136.150 (talk) 10:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries; mistakes happen. All fixed and good to go! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:10, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Mohammad ameli

Hi. I created mohammad ameli's page in wiki pedia a few minutes age. but I see this message :

This redirect may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as a redirect from the main/article space to any other namespace except the Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal: namespaces. Consider waiting a day or two after a page move before deleting. See CSD R2.

If this redirect does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, please remove this notice. This page was last edited by Oshwah (contribs | logs) at 10:10 UTC (0 seconds ago)

I don't know why! please help me to know the reason and help me to figure it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohammad.ameli (talk • contribs) 10:23, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Instead of tagging it for speedy deletion, I went ahead and moved the article to your user page since this is a page about yourself (creating an article about yourself is generally not allowed). The deletion you're seeing is for the redirect that was left in-place when the move was performed. Instead of simply having the page deleted, the move was done in order to be soft on you since you are new here and probably don't know all of the rules yet :-). I highly recommend that you review Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest, and then take the time to go through the Wikipedia tutorial. This will help you learn about Wikipedia and its policies. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:30, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

you are right,i'm new user. but I am Dr Mohammad ameli web site's designer. I create an acount with his name, but this is not belong to mohammad ameli. how can I move this page to another account???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohammad.ameli (talk • contribs) 10:41, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Didn't mean offense

But he has angered me and doesn't deserve respect at the moment!.I want to have his account deleted--.can you tell me!! I'm just passionate to Wikipedia fellows and need to vent on his pessimism: I'm truly sorry if committed misconduct! MassiveLizard (talk) 10:33, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard - First of all, you shouldn't edit or engage with other editors while you are angry. It only makes things worse and it typically results in you committing similar policy violations. You've threatened to find Mike Rosoft's personal information and use it to harass him, called him names and made personal attacks at him, and engaged in battleground conduct by attempting to rally and "have him removed" - this is harassment! How is what you're doing constructive or helpful, and any better than what you believe Mike Rosoft has done (according to your message here)? I don't see where Mike Rosoft has been uncivil or unfair to you at all. Where did he do this? Again, you need to cool yourself off, stop engaging in making threats and harassment, and engage in civil discussion if you have concerns. Any further incivility, harassment, or threats will result in being blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you want my help, you're more than happy to point out where Mike Rosoft was unfair or uncivil to you, and I'll be happy to go over it with you. Please let me know. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

My email-- or do you prefer to text( this is becoming too much for wikipedia and I'm afraid of spamming you may delete this after you read it) I'm a polite spirit!! I didn't make complete threats but I do plan to clean the clutter of wikipeka--I propose with you an alliance!!! Would be helpful!! Right now Mike hasn't been fair to people and I want to report a abuse of power! As an admin-- how do apply for it. My temper has cooled and I apologized to mike in hope he willn understsnd I want to peacefully have wiki evolve: and cultivate the greatest mind so I can find!! Even you don't believe I am. One more wuestion-- how did you find out so quickly about my offense? MassiveLizard (talk) 10:53, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, MassiveLizard. I'll be happy to answer your other questions and assist you; for now, lets keep on the topic at hand. Can you provide me with the diff URLs that show Mike Rosoft being uncivil towards you, as you suggested in your message to him? Without that information, I won't be able to provide you with assistance with your concerns. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm insulting and assertive to rude

People to enforce.compliance to my list of grievances. I hope this won't be a probelm, but it may!! You have been the utmost in help and being polite thus far: contact info would be helpful I'm try to learn from great minds or even decent, respectable ones such as yourself!

So I hear your trained in mathematics? Interesting this is what I think about them

" as I'm a giant; and it's becoming small, from my height. 6. On superstitious fears: they infiltrate the mind, with unguided emotions; let us then be methodical; but let us not become mathematically so!-" MassiveLizard (talk) 11:05, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Offense one: he is a moralist and has been very prejudice. Offense two:he argumentive, helpful, hateful, mean-- against any decency. Three: he is trained in any particular field. Darn it! That should be an offense in itself.

Now four: He disliked my website-- said I was self promotion-- when it was citing a quote I said

5: he is a cruel being and skeptic

6: prejudice towards traditions values

7: suspected brainwashing, conspiracy theorist

8: superstitious

9: lenthy condescension

Enough: I've been deeply offended by this user-- he says he is atheist yet contradicts these values: 10 MassiveLizard (talk) 11:16, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

In fact reminds.me.of presidents, such as Obama! And his filthy lies and filthy mind! Republican!!! Maybe probably very right-winged MassiveLizard (talk) 11:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard - My talk page here is the primary way to communicate with me on Wikipedia. I understand that you wish to learn and grow here, but you also need to understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and the proper way to communicate with others. Engaging in behaviors that are against Wikipedia's policies are never justified, even if it is toward someone who has violated those policies when engaging with you. On that note, you have listed many accusations towards Mike Rosoft here, but you still have not provided me with any URLs or links that prove this. Accusations like this require evidence. The only interaction with you that I see from Mike Rosoft is him declining to create an article about you - something that is completely fair and within his reason to do (especially given the Wikipedia guidelines and policy he cites in the response). I see nothing from Mike Rosoft that suggests that he's engaged in incivility or made any personal attacks towards you. Unless you have evidence that demonstrates that Mike Rosoft acted unfaily, uncivil, or against Wikipedia policies towards you, there is nothing more that needs to be discussed here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hello ,After all, sorry if disturb you , but you wrote that I removed from this page, entered Rome with a list of the Pharaohs ? , You are also emperors of Rome pharaohs of Egypt ?? !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.102.207.227 (talk) 11:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

107. IP

Regarding your comments at AN/I here, there is a history of which you are completely unaware that was the reason behind my comments.[1] -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 11:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Winkelvi! Thanks for leaving me a message about my response to the ANI discussion. Oh, I'm quite sure that there is/was a lot more to the story than what was posted in the ANI or what I found. That's why I simply said that "I wouldn't have used that particular language", but then moved on and agreed that the IP should have been blocked. In fact, I thanked HighInBC for blocking it. I apologize if my response caused you any frustration. It was absolutely not my intention; I was simply looking into the matter in a neutral and uninvolved mindset, and stating my findings. Nothing more, nothing less. My response thanking EurovisionNim for his edit was simply to thank him for treating the IP like a human and for responding; that's all. My responses made on my talk page with EurovisionNim also were in no ways meant to imply any opinion towards your message to the IP that started the discussion, nor was it made to reference you or even imply a reference to you. Regarding the ANI... the IP was an obvious troll, and the block made to the IP by HighInBC was absolutely justified -- that's what's important. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:48, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No Subject

Hi Oshwah! are you a computer or a human? are you dead or alive? are you a bot ? So many questions.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.147.203.132 (talk) 12:44, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) We can never be sure 27.147... -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 12:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

LOL ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:48, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello User:Oshwah.

" hello, Oshwah. I came to ask, are you a bot or a human? I felt suspicious so I ask. Don't feel offended. Are you a computer auto chatting? or a real human, sitting front of Wikipedia for 24/7? I'm really curious. Thanks I cannot share my name, sorry"27.147.203.132 (talk) 12:51, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

John Bindon

My edit on John Bindon was indeed explained, see the articles talk page and follow the link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1001:B010:CD78:7088:5ED5:27BE:7CC3 (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for pointing this out and sorry for the confusion. As long as the edit reflects consensus, fine by me :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:57, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Those New Jersey IP addresses belong to banned user User:IHeardFromBob, who has been removing cited content throughout Wikipedia. 179.179.109.5 (talk) 05:49, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi

"Sorry for message repeat, I'm very confused with this specific page. Sorry to say. But it's kind of like I'm codding or something."27.147.203.132 (talk) 12:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Re:May 2016

The entire statement was from the results and overview given by the page. The overview stated "The ridings that are entirely rural are almost as conservative as ridings in rural Alberta" and "The rural presence in the Regina area ridings largely neutralized the NDP and Liberal blocs after the end of vote-splitting on the right". Conservatives that Using the constituencies to describe the size, Regina-Qu'Appelle is the largest compared to Regina-Lewvan and Regina-Wascana.

So, Regina-Qu'Appelle is made up of parts of Regina, Fort Qu'Appelle, Balgonie, Indian Head, Pilot Butte, White City, Wynyard and Edenwold No. 158. Regina-Wascana is made up of parts of Regina and Sherwood No. 159, while Regina-Lewvan has parts of Regina.

From the results provided from the page, and reliable sources, especially from Elections Canada and Canadian news providers, it can be shown that Conservatives won Regina-Qu'Appelle, the Regina riding which had the most rural communities, compared to Regina-Lewvan and Regina-Wascana which were considerably smaller in size and won by the NDP and Liberals, respectively.

219.74.24.135 (talk) 12:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I had a few concerns with your edit to Canadian federal election results in Southern Saskatchewan. One of which being that no references were cited with your content addition, and the other being that you added "As expected" to the edit, which can imply an analysis that may not be neutral. I understand if the article may already have references, but it might be good to cite them with your added content. There is also neutrality issues that may be implied as well. Please keep those in mind when making changes :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:20, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Want to create own profile page

Hi, I want to create my profile page on wikipedia like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj_Kumar Can I create? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manoj.patial (talk • contribs) 13:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Manoj.patial, and thank you for leaving me a message with your question. If you want to create a page on your user space at User:Manoj.patial, you're more than welcome to - just make sure that you review and understand Wikipedia's user page guidelines before you begin creating your user page. If you're looking to create an article about yourself, no! Do not do that! You should review Wikipedia's policies on conflict of interest and autobiographies - both are highly discouraged behaviors, and only causes problems. I recommend that you review Wikipedia's user page guidelines (as linked above), and create a user page if you wish. Remember that Wikipedia is not a social network; creating an account for the sole purpose of making an article or user page about yourself is not acceptable, and will result in such pages being removed. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the Wikipedia policies and guidelines I linked you above. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:25, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Dear slam and thanks for kind reply actually I want to change in my front my page I uploaded some my records my front page please make my front page beautifully and I belong to PTI politicians party I mentioned PTI politics party and now I want to put a small flag along PTI In my front page please kind me I will be thankful for this kindness Adnan Yasin Sarsi Sahib (talk) 13:54, 1 May 2016 (UTC)daani

Hi, Adnan Yasin Sarsi Sahib. Thanks for leaving me a message with your requests. If you want to add a flag to your user space, you can do this by adding [[File:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag.PNG|20px]] to your page in the place that you want it. If you're looking to make changes to the colors and appearance of your user space, these help pages with HTML and Wiki markup should be a good starting place. As I mentioned to the user above, you should keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a social network; creating an account for the sole purpose of making a user page about yourself is not acceptable, and will result in such pages being removed. Review those help pages, and let me know if you have questions. Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:03, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much and so nice of you ❤ Adnan Yasin Sarsi Sahib (talk) 14:08, 1 May 2016 (UTC)daani

You're very welcome. Enjoy your stay, and please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:14, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

hola again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.147.203.132 (talk) 14:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

orna salinger page

Hi Oshwah,

I've been trying to remove the untrue information from Orna Salinger's page. There's A LOT of it, so I keep getting flagged for vandalism - but I promise you it's not. As you can see from the Personal Life section, it seems some of it has been put up as a joke. If there's a specific thing I should not do (like remove headings) then please let me know. I'm just trying to get rid of inaccuracies.

pete — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.85.212 (talk) 14:54, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for leaving me a message. After restoring the article back to the revision made before your changes, I now see that there was a lot of unreferenced content in the article that may be in violation of Wikipedia's guidelines regarding biographies of living people. I went and removed everything I could find that was unreferenced and a possible violation of that policy. This will hopefully address your concerns and save you some time. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for letting me know, and I wish you happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:02, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Can you please leave my Wiki page alone! If i wrote something, does it mean that it's your business? i don't care if i make you sad or not. Just leave me ALONE! Maganhassan (talk) 15:25, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

User threat

Hi Oshwah, you've been dealing with Maganhassan lately - I've noticed a number of suicide threats - do you think these should be reported to WP:ANI? I see no substance in them but I'll defer to your experience with the editor -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 15:25, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Samtar. I've already reported the threats to the Emergency team, per Wikipedia's emergency protocol. It'll be looked into by the WMF emergency team and taken care of by them. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks Hope all is well with yourself -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 15:30, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar -- Things are going well, thanks :-)! I just started at a new company last week, so I've been busy (as you can imagine). But I still find time to relax, edit Wikipedia, and enjoy life. I hope things are going well for you, too. How's life? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:32, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Sounds very interesting? Doing what exactly? Work has been very busy, I took a couple of months off from Wikipedia to sort out the balance of work and life. -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 15:37, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Network programming/engineering and IT stuff. I program corporate switches and firewalls, as well as perform help desk duties. So, I'm wearing two hats :-). Good call with taking a break from Wikipedia; life has got to come first! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:39, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

How do you actually program the things? Tom29739 ^[talk] 15:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Tom29739 - Most corporate networking equipment - such as switches and firewall routers from Cisco, DELL, HP, and others - include a console and programming interface that allow you connect and set rules, networking information, port functions, services, firewall blacklist and whitelist settings, ...pretty much anything and everying using programming tools and scripts - I either plug directly into the switch using a serial or USB cable and configure them that way, or do it remotely via SSH. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:57, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Oshwah.... I would like to ask you a simple question, have you been ever bullied in school? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maganhassan (talk • contribs) 15:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

It was me you wrote to you about being bullied or not.... sorry for forgetting the four tildesMaganhassan (talk) 15:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Maganhassan - Everybody gets bullied in school at least a few times during their childhood/youth. Anyone that says otherwise is a rare breed (or not telling the truth, haha). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

XBOX list of games.

1) I was cleaning up all of the "unreleased" tags, since it looks rubbish they look different!

2) Try actually counting how many are in the list. There isn't 970!

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_Skateboarding No mention at all of an XBOX version!

4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict:_Desert_Storm_II again, no mention of a Japanese version!

This is all I was trying to clean up. This page has been a mess for year, and it's about time, someone cleaned it up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoverOfGames2016 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi LoverOfGames2016. Thanks for leaving me a message here. I saw your edit here, but it looks like a simple typo (which you corrected). I also acknowledge your contribution here as well. It looks like it was just simple confusion that caused this situation to occur; No harm done, though! I apologize for the confusion, and it looks like you've already corrected everything. If you have any more questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know. Cheers, and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:28, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

British Council

Hi, i was trying to clean up the British Council page following some models for simillar organisations. I tried to re-group text and deleted some that wasn't critical in the history section. Could you look again at the changes and try to re-instate some? next time i'll make sure to add full descriptions on each change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Springedits2015 (talk • contribs) 16:20, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Springedits2015! Thank you for leaving me a message here and for letting me know about your edits. I went ahead and just reverted the change I made on the article; your changes are all back as they were before. This will allow you to finish what you were intending on doing. Yes, edit summaries are very useful. I highly recommend that you leave good edit summaries with each edit you make. This will tell other editors and help explain to them what you're doing and why, as well as avoid any confusion (such as this). If you have any more questions or need help, please do not hesitate to let me know. I'll be more than happy to lend you a hand! Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:32, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

For blocking Jenson457 for vandalism Jwilson7123 (talk) 16:23, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Invest club page

Good morning Oshwah, the Invest Club page I created was in Romanian and not English. Thats way I decided to delete the content of the english page. I will later create a Invest Club english page, so you will have the chance to review my work. Thnak you for your interest in my topics

Best regards, Pablo Dominguez Klein — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pablo Dominguez Klein (talk • contribs) 17:56, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries; thanks for letting me know! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:22, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Please follow proper Wikipedia procedure

Please go through the addition made to the Talk page Talk:Brahmin before making any more reverts and kindly restrain from reverting my restore before providing a counter argument. The New Kid 18:24, 1 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akshat sin1 (talk • contribs)

Akshat sin1 - I will acknowledge that you added a talk page discussion with your concerns, but your removal was made without the use of an edit summary. This will cause confusion to other editors (like it did to me), since you didn't explain what you were doing and why. In the future, it is highly recommended that you add a helpful edit summary with each edit you make. This way, other editors will know to visit the article's talk page first. Otherwise, it can cause confusion (and obviously frustration on your end as well). Other than that, I appreciate you for leaving me this message and for letting me know. Happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:32, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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hello Oshwah,

All the multilingual films shouldn't be considered as a single film, so the right way of displaying them should be using rowspan. If you add just a note, there is a probability that it will be considered as a single lang film.

B103N49 (talk) 18:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

It would be appreciated if you could put your imput into this discussion: Talk:Top Model (Scandinavia) 2601:241:0:EA46:78D4:88EE:F3A6:47A1 (talk) 19:00, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi there! I noticed that you've been leaving messages on people's talk page asking for input on your discussion. You should know that your actions can constitute canvassing of peoples' talk pages for input, which is behavior that is discouraged by the community. I've reverted the edits you've made to everyone elses' talk pages. If you need input on a discussion, you should instead ask at the help desk, or you can file a request for comment. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

You are a refreshing spirit

More concerns: wiki is too politically correct and not honest. "Objectivity" as you pride yourselves on makes you slaves to lesser men. Why can't I express passion? As long as I'm not overt in subjectivity?

As for interpretation, and integration into wiki-- it needs to be done! I want to uproot admins who disagree!! MassiveLizard (talk) 19:56, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

This is well okay:"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." Okay, obviously, it can't fly it is a penguin or turkey, in a way. Ambition is cultivated through passion, then how do I express this? If wikipedia wants "objectivity"? MassiveLizard (talk) 20:02, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

For more information on me go to my blog or social media-- this isn't misconduct, right? MassiveLizard (talk) 20:03, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, MassiveLizard. It seems like you have a lot of ideas and thoughts about Wikipedia and how it can be improved, and that's a great thing. But, with all due respect, you've been going about trying to improve Wikipedia and make a difference the completely wrong way. The edits you made on Mike Rosoft's talk page was absolutely unacceptable and against Wikipedia's guidelines on civility. I will absolutely acknowledge (and even commend you) for the apology that you made to Mike Rosoft for your behavior; that's not easy to do sometimes, and I'm glad you did it. However, looking at everything in the "big picture" tells me that you started harassing Mike Rosoft after he declined to create an article about you and your thoughts, which was a good decision on his part not to do so. You responded by calling him names, threatening him, asking the help desk about how to "remove an administrator", and accusing him of many different behavior violations... on and on. When I asked you for specific evidence earlier, you failed to provide any proof at all. That behavior does not represent a way to improve Wikipedia; it is destructive to Wikipedia. If you want to start making a difference, contributing positively to the project, and lead the way when it comes to making some real changes around here, you can start by getting involved in a project that you're interested in, expanding content and helping others to do so, and participating in areas that need volunteers. This is where you should start if you are serious about making improvements and being the front-runner when it comes to making a powerful and positive impact on Wikipedia. I hope you make the right decision, and that you make a complete turn-around with the edits you've been making. I can only show you the correct direction; you're the one that has to actually walk that way. Good luck :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:21, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard - Since our conversation earlier, I noticed that you created an Arbitration Enforcement request asking for Mike Rosoft to be removed as an administrator, and you also (just recently) made an edit on his talk page (and after everything we discussed here). I feel that I have been incredibly patient and helpful to you, and that I have given you the benefit of the doubt well beyond what a reasonable editor would with your behavior. I've given you numerous opportunities to provide me with direct evidence to back up your claims regarding any misconduct made by Mike Rosoft and have yet to see any. I've politely asked you to keep your concerns and your request for assistance on my talk page, and to kindly leave Mike Rosoft and his talk page alone while we discussed them. Enough is enough, MassiveLizard. Your harassment of Mike Rosoft needs to stop immediately. If you engage in any kind of harassment or personal attacks aimed at Mike Rosoft, or if I see any further requests or canvassing that involves Mike Rosoft, his administrator rights, or accusations of misconduct without providing evidence, I will have no choice but to report you to ANI and recommend that you be indefinitely blocked. I really hate putting my foot down and resorting to an ultimatum and final warning like this, but you've left me with no choice. You've been given many chances and warnings, and you have been asked multiple times to stop the harassment, and your edits show that you've continued to ignore them. I'm sorry, man... but enough is enough. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

As for the evidence: it will come in due time-- why can't you place (agf), like you referenced me to that I will provide it? I've only edited wiki pages for two days, something for you to consider MassiveLizard (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard - I appreciate your understanding, and your statement saying that you will no longer throw out accusations or harass Mike Rosoft. We cannot have that continuing any more; it's disruptive and you know that now. Please keep your word :-).

You are right; you're new and aren't aware of all of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, or the culture and "norm" with everything... but I think you need to understand exactly what assuming good faith means. Assuming good faith means that we will, by default, give the problematic editor the benefit of the doubt; we assume that the problem or policy violation was an accident, due to the user being new or not understanding certain guidelines, or made in good faith and with improving or building an encyclopedia in mind. We'll help them to learn and understand their mistake or issue and we'll refrain from being punitive or biting them. But assuming good faith is not unconditional. If someone has been clearly helped or warned multiple times, and appears to continuously cause disruption despite these attempts, then it's perfectly acceptable at some point to no longer make the good faith assumption. That being said, assuming good faith doesn't much apply when it comes to you "providing evidence someday"; when you make accusations towards other editors, you're expected to provide direct evidence with such accusations. For example: If someone reported me for calling them a "poop head", the first thing they'll provide alongside that accusation is a diff URL of me leaving the message on their talk page and calling them that name.

Your focus right now should be towards finding projects that you're interested in, going through Wikipedia's new user tutorial, reading Wikipedia's core principles, and making positive contributions to an article or subject. Take what you've learned from these last two days, and apply them forward and with positive constructive contributing in mind. There isn't much more that needs to be discussed here; just don't engage in any more harassment towards Mike Rosoft or create reports regarding Mike Rosoft and his administrator rights, and visit the Wikipedia pages I've linked you. If you have questions regarding any of the Wikipedia links I gave you, please do not hesitate to ask. You're all set; the rest is all up to you! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

A quick thought: again I like you and would like to continue to correspond! You have been very inspiring to me and have made me reconsider computer science and other fields again!

As for Steve Jobs-- I would like to write an article with "just the facts" on him. I know your short on time-- but I have unfortunate loads of it, homeschooling.

Can you direct me to some people who may want the same or a page with discussion? I don't know how to go about this. again, I'm not angry with-- you know who, because he deleted my articles, but he I just find him edur( spelled backwards, to prevent offense). And now with my mental state it isn't constructive for thought-- or time or research to be this way-- again I don't know him what he has read to talk this way it is just an interpretation

You may havent answered this question because it was rude, but answer respectfully!! Can I send you some information about myself-- can I post my website on my page that wikipedia allows.

To say it once more: I don't think I was harassing him, instead being assertive, but I'm going to take your advice and place "good faith" in him! And with all respect can you help delete my rude comment on his page-- I no longer want them to be seen

I read a quote on Schopenhauer(paraphrasing): he said society is somewhat like melting wax; and this will cause me to be more civil to other wikipedians, especially since, again, as you have said, I'm trying to grow--and reach out through other means( maybe you have suspected but I have aspergers so I'm compulsively honest and rude without intention)

Again if you want to follow me on Twitter that would be kind of you but again I won't get angry at you

"Quanda erat dendomstrandum": latin for by the way things are defined. MassiveLizard (talk) 05:59, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Not defined derived

MassiveLizard (talk) 06:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Or arrived at MassiveLizard (talk) 06:01, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard (talk) Austin: one last thing a closing statement MassiveLizard (talk) 06:01, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

What I have learned wiki is hard and democratic like USA congress, but have rules on etiquette that I appreciate; wiki should strive for ease of use,but, I. Opinion .it is in its infancy-- in comparison to the giant it can be. I denounce now my concept for encoding messages into wiki for I want.to people to grow and learn for good decemt-- maybe great-- minds such as yourself MassiveLizard (talk) 06:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for poor articulation MassiveLizard (talk) 06:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

You can spam the comment or delete it if it is against wiki etiquette( but place faith in me): www.intellectualsanctum.com is something you maybe interested in or my YouTube videos on Nietzsche. (Redacted) if you enjoy me at all give a quick email and I can give you some good readings and more information about myself MassiveLizard (talk) 06:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Wildlife photographer of the year

Dear Oswah,

You wrote me and revert my changes. I haven't removed anything on that page only refresh it: - categories 2011->2016 - put some wiki links to the most famous photographer's name

Sorry if I disturb your feelings.

Best regards,

UBJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleBillyJoe (talk • contribs) 20:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, UncleBillyJoe. It looks like you've been making some significant edits to the article. I went ahead and restored the article back to the state that it was in before I reverted your changes. If this was not helpful or the right solution, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to restore the revision of the article that you need. Thanks for leaving me a message and for letting me know. And for the record, you didn't hurt my feelings (haha). I just saw that you removed content without explaining why. Anyways, I hope you enjoy your time here and I wish you happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:06, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I appreciate the conversation

You have been patient-- and I will stop hurling accusations. As for the idea of the project, I appreciate it-- I went a night without sleep and have become a little impatient. I have questions: such as am I allowed to use social media to express my thoughts-- would this offend the community? I am too young to have wikipedia death!! Please be patient because I am learning the guidelines! I'm also roughly 17, please know anf understand my limitations for being young! I've read a lot of philosophy! And I appreciate answering my questions! Please again ill make the most public embaessment of myself-- if needed. I revoke my strong opinions and denounce them. But I still want to start a discussion on the validity of some admins? You also didn't answer the question: of how I apply!

As for, again, my ideas on wikipedia, I've placed them on a website-- is it an offense, if I give it to you? Again, I want to chat with you outside of wikipedia, so I'm not under public eye? What do you think of a Facebook page on that? Again, it would be kind of you if you visut, Twitter, quora, and other forms of social media. Austin MassiveLizard (talk) 22:30, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I would like to acquaint myself with you! MassiveLizard (talk) 22:31, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I appreciate your kind words regarding my willingness to assist you. I'll be happy to continue assisting you, so long as you take my advice and cease a behavior or activity when asked to by other editors. My primary method of communication is here on Wikipedia and through this talk page. We also have IRC channels if you're interested in collaborating with other editors that way. You're more than welcome to use social media, your website, blog, any of your stuff as you normally would; those are off-wiki things that we have no control over. If you want to get in touch with me, the best place to do so is here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Will Roscoe

Sorry I forgot a source, here it is. Can you please put back the information I added? I don't know how to revert the change. Stayhomegal (talk) 23:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

If you've located a reliable source, please feel free to add it to the article and add the content I removed. You can view each revision of the article by visiting its history page. Thanks for leaving me a message, and I wish you happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:59, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Prokhorenko

So, no action will be taken against the nominator for Wikihounding and biting newcomers. At least someone should have the decency to give a welcome message to this new editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Muvindu_Perera&action=history 2A03:4A80:7:41A:B7B:60B9:4990:D549 (talk) 02:24, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Wiki hounding and biting newcomers, while highly discouraged behaviors, appear to be outside the scope of the AFD itself. I simply closed the AFD discussion due to the fact that consensus was clearly reached that the article should be kept. If wiki hounding and biting of a newcomer has occurred, it would be helpful if you provided diff urls so that I can see where it came from and look into the matter. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

This is The Arbitration section where Mhhossein reported FreeatlastChitchat, for which FreeatlastChitchat was blocked for one week. As I stated in the AFD yesterday, the article was edited by Mhhossein. FreeatlastChitchat has done this before. He regularly engages in disputes with Mhhossein. He was checking the contribution of Mhhossein and nominated it for AFD. The AFD about the Russian soldier was done in bad faith; to settle personal scores with Mhhossein. But he ended up harassing a newcomer (The one who created the article).

In this ANI closure User:Tristessa stated that, However, this is not to be taken as an endorsement of the editing behaviour of the user who is the subject of this discussion. There are major civility issues with FreeatlastChitchat (talk · contribs)'s mode of dialogue with other Wikipedians, as evidenced by their posts here in this discussion and by their talk page contributions elsewhere. FreeatlastChitchat is reminded of WP:CIVIL and asked to treat other Wikipedia contributors with respect and dignity.,

And he was warned for personal attacks this before,

Again he got only warning for personal attacks

There was a proposal by Esquivalience to Topic ban him which was supported by other users including Krakatoa Katie, but somehow he escaped

There is a current WP:AE against this user. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#FreeatlastChitchat 2A03:4A80:7:41A:B7B:60B9:4990:D549 (talk) 03:16, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Separate

Dear Please tell me that how I can become a software engineer now I'm doing FSc pre medical but you think that I want to become a software and I prefer Bio it's reason is that It's my big misfortune but I interested in IT field and become a software engineering how is it possible please must reply because you are a software engineer thanks Adnan Yasin Sarsi Sahib (talk) 04:23, 2 May 2016 (UTC)daani

Recent edits

I created the table for Randy Gregory's college stats, and included a "key of abbreviations." that is what I deleted, is the key. I feel with all of the changes I have been making today I don't have time to leave my reasoning.

Mattatencio93 (talk) 04:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Mattatencio93 - I understand that you've done a lot of work today, and that you're probably busy... but it's very important that you do take time to leave edit summaries with your edits. It helps to explain to other editors what you're doing and why, and it helps avoid confusion (such as this, haha). Other than that, yeah feel free to remove the content. No worries. Thanks for leaving me a message and for letting me know. Cheers, and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

You gonna respond or continue to have other people talk for you? Mattatencio93 (talk) 04:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC) So, so sorry, couldn't see your reply until after last message. Lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattatencio93 (talk • contribs)

Mattatencio93 - No worries, man. I'm used to stuff like that and it doesn't bother me at all. However, I should tell you that leaving messages like this isn't the best way to talk to others. It doesn't bother me; hell I get much much worse stuff on my talk page 10+ times a day... but it will bother other people and can make situations escalate and become 1000 times worse. Just take that as friendly advice, and keep it in the back of your mind :-). it sounds like you're good to go now. Sweet deal. If you have any more questions, give me a shout and I'll be happy to give you a hand. Happy editing :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:03, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

The page was 'Randy Gregory', would very much appreciate it if you would add the changes I made back to the page. They were helpful and deleted for no reason. Thanks. Mattatencio93 (talk) 05:08, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Mattatencio93 - Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:12, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll be sure to add edit summaries and watch my mouth :) Mattatencio93 (talk) 05:14, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Mattatencio93 - HA! You're awesome, man! See you out there :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:16, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for your tireless anti-vandalism work! Linguist 111talk 04:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Linguist111! Hey, man! Good to see you again. Thanks for the barnstar - I very much appreciate the wikilove. I hope you enjoyed your weekend, and that your time on Wikipedia today wasn't too crazy :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks! You too :D Linguist 111^talk 05:58, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah is awesome!

Just wondering..... How dd you even manage to make the "Let's Chat" page because I also want to make one like that one badly.Maganhassan (talk) 04:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Oh and if you guys could delete that page that you and samtar made please? I am sad by the fact that everyone will soon hate me on Wikipedia. And the page that I am talking about is the one about the suicide threats. And please tell Samtar that I'm sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maganhassan (talk • contribs) 05:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Maganhassan - It's good to see you again. So long as the content is no longer there, you should be fine. If it is still there, just remove it and you'll be good to go. If you still feel like the pages or edits should be removed, please let me know and I'll take care of all of that for you. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

username suggestions?

Hi, I'm trying to create a page on behalf of the company I am currently working for and I got this message saying that I may be violating Wikipedia's username policy. Since I'm creating the account on behalf of the company, can I use the company's name as the Wikipedia username? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afferent Provider Solutions (talk • contribs) 05:42, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hey thanks for changing it back i meant to go to my sandbox Hihiimpal (talk) Hihiimpal (talk) 06:16, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hihiimpal - No problem! Always happy to lend a hand :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:19, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Paranoid about people learning about your identity

You placed an image of you self and Google has a feature to search for imahes MassiveLizard (talk) 06:27, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) MassiveLizard, it's entirely up to Oshwah if he wishes to have photographs of himself in his Wikipedia userspace. I imagine he is aware of Google's image searching tool, also. --PatientZero ^talk 13:13, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

He is awesome, kind and very helpful

I have mistrust of authority: go to my website-- if you want.to understand( again, www.intellectualsanctum.com) be free.to edit this out if again is against policy. Can you mentor? Me?

Whats this best way I can help you? Can I give you an award? Can I get a petition form, for a higher ranking? I was reading and it sounded like people just give themselves Anwards, is this true or is it more democratic? Right now I will take metaphorical sword and.give honorary knighthood( if not sounding gay-- that is, overly optimistic or romantic); I xant resist a touch of drama sometimes!! Like donald trump, I cherish woman!!

Can you reference some favorite poetry of yours? Right now I like t.s. eliot.

What do you think of cousera? Can we have a partnership with them?

"Human, all too human": what's your understanding and interpretation of this quote? I think it means humans haven't.evolved don't have depth and are prone to prejudice!!! If you agree I have discourse on my website upon just this!? MassiveLizard (talk) 06:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Mike said this: I am sure that this is what's going to happen.[sarcasm] advice on how I should respond? MassiveLizard (talk) 06:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

MassiveLizard (talk) 06:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)austin MassiveLizard (talk) 06:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Look at my bio: I updated it! MassiveLizard (talk) 08:59, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Revision to Martin Wong's Page

Hey there, I see that you reverted my changes to Martin Wong's page. I'm actually part of a LGBT studies course taught at UC Berkeley and my semester long project is to specifically develop Martin Wong's page seeing as how it isn't very expanded. This is all to say that I am trying to provide more visibility for queer people of color and to properly give credence to their experiences as marginalized communities. It's all been a work in progress and I would say that my edits, although minute at this moment in time, fit into a larger picture that will surely provide some level of constructive quality in your eyes. As it would stand, I am doing my best to navigate Wikipedia as an editor but it has a serious learning curve and I am quite apprehensive to make large adjustments to this page for fear of it being deleted, like you have done. So maybe give me some tips on how I can properly and effectively move forward with my assignment and thanks for looking out! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loyaltyvexed (talk • contribs) 07:40, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Loyaltyvexed! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your concerns. I'll be more than happy to assist you and answer your questions. I noticed that I reverted all of your edits on accident as opposed to reverting just your last edit. I apologize for this; I went ahead and restored the article back to the revision you made before the revision I had concerns about was made. The concerns I had was in regards to the edit you made here. Namely, you use the word "queer" to describe this person and on the article summary. The word "queer" can be interpreted as a pejorative term or an offensive way to refer to a homosexual, and may inject or imply a non-neutal standing on the subject. You also reference his middle name, and without a source proving that its correct. Per Wikipedia's policies regarding articles that are biographies of living people, these small details do matter. This was the reason behind my reversion (which obviously removed more than I intended). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to respond and ask. I'll be more than happy to answer them and provide you with any assistance that you need. Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Alejandro Coello Calvo content

":"Hello Dear Osawah. I am Liliana CC and I recently edited Alejandro's Coello content. I just changed the photos he used to have and put two different ones (new and recent ones). It was not a mistake. Now everything is well solved.

Thank you very much for you attention. ~~Liliana CC~~

want to edit my village page

Dear Oshwah, I belong to that village and want to add some relevant information to the page .Please Let me know if I had violated the wiki rule of editing a page

Regards Alok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alokkumarrai (talk • contribs) 13:05, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Alokkumarrai! Thanks for leaving me a message here. I saw this edit where you make an analysis on the quality of the roads. This implies a non-neutral analysis on the article, which is something we must not do. All edits and content must adhere to a neutral point-of-view. I also looked at your previous contributions to the article (here) and noticed that the content you added appears to be derived from original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. When adding content, make sure that you cite secondary reliable sources with them. This assures that no original research is being added, and that all content added to Wikipedia is verifiable. I recommend that you review the Wikipedia guidelines I've linked you here, as they will explain everything you should know and answer any questions. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the policies and guidelines I've linked you. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:12, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Dear Oshwah,

I do understand the wiki rule and your concern. Can You allow me to add more content into my village page . Whats wrong if my village has very good connectivity of road with district headquarter, But don't delete all content, Just remove the content which has some shown non-neutrality.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alokkumarrai (talk • ::contribs) 13:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Alokkumarrai - Did you read the guidelines pages I linked you to? Wikipedia's neutral point of view and Wikipedia's no original research guidelines? In a nutshell, they state two things: You cannot add content to an article based simply off your personal connection, recollection, or memory of the village. This is original research, and isn't allowed on Wikipedia. You need to cite sources with the content you're adding. You also cannot make any personal analysis with any of the article content, as you did by describing the quality of the roads as being "good". This is why I reverted your changes. You will need to review those guidelines and address these issues in order for your edits to be compliant with those policies. Please let me know if you have any specific questions regarding anything from the guidelines I've linked you to. I'll be happy to answer them and help explain any confusing statements within those guidelines. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:40, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hasssan_Mir

Hello, I'm Oshwah. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to User:Hasssan_Mir— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah: Hi. He use his user page as a draft or as a fake article for a curriculum vitae which might not match WP:Notability. Regards --Lacrymocéphale 13:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

UTC -04:30

Hey!

You've left some message on User:115.137.111.95's talk page regarding their removal of the -04:30 offset from Template:Infobox_time_zone_UTC. I've stumbled over this when I noticed that the columns in the :30 row were misalignment because of the removal of the offset.

The removal appears to be correct. According to UTC−04:30, that offset isn't used anymore since yesterday. I've fixed the alignment issue, and I thought I'd let you know, just in case you feel like making any other changes that may be necessary to reflect the retirement of that offset, or something. 178.8.34.112 (talk) 14:23, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

A vandal needs some diagnosis.

I just came across a user - RickyRolling (talk) - who has vandalized many pages in the recent times. In fact, after looking at his edits, it seems like a vandalism-only account. I thought about reverting his vandalism. But, in many cases, his vandalism is followed by edits from the other users. So, I thought an expert like you would take proper care of both the vandal & his/her vandalism. - NitinMlk (talk) 22:45, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Fremont Christian School

An IP you undid has restored their deletion. Their reason in the edit summary is invalid and suggests a COI, but I agree with the removal for other reasons. See User_talk:2602:306:CD9E:3380:E050:603D:117D:33EB. Meters (talk) 01:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Meters - cool, thanks for the heads up. Yeah... looking at the content they're removing, it's stuff that I wold have totally removed, and for many other reasons (as you've also said). It's a double-edged sword in my opinion. Removing the content would be demonstrating to the IP that their reasons are legitimate, but on the other hand... the content they're removing should totally go. I guess I have to side with what's best for Wikipedia, and allow that content to be removed. If they wouldn't have done it, I sure would have :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Yup. I nuked it with an appropriate summary. Meters (talk) 01:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

HA! You beat me to it, Meters! Thanks for doing that :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:10, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

EditSamRamey (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring that edit, I was trying my best to provide more information but I forgot I had deleted some information in the mean time. Thanks again for restoring that edit and have a great night.SamRamey (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2016 (UTC) Sam.SamRamey (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

For Annie

I'm not vandalizing anything. The poem has nothing to do with Nancy Richmond. It is about a drug addict. Read the interpretation. This is Poe's greatest poem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magician God (talk • contribs) 01:47, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hi, I had just made a revision to the Flat Earth page regarding the supporters of the theory which was removed. I have done plenty of research over the last 6 months or so and have made my revision based on the research which I believe is factual. If there is a need to change the wordage to better suit my revision please advise me, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.91.198.53 (talk) 02:00, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Will Roscoe

I have seen a few sources that say that Roscoe was the co-founder of GAI, which is a bay area group founded in 1975. But then your page for him says he relocated after that date. I wonder why the dates don't match up.Stayhomegal (talk) 02:47, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

betting.club page

Hello Oshwah,

I would like to setup a page for betting.club that is not advertising, like the sportsbet Wikipedia page.

How would I do that without violating Wikipedia's guidelines? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betting.club (talk • contribs) 02:50, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Excuse me Sir, I was merely updating pages with facts. I am sorry if these posts offend you in some way, but I can back up the validity of the statements. Thank you very much for your time. Now please kindly cut your hair, you look ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.121.176.10 (talk) 03:11, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

You've made a mistake

So I can't contest censorship now? What is this? Nazi Germany? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.37.243 (talk) 06:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

what is sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drabhisheksoniindex (talk • contribs) 07:05, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Drabhisheksoniindex - The Wikipedia sandbox is located here. Alternatively, you have your own sandbox at User:Drabhisheksoniindex/sandbox. These are places where test edits are allowed. If you are making test edits, do not make them on articles. Instead, make them in the sandbox pages. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:11, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Partington

Hi Oshwah.

"Obviously you know how to update pages on Wikipedia so maybe you would like to help me update Partington's page. I am not an expert on computers and am really really struggling to change out-of-date information about my little village. Yes, Partington was once a dump but a lot of people have invested time and money into improving the place. Undesirable families have been kicked out, a new shopping centre has been built, new houses are being built and a pub chain is building a gastro pub in the village centre. The Partington that Wikipedia talks about no longer exists so either the whole page needs deleting or we all work together to keep Wikipedia current."

Kind Regards

JulieSmudgeBerry (talk) 07:30, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

W##ng

I suppose if we let that one in, every article in Wikipedia would be linked! Jim1138 (talk) 08:37, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey sorry about before — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.222.130 (talk) 12:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

What do you think of my response to mike

I tried to stay to the facts and tried to use etiquette,.without being.too rude and abrasive. Instead quoted him directly what I thought offensive. Hopefully, you won't report me because that whole point of that message was to correct.neglect he had on me.and to reach mutual understanding so we can both move on. Again I'm aspergy understand this, before you do decide to report me! And.young for a wikin suicide. That you will painfully administer; I will obviously have to contest this report before being block and youve been helpful, nice and overall kind of awesome?! Why? You'd do this "idk"? MassiveLizard (talk) 12:24, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Please.cosider,.that I'm new willing to learn and take criticism from you? I try to on the others but sometimes it's difficult, but I have a feeling we have mutual respect even if yours is just customary? MassiveLizard (talk) 12:26, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Why do have an ani notice; I can't.find out why and what's the incident? MassiveLizard (talk) 12:31, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I didn't harass mime, at all have not read it and the forewarning? An excuses I've given, dood? What have I done? Is my social media because you said you could do anything about it! MassiveLizard (talk) 12:34, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Before posting a grievance about a user here, please consider discussing the issue with them on their user talk page. You havent followed procedures and place good faith in me?! MassiveLizard (talk) 12:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination" What happened to your imagination? MassiveLizard (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Imagine the potential of Wiki and how it is an infant MassiveLizard (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

What the hell is this Khoon and all that nonsense things.be a true gentleman and edit the page BB and update what is true.be truthfull. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.43.58.205 (talk) 12:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC) And ya, don't disturb me again like a good gentleman.It needs guts to say the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.43.58.205 (talk) 12:31, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

False positive rate

I realize you probably see a lot more vandalism than good edits, but the good ones are important. Immediately reverting edits without thinking does not encourage more contributions, it actively discourages it. Is that the Wikipedia you want to create? A one where the number of contributors continues to decrease? A simple courtesy would be to admit your mistake and learn from it. 74.111.42.191 (talk) 12:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I actually meant to apologize to you for the mistake earlier, but a high priority issue came up that required my attention. My reversion to your edit was made in error (I meant to do it to someone else's edit on a different article, but accidentally reverted yours). I promptly reverted it and redacted the warning from your talk page. You are absolutely correct; I owe you an apology for the mistake and I am sorry. I simply reverted the wrong edit and meant to revert a different one. Please let me know if you need anything else. My talk page is always open to you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:09, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hah! I see I have jumped to conclusions myself. Keep up the good work. 74.111.42.191 (talk) 13:16, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

What happen to you eagerness

No problem! Always happy to lend a hand :-) MassiveLizard (talk) 12:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

On a no subject reply to another user. Again you have yet to explain anything to me? MassiveLizard (talk) 12:59, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Your giving hemlock to a you 17 philosopher? MassiveLizard (talk) 13:04, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I think I have been patient with them, and.have been civil with you MassiveLizard (talk) 13:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

And.Mike.and.if I can't correspond with them out being harassed.then wiki is going to die-- not by me, but by its own suicide--.you haven't even tried to understand Upshaw,.even.you polite generous soul..Mike said.all was.accepted and forgiven yet you want to report me.leave.that to Mike I ask-- a I'm not harassing you allowed to be this way MassiveLizard (talk) 13:10, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

A dove for today's earlier incident

	Saltedcake has given you a dove!
	I saw on ANI what you had to do earlier, and i'm sorry. I hope it doesn't ruin the rest of your day. --Saltedcake (talk) 14:30, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Saltedcake! Thanks for the dove and the wikilove! I really appreciate your thoughtful gesture and your message. Yes, I will say that it's a bummer to have to report someone and recommend blocking after you've tried hard to mentor them and turn them around. But nothing on Wikipedia ever drags me down, affects my mood, or dampens my day. It was done because it had to be done; I make the tough decision and then move on. I am, and will be, perfectly fine :-). I really appreciate you for checking in on me though. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I'll see you out on the battlefield! Happy editing, Saltedcake! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:42, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Dear Oshwah, Thanks for helping me with my science homework. -Catherina Marisol LeOra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1004:B165:3D18:4D96:F4F4:7FFA:649D (talk) 14:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	You should be getting a bushel of these, really. bonadea contributions talk 14:42, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Bonadea! Sorry for taking so long to respond to you and thank you for this barnstar. I've been busy in my off-wiki life lately. Bonadea, thank you! I appreciate the time you took to leave me this barnstar. It means a lot to me. I also want to express my appreciation to you for noticing my efforts to diffuse the numerous and diverse situations that are discussed here. I try to not only maintain a cool head with every response I make, but also to help others to cool down as well. It's not easy at times, but it's a crucial skill to possess and demonstrate when it comes to being an experienced editor and leading by example. I hope you're doing well and that your weekend was relaxing and fun. I hope to run into you again soon. Until then, I wish you a good week and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:21, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Telegram

Hello. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is Your thoughts.
Message added 17:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

A fair wall of text I'm afraid, but I would be grateful for your opinion -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 17:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Responded :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:37, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

RL Leaders edits

This draft that I'm working on is a work in progress, Isn't that what the drat section is for? To work on a draft continuously before submitting for review? I work on my draft between work calls and meetings. I made edits based on advice from other wikipediests that reviewed my draft already and told me would improve my article. Not sure why you have restored it?23.240.227.129 (talk) 22:09, 3 May 2016 (UTC) Do I have to make an edit summary for every single edit I make to my draft?

Hi there! Thank you for leaving me a message here. I took another look at my reversion made to the article. It looks like the removal was suggested and legitimate; I apologize for causing confusion on your end. Rebbing beat me to undoing my reversion, and he explained exactly what I ended up finding out when looking through the draft article's history. It looks like everything is back, and you should be good to go. If you have any more questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to message me. I'll be happy to assist you with anything that you need. Thanks again for leaving me a message and for letting me know about the issue. I appreciate it very much. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

@Evaki1972: It's a good idea always to leave an edit summary—I've been here for years, and I still leave summaries even for the smallest of edits (example). But it's not mandatory; if you get reverted in future while working on your draft; you can click "undo" and add something like "I'm improving my draft" to the edit summary. Also, make sure you log in before making edits. Cheers.  Rebbing  23:45, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Just because you deserve it Abhinav0908 (talk) 23:40, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Abhinav0908! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to leave me this barnstar. It means a lot to me, and I very much appreciate it. I hope that your week is going well so far. I'm sure we'll run into one another again around here; until then, I wish you happy editing and a great rest of your day. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:30, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Hasidic philosophy

Howdy. I tagged you at the talk page after you reverted me. I don't know if you got the notification. Anyway, please check the discussion there. AddMore-III (talk) 08:23, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Howdy partner! It's good to talk you, AddMore-III! I've responded to the discussion you linked me to, and I've reverted the article to the revision I believe is fair. Check out what I said, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Yee haw!!! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:30, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

How do I not get distracted by wikipedia

i'm supposed to be doing my algebra homework but wikipedia is more fun. --Saltedcake (talk) 16:45, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hi Oshwah. Thank you for taking the time to communicate with me.

I removed the paragraph because it is defamatory, false and libellous information. As you are probably aware, the jewish community often adds defamatory information, like in the case of the page on Palestine. This is happening to this politician currently. Sachamcd (talk) 17:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Sacmcd

Hi, Sachamcd - thank you for leaving me a message here and for letting me know about the edit you made. After taking another look, I agree that the content added here had neutral point of view issues and questionable references. Thanks for removing it, and please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Have a great rest of your day, and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwa, I have a question of the upmost importance. Why is it I am not able to make a custom Wikipedia page. I know I have obtained an offense by trying to edit a page that was perfectly fine, but now i need to make a page fort a school project BoiDaT (talk) 01:37, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Dang forgot proper punctuation on the last question, if you can even call it that. I forgot a question mark. BoiDaT (talk) 01:38, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Curious...

Where did you find the WP:AIV templates? I've seen them, but unlike someplace like WP:ANRFC I've never seen them all listed out... TIA. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:27, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

The common ones are listed in the edit notice of the AIV page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:32, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Neat! Follow-up: Out of curiosity, would you know where to find the templates for WP:RfPP?... TIA (x2). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:28, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Those are located on the RfPP admin instructions page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:29, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello

You recently reverted one of my edits to the talk page of potatoninja, this was something potato asked me to do as i know him. I know like many wikipedia people you patrol the edits day and night, searching for an edit to revert so you will one day fulfill your dream of becoming an admin on wikipedia. But this revert was uncalled for and i would just like you to know this. Septinlas (talk) 03:50, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

I updated that article for the 82nd Airborne because it was outdated. Did you even read what you put back up there? its almost 4 years out dated.

Mistery510 (talk) 05:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mistery510 - I think you were talking about this edit. I took another look at the content; I agree that it is old. I have since removed the content from the article as you did. Just make sure that you use detailed and thoughtful edit summaries with your edits. They help other editors understand what you're doing and why. Regardless, I apologize for any frustration and I thank you for taking the time to discuss it with me. you're set to go. Let me know if you need anything else. Have a good night :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:11, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

the thing abiut the dhul qrarnayan page

YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON YOUR PAGE THAT Muslim and other commentators have identified Dhul Qarnayn with Alexander the Great.[1] According to a legend current in Jewish circles around the time of Christ the Scythians, identified with Gog and Magog, once defeated one of Alexander's generals, upon which Alexander built a wall in the Caucasus mountains to keep them out of civilised lands; the legend went through much further elaboration in the following centuries, and eventually found its way into the Quran through a Syrian version.[8 WELL THIS IS A PAGE ON ISLAM AND WE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT HE QURAN WAS REVEALED BY GOD TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH THEREFORE YOU HAVE NO WRITE TO SAYS SUCH A THING AS AS BEING A NON MUSLIM YOU HAVE NO WRITE TO TALK ABOUT OUR BOOK LIKE THIS. READ THE QURAN YOU WILL BECOME A MUSLIM “And the heaven We created with might, and indeed We are (its) expander.” (Quran 51:47) please cross read more about all the scientific facts in the quran and realise that it was revealed 1400 years ago this basically tells us that the universe is expanding another translation is "And it is We Who have built the Universe, and behold, We are steadily expanding it." and please dont edit pages on islam without authentic evidence like the quran and authentic ahadith for they are the most reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.40.10.177 (talk) 05:42, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

how to show my page in google search — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sohel9733 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE

YOU WROTE ON THE PAGE ABOUT DHUL qarnayan that the tales of alexander through syrian versions came into the Quran. KNOW THAT WE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT THE QURAN WAS REVEALED BY GOD TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH AND THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. YOU EDITED A PAGE ON ISLAM AND YOU SAID SUCH A THING ABOUT OUR BOOK THE QURAN WHICH WAS FALSE. PLEASE USE ONLY AUTHENTIC AHADITH AND THE QURAN TO EDIT AND WRITE PAGES ON ISLAM AND AVOID INSULTING OUR RELIGON IN THE FUTURE. READ THE QURAN AND NO DOUBT YOU WILL ONE DAY BECOME A MUSLIM IT CONTAINS MANY SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES THAT YOU CAN RESEARCH ON. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asaddrrani534 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

my edit to the page was neutral.. there was a fallacy and i corrected it .. you are giving misinformation to the public and that is unethical and dangerous...

what i pointed out was cited and shown to be true ...

calling it "vandalism" is in correct. there are issues with what was said about HIV/AIDS and where it originated from .. the fact of the matter is it is UNKNOWN where it came from ..

got a problem with what i wrote then you are falling prey to cognitive dissonance..

there is a reason why college do not accept wikipedia as a credible source for citations.. what you are doing is the reason...

i cited my sources

and there is a causation fallacy in that section ..

pointing out the errors on that page isnt vandalism..

be careful of whom you accuse of what.. libel is not something you want to be held accountable for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.175.29 (talk) 08:32, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

i never wrote this.. "YOU WROTE ON THE PAGE ABOUT DHUL qarnayan that the tales of alexander through syrian versions came into the Quran. KNOW THAT WE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT THE QURAN WAS REVEALED BY GOD TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH AND THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. YOU EDITED A PAGE ON ISLAM AND YOU SAID SUCH A THING ABOUT OUR BOOK THE QURAN WHICH WAS FALSE. PLEASE USE ONLY AUTHENTIC AHADITH AND THE QURAN TO EDIT AND WRITE PAGES ON ISLAM AND AVOID INSULTING OUR RELIGON IN THE FUTURE. READ THE QURAN AND NO DOUBT YOU WILL ONE DAY BECOME A MUSLIM IT CONTAINS MANY SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES THAT YOU CAN RESEARCH ON. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asaddrrani534 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)"

i do not know why it is showing up in my comment.. i am not a muslim... i am an atheist mythological space wizards and their "prophets" are no concern of mine . this goes to show you how unreliable and flawed your system is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.175.29 (talk) 08:38, 6 May 2016 (UTC) WP:PLEASESTOPSHOUTING Be civil to each other please. KGirlTrucker87 (talk) 11:13, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey

Hey mate i find it sad you got rid of the page Change it back or ill get Ugandan air force on you, we use nerf guns.I am great friends with Mr Liam Harris. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimmy2334 (talk • contribs) 10:00, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Answer MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimmy2334 (talk • contribs) 10:02, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Rodrigo Duterte Criticism

Hi! You removed my edit because you thought it was, in your own words "less than neutral". But how can an official quote from the man(Rodrigo Duterte) himself be deemed as not neutral? Please, put my edit back because it is important. Our national media have enough whitewashing already, and with only 3 days before the election, this edit is critical for those still curious undecided voters. If you're not convinced, watched the video on the reference link. That was exactly what he(Rodrigo Duterte) said, word by word. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by No one H'gar (talk • contribs) 10:23, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

No one H'gar - Ah, so there's obviously a conflict of interest here. You cannot edit or contribute to article where you have a conflict of interest. It eliminates your ability to edit within a neutral point of view. Your edit to the article violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. I highly recommend that you spend your time building articles that you don't have a conflict of interest in. This helps build a quality encyclopedia. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

What does that even mean? It's like he said, "Potato is good" in an interview and when I tried to put that exact quotation in the article it's deemed as not neutral and the editor have an obvious conflict of interest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by No one H'gar (talk • contribs) 08:13, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Cod fisheries

Hi Oshwah,

I was recently editing Cod fisheries article Cod_fisheries#Northeast_Atlantic_cod (that was my first edit at Wikipedia). Thank you a lot for noticing that I deleted part of it, that was by mistake and I honestly don't even know how it happened.

With best wishes, Nataliia Nataliia Kulatska (SLU) (talk) 11:42, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Pedro Julio Serrano

Hi,

Thanks for your message. I will edit Pedro Julio Serrano's page again with citations. One question: why was it permitted to include "Fredo" in his name when there is nowhere in the internet or anywhere to make this claim true? I'm going to edit it first and then later, will make major edits with citations.

Thanks again,

PJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedrojulioserrano (talk • contribs) 13:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar for you

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		They don't have the how the heck do you do it barnstar, so this will have to do. Whenever I'm on Huggle you always seem to beat me. David.moreno72 (talk) 14:13, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi David.moreno72! Thank you for taking the time to leave me this barnstar, as well as for your kind words. I very much appreciate it! I get to go to the office now, so you'll now get to have all the fun you want :-P. Enjoy the rest of your day, happy editing, and thanks again! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

I think this is big #30... :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:25, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

please consider adding the current debate what 1.129.96.204 (talk) 15:05, 6 May 2016 (UTC)looding youtube between ball earhers and glaflat earthers... it is a lively debate and the results of. flat earth realisation. strike to the very core of science and technology 1.129.96.204 (talk) 15:05, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

A cupcake for you! WikiLove from me!

Maganhassan has given you a cupcake! Cupcakes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cupcake, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. †

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	You..... have helped many people around the world..... and in return I would like to give you a barnstar..... and not only a barnstar. THE first barnstar that I have given to anyone. I hope you reply in return! Maganhassan (talk) 18:05, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey man, I appreciate the barnstar and the cupcake! It kept me fed and happy :-P. I hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia; please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions. I know that the rules can be overwhelming for new people. I'm here to help and will be happy to do so! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:14, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Edits

Oshwah,

Hi, I am the Director of Communications for RFA and was cleaning up and updating our Wiki page.

Please let me know if I am doing everything correctly.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bevois (talk • contribs) 02:39, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Bevois - There are a number of concerns that I'm observing with the edits you're making, and in many different aspects (not just the content itself that you're changing). First of all, you appear to have a conflict of interest with the article subject (Resurrection Fighting Alliance). Editing or even participating in discussions involving article subjects where you have a conflict of interest is highly discouraged behavior, as it almost-completely eliminates your ability to edit the article in a neutral point of view (an editing behavior that is required). Please review these policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions about them. I also note that you've been warned and appear to be engaged in an edit war on the same article. Edit warring and the breach of the three-revert rule is not allowed, and can result in having your account blocked from editing Wikipedia if reported. Please be very careful when making multiple reversions to the same article over disagreements in content, and discuss any disagreements on the article's talk page before reverting content in a back-and-fourth fashion. Discussing, rather than reverting, is proper dispute resolution, and is a key principle to understand and practice when contributing on Wikipedia. I highly recommend that you review these guidelines as well, as they will give you an understanding of the edit warring policy. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding what I've explained to you here, or if you have any questions regarding the policies and guidelines that I've linked you to here. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Removal of content explained in edit summary

Hi Oshwah,

Regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bongbong_Marcos&oldid=719019921 the removal of content was explained in the edit summary as:

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information per WP:INDISCRIMINATE and criticism sections should be avoided per WP:NOCRIT

Thanks,

Vic2426 (talk) 02:47, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Vic2426! Thanks for leaving me a message with your concerns. Ah, indeed you did have an edit summary with your removal. I apologize; I should have explained in more detail my concerns with your removal instead of letting the default warning cite "no reason", which was not correct. I am sorry if this confused you. I shared the same concerns with BushelCandle with his reversion, in that the removal should maybe be discussed on the article's talk page and given input by other editors before it is simply removed. There was a lot of content removed (much of it sourced), and I wanted to be sure that such a removal wouldn't be met with objection and without dispute resolution. But as long as you discuss your thoughts on the article's talk page when asked to (it looks like you also reverted BushelCandle's edit here), you'll be fine. I see some back-and-fourth reverting on the article's history page. Maybe it's time to stop and discuss? Remember - don't edit war! It makes everything worse, doesn't resolve the issue at hand, and results in administrative action (including blocking). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for your message, and I wish you happy editing (as well as happy discussing) :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:02, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Wow... what a time we had reverting vandalism at Ron Kulpa like lightning. Now it's semi-protected. Thank you for your anti-vandal work! CookieMonster755 📞 ✉ ✓ 03:01, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

CookieMonster755! Sorry for taking so long to respond and thank you for the barnstar that you left - I've been busy with work lately. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to leave me this barnstar; I very much appreciate it and it means a lot to me. Heck yes; teamwork for the win! Thanks for your help keeping that article reverted from vandalism and in ship-shape while protection was pending. It's a big help, and we can certainly use more of it (as you probably already know... haha). I'm sure we'll run into one another again soon. Until then... happy editing, my friend! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:23, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Editing / Revising my company page

Hi,

I have been asked to revise our company page, but my revisions of unneeded content / templates have been reverted.

Please let me know how I am supposed to properly remove unneeded templates and information.

Thank You.Bevois (talk) 03:02, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

You should probably read WP:COI. SQL^{Query me!} 03:06, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

SQL is correct. I responded to your original message above; please refer to that discussion, and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:49, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Always time for a good beer! This one is Russian River Brewing Co, Little White Lie. Chrisw80 (talk) 04:12, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Chrisw80 - As you already know (haha), I always appreciate the beer. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:26, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Whatchu TALKIN bout

I have the best constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UnicornOverlorde (talk • contribs) 05:16, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

AAAND their gone. HighInBC 05:19, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

But... HighInBC!!! He had the best constructive!!! If that wasn't convincing, I don't know what is!!! :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Animorphs

All the other books have articles. The previous merge decision was wrong. If it wasn't wrong you should just redirect the other 50+ book articles to the list.

- Duinemerwen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.240.183 (talk) 06:06, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

It is disruptive to edit against consensus. It's obvious that you know that consensus was reached and the result of the discussion was to redirect the page; please stop reverting the page. Continuing to do so will result in you being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:09, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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hello sir i am really sorry for that disturbane actually my brother did this i am really sorry for that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.59.73.240 (talk) 06:18, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Removed content "without reason"

I'm not sure why you just put on that warning on me removing info from Windows 10 version history because I did that "without giving a reason" while not only did I include a reason in the edit description, I also referenced to the Talk page of that article where I have put up a whole list of reasons for my edit. Please undo your edit that undid mine. Thank you. --YannickFran (talk) 07:12, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

YannickFran! I'm glad we got to talk. Yes, my apologies for the warning. I didn't mean to leave you one (I immediately removed it as soon as I noticed). However, I do stand behind my reversion. I think there is a discussion that should be had on the talk page to try and seek collaboration before such a large removal is performed. Doing so will allow more input, and give us the ability to (hopefully) walk out with the best decision. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:17, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. However: is there really a need to discuss the removal of content that simply isn't on its place in an article? (The example I gave on the talk page: This would be like putting massive sections on Android in the Linux article because Android runs on Linux: it is connected but just not relevant to the article.). Not only that, but neither was there any discussion on adding the information in the first place (despite asking on Talk, the user just went ahead without any feedback). He's been ignoring questions about this as I already told him this is not the place without any response, yet he has made another 30+ edits. The articles on Windows 10 are the only ones to do this, not a single other OS uses this structure and instead use the cleaner and logical separation between these 2 subjects as it should be.

And to put a cherry on top: these sections are duplicates from the tables themselves (again, as I said in the Talk page: same lists, different ordering) or the text is copied from Features new to Windows 10, ironically enough. --YannickFran (talk) 07:28, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

YannickFran - I'm not disagreeing with your observations at all. I just thought that a discussion on the article's talk page would have allowed others to possibly come up with a solution that would be better. Other than that, feel free to proceed as you were before ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:36, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

You have reverted my page,

Hi. I opened two Wiki pages with the same name. The page's name is "Boeraans". I originally published it in Afrikaans, but Wikipedia notified me that it is not in English, and I need to translate it.

I then opened it in Afrikaans, under af.wikipedia.org, but I see you closed the second one.

I did that because the page is written in Afrikaans. Both pages is in the same language. I want it to be placed under the Afrikaans pages, but don't know how to do that.

Can you please help me?

Thank you. Francois — Preceding unsigned comment added by S E Shalom (talk • contribs)

Reversion of The Hole (Scientology)

You just reverted my change to The Hole (Scientology) as you considered the edit "not constructive". As noted in my edit summary, the original lines had used the initialisms "CSMF" and "YSCOHB" without defining their meaning, which did not convey useful information to the article's readers. While the initialisms do stand for profane language, Wikipedia is not censored. I have re-instated the edit. If you'd like to discuss, please do so on my IP page. 98.247.52.79 (talk) 07:47, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

I have reverted the change I made to the article. Your content was correct; I've seen references that have said this. You're all set to go! Sorry for removing it. I didn't make the connection until you pointed it out. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:49, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi what's the problem in Manusmriti editing made by me? Abhishek.AryaAbhishek.arya (talk) 08:00, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	It was a slip of my keyboard. Thanks for the undo and report. ManojAMK (talk) 09:48, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

I apologize for that nonconstructive edit it is unwise to leave the computer on and logged into Wikipedia when your 15 year old son is nearby.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by TUrtlesTasteLiekLieomss (talk • contribs) 09:53, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

"Black September"

Hi. An IP editor correctly left notification of RM "The usage and primary topic of Black September is under discussion, see talk:Black September in Jordan" you in good faith removed it, presumably thinking it was IP vandalism, but the IP editor is correct. Normally a bot would leave that notification after the RM template is applied, but in this case because of the RM being over a redirect that bot failed to fire, as it were. I have restored the notifications. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:02, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations

		100000 Edits
		Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that only 368 editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!

If you like you can add this template to your page.

This user has been awarded with the 100000 Edits award.

Buster Seven Talk 19:29, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Buster7! Thanks for the award and for the 'congratulations'. Dang, 100k edits already? That's ridiculous! I don't know whether I should be happy or proud of myself, or ashamed of myself... lol :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:49, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Untitled header added by 128.197.53.198

I received your message about the rAAV page. I have re-applied my edit and included a justification for it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.197.53.198 (talk) 20:59, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hi, you reverted one of my short summaries of the Wynonna Earp show for it not being constructive (and in response to your comment about experimenting, this was an intended change---I do online reviews of TV shows my my web page and I've done this for over 4500 of them and I just copy the ones I'd put up there for cases where there's no one line summary). All the other one line summaries for this show originated from me. I actually don't care if my particular summary gets included or not but if mine isn't, I would hope someone would write a better summary. I am wondering if you watch the show, since my short summaries would make the most sense if you did, and it's possible I was being too clever, but this is what I wrote originally for the episode airing Friday May 6 (Constant Cravings):

Wynonna and Dolls bring down a cannibalistic revenant and her family, even as the latter appears to be in need of an urgent fix

The first part (before the comma) alone would be an adequate short summary, since that's what most of the episode is about. A side plot involves Dolls dealing with a seeming addiction related issue, which is why I made the second part of the comment. I prefer to not be too explicit in my summaries. But I could change it to:

Wynonna and Dolls bring down a cannibalistic revenant and her family, even as the latter appears to struggle with chemical dependency issues.

I only add these summaries in cases where they are not present since I am often frustrated when I can't find them myself. Any clue/guide is usually helpful. So please let me know if I can add either of these summaries back and if you still don't find the first one constructive after my explanation if I can add the second one. IF both of the above don't work, then I can add:

Wynonna and Dolls bring down a cannibalistic revenant and her family.

which is a highly accurate and constructive short summary. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.227.223 (talk) 06:03, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hello Oshawa all of my edit was my original work why it was deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehdinasir (talk • contribs) 23:13, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Selim Mehajer

Hey, thanks for stepping in. Just curious, what were the allegations presented as fact that you mentioned? I don't recall doing this... but can't review my edit as I can't see the deleted text. - Letsbefiends (talk) 23:26, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Letsbefiends. Of course; I'm always happy to help. Since the article is deleted, I can't review the deleted text either. This is a question that would be best answered by Boing! said Zebedee, as he can view the text and he was also someone who provided you with assistance at the Administrators' Noticeboard thread. This response will send him a ping and notify him of this talk page thread; he will be able to respond here once he has an opportunity and can do so. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:35, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks :-) - Letsbefiends (talk) 00:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

What do you think so far? Unfortunately, no matter what I do Salim may not look terribly good, but only because of his own behaviour. I will try my level best to keep the article neutral, but unfortunately he's being investigated for allegedly committing electoral fraud, he was fined for blocking off his street illegally, has been taken to court numerous times (and lost almost as often) over unpaid money to creditors, was suspended as Deputy Mayor (which was later rescinded) but also was one of the key reasons that the NSW State Government put the council into administration... he was taken to court over alleged threats of intimidation (later thrown out), his wedding and media appearance where he expressed the hope of becoming Prime Minister of Australia was widely mocked in the Australian media (this isn't me doing the mocking!) and he violated the planning ordinances of his own house, which he managed to get put through council and is now part of an investigation into malfeasance within Auburn City Council.

Unfortunately, there isn't much that I can give to balance it out other than detail his responses to these allegations. He really doesn't have many positive contributions I can find that I can balance out the article with. And I don't want to artificially ram in good points about him, because I don't think that's really what NPOV is all about...

Anyway, your thoughts would be most welcome. Thanks for offering to help me out with this, even if it's only to provide advise and guidance. - Letsbefiends (talk) 01:59, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Letsbefiends - Unfortunately, there isn't a lot that I can suggest in this situation, as I don't have access to the article you wrote (since it was deleted). I'm hesitant to give any input since doing so would be making an assumption, which wouldn't be the right thing to do on my part, and wouldn't be necessarily helpful for you. This is why I pinged the administrator (Boing! said Zebedee), who examined the article text and responded with the reason that the speedy deletion was legitimate, for input here. This is the action and response that is the most fair to you, since I do not have all of the content and evidence to assist you fully, as the administrator would. I suggest either waiting for the administrator to respond and assist you, or letting another administrator (who has access to the deleted page text) to give you direct feedback regarding the article you wrote earlier. My advice left on the Administrators' Noticeboard still stands; you should review the Wikipedia guidelines that I listed out for you, make sure that you understand them fully, and let me know if you have questions about them. I can at least answer your questions in that aspect while we wait for Boing! said Zebedee to respond :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:21, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't think I need permission to edit the page, somehow. I've made another stab at editing the page in a more neutral fashion - unfortunately because I was going slowly and carefully it was listed for speedy deletion under the C7 criteria (notability). One wonders what one has to do around here to actually contribute information - you literally write up an article and it is deleted for being too partisan, so then you attempt to slowly and carefully write an article that is less partisan, asking on the talk page for feedback, and an uninvolved editor comes along and, without even attempting to ascertain the notability of the subject, lists it for deletion for not being notable enough.

All very frustrating really. - Letsbefiends (talk) 02:40, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

• Hi. I've looked at the latest version and it does seem better sourced and the tone seems improved. It does still seem entirely negative to me, however, as if it is only intended to highlight the man's faults, and I'm not sure if it would survive a deletion discussion on those grounds. But I'll leave that for others and will say no more about it myself now. I see the hasty A7 deletion request has been removed, so that's no longer a concern. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:50, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Not a test

What I corrected was the spelling of her name that was incorrect. Now that you did not accept my correction, it's incorrect again. It should be "Paradis" and not "Paradise." Please accept the change.

Thank you, Tricia Sbtricia (talk) 01:15, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Sbtricia! You're totally right! I apologize! I have restored your edit to the article. I don't know why I didn't catch that you were fixing a surname when the article title was right in front of my face! I'll call it a brain fart I guess. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Thanks for leaving me a message and for letting me know. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:20, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

i am fine for you to change what i wrote, but you could have at least read what i said, which you did not. at the end, you will note that i said that i didn't change the entry itself because *the author* needs to see what they did. the entry itself needs to be changed. i am not a wiki editor, and i do not want to be one. however, that entry itself is ableist. it needs to be changed to reflect neuro disabilities. ableism is not just about being physically disabled and the discrimination against only those who are physically disabled. you can be neuro disabled, which is not at all to do with anything mental health related. if you edited / deleted what i said, then you can edit the entry itself to no longer be ableist.

here is what i said, and as you can see, i did not post my opinion as an edit. i posted specifically for the author to change the entry:

• File:Http://imgur.com/FmLNmBy

whomever would write a wiki entry should take responsibility for it and present as much truth as there is about it. obviously, the author needs to learn a bit more, so i posted to the author to fix it in hopes they would learn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.36.43.120 (talk • contribs)

Your edit here was an analysis made by you that was not neutral. This is why I reverted it. I highly recommend that you review Wikipedia's guidelines on adhering to a neutral point of view. It will explain everything you need to know and understand, and will answer any questions. If you do have more questions after reading this guideline, please do not hesitate to ask me them. I'll be more than happy to answer your questions. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:54, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

i am not typical neuroabled person. you have rights to be in control of the ableism page. if so, then YOU need to take responsiblity for it. to me, i did nothing wrong, but i am not neuroabled. please stop telling me "rules rules rules" i said i don't understand. YOU fix the entry please. stop contributing to ableism and learn. i dont know how else to contact to fix it. i am not neurotypical. educate yourself first before rebukig yourself or please remove yourself from that wiki article mediation or whatever it is called. *it is incorrect* it is not acceptable in the not similarly abled world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.36.43.120 (talk) 04:22, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

It's very hard for me to understand what you're trying to say and provide you with the assistance you're asking for when you resort to that kind of tone. I am more than willing to explain the issues regarding your edits made to the article, as well as try to help you with the Wikipedia policies and guidelines, but you need to calm down. There's no need to become angry and uncivil here; I will treat you with complete respect. I request that you be respectful too :-). Now, can you please explain to me why you believe that your edits were not against Wikipedia's policies? I will listen and respond so long as you remain peaceful towards everyone :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:45, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

you are expecting me to talk to you like a normally abled person. i am trying. i am not succeeding, but i am trying. maybe look up terms i have used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.36.43.120 (talk) 05:18, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I have already made the appropriate fixes to the article. Wikipedia's policies and guidelines were created by community consensus and are what we refer to and must follow when making contributions and changes; nothing else is relevant here. I've explained why your edits were reverted and linked you to the relevant guidelines in my previous response above. If you want to start a discussion about the article with others, express issues or concerns with the article, or propose changes with the community, the proper place to do this is the article's talk page. If you have any questions about any of the Wikipedia policies and guidelines that I've linked to you, please let me know and I'll happy to answer them. Thanks -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:26, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

CHRISTIE HAYES

"Hi Oshwah,

I AM Christie Hayes (the page I deleted my picture from.) I dont like it, hence my explanation, but Im not sure how all this works. I just want to change it, so Im deleting it. Can you help? Thanks! Christie"

You need to contact the volunteer response team by visiting this page. They have the proper training and tools to verify your identity and assist you with your particular issue. This is what you need to do to resolve the particular concerns you have; continuously reverting the article will only make matters worse, and will result in being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Navigate to the link above, and follow the directions to contact the appropriate team. They will take care of you. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

error

Hi there, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:B880:47C0:5537:D6A8:FD4B:E964 (talk) 02:33, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

error message — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:B880:47C0:5537:D6A8:FD4B:E964 (talk) 02:35, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

just few newbie questions

hi , I am Harsha from India . age 20 . i recently started editing wikipedia articles and i think i am getting hang of it . As of now i have few questions could you please answer those for me 1) why are few users ( like yourself ) are blue labelled and few users ( such as me ) red labelled 2) how does this protected articles editing work ? 3) should i be fluent with HTML language in order to fully understand and be able to edit wikipedia articles .

If you have a youtube video answering these question please send me a link

THANKING YOU HARSHA NEO THE STAR FLEET FEDERATION — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harshaneo17 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Harshaneo17 - I'll be happy to answer your questions:

1. Your username is red simply because you haven't created a user page yet. Once you do you, your link will turn blue. You can also customize the color of your signature by clicking on Preferences located on the top-right corner of any Wikipedia page.
2. An article can be placed under page protection for different reasons, most of which is to prevent damage or disruption (i.e. excessive vandalism) or to stop edit warring and have those involved discuss disputes. The page protection guideline will provide you with all of the information you're looking for (such as the different page protection types, and the situation that they're typically used).
3. No, that is not a requirement. You can also use the VisualEditor, which does not require you to have proficient HTML or Wiki markup knowledge to contribute. For instructions on how to enable the VisualEditor, click here.

Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. And welcome to Wikipedia! We're happy to have you here! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:26, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Question

Where does one report editors that aren't doing anything wrong other than being extraordinarily rude to other editors? Bronze2018 (talk) 17:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I speak specifically of Special:Contributions/79.113.134.115 Bronze2018 (talk) 17:10, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Bronze2018. Thanks for leaving me a message with your question. I agree that the edit summaries used by this user are inappropriate and very uncivil. If he's making useful contributions and his behavior is the only problem (and it continues after being left a final warning), you can open a thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents to report the problem to an administrator. When filing a report there, make sure that you notify the user that you've opened a discussion - see the directions at the top of the page (it is required that you do so).

On a side note, I noticed the final warning that you left on the user's talk page here. I would avoid making comments such as "You WILL lose" when warning others - it only makes the situation worse when you do so; it will usually always antagonize the user, cause the user to think "oh yeah?...", and result in continued disruptive behavior with another reason being to "smite" you or to antagonize you back. Some users may even resort to causing as much disruption as he/she possibly can, knowing that they'll soon be blocked, because of such comments. Warnings are intended to try and correct the problem, and such comments will usually cause the opposite effect and simply exacerbate it.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you run into any more questions. I'll be more than happy to answer then and give you a hand! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I wish you happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:28, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't think that I have ever actually added content to Wikipedia: I just remove content that appears to be unconstructive. Bronze2018 (talk) 19:07, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

If the user's edits are nonconstructive (i.e. vandalism or blatant BLP violations), then they can be reported to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if they've continued to modify articles disruptively after being sufficiently warned. Otherwise if it's simply behavioral concerns, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents is the appropriate place to report the continued incivility. Hope this answers your question. If it doesn't, or if you have more questions, please do not hesitate to respond and ask. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:43, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Villanova 2015-2016 Men's Basketball Season

Thanks for the correction, I tried sourcing it but the analytic numbers are behind a paywall (kenpom.com). I'll try to find another source that people can actually read without having to pay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 221bbaker (talk • contribs) 03:44, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

I found what I think is an acceptable source for my addition to the article. If you disagree please let me know. There are a few others as well but this is the one that is most easily accessed by most of the community (without having to pay).221bbaker (talk) 00:20, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Excellent news! Thanks for the update, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:17, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

It's fine, however it should be "Notable people" instead of other sites following the standard Wikipedia listings of naming people of significance in a given place, correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.241.201 (talk) 06:50, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Muhammad Aurang Zeb

Hi, regarding your comment on talk (and Tawker's block) of IP

182.186.37.215 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)),

see also

182.186.43.192 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)),

and likely some others. This author seems to be all over the place. I removed a few ([2], [3]) and replaced some with secondary sources ([4], [5]), but I can't judge the validity of most other entries. There was no answer to my question [6] on their talk page. They continued editing. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 07:04, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

@DVdm: In fact, this editor has been IP-hopping and shredding valid cites since at least 2014 according to the earliest edit I have found to date (here by 129.234.0.13); googling Muhammad Aurang Zeb brings up a lot of pages. The name and usually a false DOI are interjected into actual cites and in many cases happened many edits ago; I actually caught this IP because they were updating the citation format! I feel like this should be reported somewhere but I don't know how to do it since this appears to be a long-term project of disruption and/pr someone boosting a particular scholar's paper employing multiple IPs from disparate world regions. Long-term abuse? I just don't know what to do at this point in terms of reporting. Ogress 07:12, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

@Ogress: yes, I had included a search in my message here ([7]), and indeed it brings up a lot of pages. But I'm not sure about the falseness of the DOI. For instance, look at this edit: both the original http://dro.dur.ac.uk/10920/1/10920.pdf and the new http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961.n538 refer to the same document, the only difference being that the former is fully accessible, whereas the latter is not. Everything seems valid though, so I don't really know whether there is something to be reported to begin with. - DVdm (talk) 07:55, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

This appears to be a range (182.186.32.0/20) - I'm looking into it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:19, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Found an even older one: these cites were added whole horse rather than diluted here at Wikipedia. Revision as of 04:27, 24 July 2013 Ogress 10:11, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

I used a range contribs tool to take a look at all edits made by 182.186.32.0/16 - here are all of the IPs under this range that have edited in May 2016:

• 182.186.95.213
• 182.186.91.184
• 182.186.89.90
• 182.186.81.135
• 182.186.80.1
• 182.186.76.248
• 182.186.7.199
• 182.186.60.233
• 182.186.60.222
• 182.186.58.39
• 182.186.50.210
• 182.186.5.134
• 182.186.43.66
• 182.186.43.192

I haven't looked to see if any of the edits by the IPs in this list are vandalism; I'm just listing all IPs under that range who have edited during this month. I'm still looking into it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:23, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Oshwah, we could use you over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/129.234.0.13 .— Gorthian (talk) 16:41, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Troll

I have taken the unusual step of removing content from you in your own talk page, along with the content from the troll. I think pinging the troll was probably not a good idea, as it just encourages him, but that is for you to judge, and I wouldn't have removed it for that reason. However, I really really don't want content to remain visible which appears to have my signature, but expresses views which I don't hold. Clearly you knew it wasn't really me, but some other editor might see it and think it was. On the other hand, thanks for pinging me, so that I knew about it. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:59, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi JamesBWatson - I actually didn't know that it was a troll until I pinged you the second time (I thought maybe you were joking about something random... I thought it was a little weird... lol). And... haha... I didn't realize that my second ping to you also pinged him (I'll facepalm myself for that one... It was late; I was tired), but good call; I make it a point not to antagonize vandals and trolls. And you're totally fine to remove whatever content you want (especially given the fact that it was from someone forging your signature). Glad to see that it was taken care of. Hope you're having a good day, and it was nice to run into you again. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:08, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Sorry. Thanks for the warning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albane123 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Oshwah, is it possible to delete past revisions, because some of my friends played a joke on me by putting my address on the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School page, and I would like it removed. Is it possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRajnover (talk • contribs) 01:16, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

IRajnover - If this is the case, then you need to contact the Volunteer Response Team by following the instructions here. They have the tools and the training to assist you with this matter, as well as the environment for you you to privately submit the information they will be asking you for (one of which will be the URL to the revision of the page that you're concerned about). This is the proper place to visit in order to discuss your concerns; they'll be able to help you out. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:27, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

How do you delete a past revision? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRajnover (talk • contribs) 01:30, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

IRajnover - By following the directions I've given you above. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Oshwah! — Preceding unsigned comment added by IRajnover (talk • contribs) 01:41, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:45, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hi is it possible to delete all my posts on NSHA page thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by GOTOVITOW (talk • contribs) 01:28, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

GOTOVITOW - No. All edits are saved in the article's history, and can be retrieved, viewed, and reverted to at any time. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:46, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

i am using my powers for appropriate business — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.72.188 (talk) 01:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Reversion of edit of Max Scherzer page

I see that you reverted my edit adding Max Scherzer's record setting performance which ended only about 15 minutes ago for failure to cite a reputable source. Exactly where do you think I could find such a source when I was watching the game and posted the update as soon as the game ended? It's not like there were any sources available yet, as I was updating in near real-time. You must have been watching the page in near real-time. I also note that a similar update appeared at the top of the page without a citation, but you didn't revert that one. Is that author preferred over me for some reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mencik (talk • contribs) 02:16, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Mencik - Sorry, but content that you personally "saw" is not a reliable source (in fact, it's original research). Wikipedia relies on reliable sources to support and verify the content that is added to articles. In this case, an article that is a biography of a living person undergoes much stricter scrutiny. I recommend reviewing these policies, as they will answer your question. The content that was re-added to the article has also been removed, and for the same reason. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I suggest you go back and remove the similar uncited content from the top of the page. I think the policy you cite is stupid, but it is what it is. From the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability policy page. "Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. In some cases, editors may object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references; consider adding a citation needed tag as an interim step." I suggest that in the future, when you see something like this, you should follow the policy and note "citation needed" to give us more time for actual articles to cite to appear. IMHO, removing them immediately is rude. Mencik (talk) 02:45, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Mencik - It's good to see that you're reading over Wikipedia's policies and guidelies; it rare to see people do that lately :-). I completely understand and acknowledge the basis of your response; you felt that my removal was too quick and careless, and you probably became frustrated as a result. I apologize; I do not mean to frustrate you, nor do I purposefully revert edits with the intention of causing anger. However, referring back to to my previous response to you above, articles that are biographies of living people undergo stricter scrutiny compared to other articles, and make the removal of unreferenced content (while inconvenient... I understand...) justified. Once a reliable source becomes available to use, you're more than welcome to restore the content you added earlier and then cite that source. Then you'll be good to go and your edit will be within the relevant guidelines. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask me them. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you further. Thanks again for your messages. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:15, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Adminship

Want to give RfA a shot? If so, I was thinking about nominating you. Feinoha ^Talk 02:35, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Feinoha! Check your email - I sent you my response through an email :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:51, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Sylhet

The person who removed the name off there was the person who created the page of Naeem Malik and then put a db-g7 (as they were told not to do a autobio), hence why they removed it I'm guessing. Wgolf (talk) 03:20, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Wgolf - AHA! Good call, my friend! That explains the "random" removal then ;-). Thanks for pointing that out; I didn't realize that. I owe you another thanks for fixing the article and removing the content as well. *fist bump* ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:27, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Heart Attack Kids

Do not delete the article i am creating. I am new and might take a long time to figure out how to de this properly but I have a credible source. http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/heart-attack-kids-punk-london-ontario-interview-2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 19william98 (talk • contribs) 03:26, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

19william98 - I was not the person who originally tagged your article for deletion. To properly contest the deletion of the article you created, you need to follow the directions specified on the tag, and discuss it on the article's talk page. Removing the tag yourself is not allowed, and will make expanding the article and contesting its deletion harder. Please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:23, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Your Revisions

Hello Oshwah, i was just right now carefully listening to all of the 5 "Game of Thrones" soundtracks for some hours, comparing all the tracks carefully and while doing this, doing some needed and assured additions concerning the leitmotifs here at the "Game of Thrones" music page on wikipedia. At the same time, i am doing some standardising on the work the other soundtrack connoisseurs have done before (using always the same names for the leitmotiv cues in the 5 different season sections and so on, which wasn't always the case before). Is there anything can i do to show you that i do it with expertise so that you can adopt it? Greetings, Peter from Germany 93.129.248.129 (talk) 03:42, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this is original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Content added must be attributable (or directly attributed) to reliable sources. Review these guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:13, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

hi

Thanks for doing stuff. I'm probably wasting your time but I wanted to say hi. Bye. (p.s. how do you get so many edits, do you like press the spacebar, then save the page, then delete the space, the save again, then press the spacebar, then save the page, then delete the space, the save again, then save the page, then delete the space, the save again... for like 100 thousand times? I am on Wiki like daily but have so few edits still.) NikolaiHo 04:30, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Nikolaiho - Saying "hello", expressing appreciation, and asking questions is never a waste of time. Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for the message. If you're referring to my edit count (or maybe you saw the award above), remember that Wikipedia values quality over quantity. I could have 200,000 edits, but if they're disruptive, policy violations, or crap... then they will weigh much less compared to someone with 2,000 large, good quality edits that follow all of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines - always remember that! Don't worry too much about edit counts; I've been here since 2007 and I participate in projects that result in a lot of smaller changes. Your edit count, after maybe your 20,000th (so long as you didn't violate policy or make people upset with you), is just seen as "a really big number". There aren't any projects or areas on Wikipedia where an edit count higher than that matters and is looked at. My advice? Stick to the projects and areas that you like, where you have fun, and make you happy. That's what is truly important :-D. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:42, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm quite a noobie if you didn't know. I only have over a thousand edits and I have no idea what you are talking about when you say "projects". Can you please explain what a project is as I'd really like to get involved. Thanks for the good words and advice. You are a good friend. NikolaiHo 05:42, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Nikolaiho - Check out the WikiProject tutorial; it will explain WikiProjects and give you a list of them to look through and join up with :-). If you have any more questions or need assistance with anything, my talk page is always open to you - please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

regarding the nile crocodile edit

Dear Oshwah,

I am a Wikipedia editor since 2004, and have made contributions to endless articles, mainly in biology/zoology as i am a zoologist myself. In fact many of the major articles, including the Nile crocodile article, have significant amount contributions done by me and my colleagues, up to 50% in the case of the Nile crocodile article. I wasn't logged in, and I believe that 100% objectivity should be shown whether an edit comes from a user or an ip address. The so called "fans" keep filling up animal profiles with unnecessary information on size and weight, and these claims reduce the quality of the articles and their purpose of being scientific. I regularly check and filter these entries. Thank you for your attention. Feel free to delete this comment upon reading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 09:14, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Umm, no. Not only does your response not make sense, but I think you missed my point entirely. First of all, why would the size and weight of an animal be "unnecessary information" and "reduce the quality of the article[s]"? Wouldn't additional information like this be more scientific, since raw data is being shown? I'm just not understanding what you're trying to say here. Can you please explain further? Also, your edit here replaces that information with, what looks to be, a neutral point of view issue. The content you added said that predators "are major threats for young crocodiles growing up" -- this can imply a non-neutral analysis, as you're the one whose saying this. The other content was simply stating the typical size of the animal that predators were typically capable of hunting. This seems more neutral and scientific to me.

You also state that you weren't logged in. What is your account username? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah,

It wasn't my intension to create a debate, however unlike in branches like physics or chemistry and molecular biology, in ecology there are usually no predefined measurements that can specify scientifically exactly what sized animal can do what (unlike raw data like maximum/average weight, length for a species). Therefore a level of ambiguity should always be maintained rather than stating pinpoint lengths or weights in such cases. There are no limits that can be defined so precisely in animal interactions. Therefore using terms like hatchling, young, juvenile, subadult, adult, large adult are less misleading as there are no defined laws in nature that limit what sized animal is capable of doing what, it depends on many factors, including environment, health of the individuals, circumstances, among many others. Putting such confident measurements are usually a sign to the amateur or biased nature of the report. You can go ahead and view other articles, especially the featured ones, and see what I'm talking about here. Only after long years of study and an article of the relevant topic, can those details be shared, again with an approach that includes the intension to state that these findings may have a degree of error, as well as stating the factors and circumstances like a controlled experiment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 10:47, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for responding and for providing your thought process regarding the edits made to the article, as well as others. I meant (and mean) absolutely no insult, argument, or implication of tension or emotion regarding my concerns and my response; debating is a normal part of consensus-building and good collaboration with potential issues :-). You're more than welcome to revert the changes that I made to the article; I was simply concerned with the content removal and what was replaced. I appreciate you for taking the time to explain and help address these concerns.

You said in your initial message, "I wasn't logged in" - This indicates that you have an account. What is your account username? And, I'm just curious... why aren't you using it? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:04, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I'm also curious... particularly as it is a rather easy question, and seems to be being avoided... _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 11:45, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment. There are two reasons, one is, being objective or scientific shouldn't be linked to having an account or not, therefore I wanted to see if you would show the same transparency to someone without an account, as this is becoming a problem in Wikipedia. (a side effect of a rightful cause, which is to avoid non-user vandalism). Second, we are a group of scientists with numerous accounts, therefore giving any of those wouldn't be a reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 11:56, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm confused by your response here. You begin by stating that "being objective or scientific shouldn't be linked to having an account or not" (I agree; they have nothing to do with one another), but then you end your statement by saying, "therefore I wanted to see if you would show the same transparency to someone without an account, as this is becoming a problem in Wikipedia". This statement, put together, doesn't make sense to me. So, you're saying that you purposely edit articles while not logged in to see how others treat you? In this situation, that's easy: I didn't take into account the fact that you edited using an account or not; I would have expressed the same concerns to you and asked for a discussion as I did earlier today - whether or not you were using an account is irrelevant. In my previous response above, I asked why you weren't using an/your account, and you responded citing "two reasons" why. Editors in this situation who don't own or use an account at all would respond by directly stating so, but you did not. I'm still puzzled by your implications - Do you have a Wikipedia account that you own? Do you currently or have you previously edited Wikipedia using an account? When? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:09, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

So... if not WP:SOCKing, then at least WP:MEATing...?! _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 12:25, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

No, I do not edit purposefully while logged out, but I do not always edit while logged in, however when you demanded for a user name, then I stated my idea on the topic and why I didn't find it relevant why I should answer that question, but I see you keep interrogating, while your sock puppet is supporting you. I respectfully answered all your questions regarding the article and sources, however I see for some reason you keep pulling the debate to irrelevant directions with the personal questions, I don't really understand the motive here.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 13:28, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

My questions were not demands at all. I was confused by your initial message when you mentioned editing while you weren't logged in. I asked you if you own/owned an account and what the account username was, and you didn't answer my question. Hence, I repeated it. I apologize if my responses and questions came out as an "interrogation" or an assumption of bad faith. If anything, I had/have the opposite thought; you seem to be making good contributions to important articles and you explained the reason behind your content revision very well. Your statements and answers regarding editing while logged out confused me, and I was only seeking to remove ambiguity :-). And please do not attack others, as you did in your previous response calling Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi my "sock puppet". That wasn't needed or necessary, and it's not how we treat others. Thank you :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Sockpuppet??? Secretary more like! :-p _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 13:59, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Attack? If calling someone a sock puppet is attacking, he/she called me both a meat puppet and a sock puppet.. I guess you missed that part, apart from the fact that he was ganging up on me repeating your questions and chanting. I ask both of you to be objective and read from the beginning, as I didn't offend anyone even while being accused of deception and dishonesty. The two reasons I listed were reasons to why I didn't answer the question of identity, not why I edit logged out in the first place. And it didn't take long before someone dropped by with their accusations.. This is exactly why I didn't answer the question in the first place. Because new gen users, the other user in this case, miss out on the most fundamental rules and ethics of being a Wikipedia editor, respect and objectivity being the top two, while entering a debate.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 14:04, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

You make a very good and fair point. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi and 92.45.153.188, lets both agree to end calling one another "sock puppet", "meat puppet", etc - it's obviously just resulting in further frustration and anger, and I do not want anyone feeling this way here. I acknowledge your response regarding fairness and making sure that behaviors are a two-way street; when I asked you not to make personal attacks towards Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, I should have also asked him to do the same. You were completely right in calling me out on this, and I sincerely apologize.

I think we let the questions and this discussion get all of us off on the wrong foot with one another, as well as get off-topic from the initial concerns that I expressed (the article content and revision you made). You've explained your edits very well, and I believe my concerns have been addressed. Thank you for taking the time to message me and explain. Does anyone have any further questions or concerns that they'd like to ask or share? I'd really like for us to all leave peacefully and shaking hands with one another. As far as my original concerns, I'm satisfied. I want to make sure that everyone has a fair opportunity to talk, and that everyone's issues or concerns are listened to :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:29, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Thumbs up, thanks for viewing it from an objective point of view, I would be happy to enter any debate or discuss other articles in the future :) all for the good of wikipedia ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.153.188 (talk) 15:37, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Of course; you're very welcome! I may not be perfect, but I do my damn best to try and keep the peace and provide a neutral, logical analysis on the situations and questions that I'm asked to participate in, and give input and feedback in the same manner. Thanks again for taking the time to explain your edits and content, cheers, and happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:58, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Rephrased the section after our discussion, please take a look (used lifecycle stages instead of specific lengths) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.45.157.182 (talk) 04:06, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Jotun (company)

Hi Oshwah, I'm new to Wikipedia edit. I received a notification from one of our employees that he found negative information that somebody have added to the information page for Jotun (Company). This was about one employee in the company that had used his position to gain personal favours from suppliers. The company has 10.0000 employees so if one of them do something criminal we dont belive such information has anything to do on a information page about the company. So if you have restored it, please remove it again or tell me how to act to have this removed.

If any person can add whatever information they like to such a page, why can't I remove it again? If you act as some sort of "gatekeeper" here, why didn't you check this information when it was entered? (this is probalby old information since the incident happende back in 2012) This must have been done to hurt the company, since this information is about a criminal act done by a former employee. The same employee was fired imediately and reported to the police when the management was notified about the situation during internal audit.

Brgds Kristian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.55.11 (talk) 12:41, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Your content removal here and again here do not appear to be for a sufficient or satisfactory reason. The content is referenced and doesn't seem to be violating any of Wikipedia's policies. This is why I restored it. If you have concerns, you should discuss them on the article's talk page and ask for community input. You ask why that, given that "any person can add whatever information they like to such a page", you can't just "remove it again" - there are a few problems with your statement here. First, I must begin by saying that people are not allowed to simply add "whatever information they like" to an article. We have policies and guidelines regarding verifiability, neutrality, biographies (if applicable), what sources should be referenced, and many more... we're allowed to add content provided that all of it meets Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. Repeatedly removing the information over-and-over, as you suggest, is edit warring. Edit warring is not allowed on Wikipedia, and repeated offenses (especially after being warned and asked to stop and discuss the dispute) will result in being blocked from editing. If you have concerns with the article content that do not involve conflicts of interest and other feelings, you should start a discussion on the article's talk page and ask the community. This is the proper way to resolve your issue and follow policy. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you for your message. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi again Oshwah,

This seems very strange to me. We are talking about a information page about a company. Someone has added information about a criminal act that one of this companies former employee have done. To visitors it looks like the company is suspected for corruption not this single person and some suppliers. There is a link to a Norwegian newspaper informing about the case at a early stage. Also the newspaper used the fact that company Jotun is well know, to make this story more intresting to the public. You have to read carefully to understand that this is not about the company at all. Please explain to me why this is relevant information. I'm sure we have employees that have been fined for speeding also. Is it OK if I add information about such incidents to a company information page?? There is a ongoing trail in this case. Should we add the result of this trial and tell the world about the verdict and how this 50 year old criminal together with some suppliers will be punnished?

brgds Kristian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.55.11 (talk) 13:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

What you need to understand is that we edit Wikipedia articles using a neutral viewpoint; we make no bias towards "positive" and "negative" information, nor do we make bias towards what information should be included, as well as what information should not (so long as the information is properly referenced and supported by reliable sources) - we strive to give fair and due weight to all aspects and viewpoints (if applicable). If someone reads the articles and establishes a belief that the company was "suspected for corruption" (as you put it), that viewpoint is their choosing. Our concern is that viewpoints, information sharing, and other human reactions or thoughts - are based off information that is neutral and accurate. Simply removing content because you "don't like it" is not a sufficient reason for doing so. You should also know that editing articles where you have a conflict of interest of any kind (i.e. personal, financial, any kind) is highly discouraged behavior and against those guidelines. I highly recommend that you focus your time and efforts making positive contributions to article and subjects where you have a neutral standing, and no personal conflicts or involvement with. This will assure that Wikipedia's content reflects the appropriate (and very important!) policies and guidelines. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:14, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Dear Oshwah,

It is not that I do not like the information. It is simply misplaced. I don't think you should act as a "gatekeeper" if you do not have the skills to consider what type of information should be published on a information page. Do you really mean that if a company has a employee that does something criminal then this should be added to the "facts" page of that company. We have 10.000 employees, and it is likely that we also have "black sheeps" in the organisation.

Yes the information is correct and yes it has been articles about it in the newspaper. But that doesn't mean the information is relevant to a fact page. So please remove it or tell me how to get this done without having to debate it like you have described. Brgds Kristian — Preceding unsigned comment added by :::81.167.55.11 (talk) 06:44, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I have already explained to you exactly what you need to do in order to have your concerns addressed. Your an employee of the company and you have an unambiguous conflict of interest; any edit you that make to this article will be reverted - I can say that with almost complete certainty. It's clear from your editing history, as well as your responses here, that your intentions are to modify the article so that it is the way you want it to be, and to attempt to do so without care or regard for Wikipedia's policies. Your last response made no mention or acknowledgement of the policies and guidelines that I explained and provided to you. These guidelines are what we, by community consensus, must reference and abide by - nothing else is relevant. I'm not going to repeatedly explain to you what I've already told you above, and especially if it's clear that you're not going to listen. Please remember that disruptive editing or engaging in edit warring without discussing the content changes with the community first will result in the removal of editing privileges. I will be happy to continue assisting you after you read the relevant Wikipedia policies I provided to you, and when you're ready to ask questions about them. When you are, please let me know :-). Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:19, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry Oshwah, but I have a job to do so I can't use time to go through all the guidelines and then try to discuss with a brick wall. Common sense should do. If it is negative that I present information being close to this company cause it is my workplace, then I don't know what Wikipedia is about. Who else should edit information about the company if not people that in fact have the knowledge. Again, it is not about what I like or not like. The information added by a "Vistamesa" who seems to have been banned from Wikipedia, has nothing to do in a company information page. But since you find it natural that it does, I will provide the page with information about the outcome of the ongoing trial. You probably think that also is information that is relevant. You should instead create a "Gossip" page cause then you really could have some fun.

What I need to know more about is who has appointed you to be the judge here, and how can I affect you being removed. It looks as if you are creating a lot of irritated people because of you way to handle stuff. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.55.11 (talk) 14:45, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Everton FC page edits

I have been a fan of the club for many years now. I am always aware of the most updated information of the club. I was changing the various parts of the page to reflect the recent removal of Martinez as manager of the club. I could cite a number of sources from which I go the information including the club itself, but chose not to for convenience sake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.245.6.130 (talk) 13:32, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Perhaps, for the convenience of the project, you could choose to do so in future? Thank you. You see, we choose to thrive upon the addition of only the most full-sourced material from independent third-party sources. Many thanks! _Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 13:39, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

J.G. Wentworth Page

Hello,

I work in the marketing department of J.G. Wentworth and I believe the page is currently being "attacked" by competitors. Would you be able to help with moderation of the J.G. Wentworth page. The Two users "Badapplepie" and "WikiStable", the only changes they ever made was on this page today.

The content they posted is inaccurate and very opinionated. I.e. " At this rate of loss, JG will run out of all of its cash reserve in the next 1 to 3 months which will limit its ability to fun its current Structured Settlement and Investment Annuity transfer obligations.[7]" The source they linked for this information is just a generic stock profile page. This statement is not true and is misleading. Also there is typos within. I'm trying to delete and clean up anything in a very unbiased fashion but any help would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joebutchwiki (talk • contribs) 19:49, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Joebutchwiki. Thank you for messaging me with your concerns and your request for assistance. I need to start off by telling you that editing this article is highly discouraged, as you obviously have a conflict of interest with the article subject (since you disclosed that you are employed by this company). Please keep this in mind, and take a moment to evaluate your intentions. Are you here to build an encyclopedia, become a long-term editor, and volunteer? Or are you simply here just to edit the J.G. Wentworth article? The answer to this question will put into perspective what you really hope to accomplish. Please keep this on your mind, okay? :-)

However, looking at the changes made to the article just today, I agree that the content that was removed contained neutral point of view violations and personal analysis that were either not directly supported by the references provided, were not referenced by a reliable sources, or were not referenced at all. I'll be more than happy to keep an eye on the article and provide assistance where needed. It's always better to have someone who is uninvolved assist in this situation rather than simply taking care of it yourself (because of the conflict of interest). Also, be very careful to avoid violating the three-revert rule; this is considered edit warring, which is not allowed on Wikipedia and can result in you having your account blocked from editing as a result. Given your conflict of interest, you will naturally be at a disadvantage when stating your case with an administrator (should things go down this route); depending on the person, they may not see it favorably. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Thanks again for your message. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:55, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm not a barnstar advocate, amigo, but...

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I see you helping out demanding clue-deprived AN/I posters, and offering to be a mentor to editors who even fall outside my event horizon as within the scope of redemption, almost every day, and, seriously, you make me want to be not just a better Wikipedian, or even a better real-life-"language professional" (for lack of a less-self-outing-y way of putting it), but, really, a better human being. Not remotely exaggerating. I am so glad I have had the privilege of getting to know you here, Oshwah. Julietdeltalima (talk) 00:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Julietdeltalima - I literally sat here for ten minutes attempting to come up with the words and phrases I felt would accurately describe the level of gratitude and appreciation I feel right now; I really don't think I have any in my vocabulary. It makes me very happy to know that the effort and time I spend trying to provide help and assistance to angry, problematic, difficult, or even belligerent editors is making a positive impact on not only those I assist, but others that see it as well. As you probably already know, working with difficult and angry editors can be very, very difficult at times; you have to maintain your professionalism and remain cool no matter what, and keep the situation and the conversation on-topic and about Wikipedia guidelines... all while the person you're trying to help is cursing at you, being uncivil, and being straight-up nasty towards you. Some perfect examples of this happening is this nice conversation I had, as well as this one (just to name a very select few out of the many others in the archives... haha). It can be very difficult, but someone's gotta do it!!! Plus, after a long time of doing it, it becomes second-nature and you get used to what makes it so difficult :-).

Julietdeltalima, I want you to know that your very-thoughtful barnstar, your honest and kind words, and the time you took to create it for me - it put a big smile on my face. I appreciate it greatly and beyond the words that my feeble brain I can come up with right now, and I thank you so very much for sharing with me how much that it means to you. I'm happy and extremely humbled to know that my time and efforts actually have a good and noticeable impact towards others, and the crazy difficult projects and areas I choose to participate in (I also do anti-vandalism patrolling on top of all of this... yeah, now you see how crazy I am... lol) are actually making a difference. I will proudly put this barnstar on my shelf, and I will cherish it dearly. Thank you, Julietdeltalima. It really made my day :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

that wasn't me sorry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.232.69 (talk) 01:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I can't delete that IP's horse-hockey, but it's his, not mine, if there was any question... Julietdeltalima (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

hi I need to talk

I just deleted some useless words on Chinese women volleyball team. Because it is called current roster which means it should be at least a 2016 Chinese roster rather a 2014 or even 1994 Chinese roster. So I would like to request you to remove those outdated words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 大梅伦敦登顶 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Scoring difference do make playing differences in any and all games. I'm an expert and Director and ACBL Teacher.

I'm an expert, as a Certified ACBL Teacher for decades, a Ruby Life Master and an ACBL Director.

Based on that, my statement is relevant for those wanting to understand the differences between Rubber Bridge and Duplicate Bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdmcc (talk • contribs) 02:07, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rdmcc! The reversion I made to your change was an accident. I apologize; I restored your changes back to the article. On a side note, I want to draw to your attention Wikipedia's original research policy and guidelines. Make sure that the information you add to the article is either attributable or attributed to a reliable source. You cannot add information based solely off "personal knowledge" or research that you've done yourself. So long as you cite sources with any major changes, you'll be 100% golden and shouldn't run into any problems. Cheers! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:26, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Decay

The picture was VERY old and needed updating, this is the most recent one from this month, leave it alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SickPup2 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

SickPup2 - Sorry man, didn't mean to revert that. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:25, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries - Pup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SickPup2 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

taik

Thanks to help the page for C57, cause I found some lack in this page, but I don't know how to deal with that, I'll be care for next time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 邱奕賢 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

EXCUSE ME!!! This is my own wiki page! I should have the rights to make edits (not "vandalise") to my page. Thankyou and goodnight :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoff Goodfellow (Poet) (talk • contribs) 05:39, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Geoff Goodfellow (Poet) - Instead of running over here with guns blazing, you should take a look at the history page of your user space. You made these edits while you were logged out, dude. To me, it appeared that a random IP address was vandalizing your user page, so I reverted it - how was I supposed to know that it was you? I performed that reversion in good faith, and (what I believed to be) for your benefit and to protect you. I apologize for upsetting you, but you need to understand exactly why I made the reversion. Had you been logged in when editing your user page, I would have known it was you, and I wouldn't have reverted it. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:42, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Nikola Tesla sources

After an investigation, very clear that HighInBC is correct. I've noted this at the SPI case. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 14:34, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Hello. I have spent a few days researching and finding and translating the 3 sources (newspaper articles from 1892) I had posted. I would just like to post them, since those sources were never previously known on the topic. I don't see what's so wrong with that. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 21:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC) Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message! I'll be happy to assist you with your concerns and take a look at everything :-). Can you list the URLs to these sources so that I can take a look at them for you? This will help me to verify what you're trying to translate and add to the article, and make sure that no copyright issues will be introduced with the changes you want to make. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC) Better don't. See also Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Talk:Nikola_Tesla and Talk:Nikola_Tesla/Nationality_and_ethnicity. This is a well known troll. - DVdm (talk) 21:59, 13 May 2016 (UTC) I'm allowed to post sources. That's not trolling nor vandalism nor forbidden. Sorry, but I really can't accept to be forbidden to post sources on made up accusations that I'm a troll for posting sources.141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC) If you are really willing to look at my post instead of taking for granted that I'm troll, here's the comment I would like to post. It consists of 3 newspaper articles from 1892, of which I had personally found and translated the first one while I had found the other 2 online. The second source has an image of the newspapers with the article. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC) I'm not involved in the investigation of your edits, nor have I yet read any sock puppet investigation reports or information regarding them. For now, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and try and assist you. You provided the edit made to the talk page, which contained these sources: 1, 2 - It doesn't appear that you provided the URL to the third source that you mentioned here (it just says [here] and is not a hyperlink); can you provide me the URL to the third source that you mentioned? Once I receive it, I can begin looking into your concerns and exact what you'd like to add to the article. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:22, 13 May 2016 (UTC) [8]. Sorry, but the sources are on Serbian/Croatian. A few editors on the talk page are speaking those languages so they can check my translation (the second source has a translation on the page, but I'm really aiming to the newspaper image). This, last link is the NSK which is the National library in Croatia see here [9] 141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:29, 13 May 2016 (UTC) Here's the better link for the 1st source. [10]. This is on English and you can see on that page a link "Srpske novine (1834-1919)" [11]. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:35, 13 May 2016 (UTC) Cool. Give me some time; I'm busy with other tasks at the moment and I'll need a chunk of time to sit down and read them. I'll respond to you here once I have read through the talk page conversation, as well as reviewed your sources. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC) Thanks for your objectivity. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:52, 13 May 2016 (UTC) @Oshwah: FYI, per the banner message on top of Talk:Nikola Tesla, these discussions about Tesla's ethnicity belong on the subtalkpage Talk:Nikola Tesla/Nationality and ethnicity. That talk page was recently semi-protected by HighInBC to prevent this (indef blocked, and therefore block-evanding) person to continue disrupting it. You can check the history, the collapsed sections, and the section Talk:Nikola Tesla/Nationality and ethnicity#IP editor. - DVdm (talk) 08:26, 14 May 2016 (UTC) Duh. See also the ANI that I hadn't seen before. - DVdm (talk) 08:46, 14 May 2016 (UTC) Hi. The discussion on the ANI is closed. The admin there suggested the same thing as the admin who had closed that report for page protection, that I could have used links instead of pasting a lot of text to the talk page. However, I can't use a link to the newspaper articles from 19th century written on foreign languages. I would certainly like to post them in entirety. Can we format it better so people can drop down the article if they please so we don't have a wall of text? I'll look into how to put some spoiler/hat or whatever you call it here on Wikipedia. Although I'm not new to Wikipedia, I've never used more advanced formatting so I'm unfamiliar with that. 89.164.248.16 (talk) 12:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC) What do you think of this formatting. I think the post is now quite concise. Contemporary sources on Tesla's ethnicity I went trough a lot of past topics and people had posted the following self-declaring statements by Tesla which he apparently gave during his visit to Belgrade: Supposed self-declaring statements by Tesla "There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exiting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb. Long live Serbdom!..." "I have invented many great things in that will improve the world but nothing makes more proud then when I think that it was done by a Serb" "We Serbs are a proud people that guard the gates of Europe from the Asian hordes" "As you can see and hear, I have remained a Serb overseas where I have done some researches. You should do so and by your knowledge and hard work you should glorify Serbdom over the world" "If these hopes of mine fulfill, the sweetest thought to me will be that it was the work of a Serb. Long live Serbdom!" "As you can see and hear, I remained a Serb far across the seas, where I do my research. This also what you should remain, and to raise the glory of Serbdom by your knowledge and work" Since none of those statements was confirmed by any (contemporary, primary) source, I spent quite some time researching for those sources sources, so at least we know where this statements are drawn from. I found Serbian and Croatian newspapers from that days and I'm posting the whole articles I had found. 1. Serbian "Srpske Novine" from 21st of May 1892 report on Tesla's visit to Belgrade. here On Wednesday, 20th this month, at 11 O'clock in the evening, a famous electrician Mr. Nikola Tesla Serb has arrived in Belgrade, a citizen of free America, intellectual of world class whose name today interests all educated world. On the train station, the beloved guest was greeted by the president of Belgrade municipality, greeting committee members, professors, high school youth and a lot of citizens and Belgrade public that had gathered together to greet and see their brother, who gained a famous name in far world with his scientific work. When Mr. Tesla had stepped out of the train in his ordinary travelling suit, he was greeted with loud cheers. When he has greeted with the municipality president, committee members and professors, he heeded town and stayed in Imperijal inn. On Thursday, 21st of this month, in the morning Mr. Tesla had met minister of education and church affairs. Afterwards, along with the minister, he left to the court to audience with His Majesty the King which lasted almost an hour after which he met the Kings regent Mr. Jovan Ristic and in the noon he had returned to his apartment accompanied by the minister of education. In the afternoon Mr. Tesla has visited the museum and the cabinets in the Great School. Exactly in 4 O’clock he had appeared in the hall of the Great School, where he was met by the high school youth with tumultuous cheers: “Long live! Welcome!” After a few words by the rector who had introduced him, he had thanked with the long beautiful speech, In which he gave expression to his excitement and joy he feels seeing he was welcomed s such enthusiasm among his brothers Serbs. His speech was interrupted with enthusiastic and tumultuous cheers. After his visit to the Great School, Mr. Tesla, accompanied by the professors and the committee members went to the Kalmegdan Park where he has spent a short time.In the evening a banquet In Smutekovac was given in his honor, on which, after all insistence by this unusually dear guest that the friendly reception is given much less form, had come up to 100 selected and eminent citizens and representatives of various companies. The first toast was given by the municipality president to His Majesty The King wishing the God gives him a long life for the fortune of the country and the nation and for the benefit of the science to which he had given special attention, by welcoming unusually friendly our dear guest. After this toast, a lot of other wonderful and beautiful toasts were given so this evening was one enthusiastic ovation to one great Serb, which had written the Serbian name with the golden letters in the field of the greatest inventors of this century… Mr. Alkovic, a professor at the Great School gave the first toast to Mr. Tesla. In a beautiful speech he had said, among other, that he rejoice in the name of the biggest educational institute in Serbia, because his Serbian name had acquired such esteem in the scientific world and that all Serbs can be proud of him. Mr. Tesla had thanked the toast and in his beautiful speech said that his hearth will always beat, over the Atlantic Ocean, for Serbdom and his future even in the hours when his thoughts will carry him in the fields of electric waves. Answer by Mr. Tesla was welcomed with tumultuous and long cheers: ”Long live!”. Mr. Boza Stanojevic had said in a lovely speech, in the way understandable to the wider audience, what are Mr. Tesla’s accomplishments in the electronics and gave a toast to the long life of this great man. Afterwards our esteemed senior Zmaj had stood up and with the shaken voice read his poem: “Greeting to Nikola Tesla upon his arrival in Belgrade”. Mr. Tesla was unusually moved the words of Mr. Zmaj, as they did to all present, so he had kissed his favorite poet on the hand…It has echoed loudly: “Long live!”. On this poet Mr. Tesla had answered by an unusually moved voice and a beautiful speech, mentioning, that a joy he felt in the hours when he in the hard struggle with the poverty he had beaten his head on the findings and came to success, to fulfillment of his idea – he fells now after these words by his favorite poet and in this great Serbian gathering. There were other toasts. Mr. Tasa Bogdanovic had given a toast in the name of his fellow countrymen from Lika, Mr. Andra Borcevic in the name of the “St. Sava society”, g. Milasinovic in the name of Serbian engineers, Mr. Stamenkovic in the name of the merchants, Mr. Boks Jovanovic in the name of pharmacist. Mr. Tesla had thanked for the third time and stressed that he was happy to attend this Serbian gathering and that his thought will always be with Serbdom. Giga Gersic and Mr. Ducic had also spoken. In a beautiful speech, Mr. Gersic had said how much pride it is to the Serbian tribe to have one Tesla, who proves, that in cultural and physical struggle it can compete with other nations. The joy had lasted to half past midnight when the guest stood up and gave farewell to all present, had left accompanied with the tumultuous “Long live!”, “Pleasant journey!”. Findings by Mr. Tesla in the electronic field are the following: He had found a way (and that is his secret) by which the electric waves can multiply in one second to a huge, almost infinite number, which was not possible up to now. On that finding many other consequences rest upon. For example, that electric waves are, what we call heat, light, electricity, magnetism. In another words – light, magnetism, heat and electricity are nothing else than electric waves in higher or lower number, upon which they depend and differently affect the man (burn him, kill him, or do nothing to him). Mr. Tesla had proven that mathematically correct. He hopes that with his findings he will be able to conduct the electric current where he pleases without any conductors. With his finding he is making electric currents and giving them different directions, and in their middle point he levitates heavy objects without any material support, etc. Generally speaking, the finding by Mr. Tesla will have huge practical use, not counting that a whole shift in science was made by it. Mr. Tesla is unusually likable and striking appearance. Tall, slim, dark, pale-faced, conceived, dreamy eyes below his wide forehead with fine face lines. Even on the first sight he draws observer’s attention. He speaks light, with excellent Serbian language from his proud Lika, in spite that he had spent 15 years far from his home and people. He is unusually humble, almost shy. Even on the first sight one see that he had spent his time in thoughts far away from the worlds glow and haste. 2. An article published in “Narodne novine” May 25, 1892, about Nikola Tesla’s presentation at the Zagreb City Hall during the Mayorship of Dr. Milan Amruš. here Nikola Tesla about electric lighting in Zagreb The famous electro-technical expert, our compatriot Nikola Tesla visited Zagreb at the invitation of Dr. Amruš in order to advise the City Council about installing electrical lighting in the city. Yesterday morning he made his views known in the presence of the Mayor and the Vice Mayor as well as of Mr. Mallina and Mr. Hudovski, the City Councillors, and Mr. Lenuci, the City Land Surveyor. Mr. Tesla, a man of around 35, tall, thin like a fir from his birthplace, with dark hair and dark eyes, a man who carries a mark of genius on his forehead, held a long speech from which we bring you the most important excerpts. Without any doubt and regardless of any objections coming from any source, the city must have its proper power plant mostly because the electrical lighting is no longer in an experimental stage and can give positive results. Old enterprises which applied the electrical energy when the whole enterprise was still being developed, today have an income of 6,7 to 8 %. Why would an enterprise not flourish when it can count on reliable and proven facts. Today, some changes are possible in electrical energy, but only in details, since the principles have been resolved. For the city of Zagreb, as the capital of this country, it is not only a possibility but the duty to install this new lighting, as a benefit for the city itself and the whole country, and we would say, it would be a shame if Zagreb was not a leader in this matter. There will be difficulties, of course, because every beginning is difficult but with conscientious work the problems will be overcome in no time. The first issue will be the choice of direct or alternating current (Gleichstrom or Wechselstrom). Based on his own experience, Mr. Tesla advises to use the alternating current mainly because such machines are cheaper and simpler and because their manipulation requires fewer expenses than the direct current ones. Furthermore, each new alternating current discovery is much easier to apply than the direct current one. Also, it has to be taken into account that the alternating current can be transmitted over much longer distances than the direct current. In Lauffen, for example, it was transmitted 150 km away, and in New York, the alternating current will be transmitted from Niagara Falls, more than 400 km away. This cannot be done with direct current. The second difficulty will be the choice of equipment. Although nowadays, all machines, from any factory, are very good and safe, one has to be careful to avoid paying excessive amounts for them. The City Council should therefore hire a young, technically minded person and send him to all the manufacturers of electrical machines to see them operate and learn about their functioning on the spot, so that based on his experience in the factory, he can form an informed and entirely justified opinion on the proper source of machines. In this regard, Mr. Tesla has warmly recommended two young compatriots, gifted technicians, who could adequately perform this job. The mayor asked Mr. Tesla if perhaps the water of the Mrežnica River, which flows in a deep-cut bed between Karlovac and Generalski stol, and could be easily stopped with a dam, could provide sufficient force to produce the power required for 3000 light bulbs needed for Zagreb at this moment. Mr. Tesla replied that according to him, this is not possible. Namely, for 3000 light bulbs a force of 400 horsepower is needed that the Mrežnica River, which he examined during his stay in Karlovac, cannot provide. At best, Mrežnica could provide 200 horsepower. If the finances permitted to use hydro power, then the Plitvice Lakes falls would be the most appropriate. However, there are obstacles to this solution, which would not be a problem in America, but here, it definitely would be. First of all, this option would be very costly and, second of all, several falls would have to be destroyed. Experience has shown, namely, that the falls, in their natural form, cannot easily be used to collect all the power of the water. In America, therefore, in similar cases, in Niagara Falls for example, for a number of years, a shaft has been made through which all water from the falls was channeled to make the turbine at the bottom of the shaft turn. Such an installation costs a lot of money and it would ruin many Korana River Falls. According to the calculations of Mr. Tesla, the Korana River Falls near Kaludjerovac would actually provide 3500 horsepower. And since experience has shown that 25 to 28 % of power is lost during transmission, sufficient power would reach Zagreb to be enough not only for 3000 but for 25000 light bulbs. The question was raised whether the use of electrical power is dangerous for human life. Mr. Tesla replied that of all the types of energy used so far, the electrical power is the safest. Only a single person dealing with electrical power could lose his life due to his carelessness. To avoid that danger, the power lines can be placed under ground. Mr. Tesla recounts that when he came to New York, there was overhead networks of thousands and thousands of wires in the air, and every day there were 4,000 to 5,000 people working on them, but there were no more than 2 or 3 accidents per year, mostly because workers had come to work drunk and loss of life was due to their carelessness. According to Mr. Tesla, electrical lighting could easily be installed at the cost of no more than 200,000 to 300,000 forints. It is the task of the City to demonstrate to the citizens the usefulness of electrical lighting as well as its contribution to the beautification of the city. In order to avoid the loss of trust of the citizens in this project, the city will have to execute the works with all the precautions making sure that the flow of traffic is not affected. For this purpose, Mr. Tesla recommended again the system of alternating current, which had made such progress in America that Edison himself, the main proponent of direct current, had to abandon it. This is for sure a great warranty for this system, because otherwise, the practical Americans would not embrace it. Our expert approves of the power plant being built close to the waterworks because of the vicinity of the water and the ease of bringing coal. The electrical power would be transmitted on overhead lines from there to the city, but underground in the city. Furthermore, Mr. Tesla recommends the usage of electrical power for industrial motors because it offers guaranteed income without additional expenses and because the electrical motor is extremely practical, not only because it needs less manipulation and requires fewer expenses, but because it also requires less space, makes less noise and it involves fewer inconveniences than the steam engine. At this point the mayor mentions that if the hydroelectric power plant was built, the local tramway society would be willing to run the electrical tramway. The mayor enquires whether particular regulations are necessary and whether this type of tramway has already been implemented. Our expert replied that the electrical tramway is very practical and is used everywhere in America. Running the electrical tramway does not require any additional expenses because small direct current machines can be used to boost the alternator of the alternating current machines that can then run the accumulators of the tramway society. Continuing the discussion about building the electric power plant, Mr. Tesla mentions the tasks that the City Council has to undertake to make this idea come true. First, the City has to organize a call for tenders for the interested firms to send their financial calculations, based on the prepared plans, and a rather substantial size of installations. Mr. Tesla repeated his recommendation that the city should send its technician to the manufacturers to examine different systems and machines. Mr. Tesla himself is ready to examine the offers upon their receipt by the City and give his opinion about them in order to make sure that the City would not be cheated. In general, Mr. Tesla considers it his duty, as a native son of this country, to assist the Zagreb City Council in this matter offering his advice and helping in every way he can. He therefore asks the City to seek his opinion if technical difficulties should arise and he will advise the City as best he can without any compensation. - This was the end of Mr. Tesla’s stimulating presentation. On behalf of the City, Dr. Amruš, the Mayor, expressed his most cordial thanks for Mr. Tesla’s commitment and pledge, and wished him the best of success in his work that brings recognitionin the whole world not only to himself but to his native country as well. During his address, Mr. Tesla mentioned that he was working currently on a hypothesis that he considers quite feasible and which could be of enormous importance, namely, the transmission of electrical energy without any wires based on the electricity of our earth. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish our compatriot a lot of success in his endeavor. Tomorrow, Mr. Tesla travels to Varaždin and from there to Budapest. Time permitting, he says, he will also visit Beograd where he was invited to give his opinion about the installation of electrical lighting. From there he will travel to America. May he have a good trip and come back safely. 3. Croatian newspapers "Dom i sviet" from 15th of June 1896. [12] Though man it can be seen. Up to recently, who would dare to think so that we will live to see something like this. Despite, today it is an accomplished fact. First electrician in the world, Croat Nikola Tesla, famous apprentice of the famed Edison has found a why by the means of Rontgen rays not only photograph a man's inside, parts of body unreachable to the naked eye, but that they can be now seen. It is very important for the mankind, that a human body with the Tesla's device is now transparent. This invention by Tesla is epochal for medical science. I couldn't find a newspaper which would share the mentioned Tesla's quotes, however the newspaper articles from that time mention Tesla as both Croat, and a Serb, which is apparent from the provided articles. The Serbian newspaper article from the time Tesla had visited Belgrade does not mention Tesla declaring himself as a Serb, although in many instances it mentions that he is a Serbs. I don't see how Tesla's self admission is missing from that articles and since there is no source for all those quotes I can only conclude that those quotes are not based in contemporary sources. They seem to be a product of later period. We can also see contemporary sources are in dispute like today's sources are also in dispute. Should that dispute be mentioned in the article? 89.164.248.16 (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2016 (UTC) Just a heads up that this person is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Asdisis. They have been attempting to exhaust the communities patiences for years now and have caused the extended semi-protection of several pages. Their arguments have been heard so long that they got a community ban for not dropping the stick. HighInBC 13:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC) I bare no connections to that disruptive user. Sources I had posted were not seen before on that topic. I had actually myself searched 19th century archives and found and translated those sources. Two reports have found that nothing is wrong with me posting sources. How can I be in any way connected to that disruptive user? I'm not disruptive. I don't see why I should be banned from posting sources because one user was vandalizing that page some time ago. 89.164.134.197 (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

A big thanks to both HighInBC and Dennis Brown for keeping up on this over the weekend and for letting me know about the SPI. Saved me a lot of time and work. I was okay with giving the benefit of the doubt (although I was suspicious), but with this SPI evidence, there's obviously enough for me to move on. Again, thanks a million to the both of you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:51, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

The edit on L Balaraman

Hello it's me and I was wondering if you could allow me the chance to edit but on a less personal level? I would really love to shed some light on him as he is my role model. I would think by his story would help others and be influenced. As well as to be a good person and to work hard as he did. Please write back on your thoughts!Haritha dog lover (talk) 01:16, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Haritha dog lover - Editing an article is fine, but you cannot add personal opinions, analysis, or non-neutral points of view to articles. This is why I reverted the addition to the content that you made here. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

And I undid the next edit. I'm starting to think this is a case of article hijacking (or simple incompetence). It's hard to understand how an Indian Member of Parliament can be described as having "never made it into any political position." Meters (talk) 01:51, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Looking at the dates on the election references I suspect that these are two different people. Meters (talk) 01:52, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Medina Ridge addition you said had no citation

The citation is me. I was the platoon sergeant of one of the 4, 1/1 Cav platoons abreast that led the attack that night. I was there and for 4 hours one single squadron of 37 Bradley maintained contact with those 3 Republican Guard Divisions, directed artillery, fired mortars, used direct fire from the Bradleys until the Tanks finally got refueled and made it to the fight, by the time they got there all that was left was the Medina on the ridge and why that's all they talk about is Medina Ridge for the "big" Tank battle. It's amazing no one ever says "what happened to the other two divisions in front of Medina ridge you mention before the battle". Anyway, leave it off, doesn't matter anyway, not like this would get 1/1 Cav any recognition at this point anyway. 37 Bradley faced off against 300 plus Republican Gaurd armored vehicles isn't as impressive as a division of M1's against one Brigade of Republican Guards...lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:485:4103:5CF0:7487:FFC1:14F6:5720 (talk) 01:59, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

That constitutes original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Per this policy, any and all information you add to Wikipedia articles must either be attributable or attributed to a reliable source. You cannot add information based solely off "personal knowledge" or research that you've done yourself. So long as you cite sources with any major changes, you'll be 100% golden and shouldn't run into any problems. Please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:32, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Gershwin Piano Concerto

Oshwah, Thank you for leaving a reply on my talk page. I am a new editor to wikipedia and am a bit nervous, since this is my first time editing. I appreciate your comment and am sorry about that edit. I thought I had accidentally put it there and didn't know if it was already on the page before I edited it. Thank you for letting me know. Sarahshipp (talk) 02:18, 14 May 2016 (UTC)Sarahshipp

Sarahshipp - No need to be nervous! We encourage you to be bold and make mistakes, and we promise to make the assumption that it is one and help you to learn and grow. If you have any questions for me, you're always welcome to message me and ask. Happy editing, and welcome to Wikipedia! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:53, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

A banstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You're fast on catching vandalism while I tried to do anti-vandalism work. KGirlTrucker87 talk what I'm been doing 03:06, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi CitiesGamer66! Thank you for the barnstar! I very much appreciate you for taking the time to leave me this, as well as for the kind words :-). By the way, if you like the username KGirlTrucker87, you know that you can change your username, right? If it's not taken, it'll be a standard username change. If it is taken, it'll be an usurpation. Just thought I'd let you know ;-). Again, thank you very much, and I'll see you out on the battlefield! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:09, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm considering changing username next year as seen on my userspace, otherwise cheers. KGirlTrucker87 ^{talk what I'm been doing} 19:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Aaron Dingle

You keep reverting my edit in the Aaron Dingle page. I'm changing his name to Aaron Dingle to match the title of the page, but you keep reverting it back to Livesy. The character is now known as Dingle as he has changed his name, and he will no longer be referred to with the surname Livesy. LeonM96 (talk) 03:11, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Please Do Not Delete and Help. This is not a Hoax Article : Les Sauvages Mafia.

Please fix the article so it can stay up. it is one hundred percent factual as i live in montreal and have researched this organization for 5 months. please fix it so it can stay up because it is a legitimate article that I have worked very hard on. Francois Benoit (talk) 04:48, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Francois Benoit - I did not originally tag the article for speedy deletion myself. However, I noticed that you were removing that tag yourself, which is not allowed. To properly contest the tagging, you need to follow the directions on the tag and leave a message on the article's talk page and contest it. Removing the tag yourself is seen as disruptive (especially if you do it repeatedly despite being asked not to). Keep that in mind, okay? Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:57, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Mr. nanosecond-ninja-vandalism-reverter and compsci extraordinaire, I heard you like kittens.

CoolCanuck ^eh? 07:05, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi CoolCanuck! Thanks for the kitten! Indeed I do! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:41, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

My Richard Lussick contribution "was not constructive"... I do not know what you mean exactly. It certainly was not meant to be derogatory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.247.155 (talk) 07:16, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

I just simply meant that it was not an improvement. It appeared to be a mistake... what happened? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:36, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Section editing and responding

Hi Oshwah. When you respond to messages on your talk page, we can't see to which section you are responding. That way, when you have responded to a bunch of messages, each time we have to go and check all your responses to find out whether you might have responded to the one section we're interested in. Would it perhaps be possible to edit the separate sections when responding? That way the edit summary contains a direct pointer to the relevant section and we can see whether we need to actually look at the edit. Thanks and cheers. - DVdm (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

DVdm - You know what? It's my fault. I accidentally removed the section header from the edit summary when I responded to that last section (the one you all were interested in). Yeah, that was my bad. I'll keep that in mind and be mindful not to remove that from my response edit summaries. Thanks for the message and for the heads up. I very much appreciate it. :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

HA... marvelous, this reply. Now there's this little arrows in the edit summaries, taking us directly to where we wanna go . Thanks mate! - DVdm (talk) 17:10, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

DVdm - Yeah, sorry man. I didn't realize that I was doing that occasionally a lot. I thought I was leaving them in; obviously this is not the case ;-). Thanks again for the heads up! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:23, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Apologies

So sorry for what happened with The User A guy saved by Jesus page. Please don't block me I promise not to vandalize every again. Here my word. Jesus can do all! (talk) 00:34, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Behavior speaks much louder than words here. You had ample opportunity to stop after the first warning, and did not. Why should we take your word for anything now? General Ization ^Talk 00:41, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

¡i dont care! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.202.167 (talk) 00:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

If this is indeed the previous user (signed out?), I'd advise you to be a little more accepting of others' advice. We hope you do end up being a good contributor, so take into account our constructive criticism and stay true to your word. If it's not, then I am not sure why this IP made such a comment on an unrelated thread. Zia224 (talk) 01:48, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey man Im pretty sure everyone agrees that colour kid was pretty damned kool, and if you think otherwise that is your personal opinion and I wont care if you change it or not BUT, you shouldnt remove something that the majority of the people in Rwanda agree on. Caman man

Sign up

How do I sign up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.210.34 (talk) 02:12, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

OpenID

unsigned comment added by 67.241.210.34 (talk) 02:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hi Oshwah. In relation to the change I made to the OpenID article, I don't have any sources I can link to, as the information was provided in an email to me from Symantec. What's the correct way to handle those situations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk • contribs)

In this situation, there should be a reliable source covering this, which is what you will want to locate and cite with your edits. If you find one and reference it with the content you wish to add, you'll be good to go! Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the Wikipedia guidelines I linked you to. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:03, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Hrm...looks like I found a source - https://pip.verisignlabs.com/login.do has a footer that says "This service will be discontinued on 12 September 2016". Is that sufficient? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:05, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

It's better than nothing at all, but it's a start. It's best to find a technology news article or a reliable article or source that talks about this announcement you're seeing here (that's what a secondary source is, which is what we prefer). If you can locate a secondary source, you'll be 100% golden! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Use these sources: 1, 2 - these are secondary and reliable. Add those and you'll be good to go :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Those references relate to Symantec's certificates - not Symantec's end-of-lifing of their OpenID portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:50, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I see; I try my best to be objective and offer my wisdom wherever I can, but I'm not perfect :-). I noted your changes to the article citing both the Symantec site and another source. I acknowledge that you took the time to cite your content, and I appreciate it very much. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:52, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

You're really killing my vibe man :/ Frigida (talk) 04:56, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Seriously?

You slapped a welcome template on User talk:Roxanaa Advertising Services, which clearly violates Wikipedia:Username policy and is obviously WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia? Please review such edits before saving them. Such accounts are typically blocked quickly (as this one has been). I'm seeing a lot of obvious spammy user talk pages with three sections on it: 1. Welcome! 2. Your article will be deleted. 3. You are now blocked. It does look weird. ~Amatulić (talk) 05:36, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

@Amatulic: Twinkle does have that "insert welcome if absent" option that might be enabled for Oshwah given that they only made one edit on that user's page. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Amatulić - Adding a welcome template is automatic for Huggle to do when leaving a speedy deletion notice. I enabled it by default to avoid appearing as a biter. I was the one who tagged his advertising for deletion, and I also was the one who reported this username to UAA. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:56, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Understood, and thanks for the explanation. One more reason why I don't use automated tools. It just seems strange to post a welcome message for an account that is clearly not in fact welcome, and never will be welcome. Such accounts are indef blocked, and in the rare instance that the block is appealed, the appeal doesn't succeed. You don't have to be concerned about appearing as a biter. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:23, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

GPX Global Systems Inc. AFD closed?

Hi, Something looks a bit fishy over at GPX Global Systems Inc.. The creator and one other editor voted in the afd and then closed it as a keep. I looks like it is back open, but it looks strange. Could you check that if you get a chance? Thanks, Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant (talk) 06:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC) (clue look thru the history page, o my)

Hi, Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant! Holy cow! I just realized that I skipped your message until just now. Sorry about that, man! It looks like the article in question is deleted, so I'll assume that everything is A-OK now ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:43, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

vandal tag

Hi, I have been editing both https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fires_in_Canada and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wildfires to update the size of the current Fort McMurray wildfire as it grows. On the first page, the list of fires in Canada, someone has tagged one of my edits as possible vandalism. I'm not sure why and I have no idea who to ask, who tagged it, or where those discussions happen. It is not vandalism but I do expect there will be an update every day or two until the fire burns out. I think it's important that the information be updated regularly rather than just waiting until the fire's over. If my citation is not in the proper format I'd also appreciate help with that. Right now the citation is a link where the content of the page changes as the government issues updates. I don't have a link to any fixed number. Any help would be much appreciated. I also have no idea where I would find any response to this message. I made this login about 10 years ago and haven't used it again until today. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrplastic (talk • contribs) 14:34, 17 May 2016 (UTC) Mrplastic (talk) 14:36, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

(page stalker) I didn't see any edits from Mrplastic, but I assume you mean these edits here [13], [14] from IP 216.223.132.243 (careful about editing while not logged in). The Wikipedia software tagged it in the edit summary as possible vandalism. I wouldn't worry about that; it's just a robotic guess, and so far no humans have reverted the edits. Normally, if an edit changes something without updating the source, then it's effectively unsourced. In this case, though, you say the government is updating the given source regularly (makes sense), so, as long as a reader can look at the source and verify the information, it's all right. I'd be more worried about editing while not logged in. Some people see that as evidence of Wikipedia:Sock puppetry, see especially WP:LOGOUT. Cheers. Willondon (talk) 16:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Jonathan Austin (filmmaker)

Hello, this is Jonathan Austin. I noticed you are monitoring my Wikipedia page. Thanks for helping and guiding me in the right direction. I would like to remove all content except for my name, picture, age occupation and years active. Can you remove it or should I. Please do not revert any edits I have make, without explaining why directly to me first.

My hope is that by doing so it will clear the following alerts:

A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (April 2016)

This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. (April 2016)

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2012)

I can be reached (Redacted) Thanks Oshwah! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaustin5017 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Sandbox

I appreciate the heads up. I was trying to practice editing on a private page. This is to be done on the Sandbox and not my user page? Bermsalot (talk) 14:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC) Bermsalot

Bermsalot - Editing your user space is fine, but people warned your IP because you edited it while logged out accidentally. They (we) believed that someone else was making edits to your user space other than you, since your IP (not your username) was showing up in the page's history. Just make sure you're logged in while you edit, and you'll be 100% golden! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:39, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Can we talk about Huggle?

Hi Oshwah. I’m reaching out because our logs tell us you’re a highly active Huggle user (#1, actually!). The Wikimedia Collaboration Team is researching a project that we hope will be useful to people who use Huggle and others engaged in edit-review and anti-vandalism. Using artificial intelligence programming (in ORES) and other means, we believe we can create feeds of Recent Changes that are better tailored to the type of work you do, helping you to be more effective and efficient. (The technology will have other benefits as well, which we can talk about.)

We're in the early stages of planning this and want to speak with people like yourself to better understand your work, goals and issues. If you’re interested in helping, I’d like to set up a time to meet by video conference, so that you can explain and demonstrate (via screensharing) some of your workflows, and we can ask and answer any questions.

To participate, please email the following information to me, jmatazzoniwikimedia.org, or send it to designresearchwikimedia.org:

• Username
• city/time zone
• Best time to talk to you?
• Email where we can reach you
• Please use the subject line: Huggle User Conversations

Thanks! JMatazzoni (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi JMatazzoni (WMF)! Jeez, #1? lol I don't know whether to be proud of that or ashamed of that :-P. You bet! I'll get you my information this weekend! I'd be more than happy to help! Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:26, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations Oshwah. Definitely something to be proud of. :-) --PatientZero ^talk 17:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Your edit to Pelham, NC page

As an NC resident, I feel a responsibility to highlight some of the issues we share. This includes towns that are home bases for hate groups like the KKK. The "yikes," yeah, I could have left out. But it's important for people to know that Pelham, among other towns, is not a place that one should visit... This article names the town, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyal_White_Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan. If we're going to whitewash articles about municipalities then there's a lot more cleaning up to do. That said, I won't touch the article. Somebody should. 75.110.32.96 (talk) 00:55, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't believe your particular edit here to be necessary nor neutral (especially when you add the word "Yikes" to the end). This is why I reverted your changes. Please review Wikipedia's policies on neutrality and neutral point of view and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:32, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Tazz page

The Tazz was only used for his run in the WWE. in ECW, TNA, and everywhere else he competed under that name, it was only one Z. i feel my edit was completely correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by WHOSHE71 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Regarding the article "Bottle Cap"

I found the Wikipedia page by way of a search to find out what kind of steel crown caps are made of, and in the process I found another puzzle for which I cannot find an online answer. What is "yieldwafts metal," the metal that screw-top bottle caps are made of? I can find no inventor by that name, nor a listing for the alloy under that name. Even the term 'yield waft' can only be found in contexts, rather than by definition. Would you be able to help clarify this, or suggest places I might find an answer?

Thank you for your time. BLummus (talk) 02:06, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for your hard work

Allaboutjane8181 (talk) 04:33, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Allaboutjane8181 - Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond and offer you my "thanks"; I've been very busy lately. Thanks a bunch for the kitten! I appreciate you for leaving this on my talk page. I see that you've started editing Wikipedia recently. If you have questions or need help with anything, please do not hesitate to message me and ask. I'll be happy to help you with whatever you need! Cheers, and thanks again! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:58, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah - No problem! This is so new to me and really interesting to learn about the community and rules. It helps me understand how Wiki is shaped and the policies are super interesting. Also, I now see the hard work people like you put into it. Thank you again! Allaboutjane8181 (talk) 03:15, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Allaboutjane8181, please take off your jacket and stay awhile! We need good editors! And we need you! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:06, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Tuck School of Business Edit

Hi,

Why can't I edit the Tuck School of Business wikipedia page? My contribution does not require a citation. Tuck is an ELITE business school, and that's what I want the world to know. I have to add this as it'll help some of my work. Can you add it yourself? It doesn't require citation.

Waiting to hear from you!

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.51.151.43 (talk) 01:22, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it does. If you state that it's ranked as an elite school, as you did multiple times, then you need to cite sources to satisfy Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Lacking citations with the edits you made can also imply neutral point of view violations as well. Please review the policies I linked you to, and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:35, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

You're ridiculously insane. Every sentence must not have a citation. How did you even get this job? You come across more as an inflexible asshole. You've messed up all my work with your stupid stiffness, douche!

(talk page stalker) It's not about 'messing up your work' unfortunately, it's simply ensuring all articles are kept neutral as per Wikipedia policy (see WP:NPOV) and sourced (see WP:CITE). Additionally, note that Oshwah (and me, for that matter) are unpaid volunteers, along with virtually every other Wikipedia user - and the attack above on him is completely unwarranted. Mike1901 (talk) 09:38, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've blocked the IP for disruptive editing and personal attacks. However, taking a look at the article, I have to say that talking about keeping it neutral is a bit derisory. It's so full of promotion and peacockery that the additions actually didn't make much difference. And the first sources I clicked on didn't work. Would somebody perhaps like to clean it up? Bishonen | talk 09:52, 27 May 2016 (UTC).

Never mind. It's a featured article, for goodness sake, and the lead consisted of self-sourced self-praise, all criticism had been removed, etc. I've reverted to the featured version. That version is old (2007), and I'm hoping people will add genuine updates of fact (not renewed peacockery). It might need taking to Wikipedia:Featured article review. Bishonen | talk 10:10, 27 May 2016 (UTC).

Awwww, was enjoying giving that a good clean before we edit conflicted! Probably the sensible thing though, thanks Bishonen! Mike1901 (talk) 10:12, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, it might have been better to let you clean it up, Mike1901, in case I've also removed newer real facts, I'm not sure. I didn't know you'd started. Anyway, I've put a note on the previously pristine talkpage. Bishonen | talk 10:19, 27 May 2016 (UTC).

Excellent re the talk page! To be fair, I think virtually everything of use was added pre-2007 - everything else was simply non-neutral marketing spiel, or needed a reliable source finding, basically. Mike1901 (talk) 10:23, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Changes to Leslie Feinberg's wikipedia page pronouns

Hello Oshwah, I apologize for just noticing your messages after several adjustments. I believed that Feinberg's main pronouns in the article should be zie/hir because Wikipedia is a neutral place (neither a transgender exclusive place nor cisgender exclusive place) and it seemed to make the most sense. In the article that Feinberg's quote about hir pronouns comes from, the interviewer uses the zie/hir pronouns in the introductory paragraph.

Thanks Forever ineros (talk) 00:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)Ineros

Hi Forever ineros! Thanks for leaving me a message. To be honest, gender identity didn't cross my mind until you mentioned it here (so, thanks again for the message!). I want to direct your attention to this section in Wikipedia's Manual of Style, as this is currently the accepted way to refer to genders. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me them. I'll be more than happy to assist you with anything that you need. Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy your stay with us! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:28, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit

Hi Oshwah, i saw you take away my edit to Troy Williams page. I am citing facts that are true and should be known to the fans of the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.199.50 (talk) 00:59, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

How do you help?

Are you a moderator?Theoreoheist24 (talk) 01:32, 28 May 2016 (UTC)oreo§

(talk page stalker) No. But he has various rights that enable him to fight vandals.Clubjustin ^Talkosphere 01:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Ghostbusters

What was my mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.21.41.40 (talk) 01:33, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Are you a moderator?

How do you find me so fast? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theoreoheist24 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Allegro Non Troppo edit

What is your problem with it? That is exactly what happens in the movie. During the finale the host (who earlier believed that Fantasia was his idea and calls the Disney representative on the phone a liar) starts to describe to his colleague the conductor what he believes to be his new brilliant and original idea which clearly consists of making Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with the title Sleeping Beauty (the two famous Disney movies I mentioned). I do not see there was any neutrality issue with my description of the host's comical lack of understanding about Disney movies. Please restore my addition unless you can better explain how it is not neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jszigeti (talk • contribs) 03:44, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jszigeti, and thank you for leaving me a message with your concerns. I saw this edit here, but I think you explained what I didn't notice at first: that this is part of a plot summary and not commentary regarding the article itself. Please accept my sincere and humble apologies, and feel free to revert my edit. If you're not sure how to do this, let me know and I'll be happy to do it for you. Thanks again for leaving me a message, and I hope you have a great weekend. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:54, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

dave grohl is a sick lad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.187.139.63 (talk) 08:01, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey Oshwah

Hey how's it going, Wikipedia has got me through so many School Assignments! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammmmmmeyyyyy boy (talk • contribs)

No subject

Hello! I'm mohaimin. I want permission to publish some book written in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics by the help of wikipedia's article, but some information are useless in a book such as, see also, external links etc. So I need to edit them when needed (If wikipedia authority permit). I promise that I'll restore them after publish the books. Mohaiminul9644 (talk) 08:16, 28 May 2016 (UTC)mohaiminMohaiminul9644 (talk) 08:16, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

That was fun ....

..... the sleeping sock woke up from hibernation.--Cahk (talk) 09:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cahk! Indeed! Thanks for helping me out back there! It made a huge difference! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:13, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Considering nom for GA

Hi Oshwah, I'm looking over Windows Push Notification Service with a view to nominate it for GA - can the content be expanded upon? I'm checking over the basics (spelling, grammar, references) and it's looking okay -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 10:11, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Samtar! HA! You don't need my blessing or my permission to expand the article! Have at it, bud! I'll be happy to revisit the article too and help you expand it as well. If you think it's good enough to make it to GA, lets make it happen together! *fist bump* -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

I think I misworded my question! I meant, is there anything you think could be expanded on, but I'll look to improve it too -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 10:17, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar - OH! HAHA!!! I thought you were asking if I was okay with you expanding it. I thought to myself, "How silly! Samtar knows that he's welcome to edit my stuff! I don't own any of it!" Looking through the article again, I guess I could expand a bit more upon how the push architecture works (I'd need to find some more sources that cover this in-depth), and I'll definitely need to find more sources that aren't from Microsoft (since those will be considered primary). But other than that, it's a service that doesn't have crazy coverage, meaning that there really isn't much that needs to be talked about. I'd say that the article is solid, but good? I'll let you be the judge ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:32, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Well I think it's a little way off at the moment, but I can't see anything in the criteria which it doesn't meet to my interpretation. Perhaps I'll get someone from the Microsoft WikiProject to have a once-over and make a judgement before plunging it into GA territory! -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 10:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar - Could you do that? I'd seriously owe you one or five beers if you could talk to them. I'm looking for references and other content that could be expanded upon (I've added a couple just now); definitely keep me posted! I'd seriously like to get the article to GA status if it really does have a shot and it's close to being there! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar - I added some content that I think is relevant, and added some more sources (diff is here). That should definitely help quite a bit! What do you think? I saw that you made some cleanup and spelling fixes -- thanks!!! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hold on to your hat.. -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 12:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

*Holds on for dear life* ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:28, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome!

If you thank me for one rollback, I should thank you for all the times you've beaten me to the punch on reversions & warnings, so thank you! Joel.Miles925 (talk) 14:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Joel.Miles925 - HAHA! That made me laugh :-). I appreciate the message, and I hope you're doing well and enjoying your weekend! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:21, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Actually, Lawrence Murphy, James Dolan, and John Riley were members of the Santa Fe Ring and so were certain others involved on the Murphy side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:193:8200:3133:105C:356F:B3F4:A6D8 (talk) 16:03, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016

Hello Oshwah, It's B-Dog 12.0. I am writing to tell you that I made those edits to the template pages because the information about the delegates was wrong according to AP. Please let me know if this source is reputable. Thank you.B-dog12.0 (talk) 18:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi B-dog12.0! Right on! Thanks for taking the time to message me and discuss your changes to Template:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 and Template:Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016. I'll be more than happy to offer you some assistance and some things that you should know about moving forward.

I have gone ahead and closed the report; your account will not be blocked. I took a look at your changes to the template, and I agree with others that (at first glance) they appear concerning. There were some edits where you completely erased content, and also did it here when you say that you were just "fixing error"... you also did it again here and here. This will appear to other editors that you're making bad-faith content removal without care, or with the intention of causing disruption when you do this. No worries; we can go over edit summary usage later. When a template is displaying outdated or even false information, we definitely do not want to just remove the content completely as you've been doing. We want to instead fix the content and cite a reliable source so that the template is now showing up-to-date information and the changes you made are verifiable.

To begin, can I ask what exactly you think is "in error" on these templates? What needs to be modified or changed? Is it completely false? Or just out-of-date? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:46, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi B-dog12.0, I'm the editor who reverted your changes. You're in good hands with Oshwah here! Templates can get very complicated, but help editing them is always appreciated (just like on articles)! I'd recommend looking at Help:Templates and also use the sandbox to test your edits before hand. Changes to a template can affect hundreds of articles at once, so editors there tend to have a "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. Thanks for the help, and hopefully I'll see some great contributions from you in the future! Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [kantʃɻɪbz] 18:58, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Why did you change my stuff? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.224.233.86 (talk) 22:38, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Marcus Schrenker

Oshwah, I'm not big into Wikipedia but I wanted to provide some input on the article you published on Marcus Schrenker. I am currently working on his story and have interviewed him. I've looked at your page and there are so many inaccuracies it would take some time to unravel. My biggest concern is that the article appears slanderous and defamatory. I'm also concerned about copyright and trademark infringement. Using someone's name, and writing an article about them, is very serious. From my understanding, Wikipedia goes to great lengths to ensure that slanderous articles are not published.

For example, let me provide some clarity. Your article claims he is a financial advisor. Marcus is not a financial advisor. You claim he owned a home in Geist, he did not. He didn't even own a home in Indianapolis. You claim he pled guilty to "faking his death." No such crime even exists. I called the courthouse, he pled guilty to, and asked the clerk if there was such a crime and she said no. There are other things: where he was born, his real age, his real date of birth, cross referencing him to Marc Schrenker (two totally different people).

The story doesn't tell much about him other than a one sided fictional slam. The references you have cited are tabloid quality media based. I have spoken to Marcus Schrenker myself and read the facts. Your article is far from true. In my opinion, it needs to come down.

Sincerely, Beach Pens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beachpens (talk • contribs) 21:09, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Beachpens, and thank you for leaving me a message! I was not the original creator or publisher of this article. However, your edits here and here were also problematic. They didn't fix the article content; it simply added concerns that should be discussed on the article's talk page, not the article itself. They also added content that was unreferenced and not supported with a reliable source. Per Wikipedia's biographies of living people policy, you're encouraged to remove any unreferenced content in the article, especially controversial content. However, per the same guideline, you must reference reliable sources when making additions or modifications to the article. The description of your message to me above also gives me concern, as it appears that the unreferenced content you added was original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia (and especially not allowed on biographies of living people). Please review the Wikipedia policies and guidelines that I've linked you here, and let me know if you have any questions regarding them. I'll be happy to answer any questions and assist you further. Thanks again for leaving me a message here, and I hope you enjoy your weekend. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:29, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Removal of Topics On Kwebbelkop Draft

"i used another source code to make the Draft and chaged the information as required the Previous Draft was mistakenly saved with the wrong information.

any when i change it you reverte it back to normal"AgentGomed (talk) 21:23, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

"I am Going to Change the Information once more I will add the Refrences later. review them they are correct."AgentGomed (talk) 21:25, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Re: Auckland Civic Theatre

Hi there

I understand that you've reverted the change I made on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Civic_Theatre and the reason is my change was not constructive.

My name is Jenny Nguyen and I'm the Digital Manager for Auckland Live, we managed The Civic in Auckland. What's currently showing up as the name on the Wiki page is not the official name and I'd like to reflect the official name as 'The Civic': http://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/thecivic.aspx

Let me know if that's still not constructive.

Thanks, Jenny — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.175.133.188 (talk) 22:23, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

deleted info Loomis Chaffee

The information I added is a school rumor that is apart of the schools traditions. I don't know of any formal sources I could cite. Does it need a source, or because it is a tradition is it ok without one, just like all the other traditions are without one in that section. Thanks! GHS015 (talk) 22:26, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi GHS015! I'll be happy to answer your questions and explain the issues to you. I think that you should read this section, called "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball". Unreferenced speculation and non-notable events have many problems, and is why they're removed. First, they're not verifiable and they cannot be reviewed for accuracy or (if it is a future event) whether or not it is even still planned to occur. It also detracts from the quality of the encyclopedia, as these kinds of unreferenced speculation or close-niche "traditions" by non-notable groups might not even be relevant to the article subject itself. If you're from this school, there's obviously an issue with this in itself, as you have personal ties to the article subject, and therefore are not in a position where neutrality comes by default when adding content. Please take the time to review the guidelines I've linked you here, and please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:25, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

thx

thanks for denieing me i was jost cheking to see if wikipeadiea was a reilable source174.21.233.28 (talk) 22:36, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

If, by "reliable source", you mean that we patrol and revert problematic changes and blatant attempts to damage Wikipedia, then yes, this is something we do (and even have a bot for!) :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:27, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

PLEASE STOP RUINING MY LIFE

The personal life part of my bio I deleted because it is INACCURATE. It completely destroys any chance for me to ever get a job. It's based on bloggers' accounts of something that did not happen. Why are you so invested in ruining my life? I've accomplished so much and have had zero contact with this guy I barely knew in the first place FOR A DECADE. Don't you have something to accomplish other than screwing up my life? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.50.162.47 (talk) 22:46, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

If you are the article subject and have issues or concerns, you must contact the Wikipedia Volunteer Response Team by clicking here. This is the proper method you must follow in order to have your particular concerns addressed, as they have the proper tools and training to verify your identity and assist you with your concerns. Continuously reverting the article will only make things harder, as it will lead to you being blocked from editing. Please follow the directions I provided to you, and let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:50, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Now they're going off on the talk page. Looks like there's an old dispute over that material. More concerning, however, is the IP's comments that are veering into WP:BLPVIO territory. clpo13_(talk) 00:03, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

clpo13 - Well, at least it's being discussed on a talk page, I guess. Better that than having to deal with the potential edit warring that was about to ignite ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:31, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

How to revert multiple edits by the same ip/user

Hi I am Samuel Farrell and I am new to reviewing recent changes. I am wondering how to revert the multiple edits from the same IP Address or user; because they are either non constructive or are possible vandalism. Thanks! Samuel.farrell31 (talk) 23:24, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Samuel.farrell31! The rollback user right will allow this, so long as the IP's multiple changes were the latest ones made to the article. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:42, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Ok, So I must request the rollback user right to be able to do that? Samuel.farrell31 (talk) 23:45, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Samuel.farrell31: You may want to consider using Twinkle as an alternative. You don't need to request access in order to use it, and it comes with a "rollback" feature of its own. It's slightly slower than the actual rollback tool, but it functionally does the same thing. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:47, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

K6ka is correct; use Twinkle. It'll make your life easier ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:50, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Okay, How do I install it correctly, I checked the box in my preference pane and I noticed that nothing changed. Samuel.farrell31 (talk) 23:52, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

That should be all you need to do. Check out the documentation; it'll tell you where it is and how to use it. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:53, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Never mind, I figured it out. Thank you guys so much for the help! Samuel.farrell31 (talk) 23:53, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Any time, Samuel.farrell31. Always happy to help! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:59, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Bruce Fisher

I am an old friend of Buce he use to visit my studio in California on a regular basis. I am trying to contact him he would remember me by Dave Davis if you could help me find him I would be solo greatful. Email address... (Redacted)(172.56.10.15 (talk) 01:25, 30 May 2016 (UTC))

Bit unfamiliar with Wikipedia formatting, help please?

I haven't edited Wiki in ~10 years or so, so I didn't know how to add a superscript [who?] to a very obvious instance of weasel words ("some believe"). A citation needed tag would do as well, but "some believe" is clearly not up to Wikipedia standards.

Please respond! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.72.67 (talk) 01:47, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

You can do this by adding ^{Superscript text}. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Welcome back, and cheers! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:49, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Ah, basic HTML. Well, feel free to add me to the Wikipedia article on "dillhole." Dunno where my brain is at tonight. Thanks for the welcome! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.72.67 (talk) 01:53, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

HA! No worries; always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Marcus Schrenker

Hi Oshwah,

Thank you for the response. I am concerned about a number things with the article and also concerned about editing it. I know someone worked really hard on this but there are so many things that are incorrect. For example, how could he have been sentenced to 14 years in prison when he is living in Pensacola, Florida? Another issue is his children. He has only one child, not three? His date of birth is wrong. The whole article just seems really wrong.

I'll remove the items that are incorrect. Check my work as I go if you would.

Beachpens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beachpens (talk • contribs) 02:26, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi again, Beachpens! That sounds like a good plan; please feel free to remove any unreferenced controversial information and let me know when you're done and I'll look at it. There's really nothing to be afraid of -- all you need to do when adding content to this article is to find a reliable source and cite it in-line with your changes. That's it! If you do this, you'll be 100% golden and your addition of content will be A-OK! If you get stuck anywhere, or if you run into any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. My talk page is always open to you and I'll be happy to give you a hand :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:30, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Marcus Schrenker Edits

Oshwah, what do you do when you are investigating links on an article and they don't exist anymore? For example, I am investigating statements made on the article, on Marcus Schrenker, for example to make sure they are accurate. When I click on the link, because the article is so old, they don't exist anymore, have been moved, or just erased. If there is no article to back up the statement anymore, what do you do? Do you delete the whole sentence that references the dead link or just leave it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beachpens (talk • contribs) 03:04, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Beachpens, you have a very clear conflict of interest in Wikipedia with regard to this topic. Please reply to me on your Talk page so we can finish the disclosure and COI management process. While I am waiting for you to respond I am fixing the dead refs so that we have a solid platform to start from. Until we finish working through the COI issues on your Talk page, please don't edit the article directly. Thanks

Oshwah, this has the makings of a bad situation; I'll ask you to watchlist the article and consider page protection if that becomes necessary. thx Jytdog (talk) 03:29, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey, good to see you again, Jytdog! It sounds like you're already working with Beachpens regarding this article -- I'll hand him off to you and let you take the reigns from here (just so we don't trip over one another and cause him confusion). If you need a second pair of eyes or if you need help with anything, you know where to find me ;-). Have a good rest of your weekend, and I'm sure we'll run into each other again soon. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 03:55, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit on Vikram Gandhi page

Hi Oshwah,

Thank you for your comment. I have removed the "Board Commitments" section from the said page as another editor had mentioned that it was like advertising material and hence had added speedy deletion on it.

Best, B1889 — Preceding unsigned comment added by B1889 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi B1889 - No problem. If you want to contest the deletion of the article, you just need to leave a message on the article's talk page and make your argument there. Administrators know to always look at the article's talk page for a contested deletion discussion first before they take any action. If you have any questions or need help with anything, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I'll be happy to lend you a hand! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

How old is that photo

What year was your photo taken 24.188.100.213 (talk) 12:19, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

On page move vandalism

Probably should have left this message on your talk page in the first place:

Oshwah, how come I never notice page-move vandalism? Is there something I'm missing? NottNott|talk 22:13, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Still wondering how you patrol recent changes and find page move vandalism in this way. Any advice would be appreciated. NottNott|talk 13:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi NottNott! I saw your question on the request page and was going to message you, but I fell asleep... haha. Page move vandalism typically won't show up on recent changes unless you have move logs included in the list (if I remember correctly). Most patrolling tools won't show page moves either (just edits). I do see page move vandalism a lot, but page move vandalism isn't common. Moving pages requires a confirmed account, and most accounts that are created solely to troll typically are not. Most page move vandalism I see is done by sock puppet vandals who create sleeper accounts with a few good edits so that they become confirmed. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Good to see you again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:31, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Cirice

[[File:Cirice.jpg|thumb]] Cirice was released for a free download on May 30th, 2015. Not the 31st. Mike Elms (talk) 18:37, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Mike Elms, what's your source supporting this change to the article? The image you provided is not a source, and doesn't mean anything. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:56, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

the source is from the email I received on May 30, 2015 that allowed me to download the song on May 30, 2015. Or, you could say that I'm the source, because I have the email that proves it was released on May 30, 2015. Either way, the image is proof, or if you doubt that as well, I can forward the email to you.Mike Elms (talk) 21:22, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Mike Elms - That's original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. You can't use "yourself" or even your published research on Wikipedia. Is there a news article or some other web source that is reliable that states this? If you locate this, then you'll be 100% golden; just cite it with your changes, and boom! You'll be totally set! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:28, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

All I have is the email sent on May 30, 2015. Any suggestions?Mike Elms (talk) 21:42, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

How about this source? https://www.discogs.com/release/7072043 Mike Elms (talk) 21:54, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Mike Elms - Perfect! That's a source! Well done, man! All you need to do now is cite it in-line with your changes in the article, and you'll be all set! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:07, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Re: Oops!

No harm done; I was just very confused at that moment. Have a good day! -- 50.4.170.176 (talk) 19:06, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply; I'm glad you got my message. I hope you have a great day as well! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:09, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Re: The voice

Hi, you just left me a message about a deletion in the The Voice page. I did explained why i deleted the section. Check the article's talk page under the "The Voice Kids(spanish show)" section. There you'll find what i wrote. Looking forward to your reply

Cheers Drumerwriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drumerwritter (talk • contribs) 19:50, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Drumerwritter, and thanks for leaving me a message regarding your edit to The Voice (U.S. TV series). I appreciate you for pointing out that you discussed this on the article's talk page. What confused me is the fact that you didn't leave an edit summary with your changes. This is very important to do with your edits in the future; even something simple like, "See talk page for explanation" is better than nothing at all. Please feel free to restore the changes you made to the article. Again, I thank you for taking the time to message me, and I wish you happy editing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:01, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Just wanted to add the Organized Crime Control Bureau had been disbanded and merged with the detective bureau. Maybe you should consider adding that to your page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.217.47 (talk) 20:22, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Your changes to the article were completely unreferenced. You need to locate reliable sources that verify what you're changing, and cite them in-line. If you do this, you'll be 100% golden and you'll be following Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:25, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Kenny Tudrick

Hello. I'm sorry if I'm doing this all wrong. I'm Kenny's woman. I think there should be a Wikipedia page for him so I'm working on it. I'll edit it over time to coincide with the promotion of our studio when we're ready. Did my references to Discogs help?DreaSD (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi DreaSD, and thank you for leaving me a message here. You should not create or contribute to articles where you have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject. The article is now tagged for speedy deletion as an advertisement; you need to follow the directions on the tag regarding how to properly contest the deletion. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me them. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:44, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi

You left a warning on my talk about not removing the speedy deletion tag. Its deleted now but why should it be kept? TDCamp (talk) 23:37, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

TheDwellerCamp! I saw that you responded to my warnings on your talk page; I apologize, I didn't see that you did that. If a page you created is tagged for speedy deletion, you cannot remove that tag yourself. Instead, if you believe the article should be kept, you need to contest the deletion by leaving a message on the article's talk page with the reason why it should be kept. The warnings were because of the fact that you did so, that's all. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

OO. You're so friendly. Oh btw cute pic. :) BTW im gonna try out the CSD. Its in Twinkle I think? TDCamp (talk) 23:46, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

TDCamp - Thank you for the kind words :-). It depends -- What about CSD are you looking to try out exactly? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:02, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

I just tried it out on new pages Feed. Interesting. TDCamp (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

TheDwellerCamp - Oh, you were looking to try tagging new pages for CSD. Yes, Twinkle helps with that quite a bit. Enable it by navigating to your preferences, and clicking on the 'Gadgets' tab. Check out Twinkle's documentation regarding where and how to use it. If you have any more questions, you know where to find me ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah. did on a few articles. TDCamp (talk) 00:14, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Nicely done! My talk page is always open if you need anything! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:15, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey one more question. I had noticed on my watchlist, there was a Request for adminship. What exactly is that?TDCamp (talk) 00:17, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

TheDwellerCamp - You probably visited Wikipedia:Request for Adminship and clicked "watch page". RFA is where users request to be given administrator rights, and is voted by the community to either receive them, or oppose the request. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:22, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

James Ingram article

I received a message that you removed a minor edit I made, I can't find the item I edited, which was simply to fix a typo in an existing item. Would you please point me to the item in question?

Djcyberlegend (talk) 23:52, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Djcyberlegend! I found the edit. It definitely looks like you were fixing the year of the article subject's birth (which, to me, appears to be much more correct than what it was set at before). I must have mistakenly mis-read what you had set it to, thinking that it was blatantly wrong, but it wasn't. I apologize for the error, and I appreciate you for bringing it to my attention. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:09, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Y do u keep deleting what I write?2600:387:2:803:0:0:0:94 (talk) 01:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

supernatural b

Why do you keep deleting what I write? It's true2600:387:2:803:0:0:0:94 (talk) 01:11, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.232.94 (talk) 01:35, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hey whats up and i like to thx u because u Wikipedia got my through some many school assignments in science and ya so thx again and hope u have a good rest of the day — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.64.6 (talk) 01:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Your tireless work to clear Wikipedia of vandalism is not going unnoticed. Keep up your great efforts. You are an inspiration. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:51, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Xender Lourdes! Thank you for the barnstar and for the kind words; I appreciate it very much :-). Vandal patrolling is something I enjoy doing, and I'm glad to hear that my time and effort is noticed and it makes your time on Wikipedia a more positive one. That's what's truly important :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:54, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	oooo ho ho! I just discovered Wikilove. I think? TDCamp (talk) 04:12, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi TheDwellerCamp! LOL, looks like your test worked :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:17, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

I think i'll keep my full username as my signature. TheDwellerCamp (talk) 04:20, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Muhajir Sooba

Hi Oshwah, Sorry to bother you but I see that you were the last to edit on this page. I got a message on my talk page from 61.5.156.252 regarding that the page is vandalism and should be subject to a CSD. The editor has 'deleted' the page with a redirect. Since you are the undisputed champion of DR, could you do me a solid and have a look. Is there any validity? Should their edits be reverted and the page reinstated? Cheers David.moreno72 (talk) 05:23, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, David.moreno72! There's absolutely no need to apologize; I'm always happy to help! I declined the CSD tag on that page, because it's definitely not pure vandalism under G3. Other editors have also declined the IPs speedy in the past. I have undone the redirect, as the article appears to be about a location, not the people who live there. There is nothing that I can see on this article that makes me believe that this is vandalism of any sort. I'm going to leave a message on the IPs talk page and ask the user why he/she believes it to be vandalism. Please let me know if I can do anything else. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:29, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

This article should be deleted or merged

Hey! This article is the Vandalism and false contents its damage , defame to the public interest of Sindh this is the utopian idea and its has been buried its not a real so either is should be deleted or merged with Mohajir people article.Thanks--61.5.156.252 (talk) 05:31, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Can you please explain exactly why you believe that this article is pure vandalism? Exactly what content within this article is false? A utopian idea that's been buried and is not real? Your justifications in your edit summaries, as well as your message here and on David.moreno72'a talk page doesn't make sense. I'll be happy to assist you, but I need to help me out and explain exactly what the issue is here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

its the This article Wikipedia:Vandalism#Hoaxing_vandalism--61.5.156.252 (talk) 05:34, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Are you saying that this page is completely made up and that this location does not exist what-so-ever? Locations that are blatant hoaxes would not have sources in the media, as the article does. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

You should also know that the article in it's (now-previous) form contained claims and information that was not referenced. This has since been resolved and the article is now reverted back to it's last known good configuration (Bonadea did an excellent job beating me to it). Does the article, in it's present form contain issues that concern you? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:52, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

yes , it still concerns remains...61.5.156.252 (talk) 06:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

The sources reveales that it was just a hoax and the intended or mentioned location does not exists in real but the image made is also a hoax and defame , false utopian which makes no sense, and this article title is Mohajir Sooba English: Refugees province, there is neither example in the world for a separate land for refugees, refugees comes from other lands and becomes part of the land which gives asylum to them. The image is also defame, vandalism, derogatory to the origin land.So its suggested it either be deleted or merged with the relevant article Mohajir people.. Thanks and hope you have got it...61.5.156.252 (talk) 06:01, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Okay; I'm going to read through all of the sources listed in the article, and I'll come back to you with what I find. If the sources reveal the location to be a complete hoax, as you just claimed, I will be happy and willing to handle the situation appropriately. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:04, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

I have read through all of the sources listed in the article. None of them state that the movement was a complete hoax; they speak instead of the opposition with the movement's desires to create a separate providence. I have modified the article to reflect the sources, but I do not agree with your statement that the sources state that the movement and the providence was a hoax. I do, however, agree that the previous revision of the article (with nothing referenced) was untrue, as there are no sources that state that it was actually created. However, the fact that there is a movement that seeks to do so is not a hoax. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:22, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Its a political hoax, defame derogatory so such type of topics does not bear ethical reason to be a separate article so it should be merged with the relevant article Mohajir people...Thanks

I want to make sure that I understand your thoughts completely. Can you define what a hoax is to you? When you say that this article is a political hoax, what does that mean to you exactly? Pretend that I do not understand what the word hoax means, if you don't mind. I want to make sure that we're completely on the right page with everything. Is that okay? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:38, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

you better know what hoax is or read wikipedia hoax, i have mentioned it above.THanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.5.156.252 (talk) 07:09, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Okay, so you believe that this movement does not exist at all... that there is no such thing as "Muhajir Sooba"; it's like Santa Claus or Dragons. They don't exist at all, and that this article was created solely to mislead people into thinking that they do exist? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:14, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

you are pretending that you have a really sympathies with the mentioned topic, yes it's like Santa Claus or Dragons it does not really exists at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.5.156.252 (talk) 07:19, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A couple of thoughts - 1) 61.5.156.252, please do not accuse Oshwah of "pretending" - Oshwah is clearly only trying to understand and to help, and you should do your best to keep emotive terminology out of the discussion. 2) If you can't reach an agreement here, perhaps list the article at WP:AFD and get some fresh eyes on it? At least that way, there will be a formal consensus whatever the outcome? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:23, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I just want to make sure that we're on the same page; I ask these questions because you'll be surprised as to how many people have different interpretations of terms here. I know nothing about this article subject at all. I will say that I do not find many sources regarding this movement at all; even the provided sources make no mention of the words "Muhajir Sooba". Putting aside whether or not this article is a hoax or vandalism, I think that this article fails WP:GNG, and could be nominated for deletion due to the lack of notability. Having a community discussion will probably be the best solution here. I think that this is the right direction to go moving forward. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:25, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

This article has been nominated for deletion. You can participate in the discussion by clicking here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:32, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Please also invite others editors who had edited it...

Thanks for understanding that it was a pure Vandalism (Hoaxing Vandalism), and Political hoax (Hoax) , Defamation, derogatory, and I had just only AGF to point out the misconceptions, hoax, utopian, buried topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.5.156.252 (talk) 08:11, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Umm... if by "pure Vandalism (Hoaxing Vandalism), and Political hoax (Hoax) , Defamation, derogatory" you mean "nominated for deletion because of the lack of notability", then... umm yeah, no problem. lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:26, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	For the undisputed champion of DR David.moreno72 (talk) 05:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, David.moreno72! Like I said, I'm always happy to help with hard or tough disputes and try and mediate the situation. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:58, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion tag on AMC Institute

Can you please remove the speedy deletion tag on AMC Institute? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Institute I've inserted language that supports the organization's inclusion in Wikipedia! GrandLake editor (talk) 05:58, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, GrandLake editor! Done. Thanks for leaving me a message. Happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:09, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

I didn't

I didn't edit Bailey May wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.87.133.151 (talk) 07:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Draft: Nikolay Khozyainov

Hello, Oshwah! I saw that you deleted all the changes that I made to this article yesterday and today. Draft:Nikolay_Khozyainov I added many reliable sources of information, such as the New York Times, New Concert Reviewer etc, and it has been a lot of work. It is still a draft and I will work more on it for the sources and information before submitting it, so please put back the information in the article. This young artist has many fans and followers around the world (https://www.facebook.com/FansNikolayKhozyainov/?ref=settings)and he deserves to be in the encyclopedia! Thanks, Ivanprohor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.178.161.153 (talk) 12:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message with your concerns. I saw (and only meant to revert) this edit, but it appears that I reverted both of the edits instead. Please accept my apologies; I have restored the article to the previous revision immediately preceding the edit in question. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:40, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Telegram

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-- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 15:43, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar - Cool, thanks for the heads up. I'll read it as soon as it arrives. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:47, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey Samtar, I didn't receive an email from you. Just wanted to give you a heads up in case you had sent it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:12, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Samtar - Nevermind! I checked the wrong email! lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:13, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

You gots it then? -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 13:43, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

I did! If the article you nominated for GA passes, I'll be much more confident about running. But I've been told by Anna Frodesiak who is considering nominating me that I should create more content before I run. It's disappointing, to be honest, because I enjoy what I'm doing much much more. But I do think I she might be right. In the spirit of getting some updated and honest feedback, I have decided what I am going to do. After my second GA (whichever it is, be it the article Samtar nominated or a different one), I am going to start another thread at RFACP. If I'm told by everyone to get my butt in there and run already and given 8-9/10's all over, I'm going to RFA. If they find issues, then I'm going to work on them and wait until September (one year after my first RFA) as I originally planned. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:51, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Well I can't say I disagree with Anna Frodesiak - we'll see how those GAs go. I'll be right here rooting for you! 16:57, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Samtar. Hopefully it will be reviewed soon. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:11, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Finding Dory

Hi,

With regards to Finding Dory, please do not add the full plot to the page. The film has not released yet. By adding the full plot, you may be ruining the film for viewers who may want to watch the film without knowing what happens beforehand. Thanks Coolagrawal1999 (talk) 19:20, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Coolagrawal1999, you should read WP:IDONTLIKEIT. This is not an argument that we use on Wikipedia to justify changes to articles or article content. Please do not remove the content from Finding Dory again, as it is disruptive and will result in your account being blocked from editing Wikipedia if you do. Thank you for understanding. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:47, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I am sorry for removing the content but what I have done is added the release date of the movie for the United Kingdom with reference. Thanks! Coolagrawal1999 (talk) 20:02, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Coolagrawal1999 - Your edit here was good. Thanks for adding that information and for citing a source. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:04, 31 May 2016 (UTC)