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June 2024

Hi,

Your reverts of my edits were wrong and they seem to be doe for the sake of doing it. The changes I made were absolutely correct without any shred of doubt. If you have any logic behind your reverts, let me know. Else, I will revert your "reverts" soon. GurbaazK (talk) 03:36, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GurbaazK: why did you add a fava bean recipe to the article on kidney bean? Do you know how the {{Distinguish}} template is intended to be used? Walsh90210 (talk) 03:37, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

redirects for discussion

@Walsh90210 To save me checking all of these individually, is there a reason for so many in a row? Was there a common problem with all of them? MWQs (talk) 00:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at an article of yours that was AFD'd, and saw multiple redirects of yours with problems. Two main problems: 1) You can't just take one incident of "mass graves" in a country, and redirect "mass graves in X" to it; 2) there is no need for every "The X" to redirect to X. Walsh90210 (talk) 00:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining. I don't redirect every instance of "The", it was just particularly relevant for that one. e.g. The Ukraine exists as a redirect as well. It's particularly likely to be useful for topics from languages that don't have an exact equivalent of English "the", or for disputed territory. MWQs (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which AfD? Maybe I should fix them there. MWQs (talk) 00:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be more specific about what you mean by disruptive? (I saw you mention that on another page) I am trying to be constructive, so if I'm getting it wrong, I want to improve. MWQs (talk) 01:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two points:

You violated the WP:ARBECR requirement for Israel-Palestine quite a bit when starting editing.
There are sufficiently many "questionable" redirect creations in your editing history that review by an admin (who can delete them unilaterally) might be called for.

Walsh90210 (talk) 01:20, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think anything I was editing early on was mared as restricted. I didn't get a notification about it until recently. Some things I edited early have subsequently been added to that list. MWQs (talk) 05:15, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way I can clean up my own created redirects? e.g. If I find any others where I was redirecting a broad topic to a single example of such. MWQs (talk) 05:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have returned Crocker Church to Draft

It was either that or send it to WP:AFD. The creating editor appears to be upset about the man, so I imagine he will be about the church. Thank you for pointing it out. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:16, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The primary "claim to fame" for the building seems to be that it is now the Sarasota Historial Society building. Walsh90210 (talk) 16:21, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes Improvement Time!

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Love the username!

but so sad this week Star Mississippi 02:39, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assumption of bad faith

You write: "the clear intention of the article is to engage in personal attacks against Mr. Trump"

You are assuming bad faith and creating a chilling effect aimed at a topic you don't like. Think of the ramifications for the creation of potentially controversial articles based on an enormous number of RS. No one will be able to write them anymore. This is harassment. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 15:35, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry you feel that way. Walsh90210 (talk) 16:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Walsh90210 you should know better than to use that language. Doug Weller talk 16:09, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read the "article"? It is clearly an anti-Trump polemic that traffics in rumors more than facts. Walsh90210 (talk) 16:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am referring to your language, not the contents of the article. We'll see what others think about your MfD as time progresses. Doug Weller talk 16:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Prior history

Walsh, what was your WP experience previous to editing under the Walsh90210 ID? Thank you. SPECIFICO talk 17:18, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]