User talk:Dlippman

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Regarding your contributions to National Socialist Movement (United States), these comments are not acceptable in a Wikipedia article because of our policy that all articles must be as neutral as possible. You are welcome to contribute, but please try to keep your edits constructive and neutral, thanks. Fightindaman 23:02, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting properly sourced and tagged News Reports from Current Events!?![edit]

Dlippman, why are you deleting properly sourced and tagged News stories from Current Events without giving any reason!?! see here[1] JEBenson

Helpful advice[edit]

Please read Wikipedia's guidelines on national varieties of English and please read Wikipedia's guidelines on edit summaries and don't forget to use them. Happy editing. Gdo01 13:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Ford[edit]

Your edits to this article aren't appropriate. Ford's beliefs are fully discussed in the article. However, his antisemitism isn't his primary claim to notability, and references to it don't belong in the very first line. Rklawton 03:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ford has a whole section dedicated to the topic, but it's just one of many things he's known for. Folks who read the ToC immediately under the first paragraph will find it along with a page's worth of material and sources. The reason why it doesn't belong in the first paragraph is that neither Ford or his newspaper would have rated a Wikipedia article if it wasn't for his prominence as an entrepreneur. Thus, it make sense to focus the first paragraph on the matter that brought him notability. By adding extraneous material, readers might think that it was that particular combination of attributes that made him notable, and that simply isn't the case. Rklawton 03:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Al Jazeera[edit]

Hello Dlippman, can you please tell me why you deleted a perfectly good link to an article on Al-Jazeera in the current events section? [2]. Thanks :-) Yas121 12:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

skier[edit]

Hi Dlippman,

I'm sorry to hear about your loss if you knew this person. I too recently lost a friend and i know how hard it is, however, as sad and tragic as Spencer's death may be, even if he was a great person as you say, I have to disagree that it is not worthy of our current events page. I am not going to delete the blurb out of respect for your loss (2 users already have but you reverted-wiki rules say youre only alllowed 3 reverts but i am the last person around here that will try to enforce rules). I will not personally delete it until after 10 other people have in order to show that it is not just me who disagrees with you. If you are serious about this blurb i advise you to put some links in your blurb (like his name- does he have an article? if not, make one and link it!). As of now your blurb is completely linkless. That means it will be deleted quickly by somebody. Again, i am very sorry for your loss, but there were many many deaths today in iraq, darfur, and other places across our world, most of which recived media attention. that does not mean it belongs here. I hope you find the strength to move foward (if you knew spencer, which it seems like) and if there is anything i can do please do not hesitate to ask. peace and love. WikiTony 21:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Morse v. Frederick[edit]

Do you know who the dissenters are? Thanks! Wooyi^{Talk to me?} 14:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alberto Gonzales[edit]

Newsarticles on Google news and elsewhere are citing Wikipedia as the first place they learned of Gonzales' resignation. Your 12:14, 27 August 2007 post was the first mention of it on Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 14:49, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Disco Ball of Knowledge
		For posting the news of United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' August 27, 2007 resignation within three minutes of its announcement and making Wikipedia an information leader, I hereby award you the disco ball of knowledge to certify that you are among the finest contributors in the world of Wikipedia. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 20:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re: mukasey[edit]

Hi,

First, regardless of how newsworthy any story is, Yahoo links are discouraged because they die very quickly. It states this very clearly when editing current events. Second, of course this item is newsworthy, but it is not today's news. This news item is appropriate for monday, the day the actual nomination will take place. The fact that a newspaper is reporting it is not really news. Wait a few hours or create the current events page for monday. I hope this clears up why i did what i did. peace WikiTony 03:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits on Portal:Current events/2007 October 15[edit]

Recently, you have been changing italicized text on the page mentioned above. However, Wikipedia’s Manual of Style mandates that all titles of periodicals be italicized, including those that you changed (see here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles)). – Zntrip 04:32, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Current events/Sidebar[edit]

Who is Peter Berle, and why should he be listed amongst notable deaths, when Wikipedia doesn't even have an article on him? Corvus cornix 22:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't he have an article before being listed as notable? Corvus cornix 23:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

“News”[edit]

Hay, Dlippman, I just wanted to say that your edits on the current events portal that change such entries as “BBC News” to “BBC”, while they may seem to remove redundancy, actually don’t. The word “news” in such entries as “BBC News”, “ABC News”, “CBC News”, etc. is essential because each is its own agency within a larger corporation. For example “ABC News” is the department within ABC responsible for newsgathering. In the future, please don’t remove the word “news”. – Zntrip 01:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also please don't remove newsworthy content, and at that without an edit summary. It detracts from the quality of the encylopedia: [3]. The Evil Spartan (talk) 13:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the tiger attack wasnt thursday, it was tuesday. that is why i removed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlippman (talk • contribs) 13:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I guess you're right. Please put that kind of thing in the edit summary from here on. The Evil Spartan (talk) 13:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bert Bolin[edit]

Please note that the obituary here clearly states that he died on Wednesday, which is January 2. Cheers, CP 22:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's really frustrating. Looks likes more sources are saying December 30th now though, so it's best to leave it at that. Thanks for the heads up! Cheers, CP 04:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Irv Robbins[edit]

Hi,

Could you please provide a citation for the fact that he is deceased? Per Wikipedia's policies on biographies of living people, uncited material on the pages of living (or possibly living) people must be removed so, without it, I cannot allow notice of his death to remain on the page. Cheers, CP 19:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

D&D 4.0[edit]

Please consider restoring the release of D&D 4.0 to the News items of 6/6/08 as it is news to some. Thanks rkmlai (talk) 16:00, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your consideration. It was news to me, but I see the opinion that "release dates of products" might not be "news". rkmlai (talk) 17:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Warnings[edit]

This isn't the way we warn vandals. Can you stick to templated warnings in the future? Thanks. Seraphim♥Whipp 10:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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