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July 2018

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Bolero

The Wiktionary definition of "aside" most relevant to Shah's assertion is, "A minor related mention, an afterthought." Since the information relates directly to the origin of the main melody, it wouldn't seem to be an "afterthought." Nor is it consistent with the asides given as examples in Wiktionary. Please explain your reasoning. Tapered (talk) 01:07, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Duct tape

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Color field

Hi, Dr.BobDr.Bob, i read your changes... first there was: "During the late 1950s and 1960s, color field painters emerged in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Washington, D.C. and the West Coast of the United States" - now you changed it to: "During the late 1950s and 1960s, color field painters emerged in parts of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United States, particularly New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere" - "elswhere" is not exactly "West Coast of the United States" - why did you focus on New York and Washington, but erased the "West Coast"? Just curious, --Gyanda (talk) 13:18, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Color Field

Sure. I'd be happy to explain my thinking.

The Chicago and New York schools were the most represented concentrations in Color Field. "The West Coast" did in fact have some Color Field activity, but so did Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and several other areas. I felt that "the United States" effectively incorporated all of the areas in the US outside of the two major concentration areas in Chicago and New York. To emphasize the West Coast would then require you to emphasize north-central Midwest, mid-Atlantic states, etc., since those areas shared equal influence with the West Coast.

I actually considered eliminating New York in Chicago since "the United States" covers them, but given their significance in the field I felt mentioning them was still justifiable. DrBobDrBob (talk) 23:40, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer. As i don't know exactly where the centers of this particular art-field were - and i assume you do - i can only accept your answer. The United States cover just such a huge range of places! Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 12:43, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2020

Hello, I'm Eagles247. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Lyle Alzado seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Eagles 24/7 (C) 17:09, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I made several Edit and I’m not sure which one you had a problem with. I think it was that I referred to him succumbing to his illness. Please explain what was not neutral about that. DrBobDrBob (talk) 17:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, yes the only edit you made that was an issue was the "succumbing to his illness" and "finally coming to an end" additions. These are listed in the words to watch in the manual of style, specifically under WP:EUPHEMISM. "Died" is neutral and accurate according to the guidelines, and adding "finally coming to an end" makes it appear that his brain cancer "battle" was much longer than others. Eagles 24/7 (C) 17:27, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Sorry, I had no idea. I meant no disrespect do either him or anyone else and just wanted to make the entry read a little smoother than the otherwise abrupt “died”. Thank you.

DrBobDrBob (talk) 17:56, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay! I know you didn't mean any harm with the edit, thanks for your contributions! Eagles 24/7 (C) 18:00, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck!

...with the longevity of your edit to antifa, which has it as predominantly far-left rather than predominantly left wing. This very thing had been the subject of interminable debate in the article’s Talk page. There are editors who are acting as de facto apologists for antifa, including an admin, who will use any trick in the book to water down the ‘headline’ description, being the first sentence or two in the lede. Coincidentally, I made a good number of edits to the article earlier today, and the the quote from the renowned Bray character which you’ll perhaps see at the end of the Ideology secretion is very telling. I added that. You could use what he says in any discussion in Talk, which the editors I’ve described above will undoubtedly wish to bog you down in. You have my full support! Boscaswell talk 06:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Boscaswell, I can appreciate your point of view, and feeling like the cards are stacked against the changes you may have proposed (I’m not really familiar with your edits), but you’ve been editing here for a bit. This was out of process, controversial, and some of the edits against consensus. And none of it sourced, and edits to the lead. You shouldn’t be congratulating a new editor on flouting policy. The more stable version does reflect the preponderance of reliable sources. This can obviously be tweaked or subject to changing circumstances or consensus to some extent. But removing “anti-fascist” from the lead is ridiculous. I’m not sure if you caught that specific edit, but let’s not pretend that’s kosher. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 08:35, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Symmachus Auxiliarus how weird! Following me to another editor’s Talk page to criticise me is particularly odd.

I still congratulate DrBobDrBob. As I’ve explained, that his edits may have been against consensus is not exactly a great surprise, when a pack of apologists for antifa's revolutionary, anarchist/communist agenda patrol the article. Why aren’t you criticising those editors? “Oh, they’re part of the consensus bla bla CNN ...bla bla” is not worthy of anyone in this particular matter. Boscaswell talk 14:32, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to say something constructive to this editor. But your comment was a bit surprising, and I felt needed to be addressed.

Honestly, your attitude in this reply is way over the top. You’re calling other editors apologists for anarchists and communists, and mentioning CNN for some (inexplicable) reason? I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but now I think good faith need not be assumed. Are you sure you’re here to actually build an encyclopedia, within the scope of our policies? Because you basically just confirmed you’re hoping editors buck core policies in the interest of WP:RGW. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 15:21, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020

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Thank you. I have corrected the link to point to the correct source and not the disambiguation page DrBobDrBob (talk) 02:41, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Add this below source for citation needed tag sentence shanghai 2013 in lee min ho (actor) article

https://www.alamy.com/south-korean-actor-lee-minho-right-poses-with-his-wax-statue-at-madame-tussauds-shanghai-in-shanghai-china-19-april-2013-image263730249.html 123.215.16.234 (talk) 15:50, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks. It was automatic, as it was certainly not my intention to convert the ISSN number to a phone number. DrBobDrBob (talk) 14:13, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the discussion MichaelMeggs.

I made several changes. In some cases, the original text was overly broad in its generalities, but I felt the citations posted were adequate to support the clarification (such as only oral usage appears to be the case by 1888¹, but written documentation didn't appear until tin-pan-alley lyrics were published after the turn-of-the-century², both adequately cited in the original Wikipedia article).

¹The counting-out rhymes of children... (H.C. Bolton,1888)

² "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo", (song) (Bert Fitzgibbon's 1906)

Other changes I made included putting the posted data in chronological order, the citations for which I take no responsibility for, and which I assume required no additional citations even though some of the original postings might not have been adequately cited by others.

Could you be a little more granular as to which items that I posted required additional citation. I am happy to provide more specific citations for the individual items where available. (I may need help in posting the citation properly, but that's a separate issue that stems from my lack of skill and experience with Wikipedia. Apologies in advance.) DrBobDrBob (talk) 17:20, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh. My apologies. I didn't realize this caused others more work. I will provide at least a brief summary on the future. DrBobDrBob (talk) 01:47, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Extensively used by the military might be a better way of putting it, according to the source, but I would not remove the source entirely. I would agree that the source doesn't directly say "the government" promoted it. Acroterion (talk) 18:19, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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