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November 2014

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Susan Collins, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Dwpaul ^Talk 04:42, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Ige

Ige doesn't take the oath of office until noon, Hawaii time.[1] It's currently 9:11 am in Hawaii. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:11, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you I was thinking EST Time, my bad.-Spongebob1944

Kyrsten Sinema

Please stop changing the picture on Kyrsten Sinema. You are replacing a newer picture with an older one that is also already in the article. If you wish to propose such a major change again, that should be discussed first on the article's talk page. Thanks 98.194.13.148 (talk) 02:20, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry I do apologize. I hope this hasn't angered anyone. I'm learning new things every day about Wikipiedea. I will not change Kyrsten Sinema. Sorry.-Spongebob1944

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MH 370

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Contrary to what you believe, I do not think that I made a drastic edit. To say that anyone on that aircraft is absurd. Sonar radar has showed that it is on the bottom of the Indian Ocean. For anyone to say that anyone survived is outrages. Whatever your personal belief on this is, I cannot and will not change my edits based on one person. If you really wanted to confirm that everyone for sure is dead that could take months, years, or even decades. The wreckage may quite possibly never be found. It is still my belief that the fatalities and survivors section can be filled, but I will not edit the Flight 370 page again, because you will be mad. Don't take anything I said offensive, I'm just stating my personal beliefs. I wish you well, and together we can share our love for being Wikipedia editors. Thank you very much.- Spongebob1944

I have copied this discussion to Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370#Recent Changes. No, I'm not mad. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:40, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Recent edit to Tickling

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Why so many micro-edits?

Why so many micro edits to Gabby Giffords? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faceless Enemy (talk • contribs) 03:24, 13 January 2015‎

Is that some your business? Nope. Didn't think so. Please don't contact me again or I will report you.

It makes it a bit harder to track when something has been changed, since I have to go to the article's history page. Not a huge deal, but a lot of your edits seem to cancel each other out - not sure why you're bothering to do all of them. Seems like something that belongs in the Sandbox. Faceless Enemy (talk) 12:14, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

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January 2015

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive, until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively could result in loss of editing privileges. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish with the image size, but you made two edits today within a minute ([2] [3]) to change the image size from 244px to 243px and back. I do not see a constructive reason for this, so you need to provide a valid explanation. Otherwise, expect other editors to start looking at these edits as just clogging up the edit history, accomplishing no improvement to the article—and ultimately disrupting the editing process.

There is a separate issue of whether to force the image size or leave it unspecified and let the MediaWiki software choose the size. That is an editorial decision that should be discussed at the talk page. This message just relates to racking the size back and forth between 243 and 244 pixels. —C.Fred (talk) 17:13, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Ted Strickland

Unfortunately I can't make newer pictures of him just appear. If no newer, free images exist, we have to make do with what there is. Tiller54 (talk) 22:42, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Gabrielle Giffords

Please read Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Size. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:27, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

And please don't edit war about default infobox sizing of pictures - that never ends well. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:44, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I would like to apologize for my ranting about the sizing of Gabrielle Giffords House Portrait. I know I made a big deal out of it, and I sincerely apolagize. Like all of us here at Wikipedia, we make mistakes, but my behavior was un called for. Again, I sincerely apologize. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spongebob1944 (talk • contribs)

I know you self-reverted, but what were you trying to do with this edit today? —C.Fred (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

No explanation, but three more similar edits today that were self-reverted. Please do not use live articles as sandboxes. If you want to experiment, please do so at WP:Sandbox or create a sandbox for yourself such as User:Spongebox1944/Sandbox. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 17:47, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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How do you get access to U.S. Senators, Congressman, Congresswomen's portraits?

February 2015

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Images must have a provable copyright status

I see you've added pictures to Charlie Crist and several other articles this evening. The problem is that you've sourced the images to bing.com. To use an image, the image must be a free image. As a rule, a picture you find randomly on the internet isn't free. —C.Fred (talk) 04:32, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Ditto for the photo of Brad Ashford. A Google search for this image suggests that it was taken by Omaha World-Herald photographer Kent Sievers: see this story and this one, both of which attribute the photo to Sievers, and both of which bear copyright-2015 tags. There's a chart at Commons:Licensing that explains in some detail what images we can and can't include; I'd suggest that you study that before you upload any more images to Commmons. — Ammodramus (talk) 15:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

How are we supposed to access politician's portraits? For example Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence (D), (Michigan) does not have a picture. Also some members of congress have very old photos, some are very new others are not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spongebob1944 (talk • contribs)

Generally speaking, the same as getting a picture of any other person. However, anybody elected to Congress will likely have an official portrait taken and posted at a .gov website. That picture will be taken by a federal employee doing official work and thus be in the public domain. However, the sourcing has to be very clear that that's where the image came from. —C.Fred (talk) 18:16, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

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Mitch McConnell portrait

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March 2015

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Loretta Lynch

Look, I don't want to get in an edit war with you but I think her "official picture for AG" needs to be used. Yes it is small, but unless you can find a larger image of her official portrait, it should stay. I don't think it really matters about the size (If it was smaller and you couldn't really see her than I'd see it as a problem), but it is just fine. I'm done reverting for now, but I will revert it in a few days; I will ask others for their opinions. Corky | Chat? 16:08, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

May 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961. Jetstreamer ^Talk 13:47, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

"Lincoln's Boyhood Home"

Yes, "Lincoln's Boyhood Home" is on the Welcome to Indiana signs. However, that doesn't make it the state's nickname. If you look at the State Emblem page on the state's website, it lists "The Hoosier State" as the state nickname and "The Crossroads of America" as the state motto. "Lincoln's Boyhood Home" is akin to Michigan putting Pure Michigan on their welcome signs - a reminder of what tourists can find in the state. Make sense? ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:25, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't appreciate you insinuating that I'm stupid and don't get it. You don't know me, and what right do you have to say make sense in a very sarcastic tone. I'll give you an example in Wisconsin their nickname is the Badger State, but sometimes Wisconsin is commonly referred to as America's Dairyland. If you want to conduct a respectful conversation, I'm happy to do it, if not keep your rude sarcastic comments to yourself. Have a nice day. -Spongebob1944

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insinuate that you were stupid. "Make sense?" was not intended to be sarcastic at all; I was simply asking you if I had expressed myself clearly, if you understood what I was trying to say - not because you are too stupid to understand, but because sometimes people don't understand one another (as clearly happened here).

As far as Wisconsin goes, that should probably be changed on their page also, as Wisconsin History says "America's Dairyland" is the State Slogan, which again is different from a nickname.

At any rate, if you want the Indiana page to say "Lincoln's Boyhood Home" is a nickname for Indiana, you'll need to provide a reliable source that says it's a nickname. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:04, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

As if the Indiana's welcome sign doesn't say Lincoln's Boyhood Home right on the front. Is that not proof? Furthermore you were being sarcastic, and you and I know it. If you wish to talk in a disrespectful manner, then I will simply ignore the comments you leave me. I'm not by far the best Wikipedia editor, but at least I treat other editors with respect. Expect you, because when someone is sarcastic and rude to me, I am going to be angry. You seem as though you have all the editing power of or own. Unless you are a top experienced Wikipedia editor I suggest you keep your negative comments to yourself. If you think I'm out of line, please tell me, but I don't believe I am. Have a nice day. -Spongebob1944

Photos

You are continuing to have issues with photos, promoting inferior replacements and hard coding widths. Please stop. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:13, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

May 2015

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June 2015

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Gabrielle Giffords. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Why do you keep altering the date and changing it back? Please either offer a valid explanation or stop doing it. —C.Fred (talk) 00:17, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Please don't tell me what do. I always change it back within two seconds so calm down. I don't want to hear it. Do you understand?-Spongebob1944

Hello, I'm Faceless Enemy. An edit that you recently made to Gabrielle Giffords seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, 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. You keep doing this... Faceless Enemy (talk) 00:46, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Do you all hear what you all are getting pouty over? Grow up.-Spongebob1944

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Gabrielle Giffords. Faceless Enemy (talk) 00:54, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

You additionally have continued to vandalize Sherri Shepherd by deliberately placing uncited personal-life claims within cited passages, violating WP:BLP. This has happened repeatedly and you have been told about it each time. Any more, and an admin will be alerted to your vandalism across multiple pages and you may be blocked or banned from editing Wikipedia. --Tenebrae (talk) 23:56, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Wisconsin. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. The edit you made here broke a citation template leading to the infobox being pure nonsense. Again, you can experiment with templates and citations in the sandbox. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:45, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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• Per my reasoning at the above-mentioned ANI report, I have blocked you for one week. Replacing current images with older ones is disruptive. Edit warring over it is more disruptive. Doing all of this without communicating is even more disruptive. Doing all of this after being warned and requested to stop by multiple editors is even more disruptive. You've been given an enormous amount of leeway thus far and have not made any effort to change this problematic behavior. Please be warned that if these problems persist once your block expires, you may be blocked for a longer or indefinite period. Swarm ^{we ♥ our hive} 06:34, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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