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Google Maps URL

Could you link me that? I'm just curious to see if there is any way to incorporate that fact, and if it is worthwhile. • Lawrence Cohen 20:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Help needed

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Hi, what help do you need? --Stephen 00:55, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I use Firefox with tight cookie control. A third party tried to install while I was moving between links within Wikipedia--no linking to any other website. Is this of any importance?

I've never seen this. Wikipedia uses cookies for your logon info, but I'm not aware of other types. A better place to post your question would be Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). --Stephen 01:22, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Will do Tapered (talk) 01:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Lucas Neill

Hi,

I just wanted to say I've left a comment on Talk:Lucas Neill about the line "(Cantalejo refereed the quarter-final match between France and Brazil.)" I won't repeat the whole comment here, but I just want to let you know that the comment is there, and to indicate I am keen to see us come to a mutually acceptable decision on the above line as well as helping to monitor and weed out any lines that could be considered problematic from a WP:NPOV perspective from either side of the argument. Camw (talk) 05:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

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Neill

Can you point out which of my edits is pov pushing? I'm pretty sure you'll find my edits have been to bring it back to your wording but if you can show me what specifically you are upset about that might be more helpful than making accusations against me. Camw (talk) 01:13, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, no harm done. I understand the annoyance of trying to keep persistent POV edits out of BLP articles. On the referee issue, I still don't agree that it has a place but I'm more than willing to listen and discuss on the talk page. Camw (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I still think it borders on Original Research to infer something from the appointment without that being said by a reliable source. As I mentioned on the talkpage you previously said that it probably wasn't important to include it, so I don't see why that has changed. I believe we'll get just as many fanatics pushing their POV unless we have an official statement or reference that it was reviewed and correct. I'm on my mobile at the moment so I can't really do much searching for references but I'll try to have a look over the next few days and in the meantime we'll just have to try to watch it closely. Camw (talk) 04:47, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Olyroos/Soccceroos

Hi, just to let you know, the term you removed as vandalism (Olyroos) from the Neill article is the correct nickname/common name for the Australia national under-23 football team, please see the official Football Australia news reports on the last few fixtures here. Hopefully no big deal, just wanted to explain why I changed it back. Camw (talk) 11:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Feel free to raise the RfC, if a reliable source doesn't back what the statement implies it shouldn't stay per all kinds of policies, WP:BLP for a start - which clearly says that material that is a conjectural interpretation of the source should be removed. I believe this information is conjecture unless there is a reliable source provided that discusses and agrees with the implied meaning of the statement and have removed it per the policy. I am still travelling, so may not be active in an RfC until early next week. I'm sorry that it has come to this as it doesn't seem worth so much time being expended, espcially as both views are represented with relevant sources in the article now without this one being debated. Camw (talk) 12:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming this message was from you. To be honest, I'm a little mystified, since the exchange on the talk page didn't seem like anything that needed to be cooled down. And while I realize the discussion over your preference to include Cantalejo's assignment in the Neill article has been going on for a while, the current round of discussion hasn't run its course, and I've been making a good faith effort to include viewpoints that opposed the Australians'. I've never been in an RfC before so you'll have to excuse any novice mistakes from me, but I'll see if I can get my two cents in. --Mosmof (talk) 05:40, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Please Express Your Views on Mention of Membership in the Family on WIkipedia

It would be beneficial if you chimed in asap at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_December_4#Category:Members_of_the_Family_also_known_as_the_Fellowship, which discusses the possible deletion of the valid (IMO) category Category:Members of the Family also known as the Fellowship. Zerschmettert die Schändliche (talk) 03:01, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

test to self

22:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

note on my page

Hi. If you wish to leave a message or a comment for somebody, you should use their talk page, not their user page, as you did here [1]. Here's the talk page: [2]. I've also replied to you on the article's talk page. The battle was in April/May of 1911. He might have very well made movies in 1912. There's a reliable source to back up his participation in it.radek (talk) 08:49, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I've replied on articles' talk page. Note that IMDB is NOT considered a reliable source, certainly not more reliable than an academic work by a professional historian - which isn't to say IMDB is wrong about the number of movies he made or anything. From what I understand, in 1911-13 he wasn't well known and most of his roles were very minor ones. Also, the production of movies was done differently than it is now. So even if that information on IMDB is true, I don't see anything unfeasible about him taking part in the battle.

Also, when leaving messages on a new topic use the "new section" button.

I also want to say that I appreciate you bringing this up on talk page first and discussing it. Thanks! Wish a lot of veteran editors showed a similar courtesy more often.radek (talk) 09:34, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

The Trades, Le Show

You are welcome to try to come up with reliable sources to prove what you think you have heard. I've looked and can't find anything specific that shows either opinion. Trackinfo (talk) 04:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I see you've already gone ahead and changed it based on your own research. I'm avoiding getting into an edit war about this point for now, but I suggest you come up with a source that verifies what you have posted is accurate. Trackinfo (talk) 04:14, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

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nelly gray

I have a hand written copy of the song Nelly Gray dated in the 1800's. The person who wrote it name was Nathaniel B Ridgeway.Who became a Doctor and die in 1903.So my question is.Who really wrote the song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.85.53 (talk) 01:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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Platinum

I just found out that, you changed the word litre to liter in the article, to enforce the British to colonial spelling rules. I feel sorry that you made a mistake by doing this. You managed to edit the file title of an image. This leads to the fact that the image no longer is shown in the article. Sometimes things are not gray but they are black or white. Please have a look whom you try to force to use colonial style Englih, a computer will not follow the rule even if it is a wikipedia server also storing the MOS:ENGVAR#National_varieties_of_English rules. --Stone (talk) 10:03, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Got you! I simply have a different way to read a text and most of the time I do not get the difference and sometimes I even do not understand why anybody wants to change it. But after reading the rename discussion on the windshield wiper I know that there must be something in the discussion.--Stone (talk) 05:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

My passport does not show the face of the Queen! But the Empire (for sure the most evil one ever) I would have lived in has faded after 12 not the promised thousand years. --Stone (talk) 05:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Cricket and baseball two games I never had any urge to get in close contact to, although I liked the The Bad News Bears. My Australian co-worker always said there is nothing better that several six packs of beer, a blanket and a game of Cricke(t to hide the fact that you want to drink lazy in the sun).--Stone (talk) 06:23, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

World Cup Quarter Finals

Usually you should do a bit more research before pointing fingers and playing the blame game. This have been discussed in the talk page. You should stop wasting everyone's time with these stupid reverts and posts. ashwinikalantri ^talk 14:25, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

To the editor who hid identity: I DO appreciate the effort that goes into maintaining WC2011. I don't appreciate original research. I abide by that stricture & agree w/ it. Henceforth I'll abide by the other stricture you pointed out. I don't agree w/ it entirely, but can see its efficacy. There IS a self-serving element to my disagreement--I'm at least proficient at mental & physical fighting. I invite you and anyone else stumbling across this to consider the 'contect of character' revealed by hiding an identity. Were you trying to anger me, to draw me into further mockery? You were 50% successful. Tapered (talk) 21:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

What are you talking about?! And who is hiding identity? Where, from whom? ashwinikalantri ^talk 05:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Afar people

BTW, did you happen to have a look at Category:Afar people before reverting my edit? There you would find the categories pointing to the different countries. I think having them in the more general category would be more useful, especially since the text contains that information -- & I would assume that any reader would look there for the information. -- llywrch (talk) 22:46, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I didn't understand your response. Can you make the change you propose? I will then be able to see what you propose, & we can go from there. -- llywrch (talk) 23:07, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't see it as being counterproductive. What value do you see in adding categories that are supersets of those already connected to an article? Having those additional categories is redundant, confusing, & makes it harder to find useful categories. I see no useful purpose to do that, any more than how to link every word in an article. Lastly, I found the language in your last comment condescending, if not offensive. If you haven't noticed, I have been trying to work with you -- although I don't understand your comments at times. -- llywrch (talk) 01:12, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

What are you talking about? I told you I was offended by your message, & you think I'm evaluating your character? If you want to convince me you're right, ask for a third opinion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories, & see what someone says there. Maybe that will show you're right, maybe that I'm right. But right now I have no clue how to work with you, & if you can't work out a disagreement over something trivial like categories, I doubt you are going to get along with anyone on Wikipedia. -- llywrch (talk) 05:32, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for leaving the categories as they are now. Tapered (talk) 16:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Jazz royalty

Noting your Proposal to Delete rationale: there was a previous very similar one on the same article, on 27 December 2007 at 16:59. This led to a discussion, still on the Talk page. Maybe worth resuming that discussion there? AllyD (talk) 19:47, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Libya and the minor edit tag

Neither of your last two edits was a minor edit. Please only use this tag when it is justified. Thanks. --John (talk) 01:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Message on talk page

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Re:Comment

My reply that the Dodgers aren't moving seems perfectly reasonable response to an IP who makes a request to include cities that the Dodgers might move to (a list that is clearly empty). Instead of jumping on me, you should be jumping on the IP for making such a ludicrous and CRYSTAL request Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 14:03, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Pro-life movement

Your changes to the pro-life movement article make it appear that you have not read the cited source. Your changes go against that source, and are themselves uncited and unsupported. Please revert yourself. Binksternet (talk) 23:30, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The above editor plainly believes that Administrators of Wikipedia have moved on and left him in charge. Since the edits in question were linguistic and semantic, reference rules didn't apply to them. It was most likely, though by no means certainly, an attempt to subtly intimidate this editor to revert his work, by misuse of his position as a Reviewer, and by twisting the rules for ideological reasons. He has edited out three humorously barbed replies of mine fr/ his Talk page. None were abusive and two actually addressed the issues of the edits. The third warned him that if he checked his dipstick, he'd find his sense of humor low. He is plainly USING WIKIPEDIA AS AN IDEOLOGICAL PLATFORM, and NOT straightforwardly. (I had edited his comment out, but decided it would serve my purposes and Wikipedia's to leave it out in the open.) Cheers!Tapered (talk) 01:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

You overreacted to the above message which is mild and neutral. There is no attempt at intimidation, just the start of a discussion.

In notes to my talk page you have mistaken my ideology, and here in this response you have mistaken whether I am driven in my editing by my position on abortion. I edit Wikipedia to make articles be more informative and neutral, to remove bias.

The best place for discussion of the specific issues is on the article's talk page: Talk:Pro-life movement. See you there! Binksternet (talk) 02:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Your edits to the article are highly disruptive and your explanations are combative. Please stop using Wikipedia as your WP:BATTLEGROUND. NYyankees51 (talk) 16:25, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

That's your opinion. My edits usually stand up because they're verifiable and temperate (unlike some of my Talk). Your edits are POV, and I notice you've been banned in the past. That means that you've used WP as a battlefield. Tapered (talk) 01:44, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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Restoring a wikipedia page

Thank you very much for restoring documented background material to Robert Stone, for being perceptive and engaged to the extent that you recognized that this material was deleted some years ago!Christian Roess (talk) 13:22, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Leonardo da Vinci

Can you please slot that information into the article Leonardo da Vinci's personal life? Amandajm (talk) 01:18, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Re: Averroes

Well the standard practice is to put the constituent state of the time that these people were born in. Whether Cordoba is today in Spain and has been for centuries is totally irrelevant, especially that those people have nothing to do with Spain: Different culture, different religion, different system of government and different people; they were kicked out after the "reconquista" may I remind you. Tachfin (talk) 06:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Practice is not universal. Information is factual. Cordoba is in present day Spain, as of this post. Removing this information is not justified. Tapered (talk) 20:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Alright, fair enough. I don't see how this can be such a crucial information to the article. Some people want to over-emphasis Spain over Moorish culture which it had nothing to do with. Tachfin (talk) 03:46, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Ordos

Hi!

I appreciate your work, but re. the discussion on the talk page, I hope you are aware that even if said real estate project had been a success, calling Ordos a "city" would still be a complete misnomer?

Regards, Yaan (talk) 11:47, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

The use of "District" instead of "City" is non-conforming in standard English and Wikipedia English, so substituting "City" isn't a complete misnomer. And the google search results show that the real estate development is known as "Ordos City." There certainly needs to be some sort of explanation in the title, or the opening of the article to clarify the official names of the area and standard usage, especially for anyone using local documents, maps, etc. Regards Tapered (talk) 18:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Drew University

I noticed that you modified the Campus Safety section of the Drew University Wikipedia site in a way that could be construed as biased. If the crime and alcohol stats show a low rate of violent and property crime, but a high rate of alcohol-related issues, I think we need to mention everything, or not mention it at all. Debbie W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwainwr123 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Umayyad Caliphate

Just curious but why did this edit break the link? Both History_of_Syria and History of Syria link to the same article so there is no need for the pipe or _. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 16:03, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I GOT IT here. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 14:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Leigh Steinberg

Hi Tapered. Regarding your comment about this article, why not go ahead and make the changes you suggest? If someone objects, then we can have a discussion, but it's quite possible that that won't happen. --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 01:31, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Vizzini

Could you please stop with removing the legendary from the article. Although you might have a point that most of the time the word is peacock language, in this case this not true. Aspects of his life became more legend than true. Just read the article, see the legend of Luciano's foulard, for instance, or: "While still alive and after his death Vizzini’s stature as an all powerful Mafia boss rose to mythical proportions." Thank you for your understanding. - DonCalo (talk) 07:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

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McCann

Thanks for informing me. Used curly brackets instead of squared. All the other updates I made to the article were lost when you reverted, so I reverted your edit with changes. (Have updated the 40-man rosters of about 15 MLB teams since the regular season ended last week.) Zepppep (talk) 10:19, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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Re: Lew

Hi.

I completely take the word "politician" back to describe Lew, because people do confuse politicians as elected officials. But if you do go to the wiki article for Politician it reads: "a person who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making in the government" including political appointees. But either way politician, government administrator, banker, budget wizard, or whatever combination of those you like is fine with me.

Proposal on Lists of Notable Drew University People

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