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World War 2 page length

I don't regard World War II as too long relative to it's importance, I'm also not sure that after 200-odd edits you are the right person to undertake such a big project - maybe take longer to get used to Wikipedia first? I suspect any drastic changes you make as proposed might get reverted. MarkThomas 18:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I see you've laid out plans to make major edits to all the major U.S. war articles. Please proceed very cautiously. Those articles are among the most thoroughly edited we have and the text is often carefully chosen to maintain consensus. Please show detailed plans or propose major changes individually on the talk pages. User:MarkThomas may be right that thismight be aproject better left to others, or for later. If your concern is length you might see if any of the articles developed sections that are tangential and self-contained. Those can make good sub-articles without requiring a major rewrite of the main article. -Will Beback · † · 00:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I understand both of your points, but nonetheless this task needs completion, and nobody else is doing it. As it stands, the article is unreadable. This, to me, is unacceptable, because there is so much information there that many people want; however, as far as I can tell this issue hasn't been addressed at all. So unless someone else steps up and decides to do it instead, I'm going to. I'm sure that, in the process, some people may get unhappy, but I think that by the time I'm finished most people will be happy with what I've done. Ahudson 22:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I almost think that the whole chronology section of the WWII article could be moved out into it's own article. The Overview gives enough of the structure of the war for me; in my view, all that needs to be in the article is the Overview section and a discussion of issues like Causes, Casualties, etc. It's too bad that so many people are getting in the way of your attempts to shorten the article. Keep up the good work, and don't get too frustrated. Heavy Metal Cellist^talk_contribs

I think shortening the American Civil War article would make it worse

The subject matter makes it difficult, if not impossible, for the article to be adequate in covering the major topics if it was shorter, due to the nature of the subject matter. There are already a lot of sub-articles on the Civil War. Also, every attempt was made to be concise and leave out filler to begin with. I don't know what you could take out that would be an improvement, as opposed to the opposite. Jimmuldrow 02:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

See the discussion at Talk:World_War_II#Article Size, specifically my post near the end with a list of points as to why this must be done. The main consideration is accessibility to the average user; but remember that sectioning an article up does not remove information, just move the bulk of it into a seperate article, leaving a summary behind. Ahudson 22:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Since the article you mention says that the article should be up to 15 printed pages "treated as a guideline, and considered case by case depending on the nature of the article itself", and given the nature of the Civil War, and given the fact that the 15 page guideline doesn't include pictures and notes and lists, and given the fact that the rest fits on 20 MS Word pages with easy to read Arial size 10 font, I think the length is within reason.Jimmuldrow 21:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll put it this way: I don't think I could read the whole thing in one sitting, and I'd have to read it a few times or very slowly before I could get a good idea of the civil war itself, and understand the whole thing. Comparing myself with those I know and encounter, I'd say I have higher-than-average reading speed and comprehension, and therefore most people couldn't read this whole article at once, which is the point of a singular article. Maybe you can read it, but keep in mind you seem to know a lot about the civil war. Try thinking as if you didn't know anything about the Civil War, and maybe you'll see my point. Ahudson 18:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that War Articles should be REally Freally long and then everyon will Like War becaus ethatts good!!!!!Celsiana 16:04, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

School or institution blocking

Hello Ahudson.  :) Just wanted to confirm with you that 199.164.68.175 is blocked with the {{school block}} code, while allowing registered users to edit. Take care, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Ahudson 17:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Origami linkspam

Thanks for fighting linkspam on Origami. Unfortunately 24.85.248.99 is an obstinate spammer and added the link in a sixth time (14 edits and all to add this one link). I added a final warning to the talk page and if the link reappears I'll post a request to block the user. Of course, with an IP like that, who's to say that they'll stay down. A good spammer never quits... Fenevad 01:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

He did it again this morning, so I have requested a block on editing Origami for both his IP address and his user name. We'll see if it works. Fenevad 13:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

You might just have to block him outright.... Ahudson 16:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

His user name was blocked indefinitely, and his IP was blocked for 24 hours. I suspect we'll see him again, but not for today at least. Fenevad 16:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I'll keep an eye out for it on my watch list. Ahudson 18:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Got a new IP address and is immediately back at it. I'm not sure what can be done at this point other than reverting the linkspam. I just hope I don't run afoul of 3RR for reverting it, even though reversion of vandalism should be exempt from 3RR. I visited his site and he seems keen on keeping the link live because he uses the link from Wikipedia to promote the site... I'm not sure what to do when he just gets a new IP address and is back at it. I think he probably even means well, but when he won't engage in dialogue requested in the edit summaries I believe he isn't even looking at them... I wonder if it's kosher to put a comment in the section alerting him to the problem. Fenevad 21:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I think at this point it might be a good idea to call in an admin to help, as he appears to be sockpuppetting... I don't know what else to do. Well, we could just leave it there... one of the suggestions in WP:TROLL is to leave the edit there so the "troll" doesn't get attention and gets bored.... How does a week sound? or maybe a few months... Then again, I think we've done that before. I'll try to track down his email, maybe I can talk some sense into him in a forum where he'll actually respond... Ahudson 22:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Date Masamune

Sorry about that ... Mr Stephen 16:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

No worries. vandal fighting is a demanding process. Ahudson 16:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert. :) :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 21:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome.Ahudson 21:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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Now there is two

I know this is a year late, but I fully agree to delete Norio Torimoto. I tried to get the article deleted once, but it didn't meet the criteria needed for speedy deletion. If Torimoto is as able to fold so skillfuly as the article describes, why isn't he more known??? The article sounds only like a fishy advertisement...--Origamikid (talk) 06:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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