User talk:Soffredo/Archive 2013

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File source problem with File:MKAGPDX Japan track.png

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I've updated the file with the required information. Soffredo (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

CoroCoro Comic March 2013

Please stop adding content regarding this issue to Wikipedia. It will not be available in Japan for another 24 hours. As such, Wikipedia cannot report on Pokémon Scramble U, any updated name to ExtremeSpeed Genesect, or Ninfia. So please, stop posting this information on Wikipedia.—Ryulong (琉竜) 04:16, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

March 2013

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talkback

Hello, Soffredo. You have new messages at Talk:2013 North Korean crisis#The Philippines.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:The Legend of Zelda chronology

Template:The Legend of Zelda chronology has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 15:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: Non-free content

I have reverted your edits. Per the guidelines and policies for non-free content, non-free images must not be used for a purely decorative purpose, plus they may only be used on multiple articles when there is a separate rationale for each page that shows why it complies with the non-free content criteria. As such, these images may not be used in that context.

Thank you, ViperSnake151  Talk  00:26, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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2013 Korean crisis

I removed your split template for 2013 North Korean missile tests, since there's no consensus for such a move and I don't feel like they're notable (I've been in Asia, and nobody really cares). If you want, can you take it (and the status/date of the end of the crisis as well) to the talk page? I don't have a lot of time at the moment, so I'd prefer not to start it. Thanks, Ansh666 03:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Please come here to discuss 2013 Korean crisis edits

Could you visit Talk:2013 Korean crisis#Stop edit warring - please come here to discuss! and make clear why you believe the crisis is over and why the end date is May 7? Thanks, Ansh666 03:40, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Template:Upcoming game

Hey. I redirected the above template to Template:Crystal, as any kind of "upcoming XYZ" template has been deprecated years ago. See the Request for Comment at Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion/Deprecating_"Future"_templates for more details. If you don't mind, I'll go ahead and revert the addition of the template to the articles. --Conti|✉ 00:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Peggle 2

It is best to avoid creating new articles when the only detail is that it was announced. There may be more about Peggle 2 over this week, but for all we know, its coming, and that can be summarized in the Peggle article. --MASEM (t) 03:12, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Upcoming game

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Upcoming game

These types of templates were deprecated and deleted per a discussion. Consensus indicates that these are merely disclaimers, which we do not allow in articles. ViperSnake151  Talk  03:41, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

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June 2013

Your recent editing history at Book of Revelation shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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I've created a section on the talk page as seen here. Soffredo (talk) 16:31, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Wounded knee incident

With regards to the revert I made to the Wounded Knee incident - good to see I'm not the only one who reverted this in error as you did with this edit. Mistakes happen from time to time - one of those things. Thanks for catching and correcting it. Fraggle81 (talk) 00:38, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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Do I really have to thank myself? [Soffredo] 17:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Absolutely, but we can do it, too. Thanks for the new user box. Parkwells (talk) 18:01, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

^Ditto :) Yster76 (talk) 20:03, 2 July 2013(UTC)

DYK nomination of Suruga Province

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Something that might interest you

2013 North Korean cargo ship confrontation in Panama - it's breaking news, and I can't find anything to expand on, leaving ugly one-sentence sections. I tried to reorganize it to look like 2013 South Korea cyberattack, but it was unfortunately reverted. If there's anything you can do to help, it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ansh666 02:19, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Feedback needed

with regard to my proposal to change slightly current article title; 2013 North Korean cargo ship confrontation in Panama. There has been activity on the Korea pages since I posted on the relevant talk page. It may be due to your own RL pressures. I have contributed to the present "Crisis" series, and contributed to the Future Korean War shutcown debate, so I have an informed view.Please post on the relevant talk page. I will be watching. Cheers Irondome (talk) 02:17, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

your sig

Heya Soffredo, I saw your new signature and was wondering if you forgot to add at least one link to your user/talk page. Right now (or at least the last version I saw it) it was just your name without a link to your user/talk page. Regards, — -dainomite   03:57, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me this. I guess I'll have to fix my signature right now. [Soffredo] 14:10, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

New signature --> [Soffredo] 19:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Heya Soffredo, if you want here's a better way to format your signature without using <nowiki>. Basically it just replaces brackets with their unicode variant which basically tells wikipedia to just display the brackets and nothing else. It will display the exact same way though. If you copy the code line below be sure to remove the . between the & and # symbols.

• My reformatted version (code) = '''<span style="color:#4169E1;"><big>[[User talk:Soffredo|&.#91;]]</big>[[User:Soffredo|Soffredo]]<big>[[User talk:Soffredo|&.#93;]]</big></span>'''
• My reformatted version (visual) = [Soffredo]

If you ever want/need help with signature stuff feel free to ask, I enjoy this sort of stuff lol. Anywho, Cheers. — -dainomite   19:00, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013

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Chelyabinsk meteorite

Heh! Thanks for adding the extra reference.

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Conspiracy theory

Instead of continuing your edit war, please join me in the talk page discussion that you should have started: Talk:2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami#Conspiracy_theory --Golbez (talk) 21:03, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

For making the right decision in 2004 Indian ocean tsunami. I hope you continue to make such choices, be open to discussion and try to always take the high road! Sincerely, Ugog Nizdast (talk) 18:23, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

August 2013

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Gray

Regarding this edit, why do you believe it is useful to highlight the word "gray" in the color gray? No reader is going confuse gray with another color. It doesn't serve any purpose other than aesthetics. Also, the Manual of Style discourages manually colored text. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:43, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Alright. It's only purpose was for aesthetics. You can keep it black if you want to. [Soffredo] 03:47, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Changed it back to black. Thank you for understanding. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:55, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

September 2013

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Current event tag

I thought the current event template is for articles that get changed constantly because of a current event. It has been 2 hours now and the article has had no edits other than your insertion of the template and my removal and your insertion back. Two hours is definitely too long. Georgia guy (talk) 17:54, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:New Super Luigi U box art.png)

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September 2013

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Please stop labeling Cook Islands and Niue as sovereign states. As you are well aware, there has been extensive discussion about this, and the consensus is that calling Cook Islands and Niue "sovereign" is contentions. As per WP:DUE, we need to accurately reflect what sources say, and there is certainly no consensus amount sources on this matter. If you disagree, then start a discussion on the talk page. But further edit warring against WP:CONSENSUS will likely result in you being blocked from editing. TDL (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for The Fox (song)

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Government shutdown

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Same-sex marriage in the United States Enactment of marriage laws (table)

Hello, I noticed you for some reason labeled California the 6th state not the second. This is chronologically inaccurate in every aspect as CA was the second state to legalize SSM. What happened afterwards did not make In re Marriage Cases go away. It was unconstitutionally suppressed due to Prop 8 and the time involved in litigation, but that does not change the fact that it was the 2nd state to perform SSM. I have re-numbered the table to accurately represent CA as #2, with a - to represent the line referring to the Perry case. Please do not revert my fix. Thanks! (Please direct all responses to Talk:Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#California_2nd_not_6th) Thegreyanomaly (talk) 23:28, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Niue and the Cook Islands in the Infobox of Elizabeth II

Please see my comment here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizabeth_II#Niue_and_the_Cook_Islands_in_the_Infobox Gerard von Hebel (talk) 23:09, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013

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November 2013

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National Christmas Tree edits to lead

Why do you believe it's critical information to revise the lead of National Christmas Tree to include minor information about the states, D.C., territories and commonwealth trees? I doubt it is. The lead contains general information, and the information you've added is far too narrow. Additionally, the way you added the information is not grammatically correct, as numbers that start sentences must be spelled out. The article uses a style in which numbers between zero and nine are spelled out rather than listed numberically. - Tim1965 (talk) 17:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)