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Hi there. I try to do my part with Wikipedia editing once in a blue moon, and rarely have I been successful, as the super arcane rules of Wikipedia editing defy me. I get it: there are lots of rules the make the whole thing work for those dedicated enough to penetrate them, but they are quite opaque to an outsider of the community of hardcore editors. Case in point, I'd like to politely challenge the revision you made to my entry on Franz Liszt, but it's far from clear where I should leave such a comment. So I just post this here, figuring you'll see it.
Anyway, my edit, as you observed, was to tag Liszt with the category of Hungarian Composers. You seem to feel that's not necessary. But, your having deleted that link I made, Liszt doesn't show up on the overall category of Hungarian composers: Category: Hungarian composers
Why does that category page even exist if you're not going to have Liszt show up there, who is among Hungary's top five most famous composers. His omission from that page is conspicuous. If he doesn't belong on that page, I'd posit that page doesn't belong on Wikipedia.
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Prior to my edit, the article stated that President Woodruff "officially terminated" the practice of polygamy. That is not true, as a mere inspection of Official Declaration No. 1 makes clear. He prohibited polygamy only if it was "forbidden by the law of land." I put that language in quotation marks because it is taken directly from the text of Official Declaration No. 1. Including that language is necessary to avoid giving a misleading summary of Official Declaration No. 1. It also demonstrates that the Mormons have no moral objection to polygamy and ceased endorsing it merely to avoid the imprisonment of their leaders and the confiscation of their property by the federal government. I know that modern-day Mormons are embarrassed by their history as a polygamous cult, but facts are facts, and it is not appropriate to say that Official Declaration No. 1 "terminated" polygamy when it did not. John Paul Parks ( talk) 15:17, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
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Pages were merged into target. Can be removed from the list-- Threeohsix ( talk) 13:04, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
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Please stop restoring warnings to my talk page, removing warnings from your own talk page is not vandalism, and this IS my talk page since this IP address IS mine, and FYI I was already blocked for 31 hours 128.61.20.111 ( talk) 01:31, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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Thank-you for the notice on my TP. I actually spent some time in RS pages looking-for some guidance about what would be considered RS for Egypt in the English-language or otherwise. The current article is not good to say the least, and I found it while browsing old article maintenance categories.
When I made that edit to the lede, there was no where else to put it yet, and the int link to his ex-wife's article was the most RS I could find. Any advice that you could give pointing to RS for Egypt area, would be a great help with this article, as I was mainly concerned against using celebrity gossip sites and blogs because there was some history for this guy, but I'm leery of the sources. Also- someone used youtube in another language as an article ref for the bloviated and article-killer "charity works section. I'd like to delete that entire section, but I need better refs to fix the article or it won't even be a stub. 50.182.180.55 ( talk) 15:52, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
From where did you get the unique construct "Not everything belongs in an Infobox: third and fourth generation descendants included."? The descriptor for the inclusion of Relatives in an Infobox is "Names of siblings or other relatives; include only if independently notable or particularly relevant.". The so-called 4th gen relative was commanding General of the U.S. Army in Europe, a Professor and Graduate of West Point and has his own WP entry. The third generation, his father, is suffering from some disambiguation exigencies at the moment, but is notable in his own right, and will have that issue sorted out once we resolve how to disambiguate 4 relatives with the same name. I have added Monty's other son, John Rodgers Meigs who was every bit as notable as his sibling Montgomery C. Meigs, Jr. who is listed in the Infobox. The proposed additions were all career military commissioned officers as was Montgomery C. Meigs (2 of whom died in the service to their country, and one of which was buried in Arlington National Cemetary that his father created). I will add back the other notable relatives unless you have a reasonable rationale. Thanks. NotaBene 00:45, 10 February 2016 (UTC) [Discussion Moved/transcribed to article Talk Page.
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Please take a look at Talk:Pekmez. I got to the discussion a bit late, but.... -- Macrakis ( talk) 04:10, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi! I saw that you closed the discussed to merger Myoui Mina into Twice (band). I have completed the merger procedures. Do I have to go anywhere to notate that the merger is complete or am I all done? Katzenlibrary ( talk) 19:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
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Just thought I'd try and clear the backlog of requests that had built up: I know it's time-consuming and the burden shouldn't fall on you alone. Hopefully I haven't screwed anything up badly - you might want to look over it and check everything's been moved to the right section, polish up the wording and stuff, but I think everything's in process or been completed where appropriate apart from the request where you were directly pinged to close off. Richard3120 ( talk) 02:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC) Richard3120 ( talk) 02:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
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Okay, I apologize for being so brusk. There's just not a lot of Mohawk language stuff on the Web. I found a couple:
Cite added from Beauchamp. Peter Flass ( talk) 15:16, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
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There is more than one Maple Park Cemetery in Missouri. Finding Davis Tutt's grave in the cemetery which it's in took some time. Your deletion removed verifiable information from Wikipedia, which is a characteristic of vandalism. I can see that you're not going to revert your "correction," so how about putting the link in an External Links section as you suggested, or doing a <ref> ... </ref>? I leave it up to you. - 173.28.93.51 ( talk) 23:49, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hello and thank you for your message. Regarding my efforts on the John Sevier article, all I was trying to do, was a translation of the Article to the Greek language with a view to make it available to Greek speaking people. Obviously, I was doing it all wrong, but vandalization would be a harsh word in my case. Anyway, I figured it out and I’ve started translating the Article in el.wikipedia.com. Kind regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madmarga ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi. Listen; The revert has a negative on it, which means that it shouldn't of happened. The abbreviation and "AKA" for Freerunning is FR. I added both if one didn't satisfy anyone. I ask that you please accept my revision. - Gavin Sch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gavin Sch ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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Is there actually a written rule about this? However many rules may exist, they all have exceptions. See, it is perfectly OK to start a sentence with "however". Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 08:42, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
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If article is not overlinked, then why does Cleanup message with specific note about overlinking appear at the top of the page? Does this message need to be edited/removed? Additionally, there are multiple cases where topics are linked multiple times throughout the article. Please clarify. TastefullyDeclined ( talk) 20:30, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
I`m the fist to admit I know nothing about editing an article here or wish to do it..I have tried on several occasions to allow information about what is probably the only valid research being done regarding this topic at least into the talk section which is constantly deleted namely the research being done regarding the possibility that the colony relocated across what was then a section of swamp to high ground...artifacts have been found there...if anyone who is suppressing this would bother to read the information they would learn the Lost Colony Center for Research is a non profit...i have nothing to do with them or the literature which has been produced. Their website was originally listed in the article but not cited in any way...I could have gone about this differently but all I am trying to do is get to the truth...why can`t someone...anyone who is more qualified then me read the abundant information available at http://www.lost-colonly.com and at least address the issues. 99.124.220.68 ( talk) 17:54, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
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Per your message below, I changed your reference on the Spoetzl Brewery page because it is inaccurate, just as it is in the source you cite, the Official Texas Handbook. The original beer from the Shiner Brewing Association was not a Lenten beer, but a German-style Pilsner, brewed year round. The "Lenten" reference refers to Shiner Bock, which was not produced until 1913. Technically it was a seasonal beer, not specifically a Lenten beer, but that is splitting hairs and, while not entirely accurate, isn't inaccurate either. Traditionally German Bock beers were only brewed in spring, around Lent, and that has become a very common perception. but in fact, Shiner Bock is more accurately classified an American Dark Lager than a true Bock, according to many sources including the Brewers Association ( http://shiner.com/shiner_news/index.php?p=43, http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style04.php http://www.beertutor.com/styles/lager_styles.shtml).
Regarding the specific line in question, I'm likely the most reliable source you need - I work for the brewery and have for many years. But I know that probably isn't sufficient, so you can also refer to Shine On (the official history of the brewery (written by Mike Renfro, Bright Sky Press, 2008. Specific references about the original Shiner brew, called "Premium" and also "Texas Special" can be found on pages 18, 36 and 38. References to Shiner Bock coming along after the brewery had been around a few years - and so not the "original" beer, can also be found in the book as well as many other sources ( http://www.beerinfo.com/index.php/pages/ShinerBock.html, http://www.texasbreweries.com/shiner.htm, http://www.wideopencountry.com/18-things-about-shiner-beer/).
Since this involves deleting information, rather than adding it, it isn't clear how a citation would work.
Thank you, Eric Webber Spoetzl Brewery
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No problem with your revert, - I should perhaps have said that the "event" IB was added following this discussion. Without it, the article looks like an article on the person, no? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:33, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
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Please stop removing my hard work, I have worked for almost 3 days now to find this picture of my great great grandfather Jack Helm, I think it is very disrespectful what you are doing. Please stop. Thank you. -Martha — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikipediaHelper123 ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
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In answer to your question: While the word "Tavernier" appears a number of times in the article, (although I did not count thirty-three), many of these refer to Jean-Baptiste. There is a link to "Tavernier Blue" in the "India" section, and a second in the "Smithsonian" section under the phrase "French Blue". There are also links to "walnut", "Associated Press", and "earth" but they do not appear to have as direct a connection with the stone in question. That is why "Tavernier Blue" was added to See Also. (In as much as you had earlier proposed merging the two articles, I am somewhat surprised you should take exception to its being listed in See Also.) Mannanan51 ( talk) 00:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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Please perform the merge operation. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga ( talk • mail) 02:30, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
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Re your revert of my edit, befallen is not only correct, it is in fact what the NYT wrote, as per the PDF of the original article on their website:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9505E0DE1E3EE033A2575AC0A9649C946096D6CF
I am therefore restoring befallen. Cheers, Awien ( talk) 02:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Thnak you for the barnstar and your generous comment – I am flattered, but if I deserve a barnstar, you deserve about a hundred for the hard work of maintaining WP:PM pretty much by yourself for several years.
I think it's got to the stage where things are under control: the current backlog has been cleared or is at least awaiting discussion and consensus, and new requests can be checked on a monthly basis as there aren't too many of them. I might have a look through the stale requests in the "All articles tagged for merging" section at the bottom of the page, and see if any of them have been revived or dealt with. Thanks again. Richard3120 ( talk) 21:36, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there! A while ago you reviewed Saltes Island, a page I had machine-translated from ptwiki and left in a bad state for some time. After I and some other users have cleaned up the page I've removed most of your tags, but {{ inline}} is one that always trips me up because it's not really clear what the tagger is asking for, or any standards as to how many inline tags is enough. I think the article is reasonably well referenced now and has inline refs exclusively, so I wonder if you'd take another look and clear the tag if you think the issue is resolved. Cheers. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 15:38, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
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Please do not make changes to President of the United States articles without there first being a discussion and a consensus to do so. I understand what you're saying, and you may be some-what, even mostly correct here; however, changing numerous article titles and scores of article links without consulting others is disruptive. There needs to be a general "articles-for-renaming" discussion and notice of that discussion needs to be put on each involved article's talk page. Have I missed such a conversation? If so, please point me to it, and please put links to it on the various article talk pages. I read the note you left on my talk page, and hope this helps you to better understand why I reverted several of your moves earlier. Kind regards. Drdpw ( talk) 21:42, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
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I recently made an edit to fix the main chart on the Historical Rankings of the Presidents of the United States page. Specifically, I noticed that, if the chart is organized by the last column, it would show what looked to me to be a mess, with numbers repeated and randomly skipped over, not even organized in a way it would be organized if the different entries were tied, so I have no clue how these numbers were reached. To make the data look like it was not a mess, I added up the information in the first fourteen columns and then divided it by the number of columns that row had data for (as not all rows had fourteen data points) to get the average number. Then I organized the numbers into ascending order and labeled the results one through forty-three respectively. With this, I made the final column of the chart reflect the information on the rest of the chart.
Not long after I had made this edit, I received a message saying that the edit had been reverted by you, stating that my edit appeared non-constructive and might have been vandalism. I apologize if I did something wrong, but as stated above my only intention in the edit was making it so the data on the chart did not look seemingly meaningless and instead reflected the actual data. If my edit was reverted because the purpose of my edit seemed meaningless and was reverted out of caution, I apologize for not making my intentions clear with my edit, and if possible, now that you know my intentions for the edit, can you undue the reversion so that the chart can be reflect the fixes I made? If it was not that, but I edited it in the wrong way or some other mistake like that, I apologize, but ask that, if not you, then someone take a look at the chart and consider making adjustments to the last column. If necessary, I still have the math I ran pulled up on my computer and I can send it to you if necessary.
Again, sorry if I did something wrong, and thank you for your time.
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Issue 20, November-December 2016
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