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thankyou for clearing up a previous question of mine the reason i did this was to get a laugh with a friend but what i wrote was against the rules thankyou for clearing this up. 58.170.37.145 ( talk) 10:24, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks for finding the missing > in Francesca LeBrun! It took me a long time. Ganellia ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:30, 20 November 2010 (UTC).
I notice that you changed the edit I made years ago. I watched the Timewatch programme and I remember what I heard and saw because the descriptions of depravity and cruelty have lasted with me for a long time. I notice that you react without hesitation to a person who purports to be from the New Mexico State police because they object to something that does not make their organisation look good. Who are they? Where are their credentials? They show their own POV i.e. they don't like it and you go along with it. The police sat back and let the evil men carve up the weak and vulnerable. The guy who made these assertions on the programme had to wipe tears from his eye because of guilt. A version of what happened is all here... in this book (bottom of page 100). The state police could see the inmates inside but did not act. The ex sniper was just telling it how it was. And you deleted it. Took me all of a minute to find the evidence to support what I heard even though I cannot find the exact link to show.
And you deleted it because someone (with a purported authority) didn't like what it implies. The alleged ex cop also admits they were only there after the fact? How did they know? They don't? And you don't? Because it's quite clear they carved people up with blowtorches there are even academic articles on the subject.
I have no need for self importance to be an editor, a big cheese etc all I am interested in is information. You should take this an edifying experience. I have proven my case but do you have the balls to change/revert my edit? Don't worry I won't because I take no pleasure from this, it's not about feeling superior it's about being right. I have verified that someone saw the incidents and that person who I know to be a State trooper said it all in an interview on a TV show back in the 90s. The person who doesn't like it should prove now how that is wrong! Besides considering the entire prison was surrounded by the police (or even the National Guard), who else is likely to been watching the cell blocks intently except the authorities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.77.90 ( talk) 01:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Cardiac output ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) I might be a little lost now as this seems to have something to do with grammar school and not Cardiac output. I only intended to delete the current version of flotrac and replace it with an updated version of which I have only been able to see a portion therefore I am not sure that occurred . I would love an editor to look at my article and offer suggestions . this is my first attempt. sincerely WMcGee ( talk) 20:55, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
What you provided at the Tahash talk page is what I wish I had known at the beginning, but I'm new to Wiki. Your help is really appreciated. I'm simply going to "plagerize" the work you did, just to get the great-looking table you constructed onto the article page. Then I'll study the method. To answer your speculation, I'm not aware that I used the enlarge feature during the Egyptian edits, unless the fact that I enlarged the page in a different place and at a different time (to make sure I got the Arabic characters that matched those provided at the English-Arabic dictionary) is the cause.
Just a few moments ago, after checking out your comment on the talk page and going back to the article, I noticed that the sample image of the indigo dye in the Addax section was much larger (the frame was not). It's a distinct improvement, but no entry for it appears in "view history". Any idea what did it? I haven't been using the enlarge function today. It just occurred to me that the 24-hour wait might apply, allowing whatever glitch that causes these things to revert back. I think now that if I'd left the original misalignment alone that it would have resolved itself later (and saved me a headache), just as my attempt to shorten the lengthened line later resulted in a short misalignment that I had to "undo". Appreciate your support! -- Michael Paul Heart ( talk) 23:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I think there were some flaws in your 25 November edit here which I have amended and would like you to check, please. Cheers, Bjenks ( talk) 14:27, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
wow, thank you, that's what I have searched :).-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:19, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello John, could you take look at Village cricket please. Particularly the insertion of the word 'cement'. This appears to be vandalism that would be easy to fix. However the whole tenor of the article relates to 'village cricket in England', and the person who is altering this page seems to have an agenda to write an article on 'village cricket in India', to which I have no objection. But I think it needs an article of its own if he proceeds. And perhaps a User Id if he wants to be a serious contributer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack Greenmaven ( talk • contribs) 03:15, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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Please know that I was not clear at the helpdesk. It was bad faith because I changed my mind to the thought that it was bad before I saved the page. Us441( talk)( contribs)
That is indeed what I was looking for; and I'd bailed from the Wizard after 3 or 4 steps of apparent (for my q) non-helpfulness, so hadn't seen it. I grovel in gratitude. AnnaHaynes ( talk) 21:06, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Dear John:
I appreciate that you cannot accept original research, and I don't really care that my paragraph about the issue of the proper translation of the title of Chretien's Yvain and its implications for interpretation is not acceptable, but what I said about the translation itself is not original research, it is a fact. Every other translator I know, except for Burton Raffel, rightly translates "au" as "with" (check William Kibler, Ruth Harwood Cline, even the old W.W. Comfort). If Chretien had wanted it to be "of," he would have used "du." This is a distinction that was true in Old French and is still true today, as any Frenchman would affirm. Every medieval French scholar and Arthurian is aware of the proper translation of "au" in this context, so much so that nobody has needed to write about it. Nevertheless, every time Wikipedia translates the title as The Knight of the Lion, both in the article on the romance and in the article on Chretien de Troyes, it is perpetuating an error.
Thank you. Alanbaragona ( talk) 17:35, 21 December 2010 (UTC) Professor of English and Fine Arts VMI
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For your work on the help desks ColinFine ( talk) 19:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC) |
You advised me to be bold with the Leigh-on-Sea article. I removed the sentences that I considered dubious, and suggested where to look for evidence that might enable their restoration. I focused on Leigh-on-Sea because when I started editing WP I used places I lived in for practice. I persisted, because I find doing this can be very instructive. I have done what I want with Leigh-on-Sea. I put some suggestions in the Southend-on-Sea discussion, and may follow up when material from the local museum reaches me by email, if I am still a WP editor.
I comment here on three of the many articles I have looked at:
1. The Peter Demos article does not consist of well formed English sentences and is unclear. I cannot make out what it means well enough to correct the grammar.
2. The Scientific citation article is very misleading (I put comments in Discussion and other discussants are critical) I think it should be flagged accordingly (but I do not know if there is a template for this) or deleted (there is a WP article with a similar name but "for beginners" that is excellent)
3. The Crystal growth article likewise.
I think I did a useful job with J. B. Gunn. However, I have wasted considerable time on the Royal Radar Establishment article because an administrator moved out names of several people who were described as "eminent" in a paper in a Royal Society publication, because I did not demonstrate notability for them. If notability is made a requirement for someone to be mentioned it is unrealistic for me to spend more time on WP. Michael P. Barnett ( talk) 02:04, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! I am Brazilian and I need of you to correct my translation edits, because you are from an english speaking-country, please help me in the Same-sex adoption in Brazil, Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil, LGBT rights in Brazil, Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil, Age of consent in Brazil, Prejudice in the Brazilian LGBT community, and Criminalization of homophobia in Brazil. 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you! (I would never have spotted that.) Pdfpdf ( talk) 07:17, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm the idiot who forgot about the case-sensitive thing with the Glen MacDonough article. Thank you so much. Happy New Year! 93.42.12.29 ( talk) 09:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you, too. I'm afraid the wikibreak was so enjoyable I'm having a hard time coming back. Still very busy at work as well. -_ LilHelpa ( talk) 12:39, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind cleaning up the Alexandra Powers article. I added a reference and messed up. Thanks! Neptunekh2 ( talk) 15:41, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for improving this damn template :D. I give you this barnstar:
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For improving the template Template:Infobox Masters of Russian Animation ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:00, 29 December 2010 (UTC) |
No luck, I'm afraid, but thanks for trying. I'm now using 'Simple' but with exactly the same effect. I don't really want to delete all cookies but it looks like that's the only option left. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 20:51, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
I posted this at the editor help but did not know if you get notice of those. Thanks.
Hi, I was wondering if you could change all these links to "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"? The few I did i used an edit summary of "per DVD boxset" Thanks, CTJF83 chat 20:54, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
2011 All Rights Reserved - 4to40.com same as User:Atuldeokarpatil/Inamgaon. Just though you should know. Moxy ( talk) 09:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
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for excellent work on the Help desk and the New contributors' help page -- PhantomSteve.alt/ talk\ alternative account of Phantomsteve 11:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC) |
Well, you know my email so can I communicate you or any admin by email? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.210.252.236 ( talk) 22:23, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your referral to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SYMUD
I've moved my article to the title I wanted but when I do a Google search, the results turn up the original User:Rittenhoused/Philip N. Diehl see http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=philip+n.+diehl+wikipedia&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 ] instead of the new title: Philip N. Diehl. Of course, this is not the appearance I want.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
Rittenhoused ( talk) 15:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
...but would you like reviewer status? I've glanced through your contribs, and you seem quite qualified, and there's no reason you need pending revision review for stuff like this. :D If you don't mind, let me know, and I'll just toggle the switch. If for some reason you'd prefer not (or don't qualify) just let me know. Or don't answer. :) I won't be presumptive and flip the switch if you don't want it. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Great! So if there's nothing pending, your review should be automatically accepted (I would guess). If there is something pending, it'll still get review. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Your edit summary is not clear whether or not you want someone to accept or reject this change. [1] Are you planning to revert yourself? The review just popped up, so it may be resolved even before I post this, but a note in your edit summary might be useful. -- Kleopatra ( talk) 21:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
No problem, but hasn't Template:astray been changed so that it doesn't any longer need to be subst'ed? - David Biddulph ( talk) 12:53, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
hello,
please read this section. You could help me. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:35, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Brazilian people love U.S. citizens. Many flights from TX, CA, FL, NY, and GE to Brazil exists. You are very welcome. In FEBRUARY, in the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil will be aproved the *SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN BRAZIL* ( [2]), and the pages LGBT rights in Brazil and Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil need of you. Because will generate a heavy traffic on these pages, and we need you to help in the English spelling of these pages, you understand me? Please help me. Hentzer ( talk) 23:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear John,
(I have wanted to start a missive like that for a long time - just to see what it feels like.)
Thank you. Thank you for making me feel so welcome, for taking the time to write me a short direct useful non-bot note.
I, too, would give you a medal - were I entitled to do so here on Wikipedia.
Thanks, too, for the external link. Looks fascinating, though I am not sure how many chess cells are left in my brain.
And, thanks, thrice for the fascinating introduction to Steven, John of Reading - who, apparently, has continued to be so influential for the past 7 or so centuries that you have titled yourself after him and, still, there are so many devotees that you have not felt impelled to put your well-skilled editing hand to the Wikipedia article about him.
And, finally, sorry to take up so much space here and time in your life, leading nowhere but to this fountain of thanks.
Steven — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blumrosen ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
It's been there for over a year now. It doesn't attract much comment.© Geni 18:16, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, John,
I imagine you're finding plenty to do, but I ran across 600+ errors of "was build " -> "was built " and thought of you. I think it is worth adding to AWB and I'm sure you could do that easier than I could. It is mostly in English as second language articles, but not exclusively. I have done almost 300 instances and found very few false positives (mostly stuff like "was in build number 42 of the software that incorporated..." though you do need to include a trailingspace: "build " in order to avoid "he was building" being changed to "he was builting". If you want to get a feel for it, work backwards from "Z" on the sort. There seems to be some work in "was rebuild" as well, but I haven't gone there yet. Same with the other verb tenses of both.
Best regards. Hope you are well and happy. -- LilHelpa ( talk) 17:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
John, re
this edit - please note that since the sole function of is to categorise the article, it should go among (or after) the categories, just in case there is a {{DEFAULTSORT:}}
in operation. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 17:37, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
{{
stationyears}}
template. I have just verified this using a copy of
Clubmoor railway station in
my sandbox.{{
stationyears}}
are Not a Good Thing. Should I raise a
WP:TFD? --
Redrose64 (
talk) 21:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
{{
stationyears}}
and move on to your next task... --
John of Reading (
talk) 21:30, 30 January 2011 (UTC)I'm sorry, the main article Paris By Night don't have any picture. The "episode" articles , for example : Paris By Night 66, Paris By Night 99, Paris By Night Divas, ... is having problem in some articles, few of them , for example Paris By Night 80, Paris By Night 100 don't have the problem with the picture, I don't know why. Memberofc1 ( talk) 11:18, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind doing a copy edit of Arkansas Militia in the Civil War. Being from Arkansas, I think I qualify as an "English as a Second Language" contributor! Aleutian06 22:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
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I award you the Great Arkansas Barnstar for you copyediting of Arkansas Militia in the Civil War, Thanks! Aleutian06 14:25, 2 February 2011 (UTC) |
Well the name 'Republic of Macedonia' is illegal, since it is refered by NATO,UN and Europe as FYROM(former yugoslavian republic of macedonia). Wouldn't this mean you are breaking international laws and not respecting the rights of the Greeks, since the refognised name Macedonia refers to the region in greece? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.201.171 ( talk) 21:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Under Spin Offs
In the documentary "The Stuart House Recordings" one of the now vanished inhabitants Miyuki Isihikawa, the infamous serial murderer is discovered to have lived in Himuro Manison prior to moving to Stuart House in southren Louisana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragon82aa ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 3 February 2011
Alright, thank you for being polite and prompt. :) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Dragon82aa (
talk •
contribs) 16:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Justin Evans and "Saturday Night Special" --
Hi -- I am trying to warn you that this entry is a selfpromotional by the same individual. And the awards the film has "won" have been received in a film festival created by the film's author. I am unfamiliar with the process here, but I'm a filmmaker who was taken by this scam. Please, check it out and clean the entry -- thank you. Mig ( talk) 05:56, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
I dont want deletion Portal:Hamlet Isakhanli
Please help me If you can... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunel Mustafayeva ( talk • contribs) 10:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
I understand... We will do many articles in english.... Can you give us time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunel Mustafayeva ( talk • contribs) 11:09, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi John, can you please help me out with my first article? It' s called IANOS and I have asked for feedback but have received nothing yet. How long do you usually have to wait and who will remove this notice at the top that says that it's an unreviewed artcle? editing in wikipedia is sooo not easy :-( many thanks! Nasialag ( talk) 13:54, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
ok cheers!
Nasialag (
talk) 14:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there any way to eliminate the large space in this article? It is presently beyond my capability. Thanks for any help in advance. Mugginsx ( talk) 14:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi John,
Thank you for your prompt review of our question earlier today (Intense Technologies Limited).
Per you, I revisited your guidelines on posting articles. Ours is a new setup after entities changed. We are still in the process of making that "giant leap" into markets. You'd, therefore, appreciate that we may not have too many references of third party sites to talk about us yet.
However, we'd still want to be on Wiki given the following it enjoys amongst our clientele and prospects. We can ill-afford staying away from this circuit at this point.
Hence, need all your help in suggesting alternatives.
```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Intense Technology ( talk • contribs) 09:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I saw your posting at Requests for Feedback and took a look at the article. I'm responding here, because if I post on RFF, it might discourage some other editors from looking as well. Really a problem child here, perhaps more for attitude than the article itself. I will try reformatting some of the references. Then maybe I will read them if I can. The "TTB" wikilink leads to nowhere. The See also is not in a section. The tone is largely promotional. Yet there might be sufficient notability for a properly written article. The article needs to be tagged about these issues. On COI, WP:COI doesn't require disclosure. Personally I wish it did. Maybe there's another guidance page that does. Tkotc ( talk) 03:47, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
John
Would you copyedit Arkansas Militia and the War with Mexico when you have a minute, Thanks! Aleutian06 ( talk) 22:07, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi John! I was searching for information about physiscs behind EDM and reading wikipedia page I found that you contributed a lot there. I also have seen that one of the references that i was looking for was listed, the Thesis of Frans Van Dijck. Is it possible for you to send me a copy of that work? If you can help me, please send me an email: details removed. I am working on a PHd on the subject and that reference is really important to me.
Thanks in advance. Golsouza —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.128.7.66 ( talk) 18:40, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Well, Sorry John! I made a mistake when searching for information on wikipedia, but I think maybe you can help me. I'm searching for the Thesis of Frans Van Dijck on EDM and I saw that this work is the 15th reference of the EDM article of wikipedia. How can I find the person that wrote that part of the text (section: Material removal mechanism)? Maybe the one that inserted that reference in the text can send me a copy of the work of Van Dijck. Thanks! Golsouza —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.128.7.66 ( talk) 21:23, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Great! Thanks for your help John! I already have an account and I will try to contact Cemaf. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golsouza ( talk • contribs) 02:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I was fixing a bunch of 'lead' -> 'led' when I saw that you were doing the same thing. You may be surprised that only today, after 85,000+ edits, I requested approval to use AWB. This was before I saw that you were hot on the trail of the same quarry. I would like to thank you in advance for your subpage 'Typo fixing with AutoWikiBrowser', which will undoubtedly save me much time and many missteps as I start to use AWB. However, I was left wondering how you found some of the incorrect uses of 'lead'. I have been searching for phrases such as "she lead her" that have few false positives. If you are just doing a brute-force search for 'lead', more power to you! If you would like to exchange tricks and information, I'm in favor of that, too. I have been grinding away at 'this lead to', and have nearly 400 left to fix, so the idea of using AWB really started to take hold today. Happy editing! Chris the speller ( talk) 00:49, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
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I watchlisted one of the help pages recently, and I could see John of Reading's name pop up very frequently. This is for all the work you do! Yes Michael? • Talk 17:11, 14 March 2011 (UTC) |
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am the user of DDishtv in Mongolia and I wondered if there is Korean channel instead of BBC world news.
So I changed the channel list after checking my current channel list. I also checked their website on www.ddishtv.mn about channels.
I thank you for your support, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.96.114 ( talk) 02:20, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you put a block on User: 182.173.246.31 ? This I.P. address continues to advertise on the article of Ludington, Michigan. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell talk 18:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Whoops!I though that edit made by an IP address was vandalism.I though he was making jokes on the article but it was constructive.-- Damirgraffiti ( talk) 15:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits on Karma in Hinduism. I started that article because many people believe in the Buddhist view of karma which does not involved the role of God. Hindus believe that we are responsible for generating our good/bad karma but God ultimately is the One who is responsible for dispensing karma. Buddhists, on the other hand, believe that karma is like the law of gravity which does not require God. God bless. Raj2004 ( talk) 02:03, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your message about the external link in heat map section. iMapbuilder is a software product which can be used to create heat maps -- as a matter of fact, many of our users including users from school and corporations, have already used iMapBuilder to create heat maps for their different projects.
There are different types of heat maps, the particular type of heat map iMapBuilder creates is very useful for data visualization purpose. It provides an useful tool for users who need to create this type of heat map. Therefore it is not off topic for the related link to be posted on this page.
If required, we can provide samples of heat maps created for your reference. We believe including this link can help many users to find a tool which are suitable for their usage. It is definitely not a spam.
Maybe it would be more appropriate to modify the link to point directly to a heat map sample on the website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.198.150.93 ( talk) 05:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
John, many thanks to you for your many constructive helps! I am right now in process of gathering more published articles about that biography that I can refer to. pishoo ( talk) 20:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)pishoo pishoo ( talk) 20:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
[3] Chzz ► 16:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, the new coding works perfectly!
Is there anything else that you think I need to do to it, before I release it into the wild? I'm fairly new at template creation. -- Trappedinburnley ( talk) 18:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Do you think that Template:Collapsible table is the correct name for it?-- Trappedinburnley ( talk) 19:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Just don't want to fall fowl of the naming police :-) Thanks for your help. One last thing I wanted to put
on it, but am unsure how, do you think it's worth the effort? -- Trappedinburnley ( talk) 19:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Will do, or should I say won't do. Thanks again -- Trappedinburnley ( talk) 20:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Uh Oh, can I bring your attention to Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:Collapsible table, your input would be appreciated. -- Trappedinburnley ( talk) 16:01, 28 March 2011 (UTC)