Contents [hide] 1 About Me 2 A matter of good and evil 3 Dumping poop 4 Words of wisdom from our leader 5 Barnstar 6 Areas of Focus 7 More... 8 Userified articles 9 References
About Me
This user lives in the state of New Jersey.
I have a particular interest in local area and New Jersey governmental topics. I have been gathering information about New Jersey and its municipalities, and I am looking to create a structure to load expanded information into pages for all of New Jersey's 566 municipalities, as well as consolidating other encyclopedic information about New Jersey.
A matter of good and evil We all have our pluses and minuses, both in real life and in Wikipedia. The problem is that most admins treat people on a binary basis -- you are either good or you are evil -- failing to recognize the positives in the people they deem evil and failing to see the negatives of the people they have judged good. The goal ought to be to seek ways to maximize the positive from each editor. Wikipedia:Blocking policy's mandate is that blocks are intended "to protect the project from harm, and reduce likely future problems", an approach that might have some success with vandals. The unfortunate reality is that blocks to experienced editors end up being punitive. They are applied in an "all your edits are bad" approach that fails to solve the issue at hand and only ends up creating more problems than they seek to solve. The real problem is finding admins who have the common sense needed to apply blocks that push people from areas where there are challenges to areas where they genuinely benefit this project.
Dumping poop Between Huggle and AWB -- and I use both -- we have turned so much of Wikipedia editing into a mindless game in which undoing the addition of the word "poop" counts as progress. Spending even a few minutes on Huggle, let alone an hour, it's clear that the vast majority of IP editors have no interest whatsoever in improving this encyclopedia. By allowing these vandalism reversions to count towards building a high score, we encourage our most productive editors to accomplish almost absolutely nothing, in terms of forward progress. The encyclopedia isn't better, it's just less bad. With even the flimsiest registration process, we could get rid of most of our vandals and free up huge amounts of time from people who really want to do work to help. Our top five editors have 1 million edits between them. If most of this was vandalism reverting and error correction that could be done by bots, we'd have freed up thousands of hours that could have been used productively. It's time we found some way to rank users by how much they've added to the encyclopedia, not how much "poop" they've removed.
Words of wisdom from our leader Let me make my point more clear: arguments about what we ought to [do] if someone really starts to abuse wikipedia with thousands and thousands of trivial articles do not prove that we ought to delete any and every article that's too trivial today. Put another way: if someone wants to write an article about their high school, we should relax and accomodate them, even if we wish they wouldn't do it. And that's true *even if* we should react differently if someone comes in and starts mass-adding articles on every high school in the world. Let me make this more concrete. Let's say I start writing an article about my high school, Randolph School, of Huntsville, Alabama. I could write a decent 2 page article about it, citing information that can easily be verified by anyone who visits their website. Then I think people should relax and accomodate [sic] me. It isn't hurting anything. It'd be a good article, I'm a good contributor, and so cutting me some slack is a very reasonable thing to do. That's true *even if* we'd react differently to a ton of one-liners mass-imported saying nothing more than "Randolph School is a private school in Huntsville, Alabama, US" and "Indian Springs is a private school in Birmingham, Alabama, US" and on and on and on, ad nauseum. The argument "what if someone did this particular thing 100,000 times" is not a valid argument against letting them do it a few times. --Jimbo (dated November 7, 2003[1])
Barnstar
The Award of the Arabian Barnstar
I, Ralhazzaa, hereby award you with the Award of the Arabian Barnstar due to your appreciated and significant contributions in starting and editing articles related to the Arab world and culture, والسلام عليكم
Number 279 (171 create/expand - 108 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 04:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 280 (172 create/expand - 108 nominations)
Thank you very much for your generous offer to call on you for free access to the New York Times archive. I greatly appreciate this. Ecoleetage (talk) 16:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!=) Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Hi, I got your message about the F. Barbaro page. I think some where down the line there was a mixup with reverting since the page I brought up has a very good sourcing for francesco Barbaro that is cited. It is the link of Bucher that you can see for yourself.. I think the problem in the past may have been that people did not open the BARBARO.htm link once you get to the Bucher link...but if you do, you will see that all info is coming from Bucher and cited as such... it is a good source to use and with much more excellent facts about his writings and associations. Thanks63.26.48.122 (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, have a great holiday and new year!!!63.26.134.182 (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 281 (173 create/expand - 108 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 22:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wooden synagogue I only wish I had photos of some of the more elaborate examples.Historicist (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can you help me? The Jimmy Hoffa page has been edited by Stephen J. Anderson. The information I put on there is for public use. Charles Brandt and I have been working together on this case for two years. Stephen seems to be taking that personally by saying things like "Another investigation that went nowhere." I would like to have this information I provided for the public left alone.--Spectre7277 (talk) 04:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 262 (154 create/expand - 108 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You've just sent a message about some sort of vandalism to an airline article (British Caledonian). This is a shared computer (one of 52) in the new library in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, mate! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.194.221.231 (talk) 18:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reverting vandal :-) BigDuncTalk 22:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You deleted my external link, and its just a blog that offers sales techniques. There is another blog already listed there that offers the same thing. Why hasn't it been deleted then?!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What kind of external links are allowed then? Now you go and delete ALL of them? What the hell is the point of having a section for external links? I have a blog for a very specific group of people that I'm sure would be much appreciative of being able to find the information.
From Wikipedia guidelines... There are several things that should be considered when adding an external link.
* Is the site content accessible to the reader? * Is the site content proper in the context of the article (useful, tasteful, informative, factual, etc.)? * Is the link functional and likely to remain functional?
The blog I linked is a "Yes" to all of these. What's the issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:21, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
i was assessing nj articles and came across New Jersey County Colleges. Should this be a list? shirulashem (talk) 21:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my page. It seems to be something you do regularly, so keep up the good work! JRawle (Talk) 22:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 282 (174 create/expand - 108 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 23:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See the talk page for this, we agreed to shift the headings to ones that made sense for the article
Number 283 (175 create/expand - 108 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 17:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I thank you for the explanation and for looking into my edits regarding the Jimmy Hoffa page. If it is deemed NOR and I am unable to put the information there myself, would you be able to place the info there if you find it important? Your help would be most appreciated. --Spectre7277 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 284 (175 create/expand - 109 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 23:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 285 (175 create/expand - 110 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 05:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please see the discussion at Talk:United States House of Representatives special elections in Illinois, 2009#Remove speculation.—Markles 15:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 286 (176 create/expand - 110 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It appears the author of the "Frank Prewitt" page is no other than J. Frank Prewitt himself. He is an individual with at least a 15-year history of questionable behavior who has admitted on the stand during a federal trial of one of the criminal defendants that he committed illegal acts. He claims that he did not become a government informant under pressure, but instead acted as a good citizen. Little exists to substantiate that claim. In an extraordinary act of self-justification, he authored a poorly written book to exonerate himself and recast himself as the hero of the whole affair. As part of his page, the book jacket, both cover and promotional text, are included.
I have made attempts to correct his page to reflect reality, but he has it on a watch list and amends each correction to again promote himself.
His page exemplifies what is prohibited by Wikipedia, self-promotion, conflict of interest and advertising. After my attempts to delete it, in whole or part, you have reverted my deletions without reading or taking a moment to understand my reasons for having done so. I see nothing to be proud of. You are not preventing vandalism, but in fact are assisting anti-Wikipedia content policies. There is no reason that Wikipedia should be supporting this individual's web page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 15:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the revert. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 18:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 287 (177 create/expand - 110 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 18:27, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Despite your rationalization for keeping the Frank Prewitt page, you have ignored Wikipedia criteria. Notability alone does not merit inclusion. The page is question is wholly self-promotion, represents the clearest expression of conflict of interest, and contains intact advertising for the author's book with a picture of the cover and entire blurb from the back of the book. All three of these are valid reasons for speedy deletion of the entire page. It can't be "fixed." Its continued inclusion would be tantamount to allowing OJ Simpson to author a page based on his "If I Did It" book, complete with advertising materials, as your argument of "notability" could be easily made. This is not a hypothetical premise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It
I did consider the accepted reasons for speedy deletion before I deleted it. Here's one: "Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."
I would appreciate it if you would set aside your investment in your reversion and instead carefully consider the page in question objectively. If you set about the task of fixing it, how would you begin? What parts of it would be worthy of preservation? Why should anyone be allow to invent and perpetuate a myth about him or herself, and to control the content almost free of criticism? He is not doing this just on Wikipedia, but has done the same thing with review of his pathetic book (I've read it, of course) on Amazon, forcing Amazon to remove legitimate criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 19:30, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 288 (177 create/expand - 111 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 00:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just because I edit under an IP doesn't mean that I am a vandal. You should really be more careful next time. 71.213.211.133 (talk) 03:56, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 289 (178 create/expand - 111 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Alanson, on the Subject of History of Terrorism you will find on the discussion section my very valid reason for the change in the Irish Republican Army. Auto reverting to something that is wrong should not be a policy on wikipedia.Slowey55 (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I realise that now and have rectified the summary, but unfortunately something has gone wrong with the font format. Could tell me how fix that please?Slowey55 (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The History of TerrorismSlowey55 (talk) 21:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Thank youSlowey55 (talk) 21:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC) I have been accused of disruptive editing and vandalism. Where did this come from when my edits have been good intentional and constructive?[reply]
Cut me a break. Nothing in what I wrote is untrue. I sourced everthing. I will cut out some of the "personal comments", but the facts should stand as they are.--12.147.221.46 (talk) 22:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, what is short?? it was a quote!! in wikipedia enciclopedy is not forbidden the quotes!!! i dont' understand beacause you and El greco erase it! --Denver85 (talk) 00:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there! I stumbled upon what might be a misunderstanding between you and an IP editor concerning his contributions to Odette Yustman concerning a recent revealing poster for her upcoming film Unborn. The IP editor believes you kept on reverting his edits in spite of his providing a citation. Could you please address this here to clear up any possible confusion? Thanks. — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 02:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article is really on cracked.com as you can see by the link.. not so good for wikipedia I think --93.146.192.42 (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 290 (179 create/expand - 111 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 06:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Alansohn. I know that we bumped heads once or twice before on AFD/DRV's, and I wanted to mention that I have noticed your persistent contributions and improvements to wikipedia. I hope that there are no hard feelings about the time or two that we argued. I respect you as a wikipedian, and would like to consider you an ally. Thanks, Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 05:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Muhammad Ali Jinnah appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. Stop adding the sect of Muhammad Ali Jinnah over here on Wikipedia we only provide the religion and already written islam is okay for the readers. There are a number of references which quote Muhammad Ali Jinnah as sunni and sometimes as shia but others also refer to as Ismailee. BurhanAhmed (talk • contribs) 05:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 291 (180 create/expand - 111 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 19:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I replaced "fraud" with "rigging the presidential election" since voter fraud in every single precinct is much less likely than miscounting the votes.
I failed to use an edit summary, but next time see what edit was actually made before using overly friendly templates to assert that the edit is vandalism on my talk page. Thank you. 99.161.110.123 (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 292 (181 create/expand - 111 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 07:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 293 (181 create/expand - 112 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 13:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
After searching last night to find an appropriate barnstar for you, I was too quick to settle on the good-old multipurpose Special Barnstar. So this morning I created a new barnstar with you in mind to replace the one from yesterday. Here it is! shirulashem (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I keep trying to tell you -- there *will be NO* newspaper articles that confirm the existence of two grandchildren. Doug Chandler is the one who lied to the "Times." Because he lied to the "Times" and he's the one who quoted the "Times" I propose that the "Times" obit not be allowed as a source at this time.
Aside from newspaper articles and books, what sources are fine? Birth certs? ZOHCLE (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Hello Alansohn! I just wanted to wish you and your family a merry Christmas! May this Christmas be full of great cheer and holiday spirit. Again, merry Christmas! Ashbey 00:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What did I do wrong? The article was nominated for deletion three times within a month by the same editor, and it failed badly all three times. I was just removing the notice because it is no longer up for deletion. Why am I in trouble? Jayhawk of Justice (talk) 01:54, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My addition to the article is NOT vandalism. I have cited the article that was in the New York Times. Rather than simply reverting the article, you should have discussed this issue with me on either my talk page or on the Discussion section of the article itself. It is editors like you who give Wikipedia a bad name. If this is not resolved within the next few hours, I will file a complaint.--68.236.45.130 (talk) 02:21, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 294 (182 create/expand - 112 nominations)
BorgQueen (talk) 14:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 295 (183 create/expand - 112 nominations)
Cbl62 08:26, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
I see that you have editted this article and know that you edit many of these articles related to local New Jersey politics/government. I think there is a possible conflict of interests issue on the Steve Lonegan article. Please see my comment on Talk:Steve Lonegan and comment there. Thanks.--Jersey Devil (talk) 11:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 296 (184 create/expand - 112 nominations)
Dravecky (talk) 14:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 297 (184 create/expand - 113 nominations)
Dravecky (talk) 14:33, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Infringement on Norman Mailer's title seems appropriate here.
So the question I put was, should the Frank Prewitt page be subject to speedy deletion, or is there some exception to Wikipedia guidelines that lets this poster not only author his own page, to ignore Wikipedia guidelines, to promote himself, to not only "exonerate" himself on the webpage for his past illegal behavior, but allows him to extensively advertise his self-published, third-rate book written with the same self-aggrandizing aims?
I'm not sure why I can't get a straight answer here. Is there some appeal process for contesting unwarranted reverts of legitimate deletions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.237.144.254 (talk) 22:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, another Wiki editor has removed the improper placement of Prewitt's book from his autobiographical page. Thank goodness! My question was whether or not Prewitt should be allowed to author his own page and delete material added by others that is properly sourced but does not feed his ego and fantasy life? Activist (talk) 15:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Activist[reply]
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Hello! Your submission of Golf House at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ➨♀♂Candlewicke ST # :) 17:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not vandalism -- 100% true, do your research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.219.236.26 (talk) 22:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
how can i delete a page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zapateiro (talk • contribs)
Number 300 (187 create/expand - 113 nominations)
Gatoclass (talk) 15:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Can you please say your opinion here --Bayrak (talk) 18:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 301 (188 create/expand - 113 nominations)
Dravecky (talk) 03:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 302 (188 create/expand - 114 nominations)
Dravecky 09:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Dude, good job on reverting vandalism. I'm now doing new pages patrol and every time I try to revert something, you do it before me. Orane (talk) 05:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have just created the page Manuel de Montiano, and hence, I find difficult to believe that I'm vandalizing it when incorporating new information. Please check CAREFULLY your statements before making them. Thanks... --218.186.12.200 (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 303 (189 create/expand - 114 nominations)
Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Number 304 (190 create/expand - 114 nominations)
Alansohn, exactly what part of my text is vandalism? The Meiji Era started on October 23, 1968. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.177.96 (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to work on breira (organization), it also needs a DYK. Also the various progressive rabbis have no mention/link of each other on their pages, even through they all worked together. --Jayrav (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You also may want to work on Walter Wurzburger, Eugene Borowitz, Robert Gordis, Joseph Lookstein, Jacob B Agus- they are all stubs or dont exist. --Jayrav (talk) 18:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The FLQ involved likely less than 100 people in all, maybe less than 20. Putting at that place a false statement about 100,000 terrorists (out of 7 millions Quebecers) is misleading. Anyway Quebecers are used to Quebec-bashing and this paragraph is typical. Those misleading statements attempt to give FLQ more power than it actually had (souverainty gained in popularity because of charism of Rene Levesque, not because of the FLQ). I lived in Quebec all my life since 1956. While some people were killed by either FLQ or RCMP bombs in the 1963-1973 time period, they were minor incidents. The mobster war in the 1990s killed more people and much more persons were involved in the various gangs. As repeated in the discussion area, the FLQ part has nothing to do in that page.
The French also sent many donnes to Canada, many were killed but one man eustaush lambert became a powerful donne that protected the natives and became the first Canadian general.
The above statement is some noise. Eustache Lambert was born about 1617 and was a merchant. Calling him a general is misleading. And the donnés (given) were there to assist priests AFTER the early settlement, not BEFORE like implied in that paragraph. Likely inserted by someone who just never read about that topic.
The capitulation of New France occured in 1760 (Battle of Montreal), not 1759. And the battle of the plain occured after a siege of many months. Summarizing the war to one battle is misleading but desserves the Quebec bashing promoters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.80.31 (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But, what is problem, i explained? About Kopaonik. Mountain is in Serbia only??
Tadija (talk) 22:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its not its in Kosovo aswell, cuz of u "unhappy" serbs we had to approve the Kosovo pozition on Kopaoniks and other Mountains page, but Kosovo is independent and as is a state. Tryly yours a noble albanian who saw what serbs did to his ppl with his own eyes...IllyrianPrince —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Well, Kosovo is only partitionly recognized, so, it cant be written as independent here, it is violation of WP:NPOV! At least it is 53 vs. 139 for Kosovo is Serbia!!
Tadija (talk) 16:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was venting emotions. Do you forgive me? ISayHelloYouSayGoodbye (talk) 04:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user page. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 10:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, sorry about the lack of edit summary, but basically there's one disruptive editor that keeps impeding attempts to rewrite the article to better standards and has been repeatedly putting back in disputed sections without valid sources that everyone's decided would be best to remove for the time being. I was removing one such section. Have a read of the talk page for more background if you like. --88.108.243.214 (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC) "I will review the subject further. Thanks for the message. Alansohn (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Regarding this note, this is not vandalism. Very best!, NonvocalScream (talk) 20:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ashbey Ӝ 00:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Happy new Headcheese!-hexaChord2 02:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Number 305 (191 create/expand - 114 nominations)
Gatoclass (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Number 306 (192 create/expand - 114 nominations)
why Spumante is uncostrutive and Champagne not!!!? I want add this voice! tell me why robyc73 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robyc73 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
but you see this voice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Spumante and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asti_Spumante It better use voice spumante and sub voice for Asti,and other.... User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC). Champagne have more space and details in voice of sparkling wine!!! User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]
It appears you accidentally (I believe) restored a bad version from that IP. Also, I don't think those edits were bad from Archiemr4. Just thought I let you know about those issues. Versus22 (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Could you please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Lockwood Smith and warning to the anon editor who made it. The editor appears to be a long-term IP editor who has copyedited many articles on New Zealand politicians, and all their edits to date have been in good faith. I believe the edit in this case was also beneficial to the article.-gadfium 04:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Alansohn. You notified me about deleting the article currently at mainstage. I am fine with the deletion. I have no interest in the subject. From what I can tell, until I moved it in October 2006, "mainstage" was the article name for the content currently at main stage. I moved the article from "mainstage" to "main stage". During the move, the Wikipedia software made "mainstage" into a redirect to "main stage". Three years go by, and someone creates a non-encyclopedic article over the redirect at "mainstage". This article is put up for deletion, and I am mistakenly seen as the article's creator, again (I have made many moves and a huge number of redirects).
I wish that the creators of articles could be notified instead of me. Perhaps Wikipedia editors could be taught to see "moved blank1 to blank2: reasoning" and "#Redirect [[article name]]" in the edit summary at the bottom of the history page as the birth of a redirect, not an article. Although, I do not know if all editors even see the history page or if they are just told who the article creator is using an editing aid. I think one of them is called "balloons" or "pop-ups" or something similar. I have never used one, and I do not know how they work.
Please do not take any offense at my comments, as this was not my intention. I am not blaming you at all for this very minor inconvenience. You do not need to reply to this message, but you are welcome to reply if you want to. If you have the time, I am a little curious as to whether you were using an editing aid that told you I was the article creator because there might be a way to tweak it so that it works better. However, I am not implying that you did anything wrong if you were not using an editing aid. If you do reply, please use my talk page, or put a note on my talk page, so that I notice it.
After writing everything above, I realized that "mainstage" could simply be changed back to a redirect rather than going through the deletion process. This is how we handled non-controversial articles in the past (non-controversial in that a serious case could not be made for keeping the article by people who know what Wikipedia is for and what its standards are). If there is an objection, the article could be taken to Articles for Deletion to get a consensus on whether to keep it or not. Since there has not been a contribution to the article since April 2012, I doubt that there will be any objections. The IP addresses that created the article have not edited in years, either. I hope that I am not breaching some new protocol by doing this. Warmest regards, Kjkolb (talk) 05:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I 100% agree with you User:Alansohn. I only did it because of him, as well as others User:Qed237, User:Meters etc. on Talk:Edmonton (please forward your input to this discussion as I need more support from people with the same opinion to keep flags). They insisted that the flags be taken down especially on Edmonton, Winnipeg, Yellowknife, Iqaluit, Whitehorse, Yukon etc. and threatened me with edit war and blocking violoations for adding flag icons when there is no set in stone rule. Would you mind adding the flags back to these cities, as I do not want to go over the 3RR. Thanks. Vaselineeeeeeee (talk) 21:36, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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When you moved Marlboro, New Jersey to Marlboro, New Jersey (disambiguation), you also renamed the title to its associated Facebook Community page that's linked to the article. Can you look into this? MikeM2011 (talk) 21:10, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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An editor has decided to change the description from neighborhood to unincorporated communities for Newark, such as this. Doesn't seem right to me. What's your take or community's understanding on this? Thanks Djflem (talk) 23:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you look at history, you'll see page layout I reverted. ThanksDjflem (talk) 09:31, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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This guy is one of the Hobokon mayors that has been nom'd for deletion. Turns out there was a NJ assemblyman of that name c. 1981 (probably district 31). I cannot quickly establish whether it was the same person, or a relative, or some random Patrick Pasculli. Your knowledge might enable you to establish this. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:32, 14 February 2015 (UTC).
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Hi Alansohn, I wasn't sure if you were aware, but you can create a bookmark of a given url from American FactFinder to use as a reference citation. If you were already aware of this, then terrific. Castncoot (talk) 21:15, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Infobox New Jersey school district has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:49, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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At some point I began using "Retrieved" because that's what citation templates use, and I wanted my "manually" written citations to match the wording used by the templates. I remembered that some time ago, when we disagreed on this point (I don't recall the exact conversation or date of it, nor do I have a link handy, so correct me if I'm wrong) that you stated that an editor should not change the formatting unless he/she is the primary editor of the article. I do not recall if you cited a specific guideline or MOS page for this. Since I am the primary editor of this article, I assumed this would be in keeping with that protocol you mentioned. 38.101.169.130 (talk) 19:38, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I saw that you removed a "sic hide=y" tag that I added to the article Harrison Township School District, with the explanation, "there is no need to tag it in any way". I thought I should explain what the purpose of the tagging is. It is to prevent someone from accidentally "improving" a quotation. In this case, the tagged phrase is "comprised of" in a quotation. Many people believe "comprised of" is not the best wording in a Wikipedia article and search for articles that contain the phrase and edit it. I do that a lot. We obviously try to leave quotations alone, but it is easy to make a mistake. The sic template exists to prevent that. It prevents an article from even showing up in a search for the tagged phrase, which saves copy editors time as well. The hide=y argument means this does not affect what the reader sees at all; it's just for editors. Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 03:05, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Alansohn. Do you do photo requests in New Jersey? Is Oakland, New Jersey convenient for you? I'm looking for somebody to photograph the New Jersey Japanese School for Wikipedia. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi - I am Charlie M. I am writing to you in response to your message to me regarding my recent edit to the Toms River, NJ page. I wholeheartedly disagree with your conclusion that my edit was non-constructive. What is the basis for this opinion? I am insulted that you do not find me worthy of a small mention along w/ the other famous Toms River residents. I look forward to your response.
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given your involvement, peas see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Suggested_Limited_Interaction_Ban_between_Users_Alansohn_and_Magnolia677. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 22:07, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I believe that the section order in these town articles should be re-standardized - although you may be involved in local government, most readers are not likely to be concerned at all with local government and politics on a day-to-day basis. On the other hand, the average reader is far more likely to be concerned with the issues of education and transportation. Best, Castncoot (talk) 07:04, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As you notice, Government is getting its fair play in this list, using the perspective of criteria as would be ranked in terms of mundane, day-to-day concerns of inhabitants of New Jersey suburban towns, who incorporate vastly different concerns from those in large cities. The average citizen has to travel every day, for example, many to New York City or Philadelphia, and a large percentage if not a majority in these smallish suburban towns have school-aged children; on the other hand, the average citizen is not showing up in council chambers each day, nor do government decisions in small towns match the attention received by every word uttered or every move ordered by the mayor of a big city, nor is there generally a plurality of single people in these towns for whom public education is not as prominent an issue. If one can make the reasonable assumption that readers of New Jersey town articles want to get an authentic "flavor" of a given town itself, then IMHO, this list is sensible. Best, Castncoot (talk) 12:06, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Just a note of amusement: Describing the one you have banned yourself from interacting with as an "malicious stalker" in the comments of the self-revert isn't quite "non-interaction"... Famartin (talk) 06:27, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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So can you give me any examples of "involuntary voting"? Perhaps being marched to the ballot box at the point of a gun? Maybe falling on the ballot and knocking loose a chad with your lapel? It's New Jersey, so of course your will reigns over common sense at all times. Jacona (talk) 22:35, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As far as Teaneck's claim of being a "first" there are numerous examples of integrated schools many years before Teaneck, and certainly many of those were not 'forced' by a court. At this time, I have not been able to find a reference to any of these being a result of a popular vote (I do have some records of school boards voting); you an be assured that when I do it will be a 'voluntary' vote, and not a 'visceral' or 'forced' or otherwise 'involuntary' vote. Jacona (talk) 22:47, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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If you could take a moment or two and look through a current article, Newton, New Jersey, and a soon-to-be-mainspaced draft of an article on the New Jersey Forest Fire Service at User:JackTheVicar/sandbox/Box6 I'd be much obliged for your suggestions on how I could improve them.--JackTheVicar (talk) 17:11, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.
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In your recent edit to Collingswood, New Jersey, you state in the caption that 0.1 and 0.100 are not the same thing. I don't see that it's a big deal one way or another, but what do you mean? I looked in the manual of style and didn't find answers there. In school, they teach that trailing zeros after a decimal point do not affect the value of a number and "roll off." I'm sure you know what you're doing; please teach me the significance so I can be sure to do it correctly in the future.
Thanks! Jacona (talk) 17:01, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fabulous work on upgrading the Bergen County article, Alansohn, thank you! I think this should be kicked up another notch for New Jersey counties in general. Have you seen the Orange County, California article before, with its wealth of municipal demographic information? Let me know what you think of doing the same for New Jersey counties. Best, Castncoot (talk) 17:41, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't it bad style to use the definite article in the title such as The Lewis School of Princeton? I've had other pages I created using the definite article changed by other editors to remove it. Is that wrong? Clarification would be helpful. Djkeddie (talk) 12:08, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to say thank you for defending me the other month for me defending those articles on Nevada, though both of us were unsuccessful. Do you still fight that other user? Dandtiks69 (talk) 23:43, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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User:Alansohn, I'm in need of your assistance. Hopefully, you can be impartial and see through all that has been happening here. There is a WP article entitled Az-Zakariyya that I tried to make revisions to, by adding the current Israeli data about the village (now a Jewish Moshav, but formerly an Arab village). The author of that article (an Arab) disagreed that I add any current status about the village (such as current population stats, photographs, etc.) and so I desisted from doing so. See history of page. Since there was a second article written about the same Moshav (namely, Zekharia, this time written by a Jew but much shorter in scope), I decided to work on his article and to bring it up to par by enhancing it and carrying over some of the information found in the other article, but improving it and deleting derogatory statements about Israel. Now, the same (Arab) editor is deleting my edits on Zekharia. I have brought this matter to your attention since you are an experienced editor with more experience than me. If you wish to know the complete matter and what has so far transpired between me and the other editor, you may wish to see the Talk page on Az-Zakariyya, under the section: "Merge." I would hope that you can help solve our dispute, but more importantly, that the editor in question does not continue to disrupt by vandalism my editing, just as I would not disrupt another person's editing.Davidbena (talk) 03:38, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Alansohn, guru on all things New Jersey -- I am presently sandboxing a rewrite of Kittatinny Mountain at User:JackTheVicar/sandbox/Box5. I just wrote up a table for the various named prominences along the mountain as table of elevations/locations but the table became much larger than I expected and aesthetically disruptive (no one likes big tables in the middle of an article). Before I answer my own question--after reviewing it and if you get an idea where I seem to be going comprehensively with my draft rewrite--do you think I should (a) keep it in is present location? (b) make the table collapsible? or (c) keep the geographical features section a prose paragraph, incorporate some elevation information into the prose, and move the table to the end, creating a new section for "list of prominences and elevations" or something along those lines? or (d) remove it entirely and let the location and elevation information be in the smaller location/site articles? or (e) create a new article "List of elevations/prominences/features" article incorporating the table? or (f) something I haven't thought of yet that you see as a better option? I'm leaning toward C primarily, or at least E, but I'd prefer an outside set of eyes for suggestions. JackTheVicar (talk) 19:23, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I see that this page is no longer accessible. What makes the sister high school notable and not the elemntary school? MikeJDavi (talk) 02:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If references to this article then would it be acceptable to keep? There are many articles regarding elementary schools that currently exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeJDavi (talk • contribs) 11:16, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm creating this article in french (fr:Paula Kassell) and will create fr:New Directions for Women, but I can't read New York Times articles; if you have a NYT subscription, can you send me by email content of these two papers please: [1], [2]?
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Hi. Thank you for correcting my erroneous edit. I had relied on the MP's official bio that was published on his website. It seems the author got them mixed up. I also found this source where he did mention that it was in FL. Ali Fazal (talk) 02:05, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]