That adding a link to a free kanji dicitionary is link spamming on a kanji page? I am pretty new to wikipedia posting so maybe you are right but I read all the guidelines and really don't see what is wrong with the link.
I put a lot of work into this dictionary and I believe it to be a valuable resource that a lot of people could benefit form. You made a couple of posts on Japanese-related pages and I would like to invite you to actually take a look:
http://www.taipansoftware.com/en/japanese/dictionary/
It is a powerful Japanese online dictionary with good kanji information. Exactly the kind of dictionary that I always wanted to have but could not find anywhere. Perhaps that's just me. But I believe that there are bunch of people out there who would also appreciate it.
Did you really remove that link because you believe the dictionary is no good? For no one? If that is so then please let me know what is wrong with it so that I can make it better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.119.63.87 (talk) 11:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what you mean by reverting the review? Have you actually read it? I can send it to you so you can actually see that it is a proper review. I'm really confused as to how you find that a broken link relates to a conflict of interest as you put it. Can you please explain that. It is not my fault that the link on the website doesn't work and I will gladly send you the review if you would like to read it. Please write back soon. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldfool666 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain why you deleted Silpada Designs Jewelry. Silpada Designs Jewelry is a valid wikipedia definition as it the first and largest direct seller of Sterling Silver Jewelry in the United States. This is a noteable fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjessiegarrett (talk • contribs) 17:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for these references. In reviewing them, I read that Wikipedia has three content policies: neutral point of view, verifiability and no original research. This entry qualifies for two of the three content policies as 1)it has been written in a neutral point of view and 2)the fact that it is the first and largest direct seller in the United States can be supported with facts. Knowing that Wikipedia has many direct sales entries, could you please explain why this entry would be deleted knowing the information above? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjessiegarrett (talk • contribs) 16:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ben. Lassie2501 has requested adoption. While looking at Lassie2501's talkpage I noticed your comments, and so looked at the editing history. It appears to me that your comments to this new user might be considered harsh and inappropriate. New users need guidance not harsh comments. You are no doubt aware of WP:Bite - however you appear not to have applied it in this case. It's also worth reading this: WP:User_pages#Ownership_and_editing_of_pages_in_the_user_space to get a feel for ownership of user pages and that other users may edit other's user pages. You left a comment for the user, and the user responded. I don't see signs of vandalism. We like to encourage and support new users. If you leave harsh warnings for new users who don't fully understand procedure you may be doing more harm than good. It does seem slightly ironic that you are making accusations of the new user of failing to follow procedure while you are failing to follow procedure yourself! However, we all make mistakes - so no big harm has been done. I would however advise that some postings can be quite hurtful and turn people away from contributing. Regards SilkTork *SilkyTalk 13:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! I am hoping to bring the list up to FL standards and nominate it at FLC, maybe even by tomorrow. Cheers, Rai-me 03:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
please do not insert the "ulster banner" flag into articles relating to northern ireland. This is not the official flag of northern ireland and is considered offensive to many. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.255.207 (talk) 17:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
please stop tour unnecessary interference with the article on Lumen Christi. As a member of the school community i believe the vast majority of pupils in the school believe their school is in COUNTY DERRY, as recognized by the government of the Republic of Ireland. please stop interfering with this article by putting across your own seemingly bigoted views. Blocking me will do no good, i will come back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.255.207 (talk) 17:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 01:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for blocking User:4.130.132.149, which is an IP that vandalized my user and talk page, as well as others. Would you mind semi-protecting User talk:4.130.132.149 as well, as the IP is continuing by vandalizing his/her talk page? NHRHS2010 talk 01:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I left a messege on the talk page for you a couple of days ago. regards.--Vintagekits 23:02, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
why have you reverted feargal sharkey's nationality to British? he was born in Ireland and not Britain. how can someone NOT born in the island of Britain be considered British? a citizen of the uk (full name THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND), perhaps, but not British. also please bear in mind that anyone born anywhere on the island of Ireland is entitled to citizenship of the Republic of Ireland, you do not need to be born within the boundaries of the Rep. of Ireland for your nationality to be Irish. there seems to be a pattern emerging with you, constantly changing articles on Ireland to fit your bigoted viewpoints. i would advise you to concentrate on trying to make meaningful contributions to wikipedia, rather than petty ones. this is a very irresponsible attitude for someone in your position on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.222.174 (talk) 14:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, can you block 82.57.155.90 for continued attacks on me on my talkpage? ( User talk:82.57.155.90 ) Thanks, --maxrspct ping me 15:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Many people find it offensive to put Derry as British. Its a Irish city. Princess Pea Face 19:54, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. The legal resolution of the name dispute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry-Londonderry_name_dispute) applied only to the city.
2. The main article on Londonderry/Derry identifies the name of the county as Derry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Londonderry)
3. The article listing the names of the counties identifies the name of the county as Derry (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Counties_of_Northern_Ireland)
4. The majority of the people of Northern Ireland refer to the city and county as Derry (disputable, but read the name dispute article).
5. The official name can be both, as identified by various examples of use of the word "Derry" in unionist organisations.
6. To comply with the NPOV policy of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npov).
7. Please provide some official documentation, from Privy Council for example, to back-up legally any reason why Londonderry should be the only name in use. Otherwise, NPOV applies.
Well, if you guys would let me finish it it wouldn't be so bad. And how is it a personal attack? What person am I attacking?
So what your saying is that estebo is threatning himself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonja+Roman (talk • contribs) 21:51, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Estebo is a local punk legend in the underground music scene in my area. He is my idol. I was just starting a biographical page on him and that was just my intro...jeez, you act like i'm just messing around on here... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonja+Roman (talk • contribs) 21:55, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had misread the times on the timestamps, and it looked like the vandalism was much closer in time than it was (I've just added a firefox extension that will help me with that), and about 10 minutes later, my internet went out, so I didn't get your message until just now. It went unprotected about 20m after you asked; and anyone can remove the semi-protect flag once the protection starts. I didn't perceive the edits as quite as good faith as you did; they looked more mischievous to me. Sorry this took me so long to get back to you. --Thespian 04:45, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you edited the Assassin's Creed page. I would like to invite you to come share your knowledge of the game with us at the Assassin's Creed Wiki at Wikia @ http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/ Cheers. -- JoePlay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.177.236 (talk) 00:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I have linked the timetable section of my site on several airline articles that have been removed. I get a lot of email from people who consider this a valuable source of information. I have these images and would just like to make them available for others to see, how can I make this happen in a way that would conform to the wiki guide line. Keep in mind I don't have make money from my site and have nothing to promote; I just wanted to make these available. If I have a separate domain related to airline timetables would that help conform to wiki guideline?
Thanks for your advice and input.
Chris (irisreg) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irisreg (talk • contribs) 19:04, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
check this PDF issued by Air Canada [www.aircanada.com/en/about/investor/documents/2006_AIF.pdf] The document states: Domestic Market
The Canadian domestic market is characterized by a large geographic territory with a limited number of high
density markets accounting for the majority of passenger traffic and revenue. This leads to a concentration of routes in Western and Central Canada around four major hubs: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary.
According to Air Canada, Calgary is a major hub. Just search the pdf for Calgary.
Regards--Rosetown (talk) 21:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure you're sure there Ben??! (Sarah777 (talk) 00:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Hi! I saw your edit and previous edits on Japan and thought the words, Japanese Koreans, Japanese Chinese and Japanese Fillipinos strange. I think all three are not correct words. As far as I understand, Japanese Korean means a Japanese who took Korean nationality. Think about the word, Japanese American. It means a Japanese who became an American citizen, doesn't it? I take it as the first word shows a person's ethnicity and the second word shows his/her nationality. Am I wrong? If not, I want to change the three words. Please tell me your opnion. Oda Mari (talk) 15:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Thank you for your advice. I will try to be careful. Best regards, Europe22 (talk) 22:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article was unfortunately deleted before this AFD ran its course, so I cannot judge whether its current copy read like an advertisement for the company. But be that as it may, the company is notable enough to have a neutral, sourced article on wikipedia. Here is a short selection of available sources on the company:
Hello there
How are you?
Why did you delete my passage of text on the British Special Air Service page?? It was all of accurate inoformation I got it off the back of a book I am reading. It would be great if you could reply on my talk page please, and also tell me why you deleted what I did. I am actually quite interested why, lets be civil i'm not interested in edit wars etc. I would rather us both just come to a compromise :)
Thanks in advance.
Police,Mad,Jack
But its what David Stirling and Paddy thought up in 1941. Where is the problem with it?? I dont understand I must say.
Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 18:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thank you for the information, and thanks for not being rude like some people on this site :)
Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 18:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Good lord, someones vandalised the article I did already. Its been on there for less than two hours :( But I undid the edit.
Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 21:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Would you think a new page devoted to BR errors is appropriate? With all of the new versions recently released (five different versions this month!), and the web archives of the former exhaustive analysis no longer online (that I could find anyway), it seemed like a likely Wiki to me. But I defer to your greater wisdom. Rcarlberg (talk) 04:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, It seems that you may be a bit confused with the text I added to this article. Non of the authors of the report are students. Both scholars are professors. Although due to lack of funds they haven't been able to promote there report well, their thesis has still received recognition from a number of scholars for example Richard Bangs [2]. Please reconsider the changes you made to the article. Ireland101 (talk) 03:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
looks like you reverted while i was trying to revert back too. goddamned vandals. i hate em. Anastrophe (talk) 21:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the link to the article on "English Medium Primary Schools in Ireland" from the education section of the Northern Ireland article as it listed pretty much every primary school in Northern Ireland. It was thus redundant given that there exists already an article listing all primary schools in Northern Ireland. It is of course a moot point now that the article in question has been deleted and can no longer be linked to Alastairward (talk) 00:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem with your changes. I won't do the same mistake again!Thanks!--Latouffedisco (talk) 16:18, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding this please WP:DBTN it was that editors first contribution and not a nice edit summary from an experienced editor. BigDunc (talk) 12:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ben, My page was deleted as a non-notable company only created last month. do i need to supply more information about the firm? we are noted experts in the field of safety and fire protection as confirmed by 1/26/08 appearance on CBS News Early Show. Does this information have to be posted in order to keep the page active? I noticed several peer firms have STUB listings and very little information about the firm, yet they are active.
Please advise.
Thanks, Carrie Carrieann2 (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
First off, thanks for your diligence in tracking down and blocking vandals.
However, you recently left a warning on the User talk page of 128.113.228.32. This is a shared IP used by a major university, and as such, there are likely multiple entities using it via NAT. Please just keep in mind the implications of blocking shared IP addresses if any vandalism from this address persists, as many others from the same address, including myself, enjoy productively contributing to Wikipedia, but prefer to do so anonymously. —Preceding comment was added at 21:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Ben W Bell,
I am currently trying to improve the article [Cainnech of Aghaboe] and did change londonderry to derry, and this was my own unmeant bias and has been changed back.
Could you please give me some feedback overall on what should be done to clean up the article.
Please do not alter references to Northern Ireland to Ireland, this can be perceived as vandalism. It makes no sense to alter a reference to a country to point to an island
I feel that
Saint Canice ( Saint Kenny or in Scotland Saint Kenneth), was born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, near Dungiven in what is now County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland.
should be changed to
Saint Canice ( Saint Kenny or in Scotland Saint Kenneth), was born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, near Dungiven, in Ireland.
I feel that referring to the country (Northern Ireland) is not necessary when no such thing existed at that time in history, as I want to refer to the location.
However: Advice on this or an other problems related to the article ( Cainnech of Aghaboe ) are welcomed.
--Okeeffe.christopher (talk) 04:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have go an interesting note from User:Teknolyze
Usually i would ignore this as nonsense but after checking some of his edits could be perceived as vandalism on the page Hiberno-English As I am newish i do not want to get into a revert war or go trying to clean. Could you advise. (Okeeffe.christopher (talk) 00:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC))[reply]
This edit was made by an Anon user. Do I Assume good faith and try to work it into the article or just revert it. What guidelines are there for me to follow. I know this is a small thing but what is the right way to do it. thanks again (Okeeffe.christopher (talk) 15:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC))[reply]
Read WP:MOS, and refrain from reverting edits by established users. Epbr123 (talk) 00:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the comment page for the removal of the link, you list it as "Illegal" and a copyright violation -- although anyone who did more than a cursory glance of the pages would easily note that the content on the webpages is perfectly legal and violating no laws as it uses embeddable Hulu content. As Hulu is not open to the public, only sites like trhonline.com that embed them are usable (and they do not violate Hulu's Terms of Service either). If you reason for removing the links is that it's a "Personal Page" then I argue that every fan related resource needs to be removed from every single wikipedia page. If it's because it's "illegal" then you're just plain wrong. 68.190.175.134 (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I would just like to explain to you why i have re-edited a page that you have changed since i originally typed it up.
In the Down-The-Line page you edited the Address for a gun club that hosted the Home Internationals and British Open for the first time in northern ireland. You edited the address to Co. Londonderry, when i first saw this i thought it was some form of biggottry, but on your user page you say you edit for a neutral potrayal of northern ireland. I am not arguing with you whether or not it is Derry or Londonderry, what i am stating that the address for the Gun Club in question is registered as Co. Derry, all (well i would say most) local homes and businesses to the club have their addresses registered as Co. Derry. Please leave the changes as they are with the location of the club. I am sure you understand its viability.
--Weeman com (talk) 23:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The same with the Culbann C.P.C page.
--Weeman com (talk) 23:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough that it's wikipedia guidelines to not put in spoiler tags. That's really dumb though -- how does one make a submission to change a guideline?
In the mean time, I'm going to go and include the spoiler for The Sixth Sense in the article summary, since it's the same deal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stewartjohnson (talk • contribs) 08:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Ben W Bell,
You have very kindly taken an interest in a page which discusses me and my work, "Richard D North". [www.richarddnorth.com]
I seem to be engaged in Wiki ping-pong with someone or other, though I am not sure whom. If you are still interested I wonder if you may agree that the text below seems fair and reasonable?
Text: During a speech at Methodist College, Belfast in 2006 when he was addressing pupils from all over the United Kingdom at a Model United Nations conference North, to considerable applause, described chadors as "binliners", called disabled babies "bent", referred to working class people as "stupid", and displayed a number of offensive views. Some students were very offended. He later attempted to explain himself at his personal website [3], and visited Hampstead School (which probably had the most complainants) for a lively discussion. North is a regular speaker at schools. text ends
You may well think I am an appalling person. Nonetheless, you may think that the above is a decent account of events. I would certainly cheerfully tell you much more about what actually happened.
Best wishes rdn —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdnorth (talk • contribs) 18:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for taking into account the fact that that any edits I have made regarding the nationality of films have not been POV pushing or vandalism but made due to an honest belief that my edits are correct. And I appreciate you not blocking me. But which edit exactly was it you were warning me for? You never specified. I'd like to find out so as to avoid making another apparent mistake in editing in the future. Teknolyze (talk) 21:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks. Robertson-Glasgow (talk) 23:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain why you reverted a link to James Bond Wiki. I would really like to know. It is my understanding that according to your (wikipedia's) guidelines that there are several aspects of site taking into consideration for external links. The site I added is well over a year old, contains over 600 members, has a strong moderation team, and a wealth of original as well as cited content putting it well in the 99th percentile of wiki sites on the subject. IMO it is far superior to the Bondpedia site and certainly worth a review at the least. I would really like to understand why this site is spam compared to the others. http://www.jamesbondwiki.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexwberg (talk • contribs) 00:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]