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About the two labor realted reversion you made. Both insertions were sourced. I added a second source. Has it made the mainstream press yet? No, but that doesn't mean the sources listed weren't valid. It was independently reported. Thanks. Labor reporter ( talk) 12:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
You're new here, so I'm going to go over some basic rules and guidelines about how Wikipedia operates, which will help you understand why your additions can't be used. First, please read WP:Verifiability and WP:Reliable sources, which are Wikipedia's guidelines for what is and what isn't a source that can be used to support a statement in an article. Note that "Articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." Note that "In general, the best sources have a professional structure in place for checking or analyzing facts, legal issues, evidence, and arguments. As a rule of thumb, the greater the degree of scrutiny given to these issues, the more reliable the source. The most reliable sources are usually peer-reviewed journals; books published by university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers." Pieces from union publications concerning a union dispute, which both of your sources are, are not third-party; they are involved in this dispute or have a strong rooting interest in it, and by definition their writing carries an argumentative agenda. They aren't tightly edited or checking for neutrality and balance (nor should they be, that's not their purpose). And to be clear, we wouldn't allow the comments of a corporate flack from Verizon as, say, the whole source for an article about how bad the CWA is either, for the same reason. When and if a mainstream news publication such as The Washington Post looks at this, they will address a number of pertinent points – how big is AFGE Local 12, what percentage of the Dept of Labor employee population do they represent, do the non-member employees share the same concerns, are these concerns grounded in reality, what is the Dept of Labor's response, is this situation really reminiscent of the Dept under Chao, and so forth. All the things that good journalists would investigate before writing up a story. Then we can include it in this article.
However, even at that point, the addition won't look like what you've done. There won't be a separate section called "Controversy", because that's a terrible idea that is being rooted out of all Wikipedia ideas that still have them. Instead, it will just be included in "U.S. Secretary of Labor" section with everything else that occurs during her tenure, good bad or indifferent. Second, it won't take up two paragraphs, because that is more than it merits; it would probably get a couple of sentences. Read WP:Undue weight for more on this. Finally, it won't have a picture of an inflatable rat from a different union protesting against a different employer in a different city, because that's got nothing to do with this. (Good picture, though, and I added it to the Communications Workers of America article where it does have relevance.)
Finally, note that with regard to the Hilda Solis article, this falls under WP:Biographies of Living Persons guidelines: "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion." So I'm removing this material right away from the Solis article, and also from the United States Department of Labor article. I'd suggest you call up The Washington Post and get them interested in this story (I mean that seriously, not snarkily). If and when they cover it, come back and we'll talk again. Wasted Time R ( talk) 01:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
One of the two new sources is just another piece from the same labor union website; still not a WP:RS, no matter how many instances of it you push forward. The other is a transcript of a town hall meeting that Solis held. It does indicate that someone from the local is unhappy about core hours starting from 9:30 am instead of 10:00 am. Then one of Solis's assistants says that negotiations with the local are underway about several issues. Unfortunately, this transcript constitutes a WP:Primary source, in that it lacks the evaluation, checking and analysis that secondary sources such as mainstream newspaper stories do. Furthermore, your reinsertion of all this material, including the separate section and the rat photo, shows that you are completely unresponsive to what I wrote above. I'm being forced to conclude that you aren't interested in constructing a good article about Solis or the Dept of Labor, you're just interested in using Wikipedia as a publicity vehicle for your agenda. Wasted Time R ( talk) 13:04, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Labor Watch ( talk) 02:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I have posted a response to your negative claim regarding religious denomination distinctions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Congress 24.3.220.206 ( talk) 15:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
I noticed your comment on this User talk:112.203.134.198 talkpage. Its contribs are similar to edits by an anon IP that has made deletions to Frank Sinatra. I think it is using a different computer as the last three digits changed. -- Morenooso ( talk) 02:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Took me a while as the photographer was busy, but here's the image I singled out from Flickr that should fit in " Mighty Max's" section on his article. I didn't place it; I'll let you put it where you see fit. Hope that's enough for Max!! God, a million drumsticks will flash under my closed eyelids at night after this.. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 23:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Two reasons. First, I wanted to eliminate the worst sources first. Second, I wanted to discourage the edit warrior from continuing to war by not deleting everything. I'd be quite happy for a third editor to delete the rest. Each additional editor involved in the removal strengthens the consensus against all the material. Yworo ( talk) 04:29, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I want to thank you for your thorough analysis of the Raymond Burr article. I guess I thought that if it was a "B" article before the improvements, it should be a GA now, but I guess it really wasn't "B" to begin with. I have moved on to another project now, so I doubt I will be working any more on it, but sometimes I say things like that and then I go an do them anyway. Your work will be a good guide, if I decide to go back to it. Thanks again. Take Care-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 22:45, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
...I replied finally. cheers. -- Merbabu ( talk) 16:26, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
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You might be interested in this one. It could do with the same treatment you gave RTSS - although I accept it's not quite as interesting as that song. Well, it's worth asking anyway. cheers -- Merbabu ( talk) 13:47, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for this one Victuallers ( talk) 18:03, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I contributed to the above mentioned article. I saw that you removed its effect on delaying the climate change bill citing that it tangentially mentions the immigration law. I just wanted to point out that there are close to 800 stories [1] covering the fallout on climate-change bill and the majority if not all of them mention the immigration law as one of the reason, Sen. lindsay graham has been cited as one of the main detractors with his quote already mentioned. Just in case, here are some relevant links - [2] [3] [4] [5]. All of them mention immigration as one of the primary reasons for the fallout. Thank you. -- Theo10011 ( talk) 15:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your friendly edit to James Taylor's music video section (I didn't realize the James Taylor Quartet was a different James Taylor), do you know if you can help me out? Do you know the music video directors for any of James Taylor's music videos? Dottiewest1fan ( talk) 20:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Glad to see that you're maintaining the McCain article after all this time, even leaving some of my edits in. :-) Life off Wiki is nice. 96.32.11.201 ( talk) 04:04, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
How do you feel about the rename of List of foiled terrorist plots in the United States to List of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the post 9/11 United States? -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 00:26, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, the quote is helpful, thanks. Actually, I had included a similar quote in the William Rehnquist article earlier this month, but today's change was one of about a dozen to correct a slew of switches made by IP 142.207.145.6 back in December, with what looks like several dozen left to go (wish I knew how to write a customized bot), and it seemed like a waste of time and space to include a quote from a current web page in each one. Maybe I'll copy/paste one of the existing versions from now on – but it still seems like a bit of wasted space... Fat&Happy ( talk) 04:49, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 00:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
What gives you the supposed "authority," as you seem to believe of yourself, to block someone from making edits that you think supposedly "don't make as much sense" (even though they actually make more sense)? So you think you're one of the wiki higher-ups, or something?
And when you said that someone reediting something back and forth will end up in "the same place: blocked," whom did you mean "the same place" as with? [09:16, May 1, 2010 MaxxFordham]
Hi WT. I see you tried to address my dubious tag, but my concern remains. The text says Republican opposition to the bill "carries short-term political benefits but has the potential danger of alienating the growing Hispanic population from the party for the longer term." That doesn't make sense. Why would opposing a bill that many see as too strict and as encouraging racial profiling hurt a politician with the community most affected and most likely to share that view? It's also unclear what the short-term benefits are exactly. The whole sentence is problematic. Electroshoxcure ( talk) 20:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I see that you did this edit. I'm confused. To me, in of itself it makes no sense, but also, most Republicans do support it, (Rove, Bush, & Rubio are definitely a minority within the GOP). Is this what you meant to say? To me, it looks like the word "opposition" to "support". Could you help clarify this? 98.82.34.167 ( talk) 21:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Wasted Time R, I just saw the article after a few days, I just wanted to congratulate you on your excellent work on the article. From its fast pace of growth and your diligent oversight I think its on its way to becoming a featured article, Nice work.
Also, I had a question to satisfy my curiosity. I recently received a message on my talk page about the article being included in the 'did you know' section, I am proud that my contribution was valued just curious as to how I received the message, was it a bot that decided automatically or did someone nominate me, just curious.
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For you excellent work on the Arizona SB1070 article, repeatedly editing and contributing with other users. Theo10011 ( talk) 19:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC) |
I completely agree with this, but wanted to wait until you're back. Maybe you could bring it up n the talkpage. Pandering to the proponents of the bill by adopting their (whatever-stance-you-take-on-it) title as the article's title is somewhat odd. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 09:56, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
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Your input is requested at Talk:Bob Barr presidential campaign, 2008#Endorsement navbox proposal. Thank you.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 22:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Re your edit summary on
Talk:Craig Robinson (basketball)#Book & Obama check-out, you might be amused, as i am, that
it took me 30 seconds to figure out that you meant "follow-up"! Looks like a valuable edit, thanks.
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Bob Barr presidential campaign, 2008 is currently under peer review. As a frequent editor of similar articles, your comments would be appreciated. Thanks. -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 00:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
You said that my addition to the article, the one about the hispanic legislator, shouldn't be in the lead. In that case, where in the article did you put that info?-- Jerzeykydd ( talk) 04:03, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Wasted! ;) I've been adding photos (all over of course) but in doing so with Martie Maguire, Emily Robison, and the Court Yard Hounds, I see someone began a link to a Category for Court Yard Hounds in Wikimedia Commons, but it doesn't appear to be functional, though there's the making of it in Commons anyhow. I'm hoping that you (or another editor you know) can make it so that it is one I can upload the Erwin sisters' photos to-- along with backing band members like Lloyd Maines. Have a look at the entire Wikipedia pages too, I think these photos are excellent, and some of the Austin photographers are friends of mine. Thanks!-- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 17:41, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
You're forgetting a very important campaign. -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 01:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
You need to deal with that IP for now. I'm done. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 13:12, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
What think you of the IP? I'm about ready to ask for an admin block. I'm not sure we have a case of vandalism, though we certainly have persistent disruptive edits, and as far as I'm concerned, blatant and unapologetic copyright violation, without even attribution of the source. It is impossible to have a rational discussion with some people, and we seem to have such a person here. Either he goes or I do. It would seem a shame to have the article go down the tubes after all the bona-fide effort some have invested, but life is too short. JeffConrad ( talk) 22:07, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks You are correct that live albums and compilation albums are distinct things. The problem as far as categorization on Wikipedia goes is that there is no definition of what constitutes a compilation for the purposes of WP:ALBUM. To whit, compilation album reads in part, "A compilation album is an album... featuring tracks from either a single or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes.) The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter." As such, an album composed of live recordings over a decade's time--e.g. Live/1975–85--is both a live album due to its content (recordings of live performances) and a compilation due to its form (a wide variety of recording dates.) C.f. with many of the entries at List of albums titled Greatest Hits Live which are all live albums as well as compilations and furthermore a specific theme of compilations as greatest hits albums. If you feel like this type of categorization is still too broad and open to interpretation, I'd encourage you to post at WT:ALBUM. In the meantime, I categorize live albums as being compilations additionally if they are composed of a large variety of recording dates--e.g. How the West Was Won (Led Zeppelin album) was only recorded over two dates that were two days apart from one another and is not really a compilation, whereas BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album) was recorded over six sessions that spanned two years and were not related to one another except for the fact that they were all BBC broadcasts. Does that help? If you'd like to continue this discussion, please do so on my talk. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 02:25, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey, do you ever use the "Flickr2Commons" bot: [6]? What, exactly is a TUSC account or ID? All my photo uploads to Wikimedia Commons I do manually, and often later see people re-uploading the same photo for better resolution or something. I'd use the bot but it asks for 4 things:
Would you take a look at the article for Kevin Breit-- not mine, I've just been adding infoboxes to all the biography articles for musicians listed that need them, since my glasses were broken, (I'm waiting for them to be fixed) and it's easier to do, but I feel fairly sure this guy isn't notable. Need someone like you who is more familiar with the rules to take a look. Thanks. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 08:40, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
I've removed most of the stuff that got added; we had a bunch of opinions today, including a dissent by Sotomayor, in another "conservatives vs. liberals" case. So I just put in a quote from Jeffrey Toobin from back in March saying she has been voting much like Souter, and a remark that in the handful of cases in which Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito have divided along the ideological lines, Sotomayor has always voted with Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer. I hope this is okay while we wait for the end-of-term analysis form reliable sources... Magidin ( talk) 03:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I actually came to ask you a question about the graph you put on John McCain's page. It is clear, easy-to-see, and informative at the same time. Coincidentally, I have been working on United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010 and was putting together a similar graph, hoping to ask for your advice.
Now, however, I got a chance to see your talk page and your contributions, and I feel a bit disheartened. There is a lot I could be doing other than editing, but for some reason, I feel like this one pursuit I have on Linda McMahon and United States Senate campaign of Linda McMahon, 2010 are too important and exciting to miss. How did you handle this near-addiction? Is it really wasted time? How did you push through over 1,000 edits on John McCain's page? What motivated you?
I know, I probably sound like a creep. But if you get the time, leave me a message and let me know how your time on Wikipedia has been—and if you would have done those 1000+ edits over again. -- Screwball23 talk 03:49, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at Ross Perot presidential campaign, 1992? It was in the final stages of a GA review and the reviewer was blocked.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 07:23, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
I ran across this here: Saadat Awan. I am currently a Washington, D.C. resident. I usually hear about new producers, DJs, clubs, and especially, musicians. I have worked at times in some of the best venues, not just in this area, but in Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and a couple other places, which proved helpful in knowing performers and getting photos. I never heard of this one. The article history shows he's writing it about himself. While it's possible he's somehow recording something, the bands he lists are even another matter! The Metropolitan boasts a member named John Masters, (1914–1983) for example, and the article is written entirely as the sole project of someone without a user or talk page, really. Another band he claims as his, The Cassettes consists of himself, another "new" editor who wrote 99% of that article, Shelby Cinca who appears to have some musical experience, but also wrote his own article about himself, and then, comes bandmate Arthur Harrison, (3 February 1886 – 23 April 1918 of the English Royal Navy), and a fourth who at least didn't leave horrific trails all over all these articles. I really don't want to bite the newcomers, but it appears that they are all writing articles to bolster their career aspirations with some dubious notability, leaving poor references, if any, with all these various multiple articles to cleanup in their wake! I know I was bad when we first met, but my intentions were not self-promotion!! I am not known for diplomacy, nor do I like handling stuff like this. Pretty please, would you help put an end or something to this insanity? It's hard enough cleaning up after all the actually notable people in the Wikipedia as it is!! AAAGH %&5!?#@@!-- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 06:11, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
I responded to your comment on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill talk page. Please look. MichaelWestbrook ( talk) 12:06, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Adding some information about a single one of the several agency heads, even if she went on to higher callings, seems a little inappropriate to me. Could you perhaps expand your addition into a paragraph mentioning the other agency heads as well? Tim Ross (talk) 15:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Hey Wasted Time,
I have an ongoing dispute on World Wrestling Entertainment. It's lengthy, and it's been getting heated. One editor in particular, User:Justa_Punk, has been going bonkers over this. User:3Bulletproof16 seems to have a personal issue with me just stating this issue. These editors are obsessive and especially negative to work with.
I really want to get this settled, and I want your help in navigating this issue. Who can I reach out to in solving this dispute? I look to you for advice because I know you have probably faced a lot of disputes on the John McCain page.
-- Screwball23 talk 04:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestions about good articles. I am sorry that after a careful review, I must fail Ann Romney. However, I see that you do know how to write good articles. The Carol Browner article is in much better shape. I am not going to review it now but it looks like a good article to me. Apply that effort that you put into the Carol Browner article into Ann Romney and you will surely have a good article! TeacherA ( talk) 21:16, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
As an editor of Ross Perot presidential campaign, 1992, you may be interested to know that the article is currently a Featured article candidate at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ross Perot presidential campaign, 1992/archive1.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 20:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi WTR, I thought I'd run another rewording by you. With your latest change it's now back to: "The replacement of Justice Souter by Sotomayor had done little to change . . ." You obviously didn't like my revision, but how about another alternative: "In succeeding Justice Souter, Sotomayor had done little to change . . ." Replacement is not really accurate and somewhat offensive to Souter. Also, my wording avoids two prepositions.
My main problem with the percent issue is the repetition of percent and percentage in the same sentence. I thought the symbol broke that up a bit. However, I've since read the MOS on the issue, and your use of the word does follow the recommendation. One possibility to address my concern is to say "one of the highest agreement rates." If you don't care for that, I'll let it go.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Since u were part of the article's FA process, would u like to comment on a discussion concerning reviews for the No Line on the Horizon article]]? Dan56 ( talk) 17:29, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for those copyedits. I think you've pretty much gotten all the quotations not directly attributed to someone! Jayjg (talk) 03:09, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to find some free photos of this tour, but this appears to be near-impossible. I just realized the only 2 free images from the Zoo TV Tour article are yours. Do you happen to have any other shots from the concert (or any others from the tour you may have attended)? Y2kcrazyjoker4 ( talk) 19:50, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
You did a great job in building "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" from a redirect into a GA-class article. Do you have any plans to take it to FAC in the near future? I don't think it's all that far off, so it would probably pass. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:32, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I nominated File:Gravel Stevens.jpg for deletion. Regards Hekerui ( talk) 08:35, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums#Polling. — Markles 10:42, 21 July 2010 (UTC) (Using {{ Please see}})
But the problem is many independent musicians are coving famous songs, and what? Because of fear of making long lists, these musicians won't get the recognition they deserve? This is what is wrong with the industry today. That's why I've been adding all these musicians to songs. I want people to know that this musician covered the song. SwisterTwister ( talk) 19:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Congrats, the article passed. If in future you want to nominate it for FA, just leave me a message on my talk page and I'll stick in a review. However, if you do want to take it in that direction it still needs some improvement first. Cheers Kitchen Roll (Exchange words) 17:59, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Since you have created or expanded 25 DYKs, you should note it here and receive a barnstar to commemorate your achievement. -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 18:07, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations on 25 DYKs. It is an honor for me to give you this medal. Your work on political articles has significantly improved wikipedia's coverage, and has guaranteed that a neutral point of view is upheld. Just think about what some of these articles would look like if you never edited.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 05:54, 28 July 2010 (UTC) |
I tried to put the following in the barnstar, but for some reason it wouldn't work:
Here is what Joe Biden would look like. Mike Gravel would look like this and people wanting to know about John S. McCain, Jr. would see this. Hundreds of topics would simply be red links.
Also, without this comment, I probably would have never started writing campaign articles. So on behalf of all the editors you've worked with, thank you.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 05:54, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, problem here- a saxophone player I knew from when I was 13 and already sneaking into jazz clubs and venues, Ron Holloway, played with two outfits I know of for sure: Root Boy Slim, and Gil Scott-Heron. This was in the 1970a. He showed up on Wikipedia editing his own page about the same time we met, so I was new and thought I knew enough to offer to adopt him (really cocky, huh?)-- and a HUGE mistake. Apparently he envisions something like a cross between an armchair confessional chatting by the fireside with a free commercial advertisement service. I kept telling him he needed real sources to do anything, real or not. Look at his article. I tried like hell to begin to trim down links that weren't acceptable and to find references. He has secured a position backing up Derek Trucks' notable wife Susan Tedeschi, but in his article (hopefully I removed it all but) some parts read like, "Ron heard that Little Feat would be playing in Baltimore, so Ron and Susan went there".. as if he is the Grammy nominee rather than her. And one other glaring problem: his claims to have been a member of Dizzy Gillespie's final quintet for FIVE years-- something you think would be mentioned someplace in Gillespie's sources as well. I can't even find any reference that there WAS a final quintet. I think maybe he sat in with him, or else he was a sideman at best. Anyway, Holloway slowed down adding all this.. STUFF... to his site maybe a year ago. Now, I find that he has written articles in just about every single not-so-credible sites, like Answers.com and maybe two pages more. There's no question he wrote each one. I guess if he couldn't find the references, he'd just create them!! I am horrified. Would you please look at his article and then Google his name? You can see what I'm saying better. Thanks. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 09:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, your suggestion at DYK has been reviewed and is good to go but I provide an ALT that may peak more interest.-- NortyNort (Holla) 10:30, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
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Wow! Can't believe anyone other than myself would take a look at that article, much less work on the album that was never promoted. I never know what to send to the DYK? I think I was the one to start this article, back when we met (which is why it's been a mess!)-- maybe you should include in the lead the mention that another thing making the band notable was the inclusion of Alun Davies, who, after this album was successfully recruited as "first guitar" in Cat Stevens band at the time that he began to reach the zenith of his career, from 1970 on--- and that three decades later remains in that position with the now- Muslim named Yusuf Islam on all his projects. If you would like to find more information on Davies or any of that, this former fansite was bought by Yusuf, and has all kinds of multimedia, interviews and articles, photos and music clips: [7] -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 14:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
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1. When listing instruments in an infobox, should they begin with the most often used and end with the most minor instruments? 2. If someone leaves a reference in an article to The Washington Post from years ago, and I go to check the reference, and find no more than the title and no more (unless you pay them of course), does that count as an acceptable reference? Cause we can't read it? Same thing for references in foreign languages on the en.Wiki? 3. I began a stub on Mike Mattison and was hoping you'd look at it, since it was a quickie job and it seems Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi disbanded their bands and joined to perform together instead! It appears they are dropping all of Tedeschi's sidemen, and only Mattison (I think). I'm only now getting the info. Would be a pleasure to delete the entire article for The Derek Trucks Band, since it was barely assembled at all. 4. The fallout from Tedeschi dismissing everyone is that Ron Holloway is being edited by himself, User:Ronsax at a hundred miles an hour, (not good). For years I've tried to get him to follow WP:MOS. But take a look at it, (and I forceably moved a ton (A Ton) of questionable spare links from the botttom of the page). I guess he's got nothing to do but promote himself in the article. Nothing is untrue that I know of, but now the tone, the lack of direction, his other issues WP:OWN, WP:COI, and has sat on the phone with me for 2 1/2 hours last night, but not listening to half of what I say-- something has to be done. I'm the only one he trusts (trusts from what?) and so dumps all this on me and keeps making the same mistakes! Here was a result this week: [8] please look at the recent history of the edit. I mean, really! And now I get an email from him complaining about a couple spelling mistakes I've made while editing his article after he messed it up?!!-- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 04:39, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know that I filed one of these after providing summary discussion on the talk page, and a description of the dispute. --Regards -- KeptSouth ( talk) 11:16, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
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You're an expert on decimating "controversy" sections in BLPs. A big fat target for you is Jeff Perry (politician) in case you want to go hunting. 166.137.139.184 ( talk) 03:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
First, I sent some of this info to User:Tvoz also.. In the "Majicat.com" site, some new articles, (I think) have appeared which may help in developing the Cat Stevens section of the article about him (one of the reasons it lost it's GA status was in part, due to the , and possibly regaining the GA status it once enjoyed. Finally, I don't know if you noticed, but Starbucks has an "Opus Collection" of CDs by different artists, and Cat Stevens/Yusuf has a CD in that collection; I couldn't help myself, I bought one. There are some half-decent liner notesAll the songs are from the peak of his career: Mona Bone Jakon through Buddha and the Chocolate Box- with the exception of the title song to Roadsinger (To Warm You Through the Night), and I think maybe one other bonus song. It's been a while since I edited the article... do you know offhand if that new release is mentioned in the text, or the discography for Cat Stevens? Are any of the Starbucks CDs worthy, I wonder? I assume if they are, then the Starbucks CD also would apply to the discography for Alun Davies as well, but since I'm not certain of how the album pages are really done, so I hope you know, and will reply on my talk page please! Thanks. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 06:40, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
hello,
just wondering why you reverted it. The lead is nearly the same as in the main article of the band. If copy & pasting is here in wikipedia ok, than I have no problem. Cheers.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:11, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
The good thing about wikipedia is that we can turn away from the establishment and reveal things for what they are, but only if we follow and correctly understand the guidelines. Phil Davison should be listed on the 2012 election template and page. He meets our established criteria. He does not meet the criteria of the National Journal, for one reason: the National Journal is arbitrary. Yes, it is a reliable source and counts, but it is arbitrary. We are not arbitrary, or at least we shouldn't be. We shouldn't decide that someone is not serious and therefore should be excluded. We shouldn't exclude someone simply because they don't match our preconceived notions of what a presidential candidate should be. We have a fair criteria that places everyone on a level playing field. We should respect that criteria and NOT discriminate. Whether I like it or not, Phil Davison is speculated to run for president in two sources less than 6 months old. Is someone just trying to be funny? I don't know. These are reliable sources and if they speculate that someone is running for president (no matter how funny the speculation is), they should be included hands down because this is wikipedia; everything is backed and nothing is arbitrary.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 06:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
I just found your review of the article. Thank you for taking the time to do it. In the future, I suggest that you leave a note on the talk page of the nominator so that months do not lapse between your review and action by the nominator. I personally disagree with your concerns regarding sourcing, as about half of the references were to independent sources. Your suggestion about tuition and other metrics are already covered in the main University of Miami article. I agree with you about capitalization of webpage titles, but I don't want to set off an edit war with Ryulong who has very strong views on the point. Again, thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 05:16, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
We had talked (via Wikipedia talk pages) a few years ago about the need for such an article. Thanks for getting it started and thanks also for the recent input, including on proper citation formatting. I'm sorry it took so long for me to get over there (I had lost track of my old account and so lost track of this project).
Appreciatively,
98.245.150.162 ( talk) 19:14, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
P.S. I noticed some time back that you do editing of the John McCain article. There is a McCain connection to the (early) National League of Families. Joe McCain (Johns brother) was very involved in the (early) League (late 60s through early to mid 70s).
Surprisingly, John McCain did not approve of Joes involvement in the League and after Johns release they had a falling out over it that lasted several years. Or I may have that slightly wrong (I can't remember clearly now)-- it may have been over other opinions about the war. I'm not sure which it was now, will need to do some more checking...
I have added most of what I know about it (only to the discussion page) and will try to remember the citable materials.
98.245.150.162 ( talk) 19:54, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, you know more about these things, so maybe you can help. I convinced a German photographer to allow us to upload his entire collection, and another editor from de.Wikipedia and I have been uploading the 200+ photos, most of which we really need. However, I went to make an infobox and add the photo for Gilbert Bécaud, (apparently on the German Wikipedia, infoboxes are optional); so now I'm following behind him adding infoboxes and cleaning up the articles while doing so on the English Wikipedia. The question-- I know composers have a different infobox than regular performing musicians. Would you take a look at Gilbert Bécaud's article, and tell me which he IS, and where I can find which infobox for who? I'd appreciate it- leave me a note on my talk page, OK? -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 10:18, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping to improve the lead on Mitt Romney. — Eustress talk 01:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I was wondering about Categories that we add to biography articles in the external links section. If an artist releases a solo album on a record label (example: Columbia, then I know we add the Category: Columbia Records artists. Question: if the artist either collaborates on an album, or guests on a record where the primary artist is someone else, do we also add the Category for the label(s) upon which they appear, even if it is just for a few tracks? Also, what about when I find a band and in the discography section and one album released says, [[Columbia Records|CBS Records|CBS|]]? Next question --I don't understand the relationship between a major label and an "imprint". Example would be the Dixie Chicks who signed to Sony/BMG/Open Wide And, in the infobox should we add those labels there too? Please answer on my talk page. Thanks. --~~
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Materialscientist ( talk) 18:05, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
First off, I went back in a few instances and read source material side-by-side with the article, then fact-checked certain points against third-party information which wasn't cited.. Unlike perhaps 98% of contributions I find on here, I want to applaud you for not inserting false information simply because it's whatever you came up with in your Google search. Most people can't get historical details straight about things which happened 5 years ago, let alone 50. Bravo.
I went looking for more potential source information on early electoral races for both Electoral history of Mike Gravel and Electoral history of Ted Stevens. In the course of this and related searches, I actually wound up finding a whole bunch of material from the 1974 campaign, all of it Anchorage Times articles mostly written by Mike Doogan. It may take a little time, but I'll try and digest some of this and see if it'll work in the article. That section could use some meat, as well. RadioKAOS ( talk) 23:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry Wasted Time R, my mistake. (And I take it you don't think her words should feature on the front page... You're probably right.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrekekekexKoaxKoax ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 20 December 2010 (UTC) And for my evident incompetence in failing to sign above message. BrekekekexKoaxKoax ( talk) 01:41, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
And here I thought you had just had enough and decided to end it all..... Tvoz/ talk 05:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
You're ready to take on the Sarah Palin article now. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 19:35, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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