User talk:I dream of horses/2019/February

A message from StuartMcKie

Hi! You recently moved my page on Jane F. Gardner into Draft. I am fairly new to Wikipedia, and this is my first new page, so I'd really like some pointers on how to improve. Do you have any specific reasons for moving the page, and if so, how can I put them right?

Thanks in advance StuartMcKie StuartMcKie (talk) 11:22, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

@StuartMcKie: I moved the article because I had thought you meant to put in draftspace. This was probably due to draft tags on the article itself. I guess I was mistaken, but it seems as though you could use the help you can get in draftspace, anyways. Once you're done, go ahead and submit the draft. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 03:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Bctwriter

Hi, I created an article [[1]]and you rejected due to references. I appreciate the time spent and I wanted to get some clarification. You wrote "Patents and other Wikipedia articles don't establish notability" Is the concern the company is not notable enough for wikipedia or are the references re the company insufficient. My thinking was that being granted 14 patents in one industry was a basis for notability? I read through the FAQs regarding citations and will follow through but wanted to see if I could get some clarification. Thanks, Bctwriter (talk) 01:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bctwriter: Basically, I wouldn't consider patents to be independent enough to establish notability; they are "too close" to the company if that makes sense. I am uncertain at this time if the company is notable enough for Wikipedia.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 03:10, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for comments above. I have reworked the article and resubmitted. The patents are still there (as i think those should count) but have added extensive thrird-party validation. Thanks Bctwriter (talk) 14:20, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

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A message from Theunknown90

hey on the deon Nicholson boxing article can you help me improve it so we can keep one day he'll be known world wide Theunknown90 (talk) 18:43, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

@Theunknown90:

1. Wikipedia is for people who are already well-known, and have sources to prove that.
2. I don't really create articles. You should probably use the article wizard to help instead.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 00:37, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

The Sustainability Initiative

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Hello I dream of horses/2019: An invitation for you to check out the Sustainability Initiative, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia projects. If you're interested, please consider adding your name to the list of supporters, which serves to express and denote the community's support of the initiative. Thanks for your consideration! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:38, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from 104.219.112.34

I edited the Brendan Hansen entry because the information is irrelevant to the article. Information about coaching accomplishments by one of his old teammates decades after swimming with Hansen have no reason to be included. Furthermore, inclusion of that kind of information would add terabytes to Wikipedia if it was included in every article. It doesn't meet any reasonable standard of information worthy of inclusion. 104.219.112.34 (talk) 21:30, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Next time, use an edit summary. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 00:59, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Michel Temer

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Al qarah

It's a dab page, as you recognised, so ought to be an orphan, can't be a stub, and shouldn't be tagged as either. Do your AWB settings need to be adjusted? PamD 06:53, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

@PamD: I'm not sure how I can get AWB to not auto-tag disambiguation pages, and will almost always skip it. I didn't this time. Whoops! Sometimes, other changes need to be done (typo-fixing, etc.). Perhaps someone like Reedy needs to fix this? -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 11:47, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

But you're responsible for all your edits, even when using AWB - if you'd been looking at the edits it was making you'd have seen that it turned {{geodis}} into {{place name disambiguation}}, which was a pretty good clue that this was a dab page so that the other changes were inappropriate. Ah well, perhaps just a one-off blink, but please watch out for dab page. Thanks. PamD 13:52, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

@PamD: Yeah, I'm usually pretty good at catching that, but you're right, I am responsible. Sorry about that.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 14:05, 6 February 2019 (UTC) (Repaired ping at 17:12, 6 February 2019 (UTC))

DG wikipedia page

yes, I'm David Graeber. I rarely check my wikipedia page but for what possible reason did someone think 1 out 5 paragraphs devoted to my entire "activist" career and the majority I think of that devoted to my relation to OWS should consist of some guy who thinks my one-time appearance on some TV show shows that Russia was trying to "co-opt" Occupy? I tried to merely reverse the edit, since in general when people add paragraphs that are obviously tangential to the subject matter at best and pursuing some personal hobbyhorse are removed quickly. Instead it was put back.

If you don't believe I'm me I also complained on twitter, using my own account. DG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.228.165 (talk) 17:08, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Next time, use an edit summary to avoid miscommunicating like this.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 17:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC) (fixed link at 17:12, 6 February 2019 (UTC))

Email regarding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Remi)

Removed template at 07:01, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Untitled

why tho??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bethysaurusrex (talk • contribs) 22:35, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bethysaurusrex: What are you referring to?  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 22:38, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Nobuhiro Watsuki

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My comment to Atcovi on the Freeman page

Hey I get why it was removed as it was definitely targeted and negative, and I don't really respect this to change anything, but I do have a couple questions.

1. I mean, like, it was pretty clear it was lighthearted, right? No one's feelings were being hurt, I really just wanted to leave a message so that my disapproval would be noted, is there any way I could do that? Like would I just stay up if I was just like "hey I respectfully disagree because of X, Y, and Z"?

2. I mean I know that like atcovi is kind of following the atcovi is generally following the guidelines kinda sorta but weren't their comments pretty cruel? Like I really just thought they came off as haughty and it'd be great to get some affirmation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.194.124 (talk) 04:59, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

I forgot to sign in, this is from Rpmccracken — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rpmccracken (talk • contribs) 05:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Rpmccracken: While Atcovi might've been a little blunt (sometimes needed for online interaction), you were just being immature (calling them a "chucklehead", etc.). I was trying to motivate you to cut it out, and it looks like I succeeded.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 07:06, 11 February 2019 (UTC) (fixed ping at 07:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC))

I apologize if somehow my comment has offended you, but I had to get the point straight for you to understand. Though, comments calling me a "chucklehead", stating you are my "worst nightmare" and even the edit that is the cause of this whole dispute itself, are definately things that seem trollish and might simply imply that this is a case of WP:NOTHERE. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 12:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

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A message from Ncfc01

Hello. I wonder if you would be able to take a look at the explanation I provided on The Henry Drinker talk page for a deletion I attempted on January 25. I’m new to this and I now recognize that I should have provided an explanation before I made an edit. One of the other editors was good enough to tell me where to do that. (I sent you an email on this subject in response to your advice to me but that was before I figured out how to access a talk page.) I would very much appreciate any advice or guidance you could give. Thank you.Ncfc01 (talk) 18:05, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

@Ncfc01: Yeah, I can be fairly accused of not always checking my email.

Next time, use an edit summary. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 02:51, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

WP:PERM/A

Thank you for finding and suggesting users for autopatrolled - TNT ^💖 21:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

@There'sNoTime: Oh, it's no problem, or at least not more trouble than patrolling new pages. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 21:32, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination

Thank you for the nomination for permissions/AutopatrolledTecmo (talk) 04:40, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Leonardo Glauso

Thanks for ping, I've blocked eight obvious socks involved in the repeat spamming of this. All used the same style, using pictures of naked women as "references", so I don't think I've done any collateral damage, also pinging @Ifnord: for info Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:54, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak: Bad news. Draft:Glauso Leonardo was created.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 21:30, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, that editor was already blocked but I'd missed that version from December. Found a few more socks this morning, total blocked socks up to 13 now!. I'm hoping this might be the end, since all of these were SPAs rather than computer-savvy block evasions. Keep up the good work Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak: If this photographer spent as much time learning their craft as they appear to be spending in self-promotion (see Draft:Resuer (magazine) by yet another sock)... Ifnord (talk) 17:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Rego90

Thanks for reviewing my article "I dream of horses". I'd love to know:- 1. What made you to reject that submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources? The ISBN number and the details of the book are clearly indicated.It was published by Dhyanavana, a leading publisher for christian spirituality in India. ( http://carmelbangalore.com/dhyanavana_publications.html).

2. To add more details the book was released by Cardinal of Syro-Malabar church Monsignor George Alanchery, Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa and Patriarch of East- Msgr. Filip Neri Ferrao. ). It is also sad to say that a book lauded by the Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Goa circle, Old Goa (even included in the back cover) is labelled "not an reliable source" by an experienced wikipedia editor.

3. Moreover John Marshal is the Author of the book. The details about his life and works are summarized in page p. 21-22 of the book. It is a common understanding that the life and works of the author should be placed in a single section not the entire book. All the information were verified by the publishing house before the publication (as testified by the Nihil Obstat issued by Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, OCD, Provincial of Karnataka Goa province of Discalced Carmelites, President IPCI).

Rego90 (talk) 05:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

@Rego90: If the only source you can find is two pages in a book written by the person you're writing about that you then have to use repeatedly throughout the article, the person you're writing about doesn't qualify for a Wikipedia article. This is a fate shared by many people who are important, but didn't achieve enough fame to be written about by others.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 19:33, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Berzaev Rustam

Dear Wikipedia admin. can u tell me how can I contact you? I didnt find any option in the wikipedia page.

Berzaev Rustam (talk) 21:15, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

@Berzaev Rustam:

1. You just contacted me. You can contact me again by clicking on "edit" that's next to "A message from Berzaev Rustam".
2. I have plenty of links to my email both on this page, and the edit notice to it if you'd prefer that.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 21:22, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from AliciaRosen83

Hello @I dream of horses: I hope I am doing this right! I wanted to ask - the blog that is referenced in the Aleron Kong page, it is directly from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, would that not qualify as a reliable source? Thank you AliciaRosen83 (talk) 22:18, 17 February 2019 (UTC)AliciaRosen83

@AliciaRosen83: Don't worry, you have my attention.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing would naturally have a vested finanicial interest in the books it publishes, so no, not a reliable source.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 00:39, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from SpiderMBA

Wikipedia is NOT "neutral" as you claim. It is skewed heavily to the left. Take global warming/climate change, please. Take evolution as well.

SpiderMBA (talk) 23:40, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

@SpiderMBA: Firstly, I never made any claims that Wikipedia was perfect. Secondly, science exists whether or not you believe in it.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 00:41, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Removal of citations.

I dream of horses

Hello & Greetings!

Thank you for your update on the article. I thought if I had shared more legitimate citations it would be more useful for the admins to review it and make a decision on the article. I have now removed most of them. If you could take a look and guide. I'll appreciate that.

Awaiting response! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arpitdubey9 (talk • contribs) 10:31, February 18, 2019 (UTC)

@Arpitdubey9: I'll let someone else do a formal review.

I will say that what you've done is certainly a step in the right direction, but remember:

1. You really only need two or three inline citations, at most, after a sentence.
2. Inline citations need to be integrated in the article.
3. It's okay to edit a draft while it waits to be accepted or declined. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 16:06, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

I dream of horses

Thank you for the details, I'll go ahead and make some more changes to citations regarding this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arpitdubey9 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

College Football

I found some more draft article

• Draft:1972 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
• Draft:1980 McNeese State Cowboys football team
• Draft:1996 Penn Quakers football team — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:a000:140d:4316:a56c:8747:f969:d04c (talk) 3:29, February 19, 2019 (UTC)

Que sera sera. Someone will decline or accept the drafts whenever it happens, and I'll continue to evaluate drafts "in order". -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 03:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Dinesh D'Souza

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A message from Jessbruder

Hiya! I'm brand new at all this...which means I can only hope that I'm not putting my foot in my mouth too ridiculously. Thank you kindly for your message re: the lack of citations in the article I created. I've gone back into the editor and tried to remedy this -- as a slightly neurotic journalist and a one-woman band, I can only hope I did it right!

In the interest of full transparency... I created a username...that is my real name. Was that a terrible idea? Thanks for not laughing at that question TOO hard ;). I don't want to be trollbait. But I also don't have any friends who are Wikipedia editors, so this is indeed my first rodeo... and I'm not remotely offended if I get bucked off the horse a few times.

Cheers + thanks, Jessbruder (talk) 21:45, 19 February 2019 (UTC)JessbruderJessbruder (talk) 21:45, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Jessbruder (talk) 21:45, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jessbruder: I'm not going to judge you by your username. I will say, though, some peole prefer to not use their real name or a username they've used elsewhere in the interest of privacy.

You'll do fine.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 22:15, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from User:Mr. Holup on Draft:Moran Cerf

Hello. I've noticed that you have auto patrolled capability. I have found an article that is in bad need of patrolling. You can find it here. This article is in need of review because of it's questionable status as a creation of a user with a COI. Please patrol this draft to see whether it should be changed to Article, remain a Draft, or become an AfD subject as promotion. Mr. Holup (talk) 20:54, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Mr. Holup: Drafts aren't articles, but more "articles in progress". Someone will review the draft in due time. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 22:07, 19 February 2019 (UTC) (Fixed ping, changed word at 03:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC))

australian ... etc

Is an organisational and publication name and should have been blocked by now under username policy JarrahTree 04:12, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: If they continue to not respond, here is the place to report it. Note that this is not a situation where blocking is urgent.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:23, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Indeed - perhaps they will get around to reading the issues outlined on the talk page - we have on the average one company or organisation a week in the australian project thinking they can update their wikipedia page with their username directly linkable - its quite an incessant act of thinking the wikipedia is a website to update, sad. JarrahTree 04:26, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: To be fair to Australia, that's a problem with companies all over the world.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:28, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I think that there should be a template built into organisation/company article creation that gives a checklist of items that edits on those items need checking: Username/COI/ etc etc JarrahTree 04:32, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: Paid editors are usually good-faith, but I wouldn't trust them to not have "sign/checklist blindness". A lot of them would probably scroll to the bottom and mindlessly hit "next".  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:40, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

insufficient emojis on wp to respond to that :| JarrahTree 04:42, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: Sign blindness is an unfortunate bit of human psychology, and I'm sure we fall pray to at least once in a lifetime. Of course, some of us are more prone than others.

That, and sometimes paid editors are put in an unfair situation, where they are basically expected to violate Wikipedia policy by their employer. I mean, not that justifies the impact of violating Wikipedia policy, but still.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:47, 20 February 2019 (UTC) (added word at 04:49, 20 February 2019 (UTC))

I suppose I never think of them as paid editors... just newbies that are clueless JarrahTree 04:51, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: "Newbie that are clueless" is a broader and seperate category from "paid editor". I suppose there's significant overlap, though.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Bettyharlafti2

Hello,

I don't want to spare your time and i don't know if this is a very important issue to discuss but i'm confused if i have to do something or not. On the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Harlafti you can see a wiki message at top of the article talking about "neutral point of view" etc. I read about "neutrality" and you can see that at i donit insult anybody and all the data that is written are accompanied with referrals.

Is there anything that a can do to "dismiss" the "exclamation message"?

Thank you.

Bettyharlafti2 (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bettyharlafti2: What that template is saying is that because you have edited the article, people should be extra sure to check over your edits so that it's neutral. It should remain for now.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 01:11, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Genesneuro

please check the draft submission, if it is fine now.. Genesneuro (talk) 07:52, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

@Genesneuro: I'd prefer to let someone else do it. They'll offer a different perspective.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 14:29, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomadland

Would you consider re-reviewing the unpublished page for Jessica Bruder — which is now chock full of citations? Thanks either way ;)! Cult favorite (talk) 22:38, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

@Cult favorite: I tend to like to have someone else re-review the draft with fresh eyes. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 23:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

@I dream of horses: Understood -- plus you've already done me a solid by helping educate a newbie. Thanks & 10-4! Cult favorite (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 3:43, 22 February 2019

DivaDance Company Page

Hello,

Can you elaborate more on Peacock type phrasing? I can go back and change it. I will try to have it read more like an encyclopedia. Thank you for the feedback!

Travis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisduhart (talk • contribs) 00:21, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

@Travisduhart: To directly quote WP:PEACOCK,

"Words such as these are often used without attribution to promote the subject of an article, while neither imparting nor plainly summarizing verifiable information..."

Basically, unless it can be verified by a source or was said by someone, you shouldn't put in the article. Ian.thomson gave you some good advice on how to write neutrally. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 11:51, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

My New Article

Can you look at my article I just submitted? NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 19:00, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

@NerdyKaiExpo: No, because I think it's better that you get another person to look at it to get a different perspective.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 20:29, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Wtoalabi

Hello! I just saw that you declined my article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:StepJockey with this comment "Also, there's some spots where sentences are overcited." I will greatly appreciate it if you can point me in the direction of the said sentences, I am ready to make adjustments. Thanks!!! Wtoalabi (talk) 21:25, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

@Wtoalabi: Generally, if a sentence has more than three citations after it, that's too many, and you should probably trim it down a bit.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 21:37, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Wtoalabi (talk) 11:44, 24 February 2019 (UTC) Wow that was helpful! I naively thought having more references will help build the case towards WP:NCORP. Trimmed down. Can I submit for a new review now? Thanks!!!

Please comment on Talk:Ralph Northam

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A message from Shvbmyparentsgod

Please unblock us as we are founder of late Shri Harbhajan & maa Vimal brahmin is GOD foundation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shvbmyparentsgod (talk • contribs) 17:17, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Shvbmyparentsgod: 1. Shared accounts aren't allowed.

2. Being a founder of an organization isn't a reason to get unblocked.

3. You aren't blocked to begin with.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 18:06, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Sushigirl1962

Hi, my user name is Sushigirl1962,

I made some edits on Tomboy, the movie about the story of the transgender boy. I was wondering, why did you undo my edits? They weren't offensive, if anything I was making the writing less transphobic. I'm gender-fluid and that film is transphobic and homophobic and I was trying to make, at least, the writing less transphobic. I hope that you can understand this and undo what you have done because having something like that out in the world pushes people like me farther into the dark where we commit suicide because we believe that we have to be cisgender when we aren't and we can never be. Please, let me edit this page because I truly believe it will result in less deaths of young boys and girls and children.

Sincerely, Sushigirl1962

Sushigirl1962 (talk) 06:49, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Sushigirl1962: I think you meant to talk to Seby1541.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 07:20, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from NorthPark1417

Hello, I am the writer of Michael Nestor. I use shortened notes linked with {{tl|sfn}} and citation templates, styled Sudirman. - NorthPark1417 (talk) 07:39, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@NorthPark1417: I would think that in situations where you're not citing a limited number of books, you would use more common methods of inline citing Wikipedia articles for consistencys' sake.-- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 07:48, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

A message from Actaudio

I noticed you left a note on a draft I submitted saying the page already exists. It's since been fixed so I'm wondering if it's ok for me to remove that (I don't want to do anything in bad etiquette!) or how would be better to handle it. Thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Paula_Fairfield Actaudio (talk) 08:46, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Actaudio: Glad you asked. It's actually preferable to keep the comment there. I'm sure reviewers will realize that the issue is resolved by the time stamp after my signature, but it's handy to easily assess the history of a page. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 17:05, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

What to do?

I see that you've communicated with this new user. I looked at some of their edits, and I think that 95 percent of them are bad edits. I don't think they are a vandal, but they are introducing bad grammar, usage and punctuation to a large number of articles. What should be done?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Sand_Emu -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:33, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Ssilvers: This is one unusually obvious manifastion of what the "competence is required" essay is talking about. Perhaps just clean up their edits, and see if they respond positively or negatively.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 02:49, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jussie Smollett

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Removing a revision in history

Hello. This is the first time I do something on Wikipedia and I made a submission there. Unfortunately I forgot to log in while editing something minor on my submission and now people can see my IP address. Is it possible to delete the revision on my submission so that my IP is also gone? Zackalaf (talk) 01:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Zackalaf: I'll see if this is possible.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 01:34, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done For future reference, this is something covered in WP:Oversight. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:35, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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