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Gurdjieff

I wonder why it is that you removed all the stuff under Gurdjieff under "critics".

Not that I disagree with the removal, I think most of it was utter rubbish, I just had thought that what was up there then was better than any nonsense that might go up there in the future.

Thoughts?

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Independent candidate

I have read the talk page. I asked two questions there shortly before my revert to a redirect; 1) what's the difference? and 2) why does this not fall under Wikipedia is not for howtos?. Can you please answer them instead of asserting that I haven't read your statement that they are different? 128.232.241.211 (talk) 23:01, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Levi Bellfield

I believe your restoring the link on Levi Bellfield was ill-advised, as this isn't a reliable source or an appropriate link for an article that discusses a living person. I've explained further at Talk:Levi Bellfield#MichaelStone.co.uk and I've sought third-party opinions at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Levi Bellfield. If you feel the link is appropriate (which you surely must, as you chose to add it back) please contribute to the discussions there. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 21:32, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

external link Bellfield

Hi, I see you replaced the disputed external link again. Please don't do that again and take this report as a WP:EDITWARRING notice. If you replace it one more time without discussion and consensus I will request your editing privileges are restricted.Off2riorob (talk) 00:52, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi - I am merely exercising my editorial discretion. Only you have disputed the link - nobody else. You want other editors to discuss your amendments after you have made them but you do not want other editors to discuss your amendments before you decide to make them. Londonlinks (talk) 22:03, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

dated comments

Hi, why is there no time and date in your talkpage comments? Off2riorob (talk) 22:55, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, as you have edited and not replied I am unsure why or what you are considering to resolve this - please read this Wikipedia:Signatures - do you know why your signiture is not adding a time and datte stamp? Is this something you are doing deliberately? Can you please correct this issue, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 20:57, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

If you are using Wikipedia:Signatures#Using_three_tildes that is fine on your userpage but please start using Wikipedia:Signatures#Using_four_tildes on article talkpages as this will also post the time and date on the post, thanks Off2riorob (talk) 21:00, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

EL noticeboard

Hi, I have requested opinions at the External links noticeboard, Wikipedia:External_links/Noticeboard#Michael_Stone_.28murderer.29 - thanks - Off2riorob (talk) 22:16, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

June 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Michael Stone (murderer). Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The edit sumarry here contained unsupported accusations of vandalism. Please see WP:Vandalism for Wikipedia's definition of vandalism. Quasihuman | Talk 23:06, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Michael Stone (murderer). Thank you. Quasihuman | Talk 20:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Omar benguit

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There is one reliable source in the article - actually two - one of them points to the court of Appeal judgement. Londonlinks (talk) 22:07, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

July 2011

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Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Omar benguit, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Eeekster (talk) 22:07, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

The inline reference has now been added to the article. As I am not a paid editor I do not have the time to edit the article to the requisite standard demanded by Wikipedia. If anyone else has the time to amend the page then feel free to do so. Londonlinks (talk) 22:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

maintenance templates

Hi please do not remove such maintenance template, this issue will be investigated, feel free to join in the discussion but please do not remove the template, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 22:32, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

You are cut and copying from what appears to be a website you are involved in some way with. The website its self is not even a WP:rs - that is before we start with the cut and copy issue - If this murder is notable you need top assert that by adding content supported by independent reliable external links, Th emurderer themselves is not notable and you added address all all sorts of other policy violating content - I suggest if you want to create an artixcle there are places to work here with experianced users that will help you do that. Right now I don't know the links, ask at the help desk WP:Help desk - or I know USER:Chzz - is experienced in such help - I suggest you blank this article amd we will delete it and you ask for help to create something with help and start from scratch. Perhaps WP:Article Incubator or WP:Article creation - you may also benefit from the type new user assistance that WP:ADOPTION gives. Off2riorob (talk) 22:38, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you agree to blanking and deletion of the article? If you do I will sort that out. Off2riorob (talk) 22:58, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi - no I do not agree to you blanking and deleting the article which I would regard as act of vandalism. At the moment you are only listening to your own views, but there are other editors on Wikipedia apart from yourself. You should canvass their views and if you find a consensus to delete the page then I will have no objection if valid grounds for doing so are made out. Alternatively suggestions could be made as to how the page can be improved and other editors apart from myself could take on that role to improve the layout or content of the article.

Wikipedia did not develop as it has done through editors simply reaching for the delete button every time they spot something considered to be unacceptable.

So first canvas some support for your proposal to see if anyone apart from yourself agrees with your suggestion.

If you are in a minority of 1 then you will know your proposal has no substance.

Wikipedia editors are not barred from making contributions to articles which they have already published elsewhere - please read up on the policies and rules. 86.129.186.93 Londonlinks (talk) 22:16, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I tried to help you understand what WP:Vandalism is but you insist on attacking me yet again - yawn - I tried to help you and directed you to locations here where you can find help .....but you seem unwilling or uninterested in accepting it .....Its up to you. I don't need to canvass anyone - enjoy yourself, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 22:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I apologise for suggesting that a complete deletion of the article would amount to vandalism, but it is the most severe step to take. The whole purpose of Wikipedia is to draw upon the skills of a variety of editors who may each have a useful contribution to make to an article.

You are free to delete whole chunks of the article or make improvements, as you would then be performing your role as an editor, but if you simply delete the whole article, this would deprive others of the opportunity to edit the article and with respect would not really be 'editing' in the proper sense of the word.

If the whole article is deleted it would mean there is nothing left for anyone to edit.

You say that Omar Benguit is not 'notable' for the purpose of inclusion in Wikipedia, but I do not know what yardstick you are using for that assumption.

Deleting a whole article without consulting any other editor is really not editing. I have initiated a number of articles on Wikipedia which have been there for quite a long time and other editors are always free to improve them. If you do not have any contribution to make to the Omar Benguit article, you should bear in mind that some other editor may have something useful to say on the subject, and may set aside time to do so as I have set aside my time to begin the article.

Do respect the efforts which other editors make and if there any violations then any editor including yourself is free to make edits as they see fit. I have no objection to anyone editing the article, but deleting the whole article is simply not editing. Londonlinks (talk) 08:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Under the name of the person - he is a WP:BLP1e only notable for one event - the murder, so any article would need to be called after the murder not the man - then you need to assert that the murder itself was a notable murder or a notable event. For example that the case set a historic precedent or something along that line - perhaps assert that it was a high profile case and was widely reported in some national newspapers as well as local.WP:CRIME or WP:Event are related to such an articles notability status here on wikipedia - you would also need half a dozen reliable independent reports of the murder to use to support the content. If you have any of this it will be a good starting point. Off2riorob (talk) 11:49, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi - it is not possible to edit the article if it is deleted. If you wish to link to the article from another page such as the name of the victim then you still need to have an article page to link to. If you want myself or other editors to improve the page with other links then this can also be done, but nothing can be edited or improved if the page is marked for deletion or if it has already been removed. That is plain commonsense.

I will leave it up to you - delete the page completely if that is what you regard as "editing" but then don't expect the article to be improved in the way you are suggesting, because other editors are not telepathic and will not be able to read what is in your mind.

As I have mentioned to you before, simply deleting articles without canvassing the views of other editors before doing so is defined as vandalism, for which there is no excuse. If an article needs to be improved then it can only be improved if it is visible to other Wikipedia editors. Londonlinks (talk) 12:17, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Omar benguit for deletion

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