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Meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: Saturday, 20 November 2010
	Time: 1:00 - 3:30 (click here for full agenda) R.S.V.P. by Nov. 17 for free lunch + parking
	Place: Minnesota History Center 345 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, Minnesota 44.95°N 93.1055°W / 44.95; -93.1055

November Minnesota Meetup

We're growing up --This one actually has an agenda! --Bobak (talk) 00:01, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: Saturday, 20 November 2010
	Time: 1:00 - 3:30 (click here for full agenda) R.S.V.P. by Nov. 17 for free lunch + parking
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Jared Lee Loughner

Hi! I saw this edit

1. it's already cited below. (If it is "controversial" it can be cited at every instance) 2. If it changes, all we do is change the names of the prisons, update the access date, and then use the previous access date to say that he was at USP Tucson. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Cited below WHAT? What do you mean "cited below"? Why not cite it where it appears in the article. "Below" is ambiguous and unhelpful. Moncrief (talk) 22:45, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I see someone added a perfect cite, so no need to reply. Moncrief (talk) 22:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Secret in their Eyes

I'm a Minnesotan, too. Fancy that. Both of us have endured the hardest winter in memory.

Say, I wanted to follow up with you about the historical context on this great film. I am serious about bringing in some of the political background but I'm not sure how to do it. The story doesn't have an obvious political point to me as a non-Argentine. Is there another place on Wikipedia that outlines the political issues you were alluding to? That would be a start. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

RE language in The Kennedys

The show was commissioned by, made in, made by, and made for Canadians / Canadian companies and later sold to American broadcaster who subsequently backed out and when a new American broadcaster was found they would only be involved if they were allowed to push the Canadian broadcast to second, AFTER theirs. Canadian English in the article. delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 19:38, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Cold in Bradford, PA

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Calhoun/Lincoln

Moncrief - I don't know if you have these are your watchlist. I added some supporting material on Calhoun and "minority" rights. What say you? 36hourblock (talk) 21:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library

Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.

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Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing Moncrief a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 03:03, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Moncrief (talk) 05:19, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Don Draper's age

• "The real Don Draper was born on June 1, 1926"
• "making the real Don Draper's birth year as 1917"

Please explain to me how this is not a contradiction. Personally I don't see how the real Don Draper could be born in 2 different years, but you reverted my attempt to fix this up, so it must make sense to you. 128.114.59.161 (talk) 23:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

"Signal 30" edit

No need to provide three references, Moncrief; I think one will do - you choose. :) - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:04, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

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One passage as "original research" in The Boys in the Bar

The Boys in the Bar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have removed the statement that claims a title of Cheers episode as a derivative of The Boys in the Band. For your benefit, I have moved the statement to the talk page, just in case. True or not, without verification by reliable sources, I don't think it may look good for any article that has potential to be a Good Article. Of course, rather than add it back, discuss it if you can. --George Ho (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Wavelength

Hi Moncrief: Wavelength may have had principal photography in 1966, but it did not use diagetic sound (location sound). So in post-production, Snow edited the film in the winter of '67, when the song was released (I don't even think he had rights clearance to use it, but the Beatles obviously didn't mind, otherwise they would have sued him at some point in the past 45-years). So, responding to the comment you left on your edit, didn't actually see your edit. Take care.--Abebenjoe (talk) 04:03, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic

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Place: near Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)
Time: 12–3 pm

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Vocabulary

Please do not make grammatical edits for frivolous reasons as you did here [1] . Wikipedia is not written specifically for the citizens of Colorado; this is an international encyclopedia, not a blog, and replacing a widely accepted academic and industry term with casual language using made-up statistics as a rationale is harmful to article quality. Some guy (talk) 03:07, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

You are perfectly aware this is an issue with your specific edit and choice of edit summary, not an issue with the article. There is no need to bring the discussion to the article talk page. TIES obviously is not applicable in this situation, as "film" is not a non-American English word (TIES would be appropriate if someone changed "apartment" to "flat", for example). Film is a standard word in English vocabulary, not technical jargon, and since it is a commonly known word preferred in academic and professional contexts, it is appropriate to use in an encyclopedia which aspires to a higher standard of writing than casual street language. You might, for example, take note that "film" is the preferred word in the article on film.

If your edit summary was meant to be humorous, it was misleading and inappropriate. Otherwise, keep in mind your opinion of what terminology people in Colorado use has no statistical basis, is too small of a group (Colorado != all American English speakers) to be a valid rationale, and disregards the nature of an encyclopedia. Some guy (talk) 20:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Joe the Plumper

I notice you were in favor of having his page re-directed to his legal name. I left a comment on the talk page about it. --GoHuskies990411 (talk) 19:29, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

I was on your side! --GoHuskies990411 (talk) 21:00, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event

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DOMA/fact tag

I've pulled the tag, as the meaning is clear in view of the NYT reference, middle of column 3. No objection if you want to modify the wording to correctly indicate that the marriage was not legally recognized. I suspect that is your point of confusion. Best regards, --j⚛e decker^talk 18:16, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Unrelatedly, thanks for indirectly pointing me at Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Arguments#Arguments_against_deleting_articles_for_non-notability. Pity it's marked historical now--that comes very close to my own views on notability, in fact, more so than most anything else I've read. Most appreciated. --j⚛e decker^talk 18:21, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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where did you take that cabbagetown, toronto pic??.address?.76.64.45.47 (talk) 06:22, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't have any idea. I was there as a visitor almost a decade ago and took it then. It wasn't too far from a main street is all I remember. Moncrief (talk) 16:03, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit: Because I imagine that at least some of the editors of that Cabbagetown article know the area well, you should ask on that page's Talk page, if you haven't already. They chose the photo (despite it being a not very good photo) for the top of the page, so it must seem relevant to them. If no one there knows, you could ask the creators of these Flickr photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennsgood/5160020860/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/funwithcameras/348238513/ , or this Instragram photographer: http://instagram.com/p/Sd3H12ybnQ/ . Let me know if you figure it out, because now you've got me curious, and I can't seem to get an answer online. Good luck! Moncrief (talk) 20:33, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

ok thanks.I used to live in the area, the building feels vaguely familiar.will let you know.76.64.45.47 (talk) 23:13, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Upcoming Wikipedia meetups

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Great American Wiknic

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kate Garvey

IPs are allowed to !vote y'know... GiantSnowman 16:41, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3

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Manning

Hi Moncrief, the article is fully protected, and I'd really appreciate it if you would stop editing it. It's unfair to non-admins to watch admins continue to make edits (apart from uninvolved admins responding to uncontentious edit requests). SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:35, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

The 8 km in Tokyo 2020

Hi Moncrief, I've done some research into the significance of the 8 km - it appears that Tokyo aimed to offer a "compact" bid and its main justification of this was that "85% of venues (are) within 8 km of the Village". It can be seen here, here and here. I'm not sure whether it justifies the use of the awkward number but I hope it helps in answering your question, JTST4RS (talk) 20:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

As the answer above says, the identification of the venues within 8km of the village comes from the sources. You could doubtless draw a line at another distance if you wished, but this would need identifying alternative sources, or conducting WP:OR. - David Biddulph (talk) 22:00, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Bradley Manning/October 2013 move request

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Ramirez

This is a direct quote from the source I used (Carlo p.174): "In the morning, Richard Ramirez's picture was on the front page of every newspaper in California. His name was the first word spoken by every newscaster on every news channel." So, the sentence was sourced and did not need to be altered. Doc talk 23:42, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

[2] will hopefully clear things up: he was not necessarily the subject of these reports in Arizona or other states. But California is referenced: it was a major breakthrough in a very high-profile case. Doc talk 11:35, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Ahem. Perhaps you think you can improve this article. Doing it by corrupting a sourced entry isn't going to work. ..."unaware that he was the subject of front-page newspaper stories and the biggest story on television news programs." You totally took out California... to make it even far more vague there. This isn't my first day here, you should know. I know how to contribute quality sourced material. There is no reason for you to alter the entry beyond... well, I'm not sure. Find another part of the article to improve, or bring it up on the talk page if you think you improved the understanding of the subject. Doc talk 07:15, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Amazing work on Judith Newman

Hello! I did a copy edit, added refs, and removed some of the hype from the Judith Newman submission last night after I read her NY Times essay, but I laid off shortly after the article was created: I don't actually know her, but I helped Judith about ten years ago with a story she was researching. Anyway, I just wanted to acknowledge you for all of the work (and incredible research) you've done -- the article is now completely solid and a shiny example of the Wikipedia community rallying. That's a great thing for all of us! Thank you! Julie JSFarman (talk) 23:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I kind of love doing research like that, and I'm never one to turn down a challenge. I appreciate the warm compliments. Moncrief (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Let me add that I think you did a lovely job with the article. I think you saw Newman's Facebook page, where she and a friend remark on how good the research was. I never heard of Newman before reading her NYT piece, and I thought that Newman's article in the NYT was poorly researched, particularly with regard to her statements about paid editors - she obviously did not talk to any really experienced editors here, or they could have explained to her why paid editing is a very bad idea. I find it very annoying that journalists like Newman, who have some understanding of our editorial process, and who use Wikipedia constantly, think it's fun to criticize us so broadly, when we get so much right and are putting together one of the greatest free resources in the world. I guess it wouldn't be much fun to write an article saying "Wikipedia is really great, and if you find a mistake, you can point it out, giving a citation to a reliable source, and let editors here fix it." -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:11, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind compliment! You did and are doing great work as well. I really lucked out in finding, for example, the PDF of the 1954 article about her parents. I have no idea why or how that one page was available as a PDF (I only found it, of course, because of King Google and knowing how to use it), since articles that old can be notoriously difficult to access. I had never heard of Newman either, but I thought I'd rise to her challenge. It was fun yesterday tracking all that stuff down. Your comments above about Wikipedia and her impressions of it in her Times article are interesting and well-thought-out. Moncrief (talk) 22:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18

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DYK for Judith Newman

Orlady (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Judith Newman

As a major contributor to this article, please note the new discussion on the Talk page, and join in if you have an opinion. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:48, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks

For your help at Bryan Singer. I went to make this edit and noticed that you had done so a few seconds before! Evan ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

I'm still living in 2004 [3] -- Y not? 00:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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Robin Williams

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2014 Sydney hostage crisis

Can you revdel this edit? Dwpaul ^Talk 05:29, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	thanks for your efforts on that Sydney article today Gnangarra 13:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

• I'll second that - your edit summaries are a sight for sore eyes. satusuro 00:53, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Pet peeves

I like your pet peeves. My number one is "On its release, the film received positive reviews", and other permutations. When are films reviewed before they're finished, and why is it necessary to specify this in the first place? (Just wanted to get that off my chest somewhere.) Popcornduff (talk) 22:29, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for your help with The Interview; I was pretty tired when I first expanded the plot and just glossed through summarizing without paying too much attention to grammar. I wish that virtual WikiLove beer is one that I can actually buy for you in real life! Edwardw818 (talk) 22:36, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for providing an expanded plot section. At least you did the writing; I only had to do some editing. Forgive my sometimes snarky edit summaries. My bark is much worse than my bite. Moncrief (talk) 22:50, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

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Art-loving citizens

I agree with your removal here, and since you asked so many thoughtful questions in the edit summary, I thought I'd answer them for you: that claim is taken directly from the Met's own history here, which is one of the sources for the article. Good removal regardless. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 22:27, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Even more reason to keep it out. We shouldn't be using verbatim language from other websites. Thanks for the info. Moncrief (talk) 22:28, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Tom Fogerty

I was able to find a good reference about the facts in question from a reputable news source. I agree with you about the rest of the article needing more references. I will try to work on that in the next few days. --rogerd (talk) 14:04, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Moncrief (talk) 14:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Bruce Jenner

Hello, Moncrief, I'am Gameroffun. I just wanted to let you know that there are a multiple issues on the article Bruce Jenner and thank you for contributions on it. I am also working on the article as well. Mostly, there are a lot of issues on the section of personal life. Thank you.Gameroffun (talk) 13:44, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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Minneapolis Institute of Art edit-a-thon

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Thanks!

Thanks for your edit to my edit. I was sure I had read he died at home in St. Paul, but you were quite right that the source does not support that. My bad.

Best regards,

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One of the first victim ID'ed was a Canadian. This caused Horgan to respond. Trudeau did not. AGrandeFan (talk) 20:12, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Hey I wanted to thank you for diving into the discussion about whether or not to include a LGBT category for a former Ohio State Representative. I went and look up the guidelines. I'll rely on the guidelines in the future to assuage any future users who want to use the category to biographies who have not come out publicly and identify themselves as. FunksBrother (talk) 21:47, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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Deletion review?

Hi, I appreciated what you wrote in the AfD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison Cawthorn. Its really a disservice to readers to have it excluded from the project. Would you consider submitting to deletion review? I've never done that before, and its seems like your seniority might carry more weight if you raise the issue. Bangabandhu (talk) 14:35, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

I appreciate your kind words. Despite my long years of editing Wikipedia (usually pretty occasionally), I've never submitted a deletion review either and wouldn't know how to do it. I also think it's probably a hopeless cause, but I'll certainly state my opinion again if there is a review. I'm not interested in initiating one, however. Thanks for your message, and feel free to let me know if someone does submit a deletion review. Moncrief (talk) 19:46, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Appears that a deletion review was initiated.Bangabandhu (talk) 15:59, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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re: Your post in AN

your post I don't have an overarching narrative and an ultimate goal. I understand, however, how this perception could arise. Perceptions are certainly important but they are either always important or, sometimes, the most important, but not always the most important thing, and I'm ready to take a hit perception-wise in service of something more important, sometimes.

Yes, it's easy to miscalculate and overstep, but that's why we have administrators, and I acted so transparently as to draw their attention multiple times (including a prior post in AN, to good effect when no one told me I'm "owning" the talk page) to the "power-sharing" and trust problem that surrounds the RM, with people simply trying to take the tally down or erode it's function, without discussing it with anyone. Not with me – with anyone.

They would rather post unsettling "notes", "warnings" etc. in a place where other editors can't in good faith respond (this is really the core problem, I wish I could have defined it in these terms from the beginning). It is this behavior that I energetically confronted and was ultimately rebuked, because of the, well, perception. What can you do... I guess I'm not an adept of machiavellianism which should provide some clues as to my "grand scheme" (there's none).

I also noticed your very valid concern about the missing signature phenomenon that appears to coincide with my posts (in two instances I think). One of those is inexplicable to me (my originally entered signature was deleted I guess), and the other is due to negligence, as I posted below another user's existing unsigned post, wanting to sign both of us (so as not to claim their post), but delaying it and then simply forgetting (not very exculpatory, but that's what happened). Perhaps you found my perspective interesting. Regards, — Alalch Emis (talk) 23:27, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Please leave me alone. El C's warning to you speaks for me as well. Moncrief (talk) 01:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

I have a right to reply to your insinuations of my having a "narrative" and "ultimate goal" I don't intend to post on your talk page anymore, but you should not attack me on other pages either. — Alalch Emis (talk) 19:34, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

why small?

It may be the unintended result ....

< small ... /small > on edit page Moncrief at 19:07, 6 February 2021 [4]Qexigator (talk) 20:45, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Could you clarify? I didn't intentionally add any tags like that. How do I remove them? Moncrief (talk) 20:54, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know about those tags. I hope I didn't mess up anything else by making my comments regular-sized. Moncrief (talk) 21:12, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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You made me laugh again

Before you deleted your OT, I was (foolishly) formulating a response. Thanks for pulling it or I'd have replied, making the whole thing worse. But for a minute I was visualizing the crowd of 15,000 Trump supporters I watched on live feed that afternoon attempting to run 1.5 miles and then engage Capitol Police afterwards. BusterD (talk) 00:20, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Glad I could make you laugh again. Sorry for the confusion and extra work of composing something with nowhere to go. Yes, I'm not convinced all those people walked the 1.5 miles. That's a long way for many of them. Moncrief (talk) 02:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

If I could thank you twice for this edit, I'd do so. You are a funny person. You should take your act on the road. BusterD (talk) 22:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Funny in a good way, right? I've been described with both senses of the word, so just making sure. :-) Moncrief (talk) 22:31, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Funny in the best way. Thanks for the edit. Here I am against my best wishes engaging with User:Feoffer when I am baited, and you just blow the bridge up. Don't want to sound like a Goodfella, but your comic timing is pretty tasty. BusterD (talk) 22:41, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! It bugs me when our processes aren't followed here, so I guess I tell it like I see it. The RMs are so screwy for that article. I wish people understood that the !vote is meant to be on the proposed title, not a title C that the closer wishes were the one we were !voting on. Moncrief (talk) 00:02, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Please (for the love of god) stop calling them "verbs." I LOL'd. Thank you! VQuakr (talk) 21:34, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie! 🍪 Moncrief (talk) 00:43, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Nassib

I saw your comment about the mention of Pride Month. I added it, but it was mentioned by the cited source, so it's not WP:OR, unless you think it's WP:UNDUE. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 05:39, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes, UNDUE is a better rule to cite than OR. Other than wishing people a happy Pride Month, I didn't see Nassib put a lot of emphasis on timing his announcement for Pride Month. I'm not saying it was a coincidence per se, but other factors could have led him to choose June -- namely that it's the off season for the NFL but not so off that interest in the coming season isn't ramping up. Anyway. I don't feel too strongly about it. It just struck me as a surprising framing as it hasn't been a focus of the media I've read. Moncrief (talk) 06:05, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Surfside

Why you delete At, ???? Dont calll.it absurd please. Durantnba (talk) 23:26, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

It's wildly ungrammatical and unnecessary. If you're not comfortable in English and need me to explain why it's ungrammatical, please don't edit English Wikipedia articles. "At" would serve no grammatical purpose. The sentence has a subject (the tower name) and a verb. It doesn't need an "At,". Moncrief (talk) 23:27, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Iam English but dropped out of school 🏫 for reasons... Durantnba (talk) 23:29, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Apologies

Many apologies. I seem to have reverted one of your edits on Errors. I was oblivious to this until you in turn reverted it. I assume that I had thumb fingeredly done this while browsing on my phone and not noticed. No reflection on the content of the post was intended. It was sheer clumsiness on my part. Apologies again and I hope that the inconvenience was limited. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:27, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

No worries at all. Thanks for the message. I was surprised, but we all do silly stuff by mistake. And it gave me the opportunity to reword my comment there in a better way. Moncrief (talk) 18:31, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

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Category:Burmese composers, see? Start with a colon, pipe as normal, as needed. Used to bug me, too. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Moncrief (talk) 02:09, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Use it wisely! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:30, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

2021 Waukesha Christmas parade car crash

Hi Moncrief, thought I'd chat you up here regarding the opening sentence on tgis article rather than revert - maybe we can sort this out to both our likings. I changed:

On November 21, 2021, an SUV was driven through the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, killing six people and injuring 62 others. The alleged driver of the vehicle, 39-year-old Darrell E. Brooks, is in custody. Brooks has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

to be:

On November 21, 2021, a driver of a sport utility vehicle killed six people and injured 62 others by repeatedly driving into a Christmas parade procession in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.

I believe "driving through" implies unimpeded passage - like a tunnel. He didn't drive unimpeded through the parade, but rather he drove into (and out of) the procession of people at multiple locations. He didn't drive over people on the entire parade route. It appears that he initially honked his horn and drove through without hitting anything until a point when he started plowing through people. And reports are that he went around people at several points and then re-engaged and he also zig and zigged through the crowd to get around other vehicles.

I'm not making or implying why anyone would do this. We don't know the motive. Mentioning that he was in an out is factual and implies that it was not accidental without going so far to say it is intentional. How about something like:

On November 21, 2021, a driver of a sport utility vehicle killed six people and injured 62 others by intermittently driving into and out of a parade procession in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.

On November 21, 2021, a driver of a sport utility vehicle killed six people and injured 62 others by intermittently driving over participants and observers at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.

On November 21, 2021, a driver of a sport utility vehicle killed six people and injured 62 others by hitting and running over participants and observers at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.

Wiki-psyc (talk) 21:30, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Please add all this to the article talk page if you want to discuss. My user talk page is not the right place to discuss this, or at least it's not a place I'm willing to discuss it, as it's not a matter for just you and me to decide. Thanks. Moncrief (talk) 21:32, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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What do you mean by this comment: '"culprit"?? really? Is this a Nancy Drew mystery?' This seems somewhat unneccesary and harsh --The Tips of Apmh 02:30, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

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Bradonwiki; Editing Ban

I am unsure how to message you direct, so I will ask you here. Why am now unable to edit the article? I am seasoned in editing, but new to editing on Wikipedia and wasn’t aware a summary of what I had changed was a NECESSITY. So if you have somehow imposed some kind of ban on me from editing, may you remove it as it was a simple error that I have now learnt from. If not could you explain what has happened please. Thanks Bradonwiki (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Most editors are now unable to edit the article as it appears that Moncrief has fully protected the article Betty White. This action seems improper in that

1. The edit was marked as minor
2. Moncrief is WP:INVOLVED as an editor of the article
3. Moncrief is now editing through protection

WP:PP states that "Administrators who have made substantive content changes to an article are considered involved and must not use their advanced permissions to further their own positions."

Moncrief should therefore please either revert this action or cease making unilateral edits.

Andrew🐉(talk) 00:27, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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Alex Lasry page

You add pov dispute on the wiki page Alex Lasry but do not leave anything on its talking page about how one can improve the article to solve this dispute. Please write something about that on talking page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dadylasry (talk • contribs) 02:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

based onWikipedia:WTRMT point 7 if you do not initiate a discussion on talk page in 24 hours I will delete the dispute. Dadylasry (talk) 02:53, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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I'm not in NYC, so I don't know why I keep getting these messages. If you see this as you're about to add another NYC-area get-together to this talk page, please don't do it. Moncrief (talk) 18:27, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion over a topic ban for me, and you might wish to participate

The link is at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Epiphyllumlover additions of polygamist information.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 20:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

I absolutely agree there should be a topic ban for you. Thanks for letting me know. Moncrief (talk) 01:36, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks for the explanation in the edit summary. I'm Miss Mary Mack 14 , and it's nice to meet you! 174.247.82.46 (talk) 05:28, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	I wanted to recognize you for how you stepped up and helped contain the slow growing mess that was starting to take shape over at the Shooting of Ralph Yarl article. Dr vulpes (💬 • 📝) 08:55, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I wasn't exactly nice about it, so I sheepishly thought I might have a reprimand here when I saw I had a new message. :-) Glad that's not the case. Moncrief (talk) 15:05, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

The date removed off Murder of Tammy Zywicki

Was March 13, 1971 questionable in the sources which gave this? Because I couldn't find any other actual sources from Google or Yahoo. Can anybody please clarify the reasons? Angela Kate Maureen Pears 14:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)