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IRC Cloak Edit As Requested - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 00:43, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Just a quick note to let you know I removed the speedy deletion tag from this article, as User:88.247.163.153, who blanked the page, does not appear to have been the "only substantial contributor" to the article. Thparkth (talk) 16:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, thank you. - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 18:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
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Not sure
What you are up to but http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Abuse_response/DavidYork71&curid=28406433&diff=411566632&oldid=392355252 is odd - the behaviour is constant and always happening.. cannot see why some aspect is closed SatuSuro 12:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Satu... the case was closed as stale as it is very old. If you wish to make a new report, I will process it fully. Thanks - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 13:05, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
- In that case I think you might be fiddling with a redundant page - in most cases it is checkusers, clerks and admins who have to deal with the issue - I do not think its normal ed level to open or close - when you see the extent of continual issues raised at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/DavidYork71/Archive#Comments_by_other_users_18 SatuSuro 14:48, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
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This edit proves I am methecooldude requesting ACI access. - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 21:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
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Very few or no other articles link to it
Hi, regarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_mining_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo It appears that you added the tag: {{Multiple issues|orphan = January 2011|wikify = January 2011|essay-like = January 2011}}
I have since created links to this page from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Canada
And also from: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecamines http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Quantum_Minerals http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundin_Mining_Corporation
Is that a sufficient number for the "orphan" tag to now be removed (i.e., Undo)?
Also, could you please offer further explanation regarding the "essay-like" tag? I have tried to follow the Wiki guideline of neutrality by including multiple perspectives in the article, citing all sources. How can the article be changed to have that tag removed?
Thanks! IVX8O8XVI (talk) 20:16, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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Reason for rollback on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels page?
Hello Methecooldude,
I am confused as to why the Edit I made to the Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels page was rolled back, and was wondering if you’d be willing to provide me with an explanation as to why the rollback was implemented?
The portion of text in question: “preparing to drop the shotguns into the River Thames deciding as to whether to answer the phone or drop the guns into the river” reads terribly and lacks basic punctuation.
The character Tom can’t be described as preparing and deciding in the same sentence without the inclusion of a comma or “and” or similar. Mentioning the guns twice is the sort of sentence structure that makes Wikipedia look amateurish.
Thanks very much for your time.
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"correct english"
You keep using the phrase "named for" instead of "named after", it is not correct English. You keep changing my correct wording and chastising me for knowing correct English. Stop it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.18.187 (talk) 14:50, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
- Just Do It, in other words, instead of making silly note on articles, make the correction yourself, it's a lot more helpful :) - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 14:53, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
My Henry Louis Gates Addition
Dear Meth,
You could not be more wrong. The harshness of the word "stupidly" is what drove the intensity of the backlash. It was this comment, I believe, more than anything, that drove the controversy to its zenith at the "Beer Summit."
Those of us who believe in Law & Order were simply aghast that the President of the United States would come down that hard on a lowly patrolman who was only doing his job -- even after admitting he did know all the facts. To leave this quote out of the article is to leave "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" out of the story of the American Revolution.
I made no mistake. Here is the full Quote -- with attribution. You have the power to censor me. So, I guess you can do so if you want to. But you are going to have to live with that fact that -- rather than share history -- you chose to hide it.
Thank you.
“The police are doing what they should,” he said. “There’s a call. They go investigate. What happens?
“My understanding is that Professor Gates then shows his I.D. to show that this is his house, and at that point he gets arrested for disorderly conduct.”
“I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that,” Mr. Obama continued. “But I think it’s fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry; No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and No. 3, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by police disproportionately. That’s just a fact.” -- Barack Obama
(From the article)
Further, Obama is eliding some steps in the incident; I guarantee Gates wasn’t charged with disorderly conduct for simply showing ID.
Dave Schuler and I discussed the incident toward the end of last night’s episode of OTB Radio. We agreed that 1) the specific facts of the case are fuzzy, with Gates and the arresting officer releasing accounts that put themselves in the best light and 2) Cambridge is a small community and police should know who its most prominent citizens are.
I think it’s probable that Gates went into outrage mode quickly and that the officer felt disrespected and wanted to assert his authority and basically goaded Gates into a situation where an arrest was possible. Henry Farrell‘s explanation on that score strikes me as quite plausible.
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