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Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, RightCowLeftCoast/Archive 2! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 03:04, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Chula Vista

Hello since you work with Chula Vista article i thought you could help me. Im working on making an article for the Star-News of Chula Vista and im working on it in my Sandbox but i cant find any sources and i thought you could help me. I was planning to go for DYK with it. Spongie555 (talk) 04:58, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Also would you be interested in helping Operation Lemon Capital Centennial? Spongie555 (talk) 03:58, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Reference deformatting?!

Re: I understand that some of the references given in the P-3 Orion article were not properly formatted using the appropriate template and thus need improvement; however, I noticed you also deformated other references that were formated using the Template:cite news or Template:cite web formats. Although I understand that it is not necessary to use said formats, may I ask why they were deformated? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

In a few words, the issues are:

1. Useage in Wikipedia is highly influenced by the "garbage in, garbage out" syndrome.
2. Cite templates are presently incorrectly formatted and have "bugs" that were never addressed properly by their designers. despite many efforts to re-draw the templates, they are still rampant with errors in format. I can actually re-write the templates, but it takes so much time and effort, that I finally have abandoned that practice.
3. Cite templates were intended for neophytes and casual users (certainly not someone like you who is attempting to make a difference!) to have a bibliographic and referencing tool that would make references available.
4. Cite templates were written in the simplified American Psychiatric Association (APA) style guide that was intended for short-cut editing and does not allow for multiple authors, changes in publication date/location or non-print media.
5. Cite templates were never recommended, nor approved for use in Wikipedia, but were offered as an alternative means of referencing.
6. Once a referencing style is in use and accepted as it was in this article, it is contingent on all other editors to maintain and follow that style guide consistently. It is a difficult thing to "mix" style guides for editing purposes and it is recommenced to establish a style guide, which was done and stick with it, unless there is an overwhelming reason to change to another style.
7. The old canard that cite templates produced meta data that would be somehow in the future, melted into the templating systems to come is long discarded. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:08, 26 January 2011 (UTC).

Thank you for the response. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eskrimadors

In addressing concerns toward the article's early shotcomings, I have found numerous independent secondary sources and am curently improving the article. I would ask that you check the article in few hours to see if I left better than I found it. Best, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

RE: Angelo Zawaydeh

I don't think there is really much I can do for you. The AfD outcome was based on issues that other editors had with notability, so there isn't much improvement to be done (aside from maybe finding new sources that establish more notability than a Bronze Star and KIA, there might be some promise on that skateboarding thing). Even a well-written can get deleted easily for lack of notability, and it seems that you and I are in the minority regarding his notability. You can try deletion review, but you probably won't have much success, since everything looked to be done by the book. Best of luck, though. bahamut0013^words_deeds 17:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. The largest notability is, as you said the medal awarding (of a third level medal once and posthumously (therefore not meeting WP:SOLDIER that we helped create after I created this article)) and that he is only one of two individuals from San Mateo County to have perished during OIF. There is some notability that he is one of a few Greek Orthodox and Jordanian American to have been KIA during OIF, would that (in your opinion) add to the subject's notability? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Personally, I don't think so. I, and I imagine that the majority of other editors, would see that as a trivial intersection. Ethnicity and religion don't often add notability unless it's relevant to the topic, i.e. an Iraqi-American killed in the Iraq War as a soldier in the US Army... maybe even that wouldn't be enough, I vaguely remember an AfD that was along those lines that closed as a delete. bahamut0013^words_deeds 21:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the revert

Thanks for the revert on the South Bay article. I had no idea about wp:red! There's so much on Wikipedia it's hard to keep track. Thanks again. 08OceanBeach SD (talk) 02:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the award. If your interested in Jose Calugas you might also be interested in the 2 related lists I got to Featured list status as well List of Asian American Medal of Honor recipients and List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients. --Kumioko (talk) 04:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Invitation

Hi, would you be interested in moderating this discussion as well? Talk:Femininity Thank you. USchick (talk) 03:17, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Which discussion are you talking about that needs moderation? It appears that there were some contentious discussions in the past, but it appears to be OK now. If you do need an unbiased Third Opinion, please refer there first, but I will be more then happy to supply one if you need one, or any other unbiased assistance you may need. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 13:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the Third Opinion, I was not aware of this resource. Since you are already familiar with this topic and the ongoing discussion, I value your unbiased assistance. I would appreciate if you would watch the conversation and help us not escalate into an edit war. User:Unimpeder started this discussion on my talk page right before User:Dukecitychica started making edits, which makes me think these two users are related (if not the same user). USchick (talk) 18:28, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry, but can you please point me towards the direct part of the talk page that you would like me to watch, The most recent discussion appears to have been OK so far. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 09:32, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

WQA and the removal of citation templates

Hello, RightCowLeftCoast. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

The issue is at WP:WQA#user:Bzuk and the removal of citation templates. Thanks, Andy Dingley (talk) 14:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice, I will read the discussion you linked but may or may not choose to comment. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 14:13, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

After reading this, let me thank you for bringing up this topic of conversation. However, since one of my edits were modified, and I had questioned the de-usage of the citation template, I presently believe that I am not a "uninvolved editor", and thus cannot comment within this discussion; or is my comment allowed? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 14:44, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

You can certainly comment. However it would probably be best to put it under a heading "Comments by involved editors" or perhaps "Comments by referenced editors" and note that you're one of the other editors I cited as having encountered the same problem.

I really don't like bringing this to WQA, but couldn't think what else to do next. Bzuk is a valued editor and I have no problem with him himself. This referencing issue though needs some decision agreeing, hopefully one that then leads to whatever fixes on the templates are needed, and an agreement that doing it either way is equally acceptable. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:52, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Air Force One

The use of a Beechcraft twin as "Air Force One" is an interesting aside and as you asked for an opinion, IMHO, links to both the Beechcraft and Air Force article would be appropriate. Nice catch, BTW. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC).

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AfD started

I've now started Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Asian American astronauts. Mlm42 (talk) 17:43, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Anonymity

There is information for you at User talk:Moray An Par. Please do not do anything to WP:out me again, like unnecessarily attacking me in the context of my having written an article thinking a person was put in prison in August 2010, and finding out a successful prosecution occured with a federal judgment, but that person was not yet captured, and only their husband was put in federal prison in August 2010. After discovering this, I began to edit with an IP, so as not to endanger myself. I am sure it was not your intent, but pointing out that an IP makes similar edits to an editor is not helpful. I already discussed the situation with other editors a few days ago, and began editing with an IP. My edits that you are deleting as "cut and paste" started off as cut and paste, and I am gradually modifying them to uniquely fit each article's topic. I do not understand your blanket deletions, when the content, even as a partial cuta and paste, is better than the content of the rest of the article. For example, in one article the content was deleted by another editor as "individual info does not belong here", leaving unsourced individual's info for others, but not the RS info on this particular individual, who is much more famous, appearing in CBS News 60 Minutes, Washington Post, and international press. Please discuss at talk pages of those articles, and if you would, discuss the content, not me, as this may WP:Out me, and endanger me. Thanks :) PPdd (talk) 12:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

It is not my purpose to out anyone, it is my purpose to removed edits done under WP:BOLD, and to bring it to the attention of other interested editors in a neutral way which consist with other wikipedia protocol. I am presently under the belief that the additions were in good faith, if not misguided. If every piece of information for every Filipino American that is notable were to be added to the wikipedia article about Filipino Americans with the same amount of depth as was added in the cut and paste addition, then the article would longer be about Filipino Americans in general, same goes with other cut and paste edits done elsewhere.

As far are "outing", I am unaware that the IP editor and editor with a wikipedia username are the same person. No intention to "out" was made. What was made was to bring to the attention to other interested editors edits that may not be constructive to an article.

Also please see WP:AVOIDYOU as any comment following such statement maybe be misconstrued as falling under WP:PA. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 12:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I do not think it is anyone's intent to out me. In fact, if I saw my edits as you and others did, without knowing the context of an switching to an IP for anonymity, I would likely have written exactly the same comments as you. I agree with you regarding massive detailed info in peripheral articles being WP:UDUE. My method of editing is either quick masive deletion for nonRS, then looking up each deletion I do and trying to put it back in with RS, or speedy insertion by cut and paste, then coming back and paring things down, then rewording it to fit the specific article it is going into, and then looking up more RS for that specific artilce. That's why some of the cut and paste was severly modified, and others were not, since I had just created the additional material, and had not come back to reword and pare back. For example, according to SEC filings and newspapers, she is the queen of aliases and fictitious business names, she is the queen of securities fraud via use of corporate shells by using multiple very similarly named companies, and the same profit and loss statements of one seingle real company, she is the queen of bank fraud by her multiple imerpsonations of being a bank. All of these should go in the relevant articles, but not with the cut and past additional baggage I put in. I just didn't have time to pare it down yet. Perhaps someone can helpt with this, or I will do it over time. If the articles were already in good shape, with inline citations, I would not have massively inserted, but excercised more care over time. But the articles were, for the most part (not the Filipino-related articles, which were in good shape) massively lacking in structure and RS citations. PPdd (talk) 14:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Hooah indeed

When I saw this edit, I was going to give you a grumbly old man explanation of the differences between hooah and oorah, but I stopped by your userpage first, thankfully. Now I see you did it deliberately, just to provoke me into a fight, with an inter-service rivalry insult to my honor and that of all Marines. Well, good soldier of the United States, I accept your challenge and request a duel to the death. Meet me at the village stocks at the close of the RfA, and we will battle slappers only for recognition of supremacy. Oh, and for death.

Cheers! :D bahamut0013^words_deeds 14:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Article for deletion debate

The article Young Conservatives of Texas has been nominated for deletion at AfD. Your input as to whether or not this article meets notability standards is invited. Thank you. Carrite (talk) 16:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Followup on third opinion

Hi RightCowLeftCoast, you had provided a third opinion a month ago for Rosie O'Donnell. I would appreciate it if you could take a look at the continuing discussion at Talk:Rosie_O'Donnell#Imitation_chinese_.28.22ching_chong.22_controversy.29 and comment on the progress. There is also an ANI at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Repeated_arguments_from_User:Jnast1. —Bagumba (talk) 16:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Hagist

You !voted to delete this article but the nominator wishes to withdraw. Would you be willing to revisit this discussion and reconsider your !vote? --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:23, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

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Balboa Park GLAM project

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Mendonca

Hi, I am glad that is resolved. I am sure that is the correct position and supported from the cites so we can defend that and alterations will require additional reliable externals. Thanks for your patience. Regards. Off2riorob (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Question regarding Table on Asian American population

Hi,

The information is incomplete because the data for the other states has not been released. The information is for Asian alone (or Asian Indian alone, Chinese alone etc)

Rahulk.cmc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulk.cmc (talk • contribs) 11:51, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Please provide this reply at the Talk page of the main article so all interested editors can see. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 11:53, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

John Ensign

I want to apologise because I have a little brother and, when I am out he does silly edits to wikipedia! You may believe that I say lies but this is the only truth.

--194.219.11.88 (talk) 14:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Environmentalism as a religion

I'm sure the first thing that occurred to you was pantheism (New Age Gaian), but I haven't read through all the comments. Good luck! Student7 (talk) 12:13, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Collaboration

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May 2011

Ouch! You've used a template to send a message to an experienced editor. Please review the essay Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars or maybe listen to a little advice. Doesn't this feel cold, impersonal, and canned? It's meant in good humour. Best wishes. User:MiszaBot III (talk) 01:51, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 22:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I myself, have asked on the top of my talk page for users to read DTTR first. I do not use a template lightly towards a user that I have had a history with. That being said this current discussion does not involve the past discussion, nor should it.

I have asked the other user to stop attacking me in the past, and the user continues to attack me.

The template that I used was a level 1 template, and is assuming good faith.

I hope that the user is more civil in the future. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:43, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Your Conflict of Interest notification

It appears that a COI request you submitted has been answered. Please take a moment a view the reply over there - if this doesn't quite help you, please feel free to ask for more information or clarification. Tiggerjay (talk) 15:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment (United States)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

RE: POV

Concerning the comment you left on talk page (User talk:Knowzilla#POV)- I did not make any statement which is biased, I simply restated what all major scientific institutions say. Besides, my edit was simply to add quotation marks, not to push across any POV on the article, so it's no big deal (although I do realise you are referring to the comment I made along with the edit, nevertheless the edit itself was only to add quotation marks, and therefore it isn't something you need to get worried about). --~Knowzilla ^(Talk) 11:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

GLAM/BP

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Editing events of WWII in the Philippines

Hello, I am the one who is editing the Philippines Campaign(1944- 45) and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines Thank you very much for adding reliable sources.It is greatly appreciated

--110.55.3.89 (talk) 13:41, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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Re: For WikiProject Asian Americans

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Re: For "Disruptive" Edit on the Filipino American page

The information that I posted was validated with multiple sources and citations. I do not understand why that was considered a "disruptive" edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.218.92.239 (talk) 23:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Please post comments on the discussion previously provided. Dispute of newly added content that isn't inclusive to all Asian Americans can be found there, previous consensus, and new consensus can be found there as well. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Ref to your recent revert at Eight Nation Alliance, please have a look:100 years old history book Arilang ^talk 10:35, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

The external links to Wikisource that was provided lead to bad page names, or did not exist; therefore, the reference did not exist. Per WP:BURDEN it is up to the editor who ads the content to added the references, as no references were provided at the time content was removed per policy. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Shinji Ikari

Thank you for stepping in. I was really not happy with having to edit war on this, and having someone else step in is quite helpful. Hopefully this situation will resolve now. --Tarage (talk) 20:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Mention at RfAR

Hi, please note that I have mentioned a tag you placed on Jose Peralta at WP:RFAR. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Statement_by_Jayen466. --JN466 18:35, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. I was informed about this article here and placed the tag after a POV check. I have only checked the top two, but can check the rest on the list, but am probably going to hold off until the ARBCOM event is finished as not to become further involved. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

The Everybody Draw Mohammed Day article has long since been neutralised, so I don't think it's worthy of your attention. At the time, the controversy was about featuring a DYK hook for that article on the main page, which some editors (me included) felt was in effect promoting the upcoming event. The reason the editor in question no longer cares about the politicians' articles and is happy for them to be NPOV'ed is, I suspect, that the entire effort was just focused on the elections at the time. (Peralta and Anderson won.) Also see Wikipedia:NPOVN#Request_for_NPOV_review. Cheers, --JN466 20:06, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Editing for political reasons is in violation of WP:NPOV. Although all editors have their political opinions, and it may influence what we choose to edit, once editing we should adhere to the core policies of our community.

There was written in an article that Wikipedia is often used as a form of attack against political candidates. It would be unfortunate if this is yet another case. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:11, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

I posted voluminous evidence at RfAR about Cirt's actions prior to those two past elections, as well as with regard to the current Santorum (neologism) dispute. It's in a collapsed box, as it's rather a lot. If you look at that material, I think you'll find that Cirt's actions are indistinguishable from those of an editor out to use Wikipedia as a campaign tool in favour or disfavour of specific candidates, in time for upcoming elections. It is the most egregious such case I have ever seen on Wikipedia. --JN466 20:31, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

When involved or politically invested in a candidate or race, I find it best, for WP:COI issues to avoid editing article spaces during that period related to that aforementioned. One can always suggest edits in the talk page, during that period, but anything else IMHO brings up COI and NPOV issues. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps my practice should be written up as an essay, within the COI article space, or elsewhere? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:57, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

It's difficult, because neither side should have a monopoly, and investment is a flexible concept. Many editors have strong views; some are able to edit neutrally, others aren't. In general, of course, what you say is sound; if everyone behaved that way, we wouldn't have problems. Like with BLPs generally, the problems tend to be more pronounced with minor figures: it's much easier to "spin" the article on a candidate in a minor, local election, which few Wikipedians know or care about, than it is to "own" the article on a major figure. However, local people googling their candidates will still find our page on the candidate, if we have one, come top of their Google results. Given the number of minor elections going on at any one time, this is difficult to guard against. It would need a neutrality project that keeps track of any upcoming minor elections, and a group of editors committed to monitoring articles on candidates for neutrality. I don't know if that's feasible, but it might be worthwhile. --JN466 18:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps you might want to chime in on the conversation I started relating to this conversation.

Or perhaps you may want to propose what you wrote above in the conversation I linked above. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Palm City, San Diego

Materialscientist (talk) 06:28, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi again

Please have a look at:1901: The shadow of an Empire, published in 2004, please comment on how best to improve it. Arilang ^talk 10:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

GA review for Vermouth

I have responded to your review and suggestions on the review page. Cla68 (talk) 07:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Answered. Cla68 (talk) 05:51, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

I don't agree with you about adding more citations at the end of sentences that are within cited paragraphs. So, I won't be following your suggestion, even if that means that the article fails GA nomination. Thank you for taking the time to review and for your other helpful inputs and suggestions for the article. Cla68 (talk) 09:24, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

RE: GA nomination of Ronald M. George

Hi RightCowLeftCoast, I think I've addressed all your concerns, but please let me know if I've missed anything or misunderstood anything. Thank you for your review! OCNative (talk) 01:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

ged

well i am trying to get my ged and need to know what philipians are please help me.....(6/29/11) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammyged124 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Leroy Petry

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Discussion closed

I've closed the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Essay_to_Guideline as it seems to have run its course. I don't know how you feel about things but if you want to discuss the outcome or suggest any improvements to MILMOS in the light of the comments received, I'd suggest the Strategy dept is the best place to conduct a post mortem. Thank you for your dedication in taking the leap - I've been on the sharp end of similar discussions and it's not easy, I know. It may be that we can make improvements that will appease some of the opposition, just as it may be that the issues of the very existence of SNGs and instruction creep are too significant to be overcome. As I found with GA, I'm sure you've also noticed that there's always a percentage of respondents that don't seem to fully understand the debate; I guess this is inevitable but it can perhaps be minimised with careful presentation. Up to you anyway! Thanks again for all your work. EyeSerene^talk 16:59, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Portal

About Portal talk:Asian Americans

What it does is it randomizes between 20 or so article subjects.

All you do in the case of article, biography, etc. is paste the relevant test (first paragraph of a Wikipedia article, etc) as the template is already there WhisperToMe (talk) 13:00, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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1st Filipino Infantry...

...passed! Nicely done. I've given it a light copy edit - it would be worth checking that I haven't lost the meaning of the original text in the process. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:21, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the award!

I was always taught that one should focus on good works on their merit alone but nice that you picked up how much work I did for that thing:) thanks --Aichikawa (talk) 22:04, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Fixing serious problems with Stereotypes of East Asians in the Western world

This article makes the statement For brevity and readability the article will focus, define and henceforth use the term Asian[s], albeit incorrectly, to specifically and exclusively refer to East Asians. (I only just added the albeit incorrectly). This inaccurate usage of terms needs to be fixed, as it reinforces the narrow-minded (racist) notion that Asian = East Asian. I will soon begin to work on fixing this. I was wondering if you would be interested in helping.

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:21, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Jade class aircraft carrier

Hello, RightCowLeftCoast. The article meets B5 with the infobox - the B-class criteria requires "an infobox, images, or diagrams" for B5. Please reconsider your assessment of the article. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 08:20, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I was specifically looking for images or diagrams. If you feel strongly about this, you can reassess, be bold, be free, I won't take it negatively. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 15:23, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

What I'm saying is, images and diagrams aren't required for B-class (because in many cases, as in this one, free-use images aren't available). Parsecboy (talk) 18:16, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Images in infobox

I have a question. Are we deleting all images (rank, awards, etc.) in infoboxes of military personnel? I understand how flags should not be included, per MOS:FLAG, though they do serve the purpose of the infobox, according to MOS:INFOBOX, which allows "readers to identify key facts at a glance."
However, I understand how some infoboxes contain more info than other and, as a result, present an opportunity for a cluster of images and links. So, is it out intent to delete images from infoboxes, or are we going by a case-by-case basis (for instance, the article of George Washington has flags & images in the infobox, yet is rated a good article). Here's some other articles to consider, Carter Ham, William Westmoreland, Audie Murphy. Thanks for you help with this and let me know what you think!
Bullmoosebell (talk) 19:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Is this question in relation to my comment on a MILHIST talk page conversation, or a question requesting guidence regarding a particular article?

I am OK with flags within an infobox, where appropriate, such as in regards to combatants within a battle. I know there are opponents of this practice but that doesn't mean that I agree with them. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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Further on the 3O Response

Dear RightCowLeftCoast, pardon me if this is a bit improper. Thank you very much for your 3O response Here. An editor has reiterated some older arguments in an attempt to refute the 3O. I thought it would make sense to inform you.

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1st Filipino Infantry Regiment

I'm sorry, I just plain missed this one at A-class, and then someone else jumped in at FAC and I thought they were going to copyedit, and then the delegate closed it faster than I was expecting. Next time it goes to FAC, I'll do a copyedit right away. - Dank (push to talk) 21:17, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Yea, that's too bad. Good luck next time! – Lionel ^(talk) 09:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi RightCowLeftCoast. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymond A. Watson, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymond A. Watson (2nd nomination). Cunard (talk) 23:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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Entry for List of Filipino Americans

Dear RightCowLeftCoast, Sorry i'm new to Wiki. You have repeatedly deleted my addon for Onassis Parungao in List of Filipino Americans...that was 1st added by a family member and now come to my attention.

I understand you want references. I tried to use the CITE feature above...I hope it works. Please also view these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO_b5lP6Blo http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC-7-The-Brawl-In-Buffalo/results

Ok, I am the person on question.

I am a Filipino American

In 1995, I submitted my entry into UFC 7, As a Filipino/Kung Fu fighter. During those early years...The Ultimate Fighting Championship was the brainchild of Rorion Gracie, an expert in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), and Arthur Davie of SEG sports corporation. I was told specifically by Arthur Davie that I was selected out of hundreds of applicants because up to that point...they had not had a Filipino fighter represent in the octagon.

Other than to list countless webpages (from a simple searches) for Onassis Parungao UFC 7, what other proof do you require? Must I list every UFC fight card 1-7 and every fighters specific fighting style UP TO MY Fight to produce the evidence you require?

Sincerely, Onassis ParungaoVanessaZ (talk) 06:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC) Onassis Parungao - 1st fighter to represent AS A Filipino Martial Artist in (UFC) #7 Buffalo, NY. 1995

Although WP:NLIST generally states that for an individual to be included in a list, they must already be notable themselves (usually by having their own wikipedia article) then they can be listed. However, there has been a consensus in the past among active editors of the list in question that if it can be shown that the subject is notable by providing references from reliable sources, then they can be included without already having an article. Usually when this is the case a wikilink to a non-existent article is created for future article creation.

I hope this helps.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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Hi RightCowLeftCoast

RightCowLeftCoast: The article on Leo is already published. Go to the bookstores and check the newsstands or online (e.g. http://www.comixzone.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=07447050214203). Skin and Ink Magazine (http://skinandink.com) publishes in advance, and dropbox.com is an open sharing file, just like how Wikipedia is supposed to be used. Thanks for what you do though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Expectgood (talk • contribs) 01:39, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Please see discussion on the subject's talk page; please keep the discussion centralized to WP:RSN & the article's talk page. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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