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I'm including you in this talkback as you were one of the main editors in the revert war, and in hope that we can sort this situation out without a block. RandomTime 12:19, 18 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

I thought that would help, but it seems it hasn't. I've added a more stern warning, but I'm not sure if that will help. I hope Markyc1 can see reason, but I have a feeling this may require administrator assistance RandomTime 16:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
That's all right with me; I've done my explaining. Thank you for mediating in this disagreement. Stolengood (talk) 16:18, 19 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for deletion of Template:Heath Ledger

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Harry Robertson (composer)

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His name was Robertson, not Robinson. His later projects are credited to Robertson, not Robinson. Kittybrewster 15:23, 1 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

The later projects gain primacy? I didn't know that... Stolengood (talk) 18:45, 1 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
I don't think either the earlier or later ones have primacy. His name was Robertson but he was sometimes credited as Robinson. You turned it around. Kittybrewster 11:47, 2 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
A lot of the linked pages credited him as Robinson, which is what I went with. Stolengood (talk) 13:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

June 2010

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I didn't blank anything; I'm just partially reorganizing the page. Stolengood (talk) 17:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

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All right. Stolengood (talk) 17:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Graham and Doctor Who

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Hello, I have noticed you've added that Graham's original 2010 episode slot was replaced by "Amy's Choice", but the source you site does not say that it was replaced by "Amy's Choice", only that he originally planned to write for the 2010 series. Therefore, I have removed this info as it would be original research. I apologize that my edit summary for "Amy's Choice" was not complete, as I hit the enter key bu accident. Regards, Glimmer721 talk 01:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Series 5 Production Blocks

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I've noticed you've added the months when each production block in Doctor Who's fifth series was filmed; do you know what source you got the info from? I would like to keep the info in the article, but I need a source for it. Thanks, Glimmer721 talk 00:17, 9 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

There's a site featuring filming locations, as well as when they filmed in them; here's a link: [[1]] Stolengood (talk) 00:32, 9 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thorne Smith

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Understood. Sorry about that; there's just not much information on the man's life. If you want, I can heavily revise the text; if you don't, you can remove whatever offends. Again, sorry... Stolengood (talk) 02:40, 13 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

That little GFII edit

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Brilliant. --Ring Cinema (talk) 00:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Oh... thank you! Thought it was more appropriate, being another flashback, and all; thanks. :-) Stolengood (talk) 00:45, 17 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
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Don't edit war on another user's user page

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Don't edit war ([2], [3]) with another editor over the contents of his userpage. If Phil doesn't want to keep his statement posted on his userpage, it is not within your remit to force him to do so. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:44, 3 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Very well. I won't edit his page again. My apologies. Stolengood (talk) 16:50, 3 September 2013 (UTC)Reply
I just wanted to thank you for the kind words in your edit summary. I do think it's best that I keep a more discretely silent userpage, largely because I've moved my discussion of these topics off-wiki and to my own blog, and I don't want there to be any accusations that I'm canvassing or anything. So thanks for leaving the page be, but thanks also for your support. It does mean a lot. Phil Sandifer (talk) 17:56, 3 September 2013 (UTC)Reply
Understood. Hope this whole situation resolves itself satisfactorily, but thank you for taking a stand. :-) Stolengood (talk) 18:14, 3 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Awww, thanks so much. You had a really pragmatic edit of the article; as much as I wanted to have it be longer, for the sake of the wiki your version was best. It really should've stayed up. Thank you. :-) Stolengood (talk) 01:36, 12 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Greed

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Hi. I am currently attempting to get Greed (film) promoted to FA status and thought that you may be interested in it.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 01:44, 17 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

I would be, yes. I'd like to add some more things, if that's all right with you; just a few more pictures (one of Gibson Gowland from Blind Husbands, and one of Frank Norris himself), and... well, let me have another look at the article. :-) Stolengood (talk) 02:57, 17 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Dream a Little While of Me

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Hi. I found my scan and have uploaded it here. I'd love to have it included in the Dream a Little Dream of Me page, but I can't figure out how to keep it from getting deleted. Proscriptus (talk) 13:08, 3 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nerva-Antonine abbreviations

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Hi there; I undid your edit to Template:Nerva–Antonine family tree, but I wanted to explain why so you'll understand this isn't a hostile gesture or anything. Roman praenomina have conventional abbreviations that are not always the same as the first letter; Gaius is abbreviated as "C.", Caeso as "K.", Gnaeus as "Cn.", etc. This is particularly salient with Tiberius: "T." means "Titus", while "Ti." (or sometimes "Tib.") means "Tiberius". Although this is a Latin convention, it's also followed in English works on ancient Romans. The article praenomen has many juicy details on the subject if you're interested. All the best, Q·L·1968 16:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 14

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Thanks for your recent help at WP:Selected anniversaries. I undid your edit on January 14 because of two reasons. Firstly, Tito was previously ineligible, but was improved upon and I like to give preference to articles that were recently improved as a sort of reward/thank you to the editors that cleaned it up, and I didn't use that article last year. Because it's the 40th anniversary of Lesley Whittle, that meant Bodyline had to be the one moved out in order to maintain chronological diversity. Secondly, you deleted Queen Maud Land and MiG-17, while putting Margrethe back into the Ineligible section. howcheng {chat} 09:19, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

My apologies. I just liked the whole Bodyline segment; thought it was noteworthy. Stolengood (talk) 09:31, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 15

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Putting Wilson Bentley back in makes too many U.S items listed. As much as possible, you need to maintain diversity in chronology, geographic location, and topic. With U.S. topics being represented by the 200th and 150th anniversary items, Bentley had to make way. Sorry. howcheng {chat} 09:36, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

I figured the anniversary aspect would be the most pertinent factor. Stolengood (talk) 09:37, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
That's understandable. However IMHO 130 isn't one of the "significant" anniversaries. For events 100 years or older, I usually go with multiples of 25. Less than 100 years old I do multiples of 10 and 25. But in the absence of any other reason, a multiple of 10 will usually get an article put in. When you've been doing this as long as I have (I started maintaining these pages on a daily basis in November 2010), you get a feel of what sort of combinations elicit complaints on Talk:Main Page. Not that I'm claiming ownership of the process, mind you. Please by all means keep doing what you're doing. After all, if I get hit by a bus one day, someone's going to have to step in. If I overrule you on something, it's not out of spite or anything. :) howcheng {chat} 09:48, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Understood. :-) I am a bit mystified at what exactly in the "Doctors' plot" portion is biased, unless it didn't stress the falseness of the accusations enough. Stolengood (talk) 10:02, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Adopting Hadrian

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Hi there! You mentioned in your last edit to Template:Nerva–Antonine family tree that P. Acilius Attianus "DID practically adopt Hadrian with Plotina". Adoption was a big deal in the Roman world: you didn't just take somebody in, they became absolutely legally your child, they took your name, they joined your tribe and social order, they forfeited their old place in the line of inheritance, etc. After Trajan's (alleged) deathbed adoption of Hadrian, the latter became Imp. Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus (‘Emperor Caesar, son of the divine Trajan, Trajan Hadrian Augustus’): the names Acilius and Attianus appear nowhere in his titulature, and Hadrian didn't openly acknowledge Attianus as a parent. So we can't say that Attianus adopted Hadrian, at least not in any sense the Romans would accept as such... Q·L·1968 19:11, 16 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'm going to move this discussion over to Template talk:Nerva–Antonine family tree. I'll be grateful to hear your input there. Q·L·1968 15:14, 18 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Fast & Furious 6 / Furious 7

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Maybe should have just taken the hint.

  • WP:FILMPLOT your addition bloats the plot unnecesssarily.
  • It mentions a car model - Trivia
  • It mentions the necklace - Trivia
  • It's unencyclopedic writing
  • The development quote at the time referred to the films as Fast 6 and Fast 7 so you're making the information incorrect
  • The link to ACL injury explains it in full, it doesn't need abbreviating, it isn't used again
  • Unnecessary inappropriate change of "requiring" to "forcing", they weren't "Forced" to do anything. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 08:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
ACL reads a lot better than the whole medical term. The necklace is needed for the "message" the villain is sending to make sense. The car model was meant to bring to the reader's attention that, yes, this is the same one from Tokyo Drift -- the car model was mentioned in the plot summary for Tokyo Drift, so I put it into this one to help specify without having to bring in who the hell else was in the race. I take back the development bit; I apologize for that bit, and you were right to correct me on that. But they were "forced" into shooting around Paul Walker due to him being taken out of action. I do wish you had messaged me after your first or second revert, at least -- and that you hadn't been so brusque about it. There was no need for that. Stolengood (talk) 09:01, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Additionally, I can see that you've made similar edits on the Furious 7, and I've partially reverted some of them because the idea was to keep the plot from being too excessively detailed and mentioning unnecessary details which deviate from the actual plot. Also, I've mentioned several times not to change Frank Petty to "Mr Nobody", as it is not the character's real name, and I'd appreciate it if you stopped making that particular edit. Thank you. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 09:42, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough I was maybe too blase in my reverts. The 700 word limit policy regarding film plots is because without it, it is easy to create a novel like retelling of a film, so we tell a broad overview instead. There is already a link to Tokyo Drift in the part about Han, so we don't need to further explain it, just that he was in a car, it crashed, he died. In the plot we already state that Deckard calls Dominic so we don't need the "Dominic Toretto" part of the quote, etc, etc. I've trimmed the plot down a lot anyway as it seems to have creeped up the word limit over the past few months, I moved the Fast 7 link to where you had it as reviewing it, it made more sense, and I re-used "forcing". Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 09:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
I'm sorry for the rudeness of my tone. Hope we can get past that. Also, 4TheWynne, he is not credited as "Frank Petty"; Kurt Russell's official credit is as "Mr. Nobody". The name "Frank Petty" is mentioned nowhere in the film; as such, it is nonsensical to include it in the synopsis when said character is consistently (and officially) referred to by another name. I'm going to revert that change for those reasons; please do not revert it. Thank YOU. Stolengood (talk) 20:02, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure why you chose to put all that stuff back in when I compromised and kept some of your stuff, but here is a breakdown of why I've reverted some of your changes:

  • You start calling Dominic "Dom" without ever introducing that as a nickname.
  • "for a full pardon, allowing them to return home to the United States." -> A pardon for what? restored amnesty, it's how it is referred to in the film
  • "create a deadly device," deadly how? It disables power, it is not, by its nature lethal and you removed the explanation of what it does.
  • "with FBI help", why are the entire FBI helping them?
  • " highway military convoy carrying a computer chip to complete the device.", what device? Are we talking about the deadly device or another device?
  • "Letty chooses to remain with Dominic." that she 'chooses' to remain is important.
  • "Shaw and his crew are captured, but reveal Mia, kidnapped by Shaw." What?
  • You put the necklace back in, ignoring what I said about it.
  • You put the "dominic torretto" part back into the final quote, ignoring what I said about it.

Honestly, most of your changes seem intended to get the word count down just enough to put that bloated epilogue back in again, and it's fairly obvious. It's double the length of the existing thing and adds nothing not essential. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 21:49, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I apologize for some of those edits; however, I was trying to get the word count down. The necklace does turn out to be important, though, which is why I put it back in. However, I'll fix the nickname thing. I'm not going to revert anything; I'm just going to tinker with it until I've got the plot consise and clear. Sorry about the overall effect, though. Stolengood (talk) 02:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

Edit Warring Report?

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Did you add an edit-warring report and then delete it with no edit summary? That is likely to draw suspicion. In the future, use an edit summary. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I thought better of the report. Sorry about that. Stolengood (talk) 03:07, 22 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

April 2015

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...did you even read what you reverted closely? THERE IS NO SPACESHIP IN THE MOVIE. I was trying to fix the page; you obviously saw fit to wreck the plot section again. Now I'm going to have to go in there and fiddle with the damn thing all over again. Stolengood (talk) 22:17, 22 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
The recent sources that I added in my last edit prove that Kurt Russell is credited as Frank Petty. These weren't the only sources that I found, either. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a heads-up so that you don't wake up and see it thinking that I've gone and done this behind your back. But you have to be able to collaborate with other editors. I've now added sources on my behalf, but still kept the nickname that you are so adamant on using. I also restored the plot that I had worded previously, not because it's part of my "insane agenda", but because it is of better quality in terms of readability and accuracy than what was on the page at the time. I'm not "wrecking", "breaking" or "messing with" the plot section by doing this. If you're not willing to compromise, and are just going to blindly revert without any proper reasoning other than saying that it's "nonsense", then I'm going to ask you again – stop this pointless feud that you've started, and move on. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 10:42, 4 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
In one of the sources that I found, it said that Kurt Russell had also signed onto The Expendables 3, but later pulled out to focus on Furious 7. Because the information was set in August 2013, when Russell had not yet been released from the film, it is relevant. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 05:20, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
I suggest you put it in the main pre-production section, not the cast list (and under Ronda Rousey, not Kurt Russell, which, why?). There was no conflict for Russell, as opposed to the one Rousey had to navigate to accommodate doing Furious 7; in fact, Russell later stated in an interview he was never going to do The Expendables, if I recall correctly -- I'll have to dig that one up. But, regardless, when Kurt Russell was shooting 7, there was no conflict for him -- whereas Rousey and Dwayne Johnson had to specifically avoid conflicts with their respective projects. If you're going to keep it, I only suggest you move your bit of info to the pre-production section involving the casting and clarify it a bit more. That's all. Stolengood (talk) 07:20, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
I'm quite happy for you to do that if you want. If you end up digging that source up, it'd be better to add that, too. I'd just like the whole issue that I arose last night to be put to rest, that's all. I believe the plot and the rest of the cast section should be left as it is now. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 07:34, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
I was going to focus on the production stuff, anyway; I've got a ridiculous amount of tabs open right now from trying to properly source everything. :-P Oy. Forgive me if I've been crabby with you; I was just trying to thread the needle with that whole "Mr. Nobody" business. I figured, he's credited as that -- as surprised as I was to see that in the theatre, though, it is official -- so why mess around with it? :-) Stolengood (talk) 07:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
Because, as I've tried to stress before, there's a difference between a character's proper name and its nickname. I believe it's just common sense, really. You might see the name "Mr Nobody" in the theatre but, let's face it, you also see "Hobbs" and "Letty" in there as well. But I'm glad that you and I are able to agree on something. Thank you. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 08:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
I think I'd feel more comfortable with it if they refer to him by that name, "Frank Petty", in the next movie. As of now, even with it being used elsewhere, you'll forgive me if I'm still reticent to use so prominently in the Wikipedia article a name no one will yet associate that character with, whereas everyone who's seen the movie knows Kurt Russell is "Mr. Nobody". It's just going to confuse them, I worry... :-S Stolengood (talk) 09:00, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

James Smithson birthdate

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Hello Would you please share your source information for making James Smithson's birthdate June 5, 1765? Thank you. 2604:2000:F1E5:3A00:E9A7:BFF9:C9B9:1DF5 (talk) 12:06, 16 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hello I am re-instating this question and changing the edit back. What is the proof you have for this birthdate June 5? If it is the Ewing biography footnote, that gives no such proof. Please do not revert the change unless you can add a footnote showing where you got June 5, 1765 from. Thank you.

It is in the Ewing biography; I have to find the exact page. In the meantime, please reinstate the change. Thank you. Stolengood (talk) 19:43, 18 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

I am the author of that book and I spent six years in the archives in multiple countries and did not find a birthdate for Smithson. I assure you, it is not in the Ewing biography! 184.75.9.2 (talk) 20:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

...damn. I'm sorry; I think I was misremembering. :-( My apologies. Stolengood (talk) 20:56, 18 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
I work in the Smithsonian Institution Archives and added a website source for the circa birthdate. Wondering if you could help us edit all of the foreign Wikipedia pages. The mistaken date seems to have traveled there. --Digitaleffie (talk) 21:47, 18 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Please see this discussion. Tom Reedy (talk) 03:18, 10 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

I saw. I was going by the current scholarly consensus, which seems to favor most of Brian Vickers's results. Most scholars agree on Middleton, Peele, etc., as is pretty much said in all the articles whose templates I changed -- hence, why I changed them; but if you want Wikipedia to not accurately represent the current consensus of scholars, go right ahead. Stolengood (talk) 03:25, 10 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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How exactly is this PD? The image page claims that it was first published outside the US before 1923, but that can't possibly be true because Steamboat Willie was released in 1928 by the Walt Disney Co. in the United States. If you can justify the public domain status, then by all means let's use it, but I don't think you can. I'm fairly certain there are no films created by Disney that are PD. After all, US copyright law was specifically amended to extend the length of copyright protection to benefit Disney and other film studios. As such, I'm taking the pic back out and adding to WP:PUF. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 22:59, 16 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

All right. Well, I'll still try to substitute another pic in order to make it "pictured", at least. I'm sorry; you just kept automatically reverting everything I did, and I got frustrated. Stolengood (talk) 23:35, 16 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Shaw University is not eligible for inclusion due to the orange-level maintenance tag. I know it wasn't there when you did the edit because I added it. One part of the job is vetting the articles to make sure they are of good enough quality to be featured. Also, don't put in 6 items because that will make OTD too long and throw off the left-right balance of the Main Page. Finally, you need to add the notes on the talk page. howcheng {chat} 08:30, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Sorry; only realized I'd put six in by mistake after it was locked in. And I thought Shaw University was eligible -- sorry about that. :-( Stolengood (talk) 08:33, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
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The reason I pulled Granma (yacht) out is that next year it will be its 60th anniversary, so it will get preference for inclusion, and if it's on this year that will mean it gets 3 years in a row. However, taking Enron out was fine because I didn't notice there were so many US items. If it were me now, I would replace Granma with Benazir Bhutto or Napoleon III, but I will leave it up to you. Please make sure you update the notes on the talk page when you're done. howcheng {chat} 16:48, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'd recommend Napoleon III personally, but is the page linked to him up to snuff? Wasn't sure if it was eligible or not. I can't put it in, now; you'd have to do that yourself. But that's just my recommendation. Stolengood (talk) 22:05, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
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petulia - i know the film quite well - but the doubling up of the cast list in the second para and then list below is a bit disconcerting and needs to be cleaned up - you have a pref of which we move out? cheers JarrahTree 09:15, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi; I recommend we move out the second para. Streamlines the article better, that way... and it is a MASSIVE chunk. Also, could we get a fuller plot synopsis? Stolengood (talk) 09:18, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
If you can wait a few weeks - I have it on dvd but very little spare time in short term - when i first saw it when it first came out it was very close to the graduate,midnight cowboy and bullitt (need to differentiate the details from an ageing brain), but I have to get my janis joplin frame of ref, in the right space to watch it again - lester's style is probably as important as the plot, there is sure to be stuff on his style and the effect it had on others - he was on a high at the time as he had done stuff with the beatles as well...(i love the bits with the nuns in porsches) JarrahTree 09:24, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
Take all the time you need. :-) Stolengood (talk) 09:28, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
If I am not careful, I'll probably wander over to see how well lester's style of that time is written up, and find i get lost in that rabbit warren.JarrahTree 09:30, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
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What a shame since he tried to protect the Cherokees which says a lot about him. By the way, where did you learn about Erysipelas as a course of his death? I am talking about your recent edit at [4]. --Taterian (talk) 06:20, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

I dug it up today after looking for it. Think it was on a government website; give me a few minutes to check back. Stolengood (talk) 07:25, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
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Sorry, but her article is not eligible for inclusion in Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 7 because there is a section tagged as needing additional references. Please see WP:OTDRULES for more info. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:49, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Revised; those sections unnecessary or "needing" additional references" have been removed. Upon closer inspection, they added nothing to the article. With these revisions, and looking at the overall article (which is well-researched and excellent), I think Jean Harlow can now be included. Stolengood (talk) 18:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
The last 3 paragraphs in that section are also missing citations, but even if you get those, she's not going to make it in this year. We've got Gwendolyn Brooks in for her 100th birthday (which takes precedence), so a second American is going to be too much. I'll put her in the pool for a future appearance (probably in 2 years, because next year will be Nikki Giovanni's 75th birthday, or maybe we'll get her on her birthday instead), though, on the presumption that you'll take care of those at some point. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 16:47, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
It's the 80th anniversary of her death. Don't we do historical anniversaries around here, especially significant ones? An article doesn't have to be perfect for its subject to merit a commemoration -- no article would ever be listed, that way. Stolengood (talk) 02:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Nobody says it has to be a GA or FA, but it must be well-referenced. The Main Page is supposed to feature quality work. Regardless, we only have 3 spaces for births/deaths and we want diversity in terms of date, nationality, and subject when possible (there are days when we have a dearth of eligible articles). So Gwendolyn Brooks gets priority because it's her 100th birthday, and because she's an American and her death year is also in the 20th century and we have other eligible articles, that means Jean Harlow is out. Next year it will similar because it will be Nikki Giovanni's 75th birthday. Unfortunately for Harlow, it's just these circumstances that prevent her from being included. howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
...I suppose I can wait another 10 years for the 90th, if two years from now isn't in the cards. *shrugs* Oh, well. (Jean Harlow is American, too, though -- don't know why that makes a difference, but...) Stolengood (talk) 21:33, 7 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, do you have a reliable source for your claim that Mr. Kilbride and Ralf Belmont were partners? I was doing a quick research on the internet and couldn't find anything ... Thanks, --Clibenfoart (talk) 16:42, 20 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

I thought I did... been a while since I edited that article. Let me see... Stolengood (talk) 21:29, 20 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
Ok, I was just creating a German page for Kilbride and couldn't find anything. --Clibenfoart (talk) 08:56, 21 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
Just give me a little bit of time... might've been in a period article or a retrospective one, somewhere... Stolengood (talk) 08:58, 21 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, So a lot of your edits are not accurate or change the meaning of sentences. For instance, are you adding "near-total" because of a specific source or because its your opinion? Abe Lehr was the head of the studio and, as stated in the body of the article, took a hands off approach while Thalberg was directly involved in the making of the film and was a producer. The source specifically called the studio "The Goldwyn Company", so it should stay that way even if the Wikipedia article reflects a different name (names constantly changed at this time). I'm also not sure why you are doing so much CE for a FA article with several copy edits. For instance, changing During the making of Greed to After the making of Greed is historically inaccurate and contradicted by the cited body of the article. I respectfully ask you to not revert cited material.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 16:26, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

My apologies. But the article specifically states (as does history) that Thalberg did not start overseeing MGM (and thereby Stroheim) until 1924 -- which was after filming (and, thus, production) on Greed had completed in 1923. Greed was, at that point, in its editing phase, which is post-production -- thus, Irving Thalberg was not involved in the production of Greed, and was not a producer on it. Abe Lehr, however, being the head of the studio, was the man who provided the money for Stroheim to make the film; thus, he is a producer. I probably should have specified "after the production of Greed", rather than "making of" -- it is a tricky line to thread, but the point is that Stroheim only lost control of his film during the editing process, which is what I was trying to say; he had complete control (to a point, as the "McTeague's mother's funeral" story shows) during production, and it was only when Thalberg was brought into the newly-formed MGM and started overseeing Stroheim's cutting of Greed that things went irrecoverably south. Stolengood (talk) 19:14, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply
Right, but a producer's job is not limited to production. A producer is often directly involved from pre-production all the way to marketing and release. In this case Thalberg was a hands on producer from the moment that he became involved. He was the producer of this film, for better or for worse. He did famously never take on screen credit while he was alive, but he was the producer. To call someone a producer is not simply an honorific title, its a job. von Stroheim was the producer of this film until Thalberg became involved.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 19:57, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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December 2019

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating the non-free content policy, as you did at Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 18.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  — JJMC89(T·C) 05:18, 6 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
 
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Stolengood (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I realize I should not have put a non-free image in the template, but I was trying to feature it with a relevant image -- I couldn't find a non-free one. I should have just not tried to have the image go with the anniversary I put in, the image being non-free. I'm sorry for screwing that up; I won't put a non-free image into a main page template again.

Decline reason:

In order to lift the block, we need to be certain that you understand how copyright works on Wikipedia. To allow the reviewing administrator to assess your understanding, please respond to the following questions in your next unblock appeal, explaining in your own words:

  • What is copyright?
  • How is Wikipedia licenced?
  • Why is copyrighted content not allowed on Wikipedia?
  • Under what circumstances can we use copyrighted content?
  • How do you intend to avoid violating the copyright policy in the future?

Your answers will enable us to establish whether or not you should be unblocked. Yamla (talk) 10:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)Reply


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I think you also need to explain why you were edit-warring at that page.[8] DrKay (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

DrKay, I think I was being stupidly stubborn. I didn't realize until after I had put the picture into the infobox that the copyright kept it from being used on the main page, but I think I rather stupidly thought it should stay there. I realize now that I should've just tried to find another, free image, rather than that poster image which was not free. Unfortunately, I also don't think I realized the severity of what I was doing until I was blocked -- it was dumb of me to keep doing that. If I am unblocked, I will not do that again -- I will check to see if an image is fair use or out of copyright before trying to put it in a main page infobox again. I should have known better than to do that, having been here as long as I have; I'm sorry for screwing that up. Stolengood (talk) 19:05, 7 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
JJMC89, I'm sorry for not getting back to you before, regarding your comments on your own talk page -- I'm just a bit intimidated by the list of questions provided I need to answer. I'm not sure how letter-perfect I should be, with them. :-( Sorry about that. Stolengood (talk) 09:46, 29 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
 
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Stolengood (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative work to reproduce that work; however, it is subject to limitations, such as fair use. Wikipedia is licenced under several different licences, but using copyrighted content without prior permission of its creator/owner could create legal liabilities and seriously hurt Wikipedia; if you want to use copyrighted content, you must contact its creator/owner. Otherwise, it is better to create for Wikipedia copyrighted content yourself that can be used on Wikipedia without any legal trouble. I intend to carefully make sure any content or creative work I post on Wikipedia in the future is either in the public domain or falls under the licences needed for it to be used on Wikipedia; if it does not, I will not use it under any circumstances. Stolengood (talk) 13:46, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

You did not identify the licenses for Wikipedia content. Also, just contacting the creator/owner of copyrighted work is entirely insufficient. Additionally, you seem to have completely missed WP:FAIRUSE. Yamla (talk) 14:05, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply


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I'm sorry; I wasn't sure if I was supposed to list every license by name. I wasn't sure how long my unblock request was supposed to be. Furthermore, I did mention fair use, but only briefly -- if I ask for another unblock, I'll go into more detail about it. Stolengood (talk) 08:06, 20 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
Howcheng, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing up my case amongst the mods last month. Thank you so much for speaking up for me, and giving me the benefit of the doubt. I don't know how many unblock requests I am still able to ask for, at this point, but thank you for at least giving me a shot at it. I hope you see this. Stolengood (talk) 08:14, 20 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of File:C. Aubrey Smith color.jpg

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Proposed deletion of File:George Arliss color1.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:MilosMilos.jpg

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