User talk:AlanM1/Archive D

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Re: Dwight D. Eisenhower - biography

Ciao AlanM1: Just a note to let you know that a request to include a link to the article cultural diplomacy has been made on the talk page for the biography of President Dwight D. Eisenhower which is included in the Wikipedia Biography Project. Perhaps if you have time you might like to assist in moving the suggested text shown on the talk page along with the reference citations into the main article since it is a "pending edit".(See talk:Dwight D. Eisenhower) Many thanks for your thoughtful help and best wishes for your continued success on Wikipedia in the future. With best regards LGC104.207.219.102 (talk) 20:38, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Joe Cocker

Thank you for your detailed edit summary when restoring text I deleted from that article.

I believe I may have known this woman Eileen in the early seventies (probably 1976), when I stayed in Sheffield for a while. At any rate, she claimed to be Cocker's former girlfriend. The woman I knew was a blonde. I didn't know her well, and I can't say I recall whether her name was Eileen or not. She had a child, about 5 years old.

Is there any chance you could send me a scan of the picture you mention? MrDemeanour (talk) 22:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@MrDemeanour: I was referring to the Hale source here. Of course, hairstyles are changeable . Note that pic caption said it was of them together in 1962. The exact dates in the Bean source are unclear without a more-than-snippet view. Sources might even disagree on something that happened when he was 19 or so. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 01:41, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm pretty sure that's not the girl I knew. My goodness, doesn't he look young! MrDemeanour (talk) 07:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Re: this revert:

For this bot task I am using what en.wiki says about a thing to determine what template and periodical parameter to apply. The en.wiki article for Biographical Directory of the United States Congress calls it a biographical dictionary so {{cite dictionary}} and |dictionary=.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:10, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

I see. I thought maybe your script/bot had gone awry. Seems like an uncommon usage of the word "dictionary", which most people (I think) would define as a book containing an alphabetical listing of words with their meanings, pronunciations, and etymologies. I'm not necessarily disputing its validity – it just seems unusual and prone to confusion. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 13:40, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps, but I'd rather make a set of rules for the bot and stick to them – it makes the coding easier and avoids exception-cases. I could, for example, have made a special case for Biographical Directory of the United States Congress that would have the bot replace the {{cite web}} with {{Biographical Directory of Congress}} or {{CongBio}}. But, had I done so, that would have just sent me skidding down the hill handling exception after exception after exception ... The purpose of this bot task is to fix the easy-to-fix. Using {{cite dictionary}} and |dictionary= because en.wiki says that CongBio is a dictionary is an easy fix.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:37, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

I understand. I guess I would rather see {{Cite encyclopedia}} and |encyclopedia=, since I'd bet there are very few instances of refs to things that are "dictionaries" in the common sense of the word. I'll note that {{Cite dictionary}} is a redirect to {{Cite encyclopedia}}, |dictionary= and |encyclopedia= are synonyms (along with several others), and they both render the same HTML (as does {{Cite web}} with |work=, except that the opening tag is <cite class="citation web"> instead of <cite class="citation encyclopaedia">). Not a big deal to me one way or the other – I can just see nitpicky editors (like me ) stumbling over it, wasting time. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 15:03, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

I did think about {{cite encyclopedia}} but chose not to use that because the en.wiki article about Biographical Directory of the United States Congress does not use the term encyclopedia as a descriptor; the short description for the article reads 'American dictionary. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia' (as I understand it that description is primarily visible to those who consume en.wiki via mobile devices). The bot will not re-edit Rumsfeld unless someone again improperly uses italic wiki markup in |publisher=.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:29, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

ten Year society logo

Hello Alan. I corrected the notch on the logo and I uploaded the .svg version Now, how can I suggest it as new logo? thanks for the help :)Bruce The Deus (talk) 09:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

You might be taking issues too personal

Hi there.I noticed that there was some talks instigated by you about me in the recent pages. Now since i have been unblocked by a very unnecessary block, let me clarify some thoughts about this. Firstly, i understand that you had some issues about my punctuation, which i have just realized how annoying it could get. I would like to mention that I am not a frequent editor, and i try to make time to make the pages better. Hopefully, this does not continue as i do use my punctuations as far as possible in the best of ways. I noticed you linked some edits back from 2016 also, which i think it was unnecessary given it was quite a while ago. However, i do not appreciate that you use profanity against me in such a way, which i feel is not necessary, and i would like to mention that i was not as much aware that i made these punctuation errors (as i am relatively new to editing although my account is quite old). Nevertheless, we are all here to learn about each other, be it bad or good. Hence i learnt to not make punctuation errors again, and more about you. I hope you learn some Social etiquettes as well. Thank you. --Hari147 (talk) 15:45, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@Hari147: Thanks for the response. First, I want to clarify that I did not profane you. If you read it carefully, what I said here was ... it's just not reasonable for someone to effectively tell us to f*** off and expect us to follow them around and fix everything they write. In other words, I believed, reasonably, that's what you were telling the rest of us by ignoring our requests to follow MOS:PUNCT, creating work for other editors. I believed this was the case because multiple people had mentioned it to you, and I gave examples that were easy to find, like this in 2016, the recent ANI case regarding edit-warring, and when I tried again to make you aware of the problem, which you removed without comment and subsequently ignored with your edits exhibiting the same problem. I've no doubt that there are many more comments about it buried in edit summaries and elsewhere.

I reviewed many edits to ensure that this was, indeed, a long-term issue, as did another experienced editor and two experienced admins who were involved. Experience has shown that a short block is an effective way of resolving situations like this where other forms of communications fail. I apologize that you felt it was personal. It's not. It's simply about actions. It's about making the encyclopedia a professionally curated, accessible, accumulation of knowledge, which is why we are all here. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

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Draft

Hello, User:AlanM1 Thank you for taking a look at my draft: Milen Manoj Earath. Appreciate your help. There is a wee problem with the lead section that you had editted. Unfortunately these 8 grades do not refer to the Indian education system, but to the grading system of Trinity College, London. So, it has to be mentioned as '8 grades'. Also, in the place from where the subject is from, Earath, refers to a big family of people, and refering to the subject as 'Earath' introduces an element of ambiguity because it can refer to any member of that particular family. Kindly advice. Thanking you, Refluxdonut 😊

Hello User:AlanM1, I just forgot. Is the lead section good? Can the template be removed? If not, kindly advice. Thank you very much😊. Sincerely, Refluxdonut (talk) 08:14, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

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Prince Abdi

AlanM1,

Could you please tell me who you are?

What makes you think that I don’t personally know Prince Abdi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonjones213 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

@Leonjones213: I believe you have misunderstood the point. According to WP:VERIFYOR, Wikipedia's content is determined by previously published information rather than by the personal beliefs or experiences of its editors. I am just another anonymous editor like you. Neither of us are suitable reliable sources for facts about Prince Abdi or anyone else unless they were published in a reliable source. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 01:36, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Notes

El Salvador no longer country with highest homicide rate in the world. Need advice on sources.

When I suggested the edit to the El Salvador page, I did it based on Salvadoran Newspaper reports. The Wikipedia statistics seem based on UNODC statistics, collected via questionnaires sent to national institutions. According to the UN. Venezuela had a murder rate of 56.333 per 100,000 persons in 2016, the last year the government provided it provided official data. But independent institutions like Insight Crime and the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence reported a much higher number for that year, 90 per 100,000, which would've made it the country with the highest murder rate in 2016. The local newspapers I read must've used from those institutions and compared it to data from local police.

I'm not sure if contrasting the data from the UN with the one from independent institutions would be appropriate for Wikipedia, though.

https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/insight-crime-2016-homicide-round-up/ https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/2017-homicide-round-up/ https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/insight-crime-2018-homicide-roundup/

--JFlord (talk) 05:30, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

@JFlord: I can understand that different parties may come up with different numbers based on their own methodologies and, unfortunately, motivations. In the U.S., I think the FBI is considered the reliable source for such stats, but even those might be problematic because they still have to rely on locally-reported data. However, I have no significant experience in this field. In general, I think policy is to report the contrast between RSs when they disagree with each other, especially if you can find a third party source that discusses the differences. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 18:47, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Citing references

Hi,could you please help me with adding references to my edits.Like how do I put the reference number and link it to my reference. Angunnu (talk) 11:36, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Answered at user's talk. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:20, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

—[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:31, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

PLEASE LISTEN TO MY STORY

Jørgen Olesen page was emptied by a anonymous user who after vandalizing was using fowl language on the page. This is what I was trying to undid which I did but suddenly the anonymous user and the IP address disappear and now making me look like a vandal. Pls check my contribution log for proof. What happen there is so confusing and I have no choice but to take any blame. I wanted to attach a block notice but I don't know how. But this vandal is very dangerous but no evidence to proof my self right because the anonymous user has disappeared with the IP address. Pls believe me. There are bad forces here that you need to tell me.

@Grace's page, I undid because no reference was provided. Dreambar (talk) 23:50, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

@Dreambar: See Wikipedia:Teahouse#A mysterious attack from an anonymous user, where the Jørgen Olesen issue has been addressed.

At Grace Benham, an IP added the {{Find a Grave}} link here, which you reverted without explanation. I reverted your revert because it was unexplained and the link seems useful in this case; I explained why on your talk page: ...While some people here have issues with Find-a-Grave, I don't believe there is consensus to remove external links to them without reason. In this case, it provides a grave location and confirmation of the otherwise-uncited birth/death dates, which were added by a long-term contributor with 1400 edits on that site. There really is no need for a cite here – the site is what it is (see the other 35,000+ instances where it is used).

As far as the angst, please try to relax – this is not life-and-death. Nobody has accused you of vandalism. The messages on your talk page are simply to make you aware of issues with your edits, which are clearly shown in the edit history (and confirmed by the other users at the Teahouse). There are no "bad forces" or conspiracy going on, and no blame or punishment to take. Just be careful, learn from others here, continue to try to improve the encyclopedia, and you'll be fine. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 03:32, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Your edit to WP:TH#‎Archives PGN/ Gloria Casarez:

Thank you for sprucing up this. I was in a hurry, in fact. I also have a note on my user page pre-authorizing anyone to fix typos in my talk page comments, the usual rules on such things notwithstanding. I have further edited on a couple of pointes. i have removed usage of {{URL}} which i do not like, to the point that I remove it from article anytime i see it, and would have deleted if I could get consensus for that. I emphasized {{Cite Web}} and the other Cite XXX tempaltes over {{Cite}} which i think more editors use, and i prefer.

I think that with your polishing this might actually be worth copying to the relevant help p[age, but we will see. Again thanks. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:28, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

@DESiegel: I use {{URL}} to avoid specifying http/https, for abbreviation as well as future-proofing (if people had used it in the pre-https days, we'd have avoided a lot of http→https (or {{URL}}ing) edits). The database programmer in me likes to tag things for easier searching (i.e., a tracking category or search for {{URL}} is better than a false-proof regex search). I used {{Cite ...}} to make it clear that it applies to all cite templates.

BTW, I made myself a note to look for scripts to automate/assist this process, which I think about every time I do it. I expect somebody should have done this by now. IAbot has a "fix dead links" on article history pages that probably works for links that are actually dead, though maybe not for links that are still working, even if they've been usurped. Alternatively, the citation dialog could be modified to handle much of the process. TBD as soon as I'm done with this clydesite thing. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:35, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

If the above were all that {{URL}} did I wouldn't object. But it also uses a wikidata item (or at least it used to), and can change the URL with no eyes from Wikipedia seeing the change. Therefore I will not leave it in article space, not use it on the Teahosue where it might be imitated. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:43, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

I don't see any evidence that it does this, in the documentation, nor in the source for Module:URL (which is invoked by Template:URL). (The only mention in the doc is an example about how to fetch a URL from Wikidata to give it to {{URL}} as an arg). Also, the Wikipedia watchlist can optionally include Wikidata changes.

A quick review of Template talk:URL and archives suggests that, at one point, if the template were used without a parameter, it would try to fetch the Wikidata P856 property of the page, but this functionality was moved to {{Official URL}}. Apparently, someone tried to restore this ability in 2016 but it was reverted ~19 hours later. (I might be wrong – I've got some local interference interfering with my concentration. Sorry in advance if I've missed something.)

I'm not arguing for its use in this (or any) case – it's not that big a deal. I used it here because I first used [https://www.example.com], which rendered as [1] (undesirably). I wanted to show the URL but didn't want to repeat it twice (i.e. [https://www.example.com https://www.example.com]). This is one of the main purposes of {{URL}} (in addition to the tagging/formatting), so I used it. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:20, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Usurped websites

Thanks for your help with Clydesite, well more than help really - you sorted it. I've just come across another hijacked site used for cites wilhelmgustloff.com . Theres only a half dozen uses so I can sort the cites manually (once I work out how to do it) but I am wondering if this is a common problem and is there a reporting procedure for it? Lyndaship (talk) 07:16, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

@Lyndaship: Hi. It seems like WP:URLREQ is the place. Even if it's a manual fix you can do on a few articles, they can add the URL to the bots' list so any future adds of that site will be auto-fixed. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:29, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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	To-siā! Thanks for your incredible and information packed response! It was 'mida' after all [2] [3]. Thanks for offering to reach out to UT on this issue. Geographyinitiative (talk) 08:28, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: Thanks! I'm glad it worked out. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:33, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

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Teahouse featured host

I added you as a featured host to the rotating selection of hosts at the top of the page. See here. Feel free to change the picture to someone you like. Interstellarity (talk) 18:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I did. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:16, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Levels of edit

Hi AlanM1, thanks for the warm welcome on my home page and for the feedback on the Teahouse page. If you don't mind, I'd like to pick your brain a bit more on copy editing levels for Wikipedia articles. The Supercavitation page is a good example to use as a reference for this discussion. I would consider my edits on the first two paragraphs to be "medium" level edits. I could have further edited to smooth out the these paragraphs but I stopped because I am new to Wikipedia (not sure what level of editing is appropriate) and the Supercavitation article is mature with over 800 edits since 2002. I want to be respectful to all the editors that contributed to this article. I feel that the first two paragraphs could still use more smoothing and I'm wondering if I should make additional edits or move on to the following parapraphs of the article. Not only do I want to be respectful of past editing efforts, I also won't to use my time wisely. Given the large backlog of articles needing copy edit and the limited resource of volunteer editors, would it be better for me to spend say eight hours on the Supercavitation article with a "heavy" edit, or four hours on Supercavitation and four hours on another article with "medium" edits? If I were to spend more time on the the first paragraph of Supercavitation, I might change the first two sentences from "Supercavitation is the use of cavitation effects to create a bubble of gas or vapor large enough to encompass an object traveling through a liquid, greatly reducing the skin friction drag on the object and enabling high speeds. Current applications are mainly limited to projectiles or fast supercavitation torpedoes, and some propellers, but in principle, the technique could be extended to entire vehicles." to "Supercavitation is the use of cavitation to reduce skin friction drag on an object and enable high speeds. Current applications include torpedoes and propellers, but in principle, the technique could be extended to entire vehicles." I would move the remaining three sentences of the first paragraph (discussion on Russian torpedo application and US/Chinese submarine application) into the Applications section. I'm planning today to move on to other sections of the article and leave the first two paragraphs as is and continue with a "medium" level of editing. Please let me know if you think my time would be better spent re-editing the first paragraph as discussed above and applying a "heavy" edit to this article. Thanks!! CopyEditTechSurf (talk) 13:00, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

@CopyEditTechSurf: One of the cool things about Wikipedia is that you are really free to do the type of editing that is most fulfilling for you, as long as it's good for the project. I find that I cycle through different types of activity on various timeframes. At the moment, I supposed I'm being a bit lazy and focusing on small, "bite-sized", pseudo-admin things, like vandal-fighting, but occasionally get some satisfaction (and hopefully provide some value) from a deep dive into a sourcing issue or walking through an article with grammar so poor as to make it nearly incomprehensible, making it at least somewhat readable. I find that I get burned out after a couple of hours on one article, so I try to pace myself as to the amount of time I spend on any one section. Sometimes, I won't get through a whole article, and either come back to it later or leave it for the next guy.

While no article is supposed to be WP:OWNed by any one or group of editors, as you've surmised, the reality is that editors here are (mostly ) human, and someone who puts a bunch of time into an article (especially careful prose editing) is going to be bristly about anyone re-wording his beautiful creation. Striking a balance just takes some time and experience, and you'll run into some confrontations along the way, but you've got the right ideas in mind and are communicating well, so be as WP:BOLD as you feel is right.

As to the example article, I thought your initial pass was somewhat restrained (as you said, and understandably so) and could have used some re-casting and re-wording to be less duplicative. One thing to be mindful of when doing a deeper copy-edit is that you still remain true to what the WP:CITEd sources are saying. This can be difficult to do, especially when doing work in your area of expertise. I suppose this is one of the reasons I tend not to edit on EE and CS articles; that, and I like that I can learn more about other subjects in which I've only had tangential exposure in my real life by editing articles about them, trying to apply logic and the basic wiki principles, and using the talk pages and other forums when I need help.

Happy editing! —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:18, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I'll finish editing the article with a "medium" level and see how that goes. Then make a second pass to further improve where needed.CopyEditTechSurf (talk) 13:04, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Please help in updating

Hi, I want to request you to update some information in Shamsheer Vayalil's article. I tried but couldn't do it. This information is related to his Forbes 2019 profile. For more details please visit Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil.

• One more thing Reference 31 in the article is working but the actual thing is not shown in that (see the "Awards and Accolades" section and look for the award which he received in 2018 and the reference number attached to it i.e. reference 31). I think I am clear enough to explain you the matter.

Thanks. (223.230.148.141 (talk) 04:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC))

Hi. I'm not sure why you've brought this to me – I'm not familiar with the subject and have never edited that article. The correct place for your request is the article's talk page at Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil, where editors familiar with the subject and sources can give it attention. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi again, I had posted the request at Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil six days ago because I was unable to make the edits myself. I tried 4 to 5 times but none of my attempts was successful. So, I approached a veteran editor like you. I think I am clear enough to explain the entire matter. So, can you help to make possible edit? Thanks. (223.230.148.141 (talk) 11:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC))

Please see my response at the talk page. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:37, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

• Again, one more problem the reference 32 is also not showing the desired page. Please visit Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil.I hope you can fix this problem also. I think it's a serious matter of concern.

Thanks. (223.230.154.3 (talk) 03:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC))

• Hi, I have given the clarification of your doubt related to "Stieve Awards, 2011" which you posted on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil. Hope, this clarification will help you in restoring previous data which you removed.☺☺☺

Thanks. (106.207.53.80 (talk) 04:28, 8 December 2019 (UTC))

• Hi, I think you must restore the information about Shamsheer Vayalil's "Stevie Awards 2011" which you removed. I had also provided a relevant link on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil related to "Stevie Awards 2011".

Thanks. (223.230.140.117 (talk) 12:07, 12 December 2019 (UTC))

• Hi, I have given accurate clarification about "Stevie Award " on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil.

Thanks. (223.230.170.121 (talk) 04:12, 13 December 2019 (UTC))

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Update net worth column

Hi, you told on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil that on Wikipedia we don't mention real time net worth. I think you must see Mukesh Ambani article, in that his forbes net worth profile is updated with real time net worth. I think you will now help in updating Forbes net worth profile (reference) of Shamsheer Vayalil. I had provided link of his updated Forbes net worth profile. Thanks. (223.230.167.193 (talk) 11:06, 13 December 2019 (UTC))

Discussion about articles should be held at their talk pages. Please do that. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 18:18, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

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Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well AM21. MarnetteD|Talk 19:39, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

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Why removed?

Hi, Have you gone through Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos articles? I think your answer may be 10000 times because they are very special.On talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil you posted that you removed bullets (•) from Shamsheer Vayalil's infobox because those bullets are space consuming and of no use. I think the same bullets(•) in Bill and Jeff articles infobox are very important and they are also not space consuming. I think discrimination is going on because all this wikipedia's rule are meant for Indian articles. Thanks. (223.230.173.137 (talk) 04:29, 21 December 2019 (UTC))

I've asked you before not to make such accusations – it's absurd and not the way to get people interested in doing what you want. I regard it as a personal attack. If you do it again, I will request that you be blocked from editing.

There are no bullets displayed in either of the two infoboxes you mentioned. The Bill Gates article has a plainlist template with some custom styling that is non-standard and the Jeff Bezos infobox has no lists at all. [Corrected statement at article talk page]

If you have a suggested reasonable improvement, discuss it on the article's talk page, without personal attacks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:03, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

• Sorry, but my intention was not to hurt you emotionally. I respect you because from 14 years you have been contributing to wikipedia, such a long time. But I expressed what I felt. I have left a request on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil in which I tagged you. Hope you will understand and give your fine contribution.

Thanks. (223.230.173.137 (talk) 15:14, 21 December 2019 (UTC))

Some baklava for you!

For your edits on Anna Barbara Speckner. Thanks! Maineartists (talk) 12:25, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

@Maineartists: Perfect with my morning coffee (more like afternoon at this point). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:27, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Recent block of User:James The Bond 007.

Barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		Though we(you &I) contribute to Wikipedia differently but your contributions are far much better than mine. This would have been done before also but better late than never.At last you took the right decisions. So, thanks once again. I really appreciate you and your work. Hope you will forget the past and we'll have good relations now on wikipedia.223.230.151.74 (talk) 08:29, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that. No worries. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:32, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

I just wanted to stop by and say thank you for your work on resolving the cite errors issue at Timeline of American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War. I appreciate it. I frequently work on cleaning up pages with incorrect ref formatting, so I know what a chore it was. I think the most I've ever had to comment out on a split article was 118. You, my friend, are awesome. Thanks again. Isaidnoway (talk) 00:21, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thank your for your help! Sarasota6 (talk) 00:54, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for being nice!

Sir, every year our school 🏫 hosts an election in which we choose our school captain. I don't know whether this type of election takes place on wikipedia to choose it's captain 👮. But if it happens and you decide to become a candidate just let me know I'll love to vote for you because you are very nice and guide everyone without being irritated. Thanks.💕💕(223.230.142.124 (talk) 16:22, 27 December 2019 (UTC))

Clarification

• I have given clarification on Talk:Shamsheer Vayalil for adding city name. Please do have a look.

Thanks. (223.230.132.104 (talk) 20:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC))

Thank you for formatting my text regarding User:NormanGear’s disruption on Portuguese people

Dear AlanM1, thank you for formatting my complaint. I first wondered whether I hadn’t signed it as it simply disappeared. So I wrote it again, ensuring it was duly signed. I am not very familiar with the formatting procedures and thank you for taking the time to help me. Happy New Year Melroross (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2019 (UTC)