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2013

Images needed.

If anybody has a free image of Dave Barnes, please put it on the Dave Barnes article on the info box, thanks! - Billybob2002 (talk) 02:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You mean this guy? --Nat Gertler (talk) 02:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes.- Billybob2002 (talk) 03:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits concerning deism tags.

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Images

Please take a look at the Manual of Style for images, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images, particularly WP:IMGSIZE. GDallimore (Talk) 11:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

April 2013

Hello, I'm Pass a Method. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Pass a Method talk 12:03, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re Luke 9:23 - the full text of Bible verses and other original texts are more appropriate for Wikisource, not here. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:49, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Pass a Method talk 09:09, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What disruptive editing? - Billybob2002 (talk) 02:44, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A full 75% of your edits are disruptive or useless. People have been trying to guide you to relevant policies since you started editing, but you just blanked all their advice from your talk page, and now you have nothing but warnings on your talk page. Start behaving intelligently, or you will find yourself blocked. GDallimore (Talk) 09:47, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So that is a compliment, because 25% of them are good! :) Anyways, my above question was asking what article(s) in particular was disruptive. - Billybob2002 (talk) 03:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Old Earth Creationism

Re this edit which was reverted, may I suggest that you work on the section Criticism. The section needs some expanding, especially references for the criticisms.Sjö (talk) 12:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of List of former Presidential Candidates

Hello Billybob2002,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged List of former Presidential Candidates for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, [[:{{{article}}}]].

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, fix Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:11, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please check whether articles exist before you create duplicates of them. Otherwise you just waste your time and others. In this case you duplicated List of United States presidential candidates, and it wasn't even very complete. Please also remember that other republics exits outside of the United States which have presidents, and other organisations even have presidents, and as such it's always "United States presidential candidates" rather than "presidential candidates". Barney the barney barney (talk) 08:39, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Moot

In US English, moot in a legal context roughly means stale, or no longer relevant. diff __ Just plain Bill (talk) 00:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Debatable" and "moot" have different connotations, and are not interchangeable. Rather than continuing with an edit war, please discuss your reasons for this change at Talk:Efforts to impeach George W. Bush. Thank you, __ Just plain Bill (talk) 13:35, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 2013

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Adam. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive, until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively could result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. The cited ref is very explicit. You can also read the linked target page (and various related talkpages) to find extensive consensus on use of the term "creation myth". You'll need an explicit and consensus reason to change that. DMacks (talk) 03:45, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bill White

And if you'd look at the history of the Senate election article you'd see that I found the source to list him as a potential candidate. So I am aware he has not announced he's running, and so would you be if you'd look at the Senate election article or the source used on the page. Ratemonth (talk) 02:54, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I did not realize at the time that he was listed as potential. -- Billybob2002 (talk) 02:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Jeff Johnson (Minnesota politician)

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As you've seen from previous discussion, we don't include copyright-violating items in the text. Relevant to your recent edits at David Barton, we also don't link to copyright-violating items, per WP:LINKVIO. In the case of YouTube, that means that we can generally link to something from an official account (if Beck's show itself had posted the video), but we don't link to it if others posted it... whether that is fans or detractors. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:30, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, I noticed you put links to candidate pages that don't exist. There is no reason to have red links on a page, so from now on please check to make sure someone has a page before adding the [[ ]] around their names. Rxguy (talk) 16:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While Rxguy may be against redlinks, Wikipedia guidelines actually encourage redlinks within resaonable guidelines, as it has been found to encouraged growth in the encyclopedia. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify: Candidates such as Gurley L. Martin, John Kemper, Greg Leichty, Ed Marksberry, Bennie J. Smith in the Kentucky Senate race are not what the Wikipedia guidelines that NatGertler mentioned refer to. They are unknown candidates with nothing significantly notable other than the fact that they are extreme long-shots as candidates. These are people that really have no reasonable shot at having a Wikipedia page, for good reasons, and would likely remain on the page for eternity as broken links. Rxguy (talk) 18:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a few of them should have an article. -- Billybob2002 (talk) 02:32, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there a rule against putting 'allegedly' on the articles? -- Billybob2002 (talk) 05:37, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it's called WP:ALLEGED. Your placed it there to cast doubt on scientific consensus. Dougweller (talk) 06:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Out of curiosity, have you ever even read the above guideline? John from Idegon (talk) 04:26, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The part of the requirement which states a politician with a significant level of press coverage might qualify John James' article for notability, as he has been featured on Fox News. I think the article should use less sources from his campaign website though. Billybob2002 (talk) 18:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks for adding all the "blue background" portraits for the Representatives that were still missing official portraits! First time everyone's had a picture in a while, right? You've performed a civic duty to say the least. Westroopnerd (talk) 22:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Billybob2002 (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Flying (Cody Fry album) moved to draftspace

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So Apple Music and Discogs are not good third party sources, is that what you are saying? The "I Hear a Symphony" was a viral TikTok song. That should be an additional factor that makes it notable. Billybob2002 (talk) 22:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2024

Hi Billybob2002! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Quite a few of your recent minor edits are actually substantial removals or additions of content. Somewhat unrelated, but please consider moving Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself into the draft space or into a userpage until you have multiple reliable sources that establish the subject's notability. As it stands now, an Apple Music link is insufficient. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:41, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself (April 19)

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Fails WP:NALBUM.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself (April 23)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Fails WP:NALBUM, requires significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources. Discogs and Apple Music are not acceptable or independent. The Allmusic reference is just a track listing not significant coverage.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself (April 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt was:

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The comment the reviewer left was:

Still fails the requirements of WP:NALBUM.

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