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Filling in references from University of Alabama site
Hi Everymorning! If you have access to University of Alabama resources, could you help by improving the references in the article Helen E. Haines? It was created by someone at your university but for two important references it only gives URLs, and these URLs aren't accessible to non-students. If you could fill these in with title, author, publisher/journal, date, etc., that would be great. Thanks in advance! Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:25, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
- Alas, I no longer have access to those resources as I am no longer a student there. Sorry. Everymorning talk 20:37, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
- Boo... You don't happen to know anyone else that would, do you? Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:04, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Today's articles for improvement weekly vote
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Astronautics
Hey, Everymorning... I undid this edit of yours. I'm very happy to see that Astronautics hasn't totally left, and just edits quite sporadically these days. Cheers, Storkk (talk) 21:26, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Pseudoscience DS
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Lee Seung Woo
I saw you are interesting at this article Lee Seung Woo but I just want to let you know it is probably going to be deleted according to this so if you don't agree with this vote there and let them know Adnan (talk) 05:08, 18 July 2015 (UTC).
- I'm not sure what you mean--I've never edited that page. [1] Everymorning talk 11:44, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
Homeopathy
Hello, I happen to have written a couple essays aimed at the apparent misunderstandings you showed at Talk:Homeopathy. They are WP:Fringe scapegoats and WP:Neutral and proportionate point of view. Or maybe I'm flogging them just because. In any case, feedback is welcome. Manul ~ talk 23:51, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
- I see. Sorry I didn't look at the REDFLAG policy sooner. As for the other policies mentioned on the Homeopathy talk page, I suppose I have been swayed by the amount of positive research I have seen into believing homeopathy is not a "fringe theory" as Wikipedia apparently considers it to be. I hope we can reach some sort of compromise. Everymorning talk 02:41, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Wikipedia considers homeopathy to be fringe (actually pseudoscience) because that is the scientific consensus. Science decides for Wikipedia; Wikipedia editors aren't (or shouldn't be) making arbitrary choices.
- A good book on the demarcation problem -- how to distinguish science from pseudoscience -- is Nonsense on Stilts. Manul ~ talk 05:05, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- It's unfortunate that we can't find a compromise, but I really have little interest in editing homeopathy-related pages anymore, given the way in which my edits are consistently received. Everymorning talk 00:42, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
- And i was wondering how this consensus is typically achieved in the homeopathy talkpage ---by discouraging intelligent editors to participate --- if they are not anti homeopathy enough, --EDtoHW (talk) 14:13, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
- It's unfortunate that we can't find a compromise, but I really have little interest in editing homeopathy-related pages anymore, given the way in which my edits are consistently received. Everymorning talk 00:42, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
- A good book on the demarcation problem -- how to distinguish science from pseudoscience -- is Nonsense on Stilts. Manul ~ talk 05:05, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
CAM DS
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- It means that if you believe that the article is biased they might ban you from the discussion to maintain the "consensus ".--EDtoHW (talk) 21:52, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for your contribution on Climate change policy of the United States. 99.109.124.40 (talk) 03:29, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
essays going to speedy deletion
Hey, I don't think this discussion about essays got enough discussion. To me, an essay is even more obvious and irritating than shameful promotion (especially when it includes an intro like, "my assignment was to..." etc.). What do you think about doing an RfC? I'd like to start one to get more feedback. —МандичкаYO 😜 01:11, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Feel free to start an RFC if you think it's a good idea. I'd support a proposal of this nature, of course. I'm not so sure the discussion that has already taken place bodes well, though, since most people seemed to think (in the discussion you wikilinked to) that a new essay criterion would not be a good idea. Everymorning talk 01:39, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- OK, I'm going to start one and ping the AfD regulars. It's at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion. —МандичкаYO 😜 02:09, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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RfD for Jimbo Wale
Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_August_7#Jimbo_Wale: I am a reg at RfD but was not involved in the discussion, so I closed it as a {{nac}}
. Thanks for withdrawing it, I need not assume good faith because you showed it explicitly: I doff my hat. Si Trew (talk) 00:57, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks and you're welcome. Everymorning talk 00:58, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
Sylvester Turner
User Bog5576 continuously vandalizes the Sylvester Turner through citing opinion pieces and work proven false. The citations used to "prove" his statements are often non-factual or the user has misinterpreted them. Examples can be provided. PrimeNotice (talk) 19:03, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
If I am found to be in an edit war Will both parties be banned or only me? PrimeNotice (talk) 19:32, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
- It depends. However, you need to discuss the stuff you keep removing on the talk page or else you will certainly get blocked for violating the three revert rule. Everymorning (talk) 19:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Kent Lai
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DYK for Clean Power Plan
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Speedy of Isaac S.J. Cooper
The article isn't a hoax, relevant article is Nation of Celestial Space. If you think he's not notable, please take it to WP:AFD instead. shoy (reactions) 19:21, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, I saw "Celestial Space" and assumed it was just some sort of fake extraterrestrial society some kid made up to mess around. Everymorning (talk) 19:23, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
- No, I did the same thing. Happy editing, shoy (reactions) 19:28, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Selfie-related deaths and bison
Hi, thanks for your addition to list of selfie-related injuries and deaths. As originally set out, the list was supposed to only cover serious injuries (and deaths), so I've reverted your addition for now, as the woman sustained only minor injuries which were treated more or less on site. If anything, I think the scope of the article should perhaps be tightened; the way it's set up now it allows including the injuries of bystanders, such as the girl that got flung off the train and survived - I'm not sure mention of these would necessarily need to be excluded if the scope were changed. FWIW, I am also aware that there was an exchange student who was reported as in some sources as being attacked while taking a selfie. The better sources instead reported her as posing for someone else taking a picture, so it doesn't qualify as a selfie. Hope this makes sense. Samsara 22:36, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
- Sure, I didn't notice the "serious" thing at the top of the page. Best, Everymorning (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Jack O. Gross edits
Thank you for the edits. I am trying to link to a few other pages, is there a way I can message you for help on how to do this? I am not proficient yet with Wikipedia edits.
- The way you add a wikilink is, if you see "Jack O. Gross" in the body of an article, you surround it with brackets like this: Jack O. Gross. Everymorning (talk) 19:34, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. If I want to add a newspaper article as a reference to an existing entry, how do you add the title of the article so it shows up as a link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jg10101 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- You could do this either with one of the citation templates or without them. If you use a citation template, format it like this: Schwab, Dave (1 August 2011). "La Jolla's Jack O. Gross led the way in local television". La Jolla Light. Retrieved 18 August 2015. Note that the title of the article is added in the "title" parameter. Alternatively you could format it without using a template, which would involve enclosing the url in brackets [like this] and then putting the title of the article just before the bracket at the end and after the end of the URL. Everymorning (talk) 00:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
What is a citation template? Please explain. Jg10101 (talk) 00:54, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- It's basically a bunch of characters surrounded by sets of brackets that look like this: {{ }}. An example would be the "cite web" template or the "cite news" template. It allows citations that include more information than just surrounding the raw url in ref tags. If you install User:ProveIt GT it will become much easier to make use of citation templates. An example would be the "La Jolla Light" source I added to Gross's article. Everymorning (talk) 00:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
When you use a citation template, do you put the article title, or the link, in the brackets?Jg10101 (talk) 01:02, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- Both, but in different parts of the template. Look at the following template, ignoring the nowiki tags: {{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}
- You put the link just to the right of where it says "url=" and the title of the article just to the right of where it says "title=". Everymorning (talk) 01:04, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. Another profile I am working on was tagged with the "this is an autobiography or extensively edited by the person" message. I have reviewed the article and I don't think it is biased. Is there a way to get the article re-evaluated, or otherwise have that embarrassing message removed? Jg10101 (talk) 01:31, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- I assume you are talking about Josh E. Gross. This article was created in 2007 and tagged with the autobiography tag in 2013. It seems the username of the creating account (Joshg0788) seems similar enough to the name of the article subject to be suspicious. However, the user who actually expanded the article from a redirect was an IP. [2] SO I think it's probably OK to remove the autobiography template from the article. The article itself mostly seems good but I was a little concerned about two sentences that I have just reworded to seem less promotional. Everymorning (talk) 01:39, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Ok, thanks, your edits are good. How do we remove the "autobiography" tag? Likewise, when an article is tagged as being "not notable", what else can one do besides challenge it? I posted two *very notable* profiles and yet it seems like some users just want to flag anything that is new. What advise do you have?Jg10101 (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- You remove the tag by editing the page, deleting the template that looks like {{autobiography|date=August 2013}} (the date is different from article to article depending on when the page was tagged as an autobiography), and clicking "save page". When you say "tagged as being "not notable"" I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean they tagged it for speedy deletion? If so, you can't remove the template, as it says. Instead you just have to contest it (which you appear to already have done), add reliable sources (WP:RS), and hope that an admin will remove the template. Everymorning (talk) 01:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
yes, I mean speedy deletion. Typically how long does it take for someone to review it?Jg10101 (talk) 01:55, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- It varies. I've seen some things sit there for +3 hours before getting deleted. But this is not always the case. Recently I nominated Francis Go for speedy deletion, for example, and it was deleted within an hour. Again, add reliable sources (I notice that Laurence Gross cites a forum as the 4th reference, which is not reliable) and the article will probably not be speedy deleted. Everymorning (talk) 02:00, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
All of this advise is helpful. Can you kindly send an example of how to properly cite a book?Jg10101 (talk) 02:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- Also, feel free to ask for help at the Teahouse (WP:Teahouse/Questions) if you want to get feedback from a whole bunch of editors rather than just me and those who might happen to be watching this page (the Teahouse is much more active). Everymorning (talk) 02:05, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
The discussion group is too confusing/overwhelming. In the case of an expired link in a reference, do you just delete it?Jg10101 (talk) 02:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- You could, or you could go to the [archive.org/web/web.php Wayback Machine], type in the URL, and see if it was archived while it was still up. If it was, you can replace the expired link (often called a "Dead link" here) with the archived one. Everymorning (talk) 02:28, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
I tried the crawler, and it gave me this message. Just delete? Page cannot be crawled or displayed due to robots.txt.Jg10101 (talk) 02:32, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, that happens with some websites. I guess that the best thing you can do in that case is indeed just to delete it. Everymorning (talk) 02:33, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
How do you upload a photo?Jg10101 (talk) 02:41, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- Use the WP:File Upload Wizard. Also, let me be honest and say that I am getting tired of you asking me so many questions in such a short period of time, and I would really appreciate it if you would go to, for example, the WP:Help desk instead if you want more help with technical stuff like most of what you have asked me about. Everymorning (talk) 02:43, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but the site is terribly confusing to a newcomer. I appreciate your help. Jg10101 (talk) 02:44, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I agree it is confusing (it was to me years ago too). Everymorning (talk) 02:45, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Nomination of Frank Hill (scientist) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Frank Hill (scientist) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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I see no reason to doubt the accuracy of his website, and that he's one of the 3 joint s Managing ed. of the Notable journal Annals of Combinatorics has excellent 3rd party support. "Managing editor" is sometimes ambiguous, but in this case, it's clearly ed. in chief. That meets WP:PROF. I don't see how its more promotional thanany other scientist bio. DGG ( talk ) 00:49, 21 August 2015 (UTC) .
- I think you're probably right. Note that I didn't tag it for speedy deletion per G11, rather, User:Compassionate727 did. Everymorning (talk) 00:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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The Article About the Village of Yenidoğanlar
Thanks for the edits,but about the Musabeyli you linked,that is not the Village of Musabeyli i talked about https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musabeyli,_Alapl%C4%B1 this is the turkish article for it,I went to both Musabeyli(in Alaplı) Yenidoğanlar and i just returned so the info i give are the current info. My heritage is from there.I see you are from America from your talk page and you might not understand Turkey well,especially the rural areas,but i do and if you know Turkish even a bit,please look at there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KaptaşHero (talk • contribs) 20:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
- Actually, I just added a category to that page. The user who added the wikilink you are talking about was Hebrides, so you should post on his talk page if you want to know why he did that. Everymorning (talk) 20:57, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
I want to nominate this for DYK, but the article is too poor. Also, nothing hooky from the article comes in my mind other than... the newsworthy material that will become... no longer newsworthy. Would you improve, so I can nominate it right away. --George Ho (talk) 15:44, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
- I will almost certainly be busy for much of the rest of today, but I have just added some stuff to the article. My DYK check tool says it's just long enough now (1782 bytes of prose). Everymorning (talk) 15:53, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
DYK for Takeshi Hirayama
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RfA analysis
Hi Everymorning,
I'm just wondering if you plan to finish the data for successful 2014 RfAs on your RfA study page. I found it very useful for data I'm collecting here, to give statistical backup for RfA reform efforts, but it only has a complete record for 2015. --Biblioworm 21:12, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
- I didn't actually add the 2014 stuff, Ceradon did. When I created it the plan was originally only to include RFAs for this year. Everymorning (talk) 21:27, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
New page patrol
If you edit a new, unreviewed page, such as All Star Extravaganza VII, please mark it as reviewed. Thanks. --I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 04:15, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: this seems like dubious advice. WP:NPP explicitly asks that editors leave pages unreviewed if they are unsure of the correct action. VQuakr (talk) 04:42, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @VQuakr: Right, that's the only reason why you wouldn't do it--if you are sure that it's includable, then you review it. Thanks for clarifying. --I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:00, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: That's still not quite right. An editor should only mark an article reviewed if it has been reviewed. That means completing each step at WP:NPP#Patroller checklists. Run out of time, or not sure what to do for one specific step? Leave it unreviewed, please! VQuakr (talk) 05:04, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @VQuakr: I did specify new, unreviewed page[s]. --I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:07, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: That's still not quite right. An editor should only mark an article reviewed if it has been reviewed. That means completing each step at WP:NPP#Patroller checklists. Run out of time, or not sure what to do for one specific step? Leave it unreviewed, please! VQuakr (talk) 05:04, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- @VQuakr: Right, that's the only reason why you wouldn't do it--if you are sure that it's includable, then you review it. Thanks for clarifying. --I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:00, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
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- I have responded on the talk page. Everymorning (talk) 13:33, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Dr. Wachler
Hi Everymorning, would you be open to posting some of these medical publications in the reference list on Boxer Wachler page? I think this would be important and makes sense to include them while the page is still in discussion for deletion. There used to be over 200 references on original page. A quick Google News search will show over 100 independent media sources. Now there are only 3 and no peer-reviewed publications in the medical literature are there now. It's like the page was vandalized. Thank you kindly in advance for your consideration of adding either some references found in a Google news search or medical journal articles below as the page is semi-protected now. Thank you very kindly. JJJjacksoneverst (talk) 15:25, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Boxer Wachler BS, Scruggs RT, Yuen LH, Jalali S. Comparison of the Visian ICL and Verisyse phakic intraocular lenses for myopia from 6.00 to 20.00 diopters. J Refract Surg. 2009;25(9):765-70
Vicente LL, Boxer Wachler BS. Optimizing the vault of collagen copolymer phakic intraocular lenses in eyes with keratoconus and myopia: comparison of 2 methods.J Cataract Refract Surg. 2010 ;36:1741-4.
Vicente LL, Boxer Wachler BS. Factors that correlate with improvement in vision after combined Intacs and trans-epithelial corneal crosslinking. Br J Ophthalmol 2010; 94:1597-1601
Schallhorn SC, Farjo AA, Huang D, Boxer Wachler BS, Trattler WB, Tanzer DJ, Majmudar PA, Sugar A; American Academy of Ophthalmology. Wavefront-guided LASIK for the correction of primary myopia and astigmatism a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology. 2008;115(7):1249-61.
Boxer Wachler BS, Christie JC, Chou B, Chandra N, Korn T. Intacs for the treatment of keratoconus. Ophthalmology 2003;110:1031-40. Sharma M, Boxer Wachler BS. Comparison of single segment and double segment Intacs for keratoconus and post-LASIK ectasia. American J Ophthalmology 2006;141:891-95.
Chan CC, Boxer Wachler BS.Reduced best spectacle-corrected visual acuity from inserting a thicker Intacs above and thinner Intacs below in keratoconus. J Refract Surg 2007;23:93-5.
Chan CCK, Sharma M, Boxer Wachler BS. The effect of inferior segment Intacs with and without corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin (C3-R) on keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:75-80.
Yuhan KR, Nguyen L, Boxer Wachler BS. The role of instrument cleaning and maintenance in the development of diffuse lamellar keratitis. Ophthalmology 2002;109:400-3.
Boxer Wachler BS, Korn T, Chandra N, Michel F. Decentration of the optical zone: centering of the pupil versus the coaxially sighted corneal light reflex in hyperopic LASIK. J Refractive Surg 2003;19:464-5.
Nepomuceno RL, Boxer Wachler BS, Sato M, Scruggs R. Use of large optical zones with the LADARVision laser for myopia and myopic astigmatism. Ophthalmology 2003;110:1384-90.
Bailey MD, Mitchell GL, Dhaliwal DK, Boxer Wachler BS, Zadnik, K. Patient satisfaction and visual symptoms after laser in situ keratomileusis. Ophthalmology 2003;110:1371-78.
Varley GA, Huang D, Rapuano CJ, Schallhorn S, Boxer Wachler BS, Sugar A. LASIK for hyperopia, hyperopic astigmatism, and mixed astigmatism: safety and efficacy. Ophthalmology 2004;111:1604-17.
Hiatt JA, Grant CN, Boxer Wachler BS. Establishing analysis parameters for spherical aberration following wavefront LASIK. Ophthalmology 2005;112:998-1002.
Hiatt JA, Grant CN, Boxer Wachler BS. Complex wavefront-guided retreatments with the Alcon CustomCornea platform after prior LASIK. J Refract Surgery 2006;22:48-53 26.
Chan CK, Boxer Wachler BS. Centration analysis of ablation over the coaxial corneal light reflex for hyperopic LASIK. J Refract Surg 2006;22:457-71.
Chan CC, Boxer Wachler BS. A comparison of CustomCornea myopia algorithms for wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis. Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:1067-70.
- I would recommend only adding the most highly cited ones if you do add them, as adding too many might violate WP:IINFO. Everymorning (talk) 15:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Everymorning, thank you very much for the direction. I identified the following three publications as being the most highly cited from www.pubmed.com (and I put in parenthesis the number of citations for each article below). Unfortunately I am prevented from editng the page as it is semi-protected. If you would be open to adding these three high-impact papers, that would be great. I am unable to do so. Thank you for your consideration. JJ Jjacksoneverst (talk) 03:53, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Chan CCK, Sharma M, Boxer Wachler BS. Effect of inferior segment Intacs with and without corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin (C3-R) on keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:75-80. (21 pubmed citations)
Boxer Wachler BS, Christie JP, Chandra NS, Korn T, Nepomuceno R. Intacs for keratoconus. Ophthalmology 2003;1031-40. (19 pubmed citations)
Sharma M, Boxer Wachler BS. Comparison of single-segment and double segment Intacs for keratoconus and post-LASIK ectasia. Am J Ophthalmology 2006;141:891-5. (14 pubmed citations)
Deletion of The Basement Effect (Band) Page
Hi,
apologies I am a new author here and originally added a shell page about the band The Basement Effect. I have since started to re-create the article in my sandbox area with all the relevant citations and backup information before I re-submit the page, so do I just re-submit this again or do I need you to release the original deleted page? EricJones1975 (talk) 13:40, 9 September 2015 (UTC)EricJones1975EricJones1975 (talk) 13:40, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
- I tagged the page for speedy deletion, but I did not actually delete it. It was User:NawlinWiki who deleted the page. If you can add WP:RS and establish that the band meets WP:BAND then you should be able to move it back into article space. But it looks like neither of your sandboxes are ready for this yet. Everymorning (talk) 13:50, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
User Molecularpsychiatry & page "Julio Licinio"
Hi,
So I was going to warn said user about COI and saw you had already warned them a while ago. I flagged the page with severe close paraphrasing and wrote them about single-purpose accounts and Wiki promotion policy, but I don't know if that's sufficient. Since you posted on their talk page they have continued to focus exclusively on that article.
The page has major issues with copying from the subject's bio sections, but I don't know who added the problematic content. I've only edited so far and don't know the norms for this enforcement stuff. I wasn't sure if the close paraphrasing should be considered plagiarism and immediately removed. The article is also too detailed I feel.
Timetraveler3.14 (talk) 18:10, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you!
...for restoring the info box/lead paragraphs on the Pamela Meyer page. I saw it on my watch list three minutes ago, fired up my computer to revert the edit (which blanked the info box and the first paragraph of the article) and found that you'd already done it. Awesome. Thank you. (So strange that someone would do that. It's not like she's controversial!) Julie JSFarman (talk) 13:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Everymorning (talk) 23:25, 9 September 2015 (UTC)