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Question
I have mentioned the following problem before and nothing has changed, so I include an example below which proves my point as it also gives the Audio pronunciation. The problem is the Punctuation signs. In English, a small flat line over the vowel means a Long sound, as A sounding like Ayy, or as in the word ABLE. The same for i,e,o,u. For a different "short" sound, a small cup shaped line is usually used- or nowadays it is just left open.
They get it correct in the literature further in the page, but NEVER in the first dark example of the word.This is contributing to many differing opinions on how a word sounds. The following example the word "mudra" , if you read as it shows would be 'mudrahy'. But it is correctly pronounced 'mudruh'. So, then, either please tell me how to fix this- OR- surely your programmer could just make a command to repair all first word examples?? This may sound petty, but it has caused considerable arguments! Below is the example- cheers
https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Mudras — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeevenson (talk • contribs) 00:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Previous punctuation marks problem/question.
I forgot to sign previous msg with these Jeevenson (talk) 00:55, 8 October 2013 (UTC) I really would like your response, or an answer would be much appreciated.jeevenson
- Hi Jeevenson, thank you for your message.
- You say "I have mentioned the following problem before and nothing has changed,"
- I have searched my talk page archive, and have found only one previous message from you, which was aabout the Iranian Calendar, on 30 October 2011.
- I replied that it was outside my area of knowledge and I recommended that you ask again at the Wikipedia:Reference desk, where someone could most probably help.
- The article you give as an example Mudra; again it is not in my area of expertise. I am very sorry.
- I would direct you again to either the Wikipedia Help desk or the Wikipedia Teahouse, where you have more chance in finding someone who knows a little about the subject.
- I'm sorry I couldn't help you, but I wish you best of luck in sorting your issue. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 12:11, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
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Why did you revert the Moscow weatherbox?
Why did you reverted my changing in Moscow weatherbox? I was fixing the mistakes in the weatherbox. Please don't revert again. Understand. Musarabbyahmad (talk) 11:43, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Musarabbyahmad, I explained in my edit summary: "RV unsourced, unexplained changes to statistical data"
- You seem to be making changes to multiple pages where you alter the climate data without giving any explanation or providing areliable source for the changes.
- You can read more about our policy on sourcing in Wikipedia:Verifiability.
- I notice from your talk page that other editors have already explained this to you.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 13:54, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- But Marek, it is very true, we want to fix the Wikipedia, there are something wrong in climate change, we should arrange and re-correct the climate boxes in Wikipedia otherwise it will become false editions. Please try to understand.Musarabbyahmad (talk) 14:06, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Musarabbyahmad, you are obviously getting your data from somewhere.
- Please provide this source (preferably as an inline citation) when you modify the article's climate statistics.
- If you are using a reliable source, then all should be OK.
- If however you continue to change statistical data, without providing sources, you are very likely to continue being reverted.
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 14:20, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- But Marek, it is very true, we want to fix the Wikipedia, there are something wrong in climate change, we should arrange and re-correct the climate boxes in Wikipedia otherwise it will become false editions. Please try to understand.Musarabbyahmad (talk) 14:06, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
To Slang
Marek, please don't use with me slang. And don't warn me, why don't you trying to understand that my tale? What did I done for you? I have been told you some times that my work and responsibility is to fix and re-correct the Wikipedia. I want to solve the problems and false of Wikipedia. So don't be misunderstanding. Be a friendly, please don't be merciless and stony-hearted, otherwise Jesus didn't forgive you. Musarabbyahmad (talk) 14:18, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- Musarabbyahmad, I'm sorry but I don't understand. Where have I used slang? -- Marek.69 talk 14:23, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- Ymblanter corrected commented that Musarabbyahmad has difficulties in understanding others' suggestions and Wikipedia policies.
- Despite earnest requests (on the user's talk-page & here above) to provide reliable sources, Musarabbyahmad seems to be totally ignoring this. Also pathetic is his use of abusive language and his false accusation on other editors. It is pathetic to see he is falsely accusing Marek69 of using slang while the opposite is true. Musarabbyahmad has unduly killed much of my time (and certainly other editors') which I planned to spent on some necessary editing. Hope he will understand the matter.-AsceticRosé 15:44, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi AsceticRose, I left a message on Musarabbyahmad's talk page, specifically about the unnacceptable messages he left on your talk page, reminding him about ourcivility policy. Unfortunately it appears that he has not heeded any of the advice given on this, or on providing sources for his changes on statistical data.
- Regards -- Marek.69 talk 16:30, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
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Thuringian cities
Hello Marek,
i want to say thank you for your edits on my new articles on the major Thuringian cities (Erfurt, Jena, Weimar,Eisenach and Gera). I'm a native German speaker and try to improve my English skills by translating some articles about my Heimat :-) Your contributions were always helpful to that. Greetings, --Michael Sander (talk) 09:33, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Michael, thank you for your message. I'm very pleased to be of service :-)
- At the moment I'm mainly editing towns and cities in Europe, so if there is anything you need help with, please do not hesitate to ask. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 09:45, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Edit war - Zadar
Marek, I do not understand. It is not me that it's removing text from the article Zadar. It's the other way round. Perhaps that text should removed but first a discussion should have place. Also please note I have been qualified of fascist by the unknown user removing the text. Not really nice. What do you think? Silvio1973 (talk) 19:41, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Silvio, I messaged you to remind you of the three-revert rule.
- It does not matter who is right or who is wrong; if you get into an edit war with another user and break thethree-revert rule, you are both likely to be blocked.
- It is much more productive to start a discussion on the talk page and let other editors voice their opinions to possibly achieve a solution.
- If you do not wish to do this, another solution is to walk-away from the problem and let other editors deal with it.
- I messaged you simply to try to help you avoid getting into trouble. I have not studied the article closely, so I cannot say whose actions are right and whose are wrong.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 20:48, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you Marek, this is indeed the right approach. But does it work always? The issue is that all articles related to Dalmatia are extremely controversial and basically controlled by an handful of tenacious editors (all from the some country, by the way).
- I have right now a similar issue with the article Istrian Exodus. I have posted a fully sourced edit and it has been reverted by User:DIREKTOR. I have restored the edit and gone to the talk page seeking for explanation but the edit has been removed again. As you can see on the talk page of the article, an endless (and useless) discussion has been going on this article during the last 3 months. I requested a 3O and a RfC on the BRD about DIREKTOR's behaviour. Even if both informally confirmed the correctness of my edits, there was no formal decision taken by any administrator. In the end the discussion was stopped by Direktor on the ground that my English is not good enough and contribute on Wikipedia[[1]].
- So now what is your suggestion? Perhaps I should walk away and leave this article exclusively controlled by one single editor?
- I am very curious to know what is your advice on this item. In the end if someone would explain me why my edits are not acceptable, this would be fine for me. But what happens is that they are simply reverted without any reason (well, there is a reason of course). Thank you for any advice. --Silvio1973 (talk) 06:49, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
- As you can see I am offering to discuss. But does not it work. I will ask again for a 3rd opinion, which likely will give me right. And than? The edits will be anyway reverted. It will be just a loss of time. Silvio1973 (talk) 12:24, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Silvio1973, As I said previously, I am not an expert in these topics, I simply correct a few spelling and grammar mistakes on them, so I think you are correct by going to Third opinion (3O).
- Kind Regards & Best of luck -- Marek.69talk 19:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
- As you can see I am offering to discuss. But does not it work. I will ask again for a 3rd opinion, which likely will give me right. And than? The edits will be anyway reverted. It will be just a loss of time. Silvio1973 (talk) 12:24, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Tourism in Poland
I don't know why he's changing the pictures. I did add his link to the updated UN report... Ajh1492 (talk) 15:20, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Ajh1492, thank you for your message. I'm confused too; some unusual edits. Thanks for sorting it out. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 15:39, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know why he's reverting individual edits, it's a bit odd. I'll try to engage him/her on his talk page.Ajh1492 (talk) 17:47, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
- He/She is randomly dropping bits about Wroclaw in the wrong places in the Poland article also. Ajh1492(talk) 18:06, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you!
Thank you for the cookies! It has been quite some time since I got them, but I have been insanely busy in the last couple of week, so I had them this morning for breakfast (delicious) :) — Preceding unsignedcomment added by Magari17 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
- You're Welcome Magari17 :-)
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 22:19, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
ICE FM
OK, I have no idea who you are...but... on the subject of ICE FM in Cromwell NZ the station wouldn't have even got off the ground if I hadn't quit with QFM Queenstown and helped Stuart Campbell set it up!! For God's sake. I was the bloody breakfast announcer, producer and program director from day one! I slipped on an ICY floor getting out of the shower and came up with the name! I also had to take Stuart Campbell to the labor court in NZ to get pay he owed me. I am the original "Kaptain Kaos" of QFM and did MOST of the work setting that station up with Craig Stephen, then I read the BULL%$# that Campbell posted on WIKIPEDIA..my blood boiled! Want proof?? EMAIL ME and I will send you video etc. If Wikipedia is to be TRUTHFUL, then tell the WHOLE truth. Regards, Steve Sinclair zl1fox@yahoo.co.nz — Preceding unsigned comment added byKaptain kaos icefm (talk • contribs) 05:54, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Kaptain kaos icefm, thank you for your message. I have no idea who you are either. :-)
- The reason I messaged you was to do with this edit, which blanked Wikipedia's Ice FM article.
- On Wikipedia, removing content without explanation or blanking an article is considered to be vandalism and you risk being blocked from editing if your edits are considered disruptive.
- I notice the Ice FM article has no references. If you disagree with any part of the article, you are free to dispute that part by inserting a
{{Citation needed}}tag. Unsourced information which has been challenged and tagged, can after a period of time be deleted if it remains unsourced. - If you have any more questions about editing Wikipedia, I would be very happy to help.
- Alternatively, Wikipedia had a help desk and a teahouse especially for new users to ask questions about editing Wikipedia.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 20:41, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Translating a page
Hi Marek69, Could you please help me translate a summary of this page from English to Czech. https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Hooman_Khalatbari I need it as soon as possible and your help would be greatly appreciated. Entekhabat (talk) 19:38, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Entekhabat, thank you for your message.
- I would love to help you, but unfortunately I fear my understanding of the Czech language would not be enough to translate an article into the language. I'm sorry.
- I notice that there are 11 editors listed in the Category:Translators from Czech to English. Maybe one of them could help you.
- Alternatively, you might be able find someone on the Czech Wikipedia to help you.
- I wish you the best of luck. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk
Wrong Grammar Punctuation Marks are used on Wikipedia
Hi Marek- I do not know programming well enough to fix this. Just hit the wiki for, "Ammar ibn Yasir".You get: Āmir ibn Mālik Abū al-Yaqẓān. EVERY SINGLE LONG VOWEL SIGN USED OVER THE LETTERS IS WRONG ! It would lead one to say the name incorrectly-instead of enunciating it as it should- ie: Ahm'ear, if you used the sign you would say Aim'ear. Instead of properly Ma'lik, it wants you to say 'May'lick. All I am asking for is the program does not provide for the correct punctuation sign,ie: the tiny little "u" over the letter, instead of a "-". !!!! If the programmers add the correct sign- I would be happy to correct/edit every wrong one I come across. Thanks for your consideration. Jeevenson (talk) 12:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC) Jeff Evenson
- Hi Jeevenson, thank you for your message.
- My suggestion would be to raise this issue on the talk page of the Ammar ibn Yasir article, where someone more knowledgeable on the subject may be able to sort the problem out. I also recommended again theWikipedia:Reference desk and the Wikipedia Help desk.
- This help page is about entering special characters into Wikipedia, and might be of help to you also.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 15:30, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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Rollback with vandalism?
You seemed to have hit the rollback option with vandalism for my edit.[2] Could you explain why you did this? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:07, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Chris, I'm mystified. I have no idea how that happened. I must have clicked by accident.
- I have now self-reverted the edit. I'm sorry for any inconvenience. :-)
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 05:21, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
- No worries! Just checking. These things happen. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 11:25, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
- I'm putting it down to tiredness :-\
- Thank you for your understanding -- Marek.69talk 11:32, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
- No worries! Just checking. These things happen. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 11:25, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I sent you an email and thought it will be good to also write here, in case you don't look often at wikipedia-email account, regards. אומנות (talk) 18:25, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi אומנות, thank you for your message.
- Email received. I will try to write back to you soon. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 18:34, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your quick reply and for your kindness. Kind regards. :) אומנות (talk) 18:52, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the cookies and welcome.
Hi, I don't really want to generate new content...I'm not much of a Wikipedian. I just clean up some of the easier grammatical and tonal issues, usually by reduction. — Preceding unsignedcomment added by Selfparody (talk • contribs) 22:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
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Chlorobium chlorochromatii
Marek69, I deleted the info from the page Chlorobium chlorochromatii because it was not yet supposed to be a live page. I am working on writing this article for a class in college and it is not due to go live until November 24. I must have accidentally saved it as a finished page after I was done making the rough draft for my professor to look at. When I have finished working on the page I will make it live, which is why I just deleted all the information. Please undo your revision of my topic so that I can finish working on my project. Bcamp12 — Preceding unsigned comment added byBcamp12 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- OK
Done - Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 17:15, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
The Vanguard School
Dear Marek69,
I do not understand why you are saying that I am vandalizing The Vanguard School (Colorado) site. Please explain what it is about what I'm doing that is not acceptable to you and the other Wikipedia editors. Then perhaps we can come to common ground and get the correct information about this school entered here.
Thank you.. 75.163.221.183 (talk) 18:08, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, there were edits made from your IP address which appeared unconstructive.
- If you did not make these edits, it is very possible that you have a shared IP address.
- You are welcome to continue editing without logging in, but you may want to consider creating an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits such as the ability to create articles. For a full outline and explanation of the benefits that come with creating an account, please see this page. If you edit without a username, your IP address (75.163.221.183) is used to identify you instead.
- To avoid any further confusion or misunderstandings, I would strongly advise you to create an account.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 18:49, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
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I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning aWP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 03:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi BD2412, thanks for letting me know.
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 18:50, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- My pleasure. The next contest will be even bigger and better! bd2412 T 21:00, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław going around the ban ...
Looks like WKS Śląsk Wrocław is circumventing his month-long ban by not logging in. He's using 87.99.45.74. So far the edits seem mostly harmless. Ajh1492 (talk) 15:50, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Ajh1492, thanks for the information.
- It doesn't surprise me at all. I'll try to keep an eye on it.
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 18:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Did You update this page? Someone updated this page and posted information on this page that doesn't seem to be accurate, and I don't think the information on this page is up to date,
Did You update address information for Miss. Barbara Bush in NYC? It appears She doesn't live on that street because I received RTS letter from NYC and someone posted most recent article that She moved to apartment that is probably new and not on that street, I think so, but do You know on which street She has apartment? Are You sure this address listed on this page is most recent?
email me at USA43UK@hotmail.com — Precedingunsigned comment added by 78.30.101.75 (talk) 17:34, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, thank you for your message.
- I'm not sure why you thought I had posted information on that page.
- Every Wikipedia article has a View History tab.
- If you click the History tab on the Greenwich Village article (which can be foundhere), you can see the history of all the edits made on the article and the editors who made them. If you wish to discuss a particular edit, I would suggest doing this on the Greenwich Village article's talk page (which can be found here)
- I hope this helps :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 19:11, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
BCS Women Wikipedia editathon 9th December 5:30pm
Hi Marek
Would you like to do this event with me? Same place as last time.
All the best
Mrjohncummings (talk) 10:56, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi John, Yes that sounds good. I'd be very happy to help out. :-)
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 22:37, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Changes Reverted
https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Delhi_University_Students_Union&oldid=584575029&diff=prev
In the article mentioned above, you have undone the changes that I have done, without mentioning the reason. I removed the duplicates, that were mentioned twice. Please have a look once again. Logical1004 (talk) 20:35, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Logical1004, You're right, I'm sorry.
- I wasn't expecting the whole end of the article to be duplicated.
- Please accept my apologies.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 21:37, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Hi. Its ok. These things can happen, but be careful in future before reverting back anything. No hard feelings. :)Logical1004 (talk) 03:51, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up
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Hello, Marek69:
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection. Posted by: Northamerica1000(talk) 18:47, 5 December 2013 (UTC) |
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St. Peter
I'm sorry to say that that was really offensive on several levels. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if you found my comments offensive. That was not my intention.
- In my edit summary I stated that "the humour does not mean that I do not take this subject seriously" and I meant that.
- I honestly gave it as an example of WP:NPOV (and non-religious use) use of the term.
- There is much said on the talk page about the Catholic views and Protestant views, and other denominations of Christianity, but not much from a non religious POV.
- There are bound to a large number of readers who are non-religious.
- Jokes about the pearly gates and St Peter are just light humour and in my opinion harmless. They are not designed to be offensive. Even some religious people I know tell them. :Also they are common, so by that reasoning I gave it as an genuine example of common use. People who are not religious would probably have little exposure to St Peter if not for this humour.
- As I said I believe this is just another instance where St Peter is known in western culture, albeit as part of a joke culture, but nevertheless still one valid example of common use. I personally do not think religion and humour should be mutually exclusive. If done in the right way it can be a positive to different points of view or belief, finding mutual ground.
- One again, apologies if you thought I meant this offensively, or directed it at you personally to take the mickey. I did not.
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 03:53, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- I find it hard to believe anyone could seriously be offended by that. Hot Stop talk-contribs 04:57, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello
thanks for your help MargaretR1 (talk) 19:07, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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Persistent Vandalism
I refer to your last message to me. I would appreciate an explanation of your position/involvement?
With regard your comments, they are inaccurate/incorrect. I am actually removing the vandalism not the perpetrator. I have had to remove on 4 separate occasions editing that is malicious and libelous. On each occasion the 'other' user has re pasted the information. If you look at my talk page, another administrator was assisting? Have you contacted the actual perpetrator of the vandalism? Mr Lymm (talk) 22:44, 14 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Lymm (talk • contribs) 22:39, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Mr Lymm, thank you for your message.
- The information you tried to deleteappeared to be referenced by a reliable source, namely The Warrington Guardian, in this article:Parents demand Lymm High School answers
- Adding reliably sourced information to Wikipedia, despite the fact it may be negative, is not vandalism.
- Another Wikipedia editor has since the section of text you wished to remove, to better reflect the source given.
- Do you think it is fair now?
- Kind Regards --- Marek.69 talk 23:02, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Marek69, I think the new edit is a more accurate reflection. Thank you. The previous edit (by the IP provided) was not accurately sourced. The content was certainly negative and malicious in my opinion. Is there anything to prevent the previous user amending the page again back to when it was inaccurate? Thank you again. Mr Lymm (talk) 23:09, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
- IP user 5.65.127.0 has already been warned for disruptive editing. If they continue to do so they will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 23:17, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
Izmir-Facebook Page
Hi! Can you help me fix Izmir(the city) that the facebook page of Izmir is set up as Adiyaman(different city) Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by144.122.122.128 (talk) 22:52, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
- Please stop your disruptive editing -- Marek.69talk 23:37, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
I know you've been paying attention to the edits on this article. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to make some edits since I'm not a registered user and can't. In the Ofsted Inspection section is a parenthetical "(FIRED JUNE 2013)", which is certainly unencyclopedic and POV. Would you be willing to delete that phrase? (Personally, I think the entire sentence is agenda pushing and shouldn't be there, but the parenthetical comment is egregious.) Thanks for any help you can provide.70.134.228.221 (talk) 00:38, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
- I put pending changes on the page, so anyone including IPs can still edit, but the edit won't go live until a reviewer has looked at it. That will delay good edits slightly, but it should stop unsourced negative ones from going live.ϢereSpielChequers 08:08, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation
December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors
 The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at theGuild talk page! The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there!  Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery(talk) 15:25, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas M69
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| Victuallers talkbackis wishing Marek Season's Greetings! Thanks, this is just to celebrate the holiday season and promoteWikiLove, and hopefully makes your day a little better. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings. - Vic/Roger inspired by this - you could do the same |
- Thanks Roger, Wishing you (and your kin) The Best of The Season's Greetings also :-)
- Health, Happiness and Prosperity for The New Year
- All the Best -- Marek.69 talk 16:35, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Wesołych świąt!
Wishing you and yours all the best for the coming year! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:55, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, 2014 |
| From Amandajm (talk) 09:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC) Thanks for your editorial help over the year! The Epiphany Window, St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, by John Hardman & Co. of Birmingham |
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Hi. coul somebody revisionate this page?
https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Legend
there are some inclusive picture which doesn't appear in the source, eventually capping to a automatic rifle picture (not showing) messing with the integrity of the page.
BCtl (talk) 21:05, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Thank You
Thank you for your message. I worked yesterday whole day. In the morning I recognised that somebody did wrong and tried to destroy everything on the page "Sumgait". Thanks for understanding. With best wishes (An Ru (talk) 17:48, 9 January 2014 (UTC))
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Careful with reflinks
I reverted your edit to Ashkenazi Jews because in addition to renaming one or two repeated references Reflinks also decided to rename other references which already had names. I don't use Reflinks, but perhaps you will want to try again.Debresser (talk) 07:34, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks -- Marek.69 talk 12:15, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
References
Be careful, compare [3][4], take a look at references section. Please help Category:Pages with citation errors Category:Pages with missing references list --Frze > talk 08:15, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Use Preview button
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging uprecent changes and the page history. Thank you. --Frze > talk 08:15, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Frze, thanks for the heads-up
- I didn't realise that reflinks was doing this.
- I will review my edits
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 08:21, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
The Dumping Ground
Hi. I was wondering if you think The Dumping Ground (series 1) and The Dumping Ground (series 2) should be merged intoList of The Dumping Ground episodes? I am in the process of creating individual articles for every episode, anyway, and they can be expanded by other users (I have started them off). Emirates123 (talk) 15:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Emirates123, thank you for your message.
- I've had a look at the articles you mention and The Dumping Ground (series 1) and The Dumping Ground (series 2) could easily be merged into List of The Dumping Ground episodes. I think that its a good idea.
- However, TV series are not my usual area of editing, so whether they should be merged I cannot say.
- If you are unsure, you could start a merge discussion on the talk pages and see what others think.
- I hope this helps. :-)
- Best Regards -- Marek.69 talk 16:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement
File:Oseberg ship head post.jpg Hello, Marek69.
An animal-head post found in the Oseberg vikingship, an example of Nordic art
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Gopher (animal) • Meal Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: Evad37 [talk] 01:17, 20 January 2014 (UTC) |
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Mother Teresa, Criticism of
Hi. You recently added an orphan tag to the 'Criticism of Mother Teresa' page. There is a link on the main "Mother Teresa" page that cites this a the 'main article'... so I don't know if that counts for or against orphan status. Just an FYI. TreebeardTheEnt (talk) 16:42, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hi TreebeardTheEnt, thank you for your message.
- Ideally it should be three or more links (according to Wikipedia's orphan criteria)
- I can see that this one is difficult to link to apart than from the main article, so I've removed the tag.
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 17:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark
When I clicked on the link for the reference labeled "Copenhagen and Beijing Become Sister Cities (København Kommune)", it sent me to a Way Back Machine page that said the subject was not archived on Way Back Machine. How can I get to the referenced article? Please leave me a note on my talk page. Folklore1 (talk) 21:09, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help in getting to this reference! Folklore1 (talk) 14:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement
 The Low Countries as seen from space
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WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II
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WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II
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 The life sciences involve the study of living organisms
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 This staircase is an impossible object
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 Model of a German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite inside a Cosmos-3M rocket
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