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Gran Torino IS a comedy

Please do not undo my edits because you missed the point of the movie. Have you seen it? Do you really think the movie is an unironic tale about the most racist old man ever? Even after he befriends the Hmong people, he still calls them names like "Dragon Lady" and "Yum-Yum."

As a matter of fact, I have, and find it hard to agree with you. Nevertheless, we do not change genres based on our personal opinions; we need reliable sources for them. Feel free to discuss your concerns on the article's talk page. Widr (talk) 17:09, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

What is your reliable source for it being a drama?

How about the links in the External links section of the article? I can't see any of those sites labeling the movie as a comedy. Widr (talk) 17:27, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For reporting a reprobate IP vandal to WP:AIV. Bearian (talk) 18:17, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Widr (talk) 18:21, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Hello Widr. I'm glad you have the own mind to know what you have been writing. You write lots of articles and someone needs to thank you. Wayoyo (talk) 18:45, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I appreciate your kind words. Widr (talk) 19:02, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Is it okay if I can post this star on your user page? Wayoyo (talk) 19:07, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Sure if you want to. Widr (talk) 19:10, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Oops... Please can you do it because I'm almost an administrator but I cannot edit your page. Wayoyo (talk) 20:22, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Done. Widr (talk) 20:50, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

MacKeeper

Being paid by MacKeeper are we. Do you think writing a glowing review about a harmful predatory that can cause someone hours of work to remove is constructive? Why are you lying to the public? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.118.233 (talk) 13:12, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Being paid by MacKeeper are we. Do you think writing a glowing review about a harmful predatory product that can cause someone hours of work to remove is constructive? Why are you lying to the public? Do you have a Mac? Do you use the product? Have you been hurt by MacKeeper? It's constructive to help a large company rather than protect the public.? Your either deeply misinformed or your being paid by MacKeeper Widr. Unless you have experience with the product don't edit my post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.118.233 (talk) 13:16, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Actually I have zero interest in the subject of the article. However, I have interest in keeping the tone of the article neutral, and your additions were anything but. Not to mention that your claims were all unreferenced. Please read WP:NPOV. (Vandalizing other articles will not help your case.) Widr (talk) 13:25, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Congratulations on passing the 250,000 classification threshold using WP:STiki! I appreciate both the contributions you have made to my tool and your efforts on the wiki at large. Happy reverting. West.andrew.g (talk) 19:19, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Andrew. I appreciate your dedication too. Widr (talk) 19:34, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

I need help!

Hello, Widr. Go see User:Benzband. He has an aqua-like background. I've tried everything to make that background in black. Sorry for my rude demand, but please can you make my background black like in benzband's background? Thanks! Wayoyo (talk) 06:45, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

I have no idea how to make that. Maybe you can ask Benzband to help you. Widr (talk) 11:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice dude. Wayoyo (talk) 19:46, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

You are invited to my user page!

Hey Widr. Benzband and helped me and now my user page looks really nice. I'm still getting more badges to show them off. Plus people will really think my user page is amazing. Go to User:Wayoyo. Still, it's too short of a user page. I hope you like my user page and please reply! Wayoyo (talk) 22:18, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

about fake information

please read this

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/03/30/26122

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/31/musa-ibrahim-didnt-even-climb-mt.-langsisa

you can also find more news regarding this. So, he is not our first climber of mount Everest. but both those Wikipedia page state that. so, you tell me how am i wrong by editing?

but since you think that way, then let it be.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furhath (talk • contribs) 11:17, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I suggest you take the issue to the talk page of the article instead of removing all content. Others can then join the conversation and maybe update the article with you. Widr (talk) 11:37, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Experimenting

Alright, I'll use the sandbox, thanks for the advice.

John Bobsled — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Bobsled (talk • contribs) 07:27, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

John, good to hear that. Widr (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Saint Vincent (island)

hi Widr, i got your message regarding an edit i made to the wiki on St Vincent. Thanks for advising me as to the deletion. I have the wikipedia app on my tablet i used it to look up St Vincent and it gave a good description of St Voncents name according to the native indians at the time of Columbus. However when using just the firefox browset to lookup the same subject, the wiki was not exactly the same, i just wanted to correct what it said about the islands name at the time of discovery. I am new to this so i guess i messed up the edit, my apologies.95.63.8.40 (talk) 17:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)Terry 2/04/14

Hello, thanks for your message. You made those test edits quite a while back, so it should be all fine by now. Widr (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	You are so amazing:D Ck-33023 (talk) 00:01, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

IP address vandal permaban?

Hi, thank you for fixing the vandalism here. Looking at the history of 50.122.58.35, shouldn't that IP address be banned indefinitely? Nothing but vandalism from that IP, as far as I can tell. Thanks, Cowicide (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

The IP hasn't edited for over a week, so blocking wouldn't be appropriate now. IP addresses aren't usually blocked indefinitely anyway. If they continue vandalizing, we can always report them at WP:AIV. Widr (talk) 18:18, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Any clues

as to who gave us barnstars a few hours ago? Dougweller (talk) 07:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Hard to say. I was wondering about that too. Widr (talk) 09:14, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Yeah. Someone's sock probably. Dougweller (talk) 10:51, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Please check out the Rock Hudson Article -- help needed

Hi-- I'm writing to you as a person who has edited the Rock Hudson page and who also appears to have significant Wikipedia experience and/or admin status (I'm not sure about that last part). Anyway, there is an Anon editor that has deleted a chunk of text from the Rock Hudson article, because according to this editor, "The entire entry is politically motivated and serves no useful purpose." The material being deleted has been there a while with no complaints, it is neutral in tone (tho it mentions Reagan), and is sourced. The first time the material was deleted, I reverted and added a request for comment on the deletion/material being deleted to the talk page. The same IP has re-deleted without responding on the talk page. The edit summary says: "Quit adding this nonsense back into this page. It has nothing to do with Hudson." I don't want to get into an edit war, so I'd like a wise 3rd party to step in. Maybe that could be you? Looking at the contribution history of the IP in question, the editor's relatively few contributions have mostly been deletions accompanied by unsupported, incorrect and/or provocative edit summaries (My favorite: "Glenn Miller did not play jazz, which had mostly faded from the scene by 1935"). Most of the IP's edits have been reverted on the pages in question. Whether or not this editor is usually wrong doesn't determine the result in this instance, of course, but I think the context does matter. If you don't want to get involved, could you point me to someone who might be able to help? Thanks! David.thompson.esq (talk) 02:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks (though I'm not an admin). This seems to be a content dispute, so it would be best to go by consensus here. It doesn't exactly look like the IP is doing that. I also noted that they have been warned of the similar behavior back in December. Since the original content is sourced and previously accepted, I don't see any reason to remove it without discussion and consensus on the talk page first. Widr (talk) 05:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

so I should re-revert and direct the IP to make his/her case for consensus on the talk page? Thanks for your response, by the way. David.thompson.esq (talk) 02:39, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

That would be a good idea. I would also mention it in the edit summary and maybe on their talk page too. Widr (talk) 04:30, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Aquaman

Aquaman does suck. You're correction was incorrect. ---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.54.114.161 (talk) 16:50, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Kamui should be translated as "God robe" or "Godrobe". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.169.217.151 (talk) 14:51, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Need advice for speedy deletion

I noticed that the Wiki pages for Royal Golden Eagle and Asia Pacific Resources International Limited are both phrased in a biaised manner and very negative in content.

There is no balanced reporting of facts or information about either companies.

As such, I believe it is the work of persons who intentionally want to defame or attack these companies.

Can you advise how to request for speedy deletion of both of these Wiki pages?

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.73.231.126 (talk) 10:12, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy isn't going to work here, but you can propose the articles for deletion. Please read Wikipedia:Proposed deletion. Widr (talk) 10:51, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your advice and guidance. Can I clarify the step with you?

Do it mean I just need to put the "liner" at the top of the actual Wiki page? (i.e. above all other text?)

Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.73.231.126 (talk) 00:35, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Yeah. It should go to the top of the page. Widr (talk) 04:32, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks! Greatly appreciate it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.73.231.126 (talk) 06:07, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Annual percentage rate

I noticed you removed my edit about APR and marked it as vandalism using STiki. The definition that's their is incorrect. The statement "If the $10 fee were considered, the monthly interest increases by 10% ($10/$100), and the effective APR becomes approximately 435% (1.1512 = 5.3503, which equals a 435% increase). " doesn't make sense. If the fee were calculated in it would be $110 compounded by 5% which would yield about 197, which means the APR on a $100 dollar loan would be 97 %. Adding a $10 fee and saying that 10/100 is 10% doesn't make any sense. Was there something I did wrong or why did you mark it as spam? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:2A80:1BE:A409:F133:E0E1:F6BB (talk) 21:48, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I did not mark your edit as vandalism or spam, it was removed as a good faith edit. Additions starting with "I don't think..." should go to the article's talk page instead of the article itself. See Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. You might want to try to rephrase or fix the original article if you find errors there. Widr (talk) 22:07, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:2A80:1BE:A409:F133:E0E1:F6BB (talk) 22:28, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Communicating with an IP address

Hello Widr.

I received a message that you had undone one of my edits. Trouble is that as this was a dynamic IP address, it was never going to be seen by the person it was addressed to. My own practice is that if I am making an edit and someone wasn't logged in, I just edit and don't worry about it.

Have fun

07:35, 18 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.25.162.45 (talk)

Thanks for your message. You can ignore the warning if the edit wasn't yours. Widr (talk) 08:17, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Dynamic IP addresses

You really need to sort this out. Sending a message to people who are not responsible for an edit (or have any idea of who it could be) is just a waste of time. As above, you've sent a message to myself about edits made in September in relation to Conor Maynard.

Thanks. 92.4.141.27 (talk) 09:11, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

There's nothing to sort out. Most warnings are automatic and we do send them because of repeat vandals who end up getting blocked. I suggest you create an account if you are annoyed by messages not meant for you. Widr (talk) 10:12, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

OER inquiry

Hi Widr, I'm sending you this message because you're one of about 300 users who have recently edited an article in the umbrella category of open educational resources (OER) (or open education). In evaluating several projects we've been working on (e.g. the WIKISOO course and WikiProject Open), my colleague Pete Forsyth and I have wondered who chooses to edit OER-related articles and why. Regardless of whether you've taken the WIKISOO course yourself - and/or never even heard the term OER before - we'd be extremely grateful for your participation in this brief, anonymous survey before 27 April. No personal data is being collected. If you have any ideas or questions, please get in touch. My talk page awaits. Thanks for your support! - Sara FB (talk) 20:51, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

John Washington(1633–1677)

John Washington(1633–1677) Bol anglický farmár (polnohospodar) a politik.Pristahoval sa do Ameriky, tiež známy ako prastarý(pradedko) otec Georga Washingtona 1. amerického prezidenta to znamená že George Washington pochadzal z Velkej Britanie

Život a rodina

John Washington sa narodil v Purleigh, Essexe v roku 1633 juhovychodna čast Anglicka.Jeho otec sa volal Lawrence washington a manželka sa volala Amphilis Twigden.Ked mal John washington 8 rokov jeho otec ho zapísal do skoly Charterhouse v Londýne. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Historicalinformationsk (talk • contribs) 16:07, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Please write in English, since this is the English Wikipedia. You might want to keep practising in your own sandbox. Thanks. Widr (talk) 16:17, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Well I marked it as a hoax and g7

As that one page the person keeps on deleting the g7 even (and it started as a hoax/person, I really don't know what to say other then they have been even adding this non existant person on other pages with different IP's) Wgolf (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed. If they keep on blanking, we may as well let them; blanking by sole author can also be considered a request for deletion. Widr (talk) 17:58, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Edit

Why did you undo what I wrote? I was truly trying to make this a more interesting page. The current format is just boring and really does not do a lot to describe Athens in a suitable and intriguing way. It is written similar to many boring small towns. I recently read a great description of Santa Cruz, CA, and was trying to model along these lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carmen and Dude's World (talk • contribs) 00:05, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

This is encyclopedia, and your additions such as "the funkiest small city/large" are clearly unencyclopedic, even though you might consider them more interesting. Widr (talk) 00:20, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

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Javid edit

Hello! Nice to know there`s a real responsive person behind the magic. Um - yes, the edit came out without the intended attribs, so I`ll re-do it pronto.

Regards,

JavidwatchJavidwatch (talk) 17:46, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Javid. Thanks for your cooperation and happy editing! Widr (talk) 17:53, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Kumar Ketkar is a bastard, rascal, a** hole, SOB

Dear Widr, You believe me or not, there is truth in what I said about the scoundrel SOB Mr. Kumar Ketkar. He is nothing but a pig in the human form. So whatever I wrote on his Wikipedia page is 100% correct and I stand by it. You can remove it but it does not take away the Truth.

Best Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.8.103.216 (talk) 06:21, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello. Please read WP:LIBEL and remember that we are contributing to an encyclopedia here. Thanks. Widr (talk) 08:10, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Just to show how awesome wikipedia is

Hey there, I had an arguement with a friend about how trustworthy Wikipedia is so I just deleted an s in Mississippi. Thanks for your quick response and changing it back. I did the change with pain in my heart but I did it to prove how fast and awesome Wikipedia is and how diligent people work around the clock to make this the best source for any info on the internet.

so in short,

Thanks ^^

Thanks. It's true, we are always here and always ready to replace the missing letters! Widr (talk) 16:59, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing my letter n, I didn't notice it. :)

) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DXPower (talk • contribs)

No problem. Extra letters are always caught too. ;-) Widr (talk) 07:31, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Consider watching this page...as some people are trying to vandalize it.

Please consider watching the page Ambedkar. A user Bladesmulti keeps on removing the sourced content and reverts. Please watch the page...kindly consider it. Please semi protect it .... If you wish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig Mellow (talk • contribs) 04:38, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Seems that there are discussions going on on the talk page. I suggest you participate there. Widr (talk) 07:31, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

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	The Cure Award
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Notable Callers

Hello. I appreciate the content that you added on the WFAN Notable Callers section. As a frequent listener of the FAN, I have grown to love Leslie from Fort Lee myself. However, I wanted to let you know that most of the content that you added onto the section was not written to the best of its ability and needed to be cleaned up. I just wanted to let you know that I cut most of your edits, but it is only for the purpose of keeping the section credible and up to Wikipedia's standards. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to continue listening to the FAN with you. --Albino Geronimo (talk) 06:48, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

@Albino Geronimo: Thanks for your message. However, I have not added any content to the article per se; I simply reverted an unexplained removal of content here. I suggest you send this message to the users who originally added that material. Widr (talk) 07:25, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

The 18th amendment correction

Hi. I am a teacher using this former student PC as my teaching PC right now at our school. I have never made a change to anything in Wikipedia and apologize if a student who used this computer before it became my PC did so. Can you please help me trace or track down the student who did so. Since all students sign a login/logout sheet I may be able to find out who did this before the school issued me this computer. I would need the following information if you have it available: the login name, if used, the date and time the change to the 18th amendment article was made. I am sorry this happened and can talk with the student about making such changes on a school PC, and prevent such abuse in the future. Thank you. MLR, 6-8 Science Instructor, Charter School — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.73.18 (talk) 12:56, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

You are referring to edits that were made over a year ago. It's not a big deal; the vandalism history of this IP is not too excessive. You can see all the edits with details here. Widr (talk) 14:03, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Flipping Vegas

Why did you undo my edit? These people are scum they trick people into buying their "seminars" which don't sell anything except more seminars for thousands of dollars on promises that they never fulfill. I'm not talking rich people but hard working citizens, people need to be warned but the Yancey's also hire people to contradict anything unfavorable about them, their lawyer contacted me recently because I did so. They are lairs and thieves see: http://www.facebook.com/ScottAndAmieYancey — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottAndAmieYancey (talk • contribs) 06:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's policy of neutral point of view. Also note that spamming your Facebook address in articles is not acceptable. Widr (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

deeper underground

I wanted to flag the article for Deeper Underground since the events it describes are false, illogical and literally do not occur the the said video. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.149.183.203 (talk) 19:31, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining. I reverted those edits. You can do that too if you notice such mistakes in articles. Widr (talk) 20:06, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Pepperdine

Lol thanks.. I've never done this so I appreciate it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcarrillo1110 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

No edit

Hi Widr, i'm Kuyapo. I was surprised when Wikipedia advised me on a page i opened that, among other articles, i had edited a page on "Spy Kids" and that you reverted the edit because it was "not constructive." Truth be told, i have not even opened the page on Spy Kid, much less done any editing on it. I am principally a user/reader of Wikipedia, i have no idea about my url address (the notice said it is 112.198.64.6), and i do not remember doing any editing on any wikipedia article at all. Nice to meet you anyway. Kuyapo (talk) 14:11, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello Kuyapo. That's the problem with shared IP addresses. When you are logged in and use your own account, such things won't happen. Happy editing and reading. Widr (talk) 14:24, 1 June 2014 (UTC)