User talk:Jobas/Archive 2

Deletion of content on "Muslim" page

Hello, Jobas! You deleted certain languages in the infobox for "Muslim" citing "http://media.johnwiley.com.au (p.22)." I googled this and couldn't find such a source. Can you provide me with a direct link? Kamalthebest (talk) 00:46, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Re:A barnstar for you!

Dear User:Jobas, thanks a lot for the barnstar! I really appreciate your thoughtfulness! It's great to know that my efforts here are valued by editors like yourself. I hope you have a nice day! With regards, AnupamTalk 02:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Lambda (olive oil)
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List of Christians in science and technology

Hello Jobas, now has a Hebrew version of "List of Christians in science and technology" if you want you can take a look: he:רשימה של הנוצרים בתחומי המדע והטכנולוגיה. Thanks. Sergio Junior Guitarist (talk) 18:51, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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FPC comment edits

Hi. I noticed that virtually all of your FPC comments involve some twenty edits in succession, most doing nothing but adding and then removing spaces (example). Is this intentional, or is there some tool or script you're using that might be causing this? --Paul_012 (talk) 11:48, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'd appreciate a response on the issue. You've since made more self-reverted 1-byte edits to numerous articles. If it is unintentional the cause needs to be corrected. If it's intentional, it's becoming disruptive. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:38, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution

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Deletion of categories

Please could you not go through lists of British, English and American atheists removing categories wholesale? I can see from your edit history you appear to be going through by alphabet and removing every atheist category you can find. I appreciate it may not be a category you agree with but there is no thought or research going into this, and no discrimination applied. I have recently being editing British Humanists which is way several of these pages are on my watchlist. I am quite sure you probably appreciate that areas of religion and non religion are sensitive areas so I respectfully ask you to stop doing this unless some better rationale can be brought up on the relevant talk pages. Mramoeba (talk) 02:25, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 18:46, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thirded. I was alerted to this behavior at WP:AIV. Before purging a large number of articles from a category, you should try to obtain consensus on the category's talk page. Considering your recent block and the sensitive nature of articles about religion, I strongly advise you to avoid anything that can be interpreted as contentious editing.
Also, per WP:NOTDEF, However, the following suggestions or rules-of-thumb may be helpful: A defining characteristic is one that reliable, secondary sources commonly and consistently define, in prose, the subject as having. For example: "Subject is an adjective noun ..." or "Subject, an adjective noun, ...". If such examples are common, each of adjective and noun may be deemed to be "defining" for subject. In several of the articles, that criteria was met, so NOTDEF would not apply.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this issue. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 05:05, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]