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Ebbin Page

Thanks for cleaning up the elections box. However, I think that the names as presented in the boxes should reflect the names as recorded on the ballot and in the official records. Right now Mr. McGhee's name is so-formatted, but the other three are not. If I were to revise the election data boxes to reflect the formal ballot names, would that be acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.196.127 (talk) 22:06, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the question. The general policy on Wikipedia is to use common names (for example, see WP:COMMONNAME, which relates to page titles). Election results aren't treated any differently, in my experience. See Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency), for example, where Tony Blair is called Tony Blair not Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, despite the latter being the name that appeared on the ballot and in the official records. I'd therefore suggest bringing Mr. McGhee's name into line. --Lincolnite (talk) 23:04, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Federal Circuit nominee edit

Can you tell me why you undid the edit concerning nominee Edward C. DuMont? The former Chief Judge did not take senior status. The edit was intended to correct that inaccuracy. Thank you. (Bondgirlbook (talk) 21:30, 11 July 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks for the message. You are quite right that the article contained an inaccuracy that you corrected and I mistakenly uncorrected (I've since edited the article and it's now correct). I was too quick to reverse your edit, which initially struck me as questionable because of the mid-sentence reference which appeared to replicate the existing ref - I obviously didn't read it closely enough. Apologies. --Lincolnite (talk) 19:02, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States‎

I plan to bring Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States‎ up to featured status over the next few weeks. I have great respect for your editorial judgment, and would appreciate your opinion of the article, particularly the tone of the section covering sexual orientation. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:20, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, BD2412. Thanks for the kind words and the vote of confidence. I've taken a look and made a few edits to the section in question. The evidence that I've read on the topic tends to consider Murphy a more likely candidate than Cardozo so I've altered the ordering accordingly. I've also added some quotes from Murdoch and Price (which I happened to have on the bookshelf in front of me). I think the article as a whole is in really good shape and, with a few more tweaks, should make a great featured article. Good luck with it! --Lincolnite (talk) 16:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! The section is much improved. bd2412 T 17:53, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thanks for cleaning up after me! :) Hekerui (talk) 07:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Haha. Thanks. --Lincolnite (talk) 13:24, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeremy Karpen

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• User talk:ConcentratedAllPurposeCleaner

Cheers, --Kudpung (talk) 01:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marcus Brandon

Can you write a biography over new state legislator in NC ? 92.252.45.18 (talk) 10:32, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See Marcus Brandon.--Lincolnite (talk) 05:52, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pages for the 2011 Maryland General Assembly

During the next month I plan on creating pages for the newly elected members of the MGA. I could use your help. Pls respond here as to whether or not you wish to create pages and if so, which newly elected legislators you wish to take. Thanks «Marylandstater» ^«^reply^» 12:21, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi Marylandstater. I'll happily take care of Mary Washington (D-43), Luke Clippinger (D-46) and Bonnie Cullison (D-19). Thanks. --Lincolnite (talk) 18:20, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, I will do the remainder House members and hold them in my sandbox until the start of session. I will also be updating the list of current members at that time. I will also get images of all new members that first week of the 2011 session. «Marylandstater» ^«^reply^» 13:36, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done: Mary L. Washington, Luke Clippinger and Bonnie Cullison. --Lincolnite (talk) 22:20, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Scott (politician)

Thanks for using the nomination process for this article as opposed to just; this is not the first article of a politician I've made that has had its notability challenged. In the Jaime Herrera case, it was a very hasty proposed delete because the user who proposed it either did not read through the article or know the WP:POLITICIAN criteria; mods ruled Herrera was clearly notable. On Elizabeth Scott, I've addressed concerns of others that it was not notable, citing the criteria. It is apparent you have read through the criteria thoughtfully and still find this article wanting. I think this is a result of different readings of the same criteria, which leave room for discretion on the part of users. More thoughts on the discussion for the proposed deletion. Peace, Wikibojopayne (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While disappointed by the deletion, I have appreciated your civil tone throughout the deletion process. I'll see you around the politics pages! Peace, Wikibojopayne (talk) 00:09, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

McAffrey

Thanks for taking care of my misplaced tag. Frankly, I can't remember what my rationale was. I think I was more focused on culling out people with poorly referenced military history. But with these two tags in mind, I'm going back to look for more corrections.--S. Rich (talk) 19:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Glad to help. --Lincolnite (talk) 20:02, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Terms

My auto completion played tricks on me, how annoying! Hekerui (talk) 06:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gail Shibley

Can you help me and overhaul that article ? Marco Frank (talk) 18:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC) Can you repair that article, that someoneelse speeddeleted. The article was not my best but it is still a stub and Gail Shibley was a first LGBT state holder in Oregon. Marco Frank (talk) 18:19, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Berger (theologian)

Also article and biography David Berger needs more content. User:Lectonar deleted that biogaphy of German theologian and author. 92.252.55.66 (talk) 00:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mary L. Washington

Hi. If you can, please consider completing this article with standard biographocal information (age, place & date of birth, education,family background, etc.) otherwise it tends to read more like political propoganda. Please remember to update any tenses according to upcoming developments. Thanks.--Kudpung (talk) 03:19, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit to being totally confounded by your post. Perhaps you could explain further...? -- (A confused) Lincolnite (talk) 03:26, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Your edits to Harry Bronson

It's good practice to check the style of similar articles when making edits. "Assembly District" appears to be a proper noun and should be capitalized, rather than lowercased.

• The succession boxes for Sheldon Silver, Ronald Canestrari, Brian Kolb, Daniel Losquadro, Fred Thiele, L. Dean Murray, Steven Englebright, Alfred C. Graf, etc., etc., etc. all capitalize "Assembly District".
• The New York Times capitalizes "Assembly District"
• The Assembly website capitalizes "Assembly District"

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Tony Page

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McReynolds

I just double-checked the quote on James Clark McReynolds in Abraham's book; "...when there is a Hebrew abroad" is the correct citation. "Abroad" is being used to mean "around", "in wide circulation", or "about" (rather than "outside the country"). A valid, if no longer common, use of the word. Magidin (talk) 02:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking and for the heads-up. It struck me as a very likely typo (abroad/aboard is the kind of typo that one sees all the time on Wikipedia) and the ref pointed to a book that I happen not to own. Interesting use of the word. I've added some hidden text to the article so that no one else makes the mistake I did! Thanks again --Lincolnite (talk) 05:14, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PROD converted to AfD: Randy Camacho

Hi, I removed the prod tag you placed on Randy Camacho and opened an AfD, as there was a malformed AfD nomination on that article almost 3 months ago and I just wanted to be sure we are within policy. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Camacho (2nd nomination). Cheers! —KuyaBriBri^Talk 06:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Anne Tompkins

The Liberty Dollar piece is now neutral. Either improve it or leave it alone. Don't abuse Wiki by deleting it again. It shows your bias, not mine. Don Williams (talk) 16:13, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Kevin McDaid

Please do not fasley accuse of vandalism the article contains citations and links testifying to his porn career . Said citations were formatted correctly by a wiki admin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.183.92 (talk) 19:27, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See my reply on the article's talk page. This all comes down to WP:BLP. --Lincolnite (talk) 21:35, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Lack of response has more to do with being busy, but based on your note, I won't object to the tag being removed. Edward321 (talk) 00:40, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Committee assignments

The committee assignments of U.S. Congressmen are very important information. I made some adjustments on Solomon Ortiz.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 21:29, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Morgan Christen

The proper term for a judge of the Court of Appeals is circuit judge. If you review Chapter 3 of Title 28 of the U.S. Code, it clearly, throughout the Chapter, refers to these judges as Circuit Judges. My usage in the article was therefore correct. Safiel (talk) 03:19, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Map of U.S. Reps supporting same-sex marriage

I went ahead and changed the map; everything's up-to-date now. As an FYI, if you ever want to update the map on your own, download the SVG file, open it up in any text editor, and search for the congressional district you want to change (e.g., Suzanne Bonamici from Oregon's 1st congressional district would be found under "OR_1"). Once you're on the district you want, change the value in the corresponding "fill:#xxxxxx" to what you want (for reference, Democratic support would be "fill:#193ABE" and Republican support would be "fill:#A20303"). You can then re-upload the file on the map's page on the Wikimedia Commons. Thanks for the heads-up, Xnux 06:27, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks. --Lincolnite (talk) 16:48, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Heather Giugni

Aloha Lincolnite! My apologies for not being familiar with the protocols and processes of posting in Wikipedia. I am a member of Heather's campaign staff, and we wanted to at some meat to the Personal section, so I was asked to delete what was there in the interim while Heather wrote up what she thought she would want there. Thee was very well done, and she certainly appreciates your hard work and helping to get the word out about her! It was not my intent to in any way offend or dismiss the GREAT work you did.

If possible I'd like to continue to talk about her wikipage offline. You can e-mail me at psavasta @ gmail Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.175.73.92 (talk) 14:06, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks for your message. I'd recommend you start by reading Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide because you need to be very careful editing an article about someone with whom you're affiliated. Remember that Wikipedia isn't a campaign website and the information here isn't supposed to present people in the best possible light; it's meant to be fair, accurate and complete. --Lincolnite (talk) 14:35, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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re: List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama

Not sure why you reverted my edit, FJC Bio shows that Caproni has received her commission and I have restored my edit to the page. Safiel (talk) 15:41, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, apologies for that. I was on an iPad and fat fingers meant I accidentally rolled back two edits within the space of a few seconds. I thought I'd only rolled back one (which I corrected immediately). It was only when I saw your message that I realised I'd done it twice. Apologies again. Lincolnite (talk) 20:22, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Cal Anderson

You do understand that there are two distinct State Representative seats in the Washington State House of Representatives, Position #1 and Position #2, in each Legislative District, don't you? Washington is one of only 10 states with multi-member districts, so it is different than 80% of states in that stating a district in the State House of Representatives does NOT precisely state which seat a person occupies. The 43rd Legislative District, State Representative, Pos. 1, is different than 43rd Legislative District, State Representative, Pos. 2. Thus, by deleting that information you are making the reader LESS informed. The "|state_house" language works in most states, but not in Washington. Also, you just needlessly deleted all of the information about successors, predecessors, dates of service, link to the district at hand, etc.Champ68 (talk) 21:24, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia and your comments. I'd urge you to read two Wikipedia policies:

• WP:GOODFAITH
• MOS:INFOBOX, specifically the following sentences:

  When considering any aspect of infobox design, keep in mind the purpose of an infobox: to summarize key facts that appear in the article. The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance.

It seems clear that whether a state rep served a district in Pos. 1 or Pos. 2 is not a key fact and does not belong in an infobox. That is not to say that it doesn't belong in the main body of the article. As to the information about successors, predecessors, etc., those are key facts and I apologize for deleting them. I've just corrected my mistake. Thanks again for your contributions to Wikipedia! Lincolnite (talk) 15:25, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But Pos. 1 and Pos. 2 have different lines of succession. Cal Anderson's predecessor in the State House was Janice Niemi and his successor was Pat Thibaudeau, yet his contemporary in the State House in the 43rd LD, Jesse Wineberry, in Pos. 2, was preceded by William L. “Bill” Burns and, strangely, also succeeded by Pat Thibaudeau (people were moved around after the 1991 redistricting process). Denoting that there are two unique seats for each Legislative District clarifies what might otherwise be seen as confusing.Champ68 (talk) 22:33, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Brian Sims article

The sentence that I added accurately overviews the well cited section that it introduces, so I am confused by your labeling it as unsourced and failing to be NPOV. Regardless of how you labeled it, it is clear that you find the sentence to be objectionable. Would you add an overview sentence for that section that is to your liking? 216.66.5.54 (talk) 14:01, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. Sections in Wikipedia articles do not need to have overview sentences per the Manual of Style. That section reads just fine without one, IMHO. Lincolnite (talk) 14:36, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jared Polis

I see that you've rolled back my edit to the Jared Polis page for not having an Neutral Point of View and a possible violation of a biography of a living person. I referenced my edit. It was covered by at least three publications. His statements are on public record. It is of a news worthy nature. What he said was controversial. Including it in the encyclopedia shouldn't be. Can you comment on why you rolled back this edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahatter (talk • contribs) 15:35, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comment. There were two elements of your contribution that led me to revert it:

1. The source: thefire.org is the website of a pressure group rather than a reliable, independent source. See WP:BLPSOURCES. An alternative reference would be an article like this from The Fort Collins Coloradoan, a reliable newspaper
2. The wording: "Polis [...] stated that students are guilty of sexual assault" does not display an impartial tone per WP:IMPARTIAL. A more impartial set of words would be similar to those used by the Coloradoan: Polis stated that "public universities should be able to use lower standards of evidence when deciding to expel students accused of sexual assault"

Hope that all makes sense. -- Lincolnite (talk) 17:29, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback. I've made a second attempt at describing the event. I've used the Coloradoan as the primary source for the first sentence which describes the event factually and in a neutral POV. Here I've included Polis' controversial quote - the event. In the second sentence I've included a summary of the responses and sited the sources. Hopefully this is acceptable. Thanks again for your review and suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahatter (talk • contribs) 19:26, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. I do not understand why the last 3 edits were removed on this page? They were not promotional and were merely clarifying a number of incorrect statements initially made under your edits. I appreciate my initial edits circa June may have not been in line with guidelines, but I have now familiarised myself with the guidelines. Removing the inaccurate figure of £3,500 is surely in line with Wikipedia's rules as edits made for the sake of accuracy and clarity?

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I also do not understand why lists of previous contributors were removed from The Parliamentary Review page. Bigflamingo (talk) 08:41, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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