User talk:Straw CatThanks for your contribution to the Francis Bacon discussion on his importance in Philosophy! Arion 01:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC) Thanks for adding the section on Bacon's death - I think it was odd for the article to exclude this. Contaldo80 (talk) 16:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your interesting comments about the Ascended Master material - I have been a little worried about the way some of the Bacon article has been leaning! I'm glad the fake death stuff has been removed - although I fear it's only a matter of time before someone reverts. Also worried about contributor postings under different user names - I thought this wasn't permitted under wiki rules? Contaldo80 (talk) 19:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC) October 2008Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Independence Day (film), is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. —Ed 17 for President Vote for Ed 15:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC) April 2009Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. --aktsu (t / c) 17:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC) House HolmesHi, I'm sorry if I offended you when I said the info regarding Sherlock Holmes in the House article was "redundant" (I realized later that it may have been a bit mean). However, the info you added, and later re-added, is not backed up by a third-party reference (see WP:NOR). The problem is that you compare the working methods of both characters, but there is no reference that indicates House's method is inspired by Holmes'. I have removed the info from the article, and I would very much appreciate it if you would contact me first (hopefully with a reliable source to indicate the info), before you put it back in there, to avoid a ping-pong effect. Thank you very much.--Music26/11 12:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC) Death of Baby PHi, I noticed you undid my edits there. Maybe you could contribute to the discussion in talk and we could try to find a compromise. Because my edits were intended to make the article conform to WP:NPOV, one of our most important policies. See you in talk, I hope. --John (talk) 02:54, 20 August 2009 (UTC) Murder of Baby PPlease restore the "Murder in London" and "British Murdered Chilodren" tabs, because his death was indeed MURDER. (92.12.54.231 (talk) 15:16, 24 August 2009 (UTC)) SmithYour addition to the Smith article has again been reverted by the suject, or what looks very like the subject and a comment of libelous, please do not replace it again. If you insist you want to add itI will open a thread for discussion at the BLP noticeboard,m please let me know if you want to readd it, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 17:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if you're at all familiar with libel law in England - or even in the State of Florida where WP's servers are based - but truth is a complete defence to a libel suit. Both Smith (as a journalist - and former chair of PEN) - and MacShane (former President of the National Union of Journalists) know this well, as do I, so if the complaining editor is Smith, it's pure bluster. The expenses issue was and still is a major political and ethical issue in the UK. It involved an attempted cover-up and amazing hypocrisy by the MPs in question. The piece in the Guardian was an early contribution to that debate, clearly echoing MacShane's own comments that it was all mass hysteria; it may be now embarrassing for her, especially in the light of the Commons report about female expenses staff being disgracefully bullied as reported in the Guardian (not yet a tabloid, BTW), and the Commons Standards Committee (not the BNP, by the way) finding the charges against him serious enough to refer it to Inspector Knacker. The editor claiming to be Smith claims she stands by the piece (without sources); why should she now want to, or be allowed to censor a reference to it in the Smith article (the rest of which frankly reads like a fan site) that confines itself strictly to a NPOV summary of the source?Straw Cat (talk) 20:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC) IMO it is not the actual libel laws, it is the fact that a subject is so upset and disputes your addions so much as to be roused to remove it and deny it and claim libel. I can only suggest if you want to continue inserting the disputed allegations, which appear to just allege she is a liar ( what is the real honest value of a weak claim that she s a liar?) which is apparently strongly disputed by the subject, I would say it is clearly a controversial addition, I am going off line now, if you want to continue to desire to assert the claim, will open a WP:BLPN discussion tomorrow. Regards, or you can of course open a thread there to see if consensus supports your desired addition.Off2riorob (talk) 21:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Denis MacShaneQuite a lot of content removal and possible COI edits going on at the MacShane article. I've dealt with everything so far but if you could keep an eye on the article too it would be most useful. Thanks.--Shakehandsman (talk) 16:32, 27 November 2010 (UTC) Hi! I've updated the information and added lots of references to back up the claims on this page. Could you please remove the "disputed" tag from it now? Thanks!! Dustynyfeathers (talk) 21:49, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
The BlitzPlease do not change or manipulate (or plain reverse the meaning of) sources. British strategy WAS NOT based on morale breaking. One silly memo is proof of nothing. Portal decided strategy and it was concerned with destroying the economic base. Dapi89 (talk) 22:45, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Boyle's nationalityI'm not sure what your obsession with adding his nationality is, but if you would actually read the talk page closely, there are sources that describe him as Anglo-Irish, but also sources that describe him as Irish, English, and British. Choosing what one source says as opposed to what other sources say is violating WP:NPOV. Having no nationality makes the article neutral and avoids conflicts, so please stop adding Irish and Anglo-Irish because you're only causing disruption by doing so. Also, please don't "shout" in your edit summaries, especially when telling me not to. That's a bit hypocritical. --John of Lancaster (talk) 17:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
youre so vainim confused, the source was a book which i cited in the article. im new to this, what did i do wrong?
I apologize for all the questions. After thinking about it for a second, I think I answered my own question. The issue isn't with the book I cited, but whether there is any source for what I added to the article, more precisely, any information about the bartender who made the claims. Who he is, where, when, why did he make the claim, and who did he make it to. Without sources, it's about as good as a rumor. Well as it turns out, I managed to get some info from the bartender. It turns out, he claims to have known who the song was written about since it was written. The problem is, the support for his claim is personal knowledge and not easy to prove using any current sources in print or on the internet. After hearing his evidence, there is not the slightest doubt about the identity of the song's subject. I'm not sure how that evidence will satisfy wikipedia's criteria. Ironically, Wikipedia allows all that content regarding who the sibject of the song is "not." Hari(The article accuses David R of being a sockpuppet - and it is unhelpful to readers not to explain what sockpuppetry is here The article does not mention sockpuppets. Off2riorob (talk) 22:57, 23 September 2011 (UTC) I would give you a WP:3RR warning but I am sure you are aware of the guideline and aware that you have made three reverts in less than an hour, another will mean I will have to report you, please don't - thanks - Off2riorob (talk) 22:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
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