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SnookerLuke

I'm not sure if this is the correct way of contacting you however, I am messaging you of a edit you undone of mine. It's the America West Airlines Flight 556 in 2002. On the List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. I am quite confused why it didn't meet the criteria when it's clearly a incident. Please could you explain in more detail. Many Thanks SnookerLuke — Preceding unsigned comment added by SnookerLuke (talk • contribs) 08:41, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Because the whole thing happened on the ground and the aircraft was still attached to a tug[1]. Me and another editor or editors agreed it did not constitute an incident and the flight was taken off the list.

In the future, please put new posts at the bottom of a User's talk page. Thank you....William 14:40, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright I understand, Thank you.

Beulaville, NC

Thanks for taking the time to notice that the "Notable People" from Beulaville weren't actually "from" Beulaville, but surrounding communities... which has spurred my ambition to creation separate Wikipedia pages for these communities. Ha, it was ticking me off for a while though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marc.bratcher (talk • contribs) 12:48, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:People from Pittsford, New York

Re your comment that "Being a suburb doesn't make them from Rochester or anywhere else", I disagreed but then read the article on suburb, and is looks like suburb means something different in the US than it does in the UK, you learn something new every day... GrahamHardy (talk) 21:23, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A few things on categorizing by United States citizens which BTW you're doing a very good job.

A person dying somewhere doesn't always mean they are from that place.

Being an alumni or affiliated with a school or university doesn't make a person from a place either. The same goes for a person who plays for a town's sports team.

The category pages you create also have a talk page. You can create this with a link to the proper state WikiProject.

I'm just making some useful pointers. Categorizing people by place and creating categories is wiki editing I like to do too. You did work on Rochester New York suburbs. The Category 'Sportspeople from Rochester, New York' was created and filled by me. Cheers!...William 23:54, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Diocesan templates

Hi-I have no problems adding a priest to a diocesan template especially if the priest was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese or had some connection to the diocese being born and raised there. Solanus Casey was an excellent example. Fr. Casey was born and raised on a farm in Pierce County, Wisconsin in the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse before he joined the Capuchin order. There was lots of coverage in the La Crosse diocesan newspaper about Fr. Casey since he is a candidate for canonization. As for Leo Binz I have no problems about he being added to the Rockford Diocesan template since he was ordained for the Rockford Diocese. I feel there should be some flexibility of who is to be added to the diocesan templates. Thanks-RFD (talk) 17:43, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi-One of the editors has been creating diocesan templates-the Archdiocese of Boston article does not have one either yet. It is a gradual process-Many thanks-RFD (talk) 18:09, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)#Bullpen_catchers Alex (talk) 05:46, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, I'm User Anupmehra. I recently hovered on userpage and had glimpse of it which curiously led me making a click on and read thoroughly all over it. It was nice reading your userpage. There I found an image of you with Bishop Gerald Barbarito which you uploaded in February 2014 on English Wikipedia in a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. I just wanted to let you know that, I've cropped out the image of Bishop and uploaded in on Wikimedia Commons under the same license to use it in his article. Thanks for the image and happy editing! :) Anupmehra -Let's talk! 14:44, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#What_a_mess

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. - SummerPhD (talk) 05:14, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note the above wording is not usually left for people who have commented on a n AN/I thread.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:14, 13 November 2014 (UTC).

William, you have spoken your peace there, more than once, and that's enough. Your comments re:Summer are by now amounting to harassment, and you should stop. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:35, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The only harassing taking place is being done by Summer. Please explain what other purpose his starting his SPI on me could have been done for. Did Sphilbrick, Nyttend, Orlady, or Bbb23 ever suspect me of sockpuppeting as an IP in the talk page discussion that was the basis for the SPI? No because the idea was simply ludicrous.
- Summer has a long history of harassing people and here is just the latest example. Her reversion here followed by placing a template warning[2] on another editor's talk all over a good faith edit. A google search[3] shows this person to be notable, which she in her edit summary reversion says they aren't. The only issue with the editor making the addition to the notable people list was not putting a reference for it. And note her edit summary says good faith edit. Do we template editors for good faith edits? No way was their addition of Porter Hanks a reason for them to be templated....William 12:55, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The other editor added a name without a pre-existing article to a list that normally includes only notable entries. I added the standard template which reads: "Your recent edit to (article name) appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you." We regularly use neutrally worded template notices in such cases. In cases of apparent bad faith, we have other templates, such as the one you used when reverting my good faith edit. - SummerPhD (talk) 14:49, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese sportspeople by prefecture by sport

Hi, feel free to use Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 August 25#Category:Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture as a precedent for speedy nominations of other sport-specific grandchildren in Category:Sportspeople by prefecture in Japan. – Fayenatic London 16:00, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moscow sportspeople

Regarding this discussion outcome. Rethinking this - there is form to have specific sports player categories for the first administrative subdivision of a country (e.g. Category:Players of American football from Wisconsin). On that basis it is probably easier to rework the contents of Category:Sportspeople from Moscow by sport to a new Category:Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast category which would fit within our usual approach. Noticed the merge isn't done yet so thought you might be interested in the suggestion. SFB 01:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Roccaforte

Just checking on the category change from Alumni to basketball player tied to Steve Roccaforte's article. I just wanted to raise some questions about the move. I have been unable to find any reference of Roccaforte as a Lamar player. There are several references of his graduation from Lamar University; however. According to his biographies, he served as a student assistant at Lamar for three years and a player at Southern University; not Lamar for one season.^[1]^[2] Perhaps he should be included in the Southern University basketball player category.

Reviewing his association with Lamar, should he be included in the Lamar basketball player category if his only role as an undergraduate at Lamar was as student assistant? I checked for records of rosters during his undergraduate years. If he was a player on the Lamar team, he did not have any playing time according to the following playing stat images. (Just to make sure, I added an additional season to when I believe he would have been a student at Lamar.)^[3]^[4]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).^[5]^[6]

I'm pretty new to the world of Wikipedia and just want things to be correct. Could you review when you get some time and see if Steve Roccaforte's categorization as a Lamar basketball player is the correct one? I'll leave the change as is, but I think it is an incorrect categorization of the individual.15:14, 20 November 2014 (UTC)LUSportsFan (talk)

If Roccaforte didn't play basketball at Lamar, I've made a mistake in good faith and go ahead and correct his article....William 15:55, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking and reviewing. As noted above, I'm pretty new to the Wikipedia editing process and really appreciate folks looking over my shoulder.LUSportsFan (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Explorer 1

Hi.

I am here about the state of Internet Explorer 1. The AfD that you are talking about ended on 1 November 2013 and held no prejudice about a merger possibility. Comp.arch proposed a merger one day later and carried it out three days later. Unsurprisingly, I support the merger per WP:SIZERULE.

If you wish to split, you need to gather consensus through a discussion.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An editor contested it, you reverted. I contested it. Remember WP:BRD? You have to take it to AFD again....William 10:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion are not held in AFD. As for the BRD, currently, there is a four-to-one consensus in favor of the merger. So, if you want to split, it is you who must start the discussion. And as for your assertion of "history", you have quite a huge block log. Comp.arch and Codename Lisa are never blocked. So please feel free to continue your WP:OWN rants; I am not in the least worrying about anyone believing you. Fleet Command (talk) 10:41, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article feedbak/assessment request

Hi,

Undersigned had created article Legal awareness in may 2012. Since then I updated and improved the article many times in past one and half year.

I will be happy if you help me in reassessing tags in article namely {{Multiple issues|confusing|date=February 2013|reason=Laudable effort has been put into this article, but it seems rambling and incoherent.}}{{essay-like|date=February 2013}}

and also

may be article is due for udating class status futher from {{WikiProject Law|class=Start|importance=Mid}}.

I suppose a peer feedback will help me improve the article content still further. You are one of experinced and active WikiProject Law members, and I request your kind support in this respect.

Mahitgar (talk) 10:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ref

St. Vincent Ferrer Church

Hi William-I had to look at the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish website because the article did not have too much to look at because of the copyright problem. Okay-if the church is on the National Register of Historic Place, has an unique architecture or history and has the sources to establish these qualities then it would be notable. But even the parish's website does not have too much information. A belated Thanksgiving to you and your family also-Many thanks-RFD (talk) 00:24, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Precious again

can't retire
Thank you, faithful user who warns of "one too many screws loose", for quality articles on golf and air incidents, such as Sun-Young Yoo and Viasa Flight 742, for going after reliable sources and for nourishing editors, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:34, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A year ago, you were the 678th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Stephen Hodge

Just read the reason why you are proposing deleting this article. I don't agree, because this player was All-conference in College and led the nation in sacks in 2007, which makes him an important college player. He also was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League and it is important for historic reference to document the reasons why he didn't make the team.Tecmo (talk) 17:31, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization

I am creating categories now. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is a bad habit of creators of new sports articles to link to nonexistent categories. In my 500 edits here, I've removed those links over 20 times. Including the ones you did. Create the categories first or preview a page before saving it so you can see if the categories exist already....William 20:09, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Chilean presidential election, 1881

Hello William. I assume you removing the Category:Elections in Chile and Category:1881 elections in South America from this article was a mistake? Number 5 7 14:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was. I've been deleting categories from years in Chile and I misread the 1881 category on the elections page....William 14:52, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, cool :) Number 5 7 14:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Kentucky template is deprecated

Hello. Thank you for all your additions to WikiProject Kentucky. I noticed that you have been applying the deprecated template for the project. Please from now on use {{WikiProject United States}} instead, with the parameter "KY=yes" (how it will look: {{WikiProject United States|KY=yes}}). WP KY has been a part of WP US for many years now. Cheers! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 19:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Will do....William 19:55, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A fresh barnstar for you!

		The Bluegrass Barnstar
		for your excellent categorization efforts related to Kentucky establishments. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 23:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet Briar College

Why are you edit warring over this? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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How were you not warned?

When I reverted a post I got an official warning and even got called names while people are WP:CIVIL with you, how do you do that? Pardon for the other post, forgot to sign in and my sister hates seeing the "you have a message from another user" when she browses Wikipedia. --Lumia930uploader (talk) 20:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What reversion are we talking about?...William 22:20, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral notice

This is a neutral notice to all participants of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2011 that a similar discussion has begun at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southeastern Film Critics Association. --Tenebrae (talk) 05:24, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Essays

Just my thought ... essays, such as that on overciting, are simply essays. The view of one or more editors, that may not reflect consensus. I think it is one of the worst ones we have. It leads to the deletion at times of footnotes that don't only support the text, but that also importantly contain further information. Readers can follow the ref, and learn that greater contextual information if they like. If the ref is not deleted. Further, given the lack of understanding of some editors as to what constitutes a copyright infringement, an extra ref can quell their desire to inappropriately call text a copyvio. --Epeefleche (talk) 21:40, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your deletion of cite for uncited material

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2015 2015 Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour – Doubles

It wasnt really my fault, cause i just linked it from the 2015 atp challenger tour page, also if you know it a error you dont have to message me about it. Thanks. Dencod16 (talk) 22:12, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttps://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/roccaforte_steve00.html

[2] ttps://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/roccaforte_steve00.html

[3] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/lamar/1986.html

[4] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/lamar/1987.html

[5] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/lamar/1988.html

[6] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/lamar/1989.html

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