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Hi. In your user page, you have used the native speaker template for English. Since you are Brazilian, even if your level of proficiency in the language is extremely high, I'd recommend you switch to the near-native template. It's a en-4 template, for those who speak English as well as a native, but are in fact not native speakers. Cheers, Redux 02:57, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Speedy deletion
Hi Fbergo. You recently marked several articles for speedy deletion. The reason given was Ad of non-notable company. I don't think that this is an accepted WP:CSD. In my opinion, these articles ought to go to WP:VfD. Pburka 19:11, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
- The articles I marked for speedy deletion were all added in a close time period by the same user, who also wrote a self-biographical wikipedia article (this one I added to VfD as recommended by the policy -- K.Grafstein). According to Wikipedia:Deletion_of_vanity_articles, vanity articles which are certain to be non-notable (as was the case - the user was adding the small businesses of his own as articles) may be tagged for speedy deletion. Next time I will use VfD instead, but maybe the policy could be clearer on Ads of non-notable companies (as opposed to people) ?. Regards, Fbergo 00:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
- As currently worded, the policy only applies to real people (i.e. not fictional characters, companies, etc). There was quite a bit of debate about this, and the general consensus was that the criteria should be as narrow as possible to prevent abuse. Pburka 01:40, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, I was going to say the same having just noticed this. Could you please take Grafstein-Telecom through the full VFD process, as advertising is not a vaid CSD. Ask me if you need any help. Glad you already responded favorably to using more caution. Thanks! Dmcdevit·t 06:59, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Someone else already did. Again, I apologize for choosing the wrong method to deal with the case. Fbergo 20:06, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, I was going to say the same having just noticed this. Could you please take Grafstein-Telecom through the full VFD process, as advertising is not a vaid CSD. Ask me if you need any help. Glad you already responded favorably to using more caution. Thanks! Dmcdevit·t 06:59, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
- As currently worded, the policy only applies to real people (i.e. not fictional characters, companies, etc). There was quite a bit of debate about this, and the general consensus was that the criteria should be as narrow as possible to prevent abuse. Pburka 01:40, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
Bom dia,
Desculpe por meu imediatismo. Eu achava que Érico Veríssimo se escrevesse como um nome brasileiro. Já vi que estava errado.
Até,
José San Martin 01:12, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
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Olá Fbergo, Eu reparei que está a contribuir em artigos relacionados com a lusofonia e gostaria de convidá-lo para participar na Wikipédia em português, actualmente temos mais de 135 mil artigos. Sua ajuda será muito bem vinda. Se por acaso tiver algum problema ou dúvida deixe uma mensagem na minha página de discussão. Continue com esse bom trabalho, |
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Hi, I keep trying to leave a note on this talk page and am barred from doing so because of the "spam blacklist". I dont' want to remove content from the page without asking, but you were the last person to edit it. Chubbles 17:39, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- At the time I tried to edit the talk page, there was a link on the page which apparently had been blacklisted since it had been added to the talk page. This made it impossible for anyone to edit the page. Someone seems to have fixed the problem. Chubbles 01:54, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Fixed. I wish I could stab these annoying bots in the face. Fbergo (talk) 01:13, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
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chronology of cyclist palmares
Hi!
About the chronologicality of the palmares of cyclists: see the Wikipedia Cycling Project biography standard (Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Standard cyclist biography), section palmares. In general, chronological ordering is determined by WP:LOW, which specifically states "earliest first". --EdgeNavidad (talk) 17:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- I see that you reverted my edits. I propose that the next step we take is discuss it on the Cycling Project biography standard, instead of going around on wikipedia and reversing ordering. --EdgeNavidad (talk) 17:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- I have reverted to your edits, apologies for the misinterpretation. Fbergo (talk) 17:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Apologies are not needed, this is the way wikipedia works ;). --EdgeNavidad (talk) 18:26, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- I have reverted to your edits, apologies for the misinterpretation. Fbergo (talk) 17:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
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Thank you for your keen eye...
Hi. I have a question about your mark for speedy deletion of the page I created.... I am curious as to when you marked the page to be deleted, as I was not complete with adding the contributions? While I agree that while I was entering this page, there was no information linked to the scholarly contributions, but I have linked this now. Just looking for some insight into your observations. I want to be a good wiki-citizen. I appreciate any further information you could share on your thought process. Thank you Jessshoop (talk) 19:12, 13 October 2016 (UTC) Jessshoop
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing Rhonda Dimmie, Fbergo.
Unfortunately Jbhunley has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:
Please mark unsourced WP:BLPs with WP:BLPPROD
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Deleation of Domenick Lazzara
Thank you for your quick trigger action. You failed to give me time to clean up a BLP which is the standard action instead of Speedy Deletion so, I guess I will not be able to get my page fixed, fire when ready grizzly BrianRFSU 22:07, 26 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianRFSU (talk • contribs)
I was still in the process of assessing that article's real-world significance via web searches when you tagged it. I assume that you already have done just that, so thank you for handling it. Dustin (talk) 06:02, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
- No references, written by the band itself listing all the 12 songs they can play, half of them covers. Nothing of value will be lost. Fbergo (talk) 06:13, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
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Michel Temer
Howdy, from 12 May to 31 Aug 2016, Temer was still Vice President. That's why he was able to assume the presidential powers & duties as Acting President :) He didn't cease being VP during that time. The vice presidency didn't become vacant until 31 Aug, when Temer became President upon Rousseff conviction/removal. GoodDay (talk) 03:20, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
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Pay attention to the sources
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Don't remove content which is backed by reliable sources. That constitutes vandalism and, if you persist in this behaviour, sanctions (such as blocking) may be applied. Consider yourself warned. Coltsfan (talk) 20:57, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Again, pay attention to the sources. Regardless of your opinion on The Huffington Post, it's widely considered a reliable source in this wiki. Altering the content of the articles contradicting the sources for your own biasis is vandalism. I advise you to stop it. Coltsfan (talk) 11:32, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Memeulous
Hello Fbergo. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Memeulous to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 20:43, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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I corrected vandalism by Davisandrew416.May be you are misanderstanding.Anioni (talk) 15:11, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Last warning
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Jair Bolsonaro, you may be blocked from editing. Coltsfan (talk) 12:19, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- The issue is explained in the talk page of the article, and my correction has a valid source to back it up. You are vandalizing wikipedia by misrepresenting a speech that is widely available on video. Fbergo (talk) 12:20, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- This is your point of view. The information is backed by a WP:RS. If you disagree, discuss it over in the talk page and try to get a consensus before doing the changes. Disruptive editing is consider vandalism and and sanctions might be applied if you choose to ignore the rules for your own biasis. Coltsfan (talk) 12:25, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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- I am aware of the issue, as that long article was mostly generated automatically by a script. I am working on fixing the incorrect links (it may take a few days), and I appreciate the automated report that makes the job easier. Fbergo (talk) 12:01, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Markus Konká
Hi, Fbergo,
I have blanked the article Markus Konká which you recently listed at WP:PNT as {{not English}} for WP:COPYVIO. When you find an article that seems to get created full-blown from nothing, don't forget to check for possible cut-paste copyright violations.
There are probably more sophisticated methods to find these than what I do, but fwiw I just choose a short string of words, maybe 3-7 words, that are unusual or not likely to occur word-for-word in many other places. Then I put that phrase inside double quotes, and search for it in Google. Took me about 15 seconds to find the source of the plagiarism. Hope this helps! Cordially, Mathglot (talk) 02:40, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Mathglot: Hi, thanks for the heads up. I did not notice the copyvio at first and I tagged the language issue through Twinkle. I wasn't aware that twinkle added the article to WP:PNT besides tagging the article body. Fbergo (talk) 12:49, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Reading
About Roman Empire in Italy ,reading words after you are right)Kingofwoods (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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Portuguese IPA
Thanks for correcting my edit on the IPA of João Gilberto. If you have the time, please check the IPA I added the last few days on a couple of other Brazilian singers. Aikclaes (talk) 09:12, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi @Aikclaes:, I'll take a look on them soon. Cheers, Fbergo (talk) 13:49, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Error: Reversion of Sakura, Sakura
Your judgement about the merit of changes to my editing of Sakura Sakura’s musical notation may be good, but your statement "correct" is bad judgement. The English grammar and word choices ("resembled", "expression") is outright wrong. I say that the description of modal representation is not quite correct either. For that purpose, I am undoing your reversion. 172.56.38.182 (talk) 01:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
- Putting an F natural in an E minor scale is incorrect, and your unnecessrary complex discussion of scales only makes the article less comprehensible by non-musicians. Fbergo (talk) 03:28, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Matcha
You really should read the Manual of Style and maybe take an English course before you revert edits that correct obvious errors such as stray caps, poor wording, unitalicized foreign words, etc. 104.129.196.175 (talk) 16:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- I am fluent in english, and I have considerable experience with the wikipedia manual of style. Your edits blanked a "citation needed" tag with no explanation or additional references (which is borderline vandalism), introduced inadequate grammar and punctuation, among other issues. I stand by my reversion. Hint: nobody takes anonymous IP editors seriously. Fbergo (talk) 17:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Yet you cannot even spell English! 104.129.196.175 (talk) 15:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
C++ tools used in C code
Can you elaborate why my statement about how modern C++ tools such as the ones being developed by the LLVM foundation also benefiting legacy C codebases is "bs"? BernardoSulzbach (talk) 02:42, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
In time, this is an example of Clang-Tidy which is described as a "C++ linter" being used to analyze C code. Despite being a very minimalistic example (only showing that it works and produces valid output), it serves to demonstrate the usability of the tool with C even if it is mostly used in C++ projects. I do think that the fact that C++ tools are applicable to C because of how C++ still is almost a superset of C is relevant enough for the article in question. If you still disagree, I would really appreciate an explanation of your viewpoint. BernardoSulzbach (talk) 04:00, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
- @BernardoSulzbach: C is not a subset of C++ [1]. Programming languages are formal languages, and there is no such thing as "similar enough" when evaluating language correctness. Clang is a C, C++ and Objective-C front-end to LLVM, and it has the grammar of each of those languages properly coded separatedly. It doesn't parse C as an accident of parsing C++. Claiming in an encyclopedia that C is close enough to C++ that a tool built only for C++ will work for C, especially when it comes to checking code correctness, is misleading and incorrect. Fbergo (talk) 12:23, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Fbergo: I agree with all your points and that's why I used "almost a superset". However I see now why my first statement may suggest that C++ tools universally work for C and how that may just mislead the readers. Thank you for your time. BernardoSulzbach (talk) 15:05, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Vandalism from the user posting this.
Hi Fbergo, Even from edit 1 of this user (and 123.243.100.66, the same real life person edits from here, too - no offence) to the most recent, any edits other users (like you, but more than a few others, too) thought was vandalism and from one of the 2 above IP's was just pure opinion on how to write things right (excuse the pun). Officially, vandalism is intentional, but no edits were intentionally made to worsen the article. 211.27.126.189 (talk) 19:25, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
@211.27.126.189: Hi, I apologize for my treatment in this matter, which was too harsh. Please mind that wikipedia articles should be consistently styled. The greatest issue in all this was the representation of integral scores. Wikipedia should keep its style consistent. I know that some websites reporting on the WCC report scores as "1.0 - 1.0" (such as chess.com), but this is not wikipedia's style and there is a large number of articles with the current style. When I accused you of vandalism, I did use the incorrect term, what I had in mind was disruptive editing. Welcome to wikipedia and thanks for contributing. (I will also post a copy of this to your talk page, as I'm not sure whether the ping template notifies IP accounts). Fbergo (talk) 13:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
1. Disruptive editing is also intentional. 2. I like Chess.com style, not Wikipedia where it should be changed. 3. I also edit, again as a non shared IP account, under 123.243.100.66. Vandalism messages were also posted there, much as they weren't meant to. 4. Other than blanking the talk page of this IP account and possibly the other, I as one real life person haven't done other vandalism. Blanking a talk page won't make someone report it, thankfully.211.27.126.189 (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Apology retracted. This user is an idiot who is purposefully deteriorating the structure of an article of an ongoing important event. To hell with people who won't bother to sign in to edit. Fbergo (talk) 21:28, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- In light of the ongoing talk page discussion on framework for future games, for which the troublemaker Melbourne IP has failed to gain consensus, I have reported them at WP:ANEW. CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 22:08, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- @CaradhrasAiguo: Thanks for the notice and for reporting. Fbergo (talk) 22:22, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- 1. Nothing disruptive from me was purposeful. 2. I don't choose to not have an account to limit blocks imposed on me. 3. My block is over and I've agreed to seek consensus since then. 4. I don't know how this is vandalism (I undid the strikethrough because of this - I will need to be explained on why this is vandalism). 5. I though troublemakers only do intentionally bad stuff, not unintentionally bad stuff. 6. I thought Chess.com is more reliable than the guardian (in fact, there's a place in the match article where it seems as though there are too many viewpoints on what move 24 of game 8 is - I don't think too many people can make out how bad the move is by Caruana). 7. How does one know where in the world an IP address is as a Wikipedian?211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Tracking an IP address down to a city block is the simplest thing in the world. Fbergo (talk) 12:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- 1. Define city block. 2. If you thought I was analysing chess positions on my own, I didn't think of putting the findings out onto Wikipedia. I find that some of what I talk about here is also talked about elsewhere , also with you. Is that OK or should it all be moved to on of those places? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.126.189 (talk) 12:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- BTW The content in the post starting with the words 'Apology retracted' is at least partially if not completely incorrect especially with editing logging out and the related hell (it's nowhere near hell even if it were the worst possible thing on Wikipedia which of course isn't based on the contributions of IP's like 76.117.247.55). Edits aren't related to why I don't plan on getting an account (the only thing that is related is that I currently don't think I'd have permission to get an account and as a result I might get used to editing as an IP in the future no matter what). Speaking of headers I will either use them in conjunction with commenting them out or not at all from now on although that said they still wouldn't look ugly to me on the article (I wasn't purposefully deteriorating anything in fact I thought what I was inserting had been done for previous matches). If you must agree on how bad I am please use some milder terms because I don't think I was being that bad in fact you were told by others that such terms were violating WP:BITE. This post in short form: The apology for at least some part could've stayed unretracted.211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:14, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
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Why I don't think you should have reverted on a talk page
Hi, You made the edit at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:World_Chess_Championship_2018&oldid=871333323 with the edit summary: talk pages are not forums about the subject I honestly wonder whether adding the information that was listed in the same section will break consistency guidelines or not. I'm not editing on the talk page just to discuss the subject, maybe I have some useful input on that topic (no offence). Thanks!211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:02, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
- WP:TALKNO: Talk pages are not a forum for the subject of the article. Your opinions are irrelevant and your edits are just pollution of the article and its talk page. Fbergo (talk) 11:13, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
- Quoting form WP:TALKNO: 'the talk page is for discussing how to improve the article' That's no different to what I want to do on that section.
- I noticed you made this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:World_Chess_Championship_2018&oldid=872479140 I think my summary to the edit I made just before the one I posted is sufficient grounds for keeping it on the talk page.211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
- Quoting form WP:TALKNO: 'the talk page is for discussing how to improve the article' That's no different to what I want to do on that section.
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Hi, why do you think the gender neutral term of "their" is bad grammar? MOS:GNL. --Enos733 (talk) 19:30, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- Their is plural and refers to multiple people. It is not a gender neutral substitution to his/her. The president of Brazil at any given time is a single person. Fbergo (talk) 21:29, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, I think this link for downloading latest release specification "by one click" in Python article is very helpful, and important. But I do not recognize a place for it. Can I make the "3.9.2" string to become 3.9.2, to not be a clutter for the Infobox? or do you have any idea about somewhere else this link should be placed? or totally should be removed? Anyway, I think this link is very helpful for the article, isn't that? Hooman Mallahzadeh (talk) 16:37, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- "Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam.", from WP:LINKSPAM. The Python article in wikipedia is an encyclopedic article about a relevant technology, not a Python portal or repository of "useful" links. The official Python website is already linked in the article and there is no need to index each subpage. Fbergo (talk) 17:01, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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This edit [2] was not as silly as you make out, because it is the wording given in the source [3], which I assume the editor read. I still think 7000 euros per point sounds better, but the edit was not ridiculous. Adpete (talk) 08:02, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, noted. Fbergo (talk) 00:31, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Aadhar edit
Hi, this edit (Aadhar) is not redundant. And it does not contradict information. While the lead of the article talks about what services it is not mandatory for, it does not mention the ones for which it is mandatory (such as income tax, welfare etc.) I plan to add this information as well.
- The lead of the article should be short, simple, and direct, per MOS:LEAD. Aadhaar enrollment being mandatory for each specific use is discussed throughout the article and it is a lengthy and contentious issue (in India, not wikipedia), subject of several judicial rulings in India. Any statements about the matter should definitely be properly sourced, per WP:V. Editors should not add unsourced information to wikipedia. Adding vague statements to cover up for the lack of sources is not an improvement to wikipedia articles. Fbergo (talk) 19:08, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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Why did you remove my lead in JavaScript?
Every programming language article has in its lead section where the language comes from: which year, who designed it, what does its name mean. I added this for JavaScript as I opened that article only to read on its origin.
Now it’s especially important for JavaScript to contain its name origin in the lead as it has such a confusing name!
Please explain why you deleted that section. Especially since this is inconsistent with other programming language articles.—Homei (talk) 23:28, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- The guidelines for lead sections are given in MOS:LEAD. Leads should introduce the subject being brief and not too specific. The history of Javascript is detailed in the section that immediately follows. The original name LiveScript was a temporary internal name, dropped after the beta release, and is now just history trivia. This is different from the B language that originated C, which was an actual different programming language that preceded it.
- The origin of Javascript's name is adequately described in the "Creation at Netscape" subsection that immediately follows. Javascript is a scripting language and its design heavily borrowed syntax elements from the Java language, which was being introduced at that time. It is not confusing at all. Fbergo (talk) 01:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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Olha aqui: https://www.irmi.com/articles/expert-commentary/language-matters-committed-suicide . Língua e religião. Também se aplica na sua língua materna! ;-) 87.170.203.220 (talk) 15:52, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
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Você se acha o melhor intelectual sobre industria automotiva brasileira, mas ainda que novato, sabe pouco o que foi a industria nacional de veiculos, procure aprender com gente que sabe e que teve grandes experiências como eu, deixarei você deixar a Wikipedia errada, com conceitos errados e incompletos... afinal uma enciclopedia que nada se confia porque nela tem pessoas como você. Que 2023 te ensine a ser uma pessoa mais sensata 2.206.214.160 (talk) 01:35, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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Many user subpages host content in draft form intended to eventually make it into article space, so fixing disambiguation links in these cases tends to preempt those links from entering article space. Apologies for my mistake in this case. Cheers! BD2412 T 15:44, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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