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Hi, I noticed in your edits to college lists that some of your changes to wikilinks have no apparent reason other than to bypass a redirect. Please note that per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]], those changes are generally not recommended and they can be counter-productive. For example, you removed links to [[Gorham State College]] and [[Northern Conservatory of Music]], which should probably be expanded into articles someday, and replaced them with links to the physical facilities where those schools were housed, which will be less-than-useful once those articles exist. [[User:Toohool|Toohool]] ([[User talk:Toohool|talk]]) 20:05, 4 March 2019 (UTC) |
Hi, I noticed in your edits to college lists that some of your changes to wikilinks have no apparent reason other than to bypass a redirect. Please note that per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]], those changes are generally not recommended and they can be counter-productive. For example, you removed links to [[Gorham State College]] and [[Northern Conservatory of Music]], which should probably be expanded into articles someday, and replaced them with links to the physical facilities where those schools were housed, which will be less-than-useful once those articles exist. [[User:Toohool|Toohool]] ([[User talk:Toohool|talk]]) 20:05, 4 March 2019 (UTC) |
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== Use of phrase "falsely claimed" in Wikipedia == |
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{{ping|Billybob2002}} -- I agree that Wikipedia should not be using the phrase "falsely claimed" in the [[Hunter Biden]] lead. If you agree, please make a comment on [[Talk:Hunter_Biden]] in the section "Unvalidated facts or opinions do not belong in Wikipedia" regarding the issue to support removing the word "falsely." I believe it makes the encyclopedia partisan and other editors will not let it go, keep reverting it back. Thank you. -- [[User:Ingyhere|Ingyhere]] ([[User talk:Ingyhere|talk]]) 16:22, 13 October 2019 (UTC) |
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If anybody has a free image of Dave Barnes, please put it on the Dave Barnes article on the info box, thanks! - Billybob2002 (talk) 02:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- You mean this guy? --Nat Gertler (talk) 02:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Yes.- Billybob2002 (talk) 03:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Recent edits concerning deism tags.
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Images
Please take a look at the Manual of Style for images, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images, particularly WP:IMGSIZE. GDallimore (Talk) 11:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
April 2013
Hello, I'm Pass a Method. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Pass a Method talk 12:03, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
- Re Luke 9:23 - the full text of Bible verses and other original texts are more appropriate for Wikisource, not here. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:49, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Pass a Method talk 09:09, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
What disruptive editing? - Billybob2002 (talk) 02:44, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
- A full 75% of your edits are disruptive or useless. People have been trying to guide you to relevant policies since you started editing, but you just blanked all their advice from your talk page, and now you have nothing but warnings on your talk page. Start behaving intelligently, or you will find yourself blocked. GDallimore (Talk) 09:47, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
So that is a compliment, because 25% of them are good! :) Anyways, my above question was asking what article(s) in particular was disruptive. - Billybob2002 (talk) 03:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Old Earth Creationism
Re this edit which was reverted, may I suggest that you work on the section Criticism. The section needs some expanding, especially references for the criticisms.Sjö (talk) 12:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of List of former Presidential Candidates
Hello Billybob2002,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged List of former Presidential Candidates for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, [[:{{{article}}}]].
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can , but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, fix Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:11, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
- Please check whether articles exist before you create duplicates of them. Otherwise you just waste your time and others. In this case you duplicated List of United States presidential candidates, and it wasn't even very complete. Please also remember that other republics exits outside of the United States which have presidents, and other organisations even have presidents, and as such it's always "United States presidential candidates" rather than "presidential candidates". Barney the barney barney (talk) 08:39, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Moot
In US English, moot in a legal context roughly means stale, or no longer relevant. diff __ Just plain Bill (talk) 00:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
"Debatable" and "moot" have different connotations, and are not interchangeable. Rather than continuing with an edit war, please discuss your reasons for this change at Talk:Efforts to impeach George W. Bush. Thank you, __ Just plain Bill (talk) 13:35, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
May 2013
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Adam. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.
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Bill White
And if you'd look at the history of the Senate election article you'd see that I found the source to list him as a potential candidate. So I am aware he has not announced he's running, and so would you be if you'd look at the Senate election article or the source used on the page. Ratemonth (talk) 02:54, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I did not realize at the time that he was listed as potential. -- Billybob2002 (talk) 02:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hey, I noticed you put links to candidate pages that don't exist. There is no reason to have red links on a page, so from now on please check to make sure someone has a page before adding the [[ ]] around their names. Rxguy (talk) 16:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
- While Rxguy may be against redlinks, Wikipedia guidelines actually encourage redlinks within resaonable guidelines, as it has been found to encouraged growth in the encyclopedia. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
- To clarify: Candidates such as Gurley L. Martin, John Kemper, Greg Leichty, Ed Marksberry, Bennie J. Smith in the Kentucky Senate race are not what the Wikipedia guidelines that NatGertler mentioned refer to. They are unknown candidates with nothing significantly notable other than the fact that they are extreme long-shots as candidates. These are people that really have no reasonable shot at having a Wikipedia page, for good reasons, and would likely remain on the page for eternity as broken links. Rxguy (talk) 18:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps a few of them should have an article. -- Billybob2002 (talk) 02:32, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
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Is there a rule against putting 'allegedly' on the articles? -- Billybob2002 (talk) 05:37, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yep, it's called WP:ALLEGED. Your placed it there to cast doubt on scientific consensus. Dougweller (talk) 06:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
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Yes. The part of the requirement which states a politician with a significant level of press coverage might qualify John James' article for notability, as he has been featured on Fox News. I think the article should use less sources from his campaign website though. Billybob2002 (talk) 18:51, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding all the "blue background" portraits for the Representatives that were still missing official portraits! First time everyone's had a picture in a while, right? You've performed a civic duty to say the least. Westroopnerd (talk) 22:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC) |
Thank you. Billybob2002 (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
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