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To answer your question...

No, this isn't about punishments and fairness. It's about getting this thing resolved. It's too late to block Neljack and have it serve its purpose to prevent something. At this point, the right action is to discuss what happened and how to prevent it in the future. My opinion, on that, is to explain to Neljack that next time he should bring the issue to a noticeboard if someone reverts his redaction that he feels is a legitimate BLP complaint.--v/r - TP 22:12, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Epicgenius (talk) 22:16, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Refactoring comments at ANI

Hi. Was this an error? Thanks, GregJackP Boomer! 01:22, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for bringing it to my attention. Epicgenius (talk) 01:25, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

NP, done the same myself by accident. Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 01:54, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Reverting my edits

Hello. Can you please explain the reverts that you made pertaining my recent edits?

Thanks for understanding.--Zyzzzzzy (talk) 10:57, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

And please give me a rational reason about the reverts made by you, otherwise cancel the rollback.--Zyzzzzzy (talk) 11:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

My understanding was that the edits you made to Georgian/Armenian spelling changes were wrong (but I may be wrong, as I don't know that much about the Georgian and Armenian alphabets). You've got to talk to Proudbolsahye about this and work it out. Epicgenius (talk) 13:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Station layouts

Excuse me, what was the intention of this edit? The three station layouts that I had originally put there are three examples of the three cases listed above. The two additional layouts do not add anything as examples, so what do you mean? Vcohen (talk) 17:14, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Examples of stations with upper and lower level platforms that are really complex. Epicgenius (talk) 17:15, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

OK. If so, I think West Fourth Street – Washington Square (New York City Subway) is more complex. Vcohen (talk) 17:21, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Then add it to the article. Epicgenius (talk) 17:23, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

I want to remove some of them. Maybe I will add it in place of something. Vcohen (talk) 17:29, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Let's discuss that at WT:NYCPT instead. Epicgenius (talk) 18:47, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done Vcohen (talk) 20:28, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

What did I do wrong?

Thanks for the trouting, but I'm just curious what particular piece of silliness did I get it for. I'm sure it involves defending Joe. Joe would still be blocked if I didn't push TigerShark to ANI. Drmies and TParis thought the block was harsh or wrong, but weren't willing to carry the ball to ANI.

Next time you trout someone, its better if its covered in tartar sauce. Cheers!...William 17:43, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

It's for defending Joe. What you did isn't that silly—but the ANI incident was hilarious. Epicgenius (talk) 17:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for answering. What gets done by administrators to editors and them getting away with it makes my blood boil but I'm sure you guessed that already. I think TigerShark's 0RR proposal should be a nominee for the worst ever made by an administrator at ANI. His judgment is so bad, if there was justice around here. administrators would have asked for him to turn in his bit. TShark has made 600 edits since December 2011. Wikipedia wouldn't be hurting by going without one less administrator that active. Somehow I bet TigerShark will be MIA for a long time. (That's unless I raise all those indefinite blocks he made against IPs. My name is Mud with most every administrator so I'm not very bothered by what they'll think of me if I raise that.) Administrators who start feeling the heat take wikibreaks. Other common practices are hatting administrator critical comments at ANI and quickly closing a ANI thread when the heat starts increasing against a particular administrator. How long was it between a mention of a RFC|U(not by me) on TigerShark and Toddst1's closure of the thread? Note Toddst1's use of the words witch hunt. More diplomatic closing admins at ANI say the thread is getting off topic or off on some tangent. I've noticed these practices more than a few times.

I'd really like to do something more constructive than ANI. Like completing the task of getting a win and playoff box into every Champions Tour golfer article for those golfers who won on that pro tour. I've done from Aaron to Mouland(I'd estimate I've done 75% or more of the players who come alphabetically after Mouland too) plus all golfers with 10 or more Champions Tour wins lifetime no matter where they are in the alphabet. Maybe somebody will give me a barnstar when I am done but I wouldn't count on it....William 18:47, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Precisely. Epicgenius (talk) 18:48, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Thanks for that thank you! ^{See what I did there?} Nezzy ^{(Talk)｜(Editor contributions)} 18:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Oops, I forgot to sign my comment, Epicgenius (talk) 18:49, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Paradas continuas

I'm curious why you chose to rename this page. The correct Spanish spelling includes a diacritic. As the name does not commonly appear without the diacritic, and as Wikipedia does not, as far as I know, have a policy on diacritics in titles (there was a failed proposal for one), it seems to me that the title with the diacritic was superior. Pburka (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks for telling me about the mistake, but I thought that that was the common English spelling of the name. Epicgenius (talk) 19:29, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

It would only be the common English spelling if it were used that way in reliable sources. I haven't seen any English reliable sources referring to the film, so I think it's best to stick with the Spanish spelling. Pburka (talk) 21:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

That's because the film in Spanish, so most of the sources would be in Spanish. Epicgenius (talk) 21:03, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

What do you do if you unwittingly started a new Wikipedia account that uses the same email address as an old one?

I thought I couldn't access the old account because I wasn't sure about the email address. The password reset for the old account came a lot later than I expected so I wound up creating the Wikipedia account 'Leonard Teal' can the accounts be merged or something? What should I do about it?

What do you do if you unwittingly started a new Wikipedia account that uses the same email address as an old one?

I thought I couldn't access the old account because I wasn't sure about the email address. The password reset for the old account came a lot later than I expected so I wound up creating the Wikipedia account 'Leonard Teal' can the accounts be merged or something? What should I do about it? Leonard Teal (talk) 21:26, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's no big deal, really; just choose the one you want to use and only use that one going forward. There's no way to delete or merge accounts, so it's fine to just leave the other one be. Cheers! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:27, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Go ask a bureaucrat to merge them at Changing username/Usurpations if you have connected the old account with an email address. What Writ Keeper said. Epicgenius (talk) 21:28, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

FA icon

See the instructions at Template:Featured article: "This template should be placed at the bottom of the article before defaultsort, categories and interwikis." You moved the FA template to the top of Disappearance of Natalee Holloway. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:50, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: Am I also to assume that KMLs, coords, and GA icons also belong down there, too? My understanding is that the templates should be placed closest to where they visually are on the article (for example, TOC templates are usually placed on the first section of an article). Epicgenius (talk) 02:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I don't know anything about those other things ... I only speak FA :) Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:26, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I will not do these things to the FA icons next time. Epicgenius (talk) 02:27, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I found same for Template:Good article (bottom). I think that's so they won't get accidentally deleted. Makes sense to me. By the way, your ping didn't work ... weird ... I saw you had responded on my watchlist, but I didn't get a notification ping. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: To get notification pings, you have to go to Special:Preferences and check the relevant boxes under the "Notifications" tab. You may not be getting the pings because the box is not checked. Epicgenius (talk) 02:30, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I get pings ... and I got this one! First one glitched ... maybe because I happened to hit your talk page the same time you sent it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:38, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay. Then, that ping problem is solved! Epicgenius (talk) 02:40, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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Please join Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon on December 6, 2013! Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for borough articles on the history and the communities. Drop-ins welcome 10am-7pm!--Pharos (talk) ~~~~~

Leonti Mroveli

See Ingushetia and Chechnya - one of these is the source of the repeated edits. Of the sources used, only the Science J Nichols piece might be a RS and I have no idea what it says. Dougweller (talk) 11:35, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

@Dougweller: I am very sorry, but I have to admit that I have no idea what you are talking about. Best, Epicgenius (talk) 15:18, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

My fault. The material you removed with [1] is copied from one of those articles and is dubious at best. Dougweller (talk) 16:09, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I understand now. Anyway, I had restored the text because at the time, it seemed appropriate for the article, to me. I will look into it. Epicgenius (talk) 16:11, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

It looks like a copypaste from Ingushetia#Origin of Ingushetia.27s population. Epicgenius (talk) 16:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

It is, and that's badly sourced and might be pov. I'd need to look more. Dougweller (talk) 17:39, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

It is POV. See this ref, from Ingushetia. Epicgenius (talk) 17:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Inverted Totalitarianism

Why are you restoring an irrelevant rant on the Inverted Totalitarianism page? It's political opinion nothing to do with Wolin's theory. It's clear you know SFA about the subject — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.90.196.15 (talk) 17:59, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) I agree that it is a huge wall of text. However, you removed the whole thing. Epicgenius (talk) 18:02, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
  • Which is reasonable to do, since the entire this was POV/OR, essentially unsourced (the few rferences thrown in supported specific facts but not the conclusions drawn from them, a classic case of WP:SYNTHESIS). This is a contentious subject area, which means that care needs to be taken to support each and every statement with a reference which specifically pertains to that statement. We cannot have such blocks of unsourced personal political analysis in our encyclopedia. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:18, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
    • (edit conflict) (2) I didn't analyse the text carefully. I shall do so next time to check for OR and POV text. Epicgenius (talk) 18:21, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Reverted edit of Hugo Treffner Gymnasium article

Hi! I noticed that you reverted my edit of the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium. I would very much appreciate it if you didn't do so in the future as I am doing this for a research paper as practical work and everything is being done by the instructions of my instructor. If you keep reverting my edits, he will give me a bad grade and I really don't want that to happen. Thanks!

The revert is  Done and I am also editing Wikipedia as part of a school project (on another account). Maybe I can give you some tips... Epicgenius (talk) 18:45, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Your edit to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Treffner_Gymnasium

Dear Sir,

According to my information, you have edited/deleted parts of the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Treffner_Gymnasium I am a teacher at that school and as part of a project, two of our students are working on the article in question. As they have minimal experience on Wikipedia, they may not do everything according to rule, but I can assure you that all the information in that article is based on sound sources. The article will be even more improved in the future. Please do not edit or delete. If you have any suggestions as to how to improve the article, please turn to me.

Thank you for your co-operation! Marcus Hildebrandt marcus.hildebrandt[atttt]htg.tartu.ee Hugo Treffner Gymnasium Tartu, Estonia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.250.112.173 (talk) 18:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Good day, Mr. Hildebrandt, and thank you for your post. I was initially concerned that the content that your students added may or may not be suitable for Wikipedia, but I am not going to edit the page anymore; instead, I will let an administrator decide if the content is suitable. If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to reply to me. Thank you. Epicgenius (talk) 18:56, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Please don't do anything to the article until the end of December. The boys have to present the article as the result of the project to a committee. As they could not possibly comply with all the rules of Wikipedia and publishing articles in the short time given for their project, it would be fair to let them finish the work and not interfere with it any way. Of course, the article need improvement, which can be done in another project. Once again, thank you for your co-operation. Marcus Hildebrandt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.250.112.173 (talk) 19:08, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I will not edit the article for that time. However, a good idea would be to let them copy and paste the material of the article into their user sandbox at Special:MyPage/sandbox, make the edits to that sandbox, and then present their user sandbox rather than editing the article itself. The latter is likely to be problematic amongst the Wikipedia community. Thank you, Epicgenius (talk) 19:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Epicgenius is correct, and I have left a message on your talk page to the same effect. You cannot, and should not, attempt to prevent other Wikipedia users from editing the article so that your students have exclusive use of it, that's just not how Wikipedia works. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:51, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

re: Gary Pilgrim "highly systematic" edit

This is a significant aspect of his investment style, as he was well known for scouring a large universe of stocks and screening them through elaborate filters to select a few. I do not believe this addition is sugar coating, but relevant information.

(edit conflict) Okay, but remember that it has to presented in a neutral way. Epicgenius (talk) 20:52, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. I would suggest that your rewording is actually less neutral and less informative, however. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.32.99 (talk) 20:55, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Go ahead and re-edit it. I'm not stopping you. Epicgenius (talk) 20:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - your vigilance is appreciated!

No problem. Epicgenius (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Derailment article question response

Hello. You have a new message at Daniel Case's talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 22:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I've responded again. Daniel Case (talk) 06:38, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

MagicKirin 11

Why not do something useful and talk to me before assuming I am breaking the rules.74.104.159.130 (talk) 11:15, 4 December 2013 (UTC)