User talk:Igoldste/Archive 1

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The reason I deleted these is indeed because they were intended to promote. Promotional doesn't necessarily mean it's promoting a for-profit corporation—I've seen ad articles here for everything from charities to open-source software.

Here are some problematic parts out of these articles:

• "...offer a variety of affordable high quality instructional and administrative services..."
• "...help districts remain on the cutting edge of technology in education..."
• "...staffed by experienced professionals..."
• "...well-versed in and able to support a variety of technology platforms..."

None of these statements are whatsoever attributed to any type of reliable source which says any such thing. Nor are any secondary sources cited at all. Lacking that, they basically just appear to be glowing editorials. Whether or not it was your intent, and without intent on my part to cause any offense, the articles quite honestly looked like they could have come straight from the organizations' PR departments.

If there are secondary, independent sources which have covered these organizations, it still may be appropriate to have articles on them. (We do require that substantial amounts of material independent of the subject exist, sources published by the subject or those closely affiliated with it are not enough.) If such material does indeed exist, you are certainly welcome to write such an article. However, please remember to maintain a neutral tone, and not to put in your own experience, original synthesis, or opinion.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 15:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I see you did ask earlier regarding the difference between those. I apologize for not responding, I must have missed that among other messages. To answer the question , the Orange County Transportation article isn't in the best of shape, and very well could use some trivia and cruft cleanup. I've tagged it such and will try to do some work later today. That being said, however, the article does not editorialize or attempt to promote the agency (and even if it did, it would be likely the article could be reverted to an earlier version which did not). Also, the transportation article includes sections on problems and challenges, such as a contentious labor issue—not the type of thing one would expect to see in an ad article.

If you would like to rewrite the other article using more neutral language and reliable source material, that would likely be fine. However, if an article is promotional, and there is no neutral version to revert to, it is deleted. You would probably do better to work on a new article on that subject, if you believe there's one to be written. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:07, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

List of school districts in New York

Thanks for your comment. I have responded to your question on my talk page. That way, our discussion is all in one place. Truthanado 18:36, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Third opinion request

Hi there! I see you posted a request at 3o for a third opinion at Talk:WCDB. It seems you were requesting an opinion about the tone of the anonymous user's comment about your grammar usage. While I agree that the user's comment was un-CIVIL and possibly close to NPA (and I left a message on the anon's talk page saying so), 3o isn't intended for that kind of judgment call. 3o is more intended for informal outside opinions on an ongoing dispute, typically a content dispute, between exactly two other editors. Your "complaint" may have been better served by going to WQA or even just talking to the editor directly -- there's nothing that says you can't post to their talk page saying you were offended by their comment and you'd appreciate them moderating their tone in the future. Just a heads up, as many of the other 3o volunteers would have removed your request without responding at the talk page and posted here to direct you elsewhere. --Darkwind (talk) 16:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

SUNY Albany fight song and alma mater

The cutoff date for the public domain for all works is currently 1923. "75 years old" would put that at about 1932, so it doesn't qualify, unless it demonstrably meets the "75 years after the death of the author rule" in force at that time (that may be what you're thinking; and it might even be 90 years if current copyright law applies). (How did SUNY Albany get a fight song and alma mater that predate the school's creation? Perhaps I should read the article).

Even if it were public domain, we routinely remove such material per WP:NOT#INFO (see number 3 there; you will find that especially relevant to the instant case). Per WP:NPS they belong at wikisource (again, only if they're free), not here. A paragraph discussing the songs and their history, perhaps quoting a brief, memorable excerpt, would be more encyclopedic.

I leave it to you to revert your reversion. Daniel Case (talk) 15:27, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Can you provide a link to demonstrate that it was written in 1916? Of course, it still belongs on wikisource if so. Daniel Case (talk) 20:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Looking over the Brown link (and, more to the point, "Far Above Cayuga's Waters"), maybe we could get away with it. We'd just need some sourced history.

Actually, that article's getting long enough that we ought to consider aplitting it up. Daniel Case (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert on my user page

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Always appreciated, Gwernol 03:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Anytime--Igoldste (talk) 13:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Fried chicken: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Jauerback (talk) 04:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm running into problems with the software that I am using when I try to do both a roll back and a warn at the same time (if the roll back fails due to someone else doing it first, the software still puts up a duplicated warning, one from the successful roll back, and one from me). Any suggestions as to software that works well for you? Igoldste (talk) 13:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm using a hybrid of Twinkle, popups, and Lupin. I got the code from Oxymoron83 who got it from DerHexer. For the most part, I really like it. It's not perfect, but overall it works very well. Jauerback (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I am responding to your edit of California State Route 41. I am kinda new to editing here but have been a loyal reader for many years. I have lived in Fresno for 25 years and am interested in making sure the data and information about my city is correct. I am wondering why my edit was reverted? Any help you can give me is appreciated. My user name is cadking3. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cadking3 (talk • contribs) 06:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Igoldste. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. β^_command 13:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Warning vandals....

Hey, as always, thanks for your help fighting vandalism. Just a note that on repeated vandalism cases (such as what you and I have recently been reverting in censorship, you have to bump up the level of the warning and then request intervention. You gave several level 3 warnings, even after I left a level 4 warning. At that point, it should just be reported, not warned again (which takes the weight out of the warnings) Again, thanks for your efforts! --Loonymonkey (talk) 20:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I'm responding to the note you left on my talk page in which you said:

Hi. Thanks for the head's up. Knowing the protocol is important. After the Level 4 warning, besides being reported, should I have continued the reverts, or waited until the block was in place to do all of the revets at once? If you see me out of step with the normal procedures on anything else, please don't hesitate to clue me in. Thanks again. Igoldste (talk) 20:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, by all means continue reverting the vandalism until the user is blocked (they can be quite active in the interim so it's good to stay on top of it) but once they've been Final Warned and an admin intervention request has been submitted it's not necessary to warn again (in fact it's better not to). Also, in cases of repeated blatant vandalism (page blanking, racist obscenities, etc.) it's okay to skip a level when warning (such as going from level 1 to 3) but there always has to be a recent level 4 warning in place before reporting it. As always, thanks for your help! --Loonymonkey (talk) 02:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

You'd better look again

I added a better image from Wiki-Commons to the List of Gibson players which... for some oddball reason... you identified as vandalism???? Did you actually look at the edit? I rightfully removed your warning message from my talk page... and then you turned around and put it back??? Thats the second blunder you've tagged on me in the last few days (You erroneously thought that WP:LC cleaning was vandalism) If you suffer from "anti-anon" bias then you;d better find another hobby :D . I used to have a user account and had over 20000 edits with it before I rejected it for the "purity" of anonymous editing. Wikipedia was built on the strength of IP editors. Usernames and accounts are useless unless you have ambitions to be an admin. I turned down over a dozen admin nominations prior to joining the ranks of the noble anons. Please check all your edits carefully before issuing any warnings. Misuse of "the tools" does not sit well with the Wiki-community. If you need help don't hesitate to ask. I have lots of admin friends who can help you. 156.34.214.181 (talk) 23:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Reverts?

Why are you making reverts to an image change at List of Gibson players? If you use an automated tool to revert you need to make sure what you are reverting is actually vandalism (which this isn't). --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 23:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. I made a mistake. Apologized on the user's talk page; retracted the block request, and attempted to undo my revert, but found that it had already been done. Igoldste (talk) 23:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You should probably IP ban my address from editing...

...because it's my school's new one. We just changed ISPs. Either that or brace for vandalism. 67.94.41.61 (talk) 15:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[1]

Rather not acceptable ;). You can undo *only* articles (mainspace of Wikipedia) Greets 83.9.255.223 (talk) 04:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Not really. "As a matter of practice user talk pages are generally not deleted" --Igoldste (talk) 15:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Page Linked

Oh, I am sorry about that, the correct page was Niskayuna High School, not Mohonasen High School as I had linked. I've deleted my comment. Thank you for noticing, and sorry again. Nick Garvey (talk) 12:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

1080

Hello, I deleted that content as it was clearly in wrongly. I assume you are watching with some kind of attack-bot that saw I was an IP and didn't leave a note in the edit summary? I'll try and remember to put something in next time, it is a lazy habit. As is not signing in to my account too I suppose... 195.60.20.81 (talk) 12:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw a large deletion without any comment, which is why I reverted it, and did not revert when I saw your second edit with a comment. Take care. --Igoldste (talk) 12:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Hi Igoldste, Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my talk page!   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 00:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thankee!

Thanks for reverting the attack comment on my user talk page! —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:31, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia.

How are my edits to Xandir, in any way or form, vandalism??? --134.241.28.252 (talk) 16:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

• I undo vandalism on BIKINI state and you revert me?--81.129.142.136 (talk) 23:33, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I won't vandalise again, this is the only way I know how to say sorry though. I apologize. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.179.203.52 (talk) 15:25, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Please elaborate

How, exactly, are my edits "vandalism"? I am insulted. 143.89.188.6 (talk) 13:57, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

It was the "attention grabbing whore" that tipped me off. --Igoldste (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Wait. You're saying that's not true? 143.89.188.6 (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

That's your point of view -- Wikipedia runs from a neutral point of view. -¤Belinrahs ^talk/_contribs¤

Sorry, please see WP:NPOV. You see, if my point of view is just a point of view, your point of view is just another point of view, not the neutral point of view. Get it? My point of view is that your point of view that my point of view is not a neutral point of view, is not a neutral point of view. There. 143.89.188.6 (talk) 14:03, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

You seem to fail to recognize that there's a difference between one's point of view and a neutral point of view. I'm very familiar with Wikipedia policy. Your edits are vandalism and if you continue you WILL be blocked from Wikipedia. -¤Belinrahs ^talk/_contribs¤

I wouldn't even dignify 143.89.188.6 response with a reply 68.48.57.3 (talk) 21:16, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Freeport

I notice that you've also done some maintenance of the Freeport, New York article. Are you also originally from there? - Jmabel | Talk 19:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Yup. I grew up there. Worked at South Shore Chemists, and at King George while in HS. Nice work on your recent cleanup to the article. Take care. --Igoldste (talk) 15:51, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

King George! We must be from about the same era. I'm FHS class of '72. - Jmabel | Talk 05:22, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Class of '75. I was involved with WFHS and was very influenced by Ira Schildkraut. --Igoldste (talk) 15:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I think you are the first Freeporter of roughly my generation I've run across here on Wikipedia. - Jmabel | Talk 17:14, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

University at Albany

Hello,

I noticed that you reverted the UAlbany logo back to the seal. Please note that I am changing it back to the logo again at the request of Catherine Herman, VP of Communications & Marketing. The seal is intended to be used only for official documents such as certificates and medallions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fountain3 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

R.E. Warning Levels

One of the users already had a level 2 template, however I have seen level 3 after level 1 and I assumed that there was no problem with this. I have even seen Level 4 as users first warning and/or a block after level 1, however I ensure that a user has had plenty of warning before a level 4 or considering reporting a user to administrators. FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  18:24, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to User talk:66.102.80.212 has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. 66.102.80.212 (talk) 01:35, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

An unhappy editor? --Igoldste (talk) 01:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the vandal watch

[2] I like to see that the high-vandal articles are well-watched by an assortment of fast-reverting editors. --KP Botany (talk) 03:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Go Man Go

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		Thank you so much for all your help in reverting vandalism on Go Man Go while it was on the main page. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Articles on French royalty

IG: I *picked* you after noticing the many vandal reversions you make. How do we go about getting articles such as those on Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette semi-protected? Is it done automatically after a period of constant vandalism? Silly question as I know it is not. 90 percent of daily interventions on these articles are by vandals. Thank you in advance. Frania W. (talk) 21:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Battlefield Heroes

I don't quite understand why you reverted my edit of the battlefield heroes article. The article, before editing, was filled with mistakes / redundances ( There are 2 customization and 2 Vehicle sections, in each case both saying the same thing) In addition, most of the information provided is provided in violation of the Non Disclosure Agreement signed between EA and BF:H beta-testers. Theoretically, only information given out by EA/DICE should be on the page. I tried to do my best to remove content which was obviously not in its place / let alone what has already been divulged by the producer of the game. If you feel there is a legitimate reason to revert to the former edit, could you please give it to me ? Also, did you read the changes before reverting everything ? Garzhul (talk) 20:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:NYCD

Hi there. Being at SUNY Albany, you may want to consider joining Wikiproject New York Capital District, a project geared towards bettering articles relating to the Albany area. No obligations, but I thought you might be interested. Happy editing. :-) upstateNYer 21:12, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Edits

I do not see how they are unconstructuive, I trying to make them all consistent, 2008 and 2009 recent deaths followed that format. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.50.204.87 (talk) 03:06, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

How are adding leading zeros to a two digit number constructive? --Igoldste (talk) 03:12, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

When you sort the table in terms of age, it makes it accurate. Without them, when your sort the table it isnt accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.50.204.87 (talk) 03:19, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Humans do not need the leading zeros to sort numbers correctly. --Igoldste (talk) 03:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Correct, however the sorting system definitively does. Here is just a sample how distorted it is.

Italy 	Carlo Orelli[1] 	23 December 1894 	22 January 2005 	110 years, 30 days 	F
United States 	Alice Thomas[1] 	24 August 1894 	5 July 2005 	110 years, 315 days 	F
Italy 	Pasqualina Colli-Vaccarolo[1] 	17 May 1894 	29 March 2005 	110 years, 316 days 	F
United States 	Margaret Helene Ellis[1] 	24 February 1894 	22 January 2005 	110 years, 333 days 	F
United States 	Viva McComb[1] 	29 March 1894 	3 March 2005 	110 years, 339 days 	F
United States 	Ella Mae Stumpe[1] 	12 July 1895 	16 August 2005 	110 years, 35 days 	F
United States 	Ibra Jones[1] 	4 April 1894 	21 March 2005 	110 years, 351 days 	F
United States 	Perfecta Luera[1] 	16 June 1895 	23 July 2005 	110 years, 37 days 	F
United States 	Nancy Spicer[1] 	15 January 1895 	22 February 2005 	110 years, 38 days 	F
Italy 	Tullia Pesce[1] 	23 February 1895 	3 April 2005 	110 years, 39 days 	F
Japan 	Natsu Kumagawa[1] 	9 August 1895 	30 September 2005 	110 years, 52 days 	F
Japan 	Kohachi Shigetaka[1] 	10 May 1895 	3 July 2005 	110 years, 54 days 	M  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.50.204.87 (talk) 03:30, 10 October 2009 (UTC) 

Blaming the computer to account for ugly text seems silly. If you are going to use an automated utility that does not follow conventions for writing, then I would suggest that you clean up the text prior to posting it. --Igoldste (talk) 13:51, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

First Telephone Central Office photo

Hi Igoldste: I'm an A.G. Bell guy who regularly contributes to articles related to him, such as this one . Can you provide more info on the telephone company in Albany that the historical marker was erected for? Best: HarryZilber (talk) 02:19, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Harry - Hi. I was just walking around downtown Albany and saw the sign. NY State Education Department put up signs like this from the mid 1920's to the 1960's. After that, private organizations put up similar signs to commemorate other events, with this one sponsored by the Telephone Pioneers of America. I'm not sure if the national or local group put the sign up. I'm afraid that is all that I've got. Take care --Igoldste (talk) 04:04, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

A tip-

First- I'd like to thank you for all your hard work in cleaning up the Albany County historical marker article. Second- there's alot missing, one I know of off the top of my head is at the corner of Second Ave and South Pearl St in the city of Albany. It commemorates Daniel P. O'Connell's birthplace. There are a series of markers also on Broadway in front of the Plaza (the big grassy area in front of old D&H headquarters, not the Empire State Plaza) which arent the traditional blue markers on a pole but still might be good for your list and are definitely interesting. I believe there are three or four, the first one unreadable, each subsequent one describes what the one before it states (Albany is seriously that old that we need markers to commemorate markers that commemorate a marker that commemorates an event!)

I also hope you join wp:CAPDIS, we could use you and your opinions and help looking over the relevant articles. If you have any events or buildings that you would like an article made on, I would like to work with you.Camelbinky (talk) 02:20, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip and the invite. I've got several more shots that need clean-up, and should be up-loaded in the next few days. Take care, --Igoldste (talk) 02:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

For the Arbitration Committee,
Risker (talk) 08:10, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

What are you talking about ?

I never edited "Cuba - United Relation" thing that you accused me for. I never even visited any page of that sort. The only pages that I actually do edit are for "Americas Best Dance Crew" if I see any information should be added or deleted. You probably got the wrong IP address. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.77.169 (talk) 21:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jokulsarlon

FYI, An image of yours has been nominated at Featured picture candidates. Regards, Jujutacular ^talk 03:48, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

• That is so cool. Thanks.--Igoldste (talk) 15:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
  • No problem. Very nice work by the way, as you can see by the supports piling up :) Feel free to upload and nominate more anytime! Jujutacular ^talk 21:26, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jokulsarlon

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Jokulsarlon Panorama.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Maedin\talk 09:21, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Your image

It's at the top of Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-11-15/Features_and_admins. Tony (talk) 12:49, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Huggle/Twinkle

Twinkle doesn't work and Huggle doesn't load. How are you on it? Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 15:21, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't know. All that I did was download the most recent version. The only problem that I'm having is that some of the warns are taking a few minutes to finish. --Igoldste (talk) 15:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Your Work with Counter-Vandalism...

is excellent. Keep it up. HistoryStudent113^{(talk to me)} 22:01, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Pesky's Pole

I added a response to your revision on http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Pesky%27s_Pole . Please reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.104.159.167 (talk) 03:26, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

I removed what appears to be someone "tagging" the file with their name. --Igoldste (talk) 22:57, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

wrong dude

hey dude man you are triple wrong i want to go to spain haha — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.108.69.107 (talk) 02:28, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Poppy Z Brite

Hi, not sure what is going on with the pronouns on Poppy Z Brite's article. I thought it was established that the article would use male pronouns when referring to this author? Am I right that you are changing these to female pronouns, or have I misread the diffs? Totorotroll (talk) 08:19, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

mike leach

I think it's appropriate... and accurate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.153.126 (talk) 06:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Mammography revert

Not sure why you reverted my cleanup on the mammography page. The existing version has formatting/grammar problems: no space before the parenthetical reference, no period on the end of the sentence (after the ref). MacMog (talk) 07:15, 3 December 2011 (UTC) you all suck just kindding

You are right. Not sure what happened there. I've reverted my revert. Sorry about that. --Igoldste (talk) 13:30, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

why yes it's a mistake

Whimsical unicorns are responsible for everything. They can neither been seen smelt or detected because they are invisible. They are pushing the galaxies together. I learend it in school — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.145.82.117 (talk) 15:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

hi... i think this is a little more constuctive...but the site needs much more. let me know what you think.(newcomenNewcomen (talk) 16:23, 6 December 2011 (UTC))

A barnstar for you!

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		this is for constantly beating me to reverting vandalism :D Glacialfox (talk) 02:16, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Bias Commentary in regards to Bold and the Beautiful Characters.

Brooke Logan was a virgin when she and Ridge first started dating along with Caroline Spencer. The majority of the so called facts that's listed on the Taylor Hayes Page, Bridget Forrester Page, Nick Marone Page are bogus. Even though the Logans are a major part of the show you all have just recently added information about Donna Logan and Katie Logan. I thought this was suppose to be an encyclopedia and not a fan site for Taylor Fans or Anti-Brooke fans. Just because those fans favorite such as Stephanie or Taylor called Brooke slxt and whxre for years doesn't make it true and Youtube.com is proving that. Please get your facts straight. I'm not a Brooke fan but I'm a fan of the truth. And everytime someone types up the truth at Wikipedia in regards to Brooke Logan someone comes and removes it calling it fan fiction. It is not fan fiction if it's on youtube.com. Most of the articles and the information you have here is fan fiction. So if you want to remove that Brooke was a virgin when she first met Ridge and moved in with him fine. But you're erasing the truth. I've been a viewer every since the show began in 1987 and I'm just fed up with all of these lies people tell and their re-writing of history. And this is a rewrite of history. Caroline and Brooke were both virgins and friends, Caroline married Thorne due to Ridge's infidelity and Brooke asked Caroline if she could date Ridge. Caroline said yes. Ridge romanced Brooke who was innocent at the time and told him it was her first time being intimate with anyone. She also did like her daughter Hope and refused to give up her virginity to Dave Reed the cop and she primarily kissed on him a lot the same as Hope did with Liam. Dating and kissing only etc. As I said before I've watched this show from it's inception and I suggest that if you guys can't find legitimate facts except for hearsay and fan fiction then you all need to stop writing for all of the Bold and the Beautiful characters. Some people love characters who are criminals and can make them into heroines and some hate characters that are noble such as Hope which is a character alot of fans hate due to her stance on virginity. Some are already calling her a slxt at fan sites due to her kissing her ex-fiancee who ran off and left her in a heart beat to marry Steffy after she tricked him. As I said before perception. But Hope is still a virgin and not a slxt. You all need to revaluate whose actually writing these summaries of characters because most of it is inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.226.21.162 (talk) 02:39, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

OK, I obviously touched a nerve. I reverted the edit because it neither had an edit summary (making the change seem random, esp. in light of the change), nor (to my eye) did it appear to add to the article. If this is a key point, then I would encourage you to improve the article to make this clearer. Best. --Igoldste (talk) 19:31, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

whitbybird

Dear Ira,

Whitbybird and whitby and bird existed for 25 years as an independent and highly regarded engineering practice before merging with Ramboll in 2007. The Newcomem Society (the oldest engineering history society in the world are interested in engineering history. I am trying to establish for the society a Wikipedia entry relating to whitbybird....could you therefore please let us get on with it as we are being constantly frustrated by your repeated assimilation of our efforts into Ramboll. The site cites Ramboll and offers a clear 'follow on link'. Could you explain why you see it as appropriate to redirect.

Newcomen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newcomen (talk • contribs) 12:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Dear Newcomen, -- Hi! Are you referring to the single revert that I made to Whitbybird when you blanked the page without any edit summary? If so, you should know that blanking an article's page will most likely be reverted in short order by someone looking for mal-edits. Also, I would encourage you to use the edit summary to let others know what you are doing. Given a blanking of a page, w/o any reason, I reverted the change; and would do that again given the same circumstances.

You mention "being constantly frustrated by your repeated assimilation of our efforts". I am not aware of anything beyond that one revert. If that is not the case, please let me know what reverts you disagree with, and we can talk them out.

Best, --Igoldste (talk) 17:31, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I reverted his repeated blanking of the page and he seems to be convinced it was you, even though I left him warnings. I can tell that he's simply confused (and not deliberately vandalizing) but complete blanking is never acceptable. — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 17:57, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Jeraphine, Hi! I don't think that they are doing this deliberately either. For a while, it looked as if the Whitbybird page was coming along as a new stub. Given that Newcomen seems passionate about this, what would you think of putting the page back to the 05:44, December 9, 2011 revision (including the unreferenced and uncategorized tags) and seeing where it goes from there?

Best, --Igoldste (talk) 18:26, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I help'd. :3 — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 12:47, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Good. I'll put that text back, --Igoldste (talk) 12:49, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Looks like you've already started on the editing. I found a cite for the incorporation date and made a couple of minor copy-edits. Thanks --Igoldste (talk) 13:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Driving under the influence page edit

Hi Ira,
I have a message about my edit I added, that you supposedly unedited:
"..an external link you added seems inappropriate according to our guidelines, and has been removed."
page edited URL: http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Driving_under_the_influence&oldid=465532351

If the external link is what's unacceptable, why isn't just the link removed instead of ALL the rest of the edit along with it?

I don't exactly have gobs of time to figure out all this complicated guides and navigate this complex setup that Wiki has, to make any good edits without making some kind of mistake or error. I'm not a scholarly writer with all my walls covered up with university degrees.,
Since this Wiki scheme seems to be partly about "editors editing other editors",..
Would it be appropriate to just ask you to reformat my edit to meet the guidelines.. and maintain my point I am making with my "edit"?
..and put back (verify? = what you cannot prove false) back on there ??
Sincerely
Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by VigilanteLawyer (talk • contribs) 05:49, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Thomas, Hi! Actually, the link was just one part of it; I saw an article which had an inappropriate tone; and the text that seemed biased (take a look at Wikipedia:Tendentious editing, which describes what partisan editing looks like). If you feel that the DUI article does not portray a balanced perspective, then by all means, please enhance it. However, before you do, I would suggest that in addition to reading about writing with a neutral point of view, you may want to Article development, Writing better articles for additional reading.

If you want, you can start a draft page at User:VigilanteLawyer/Driving under the influence that has your additions, and I would be more than happy to look it over before you place it in the live article.

Best, --Igoldste (talk) 12:45, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

thank you...i will take sometime out to read the advice to editors...itsa great site. newcomen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newcomen (talk • contribs) 14:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

So sorry I did not mean to do anything wrong I did not even know what wikipedia is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.104.185 (talk) 23:38, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! a1524c90b3dfd0f2d9d8f0d7747c34ee

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POTD notification

POTD

Hi Ira,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Jokulsarlon Panorama.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 15, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-06-15. —howcheng {chat} 19:53, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

howcheng - Hi. It looks great. Thanks so much (for this and for taking care of the POTDs!) --Ira Goldstein (talk) 21:39, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Axel Sveinsson

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BTW...

The ISP address you left the message I'm responding to on is not a static address.

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Butbut why?

I luv Ness Ziyyona because it's a city full of arsim and and and and and it's awesome y u no let me editit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AvivBaronFan (talk • contribs) 17:09, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to edit, but the changes need to be constructive, and not arbitrary edits --Ira Goldstein (talk) 17:13, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Armenian Surnames

The article is full of mistakes. The 3rd section below is full of Georgian surnames. I demand to edit it or make it invisible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.26.135 (talk) 12:40, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I reverted your edits because of biased content (e.g. " We steal much from our neighbors Georgians and there was a list full of Georgian surnames. We apologize Georgians for this behavior.")--Ira Goldstein (talk) 12:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Armenian Surnames

I demand to remove the 3rd section of this article because it's full of mistakes. It's full of Georgian surnames. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.26.135 (talk) 12:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Armenian Surnames

Remove the 3rd section! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.26.135 (talk) 12:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Book(s) of Kings

Ok, I'll take your word for that. Thanks for informing me PiCo (talk) 07:47, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

File:Herman Melville Historical Marker.jpg

The photo should be transferred to Commons. However, that cannot happen unless both the image and the subject plaque are both either freely licensed or PD. The PD status of the marker does not affect your license of the image, but it must be included in the description. Therefore the file needs the tags I gave it. . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk to me • contribs) 10:07, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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My edit on the "Rob Hall" page

Hi Igoldste, I believe you have made a mistake - I changed "Hall" to "Ball" as it was Gary BALL who died in 1993, not Rob Hall. HALL died in 1996. Please double check this edit.

• You are correct. I've reverted my edit. Sorry. Ira Goldstein (talk) 04:50, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Halloween Bandits

Next time an article author blanks an article with the edit summary "Delete", instead of warning them against blanking... take a hint and tag with with WP:CSD#G7, kay? :) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 05:22, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Salvidrim, Hi! I'm sorry if I missed a {{Db-author}} or similar addition. All that I saw was a summary with "Delete", which did not make it clear to me what was intended. Best, --Ira Goldstein (talk) 13:30, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

If an article author blanks the article with the edit summary "Delete", I think it's actually quite clear what was intended... you can just add {{Db-blanked}}. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 14:40, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yorgos lanthimos birthdate

Hi igoldste How are you so certain that yorgos lanthimos birthday is on may 27th??? My regards from Greece.78.87.250.80 (talk) 16:10, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi. There is very little that I am certain of. However, my experience has shown that edits containing the removal of and changes to dates or numbers that do not have edit summaries are typically mistakes. If you have a source that has another date, by all means, please correct the page (and cite the source), and describe your changes in the edit summary.

Best, --Ira Goldstein (talk) 21:46, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello again. If it makes any difference, I would like to inform you that according to the Greek interior ministry search engine, yorgos lanthimos birth date is on September the 23rd. Still, I do not intend to make any changes on the article. I shall just leave it up to you to decide if you want to accept this source.

Greetings, --78.87.250.80 (talk) 08:38, 9 January 2016 (UCT)

Класа сложености

I've removed your speedy nomination of that, as it doesn't seem to exist on another Wikipedia project (Serbian in this case) and just being in a foreign language is not, in itself, enough for speedy deletion under A2. In this case, it's better to list the article at WP:PNT, in the hope that someone more conversant in Serbian may be able to give a call on it or translate it. Valenciano (talk) 23:19, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

While it doesn't exist on another Wikipedia project, if it already exists in the English Wikipedia (as I think it does in Computational complexity theory), then what should it be tagged as?

Thanks --Ira Goldstein (talk) 23:33, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, if you're sure it is that, then WP:A10. Valenciano (talk) 23:39, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Using Google Translate, it seems to be a subset of the existing English page. --Ira Goldstein (talk) 23:42, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Your NYS Historical Marker Photo

Hi Ira-

I'm writing to your to ask for permission to use your photo of the NYS Historical Marker that you include on your wiki page about historical markers in New York for non-commercial (strictly educational) purposes. My intent would be to photoshop the text off the marker and include code that would allow users to input their own text on to the marker as part of a library information literacy exercise. It's a great photo; very well centered, great resolution and the colors are nice and bright. Please let me know if this would be agreeable to you! Thanks so much!

Best,

MandyB123 (talk) 14:51, 10 May 2016 (UTC) Mandy (also a SUNY Albany grad!)

Mandy,

Hi. It would be my pleasure to have you use it. If possible, once it is up and running, I'd love to see the finished results.

Best,

--Ira Goldstein (talk) 22:53, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Office of Ratepayer Advocates

Hey I was editing the Office of Ratepayer Advocates page and you removed my section on Policy and Planning under the branches? I don't understand why. I work at ORA and that branch definitely exists. Let me know, thanks! Shania18 (talk) 22:22, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Shania,

Hi. The typo at the top of "SB 960 also ma de the DRA Director a gubernatorial appointee subject to Senate confirmation." is what I noticed and prompted undoing the change. I've reverted my edit and have corrected the typo.

Best,

Ira Goldstein (talk) 03:46, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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