User talk:ITBF

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• Lorenzo Gamboa
• Próspero Cahuantzi
• interesting image formating at Percy Glading / John/Eleanor Rykener

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Care

WP:RS and WP:CITE Paul hasluck edit is classic case - smells of WP:COPYVIO - text like that doesnt come out of thin air specially when it looks like you have not done so - WP:OR and WP:V might also be considered JarrahTree 00:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Category:Lawrence of Rome has been nominated for discussion

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Democrats

Hi, and thanks for seconding my political-party template request. To help clear up any doubt about this IP edit, the guy is actually right. It was always a feature of the Democrats senators that they could (and often did) exercise a conscience vote in any division. Party bloc-voting was one of the detestable traditions which Don Chipp regularly railed about. Conscience voting was enshrined in AD policy, stimulating a great deal of membership in the early Democrats. Cheers. Bjenks (talk) 06:37, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Further to my efforts to obtain a "deregistered" template parameter for the Democrats article, a template guru has placed the idea in the too-hard basket. I've given up! Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 08:46, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Bjenks Yes I noticed that the other day. What a bizarre response! I read your reply, and I guess we probably don't need to have that infobox parameter. However, I've worked out that it still could be added using blank parameters, i.e.:

| blank1_title = Deregistered

| blank1 = 2015

The only trouble is that this would appear at the bottom of the infobox, rather than just below the "Founded" parameter. I'll let you decide if you think it's worth adding in that way. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:25, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Sounds Ok--I won't object. Watch out for the bogyman! Bjenks (talk) 13:16, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Fuck right off.

Roxy the dog. bark 17:55, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

IgnorantArmies

FYI, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bozzio. Sro23 (talk) 00:05, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Ok?? Ivar the Boneful (talk) 06:07, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Need source link correction for your uploaded Joyce image

Per https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnaby_Joyce_official_portrait.jpg the source link you provided appears incorrect and as such will shortly be deleted if not fixed. Are you able to find the correct source link and update it and then remove the 'no source since' tag? Thanks. Timeshift (talk) 07:13, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Qin Shi Huang

Sorry, but Qin Shi Huang is not eligible for inclusion on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 10, as it has one section does not have enough references. Thanks for the suggestion, though. —howcheng {chat} 17:33, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Marriage template

Please note that per Template talk:Marriage/Archive 4#RfC: Removal of "widowed" function, the "widowed" function of the marriage template is no longer recommended. Many thanks, DrKay (talk) 18:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Ivy Wedgwood

Hi, I'm one of the promoters at DYK. I've spent over an hour looking for a biography to slot into Prep 3, and yours is the first well-written, well-sourced article I found that meets all the DYK criteria without any fuss. Good work! Yoninah (talk) 22:04, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ivy Wedgwood

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Women in the Australian Senate

Hey, just wanted to say great idea with the numbers in this list! It's a great solution to making sure we don't end up missing people or miscounting, and it also helps to clarify the people who came in at the same time. I'm going to extend it to the HoR and the rest of the state lists. Frickeg (talk) 03:19, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Please be careful

After moving the Tom Frame page to Tom Frame (comics), you added an orphan tag to it. It was only an orphan because you moved it. Its previous location (Tom Frame) had several incoming links. I have updated them and removed the tag. Please be more aware of how moves impact other pages in the future. Thanks! Argento Surfer (talk) 12:44, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

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Keating image

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I suspect that you are also editing as 95.145.130.94 (talk · contribs). Please stick to one account at time please in line with the guidance at Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. Nick-D (talk) 09:25, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Well, I'm not. I have only edited with a single account and I am quite happy for my IP address to be visible so this can be verified. I have nothing to hide, unlike certain others. Ivar the Boneful @ 220.253.157.110 (talk) 09:49, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Agnes Robertson

Thanks for your edits to Members of the Australian Senate, 1953–1956. Do the 56-59 & 59-62 pages need to be changed as well ? Find bruce (talk) 23:37, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes, they certainly do! That must have slipped by the original creator. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 04:13, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Agnes Robertson

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Hi, I just promoted your hook to Prep 5. I just wanted to say that it's a great hook! I honestly thought she'd been serving in the senate for decades and changed parties at the last minute. I wish all hooks were as good as this! Best, Yoninah (talk) 20:34, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Result of the 3RR complaint

Please see this result. Both of you are risking a block if you make further reverts prior to talk page agreement. The steps of WP:Dispute resolution are open to you. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 14:55, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Friendly invitation

Hey there. Now started a discussion about your issue on talk. look forward to discussing with you and why exactly you have a problem with this?Brownlife (talk) 20:57, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Also please in future on any other articles we both edit simply bring up a discussion on the talk page instead.Brownlife (talk) 02:49, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Agnes Robertson

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Dumbest revert I've seen for a little while

Why would you have thought that this was a good idea, exactly? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Latham&diff=807156852&oldid=806895784

Hello Mr/Ms IP, I reverted your (I assume?) edit because it's poor English – see adjective order for an explanation. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 14:47, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

It is poor English to imply that someone is no longer Australian when you merely want to indicate that they are no longer a politician. 148.122.187.2 (talk) 15:16, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

There's no ambiguity, as no native speaker of English would interpret "former Australian politician" to mean that the individual is no longer an Australian. You're analysing it as if it's formal logic, but it isn't. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 15:21, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

There is ambiguity, which is clear to any educated native English speaker. It's clear what is meant but it's clear that the meaning is not well specified. The grammar rules are well known and simple. 148.122.187.2 (talk) 15:29, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

As I stated above, "Australian former politician" contravenes the standard English adjective order; if you can find a style guide or any other source that says otherwise please let me know. I don't go out of my way to correct it, but if I see it being added I'll continue to remove it. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 15:37, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

For example, here: in modification structures involving at least one operator adjective like former or alleged (i.e. of type <<s,<e,t>>,<e,t>>), adjective ordering restrictions do not apply 148.122.187.2 (talk) 15:49, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

...and the same paper states "adjective ordering restrictions apply only to sequences where different orders yield different semantic interpretations", which is exactly what you're arguing against. [2] Here's a paper which specifically lists "former" as a scope-taking adjective (p. 17) and therefore first in the pecking order. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 16:42, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

You totally misunderstood. If different orders lead to different semantic interpretations, then obviously, the order to choose must be the one corresponding to the semantic interpretation you intend. If different orders have the same semantic interpretation, then normal adjective order applies. "Big blue house" means the same as "blue big house", but "Australian former politician" does not mean the same as "former Australian politician".145.15.244.20 (talk) 20:37, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Perhaps you should try learning about the populations you are trying to reclassify before making edits that can only be described as enormously ignorant at best, and bigoted at worst.2601:84:4502:61EA:65A6:1187:CF1C:195C (talk) 06:06, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

And good job going over WP:3RR. In less than an hour to boot. 2601:84:4502:61EA:65A6:1187:CF1C:195C (talk) 06:14, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

"Classifying all Jews as middle easterners is antisemitic and refusing to call Romani european is antiziganist."

No, what YOU are doing is antisemitic, and way over the 3RR limit. I'd tell you to stop, but that ship has long since sailed. I suspect you will be banned soon. Ciao.2601:84:4502:61EA:65A6:1187:CF1C:195C (talk) 07:43, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

November 2017

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Racism in the United States

Hello Ivar the Boneful. Thank you for your recent improvements to Racism in the United States. I know the trolls can be annoying, but please try not to violate WP:3RR. It isn't worth it. Make your edit, and then argue your case on the article's talk page. Cooler heads will prevail. I know from experience that it's easier said than done, but please try. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 20:24, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

<Personal attack redacted>

Talk:Julie Payette

Greetings. You may wish to familiarize yourself with WP's talk page guidelines regarding constructive contributions. To wit:

Article talk pages should be used to discuss ways to improve an article; not to criticize, pick apart, or vent about the current status of an article or its subject. This is especially true on the talk pages of biographies of living people [...] the talk page is for discussing how to improve the article, not vent your feelings about it.

Frankly, I'm not seeing anything constructive about the (overheated) comment by Randal Oulton that you restored here. I would urge a self-revert on this one. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 04:30, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

asking why material hasn't been included is not "venting". you can revert if you want, it will stay in the article history as evidence anyway. Randal Oulton may have his own opinions and you might ask him to rephrase instead of just deleting, because that way it looks like suppression / censorship. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 07:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Pardon me, but that seems a little paranoid. This isn't a legal proceeding, nor am I a government censor, just a volunteer editor like yourself. WP:BLP and WP:PROPORTION are pretty clear: just because something scandalous has been published about a person doesn't make it encyclopedic info. WP is not a tabloid (I'm assuming this was prompted by the car accident issue, but after all, Oulton didn't specify just which factual omissions they objected to). —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 08:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry if I gave off the wrong impression, I probably worded that poorly. I didn't mean it as an attack or an accusation on you, it's just that that article has a history of paid / COI editing. :) Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:30, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

There's a great deal of info about her that people are currently discussing out there. The controversy about her has ramped up owing to her inaugural speech this week. I'd rather people can check the information on Wiki, where we can hope there will at least be an attempt to keep it impartial and objective. As it stands, the article has been scrubbed and it shows frankly, and I was startled how bare it was when I came to it. Start a section called "Controversy" or whatever, and put the stuff there. Or not, I really don't mind. Like I said, all the info is out there elsewhere on the web anyway. Randal Oulton (talk) 04:09, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Disappearance of Harold Holt

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Rfc notice

An Rfc is opened at Charles, Prince of Wales concerning that article's lead. You many want to put that article on your watchlist :) GoodDay (talk) 17:26, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Women's biographies

Hi there, Ivar. I'm impressed by all the new biographies you have been creating recently. Maybe you would like to join the Women in Red project where we are striving to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia. You might also like to look at our World Contest which is running until the end of November. It's not too late to add your articles to the "Articles achievement" list there. Keep up the good work and let me know if there's anything I can do to help you along. (cc Dr. Blofeld)--Ipigott (talk) 11:55, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I actually heard about the contest a while back, but I completely forgot about until a few days ago. Hopefully I can still sneak in and snare some of the minor prizes! I've actually already added most of the articles I created lately to the main list (I think that's what you were referring to, if not let me know). Ivar the Boneful (talk) 12:06, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. If you have time, you can add all the others to the main list too - or if you want to take part in the contest, add them with your user name under the countries. Let me know if you need any help.--Ipigott (talk) 15:10, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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Jean Springer

FYI, there seems to be some dispute about this person's date of birth–I've seen sources saying 1939 or 1946-ish. My guess is that the 1939 source is correct as it seems to come from personal information, but I thought it was worth explanining in an endnote. Blythwood (talk) 19:52, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. This source is quite explicit, but I agree the discrepancy is worth noting. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 19:58, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Hi, don't forget to add your articles to the main list, I added a few you did yesterday! I wasn't sure if you were going to add them in a bunch later. Anyway, keep up the great work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:25, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for creating the article on Shirley Raines and all of the work you've done creating content this month! Owlsmcgee (talk) 06:36, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	for great work in creating many articles on notable Jamaicans. E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:16, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Another barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
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Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Harold Holt

Hi, do you know why this hook keeps being moved out of the Special Occasion holding area for December 17? Yoninah (talk) 19:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

The article is already listed at Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 17, and as far as I'm aware the same article cannot be in bold in two separate places on the main page on the same date. Perhaps it could run a day or two before the actual anniversary instead. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh! Now I understand. So we'll leave it where it is and it will be promoted as needed. Best, Yoninah (talk) 13:00, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Canadian biography

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An exceptional barnstar for you

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@Dr. Blofeld: I was just about to email you when I noticed that I seem to have gained an extra $10 since the last time I checked (apparently an additional $10 as a general prize). So that would bring my total to $70 (10+15+20+25) rather than $60 (the figure listed at Earnings by user). I've included $70 as the "prize claim" in my email to you, but you might want to double-check that I haven't messed up my sums. Thanks for all your work, Ivar the Boneful (talk) 14:12, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Why not join Women in Red?

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Georgs Everest

Thanks for tackling the Everest page. It has needed attention for years. If you have the energy the section on the survey could be extended since that work is the basis of his fame. The section on his house in India and and that on his extended family are really too big. Glad too that you had the courage to change Welsh to British; the nationalists won't like that! Peter Mercator (talk) 18:18, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Cheers, I pretty much came across it by chance and I was surprised at how little info there was. I could've been really daring and called him English! I mean, I'm usually the first person to call a Scot a Scot, etc., but with Everest there's no evidence that he ever even set foot in Wales, only that his dad had a house there. Hopefully I don't get any backlash. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 18:32, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Disappearance of Harold Holt

On 11 December 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disappearance of Harold Holt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Australian prime minister Harold Holt's death by drowning has been commemorated by a warship, a naval installation, and multiple swimming pools? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Harold Holt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Disappearance of Harold Holt), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hetty Johnston

No backing down on your wrong reverts here. See WP:POLD.Direct evidence is here[3], and is against WP:COI and WP:COIN. Please either change this back or WP:ANI will immediately follow. History of political agendas is completely against policy. I.e. WP:COI Considering the history of this page, this revert is quite justified. Arianewiki1 (talk) 08:25, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Should of said, see this reminder here, Talk:Hetty Johnston] where it says: "If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page." They just defied this. Arianewiki1 (talk) 08:33, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Now immediately request to solve this issue quickly. Arianewiki1 (talk) 08:36, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Arianewiki1 you're clearly deluded if you think I'm in error. By all means take this to ANI, you'll get laughed off the internet. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:57, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

What you guys have here is a content dispute - that's not something requiring administrative action, unless one or both of you carries on edit warring. Talk it through either here or on the article talkpage, but right now there's nothing sanctionable going on, and no mop-wielding required. If you can't come to terms, dispute resolution is thataway. Yunshui ^雲_水 15:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

FWIW, with my "uninvolved editor" hat on rather than my "admin" hat, I'd say Ivar is correct here. The disputed passage appears to be sourced and (thanks to some earlier improvements by Arianewiki1) neutrally worded. That it was added by a COI account (<changes hats>and if you can provide reasonable (non-outing) proof of that COI, I will happily block Jasonox32 for violation of the disclosure policy<editor hat back on again>) is neither here nor there, it would seem to be pertinent information for an encyclopedia article about Hetty Johnston. Yunshui ^雲_水 15:33, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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Some basis in principle

I write about your insistence on fact sequence in BLP lede (Alexander Downer) where you have insisted (4 reverts) that a lesser current role should stand above an earlier more notable one. I note that your last edit summary relies on the principle that you "haven't seen that written down anywhere" and there are other articles which reflect your method. This was interesting as your first revert had, quite to the contrary, claimed you were reverting my edit on the basis of an existing standard. So the first point here is that you have a propensity to cite a standard to be followed when there is none. On the substance of the alternative approaches, I note that you conceded, by implication, that the relative notability of the subject's roles is to be taken into account in determining sequence because it was on the basis that running a bridge club is way less significant than having been foreign minister that you concede that would not take precedence. So the principle of your position is not principled at all, merely as long as a piece of string for you, at least as far as your brief edit summaries go. So here is an opportunity for you to lay out your principle of precedence so we can then apply it intelligently and reasonably to the specific problem before us. I'm all ears. sirlanz 02:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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Revert

Are you aware that you blanked two paragraphs of sourced content when you reverted at Commonwealth of Nations? Your edit summary applies to one paragraph removal, but does not cover the other. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:11, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I can only see one, the one beginning "The Queen has since ceased to be the head of state..." [4] Ivar the Boneful (talk) 18:13, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

You're right, the second paragraph moved up and I misread the diff. Carry on! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:22, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

No problem, it happens to the best of us. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 18:25, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

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@Favonian: You blocked me while I was in the middle of typing a response on the article talk page. Could you please copy and past this there? Ivar the Boneful (talk) 17:20, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

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Former politicians

"Australian former politician" is truly horrifying English, but "former Australian politician" is inaccurate. And anyway, who are we to say they're "former politicians"? All of them are still involved in some measure. We don't call people "former authors", "former scientists", "former historians". Frickeg (talk) 21:17, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

How is it inaccurate? They are no longer politicians. "Former scientist" returns 80 hits on Wikipedia search [5]. "Former politician" is used frequently in the national media [6], [7] [8]. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Because they're not former Australians. And anyway, is John Howard no longer a politician? We describe a politician as "a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government". Depending on the word "active", most of our former PMs are still involved in their parties in some way. I do not think the media is a good example as they are reporting on specific events whereas we are supposed to be taking a broad view. Britannica gets on very well without "former", and Australia seems to be one of few countries where this horrible formulation has been allowed to sneak in. Frickeg (talk) 21:22, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

The rules of adjective order require "former" to precede "Australian". "Australian former" is ungrammatical. It's language not formal logic, I don't think anyone who's a native speaker would parse "former Australian politician" as meaning that person is no longer an Australian, any more than they would for "former Australian cricket captain". There are numerous results in the Australian Dictionary of Biography for "former Australian X", but none for "Australian former X" I think it's relatively simple to draw the line between "former politician" (or "retired politician" if that's any better) and "politician". Usually it will be reported that such and such is "leaving" or "retiring" from politics. Or failing that, if their term in a specific office comes to an end and they don't make any further candidacies, then it can be assumed that they have left active politics and are no longer a politician. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 04:53, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

I would treat people like Howard and Hawke who are wheeled out every three years the same as any other celebrity endorsements - it doesn't turn them (back) into a politician just because they are campaigning for / endorsing someone. If "retired" suits you better than "former" I wouldn't object. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 04:56, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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OTD October 22

Thanks for putting Louis Riel on, but that article normally appears on November 16, so it's not eligible to appear here. I've gone and replaced it. —howcheng {chat} 12:11, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for your work across the SA area. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 12:26, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

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Father of the House/Senate/Parliament

Hey - where's the discussion on this? I'd like to contribute but I can't find it on any of the talk pages. Frickeg (talk) 20:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I only just started one. Talk:Father of the Australian Parliament#Merge proposal. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 08:06, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

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I will put it on my to-do list. Thanks. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 18:32, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

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Guilfoyle

Fine, but the source isn't in the article, please add it. In the meantime, I am going to remove the year from the hook because there appears to be two sources which contradict each other regarding the year she entered the cabinet with a portfolio. Gatoclass (talk) 19:38, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

User:Gatoclass I didn't write that hook and I'm not an admin so I can't edit it. Please change it back to the original hook as agreed at the nomination page. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 19:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

The reason I substituted another hook for the original is that the original hook was found to be erroneous (the source does not say she was a "key" member of the razor gang, see WP:ERRORS2), and removing the word "key" would unacceptably weaken the hook in my view. I have spent a LOT of time trying to rectify the issues with this nomination, which firstly was submitted with an unsourced hook, and secondly proved to have another unsourced statement which you've only now provided a source for. I think it's a good strong hook as it stands and am not going to remove it, and I'm certainly not going to start casting around for a replacement hook when I've already been up half the night trying to fix your broken nomination, sorry. Gatoclass (talk) 19:58, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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