User talk:WilliamJE/Archive 13

Ann Prentiss

I've found some details about her past in this 1976 interview but I don't know how reliable a source People is. Anyway, maybe it can help you a bit. Cheers, Yintan  10:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. It is a 1976 interview. Prentiss supposedly took part in some murder plot in the 1990s which I have found absolutely nothing in Wikipedia RS. I think it is a hoax. How can such a juicy story not get one iota of news coverage?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

I know, it's strange. I can't find anything about that either. The reason I thought the interview might be of some use to you anyway is that it does mention her mental breakdown. Yintan  13:51, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...

can't retire
... you were recipient no. 678 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposal of deletion

Hi, I'm unsure what exactly it is I need to change/edit. Thanks Ladyngetal (talk) 18:53, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, WilliamJE. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is The Wikipedia Library - Newspapers.com.
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Holiday card

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, WilliamJE!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ark-La-Tex (2nd nomination)

I see we've been through this before. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:35, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Signature

Hi,

I don't know if this has come up before, but would you be willing to change your signature to something more canonical? I was confused as to whether you were addressing another editor called William, making some sort of political statement, and had then used five tildes by accident, omitting your own username. Thanks.

Samsara 01:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Apparently you didn't read the stuff in yellow at the top of my talk page. My answer is there....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 02:31, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

List of Mayday episodes - season 17

Hi, WilliamJE. I see that we have different opinions about whether season 17 should be added now or later. But shouldn't it be added now when the first two episodes of the season are confirmed by NatGeo UK/AU??? I little thing that will maybe make you surprised is that I got ahold off EVERY episode in season 17. I sent a mail to Cineflix in Canada asking if I could get the information about all of the episodes in season 17. And I got them!!! I will be willing to post them on Wikipedia, but than we and others have to come to an agreement that "Season 17" will be listed on Wikipedia. We could make a "Upcoming episode" list for episodes that haven't been aired but are confirmed. We could even make a section were episodes and such that haven't been fully confirmed or are just a speculation. I hope we can figure this out:) DK (talk) 14:08, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

@Dkendel:Go to List of Mayday episodes talk page and post. A conversation has been going on there for over a day and BTW emails come under WP:OR and aren't permissible sources....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 14:22, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

WillamJE is committing WP:OWN on List of Mayday episodes. Season 17 should go up now that the first air date has appeared. You are making me cross, Even if it's DEFINITELY confirmed, I will delete it! MattChatt18 (talk) 19:54, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Newspapers.com and The Wikipedia Library

Your account is ready and should be live now! Happy editing!--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletion nomination of Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented

Hello WilliamJE. Speedy deletion work is important and I do appreciate the effort. I would just ask that you please review the criteria carefully because accuracy is also important. On that issue, I have declined your speedy deletion nomination of Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented as an article that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the topic under CSD A7. That criterion did not apply because educational institutions are specifically exempted from the reach of CSD A7. Please read it carefully. Adam9007 (talk) 16:46, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2017 establishments in Rhode Island

A tag has been placed on Category:2017 establishments in Rhode Island requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 15:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1962 establishments in Arkansas

A tag has been placed on Category:1962 establishments in Arkansas requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 15:50, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@AusLondonder: I don't know what's going on here, but the Walmart article is categorized 1962 establishments in Arkansas but for some reason it is not showing on the category page.

As for 2017 establishments in Rhode Island, your removal of the from HASCON was incorrect. The event starts this year in RI and therefore qualifies as a 2017 establishment there and as a Recurring event established in 2017. Events qualify for both the year of creation and place of creation....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:57, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

About Yesenia Valencia

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Yesenia Valencia a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Christian75 (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

WP:ANI

There is a discussion at ANI which concerns you. Jack | ^{talk page} 12:18, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Removal of notables without any attempt whatsoever to determine their appropriateness.

Hi. I've noticed that you've been removing entries from lists of notables without bothering to do even the most rudimentary research. The most egregious example is at Starkville, Mississippi where you removed Dak Prescott with the edit caption "Needs either a wikipedia article or some references from WP:RS to back up their notability." Well, Dak of course has a wikipedia article, but you evidently didn't even bother to check. Not only that, he's the current NFL Rookie of the year, so he's just about as notable as anyone could be. I looked through a few of your other similar edits, and found numerous other examples (including Billy Wagner), where you removed a notable, but I googled the notable and the locality and found that they were easily determined to be both notable and to be connected to the locality. I'm not going to go through your edits and fix them, but in the future, would you at least make a basic attempt to determine whether entries are notable and connected to an article before you remove them?Jacona (talk) 12:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

You should do some research before shooting wrongly your mouth off here.

Prescott is from Louisiana. His link to Starkville is only his going to MSU unless you can provide a WP:RS that says otherwise.

WikiProject US cities has very clear guidelines[1] that NP sections are not for people who just went to school or worked somewhere.

Billy Wagner worked in Charlottesville. According to this RS[2] he lived in the area not Charlottesville specifically.

Notable people entries without a link to an article or some RS can be removed. It is up to the person who enters them to provide the proof.

You do some elementary research about WP policies before screeching your head off at someone....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:53, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Really, your point here on Prescott is reasonable, but in your edit caption, you claim that he is not notable. Competency is required, how can you possibly claim the NFL Rookie of the Year to be non-notable? You obviously didn't even check to see if he had an article! And contrary to your assertion, per policy WP:PRESERVE, when we find content that's not cited, it's our duty to first make some attempt to verify the information before removing it. I see you've recently been at WP:ANI for removal of content. Perhaps you should slow down and at least look for the article on an entry such as Prescott before removing it? And for a source on an entry such as Wagner? Or are you to important to be bothered with doing the basic work other editors do on a regular basis? Jacona (talk) 13:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Further, on the List of people from Charlottesville, Virginia from which you removed Wagner, the lead is "This is a list of people from Charlottesville, Virginia, or from areas nearby to Charlottesville, who were either born, lived or presently live in the city." When you reverted my edit, you referred to your talk page, where you state "Billy Wagner worked in Charlottesville. According to this RS[13] he lived in the area not Charlottesville specifically." So by your very own argument, Wagner should be included. I'm trying to assume good faith, but it seems like you're not reading what you're editing, nor doing the very simplest basic research.Jacona (talk) 14:00, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I read what I edit all the time. And I can list times where categories and list pages have been described as being things they aren't supposed to be.

Finally, I'd like to refer you to Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars. Please consider reading this article on the use of warning templates. Thanks! Jacona (talk) 14:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Warning If you don't cease with your personal attacks and remove things[3] like this at once, I will take you to ANI. Your behavior violates what you write on your very own user page. Do not post to this talk page again. Ever.14:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Cities guidelines

Hi. Can I have a link that supports this? Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 17:54, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Here you are.[4] It reads in part- "Provide information, preferably in prose form, of any famous or notable individuals that were born, or lived for a significant amount of time, in the city." and "For "college towns" where students reside in the "town" only during their college years, it is preferred to list those students in the "Notable alumni" section of their respective college article, then add a in the city article "pointing" at the notable college section of the specific college article or separate notable college article."...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 20:38, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

I appreciate that reference. Yours, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:21, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@BeenAroundAWhile: Please note also that these sections are to be titled 'Notable people' per consensus and that a person dying somewhere doesn't automatically make them from that place though if you find a reference that says that a notable person died at his home in Foo, he does belong in Foo's notable people section. For an example, look at J. D. Cannon and Hudson, New York....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

John D'Acquisto

I saw John D'Acquisto on a Family Feud rerun last night on Buzzr, thought I don't have a reference.Vincelord (talk) 14:07, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

The WP policy WP:Trivia section says these sections should be avoided....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 14:10, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Rollback

Please do not rollback edits which do not fit the criteria listed at WP:ROLLBACK. Persistant misuse of rollback may lead to your ability to use it withdrawn. Mjroots (talk) 15:56, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

The Center Line: Spring 2017

Volume 9, Issue 1 • Spring 2017 • About the Newsletter

Departments

• • Assessment roundup
• • Portal selected articles and pictures

Features

• • Commons and Wikidata revamp
• • Route logs for junction lists
• • Finding friends at the DOT
• • This space for rent

State and national updates

• • State updates
• • In other project news...

Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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Greenville Road Warriors/Swamp Rabbits

Please review your recent revert of me. I only partially reverted your first edit and stated as much in the Edit Summary. I reworked the section (I mostly removed it) about the Chiefs, just as you had. But it does need to be mentioned as it is a relocation of a franchise. I was reverting your infobox changes because those all refer to franchise history, which includes its previous incarnation as the Chiefs, and not team history (which could be theoretically split in any format since team is a loose term). Thank you, Yosemiter (talk) 13:30, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Read this[5] Quote-

• With owner Neil Smith and the ECHL’s blessing, Nakles formed a non-profit corporation to maintain the ECHL rights to the Chiefs’ name, history, statistics and memorabilia. His dream is to see the league return to the city in a few years.

• “We can step in and begin where we leave off tonight,” he continued. “If that never happens, at least our history, our logo and our name will stay here with us in Johnstown where it belongs.”

• A banner, “Hockey’s Greatest Fans” 1988-2010 then was unfurled.

Greenville is a different franchise, different history....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:01, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

An organization is separate from a franchise. A team is also not a franchise. The franchise license (the right to play in the league) was sold to the ownership in Greenville. Per this record book and the the league's own history page, they are the same franchise. The former Chiefs owners simply owns the brand name and nothing else. So you are entirely wrong to remove the franchise history. If the Johnstown Chiefs are to ever play again, it would be a different franchise even if we keep it on the same page (because the hockey project cares more about teams but does track franchise history, just look at Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) for a really convoluted example). Yosemiter (talk) 15:48, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Here's some more yahoo, Post and Courier, Biz Journals. Yosemiter (talk) 15:56, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

What source do you have that says "League say otherwise" in your edit summary? The league officially and clearly calls the Greenville team a relocation of the Chiefs right here in the first sentence of the 2010–11 season. The league said the owners retained the rights to the name, not the franchise which is what you are removing in your reverts. Have you even read what you are leaving behind on your reverts? There are still references to the Chiefs all over the first few sentences. You correctly removed the section detailing the Chiefs, and I agreed with the removal as it was unnecessary. But removing all references is entirely inappropriate given the multitudes of sources that verify the transaction of the relocation.

Even the source of the quote you are using states directly "“A sad day,” Allen said, referring to the Chiefs’ relocation to Greenville, S.C., next season." While it says "history" it does not mean franchise history, just team history. Of course there is nothing stopping the ECHL from retroactively reverting a franchise history like that of the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, but they never have before. It is more akin to the Fort Wayne Komets, where the original IHL franchise and owner moved to Albany, sold the team name and rights to a new owner, and they bought a separate IHL franchise to relocate to Fort Wayne. Yosemiter (talk) 16:12, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Acutually, it appears I was slightly wrong @WilliamJE:. The Chiefs' then owner himself, Neil Smith, moved the franchise to Greenville per this article about the move, not sold to a G'ville group. He was in charge of the team and franchise, while in Greenville, for two seasons before selling it to Fred Festa, per this article, and a local ownership group. So at the time of the quote your are using he did own the franchise still. Now he does not. So please explain how, per all my references vs. your one-off statement, that G'ville and Johnstown are not the same franchise. (Remember a team does not equal a franchise.) Yosemiter (talk) 18:10, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

This whole conversation is ridiculous. This franchise is the continuation of the Chiefs, just as the Winnipeg Jets are the continuation of the Atlanta Thrashers. The Stockton Heat are the continuation of all the recent farm teams of the Calgary Flames. William, please end your pointless edit war on this and move on to something else. Deadman137 (talk) 18:36, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Categories for people from New Jersey; their retention and deletion

Of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey, the overwhelming majority have categories for people from those places. To make my life easier in building these articles and your life in terms of finding categories to delete, you can feel free to use User:Alansohn/NJ Municipalities to see the full list of all 565 places, sorted in descending size order. You can also easily flip between the article and category to see the lists of individuals in both places. Many of the categories and corresponding lists of people match up, but many don't. I use the category and list as a way to constantly update from one to the other.

Sometimes, while sweeping through a county's worth of articles, I may create categories that I expect to expand to or beyond minimum size. Most of the time I make it, but sometimes I don't. Considering that I've added several thousand notables across the state, the fact that you've only been able to challenge a minute handful of entries despite your most determined efforts, yields a batting average of about .999. Most of the entries you've challenged either already had a source in the article, had a source in the municipality article or had a source that could be added with trivial effort.

Even among the state's 28 municipalities with fewer than 1,000 residents, there are 12 with categories, of which ten have at least four entries, though there are two categories with only two entries and little hope of expansion at this point.

While I firmly disagree with you on your interpretation of WP:SMALLCAT, and I do wish that you would make a sincere effort to look to both the corresponding article and inbound links for possible expansion, there are probably several categories with an entry or two that aren't ready for prime time. As far as I'm concerned, all but those two categories for sub-1,000 municipalities meet WP:SMALLCAT; If I can't get to the minimum of four and see no prospect of expansion, I have no objection to deletion.

Whether it's Andover, Manchester Township, Pine Beach or Rockleigh, the minimums you've set have been met. With a little more effort over the weekend I'm sure that I can find enough entries for many others. I again ask you to withdraw the deletion / CSD nominations for these four categories and hope that you can demonstrate both good faith and a genuine effort to work with other editors working to build this encyclopedia in similar good faith. Alansohn (talk) 22:52, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

I'm reaching out to you regarding Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 April 16#Category:People from_Andover, New Jersey. The category has been expanded above and beyond your minimum standards. Whatever issues you've had about the entries and their sourcing have been addressed. All four speedy deletion requests you made had been rejected, despite explicit requests to withdraw based on additional expansion that you ignored. I am again asking that you review the entries added to the category and withdraw the CfD nomination as a means of demonstrating that you are truly acting in good faith, as you have stated. Even a mere reply and an effort to engage in discussion of whatever issues you may have would be a big step forward. Alansohn (talk) 20:52, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Kyle Edwards (footballer)

Hello WilliamJE. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Kyle Edwards (footballer), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: playing for a national football team, no matter how small the country, indicates significance. Thank you. SoWhy 18:11, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Internet Archive

Could you state more clearly which guideline you are citing to systematically delete 100s of links to Internet Archive, one of the MediaWiki partner organizations, a non-profit library containing one of the world's largest collections of open-source and free content, whose links can be found in over 30% of all Wikipedia articles (on enwiki), which has wide and popular support for inclusion, and which can only be accessed via a search query that provides highly targeted and accurate results? -- GreenC 16:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

• Go read what I wrote at the talk page of the USer who is putting in links to search pages....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

I don't know what User you're talking about. Just please stop deleting {{Internet Archive author}}. If you are serious, start a TfD for all of the Internet Archive templates used in 10s of thousands of articles. Be prepared to defend your position with more than "because the guideline said so", understand why that guideline exists and why it would apply in this case, it's not an arbitrary guideline nor is it universally applicable. -- GreenC 18:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Stop being lazy and do some bloody homework! Your either lazy, an idiot, or a bully or combination of the three. Your making a threat towards me makes me think the first and third....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Wow an over-reaction there buddy. You alright? Look I'm going to begin restoring those deletions. If you wish to dispute it please do so calmly and in the appropriate place. -- GreenC 19:11, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

You can't read once again. Why you can't just go to my recent edit history of the edit history of the articles is showing your motives and discover for yourself is preposterous beyond words. You're a bully because you made a threat instead of moving your lazy ass....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 19:14, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

You have not established consensus for {{Internet Archive author}} being a violation of ELNO (reasons stated above). I'm giving you a courtesy explanation why reverts are coming. Your bad faith uncivil response "moving your lazy ass" and "bully" etc.. make it impossible to work collaboratively. -- GreenC 19:59, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

You need to change the consensus at ELNO which says no links to search engines. Those links are all to a search engine. There is no exclusion for Internet Archive....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 20:31, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Guideline: "Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." It's a guideline not hard-line policy. There are many other search-only sites like Project Gutenberg, we have no choice when it's the only way to access. The community wants Internet Archive and has been linking it for nearly 15 years in 10s of thousands of articles. -- GreenC 20:50, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

You have not once said there is an exception for Internet archive. Point me to it. Try explaining your reverts here[6] and here[7] since if you would bother to check here[8] and here[9] they link to absolutely nothing on the subject of the article. The person isn't just not following ELNO but is linking without even checking if there is anything in these links to connect them to the article. You should be reverting his links not mine. The editor is still linking right now....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 22:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't have exception lists, it uses consensus discussions like this RfC. Search is the only way to link archive.org collections and the community wants access to that content. Given how many people use IA it will pass future consensus discussions. So lets delete the blank instances and inform the editor they made a mistake and better check their work more carefully. If they keep doing it then there is a problem with the editor. Left a message on their talk page. -- GreenC 23:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

After looking more closely there are too many problems. I reverted them, about 375 articles. The user doesn't know how to use the template correctly, not reading documentation, not verifying work. -- GreenC 15:16, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

AFD Template

The AFD template for 2017 Riverside Cessna 310 crash isn't properly linking to the AFD page. I'm not sure how to fix it, so I'm letting you know. Sario528 (talk) 16:43, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

The link from the article to the AFD works just fine for me....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:03, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Odd. It was showing as a red link right after you put it on the article, but now it's working. Sario528 (talk) 17:13, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Toby Knight and Port Jefferson (or is it Lake Grove or Centereach?)

This edit removes Toby Knight as a notable, with the claim that "Knight didn't live in PJ. His family lived in Lake Grove and as a young HS basketball star was influenced to play for Port Jefferson rather than Centerreach HS." The edit removed two sources that place him as being from Port Jefferson. There is no mention of Lake Grove in his article, nor is he mentioned in the article for Lake Grove, New York (or Centereach, New York). Do you have a source to back up this claim as I am unable to find anything in a Google search? If you do have a reliable and verifiable source, why not add him to the article for the "correct" place and update his article with the details, rather than merely removing the sourced content from the article for Port Jefferson, New York? Alansohn (talk) 22:39, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

"From" categories

If someone lives in a place, he can be considered "from" that place. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:22, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

It is has never applied sports athletes or alumni of a school....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:23, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

There are over 4,000 entries in this category[10] and note how many of them are categorized people from or Baseball players from. The consensus is they don't get categorized that way....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:26, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Here's something else- consensus at a WikiProject[11]. That says school alumni aren't notable people from Foo....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:43, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Revert

This edit is by a sockpuppeteer vandal who is obsessed with me. I personally leave vandalism on my talk page but it's appropriate for someone to revert it as well. Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:33, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:38, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

The user had made very many inappropriate category changes very quickly and that revert was as a result of my use of a script that rolls back all of a users contributions at once. I noticed the edit to User talk:Koavf before pressing "rollback all" but judging by a couple of essentially attack pages that had been created by the vandal I let the revert go ahead, at least per WP:DENY —72 _talk 20:18, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

I came to Koavf's talk page to check if there was any further discussion on a thread I posted to yesterday. Till today I didn't know anything about scripts that can do mass rollbacks. I didn't see an edit summary that would have provided a reason for your edit. Anyway I learned something new today. Cheers!...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 20:28, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

GAA clubs

Hi WilliamJE

As noted in edit summary, please learn some basic facts about the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) before trying to apply to GAA clubs principles designed for a wholly different context.

As you can see in the GAA official guide in Chapter 6 (page 72 onwards), it is an absolute requirement of playing for any GAA club that the player is resident in the club's catchment area.

In other words, if you plat for a GAA club, it means by definition that you are from the area.

Now, stop edit-warring, as you have been doing at Category:Bishopstown hurlers. You made a bold edit, it was reverted. Then discuss. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:20, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

You complained that I didn't reply promptly to all the points you made on my talk.

So please would you be kind enough to reply to what I posted above, and to stop edit-warring? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:37, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Hey!

Somehow I seem to have managed to miss your comments last week at my talk page. Thanks for your kind words. It's always good to hear from you. Stop by more often! I was beginning to think you didn't like me anymore! :) Joefromrandb (talk) 03:00, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

@Joefromrandb: You'll see me from time to time. I saw that necktie party that Softlavender tried arranging for you but not before reason overtook most editors. Both of us don't like NACs, and if you look higher up this page you'll see it has caused me trouble too. I should have taken Cryptic's block of me and the NAC issue to ARBCOM. Don't stop fighting for what is right around here....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:07, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1895 establishments in New Hampshire

A tag has been placed on Category:1895 establishments in New Hampshire requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 19:09, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Template:Universities in Northern Ireland and link to Universities in ROI

Hi, I still can't see the link you are referring to. The link in the title refers to Northern Ireland i.e. List of universities in Northern Ireland and the link in the bottom of the template that was removed is a link to universities within the Republic of Ireland (i.e. List of universities in the Republic of Ireland). A different country. Maybe you have made a mistake? Many thanks, Chris ☮^(Talk) 12:24, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Carter IV

• I'm sorry but his is a case where a key part of the claim for notability is not tied to the state of Georgia, but for having "entered the public eye during the 2012 presidential election, when he discovered video of Mitt Romney's 47% comment." A national, presidential campaign. You left a rather high-handed (I thought) comment on my talk page, telling me what it is you wanted me to do. I responded with an explanation of why I made the sorting choices I did, and thanked you. Now I see you are continuing to undo my edits in cases where I believe I have a perfectly sound rationale why certain Afds belong in the US main delsort category. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:49, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
• Ah, I see that your actions in this matter are guided the caution at the top of the US delsort page. I'm going to raise this on the talk page. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:57, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

I've done so and pinged you. If you wish to discuss it, let's so so publicly, there. Thanks Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:12, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

And my apologies for struck-thru portion above. Talk about BOOMERANG. Look, if my edits in this area of Afd sorting aren't helpful I'll either a) change my habits or b) if I still don't agree, cease working with certain Afds. I'm just trying to understand the logic of where the cut-off should be, since everyone in America has a residence here or there. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:10, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Mayors of South Charleston, West Virginia

Following your unfortunate CFD glitch last week, where you intended to nominate Category:Mayors of South Charleston, West Virginia for upmerging but instead accidentally nominated Category:People from South Charleston, West Virginia for merging with itself, I note that as of today you still haven't renominated the mayors category for a new discussion as you said you were going to. So I just wanted to let you know that I've gone ahead and listed the mayors category for a new discussion. Bearcat (talk) 17:09, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Irish aviation template

I'm really surprised at your sweeping justification for removing all these entries. Where is the policy that every accident or incident must have it own stand-alone article? That is not a necessary requirement for an accident or incident to be listed even though the details may be scant on the larger articles. All of these entries, except for Aer Lingus Flight 164 which happens to be the one original entry in the template, are all incidents or accidents within the scope of Irish aviation and authority. So just to clarity, I'm repeating the essential facts for each of the entries that you deleted. Alcock and Brown crash landed in a bog, Vaitkus landed badly in a field damaging the aircraft, BOAC De Havilland DH 91 G-AFDK Fortuna was destroyed at Shannon, Transocean's Douglas C-54A ditched in the sea with some loss of life being no less valiant than Capt. Sullenberger's US Airways Flight 1549 ditching in the Hudson River, Manx2 Flight 7100 crashed in Cork which happens to also be in Ireland. KLM Flight 607-E, having departed Shannon, was still under Irish jurisdiction being only 110 miles into a 3,000 mile flight, unless you have evidence to the contrary, so I'll argue the toss on that one but Air India Flight 182 was certainly in Irish airspace and I remember the day well as I was attending a regional Red Cross meeting and we were asked to be on standby in case any survivors might be found as, at that time, about 9:30 am, news was scant. Besides which, the inquests took place in Ireland so it too is justifiable to include. These are all accidents or incidents totally justifiable in the template and I am going to restore them until such time as each and every one if proven to be inappropriate for inclusion. ww2censor (talk) 12:55, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

The yearly template aviation accident and incident templates only contain accidents or incidents that have a independent article. That is the consensus of the WikiProject that takes care of these templates. (Pick any of the templates and see what happens when entries are added for accidents without an independent article) Aer Lingus 164 didn't happen in Ireland , KLM happened in the Atlantic Ocean as did Air India, Fortuna and Transocean don't have independent articles, Vaitkus is about the aviator not an accident. Articles about aviators who die in a aviation accident but don't have an independent article (Like John Denver) about the accident aren't included in these templates per consensus either. Brown and Alcock isn't in the yearly aviation template either. Manx I made a mistake. I thought it was Northern Ireland....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:08, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

That's just a load of rubbish, I've justified each and every incident, so show me the consensus that there MUST be a stand-alone article for each accident or incident. I have WP:RS that prove otherwise. I did not add any article that was about dead aviators, so what are you talking about? Each of the articles about aviators mentions their accident or incident and perhaps there is not enough details for you but their accident are mentioned, so they did take place and is therefore quite justified for inclusion. However, according to your theory, just because these aviation events are not included in the yearly template means they are not appropriate accident or incident events in the first place or at all to be included in tempaltes. That's just real BS. So it seems obvious to me you WP:OWN these templates and therefore your rules apply. That's not how Wikipedia works and you know it. BTW, what does the comment is the complaint department really on the roof? even mean? ww2censor (talk) 22:02, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

The Aviation/Aviation accident task force talk page is that way----->[12]...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

thank you

I just wanted to thankyou for nominating the article on Bill Wambach for deletion. Wikipedia is not meant to be a collection of totally useless trivia and meanngless records. Thankyou for making it better.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:53, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome back

I'm glad to hear you came through the hurricane ok. Sario528 (talk) 11:51, 14 September 2017 (UTC)