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== Why? ==

Why are you removing my edits? --] (]) 13:20, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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My Awards

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I hereby award you this barnstar for your tireless contributions and upkeep of the Recent Deaths pages; your efforts are appreciated. Keep up the good work! Weatherman90 03:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This is for your tireless contributions and work on the Recent Deaths section. I stride to make my edits like yours. Keep up the good work! Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Death Star
This Death Star award is again for all your hard work on the Recent Deaths pages. Kiwipat (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Recovery
I am honored to award you this barnstar for your work in improving the article Kelley Abbey in the face of pending deletion. Your diligent WP:AFTER improves the project for all its readers. Great job! Schmidt, 19:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your excellent speedy deletion tagging :). Ironholds (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Good catches on the Sandy Hook article Amadscientist (talk) 12:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
For excellent work objectively streamlining over-referencing at Victoria Leigh Soto. Jokestress (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
The Hard Worker's Barnstar
For formatting the references on the annual "Deaths in XXXX" pages into a less-unwieldy more-efficient format, thus reducing pageload times. — Coyote 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

My DYK

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Fame at last...

How does Misplaced Pages deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. No mention of me though:). Nice diagrams, and a quick look at the page histories of shooting incidents will show a core of regular editors.--♦IanMacM♦ 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Were you aware?

I assume that you have been made aware of this. But, in the event that you were not, I wanted to point it out to you and bring this to your attention. Your name was mentioned in this article: How does Misplaced Pages deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

sorry but my computer said that wiki had not incorporated my changes so i kept trying

Sorry - in Deaths in 2013 my computer said to me multiple times that my edits were not getting through - so i kept trying but each time it said the wiki server had not incorporated my change - I now see that actually they all got made and it looks like i was in a war - absoluteley bogus--68.231.15.56 (talk) 17:13, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar for Deaths in 2013 reference formatting

The Hard Worker's Barnstar
For formatting the references on the annual "Deaths in XXXX" pages into a less-unwieldy more-efficient format, thus reducing pageload times. — Coyote 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I will help you in the cleanup. I'll work from the bottom up and from offsite, as not to interfere. — Coyote 04:26, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Geoffrey Edelsten

Thanks for the advanced warning on the Geoffrey Edelsten talk page. I see from the revision history that there's been an edit war. I don't intend to remove any content at all, unless an unreliable source is identified? Either way, I'll appreciate your guidance along the way if you are open to providing it. I'll probably take a shot at this sometime next week. Check the article's talk page for updates. Thanks again. Ballerina battlearena (talk) 03:27, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi

Can you please explain properly your revert of my edit here-- http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Victoria_Leigh_Soto&diff=538715158&oldid=538714969

Is no more a point of view that saying she is viewed as a "hero". It is a family friend at the funeral, very relevant to the funeral section, and quoted from a reliable source. 87.232.1.48 (talk) 14:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Yeah. Thought so. 87.232.1.48 (talk) 14:57, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Thank you very much for your contributions to Misplaced Pages! I would kindly suggest reading WP:MEMORIAL and perhaps WP:COI. My apologies to User:WWGB if I overstepped by bounds.Lettik (talk) 18:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Killing of Travis Alexander

The naming situation of that article is ridiculous. I dont know what the big issue is with keeping it Killing of..until after verdict. Do you? :)--BabbaQ (talk) 11:30, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

It's been all over the place. My main objection was using the word "The" in the title as it is against WP guidelines. I hope it will eventually settle down as Death of/Homicide of/Murder of/Killing of ... Whatever! WWGB (talk) 11:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Hopefully, made a request for it to be move-protected so the situation can calm down.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:36, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Vietnamese name formatting

2 examples;

Quis separabit? 01:04, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi. It is my understanding that there is a difference between "name referred by" and family name for the purpose of listing. Nguyen Tan Dung is referred to as Dung in a context such as "Dung was born in 1949". When listed in Category:Communist Party of Vietnam politicians he is alphabetised under "N" along with all the other Nguyens. I think the same principle should apply in Recent Deaths, namely, listed under "N". Regards, WWGB (talk) 01:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

North Parade Street

Hello WWGB, check out the sources in goole search: where the majority refer to North Parade as North Parade Street. Tell me what you think of this Tony the Marine (talk) 04:15, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, it seems the original petition refers to is as North Parade , as does the town map but then I see the realtors refer to North Parade Street . I'm confused!!! If we want Misplaced Pages to be accurate, perhaps settle on the compromise North Parade Street (also known as North Parade)? Regards, WWGB (talk) 04:39, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I actually just noticed this discussion, and wasn't aware that there had been an agreement to use the parenthetical. I have been vacillating between the two usages, Street or no Street, but ultimately changed it back to "North Parade" for the reasons that I explained on the talk page. What do you think? There is really only one article that actually focuses on the name of the street, I felt that we should go with that. The Google searches etc. that I was engaged in struck me as borderlining on original research. Coretheapple (talk) 15:09, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2013

Our other issue

Well I see we had another Indian death this evening and we are having the same problem again. Again, I dont care which one of the options we choose, I just want everyone to be afforded the same rights and be treated equally. I was reviewing WP:Nationality again and it referred me again to http://en.wikipedia.org/Nationality.

One particular thing you should note is this passage-

"Individuals may also be considered nationals of groups with autonomous status which have ceded some power to a larger government, such as the federally recognized tribes of Native Americans in the United States."

I know in the past from our discussions where I have presented the Constitution and Tribal agreements (both Canadian and US), shown you where Federal officials and agency members such as the FBI, etc have to have permission to enter Indian Lands, and even linked Indian Nations ambassadors to the US on the Deaths page.

There are 3 possible scenarios-

1- American (Indian Nation Name), American Puerto Rican, American Guamiam, Canadian (Indian Nation), British Falkland Islands, Danish Faroe

2- American, Canadian, British, Danish

3- (Indian Nation Name), Puerto Rican, Guamiam, Falkland Islands, Faroe

I dont care which of the 3 it is again. I just want the same Nationality rules to apply to all of these Territories. I have changed 2 deaths this month- a Guam death and a Puerto Rico death to reflect scenario 1 which is the one I believe you prefer. Let me know how you feel and I will update the Main Page with a Nationality section so everyone knows the rules. The last time we brought this up on the Talk Page, it was just you and me discussing. So we might as well decide.Sunnydoo (talk) 08:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

My simple test is "what passport do they hold (or are eligible to hold)"? I am not aware that any Native American nation issues recognised passports, so they are American. Likewise, unless someone considered themselves Welsh, then they are British. I don't know enough about the American-ness of Puerto Ricans and Guamians. I don't recall ever reverting anyone on that issue. So, I guess my preference is "2". WWGB (talk) 12:26, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Almost all of the Indian Nations issue their own passports. There was an issue recently from the Iroquois lacrosse team not being allowed to enter Britain because they didnt recognize the Iroquios government. I will put up a statement in the discussion section that we have reached an agreement and list the 40 or so territories that will be affected. Need to find the list again so everyone can be on the same page.Sunnydoo (talk) 14:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 March 2013

Defenestration

Defenestration is not a form of homicide. It can be either. http://en.wikipedia.org/DefenestrationSunnydoo (talk) 01:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

You are blurring defenestration with the suicide sub-category Defenestration#Self-defenestration (jumping out of a window). WWGB (talk) 01:58, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Not blurring anything. There is a distinct difference between jumping out a window and jumping off of a building or bridge. They are not the same thing, although both usually have the same result. At some point in history, someone thought hey we need to make a new word for this to be more precise and <bam> defenestration was born. I dont have an issue with "self-defenestration" or "suicide by defenestration," but combining them is grammatically incorrect and overly complicated because one act kind of implies the other.Sunnydoo (talk) 14:34, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

I have tried to be nice

We are just going to have to get an arbitrator i believe to work out whatever personal problem you have with me. If you have a problem with me thats fine. But you continually assail cultural references to indigenous people, Chinese people and now African-Americans despite me showing you Constitutional facts and Wiki policy. You have also reverted my edits 3x in 24 hours on 1 line(but thats not the point). If you dont understand American culture or our Constitution, then dont comment on it and dont change it. You dont see me working on Australian culture or references. Indeed the several times it has come up over the last few years, I have always deferred to someone from that country and will make mention of it on the talk page. So now let me go file the complaint and lets do this, because obviously we have some issues here.Sunnydoo (talk) 15:31, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Deaths_in 2013 Waiting for your response. Thanks.Sunnydoo (talk) 15:52, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Shame on you for calling me a racist and for reporting me to administrators, a "complaint" which was dismissed and closed . I do not want to have any direct contact with you in the future. WWGB (talk) 01:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
I said either/or and in the registry of complaint I did make a reference that it could be a generational gap that causes you not to understand the significance of race relations in the United States. Believe me, I lived through the Race Riots of the 1970s. People such as Hank Aaron, who is arguably the 1st or 2nd greatest baseball player to ever live, were discriminated against and had to have protection details for themselves and their families around the clock. Hundreds of people were killed in the disputes. Kennedy almost had the 101st Airborne invade the State of Mississippi over actions at the University of Mississippi. It was an ugly ugly time in the US, especially with Vietnam going on at the same time. But for whatever reason, you choose not to honor or respect those noteworthy achievements of people who stood up in the face of that adversity and excelled- regardless of race, who broke barriers and made the world what it is today.

If you dont want to have contact with me in the future, that is fine. Stay off of my edits and I will stay off of yours. If we continue to have disagreements over racial content like this, I will pursue other avenues of complaints. This was just a level 1 intervention to work through our issues, which is not something that it looks like you wish to pursue. I am willing to dialouge anytime you wish. If this were about trying to get someone in trouble, there are other avenues to pursue since i have now seen you have edited that one line 6 times in 24 hours. But its not. Its about working together and pointing things out when you are mistaken- like you have done for me in the past.Sunnydoo (talk) 09:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2013

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Why?

Why are you removing my edits? --Borvo (talk) 13:20, 8 April 2013 (UTC)