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Visa restrictions etc

Hi Xavier, the Ebola responses page is not intended to track things like visa restrictions, which are intended to protect the internal population of the country which imposes them. I think there must be hundreds of these in different countries by now.

It is intended to keep track of the manpower, medical expertise, and physical resources which are being directed into Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic and to minimize the impact of the disease in West Africa. Robertpedley (talk) 08:55, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Robert, yes, thanks, I see you fixed it, appreciated!XavierItzm (talk) 16:30, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Charlie Hebdo

Knowing that WP:NPOV is a fundamental principle of Misplaced Pages, could you please explain to us why you keep publishing a partial statement of a 14 year old without mentioning the opposing views published in the same article ? MoorNextDoor (talk) 01:33, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello, many thanks for reaching out. The subtopic is "Muslim reactions", and the literal texts are direct quotes from the Newspaper of Record of France (according to Misplaced Pages). It is true that the article from the Newspaper of Record also contains other material; feel free to add as appropriate to other sections of the Charlie Hebdo massacre as appropriate.
Now, with regard to the article currently cited:
1. It is also cited on the French Misplaced Pages page, I.e., the French are Ok with it
2. It is from a blue-chip, gold-standard RS
3. It is consistent with material from other top-RS from France (also cited)
4. You keep deleting the whole thing. Please refrain from so doing. Thank you. 03:27, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

WP:NPOV has nothing to do with the quality of the source and there's no mention of it in the French Misplaced Pages page. In essence, you still haven't answered my question. MoorNextDoor (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Pardon, me, but where do you get that the French wikipedia does not reference the Le Monde article?.
Currently it is citation N. 214:
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/01/10/a-saint-denis-collegiens-et-lyceens-ne-sont-pas-tous-charlie_4553048_3224.html
https://fr.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Attentat_contre_Charlie_Hebdo&oldid=110845330
Kindly stop denying the facts. XavierItzm (talk) 15:12, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

The partial statement of the 14 year old that you translated from French (Je n'ai aucune pitié pour lui) does not appear anywhere in the French wikipedia page. Once again, WP:NPOV has nothing to do with the quality of the source. MoorNextDoor (talk) 15:52, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

The text cited reflects accurately the issues raised by Le Monde and the article is cited by the French Misplaced Pages. Kindly stop denying this fact.
Besides, who's stopping you from adding anything you feel appropriate? Cheerio, XavierItzm (talk) 18:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Apart from energy and time, nothing is stopping me from adding what I think is appropriate or correcting the words that you falsely attributed to a kid. MoorNextDoor (talk) 00:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Wow, that does sound like bad faith on your part. Here is what the kid said, according to Le Point, the second argest French magazine:
"Pourquoi ils continuent, madame, alors qu'on les avait déjà menacés ?"
The direct, grammatically correct translation is chilling. True, maybe the student's grammar is poor. That happens, especially in the banlieues. I'll give you that.

Brian Williams - Berlin Wall: last edit could use a look --

Hi, Xavier -- You might want to have another look at your last edit on the "Brian Williams -- Berlin Wall" section. It doesn't seem to be reading properly (or maybe I'm not understanding what's meant --) As follows: CBS wrote: "“I was at the Brandenburg Gate . . . " CBS was at the Brandenburg Gate?? And I may be missing something else, but the whole CBS addition seems mostly to restate the sentence above it. (You may have a reason for having added it I'm not getting --) Best -- Bruiserid (talk) 23:18, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like there was a typo! Thank you very much for fixing it! XavierItzm (talk) 07:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

"Misplaced Pages:Wikilawyering" on the Brian Williams' talk page

Hi, XavierItzm -- Have you read the guideline Misplaced Pages:Wikilawyering (a.k.a. WP:WL)? There's a lot of it going on over at the Talk:Brian Williams page. Among other actions characteristic of WP:WL is "isinterpreting policy or relying on technicalities to justify inappropriate actions." I have yet to allude to Wikilawyering to defend attacks on my positions on Brian Williams' Talk, but I thought you might be interested in the article. Best -- Bruiserid (talk) 11:38, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Israel says what it says

Please can you remove Israel from the designations table at ISIL as per discussion here and earlier discussion here. There is a difference between saying that a group is law breaking and saying it is terrorist. There was also no reference given for Iraq. GregKaye 20:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the references, you raise awesome points! I'll edit the article. XavierItzm (talk) 21:40, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Brian Williams

Looks like not only do some not want it mentioned that the show's name has been changed but some don't want it mentioned that Williams wanted to replace Leno and Letterman. Wowee Zowee public (talk) 01:10, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

March 2015

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Shooting of Michael Brown, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Misplaced Pages, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page.Please be aware of WP:BRD you edited boldly (B) and were reverted (R), you need to take it to the talk page to discuss(D) the inclusion of the information you inserted, continuing to include this information will put you at risk of breeching WP:3RR which may lead to a block. Amortias (T)(C) 21:36, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for leaving a message on my talk page. Please note WP:BRD reads "Look at the article's edit history and its talk page to see if a discussion has begun. If not, you may begin one" as a recommendation to the reverter. It is I who first made an edit based on what the RS indicates, and got reverted without the other editor following procedure, namely opening up on the TP. It seems to me that I am the victim here. Thanks for your time and attention. XavierItzm (talk) 21:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I should add that from the beginning all my edits had a full rationale. The other guy didn't even bother to write any. She or he just went ahead and reverted without so much as a "hello". Nice. XavierItzm (talk) 22:02, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

Amortias (T)(C) 21:56, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Christina, Queen of Sweden

Thank you for trying to help and for putting one of my objections very cearly on the talk page in just one short text! Please also be aware that the claim that she had "affairs" with women is unsourced, as I see it. There is a reference to some pages that we do not have access to, and I don't think we'll find anything to substantiate that on those pages. SergeWoodzing (talk) 15:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)