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::::*Most concerningly, is a totally unsourced addition that introduces jargon that many readers won't understand. The "one and done" concept didn't even exist in the subject's day, so there's no reason to even bring it up in the first place. Even if it did, the fact that you're putting jargony content in without citation is highly worrying. Someone who has been here for 12 years shouldn't be making edits like this. | ::::*Most concerningly, is a totally unsourced addition that introduces jargon that many readers won't understand. The "one and done" concept didn't even exist in the subject's day, so there's no reason to even bring it up in the first place. Even if it did, the fact that you're putting jargony content in without citation is highly worrying. Someone who has been here for 12 years shouldn't be making edits like this. | ||
::::I don't know what should be done here. This editing is clearly problematic, but I don't see how a topic ban against copy-editing could possibly work. All of us who edit Misplaced Pages copy-edit on some level when working in mainspace. Nothing short of an indef block or full ban is going to solve this, I'm afraid. That is unless you, Anthony, can stop making these questionable edits altogether and stick to simple typo fixes and the like. I must confess that your lack of a response here makes me more amenable to supporting a block or ban should it come to that, but I sincerely hope that your editing improves so that things don't reach that point. No one likes having their work criticized, but please do take what we're saying to heart. It will make your experience on Misplaced Pages better, as well as ours. ] (]) 01:18, 8 June 2018 (UTC) | ::::I don't know what should be done here. This editing is clearly problematic, but I don't see how a topic ban against copy-editing could possibly work. All of us who edit Misplaced Pages copy-edit on some level when working in mainspace. Nothing short of an indef block or full ban is going to solve this, I'm afraid. That is unless you, Anthony, can stop making these questionable edits altogether and stick to simple typo fixes and the like. I must confess that your lack of a response here makes me more amenable to supporting a block or ban should it come to that, but I sincerely hope that your editing improves so that things don't reach that point. No one likes having their work criticized, but please do take what we're saying to heart. It will make your experience on Misplaced Pages better, as well as ours. ] (]) 01:18, 8 June 2018 (UTC) | ||
::::There are tons of ways to contribute to the encyclopedia that don't involve copy editing. Many important things are no less important because they are "under the covers" where their effect is not immediately apparent to readers in the prose.<br />For just one example, I'm currently working my way through a long list of the most-viewed articles, changing "px" values in thumbnails to the equivalent {{para|upright}} parameters per ]. This conversion is necessary for the user preference for thumbnail size to have any effect, and I consider that important to the encyclopedia. This is something that has been neglected for years and I felt it was time somebody actually implemented the community consensus rather than leaving it on the ] pile indefinitely.<br />For another example, citations are fundamental to the encyclopedia, sloppy or incomplete citations are a widespread problem, and one could make a career of cite cleanup.<br />Starting perhaps at ], any intelligent editor should be able to find some type of work that (1) the encyclopedia needs, (2) they find rewarding, and (3) they are good at. I'm sorry but copy editing is not your forte, and if you continue on your current path you are probably approaching an involuntary retirement. ―] ] 12:11, 8 June 2018 (UTC) |
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License tagging for Image:Lou Gehrig best 800.jpgThanks for uploading Image:Lou Gehrig best 800.jpg. Misplaced Pages gets hundreds of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Misplaced Pages, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Misplaced Pages:Image legality questions. 04:29, 29 March 2006 (UTC) Sybil LudingtonHey, how ya doin? I noticed you added some pics to the Sybil Ludington page, I have a hunch you live in that area. I myself grew up about a quarter-mile from her grave (which is partly why I did some work on the article). How bout you? Sorry for the delay in responding to your message, but you didn't leave a link and I had to reply to my own talk page. I don't live in the area, but I visit Putnam County once in a while. I like to take pictures in the area. If you visit the articles for Carmel and Patterson, you will see more of my pictures. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony22 (talk • contribs) Grave imagesHi, thanks for donating the images. I don't think it's really appropriate to add images of family graves to living people, I moved the De Niro one to his father's article Robert De Niro, Sr.. Arniep 00:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC) TravelsYou going by the Putname County cemeteries any time soon? --evrik 14:44, 11 July 2006 (UTC) We got a photo of the grave we needed. Thanks for your offer! --evrik 17:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC) JFKHi, I actually confirmed your info right here on WP, which I should have done before reverting your edit. My only defense is that I saw an unsourced assertion in an article that is a frequent target for vandalism. Subtle vandalisms which add false info to an article are particularly dangerous because they can damage WP's credibility. I already replaced your material; sorry if I caused you any concern : ) Doc Tropics 01:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC) |
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Conde Nast headstoneSorry, I disagree; find a photograph of the man, not his headstone. Frankly, it could be any Nast; there's no name on it confirming him. In any case, it's trivial. This isn't a dead site for fans, though I love gravestones and graveyards as much as the next guy. I really don't think a gravestone pic belongs in an encyclopaedia article, even if you have posted many before. Frankly, such an image isn't important unless (a) the gravesite is extraordinary and of wide interest (ie architecturally, like the tomb of Warren G. Harding) or (b) it is being used to illustrate the posthumous devotion of fans, ie Oscar Wilde or the lead singer of the Doors.Mowens35 01:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC) Babe Ruth headstoneI removed the photo of the Babe Ruth headstone from that article for reasons similar to those cited by Mowens35 (above). Frankly, the photo does not add any value to the article: it is not architecturally or stylistically unique and doesn't say anything about Babe Ruth himself. To quote Mowens35: "I really don't think a gravestone pic belongs in an encyclopaedia article, even if you have posted many before." Sorry to be so blunt, Oscar 14:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC) Gravestone Fetish?Hey Anthony22. I have to agree with Mowens35 and Oscar, all the grave pictures are a bit much. I was looking at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery page because most of my dead family members are buried there and you had added gravestone pictures too all of the famous people listed there. I then checked out what your other contributions were and it seems that you've done this to a lot of people. The point of an article is to talk about what made the person famous and why they are important. A headstone doesn't have to do with their life unless in the words of Mowens35, " A) the gravesite is extraordinary and of wide interest (i.e. architecturally, like the tomb of Warren G. Harding) or B) it is being used to illustrate the posthumous devotion of fans (i.e. Oscar Wilde or the Jim Morrison)" There's no need for pictures of gravestones on people who don't have famous gravesites. It's kinda creepy to have pictures of gravestones on people's pages when there aren't any pictures of them when they were living. I think from now on in the future, you probably shouldn't put up all of those pictures. I can see you live in Westchester and you like to take pictures of other things in Westchester. So why don't you continue to do that instead of taking anymore gravestone pictures. I won't remove the pictures that are already up. But if an Admin came along and saw the pictures, they might remove them because 1) they don't enhance the article or add to the understanding of the person 2) you don't need them for most people 3) It's kinda weird. I hope you understand. Hdog13 04:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC) Iona Preperatory SchoolNo, I did clean it up. The wording was not neutral at all, and, more importantly, it was copied straight from the school's website. Unless the school relicenses the text on their website under the GFDL, it should be removed anyway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shanel (talk • contribs) 00:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
Michael Jordan photoPlease see WP:Fair use. Judging by your edit history you need to familiarize yourself with it. No worries though, I made a lot of mistakes when I first started up as does everybody. Quadzilla99 02:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
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The Ram plaque is on the "main drive" in from the Fordham Road gate. The records for all Fordham-related issues are under "fordham Road." The provincial's office was Fordham Road, and the main drive from Fordham Road leads to the front door oif the administration buildings. The entrance picture was originally for Fordham Hospital, now gone (which is where the parking lots now are). The fact that drivers to the school use that lot does not make it the official main entrance.HarvardOxon 02:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Peter RevsonHi Anthony. Thanks for taking the trouble to add the picture of Peter Revson. Unfortunately the copyright for that picture still belongs to the photographer who took it, or possibly the magazine who may have bought the rights from him/her. Scanning the picture in does not constitute creating a new image, but copying an existing one. The GFDL license is therefore not appropriate as the rights to the picture are not yours to release. 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You state that you release it under GFDL, but farther down you also state that you place it in the public domain. You can't do both as the concepts are mutually exclusive. Please remove one or the other of the license tags, and if you feel up to it, you can also move the image to the Commons so other projects can use it. If you don't move it, someone else will get around to it. --Darkwind (talk) 06:18, 30 September 2007 (UTC) Observation: on Flegenheimer headstone image 'talk page'This image shows small pebels/rocks on the headstone, three on the left (as well as some fallen into the grass) and one on the right. This is a Jewish custom when visiting a gravesite; it suggests more than one person linked to them personally had been to the grave within a year of the photograph's date. Shir-El too 15:15, 4 October 2007 (UTC) Floyd Patterson Pichttp://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Floyd_Patterson#Photograph_of_grave_of_Floyd_Patterson
For your info...
But it goes to show you that Floyd waited for Rocky's retirement, he simply did not want to be moved to the heavyweight division.
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Handy Place.jpg has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action. This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Misplaced Pages's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot (talk) 00:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC) FischerIt is in the references under the "Death" subsection. Therefore, it should not be in the External links. Chessy999 (talk) 22:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC) Documentary Usage of ImageAnthony22 - I would like to talk to you about possibly using one of your images in a documentary. How might I reach you? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hitch & Plow (talk • contribs) 17:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC) Image:Crane_200ab.jpg listed for deletionAn image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Crane_200ab.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 03:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC) Patsy RamseyThe informatrion you cited was removed in error, not intentionally. The next time you have a question about one of my edits, I suggest you approach me in a civil manner and do so on my discussion page, not my user page. Please refer to the Misplaced Pages pages about civility, wikiquette, and assuming good faith before leaving anyone another rude message. Thank you. MovieMadness (talk) 18:36, 10 March 2008 (UTC) Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)Hi, Anthony, thanks for getting in touch. Your encounter with the camera Nazis sounds like what happened to me when I visited the British Library in London with my digital cam in hand; all I wanted was a picture of the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf, is that so much to ask? They kindly held my camera until I was ready to leave, sheesh. Anyway, I'm readying Marshall's article for WP:GAN and hopefully WP:FAC, which is kind of a big deal, so that's why I'm particularly anal about things at the moment. The reason why the information about Marshall's burial is mentioned in past tense is so it can match with the rest of the section; to suddenly switch it to "Bob Marshall is buried" is grammatically awkward and incorrect. Although it is interesting and noteworthy that he is buried with the rest of his family, including one sister who eerily died at the same young age as he did, I think it's more important to stick to the established tense and note that he was buried next to his parents; what happened after, in present tense, doesn't exactly fit. I hope you don't mind me reverting back, and I do appreciate the input, but I want only the best for this article and for Marshall's legacy, nitpicky grammar and all. :) Take care and better luck visiting other historic cemeteries, María (habla conmigo) 23:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Ferncliff Cemetery and AaliyahI see no problem with Aaliyah being listed, as are the other names of famous persons, but if you started listing all "private rooms" the article would be flooded. Someone that is interested in finding the location can get a list at the office. It is not pertinent where you placed it. 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Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kelly 03:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC) Speedy deletion of Image:Jean harris 100.jpgA tag has been placed on Image:Jean harris 100.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section I9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding my apologiesI did not intend to delete the cheerleader picture. My apologies!--JConoco (talk) 02:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC) Do you have any other photos relating to the high school? either the building, campus or students?--JConoco (talk) 05:26, 4 July 2008 (UTC) NRHS picturesThanks for the reply. I was thinking the article wld benefit from the addition of certain photos (ie: the 'new wing', the clocktower(close-up, the 'Whitney Young Auditorium' of athletic type images). --JConoco (talk) 02:28, 5 July 2008 (UTC) Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site pic: Thanks!Thanks so much for photographing and uploading your pic for Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site. I don't know why exactly, but no one else has been able to get there, and it has been a notable gap in photo coverage of historic sites in NYS. If you have another pic or two from other angles, or inside, I would love to see those added, too. If you're not aware, there's a List of NHLs in NY which is very nearly complete in terms of photos, and there's List of Registered Historic Places in Westchester County, New York, which could use more additions. Thanks again, keep up the good work! doncram (talk) 21:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC) W.C. Handy GravesiteThanks for adding that pic; can you give coordinates for the grave, please (likewise for any other graves you may have photographed)? Grave coordinates can be added to several infoboxes using
GravesWow! I have to say I'm jealous of the number of graves you've been able to upload. I wanted to make a note, however. Have you heard of Wikimedia Commons? If you upload images there instead of here on Misplaced Pages, members of any Wikimedia project can use them, not just those of us on the English language version. Check out my gallery of graves, by the way: ]. --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC) Image:01 Claire Ruth grave.JPGThe copyright information is inadequate. I thought you'd like to fix this. Images w/o proper copyright information can be deleted on sight. -- Cat 21:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC) License tagging for Image:Harry_Houdini_Grave_Marker_1024.jpgThanks for uploading Image:Harry_Houdini_Grave_Marker_1024.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Misplaced Pages uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information; to add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Misplaced Pages. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 23:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC) Now CommonsFile:M R 800.jpg, an image uploaded from this account in April 2006, is now available as File:Max Reinhardt 800.jpg (Commons:File:Max Reinhardt 800.jpg). — Athaenara ✉ 04:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC) |
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File:01 Vin Learson grave.JPGJust to let you know that I recently copied the above image over to WikiMedia Commons. The image had been tagged with the {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} template. Your image is now available to all Wikimedia projects at the following location: Commons:File:01 Vin Learson grave.JPG The original version of the image uploaded to Misplaced Pages has been tagged with WP:CSD#I8. Cheers! --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC) File:01 Yonkers Raceway.JPGJust to let you know that I recently copied the above image that you upload to Misplaced Pages over to WikiMedia Commons. The image had been tagged with the {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} template. Your image is now available to all Wikimedia projects at the following location: Commons:File:01 Yonkers Raceway.JPG. The original version of the image uploaded to Misplaced Pages has been tagged with WP:CSD#I8. 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Cheers! --Captain-tucker (talk) 14:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC) File:1 Gate of Heaven best 800.jpgJust to let you know that I recently copied the above image that you uploaded to Misplaced Pages over to WikiMedia Commons. The image had been tagged with the {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} template. Your image is now available to all Wikimedia projects at the following location: Commons:File:1 Gate of Heaven best 800.jpg. The original version of the image uploaded to Misplaced Pages has been tagged with WP:CSD#I8. Cheers! --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:18, 30 January 2009 (UTC) File:1 Harry Frazee 800.jpgJust to let you know that I recently copied the above image that you uploaded to Misplaced Pages over to WikiMedia Commons. The image had been tagged with the {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} template. Your image is now available to all Wikimedia projects at the following location: Commons:File:1 Harry Frazee 800.jpg. 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FYI:cheerleader imageHi, Anthony22. I have some misgivings about the publication of your latest cheerleader photo, and I've asked for advice at Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Advice please: Personally identifiable image of teenage girl. --Orlady (talk) 16:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Find a GraveHi. I'd noticed you have added some to Find A Grave to some articles. That's perfectly fine, but I would like to encourage you to use the template for the site. This gives us consistent display of the site and also allows us to track which articles have links. If you would when you add the link, use this: {{findagrave|GrID}}. For Ed Gein, for instance, it would look like this: {{findagrave|089170}}. The grave ID number is just after the "GRid=" in the link. You don't have to put anything else, it's all done by the template. Thanks so much. Wildhartlivie (talk) 21:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Re: Tagging of Article on Iona PrepHello. I appreciate that you've added all the information to the article, but there are problems with it. An encyclopedia actually *can* cover too much information on one thing. What has happened on Iona's page is that there's paragraphs upon paragraphs on the football history. But it's not an article about Iona Prep Football. It's an article about the school. The amount of information on the football program dwarfs the rest of the article. There's a horribly uneven slant towards their football teams. There's barely a passive mention of any of the other sports. The football sections are too long and contain way too much information. For example, the scores of every game in the seasons covered and in depth analyses is absolutely not necessary, and one could argue that it violates WP:ENC. The sections are written like essays to promote the school's program. The football section should be reduced to a few shorter paragraphs that mention the school's football history. The paragraphs also use sentences like "Tyrae Woodson-Samuels and Jeff Mack spearheaded one of the most prolific offenses in the history of the CHSFL as Iona Prep steamrollered undefeated through 12 consecutive games.", which uses words that only make the history sound nicer and makes the article look pretty (bolded), and even uses a peacock term (which is italicized). I believe that the football sections need to be completely rewritten so that they're entirely neutral and are completely encyclopedic. I understand that you don't feel qualified to add history on the other sections, that's why I added the tags, so that other editors could add such information. You're not the only editor that frequents the page, I'm sure. AcroX 17:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC) re: Photograph of Bob Marshall burial siteI'm sorry that you disapprove of my previous edit in which I removed File:Bob Marshall Burial Site 1000.jpg from Bob Marshall (wilderness activist), but may I remind you to assume good faith? My edit was not vandalism, nor was it in any way intended as malicious. I admit that I did not consider the technical difficulties that you may have had in obtaining such an image; rather, I was concerned with its lack of aesthetic appeal in an article that is already sufficiently illustrated. I fail to see why two images are required to illustrate Marshall's final resting place, when most biographies rarely have one. While removing this image, I kept the one of his tombstone (obviously the most important of the two), and added a free image of Marshall himself elsewhere in the article. With both images in the "Later efforts and sudden death" section, it looks crowded. The main reason for its removal, however, is that the image is incredibly dark, practically covered in shadow, and its subject only becomes clear when one clicks on it. Even then it's very difficult to read what's on the tombstones. In short, I question its ability to enhance the article or add to the understanding of the subject matter, which is what images should do. As you can see, my edit was not "indiscriminate"; quite the opposite. It would have been impossible for me to explain my reasons for removing the image in an edit summary, which is why I used the benign term "cleaning up pictures" instead. I still don't believe it warrants inclusion in the article, which has obtained Featured Article status and must therefore maintain a high quality. Whether it remains or not, the image is included at the Commons, where any Misplaced Pages project may find and use it. Your work remains. I hope you reconsider the addition of this particular image, but either way thank you for contacting me with your concerns. María (habla conmigo) 12:59, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
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can you helpout?You seem to know alot about the Westchester area. And more specifically New Rochelle. There have been many many articles about new rochelle that have been deleted by a editor on this site and these deletions do not appear to be productive or fair. I would say that as many as 30 articles about new ro have been deleted and i think as many as 30 more about westchester have as well (by the same editor). Would you have any ability to help replace these articles as they are historic and/or factual and relevant to the city at its current time? It would be nice to fix this so that the data can be available for the community at large. Here are just some of the articles:
Westchester articles that are gone include: • LAWRENCE PARK (BRONXVILLE) • WAYSIDE COTTAGE (SCARSDALE) • BRONXVILLE POST OFFICE • MOUNT VERNON POST OFFICE • HARRISON POST OFFICE • MASTERSON DUSENBERRY HOUSE (BRONXVILLE) • BRONXVILLE WOMENS CLUB • BRONX RIVER PARKWAY RESERVATION • Bedford Road Historic District • Bedford Village Historic District • MARBLE SCHOOLHOUSE (EASTCHESTER) • JOHN STEVENS HOUSE (MOUNT VERNON) • BOLTON PRIORY (PELHAM MANOR) • EDGEWOOD HOUSE (PELHAM MANOR) • PELHAMDALE (PELHAM MANOR) • BAR BUILDING (WHITE PLAINS) Here are some articles that have been substantially detracted from with unnecessary removal of content: • PELHAM ISLANDS • GLEN ISLAND • BAR BUILDING (WHITE PLAINS) • NEPTUNE ISLAND • WILDCLIFF • LELAND CASTLE • NEW ROCHELLE POST OFFICE • PIONEER BUILDING (NEW ROCHELLE) • THOMAS PAINE COTTAGE • DAVENPORT HOUSE • TRINITY ST.PAULS EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH (NEW RO) • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND LEWIS PINTARD HOUSE (NEW RO) • NEW ROC CITY Maybe you can help see whatsup with all this deletion and Bing.com offers a glimpse into the missing articles just by searching new rochelle and also newrochellenews.info has alot of reference material. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Je le monde (talk • contribs) 09:51, 16 July 2010 (UTC) New Rochelle High School cheerleaderHi Anthony22, Can you please remove the picture of the cheerleader from the NRHS page? It is me and I really don't want it there. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.99.188.22 (talk) 03:24, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Grave of Francis Saltus SaltusWith what delight I discovered the photo of the grave of Francis Saltus Saltus, which I had not seen! I should very much like to visit it some day. He is a great hero of mine. Algabal (talk) 00:24, 30 September 2010 (UTC) HaemorrhageIs the correct spelling. "Hemorrhage" is an American variant. Deb (talk) 11:47, 5 October 2010 (UTC) Find a Grave link on Lindbergh article (it was a duplicate)The "Find a Grave" link you added was apparently deleted by another editor because it was a duplicate of a link already in the External Links list (second from top). I had reverted the removal until I noticed that it was a duplicate and took it out again because it actually was unneeded because it had been in the list since June, 2009. Centpacrr (talk) 01:53, 22 November 2010 (UTC) |
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Thanks for documenting this gravestone. The photo of the Thomas Hastings gravestone has been linked to Thomas Hastings - architect. Was your photo of the gravestone taken in the Putnam cemetery in Connecticut where Hastings is reported to be buried? Thanks, Bob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobhastings (talk • contribs) 03:43, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, I have the same question. Can you please put location on the Wiki page? Thanks. RonRice (talk) 21:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Yvette Vickers
I know it's in the source but what is your personal reasoning behind including the street name of where Vickers lived? I'm of two minds about being so specific. Dismas| 13:23, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
I see no harm in being specific. The location of Marilyn Monroe's death and Lou Gehrig's death is shown in their respective Misplaced Pages articles. I became interested in Yvette Vickers after I just watched Attack of the 50 Foot Woman on Turner Classic Movies. She was a good actress and a hot Playboy Playmate. It's really sad how she died.
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Anthony
Judging by the comments at the top of the page, I thought that some drastic editing was needed. However you obviously hold this page of high value so I won't get in your way. I agree though with the criticism that the football information is too long and it does read like an advertisement for the school. I am a graduate of the the Prep and admire the school and alums a great deal.
Your feedback is appreciated and I will put back the info on Renzie Lamb and a few other notable alums.
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Audrey Meadows
Audrey was born in NYC, unlike her elder sister, Jayne, as per this footnote, gleaned from Ancestry.com:
Audrey Cotter was born in New York City in 1922, not in China as has been commonly stated. A 1921 passenger list shows the family entering the United States from China via Vancouver (S.S. Empress of Russia arriving at Vancouver from Shanghai, July 10, 1921). A 1927 passenger list shows Audrey's birthplace as New York (S.S. Olympic, arriving at New York from Southamption, May 3, 1927). The 1930 U.S. census, listing the family in Providence, Rhode Island, also shows Audrey's birthplace as New York City and her age as 8 years old in April 1930, which also confirms 1922 as her year of birth.
Yours, Quis separabit? 16:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- Anthony: Of course, discrepancies arrive and sometimes are not easy to settle which leads to footnotes or endnotes detailing conflicting information. I certainly do not go by Find-a-Grave as a rule, however U.S. government records: census, travel manifests/itineraries, Social Security Death Index records, etc. are generally reliable, and incomparably superior to IMDb, Find-a-Grave, or hearsay. Yours, Quis separabit? 15:54, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your message. I'm sure the content will add good things to the article. It just needs an inline citation, as is the policy at WP. Thanks Span (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Iona Prep article
Please see my reply to your comments (on my edits) on my Talk Page - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 20:49, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
howdy
Wow, look at all this great work. :-) Thanks for improving wikipedia. I collapsed some of your older messages, I hope you don't mind. You can always click the 'show' button to see them, and you can still edit them if necessary. However, if you don't like the new talkpage-decorator, feel free to click the view-history button, and undo my changing-of-the-drapes. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 22:59, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
good work on Lewie aka Kareem
Hello Anthony, you can call me 74. Noticed your work adding the info about the Tower of Power, thanks. I went ahead and added your sentence back in, with the URL you cited. Here is what I did:
- EDITING
- This earned him a nickname — "''The tower from Power''."<ref name="PhillyDotCom">http://articles.philly.com/1989-05-25/sports/26109975_1_power-memorial-high-school-kareem-abdul-jabbar-power-basketball</ref>
And here is what it looks like:
- READING
- This earned him a nickname — "The tower from Power."
No need to be all fancy, though. Any time you want to use a URL to cite something, you can do it like this:
- EDITING#2 The sky is blue.
Which looks like this:
That is pretty much how I usually do it. Hope this helps, and thanks much for improving wikipedia. Feel free to drop me a note on my talkpage if you ever need anything, or if you want fast answers to quick questions, I highly recommend the friendly folks at WP:TEAHOUSE. p.s. Very jealous you got to be there in the 1960s to see it all. :-) Talk to you later. — 74.192.84.101 (talk) 23:10, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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RE: Was Rocco Scuiletti fired by his trucking company after the Kerry Kennedy incident?
Citations belong in the article. For details see WP:CITE. Putting the sources on my talk page is OK but inadequate to include the information unsourced in the article. 107.15.200.87 (talk) 15:01, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
RE: Is Jim Leavelle to the left or right of Oswald in the iconic photograph?
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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RE: Do Robert and Charlene Spierer live in the Edgemont neighborhood of Scarsdale, New York?
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White racist police who beat up blacks. But so many white kids in yonkers think they are hip hoppers. A jim crow like segregation still occurs. The poor communities are full of drug addicts, and their is little housing in Yonkers. Yonkers is not a place people should be proud of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.20.9.43 (talk) 15:10, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hey Anthony, regarding this edit: they're helpful changes, but I see that the file itself refers to the player as Abdul-Jabbar, not Alcindor. I only bring this up because captioning the photo as Alcindor is confusing to me when the file itself states otherwise. I realize that this was the same year that he changed his name, but just wanted to point it out. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 20:11, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
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- Also, that the Heisman presentation is made in a theatre in Times Square (at least recently) does not have any part in making Times Square "famous". BMK (talk) 04:50, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Upper Manhattan
Nowhere in the source attached to the content at the Linda McCartney article does it say "Upper" when referring to Manhattan. Please change your addition of "Upper" to the article as incorrect and unsourced. What you've added - according to your edit summary - is original research. You've been here long enough and I know you know better than to try to add something unsourced like this. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 23:19, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Your latest edit
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Fine Arts
You are incorrect in regard to this edit. When McCartney was college age, Fine Arts was a common major, especially for women. Please replace it in the article. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 15:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
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Internet - internet
If you wish you had a dollar every time you may not make as much as you think. Are you sure it needs a capital every time, as opposed to when it is part of a company name or at the start of a sentence? Telephone doesn't have a capital all the time, for instance. Britmax (talk) 17:10, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- It does indeed clarify matters; thank you. I thought the Prohibition example was a very good one, by the way. Britmax (talk) 00:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
WP:Child protection policy
Edits like this one and this one you made are unacceptable. Do keep your POV out of your edits. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:50, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, @Flyer22 Reborn: I was here to post something and just saw your comment. For what it's worth, I might have made the same changes for encyclopedic tone. It seems that often the more brief and dispassionate the better. And the article makes it quite clear that she committed and recommitted crimes, which caused her to be on the sex registry and serve jail time. I don't know anything about the addition of unsourced material, but of course, I agree that should not be done.--CaroleHenson (talk) 00:07, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
- CaroleHenson, were you agreeing with the reverts to Anthony22's wording? If not, it seems you read the above links backwards. Changing "Fualaau" to "her child lover" and adding "for the illicit liaison" is not encyclopedic wording. It is POV wording. And Anthony22 has made other problematic edits to that article in the past, and those were reverted. SarekOfVulcan was right to revert. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:25, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, @Flyer22 Reborn:, Yes, I am agreeing to the reverts to Anthony22's wording - and are consistent with my experience working on the Death of JonBenét Ramsey article. Sorry that I wasn't clearer. I know that there are cupcakes that follow, but it was a way to smooth over the back-and-forth that we've had on the article. When I saw good edits, I pointed it out.--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:44, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
Death of JonBenét Ramsey
Great job editing, polishing, and clarifying items in the Death of JonBenét Ramsey article!--CaroleHenson (talk)
- Again, great editing! I reverted the last edit because it was an attempt to limit close paraphrasing. Sometimes the facts in the case made that job pretty tough (only so many ways to word some sentences).--CaroleHenson (talk) 00:04, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
A cupcake for you!
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Security cameras
Yes, they are commonly called this. More often than anything else, in my experience. Britmax (talk) 18:46, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
Kennedy assassination
I noticed you changed the wording on the Kennedy assassination page (talking about Oswald) from "mortally wounded" to "mortally shot". I'd like you to reconsider that change for a couple of reasons: 1) "Mortally wounded" is a much more common phrase-Google turns up 575,000 results for it, while "mortally shot" brings up less than 8,000, and it drops to less than 7000 if you exclude "mortally wounded" from the search for "mortally shot". 2) A mortal wound, is, by definition, a fatal one, regardless of how it happened. In this case, "mortally" is a synonym for "fatally", and I don't think anyone would argue that "fatally wounded" implies the chance of recovery. Almostfm (talk) 21:05, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:10, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Seeing color
I have no idea why the cop gets "black" assigned to his name and function. It is entirely possible that "white" is the transparent normal in Mountain Brook, an overwhelmingly white community, and the richest in Alabama--but perhaps you could consider adding "white" to every incidence of a white person in our article. Or are you inserting that term to suggest something? Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:42, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Matthew Shepard
Hi Anthony22. Thanks for your series of thoughtful edits. You'll notice I undid or modified a small number of the changes you made, and several of my edit summaries might be less than fully illuminating. I'm limited to typing with one hand at present, so long summaries are challenging. If anything isn't clear, please don't hesitate to ask. Hope you have a happy new year. RivertorchWATER 08:35, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Atomic bombs in Truman's article lead
Hi Anthony22, regarding your edit today of Harry S. Truman's article, mentioning the bombs in the lead: I don't know if you saw there was a recent discussion of that subject on the talk page under "Recent edits." Personally, I agree it should be there, and I wouldn't remove it, but it might need further discussion. However, I wouldn't say Truman is "best remembered for..." because that is subjective. I actually remember him best for being a fellow Missourian. RM2KX (talk) 00:57, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
- Now I see that the bombs are mentioned already in the fourth paragraph of the lead, and again in the text of the main article. So now I'm thinking it may be redundant in the first paragraph. Actually I'm thinking the whole lead is way too long, so whatever you want to do is appropriate enough, I guess. RM2KX (talk) 01:04, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Joe Kennedy's plane
Hello. Since someone fixed your errors, I'll not revert your edit to the JFK article. I will point out, however, that Gen. Doolittle said the plane exploded, so please don't try to "correct" that fact in other articles. Thanks, YoPienso (talk) 14:19, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
April 2017, John F. Kennedy
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Thank you
I want to thank you for your contributions related to JFK. Thanks a lot for your contributions. :-) —usernamekiran(talk) 22:18, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
Ted Bundy
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May 2017
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Emmett Till and Central Park jogger case
Your name appears on my Watchlist a lot today, but that's not a bad thing. Thank you very much for your relatively minor fixes that make big improvements to the readability of both articles. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 02:47, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
Lewinsky scandal
Hi,
I am not sure if this edit should be reverted or not. Also, there has been many edits which need attention. Would you please take a look at the page history? I am not much familiar with Clinton, nor this particular article. My knowledge is limited to a few Kennedys, Eisenhower, and related persons to that era. Thanks a lot for the consideration of my request. Best, —usernamekiran(talk) 20:54, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
- PS: I apologise on behalf of my firefox browser; because of a glitch, it blanked your entire talkpage, and saved one conversation. —usernamekiran(talk)
Trump
Good work improving the writing at Trump. That gets little attention since not many are good at it. I'm good at it, but I lack the motivation! I agree with pretty much everything you've done there. ―Mandruss ☎ 22:26, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Mistaken "changed present tense to past tense" edits
Hello. You have been making a series of grammar changes to articles like John McCain and Ted Kennedy and Bill Gates under the edit summary "changed present tense to past tense", all of which are incorrectly motivated. Instances include this edit and this edit and the edit. To take the first one as an example, there is nothing wrong with the sentence "He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers". The "flying" in it is not present tense. Like -ing verbs in general, it is tenseless – it gets its tense from the main verb of the phrase or sentence. Thus, "she was flying", "she is flying", and "she will be flying" are all valid uses of "flying" in three different tenses. In this case, the main verb of the sentence is "became", which makes the whole sentence past tense including the "flying". (If you are really in doubt about this point, consult some sites on English usage such as this one.) Therefore there is no need to change the sentence as you did to "He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers". While there is nothing wrong with that sentence per se, it is a bit duller and more verbose and lends to more repetitive prose overall, whereas the use of "flying" in the original helps the prose have a more varied style. Thus these changes of yours are ill-advised. Thanks ... Wasted Time R (talk) 02:34, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Wrong net worth
I'm sorry but you made the wrong net worth well if it wasn't you I apologize but the real and 100% accurate net worth is 85.7 billion dollars Bigman999 (talk) 22:58, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
The net worth is wrong!!!!
Please change it to 85.7 billion. Bigman999 (talk) 23:28, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
Farrah Fawcett sister
There's other coincidences too. (ie, Gregg Allman and David Bowie die of liver cancer at 69, David Bowie and Alan Rickman die of abdominal cancer at 69 in the same week, Gene Cernan dies the same day as a picture he took is on the main page (which admittedly made it into the article for a while), Walter Becker and Glenn Frey die at 67 of complications from surgery, etc) Will all of these be placed into the article too? Also, I google searched for something like "farrah fawcett sister death cancer 62" and didn't get any notableish results.
Versus: "Coincidentally, she died on the same day that American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson died."
"Media coverage of Lewis's death was almost completely overshadowed by news of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on the same day (approximately 55 minutes following Lewis's collapse), as did the death of English writer Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World."
"Coincidentally, he died on the same day as Airplane co-founder Signe Toly Anderson."
"She died on the same day as Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner, also aged 74." (okay, these two didn't overshadow each other, but still...)
The Michael Jackson coincidence was mentioned because it diverted media attention quite significantly (ie, a google search, I figure anything there mentions Farrah Fawcett) while I can't find single source with anything on her sister. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 01:58, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
Use of quotation marks
Please don't remove these from song titles; they're supposed to go in quotation marks per WP:Manual of Style/Titles#Minor works. Snuggums (talk / edits) 21:35, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
boarding schools
RE your summary on Donald Trump: There are indeed public boarding schools. See Canadian Indian residential school system or Residential treatment center for example. Meters (talk) 20:09, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Youth detention center would be another example, perhaps one which some would wish had been used in this case. I have no commenton your edit (didn't bother looking at it), I'm just commenting on the content of your edit summary. Meters (talk) 20:13, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
I was referring to educational institutions, not reform schools or drug rehabilitation facilities.
Anthony22 (talk) 20:17, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- The native residential schools are nothing but educational institutions, and the other institutions must function as schools when they hold children. No big deal, I just thought that your edit summary was a bit too definitive onteh point. Meters (talk) 20:21, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Bottom line, the wording of that caption is the product of consensus at the talk page, see Talk:Donald Trump/Archive 65#His faux military uniform. It should not be altered without consensus, and I have reverted your second attempt at rewording it. --MelanieN (talk) 00:31, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Kaepernick
Please don't make Misplaced Pages make value judgments in her own voice. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 17:51, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting
Anthony, please slow down with your editing at 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting. If you change something and someone reverts the change, go to the talk page and talk about it. SHOUTING your opinion in an edit summary does not count as talking about it. Repeatedly changing the lede sentence when other people are changing it back calls for discussion, not simply changing it again. I have seen your work on other pages, and I appreciate your methodical approach, doing many small edits that mostly do improve the article. But: trying to impose your own version over the objections of other people does NOT improve the article and is not the Misplaced Pages way. Please don't revert these things again, and please do come to the talk page and see if you can reach consensus about them. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 23:20, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
- ...and you are still edit warring - this time over the word "standoff". There is a discussion at the talk page about that very phrase, see "the opening section doesnt match with the chronology below". Please help at that discussion, where we are still deciding how to handle the real problem: the fact that the existing sentence (the one you restored) implies that his dead body was found 11 minutes after he started shooting. Now THAT is inaccurate. This article is still under development, and highly experienced editors are working on it; please become part of that process. You do not get to just keep imposing your own preference and ignoring the community. --MelanieN (talk) 00:29, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
Melanie:
I did not initiate the use of the word "standoff" in the article. I don't even know if there was a standoff. He might have committed suicide before the police arrived at his hotel room. As I said, there are a lot of inaccuracies and false statements in this article.--Anthony22 (talk) 00:37, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- And I asked you there and I ask you again here: please identify specific inaccuracies and false statements, so that we can correct them. --MelanieN (talk) 05:40, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Anthony22 and MelanieN: - Related to this in what style guide are you referring to where "Room" is always capitalized like this? -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:13, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Fuzheado: AFAIK I wasn't involved in capitalizing the word "room" and I don't think it should be capitalized. And Anthony, there you go again: you made a change (room --> Room); somebody undid it; and you immediately reinserted it, citing only your own opinion. You need to STOP THIS. Your behavior, insisting on your own edits even after someone else has undone them, is in danger of becoming disruptive - and I don't use that word lightly. --MelanieN (talk) 15:23, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @MelanieN: - Apologies for the mixup, I meant to just inform you of the situation, not to put any blame on you. -- Fuzheado | Talk 15:28, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Anthony22: - As MelanieN said, your editing is veering into the area of disruption. We've tried to assume good faith but if you're not working cooperatively after repeated warnings, then perhaps you should find another article to edit. -- Fuzheado | Talk 15:28, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Fuzheado: AFAIK I wasn't involved in capitalizing the word "room" and I don't think it should be capitalized. And Anthony, there you go again: you made a change (room --> Room); somebody undid it; and you immediately reinserted it, citing only your own opinion. You need to STOP THIS. Your behavior, insisting on your own edits even after someone else has undone them, is in danger of becoming disruptive - and I don't use that word lightly. --MelanieN (talk) 15:23, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Anthony22 and MelanieN: - Related to this in what style guide are you referring to where "Room" is always capitalized like this? -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:13, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Anthony: As opposed to GA and FA rated articles that have already been vetted, I would suggest "sinking your teeth" into some lower rated articles. There are plenty that need copy edit and grammar work. Here is one for a suggestion, which could also use some edits for concision. Kierzek (talk) 22:27, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
Leavelle interrogating Oswald on 22?
I just noticed that the LHO article (great job, btw, it certainly deserves its star) contradicts the one covering Jim Leavelle. The article says Oswald was questioned by Detective Jim Leavelle about the shooting of Officer Tippit on the 22nd after his arrest: "At about 2 p.m., Oswald arrived at the Police Department building, where homicide detective Jim Leavelle (1920–) questioned him about the shooting of Officer Tippit". But Leavelle’s biographical article on Misplaced Pages states the exact opposite - that he only interrogated Oswald on the 24th - the morning Oswald was shot, and that he had never talked to him before. Not accusing Leavelle of being unrealible or a liar but his interviews he has done in recent years are in contray to his WC testimony. Memory always distort from time to time.
This is also on the Oswald talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.17.68 (talk) 22:39, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Edits at the Dinosaur page
Given your extensive editing history, I am sure you can understand the fact that featured articles have gone through the collaborative revision of many editors.
This means that, being a featured article, there is a reason the intro of Dinosaur is written the way it is.
Please do not change it without discussing on the talk page.
Thanks. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:29, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
Matthew Shepard
Hi Anthony22. That's a lot of edits in succession. I hope to get a chance to go over them individually sometime over the next day or two, but I don't want to conflict with you if you're planning on making more. Re the out-of-state hospital (I happened to mouse over that diff on my watchlist), I really don't suppose that needs to be said unless you can find a source that makes something of it. It's pretty routine to transport gravely ill patients to larger hospitals farther away. I can check, but my guess is that the Ft. Collins hospital was better equipped than the Laramie hospital, probably a mid- or high-level trauma center. If he'd been taken to the local hospital initially, they'd probably have transferred him to Ft. Collins anyway, and precious time would have been wasted. RivertorchWATER 07:16, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
- Rivertorch, you can also temporarily revert all of the edits in one go, like I recently did, to look at all of the changes. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:16, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, I might do that. I've been waiting for a good time when I have a free hour or so and am not fatigued, because I'm quite sure that some of the recent changes are not improvements—and there are so many to go through. I'll see if I can get to it tonight. I'm always a bit disappointed when I try to engage another user in conversation and fail, especially a user whose edits I often agree with, but I guess it's slightly weird mentioning it on that editor's talk page. :-p RivertorchWATER 04:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Jack Ruby calling Oswald "good looking" and resembling Paul Newman(lol)
- laughs* I was surprised when I read that on the article. I actually hunted Knight's testimony down just now, thinking to myself “there is no way that Ruby would have said that” and.. well.. I am still questioning how on earth he pulled that Paul Newman comparison, as they don’t really look alike to me at all? But I cracked up when I read this because it actually made me imagine Oswald as a movie star for a second. Just look it up.
And I’m just going “if you thought he was goodlooking, why on earth did you shoot him and rob the planet of his pretty face?” at Ruby non-stop right now, sorry. xD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.234.155 (talk) 23:38, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
What new information? If it's unsolved it can't be called a murder
I'm telling you that we don't know, and that it cannot just be tossed in unsourced. Britmax (talk) 18:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits on Meghan Markle
There have been questionable edits on this article today, and many were reverted. But so far I have agreed with every single edit you have made, Anthony. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 23:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Request editing of Jack Ruby article
The Jack Ruby page is in need of some revamp. Past tense, etc.
Sourcing
Please take better care with what citations you insert and don't use subpar quality sources in articles, especially for contentious personal claims, even if the person is long dead. What we need are publications that overall are known for fact-checking rather than those that often fabricate things. We want articles to be accurate instead of filled with questionable content. Snuggums (talk / edits) 17:46, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- I have to agree with SNUGGUMS; if needed, please refresh your recollection by reading: WP:RS. Thank you, Kierzek (talk) 14:24, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
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Oswald’s whereabouts?
The article currently says that Marrion Baker saw Oswald on the second floor, but JFK historian Stan Dane has pointed out in his book and research, “Prayer Man”, that Baker originally said he saw a man walking away from a stairway on the 3rd or 4th floor, a man who doesn’t match Oswald’s description, and that original interrogation reports say Oswald was on the first floor, at the entrance, (not in the first floor room or second floor lunchroom) and may have captured on film outside, and is the figure called “Prayer Man”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.235.62 (talk) 10:41, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
Up the down upcase
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Edits at Chapter 27
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Scott Peterson
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- Per WP:SURNAME, Misplaced Pages generally does not refer to the subject of an article by their given name. Aside from those instances when their first name is given (or when it's an exceptional case like the entertainer Madonna), we use their surname.
- notice that you've been warned more than once on this talk page for adding material to articles that is not supported by cited sources, and I noticed that you did this in the S.P. article. For example:
- You added years of birth and death to Jacqueline "Jackie" Helen Latham, even though that is not found in the citation that follows that information
- You changed multiple mentions of Peterson reporting his wife missing to read that Laci's father reported her missing. This is also not found in the cited sources, which state that Peterson made the report.
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Charles Lindbergh and federal law
Thanks for helping out with Charles Lindbergh! Anyway I found this edit the statement "upgrade kidnapping from a state crime to a federal crime." IMO this "upgrade" wording isn't accurate, because in the US state law and federal law are in "separate sovereigns" or separate realms. Congress established kidnapping across state lines as a federal crime on top of kidnapping already being state crimes. Since they are separate realms, a person may be prosecuted under both state and federal law for the same criminal act, and this does not violate the double jeopardy clause. http://volokh.com/2013/06/13/cert-petition-asks-court-to-overturn-dual-sovereignty-doctrine-in-double-jeopardy-law WhisperToMe (talk) 03:46, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
Leavelle interrogating Oswald on 22?
I just noticed that the Lee Harvey Oswald article (great job, btw, it certainly deserves its star) contradicts the one covering Jim Leavelle. This article says Oswald was questioned by Detective Jim Leavelle about the shooting of Officer Tippit on the 22nd after his arrest. But Leavelle’s biographical article on Misplaced Pages states the exact opposite - that he only interrogated Oswald on the 24th - the morning Oswald was shot, and that he had never talked to him before. Not accusing Leavelle of being unrealible or a liar but his interviews he has done in recent years are in contray to his WC testimony. Memory always distort from time to time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.17.72 (talk) 17:49, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
Donald trump
Hey, I reverted some of your edits - apologies. I'd like to point out that, while in this case it doesn't matter so much, per WP:BLPPRIMARY, Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses.
, and thus not Selective Service System registration card either. Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:01, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Seasons' Greetings
...to you and yours, from Canada's Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
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Monroe
Hi,
Once again, please be very careful not to introduce mistakes to the article. It's very tiring having to correct them. Remember that this article has gone through a thorough review before. TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 21:09, 3 January 2018 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3
- I have to agree with TrueHeartSusie3. As I suggested above, as opposed to GA and FA rated articles that have already been vetted, I would suggest editing some lower rated articles that actually need improvement; also, please use discernment when making changes and "re-working" text. Kierzek (talk) 15:00, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
Do you possess the self-awareness of how bad your edits are?
Judging by the numerous people who have tried to raise this issue with you on your talk page, the fact that you actually did a revert and not just steamroll your atrocious grammar and overlinking back in is some sort of progress, I guess. TheValeyard (talk) 04:05, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
- Apparently you've made a total of five edits to your user talk page. 240 edits to talk pages overall. Not a talkative one are ya? It'd be nice if you responded more to some concerns. Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:19, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
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Oswald's behavior when shot
When he was shot, Oswald didn’t went out right away, because you hear him moan a few times.
Jim Leavelle’s article crites an interview by Doctor Robert McClelland, in which he says Leavelle spoke of having "leaned over Oswald and said, 'Son, you're hurt real bad. Do you wanna say anything?' He looked at me for a second. He waited like he was thinking. Then he shook his head back and forth just as wide as he could. Then he closed his eyes."
Should it be possible for you to add any reference be made to Oswald’s last moments, or can you find any more information to the story?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.234.90 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.235.12 (talk)
Police hearsay
Police generally don't show up to any crime scene until after someone calls them, which happens after the crime. This doesn't mean they don't investigate it to learn what happened. They pass their account onto reporters, who pass it onto us. When we pass it on to readers, it makes sense to tell them where it came from. So this edit doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It's not particularly bad or anything, just a bit confusing. How does it make sense to you? InedibleHulk (talk) 00:24, February 17, 2018 (UTC)
I learned a long time ago not to pay any attention to hearsay, no matter WHERE it came from. Initial accounts of crime scene activity or any other activity are usually riddled with inaccurate information. Police officers dole out false information just like anyone else. If you want the truth, go directly to the source.
While we're on the subject of the police, I have made the observation that nobody breaks more laws or regulations than the police themselves. While they're on patrol, they go through red lights and stop signs in non-emergency situations. They also use police identification badges to park their private vehicles in no-standing zones when they're off duty.
I try to stay away from anyone who is in possession of a gun, the police included. A long time ago, somebody cracked a joke about the police: "What's the difference between cops and crooks? They wear a uniform and get a pension!"
I wouldn't try to count the number of times that off-duty cops have been involved in DWI crashes.
This is the reason why I deleted "According to the police" from the beginning of the sentence. Anthony22 (talk) 00:40, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
- And this is exactly why I think it belongs. You're far from alone in distrusting police, especially in America. If we told readers where we learned the story we're selling them, they can choose to take it with (or without) a grain of salt. When Misplaced Pages uses its own voice, people trust us more. If what we heard from police turns out to be false, people will feel Misplaced Pages lied to them and our institution takes a knock it didn't deserve. If they know the police say these things, it's on the police, good or bad.
- A good rule for veryone. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:54, February 17, 2018 (UTC)
- I'm with Anthony. The facts stated in that sentence are entirely uncontroversial. How about taking a brief look at a random sampling of other shooting articles, and let me know if you see any that attribute the date and location. If we need attribution there, we also need it for about 90% of the other wiki voice in that article. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:43, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- I just noticed this was 6 days stale and probably settled, but I'm leaving my comment just in case. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:44, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- (If Hulk intended the "According to police" to apply to the entire section, (1) that isn't how attribution works, and (2) again, see similar articles. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:55, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Why did you deleted the link for "Mass shootings in the United States" from the "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting" article? The "Mass shootings in the United States" article lists the "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting". They have an important connection. Doug4 18:59, 17 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug4 (talk • contribs)
I did not delete the link. Somebody else deleted it. Anthony22 (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
This edit is not helpful as we have to keep WP:NPOV in mind. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:24, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Bare URLs
In regards to Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Its fine if you want to add additional 2nd sources to things, but could you not use bare URLs? Not only for preventing link rot, but to follow the already established citing methods being used in the article. Thanks WikiVirusC 16:14, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
- I second this request. You can quickly generate well-formatted citation templates by using the "cite" menu in Edit toolbar or VisualEditor, and pasting a URL, DOI or ISBN. Cheers, --Animalparty! (talk) 00:58, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
- Good advice in general. At that particular article, at least as long as I'm around it, I'm going to clean up virtually any cite created by automated means for cite consistency within the article (and some automated means don't even conform to all cite guidelines). That being the case, it's little additional effort for me to go get the cite parameter values using the URL. Any bare URL won't be in the article for more than about 24 hours. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:48, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
12 years of editing
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Hillary Clinton
Today you did 24 edits at Hillary Clinton, introducing (in the most generous analysis possible) three clear typos—how can an editor who presents as a stickler for good copy editing, very often using a lecturing tone in their edit summaries, be so careless about copy editing?—and one factual error—in a high-visibility BLP article. If you had corrected more errors than you created, those 24 edits would be a net positive, but most of the improvements were not error corrections but rather marginal improvements in wording. I don't think I saw a single correction to a clear error. Therefore your editing session was a net negative.
I am not going to follow you around to clean up after you. I worry that few other editors will examine your edits closely, so many of the errors you leave in your wake will remain in articles for an unacceptably long time.
I have asked you to slow down, and you removed that without responding. I'm asking again. ―Mandruss ☎ 13:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- I concur; your re-wordings on Donald Trump often correct things that don't need correction; add unecessary words; confuse wording - the sentence is saying that since his ascendancy that sentiment has increased, not after his ascendancy studies have shown Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
I will take your advice and slow down. I will state, however, that the majority of Misplaced Pages articles are very poorly written. Everyone makes editing mistakes, but I think that the majority of my edits are constructive. Anthony22 (talk) 14:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- As I said, your editing session at Clinton was a net negative. In other words, the article was better before it. I could have made a good case for rolling back all 24, but I didn't. If most of your sessions are better than that one, good for you, but I don't know why that would be the case. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:18, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
It would have been wrong to roll back all 24 edits, because not every edit was counter-productive. Many sentences are too long for easy reading, and people in photographs are often identified from right-to-left instead of left-to-right. A couple of months ago, I made several edits to the article on Adolph Hitler. A number of errors were corrected by my edits, and I even received a few "Thank you" notifications on those edits. Yet somebody came along and rolled back all of the edits, and the prior mistakes were reinstated. Does that make sense? Certainly not. Also, over the years I have uploaded many interesting photographs into Misplaced Pages articles. A number of those photographs have mysteriously disappeared FOR NO LEGITIMATE REASON. Anybody can edit Misplaced Pages articles. The editor could be grade school dropout, a convicted felon, a terrorist, a spy, a child molester, or a serial killer still on the loose. An article is not necessarily improved by a revert. You can take that from somebody who knows. Anthony22 (talk) 14:36, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not going to speak to other cases about which I know nothing. If you corrected actual errors, they shouldn't have been rolled back. In this case, the case for rollback would have been that (1) the article was better before, (2) there were no error corrections, most of it was improving wording beyond what most editors expect and most readers need, (3) four errors were introduced, and (4) why should I or any other editor spend our limited time correcting errors made by editors who don't have inexperience as an excuse?
Anyway, as you know, I didn't roll back. Instead, I spent about 35 minutes of my limited time reviewing your edits and quietly fixing your mistakes, and I did you the courtesy of saving my criticism for the relative privacy of your talk page. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:51, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
I can assure you of the fact that I corrected more mistakes than I made. This is the reason why all of my edits should not have been rolled back. Also, what makes you think that a talk page involves relative privacy? An editor's talk page is open and available to ANYONE who has access to the Internet, and that includes most of the people on the planet. A talk page is not like email, which IS private. Anthony22 (talk) 15:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- Did you happen to notice the word "relative"? I suspect a language maven such as yourself knows what that means. My point is that I didn't lecture in my edit summaries for all to see (as you do so often and so annoyingly) or start an article talk thread about your editing.
I can assure you of the fact that I corrected more mistakes than I made.
- As I've said, you didn't correct any mistakes per se. If you don't know what I mean by that, simply compare what you changed to the four errors I linked above. You made some copy editing changes that were tangible improvements, some that we didn't really need, and four errors that could have very easily been avoided. But you didn't correct any mistakes. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
In reference to the FBI director, what makes you think that "embattled" is an unnecessary word and a mistake. Use of this word as a descriptor is strictly a matter of opinion and not necessarily a mistake. A person who is fired is usually embattled.
On the issue of "relative" privacy, an edit summary is also relative privacy. A lot of people read articles without going into the edit section to make edits. Also, many people who do make edits do not bother to peruse the edit summaries of other people. A user's talk page and the edit section both involve "relative" privacy. The theory of relativity applies to journalism as well as physics. Also, no matter where you go, it's impossible to avoid mudslinging. Anthony22 (talk) 15:43, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not the one who reverted "embattled"—and that's a different article from what we're discussing here—but I did think the word was unnecessary when you added it and I support the revert on that basis. That's literary tone, not encyclopedic tone.
Since you're intent on debating a minor point about relative privacy while ignoring the main thrust of my comments, I'll leave it with you. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:55, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
I apologize for accusing you of the "embattled" revert. I thought all of the reverts were done by you. You have to understand, however, that there's a distinction between a "mistake" and an edit that involves judgment or opinion. "Mistake" and "judgment" are two completely different things. It's a mistake to say that Trump did not fire the FBI director. It's judgment or opinion, not a mistake, to say that the FBI director was embattled when he was fired. Anthony22 (talk) 16:07, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- Has nothing to do with my comments, which were limited to your editing today at Hillary Clinton. Have a good day. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:13, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Odssf.com as a source
Hi Anthony22 . I noticed that you used odssf.com as a source for information in a biography article, Jeanine Pirro. I had hoped you might join the RSN discussion a while back about it, Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_236#odssf.com. I'm going ahead and removing it from all articles. Let me know if you think this could be problematic in any way. Thanks.--Ronz (talk) 01:34, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Good job!
Really nice work on the Bill Cosby article. --Guy Macon (talk) 14:27, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Why?
Why do you think the word "born" needs to be there twice? 32.218.35.124 (talk) 22:47, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
I didn't notice use of the word "born" at the beginning of the sentence. Thanks for calling that to my attention. I made the fix. Anthony22 (talk) 23:48, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
I don't find your edits helpful
I reverted many of your edits at Audie Murphy. Generally, featured articles don't benefit from continued wordsmithing. Further, I get the distinct impression that you're editing just bend Misplaced Pages to your preferences, not to improve the encyclopedia. This sort of arrogance will not do. You show contempt for our community by editing in this fashion. Please stop. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman (talk) 15:50, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
- I would agree, once again. As another editor stated in relation to your changes to the FA rated Marilyn Monroe article: "we really do seem to go one step forward and two steps back with many of these post-FAC edits". Please keep that in mind. Kierzek (talk) 13:01, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Chris Troutman and Kierzek: I'll third that, and I've said as much - in detail - on at least two occasions on this page. I'd estimate that about a quarter of these edits are clear improvements, and the rest range from annoying changes from one acceptable wording to another acceptable wording to clearly worse wording.
At Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, for a typical example, Anthony22 feels strongly that "transparent book bags" is unacceptably ambiguous because "transparent" has multiple senses. As if the meaning isn't clear enough from the context that the school wants to make it harder for students to bring prohibited items to school.
I sought the advice of a respected admin and they advised an elaborate, multi-step course of action that would have required an unreasonable amount of my time and introduced undue stress into my life (I don't care to make this a personal project). I would strongly support a proposal for TBAN from copy editing, if such a thing exists. Clearly Anthony22 is not going to respond in a significant positive way to complaints from others. ―Mandruss ☎ 13:14, 6 June 2018 (UTC) - @Chris troutman: Retry botched ping. ―Mandruss ☎ 13:15, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
- For whatever it's worth, "thru" will probably be the correct spelling in 30 to 50 years. It just isn't quite yet. GMG 00:07, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
- I have to agree that the user's changes to Stoneman Douglas High School shooting are less than useful. Insisting on changing from "transparent" to "see-through" is not really an improvement (the original source actually used "clear"), but at least it's better than his or her subsequent attempt to change it to read "see-thru". Meters (talk) 00:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
- Anthony, I'm forced to agree with the other editors here. Your edits have caused problems in multiple articles that I've seen so far: this is a partial listing of the issues I've seen with your work, in the limited variety of articles (namely sports-related ones) that I have an interest in. Bearing in mind that I don't edit politics articles or numerous other pages where you are active, the volume of concerns in a limited sample size raises alarm bells for me:
- This edit to the Monroe article mentioned above introduced Find a Grave as a reference. This is a user-generated resource, not unlike Misplaced Pages, and is the very opposite of a reliable source. It shouldn't be used in any article, much less an FA.
- This edit, this one, and this one introduced bare reference links into the Monroe article. These edits require time-consuming cleanup from others after the fact, not to mention that the references likely aren't as good as the books that article relies on for the bulk of its sourcing.
- This edit to Babe Ruth again introduces a bare link, which I had to clean up after. Again, this is time-consuming for others. If you're going to add references, please take the time to format them properly so others don't have to spend valuable editing time doing so themselves.
- Going back a little farther, in the edit summary here you state, "I guess that the score and the numbers told the story". This strongly implies that you didn't check the given source before adding this bit. There's no reason not to have done so, because the source is available online. It would have taken only a quick read to show that the information was not in the reference, but you didn't do that and I had to spend time taking out the unverified addition.
- For a copy-editor, leaving "when they started season at 41–3" in an article is really sloppy. Please take the time to review your work in preview mode and prevent these kinds of glitches from sneaking into articles. We all make mistakes, of course, but why not try to make sure your edits are polished so the readers don't see errors such as this?
- Most concerningly, this is a totally unsourced addition that introduces jargon that many readers won't understand. The "one and done" concept didn't even exist in the subject's day, so there's no reason to even bring it up in the first place. Even if it did, the fact that you're putting jargony content in without citation is highly worrying. Someone who has been here for 12 years shouldn't be making edits like this.
- I don't know what should be done here. This editing is clearly problematic, but I don't see how a topic ban against copy-editing could possibly work. All of us who edit Misplaced Pages copy-edit on some level when working in mainspace. Nothing short of an indef block or full ban is going to solve this, I'm afraid. That is unless you, Anthony, can stop making these questionable edits altogether and stick to simple typo fixes and the like. I must confess that your lack of a response here makes me more amenable to supporting a block or ban should it come to that, but I sincerely hope that your editing improves so that things don't reach that point. No one likes having their work criticized, but please do take what we're saying to heart. It will make your experience on Misplaced Pages better, as well as ours. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:18, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- Anthony, I'm forced to agree with the other editors here. Your edits have caused problems in multiple articles that I've seen so far: this is a partial listing of the issues I've seen with your work, in the limited variety of articles (namely sports-related ones) that I have an interest in. Bearing in mind that I don't edit politics articles or numerous other pages where you are active, the volume of concerns in a limited sample size raises alarm bells for me:
- I have to agree that the user's changes to Stoneman Douglas High School shooting are less than useful. Insisting on changing from "transparent" to "see-through" is not really an improvement (the original source actually used "clear"), but at least it's better than his or her subsequent attempt to change it to read "see-thru". Meters (talk) 00:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
- For whatever it's worth, "thru" will probably be the correct spelling in 30 to 50 years. It just isn't quite yet. GMG 00:07, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
- There are tons of ways to contribute to the encyclopedia that don't involve copy editing. Many important things are no less important because they are "under the covers" where their effect is not immediately apparent to readers in the prose.
For just one example, I'm currently working my way through a long list of the most-viewed articles, changing "px" values in thumbnails to the equivalent|upright=
parameters per WP:IMGSIZE. This conversion is necessary for the user preference for thumbnail size to have any effect, and I consider that important to the encyclopedia. This is something that has been neglected for years and I felt it was time somebody actually implemented the community consensus rather than leaving it on the WP:WIP pile indefinitely.
For another example, citations are fundamental to the encyclopedia, sloppy or incomplete citations are a widespread problem, and one could make a career of cite cleanup.
Starting perhaps at Misplaced Pages:Maintenance, any intelligent editor should be able to find some type of work that (1) the encyclopedia needs, (2) they find rewarding, and (3) they are good at. I'm sorry but copy editing is not your forte, and if you continue on your current path you are probably approaching an involuntary retirement. ―Mandruss ☎ 12:11, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- There are tons of ways to contribute to the encyclopedia that don't involve copy editing. Many important things are no less important because they are "under the covers" where their effect is not immediately apparent to readers in the prose.