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April 2023

Hello, I'm NP83. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, War of the Worlds (2005 film), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. NP83 (talk) 04:12, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

@NP83: please remove this warning. I changed the genre of the article from "horror" back to "action" which it has always been and which the cited source verifies. I was reverting vandalism, not creating it. Please take more care to properly evaluate a sequence of edits before accusing long-standing editors of vandalism instead of the anonymous IP who *actually* vandalized the article. Thanks, Grachester (talk) 04:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. NP83 (talk) 05:39, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

May 2023

@Mishae First off, I question the choice to print such an article. What is the point? If this is done, it should be done for EVERY SINGLE RELIGION! Also, it would require much more evidence than these surveys, with obviously limited responses available to the participants. It does not begin to do justice to the details involved in personal decisions with a much wider array of experiences and explanations. (Just to note: My long and varied interaction with hundreds of ex-Mormons convinces me that most simply do not like all the requirements and haven't even bothered to look in depth spiritually or examine evidence. I do realize now that this experience does not meet Misplaced Pages requirements.) I will try to find a wider and more thorough range of surveys and other evidence to offer. Thank you for your patience with me. 2601:681:5A00:EF30:D190:8E22:3EDC:F7F8 (talk) 19:24, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

You are welcome to question the existence of the article. The right place to do that is on the article's talk page. Grachester (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Age of criminal responsibility in Serbia

Could the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Serbia will be changed to below 13 years?

• A: No
• B: Yes

SCR 1845-6357 (talk) 05:07, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

I have no idea. The article says that the Serbian President has proposed reducing it to 12. That is what the source says. Whether it is possible or not has no bearing on whether the President has made that proposal. Grachester (talk) 05:08, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm very like 12-year-old girls, so, the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Serbia can be lowered from 14 years to 13 years, but not be lowered to 12 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by SCR 1845-6357 (talk • contribs) 05:21, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

FYI

With regards to your blanking of Ironwill360s' userpage: I agree with your intent, but if they add it back, you should add {{db-multi|G11|U5}} at the top of the page so an admin can delete it. {{db}} is for speedy deletion; G11 is for unambigious advertising and U5 is for blatant WP:NOTWEBHOST violations when people don't have many mainspace edits. I dream of horses 16:34, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the advice. Best, Grachester (talk) 16:34, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Rollback granted

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PayPal revert

Hey there Grachester. In review of these 2 links (COO and PayPal.Me), I felt that there was a lot of company language in the articles. The author is a long-time member of TechCrunch's staff, so there's minimal concerns there, although I've been attempting to find alternative sources just to be safe. Rather than remove the information, I'd like to seek some better sourcing even though the TechCrunch articles are non-controversial. Is that something that makes sense to you? 30Four (talk) 19:04, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @30Four:. Thanks for the message. I agree that getting better sources would be ideal. I'll take a look and see what I can find. So yes, that makes sense. Thanks for the message. Best, Grachester (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on Otis Khan

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Neutral

Hi Grachester,

Sorry, if my participation did not seem neutral to you, but I find it hard to believe for a moment that you had time to check all the official references that I indicated.

Indeed, it did not take place 3 minutes between the publication and the reception of your message.

But suppose you postponed checking my references, regarding my way of writing, please take into account that not everyone knows your experience on Misplaced Pages as to how to write an article or to participate to one of them.

I invite you to reformulate my text so that it suits you, since the important thing is not my style, but the references that I have indicated.

It seems to me that it is the least you can do, unless you think you are the boss of Misplaced Pages, in which case I am sorry to have wasted my time but count on me not to recommend Misplaced Pages to the students of whom I take care of me.

The Misplaced Pages history option will show them that one is not free to participate in this online pseudo 💕.

You didn't even give me time to fill in a few details in my account, but what's the point now ?!

I'm sorry, but you took away all my desire to greet you. EgyptianAstro (talk) 04:59, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Source for British

Question for you. Why is the source you presented describing Ray Stevenson as British more reliable than this, this or this. That's called cherry picking. Stevenbfg (talk) 10:13, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

May 2023

Hello, Grachester, I have edited Sophia Lillis and Judah Lewis' profile on Misplaced Pages, respectfully. First off, Sophia was born in Crown Heights in Brooklyn. And Judah was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and his birthday is May 22nd, 2001, which he's 22 now. The stats are right. This is my message to you. Bugsy27 (talk) 02:53, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

@Bugsy27: I have replied on your talk page. Grachester (talk) 02:54, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Don't think it's a G10

Kfcmucher9669 may have submitted their sandbox to the AfC wizard in error, and more latitude is permitted in user sandboxes than in article space; it doesn't look like an attack page to me. All the best, Miniapolis 02:35, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

@Miniapolis: Spicy deleted the page already as vandalism. If you think that biting the newbies, then I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I personally don't extend WP:AGF to vandals and I'm sorry that you do. Grachester (talk) 02:39, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Please see WP:NOTV, which specifically cites sandbox edits; the disruptive editing (not necessarily vandalism, IMO) was in submitting the page to AfC with the wizard. Test pages are tagged with WP:G2, and I don't assume that editing mistakes by new users (especially in userspace) are vandalism. Miniapolis 13:26, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

content removal for article on sealings

hi there,

it was not a mistake. the section I attempted to remove contains a photo that was taken surreptitiously and without permission and consent of the person in it, since photography is prohibited in operating temples of the LDS Church. It also contains text from the sealing ceremony which is not meant to be shared with the general public. 69.172.175.81 (talk) 06:06, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

The LDS has no authority over what is included in Misplaced Pages articles, and Misplaced Pages is not censored. That section is properly sourced to publicly available books and the LDS's own website. Removing it is not acceptable. If you wish to challenge this, please do so on the article's talk page. Grachester (talk) 06:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

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