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| :Mostly everyone who contributes to the Pattaya article, including the native Thai speakers, does so in good faith, but they do not always differentiate the special constraints of writing for an encyclopedia, from the tone and content on their local Internet forums or badly written tourism flyers - which most of them are used to. Writing in the dry, almost boring tones of an encyclopedia does not come easy to those who have little practice in writing academic papers or factual journalism. As long as the content is fairly reasonable however, and not direct vandalism, editors who write for leading newspapers or who are published authors, don't really mind digging in and cleaning the mess up. Thank you for your kind support, and do not hesitate for an instant to let me know if any of my edits have been inacurate or overzealous.--] (]) 17:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | :Mostly everyone who contributes to the Pattaya article, including the native Thai speakers, does so in good faith, but they do not always differentiate the special constraints of writing for an encyclopedia, from the tone and content on their local Internet forums or badly written tourism flyers - which most of them are used to. Writing in the dry, almost boring tones of an encyclopedia does not come easy to those who have little practice in writing academic papers or factual journalism. As long as the content is fairly reasonable however, and not direct vandalism, editors who write for leading newspapers or who are published authors, don't really mind digging in and cleaning the mess up. Thank you for your kind support, and do not hesitate for an instant to let me know if any of my edits have been inacurate or overzealous.--] (]) 17:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
| ==LeonigMig== | |||
| : Hi. Thanks for the tag thing. I contributed to Misplaced Pages quite a bit about the local history of North Worcestershire when I was looking for a job after graduating. So I went to the local libraries, ordered books out of the archives, photocopied out of copyright stuff and scanned it in- synthesised whole articles. I loved it (then I got a job lol). I'm one of those people who finds it natural to emulate styles of writing and some of the stuff I wrote was a little bit flowery, in the mode of some of the Victorian and turn of the century local history books- you know the kind of thing- fanciful suggestions and turns of phrase etc. It has its charm. Basically I'm not interesting in contributing to Misplaced Pages as a certain editor was a bit of a you know what and stamped on me repeatedly rather than being civil. The guy involved is a member of your group and was banned twice for over a year becuase of the way he behaved. I've now moved to another part of the county and am actively researching the local history of that area for my own benefit. However I will not be contributing to your project as I don't want to experience all that conflict all over again- "rm personal attack" etc. Good luck. 20:58, 19 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Thankyou for Informing me,Can you give me a link to the page which allows Writing sourceless material in articles --Notedgrant (talk) 20:25, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
- Many editors find this one, and this one very helpful.--Kudpung (talk) 02:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- thankyou i'll try to avoid mistakes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Notedgrant (talk • contribs) 02:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
AIV
Thank you for your report, however, the IP you reported has not committed enough vandalism for us to know if he is not becoming a reformed vandal. I'd like to notify you of this discussion, which I've transcluded below.
- 93.97.188.99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) - On Feckenham;. Evidently a vandalism-only account. Kudpung (talk) 12:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- It last edited two days ago. Also, it's an IP, not an account. -- Mentifisto 12:54, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
The vandal hasn't edited in two days and also, the IP only vandalized three times, while five is usually the blocking amount. I removed your post to reduce clutter from future reports. Thank you, ceranthor 12:57, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- It's okay, and enthusiasm is much better than none at all. :) ceranthor 13:03, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- That would be a whole different venue, if you think that they are being used by the same user, this is the proper place to report it. ceranthor 13:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
CfD nomination of Category:Côtes du Rhône (wine)
I have nominated Category:Côtes du Rhône (wine) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Kudpung (talk) 03:32, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- Done.--Kudpung (talk) 11:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Pattaya
Thank you for your work on Pattaya. I have lived there much of the time for 16 years, and am fairly new to Misplaced Pages. I agree with you that edits should be restricted some way. So many articles are totally lacking in correct substance, and need cleaning up. I write for magazines, and for Bangkok Post and Nation--Thailand's English newspapers, and will help here as I have time. Best of luck. R/T-รัก-ไทย (talk) 16:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- Mostly everyone who contributes to the Pattaya article, including the native Thai speakers, does so in good faith, but they do not always differentiate the special constraints of writing for an encyclopedia, from the tone and content on their local Internet forums or badly written tourism flyers - which most of them are used to. Writing in the dry, almost boring tones of an encyclopedia does not come easy to those who have little practice in writing academic papers or factual journalism. As long as the content is fairly reasonable however, and not direct vandalism, editors who write for leading newspapers or who are published authors, don't really mind digging in and cleaning the mess up. Thank you for your kind support, and do not hesitate for an instant to let me know if any of my edits have been inacurate or overzealous.--Kudpung (talk) 17:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
LeonigMig
- Hi. Thanks for the tag thing. I contributed to Misplaced Pages quite a bit about the local history of North Worcestershire when I was looking for a job after graduating. So I went to the local libraries, ordered books out of the archives, photocopied out of copyright stuff and scanned it in- synthesised whole articles. I loved it (then I got a job lol). I'm one of those people who finds it natural to emulate styles of writing and some of the stuff I wrote was a little bit flowery, in the mode of some of the Victorian and turn of the century local history books- you know the kind of thing- fanciful suggestions and turns of phrase etc. It has its charm. Basically I'm not interesting in contributing to Misplaced Pages as a certain editor was a bit of a you know what and stamped on me repeatedly rather than being civil. The guy involved is a member of your group and was banned twice for over a year becuase of the way he behaved. I've now moved to another part of the county and am actively researching the local history of that area for my own benefit. However I will not be contributing to your project as I don't want to experience all that conflict all over again- "rm personal attack" etc. Good luck. 20:58, 19 August 2009 (UTC)