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Nguyen

I want to delete those incorrect infomation from the Nguyen article.

This surname is not originally Chinese. So, there is no point to put some Chinese legends here. Plus, there is no way to prove the correctness of some unknown legends. People might have some misunderstandings that 40% Vietnamese are Chinese which is not true. Nguyen is a Vietnamese surname, NO Chinese.

This article is about Nguyen, a Vietnamese surname. So, there is no point to put some notable Ruan people here. List the notable Ruan people in a Ruan article, please. Notable Ruan people has nothing to do with Nguyen article. Ducdung (talk) 15:24, 7 April 2010 (UTC+8)

Hide the decline - We're duplicating our efforts

I already asked the deleting editor to copy the article to my user space. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:00, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Bugger, ok i`ll get mine deleted then :) mark nutley (talk) 17:22, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Working together as a team. It's a pleasure to see William M. Connolley (talk) 19:31, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I am fairly certain i have asked you not to post on my talk page, please refrain from doing so again mark nutley (talk) 19:33, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

This may all be in moot anyway. I'm guessing and hoping that the three of us will all be topic-banned by ArbCom. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:00, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Altering others talk page comments

Please don't change others signed comments as you did here. Vsmith (talk) 18:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

If a user edits another`s comments saying they are banned as a sock when they are not the ni will revert them, as you are not meant to edit another users comments, i assume you have already warned WMC for doing this? mark nutley (talk) 18:36, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Reverting and changing the wording are two different actions. Applying strikeout over a users comment is also different from changing the wording. I'm not commenting here on whether the strikeout was or was not appropriate - I'm stating that your changing of a signed comment was innappropriate, see WP:TPO. Vsmith (talk) 03:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Nature article for Hide the decline video

Mark, if you need approval for the new source you found, you have mine. It's a news article so it counts as a third-party reliable source. Just remember to say what the article says, nothing more, nothing less. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:15, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

As the article now resides in your userspace then i do not require source approval, anything i add will be vetted by you i assume :) mark nutley (talk) 21:18, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

It's probably a good idea to have someone give approval anyway. No, I wouldn't make that assumption. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:25, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement

I'm sorry to see that you don't want to try to clear up the question of your adding sources to LS by peaceful discussion . Therefore I notify you of William M. Connolley (talk) 10:29, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps we could try clearing this up without an enforcement request. You're claiming a BLP exemption to your 1RR parole on the grounds that the refs can't be read. But they can be read: by people that read German. You can't claim an exemption merely because *you* are unable to read them. Please self revert William M. Connolley (talk) 14:17, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Then it belongs on the german wiki not the english one, per wp:v and wp:blp if a source can`t be verified it has to be removed from a blp immediately. Am i wrong in this interpetation? In fact i shall ask my parole officer mark nutley (talk) 14:41, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you are wrong. Foreign language sources are acceptable, although English ones are preferred if available. See WP:NONENG. That said, in this case I agree that the source had to be stretched beyond breaking point to support the claims in the article. In particular, it mentions Avery's son much more than him (and neither that much). But note that I had no problem to verify that... --Stephan Schulz (talk) 14:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes as a german speaker you would have no problems, not so easy for those of us whom do not speak german. But as you say it is a moot point given the source was in your opinion also not right mark nutley (talk) 14:52, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

It's not a moot point. Foreign language sources are acceptable! That's long-standing Misplaced Pages policy. That the source also was misused is an independent problem. On another note, it's probably easier to learn e.g. German than to learn the maths and physics necessary to understand any advanced physics paper... --Stephan Schulz (talk) 14:57, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

It is a moot point, please see the article talk page, thanks mark nutley (talk) 15:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Misuse of the edit conflict tag

Your continued placement of the {{ec}} tag as you did here disrupts talk page discussions. Please see Help:Edit_conflict to understand when and how you should indicate there is an edit conflict. Viriditas (talk) 00:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Your clear COI against Connolley has been brought up at AN. Who are you to challenge WMC's knowledge of what's reliable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.174.211.197 (talk) 06:39, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

How is it disrupted? Looks fine to me, IP guy what are you on abour mark nutley (talk) 07:25, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

(ec) Mark, you should place the tag at the start of our comment, just like I do in this comment. The indentation looks messed up when you place it on the line before your comment. And consider using "(ec)" of "(edit conflict)" instead of "{{ec}}". --Enric Naval (talk) 16:37, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I see, ok my bad, I`ll try to remember that, thanks Enric mark nutley (talk) 16:43, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Here. I'm not sure that it merits a response right now. Cla68 (talk) 07:28, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

The IP that posted the complaint has been blocked. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:15, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

1RR parole

You've broken your 1RR parole on RC. Please self-revert William M. Connolley (talk) 22:11, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

NOR notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:No original research/Noticeboard regarding original research. The thread is Climate Change Exaggeration. Thank you. Viriditas (talk) 22:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at WP:ANI regarding removal of POV templates. The thread is Removal of POV templates.The discussion is about the topic Mass killings under Communist regimes. Thank you. --TFD (talk) 14:30, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

New source

Mark, this source is fine for the Hockey Stick Illusion article. Cla68 (talk) 12:01, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Interesting. So it is OK to use an opinion article that (amongst others) states that identifiable living persons as "lying, destroying data"? And calls 4 official inquiries into this as "rigged" and an NAS report "rigged" as well. In fact it is basically conspiracy talk - but don't let that disturb you - because it does tell us that Montford's book is way out in the fringes - since McIntyre most certainly won't agree with even 20% of the claims that this opinion article states that Montford's book tells us. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 13:58, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

I've used that column as a source in the book and Montford articles. If you have any specific objections to either of my edits, please state so on the respective article talk pages. Thanks. Cla68 (talk) 14:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Tags Again

You may wish to re-open the case. That was not my understanding of the resolution and it may be helpful to re-visit the issue since we interpret ut differently. TFD (talk) 20:24, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

I am unsure how you can interpret this differently restore them only if you can provide clear reasons for doing so on the article's talk page; other than the way it is written, however i posted on the closing admins talk page a while ago to seek clarification mark nutley (talk) 20:28, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Dog bites - even in the uk

Go to the hospital, now. Take the dog - it will likley need to be put down. Contrary to public opinion in the UK, there is rabies there. Hipocrite (talk) 19:19, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

I know, we were in the hospital all day, she is getting surgery tomorrow. I have already shot the dog, and thank you mark nutley (talk) 19:21, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Mark, I hope things go well with her tomorrow. Terrible. I hope you have the good sense to stay away from here for a while, especially during this time of conflict, because there are bound to be things that rile you up, and you don't need that right now. It's just an encyclopedia after all, despite how much effort we put into making it right. ;-) Good luck. ATren (talk) 19:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

I need to do something to keep my mind off of it, so it`s WP or getting drunk :), i`ll be fine just nosing about, thanks mate mark nutley (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

How about this: try just reading Misplaced Pages for a change. I do that sometimes -- I have an interest in learning about obscure, remote locations, so I'll scan Google Earth for some remote island in the middle of the ocean, and invariably there will be a Misplaced Pages page on it, usually with photos. I can then spend hours following links describing the island's history and neighbors. It's amazing how much information is contained here. Whatever your interest, you can usually find something on it. Or, if that fails to keep your interest, you can always buy Plants vs Zombies, easily the most addicting game I've played in a long time. ;-) Anyway, good luck tomorrow. ATren (talk) 20:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Probation violation

Please see: . Mark may I advise you not to touch sourcing for a while? It is clear that you are struggling to keep to the letter of the probation and everyone is getting fed up. Steer well clear I suggest. --BozMo talk 09:56, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok mate, thanks for the heads up mark nutley (talk) 10:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Judith Curry

Mark, did you ever e-mail Judith Curry about the impersonation thing? Did she reply back? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 14:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes i mailed her and pointed her the the conversation on the rsn board. I also told her the guy was sorry for what he had done. She did not reply though, I reckon it`s best to let it go now mark nutley (talk) 14:48, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

She probably thinks we're all crazy. And she's probably right. :) A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

WMC and reverts

Mark if that is the case please provide me with a link. Off2riorob (talk) 16:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I requested a explanation from WMC but I have not received a decent explanation, as regards reporting parole violations, where do I report them? Off2riorob (talk) 17:38, 16 July 2010 (UTC)