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December 2007

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Suicide methods, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Thinboy00 @199, i.e. 03:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Suicide Methods

I've removed the recent edits you've made to Suicide methods. Although well-intention, the edits are original research and don't belong in an encyclopedia. If you have any questions, reply here or feel free to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks! Snowfire51 (talk) 06:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Replying to your comment, Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia. I understand you'd like your thoughts on suicide known on the page, but your opinions are original research, which is not allowed. Entries should be properly referenced and clinical, not emotional.

Also, Misplaced Pages pages should be discussed on their talk pages, not through email. If you have a concern, make it known on the talk page of an article and see if other people agree with you. Misplaced Pages works through gaining a general consensus on disputed topics. Thanks! Snowfire51 (talk) 06:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Please discuss your changes before just readding them, they are WP:OR. I removed your reference to paracetamol because in addition to being improperly referenced, the article you quoted was primarily about accidental overdose and did not verify the statistics and consequences you wrote in the entry.

Again, please don't just add those sections back, I'll be glad to help you out if you have any questions about properly referencing your statements. Thanks! Snowfire51 (talk) 07:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Responding to your comment, I'm trying to clean up the unreferenced statements, simply pointing to someone else's hearsay doesn't give an editor the right to insert his own. I agree the article isn't a very good one, but if it's going to be on WP, it needs to be taken care of in the proper manner. If you want to list probable outcomes or mishaps, those need to be properly referenced. Thanks! Snowfire51 (talk) 07:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Responding to your comment , I deleted the consequences of what you had added because it was not properly referenced, it was all speculation. It falls under WP:OR because based on what is written, it can't be proved, and thus it doesn't belong in an encyclopedia.

I can sympathize with you wanting to add things that you think might "save a life or two", but that's not what wikipedia is for. If you'd like to discuss this matter, I encourage you to take it up on the talk page of the article, I'm sure they've been through this before. Thanks! Snowfire51 (talk) 08:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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February 2008

Thanks for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your recent edit appears to have added incorrect information, and has been reverted or removed. All information in the encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable published source. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you.

Phyllis Dobbs is a Woman Police Constable not a Woman Police Sergeant. Proof of this can be found here:

Regards

Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:09, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I'll give you that one! I just checked (the DVD was still in my player...) and, right enough, no stripes! Can't imagine why but I always had a mental picture of three big bananas on her arm. Oh well; time she was promoted. FergusM1970 (talk) 04:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Do not refer as vandalism to legitimate edits

I have been very patient with your edits in the The Sergeants Affair. However, this one really violates proper behavior. You should never do such a thing and I expect an apology. Mashkin (talk) 16:13, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

3RR violation in The Sergeants affair

Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. You have violated it at The Sergeants affair. please revert your most recent edit ASAP, or I will have to ask that you be blocked. Mashkin (talk) 18:53, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to see Mashkin report this. Calling the kettle black. Mashkin, you are in another edit war, take it like a man. Can't you guys bring other editors into the discussion. --Shuki (talk) 19:18, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd be happy to. Mashkin has spent the last week reverting my edits in an attempt to slant this article in favour of two violent armed groups, both of which were so insane that by launching a series of attacks on the British Army, they effectively entered WW2 on the side of Adolf Hitler. (LEHI actually went on to discuss, with German representatives, the possibility of FORMALLY joining the Nazi side.) My aim, on the other hand, is to make this article conform to NPOV, and Mashkin is systematically obstructing this. So anyone else who wants to join in, feel free! FergusM1970 (talk) 19:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

The Lehi on the side of the Nazis? Ok... Quite the opposite. I think the British Army should have been back home defending England than worrying about its colonies. Really peculiar how the British in Palestine became pro-Arab and the Arabs were pro-Nazi, so by your reasoning, the British in Palestine were pro-Nazi as well. And the British kept the Jews from coming to Palestine and shipped them back to their death in Europe. So it seems that the Lehi and Irgun were actually pro-Allies and the British Army in Palestine was not. --Shuki (talk) 19:27, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

June 2009

FergusM1970 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I was warned by Mashkin that I had violated 3RR, and immediately undid my last reversion. I note (and a look through the article history will confirm) that Mashkin has been systematically undoing the vast majority of my edits to this article in favour of his own original text, which is the subject of an NPOV dispute. I have attempted to reference and explain each of my edits and believe that I have improved the neutrality of the article.

Decline reason:

Thanks for your candor. The block is 24 hours in duration, and is already near to expiration. 3RR is a hard-and-fast rule, and as has been pointed out below both editors received a similar "time out" for the behavior. Please feel free to continue editing constructively--but avoiding 3RR--once your block expires. Jclemens (talk) 18:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

• Both of you were edit warring instead of using dispute resolution. Mashkin received the same block. Shell 14:18, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Gulshan Esther

Please explain your position with regard to persecution. You altered the text of Gulshan Esther, stating that if mistreating a person for their religious faith is legal, then it can't be called persecution. I'm struggling to make sense of this position. Is it your opinion that a behavior must not be considered oppressive if it isn't illegal? Unless you can make a rational and persuasive statement, I intend to revert this article to its prior state. Brain Rodeo (talk) 23:25, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

• Your response isn't sensible. We can agree that in Pakistan the persecution of religious minorities is supported by the government. But we will not agree that the government's support for systematic mistreatment of religious minorities means that that mistreatment cannot be considered persecution. Brain Rodeo (talk) 14:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Requesting your input on something

Hi, FergusM1970, I was looking over the M240 article and it's talk page earlier, and saw your comments on there. While I respectfully disagree regarding your position about that article, and don't know enough off hand about the L7 variant, you make a good point about the L1A1/inch pattern FAL's. I wrote up a draft, including some info from the main FAL article, as well. I think I need more info and sources before I can consider putting it live. Judging from your arguments on here, you seem to know some stuff, so I am interested in any input and/or sources you might have that can help me make this article better. Just send any questions/comments/advice to my talk page the draft: http://en.wikipedia.org/User:L1A1_FAL/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle Have a good day, --L1A1 FAL (talk) 20:20, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Please visit us on Harold Camping (article)'s talk page

Hi, please visit us on the Harold Camping article Talk Page to provide your input.. Best, Robert ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 04:38, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Google

Counting Google hits is what we call original research, take a look at WP:NOR. Dougweller (talk) 04:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I know, but it was too funny to resist. I hope the old bastard spends the rest of his life being sued by his dupes. My bad.FergusM1970 (talk) 04:49, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Lol. Dougweller (talk) 05:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Harold Camping Talk Page comment

Hi, in accordance with the polices on biographies of living people (which includes their talk page), I've had to delete the comment you made here. Sorry about that. Better than someone else coming along and noticing it and dropping a warning message though. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 05:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

No probs, I understand the rules. Even someone as despicable as Camping needs to be protected by WP policy, hard as it may be to swallow sometimes :-) FergusM1970 (talk) 05:09, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. But, there's also another personal point to it. If you never speak something others can claim is clearly your opinion, then it is far less likely that if you get into a content dispute or discussion that anyone can accuse you of pushing your own biases and POVs. For instance, in this case, people may start to wonder whether your content insertions are based off your opinion of Camping and are thus unbalancing the article. It's one of the reasons why (for instance in this article's talk page) I only leave premises that are citable - and on my own userpage, I choose not to list any religious or political affiliations I may or may not have, or my opinion on any religion, sexuality, politics, etc... though, admittedly, I do mention that I like bacon, Star Trek and Iron Maiden; but I suspect people won't presume those affect or bias me in the areas I edit. ;-)

Anyway, I've rambled enough. Thanks for understanding my reasonings for the "retraction" of the comment. Best, Rob ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 05:39, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I also like bacon and Iron Maiden (who I had the privilege of seeing at Rock am Ring in 2005) but I retired from Star Trek when Kirk did. I make no secret of the fact that I'm an atheist and despise people like Camping, but I think there's enough verifiable information from reliable sources to prove clearly that the world isn't going to end any time in the next 5 billion years or thereabouts, which is why I see no need for WP to treat Camping's idiot "predictions" any differently from someone's hypothetical assertion that the moon is actually a sleeping armadillo called Keith - i.e. while the article should report accurately on what's being said, no weight needs to be given to the idea that any of it might actually happen. Anyway I'm drunk (again) and I'm off to bed. Have a good one. FergusM1970 (talk) 05:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I've only seen them twice (same concert: AMOLAD, on Long Island and in Jersey). Sadly (or fortunately), instead of retiring from Star Trek when Kirk/Shatner did, I went on to help make more TOS. As I don't want to use your talk page for seemingly promotional purposes, all I'll say is for COI transparency purposes, what I am talking about is on my userpage. See you around next time, and thanks for your help in getting rid of the nonsense in the article while adding relevant stuff. I think you and Liberal brought a nice balance of perspective to it. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 05:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

That would be NEW Jersey. Or should I say Noo Joizy? FergusM1970 (talk) 05:55, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

LoL, yes... It was kinda amazing... they seem to have more energy now than when they were younger. Totally amazing shows. ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 06:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

For what it's worth, Star Trek and Iron Maiden rock. Cheers, Liberal Classic (talk) 15:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Caution

You're putting your own editorial spin on the article and also now mis-quoting Camping's "Calendar" by posting that "young woman" stuff. You've got to stick with the source, even if more modern Bibles disagree with the traditional "virgin" wording. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:26, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Camping's source is allegedly the Hebrew bible (even though he doesn't speak Hebrew) and the word used there is "Amah," which means "young woman." As for the "begats" it's blatantly obvious what the term means and even more blatantly obvious that Camping is talking complete bollocks. For the sake of balance the article should NOT indicate that Camping's interpretation is equally as valid as EVERYONE else's. FergusM1970 (talk) 06:30, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

You have to go with the wording he's using, because that's what's in the source. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

The source is the Pentateuch, and it says "Amah." FergusM1970 (talk) 06:35, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

No, the cited source in the article is what Bugs is talking about. And, he is correct. In these type things, there's three options, (1) write as supported by the cite, (2) find another equally reputable source that has the "correct" information, (3) don't include it at all. And in the case of BLPs, specifically, if there's a known error, and it's deemed it is something even remotely potentially actionable, it simply shouldn't be included at all. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 06:38, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

The cited source in the article is Isaiah 7:14, and Camping's reference to the phrase "qara shem" makes it clear that it's the Hebrew version he's talking about, not the Big Colour Southern Baptist Scratch'n'Sniff Bible. Therefore the English translation of the Hebrew bible is, unarguably, "young woman," not "virgin."

Why am I still awake? FergusM1970 (talk) 06:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

But you're making a connection and providing your research into it, which also leads to the presumption that he accurately translated it. If his calendar says otherwise (which it does), then the article has to use his mistranslation as well. Remember, it's not what conclusions the cited source leads you to. It's exactly what the cited sources say... nothing more or less. One cannot jump any farther than that without violating WP:OR. Oh, and I am asking myself that same question... Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 06:45, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

(ec)Perhaps you're troubled with insomnia. I know a good cure for insomnia: Get plenty of sleep.

The thing about the source is that you're putting your spin on how he "should be" interpreting it. What you need to do is (1) stick with his own view on his interpretation; and (2) find an independent source that refutes it. It is not the place of wikipedia editors to do that refutation directly. That's "original research". ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

The article says "He also points out the use of qara shem in Isaiah 7:14, where it is written..." and what is written in Isaiah 7:14 is that a YOUNG WOMAN will conceive, and bear a son. The article seems to me like it's referring directly to Isaiah, rather than to Camping's self-published excrement. Anyway, I'm off. See you later. FergusM1970 (talk) 06:49, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

You can't re-interpret his article on your own. You have to find a source for it. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

What we're trying to say is you can say "a peanut butter and jelly sandwich will..." for all any of us care - as long as (1) that's what he said, and (2) it's backed by reliable sources. We all know it wasn't a PBJ, but that's not what matters. No matter how correct we are, the only things that matter are (1) how he translated it, (2) and what he said, (3) as supported by the citations. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 18:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I just saw how you resolved that issue. I think that's perfect! It means those who interpret the word as virgin are not put off, and those who interpret it differently understand it was his interpretaion, and is worded so it takes no position on the matter. Very nice job! Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 18:42, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

It seemed like the only viable solution. Isaiah 7:14 quite unambiguously does NOT say "virgin" and it would be unacceptable if the article implies it did by making it appear that Camping's translation matches the original. FergusM1970 (talk) 21:53, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Scottish Rite

You are correct in your particular case, but different jurisdictions around the world handle it differently. Generally speaking, most look at it as part of SR but not controlled by it, although some jurisdictions also have a "Scottish" style vs. a "York" style of Craft degrees. For example, America tends to have the latter, but Brazil has both, and I think France does as well. Your edit would work in the England section, but not in the lead paragraph. MSJapan (talk) 17:12, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you.--John (talk) 06:42, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

October 2011

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to English longbow. Please review the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Old Moonraker (talk) 18:48, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:06, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

November 2011

Your recent edits seem to have the appearance of edit warring after a review of the reverts you have made on Justin Bieber. Users are expected to collaborate and discuss with others and avoid editing disruptively.

Please be particularly aware, the three-revert rule states that:

1. Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss the changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Bbb23 (talk) 00:05, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Fair warning, Fergus. As I just stated on WP:BLPN, your last edit violates 3RR. However, I won't report it if you self-revert.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:21, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I see someone has now reverted your last edit, so please leave the article alone for at least 24 hours, and then be careful about your edits because edit-warring, even without a violation of 3RR, is not permitted.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:23, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Is there any reason why we can't report that Yeater has been threatened by Bieber fans? Other threats are reported in the article and I have a reference for this. Why is it so important that any mention of Yeater is kept out of the article? And have you reported Lakeshade for violating 3RR? --FergusM1970 (talk) 00:25, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

In my view, the report on Yeater is just a way of getting in the lawsuit. I don't believe it should be included for that reason. I'm not under any obligation to report violations of 3RR or warn anyone they are about to violate 3RR. I'm really doing you a favor by not reporting you because you clearly violated it, so although you may be frustrated, focus on that aspect of the editing issues.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Why is it so important to you that the lawsuit isn't mentioned? It's well referenced and notable. --FergusM1970 (talk) 00:53, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Let's keep the discussion of the material at WP:BLPN.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:3RR Noticeboard report

This is a courtesy notice that a report has been filed at WP:3RRN concerning your edits. Dr.K.  04:36, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Fine. My edits were all in accordance with WP:BLP and were reverting edits that were NOT in accordance with that. You initiated a discussion on the issue and it became very clear that you had no argument against the inclusion of the allegation against Bieber in the article. As I said, I'm happy to let the big boys sort it out. I am confident that the allegation will stay in the article. --FergusM1970 (talk) 04:40, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

They were not, however, in accordance with WP:3RR. I don't see how you can claim that removing the text is vandalism, when reasons for removing the text based on Misplaced Pages policy have been provided. Since neither side is totally in the wrong, it's an edit war—and yours is the only name I see getting above three reverts. —C.Fred (talk) 04:53, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually I DIDN'T claim that removing the text was vandalism. As far as I can see no valid reasons for removing the text based on WP policy have been provided; the allegation is notable, relevant and well-documented. --FergusM1970 (talk) 04:56, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

As you can see at Misplaced Pages:BLPN#Justin_Bieber reason(s) have been given despite your disagreement with them and peoples interpretation of polocies. The current talk should be your focus and not an edit war. As you can see some do agree with you, so why not talk it out some more and see were it gets you. If your blocked then your unable to progress in the discussion thus not adding to your point of view on the matter. Not engaging in consensus building when there is "clearly a disagreement" in the implantation/interpretation of polocies may be considered disruptive editing. All that said I think this is a close call and really not sure of what the outcome of the talk will be. I see your what your saying I just think its to soon for us to be listing all the hearsay. But you never know in 3 months from now there may be a section on his new BABY to be ;-). I do however think that Twitter tweets for random people (even threats) should never make it on Misplaced Pages as per Misplaced Pages:External links/Perennial websites (that is just an essay but I think hits it on the head as anyone can tweet anything at any time about anything).Moxy (talk) 05:11, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

The baby has been born and the mother has requested a DNA test from Bieber to prove paternity; I assume that will be decided on 15 December at the court hearing. Also I am not asking that we list hearsay; I am saying that we should mention the NOTABLE, RELEVANT and WELL-DOCUMENTED fact that the allegation has been made. It HAS been made; there is no doubt about this. --FergusM1970 (talk) 05:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I understand that was my joke - there will be many claims like this hes only 17. Anyways all you had to do was wait a bit see what others had to say (looks like some more people are stating to agree with). But now your getting blocked :-(.Moxy (talk) 05:27, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

If I get blocked I get blocked. Soon enough I'll be unblocked again, but the Justin Bieber article will still say a scutter alleged he got her pregnant. Heads I win, tails they lose. --FergusM1970 (talk) 05:29, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually if a block happens the content added by the blocked user is usually removed. Would have been better to talk.Moxy (talk)

It is really a pity that you tried to insert this stuff into the article when it is now revealed that: The 20-year-old, who claims in court filings that Bieber fathered her son Tristyn during a 30-second sex session in a bathroom backstage after one of his shows, originally accused her ex of being the father of the same child This is exactly what the discussion at BLPN was trying to sort out. But despite the obvious existence of troubling signs about the accusations you had to edit-war to add this unreliable stuff into a BLP. I would revert this tripe but I ran out of reverts. If you revert yourself you may have a chance of getting a reduced block. Dr.K.  05:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Blocked for 72 hours. In light of the discussion above where you essentially accept that you'll get blocked I don't think it needs any explanation. --Mkativerata (talk) 08:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

December 2011

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Misplaced Pages articles, as you did to Derry. Doing so violates Misplaced Pages's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Mo ainm~Talk 09:27, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

No OR is involved. The city is called Londonderry. This has been recently (2007) reaffirmed by court decision. "Derry" is only a nickname. --FergusM1970 (talk) 09:29, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Restrictions

The article Derry, along with other articles relating to The Troubles, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a 2007 Arbitration case, and amended by community consensus in 2008 and 2009. The current restrictions are:

• All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions.
• All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per 24 hour period). When in doubt, assume it is related.
• Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty.
• Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offence.
• Editors may be subject to discretionary sanctions.

If you are a new editor, or an editor unfamiliar with the situation, please follow the above guidelines. If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it here on this talk page first. You may also wish to review the arbitration case page. When in doubt, don't revert! Mo ainm~Talk 09:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

All very interesting, but legally the city is called Londonderry and that's the end of it; this has been confirmed by a 2007 court case. Really there doesn't seem to be much left to discuss. --FergusM1970 (talk) 09:48, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

You have breached the restrictions placed on the Derry article, please self revert to avoid being blocked. Mo ainm~Talk 09:51, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Stop trying to bully me. What is the legal name of the city we're talking about? If it is in fact Derry I'll revert my edit. Otherwise, well, I'll wait for Poland to admit that Gdansk is really called Danzig as some people claim. --FergusM1970 (talk) 09:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Certainly. In fact this should be easy to resolve. What is the legal name of the city: is it Londonderry or Derry? I'm happy for the legal name to be the one that's given first. --FergusM1970 (talk) 10:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Derry shows that you are in danger of breaking the three-revert rule, or that you may have already broken it. An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Breaking the three-revert rule often leads to a block.

If you wish to avoid being blocked, instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to discuss the changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. You may still be blocked for edit warring even if you do not exceed the technical limit of the three-revert rule if your behavior indicates that you intend to continue to revert repeatedly.

In addition to the above read WP:BRD. You really need to understand that there are rules as to how you edit and you are in flagrant breech of several of them --Snowded 11:19, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I can see that, but on the other hand multiple editors are reverting my edits but failing to explain why they are not using the city's actual name. Obviously it's quite easy for several people to put me in a situation where I have to either break the 3RR rule or allow false information to remain in an article. While the people doing this may be within the LETTER of the law they're hardly following the SPIRIT of it. Now, if someone can show me that the city is actually called Derry, rather than Londonderry, we can resolve this quite easily. --FergusM1970 (talk) 11:35, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't matter that you think you are right, you have to follow the rules and the text is a long standing one. They are following the spirit of the law as well as the letter - you work to get agreement you don;t edit war. Its your choice but it looks like you are going to have to learn the hard way. Your statement won't help by the way. Arbcom only looks at behaviour, not at content issues. --Snowded 11:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually I KNOW that I'm right, and you know that as well. The city's legal name is not in dispute; the issue here is the sensitivities of people who don't like the laws of the land they choose to live in. I trust that the arbitrators will give appropriate weight to who's trying to improve the quality of information in Misplaced Pages and who's trying to push a partisan viewpoint. --FergusM1970 (talk) 11:49, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

No, you have a position which has been discussed before and not achieved consensus. I and others would argue that the common name is clear. Arbitrators will not deal with the content dispute, they will (and now have) deal with the behaviour. What will happen next is your edits will be reverted to the agreed stable version. If you revert again, the blocks are bound to escalate. You might want to spend the next 24 hours thinking about that. --Snowded 12:02, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

And I would suggest that YOU spend the next 24 hours researching what the shithole is actually called. Hint: it isn't Derry. --FergusM1970 (talk) 12:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh, you need to make a statement here where your actions have been reported. As per the suggestion on my talk page I suggest you self revert and then make a statement that you will use the talk page in future. That why you might avoid a block --Snowded 11:30, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:AE

An issue you are involved in has been raised here Mo ainm~Talk 10:15, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't see what the issue is, as the city has only one legal name - which is Londonderry - but I'm willing to submit to any arbitration process that results in the article becoming more accurate. --FergusM1970 (talk) 10:19, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

You have been blocked for edit-warring, breaking not just the Ireland-related 1RR but also normal 3RR several times over at Derry/Londonderry. "Knowing" you are right does not justify this kind of edit-warring, especially not at a potentially contentious article whose present status quo is the result of extensive prior discussion. I'll leave it to the process at WP:AE to figure out if further sanctions are necessary. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

What's contentious about it? The article is about a city in the UK. Now, what does UK legislation say that city is called? The facts are clear. --FergusM1970 (talk) 11:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I have read the discussions about Londonderry and I don't see a concensus in favour of not calling it by its unofficial name. I am not happy about this behaviour. --FergusM1970 (talk) 12:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

See WP:LDERRY for the consensus reached earlier by Misplaced Pages editors, which is now included in our Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles. The consensus applies all article naming on Misplaced Pages unless a new discussion is held which reaches a different result. Since this compromise has been in place for four years a single editor who knows that he is right and everyone else is wrong would need to start over on persuading everybody. EdJohnston (talk) 19:03, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions

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1RR

The article Corporals killings, along with other articles relating to The Troubles, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a previous Arbitration Enforcement case that closed in October 2007, and was amended by community consensus in October 2008. The current restrictions are: All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions. All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per day). When in doubt, assume it is related. Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. If you are a new editor, or an editor unfamiliar with the situation, please follow the guidelines laid out in the above link. If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it on this talk page first. Thank you.

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1RR breach

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 18:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

Sockpuppetry case

Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/FergusM1970 for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, my name has been mentioned by you in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Let me know how that works out for you.--FergusM1970 (talk) 13:51, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

You should look very closely at that Hackney account. I guess he's the puppet master, given the length of time he's been editing. 86.31.165.112 (talk) 13:54, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry Fergus, I seem to have got that article blocked, and no argument on the Talk page will overcome the tag teaming republicans; there are just too many of them (Mo, Domer, Hackney, OldJacobite and others - Mo is a re-incarnation, Hackey is definitely a sock, and the other two are dubious. Are you familiar with User:Wikipéire? Have a long hard look at that one). Actually it's the actions of an indolent admin that's the cause of the current block. I notice he waited until the "preferred" version had resurfaced before protecting (I had a bet with myself that that would happen, and sure enough ...). Good luck! Try and deal with Hackney and his fellow conspirators. They really are a problem, and 1RR plays right into their hands. 86.23.124.57 (talk) 14:37, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

No problem. They are very good at wikilawyering. Anyway I've also raised a dispute resolution case over the article and hopefully that will achieve the result. It really is blatantly POV and I can't believe that an impartial admin will let it remain.--FergusM1970 (talk) 14:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Glass houses

"Next time you accuse me of something please confine yourself to the facts". I could provide several diffs where you make accusations against me stating your own opinion as fact, and erroneously so. If you wish courtesy to be extended to you, I recommend you treat others the same way first. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 15:18, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

In an official complaint? Bet you can't.--FergusM1970 (talk) 15:19, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Given you have made no "official complaint" against me, I have to admit I would find it difficult to find accusations in a non-existent "official complaint" yes. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 15:28, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Well there you go. As for my accusation that you're POV pushing and using 1RR to do it, that's backed by the facts.--FergusM1970 (talk) 15:29, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

In that case your request is without merit. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 15:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Hackney, or whoever you are :)) do you EVER do anything constructive here? You know, like adding content. In looking at your extensive history it's nothing but a catalogue of reverts. You add nothing to this encyclopaedia. All you do is use policy and tag team members to maintain your disgusting POV. 86.23.124.57 (talk) 15:47, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Loughall Martyrs

Hello FergusM1970. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Loughall Martyrs, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a valid speedy deletion criteria, please take it to WP:RFD if you eel it should be deleted. Thank you. GB fan 03:31, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

OK, no problem. Thanks anyway.--FergusM1970 03:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Just to reply your (unwelcome) comment about Esteban in my talk page

Is that the same Lt Esteban who ordered his gunners to machine-gun the helicopter crews in the water?--FergusM1970 05:07, 7 August 2012 (UTC) (post on my talk page, intermingled with an old comment)

Yes, he is, and he regretted it. He didn't give orders to shot the guys on the water, the conscripts were a little fuzzy.--Darius (talk) 05:30, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm sure Eichmann, that other war criminal, regretted his actions too. And if Esteban's troops weren't properly trained that was Esteban's fault. I hope he dies of bowel cancer in a country that hasn't discovered morphine.--FergusM1970 05:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

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Corporal Killings

For the time being please refrain from making any more edits to the Corporal Killings article until the issue is sorted. Whether your edits are correct or not, continued editing of the article may be used by your objectors against you. Mabuska 13:12, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Your signature must be fixed

In addition to being rather lengthy, your signature does not contain a link to your user or user talk page. This is difficult for other editors and a clear violation of the community's policy on signatures. When you are next online, please insert such a link into your signature before making your next edit. Thank you. AGK 10:37, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing your signature. Happy editing! AGK 13:44, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

No problem! I didn't actually notice that I'd broken it.--FergusM1970 13:51, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

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I have closed your appeal request to arbitration enforcement. The result is that the appeal is granted, and that the portion of your ban which prohibited editing related to British baronets is lifted. The remainder of the sanctions stay in effect. Seraphimblade 20:39, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Cobra manufacturer

I noticed you have been changing the manufacturer of Cobras from Carroll Shelby to AC. I understand your rationale, but to get more input on this significant change to multiple articles I have posted the manufacturer question at WikiProject Automobiles at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Automobiles#Who manufactured Cobras: AC or Shelby?. Your input there would be appreciated. Thanks, 72Dino (talk) 16:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

No problem! It's a simple enough matter though; the cars were built by AC at their factory in Surrey. This is not in dispute.--FergusM1970 16:28, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Carroll Shelby disagreed. But that's neither here nor there. Regardless of anybody's opinion (even Shelby's), your changes are quite massive. It would be best to include in-text references to the changes you're making. --Pc13 (talk) 18:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Carroll Shelby did indeed disagree, but the fact is all the cars were built in Surrey and nobody - not even Shelby - has ever disputed that. Anyway I disagree that the change is massive, because all it's doing is bringing the article text into line with its title. The AC Cobra article already contains numerous references to the fact that the cars were built by AC; it is an established fact that all Shelby did was take delivery of rolling cars and fit the engines and transmissions. Everything else was done by AC.--FergusM1970 18:39, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

That's a faulty argument. The Vauxhall Astra Cabrio is manufactured by Bertone, for example, but isn't called the Bertone Astra. What you are doing is changing every instance of Shelby Cobra to AC Cobra when the car was sold with the Shelby brand in North America. --Pc13 (talk) 19:25, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, the Astra Cabrio uses a Bertone body fitted by Bertone to a chassis and running gear built by Vauxhall or Opel, depending on whether it's RHD or LHD. The Cobra used an AC body fitted by AC to an AC chassis with AC running gear, AC seats, AC interior and AC electrics. Shelby didn't build Cobras. AC did. All Shelby did was fit the engines and transmissions to otherwise complete cars that AC shipped to him. The issue here is who manufactured the Cobras, and it wasn't Shelby.--FergusM1970 21:10, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Cobra and Shelby American

Fergus, since you have obviously been warned previously please consider this one more friendly warning. If you continue to vandalize the Shelby American and Cobra pages, and your edits very obviously constitute vandalism, I will report it.Syr74 (talk) 03:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the friendly warning, but in fact I reject your classification of my edits as vandalism. In fact you have replaced them with information that is clearly incorrect, such as calling the car "AC-bodied" when it also had an AC chassis, suspension, steering, electrical system, seats and interior (and in fact everything except engine and transmission) and "Shelby Motors produced..." when Shelby Motors did nothing of the sort; it is an undeniable fact that the Cobras were built by AC, to an AC design in the AC factory.--FergusM1970 09:10, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

You are correct in your assertion that the article, as it was, needed serious revision. The problem is that your edits are simply making a bad situation worse. The use of the phrase AC bodied, while not technically incorrect, may not be the best choice of words to describe the involvement of Auto Carrier with this car. Unfortunately, suggesting that the Cobra was manufactured by AC is arguably even worse because that statement is fundamentally incorrect. With regard to the Cobra Auto Carrier was a provider of a rolling chassis to Shelby American which Shelby American then completed as a finished, Shelby Cobra CSX model at their factory in California. AC cannot therefore be referenced as the manufacturer of the CSX Shelby Cobra roadsters because they didn't produce completed cars, and it should be noted that a car of new manufacture isn't legally recognized as the same within the United States until it has been completed and is in a running state.....in other words it has to have a drivetrain. Note the definition of a motor vehicle as specified by US Federal law below.

85.1703 - Definition of motor vehicle.

(a) For the purpose of determining the applicability of section 216(2), a vehicle which is self-propelled and capable of transporting a person or persons or any material or any permanently or temporarily affixed apparatus shall be deemed a motor vehicle, unless any one or more of the criteria set forth below are met, in which case the vehicle shall be deemed not a motor vehicle:

Since all CSX cars saw final assembly by an American manufacturer within U.S. borders and were intended for sale within the North America market U.S legal definitions are going to take precedence. (still, I would be surprised if the English legal definition for what constitutes a completed motor vehicle/automobile isn't the same) This is why the court case between AC Cars Ltd and Shelby American took place in an American court rather than an English one. COX and COB cars are, for obvious reasons, a different matter and should therefore be handled differently. I don't believe that your vandalism is intentional, and I am convinced that you sincerely believe what you are stating here, but that doesn't make it any less incorrect and, to be blunt, belief has no place in an encyclopedic reference. This is about facts, and the facts simply do not support your argument. I won't report you for vandalism or request resolution until you have an opportunity to respond, but the reality of the situation is that your edits are blatantly POV as entered and, your opinion that AC manufactured the Shelby Cobra based on your view of what a completed car is constitutes original research. Because of that your edits simply cannot remain as they are and the article remain useful or accurate.

Syr74 (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

The statement that AC manufactured the cars is in no way whatsoever "fundamentally incorrect." A rolling chassis is a vehicle lacking only its drivetrain and that is what AC delivered; the cars Shelby received were fitted with bodies, suspension, steering, interiors and everything else except the drivetrain. The reason that was done is that it made no economic sense to ship heavy engines and gearboxes to the UK, install them in cars then ship them straight back again when that work could be done by Shelby, who, while not a car manufacturer, did have a tuning shop adequate for the job. You wrote: "AC cannot therefore be referenced as the manufacturer of the CSX Shelby Cobra roadsters because they didn't produce completed cars" Yes they did; they produced completed cars for every other market except the USA and have continued to do so on and off, with periodic permission from Ford to sell the cars as Cobras, for the past 50 years. As for the CSX numbers they were simply export cars of the CS series, just like COX were export cars of the COB series and so on. Leaf-spring Cobras with right-hand drive - i.e. those sold in the UK - had a chassis number beginning CS2; left-hand drive cars, those sold in Europe or shipped to Shelby, had a chassis number beginning CSX2. With coil-spring Cobras the corresponding numbers were CS3/COB3 and CSX3/COX3. CS and CSX, like COB and COX, were AC chassis numbers, stamped on the chassis at the AC works. At least this is the case for chassis CS/CSX2000-CSX3055; subsequent CSX numbers are 1992 counterfeits manufactured in Torrance, California and later fraudulently registered by Shelby as 1965 cars.

As you state, this is an encyclopaedia. What goes in it is not determined by US legal definitions but by verifiable facts. It is verifiable fact that the Cobra was an AC design built by AC in the AC factory, and marketed in the USA as the Ford/Shelby AC Cobra. The only difference between US-market cars and all the others is that AC let Shelby fit the engines. It was the same car built in the same factory by the same company. Could AC have fitted the engines to all the Cobras and shipped them to the USA as road-ready vehicles? Undoubtably. Could Shelby have produced Cobras without taking delivery of rolling cars from AC? No. To argue that Shelby built them, based on some narrow definition made up by ambulance chasers, is not reasonable. As it is the article mentions that the car is often known in the USA as the Shelby Cobra. I have already suggested changing that to "marketed in the USA as the Ford/Shelby AC Cobra." Would that satisfy you, accurate as it is? The article also says, correctly, that Shelby fitted the engines to cars delivered to him by AC, which is an accurate description of what happened, so I don't see what the problem is. However as I said before, I do not believe that the question of whether a car was built in Surrey or California is decided by something as trivial as the words of some shyster in a Los Angeles court. A court decision is not a fact; it's an opinion. The fact is that AC built the cars and words in a court don't affect that. The article includes the opinion of the court (although it's tagged "citation needed" right now) but that opinion determines nothing. Especially seeing as how it's just the opinion of something that provoked Shakespeare to write his greatest ever line, "First, let's kill all the lawyers." (Henry VI, Pt2, Act 4, Scene 2)

The reason the Shelby/Angliss court case took place in a US court is presumably that Shelby brought the case in a US court. Any British judge would have thrown it out as absurd, given that the place of manufacture of the cars is well known and demonstrable. On the subject of the court case can you please provide a reference for it, as all I can find online is copies of the wording from this article. I'm dubious because it's stated that the court ruled that Shelby is the only person entitled to call the car a Cobra. That's obviously wrong because the rights to the Cobra name weren't owned by Shelby; they're owned by Ford, and in 1987 were granted by Ford to Brian Angliss of AC.

In my opinion, for the article to say that Shelby manufactured the cars simply because he fitted an engine built by Ford and a transmission built by any of several companies (including AC) into a car built by AC around an AC chassis, AC suspension, AC steering rack and AC body is POV. I could fit a Ford engine in my car, although I have no idea why I'd want to, but it wouldn't become a Mason; it would remain a BMW. Now, we need to find a compromise that is acceptable to us both, but I don't think it should be based on a legal opinion. It needs to be based on who actually built the cars.--FergusM1970 22:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

We certainly agree in one respect, the article needs revision. That said, I'm afraid that the article needs so much revision that one or two (or ten or twenty) edits or discussions about what needs to be changed or what does not will barely make a dent. Given this, I'm going to experiment in the sandbox and, when I feel that I have something close to being a workable article, I will forward the same for discussion by editors in general including, obviously, you. Syr74 (talk) 04:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, actually I think it's close to acceptable as it currently stands. Naturally if you want to work up an alternative version I'll be happy to comment on it. Can I ask what is your objection to the car being called the AC Cobra? I mean they did design and build it and even in the USA it was sold as the Ford/Shelby AC Cobra. I really don't get this issue that some Americans (and absolutely nobody else) have with simply acknowledging who made the damn thing. Incidentally I think it's a terrible car. It's a classic race machine and it looks gorgeous - when I was 20 I'd have happily married one - and it's as fast as a very fast thing in a straight line, but it would lose a race to any current BMW with a -35 or better model number and it's about as controllable as a psychotic ex-wife on crack. I've driven a MkIV and I'd kill my granny to own it but, really, it's fucking awful.--FergusM1970 04:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

By this point the article looks like a jumbled mess because, to be blunt, it is. The article has been edited so many times,by so many different people that it just isn't a cohesive piece any more, but realistically that is bound to happen eventually with any article that undergoes the same. As for my objection to the car being called the AC Cobra, that is the simplest question of all to answer. Outside of a very few of the original 260 Cobra roadsters the CSX cars were never manufactured or sold with AC in the name of the car itself. (and really how, when, and why that occurred and the events surrounding it should be covered in the article...it is a rather important part of Cobra history) COX and COB cars, as mentioned previously, are another story and should be addressed separately, although Brian Angliss's legal admission in his lawsuit with Shelby American makes this a little more difficult than it would otherwise be. As for the use of the Cobra name on the AC cars produced by Brian Angliss and the willingness of Ford Motor Company to allow the same, yes Ford did own the Cobra trademark at that time (they still do) and did initially grant Auto Carrier the right to use it. However, during the lawsuit mentioned previously Ford apparently had a change of heart and in fact eventually joined Shelby in arguing that, at least when attached to the Cobra shape, nobody but Carroll Shelby should be allowed to use the Cobra name. We now see the results of the same as Shelby American produces cars wearing the Cobra moniker while AC does not. As for why the lawsuit was herd in the United States, this is a matter of jurisdiction and not simply an issue of where the case was brought/ The court obviously felt that they had jurisdiction in this matter, otherwise they would not have been willing to hear the case. I understand that all of this bothers some people, and I understand why it bothers them, but that doesn't change the reality of the situation. As for design, the original Cobra roadster was, in most cases, essentially an AC Ace with a Ford small-block V-8 and a Borg Warner or Ford Toploader 4-speed manual or Ford 3-speed automatic transmission behind it. (there were never any AC manufactured transmissions in these cars) Outside of more limited volume cars like the Daytona Coupe Auto Carrier did design and build the chassis, body, suspension, etc. for that model...and that should be noted in the article. On the other hand, that is not the case for the coil spring, big block powered Cobra roadsters. The suspension for the coil sprung cars and the 4 inch round tube chassis that suspension attached to was actually designed in Dearborn, Michigan by Ford Motor Company with the assistance of a couple of Shelby American employees (primarily on the frame itself) using technology neither Shelby American or Auto Carrier had access to. This is a well known part of Cobra history, we even know who the man who led that particular effort as a Ford Motor Company employee was, his name is Bob Negstad and he is a legend in the Cobra community. Likewise, modifications to the body Shell to accommodate wider tires on the coil spring cars was actually undertaken at the Shelby American facility in Las Vegas. Yes, Auto Carrier still produced these components, but in this case they did not design them. All of this should likewise be mentioned in the article. I will include everything mentioned above, and much more, along with appropriate references to support the same in the article I present for review, but that will take some time as this is no small undertaking.Syr74 (talk) 05:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

You're sort of losing me here. Still no reference for the alleged Shelby/Angliss court case (which of course is irrelevant anyway given Shelby's non-ownership of the Cobra brand) and plenty of statements about the car's manufacture that simply don't make sense. If the coil-spring MkIII Cobra was a Shelby/Ford USA design then why exactly were the cars built by AC in England? Couldn't a massive car manufacturer like Shelby - never mind FORD!!! - build the Cobras himself, or at least find a US manufacturer capable of doing it? If the car was a Shelby design then why did Shelby ask a small company 6,000 miles away to build the cars for him in the 1960s, when shipping a 2,000lb car across the Atlantic cost far more than it does now, and why did he ask another small company in Torrance, CA to weld up counterfeit chassis for him in 1991/92? Was he really so incapable of building "Shelby Cobras" himself? Sorry, none of this makes sense. As for "The court obviously felt that they had jurisdiction in this matter," who cares what lawyers think? Can a rat fly with eagles? Do snakes eat rats?--FergusM1970 06:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I haven't referenced anything more here because there is no point, it would simply constitute going through the effort twice to no real end since I'll have to reference everything in the revised article anyway. As for what the Court of the State of California has to say on a matter, a legally binding court finding is obviously a legitimate source of reference and, when the owner of Auto Carrier himself signs a legally binding agreement to resolve that case acknowledging that every original Cobra produced in the 1960's was indeed a product of Shelby American, there just isn't anywhere else to go. The opportunity to debate the validity of the finding of the Court of the State of California, and the legally binding declaration made by a legal representative of Auto Carrier, will be available when the article is presented for review. As for why the chassis/body of these cars were contracted out, automakers contract out automotive chassis and body manufacturing all the time; it's far from unusual and, in fact, it's more common now that it was then. Cadillac flew Allante roadsters to Italy to be bodied by a coach-builder and then flown back, and arrangement that seems odd to me for various reasons but, that doesn't change the fact that this is exactly what took place. That the production arrangement seems odd to you is worth noting and was worth mentioning, I'm not dismissing your opinion here, but your opinion on the issue isn't something which can be referenced so it cannot be used in the article. The fact that the design work listed above was conducted at Ford Motor Company and Shelby American is a commonly known historical fact and is relatively easily referenced through several reputable sources. And of course, when submitted in the revised article that information will be properly cited as will all the rest. Syr74 (talk) 06:39, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

"As for what the Court of the State of California has to say on a matter, a legally binding court finding is obviously a legitimate source of reference" - Yes - for what the court's opinion was! It has nothing to do with the facts though. AC built the Cobras; that is not in dispute. Every genuine Cobra ever built was assembled to at least the rolling vehicle stage at the AC factory. All Shelby did was fit the drivetrains to the US-market cars. The Cobra was never even marketed in the USA as a Shelby until Shelby American started building replicas on counterfeit chassis; it was sold as the Ford/Shelby AC Cobra. The design work on the MkIII was done by AC with computer assistance from Ford; that is a matter of record. I note that if it had been done by Shelby (who was a racing driver, not an engineer, manufacturer or designer) and Ford (who were, at the time, one of the three largest car manufacturers in the entire world) it would have made very little sense to have the cars built on the other side of the Atlantic by a small, obscure English company unless that company (AC) had some rather strong claim on the design...

Anyway, do you have a reference for the court case yet? I still can't find one.--FergusM1970 06:54, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Actually sod this. Life is too short to waste it on discussing the pointless utterances of California lawyers. Please report me for vandalism and take this to dispute resolution, and let's just get it over with.--FergusM1970 07:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I tend to agree that simpler is better, but there is really no point in going to dispute resolution until we have any and all disagreements with the revised article laid out. I'll notify you when the revised article is ready for review so you, and anybody else, can express any grievances at that time. Best -- Syr74 (talk) 07:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, there is also really no point in arguing for a US origin of a car built in a small, boring town in Surrey. The disagreement here is whether the manufacturer of the AC Cobra was the tuning shop that fitted the drivetrains to US market cars and paid a court for a piece of paper, or the factory that did everything else from taking delivery of a truckload of steel tubes to crating a complete but engineless car for shipment to America. If you insist on arguing that the AC Cobra was in fact manufactured in an LA shed, rather than in the factory that Shelby himself asked to design and build the Cobra for him, then we might as well call in the admins right now and invoke Misplaced Pages's famously responsive and fair dispute resolution process.

Alternatively we can try to find a compromise solution, as I have suggested twice already.--FergusM1970 07:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate your flexibility, but the article needs so many revisions that, taken piecemeal, we'll be debating the issue a year from now which seems pointless. Certainly, I agree that if a suitable solution can be found between editors in general that is absolutely preferable to dispute resolution. But realistically speaking, we need more and better references, we need those references to be readily available for review, and we need the proposed revisions themselves drawn out before any of that can be accomplished. I won't revert or edit anything in the article until I've had time to review all necessary changes and forward them for review, but I don't see how the article can be appropriately revised and corrected any other way. Best -- Syr74 (talk) 07:58, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

OK, no problem. I'll welcome any RS that says the Cobras were manufactured in California by Shelby rather than in Surrey by AC, but until I see such an RS I think the article should stay as it is, agreed?--FergusM1970 08:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely, if something cannot be properly cited through a reputable source then it shouldn't be included in any Misplaced Pages article. -- Syr74 (talk) 19:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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Help on Captain Smith and Wilde pages

I thank you for your edits to the Charles Lightoller because I need you help for the pages of Edward Smith and Henry Wilde. I have been improving them but some of them are poorley written and I swear there is no source for the Captain Smith wax figure, I tired several times to remove it but no one will listen.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.161.215 (talk) 15:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

While this may be so, the IP is evading a block for problematic editing, including insertion of poorly sourced or unsourced material on a variety of assassination and disaster-related topics over more than a year. Having exhausted the patience of several editors, including myself, the IP is being blocked whenever they turn up. and all edits reverted, regardless of merit. Acroterion (talk) 16:04, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the heads up, although I don't agree with reverting edits regardless of merit. A good edit made by an irritating scrote is still a good edit.--FergusM1970 16:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I tried that for a while, but it became a time sink to sort the good, bad and pointless. As for the "irritating scrote" part, the person behind the IP seems to be a decent, polite person when engaged, but they've never quite understood that WP isn't a place for them to speculate on or add poorly sourced material to articles on conspiracies, disasters, assassinations and the like. I've blocked and reverted them with a great deal of regret. Acroterion (talk) 23:43, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

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I have an email from the copyright owner releasing the file under a CC license. Will this do?--FergusM1970 10:11, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

You need to put that e-mail on the talk page, and send it into the relevant OTRS queue. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:40, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I did put it into the OTRS queue, when I uploaded the image.--FergusM1970 10:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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Catt Gravitt Wiki Page

Hi! I am new to the wiki format, and unsure how to properly communicate so please excuse any errors, or if this is the wrong place to be communicating...

I received your message about the page I am trying to create on songwriter, Catt Gravitt (I am not her). I worked on the edits you requested and would like you to review it again. Do I need to re-submit, or can you just view it and approve it?

Thanks so much Catt Gravitt (talk) 19:59, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, er, not her (you know what your signature block says, right?) Contacting me here is perfectly fine. I should be able to review it again, but if not I'll let you know ASAP. --FergusM1970 20:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Catt Gravitt

Howdy! I see you moved the above article from AFC to main space so I thought I'd raise it with you before going anywhere else. My first instinct is to take the article to AFD - it's a seemingly obvious WP:AUTOBIO created by the subject herself with "references" that include the subject's own record label, a artist's rights organisation (of which the subject seems to be a member) and other WP articles. I can't see one WP:RS in there. But I wanted to run it by you first, just to check there wasn't something that you saw that I'm not. Stalwart111 00:19, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem at all, and it was not intended as a criticism in any way. No one expects reviewers to be one-man AFD units. At the end of the day, AFC is not compulsory - it's a helpful resource for creating articles. The quality or longevity of those articles is a matter for the authors and their WP:BURDEN. And COI is a matter for WP:COIN. Keep up the good work! Stalwart111 11:00, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, My name is Abby and I am the person writing the article on Mrs. Gravitt...NOT herself. I simply made my username HERS for personal reasons in case she needed to sign into the page on her own time to check information as I was writing it. I am desperately trying to make sure this page remains published and meet whatever guidelines necessary to keep the page up and running because #1) I was hired by Mrs. Gravitt to do so, and #2) I don't understand the grounds for deletion. You asked me to remove any personal bends in my phrases and I believe I have done so. ALL of my information has been approved by Mrs. Gravitt herself, and ALL of my links and references are to the OFFICIAL companies that she is affiliated with, complete with proof of her signing with those companies. Please communicate with me as to what needs to be changed....this is not someone trying to put up a page for fun. She needs it for her songwriting business, and I am trying to accommodate her and make the page as professional as possible. Thank you for understanding, and again please allow me the respect of telling me what needs to be changed before deleting the page without communicating those things to me. I was hired to do a job, and I would like to do it well. Thank you...Catt Gravitt (talk) 23:08, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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Blocked for sockpuppetry

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WTF? Whatever happened to assuming good faith? CheckUser showed that the socks are not geographically related to me, so where exactly is the "evidence presented at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/FergusM1970"? Answer: There isn't any.

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Request reason:

These accounts are not my socks, as indicated by CheckUser. FergusM1970 09:42, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Contrary to what you seem to think, checkuser did not show that the sockpuppets were not run by you, but merely failed to show that they were. Behavioural evidence strongly suggests that they were. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:33, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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Argument in support of appeal. A suspicion was raised, I assume in good faith, that I may have created two sock puppets. I didn't (and never have,) but that's OK; Misplaced Pages has a way - CheckUser - to investigate that. It was duly investigated and, naturally, the socks were revealed not to be controlled by me. I was then blocked anyway. despite there being no evidence whatsoever that I was guilty and in fact fairly strong evidence (CheckUser) that I am not guilty. If cases are going to be resolved this way what's to stop users creating "socks" that agree with an editor they want silenced, then reporting them? After all the CheckUser evidence doesn't seem to matter, so what criteria should be used?

I do not use sock puppets and never have. Please revisit this complaint and take a decision based on the evidence. Thank you. --FergusM1970 10:04, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

There are plenty of ways to evade CheckUser; an absence of technical evidence does not mean that behavioral evidence cannot be examined. CheckUser is just one tool out of many. --Rschen7754 10:13, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

By all means, check using other tools. The result will be the same. I do not use sock puppets, and never have. There is no evidence to justify this block. --FergusM1970 10:16, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

This is outrageous. I see that there are now three other accounts whose user pages read "This account is a sockpuppet of FergusM1970." In no case is this true. Can I please have this block reviewed by another admin who will take a look at the actual evidence (or lack of)? --FergusM1970 10:34, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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Request reason:

So the socks agreed with me. How does this suggest that I created them? There is NO EVIDENCE that I created socks, with very good reason - I didn't. FergusM1970 10:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Accept reason:

With the clarification on the CU result, there is no longer enough evidence to maintain this block, but there are still behavioral similarities that leave me with concern. Rschen7754 21:19, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I am not disputing the fact that two accounts were created to vote in favour of a deletion I proposed. What I am disputing, very vigorously, is that they were created by me. They were not, and I am happy to cooperate with any investigation aimed at establishing the truth of the matter. To simply block me because the accounts were created, though, with no apparent concern about proving that I did it, is not reasonable. --FergusM1970 10:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, but it's not just a question of two sockpuppet accounts that were created to support you in an AfD. It's a matter of considering the behaviour of all the accounts and IP addresses raised in the successive sockpuppet investigations. Considering them all together, the number of coincidences is just too large to be plausible. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

What coincidences? As this list of coincidences apparently doesn't extend to them being in the same country as me, never mind operated from my computer, I fail to see where the evidence to support my block is coming from. The socks voted for my proposed deletion. Fine. Is there any way I could have prevented them doing so? Is getting someone blocked now simply a matter of creating a couple of socks to agree with them? I did not create these socks or any others. I have no issue with the suspicion being raised, but am angry that the block has been imposed and is being upheld when the only actual evidence you have - CheckUser - does not support it. --FergusM1970 11:07, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

If the only edits they've made is to support your position or otherwise behave like you, then they're either sockpuppets or meatpuppets indistinguishable from their master, and in such cases all such accounts may be treated as if they're one person. Also, just because Checkuser doesn't come back positive doesn't mean you're clean (since switching IPs and computers is trivial at worst) - you can still be blocked on behavioral evidence. —Jeremy v^_^v 20:29, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Switching countries, on the other hand, is a bit more difficult; I believe that CheckUser showed I'm not in the same country as the socks. In any case even if admins think there may be grounds to suspect that I'm socking I am frankly f**king annoyed that it's being stated as a fact when in reality it is not true at all. Several user accounts now carry the words "Sock of FergusM1970," which clearly labels me as a sockpuppet creator. None of these accounts are socks of me, however. I am quite sure of this, because there ARE NO socks of me ANYWHERE on Misplaced Pages. I'm also compelled to point out that blocks are to be used to prevent disruption and not as a punishment. Now, if I can effortlessly change IP addresses and create socks that appear to be in a different country (I can't, but nobody seems to care about that,) what exactly is being accomplished by blocking me? --FergusM1970 20:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Again, meatpuppetry is a possibility, and is just as sanctionable. —Jeremy v^_^v 21:31, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Alien invasion and zombie apocalypse are also possibilities. So what? I have not created any sock puppets and there is no evidence to suggest that I have. If all it takes to get someone blocked is a couple of throwaway accounts that agree with them, this project is screwed. Can I please have my block reviewed by someone who's prepared to take an objective look at the evidence? If I can provide system logs etc that will assist in this investigation I will be happy to do so, because I can assure you that I have nothing to hide. However being blocked when I've done nothing wrong - and I'm honest enough to acknowledge that I'm not always innocent - is pretty f*cking irksome. --FergusM1970 21:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

You have, of course, heard of Proxy servers and anonymizers? There are services such as that that give you an IP address in another location, country and continent - it's the easiest thing in the world (✉→BWilkins←✎) 15:41, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Is it? Thanks. I'll keep that in mind in the very unlikely event that I ever create any sock puppets. In the meantime, however, can someone actually review the evidence behind this ridiculous block? --FergusM1970 17:12, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Note to reviewing admins: I have posted exculpatory CU results to the SPI. Since I am otherwise unfamiliar with the details of the alleged abuse, I have chosen to leave the block review to another admin. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:40, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to investigate; it's much appreciated. --FergusM1970 17:44, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

"If the only edits they've made is to support your position or otherwise behave like you, then they're either sockpuppets or meatpuppets indistinguishable from their master"

Or, alternatively, they are socks created by somebody else who just happens to agree with me - as several people do, on this issue. What they are not is accounts that were created by, or in any way have anything to do with, me. Given that I did not create these accounts, and have no idea who did, I'm seriously pissed off that various people are stating as a fact that they are socks of me. I'm happy to put my hand up to anything I've done wrong, but I have never used sock puppets and it is gripping my shit to be accused, on no evidence whatsoever, of doing so. As there still isn't any actual evidence that I've been creating socks, and the only check that has been run showed me being in a different country from the alleged socks, can someone please review this ridiculous block now? Thank you. --FergusM1970 11:08, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Heidi Hazell

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Speedy deletion failed, then? --FergusM1970 12:09, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Relation to Derwick Associates

You removed everything I added, even though everything I added was from reliable sources with an explanatino of the edit in the edit summary. Then you proceed to add a great deal of information with absolutely no sourcing whatsoever. In fact, you added material that has never even been published before (as far as I can tell) .

Every edit you made had the intention of obfuscating the truth and falsely portraying Derwick Associates as some sort of charitable organization.

You changed Derwick's registration history in multiple parts to say that the are no longer active in the United States. Once changing text to "although presently inactive there," and once adding, "The U.S. registration was closed down in 2012." You didn't bother to source this information, so where did you find it?

You added:

Neither Derwick nor Bariven have released any information regarding the contracts. The companies are bound by confidentiality agreements and Venezuelan laws that prohibit any of the companies from releasing information

And yet, none of this information is appears in any of the sources provided. Where, might I ask, did you find this information?

You also added the following:

Derwick has set up the Hermongenes Lopez Foundation to send funds to social and welfare projects. During 2012 and 2012 Derwick Associates helped to establish the Carmen Salles School in Ciudad Bolivar on behalf of Congregación de las Religiosas Concepcionistas de la Enseñanza. This project aimed to provide school facilities to around 1600 students in the city of Nazareth in Ciudad Bolivar. During 2012 the firm donated over 200 school kits for 200 children in Carallave, as part of a larger project designed to "significantly improve" the access to educational resources for those communities local to a Derwick engineering project.

You even went as far as to tag the above block quote as "Citation needed". Not only that, but you apparently pulled a direct quote ("Significantly improved") from somewhere. Might I ask where? Perhaps it is not my place to ask, but would you be so kind as to disclose any potential relationship you might have with Derwick Associates? Derwick has already had their lawyers edit this page, so, in a as polite a manner as I can, I would ask whether or not you have any relationship with Derwick Associates or anyone associated with Derwick Associates? Justiciero1811 (talk) 22:30, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

No offence, but you seem to have become more than a little paranoid about Derwick and this is affecting both your attitude to the article and your behaviour towards other editors. I have no relation to Derwick whatsoever; I'm just trying to keep your blatantly hostile POV out of the article. As for my supposed sources of inside information, slow down and actually look at the references properly. For example in regard to the U.S. registration being terminated in 2012 if you look here you'll find that the last act of the Derwick subsidiary in the USA was to file for dissolution on 28 September last year. I have no idea why you are so hostile to Derwick; no doubt you have your reasons, but the place to air them is on your blog, not on Misplaced Pages. --FergusM1970 13:58, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but when every reliable source in South America says that Derwick Associates is a corrupt agent of the Venezuelan government, I have to disagree. NPOV is one thing; whitewashing the activities of one of Chavez's money laundering operation is quite another.

You also failed to respond to anything I wrote. Please let me know where you found all of the information indicated above. The only place that I was able to find it was at the self-published website for Derwick Associates.

Please tell me that you didn't remove all legitimate information from reliable sources in South America to then replace it with self-sourced material from their website. Although, that seems to be what you did.

I don't see any option other than AN/I. Justiciero1811 (talk) 00:34, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Ballymurphy Massacre

The very republican Gaurdian , amongst others use it. Also I would like to remind you of the restrictions on Troubles articles, which you have previously been made aware of. Thanks. Murry1975 (talk) 20:35, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

OK. I have twice tried to communicate with you through your talk page, but you have deleted my comments without explanation both times. Fine. That's WP: Assume good faith out of the way, by the looks of it. So here we go, you twunt. The term "Ballymurphy Massacre" is used almost exclusively by Irish republicans, which of course is why the Grauniad put it in quotes except when referring to the pressure group that has publicised the term. As for reminding me about the 1RR restriction on articles about PIRA's murder campaign, oops, you broke that, not me. Better self-revert before I submit a complaint. --FergusM1970 21:25, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Shroud of Turin

Hello -- I'm curious about your recent edit of the above article. I agree with your removing the "also", actually (the AB typing of the shroud sample is certainly dubious, and has never been confirmed) -- but re: your statement, "blood has never been found on the shroud" -- in the blood stains subsection of the article it states (with pretty good sourcing) that "...it is almost certain that the blood spots are blood". Again, I'm not disputing your edit, I'm just curious about your source for that statement. Because if you're right, that whole subsection needs to be changed. DoctorJoeE /_{talk to me!} 23:07, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

It's more a case of substances found in blood (but not only there) also having been found on the cloth. The stains may' have been painted on with blood, or it may be paint. It just hasn't been thoroughly enough analysed at this point to say for sure. As far as I'm concerned the AB typing is a combination of crackpottery and urban myth.--FergusM1970 23:24, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough; I think most agree that it is, in fact, blood, but it could be sheep blood. No question the AB typing is dubious at best. In my mind the '88 radiocarbon dating rendered the whole blood question moot, but clearly there are those who disagree. DoctorJoeE /_{talk to me!} 23:32, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

There does seem to be a general concensus that it's blood, but it's less clear exactly what it's based on! There certainly are those who disagree with the dating and it's impossible to discuss anything with them. At this point, though, the age of the shroud is a done deal. If God Himself were to appear to me and say the shroud was genuine I'd tell him, "No, you're wrong; it's only 650 years old. The C results prove that." Sadly some people can't grasp that no matter what is found on a piece of Medieval cloth, it will never be anything other than Medieval.--FergusM1970 23:38, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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Derwick Associates

It looks like you are in an edit war on this article. I also note that you are reverting edits and calling them vandalism when they are actually content disputes. You need to read WP:VANDAL and stop calling people vandals when it doesn't meet that criteria, and stop the battleground behavior. Additionally, whatever the "Alek" comments are, they are either insults or outing or whatever, it needs to stop. If you can't work here in a collaborative fashion, you will be blocked. Use the talk page of the article, if that doesn't work, take it to WP:DRN. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 13:42, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Ultimas Noticias

Please see my link on the Derwick Talk page. I hope to continue discussing the information there and that you will cease reverting the article mainspace without further Talk discussion now that we have established the Ultimas Noticias articles RSs. Justiciero1811 (talk) 21:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of NAFOD

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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged NAFOD for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of NAFOD

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Barney the barney barney (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

August 2013

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Electronic cigarette‎. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Removing well supported content

You appear to be removing lots of well supported content such as in this edit here among others Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:28, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

It also appears that you are up to a good 5 reverts in the last 24 hours. And that you were warned about this behavior a couple of days ago for this article and were warned a few times previous in other articles. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:39, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of NAFOD for deletion

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Edit warring at Electronic cigarette

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Speedy deletion nomination of Sallie Severns

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3 reverts

You are at three reverts at e-cigs. Try the talk page and get consensus. Next revert may get you blocked. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 03:14, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Original research?

Are you sure that wasn't WP:OR? Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 13:03, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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Continued warring on Electronic cigarette

Hello FergusM1970. You have recently returned to editing at Electronic cigarette very quickly after expiry of your edit warring block concerning that article. Please be aware that if this is taken to WP:AN3 it looks like you've already broken the 3RR rule. Admins are reluctant to fully protect an article when there is a specific person who seems to be at the center of the problem. Here are some recent undoings you made at the article on 14 November, not all of which may be countable as reverts:

To avoid sanctions I'd recommend you take at least a 48 hour break from editing the article. If you think some wording needs to be fine-tuned don't revert to achieve that; use the talk page. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 23:55, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

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I guess you were not wearing the editing hat when you left that message on my talk page... Lesion (talk) 18:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree files

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Oh hi Stefan2, fancy meeting you here. Anyway I see you are busy deleting things so I shall not keep you. Lesion (talk) 01:03, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

WTF?--FergusM1970 01:25, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

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Another 4 reverts in the last 24 hours. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:05, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

One almost gets the feeling this is taking up a lot of your attention. Perhaps I wouldn't make so many reverts if you didn't make so many bullshit fucking deletions with misleading edit summaries.--FergusM1970 14:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

FergusM1970, you've been warned per the result of WP:AN3#User:FergusM1970 reported by User:Jmh649 (Result: Protection, warnings). EdJohnston (talk) 17:21, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree files

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A personal question

Hi Fergus. I ordered my first e-cig to try just a couple of days ago and was wondering if you meant to say 2.4 mg (at e-cigs talk) or if there are really going up to 24 mg as you wrote.TMCk (talk) 15:27, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. That's a common thing to get confused about! The two measuring systems in use are % and mg per ml. 2.4% is equal to 24mg/ml, and I imagine that's what you have.--FergusM1970 15:33, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Ah, ok and thanks. That's clearing up my mistake :) TMCk (talk) 15:40, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
(I moved your answer back here to keep it together ;) TMCk (talk) 15:40, 23 November 2013 (UTC))

I made the same mistake myself at first, and so did a lot of other people. Eventually a standard will emerge and everyone will stick to it. Unless the whole industry gets killed off by people like Doc James and CFCF, of course...--FergusM1970 15:41, 23 November 2013 (UTC)