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Mswari

@Bait30: Hello, I believe you are still vandalizing the wiki page. After you deleted the majority of the content, I reverted it and included the only bill the senator had introduced that wasn't passed. The rest were passed. That would mean the page is no longer impartial. Your editing of this page is very suspicious given that it's an election year and your past editing history. Mswari (talk) 14:23, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

@Mswari: I added a section in the Carol Blood talk page here. Also, if I may, what about my past editing history is suspicious? I'm still relatively new here, but I do my best to adhere the policies and guidlines, so I would prefer if you stopped accusing me of vandalism.  Bait30  22:50, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
@Bait30: The grounds for deletion of the selections of your choice are very suspect. Given you have a history of deleting content from various Misplaced Pages pages.  Mswari  17:47, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
@Mswari: That's a very vague explanation though. And my history of deleting content mainly involves reverting vandalism and cleaning up problem articles (see WP:VANDNOT). Like I said before, I'm genuinely doing my best as an editor here; I am in no way trying to vandalize. And honestly, I would like if you takeback/strikeout your comment accusing me of vandalism.  Bait30  20:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

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Read. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.62.170.218 (talk) 02:06, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@207.62.170.218: That is a standard message that pops up for WP articles that are not official policies or guidelines. However, WP:GWAR is simply a compilation/explanation of the relevant Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines that govern genre editing. Also there is consensus on WP:ALBUM that WP:GWAR is a proper guideline to follow for genres. I did also mention WP:NOR, which is an official policy, in my edit summary. Adding genres without reliable sources is original research. Anyways, I also want to give you a heads up that your "read" comment kinda comes off as a bit snarky and WP:UNCIVIL.  Bait30   02:31, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

给您一个星章！

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Thank you for mentioning me about the bug of the bot. You know we Chinese always get attacked or jeered at in Misplaced Pages, but we just want to contribute to free knowledge. BrandNew Jim Zhang (talk) 02:48, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Doashen

Hi. I don't know how to use this page but I wanted to send you a message. Please put back the detailed table of the number of COVID-19 cases per state per day. That is a needed table. Thanks. Doashen (talk) 18:48, 20 March 2020 (UTC) d

A barnstar for you!

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Thank you for improving the article on Deborah Birx as she comes to national prominence, as well as your other work related to COVID-19. userdude 05:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! It feels good to be appreciated haha -- Bait30   05:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

March 2020

Information icon Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Strake Jesuit High School. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. 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 again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. The newspaper source you added in no way verifies your edit. UIL is the state sanctioning body, and that's all. Now, Texas does not have independent conferences like most state, so we routinely enter the UIL district number in the conference parameter, thus: |conference= UIL district xx, followed by a citation (we usually link to the appropriate link at UIL) John from Idegon (talk) 02:26, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

@John from Idegon: Take a look at the article again. It literally states in the article "Shadow Creek is moving up to 6A and it’s no surprise where the Class 5A Division I football champions land - in District 23-6A with Alief Taylor, Hastings, Elsik, Alvin, Strake Jesuit and Pearland and Dawson." What part of that WP:RS does not verify my edit? I'm sorry that I didn't realize that UIL is not an athletic conference, but you could've easily fixed that by reading the cited article instead of just templating me with a level 2 warning template. Besides, taking a look at Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas), Big Sandy High School (Big Sandy, Texas), Katy High School, Westlake High School (Texas), North Shore Senior High School (Texas), Rocksprings High School, Carroll Senior High School, The Woodlands High School, John Marshall High School (Leon Valley, Texas), William Howard Taft High School (San Antonio), Junction High School, Amarillo High School, Granbury High School, Abilene High School (Texas), Georgetown High School (Texas), Arlington Heights High School, and Odessa High School among others, I don't see any sort of consistency or consensus to list conference as "UIL district xx". For the most part I see "UIL Class xA", which again is verifiable in the source I provided.  Bait30   03:37, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
  • If you had the class and district in there, I didn't see it and I apologize. The reference should be at the end of the entry, not after UIL. Also, why are you sourcing it to a newspaper article? Why not to the UIL itself? This is one case where a primary source is the best source. John from Idegon (talk) 18:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for Your Answers!

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Thank you for participating in the interview for the Signpost WikiProject Report and providing well-thought out answers! Puddleglum(How's my driving?) 02:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Puddleglum(How's my driving?) 01:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Puddleglum2.0: Thanks to you too! The interviewer is just as important as the interviewee.  Bait30   03:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Let's try again

I got off on the wrong foot with you above, and again I apologize. Just out of boredom, I took a look at your article creatons listed on your userpage. You do good work!

One problem though, and that's Jenkins. Normally a local judge wouldn't be considered notable. I'm guessing the basis you used for notability was the Ebola stuff? It's on the edge, but I'm not going to take it to AFD. Just might want to toss a far removed from Dallas source to something about his judgeship. I'm going to remove most of what you added about college. WP:NOTABLE and WP:FAMOUS are two different things. On a not famous but notable person like this, we'd never mention even a misdemeanor conviction, much less an arrest. We should mention felony convictions. For famous folks, we'll discuss arrest for just about anything. It's a privacy thing first (see WP:BLP), and second, as it is the only thing you've mentioned about his college time, It's likely WP:NPOV too.

The legal article was interesting. Turning over Gideon would be huge. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 21:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

  • Yeah, I snapped back as well, so I'm sorry about that. I added the stuff about the college arrests because I thought I might have been mentioning only the good stuff about his career and didn't want to be accused of being non-neutral. But if you say it's WP:BLP, I trust you on that. As for the non-Dallas sources, there's a Time article I forgot to add. There's also some stuff about immigration that I haven't had a chance to add yet.  Bait30   23:54, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for Clay Jenkins

On 22 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clay Jenkins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that county judge Clay Jenkins did not wear PPE while interacting with the family of a patient with Ebola virus disease to show that asymptomatic individuals cannot spread the disease? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clay Jenkins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Clay Jenkins), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you for all you do. Really. You started a whole convo about deleting my page even though I worked so hard on it :D Palacearcade4 (talk) 19:39, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
@Palacearcade4: I mean that's what WP:AFD is for. I'm sorry I nominated an article you put so much effort into for deletion, but you should have made sure it passed the WP:NOTABILITY guidelines before working on it. Please familiarize yourself with the policies and guidelines before you contribute. There are many resources such as WP:Teahouse. I also see that someone left a "Welcome" template at the top of your template with a bunch of great links to help you get started with properly contributing to the site.  Bait30   21:38, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

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67 (Bus line in Bratislava)

The article is not a bus stop, so before I decline your prod for an invalid reason, would you care to modify it? SpinningSpark 10:13, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

@Spinningspark: I changed it from bus stop to bus route/line. In my opinion it has the same outcome.  Bait30   22:10, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

Visited your page after commenting on an AfD, and saw that you created the article for the new Malkmus album. One of my favorite artists--seen him several times with Pavement and without, so thanks. Caro7200 (talk) 18:10, 13 June 2020 (UTC)