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A question

NYSCholar, I can't think how to ask this without it sounding rude, but I have to anyway. Why do see a need to end every second posting with a "... going offline" comment? Honestly, who cares? Do you think you could stop this please as it seems to imply that the discussion must await your return before continuing. Talk pages are for discussing article improvement, not your editing schedule. I just find it annoying. Sorry. Moondyne 03:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I have posted my comments indicating that I would be offline after them as a courtesy to others, who might wonder why I haven't replied to them quickly or might not be doing so at all. Not everyone checks user and talk pages to see courtesy postings about online status, etc. Sorry that you find my attempt to be courteous to other Wikipedians "annoying". In the past, you (and others) have not understand my comments (see the archives); as you (and others) seem to mistinterpret what I write and to read intentions in what I write that I do not have, I have suggested that you (and some of these others) not engage in these kinds of exchanges with me; I do not find them productive. I am replying only out of courtesy (WP:CIV) and so that eventually this exchange can be archived by the automatic archiving bot. --NYScholar (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
What some people find "annoying", others may find helpful or useful. One cannot please (or not "annoy") everyone. Sometimes people just have to be more tolerant of others' differences of style. WP:CIV, Misplaced Pages:Etiquette, particularly Misplaced Pages:Etiquette#A few things to bear in mind, relate to this point. --NYScholar (talk) 23:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Before going back offline, I did strike out apparently-"annoying" comment at end of last section of comments in an article. When I go offline after a comment, I sometimes state that in my editing history summary, so people will understand why I might not be back to reply soon or at all to their responses. --NYScholar (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

Lack of source citations to document content here

Please see comment in the first section re: templates added to this article today. Thank you. --NYScholar (talk) 21:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

All of the information in this article is taken directly from the official Academy Awards web site. The link is found here: . This reference source is already included and is listed at the bottom of the article. I am therefore removing the templates. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC))
That does not address the discrepancies/errors in the chart. Listing one site as the "source" of all that information that you have compiled yourself violates WP:NOR; and see the templates at {{no sources}} and {{one source}}; it is not acceptable to remove the templates as the problems are explained in the talk page. You have constructed dates and ages from material in the site, but the site does not document all that material. See WP:EL regarding the listing of an external link and using it as a source, which also can violate WP:BLP#Sources as well as WP:V#Sources. You need to supply reliable and verifiable sources for the material that you have in the chart; it is not all listed in the Academy Award web pages as you constructed it there. It is original research based on material in the website; if you make errors, you are providing false information in Misplaced Pages that cannot be verified at the link. An external link does not substitute for source citations. --NYScholar (talk) 23:55, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
What on God's green earth are you talking about? Why are you saying that I compiled this information? Why are you saying that I constructed dates and ages? All of this information is taken verbatim from the official Academy website. I did nothing other than to place it into a chart. For the 12th time, yes -- that link contains all of the information in the article. ALL. Period. Why are you saying that I am making up this information, that I am constructing dates and ages, that I am compiling it? It is all there ... I merely typed it into a chart. I sincerely have no clue what you are even talking about at this point. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC))
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