User talk:71.232.12.119

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[edit] October 2007

In a recent edit to the page Codeine, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, just ask anyone on Wikipedia and they will help you. Thank you. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 08:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

You made changes to the Cecil Brown page without checking to see if there was more than one author with this name. The Cecil Brown you were describing is in fact still alive, whereas the page you made changes to describes a Cecil Brown who died in 1987. Please make a new page about the author Cecil Brown who wrote the book Stagolee Shot Billy. --Andy Wade (talk) 19:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (flags), thanks --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 08:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

Please stop. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags), thanks --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 08:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for your comment on my talk page, see here. You asked me a question, so I will answer you here. First let me quote your message to me here:

Who made you the official editor of Wikipedia? Can we put this flag icon BS to bed? You will never convince me there there is anything wrong with placing a flag in an info box, regardless of what is stated in the "official rules". I'm not getting into an editing war with anyone. Do me a favor and leave my edits alone and leave my flag icons alone as well. Jbossbarr 08:05, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

In answer to your question; No one has made me the official editor of Wikipedia. I simply saw your edits as an anonymous user see here, and as editor once pointed out to me, I in turn simply pointed it out to you as Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags), which is a part of Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

Your statement “Do me a favor and leave my edits alone and leave my flag icons alone as well.” Editors do not own those edits, see WP:OWN.

As an editor of wikipedia, which you decided to when you began making edits, is expected to follow the rules and to be civil when communicating with other editors. See Wikipedia:Etiquette and Wikipedia:Civility.

Finally, you signed your message to me as Jbossbarr (see here), yet your edits that I responded to were under the anonymous user 71.232.12.119 (see here). So I will be responding to both accounts. Cheers --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 00:27, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Thank you.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 22:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)