User talk:Editor437

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[edit] Welcome! (We can't say that loudly enough!)

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Thanks for your report at WP:AIV. I have blocked the vandal — Lost(talk) 13:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking your talk page

Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia! I just want to make it clear for you, that you did nothing wrong by blanking your talk page. Although archiving is preferred, you are allowed to delete items from your talk page as you wish. This is explained here. If you have any questions, feel free to add them to my talk page. - Rjd0060 03:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coltrane Covers

Shouldn't we be seeking album covers rather than deleting to be consistent? Or are you planning to upload the remaining covers and then reinstate the others? Gareth E Kegg 00:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I think all the images have been restored to the articles. Many of them already had fair use rationales. There was no good reason to delete them. Editor437, please give more thought to what you are doing before you cancel out the efforts of others. -MrFizyx 20:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Lane

Hi Editor437, I noticed that you reverted an edit of mine on the Ole Coltrane page several months back. I understand that Dolphy might have been credited as "George Lane" on that album for contractual reasons, as you write in your edit summary, but I was wondering if you had a source of any kind to back that up. It would be a good thing to give a citation for, as it currently looks as if Dolphy at some point actually went by the name George Lane. Buck Mulligan (talk) 06:16, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick reply. I understand the motivation for many of those artists to adopt pseudonyms in order to get around contractual obligations, and I'm glad to see that you have a source. I'll add a note to the Ole page with the info you put on my talk page. Thanks. Buck Mulligan (talk) 21:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] zirin believes bonds is innocent, i don't know what link you are talking about.

That interview you refer to validates my arguement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.247.37.46 (talk) 23:20, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure - the fact that he says "I never wrote that I "believe Bonds has never done steroids."" is evidence that he wrote the statement "I believe Bonds has never done steroids." Good argument there. Editor437 (talk) 23:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


He says he never wrote he believes it, but does he believe it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.247.37.46 (talk) 00:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Zirin edit war

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Dave Zirin. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Pastordavid (talk) 16:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

The way forward is to go with sourced information. Because the current information (you version and the IP's version) is not sourced, it should be removed (that second section, I mean). This is a biography of a living person, and as such we have stricter guidelines for the sourcing of information. Further, do not continue to edit war. (1) Place a well-worded, sourced version in the article. (2) If it is reverted, leave a kind note on the IP talk page asking for discussion on the talk page. (3) Revert once to the sourced version. (4) If you are reverted again, post a request for input at third opinion page, as well as a notice on the bio. of living people noticeboard.
Continuing to do simple reverts will result in blocking - just being "right" does not justify edit warring. Pastordavid (talk) 16:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Dave zirin is editor 347 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.94.0.238 (talk) 08:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button Image:Signature_icon.png located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 09:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I've protected your user page from new new and unregistered users for two weeks per the edits from the IP/s. PeterSymonds (talk) 07:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I will. Basically you should warn users about vandalism or other additions with user template messages. When four of them have been issued in stages (note, caution, warning and final warning) then the IP should be reported to WP:AIV. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 08:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Duke Ellington category loop

Thanks for creating an outstanding Duke Ellington template! I noticed that there is now a category/subcategory loop within Category:Duke Ellington, with the main Duke Ellington category being included as a subcategory of itself, and although I am not totally sure I think that this was probably created by the inclusion of the template on the category page. Although I have not seen templates included on other category pages before (usually I just see them included in the category itself) and don't know if it is the usual practice, I have no problem with it myself. But it would be good if you could close the category loop. You are obviously experienced in making templates, I know have seen a line of code somewhere that does this. Thanks. InnocuousPseudonym (talk) 21:46, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another template issue

(Just got your reply, thanks! Maybe you will have noticed the issue below before I finish this message?) Looking more closely at Category:Duke Ellington, I notice that adding the template to the pages on his songs, etc. has had the effect of adding all of those articles to the main Duke Ellington category. The song articles do not properly belong in the main Duke Ellington category, but in its subcategory Category:Songs with music by Duke Ellington. This also goes for albums, etc. The simple way to fix this, as far as I know, would be to remove the line of code in the template that automatically adds pages with the template to the main Duke Ellington category, and return to adding the category to pages manually. Would that be acceptable to you?

Thanks again for your excellent work. InnocuousPseudonym (talk) 21:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)