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[edit] Cleanup Taskforce
I hope you don't mind, but I was bold and did some setup on your desk. Also, you have been assigned the article English Heritage. Please look at the article and either accept or let me know and I'll reassign it. Thank you. RJFJR 04:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, you already knew you had that because you assigned it. And I was at a wrong subpage which was why it didn't seem to be setup (I redirected that page to your real desk, again - I hope you don't mind.) RJFJR 05:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Since you asigned it to yourself, I'll assume you accept the article English Heritage. Thank you.RJFJR 02:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I finally got the taskforce subpage for No Exit (Blondie album) working (the comments were on an incorrectly named page and the correctly named page was blank). Since you are working on that article would you also like to work on the Blondie (band) article? (Which I notice you submitted to the taskforce and which has been assigned though the editor it was assigned to hasn't gotten to it yet). RJFJR 03:33, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] No Exit (Blondie album)
This article is amateurish. It is badly written, is very confusing - at times it makes no sense at all - and needs a complete overhaul. Paul75 23:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Added to User:Paul75/Desk Paul75 23:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the problem is off hand. Note, however, that to a degree the names are case sensitive. If you use the copy and paste technique for grabbing article names it should take care of spelling and capitalization. Does that help? RJFJR 20:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hung Up
I just wanted to warn you about what may happen when you attempt to clean up this article. I gave it a go a few months ago, but a circle of Madonna fans reacted negatively to any attempts to reduce the amount of info; as can be seen on Talk:Hung Up, they reverted me without any discussion and became rather uncivil, so I just gave up on it. That said, I know I would appreciate any attempts to cut down this bloated-beyond-belief article. Extraordinary Machine 23:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Madonna (entertainer)
I have unprotected the Madonna article. - Mark 03:55, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blondie
Thanks for your comments about the Blondie article. I hope to do some more with it when I have some more time. Rossrs 15:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gus Black
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[edit] Cleanup Taskforce
How are the projects on your desk going? RJFJR 15:46, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm just checking in to see how things are going with the articles on your desk. I've got an article on British hip hop if you are interested. RJFJR 22:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tags
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[edit] Chard, Somerset
Would you like to tell me why you reverted my edits please? It looked fine to me? FYI Template:Infobox England place with map redirects to Template:Infobox England place. The use of co-ordinates is a newer addition to the template than MapX and MapY. IMHO: 1. It is a better contrasting map. 2. It is easier for users to edit than MapX MapY. 3. The use of co-ordinates is useful as it allows the article to link into other applications such as Google Earth. Pit-yacker 00:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] RE Kat of Aragon
As per your request I've left my comments on the talk page. Thanks for notifying me. Walton monarchist89 10:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Nelly Furtado article
Hi Paul, I edited the Nelly Furtado article, per your cleanup request. Is it looking any better now? --Otheus 21:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Irish American
Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --Vintagekits 19:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- If you add unsourced POV comments like that then it will be considered nonsense!--Vintagekits 20:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Richard Marx Edits
Hello... I know that you are a fan of Madonna and I realize that you may not like Richard Marx, but please refrain from leaving uncited POV edits such as the ones you left on the Rush Street and Richard Marx articles. I've reverted the edits. Thank you for, hopefully, understanding and have a wonderful week. --Candy156sweet 05:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clarification
Thank your for taking the time to respond to me. I want to clarify something about your edits on the Richard Marx and Rush Street articles. I know that you mean well, but calling a song vicious is a point of view statement. I can understand your view of the track. In fact, I think the same thing, but our opinions are not relevant to the article at all. Those types of statements should be kept private and not on Wikipedia, because editing like that is just as bad and is not informative in any way. I cleaned up the edits by leaving the fact without the excess bias and I've left the appropriate citations you've posted. Enjoy your weekend... --Candy156sweet 22:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The 'high paid trash' portion of your edit was not quoted within the source link you provided. If the lyric was within that quote, it could've been used in your edit. I cleaned it up again, and left the 'pop star' edit you made. Thanks for being such a trooper about this. Take care and have a good week. --Candy156sweet 15:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
You still had bias within the edit. I fixed it again. Richard Marx explained that he wrote the track about Madonna, but he did not say that she was 'high paid trash' in that quote or any other quote that referred to that song. Lyrics and direct quotes are distinctly different. I will continue to revert the article if you continue to make that same edit. If you are interested in finding out more information about Marx's feelings on Madonna, ask him. Every month they take questions for a section called Ask Richard. Again, enjoy your week... --Candy156sweet 19:25, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Please re-register
[edit] Cleanup Taskforce
There are three articles on your desk. Please look at them and determine if they are ready to be closed, need further work or are outside your area of expertise. Blondie has a GA assessment so may be ready to be closed. I'm not sure about the rest. Let me know if you want me to reassign any of them or if you are ready for some new projects. Thank you. RJFJR 15:50, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Cleanup Taskforce
Please feel free to assign yourself tasks from the list of unassigned tasks at Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce. Arranging assignments is too much work for me to do by myself. We have a large backlog of unassigned tasks and there is probably something in there that will interest you. RJFJR 22:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] completed
James Martin (Australian soldier) Messy, many contradictory statements Paul75 18:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I have assigned myself your request - see how it looks for the moment - any comments or suggestions? docboat (talk) 12:02, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List of supercouples
I agree that this article is troublesome, and it doesn't seem necessary as a separate entity from the main article on supercouple. However, I'd appreciate it if you'd refactor your comment on my talk page. Calling editors crazies isn't helpful at all. AniMate 00:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you. AniMate 00:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sami Brady
Hi, I've just reverted your tense edits to Sami Brady because the Wikipedia:Manual of Style establishes present tense for fiction. WP:SOAPS has an ongoing effort to make all of our articles conform, and just yesterday another user begain working on that article and changed first few secstions (she still has to do 2006 on). Thanks. — TAnthonyTalk 00:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The accursed list of supercouples
I'd appreciate it if you didn't leave the article, though I think all of us are on the verge of throwing in the towel. I contacted a neutral admin that has had very positive interactions with Flyer and KellyAna in the past for a third opinion about the direction of the article and the Mount Holyoke source. Hopefully things will be smoothed over with some good advice and we can all drop our adversarial stances. You really should look at the List of fictional anti-heroes. It has many of the same problems as the supercouple list, and I'd normally be more than willing to take my weedwacker to it, but I'm literally drawing 14 hours a day thanks to a mindblowingly stupid deadline change. Flyer suggested, and though Wikipedia isn't consistent, it could really benefit from some help. Think about it, and also please continue on with the supercouple malarkey. AniMate 10:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry things went south so quickly. Lists aren't my favorite thing either, though I do think they have their place when they're structured with well defined parameters. KellyAna's attitude is unfortunate, but equally unfortunate is the tone of some of your comments on my talk page. Let's try to focus on the article rather than the contributors. AniMate 21:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- I at least accept your apology. I don't think collaboration with KellyAna is possible (according to her). My removal of the "notable wave" and "disputed by rivalry" sections made her furious, despite assertions by myself and Flyer22 that it made the article more acceptable to Wikipedia standards. Rather than antagonize someone who is so easily infuriated, we can focus on the list as Flyer22 and (perhaps) Elonka are still willing to work on it. Try not to contact KellyAna anymore, as she is determined to be angry with you and her reactions are just going to get angrier and angrier. I'm not going to try and tell you to avoid articles she has worked on, but if you find yourself in another conflict with her contact me or Elonka to help mediate. Neither of you handle conflict well at all and neither seems very willing to back down, so make sure if you find yourself butting heads with her at another article that you get help to calm the situation. AniMate 20:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Breaking the cycle
Hi, I'm trying to break a steady spiral of incivility between multiple editors. But it seems as soon as I get a few of them calmed down, someone else comes in and stirs things up again. This particular comment of yours[1] (even if you feel it was true) was not helpful. I can sympathize if you are feeling frustrated with the situation, but generating attacks of that nature at another editor, is not the right way to handle things. About all it does is give one editor (yourself) some momentary pleasure in venting. But it is completely ineffective in terms of changing anyone else's behavior, and indeed, tends to escalate things, rather than de-escalate. Can I please ask you to try and adopt a better standard of behavior in the future? I firmly believe that the best way to handle things here, is for those editors with the capacity for mature behavior, to "practice what they preach" and provide a very civil example. Then those without such capacity can be encouraged (and if necessary coerced) to emulate it. Thanks, Elonka 23:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- This comment, too, was completely unacceptable. Doesn't matter who this is said to, or what you think they did to deserve it, this kind of "pull your head out of your arse" language is not to be used on Wikipedia.[2] --Elonka 23:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Catherine of Aragon
"Paul75" I am British and in everything I have read it is spelt with a "C" and my teacher(who is British) taught us to spell it like that Chloe2kaii7 (talk) 09:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Peer review archived
I archived Wikipedia:Peer review/Supercouple/archive1 as Peer review is not for dispute resolution. Please see the Peer review Request removal policy. Sorry and please try WP:RfC or other dispute resolution processes. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)