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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Phoebe Whittemore Carter

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[edit] Terry Rakolta

Thanks for adding info to this article, but the claims about her religious background need to be sourced in a reliable published source. I did a quick search myself and couldn't find a citation, so I have removed it until we have one. Thanks! Jokestress 17:29, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Bruce C. Hafen

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[edit] Suffolk County, New York

Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that I reverted an edit you recently did to the above page. Quoted numbers like that and the opinion in the last sentence need to be backed up by citable resources (see WP:CITE for more information. If you have any questions, please reply here - i will keep an eye on this page in case you do. Thanks. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 18:17, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the citation! :-) -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 18:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Joseph L Holbrook

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[edit] Sriwijaya

Your last edit is unencyclopediac in tone and unsourced - you might need to read WP:MOS or WP:Not a little more carefully about putting POV text like that in without corroborating evidence to your assertion and tone SatuSuro 02:38, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

The actual information might be 'in fact' correct - but I suspect that it could be more neutral in tone - however I am not reverting it - just alerting you to the perspective of another editor - we are trying to make a NPOV online encyclopedia - and even if in essence the issue is correct - I have never found evidence in traditional historians writings about the canals of Kota Gede next to Yogyakarta for instance - yet an Indonesian archaeology student fifteen to ten years ago found that it had them from careful examination of air and satellite photos. so it goes - scuse the interruption to your flow of editing SatuSuro 02:43, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] request

Richmond, California id like to make a request for comment in the 80 image section please. Cholga saYS THANKS!Cholga is a SUPERSTAR¡Talk2Cholga!Sexy Contribs 01:04, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguity:Marcus Junius Brutus

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[edit] Notability of Polysophical society

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[edit] Notability of J. Wyley Sessions

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[edit] AfD nomination of Bryant S. Hinckley

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[edit] AfD nomination of Asia Area (LDS Church)

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[edit] Notability of Peter N. Snyder

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[edit] Little context in Israel (religious notion)

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[edit] Notability of Nathanial Ames

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[edit] Family History Centers (Latter-day Saint)

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Personally, I think they might be notable--but I also think you should start over--the present page has too many mistakes, including in the title. First, read the page: Family History Library -- at the moment Family History Center is a link to that. the reason given was "(moved Family History Center to Family History Library: Main facility is the "Library", branches are "Centers".)" If you want to talk about the centers specifically, consider adding a paragraph to that page. DGG (talk) 21:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] July 2007

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[edit] Notability of Mal (Drevlyan leader)

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[edit] Redirect

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[edit] Re:Captain William Mcintosh

As a major player in trying to sway the Muscogee decision on which side to join in the American Revolution, William McIntosh is an important political figure.Johnpacklambert 19:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

There needs to be sources to assert his notability. Feel free to recreate the article but if its just one or two sentences, it will be delete. There needs to be something more substantial.Sasquatch t|c 20:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Franklin West

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[edit] Redirect of Bishop of Roda

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[edit] Unsourced information

Hi, I see that you have been adding 2005 demographic data to many articles, but you are not providing source citations for this data. Also, you have created articles such as Hobe that are not supported by any sources. Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you.--orlady 23:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] French nobles

HI and welcome to wikipedia. Please remember to cite your souces otherwise your work may be deleted.Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 18:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should we delete this list

Some people are selective they would like to see only lists of their own domination, what do u think does this list warrant deletion or should we let it stay?[1]--יודל 13:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 12:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries and sources

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, you continue to add material that is uncited, despite multiple requests from other editors (shown above) for you to provide sources for the information you add. Also, despite having been reminded, you still do not use an edit summary for the vast majority of your edits. I went over your most recent 500 edits, and you only used an edit summary 13 times. That's approximately 2.6% of the time. That's plainly unacceptable, according to Wikipedia community standards. Perhaps it would help if you activate the preference "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary", on the editing tab of your preference page. This will remind you when you submit an edit without providing a summary. Please cite your sources and use edit summaries, and you'll find that your contributions are removed much less often. --Darkwind (talk) 21:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I have been trying to provide edit summaries. I hope they are good enough.Johnpacklambert 15:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your attention to summaries and reference citations. I know it's more work, but it helps maintain quality. I particularly appreciate the identification of the source of the demographic data that you have been adding to US geographic articles.
However, now that I know you are quoting the Census Bureau's "American Community Survey" for 2005, I hasten to point out that these are estimates based on surveys of tiny samples. After poking around on http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/sse/index.htm , I determined that the 2005 survey was based on 1,924,527 interviews nationwide, which I calculate is less than 2% of US households. (They contacted a total of 2,922,656 addresses.) Numbers from this source should be identified as Census "estimates", not as facts.--orlady 17:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Kym L. Worthy

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[edit] John Fowler, 2nd Baronet

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[edit] AfD nomination of Missouri Independence Mission

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for creating Poarch Band of Creek Indians. There was an article on the reservation, but none on the tribe itself until you started one. I'll add it to WikiProject Alabama and perhaps some other projects. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 16:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

No one has ever thanked me for creating an article before. Most of the time people try to kill the articles I create. It made my day.Johnpacklambert 17:00, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome. I also appreciate your factual contribution to Poarch Creek Indian Reservation earlier this month. Nice to see someone using a source that is not on the Web! -- Rob C. alias Alarob 17:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Mischa Markow

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[edit] Augustus F. Allen

Please see a discussion at a page you created, Talk:Augustus F. Allen, regarding categorization.—Markles 13:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Orson Pratt Huish

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! Good work on the article so far; I've been helping out with referencing in wikiformat and manual of style. Also, I listed the article at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Latter_Day_Saint_movement here. Feel free to join in that group if you're interested in this subject. Cheers, and happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 18:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Please note how I am adding readable text to your external links. Also, Huish's death is covered in the intro, so there's no need to remention it. This keeps the article freeof redunancy and inproves its quality. Happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 18:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Readable text is added as follows:
[http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearchresults/1,15792,4017-1-236,00.html Roster of Job Pingree Company] (note the space between the full link text and the text used to click on it)
Producing : Roster of Job Pingree Company
Hope this helps! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 19:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Speedy deletion of Qasim Barid I

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Hi, sorry about that notice. I was messing around with WP:TW and somehow i guess the page got marked for speedy deletion. Sorry, i have removed the tag. Tiptoety (talk) 22:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Svetlana Leontief Alpers

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[edit] Commercial link in Gaylord, Michigan

I note that 24.180.198.126 continues repeatedly to put in a link to a website that starts with the heading

"REAL ESTATE IS MY BUSINESS"

There is nothing else on that website. It is a commercial link, pure and simple. It does NOT belong in Wikipedia.

Moreover, he/she removes links to the Chamber of Commerce, which actually has lots of community information links, and to the airport. This is very strange.

Apparently this contributory wants to be the ONLY 'official Wikipedia endorsed real estate agent in Gaylord, Michigan.

It is wrong.

I don't know what to do, but would be happy to entertain any suggestions or assistance.

7&6=thirteen (talk) 18:16, 25 December 2007 (UTC)Stan

If it gets too bad you might have to put a lock on the article. I have no clue how to do that, but I have seen many articles where it has been done.Johnpacklambert (talk) 17:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daughter of Jared

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[edit] Glade Knight

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[edit] Guerao de Cabrera

Hi, Guerao de Cabrera redirects to itself right now. I am guessing this is not by design? :) Just letting you know. --Ubardak (talk) 05:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Since you have not responded in about 20 minutes I will go ahead and nominate for CSD. Please feel free to add a hangon tag. --Ubardak (talk) 06:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Proposal

As you are a recent editor of the articles in question, please see my merge proposal of Hugh Nibley and Egyptian names in the Book of Mormon - thanks. --Descartes1979 (talk) 04:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

After discussion and a second look, I am changing my proposal to merge with Linguistics and the Book of Mormon#Egyptian names. That is a much more natural fit for the content of Egyptian Names in the Book of Mormon. See the new discussion here. --Descartes1979 (talk) 21:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Bernard P. Brockbank

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[edit] AfD nomination of Amy Freeze

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[edit] European Mormon Studies Association

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article European Mormon Studies Association, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of European Mormon Studies Association. 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cindy Ady's year of birth

Hi John - thanks for adding this. Do you have a source on it? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 18:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I extrapolated it from the year she graduated collegeJohnpacklambert (talk) 22:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] De Jong Concert Hall

Hi there. I came across your De Jong Concert Hall article yesterday (and I see that you created it yesterday as well). I'm worried it might not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, but before I go acting like a deletionist I figured I'd consult with you first. I couldn't find any sources about the hall from a preliminary Google search. If you have any third-party reliable sources, I can help you add them, source the article, and establish notability. Otherwise I'm going to wait a bit and then nominate for deletion. Thanks. -FrankTobia (talk) 13:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I have added some references. I am thinking though it might be better to create a unified article on the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center and move the article on the De jong concet hall there. There are enough outside references to the Madsen Recital Hall, including a Portland, Oregon based chamber ensamble playing there that it seems that it would make sense to do multiple listings.Johnpacklambert (talk) 15:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Very nice. I'm always humbled when I think a subject isn't notable at first glance, and then someone familiar with the subject adds a whole slew of references. I agree that it should probably be unified under Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, but I'll let you lead the charge. I've updated De Jong Concert Hall a bit, formatting the references using citation templates and fixing some typos. I'll probably continue to be a WikiGnome around this and related pages. Thanks again. -FrankTobia (talk) 16:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Los Angeles County Demographics

I was looking at the Los Angeles County article and noticed that on December 22, 2007 you added a footnote about Arabs and Iranians being counted as White by the Census Bureau. I followed the link to the Census Bureau page you are using as the basis for this claim and I could not find anything on that page about Arabs and Iranians being included in the White population count.

Could you point me to the section of the Census Bureau website that clarifies this information?

Thanks!

Epolk (talk) 17:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Çaka Bey and Chaka of Smyrna

Johnpacklambert, this is a friendly notice to inform you of an ongoing discussion about merging the articles Çaka Bey and Chaka of Smyrna, and the most appropriate name for the merged article. Since you created the latter article, I thought that you might want to contribute to the discussion. Regards, Aramgar (talk) 15:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thought you might be interested

 Hello, I noticed you've made edits to Brigham Young University articles and thought you might want to become a member of the BYU WikiProject. We've recently revamped the project page and started a drive to improve BYU-related articles. We have a lot of articles under our project and would like assistance getting them to featured article status. Hope you'll join us. Go Cougars!

--Eustress (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Estonian Latter Day Saints

Please see Talk:Jaanus Silla before adding this category to this article again. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Chico Mapenda

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I just went and declined the speedy, since the article does assert importance. Happy editing. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 22:09, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Emmanuel A. Kissi

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[edit] Aaronios

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[edit] Please stop

Please stop adding birth date categories for individuals whose years of birth are unknown. Thank you. Badagnani (talk) 04:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

My estimates are based on either time of graduation from high school or college. Although these estimates are at times slightly off, I feel it is much better to put people in Year of birth categories than have them cluttering up the Year of birth missing category, which is a true behemoth.Johnpacklambert (talk) 04:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. Estimating birth dates should be placed in the lead (such as "born c. 1960" after the person's name), not in the categories. Doing what you are doing (creating birth year categories by estimating) is highly improper, and I am asking you kindly to stop. Further, please go back and undo all categories you have added by such estimates. Badagnani (talk) 04:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. Estimating by the age an individual was in a certain year, as found in the text of their article, is inaccurate in predicting their uknown birth year, because people are generally not the same age for all 365 days of a given year. Please go back and remove the improperly added categories from all articles for which you have improperly added a year of birth, by such improper methods. Thank you for this. Badagnani (talk) 05:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

The method gets us to one of two years in which the person may have been born. It is 50% accurate, and although not the best way, is way better than just leaving them totally unestimated. If more accurate information comes to light, they can always be reassigned.Johnpacklambert (talk) 05:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It is highly improper and unencyclopedic to add birth year categories for discrete birth years in cases where those birth years are unknown. This is something that undermines Wikipedia's credibility, something we must never allow to happen. Please stop. This is why we have categories such as Category:1950s births or Category:19th century births. Badagnani (talk) 05:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I ask you again, kindly, to go back through all of your contributions and remove any unsourced, estimated year of birth category you added in such a manner. Badagnani (talk) 05:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC) If you read through any death year category you will see that approximations of death year are aloowed. Why are birth years not also allowed to be aproximated in the way death years are.Johnpacklambert (talk) 05:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ANI notice

There is a discussion about your editing at WP:ANI#User_adding_thousands_of_improper_year_of_birth_cats. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 05:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reputation

The reputation of any encyclopedia depends on two things. These are accuracy and completeness. In that order.

If you as an encyclopedia editor must choose between inaccuracy (information that may be incorrect) and incompleteness (missing information), choose the latter.

In other words, if someone asks "is it A or B or C", and you do not know the answer, it is better to say "I do not know", which is honest, than it is to say "it is B", which you do not know whether it is true or false.

Wanderer57 (talk) 06:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Any estimate you make is original research. Without a cited birth date from a reliable source (or an estimate published by a reliable source and characterized as such), readers can make their own estimates based on the context of an article if need be. Far too many mistakes will be thrown into the encyclopedia and repeated around the world if you carry on with this method. Gwen Gale (talk) 15:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Richard Eyre (author)

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[edit] Alexander George

Hi! Where did you get the year of birth? Best, --Constructor 15:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I estimated it based on when he graduated from college. I have changed it to a decade estimate.
Ok! Here you can read on. ;) --Constructor 19:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Johnpacklambert I have rm'd the cat because, although you put it there in good faith and it is likely true enough, it is not sourced and could be mistaken. There is no emergency about getting these birth dates into articles and meanwhile, readers can infer a range of years for themselves if they care to do so. Gwen Gale (talk) 20:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAAFan 16:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] AfD nomination of Stan Neeleman

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