User talk:Codename AD/Archive 1
Hello! Welcome to the Talk page. It has nothing ATM, but later, it will have something at least. Adding some extra stuff. I don't edit very often.[citation needed]
About Darwin Blanch edit
[edit]Hi, my source for edits I did on Darwin Blanch profile is his ATP profile page. Please restore my edit, thanks 45.183.132.243 (talk) 15:49, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Right here - Blanch profile. ATP is the MAIN SOURCE FOR EVERY MALE TENNIS PLAYER. Please [1] restore my edition, I did nothing wrong or unsourced 45.183.132.243 (talk) 15:58, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Here's the source
[edit]Darwin Blanch source where I got my info -> https://www.atptour.com/en/players/darwin-blanch/b0no/overview
PLEASE RESTORE MY EDITS 45.183.132.243 (talk) 16:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- You did not reference a source, so... Now that you found one, you can put that back in. Codename AD talk 16:06, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- I thought It was quite obvious that EVERY new ranking we use here for male/female tennis players come from ATP/WTA official websites, so It's pretty exhausting to reference every time for each player. You can see ATP/WTA sources on tennis players profiles' 'External Links' section 45.183.132.243 (talk) 16:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]See WP:DENY. By reverting their comments and removing what you percieve as personal attacks, you're just feeding into what they want. Just ingore them and they will likely go away. If not, then we can remove their talk page access. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. Thank you. Codename AD talk 13:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
References
[edit]I am not a professional or regular editor of wikipedia, but hoped that you would accept a reference to another wikipedia page, and, on seeing that it is basically and fundamentally correct, might make the appropriate changes to my edit. The more accurate (and contradictory to the former) information is contained in the Starter (engine) wikipedia page and copied into the General Motors page, and the source quoted, the Starter (engine) wikipedia page, contains its' own references.
I cannot understand why you think a wikipedia page containing better information, with its' own sources and references, cannot be used to rectify errors in another wikipedia page.
My edited chunk was thus:
Durant, with the board's approval, also tried acquiring Ford Motor Company, but needed an additional $2 million.[19] Durant over-leveraged GM in making acquisitions, and was removed by the board of directors in 1910 at the order of the bankers who backed the loans to keep GM in business.[16] The action of the bankers was partially influenced by the Panic of 1910–1911 that followed the earlier enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. In 1911, Charles F. Kettering of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) and Henry M. Leland invented and patented the first electric starter in America.[20] (((Except that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_(engine) states that "The first electric starter was installed on an Arnold, an adaptation of the Benz Velo, built in 1896 in East Peckham, England, by electrical engineer H. J. Dowsing.[2]In 1903, Clyde J. Coleman invented and patented the first electric starter in America U.S. patent 0,745,157.[3]"))). In November 1911, Durant co-founded Chevrolet with race car driver Louis Chevrolet, who left the company in 1915 after a disagreement with Durant.[21]
Does it not make sense to adopt the better information into the General motors page? If not, why not, is there something wrong with the references in the Starter_(engine) page?
Glad that we could have this discussion, my only previous edit, many years ago, was simply deleted without such interaction, or even a message.
The button below "Publish changes", to submit text to our chat, seems wrong. I've no wish to "Publish", and these are not "changes", as a "chat" is a matter between two, or a few, persons, not public, and this text did not formerly exist. I don't mind it being publicly viewable, but one of these words is wrong. Either it's a chat, or it is published.
--jez — Preceding unsigned comment added by Semifraudulent (talk • contribs) 10:33, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- The thing is, you shouldn't cite another Wikipedia page. See WP:RS more details of reliable sources. I hope this helped you on why Wikipedia should not be cited. WP:Verifiability is an important policy to read up on. Same with WP:Notability. I know that you were editing in good faith, just remember that for big changes, cite a source. Codename AD talk 10:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Bro, why did you delete my edit of the legacy of aurelian? I spent a bit of time on that you know Mightyfootttt (talk) 05:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:NPOV Is a core policy of Wikipedia. And judging by your edit, I considered it to less than neutral. Codename AD talk 05:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- I literally just signed in to Wikipedia. I'm not gonna know what this stuff is. Mightyfootttt (talk) 05:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:NPOV Is a core policy of Wikipedia. And judging by your edit, I considered it to less than neutral. Codename AD talk 05:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
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Final warning?
[edit]Hi Codename AD, can you please explain why you gave this new user a final warning just for triggering an edit filter? Thanks. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 23:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- Because they triggered the same filter 4 times. They were trying to add emails, of which they were disallowed, and attempted to add emails again, 3 times, of which, they were disallowed. Hope that made you understand. Oh and by the way... Codename AD talk 00:36, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for your reply. What I am wondering about is why you didn't just explain to them that they could not add emails, instead of giving them a "final" warning? Counterfeit Purses (talk) 18:34, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- They wouldn't have understood our policies on WP:EF, and WP:NOTWEBHOST, as they appeared to be a newcomer. Which I could have explained that a bit better... Sorry. Codename AD talk 23:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, I think it would be better if you tried to explain to them why their edits aren't working instead of threatening them with blocks, but why are you warning people about triggering edit filters at all? That one user was only editing their own sandbox. Or, rather, they were trying to edit their own sandbox. Who was that hurting? Counterfeit Purses (talk) 00:10, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- They wouldn't have understood our policies on WP:EF, and WP:NOTWEBHOST, as they appeared to be a newcomer. Which I could have explained that a bit better... Sorry. Codename AD talk 23:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for your reply. What I am wondering about is why you didn't just explain to them that they could not add emails, instead of giving them a "final" warning? Counterfeit Purses (talk) 18:34, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- I striked the final warning per this. So this is moot now. Codename AD talk 11:33, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I don;t think it is moot. I started this discussion to find out why you are leaving these kinds of warnings. You haven't answered my questions so I still don't know how you think this is helpful. I have another question for you today - why did you warn one person who was edit-warring but not the other? Counterfeit Purses (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- I striked the final warning per this. So this is moot now. Codename AD talk 11:33, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
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