User talk:Dequanhargrove

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DOB and party affiliation

Hello Dequanhargrove,

I noticed you added birth years to multiple judicial/political articles without citing a source.

Per WP:BLPPRIVACY: Wikipedia includes full names and dates of birth that have been widely published by reliable sources, or by sources linked to the subject

Please read the policy to familiarize yourself. If you add a birth year, you need to include the source where you found it or it can and will be removed. Same goes for party affiliation, if it's not widely known, it will likely be removed. Thanks! Snickers2686 (talk) 17:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello... Sure, I have gone ahead & added the information asked for in the pages I can remember I updated. Can you just let me know which pages you need updated before removing the work so I don't have to do double the work again? I can easily add the sources but if you could not delete the work so I don't have to look it up & add it again that would be appreciated. Going further I will make sure to add the source.

Thanks

@Dequanhargrove: Okay, I see you've added links to court biographies for several superior court judges (Rainey R. Brandt, Jonathan Pittman, ect.) but they don't list the birth year anywhere in said biography, so how is that a reliable source? Snickers2686 (talk) 19:56, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Snickers2686 The vetting room states their age so you just subtract that from 2021.

I noticed other judges or nominees from the same courts that you have deleted birth dates from my updates that do not have any source whatsoever for their dates of birth from other people. I am not sure why this is the case but I research the information prior to posting it. I like being able to open the judge or nominees page & see their dates of birth clearly when I first open the page so I am once again asking you to let me know of any issues you have on an update of mine so I can correct it & not delete it without giving me that opportunity. I have done the work & now it is double work when I go back & add whatever you delete of mine anyway. I check Wikepedia almost daily so I do not mind correcting an issue on a particular page if you just let me know. Let's work together & not against each other & it will make everybody's day much easier... :-)

- - Also @Snickers2686 Can you assist with another issue I sent a question in but have not received an answer on ??? On the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals link can you add the following TWO links under Federal Circuit (Washington)...***

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Court_of_Appeals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Court_of_the_District_of_Columbia

Thank you Dequanhargrove (talk) 04:00, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

June 2021

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. Thanks! Missvain (talk) 16:51, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello... I wasn't aware of the need to edit the summary but I will look at the link you left so I know how to do it going forward... Thank you Dequanhargrove (talk) 21:27, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations

I don't think there is a page for any of the nominees in President Biden's fourth slate today.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/president-biden-announces-4th-slate-of-judicial-nominations/

Dequanhargrove (talk) 16:54, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citing Wikipedia

Hi, this is just a heads up that I removed a couple citations you made. Per WP:CIRCULAR and WP:USERGENERATED, it is almost always inappropriate to cite information to other Wikipedia articles. This is because Wikipedia counts as a self-published and user-generated source, and is therefor unreliable. Sourcing is always important, but it is especially important in these cases as many of the articles you're editing are biographies of living persons, so I'd also recommend you read up on the WP:BLP policy a bit. Happy editing! Darth Coracle (talk) 17:40, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I was under the understanding that once it was confirmed on another Wikepedia page that it was verified but ok, thanks for the heads up. Dequanhargrove (talk) 22:36, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether this always works if you can't see the original source, but everything on Wikipedia is supposed to be sourced, so what you would use as the source, if one is used, is the source provided in the article you got the information from.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:01, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Dequanhargrove. I appreciate your efforts to improve Wikipedia. Some of your edits have been reverted or corrected, in part because your use of English was grammatically incorrect. If you speak a different language more fluently or require assistance, please feel free to ask for help on the talk page by including the citation along with your proposed edits. Please don't use an automated tool to alter spelling or grammar if you aren't fluent enough in English to know whether those changes are correct. There are multiple users who would be glad to help you fix grammar-related issues. To find out about other useful contributions you can make to Wikipedia which don't require absolute fluency in English, see Wikipedia:Task Center. Thanks! KidAd • SPEAK 21:05, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am proficient in English & it is my first language so thank you. My issue is not with improvements to my edits. My issue is @KidAd simply deletes my edits. There are other users that improves my edits (Example: Myrna Perez page) which I have no issue with. My issue (Plus many others who I have seen have issues with @KidAd in the past) is after I put in the work to get information to edit a page, @KidAd simply deletes it. Then he puts insulting comments (Example "STOP") that take just as much time as it would take if he would simply improve the edit in the first place. The entire idea of Wikipedia is to put accurate information on pages. If he believes the edits can be improved then simply improve it, not delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dequanhargrove (talk • contribs)

Your edits like [1], [2], and [3] lead me to believe that (either) you do not have a firm grasp of English grammar or you need to do a better job of proofreading your work before submitting it so other users don't have to clean up after you. When in doubt, check the WP:MOS. And your cycle of edit warring across multiple pages will only land you in trouble. Per WP:ONUS, The onus to achieve consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content. If someone reverts your edits, do not edit war. Start a discussion on the article's talk page. KidAd • SPEAK 23:43, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@KidAd First of all I do not edit war. From reading some of the issues you have had in the past I would venture to say you are the issue in this disagreement, not I. Second, I am not worried about landing into "trouble". This is Wikipedia, don't take yourself so seriously my friend. I am an adult as I believe you are. We both know the only reason we are having this conversation is because you (Unlike most other users) simply delete peoples edits, instead of just improving them as you recently did on two of the three edits in question. You would not get a response from me, only a simple thank you when you take that approach. Look, I appreciate your contributes to Wikipedia & I am sure you are a nice guy but let me be clear. I have seen you bully other users. You simply will NOT bully me. I am on the computer 8 hours a day at work & then hours more at home. I would like to have a nice online relationship with you so please spare me the condescending & insulting comments in the future. I will treat you with the same amount of respect you treat me with. So, if you see an opportunity to add a comma, make a word that is plural, singular or any other improvements then feel free to do so to any of my edits. If you delete them without a good reason, then I will assume we will be back here again. I hope not as I would hope that we both have better things to do during our day. Dequanhargrove (talk) 23:52, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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