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Concern

Thank you for your concern. The page i was in the process of writing had only just been started therefore wasn't finished.

Regards Saul 12:30, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

apprentice 2014

whole cast has been announced for apprentice 2014, so no need to have the complete cast listed in the introduction as well as the body, cmon man, live and let live 12:30, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Mining in Rwanda

Hello Sir/Madam;

I am an IT officer in the Authority in charge of mining in Rwanda. I kindly beg that you stop editing this page because i have been warned that the page, containing your information, is not providing useful to the target audience.

I have edited more than once after your edits but you have constantly changed this page of which your information is not relevant to the topic "mining in Rwanda"/ does not provide sufficient information about "mining in Rwanda"

Looking forward to your positive response and your collaborative support.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.74.166.253 (talk) 06:43, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I apologize, but on Wikipedia, any copyright violations may be removed. Your edit is copyright-violating. Therefore, it has been removed. Epicgenius (talk) 12:30, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Riley Keough

Please go to the youtube video "Did Michael Jackson Marry in Hotel Room for Privacy?". Here you will see the Sixty Minutes investigation conducted in 1995. It shows that absolutely no way did Michael Jackson marry Lisa Marie Presley. The ceremony was faked in a hotel room (in La Romana) which was over 200 kilometres away from where the magistrate (Hugo Alvarez) had any legal authority. Sorry I didn't cite it. If I cite it, would that make it an acceptable edit? Thanks Bee Bee Coz (talk) 15:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

HR College Article

I don't understand what you mean by "article was better before I changed it". I added some more information that is factual, reflects on the initiatives by the college (organization in question), and I have also not mentioned anything that is incorrect.

Is more information not desired? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pareen7 (talk • contribs) 15:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I removed unreferenced information. Epicgenius (talk) 15:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
It's about time someone blocked that guy. gsk 20:34, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Belated thanks

I know this is terribly late but I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your participation at my RfA. I was very inspired by the many that supported me and it’s that feeling of friendship and camaraderie that keeps me coming back to the project. So, thank you for your support and for your continued sense of fairness and compassion in all areas of WP. I look forward to the opportunity to work together in the days to come. Best wishes, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Nokia Life Tools

Hello, I was Project Manager of Nokia Life Tools (2010-2011) from subcontractor of NOKIA, therefore I updated the info, since it does not reflect actual way of working (interactive embeedded app with SMS as transmission, not SMS app).

Do you need additional confirmation?

Kind regards Lukasz Luzar +48 605 44 87 87 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukaszluzar (talk • contribs) 10:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Lukaszluzar, I strongly suggest against editing that article, due to possible conflict of interest. You may want to request an edit to be made instead at talk:Nokia Life Tools. Epicgenius (talk) 01:16, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Belkin racing team

Hi there,

i changed Guillaume Driessen's name because everybody calls him 'Lomme' and always has. I put Lomme merely as addition/clarification. Try googling the guy.Mkuyt (talk) 12:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Schwinn bicycle company - Burn After Reading reference

Dear sir, could you please tell me why you have undone my recent edit on the Schwinn page? The fact I stated is entirely true, so the quality of it cannot be the reason.Fherkes (talk) 12:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Fort Hood Shooting

It IS three shot - four dead counting the shooter. http://abcnews.go.com/US/fort-hood-shooting-suspect-treated-mental-issues/story?id=23172142 http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fort-Hood-Shooting-Victims-Remain-Critical-Press-Conference-Scheduled-253715601.html http://www.kcentv.com/story/25146842/reports-of-shooting-on-fort-hood

Washington Post is wrong.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OerryDavis (talk • contribs) 13:53, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

He killed three people, plus himself. That's considered four. Is suicide not considered murder anymore? Epicgenius (talk) 13:54, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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Danny Manning is the new coach at Wake Forest. Stop reverting the updated entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.35.57 (talk) 15:41, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

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Twin prime

Just to let you know I reverted your reversion on Twin prime today. If you read the reference it seems clear that "...differ by less than 70 million" is meant: Noyster (talk), 13:10, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

@Noyster: The spaces between the primes have to be even. Then, and only then, will the exact difference (which you reverted to in your edit) would be correct. Epicgenius (talk) 15:01, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

B article

Can you please help me get rid of the ]] on the B (New York City Subway service) article? When I try to edit it to cut it, I can't seem to find it. Thanks. JoesphBarbaro (talk) 12:43, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

 Done The issue was in one of the pictures. Epicgenius (talk) 13:50, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Epicgenius. ;-) JoesphBarbaro (talk) 16:02, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
@JoesphBarbaro: No problem. By the way, regarding the R179 article, you may want to try filing a report at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the IP tries to add unsourced content again. Epicgenius (talk) 02:22, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Gotcha. JoesphBarbaro (talk) 20:33, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Opinion on choice of photos in Japanese train articles

Hi. Sorry to bother you, but I know you have been involved in editing some Japanese train-related articles in the past, so I wonder if I can ask for your opinion on the choice of images being added to a number of Japanese train articles by an uncommunicative Japanese editor (銚電神, already blocked on Japanese Wikipedia). In particular, I wonder if you can have a look at the E233 series article when you have time. I have added a comment on the article's Talk page, but the editor has replaced a lot of what I consider good-quality images from Commons with his own poor-quality photos, mostly taken from station platforms. One image replaced (File:E233kei 5000bandai.JPG) was actually chosen recently as a "Quality Image" on Commons, so I don't think it should be replaced. Talk:E257 series is another case where the same thing occurred. I've already reverted him once, but he simply reverts again without comment, and I don't want to get dragged into an edit war, so maybe you can have a look, and decide whether the best images are currently being used in these articles. Thanks for your time. --DAJF (talk) 13:45, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

@DAJF: It's no problem. I'll look at the issue. Epicgenius (talk) 13:52, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome. I'm not really new here, just wanted to experience editing as an IP. 174.101.3.196 (talk) 04:30, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

@174.101.3.196: No problem. May I ask which account you use? It seems like you are pretty experienced in editing Wikipedia. Epicgenius (talk) 12:31, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hi :) Reversion of an edit

Hi Epicgenius! I see you used STiki to revert a DOB edit I made on Alice Evans' page; however, there are reliable sources - in this case, People Magazine - who have other reliable sources (particularly, the DMV, a government agency) that have confirmed that she was born in 1968, not 1971. Here is a mention of this by People Magazine, as an editor's note in the comments section of this linked article: "Editor’s note: Per the DMV – one of the agencies we verify ages with – she was born Aug. 2, 1968. If IMDB would like to say otherwise, that’s fine, but we can only use officially verified ages." I haven't reverted the reversion (lol) but am waiting for your reply first. There's a discussion about this on the Talk page for Evans, too. What do you think? Have a good day! :) YeHighlander (talk) 22:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Okay. I'll look at it. Epicgenius (talk) 15:28, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Thank you! YeHighlander (talk) 14:29, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Greater Albania

The edits on Greater Albania were based on the article. As the maps and the references shows in Greece there is all the Epirus not only Chameria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.107.208.205 (talk) 16:16, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

@unlogged editor, your edits need a decent citation. The rest of the article doesn't support your view.Alexikoua (talk) 16:44, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
@Alexikoua, please just look at the maps, because I was confused too at first. It is obvious that the territories "claimed" are not Chameria per see, but the total of Epirus. Isn't that right?Balkanian`s word (talk)
Which maps? You still need to provide a decent source. Plz avoid using wikipedia itself as a source, your arguments will appear too weak.Alexikoua (talk) 18:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Moon is made of cheese! 3170 scholar articles that speak about the four Vilayets, one of those is Vilayet of Yanina, that make up the concept of Greater Albania. But of course to you there is a need to prove that Moon is not made of cheese! https://www.google.com/search?q=greater+albania&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=greater+albania+four+vilayets&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=bks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.107.208.205 (talk) 18:49, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
@95.107.208.205: Please avoid using Google Search directly as a source. Epicgenius (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
I am not using google as a source, I am using it to prove that The Moon is made of green cheese. There are 20 maps in that page, a number of references, that all show that CHameria is just a PART of the Greater Albania's claims in Greece. If you just bother to read WP page or bother to search in google, than it shows quite easily that you are just edit waring for funBalkanian`s word (talk)
@Balkanian`s word: BTW, I am uninvolved in this. Epicgenius (talk) 14:35, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Would you be so kind to take part in the discussion in Talk:Albania about an obviously strange dispute regarding census data inclusion in the infobox?95.107.208.205 (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Hariharrajpurohit

I have reported this user @ WP:AIV as he has been contineously reverting others edits and vandalising. He also reverted your edits here after your warning. I being most active keep my eye on each vandal and do report when it goes overhead. A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 13:33, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

All right. Thanks for the heads-up. Epicgenius (talk) 13:51, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

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SAS

You see, the thing about the Q having two branches, 50% increase in N service and/or the restoration of the W has been a long-running debate at NYCT Forums and many other transit-related sites. It has been understood that the BMT Astoria Line needs two additional services (12 trains per hour and/or 15 trains per hour). It has also been understood that the supplemental W saves cars and money, as it is basically a shorten N, just like how the supplemental C is basically a shorten A.

If the MTA decides to split the Q by having two branches like the A, that would result in a slight service cut on the Astoria Line as well as only 15-20 minute headways for upper SAS. If the N were increased from 6 trains per hour to 12 trains per hour, that would result in a waste of money. Remember, residential neighborhoods are outer areas and central business districts are populated areas. Any line heading towards the CBDs in the morning or coming from the CBDs in the afternoon and evening will be busier in that direction than the other.

As long as an additional service from Astoria terminates in Lower Manhattan or runs to a different Brooklyn branch (whether its Sea Beach or Brighton), then it is certainly clearer if it carries a different letter and saves cars and money while keeping the headways for Astoria, Broadway, Sea Beach and local Brighton the same as they are now. This is just a heads-up. All in all, nobody at this time (myself included) is right until the MTA makes its final decision. JoesphBarbaro (talk) 12:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

I didn't know if the W was going to go back in service or not, so I added the future stations as a branch. It's very unlikely that another service besides the Q is going to serve the SAS.
BTW, your point about the C and W being supplementary services is a bit off. The C and the A were originally two different services, with the C going to Bedford Park Blvd and the A going to Inwood before the late 1990s. It's just like how the W used to go on the West End Line while the N used to go on the Sea Beach Line before 2004. Epicgenius (talk) 13:50, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm only referring to their current service patterns, not the past/origins. So in other words, yes, the 3, 5, B, C, M and R are supplemental part-time services in their current service patterns, including the former V and W. Four of which have their own basics. JoesphBarbaro (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
I agree with you in that sense (the six services, combined — the 3, 5, B, C, M and R — only have eighteen "unique" stations not served by any other service in the system). But then again, the 2 and E can also be considered supplemental services despite the fact that they run full-time; these two services only serve one "unique" station each (not counting WTC on the E).
And please indent your comments with colons for clarity, or use {{outdent}} if you have to. Epicgenius (talk) 13:44, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hey dude sorry for making corrections that wasn't necessary, just wanted to experiment. again sorry (: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.162.11 (talk) 17:48, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

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I don't know why this user is keep on making personal attacks and removing others comment on his/her talk page. I am sure, he/she doesn't know about talk page guidelines. We assume good faith always, but if he/she continuous his/her disruptive editing and behavior, I would probably go and report this user. A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 17:57, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

A report to one of the admin noticeboards would be appreciated. Epicgenius (talk) 18:43, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Badnera railway station

Hi there,

I had noticed that you had reverted an edit at Badnera railway station which is quite similar to what i had done earlier in the day. Is it possible to check if 106.79.153.237 & Prasanna Gajanan Dudhe are the same individual & do you think page protection is in order or is it too early for it? Thanks. Superfast1111 (talk) 14:52, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Nope, not yet. There is only two reverts so far, not enough to warrant protection. Usually, protection only comes after four reverts. Epicgenius (talk) 15:10, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Do edits made on wikipedia commons count towards your total number of edits for the purpose of barnstar awards?? Superfast1111 (talk) 15:38, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure myself, but I think that global edits require "global" barnstars. Epicgenius (talk) 15:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Are you able to connect to STiki?

Just curious to know whether you're able to access STiki at the moment. I can't seem to connect right now and wanted to make sure it's not something on my end. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 16:28, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

@K6ka: Yep, I'm having the same problem. Thanks for the message; I hadn't launched STiki until you told me, and I got an "Error" message when I launched it. Epicgenius (talk) 16:36, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Changes?

Hi. I got your message & thank you for writing. I noticed you changed the name from what I wrote as Flowering Gum Flower, back to "Gum Flower". It's actually called a Flowering Gum as gum trees don't generally flower. There is one gum that does flower, hence the name. And this is the actual 'picture' used on the $5.00 note. Being about Australian dollars I thought that I would correct it. Especially seems it's also our ONLY flowering gum which could lead to confusion with being just 'gum flower'.

I also read on the Edit history that you thought this was "test/vandalism"? I am not sure what that actually means in this instance. If you don't mind me asking? I am still trying to learn all that there is to know about contributing to Wikipedia.

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Cherry Hill (NJT station)

Station layout has a first line that says "does not stop here" and I find that a little confusing since the Atlantic City Line does stop there. If we want to illustrate that there is another non stopping track running through the station we should find another expression. Perhaps through track would be a better choice, or passing track since the line returns to single track in both directions. Secondarywaltz (talk) 17:58, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I'll make a better layout showing the passing track. Epicgenius (talk) 18:06, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hey, how's it going? I just saw you reverted two of my edits to asmallworld. I think in general the some of the changes are ok. I would like to keep the part about offering several hundred rides out of a large membership, because I think that keeps the sentence NPOV, since the IP address which added that sentence seemed biased towards asmallworld, and the fact that several hundred rides may have been given (despite no citation) is balanced by reporting the membership total for perspective. I will re-add this numbering, but will change it to be NPOV, take a look and let me know what you think, cool? I added the quote to give specificity to the claim, which in the source cited and actually appears in many media sources - but I am fine with keeping it out. (Mostlyoksorta (talk) 19:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC))

I'll look over the article soon. Epicgenius (talk) 01:08, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

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Ragtime Revert

Hi! I just had a first time editor complain to me about your reversion of her edit to the Ragtime (novel) synopsis. (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_%28novel%29&diff=596927630&oldid=596921632). Would you mind giving a little more explanation of your revert? She was very discouraged by it, and some more explanation might encourage her to remain an editor. --EdSaperia (talk) 12:19, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

@EdSaperia: I apologize for not giving an explanation. I was going to say that certain parts of the synopsis before my reversion did not have a Neutral Point of View. For example, I think that "the Eastern European socialist immigrant" is more biased than the previous version, "bereaved Jewish single father". Some of the other edits are good, such as the first paragraph of the edit, which goes, "Into this secure setup comes first an abandoned black child, then his sorrowful depressed mother Sarah...." Epicgenius (talk) 12:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, this is the editor. I appreciate that you expect the words 'socialist' and 'immigrant' to be controversial but in fact Tateh in the novel repeatedly self-identifies as a socialist, and he is an immigrant from Eastern Europe. The novel as a whole has been described as an elegy for socialism as it succumbs to capitalism, representing the root of what we now live in; late capitalism/postmodern era. Doctorow himself has been described as one of the only serious leftist contemporary American writers. Tateh's socialism is not only completely central to the plot of the novel itself, but to all critical understanding of it. His immigrant status is similarly crucial to the founding of America.

The second edit you mention above as being 'good' I find hard to believe was me. If I used such a tautology, it was in error.

The naming of the character from the very first line of the plot synopsis is also erroneous. It is 'Younger Brother', not 'Mother's Younger Brother', and 'the little boy' does not remain unnamed; he is named by his familial relationship status as with all the other members - as 'the little boy'. Crucially, 'the little girl' is deliberately not capitalised in the novel, to maintain the critical parallels between the three families.

It is frustrating to have one's edits reverted by someone who obviously has not read/understood the novel. Literature is usually specific in its themes, and explaining these themes is not expressing bias.

'Bereaved Jewish single father' is not just clumsy (why not say widowed??), it's wrong. Iirc Tateh was not Jewish, or if he was it was not central to the plot; it is Houdini's character who is definitively Jewish. And Tateh was not bereaved or a single father; he disowned his wife after the factory owner she was working for exploited their poverty to have sex with her. As you can see, there are clear and painfully obvious inaccuracies, and the socialist theme is clear and extremely central to the novel. It is Doctorow, as one of the greatest living leftist writers who does not have a 'neutral view', not I. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.12.44 (talk) 13:10, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

It will be more helpful to also post this to the article talk page so other editors can join in. Epicgenius (talk) 13:29, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Correction to the Ubu Roi article ...

The spelling "Comte" is correct -- according to the citation that follows, so I reverted the good faith correction back to what it was. Thanks.GretDrabba (talk) 13:47, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hillsborough disaster

It's possible that you're unaware of some of the issues around Hillsborough, such as the desire of many parts of the establishment - especially the police - that the families of the dead simply go away and shut up. To tag the article with a complaint about length is insensitive and to do so on a day when the article is under a national spotlight is so much so that it may with reason be seen as offensive. Please do not restore the tag without engaging in discussion on the talk page, but please leave that until we have calmed down another problem there (see WP:ANI). NebY (talk) 20:25, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of One World Trade Center

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article One World Trade Center you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Acalycine -- Acalycine (talk) 03:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

The article One World Trade Center you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:One World Trade Center for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Acalycine -- Acalycine (talk) 03:30, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Question about News or Web References

Curryrosato (talk) 18:04, 29 April 2014 (UTC)Thank you for your welcome message. Most of the citations/references for the various programs the Green Schools Alliance offers are via web based news articles that often appear on the specific school web site. Shall I track this as a web or news ref?

@Curryrosato: It could be either one, whichever you prefer. The news ref will require a title, newspaper and publication date, while the web ref will require just a URL and title. Epicgenius (talk) 18:06, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of One World Trade Center

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