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FieldOfWheat, good luck, and have fun. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:23, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Question about finding sources

Hello @FieldOfWheat:! This may be a bit late, but I appreciate the edits you've made to articles like the 1896 Michigan gubernatorial election, adding information from newspapers of the time. I had a question for you: How did you go about searching this information? As far as I can tell, there isn't any way to search the text of these newspapers on the Library of Congress website, as they are images. I'd love to add more information from contemporary newspapers as you have done to Michigan election articles, among others, but I am not sure how to find information efficiently. I was wondering if you had any tips for me.RoundSquare (talk) 01:28, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For all of your great contributions to Wisconsin and United States election articles! Thank you for all of your edits! JackFromWisconsin (talk \| contribs) 13:15, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk pages

Hi there! Thanks for the new pages you're creating - it looks like some great work. When making articles, it helps to add WikiProject templates to the talk page to allow interested editors to find the page. You can also give your articles a cursory assessment to help with the backlog of unassessed articles (see the Elections WP backlog). If you need any help, just reply using {{ping|Gazamp}} at the start of your message. Happy editing, Gazamp (talk) 16:53, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for creating 1808 Connecticut gubernatorial election.

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Image sizes

Hello. I noticed the images sizes in the infoboxes of the election articles you are creating are very inconsistent. Rather than setting the size as 100px, they should be 100x100px (or probably 150x150px). This ensures the images have the same height. You can also set this by simply adding | image_size = 150x150px and adding the file names without links or size settings (see e.g. this change). Note that you'll still have to set the size of blank images manually as otherwise they become too wide. Cheers, Number 5 7 21:48, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky

Hi @FieldOfWheat: Why did you revert this page again? It is customary to provide a reason for reverting an article, particualrly after it has been reviewed at NPP. We are not blind mice wandering about in empty church. Conversation and back and forth is the lifeblood of the place. If you keep reverting in this manner, I'm going to start issuing warnings, then I'm going to ask for page protetion because your currently edit warring, then an admin is going to get involved, which can lead to blocking. That is usual pattern. They was a reason the page was reverted, because are crap. Don't revert it again. scope_creep^Talk 08:16, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly don't issue these braggadocio threats against me. Especially when you are in the wrong. You were wrong to delete the page 1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky and try to send it back to a redirect. The references were good,not "crap". It is you who had no reason to revert the page back to a redirect. Your moronic references to blind mice were just that: moronic. Your officious insidious references to warning me or blocking me were more nonsense. Now, don't revert the page back to a redirect again and don't insult me further with your idiocy.FieldOfWheat (talk) 22:00, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bypassing redirects

Hello and thank you for your contributions. Just a quick note to remind you that it's usually not necessary to bypass redirects like this. Most are harmless, and some are actually better than direct links to the articles. Further details: WP:NOTBROKEN. Thanks again, Certes (talk) 19:38, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Article help

Wonder if you can fix this minor goof in the police interrogation section on Lee Harvey Oswald article: the current words, “went downstairs where he encountered Baker” give the impression Oswald said the encounter took place at the second floor lunchroom but Holmes clarifies that Oswald was talking about encountering the officer at the vestibule on the first floor by the front entrance. Holmes describes two set of doors which were in the building vestibule (which were a front lobby between two set of doors). I propose the paragraph could be rewritten to reflect Holmes’ testimony something like: “Oswald said he was at the first floor vestibule by the front entrance and wanted to see what the “commotion” was when he encountered an officer.”213.107.85.98 (talk) 08:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kenneth donald

Hi I'm just inquiring if you knew my great uncle Kenneth I'm try to trace more of our family history please get back to me if you could my email is Shivamitimber@gmail.com Thanks John Brooke 2A00:23C5:A497:5201:415B:AB0C:C1AD:D4EE (talk) 12:46, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1896 Illinois gubernatorial election

Hello, FieldOfWheat,

A new account made an edit to this article that you created. I reverted it, based on other edits they have made, but I'm hoping you could review it and ensure that it was inappropriate. It was unsourced which made it more suspicious to me. Thanks for your help. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:45, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Belated thanks. The sources for the Republican result (of which I added a number) give no candidate by the name of Wolf so you were right to revert it. FieldOfWheat (talk) 13:49, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem on Walter McCreery

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It obviously wasn't cited from there as a reference was given to https://olympics.com/en/athletes/walter-adolph-mccreery And I have no idea what you've done that the edit is crossed through on the article history. FieldOfWheat (talk) 13:46, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Identical prose appears on both websites. This is not unusual. The part I removed starts "As a polo player,..." and ends "... Friz Hill in 1904." — Diannaa (talk) 14:11, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Grow up. No attribution is needed.FieldOfWheat (talk) 22:25, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why not. Perhaps you could explain? — Diannaa (talk) 01:19, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's a completely separate article and 95% of the content is completely, observably, new content. The fact that Derbyshire will play Lancashire at Edgbaston on 20 May 2023 has nothing to do with the 2022 T20 Blast. Besides, the text of the 2022 competition is in illiterate English; I flatter myself I can do better than that.FieldOfWheat (talk) FieldOfWheat (talk) 20:54, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2004 NatWest International moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, 2004 NatWest International, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three, to be safe. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 10:52, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are six references in the article, if you read it. It's just references are not there in the usual way. A reference marked '[Scorecard]', as it is, is still a reference, just not in the usual manner. Someone really needs to talk to WP:CRICKET about this. FieldOfWheat (talk) 20:42, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2004 NatWest International (April 5)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: 2004 NatWest International (August 15)

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Your draft article, Draft:2004 NatWest International

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Luke Akehurst

I'm slightly bemused by your edit on Luke Akehurst here: [1] I came onto this talk page assuming that this juvenile edit had been done by a vandal not an experienced editor such as yourself. Please do not do this again. Thanks Michaeldble (talk) 16:20, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised you - or anyone - would pop up to defend an awful human like Luke Akehurst, who has no connection at all with County Durham, who was a Hackney Labour councillor for a while and who cared for nothing but internal Hackney Labour CLP politics, and who turns up in County Durham as an MP because Labour thinks they can shoe-horn anyone they like in on the local plebs. Very few councillors draw public notice by the publication of a parody blog; most councillors are anonymous people. Akehurst was so bad members of his own Labour party published a parody blog. Some people are just awful. I don't know who you are, but I don't need you turning up here to defend an awful human being, a complete hack with no redeeming features whatsoever.

I see you're based in County Durham so perhaps you're unfamiliar with Hackney councillor Akehurst. That's no bad; Akehurst himself knew nothing at all of County Durham until June this year. The idea some middle-class London lobbyist would represent a mining community when Akehurst has as much idea of mining as he does digging a potato out of his garden (he declined to do so because he had no marigold gloves). Akehurst has no redeeming features at all. If you live in County Durham you must know this. FieldOfWheat (talk) 15:52, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly I don't give a shit about Akehurst but Wikipedia isn't the place to insert your personal commentary. Start a blog or a Twitter account if you want to vent about what an 'awful human being' he is or about the Labour Party selection process. Thanks Michaeldble (talk) 22:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:2004 NatWest International

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]