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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

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Nurjan Mirahmadi

Dear User:Toddy1, I hope you are fine. I am respectfully hoping you will help me to keep the Nurjan Mirahmadi page neutral, accurate and referenced. One editor continuously adds hyperbolic, fan-style and unreferenced material, and even keeps changing the page name itself to include Mawlana, sheikh, etc. My thanks and regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 08:51, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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You reverted grammar correction

Hi, I think you may have made an error when you reverted my edit to the KV tank page: I changed "known to have to been" to "known to have to be", as the passive infinitive.

This is because "to been" is not any form of correct English, well not one that I am aware of. Whereas, the passive infinitive "to be" is correctly used when the person taking the action is unknown or unspecified, as in on medicine "to be taken twice a day", etc. So, in this case the person shifting the gears is not specified.

Anyway, if you still think that "known to have to be shifted" is a change in meaning, do you think it would be better in the perfect past tense "known to have been" – I'm not sure I know what you're thinking "known to have to been shifted" means.

It might be beet if you answer on the KV talk page, as I watch that.

Regards and Merry Christmas

Graham

Graham.Fountain | Talk 10:59, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Kliment Voroshilov tank#You reverted grammar correction.-- Toddy1 (talk) 15:09, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

History Merge

Let me know if I got the history correct, please.--v/r - TP 21:57, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I have left a message on the original editor's talk page.-- Toddy1 (talk) 22:05, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

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Hamza Tzortzis

Dear Toddy1, I hope you are well. I ask you please merely to reflect on your edits to the Hamza Tzortzis page. With respect, you seem to me to want to have it both ways. You seem to want to allow a claim that he speaks on university campuses etc without allowing what the sources also explicitly say: that these visits are controversial. I know you to be a fair-minded editor. I hope you will see the same quality in my editing. I won't revert you. I don't want to be in an editing war. But I do ask you please just to reflect on what I see is an approach that seems -- to me -- to lack even-handedness. Please don't see my comments as antagonistic. I am not trying to be. My regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 15:59, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Ps dear Toddy1, please also look at the edits of Djrun. It's my observation and belief that he or she is making a concerted effort to obfuscate on pages on supposed Islamists. I'd like your opinion, please, if you can take a few minutes. Please believe that I have no axe to grind against these people. I just want fair coverage that includes any claims for and against, so long as a neutral tone is maintained and the sources are reliable and third-party sources. My regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 16:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/213.205.251.238 appears to be a UK contributor, whilst Special:Contributions/Djrun appears to be a US contributor. I was able to look up where the IP is located (London), whilst Djrun has interests in subjects that only an American could take an interest in. I have commented on the article talk pages about recent edits by you and Djrun at Talk:IERA, where I agreed with your position, and at Talk:Siraj Wahhaj, where I partly agreed with you and partly with Djrun. I have not commented on the article talk page for your disagreement at Hamza Tzortzis, because you seem to have accepted his edit of 05:22, 14 January 2017. I do not wish to examine Djrun's edits to articles on American "football" and Save Mart Supermarkets.-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:20, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

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Maintenance templates

Dude, you left a message on my talk page, about a primary sources tag on General der Nachrichtenaufklärung. You do know I have been on Wikipedia for longer than a decade, and created over 400 article. So why the crass comment left on my talk page? If you had taken more than a few minutes to read the article and understood the nature of it, you would have realized it was about a secret German organization during World War II. How many historians and other writers, do you think, write about secret German/Nazi intelligence organizations during World War II. I'll tell you, you can count them on one hand. Nobody even knew about the organization until 1985-1989, when the NSA released a whole bunch of documents. So the idea there is going to be loads of secondary and other fancy sources you get in popular culture articles, is not there. That tag would sit there until end of time. I've taken it off. scope_creep (talk) 23:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Maybe you should refresh your memory about sourcing articles.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:13, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Change to American spelling

Why did you change the article on the IS tank family to American spelling?-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:07, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

It was ALREADY using American English for most of the article. Only a few recent additions used British spelling. DMorpheus2 (talk) 12:02, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017

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World War II was firstly began in China

World War II was firstly began in China. If you don't think so because you are not CHINESE. CHINA IS MY HOMELAND! I HATE THE EVIL JAPANESE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by NAKFANS (talk • contribs) 02:57, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

It is foolish to hate people because of their race or nationality.-- Toddy1 (talk) 04:57, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Doktorbuk

Hi Toddy1

I think you've misunderstood what Doktorbuk has been doing, which is cleaning up excess/dead citations from older elections. All the information on the page is still being covered by the citations he's creating/leaving in the election box headers. Regards - Galloglass 15:14, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017

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Would you mind letting me know which article you are talking about?-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:54, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Trafalgar&action=history This violates the WP:3RR. Jdcomix (talk) 20:28, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

@Jdcomix: Maybe you should look at the edit history. If you did you would see that:

• 2.28.152.97 made one original edit and three reverts
• Pinkbeast made two reverts (both of 2.28.152.97)
• Toddy1 made two reverts (one was a partial revert of Pinkbeast, and one a revert of 2.28.152.97)
• Jdcomix made one revert of 2.28.152.97

Nobody has broken the three revert rule.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:17, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

By the way, if you look at this diff you will see you put back in the article one of the "famously" words that the IP editor objected to, and Pinkbeast and I conceded to him/her. i.e. you set back attempts at a compromise.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:29, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017

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Trafalgar, etc

Could you take a look at England expects that every man will do his duty‎? I think the same conclusions that apply at Battle of Trafalgar apply there... Pinkbeast (talk) 22:45, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

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Hello

Please read WP:DTTR, and do not post alerts, or anything for that matter, on my talk page again. L.R. Wormwood (talk) 20:51, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

I am sorry, but there are times when I have to place notices on other editors' talk pages whether they like it or not.

• If I make a report to them on one of the administrators noticeboards, e.g. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring
• If you are have done 3 reverts in 24 hours, and I plan to take you to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring if you do a fourth, then someone needs to place an edit-warring warning on your page; which is the action you are complaining about.

-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:02, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Unless required by policy, of course. I obviously do not intend to break the three-revert rule, though I am disappointed that you would insist that a screenshot from YouTube is superior to an actual photograph, apparently for the purposes of making a point. L.R. Wormwood (talk) 21:05, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

I genuinely believe that the old photo is greatly superior to the new photo.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:06, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CubeSat4U

Hey, wanted to say thanks for your excellent layout of what these users were doing. Had this been one user operating under a typical username, I probably would have thanked them for the work they had done. But seeing two accounts with very troll-ish usernames making such rapid edits raised my suspicion. Thanks for sorting it out. Home Lander (talk) 19:13, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

It was a very odd case.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

I myself am wondering about their motive. They seemed to be an editor in good standing; other than recently being told that a question they posted at an RfA was apparently stupid, I'm not sure what went wrong. Home Lander (talk) 20:17, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Cindy and Co

You beat me, I was just collecting evidence for a SPI. I looked at their global contributions and found [1]. H1N111 is a globally locked SP of ELreydeEspana. However, ELreydeEspana operated IP´s from Guatemala; these socks seem to be related to Maltese IP´s. JimRenge (talk) 11:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Please could you add what you have found to the SPI.-- Toddy1 (talk) 11:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

User talk:Toddy1/Sandbox 17

It should be in your User: space not User talk, but I trust you'll be moving it shortly. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:27, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

It is moved to the articles with a year number in Category:Mid Bedfordshire District Council elections.-- Toddy1 (talk) 15:16, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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Showing electorate/registered electorates

Hi. Not sure whether you're subscribed to watch the Politics of the United Kingdom talk page, so just though I'd give you a heads up that I'd suggested a potential way of displaying electorates for local authority elections, by placing it below the ward name. I'd be greatful for your input. Ballotboxworm (talk) 16:50, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I have responded there.-- Toddy1 (talk) 17:02, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

See: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom#Number of registered voters

Dab for River Dee on HMS Dee

Thanks for your message re HMS Dee. I think it would depend if all the ships were named after the same River Dee or whether different ships were named after different rivers, but without knowing that I'm not sure what the best way to handle it would be.— Rod ^talk 20:48, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017

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You might want to see this SPI

A lot more than I expected! Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oppulence76 Doug Weller talk 13:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

-- Toddy1 (talk) 14:56, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Regarding the AK-12

Thanks for the heads up but like other weapon articles in Wikipedia, I believe that the AK-12 should be named as "Kalashnikov AK-12", to represent the manufactures name. What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gun Lover (talk • contribs) 12:53, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Articles on other similar weapons do not have the manufacturer's name in the title. If the "Kalashnikov" represents the manufacturer, what should be done if other firms also start manufacturing it (this is not uncommon).

• AKM
• AK-47
• AK-74
• Type 56 assault rifle
• PPSh-41

If you think that the article on the AK-12 should be renamed, you might want to ask whether other articles should be renamed at the same time. You can see the instructions at WP:RM#CM.-- Toddy1 (talk) 13:29, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Irma Grese

Re [2] - as you prefer. I don't have a strong opinion, but my hunch from the URL was that it was unlikely to point to a reliable source, and without being able to load the page, it was hard to verify. --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 19:17, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Often these things are recovered by bots if marked as dead links. We can make a judgment once it has been recovered.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:58, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the info. --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 22:00, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

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Hello

Hello admin.

I am sorry to say that I don't remember to have made any modification to the Lugansk page. Maybe I did, it could be, since I have some interest in the argument, but honestly I don't remember doing it. Can you tell me something more? What modification I made, for example? That would help, I could remember doing it and then I could explain (probably) why I made that modification. Thanks. PS: I seldom modify stuff on Wikipedia, and I am not that experienced either. However, knowing myself, I am pretty sure that I made some very minor modification, something I thought to be necessary to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.81.206 (talk) 19:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

This was your edit.-- Toddy1 (talk) 11:24, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Your article Carlo Giovanardi

Welcome, and thank you for contributing the page Carlo Giovanardi to Wikipedia. While you have added the page to the English version of Wikipedia, the article is not in English. We invite you to translate it into English. It has been listed at Pages Needing Translation, but if it is not translated within two weeks, the article will be listed for deletion. Thank you. Kbseah (talk) 17:07, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@Kbseah:, Toddy1 started the article several years ago in plain English. However, in the last six months the article suffered from bad IP edits, who removed sourced paragraphs and added large portions of text in Italian. I now reverted the article to the last good version and applied for a long-term semi-protection.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:52, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: Thanks for helping to revert the article! I don't read Italian and so could not judge whether the edits were good-faith or not. Apologies to Toddy1 for any unnecessary alarm. Best, Kbseah (talk) 19:15, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017

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Zhelobok

is a Russian transcription for Ukrainian Жолобок, the only Желобок in ukwi is that in Moldova; this particular "grey zone"'s 'Zholobok'...
in short, formally this village is Ukrainian, even by so-called Minsk II...
and, in case if Moldova shall be engaged in this "border-conflict", U'll be..., can add other locations too. Pietadè (talk)) 21:17, 9 June 2017‎

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Thanks

...for taking an IP seriously! ----91.10.49.183 (talk) 12:54, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Appreciated

appreciate that. You phrased it a lot better without the issues. SomewhatSpurious (talk) 19:00, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

I checked the history, and the wording you altered was generated in this edit. The citation was added by someone else, here.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:48, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

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Michael Middleton (academic)

Would you like to update his article and add Category:African-American academics please?Zigzig20s (talk) 13:28, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

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Productive editing

If you believe that an edit was so bad that the only possible action is to undo it in its entirety, then it's a very basic courtesy to explain why you think that. If you don't actually think that, then don't undo the edit. Repeatedly undoing an edit without bothering to give any explanation as to why is stunningly rude and clearly not intended to actually improve the encyclopaedia. 118.163.32.172 (talk) 05:53, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

That is precisely what you are doing. It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.-- Toddy1 (talk) 05:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Why lie? I am not doing anything remotely like that. Is the game you are playing lots of fun for you? 118.163.32.172 (talk) 06:04, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

You have not given a reason for your edits.

The reason I reverted you is that you are edit-warring to enforce your view. You have done this many times before, see Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Best known for IP.-- Toddy1 (talk) 07:35, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Accusations

I don't know the proper method to respond to your accusations, so I now begin a section on your talk-page. I have reverted the edits of the IP on multiple occasions in relation to the claiming of a number of Soviets as being of Ukrainian origin. If the editor believes that the people should be listed as Ukrainian, then the editor should provide reliable sources that prove that he is known primarily as being of Ukrainian origin, rather than of Soviet or Russian origin. I also request that you do not wantonly accuse editors, such as myself, as editing in violation of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Remember to assume good faith when dealing with editors that you disagree with. If you wish to start a meaningful discussion on a talk-page of any of the articles you accuse me of edit-warring on, I would be delighted to participate. If you do not, I ask that you stop your editing. Yours Truly, HNdlROdU (talk). Signed 13:43, 12 December 2017 (UTC).

You were edit warring. There are policies on edit warring. There are links to them on your talk page.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:20, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

That does not address the substance of my comment. If you wish the pages to retain a reference to Ukrainian origin, then provide reliable sources and establish widespread community consensus before you levy such accusations. Yours Truly, HNdlROdU. Signed 20:03, 12 December 2017 (UTC).

The post you made on my talk page started "I don't know the proper method to respond to your accusations". So I thought you were talking about your edit-warring.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:11, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

I was referring to your accusations of my editing being in violation of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, as I stated further on in my comment. Do you have any evidence to provide in relation to the Ukrainian-Soviet distinction? If so, please respond in relation to the appropriate talk-page. Yours Truly, HNdlROdU. Signed 20:21, 12 December 2017 (UTC).

Perhaps you could show me where I made such an accusation. A diff would be helpful.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:28, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

You made the accusation on Talk:Leonid Bykov: "It is not appropriate for PoV editors to go around erasing Ukraine from people's biographies." Yours Truly, HNdlROdU. Signed 12:30, 13 December 2017 (UTC).

Dnipro Metro

Hi. Your map is OK, but official English names of metro stations in Ukraine are romanized from Ukrainian. If you can change this in your map, please do this. (Also please add Ukrainian names of the stations.) Sure, I know that in Dnipro Russian language is widely used, but still such terms as names of streets and stations are romanized from Ukrainian only. --Dƶoxar (talk) 17:39, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Nationalism? Is it an insult? In Dnipro names of the metro stations are only in Ukrainian (for example here) and all such termins are romanized from Ukrainian. That's a FACT, not my opinion.--Dƶoxar (talk) 17:44, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

There is another diagram showing the stations at the bottom of the infobox. That diagram is useful in that it shows which stations are usable.-- Toddy1 (talk) 17:46, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Scandal categorization

Hello.

Are you familiar with WP:Categorization (especially about set categories) and WP:INCOMPATIBLE?

The Watergate scandal was a scandal, but Richard Nixon was a person.

The Dreyfuss affair was a scandal, but Alfred Dreyfuss was a person.

If there is a notable scandal, then there should be an article about the scandal itself, such as the Jack Abramoff scandals. People involved the scandal could be categorized as "People associated with ...", such as in Category:People associated with the Jack Abramoff scandals.

If there is not enough material to create an article on the scandal, then create a properly named redirect – e.g. Hugh Dalton budget-leaking scandal – and place it in the appropriate categories, such as indicated in WP:INCOMPATIBLE.

But people cannot be categorized as scandals.

Regards

HandsomeFella (talk) 16:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Done

Clive Ponting scandal

Belgrano sinking scandal

-- Toddy1 (talk) 17:01, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Thumbs-up. HandsomeFella (talk) 09:24, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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I would like your input in a discussion

Hi,

I would appreciate it if you could give your input regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_naval_ship_classes_in_service#Split_this_article_into_multiple_articles Thanks in advance Dragnadh (talk) 16:28, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Brexit#Article_needs_more_balance

I have my doubts about the IP who started the topic. WP:LTA/VXFC is notorious for joining in or pointing to a conversation they started under another IP. Not enough evidence right now in my opinion but something to keep watch for. Pinging Favonian for more eyes. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:29, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:35, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

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Goodbye!

Hi Toddy, it's Chantern. Thank you for your kind message, firstly. Secondly, I apologize for my haste removal of what at that time, I felt was biased towards. Quite frankly, I missed the opportunity to read his memoirs, a big mistake. So, I don't know what he actually did during the Sino-Indian war (he was my paternal great-grandfather). I didn't get back to at first, because I felt slighted, but then life came, and I forgot all about it. Thank you for your patience and sincerity towards me and Wikipedia. Lots of love warmth to you and your family (blood or otherwise). I had courteously vanished, but I'd just come back to make things clear. :) I will vanish again now. Thank you for your cooperation! Goodbye! (Robocop, eh?)

Kinda sad that I can't just disappear (i.e delete my account), but I will change my login id. By depression, I mean life. Ting! I'm so myself, when everything is anonymous! It's amazing! Uh-ha!

Well, that's me! Goodbye from me and would you kindly!

Chantern (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

I would recommend reading more about him; not just his own writings, but also what people like Dalvi wrote about him. His misfortune was to be in the wrong job in 1962. Good luck.-- Toddy1 (talk) 07:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

im done/Battle of Trafalgar

i try to add 1 relevant piece of information, and everyone keeps deleting it. Does Animorphs not count as part popular culture? it was a pretty famous book series. Was it just not good enough? i didnt think it needed to be a masterpiece, just enough to the information across. if it was not "good enough" instead of deleting it, why not improve upon it? it is legitimate information, and part of pop culture. in short, im done. i tried to contribute, but if its just gonna keep getting deleted, whats the point. i wish my account could be deleted, as im never gonna try to contribute again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nesenda (talk • contribs) 18:14, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

I have replied at Talk:Battle of Trafalgar.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

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Talk: Subbotniks#Karaimites

Hi, it has been suggested to call people involved in the Karaimit-Subbotniks subject to review the use of the word Karaimits which I see you were involved in here [3]. I have found that you were the the one who suggested the original merge of Karaimite info into the Subbotniks article. A couple of us are concerned that the subject of Crimean Karaites and of Karaimite Subbotniks should not be confused. Could you take a look please? 188.29.16Etc.BlahBlahBlah (talk) 08:17, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Quotations

Three months ago, you reversed a revision I made, stating: If punctuation mark is outside a quotation it means that the punctuation mark is not in that place in the source being quoted.-- Toddy1 (talk) 22:11, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

According to which convention, or style manual, etc.?

In 20 years of academic reading and writing, I have observed that it is largely a matter of regional preference. In the Americas, the revision I made is correct. In Europe, as per influence of conventions in European languages, it seems your practice seems far more prevalent. During my time abroad at Oxford and Bristol Universities, I found that either practice regarding punctuation was acceptable. If you have some indication as to Wikipedia's policy on the matter, should there be one, I would be much obliged if you could send me in that direction. Otherwise, given that English language Wikipedia articles are overwhelmingly based in American English style and convention, my revision would appear entirely appropriate and correct. What concerns me, and compels me to make such revisions, is the broad inconsistency even intra-article let alone between articles, subsequent to the diverse backgrounds of those who produce them. If, however, there is no definitive method by which to approach the matter other than personal preference, then it seems you are as much at fault for changing quotations to say what you "want" as you claimed I was. Linuxxe (talk) 04:40, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Guidance can be found at MOS:QUOTATIONS and Wikipedia:Quotations. Any alterations must be clearly marked - for example if you change the capitalisation of the first word of a sentence being quoted, the use of square brackets for inserted text and ellipsis for omitted text. There are some exceptions and these are listed at MOS:CONFORM. Falsifying quotations is dishonest.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:23, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Minor editing

You have stated that I have marked edits as minor which are not as such. The revision that you marked, [1], to the article on Leonid Bykov, appears, to myself, to conform to the restrictions of Wikipedia's policy regarding the marking of edits as minor. If there is something further that you wish to inform me of, please do so promptly. Yours Truly, User:HNdlROdU. Signed, 23:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC).

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'POV edits' ?

Could you please tell me what “POV edits” are? It seems to me no official Wiki term, anyway I don’t know what it means.
We do have a page 'Wikipedia:Neutral point of view' which states that an article as a whole must, as far as possible, represent fairly all significant views on a topic. I agree to that, but that does not directly or absolutely imply that new information cannot be added, nor that existing (and presumedly ‘wrong’) information cannot be adapted or removed.
Anyway I do agree that my edits in article Afghanistan on 17 March in the section heading (‘Marxist coup..’) and first sentence of that section were wrong (I was mislead by Wiki articles that contained outdated information but since then have been improved) but I do not see why my edit further on, about reasons why mujahideen opposed and rose up against the PDPA regime, would have been wrong. --Corriebertus (talk) 16:01, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

POV edits are edits that do not adhere to a neutral point of view.

If you are going to edit Wikipedia, please could you read some books on the subjects you want to edit. "I was mislead by Wiki articles" suggests that you are not doing this.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

[ The following posting 27/29March is a rewriting and expansion of similar statements of mine (CB) here on 25March: ]
I don’t think an edit (in Wikipedia), being a lifeless thing, can ‘adhere’ to any ‘(point of) view’, neither to a ‘neutral’ (whatever that may be) nor to any other (partisan?) (point of) view. I think the only thing an edit in Wikipedia does and the only thing it can do, is: alter, adapt, change an article.
If this reasoning is correct and nobody comes up with another or better definition of ‘POV edit’ than the one given by Toddy1 here, we’ll have to conclude that ‘POV edits’ don’t exist, can’t exist, and that the whole term ‘POV edit’ therefore is a nonsense term.

People on the other hand can adhere to views or to points of view. And therefore, saying an edit 'adheres (not) to a point of view' strongly suggests that the editor making the edit adheres (not) to a (point of) view. But: whether a Wikipedia editor ‘adheres’ to any (point of) view, or ‘believes’ in any view (or religion or ideology or whatever) seems to me totally his own business, and not something his Wiki colleagues have the right to question or bother or attack or reproach him about. (Suggesting someone to have, or have not, affiliations/leanings towards, or 'adhere to', views, opinions, religions et cetera with the sole purpose to discredit their work or edits is considered always an unacceptable personal attack in Wikipedia.)
The only ‘bother’, business, any editor should have with the concept ‘neutral point of view’ is the business stated on policy page ‘Wikipedia:Neutral point of view’ (NPOV), which seems not well understood by Toddy1 (and perhaps others). The principle ‘NPOV’ comes into play only when different and partly contradicting views exist on some topic. In that case, the policy prescribes that we must strive for a fairly balanced (and ofcourse correct!) representation of the different (significant) views.
Therefore, I think it is quite useless and meaningless (and thus a form of disruptive editing) to revert any edit with the vague, reproaching remark: ‘POV’ (as motivation) without clarifying which different viewpoints on which topic exist and which view seems over-emphasised since the challenged edit. And insulting too, because the remark insinuates that the reproached editor violates a Wiki policy while being too vague to give that editor the chance to defend his position and edit. --Corriebertus (talk) 11:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC) (Adapted --Corriebertus (talk) 05:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC))

Please could you stop copy-editing day-old messages that you left on my talk page. I do not mind your copy-editing stuff you wrote an hour before - but when you are copy-editing stuff that you wrote the previous day (or two days ago) it gets annoying.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

See subsection 'Discussion style within this section', below. --Corriebertus (talk) 21:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Please corroborate or take back that (insulting) reproach (and personal attack) "POV edits"

Therefore (see above), I'd like you to either specify which balance between which (correctly represented) views on which topic was disturbed by which part of my edits of 17March on 'Afghanistan', or take back that (insulting) reproach (and personal attack): "POV edits" of 17March17:12. --Corriebertus (talk) 11:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC) (Adapted Corriebertus, 29 March 2018.)

Wikipedia:No personal attacks#What is considered to be a personal attack? has a description of what constitutes a personal attack. You will find that edit summaries that comment on your edit, but not on you, are not personal attacks.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:20, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry: your challenged edit summary ostensibly comments on my edit, but behind the literal words it comments on me personally. As I explained above—already since my posting 25March16:20, which I've replaced later by my posting 27/29March(have you ever read it?)—an edit cannot be 'POV'. Thus, saying an edit is POV means (suggests) the editor is 'POV'. The only official meaning of 'NPOV' is given on page Wikipedia:No personal attacks and means: different and contradicting views must be presented in a balanced way. Saying the editor is POV (not-NPOV) suggests a breach of Wiki policy "NPOV", which requires specificity, otherwise it is uncorroborated: THAT was my main charge here at you as you can see in the subsection heading. (And such uncorroborated insinuation seems unfair/insulting to me.) (Moreover: you define 'POV' as an edit(but behind the literal words the editor himself) (not) adhering to views, which you apparently disapprove of: that seems a personal attack following Wikipedia:No personal attacks#What is considered to be a personal attack?, second bullet point.) --Corriebertus (talk) 21:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Discussion style within this section

Sir/madam Toddy1: you say(in the ‘main section’ of this discussion,29March), you'd rather not have me adapting my own "day-old" postings (here), even if no one has yet reacted on them; because that "annoys" you. Well, I'm sorry for that. I was simply aiming to facilitate this discussion by streamlining/improving my own postings before someone reacted on them. (Rules seem not sharp and strict on whether my 'posting style' here is correct/constructive/(un)acceptable/(un)desirable/etc..)

In this specific case, I don't see which disproportionate trouble or work my "copy-editing" my own postings may have caused you. (Is your "annoyance" there just a negative labeling of 'work' or 'trouble', or does it imply something more or else?) In that section we seemed (or still seem) to have a disagreement and/or misunderstanding concerning terms like '(N)POV'. Disagr./misunderst. can always arise where people collaborate on a project (like Wiki); solving/clarifying the disagr./misunderst. is then usually imperative in the interest of (the progress of) the communal project. Solving such a problem can at times be difficult, tiresome, troublesome, to some extent even 'annoying' (even when all participants behave perfectly civil, polite and constructive) but that does not directly diminish the necessity of solving it. --Corriebertus (talk) 21:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Please apologize for your disruptive editing with (insulting) edit summaries: "POV edits", on two articles on 17March2018

On 17March17:11, you reverted six recent edits of mine on article 'Saur Revolution' in one quick stroke, with only as motivation: "revert POV edits and MOS:EGG". 'MOS:EGG' refers to incorrect 'piped' wikilinks, which there surely applies only to my edit 17Mrch14:24 where I made a wrong piped wikilink. However: 'POV edits' is a nonsense term, as I explained above(previous Talk section ' 'POV edits' ?', 27March), and using it in an edit summary is therefore insulting and disruptive editing, as I also explained above. Thus, you've 'quick-and-easily' reverted five of my edits (which all were clearly motivated and all except the first seem substantially totally constructive and good) with no substantial motivation and instead with an insulting pseudo-motivation.
It is comparable behaviour to what you showed that day on page Afghanistan, on which I commented in the previous Talk section here. I'd like you to apologize for all that disruptive (and insulting) behaviour, and tell us you will stop with such seriously incorrect/disruptive-style editing. If you refuse, I'm afraid I'll have to take this up with the administrators' noticeboard, sooner or later. ----Corriebertus (talk) 04:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I recommend going to WP:ANI. Then a neutral third party can explain to you that commenting on the content of your edit is not a personal attack. Wikipedia:Don't shoot yourself in the foot will most likely apply. You made edits denying that the Afghan communist government of 1978-79 was communist (which they also denied at the time, though nobody believed them) - those are POV edits. You made edits with hidden links to articles on CIA activities, implying that opposition to the communists was all the CIA's fault - those hidden links are called "easter eggs", as explained to you, and are against Wikipedia Policy. So if you think that your going to WP:ANI will help, please go.

Commenting on editors rather than content is allowed on WP:ANI. It is one of the few places on Wikipedia where personal attacks are OK.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:29, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:ANI advice may also help you.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry: you start about 'personal attack', but the section heading clearly charges you with something else: disruptive editing (and secondarily with insulting edit summaries). I don't see the word PA in my posting here.
My edit scrapping the word 'communist' somewhere was in hindsight wrong: ill-informed by a referenced, but incorrect, Wiki "main article". But that is not a matter of "POV edit": read my posting 27/29March in the section above saying a 'POV edit' does not exist. 'POV edit' is a nonsense term, thus using it as motivation for a revert is insulting. You carry on about a (wrong) piped link ('hidden link'), but that was admitted by me and (therefore) has nothing to do with what I charge you for in this section. --Corriebertus (talk) 21:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Automatic archiving after 2 days (!?)

Why do you archive threads here after TWO days !? Shouldn't you give colleagues more slack? --Corriebertus (talk) 21:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

The purpose of putting messages on my talk page is to convey information to me.

This is why copy-editing of two-day old messages is unhelpful and annoying, since it implies that I must spend my time re-reading stuff that I read two days before to try to work out whether the copy-editing has changed the meaning. In practice I do not have time to do this. I read them once.-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

'Citation needed' (Afghan/mujahideen uprising)

Perhaps you'd care to react again in the discussion started by you in User talk Corriebertus, section 'Citation needed (Afghan/mujahideen uprising)' (section title expanded for clarity). --Corriebertus (talk) 11:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

@Corriebertus: Writing {{ping|Toddy1}} at the start of the comments on your reply on your use page, is a more efficient way to achieve this.-- Toddy1 (talk) 11:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

complaint on ANI

I've filed a complaint on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Toddy1: obstructive/disruptive editing. --Corriebertus (talk) 11:59, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

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Interference in editing T21

I am using a common use computer in the NZ National Library, WEllington , NZ opposite the Defence Dept and GCSB. My view points on the T21 reflect he general consensus of RN/ RNZN on the T21. Prestons books on this topic are outdated and Antony reflects the views of the Rn naval architects and UK govt of the time who were mainly concerned with promoting the illusion that the UK was still an advanced industrial state and fighting power and therefore always favoured high tech high capability designs over simpler tech that might have worked. Your attempt to block my work in part obviously is due to the mistake of confusing me with other users who blog about conspirarcy theories on other weird medieval and cult issues of concern to the Government of Ukraine. I do however believe that I am much more qualified to write on this issue that someone from Ukraine/ Russia coming from many great naval families and more to the point focussed on the issue of the Type 21s for many years. The type 21 contined to be under consideration of Australasian navies until well into the 1970s and the Australian T21 was undoubtedly partly a NZ design as was the third option of developing HMS Otago into a frigate capable of carrying two Wessex A/S as an alt to the T81 or Leander I have undoubtedly met the officers concerned and discussed these matters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.48.175.44 (talk) 04:47, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia has a policy on verifiability that may be found here: Wikipedia:Verifiability. This starts off by saying: "In Wikipedia, verifiability means that other people using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source. Wikipedia does not publish original research. Its content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors. Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it."

When you post information with citations that do not back up the content, it is not verifiable. Please have a look at Talk:Type 21 frigate#Problem passage with citations that do not support content.-- Toddy1 (talk) 05:11, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Abdullah Mashhoor Kunhikoya Thangal

Dear friend Toddy1, I'll be very grateful if you'll please help me keep the Abdullah Mashhoor Kunhikoya Thangal page neutral in tone, well referenced and accurate. One editor, User:Moosathasleem, seems intend on making it a subjective and poorly referenced fan page. Could you please take a look if you have time? Thanks and best regards, George Custer's Sabre 06:18, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Dear friend Toddy1, i am Moosathasleem, from India. above talk by george is menioning about Abdullah Mashhoor Kunhikoya Thangal wrongly.. he was great and popular sufi saint. i just created thats it. user George Custer's Sabre edited the page once.. i re-edited to like previous.. i thing he is just editor who claim trying to filter islamic and pakistan articles.. i dont know what the matter he bother about this article and what he want to know more.. i ll provide whatever docs is required to keep the article Abdullah Mashhoor Kunhikoya Thangal. i not much aware about the sitations and relibele evidece to publish/.. regards moosathasleem — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moosathasleem (talk • contribs) 09:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Have there been any books written about him? (Note that self-published books do not count.)-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:54, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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Re:Demographics of New Zealand

Shit. I apologise—I blame my poor reading comprehension on tiredness. I need to lie down! --Hazhk (talk) 23:45, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

No, real big thank you to you! we are going to try to preserve the truth, the history and its sources that there are going to be many people now and during the following decades trying to vandalize all these pages--BrugesFR (talk) 06:23, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

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Thanks for fixing my typo on HMS Captain (1869) (and the pun). --217.155.32.221 (talk) 09:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you so much for pointing my error. I stand corrected. And by the way, thank you for your good work on improving the article on Lonsdale-Bryans. Some of the things were rather wrong, and your good work is much appreciated. Thank you again and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 05:48, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

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Topic ban: Santamoly

Re your note on my User Talk Page, I've made doubly certain that I've not been discussing anything to do with "East Europe" in accordance with the Topic Ban. I'm also assuming that discussion of the Sukhoi Su-25 airplane is not included in the Topic Ban because it's not East European. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Santamoly (talk • contribs) 08:49, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Of course the Sukhoi Su-25 aeroplane is included in your topic ban. If you read Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Santamoly, you will see that you made it explicitly clear that you think it is.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Santamoly topic ban

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Please forgive me for asking questions but after 14 years of good-faith editing I've never been banned before. So it's all new to me, and I'm not sure how to understand the procedures. The administration is using terms I've never heard before, nor do I understand. I'm not sure how to refine the "Topic Ban" so that I can keep editing in my specialty. The Sukhoi Su-25UB series was not an "East European" topic; it was produced in Ulan-Ude in Buryatia (East Russia,near Mongolia). It looks like the ban was "East Europe", but the article concerns an East Asian airplane. Thus, I should be able to edit Sukhoi engineering articles as long as I stay away from "East Europe" discussion. Am I correct?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Santamoly (talk • contribs) 03:49, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Why are you asking me this question for the second time? I gave you my opinion last week. (See User talk:Toddy1/Archive 4#Topic ban: Santamoly)

The text of the topic ban is given at User talk:Santamoly#Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement sanction. It says: "You are indefinitely banned from editing anything relating to Eastern Europe, broadly interpreted". In my opinion that includes the Sukhoi Su-25; I think this because:

1. All discussions of the topic ban seem to involve the Sukhoi Su-25. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive242.
2. Where it was designed and manufactured are by some definitions part of Eastern Europe. For example, both Russia and Georgia are in the Council of Europe area, and all the CIS countries are in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe area.

I am confused by your statement that you have been editing Wikipedia for 14 years. According to Special:Contributions/Santamoly, your first edit was on 29 December 2009 - 8 years and 9 months ago.-- Toddy1 (talk) 05:28, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Please excuse my bumbling errors. I simply have no idea how to approach this Topic ban. The last edit I made to the Su-25 article was almost one year ago. I changed the engine type from "R-195" to "Soyuz/Tumansky R-195". The edit wasn't contested, and is still in place. It didn't connect to the WP source properly, and I'd still like to fix it. The next edit I was trying to make caused some differences of opinion, so I spent quite a bit of time searching for consensus on the Talk page. All in Good faith, and with respect, as anyone can see when viewing the page. Several editors agreed, and several disagreed. So I didn't make any edits to the article. Was I banned for joining the discussion on the Talk page? I always thought that's what the Talk Page was for. FWIW, neither the Su-25, nor East Europe is mentioned on the "Council of Europe " page or the other page. So the scope and reason for the ban is entirely confusing, especially since the airplane itself has nothing to do with "East Europe". As for the 14 years editing Wikipedia (always with Good Faith), I closed my old account when I retired and started a new account in my new home with a new computer. My old computer was taken over by my successor at my former position. Is any of this relevant to being Topic Banned? I'm not really an expert at this type of conflict, and would appreciate any help since it all appears to be one huge, confusing, 1984-type nightmare. Santamoly (talk) 03:26, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks.

Sometimes you get hurt in life. This happens on Wikipedia too. It happened to me, and now it has happened to you. You did things you should not have done, and it hurts that you have been sanctioned.

Like me, you are weak and helpless, so there is nothing you can do about it. So do not try. Just accept the sanction and get on with your life. Take a break; read some books; and if you feel like it, come back in a few months time and edit on topics nothing to do with Eastern Europe or Su-25.

If you cannot do that, then channel your unhappiness into writing a book about your bad experiences. Try to imagine how the other editors must have perceived you, and how they felt. Try and get the book published - a good working title would be infamy, infamy, they have all got it in for me.

If this answer does not satisfy you, well, you have tried User talk:RegentsPark, and my talk page, so try the following:

• User talk:AGK
• User talk:Sandstein
• User talk:Ymblanter

-- Toddy1 (talk) 09:04, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

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Could we possibly have a discussion here instead of in the edit history? --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 09:01, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Trying to actually have a constructive conversation here... There is obviously a misunderstanding. The TFD you linked to was not what I was referring to. If we could discuss that would be appreciated. --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 09:04, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I am sorry for the delay in replying. I thought that the most useful place to discuss

• Whether a template should be deleted is at the TFD page Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 November 8#Template:Geobox/type/building. So I made a contribution there.
• What infobox should be used on a page are the article talk pages Talk:Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev#Choice of infobox template and Talk:Kiev Pechersk Lavra#Choice of infobox template. That way more people can contribute than on a single user talk page. So I have made contributions there.

Thank you for fixing the error to the template that you accidentally introduced this morning. Toddy1 (talk) 09:58, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

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VoePass is former Passaredo

Dear Toddy1, in relation to the article VoePass, this is indeed the new marketing name of Passaredo Linhas Aéreas [4]. So, I believe, the article should be under VoePass. Passaredo bought MAP Linhas Aéreas last August and by changing the marketing name, it is paving the way to unify operations (this has not happened yet). You will see that the website of Passaredo is now listed VoePass. The brand MAP will disappear when both companies merge. This has not happened yet because of legal restrictions related to slot allocation at São Paulo–Congonhas Airport. There are references in the article, albeit in Portuguese. I know that the name change was made by SeasSoul, recently blocked but, in this case, it was correct. In order to keep wikipedia up to date, I suggest reverting Passaredo back to VoePass. BRGDS, (Brunoptsem (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2019 (UTC))

Please could you use the process at WP:RM requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves for this. You can explain the reasoning there. Wikipedia has articles on British European Airways and British Overseas Airways Corporation two airlines that were merged with another to form British Airways. This suggests to me that there should be an article on Passaredo Linhas Aéreas. Is VoePass the real name of the company? Or is it a brand name like Persil? I do not claim to know what the answer should be. I think there should be a move discussion, and not just an undiscussed move made by someone who was not here. Toddy1 (talk) 19:45, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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With reference to present scholars fazal karim

Muhammad fazal karim should be shifted to early scholars because he had died in 2013 Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:38, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

In Barelvi section Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

What is your opinion Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey Toddy

What about my changes to barelvi Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:17, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

You messed them up.

Have a go at trying to fix them on User:Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah/Sandbox1. That way the article is undamaged, whilst you learn how to edit an article. Toddy1 (talk) 18:19, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Who the hell u r to remove the correct information regarding present Barelvi scholar Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

It was with reliable information Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Competence is required Toddy1 (talk) 18:22, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I do complex edits in a sandbox to get them right. So I do not see why you should not.

If you look at the sandbox you can see that there are lots of errors in doing citations. It is fiddly getting these things right. A sandbox is a good place to do it. Toddy1 (talk) 18:24, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

<ref name=oxfordrefrence> Is a misleading name for the following citation:

Bedi, Rohan, Have Pakistanis Forgotten Their Sufi Traditions? (PDF)|place=Singapore |publisher=International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University |date=April 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102091018/http://www.pvtr.org/pdf/RegionalAnalysis/SouthAsia/Madrassa%20_IDSS%20_%20_FINAL_.pdf |archivedate=2 November 2013 }}

- Toddy1 (talk) 18:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Also there should be no }} before |place=. It messes up the citation template. }} indicates the end of the template.

And yes, I know that it is difficult to get these things right. That is why we try to help you with advice. Toddy1 (talk) 18:32, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Why haven't u fix this problems with these sources Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:40, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

What r u doing Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 18:40, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I have told you about problems, so that you will learn to fix them. If I fix all your mistakes, it makes it less likely that you will learn to fix them yourself.

I also try to tell you about techniques you can use to get edits right.

When you have got the edits right. I suggest that you paste the sections you changed back into the article. (That is how I do complex edits. Sometimes it takes me an hour to get things right in a sandbox before pasting pack into an article.) Toddy1 (talk) 18:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Let us take part of your version:

60% of Pakistani Muslims are Barelvis.<ref name=oxfordrefrence>{{citation|first1=Rohan |last1=Bedi |url=http://www.pvtr.org/pdf/RegionalAnalysis/SouthAsia/Madrassa%20_IDSS%20_%20_FINAL_.pdf |title=Have Pakistanis Forgotten Their Sufi Traditions? }}|place=[[Singapore]] |publisher=International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at [[Nanyang Technological University]] |date=April 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102091018/http://www.pvtr.org/pdf/RegionalAnalysis/SouthAsia/Madrassa%20_IDSS%20_%20_FINAL_.pdf |archivedate=2 November 2013 }}<\ref>.The Barelvi movement in Pakistan The name derives from the [[north India]]n town of [[Bareilly]], the hometown of its founder and main leader [[Ahmed Raza Khan]] (1856–1921).<ref>''Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World'', pg. 113. [[Marshall Cavendish]], 2011. {{ISBN|9780761479291}}</ref>

This shows as:

60% of Pakistani Muslims are Barelvis.

Can you see that you have made some mistakes? These mistakes mean that you are not producing what you meant to produce. What you need to do is to go through and fix the mistakes. Toddy1 (talk) 19:59, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

1. Give me reply fast Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
2. Fast Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
3. Reply fast Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
4. On my current addition to barelvi fast Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
5. Why r u not saying abt Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
6. Hey have u slept now Khadim ahlesunnah waljamaah (talk) 21:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

It is rude to post six messages asking me to hurry up and review your edits. One is sufficient. If I have not reviewed after 7 days, then it is OK to post a "hurry" message.

Have you read the text of the following citation?

• "Barelvi - Oxford Reference". oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 2014-09-24.

Please quote me the sentences in it that support the claims that:

1. Barelvi is not a separate movement but a part of Ahlesunnat Wal Jamaat
2. Barelvi follow the Sunni Hanafi school of jurisprudence
3. Barelvi have over 200 million followers in South Asia
4. approximately 67% to 75% of the Muslims of India are Barelvi

Toddy1 (talk) 22:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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With reference to edit in deobandi

Deobandi movement is facing a strong criticism due to its offshoot tabligi Jamaat . Vishva hindu parishad demanded to ban on tabligi jamaat. For its gathering in delhi during corona virus outbreak which lead to several death Phelobtimous (talk) 14:44, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

It is must to include in criticism page of deobandi movement Phelobtimous (talk) 14:46, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

With proper reference available on internet on Wikipedia Phelobtimous (talk) 14:47, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

{{Web|url=https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.financialexpress.com/india-news/coronavirus-crisis-vhp-seeks-complete-ban-on-nizamuddin-markaz-and-tablighi-jamaat/1920944/lite/}} Phelobtimous (talk) 14:51, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

With reference to the revert of my edit

It seems rude to revert anybody.How can u blame anybody for the sockpuppet of any other user.or [[who gave u this rights to revert anybody without a valid reasons,I think Wikipedia is not your father's property so stop your disruptive editing. Stop damageng the article.many users across the world can share the similar views.again don't consider Wikipedia as your father's property to edit according to you. Phelobtimous (talk) 11:25, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

stop editing Wikipedia according to your wish Phelobtimous (talk) 11:26, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

If you are having rights, it doesn't means that u misuse it Phelobtimous (talk) 11:28, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Again requested to stop your personal innervation in Wikipedia and accept the contribution from the new comers so that they can also share their view Phelobtimous (talk) 11:29, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

11:30, 8 April 2020 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phelobtimous (talk • contribs)

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Faizabad is not the common name. I have never heard anyone call Ayodhya that. Ayodhya is more famous worldwide than ‘Faizabad’. You’re not even from India, so how would you know? Avikram (talk) 23:25, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

When you edited the article on Faizabad district, you must have seen the following notice:

Notice: please do not change Faizabad to Ayodhya in this article.

Do not change the name of Faizabad in this article, without discussing it first at the Talk page. There is consensus that the article should use the name Faizabad district in accordance with WP:COMMONNAME. This has been explained on the Talk page.

If you wish to change the name of this article to Ayodhya district (or anything else), discuss it first at Talk. Good-faith changes contrary to policy will be reverted. Intentional vandalism of the article will result in warnings on your User talk page. Thank you.

There is a similar notice on the article on Allahabad. Toddy1 (talk) 06:25, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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It is quite funny. The editor who moved page Allahabad division to Prayagaraj division on the grounds that the latter was the official name, did not seem to have noticed that the official name was Prayagraj Zone - i.e. not "Prayagaraj" and not "division" either Toddy1 (talk) 09:11, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

They have a hivemind. They would not listen to the obvious, that is Wikipedia has its own set of rules. They know one thing only, Allabad→Prayagraj. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Help

Please help to make out the link correctly [5] in the artical of Battle of Borodino. Thanks depo (talk) 19:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

@Сергей Соковнин: Try pasting the following.

From May 1813 to the present, at least 29 ships have been named Borodino after the battle (see list of ships named Borodino).^Ru

It has a correction to the English, a correct interwiki link, and some formatting. Toddy1 (talk) 20:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Спасибо огромное!!! Thank you very much!!!! depo (talk) 19:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)