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Self-explanatory: people who don't get the meaning of "history" when compared to "current events." Care to weigh in? History of Montana#Recent trends and Talk:History of Montana. Medicinal pot "historic?" Montanabw(talk) 06:39, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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On your close at Las Vegas you wrote, "...current title does no harm to WP". That true, but I suggest that's a red herring. I mean, does any title do any "harm to WP"? If a title had to do harm before it could be changed, then it seems to me we'd never move anything. That's why I say this is something of a red herring comment, and not helpful. Since the statement is probably true at every move proposal, and therefore pointless, you might consider not using it again. --Born2cycle (talk) 00:19, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
See Talk:Honor killing of Sadia Sheikh: you seem to have overlooked a key factor in the appeals to RS Kevin McE (talk) 01:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I believe a consensus was reached on the latest move request for Las Vegas. Although not all users agree, the majority did support the move. Please reconsider and look at the arguments once more. Frischee113 (talk) 01:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)Frischee113
So, we're essentially left with an unexplained close which was supported by the majority. Disappointing. --Born2cycle (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Want to help de-escalate this before it hits the drama boards and wastes all of our time? Franamax is on it, but FYI as you have the history. Wikipedia:ANI#I_was_referred_here_by_Calabe, User_talk:Franamax#Thank_you_for_your_time, User_talk:Soglad_Tomeetyou#Your_HelpDesk_query_.2F_ANI_report and User_talk:Montanabw#I_was_referred_to_WP:ANI_by_Calabe (and the rest of my talk page, for that matter? What is going on, is it Pick on Montanabw week or something?) Montanabw(talk) 18:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you type "Kurdish - Turkish conflict" into Google search box and tell me how many results do you get? Kavas (talk) 17:19, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't realize the move request was still open for Quebec comics. If you look, you'll see I actually did a few days ago exactly what you just told me I should, based on the discussion both on the move request page and the talk page there. User:Anthony Appleyard disagrees with this, however, and there is a discussion surrounding the issue regarding Canadian comics.
Just for the record, I normally do just edit the page as it is, bu in the cases of Canadian comics and Quebec comics, the articles were so thin and disorganized that merely "fixing" them seemed like a lot more work than just starting again from scratch. I couldn't find any guideline written anywhere that made it explicit that it was okay to just copy & paste the new article over the old. If it had said so clearly somewhere, then that's exactly what I would have done with Canadian comics, and is now what I've done with Quebec comics. There doesn't seem to be consensus that that is actually the policy, though, thus the discussion over Canadian comics. CüRlyTüRkeyTalkContribs 00:13, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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Khutuck, it is unfortunate you did not weigh-in on this move during the nearly 6 weeks it was open. Merely saying the move should be reverted isn't going to work. If you sincerely believe the name should be changed, you are free to open an RM with the desired name. RMs are not binding, and any discussion aimed at reaching a better consensus is good. --Mike Cline (talk) 15:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
You were mentioned in a discussion at WP:AN; Wikipedia:AN#Should_editors_be_discouraged_from_asking_admins_to_justify_their_actions.3F --Born2cycle (talk) 17:46, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
In my book, two comments does not make a lack of consensus, particularly when one of the comments was by an IP editor with no other edits anywhere. The fact that only one actual regular editor commented does not mean the discussion should have been closed. I would like if you relisted it or made it so it had a wider audience.—Ryulong (竜龙) 00:57, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Mike. I didn't know that — the lists seemed to serve separate purposes. MistyMorn (talk) 01:12, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike - I can see the problem you face and I don't want to be a bore... but I feel it's worth pointing out that the division sometimes seems somewhat arbitrary (eg The Salmon Fly could fit equally well into any of the three categories, imo). Maybe a note in the ledes would be helpful for newcomers to the article? My 2c again, and maybe better posted on the article talk page. Regards, MistyMorn (talk) 10:20, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
My statement to Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs) about our dispute regarding WT:AT recognizability was so long I put it in a separate file, User:Born2cycle/DearElen. If you have a chance to look it over, and let me know if you find any inaccuracies or other problems with it, I would appreciate it. If you don't mind, please leave comments about it at User talk:Born2cycle/DearElen. Thanks! --Born2cycle (talk) 19:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Mike. I started this article and will soon list it at DYK. I used one of your photos. Feel free to jump in improving, writing, taking more pics, whatever. PumpkinSky talk 22:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Mike-- Following the fascinating discussions at Article titles, I noticed this: San Alberto District, Paraguy, which is just a redirect, but needs to be moved to "Paraguay". I'm not taking sides in this current argument, but hang in there, because your posts make a lot of sense. (Personally, I'm a fan of predisambiguation, and I also have problems with WP:UCN - but I'm not running this show.) Milkunderwood (talk) 00:28, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
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In light of your previous participation in film titling issues, the discussion at Talk:Bande à part (film)#Requested move may be of interest.—Roman Spinner (talk) 11:21, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
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Letting users from Brazil determine the name of an article in the English Wikipedia is a surprising decision. That the number of views are greater for "Paraguayan War" can also be reasonably attributed to its ambiguity. I disaprove of your decision.--MarshalN20 | Talk 23:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. I see you have closed the move discussion at Talk:Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)#Requested move as no consensus, and have not moved any of the pages. But doesn't this mean that things should be reverted to how they were before the moves? i.e. Conservative Party of Quebec (modern) → Conservative Party of Quebec (2009), or the somewhat consensus name Conservative Party of Quebec (2009—present)? Also, would I violate the decision if I move Conservative Party of Quebec leadership elections to Conservative Party of Quebec (historical) leadership elections? 117Avenue (talk) 00:30, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused by the numbers you indicated in your closing rationale for the requested move at Talk:Paraguayan War. My own check shows that 'War of the Triple Alliance' received 9,000+ views in June, July, August and September, before the move; 'Paraguayan War', on the other hand, received around 5,000 views in October, November, December and and January.
Furthermore, regarding the supposed ambiguity of 'War of the Triple Alliance' and the unambiguity of 'Paraguayan War', I want to note that whereas examples of other Paraguayan wars were provided, not one example was offered of 'War of the Triple Alliance' being used in connection with any other 'triple alliance'.
Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 03:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
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I conducted a search for ("Paraguayan War") AND (cty:(journal) AND ty:(fla)) AND la:(eng), and obtained a result of 212 hits. I next searched for ("War of the Triple Alliance") AND (cty:(journal) AND ty:(fla)) AND la:(eng), and obtained 114 hits. Approximately a 2x lead for Paraguayan War. However, this is soundly reversed by the Google Books search which provides a 3x result in favor of "War of the Triple Alliance". I have also checked GB this morning, and for some reason the numbers had drastically changed. IMO, it seems to be a slight issue with the Google Servers. In any case, the evidence is there, regardless of my argument of Brazilian POV (which was not the only point made against the "Paraguayan War" title). Worthy of memory is that the article spent the last 8 years under the name "War of the Triple Alliance". If both titles are so "good", why was the new one given preference over the 8-year status quo? Regards.--MarshalN20 | Talk 00:08, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mike. I see you're being badgered by those oh-so-intent of teh WP:WRONGVERSION-title. I'm not going to rehash this here other than to state that I see the title Paraguayan War as the appropriate outcome. Alarbus (talk) 12:18, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
It seems the move of title too rapid and unreasoned. I'd prefer to formulate "no consensus" and leave the original "Battle of Pabaiskas" name. Orionus (talk) 17:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
As you wrote Battle of Wilkomierz,per Commonname you have a proof that this is common name, right? Please show it. M.K. (talk) 09:46, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Are you one of the admins open to recall? Me-123567-Me (talk) 00:43, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike...I am sure you have it already on a to do list somewhere, but List of mountain ranges in Idaho needs your touch. Hope all is well on your end.--MONGO 18:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Mike...I am heading out soon so maybe just hold off since I won't be able to keep the bots at bay for about 5 hours.--MONGO 19:21, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Also...Missouri River is at FAC...Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Missouri River/archive4...Shannon1 has put out a huge effort to try and get this article featured and I think it's pretty close. I don't know how many FAC's you've participated in but the process is interesting to watch even if you have nothing to add as far as comments. I figured since you're near the headwaters and Three Forks, you may find this enjoyable.MONGO 16:05, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Appreciate your chiming in there!--MONGO 03:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike, I just noticed you moved SFR Yugoslav Air Force to Yugoslav Air Force, could I ask you to also please move the associated talkpage Talk:SFR Yugoslav Air Force? -- Director (talk) 06:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Your talk page had remained on my watchlist following our recent conversation and, over the past few days, I realized that your decisions seem to attract a lot of controversy. Having looked at some of the discussion topics and actual WP:RM discussions, I can't say I'm surprised. What I can and want to say is:
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It's not easy to close the hard cases, when often there is no clear 'right' or 'wrong', so for your willingness to review them, thanks, and keep up the good work! -- Black Falcon (talk) 22:11, 6 February 2012 (UTC) |
There were plenty of good guideline-based reasons (and evidence) for a move per WP:COMMONNAME here. I fail to see how a procedural close due to drama helps here when the majority of drama was caused by the single editor opposed to the move. Rather, you've basically just suggested that the best way to filibuster a discussion that isn't going one's way is to make as much noise as possible over it. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Campaignbox_Kurdish%E2%80%93Turkish_conflict&diff=475976399&oldid=475885922 The editor admits there were more attacks on Hakkari in history, but he claims he uses numbers 1 and 2 for these attacks, since Wikipedia has only 2 articles on attacks on Hakkari. He writes "It's not about weather it was the first attack ever, it's about the fact that there are only two articles. If we make articles about other Hakkari battles/attacks/operations you can change the numbers."
But, I think the names should be kept as Hakkari 2007, and Hakkari 2011, as there is not any RS which says 2007 attack is the 1st Hakkari attack. What do you think as a 3rd person? Kavas (talk) 17:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hakkari is a place of low level fight. Even today there was an attack. See http://www.todayszaman.com/news-270903-one-soldier-13-terrorists-killed-in-clashes-with-pkk.html It is impossible to create articles for small attacks because of WP notability rule. So, there are clearly more than 2 attacks, I guess a number as high as 100 is not much. Kavas (talk) 17:58, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
To be fair I took offence at remarks that I'm disruptive and causing drama . Editing in such an environment is no fun and I cound not afford it anymore. Barocci (talk) 19:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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Mike, thank you for closing the discussion. I'll leave it up to you about whether you want to move my comments into the discussion or not. Primarily, because Penn State itself has set out on a campaign to change the name of the scandal, I fear this issue will be brought up over and over again. Even now the editor is seemingly threatening to take it to arbitration. For those reasons, I essentially just wanted to get those links saved so they could be easily retrieved for the inevitable next time. I am originally from the area, ground zero if you will, and it is amazing to me how many people seem to suspend logic and reality when it comes to this issue. Frankly, it really is cult-like behavior.123. Instead of constant spin, I just wish everyone would face the issues honestly and head on so we could get to the bottom of what really happened and prevent it from ever occurring again. Anyway, sorry for my rant and thank you for your work. MaroonGray213 (talk) 10:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Mike please see my comment on Talk:Traditional Norse religion#Requested move in relation to the WP:AT policy. I think you should consider reposting the request move that you closed at WP:RM as there was no discussion about the usage in reliable sources. The whole conversation was of the flavour of "I don't like this" rather than considered opinions based on the Article Title policy and guidelines. -- PBS (talk) 03:51, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
I've reverted your closure. If you felt it was going on too long you shouldn't have relisted the move request. Now please give it until 7 days is up.
However the move is closed I highly doubt that it will have any great affect on any other articles to do with China. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
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AHHH... I think I know why there is a slight disconnect between Brews and the rest of us... we have a conflict of definition. As you have already noted, he appears to be Science oriented. In the Sciences, sources such as academic journal articles are usually considered primary sources (as being the first place of publication for their research)... but Wikipedia bases its definitions of the terms "primary" and "secondary" mostly on usage in the Humanities, where such sources are considered Secondary (because they interpret and analyze historical primary documents). In other words... he is using a different definitions of Primary and Secondary than we are. I have explained this to him... It may be that my explanation will resolve at least some of his concerns re Notability. Blueboar (talk) 18:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! I think this probably should have been closed as no consensus, or left open a bit longer. Consensus about article names change quite frequently, especially ones that are based so tenuously on what is primarily used by reliable sources. I wasn't involved in the discussion, but would have liked seeing it fleshed out a bit more before being closed. jheiv talk contribs 17:00, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike. Looks like we have both been struggling with unsigned move requests that ended up in the "Time could not be ascertained" subsection and refused to leave. After some research (meaning trial and error) I have reached the conclusion that the remedy is to give it a new time stamp, i.e. the current time rather than when the request was made. Looking for instance at the history of the Web visitor tracking request, the time stamp replacement led to it finally being promoted here. Favonian (talk) 20:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for interveining there. I was not trying to threaten Brews, but after seeing yet another new section started trying to resolve this larger issue, I dont think he's aware of his actions being frustrating to deal with in the sense of forum shopping as well as his general logic that's hard to follow. I'm not going to respond there again since he seems to take anything like that as a threat against him, but I'm concerned when I read his rebuttal to your comment that he still doesn't get the forum shopping aspect, and how to better present his arguments instead of rehashing details. He seems to listen to you, so maybe if you can explain what the issue is with the forum shopping that he is (hopefully unintentionally) engaging in. --MASEM (t) 04:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
We have a Taiwan-related proposal that we plan to RM as soon as the Taiwan_(disambiguation) closes, so I was wondering that could happen sometime in the not-too-distant future. I count thirty days for this RM, and now it has been relisted for a second time. Kauffner (talk) 07:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mike Cline. your recent close of the move request at Black Caviar (horse) left things muddled. Is the primary topic of "Black Caviar" the horse (move the horse article to the base name, per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRECISION, and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC)? Or the food (leave the redirect Black Caviar pointing to Caviar)? Or neither (create a dab page at Black Caviar to disambiguate the two non-primary topics)? Your close seemed to indicate that there was no consensus to change the primary topic of "JBlack Caviar", but then the retargeting of the redirect indicated that there was (and that the primary topic should be moved to the base name). -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for moving this for us! -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 21:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Mike:
As you are aware, Masem interrupted my exploration of notability and primary sources by making this exploration into a behavioral issue. However, I'd like to ask some questions of you about this subject without engaging in a public quarrel about nothing.
It would seem the distinction between primary and secondary sources in the world at large is not WP's definition. A major aspect defining secondary sources on WP is their capacity to establish notability, separate and apart from any consideration of establishing accuracy. Whether that is so or not is my first question.
My second question is how does one distinguishes a source that can provide notability from one that cannot?
For example, the article Calgary—Fish Creek is one I would have thought to be based entirely on primary sources. However, Blueboar has suggested that my notion of primary sources is incorrect. As I understand Blueboar, Calgary—Fish Creek would not be considered to be based upon primary sources. What do you think?
Is Calgary—Fish Creek notable? I'd guess it is, and that the fact that the article draws upon many sources establishes its value, really more or less independent of nature of its sources?
At the moment, I feel this subject needs a lot of clarification, and I hope you might comment. Brews ohare (talk) 16:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Mike, were you also planning on moving the talk page to match the article? --UnQuébécois (talk) 18:49, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
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Dear Mike, Noticed you are a regular contributor to the Big Hole River page. This page has left me questioning the Wiki platform for more than a year now. Two concerns, one you noticed already. First, the page contains negative subjective content. Two, the page promotes the views and commercial interests of the primary developer - this is denoted by several links (some duplicated) to personal efforts including additional subjective negative (and largely extreme and outdated) content. I suggest a link to bhwc.org and removal of subjective material and duplicate links to start. Expansion of objective updated Big Hole River information would be a nice second. A wiki rookie with a conflict of interest, am unsure of wading into this. Ideas? Would appreciate your experience on this. --SunnyBlueDay (talk) 05:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Wow, you each act fast. I appreciate your prompt, helpful, and welcoming response. MikeCline, thank you for the reading material. Montanabw, thank you for your edits. Your edits meet most of my concerns. You're each right on. The Big Hole generates a wide range of valid opinions. I am not a fan of some of the opinions listed, but open to diversity when it is presented appropriately. I would question the validity of the links as a Wiki link, but not interested in engaging in Wiki policing. I think we can add value to the Wiki by expanding the content (as you point out, this page needs some work). My COI . . . Unfortunately, Jen Titus and several variations are popular Wiki handles, so I went with my auction handle. I am an employee of the Big Hole Watershed Committee. Part of my position is online resources - both developing ours and keeping up to date on related Big Hole River works as resources as there is typically a lot activity in our watershed in projects, initiatives, journalism, and research. A few questions. First, would it be legitimate to add reference to bhwc.org in the Big Hole Watershed Committee section and point the reader to additional information, as is done on the Big Hole River Foundation reference (this would be a reference for existing content, not organization promotion)? Second, can I add information such as geography, history, or biological information to this that is objective and not be considered a COI contributor (My analysis of Wiki guidance would suggest yes, if objective. I am not immediately interested in doing do, but interested in the possibility)? Expanding the available information would expand Big Hole River educational opportunity. Third, there is additional online content in research, reports, facts, history of conservation controversy, and on-going efforts and it seems appropriate to add links to this content under "External Links". Several possible references provide reviewed and published research that can provide value to the Wiki. Answers, on these would be helpful (or act on these - either one). Would be happy to provide Wiki content, but only if appropriate to do so. Thanks, SunnyBlueDay (talk) 05:47, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
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Could you please elaborate on the "appropriate adjustments" to be made for a recent page move discussion you closed? Thanks. X.One SOS 16:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Mike, I noticed what you did with the Montana articles (i.e. List of lakes in Petroleum County, Montana) and decided to adopt the same system for List of lakes in Arkansas. I began yesterday on List of lakes in Arkansas County, Arkansas, and the article was quite time consuming to make. Do you have any tips or shortcuts to making these impeccable lists you would be willing to offer me? All I did was open the GNIS page and the edit window and retype all the information, so anything you tell me will result in an increase in efficiency. Great job by the way. Brandonrush Woo pig sooie 20:52, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
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Note: this is not a challenge to your decision. However, if it compels you to change your mind, great!
You wrote: "there has been no compelling WP:AT argument(s) to leave title at Fort Worth that outweighs the compelling argument of WP:USPLACE" .
I'm curious about this statement since the opposition argument was, essentially, that WP:USPLACE has no compelling argument. What "compelling argument of WP:USPLACE" do you see in the discussion?
Also, the only WP:AT justification to follow WP:USPACE is "Titles follow the same pattern as those of similar articles" (consistency), but several people in the the discussion indicated that resulted in a wash, because "Fort Worth" is consistent with the pattern used by other city articles, like neighboring Dallas, and Whyalla. --Born2cycle (talk) 18:56, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I think it would be helpful if you were to read User talk:Noetica#A fresh RM can be opened at any time. I guess that we will need to discuss this at Wikipedia talk:Requested moves. -- PBS (talk) 06:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike, could you please provide rationale for your RM close at Talk:Scouting and Guiding in Mainland China? 'Not moved' doesn't help us identify what policy or guideline hindered the request or give insight into whether similar moves would also be affected by those policies and guidelines in future. – NULL ‹talk›
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Hi, just to let you know I don't have any problem with the close at Stephane Huet, but I wonder if you know if there is a tool which will count how many articles are BLPs? It's easy enough to see that 50-60 BLP articles are out of line will real spelling (assuming that tennis and ice-hockey are the only cats, surveying other sports seems to indicate this) but what is the total BLP pool? 10,000? 400,000 (=10% of 4m articles)? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:29, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
We've restarted working on Yogo sapphire. Your great assistance would be greatly appreciated.PumpkinSky talk 11:23, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you reconsider the closure of this RM due to sockpuppetry? The IP addresses and Jeffrey/Jeremy should be ignored. SchmuckyTheCat (talk)
In File:BozemanCarneigieLibrary2011.jpg Carnegie is spelled wrong. I can't believe no one, including me, never caught that. It's pending rename by a Commons admin. PumpkinSky talk 21:57, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes, there were five opposes and two (or three) supports. However, one opposer said that the "film" should be the primary due to popularity, not the "novel". Three opposers said the novel must be primary. All supporters said that neither novel nor film is primary. Why is it closed rather than relisted or something? --George Ho (talk) 13:18, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!
See User_talk:Nyttend#NRHP_or_not.3F. If this pans out, could you snap a free photo for us? PumpkinSky talk 11:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike - I have a number of photos of stamps my mom designed for the Kenyan and Israeli post offices. I'd like to know if it is ok to upload these to include in a gallery on her article. Perhaps you know about this. BO; talk 23:31, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I understand I added the incorrect move notice to Saidpur, Rajshahi Division, but the name of the article is completely incorrect as it lists the city in the wrong division/state. I don't have an account, so could you please move the article to Saidpur, Rangpur Division, where it belongs, instead of just removing the notice. Thanks. 118.209.233.248 (talk) 12:54, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Mike. "United States Post Office" is a proper noun, and the move discussion had it formatted as such, but you moved the page to List of United States post offices. Can you repair that, please? Powers T 19:07, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
See User:Wehwalt/Sandbox6. Also, the Brewery District article is at DYK nom page now. If you can get a pic of the Lehrkind Mansion that'd be awesome and much appreciated. PumpkinSky talk 22:41, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
I wasn't aware that the Talk page was off-limits, and actually think we were starting to discuss the matter on a more civil basis. Why revert the title to the pre-RFC form, but not the article itself to how it was before the dispute started? I appreciate you raising it at the Olympic project, but would suggest that the Swimming one would be appropriate, as well, as the scope of the page has always been wider than simply the Olympics. Nick Cooper (talk) 13:07, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Mike
I notice you sent this to User:Noclador. As part of the same process, it seems, the page German Army (1935–1945) was also moved. As that page was only moved to that title a few months ago, via RM, this move seemed inappropriate. I was able to move it back and I've opened a discussion on the talk page there; would you be willing to move-protect it? do you think it is worth it? Xyl 54 (talk) 00:29, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
The spelling is wrong, it should be Template:Tokyo Stock Exchange. --Svgalbertian (talk) 13:49, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mike...I have some suddenly dead urls at GRTE article...one has come back online in the past 30 minutes under a slightly different url here...the others from the same source are still dead...maybe they are making moves on the webpages...I know the NPS has just done a complete makeover of their pages, so this may be part of that effort...--MONGO 16:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Mike...thanks for helping out. I inadvertantly stepped on some of your edits yesterday...sorry.MONGO 17:49, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Yogo sapphire/archive1. Improvements welcome. PumpkinSky talk 02:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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