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If you want to edit I/P articles and don't meet the standards set by the Arbitration Committee for that subject area (30-day account age + 500 edits), go to the article talk page and do an edit request. There is an Edit Request Wizard that you can use (link is to the button "The page is protected")

Don't email to ask me to do the edit for you. I won't reply, and I won't comply with your request. I will refer you to the Arbitration Committee. I don't know who you are, and for all I know, you may be trying to get me in trouble.

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Articles I've created or substantially revised

Not an article, but I wrote it and I rather like it:

I am also active in suggesting articles for deletion and, when my eyes can stand it, vandal-fighting. I think that de-crapifying Wikipedia is at least as important as adding content. Wikipedia is a hotbed of fancruft, self-written articles by employees of third-rate companies, and overemphasis on subjects plucked off the Internet. It greatly underemphasizes subjects of great importance that don't have a fan base or following.

To-do list

Why I am cynical about Wikipedia

Once upon a time there was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cohen_crime_family&oldid=1180045787 an article about a "crime family."] I don't generally edit on that subject matter, thank God, but one of the members of this "crime family" was involved in a Hollywood scandal, which was [https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+my+wheelhouse in my wheelhouse].

Reading the sources indicated that this "crime family" did not actually exist. The sources did not say it existed. I couldn't find any that said it did.I am sure the article was created in good faith. But like a lot of articles in that subject area, it was a product of original research,

I nominated the article for deletion. There was consensus that the article should not exist. Despite that, the article almost was kept as is. That's because there was no consensus about whether the article should have been deleted or merged, and typically "no consensus" is functionally equivalent to "keep." Fortunately the closer, recognizing that possibility, decided on merging it despite the lack of consensus.

But a different closer might have abided rigidly by the AfD rules, and kept an article about something that a crime family that did not actually exist.

That is what makes me cynical about Wikipedia. You can abide by all the rules, dot every I and cross every T, and be flat-out, embarrassingly wrong.

I have other reasons to be cynical, but this is the one suitable for family viewing.

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Don't sell IP editors short

Editors who discount IP contributions, especially when they are not phrased properly, may be tempted to discount them. Bad move. They can find stuff registered editors haven't noticed in literally years or decades. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paul_Newman&diff=prev&oldid=1201400025 this post] in Talk:Paul Newman, an editor found a whole paragraph that didn't belong there. It had been overlooked for years.

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:--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | First place winner of the 2013 Wikipedia apple coring contest!!!

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | It is so good to work with you at the BP article. I hope you stick around. Gandydancer (talk) 15:46, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | Mind the Gap Award

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For saying the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, to the right people. ```Buster Seven Talk 19:16, 22 June 2013 (UTC)


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Congratulations, Coretheapple! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the {{#if: 1,000|1,000|1,000}} classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! {{#if:

West.andrew.g (developer) and}} Pratyya (Hello!) 05:10, 14 November 2013 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Original Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | An old school barnstar for an old school defense of old school values at Jimbotalk. Don't be afraid to think outside of the box, sometimes the most effective course of action is an enforceable compromise. best, —Tim /// Carrite (talk) 22:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)


understanding for the slippery slope

Thank you, gnome with understanding for "consensus", "common sense" and the {{diff|Jimbo Wales|580746905|580746576|slippery slope}}, for {{diff|Phillip Silverstone|589326078||removing puffery statements}}, moving pages, fighting vandalism, standing up in kindness, and for {{diff|User talk:28bytes/Archive 44|588398226|588397963|expressing your regrets}}, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:55, 25 January 2014 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Editor's Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Your common sense approach is refreshing. Keep up the good work!!! Atsme (talk) 23:15, 19 February 2014 (UTC)


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style="vertical-align: middle;" | Congratulations, Coretheapple! You're receiving this barnstar of merit because you recently crossed the {{#if: 5,000|5,000|5,000}} classification threshold using STiki.

We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool.

We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! {{#if:

West.andrew.g (developer) and}} Ugog Nizdast (talk) 06:50, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your help at WP:ANI and for helping me get a sense of perspective on my talkpage. The vitriol shocked me for a second. Rest assured, I will continue to go and improve the encyclopedia. :) OrigamitePlease talk here 00:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Anti-Flame Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Your week seems to have been just lousy with acrimony and bad energy involving tendentious editors, seemingly as a consequence, at least in part, of dedicated efforts at WP:ANI. For keeping your calm and staying on point, I offer you one of the most well-earned barnstars I've yet awarded. Made from asbestos, same as your hide. ;) Snow (talk) 10:20, 29 April 2014 (UTC)


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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid lightgray" |Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for "old school values and a common sense approach focused on what will help Wikipedia survive the long haul". Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)


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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | You are awesome! Atlantictire (talk) 19:39, 20 June 2014 (UTC)


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style="vertical-align: middle;" | Congratulations, Coretheapple! You're receiving this barnstar of merit because you recently crossed the {{#if: 10,000|10,000|5,000}} classification threshold using STiki.

We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool.

We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! {{#if:

West.andrew.g (developer) and}} Ugog Nizdast (talk) 05:45, 13 December 2015 (UTC)


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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | for speaking truth to power, and maintaining calm in the face of heat and antagonism. Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 14:44, 26 March 2017 (UTC)


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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Barnstar of Diplomacy

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I appreciate your contributions regarding my topic ban as well as your thoughts on Arbitration Enforcement. --MONGO 13:32, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


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|text = On 22 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a new documentary recounts how Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali risked his life to rescue hundreds of Jews and partisans during World War II, but never spoke of it until late in life? {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at .|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes.|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes.}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=My_Italian_Secret:_The_Forgotten_Heroes&datefrom=2015-04-01&dateto=2015-04-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201504/My_Italian_Secret:_The_Forgotten_Heroes daily totals]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 18 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Winick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1971, Charles Winick found that American prostitutes earned little more than clerical workers? {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at .|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Winick|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Winick.|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Charles Winick|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Charles Winick.}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Charles_Winick&datefrom=2015-08-01&dateto=2015-08-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201508/Charles_Winick daily totals]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 3 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Private Property (1960 film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1960 crime film Private Property was "condemned" by the National Legion of Decency? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Private Property (1960 film). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2017-01-24&end=2017-02-13&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Private_Property_(1960_film) Private Property (1960 film)]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 5 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a documentary on Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's troubled 1972 concert tour was completed in 1974 but released theatrically in 2017? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2017-01-26&end=2017-02-15&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Leonard_Cohen:_Bird_on_a_Wire Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 6 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Law and Order (1969 film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frederick Wiseman intended his 1969 documentary Law and Order as "a chance to do in the pigs", but as he made the film he came to understand the "fear that cops live with"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Law and Order (1969 film). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2017-04-26&end=2017-05-16&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Law_and_Order_(1969_film) Law and Order (1969 film)]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 28 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Ford (pictured) portrayed an Office of Strategic Services officer in an OSS training film that he directed in 1943? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2017-09-18&end=2017-10-08&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Undercover:_How_to_Operate_Behind_Enemy_Lines Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 17 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ali Soozandeh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ali Soozandeh was inspired to film Tehran Taboo, which explores sexual double standards in Iran, by a conversation he overheard on a train? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ali Soozandeh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2018-03-07&end=2018-03-27&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Ali_Soozandeh Ali Soozandeh]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 13 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article You're a Big Boy Now (novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Benedictus dedicated his 1963 satirical novel You're a Big Boy Now to "the only girl I've ever loved—wherever they may be"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/You're a Big Boy Now (novel). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2018-11-03&end=2018-11-23&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=You%27re_a_Big_Boy_Now_(novel) You're a Big Boy Now (novel)]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 17 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Newyorkitis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that treatment for the symptoms of Newyorkitis was being offered at a New York YMCA in 1908? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Newyorkitis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2020-04-07&end=2020-04-27&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Newyorkitis Newyorkitis]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 26 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Life with Father (TV series), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Life with Father was the first network television series originating in Hollywood that was broadcast in color? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Life With Father (television series). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [//pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2021-10-16&end=2021-11-05&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Life_with_Father_(TV_series) Life with Father (TV series)]), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 7 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Babi Yar. Context, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the documentary Babi Yar. Context shows rare footage of buildings being destroyed by retreating Soviet forces in the main street of Nazi-occupied Kyiv? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Babi Yar. Context. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [//pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2022-05-28&end=2022-06-17&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Babi_Yar._Context Babi Yar. Context]), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 19 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Hustler (novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite claims to the contrary, novelist Walter Tevis insisted that the characters of "Minnesota Fats" and "Fast Eddie" in The Hustler were fictitious? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Hustler (novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2023-10-09&end=2023-10-29&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=The_Hustler_(novel) The Hustler (novel)]), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 16 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Going Infinite, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, compared a rival author to the subject of both their books, convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2024-01-06&end=2024-01-26&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Going_Infinite Going Infinite]), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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|text = On 7 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cold Crematorium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Holocaust memoir translated in 2023 described prisoners so dehumanized by the Nazis that they introduced themselves in past tense, as in "My name was ..."? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cold Crematorium: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2024-03-28&end=2024-04-17&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Cold_Crematorium Cold Crematorium]), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GettingStarted Special:Getting Started]. It is a list of articles in obvious trouble that even beginners can fix. I've found some instances where the articles are so bad they really shouldn't be in Wikipedia at all. Editing these articles results in a tag branding the editor as a "beginner getting started," but you can avoid that by copying and pasting the URL of the articles listed there.
  • "STiki", a really great counter-vandalism tool, crated by the awesome, brilliant software maven Andrew G. West. Every Wikipedian should spend a few minutes a day using this.

Thanks to User:Samwalton9 for the following, which I post below in its entirety:

  • :Category:Articles with a promotional tone is a good start. I also sometimes look at articles categorised there (or that have been G11'd) and search for particularly spammy snippets, such as "You can purchase" or "our website" (sometimes you come across a phrase that uncovers a goldmine of crap). You can also simply click through categories like :Category:American companies established in 1997 to uncover non-notable topics. Those are just a few suggestions, none of them astoundingly efficient, and there are probably better ways. Sam Walton (talk) 12:08, 22 March 2017 (UTC)


Good essay on hatting: Wikipedia:Superhatting. Note "the nuclear dunk," which of course can be phrased far more politely. My thanks to User:Salomeofjudea for bringing it to my attention.

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about YOU good essay on COI editing.



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  • To add reference to Newspapers.com to a cite, add "via=Newspapers.com" after the page number or as the last field.
  • When responding to a bot, one can add {{sbb}} (summoned by bot)
  • [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations#Other_resources Excellent copyright tools!]
  • [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:References_and_page_numbers#Footnotes References and page numbers]

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_non-free_file_copyright_tags Non-free copyright tags]

COI template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Question

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