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<pretentious quote>Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher.</pretentious quote> (Terre des Hommes, 1939)
Are you aware that "Goomba" is considered pejorative slang mocking Italians? It very well may have a different meaning to you but in fact it will undoubtedly offend some users. Would you consider changing your username? My76Strat (talk) 05:55, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, when you make changes to text, particularly when you change the meaning, it is important to ensure that the inline citations still verify the text. I reverted the change here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astrology&curid=2122&diff=499170112&oldid=499162235]. The text since it has not demonstrated its effectiveness in controlled studies and is typically unfalsifiable moved away from what the reference A Cosmic Perspective stated. IRWolfie- (talk) 18:36, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your insight! Still not quite sure how that happened, except that I went via view changes. I'll try not to do it again... One is one and one is one (talk) 23:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
I agree with your assessment, but I would think that having the articles associated with criticism would be useful for readers. I don't think burying them will make it go away. What do you think? Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 02:59, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you recently removed some content from List of homeopathic preparations without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, Jim1138 (talk) 05:25, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Please do not attack other editors, as you did to Talk:Global warming controversy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. --Guy Macon (talk) 02:18, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your well reasoned discussion re improving the alternative medicine article, resulting in air tight MEDRS sources for the lede first two sentences, and RS for the first paragraph. Now lets see if we can keep the content and sources from being slowly removed as appears to have happened in the past. Thanks again. :) ParkSehJik (talk) 17:20, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
The pseudoscience talkpage isn't a forum. Don't encourage other editors to treat it as a forum by prolonging the discussion. IRWolfie- (talk) 17:59, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
...and the same goes for James Tin Yau So. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Why have you accused me of edit warring? This is harassment. You deleted content without speaking to me. You didn't write anything on the talk page. I undid your deletion. Please give a reason somewhere. Unless you give a reason to remove cited information, I will add the information back.
A similar user User:Dominus Vobisdu deleted content a couple days ago, asking me to read a bunch of policy. I responded. - s t a r c a r (talk) 00:32, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Responded on my talk page. - s t a r c a r (talk) 00:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Pisces (astrology) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
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Hi, TippyGoomba. Thanks for removing your comment. Just for future reference, when you'd like to withdraw a comment you've made that someone has already replied to, a good way is to strike it instead of actually removing it. (To do that, just place the <s> and </s> commands, respectively, before and after the text you want stricken.) That way, you're not removing the reply (as you did this time) or leaving the reply there without context (as you correctly didn't). It's no big deal in this case—I doubt that anyone else will bother to comment there—but fwiw I was actually making a sort of general entreaty to anyone else who might happen along. I wasn't meaning to pick on you, and I did consider your point valid. Rivertorch (talk) 08:53, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
You wrote, "I'm sure the IP will be back any day now. Keep reaching for that rainbow." How as that comment helpful for improving the article? Readin (talk) 13:44, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
I get what you're doing, and I do understand how passionate you are about your issue, but it's really important that we stick to the actual facts and the science. Please don't revert things reflexively, without reading them, and without checking them first. When you roll back a correction of a basic issue of fact it's really counter-productive. Please use the article talk page to air any problems that you have. Thanks, Tilapidated (talk) 02:44, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Please do not remove or refractor others comments. Thank you. DVMt (talk) 04:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi TippyGoomba. Glad you're watching, but I'm not sure what you mean by "We most certainly can not."
(1) Do you mean the article "cannot" include U.S. Census Bureau data and CDC data? (SlimVirgin is saying that a newspaper article is preferable to U.S. Census data.)
(2) Or, are you saying that "secondary sources" only should be the policy. The link you posted says,"Best practice is to research the most reliable sources on the topic and summarize what they say in your own words, with each statement in the article attributable to a source that makes that statement explicitly." The U.S. Census is the best source, no? Go for the best I say--as your link recommends!
Could you explain better your issue?
Centamia (talk) 10:53, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Tippy, there are a variety of opinions on the alt med page and it gets pretty heated, pretty quickly, so it might be better to list a reason for your reverts or add some comments on the talk page so we can see where you're coming from. It's not difficult to start an edit war on that page and there are rarely any winners. Thanks Aspheric (talk) 01:09, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
I reverted your blanking of a section on Pandeism. Your summary stated it was unsourced, but there was a book source in the very section you deleted. I assume this was an oversight. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 18:49, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I think this WP:SPA should just be blocked. Short of that, just delete everything he posts to the WF articles without comment. But I'm no admin so that's just my feeling on this. Colin°Talk 19:37, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Muhammad, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. don't remove those references again prior to discussion. Faizan (talk) 06:20, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at PIGS (economics) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
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Additional comment: Edit warring while warning the person you are edit warring with about edit warring? Seriously? --Guy Macon (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
This opening sentence is misleading. Often, fluoridation is without the consent of the individual and is forced medication. Controlled should be changed to mandated or required . . . medication of the water supply fluoride is being used as a medication to enhance teeth health, controlled implies the person is knowingly adding fluoride to their water when in fact that is rarely the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.119.13 (talk)
I removed "controlled". Not really onboard with the rest. TippyGoomba (talk) 02:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
"The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent a chronic disease whose burdens particularly fall on children and on the poor." - Third paragraph, first sentence Wiki article on "Medication."- "A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as a medicine or medication, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance - or product comprising such - intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease."
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"or prevention of disease."
"is to prevent a chronic disease" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.119.13 (talk) 02:50, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Do you understand WP:BRD and WP:V or should I template you with regard to how to edit wikipedia articles? Puhlaa (talk) 19:16, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for your efforts in supporting the content of Wikipedia's more controversial medical articles! These aren't easy articles to work on as they attract a lot of attention from motivated editors. Your work to ensure these articles continue to be in line with Wikipedia policy and guideline, and (where appropriate) maintain their WP:GA or WP:FA quality standard, is very much appreciated. Zad68 04:34, 29 April 2013 (UTC) |
Hi TippyGoomba, I'd like to ask you to continue monitoring the Huizhou University page. Anonymous user113 continues to add unsourced and non-neutral information to the page now that it has been unlocked. I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to partially lock the page, so that only logged-in user can edit. Otherwise, this anonymous user, I feel, will continue to vandalize the page. As I'm sure you've notivced, reasoning with him has gotten me nowhere. What do you suggest?
AndreGallant (talk) 00:43, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Do you have a strategy? I have been dealing with KhabarNegar for months, and I see no prospect of persuading him to be more reasonable. As long as he is able to edit, I see no prospect of change. NPguy (talk) 01:51, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
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You asked whether there were any particular disputes I would point to. If you look at the history of the article I would simply point to the many disputes he and I have had on the article in question. The history from late April to early May is representative of the problem. You may also want to cite my dispute resolution request and subsequent AN/I post . NPguy (talk) 15:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi TippyGoomba! Please find the discussion here: Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Acupuncture#Medical procedure?. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 02:20, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
New issues at acupuncture. See article talk page. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 19:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
You have restored a tag at chiropractic education that states the article gives undue weight to a fringe view. The point of these tags is not to label every topic considered fringe, it is to identify articles that need work; see fringe theory template. Do you have any specific suggestions for how to improve the article? There is a discussion at the talk page where you could indicate how you think the article falls short. If you have some specific reasons for why the article fails NPOV, then please mention it at the talk page so it can be addressed and the tag can remain until the issues are fixed. If you have no specific issue with the article, then you should not be tagging it.Puhlaa (talk) 04:24, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
I mean . I just didn't want the talk page crowded with content. Nice. --Smkolins (talk) 14:51, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Greetings and thank you for your contributions to WP. I have proposed a format for references on Alternative medicine. I wanted to let you know and give you an opportunity to comment here. Good day! - - MrBill3 (talk) 17:06, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Tippy, FYI I mentioned you here on Camp's User Talk page. I should have link-ping'd you but forgot to... Zad68
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Hi Tippy! I noticed you've made some edits to Derwick Associates in the past and I recently made some changes to the page, along with related pages, myself to try and improve it. I wanted to invite you to take a look at the current version and see what you think.Righteousskills (talk) 08:19, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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