Credo - No personal view is held. Solely involved to attempt to retain good editors to continue their work on Wikipedia.
I don't have the spare time to devote to the creativity and effort required which is growing Wikipedia into such an esteemed resource.
At best I can help good editors continue their work.
At the least, editors will see that theirs was not a lone voice in a bureaucracy of seemingly intractable policies.
Donesuccessful mediation Factual accuracy dispute resolved, tiptoeing carefully in the Scientology minefield, and tag removed.
Donesuccessful mediation Mediated to address the Weasel Word concerns and also preserved the authors original intention. Reworded article. Weasel tag removed Mental property
Investigate and demonstrate a redirect page going to an "anchor" tag. however anchors always get deleted, so need to create a sub-heading and see if a redirect page can redirect to a sub-heading. use the Smaug example to answer the question on the Village Pump positive proposal.
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Add a redirect, or an addition to Wikiquote, perhaps: Deeds, not words Acta non verba, Motto of Emmeline Pankhurst
Technical debt#Causes - lorra, lorra causes. Work on mediation to remove ugly tag(s) there.
Deeds not words example - Deletionpedia is a good place for inclusionists to keep each other company with a bit of hugge. /Deletionpedia membership
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find the "view page source" button, or use "links-to-here" to find the "users looking for help", AFC table of statistics and vandalism meter. Excellent anti-vandal features, here: User:Happysailor
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how to include...
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currently the disambig page has: A credo is a statement of belief, especially of a religious nature. Credo, Latin translation: "I believe" refers to core, fundamental, unshakeable personal principles, firmly held. (citation needed...) then link to disambig page on credo page. Mediation4u(chat)nb:editing is fun 08:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Are you feeling philosophical today?
If so...
“You don’t marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they become as a result of being married to you.”
-Richard Needham
The humorist and playwright who wrote for Punch, The Telegraph, Bristol New Vic and Southwark Playhouse.
There is a personal life section missing from Miles Kington page. Mediation may be required. Perhaps it has been redacted by fans to white wash history, or reduce embarrassment - look in page history.
Balut_(egg) todo: Read the refs and convert to inline citations, then remove the header tag.
Ugly tag #2
Life skills-based education - Add unicef ref to page, with extra text, proper REF section using Cite wizard, and propose to remove tag. Deadline. editting day. June. [1]
New section - bicententary celebrations - 200 years of RBAI
Reworded this, which was criticised as advert:
TODO - need an extra REF for the list of celebrations.
TODO - add the 2010 REF to Winter Instonians Sea Horse magazine edition, a section of RBAI School News.
The foundation stone at RBAI was laid on 3 July 1810, and in 2010 the school celebrated its bicentenary. The celebrations took place throughout the calendar year and included events such as Old Boys' evenings, school open days, a gala dinner in Belfast City Hall and the RBAI Grand Concert at the Waterfront hall, Belfast. The concert included music from both the choir and school orchestra, with a mix of musical styles all arranged by head of music, Philip Bolton (MBE).[1] (philip bolton MBE ref)
Pic logo - At the school's centenary and bi-centenary the wine from XX vineyard was served."
- Years old: RBAI 200 yrs logo image - find photo of vineyard wine.
"At the centenary and bi-centenary the wine from XX vineyard was served. The vineyard was founded in the same year as Inst." <ref> which is a web ref to the wikipedia commons upload label image. another ref to the vineyard website.
for Wiki-commons Description:
location of photo: taken in the House of Lords, UK. During the Old Instonians meal, celebrating 200 years since the school was founded. - link to 200 years of RBAI section).
On Talk, Suggested links to remove citation Maintenance Tag
Encourage people to gamify their time on Wikipedia, encourage self-awards too, for example - handing out plenty of Wikipedia:Awards
Completed
Ugly tag - fixed
Ugly tags at the top of Golden_Rule
I suggested and moved the tags at the top of the article to the place where they are relevant.
They do not apply to the lead section where the tags appear - it has nothing wrong with it; so the tags are misplaced and do not prompt improvement to the article where they are currently placed. Instead they hugely detract from the article's readability.
Moved tags to prompt improvement of the article and improve readability.
got your attention? - It takes all sorts - planks, hawks and doves. The last resort - some need to be clubbed into submission.
"Deletionists" user-boxes - conflict of interest?
Deletionists who have never written an article themselves - suspect people with a conflict of interest trying to delete their business competitor's entries, and perhaps building a "deletionist" reputation on other articles to mask their anti-competition agenda. Assume-good-faith tenet is very difficult for a Deletionist who has not written an article or who hide their work as their deletes are so controversial.
There is currently a citation box at the article head. However the article itself is fairly well referenced and where it isn't it has meaningful links to other well-referenced wikipedia pages. I propose to put "citation needed" against items that DO need citations, e.g., Donald Lambro's quote. Then remove the ugly box at the head of the article. just a thought. Mediation4u (talk) 16:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
Identified issue with Lambro citation - A notable reference has been added to the Daily Telegraph article. Other paragraphs do have meaningful links to other well-referenced wikipedia pages, and this page has encyclopedically summarised those pages, therefore no futher refs required. So aesthetically unpleasing Citation Box removed. Mediation4u (talk) 11:57, 11 August 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
Beachcomber (pen name) Correct a typo and add a source ...
<ref name=Morton_Renowned_Catholic>((cite web|last=Agnes|title=Ronald Knox as a satirist|url=https://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/en/bitstream/handle/10393/21202/DC53821.PDF|work=Page 318|publisher=UNIVERSITY D'OTTAWA - ECOLE DES GRADUES|accessdate=04/23/2012))</ref>
Useful links to diffs of edits done. For key items, paste can restore inadvertent deletions.
Need to recheck the content is there if a link is ever sent to anyone, or the link is broken in some Wiki-linked text which explains a reasoned point in a discussion. Obviously broken hyperlinks in text are a consequence of an aging internet, maintenance is essential. The links below provide it.
Banagher Glen
Replaced a FACT tag with a "place of the week" article in the national press. (Content Disputed and Citation needed, WikiGnome, job done).
I'm trying to help so that at least you are not put off further contributions to Wikipedia and you are happy that any appropriate content is kept somewhere in the encyclopedia,
Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).
When you think something needs clarity, feel free to look it up on a variety of sources before asking about whatever questions need to be answered. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link. You don't even need to log in. (Although there are some reasons why you might like to do so...)
The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or try out the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome.
Places to start researching include (but are not limited to):
Your local library; PublicLibraries.com lists public libraries by U.S. state; UK Public Libraries lists public libraries by the regions of the United Kingdom
If you're just looking for answers to your questions, you can try the Wikipedia Reference Desk, although reliability is not guaranteed and answers given should not be used as resources for any academic paper or encyclopedia article.
Mediation approach - Archiving bad vibes on Talk pages
Leave the Talk page constructive and fun, to draw people in to Wikipedia and encourage a spirit of WikiLove.
Actively archiving bad vibes to spread the WikiLove
wikilove gallery
Archive past disingenuous discussions and low quality comments.
Mediation4u has drunk the pint that another user has bought you! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding ((subst:WikiPint)) to their talk page with a friendly message.
Mediation chill pills
Hierarchy of Disagreement (after Paul Graham's "How to Disagree"). Trying to stay in the top 3 is ideal, not taking things too seriously.
Plenty of Wikipedia help pages encourage Golden Rule respectful attitudes.
Spirituality - Neutrality dispute resolution example
This section can discuss the neutrality box and propose removing the box, or paragraphs which need to be addressed before removal. I could not see any current part of this talk page specifically moving towards removal of the dispute box. I note that previous discussions on "Original research" disputed the wording on prayer and meditation. The article lead now appears to have found a compromise which is acceptable for the participants in the April 2011 discussion, on "Original Research" >> hist-link << Mediation4u (talk) 07:27, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Just to neaten up the article, I propose removing the dispute box in seven days' time. Please let me know if anyone agrees / disagrees with removing the dispute box from the head of the article. Many thanks. Mediation4u (talk) 09:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Agree. The issues appear to have been resolved. hgilbert (talk) 11:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Based on the review of the dispute discussion; agreement to the proposal to remove the dispute box and 7 days' notice given, I will remove the neutrality dispute box from the article tomorrow. Mediation4u (talk) 11:23, 20 June 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
Consensus reached and so I have removed the POV dispute box. Mediation4u (talk) 11:26, 21 June 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
Expand : *Consensus reached to keep primary-sourced facts and balance it with more secondary details, split it out if necessary, and create effective brief summaries containing both. This approach is how the bible is covered. See Discussion.
basically shows edits which Athanasius1 has done. - note that Athanasius1 is one of the many fallen, lost, the burn out trail is in Athanasius1's final edit history.
More work required...
Hundreds per month. It's gonna be a long job.
NPOV_disputes
link - *Fuck for Forest
Criticism: (kept within comments, for the eyes of die-hards only) - Note that the person who tagged the head of the article in the multiple issue box for Notability in Nov 2010 did NOT leave any justification or reasoning on the Talk page, had the template syntax wrong, and also probably did not read the PREVIOUS discussion on the Talk page giving sources of Notability, where the Delete discussion resulted in KEEP - Now that's what I call a low quality tagging edit. Still - it prompted the article to improve, so every cloud has a silver lining and all that.
Warlordjohncarter self-styled "arrogant bastard with a morbid sense of humor," like, well, him on the right here. Be warned.
User:Warlordjohncarter/Alphabetical listing of WikiProjects
User:Warlordjohncarter/Removal list of projects
Fun folks in Wikipedia
I've been lucky enough to have come across some truly exceptional people here. These are some of the ones who most often and frequently come to mind.
User:Durova - A fine lady who has said that she gets involved in working with some of the more, uh, outspoken members of wikipedia, many of whom seem to have a far better grasp of profanity than standard language. She says she does this to help keep the rest of us from being subjected to the activities of these people, and has demonstrably gone to great efforts to give even these troublesome editors a chance to continue. I know that I am personally very thankful for all her efforts.
User:Himalayan Explorer - The amount of material this editor has contributed to the project, and his ideas for improving the project, are phenomenal, almost scary.
User:Jade Knight - Good "adopter". Would you like to "adopt" someone?
User:Kirill Lokshin - Feted by many. The driving force behind the Military history Project Coordinating Arbitrator of the WP:ARBCOM. It is my sincerest hope that this man remains active here as long as possible. I really wonder if the place would function anywhere near as well without him.
User:Kingboyk - I am stunned at the amount of work this individual has given to wikipedia, and to the Biography WikiProject in particular. He has once run for a seat on the foundation board already. I can imagine few people I would prefer to see there.
User:Pastordavid - One of the first editors I encountered here, and one who has had the at-best dubious pleasure of fairly regular contact with me. One of the most calm, well-informed, and even-handed people I've met. And a great editor who has an unusually high number of FAs and GAs to his credit.
The battle took place on July 1, 1690 (OS) just outside the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast. Each army stood on opposing sides of the River Boyne. William's forces easily defeated those of James who led an army of mostly raw recruits. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British and Irish history and a key part in Irish Protestantfolklore. It is still commemorated today, principally by the Orange Institution. As a consequence of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the battle is now commemorated on July 12 each year. Read more...
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Sociopathy may represent an evolutionarily stable strategy, by which a small number of people who cheat on social contracts benefit in a society consisting mostly of non-sociopaths.[4]
Done successful mediation NPOV dispute resolved, prompted consensus to be reached and tag removed. Spirituality is a hot topic.
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Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
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