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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Piper J-3 Cub. 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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You recently vandalised two articles RAF Benevolent Fund and North Carolina Aviation Museum by blanking the contents, if you vandalise articles again like this you may be blocked from editing without further warning so please take care and dont vandalise, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 17:46, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
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Excuse me, but quoting articles is not a copyright infringement if a person credits the source. I have studied other articles to figure out what's allowed & what's not. See this example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_J-3_Cub#Flitfire Their Flitfire section is taken, word for word from the Flitfire section of the "American Warplanes of WWII" book. See for yourself. https://books.google.com/books?id=M_oA_b92XK8C&lpg=PA448&ots=61RvTNPZcj&dq=flitfire%20piper%20raf%20benevolent%20fund&pg=PA448#v=onepage&q&f=false I didn't see any concern for that. So why is that not the standard here? I have taken data from different sources & credited each source. Nigel Ish also undid edits from other people who streamlined the citations (references). Why? Please quit vandalizing the article. Edit the Piper article for copyright violations; otherwise, this is a double standard. Thank you.
I NEED WIKI ADMINISTRATION HELP CONCERNING THIS... Cubgirl4444 (talk) 13:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cubgirl4444 I am busy at the moment but I can look at your additions and see what is going on for you later today with the text that keeps being removed, just to note the "American Warplanes of WWII" is actually a copy of the wiki article not the other way around, publishers copy the articles into a book form to get punters to buy them based on the titles but all the work is done by wikipedia. MilborneOne (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Ok thanks... Nigel Ish removed four entire sections of the work and it was NOT all from the EAA article. As a matter of fact, the EAA erroneously reports there were 50 Flitfires. There were only 49. But I did like some of their word smithing. Anyway, everything has been rewritten and I like my word smiting much better!
Who do I ask about the copyrights permissions I'm trying to get for photos? If posting copyright photos is not allowed even with special permission, then I don't want to waste my time getting them, except for maybe a private web page I could start on Flitfires.
I have to say, I've owned a Flitfire for 30 years and know more about them than probably anyone else on earth. Mine was the first one restored in 1991. Trying to share this on Wiki has been frustrating: work getting deleted, the article immediately got nominated for deletion and then getting banned on Commons (even if it was only for one day). Just learning to "talk" is a chore as it's not an intuitive system. And that BOT that goes around deleting your work if you're a newbie and forget to put in an "edit summary" or forget to check the "minor edit box" was frustrating.
All in all, if you all want to delete my work on the Flitfire, then go ahead because just I'm tired of fighting for this here. If I had fond memories of the Wiki experience, I might feel differently. It was quite a surprise to learn how the Wiki world works and from my viewpoint, it's not a very friendly place. Your message is the first friendly message I've received here, so thank you for humanizing Wiki somewhat. Cubgirl4444 (talk) 22:17, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Are they ever going to win again? ;-) Knowledgebattle (talk) 05:12, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Flitfire, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Nearly all of your edits are marked as minor edits, including one that added more than 6000 bytes. Use the minor edit flag only on real minor edits, not on substantive edits. If your user interface is defaulting to flagging all of your edits as minor, request help at the Help Desk or Village Pump Technical. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:19, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello again Cubgirl, if you would like I can try and explain the deal with the blackout curtains to you, and so on. Wikipedia is frustrating, when you have expertise, because that very expertise magnifies the way you see the wikipedia-articles. Anyways, this is not any kind of Formal Offer From Some Administrator, but I've been around the wiki-block a few times, and can give you some informal help. I can also point you to the 'proper' places for demanding admin attention, if you decide that is really the way to go. Please leave me a note on my usertalk, if you want to chat for a bit, click 'talk' then at the top 'new section', type a note and mash 'save'. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 18:58, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
who is this? i wish you would have come by about 2 months ago. i'm to the end of my rope and want out of this. i created the article and within 2 hours,it was nominated for deletion. what a welcome from wiki.
Cubgirl4444 (talk) 07:58, 10 September 2015 (UTC)cubgirl
Hi, your edits at Flitfire do not seem to be going down well. Rather than waste time and risk sanctions by warring (see WP:EDITWAR) against a group of experienced editors, you might find it more productive to join in the discussion on the article talk page about the list of Flitfires. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 18:28, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Ahunt. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Flitfire that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page.
Thank you. The diff was this edit summary. - Ahunt (talk) 23:13, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Ahunt. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Flitfire Brigade that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page.
Thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 23:18, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
I didn't attack you. i said you constantly deleted my work and were a bully. both are true
Cubgirl4444 (talk) 07:56, 10 September 2015 (UTC)cubgirl
my mechanic is 90 years old and was in utah beach in WWII.
Give the man a hug for me, if you will. :-) 75.108.94.227 (talk) 01:19, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
harold and my cub are 1200 miles away from me at the moment. but yes, he is wonderful. i told him he is part of the greatest generation who saved the world. i adore harold
thank you Cubgirl4444 (talk) 08:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)cubgirl
So normally, people aren't supposed to use the article talkpages, like Talk:Flitfire_Brigade, like I've been using it. Which is to say, abusing it to jabber about wiki-policies, and start a wiki-conversation. That Talk:Flitfire Brigade page is really supposed to be about, you know, improving the Flitfire article. And not really about dispute resolution. Are most of your questions getting answered? If so, I suggest we move the conversation to our userpages, rather than the article-talkpage. The main problem here, is that you misunderstood what Ahunt was doing, and in turn, Ahunt misunderstood what *you* were doing... that you weren't ignoring them... you just forgot where the stupid article-talkpage even was. :-) When you've been around wikipedia as long as Ahunt has, it is easy to forget how harsh wikipedia is on beginners, and that there are too many dern pages to memorize.
Anyways, I like you even though I've never met you, and hope you will stick out these tough times. Once you get the hang of it, wikipedia is pretty fun. But it's tough at first. You can leave me a note on my usertalkpage, if you want a sympathetic ear. It doesn't count as "canvassing" to alert wikiproject members, and it also doesn't count as canvassing to leave a neutral note asking for advice, on the userpage of somebody you are friendly with. Anyways, I think you have the makings of a great wikipedian, and you are free to leave me a note at any time; I'm gonna step back from the article-talkpage for a bit, and see if you and Ahunt and Steelpillow can work things out amongst yourselves.
If you want some input, or feel like some stupid wiki-rule just must be wrong, let me know please. :-) Every wiki-rule has exceptions, is my motto. Even that wiki-rule, about every rule having exceptions: please do your level best to stay calm and cool and collected. Don't call people names. It's no fun for them, and wikipedia is WP:NOT supposed to be a horrible place. If you need me, or just want to chitchat, click the little blue '(talk)' thing by my signature, click 'new section', smash out a note, and click 'save'. Best, 75.108.94.227 (talk) 01:19, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cubgirl4444,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Flitfire Brigade for deletion, because it's too short to identify the subject of the article.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
spirit, yes, i agree... delete the article. it has misinformation in it now anyway. thank you spirit eagle
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spirit, yes, i agree... delete the article. it has misinformation in it now anyway. thank you spirit eagle
Hi, the recent massive deletion of material from Flitfire Brigade has been restored. Some of us liked most of what you wrote. Hope to see you around. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I saw that! ;-) Cubgirl, if you do decide you want to give the wikipedia thing a serious whirl again, I'm here if you need me. Actually, of course, my "IP address" thing might rotate, happens every so often when the internet providers decide to spin their wheels around, and if so my number might be different and you might be unable to locate me easily. But until then, you can leave me a note, by clicking '(talk)' in my signature, click 'new section' at the top, type me a nice chatty note, and click 'save'. Same thing (from *their* signatures over on Talk:Flitfire_Brigade) works for other editors, such as GraemeLeggett and Steelpillow and Ahunt -- who I do still say, swear up and down, were not trying to make you unhappy. They're just trying to improve wikipedia, in their own way, as best they can. I wish you fair skies, however you decide. Best, 75.108.94.227 (talk) 02:52, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi again Cubgirl, it is always better to say the just-the-facts phrase "intends to" rather than the predictive-evaluative phrase "will" when speaking of future events. Compare:
Better to only write history, after that history has already happened:
It is sometimes okay to write down stuff about intentions and hopes and such... but usually, only if those specific hopes/intentions/plans/dreams/whatever have been mentioned by journalists, see WP:CRYSTAL.
Also, best-practice is to never use words like "innovative" unless they are in a direct quote from some newspaper/television/etc piece that specifically uses such flowery language in the journalist's voice. Compare:
Don't be a fan, and don't be a naysayer; it's hard to concentrate on just-the-facts at first, but once you get the hang of it, pretty easy. "Omit needless words." p.s. If you get stuck or need assistance, you can click 'talk' next to my sig, click 'new section' at the top of the page, type me a note, and click 'save' to send it. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:22, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
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