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Please do not add your own personal analysis of review aggregators, such that you determine a film received "positive reviews". This is synthesis. See also, for example, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Archive 61#Using Metacritic to authoritatively state a film's reception. We can report that something has a certain rating, but we can't extrapolate from that. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a "personal analysis", however, to determine a film's general critical reception by review aggregators. Synthesis is defined as combing sources "to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources" and the conclusion of a film receiving "generally positive reviews" (the statement I wrote) is explicitly stated by both sources - Metacritic states that Green Room received "generally favorable reviews" and Rotten Tomatoes states that its critical consensus is "[the film] delivers unapologetic genre thrills with uncommon intelligence and powerfully acted élan." Furthermore, in that WikiProject Film discussion, Gonein60 made the point that it's best to avoid a summarizing statement when the sources "disagree, or the results aren't as clear cut", which, as noted above, is not the case with Green Room.

Nevertheless, I am not opposed to removing "generally positive reviews" from the lead and you actually re-wrote that sentence the same way I intended to re-write it. I only wanted the Rotten Tomatoes rating out of the lead because it was awkwardly placed and better suited for the reception section. My intention was to follow what seems to be the general policy with film leads - I have seen many leads mention the general reception of the reviews, but not the exact ratings. The lead, of course, is intended for summaries, not specifics. Bluerules (talk) 17:48, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This edit to the article for Monmouth University cleaned up the list of notable alumni, but removed a number of sources. Please be careful to avoid deleting sources when performing cleanup like this. Alansohn (talk) 20:55, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I recognize the usual importance of sources, but is this an area that requires sources? Princeton's article, for example, doesn't place sources confirming that all of its noted alumni went there. I agree that the sources regarding an individual's education background should be on that individual's own entry, as individuals can lie about where they attended, but we do not expect institutions of higher learning to lie about their graduates/past students. Bluerules (talk) 22:58, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of articles that don't provide sources, but Wikipedia is built on the principal of sourcing. It's always better to use a third-party source from a newspaper, magazine or book. The school's website or publications are usually acceptable as a self-published source. Alansohn (talk) 06:00, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And I agree, which is why I have not removed the sources. However, this seems to be a bias against smaller schools - we seem to assume the Princeton alumni are who they claim to be, yet we doubt the more obscure institutions. Also, as my own advice, it is a good practice to keep the descriptions of the alumni as concise as possible, which was a big part of my clean-up effort. Sterling was just one example of out-of-date information - Light, Meredith, Pearce, and Valles are with teams not stated in the article, Lawless is with DNCE now, not the Jonas Brothers (the Jonas Brothers don't even exist anymore), and McDonald is currently on the WRAT, not SiriusXM - there are inconsistencies with how the alumni are described - links are included to other professional leagues, but not the NFL, and some of the athletes don't even have their leagues mentioned, and Holzapfel is said to be a former Assembly member, but not O'Scanlon, while O'Scanlon's district is listed, but not Holzapfel's - present occupations have to take priority over past ones - if Brandon is currently with a team other than the Broncos, that goes first - and a number of other information is inaccurate or too poorly-written - Lapin's source says he pioneered "bloodless surgery" for Jehovah's, not in general. Keep these as brief as possible, avoid going into detail about what they did, and let their professions speak for themselves. If an alumnus was a professional athlete in a professional league, that speaks for itself. If a reader wants to learn more about him or her, they go to that individual's own entry. Bluerules (talk) 14:57, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can assure you that I'm not adding sources out of "bias against small schools". The identifying information is being added to let readers know who the person is, when they lived and why they're notable, along with a source documenting their connection to the school. I'm sure that you may find some of the details superfluous, just as I see a laundry list gallery of every available picture as superfluous. I'm happy to keep the gallery, which I will ignore as visual pollution and maybe you can have your eyes skip over the words "born 19??", while we leave all the details there for the benefit of readers. If some of the capsule descriptions are more detailed, why is the solution to bring them down to the lowest common denominator?

I fully support updating the capsule biographies and the reorganization by category, but there seems to be no policy to justify removal of dates because you deem them "superfluous" any more than to remove the gallery on the same basis. All of Wikipedia is superfluous. Alansohn (talk) 19:05, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying you necessarily have a bias against small schools, I just find it a bit off that the sources are requested for a little-known institution like Monmouth, whereas Princeton's alumni do not have citations. The purpose of the section is, of course, to identify noted alumni and provide a brief description of who they are. However, like I said, it's generally assumed that the institution itself is not lying about its alumni, which is why we don't always see sources documenting their connection to the school; we see those sources on the individual's own page, because they're the ones who will lie about it.

However, the descriptions remain an issue because not only do many of them contain superfluous information, they are inconsistent. Some of the descriptions are superfluous - for example, listing all of the Survivor series LaGrossa appeared on, when a single link to the main Survivor entry establishes her notability - but not all are. My edits do not "bring [the descriptions] down to the lowest common denominator", they keep the most relevant information and provide it in a concise manner. Your description of Miles Austin, for example, says "retired football wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles". My description says "former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles". My description says the exact same thing as yours, but removes the unnecessary "who", identifies which form of football he played, and identifies what the NFL is. In fact, I added more details to the alumni than I previously had before in my last edit and these details have still been reverted back to their previous versions. In fact, important details for the benefit of readers have now been removed. You removed the leagues that many of the athletes played for. You removed the teams that they play for. For example, Chevannah Paalvast is an active player for a team. I added the team and league she plays for and you removed this. You throw in "NFL" without including a link to the NFL or explaining what the NFL is/what it stands for, while also linking and not abbreviating other league names, and not even including the league name, or even the sport for others. If bringing the descriptions down to the lowest common denominator is no solution, why did you do that with many of the descriptions? Why did you remove the details I added? The main issue here is inconsistency with the descriptions. What I am striving for above all else is consistency, which I am providing to these descriptions. For example, if the player is active, list his or her position, the team he or she is with, and what league that team is in. You can't pick or chose which alumni get their current teams and league listed and which don't. If it's provided for one, it has to be provided for all. With former athletes, notability plays a factor in adding the teams (since NFL teams are better known than Arena Football League teams), but all leagues should be noted because simply writing "professional basketball player" leaves readers wondering exactly where the alumni played. That is bringing the description down to the lowest common denominator.

It is inconsistent to identify Gove as "politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly", while Holzapfel and O'Scanlon are "member[s] of the New Jersey Senate". It is inconsistent to identify former Freeholder Lacey as "politician who served on the Ocean County Board of chosen freeholders" while former Freeholder McMorrow is identified immediately as a "former member of the Monmouth County Board of chosen freeholders". To continually remove McMorrow's current government position is also another case of bringing the descriptions down to the "lowest common denominator" because it overlooks the fact that she is still involved in government. It may not be a notable position by itself, but Freehold Township is notable enough to have its own entry and McMorrow is notable enough to have her own entry, courtesy of her Freeholder service. Current positions take precedence over past positions with an individual when explaining who they are. This is also seen with Brandon, who first identified as a "former cornerback for the Denver Broncos". If Brandon is playing for another team - which he is - that goes before any past teams he played for. That is what he currently is and currently is doing. When he retires, that's another story because the Broncos are the better-known team (at least in the US), but at the moment, what's more important is his current occupation. You also continue to revert Light's description back to the teams he formerly played for and removing the organization he is currently with. There are also many other inconsistencies, such as identifying some non-active athletes as "former" and others as "retired". Identify them all as one word, mixing the words around hurts the flow of the article. The "|" character from Chris Hogan is continually removed by you, yet that character is given to other alumni, such as Kennedy. Again, either they all have it or none of them have it. And to immediately identify Halicki by throwing a no-hitter is both superfluous and inconsistent. This is a trivia accomplishment; he's notable by the simple fact that he played professionally. Why do we not identify Austin as two-time Pro Bowler or Hogan as a Super Bowl-winner? Even grammar issues exist - the version you keep reverting to with LaGrossa reads "reality show contestant was featured on". Including "was" by itself is grammatically incorrect, it should be either "who was" or be removed. And Thornton's description is missing a comma. If you do support updating the capsule biographies, I ask you to not revert the biographies to previous versions that suffer from inconsistencies, superfluous details, and omit important details.

I added the gallery because many other college entries, such as The College of New Jersey, have one. If you deem it as "visual pollution", I am not necessarily against removing it, or at least removing some of the pictures. Not many Monmouth alumni have pictures on their articles, which is why a "laundry list" of every available picture can at least be used without it affecting the article. However, it is not superfluous because it has a noted benefit - it adds a visual benefit for readers. That's why we have pictures on articles in the first place - it keeps readers interested in reading them. The dates are superfluous because they have no prominent benefit. There is no policy to justify keeping the dates either and the policy on Wikipedia is to keep only relevant information on articles. The dates are not relevant to this article. As you said the identifying information is there to inform readers who the alumni are and why they are notable. Birth dates do not explain why they are notable, which is why they are superfluous. If you remove the birth dates, the purpose of the section is fulfilled. When written correctly, Wikipedia is never superfluous. Encyclopedias are never superfluous. They provide information in a clear, concise, and purely factual manner. That's why people rely on them for information.

I appreciate your work in finding more alumni to add to the page - and this may warrant its own entry - but it's best to leave the organization and descriptions to me. This section was a mess beforehand, with non-notables added, not even listed in alphabetical order, and poorly-written descriptions with details that were superfluous. I don't know for how long these errors stood, but I am now making the effort to improve the organization of this section, and it is best if we avoid going back to the way this section was before. The article itself is in need of improvement - it is a skeleton in need of more information. For example, the history section is just a mere two sentences long. Would it be best if you worked on what needs further details while I work on what needs to be trimmed? Bluerules (talk) 22:43, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think that what best encapsulates what's wrong here is your insistence that "it's best to leave the organization and descriptions to me". Who put you in charge? Let's work on building consensus, which may be easier once you realize that we are all in charge of editing and organizing this article. Alansohn (talk) 00:26, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I made that insistence because no other users made the effort to clean-up the alumni section before I made my edits and I have attempted to be progressive in my edits. I included sources, even if I don't necessarily agree with their inclusion, and brought new sources into the article for those who didn't have citations and the names I added myself. I've tried to find a middle ground between including all the necessary information and not having excessive information/wording. Like I said in my previous message, I've included more details in the descriptions than I did in the past. You definitely deserve credit for all of the sources and names you've found, as well as creating a faculty section, but many of your descriptions are simply retreads of what the existing articles say, many of which are not-well written due to the obscurity of the subjects. That's not your fault as you didn't write these article, but there does need to be more care in writing the descriptions - for example, Oxley's initial description put his former position before his current position, when like I said before, current positions take precedence over past positions. I'm not in charge, and I'm not saying I'm in charge of the entire article, but I do feel like I'm one of the few users who actually cares about having the Monmouth University article improved. This is an article with less than 1,000 edits, had no edits between December and February, had a poorly-written alumni section that nobody else tried cleaning-up before, and like I mentioned in my previous message, contains only bare-bones information - chiefly the history section, which is only a mere two sentences long. I know well that this is a collaboration between editors and we're all supposed to be in charge of editing and organizing this article, but it's also important to recognize that there are also neglected articles that only a handful of editors actually care about improving. It'll be hard for us to get a consensus with other editors when we seem to be the only editors actually making meaningful contributions to the article. Bluerules (talk) 01:40, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It will be harder to reach consensus if we don't both make an effort. This is an article that I edited only after you had violated policy by removing every single one of the sources included about notables in this edit; my first assumption was that it was vandalism. While you reordered the list and removed some non-notables, my follow-up edits have added a few dozen notables, each one with biographical details taken from their article and accompanied by an appropriate source. I'm not sure on what basis the fact that the article was crappy before you reordered the list of alumni gives you the authority to decide thereafter what is superfluous and how individuals must be described.

"I made that insistence because no other users made the effort to clean-up the alumni section before I made my edits and I have attempted to be progressive in my edits."?!?!?! You had edited the article more frequently and more recently than I had (six edits in 2016 and 2017), and yet you had never added any material or a single source in any of these edits; is that what grants you the authority to insist that "it's best to leave the organization and descriptions to me"?!?! I'm OK with the pictures, which even you seem to agree were excessive, and I'm more than fine with the regrouping (even if I disagree about Thornton, who is primarily known as an author *NOT* as a physician), and some of the descriptions could be better than what is in the articles for these individuals. Yet many of these sanitized descriptions are sterile and stilted (e.g., the excessive use of "gridiron football" and "American football") and some of the descriptions are either excessively detailed (Barbara J. McMorrow's position as a member of the Freehold Township Committee is trivial) or leave out critical details (e.g., all we know about Ron Lapin is that he's a physician, not that he's a pioneer in bloodless surgery). I'm not sure that you've shown enough effort to find a "middle ground" other than to insist that you should be put in charge.

How about we try to find a genuine middle ground, which might well involve keeping more of what you have arbitrarily decided is superfluous and letting other readers (and editors) make the decision for themselves. Maybe we can start with the faculty section I created as a starting point to find some consensus rather than turn it into a faculty directory. Alansohn (talk) 15:54, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And I am making that effort by expanding the descriptions to include all relevant information while re-working the wording. I am making that effort by including all of the citations, even if I do not believe they are necessary and adding them when I find new names. Removing citations is not a violation of policy nor vandalism when citations are not necessary. Before either of us changed this section, the majority of the alumni did not have citations. Some citations also had to be removed regardless because the names they were attached to were removed, due to those individuals not being notable enough to have their own entries. I have repeatedly given you credit for your efforts in finding new alumni to add to the page. However, your descriptions are often simply retreads of what the alumni's own page says, which results in inconsistencies and excessive wording that can be removed without impacting the information provided to the reader. Furthermore, whereas I will make alterations to my initial descriptions to further improve them, you simply revert back to your existing descriptions and their existing flaws. Refer to your most recent revision of the faculty section, where you re-inserted Oxley's description of being a "former Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey who is a judge on the New Jersey Superior Court". Again, as Oxley is currently a New Jersey Superior Court judge, that takes precedence over his past profession and my edit presented this same information in less words - "New Jersey Superior Court judge and former Monmouth County sheriff". I am not saying there is any "basis [from] the fact that the article was crappy before [I] reordered the list of alumni gives [me] the authority to decide thereafter what is superfluous and how individuals must be described." I am not saying I have any authority at all. What I am saying is my descriptions are more effective, more consistent, and more beneficial to the article. Again, I have shown this through keeping the descriptions consistent, presenting the same necessary information in less words, and continuing to make alterations to my previous edits when I recognize that they're not as effective as they could be.

The fact that I edited the article more frequently and recently than you had only demonstrates that I have been concerned about the status of the article and improving it. You level criticism at me because I "never added any material or a single source in any of these edits", when the edits did add material and you overlook the fact that none of them required any sources. Most of them were stylistic changes to keep the article consistent with itself and other university articles - removing the redundant university link under the type parameter (which university articles typically do not include in the type parameter), making the color capitalization consistent, making the spacing between the infobox parameters consistent, and making the hyphens consistent. But I also added the former names of the university infobox, like other university pages, and I added a link to the athletic teams in the infobox, which was missing. I think we can both agree that at the end of the day, pictures improve articles (that's why there were already images in other sections beforehand) and the regrouping helps the organization and flow of the article. While I appreciate that you find that some of the descriptions could be better than what is in the article, your critiques of my edits do not hold up to scrutiny. You call the "sanitized descriptions are sterile and stilted", citing "excessive use of 'gridiron football' and 'American football'". But how are these alumni supposed to be identified then? Why was your frequent use of "professional basketball player" not an excessive use? Football, of course, has different meanings, which is why the form needs to be identified, and American football is not the same as other forms of gridiron football (e.g. Canadian football). These descriptions provide all the necessary and important information. You say "some of the descriptions are excessively detailed", calling McMorrow's current political position on the Freehold Township Committee "trivial". It would be trivial if she was no longer on that committee, but she is, it's her current role in politics and government (the name of that subsection, after all), and Freehold Township is at least relevant enough to have its own entry. You claim the descriptions "leave out critical details" and cite Lapin's description, but overlook the fact that Lapin's previous description was a misrepresentation of the source provided. The source said Lapin "pioneered the field of bloodless surgery for Jehovah's Witnesses", not that he did it in general. I'm not necessarily against this detail, but it needs to be presented accurately. You may say that you're "not sure that [I]'ve shown enough effort to find a 'middle ground' other than to insist that [I] should be put in charge" (and at the end of the day, we're both insisting that our edits are superior), but also at the end of the day, I am the one who changes my edits. Many of my initial descriptions have changed from when I first wrote them and I have added further details. You, on the other hand, continually just re-insert your previous edits when changing my descriptions. In your very first edit, you put Meredith, Sterling, and Valles back on teams they no longer play for, put Sterling back to his incorrect position, put Brikowski back as an active player with a team (which he is not), put Lawless back to the band that not only does he no longer play for, no longer exists, and put MacDonald back to the radio station he is no longer with. When I pointed out Sterling was one example of out-of-date information, you allowed him to be updated, but didn't make the effort to see which other information was out-of-date and brought that out-of-date information back to the page. You repeatedly removed the organization is Light is currently with and replaced it with teams he no longer plays for. When you added a number of basketball players to the page, I added the leagues they played for. You removed the leagues without reason and removed the team that Paalvast is currently playing for. And you brought back typos with LaGrossa and Thornton. While you may no longer be ending the alumni section for the time being, this is practice you are continuing to engage in with the faculty section.

Like I said, superfluous details are just one problem with the descriptions. Dates of birth are superfluous because they are not relevant to the topic at hand - why these individuals are notable. If I have "arbitrarily decided" what is superfluous, why have no other readers and editors other than yourself inserted dates of birth into alumni and faculty sections of a school? Why have no other readers and editors decided this is necessary information to the page? The way Oxley's description is currently written is superfluous because again, the same information can be provided in less words. The main issue is consistency, which the descriptions of the faculty lack. Again, I altered my initial descriptions for the faculty to improve them. My initial descriptions only focused on their occupations outside of Monmouth and I have since added what they teach/what their positions at the school are. You, however, again re-inserted your previous descriptions unchanged from before. As a result, there is no consistency in these descriptions - some don't have the major they teach listed, some aren't even correct (Emmons and Febos were/are in the English Department and therefore taught/teach English, there is no "creative writing/writing" department), and the descriptions remain excessive (in addition to Oxley, why is Handlin identified as a "politician who represents the 13th Legislative District on the New Jersey General Assembly" instead of simply a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, like the alumni are?). As for turning the faculty section into a "faculty directory", refer to how the Rutgers' page describes its faculty - the position at the school goes first. When the main topic of the page is the school, their connection/employment to the school is primary to the other reasons why they are notable. The school, again, is the primary topic of the article. And I still kept the general information as to why the faculty members are relevant - if the works of Febos and Gilvarry are relevant to warrant mention, why are they not relevant enough to have their own pages? - and it is misleading to identify Tucker with "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" when he's not the original recording artist. If you want to find a genuine middle ground, that starts by not immediately undoing my edits and re-inserting your own. I do not remove the names and citations you add to the page and I believe you have helped the page in this respect. Bluerules (talk) 21:05, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Deadpool (film). Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing Wikipedia. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. DonQuixote (talk) 04:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done as requested. Sorry about that. Bluerules (talk) 17:05, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stop incorrectly formatting the template. It is designed to be used as it was before you changed it. If you don't like how it works then that is an issue that you need to raise at the talk page for that template. And saying that other articles already do it wrong does not justify you doing it wrong now. Also, your flimsy support for that SYNTHY claim is really not good enough. Just because something seems obvious to you after watching a trailer does not mean it should be added as fact to an encyclopaedia page. The only reason I have not reverted your edits again is to avoid continuing this ridiculous edit war. Since you were the one to make the bold changes first, I strongly suggest that you self revert and then follow WP:BRD by waiting for talk page consensus before re-implementing anything. - adamstom97 (talk) 12:13, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Herein lies some of the problems that have created these issues. I raised the issue of the infobox template on the talk page as requested nearly eight hours before you left me this message. I stopped editing the template on Deadpool as requested nearly eight hours before you wrote this message on the talk page. If you maintain your opposition to my formatting of the template, the place to express that is now on the article's talk page, not on my talk page. I did not make mention of your opposition to changing the infobox because this is supposed to be about the edits, not an individual editor.

You continue to call my formatting of the template "incorrect", but do not explain how. You say it is designed to be used as it was" before my edits, but do not explain how. You say the other articles are doing it "wrong", but don't explain how. You are not citing any policies/rules that require the names in the "based on" parameter to be separated by "|" instead of "< br >". In fact, I checked the history of the Deadpool article and the initial edits also used the "< br >" character for the "based on" parameter instead of "|". The article was using the "< br >" character as late as 16 June 2017 and sure enough, you were the one who changed the character. If it was designed to be used as the way you changed it to, why did other editors use "< br >" and use it for over two years? I do not see how this is an issue when regardless of the character used, the infobox typically has the exact same appearance. I explained that the problem was the parameter was appearing as "byFabian" on my computer and changing the format corrected this issue. Again, you have not explained why your formatting is correct, you only say it is, and the changing the formatting seems hardly to be an issue when it appears exactly the same on another computer of mine.

For the Deadpool 2 issue with Russell, let's review why this is not a "SYNTHY claim" with "flimsy support". Before I changed the premise to include Russell's name, the cast section was already changed to identify Julian Dennison's character as being named Russell and being the young mutant whom Cable is hunting. The reference used to identify the hunted young mutant as Russell in the cast section is the same reference I used for the premise section. What you claim "seems obvious to [me] after watching a trailer" was already added as a fact to this encyclopedia page. That's because it not something that just seemed "obvious" to me, the editor who added the source, or the other editors who agreed with its inclusion. It was the source itself that identified the young mutant being named Russell and it was the author of the source who came to the same "obvious" conclusion through the aforementioned trailer that the editor who added the source agreed with. It is an "obvious" conclusion that we all seem to take as correct, just like we take information provided in the first premise source - which is entirely based on sequences in a trailer - to be correct. If we didn't think it was correct, we wouldn't allow the source and the information it provides to be added to the article. So this takes me back to this point - if what I am doing is SYNTH, why is it not SYNTH for the cast section to do the same thing? If you think there should be a better source to identify that Russell is the name of the young mutant, I'm all for providing it, but other editors clearly believe the current source is fine as it is still used in the article. If this source can be used to identify Russell in one section, then it can be used to identify him by name in another. And this goes back to my point from the beginning for making the change: it is inconsistent to identify other characters in the premise section by name, but not Russell, especially when we have a source identifying him.

I understand the edit war issue and with the infobox on Deadpool, yes, I was the one who made the change. That's why I was asked to, and put up the talk page section for the article. However, on Deadpool 2, you were the one who removed Russell's name from the premise section without explanation. If you wish to discuss the infobox issue, the section has already been created on the talk page. I'll create a talk page section on Deadpool 2 if you maintain your opposition to Russell's name being in the infobox, but I think we both need to work on avoiding a non-BRD approach in the future. Bluerules (talk) 17:05, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I've added the sources for the information that were used on the 1989 film's article. Bluerules (talk) 16:19, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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No problem, glad to be of help. Bluerules (talk) 18:56, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your well written edits. I still have concerns about bloated character descriptions but so far so good. -- 109.255.158.125 (talk) 18:34, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I agree that they have become bloated, but we also need to make certain they accurately describe the characters in full. It's definitely a balancing act between keeping them as concise as possible and including all the important information. Bluerules (talk) 19:40, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

While I disagree with other peoples edits adding all that bloat to the section, Jack seems to take this all very seriously and either reverts or asks for citations all the time. I'm surprised to see him reverting to keep things for a change. He's strict but so long as we follow the rules he's not unreasonable. We do what we can. If there are specific points you feel are missing then bring them to the article Talk page. -- 109.79.69.130 (talk) 23:06, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've decided to cut back the character descriptions further in the meantime. Hope this issue is resolved and we all come to an agreement on what the section should display. Bluerules (talk) 14:08, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 August 25#File:Why Women Kill, season 1 socialites.jpg. Jayab314 10:07, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I'll look into it. Bluerules (talk) 14:37, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You recently edited Titans (2018 TV series) and wrote "special appearance" is considered a main role. I totally agree and accept this. But if this is correct then changes need to be made to The Flash (2014 TV series) and Tom Felton needs to be added to the main cast section as he is credited as "special appearance" during the show's 3rd season. I've tried to edit it myself in the past but it constantly gets reverted. We had this same discussion with Matt Ryan for Legends of Tomorrow. Thankfully he is now listed as main cast.

Thank you for your message. If you were not planning on doing so already, a discussion on The Flash's talk page will likely be enough to move Tom Felton to main. I do not watch The Flash myself, but I checked the credits and noticed that like Titans, there is both a "special appearance" credit and a "special guest star" credit. That should justify Felton's inclusion in the main section because it is clearly stated if an individual with a "special" credit is a guest star and Felton is not identified as such. Bluerules (talk) 19:54, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can you cite the source for the Tamaranian name edit? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 14:48, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The main source is at 21:43 in the episode "Ghosts"; Kory refers to the character as "Faddei" after he steals the jewelry. The following articles also provide this name:

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Thanks for the sourcing. I think we need to be adding these sources when we specifically name the characters appearing, as they can be sourced. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 18:11, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem and understood. I noticed that a source has already been added for Robbie Jones' character, but I'll add them for any new additions. Bluerules (talk) 21:07, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. I happened to notice this edit. Per MOS:OVERLINK (bullet 3.3), please don't link "New York City", as it just creates work for other editors and moves the encyclopedia in the wrong direction per community consensus. The rationale, if it's not obvious, is that New York City is well enough known worldwide that a link is not justified. I've corrected that instance. Thanks. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:55, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have an issue with removing the link to New York City in the lead, but I believe it should be retained in the infobox, where it was present before my edit. The infobox is intended to provide quick links to other articles. For example, the Donald Trump article doesn't link New York City in the lead, but there is a link in the infobox. Per this guideline, the link to Los Angeles should also be removed from the Michael Cimino article as it's also well enough known worldwide.

The infobox is intended to provide quick links to other articles. I find only two occurrences of link at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes and neither supports that statement.

Funny you should cite the Trump article. I've been heavily involved at that article since 2016, and I'm familiar with the history of that link. Years ago a consensus was reached to code the birthplace field that way, and OVERLINK was not considered in that consensus. My recent proposal to amend the consensus per OVERLINK got almost no attention, so the consensus stands. I consider that case an anomaly. Anyway, I'm sure you could find thousands of cases where NYC is linked in infoboxes, since there is still a lot of work to be done to make the encyclopedia compliant with the guideline. I've been removing a few of those infobox links most days for months.

I have no objection to unlinking Los Angeles per OVERLINK (although you might get pushback from editors who don't think LA is as well-known as NYC), but that shouldn't be a prerequisite to unlinking NYC. I can't do everything. ―Mandruss ☎ 17:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Infobox states that one of the purposes of the infobox is "to improve navigation to other interrelated articles".

A key thing to note is that MOS:OVERLINK does not require these links to be removed from articles; rather, it is a recommendation for these links to be removed. It even notes that there are cases where the links are relevant to the article. In that regard, the links are relevant to the infobox because it summarizes details of the main article, which often have articles of their own, and links readers to related articles. It also helps prevent overlinking by already providing a link to the subjects in question - after all, the infobox is viewed separately from the main body of the article. This is likely why most infoboxes still include links to New York City when it's not linked anywhere else in the article. Even the example given of an infobox on the Help:Infobox article has a country linked, which OVERLINK opposes.

The link to Los Angeles on the Michael Cimino article was also added by myself, so I don't foresee any objection to its removal. One of the objectives of my edit was to add a degree of consistency to the article's lead, which was also missing links to Michigan State University and Yale University. With the OVERLINK guideline in mind, I find it most consistent to remove both the links to New York City and Los Angeles because they meet the well-known location criteria, while Michigan State and Yale should remain linked because they do not meet the criteria. Although I do believe that the infobox links should remain, which existed on the Cimino article prior to my edit, I see no major issues with keeping or removing them. Bluerules (talk) 00:11, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please read WP:BRD and WP:STATUSQUO -- to make changes to the lead, gain consensus on talk page. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 16:47, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is no WP:STATUSQUO on which lead is an improvement. You restored misleading information and removed important information without explanation. That must be corrected under any circumstance. Bluerules (talk) 18:16, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm curious about the status of the pages Titans (season 3) and Draft:Titans (season 3). You created the draft last month, then the article about three weeks later, and have sinced edited the draft since the article's creation. I'm wondering why there are two versions of the same article? -- /Alex/₂₁ 06:39, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Originally, I was planning to create the article when season 3 aired because I wasn't certain if there wasn't enough cited information, which is why the draft contains unsourced information I'm expecting in the season. I decided after the extended FanDome panel that there was enough sourced information to create the article (with my unsourced predictions naturally removed). My main focus now is the actual article; the edits I've since made to the draft were for practice purposes because I realized I made careless mistakes (identifying season 3 as a 2019 series in the categories, having the wrong hyperlink for DC Universe) and wanted to be better at catching them. The draft isn't needed anymore and it can redirect to the main article, although I'd still like to fix any errors I've made in writing it. Bluerules (talk) 14:37, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense, thanks for the clarification. I'll leave the draft for you to decide to do with as you will. Just for a future note, season articles typically aren't created in the mainspace until filming has began (WP:TV uses WP:NFF for this, and while it does apply for films, we use the same concept for seasons), but I believe this article meets GNG, especially with the COVID-19-related delays. -- /Alex/₂₁ 14:47, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you. If there's a season 4, I'll wait for filming to begin before I create the article. Bluerules (talk) 14:49, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this? You should start a discussion about it at Talk:Legend of the Seeker. Don't WP:Edit war. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 00:54, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is an exempt case from edit warring when the information being reverted is verifiably incorrect. The other editor merely misremembered the credit billing. Craig Parker was a guest star, not main cast, and that is required to be accurately reflected in the article. Bluerules (talk) 03:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Last warning. Keep it up, and I will report you at the WP:Edit warring noticeboard. You do not have to violate WP:3RR to be reported or blocked. That revert of yours is not an exemption. You can wait until this is worked out on the talk page. And if you can't, the edit warring noticeboard is next. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 19:23, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This revert is an exemption because it is removing incorrect information and adding correct information. Incorrect information must be removed immediately. This did not need go to the talk page when all you had to do was watch a season 2 episode for yourself to confirm Craig Parker was not a series regular on Legend of the Seeker. Instead, you jumped to conclusions and restored incorrect information. Bluerules (talk) 20:01, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 20:11, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. If you restore incorrect information not out of good faith, your edits account to vandalism. Bluerules (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reported. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 20:44, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. Bluerules (talk) 20:47, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. You seem prone to committing numerous overt reversions of the Buffalo Bills article. This is against established Wikiquette and does not help to improve the article. Please remember the Wikipedia rule of Reverting Only When Necessary in the future and to not begin reversion wars. Thank you. Omnibus (talk) 04:41, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You have made numerous overt reversions of the Buffalo Bills article, which have not helped to improve the article. You are repeating information in the lede, which unnecessarily bloats it. You are adding information not relevant to the subject of the lede, which unnecessarily bloats it. I have explained why it is superior to identify the Bills as the only AFC East team to not win the Super Bowl; that is an attribute specific to them and no other NFL team. You first attempted to remove this under the grounds of it being a "factoid that does not belong in a lede section", then replaced it with a factoid similar in nature, but not specific to the Bills and significantly longer. Please consider why edits are made and why information is removed when unnecessary. The lede was poorly written before I revised it and needs to remain punctual. Thank you. Bluerules (talk) 11:56, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is not true. I am adding new content to the article, which you have reverted several times. I've not reverted new contributions to the article, only "reverting" overt reversions to your old and seemingly preferred version. I'm not sure when you first edited the lede but it is punctual enough without reverting to a strange factoid comparison with the "AFC East" instead of the relevant comparison group, which is either the entire AFC or even the entire NFL. See other articles like Cincinnati Bengals where teams which have not won a Super Bowl are "one of 12 in the NFL" not "the only team in the AFC East" not to have made the Super Bowl. In this case, Buffalo is one of the most successful teams at winning the AFC but one of the least successful at winning the Super Bowl. Both, not one, of these facts needs to be relayed for maximum information conveyance in the lede.

I do appreciate your response here before trying to just revert back to your preferred version again, but it seems you did immediately revert again afterward. Please take this to the Talk page so we can continue working on my revisions before you try to just delete them all again. Omnibus (talk) 14:43, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much of the new content you've added, while in good faith, affects the punctuality of the lede. We can agree that there needs to be reference to the Bills not having a Super Bowl title, but it is best to narrow this factoid down to more specific factoids. For example, the Detroit Lions article doesn't just specify that they're one of four teams not to reach the Super Bowl; it specifies that they are the oldest, the only NFC team, and the only one operational throughout the Super Bowl era not to appear. The Houston Texans article specifies "they are the only franchise to have never appeared in a conference championship game". In both of these cases, the teams are not identified as one of the teams who never won a Super Bowl, one of the teams who never won a Super Bowl in their conference, or even one of the four teams that never appeared in the Super Bowl. They are identified by the one, specific factoid that is exclusive by them. That makes the lede unique and establishes what makes the team unique. Buffalo may be one of the most successful teams at winning the AFC and that is reflected in the lede by mentioning their periods of postseason contention and four consecutive Super Bowl appearances. However, they are not merely one of seven AFC teams to not win the Super Bowl - they are the only AFC East team not to do so. This is not a strange factoid, but a factoid that applies exclusively to them. If they win Super Bowl LV, the lede will be edited accordingly. And if they reach Super Bowl LV, but lose to the Packers or Buccaneers, the lede will note that they have the most Super Bowl losses without a win. That will be another distinguishing factoid (although personally, they're the remaining team I'd like to see win).

I will gladly take this to the talk page and hope we can come to an understanding of why changes are being made to the lede. Bluerules (talk) 15:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I tried to reason with you, but you've now violated a bright-line rule on Wikipedia called the three-revert rule. I will give you the opportunity to self-revert your latest reversion before further action may be taken. Omnibus (talk) 14:48, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"If an editor violates 3RR by mistake, they should reverse their own most recent reversion. Administrators may take this into account and decide not to block in such cases—for example if the user is not a habitual edit warrior and is genuinely trying to rectify their own mistake."

The reversions have been made on both of our ends. If you wish to take this to the talk page, I am happy to have a conversation there.

In the case of 3RR, the article goes back to the earliest reversion before any changes and that includes the AFC East factoid in the lede. Bluerules (talk) 15:09, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I will report it. And that's not true, editing an article is not reverting it. Omnibus (talk) 15:14, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You reverted my edits from the beginning. I am willing to compromise and work together on both of our edits, but that requires cooperation from both of us. I have re-added your AFC team factoid out of good faith and I expect the same consideration in turn. Bluerules (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Again, that's not true: I edited the article and you reverted my edits. I really only reversed those reverts. You may be confusing me with earlier editor(s) of this article — I just started editing it heavily in the past week. But thank you, I much appreciate your willingness to work with me on this article and will not report a 3RR violation. I may also start a discussion on the Talk page soon on how we might further improve the article, so please watch for that! Omnibus (talk) 15:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The edit you made was a reversion of my edit, which had identified the Bills as the only AFC East team to not win a Super Bowl. I guess you could say I can be defensive over my contributions, haha, but I prefer to have articles reflect the contributions and compromise of all editors. My main goal here is to make the article easily editable in the situation where the Bills a Super Bowl, so as long as we have a short reference to them being a non-Super Bowl winner, I am satisfied with the current state of the article. We'll find out in the next few weeks if they'll remain winless in the Super Bowl or not and make any necessary changes by then. Bluerules (talk) 16:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there was no actual National Championship Game then - the AP and the Coaches polls still voted their own national championships at the end of the year (1997 was the last year before the BCS into play, which then of course gave way to the current College Football Playoff format we have today).

But regardless, he still has a ring, and thus it's lede worthy..an NCAA National Championship ain't chopped liver.

Vjmlhds (talk) 04:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's less than chopped liver compared to his NFL accolades. A record seven Super Bowls as a starter vs. being on a college team that won a championship without his involvement? The lede is long enough and has all of his major accomplishments. Something trivial that doesn't speak to his greatness (again, he had no part in that) isn't lede worthy. Plus, it will confuse readers as to why he was selected so low in the draft. Bluerules (talk) 04:11, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He was on the team, he has the ring, period, full stop, end of story. It is a major accomplishment for anybody regardless of anything else. Vjmlhds (talk) 04:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a major accomplishment if he had no actual part of it. It is a blip in the main body for this reason. This edit will only confuse readers. Bluerules (talk) 04:25, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An NCAA National Chamionship IS a major accomplishment, period. And how would saying someone won a national title confuse readers? That is a subjective opinion. Vjmlhds (talk) 04:34, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No it isn't when he didn't play. It will confuse readers that a National Championship winner was selected so low in the draft - because it's a fact that he didn't play in the championship, explaining the fact that he wasn't a highly regarded prospect, and therefore a low draft pick. Bluerules (talk) 04:38, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There was no championship game back then...the AP and coaches did their polls at the end of the year to decide the champions (in fact in 1997 there were 2 national champions...the AP chose Michigan, and the coaches picked Nebraska), so there was no championship game to be played in anyway. You gotta cool it - a quick mention of winning a national title in the lede doesn't put undue weight on anything, it is merely listing a collegiate accomplishment - which happens to be the biggest one there is. Vjmlhds (talk) 04:44, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You need to cool trying to force in information that no other editors felt was necessary for a reason. By saying "there was no championship game back then", you're further demonstrating why this isn't lede-worthy. It's undue weight to add something barely mentioned in the article's body into the lede. The lede is long enough and doesn't need events that don't speak to Brady's accolades. Bluerules (talk) 04:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a quick mention that he has a ring...how is that undue weight? you say a lot of words, but they have no meaning. Vjmlhds (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is less than a quick mention of it in the body of the article. That is why it is undue weight. You are trying to add contradictory information and that is a fact. Bluerules (talk) 04:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be doing the same type of thing (trivial lede changes) on other football players of note, like with Randall Cunningham. Not only is your editing unconstructive, it's destructive to some degree. 72.174.131.123 (talk) 19:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What's destructive is stalking someone's talk page and butting into a conversation from over a year ago. Cunningham being third in quarterback rushing yards is not trivial and thinking it shouldn't be included because it's "subject to change" is completely misunderstanding the purpose of Wikipedia. Bluerules (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How is mentioning Brady has a National Championship ring "contradictory" to anything? Again, you are making zero sense. Vjmlhds (talk) 05:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are ignoring the fact that he was a low draft pick. That is the contradiction. If you are not going to listen to my reasons, there is no point in having a discussion. Bluerules (talk) 05:22, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. There is no reason not to mention Brady's National Title in college. Regardless of HOW he got the ring, he HAS the ring, and the accolade in and of itself is lede worthy, so please stop Vjmlhds 04:32, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

If it was "lede worthy", why wasn't it in earlier versions of the article? Because it's not and the fact that it's barely touched upon in the article makes this clear. It is undue weight that will confuse readers. Bluerules (talk) 04:34, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you intentionally revert my edit? If so, please explain -- it was intended to improve the grammar, by adding "that" to "a series of controversial social-media posts she made." Gershonmk (talk) 04:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to avoid having multiple "that"s in the same sentence, which can make sentences look awkward. It's not always necessary to include "that", if the sentence doesn't lose its meaning without it - but to answer your question, it was not an intentional revert, which is why there was no revert tag. My edit had more changes than just removing one "that". Bluerules (talk) 04:31, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't necessary for meaning but it is for proper grammar. I'd like to replace it if you don't object. Gershonmk (talk) 04:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a minor thing from bigger edits I was working on, so I don't have a huge stance on whether or not a second "that" is included. I don't see any grammar issues either - "that" can be excluded if there's no change in meaning - but like I said, it's a minor thing. It could be worth checking with other editors to see how they feel on the sentence's grammar, although given that it's only one word, I don't know how much of a response that would generate. Bluerules (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. It's a small point, but following your otherwise-sound edits to Jon Jones, I noticed that you had removed a correct 's. The MoS (MOS:POSS) is unambiguous:

For the possessive of singular nouns, including proper names and words ending in s, add 's (my daughter's achievement, my niece's wedding, Cortez's men, the boss's office, Glass's books, Illinois's largest employer, Descartes's philosophy, Verreaux's eagle). Exception: abstract nouns ending with an /s/ sound, when followed by sake (for goodness' sake, for his conscience' sake). If a name ending in s or z would be difficult to pronounce with 's added (Jesus's teachings), consider rewording (the teachings of Jesus).

Thanks. NEDOCHAN (talk) 17:03, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information. I'll keep that in mind for future edits. Bluerules (talk) 19:09, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nice one. Cheers.NEDOCHAN (talk) 19:33, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know if you're looking for more work on Jones's page. Bluerules (talk) 20:52, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See his talk page. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 17:04, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Bluerules (talk) 17:22, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Some Dude From North Carolina. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Yellowjackets (TV series), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 22:45, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll wait for the series to air unless I can find a source earlier. Bluerules (talk) 23:52, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• When adding wikilinks, see WP:NOTBROKEN (ex. [[body double]]s instead of [[body double|body doubles]]). Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 00:01, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That was not my edit, that was a copy-paste from a previous editor. Bluerules (talk) 00:04, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

? Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 00:50, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I did not write "body doubles" instead of "body doubles". I was copying text that another editor added. Bluerules (talk) 18:51, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, would you like to deliberate reasons why you changed the article description in “Smoke (Mortal Kombat)” to “Mortal Kombat character” which only repeats the MK words of the title and gives out a very generic title, “character”, instead of something more specific e.g. “fictive assassin”? The description you reverted was “Fictive demonic Lin Kuei assassin” which fit the forty letter limit well. You should aim to be as specific as possible in your description within the set boundaries. Thank you for your editing nonetheless. Now correct me if I am wrong. ToniTurunen (talk) 08:55, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When we are writing about fictional characters, we need a clear separation between real world information and fictional in-universe information. The current short description of Smoke focuses on only the most important information, the real world information. It is specified that he is a character from a specific franchise. Fictional in-universe information comes afterwards once readers are identified of the subject's fictional status. Even by calling Smoke "fictive", the line has become blurred between real world and in-universe information because the short description now has in-universe information. Furthermore, "Fictive demonic Lin Kuei assassin" is not an accurate summary of the character when he has not been demonic or a Lin Kuei assassin in all of his appearances (in fact, he's never been both at the same time), and the average reader will not know what the "Lin Kuei" is. And to top it off, this description is missing the most important information of all - he's a character from Mortal Kombat. This article exists not because he's a "Fictive demonic Lin Kuei assassin", but because he's a Mortal Kombat character. The fictional franchise that a character comes from must be included in the short description. Hope that helps. Bluerules (talk) 19:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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[5] AnyDosMilVint (talk) 11:49, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am always aware. Bluerules (talk) 14:46, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bluerules,

Thanks for cleaning up the lede on Brandon Lee's article. However, they are two mistakes you made. The "Kung Fu" spin-offs are related to the 70s show since in the television film Carradine returns to the title role where he plays his son, and in the pilot he plays the descendant of the Carradine character.

Also only in Rapid Fire, is the only film where his acting abilities were noticed by critics not Showdown in Little Tokyo.

Peace.Filmman3000 (talk) 04:07, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Just for clarification, I meant that the two spin-offs were unrelated, not that they were unrelated to the original series. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Bluerules (talk) 14:51, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to turn this article into a GAN, I do need teammates to complete it. Would you like to join?Filmman3000 (talk) 22:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am interested in helping. Bluerules (talk) 14:48, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a specific reason that you moved Aldis Hodge's name to the bottom of the info box on the original Leverage_(American_TV_series) page? I've been looking at it for 15 minutes, just trying to figure out what the original reasoning was, and couldn't come up with anything. So, I figured asking the question would be faster. Thanks- CleverTitania (talk) 06:30, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He's last on the infobox because he's billed last in the title credits. The infobox follows the onscreen credits. Bluerules (talk) 12:01, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I had not realized that, but pulled up the infobox template and see both that and how new permanent cast members are to be added. Thanks for explaining. CleverTitania (talk) 20:35, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. As you probably noticed, Hodge receives "and" billing. Bluerules (talk) 22:42, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Since you brought it up - is it generally treated as an "and" billing if they are at the end of the main cast credits, even if there is no actual "and" in the cards? Because he's not an "and" in the original series - at least not in the 5 season premieres. CleverTitania (talk) 04:21, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, although even if an actor does receive "and" billing, it's not reflected in the infobox. Bluerules (talk) 13:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at The Suicide Squad (film) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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WP:BRD. You made a bold edit and were reverted. You don't make the same edit again. You discuss. JOEBRO64 02:23, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You follow WP:STATUSQUO. I followed it when the older cast section was restored. You should follow it when an older plot section is restored. Bluerules (talk) 02:25, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Titans (season 3), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.

Please read WP:CITELEAD, which dictates that citations are not required for the lede if the information is sourced in the body of the article. And please create an individual section if you are going to write a talk page message instead of putting it at the top of the page. Bluerules (talk) 00:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to assume ownership of articles, as you did at Titans (season 3), you may be blocked from editing. Behavior such as this is regarded as disruptive, and is a violation of Wikipedia policy.Please self-revert your latest edit warring salvo and discuss why you think this article should be different than other articles and diverge from common sense. Two actors are playing two roles in a bulleted list, each one should have its own bullet, it's common sense. Why not just make a bullet to list every single actor then? JesseRafe (talk) 15:43, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please review WP:STATUSQUO, which requires the original revision to be maintained if there is a dispute. And please avoid violating WP:AOBF and WP:NPA. These are minor characters who are connected to each other. It saves room and improves the article's readability by combining them. Bluerules (talk) 16:00, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mac beat out more then just cam u casual 2600:8803:1C15:F700:F5A4:87AA:2B01:263B (talk) 18:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hoyer is not considered a starter. Try harder. Bluerules (talk) 20:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I’m sorry about reverting the Urban Meyer intro. You are right in your explanation though. The reason the reversion happened was I was in the midst of updating URLs in the references, rescuing where necessary, and because it was a good handful of URLs, I didn’t want to go through applying them all a second time. I figured restoring the added content lost in my override was right enough, I should’ve been more thorough in getting what was changed where it should be.--CreecregofLife (talk) 08:21, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. It's an easy mistake to make and I'm glad we were able to fix it. Bluerules (talk) 18:08, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bluerules,

Thanks for taking care of the Justin Fields page. I've got a couple/few questions. Why were asterisks removed from his 2021 stats? It's a fact that he currently leads the NFL in fumbles and being sacked. Is it because it's mid-season and those numbers might change? Is it because that information needs a citation from the Trib or Sun Times? If so, I could provide that. But what if Fields ends the season with the most fumbles and sacks? Is that information something that would be removed or could it stay? At this point we don't have enough data to project whether Fields will be a total bust, a hall of fame QB, or something in between. But I am getting the impression that the honeymoon is starting to wear off for some local sports writers, who have also pointed out his league leading sacks and fumbles.

Respectfully, Wmh1978 (talk) 22:07, 23 December 2021 (UTC)WMH1978[reply]

@Wmh1978: - We generally wait until the season is over to identify if a player led the NFL in a statistical category because another player may surpass those statistics. If Fields ends the season with the most fumbles and sacks, then yes, that would be retained. It would be marked by adding a background color to the table - refer to how the Daniel Jones article identifies him having the most fumbles in 2019:

Legend
	Led the league
Bold	Career Best

Year	Team	Games				Passing								Rushing				Sacks		Fumbles
		GP	GS	W	L	Comp	Att	Pct	Yards	Avg	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Sck	SckY	Fum	Lost
2019	NYG	13	12	3	9	284	459	61.9	3,027	6.6	24	12	87.7	45	279	6.2	2	38	295	18	11
2020	NYG	14	14	5	9	280	448	62.5	2,943	6.6	11	10	80.4	65	423	6.5	1	45	286	11	6
2021	NYG	9	9	3	6	190	293	64.8	2,059	7	8	5	87.4	50	258	5.2	2	19	136	7	3
Total		36	35	11	24	754	1200	62.8	8,029	6.7	43	27	84.9	160	960	6	5	102	717	36	20

Thank you for your message. Hope this helps. Bluerules (talk) 22:25, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bluerules: - Thanks for that information, Bluerules! It makes total sense. Thanks again. Respectfully, Wmh1978 (talk) 22:31, 23 December 2021 (UTC)-Wmh1978[reply]

No problem. I've been interested in the careers of the five first-round rookies from the 2021 Draft and hope we'll be able to make their articles well-written. Bluerules (talk) 04:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to apologize for the reversion on Brian Flores. I think the dates in the beginning was what I was referring to, the way you just corrected it looks much better anyway. I'll be sure to double check these things before editing openings in the future. Thanks and cheers! Spf121188 (talk) 16:01, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. I apologize for neglecting to remove the years in my edit and I'm glad we were able to improve the page. Bluerules (talk) 18:04, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just saw your change on the Rian Johnson article and looked briefly at your recent edit history... you really need to explain changes more consistently. Even if the edit is correct and in good faith it should be explained. That will lead to less edit conflicts. Thanks and happy editing. Nemov (talk) 19:35, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

With due respect, I explain changes that need to be explained. That way, the more important edits have more attention brought to them and are identified as such. I don't object to providing an explanation for all edits, but I am of the stance that not all need to be explained. Bluerules (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Listen Up! (TV series)[edit]

Well, your stance is downright unhelpful – what happened at this article could easily have been avoided if you just explained what you were doing in the first place. I agree with Nemov – please actually use your edit summaries to explain what you are doing. Other editors cannot read your mind, and justify or explaining your edits is just good practice. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:37, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is the second time we've had a conflict because you didn't know the title credits. If you are monitoring television articles, it is more unhelpful to be unaware of important information. Unclear edits are one issue, but if you were aware of the credits order as you implied, what happened would have been avoided. And when you don't know the credits order, checking the order instead of immediately undoing the edit is a better practice. Bluerules (talk) 05:26, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think Devonta Smith belongs on the 2021 NFL Draft page. He broke a franchise record for rookie receiving yards and helped bring a bottom 5 team last year to the playoffs.

Curtis “The Peacemaker” LaFrayne — Preceding unsigned comment added by CurtisLaFrayne (talk • contribs) 16:16, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a sockpuppet of @Rodneyarchambault:, you have violated another rule. Bluerules (talk) 16:41, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. You removed the info on starting time for Super Bowl LVI, justifying the removal with the comment "Don't need this detail." It's rather difficult to understand how one could casually dismiss like that the starting time of what is arguably the most popular final in pro-team sports in the world. Care to elaborate wherefrom comes your opinion? -The Gnome (talk) 11:34, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a TV guide. The date is important for historical reference, the time is a detail that informs viewers when to tune in, but isn't important enough to include in the lead. And it makes the second sentence unnecessarily long. Bluerules (talk) 11:45, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Hi and continued appreciation from Dfoofnik -- one of the "200K+ edits" category of users since Wiki's inception and a fan since before the AFL-NFL merger...which betrays how old I have gotten on Wikipedia) - We have always found the LOCAL TIME for the start of any Super Bowl, mentioned here in the infobox, is always relevant since it was not ALWAYS a Prime Time event. The TV Ratings for each game have been noted and shifts in its schedule can (and have) had an impact on that result. Perhaps that is one of the many incalculables that the info was designed to illustrate. While I agree it may not be appropriate in the lead paragraphs, a lower section devoted to such historical effect (Gnome?) could be illuminating. Cheers. 2600:8807:4809:E100:E11A:669B:5775:DB7C (talk) 14:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC) (dfoofnik not signed in)[reply]

The ratings are noted because like the date, there's historic significance and a comparison to be made with other Super Bowls. The time is more beneficial to those wanting to tune into the game, as opposed to future readers learning about a Super Bowl they didn't experience. I don't have issue with the time being included in the infobox or body - my main qualm was towards it being in the lead, where it lacks the weight to be there. The best way to make a case for mentioning the time would be if there was a scheduling change, just like how this Super Bowl is being played a week later. Bluerules (talk) 17:41, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

BR, why all this controversy on your pg. Please don't do this on the SB pg, thanks.Justanother2 (talk) 16:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you make unnecessary and poorly-written edits, you will be reverted. Do not use this page for personal attacks or you will be reported. Bluerules (talk) 17:21, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Understand you could be wrong. You're inappropriate, that's not a personal attack.Justanother2 (talk) 17:49, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That is completely a personal attack and now you're also veering into edit warring. I was correct in this situation and I'm correct in the situations you're causing problems over. The sentence you're trying to remove on the Super Bowl LVI article clearly says Stafford led the appearance, not the appearance led Stafford, the Rams, or anything else. Your sentences are poorly-written, with bad grammar and typos. The information you're trying to restore on Boselli's article is outdated. To call a HoF inductee one of the best players not inducted is contradictory. Please recognize why your edits are being reverted. Bluerules (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your exact phrasing "is appearance was led by the acquisition" which in no way is a qb led his team to an appearance. When did a negotiation ever conduct an event? Maybe you meant inquisition? This is not how to edit.Justanother2 (talk) 19:19, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An admin even understood the relevance of Tony Boselli waiting so long; they said merely source it well. I hadn't gotten to re-writing yet.Justanother2 (talk) 19:30, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, my exact phrasing is "the Rams' fifth appearance was led by the acquisition of veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford", which is exactly saying a newly-acquired quarterback led his team to an appearance. The subject of that sentence is not "a negotiation"; it's the individual acquired through the negotiation, Stafford. Continually misunderstanding grammar and taking words out of context is not how to edit.

Mentioning that Boselli waited several years to be inducted is one thing; restoring out of date information that implies he hasn't been inducted is another. Your edit falls into the latter category. You should have written new information about him being considered instead of hitting revert and creating a contradiction. Bluerules (talk) 19:48, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As unbeliveable as it is I may be right. Already said I will rewrite Boselli. You left out a small word like to which makes a large difference and the acquisition part is just wrong as well as clunky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justanother2 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What's unbelievable is you don't understand why you're being reverted. You should have re-written Boselli's article without restoring outdated information. There was nothing left out and saying "acquisition" (which is also on the Super Bowl LV lead) is correct and isn't any less clunky than breaking up a perfectly fine sentence. Bluerules (talk) 21:21, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bluerules, is it time to report this behavior? Justanother2 is also disrupting Super Bowl LVI halftime show. What would be the best place to report? Back Bay Barry (talk) 20:05, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. He should be reported. Bluerules (talk) 21:21, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have been reading about reporting bad behavior and the options are dizzying. There's edit warring, Administrator intervention against vandalism, Dispute resolution noticeboard, and that's just the first three I copied and pasted. There's a lot of places to report people. which one? Back Bay Barry (talk) 00:40, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Back Bay Barry: - I believe it's Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Bluerules (talk) 00:55, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unbelievable. BBB, you're in Australia? Do you see how not using the word to makes a big difference.Justanother2 (talk) 20:07, 14 February 2022 (UTC) BBB, if I show you the source for the halftime show would you pay attention?Justanother2 (talk) 20:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You need to include these sources before other editors object to them - that's how you prevent conflict. Bluerules (talk) 21:21, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Giving credit on behalf of the posting admin. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:16, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

could you please refer to the response i left on the malcolm butler talk page regarding whether we should refer to him as former vs free agent. I feel that there has been more than enough reason to call him a free agent Bears247 (talk) 02:13, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad we were able to resolve this. Bluerules (talk) 03:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Modern display of the Confederate battle flag. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. 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.

Points to note:

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2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

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Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Jamie collins, you may be blocked from editing. You need to learn the styling of NFL articles, we don’t establish Joining the NFL, it’s well known, to take up a change in style you’d have to go to the nfl Wiki project and have a discussion, I’ve been editing NFL articles for years and creating them, joining the nfl is not part of any article. TheKinkdomMan talk 12:08, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You need to learn the rules of Wikipedia. What you are claiming is a WP:OTHERSTUFF argument. There is no policy for how to write the leads of articles for NFL players. You also engaged in an edit war, failed to create a talk page section, and didn't even make a new section on this page to push your misunderstanding of Wikipedia's rules. NFL needs to be spelled out on first reference, plain and simple. Bluerules (talk) 12:15, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong the article is structured a certain way we don’t say joined the NFL you don’t know the rules apparently, learn the structure it’s not hard to figure out, I’ve been doing this for years check the structure of every NFL article it doesn’t say joining the NFL, it’s well established that’s why we don’t say it TheKinkdomMan talk 12:19, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong, you are still arguing WP:OTHERSTUFF. There is no rule for the "structure". There is a very clear rule that you cannot structure an article based solely on how other articles are written. It doesn't matter what other articles say, it matters that the article isn't missing any vital information and you are removing vital information because you don't know the rules. Bluerules (talk) 12:25, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to disagree since we aren’t gonna come up with a solution I suggest we leave each other alone TheKinkdomMan talk 15:00, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Then I would ask if you stop replying to me. Bluerules (talk) 15:07, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well I will if you come clean about the talk page I created cause one thing I’m not is a liar I’m not saying you are however I did catch a few today maybe you were caught up in the moment but that’s besides the point, you could of just messaged me like this after I sent the warning message, I was awaiting a reply, however let me tell you this I ain’t against change however when it comes to the format and structure of the NFL Bio pages I stick to what’s been done over and over again, yes change could happen but all I’m saying is the guideline sticks to that format, I just want you to understand that your inserting something that is well established and over killing the article, what your trying to insert is in the pro career tab worded differently, but like I said it’s well established through out the articles who they are and the NFL just because it isn’t there right away doesn’t mean it’s not there, the lead is basic info TheKinkdomMan talk 15:31, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing for me to "come clean about". You are supposed to create the talk page section on the disputed article, not on another article. You have been calling me a liar this whole time and providing zero evidence for it. The talk page section was supposed to be on the Jamie Collins article, not anywhere else, plain and simple. You're free to stick what's done with the format and structure of NFL bio pages, but you are not permitted to use that as an argument for keeping a page a certain way. You need to understand this and you need to understand what you insist on following is a flat-out recommendation that is not required to be followed. The lead being "basic info" is exactly why NFL needs to be spelled out. Other editors agree with me. It's necessary information. Bluerules (talk) 15:41, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If editors agreed with you then it would have changed and you asked me for evidence and I gave it to you, and first off when you attack someone first it’s a retaliation, and it’s not necessary info when it’s already in the article, you just don’t join the NFL or any Pro sports team, it’s indicated through out the article, if other editors agree with you then let’s see it otherwise it’s overkill and going by not just what I think but many other Article creators have done is the standard like I said change can happen but until that time and it’s been going around then fine but until then I see no need for that format when no one else does it, not one other article is formatted the way your trying to do it, however I want to see the other editors chime in TheKinkdomMan talk 15:48, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And it did change. You were reverted and C.Fred made another edit that kept NFL spelled out in the lead. It is necessary information to spell out NFL when it's referenced and it needs to be spelled out on first reference to prevent confusion over what "NFL" stands for. Collins did join the NFL. He's an NFL player. That's established throughout the article. Again, you were reverted, C.Fred kept NFL spelled out, and another editor said he supported it being spelled out in another talk page section. This is not a "let's see" situation; this is what actually happened. And while you may not like it, you still cannot defend your edits based solely on how other articles are formatted. You have to focus on the article in question and nothing else - and once again, the editors have shown they agree with NFL being spelled out. Bluerules (talk) 15:57, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of evidence from what I see, C Fred didn’t edit the page until after the edit war, and I still don’t see any editors agreeing with you TheKinkdomMan talk 15:59, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You were reverted by another editor. C.Fred agreed that NFL should be spelled out, hence why kept that in his edit and when he made his edit has no relevance. You just chose not to see what you don't want to see. Bluerules (talk) 19:17, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So are we done bitching and moaning like children, hope so cause it’s not getting us anywhere besides stressed out like I said I’m going to agree to disagree and leave it as this, I won’t reply back if you don’t reply back we leave each other alone and go on with our lives it’s not that hard TheKinkdomMan talk 16:26, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to be done until you stop with the ad hominem and false accusations against me. You say it's not hard to leave me alone, but you refuse to stop replying when you see another reply from me. Bluerules (talk) 19:18, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I asked you to leave me alone now I’m involving the police for harassment TheKinkdomMan talk |

That's not how Wikipedia works. Bluerules (talk) 19:28, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You are gonna stop or I contact the police you are not getting the last word TheKinkdomMan talk 19:27, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Threatening me is a definite violation of Wikipedia policy. Bluerules (talk) 19:28, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not a threat I’ve already contacted the police TheKinkdomMan talk 19:31, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is a threat and you really should stop threatening me because I'm not going to be intimidated by you. Bluerules (talk) 19:33, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It really is laughable that they think just because of follow through the threat was never made in the first place CreecregofLife (talk) 19:59, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just glad it seems to be over. Bluerules (talk) 21:33, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At least, between you and them. They seemed to still be pleading +24 from this comment, which is quite the thing CreecregofLife (talk) 05:24, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've noticed. That's for the admins to decide. Bluerules (talk) 12:27, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not pleading when I’m unblocked, I’m not here for drama I’m here to have a civil conversation like I’ve should of done TheKinkdomMan talk 17:45, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please keep your attention towards me, not other editors. Bluerules (talk) 19:34, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I just want to apologize I was in the wrong and You didn’t deserve the treatment I gave you and I wanted to say I’m willing to work out our differences in the future if we ever have another conflict TheKinkdomMan talk 17:37, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, thank you. Bluerules (talk) 19:34, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You’re welcome, i don’t plan on arguing or threatening anyone again and I am sorry for my behavior and my actions but I can say I did not file any police report only called for advice when I said police, and I don’t want you or anyone to feel intimidated again, I am sorry and I promise it won’t happen again TheKinkdomMan talk 20:21, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear it. Hope we can work constructively on improving the wiki. Bluerules (talk) 21:29, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Same but again I do apologize for my behavior it wasn’t called for when I disagreed with your edits I should of done the right thing and talk to you about it TheKinkdomMan talk 14:46, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, much appreciated. Bluerules (talk) 14:50, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish language announcers WERE USA announcers. This is relevant to the article and announced in the US. Wikieditor1222 (talk) 05:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]