TimothyBlue

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		Welcome to my Talk Page
		If we have a difference of opinion, I'm open to discussing it if the issue is meaningful, significant and worth my time. I ignore comments containing hyperbole, profanity, nonsense, attacks, and attitudes/behaviors I personally find offensive; I also ignore ones that I don't think are worth the time to respond. If you do not like this, click here. I have very strong feelings about the importance of notability, policies and guidelines, sources and evidence. Best wishes from Los Angeles,   // Timothy :: talk

Discussion and Messages

Inexplicable

You have in this edit linked WP:ONUS to justify the *addition* of content to an article. Were you confused about whether you were removing text instead? 100.36.106.199 (talk) 12:41, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

A quick look at the article history shows the above is incorrect.[1],[2],[3] The article has been restored to the stable consensus version which existed before the dispute arose.

Gain WP:CONSENSUS per WP:ONUS for any change. For additional information, read WP:BRD. Further questions about Wikipedia guidelines and policies can be answered at WP:TEAHOUSE.  // Timothy :: talk  14:07, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Have you read WP:ONUS? It refers to the onus for inclusion of disputed material exclusively, ergo it cannot possibly be used as an explanation for inclusion. After you have read it, I will happily accept your apology on this point, and then be willing to consider your (unrelated) suggestion that I am wrong about the history of the page. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

This is not a subject up for discussion. Per WP:ONUS, "the responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content." Further questions can be answered at the WP:TEAHOUSE or if you're feeling particularly foolish you know your way to WP:ANI.  // Timothy :: talk  19:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Let me help you: "the responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content." The policy section ONUS is explicitly asymmetric: it puts an onus on those who want to include content only, not on those who want to remove it. As I was not seeking to include disputed content, it cannot possibly be a valid explanation for reverting my edit. Be a decent human being and apologize for your (now thrice repeated) error. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Astonishing. Too bad WP:Don't be a dick isn’t a thing any more. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 12:01, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Yea, too bad.  // Timothy :: talk  00:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2024)

File:Bucaram foto.png Abdalá Bucaram Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is: Abdalá Bucaram Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Natural resource • Religious music Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Why israel?

Just curious Natieboi (talk) 15:04, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Because Israel is fighting the same Russian sponsored terror coalition that Ukraine and the rest of the free world is fighting.  // Timothy :: talk  00:03, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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The lack of sources for editing the Khatyn Massacre

I am the source, since I am about 90 years old and I lived in those areas at that time. Wikipedia says that anyone can edit - but apparently not the witnesses. You apparently expect the German and Soviet bandits to doccument their genocidal actions and preserve those documents in the public libraries. The only published fact of that kind was Hitler's order to his generals several days before the planned attack, beginning WW2: "Be cruel! Be more cruel than your neighbour in action! I will shoot everyone who utters a word against this order." In the USSR the secrecy was general and overwhelming, so issuing such orders was not needed; the results were obtained by killing those officers who failed to guess properly. You probably want documents for this as well; don't you? When the Russia's President Yeltzin allowed publis access to the Russian documents of the Katyn (not Khatyn) Massacre, the British Government asked him to stop that since some of the facts could be unpleasant for the UK; Nr. Yeltzin complied. Please read books by Wiktor Suvorov , "Aquarium" in the first olace. 142.129.131.22 (talk) 03:45, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

For information on sourcing guidelines, see WP:IS, WP:RS, WP:CITE. For verification policy, see WP:V, and WP:BURDEN and WP:CONSENSUS for guidelines on editing content.  // Timothy :: talk  04:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2024)

Gabin in The Little Rebels (1955) Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is: Jean Gabin Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Abdalá Bucaram • Natural resource Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Restored Incorrect Version

Yeah that's just what I thought, good thing that the edit history of both pages is available for anyone to see

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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Turkish coffee

It seems we both may be re-writing the History section at the same time. It would be a pity to duplicate efforts; would you like to collaborate? FYI it's in my sandbox: User:Ttocserp/sandboxTtocserp 01:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, but I should decline; you seem to be developing a well sourced history section which will improve the article. I requested page protection to deal with the IP issues and will continue to watch the page for problems. My main concern is nationalist editing by IPs/new accounts.

Greetings and well wishes from Los Angeles,  // Timothy :: talk  21:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Request

Could you please articulate within the ANI thread you started, the reasons why you believe my recent statements to another editor amounted to a personal attack?

Another editor has questioned your assessment, and I think it would assist in resolving the thread if you were to provide a response to their question Jack4576 (talk) 09:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

The diffs speak for themselves, experienced editors do not need any additional explanation.  // Timothy :: talk  10:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Might I suggest you have fallen into the trap of the ‘no true experienced editor’ fallacy Jack4576 (talk) 11:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I’m an experienced editor, and the other commenter I referred to is an experienced editor; neither of us view it as a personal attack. The diffs do not speak for themselves. They merely display the polite and appropriate way I tend to go about speaking uncomfortable truths about systemic racism. Jack4576 (talk) 11:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is: Antarctic Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fire safety • Jean Gabin Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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• Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [19]
• A new variable page_last_edit_age will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [20]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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Re:Editing other users comments

I overdid slightly here - sorry.
But I'm not breaking any rules - I have a different style of responding to comments in the discussion, which is not against the rules. For some reason you can't accept it and you only get outraged, and made our previours disscusion pointless. Szturnek_¿? 20:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)