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Lila Cockrell

I am a Texan, and Lila Cockrell was a lifetime registered Republican. I do not understand the obsession to delete history from people’s mind. I do certify she was a registered Republican. Gabrielmelissa2015 (talk) 04:44, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

You need to provide a reliable source that states that she was, indeed, a Republican. You cannot just say she was a Republican without any evidence backing it up.

@Gabrielmelissa2015: I see that you have provided such evidence. I accept your source as reliable, just please in the future provide such a source before adding material into articles. Thank you. SkyWarrior 04:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

SkyWarrior: 1. which what authority do you delete or modify information? 2. Before deleting an article, shouldn’t you provide a reliable source to dispute?

I accept that the source you provided is reliable enough to claim that Cockrell is a Republican. I will allow your addition of that fact in the article to stay. However, her political affiliation should not be mentioned in the very first sentence, as we typically don't do that for politicians. I have instead moved the information to the "Political career" section, where it best belongs. SkyWarrior 05:28, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia podcast

Hi @SkyWarrior, hope you're all good. I'm writing from a podcast production company in the UK and we're making a documentary series about Wikipedia and the people who work on it. I was looking at the George Michael page to see who was working on it after his death was announced and came across your name. I'd love to talk to you more to hear what it's like working on a constantly changing situation as new news comes in, especially on such a big figure - and especially on Christmas day! Would you be happy and available to talk to me sometime? Thanks Wearecrowd (talk) 10:15, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Wearecrowd, thank you for the message. Unfortunately, I am uninterested in providing an audio/video interview at this time.

I am, however, willing to answer some questions over email; you may email me using this link; please be aware that I may not respond to any emails immediately; at this time, I am most likely to respond to emails between 8pm and 2am ET. SkyWarrior 00:58, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks very much. I might well send you over some questions. Cheers Wearecrowd (talk) 07:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Territories of the United States discussion

Greetings! I see at Talk:Territories of the United States/Archive 2#Merger proposal 2 that User:Delasse wants to merge Insular area and Territories of the United States into Territories and insular possessions of the United States. According to WP:MERGEINIT, targeting a non-existent destination is a perfectly reasonable thing to do in a merge proposal. Reverting Delasse's unilateral page move until there is consensus for the merge makes sense, but I also see that you have closed the merge discussion and asked them to propose a page move instead. Moving to the proposed destination would not make sense if a merge is not happening, so it seems this creates a catch-22 where the question we are trying to get consensus on cannot ever be discussed. So, I'm writing to ask that the procedural close be reverted so that editors who participated in the first merge proposal can weigh in; I expect the second merge proposal will be more popular since it takes the comments of opponents into account. Thanks! -- Beland (talk) 20:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

I have made a comment here. I will not be reverting my procedural close, for reasons stated at Talk:Territories of the United States. SkyWarrior 01:50, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Needing to provide sources even though they’re already there?

[1] But they’re already there. Why should I provide a source when it’s cited already? Xfhxzf (talk) 18:34, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

@Xfhxzf: Please point to the exact source that claims Green died of skin cancer as opposed to liver cirrhosis. Either I'm missing something or you didn't read the articles properly. Throast (talk | contribs) 22:19, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Yeah. Although the sources do say he had skin cancer, it was in remission when he died. The sources in the article state that only liver cirrhosis caused his death, not anything else. SkyWarrior 01:39, 5 November 2021 (UTC

OK, Skywarrior, Throast I misread it, the cited sources said he had skin cancer but beat it, but this article that wasn't cited did say the cause of his death was skin cancer. So that was a miss. Xfhxzf (talk) 02:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

@Xfhxzf: It actually doesn't, they do phrase it kind of weirdly though. Someone scanning the article might conclude that he died as a result of the cancer but further down, they do elaborate that the cancer went into remission and he died of cirrhosis instead. Please be thorough when you read sources before editing BLPs, especially in regards to personal information. Throast (talk | contribs) 10:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Dosen't matter! It still says he died of cancer first. And I am in regards. Thanks. Xfhxzf (talk) 04:25, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction.

I assumed Talk pages were removed as addressed or as no longer applicable (since they’re always archived in history) so that new active conversations wouldn’t get lost at the bottom. I apologize for my misunderstanding. Kdmckale (talk) 20:11, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

It's fine. Please see WP:ARCHIVENOTDELETE for more information. (Although, with how little is on that talk page, it should just be left alone and not archived). SkyWarrior 20:13, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

I found this when I started researching it more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page I agree it is very little, just VERY old in some cases. I just didn’t want latter conversations to get missed. 🙂 Kdmckale (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Understandable. Just so you know, though, archiving talk page posts is not the same as removing it from the talk page; it's a whole different and (somewhat) complex process. SkyWarrior 20:24, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh yeah yeah…I got that now with my research and what makes Talk pages different from regular pages and why one has to archive Talk pages instead of doing what one would do with a regular page. 🙂

Do you know if all Talk pages append new conversations to the bottom? I’m just wondering because a descending sort would lessen the need to archive even more. --Kdmckale (talk) 21:06, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, all talk pages put new discussions at the bottom; this is how the system is programmed and is generally expected this be done. SkyWarrior 00:44, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Apology

Hi,SkyWarrior! I'm here to talk about your recent removal of one of the edits from this IP. I would first like to state that I do NOT know who wrote this. This IP is for the Homer High School and I appreciate the removal of whatever my classmates wrote. I understand Wikipedia is a shared resource and profusely apologize for whatever transgressions this school has done. I am a freshman here at HHS and use Wikipedia a BUNCH but have never edited it before, so sorry if I'm doing this wrong! Anyway, I was wondering if you know anyone who could block edits from this IP? I have never heard a student here say anything really productive, and i think it would be good in the long run. Honestly, I'm a shamed I am sharing a school with someone who thinks adding that someone's from "big pp land" to a article about presidents. Well, kkep up that good work and thanks for spreading the wealth of knowledge on the internet!

       Thanks, Raiden Skorski-O'Donnell from HHS

74.123.241.8 (talk) 00:34, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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Meta Quotes.

I would like to leave a factual account of the metaquotes whitelabel scams please.

This is my opinion piece but I can write a neutral account if needs be.

This needs to be in the public eye. I will write a factual account. https://www.hatton-li-traders.com/about-4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grandmastergav (talk • contribs) 21:05, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

@Grandmastergav: Content written on Wikipedia requires the content to be reliably sourced, preferably by independent sources. The link you provided above is the only source provided to the content, and it is not independent and, as an opinion piece by some random guy on the Internet, is not exactly reliable. Furthermore, since it is an opinion piece that doesn't cite any sources in itself, it can be considered original research, which in most instances (such as this one) is prohibited.

What you could do is find additional, reliable, and independent sources that describe this alleged scam, and then, and only then, could we consider adding that information back into the article. SkyWarrior 21:17, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Ashley Judd

You have removed content I updated in the Personal section of Ashley Judds' page. I am in disagreement with your removal of this information, as it has been well-documented all over the media and internet, including by Ashley Judd herself in a televised interview with Diane Sawyer. There is no better citation than that.

72.135.192.71 (talk) 21:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC) CH

I'll look into it further, but ultimately the onus is on you to provide the reliable source that claims that what you added to Judd's article is true, especially in cases like this that involve a biography of a living person, which we are much stricter about in regards to unsourced content. SkyWarrior 21:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Okay so good news: I found a reliable source confirming what you put into the article: [2]

That being said, I will not reinstate the content, as I'm not 100% confident it should appear in the article anyways. Others may disagree with me however, and I will not object to you re-adding the content yourself. (Just please provide a reliable source, such as the one I found, with the edit if you do so.) SkyWarrior 22:06, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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Sims 4

Have u ever played ea is a company that doesn’t care for the sims cominty watch u toob MummyHas10Kids (talk) 13:55, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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		For your valiant defense of the Wikipedia page from pesky vandals. Thanks! - Coolman2917 (talk) 13:21, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Interestingly enough, most of the vandals had an "or" at the end of their user. If someone's gonna sockpuppet, they should at least try to disguise themself... ._. Coolman2917 (talk) 13:38, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Some of these trolls just aren't creative, but at least it's less work for us. ;) SkyWarrior 15:00, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

True, true. Have a great day, and keep up the great effort :) Coolman2917 (talk) 15:25, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

thanks and question

thanks for welcoming me

i have been contributing and editing pages related to nobility and royalty not common folk like a president or prime minister by adding an ancestry chart or expanding a chart and have been adding sources as well but i have had several people remove what i have done and have left me messages criticizing what i have done and these people are engaging in an editing war with me and i have no intention of doing that but i don't know what to do about these people

i am asking for help and advice from you because you have welcomed me

thanks brianne martindale Briannemartindale (talk) 18:03, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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	Great job editing! WikiHelper0830 (talk) 16:22, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! SkyWarrior 00:54, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Is that other account even human?

If it is they certainly don't read anything before reverting others work they clearly don't assume good faith and I can only imagine how many people they've driven away. 2602:306:BC74:6240:CC8B:E6D8:4051:629F (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

All information added to articles must be backed up by reliable sources; anything that is not properly sourced is going to be removed. You didn't provide a source to your addition, therefore it was removed. Please also read our no personal attacks policy. SkyWarrior 23:16, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your kindness in your warm welcome to me, and your helpful editing on wikis! WikiHelper0830 (talk) 20:22, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Enjoy a cup of tea

Thank you! WikiHelper0830 (talk) 14:20, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

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