User talk:John William Constantine

Welcome!

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Taskline

A tag has been placed on Taskline, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of Taskline and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Tohd8BohaithuGh1 (talk) 22:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Global warming‎

You recently added Aridification as an article referenced from this template. As no article currently exists I have deleted it. Perhaps Desertification would be a suitable alternative one day, but note that the article in its current form makes only a passing reference to climate change. The selection of articles in this template has been the matter of some discussion already, perhaps you might like to raise the topic in its talk pages and see if a suitable article can be sourced? Ephebi (talk) 11:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

UserCacyclewikEd_WikEd

hello, you appear to be using a script of one sort or another based on the WL in your edit summaries to the above named page. the problem is, the page doesn't exist. can you direct me to where this script is discussed? thanks. Anastrophe (talk) 08:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the reply - but please note that comments and replies belong on the user's talk page, not their main page. i have moved the comments over manually. Anastrophe (talk) 09:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Motorcyle Diaries Communist Activist.jpg)

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Talk:Epitaph

Hey. I was wondering if we could discuss your reversion of my edit on the Epitaph article. I've started a discussion on the talk page, and your input is most welcome. Thanks. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 04:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

Are you using the standard ~~~~ in order to sign your comments? If so, could you add at least one link in your signature, to your talk page perhaps? That practice is very standard on Wikipedia and would really help people communicate with you. Thanks. Equazcion •✗/C • 09:29, 12 Mar 2008 (UTC)

Anti-Americanism

I think we both see this from an objective point of view, but it is very hard to express it academically. I welcome your contributions. Thank you, Igor Berger (talk) 08:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of climate change topics

I have left comments at Talk:List of climate change topics. The page is a copy of Glossary of climate change with a few extra edits. This is content forking and I suspect it is based on your disagreement with one of my edits of Glossary of climate change. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:48, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Taskline

A tag has been placed on Taskline, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Deadly∀ssassin 09:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect of Outlook add-ons

Please be sure to include the #REDIRECT [[Page to redirect]] method in order for a Redirect to work. Happy editing! ——Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Wanna know my story?}/ _{Share yours with me!} 21:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

September 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Eratosthenes, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Dicklyon (talk) 05:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage‎

Please state why you think the quotations section should be included in this article on the relevant section of the talk page so that we can reach a consensus. Thanks, Una Laguna^Talk 19:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2009 Victorian bushfires

The tag you are looking for is either {{unreferenced}} or {{refimprove}}. Of course it may be easier for the editors working on the article to address your concerns if you tag (with {{cn}}) (or remove) the specific claims you are not satisfied are sourced. Unfortunately, with the fires still continuing, news changing rapidly and a number of editors working on the article, things slip through. Some understanding and assistance, rather than blanket criticism, may better meet your aims. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 02:31, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Solution for out of date carbon dioxide emissions

As was noted on the Talk:List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions the carbon dioxide emissions data on the List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions page is quite out of date. May I please suggest a possible solution. CDIAC's website does have more recent data - specifically for 2005 instead of 2004. The UN website has not been updated in about 17 months. I would suggest that we use the CDIAC data from the CDIAC website here [1]. It may also be possible to obtain 2006 figures later on in 2009 which would be even more appropriate. Would you be ok with this? Custodiet ipsos custodes talk 19:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No personal attacks please

Please avoid personal attacks like the one in this edit summary[2]. Even if it were true (which it obviously isn't), it would still be unacceptable on Wikipedia. Furthermore, your revert in itself is wrong as well: quotes which are not integrated in an article should not be on Wikipedia, per directory and (in blatant cases like this one) because they constitute a copyright violation (21K of citations, some thirty in total, from a copyrighted work). I also note that the problem of the quotes had been raised on the article talk page previously, where only person agreed with you and three different ones disagreed. I will again remove the quotes for all these reasons. I urge you to not again revert this, but (if needed) to discuss this in a civil manner on the article talk page. Fram (talk) 08:31, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Taxpayer

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Definition, not capable of expansion. The related article is also somewhat questionable.

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Proposed deletion of Taxpayers money

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Taxpayers money, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Term is not actually used, as far as I can tell. In any case, it's at most a definition and commentary. And the paragraph which not entirely a definition, is completely unsourced, biased, and possibly incorrect.

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Thefirsteden 2.jpg)

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A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change. If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 19:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Revert on Initiative

I was a bit surprised by your comment on your revert to Initiative (about initiatives being the "crack cocaine" of democracy). To refer to The Economist as a tabloid is way off base - it is the British equivalent of the Wall Street Journal. --Legis (talk - contribs) 17:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of List of Bush Tucker Man episodes

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Star Trek Enterprise Season 1 Merge

Hello Theo Pardilla, I noticed that you are reverting the merge of the star trek enterprise episodes. After a lengthy discussion at Talk:List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes it was decided that the episodes would be merged until a editor decided to fix them and only de-redirect the articles one at a time. I just wanted to inform you. I am currently looking for sources for the Star Trek Enterprise episode Civilization. Best, --Alpha Quadrant ^talk 03:09, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors. Thank you. Please do not improperly categorize another editor's good faith edits as Vandalism. Doniago (talk) 07:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any consensus to merge. I undid some of the "mergers". Was this even mentioned on the Star Trek Wikiproject? They should wait for consensus before merging. Currently more editors say Oppose than merge. Dream Focus 12:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The merge may or may not have been done without consensus, but it wasn't a "stealth project". I see initial discussion occuring here as far back as June. The articles were also individually tagged I believe. In any event, even if the editor acted without consensus, it appears highly unlikely that their intended goal was vandalism...to label it as such is inappropriate. Doniago (talk) 16:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus isn't just a head count, it's done while addressing actual policies and should show some intent to improving the content of the discussed articles. WikiuserNI (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus isn't going against what the majority of people say its best, simply because you decided you wanted something else to happen. Dream Focus 17:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh indeed I'm quite sure people were saying plenty, but doing very little. There was next to no improvements performed on articles that the main proponent of standalone articles admitted, might very well fail an AfD. WikiuserNI (talk) 17:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. I neither saw a credible (per WP) argument presented as to why the articles should be preserved nor saw any solid work done in the interests of preserving them. FWIW, I would have loved to see the articles actually reach that point. Doniago (talk) 20:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism tags

I noticed you reverted a number of my edits that were made with consensus with a "vandalism" tag. This is very poor form, I suggest you not do so again. WikiuserNI (talk) 11:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Starlink

Thanks for your addition of important descriptive information about the first launch of 60 sats for the Starlink satellite constellation. Appreciate you contributions to spaceflight articles.

I copyedited a bit today, to put units in global terms, and clarify that several of the statements were direct quotations. It is important to always identify quotations explicitly to avoid copyright violation issues. Cheers. N2e (talk) 17:16, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction

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Does not appear to be notable, nothing found in BEFORE. Tagged for notability since 2021

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