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Speedy deletion nomination of User:JoshDonaldson20

Hello JoshDonaldson20,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged User:JoshDonaldson20 for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Musamies (talk) 16:49, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (This is just a user page, not an article) --JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 17:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please stop

Hello, 

I just wanted to let you know I only made this account because what you edit and how you edit it, it bothers me. What you do is delete words and phrases to make articles simpler. You change Wikipedia to the way a person would talk, while it should be written as an encyclopedia. You also don't seem to understand what is and isn't proper grammar/punctuation. Please consider checking that your changes are necessary and needed.

Thank you Jordandlee (talk) 23:01, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Malayan Campaign

Hi Josh - in your recent edit you talk about the Spitfire vs the Zero. How does this relate to the campaign as a large number of the Allied aircraft were destroyed on the ground in the opening hours and those that engaged the Japanese were generally Brewster Buffalos and some Hawker Hurricanes? NealeFamily (talk) 22:24, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments NealeFamily (talk) 23:13, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have searched all the reocrds I can find and there is no mention of Spitfires in Singapore or Malaya during the Malayan campaign NealeFamily (talk) 08:25, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Cruiser article

I've noticed that you're working on various edits to the Cruiser article, and so am I. I'm currently planning to add significant information on the development of US and Soviet cruisers 1950-1980, and a section on cruiser warfare in WWII. So far almost all I have on WWII cruisers is the Solomon Islands campaign, which covers US, Japanese, and Australian cruisers but leaves out the Brits. Come to think of it, Japanese cruiser development is essentially absent from the article currently. All I know about Brit cruisers in WWII is the Battle of the River Plate and HMS Dorsetshire finishing off the Bismarck. I will first put my additions in my sandbox, and give you a heads-up here before entering them. RobDuch (talk) 22:32, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it! I appreciate your earlier addition and look forward to your WWII work, so you can skip the sandbox and go straight to the article itself. My work on cruisers is mostly the late-Cold War vessels so there should be no conflict. JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 23:07, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For my own peace of mind I'm working on it in the sandbox. I am almost entirely adding material rather than replacing it. I have Friedman's books and the Conway's series, among other references. Probably my best cruiser article is Pennsylvania-class cruiser, which I did almost all of. RobDuch (talk) 00:38, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

San Jose Sharks

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Brock Turner

Looking at that sentence you were right, but I thought it was a bit grammatically weird(thus my confusion) so I simplified it. Just a heads up, check the next reference to the marshall project, it looks to me like it's still got a link to jezebel in it, but I'm not good enough with wiki syntax to know how to fix it. Inicholson (talk) 18:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your revised text looks good. Will see how to fix the refs. JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 18:04, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Again...

What part of "Bold, revert, discuss" do you not understand?

Never mind, you'll just remove this message and go back to shitposting again.

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First of all let me thank you for your participation in the discussion. Your comments and actions would have been enough for me withdraw my complaint were it not already closed. That being said, I do have some concerns. Explaining yourself and seeking input from others is certainly a step in right direction, but it does not give you license to insist on your preferred version of the article. If someone objects to your edits, you are expected to stop editing the page and resolve your differences through discussion before making any further changes. With no one else commenting on the matter and The Almightey Drill still blocked, I see no evidence of the issue actually being resolved. Most worrying to me though is the timing of all this. You were blocked twice for revert-warring and one of the first things you do after the second expires is to revert the same article again. It makes me worry as that you may not have understood the reason for the block, and that further sanctions may be necessary. I hope you prove me wrong. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:58, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No. No one user gets a veto on changes. tAD's reversions were just as problematic as yours, which is why you were both blocked. If you fail to reach an agreement, there are a number of dispute resolution procedures available to you. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Boeing 777

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iPhone 5s

I saw that you reverted my edit on the iPhone 5s article. I didn't mean them as content removal. 2602:306:32DF:1EC0:1145:113F:FC2A:1D87 (talk) 20:37, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is 97.103.155.112, just editing from a different location 2602:306:32DF:1EC0:1145:113F:FC2A:1D87 (talk) 20:40, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrea Bargnani

Why do you persist on reverting at Andrea Bargnani? Four users now have disagreed with your content: myself, Sabbatino, Bagumba and now IP 188.2.133.143. I was going to let this be, but now since you are edit warring with this IP, I am going to have to report you at WP:AN/I if you revert that IP again. You are being very disruptive and are taking no notice of the reasons being given for the removal of the content in question. Your next move should not be reverting again – you should attempt to discuss the controversial content at the article talk page or at WT:NBA. I started a thread there already a while back [1]. Discuss your view and points there. Don't continue to revert – it's disruptive and gets us nowhere. Please consider heeding to my advice. DaHuzyBru (talk) 17:07, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@DaHuzyBru: There's me, too, because of the use of Bleacher Report, the worst source (lined with The Sun and Daily Mail) for this type of content AND the lack of WP:NPOV. Vítor (talk) 19:34, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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FYI, I have added our disagreement about the Montreal–Mirabel airport to Wikipedia:Third opinion. Air.light (talk) 18:28, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2016

Information icon Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Toronto Eaton Centre, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:20, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to French Montana discography. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:06, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Boxing Day. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:07, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm not sure why you are adding unsourced content, and doing so in reverts, but you do need to add sources to your edits. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:09, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Added source. JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 22:35, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Ferraro self-revert is needed

The consensus at WP:RSN#Is Murray Rothbard/LewRockwell.com an RS about New York politicians? is clear: the Murray Rothbard piece published at Lewrockwell.com is not considered a reliable source about Ferraro or Holtzman (or much of anything else). Therefore please self-revert this change of yours that added it back into the Ferraro article. Thanks. Wasted Time R (talk) 11:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 2017

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JoshDonaldson20, you do have some knowledge of American politics that sometimes helps fill out some of these articles. But you are going about things in very much the wrong way, as @Sir Sputnik: has indicated. If someone disagrees with all or part of your edits, don't dig in your heels and revert, but rather discuss. So if you see me make this edit, where I say that the two New York Times stories you have as the source for Ferraro supporting Hevesi for revenge against Holtzmann do not in fact support that statement, don't just revert with no comment. Go on the Talk page and show me that I missed it by pointing me to a specific place in one of the stories. Or if you realize they don't support it, keep looking for a source that does. In a minute or two you could find a source like this other New York Times story, which says Hevesi had Ferraro's "strong backing". So that solves one part of it. It doesn't say she was out for revenge per se, but it does put the contest in the context of "the unforgiving world of New York City politics, where old feuds and long memories are the stuff of legend", which is close. Now in fact if you look a little more, Ferraro denied that she was out for revenge when she first endorsed Hevesi - see this New York Times piece which says "She said she was supporting him not out of a desire for revenge but because of his liberal record in the State Assembly." So you should include both the mention of the feud and a mention of her denial in the article, and let readers judge for themselves. See how much more productive this is than just reverting? Wasted Time R (talk) 02:34, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Amended as per your suggestion, Wasted Time R. Omitting the Murray Rothbard article due to WP:RSN#Is Murray Rothbard/LewRockwell.com, as it had shed some more light upon the Ferraro-Holtzman rivalry (although of course it was clearly partisan like Fox, later I realized Rothbard was accused of historical revisionism), did cause quite a "sinkhole" with regards to the attack ad and 1993 controller race. Originally I preferred saying "Rothbard asserted that Ferraro, out of revenge, backed Hevesi to challenge Holtzman". JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 17:05, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Most of your wording change is fine but you have to be careful with the quoting. You have Ferraro was quoted as saying that she supported Hevesi "not out of a desire for revenge but because of his liberal record in the State Assembly", but it's not Ferraro who said those precise words, it's the New York Times reporter. You can't copy the reporter's words, so you need to paraphrase it again, to something like Ferraro denied that her endorsement was motivated by revenge against Holtzman, saying it was due to his liberal State Assembly voting record. And you need to add a cite to the New York Times story that has this, because the two cites already there do not. Wasted Time R (talk) 01:31, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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You seem to have a history of edit warring. Please stop EvergreenFir (talk) 21:48, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I've reverted some of your edits to concurrency (road). When you split the North America subsection up, you left a Canadian photo at the top of the split section you assigned to the United States. Additionally, that article does not need to be so detailed, nor does it need to try to be an exhaustive listing. A few illustrative examples are all that's needed.

I restored the section as "North America" for parity with "Europe" and "The Middle East", which also fixes the issue of a Canadian photo appearing in the "wrong" section. I've also removed the Manitoba example to keep the Canadian content length manageable and somewhat proportionate with the rest of the article. Imzadi 1979 → 18:10, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now I understand, in that case thanks for your edits.JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 19:02, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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