User talk:Wighson: Difference between revisions

Hello, Wighson!

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Again, welcome! - UtherSRG 00:56, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Of course you're right! I know where Benicia & Vallejo are--drive thru there all the time. Guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bay this morning. BTW, you're doing a great job on the history of CA page--there's so much to say about it. Elf | Talk 04:37, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I'm too disqusted now. Wikipedia needs clear policies and courage to deal with disruptive users that can't uphold them. But there is quasi-democratic system that promotes goodwill and talking. Effect? Two warring users attracts perhaps ten others that waste their time for fixing constantly reverted and malverted articles. I'll wait. I'm nearly sure that nobody's paradigm will be irrevocably twisted by reading some nationalist rubbish in the meantime.

OK. Enough ranting. You are obviously right and I see more articles for merging - the prime example is needed merge of Regained Territories with Eastern Germany. Both articles deal with the same territory basicaly but the former from Polish and the other - from German POV. In Wikipedia, you know.

-- Forseti 12:43, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I responded on its talk page--hard to do a pretty layout when people are using all kinds and sizes of screens & browser settings. I like having a lot of illustrations in long articles. Do you have info on the source and/or copyright status of the images you uploaded for that article? If so, could you update the image pages so it's clear that they're not copyvio? Thanks again. Elf | Talk 01:31, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Alright, I put in more descriptions. I am stopping now, since the connection to Wiki is very slow right now, and I am going to bed. --Wighson 04:19, 2004 Jul 2 (UTC)

How much of the huge dollop of new text that you put into this article came directly from your cited source, (Principal source for this section: Laurence Fletcher Talbott, PhD., California in the War for Southern Independence)? How much did you rewrite? Just checking-- Elf | Talk 15:06, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your message.

I wrote it all in one sitting. I consulted the book to confirm names and dates. Nothing is quoted. The book is 235 pages, so the amount is well within fair use. The publisher is now defunct, but copies can be ordered from AbeBooks online, which is where I got mine. I confirmed much of Dr. Talbott's research for accuracy, but the fact is that little research has been done on the topic. The book is quite a find. Thus, Wikipedia's entry is now better than anything online!

I think I forgot to unclick the "This is a minor edit" box, but I don't know how to fix that after the fact.

--Wighson | Talk 00:42, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC)

You're just too good, then. Try to write it crappily next time so we know! ;-) Elf | Talk 00:46, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wow! That's quite a compliment. Thanks, Elf.

	The Special Barnstar
	Good work on Castaic, California. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 01:11, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thank you! Wyeson 06:33, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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On what grounds do you claim that "Edokter has been banned"? --Redrose64 (talk) 13:42, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It said that on his sandbox and there was no activity for some time, and no response to messages. I hope it is not so, he is clever with templates. He has been very helpful. Wyeson 02:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sandboxes can say pretty much anything, and it doesn't make it true. They are test areas, nothing more. But I've looked at User:Edokter/sandbox, and it says nothing about a ban; also, his contributions show that far from there being no activity for some time, he has made at least one edit almost every day for a very long time.

Where did you post these messages that there was no response to? --Redrose64 (talk) 11:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Everything has been taken care of. I appreciate your conscientiousness. Thanks! Wyeson 04:35, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]