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Hi Gab4Gab. In reference to your recent edit on GIIS Wikipedia page, I make the following observations. The current content on the page under section 'Use of Technology in Education' is wrong. I work for GIIS, and it is not our policy to give away devices belonging to the company to a user. These are company devices and have to be returned to the company after the parent/student leaves school. There is no reference to this company policy expect on our own website and FAQ page. I request you to restore the current information archived earlier as it is factual. Also I would like to bring to your attention that the earlier information about ' students are permitted to take the devices as their own after graduation or leaving the school if they so wish' also lacks citation. It is not from a reliable source, and I fear it is from someone trying to spread false information about the school. Hope you will help restore the changes made by me.
I would also like to bring to your notice that GIIS wikipedia page is regularly vandalised by miscreants who insert foul language next to the names of our Management personnel. There is also false information on the use of Sanskrit in the school curricula, which I have changed multiple times, but which seems to change back to false information. Sanskrit as a subject is optional in Singapore, unlike in India. I do hope Wikipedia has stricter rules in place for vandals, and keep a hawk-eye on them as much as they do on genuine content providers like me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rupali Karekar (talk • contribs) 14:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Rupali Karekar: I reverted your edit because you did not provide a citation to a reliable published source. You can again add your material if you wish, as long as you provide the required citation(s). Meanwhile I've removed that section and the one below it because neither was sourced. Verifiability is an important policy of Wikipedia. I remember your Sanskrit edits. The source cited clearly said the subject was compulsory and yet you changed that to optional multiple times in the article without providing a source to support your version. I suggest you make more of an effort to follow Wikipedia policy. Repeatedly adding unsourced content after you are warned that published sources are needed could be considered disruptive editing which can result in being blocked from editing. Gab4gab (talk) 15:06, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
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I wrote a journalism article about volunteers, including you specifically, protecting public knowledge despite disruption by people self-promoting and causing chaos. Thank you. Supurb (talk) 06:59, 10 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Hello Gab4gab, I noticed you reverted an edit by an IP on the article as it looked like the IP had removed sourced content. Upon reading the actual reference I believe the IP was right. The source given is only about the UAE policy of 96h PCR test validity for arriving passengers and does not mention the school, misbehavior by the school, risks for pupils due to the school's actions or a general 96h PCR test validity. I have thus removed the content as original research. NJD-DE (talk) 19:57, 23 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Njd-de: Thanks for following up and thanks for letting me know. Gab4gab (talk) 20:25, 23 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
I noted that you have deleted a huge amount of data under the Notable Alumni section. I understand that one needs notability to create and justify a wiki-page for a natural or legal person and I know the requirements of NOTABLE. Secondly, you need a valid citation to support any data quoted on a page. For a listing of person notable to the school in the Alumni section [not on their own pages]) you need a citation. You don't need a citation AND a link to a wiki-page to make that list notable in terms of the school. So I have retained the deletions where there are no citations but I have reverted the deletions that had valid citations in accordance with WP:ANYBIO. Its always better to discuss first before deleting such huge chunks of data. Farawayman (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
- Apologies - I have just read Wikipedia:Notable alumni and you do indeed need both a Link to a Wiki-page and a citation. Farawayman (talk) 23:39, 4 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Farawayman: No need to apologize. The notable alumni list often has surprises for editors and can lead to extended debates. Many schools have an alumni honor roll and often editors want to add all of those names to the list. I understand it's disturbing to have a large amount of work reverted but everything is available in the edit history. I expect that a least some of the names I removed will eventually be re-added after either a biography article is written or convincing sources are referenced. It is unfortunate that we've been in conflict recently. I edit primarily school articles and try to follow the advice at WP:WPSCH/AG. I appreciate all the work you've put into the article and your willingness to discuss issues. Gab4gab (talk) 00:45, 5 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
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let me tell you this really dumb story. so I'm in college and I like to get a little baked and listen to this website that turns wikipedia edits into music in real time while I study. (its called listen.hatnote you should check it out) anyway I saw that a high schools page had made an edit and decided to just go and stalk the page and by the end of it I was laughing so hard. then I found your page and now here I am. I just thought that was kinda crazy and that you're appreciated. I don't really know how Wikipedia works so if you wanna chat some more my instagram is @grace.c.richardson or if we never have any contact ever again, I hope you live a happy life :) Gracecaro1ine (talk) 17:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
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"I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Hal Lindes, but you didn't provide a reliable source."
I included a reference to the Wikipedia entry for the BBC TV series Between the Lines and it is mentioned on that page that Hal Lindes composed the theme music for the series. Implicitly, the reference is thus any publicly available copy of the TV programme as Hal Lindes will be found on the closing credits. Indeed, this is where I saw his name after watching repeats of the series on BBC 4. 31.125.76.2 (talk) 17:17, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Just checked Wiki page. Sorry, it looks as if composer was somebody else, but performed by Hal Lindes. 31.125.76.2 (talk) 17:31, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
BTW. WRT, not written by me but I have a reference for: "and a TRIC award for Best TV Theme Music.[citation needed]"
https://www.apmmusic.com/artists-composers/hal-lindes
"TRIC award for Best TV Theme Music – THIEF TAKERS." 31.125.76.2 (talk) 17:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
- I've replied on your talk page. Gab4gab (talk) 19:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
- Sources:
- Confusingly this implies he did compose the theme(?) music! "Between the Lines - Composer" - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511771/
- Hal Lindes's own website - http://hallindes.com/discography.html - "Between the Lines"
- The Wikipedia page for "Between the Lines" credits Colin Towns as the "composer". But his website does not seem to mention BtL. However, the Wikipedia page for Colin Towns does say he composed the music for BtL. This also says he did: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870061/
- So, theme music composed by Colin Towns, played by Hal Lindes? Or theme music by Hal Lindes, incidental music by Colin Towns? 31.125.76.2 (talk) 23:05, 20 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
- I've replied on your talk page. Gab4gab (talk) 15:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hey I noticed that you seem to have a really bad misunderstanding how sourcing from Allmusic works, I noticed this when you added "pop rock" to the genre of this hardcore album and then continuously reverted the proceeding edits of editors who were trying to fix this very erroneous claim just because the sidebar of Allmusic said it's "pop rock". Well I'm here to inform you that you should take look at WP:A/S; AllMusic's genre sidebar should be avoided. Previous discussions at WP:ALBUMS and RSN have evinced that they can be incongruous with the reviewer's prose, which should take precedent over the sidebar. So yeah, the sidebar of Allmusic means virtually nothing, and trust me when I say that that album is verrrrrrryyyyyyyyy far from "pop rock" my friend. Second Skin (talk) 20:21, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Second Skin: My apologies, today's my day to learn something new. Gab4gab (talk) 20:29, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Creation of this page (Draft:ශ්රී සුමංගල ජාතික පාසල - නිල්දණ්ඩාහින්න) is currently restricted to administrators because the page title matches an entry on the local or global blacklists.
- @Tharusha Theekshana: sorry, I can't locate the draft you refer to. I wouldn't be inclined to create a school article if the school wasn't clearly notable. Gab4gab (talk) 16:24, 14 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi Gab4Gab. I am Rupali Karekar I contacted you last on January 2021. I spoke to you last about the changes to the GIIS Wikipedia page. At the time, I had brought to your attention that some changes are made to the factual accuracy of GIIS Brand on its Wiki page by miscreants playing the truant. I work for the company so I should know. These changes made by unauthorized people are falling through the scrutiny cracks, but Every time I have made a change, you have been prompt enough to cross-check.
This time around, someone changed the fact that GIIS is a Singapore-headquartered school. They replaced Singapore with Hyderabad throughout the page, and it has gone unnoticed. I have corrected the changes now, but I am unable to figure out who is tampering with our official page time and again. Requesting you to help.
@Rupali Karekar: I've responded on your talk page. Gab4gab (talk) 15:36, 21 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hello Gab5gab, thank you for pointing out that my citation did not refer to Ysgol Penglais. I had copied the wrong reference from the Andrew John article. I hope what I have now put is OK. I shall also include the citation as a multiple reference on the Andrew John page itself. As you say, his education was not properly referenced there.Ntmr (talk) 14:09, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Ntmr: Thanks for cleaning that up. I often see mentions of high school in biographies that are appear along with higher education with only the later supported by a citation. Gab4gab (talk) 18:56, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Gab5gab: can you point me to any Wikipedia policy on WHO should be counted as a Notable Alumnus? Clearly Andrew John would qualify in respect of Ysgol Penglais, but I was considering who was named on the University of Reading page; someone had deleted most that I had seen a year or two ago, and those that were left were a random selection. I deleted the few that remained, leaving a link to the Alumni List. But is there any guidance giving criteria to be applied to (a) schools and (b) colleges and universities?Ntmr (talk) 19:31, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Ntmr: opinions differ and there is a recent discussion related to this on the school articles talk page, see [1]. There is some guidance in both the school and university article advice essays. (WP:WPSCH/AG and WP:HED/AG) My view is that an alumnus is any former student/attendee, whether they graduated or not. A notable alumni needs to qualify for a Wikipedia biography article. The policy that applies is not very specific to the issue: WP:LISTBIO. There are more essays: Wikipedia:Notable_alumni and WP:ALMA. Many schools and universities maintain list of alumni they consider notable. Their criteria for notability is not the same as what we use here at Wikipedia and they have a bias toward promoting their former students. So I view their lists as most useful for confirming that names are former attendees. Just my opinion. Gab4gab (talk) 21:28, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Ah, thank you for the clarification! There are many accomplished people who have attended Central, will continue searching for opportunities to highlight them in ways that adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines.
ZoeyBella (talk) 16:19, 26 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Gab4gab:, I was looking over the Katherine Parr (actress) article last night and I think it's appropriate that we restore the death details. The British Film Institute and Aveleyman are two places which pass WP:RS that give a 2009 death year, and the GRO Index and Ancestry both hold the death record (I've put a screenshot of it here in case you can't access it manually). The only claim that she was still alive that I can find is from User:WelshDragon18 and a random IP which has similar editing patterns to WelshDragon18. I had him/her permanently blocked from Wiki earlier this year for persistent vandalism, which included, but was not limited to, resurrecting dead people and killing off living people. He/she then returned under the sock puppet account User:Susan1621, which I also had blocked! Their claim that she appears in the 2020 electoral register is utter nonsense. I checked this last night. The last time she appeared on it was in 2003 (the fact that she didn't appear on it between 03–09 may suggest invalidity/a move to a care home). If there are no objections, I'll restore the death date. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 20:02, 15 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Jkaharper: Sounds good to me, thanks for digging into this. Gab4gab (talk) 20:09, 15 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Greetings, Gab4gab. I posted a request on the ATP Flight School Talk page about getting the infobox updated with the correct number of flight school locations. I work with ATP so I'd rather not make the update myself. I see you've made some edits to the article recently, so I'm hoping you can take a look at my request. Happy to answer any questions, thanks. Addison at ATP Flight School (talk) 19:01, 13 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
I removed the notability tag from this article; I'm not sure where you were searching, but I was able to find at least two in-depth "mainstream critical reviews" from major newspapers on ProQuest. I'm not sure whether you have access to Wikipedia Library, but it has ProQuest access, and I would suggest searching it when looking for book reviews, especially pre-1990s. (There was also one extensive journal article on the book, though that hadn't been written yet when you tagged it.) Gnomingstuff (talk) 23:18, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks for the suggestion and your updates. I'll attempt to learn to use ProQuest. Gab4gab (talk) 14:58, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
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I saw that you edited Conrad A. Nervig's Wikipedia page over a period of 15 years. You have done an amazing job during that time! I found an insanely useful resource that could help both of us. It's called the ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book. It has many biographies and deaths of various film editors that have never been posted on the internet before. Disclaimer, some of the death dates may be inaccurate. For example, they listed Alma Macrorie's death date as September 12, 1969 instead of June 28, 1970. But from my research, the rest of the death dates are accurate.
Here's some changes that I've made using that book as a source:
Let me know if you want to collaborate with me, and we can knock these editors out of the park. Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 01:31, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thank you for your message. Although I do sometimes edit film articles my current approach is to randomly view articles rather than concentrate on any particular areas. I do hope you continue to enjoy your time with Wikipedia and I appreciate the work you are doing. Gab4gab (talk) 14:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Gab4gab: You are very welcome! Let me know if you need any assistance. Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 04:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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