User talk:Mdann52

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If you post here, I will reply here and place a talkback notice on your page. I'd appreciate if you do the same if I post to your user talk page.

No personal attacks, please. They are pointless, and will only get you in trouble.

Thanks, Mdann52 (talk)

My current time - to update

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Stuff I will get round to doing one day..... Keep WP:SPER backlog down Moniter Special:PendingChanges

Page: Hamid Senni

Hello, I have just created the page "Hamid Senni", but got a message explaining that it will be deleted. As it is the VERY First page I have ever created on Wikipedia, what is the information I need to remove so the page becomes OK. My initial understanding was that as long as there are references, all should be okay. Would very much appreciate your help and advise on this one. Many thanks Best Hamid (as VisionEnabler) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.36.176 (talk) 12:36, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

User:Kantischüler

Thanks, Mdann52, for your warm welcome! I've been on wikipedia for a few months now, but mostly I edited and created articles in German wikipedia. But after passing the Certificate in Advanced English at Cambridge ESOL, I decided to join also the English wikipedia.
Greetings, --Kantischüler (talk) 16:45, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit War

Hi Mdann52- I just received a message from you regarding the edit war currently going on between me and (assumedly) people affiliated with Julie Menin over edits made to her page. I have been trying to update some of the information on her page, all of which is factual (supported by sources that I have formatted according to the guidelines and included in the page) and appropriate for the consistency of the webpage. It is apparent that the people deleting the information want to keep Julie Menin's page as positive as possible -- she is currently running a campaign for Manhattan Borough President -- which would seemingly defeat objectivity that Wikipedia strives to preserve. I obviously don't want to be blocked from editing, but I also feel as if the information is being subjectively deleted and I don't think that's right. Let me know if you have any advice/tips. Thanks! Maxx Attaxx (talk) 22:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

The only reason I warned you was because you were the only one to get close to 4 reverts. I would advise you to discuss on the talk page, and if that fails, seek Dispute resolution. I have reviewed the edits, and restored your version for the time being. Mdann52 (talk) 11:01, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey -- they seem to have restored it again. Not really sure how to keep it from happening without having to engage in another "edit war". Is there some sort of moderator on the talk page that will decide on a verdict or something? Maxx Attaxx (talk) 18:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Monster plot summary

Hi, Mdann52. Regarding your recent revert of good faith edits to Monster: I understand the WP:ALLPLOT policy, but the Monster page is not all plot. In fact, all it was really missing was a synopsis. Marcussilas5 is a student in my class (though you wouldn't know because he failed to tag the Talk page with the Educational Assignment tag, so I will now) who is working on trimming down the plot summary to a reasonable length. Can we let the long plot summary stand for now? It seems like being bold to have some plot summary and have it be too long than to have none whatsoever. Thanks. --Roseclearfield (talk) 20:22, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Just as a follow-up, I couldn't help myself and trimmed down the synopsis. What do you think? --Roseclearfield (talk) 20:33, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

That's fine. I wasn't aware that they were part, otherwise I would of let it be - my WP:AGF skills have been getting a bit thin recently... Mdann52 (talk) 11:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Jessica Lappin

Hi Mdann52,

I was on the Julie Menin wikipage, and believe you made a mistake. This page is constantly being vandalized by user Maxx Attaxx, who has written favorable remarks on the wiki page of Jessica Lappin, and disparaging remarks on Julie Menin's page. Lappin and Menin are both running for Manhattan, and I think that all the stuff Maxx Attaxx has been posting is politically motivated.

Best, Sportsman9830 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsman9830 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

The best avenue to get help with this would be at WP:DRN. I restored their version as it was reliably sourced. Please note that we also assume good faith, so calling their actions Politically motivated isn't really helpful. Mdann52 (talk) 13:53, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

I think the good faith assumption goes out the window when you see that Maxx Attaxx has been posting on the pages of both political candidates for the same office. It may have had a "source," albeit those sources did not cite sources, but there are plenty of similarly disparaging things written about Lappin. In order to prevent wikipedia wars, administrators such as yourself need to step in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsman9830 (talk • contribs) 14:06, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Last time I checked, I am not an Admin :/. As I said, the edit looks ok - feel free to go to WP:DRN; They are the experts in resolving such disputed. Mdann52 (talk) 08:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)