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February 2016

Hey I'm Golde62 you reverted an edit I had on Peters Township High School stating that the I didn't leave a reliable source. The film The Perks of Being a Wallflower was filmed there and states so under production on their page; also as someone who's gone to the school, I can confirm this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golde62 (talk • contribs) 05:06, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


Hi John. You stated "If you find a newspaper or magazine article about the film shoot" perhaps you didn't see that I had mentioned that the film page itself mentions where it was filmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golde62 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

https://moviemaps.org/movies/8h http://www.locationshub.com/blog/2013/10/27/six-pittsburgh-film-locations-for-the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/p/Perks-Of-Being-A-Wallflower-locations.html#.VtZBnEU8KnM Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golde62 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Andrean High School/Controversy Section

Hi John,

Can you explain to me why you've repeatedly reverted my addition of a section about the racism allegations incident? Sources (including one cited) are vast and seem to satisfy notability for a section in the article. Thanks. Guanaco152003 (talk) 04:57, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Huron High School

Ok I talked about the changes I made on the Huron High School talk page. So I don't know what to do now. I added it back. Is that edit warring if it's on the talk page? Idk. Thanks Stephilippou (talk) 06:15, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Wow you keep removing it and not talking about why? This is extremely unhelpful and hurts Wikipedia as now there's less revenant information on it. Also, I'm a relatively new editor so by acting this way towards new people, even when they reach out for help, you alienate them. Stephilippou (talk) 23:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

This Weeks Editor of the Week

...is Happysquirrel (talk · contribs · count · logs), a relatively new editor that works hard at improving the encyclopedia experience for all. She deserves a few messages of appreciation. John, I have no idea if anybody pays attention to what happens at the WER pages anymore. For years I have been challenging members of the project to Drop by his/her talk page and give him/her a pat on the back and let him/her know he/she is supported. And for years the response has been miserable. O, every now and then an editor will get nominated that has a fan club and some 5 or 6 editors will drop in to say congrats. I know you have on occasion sent your good cheer. But most of the time I have to send out specific requests to specific editors or no one but me shows up. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy giving out the awards and I enjoy the cheerful responses that I get from most awardees. But can you imagine the pleasure that we as a project would give another editor if every week 3 dozen or more editors said, "Well done. Thank you". Happysquirrel said this after only two editors thanked her:

Thank you so much everyone! This means so much to me. It's always good to know my efforts are appreciated. As someone who works mostly with new articles and new editors, I find myself often on the margins of the community, helping people inwards, but never going in completely myself. You can't imagine how great it is to have people coming out to congratulate me.

Veteran editors waste so much time arguing. I know getting any membership to do something positive can be like herding cats. Sending good wishes takes ONE minute. Editor retention happens one editor at a time. I don't think Editor Happysquirrel will be leaving soon. This message, abbreviated, is at the EotW talk page and the Project talk page. I place it here in hopes that your stalkers will respond. Buster Seven Talk 07:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

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Boynton Beach

Wanted to let you know I added in the reference for the Boynton Beach article. Thanks, appreciate the help very much. Cheers Southrunner10 (talk) 16:44, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

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Arlington, Tennessee

John, Thank you for your welcome. I took both of the pictures that I uploaded to the page, so I know that they are ok as far as copyright, etc. The page had a note requesting that an image be added, and these are the most indicative images of the community that I had. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Ttlouderback (talk) 04:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Ttlouderback. Contrary to appearances, I am glad you have chosen to contribute to Wikipedia. However, it is my feeling, and is also supported by policy, that an encyclopedia is not a picture book. If an illustration helps clarify the text, by all means add it. If there is a subject that has enough referenced support to write about and the subject is quite photogenic, by all means, add the referenced copy and a photo. By all means, upload all the photos you want to commons. Please be sure to add them to the category "Arlington, Tennessee" over there. (In case you were not aware, Wikimedia Commons is a separate website. It services all language Wikipedias, Wiktionary and WikiVoyage.) I believe there is already a link on the article to commons. If you wish your main contribution to Wikipedia to be photographs, there are plenty of single subject articles covering things around that area that need an illustration. Start at Category:Buildings and structures in Tennessee and look for subjects that suit your fancy. Thanks for your contributions. Happy hunting! John from Idegon (talk) 05:02, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
There are numerous sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee that need illustration. John from Idegon (talk) 05:18, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Elgin Children's Chorus

Hi, John from Idegon. I was wondering why you think that the Elgin Children's Chorus should be deleted. It's a very notable group that has had a lot of high profile, professional performances and has had a lot of media. If you'd like me to add more citations, I can. There seems to be a limitless number of them. WikiConqueror (talk) 00:16, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

It would be more beneficial for you to go to the AfD and make a logical arguement based on sources and policy as to why my reasoning for nominating the article was faulty. You do not seem to have a very firm grasp on notability. In the meantime, please avail yourself of the articles for creation process. I think you should agree that having an article reviewed and declined with criticism attached is a far superior approach than having subpar articles deleted. See WP:AFC. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 00:28, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
I've made logical arguments on the AfD pages for other articles, and it's simply harmed them for whatever reason. So, I think that it might be best to have the discussion be between those who didn't create the page. I know I've been a victim of overzealous deletion, and I wouldn't want you to inadvertently get caught up in that. WP:DOUBT I do believe that the nomination was faulty, and I know others will find that too. WikiConqueror (talk) 04:03, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Consensus for images?

I'm very confused why you reverted my edit to add images to Griffith High School (Indiana)‎ and gave instruction in the comment section to "build consensus" -- we don't need to have consensus to make good-faith edits, especially adding images to files. I reverted the edit and restored the images.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:33, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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Page patrolled

Hey John, I noticed recently my page was "patrolled" by you, would you mind explaining what exactly this is and if It's a good or bad thing? Thank You for your time and a pleasure to meet you. Stateless editor (talk) 09:12, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Ricardo Cabello deleted

hi i was still working on Ricardo Cabello article who is the programmer of Three.js before it was deleted and qp2qp article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarek1984 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

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March 2016

Hi I'm MZLxo7, I was wondering why you reverted my edits on the Naperville, Illinois article under the heading Parks? It was about the Naperville Riverwalk,I thought I should add some more information about it because it has very little. --MZLxo7 (talk) 00:02, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

The main reason was your use of puffery. That's what it is called when you add empty words like "crown jewel" that impart no factual info but simply serve to make something sound better. If multiple reliable sources independent of the city said that, you might get away with using it but why bother? It says nothing. The purpose of an encyclopedia is to inform not promote. Additionally, you added duplicate info about the beach; it was already mentioned below. Also we never Wikilink a term more than once in an article (the beach and I believe the river were linked in your new edit with links already in place.) In short, your edit added very little factual info and a source independent of the city would be preferred. The article in question is one of the better articles on settlements in the encyclopedia (B class) and as such, additions should be of high quality too. Please don't be discouraged. It takes a while to get the hang of editing here. Thanks for your contributions. John from Idegon (talk) 00:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
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