User talk:Mudwater/Archive 15

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Happy New Year!

Mudwater,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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@North America: Thanks. Happy New Year to you, too! — Mudwater^(Talk) 18:40, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Confederate States of America

Good afternoon,

I can’t edit this article because it’s locked.

The article states, “ All seven of the states were located in the southeasternmost region of the United States,...”

Texas is considered South or Southwest. It is definitely not located in the “southeasternmost region.”

Perhaps it should read, “All seven of the states were located in the Southern and Southeastern regions of the United States,...”

Best, Adam Yakeman47 (talk) 16:20, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@Yakeman47: Hello. Thanks for the note. I suggest that you post this on the talk page for the article. That is, go to Talk:Confederate States of America, click the New Section tab in the upper right, and write a post very similar to the one you wrote here, including you signature. That way, other editors who are interested in the article, not just me, will see your suggestion. — Mudwater^(Talk) 16:45, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@Yakeman47: Upon further review, I've gone ahead and changed the article to say, "All seven of the states were located in the Deep South region of the United States..." Deep South was already linked there anyway. — Mudwater^(Talk) 23:05, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Yakeman47 (talk) 04:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Although, Texas and Florida aren’t technically the Deep South... Yakeman47 (talk) 04:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Yakeman47: I see what you mean. But, it looks like the definition of Deep South is somewhat flexible. I'll ponder this further, but, feel free to post on the article talk page if you like. — Mudwater^(Talk) 12:38, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For adding a number of new articles about Allman Brothers archival releases and compilations. Wasted Time R (talk) 14:38, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@Wasted Time R: Thanks!

— Mudwater^(Talk) 14:54, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

JW

Hello: You probably already know, but the discography is is proposed for Wikipedia:Today's featured list/May 24, 2021. JW articles may see an increase in activity, including OR/POV/unsourced/poorly sourced changes. Some recent edits are problematic and usually contain numerous Manual-of-Style errors. I hope to catch the worst of the lot, but the more eyes the better. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:59, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ojorojo: Hi. Thanks for the note. Yes, I'll try to adopt a heightened level of vigilance.

— Mudwater^(Talk) 16:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

RE: MTG

I wanted to explain a bit further my reasoning behind the rvt. WP:NOTNEWS is pretty vague so it's up to a lot of interpretation, but in my opinion, that paragraph is hardly relevant or notable even today, imagine a month from now. Tl;dr of what I'm saying, I don't believe it would hold up. Of course, I'm sure you have a different opinion on it's inclusion; I'm open to discussion! Curbon7 (talk) 21:59, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

@Curbon7: Hello. Yes, I do think that item is significant enough to include in the article -- both for her views on the pandemic, and for the mistake about the date. I shall ponder this further. Also, I think any additional discussion could take place on the article talk page, where other editors are more likely to see it, though I do appreciate your post here. — Mudwater^(Talk) 22:37, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Mudwater, I'm re-adding that part back into the article, but I'm changing it a bit so the paragraph focuses more on the whole of the source regarding the demanded investigation rather than just the day thing (it is really good that you brought this up because I just noticed that things like MTG's support for the lab leak hypothesis and and other relevant theories are missing from this page.). Curbon7 (talk) 23:15, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

@Curbon7: Looks good. Thanks! — Mudwater^(Talk) 23:57, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

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