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Sources at John Kasich

Greetings, I was wondering if it might be helpful when naming refs to include some other parameter (like the date of the article) along with the author name to help prevent duplication of ref names. We seem to be running into issues with duplication of ref names at John Kasich when the refs just include the author name. Thanks.CFredkin (talk) 17:39, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Your 2015-08-20 edits to "Hillary Clinton email controversy"

@Neutrality: You ought to try your hand at doing a few edits to the "Hillary Clinton email controversy" article. . . . Perhaps you could rack-up a couple 100,000 more edits in your total edit count? (Ever consider working in your SandBox before publishing edits, in lieu of publishing every single little micro edit individually?)
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Thank you for your edits to this article. Your methodology was perfect as the changes needed were so complicated. I fully support your work. Cheers. Grahamboat (talk) 17:08, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Grahamboat! Neutrality 17:37, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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requesting self revert

of your revert here: . Note in particular that your edit summary said "absolutely no reason to take it out", even though I had just mentioned WP:BIAS in the talk discussion. As I'm sure you'll agree, WP:BIAS is in fact a reason. Additionally, per WP:EW, "This page in a nutshell: Don't use edits to fight with other editors – disagreements should be resolved through discussion." Thank you. Iran nuclear weapons 2 (talk) 22:28, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Political positions of Jeb Bush

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Aborted merger discussion

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Does WJC deserve his own President heading in the Hillary Clinton Endorsements

Short answer: I have no strong feelings on this. I actually separated him out back in like June or something and someone ended up deleting him because he was just one item on a list (or because they weren't a fan or something). The same thing happened rather quickly after you separated him out (and Walter Mondale somehow got lost in the mix too). If you feel strongly about this, you can separate him out again, and I won't touch it, but we should probably start a heading on the talk page about it then, and we'll have to keep an eye on it because there is someone out there who does not feel that WJC deserves to have his own President heading for whatever reason. My gut though tells me that it's just not worth the trouble because it might turn into an extensive rules-setting debate like they have going on for the GOP version of the page, and I think that is to be avoided at all costs. Thoughts? PotvinSux (talk) 02:15, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Could you lend a hand?

I started today Veterans for a Strong America. There is now substantial coverage on this org, and it could benefit from some of your copy editing prowess. The current sources used has additional material, and will post in talk some new sources as well. If this is not your cup of tea, no problems... - Cwobeel (talk) 04:14, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

LOL. I just saw that you already started. - Cwobeel (talk) 04:25, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Jeb Bush

I saw your massive edit on Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016 and I have mixed feelings. I believe that policy positions, such as his tax plan, etc. belong in the text of the campaign article, but not simple positions. I.e., detailed prescriptions in, pro-life/pro-choice, etc., out. I think this is fair. Also, I do acknowledge there is reason to your edits, and would say if you maintain your edits, then policy prescriptions should be removed from all campaigns, especially the extensive section under Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016.   Spartan7W §   05:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

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Cast iron

"Cast iron" is the noun, "cast-iron" is the adjective. BMK (talk) 07:36, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

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October 2015

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Disputed Source

I strongly object to your restoration of content from a disputed source. WP:BLP is quite clear that:

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Please self-revert to remove the content until consensus is definitively established regarding reliability of the source.CFredkin (talk) 22:00, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that.CFredkin (talk) 22:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

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Can you help...

... expanding this section Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy#Hilary_Clinton.27s_testimony_at_public_hearing - Cwobeel (talk) 23:51, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

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Roll call

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Rare fruit/rare fruits

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Ron Paul article

Hi, I want to inquire about this edit of yours.

I believe my edit is factual & well sourced. I would like to know why you say it is "rather POV"--Mouse001 (talk) 06:24, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

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