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Talk:High Line (New York City)/GA1

If you have time, could you please comment there? – Epicgenius (talk) 23:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thersea Caputo

This morning, I googled Theresa Caputo b/c I was interested in learning more about her.

The first link I clicked was Misplaced Pages b/c I assumed it would provide the most accurate information.

What I found was a "well-documented" one-sided, negative entry.

Scanning the talk page, I came across the observation made by Cesca1910:

"This entry needs more balance."

Next, I read your response to Cesca1910.

BMK, why are you so angry?

I'm having trouble reconciling your response with your your succinct WikiPhilosophy:

"Every edit should either improve the factual accuracy of Misplaced Pages or make it easier and more useful for the reader. Any edit which does not serve these goals is a waste of time and energy, and quite possibly counterproductive."

just one ad man's opinion.— Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Luckiestmaninadvertising (talk • contribs) October 27, 2014

I see no such commentary on that talk page. Perhaps you are referring to another? --‖ Ebyabe - State of the Union ‖ 16:10, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh, were you referring to Talk:Theresa Caputo? I don't see what you are referring to there, either. --‖ Ebyabe - Union of Opposites ‖ 16:13, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

"Ad men" and other PR people working for subjects of Misplaced Pages articles are not welcome here, since the very last thing you are looking for is a balanced and accurate article. BMK (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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advice needed

I need advice! I would like to add some information about Richard Dreyfuss (actor). I personally witnessed him take membership in the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. I would like to add this information to his biography.

AND- I personally witnessed him announce the creation of the "Dreyfuss Initiative", which is a program to assist public schools in improving education in civics and constitutional studies. See http://www.thedreyfussinitiative.org/

answer at cemab4y@hotmail.com Cemab4y (talk) 19:42, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

You cannot add anything to the encyclopedia which is not supported by a citation from a reliable source. Your own experiences can act as a guide as to what to look for, but they are not a reliable source. BMK (talk) 04:50, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Gramercy Park

Re. this diff, it is a redundant subheader, as the main header only contains the subheader's text so it is redundant. Also, to clarify, I can generally write better than I can do technical edits, so can you please stop insinuating that I can't speak English very well?

Additionally, why did you remove the demographics, with source, from the infobox? Epicgenius (talk) 11:30, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

1. My evaluation of your editing ability is based on my many observations of your editing, and stands as written: your technical edits are, generally speaking, useful, but your ability to write, format layouts and edit text are not up to the standards required by a general-purpose encyclopedia aimed at adults. I know that you want to help the project as much as possible, so I suggest you limit your editing to your strengths.
2. I was not aware that I removed sourced demographic material from the infobox - it must have occurred in the confusion inherent in your mixing useful technical changes with other more dubious edits. Feel free to re-add them. BMK (talk) 18:25, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. I'll add the demographics back soon. As for the prose and layout editing, I'll try to work on that. Epicgenius (talk) 18:58, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

RfC

As you participated in a previous related discussion you are invited to comment at Misplaced Pages:Administrators/RfC for an Admin Review Board. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. BMK (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for High Line (New York City)

On 21 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article High Line (New York City), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the High Line (pictured), once an abandoned elevated railway slated for demolition in New York City, is now a linear park with about 5 million annual visitors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/High Line (New York City). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks BMK (talk) 17:42, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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Gramercy Park / Sunnyside Park

Hi. You recently removed my recent edit. I would like to invite you to discuss a better reference. Thanks. 67.247.21.108 (talk) 15:40, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

It's still a blog, and therefore not a reliable source, per WP:SPS. Please do not restore the claim without a citation from a source that is at least as reliable as the NY Times, which supports the claim currently in the article. BMK (talk) 19:27, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Another editor found a more recent NYT citation that supports it, so the article is now updated. BMK (talk) 19:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

December 2014

Please stop attacking other editors, as you did on User talk:DangerousPanda. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. This edit was totally unnecessary and completely unprovoked. Msnicki (talk) 08:07, 9 December 2014 (UTC)