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The Cosby Show DVD

Stop removing my edit. There are many people complaining about the fact that the Season 1 DVD of The Cosby Show contains the syndicated versions of the episodes. It is a verifiable, neutral fact that can be backed up by reading the user reviews on amazon.com. I just don't know how to put the references on there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.36.120 (talk) 10:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would be happy to help you add a quality reference, but user reviews on Amazon.com are not acceptable sources for a Wikipedia article. It would be different if you had a newspaper article describing a large letter-writing campaign to First Look Studios, or if media critics at the BBC, Entertainment Weekly and Time magazine had all written articles complaining about the first season DVD. See WP:V and WP:RS for more info on acceptable sources in Wikipedia. JTSchreiber (talk) 22:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wikilinks

Hi, wikilinks can be used in each section of an article in addition to a lede. I think this is done as the lede should be a stand-alone summary of an article; in addition often someone will link to a section in a large article so it's fine and quite helpful to repeat a wikilink in that way. It's discouraged to "overlink" the same wikilink more than once within a section. I've also added an infobox to the barber article if you can fill in any more of the sections go for it! Benji boi 15:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have read the rule about one wikilink per section, but I believe that is mainly intended for long articles. I don't think that the Janette Barber article will be long anytime soon. I have seen editors delete wikilinks that are duplicated between sections on short articles like this using some automated tool, like TW. The tool apparently determines which articles are long enough to have links duplicated between sections. I'll leave the new links alone, but don't be surprised if someone else deletes them. JTSchreiber (talk) 04:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But you apply a rule of one wikilink per entry given your removal of the link from the "See also" in the Fukushima article on the grounds that there was another wikilink to it buried deep within that colossal entry. The purpose of "See also" isn't to list any link that wasn't linked in the entry, but to list topically related wiki entries as the one I added but you removed. And there are two other wikilinks in the "See also" section that are also linked in the entry, Nuclear and radiation accidents and Fukushima 50 and removing them would also be contrary to a user-friendly entry. 98.204.201.124 (talk) 21:31, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I didn't apply a rule of one wikilink per entry. I followed the WP:SEEALSO guideline, which says

A reasonable number of relevant links that would be in the body of a hypothetical perfect article are suitable to add to the "See also" appendix of a less developed one. Links already integrated into the body of the text are generally not repeated in a "See also" section, and navigation boxes at the bottom of articles may substitute for many links (see the bottom of Pathology for example). However, whether a link belongs in the "See also" section is ultimately a matter of editorial judgment and common sense. Indeed, a good article might not require a "See also" section at all.

Contrary to what you've written, the first, second and last sentences of the quote say that the purpose of the See Also section is to list topics which the article body does not cover. It sounds like you have a problem with WP:SEEALSO itself, saying that this approach is not user-friendly. If you think the guideline should be changed, my talk page is not the place to discuss this.

In one of your edit summaries for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, you quoted the WP:SEEALSO sentence about "editorial judgment". First, I would point out that you seem to be pursuing an approach where the "editorial judgment" sentence is the only sentence you follow, using it as an way to override the rest of the guideline. I really doubt that is what the authors of this guideline had in mind. Second, in a situation where editorial judgement is needed and there is a conflict among editors about the correct course of action, the appropriate way to handle the disagreement is to discuss it on the article's talk page and try to reach consensus. You did not do that in your editing of the Fukushima article. Instead, your behavior bordered on edit warring. Please be aware that you can be blocked for this type of behavior. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:28, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, the twinklers, lol! Benji boi 22:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Red links

Hi! Please see Wikipedia:Red link. Thanks! —David Levy 05:05, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Thanks. JTSchreiber (talk) 04:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

please add Azma.com to AirQuality Wikipedia

we do calculate a 4 day forecast every day and this site will help people reading about Air Quality as it is the only site of its kind to make a forecast map and running 30 day history

Azma.com, ^[1] calculates a 4 day forecast of air quality trends by zip code based on a proprietary formula that takes into account five major air pollutants, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.

can you list our site on the wiki page for Air Quality? 207.106.86.85 (talk) 14:56, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, adding that info would violate Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. To justify the addition, you would need reliable sources that verify the usefulness of your site. Azma.com is a self-published site which cannot be used as a source for this verification. JTSchreiber (talk) 05:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Frolovs Respiration Training Device

Hello TSchreiber,

you removed my post regarding Frolovs Respiration Training Device. I do think that information about it relates to asthma because this is another breathing method that goes from Russia, like Buteyko method, and which is now much more popular in Russia than Buteyko (I am from Russia myself this is why I am certain). Please let me know the best way to post information about Frolovs device in asthma section - if you suppose that it looks promotional, please help editing it so that it does not look promotional. Thousands of people in Russia cure their asthma with the method, and I do not think that it is fair to remove the post about it.

Regards, Folki —Preceding unsigned comment added by Folki (talk • contribs) 11:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I am new to editing wiki. Might be slightly out of the design requirements. Please excuse for that and help to post the comments correctly.

Folki (talk) 11:45, 8 December 2008 (UTC)Regards, Folki[reply]

To justify the addition, you would need reliable sources that verify the information about that device. The preferred sources for a medical article would be peer-reviewed medical journals and medical school text books. Sources should be in English if at all possible. Corporate promotional web sites are not considered reliable sources of medical information on Wikipedia. JTSchreiber (talk) 05:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Police

There is a difference between a source and a wikilink. I'm assuming, perhaps optimistically, that the linked article is properly sourced. Therefore, a reader wishing to verify the assertion could follow the link and verify the source there, and it does not require a citation in Police. Or should every assertion in every article have its own separate citation? I think not. --Rodhull andemu 12:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. WP:EGG says that Wikipedia articles should try to accomodate readers who are looking at hard copy versions of articles, and so cannot access the wikilinks. Having the reference directly in the article would help those readers. You could complain that the current reference shows up as just "[2]", which is of no use to a hard copy reader. I'll try to fix that. JTSchreiber (talk) 04:45, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Understatement of the year

Your comment "I don't think so" when removing Kelgar The Barbarian as a recurring character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Very good...subtlety is a often a lost art. :-) PoughkeepsieNative (talk) 12:35, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- JTSchreiber (talk) 04:53, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request

Hi JTSchreiber (JT?). Thanks for your patient help with the Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) article. I'm incredibly busy right now, so it may be a couple of days or even a week or more before I can add the material that we were discussing, but I'll eventually get to it (though don't let me stop you from adding it if you feel the urge).

In the mean time, I was wondering if you might be willing to share your Wikipedia know-how in another way. Specifically, I was wondering if you might be willing to share your thoughts about a couple of pages in the wiki I started (tmswiki.org).

Let me explain: I've read an awful lot about Wikipedia because I believe that the best way to think of a wiki isn't as a Website, but rather as a community. And what allows that community to exist is the culture and norms surrounding participation in that community. For example, as watchers of the TMS article know, it is precisely references to Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, essays, and special pages that prevents the editing of controversial articles from breaking down into anarchy. I figure that one of my jobs as the wiki's founder is to help build up a constructive culture for the TMS Wiki.

The best way to do that that I know of is by copying and customizing Wikipedia's culture. Clearly our culture will need to be different (in fact one of the reasons why I started the wiki was because I knew that there was an awful lot of terrific material about TMS that simply wouldn't be allowed in Wikipedia, and I wanted to make "our own wiki") but I feel like there is an awful lot that we can learn from Wikipedia and Wikipedians. For example, one thing that I have already learned from Wikipedia is the importance of citing sources in a wiki.

If I were to mention a couple of pages for you to look at, would you be willing to give me feedback on them in terms of how they measure up on the quality scale that Wikipedia uses? Obviously, standards would need to be different on the TMS Wiki, but if you bore that in mind, I'm sure that we could have a very interesting conversation about it. Forest4Trees (talk) 03:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome for the help. It's fine to call me JT. I haven't decided yet whether to add the Weil and Oz material myself, or wait for you. I would be willing to look over a couple TMSWiki pages and give you some feedback. My response may or may not be prompt, but it doesn't sound like you're in a big hurry. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 20:54, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Death of MJ" article

In current format section "Circumstances" has only "Health" as subsection, which is grossly misleading readers to think that health actually has relation to Jackson's death -- while no related sources point to that and while "Personal physician" is what actually directly part of circumstances of death.

Now this subsection is buried down and readers even have no idea that he charged the murder until they get there, which is ridiculuous. Murray's actions, according to authorities, is the key circumstance of Jackson's death. DenisRS (talk) 10:36, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I copied your comments to the article's talk page, so that others can also provide feedback. Please see my response there. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:00, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

dr john sarno.physica

i am not inacurate, you are. from mind over back pain: p.92: "The teaching begins in my office at the time of the consultation, is continued in the formal lecture/discussions and reinforced by the physical therapist who administers physical treatment. A well trained physical therapist can be very important to a successful outcome, for he or she can answer many of the patients questions as treatment progresses. My submission may have been biased, but it was not inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.250.149 (talk) 13:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mind Over Back Pain was published in 1982 and reflects what Sarno was doing back then. He has long since stopped the use of physical therapy (PT), as stated a few times in his 1991 book, Healing Back Pain. For example, on page 81 he says, "...I did not stop prescribing physical therapy until twelve or thirteen years after I began to make the [TMS] diagnosis. It took that long for me to fully break with all the old traditions in which I had been schooled." He then explains that one of the reasons he stopped using PT was that "some patients had put all their confidence in the physical therapy (or therapist) and were having placebo cures..." -- JTSchreiber (talk) 02:47, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence

I have nominated The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Sottolacqua (talk) 12:51, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. Obviously, we disagree about this issue. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ref help

Thanks there! :) JoeSmack ^Talk 01:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! -- JTSchreiber (talk) 06:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ratings

I am contacting you because you are one of the only non-IPs who has over twenty edits on Home Improvement (TV series) and who has edited the article in the since October. I do not understand why the article is showing in Category:Nielsen Ratings winners. I added a link to 1993–94 United States network television schedule, but the article does not support the claim that the show is a former number 1 show.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 08:27, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Template:TopUSTVShows.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:56, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 04:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Community of Wikipedia

controversial statements about a living person? I know it was wrong but a controversial statement? little bit extreme, don't you think? (Nintendostan (talk) 04:25, 28 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

First, I don't understand how you could consider an edit that's wrong to be non-controversial. Second, the purpose of a person's photo description in that article is to describe what's most important about that person in relation to the Wikipedia community. To have the entire photo description be about Sanger's enjoyment of his weekends is to imply that Sanger has done nothing important in relation to Wikipedia and that any opinions he has about Wikipedia are irrelevant. That's not controversial? -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was not jabbing Sanger I was jabbing at Rebecca Black's Friday. Can I ask how Sanger enjoying his weekend is bad? Maybe once and a while you can enjoying your weekend? No? I was experimenting with Wikipedia. Testing it's reliability. Seamed to work. (Nintendostan (talk) 09:40, 28 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

I'm not familiar with that song, so I wouldn't understand that reference. Even though you did not intend to take a jab at Sanger, many will still interpret it that way because of the context. As I stated before, "the purpose of a person's photo description in that article is to describe what's most important about that person in relation to the Wikipedia community. To have the entire photo description be about Sanger's enjoyment of his weekends is to imply that Sanger has done nothing important in relation to Wikipedia and that any opinions he has about Wikipedia are irrelevant." -- JTSchreiber (talk) 04:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AGF warning

Hello. You are hereby warned regarding this edit and the statement it sounds like you do not intend to follow WP:WEIGHT. You must assume good faith. I will not run to anywhere to complain now, but you are hereby warned to assume good faith and not try to read the mind of other editors and speculate about future actions. History2007 (talk) 02:39, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Virginia Earthquake

Thanks for the patient, helpful response to my Talk:2011 Virginia Earthquake edit. I've been a "lurker" for years, and am only now getting around to really contributing. I like what I'm seeing so far! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris.matt (talk • contribs) 12:23, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome for the response. Let me know if you need a little more help getting started in knowing how to write on Wikipedia. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:37, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please add my website link in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping

Hi I am from India, People called me Kalki Avatar. Hindu Holy Book says Kalki Avatar comes in Judgement days. Holy Koran says Isa Asalam comes in Judgement days. Holy Bible says Jesus comes in Judgement days. Kalki Avatar will have all three names. I am Kalki Avatar. I what you to put my website link http://www.naziat.org/jesus.htm in Harold_Camping page. Harold told Oct/21/2011 is Judgement days and Jesus appear. I want send my message to world through Harold_Camping page. Please keep http://www.naziat.org/jesus.htm link in Harold_Camping page so that by Oct/21/2011 world will know Jesus came to world. Please do this help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping

Keep this link * Message from Second come of Jesus before 21/Oct/2011

Thanks Kalki Avatar (talk) 14:07, 1 September 2011 (UTC) Rvdveda[reply]

Do you have reliable secondary sources to show that your claims have received significant coverage? If not, your ideas do not belong in Wikipedia, even as an external link. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:14, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, by reading peace of line in my website doesn't prove that I am Second come of Jesus. You should read all 33 chapters in http://jesus.naziat.org. I don't have secondary sources to prove that I am Jesus. I just started my website. Jesus will read all religion holy books to extract hidden information to prove Second Come of Jesus. Please see this link this is my hand signs http://www.naziat.org/images/hand.jpg. Please Keep my website information in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping till 21/Oct/2011 and let world decide I am Jesus or Antichrist. I hope you do something on this issue if not Harold Camping go upset or he would die. I am keeping my website link in Harold_Camping page if you want keep then it is fine or if you delete then it is up to you. I tried my level best to protect Harold Camping..

--Kalki Avatar (talk) 13:51, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I am not going to read 33 chapters. It would not change anything even if I did read them. Per WP:V, the Wikipedia standard is that content needs to be based on verifiability in reliable sources, not my opinion of what is true. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 04:02, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Andrew Orlowski for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Andrew Orlowski is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Orlowski until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.. Dmcq (talk) 11:56, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 18:46, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fibromyalgia

I am new to Wikipedia and did not intend to cite more than once. It's important that more than just "neck injury" be mentioned in possible traumas related to the condition. The physical trauma associated with the illness goes far beyond neck injury. The article on Fibromyalgia tends to lack a lot of information in general and it is my intention to update it. If the cited website gains permission to quote the MDs that the information was taken from, will this become valid for Wikipedia (ie. "Fibromyalgia has shown to appear in patients as a result of post surgical trauma", states Dr. Example Smith )? Essentially, what exactly makes the information and source verifiable? I have noticed in other, unrelated articles, that certain websites have been cited without historical sources. For instance, if a website discusses an alternative way to play candyland (I'm using this as a fake example, as I don't want to call out writers of other articles whose efforts do seem to be simply to provide useful info), yet those rules are not stated in the box's instructions... what makes it verifiable information , and valid to remain on Wikipedia? Thanks for any insight! Jprojectf (talk) 11:28, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, many Wikipedia articles do not make good examples of how to follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines. For your situation, I would recommend reading the guidelines on reliable sources in general and reliable sources for medical information. ProjectFibro is a self-published site, so it will not be considered an acceptable source even if it is quoting Dr. Smith. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 06:35, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the welcome, and I see what you mean (as well as the info provided in the reliable sources articles). However, I'm not sure why other sites cited on the page are considered more reliable sources. I am myself not a doctor, but my stepfather is, and a lot of the information I receive comes from him and the medical community. Whereas, I see citations and sources as comments on web forums, which is completely unverifiable. One citation includes a link to a web forum where an article was copy and pasted from the American Academy of Neurology website. I can go to the NIH website and copy and paste their articles, as they are public domain and allowed to be copy/pasted, yet it would be the incorrect way to cite, being that the original content, verbatim, came from the NIH website. I'm not sure why that is justifiable for a web forum post. Two citations go back to a spammy website's front page, containing absolutely no information regarding the topic of the citation.

Furthermore, some of the websites contain regurgitated material. Authors have read news and articles and rewritten them for their sites (as do many websites that report legitimate news information). These are medical information sites, but are not run by anyone in the medical community (nor are articles reviewed or written by anyone involved in the medical community-they are written by writers). The website we cited falls under the same category, and if the information on the website is elaborated upon, while including study reports, it doesn't make sense that these other places are exempt from the rule, and ours is not. The issue at hand is that the article is incomplete in it's information. It is fact that diagnosis pertaining to physical trauma goes far beyond neck injury. This can be proven by our site by including citations and sources of studies contained in information available to the medical community, but not available online. Last, if a MD guest blogs on our website, or if an MD reviews our articles and information (name included-same as on sites like Web MD, etc.) regardless of it being run individually, it seems strange that the source would still not be considered valid, as the info can be verified on a professional level. Also not sure why, while the information we provided in the cognitive dysfunction article remains, the citation is deleted. If, in fact, the information isn't factual in the eyes of the editor, should it not be removed entirely, rather than simply removing the citation? Wikipedia's links are not do follow links, thus, provided information is in effort to help further complete two very incomplete articles. I do understand that anything without a source can be considered opinion, but you say that it will always just be a self-published website,so no information will be considered reliable. This just doesn't match up with other citations through not only the aforementioned articles, but many other medical articles on Wikipedia. I've seen slews of individually run websites, with no professional background or even sources in their information, cited on Wikipedia. This includes biographical information on living people (whom are in no way associated with the source). I'll reiterate-I understand the removal of the current content, being that it was not sourced to anything that can be defined as verifiable by Wikipedia, however, I do not understand some of the citations that remain, nor do I believe the statement that any information provided by the website in the future, will not be reliable-especially if MDs and the research of MDs is included (being that most citations on the page are just that). I do appreciate the allowance to express the above concerns.

I was happy to provide basic info on Wikipedia sourcing here on my talk page. However, if you want to have detailed discussions about these two Wikipedia articles, then those discussions belong on Talk:Fibromyalgia and Talk:Cognitive dysfunction. That way, other people who follow these articles can see the discussion. I'm sure that people will also want to know more specifics. For example, when you say "Two citations go back to a spammy website's front page", that doesn't give people any way to to look at those citations. You need to name the website. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 06:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia organization

A description of WP organization is in this draft. Please look it over and make changes with accompanying discussion on its Talk page. Brews ohare (talk) 17:37, 7 December 2011 (UTC) Now moved to this location. Brews ohare (talk) 15:31, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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It's fixed now. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 21:14, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I find the rules for talk pages?

Hi - I don't mind that you reverted my comments on the fracking page all that much (though more data is badly needed), but you directed me to a general rules page rather than the rules for talk pages. I have a good idea what is appropriate for articles, but I've seen all sorts of stuff on talk pages. Where are the talk page rules? Thanks for your help. Smm201`0 (talk) 12:58, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While the page I directed you to has general rules, the WP:NOTFORUM section specifically mentions talk pages. For talk page rules in general, see WP:TPG. This is the main page for most of the talk page rules, but for the rule about not using the talk page as a forum, WP:TPG just has a summary that links back to WP:NOTFORUM. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 06:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Oz's Religion

Dr. Oz wants his religion to be added on wikipedia. You have no legal right to keep on changing that option. His religion must be added with his biography, end of discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afg96 (talk • contribs) 06:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Issues of article content like this should be discussed on the article's talk page, so that other editors interested in the article may see what's being discussed and respond. I have copied your comments to Talk:Mehmet Oz with a reply. -- JTSchreiber (talk) 05:47, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Help Survey

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Propose merging Pollutant Standards Index with Air Quality Index

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You've been mentioned in a WP:AN/I discussion regarding the Criticism of Wikipedia page

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Lou Grant inspired by Mike O'toole of Hot off the Wire

I noticed you reverted my addition to Lou Grant. The "get the story" character has a history and it is not unreasonable suggest that Hot off the Wire might very well have been what Lou was watching. Maybe, I worded it or included it incorrectly but somewhere, somehow there seems that a linkage should exist. --Wikipietime (talk) 15:34, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Let me repeat what I wrote at Talk:Lou Grant:

It's definitely original research (OR) unless there's a reliable source which explicitly says that O'Toole preceded Grant.

Here's a quotation from the Wikipedia's OR policy: "The only way you can show your edit is not original research is to cite a reliable published source that contains the same material." On Wikipedia, the question is not what's reasonable to suggest; the question is what do reliable sources say. -- JTSchreiber (talk)

Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Hi, JTSchreiber. According to the page editing statistics you have been among the most active editors of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill article. There is a request for comments if the Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was split correctly from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and if it should be merged back there. Related sections for this discussion are also this and this. Your comments are appreciated. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 16:13, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

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The Wikipedia Library Survey

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