User talk:Woodroar

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If you're here to ask why I removed/reverted one of your edits or left a warning message on your talk page, may I first suggest reading Wikipedia's policies and guidelines (because the answer can most likely be found there). Many of the messages I leave are for the following reasons:

• Copyright infringement
• Lack of citations or references
• Lack of notability
• Spam or other improper external links
• Vandalism

You may also want to familiarize yourself with these specific guidelines:

• The Manual of Style, especially capitalization, different varieties of English, and naming conventions
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• Guidelines for music articles

Otherwise, keep reading and feel free to leave me a message. Thank you!

Just because you haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean it's "not notable"

Dragon Raja Online is a classic 2D MMORPG well-known in Asia (and now spread to Europe). Just because Americans (or wherever you're from) are ignorant of it, it doesn't mean it's not a classic. The game has been around since 1999 and still loved by many. Not many MMORPGs, especially from the late 90s, are still around these days. DRO has had servers in numerous Asian regions throughout the last decade, notably in Korea, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan. It was at one point one of the top three MMORPG games in Hong Kong, for instance. If you're allowing Wikipedia to be that myopic, then... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.181.251.131 (talk) 07:12, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

If the game meets our notability policy then I'm sure someone will write the article. By long-standing consensus here on Wikipedia, we wait for the article to be written before adding it to list entries. You can find all of this information and more linked above, at the top of my Talk page. I hope this helps. Wyatt Riot (talk) 12:50, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

CAPITAL letters in REAMDE

Hi,

I'm totally new to this talking, so please excuse any unintentional impoliteness. Despite the fact that amazon.com lists it as "Reamde", I think it is clear that the title of Stephenson's book is "REAMDE" in all caps. The README file was always all caps, the cover of the book has REAMDE in all caps while every other letter (including the "n" and "s" in neal stephenson) is lowercase, and as far as I can recall every time the word appears in the book it is in all caps. Stephenson obviously knows his Unix conventions, I think he would find the use of "Reamde" incongruous (not that I have asked him).

I just suggest this to you because you're the last person listed in the page change log. I suppose I could do edit it myself, but I'd prefer to leave the job to someone who has invested the time and energy into pages about Stephenson's work.

Thanks! 38.126.23.254 (talk) 20:32, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the message, perhaps the most polite I've ever seen. (No kidding.) While I generally try to follow the wishes of an artist/group/publisher/etc. in my own personal writing, in this situation the community has set policies and guidelines (such as on title formatting, trademarks, and use of capital letters) asking that we render the title with a single initial capital letter, as "Reamde" rather than "REAMDE". It's a part of our overall Manual of Style, which—like the style guide any other publisher—can be idiosyncratic and perhaps a little strange at first. I hope this helps. Cheers! Wyatt Riot (talk) 05:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Jennifer Government: NationStates

Excuse me sir, but I think I know what I am doing. The guy who reversed my edits is an enemy of mine on NS. While no third party sources reported on it, it was quite a big event.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Old Man Billy-Bob Jenkins (talk • contribs) 22:45, 3 June 2012

It doesn't matter. Wikipedia is based on verifiability, not truth. If it's important, it's going to be reported in reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Please also note that Wikipedia is not a battleground. We're here to build an encyclopedia, not fight. Wyatt Riot (talk) 03:52, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Wagah Border Ceremony History

Hi! I have read through your copywrite violation post that you left me, but am not really sure how this falls under that category. Would it be better if I fixed the grammar and changed the wording a bit? The information on that sign is so valuable that it would be a pity and a disservice to the page to not include it.

Also, why was my link removed to the photography from the event? That is all related information, non-commercial and not violating any terms of Wikipedia.

Thanks Greg

Goyo1980 (talk) 04:54, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I reverted your edits primarily because they were copied and pasted from a copyrighted website, which violates our policy on copyrights. Most content should be written in your own words; if a quotation is necessary—see our policy on quotations for details on that—it should be short and certainly surrounded by commentary. Full-length works are rarely allowed, not for copyright reasons, but because our purpose is to summarize, not reproduce. We'll reproduce full-length public domain works at Wikisource, for example; works that aren't in the public domain are simply linked to, provided the link goes to a reliable source. And that's the secondary reason I reverted your edits, and also why I removed the external link: we rely on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy in everything we do. If the sign could be found on an official Indian or Pakistani governmental website, or if the author of this particular website were an authority on the subject or simply a renowned world traveller—Rick Steves, for example—then that carries some weight. Our policy on external links may allow the link, but that's still questionable because the sign itself could be copyrighted and the content, if true, should be referenced elsewhere.

So, in short: the text would need to be summarized and reliably sourced; the photo and link would need to be cleared of potential copyright issues, but even that's unnecessary because other, more reliable, sources should exist that will allow us to write something better than the sign itself. Ultimately, Wikipedia is a work in progress, and eventually we'll have a nice, fully-featured article on Wagah, but we can't cut corners to get there.

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, feel free to reply. Cheers! Wyatt Riot (talk) 05:46, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Follow up on item

Hi Wyatt Riot,

My posting(s) over on the Anita S article talk page is/are related to a gender-gap list discussion that may have weighed in on the issues late, but some g-gappers were skeptical about notability. I'm open-minded and interested in the consensus. We don't know now, but if evidence of self-promotion appears, which is what has skeptical thinkers speaking up, then it could be revisited. Thanks for your comments, and keep up the thoughtful work. KSRolph (talk) 20:48, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I think we'll be good. The article existed for a year prior to the Kickstarter controversy, and professors have used her videos in classes, so I don't think it it's in danger. Plus, it would be bad form for anyone to nominate the article for deletion so quickly after the last AfD. I hope, at least. :) Cheers! Wyatt Riot (talk) 20:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Why I removed those Red Links

If you will bare with me, I only removed those red links just to reach 1,000 edits. I know it's crazy but, now that I've accomplished my goal, there's no purpose in that. --Jayemd (talk) 03:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)