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Leonardo
I have editted your edits, in the interests of brevity, because that is already a very long article.
"Lionardo" and "Leonardo" are simply two forms of the same name.
His baptism is not of particular significance, in a Catholic country in which every single person was baptised routinely as an infant unless they were Jewish. Baptisms are useful to the biographer when they are the primary source of info as to the year of a person's birth. In this case we have a clear record in the diary of his grandfather. Infant Baptism is not an good indicator of Leonardo's ultimate religious commitment which may in fact have been heretical.
Albiera's name was not "Dona". This word translates directly as "Lady" and simply means "Miss" or "Mrs".
As a female, I feel a very strong objection to Leonardo's mother being referred to as a "wet nurse" in relation to her own child. I don't know where you are quoting this from, but it is inappropriate, regardless of the source.
With regards Leonardo's education in Latin and mathematics, can you find a "good" source that says that he didn't show aptitude? It seems like a strange claim. The reasons why Leonardo did not learn classics may have been partly that as in illegitimate, he was excluded from universities. It may also have been that his father, seeing his aptitude as a painter, apprenticed him, setting him on course as a craftsman, rather than as an academic.
Any more info pertaining to his private life ought to be added to the article Leonardo da Vinci's personal life rather than to the main biogrphy which needs to deal with the things that he was famous for, rather than including every single detail that is known, suspected or theorised.
Amandajm (talk) 22:56, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Cartography
If you look at the page about Leonardo's science, you'll find that every section begins with, or includes a quotation from the man himself. It would be good if you could find a quote and insert it in the same format, for the sake of consistency.
Amandajm (talk) 09:10, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. I42 (talk) 19:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Notability is not inherited so her relationship to Stephen Fry is immaterial. imdb is not a reliable source and no other coverage could be found to establish notability.
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Template:House episodes a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.
In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Xeworlebi(talk) 19:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Mus lepidoides requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Crusio (talk) 01:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Hardly vandalism. I redirected almost all of the episodes because they were short articles with no notability and nothing more than plot summary; see WP:EPISODE. Why is everyone falsely accusing me of vandalism over it? Where were the blatantly wrong accusations when I did the same damn thing to the CSI episodes? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Redirect is not the same as deletion. The content's still there if you think you can improve on it. I looked high and low for sources and all I could find was unreliable stuff like IMDb, TV.com and personal blogs. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:49, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
I redirected because there were no sources, and I was absolutely certain that there never would be sources. No sources, no article, but in cases like TV episodes, a redirect to a list is fine. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Most episodes are just that way — there's nothing you can say about them. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
What do you suggest improving them with? I already told you, there's virtually nothing to be found. For an episode to be notable, it has to have sufficient out-of-universe info. For instance, Pilot (House) has plenty of information about the development of the pilot and how it led to the creation of the series as a whole. Simple Explanation has a couple articles from Entertainment Weekly. If you know of any good secondary sources that could be used to restore the articles, go ahead and let me know. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 00:15, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Okay. If you or anyone else think you can improve them, go ahead. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 00:21, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks For reverting House episode pages
Hey Cheesykid, just wanted to say thanks for reverting all the House episode redirects by tenpoundhammer, I contributed to some of those articles. I hope if given the chance to, other editors can compile better sources that stand up to the "reliability" standards of others. Anyway, thanks. --Theo10011 (talk) 11:56, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
A discussion has begun about whether the article Hunting (House), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Drmies (talk) 20:09, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
November 2010
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary for your edits. Doing so helps everyone to understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Ϫ 00:32, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
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References
Please do not change <references> to {{reflist}} as you have been doing. There is no consensus about which one is better, and neither one is favored over the other by our style guides. — Carl (CBM · talk) 01:51, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
You seem to have started again... The longstanding principle on Wikipedia is that the established style in each article should be preserved - going around changing numerous articles is out of line with our standard practices. Please find another way to contribute, rather than making these stylistic changes.
The relevant guidelines are WP:MOS and WP:CITE. Each of these has language that emphasizes the principle that when there are several different styles, each of which is allowed, the established style should be kept, and wide-spread changes from one style to another should be avoided. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Um... sorry but, I haven't started again. The changes I am making are splitting long reference lists into columns (one to two). Check my contribs. And btw, I kinda don't appreciate you undoing my edits, these contributions are perfectly rational. They make scrolling the page easier and concise the huge block of references.
According to WP:MOS:
Stability of articles The Arbitration Committee has ruled that editors should not change an article from one guideline-defined style to another without a substantial reason unrelated to mere choice of style, and that revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable.
The guiding principle is that editors should not go through large numbers of articles making changes based on their personal stylistic preferences. It is not as if you are a major contributor to these articles: you are just going through them making the same change. If there was agreement that the change you are making should be made across the board, a bot would already have done it. If you don't believe me, you should ask at WT:CITE or WT:MOS. I will not take any administrative action regarding these edits, but if you continue to make them I will escalate the matter to a broader forum. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:33, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Ok, sure, I'll stop editing the references, but if there's an extremely long amount of refs in an article, then it would probably be best to section them so I will do so, such as for Bangladesh, which is why I undid your undoing of my edit.
Wow, another one of CBM's hounding victims. Thecheesykid, keep in mind that like (ironically) CBM mentions in his first posting, neither <references /> nor {{Reflist}} is considered better than the other, which means everyone is free to change from <references /> to {{Reflist}} (or vice versa) per WP:BRD. —bender235 (talk) 00:13, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your support bender235, I've taken note of Carl's point but will continue to change references if I feel they should be changed (some lists are just too long for one column), but will not do so as excessively as previously.
I have started a thread at WT:CITE to see what other people think. I am willing to admit it if it turns out I am wrong or if consensus has changed over time. Please feel welcome to participate there. — Carl (CBM · talk) 00:47, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
