User talk:Arjayay/Archive 4

Thank you for pointing out the mistake I have been making. It was due to a typing mistake in an AWB regular expression parse and replace string. I have now fixed it. I will now go back over my last 250 edits or so and fix any mistakes I have created, by this edit. -- PBS (talk) 10:52, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I think I've done a lot of them - although currently the search index has only caught up to early on 5 January, so it is probably worth working backwards. - Arjayay (talk) 10:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I introduced the error into the script in the last couple of days, but to make sure I got them all I went back to the start of this AWB run which was on January 2 (about 1000 edits to my surprise). The pass picked up about a score of errors which have been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- PBS (talk) 11:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, scary. CirrusSearch development/implementation does not appear to be moving along very fast. I dropped a note on AKlapper's talk page. Tim Starling no longer appears to be active. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Chris the speller ^yack 19:12, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

A fierce kitten searching for misspelled words. Please go through my edit history and correct spelling. Thanks.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:11, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting my mistake in Flypast, even though it was just two characters switching places, I have been wondering what, exactly, is the difference between the two spellings, I think I have the general idea now. Ape89 (talk) 20:46, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

"I before e, except after c" is a poor rule - consider "their", "height " and other common words, but works in most longer words. - Arjayay (talk) 21:40, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi there ARJA, AL from Portugal "here",

your request, much as it displeases me (we are encouraged not to write in present tense in an encyclopedia so i've heard) as been addressed partially. Meaning i've reinstated the international career bit ("...he HAS represented Portugal..."), but left the club career bit which you also removed.

Compromise reached? Regards --AL (talk) 13:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

• Excuse me, but i've seen this manner ("has represented") in dozens of articles, i repeat i do not like this approach but complied with the WP guidelines. You can ask "around" to confirm the veracity of my statements. --AL (talk) 14:20, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

I really fail to understand why those examples, Pepe's early intro says the same: "...is a professional footballer who PLAYS for Real Madrid in La Liga and the Portuguese national team, mainly as a central defender." --AL (talk) 16:07, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

• Ah, i get it now, you referred to the first part to note that the second is wrongly sentenced. I repeat kind sir, i have seen many many articles with that grammatical approach, "has represented" is not wrong, i agree that "represented" is totally wrong. --AL (talk) 01:51, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting in Haji Nurul Islam.Keep watching. Unsigned post by Bittu Mondal Jhuruli

Although I appreciate your knowledge, not all of us have the time or inclination to be Wiki Evangelists. Your edits are subjective and simply stating that our attempts to rectify the issues are "not constructive" hardly exudes confidence in the community nor is it conducive to applying Wikipedia guidelines expediently or appropriately. As stated on the talk page, we do not have the resources to discern the difference between malicious activities and good intentions. Try to be more verbose and less megalomaniacal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwalton64 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi Arjayay, thanks for this correction. For whatever reason my brain totally didn't process that word when I wrote it.   Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:31, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

No worries - as you can see from the top of this page, it is a "pet" of mine - Arjayay (talk) 14:33, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your helpful contribution to the article, Hitachi Magic Wand.

Most appreciated,

— Cirt (talk) 11:52, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Hiltzhowes, thanks for your post.
There were several reasons for this edit, which I briefly explained in the edit summary:-Rv unsourced and unencyclopedic - non-existent rope swings do not belong in an encyclopedia
To explain my reasons, line by line:-

1. Your first change was to delink Ealing - a useful link for people who want to know more about the area Pitshanger is in.
2. You then added ", Including a family run Newsagent commonly reffered to as the 'Pagoda' by pitshanger inhabitants." this includes 2 capital letters where there shouldn't be any, (Including and Newsagent) and omits one where there should be (Pitshanger) and misspells "referred" as "reffered". It is also unsourced.
3. You then validly removed the link from computer (a common word which does not need a link), but also removed the links from Anglican and Methodist - for no obvious reason - and left the text as "andAnglican" without a space.
4. You then added unsourced information about a crater, and a river; whereas Wikipedia requires information to be verifiable in a reliable source - you also missed a space before "there" and a capital R to River.
5. Your information about the river was also self-contradictory; you say "this river is polluted" but you also say it was "cleaned up in 2008" - if it is polluted, it wasn't cleaned up, or vice versa.
6. You end with "There was a rope swing which disappeared for no apparent reason in September 2011." This led to my comment "non-existent rope swings do not belong in an encyclopedia" even if the rope swing was still there, we wouldn't mention it, because it is too trivial for inclusion in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia.

I hope that helps you understand my reasons. If there was just a spelling mistake, I would have corrected it, but as you can see, there were several other problems.
If you would like any further explanation, or help with anything else on Wikipedia, please leave me a question. - Arjayay (talk) 10:41, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you kindly for correcting my spelling at the Kazarig page sir. Very sorry about that. If you have a chance sometimes to check the spellings in some of my other edits I would greatly appreciate it. Best regards. Chouvrtou (talk) 18:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Arjayay, would you be kind to message me, so I can speak with you for a second?, I couldn't find the email link. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.dunkin (talk • contribs) 20:02, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi C.dunkin - My e-mail link does not show up to you, because you haven't activated your own "e-mail this user" facility in "preferences" (tab at the top)
So - what do you want to talk about? - If it is about Ryan Martin (boxer), I know nothing about him, or boxing in general.
I only came across that article because I was clearing up lots of duplicate words, and the article was in a list of articles with "his his" in. - Arjayay (talk) 08:41, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello. I recently expanded Meryem Uzerli's article. I'll be happy if you take a look at it to see if it has any grammatical error or not. Thanks. Keivan.f^Talk 18:14, 1 January 2015 (UTC) - Thanks for your request
I have tried to do this twice now, but each time I have ended up with an edit conflict, as you are continuing to edit the page.
Let me know when you have stopped, although I will be off shortly, until tomorrow - Arjayay (talk) 18:43, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Actually I'm finished at least for two days. So you have enough time to correct the mistakes ;) Keivan.f^Talk 18:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Keivan.f - I've had another go - your only real "mistakes" were "units" when you meant "unites", some tenses, e.g. is instead of was, came instead of went, and too many External links
WP:ELMINOFFICIAL is quite clear "Normally, only one official link is included" so I have kept the official website and removed, facebook, twitter and Instagram.
You need to be careful of being over promotional - I have removed language such as "the luxury brand" and you should reduce the number of adverts you link to (refs 4-10 all in one block) as these appear promotional, not a WP:NPOV - Arjayay (talk) 20:18, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Actually I didn't write the paragraph that "was" and "were" were used instead of each other. Also I edited the article again and added new sentences and increased the number of paragraphs. Please take a look at it and see if it has any problem or not. Thanks. Keivan.f^Talk 21:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Arjayay, happy new year. I'm wondering if you think it would be wise to try to get Ku Klux Klan back to FA status. It looks good already, and with a peer review we could get feedback on if it's ready to get back up there. It might also be worthwhile to check to make sure that each reason for the demotion has since been addressed. Tonystewart14 (talk) 08:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Tonystewart14 - thanks for the invitation.
My only contribution to the article itself was a one letter grammar correction suggested in a semi-protected edit request.
I have answered three semi-protected edit requests on the talk page, but that is one of the WP:WikiGnome tasks I undertake.
The requests from all articles appear on the User:AnomieBOT/SPERTable and I try and answer them, I'm not watching the KKK article.
As a Brit, I have no knowledge, expertise, or access to specialist sources, about the KKK - and my spelling is UK English, not US, so I could be more of a hinderance, than a help. - Arjayay (talk) 20:37, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

I see. I'll mention it on the talk page and see what others think. Tonystewart14 (talk) 21:30, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, this was really good. Like I can't even write as good as you just did. And I don't see any errors as an editor or a magazine. Good Job and keep and keep up the good work and you'll be a wonderful writer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Candykris15 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello:
Thank you for the explanation on "what links here". I found the referring page in just 5 minutes. I feel silly having used wikipedia every week since 2000 and not known this link was available.

Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cnkaufmann (talk • contribs) 23:44, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Here's a courtesy note to say that I mentioned your name in passing at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PogiJmon. If you have any thoughts to share there, please feel free to do so. Binksternet (talk) 06:09, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification Binksternet - October 2011 was a long time ago. My Wikignoming still includes searches for misspellings of Released as Realeased, but these are now relatively rare - so either there are no new sockpuppets, or they have learnt to spell. - Arjayay (talk) 09:07, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Please allow me to apologize if this request runs afoul of Wikipedia's rules. Despite having more than 30 years experience as a newspaper editor, I have little experience as a Wikipedia editor.

As I researched the history of final scores in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournaments, I stumbled upon a sentence so poorly written that even those 30 years of experience fail me. What prompts me to seek outside help is that I have no idea what the author is trying to communicate. Perhaps you can help.

The article is "2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament" and the offending sentence is, "The 2009 tournament marked the first time not only for a Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000 but also by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, which also made this the last NCAA Basketball Tournament, in all three divisions, to air in analog television."

Geez – I get exhausted just reading it again! This isn't an issue of having to understand sports to be able to correct the sentence. It is more the stream-of-consciousness ramble through different topics that leaves me scratching my head. I really hope that you can either edit this yourself or send it over to other editors who might want to take a shot at it. If a solution cannot be found, I would be in favor of simply removing the sentence.

On a different subject, I would like to tell you that I've read the communications on your Talk page and the communications on the Talk pages of other editors, and it (bemuses? frightens?) saddens me that the communications between editors at Wikipedia are full of grammatical and spelling errors. MarydaleEd (talk) 05:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi MarydaleEd, thanks for your post.
I agree that the intended meaning is so obfuscated that you could invent almost anything, and being a "Brit" I know next to nothing about basketball - I had to read the article to confirm what a "Final Four" is.
What I do in situations like this is track the changes through the page history - sometimes part of a sentence has been accidentally (or deliberately) cut out, or added in.
This edit on 19 March 2011, was where the insertion was made to the previously logical lead. Hopefully, knowing what the sentence originally was, you can now delete/rewrite the insertion to make sense.

As for the number of grammatical errors, I agree that there are far too many, across all subjects.
Schools pages are often poorly written - not solely due to their being edited by the pupils; teachers and parents are often as bad - the number of awards "recieved"(sic) by US schools is amazing.
Scientists, particularly mathematicians, are also remarkably lax on spelling and grammar.
Much of my editing is on Indian subcontinent pages, where some enthusiastic editors think their English is better than it actually is, I have seen some wonderfully complicated strings of words (I won't call them sentences) full of adjectives and adverbs, particularly superlatives, but often completely missing a noun or a verb. That said, their English is very much better than my Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi etc.

The final problem on Wikipedia is that not only do spellings change from UK to US English (not to mention, Australian, Canadian, Indian, Jamaican etc.) but so do some grammar rules. We have particular problems with "nouns of multitude", especially with rock bands, where US editors keep changing UK bands to the singular. - Arjayay (talk) 09:13, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Arjayay, thank you for your response.
You are correct about different languages having different rules. It makes me crazy when I see periods on the outside of quotation marks on almost all Wikipedia pages! On a different note, your last sentence is very interesting to me. Can you give me a few examples of your point about US editors changing UK bands to the singular? I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I'm quite interested in your meaning and some examples. Lastly, I followed the link you offered and saw that the editor who added what I called the "offending sentence" took a perfectly good sentence and initially changed the sentence to read:

"The 2009 tournament marked the first time not only for a Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000 but also by having most of the touiment in the Febuary Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the U.S. DTV Swichover on June 12, 2009, which also made this the last NCAA Basketball Touimemnt, in all three divisons, to air in analog televison. The University of Detroit Mercy hosted the Final Four, which was the 71st edition."

I have concluded that this editor should have his or her editing privileges withdrawn! He or she changed that perfectly good sentence to include gibberish like "touiment," "divisons," "televison" and "Febuary." Perhaps Wikipedia should assign a competent editor to do nothing else but follow that editor's contributions and correct them! (I hope my attempt at humor does not offend anyone. It certainly is not my intention to do so.) MarydaleEd (talk) 01:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

MarydaleEd - apologies for the delay in replying - I assumed this thread was dead, so missed your last post
This is a prime example of the is/are edit changes we have with British bands. The IP editor totally ignores all the hidden text, ("DO not CHANGE THIS TO "IS"; "name of a group are" is proper British English and this is a British band") changes the "are" to "is" and adds an edit summary "Motorhead IS a band".
You will find similar hidden text on many British band articles - e.g. Pink Floyd which states "NOTE: UK bands by convention of British English here are described as WERE. Do not use WAS!"
The reverse problem can arise on articles about US groups, such as R.E.M. which has hidden text stating ""was" not "were", see WP:ENGVAR"
Similar problems are occasionally encountered with some other collective nouns, such as sports teams, but musical groups are the biggest problem.
A more detailed explanation of this specific grammar difference can be found at Comparison of American and British English#Formal and notional agreement
That article (Comparison of American and British English) also covers many other grammar differences If you are interested in the wider context. - Arjayay (talk) 11:15, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

(And I am being nosy and it is none of my business, but I had to make comment: the bit about the period being placed outside the quotation mark drives me mad as well, and it was with shaking head that I discovered one day that Wikipedia actually formats its text thus, in contradiction to Mrs. Palmer's strict high school teachings to the contrary— oh, how she would wince if she were still alive today. But policy is a hard thing to change, and damn it, we are stuck with those out-of-place periods forever, I think. Wincing all the way and each time. That is all. Proceed with your regular conversation.) KDS4444^Talk 11:01, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't mind Talk page stalkers as they often make very useful contributions, including reverting vandalism, although this page is only on 47 watchlists.
I don't really like userboxes, but I did consider adding the one to the right - Arjayay (talk) 12:18, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Beware! This user's talk page is patrolled by talk page stalkers.

I stand corrected!! Kunkuru (talk) 18:09, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

No worries Kunkuru - as you can see above, I specialize in spelling mistakes beginning with R (but please post your comments on User talk pages, not User pages) - Arjayay (talk) 18:23, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

AAG-Player - Thanks - now what shall I spend them on? --- Arjayay (talk) 07:29, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Arjayay - an Andro-.. Err, a cheap Mercedes-Benz car? The S Classes now cost 50$ xD (<- Lol not really) --- AAG-Player (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:31, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello Arjayay !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_DePodesta

I made the corrections of words Retreived > Retrieved English is not my first language (i'm french) so it happens i make some errors... Thank you for that gentle message! ;-)

Isabeau777 184.161.175.109 (talk) 04:42, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for ypur edits in this topic only. Go to the Category: Schools in West Bengal & search in all schools & see. Then leave a comment in my talk page. (Sdp Knu (talk) 16:29, 20 July 2015 (UTC))

Hi Sdp Knu
Thanks for your post, but unfortunately, I cannot understand what you are trying to say. Could you please try to explain again - Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 16:38, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your response to my Teahouse question. PeterLFlomPhD (talk) 13:30, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out on the Michelle Rounds page :)

Sulfurboy (talk) 08:57, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Errr - thanks Sulfurboy (shame I'm allergic to cats) - Arjayay (talk) 08:59, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

A-ha!ヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿I love cats!And it seems that English wiki users very like send kittens for others,is it right?--Mr.Sun Yat-sen (talk) 12:45, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Actually have another cat for making all the AfCs that I took to mainspace recently look all pretty and such.

Sulfurboy (talk) 09:00, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Where are my Antihistamines? - Arjayay (talk) 09:06, 22 July 2015 (UTC)