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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

  • News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
    Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.
  • In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap
    A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
  • Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide
    Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.
  • Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
    Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.
  • Featured content: A bit fruity
    Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.

This is nice & clean and now I'm going to write on it :)

If your ears aren't too busy, how about giving them something to do over here? :) Selections 17 and 18 are both broadcasts of Johnny Mercer's Music Shop. The radio shows are from Armed Forces Radio Service. Many of the radio programs heard in the US during wartime were recorded on disk and sent overseas so the service people could have some enjoyment. Without these disks, we'd have no albums like the "At the Supper Club" ones; they were compiled from the old AFRS recordings. I need to give them a listen too to try to get the "feel" of what the show was like. We hope (talk) 02:56, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

another transcript ;) We hope (talk) 02:58, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I think this is going to be a big help with the Johnny Mercer article: Johnny Mercer Oral History Project There are a lot of interviews all transcribed and they're all licensed CC 4.0, so any quoting directly from them wouldn't mean problems. All the transcripts We hope (talk) 03:05, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Helen Rollason

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Your GA nomination of Helen Rollason

The article Helen Rollason you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Helen Rollason for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cloudz679 -- Cloudz679 (talk) 19:20, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Help needed with image rationale

I wondered if someone could give me a bit of help with addressing an image rationale. I've been taking the article Helen Rollason through GAN and it's almost ready to pass, but there's an outstanding issue regarding an image, File:Helen Rollason in approximately 1993.jpg, which is used in the infobox. Apparently the rationale is incomplete. The software I use makes addressing some of these things a bit difficult so I wondered if someone could take a look and help fill in the missing parts. Thanks in advance, This is Paul (talk) 11:30, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Paul, the problem I'm having with the photo is being able to connect it back to BBC. Many times the older photos get cleared out when the websites are updated. Have found one so far that I can connect to BBC, but it's in black & white: photo. Do you want to switch to this one? I'll be glad to upload it if you do. We hope (talk) 13:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Here's one at Telegraph they attribute to BBC in color--this can be used also. We hope (talk) 13:44, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
OK--hooked into her Charity website where the is one the page. Have archived both page & photo-added all links to the file template and added more rationale for use. See if this works now. ;) We hope (talk) 13:57, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Helen Rollason

The article Helen Rollason you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Helen Rollason for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cloudz679 -- Cloudz679 (talk) 15:21, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Great job Paul, and may I pass on my personal congrats to add to the automated message above. C679 19:14, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks again, This is Paul (talk) 19:53, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 9

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Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
  • New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

  • In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints
    ISIL hostage quotes Wikipedia in propaganda video; AirAsia articles draw complaints regarding Flight 8501; Article errors reveal US political approaches to Wikipedia editing; Rhode Island Governor numbering debate
  • Featured content: Kock up
    Two lists and twelve pictures were promoted.
  • Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne
    We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "Auld Lang Syne" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.

Free Books, anyone?

Wikipedia:McFarland They have a lot of titles and they're not all strictly relating to the US, nor are they limiting them to those living there. Why not go through the catalog to see if there's anything you could use. ;) We hope (talk) 22:44, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Jenny Lind

Taking a copy from Ssilvers's talk page as user periodically deletes discussions.

So I'm quite interested to hear why the infobox is redundant in this article. Perhaps you'd like to elucidate? Surely as a biography it should have an infobox, no? This is Paul (talk) 23:43, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

No. Wikipedia articles, including biographies, do not need infoboxes. Infoboxes should only be included where they are helpful, for example in sports or political bios. See WP:INFOBOXUSE and WP:DISINFOBOX. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:52, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
That probably negates their use in at least half of the articles I've seen in the last few weeks, but would this also be the case for GA/FAC? This is currently among several articles I'm considering for possible improvement to at least GA level, so it's good to know some of this stuff in advance. This is Paul (talk) 23:11, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes, especially for GA/FAC! If the infobox contains only information that is more clearly or precisely stated in the Lead and elsewhere in the article, it is often harmful, because it often emphasizes material that is not the most important information about the person, and yet it is shoved in the reader's face at the top of the article as if it were more important than other information. Plus, the boxes tend to accumulate unnoticed errors and interfere with Lead images, among other problems. Obviously, there are WP editors who love infoboxes, but I would argue that they have grown used to them and have not really thought about what impact they have on the effectiveness of the article for the vast majority of readers who are not Wikipedians. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:06, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. Must confess I hadn't thought of the impact on non-WP readers looking at the page, but if I decide to work on this i'll definitely bear it in mind. This is Paul (talk) 14:49, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

50 DYK medal

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge your first 50 DYK articles! Your contributions on British television, film, music and literature, politics, current events, and crime topics have enhanced the encyclopedia. Keep up the good work! Yoninah (talk) 09:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs

Hi again. I wonder if you're aware of our honorary list for DYK contributors. It looks like you're already eligible for a 50 DYK creations and expansions award! If you like, I'll set up your line and also bestow your awards. Then you just have to keep updating your line so other editors will know when you reach the next DYK milestone. Let me know. Yoninah (talk) 21:38, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

OK, you're all set. Since you're already over 50 DYKs, I just awarded the larger medal. Congratulations! Yoninah (talk) 09:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
You're welcome. By the way, the honors list distinguishes between creating/expanding DYKs and nominating other people's work for DYK. I noticed on your DYK page that you have done both. It would be helpful if you could break out two lists on your page, numbering the nominations you created/expanded and the DYKs for which you were nominator, so we can keep track of the medals in each category. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for updating. I'm really not going to check all your nominations; that's for you to keep track of. Meanwhile, I'll change your line total to 59 creations/expansions on the honors list. Keep 'em coming! Best, Yoninah (talk) 23:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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Please see note under your DYK review. Yoninah (talk) 16:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the note on my talk page. Yes, I remember reading your disclaimer the last time. I'm just not sure what this means for the DYK project. We are trying to increase accountability at the point of review, not leaving it for the prep builders or queue promoters to have to review the article so in-depth. We are finding so much close paraphrasing lately that you may be AGF'ing something full of copyvios that will hopefully be caught later down the line – although when it comes to pulling hooks from the prep sets, queues, or main page, it leaves a bad feeling with the page creator. I would feel better if you discussed this with User:BlueMoonset to determine how to sign off on your reviews, perhaps asking for further review from someone who can check for copyvios. As for this article, I'll be happy to check it for close paraphrasing. Yoninah (talk) 19:12, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
I think you can count this as a QPQ, since you did all the work. But please check with User:BlueMoonset about this, too. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:40, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
The page nominator has completed his QPQ. I leave it to you to add the green icon so you can claim this review for your own QPQ. Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Club 15

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

  • Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
    Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.
  • WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story
    This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.
  • News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
    On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.
  • Featured content: Citations are needed
    Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie
    It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

  • Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
    Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer Mahan was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined Mahan '​s crew in April 1944.
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  • In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
    Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.

Smooth Extra

FYI... you created a redirect to itself.

@Bgwhite: Thanks, I hadn't realised I'd done that, but it's fixed now. BTW, you forgot to add your signature. :) This is Paul (talk) 11:39, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Grrrrr, I'm forgetting to add my signature more and more. It really isn't helpful when doing a joke. Bgwhite (talk) 17:04, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Helen Rollason

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

  • Traffic report: A sea of faces
    It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.

Starting this page off right

File:1947 Jo Stafford.JPG :-) We hope (talk) 23:01, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

I try to keep a check on offerings from The New York Sunday News because they had such great photos in their magazine. It had been a bit since I'd looked in on that and was really happy to see Jo there. The newspaper took their own photos for the magazine at a studio in their building, so if you see or saw it in the "News", you won't see it anywhere else. :) We hope (talk) 23:10, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
How about Jo Stafford discography? We hope (talk) 23:12, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Looks nice! :-) We hope (talk) 23:25, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

  • Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
    Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.
  • Traffic report: The American Heartland
    The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.
  • Featured content: It's raining men!
    Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.
  • Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate
    One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.
  • WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?
    A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.

Heir to Blair listed at Redirects for discussion

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

  • In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
    Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?
  • Traffic report: Bowled over
    Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.
  • WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
    This week, we bring three of the most recently created WikiProjects to come into being on the English Wikipedia. While many long-established projects are becoming inactive, (as we have covered before), that doesn't stop new ones forming every now and then to cover a topic that a group of editors feel should be better cared for.
  • Gallery: Feel the love
    This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

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Sorry about the cites

In the lead for Joan Robinson Hill. Someone who apparently doesn't realize that citations are rarely in leads tacked a CN on it. The same person leaves POV tags without explanation also. ;//// We hope (talk) 00:59, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

  • In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
    The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".
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    This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

Meet the Ukippers

It's a very fine new article, there's not honestly a lot which I can add to it. It could be worth a WP:DYK if you want to nominate.

On a side note, another user removed the viewing figures from the Channel 4 show because he didn't consider Digital Spy a reliable source. I'm not going to edit war, but I think this is throwing the baby out with the bath water as the Guardian (which is undeniably a suitable source) recorded that it was the least watched show of the night. '''tAD''' (talk) 22:52, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The main thing to remember is that DYK can not focus on negative aspects of living people, and most of the coverage of that programme came from exactly that. Maybe something about the high viewing figures would be appropriate. '''tAD''' (talk) 23:20, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

  • News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm
    A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
  • In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
    Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
  • Gallery: Far from home
    The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
  • Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
    An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
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    This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

  • News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm
    A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
  • In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
    Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
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  • WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
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Måns

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Books and Bytes - Issue 10

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Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
  • New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
  • TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department at the WMF, quarterly review

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015

  • Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report
    Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.
  • Traffic report: Attack of the movies
    The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.
  • Interview: Meet a paid editor
    Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.
  • In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
    Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.
  • Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
    Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

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Villa Castelli helicopter crash

Re this edit, I've restored the original formatting as Dropped does not link to a relevant article. Mjroots (talk) 13:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

... and it's linked from the (fr). Mjroots (talk) 13:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

  • Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey
    The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.
  • In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West
    ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.
  • In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"
    In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.
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I didn't add him, just reorganized the cats. Thanks. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 15:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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You mentioned consensus - what is the consensus about quoting nationality? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clogs (talk • contribs) 13:40, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Consensus is basically whatever people have generally agree to be the correct description of someone, which in this case has been to say she is an English television presenter, largely I suspect because she was born in Leeds (according to an unreliable source). It's true she represented Wales at gymnastics, and her father is Welsh, so I'm not sure how that leaves things. Check out someone like Shane Lowry, an Australian footballer of Irish descent who played for Ireland as an Under 21. The British v English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish argument is one that's raged on Wikipedia for as long as I can remember, with people often changing biographies to suit their own personal preference. I always tend to change them back unless there's a good reason for altering it. In this case there is an argument to change her nationality to British, but when doing something like that the categories need to be changed as well. I'm going to stick my neck out and change this, but I can't guarantee someone else won't change it back. This is Paul (talk) 13:55, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

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Because you haven't provided a good reason why it should be changed other than it being your own personal preference. Changes of this nature should only be made with consensus, so in future please discuss matters like this on the talk page before making changes. This is Paul (talk) 20:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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