User talk:JeffSpaceman
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| Thanks for your help reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Gommeh (talk/contribs) 19:35, 16 April 2025 (UTC) |
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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BsT7AvS6i/?mibextid=wwXIfr FeistyCajunStacy (talk) 22:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
- That needs to be cited in the article, not on the talk page of an editor who challenges content. See WP:BURDEN. JeffSpaceman (talk) 22:46, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
Disciple of Saturn
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| Thank you for the rollback on the Saturn Corporation Wikipedia page :)
I do not know what the person who you rolled back was trying to do, nor am I experienced enough to discern as much. If you have insight, please tell me, it may be a change I would like to implement :) TheSaturnLover (talk) 16:31, 27 April 2025 (UTC) |
Not sure what happened
Your revert edit of the article James E. Williams got accidentally reverted by me. I'm not exactly sure what happened but I reverted my revert so everything is back like you intended. I agree with your revert because the original edit was not sourced. Sorry, I probably fat fingered something... Cuprum17 (talk) 22:03, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
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Take care when reverting
This isn't a warning or anything and I made the same mistake, but your reverts at National Public School, Banashankari were restoring vandalism and BLP violations. We all need to make sure that we're checking what we're restoring without just seeing a chunk of text being removed and assuming it was disruptive. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:00, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for the heads up. I'm sorry for any inconvenience I caused -- I try to take particular care when adding or restoring information about living people, but I think I must have been thrown off by the fact that the article itself is not a BLP. Once again, I appreciate your raising this matter here, and I will make a point to be more careful going forward. JeffSpaceman (talk) 15:05, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
- No worries. Like I said, I made the same mistake, but we can't improve if we're not given the heads up when we made a mistake. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
Kanye West category
Hi, I noticed you removed category of neo-Nazi politics in USA from Kanye West's views.
I think this doesn't make sense, because the rapper in question literally called himself a Nazi and recently made a song glorifying Hitler.
Why should the category go when Ye's views fall squarely in there? HarlambiDaabrev (talk) 14:15, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Please see my comments at Talk:Kanye West#Why do we not add the “American neo-Nazis” category? and Talk:Views of Kanye West#Addition of contentious categories for explanations. Per WP:BLP, strong consensus is required for the inclusion of such categories, and the burden is on those seeking it to establish it. With content about living people being as sensitive on Wikipedia as it is, this requires exceptional sourcing, and there is a rough consensus at the Kanye West talk page that West's self-identification is insufficient to meet the criteria of WP:ABOUTSELF, and most reliable sources that can be found describe him as a "self-proclaimed Nazi" as opposed to one outright, which is where a lot of arguments for the inclusion of these types of categories ultimately fall apart. If you would like to discuss this further, feel free to start a discussion on the talk pages of Kanye West and/or Views of Kanye West (here and here, respectively), but I feel pretty set in my ways about this argument, which has come up time and again ever since he made his initial comments, and to be honest, I don't see that changing any time soon. Do start discussion at either page if you feel like doing so, though -- consensus could very well swing to your side sooner or later, regardless of what I have to say. JeffSpaceman (talk) 15:23, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
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JeffSpaceman, you thanked me for one of my recent edits, so here is a heart-felt... YOU'RE WELCOME! It's a pleasure, and I hope you have a lot of fun while you edit this inspiring encyclopedia phenomenon! DANGA14talk |
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Bears and blue houses
This one wasn't vandalizing. The article had been hijacked and replaced, so he was asking what was going on with it. Joyous! Noise! 20:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- OK, thank you for correcting that. Sorry about any inconvenience my revert may have caused. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:33, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- It was no trouble for me, but you might go and strike out or remove your warning from their talk page. Joyous! Noise! 20:44, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- Removed from their talk page. JeffSpaceman (talk) 22:01, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- It was no trouble for me, but you might go and strike out or remove your warning from their talk page. Joyous! Noise! 20:44, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
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Potential Page Protection (ppp)
Your talk page seems to be attracting quite a lot of fans, and I don't think it's going to end soon. I'm not going to rfpp your talk page because, well, it's your page, and I don't like it when my talk page is protected. But have you considered requesting it? – LuniZunie(talk) 17:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Hello, thank you for raising this. To be honest, I have considered it, but I'm also not totally keen on the idea of my talk page being protected from anonymous editors who may have legitimate points to raise about my editing. I previously voiced such sentiments back in 2024 here, though my talk page has been given short-term protection twice in the past to stave off particularly disruptive vandals targeting me. I may consider requesting a third go-round, but for now, I'll hope that this specific LTA backs off soon enough. Thank you for reaching out to me about this, though -- I appreciate your willingness to discuss this. JeffSpaceman (talk) 18:16, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- I think the best part about this is that I'm sick, and this is giving me perfect entertainment. Just chilling and watching YouTube. – LuniZunie(talk) 21:22, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear you're sick, hope you get well soon! It actually works for me too, since I'm bored on the last day of my long weekend from work. Gives me something to do while it's cold out and I have nothing to really do. JeffSpaceman (talk) 21:23, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
- I think the best part about this is that I'm sick, and this is giving me perfect entertainment. Just chilling and watching YouTube. – LuniZunie(talk) 21:22, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
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