User talk:BushelCandle

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Here's a hint: read the source; hide the source; wait 60 seconds; write your summary in a text editor based on what you remember, without looking at the source: unless you've trained in raw memorisation, your wording will almost certainly differ from the source; after you've written your text, go back to the source and make corrections where your text is misleading or inaccurate, since it's likely that you mis-remembered some details. Boud (talk) 15:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Great advice ! (stolen from User talk:Wowzers122)

Hi, just wanted to ask whether you mailed the Irish times regarding the passport card? I think it's highly important for the Irish authorities to understand that this pre-determined validity of only in the EU/EFTA doesn't help, but makes other countries reject it, which we have now seen in the US, Serbia, Hong Kong and now, most recently, Canada and Australia (I finally managed to contact these two and they said they won't accept the passport card)

All of these base their answer only on the artificial restriction stated on the web André Devecserii (talk) 10:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, saw you undid my edit regarding passport stamps for holders of Schengen residence permits.

The fact is, according to the document referred to, only Schengen residents having a family member who's an EU citizen and travelling with them will not be stamped.

"The Commission recalls that third-country nationals, family members of Union citizens, are exempt from stamping on entry and exit when travelling with a residence card issued by Member States under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, accompanying Union citizens who exercise the right of free movement or residence. On the contrary, a third-country national, family member of a Union citizen, is not dispensed from stamping when travelling alone or when the person, accompanying a Union citizen, does not present the aforementioned residence card (e.g. the person lives with an EU citizen outside the EU and does not hold the residence card)."

In addition, my friend is a Philippine national with a permanent residence permit. She always gets stamped in/out of Schengen, without exception. I even asked the border guards at Arlanda airport whether she would have to obtain a new passport for her visit to the Philippines, as her passport was full. They said she would André Devecserii (talk) 16:02, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Are you talking about this reversion of an IP editor at Passport stamp, André?

If so, then I hope I've already made the relevant change and sorry I didn't spot it was you or I would have been more circumspect...

However, my change now rather conflicts with the earlier bullet point in the "no stamp" column:

Family members holding a residence card issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC who are accompanying or joining EU, EEA and Swiss citizens exercising the right of freedom of movement doesn't it? BushelCandle 20:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Correct, was just too lazy to log on at the time. And yes, I now see that's basically already mentioned, but the fact remains that an "ordinary" residence permit holder will (or at least should) get stamped. The document (reference 14, the one I quoted above) does not state that residence permit holders in general are stamp-exempt, nor is this the case for the non-EU/EFTA nationals I know André Devecserii (talk) 07:52, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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Nikkimaria (talk) 02:20, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Ping. Please respond ASAP if you're still interested. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm terribly sorry for the very late response - I've been in hospital. I've completed the short application form just now... --BushelCandle 10:43, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

You might suggest or make a revision rather than simply reverting. The current map is a featureless grey globe.

I'm currently editing these maps. My goal is to make things better not perfect. User:john187 — Preceding undated comment added 01:47, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, no part of Oman is cut off in this map. You must be looking at a partial or zoomed view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John187 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I beg to differ - please look again at your map choice file and read the explanatory caption I have provided for it.

The location-style map is pretty standard for the infobox of countries...

BushelCandle 06:45, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

You shouldn’t be reverting the image_map2 that is also a standard which I am adding a political map. This is terrible! You are trolling my changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John187 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

The infobox has provision for a second map to be displayed, but it certainly is NOT compulsory for countries and in many of your self-promotional efforts your map is inferior to the map that is already there.

Quick facts Al-Wadiah ...

Al-Wadiah
Al-Wadiah Location in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 17°13′N 47°09′E

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Please don't accuse me of trolling - it would be helpful if you actually address the points I make above - can you actually not see how "your map" truncates the territory of Yemen Oman?

Do you really not see why I made this edit for Al-Wadiah and other places in the Arabian Peninsula where you had been adding your redundant and superfluous map too ? BushelCandle 05:53, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

You are a dark person to assume I am making edits as self promotion. I have made the map sources public and am trying to edit them openly with Creative Commons licenses. You have done me a great favor in demonstrating that this effort is not appreciated or useful. The conflict created by you and other trolls and ultimately any interaction with all too common revert trolls who add nothing but take away the work of others is for the most part a tremendous waste of time. I'll be glad to stop my effort and regain my free time. john187 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:11, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

I note that you have not addressed any of the questions I asked you above and neither have you responded on your own talk page but instead removed the relevant section entirely and replaced it with a rather mendacious and anodyne request so I don't think further comment from me would be productive. BushelCandle 02:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

I see that you've been editing for almost 3 years now and you appear to know what you're doing. Might I suggest that you create a user page, even if it's empty, so that your user name isn't red linked? Otherwise people might assume that you're one of those drive-by editors who's WP:NOTHERE and feel the need to double check every edit you make. Just a thought. Happy editing! Regards, nagualdesign 03:51, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Actually it's even worse than that! Counting previous account names that I no longer have access to, it's considerably more than 12 years.

I do take your point; humans are hard-wired to make judgements based on limited (and often insufficient) information and it's only natural that they should assume that my edits need supervision. However, it is a conscious choice for at least two reasons:

1) I'm used to finding my edits in page histories more easily due to the red colour. (When I started editing all those years ago, it was quite rare for registered editors not to immediately create a user page and my user-name stood out more. These days, there seem to be more and more registered editors that either choose not to or can't be bothered to create a user page so the utility of this ploy is steadily diminishing...)

2) Perhaps because of all those time zone changes and less humane work rosters (or just because my faculties are diminishing) I do find I make some very silly and elementary errors - so maybe it's just as well that other editors do like to check up on my actions.

Thanks for your helpful assistance, as ever and don't let the buggers grind you down! --BushelCandle (talk) 16:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Fair points. I just use my browser to highlight my edits (CTRL+F then type "nagual") and on talk pages I just scan for my signature. I could design one for you if you'd like. And thanks very much for that last point! All the best, nagualdesign 17:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

BushelCandle, you probably already know this, but user pages are not required, nor are they necessary. Editors don't "own" their userspace anyway, so any suggestion that it's important to do so is misguided. Further, I've seen numerous experienced and long-term editors who, after a period of time (sometimes years), ask for their user page to be deleted. Bottom line, it's a "if you want to have one" kind of thing. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 17:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I did already know that - but thanks for your interest anyway.

I don't see nagualdesign's initial post immediately above as "misguided". He lucidly explained his concern and at no time did I take his post as anything other than helpful and an optional suggestion.

PS: I really do think you should now go out of your way to avoid interacting on the same talk pages/sections as he...

All the best! --BushelCandle (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)