User talk:Greyjoy

Welcome, welcome, welcome Greyjoy! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

CactiStaccingCrane (talk)18:51, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)

It's not clear to me why you added a "More Citations Needed" tag. This page is a list of Jewish feminists each with its own Wiki page where citations are presumably included. I'd like to remove this tag but wanted to understand why you added it. Nnev66 (talk) 22:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

I would rather not presume that each article has a reliable source. That being said I am willing to remove the tag for now and look into it a bit further, thank you for bringing this up with me. I do appreciate you reaching out. Greyjoy ^talk 22:55, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

The issue with having assuming each article is referenced can be seen with this edit, in which multiple entries fail to include mentions of feminism or being Jewish, yet alone references to support these claims. Greyjoy ^talk 23:06, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your response! I'm starting to look through these pages to see if there are any that shouldn't be there. A couple are borderline but most look fine to me (I'm only through column one though). I realize this is a grey area. Nnev66 (talk) 19:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

See List of fact-checking websites. Most of that stuff was rescuable. That said, I am 2h in, and this list needs much more c/e. See my comments on talk. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I want to change the photo in this Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din since it is from memory, and not related to the Imam. It was done by Ameen Rihani. Can we add multiple photos, and the most related to it. Here is a Facebook page that has the correct photo. https://www.facebook.com/Imam.Yahya.Hamidaddin Yousefmhamidaddin (talk) 22:08, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Yousefmhamidaddin you can find information on adding images here. Greyjoy ^talk 13:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I see a number of problems with the Vivian_Lee#Huntsman_Cancer_Institute_controversy section on the Vivian Lee page, should I put this info in a comment for deletion, what do you think? And maybe just put a reference to David W. Pershing and Mary Beckerle for further info?

- the Huntsman controversy section is highly misleading. Do you have any insight on what happened here? There's no info on what kicked off the controversy (why was Mary Beckerle fired in the first place? Did it have to do with the last paragraph regarding financial transfers? There's certainly an implication there, is that a fair implication? Was there an investigation? Do you have access to those records?).

- Jon Huntsman Sr. comes off poorly and the man is dead and can't defend himself. He used his newspaper to wage a campaign here? Was the online petition independent of his campaign, truly a grass-roots effort? He predicted the governor and the legislature was going to be involved? Seriously? Did the governor or the legislature get involved?

- It's not clear how this reflects on Vivian Lee, there's not any solid information to form an opinion on what actually happened. Did she fire Mary Beckerle without David W. Pershing's consent? Could she do that? Did David W. Pershing ask for the firing? What really happened? Vivian Lee seems to just have moved on after many years at the university (how long do deans normally stay?). The controversy seems to be its own thing.

- In the President's entry (David W. Pershing), it seems like a much smaller thing. Why not move the whole story there instead, if you think this needs to be documented somewhere, with the apparently sub-standard sourcing? Or maybe, in Vivian Lee's and David W. Pershing's entries, refer to the Mary Beckerle entry, which also has a small section on this? Mary Beckerle seems the central character here, no?

- Jon Huntsman Sr.'s own newspaper doesn't seem like appropriate sourcing to corroborate his views, what do you think? Can one use opinion pieces in a self-owned paper as sources on Wikipedia?

As a minor edit, if you really think this section should be in there, the way you've laid out the sections doesn't work well. If anything, the Huntsman section should be a subsection of University of Utah. Right now you have the Verily section as a subsection of the controversy. 71.190.177.176 (talk) 23:56, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

71.190.177.176 the best place to have this discussion would be on the article's talk page so that other editors can also be involved. I reverted your edit because you removed a large referenced section without explanation.

"why was Mary Beckerle fired in the first place?", I have not had much to do with this article so I can only respond based on a quick look. Wikipedia articles are based on what is available in reliable sources so if the reason that Beckerle was fired has not been covered in a reliable source it will not be included in the article.

"Huntsman Sr. comes off poorly and the man is dead and can't defend himself." Once again articles are based on what is included in reliable sources and a lot of your questions appear to be speculation or original research, neither of which really belongs in an article.

I would suggest taking your questions to the article talk page so that users who have had more to do with this article can weigh in with your inquiries. Greyjoy ^talk 06:56, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Greyjoy, I'm currently trying to figure out how and are compatible with WP:BLPPRIMARY; am I overlooking something? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

I believe the information I added about Madh Island is accurate because I used local sources and my own knowledge as a lifelong resident. I am a Koli, a member of the first community in Mumbai. Please do not remove my updates; instead, please guide me on how to present them correctly

Tanpat2805 (talk) 05:43, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Tanpat2805 as per the messages left on your talk page, additions to Wikipedia need to be referenced with [[|Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] first hand user accounts are not an acceptable source for Wikipedia. Greyjoy ^talk 04:45, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

https://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume4/36.pdf see this is verified source now please stop removing my work Tanpat2805 (talk) 05:07, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Tanpat2805 sure, just make sure that anything you add is in the reference and that the additions are properly referenced. Greyjoy ^talk 05:09, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

now can i edit my page properly Tanpat2805 (talk) 05:13, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Like I said, just as long as any information you add is included in the references you add to the page. Please see the link I left on your page for information on how to reference properly. Greyjoy ^talk 05:20, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I would like to say thanks for reverting vandalism on the article Dujfchhfjdhdhsy (talk) 05:03, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

No worries! Greyjoy ^talk 05:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

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ScrabbleTiles (talk) 10:17, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Dear GreyJoy,

Thank you for your constructive feedback. Might you have further advice for me? I am deeply concerned about vandalism by another user, whose contributions are not neutral, nor do they cite credible, independent sources. The entity about which the Wikipedia page is written has been targeted in the past by politicians and others with malicious intentions, though this seems to be the first time on this forum. After said user's first edit, I simply tried to revert it (which you aptly prodded me about), and thereafter, I gave explanation for the edits, while deleting content supported only by the disputed sources. The user has repeatedly reverted my edits with a clear agenda to cause reputational harm and an inability to provide additional sources or to adhere to what those sources actually report. When challenged about sources, I provided additional citations and evidence (which he also deleted in his wholesale revision, despite them being properly supported). I have now warned him on his talk page and I have started to look into what other remedies I may have to prevent such vandalism, but I'd also be grateful for your advise. Anonfactchecker942 (talk) 07:31, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Anonfactchecker942 the best approach to take at this point is to begin a conversation on the article's talk page, laying out clearly the specific problems you believe are in the article. If you have concerns about specific references this is the best spot to raise those concerns so that this discussion can be seen by any editors interested in the article and will help avoid potential bans for edit warring which I am concerned is occurring in the article. Greyjoy ^talk 08:53, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

GreyJoy,

I reported it to the city managers (I'm just a resident and beneficiary of what they've built here). They did as you advised to start a conversation on the article's talk page. The vandal undid their revision and denied any knowledge of there being anything on any talk page, despite both my and the city managers' comments on the vandal's user talk page and the city managers' comments on the article's talk page. Can you intervene? Anonfactchecker942 (talk) 12:51, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Anonfactchecker942 My first piece of advice would be to stop calling the other user the vandal and referring to their edits as vandalism, these terms have very specific meanings here and do not seem to apply as this appears to be a content dispute not vandalism. Additionally they appear to be doing the correct thing now that a talk page conversation has been initiated, they reverted their edit and are engaging in discussion on the article talk page. Just to clarify, are you stating that FCC2002 is the account of a/the city managers? Greyjoy ^talk 15:50, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the guidance. I take the point about terminology and will avoid characterizing the other user as a vandal. You are right that, at this point, s/he is edit-warring.

Since the talk page discussion began, after an brief pause from clicking "undo", User 2026-38450-3 disengaged from the talk page and reverted to wholesale reversions (2 or 3 just since the talk page started), without substantive engagement. I see at least 5 wholesale revisions today alone, with no end and no effort at consensus in sight. I request any further guidance on the matter that you can provide.

I assume that FCC2002 is one of the managers. I reported vandalism to a village elder, who is a spokesman of sorts for the city, and he would have told the managers, though I suppose FCC2002 could be another resident like me. MMTC provided free public wifi, and a lot of people have smartphones these days. Anonfactchecker942 (talk) 20:57, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Anonfactchecker942 if you are concerned that the user is acting in bad faith or edit warring you are welcome to request administrator attention.Greyjoy ^talk 23:52, 23 January 2026 (UTC)