User talk:Magnolia677/Archive 32

At some point yesterday (while I was unavailable) you added detail about your second reversion to my discussion on the Daly City, California talk page (signed but not time-stamped). Among other issues you questioned, I am answering one that seems to me to encapsulate the difficulty I experienced dealing with your edits. While each individual deletion has unique features, there are certain elements they all have in common:

"One of the names you added was Tony Compagno, along with these sources:" (those sources being ^[1] and ^[2]). Compagno was a professional football player, notable for his three seasons as a starting fullback in the NFL immediately after WW2. His Wikipedia bio article has been active since 9/22/2014 - anyone who cared to challenge that notability has had ample opportunity to do so. The article has been maintained, and recently was updated following a discussion among editors of football-related articles about Infobox standards.

The first source is the page for Compagno displayed by the San Mateo County Hall of Fame (including a photo and a transcription) which clearly states he was a football star at Jefferson High School. This was also repeated in my description of his accomplishments. Since Jefferson is described above in the Daly City article as one of the two high schools located in and serving Daly City, I saw no reason to recap that later in the article. Even if you contend his family home was outside Daly City (you're welcome to search, but good luck!), as a Jefferson student-athlete Compagno was an active member of a close-knot community based in Daly City.

The second source is Sports-Reference.com's Pro Football Player-page for Compagno. I have seen Sports-Reference material referred tp frequently in Wikipedia, and have used it as a source in edits with no challenge, and have never seen it on any list of unreliable or spurious sources.

Reading the biographic information in the article (which matches that in both sources), Compagno's football career ended when he was 25. It appears to have begun at Jefferson, from which he graduated in 1939 when he was 18. Even if we assume he only played two years in high school (although he would normally have played three on varsity and one on the freshman team) his football career covered an nine-ye]]ar period (of which two+ were spent as a soldier). Certainly, I believe spending 20% or more of the career which made him notable in the Jefferson student-athlete community is a "significant" part of the life which made him notable.

Because you and I have differences, Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution recommends "When you find a passage in an article that is biased, inaccurate, out of date, or insufficiently sourced, the best practice is to improve it if you can, rather than deleting salvageable text." I wish to point out "Our goal with Wikipedia is to create a free encyclopedia; indeed, the largest encyclopedia in history, both in terms of breadth and in terms of depth." (Larry Sanger) Editors who add verifiable and verified facts engage with that goal. Editors who remove facts are suppressing them, which runs counter to the intent of the project.

Should you dispute or disagree with an edit , Wikipedia:Notability (people) recommends a number of steps you can take:

• tagging the article with {{notability|biographies}}
• using the {{cleanup biography}} template
• look for sources yourself, or ask the article editor(s) for advice on where to look for sources.
• re-write the section or article
• do not start an edit war.

Well, since those didn't happen, the next recommended step is to open a Talk page discussion, demonstrating good faith and an intent to negotiate a consensus. I want to stipulate a couple of things, and hope you will agree:

• I intend to add all thirty-one of the notables you removed by wholesale reversion, unless you can demonstrate or convince me there are any individuals I should not include.
• My purpose is to add factual and verifiable data that will help the 100,000+ residents of Daly City understand and be proud of their community and its history.
• I don't have unlimited time or resources to devote to this project, and believe that you are in the same position. Our time has value, yours no less than mine (and vice-versa). We should first negotiate and agree on a deadline for reaching a resolution.
• You and I will do equal shares of any work caused by disagreement.
• If we can't agree on any policy/guideline issue by the deadline, we will seek help on Biographies of living persons noticeboard.
• If we can't agree on content by the deadline, we will seek advice of the other editors of the individual's article.

Ethnic laundry (talk) 04:29, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

TLDR. Please discuss on article talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:12, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

I don't think it's crystal clear there is multiple account misuse, though I do believe they are the same user. They most recently have made edits with heavy refbombs (not to mention article edit overlap). Is a sock report warranted? --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 13:41, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

@PerpetuityGrat: Thanks for writing. Both have less than 650 edits in total, and they've edited a whopping 39 of the same politically-charged niche articles, per . I'm not sure it's the same editor, but this edit led me believe they are communicating offline. Nothing wrong with contacting one of the regular admins here for an opinion. I don't think I'd be as troubled if the tone of their edits wasn't so...what the word I'm looking for? Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 15:14, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

I hate that I am removing content en masse, I don't even know where to begin. Nonsequiturs, bad use of quotes, copy/pasting content across articles, using Facebook as a source, and constant deviation from the article subject. They might even have a COI, who knows. Let's keep watching. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

@PerpetuityGrat: Are you seeing the same sort of edits from the other editor? If so, it would be best to report, as they could be working together for some advocacy group. If you report, please ping me, as I also have comments to add. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

In regards to Atwood, Ontario.

Firstly, Mary Vallance being the first Canadian female colonel and comp-de-aide to the Governor General is absolutely a notable achievement. To label her as “not notable” is nothing short of a joke. Being awarded the order of military merit, which is awarded to 0.1% of Canadian armed forces annually only further proves this point.

Additionally, all other information I have added has been researched thoroughly. Local history is extremely important, especially for a small town like Atwood. Even my information which had been sourced was deleted? For the unsourced content, a simple google maps overview of the town would show that all locations I had mentioned are in fact there. Should I be citing every minute detail I mention? EZ127 (talk) 02:27, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for butting in on someone else's talk page but to be included in the notable people section, that person must have an article on Wikipedia. Mary Vallance does not. User:EZ127, if you feel she is notable enough for her own article, may I suggest you create an article for her? Again, sorry for butting in. Masterhatch (talk) 03:04, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I was unaware of this as I’ve seen many other town’s “notable people” section to have many people without their own pages. I appreciate your comment. EZ127 (talk) 03:30, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for being an alert reader, and I agree that I didn't add sources for the people I added to the Notable list. But backing out all five of my changes to Holladay, Utah really goes too far. Some of the changes I made were removing unsourced statements. Why did you remove those? Other changes were clarifying wording and other copy-editing improvements. Why did you remove those? Indeed, one change I made was adding a WP:CITENEED tag. How can you justify removing that?

The article as a whole is short on sources, I agree. But I think you can see from my pattern of edits that I'm going in the right direction and there's no reason to think I'm finished.

Notable People sections typically do not have a source for every person. Perhaps this is because it's trivial to verify these, usually by reading the article about the notable person. A few examples: Chino, California, Sharon, Vermont, and Utah Valley University.

I will add some references, among the other cleanups I continue doing. If you would like to do something constructive, maybe you could add some as well.Davemc0 (talk) 21:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your surgical edit to remove a single unsourced notable Holladay person, Mark Hofmann. This is the proper approach, which is why I thanked you for your edit.

I note that this has been a problem for you in the past. Please see the talk page for Silicon Slopes. Per WP:REVONLY, let me invite you to permanently cease reverting changes that have nothing wrong with them as part of reverting something problematic. The essential concept that we all need to internalize is this: "The encyclopedia is damaged when positive contributions that should be preserved are caught up and lost in a revert."

Even better than not reverting good edits is to fix problems yourself. Rather than being a "goalie", trying to keep bad changes out, be more of an editor. Just find a source and add it, for example.

On another topic, one reason it's probably very common for notable people lists to not have a source for each one is that the sources may not be very suitable to WP. Not all notable people have news articles that mention all the places that they lived. In the case of Dale G. Renlund, for example, it took 20 seconds of googling to find his voter registration in Holladay, Utah, but that's not a great WP source. The community seems to feel that not providing a citation is a suitable solution in this case. If you have suggestions, I'd be interested. Davemc0 (talk) 21:57, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

@Davemc0: Please read WP:RS, and go away. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:06, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, I saw that you undid an edit to Augusta, Georgia about adding flag icons to the sister cities list with MOS:DECOR cited. I am confused by this, since I regularly see the same flag icons on other cities. Is it because Augusta only has two cities where adding flags not necessary compared to other American cities with more? I also went through List of sister cities in the United States and the majority of them follows this trend. TheRealPear (talk) 16:05, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

A lot of stuff on Wikipedia doesn't follow guidelines. I fix it when I see it. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:48, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I am confused too. Your edited flags look exactly like the guidance Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. DarkForest7 (talk) 22:07, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@DarkForest7: Well that's a dilly or a pickle. Yes, guidelines often conflict. Go ahead and revert if you like. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 22:26, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I saw your revert and your explanation. I've read an exhausting amount of the talk page about notable people and how it applies to City articles. The table seemed be a good way to consider all opinions, and as a starting point for the preferred prose about notable people. Trying to follow the existing guidance. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline/Archive 3 and see "Lists of notable people". I'm following this example List of people from Park Ridge, Illinois DarkForest7 (talk) 22:13, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@DarkForest7: You have confused a city article with a list article. Photos of notable people are typically not added to a city article. A list article about notable people often has photos. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:24, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

I see. If broken out into a separate page (ie, a list) the table is more appropriate, especially regarding the photos. Thank you for helping me see that. The solution for San Fernando seems to be to create a list page. DarkForest7 (talk) 00:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

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Hello. I saw your reversion on Steven L Sears as a Glendale resident based on the source being unreliable. I read WP:SOCIALMEDIA which states that in some circumstances a self-published item may be used. It seems pretty reasonable to let the subject publish something like "I live here", and use it to establish their residency. Am I missing something ? You have a lot more experience than I do. Thanks ! DarkForest7 (talk) 20:24, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Magnolia677:, I really appreciate all your help over the years. Got another thing that may have been popping up on your Watchlist too. User talk:208.66.186.194 has been making a good bit of edits to articles that have a "see also" or disambiguation links at the top of the page. May they are trying to help, but they keep changing them to things that are too detailed/narrow or nonsensical. I don't really know the process for notifying them of their unhelpful edits, but a few of the edits have made sense. Any thoughts? Let me know if I can help out. Appreciate it! Dofftoubab (talk) 02:51, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

@Dofftoubab: Thanks for writing! It looks like a few editors have reverted them. Let me take a look. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 11:03, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Appreciate it! Dofftoubab (talk) 01:09, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

A bit confused about some things. You said that I did not provide a reliable source, even though, and i double checked, in the edit I added a citation directly to the section on the city's .gov website about the the things I wrote. I can understand how it sounded promotional due to it including some pretty specified company work, and all though i cant necessarily prove this but i do live here and i think what also makes it notable enough to include is some of these improvements have greatly improved downtown, and building up on just eyesores of empty space just for parking and move that to the parking garages and also will add more public space downtown which honestly the city can definitely use even more of, and I'm sure I'm not the only here who is glad they are doing all of this.

and i can change the writing to say just science center, instead of sparc science center if that would help make it less promotional HeavyMetalChicken (talk) 04:39, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

little correction, it actually is quest science center and SPARC theater lab. HeavyMetalChicken (talk) 04:43, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I also just noticed that you reverted my changes on the Richard Notkin article. You said "not supported by source" even though it is and pretty clearly is, I wrote out good portion of the stuff they had on their the timeline they had and changed it to exclude less important details to use as a base to give perspective for when i add more stuff like his different series. And I'm starting to think that you didn't even read a lot of this stuff. Also before you baselessly claim "probably ai", I would first like you to take a second and ask why I would even be on this platform if I use ai for giving me information or writing stuff.

I don't want to get all overly defensive here, but it really feels like you are making a lot of assumptions about what I've wrote, without little to back it up. HeavyMetalChicken (talk) 23:58, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

You recently reverted my edit on the Falls Church, Virginia article. Your edit summary said "not an improvement;" can you clarify this?—Internet Snail (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

@Internet Snail: You added trivial information about "postal codes", and added "the city of" to the lead. Other sourced content was removed. May I suggest one edit at a time, rather than one large edit which is hard to fix by others. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:05, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

I was mainly trying to clean up the overly-long sentence structure on the page. I didn't add any content, but reworded what was already there (e.g. postal code info). I did update the name of the municipality from "Falls Church City" to "The City of Falls Church," which is the official language used by the local government.^[1]

I'm hoping to continue cleaning up the page (adding more information, citations, etc). I've studied this city in particular and I'd like to make the page more comprehensive. I appreciate the pointer on making smaller edits in the future!—Internet Snail (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Magnolia677. I just wanted to make you aware about a recent personal attack against another editor with this diff. Thank you. Colman2000 (talk) 01:33, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@Colman2000: Nasty stuff, but they were quickly blocked. If you see any more, it should be reported. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:24, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Magnolia677. Hope you have been well. I still remember a little disagreement that we had about my edits when I started here. I just did a little bit of research and wanted to give you my two cents on it, but in a polite, civil manner.

According to the Florida HomeTownLocator, the populated place of Mendoza in Hillsborough County is located at the house with the address of 11811 N 51st Street in the Temple Terrace city limits. Based on this information, it appears to be a populated place associated with a specific address within the city limits of Temple Terrace. While it is not explicitly labeled as a neighborhood or subdivision, its location and classification suggest it could function as a small locality or community within Temple Terrace. It might not have formal boundaries like a designated subdivision but could still be recognized as a distinct area. Its unique identification might stem from historical or administrative reasons rather than being a planned residential area.

Based on the description from Puerto Rico HomeTownLocator, the populated place of Mendoza in Naguabo municipality, positioned at a roadway median on Puerto Rico Highway 53, does not align with the typical characteristics of a neighborhood or subdivision. Instead, it is more of a designated geographical point, possibly serving as a landmark or administrative feature. Its location in a roadway median suggests it may not include residential or organized community structures that are common in neighborhoods or subdivisions.

Mendoza (historical) is a former populated place in Sutter County, California. It is classified as a "historical" feature, meaning it no longer exists as an active community. The site is located near Live Oak, California, and falls within the ZIP Code delivery area of 95953. I have noticed that many communities designated as historical on the GNIS are called ghost towns here on Wikipedia.

The one in Missouri is no longer on the Geographic Names Information System's website or on HomeTownLocator, but because it was identified as a locale, this means that it was a geographic place in Missouri at which there is or was human activity. This definition does not include populated places such as cities or towns, but rather encompasses locations where human activity has occurred, such as camps, farms, or other dispersed sites.

As a result, I don't think these places qualify for their own Wikipedia articles, as stated on the notability guidelines, but I wanted to add this just so we are clear. Thank you. Colman2000 (talk) 01:48, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Colman2000: Could you discuss this on the article talk page, where others can join in? Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:33, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Magnolia677, I wanted to make you aware that I am about to reverse your revert on Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I added the Cherokee name for Bartlesville as a footnote in the lead, following the long-established tradition of including alternate and native names for places after their first mention. Your reason for the revert was "Per MOS:FIRST and MOS:LEADLANG. Less than one percent of the population is Indian." I am not what your source is that led you to believe that "Less than one percent of the population is Indian", but it does not match up with US Census data, which lists the Native American population as 7% in 2020 (https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US4004450-bartlesville-ok/ - the main census site is down for the government shutdown). This is a sizable percent native for a mid-sized US city, but additional importance comes from the fact that Bartlesville is within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. As for your cited policies, MOS:LEADLANG directs to consult MOS:FOREIGNEQUIV for foreign equivalent names in the lead, and the addition of the Cherokee name in a footnote is completely in line with this policy. See for example Edinburgh or Anchorage, Alaska, both of which have footnotes with translations for relevant languages—despite these languages not being spoken by a sizeable portion of the population. I could understand your concern if it was related to overemphasizing Cherokee culture as opposed to other relevant people groups, such as the Osage, and if you know of a unique Osage name for Bartlesville then feel free to add it, but I do not think this is the case. --Leviavery (talk) 01:23, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Leviavery: Please discuss on article talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:46, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi,

I noticed you deleted the hatnote I added on San Diego because the train was included in the disambiguation. However, I think having the hatnote there is a better idea than leaving it at just the disambig page hatnote - a user looking for the named train probably wouldn't have gone to the disambig page for "San Diego".

I don't want to revert that without finding some sort of agreement here, but I really think the navigation flow is better off with the hatnote included. Plutonical (Talk) 22:59, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Plutonical: Not sure how a reader could confuse "San Diegan (train)" with "San Diego". Please see WP:SIMILAR, and discuss on article talk page if you disagree. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:33, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

you can not accuse edits of being AI generated without evidence. I ran those edits on The Troubles through an AI detector, and it came out clean. The Troubles is a deeply sensitive topic. The sports section added was valuable, and deleting it because of your vague assumption is wildly inappropriate. you need to be better and learn to ask questions before you edit a source about sectarian violence. McCIrishman (talk) 23:39, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@McCIrishman: I noticed you removed a message I left on another editor's talk page. Did you have permission to do this? What is your connection to that editor? Magnolia677 (talk) 10:19, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

no connection. was trying to reverse your edit to the troubles and may have made a mistake. sorry, I dont really edit Wikipedia ever, but I care deeply about Irish history. sport was a very important part of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and you erasing the entire topic is not appropriate. if you want to learn more, I would recommend reading "Gunshots and Goalpost" by Ben Roberts to learn about the history you are trying to erase. McCIrishman (talk) 13:37, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello. You nominated Template:Elvis Presley sidebar and placed the appropriate Template for discussion template on it. However, the in-article discussion notice ended up shifting prose in pages (if you're curious, you can see it by previewing a page like Elvis Presley while editing that template version). You can avoid this in the future by adding |type=sidebar to the template when substituting it (as explained in Template:Template_for_discussion#Sidebar). Though it still creates an extra newline at the beginning of articles, can't figure out why. Cheers, Sophocrat (talk) 20:05, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@The Sophocrat: I noticed that on one of the articles. Good piece of knowledge to have. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 20:17, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Magnolia677, I noticed you reverted a small edit I made last month on the notable people section of the Fairbanks article. I seldom notice that these dates are directly backed up by sources. I always thought it was sufficient when these sources are noted in the article of the individual (which they are in this case), as it is just a little side information in the city article. If this is not the case I'll refrain from doing these kind of edits in the future. I just wanted to know the official stance on this. Thank you. :) KR7907 (talk) 08:33, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@KR7907: Thanks for writing. I'm not sure what the edit was, but if there was no source added, and there was no source on the target article, I'll usually revert the unsourced edit. If this was not the case, feel free to revert. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:53, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

You have deleted most of an article of which everything mentioned has resources. You've edited it into something that doesn't even make sense and leaves out relevant details, especially in instances where it seems you chose not to read the source, or recall from a previous source provided. You deleted anyway, citing reasons if you had only read and comprehended the sources. & If you looked at the article, you'd see it was currently in progress of being edited. This is a gigantic waste of someone else's time that you've undone in a matter of minutes.Interestingfactcheck (talk) 18:16, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

@Interestingfactcheck: I removed the unsourced content, and content that had no relevance to the subject of the biography (you can't write a biography about Fred Jones, and then write paragraph after paragraph about some other guy, citing sources that never once mention Fred Jones). Then, I moved the article to draft. I seriously doubt Draft:Louis R. Golding meets WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO. --Magnolia677 (talk) 18:24, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

No. What you did was mass edited a fresh article while it was clearly in progress. Just like every other article of a person, an article needs to be laid out in sections and in order. One cannot put the end of someone's career at the beginning along with the initial source, just to satisfy or guess Magnolia677 exists and what their perceptions or memory might be later in the article. You've seemed to assume that within a matter of minutes, you know better than someone who has things mapped out with countless articles over a number of years. Not only did you delete things because you felt they were not sourced or relevant, you left or added things that were less relevant. You didn't even wait or consider more might be coming to satisfy what you questioned about it. Complete lack of regard for other people's work, and even less logical. By the way, I imagine someone honored by Hollywood in the Waldorf Astoria in New York speaks for itself, moreso than Magnolia677's opinion of if they meet criteria to be on Wikipedia. I would have provided a source if you didn't jump on the article right away and try to delete it. Interestingfactcheck (talk) 18:57, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Magnolia677, it seems that you've reverted my edit because you suspected it's AI generated, but you didn't specify what exactly was inaccurate in my writing, I haven't AI generated what I wrote, and I've also cited a source, please let me know of any misinformation you find and if none, reinstate my edit, thank you. XAaryan (talk) 10:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

User:Magnolia677

Actually, Hanging Rock is probably better known for its perceived associations with Washington and the March to Valley Forge than as a geological feature. I grew up less than 10 miles from Gulph Mills, and knew about the connection in elementary school.

I don’t think PennDot just spent $9.2M to re-route PA Rte 320 around the rock only because of geology.

Please don’t accuse me of things you only presume I have done. I didn’t add the double image of Hanging Rock, only the second image with the caption connecting it to Washington.

Yours,

MoreBoringGuy More Boring Guy (talk) 19:36, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

@More Boring Guy: Please discuss on article talk page. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:38, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

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You converted a large number of my edits, recently. Some points may be arguable, but when you reverted my own correction to my own spelling, or when you reverted my correction to who the mayor of Johnson City TN is and restored the old mayor, I simply do not understand what you are doing.Rick Norwood (talk) 21:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Please provide a diff so I know what you're referring to. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:30, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Does this tell you what you need to know? If not, let me know. User talk:Magnolia677 21:28 +410 Rick Norwood talk contribs (→reverted edits: new section) Tag: New topic Rick Norwood (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Please see H:DIFF. --Magnolia677 (talk) 23:48, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I know about this, I used it to understand your edits. I didn't know the abbreviation "DIFF".

I'll give you just one example.

"Revision as of 16:28, 4 November 2025 edit

Rick Norwood (talk | contribs) Update to current mayor Tag: Reverted ← Previous edit Latest revision as of 19:38, 6 November 2025 edit undo Magnolia677 (talk | contribs) Reverted 3 edits by Rick Norwood (talk): Not notable Tags: Twinkle Undo

(2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)

| government_type          = Council-manager government
| government_type          = Council-manager government
| leader_title1            = Mayor
| leader_title1            = Mayor
| leader_name1             = Gregory C.G. Cox
| leader_name1             = John F. Hunter II
| leader_title2            = Vice Mayor
| leader_title2            = Vice Mayor
| leader_name2             = 
| leader_name2             = Gregory C.G. Cox
| leader_title3            = City Manager
| leader_title3            = City Manager
| leader_name3             = Cathy Ball
| leader_name3             = Cathy Ball

Latest revision as of 19:38, 6 November 2025"

I live in Johnson City TN. Our mayor recently resigned and was replaced by a different mayor. This is a matter public record. I gave the correct current information You reverted the three edits I made so the article now has incorrect information. Rick Norwood (talk) 12:11, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@Rick Norwood: I reverted this edit for two reasons:

• "Elwood Watson" is not notable, per WP:USCITIES#Notable people.
• "John F. Hunter" is unsourced. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:02, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Here is a reliable source for notability of Elwood Watson. https://faculty.etsu.edu/WATSONE/

Here is a reliable source for John F. Hunter's resignation as mayor of Johnson City TN. https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/jc-mayor-john-hunter-resigns/article_34f8e74a-ed79-417f-ba4e-a5c3a8e8ae4b.html

Most of the other reversions you made are cases where I corrected my own typos and you restored the typo I had removed.

If you agree, should I restore the edits you have reverted, or will you? Rick Norwood (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@Rick Norwood: Let me try this again...

• "Elwood Watson" is not notable, per WP:USCITIES#Notable people. If you believe this person should be included on the notable people list, please establish a consensus to include this person, or write an article about them.
• "John F. Hunter" is unsourced. That means you need to add a source to support your edit. If you need help, please see Help:Referencing for beginners. --Magnolia677 (talk) 16:33, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I gather I am going to have to do this one revert at a time. Let's begin with the cases where I made a typo and corrected it, and you reverted my correction and restored the typo. May I fix these? Rick Norwood (talk) 16:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

I don't own Wikipedia. You don't need my permission to do anything on here. Going forward, please start discussions on article talk pages, where other editors can join in. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:57, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

OK. I'll make the edits. Thank you for all your help. Rick Norwood (talk) 19:01, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the Goregone SPI. Many many thanks! Keep up the good work! --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 15:24, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Okay dude I'll stop, you don't have to threaten to block me. Samuel8281 (talk) 00:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Sure, please do. Sorry that it's darker, but it was taken well into the afternoon in January, and seemingly the sun's behind the photo. Presumably I could have gotten a picture from farther to the left, but Street View shows that there are trees on the other side, so probably I was more interested in one that showed the side, since the goal was documentation for Wikipedia rather than better artistic quality. Nyttend (talk) 18:54, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

@Nyttend: It's a great photo! I'd love to do a Wiki roadtrip through the whole state, taking pictures and meeting nice people along the way. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 19:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you :-) Before I married, I travelled extensively for photography; I visited every county in ten states, photographing most National Register of Historic Places sites in several states (including 100% of sites in Cuyahoga County) and passing through Mississippi twice. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing countless small communities. Nyttend (talk) 01:32, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

@Nyttend: I have seen your edits through the years, and your wonderful photos. I never would have ended up in Hoohoo, West Virginia, if not for the Wiki picture. A nice photo, and a few paragraphs of text, brings long forgotten places back to life. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 11:02, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

I thought I'd gone back far enough but apparently not. I leave this in your capable hands. :) --Golbez (talk) 13:51, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

@Golbez: I knew it was just a confusion. You're very experienced and do great edits! I'm slowly going to improve the article. Thanks for writing! Magnolia677 (talk) 14:20, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

What does that flag at half staff have anything to do with the quality of the photo on the page? It is a photo of Gray City Hall. The water tower photo is 7 years old. I was just adding a more recent photo. Mjrmtg (talk) 20:57, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

@Mjrmtg: Please discuss on article talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:59, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing my new article, Francis Edward Crawford. I appreciate your looking at it. I understand that some of what I had written had not been sourced adequately. I have taken steps to correct that. In the future, could you please tag such instances with citation needed? Deleting the entire passage disrupts the readability of the work and makes it more difficult to restore these passages with the proper citations without reverting other edits. Again, I appreciate your help. Kdorse (talk) 21:19, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

@Kdorse: Please use your sandbox when writing new articles, and then move to mainspace when the article is complete and fully sourced. Try to avoid adding large section of unsourced content, as you have been. Thanks for your understanding. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Just wondering why the reference to the Nightmare in Wax movie was removed, it seemed pretty relevant and interesting trivia about the place. Thanks Bawtyshouse (talk) 01:56, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

@Bawtyshouse: Your edit was unsourced, and there was no mention of it at Nightmare in Wax. --Magnolia677 (talk) 10:51, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello Friend, please read the following page Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers/rewrite. A significant amount of your recent contributions are not following the first principle of this policy "Improve, don't remove". We need to build an environment on Wikipedia where we work collaboratively to make this a better resource for the world, this means we all need to learn how to be polite, respectful, and work with one another. Have a wonderful day and God bless. DetroitLakesGuy (talk) 22:00, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

@DetroitLakesGuy: Please see User talk:McCIrishman#Travel pics. Is this you? Magnolia677 (talk) 22:11, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Magnolia677

I temporarily undid your removal of my edit on the "Durham, New Hampshire" entry in which I included information about the state's keeping of records for US presidential elections since 1888 and the unique layout of the Manual for the General Court for 1900. I noted in my first edit summary that I do not know how to include a superscript note. Please either tell me how to do this or include the note, for I believe the information to be important for readers hoping to access the sources directly. Edin34burgh56 (talk) 19:42, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

@Edin34burgh56: I fixed it for you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:11, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you :) Edin34burgh56 (talk) 22:16, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

As a regular contributor to the Bucks County article and someone who might be able to see the question from the PoV of a Bucks County resident, may I invite you to contribute a long distance perspective to Template talk:WikiProject UK geography#Borsetshire [...] comprises Borsetshire and Felpersham (specifically with respect to the example

• The county (Buckinghamshire) comprises Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

(You may ignore the cryptic intro, it's a cultural reference to an interminable soap opera.)

No expectations, just that it would be great if you would, thanks. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 21:17, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

@JMF: That's a dilly of a pickle. Let me see if I can help. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. If you consider that I have overstated the issue, do please say so. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:11, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for removing "time immemorial" from the NWT. Masterhatch (talk) 18:15, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

@Masterhatch: It's a romantic idiom that's not really accurate, and it's literally used all over the place (literally!) Hey, cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 18:23, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I've removed a few of them myself. You do great work. Keep it up! Masterhatch (talk) 18:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I partially reverted https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennybacker_Bridge&diff=prev&oldid=1324144168 . The bit about the condo I left removed. Your justification for that is sound. The bit about how a portion of the guys property was developed into the condo, however, I readded back in. That is relevant because, without that tidbit, it sounds like the City of Austin is proposing demolishing structures it has already allowed to be built. TerraFrost (talk) 22:01, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Is there any particular reason why you are looking through my edits and reverting them? Native history is an incredibly important part of American history, and deserves to be included on Wikipedia. Joaneditswikepediapages (talk) 23:35, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

@Joaneditswikepediapages: One of the articles you edited was on my watchlist. I noticed your edit and reverted. I will address your edit (and edit warring) once the chickens have been fed. Thank you for writing. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Why did you revert my edit? I think a hat note is necessary Cooldood5555 (let's talk) 21:34, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

@Cooldood5555: Please discuss on article talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:37, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Le Nexrad is as important as citing the National Guard at the airport. Pierre cb (talk) 15:11, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

@Pierre cb: Could you please discuss on article talk page. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:23, 1 December 2025 (UTC)