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Potamic River thingy
Hii, in answer to your response at Talk:2025 Potomac River mid-air collision, thought of coming here first but wanted a response to exist where the problem lay in the hope that it might reduce the problem. I think it may have a bit. I avoid taking new editors to the drama boards, the other option. I also assumed that you hadn't read the entire TP. I'm not sure what you say that I have posted ten times...
Wasn't talking about you. Was talking about plumber and the quote about ten times is what another editor stated about plumber's again and again repetition of sources suggesting that unqualified folks (as per DEI meaning females, non-straights, non-Christians, and minorities) were somehow at fault for all these deaths despite a complete lack of evidence. I have a habit of attempting to remove any suggestions of bigotry from WP. Having said that, I am always happy to see admins appear in CTOPs and hope you stick around. CTOPs have always been problematic and many admins appear to avoid them (understandable). The last few months have seen a huge uptick in non-EC editors, not helping. I believe the problems will increase for quite some time. Regards, O3000, Ret. (talk) 01:59, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comment and the info in it. I'm not very active as an admin nowadays -- I'm mostly a content editor. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:52, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
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Verification template
Hello, I removed your recent verification needed after I verified the source supports the paragraph. Did I close it correctly by just removing the template? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision&oldid=1279068504 Dw31415 (talk) 13:23, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. What first caught my eye here was this edit. I had a quibble with the wording in either case there and wanted to take a look at the cited source to see what I could do to improve the article wording. The sentence prior to the one changed there, also relying on that same source, introduces content about "including former Biden transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg for inclusivity rules that he said had reduced air safety", and it is those rules that I take the follow-on sentence changed there to be discussing. It seems to me that the rules being discussed are rules that came into play during the Biden administration, probably rules concerning DEI, not rules that were in play prior to and were continued by the first Trump administration. This article is on my watchlist because the topic interests me, but it is not in one of my focus areas; that, and my location in the Philippines with only online access to US sources and the particular source cited here being limited to NY Times subscribers, made verification difficult for me. As you have access to the source, I'll rely on you to insure that it supports the content of the paragraph citing it. If you do edit the article again, you might insert "authorlink=David E. Sanger" into the cite. Thanks again. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:22, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- I revised to more closely match the source. There’s some duplication with the following bullets that might be improved. Dw31415 (talk) 02:44, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
- I few more edits to remove duplication and add the authorlink. Feel free to ping me again a few times for NYT review. Dw31415 (talk) 03:11, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
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Spanish–American War Re-Edits
Hi man I'd like to just say that I'm very new to all this and would like to ask why you undid some edits I made to the page on the Spanish–American War. You also said they were not minor edits so like what constitutes minor, just so I don't get that wrong again. Thanks for taking the time to read :) Nano24110 (talk) 09:56, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi. Thanks for asking instead of edit warring as many editors new to WP would have done. I took a look back, and I think this edit is the one you are asking about and, looking at it, I think I must have garbled it is the process of publishing it as it does not match my edit summary there. I think that I probably made that small stylistic change as an afterthought and, in doing that, somehow lost the changes I had intended to make. I'll detail those changes and my reasons below; some or all of that has been overtaken by subsequent edits and I don't have time right now to take a fresh look at this, so I have not made any changes regarding this -- I may look back at this when I do have time.
- enforcing it's sovereignty reverted back to acquiring sovereignty
The possessive apostrophe should not have been there (see here) but. more substantively The US did not acquire sovereignty until the April 11, 1899 ratification of the treaty that ended the war. Spain held sovereignty during the war. - forcefully acquired reverted to gained
Similar to (1) above, and see WP:BOLD. Re the nearby changes - public American removed
I didn't see support for that in the cited supporting source cited, there seems to be an implication of disapproval there that I don't think is supported by the tone of the supporting source cited (). If POV of a source is reflected or mentioned, WP:DUE should be considered. - 'I noted the addition of 'public American re humanitarian concern and saw support in in the cited source (). I did have misgivings about overwhelming consensus of observers because I saw no cited support for that, but I would not have removed that because it had not been added by your edit.
- Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:22, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- Could one make the argument that refering to the US 'gaining' territory is wording that could be contested, it's just that I did so in the wrong way? Using the term gaining could create the implication of a passivity to US forigen policy which down plays or ignores imperial and colonial implications of territorial aquisitions. In apparent passivity could it is actually be renforcing US historical myth-making? Nano24110 (talk) 17:41, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
- I apologize for my slow response -- I have been traveling in areas of poor internet. I have adjusted the indent level of your response above for better readability. I have WP:Boldly edited the article again, changing "gained" back to "acquired", but not to "forcefully acquired". The article topic being Spanish–American War and the secti8on heading being Afdtermath sufficiently establishes that the acquisition involved force, I think.
- I think the first para in the Aftermath in the United States article section covers the notion of the United States as an imperial power as it relates to this article topic, and that further details about that should appear in e.g., US imperialism § 1890s–1900s: New Imperialism and "The White Man's Burden".
- If you think any of this needs further discussion, please openb a discussion section about your concerns on the article talk page. Cheers. 00:21, 29 May 2025 (UTC)Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill)
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Wikipedia 25th birthday party in Metro Manila
Hi Bill, just to let you know you that if you are in the Metro Manila area you are very welcome to attend the Shakey's Eton Centris event in Diliman, QC this January 18. For more details, you can view the event page on Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask here or send an email to Chlod or myself. Best, CMD (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks. I had registered to attend when that was announced, but I de-registered a week or so ago. I'm currently living on Boracay island and had thought that I would fold this in with other things to be done in and around Manila, but it turns out that there's nothing else I need to do there that fits with that schedule and I do have other things to do here. I was looking forward to it, but the scheduling just turns out not to work for me. Cheers. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:24, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
A Trout
Hi - you have left Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea rather than South China Sea as intended. Cheers ChaseKiwi (talk) 01:23, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oops. Fixed it. Thanks. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:33, 26 January 2026 (UTC). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:33, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
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