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[edit] Links

Hi Hector,

Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Free links. It isn't helpful to link every word. For example, this edit didn't improve the article in question at all. In another example, you linked MMORPG Runescape when the correct link, RuneScape, was indicated one line above.

In short: read the Manual of Style, try to make sure your links are relevant, and try to link to the right article.

dbenbenn | talk 04:30, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hi. I'd like to ask you to be more careful and vigilent when wikilinking. I noticed you've been working through Wikipedia:Deadend pages, and several of your edits aren't fixing the articles. You often create links to individual words of a phrase (e.g., University of California, when it should be University of California), or you create links of the same word throughout an article (e.g., Europe in this edit). The idea of Wikipedia:Deadend pages is not just to make links, but also to cleanup the article, since many not-so-good articles appear on the list. See this discussion. Like the above comment in February suggested, please read and follow the Manual of Style on links. If you have any questions, please ask me. —Mar ka ci 2005-04-25 T 14:42 Z

Hector, I see that you continue to overlink articles, such as [1], in which you link to the letter A two times, and several other terms that really don't need to be linked to. Those additions don't add any value, and actually make the article harder to read. Please only link to terms that are actually relevant to the article. Also, when adding unknown dates to year articles, please follow the guidelines used on other year pages. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 14:18, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Hector you continue to overlink articles: [2]. The links to the initials A.V.C.C. are completely unnecessary and unhelpful. Let me stress that these edits are not helpful to other editors, and actually create misleading context. I know that you are just trying to go through Deadend pages, but you will be much better served by only linking to encyclopedic topics. Why don't you try categorizing these deadend pages and marking them as stubs when appropriate? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 17:32, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

Hector. Your recent edit [3] shows the same pattern of behavior. I can't tell if you honestly think that you're improving these articles, but I assure you that many of these edits are more disruptive than helpful. Please respond to me on my talk page, and explain your methodology, or I will open an RFC against you. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:48, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Hector, your edits to "Gordon E.J. Hoke" and A.R. Bernard Sr. appear unnecessary. I believe you are still over-linking these articles with Rev. being linked to in the A.R. Bernard Sr. article are over the top and are not improving the article. Several other pages which you have edited are plagued with red-edits. Would it be possible to preview your edits and write short summaries to edits on all your pages. TheTallOne 23:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Hector, your edits to the articles between 20th and 23rd February 2006 are unnecessary and I do not believe that you are taking in the comments met on this page. You still repetitively repeat linking the same words over again and links to surnames of the people in which the article is about is irrelevant. Art is linked to numberous time in the article Art Rupe which links to the subject of Art, rather than the person, Art Rupe. Theoretically, they should not be linked to at all as they should if they are to be linked, lead to the very article you are editing. TheTallOne 21:41, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Hector, Please desist from this behavior immediately. You have been warned about this in the past. If you have questions about the appropriate level of linking, ask a more experienced admin. Your recent edits are not constructive. --DDG 21:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2880 edit

Your edit to 2880 is not logical. First, an article there would have to be about the year 2880, not the number; the proper title for an article about the number is 2880 (number). Second, your statement that it is the smallest number with 36 factors is not true, 1260 is. Third, your edit was simply no more than a simple substub. Georgia guy 23:56, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Actually it wasn't Hectorthebat who replaced the redirect with a false statement. Look at the history. DanielCristofani 11:02, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] edit summaries

It would be helpful if in your edit summaries you put something as simple as +Shane Mack. cheers, Kingturtle 16:04, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removal without comments - copyright violations.

Please do not remove redlinks from the Catholic encyclopedia missing articles project without comments as to why you are removing them. I have notified admins and will be watching for other changes. I have also noticed that some of your contribution have been identified as copyright violations from the Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Please only use public domain sources such as the Catholic Encyclopedia which is freely available. Reflex Reaction 13:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

One more thing. If you do use the Catholic Encyclopedia as it looks like you are starting to do, please put {{Catholic}} at the bottom of the page. This will let other people know that the text is from a public domain source and not a copyright violation. But you should also know that direct text dumps are not the best way to add information to wikipedia. Please edit and modernize the articles, thing have changed alot since 1908. The instructions at the Nuttall Encyclopedia project are also excellent if you are looking for guidance. If you do not have time to edit the article, please put {{cleanup-date|October 2005}} at the top of the page so that other people know to clean up your work, though it is best if you can clean up after yourself. Thanks and keep contributing. Reflex Reaction 14:42, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Hector thank you for wikifying and adding {{cleanup-date|October 2005}} to the articles you create from the Catholic Encyclopdia; it will make cleaning up the entries easier, but it is always best if you can clean up after yourself. Can you please be more selective about what information you put into wikipedia from the CE? Not all of the entries in the CE should be in wikipedia because they cover such specialty information and often have very POV info. Most of the articles are not up to date, either syntatically or the information they have. The CE's strengths for entry into wikipedia are often historical persons such as Saints or other Catholic persons who have made contributions outside the religious sphere such as Richard Bulstrode who is in both the 1911 version of the Encyclopedia Britannica [4] and in the Catholic Encyclopedia [5]. You may want to start at this crossover list for places to compile information from when creating articles. If you use information from the 1911 encyclopedia use the {{1911}} template --Reflex Reaction 21:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your contintued work incorporating information from the Catholic Encyclopedia into Wikipedia. But I would again remind you to please DO NOT put dump text from the site into the pages. The Catholic encyclopedia was written at a different time and with different motivations than that of wikipedia. The material is simply not appropriate as it is from the site. You can use both the {{1911}} if you are going to use both sources for writing the article, which I had hoped that you had done. Can you also be more selective about words that need to be wikified, not everything is directly relevant to an article.

If you are interested in another project where material can be taken directly from a website, wikified, and be a much more complete article please contact me. Thanks, --Reflex Reaction 15:28, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting Amitz

Hi, because you were involved with the article, you may want to look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amitiz (2nd nomination), best wishes, IZAK 14:51, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Sigs

Thanks for helping out removing signatures from articles. Lately, it seems like I've been the only one really doing it. Keep it up! -Royalguard11^Talk 16:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AIB

I noticed the re-edit of Afghanistan International Bank, I check the differences i did not notice any spicific changes, if you have rewritten anything, please let me know on my Talk page

Joey AFG 15:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arne Løchen

A tag has been placed on Arne Løchen, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable (see the guidelines for notability here). If you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself.

Please read the criteria for speedy deletion (specifically, articles #7) and our general biography criteria. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 16:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Georg von Kopp

Hi Hectorthebat,

I noticed you recently created the article about Georg von Kopp. I just wanted to let you know that you can announce any new Germany-related articles at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany/New articles. That way other users interested in the topic can see them and might improve them.

You may also be interested in the WikiProject Germany.

Thanks,

--Carabinieri

[edit] Kjersti Bronken Senderud

A "{{prod}}" template has been added to the article Kjersti Bronken Senderud, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. 172.162.59.230 00:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] unhelpful Linking

Hi, Some of your recent links are unhelpful of just plain wrong. Can I suggest that you check them first. For example, in Glastonbury Canal you link to Richard Pratt which is a disambig page; in Daylight magazine, Joel Engle and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge you link to Richard Ros - he was born in 1429 so he is hardly likely to be a photographer, nor is he likely to go on tour, nor play jazz. You run the risk of being regarded as a vandal; I hope that that is very far from your intentions.Pyrotec —Preceding comment was added at 21:54, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard A. Pittman

Richard A. Pittman is US Marine and a Vietnam veteran, born in 1945, yet may of your edits today Special:Contributions/Hectorthebat on horse racing link to him. See here Special:Whatlinkshere/Richard A. Pittman. What are you doing? Pyrotec 22:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Please stop changing links to point to the wrong articles. You've clearly been questioned on this before - if you keep it up, you're likely to get a warning block. Rebecca 23:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I've gone through and reverted the links. The Richard Pitman of the horse racing articles is a British jockey, notable in 1970s steeplechase racing and also a tv commentator.Bcp67 07:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Trondheim Kunstorkester

A tag has been placed on Trondheim Kunstorkester requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

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[edit] ?

Andrew Corlett has been recently editted. Can you explain the last change? I don't understand why data has been deleted. Could you restore it if it is an error. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 09:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Power

Hi! I updated the article about this fruit wine (I didn't even had the chance to taste…) and found only sparse information. It even seems that the product is no more sold by the Vinmonopol.
As you look like someone who travel to Norway (but I may be wrong), could you see some bottle of it recently, do you have more information — I spent Christmas time onboard the Hurtigrute and no one was able to answer me. Bye! Thanks for answering. ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko (talk) 22:35, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NBA

Thank you for the help on Anthony Tolliver. I didn't quite know how to word that. Are you a member of the NBA's WikiProject? Basketball one 10 01:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

Thanks for all your work here. This is just a plea, as another contributor to this page, to use edit summaries. Please consider it as it helps others. Thanks! MSGJ (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of AB/CD

A tag has been placed on AB/CD requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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[edit] AfD nomination of Too Many Lovers

I have nominated Too Many Lovers, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Too Many Lovers. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:37, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of A. E. Dor

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[edit] Disambiguation

Please don't create a disambiguation page for articles until such time as at least one of those articles exists. Thank you. DS (talk) 21:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Jack Cutting, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

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