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Many (almost all ?) of the images at the The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH) Distinctive Unit Insignia, Coat of Arms, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia site I added in the See Also section are large images that are shrunk by the browser. In Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, etc, it is easy to use the context menu (eg right click) to view the image alone, and thus see it full size. Note that the state crests, etc, for the State Army Commands appear to be based on, but different from the official state crests. -- Eli the Bearded 01:00, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Doug_Weller The references there don't mention such information though also why is the information even included in there its not even realted to the topic in hand? bolanriver (talk) 9:11, 5 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.11.204.67 (talk) 16:57, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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Contents [hide] 1 Islam in Sweden 2 I've replied to your message. 3 Peeta Singh sockfarm 4 Rheged source dispute 5 The Signpost: 31 July 2018 6 Syrians 7 Citizens for Global Solutions 8 Noah's ark and undue curtailing of debate 9 Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy 10 Etonmessisthebest 11 Domosaurus Rex 12 User:Fofo235 13 Administrators' newsletter – August 2018 14 Please read this 15 Wikidata weekly summary #324

Islam in Sweden[edit]

Doug_Weller The references there don't mention such information though also why is the information even included in there its not even realted to the topic in hand? bolanriver (talk) 9:11, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

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Peeta Singh sockfarm[edit]

Hello Doug Weller, Some IP addresses again repeating the same kind of edits at Punjabi cinema so can we have the protection back for a longer period this time. Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 15:37, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Rheged source dispute[edit]

Hi Doug. Can you take a look at Talk:Rheged#Recent revert and give your view please. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:46, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

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Syrians[edit]

again, sorry to bother you.

but I've asked for consensus and i got ignored.

so, do i keep reverting the Syrians article until i get blocked for no reason?

because i requested consensus in the talk page before i edit, and nothing happened.

i understand that you're busy, but will you please give your opinion or at least give me an admin that will do so.

because you and the other two that I've mentioned are the only ones i know in this site.

cheers. Nacirian (talk) 07:50, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Citizens for Global Solutions[edit]

I have no conflicts regarding this organization, other than an interest in the subject. I added in "additional citations for verification" as requested. I understand I erred in etiquette in removing the tag, but I did not understand that it must undergo further review. That said, I think my extensions and revision of the article were useful and should be restored.— Preceding unsigned comment added by PJOinDC (talk • contribs) 12:22, 1 August 2018 (UTC) @PJOinDC: I didn't suggest you had a coi. However, if you look at the talk page of the article, there is the name of an editor who does have a coi. I didn't remove your edits and I suggest you discuss them at the talk page. Please sign your name with 4 tildes, eg 195.11.204.67 16:58, 6 August 2018 (UTC) Thanks. Doug Weller talk 12:36, 1 August 2018 (UTC) Noah's ark and undue curtailing of debate[edit]

Please provide a reasonable justification for your reverts and don't rely solely on your opinion about an issue. If you feel that the cited source contains the information I rephrased please state so instead of making editors think there are implied threats for making good faith edits. You should engage in debate and politely point out issues you believe need to be addressed. Your edit there suggested that you were relying on your opinion and tried to quash dissenting rationales and could be seen as misusing administrative tools. Thinker78 (talk) 05:21, 2 August 2018 (UTC) But that wasn't a good faith edit. You're trying to push a Creationist view here. And I didn't use my Admin tools. Scientific opinion is that the biblical Ark never existed. Doug Weller talk 08:41, 2 August 2018 (UTC) Doesn't the guideline says assume good faith? I'm not trying to push a Creationist view here. If the scientific opinion is that the biblical ark never existed then it should be properly sourced. Thinker78 (talk) 09:20, 2 August 2018 (UTC)Scientists are not required to prove that something does not exist. Experiments and studies often conclude that the existence of a thing is highly unlikely. The burden on believers is to prove that something they believe in does exist. For instance, all those reports of the discovery of the ark have to be taken with copious quantities of salt. See Snopes on Noah's Ark discovery. - Donald Albury 12:37, 2 August 2018 (UTC) Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Etonmessisthebest[edit]

Hi, please note this and this. The first adds an unsourced BLP violation. The second attempts to cover it by moving it to before an existing citation. However, the citation is from years before the alleged offence. Zerotalk 09:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Also topic ban violations: [1] [2]. Zerotalk 09:22, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

And again (also a 1RR violation). Zerotalk 11:33, 3 August 2018 (UTC) ((re|Zero0000}} I've been out. I need to decide what's appropriate, but obviously I'll stop this. Doug Weller talk 11:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC) Domosaurus Rex[edit]

My entry Domosaurus Rex was wrongfully taken down for G3 citing a hoax or fraud, this is totally untrue! Almost defamation of character. Please help me reinstate page or tell me what was wrong with the format @Joseph Gambino: User:RHaworth deleted it after User:Drmies tagged it for deletion, yet you come to my page? Doug Weller talk 15:44, 3 August 2018 (UTC) Cause you're my sock, you know. Drmies (talk) 15:53, 3 August 2018 (UTC)Doug, maybe you and RHaworth can have a look at the new and improved Draft:Domosaurus Rex. The jam "Drip When I Splash" is found here. There's some ridiculous claims in there; on the whole I think this is a case of NOTHERE (since at best this is promotional). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC) Ooh. Can I nominate it for speedy deletion as spam? 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:07, 3 August 2018 (UTC)Done. Feel free to remove the template if there's a preference for allowing this to play out. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:22, 3 August 2018 (UTC) There's some ridiculous claims in there; on the whole I think this is a case of NOTHERE (since at best this is promotional). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC) What claims? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph Gambino (talk • contribs) 17:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC) I've blocked to keep the WP:CIR issues from spreading to yet more user talk pages. I don't know if the editor is capable of following our guidelines but that can be worked out on his talk page. --NeilN talk to me 19:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC)Thank you all for helping out. *lesigh* Anyway, I hope that some of you listened to the song and enjoyed it; I thought it was, well, let's just say that there's a lot more excitement in a half a minute of Fresh Fargo, and he's not the best in this top 10. Drmies (talk) 23:54, 3 August 2018 (UTC) @Drmies: The unblock request at UTRS is something to behold. --NeilN talk to me 23:59, 3 August 2018 (UTC) I'm sure, but I got distracted looking for some tunes by Super Nard. If you got nothing better to do, watch the video for "Break the Scales", but make sure there's no kids in the room. Drmies (talk) 00:06, 4 August 2018 (UTC) I really got into it until I realized I was watching the ad before it started. If you wish to say something negative, read this first: [3]. O3000 (talk) 00:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC) Thanks, all, for helping out with this. Did WP:SPAs always get this ballistic when their promos got canned, or is the air getting hotter lately? 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:32, 4 August 2018 (UTC) @Drmies and NeilN: I've changed the block to a no legal threats block. Doug Weller talk 08:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

User:Fofo235[edit]

Hey Doug,

A new editor with a history of edit warring is currently restoring some wp:or content to this template (Template:Historical Arab states and dynasties). He's not here to build an encyclopedia. The discussion is not going anywhere, and he have some friends (Umayyadinian, MWahaiibii). Regards -Aṭlas (talk) 23:27, 3 August 2018 (UTC) @Aṭlas: another Admin has blocked him for editwarring. Doug Weller talk 08:13, 4 August 2018 (UTC) Friends? because i was against you edit warring i became his friend? dude you were edit warring an established fact about South Arabia being Arab its in every Wiki that talks about Arabs, and you still edit warring and reverting! Admin @Doug Weller: you should block him Aṭlas honestly not that user if you checked editing history. MWahaiibii (talk) 09:55, 4 August 2018 (UTC) Your attempt to get him blocked for a 3RR violation failed because he didn't exceed it. Doug Weller talk 10:00, 4 August 2018 (UTC) He's helping him by restoring the wp:or version of the page. -Aṭlas (talk) 20:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC) How did he not exceed it @Doug Weller:? he kept reverting within way less than 24h.1.[4] 2.[5] 3.[6]

MWahaiibii (talk) 09:25, 5 August 2018 (UTC) @MWahaiibii: Exactly, 3 is less than 4. Of course, if someone does 3 reverts every 24 hours to the same article they would probably get blocked, or if they did 3 reverts and than another exactly 24 hours later they might be blocked. Doug Weller talk 10:44, 5 August 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2018[edit]

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