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How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. No mention of me though:). Nice diagrams, and a quick look at the page histories of shooting incidents will show a core of regular editors.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HI WWGB, I'm a researcher at Sydney Uni and would like to contact you. I'm not sure how best to do this and hoping this message somehow reaches you....Doctor 17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor 17 (talk • contribs) 08:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This initial contact led to this article. WWGB (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Were you aware?

I assume that you have been made aware of this. But, in the event that you were not, I wanted to point it out to you and bring this to your attention. Your name was mentioned in this article: How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

I see you've posted a "more citations needed" warning on this page regarding my recent edits:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deaths_in_December_1989&action=history

I was hoping to add references but I'm not sure how to go about it. Firstly, I'm not sure what count as valid sources, and whether lesser sources can be used if you can't find a good one.

I also don't understand the 'ref' script. I am old and very tech unsavvy, and I just see a mess of symbols when I look at that. And the help pages don't help me because I don't understand the language used. There seems to be no help written in plain English.

Is it a problem if I continue to add unsourced deaths, and leave it for someone else to make it their project to source them? After all, I am taking these straight from the individuals' Wikipedia pages, which include their death dates. Braintic (talk) 06:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WWGB ? Braintic (talk) 09:09, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Braintic: Sorry for the delay in replying. Using the simple ref format of these pages, it is easy to add a reference to every death.

The standard format is <ref>[web address of source <space> headline of source]</ref>

For example, Danilo Atienza (died December 1, 1989) has this source in his article: [4]

We add the following to the end of his death entry: <ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-11-mn-137-story.html Manila Mourns, Pauses to Reflect : Philippines: ‘Many of us came close to Judgment Day,’ a cleric reminds parishioners in posh Makati district.]</ref>

Try adding a few yourself. It's not hard to do.

It's best you add the reference together with the death entry, otherwise a zealous editor may come along and delete your work as unsourced.

Regards, WWGB (talk) 03:36, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Roberts Smith

Hello. I've started a discussion on the BRS talkpage ref using war criminal in the opening sentence if you'd like to contribute 2001:8F8:1D63:6485:17CD:3B73:BC40:4AD0 (talk) 04:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Simple cites for death pages?

Hi WWGB! Sorry to bother you, but I saw you reverted my edit on "Deaths in November 2019" for ""by consensus, all Deaths in X pages use simple cites". I'm wondering if you have a link to this consensus, please? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it. Thank you! HeyElliott (talk) 20:39, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@HeyElliott: Please visit Talk:Deaths in 2024 and see FAQ #3 at top of page. Regards, WWGB (talk) 04:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I hope you have a good day! HeyElliott (talk) 18:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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2024_shooting_at_a_Donald_Trump_rally cut and paste move

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Attempted assassination of Donald Trump a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. 2024 shooting at a Donald Trump rally 174.92.25.207 (talk) 04:29, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was almost certainly an edit conflict, not an intentional cut-and-paste move. Dylnuge ^{(Talk • Edits)} 04:34, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up

Hey WWGB, heads up that you have two edits that were intended for the Attempted assassination of Donald Trump page but got edit conflicted while the page was moving. You should be able to make those changes at the new page now. Thanks for your contributions! Dylnuge ^{(Talk • Edits)} 04:33, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WWGB, re the perpetrator's name, note WP:NYPOST and that the BLP policy applies. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:06, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]