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383:"A Good Black Man, Incorporated is a non-profit organization whose ongoing mission is to enhance the life options for African American males and to provide a global forum to dispel the myths that demonize them. The three-fold vision of the members and volunteer board of directors of A Good Black Man, Inc is empowerment, education and community service. We seek to contribute to the empowerment of African American males through our annual Legacy of Excellence Initiatives. We work towards the enrichment of African American male youth (specifically, those between the ages of 11-14 years) with educational initiatives designed to strengthening their self-confidence by replacing negative images with positive ones, thus helping to reverse the process of self-hatred. Through outreach and partnership with like-minded organizations, A Good Black Man, Inc. can fulfill its commitment to answering the call by assisting with servicing communities in need." 2799: 2670: 2548: 2426: 3574: 621: 592: 524: 31: 1717: 2928: 1709: 1275: 3479: 2163: 2132: 1513: 982: 898: 3454: 2114: 2089: 1495: 1465: 964: 574: 297: 272: 1960: 1637: 2985: 2852: 2723: 2594: 2472: 1693: 1926: 1677: 1207: 850: 1645: 3666:"It's complicated" as usual--why the hell can't Nature just follow our empirically-derived rules in arbitrarily complex systems? :) I removed the strict Huckel's-rule counting and instead simply noted some variable aspects of the actual electronic nature. I'm never sure how much of this sort of material to put in the parent-molecule article vs the molecular-class article, but 1725: 1749: 1621: 1613: 1733: 1757: 1685: 1781: 729:...but looking at the content itself, the other editors are correct. It is not appropriate to list individuals who are not notable, as demonstrated by having articles about themselves here on wikipedia. You say that they do, but I tried linking the very first three in your list, and none of them do that I can find ( 1765: 1701: 3283:

field is blank, and it is not displayed at all when I look at the page, nor is there any other article content regarding her marital status or mentioning your name. Nor did your changes remove any such content. Perhaps you are looking at content hosted by Google or some other third-party site that is

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incidentally, the Reddit for Jim has had several newly-created users defending Digital Homicide, on the same day that the developers have personally come to comment on Reddit, and edit the wiki page themselves. We're suspecting sock-puppetry on both platforms. This seems to be too co-incidental to be

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Some of my friends got on my computer and made an account. They then proceeded to change the information on our school's page. I'm very sorry about that, and I will do my best to make sure no one does that on my account again. Thank you for being so vigilant in making Knowledge a place of facts. God

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I didn't add it; it was in the "Other Countries" section despite having enough content for one of its own, so I moved it into the main list. I agree that it should be sourced and thought as much then, but I didn't want to delete it outright, had no interest in doing the necessary research, and just

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Hi Nancy! First, thank you for contributing, and I hope my edits have not come across as any sort of negative towards ths interesting person or your work on him...it is definitely not my intent. I'm not sure what it actually represents that AGBM has highlighted Diggs. Did he work with them? Did they

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sources that comment on this feud existing, even in niche publications (gaming/game-developer magazines or notable news sites?), anything that supports "an important part...this past year", would support inclusion of the idea. Primary sources of what each said are fine (a ref to them actually saying

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I'm trying to work on a section with 3rd party refs, but as this is a game journalist feud, few exist. But it is an important part of what Jim Sterling has been involved with this past year. Hell, he's almost gone down the legal route just a few weeks ago over recent revelations in the story. He's a

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My changes to the blue-footed booby article were not unconstructive. The original writer of the article used UK spelling. Within the article some words were in UK spelling some were not, some still are in UK spelling. I corrected the US spellings to match the original. It is appropriate to keep one

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Thank you for catching this massive pile of &#%. Suspecting plagiarism, I tried searching a one phrase and did not get a hit. I could not figure out how anyone could get some much new content so fast, the answer being that it was not legit. Also the editor having no talk page etc should have

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Would you please take a second look at BookofBadArguments.com, which I cited on the Ad Hominem page? Although there is a print book available, the URL I posted leads to the full text of the book, which has been released under a CC license. The Book of Bad Arguments was conceived as a free, public

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In re: your edits to the BD page on 8 September, thanks for the attention. Note, the discrepancy between text description and image is a result of having set the text, anticipating from a collaborator a revised MO image of an amine approach, making the article as a whole more cohesive (given the

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When I Google it, it says David L David as spouse and then wiki appears there too. Danielle and myself don't appreciate people writing false information or information we don't approve. If you read any of the articles relating to her, you'll know who I am so I got offended by being challenged.

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Specifically in your latest breach of Knowledge rules, You have persisted to reference the Southern Poverty Law Center as a reputable source. As can be clearly seen in its motto "Fight bigotry, teach tolerance, & seek justice", This is a propaganda center championing ideals NOT FACTS.

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Ah good, thanks for clarifying that! I've already got some links to Destructoid, GameRant and GameRampage articles covering this situation, along with a game news youtube video on the recent attack blogs, so I can add those references into the page to show it has attracted

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As a relatively new editor, I appreciate my work being reviewed. However, I think that being lifted up as a role model is a tribute, although perhaps not an honor. Can you tell me of a better way to incorporate this information into the Diggs site? Thank you.

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The article subject is basically a year-long feud between Jim and a game developer. I find it strange how, just today, Digital Homicide step in (Jromine2445), as well as an IP hell-bent on deleting (not highlighting reference errors) the entire section of the

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Abusive edit from a vandal-only account that is a sock of...I don't know or care who the master is. So I quick-nuked all the edits where he called people names, and indef'ed the account. Feel free to look up any words in his edit or links you don't know...

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The article content makes it clear that the statements are the SPLC's analysis/opinion. It's a notable organization specifically for giving these sorts of statements, as our article about them is well-cited to that fact about them. I don't advise

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Blocked and noted there (among other things I did about it). Will check back periodically for the next few days to see how things are going. Let me know if anything else is needed (I don't know anything about the actual article-subject).

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IP seems close, yes. Could you give me an example of an edit from another of the known/presumed PHHS vandal accounts so I can have a more confident feeling for what I might do about it? Feel free to email me if you wish to avoid

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origin of the principle in the B-D crystal studies of aminoketones). But that revised image never was uploaded, and I lost track. Thanks for making things right, until we get an amine-ketone MO cartoon. Cheers, Le Prof

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This subject is not my field of expertise and I have not had a chance to look at the work you are linking itself, but in general, it sounds like it might fail

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Thanks for your edit. I should have known that it would have been better to look to the literature rather than relying on my own simplistic analysis. :) --

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Good block. Demonstrating even more lack-of-WPclue is not a way to act when responding to the fallout from demonstrating lack-of-WPclue. It's the

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DMacks you have challenged my changes to the Danielle Spencer page. If you read the Spouse information it says David L David, I am David L David

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Hi, this account that you just blocked, Uerryiscool9953, also appears to be a sock of Twerking unicorns7. Please take a look into this. Thanks.

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Thank you DMack for your valuable comments. Can you please explain whythe page of our competitor,The American School in Mexico City is OK,

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it surely proves what they said) if the theme of them saying something has attracted attention outside of the feuding parties themselves.

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Ah yes, now I see the history (I agree that if it had cite, it would be a reasonable own section). Thanks for double-checking!

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are him, per style of writing and IP range. Both are obvious NPA issues. Please do what you feel should be done. Thanks.

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Hi DMacks. I think the protecion template expiry date should be 30 November 2015. The current date is in the past. Best.

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You are too fast for me, by the time I could go to your history and restore that comment you've already replied to it!—

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