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Please have a look at WP:MSH regarding capitalization in section headings.[1] Also, you might want to have a look at WP:ENDASH regarding dashes in date ranges, and WP:MOSNUM on usage of numbers in articles. I noticed you're making many productive edits, but because Minnesota is a featured article, please take care that all edits there conform to WP:MOS. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-06-01T23:38:00.000Z","author":"SandyGeorgia","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SandyGeorgia-2009-06-01T23:38:00.000Z-Minnesota","replies":["c-Dabomb87-2009-06-12T13:53:00.000Z-SandyGeorgia-2009-06-01T23:38:00.000Z"]}}-->

Please do not undo others' edits without explaining why in the edit summary. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 13:53, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-06-12T13:53:00.000Z","author":"Dabomb87","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Dabomb87-2009-06-12T13:53:00.000Z-SandyGeorgia-2009-06-01T23:38:00.000Z","replies":["c-SandyGeorgia-2009-06-12T15:54:00.000Z-Dabomb87-2009-06-12T13:53:00.000Z"]}}-->

Also, please read WP:3RR and refrain from reverting without discussing your edits at Talk:Minnesota. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:54, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-06-12T15:54:00.000Z","author":"SandyGeorgia","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-SandyGeorgia-2009-06-12T15:54:00.000Z-Dabomb87-2009-06-12T13:53:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hi, you seem to be engaged in an edit war at Saint Paul, Minnesota. I've looked into this, and the two sources used by yourself and 86.121.11.118 (who I have also notified) give different information. I suggest you discuss this on the thread I've started on the talk page. Thank you, Awickert (talk) 18:41, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-06-29T18:41:00.000Z","author":"Awickert","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Awickert-2009-06-29T18:41:00.000Z-Edit_war","replies":[]}}-->

Hello. Please take a look at WP:CITE#HOW to see how to format citations. There are a number of methods, but articles, particularly featured articles, should have an internally-consistent citation form. In some of your edits you are replacing properly-formatted and consistent citations with bare urls, even for the same source.[2] Bare links are not enough. If you need asistance, please ask. Regards, Kablammo (talk) 11:55, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-22T11:55:00.000Z","author":"Kablammo","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kablammo-2009-08-22T11:55:00.000Z-Citation_format","replies":[]}}-->

Say, I want to thank you for taking the time to explain your intent in this edit when you reverted me. I realize now that the fault was mine; in short, I failed to look at your entire edit, and I thought that you had just changed the header size on the Demographics section. Now I do happen to disagree with you (albeit, not passionately) about that small matter, but the fact is that I completely overlooked the bulk of your changes, and I apologize for that.

As to the header; I just don't see "Demographics" as fitting under the heading "Culture". I'm not saying that I think that the current organization of the article is perfect. I'm just commenting on that one item.

Good to make your acquaintence, and I hope to see you around again. Cheers. Unschool 04:33, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-24T04:33:00.000Z","author":"Unschool","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Unschool-2009-08-24T04:33:00.000Z-Jacksonville_edit","replies":[],"displayName":"Un"}}-->

Is there a legitimate reason of why your calling everybody non-hispanic whites, is that really a proper term? please don't over do it. thanks South Bay (talk) 05:42, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-24T05:42:00.000Z","author":"South Bay","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-South_Bay-2009-08-24T05:42:00.000Z-Recent_edits","replies":[]}}-->

Hi. I reverted your recent edit to the London article. Firstly, per Wikipedia:Manual of Style, "Percent or per cent are commonly used to indicate percentages in the body of an article". Secondly, your change of spelling from British English to American English included changing the title of a reference (a newspaper article from The Guardian), where the original title uses British English. Also, the article is about London, and WP:ENGVAR states: "An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation uses the English of that nation". Hope that makes sense. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-24T18:28:00.000Z","author":"Cordless Larry","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Cordless_Larry-2009-08-24T18:28:00.000Z-London","replies":[]}}-->

Substituting "black" for "African American" is racial POV-pushing and will not be tolerated. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 04:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T04:31:00.000Z","author":"Baseball Bugs","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Baseball_Bugs-2009-08-25T04:31:00.000Z-Your_edits","replies":[]}}-->

You are invited to add to my comments YBG (talk) 07:03, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T07:03:00.000Z","author":"YBG","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-YBG-2009-08-25T07:03:00.000Z-Portland_Demography","replies":["c-YBG-2009-09-26T04:57:00.000Z-YBG-2009-08-25T07:03:00.000Z"]}}-->

I have worked up four alternative tabular presentations for the Portland, Oregon demography that include the additional information that was reverted. You are invited to have a look and comment here. YBG (talk) 04:57, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-09-26T04:57:00.000Z","author":"YBG","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-YBG-2009-09-26T04:57:00.000Z-YBG-2009-08-25T07:03:00.000Z","replies":["c-YBG-2009-10-01T05:31:00.000Z-YBG-2009-09-26T04:57:00.000Z"]}}-->

Thanks for your comments. I have now changed the table in the article itself. YBG (talk) 05:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-10-01T05:31:00.000Z","author":"YBG","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-YBG-2009-10-01T05:31:00.000Z-YBG-2009-09-26T04:57:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Here's the problem. The source material uses Byelorussian, so that is what Wikipedia uses, and is just one variation on the spelling. Belorussians is actually a redirect to Belarusians. having looked at Ethnic Germans and Germans (German people is a redirect) I think that Germans is the better of the two so I left that. While American people is an article it's a disambiguation page and in terms of what the source is talking about the correct link is to Demographics of the United States as there is a whole separate section on South American people, see Latin, Central and South American origins. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 19:37, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T19:37:00.000Z","author":"CambridgeBayWeather","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-CambridgeBayWeather-2009-08-25T19:37:00.000Z-Demographics_of_Vancouver","replies":[],"displayName":"Enter CambridgeBayWeather,"}}-->

You say that the 2000 Census is obsolete, yet it is the most recent census. It is not obsolete until the 2010 census is complete.

Ishwasafish ^{click here!!!}

19:50, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

You appear to be involved in an editing dispute on Portland, Oregon. Instead of simply reverting edits by those who disagree, please discuss on the talk page talk:Portland, Oregon and resolve differences before making any more changes to the article.

You are also in violation of the Three Revert Rule. Please undo your last edit to avoid being blocked. —EncMstr (talk) 21:03, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T21:03:00.000Z","author":"EncMstr","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-EncMstr-2009-08-25T21:03:00.000Z-edit_warring","replies":["c-Baseball_Bugs-2009-08-25T21:07:00.000Z-EncMstr-2009-08-25T21:03:00.000Z"]}}-->

I am reporting the editor to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring for having made this change 5 times in less than 24 hours, defying consensus. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 21:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T21:07:00.000Z","author":"Baseball Bugs","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Baseball_Bugs-2009-08-25T21:07:00.000Z-EncMstr-2009-08-25T21:03:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Can you explain why you think that people were reverting your edits because they thought they were racist. No one said that they thought your changes were racist.--Henry talk 21:58, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-25T21:58:00.000Z","author":"Henryodell","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Henryodell-2009-08-25T21:58:00.000Z-edit_warring","replies":[],"displayName":"Henry"}}-->

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy to prevent further disruption caused by your engagement in an edit war. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. Shell ^babelfish 06:16, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-26T06:16:00.000Z","author":"Shell Kinney","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Shell_Kinney-2009-08-26T06:16:00.000Z-August_2009","replies":[],"displayName":"Shell"}}-->

Edit summaries are to help other editors and should be to the point but succinct. Your recent edit of Muhammad Abdul Bari had the uninformative summary "Life and career" when all it was was minor correction of a couple of not so agile finger typos.--SilasW (talk) 20:03, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-08-29T20:03:00.000Z","author":"SilasW","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SilasW-2009-08-29T20:03:00.000Z-Edit_summary","replies":[]}}-->

All data in the Demographics section is derived from a Census Bureau source, the {{GR|2}} that appears in the first line. For this reason, all data must reflect the Census Bureau source; when we're using terms that have a specific connotation, such as the racial definitions here, we must be accurate to the source in all ways. By decapitalising "White", you're making it appear as if we're going by the typical definition (i.e. doesn't include Hispanic or Latino, for example) rather than the official definition. Please revert, for you're making this section erroneous. Nyttend (talk) 12:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-10-16T12:10:00.000Z","author":"Nyttend","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Nyttend-2009-10-16T12:10:00.000Z-Thurston_County,_Nebraska","replies":[]}}-->

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Hi,
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