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John Fogerty

Hi. I've just noticed you reverted an edit on the John Fogerty page. I'm sure it's all been done in good faith etc. however the link (72) is not active so users aren't able to verify it. I've done a quick search on USA today and can't find the article that way either. David T Tokyo (talk) 12:18, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the note - though I think you may be confused as my edit restored content from a different reference, which was a Rolling Stone article. I checked the reference before restoring and it does back up the content in the sentence. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 12:23, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. You might want to look at your edit again - it reinstates the line "However, he also expressed a liking for Donald Trump's "rebelliousness" and the appearance that Trump "can't be bought" due to his vast wealth.[72]. As I said before, link #72 doesn't exist - it's a USA Today article from 2007. Apologies for pushing you on this, you're obviously a highly experienced contributor to Wikipedia. If those lines are what you meant to reinstate, it'd be good to get a link that backs them up. David T Tokyo (talk) 13:03, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the line is reinstated but again the reference at the end of the sentence is from a Rolling Stone article. Reference 77, "John Fogerty on New Book, 'Big Lebowski,' Trump", link here. I'll give you the exact quote from that article and all:

So a part of you likes Trump? I like the rebelliousness of him and the fact that he’s upsetting a lot of Republicans. I think that’s cool.

Believe it or not, when Donald Trump first started making noise, I didn’t think that would last five minutes. The fact that he’s the frontrunner just blows my mind. In the beginning, there was a lot of shock value, and I haven’t read all his statements, but I do happen to think that at least he’s shaking things up. I sure like that. The fact he’s a billionaire means he can’t be bought. I mean, I’m a little distrustful of billionaires in the first place, but I like that he’s outside the normal political circles.

ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:22, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh. Lightbulb moment. I see what's going on here. I've been looking at the difference between revisions which lists #72 as the reference for that quote. The article itself lists #77. Very confusing! anyway, thanks for persisting with me - much appreciated. David T Tokyo (talk) 14:46, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That makes more sense. No worries, all's well that ends well. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 17:38, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bervnka (22:01, 24 March 2025)

I went to my homepage and saw you were assigned as my mentor? Did you ask for that? I definitely didn't, I don't really intend to become a very active editor. I just edit grammar I see unless something's of interest. Is there anything I need to do? I'm sorry I can't really provide much. --Bervnka (talk) 22:01, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Bervnka:, yeah a few folks get assigned me as a "mentor" when they sign up. It's just a feature so that you have someone you can ask questions to if you ever want to know something about how Wikipedia works. There's absolutely zero pressure on you to become an active editor or anything, and you don't need to do anything - but if you ever do have any questions you're more than welcome to ask me. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 22:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Nisingh.8

Hey @Ser!, i was hesitant to open brand new topic, but i wanted to thank you for your recent reverts at Declan Rice. Given recent blanking attempts, I also took a moment to read through all 3 references and their content on Declan and have slightly reworded the lead to maybe less Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch and more suited for neutral repeating of facts. Please review my edit Nisingh.8 (talk) 13:04, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Nisingh.8:, thanks for your message and for reviewing the sources, but I have had to revert your edit. It has been an ongoing thing that players at the top level of football who are recognised as being among the best in their position have had this or similar in their lead - as I said in the edit summary, see Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde for further examples. We don't say that they are the best, just that they are widely described as such. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:08, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. No problem... I was trying to go for "Author 'so-and-so' from organization ranks Declan as best" style, but two of the references were more like staff editorials. And I did not find exact phrase of "stamina, strength, ball carrying ability and tackling". However, this matches what you quote from leads at other players, and I did not had any strong intention either ways. More likely as response to recent blanking attempts. Nisingh.8 (talk) 13:16, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. What I can do is add further references to back up the earlier part of the sentence, as it seems it's backed in the body of the article. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:19, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I can prominently see mention of ball carrying and tacking at references 5 and 91 but not really to strength part Nisingh.8 (talk) 13:26, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore you have already edited. Thanks. Am sure both have better things to do than dissecting single line of lead to this level. Blame the edit that started it all :-) Nisingh.8 (talk) 13:26, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. The claims are now easily more verifiable than before, so something good's come of it! ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:28, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question?

I am a autoconfirmed user on Wikipedia, and i put a autoconfirmed userbox on my page, and it shows up as that i am in no groups! I just wrote this because I dont wanna really get in trouble with wikipedia. So i would recommend making a user group like extended confirmed. - NOTE: i know you are not a admin, but I have seen your contributions to several american politicians. Thanks! Jetwindy (talk) 22:54, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @Jetwindy:, I have no idea how those userboxes work nor do I have permissions to create usergroups... ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 12:38, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

transfer deals in football

Hi Ser! i know you dont like me adding transfers that arent offical but its bound to happen Fabrizio Romano said it im very sorry i am here to make wikipedia better. 78.16.5.119 (talk) 17:33, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message. It's not quite a question of me not liking it, moreso that Wikipedia's policies recommend against it - see WP:CRYSTAL. As much as Fabrizio has a pretty good hit rate (not perfect though, remember Adrien Rabiot "here we go" to Barcelona?), we have to wait until it's official to actually say a player plays for a club, or is set to join them. I understand that you're trying to make Wikipedia better and I appreciate that, but you can do that by adding this info when it's been properly announced as a done deal. Thanks again, ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 17:35, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok thank you 78.16.5.119 (talk) 18:50, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

and i dont know how to refernce 78.16.5.119 (talk) 19:30, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Help:Referencing for beginners for a pretty decent guide on it. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 19:39, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]