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[edit]Just a note to let you know that your first edit to American Indian Wars was reverted because you changed the name of the image file [[:File:Apache chieff Geronimo (right) and his warriors in 1886.jpg]], breaking the link to the file and causing the image to not display. Please remember, do not try to "correct" linked items (i.e., enclosed in [[ ... ]]) until you have verified what the correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation is for the file or article name. Thank for your editing of Wikipedia. - Donald Albury 23:15, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]By posting your "Oppose. I don't agree with calling the capitol incident a coup at all." comment in the
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- Alright, thanks for informing me. I moved my comment from "Categorizing the 2021 USA coup as a self-coup?" to "Should the events of January 2021 be considered an "attempted coup" in the United States?"
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- Thanks for the response, I'm currently working on the citations and footnotes now, and trying to figure out how to implement them. Was there any other issues with the article beyond the citations that needed fixing? Randomuser335S (talk) 15:43, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Proposed deletion: Please just delete this draft. I really do not care for waiting nearly an entire month in limbo, only to receive a rejection notice with very low tier comments sniping about the writing quality.
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Template:Proposed deletion: Please just delete this draft. I really do not care for waiting nearly an entire month in limbo, only to receive a rejection notice with very low tier comments sniping about the writing quality., a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
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- There is a biography on Piest's life (https://www.amazon.com/Postmortem-What-Survives-Wayne-Murders-ebook/dp/B0CZGP2XF5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tTdczYDgv60PIQgaA8cGiQ.hzBU6nUqgDe2jXgIGXfsxYvroLNfi2p0U7Qhyxue2FM&qid=1713387452&sr=1-1) stated to be released on December 24 of this current year. It is written by the daughter of the co worker, whose placing of the photo receipt in Piest's pocket was essential in building a case against Gacy. When that book is released, I'll probably try to use it as a source to construct the "murder of Robert Piest" and stand it out from Gacy's article.
- That of course is going to be about 6 months after the current draft is deleted, so would it be too late to request a retrieval of "deleted material for future reference" from it? Randomuser335S (talk) 22:40, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Murder of Robert Piest Draft
[edit]I have copied the draft of the Murder of Robert Piest article you created to my sandbox with view to working further upon the article, then, perhaps, giving it back to you for final checking and submission for review. I hope this meets your approval. If you wish, I'll revert the insertion on my sandbox. Key. Kieronoldham (talk) 02:43, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- I completely approve of the decision, thanks for doing so Randomuser335S (talk) 01:16, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Greetings,
You recently reverted my edit, saying that "The Secretary of War" is still currently the official title under the Trump administration, and the reasons of those RS insisting otherwise is blatantly apparent. To me, it's needlessly petty and spiteful, and why not use the new official title until the next administration inevitably changes it back to the old one?. However, current consensus is that the term "Secretary of Defense" should continue to be used so long as most reliable sources use it (see Talk:United_States_Department_of_Defense and Talk:United_States_Department_of_Defense/Archive 1). Since Wikipedia is based on reliable sources, we must use terminology based on that of those sources, not on our own personal opinions. Regards, Andumé (talk) 03:44, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- I know the Trump administration is extremely controversial and polarizing, but shouldn't it be considered a "authoritative source" in of itself especially regarding their own policy making decisions? Many of those "reliable sources" (such as AP, Washington Post, and CNN) in question are media outlets that've been publicly feuding with Trump for several years now, and it extremely well documented on how contrarian some of them can be with even the most minuscule of his words. Their refusal to acknowledge the "Department of Defense" to "Department of War" is purely done to reinforce an opposition to Trump, and does such political squabbling really need to leak into that passage in question? Randomuser335S (talk) 04:29, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- That may be, but even if the federal government is considered an authority on the naming of cabinet departments, it would still not be correct to use the name "Department of War". After all, officially, it is still called the Department of Defense, as the names of cabinet departments can only be changed by Congress, which it has not done (at least, not yet). Andumé (talk) 04:43, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]- @Pythoncoder The broken links have been removed, thanks for pointing them out Randomuser335S (talk) 17:20, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
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Title: 2026 United States–Israeli strikes on Iraq
[edit]The previous title, "2026 United States–Israeli conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias," was clearer. This one, in my opinion, creates confusion, given that the United States and Israel have not attacked Iraq or are at war with the Iraqis and Kurds, but only with pro-Iranian militias. Furthermore, while the conflict in general and elsewhere has seen a ceasefire, in Iraq, the conflict continues between pro-Iranian militias, especially the Shiite ones, against the Kurds and in areas at odds with the Sunnis. There have been almost no updates on losses in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. ~2026-30628-51 (talk) 09:07, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
- @~2026-30628-51 That was another user that change that articles title from "2026 United States–Israeli conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias" to "2026 United States–Israeli strikes on Iraq." I honestly preferred the "2026 United States–Israeli conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias" title, as the article I created covered much more ground then just the coalition airstrikes against the PMF in Iraq, such as the PMF attacks in Syria.
- I simply didn't contest it due to me not wanting to have that fight. I'll be happy to change the article's title back to 2026 United States–Israeli conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias if there is a consensus. Randomuser335S (talk) 15:57, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Randomuser335S However, you need to request modification and consent on the page, which I can't. I agree with you on the broader issues. Syria has complained of infiltration, especially in collaboration with Hezbollah, perhaps towards Lebanon. The new Syrian government is fighting both the Shiites and Hezbollah fiercely. It doesn't want to get too involved with Israel, but there have been attacks against Hezbollah in some Syrian villages by Israel, almost as if they were cooperating with intelligence. They're trying to seal off the Syrian borders, but it's not easy; they still have problems controlling all areas of the country. Regarding Iraq, we have a Kurdish president and a new prime minister of a mixed government in which Shiite political weight is significant. He must try to be impartial and not side with the pro-Iranians. Officially, the PMF would report to the Iraqi prime minister, but they were created to fight al-Qaeda and only for that. However, armed forces are still doing other things, both against the United States and the Kurds, and in some contested areas even against the Sunnis. Yet after the second Gulf War, Iraq was almost forgotten by the media. In Europe, many people were surprised that there were European troops there as well as American ones, thinking that after the fall of Saddam, everything was over and everyone had long since returned home. Spain secretly withdrew its troops without mentioning it to the media, given the heated controversy between Sanchez and Trump. ~2026-30628-51 (talk) 21:43, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
- @~2026-30628-51
- Sorry for being a month late, but I greatly agree. Given recent developments, such as Gulf states bombing PMF targets, allegations of Ukrainian cells attacking PMF and Iranian infrastructure in Iraq, Syrian and Jordan threats of offensives against the PMF, and the arrests of alleged PMF operatives accused of planning or carrying out attacks in Europe and the United States, the "2026 United States–Israeli strikes on Iraq" is far too limited of a title for the article.
- I'm going to change it to "2026 United States-led conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias" for the time being. It's a little clumsy, but it also broadens the title without adding too much undue details such as "2026 United States-Isaeli-Ukrainian-Saudi-Kuwait conflict with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias." Randomuser335S (talk) 00:41, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Randomuser335S However, you need to request modification and consent on the page, which I can't. I agree with you on the broader issues. Syria has complained of infiltration, especially in collaboration with Hezbollah, perhaps towards Lebanon. The new Syrian government is fighting both the Shiites and Hezbollah fiercely. It doesn't want to get too involved with Israel, but there have been attacks against Hezbollah in some Syrian villages by Israel, almost as if they were cooperating with intelligence. They're trying to seal off the Syrian borders, but it's not easy; they still have problems controlling all areas of the country. Regarding Iraq, we have a Kurdish president and a new prime minister of a mixed government in which Shiite political weight is significant. He must try to be impartial and not side with the pro-Iranians. Officially, the PMF would report to the Iraqi prime minister, but they were created to fight al-Qaeda and only for that. However, armed forces are still doing other things, both against the United States and the Kurds, and in some contested areas even against the Sunnis. Yet after the second Gulf War, Iraq was almost forgotten by the media. In Europe, many people were surprised that there were European troops there as well as American ones, thinking that after the fall of Saddam, everything was over and everyone had long since returned home. Spain secretly withdrew its troops without mentioning it to the media, given the heated controversy between Sanchez and Trump. ~2026-30628-51 (talk) 21:43, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
