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Congratulations on your hire, Dan :) Steven Zhang ( talk) 11:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
I often suggest to new starters that they keep a diary of their first six weeks. Some people find they understand problems and potential solutions with amazing clarity early on, and then they lose sight of them once they get enmeshed in groupthink and firefighting. If only they had kept a note of their first impressions, they wouldn't have had to rediscover them so painfully six months later. Of course, a diary is only useful if you're working in an, errrr, interesting role that involve a lot of conflicting demands, maybe from naturally argumentative people whose status and prior experience aren't immediately apparent. No, really—some jobs are like that! Anyway, good luck - Pointillist ( talk) 22:11, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dan. Is admin tools development something that you'll be working on directly? (I know they were looking at hiring someone to do some stuff, and it would also encompass the admin tools work). Steven Zhang ( talk) 14:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I can probably find time to help you with SUL finalisation, at least in making a high-level timeline. It's going to be a slow process (probably about a year). -- MZMcBride ( talk) 05:38, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello. This is a second test of the MassMessage delivery system. Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:29, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Legoktm 02:37, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
I've been considering contacting wmf staff, and while there are probably others I should send a note to as well, you're the lucky first one, merely because you commented at VP technical a moment ago : )
Once the current 404 situation is dealt with (it obviously has priority : ) - Please read over the threads. I realise it's lengthy (I only started commenting about 2/3 in), but I think it's important.
Thank you. - jc37 21:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
I've just thanked someone and their response was to post to my talk page to say "You're welcome. (If Wikipedia had a "You're welcome" button, it'd be a lot more cordial and a lot easier than this.)". Any thoughts? Dougweller ( talk) 14:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi; re your comment "Very well, I'll go to all the trouble of unarchiving this just to add a single comment for posterity's sake" - the thing is, your post to that archive had the effect that Lbertolotti ( talk · contribs) then also posted there, clearly in response to your post. This is not something that we wish to encourage. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 16:33, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Re this, your initial comment would have benefited the OP, never mind posterity. It was clear their issue was not resolved yet at VPT. They weren't aware that your comment had been added to the archive until I happened to notice it and direct the OP to it in this ongoing thread on my talk page. It didn't occur to me that they would add comments there, maybe it should have. Thanks for helping them by restoring the thread. Cheers,― Mandruss ☎ 16:57, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take 5 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.
I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.
Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs ( talk) 20:56, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
I'm testing a gadget for you. -- TestAccount1782 ( talk) 15:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
but it occurred to me you might be interested in the contents of this man's books. Nocturnalnow ( talk) 21:37, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
"After 16 books and 25 years in basic research I thought I'd heard it all ... the world was a confused mess, probably beyond understanding and certainly beyond salvation - and there was little 'l could do about it. Back in 1968 my Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development was published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In three substantial volumes I detailed how the West had built the Soviet Union. However, the work generated a seemingly insoluble puzzle - why have we done this? Why did we build the Soviet Union, while we also transferred technology to Hitler's Germany? Why does Washington want to conceal these facts? Why have we boosted Soviet military power? And simultaneously boosted our own? In subsequent books, the Wall Street series, I added more questions - but no answers. I had more or less arrived at the conclusion that there was no rational answer that could be proven. Then a year or so ago I received an eight-inch batch of documents... and a formerly fuzzy world became crystal clear. The book you will read here is a combined version of a series reporting on this research. Each volume builds on the previous volume in a logical step-by-step process. These volumes will explain why the West built the Soviets and Hitler; why we go to war, to lose; why Wall Street loves Marxists and Nazis; why the kids can't read; why the Churches have become propaganda founts; why historical facts are suppressed, why politicians lie and a hundred other whys. This series is infinitely more important than the original Western Technology series on technological transfers. If I have a magnum opus, this is it. ANTONY C. SUTTON Phoenix, Arizona July 30, 1983"
I read his last book first, but if I had it to do over again, I'd start with his first book, "Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (in three volumes)". Nocturnalnow ( talk) 14:34, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, DGarry (WMF), and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Congratulations on your hire, Dan :) Steven Zhang ( talk) 11:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
I often suggest to new starters that they keep a diary of their first six weeks. Some people find they understand problems and potential solutions with amazing clarity early on, and then they lose sight of them once they get enmeshed in groupthink and firefighting. If only they had kept a note of their first impressions, they wouldn't have had to rediscover them so painfully six months later. Of course, a diary is only useful if you're working in an, errrr, interesting role that involve a lot of conflicting demands, maybe from naturally argumentative people whose status and prior experience aren't immediately apparent. No, really—some jobs are like that! Anyway, good luck - Pointillist ( talk) 22:11, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dan. Is admin tools development something that you'll be working on directly? (I know they were looking at hiring someone to do some stuff, and it would also encompass the admin tools work). Steven Zhang ( talk) 14:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I can probably find time to help you with SUL finalisation, at least in making a high-level timeline. It's going to be a slow process (probably about a year). -- MZMcBride ( talk) 05:38, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello. This is a second test of the MassMessage delivery system. Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:29, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Legoktm 02:37, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
I've been considering contacting wmf staff, and while there are probably others I should send a note to as well, you're the lucky first one, merely because you commented at VP technical a moment ago : )
Once the current 404 situation is dealt with (it obviously has priority : ) - Please read over the threads. I realise it's lengthy (I only started commenting about 2/3 in), but I think it's important.
Thank you. - jc37 21:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
I've just thanked someone and their response was to post to my talk page to say "You're welcome. (If Wikipedia had a "You're welcome" button, it'd be a lot more cordial and a lot easier than this.)". Any thoughts? Dougweller ( talk) 14:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi; re your comment "Very well, I'll go to all the trouble of unarchiving this just to add a single comment for posterity's sake" - the thing is, your post to that archive had the effect that Lbertolotti ( talk · contribs) then also posted there, clearly in response to your post. This is not something that we wish to encourage. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 16:33, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Re this, your initial comment would have benefited the OP, never mind posterity. It was clear their issue was not resolved yet at VPT. They weren't aware that your comment had been added to the archive until I happened to notice it and direct the OP to it in this ongoing thread on my talk page. It didn't occur to me that they would add comments there, maybe it should have. Thanks for helping them by restoring the thread. Cheers,― Mandruss ☎ 16:57, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take 5 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.
I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.
Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs ( talk) 20:56, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
I'm testing a gadget for you. -- TestAccount1782 ( talk) 15:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
but it occurred to me you might be interested in the contents of this man's books. Nocturnalnow ( talk) 21:37, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
"After 16 books and 25 years in basic research I thought I'd heard it all ... the world was a confused mess, probably beyond understanding and certainly beyond salvation - and there was little 'l could do about it. Back in 1968 my Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development was published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In three substantial volumes I detailed how the West had built the Soviet Union. However, the work generated a seemingly insoluble puzzle - why have we done this? Why did we build the Soviet Union, while we also transferred technology to Hitler's Germany? Why does Washington want to conceal these facts? Why have we boosted Soviet military power? And simultaneously boosted our own? In subsequent books, the Wall Street series, I added more questions - but no answers. I had more or less arrived at the conclusion that there was no rational answer that could be proven. Then a year or so ago I received an eight-inch batch of documents... and a formerly fuzzy world became crystal clear. The book you will read here is a combined version of a series reporting on this research. Each volume builds on the previous volume in a logical step-by-step process. These volumes will explain why the West built the Soviets and Hitler; why we go to war, to lose; why Wall Street loves Marxists and Nazis; why the kids can't read; why the Churches have become propaganda founts; why historical facts are suppressed, why politicians lie and a hundred other whys. This series is infinitely more important than the original Western Technology series on technological transfers. If I have a magnum opus, this is it. ANTONY C. SUTTON Phoenix, Arizona July 30, 1983"
I read his last book first, but if I had it to do over again, I'd start with his first book, "Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (in three volumes)". Nocturnalnow ( talk) 14:34, 15 August 2018 (UTC)