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Would you be so kind and remove this link
In this wikipedia article -> * Edited*
I do not wish to have any content links - listed or posted on wikipedia.
If you are not able to do this, please indicate who i need to address this issue with.
Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sankt ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Please remove this link within the wikipedia directory,
as it should be considered spam and dealt with accordingly.
External links
Page : * Edited * —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sankt ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I don't think there's any serious problem with its notability, not any more than with SCons anyway, or any other build system. I created the page precisely because the software is little known (as it's rather young), and hardly googlable, yet being used by KDE as the designed build system automatically places it in the "rather important" category. I find "who, where, how" pages for relatively obscure software to be of great value, as it's often the only sensible resource, so if you don't have any concrete objections I could fix, I will remove the tag shortly. mathrick 16:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Uhh, exactly how is app's homepage not a reliable source? I think the existence of something a very convincing evidence that it does indeed exist, and Waf exists. What I included is just general info on the app, plus a little bit of history that can be easily googled once you know what to look for, none of this is non-verifiable or disputable. mathrick 17:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it's getting ridiculous now. Can you please elaborate on why exactly you think SCons is not notable enough to be described in Wikipedia? Hint: the fact you don't know about it is not enough. It's rather well-known and used software, well-deserving a mention. Or do you perhaps think that WP should not describe software at all? mathrick 17:23, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Gee, thanks a lot! I have to say however, this just means I'm spending too much time editing around here and too little time working. :-) Pascal.Tesson 05:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Why do you care whether or not I edit my personal page? your page has all kidns of stuff on it, maybe i oughta revert it?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.16.15.150 ( talk • contribs) 06:28, 25 October 2006.
I'm not making a test, son. That shit was dope! Perfect T 02:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi
I have been editing the CIPD page this morning. I work for the CIPD as their website editor and noticed that you claim our wiki page needs more sources for the information within.
I cant see what the problem is when the information on our wiki page is soley factual information about our institute and its services.
Please can you let me know what you feel the page is missing?
Many thanks Ollie —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I still cant see the issue. I/we are the primary source for this information. The notability comment will make users doubt the validty of this information when in actual fact it is prefectly accurate.
Just directing me to links about guidelines is hardly helpful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 08:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I have just read your latest reply. You seem to be intent on preventing me from contributing to wikipedia about a subject I have hard facts on. You have soley made me doubt the benefits of editing wiki pages.
The links I added are sources that can back up what I have written. Just because they dont state that on the page I am linking to doesnt mean they cant back this information up. If you like you can contact them to see if they back up this page as I can asure you they will? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
FYI I have amended some of the links.
By the way I dont see anyone raising issue about the CIM page who havent quoted and sources or references - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Marketing An organistion similar to ours so surely the same applies?!?!?!? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 13:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
That is 4 years on 21st Century Warfare tournament history. And people think it means nothing. Well 600 people playing in the tournament think is means something. Its not a gaming clan with a bunch of teenagers in it. Its a community of gamers that have fun together. Its also owned by a multi-thousand dollar company and was sold to that company by another company a few years back. So before some of your people start storming over others peoples work and history check the stuff out first. That was a ligit article. And I and 600 other people would like it if it were put back up.
Sincerley, Grant —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 21CWSuperman ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hey Dan,
This is one of the first additions I've made to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure how to go about it. I created a Google Co-op search for apple computer. Basically, it searches a list of specified websites. I noticed that Google Finance is included on the wikipedia page, and I think that a search built specifically around Apple would be equally relevant. I started the co-op search, but other people are free to edit it and add additional sites. Do you think that this is an inappropriate link?
Thanks,
Jarod —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jarodapperson ( talk • contribs) 02:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Why did you delete my Mystery Shop link, that site has helped me very much since I started MSing and I wanted it to help others too. msfreedom.org is a legit site for mystery shopping help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.39.213.105 ( talk • contribs) 03:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Just trying to help in an area where there wasnt much. I won't bother in the future. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.61.147.237 ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
maplestory game issue is inappropriate. it's not true —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.24.213.170 ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
hey Dan, I'm doing a research project, and i came across an ANOVA chart, and i have absolutely no idea how to read it. I spent half an hour reading wiki and other websites, but nothing explains basic symbolism. I found that you recently edited the ANOVA wiki page, so i assume you know something about this, here are the questions I have:
In my article, it says:
"One-way ANOVA showed significant effect of prime, F(1,64) = 5.59, p <.05, effect size d = .60. The mean for prime was 13.70 (s.e.=.884)..."
please tell me what the following symbolism means:
F in general specifically F(1,64) = 5.59 p d s.e.
this would help so much! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.249.88.89 ( talk • contribs) 01:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan; I have recently made a handful of changes to the entry for Dotnetnuke, trying to satisfy the notability and references tags placed there. It seems as though you're very familiar with that entry (and placed the tags there) so I'd like to get an idea if the recent edits are along the right track, or way off-base. Some of the references I added are drawn from official press releases from the Dotnetnuke site and from Microsoft Corp. Others are drawn from an historical account of the Dotnetnuke project written by Shaun Walker (founder of Dotnetnuke) which has been included in two titles from Wiley Press ("Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals," "Professional DotNetNuke 4: Open Source Web Application Framework for ASP.NET 2.0") and also re-printed with permission on the Dotnetnuke.com site.
Some of the references were also added to give credence to Dotnetnuke's notability factor. A quick search on Amazon will reveal 5 book titles dedicated exclusively to the topic of DotNetNuke, with two others to be released in the upcoming months. Sourceforge, which serves as the source code repository for DotNetNuke, has recorded over two million downloads of the DotNetNuke application since Mar 2003.
I believe these facts - which I wish to add next - illustrate that Dotnetnuke is notable enough for Wikipedia. I would just like to know if I'm on-track before I do so. Thanks. DNNsider 17:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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For your hard work and dedication to making Wikipedia a better place. Good job! :-) Sharkface217 03:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC) |
Nasty bit of vandalism here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogcast
Is it only admins who can do reverts, or is there a way for me to get rid of vandalism myself? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mlearning ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I am new to Wikipedia so I still have much to learn. I am the creator/editor of ISO9000Resources.com. I am a ISO 9000 consultant and I created my website to give away free information that most consultants charge for. I am not trying to generate any business with my website, I am just presenting information about ISO 9001 based on my consulting business. I do have some pages with Adsense to help pay my expenses.
I added myself to the external links on the ISO 9000 page of Wiki and you removed me. At the same time you left other links to consultants that are trying to sell their information.. I understand your wanting to remove spamlinks but I must not understand what is considered a spamlink. Are consultants not spam and free resources considered spam? Is it becuase I have some pages with Adsense?
Of course, I would appriciate it if I got my link back but also would like to understand why other links are allowed and what I am doing wrong.
Thanks for your time,
Ken Teegardin Teegardin@comcast.net www.ISO9000Resources.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kencian ( talk • contribs) 03:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You are the first user I heard of on this site, and I wanted to ask you something. How do you get those boxes on your page like for example "This user eats at Burger king", or "This user comes from Nebraska". How do you do it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NickLB9 ( talk • contribs) 00:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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For your unending campaign against the hated foes of vandals, linkspammers, and cruftaddicts, I award the Tireless Contributor Barnstar.
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You are quite welcome. Keep up the good work. Sharkface217 03:58, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
For your tireless efforts in fighting spam on Wikipedia, I herehby give you this handy antispamhammer. Cheers! -- Wizardry Dragon ( Talk to Me) ( Support Neutrality on Wikipedia) 19:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC) User:Wizardry Dragon/Awards/antispamhammer
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-- A. B. 18:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a freelance writer working on an article about the wide array of people who make Wikipedia their life, their passion, their pastime. Wikipedia “addicts” if you will. I’m looking for people just willing to tell their story of how they got sucked into the intellectual whirlwind that is Wikipedia, how you got started editing, how the obsession grew, and what you spend your time focusing on these days? Do you write articles from scratch? Is your main push toward one particular type of article? Do you patrol for typos and errors, or spend your time diligently fixing vandalism? Do you take part in the “social aspects” of Wikipedia; engaging in animated discussions or decorating your user page with all sorts of internet memes? Have you forced yourself to take a “Wikipedia break”? If so, what’s your 20/20 hindsight on the obsession? Basically I’m just trying to get an idea of what it’s like for various Wikipedia “addicts.” If you are interested in participating, please email me at brianrhodges@gmail.com
If anybody else, other than this user is interested in participating, feel free to email me as well. This article is intended to be a light informational piece, nothing too heavy or controversial, just merely introducing readers to a subculture that they likely had no idea existed. So please don’t email me with your conspiracy theories, or your grudge against the Wikipedia hierarchy… unless it directly applies to your overall experience with the site. This article is about the USERS, not about the pros and cons of the site itself.
Thanks,
Brian 68.39.158.205 19:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
I noticed that you modified the mobile search entry to remove the external links that had been added, mine included. I run a mobile search site at http://wampad.com and I would like to be listed in the mobile search providers. I'm more of a user of wikipedia so I thought I'd ask if i created a wiki page like this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Search_and_Transfer. Would it then be acceptable to list my site on the mobile search page? I really apprciate the time you put into wikipedia, it's a great resource.
In fact the reason I was on tonight was becuase of what I preceive as a blatant misuse of the wikipedia by a show called Jericho. Here's what I sent to the info-en-v@wikimedia.org mailbox tonight.
I think that these two articles were planted by someone that is part of the show Jericho. There was a reference to the ravenwood company in the show tonight and I noticed someone posted on a blog about the company being real. Based on the history of both articles and that a worldwide company of 100,000 people would only be mentioned in wikipedia, I find them suspicious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenwood_Solutions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennings_and_Rall
I'm a fan of the wikipeida project and just thought i'd bring this to your attention.
Thanks for you time, Shawn McCollum —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wampad ( talk • contribs) 05:51, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I added a response for you regarding "SPAM redux" at Tacke talk page, please clarify a bit your decision. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tacke ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
On your discussion for a KLR650, you list the torque or horsepower as being incorrect. As these figures are common to many large single cylinder engines, I am wondering how you reached this conclusion. (I am not criticising, I am genuinely curious as to how the physics of this works) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Muthaf9cka ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I reverted your revert of the recent change to Ōita Prefecture. Ōita does actually produce horsemeat! Bobo12345 23:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan,
I was curious why you had deleted all of the links I had created for WikiAskew. It, like Wikipedia, is a wiki. What is the difference between linking to say, Wookieepedia in all the Star Wars related pages on this wiki and the ViewAskew sites on this wiki?
Thanks,
Superslacker87 03:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
If you would like to remove any links which you think as spam - please remove all the erlated links in the article. Just leaving some links and removing others is not at all good. I will keep watching you !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.9.49.200 ( talk • contribs) 06:51, 16 November 2006
What are you talking about? I'm not spamming. Give me an example? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jameslove ( talk • contribs) 01:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, It must have been the beach stuff. I thought it was OK adding my link since I was adding new content to these local sites. They have nothing on them about the beaches, so I added the stuff and thought the links would be references.
I checked your profile and your an expect so I guess I am wrong. What if I ask a friend to add the links, is that OK?
Thanks, Jim Love —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jameslove ( talk • contribs) 01:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan,
well I understand your policy to avoid promoting sites or adding a high ranked back link. This is not my intention; yet I ask you why not to give people a chance to get their own tag clouds? I have explicitly registered a domain now, www.tag-cloud.de which will solely used to provide free tag clouds for users homepages and I ask you if this will then be allowed. Del.ici.ous is nothing else, except the type of offering or showing tag clouds.
cheers Frank —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.139.25.143 ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
thanks for your response. Well, this sounds fair; I'll try that way.
Thank you,
have a nice day Frank —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.139.25.143 ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for the admin congrats :). I've approved you for NPWatcher, but I just need to get it on the internet, then I'll post a download link. Thanks for your interest :0) M a rtinp23 16:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar -- it makes my day, especially coming from such a tenacious spam-fighter as yourself! -- A. B. 19:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Dan, I found another page for you to edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system
Quick hurry! There are commercial references to Microsoft! Despite being the most relevant software to that article the references MUST be removed! I expect you to address this issue promptly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.208.55.132 ( talk • contribs) 21:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan, you seemed the talk to about this: the pages surrounding the subject of SEO, such as Spamdexing, but also Google Link Juice etc. are sometimes swarmed with dubious external links... Is there any way to "treat" this? I don't feel i could just remove all those, since i'm not much of a WP authority :) -- Jdevalk 22:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Thx for your answer on my own talk page, could you have an eye on my contributions in the coming days an give me some comments on it? -- Jdevalk 22:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Stuff like this, what to do? I'm tempted to remove all those links, and the ones he has in some other languages, in total he has 38 links from wikipedia... -- Jdevalk 23:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Dan, I had posted a question on talk:Root_cause_analysis regarding the removal of links which seem relevent to the topic, but no one's responded. Since you're the one who's removed most of the links I'm wondering about and (judging by your talk page) are also in spam cleanup on Wikipedia, I was wondering if you could take the time to post an answer to that discussion page when you get the chance.
I'm not disagreeing with your actions, just an ignorant but curious noob, so I figured I'd seek an answer in more than just an obscure talk page... possibly it would also make people think twice about adding links that you've already removed. Thanks.
-- Prainog 02:35, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, AbsolutDan. I wanted to let you know why the vandal you reported hadn't been blocked. 69.76.47.134 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) had not been warned since November 19. In general, a vandal must have been warned recently before they are blocked — that's why the listing was removed. I've warned him now, and if he vandalizes again in the next 24 hours or so, relist him, and he'll be blocked. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 00:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought it was something else. Fr ed il 00:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I've nominated a page you have editted for Deletion: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/GBStv_(second_nomination) -- Quirex 19:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
I respect your decision to omit my version of buzzword bingo but I respectfully disagree. Here is why:
(1) My version is at least as good, and generally better, than the existing external links, most of which are "print and use" rather than "enjoy online" versions. Please take a look:
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.html
If mine doesn't belong, neither do most of these.
(2) My version will likely be maintained more than a decade; I generally support my links permanently. I have over 2 GB of material on my various websites.
(3) There is no advertising of any kind anywhere on my sites. I don't make a living -- or even any money -- off the web.
If after reading this you continue to think that the external link is inappropriate, I will defer to your greater experience and commitment. You need do nothing since I have not changed it since your edit.
Finally, the site is purely html and javascript and an alternate solution is to incorporate into wikipedia as a working example. The relevant files are
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.html http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.js
This program is already open-sourced and I would be happy to have it included internally in wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Prestonmcafee ( talk • contribs) 22:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
Fair enough. (I suspect Yahoo will add it since I am taking a leave of absence to work for them.) —The preceding
unsigned comment was added by
Prestonmcafee (
talk •
contribs) 03:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
You're right that it is a commercial link - Instreamer is a commercial device. However now when you removed, people will now think that it is possible to feed Shoutcast with software source only, which is not true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.221.122.143 ( talk • contribs) 08:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
Dan, I do not get it you removed the link I added what is the reason? please give me some details —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.102.97.211 ( talk • contribs) 15:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Please note the PrinceAl record here. The situation is untenable, and requires resolution by a third party. Please let me know if either you or another moderator or editor are in a position to help. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.170.239.56 ( talk) 00:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC).
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by PocKleanBot ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering why you removed from the Windsor Ct page that American Airlines has a building on Day Hill Road...??
Thanks..
Hi I sent you an email as well.. I can assure you its there, 415 Day Hill Road... No sign out front. We used to be at One America Plaza in downtown Hartford, for 30 years or so.. moved to Windsor in 2001. Also known as the ERO, eastern reservations office. Employs about 500 people. Also reservations offices in Texas, Arizona, Ohio, and North Carolina... Trust me, its there.. I work there every night!!
Michele —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MichBeau ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
User 151.188.16.21 recently vandalized a page about "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Could you please block this user? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.146.40.215 ( talk • contribs) 22:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
sorry about that - i added it again - apologize for that...
if i make INFORMATIONAL pages, may i link those? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.123.52.26 ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I appriciate the efforts you are doing to keep WikiPedia a cleaner place. I would also be helping out with the cleaning process from now onwards.
You have called the external link I inserted in Link_bait as a spam. Well I do Understand how people keep adding links just to increase their popularity and would do anything to earn from anything famous. I hope that before removing links you should actually check what that link is all about, because it may be something useful that the users of Wikipedia might miss otherwise.
What Article I included there was very much related to the topic, was not self-promoting and did not use promotion for any other products, and in no case banefitial to me. It had been appreciated by many people. Apart from this, you did not remove the edits I made with this article, perhaps because they were actually useful. That was a part of another article I wrote about link_bait, in my blog.
It is a request that before removing links do check up its relativity to the topic and then decide its spam or not. I have re-added that link. Please give me enough reason to understand why you regarded it as a spam and then decide to remove it again. I promise I would appreciate your removing if it is not a useful article because even I do not personally like spammers. Divs001—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Divs001 ( talk • contribs) 15:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
I just read most of the relevant article and I have noticed too many inappropriate external links all over wikipedia, even out of topic ones.
Its ok now that I reliazed what you meant to say, but I came across many such links. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podsafe
have these in-appropriate links in it
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/07/download-podsafe-music-in-mp3-format.html http://mediamusicnow.co.uk/ http://deltaboogie.com/hairylarryland/
For making Wikipedia a Spam-free zone. Divya —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Divs001 ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC).
Hello,
You deleted the external link I posted to an informational/how to anodizing page. I do not feel that the link is spam, it gives a lot of very useful step by step information for someone who is trying to learn how to anodize on their own. The site is not selling any products and has a very small advertising bar, not what should be considered excessive. Without pages like the one posted, I would never known it was possible to anodize on your own and never would have tried it myself.
I re-posted the link because I was unsure why it was removed in the first place. Feel free to respond/clarify. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.85.170.56 ( talk) 20:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
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Would you be so kind and remove this link
In this wikipedia article -> * Edited*
I do not wish to have any content links - listed or posted on wikipedia.
If you are not able to do this, please indicate who i need to address this issue with.
Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sankt ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Please remove this link within the wikipedia directory,
as it should be considered spam and dealt with accordingly.
External links
Page : * Edited * —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sankt ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I don't think there's any serious problem with its notability, not any more than with SCons anyway, or any other build system. I created the page precisely because the software is little known (as it's rather young), and hardly googlable, yet being used by KDE as the designed build system automatically places it in the "rather important" category. I find "who, where, how" pages for relatively obscure software to be of great value, as it's often the only sensible resource, so if you don't have any concrete objections I could fix, I will remove the tag shortly. mathrick 16:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Uhh, exactly how is app's homepage not a reliable source? I think the existence of something a very convincing evidence that it does indeed exist, and Waf exists. What I included is just general info on the app, plus a little bit of history that can be easily googled once you know what to look for, none of this is non-verifiable or disputable. mathrick 17:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it's getting ridiculous now. Can you please elaborate on why exactly you think SCons is not notable enough to be described in Wikipedia? Hint: the fact you don't know about it is not enough. It's rather well-known and used software, well-deserving a mention. Or do you perhaps think that WP should not describe software at all? mathrick 17:23, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Gee, thanks a lot! I have to say however, this just means I'm spending too much time editing around here and too little time working. :-) Pascal.Tesson 05:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Why do you care whether or not I edit my personal page? your page has all kidns of stuff on it, maybe i oughta revert it?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.16.15.150 ( talk • contribs) 06:28, 25 October 2006.
I'm not making a test, son. That shit was dope! Perfect T 02:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi
I have been editing the CIPD page this morning. I work for the CIPD as their website editor and noticed that you claim our wiki page needs more sources for the information within.
I cant see what the problem is when the information on our wiki page is soley factual information about our institute and its services.
Please can you let me know what you feel the page is missing?
Many thanks Ollie —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I still cant see the issue. I/we are the primary source for this information. The notability comment will make users doubt the validty of this information when in actual fact it is prefectly accurate.
Just directing me to links about guidelines is hardly helpful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 08:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I have just read your latest reply. You seem to be intent on preventing me from contributing to wikipedia about a subject I have hard facts on. You have soley made me doubt the benefits of editing wiki pages.
The links I added are sources that can back up what I have written. Just because they dont state that on the page I am linking to doesnt mean they cant back this information up. If you like you can contact them to see if they back up this page as I can asure you they will? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
FYI I have amended some of the links.
By the way I dont see anyone raising issue about the CIM page who havent quoted and sources or references - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Marketing An organistion similar to ours so surely the same applies?!?!?!? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Woodman1977 ( talk • contribs) 13:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
That is 4 years on 21st Century Warfare tournament history. And people think it means nothing. Well 600 people playing in the tournament think is means something. Its not a gaming clan with a bunch of teenagers in it. Its a community of gamers that have fun together. Its also owned by a multi-thousand dollar company and was sold to that company by another company a few years back. So before some of your people start storming over others peoples work and history check the stuff out first. That was a ligit article. And I and 600 other people would like it if it were put back up.
Sincerley, Grant —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 21CWSuperman ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hey Dan,
This is one of the first additions I've made to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure how to go about it. I created a Google Co-op search for apple computer. Basically, it searches a list of specified websites. I noticed that Google Finance is included on the wikipedia page, and I think that a search built specifically around Apple would be equally relevant. I started the co-op search, but other people are free to edit it and add additional sites. Do you think that this is an inappropriate link?
Thanks,
Jarod —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jarodapperson ( talk • contribs) 02:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Why did you delete my Mystery Shop link, that site has helped me very much since I started MSing and I wanted it to help others too. msfreedom.org is a legit site for mystery shopping help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.39.213.105 ( talk • contribs) 03:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Just trying to help in an area where there wasnt much. I won't bother in the future. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.61.147.237 ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
maplestory game issue is inappropriate. it's not true —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.24.213.170 ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
hey Dan, I'm doing a research project, and i came across an ANOVA chart, and i have absolutely no idea how to read it. I spent half an hour reading wiki and other websites, but nothing explains basic symbolism. I found that you recently edited the ANOVA wiki page, so i assume you know something about this, here are the questions I have:
In my article, it says:
"One-way ANOVA showed significant effect of prime, F(1,64) = 5.59, p <.05, effect size d = .60. The mean for prime was 13.70 (s.e.=.884)..."
please tell me what the following symbolism means:
F in general specifically F(1,64) = 5.59 p d s.e.
this would help so much! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.249.88.89 ( talk • contribs) 01:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan; I have recently made a handful of changes to the entry for Dotnetnuke, trying to satisfy the notability and references tags placed there. It seems as though you're very familiar with that entry (and placed the tags there) so I'd like to get an idea if the recent edits are along the right track, or way off-base. Some of the references I added are drawn from official press releases from the Dotnetnuke site and from Microsoft Corp. Others are drawn from an historical account of the Dotnetnuke project written by Shaun Walker (founder of Dotnetnuke) which has been included in two titles from Wiley Press ("Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals," "Professional DotNetNuke 4: Open Source Web Application Framework for ASP.NET 2.0") and also re-printed with permission on the Dotnetnuke.com site.
Some of the references were also added to give credence to Dotnetnuke's notability factor. A quick search on Amazon will reveal 5 book titles dedicated exclusively to the topic of DotNetNuke, with two others to be released in the upcoming months. Sourceforge, which serves as the source code repository for DotNetNuke, has recorded over two million downloads of the DotNetNuke application since Mar 2003.
I believe these facts - which I wish to add next - illustrate that Dotnetnuke is notable enough for Wikipedia. I would just like to know if I'm on-track before I do so. Thanks. DNNsider 17:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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For your hard work and dedication to making Wikipedia a better place. Good job! :-) Sharkface217 03:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC) |
Nasty bit of vandalism here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogcast
Is it only admins who can do reverts, or is there a way for me to get rid of vandalism myself? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mlearning ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I am new to Wikipedia so I still have much to learn. I am the creator/editor of ISO9000Resources.com. I am a ISO 9000 consultant and I created my website to give away free information that most consultants charge for. I am not trying to generate any business with my website, I am just presenting information about ISO 9001 based on my consulting business. I do have some pages with Adsense to help pay my expenses.
I added myself to the external links on the ISO 9000 page of Wiki and you removed me. At the same time you left other links to consultants that are trying to sell their information.. I understand your wanting to remove spamlinks but I must not understand what is considered a spamlink. Are consultants not spam and free resources considered spam? Is it becuase I have some pages with Adsense?
Of course, I would appriciate it if I got my link back but also would like to understand why other links are allowed and what I am doing wrong.
Thanks for your time,
Ken Teegardin Teegardin@comcast.net www.ISO9000Resources.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kencian ( talk • contribs) 03:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You are the first user I heard of on this site, and I wanted to ask you something. How do you get those boxes on your page like for example "This user eats at Burger king", or "This user comes from Nebraska". How do you do it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NickLB9 ( talk • contribs) 00:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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For your unending campaign against the hated foes of vandals, linkspammers, and cruftaddicts, I award the Tireless Contributor Barnstar.
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You are quite welcome. Keep up the good work. Sharkface217 03:58, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
For your tireless efforts in fighting spam on Wikipedia, I herehby give you this handy antispamhammer. Cheers! -- Wizardry Dragon ( Talk to Me) ( Support Neutrality on Wikipedia) 19:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC) User:Wizardry Dragon/Awards/antispamhammer
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-- A. B. 18:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a freelance writer working on an article about the wide array of people who make Wikipedia their life, their passion, their pastime. Wikipedia “addicts” if you will. I’m looking for people just willing to tell their story of how they got sucked into the intellectual whirlwind that is Wikipedia, how you got started editing, how the obsession grew, and what you spend your time focusing on these days? Do you write articles from scratch? Is your main push toward one particular type of article? Do you patrol for typos and errors, or spend your time diligently fixing vandalism? Do you take part in the “social aspects” of Wikipedia; engaging in animated discussions or decorating your user page with all sorts of internet memes? Have you forced yourself to take a “Wikipedia break”? If so, what’s your 20/20 hindsight on the obsession? Basically I’m just trying to get an idea of what it’s like for various Wikipedia “addicts.” If you are interested in participating, please email me at brianrhodges@gmail.com
If anybody else, other than this user is interested in participating, feel free to email me as well. This article is intended to be a light informational piece, nothing too heavy or controversial, just merely introducing readers to a subculture that they likely had no idea existed. So please don’t email me with your conspiracy theories, or your grudge against the Wikipedia hierarchy… unless it directly applies to your overall experience with the site. This article is about the USERS, not about the pros and cons of the site itself.
Thanks,
Brian 68.39.158.205 19:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
I noticed that you modified the mobile search entry to remove the external links that had been added, mine included. I run a mobile search site at http://wampad.com and I would like to be listed in the mobile search providers. I'm more of a user of wikipedia so I thought I'd ask if i created a wiki page like this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Search_and_Transfer. Would it then be acceptable to list my site on the mobile search page? I really apprciate the time you put into wikipedia, it's a great resource.
In fact the reason I was on tonight was becuase of what I preceive as a blatant misuse of the wikipedia by a show called Jericho. Here's what I sent to the info-en-v@wikimedia.org mailbox tonight.
I think that these two articles were planted by someone that is part of the show Jericho. There was a reference to the ravenwood company in the show tonight and I noticed someone posted on a blog about the company being real. Based on the history of both articles and that a worldwide company of 100,000 people would only be mentioned in wikipedia, I find them suspicious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenwood_Solutions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennings_and_Rall
I'm a fan of the wikipeida project and just thought i'd bring this to your attention.
Thanks for you time, Shawn McCollum —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wampad ( talk • contribs) 05:51, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I added a response for you regarding "SPAM redux" at Tacke talk page, please clarify a bit your decision. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tacke ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
On your discussion for a KLR650, you list the torque or horsepower as being incorrect. As these figures are common to many large single cylinder engines, I am wondering how you reached this conclusion. (I am not criticising, I am genuinely curious as to how the physics of this works) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Muthaf9cka ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I reverted your revert of the recent change to Ōita Prefecture. Ōita does actually produce horsemeat! Bobo12345 23:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan,
I was curious why you had deleted all of the links I had created for WikiAskew. It, like Wikipedia, is a wiki. What is the difference between linking to say, Wookieepedia in all the Star Wars related pages on this wiki and the ViewAskew sites on this wiki?
Thanks,
Superslacker87 03:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
If you would like to remove any links which you think as spam - please remove all the erlated links in the article. Just leaving some links and removing others is not at all good. I will keep watching you !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.9.49.200 ( talk • contribs) 06:51, 16 November 2006
What are you talking about? I'm not spamming. Give me an example? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jameslove ( talk • contribs) 01:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, It must have been the beach stuff. I thought it was OK adding my link since I was adding new content to these local sites. They have nothing on them about the beaches, so I added the stuff and thought the links would be references.
I checked your profile and your an expect so I guess I am wrong. What if I ask a friend to add the links, is that OK?
Thanks, Jim Love —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jameslove ( talk • contribs) 01:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan,
well I understand your policy to avoid promoting sites or adding a high ranked back link. This is not my intention; yet I ask you why not to give people a chance to get their own tag clouds? I have explicitly registered a domain now, www.tag-cloud.de which will solely used to provide free tag clouds for users homepages and I ask you if this will then be allowed. Del.ici.ous is nothing else, except the type of offering or showing tag clouds.
cheers Frank —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.139.25.143 ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
thanks for your response. Well, this sounds fair; I'll try that way.
Thank you,
have a nice day Frank —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.139.25.143 ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for the admin congrats :). I've approved you for NPWatcher, but I just need to get it on the internet, then I'll post a download link. Thanks for your interest :0) M a rtinp23 16:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar -- it makes my day, especially coming from such a tenacious spam-fighter as yourself! -- A. B. 19:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Dan, I found another page for you to edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system
Quick hurry! There are commercial references to Microsoft! Despite being the most relevant software to that article the references MUST be removed! I expect you to address this issue promptly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.208.55.132 ( talk • contribs) 21:12, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi AbsolutDan, you seemed the talk to about this: the pages surrounding the subject of SEO, such as Spamdexing, but also Google Link Juice etc. are sometimes swarmed with dubious external links... Is there any way to "treat" this? I don't feel i could just remove all those, since i'm not much of a WP authority :) -- Jdevalk 22:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Thx for your answer on my own talk page, could you have an eye on my contributions in the coming days an give me some comments on it? -- Jdevalk 22:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Stuff like this, what to do? I'm tempted to remove all those links, and the ones he has in some other languages, in total he has 38 links from wikipedia... -- Jdevalk 23:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Dan, I had posted a question on talk:Root_cause_analysis regarding the removal of links which seem relevent to the topic, but no one's responded. Since you're the one who's removed most of the links I'm wondering about and (judging by your talk page) are also in spam cleanup on Wikipedia, I was wondering if you could take the time to post an answer to that discussion page when you get the chance.
I'm not disagreeing with your actions, just an ignorant but curious noob, so I figured I'd seek an answer in more than just an obscure talk page... possibly it would also make people think twice about adding links that you've already removed. Thanks.
-- Prainog 02:35, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, AbsolutDan. I wanted to let you know why the vandal you reported hadn't been blocked. 69.76.47.134 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) had not been warned since November 19. In general, a vandal must have been warned recently before they are blocked — that's why the listing was removed. I've warned him now, and if he vandalizes again in the next 24 hours or so, relist him, and he'll be blocked. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 00:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought it was something else. Fr ed il 00:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I've nominated a page you have editted for Deletion: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/GBStv_(second_nomination) -- Quirex 19:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
I respect your decision to omit my version of buzzword bingo but I respectfully disagree. Here is why:
(1) My version is at least as good, and generally better, than the existing external links, most of which are "print and use" rather than "enjoy online" versions. Please take a look:
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.html
If mine doesn't belong, neither do most of these.
(2) My version will likely be maintained more than a decade; I generally support my links permanently. I have over 2 GB of material on my various websites.
(3) There is no advertising of any kind anywhere on my sites. I don't make a living -- or even any money -- off the web.
If after reading this you continue to think that the external link is inappropriate, I will defer to your greater experience and commitment. You need do nothing since I have not changed it since your edit.
Finally, the site is purely html and javascript and an alternate solution is to incorporate into wikipedia as a working example. The relevant files are
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.html http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/meetingterminator.js
This program is already open-sourced and I would be happy to have it included internally in wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Prestonmcafee ( talk • contribs) 22:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
Fair enough. (I suspect Yahoo will add it since I am taking a leave of absence to work for them.) —The preceding
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You're right that it is a commercial link - Instreamer is a commercial device. However now when you removed, people will now think that it is possible to feed Shoutcast with software source only, which is not true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.221.122.143 ( talk • contribs) 08:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
Dan, I do not get it you removed the link I added what is the reason? please give me some details —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.102.97.211 ( talk • contribs) 15:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Please note the PrinceAl record here. The situation is untenable, and requires resolution by a third party. Please let me know if either you or another moderator or editor are in a position to help. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.170.239.56 ( talk) 00:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC).
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by PocKleanBot ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering why you removed from the Windsor Ct page that American Airlines has a building on Day Hill Road...??
Thanks..
Hi I sent you an email as well.. I can assure you its there, 415 Day Hill Road... No sign out front. We used to be at One America Plaza in downtown Hartford, for 30 years or so.. moved to Windsor in 2001. Also known as the ERO, eastern reservations office. Employs about 500 people. Also reservations offices in Texas, Arizona, Ohio, and North Carolina... Trust me, its there.. I work there every night!!
Michele —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MichBeau ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
User 151.188.16.21 recently vandalized a page about "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Could you please block this user? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.146.40.215 ( talk • contribs) 22:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
sorry about that - i added it again - apologize for that...
if i make INFORMATIONAL pages, may i link those? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.123.52.26 ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I appriciate the efforts you are doing to keep WikiPedia a cleaner place. I would also be helping out with the cleaning process from now onwards.
You have called the external link I inserted in Link_bait as a spam. Well I do Understand how people keep adding links just to increase their popularity and would do anything to earn from anything famous. I hope that before removing links you should actually check what that link is all about, because it may be something useful that the users of Wikipedia might miss otherwise.
What Article I included there was very much related to the topic, was not self-promoting and did not use promotion for any other products, and in no case banefitial to me. It had been appreciated by many people. Apart from this, you did not remove the edits I made with this article, perhaps because they were actually useful. That was a part of another article I wrote about link_bait, in my blog.
It is a request that before removing links do check up its relativity to the topic and then decide its spam or not. I have re-added that link. Please give me enough reason to understand why you regarded it as a spam and then decide to remove it again. I promise I would appreciate your removing if it is not a useful article because even I do not personally like spammers. Divs001—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Divs001 ( talk • contribs) 15:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
I just read most of the relevant article and I have noticed too many inappropriate external links all over wikipedia, even out of topic ones.
Its ok now that I reliazed what you meant to say, but I came across many such links. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podsafe
have these in-appropriate links in it
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/07/download-podsafe-music-in-mp3-format.html http://mediamusicnow.co.uk/ http://deltaboogie.com/hairylarryland/
For making Wikipedia a Spam-free zone. Divya —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Divs001 ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC).
Hello,
You deleted the external link I posted to an informational/how to anodizing page. I do not feel that the link is spam, it gives a lot of very useful step by step information for someone who is trying to learn how to anodize on their own. The site is not selling any products and has a very small advertising bar, not what should be considered excessive. Without pages like the one posted, I would never known it was possible to anodize on your own and never would have tried it myself.
I re-posted the link because I was unsure why it was removed in the first place. Feel free to respond/clarify. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.85.170.56 ( talk) 20:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC).