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Hello, sorry about making an article that's been flagged for deletion ( Centre-Circle ) - What is the quickest way to delete it, do I just go and delete all the text and stuff? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stucco ( talk • contribs)
Basically, because they weren't blatant enough that I felt comfortable deleting huge tracts of Wikipedia without further input. I wanted there to be a discussion first, to have some kind of consensus that backs up that the amount of modification from the original source was insufficient. In some cases, the structure was identical, but in others it was changed: often, the wording was completely distinct... and there wasn't that much info in each article, which makes it a bit trickier -- there's not all that much to say in general, so having a similar structure may not be a real problem. Mango juice talk 23:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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Sorry about the a, I accidentally pressed that key. Kidding. I was having fun, but how did you know it was me?
What's a "difs" link? Xizes 01:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC). OH! THAT's how you know that i sent the "a", right. Please reply. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay. Just reply. thanks. that's all. bye. have a nice day. Xizes 01:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
oh. OH GOD, I'm LATE. GOTTA GO. BYE. Xizes 01:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
In August, I applied to become an admin at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TruthbringerToronto, and you opposed my candidacy. It's November now. Would you support me if I ran again? -- TruthbringerToronto ( Talk | contribs) 02:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in
my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA.
I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it. |
Hi,
I'm new to this. I have learned more about wiki procedures now through this second experience of editing. I am still unsure if this is where I come to ask questions etc. I understand that the memory work article is off the list now since there was some concern of copyright violations. I am quite methodical in referencing since I really do what readers to be able to follow the logic of an article back to their original sources as much as possible. Every phrase and idea we use in academia has a history. I have registered with a few customized search engines like swicki and googles new service to keep track of relevant pages on memory work. I plan on starting a blog as well specifically for these concepts in contemporary social theory that have complex often contentious histories. Thanks for all your hard work. It sounds like it is a work of passion. --oceanflynn 18:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)moved to bottom. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 18:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
....for adding the stub. I kinda spaced because I'm pretty tired right now. Anyway, thanks for fixing it. Kouhei07 03:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
...for you show of support on my recent RfA. If you ever need my help for an adminstrative purpose or just to take a look at an article, do not hesitate to drop me a line. BTW, what do people in Tampa put on hot dogs? Looking into regional hot dog variations is a little hobby of mine. Cheers. youngamerican ( ahoy hoy) 14:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi.
I saw your vote to delete my article regarding Nelson - Marek yacht designers. Please reconsider your position in light of two things: (1) further editing to the article with more substantial references, and (2) the proposal and suggested criteria for deletion are based on the criteria for a "corporation"; however, Nelson - Marek was a design team and should be evaluated on their notability as contrubutors to yachting and yacht design, not their standing as a corporation. I would say that ten years on the America's Cup design team is notable. Note that the search results you cite are for "Merek" rather than "Marek", the former is the correct spelling, although the latter is frequently misused and is how I began the article (my error).
Thanks!
Kevin Murray 01:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
My Google seach [1] shows 1000 hits
What is notable? Is it in relation to the world at large, or to the art or industry. The most famous yachting design team of the last century is Sparkman & Stephens. Using a search in double quotes for this name I get 776 Google hits 776 Google on Sparkman & Stephens. So with Nelson Marek getting roughly 58% of those hits might we consider them notable using this criterion? How about Frank Lloyd Wright = 809 Google hits, is he a notable design influence? I have found the web notoriously shallow on history.
Does Wikipedia have to follow the web, or can we offer a superior knowledge base? Ironically, my interest in writing this article was to compile the little information that I have been able to find into one place. As a sailor, racer, and boat owner, I know that Nelson Marek means something because the name is used so often in reference to their work, which is everywhere, but there is not much written on the men themselves -- odd I think. I love Wikipedia and want it to be the best. I think my article strengthens our project. But I understand that there are a plethora of junky meaningless articles of inappropriate promotion and spam out there, and those of you who are vigilant should be applauded. On the other hand, please help me to improve this article rather than pull it out.
Thanks.
Kevin Murray 03:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, NOBODY'S ever done with userpage vandalism... ;) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 01:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the advice. I can now create captions AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! AstroBoy 00:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC) this user has blown up your head with too much information... not
How do you be come an ad mi ni st ra tor?
For got to sign. AstroBoy 01:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
AstroBoy 01:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Dlohcierekim, and thanks for your participation at the recent RfA, which did not succeed. For those of you who expressed their support, your kind words and your trust are sincerely appreciated. For those who were opposed --especially those who offered their constructive criticism-- please accept this message as assurance that equally sincere efforts, aimed at enhancing the quality and accuracy of representations within the Wikipedia, will continue. Striving for improved collaboration and consensus will also continue, with all of your insights in mind, while applying NPOV ideals as fairly and reasonably as possible. Ombudsman 05:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC) |
What does adminship mean to you? :-) -- HappyCamper 00:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
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Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere, click here to reply. AstroBoy 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Deadline for entries is December 15th
Hi Dlohcierekim, I am very thankful to you for supporting and comments on my succesful RfA. Shyam ( T/ C) 06:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome, i'll make sure to go over that article you posted. =) Saintseiya 14:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Could you be more specific at Talk:Hercules Linton about what needs cleanup? RJFJR 04:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Dlohcierekim. Thanks for taking care of that vanity/NN article creator. I must've logged out just before he decided to create an account and make an article based on a NN person who I removed from his/her high school's article. For context, you can see my contributions today - the high school revert followed by the message on an anon's talk page. Anyway, thank you very much! :) Srose (talk) 23:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 02:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I
are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can
unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or
summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired
special powers, and there's even a feature to
roll back time. With such
awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to
tread lightly to avoid causing
irreversible damage and getting into any
wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be
of use.
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Yes, I saw that shortly after he'd done it. I decided to let it slide on this occasion. Keeping an eye on him, though... Thanks again, Gwernol 21:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
A few seconds after I try my first edit, I recieved a welcome message from you. I have frequently edited on another wiki (wikiHow.com) and am pretty familiar with the wiki process. It may take some time to get used to wikipedia's format. If I have any questions, I'll be sure to ask you. Thanks for the helpful links and welcome message. -- Thorne Enterprises 00:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Not sure If I used this Talk page right, but sorry about that. I redid it because I didn't think It worked, But I will stop now. Sorry, I'm just starting to get the hang of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sotheboysays ( talk • contribs) moved to bottom of page. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 04:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
It won't interfere with it per se, but may go some way towards it being worth keeping. •Elomis• 03:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
As you may have seen, the AFD was withdrawn.
I have a ton more content to add, but ran into the problem od the text and images getting misaligned. Is that what you are editing?
The image thumbnail code you added helped me to format the other images - I'm grateful for that
I will be posting 6 more pieces of art and descriptions as you finish wiht your editing of the article.
Thanks, jim —Preceding unsigned comment added by James.lebinski ( talk • contribs)
Hey - the gallery is great - and your layout is a real improvement.
I'll add images there until I add the corresponfing text. I plan to discuss the techniques and materials for each in detail so that should fill the space.-- James.lebinski 15:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for advising some editor requesting an RfA to set their preferences to "Prompt when entering a blank edit summary." I just changed my preferences to the "don't look quite so incompetent on edit summaries" button which I didn't know existed. KP Botany 19:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
It's not all of them - see the last enteries on today's page. I'm following [2] to the letter, cutting and pasting as provided, but it doesn't seem to be consistent :( Any suggestions???? If it were a consistent error I could deal with it, but??? HELP! SkierRMH 21:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
or (with spaces to show the actual line)
was inserted after it - that's what was giving all of the machine code!
Still don't know why it's doing that?! SkierRMH 21:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Good job! How did you do that? Where did you find the saving information??? Why couldn't I find it???? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
Thanks for sending me a notice about my feeble attempts to create a wikipedia page for the Blue Letter Bible.
I am one of the founders of the BLB website www.blb.org.
I have started going through the material at WP:WEB, which has been provided as part of the "deleted" blurb on my new entry.
Should I just bag the whole thing? Is my attempt to explain about the BLB inappropriate?
I don't want to strive to edit the article if my motivation is inappropriate - to let people know about the website. I had noticed that a lot of pages on wikipedia were pointing to our website...
PS, I enabled email to my email at frankr@earthlink.net.
Is my user page set up OK? I am a beginner!
I was trying to step up a 'stub page' for the BLB, and then give it over to our 'historian' to improve. Now I'm embarassed!!
I would appreciate any guidance you could give me, including "give it up!" if that is best!
Many thanks,
-- Frank Rabinovitch 00:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 16:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks very much for your advice on Blue Letter Bible.
I will follow it. I will try to be neutral, and I'll start small to see if I can get it to survive! I didn't talk about the non-commercial CD. We've distributed over 70,000 at no cost to students in many countries. Maybe that could be a focus point.
I had a question: I didn't understand the part about what you said here:
A quick check for notability is the "Google Test," where you look for unique Google hits. I get 9 UNIQUE Google hits out of 398,000. (The others are just repeats. Mostly from blueletterbible.org)
Can you show me how to find what you mean by only 9? For instance, when I ask Altavista to find me links to our website, I get either 118,000 or 42,200 or 6210. I'm sorry, I have no idea where the variation comes from, or which number is correct! Same thing with Google: 293,000 or 5,570. Strange!
I think the 'higher' numbers above are bogus: A search for link:xyz.com does what we think it does. But a search for link: xyz.com (with the space added) does a search for pages containing 'xyz.com' and the word 'link'. PS I hope this is a proper way to edit your page. If not, my apologies, and please advise. Thank you.-- Frank Rabinovitch 03:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
For us, that seems like a lot. In 1996 we started giving away free search tools for people to incorporate onto their church websites, so that's where they started, anyway.
Can you please help me understand what you mean about most of the 398,000 being from blueletterbible.org. Below, I've tried to make a Google search that excludes links from within the site, and I get 38,900. I don't know why all these numbers are at such variance! Mostly, these would be Bible links. If you have a website that talks about a Bible verse, you can link the verse to our website, or study tools, in a variety of ways.
I found a few reviews, such as 1, 2, 3. I'll try to find more. There are hundreds of pages linking to our website (along with 100s of others, with just a brief blurb, not a review, such as 4. Should they be included?
Many thanks for your advice! PS this editing software is really cool!
-- Frank Rabinovitch 18:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello again. I have re-written the
Blue Letter Bible article and have removed the prod sticker, and have edited the talk page. In another 10 years, I'll be an old pro! [Right now I'm just old :) ]
I have a bit more work to do in adding citations to support the prod removal, which I'm working on right now. Many thanks for your advice, just wanted to let you know. Frank
--
Frank Rabinovitch 02:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your encouragement. I badly needed it. I have added a "reviews" section and a "content distribution" section to address WP:WEB issues - I hope they are not too cluttered!
I have a question: Should I go around to various Wikipedia articles that talk about the BLB and link to my article example, or is that putting the cart before the horse? Thanks! -- Frank Rabinovitch 07:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome when I joined. I noticed the page on Bobby Czyz cuts off in the middle of a sentence. Is there a place I can report those sorts of things? Or am I supposed to revert it myself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirs10 ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I quite agree with your concerns. I, too, want to weed out only the genuinely deserving articles. The debate has been getting unnecessarily nasty, mainly in the cases involving "media personalities".
The links I cited in the article are good, bona fide ones corresponding to the paper magazines. Their links can be directly traced back to the publishers' main sites. I actually found them by typing out "maxim" and "cosmo" in my browser. I suspect the reason why there are no Ghits for Sara in Maxim or cosmo, although I managed to pull the King magazine article, is that she is not referenced in those search databases, and not necessarily that she did not appear in said publication. Ohconfucius 01:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
The page called "Clyde Kilgough" should say "Clyde Kilough". Can you delete the stub for now? Dr d12 01:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Dr_d12
Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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Because people often complain that RfA thank-you messages are impersonal, I thought I'd give you the opportunity to create your own. -- tariqabjotu 05:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Did you see the userpage? Can I tag that {{{db-attack}}} or would it be different for a user page? Or is it just a joke?? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 14:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I think you have already tagged it, but I am afraid I don't really know, since I don't know the limits of what is allowed on a userpage. Frankly, I am not even sure about the attack tag on the article as he seems to be attacking himself!! But anyway it should be speedy deleted (and has been 3 times already!) -- Slp1 14:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
To state the facts I was not poking fun at myself the original page was created from my udername but it has been edited by cyber-bullies who have posted pervereted fictional statements about me and I like to know if its possible to figure the IP address it came from who edited it last.
To state the facts I was not poking fun at myself the original page was created from my udername but it has been edited by cyber-bullies who have posted pervereted fictional statements about me and I like to know if its possible to figure the IP address it came from who edited it last.
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A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 19:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC) |
I guess we disagree, then, Mike, because I am pretty sure that, even given all the stuff you and the others have pointed to, he didn't stray too far over the bounds of the permissible, if at all. Thanks for the kind words tho. - crz crztalk 22:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Tried to upload a picture, but all that shows is a grey box with the written title. Can you help? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skodoway ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 12:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes. If that is felt to be a low number, and to outweigh my other contributions to wiki, then so be it. Thank you. -- Anthony.bradbury 02:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
you marked my article about "Tillmann Uhrmacher" for speedy deletion.
I am very blu about this, because this is the official press text about Tillmann. I´m a good friend of him and it is my work to release this press text for him. So there is no copyright infringement. We know that the same text is at the "MySpace" Side, but this is normal for a press text.
Greetings from germany, Olli
Hi, I note you comments but am a little confused and could use some guidance if you have a moment to spare. Would you be able to explain to me the difference between my entry and this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earstroke
Should my entry be a stub? I'm unsure, although there seems to be more relevant content in my entry than the one above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Verian ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 19:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there; I am coming to your talkpage because I am quite certain that this question is wholly inapproriate for my RfA page. Indeed, it may be out of order here as well, which will reinforce your opinion on the merits of my application. I have a question, which I would be most grateful for an answer to in order better to make my next RfA application, which on the vote it appears clear will be necessary. Given that at your initial vote you were aware that I had spent relatively little time in WP:NAMESPACE, and had not really contributed to Wiki talk, could you please tell me what you discovered to make you change your mind? I ask, not in a combative or argumentative sense, but only so that I can correct the failing which you have detected ready for next time. If this question is not, at this time, in order please say so.-- Anthony.bradbury 17:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
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I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC) |
Hi. To my shock, this already went to a 2nd AfD. Just thought you'd like to know. If you choose to vote, as always vote however you like. -- Oakshade 05:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Morning,
looks like Gladys is headed for the slautherhouse again. Care to weigh in on the AFD with any advice?-- James.lebinski 16:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello: my picture was deleted. "Image:HaydockTitle.JPEG. Tried to find it on the "Deletion Log" for a reason, but am not sure what to enter for "Title" No matter what I enter there is no record. Can you find out the reason for deletion? It is the title page to a book that is 200 years old. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skodoway ( talk • contribs)
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Oh, the humanity!
I had my doubts about accepting a nomination for a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the stir it caused as it drifted to the ground in flames! Still, it was as educational as ever. Thanks for your input; it will be on my mind as I continue to edit Wikipedia, and perhaps I will have earned your support if another nomination comes around. Kafziel Talk 14:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your vote of support and advice, which I will follow closely if selected (unlikely this time round). I fixed those links, too. Biruitorul 18:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Dlohcierekim, while reverting vandalism on Pine View School, you marked it for cleanup. I was just curious as to whether you had any suggestions for how it might be cleaned up. Thanks! -- Starwiz 23:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
If you wish to contact me, the quickest and easiest way is to use This Talk Page. Please use my email link only as a last resort .
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Hello, sorry about making an article that's been flagged for deletion ( Centre-Circle ) - What is the quickest way to delete it, do I just go and delete all the text and stuff? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stucco ( talk • contribs)
Basically, because they weren't blatant enough that I felt comfortable deleting huge tracts of Wikipedia without further input. I wanted there to be a discussion first, to have some kind of consensus that backs up that the amount of modification from the original source was insufficient. In some cases, the structure was identical, but in others it was changed: often, the wording was completely distinct... and there wasn't that much info in each article, which makes it a bit trickier -- there's not all that much to say in general, so having a similar structure may not be a real problem. Mango juice talk 23:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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Sorry about the a, I accidentally pressed that key. Kidding. I was having fun, but how did you know it was me?
What's a "difs" link? Xizes 01:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC). OH! THAT's how you know that i sent the "a", right. Please reply. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay. Just reply. thanks. that's all. bye. have a nice day. Xizes 01:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
oh. OH GOD, I'm LATE. GOTTA GO. BYE. Xizes 01:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
In August, I applied to become an admin at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TruthbringerToronto, and you opposed my candidacy. It's November now. Would you support me if I ran again? -- TruthbringerToronto ( Talk | contribs) 02:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in
my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA.
I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it. |
Hi,
I'm new to this. I have learned more about wiki procedures now through this second experience of editing. I am still unsure if this is where I come to ask questions etc. I understand that the memory work article is off the list now since there was some concern of copyright violations. I am quite methodical in referencing since I really do what readers to be able to follow the logic of an article back to their original sources as much as possible. Every phrase and idea we use in academia has a history. I have registered with a few customized search engines like swicki and googles new service to keep track of relevant pages on memory work. I plan on starting a blog as well specifically for these concepts in contemporary social theory that have complex often contentious histories. Thanks for all your hard work. It sounds like it is a work of passion. --oceanflynn 18:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)moved to bottom. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 18:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
....for adding the stub. I kinda spaced because I'm pretty tired right now. Anyway, thanks for fixing it. Kouhei07 03:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
...for you show of support on my recent RfA. If you ever need my help for an adminstrative purpose or just to take a look at an article, do not hesitate to drop me a line. BTW, what do people in Tampa put on hot dogs? Looking into regional hot dog variations is a little hobby of mine. Cheers. youngamerican ( ahoy hoy) 14:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi.
I saw your vote to delete my article regarding Nelson - Marek yacht designers. Please reconsider your position in light of two things: (1) further editing to the article with more substantial references, and (2) the proposal and suggested criteria for deletion are based on the criteria for a "corporation"; however, Nelson - Marek was a design team and should be evaluated on their notability as contrubutors to yachting and yacht design, not their standing as a corporation. I would say that ten years on the America's Cup design team is notable. Note that the search results you cite are for "Merek" rather than "Marek", the former is the correct spelling, although the latter is frequently misused and is how I began the article (my error).
Thanks!
Kevin Murray 01:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
My Google seach [1] shows 1000 hits
What is notable? Is it in relation to the world at large, or to the art or industry. The most famous yachting design team of the last century is Sparkman & Stephens. Using a search in double quotes for this name I get 776 Google hits 776 Google on Sparkman & Stephens. So with Nelson Marek getting roughly 58% of those hits might we consider them notable using this criterion? How about Frank Lloyd Wright = 809 Google hits, is he a notable design influence? I have found the web notoriously shallow on history.
Does Wikipedia have to follow the web, or can we offer a superior knowledge base? Ironically, my interest in writing this article was to compile the little information that I have been able to find into one place. As a sailor, racer, and boat owner, I know that Nelson Marek means something because the name is used so often in reference to their work, which is everywhere, but there is not much written on the men themselves -- odd I think. I love Wikipedia and want it to be the best. I think my article strengthens our project. But I understand that there are a plethora of junky meaningless articles of inappropriate promotion and spam out there, and those of you who are vigilant should be applauded. On the other hand, please help me to improve this article rather than pull it out.
Thanks.
Kevin Murray 03:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, NOBODY'S ever done with userpage vandalism... ;) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 01:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the advice. I can now create captions AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! AstroBoy 00:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC) this user has blown up your head with too much information... not
How do you be come an ad mi ni st ra tor?
For got to sign. AstroBoy 01:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
AstroBoy 01:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Dlohcierekim, and thanks for your participation at the recent RfA, which did not succeed. For those of you who expressed their support, your kind words and your trust are sincerely appreciated. For those who were opposed --especially those who offered their constructive criticism-- please accept this message as assurance that equally sincere efforts, aimed at enhancing the quality and accuracy of representations within the Wikipedia, will continue. Striving for improved collaboration and consensus will also continue, with all of your insights in mind, while applying NPOV ideals as fairly and reasonably as possible. Ombudsman 05:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC) |
What does adminship mean to you? :-) -- HappyCamper 00:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
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Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere, click here to reply. AstroBoy 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Deadline for entries is December 15th
Hi Dlohcierekim, I am very thankful to you for supporting and comments on my succesful RfA. Shyam ( T/ C) 06:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome, i'll make sure to go over that article you posted. =) Saintseiya 14:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Could you be more specific at Talk:Hercules Linton about what needs cleanup? RJFJR 04:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Dlohcierekim. Thanks for taking care of that vanity/NN article creator. I must've logged out just before he decided to create an account and make an article based on a NN person who I removed from his/her high school's article. For context, you can see my contributions today - the high school revert followed by the message on an anon's talk page. Anyway, thank you very much! :) Srose (talk) 23:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 02:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I
are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can
unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or
summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired
special powers, and there's even a feature to
roll back time. With such
awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to
tread lightly to avoid causing
irreversible damage and getting into any
wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be
of use.
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Yes, I saw that shortly after he'd done it. I decided to let it slide on this occasion. Keeping an eye on him, though... Thanks again, Gwernol 21:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
A few seconds after I try my first edit, I recieved a welcome message from you. I have frequently edited on another wiki (wikiHow.com) and am pretty familiar with the wiki process. It may take some time to get used to wikipedia's format. If I have any questions, I'll be sure to ask you. Thanks for the helpful links and welcome message. -- Thorne Enterprises 00:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Not sure If I used this Talk page right, but sorry about that. I redid it because I didn't think It worked, But I will stop now. Sorry, I'm just starting to get the hang of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sotheboysays ( talk • contribs) moved to bottom of page. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 04:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
It won't interfere with it per se, but may go some way towards it being worth keeping. •Elomis• 03:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
As you may have seen, the AFD was withdrawn.
I have a ton more content to add, but ran into the problem od the text and images getting misaligned. Is that what you are editing?
The image thumbnail code you added helped me to format the other images - I'm grateful for that
I will be posting 6 more pieces of art and descriptions as you finish wiht your editing of the article.
Thanks, jim —Preceding unsigned comment added by James.lebinski ( talk • contribs)
Hey - the gallery is great - and your layout is a real improvement.
I'll add images there until I add the corresponfing text. I plan to discuss the techniques and materials for each in detail so that should fill the space.-- James.lebinski 15:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for advising some editor requesting an RfA to set their preferences to "Prompt when entering a blank edit summary." I just changed my preferences to the "don't look quite so incompetent on edit summaries" button which I didn't know existed. KP Botany 19:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
It's not all of them - see the last enteries on today's page. I'm following [2] to the letter, cutting and pasting as provided, but it doesn't seem to be consistent :( Any suggestions???? If it were a consistent error I could deal with it, but??? HELP! SkierRMH 21:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
or (with spaces to show the actual line)
was inserted after it - that's what was giving all of the machine code!
Still don't know why it's doing that?! SkierRMH 21:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Good job! How did you do that? Where did you find the saving information??? Why couldn't I find it???? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
Thanks for sending me a notice about my feeble attempts to create a wikipedia page for the Blue Letter Bible.
I am one of the founders of the BLB website www.blb.org.
I have started going through the material at WP:WEB, which has been provided as part of the "deleted" blurb on my new entry.
Should I just bag the whole thing? Is my attempt to explain about the BLB inappropriate?
I don't want to strive to edit the article if my motivation is inappropriate - to let people know about the website. I had noticed that a lot of pages on wikipedia were pointing to our website...
PS, I enabled email to my email at frankr@earthlink.net.
Is my user page set up OK? I am a beginner!
I was trying to step up a 'stub page' for the BLB, and then give it over to our 'historian' to improve. Now I'm embarassed!!
I would appreciate any guidance you could give me, including "give it up!" if that is best!
Many thanks,
-- Frank Rabinovitch 00:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 16:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks very much for your advice on Blue Letter Bible.
I will follow it. I will try to be neutral, and I'll start small to see if I can get it to survive! I didn't talk about the non-commercial CD. We've distributed over 70,000 at no cost to students in many countries. Maybe that could be a focus point.
I had a question: I didn't understand the part about what you said here:
A quick check for notability is the "Google Test," where you look for unique Google hits. I get 9 UNIQUE Google hits out of 398,000. (The others are just repeats. Mostly from blueletterbible.org)
Can you show me how to find what you mean by only 9? For instance, when I ask Altavista to find me links to our website, I get either 118,000 or 42,200 or 6210. I'm sorry, I have no idea where the variation comes from, or which number is correct! Same thing with Google: 293,000 or 5,570. Strange!
I think the 'higher' numbers above are bogus: A search for link:xyz.com does what we think it does. But a search for link: xyz.com (with the space added) does a search for pages containing 'xyz.com' and the word 'link'. PS I hope this is a proper way to edit your page. If not, my apologies, and please advise. Thank you.-- Frank Rabinovitch 03:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
For us, that seems like a lot. In 1996 we started giving away free search tools for people to incorporate onto their church websites, so that's where they started, anyway.
Can you please help me understand what you mean about most of the 398,000 being from blueletterbible.org. Below, I've tried to make a Google search that excludes links from within the site, and I get 38,900. I don't know why all these numbers are at such variance! Mostly, these would be Bible links. If you have a website that talks about a Bible verse, you can link the verse to our website, or study tools, in a variety of ways.
I found a few reviews, such as 1, 2, 3. I'll try to find more. There are hundreds of pages linking to our website (along with 100s of others, with just a brief blurb, not a review, such as 4. Should they be included?
Many thanks for your advice! PS this editing software is really cool!
-- Frank Rabinovitch 18:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello again. I have re-written the
Blue Letter Bible article and have removed the prod sticker, and have edited the talk page. In another 10 years, I'll be an old pro! [Right now I'm just old :) ]
I have a bit more work to do in adding citations to support the prod removal, which I'm working on right now. Many thanks for your advice, just wanted to let you know. Frank
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Frank Rabinovitch 02:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your encouragement. I badly needed it. I have added a "reviews" section and a "content distribution" section to address WP:WEB issues - I hope they are not too cluttered!
I have a question: Should I go around to various Wikipedia articles that talk about the BLB and link to my article example, or is that putting the cart before the horse? Thanks! -- Frank Rabinovitch 07:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome when I joined. I noticed the page on Bobby Czyz cuts off in the middle of a sentence. Is there a place I can report those sorts of things? Or am I supposed to revert it myself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirs10 ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I quite agree with your concerns. I, too, want to weed out only the genuinely deserving articles. The debate has been getting unnecessarily nasty, mainly in the cases involving "media personalities".
The links I cited in the article are good, bona fide ones corresponding to the paper magazines. Their links can be directly traced back to the publishers' main sites. I actually found them by typing out "maxim" and "cosmo" in my browser. I suspect the reason why there are no Ghits for Sara in Maxim or cosmo, although I managed to pull the King magazine article, is that she is not referenced in those search databases, and not necessarily that she did not appear in said publication. Ohconfucius 01:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
The page called "Clyde Kilgough" should say "Clyde Kilough". Can you delete the stub for now? Dr d12 01:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Dr_d12
Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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Because people often complain that RfA thank-you messages are impersonal, I thought I'd give you the opportunity to create your own. -- tariqabjotu 05:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Did you see the userpage? Can I tag that {{{db-attack}}} or would it be different for a user page? Or is it just a joke?? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 14:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I think you have already tagged it, but I am afraid I don't really know, since I don't know the limits of what is allowed on a userpage. Frankly, I am not even sure about the attack tag on the article as he seems to be attacking himself!! But anyway it should be speedy deleted (and has been 3 times already!) -- Slp1 14:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
To state the facts I was not poking fun at myself the original page was created from my udername but it has been edited by cyber-bullies who have posted pervereted fictional statements about me and I like to know if its possible to figure the IP address it came from who edited it last.
To state the facts I was not poking fun at myself the original page was created from my udername but it has been edited by cyber-bullies who have posted pervereted fictional statements about me and I like to know if its possible to figure the IP address it came from who edited it last.
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A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 19:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC) |
I guess we disagree, then, Mike, because I am pretty sure that, even given all the stuff you and the others have pointed to, he didn't stray too far over the bounds of the permissible, if at all. Thanks for the kind words tho. - crz crztalk 22:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Tried to upload a picture, but all that shows is a grey box with the written title. Can you help? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skodoway ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 12:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes. If that is felt to be a low number, and to outweigh my other contributions to wiki, then so be it. Thank you. -- Anthony.bradbury 02:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
you marked my article about "Tillmann Uhrmacher" for speedy deletion.
I am very blu about this, because this is the official press text about Tillmann. I´m a good friend of him and it is my work to release this press text for him. So there is no copyright infringement. We know that the same text is at the "MySpace" Side, but this is normal for a press text.
Greetings from germany, Olli
Hi, I note you comments but am a little confused and could use some guidance if you have a moment to spare. Would you be able to explain to me the difference between my entry and this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earstroke
Should my entry be a stub? I'm unsure, although there seems to be more relevant content in my entry than the one above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Verian ( talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 19:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there; I am coming to your talkpage because I am quite certain that this question is wholly inapproriate for my RfA page. Indeed, it may be out of order here as well, which will reinforce your opinion on the merits of my application. I have a question, which I would be most grateful for an answer to in order better to make my next RfA application, which on the vote it appears clear will be necessary. Given that at your initial vote you were aware that I had spent relatively little time in WP:NAMESPACE, and had not really contributed to Wiki talk, could you please tell me what you discovered to make you change your mind? I ask, not in a combative or argumentative sense, but only so that I can correct the failing which you have detected ready for next time. If this question is not, at this time, in order please say so.-- Anthony.bradbury 17:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
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I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC) |
Hi. To my shock, this already went to a 2nd AfD. Just thought you'd like to know. If you choose to vote, as always vote however you like. -- Oakshade 05:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Morning,
looks like Gladys is headed for the slautherhouse again. Care to weigh in on the AFD with any advice?-- James.lebinski 16:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello: my picture was deleted. "Image:HaydockTitle.JPEG. Tried to find it on the "Deletion Log" for a reason, but am not sure what to enter for "Title" No matter what I enter there is no record. Can you find out the reason for deletion? It is the title page to a book that is 200 years old. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skodoway ( talk • contribs)
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Oh, the humanity!
I had my doubts about accepting a nomination for a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the stir it caused as it drifted to the ground in flames! Still, it was as educational as ever. Thanks for your input; it will be on my mind as I continue to edit Wikipedia, and perhaps I will have earned your support if another nomination comes around. Kafziel Talk 14:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your vote of support and advice, which I will follow closely if selected (unlikely this time round). I fixed those links, too. Biruitorul 18:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Dlohcierekim, while reverting vandalism on Pine View School, you marked it for cleanup. I was just curious as to whether you had any suggestions for how it might be cleaned up. Thanks! -- Starwiz 23:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)