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I could use another pair of eyes on an article revamping that I'm working on. If you're willing, I'd appreciate the help. I'm the primary author of the Weather beacon article. The revamping is in my sandbox at User:SDC/sandbox#wb. The bulk of the article is a listing of the weather beacons that have ever existed. I had encountered a couple of these things in my travels and wanted to document all of them. I had expected the list to be much shorter than it turned out to be. So the list grew unwieldy and the footnotes too numerous (many footnotes are just links to pictures of the weather beacon). I wanted to turn the list into a table and include other information about the weather beacons in it, but now the table seems unmanageable. Are there any style guidelines? Any suggestions? SDC ( talk) 18:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
The problems I have with my list are these:
I think I've tracked down nearly every weather beacon in the world that has ever existed. It's hard to know. I feel confident from my research that absolutely nothing comprehensive has ever been written on this subject. Again, any ideas you have are welcome.
SDC (
talk) 07:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey Olaf Davis, I just wanted to let you know that User:Olaf Davis/DYKTemplate has been listed in Cateogry:Deprecated DYK templates, since I'm not sure if it is being used or not. If it is being used, please let me know so I can take it out of the category and make sure it doesn't get MfD'ed or anything. Thanks, Politizer talk/ contribs 15:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Heh, I do agree, it's just hard to walk away from opposes that you entirely disagree with. I know I'm not objective in these discussions, so I will take heed of your advice :) I'm not doing too bad, RfA is just a stressful arena. Hope you're well, also. — Cyclonenim | Chat 22:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you were active on the RfD you might like to comment on the Requested move to get Prayer mats back to their rightful place. Bazj ( talk) 09:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for visiting Questions of Truth. It is very helpful to have someone knowledgeable and completely independent editing the page. I would very much appreciate any improvements you could make and especially your views on two topics:
Your comments would be much appreciated. Best wishes NBeale ( talk) 21:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
I have noted your offer to help with editorial issues on Wikipedia and would appreciate your comments on the next step that should be taken for the Kim Schmitz profile Talk:Kim_Schmitz. You will find extensive discussion on a revised version of the profile on the Discussion page. My current intention is to upload the revised content to the main 'Article' page within two days if no further comment is received in that time. -- Tturner2009 ( talk) 11:25, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. I'm not sure about your early non-admin closure of Yale Sustainability. It seems like it you may have jumped the gun a bit. We would probably have had a better discussion with more input if you had not closed it. You may have a procedural point but it could be seen as playing the system. You might not want to be so hasty next time. -- Salix ( talk): 21:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
copied from Julian's talk page Hello. I just closed this AfD debate as a speedy-keep (and non-admin closure) since it seemed to me that it was actually a proposed merge, which doesn't belong at AfD (per, among other places, the first numbered point of WP:Speedy Keep). However, my decision has since been criticised by two editors ( here and here), which leads me to doubt myself a little. Since I've seen you at AfD a lot, and obviously I'm eager not to repeat any mistake I may have made, I thought I'd ask your opinion: did I do something wrong? If so, what have I misunderstood about WP:Speedy Keep? Many thanks, Olaf Davis ( talk) 21:36, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf, I dont know If you remind me, I wrote an article of Philatino and It has been removed. I stopped recreating It because I get tired of all the complications, but I really thank you for trying to help me. The matter Is that I just saw an article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Stamp_Company, and I think that If my article was advertising and didn't had the URL of Philatino's web and was really the most objetive that an article who is talking about a company can be, what Is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Stamp_Company ??? I'm sorry Olaf, I talk with you beacuse you seemed to me like a neutral person, but I know that there Is people that pays to some administrators to write an article for wikipedia and don't remove It. Please, I feel really frustraded for all my unsuccessful attempts and It's just too much for me to find an article like this that isn't even being discussed..! Thank you again for all your help. Sylvia.Plath07 ( talk) 16:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
… for restoring the user's comment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sacred Gin. You are correct that my removal of it was inadvertent (I just saw the strikethroughs and didn't scroll down far enough). Bad error, before I'd had my morning coffee. Deor ( talk) 14:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Olaf
Thank you for interacting with this page. There has subsequently been more very negative comment upon this page by anonymous user which I have removed by just edit and delete! Is there more I can do? I have contacted the user though their own ip (98.201.15.170) address talk page but don't expect much. Further negative comment can only damage the school and the education of our students. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks. Mike Weston, Head of School Mbweston ( talk) 12:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Not everything on the article is verifiable - "the school has a reputation as being one of the best in the North of Netherlands." There's no proof of that statement. So are positive, unverified statements allowed to stay, while negative unverified truths must be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.15.170 ( talk) 23:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate the AfD --> MfD move. I was a little asleep this morning :-) ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 12:11, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
After your DYK suggestion, I checked out your page and noticed that natural broadening is on your to do list. That has been on my list for awhile now too, though towards the bottom. Have you collected any useful sources for that? I don't have much myself, other than a bookmark in Rybicki & Lightman. Also, I did not even notice the comment in small type you made. Were you a regular DYK checker in the past? I have been thinking about getting involved in that myself, but have not seen a clear set of guidelines anywhere for people interested in checking DYK nominations. James McBride ( talk) 21:47, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
{{User0|Candlewicke 12:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Julian. Lately I've been toying with the idea of getting involved in GA reviewing and I wondered how you'd feel about mentoring me. I should say up front that I'm fairly busy with real life
other important things, so if you mind it being a slow / gappy process you should say no now. Cheers,
Olaf Davis (
talk) 16:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC) copied from Julian's talk
Sure, I'd be happy to help! Would you like a more formal mentoring process, or would you rather just ask questions as you go? – Juliancolton | Talk 16:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Let me know if you have any further questions. Regards, – Juliancolton | Talk 21:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
And yet again,
Congrats but I am not surprised at the hits. For some reason, people seem to have a fascination with this biblical character. Did you notice Lazarus syndrome on this page? -- BorgQueen ( talk) 15:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. Good that you found me. Sorry if I am commiting some nube error by editing your page in this way. Harlandski ( talk) 19:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I knew there was something like that out there, forgot to look, Thank you • S • C • A • R • C • E • 13:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my AFD. I responded on my talk page, but am not sure how to handle this type of behavior (or this user). It appears the same user has done the same thing with articles titled Bbfc.co.uk and Ifco.ie. These aren't advertising, like the other one, but still seem pointless. (Actually, the first one had a "speedy delete" tag, but was then overwritten with another redirect). Perhaps a few more warnings on the talk page, then bring it to ANI? I'm not sure how to handle this. Thanks! - Sme3 ( talk) 20:10, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf! I've just finished translating a short article from Russian Wikipedia, about the Orok language. There was already a stub, which included an English reference, so I left that in. Could you possibly check and see that I have not committed any heinous crime? Thanks. Harlandski ( talk) 17:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. I've got a few days at home next week, so am keen to get my teeth into a bigger project, namely Arbat, which needs supplementing from the featured article in German Wikipedia de:Arbat. I wonder if you could advise on Wikipedia etiquette: Is there any way of pointing out to other potential translators that I am doing this? It would be a shame to do all this work and then find out someone else has got there before me. Or is that part of the fun of it all? Harlandski ( talk) 21:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Your advice isn't working. :( It's the thought that counts, though, and I thank you for that. Cheers, Dylan 620 ( contribs, logs) help us! 02:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf Davis. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of potential candidates for adminship on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. decltype ( talk) 20:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey OD,
I looked over this article after you removed the tag and had a couple issues I wanted to discuss with you:
The original author has created this article in the past and it has been deleted three times now as evidenced by his talk page:
User_talk:Chrisu90.
The username is an obvious reference to himself: Chrisu90 = Chris Uscinski, born 1990.
WP:AUTO
The notability claim has now been removed by the original author.
If this is no longer a A7 CSD, then its definitely a G4.
Thank you for your time,
AeonicOmega
talk 00:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey, just wanted to let you know I've been following your progress at Talk:Mercury-Atlas 8/GA1, and everything looks good to me. – Juliancolton | Talk 16:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Is {{underway}} now. Good luck! – Juliancolton | Talk 17:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
User:Olaf Davis has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:25, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ciphers. I removed your speedy deletion tag from File talk:ABC pict.png. I don't see that the content was nonsense: it was a reasonable comment on the file associated with the talk page (though I have no idea if it was true or not). Besides, there's no real need to delete a talk page even if it does contain just nonsense - it could just be blanked. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 12:11, 22 October 2009 (UTC) Copied from Ciphers's talk.
I don't think I can do this. Trackerwiki does not understand the basic rules and I don't have the time to correct his/her edits. It may need Admin intervention. Dynablaster ( talk) 13:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, it's taking a bit longer than I hoped for. Thankfully, the two points left (I think the images are now resolved) should hopefully be nailed by the same source... when I can track it down.
I've finally got some free time, so I'm going to try dredging back through This New Ocean, and see if there's some overview text on things like public reaction. If not, I'll start casting my net wider, and see what turns up. I promise you something at least in the next 24h ;-) Shimgray | talk | 15:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 09:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Mijn Nederlanse is ook niet so goed. Ik prate nan ouw taal van Oost Vlaanders in Belgium. Mischien kudde hij mij helpen mit DYN. Hoe dagget moet. Just the very basic, entry level is fine. Op de eerste plaats, I'm not that great with "tools, etc. I'm sure, early on, I will have veel foutjes. I do alot of random article editing and I come across some interesting tidbits. I would rather have a task to do than to get drawn into the many dramas and conversations available. DYN seemed to be a good choice. Any advice is appreciated. Bedankt as we say in "Stekese".-- Buster7 ( talk) 13:13, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf, I've now moved the newby articles project from my userspace to Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD. I'm thinking of doing a write up for the signpost, so it would be really nice to have an update on your two test articles. Ϣere SpielChequers 23:04, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Denialism, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Denialism (2nd nomination). Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Unomi ( talk) 06:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Random Time 22:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi there Excirial. I want to inform you that you were unwittingly part of an experiment of newbie treatment in which I participated under a different name. The purpose of WP:NEWT is to determine how experienced users would be treated if they were new users and created sub-standard but viable articles. The alternative account was LestWeBeScattered; you can find a description of my experience at WP:NEWT#Articles by Olaf Davis in case you are interested. Also, I want to apologise for having deceived you and used your time in this way, diverting it from real work on the encyclopedia. If I can offer my time and services for anything you need in return, feel free to ask at any time. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 22:16, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I am very sorry for the comment I left after your post on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives. I had meant to post it in response to Borock's rhetorical question "Why would anyone want to know who is the oldest living former congressperson?"
Again, I am very sorry. Star Garnet ( talk) 06:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Could you please have a look at the DYK nomination for this article? Thanks, Ucucha 12:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:01, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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I could use another pair of eyes on an article revamping that I'm working on. If you're willing, I'd appreciate the help. I'm the primary author of the Weather beacon article. The revamping is in my sandbox at User:SDC/sandbox#wb. The bulk of the article is a listing of the weather beacons that have ever existed. I had encountered a couple of these things in my travels and wanted to document all of them. I had expected the list to be much shorter than it turned out to be. So the list grew unwieldy and the footnotes too numerous (many footnotes are just links to pictures of the weather beacon). I wanted to turn the list into a table and include other information about the weather beacons in it, but now the table seems unmanageable. Are there any style guidelines? Any suggestions? SDC ( talk) 18:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
The problems I have with my list are these:
I think I've tracked down nearly every weather beacon in the world that has ever existed. It's hard to know. I feel confident from my research that absolutely nothing comprehensive has ever been written on this subject. Again, any ideas you have are welcome.
SDC (
talk) 07:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey Olaf Davis, I just wanted to let you know that User:Olaf Davis/DYKTemplate has been listed in Cateogry:Deprecated DYK templates, since I'm not sure if it is being used or not. If it is being used, please let me know so I can take it out of the category and make sure it doesn't get MfD'ed or anything. Thanks, Politizer talk/ contribs 15:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Heh, I do agree, it's just hard to walk away from opposes that you entirely disagree with. I know I'm not objective in these discussions, so I will take heed of your advice :) I'm not doing too bad, RfA is just a stressful arena. Hope you're well, also. — Cyclonenim | Chat 22:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you were active on the RfD you might like to comment on the Requested move to get Prayer mats back to their rightful place. Bazj ( talk) 09:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for visiting Questions of Truth. It is very helpful to have someone knowledgeable and completely independent editing the page. I would very much appreciate any improvements you could make and especially your views on two topics:
Your comments would be much appreciated. Best wishes NBeale ( talk) 21:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
I have noted your offer to help with editorial issues on Wikipedia and would appreciate your comments on the next step that should be taken for the Kim Schmitz profile Talk:Kim_Schmitz. You will find extensive discussion on a revised version of the profile on the Discussion page. My current intention is to upload the revised content to the main 'Article' page within two days if no further comment is received in that time. -- Tturner2009 ( talk) 11:25, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. I'm not sure about your early non-admin closure of Yale Sustainability. It seems like it you may have jumped the gun a bit. We would probably have had a better discussion with more input if you had not closed it. You may have a procedural point but it could be seen as playing the system. You might not want to be so hasty next time. -- Salix ( talk): 21:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
copied from Julian's talk page Hello. I just closed this AfD debate as a speedy-keep (and non-admin closure) since it seemed to me that it was actually a proposed merge, which doesn't belong at AfD (per, among other places, the first numbered point of WP:Speedy Keep). However, my decision has since been criticised by two editors ( here and here), which leads me to doubt myself a little. Since I've seen you at AfD a lot, and obviously I'm eager not to repeat any mistake I may have made, I thought I'd ask your opinion: did I do something wrong? If so, what have I misunderstood about WP:Speedy Keep? Many thanks, Olaf Davis ( talk) 21:36, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf, I dont know If you remind me, I wrote an article of Philatino and It has been removed. I stopped recreating It because I get tired of all the complications, but I really thank you for trying to help me. The matter Is that I just saw an article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Stamp_Company, and I think that If my article was advertising and didn't had the URL of Philatino's web and was really the most objetive that an article who is talking about a company can be, what Is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Stamp_Company ??? I'm sorry Olaf, I talk with you beacuse you seemed to me like a neutral person, but I know that there Is people that pays to some administrators to write an article for wikipedia and don't remove It. Please, I feel really frustraded for all my unsuccessful attempts and It's just too much for me to find an article like this that isn't even being discussed..! Thank you again for all your help. Sylvia.Plath07 ( talk) 16:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
… for restoring the user's comment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sacred Gin. You are correct that my removal of it was inadvertent (I just saw the strikethroughs and didn't scroll down far enough). Bad error, before I'd had my morning coffee. Deor ( talk) 14:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Olaf
Thank you for interacting with this page. There has subsequently been more very negative comment upon this page by anonymous user which I have removed by just edit and delete! Is there more I can do? I have contacted the user though their own ip (98.201.15.170) address talk page but don't expect much. Further negative comment can only damage the school and the education of our students. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks. Mike Weston, Head of School Mbweston ( talk) 12:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Not everything on the article is verifiable - "the school has a reputation as being one of the best in the North of Netherlands." There's no proof of that statement. So are positive, unverified statements allowed to stay, while negative unverified truths must be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.15.170 ( talk) 23:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate the AfD --> MfD move. I was a little asleep this morning :-) ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 12:11, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
After your DYK suggestion, I checked out your page and noticed that natural broadening is on your to do list. That has been on my list for awhile now too, though towards the bottom. Have you collected any useful sources for that? I don't have much myself, other than a bookmark in Rybicki & Lightman. Also, I did not even notice the comment in small type you made. Were you a regular DYK checker in the past? I have been thinking about getting involved in that myself, but have not seen a clear set of guidelines anywhere for people interested in checking DYK nominations. James McBride ( talk) 21:47, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
{{User0|Candlewicke 12:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Julian. Lately I've been toying with the idea of getting involved in GA reviewing and I wondered how you'd feel about mentoring me. I should say up front that I'm fairly busy with real life
other important things, so if you mind it being a slow / gappy process you should say no now. Cheers,
Olaf Davis (
talk) 16:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC) copied from Julian's talk
Sure, I'd be happy to help! Would you like a more formal mentoring process, or would you rather just ask questions as you go? – Juliancolton | Talk 16:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Let me know if you have any further questions. Regards, – Juliancolton | Talk 21:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
And yet again,
Congrats but I am not surprised at the hits. For some reason, people seem to have a fascination with this biblical character. Did you notice Lazarus syndrome on this page? -- BorgQueen ( talk) 15:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. Good that you found me. Sorry if I am commiting some nube error by editing your page in this way. Harlandski ( talk) 19:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I knew there was something like that out there, forgot to look, Thank you • S • C • A • R • C • E • 13:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my AFD. I responded on my talk page, but am not sure how to handle this type of behavior (or this user). It appears the same user has done the same thing with articles titled Bbfc.co.uk and Ifco.ie. These aren't advertising, like the other one, but still seem pointless. (Actually, the first one had a "speedy delete" tag, but was then overwritten with another redirect). Perhaps a few more warnings on the talk page, then bring it to ANI? I'm not sure how to handle this. Thanks! - Sme3 ( talk) 20:10, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf! I've just finished translating a short article from Russian Wikipedia, about the Orok language. There was already a stub, which included an English reference, so I left that in. Could you possibly check and see that I have not committed any heinous crime? Thanks. Harlandski ( talk) 17:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf. I've got a few days at home next week, so am keen to get my teeth into a bigger project, namely Arbat, which needs supplementing from the featured article in German Wikipedia de:Arbat. I wonder if you could advise on Wikipedia etiquette: Is there any way of pointing out to other potential translators that I am doing this? It would be a shame to do all this work and then find out someone else has got there before me. Or is that part of the fun of it all? Harlandski ( talk) 21:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Your advice isn't working. :( It's the thought that counts, though, and I thank you for that. Cheers, Dylan 620 ( contribs, logs) help us! 02:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf Davis. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of potential candidates for adminship on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. decltype ( talk) 20:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey OD,
I looked over this article after you removed the tag and had a couple issues I wanted to discuss with you:
The original author has created this article in the past and it has been deleted three times now as evidenced by his talk page:
User_talk:Chrisu90.
The username is an obvious reference to himself: Chrisu90 = Chris Uscinski, born 1990.
WP:AUTO
The notability claim has now been removed by the original author.
If this is no longer a A7 CSD, then its definitely a G4.
Thank you for your time,
AeonicOmega
talk 00:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey, just wanted to let you know I've been following your progress at Talk:Mercury-Atlas 8/GA1, and everything looks good to me. – Juliancolton | Talk 16:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Is {{underway}} now. Good luck! – Juliancolton | Talk 17:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
User:Olaf Davis has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:25, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ciphers. I removed your speedy deletion tag from File talk:ABC pict.png. I don't see that the content was nonsense: it was a reasonable comment on the file associated with the talk page (though I have no idea if it was true or not). Besides, there's no real need to delete a talk page even if it does contain just nonsense - it could just be blanked. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 12:11, 22 October 2009 (UTC) Copied from Ciphers's talk.
I don't think I can do this. Trackerwiki does not understand the basic rules and I don't have the time to correct his/her edits. It may need Admin intervention. Dynablaster ( talk) 13:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, it's taking a bit longer than I hoped for. Thankfully, the two points left (I think the images are now resolved) should hopefully be nailed by the same source... when I can track it down.
I've finally got some free time, so I'm going to try dredging back through This New Ocean, and see if there's some overview text on things like public reaction. If not, I'll start casting my net wider, and see what turns up. I promise you something at least in the next 24h ;-) Shimgray | talk | 15:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 09:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Mijn Nederlanse is ook niet so goed. Ik prate nan ouw taal van Oost Vlaanders in Belgium. Mischien kudde hij mij helpen mit DYN. Hoe dagget moet. Just the very basic, entry level is fine. Op de eerste plaats, I'm not that great with "tools, etc. I'm sure, early on, I will have veel foutjes. I do alot of random article editing and I come across some interesting tidbits. I would rather have a task to do than to get drawn into the many dramas and conversations available. DYN seemed to be a good choice. Any advice is appreciated. Bedankt as we say in "Stekese".-- Buster7 ( talk) 13:13, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Olaf, I've now moved the newby articles project from my userspace to Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD. I'm thinking of doing a write up for the signpost, so it would be really nice to have an update on your two test articles. Ϣere SpielChequers 23:04, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Denialism, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Denialism (2nd nomination). Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Unomi ( talk) 06:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Random Time 22:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi there Excirial. I want to inform you that you were unwittingly part of an experiment of newbie treatment in which I participated under a different name. The purpose of WP:NEWT is to determine how experienced users would be treated if they were new users and created sub-standard but viable articles. The alternative account was LestWeBeScattered; you can find a description of my experience at WP:NEWT#Articles by Olaf Davis in case you are interested. Also, I want to apologise for having deceived you and used your time in this way, diverting it from real work on the encyclopedia. If I can offer my time and services for anything you need in return, feel free to ask at any time. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 22:16, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I am very sorry for the comment I left after your post on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives. I had meant to post it in response to Borock's rhetorical question "Why would anyone want to know who is the oldest living former congressperson?"
Again, I am very sorry. Star Garnet ( talk) 06:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Could you please have a look at the DYK nomination for this article? Thanks, Ucucha 12:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:01, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Ϣere
SpielChequers is wishing you
Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's
Solstice or
Xmas,
Eid,
Diwali,
Hogmanay,
Hannukah,
Lenaia,
Festivus or even the
Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!
Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{ subst: User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.