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{welcome} -- Longhair | Talk 00:07, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
I have adressed things at Talk:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Thanks for your note. --W.marsh 13:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
All about perceptions, connotations, etc - & some folks wanting to glorify reasonably mundane folks. Personally, I'm thinking of nominating this for WP:LAME, but have also seen this thin-edge-of-the-wedge thing in a few similar pages where eminent (or distinguished) becomes in short order 'the preeminent glorious world-renowned great......which proves the supremacy of......etc ad nauseum'.Bridesmill 20:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't know why it didn't take... Jayjg (talk) 01:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you created Category:Wikipedia:Suspected sockpuppets of Prin. There seems to be a current CheckUser request with a few more possibles. I noticed that the User:Ghajini account restored a rather juvenile vandalism edit originally by User:81.158.122.184 [1], and the User:Prince 06 account seemed to pick up a few hours after the now-banned User:Jath16 account stopped. I'm highly unqualified in the area of East Asian film stars, but the edit patterns are not dissimilar; perhaps some sort of fan club at least! - David Oberst 09:22, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
LSJ's oldest citation for democratia is Herodotus. There is also an orator Democrates, who was an old man in 338 B.C., and may attest a slightly earlier usage. Solon described himself as following a middle way, and we do not know what the people to his left called themselves.
There is an argument in Athenian democracy that the word was originally negative, being derived from kratos not archê, and was coined by the oligarchs. Septentrionalis 21:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen the Direct Access Democracy Canada article? Certainly a type of democracy which is recently coined, and with only 133 votes it is very obscure, though perhaps a small notch above single person usage, being a tiny segment of the Canadian political scene. In essence, I think, the concept is to harness the Internet onto representative democracy. Perhaps this idea might develop more in the future. I don't feel strongly about this, but my luke warm feeling is that if it rises to the level of an article in Wikipedia, it should to be included on the disambiguation page. If the article gets deleted from Wikipedia, obviously, it should drop off the disambiguation page. BruceHallman 17:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Concur. Merge those two? I think the gentleman in question is posting a vanity autobiography. V. Joe
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Hi,
I vaguely thought the gentleman might have been notable, but there was nothing in the threadbare text to gainsay an A7. Here is the text in toto:
J. W. Smith is an independent economist. He founded and presides over the Institute for Economic Democracy, which promotes Smith's economic theories and research. Smith has a Ph.D. from Union Institute and University of Ohio.
If and when you recreate, I will do a history undelete to satisfy GFDL. Best wishes, Xoloz 16:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Ah, thanks for the info. I really just scanned the block of text, and aside from seeing that it was in the wrong place, the content didn't really register in my mind. That's why I just moved it to the seemingly appropriate talk page instead of moving it and commenting on it, or just deleting it for being in the wrong place. I think you're right about removing that section from the Emacipation of minors article, though, as it's empty, so I'll go ahead and do that. --Icarus 23:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Would you mind citing the quote you added to "Politics of Noam Chomsky"? New content = good but it needs to be cited.
Thanks much. ;)
Antelope In Search Of Truth 23:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for responding to me and suggesting I do something about my user talk article. THis is my first day with Wikipedia. Just so you know, I resent your use of the word "idiosyncratic". My article on the defnition of democracy interprets the facts in a view that is not mine alone, nor is it unfounded. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sean1K2GA9 (talk • contribs) 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Is now a good time to take the scissors to this page? Or do you need more time to work up the History of political parties in the United States article? IMHO, we've been letting the disambig page hang without appropriate cleanup for too long. — Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 17:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
(I posted this to wangi's talk too, but slightly different) Thanks for working with me and others on this article. I have to say I'm flabbergasted at BruceHallman's repeating of the same rejected viewpoints, as if repeating them will make the viewpoints gain more currency. He keeps asking us the same questions we've already answered over and over again, and it's like it doesn't matter if his position is now obviously incorrect or not, he just seems to be pursuing this to a pyrrhic victory to achieve something he's not telling us about. I honestly don't want to take this to a next step, like an RFC regarding him, but it's starting to look like this will be necessary. Do you have any thoughts on how we might proceed? Thanks. — Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi there David. I just felt like signing up to this MEDCAB case. If you would like to provide your statement now, that would be appreciated. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 02:18, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Did you read my entry? i am working in good faith i am not vandalising. if you disagree with me that's ok i undderstand but saying that i am vandalising that is unfair and hurtful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.106.19.3 (talk • contribs) 2006-08-03T03:40:01 (UTC)
yeah the last little comment was from me. i'm not very technically proficient, yet.... but i just made an account and i'm NOT a vandal —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Esmehwk (talk • contribs) 2006-08-03T03:49:59 (UTC)
thanks for the heads up on the 3 change rule and sorry i didn't mean to be annoying just getting the hang of things, i love wiki and want to help it. chao
You asked for the content of the IIM page as it existed prior to my speedy deletion of it in January of this year. Here is the entirety of the content from that version of the article:
"((wikify)) ((advert)) International Institute of Management (IIM) is an advanced executive education and development institute. IIM is known for its accelerated and online executive MBA programs and management best practices research. Other IIM services include the annual management conference held in Las Vegas USA, CEO club networking events, executive search, and the publishing of executive journal and its annual management papers awards. To learn more visit http://www.iim-edu.org"
--Durin 12:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
After careful consideration of the AfD and the evidence presented, I've closed the AfD as delete. This took more than two hours to work through. Uhg! :) I provided an extensive rationale at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/International Institute of Management. --Durin 14:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
David, thanks for the tip on quoting from earlier versions and for your cordial tone. I've found the Brits and Canadians on Wikipedia to be helpful in every case so far. Curious! FYI the link to a previous version doesn't work once the article is deleted. I went back to IIM today to add a link to my anonymous edits (due to the computer timing out my login) to my user page and couldn't find anything. Oh well. Guess I wasted time yesterday trying to improve the article.--Beth Wellington 16:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
So, someone -- I don't know WHO --bioinformaticist or whatever -- votes KEEP on a woman's bio and YOU ACCUSE ME/HIM/HER of sockpuppetry????
GROW UP YOU BABY!!! MathStatWoman 18:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
She's already been proven to have used sockpuppets in the past. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
"Somehow" is not a mystery. Text of deleted articles is readily available to hundreds (maybe more than 1000?) of Wikipedia adminstrators. The speedy deletion in this case was clearly improper. Those who wanted it deleted are now going through proper channels instead. Michael Hardy 20:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
We can all agree that Wikipedia is a wonderful tool. I don't know as much as some do about this website, but I do know that it offers a wonderful source of knowledge that is growing in popularity and usefulness. What makes Wikipedia so great is its ability to combine the perspectives of hundreds of millions (billions?) of people, the result of which doubtless gets us very close to the truth. All perspectives are necessary for the truth and so none can be discounted.
Some of the perspectives conflict with others, and so one might think that they contradict each other and cancel each other out. But if we ignore either perspective, we lose a valuable (necessary) tool in the pursuit of truth.
It appears as though you, "Oberst," have taken it upon yourself to cancel out things that conflict with your stance. It might be your intention to better the site by eliminating things that you think do not belong, but in the end, you are halting the truth. Articles and sections that you have recently vetoed were sources of much activity, proving that they were quite popular for one reason or other. Do you get to halt that flow of information? Who has chosen you for this role? Do we need anyone to perform your "duties?"
Instead of simply deleting, perhaps you can work with the author to come to some sort of common ground. Find out what the author wanted to accomplish with his piece--don't assume that it is a negative or useless aim--and try to mold it in a direction that also satisfies you. Ultimately, both perspectives will be shared and the truth will be more accessible.
Thank you for your time.
Ermorse 20:39, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps it would save me from a lot of pointless typing if you were to come out and explain your objective in 1) editing Wikipedia in general, and 2) targeting a number of my articles of interest in particular (Young Republicans, Young Democrats of America, Logo, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikitistics, and 3) generally working to remove information from the site as opposed to add to the site (from most recent contribs):
05:17, 27 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hardware Store (song) (Delete) (top) 02:28, 27 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George W. Bush Scotland bicycle accident (Delete) (top) 02:24, 27 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs about the seasons of the year (Delete) 00:53, 27 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Logo (→External links - removed link) 21:54, 26 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom El Fuego (Delete) (top) 21:35, 26 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikitistics (Delete) 10:44, 26 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramp Meter Effectiveness (Delete) 06:31, 26 August 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rocky Gordon (Delete (and fixed sig on "Bustapete"))
A brief explanation would be great. Thanks Joe 00:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for catching that the users adding the link to Logo are likely the same person. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. Keep up the good work! Wmahan. 01:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
P.S. I'm envious of your talk page. Judging from some people's emotional responses to your removal of information, you must be doing something right. Wmahan. 01:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I bet your parents are proud of you for how much good you're doing for people. Your edits really help people stay ignorant of their health- good job! Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Evolution_Diet Jlangley3007 19:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
This guy should be of interest to you in your crusade to rid the WP world of spam: User:Jkatzen Vendormate Logo_extraction_puzzles I'll be very interested to see how you respond to this. Joe 19:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I don't think Themasterofwiki is editing in a malicious way; some of his edits may not be in keeping with the manual of style, but that's something better taken up with him on his talk page. It's quite likely that all he needs are a few pointers. Kafziel Talk 20:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
Just a quick thing about the amendments to the online DVD records being updated. The NZ Herald interview with Gill South misquoted me on several counts - both market sizes and estimations on company sizes were taken from conversational estimates and printed as fact. Amazing to see how conversation becomes news then a wikipedia fact.
The journalist contacting me did so the day prior to the article being printed, and conversations from both operators in the industry were also misquoted (or had self-interested comments printed). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ribfeast (talk • contribs) 20:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
You recently made the following contributions:
You said that 155.246.1.207 violated 3RR. However, because 155.246.1.207 was first, he was only up to his second reversion at the time you gave him the warning. --Kevinkor2 23:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for experimenting with the page Democrat on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Davidprior 01:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Ouch. Looks like they self-reverted and then you reverted the revert! :) — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 00:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Democracy#religious_democracy Farhoudk 10:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Will that mess up the wikilinks in my response? I have since apologized to Mardavich for calling him a name in my talk page. I didn't explain that I was deeply frightened by his behavior. I have been stalked before and his actions seemed very similar in nature. I don't like the user, and I feel he is not filing complaints in good faith, but I should have kept my personal feelings for him out of it. Arcayne 18:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Dear Ted Frank,
We apologize for any disruption caused by our unfamiliarity with the details of scripting in the submission of any of our contributions for Wikipedia: Any and all assistance in making necessary improvements in that regard will be appreciated.
At the same time, the notability of this scientific subject material, that includes citations from notable international-caliber scientific agencies (like the U.S. National Institutes of Health), national scientific policy boards (like the U.S. National Academy of Sciences) and major academic institutions (like Northwestern University), seems unquestionable.
If any editors have different interpretations of any cited references, again -- we would appreciate your clarification.
In closing, we hope that the current debate is not a rejection of a 'Scientific Perspective' on any relevant subject issue (like 'communities of practice'): Scientific perspectives have their own stand-alone merit, as they add balance, to other views of a pertinent subject (such as a 'Philosphical Perspective' or an 'Economic Perspective'. All of the Wikipedia patterns of practice on other sites reveal this claim to be true.
There should not be any exception in this case: As the scientific readership of Wikipedia grows, then the scientific relevance (at least as a reading option) for any relevant issue should also grow.
We are contributing referenced and scientifically-objective reviews on important scientific topic areas that we manage professionally every day. While we welcome any constructive editorial contributions to our submitted material, we will do everything possible to ask for higher administrative action, if the stated intention is to reject any of our contributions -- mainly because they represent a 'Scientific Perspective'.
Thank you for your consideration of our request for active, line-by-line, constructive improvement of our contributions to Wikipedia.
Sincerely, Stevenson-Perez 21:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)stevenson-perezStevenson-Perez 21:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Were they just part of an inactive bunch you were going through?
Yah, part of an on-going -- and seemingly endless, I swear -- personal project to tag inactive and never-active user pages, particularly those which are only being used as adverts and self-promotion. I did notice a couple of Globalist Manifesto pages -- including User:GlobalistManifesto, which I tagged as outright spam -- but that was merely me running across them while checking out user pages that use freehost external links (there 25,000+ links to geocities, for example, on Wikipedia, 1,200 of them to user pages), an unfortunately rich source of not-user pages.
In any case, thanks for the heads up, and I can take it from here -- I've got a file full of boilerplate text, which would save you the trouble of having to word things yourself, and I'm (unfortunately) getting this down to a process. --Calton | Talk 00:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hoi, I am back from the ICANN conference in Lisbon. I met the representative of the Rwandan government; it is his information that I have replied. I can get him to confirm this. Thanks, GerardM 19:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CU and explain why Religious democracy needs to be cleaned-up (ex. grammar, spelling, formatting, order, copyright issues, confusion, etc.) in its talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Religious_democracy. Best Farhoudk 05:54, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Consider me humbly corrected. :) - Mark 03:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for pointing that out! I've fixed it now. Cheers, Tangotango (talk) 14:28, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, what do you think about Wikipedia:What is a troll.Ultramarine 21:02, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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David, the democracy article is in need of work, and I hope that you will continue to help accomplish this. I starting working on this article because it lacked a NPOV and because it was almost without citations. The definitions section was indeed "mishmash of dueling dictionary quotations" and required being "completely rewritten". When you deleted this section you deleted a lot of work I had done, particularly my citations that I have now lost.
We need an actual example of "participatory democracy", is Poland such an example - or not?
You say: "I doubt they are the result of experiments in the (somewhat fuzzy) things that article covers". Policy requires that you balance, not delete. I encourage your restoration of this section with whatever material suits your POV. Such an addition is now your responsibility by NPOV policy. Will you comply?
Courtesy requires that if a citation is to be challenged, that it not be deleted so it can be reviewed and debated first? I am unable to read and review the reference about Poland because you arbitraily deleted it without prior discussion. Please discuss your concerns before deleting entire sections, and especially citations? Raggz 20:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I will look again at that page. Raggz 09:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC) Nothing on those pages since 17 May 2007? Not finding your comments. Raggz 09:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry I did mean to come and tell you. I also tested in in Fort Reliance. I got distracted by a hoax article and forgot to let you know. The Census uses slightly different names than the GNWT. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 01:33, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
All I did was issue a final warning. Just because it is a shared IP, that doesn't mean vandalism should be tolerated. Were I to block that IP, it would be an anon block, so those with accounts could continue to edit. -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) (Talk) 21:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
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