User talk:Moabdave/Archive 5

I am requesting a rename on Commons. My current Commons name is Davemeistermoab. Davemeistermoab (talk) 15:36, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

TFA

Hey man, hows it going? Its been a while since I've actively edited, but when I logged on today and checked my watchlist I was greeted with a nice surprise. April 16, Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula is going to be featured on the main page! Good thing I've been keeping an eye on it, making sure the links weren't going dead and whatnot. But enough about me, how do you like being an admin? --ErgoSum•talk•trib 02:21, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

CONGRATS!!! I'll watch for it. You've really increased the presence of the trucking related articles on Wikipedia. You've made your mark on the world. =-)

I just reached a minor milestone myself, my first successful GA nomination for a non-roads article. The article is Thistle, Utah, it's about another of my hobbies, ghost towns. Although, I'm sure it shines through that the author was a road-geek.=-) I'm trying to decide if I dare take it to FAC; I'm not 100% convinced it's ready.

I have found admin work to be absolutely monotonous. They say Admin is like being a janitor; I think babysitter is more the truth. For the most part I've gone back to article work, and just do admin work when I'm too bored/lazy/tired to do article work. A while back on the IRC channel, a distress signal came out for any uninvolved admin to look at a situation, as all admins who knew about it were too involved to intervene. I guess I inhaled too many paint fumes from my home remodeling project, because I volunteered. It sucked to try to sort out who did what while it was still going on, and spiraling more out of control by the second. I issued my royal decree and just hoped I was doing the right thing. It sucked; I'm sure I'll catch hell over it for being an authoritarian jerk sooner-or-later. Why do you ask? Wanna' join the ranks? =-) Dave (talk) 03:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Ewww, no thanks! I have enough problems of my own, without trying to babysit others. One of the reasons I stopped actively contributing was the politics and drama of it all, although I must say my other hobbies have become more interesting to me lately, which is the main reason I stopped. I've recently taken up gardening! One of the few pastimes that I have never tried, I must say I thoroughly enjoy it. I get to play in the dirt, enjoy the fresh spring air, and there is nothing more satisfying than watching your seeds grow and develop into mature plants. Although I wouldn't recommend it if you're into the whole instant gratification thing. --ErgoSum•talk•trib 00:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject U.S. Roads in the Signpost

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject U.S. Roads for a Signpost article to be published in early May. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 02:35, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Some advice is needed

Hey Dave hows it going? I don't know if you can help or not, but recently someone from the American Trucking Associations has started editing the ATA article. I know this is a conflict of interest, no question about that, but some of their edits consist of material copied and pasted from the ATA website. Are they allowed to give permission to do this? They seem to be well-intentioned and I have left a few messages on the contributor's talk page (User talk:TruckingMatters) and they seem willing to follow the rules. I just thought you could lend your two cents if you have some time. Thanks. --ErgoSum•talk•trib 01:46, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey ErgoSum, how's life? I'm not too concerned about an ATA employee editing an article about the ATA. Conflict of Interest, yes, but that can be managed. However, the bigger issue is the Terms of use on the ATA's website at: [1] which specifically prohibits electronic republishing of their work. So, whomever did this needs to publicly state that they are in a position of authority within the ATA to license the text put on Wikipedia under the Creative Commons license, even with the above terms of use on truckline.com. Dave (talk) 02:15, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok thats all I wanted to know. I wasn't sure how the whole COI thing was handled, but I knew the copyright issue would be a problem. I had never heard of the OTRS thing so thanks for explaining that, now I know. Happy editing! --ErgoSum•talk•trib 19:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)