User talk:Takeel

Spirit of Truth

You obviously know Wikipedia regulations well. I understand that information listed must be factual. That's fine. Let's assume for a second that you believe my claims. How can we go about making the information "reliable?" I'm trying to work w/ you here.

We're not pulling some hoax, and people should know that they can receive new, legit information when using us as a source.

Would a radio interview be sufficient? --Orangeade 19:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll take your suggestion, and we can just see what others have to say. Understand that we can provide essentially anything you would require for proof. The "new" phenomenon of the SoT is just beginning, so there is no concrete proof - outside of us - at this point. Plus, I'm not familiar w/ Wikipedia's standards, so this is all new to me. I don't fault you for being skeptical; I fully understand the desire for reliable information. So, let's give it a few days and we'll review other's opinions. --Orangeade 21:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Scott Kauffman

You tagged the above article as being a candidate for speedy deletion through the A7 criterion. Note that the criterion only allows deletion if the article fails to make an assertion of importance or significance. Since the article states that the subject was a vice-president of CompuServe, participated in the development of one of the first public offerings of the Internet industry, was president and CEO of AdKnowledge and that he now heads the San Francisco-based digital-magazine service provider Zinio I removed the tag. Hope that clarifies. Steve block Talk 00:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't able to Google to verify the Compuserve claim, which I presume is the main "claim to fame"; the article is unreferenced. --Takeel 00:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

No, they are all assertions of significance. You may dispute them, but they assert significance and so the article does not meet the criterion you attempted to speedy it under, which states that no assertion of importance or significance is made. The article may well have been unreferenced, but that doesn't make it qualify as a speedy deletion. If you feel an article is not merited on a subject, but it does not meet a speedy criterion, I would suggest proposed deletion instead. Hope that helps you. Steve block Talk 00:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Your recent request for Checkuser

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Goldcorp

You tagged Goldcorp for speedy deletion. That company is part of a stock market index, S&P/TSX 60, which means that the company passes WP:CORP. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 15:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, there. I tagged the article with db-advert because it read hopelessly like an advertisement, but I notice that you fixed it somewhat. I was aware that the company's stock was part of an index. --Takeel 15:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Discussion on Appalachia, Virginia article.

Hello, You should not have removed the link: www.appalachiava.net, from the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia,_Virginia, because that is the town's official website. If you believe that is false information, you can contact the town's manager. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.171.5.72 (talk • contribs) .

Good day. I don't mean to sound terse here, but the burden of proof does not lie upon me. If you'll have a look at the article's talk page, you'll see that the link has already been discussed. --Takeel 03:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Middlesell Links

Takeel, I am the one who has added the links for Middlesell to the UMW, JMU, and VT wikipedia pages. I do not consider the links to these pages to be spam. This is especially true in the case of the UMW website, URL <"http://www.middlesell.com">. This website has grown into a student-run, student-used website. We have an average of 2,000 UMW students a day (this is about 50% of the Fredericksburg Campus population of 2,000). The site originated here, in Fredericksburg, and is not a "spam site" and is run by a few college kids here. Furthermore, we maintain a very close relationship with the University's IT & University Relations staff, and have received their (albeit unnecessary) blessing.

We like the concept of our site because it localizes the internet to specific college campuses, and so we are in the process of launching it at other schools. There are nearly zero users at both the Tech and JMU sites. If you feel that it is not appropriate for the links to these sites to exist on those pages, I respect that. However, in the case of the University of Mary Washington page, I politely insist that it be left alone--especially if links to the radio station (it does not broadcast and is not on campus domain) as well as to UMW Underground (ditto) are allowed to remain.

Please contact me if you have any problem with this, I am perfectly willing to discuss it.

Thank you, Bobby UMW Student (Class of 2009) Middlesell.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Analyzethis (talk • contribs) .

Hi, Bobby. The reason I removed your link is because I agree with the community stance that Wikipedia is not for advertising websites. It looks like others agree with me because I'm not the only person who removed links to middlesell.com. If you'd like to pursue this further, you might check here or here for good first steps. Thank you. --Takeel 03:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd say it's linkspam. The website appears to be nothing more than a blog. Metros232 04:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Spam. SchuminWeb (Talk) 07:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Takeel, you have no idea what you're talking about. If our site is not "allowed" to be linked on the University of Mary Washington page, why are the other two (UMW Underground and WMWC Radio)? Also, whoever referred to the site as "nothing more than a blog" is thoroughly incorrect. You do not attend the University of Mary Washington, and you do not use this web site. It is a resource that one half of our school utilizes on a daily basis. This is not link spam. Please do not discriminate against our site just because we don't have "UMW" in our domain name. End of story. Analyzethis 18:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Bobby

I am moving this section to the article talk page so more discussion can be had. Metros232 02:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I replied at Talk:University of Mary Washington. --Takeel 04:06, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Please cease harassment

Wikipedia:Assume good faith Analyzethis 17:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, there. I think I'm confused. What harassing action have I taken? --Takeel 21:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

TurboPlay Magazine

Hi Takeel, you had asked me a question a long time ago and I replied (on my own "user talk" page). However, since I'm clueless about many things in Wikipedia, I don't know if you ever saw my reply. Was I supposed to copy your question and post it, along with my reply, here on your "user talk" page? Sorry for the newbie question :). Is there a FAQ or tutorial that explains the standard practices? Thanks in advance. Esteban666 08:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)