User talk:Wisl

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efficient delivery of articles

Possibly, it might be a good idea to explain to people that they can place their own interlibrary loan requests, and then offer to follow up if they have difficulties.

Also, for standard scientific journals, if anyone is in a hurry, several of us can supply them directly and immediately. I don't unfortunately have time to routinely work at the resource exchange, but anything not purely in clinical medicine available as an ejournal, I can probably get the same day, if people email me from my user page. I don't over-publicize it, for the usual librarian's reason that I couldn't handle all the requests. But keep it in mind if needed.DGG (talk) 01:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip and your help. I'm cleaning up Resource Exchange step by step, and I'll try to mention the ILL and maybe a link to some sort of manual how to place an ILL request when I get to the Request Service section. Key to the city (talk) 14:41, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a reference to ILL. Key to the city (talk) 15:10, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keel-Billed Toucan

Hey friend, you must have misread the changelog, because I was actually trying to repair the vandalism that someone else had done to that article. I might have made a few errant clicks with the mouse, but I removed quite a bit of inappropriate & vulgar language from the page. So, if you've got the time to lecture me then you could also take the time to apologize and give thanks.

And, in case you're still curious or furious, here is the vandal you seek: 24.151.77.41 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.16.35.119 (talk) 1 December 2007

A mistake. That happens. Key to the city 00:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf Rocker

Hi, I've created the articles Nationalism and Culture and Pioneers of American Freedom using the journal articles you sent me. Much of the information will also be incorporated into the article about Rudolf Rocker. I just wanted to thank you for your help once again.--Carabinieri (talk) 14:39, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great stuff! You're welcome. Oh yeah, for the record, can I move your request at the Resource Exchange to filled status now? Or would you still like to wait and see if someone responds for the remaining articles? Key to the city (talk) 14:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for an article

Hello, I am looking for a Wikipedian who could access and send me this academic article. I was suprised to learn that my university doesn't have access to it, and I could very much use it in the series of articles I am currently working on at Wikipedia (Suwalki Agreement, Zeligowski's Mutiny and others). I noticed you are part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange], and I would like to ask if you have access to this article? Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. I didn't have electronic access, and my library carries the serial, but from 1983 onwards. What I did do is place an interlibrary loan request. The thing is, the library here goes into christmas vacation starting saturday. There is a chance that I'll get the article before saturday (most of the time, they send a scan by e-mail), but it's a close call. I'll let you know. Otherwise it'll arrive in Januari, if you can wait that long... Key to the city (talk) 08:28, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! My @ is piokon at post dot pl. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:32, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been e-mailed. Good luck. Key to the city (talk) 19:03, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder for myself

Read this article: Wikipedia Rules. Key to the city (talk) 16:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check. Key to the city (talk) 10:43, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

resource exchange contact

Sure, I'm definitely still willing to help -- go ahead & list me as a contact. My WP email is probably the best way. Thanks for setting this up! Happy new year. -- phoebe/(talk) 00:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request For Rollback

I have fulfillied your request for rollback. Best Wishes. Pedro : Chat 13:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! Key (talk) 13:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tall bike - Lance Armstrong link

Regarding your reversion of my edit: [1] and your comment, "removed sentence: not notable + not an acceptable source (see Wikipedia:Verification#Self-published_sources_.28online_and_paper.29": I disagree on both counts. First of all, how is the world's most famous cyclist riding one of these bikes not notable? What else could be more notable than an establishment figure giving an air of legitimacy to a rising counterculture phenomenon? As for citing a self-published-source (blog), this wasn't an attempt to cite an "expert" (although I could argue that, in the field of tall bikes, it would be hard to find a more authoritative figure than the blog's author). Rather, it was merely a citation of a fact, one which I do not see being disputed. Would you prefer this link instead (perhaps as not self-published)? Sure, maybe this story didn't receive a lot of mainstream media attention, but it still happened. Lance still rode the bike. The photograph is verifiable objective evidence, even if it wasn't published in the New York Times. I think that, in the case of a counter-culture phenomenon (such as freak bikes), Wikipedia is best served by including whatever references are available, even self-published ones, instead of only relying on mainstream media, which ignores a lot of things that go on in the world. Notability does not mean that the mainstream media and academia get to be the sole arbiters of what's written down in history. I would argue that "Be bold" applies here, even if the sources are blogs and other websites. At least I attempted to provide some citation; half of that Tall bike page is completely uncited. Why not get all admin on the unsourced stuff instead of being picky about what citations are actually there? Dan Korn (talk) 15:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]