User talk:Dgw

I'm finally getting back into this! Awesome! I started college in September 2011, and now I often pull up Wikipedia or Huggle for a bit as a break from homework. Did I mention that I think it's awesome?

You can leave me a message (last diff). Let me know of a mistake or a good edit, or just say hi!

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Hi, everyone. This isn't the most spiffy talk page you will ever see, but it's my belief that less is more. Besides, if the talk page is for talking, why decorate it? Leave me a message if you've got something chewing on your ear, or if you just want to say something to me. Please use the + tab above unless you're replying to a discussion already present, in which case please edit only that section and indent your reply using one more colon (:) than the last person. Also, please remember to sign your posts.

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Advertising angle of Accutone

Dear Voyagerfan5761,

Hi, thank you for your comment, I think that I may have included too much details about their product, hence I've deleted the section on "Innovations" completely. My intent is to introduce this alternative cost-effective solutions for office telephone headsets other than the other traditional brands. I've added the section on Ergonomics previously to educate the usage of headset. Do you think it's much more neutral now. BTW, thanks for the grammatical changes too!

Feel free to discuss.

Thanks. Saintpako (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)pako

Hi there,

Thanks for you comment, I understand what you mean, but am having difficulty changing it, do you see any particular points I can rework on? Thanks.

Saintpako (talk) 06:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)Pako

Hi there,

I've rewrote a most of the article to a more neutral tone, and in fact followed the style of other company articles like Altec Lansing and Jabra (In fact I think the Jabra article is poorly written too...heehee). Anyways, what do you think, is it better?

Saintpako (talk) 06:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)pako

I made some more grammar fixes and removed the Product basket section. It just wasn't relevant enough, IMHO. It looked more like SEO so Accutone's Wikipedia article would show up in searches for those items. But yes, I do think it's better now, much! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 08:04, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Help

When I tried to shut my school computer off after I had Trojan Horse on it I got the message "WOWEXEC" was not responding. What is that for? MCoOL Student —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.71.42.231 (talk) 14:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

See here. For future reference, I'd appreciate a first name from classmates, so I at least have a chance of knowing who you are. ;-) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 17:31, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Archive Bot

Hi there. I'm still working on the Degrassi articles! Anyway my talk page has too many conversations and it's spilling out of my borders. I tried adding Miszabot but it didn't do anything. I see you have your talk page archived - would you be able to do what's necessary to mine, just to make it work. I can change any parameters like days or size to what suits me afterwards. I've been told that it's possible there's a waiting period of about 24 hours before it gets to work, which is fine. If you can help, thankyou. -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 19:21, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I've added the MiszaBot configuration template to your header, inside the noincludes. I set it up to use the same archive "directory" structure as my own; you can change it to whatever you want. Check out User:MiszaBot for a link to a page that describes all the parameters. It should do something for you in the next 12 hours or so, if not sooner (it generally archives this page around 14:00 UTC). Let me know how it goes. I've got your page on my watchlist now, but let me know if there's anything you want to change and I'll help you if you need it. Hope all goes well! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 07:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed your attempt to copy my configuration. It looks pretty good; I don't see why it would fail (except you only left it in for about 15 minutes). We'll start with the archiving first, then add the archive box and its attendant Index and List subpages, then try out HBC Archive Indexerbot. Notice that I started your counter at 1 instead of 4. I didn't see any archive subpages in your account. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 07:16, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Haha, yes I did try to copy it. I think I was expecting it to archive as soon as I put it in, I guess that's not the case; and no, ther are no archive subpages! -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 22:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

MBIII archived a bunch of stuff last night. Would you like me to get you set with {{archives}} and HBC Archive Indexerbot or not? Let me know when you have a moment; cheers! :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 17:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it's best to do what ever you think is necessary. Thanks for hooking me up so far, too! -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 22:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I finished setting up everything else, I think. HBC Archive Indexerbot should be along to index your two (for now) pages in an hour or two. I'm thinking about bumping down your archive size, though. 250K is pretty big, even if it is the default. Let me know about that. And you're welcome for the help; it's my pleasure. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 03:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

It all seems to be going well so far. Thanks again! -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 22:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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Aside from the amusement of you messaging yourself above ( ;-) ), I noticed that you accidentally added about nine user talk pages to the category Robotics articles by quality. It was caused by a missing colon before Category, which I fixed (also using AWB). Glad to see the project getting started! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 11:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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Heh, I should have known it was because it was late. Happens to a lot of users I know. Fixing it was no problem; things like this are why I applied for AWB in the first place. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 14:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

My usertalk

Thanks for reverting the abuse :) Pseudomonas_(talk) 16:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem, as usual. My pleasure, actually. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 19:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

heya

In reference to an edit on Orthodox Christianity.

They where editing it saying loser and etc, I was just trying to fix the page I did not mean any harm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Divius (talk • contribs) 13:11, February 4, 2008

Gramophone Records (label)

I removed the speedy tag on Gramophone Records (label). Since the creator has tagged the article as "under construction", let's give him or her a few days to prove notability. You might want to take another look at the article on February 8 or 9. I hope that he or she will have improved it by then. --Eastmain (talk) 19:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

It took me a bit to figure out which article that was. I didn't actually add the speedy tag; I just put it back after the author replaced it with {{hang on}}. :) The editor who originally added the tag was Redfarmer. Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 19:37, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

sorry for vandalising

sos i vandalised the lol thingey im new to it all and me and mate were being idiots. i wont do it again and sos. also star trek is rubbish you should try the world or universa of Halo but thats just my opinion so dont ban me or get star trek fans to attack me. also halo 3 the game is the best on x box live

lolololololol is from a funny yuotube vidieo called mster cheif sucks at halo. quote "welcome to the party pal" from die hard i could go on and on all day because im boerd and this is fun.

sos about spelling im dyxlexic and i hate the word dyxlexic as its hard to spell and read.

-) lolololololol

by SharperUsher 2 my x box live account is SharperUSHER 1 check it out on Bungie.net at search for aplayer. i have no freind spaces left appart from 1 reserved for an old freind —Preceding unsigned comment added by SharperUSHER 2 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For consistently beating me in reverting vandalism over the last half hour or so. Keep up the good work! --Diniz (talk) 21:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh boy oh boy, another award for my page! Thanks! If you want to escalate the competition, you could always email Gurch about huggle... That's what I'm using. If you've ever used VandalProof, huggle is 1000% better. For instance, it doesn't stop updating the RC feed after one refresh. :D Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 21:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha - I'm on old-fashioned reverter, without any tools. ;)--Diniz (talk) 21:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I go back to that on occasion, just to remember what it's like. I shudder every time. huggle's a new toy for me, though, so I'm probably using it with a little more zeal than I will once I get used to it. Thanks again; happy reverting! I'll try to leave some diffs for you to catch. ;-) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 21:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Germans and Protestants

Why did you revert my changes in the Germans-article? That the Protestants formed the majority in Germany is fact for long time of its history. If it is for orthografic reason you could correct ist as a nativ speaker - but I think that it is a interesting fact that the German Empire had nearly two third of the population as Protestants. 195.243.51.34 (talk) 07:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, yeah. I put it back for you. You see, it's late night for me. My trigger finger gets that much itchier when I'm tired. Sorry about that; I'll be over to strike the warnings I left you momentarily. Cheers! And thanks for poking my arm! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 07:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you an administor

Or else I would wish to nominate you?is it okay ?Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Nope, not an administrator; just an ordinary editor with a powerful new toy. :) I would like to be an admin someday, though now's probably not the best time to run. Is it all right with you if I come back and poke you when I'm ready? I'd like to run after the school year is over. Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 08:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Tuvok has a can of Raid and kills vandals on sight like cockroaches..:) Igor Berger (talk) 08:13, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Haha, thanks Igor. :-) It'll be worse when I finally do run for adminship, get it, and start banging the banhammer on vandals reported at AIV. :D Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 08:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I will support you for admin, but I do not know if you will like it. You will be to busy with policy! Igor Berger (talk) 09:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your message.Good luck.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Thanks! It's amazing to have someone offer to nominate me like that. I'm blown away, really. I'll have to write your username down somewhere so I'll remember to ping you when the time comes. See you around the wiki! Good luck with your own patrol runs, Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 08:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Danke!

[1] - Cheers :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 22:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

No prob! You're doing something right today; I keep losing reverts to you (and Keilana). :D Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 22:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Just keep clicking... no matter what it is, just keep clicking :-D Scarian^{Call me Pat} 23:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

In my case, it's hitting Space and Q, but same difference. I know what you mean. ;-) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 23:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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Sorry about your name. you are a vulcan, not a dead bay area rapper. i was tired, i apologise. but why did you consider my message vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.33.189.227 (talk) 23:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Generally, the kind of message you left is associated with vandals trying to prove their innocence so nobody will block them and they can keep vandalizing. I'm glad you came back, though; your show of politeness tells me you're probably not a vandal, and I apologize for calling you one. I don't remember which edit was yours, exactly, but it may have been a case of me not thinking clearly or being on "autopilot" with the revert button. Or maybe it really looked like vandalism and I didn't think hard enough. Whatever the case may be, I am sorry for the misplaced accusation. See you around the wiki? Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 23:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:89.244.182.22

In reference to edits[2][3][4][5] on Fortune (Unix), and presumably a couple warnings on User talk:89.244.182.22.

89.244.182.22 was just reverting a broken link --Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 01:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I checked the link, and it's not broken. There is a page at the other end. Whether it's the intended target, I don't know, but http://linux.die.net/ does lead somewhere. Or are you referring to a different edit? Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 01:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

that's because I fixed it, but he made a mistake thinking I reverted his edit.--Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 01:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You fixed it, and then the IP deleted it multiple times, correct? Deleting legitimate external links that are not broken, yet calling them broken, seems at least borderline-vandalish to me. But maybe I'm oversensitive to vandalism... Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 01:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

He does not know it is fixed. I believe there called good faith edits.--Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 01:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I've struck my warnings. I see you're planning to remove them; don't let me stop you. :) Perhaps it would be better if there were a visible record of my stupidity. ;-) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 01:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

It was just a mistake you know; We are human. Plus you were not the only one, there were at least two other user who did the same thing.--Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 02:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of AGF... :) See you around! (Now I just have to fix that template I'm trying to use at the top of this section... Hopefully the Village Pump will be helpful.) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 02:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Well I am going to clear them because another user might use a tool and the tool might assume the user vandalized three times and might give him the Final edit warning --Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 02:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, mine would probably do that. Cheers! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 02:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Percieved Vandalism

I was trying to clean up the article All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir by taking out a huge chunk of unnecessary writing. That, of course raised some flags. Can you recondsider your changes and un-revert them? Higgyrun3 (talk) 01:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I personally don't see any real reason to delete such large amounts of text. I'd advise you to bring up the issue on the article's talk page to try and attract opinions from other contributors to the article. Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 01:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Correction: I'd advise you to wait and discuss the changes with other editors before deleting things again. I just saw your comment there. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 01:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding "vandalism"

Hi, you keep reverting the changes I am making to the Dance Dance Revolution page despite it being credible constructive information, and labeling it at "vandalism", even threating to remove my editing privileges. Perhaps you should read over some of the references I cite, or at least educate yourself on the subject a little bit so you will realize the validity of the changes I have made.

I tried to add the following lines into a new section labeled "Trivia":

Jason Gilleece of Effort, Pennsylvania currently holds the world record for Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME at 680,808,465 points. (sources: http://spyhunter007.com/guinness_world_records_2007.htm http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=46&id=1164)

1998 is a very important, defining year for Konami, as it was the year that the first arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution was released. The song "1998" by NAOKI is a commemorative track devoted to this event. (source: http://www.konami.co.jp/am/ddr/extreme/)

You take these facts out and label them "vandalism" while leaving in useless facts about the "Groove Radar" which doesn't even appear in earlier Dance Dance Revolution games, and is practically useless in the ones that it exists in as well.

The top of the page claims it needs citations for verification, but when I provide these citations, you delete them and label it vandalism? I know you are a volunteer and user like me, but please do not delete pertinent facts. 38.98.218.218 (talk) 02:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Let's see... I remember these, actually. The thing is, I reverted those because they looked like the kind of thing people add to promote themselves. I must have spaced on the fact that there were references included. I actually don't know a whole lot about DDR; my anti-vandalism tool just flagged those edits for some reason. Lemme go back into the page history and see about restoring your text. Then I'll figure out why I only saw a new messages bar on the Web interface and not in the program I'm using... Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 03:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

There, I added them at the bottom, tagged with {{trivia}} so someone (hopefully) will merge the info into the relevant section(s). Cheers! Now to remove vandalism warnings... Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 03:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much, sir. I had originally seen this data on Cassiopedia and thought it would be a good idea to crosspost this information to Wikipedia along with the sources, since the article itself seemed to be very similar between both sites (barring the Trivia section which wasn't on Wikipedia). Anyway, cheers! Thank you also for removing the vandalism warnings. 38.98.218.218 (talk) 03:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome; I like to tidy up my mistakes. It's always nice to see anonymous users that aren't actually vandals. :) Cheers to you, too! Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 03:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, it seems that it was deleted once again? Just for verification, is it not suitable for the article? I don't want to try to edit it again in the future and receive a vandalism warning for it, so please get back to me on what happened to it. Thanks. 38.98.218.218 (talk) 04:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Judging from AeronPrometheus' edit summary, I'd say you should go through the article and put the information into relevant sections. Obviously, a trivia section isn't going to work. WP:TRIVIA discourages them, anyway. He says to do the work myself, but I don't know anywhere near as much about DDR as someone like you. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_Improve] 04:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

New Mexico Primary

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Dear Tuvok

Could you please tell what was wrong with removing Hillary Clinton as winner of the New Mexico primary? As I write this, one percent of the vote is counted according to CNN ( http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/dates/index.html#val=20080205), with that one percent putting her on 42% of the vote and Barack Obama on 38%. Later on I have no objection to adding her as the winner, but with so few votes counted, and the gap so close, surely it is premature at this stage?