User talk:FisherQueen
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Cedarhurst
Kindly do not label Cedarhurst as an Orthodox Jewish community. It is NOT one. There are many other groups that make up the village. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Helical Rift (talk • contribs) .
I agree with you that the Orthodox Jews play a big role in the Cedarhurst community, but I do not think it is fair to label it as such considering the large percentage of other ethnic and religious groups. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Helical Rift (talk • contribs) .
Also, could you let me know where you found that 60% of Cedarhurst is Orthodox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helical Rift (talk • contribs)
- I don't know that much about Cedarhurst except what I've read on Wikipedia and your talk page messages. Your comment on Alansohn's talk page indicated that about 40% of the community is not Orthodox. I found that 60% of the community is Orthodox by reading your comment and subtracting 40 from 100. -FisherQueen 18:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. I haven't really played much with Wiki to learn all the little nuances yet. In regards to your substraction, 60% is not Orthodox. That 60% are people that are not either Italian, Irish, Hispanic, black or what not. The rest may be Jewish but not necessarily Orthodox which is the point I was making. I hope you see where I'm coming from. Honestly, it seems that Alansohn has caused alot of problems by looking at his history page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helical Rift (talk • contribs)
Here is something I found interesting:
To be sure, Orthodox Jews do not make up a majority of the population in Cedarhurst, but their numbers have been increasing in the last decade or so. According to real estate agents, many of the newcomers are young, and they have been attracted to the village because homes in the municipality are more affordable than in many other parts of the Five Towns, which also includes Lawrence, Inwood, Hewlett and Woodmere. (http://www.ade-re.com/1959/rodeo/drive.htm)
This is from the same article that Alansohn cites. So if the Orthodox Jews are not the majority, then why label Cedarhurst as an Orthodox Jewish community???? Helical Rift 19:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Mass Movement of the Moth
The page under consideration (Mass Movement of the Moth) wasn't created by me. Another user had created it and I was correcting what was wrong. I realized at one time it did express opinions which was incorrect, but after your first comment I did in fact revert it back to fact. This is the second or third time a page has been created for Mass Movement of the Moth and then deleted, but I have never been the originator. I'd like you to review your choice to delete the page, but please remember that I removed the speedy tag because their has been interest in the topic and I was not the creator. Thank you Amplific 17:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- You asked me to review my choice to delete Mass Movement of the Moth. I'm not an administrator, so I don't have the power to delete or restore pages- if I was wrong and this group does meet Wikipedia's notability requirements, you'll need to make your argument for its restoration to an administrator, who can undelete it. -FisherQueen 12:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Last Chance warnings
I noticed your duel with spammer User:Davidjohnbarnes (who seems to have stopped for now). In case you're unaware of it, the way to turn a Last Chance warning into an actual block is to post a short note on WP:AIV. It doesn't always produce an immediate block (some admins who work that page are way more tolerant than I would be), but it generally nails the worst offenders. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 14:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- This is David John Barnes. I find your post about me inaccurate and very aggressive.
- I am not a 'spammer'. I run an award-winning website www.retrosellers.com which has a great deal of valuable content and I am spending my Sunday trying to get relevant articles listed in appropriate areas of the Wikipedia enyclopdia.
- The rules for a newcomer are impossible to understand and the idea that I am involved in a 'duel' is outrageous. I wasn't aware that I was getting warnings because I didn't get any emails through telling me there was a problem.
- Why my articles are not relevant to you I do not know. They are very specific to the pages I have tried to associate them to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidjohnbarnes (talk • contribs)
- I'm not sure where to answer you-- if you have failed to notice the large "You have new messages" banner that appears every time someone posts a message on your Talk page, but you spotted my post to FisherQueen, I guess I'll try here. Please read Wikipedia's External links policy, as well as WP:Spam#How not to be a spammer. If you still have questions, leave a message on my Talk page. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 15:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Am I able to link an article about Christine Keeler to the Chrstine Keeler page on Wikepedia?
Am I able to link an article about Janet Leigh to the Janet Leigh page on Wikepedia?
Am I able to link an article about Pete Best to the Pete Best page on Wikepedia?
They are all on www.retrosellers.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidjohnbarnes (talk • contribs)
About Sportsvite article
It seems like you somehow contributed to this article. There is a message on my talk page from you about the entry being recreated. I'm new to wikipedia but can you help me undertsand what is going on. Thanks. --Sportslit 05:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification. I'm very interested in learning more about editing wikipedia and how to create entries that comply with wikipedia standards -- for sportsvite as well as other entries within the sports universe. I'm still a bit confused with this whole process though. Is there a way to discuss with an editor what constitutes a good article and how i can improve my articles? Thanks. --Sportslit 15:06, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- The way I started on Wikipedia was through the Community Portal - click on it on the left toolbar. There are lists of articles that need improving, and it's a great way to learn about what makes a good article. There are articles that need grammar and spelling help, or need links to other articles, or need to be added to categories, and instructions on how to do it. Feel free to ask me questions, and don't let yourself get too upset if other editors don't agree with what you do- things can get heated here sometimes, but we're all working together to build the encyclopedia. -FisherQueen 18:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Links correspondence - I am not spamming
Hello Marc,
I have encountered Wikipedia in many of my searches. Whilst it is great for a quick reference to a topic, often I want to delve deeper.
Two of my articles have already been added as links to your site by other people, I was surprised and pleased to learn in my searches yesterday (but which also made me wonder why there was so much of a problem/issue in me adding more.)
When I decided to add links to my content within Wikipedia, it was on the basis that my website contains a lot of unique articles, many of them interviews, with people who are entries in your encyclopaedia. These could not be inserted into your pages in the traditional way as they were complete interviews.
As a novice there, I didn't know that you had 1001 rules and regulations which might exclude me from doing this. I also didn't know that your editors were talking about me as a spammer on my 'talk' page because I wasn't familiar with the mechanics of your difficult-to-fathom site.
The BBC and IMDB have both linked to my site on the basis that they see it adding value. In the case of the IMDB, they also created a special bit of code for my site so that a specific page could be seen within the opening frameset of my framed site rather than as an independent page. I was thus very impressed and encourage by the positive attitude of the people at IMDB.
If I cannot add my own articles as links, then is there a mechanism to recommend them as links?
You say perhaps I should consider?......... Perhaps I have already done so? I come from a systems background originally. I can see the problems you face with vandals and spammers and just people making errors and mistakes. I would say that's the price you pay for deciding to not take off-line submissions and have people reviewing them.
But the fact is, within half an hour of me coming into Wikipedia with enthusiasm and energy and keen to add extra value by including my links, I was descended upon by editors who were removing my work and calling me a spammer almost immediately. That wasn't a good introduction to Wikipedia, was it? And my point here is, rather than discourage links you should be encouraging relevant and quality links and putting a bit of your editors' energies into looking at these rather than just discouraging them.
Most of the topics I wanted to link to contain 2 or 3 links at most. Mine would not be excessive. I notice that the links you do include are often not any different from the sort of links I would like to include.
I have been running retrosellers.com now for several years and have spent hundreds of unpaid hours on it. It has cost me a lot of money to get it to where it is today, with server and telephone and travel costs and so on. It has won awards and featured in many papers and Magazines, including UK's Daily Mail and USA's Entertainment Weekly.
The content is unique and well-researched. For the most part, it's written based upon first-hand information and interviews with the people concerned.
Is there not a way we can move this forward?
Best wishes
David Barnes www.retrosellers.com Net savings for silver surfers. The definitive place for retro and nostalgia with numerous star interviews and articles
Original Message -----
From: "Marc Wanner" To: "Davidjohnbarnes" Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:32 PM Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail
> Perhaps you should try imagining what problems you might encounter if
> you opened your site up for all the world to edit. It seems to me that
> you aren't trying very hard to see this dispute from Wikipedia's point
> of view. Wikipedia's rule that editors should never add links to their
> own site makes perfect sense-- no one can be expected to be objective
> about the value of their own work; if the site is good enough, someone
> will eventually add it.
>
> You might not be aware that none of Wikipedia's editors are paid, and
> that it is the unpaid Wikipedia community that has crafted the rules
> that you are running into.
>
> I hope you will think better of your issues, and become a valuable
> contributor to Wikipedia's content. We have a great need for informed
> editors willing to work to improve our content. Truthfully, though, we
> don't need a lot of external links.
>
> Sincerely,
> Marc Wanner, unpaid, volunteer editor
>
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidjohnbarnes (talk • contribs)
Kettleshulme or Rainow
How do you know so much about Kettleshulme or Rainow(I forget which one it was you edited. Have you lived there in the past? Or do you still live there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JFBurton (talk • contribs)
Why did you delete my work on Mississippi?! I fixed it! All the stuff that was on that page was false and the page itself had been vandilized! "mississippi" is obviosly not the real name of that state. Please put all the work I did back on the page, or I will talk to the athorities of this site. Thank You. --BobBob Piper---
Constitution of Kyrgyzstan
Thanks for reverting vandalism on Constitution of Kyrgyzstan. KazakhPol 19:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Comment
This is Mr. Bosh. I was not experiementing what so ever. I was contributing an EXTREMELY valuable piece of information to an article. If you don't like what I said, tough shit! I do what I want!Ryanbosh 01:46, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
In Response To Your Edit Summary
[1] Yep. >.> -WarthogDemon 19:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Actually not an appalling error. If you're tagging it at the same time I Move the page, you don't get an edit conflict, so you end up tagging a user page. Fan-1967 19:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Ha!
I'm the same way--I kinda like the vandalism. I've unprotected it and will drop a note on the page of the admin who did it. Also, I can't imagine the "We Heart Merope" fanclub has very many members, given my userpage vandalism count. ;) -- Merope 19:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Oi
This really happened because I am a student at this school. I have no idea why you removed it. This is againest wikipedias rules, you are being biased. and i am going to reinstate it. --MirrorrorriM 19:30, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Puff --MirrorrorriM 23:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
You commented my Sensei (the band) page...
And told me to review the Wikipedia Notability policy.
Sensei meets criteria 6 for musicians and ensembles possessing not only one, but TWO members of a once notable and nationally touring band. Inspection 12 released 2 albums on Fat Wreck Chords' subsidery Honest Don's, toured 3 times for the albums, and gained notable recognition. The band's next album "Get Rad" has been released by Takeover Records in the US and internationally distributed by Floppy Cow records. Please see Inspection 12 for full bio.
What must I do to get this deletion notice of my page? I wouldn't suggest using a redirect, considering Inspection 12 is still an active band and fans interested in learning about the band would not always want to be immediately guided to Sensei's article.
Regarding edits made November 25, 2006
Thank you for fixing that! I'm so sorry, something totally screwed up when I was trying to update. I was trying to figure out how to revert the page, but while I was trying, you fixed it. Thanks.--Supremelegend 13:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
User JFBurton
User:JFBurton just deleted most of a mature article Devil's coach horse beetle claiming to be "simplificationing". I notice you gave him a second vandalism warning on his user page. What do we do next please? Billlion 15:53, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
O. M. G.
I ... I can't believe you made a userbox. I am so completely and utterly flattered. And my face hurts from grinning like an idiot. -- Merope 20:49, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Help Appreciated
You provided me with some advice on how I might improve an entry I created for Sportsvite. Can you check out my revised temp page and let me know how else I can improve so that it meets the criteria for an acceptable entry for Wikipeida. thanks.
--Sportslit 22:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Highly Insulted
Hey, I am notable. I lead a backgammon club and i am kinda popular. --Hammersmith123 12:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
what the hell? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PUT THESE THINGS ON MY ARTICLES. WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?? NOTHING.
I DEMAND AN EXPLAINATION.
--Hammersmith123 12:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I am not vandlising and I refuse to be put in that situation. I am a responible citizen of Wikipedia and I make good articles. I do not want Wikipedia admins to bully me into doing things I do not want to do. --Hammersmith123 12:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I see you've made Hammersmith123's acquaintance
You may already be aware of this but User:Hammersmith123 made a complaint about you at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous), claiming that you were bullying him/her. Cheers --Roisterer 13:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Leave Me ALONE!!!
Hey man i'm sorry yeah, but im new at this game. Everyone seems to hate you and i wonder why. Your a control freak. If you don't like my work. Leave me alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stone not Wood house (talk • contribs)
Sorry
Sorry can you give me some pointers on how to become a better wikipedian?