User talk:Conifer/Archive 1
Hi, I've placed a comment on your submission - while the article is reasonably worded, it is still very vulnerable; but the NYTimes article alluded to - if supported with a direct citation - should be enough to convince folks that there's enough notability here not to delete it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:37, 17 February 2012 (UTC) Your submission at Articles for creation Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
Hi David. I have accepted your AfC submission into mainspace. It is now located at Hot Lips Pizza. Thank you for your work! Goodvac (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2012 (UTC) I've responded to your question at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/questions#Experienced Editor Help?. Best, Goodvac (talk) 04:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC) Invite to WikiProject OregonValfontis (talk) 09:55, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
—EncMstr (talk) 17:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC) Question for administrator
I would like an admin to close a requested move at Talk:Mission: SPACE (disclosure: I requested the move). It has been much more than the required seven days, and I believe there is consensus to move the article from Mission: SPACE to Mission: Space, with six supports and zero opposes. David1217 (talk) 19:52, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
HelloHello — Preceding unsigned comment added by StanMan2000 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC) 007 LegendsHi there David, I'm Josh. I'm new to being a Wikipedia account holder, but not new to Wikipedia itself. I edited 007 Legends, and there was a message saying that there was something wrong with it, but I don't know why. Could you help me out? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshdeese93 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Discussion of the image of Nun or HehI thought you should be informed; there's a discussion at Talk:Nu (mythology) trying to figure out what god this is actually an image of. I'd appreciate your input. A. Parrot (talk) 17:13, 18 April 2012 (UTC) Your request for rollbackHi David1217. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 18:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC) Port Perry High SchoolHello David1217! As you supposed, I'm entirely new to the Wikipedia-ing. At any rate, you send me a message saying my edit to the Port Perry High School page may have been dubious in nature. While it may have appeared so, (as I up and deleted a big gob of it), the large section I deleted is actually duplicate text that appears just under it. Would I have been better to take a different approach from deleting it outright (though it certainly needs to be removed - as it sits now the article repeats over five paragraphs verbatim). Cheers, and thanks for the help. Gradeaplonker (talk) 01:29, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Beatles infoboxThere is a straw poll taking place here, and your input would be appreciated. — GabeMc (talk) 01:47, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for April 23Hi. When you recently edited Lentz, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Germanic (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC) Sorry, but I've declined your speedy request as this is an album not a band. I've added an intro making clear that this is an album by Violator. May or may not be notable as an article by itself, though. Not a speedy candidate, anyway. Peridon (talk) 15:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Request to change birth dateDavid, My name is Anna quindlen. I am a writer and was born on July 8, 1952. I have been trying to fix the incorrect birth date on my wiki entry for a long time and always give up because you make it so difficult. I tried to fix it yesterday and received a conflict of interest message. Please allow my changes to stand. I am a lifelong reporter and the inaccuracy is making me crazy. Anna Quindlen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquindlen (talk • contribs) 12:56, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
YCATHi David I am the Director of White Rose Community Television. We evolved from York Community Access Television in 2005 and would like to update and add some additional information to our page. I am new to Wikipedia and would like help in persevering what has been done, update some and create a new brand for our station, WRCT.TV my contact information is: Steve Busch, Director of Regional Partnerships White Rose Community Television City of York 101 S George St York PA 17401 717-968-4177 cell www.wrct.tv One problem I have is the heading which says "YCAT was a PEG station in York PA" this kinda means we don't exist any longer; which is partly true..YCAT doesn't exist but change its name to WRCT. I can't figure out how to edit this part. Also, I would like to 'cleanup' and meet your quality standard. My email address is wrct@comcast.net Thanks SteveBusch (talk) 23:10, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You're fast! lolHello, I was patrolling the new users log and we caught the same vandalism from What's_up1011 at the same time and you beat me to the punch in reverting AND in tagging his or her talk page. I just thought it was funny lol. Have a good day! – Teammm Let's Talk! :) 23:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
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MessageHi David, i think Pushpendraprakashsagar has left you a note on his(her) talk page. Cheers, benzband (talk) 09:34, 13 May 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 14 May 2012
Wikipedia novice with interest in editing Savourna Stevenson article.Many thanks for your friendly welcome to Wikipedia. I have an interest in up-dating the Wikipedia article on Savourna Stevenson, which is currently rather limited and inaccurate, but have no experience in writing suitable text for Wikipedia. Perhaps you could give me some advice about listing suitable citations? I can see that an internet link can be created to a specific article published in a newspaper, but this can only be done for an article written relatively recently which is held on the newspaper's online archive. If I have actual copies of an older newspaper articles, which pre-date internet listing, how do I use these as citations? Is it relevant/possible to reproduce an entire article which is used as a citation, or is it considered sufficient simply to list a reference to the article/newspaper/date of publication? I had already started editing and up-dating the article on Savourna Stevenson ... but have already been reprimanded for not writing in a suitably encyclopedic style. I would like to do some more homework on Wikipedia policies, guidelines and writing style before having another attempt. With thanks. Frasergord (talk) 14:36, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Not sure what to do with this article
Sasuke susanoo seems to have been copied directly from this external wiki. I'm not sure what Wikipedia's policy is on this. Even if it is allowed, should the article be merged with a main Naruto article? Thanks, David1217 03:18, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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ReplyHello, Conifer. You have new messages at 70.248.179.109's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. 70.248.179.109 (talk) 22:21, 23 May 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 28 May 2012
Speedy deletion declined: TV Loves You BackHello David1217. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of TV Loves You Back, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A9 does not apply if there are claims of importance/significance regarding the musical recording itself. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:02, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Random questionwho are you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sombrerodude (talk • contribs) 23:52, 3 June 2012 (UTC) Question from newbiehey david i don't know how to use this but how do i put my email address on my account if didn't put on when i started sombrerodude — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sombrerodude (talk • contribs) 23:55, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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Question from Laura coyneHello David, I started out reading a nice description of my alma mater, Saint Louise de Marillace High School, and followed the invitation to add to the stump. I am a copy editor and writer, so I fixed grammar and punctuation, and added some other facts. The entire post that had been there, and my contributions, have been withdrawn. So, teach me. What was wrong that everything has been revoked, removed? I have registered. I want to help. This has me really frustrated. Thank you. 64.255.111.50 (talk) 16:23, 5 June 2012 (UTC) Laura Coyne
I have learned a lot, don't have tons of time to become an uber editor but have done my share reporting duplicates and gaps before I registered. So now:
Do you guys want me to work on this in sandbox. And how to post good copy without it being erased carte bLanche by people who still don't like . . Laura coyne (talk) 01:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
ThanksAt last, sby polite in here. Thanks for the advice. The "Editing Wikipedia" feedback should also have a smiley for "angry", because this is what I am after my recent experience in this place. Btw, I am looking for a cool-headed third opinion in an active disagreement on Talk:Necrophobia, if you or sby else you can suggest can help. --H tan H epi tas (talk) 00:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
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I am referring to User:Mean as custard about misuse of rollback, not you. Sorry if I caused a misunderstanding. David1217 01:46, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Steve Lehman Speedy declinedRather than speedily delete Steve Lehman, I just reworked the material so that it is not a copyright violation. Since he seems important enough that we should have an article on him, that seems like a better solution than deletion. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:04, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
New messagesHello, Conifer. You have new messages at 70.248.176.149's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. 70.248.176.149 (talk) 02:20, 8 June 2012 (UTC) Toolbar experiments
Advice about hostile editorHello, I wrote my first wikipedia article recently on an important social scientist whose work I have studied and whose wikipedia page seemed bizarrely sparse compared to other scholars of similar standing. One editor flagged some errors I made complying with standards and I did my best to amend them. Now this person has not only reflagged the article, I think unfairly, but has also posted a very rude attack, accusing me of being either a "lackey" or the person the article is about (which I definitely am not). I've written and edited for encyclopedias before (I mean actual paper ones) and tried to get feedback from other non-expert writer / editors on the objectivity of hte article, and nobody seems to see what this person's problem is. I can only imagine that this person has some kind of personal vendetta against the subject of the article, though I have no idea why, and I can see from his/her talk page that I'm not the only person who has questioned some of his/her tags and edits. But as a newcomer I don't know what to do about this. Is there a neutral third party who can read the article and tell me how to improve it without ad hominem attacks on both myself and the subject of the article? I don't know what to do. Can you help? It's not a very friendly introduction to wikipedia, to be attacked like that so unfairly. SocSciHistory (talk) 19:10, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Help me!help me ! i want to create a page on my script — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamgauravkumar1 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 10 June 2012 (UTC) Hey! help me to create a page on my script --Iamgauravkumar1 (talk) 08:56, 10 June 2012 (UTC) iamgauravkumar1
Problem with bot archiving
I tried to set up archiving of my user talk page with MiszaBot III. This is the template I used (you can see it at the top of my talk page if you edit it):
The bot doesn't seem to be archiving my talk page. Did I do something wrong? David1217 17:11, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Help needed to clear the Feedback Dashboard queueHi David1217, a project has been constructed and Maryana (WMF) was wondering if you'd be able to help out with a research project her colleagues are running on the effects of MoodBar/Feedback Dashboard. They're trying to see if getting a response to MoodBar feedback helps newbies edit more – but to do that, they need to (temporarily) raise the level of responses to as close to 100% as possible. (Don't worry; it's only a week-long test.) If you could help me and her spread the word among the other FD top responders you know to help us clear the backlog by June 19th, that would be awesome! More details about this test are on this page on Meta. Let her know if you have any questions and feel free to get in touch with other FD leaders about this if you want :)
Cheers,
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Just want to say thank youThanks for helping out the newbies like me. Ț♥ttØØdẄ♥itre§ 16:38, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
You're doing a fantastic job!David, thank you so much from me and the MoodBar research team for your work on clearing the Feedback Dashboard backlog! You and the other responders have doubled the number of responses to feedback in the past few days. I wanted to let you know that in 4 more days, the MoodBar will be temporarily disabled, so you won't see any new feedback coming in for a little while. This is just to get a sample of users to compare to the ones who could give feedback and get responses from you – it'll be back soon. So get all of your responding in now, because you might have to go through a bit of Feedback Dashboard withdrawal next week :) Thanks again, and keep up the great work! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 18:33, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Feedback Dashboard UpdateHello, David1217. New feedback should slow down and then stop in the next couple of days – the researchers temporarily turned off the MoodBar for people registering right now, in order to get a control sample for their test – so you'll have time to catch up. It will be turned on again on the 29th. I just hope you don't get too bored next week without feedback! Maybe visit the Teahouse?
Cheers,
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Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Belchfire (talk) 23:48, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
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Re: Protection of these articles?Re your message: It appears to be summer transfer season for players and everybody seems to be adding players that either officially signed, rumored to sign, or wishful thinking. Whom those players are and where they fit in, I have no idea. Add in some potential coach firings along with who might or might not be team captain/vice-captain and you get the mess that is those articles. Unfortunately, there are just so many edits I can't pick out which edits are good and which are rumors/wishful thinking. These soccer club articles seem to go through this ever time it is transfer season, but this has to be the worse I've ever seen. I'm tempted to protect the articles, but I can't think of a protection reason that would apply there. I suppose edit warring would be the most reasonable, but usually edit warring is just one particular thing being added/removed. These two articles have multiple things being added/removed which makes it very confusing. I'm kind of leaning towards letting it go unprotected and let the articles sort themselves out. It should whenever transfer season is over. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:27, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
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