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Yo, Reyk ... Just discovered the above page was removed yesterday, am a newbie, this is the only page I've ever worked on (since October, 2007) ... as you know, there was a lengthy discussion last December about removal of this page and other related pages with polling stats and such, with the decision to 'keep' ... I participated in the discussion, related that using links was much cleaner, rather than cluttering wiki pages with many charts ... the consensus in those discussions was that the charts had a lot of value ... I have spent hundreds of hours since updating these charts, and there has been substantial interest, well over half the hits have come from outside the US, 53 countries at last count ... here's a link to a chart of the last 30 days of activity ... http://www.mindspring.com/~hk3/poll5.gif All the source data from the charts comes from other Wikipedia pages ... I have been updating recently pretty much daily, and had planned to continue until election day in early November ... I just read the criteria for quick delete and understand the need for vigilant housekeeping ... I guess my plea is that you let the page exist for the next 30 days and then remove it ... there is no self promotion here, if you read over my comments in the 'keep' discussion last December you can get a feel for where I'm coming from ... Hkball (talk) 14:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC) About me … spent 10 years with Honeywell, RCA and Exxon after I got out of school, hung out my own shingle as a management consultant in 1968, doing mostly business plans, which are basically a bunch of numbers and charts, within some conversation thrown in to give them context and cohesion. Am 76, been retired for a good while, still pretty good from the neck up (but we won’t talk about from the neck down :)). I don’t know how good I was, but have 4 children with their 4 spouses and 12 grandchildren, all got through college alright. Oldest grandson will graduate in computer engineering from Georgia Tech next spring. Shortly after that ‘keep’ discussion last December, I added a couple of paragraphs to the page in question giving some context, why line graphs, why links, why graphs at all when you already have the numbers on the other wiki page, that sort of thing. Then one day shortly after that, they were gone ! A guy replaced them with the text you see on the current page, and I haven’t touched it since. He said the words weren’t necessary, that the curves should be able to speak for themselves. While it kind of hurt my feelings to have my beautiful paragraphs destroyed without even asking, I basically agreed. In business plans the numbers are the most important thing, no need to clutter them up with a bunch of editorializing. So the page did once have the context conversation you suggest, but being a new guy on the block, I wasn’t about to question the way things are done here. Been using wiki for as long as it’s been around, it is the default search engine on my browser, you guys do a terrific job. Hkball (talk) 21:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC) one more time :)) Yo again Ryck, I have constructed a draft of a repacement for the old page on my user page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hkball and a discussion of the reasons why I think it would be worthwhile to retain it on my talk page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hkball would very much appreciate your thoughts, and some advice as to what to do next if you think it appropriate ... Hkball (talk) 18:07, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
(put this on my talk page awhile ago in response to your message, thought you might see it sooner if I put it over here too) Hkball (talk) 00:42, 9 October 2008 (UTC) Yo Ryck, The replacement graphics article is now in place, and the 'reasons' are loaded into the discussion page. Hkball (talk) 14:37, 9 October 2008 (UTC) Am assuming the replacement article is OK, have just now restored the link to the page in Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008 Hkball (talk) 13:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC) RfAThanks much for supporting me in my recent RfA, which was successful. Kindest, Lazulilasher (talk) 23:09, 12 October 2008 (UTC) Invite
Xymmax RfAI'd like to take a minute to let you know that I appreciate your support in my recently-closed RfA, which passed with a count of 56 in support, 7 in opposition, and 2 neutrals. I'll certainly try to justify your faith by using the tools wisely. Happy editing, and thanks again! Xymmax So let it be written So let it be done 22:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC) Reply: GA review of Gerard K. O'NeillThank you very much for your review! Wronkiew (talk) 02:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Commerical [sic] aviationThank you very much for your help with this redirect problem. Denverjeffrey (talk) 11:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC) Ambient pressureHi - thanks for the prod on Ambient pressure, I've been waiting for it to arrive in Wiktionary for several months now. It has been in Transwiki since August. As the link is used in Isobaric counterdiffusion, is there any way you know of to speed up the move to Wiktionary? Otherwise the redlink is likely to see this definion/article recreated. Thanks for any help you can give. --RexxS (talk) 13:35, 19 October 2008 (UTC) Noctilucent clouds GAThanks for taking this article on. Very few others have improved an article within the meteorology project to GA quality. =) Thegreatdr (talk) 14:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC) List of Australian Football League groundsAny chance you'd be able to read over the article, comment on it and even support the FLC for the list ? C4v3m4n (talk) 00:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
AsteroidsI've been thinking about improving one of the main belt asteroid articles to FA status. Interested in helping out? Wronkiew (talk) 04:53, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
RfA (2)Hi Reyk! Thank you very much for your support and comments in the RfA. It passed today, and your !vote of confidence was much appreciated :) Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 22:05, 28 October 2008 (UTC) RfA thanks
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Joel Selwood FA nominationHey there, As a regular contributor to Australian rules football articles, you're invited to wander down and express your opinion toward this article's current FA nomination here. If successful, it will be our first AFL-related article to gain FA status. Cheers! Boomtish (talk) 06:44, 7 November 2008 (UTC) Thanks for the support!Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 18:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC) CivilityIt's interesting that you take my comment to "69.123" personally. Now let me tell you something. When people are debating whether an article stays or goes, it isn't fair for a person to do a redirect when there are people who have taken the time to join the debate. So spare me the "you have been warned" routine. Mandsford (talk) 01:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Just an observationWhen you created this were you, by any chance, too involved with wikichristmas? :-p (Ha... awesome, not only editing WP on the 25th, but writing 'wikicommandments'.) -- Mentisock 10:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for your supportHi. Thanks for your support at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Dominicans regarding User:Badagnani's call for me to be blocked simply for nominating articles for deletion. They did the same at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgian British and seem to think they own the ethnic group articles, judging by the "our project" language. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
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afdwasnt really meant personally, and I apologized at the afd. B DGG (talk) 01:25, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about my misguided edit earlier. The reason I did it was that the station was showing up in Category:Railway stations by year of establishment and Category:Railway stations by year of disestablishment, where it really shouldn't. I didn't notice that changing the template to a category removed navigation boxes. There's another station, Aboyne railway station, where the same thing is happening. Would you mind having a look at it and explaining to me just how this template and category interaction stuff works, because I don't have much experience in this area and would like to learn. Cheers, Reyk YO! 21:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the laugh"Confused? Join the club." I thought it was just me. :) Happy Holidays. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Lieutenant GeneralRegarding this edit, in general (no pun intended) I would agree, but on-the-other-hand, some readers may not know what an anomaly is; linking the word is a tiny overhead, and adds some potential value. So, although I wouldn't revert your edit, I will state that I strongly disagree that it is "totally unnecessary". Your thoughts? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 02:53, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. Useful comments with which I agree. When I can think of concise wording, I'll add to the disambig page. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 04:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC) (Unless someone else does it first ... )
"Never occurred to me that I could expand the disambig page itself to more clearly explain all those meanings. Thanks for the suggestion." - I'm glad to have been able to do one useful thing today! (It's not been a particularly productive day ... )
Crotalus Horridus and distruptionIf it were the AfDs alone, I might agree that you have a point about no disruption being made. But as I stated on the talk page of this article, he removed all of the content from the page and turned it into a redirect with no prior discussion. He did so right after nominating Michelle Stith for deletion, as if to escape what he believed the consensus would be on the AfD. I realize that being bold is a necessary feature of Wikipedia, and I do not wish to accuse him of bad faith here; but in hastily creating the redirect with no discussion, he certainly didn't make a strong case for himself. ←Spidern→ 21:01, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
(finished Anomaly, starting Absorption)Suggest it may be less work to expand/modify/whatever "Absorption" rather than edit every reference to it?
Interesting. a) Just read your user page; highly entertaining. b) Just had a look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links; now I understand what you're up to. (Wow! Big job!) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 03:28, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Being in a philosophic and whymsical mood at the moment, I was metaphorically comparing your task with watching paint dry. I came to the conclusion that one difference is, "It's very boring, and no-one has to do it." Even so, there are some tasks nowhere near as interesting as watching paint dry ... My point? I can't say that I'm altogether too sure. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC) P.S.
As I said, I enjoyed reading your user page. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC) Very glad to hear that. (I wish I did!) Suggest that you may enjoy the results of increasing that time. As the old one-liner says: Nobody on their deathbed has ever complained: I wish I'd spent more time at the office. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
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Lord Howe MonsterHi, I'm missing any merge, by anyone, of Lord Howe Monster into the redirect target. Did you just chose to redirect without merging? I don't think the AfD supports that. That said, I don't see any reasonable way to do the merge, so I was hoping someone else could see something. The target seems bogus... Hobit (talk) 23:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
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