User talk:Wrh2

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax τεχ 06:09, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of JAMWiki

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The articles gives no references to reliable sources, thus notability is not established. If such sources exist for this article, please remember to remove this template after adding them.

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A cup of coffee for you!

I appreciate your participating in the discussion about the proposed Wikimedia travel guide at meta:Talk:Requests for comment/Travel Guide. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:04, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'm excited by the possibility that the community behind Wikitravel could get a second chance to achieve the goal of creating a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide. Your efforts in helping to summarize comments in the RFC was much appreciated and (IMHO) very fair-minded. -- Wrh2 (talk) 08:33, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from felix

Hi Ryan, I just went to your WT Talk page to try and make contact before the decks slipped beneath the waves. I found the link to your talk page here. All became apparent when I examined your recent edit history. I assume the usual suspects will start turning up here at WP fairly soon. cheers -- Felix (talk) 19:18, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is an effort underway to begin using Wikivoyage for collaboration now that IB is actively working to block mirroring of Wikitravel content - see [1]; note that collaboration efforts at Wikivoyage are still in the early stages. With respect to Wikitravel, while it is possible to modify the spider to backup Wikitravel content without use of the Mediawiki API, if Internet Brands is going to restrict efforts to mirror content, as they've done by refusing to even enable the Mediawiki API in read-only mode, then I'm no longer willing to make any contribution there, and I think many others feel similarly. -- Wrh2 (talk) 21:34, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikitravel back-up

I keep a close eye on the articles for Minneapolis and Saint Paul; I've only made a few minor edits to them since August 2. I've also made some very minor edits to other articles (mostly routebox stuff), but it's not too big of a deal if it gets lost and I have to redo it. I've been refraining from making any edits to WT since you informed me about WT content no longer being backed up. I've also alerted Sumone10154 on his/her Wikipedia talk page about the WikiVoyage proposal; (s)he has already expressed support for the WMF Travel Guide (#502 on the RFC), but has made recent edits to Wikitravel and might be unaware of the backup issues. Currently looking to see if any other active non-admin WT users (that aren't spam accounts) have WP accounts. Eco84 | Talk 19:27, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pressing this

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
AWARDED
For rejecting the idea that Wiki users are property of the site owner


After reading the New York Times article, I realize that the present lawsuit claim of tortious interference against you is based on the basic notion that we, as Wiki users - whether on Wikitravel, WikiHow, Encyclopedia Dramatica, countless other Wikis, or even here on Wikipedia - are in fact an asset, i.e. property, of the owners of the site, who can demand that we not be talked to, not told alternative outlets for our publication of material we choose to release under a CC license. For everyone on every Wiki in the world, we owe you a debt of gratitude for standing up to this unreasonable legal claim, in defense of our right to be free and unowned people. We did not join the free content movement to be somebody's property or to have our conversations subjected to somebody's censorship. Wnt (talk) 22:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm very grateful for the community support and most especially for the support that the WMF has provided, and hopefully after the litigation has run its course I'll be able to speak freely about this case. -- Wrh2 (talk) 23:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have just been reading up on the case, and wanted to drop by to offer my support, for what it's worth.
It appears to be a bullying attempt to prevent people from actually using the CC license. If content cannot be forked, the CC license would lose a lot of its value. I know that it's not fun being in the middle of a legal battle, but thank you persisting with this. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:07, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

Hello Ryan, I just wanted to make contact and say hello. I have the same user name on Wikipedia that I do on Wikitravel. Gamweb (talk) 06:09, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitravel request for deletion immage

Hello, you are also a WikiTravel administrator? I uploaded an image of a coat of arms without license to Wikitravel not to Wikipedia. Sorry but I was a new User Wikitravel and I was inexpert. Would you please be so kind as to delete it for me please? Thank you very much!!! The URL is: http://wikitravel.org/it/File:ProvinciaMonza-Stemma.gif --Simonemb (talk) 10:27, 18 October 2012 (CEST)

Nomination of JAMWiki for deletion

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Your Helpful Edits

Just wanted to thank you for your helpful little edits, like the one for San Juan. Including an edit summary would keep them from being tagged as possible vandalism and disruption. Yours are too important to be left out. Thanks :) Caballero/Historiador (talk) 12:54, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll be sure to include a pointer to WP:Sister in all future edit summaries. -- Ryan • (talk) • 16:50, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Wrh2!

Happy New Year!

Wrh2,
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Reversion on Tulum

Also I forgot to mention that Wikipedia can't be a reference for Wikipedia articles. Senor Cuete (talk) 02:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't added any Wikivoyage links as references. I would ask that you please read WP:Sister, as removing Wikivoyage sister project links while citing them as promotional is counter to the advice given in that Wikipedia guideline. -- Ryan • (talk) • 02:53, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Arenas del Rey

Hi Wrh2, I just opened an account specifically to address your account of Arenas del Rey which I see was edited 19 days ago. I live here as an ex pat Brit and I wonder whether your description of flourishing bars in the village (particularly the one that plays reggae music nights is eentirely accurate, ditto cafe' lining the shoreline (definitely not). Granted, it is currently winter and I understand it is all a bit more lively in the summer when the population expands slightly, but this village like many others in Spain is dying. It is populated by the elderly, and a few transient migrant workers from South America plus a few retired people like me from other European states - young people when they are old enough go to Granada or abroad to work, with quite a few going to the Balaeric isles to work for the summer season. The current population is around 600 whereas in the 1970's it was apparently about 3,000. I rather wonder when you visited Arenas del Rey last - should we revise the entry?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackrbt (talk • contribs) 08:41, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jackrbt: I haven't made any edits to Arenas del Rey and don't know anything about that city, so I think you may have the wrong user. -- Ryan • (talk) • 10:56, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Financial District, Boston for deletion

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Happy New Year Wrh2!

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