User talk:MartinDK/Archive 1

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[edit] Welcome

Hello MartinDK, and welcome to Wikipedia! Here are some recommended guidelines to help you get involved. Please feel free to contact me if you need help with anything. Best of luck and happy editing! Gogo Dodo 07:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Axis Powers

[edit] Axis Powers

Hi, I have, within a very short space of time, reverted two perverse edits on Denmark by a user who goes by the name of Garamundi. I think you are probably familiar with this character, who has some highly eccentric views on the subject, and a lot of residual prejudice. I am reaching my 24 hour edit limiit; so I would ask you to keep a watch. White Guard 01:17, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

It is indeed Garamundi, in both the signed and unsigned versions. I had in fact reported the matter when I reached my reversion limit, and I see that action has now been taken by two separate administrators. To be honest, I am not quite sure what is going on, though I have a hunch-from other comments on the Axis Powers talk page-that the user may be Croatian. If this is correct, his agenda may be to pull wartime Croatia up ( a very difficult task) by pulling Denmark down. Anyway, thanks for your own counter-edits. Best wishes. White Guard 23:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Denmark during World War II

Thanks for your post Martin. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to properly deal with either Axis Powers or Occupation of Denmark - although it would be tempting to do so -but the five questions offended me pretty much. If it isn't obvious already, you can no doubt guess why. During the last days I worked on two threads you might find interesting. The first started on Talk:Allies of World War II but ended on Occupation of Denmark; the last is on the bottom of Talk:Allies of World War II. As you can see, this is not my normal area of expertise and my information was somewhat sketchy at first. However, I dug a little deeper, so the post you saw does change one of my earlier conclusions about Frikorps Danmark. I disagree with the notion that Denmark was a German ally but - although it pains me to say it - I have to admit that Denmark never formally declared war on Germany, so it is probably also unfair to group Denmark with the Allies - despite of the efforts of the Resistance and those that fell in British service - but this conclusion does in no way change my respect for both the Danish Resistance and the Danish sailors. Both groups hold my highest possible respect. Good luck with the article and happy editing. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 20:12, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article candidate review: Buffy article

Hi

Just letting WikiProject Buffyverse members know that the article 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' has recently been nominated as a candidate to become a featured article. Should it become a featured article, it will be possible for the article to appear on the Wikipedia main page on March 10th 2007, the 10th anniversary of Buffy (the premiere, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" aired March 10th 1997).

Any feedback you can offer to improve the article and/or to either object or support the nomination would be wonderful:

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer

-- Paxomen 17:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Martin-my friend.

Martin, what can I say? Thank you does not really seem to be enough. Both you and Haber have shown yourselves to be the best thing any person can hope for-friendship and encouragement in time of need (I hope this doesn't sound too gushing!). The whole thing was so completely arbitrary and unexpected that it took me a while to work out what was going on. There was no discussion, no explanation, no hint of any kind. The 'elephant was dropped', and that was all. I'm looking to register a formal complaint; but quite frankly this is no easy matter, as there seem to be so many dead ends and bureaucratic obstacles. Anyway, I value your Wiki friendship, so please be assured that I will support and assist you in any way I can in times to come. Oh yes, 'Long Live Denmark'! White Guard 00:36, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

If you ever read this, Martin, I have supplied, at your suggestion, a little information on my background on my user page-red has at the last turned to blue. I still wish to remain anonymous, but I have given some details of my academic life, more, perhaps, than I really should!. I have to say that I would not have done this for anyone else. The very best of luck. White Guard 23:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LTV

Just wanted to say thanks for your constructive attempts to help out at Labour Theory of Value...--Red Deathy 10:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I just read the LTV article and it's discussion. As a (non-practicing) undergrad economist, I would just like to say I appreciate what you've done. Especially for your patience and good faith in dealing with sometimes foolish or hostile replies. Responsiblebum 07:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Would like your opinion

Good day,

I recently gave an answer to someone about raising minimum wages. I think he's got a socialist bent in him. May I ask you opinion on what I wrote? Sorry it's long. I'm afraid it is too simplistic, even wrong. I'm a little rusty.

It is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gloria_Macapagal-Arroyo#RXN_to_peoplestruth.2C_though_this_is_not_the_right_place

I really want other people to know why just raising minimum wages without raising productivity can't lead to further economic progress and may hinder it.

Thanks in advance if you decide to leave comments or even read it. Responsiblebum 07:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your inputs sir. It was a lot more than what I expected; thanks for mentioning wage efficiency and answering the IMF/WB charges for me. I was about to review my textbooks for that one.

FYI though, the Philippines is geographically defined to be in the South East Asian region. East Asiaː China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. All except China have successfully moved up the value chain I think. Responsiblebum 16:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Typos be damned. Naw, it's ok. You were quite clear. I'm just thankful I could get inputs from a professional economist.
On the Philippinesː We're not attracting a lot of foreign investors for our labor compared to our counterparts though. It's quite expensive due to an inflexible labor market (some disputes can last 10 years), inefficient agricultural sector and infrastructure. And our power rates are the 2nd highest in Asia (long story [1]). Our situation is quite maddening. Agriculture still takes up 20-25% of GDP. I agree peace and stability is necessary and it is best sustained by efficient and honest government but getting there might need “getting your hands dirty”. Just my opinion.
On politics and economicsː I agree that political debate should be avoided in the talkpages but I tried to avoid it by not saying whether we should or should not raise the minimum wage. I focused on just explaining what would happen. I hoped this would lead to a civilized discourse, maybe I'm just naive.
Thank you again for your time and effort. Best regards Responsiblebum 08:09, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry to see you go

Come on man. I don't know you too well, but wouldn't a short vacation suit your purposes better? You can still make a big impact with only a few minutes now and then, and the project doesn't have to be left to people chained all day to their computers (i.e. most of the admins and heavy contributors), wikilawyers, and teenagers with bizarre agendas. Without casual contributors like ourselves, the project would quickly sink to irrelevance. I agree that we should be treated better, but it's no reason to leave. Like it or not this is the most popular online reference for many subjects. Haber 15:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back. I have replied on my talk page. Haber 04:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Nice to see you back. The Wiki can be a very frustrating place, but I still believe it is built on more good will than bad. That's my two cents anyway. Btw, it is not only the historical material that creates controversy. Have you seen the debate about cold fusion? :) See you around. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 12:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
That sounds like a great idea. Best of luck. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 23:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Java and C++

I was responding to your post already when you left the comment on my talk page. —Doug Bell talk•contrib 10:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't realize you were editing at the same time. MartinDK 11:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't have time to give a proper response to your reply now, and I'll be out most of the weekend, but I will respond in a couple days. Basically, I agree that there probably is a lot of wording and other stuff to clean up, but I guess I was looking for the things beyond wording where there is a POV issue. Not having really even looked at this article since I last touched it some 6 months ago, I'm sure that many weasel wording and inaccuracies have been introduced. But I'll take a closer look next week. (And while some of your points are correct, I think some maybe have a C++ POV. 16px‎) —Doug Bell talk•contrib 11:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
That's OK I am sure they do. But we will work that out. The main thing is that we work towards removing the last two tags. Also, I was looking through it once more and I am going to remove the original research tag and replace it with weasel. It seems to have been wrongly tagged perhaps because the person tagging it didn't know the difference. Thanks for your time and effort, I really appreciate the help with getting these tags removed. The backlog of articles tagged as original research is over 1200 articles long and no one seems to be looking at them so I am trying to work my way through them but it is not always easy. Some of the tags have been there for months. In this case I was lucky you responded so quickly, in most cases there is hardly any mention of why the article was tagged. Apparently people think it is self evident for some reason. MartinDK 12:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skagerrak and Kattegat

Hi Martin

I just noticed you'd tagged the page on Skagerrak as original research. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! I've updated both this page and the one on Kattegat with something more serious. Happy editing. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 21:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! That looks a lot better now. Thank you for looking that up. Happy editing, MartinDK 10:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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