User talk:Meshach

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Meshach, welcome to Wikipedia!

I saw your Scrabble Take Two article and liked it. I noticed nobody had said hi yet... Hi!

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Unforgettableid 02:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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No problem. :) Like I said in my welcome message, if you have any Wikipedia-related questions, feel free to ask me. ----Unforgettableid | Talk to me 00:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Attacks and hostility

I appreciate your opinion, Meshach, but since you accuse me of "attacks on Edchilvers and hostility", I would like to point out, in my defense, that it was Edchilvers who, in his AfD nomination, accused an informative article about this Business intelligence vendor (Dimensional Insight), comparable in every respect to articles about the company's main competitors, of being "blatent spam" (sic). If this is not a hostile attack, I don't know what is. The next day, following my strong protest (which you refer to "attacks on Edchilvers and hostility"), he had to retract the "spam" part of his statement. For all I know, he may even regret having submitted his AfD nomination in the first place. But on the Wikipedia, once you get that wrecking ball going, it develops its own momentum, no matter how gratuitous the initial impetus. If you feel you need to lend the wrecking ball a hand to punish me for standing up for fairness and sound logic, so be it. Pasquale 16:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. You also say that "Company's own site does not count as a 'source'." From what I can see, it does in the case of other similar companies. So why the bias? Pasquale 16:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if that sounded a little harsh, Pasquale. Now that I re-read the "attacks" do not seem as serious. The problem with that article is that it is written very informally and does not cite any sources. Citing the companies own website does not count. Sources must be from verifiable third-parties (see WP:CORP). If these are added I would be inclined to change my vote. meshach 15:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, Meshach. The article in question (Dimensional Insight) now includes additonal information and four references (Software 500, Healthcare Informatics 100, etc.) Pasquale 20:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)