User talk:WAvegetarian
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[edit] Sleddoggin
Only a week?? Wow, you're much nicer than I :) Glen 21:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi WAvegitarian,
First of all, I think Wikipedia is excellent and I appreciate your contributions to this project.
I posted the profile of Alert Logic with the guidelines in mind as best I could. The article has three indpendent citations from authorities in the IT security space. It also includes useful info. about the topic from independent sources.
I'm especially interested in the SaaS(software as a service) aspect of the company. In fact, I got the idea of posting a profile of the company after visiting the SaaS page, where there are dozens of companies listed. In my opinion, my profile of Alert Logic is less market-y and more information-filled than most of the other company profiles listed on the SaaS page.
Alert Logic IS a notable company. Clients include Match.com, Columbia College, Rackspace and many more (more than 150 clients in all). A company shouldn't have to be publicly traded to be listed on Wikipedia; In fact many private companies are listed.
Do you have any advice for a newbie? I absolutely agree that advertising has no place on Wikipedia...
Thanks, Tim Tallik 14:41, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
OK, I can definitely do that. Alert Logic has been covered quite a bit. Thanks for the info. Tallik 14:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Help in setting up ambiguation page
I took a look at the ambiguation page and I'm afraid it's a bit beyond me. I could put a link on the other page as suggested but I think I would prefer a page where both articles are listed. The two conflicting names are Frank McNamara - Music Director and Frank Hubert McNamara (redirected from Frank McNamara). Thank you so much for offering to set it up for me. Maybe as I get more familiar with Wikipedia, I'll be able to figure it out for myself. But at this point, I didn't understand it.
Hubblegal 04:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Correct title
So sorry - it's a comma not a dash - Frank McNamara, Music Director
Hubblegal 04:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks!
Wow, the redirects all work great! Thanks so much!
Hubblegal 04:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] JP Losman
I am a Bills fan, I watch every game, Nonsense would be calling him a QB in the first place.
-signed, waiting for one o'clock to see the Bills season end.
P.S - Fuck the world.
[edit] appolagies
sorry about that my younger sibling decided that it would be funny to change the leg article 81.129.230.206 16:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: your suggestions
Hi WAvegitarian, I've added citations per your suggestions. Thank you.
Is it usually against Wikipedia style to include citations to articles that are about related topics but don't mention the subject or topic of the orginal post? I want to provide more substance to the profile that would be of general interest but in a way that abides by the Wikipedia style.
I have no intention of creating an ad for this company. There are few companies that I would feel comfortable adding to Wikipedia. I've never done a profile on company on Wikipedia before and I have no intention of doing it again unless I believe it is a good fit (and as I said, I don't think that happens very often). Trojans, botnets and other network threats are unfortunately a thriving part of the online universe and therefore part of the daily discourse of the blogosphere and elsewhere.
Thanks again.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tallik (talk • contribs) 14:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi WAvegitarian -- I added a citation to the Alert Logic profile that links to a Houston Business Journal about a $5 million round in series B VC funding.
Hi WAvegitarian -- thanks again for your feedback and suggestions on Alert Logic. I am a big fan of open source and Wikipedia proves why it is so cool.(I was also one of those geeky kids who enjoyed reading the encyclopedia as a past-time at the library). I'm not sure about "closing the discussion" per the rules about the deletion note on the Alert Logic page. How does the discussion get closed?
[edit] nonexistant articles
Thank you.Daytrivia 02:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] ghs
all of the information i added to the garfield high school article is accurate is accurate.
what happened to the slang and jargon thing also though? i thought that was a good part of the page.
Ezmbo 00:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] not experimenting
it wasn't an experiment! it was an expression of my opinion.
Duncan Smith 17:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] you win!
I agree with you - sorry for spoiling your day!
Duncan Smith 18:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] question about marking a page
I was at your talk the other night. I want to know how I can mark a page as sounding like an ad pitch. I know that I have seen tags at the top of pages saying something to the effect of overwhelming bias and sounding more like advertisement than an unbiased opinion.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fltchr (talk • contribs) 03:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New Photo Matching Service
Hi there,
I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:16, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hello
I have sent you an email
[edit] Ohio photo needed
I got your name from Wikipedia:Photo_Matching_Service#Ohio. For the Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr. article, I would like a photo of his statute - the Harry A. Toulmin Sr. Memorial Sculpture in downtown Springfield's Fountain Square,erected on October 5, 2006. Thanks! -- Jreferee 13:24, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Telectronics
Hi - I don't really want to be involved and I am taking a wikibreak because of similar disputes. However, I do recall this article and editing pattern from some time ago - it is a shame it continues. References are always the answer I think and I prefer properly formatted references. Next steps may be to raise an RFC against the anon editor from iiNet Limited [1] with abusive edit summaries.--Golden Wattle talk 21:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- My god, I just read that talk page. I don't envy you guys! Orderinchaos78 12:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Hi thanks for your note. I am really not prepared to get involved further with a contributer who hands out abuse as the anon editor who I assume is Gray. I think he should be blocked and his comments refactored. The recent dispute I was involved in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Gundagai editors has some decisions enforcing principles that are pertinent and dealt similarly with a persistently rude editor using IP addresses:
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- I think those principles should be applied here. I appreciate you have alredy had an RfC about the article but I think an RfC about the extremely unpleasant behaviour on the talk page and in the edit summaries as referred to by Orderinchaos78 may be a step in the dispute resolution process worth embarking on.
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- I have done my bit about the article in the sense of trying to provide some sources which to an Australian have credibility and meet WP:RS. I am unfortunately not prepared to deal with unpleasant people on Wikipedia - I have other commitments and I don't have the temperament to stomach rudeness and obscenities or play games. Some other Australian admins who may be able to help out and who are not busy in real life at present are User:Hesperian, User:ScottDavis and User:Capitalistroadster. They are all mature contributers with a strong interest in properly sourced articles and have in my experience always stayed calm. They do normally read WP:AWNB but it might be worth following them up for help on their talk page. User:Cnwb is also an Australian admin who has previously responded to Wickham on his talk page but suggested that he is not capable of helping at the present time. To my mind the article should be able to be reviewed and substantiated by a non-Australian, however, I can understand that sometimes local knowledge can help to evaluate sources.
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- What is clear to me is that it is against Wikipedia guidelines for either Wickham or Gray to be editing the article as per WP:COI#Close_relationships which you had cited on my talk page. We can't enforce the guideline, but we can insist on WP:V, WP:NOR and WP:RS and also WP:Civil. Note also under WP:COI#Defending interests that the removal of reliably sourced critical material is not permitted. The material supported with a reference to the Powerhouse Museum should not in my view be removed as the Powerhouse is by any stretch a reliable source. Wickham has a problem with the assertion made by the Powerhouse. To put an alternate view he can of course cite the book as evidence of the partnerhip as he has done at the RfC [2] (although it is a bit of a convoluted argument and I don't think it really holds up. Furthermore another editor claiming to be a somewhat interested party has dismissed the booklet with the comment "The booklet could be described as fantastic in the true sense of the word."[3] and I think we too can dismiss it too as an unreliable source given it was written by Gray and his son (as per the rationale applying to Gray's obituary). We can't though dismiss reliable sources who have used the book; Wickham and others need to get them to change their publication, not change Wikipedia. The bottom line as per WP:V is The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source. Editors should provide a reliable source for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Regards--Golden Wattle talk 21:36, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wickham and his view of C Gray
InsertformulahereCould you reveal to the public what Wickham thinks of C Gray? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.168.5.66 (talk • contribs) 08:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] return howdy
Hi Connor,
You can use my name, that's okay.
You sound pretty busy! I use Wikipedia frequently, but don't make edits very often (usually, by the time I start to do an edit someone else has already made the change!).
Keep in touch,
Rebecca aka Slugbiker 04:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC) p.s., I'd recommend against you posting your birthdate along with your name--you're making it too easy for identity theft.
[edit] Piano Concerto No. 13 (Mozart)
Hi, just to say thanks for "fixing" this page - it struck me as being very suspicious, but I was too idle to do any searching around! I will try to write something to replace the Landowska quotation...
Best, Graham Grahbudd 23:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
