User talk:David Kendall

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[edit] Help desk inquiry

Hi David, and welcome to Wikipedia. A merge tag was placed on the Economic Democracy article since 11 June, and was letting other editors know there was an ongoing discussion on the article's discussion page. With no consensus displayed in the discussion, the editor went ahead and added the Economic Democracy article into one section in the David Schweickart article.

The editor gave a full one week notice on the article that this was going to occur. The article was not gone, just added to the article to the David Schweickart article.

No, Wikipedia articles do not disappear just like that without any notice – just about everything done to any of the articles in Wikipedia can be fixed to the way they were in the past. Nothing stays permanent.

I also recommend reading up on some of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines which can be found at the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines.

If you do require any help at all in the future, and blank spots you are unsure about Wikipedia, please, do not hesitate to contact me for assistance. This link will allow you to contact me, in the same way I contacted you with this message if you do require help in the future.

All the best, +spebi ~ 08:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Please ignore the striked-out text – it appears I was partially incorrect, after uncovering some further information provided by other editors on the Help desk. My apologies, +spebi ~ 08:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


Hi again, David. Anonymity is definitely a preference at Wikipedia. Many users tend to choose a username that they can edit under without people knowing who they are in real life. I, myself chose "Spebi" as it was a nickname a friend had given me, even though it is quite similar to my real life name.
If you are concerned about your username revealing your real life self to others online, it is possible to change your username from your current username to an online alias, which is entirely up to you, as long as it follows the username policy. This process is called "renaming a user" and "usurping a user" to a different user name. Renaming is renaming your user account (keeping contributions, everything else) to a user account that is currently non-existent. Usurpation is renaming your user account to an already existing account (as long as the target account gives consent).
See Wikipedia:Changing username and Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations for more information and requests for your user account to be changed.
After reading both my messages, you will probably think that Wikipedia is governed by alot of policies and guidelines, and those who violate will be blocked from editing. It is quite easy to follow the policies and guidelines, and there aren't that many of them. And if you do happen to break a policy or a guideline, Wikipedia will never block you from reading or simply viewing Wikipedia.
As per usual, if you do require any future assistance, don't hesitate to contact me again, and I will respond. Thanks, +spebi ~ 05:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:JohnRasmus.jpg

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 06:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Rasmus article

Hi again David.

The problems with your editing are:

  1. The image – you need a proper license tag, that says what license the image is licensed under. Who took the photo? Are they the holder of the copyright? If they are, don't bother putting a fair use tag on it, because Wikipedia's image use policy states that an fair-use image that has been uploaded just to show what the person looks like are unsuitable for the project, and that a free image should be located.
  2. Jack Rasmus, may not be notable enough for an encyclopedia article. Check the guidelines to see if he is.
  3. The comments at the end of the article do not belong there, and should be removed from the article immediately and added to the talk page. They are unencyclopedic content. Sebi [talk] 06:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Social Credit article

Hi David,

I have responded to your message left on my talk page via e-mail (using the software's e-mail function).

Cheers, Spebi 23:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] workers cooperative article

Hi David,

Thanks for your comments on the workers cooperative article. Is the list of cooperative thinkers biased? Yes. Everything we do is biased but there are ways of overcoming it, such as providing examples of other thinkers. Please feel free to add the names of more co-operative thinkers to the list.

Best,

EdGjones —Preceding comment was added at 13:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)