User talk:David Straub

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[edit] Farrukh

Hi Dave,

Sorry for long absence. I have been aware of your message just few days ago. Actually it was long time I was not making any more contribution to wikipedia. I will mail you soon. Best regards, User:Farid2053

[edit] Previous messages

For the fourth time, I'm a user in China and I need to use an open proxy to access wikipedia. I've requested that changes be made to the open proxy policy to allow users in China access to wikipedia:

see the section Proposed Change to Wikipedia’s No Open Proxy Policy under Wikipedia:Village pump (policy).

As you can see, I've never been accussed of vandalising any pages, just accessing wikipedia from China. The info on the block was Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by CesarB for the following reason (see our blocking policy)

 This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, editing from these proxies is currently prohibited. For more information about open proxies and what you can do, please see the WikiProject on open proxies. Your IP address is 69.17.116.17."

Could we all save ourself the hassel of have to block and unblock by changing this ridiculous policy? --David Straub 14:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

For the third time, I'm a user in China and I need to use an open proxy to access wikipedia. I've requested that changes be made to the open proxy policy to allow users in China access to wikipedia. As you can see, I've never been accussed of vandalising any pages, just accessing wikipedia from China. Please unblock my account. The info on the block was

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing.

You were blocked by CesarB for the following reason (see our blocking policy):

 This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, editing from these proxies is currently prohibited. For more information about open proxies and what you can do, please see the WikiProject on open proxies.

Your IP address is 69.17.116.17.

--David Straub 06:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --David Straub 13:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --David Straub 23:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

unblock|I'M USING THE INTERNET IN CHINA!!! I MUST GO THROUGH A PROXY SERVER TO ACCESS WIKIPEDIA!!!!}} This is 100% ridiculous!!! I've been blocked for the 2nd time in a week by user:Sarge Baldy!!! Wikipedia is contributing to the censorship of users in China by blocking open proxies!!! This is the only way that we can get on. Do you editors not want us to contribute to wikipedia? This is frustrating as hell and stupid, epescially considering I complained about it just a few days ago and was unblocked. --David Straub 03:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


Will someone please unblock my account. I live in China and I can't access wikipedia unless I am on a proxy server. user:Sarge Baldy blocked me because I have been using the following proxy ISP to access wikipedia:

69.17.116.18.

I really wish Sarge Baldy would have taken one second to look at my user page and seen that I'm in China and must use a proxy server. It's bad enough I have to deal with censorship in China, and now wikipedia!!! --David Straub 02:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

You account is not blocked to unblock. Open proxies are unfortunately open to abuse by those wishing to vandalise wikipedia and as such policy is to block them on site. As to Sarge Baldy taking a look at your userpage before blocking, we cannot see who uses a particular IP address so Sarge Baldy has no way of knowing that the block would affect you to look, though as noted since policy is to block open proxies it wouldn't make much difference. --pgk(talk) 08:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


Welcome!

Hello, David Straub, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  —Khoikhoi 02:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 8 October 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sarikoli language, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Someone dropped this on my talk page. I think it belongs to you. =) cab 17:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Garmis

Please see the talk page about the discussion of a possible merge with Tajik people. I realise that you are probably more knowledgeable than myself on the matter and would appreciate your input. :) - Francis Tyers · 00:08, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Tajikistan

I was wondering if there are enough interested editors to start this project. Are you interested? Jahangard 19:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Ya, I'd be interested. Keep me informed--David Straub 14:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Updated DYK query On 2 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Baymirza Hayit, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:17, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Updated DYK query On 3 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gang Bing, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 14:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

Updated DYK query On 6 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 22:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Updated DYK query On 12 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rafetus swinhoei, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 18:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sarah Jacobson

Hi David, thanks for letting me know about the deletion. I've added more information to the article and one reference. See what you think. Do we have a chance now? -Intheshadows 11:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again David. The work you did regarding the tags and codes is just great. The article looks wonderful. I still don't know how to do all that technical stuff, as of yet. I've added more information but will have to work on collecting more references tomorrow. Some information came from the Austin Chronicle article, which I've added to the "External links" section. I've also left messages on a few talk pages. As well, I took a look at the "Guidelines for Notability" and, as you will notice when you look at the article, it seems evident that Sarah falls well within these guidelines. Its so ridiculous to delete this article, since it will just have to be rewritten in the future as esteem for Sarah Jacobson continues to grow.-Intheshadows 11:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi David - How about that? The article is being kept. I think congratulations are in order! -Intheshadows 09:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your article, Spenser Somers Foundation, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On December 21, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Spenser Somers Foundation, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 15:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi David I see you are an editor interested in Central Asia. Could you take some time to look at Terrorism in Kazakhstan and offer your comment.There is a revert war going on there because one user tries to push his POV on the subject. Thankscs 18:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] non-commercial use only

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as Image:Kashgar2002.jpg has been listed for speedy deletion because you that there is some type of restricted use, such as for non-commercial use only, or for educational use only or for use on Wikipedia by permission. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, this is in fact not the case[1][2]. Please do not upload any more files with these restrictions on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows anyone to use it for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial. See our non-free content guidelines for more more information.

Confusingly, you also tagged the image as being available under a free license, meaning that commercial uses are allowed. Please indicate whether the image can be freely used commercially (in which case it can be kept), or whether the image can only be used non-commercially (in which case it will have to be deleted).

If you have any questions please ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you. – Quadell (talk) (random) 19:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Vietnam

Hi, I see that you're knowledgeable about Vietnam-related subjects, so I'd like to let you know about the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Vietnam. If you'd like to join, please add your name under "Participants." Badagnani 05:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know...

Updated DYK query On 15 August 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article S.J. Warmington, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 talk 12:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Central Asia Monitor

I was just wondering, do you know why the Central Asia Monitor went out of circulation? Otebig (talk) 10:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

A tag has been placed on Ruoqiang City, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please do not post articles with the intention of not finishing them. M173627 (talk) 02:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 20 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of journalists killed in Tajikistan, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! --Espresso Addict (talk) 16:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Nice work on this one, I have added it to Portal:Journalism. Cirt (talk) 23:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks everyone David Straub (talk) 22:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] March 2008 Protests in Xinjiang, in Hotan and Qaraqash county

I'd be happy to get a start on this, are there good URLs? Is it related to 2008 Tibetan unrest or isolated? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 03:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I did it, someone got there first with 2008 Uyghur unrest. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)