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[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page!--Dylan Lake 06:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

I was wondering if you would tell me how you got the pictures, and boxes to appear on your talk page. Would you mind telling me? Solon Olrek 18:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Knowledge Management

Hi, I've dropped the Wikiproject California tag from the Knowledge management article - I just cannot see any connection to the state, explicit or implicit. Please let me know if there was some logic behind this; I'm assuming it just slipped in. Kuru talk 14:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

No, you were correct in removing it. It was incorrectly in a subcategory that was in a subcategory of California. —Mets501 (talk) 14:20, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] exteranl url in the exteranl url section that are on topic are fine to post there

exteranl url in the exteranl url section that are on topic are fine to post there —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.33.13.26 (talk • contribs) .

'On topic' is one criteria covered at the external link guidelines I've already provided you a link to. A site that is composed of mostly ads with a few links to some software has absolutely nothing to add to an article about Freeware and simply seems promotional. Please feel free to place a link to your site at the dmoz.org directory site already linked from that article. Kuru talk 02:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] pictures

I have seen your post for a while now and you seem like you know how to do things on Wikipedia. How would I get a picture that I have saved to my computer to load on Wikipedia?Solon Olrek 18:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

There is an instruction page at Wikipedia:Uploading images which should get you started in the right direction. Please be very, very careful to determine the copyright status of the image before you consider uploading it. Good luck! Kuru talk 13:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] clarification

I am new here and only trying to add information. I didn't understand how i deleted some content from Boston. Thanks for your message.Raghu9

[edit] Re Share Investor

Hi Kuru, Where would I put (link deleted)Share Investor New Zealand and how it would relate to information on Wiki? It must fit somewhere. I see other commercial sites(mine is not)having appropriate links and your own page has many links to your own interests.

Im curious...

Regards, Darren Rickard

Thanks for asking for further information. You appear to be posting links to your personal forum to many articles which have some passing relation to topics your site covers. Since the forum would appear to have been recently created, it is not a notable resource that would assist people in those topics. It is also not a good idea to post links to your own sites, as this would appear to simply be a promotional activity. Please take some time out and add content to the articles, not links to your site. Thanks. Kuru talk 00:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] link to DiagnosisPro.com from Decision support system.

DiagnosisPro is the most advanced\comprehensive decision support system, link to this program\website helps healthcare professionals to find the right medical diagnosis with ease and less errors on their behalf.

Please, next time before you remove any link\s take the time to check what's on the other side, sometime it might be relevant to the subject.

Have a nice day, DiagnosisPro Team. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.11.111.110 (talk • contribs) .

I always check external links before they are removed. You added a link solely to promote your product, and it adds absolutely no value to the topic of the article. Please read the guidelines I left you a link to (WP:EL). Thanks. Kuru talk 23:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ROI

Definitely, this section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject !

You called "google ads linkfarm" a web site (costkiller.net) about B2B cost-cutting with thousand of stories and case studies in english and french. This ROI external link is useful and there is also a ROI IT section in this portal.

And what about the virtual Casino external link in this ROI wikipedia section ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.225.68.143 (talk • contribs) .


There is a handful of content specific to the subject matter, several articles cobbled together from other sources, many unattributed, and a dozen or so google ads which overwhelm the actual links. If you are concerned about the state of the article at Rate of return, please feel free to add referenced material to it or copyedit it, but please do not add links simply to promote your site. You can read Wikipedia's policy on external links when you get an opportunity. If there are other links which you feel are inappropriate, please feel free to remove them or discuss them on the article's talk page. I'm very glad you're here to improve the article; jump in there and fix it up! Kuru talk 22:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsense

I apologize for vandalizing the other fellow's page, however, he incited this act by removing my contribution to the caption of a picture that I took and was updated by a friend of mine on an animal page. I did not appreciate this act on his behalf, as he labeled his revision as "nonsense." Cheers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WombatO O (talk • contribs) .

You're simply adding nonsense to articles and blanking other user's pages. Please stop. Kuru talk 04:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nintendo Connection

I am a member of NC and i have special premission from ray to edit the page with whatever i want. scotty24.165.129.102 04:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)11/10/06

I'm terribly sorry, but this is not a site owned by the Nintendo Connection. Please feel free to assist us in creating an encyclopedic article on the site by adding relevant, verifiable information to that article. I'm afraid the comments you insist on adding are simple nonsense and unverifiable commentary. Kuru talk 04:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andrew Kennedy

Hi, you recently tagged the above article as a speedy. It was basically a vandalised version. I have restored the original version, warned the vandal, and removed the speedy tag. Just to let you know. Cheers -- Lost(talk) 14:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

That was ridiculously silly and lazy of me. My apologies, and thanks for correcting the error. Kuru talk 14:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jagsemesh!

Thanks for clearing up my talk page :) Will (message ♪) 16:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm very sorry!

Listen I hope Murdoc666 did not ruin anything! I made a complant about him at the Village pump. Once again I'm sorry for his stupid edits.A7X 900 17:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hey Kuru, thanks very much for reverting the vandalism from my userpage. I really appreciate your very quick work. :) Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 18:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

➨ ЯEDVERS awards this Barnstar to Kuru for lots of quick anti-vandalism work.
➨ ЯEDVERS awards this Barnstar to Kuru for lots of quick anti-vandalism work.

Thanks for the rvv!

No problem - many thanks for the star. :) Kuru talk 14:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh sorry

My apologies. I blocked you by accident (instead of the IP). Please forgive me! --Alex (Talk) 14:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No big deal. Scars on my block record make me look cool!  :) Kuru talk 14:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re

No problem! Unfortunately, DVD R W beat me on the blocking part. ;-) Cheers, Khoikhoi 04:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the Revert to the Vandalism to my Page..---The Doctor- "Would you like a Jelly Baby?" 04:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're welcome

Just trying to watch out for watch out for the other guy's back. This idiot is still at it. I have reported him at WP:AIV --KeithB 05:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] jumbo mortgages

Kuru:

The link to jlenders.com is spam. The website is owned by a company called EastLand Mortgage at http://www.eastlandmortgage.com and the "NY mortgage" link on the jlenders.com page leads directly to them. They disguised the page in a way to make it "appear" to be some type of portal when in fact it is nothing more than spam site to drive clients looking for financial assistance in NY to their site.

Here is their registrant information: ec101 Inc.

 Admin Contact () 
 516-728-7500 
 Fax: 
 601 Jericho Tpk. 
 Syosset, NY 11791 
 US

Their corporate address is listed at the top of their page -> www.eastlandmortgage.com and matches the registrant info.

Please notify the user that spam is not allowed on Wikipedia and get back to me at your convenience.

Thank you for your time.

[edit] Added your name to the Cartographers's list

I've added your name and a link to your gallery to Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Cartographers. --DelftUser 10:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, very much - I was not aware of the page. I have filled in the specialty description. Kuru talk 03:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3GP

Thanks for helping out with reverting spam on that page (I am getting very sick of it), but you reverted my category additions to there too! I fixed it, so don't worry about it! -- DJ Rubbie 23:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A question...

How do I protect a page? WhyNotFreedom 03:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Only administrators may do so - put in a quick request at WP:RFPP. Kuru talk 03:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question on removal of commentary in State Farm Insurance Page

Hi,

I'd like to know why you removed the commentary on State Farm Insurance page. Especially when the vandalism were commited by state farm employees. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.180.208.5 (talk • contribs) .

You can read my response on the talk page of the user who left the comment here. In summary, random commentary about the article or about other users is more appropriate for the talk page of the article, or, in this case, on the talk pages of the users you are having a dispute with. Simply leaving an individual vandalism related warning on their pages suffices. Please let me know if you have any other questions, or if I can help you find those talk pages. I have the State Farm page bookmarked now, and will assist in reverting obvious vandalism. Kuru talk 03:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I was looking for the right template to send to my new friend, then the nonsense was gone. I appreciate it! -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 04:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I just cheesed out and went straight to test4 for the warning instead of the appropriate one... :) Kuru talk 04:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, but...

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page, but I can't believe you beat me to AIV for that knucklehead (152.7.61.104). I guess I type too slow. -Kubigula (ave) 05:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Aaron Carter

Re your message: No worries as I didn't notice that you did a bad revert. I was in the process of reverting 69.62.168.199 and didn't even see your revert until after I checked the history. Tactics666's vandalism and your revert must have occurred in while I was waiting for my save to be processed. One of those timely coincidences on a heavily vandalized page. =) -- Gogo Dodo 05:11, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Purple Star

The Purple Star
I award you the Purple Star for vandalism sustained to your userspace on 19 November 2006 (UTC) and the professional manner in which you handled it. Thank you for your service. WODUP talk/contribs 05:34, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much, WODUP! That was a fairly annoying evening; I'm glad I gave up the "this page has been vandalized x times" counter months ago... :) Kuru talk 03:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lally

Hello Kuru: The Consumer Value Index that we publish is made available to all major editors in the financial and business media. The CPI became unreliable to consumers about 10 years ago when the policymakers started to use hedonic adjustments. What this has done is lower the annual number from what really is going on with "prices". This has been discussed for the passed several years by Congress, Bill Gross (PIMCO), the AARP and many financial analysts. To help consumers get a more honest look at what the economy is doing to them, this index called the "Lally Consumer Value Index" (LCVI) was created and distributed. It would seem appropriate to include a note in your CPI page to make consumers aware of this tool to help them become more independent in investing and managing their lifestyle.

Regards: Eugene F. Lally

That's fantastic, Mr. Lally. I'm sure you're doing a great job of constructing your index and doing your best to relay it to consumers. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is probably not the best avenue for communicating this information. We are bound by a few core policies that make it difficult to accept your work in either the Consumer price index article, or in an article of your own. The primary problem is that of verification - there simply appears to be no independent confirmation that such an index exists. I was unable to find any reference to it whatsoever. The second problem is that it would appear to be original research, it is simply your personal take on a problem. There are several 'guideline' issues that are problems as well, but please try to understand that this is really a vehicle for encyclopedic entries on notable topics; it's nothing personal, and I'm sure your work is solid. I would encourage you to continue to improve existing articles by improving content and adding material in a neutral manner. There are many other ways to get the word out on LCVI - blogs, portals, etc. Let me know if there is any way I can help you. Kuru talk 03:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Dear Kuru:
Not sure how/where to respond but thank you for the note about our Consumer Value Index. I will follow your lead and work other avenues. Appreciate your help. I am not handy with navigating on Wiki so please forgive me, but hope to learn.
E. Lally

[edit] Eh, excuse me...

But I was merely trying to reverse the edit to South Park back to it's original state, rather than vandalize it. This is because it had been done several times over, and I reverted it to one of the earlier vandalizations. I was attempting to reverse it back to it's oldest format. --205.250.14.232 04:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

It happens - reverting back to a previous vandalized version is indistinguishable from actual vandalism. Please be careful! I'll drop the warning from your talk page. Good luck! Kuru talk 04:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I just wanna thank you for acknowledging me -- the last few times that mistake happened I was never acknowledged. I honestly appreciate it, and thank you. --205.250.14.232 04:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Actually, redirect to squirrel is kinda funny! -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 06:20, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Beats the crap out of the penis redirect I got earlier.  :) Kuru talk 06:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the userpage revert (although it is true I don't have a life)... :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Right back at ya'

Ha ha, thanks for hitting the vandalism on my page. (Seriously, it seems like all day I was reverting userpage vandalism, and was seeing other users reverting it). // I c e d K o l a (Contribs) 22:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shadowbot

Sorry for the accidental revert, it was because of a misconfigured option within Shadowbot. It should be fixed now. Shadow1 (talk) 00:05, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem, I'm actually a big fan of your bot's work to date. Good luck! Kuru talk 00:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, I was checking the editing on TA Software and found you removed (www dot stockwrap dot com). I went to the site and downloaded the software? Its actually excellent for a free program. I also found about it at (Trade2win dot com). Perhaps we should consider a revision?

Chris (November 27 4:40pm)

That's nice that you like the software. It would appear to be completely non-notable otherwise, and I would prefer not to have it promoted here by inserting random external links. Thanks. Kuru talk 13:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] nice

good work to get the guy blocked, i saw the whole thing happen, dont know what was up with him, he got blocked pretty fast,

[edit] StockWrap Express Chart

Hi MER-C I refer you to the following points which were not addressed:

  1. A page has been created for TA software as per Technical Analysis Software, and admins have contested every software placed on this page? what is the point of a TA software page if every article is contested?
  2. Requested assistance for rewrite of the article yet no help has been offered.
  3. "You have not demonstrated why this software is notable. MER-C 08:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC)" - I again refer you to Merchant of Venice (computer program) by Brick Thrower - who is a notable java programmer and the program is written in java. Furthermore, I see no evidence that this meets proposed guidelines either under Critera - How is the StockWrap page created any different from this ?

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.241.205.210 (talk • contribs) .

Your concerns were addressed by User:MER-C at the debate on your page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/StockWrap Express Charts. To sum up: Wikipedia is not a vehicle to promote your software. I would love to help you dress up your article, but I can't get past the fact that it simply does not seem all that notable. I can't see any way it meets our informal guidelines on the topic, and I don't see anything special outside of that. If you see other articles which also fail this criteria, we can debate those as well. I'm very, very sorry if this all seems like your program is being picked on, we're simply trying to avoid Wikipedia becoming a random directory of every program out there. Kuru talk 13:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the response Kuru. I guess we thought the software was considered notable because it really is a comprehensive platform that is offered completely free of charge to TA traders. Not many other packages offer same features etc etc. In accordance with notable however, it doesnt get there - but our consideration was to the Technical Analysis Software and users of Technical Analysis Software, more than anything. Either way thanks for the comments and discussion. User:StockWrap 13:31, 29 November 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Thanks for your support at RFA

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me, and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 22:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. It's more like 56,000 pages since I've re-read most of them by now, each time a new one comes out... hah! -- nae'blis 22:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Access

I think he's sorted it out[1] Rklawton 00:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Excellent - thanks for jumping in on that one. I was a little confused by that particular criticism; I have my own list of quibbles with MSAccess, but that one had never crossed my path. Kuru talk 05:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for creation

Kuru, I'm the guy who proposed the articles, "Paul is Dead" clues from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and "Paul is Dead" clues from Magical Mystery Tour earlier. The reason I proposed these articles is because the existing "Paul is dead" article is currently 42 kilobytes long. Transferring the content of the clues subsections to new articles would significantly reduce the size of the main article -- permanently. 71.96.141.116 4:49 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I see! I figured there was some reason behind that. I'll back out the declines. Kuru talk 04:57, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I think a lot of people will be glad to have a permanent solution to the article size.
71.96.141.116 5:05 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modulation Sphere - article for creation - 29/11/06

My friend Kuru,
I have created "modulation sphere" as of November 29th, but noone has approved, or even declined it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-11-29#Modulation_Sphere

I saw the problem and rewrote it from scratch.

Clearer(?) (as clear an article aboun advanced communication, laser and gravitational wave measurement can be(!)),

Wikified and more explanatory, I believe is now a stronger candidate for Wikipedia. Please check again.

Thanks!

Btw, please don't be too cruel- it is only my 1st article, and I saw it on most wanted for the last two years by wikipedia - so I decided to take my chance.
C U online!
John

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded and I've been issued a shiny new mop. I appreciate your support. You do great work on cleaning up on vandals. Many times I've tried to fix something and you've already taken care of it. Thanks again! =) -- Gogo Dodo 06:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mars Pathfinder Mission on AFC

You declined this based on a copyright violated from a nasa.gov site. But NASA is a government agency and its work is public domain: see {{PD-USGov-NASA}} Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 08:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - I was 100% wrong. I could not for the life of me figure out what the user was wanting to do since there was already an article on the Mars Pathfinder and there was no source provided. Once the exact text popped up on Google, I just went into copyvio mode. I'm a little new to AFC and will be more cautious in the future; thanks again for the correction. Kuru talk 13:28, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Minor Barnstar
This isn't the most flattering barnstar in its title, but it's the most descript and sometimes the most important kind: your work at WP:AFC, while often unappreciated, is vital. Thanks! Patstuarttalk|edits 05:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
A baby one! Thanks for your patience as I figure out AFC. There seem to be quite a few good candidates hidden away in there, and I'm still pretty much just leaving music articles alone since untangling WP:MUSIC is a bit of a chore. Kuru talk 23:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage- I really appreciate it! CattleGirl talk | e@ 03:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Business Process

I noted that you removed the "Under construction" note from the History section in the Business Process article. This is ok for me, if you consider this section as being appropriate now. However, I might add some additional sub-sections to elaborate on that topic. Regards, --Kai a simon 22:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Articles/sections are always under construction; and I certainly think your interim product is sufficiently stable - aside from the buzzword complaint from another editor. There's a {{Underconstruction}} template you can use, but it's really for warning other editors that you're making significant revisions over a short period of time to avoid edit conflicts. As you've had the notice up for three weeks or so, it just didn't seem useful to convert to the template. Just keep making the excellent additions and expansions you've been making. Kuru talk 03:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
The buzzword tag was already there before I made my first edit. I suggested to remove it (on the talk page), but haven't received any feedback. Is is feasible to remove it myself, if I believe that the complaint is no longer valid?

Regards, --Kai a simon 07:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Laurence James

Ok, the request to add Laurence James was a little odd. Apparently he's one of many authors that use the shared "house name" of James Axler to publish their books, but he's also published several books on his own. Do you know the precedent for this type of arrangement? He seems semi-notable on his own - would love feedback. Kuru talk 02:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't have strong feelings. Feel free to get rid of the merge request. My concern was that his article says nothing about him except that he used this name. Maybe you could make the article about him say that he wrote other books? NickelShoe (Talk) 02:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Since it's a request from WP:AFC, my enthusiasm approximates yours. I will add the additional information I found while verifying the source, add a few refs, and drop the merge request. Hopefully the anon will notice the activity and join up to flesh out the remainder of the article. :) Kuru talk 02:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leadership

Not sure why you reverted my contribution with the comment low content blog. The purpose of that blog is one of co-creation and it is very new so of course it will be low content for now as its purpose is to evole and enhance this aspect of leadership. -- 15 Dec 2006—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Norrvall (talk • contribs) 03:18, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

That's great. I'm sure that at some point your blog will become well traveled and will house a great deal of useful information. Adding it as a link in the Leadership seems to only promote a very low content blog, and really add little to nothing to the article itself. Perhaps you could use your know of the subject matter to improve the article itself, instead of linking to external sites? You can find the relevant guidelines on external links at WP:EL. If you're still not sure why the link is inappropriate, please let me know. Kuru talk 04:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dragon

Sorry I missed those I was to busy trying to clean up that guys mess. Thanks for catching that.--Xiahou 02:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

My bad, actually. I saw those odd changes earlier and then got distracted - I should have corrected them before the second commentator sullied things up more. Thanks for jumping into the article - it's an odd one to watch. Kuru talk 03:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XO

Is there any way of getting the Xoán guy banned or just locking the XO page? It's getting rather old to keep reverting the page. Thanks for keeping an eye on the page by the way. -Yupik 12:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

It's kind of a problem. He's using a different IP almost every time he edits, so you can't block him. Even if he used the same IP, there are such large gaps between his edits that the only solution would be a long block; and it's a really bad idea to block any given IP address for a long time. The article could be semi-protected, but that's usually only done for short periods of time as well. He also has started randomly changing facts on other articles as well, so solving the problem at XO would probably just spread elsewhere. I'll type something up and ask a few of the more experienced admins for advice - the solution may just be to have the articles on a few more people's watchlists. Thanks very much for helping, though. That has to be the strangest vandal I've seen so far. Kuru talk 13:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for fixing my talk page

Looks like somebody figured out how to edit wikipedia User:70.239.89.68! Thanks for fixing my talk page. --Mattarata 04:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For getting those spamlinks... the guy wrote me a couple emails, one complaining, the second agreeing and apologizing :). I felt really stupid after hitting the undo button 8 times and then realizing that it didn't actually do anything :(. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 12:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Afc protocol question

I haven't been doing this, and guess I should... Is it appropriate to put the {{attack}} and such tags on ISP and user pages for those that put that nonsense on the AfC board?

And, if so, and I really can't see a logical place for this, perchance a note on the Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Templates page for the appropriate template for each of the "Decision templates that can be used for declined articles".

Thanks for your advice! SkierRMH 07:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

You're probably right - I have not been doing it either. Most of the time, the 'personal attacks' are against some random guy from their school and not against a specific Wikipedia editor, so I've simply deleted the edits and moved on. There have been a few instances where a nonsense AFC request has been part of a pattern of vandalism or personal attacks, and I'll definitely place a warning then.
The other problem is that I'm usually closing out AFC requests that occurred twenty edits ago, and I'm really cautious about warning people assuming that the IP or user in the signature of the item was the actual person that made the edit. AFC requests can turn into mush pretty fast, and trying to sort out who did what is pretty time consuming.
I'm for warning when the attacks are against other editors, but the usual nonsense and tests should probably just be cleared. Kuru talk 14:47, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] uncited promotional material and external link, how to avoid?

Hi,

You reverted my contribution as “uncited promotional material and external link”.

I do not question it, as I think Wikipedia is a very good source of info that I used on a regular basis. So do not want to spoiled it.

I do think howerver thet there is real content and value in the text and link I posted. When I started work on conversion a few years back, I could not find valuable free documentation. All I ended-up with, where baith to get me to buy a book or services. This is not my intention here and I really think the text is worthwhile to anyone engaging in an ERP conversion.

What must I do to make it neutral (i.e. non-promotional) ?

Thanks for making Wikipedia what it is.

My user name is Cvcby

I'm very sorry, but you've added a link to your own personal page which seems to primarily be a vehicle for promoting your resume. You've also added the links to a variety of pages which have only a tangential relationship with the subject matter. While I'm sure your methodologies are excellent, I'm afraid the links simply seem promotional in nature. Please read the guidleines for external links and remember that is it far more desirable to add actual relevant content to the articles instead of trying to create a directory of links. Kuru talk 14:31, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I will look at the guidelines and make sure I respect them. The little text I wrote is based on the principles behind the methodology. The methodology itself is too big to put in a page. I will make a page that is totally out of promotional interest and see how I can enrich the little text I did put in originally. Should be back after the holiday’s break. Best wishes to you --Cvcby 22:43, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation for Dec 28 "run of nonsense"

Today is December 28, day of the Holy Saints in Mexico. In this country, tradition marks that we play jokes and pranks to our friends, similar to april fools, and then say "Inocente Palomita" to let them know they've been fooled. Indeed, today's edits where similar to the all popular April Fool's jokes in wikipedia... My intention was just good fun, and of course welcome reversion. Hari Seldon 15:57, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I'm afraid that my limited spanish was changing "Inocente Palomita" into "Inocente Palomita de maiz" and "innocent popcorn" didn't really explain much. Of course, 40 years in San Antonio you'd think I would have run across this aspect of the Holy Innocents Day - I've learned something new. My apologies... :) Kuru talk 19:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dragon talk page

Thanks for helping on the Dragon talk page. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 18:39, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My apology

I’ve had email discussions with Mr Dawkins and I find that this man is not open to any agreement, for instance he wrote a book review on a book which didn’t dismiss the theory of evolution, it just discussed the problems with the theory. The review he wrote was appalling he didn’t use real science and he poked fun at the author. When I wrote to Mr Dawkins just to ask him why he didn’t dismiss the author scientifically . He wrote a very rude message to me without actually using science. I think there should be a critics section on Mr Dawkins page, this is due to the fact he does not defend his believe he just attacks others.

For the record I am not even a creationist. 83.245.18.248 22:52, 1 January 2007 (UTC)


I am very sorry for any upset. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.245.18.248 (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2007 (UTC).