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[edit] DYK

On 2 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maltese European Union membership referendum, 2003, 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.

--Daniel Case (talk) 18:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

On March 3, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004 , 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.

Well done again Dave!Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 03:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

On 4 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Montana gubernatorial election, 2004, 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.

--PFHLai (talk) 07:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Schreiber

hi erm can you restore the Silent Hill 4 page on oseph Screbier or somthin like that i just wanna read the Bio of him ok thanks a fan of wiki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.168.230 (talk) 17:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I am afraid I cannot restore the article on Joseph Schreiber as a community discussion found that he did not meet our notability guidelines. However you can find some info about him on List of Silent Hill characters and externally to wikipedia you can find him here and here. Hope this is helpful. Davewild (talk) 18:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

its ok thanks for the info though you are a great admin—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.168.230 (talk)

could you write a bit more neater please.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.138.185.191 (talk)

[edit] DYK

On 9 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hungarian European Union membership referendum, 2003, 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! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 11 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2004, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 09:16, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Riana's request for bureaucratship

Dear Dave, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats. I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight. I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community. I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 12:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carlisle local elections

Well I guess as an admin you should know best, but............. I have been editing Wikipedia for rather too long but always with the aim of making it a useful Encyclopaedia where one link connects through to more detail, or associated information or whatever. Having a list of red-links that go nowhere, that don't in themselves convey any useful information (we don't for example even know if these listed elections happened) and have been sitting there as a list for very many months just no support that concept of promotimgh encyclopaedic knowledge. Whilst it might seem comfortable to feel yourself the owner and arbiter of this page (and potentially many like it - my boredom threshold prevents me researching that), I feel it does a disservice to Wikipedia and its enquiring readers. Just my view I guess. Velela (talk) 19:59, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AIV

I respect your decision but why did you delete my user report? (For the anon. IP) Just wondered. George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^Help 22:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks! I must have misread June as January, which is much more recent. Thanks for your swift reply. George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^Help 23:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank-you

Hi Davewild! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1). I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being an admin to the high standard that the community deserves. Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of religious wars

Thanks for the peek. I was thinking there would be something more grand, so I'm a tiny bit disappointed, and I can see why a trusted admin would speedy such an array. It is my opinion the pedia needs an actual list of religious wars, and I can see why such a created page might become a contentious arena. The list you userfied(? new verb to me) has a sort of unique construction (a construction which might better benefit from category application) and many of the wars linked have been redirected to larger articles. While this list might form the basis for a new list, there's zero chance I'll just repost it as is. If I rebuild it and decide to post it, should I gather consensus at DRV before recreating the article? BusterD (talk) 13:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD of G-Log - please relist instead of closing...

Hi Davewild, you closed the AfD on G-Log with "no concensus, default keep". Can you please relist rather than closing as not enough debate took place [1]? I've checked Google, etc, and there are no verifiable sources of notability. The article itself has no references. Most articles are PR stunts, and even the two articles mentioned as being notable in the short AfD discussion are no citable as both are Press Releases by the company themselves. In a nutshell, this article fails the most basic qualification required - that of notability. Thank you. Bardcom (talk) 15:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dave, great explanation, thank you. The reasons for asking for a relisting isn't because of a quorum, but because no discussion had taken place. The article was (unfortunately) closed just as a discussion was taking place. Some additional comments regarding the references in the article here - the first is merely a directory listing - any company can get a Yahoo listing, and it does not amount to notability. The last reference is about the acquisition, and this is the only mention of G-Log that appears on Google from what I can see. I'm requesting a relisting only to allow the discussion to continue. Thank you. Bardcom (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dave, I've looked at the references you added and I've done more searching. I made the point earlier that the only references I can find are PR articles, or articles that relate to the acquisition by Oracle (and this says more about Oracle's notability than G-Log's). The references you've added only refer to the acquisition. Adding more references to an event that was already referenced doesn't (in my view) verify the notability of the company. So the question boils down to, is this single event enough? I don't think so but I'd prefer to see more discussion. A relisting would hopefully resolve this. I'm happy you've given me this opportunity to make this point - but whatever you decide, I'll go along with. Thank you again. Bardcom (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requests for adminship/TenPoundHammer 5

Thanks for the note, probably did need some explanation, quite a funny way ive seen the RfA, probably worth a read. Cheers. Twenty Years 11:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Abelian grape - may I create a redirect ?

As the closing admin on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abelian grape, I was wondering if you would have any objections if I redirect Abelian grape to mathematical joke. I completely agree that the term does not merit its own article, but it is still a potential search term, and the joke is explained and sourced in the mathematical joke article. Gandalf61 (talk) 12:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your very prompt response. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for reverted vandalic edits on my talk page. --Jacopo Werther (talk) 13:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Arizona primary, 2004

An editor has nominated Arizona primary, 2004, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

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[edit] Qualm.co.uk page deletion

I was looking at the deletion dicussion for this page and saw that the facts backing up the decision were not quite accurate

I am confident that this ezine is the leading site for previously unpublished contributions by contemporary English speaking poets including many of the most prominent in the world (such as Les Murray). It has more contributions from such prominent poets than any other poetry website that I know of. An editorial requirement is that poems have to be prevously unpublished. I agree that the page should be called ‘Qualm’ not ‘Qualm.co.uk’, but I think it passes the notability test with ease.

Would you consider a review of the deletion decision? Thanks, Rocsandford —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocsandford (talk • contribs) 19:23, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez

This article is up for Afd again and since you voted to keep it I thought I should inform you.Callelinea (talk) 05:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question re: notices on top of hellomagazine.ca page

Is it possible to please remove the notices re: advertising, etc. at the top of the hellomagazine.ca page since the deletion notice has been removed?

--Cprice (talk) 21:03, 3 April 2008 (UTC) (talk) 20:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.114.255.19 (talk) 21:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning the hangon tag

on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fiorentino, and deleting the PROD it seems not to be possible due to 'intermediate edits" perhaps cuz of the double PROD post. Perhaps you could help?

[edit] Thanks!

Hi there. I just wanted to say thats for reverting the vandalism on my page! Sorry i dint say thanks sooner but you only really notice what has happened when you look in the history. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 12:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA has closed

My RFA that you weighed in on earlier has closed as no consensus to promote, at a final tally of 120/47/13. I thank you for your feedback and comments there, and I'm going to be considering all the various advice and comments presented. I might end up at RFA again some day, or not. If you see me there again in the future, perhaps you might consider a Support !vote. If not, not, and no hard feelings. The pen is still mightier than the mop! See you around, and thanks again. Lawrence § t/e 18:25, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA...

[edit] Confused on RfD decision

I am genuinely sorry to read that you decided to vote to “Keep” the article on Jeffrey A. Klein, MD. I am curious to know how you came to this decision, considering that (1) the article was authored by Dr. Klein’s son, which I believe is a major COI; (2) all independent sources determine that Dr. Klein basically improved upon an existing anesthetic procedure relating to liposuction; (3) Dr. Klein’s notability was limited solely to the procedure; and (4) there appears to be a conspicuous sock puppet in the debate (the sock puppet and the original author make the same editing mistake throughout the debate). Thank you. Ecoleetage (talk) 17:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

• I appreciate your prompt response and cogent explanation. While I believe the inclusion of the article on Dr. Klein is a mistake, I respect the opinions of my fellow editors and your final decision. I hope, however, that something can be done about the sock puppet account User:Procession. Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 17:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

• Please don't take this personally...

[edit] Deletion review for Jeffrey A. Klein

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jeffrey A. Klein. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ecoleetage (talk) 01:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] West Lindsey Council election, 2002

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[edit] Hans Schlepkopper

This article has been deleted, and I noted that my blog (www.enhancedperfection.com) was mentioned in the debate. First off I would like to say that I am not the originator of the name. I found it from someone else. I cannot confirm if this really is the person's name, and that was mentioned in my blog article.

However I do not believe that the issue has been resolved. Due to the deletion of the Hans Schlepkopper Article there is no longer any information on wikipedia about technoviking. No doubt the original technoviking article was deleted as well or redirected to hans schlepkopper. Being a popular internet meme of somewhat notoriety I believe that wikipedia should have some type of stub about the technoviking meme.

--Twdsje (talk) 05:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

[edit] Rfa thanks

Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 03:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

[edit] As ever, thank you very much

Thanks for helping out with the Preston local election pages, I tried to do as much as possible as the results were coming in but fell asleep, heheh. The swing calculations are a great addition, thank you. doktorb _words^deeds 08:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gary Lynch and the DRV

First, although I didn't directly reply to you, I've commented to others saying I think the close itself was sound... there wasn't any evidence of notability on offer. You may want to, if you feel needful, rebut me there. Or maybe say you now agree. :) Second, regarding User:Davewild/Gary Lynch do you want me to go ahead and perform the history merge now so this article can be moved back to articlespace? Frankly, I just looked at the article and I think it would easily withstand an AfD now, your sourcing was just what the doctor ordered... (although I'd advocate adding the NYT article Fred points to as well) No reason to wait on moving it I don't think, it's ready to go. Let me know. ++Lar: t/c 20:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

ack, we're cross threaded... I'll reply on my talk I guess to keep the rest together. ++Lar: t/c 21:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Knowledge Creation

Would you explain why you removed the delete proposal on knowledge creation? No one has done anything with it, its a dubious title anyway? --Snowded (talk) 09:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice - hopefully I got it right this time Snowded (talk) 09:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Erich Kofmel

Hi there,

A short stub was created about Erich Kofmel. Every statement was referenced (mostly to content published in UK newspaper). It is clearly newsworthy. Moreover, Kofmel's response was also quoted (and reference).

I suspect many Admins on wiki don't actually read the content before wielding the hammer.

Please can you reinstate the deleted page or provide a more full response.

This is a current and newsworthy article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shortterm3 (talk • contribs) 10:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rfb participation thanks

Hello, Epbr123.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. Regarding your opposition as per both yours and my comments at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RfB bar, we will have to continue to agree to disagree. Once again, thank you for your participation. -- Avi (talk) 21:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flagged revisions

Hi, we were discussing flagged revisions recently in the context of the BLP policy, so I thought I'd just let you know about the discussion still continuing at User:Thomas H. Larsen/flagged revisions implementation proposal, where in the Outstanding Issues section at the bottom I've tried to generate discussion on some questions which seem to need to be settled before flagged revisions can be implemented. Please contribute if you can.--Kotniski (talk) 10:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thank-spam

Davewild, just a note of appreciation for your recent support of my request for adminship, which ended successfully with 112 supports, 2 opposes, and 1 neutral. If there's something I've realized during my RFA process this last week, it's that adminship is primarily about trust. I will strive to honour that trust in my future interactions with the community. Many thanks! Gatoclass (talk) 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Dave, your kind comments were appreciated. Gatoclass (talk) 06:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

		RfA: Many thanks
		Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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--Gatoclass (talk) 12:56, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Runnymede Council election, 2008

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[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for putting together an article on the 2002 election for governor in Oregon! Something we've needed for a while, and you did a good job. FYI, we've got a great group of editors at WikiProject Oregon, and are always looking for new blood...so pay us a visit sometime! -Pete (talk) 21:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2004

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[edit] Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2003

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[edit] Thanks...

for your support in my recent RFA. I do appreciate all the votes of confidence and will do my best to ensure that they are not misplaced! --Slp1 (talk) 00:11, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon gubernatorial election, 2002

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[edit] 5/28 DYK

On 28 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Florida gubernatorial election, 2002, 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.

--Bedford ^Pray 02:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unified login

Hi Davewild,

I'm Apple, a sysop of Vietnamese Wikipedia. Would you please help me to usurp an account Apple on English Wikipedia. This account has only 8 edits and has been inactive for more 2 years (last edit: 17 September 2005). After completely usurping, please merge my current account (user:Apple2) and user:Apple together.

Please answer me on my talk page.

Thank you.

Apple —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apple2 (talk • contribs) 06:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I have just found the page WP:USURP. An Apple of Newton ^talk 06:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apple2 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Blackpool

Hi -I just added some text and a link about a new history of Blackpool. You seem to have deleted it as spam. It was not spam, but a link to a genuine 420-page history, sponsored and printed by Blackpool Central Library's Local History Section, and hosted on the Blackpool Corporation's Blackpool4Me website. Could you reconsider please? Nick Moore —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bignick47 (talk • contribs) 18:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi - sorry for unsigned post - I'm a wiki virgin! Bignick47 (talk) 18:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks Dave - any you could also mention it at the start of the History section too? I don't want to push my luck, but I have a feeling that the Corporation will shortly want to claim it as an "Official History" - even though they gave hardly any help! May as well get in early with a mention on Wikipedia. Bignick47 (talk) 19:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] could you please do me a favor?

Hello,

I am a master student at the Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Currently I am wrapping up my master thesis titled “Can Wikipedia be used for knowledge service?” In order to validate the knowledge evolution maps of identified users in Wikipedia, I need your help. I have generated a knowledge evolution map to denote your knowledge activities in Wikipedia according to your inputs including the creation and modification of contents in Wikipedia, and I need you to validate whether the generated knowledge evolution map matches the knowledge that you perceive you own it. Could you please do me a favor?

1. I will send you a URL link to a webpage on which your knowledge evolution map displays. Please assign the topic (concept) in the map to a certain cluster on the map according to the relationship between the topic and clusters in your cognition, or you can assign it to ‘none of above’ if there is no suitable cluster.
2. I will also send a questionnaire to you. The questions are related to my research topic, and I need your viewpoints about these questions.

The deadline of my thesis defense is set by the end of June, 2008. There is no much time left for me to wrap up the thesis. If you can help me, please reply this message. I will send you the URL link of the first part once I receive your response. The completion of my thesis heavily relies much on your generous help.

Sincerely

JnW^talk 07:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Swiss referendum, June 2008

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--BorgQueen (talk) 06:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 6/11 DYK

On 11 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Karnataka state assembly elections, 2008, 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.

--Bedford ^Pray 11:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)