User talk:Dmoss
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Welcome, Dmoss!
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Welcome to VandalProof!
[edit]Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Dmoss! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Prodego talk 00:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Half-Truth
[edit]Dmoss, do you think you can continue to improve that article? (What you've done looks quite good.) If so, I'll withdraw the AfD. Cheers. •Jim62sch• 12:53, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- Dave, thanks. I'll be glad to help with the edits and the article (we really need to watch out for Mr. Squitti (he's a strange bird)). I'll rescind the AfD, and add the article to my watch list so we can work on it together. •Jim62sch• 13:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Dave, you might find this of interest: Statistical Prevarication: Telling Half Truths Using Statistics
Thanks...
--Caesar J.B. Squitti: Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti (talk) 02:57, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Responses
[edit]I've asked the creator of those pages if they are real places. I'd like to just take you on your word that they're nonsense (reading over them they do sound like nonsense). You could go ahead and {{prod}} them if you like. Or add some supporting google links to the talk pages would be helpful.
Actually those characters are Korean, and I have no idea what they mean. :) --Fang Aili talk 16:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've deleted North Warwick and South Warwick both. Cheers. --Fang Aili talk 19:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Port Chester
[edit]Your edit of my numbers is wrong and unnecessary. If you were to know anything about the demographics then I guess you would have known that Port Chester is the only town/city/village in Westchester with a Hispanic plurality, or that it's estimated there are at least an extra 10,000 Hispanics that were missed by the census in 2000. Your numbers are grossly inaccurate, I suggest you change them.
edit: lol, the whole section was ripped from: http://experts.about.com/e/p/po/Port_Chester,_New_York.htm
- Hmm, I you are correct in that I don't know anything about Port Chester, but I do know a little about demographics and arithmetic. The population percentages in the article before you made your edit added up to 100%, after your edit they did not. My conclusion was that you had made a mistake, or that you may have deliberately vandalised the article. That is why I reverted the edit. I suggest you re-check your figures and try again. Dave 09:39, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Korean
[edit]Yeah, weird that someone actually took the time to insult you in a language you can't understand. How pointless. Well, at least it looks sort of cool. Congrats on getting some vandalism. ;) --Fang Aili talk 23:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Please note
[edit]the article was in violation of wikipedia policy. You can't say an organization is terrorist, only that's it's called / designated as such. Don't take this personally or anything, but this article can't be different to all others in the world, and any adminstrator will tell you the same. Amoruso 05:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Appreciation from a New Chum
[edit]Just a note to say thanks for editing up my piece on the Diocese of Grafton. I'm new and had been sitting largely in the political area with a fairly easy format for any new entry. Grafton was new try and I have learned something from it.
Pat Comben Pat Comben 09:26, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Comment from User: page
[edit]Hi Dave,
I was not quite sure, so I made the enquiry to see whether you'd remember me. Many thanks for the response.
Does Wikipedia get one addicted? Do you specialise in certain areas?
We must catch up.
Pat Pat Comben 10:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about that
[edit]Very sorry i am new to wikipedia as it was recommended by a friend of mine. I didn't realise that you werent allowed to make pages about characters from different articles. TheFabulous 18:01, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Afro-Latin American
[edit]I'm curious as to why you reverted a recent entry to Afro-Latin American because of "vandalism".
Although the edit you reverted is full of unsubstantiated information and is definitely controversial I'm wondering if it is appropriate to lable it as vandalism. My own inclination would be to reject it for violating NPOV or attempting to neutralize it. --Jaxhere 14:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- The reason I labelled the edit Afro-Latin American vandalism is that it was repeated, and conducted over more than one article (Afro-Cuban, Afro-Latin American and Afro-Brazilian). User talk:203.164.93.248 had cut and pasted the same text into 3 different articles and continued to repaste it after reversion. User:Zleitzen had asked for help in dealing with the situation on Village Pump (assistance). If only one article was involved I might have considered it a mere content dispute, but the same text repeatedly pasted into 3 articles from an anonymous source looks more like vandalism. Switching IP addresses to repaste the material reinforced the perception. I reverted the latest edits and placed a warning on the user page. This appears to have been effective as the repasting stopped immediately. --Dave 22:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help on the spamming of those three pages. Unfortunately the user has continued to paste the material, I have reverted again. I imagine that eventually the user will get the message that the pieces are simply unacceptable. --Zleitzen 09:23, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, Dave, for your explanation. I was not aware of the other actions but now that I am I can understand and support your edits. --Jaxhere 13:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit]I've moved all Wikicite created comments to Wikicite Talk --Dave 10:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Kooma
[edit]Your article move from Kooma to Kooma (Band) was inappropriate. First, they're not a band, they're a demogroup (as you can in Category:Demo groups, many use "(demogroup)" as a disambiguation term). Second, Kooma still redirects to Kooma (Band). If there was truly a need to move it, then there would be actual content under Kooma, either a full article or a disambiguation page - not a redirect. I recommend moving the article back to its original name. --Vossanova o< 15:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I've been busy with work. I intend to write a full article on the Kooma people similar to the obe I wrote on the Bigambul people. I will sort out the disambig stuff when I do that. In the meantime, if you feel the (band) heading inappropriate, feel free to change it to something else. --Dave 22:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Alireza Jafarzadeh
[edit]I understand that the article is causing you distress, but I am rather restrictive with blocking users unless they are blatantly causing disruption. Wikipedia:Blocking policy does in fact prevent me from blocking him (or them) at this point, as there is no obvious disruption going on at the moment. The use of sockpuppet accounts is discouraged and may lead to a ban, but it is actually not strictly forbidden (see Wikipedia:Sock puppetry), and I do not beleive in lifetime bans on Wikipedia – people can change their manners (and in this case sock puppetry is merely suspected, not confirmed by checkuser).
This kind of disagreement is common in cases of controversial people like Jafarzadeh. Blocking people is not always the best solution, but building consensus always is. I am inclined to assume good faith and give User:Sima-azad the benefit of doubt as some of his concerns are bonafide. But as no admin is infallible, and since you feel strongly about it, perhaps you could post a notice at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard so that some other admin can take a look at it. In any case, please do not leave Wikipedia on the account of this article, its not worth it. --Ezeu 11:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
A Real Shame
[edit]Sir, As a new "Wikipedian" (I believe that is the correct term) I stumbled upon your 'Wikicite' software and found it an incredibly useful and productive tool while composing my first article. However, having read many of your contributions to Wikipedia in general, and observed the trouble you had with one individual on the the "Alireza Jafarzadeh" article I must say that It is with great shame that I read your user page. I feel, as a new member of the Wikipedia community and a University Student that your stepping down from the community is a loss to the project. As I have discovered more about how the Wiki system works; I have observed some of the childish, immature and sometimes misguided opinions that fill the 'discussion' and 'talk' pages. It is a great shame that the misguided opinions of one group could drive another valid contributor out of the Wikipedia community. I only hope that one day you will see fit to return to Wikipedia. I wish you all the best and I will hopefully be able to add to the Wikicite application during my summer break. Yours --Higgy3k 23:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC) NB: Wikicite is perhapps the first step to a WYSIWYG format on Wikipedia
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Answering Michael Laudahn
[edit]A recent post on the Usenet group aus.politics stated that David Moss had been banned from editing Wikipedia. The statement is untrue. In order to prove it is not true I have returned to Wikipedia after a long absence to leave this comment. --Dave (talk) 00:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
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WikiCite knowledge project in development
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Holy crap! The page (and all my work) was deleted within a few days of this speedy deletion tag. What a waste. I doubt I'll make an effort here again for a long time. Dave (talk) 05:30, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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