User talk:Dreftymac/Archive 3

Request for help in starting an article

I understand you are a power user of Wikipedia and are willing to help new users.

I am a brand new user to Wikipedia. On February 8th, I attempted to post some information about Reid Supply Company, a global industrial products, components and supplies distributor. Unfortunately, I didn't understand all of the processes and procedures in posting information on Wikipedia and because there were so many external links, I was the victim of a speedy deletion by Kurt Raschke (21:00 8 Feb 2008). I accidentally deleted the tags on the article which made things worse. I have contacted Mr. Raschke on his talk page and requested instructions on how to repost the corrected version of the information, but have yet to receive instructions. My comments are posted on his talk page which you can link to from my talk page.

Can you provide instructions on how I can get the new information about Reid Supply Company on Wikipedia and get the Reid Supply Company name "unblocked" from speedy deletion?

Thank you for your assistance.

Gpalmer7 (talk) 15:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)Gpalmer7[reply]

Hello Gpalmer7. Perhaps the easiest option for you is to re-create a temporary copy of the article content in your user space (see Wikipedia:USERFY, Wikipedia:User_page). So others can see the content you are proposing to add.

Once you have done that, (or if you need help figuring out how to even do that), try visiting the WP help page for new editors: link here and ask for help in establishing the content in a regular WP article.

Please note, however that there are guidelines one must consider when posting information about a company, (See e.g., WP:COI). Hope that helps, thanks for your efforts to help add content to Wikipedia. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 23:32, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Ico_appdbs_node000.svg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Ico_appdbs_node000.svg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Kelly ^hi! 00:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help resolving a dispute

Hi, I saw your name in the editors willing to help section. I seem to have gotten myself in the middle of two groups that are in a revert war on the Jeff Jacoby page. I'm trying to take the middle of the road approach to maintain the non-POV nature but these folks seem determined to drive on. Can you take a look and give some suggestions before people (including me) start getting blocked for violations of the revert standards? Thx Hardnfast (talk) 13:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings User:Hardnfast, I've only had a quick glance at the article in question, here are some quick suggestions.

Encourage all relevant parties to discuss on the talk page. Batting comments back in forth in the edit summary is rarely very productive.
Regarding the AAA reference: It is definitely good to request a reference. If someone persists in refusing a reasonable request for providing verification, there are alternatives to edit-warring:

Indicate the disputed portions of the article with a "fact" tag indicating a need for a citation
Flag the relevant subsection(s) of the article as insufficiently referenced pursuant to WP:V
Flag the entire article as insufficiently referenced pursuant to WP:V

Regarding ongoing dispute and avoiding edit-warring: There are a few options you have:

Take a look at Wikipedia:Dispute. There are some very useful links in there, (e.g., Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard)
Request help on Wikipedia:Help_desk
Request a "third opinion" on Wikipedia:Third opinion

Please note that all of these items should be preceded by an attempt to discuss the matter with the disputing parties on the talk page. Perhaps a reasonable compromise can be met by calmly discussing the opposing viewpoints. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 16:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request on Jeff Jacoby article to remove citecheck

The Jacoby article has been locked, however, someone still got at it and removed the citation that was in dispute. They did not, however, remove the citecheck (see talk page and history).

I would request that either the statement with the dispute citation be returned, and the citecheck stay on, or that the citecheck be *removed* from this article, as there was never a problem with any other citation.

Don't know if you can help, but...thanks.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerouac2k (talk • contribs) 12:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 17:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability challenge accepted.

I have accepted your challenge here and await with interest your response. Sincerely, Skomorokh 22:27, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 22:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Stephen Eyre

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Stephen Eyre, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Terraxos (talk) 23:59, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Could you maybe help out on these page with displaying references in is own section; tidy it up a bit Kelvin Martinez (talk) 21:38, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Honorific titles in popular music[reply]

Hi Kelvin Martinez, not sure time will permit much of a helping hand at this time unfortunately. The content looks interesting though. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 16:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since the page is not gonna be deleted is ok now for the nomination to be removed? Kelvin Martinez (talk) 01:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't look like the discussion is closed yet, so you should not do that. You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Help_desk and WP:AFD to find out more about how article delete conversations work, or you can ask for more details on the help desk, if you haven't done that already.

It looks like you are working hard to make improvements, hats off to you for all your efforts. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 02:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article Redirection

I'm a little bit confused as to why you set up a page for John Resig only to make it redirect to the jQuery JavaScript Library page, especially considering that:

The page links to itself.
There is no actual information about John Resig on the jQuery page.
The John Resig page is linked to from a number of locations - none of which have to do with jQuery, directly.

Were you planning on creating a stub page? At least in its current state it doesn't seem to be useful. --Jeresig (talk) 20:13, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Jeresig, I simply noticed that John Resig was red-linked in numerous places, and I considered an active link to one of the principle associations with that name better than a red-link that goes nowhere.

Although this is not optimal, it is not an unheard of practice to link an individual's name to an invention, company or organization of that individual. This is especially useful in cases where the page of the individual is deleted for some reason or another, but the invention or company page remains.

Having said that, a BIO stub may be a good idea, although usually I tend to avoid creating BIO articles myself. If this rationale seems less than ideal for you, please do not hesitate to look into an alternate course or direction for the relevant content and I will be happy to help with ideas or alternatives to the extent I can. Cheers. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 01:34, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I guess this can hold for now - I'm not really in a place to write up a bio (being the subject of the article) so I'll have to let someone else handle those details. I'll be sure to ping you if something comes up. --Jeresig (talk) 01:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. Thanks for your comments and all the best. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 02:02, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!

Check It Out!! Honorific titles in popular music with any feedback Talk: Honorific titles in popular music Kelvin Martinez (talk) 13:13, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

article redirected

I created a wiki entry for Christina Christian (contestant on American Idol). That page was deleted and redirected to the actual American Idol season 1 wiki page. I think that her name should point to her biography which i researched and uploaded. I cant seem to find all of my edits in the history section for that page. Can you help me? Jbloco282 (talk) 23:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)jbloco282[reply]

Your best bet with this is to ask for an admin to help you on the Wikipedia:Help_desk. Give it a shot. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 00:00, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People ganging up to disrupt an article

Hi,

I found you at Wikipedia:Editor assistance. If you can spare a few minutes of your time helping out at Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil, I would be thankful.

I am developing an article on words borrowed by Tamil from Indo-Aryan languages. I am citing a standard authoritative lexicon from which I find the words that are borrowed before including them at Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil. There are a few people who seem to be intent in damaging the article by adding "cite" tags, "disputed" and "dubious" tags for the article and threatening to delete it within 24 hours.

Could you please help?

Thanks. Kris (talk) 19:10, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Kris, it looks like User:DGG has left some remarks on the discussion page of that article. If that does not help you might want to try WP:3O to get a "third opinion" on the matter. That's probably about the best advice I can give on this particular matter. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 01:03, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking

Where is my previous entry? Paula —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.173.13.2 (talk) 12:23, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a case of mistaken identity. Perhaps you were looking for another talk page besides this one? dr.ef.tymac (talk) 15:45, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

article editing

Hello Please could you guide me on the article 'nazargunj'. Although created many months ago and edited/improved since, it is still tagged as an article that may need to be 'wikified'. Fine with me - purpose is just to put down some facts - do you know how one can have it either verified and/or formatted to the requisite standard?

Kind regards

Sid sid_lall@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.140.178 (talk) 09:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Sid, please have a look at the WP article Karauli. This is a good example that you may use as a template by way of comparison. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 07:59, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MFU by HC

I would like to add an article for HC. Do you know if he's done anything else besides MFU, Acid Round The clock, Washington Pissed, etc?

--Golden Eternity (talk) 19:04, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Golden Eternity. My guess is one is not likely to encounter much in the way of additional (verifiable) publications by HC. Unless I am mistaken, that pen name was only adopted as a formality pursuant to requirements for publication of the (formerly) online-only content. Given that the author has rigorously maintained personal anonymity, it's very unlikely that the name was intended for use in any other context. You still may be able to find out more by sending him an e-mail if you haven't already tried that. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 00:31, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried a long time ago. I guess I'll try again. Do you know anyone else that is familiar with this work that might know more?--Golden Eternity (talk) 22:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment (computer programming)

Good to see you working to address the issues raised in this article's recent GA Reassessment. The review was of course closed as a delist. but when you feel that it's ready, if you let me know when you renominate it at WP:GAN then I'll be happy to undertake the review and hopefully restore the GA listing. Of course, if you'd prefer someone else to carry out the review, that's fine with me as well. --Malleus Fatuorum 20:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Free time is at a premium, but the issues you brought up are all relatively manageable to address and correct where necessary. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 01:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hOW

DO U DRAW ON WIKIPEDIA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.173.120.138 (talk) 01:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One way is to download a drawing application like Inkscape and make drawings on your local machine, and then upload them to Wikipedia. For more details on that I recommend you take a look at Wikipedia:SVG image support and ask for more links on how to draw using the Wikipedia:Help_desk. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 01:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Updates to N|Vu and KompoZer

Drefty, I follow progress, such as it is, on these HTML Editor successors to Mozilla Composer. I'd be happy to update the articles, but find nothing new on the project pages on Source Forge, etc. Do you have something in mind? Cgmusselman (talk) 07:45, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:Cgmusselman, at the time I was uncertain about whether anyone was following along. The update notice was primarily for my own benefit. It seems like there is not much significant that can be added and supported by references, so I've removed the update notices. Thanks for letting me know you are following these. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 01:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I am a user and a fan. I may attempt to compile Kompozer for my MacBook. Emulation seems sluggish compared with the Windows version. Cgmusselman (talk) 07:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Desk/Computing

Hey! I saw your answer to the EULA thing. It was both more clever AND more useful than most. Good job. Hope you stick around the Reference Desk a bit. It's a kick. --98.217.14.211 (talk) 04:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please Help

hello ~ I try to accomplish "MIPRO" title which has been protected and can edit by administers only. just don't know how to start it. I used MIPRO microphone couple times ; really love this brand. - plus, I found so many relevant information about this brand to establish this subject. Somehow, it seems like this title has been destroyed already - no way to edit it. a little bit depressed...

I found you from the list of editor assistance. My writing is not good enough and not really familiar with wikipedia policy. But, I found good sources about this subject. hopfully we can work together to accomplish this project. If you are interested, you can visit their website at www.mipro.com.tw and do some research from google. - you will find that this subject is deserved to list. hope to hear your feedback soon. ~ Have a good day ! --Wilson0324 (talk) 05:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Wilson0324, according to the deletion log, that page has been repeatedly removed because various Wikipedia participants perceived the content as inappropriate. It is likely that the content was considered to be advertising. For more information see Wikipedia:Spam. If you have additional questions please consult the Wikipedia Help desk at Wikipedia:Help desk. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 10:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:WikipediaBinary.svg missing description details

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as File:WikipediaBinary.svg is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors to make better use of the image, and it will be more informative for readers. If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:59, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the image in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Javascript.svg, I think that the first line should include not "text-javascript" but "text/javascript". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.163.24.100 (talk) 12:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you are correct. That image file was rather a rush-job and I am not particularly pleased with it. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 19:53, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Hornbook -- a new WP:Law task force for the J.D. curriculum

Hi Dreftymac/Archive 3,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

Each casebook will have a subpage.

Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.

I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.

2. If you're a law student,

Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Hornbook to your classmates, and tell them to do the same.
Contact me directly via talk page or email about coordinating a chapter of "Student WP:Hornbook Editors" at your own school.

(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)

3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 20:24, 2 August 2009 (UTC)Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 04:41, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter (September 2009)

Stephen Eyre

Hi there. Back in 2007, you tagged this article as unreferenced. Two years later, while references have been provided, I believe notability is still lacking, and have nominated the article for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Eyre. Robofish (talk) 22:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As to your question at the Referrence desk

You've asked about whether there's a verb tense in any language that does all three tenses at the same time.

As other wikipedians had pointed out, Chinese could have been a good instance; however, I'm not sure if that may comply with your original request, because Chinese doesn't have tenses at all. You'd probably been looking for a language which both enables you to use a specific tense (e.g. past or present or future) and also enables you to use a "neutral" tense. I think this may be possible - at least in a specific category of verbs (not in all verbs) with a specific pronoun (not with all pronouns): Hebrew has a verb category called "verbs having no middle consonant" (e.g, the verbs: circumcise, come, discuss, fly, get up, knead, live, move, put, quarrel, rest, run, sail, sing, etc.). Using any VERB of this category - with the third pronoun singular, you can say in Modern Hebrew: "He/she VERB yesterday/now/tomorrow", meaning (in English): "He/she was/is/will-be VERB+ing yesterday/now/tomorrow". The word used here (in Modern Hebrew) for the VERB - is one single word for all three tenses, although Modern Hebrew (not like Chinese) has three tenses - generally. Note that the verbal form for the Masculine is different from the verbal form for the Feminine, in Hebrew.

Technical comment:

This phenonemon in Modern Hebrew - stems from the following reason:

Merging the present-tense with the future tense by one single word, is possible just as it's possible in English: you can say (in English): either "I'm coming/flying now/tomorrow", or "I will be coming/flying tomorrow", i.e. you have two alternatives for the future tense, and the same is in Hebrew; however merging the present-tense with the past-tense - is the only possibility in Modern Hebrew - in this specific category of verbs with this specific pronoun, i.e. Modern Hebrew really has three tenses, but they become two only - when this specific category of verbs and this specific pronoun are concerned. Note that English, too, merges past-tense and present-tense in some verbs having no middle consonant (e.g. the verbs: cut, let, put, etc.), yet not with the third pronoun singular - but rather with all other cases other than the third pronoun singular.

P.S. This phenonemon (of merging all three tenses by one single word) may be possible in Classical Hebrew as well, but with another category of verbs (e.g. can, grow, etc.)

HOOTmag (talk) 09:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]