User talk:Davidwr/Archives/Archive 47
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Draft:CorVette
Just a note on this one - it would indeed be unambiguous advertising...if it was real. It's not; the thing is entirely a (repeatedly deleted) hoax. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:38, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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Notice of Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion
This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding reason. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution. The thread is ".eco".The discussion is about the topic .eco.
Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you!
Note to self: I opened this dispute, the notice here on my own talk page is so I remember when I opened it. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Comments
I see no need to ask to modify the block on the other editor in the .eco dispute. They had already been cautioned several times to stop edit-warring, and they continued edit-warring rather than discussing. Also, the proposal that you make at DRN is out of scope for DRN, which does not discuss blocks, but is in scope for WP:AN.
I will probably be reporting the dispute at WP:AN shortly anyway. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I was going to wait until his unblock expired or was modified, if he's decided "enough of this" and quits Wikipedia, or if he "sees the light" and decides to edit responsibly from here on out, there's no need to start a new discussion. I'm not saying I'm optimistic, I just want to leave that door open. I would love to be pleasantly surprised by him returning as an editor who "gets it." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 16:52, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
No means No (Film) Discussion
This is a copy of a discussion at Draft talk:No Means No (film)#No means No (Film) Discussion (permalink), continue the discussion there, not here
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Comment: @davidwr, @Drmies, @Donaldd23, @User:El cid, el campeador
I was feeling proud by editing this page of such a great film, My whole effort has gone in vain and today, I feel emotionally hurt & disappointed having to face this situation and such humiliation, even after following all the guidelines and rules of Wikipedia. And fail to understand why there are two different measure sticks taken? My humble request to you all of my colleagues, please reply so that I can get educated and guide me if I am wrong in of the inferences as derived in my above writeup. I am feeling discouraged to be actively participating in Wikipedia. References
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- For talk page stalkers and those named in the "ping" - I have collapsed the discussion, please do not edit this copy. Please continue the discussion at Draft talk:No Means No (film)#No means No (Film) Discussion. Courtesy ping to Archiedesai so he is aware that I've asked people not to continue this copy of the discussion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:01, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- It's a complicated intellectual property issue, in that Planet ECO appears to have acquired a trademark that is contrary to what ICANN has awarded, so I think it should be discussed as soon as possible. Anyway, you had the respect for the rules to stop edit-warring before you hit 3RR. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I don't know if you saw it, but there was a mutual agreement by myself and Dyork on Talk:.eco to not revert a subsequent edit by JWatTheDotECO if he made it, which he did. See his edit of 15:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC) and my reply of 16:11, 4 February 2021 (UTC). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:27, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yes. Then JWat and Techie3 resumed edit-warring, which is why JWat wound up being blocked. At this point, I think it is best to see whether JWat requests unblock. That is what unblock requests are for. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Sigh. Techie3 was not part of that gentleman's agreement between myself and Dyork, I don't even know if he read that part of the talk page. In any case, I saw Techie3 agreed to abide by the rules, which isn't all that much to ask.
- By the way, I agree that the block is well-deserved, but because it would benefit Wikipedia I hope he asks to be unblocked enough to participate in the discussion on the notice-board. I would NOT favor un-blocking him from .eco or Talk:.eco until the normal expiration time, it's just too risky. I would also favor an indef "COI-block" on .eco itself and a "broadly construed" topic-ban on editing about either the .eco top-level domain or his company and anything related to it or its direct competitors (e.g. other domain registrars, domains that his company is a registrar for, employees of his or competing companies, etc.) outside of "Draft:", his own user-space, and discussion pages (e.g. talk pages, noticeboards, XfD pages, etc.). I do NOT want to prevent him from helping compose a new section about the history of .eco as long as he doesn't touch .eco itself. Should ".ECO®" or his company ever meet WP:N (IMHO neither are anywhere close as of today), I have no objection to him writing a draft and submitting it through WP:AFC. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yes. Then JWat and Techie3 resumed edit-warring, which is why JWat wound up being blocked. At this point, I think it is best to see whether JWat requests unblock. That is what unblock requests are for. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I don't know if you saw it, but there was a mutual agreement by myself and Dyork on Talk:.eco to not revert a subsequent edit by JWatTheDotECO if he made it, which he did. See his edit of 15:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC) and my reply of 16:11, 4 February 2021 (UTC). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:27, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- It's a complicated intellectual property issue, in that Planet ECO appears to have acquired a trademark that is contrary to what ICANN has awarded, so I think it should be discussed as soon as possible. Anyway, you had the respect for the rules to stop edit-warring before you hit 3RR. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
S.A. Quinox article
Hi, I wanted to let you know I optimised the article on S.A. Quinox, based on the feedback, could you check it please? WikiSerena (talk) 12:39, 25 January 2021 (UTC)WikiSerena
- @WikiSerena: First, apologies for ignoring this. Rather than me looking at it again, I recommend you submit it to the WP:Articles for creation queue. I added {{draft article}} to the top, you should now have a "submit for review" button you can use if you think the draft will pass. Or, if you prefer, you can update it further before submitting. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
User:Archiedesai
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- Please continue this discussion at Draft talk:No Means No (film)#No means No (Film). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:01, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, just a heads up that the editor (Imaztv) has continued to remove declined AFC submission notices after you have told him to do so. They're also removing talk page notices, blanking the page. There's probably some COI issues at play as well. Thanks, B732 (talk) 17:56, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- @B732: Thanks for the reversions. I did the author the courtesy of restoring content that got cleaned out in the reversions. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:57, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Well, it's a moot point now, editor is blocked for being advertising-only account, see discussion on WT:WPAFC. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- I've read the discussion; interesting. Thanks for all the work that you do. Have a good day, B732 (talk) 02:25, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
- Well, it's a moot point now, editor is blocked for being advertising-only account, see discussion on WT:WPAFC. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
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17:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
percent encoding
Hi
I have some problems with percent-encoding in URL address, Can you help me with that please?
Thanks Azadeh behi87 (talk) 05:17, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- I use Firefox, it automatically converts things into percent-encodings as required. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 13:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Malu
Hello um, i am malu trevejos sister and i am adding information that is true so please stop changing it Wiki factss (talk) 18:06, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Stuart Bloom
Thank you so much for revising my Wikipedia page DDP-Trooper1777 (talk) 22:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- @DDP-Trooper1777: You are welcome, but I'm still concurring with the recommendation that your editing privileges be temporarily restricted, at least with respect to the "main" encyclopedia, due to your demonstrated lack of knowledge of and/or respect for Wikipedia's copyright policies. I should not have had to do any copyright-related cleanup to your draft, you should've done that before you saved the first edit. The time I spent working on it is "lost time." I now have less time to contribute to Wikipedia today.
- See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#DDP-Trooper1777 for further discussion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:59, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Note to self: Editor was indef-blocked. I tried suggesting an alternative, but it's probably for the best.[7][8] davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:34, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Troydan, etc
You've opened a real can of worms there! :-) Deb (talk) 09:13, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Deb: better to do laundry late than never. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 14:51, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
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17:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Merry Love day
Yes it's the day after Valentine's day but shush no one has to know
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New page
Hi David!
I am creating a new page for the Australian mathematician Jack Palmer as he is about to release a thesis on a very interesting subject in mathematics that may explain topics such as the Riemann Hypothesis. I would love to know more about how to publish a page. I heard it may take up to 6 months and I would like to know if it could be published sooner as he is releasing his paper next month.
Thank you! Have a great day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcusLowryLol (talk • contribs) 17:17, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- @MarcusLowryLol: You don't. Or rather here's why you don't: 1) Wikipedia is NOT for promotional purposes, see WP:NOTPROMO for details, and 2) You appear to have a conflict of interest - editors with a "close connection" to a topic should not be editing articles about that subject at all.
- With respect to the "conflict of interest" guideline, you can use the "Draft articles" procedure outlined at WP:Articles for creation to create a "draft article", then submit it for review. Once an article about this person is accepted, you can recommend changes to it by using the {{requested edit}} template on the article's talk page.
- Before even trying to create a draft article, please read ALL of the following pages very carefully:
- davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:33, 17 February 2021 (UTC)