User talk:Fredsmith2
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- I responded to your comment in the article talk page. I agree with your position here, however, please, next time use more polite language on the talk page. Smee 06:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC).]
- But if you do know of any other sources for these "Spinoff" groups, it would be greatly appreciated. Smee 19:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC).]
- But if you do know of any other sources for these "Spinoff" groups, it would be greatly appreciated.
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- Please remember the following guideline: Wikipedia:Not a real encyclopedia Fredsmith2 21:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
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It's in the edit summary: http://can-we-link-it.nickj.org/ Tom 15:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
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501(c) edit
Hi Fred. You're right. I shouldn't have marked that as minor (nor the one before it come to that. I'll try and be a little more conscious of when I'm checking that box in the future. -- SiobhanHansa 00:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Omaha Children's Museum
Hi Fred. I'm curious why you added "a private foundation" to the Omaha Children's Museum article. Do you have insider knowledge, or is there a citation that supports this assertion? I cannot find anything online, including the official IRS database, that indicates their nonprofit status. The only wording on their website is ambiguous. Thoughts? – Freechild (¡!¡!¡!¡) 23:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- Also, I see you share my interest in helping the nonprofit articles! Let me know if I can assist in any way... – Freechild (¡!¡!¡!¡) 23:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Greetings
Hey Fred: Please excuse me--as I am a TOTAL Wiki newbie. Yes, I have read everything that my poor brain can hold, and realized very quickly that there is WAY more that I still need to learn. If this is NOT the place that I am talk to you about the review that you just did on the bio that I am working on for Joseph J. Dewey, then I would like to be told where, when and how I maintain a dialogue with you as I sincerely would like to get it right. By the way, I appreciate your edits, and was a bit surprised because I was uploading an image and when I returned to the page, I was advised that edits had been done while I was doing edit!? No problem as I REALLY appreciate you taking the time to give me your input and feedback. I have not yet set up a user's page, and I guess this is as good a reason to as anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithgiant (talk • contribs) 04:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Greetings #2
Hey Fred...I just read what you responded with me...and now I better understand..and even accept why it is that you made the changes to Dewey's (grin) name. And you are correct, this who Wiki thing is VERY foreign (new) to me, and need ALL the help I can get.
I also understand about Wiki's definition of fact being something that is published by a known, or respected third party publication.
The problem that I have is that little or nothing is known about this person--in fact he is about as obscure as anyone can get, yet he has one of the most fascinating life story that I have come across.
So, does this mean that just because someone doesn't have something published about them in some third party publication, that they are not deserving (more towards being encyclopedic material) of a bio here at Wiki?
Also, what makes me also wonder (towards being confused) about it all--is that from what I have been able to discover, is that the information that was there had been there for maybe 4-5 years--and both of these postings were nothing more than a bunch of misrepresentations, inaccuracies, and ALL the links were bad, etc., etc., and yet no one says anything until it gets corrected--and I get mentored--tagged, flagged, etc., indicating that it is I that is not complying with established policies?
I know there's a fine line in some of this, and again, I wonder (towards being interested in understanding) how it is that I can avoid problems; i.e., coming to understand the criteria better or more clearly--but towards lessons as YOU have given me; i.e., using the moniker Dewey versus Joseph (I just chose this as this is/was his given name--and is a more formal version than what he is referred to by his friends, family and students). And, in a minute I am going to go back and re-insert your suggestions.
AND, I have (mentally) come up with some other words and phrases that I think will help tone it down--or tend to objectify some of these statements.
Understand that I want to comply, and I have been working hard on trying to come up with a different construct--or scheme to tell this man's story--as the unique aspect of this person is the FACT that his life ARE his teachings--and his teachings ARE his life--meaning, when his story is told, you can't help but also talk, tell and speak of what might be termed as spiritual principles.
I think this person's story is important enough that I may even use this as an exercise to create a biographical book outline.
Also, I will not be offended, etc., if everything gets deleted, as I plan to use all this to create a similar presentation for his website and several other places.
Again, I appreciate your input, and hope that you will again, take the time to audit me as I continue to work on this project.
Regards,
Smithgiant 18:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: Recent Edits and Comments On JJ Dewey
I apprecicate your input and I have been in contact with the author and am chasing down a TV interview, a newspaper article, and "church records" that I can use as "secondary" or "third party" sources. And, I am continuing to look elsewhere as well.
Regards,
Smithgiant 04:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Stop removing COI tags without cleaning up the article
You seem to be editing tendentiously. Please don't removing COI tags without cleaning up the articles. That's disruptive. I've opened a discussion at
]- The result of me replacing three COI tags with what I thought were more appropriate tags, was this guy reported me, and implied I was disrespectful to him. My opinion still is that the COI tags have to go because they violate wikipedia's COI guidelines. Fredsmith2 20:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- Fred, see a new thread I started over at WT:COIN about there being too many tagged articles. EdJohnston 03:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)]
- Fred, see a new thread I started over at
Just passing through, thought I'd say hello
Hi, Fredsmith2, I was just checking my watchlist and saw work you are doing on Roller Derby related articles. I haven't had much time for adding content lately, and was pleased to see your work. Just thought I drop a note and introduce myself. Most of my interactions with other wikipedians have been defined by negativity, and attempts to establish intellectual superiority, so I wanted to go out of my way to add something affirmative when I saw the chance.~~ Michael J Swassing 15:58, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the nice comment, and thanks for your contributions! Fredsmith2 00:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
WFTDA teams category rename proposal
I've nominated
- Good proposal. Keep up the good work. Fredsmith2 00:32, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Question
Are you closely related to the Frederick W. Smith? - Jehochman Talk 02:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
- Fredsmith2, I have concerns that you are attempting to disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. I've started a discussion based on my concerns. You are welcome to comment there. I am hopeful that we can clarify any misunderstandings. Thank you. - Jehochman Talk 03:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)]
- As a safety warning, if anyone asks you for personal information on Wikipedia, you are not required to give it. I refused to answer this question, and you should probably refuse to answer similar questions like this, too, if you're pried for personal information on here. Let's keep Wikipedia a safe place, everybody. Fredsmith2 00:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
- Just a quick heads up, in case you have any reason to comment on a recent Request for Arbitration involving the administrators Durova and Jehochman Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Durova_and_Jehochman. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 04:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)]
- Just a quick heads up, in case you have any reason to comment on a recent Request for Arbitration involving the administrators Durova and Jehochman
From a newbie my experience here
re Casey Ryder deletion during creation and editing this is the entry from the deletion log:
18:24, 19 October 2007 Merope (Talk | contribs) deleted "Casey ryder" (content was: '{{Infobox Album | Name = Here | Type = cd| Artist = Casey Ryder| Cover = | ...' (and the only contributor was 'Vic dood'))
my post on User talk:Merope Casey Ryder Why did you delete the new article I was working on as I was editing it, within seconds of it being created? would it not be more courteous and civil to discuss it first, and at least view the finished product before doing this?
Vic dood 18:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
So far no response.
I was in the process of creating this page, and in the middle of an edit to to it. I went to save the revised info and the page had disappeared. Within seconds of creating and in the middle of editing it Merope deleted it with no comment or discussion or guidance or anything. what is going here at wikipedia?
Just totally discouraged and fed up. Vic dood 20:27, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vic_dood"
Vic dood 22:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
- I feel your pain. One of my first articles I created got deleted, that I was in the middle of working on, too, but at least the wikipedian that did it to me was nice, and merged the content into another page.
- Here's a trick you can use, if you're just creating a page. You can make most of it with comments and stuff on the discussion page. You can create a discussion page for a page without having to create the page itself. Here's an example: Talk:Casey_Rider. People will be less likely to delete it. Or, you can create a page that's part of your username. I made an example here: User:Vic_dood/Casey_Rider_Sandbox.
- Something you should do is Assume Good Faith, on the part of the person who deleted your article. Who knows, maybe they're a newbie, too. Fredsmith2 00:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
- it was this person, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Merope A rouge admin. there was no good fiath, just abuse of power. but I dont care I am deleting my ID and packing my suitcase and leaving this dysfunctional madhouse. Vic dood 00:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry to see you go, but thanks for quoting Charlton Heston before you did. Fredsmith2 00:17, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Soylent green is wikipedia admins! well thanks for the support, but I am just an observer now. check this guy out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Realkyhick
All he does is go around deleting, and being abusive. I guess this is what wikipedia wants?. Vic dood 21:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia: an online encyclopedia torn apart
You may find this article interesting. It may have already been deleted from wikipedia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/10/11/dlwiki11.xml
Tireless volunteer effort has turned Wikipedia into the world's most popular information source. But increasingly acrimonious arguments about what it should include threaten to split the online encyclopedia in two. Ian Douglas reports
There's a war going on behind the pages of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written and edited by its readers
Submission of new articles is slowing to a trickle where in previous years it was flood, and the discussion pages are increasingly filled with arguments and cryptic references to policy documents. The rise of the deletionists is threatening the hitherto peaceful growth of the world's most popular information source.
Even though anyone can edit all but the most controversial pages, the English-language Wikipedia is governed by a group of a little over 1,000 administrators drawn from the ranks of enthusiastic editors. Only they have the power to finally delete an article or bring it back from the dead.
More from the LA Times article
"Delete with fire," recommended another user. "If anyone but King James had started this arty it would have been cast into the memory hole within an hour. Doubt this? Then test it by starting an article on a local restaurant you like and see how long it remains alive."
(I did test this by posting a three-sentence entry about a quirky pet store in my hometown. It was deleted after 27 hours -- not instantaneously, as in Wales' case, but still pretty quickly.)
His intentions assailed, Wales deigned to enter the Mzoli's fray, accusing his detractors of "shockingly bad faith behavior," and suggesting that some of them should "excuse themselves from the project and find a new hobby.""
Jimbo Wales is a hypocrite then Because he has nothing about this issue since.
Vic dood 23:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
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