User:Bradybd/Archive1

This is my 2007 Archive:

Link warnings
Hi, Bradybd, Glad you are back in town. I've noticed some of your link warnings and I am a little bothered by them, because they seem to be in opposition to the exhortation to BE BOLD. I do realize that a lot of commercial advertising links have been getting posted, but I think removing them with an explanation may be preferable to warning against them. I would not want your warning to inhibit someone with an authoritative, useful, and informative external link from adding it to an article. I believe the Wikipedia process works pretty well and prefer to encourage it, rather than slowing it down as I believe your warnings do.

Enough soapbox! Did you know that while I am not a fencer, my buddy John McDougall is, and so is Katr67 ? Do you know John? Did You Know that User:Bradybd\Bradybd, Ann Curry, David Fincher, Winona LaDuke, and my son and daughter all graduated from Ashland High School (Oregon)? DYK that we have met in real life? --DaKine 07:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, I am racking my brain trying to imagine who you could be. Can you give me a clue?  From the 5 minutes of research I have done, I noticed that you used to teach at ACF, and that we volunteer together?  Please don't keep up the suspense for too long!


 * As for the links warnings, I have no problem with them being removed if anyone has an objection - I am just trying to help cut down on link spam so as to allow editors to spend more time improving articles than policing spammers and wikipedians with good intentions but who may be adding commercial links. Please don't forget to tell me who you are!  Bradybd 17:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Bradybd! I'm Gordon from SAVS and Helpline. We'll chat more later.--DaKine 20:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)