User:David Jordan

"The Windows registry gives me hives."

THIS ARTICLE is a user page and is not encylopedia content.

Wikipedia User Level: sub-rookie.

Editorial: Examples of how Wikipedia works
Hope these behaviors aren't something I modeled. Do you see yourself in any of these examples?


 * If you cite an example of a product or service in an article, someone will remove it and warn you that Wikipedia is not a platform for advertising. If you do not cite an example, someone will flag the article as lacking sources.
 * Someone looked at a piece of art that I created and uploaded to illustrate an article. It took me about an hour to draw. By looking at it, the viewer determined the art was copyrighted by someone other than I and removed it from the article.
 * Someone looked at a piece of art that I created and uploaded to illustrate an article. It took me about two hours to draw. It wasn't perfect but I had posted it for others to use and view under the GDFL. By looking at it, the viewer determined the art was uploaded for my personal gain rather than to illustrate a concept. The viewer removed it from the article.
 * Later, a second person flagged the art work as orphaned and warned that "Wikipedia is not a personal web page." The art work was deleted. What's the user's incentive to upload more art?
 * A user removed an image from a geographic location article because it lacked artistic merit. This left the article with no illustrations rather than a single illustration.

What if:
 * Instead of deleting text, you write something better and replace, or append-to, the original stuff?
 * Instead of deleting an image showing a geographic location, you fly or drive to the location to create a better one? Then you overwrite the marginal image with your high-quality one.
 * You consider ethics, balance and motives before deleting information in an article. You want to delete a paragraph about a hazardous waste dump in an article about your community. Do you own a home in a community? Even though you don't like it, is the article factually correct? Could it be left in the article but worded better to reflect differing views?
 * Instead of flagging an article, you fix the problem with it?

Geography
Community size rule of thumb: The smallest communities which are too small to be a stand-alone CDP usually start to gain identity with a fire station. Next they become a CDP. Following that, they get an elementary school.

Government

 * California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
 * California Department of Transportation
 * California Public Utilities Commission

Photos
Q. Why do these images look so bad? A. Most of them are scanned Polaroid prints shot with a US$30 camera.

Art
Image:OLD MV2.JPG

Image:Sunnyvale, California seal circa 1965.png

Image:CDCAndRehab.png

DVD and VHS jackets
Housekeeping: how I keep track of which ones have been uploaded...

Book covers
Image:RBase 3 manual cover.png

Image:RBASE for CTOS disk photo.png

Image:RBase 4 manual cover.png

Image:IBM Current 1.1 package cover.png

Image:OS2 2.0 upgrade box.png

Image:PC-DOS 3.2 box jacket.png

Image:PC-DOS 4 getting started manual.png

Image:IBM PC-DOS 5 manual cover.png

Image:CA-Clipper 5.2 manual cover.png

Image:DESQview 386 v2.4 manual cover.png

Image:Novell DOS 7 manual cover.png

Image:Microsoft Project 4.1 box.png

Image:Miniprop version 3 manual cover.png

Image:Borland Delphi 3.jpg

Image:Access 1 1 cover.jpg

Image:Emergency Encounters cover.png

Captured screens
Image:Tracon 1.jpg

Image:ROSS screenshot.png

Image:IBM Current screenshot.png

Telecom sounds
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 * [[Media:Sxs intra to busy.ogg|Sound: step-by-step call to busy.]] ( file info: [[Image:Sxs intra to busy.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Simulated GE Mark V Call.ogg|Sound: GE Mark V trunked system simulated radio traffic.]] (file info [[Image:Simulated GE Mark V Call.ogg]])


 * [[Media:CCIR 04221.ogg|Sound: Example of a SelCall CCIR-format call.]] (file info [[Image:CCIR 04221.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Modat trucking example with ID 6988103.ogg|Sound: Example of pick up and delivery truck radio traffic using Modat unit ID.]] (file info [[Image:Modat trucking example with ID 6988103.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Simulated two tone sequential code 415.ogg|Sound: a two-tone sequential dial up paging terminal.]] (file info [[Image:Simulated two tone sequential code 415.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Trucking tone burst.ogg|Sound: Single tone or tone burst selective calling audio example.]] (file info [[Image:Trucking tone burst.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Trucking w leading PTT ID using MDC1200.ogg|Sound: MDC-1200 leading push-to-talk ID with data muting.]] (file info [[Image:Trucking w leading PTT ID using MDC1200.ogg]])


 * [[Media:TRucking leading PTT ID MDC1200 non-Motorola recvr.ogg|Sound: MDC-1200 leading push-to-talk ID without data muting.]] (file info [[Image:TRucking leading PTT ID MDC1200 non-Motorola recvr.ogg]])


 * [[Media:CEGL DKNP Z.ogg|Sound: Two Quik Call I sequences.]] (file info [[Image:CEGL DKNP Z.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Collection calls typical examples.ogg|Sound: Collection calls answering machine messages to a wrong number from Tokai Credit, Wells Fargo Bank, Nordstom, Answerdata. ]] (file info [[Image:Collection calls typical examples.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Discover card telemarketing call.ogg|Sound: A Discover Card telemarketing call.]] (file info [[Image:Discover card telemarketing call.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Tone remote function tone examples.ogg|Sound: Three function tones used in remote control]].(file info [[Image:Tone remote function tone examples.ogg]])


 * [[Media:Tone remote sound across phone line.ogg|Sound: listening across a phone line connected to a tone remote]]. (file info [[Image:Tone remote sound across phone line.ogg]])


 * [[Media:DTMF trucking push to talk ID example.ogg|Sound: push-to-talk ID using DTMF over two-way radio.]]. (file info [[Image:DTMF trucking push to talk ID example.ogg]])


 * (file info)

Created templates:
Template:Trunked radio systems

Template:Two-way radio

Worked to fill templates:
Template:Butte County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:Kern County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:Riverside County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:San Benito County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:San Diego County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:San Mateo County, California (added unincorporated communities)

Template:Santa Clara County (added unincorporated communities)