User talk:Daniel Olsen/Archive2

Hey
I understand and I see what you mean, but I only created those ones cause they were under construction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Spike (talk • contribs)


 * OMG than delete it all. All my hard work down the drain, but its alright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Spike (talk • contribs)


 * Maybe, but it looks so good the way I did on wikipedia. Maybe someone can edit it and change some of the words around? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Spike (talk • contribs)


 * Oh man that sucks, but thanks anyways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Spike (talk • contribs)

Cheers
thanks for the adoption. I am looking for articles which I can possibly help out with, and I appreciate you giving your time to generally give me an idea of what wikipedia does! Kitkatcrazy 18:54, November 25 2006 (UTC)

Untitled
hey Daniel, may i ask why you deleted my page...about the ballcuzzi thing...thats still extremely educational. People need to know how to pleasure your mate....im just helping them. Thanks for nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juiceyjuice (talk • contribs) 19:55, November 28, 2006

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Could i please have the text for my deleted article. (ben wilsher)

Marking Two Userpages For Deletion
I've found two userpages that are soley spam posting. Should I mark both as ONE mfd? They are unquestionably the same: User:Sikhcoalitionorg and User:Sikh. -WarthogDemon 00:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

"Undue Weight" clause of WP:NPOV
"Undue Weight" clause of WP:NPOV obviously rules that the section in the Surveillance article as unacceptable to Wikipedia standards. The editing I did resulted in two 'for' arguments, and four 'against' arguments -- still more 'against' than 'for' arguments (twice the amount), and more compliance under the WP policy. As it stands now, it either deserves a POV flag, or there needs to be a balance. Please feel free to review the policy at any time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.21.175.73 (talk) 02:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC). Note that undue weight can be given in several ways, including, but not limited to, depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, and juxtaposition of statements.
 * The problem with your argument is that in the article, there are a lot of opinions by non-prominant sources (ie. a professor at a non-major law school, various authors - not necessarily experts at the subject). I reduced it down to the four most prominant arguments in the 'illegal' section; I have a hard time believing that there is an 11:2 ratio (illegal-to-legal) in America.  Until there is a source to support that, we should at the very least attempt to reduce the number of viewpoints shared, as "undue weight" states:
 * I know this isn't the proper venue to discuss changes to the article, but it is, as of this revision, not acceptable under the NPOV policy. --75.21.175.73 03:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand how more arguments and more text provides weight to that argument, the question is whether or not that weight is undue. Instead of taking out opinions for the illegal side, a better idea might be to add arguments for the legal side, and then maybe a daughter article could be used to house all of the third party arguments and the most prominent ones could still be displayed on the main article. --Daniel Olsen 03:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

dec 13th spam cambodia scuba diving
You do not consider the Bangkok Post as being credible? Where is the spam?

Thanks Mick —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mick Richardson (talk • contribs) 03:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
 * I'm sorry, what are you referring to? --Daniel Olsen 03:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

They are notable according to WP:BIO... just maybe not to you
I think you made a couple of Speedy deletions of some football player pages, as posted on User:Lachy554. You also made a comment on his user page, not his discussion page (oops). Whilst I agree that the pages were lacking in content, references, poorly written and unencylopedic, they are actually notable, according the WP:BIO Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad are worthy of articles. The Richmond Football Club is a fully professional league at the highest possible level of Australian Rules Football. It's squad is limited to 44 players and both Edwards and Riewoldt have just been drafted to that squad. All other existing members of its squad have articles, so he qualifies. Of course, it helps if the new user writes more wiki-like articles, but it's hard to improve them when they are deleted. The-Pope 00:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting


Thank you for voting in my RfA which at 51/20/6 unfortunately did not achieve consensus. In closing the nomination, Essjay remarked that it was one of the better discussed RfAs seen recently and I would like to thank you and all others who chose to vote for making it as such. It was extremely humbling to see the large number of support votes, and the number of oppose votes and comments will help me to become stronger. I hope to run again for adminship soon. Thank you all once more. Wikiwoohoo 20:21, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Adoptee
Hello! I've been editing Wikipedia for about a year now, off and on with little edits. I feel that I would like to understand the process a little bit better, and I'm glad that I now have someone to ask. I guess I have several questions and concerns about things I don't exactly understand about wikipedia. I guess that one of them is what exactly is the etiquette for user page conversations? What decides who's talk page a discussion will be on, does it bounce back and forth? I've never gotten that really clear yet.Sethwoodworth 22:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Claremont Res 91 Oak Fire.png
I have two points I would like to make. I am not going to revert your edits because I do not want to start a revert/edit war or create any illusion of bad faith on my part. I am requesting, however, that you reply with any concerns to this message here on your talk page. I will watch your page and reply promptly. Thank you. Iamunknown 23:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) The original fair use tag was entirely appropriate. The image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program, not a faithfully digitised unique historic photograph as it is now tagged.
 * 2) The accuracy of the fair use image tag is not a qualification for deleting the speedy deletion template. The template had nothing to do with the tag, but instead had everything to do with the lack of a fair use rationale. Specifically, because the image was both uploaded after 2006-05-04 and lacks a fair use rationale, it is a candidate for speedy deletion under CSD I6.
 * Sorry about the confusion, it was my mistake. The version before i came was 100% better than after I left it (that's what happens when you don't get enough sleep and try to edit wikipedia while writing a paper). I've reverted it back. --Daniel Olsen 01:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Good luck with your paper. :) Cheers, Iamunknown 01:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Spider-man 1995 Live Action Show
Why did you delete that page? What are you, some kind of narc? A tool of the system? What did poor spidey ever do to you? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.239.242.110 (talk) 10:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC).

Disambiguation
Hi. I seem to have painted myself into somewhat of a logical corner. I have written a fairly lengthy, but not yet complete article at Randall Edwards (Oregon politician). I originally titled it simply "Randall Edwards." After clicking "save," I checked "what links here," and found several references, all about a 1980's American soap opera star. Given the number of links, the American fascination with media celebrities, and the fact that "my" Randall Edwards has not yet risen above statewide office to the national scene, I decided to move my article to the current, more specific title, and create a stub for the actress at Randall Edwards, placing reciprocal disambuation links on each. On further thought, I think I have probably gotten it backwards. The actress seems not to have done much other than a two year stint on a soap long ago, while the politician is poised to move up. Should I leave things as they are, reverse the disambiguation so that the simpler title automatically retrieves an article rather than a stub, or (shudder) file an RFC? Sorry to hand you a robe and gavel, but I'm tired of fretting over this. (P.S., if you have some time to waste, you might want to read my COI disclosure on my personal page. I hope it doesn't come across too snarky.) -- J-M Jgilhousen 09:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Adoptee: Sam Haskins
Hello Daniel! Thank you for adopting me as a new wikipedian. I am hoping to recieve some help in where to start on wikipedia: the markup and mechanics make sense to me, but I have no idea where to go to begin helping the encyclopedia. I was thinking that maybe the best way to start would be by fixing gramatical and spelling errors, and fixing up tone and such things, but I need help on where to start, or on alternate paths if you think they would be better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sam.haskins (talk • contribs) 23:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

A few questions
Firstly thanks for adopting me, now we'll get down to business so to speak. I was looking at the Cilla Black article, and her later career isn't dealt with in much detail. 30 years of TV appearances is dealt with in 2 small paragraphs. I was thinking about splitting the 'Career' section into two sections, 'Singing career' and 'Television career', and then adding a stub template to the TV section. If I did that, would it be best to put those sections under an umbrella 'Biography' header similar to Peter Cook?

On the Iain Duncan Smith article, there's a word I'm not entirely convinced about - Catholicisation. Google only returns 629 hits and the alternate 'z' spelling only returns 9,110 hits. It seems to be a word that's been created by the media, and I was wondering what the guidelines were for using words such as that. On this occasion I can't think of any simple alternatives but I can't see any source for the claim so I've tagged it anyway and will remove it if necessary, but it would be helpful to know what the best course of action is with words such as these in future. Thanks One Night In Hackney 11:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks for the advice. I'm trying to ask for advice about certain situations rather than specific articles, that way I don't need to overburden you with questions.  Is there any precedent about how people from the UK are described?  I've seen Scottish, English, Welsh, Northern Irish and British used so far.  The use of British seems a bit inconsistent with the rest, but I'm assuming that may be used for people whose place of birth isn't known, but their nationality is.  I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of any relevant guidelines or discussion?  Thanks. One Night In Hackney 14:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks. I'm presently writing a biography article for a DJ/producer, and I'm running into a few difficulties.  He was ranked in the top 100 DJs by DJ Mag in several years, but the years in question don't appear on the website any more only 2005 and 2006.   The articles are accessible by Google cache which I'm 99% certain won't be acceptable, so am I correct in thinking I can cite the magazine (including publication date of the issues in question) as a source? One Night In Hackney 01:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Fuel Management
Hey Mr Olsen Without explaination or warning, you deleted my entire entry on Fuel Management on 15 Dec 06. Care to explain youself? --Hotspur 18:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Aboption, oops I mean Adoption typo
Silly me spelling my name wrong, must use preview more often - not a good impression to make. Thanks for sorting it. Cheers Lethaniol 20:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC) PS the one on the current list who aint been contact is Guba, if that helps :)


 * Quick question to you. Obviously Adopt-a-User is starting to lift - we are getting to the newest of users now - as seen by the selection in request cat. This brings a particular problem, we are getting a backlog of new users, with only a few edits (sometimes only one) who dont respond to the adopting requests. This leaves us with list of new users who have been contacted but do not move off the list - making it quite frustrating for new Adopters. Should we, and when should we delete the Adoptme template from the new users page???


 * For example we could check that a new user has been contacted, but if they dont reply within 3 days, then we remove them from the list - citing why on their userpage. If they come back they still have the initial adopter's message who contacted them and can add back in the adoptme template. What you think??? Cheers Lethaniol 20:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thats what I had been doing to, the problem is the majority of adopters (and now I have taken to this practise) ask the user if they want to be adopted and wait for a response. The reason I suppose is that it is better for the Adoptee to decide who adopts them - it gives them buy in. Of course we could suggest to adopters - to adopt but to leave a message suggesting new users put another adoptme template on their userpage if they want to adopt someone else. Hmmm Lethaniol 20:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Question
I've just had my first experience seeing a page I have edited (pertussis) vandalized. The vandal changed the page 3 times in a row adding and removing garbage. I fixed stuff by just editing the page. Am I allowed to "revert" the page to a previous version (or is that just for admins)? And if so, it is possible to go back more than one version? Thanks for the help. Hunterkb 23:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Plagiarism Question
Thanks for the help with the vandalism question. I inadvertently found several paragraphs in an article which were directly copied from the CDC's ACIP website. I only even checked because I was going to add the reference and only then realized it was a word-for-word copy. I've seen other pages that have notes saying something like "this is taken with permission from the CDC website" but the ACIP page didn't have anything like that on it. I didn't want to remove it since I wasn't sure if it fell under that same rule. Is there anyway to tell? If it is legit, I'm assuming it needs to be referenced. Where would I find the template for that? If it isn't, is it appropriate to remove it? Reword it? Put a not on the talk page? Thanks. Hunterkb 13:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC) !!

how do i nominate myslef, for it, for admin

Adoptee questions from Thewinchester

 * Thanks for the adoption daniel, it's appreciated considering i'm starting to really get more and more serious about my WP edits. I'm wondering if you can take a glance over the issues i've documented on the talk page for the article on Mystery shopping. Long story short, a single IP address has on three separate occasions made an edit which does not meet several WP policies inlcuding WP:CORP and WP:VAN. Of course these edits have been appropriately reverted, and information has been added to the individual user's talk page as recommended under WP:SPAM. Would you mind looking over my actions here and pass on any feedback either positive or negative on how i've handled the situation and any possible improvements I could make when dealing with similar situations. Thanks in advance. thewinchester 05:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Cheers for the feedback there. I've only just started to wade into issue of article revisions, edit wars, and articles which are blatent WP policy/position violations, thus i've made a point of having a decent read of these before wading into the waters.
 * Also, I notice that when some ppl sign their edits using the four tildes that it links to their user page. Are they always going back in to manually edit the page to do this, or is there an automatic command i'm not aware of to make this link for me automatically when signing my posts? thewinchester 05:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * As with above, cheers for the feedback and help. Most appreciated --thewinchester 02:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * IDT Energy/IDT Corp advice feedback: Greetings again Dan, something else i'd love you to cast your eye over (yes it's another review/feedback request) regarding a question raised on the IDT Corp. talk page by Raijinili and my responses to it. I took a good read over a few of the WP policies and hope I understood these correctly. Can you glance over the advice I've given the user and let me know if it was appropriate, or if there's one or two things that i've messed up. Thanks in advance, thewinchester 16:04, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merry Christmas and a happy new year, thanks for your help thus far. thewinchester 01:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Username change
Hello, Daniel. I hope you are doing well over the crazy holiday season.

As you can see, I've requested and gotten a username change. Apparently, unlike on fr:, I had to move my old userpages to the new ones. I modified the new userpage before realising I had to move it instead, and now I can't move the old one to it. Can you fix this?

Thanks in advance, and happy Festivus!

Arria Belli/Marialadouce | parlami 11:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello (and season's greetings)
Hello, and thanks for adopting me!

I understand the basics of Wikipedia. I know how to edit. I'm looking for a bit more direction towards things I can actually do. I don't really have a specific area of interest or expertise, but I'm quite happy to research, and clean up grammar... I just don't know where to start!

Thanks. MBerrill 16:07, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Headmaster
Can you please revert the change to the headmaster article? The man is a headmaster of the school, that is totally appropriate. As of the moment the article choate rosemary hall does not have a link to its headmaster. For the 850 students and 16,000 alumni, plus numerous visiters, having a bio for the schools' headmaster is crucial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gault8121 (talk • contribs) 03:43, December 14, 2006

Userpage deletion
Hello, Daniel, and welcome back!

Is it possible to just delete my old userpage (User:Marialadouce) instead of moving it to my new one? My old username is far too googlable, and I'd like to keep the breadcrumbs leading to it to a minimum.

Arria Belli/Marialadouce | parlami 14:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Daily vandal problem
An anon editor (always with an IP prefixed with 58.84) is vandalising on a daily basis. January 7, Januray 8, January 9, January 10, January 11. He always starts with Craig Charles which I have watchlisted, so it's a daily pattern of putting the vandal warnings on his page before a quick report at WP:AIV and the IP is blocked. Semi-protecting Craig Charles wouldn't really do anything except make him more difficult to spot, so is there anything that can be done other than continue to revert and report? One Night In Hackney 10:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:3-letter acronyms
Hi Daniel, much as I love Category:3-letter acronyms on principle, it has a very small population as a subset of Category:Lists of three-character combinations. I am thinking of proposing a merger into the latter, and giving all its members. As you created the TLA category, I'll first ask: do you have any objections? Fayenatic london 12:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:ADOPT
Hi there,

As a current Adopter with the Adopt-a-User program there has been some ongoing developments that we would like to bring to your attention.

A new Adopter's Area has been created where you can find useful resources and other Adopter's experiences. Please feel free to add any resources you may have found useful as an Adopter, as well as recount any experiences that you think may help others. If you know of any useful resources for new users / Adoptees then you can add them here.

Also the way the adoption process works has changed slightly. To decrease workload at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user, on offering adoption please change the   template to    on the user's user page, and this will add the user to Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption. Users that have already been offered adoption can always have a second or third offer, but by separating out those users that have not had an adoption offer yet, it is hoped that no one will go lacking. Furthermore numerous Adopters have been adding their details to a list of users available for adopting, to offer a more personalised service and allow new users to browse through and pick their own Adopter. The quickest way to adopt though, is still to contact users at the Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user.

Finally - thanks for all your hard work, keep it up - and if you have any general questions or suggestions about the further development of Adopt-a-User please bring them to our talk page. Cheers Lethaniol 13:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair Use Question
Hi Daniel, as you adopted me (months ago!), I was wondering if you could answer a question on fair use for me. I've read through the guidelines on Fair Use, but I'm still really confused. If I wanted to upload a picture of the cover of a book, is that allowed? I understand that anything I do upload I have to justify, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do it at all...sorry if this is a really dumb question... angelofdarkness 10:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

VinceB
A couple of months ago I shortened a one week block on this editor because you adopted him. Today I left a statement of concern on his user page. I also recommended he have a good look at Disruptive editing. Please respond on my user talk page: he's accumulating a history of problems in spite of mentorship. I'd like to encourage a turnaround if that's possible. Otherwise he could be headed for community action. It's not to late to change that if he's willing. Sincerely, Durova Charge! 20:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Invitation
Hello – Based on your significant contribution to one or more San Francisco Bay Area-related articles and/or stated interests on your homepage, I thought you might be interested in this project:

Peter G Werner 20:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome
Peter G Werner 04:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Jumpaclass
This is an invitation to use WP:BAY's Jumpaclass option for improving articles. If you're working on any Bay Area-related stub, start, or B-class articles, simply add their names to the list, and if any of the articles improve a class within a week, you'll be recognized for your contributions. If you have any questions about how it works, post on the talk page or on mine. Thanks for reading! — Emiellaiendiay 21:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Survey Invitation
Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 22:33, 3 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me

Sunrise pics
Do you really believe that your photograph at the top of the Sunrise is better than my photograph which you removed? Should Wikipedia have a dedicated sunrise article that does not feature even one single decent image of a red sky? Moriori 06:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Daniel, I am a relatively new Wiki user and received your "deletion" notice of my USER page. Since the User page wasn't published but instead a writing practice, I did not consider it anymore of an ad than what one of our competitors shows at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVDEmpire.com. Since my User area was an area to tweak copy, why was it deleted? Instead of deleting content in its entirety, it was pending an "adoption" by an experienced user by which all seems to be deleted now with your removal of my user:Gamelink.com page.

This area was not and is not an ad, but a reference as to how GameLink started along with its uniquity in the online adult marketplace. I would appreciate being provided the opportunity for this area to be adopted by an experienced user and your restoration of what was removed. It is more than frustrating to start and work on something only to find it has been given a middle finger salute to the delete key without discussion. Can you restore? -Carl —Preceding unsigned comment added by GameLink (talk • contribs) 00:16, January 13, 2007

Hello
Erp, uh, well...Hmm. How do I put this. Well, I was on *just the other day*, and I noticed that you'd adopted me! (Oh, of all joys of joys! Finally.) So, I'd like to give you a virtual wave and a virtual handshake. Gosh, I feel like this is taking forever. Well, hi! And bye! User:Da.Tomato.Dude

Question
Hi Daniel. I never thanked you for the adoption many moons ago, so thanks! Meanwhile I need to ask you something. There is this fellow named Optronic Eye who keeps posting (more like spamming) on the King Kong vs Godzilla, King Kong and King Kong (2005) pages about how some guy has written a script for a King Kong movie and is hoping that Universal picks it up. His posts keep getting deleted by the editors and he returns a few moments later and reposts. What I want to know is, should what he's posting be included in these pages? If some nobody writes a script and HOPES a studio picks it up, is that really considered encyclopedic, or should it be disregarded as just potiental and speculation?Giantdevilfish 19:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Smile!


WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Just felt like dropping a smile your way. :) -WarthogDemon 20:44, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:CVU status
The Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to and/or  status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 15:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Boys and Girls Cover.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Boys and Girls Cover.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)