User talk:DavidConrad/Archive 1

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Figuring out context
Hi, I noticed your efforts to cleanup some newbie contributions (Sensor Bomb, Bacoon) and thought I'd share a tip: when you run into an article that seems like the author assumed anyone reading would know the context, try looking at "What links here". Very often such articles get produced when someone runs across a list of redlinks (the list of characters in a TV show, a list of weapons in a video game, etc.) and thinks that they'll fill in the missing space, forgetting or not knowing that not everyone who runs across that article in future will find it by going through the list. -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:01, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Ah, I should have thought of that. Excellent tip, thanks! DavidConrad

ouch
Dave's a great guy and apologized for the snafu that caused this comment, so I don't see any reason to leave it here! Thirty3 17:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


 * You're quite right, I was out of line, and I shouldn't have put the comment on your user page. Wikipedia has a policy of "Don't bite the newbies", and apparently I need to go read it a few times. --DavidConrad 02:08, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Christmas in July
I take no offense. If someone thinks an article has factual blunders then the article does deserve to have the factual dispute tag placed on it. I was searching the Requested Articles page and Christmas in July was requested to be written so apparently somebody else aside from me thinks it's a real thing. So thank you for your concerns and thanks for the "talk"--I'll try to fix it to the best of my ability. Sincerely, --StevenL 15:20, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

How to label cleanup
See my reply to your's at Wikipedia_talk:Cleanup — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 04:02, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Annoyances
It really pisses me off bugs me that WP forgot I was logged in (did I lose my connection and have to dial in again?) before I saved the Emily Blackwell article. Now, instead of being recorded as the author of it, I'm just the guy who fixed a tiny typo in one of the external links. DavidConrad 05:33, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Vote on deletion of suburbs
Vote on deletion of suburbs Hi, I've provided updated information about the reasons for the deletion of the 5 suburbs below, which I would encourage you to please read and consider: -- All the best, Nickj (t) 00:29, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Ashfield South, New South Wales
 * Articles for deletion/West Baulkham Hills, New South Wales
 * Articles for deletion/Ashfield North, New South Wales
 * Articles for deletion/Burnside, New South Wales
 * Articles for deletion/Cattai North, New South Wales

I believe Burnside is a slightly different case to the others and have updated the article to give a bit more information. Could you please take another look at it? JPD 09:20, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Davien Crow, etc
I did a quick glance over the whole debacle and noticed a few things:

These users: all are completely focused on this "Sin Star" world. Check their contribs.
 * made Gidget Gein
 * made Gidget Gein

These articles, along with the now-deleted Sin Star and Mind Pollution were each created and/or mostly edited by one of the previously listed people: and might be worth looking at for AfD in the same vein as the other articles. I recommend commenting at WP:ANI#Sin_Star.2C_Mind_Pollution_and_Davien_Crow where User:G4DGET commented last. I have not taken a stance in this previously and I wish to remain outside of this discussion (so I'm not the guy coming in halfway through the debate), just thought you could use this information. AdamRock 01:38, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Gothstock
 * Genitorturers
 * DavienCrow (redirect)
 * Corey Wade (redirect)
 * Gidget Gein

WikiLove
Thanks for that :) R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 21:51, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, and may I ask you what user you were talking about? By my estimate only about 30% of the users I welcome stick around. R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 21:54, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Victoria Escobar
Hi, Might as well have presentable garbage if it's going to be up there for 5 days. I'm awarding you a virtual barnstar for dedication to article quality far beyond the call of duty :-)  Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  16:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

As with most awards - it arrives late :-)



Indian cavalry article
Lew Rockwell has some ideas why the Cherokee allied with the CSA. He doesn't know for sure why they did it. Normaly I wouldn't nit pick like this but due to his controversial status I think it's best not to represent his word as fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grazon (talk • contribs) 01:23, 11 September 2005

my bad
sorry about the sig. DavidConrad

--grazon 02:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Indian cav.
LOL I think I was the one who posted the lewrockwell link in the first place.

thanks for being reasonable.

--grazon 05:39, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

James M. Ryan
I noticed that the James M. Ryan article still had the AfD notice at the top although you had closed the vote (guess you must have missed it), so I went ahead and removed it. Just FYI. --DavidConrad 02:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yup, my bad. Thanks. Stifle 08:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Needlework articles
User:Pathoschild and I are already watching. See User talk:Nmforste. Thanks. --Perfecto 08:34, 14 January 2006 (UTC)


 * No you didn't go overboard. You did exactly the same thing I did.  (See my User contributions.)  I just spared you the effort.  When she ignored me, I ran to #wikipedia-en-vandalism for support.  --Perfecto  09:02, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Traduce
Hi. As haven't been borned in a english speaker country I miss a lot speaking english. I only spaek spanish well :-) I have to inprove my english and I have unsderstand... it's translate (not traduce) thanks for the help. --Haitike 17:04, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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Swifties
Hi, David,

Re your recent work on the Tom Swifties page:

It might work well to float things on the talk page first. fwiw I disagree with your feeling about the airsick Swiftie, but you didn't delete it, just moved it. OK by me. I don't find the mincing one that great, but maybe I don't know (maybe don't want to know?) what the verb mince means nowadays. If it is reference to the stereotype of homosexuals as literally mincing when they walk or talk, I don't find it particularly funny. Is there a pun on Brad Pitt's name? Otherwise why put it in? (Whether he's gay or not—I assume he is?) The standard spelling of the adverb is "gaily", not "gayly". Anyway, it seems we might discuss that sort of thing before posting or deleting things. Don't have to, of course; it's a sort of contradiction of the "be bold" motto. But it seems polite, and perhaps more importantly, useful, to me.

Best,

--Lavintzin 02:57, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Sharon McPhail.jpg
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Aids Origins
Hi, I'd be interested to know why you write, (at AIDS conspiracy theories), "The Hooper story has been disproven, ...". Last I heard each "disproofs" was seriously flawed. SmithBlue 03:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Was hoping to find someone who can explain where Hoopers refutations are flawed. The technical stuff Hooper writes is at the edge of my scientific understanding so reading it is a bit like driving on icey roads; sometimes I miss the turns. SmithBlue 08:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

PBUH
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Freman Hendrix
I have added a "" template to the article Freman Hendrix, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. EnsRedShirt 19:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Reality Check NY
An article that you have been involved in editing, Reality Check NY, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Reality Check NY (2nd nomination). Thank you. Ra2007 (talk) 17:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Freman Hendrix.jpg
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Unreferenced BLPs
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Articles for deletion nomination of Al Azif
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Beat Em Up comment, 2005
Bad form, David. Use both fingers for your nostrils if you disdain the subject matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.31.24 (talk) 18:03, 30 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Disdain what subject matter? To what does this refer? What does "Beat Em Up comment, 2005" mean?? &mdash;DavidConrad (talk) 01:06, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Clarence Snyder


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 * Who is Clarence Snyder, and what makes you think I had anything to do with the article? I tried clicking on the link, but the article has already been deleted, so I can't see the history. In your edit summary you said that I "might have created [the] page anonymously a while back" -- what made you think so? DavidConrad (talk) 21:08, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I was on the article, and I noticed that a major edit was an IP address. I notified that IP address. I then looked at the talk page, which had a message with your username on it. I checked the talk page history, and that IP address was the one who originally made the comment, but then you quickly changed the signature to your username, so I assumed that you accidentally signed with your IP. The article did not have many editors, and you had one of the highest volumes of edits. You probably don't remember it, as it was more than half a decade ago, and your edits were minor. 123chess456 (talk) 21:20, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Ah, okay, that makes sense. Back in those days I used to frequently do lots of minor cleanup to new articles or articles that were recently changed (I don't have the time, these days). If I wasn't the originator, but made a lot of minor edits, then that's probably what I was doing and why I don't remember the particular article. Thanks for the explanation. DavidConrad (talk) 00:36, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


 * You might want to get that edit oversighted. Don't want to associate your IP and Username. The oversight team usually gets your edit pretty fast. 123chess456 (talk) 01:47, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay, how do I do that? DavidConrad (talk) 18:46, 10 April 2014 (UTC)