User talk:DickClarkMises/archive4

Thanks
Just wanted to say thank you for your welcome to wikipedia. I look forward to editing pages on politics and history. Tango &amp; Cash 16:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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Interdictor Blog
Hey Dick, thanks for cleaning it up. I didn't think it appropriate for me to edit an article about my blog anymore than I already had (mostly eliminated vandilism). See you on the list. Ikilled007 10:43, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * No sweat. I tell people about that escapade of yours all the time, so I was interested in getting it cleaned up anyway. You know, I had lunch with your dad and Walter a number of times that semester when they were in Auburn after Katrina. DickClarkMises 23:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Randolph Foundation
thanks for leaving me a note on my talk page. Yes., i agree that the reviewed might not be 100% correct all the time and so i will await your response to the comments. Cheers Kalyan 16:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:George_reisman.jpg
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 * Please forward the permission to permissions@wikimedia.org. Make sure that the permission specifiec that anyone (including outside wikipedia) may use the image. Also make sure that Misis.org in the permisssion clearly state that they are in fact the copyright owners of the work. /Lokal_Profil 11:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Permissions statement submitted. DickClarkMises 14:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Good. Once the OTRS service has vetted it they will add the recipt number to the image and remove the PUI tag. Thanks/Lokal_Profil 19:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It strikes me as a bit silly to require that I email permissions to the OTRS people every time I upload an image from Mises.org. I have uploaded at least a couple score of images from that source and released them under the GFDL. I am not sure why each release should require me to go and confirm my own action. This is not the first, or even second, time that I have confirmed a GFDL release of such content. I think this is an issue governed by WP:AGF, especially when we are talking about users like myself who have confirmed that they are authorized to release images from a particular source. Has there been a complaint about this image, or any other image that I have contributed? DickClarkMises 19:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * AGF concerns us believing whether or not you believed that the image was free. AGF doesn't apply to whether or not the image is actually free though. Since that is a legal question we may not assume GF. What you can do is either bunch all of the filenames up in one e-mail, and thus have them all covered by the same permission. Alternatively you can try and get a blanket permission to cover all images from that webpage, and then add that OTRS ticket # to all the affected images. /Lokal_Profil 23:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've tagged most of the images that I've uploaded from Mises.org with the newest OTRS ticket number, so that should resolve this issue, I think. DickClarkMises 14:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good, thanks for the help /Lokal_Profil 17:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
I really appreciate you welcoming me to wikipedia. EtaiMiz 21:41, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Jeremy Sapienza
Do you have any knowledge of Jeremy Sapienza? The article about him has been nominated for deletion. I've worked on it over the years, but it was never adequately sourced and that's a cause for deletion. The subject was also a contributor, as I recall. Anyway, I never cared about it much one way or another, but you may have more perspective. Cheers, ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 20:20, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Will, I know of Sapienza through Bob Murphy both because Bob used to frequently address Sapienza's arguments at anti-state.com and because Sapienza wrote the introduction to Bob's first book, Chaos Theory. I did a cursory search for third party sources, and initially just found a few remarks by Bob. I think these probably confer notability, but I don't have time to revise the article too heavily right now. I'll drop some sources at the AfD and hope someone else picks them up and runs with them. Cheers, DickClarkMises 15:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Welcome
Thank you for your welcome. I don't know if its coincidence that it is you who welcomes me, but when I saw your user name I had to take a look at your user page. I cannot contribute much at en:wiki as my english is rather poor but I'm trying to make interwiki links to and from pl:wiki especially with articles connected with Austrian School as since some time ago I'm humbly trying to develop those categories pl:Kategoria:Szkoła austriacka, pl:Kategoria:Przedstawiciele szkoły austriackiej on polish wikipedia. Thanks again for your welcome! Best wishes and sorry for my poor english... --Marioosz 23:22, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank You for Your answer. So it wasn't just a coincidence :) Of course I know Mateusz Machaj from his activities on promotion of the Austrian School in Poland. He is the founder of polish Ludwig von Mises Institute Foundation and he's doing a great job publishing many articles about Austrian School. I am just a humble enthusiast of economy and AS but I contacted him via email in purpose to get some advices needed to edit articles on polish wikipedia :) Cheers, Marioosz 16:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

2nd AfD on Free The Hops
Could you stop by here and weigh in on an article about an Alabama lobbying group? The AfD is getting down to the wire and we don't have consensus. I'd prefer either "delete" or "keep" to "No consensus," especially as this is a second nomination. If you know other active editors who may have a view, please invite them also. Thanks. -- Rob C (Alarob) 16:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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Two months ago, after I reviewed you, you left a question, "other reviews?" which went unanswered. I would encourage you to consider a second editor review if you would like more advice. Shalom Hello 07:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

 * Chaser, I understand your cautious posture on this. I generally trust Jimbo—I'd really just like to understand why he blocked me. If it was a mistake or misunderstanding because of, say, a poorly worded edit summary, great! If it wasn't a mistake, I'd like to know what I should have done differently. I've actually been out of town and away from my computer since Wednesday night, so I was rather shocked when I got blocked almost immediately after returning today (while working on unrelated material). Cheers, DickClarkMises 00:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * To clarify; the block log says that you have been blocked for a week for "reinsertion of image contra otrs request". Apparently, there are issues with the image you tried to upload and OTRS have been involved - A l is o n  ☺ 00:49, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I read the line in the block log. To better understand why I am confused, please see the following email I sent to Jimbo regarding my exchange with OTRS about this image. DickClarkMises:

Jimbo,

I have requested that your block of my account be reviewed. It seems that you blocked me for uploading an image of George Reisman. I uploaded an image that was released to the Mises Institute by Prof. Reisman. I have been authorized by Jeffrey Tucker to release Mises.org content under the GFDL. I tagged the new image with the following OTRS reference: https://secure.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=928593

While I don't expect you to take my word for it, I was not intentionally being contentious, but rather attempting to provide a free image to better the project. What did I do wrong? There was never any indication of what the problem was with this image. I include below a copy of a 12 June 2007 email from Mitch Hopper over at OTRS for your further consideration:

>      Permissions  >      Dick Clark  >      Jun 12, 2007 8:42 AM >       Re: [Ticket#2007061110006913] Image:George_reisman.jpg > >Dear Dick Clark, > >Thank you for your mail. > > >"Dick Clark"  wrote: > >> Please note that Image:George_reisman.jpg has been released by the Mises >> Institute under the GFDL both for general use in Wikipedia and any >> other use. >> >> (Query: Should I just go through and look up all the images I've uploaded >> with permission from Mises.org and just send an email including all of them, >> or is there some way to streamline this process? I have standing permission >> from Jeffrey Tucker to release Mises.org images under the GFDL and I >> regularly do so.) >> >> -- >> Dick Clark >> > >We have received the permission for the image and have made the necessary >modifications to the Image page. > >If you have other images, you can either reply to this E-mail and provide the >URL or name of the image or add the text that I added to the image mentioned >above to all the images yourself (this way will be faster). The text to add to >the images is: > >Thank you for providing this to us, and for your contribution to Wikipedia. >Yours sincerely, >Mitch Hopper

Thank you for your reconsideration of this block.

Regards,

User:DickClarkMises

Find below the latest email exchange between myself and Jimbo. DickClarkMises 01:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Dick Clark  Jimmy Wales  Jul 1, 2007 9:19 PM Re: OTRS block I responded at Gaillimh's talk page here, per his request in the edit summary:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gaillimh&oldid=140036262

I got no reply.

DCM

On 7/1/07, Jimmy Wales  wrote: > >  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tibor_R._Machan&action=history > >  is the reason you were blocked. You re-inserted an image without >  discussion, even though Gaillimh had removed it.

-- Dick Clark

Here is another email exchange. I've emailed Gaillimh and asked that he weigh in on this issue. DickClarkMises 01:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Dick Clark  Jimmy Wales  Jul 1, 2007 9:29 PM Re: OTRS block Jimbo,

This image was created by Chad Parish, a Mises Institute employee. The image was covered by the same OTRS ticket number I mentioned earlier. He offered no rationale for the removal, so after asking for an explanation via the means the editor specified, I replaced an image I knew to be free and that was certified as such with the OTRS folks. I don't understand how or why the free status of this image is being disputed.

I am not trying to be contentious here--I am just genuinely stumped.

Regards,

DCM

On 7/1/07, Jimmy Wales < jwales@wikia.com> wrote: > >  And having gotten no reply, you chose to put it back anyway? Wrong >  answer.

Okay, Jimbo has unblocked me. Thanks to Jimbo and to the other editors that took an interest in this matter. Cheers, DickClarkMises 01:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales  Dick Clark  Jul 1, 2007 9:38 PM Re: OTRS block I have unblocked you. NEVER EVER EVER revert an OTRS ticket unless you have CONFIRMED that it is the right thing to do.


 * What Jimbo said, basically. Many OTRS tickets are issued for legal reasons & it's best to always check with them first. Jimbo's unblock message was, "time off for good behavior" :) Either way, if you've any issues or autoblock problems, just let me know - A l is o n  ☺ 02:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * As noted above, OTRS had already been notified of the content release authorization. I checked with the editor who removed the image, got no response, and thus assumed that Gaillimh understood my rationale for replacing the image. Is it the case that any administrator's word can cause an image to be unreplaceable, even in the face of proper OTRS authorization? It seems like a terrible disincentive to the contribution of free content. The proper OTRS procedure was followed to begin with. If someone disputed my release, I should have been contacted as the authorized representative of LvMI who opened the OTRS ticket to begin with. I have been a contributor to this project since 03/2005, and I believe in it and want it to grow. Someone else though, who just came in to make free content available, would likely be very offended by this sort of treatment. This is an issue of great concern to me in light of WP:BITE, WP:AGF, etc. Were Gaillimh and Jimbo simply unaware of the previous OTRS ticket? Was there some later dispute that arose? No one seems to be willing to answer these questions about why the free status of this image was disputed in the first place. I've asked Gaillimh to reply here, but as of yet have received no answer. DickClarkMises 02:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I agree. There were definitely wires crossed here somewheres. I'd say best wait until Gaillimh shows up here and you guys sort out what happened. In the meantime, feel free to edit away - A l is o n  ☺ 02:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Looks like there was a later ticket. The deletion log for the image and the removal of the image from the article both specify ticket #, while the email you pasted above specify an earlier ticket (# ). So, I'd guess (and guessing is the only thing I can do with these tickets) that there was a later dispute/issue. --cesarb 18:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, perhaps someone with OTRS access will be willing to enlighten the rest of us as to what the issue was. DickClarkMises 18:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi! I've responded to your e-mail.  If you had e-mailed me earlier, as I mentioned in my edit summary, you would have received a more timely response.  Also, it's bad form to post e-mails on-wiki like this, so I implore you to remove this content from your userpage, as the situation has been resolved.  No worries, of course, it's just basic social graces.  Cheers   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 00:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... I've not received your email. Could you try again, please? Also, could you refer me to an example discussion where the convention you mention is noted? My inclination is include all the discussion that took place. Had I not been blocked, the above emails would presumably have occurred on-wiki at a talk page. I'd like this to be an open process with no privileged communication. It is hard to collaborate if information is not available for other editors to review. DickClarkMises 02:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, it seems as if you've now received my e-mail! Expect a follow-up from me in a few minutes.  With regards to your concerns/comments here on this talk page, it's just basic social graces not to publish e-mails without the express consent of the other party or parties.  This has nothing to do with clouding transparency or anything (in fact, feel free to publish my e-mails sans my address and name), but with proper behaviour.   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 18:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Kel-Tec PLR-16
Hey, good catch on the category there! I was a tad sleepy, and guessed via caliber I think... Either way, THANKS! --SXT40 21:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, there's always the 5.7 :) Hrm, n/m only the .gov is allowed to have effective rounds for that here in the US... --SXT40 06:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Bill Gothard
Hello DickClarkMises,

Please look at my comments regarding your recent edit to the Bill Gothard article.

Thanks!

JBFrenchhorn 19:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I've posted another as you'll see.

So you're planning on attending law school. I have thought about that. I might start in a paralegal program this fall.

(Jeffrey Bean, Jr.) JBFrenchhorn 05:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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Hoppe
Hi DickClarkMises, I just want to reiterate that I do not have a personal opinion of Mr. Hoppe, and am judging his Wikipedia page solely on the lack of peer praise, and secondary sources that claim Hoppe has had significant influence on the field of economics.

(As a complete aside, I can't help but notice the freakish similarities in our backgrounds. My undergraduate degree is in philosophy, I grew up a Suzuki practitioner, and I went to Hoover High School - but it was in Ohio.)

Removing warnings
I know it's frustrating when users remove properly-placed warnings from their user talk pages. However the general consensus in the community today is that such behavior is acceptable. See WP:USER. It does mean that subsequent visitors to the talk page have to check the history, but I think we've gotten used to that now. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 21:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I apologize if I created a ruckus. It seems to me, though, that it may be a good idea to give a pre-warning to those of us unfamiliar with the mores of Wikipedia a pre-warning that certain behavior is considered unacceptable before a tag is placed on his or her Talk page.  I had no idea reverting 3 times was a "bad" thing.  I've reverted vandalism on other pages several times over.  Thank you for your time, --Bremskraft 21:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The 3RR warning you received was the warning. The general practice is to warn before blocking. While removing properly-placed tags from your talk page is permitted, it isn't a sign of good faith either. I urge you to review the core policies of Wikipedia before editing as aggressively as you have recently. Simplified ruleset Ignorance of the policies is a poor excuse for creating a "ruckus".  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 21:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Will, thanks for pointing out that line in WP:USER. DickClarkMises 22:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Will Beback, thank you for linking to "core policies" page. I will be sure to read it thoroughly as time permits.  However, I would like to say quickly that I have been civil and assumed good faith.  I did not delete anything on the Hoppe page, or "aggressively edit" the Hoppe page, and I think I brought forward a legitimate issue.  Please do not speak to me as though I am a child.  It does not serve you well as an administrator. --Bremskraft 23:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

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Federal Reserve System: Bernanke quote
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Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 06:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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Frédéric Bastiat
When you have a moment, can you take a look at this external link that was added to the Bastiat article? I do not think it is appropriate, but I am uncertain: When one looks at the title it's been given, Marx on Bastiat and Carey, one might think it is a direct excerpt from Marx's Grundrisse in which he deals with Bastiat and his thinking. But, in fact, it is not. The link leads to a blog in which an author offers his interpretation of Marx's interpretation of Bastiat. I think this places it outside our standards of acceptability. I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter. Cheers! --- RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  16:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. We are in complete agreement.  Cheers! ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  18:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! Happy Holidays! -- Vision Thing -- 18:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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 * Oops, forgot to include licensing info in update version. DickClarkMises (talk) 06:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

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STATS
Your argument for removing the astroturf cat is that the cat itself is unencyclopedic, and I see you've nominated it for deletion. Fair enough. But assuming the cat "survives", then your argument for keeping the cat off of STATS will be invalid, and I'll be adding back in. So you might want to start thinking of another reason for keeping it off, depending on how the deletion discussion goes.... Yilloslime (t) 23:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you are right. If the category is kept, my argument will be that the STATS article must make it self-evident that such a category is appropriate, per the same guideline that I cite at CfD: CAT, #7. If an article doesn't assert the quality to which the category is associated, the category is simply unwarranted. DickClarkMises (talk) 23:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

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Fortune Global 500
Hi, I'm not sure who to contact for this, but I thought you'd interested since you're a member of the Economics WikiProject. There is an article called Fortune Global 500. This article is a copy and paste of the list of the 500 largest companies in the world by revenues published by Fortune magazine every year. Fortune magazine lists these companies by countries and cities. They list Shell as being a company from the Netherlands and not a dual company from Britain and the Netherlands (contrary to Unilever). One British Wikipedian doesn't like that and has changed the article, writting that Shell is a dual British/Dutch company, contrary to the source from Fortune magazine. I tried to explain that the article being simply a copy and paste of the Fortune Global 500 list, we have to respect their editorial choices, otherwise it's not the Global Fortune 500 list anymore, it becomes something else. Unfortunately I feel like I'm preaching in the desert, so to speak. If we start changing things from the list based on what we think is right or wrong, then why not also change EADS which Fortune magazine lists as a Dutch company (because it is legally incorporated in the Netherlands for tax reasons), whereas in fact EADS is a Franco-German company with top management in Paris and Munich? As you can see, this could lead to endless changes to the article. I thought on Wikipedia we had to write information that matches with the sources we use. It would be nice to hear from you on this point. Keizuko (talk) 17:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:56, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Lew Rockwell
Hi,

I saw you created a redirect in Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. to Lew Rockwell, incidentally at precisely the same time I was doing the reverse. If you disagreed with my action, I didn't mean to just wipe out what you did -- so if that is the case, we should chat and come to consensus. I undid your action simply b/c I thought it was an accidental reaction to the confusion I created by fumbling with the redirect command for a few minutes.PStrait (talk) 11:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Your revision to Shell Account
I removed the shell providers from the article because they were not considered historic (AKA from the 80s and 90s). If you read the discussion, the three that were remaining were actually historic, unlike the two that you re-added, which have existed since 2000. LordKenTheGreat (talk) 23:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I certainly welcome your reversion, but I found it appropriate to revert the addition of Silence is Defeat since it was added by the owner, which would constitute an violation of WP:COI. LordKenTheGreat (talk) 21:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of LewRockwell.com
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April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for your welcome
Hi DickClarkMises,

thank you for welcoming me. I am the translator of "Defending the undefendable" in Dutch; that's why I made that edit on Walter Block's page. I wrote a big article for the Dutch Wikipedia on the book. Dirk74 (talk) 01:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism by user 4.240.69.116
I received a message suggesting I had vandalized a page, with the user ID listed as 4.240.69.116 This message was posted to me. However, not guilty, and I do not know why this message was addressed to me. Brews ohare (talk) 23:23, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter
The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Requesting your input at WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive
Since you are a member of WikiProject Economics, I would like to direct your attention to WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive. We are currently deciding on an economics-related article to bring to Featured Article status and we would like your input. Thanks! Gary King ( talk ) 15:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Adam Smith has been chosen as the first article in WikiProject Economics' first Featured Article drive
I am contacting you because you Supported the decision to choose Adam Smith as the first Featured Article that WikiProject Economics would work on. If you can, please help out and make this goal a reality! A discussion on this has begun at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics. Thanks for your time! Gary K</i>ing</b> ( talk ) 16:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

SULS
Hey, I think we talked on facebook before about the SULS Libertarians petition. How'd it turn out? I'm just graduating this Sunday...had Rounds this semester for drafting. It was a great class. I hear he's pretty active with the Beacon Hill Institute and sympathetic to other libertarian causes. Pretty rare among SULS profs. -Tim Swampyank (talk) 22:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Independent Women's Forum
The page you refer to appeared at Category:Articles with broken citations because the citations I repaired where broken. Did you bother to look at the result of your action. Those citations are once again broken and non functional. Now either repair the citations the way you think they should be or restore my edit. It's up to you. I'll be watching. By the way I recommend that you always check the results of your edits. If people did that then I would no be following them around cleaning up after them. --DRoll (talk) 20:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

P.S. "Disuniform" is not a word.--DRoll (talk) 20:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)