User talk:Searchmaven

AfD nomination of AskWiki
I have nominated AskWiki, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/AskWiki. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Zim Zala Bim talk  02:00, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * What a joke. AskWiki was the result of a joint venture between Wikipedia and AskMeNow and you deleted the article.  It was publicized in WIRED Magazine of all places! Idiots.Searchmaven (talk) 21:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Advice
Hey - just some friendly advice (take it or leave - your call, I'm not offended either way) - but don't go around calling others "idiots" or "annoying editors". Wikipedia can at times be really frustrating - there's alot of stupid policies and alot of editors with little else to do with their time than enforce them to the letter. And these editors don't like to be talked back to - I've always found they'll work with you and help you get the edits you want done within Wikipedias policies and guidelines if you just ask them for little help. There's no sense in getting worked up and fighting over keeping edits that any 12 year old can delete and replace with "penis", because you'll end up getting warnings and eventually you get blocked. I haven't looked at your edits and don't know all the details - but I do know if you keep going like this you won't be editing for long. Ask for help - you'll get the material you want. Just be patient. Cheers. --Yankees76 (talk) 22:17, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a reason the stats look like this: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMFstratplanSurvey1.png Searchmaven (talk) 22:20, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed. So like I said - ask for help. Sometimes they'll do much of the work for you. Alot of editors like to know that their time spent learning everything there is to know about this site isn't wasted and will gladly help you source articles, format articles, grammer check and lots more. You just have to follow a little common sense ettiquette and be a little humble when it's called for. OhNoitsJamie is actually a great resource we've worked on few things in the past - but if you go around posting on articles that he's annoying what do you expect will happen? Just some food for thought. --Yankees76 (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I know how everything works. I used to spend a lot of time editing articles, have created my own wiki projects in the past, and used to be on the mailing lists.  I left out of frustration with the core 1% that seem to feel they are the gatekeepers of all knowledge.  I've been far more involved with Wikipedia than you can imagine.  I was involved in building AskWiki which was a joint venture with the Wikimedia Organization to add natural language processing to the search component of Wikipedia only to have Jimmy Wales and crew get the project axed so that he can drive forward his own for profit Wikia Search failure.  There is rampant hypocrisy in this community and while I agree with you that calling certain editors "idiots" or "annoying" may be counter productive, it was more out of a greater frustration grown through the years. Searchmaven (talk) 22:36, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Then don't edit about these things - it looks like you have an axe to grind - why bother stirring up the hornets nest? You should know that to create an article you need reliable sources and that the topic needs to satisfy certain notability criteria - so why get pissed off when someone deletes the AskWiki article? Knowledge is useless if it's never applied... --Yankees76 (talk) 22:48, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

COI editor seeks help with Jason J. Hogg page updates
Hello Searchmaven, and thanks for you quick fix on the Jason J. Hogg page. I am being paid by Hogg to update his article. I have posted a request on the article talk page for assistance. Would you be willing to take a look and offer feedback? Would greatly appreciate it. There's not a lot of activity on the page and, as a result, it requires attention to maintain accuracy. DanDavidCook (talk) 19:39, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Wikiprojcellulardevices.jpg


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