User talk:Textminer

Welcome to Wikipedia!!!
I read the FAQ about reattributions but it's not crystal clear to me. I made the contributions under 24.211.194.193. I'd like to reattribute those to my new account but it sounds like that's entirely possible thoug I'm not sure how a database could exclude that possibility. I have reasons that are not purely egotistical. I started contributing more recently, but nfortunately I think IP addresses are being scraped from Wikipedia, as my router is suddenly getting hammered. The only place my IP is advertised on the web is Wikipedia. I'd like to move those contribs and get rid of this IP address for good and get a new IP from my ISP. I should add that this 'Textminer" is a new account and I could easily accept another account if that would make things easier.
 * It actually looks like Reattribution is actually inactive right now. It says it might happen if you follow the instructions. Other than that, there's nothing to be said. Follow instructions, it might happen (it might have to do with manpower). Sorry if this didn't help you as much as you wanted. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Desk) 04:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Floyd Landis
The external link that you deleted from the Floyd Landis page does not point to a commercial site but rather points to a blog. The blog contains discussions of and references to other discussions of technical and regulatory details of the drug testing in Floyd Landis' case. The blog is authored by an individual with extensive professional experience in both toxicology and US Federal and international regulations for testing standards. Content in the cited blog makes *heavy* use of peer reviewed literature. I am not certain how you construed the blog as a "commercial link" or "advertising."

I'm also not clear on the restriction of "your own private websites" as you say. Private, as opposed to public? I would think that any web site visible to the public is public; certainly the server settings would show (r--). And what about your phrase, "your own"? How this murky ownership standard that you invoke might work is simply unclear. For example, if a NYT shareholder posted a link to an informative NYT article, would it violate this "your own" principle? I've not seen such an official Wikipedia policy on the relevance of link ownership to constribution. The ambiguous wording of it leads me to doubt its credibility.

I feel your edit was perhaps in the right spirit in some respect but ultimately a little bit overaggressive. I think your deletion invokes Wikipedia rules that simply do not exist. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Textminer (talk • contribs) 21:33, October 20, 2006 (UTC)


 * I assume you're talking about this edit where I removed a link to http://freefloydlandis.blogspot.com . I removed it because the link was not being cited as an article reference, but it was posted under the External Links section of the article in order to promote an non-neutral advocacy site which is discouraged under the External links guidelines. I regret any confusion on your part for using a stock-standard warning instead of clarifying my reasons to you more personally. --  Netsnipe  ►  05:44, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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