User talk:Trotline

Please don't spam
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. --CliffC 22:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tips. I was just adding links I knew were similar to the existing links but apparently I have ruffled someone's feathers.Trotline (talk) 01:17, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Don't vandalize Wikipedia
Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. ... richi 17:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I am not sure what you are referring to. The antivirus article seems to be dominated by some folks who seem to be using it to generate business. I follow the links on it and, as an 30 year computer security veteran I just don't see what the article is attempting to accomplish other than generate link traffic to a few sites. Sorry, just telling it like I see it. I will not be participating in this article anymore since I don't seem to be able to sync up with what ever is going on there.Trotline (talk) 01:18, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Please provide edit summaries
It would be helpful if you left an edit summary along with your edits, thanks. In their absence other editors have to spend time deciding whether changes like this are constructive or otherwise. I spent a few minutes reading the material at the deleted link, which seems pertinent to the article, and decided that this was a case of "otherwise". I have restored the link. --CliffC 01:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I will do so. trotline

Domainer article is gone.
The "Domainer" article that was redirected to "Cybersquatting" included descriptions of domainers and their business. It included the topic "cybersquatting" and the other types of domainers. Domainers like myself were contributing and trying to help define their business to others. Now the Domainer article has been taken down and redirected to Cybersquatting. This sends the message that all domainers are cybersquatters.


 * Just like domain name cybersquatting steals someone's trademark property and usually publishes wrong information to hurt the true trademark owner, the folks that deleted the Domainer article have "cybersquatted" on the domainer's article explaining their industry. Now there is no appropriate article as a root article to the domain industry and attempts to add it to the fragmented articles result in deletions instead of discussions. This must be a mistake since it violates all kind of Wikipedia rules including one about not destroying other's work.


 * I spent a lot of time transforming the Domainer article from a rant of negative accusations to a informative, balanced article covering all aspects of domaining. I follow changes in the Domainer article but never received notice that the discussion was taking place to delete it and redirect it to "Cybersquatters".


 * Domaining of all descriptions in Wikipedia seem distorted and dominated by narrow view of domaining that is not a true respresntation of the industry. As a 15 year veteran of domaining I just do not see the open dialogue that usually goes on at Wikipedia working in the domaining subject areas.
 * If you are the person behind this decision you are invited to explain yourself here. Trotline (talk) 21:59, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Are the accounts listed at Sockpuppet investigations/Trotline/Archive yours? Max Semenik (talk) 16:10, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

It's been nearly six years since the block and sockpuppet investigation. Trotline - give me a quick indication of what articles you'd like to work on when unblocked and I'll make a standard offer request on the administrators' noticeboard. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:40, 20 July 2015 (UTC)