Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2016 October 23

= October 23 =

Merlin Holland
Is there a way to help me find Holland's contact information (if it is public, of course)? The IMdB seems to be offering it but I do not have access. 2A02:587:2916:5800:E9F9:29F6:7FD7:D538 (talk) 13:31, 23 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Look: If this is a serous request, there are many ways to contact such a person. I normally contact their publisher first and ask them to forward my carefully worded email, stating why I wish contact, purpose, etc.,  in very clear English. Usually works 100% of the time. So like email:, (his current publisher). Yet, if you have serous enquiry you might be better off by emailing his agent: ( click on other if you can't think of anything else). First however, think about any win-win agreement that your purpose of contacting him can provide.  He may  be a busy man and may not have time for  a time waster Don't try this at home folks- these agencies have all sorts of weirdos trying their luck but  the agents  can be sussed them out early on. Yet, for genuine inquires, one can surprising quickly get the guy your trying to contact, in contact.--Aspro (talk) 15:43, 23 October 2016 (UTC)


 * "Usually works 100% of the time." But sometimes it works 0% of the time? —Tamfang (talk) 22:40, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It works 100 percent of the time that it works. I'm reminded of a Casey Stengelism about some particular baseball play: "Sometimes it doesn't always work." ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:42, 23 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Hopefully 2A02:587:2916:5800:E9F9:29F6:7FD7:D538 hasn’t been put off by our preplies and hasn't replied here, because s/he is busy now making (or made) contact. Yet, we would like to have some some feedback as to how successful s/he has been to show that it is is 100% successful when done properly. When someone has a high public profile they have to employ someone to read through all their emails which often come in quick-and-fast by the hundreds. They only get to read the crème de la crème. The 0% results, are those that are achieved when (say) the custodians  of Nobel Prize in Literature miss-approach the likes of Bob Dylan. Figure that out for yourselves.--Aspro (talk) 18:38, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Mailing list
I signed up to volunteer for several political campaigns, but I don't want to receive email updates from the campaign—only emails related to volunteering. Does clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email remove my credentials (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) from the volunteer list altogether, remove my email from the mailing list for campaign updates, or something else? When I click on the "unsubscribe" link, there isn't any specification on the webpage that the link links to about which list(s) I was removed from. 147.126.10.21 (talk) 21:03, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi there. You're found Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It looks like you were searching for a person's webpage and ended up here by mistake. We don't know what campaign you're referring to or the intricacies of their unsubscribe button. You would be better served by contacting them directly. Matt Deres (talk) 22:01, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the websites of political campaigns in general. Does the link to "unsubscribe" take me off the mailing list only, or their entire campaign website's log of credentials? 147.126.10.21 (talk) 22:23, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Every website is different. You would need to contact them directly and see if it's possible. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:40, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You know what I'm asking, though, right? 147.126.10.21 (talk) 22:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure. And the only one who will know the answer for sure is someone who runs the website. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:59, 23 October 2016 (UTC)