User talk:Jimbo Wales

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Fund-raising

Hopefully this will be another successful season of fund-raising. I have renewed my support by donating $100 today. I see this as an excellent investment because wikipedia provides me an excellent platform for reading others' ideas and sharing my own ideas. Brian Everlasting (talk) 22:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I totally agree with you. As an user, I really appreciate your great help for Wikipedia. Regards. Jagello (talk) 16:02, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Was this ok?

89.207.160.254~ an IP belonging to Wolseley PLC, I just sent the company an Email telling them about the vandalism from one of their computers hoping they can take action. I'm fully capable of sending professional Emails required for this, so I was pretty confident. Hmmm I hope this was ok... --Sooo Kawaii!!! ^__^ (talk) 22:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Abuse response handles this, and I'm sure they're always looking for volunteers. I wouldn't contact an IP owner without it being on abuse response first, but I doubt you've caused any damage by asking them anyway (quite the opposite, actually!). SMC (talk) 16:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah I see. Well I haven’t received a response from them yet. Will update if I do.--Sooo Kawaii!!! ^__^ (talk) 18:28, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Wolfgant Werle

Hey Jimmy, care to weigh in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wolfgang Werlé? Grsz¹¹ 00:45, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Species: The Awakening

When I put the term in this header in the search button I get sent to this non-existent wikimedia page rather than to the article Species - The Awakening which is what i was looking for. This is entirely inappropriate as the show is displayed in various listings from the UK press association as Species: The Awakening but to be honest I don't even have any idea of where exactly would be the place to air this issue which for all I know affects a number of search terms. What I would like to do and would normally do is to set up a redirect tot he article but I cannot because of this automatic redirect to a non-existent wikimedia page. Thanks, SqueakBox talk contribs 15:24, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Just for your information: when I type either "Species - The" or "Species: The" (without the quoatation marks) into the search box in the left column of this page, the first suggestion up is [1], which is also Species - The Awakening. If I type just "Species", I am sent to Species where there is a link to a disambiguation page listing the sci-fi movies of the name, including Species: The Awakening. I think I may be misunderstanding the question, as I cannot duplicate SqueakBox's results. Bielle (talk) 15:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

That is an odd error. Not sure this is the place to report it though. You enter into the search "Species: The Awakening" and it doesn't link to a Wikipedia page, but instead off to the Wikimedia page instead. That is strange. Dream Focus 15:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Interwiki prefixes are controlled at m:Interwiki map (with irregular updates). You can ask for a removal of the prefix Species:, though it would probably cause many broken links, added in December 2007 - not sure they'll accept and it doesn't appear possible to make exceptions. Cenarium (talk) 18:04, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I have commented on that page, reporting it there. Dream Focus 18:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Paid editing block request

Jimbo, I know that we haven't yet adopted a policy or guideline on paid editing, but you have said "I will personally block any cases that I am shown". User Chaser has identified one such case involving Jsamuel430 (talk · contribs) and the article for The Grief Recovery Institute. I suggest that a checkuser on the account would be prudent, in case this user has been editing with other accounts as well. Thanks and regards. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 18:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Jimbo has permanently given up use of the block tool. If there are specific accounts you believe to be sockpuppets, you can file them at WP:SPI. Regards,  Skomorokh, barbarian  18:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The editor hasn't edited since December of last year, only active for a two day period. Someone found this: [2], the organization apparently trying to hire someone to do a Wikipedia page, no rule against it then, and they probably not realizing there was anything wrong with this. The organization seems to have gotten a lot of major news coverage, so it qualifies for an article. Did this person receive payment for this, and make a Wikipedia page two months after they posted that job request, or just decide since they needed help to make one? Can you prove he/she only did it for the money? I think this was done as something innocently naive in this case. Dream Focus 18:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Fundraising

Hi Jimbo. When should I expect my cut of the 7.5 million? Rest assured that the camera lenses, new computer, and wide screen monitor from my 5k or 10k share will be put to very good use and will go a long way in helping to expand the world's encyclopedic knowledge base. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

My thoughts....

• I hate Wikipedia.
• The majority of the edits being made in areas such as Airlines and Airports are based wholly on opinion and not true solid facts.
• Your administrators are unprofessional and corrupt in the worst way.
• Because this is such an unreliable resource most colleges won't accept it.
• I hope your funds run out.
• You're incredibly scummy for treating your first wife the way you did and breaking up with someone via an announcement on this page. Wholly classless.

68.52.42.38 (talk) 18:43, 20 November 2009 (UTC)