User talk:DVdm

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User NK

Hi, DVdm. I noticed you reverted the vandalism to my talk page. Thank you. However, after you reverted the vandalism you then added the following: {{db-g10}} to my talk page to have my talk page speedy deleted. Since my talk page never has anything on it, why do you want to delete it? I am truly confused.--NK (talk) 15:40, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It could have been deleted or made empty again. I see that someone already took care of replacing the template with the original content now. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you.--NK (talk) 15:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

ENGVAR IP

Hi, the user you recently spoke to about WP:ENGVAR, 58.8.103.154 (talk · contribs), is a new IP for the same editor at 203.163.103.7 (talk · contribs). He is currently involved in a content dispute with yet another IP, 67.139.40.166 (talk · contribs), on the article Haniwa. They are accusing each other of vandalism and sock puppetry. I would appreciate an extra pair of eyes to track these editors and make sure they do not get into more trouble. Both are prone to belligerency and edit warring. Just a friendly warning. Thanks. Elizium23 (talk) 16:48, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Page is now protected by user Ged UK. I have added two sources for the clay thing. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 13:10, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks for that

Yeah, thanks for that, I thought I was on the www.mywot.com/ Wiki page, just went in to cut the text so I could paste it onto the right page but you'd removed it. Any chance you still have a copy so I can put it in the right place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.82.62 (talk) 19:37, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

(Please put new talk page messages at the bottom of talk pages and sign your messages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks.)

If you are referring to this edit, you can copy (some of) it right there, but if you want to accomplish anything with it, I suggest you severely tone it down, propose it on the article talk page, and stick to cold neutral facts, preferably pointing to some wp:reliable sources. Otherwise the message will be removed or, at best, ignored. Good luck. - DVdm (talk) 19:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

This is a cold neutral fact. I have the email trail from the company themselves to prove it. What proof would you prefer I add to their page? 80.195.82.62 (talk) 19:55, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Please sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~).

Do have a look at some of the pointers to our policies that I have put on your talk page (follow the blue links in these messages; they point to the relevant policy and guideline pages). If you want to go anywhere with this, you probably should follow the advice I just gave in my previous reply. - DVdm (talk) 19:59, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I see. So real life emperical experience doesn't count? Do you think the 'computer geek time spent masturbating' comment was a bit much? I could leave that out. The rest of it was 100% true. 80.195.82.62 (talk) 20:02, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Indeed it does not. This is an encyclopedia, and it is built on reliable verifiable sources—see wp:V and wp:RS. If you like to expose a scam, you must find another venue. Good luck. - DVdm (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I think you'll find Encyclopedias are based on emperical life experiences.....I'll have another try when you're in bed.... 80.195.82.62 (talk) 20:11, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps some are based on emperical life experiences, but this one is based on established reliable sources. Having another try is likely going to get you blocked. Try to find some Wikipedia-compliant way to add interesting and valuable information to the article. Anything unsourced with a tone like this will not stick, trust me. - DVdm (talk) 20:20, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Ouch!

You feed him, and he bites my hand! Paradoctor (talk) 04:05, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

No deep wounds were inflicted, it seems. By the way, thanks for this. I considered doing it myself, but then I was pretty much expecting that you would do it - DVdm (talk) 08:58, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

So you're telling me I'm an anally fixated whiner? Happy editing! Paradoctor (talk) 09:08, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Lottery

Excuse me, but I think the text for the article Lottery is not neutral. It is biased towards the "expected value" definition of value. I gave links to the alternative models based on expected utility, though there are still others.

I also think that calling others "mathematically inept" is not the right tone to adopt in an Encyclopedia, especially as the article presents a theory (expected value) that is itself not mathematically sound. I gave the example of Insurance to show that negative expected value decisions can be perfectly rational. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.190.65.68 (talk) 15:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Please sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks.

You are probably referring to this edit. I undid your unsourced edit with this revert, and left a little message on your talk page. Indeed I agree that calling others "mathematically inept" is not the right tone to adopt here, but then again, I did not call you "mathematically inept". You probably have somebody else in mind.

About the content you were trying to add, please note that we need wp:reliable sources for our edits, and original research (see wp:OR) is not allowed here. You might have a good point, but the best thing is to go to the article talk page and propose your addition, but don't forget to bring a good source for what you have in mind. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 16:42, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Bozkır

Fellow in question seems dead-set on convincing people that the Persians somehow named the place after a goat's penis. Precursory google seems to concur that it's a patent absurdity, but until now I avoided posting a vandal comment on his page in lieu of the welcome/ unconstructive edits template. Zelse81 (talk) 21:32, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Fellow in question will not be here for long, I guess - DVdm (talk) 21:39, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Heh, he actually posted a source for Farsi 'boz' being goat and a search for slang in Farsi did return 'kir' as penis, but I still doubt that they somehow tricked the Turks especially given that I did just confirm 'bozkIr' is indeed Turkish for 'steppe.' Still, weird world. Zelse81 (talk) 21:46, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, but this could—or should—probably be removed per wp:NOR since the source does not link the word to the town's name. - DVdm (talk) 22:15, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

plz stop

plz stop messaging me plz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcglynn13 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 31 January 2014‎ (UTC)

Please sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks.

Then please stop making nonsensical or erroneous edits. If you continue doing this, you will end up blocked. - DVdm (talk) 21:15, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thankyou for fixing my talk page! Jab843 (talk) 22:00, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

My pleasure. Cheers and thx for the star! - DVdm (talk) 22:03, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Hidden notes at Barocque

DVdm,

Thank you!

Best regards,

--Blue Indigo (talk) 23:48, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Girokaster

Although the specific edit by the unlogged editor wasn't a disruptive one, apart from this he has the intention to vandalize a wide variety of articles by pushing his pov. In case he shows up again I'll report it immediately.Alexikoua (talk) 10:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

^(context) Ok, thanks and cheers. - DVdm (talk) 10:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

User: Elliot Langford

Hi DVdm. I asked Sean Antrim to delete most of my joke User page that he edited 8 years ago, as it is currently the first thing that comes up when you google my name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sean_Antrim (your comment is at the bottom of that page) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.78.204 (talk) 05:19, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I don't think I can help you directly. Normally only the owner of the user page is free to remove the content. Also note that the content will always remain available in the edit history. You can try two things: (1) delete it again with a clear edit summary stating the reason, or, if that gets reverted by someone, (2) post a little message at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Good luck! - DVdm (talk) 07:41, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you again for helping me edit. I'm a bit of a new, infrequent editor, so I just needed some assistance (and basic arithmetic) :) Origamite (talk) 22:28, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Yum, thanks! There's a lot to learn here, so take your time! Cheers - DVdm (talk) 07:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Pretty archive links

As per your request, add the following to your User:DVdm/common.css:

.page-User_talk_DVdm #mw-content-text>center>table>tbody>tr>td+td+td+td+td a {color:yellow!important}

That should do the trick. Paradoctor (talk) 13:35, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Tried it. It works, but—as I somehow suspected, dont ask me why—it does not work in logged-out mode. Also, I have no idea how and why this should work in the first place. Frankly, I think I wouldn't even want to have an idea. I don't think I have ever seen an uglier kinda syntax in my entire carreer . I have restored the expensive way. Thanks and cheers! - DVdm (talk) 13:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

... and removed the div tags. Also forced underlining now. I can live with this - DVdm (talk) 14:12, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Your suspicion was right. I didn't expect that you wanted IP users to see your custom style. Your user CSS is of course not shown to them, you're basically working against intended behavior. No problem, though. If you still want it, just copy from the top of my user talk. Paradoctor (talk) 16:16, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

If you want the links permanently underlined, just add text-decoration:underline to the template. Paradoctor (talk) 16:21, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I already had seen your solution, but I'd like to keep it template-free, so to speak. And... I have been experimenting with a gradient—the deeper the darker. Nice, no? - DVdm (talk) 17:05, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

You should add redshift measurements. Paradoctor (talk) 18:37, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Heh... gravitational redshift is exactly what I had in mind! - DVdm (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Great minds, my friend, great minds... Paradoctor (talk) 20:43, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

personal political bias evident

I have recently edited the page Marius (giraffe) giving necessary citations. However, you continue to remove these, all of which are verifiable, leaving in their place unverifiable passes such as the claim that zoo keepers have received death threats from those who opposed the recent slaughter of a healthy animal. As I stated, there is no evidence or proof of these slanderous claims. Why do you continue to permit them? You have also removed comments (which were direct quotes from cited articles, giving the Url) which contradicted your evident support for the zoo. What does the demand from zoo supporters to remove the page altogether indicate to you? To most people it would indicate a deliberate cover up. Are you colluding with this cover up? It would seem - from your irritation when anyone with cited evidence and information, who does not support the slaughter, that you do.

It is not your business to censor. Remember that. Also remember that, should you exhibit any further bias, by removing contributions from those who condemn the slaughter, you risk bringing Wikipedia into such disrepute that you may, yourselves, be removed. This is a 'cause celebre' in which the vast majority of the population of the civilised world do NOT support Copenhagen Zoo, and will continue to edit the page giving factual information, or put up new pages should you take this one down. Are you going to block EVERYONE? Take notice that, should you continue to edit this article in such a way as to remove further verifiable information such as that which I supplied, or permit libelous, unverified claims, such as that regarding death threats, you will also be tainted by association. And I trust you can understand - given the amount of support and publicity this case has received - that contrary to your apparent opinion, there is a world outside Wikipedia, which is capable of spreading news like wildfire. Wikipedia may be your world, but don't let it go to your head. You are only one editor of many, with no more authority or relevance than I, and you have, by your actions, already discredited it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.18.15.213 (talk) 16:45, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Please put new talk page messages at the bottom of talk pages and sign your messages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks.

I have reverted your edits for the reasons given on your user talk page User talk:92.18.15.213. Wikipedia requires a neutral tone—see wp:NPOV—and reliable sources—see wp:RS. Note that I am not interested in your giraffe. - DVdm (talk) 17:23, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for the kind advice you gave me about potentially becoming a Wikipedia editor. It's quite clear that becoming a Wikipedia editor is not as easy as it looks, but anything worth learning correctly takes time. I have reviewed the information you have forwarded to me, and plan to do so several more times to get a firm handle on what would be expected of me as well as digesting Wikipedia's rules and regulations. When I do take the step to sign up and join the Wikipedia community, I would appreciate it if I could query you from time to time on my work. It is clear that your work with Wikipedia is commendable, and that you are held in a high regard among other Wikipedia editors. Although it is not my place to judge, nor am I an Wikipedia editor, it would appear certain Wikipedia editors have gone off the reservation for lack of a better phrase. Thanks again for your assistance, and wish me luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.77.220.178 (talk) 18:52, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Ok, when you have signed up, you can put {{adoptme}} on your user page or talk page, and then someone will contact you to help you along. Good luck! - DVdm (talk) 19:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

152.27.31.130

Hello, I Decided when This IP [[1]] repeatedly vandalized Constitution of South Carolina, I went to his contributions and found that he had made many edits and almost all of them Were extremely Inappropriate, Including Talking Trash about Homosexuals. But I feel that I must bring up the question, Should I take this to Administrator intervention Over vandalism?

Thanks,

Happy_Attack_Dog "The Ultimate Wikipedia Guard Dog" (talk) 15:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Hm, the previous vandalisms are old. It's possible that this was another person. Just increase warning levels each time they vandalise again. Beyond level 4, you can go wp:ANV. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 15:23, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I am Being Bold

I got the trout idea from another who was encouraging me to BE BOLD!!! No offense meant by this. Just Humor.

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

172.56.11.217 (talk) 16:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)