User talk:DavidCary: Difference between revisions

: Well, if you overlook the long periods where neglect [[WikiIndex]], punctuated by brief periods where I obsessively make mis-guided edits ... and my questionable code of ethics ... Sure, why not? :-) --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 21:52, 22 September 2006 (EDT)

:: Yea!!! Another misguided sysop!  welcome :-) [[MarkDilley]]

::: Indeed, welcome! [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 10:56, 24 September 2006 (EDT)

: Too late -- I see that someone else has already done this for you. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 23:13, 16 August 2007 (EDT)

: Mein Zeitzone ist UTC - 5 ("Tulsa time").  Warum?  --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 17:06, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

:: weil ich dabei bin, die Benutzer nach [[:category:Timezone|Zeitzone]] zu ordnen, damit sie leichter verstehen, warum jemand anders gerade nicht aktiv ist oder nicht auf eine Mitteilung achtet. [[:Category:Timezone UTC-5|Deine]] ist also z.B. um 7 Stunden gegen [[:Category:Central European Time|meine]] versetzt. Deshalb muss ich jetzt auch Schluss machen. Beste Grüße! --[[Wolf Peuker|Wolf]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 17:22, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

: Sounds like a great idea.  I am under the impression that I can just take a few wiki off that list and create new pages for them, without any collaboration needed.  Is there something specific we need to coordinate?  --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 00:18, 15 February 2008 (EST)

:: I'm still interested in the project, I'll do my best transforming entries into article stubs. Unfortunately my time is currently very limited, nonetheless please keep me up-to-date. --[[Wolf Peuker|Wolf]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 07:14, 15 February 2008 (EST)

::: David, you have the technical part right! :-)  - I am interested in a social part, like a mini barn raising on these, say we choose a few hours to work together, or a day, and count how many we have been able to add? Trying to get up my energy for tackling the problem. [[Wolf Peuker]] suggests that we not add more to this list and I have dozens more in my bookmark folder to add... Just and idea to create something. Best, [[MarkDilley]]

* take one wiki at a time off the list on that page, and create a page for it.

* Perhaps few people know about that page? -> perhaps we could mention it more prominently ... somewhere ... (It's already mentioned on the [[Community Portal]]).

* Perhaps people are scared to edit a page once it gets above a certain size? -> somehow chop it up into smaller, less-overwhelming pieces ...

* Perhaps people don't know the right process for taking a wiki off that list and making a fresh page for it? -> somehow write better, friendlier, easier to understand instructions?

* Perhaps people do know the right process, but it seems like a lot of work? Or it requires several steps including X and Y, and some people don't feel comfortable doing X, while others don't feel comfortable doing Y? -> somehow Break it up into smaller steps, encourage people -- especially newbies -- to find some task they feel comfortable doing, make a little forward progress at a time, and make it easy for others to pick up where the last person left off.

* Some other reason? ...

* ...? -> Or is there something better we could do?

: Sssssss... Get out of bed! ''{scares Dave out of bed}'' --[[User:Snuffleupagus|Snuffleupagus]] 12:38, 5 August 2008 (EDT)

:: Fixed now, forgot to close. --[[User:Yowling wolfie|Yowling wolfie]] 12:31, 31 August 2008 (EDT)

: Does the discussion at [[Talk:WikiProject:By Size]] answer your question?

: For [[wiki]] that use the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, I think we are currently only including articles, not including talk pages or redirects or user pages.

: --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 15:18, 17 September 2008 (EDT)

: I've left a few comments on the WikiIndex talk pages corresponding to the above wiki, and also at [[Category talk:Active administrators of this wiki#Conservapedia, RationalWiki etc]].

: Is the current compromise acceptable to everyone? If so, then it's time to take down the "Edit Warring" box from these WikiIndex articles. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 11:47, 24 November 2008 (EST)

:: Thanks for your help. I think (fingers crossed) that the edit-warring should be done now. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 14:46, 24 November 2008 (EST)

: She's sent me an email asking for all traces of her to disappear. I think that can be done. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 01:01, 21 June 2009 (EDT)

:: Sean, I've put the {{tl|delete}} template on her user pages, and in a week or so I'll delete them.

:: I wish that when someone asked "Please help", there is something more productive and friendly that we could do -- other than delete all evidence that person was ever here ([[MeatBall: RightToVanish]]).

:: And in this particular case, I worry that a few minor mistakes by WikiIndex regulars will lead to a news reporter getting an incorrect understanding of wiki.

:: ... --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 05:39, 21 June 2009 (EDT)

: I respect this one's desire to vanish from this wiki. I hope someday this one will choose to return to wiki, and become a respected contributor to this and other wiki.

: Done. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 17:17, 18 July 2009 (EDT)

: Yes, this looks like a childish grade-school insult. I agree that such things should be immediately deleted, and the person who said it banned for a short time. But I have hopes that such children will soon learn that such things are unacceptable, and learn to be productive -- and so I don't want to ban them forever. On the other hand, spammers who flood a page with dozens of off-topic links -- I am tempted to ban them forever. However, I don't want to unnecessarily block innocent users who use dynamic IP addresses that were once used by a spammer. I would appreciate your thoughts on which actions should trigger a ban, and for how long, at [[WikiIndex:Blocking Policy]]. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 20:07, 7 July 2009 (EDT)

: You are stirring up trouble and harming this wiki. And now that one administrator has already declined to join you in your personal vendetta, you're running away for help from other administrator. Maybe you should [http://www.wikiindex.org/index.php?title=RationalWiki&diff=67377&oldid=67368 listen to Peu]?

: Thank you for blocking the apparent sockpuppet. I think the approach of blocking for a short time, then blocking for longer times, is entirely appropriate.

: I wish there was some way to encourage this person to focus that energy into something more useful. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 16:10, 20 August 2009 (EDT)

: Nope.  Well, I mean, I like the *idea* of a standardized welcome template [[Template:Welcome]].  But even I can see glitches in this rough draft, as most people can see glitches in almost any rough draft.  I'm going to fix the things that are obvious to me right now.  Please feel free to tweak it and make further improvements and propose it to the [[Category talk:Active administrators of this wiki]].  --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 21:56, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

: Nx and I have done nothing but clean up the mess you left behind. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:50, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

:: On many wikis you wouldn't be an administrator after this kind of thing. I have justified my removal's of content. I did not remove meaningful content, in fact I added the backup thing instead of a quote. I am not trolling. [[User:65.60.53.250|65.60.53.250]] 15:52, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

::: Yeah, but it's clear that this place has fairly incompetent administration anyway, given that they sysopped her in the first place. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:56, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

''Ignore the inhospitableness of Proxima Centauri, seeing as how she's running to other sysops for reassurance, I'm sure she can't do much. [[User:Nx|Nx]] 15:19, 23 August 2009 (EDT)''

: Yaay! Where did she run for reassurance? [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:34, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

:: Found it. Why do I feel that she comprises half the comments here? [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 15:37, 23 August 2009 (EDT)"</blockquote>

: You threatened a block instead of welcoming me; I don't exactly call that polite. Moreover, you blocked Nx, who had only removed incorrect information, for three freaking days. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 16:24, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

:: (ec) Rude, that? Which part, that you were inhospitable? Isn't that true: you reverted an editor on sight without any explanation, then threatened him with a block. Then you reverted and blocked me without warning and justification. I have sent emails to Mr. Ernst and Mr. Stanton, and I hope one of them will reply. Also, I won't lower myself to your level and block you at RationalWiki, but I will remove your sysop rights there as you are clearly incapable of using these powers properly, as you have demonstrated before. [[User:76.73.76.122|76.73.76.122]] 16:27, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

: OK, I'll check it out. --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 01:27, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

: I'll, um, take that as a complement. Let me look... --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 01:27, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

:: Wait, hang on, I misunderstood! UPDATE people SET sanity="sane" WHERE name="DavidCary"; Many apologies. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 13:25, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

: Replied, [[User:Phantom Hoover|in your other hobgoblin hole]]. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 13:13, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

:: Dear Phantom Hoover, that was confusing. Apology accepted.  If only the other misunderstandings and over-reactions could be corrected as easily ... :-) --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 13:42, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

: It looks like someone else has already updated the [[Counter-Strike Wiki]] article with the new logo.  Is there anything else I can do to help? --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 09:18, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

: WARNING - David, forgive me for butting in - but I need to alert you to the fact that [[User:ScottSchaefer]] is basically a spammer!  Virtually all of his [[Special:Contributions/ScottSchaefer|edits here]] on [[WikiIndex]] primarilly contain URLs to his own external sites - including his commercial blog and his commercial site for website design (which also offers SEO optimisation) - they contain NO 'internal' WikiIndex wikilinks.  Yes, granted, he has created an entry on here called [[LexingtonWiki]] - but that too (on here) was full of external URLs - primarily relating to his own commercial enterprises, rather than any actual content on his 'wiki'.  Finally, looking directly at his LexingtonWiki - it is both plagued by spam (including the usual medications for 'erectile dysfunction'), along with many entries blatantly copied and pasted directly from the [[English Wikipedia]] (presumably to somehow 'boost' his viability of his 'web sites' by inflating his page count).<br>I personally would recommend leaving the [[LexingtonWiki]] article on here (it is afterall a viable wiki - albeit an extremely unethical one!) - but block [[User:ScottSchaefer]] - on the grounds that he tried to use WikiIndex to blatantly peddle spam by subversively inserting non-wiki URLs into a wide range of articles (primarily userpages, sub-userpages, talkpages and images).  Just my recommendation - and although I may only be a 'regular editor' (rather than a sysop), I hope you can agree that I have been a trustworthy editor, and one which is making {{tag|Active contributors to this wiki|an active and positive contribution}} to WikiIndex - by both improving articles, and improving 'housekeeping' of templates, categories and the likes.  Best regards  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] 15:11, 30 December 2011 (PST)