User talk:RonaldDuncan

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I am really busy so it can be months before I get back on.

You are welcome to email me unfortunately I have probably got wikipedia mail going to my newsletters mail where I have about 25,000 unreads.

So it is probably best to rant/change things and tell me in my talk session.

Sorry for being difficult to contact.

Thanks

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I noticed that your talk page was a red link while reviewing this article. So I thought I'd say hi, and ask a question while I'm at it.

I think "modal score" and "mode" are synonymous. I looked at several references on the internet, and the authors who speak of "modal score" are calling the statistic they're studying a "score". For instance, in education the teachers typically speak of "scores" on tests. The "modal score" is the score that occurs most often. But if we call the scores "statistics", then the "mode" is the "statistic that occurs most often", which is the same thing as the "modal score".

Oh – the correct name for the article would be "Modal score", not "Modal Score". Please see WP:NAME.

I'd like to make "modal score" a redirect to the page mode, and add a sentence to that article explaining "modal score", if that's OK with you. Have a great day! DavidCBryant 23:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks modal score and mode are synonymous and I agree with the edit and the redirect. I wrote the modal score article because I came across a few references to modal score and was asked to put in a response on modal scores in a tender and thought it was worth explaining in an article. It also makes it easier for people to find modal score. However the redirect is a better solution. RonaldDuncan 16:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi RonaldDuncan, Thank you for your message and questions on my talk page. My apologies for the delay in responding caused by some real life deadlines. My simple advice to you on this page is that you initially start to re-write the article up in a sandbox that you have created for your self as a sub-page details on how to do that can be found here. Once you have started you can let me know and I can find and copy and paste the original material to your sandbox. Then when you have the article at a verifibable stage you re-start the page and copy/paste your text over to it. It will remain safe in your sandbox until you do that. For advice on what constitutes notability please click on this link. Best wishes --VS ^talk 22:11, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Shouryya Ray

Hi RonaldDuncan; I don’t think Shouryya Ray is notable and would like to propose the page for deletion. (I have been able to find very little information about the work he’s done in this year’s Jugend forscht.) Looking at the edit history, you seem to have made the most constructive edits to the article. Would you care to engage me on the talk page of Shouryya Ray? Best, Thore. Thore Husfeldt (talk) 20:56, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

you now need to merge the material you found. The current version is the article that was deleted. DGG ( talk ) 23:28, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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New beta editor sucks

Thx, I have now updated the article with my changes and was in the midst of reverting it when you reverted. RonaldDuncan (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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It came up when I logged into the Cricket in Scotland page, and seemed both very buggy and then when saved, saved something completely different to what appeared on the screen.

thx RonaldDuncan (talk) 22:12, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Found the VE mess page along with instructions on how to get out of it. Looks like there are a large no of reverts [1] about 500 in the last hour, so one of many. RonaldDuncan (talk) 22:40, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like bugzilla is also broke since I have not got the email to register so that I can provide a bug report, since my bug edit had a strange char in it.RonaldDuncan (talk) 22:40, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You should have a "edit source" option next to "edit" that will circumvent the VisualEdtitor and give you the old editing window. I don't think you can deactivate VE entirely; you can, however, simply not use it in this way. Huon (talk) 23:21, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Postgresql

Please fee free to put back the template, but if you are motivated to put it back why not make the changes to the article. Sorry I thought it was fineRonaldDuncan (talk) 11:08, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Privacy by design

I see you will propose a rewrite on the topic, which I both welcome and have suggested myself (as the attempt to self-define the term through a minor reformulation of Cameron's suggested "7 laws of identity" clearly do not provide a useful definition). I think we would all benefit from this.

This discussion is old going all the way back to e.g. the 2003 EU Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies where the scientific community across the Atlantic reacted strongly in opposition to commercial attempts to undermine terminology leading to the use of "Privacy friendly" for non-complete technologies without invalidating solutions actually ensuring citizen control.

It is vital to not allow erosion of rights through fluffy definitions, or using terms covering both good and bad at the same time allowing for invasive structures claiming to be good (as e.g. Facebook have been doing with "Privacy by Design" while retaining corporate control over data or claims of "Data Anonymization" or "Differential Privacy").

In this, it is important to distinguish clearly between the many efforts in the design process (e.g. "privacy engineering") and a categorization of outcome.

There is no assurance what-so-ever that a certain process will lead to a solution that ensures Privacy by Design just as technological or other changes may erode the security of what was previous fairly considered "Privacy by Design". Therefore the label of "Privacy by Design" on a particular solution has to be dynamic and subject to - in principle - continuous evaluation.

In this I recommend the EU approach of NOT trying to define or require "Privacy by Design" per see beyond "data minimization" according to state-of-the-art.

The legal definition in EU is essentially whether or nor data is subject to legal restrictions, i.e. "Identified or identifiable" maintaining a close linkage to scientific reality as security and thereby control is a fluid question.

We could benefit from a categorization covering some of the greyzone issues (e.g. related to accountability as one of the main parameters in a multi-dimensional problem), but I presently do not see a legitimate source of such a scale.

In short, I would be part of the large professional scientific community that would reject strongly to allowing a fluffy definition to provide data controllers (whether government or private) a "free out of jail card" for back-doors or reducing the term to non-consequential marketing use.Sjewiki22 (talk) 12:00, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks I will have a go and publish a draft in my sandbox RonaldDuncan (talk) 13:44, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would you please undo and revert the article to the state prior to your editions July 16th. The agreement was to make a draft article in the Sandbox, not to just reimplement the flaws and ignore the basics. The present version do not begin to cover Privacy by Design - it is merely data abusers marketing perspective trying to circumvent regulation and security for profit through terminology obfuscation Sjewiki22 (talk) 09:25, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should debate this on the talk page. I have put in some comments. I could not find anything to support your view point, please provide some evidence regards RonaldDuncan (talk) 22:14, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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@Diannaa: thanks for pointing out my not rewriting the bio from the EU summary which give me 80% of the content. Another editor has kindly cut the section out to remove the copyright violation, and your have removed the CSD template. I am looking at becoming a New Page Reviewer and one of my areas of inexperience is AFD and CSD. Historically, I have tried to improve articles that I find rather than delete or template with what is wrong and leave. As an experienced editor I would like your thoughts on the balance. RonaldDuncan (talk) 14:42, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Diannaa: I have now rewritten the bio section can you confirm that the copy write is okRonaldDuncan (talk) 15:08, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The current version is okay from a copyright point of view. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:14, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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You have not undone what you did. I got the message from Viper and stay clear of any editions or otherwise claims that could be considered COI.Sjewiki22 (talk) 10:36, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have deleted the section checking your identity in the Conflict of interest discussion and linking your wikipedia id to your real world id when you confirmed this was correct. I have emailed oversight to get the revision deleted from the history.RonaldDuncan (talk) 10:39, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjewiki22: I suggest you delete info on the talk page that compromises your identity and the oversight team can get it cleared from the history. RonaldDuncan (talk) 10:43, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@RonaldDuncan: Well, I tried to but you undid my deletion. I will contact them about my talk page and then you can undo your creation ;-) Sjewiki22 (talk) 11:55, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjewiki22: I have looked at the talk page logs and the oversight team have deleted the information linking your id's RonaldDuncan (talk) 21:57, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjewiki22: I have cleared the Conflict of Interest section on the Privacy by Design talk page, and just left a summary of your COI. I sent a request to the oversight team that the talk page logs for the COI be deleted along with the Previous entry in your talk page by Viper that made the link.RonaldDuncan (talk) 15:39, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Ronald, the requirements for articles about businesses have been rewritten recently. You need to show that the company passes the threshold of WP:NCORP. Two references to their own website and one to a trade directory do not even start to do that. Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 12:47, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi: It is Wikipedia:LISTED Editors coming across an article on such a company without such references are encouraged to search (or request that others search) prior to nominating for deletion, given the very high (but not certain) likelihood that a publicly traded company is actually notable according to the primary criterion. I was going to put in some more info on the company and its projects next time I had a chance, can you send me the last version so I can build on it when I get back from holiday, since there are a number of references to the company and its projects. Thanks RonaldDuncan (talk) 13:11, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can't, I'm not an admin. Cabayi (talk) 16:26, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi: Could you help improve the draft Draft:Pattern Energy so it can be put back it now has 20 references. There are a lot of projects to find references for listed on https://patternenergy.com/learn/portfolio thanks.RonaldDuncan (talk) 18:40, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm concerned that you're taking your lead from the company's website. It's like you want to regurgitate their corporate message. I don't believe so, but I should ask - you don't have a conflict of interest do you?

In the lede you make a point of mentioning their project in Chile, yet in the Chile section we find they've sold it off already.

Japan is just a list of 2 projects, with next to nothing to say about either of them.

You are welcome to improve. It is an encylopedia so we are brief. :) RonaldDuncan (talk) 20:04, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Texas "started construction in 2013 and was expected to complete in 2014" - four years on and you can't establish whether the project has finished? How notable is that?

Live in 2014, will correct thx. It is 400MW so reasonably large https://patternenergy.com/learn/portfolio/panhandle-wind-1 https://patternenergy.com/learn/portfolio/panhandle-wind-2 RonaldDuncan (talk) 20:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I tried searching google and didn't find much, though I stopped when I found it's a company that sells its employees uniforms... https://patternenergystore.com/ - really?? What a cheap bunch of.... meh! Cabayi (talk) 19:07, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi: Definitely no conflict of interest :) I am Ronald Duncan (alpine skier) and I run http://www.cloudbuy.com. Nothing to do with Pattern Energy. I just noticed that they were creating the largest Windfarm in North America, and that they are a multi billion dollar Category:Companies listed on NASDAQ company, that was referenced in another article. Yes they operated in Chile, please edit to improve.

I suggested the look at their portfolio so that you can look for references to their projects. Most of them have independent references from either local News or trade press.

E.g. https://patternenergy.com/learn/portfolio/santa-isabel-wind https://www.google.com/search?q=Santa+Isabel+Wind and also look at the news for info how the Hurricane affected things.

It is easy to delete harder work to create some thing that is referenced. Up to you. It looks like you have switched to deleting things rather than creating.

I just think it would be good for you to improve something you deleted for a change :) RonaldDuncan (talk) 19:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes I come across an article at Special:NewPages on a topic that inspires me to work on it. This topic isn't one of them. Cabayi (talk) 21:12, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks @Bradv: I split it into two parts. Part 1 Biden Not contenting paternity. And Part 2 the Debt/unemployment. Let me know which part you want reworded/moved/removed. Regards RonaldDuncan (talk) 15:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You don't get to split it into two parts and get additional reverts. It is clear that there are at least two editors who disagree with your edits, so you must self-revert and seek consensus on the talk page. – bradv🍁 15:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Bradv: I already opened a talk page section on number of children. Since that was also reverted.RonaldDuncan (talk) 16:00, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, the article still says 4. You must revert this back to the previous version. – bradv🍁 16:02, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @Bradv: thought that had been reverted hence opening the talk page section- now updated. RonaldDuncan (talk) 16:07, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Replied further on the article talk page. – bradv🍁 16:10, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Ronald, thanks for the review. Just out of curiosity, is there anything specifically wrong with the images or image captions? Cheers, Tim O'Doherty (talk) 19:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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There's no debate. You decided unilaterally to trash two months of work and two weeks of waiting for a review. It's up to you if you want to improve the sources, not to overrule the review and remove the GA status after barely an hour. That's not how it's done. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 16:37, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This was discussed at WT:GAN. And I did not trash anything, just reverted your inappropriate edit. —Kusma (talk) 16:41, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive me, I didn't see that. But I didn't "pass my own nomination", Ronald did. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 16:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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yes RonaldDuncan (talk) 10:11, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks EMsmile a Greenhouse Gas Protocol article is clearly needed, unfortunately I am really busy with my business and have not had time to add the references. It has a reasonable number but is not yet fully cited.RonaldDuncan (talk) 12:28, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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