User talk:WDavis1911

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Your revert

Please next time look closer before you revert; (Reverted 1 edit by Phgao; Reverting vandalism.. using TW), I only reverted part of the vandalism, but you didn't help by reverting back my edit. Phgao 10:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok I see you did it (just as I finished typing this), good work. See you around. Phgao 10:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry about that. Using TW I pressed the "rollback" instead of the "restore this version" link. Still getting used to TW, but I'll get the hang of it :) See ya. WDavis1911 10:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

What browser are you running to use TW? Phgao 11:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7. Gotta say, it works rather well. WDavis1911 11:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah ok, and when you're on the RC page, do you click refresh? Or how do you refresh the page everytime you are on it? BTW I'm using IE. Phgao 11:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

That's what I used to do, but now I'm using it in conjunction with Anti-vandal tool. It does an auto-refresh every 30 seconds or so that filters likely vandalism attacks using certain key parameters. I suppose you could use Lupin's tool by itself, but I like the flexibility that TW gives me (especially when I'm not doing RC patrol). So my set up right now is Firefox, TW, and the Anti-vandal tool. If you haven't tried the two together, I would sincerely suggest it. The Anti-vandal tool is a simple setup:

importScript("User:Lupin/recent2.js");

Gotta get some sleep now (I'm addicted to RC patrol, lol). See ya around! WDavis1911 11:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion, however, I feel I am doing sufficient with IE and doing it manually. (I feel it is faster even.) But I will look into it, and try it. Phgao 11:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

No Problem

Yeah...been there before...you just never know. Peace. Spartan-James 03:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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Welcome to WP:AFRO! Please share you ideas for improving articles in this project on the project page! futurebird 22:00, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

thanks wdavis for all the editing and sittation help but if you know any one who could add to my artical please help me out a bitfrom lagman7700

QUESTION?

Hello,

Want to know if WikiPedia can be used to create an auto-biography? Like if you're an artist, can you put up a page about yourself and what you do? Thanx! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eggheadmasher (talk • contribs) 12:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Sea whip

Sea whip, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Sea whip satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sea whip and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Sea whip during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. WDavis1911 08:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Just for clarity... I'm merging this article into Gorgonian and decided to delete the stub I created :) WDavis1911 08:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Climbing Techniques

Yes, I think I will! Cheers, Stewart Adcock (talk) 11:35, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Kappa Alpha Psi

In the KAPSI article there are several footnotes (e.g. number 2) which cites info from a book by someone with the last name "Bryson". The article should have a reference section which points to the book where the info came from as well as other info contained in the {{cite book}} template (see example. I was wondering if you knew the book title and other info, I will update the article accordingly if you point me in the right direction. I will check back here for a response.--Ccson (talk) 17:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I see what you mean there. Bryson, by the way, refers to Dr. Ralph J. Bryson, the current Grand Historian of Kappa Alpha Psi. I will get that information up soon. Thanks for the heads up. WDavis1911 (talk) 00:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, there are also pages cited for 'Grand Chapter 2004', this book also needs to be included in a Reference section. If you can't locate the books, you can see if the information cited is contained within your copy of the history book, then update the article with the page number in your book, and of course add the book to the reference section. If I can help, let me know.--Ccson (talk) 15:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'm on it. Dr. Bryson is sending me the first missing book (I have the older version by Crump). This way I can double check the citation information, just in case. I'd rather cite the most recent information, as recent studies have turned up some corrections and additional information. Also, I just e-mailed Dr. Bryson about the second missing citation, so I should get that information soon as well (I will be travelling soon so it may be a week or two). Thanks again, and cya around.WDavis1911 (talk) 20:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

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AN3 - thank you

Thank you for your well-formatted and informative post to WP:AN3#User:75.61.99.138 reported by User:WDavis1911 (Result: sprotted both), and for your attempts at dispute resolution prior to your report. This is exactly how we should be handling such matters, and you are to be commended. - 2/0 (cont.) 16:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

would love your collaboration

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http://www.afropedea.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.48.62 (talk) 03:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Philosophy of Physics and Religion

Hello WDavis1911. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Philosophy of Physics and Religion to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 11:41, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:CSD#G1 has a fairly narrow definition - it is only for things like "ft&8!#88g$%" or "Yaaayyy LOL!!!!", not something like this which you may disagree with but which actually has an intelligible meaning. This is original research, but it has to be PRODded or go to AfD. There is good advice for speedy taggers at WP:10CSD and WP:A7M. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:15, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks... I went back and forth on that one, as to whether it should be considered a "nonsense page" or just prod-worthy. Thanks for your attention to this. :) WDavis1911 (talk) 16:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Question about citation.

Hey there WDavis1911

I am new to wiki and just made my first contribution yesterday as part of a project I am doing for grad studies; it was the word 'queer' to my friend Keith Cole's page. I noticed that you immediately asked for a citation and commented "Need citation for such edits to biographies". Based on this comment, and the info on your page that says you use an " Anti-vandal tool. It does an auto-refresh every 30 seconds or so that filters likely vandalism attacks using certain key parameters", I was wondering if the word queer was viewed as vandalism if it is not cited? Thanks. (Hbain (talk) 14:02, 17 October 2010 (UTC))

Good question. It's not just 'queer,' but any assertion, in my opinion, needs a reference.. especially in a bio. If you said your friend was from "Idaho," I would ask for a citation on that as well. Now, many things in Wikipedia are unsourced, and some times things get to slide, but one of the most common and obvious forms of vandalism are incorrect statements about a person's sexuality.

Now there is one more issue... whether the sexuality is relevant. I don't feel qualified to assess that for the Keith Cole article, but the gist of it is, do we need to write "homosexual" and "heterosexual" on every bio page? Probably not. But if the sexuality is relevant (e.g., the person is a known spokesperson for gay rights,there has been large public discussion about the topic, etc.), then sure. I'll leave such a decision to more qualified editors.

I see that User:Bearcat begrudgingly provided a source that checks out, so it looks like all is fine. If I were to nitpick, I'd say that the fact that he is a political activist should also be referenced (you could provide one all encompassing reference or two separate). Both citations could go at the end of the sentence, or you could provide them separately in mid-sentence. But like I said, that's being nitpicky.

Anyway, I hope this helps. I'm really glad you followed up. There is so much vandalism and agenda pushing-- I am happy to see users who are truly devoted to creating a quality source of knowledge. Take care, and let me know if there's anything else I can help with :) WDavis1911 (talk) 22:37, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification WDavis1911, your opinion on the matter is actually quite useful for the school project I am working on. I just have one other question with regards to ‘vandalism’. Does the software you use also catch if someone is listed as ‘heterosexual’? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hbain (talk • contribs) 23:48, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I haven't the foggiest, but my guess would be no. If you understand regular expressions, you can parse the the list stored at User:Lupin/badwords. For your studies, you might also find the discussion on the list, User_talk:Lupin/badwords, useful, as well as the general guidelines on biographies of living people, Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons. WDavis1911 (talk) 00:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Very insightful, Thanks! (Hbain (talk) 00:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC))

You're welcome, and thanks again for contributing! WDavis1911 (talk) 01:43, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

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