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How to create a User PageYou may wish to create a User Page. You can just click on the red "user page" tab uptop, or invariably also User:Fredsmith2. There is some interesting information on User Pages at Wikipedia:User page. Here is the list of Userboxes, and this is some Wikipedia information about Userboxes. Yours, Smee 06:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC). Copyright violation
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Online linking toolIt's in the edit summary: http://can-we-link-it.nickj.org/ Tom 15:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot 20:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC) 501(c) editHi Fred. You're right. I shouldn't have marked that as minor (nor the one before it come to that. I'll try and be a little more conscious of when I'm checking that box in the future. -- SiobhanHansa 00:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC) Omaha Children's MuseumHi Fred. I'm curious why you added "a private foundation" to the Omaha Children's Museum article. Do you have insider knowledge, or is there a citation that supports this assertion? I cannot find anything online, including the official IRS database, that indicates their nonprofit status. The only wording on their website is ambiguous. Thoughts? – Freechild (¡!¡!¡!¡) 23:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
GreetingsHey Fred: Please excuse me--as I am a TOTAL Wiki newbie. Yes, I have read everything that my poor brain can hold, and realized very quickly that there is WAY more that I still need to learn. If this is NOT the place that I am talk to you about the review that you just did on the bio that I am working on for Joseph J. Dewey, then I would like to be told where, when and how I maintain a dialogue with you as I sincerely would like to get it right. By the way, I appreciate your edits, and was a bit surprised because I was uploading an image and when I returned to the page, I was advised that edits had been done while I was doing edit!? No problem as I REALLY appreciate you taking the time to give me your input and feedback. I have not yet set up a user's page, and I guess this is as good a reason to as anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithgiant (talk • contribs) 04:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Greetings #2Hey Fred...I just read what you responded with me...and now I better understand..and even accept why it is that you made the changes to Dewey's (grin) name. And you are correct, this who Wiki thing is VERY foreign (new) to me, and need ALL the help I can get. I also understand about Wiki's definition of fact being something that is published by a known, or respected third party publication. The problem that I have is that little or nothing is known about this person--in fact he is about as obscure as anyone can get, yet he has one of the most fascinating life story that I have come across. So, does this mean that just because someone doesn't have something published about them in some third party publication, that they are not deserving (more towards being encyclopedic material) of a bio here at Wiki? Also, what makes me also wonder (towards being confused) about it all--is that from what I have been able to discover, is that the information that was there had been there for maybe 4-5 years--and both of these postings were nothing more than a bunch of misrepresentations, inaccuracies, and ALL the links were bad, etc., etc., and yet no one says anything until it gets corrected--and I get mentored--tagged, flagged, etc., indicating that it is I that is not complying with established policies? I know there's a fine line in some of this, and again, I wonder (towards being interested in understanding) how it is that I can avoid problems; i.e., coming to understand the criteria better or more clearly--but towards lessons as YOU have given me; i.e., using the moniker Dewey versus Joseph (I just chose this as this is/was his given name--and is a more formal version than what he is referred to by his friends, family and students). And, in a minute I am going to go back and re-insert your suggestions. AND, I have (mentally) come up with some other words and phrases that I think will help tone it down--or tend to objectify some of these statements. Understand that I want to comply, and I have been working hard on trying to come up with a different construct--or scheme to tell this man's story--as the unique aspect of this person is the FACT that his life ARE his teachings--and his teachings ARE his life--meaning, when his story is told, you can't help but also talk, tell and speak of what might be termed as spiritual principles. I think this person's story is important enough that I may even use this as an exercise to create a biographical book outline. Also, I will not be offended, etc., if everything gets deleted, as I plan to use all this to create a similar presentation for his website and several other places. Again, I appreciate your input, and hope that you will again, take the time to audit me as I continue to work on this project. Regards, Smithgiant 18:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Re: Recent Edits and Comments On JJ DeweyI apprecicate your input and I have been in contact with the author and am chasing down a TV interview, a newspaper article, and "church records" that I can use as "secondary" or "third party" sources. And, I am continuing to look elsewhere as well. Regards, Smithgiant 04:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC) Stop removing COI tags without cleaning up the articleYou seem to be editing tendentiously. Please don't removing COI tags without cleaning up the articles. That's disruptive. I've opened a discussion at WP:ANI to get input from uninvolved parties. - Jehochman Talk 10:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Just passing through, thought I'd say helloHi, Fredsmith2, I was just checking my watchlist and saw work you are doing on Roller Derby related articles. I haven't had much time for adding content lately, and was pleased to see your work. Just thought I drop a note and introduce myself. Most of my interactions with other wikipedians have been defined by negativity, and attempts to establish intellectual superiority, so I wanted to go out of my way to add something affirmative when I saw the chance.~~ Michael J Swassing 15:58, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
WFTDA teams category rename proposalI've nominated Category:Women's Flat Track Derby Association teams for renaming. I suggested that an administrator replace "teams" with "members", which is not only more accurate, but should have greater longevity than "leagues", which would be the most precise option today. The nomination is here, and I believe you can lodge an objection or other feedback there if you like. —mjb 03:33, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
QuestionAre you closely related to the Frederick W. Smith? - Jehochman Talk 02:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
From a newbie my experience herere Casey Ryder deletion during creation and editing this is the entry from the deletion log: 18:24, 19 October 2007 Merope (Talk | contribs) deleted "Casey ryder" (content was: '{{Infobox Album | Name = Here | Type = cd| Artist = Casey Ryder| Cover = | ...' (and the only contributor was 'Vic dood')) my post on User talk:Merope Casey Ryder Why did you delete the new article I was working on as I was editing it, within seconds of it being created? would it not be more courteous and civil to discuss it first, and at least view the finished product before doing this? Vic dood 18:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC) So far no response. I was in the process of creating this page, and in the middle of an edit to to it. I went to save the revised info and the page had disappeared. Within seconds of creating and in the middle of editing it Merope deleted it with no comment or discussion or guidance or anything. what is going here at wikipedia? Just totally discouraged and fed up. Vic dood 20:27, 19 October 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vic_dood"
Soylent green is wikipedia admins! well thanks for the support, but I am just an observer now. check this guy out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Realkyhick All he does is go around deleting, and being abusive. I guess this is what wikipedia wants?. Vic dood 21:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC) Wikipedia: an online encyclopedia torn apartYou may find this article interesting. It may have already been deleted from wikipedia. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/10/11/dlwiki11.xml Tireless volunteer effort has turned Wikipedia into the world's most popular information source. But increasingly acrimonious arguments about what it should include threaten to split the online encyclopedia in two. Ian Douglas reports There's a war going on behind the pages of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written and edited by its readers Submission of new articles is slowing to a trickle where in previous years it was flood, and the discussion pages are increasingly filled with arguments and cryptic references to policy documents. The rise of the deletionists is threatening the hitherto peaceful growth of the world's most popular information source. Even though anyone can edit all but the most controversial pages, the English-language Wikipedia is governed by a group of a little over 1,000 administrators drawn from the ranks of enthusiastic editors. Only they have the power to finally delete an article or bring it back from the dead. More from the LA Times article "Delete with fire," recommended another user. "If anyone but King James had started this arty it would have been cast into the memory hole within an hour. Doubt this? Then test it by starting an article on a local restaurant you like and see how long it remains alive." (I did test this by posting a three-sentence entry about a quirky pet store in my hometown. It was deleted after 27 hours -- not instantaneously, as in Wales' case, but still pretty quickly.) His intentions assailed, Wales deigned to enter the Mzoli's fray, accusing his detractors of "shockingly bad faith behavior," and suggesting that some of them should "excuse themselves from the project and find a new hobby."" Jimbo Wales is a hypocrite then Because he has nothing about this issue since. Vic dood 23:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot 16:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC) AfD nomination of Edinburgh Masker![]() An article that you have been involved in editing, Edinburgh Masker, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edinburgh Masker. Thank you. UtherSRG (talk) 19:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Mimi FuenzalidaThanks for your contribution to this article. I just wanted to comment that an edit summary that says "helped the newbie clean this up" could be construed as being patronizing, especially since there is more than one editor who has done work on this article. Again thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 04:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank youHello Fredsmith2, i just wanted to say thank you and goodbye. You have been very sweet and helpful in trying to assist me with WP. BlueAzure has taken any desire and fun out of wanting to help the process. It's not worth it to me to keep going, but I wanted to encourage you to stay because you are one of the good guys.HollywoodFan1 (talk) 05:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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Avruchtalk 02:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC) Rudget!![]() ![]() Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Fred Smith (football), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 14:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC) AfD nomination of Fred Smith (football)![]() An editor has nominated Fred Smith (football), an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Smith (football) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 03:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC) stubsHello Fredsmith2, I noticed you marked an article as a stub using the {{stub}} template. Did you know that there are thousands of stub types that you can use to clarify what type of stub the article is? Properly categorizing stubs is important to the Wikipedia community because it helps various WikiProjects to identify articles that need expansion. You can view the full list of stub types at WP:STUBS. If you have questions about stub sorting, don't hesitate to ask! There is a wealth of stub information on the stub sorting WikiProject, and hundreds of stub sorters. Thanks! PamD (talk) 08:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC) Unreferenced BLPs
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