User talk:DouglasCalvert/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Reverted multiple edits

There's no problem with what you did. If the other person had made 20 edits and you reverted them all at once it would still be OK. The WP:3RR applies only if they made an edit(s) and you reverted. Then they re-reverted and you did the same and so on. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 11:06, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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Dashes

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Cypherpunks revert

Why did you revert my change about "cypherpunks01" pseudonym? It was in wikipedia before and it’s used by many users on the web. I’ve added ref for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmillr (talk • contribs) 19:12, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

file and tzdb

Those changes are fine with me. The stuff about file was introduced in this revision by somebody who was probably living in a Linux bubble; I pricked the bubble in this revision, but, yes, calling that "human-friendly textual form" is a bit of a stretch. Guy Harris (talk) 19:49, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

User:Jeffwend

First, I would suggest talking out the issue with User:Jeffwend. If he still ignores your warning, and you believe that he is truly vandalizing Wikipedia, then it may be a good idea to add a reminder to the administrator's noticeboard. Again, I would first recommend talking out the issue with xe first on xis talkpage. --JustBerry (talk) 05:14, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

User:Psyswordrizvi

Hey there. All these articles are mentioned in the full length trilogy, "Chronicles of Sepp", and it is information which is public and I am intimating the public with the particular relevant details embedded in the book. The Books exist and for the public to have knowledge of the book. I suggest you have a read before you call it "Vandalism". Deeply insulting. I would furthermore like more information on how and what you are considering "Vandalism". Perhaps you need to look up the usage and application of "vandalism" and your own "activism." Wikipedia is a forum to be used with consensus and through the "Talk" page. Discuss before you make ill-fitting accusations.Psyswordrizvi (talk) 19:27, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Are you the author of the trilogy in question? Please see WP:REFSPAM for why I thought your edits were inappropriate. DouglasCalvert (talk) 21:10, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

NB: I added the heading for the above comment. The user in question added their comment to the section above.DouglasCalvert (talk) 21:04, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. Dougweller (talk) 09:48, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Leap Second

I'm not sure what this edit comment refers to, but this source quotes the same scientist. Would that be acceptable? --mikeu ^talk 22:46, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Sure. I was just commenting on the fact that you used nowiki to skirt the blacklist. That Fox news story is just an AP presswire release. I will see if there is a better source anywhere. DouglasCalvert (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Railroad time

Agree with your edit. If it belongs anywhere, it would be in an article on the history of time in the United States. Good call!Wzrd1 (talk) 17:36, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate you letting me know. It is tough to know if people approve of your bold edits or just dont care enough to raise a fuss. DouglasCalvert (talk) 17:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Incorrect mobile rendering of List of Chocolate Bar Brands

In your help desk question, the URLs you used are the same. I'm not sure what you're trying to communicate.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:23, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

I hope this is the correct way to respond to your request for source on Jerry Daniels, first I was with him on the ISA mission prior to his mystery death. I wrote about him in my book BOHICA, he is written about in Kiss The Boys Goodbye and several other books, plus i testified before Congress and US Senate both open and classified hearings. So the sources are my personal involvement, eye witness, under oath testimony and my book and the many others published about Jerry Daniels.

Concerning removal of electrospaces link on PRISM page

It's not spam. So you know, he's an independent researcher, and generally very careful.

One thing you might not have twigged to, is that the people who write the stories in the first place do check his place. the link you removed had a comment from the Washington Post's own Barton Gellman, who broke the PRISM stories.

More than once i have seen his pages referenced in the twitter feed of Thomas Andrews Drake (most recent Aug 21)

I do intend to revert your removal, but I thought I'd let you know why.

--Paulmd199 (talk) 18:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Paulmd199 thank you for taking the time to explain your reversion. I said I was AGF. I removed the link because it seems to add zero additional information that is not in the article. What do you think the link adds? I do not appreciate WP articles that have a ton of external links at the bottom of the page. The external links IMO should add more to the subject that is not already contained in the article. DouglasCalvert (talk) 18:27, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Mostly it adds the rest of his site. He has quite a volume of other stuff, mostly NSA/surveillance related. He has a glossary of NSA codenames, etc, elsewhere. Too tangential to include in the prism article itself, but of interest to the wider issues. --Paulmd199 (talk) 02:55, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Why not link to the main page instead? (I am not an expert on wp policy.) DouglasCalvert (talk) 03:03, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea, actually. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmd199 (talk • contribs) 04:15, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Your reversion

In your revert, you commented

Im a little suspicious that the previous editor always uses macuser reviews

Why the suspicion? I have a few hundred old copies of MacUser in my house, and a few old PlayStation magazines. (Conflict of interest declaration: I own Mac computers. I also own a PlayStation.) They are reliable sources, I believe. (I'm happy to be corrected.) I've added them to reviews of video games and software because I was going through copies littering my house before moving and couldn't quite stand to throw out a source that I'd spent money on without at least using it to improve Wikipedia. So I went and added a few sources to articles.

Your revert comment says my edit was made in "good faith". Why did you then go on to suggest that I might not be acting in good faith? Good to see that on English Wikipedia, no good deed goes unpunished and all that. —Tom Morris (talk) 22:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Apparently, this user doesn't actually apply "good faith," but only uses it to justify whatever action they unilaterally see as apropos. GreaseballNYC (talk) 02:07, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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Gregory Magarshak

The page Gregory Magarshak went through the Articles for Deletion process in 2010 and kept. Therefore, it is ineligible for deletion under the PROD process. However, you may take it to a second AfD if you think you can make a good case for deletion. Safiel (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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Dead links

Hi Doug, thanks for tagging, a useful first stage in a process. It's always possible at the same time to google for possible replacement links or to look at archive.org's wayback machine for archived web pages. Also, website managers often make minor changes to their filing systems, changing URLs very slightly, as in this case; again, this is readily fixed by googling rather than by tagging. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:45, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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Joint Task Force 2

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From your user page

You marked my addition to the article on contracts as an unreliable source and blatant advertising or commercial use. The source I gave, Revenuehub, is not a commercial site, but rather an academic site. While the resource I cited is one that I am affiliated with, it is verifiable information and would be a valuable resource for those interested in determining what constitutes a contract for revenue recognition purposes. Is using a resource that one is affiliated with necessarily bad form, especially when it is a topic of personal expertise? ClarkNielson Revenuehub (talk) 16:11, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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