User talk:Darkwind

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195.137.122.76

Hello! My apologies for the 'incident' - computer problems at the time. Will not happen again! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.137.122.76 (talk • contribs) 21:18, August 13, 2007 (CDT).

That's fine, things happen from time to time. --Darkwind (talk) 02:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

How was my edit vandalism? It was a valid edit to the Space Jam page about a notable spin-off that did not have its own page. I believe that qualifies as "Trivia" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.108.123.19 (talk • contribs) 21:42, August 13, 2007 (CDT).

You're right. I apologize, but I added the warning to your page in error. I meant to send the vandalism warning to another user who'd added some inappropriate content to Space Jam, but I clicked on the wrong talk page link from the article's history. I'll remove the warning from your talk page. --Darkwind (talk) 02:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.108.123.19 (talk • contribs) 16:14, August 16, 2007 (CDT).

eyeblink conditioning

thanks for your suggestions re: eyeblink conditioning entry, and for informing me about the wikipedia writing etiquette. I'll continue to work to make this page great. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dentate (talk • contribs) 20:49, August 14, 2007 (CDT).

You're quite welcome. Don't forget to sign your talk comments by using ~~~~ at the end. :) --Darkwind (talk) 02:35, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Got itDentate 03:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Speedy tags

Hi. Please don't stick speedy tags on articles like Adékamni Olufadé (now redirected to another article by me, by the way) - it said he appeared in the 2006 World Cup!!! And I believe that what the other articles need is some cleanup, not deletion. Punkmorten 08:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Audrey Smith deletion contested

Creator has expressed his anger at me for CSD of Audrey Smith. Could you talk to him, my conversation is going nowhere. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 16:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Please see discussion on creator's User_talk:Eckre and my User_talk:Dlohcierekim Talk pages. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 16:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look at the discussion. --Darkwind (talk) 19:15, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

the whole User talk:Eckre affair

Thanks for clarifying that whole hornet's nest. I had been told that Mayors were now notable. I just feel bad that the editor had so much enthusiasm and so little understanding. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 22:11, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) --Darkwind (talk) 01:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

My Autobiography

So, apparently you banned my autobiography titled "Kareem Sandy" and rudely suggested that I get a MySpace account if I wish to talk about myself. So may I ask why there are biographies on other people, and why mine didn't fit your "regulations"? In addition, I'd also like to know why articles describing various sexual positions can be found on Wikipedia, but an article about a person who wishes to contribute to the Wiki organization cannot be published. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KareemSandy (talk • contribs) in two edits at 08:19 and 09:19, August 18, 2007 (CDT).

Let me clarify a couple of things for you. I didn't "ban" anything. I did suggest that the article be deleted. Please see WP:CSD#A7 -- your article didn't assert why the subject (in this case, yourself) was notable. The general notability guidelines are at WP:NOTE, and the guidelines specific to biographies are at WP:BIO. I suggest you review those guidelines. I think after you do, you'll understand why a biography of yourself doesn't qualify for inclusion here at Wikipedia. Biographies of other people should meet the guidelines I linked. If they don't, feel free to use the deletion policies, as I did, to suggest those pages be removed.

Even if you do meet those notability guidelines (though the original article had no content indicating such), there's still a conflict of interest with you creating your own biography article. In fact, there's a whole guideline page saying you shouldn't write an autobiographical article. If you are notable enough for a main namespace article, someone else will eventually notice you and create the article, citing secondary sources to verify the statements made and your notability.

The fact remains that if you want to talk about yourself in general, there are plenty of web pages for you to do so, such as the originally suggested MySpace. If you want to talk about yourself in connection with your contributions here at Wikipedia, use your user page, don't create a main namespace article about yourself. That is the consensus of the Wikipedia community as a whole, as verified by the policy and guideline pages I've linked.

Also, sign your posts, please. Thank you. --Darkwind (talk) 20:50, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Boston Musica Viva

I'm plenty annoyed to have had this stub so summarily removed. I've done enough "random page" hits to know that any rock 'n' roll band with one fan has its album track list articled, and Musica Viva has commisioned and performed music by John Cage and talents of equal reputation. If this is the kind of thing that routinely goes on I predict that Wikipedia will crash due to its own editing policies or cause its contributors to create a bigger, better online encyclopedia elsewhere.--F.N. Wombat 06:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Italic text

stubs tag

Thanks for the info about tagging things as a stub. I'm still not certain about all the formatting/coding and shortcuts, and apprectiated the headsup. Cheers Jon Hobynx 09:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)