Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Mike Dupont
This system might work for the us market, but we already discussed that it does not work as well for india or other places. anyway, there have been enough people who have thanked me and given me positive feedback to continue with it. I just want permission to let people know they have been archived

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Alan Liefting
It is "spamish". As for the concept of the speedy deletion wiki it is comparable to filing pieces of paper with all manner of poor quality draft articles intended for publication that will normally be thrown away. We do not need to keep every last bit of digital diarrhoea from now until etern

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Mike Dupont
Ok, well i removed his name. mike On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: > Changing the template to whinge about another user is not going to help > your cause in the slightest. > > Tom > > On 8 July 2012 15:15, Mike Dupont wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, geni wrote:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Eddie Erhart
Can we move these conversations on-wiki, Mike? They really don't need to be on the public mailing list. --Ed On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: > Changing the template to whinge about another user is not going to help > your cause in the slightest. > > Tom > > On 8 July 2012

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Thomas Morton
Changing the template to whinge about another user is not going to help your cause in the slightest. Tom On 8 July 2012 15:15, Mike Dupont wrote: > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, geni wrote: > > On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont > wrote: > >> Hi there, > >> > >> Telling a user that I took

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, geni wrote: > On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> Telling a user that I took the effort to archive thier article is >> considered spam? What if you are the author? Dont you have the right >> to know? >> >> See this : >> >> http://en.wikipe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Thomas Morton
On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont wrote: > Hi there, > > Telling a user that I took the effort to archive thier article is > considered spam? What if you are the author? Dont you have the right > to know? > > See this : > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:John_doe_london&act

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread geni
On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont wrote: > Hi there, > > Telling a user that I took the effort to archive thier article is > considered spam? What if you are the author? Dont you have the right > to know? > > See this : > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:John_doe_london&actio

[WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Mike Dupont
Hi there, Telling a user that I took the effort to archive thier article is considered spam? What if you are the author? Dont you have the right to know? See this : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:John_doe_london&action=history (cur | prev) 09:10, 8 July 2012‎ Mrmatiko (talk