Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread geni
On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com 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 :

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Thomas Morton
On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com 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 :

Re: [WikiEN-l] Self promotion?

2012-07-08 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com 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?

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 jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 July 2012 12:44, Mike Dupont

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 morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: Changing the template to whinge about another user is not going to help your cause in the slightest.

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 morton.tho...@googlemail.com 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 jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com

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

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