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User talk:DavidLevinson

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04:29, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Treaty of Paris (1815)
The article mentiones border change that include areas annexed by France between 1790-1792. However, I haven't found anything annexed in that period. Which exactly areas were swapped? Cautious 17:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Need help editting an article
Hey David I was just wondering if you could help me to edit a certain article because you are an admin. Its not questions about how to edit, its just something that needs an admin. So please respond, btw I don't really get how to view your response to this so if its not just on this page then please post something on my talk page (obeyel) thank you. Obeyel (talk) Hi there. Question about "mid-1800s" on Talk:Victorian Internet, could you take a look? -- Manuel Bondarchuk

Hi, could you protect West Wickham as there is much vandalism such as the name Con/Cornelius Mendez being repeatedly added, and also Shivan Sheosunker. These are addded by students of Langley Park school for Boys Brainbox_112

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Brainbox 112 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for adding List of employer associations and List of labor unions to List of reference tables. I also added List of stock exchanges to it. These are important in the research we are doing for project http://www.consumerium.org/wiki/. If you have any leads on if there is a list of "national registries" (or something like that) I'm looking for registers of Companies and Associations it'd be greatly appreciated. --Juho 18:04 Mar 16, 2003 (UTC)

Archinatural is an orphan. Could you find an article or two to link to it? Manuel Bondarchuk 01:46 Apr 16, 2003 (UTC)

I was just getting it off of the Architecture page (since it didn't belong - probably some theory of some architecture grad student, but I don't think its important enough to link from there (given 0 google hits). Maybe a candidate for deletion? -- Manuel Bondarchuk

Hello, I don't really have a comment on an article, but I thought I'd say hello to a fellow Quizbowl person! Adam Bishop 22:17 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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Hello

Would you have any transport input to add to the local food article ? Thanks User:anthere

I moved energy crisis back. Rationale at Talk:Energy crisis.

Thanks for pulling in USPS info to timeline of postal history! I think some of the entries are too minor to merit a mention in global postal history (otherwise you'll have hundreds of entries listing each country's first "simplified postmark" etc), plus a lot of entries are now unclear as to which country they refer to. Of course, if the US was the first to introduce an innovation, then those entries can stay. Stan 19:07 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Well, the USPS thing was grabbed from the usps history page, and so of course is biased (and tends towards minutia in later years. Feel free to cut what you think is unimportant, though even a minor change in the US is probably more important (affects more people)  than when a minor country issues its first stamp. dml

Interstate Highways
In case you don't Watchlist Talk:Interstate highway, wanted you to have opportunity to consider checking my full edit beginning
 * Seeking further discussion of Interstates, including Route Nomenclature
 * The topics of nomenclature for both Interstates & state routes have been idle 14 months on thisTalk:Interstate highway page. Before editing here on the subject, if it has been continued or made a standard elsewhere, can anyone direct me where?  ... --Manuel Bondarchuk

I'm in progress on a big edit & getting an edit conflict. How big is yours? --Jerzy 00:49, 2003 Oct 26 (UTC)

OK, now i know how to survive an edit conflict, and realize the other guy in one can be done & gone when i'm experienceing it, if i'm slow enuf. I'm happy with what you did, & hope you'll be happy with where i went on from there. [smile] --Jerzy 02:10, 2003 Oct 26 (UTC)

Hello. It seems that you are very valuable contributer to wikipedia, but I have not made your acquaintence yet, so I will now say, "Nice to meet you.", --Alexandros 16:36, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Re 4-H: it seldom ceases to amaze me how many and which articles the 'pedia is lacking, and why no-one seems to think of them for so long. Thanks for that one. - Hephaestos 03:26, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

--- Much thanks for the help on the external links for the Improved Order of Red Men. Now I understand. Manuel Bondarchuk

--- Just wanted to say "hi" to a anyone who cares about the AFSC :-) -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 23:03, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Are you sure that Gary Glitter's R&R2 is the theme to Dr Who? Dr Who pre-dates the song by a decade at least - did the theme music change at some time? I also wouldn't cosider R&R2 to be space rock at all. Bob Palin 05:35, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * search for "Doctorin the Tardis" by the Time Lords, which is a variation on Gary Glitter's song (there have been more than one dr. who theme).  Whether it is space rock or glam rock or something else is more subjective (there is no official board of space rock classification), but it is David Bowie like in my mind and he bridged the two. dml

 * I did search and it says simply that "a rythm" from R&R was used. Gary Glitter practically invented glam rock, in as much as he is like Bowie (and I don't think they are in the same league) it was during Bowie's more showy Ziggy days which are also considered glam rock. There really is no way to consider R&R a space rock tune. I like R&R2 btw, part of my youth.

here is a quote from Wiki on GG "Finally, Leander and Glitter decided that glam rock was the way to go, and began recording "Rock and Roll", a fifteen minute song that eventually became two parts ("Rock and Roll (Part 1)" and "Rock and Roll (Part 2)")."

 * "Doctorin' the Tardis" is a 1988 remix of the original 1963 Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer together with Glitter's "Rock and Roll", made by the KLF performing under the name "The Timelords" (see The Timelords for details). It was part of a double A-side single with "What Time is Love". At no time was it the Doctor Who theme music. -- The Anome 16:02, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * I am quite certain that watching Doctor Who reruns Saturday nights in the US on PBS in Atlanta c. 1988-89, the opening song was The Timelords version (having checked the MP3). I had always assumed it was older, but I am certain that it was in fact played at the opening of the episode. This may have been a local, US or temporary phenomenon, but somebody remastered at least the Tom Baker episodes for rerelease.  Given that Dr. Who is science-fiction-like and involves space travel (as well as spooky Dr. Who sound effects), it is not too much a leap to call The Timelords version space rock. Whether that carries to Glitter, I don't know.  dml 15:49, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * having never seen Dr Who in the US I can't comment on that and I haven't seen much Dr Who at all since the 70s, it was however my favourite program growing up, seems a bit dated now. I think that the original theme for Dr Who was certainly one of the earliest pieces of space rock perhaps only predated by the Tornado's Telstar. These are not just space rock/music because of the space connection, they experiment with "space" related sounds. Of course they weren't called that at the time since the genre didn't exist. I bet that the members of Hawkwind (the best space rock by far) grew up as avid Dr Who fans. Good conversation.

Air raid shelter

David, how did you manage to remove all those paras from my air raid shelter article without showing your signature, somehow showing my name against the changes? You are saying instead you had reverted to my own page. I never removed my own pages. Please tell me. --Dieter Simon 00:48, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * I didn't. I don't have magic database access.  Perhaps you inadvertantly reverted the page to the last page I had edited, or some other user did (though I don't know how your name would show up unless there is a bug). See User Contributions, the only thing I did on that day was with the World's Fair.  Manuel Bondarchuk 12:47, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC).

 * Yes David, apologies, I have a feeling the site might have a software problem and might be corrupted. I'll try to find someone to take a look at it and see if that's the case. --Dieter Simon

United States Office of Management and Budget
Can you explain how those pieces of legislation are related to the United States Office of Management and Budget? Kingturtle 02:03, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * some more so than others, I had a list of important legislation, but not so important that it should go on List of United States federal legislation, so I moved it to the seemingly responsible agency. Some day, there will be an article on each of these (as I find time I will do this, but someone else is free to go first), and if you would like to better classify them, that would be great.  dml 20:33, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Browse by category and Template:Categories
Hi David, you might be interested in the debate going on at Wikipedia talk:Browse by category. I am somewhat partial to your cleanup, so you might be interested in following and joining in the discussion. I think there have been some good additions by Kenny sh, since the old http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Wikipediatoc&oldid=2530290, but I think the current design is a little cluttered and the language and choice of terms somewhat idiosyncratic (compare to say, Encyclopedia Britannica). --Lexor|Talk

 * May be better Thinking instead reasoning in TOC? Kenny 15:22, 2004 Aug 10 (UTC)

 * I picked reasoning because I wanted something like abstraction, thinking isn't quite the right nuance. Other one word suggestions are welcomedml 21:52, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Architecture
Hi, Its a good idea of yours to have the main Architecture page on architecture(buildings). Its something I thought of doing after I created the disambiguation page. However, I don't know how long it will last that way because the reason I created the disambiguation page in the first instance was because people kept including the newly, and now equally well used, contexts:-). I will list the Architecture (built environment) page for deletion. KRS 18:13, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

un-re-direct-ification: I assume making Talk:Architecture into a redirect to Talk:Architecture (disambiguation) was an accident, and fixed it. If we have 2 independent articles (one is not a redirect to the other), then we need 2 independent talk pages, right? --DavidCary 20:20, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Israeli West Bank barrier - a wall
Hello, just out of interest, did you realise you might be doing somthing controversial when you included the WB barrier in the category:walls? It's caused quite a controversy... pir 19:32, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Category:Natural sciences, etc
Hi, I noticed that you depopulated Category:Natural sciences except for its title article, and put the articles in Category:Science. What's the reasoning behind this? Thanks —siro χ o  23:16, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

Category:Science is linked from the front page. The general idea is that users/readers/editors should be able to find categories with the fewest number of clicks. Going from Category:Science to Category:natural sciences to Category:Biology is 50% more effort (and time with sluggish servers) than simply science to biology. dml 23:32, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Image:Michael iii.jpg
--David Iberri | Talk 19:55, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

 * done (public domain) dml 12:35, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Exploding whale
I happen to find this my most favourite story, so it's on my watchlist. I saw your edit about the king in see also. Please don't do that again, this could be counted as vandalism! - Ta bu shi da yu 23:48, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Don't insult me by threatening me with calling me a vandal. The king did explode (see the article), the items are related, as is obvious, by the potential change in chemistry/build up of gases in large mammals after death.  You don't own the story or the article.  The fact is correct (as far as is known), it does not interfere with the flow of the article, and is in fact related.  Get over yourself. dml 00:46, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Wikinews demo up and running
Hi!

I'm writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Board of Trustees has approved the first stage of the Wikinews project. There's now a fully operational English demo site at demo.wikinews.org. This will be used for experimenting with various review models and basic policies before the site is launched officially in about a week. demo.wikinews.org will become the English version later. You voted for the Wikinews project, so I'm asking for your participation now. Everything is open, nothing is final. What Wikinews will and can be depends in large part on you. There already is a global Wikinews mailing list for discussing the project. If you are interested at all, please subscribe -- coordination is of key importance. There's also an IRC channel #wikinews on irc.freenode.net. Realtime discussion can help to polish up articles. If you're looking for something to do, check out the articles in development and articles in review. Or start a new story in the Wikinews workspace, or ignore the proposed review system - it's up to you. I hope you'll join us soon in this exciting experiment.--Eloquence* 01:59, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Category:DavidLevinson
Would you mind removing your user page from Category:DavidLevinson? I'm trying to help to clean up Category:Orphaned categories, and your category is one that is turning up. It would be helpful (and in keeping with User_page) if you would remove your user page from that category and request that it be deleted. -[[User:Aranel|Aranel (" Sarah ")]] 15:47, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * done dml 16:49, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started the Free the Rambot Articles Project which has the goals of getting users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to... using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) version 1.0 and 2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to the GFDL (which every contribution made to Wikipedia is licensed under), but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles (See the Multi-licensing Guide for more information). Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. So far over 90% of people who have responded have done this.
 * 1) ...all U.S. state, county, and city articles...
 * 2) ...all articles...

 * Nutshell: Wikipedia articles can be shared with any other GFDL project but open/free projects using the incompatible Creative Commons Licenses (e.g. WikiTravel) can't use our stuff and we can't use theirs. It is important to us that other free projects can use our stuff.  So we use their licenses too.

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the   template (or    for public domain) into their user page, but there are other templates for other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace   with   . If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know at my talk page what you think. It's important to know, even if you choose to do anything so I don't keep asking. -- Ram-Man 16:24, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

RFC pages on VfD
Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:33, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

 * Image:Intstate.gif

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License,  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 22:04, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

C/D Roads
C/D roads are completely different from collector roads and distributor roads. The link to Hierarchy of roads does not belong on Collector/distributor road. --SPUI 03:37, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, they are different. (Though they have similar functions, collecting and distributing traffic from a higher level road).   They are part of the hierarchy of roads however, allowing the separation of access and movement functions, enabling freeways to accomplish things that in their absence they could not. dml 03:39, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * The only thing a C/D road allows a freeway to do is reduce weaving on its main lanes. It is simply a special type of ramp, and ramps are never included in the road hierarchy. --SPUI 03:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * It is a parallel roadway that allows the freeway to operate with less interference (and thus higher speed and flow), by shifting access functions away from the roadway. It is more than a ramp (hence the name C/D road in your terms, or C/D lanes as I have seen (e.g. Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland). dml 03:47, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * In the case of I-270, the outer lanes are simply a freeway/arterial-class road. In the case of more minor C/D roads, they are a type of ramp. A collector road takes traffic between local roads and freeways. Ramps usually connect collectors to freeways, and are extensions of the freeway. The C/D road lies between the freeway and the ramps, and thus has nothing to do with a collector road. --SPUI 03:50, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I made some changes to the hierarchy of roads article, feel free to elaborate. dml 04:05, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Eh, I made some changes, nothing major. I'll leave the link from C/D road, though I still don't really think it should be there, at least the article now discusses them. --SPUI 04:08, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Need a Deletion
Dave, hi, I have written an article on Vailsburg, Newark. I wanted it to fit into a template so I wrote copies at Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey; Vailsburg, Newark; and simply Vailsburg. Could you please delete the copies from Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey; Vailsburg, Newark. I only want Vailsburg to continue to exist.

dinopup

 * The standard as far as I can tell is that neighborhoods would use the Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey format (see the other neighborhoods as an example).  Are you sure about this? Also the cat should probably just be Category:Newark, New Jersey Neighborhoods since that is in Category:Newark, New Jersey.  dml 18:03, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Kiwanis Membership Stat
Where did you obtain the figures for Kiwanis membership? The selected anniversaries and Kiwanis International website had report 600,000 members. --Paraphelion 16:29, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Kiwanis data. dml 02:16, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"Transportation"
Please observe the style concerning the first major contributor to a page. Maurreen 19:29, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'm interested in some rationale and references pertaining to the changes you made to the Transportation article  ( Transportation article diff ). Cycling as a major form of transport is and has been very popular in China and other countries, has been growing in Denmark and Holland especially, but also in countries like Sweden in recent years, and cities like Stockholm and London. Those countries are among the richest in the world and doing better than most other countries in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI)   The underlying causes for the decline in cycling seen in the western world, might well be other than affluency in itself. Perhaps Hollywood and advertising has played a major role. Wikipdia should be NPOV, but not to the detriment of well argued and well referenced counterpoints to "common sense". I do admit that the contribution of pro-bicycling editor, also lacked somewahat in references though. --Mokgand 22:04, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I edited the section to be more NPOV and better written. The previous version asserted "sustainability" which is at best a nebulous concept. Evidence is people are more or less selfishly rational when choosing the modes they do given their income, their desire to reach preferred ends, etc. That cycling remains a minor mode in most developed countries, and is shrinking in share as most countries get wealthier is a fact. dml 03:40, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I beg to differ, as I mentioned earlier, citing arguments and examples. Many people who cycle cite the apparrently selfish motivation of better health, and many studies support the notion that cycling might make a difference for health. Odense in Denmark increased cycling by 20% and saved millions in the health sector. I'll gladly give you sources if you want. What sources support your view  ?   --Mokgand 22:58, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * See e.g., bike mode share in Beijing was significantly higher than any US city (and is declining as wealth increases). Obviously, some select flat European cities have high bike mode shares. We are not arguing whether or not more biking is a good thing, so that it saved millions in the health sector is quite irrelevant. The facts are simply that as countries develop the automobile gains share at the expense of less preferred modes. This is about analysis not advocacy. dml 23:21, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion
Don't list Votes for deletion for deletion, especially not if there is no previous discussion on Wikipedia Talk:Votes for deletion! -- Chris 73 Talk 01:45, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

Congrats
Barring unforseen circusmtances, it looks like you're going to win the half-million pool. Congrats. →Raul654 07:02, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

Seems that way to me as well. Congratulations. --Alexwcovington (talk) 08:13, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Looks like the unforseen circumstances (database failure) caused you to slip to second place. Sorry. -- Cyrius|✎ 21:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Club/team certification
Hi,

re: your club/team certification proposal, I have proposed something very similar in October 2002. My thinking on peer review has moved on a bit since then; I'm now trying to find a model which maintains uniform standards of quality throughout the project. But I thought you might be interested in reading the discussion thread that developed back then.--Eloquence* 01:56, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

expos/nationals debate
There is a major debate going on, and I wondered if you might want to chime in. The debate involves how to deal with franchise moves in baseball. The question is whether Montréal Expos should be its own article or if it should redirect to Washington Nationals. All other instances of franchise moves in MLB redirect the old team name to the new team name, and the history of the franchise is covered within the new team name (for MLB, NBA and NFL examples, see here. Some people are confused and think the Expos and the Nats are different teams. Some people don't want to upset Canadian readers.

Indeed, the Washington Nationals are not a new team - the Montreal Expos franchise has moved to Washington, and the old franchise name should redirect to the new franchise name, just like the 20+ instances of this occuring in Wikipedia. For example, Brooklyn Dodger history resides in the Los Angeles Dodgers article. New York Giants history, including the Shot Heard 'Round the World, resides in the San Francisco Giants article.

If you have the time, maybe you could chime in on the conversation there, Votes for deletion/Montréal Expos. Kingturtle 21:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Question on old edit
Hi,

I noticed that in June 2002 (!!!) you added the datum that Ibn Nafis discovered the circulatory system in 1242 in the article Timeline of medicine and medical technology. However, this disagrees with the date of 1268 given in circulatory system by a whopping 26 years! I looked online for a source to no avail; do you have a reference for the datum in question? I would like to fix whichever article is in need of fixing, but I can't do it without a reference and unfortunately I can't find one myself. (Internal inconsistencies drive me crazy!) Thanks for your help.

- Bryan is Bantman 23:31, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * The timeline data came from Niel Brandt with permission (see Talk page), I don't know more than that. dml 01:08, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Los Angeles Neighborhoods
I saw your work on the Los Angeles category. To conform with capitalization standards, Category:Los Angeles neighborhoods, with a small "n", would be preferable. Further, I see that you're assigning L.A. companies to that category, which strikes me as an odd choice. Would somehing like "L.A. businesses" be a better choice? Anyway, thanks for the effort. Cheers, -Willmcw 21:50, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

Category:Science protection
I note you've protected Category:Science twice now as a result of vandalism. However, both times there was only a single instance of vandalism, which is nowhere near enough to warrant page protection. Also, you didn't put Template:vprotected at the top of the page, you didn't put a note on the category talk: page explaining why you'd protected the page, and you didn't add it to Protected_page. You should take a look through Protection policy, these steps are important for keeping track of protected pages and letting people know what's going on with them. Bryan 07:07, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It is a category linked from the main page, and they are the first thing vandals can get too, hence their high rate of vandalism (see also History, Geography, Personal Life). btw, the Protect this page ought to automatically put on some standard template if it is in fact standard. dml 21:45, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Plastics

 * Just wanted to say 'Hi', and make known to you that the article on plastics seems to hold nothing on Polycarbonates. I'm just a dumb double-E working on Drum (Container), but this seems an fairly significant oversight in the article. Since you were involved back near it's genesis, thought you should know. If you don't want to handle the matter, what do you suggest? [[User:fabartus| fabartus || TalktoMe]] 20:11, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi, I guess you can take it on if you want. dml 12:34, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Photo request
Hi David, I found you on the list of Wikipedians from Minnesota. I've been working on the Norman Borlaug article and we need some GFDL compatible images, are you in the vicinity of the University of Minnesota St Paul Campus? If so would you be able to take a picture of the bust of Borlaug and/or Borlaug Hall, you can see the non-free pic here Image:Borlaug2003.jpg. Many thanks if you can, and thanks anyway if you can't. --nixie 1 July 2005 03:53 (UTC)

Soul City
Done and done. Jaberwocky6669 July 2, 2005 14:46 (UTC)

Category: Science response
I'm not sure what the protocol is, but I responded to your comment to me on my talk page, but since you haven't answered, I thought I'd just note it here too. Feel free to delete this comment after checking out what I wrote. :) TimNelson 11:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your response. I've continued our discussion on the Category_talk:Science page, to make it easier for both of us to follow this via our watchlists.  TimNelson 14:24, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Category Mathematics
Hi I see you merged the mathematics portal and category page. To be honest I'm personally not all that fond about it, but there also are some real problems

 * The mathematics portal is under-maintained (I believe the last update was made in April) and the fact that the most prominent mathematics editors don't seem to have noticed the change yet, makes me doubt it will be in the future. Are you willing to help with this?

 * You carelessly copied the potal over, destroying the rather carefully crafted one paragraph introduction to mathematics, didn't bother to update the COTW (which currently is Manifold), removed the nice fractal image, and replaced the not so good Major fields of mathematics with the even worse Categories from the portal, and removed several banners.

Cheers, --R.Koot 19:44, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I think the wording is kind of tough, but I agree with R.Koot's statement. Big changes of this kind be better discussed first at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics. Oleg Alexandrov 22:08, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the though wording, being a non-native writer I found it difficult to phrase it more constructivly. --R.Koot 22:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * All of the other categories linked from the main page were merged with their portal pages. Please feel free to fix whatever you would like, the mathematics category page only refers to the boxes that are on the portal page. Hopefully increasing prominence will decrease undermaintenance. This being wikipedia, we act before we talk. It looks rather nice to me right now dml 11:33, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Minneapolis meetup
Hello DavidLevinson. I'm contacting you since you are listed at Wikipedians/Minnesota. I'm going to be at a conference in Minneapolis and am planning a Wikipedia meetup for October 8. If you are near Minneapolis at that time, please see Meetup/Minneapolis. Angela. 20:55, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Soul city
Unfortunately things aren't exactly going as planned. May be a while before I make my way out there! Sorry... Jaberwocky6669 17:38, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Northern Breweries
Hi there...quick question for ya. You added Category:Cooperatives to the Northern Breweries article. I'm just wondering if it really fits, given that Northern isn't a cooperative anymore. Bearcat 00:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I suppose you could create Category:Former cooperatives, there are a few others that would belong as well. dml 00:52, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Railbox and TTX
Hi, I see you added Railbox and TTX to Category:Cooperatives... would you think that all the terminal roads (railways in and around a city owned by the major connecting railways in that city, for example Indiana Harbor Belt and union station companies (companies set up to operate large stations such as Chicago Union Station, etc) are also cooperatives? I'm wondering if adding these to that category actually adds information  or not. Also, would you say that the Conrail Shared Assets Area is a cooperative? it is owned by the two railroads that use it (it's what remains after Conrail was demerged)... I would say it is not. Just curious as to your thoughts. ++Lar 04:13, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe a new category Category:Rail cooperatives would be appropriate? dml 22:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Category:Rail cooperatives
What do you think about renaming this to Category:Joint rail lines? That term is in use, while "rail cooperatives" seems to not be widely used. We also have an article at joint railway describing the situation. There is also a Category:British joint railway companies that would be a subcategory of it. --SPUI (talk) 13:21, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That takes care of part of it, but what about Railbox and Railgon? dml 13:45, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Tappan
I don't have personal knowledge that Tappan is now part of Weedeater. I just discovered that the link to the Frigidaire page was dead, and located a new description under the Weedeater page. The corporate description here: Weedeater says that Weedeater is the North American division of Electrolux A.B., formed in 1997 by the consolidation of American Yard Products, Frigidaire, and Poulan/WeedEater. So perhaps it is more accurate to say that Tappan is still a part of Frigidaire, a division of Weedeater owned by Electolux A.B., although the Fridgidaire connection is not explicitly stated on the website. --Blainster 01:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the "we" at  refers to "Electrolux Home Products" rather than Weedeater. dml 01:31, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * After re-reading it, I agree, and restored the sense of your edit. --Blainster 01:47, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Zagat's
Are you the one that deleted the Zagat's page that dealt with the SNL sketch? I wrote that, and there was a discussion going on about its deletion. I decided to merge it with other short-lived SNL sketches, and now I can't even find that original article, so I can copy it to another area. And who deletes a whole article and has the nerve to call it a minor edit? Leadpipevigilante 06:49, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * No dml 13:31, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

The Future of Wikipedia
I saw your name on recent changes a few minutes ago, clicked on it, and I read your insightful composition. You might consider sub-paging it and categorizing it into Wikipedia essays for greater visibility. If you still want it on your front user page too, which I'm guessing you probably do, then just put:

on it, and

on your main page. If you already know how to do this, forgive the apparent condescension... I just think it's something everyone should read. Regards. — F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( TALK )  03:57, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Hitler
Dave, Hitler's first name is spelt ADOLF, not ADOLPH. Kelisi 04:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Biltmore-Atlanta.jpg
David - I'm having trouble figuring out why this post card is in the public domain. Could you add a line to the image description explaining why? Thanks! - SCEhard T 16:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Stable versions
what do you think of this? -- Zondor 16:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Stable versions
"I don't understand what you did by voting against Wikipedia for stable versions, editing the article by adding a misspelled link, and then nominating that different version with the misspelled link. This is never going to work if you fiddle the article and require a new vote each time. I thought you supported your proposal." - i do support the proposal. that misspelled link was not intentionally done by me. something must be wrong with the media wiki software. i meant to only fix the self reference. you dont expect the nomination to be rosy, do you? -- Zondor 16:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Low-value links in A&P
Hi David, a few days ago you reverted my edit to this page. I did nothing but delete the low-value links per the MoS. Why did you revert my edit? — EagleOne\Talk 17:52, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree that year links are low value. dml 22:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Year links, as a general rule, add very little information to an article. As such, I will continue to remove them wherever I find them (except for full date links).  However, I do not want to get into an edit war over this, so I will leave the A&P article alone. — EagleOne\Talk 21:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

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Early life of Joseph Smith, Jr./Stable
The notice was appreciated. Tweaking nearly finished articles is something I rather enjoy here, and the subject is interesting to me. I have already made two suggestions, and am reviewing the rest of the article as much as I am able.

→ ''' P. Mac Uidhir''' (t)  (c)  18:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

reply: Early life of Joseph Smith
Hi David. I actually don't edit on that page, i just reverted vandalism. But it seems good to me. Cheers--Ugur Basak 14:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Distinction without a difference
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United Hardware
Just so you know - I have ruled that the article United Hardware, although it did seem somewhat spammish, has been rewritten to the point where it no longer does. So it's no longer in danger of being deleted. I've left Death Eater Dan a message to this effect as well. DS 23:47, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Gold Bond medicated powder
You put a cleanup tag on Gold Bond medicated powder with the explination of "family values." Can you explain what that means? Thanks. --Descendall 04:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Read what the article says, paragraph 4 doesn't seem appropriate, even if true. dml 16:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

"Simplifying" a name
you recently moved an article to Simmons. Why? That is not the name of the business and there was already a redirect for that name. The standard around here is that the article should have the correct name of the business and alternate names are redirects. She we redirect Microsoft to MS? Simmons is a common enough name that a Disambiguate page might be better in the place of Simmons in any case. ---J.Smith 19:31, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Use common names is a principle, the full name the previous version The Simmons Manufacturing Co., LLC is quite unwieldy, is it Co. Company, Co, do you include LLC L.L.C, etc. the beginning of the name with "The" is also quite strange. dml 22:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I was just thinking of the case of AOL being redirected to America Online... but that makes sense I guess since they do business under both names. *shrug* I dunno.  The newest name looks great, btw.   Oh... thanks for your help on my little project of expanding the coverage of mattress companies!  Are you involved in the industry?  ---J.Smith 08:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA
I didn't know if you knew about HereToHelp's RfA. I just found myself. hydnjo talk 04:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Soul City
Hi. I noticed that you were the original author of Soul City, North Carolina. I live nearby in Winston-Salem (er, sort of near by), and visited recently to take some pictures for an assignment. I spoke with the people at the Green Duke House for a while about their history, trying to take in some things that I could add onto the article here.

I was wondering how you had come across Soul City, and if you had any resources you could suggest to follow up with. It's an interesting story to be told, and I can see some things being added onto the article here. Drop me a line sometime and let me know if you've got any ideas. Thanks. Tijuana Brass 21:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I came across it via the HUD New Towns program. (I have an interest in New Towns, having grown up in Columbia, Maryland. I don't have any special sources, but their is a large literature on "New Towns" or "Model Cities". dml 21:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, thanks. Tijuana Brass 06:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Sig
On Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of shopping malls by state: States: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts I think you added an extra tilde. :) Just add three to the beginning so you can keep the original timestamp. Cheers. Wikibout-Talk to me! 04:10, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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Red tail
Just doesn't look as good and caption is redundant. Such borders are often visual static on many Wikipedia pages. Doubly so here since it spoils the fresh, minty taste of the drop shadow. Pepso 20:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It looks fine, and is standard, but more importantly, it includes the caption which is important for accessibility purposes. dml 02:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

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Minnesota meetup
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 * Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 16:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Geolinks on railway stations
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 * I don't know about standards, but WikiProject Geographical coordinates discusses the issue, it seems there is pluralism wrt to decimal degrees and degree/minute/second. dml 18:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

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MacDade Mall
Why have you restored this article deleted pursuant to a perfectly acceptable AfD? Am I missing something here? Erechtheus 17:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
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National Urban League
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RFC: Old Farmer's Almanac
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Oppose
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It got moved somehow when their was an edit conflict. dml 10:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

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Wrong coordinates for Feltham railway station
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List of distressed shopping malls
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 * no someone put that there, I don't think they should be deleting user pages, seems improper.

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Never mind, I found it myself John5Russell3Finley 05:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

If you are interested
As one of the earliest editors to the article, your input would be appreciated at Featured list candidates/United States Secretary of Energy, Thank you.-- Southern Texas  22:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Garden suburbs
Hi David. I just added a suggestion to this category (see Category talk:Garden suburbs). There is currently no category for Garden cities, and I think it would be better to have a single category covering both cities and suburbs rather than try to differentiate between them. What do you think? --RichardVeryard 16:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Meetup RSVP
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Lange Model
I noticed some revisions you made to the Input-Output Model article, and I was wondering if you would be willing to give me any feedback on additions I've made to the article Lange Model. Thanks so much! --EMB330 04:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hello. Ive Noticed that you have posted something on the FFA Talk page so most likely you are part of FFA. Ive Recently proposed Wikiproject FFA. And I would appreciate if you voice your on it. Thankyou. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwilleditu (talk • contribs) 20:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * Don't mean to template you my friend... sorta automatically happened with WP:TWINKLE. :) Jmlk  1  7  06:50, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates
David, Do you recall why you restored Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates back in April? I would be curious to know because I have just AFD'd a similar trade association article, and though I was surprised by Hu12's "we are not a membership directory" deletion, it seemed reasonable at the time. I vaguely recall editing the article, but I don't remember if I tagged it for deletion, or tried to rescue it.

Also, it doesn't seem to have an edit history? Could you restore that too, please?

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I created it initially, and though we are not a membership directory, we are a compendium of human knowledge - which was the point, it describes an important (if obscure) organization in the coop market, which happens to have members, who mostly have articles, so it seemed reasonable to list. Certainly did not warrant speedy delete. I can't find the edit history somehow, so I don't know what step is required to get it. dml (talk) 20:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

OK - thanks. I thought that the deleting admin's edit summary looked a bit odd. I really hope that you don't discover in the long lost history that I speedy tagged it! By the way, before the delete I tried to find significant online press coverage - and it was darned hard - because it is not a buying group, just really a networking kind of org, as far as I can tell. Maybe you have seen some dead tree coverage? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

re: National Academic Championship
Congratulations on finding those sources. I am concerned because we need secondary sources to really save this article (there are a lot of sources about teams winning the tournament, but to meet WP:N, there really needs to be sources that directly address the topic, and there was nothing in what you left at the AfD that indicated that. Could you provide a link to those articles so that we could check and make sure they are secondary sources ... might even be able to wrap this thing up quick. Thanks much! LonelyBeacon (talk) 19:22, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No links possible as far as I know, they are pre-Internet, and they are copyrighted or I would include the text, but you can find them in Lexis-Nexis if you have access (most universities do). The Newsweek article is especially on point, describing the tournament, the others are basically winners of X, which I think is still valuable, but not as good. dml (talk) 19:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC).
 * See also for additional links, not optimal, but from reliable sources.

 * Hello again, David!
 * I noted that you are going to try at some point to bring back the NAC article when enough sources are put back together. That is your business, and I certainly will not oppose an article that is properly sourced.
 * However, I do ask that you consider the following:
 * There is, as you no doubt know, some very legitimate concerns about this tournament (plagiarism, outright cheating, favoritism) that have been documented publicly. Undoubtedly, because of the way these things are reported, these critiques will never turn up in a usable source.  Thus, the article becomes rather inherently one-sided.  As I stated before, the deletion of the criticisms section was a jumping off point for discussion about why the article should be deleted, however was not the reason that I began the nomination process.  I would ask that if you are truly interested in writing an honest article, that you wait until such a time as these criticisms can also be brought to light.  I do commend you for your hard work and effort, but I do ask you to think about the fact that there is "fact", and there is "honesty" (in terms of what an article presents), and that the facts so not always paint an honest picture.  Take care and peace! LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * While I don't particularly like NAC from what I've heard (never played it myself), I believe the deletion was wrongly decided by people who dislike the organization and want to delegitimize it, using the Wikipedia's AfD Calvinball process. At some point this will be recovered, though I don't plan to spend much time on it myself. Feel free to add anything to the working version on my page. What constitutes a usable source is a moving target, but for the basic facts there were plenty of usable sources. There are plenty of wikipedia articles less well sourced than this that would never be deleted. Granted, the criticisms of NAC may not have appeared in published articles, but they certainly appeared in observable sources (message boards, etc.) that can be used as additional references to complement more reliable sources. dml (talk) 01:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

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Hello, Do you know what the coat of arms for scotland is if so can you please put it back onto settle this argument on the talk page --84.13.71.60 (talk) 11:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks!
So I've been working hard on getting Georgia Institute of Technology to Featured status. It's at FAC right now (over here), and it looks like it will pass. I even started a WikiProject about it. Today, I wondered who originally started the article; turns out that it was you! Figured you would like to know :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

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 * Hi there, regardless of whether you are an administrator or not, the creator of a page shouldn't remove a speedy. However, in away you were correct to remove the speedy (correct in that the article passes CSD, but incorrect in that you shouldn't have removed it yourself). I think the articles main "claim to fame" is that it's won that award, so I'd suggest getting some sources in to it ASAP, so as to pass AfD (if the article is nominated for AfD. Sorry it took me a while to get back to you, I've been watching a film :). Best, - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:38, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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DuMont Television Network
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Associated Grocers of Louisiana
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Minnesota Meetup
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Proposed deletion of Good Neighbor Pharmacy

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Nomination of List of power outages for deletion
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Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library
The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.
 * Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm

10 am - 11 am Orientation to Minneapolis Collection

11 am - 5 pm Edit-a-thon Website: Hennepin County Library, Special Collections, Map & Directions

Parking: Metered street parking or pay ramp in basement, enter on 4th Ave

For more information see Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota. —innotata 00:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear DavidLevinson,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 14:08, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Restonic Mattress

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Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: near Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)

Time: 12–3 pm

 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park light rail station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available at 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

See the meetup talk page for more. —innotata 00:12, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/List of shopping malls converted to outdoor format
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MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/United Drug
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MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/List of shopping malls in Maryland
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User:DavidLevinson/List of shopping malls in Massachusetts listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect User:DavidLevinson/List of shopping malls in Massachusetts. Since you had some involvement with the User:DavidLevinson/List of shopping malls in Massachusetts redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:33, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Gaius Stern
User:DavidLevinson/Gaius Stern, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Gaius Stern and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Gaius Stern during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Don Windham
User:DavidLevinson/Don Windham, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Don Windham and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Don Windham during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/List of international travel guides and web sites
User:DavidLevinson/List of international travel guides and web sites, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/List of international travel guides and web sites and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/List of international travel guides and web sites during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:35, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/List of state quizbowl links
User:DavidLevinson/List of state quizbowl links, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/List of state quizbowl links and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/List of state quizbowl links during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:36, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/National Academic Championship
User:DavidLevinson/National Academic Championship, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/National Academic Championship and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/National Academic Championship during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:36, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Wealthy 100
User:DavidLevinson/Wealthy 100, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Wealthy 100 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Wealthy 100 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:37, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/List of oldest family businesses
User:DavidLevinson/List of oldest family businesses, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/List of oldest family businesses and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/List of oldest family businesses during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:37, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Skaggs Family
User:DavidLevinson/Skaggs Family, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Skaggs Family and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Skaggs Family during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:38, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Carper Award
User:DavidLevinson/Carper Award, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Carper Award and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Carper Award during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:38, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/MainPageTemp
User:DavidLevinson/MainPageTemp, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/MainPageTemp and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/MainPageTemp during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:39, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:DavidLevinson/Ampersand
User:DavidLevinson/Ampersand, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/Ampersand and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:DavidLevinson/Ampersand during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:39, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event
In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 14:50, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Timeline of other background radiation fields

The article Timeline of other background radiation fields has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Title doesn't identify topic. Contents unsourced and already covered by Cosmic ray and History of X-ray astronomy.

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Upcoming Wikipedia meetups
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

Dates: Saturday, June 1

Saturday, July 6

Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 14:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012

Time: 12–4 pm

 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 03:08, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Category:Chicago, Illinois
Category:Chicago, Illinois, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. p b  p  15:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House

813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414

Date: Saturday, August 3

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

—innotata 23:40, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Category:Cendant brands
Category:Cendant brands, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:42, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of List of automotive fuel brands for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of automotive fuel brands is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of automotive fuel brands until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Martin 4 5 1  17:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

yourself
Assuming the names are not just coincidence, it's accepted as a guideline that people do not edit articles about themselves, except to ask for changes on the article talk p.-- see WP:Authobiography. We do not list names of people's students in articles, unless they are notable enough to have articles in WP. (If they are notable enough according to WP:PROF but don't have them, they need to be written!) If you know of other articles where this is being done, please let me know so I can remove them also; my experience   is that it is very rare. I'm sure you don't want the article to be viewed as promotional. (And we'd normally list the factor that most clearly demonstrates notability first, which in the case of David Levinson is the named chair he hold.).  DGG ( talk ) 18:51, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

- ok, someone (you) introduced grammatical errors in the edit, which is why I reverted it.

Proposed deletion of Associated Grocers of Louisiana

The article Associated Grocers of Louisiana has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY

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Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.

 * Place: Seward Cafe

 * 2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

 * Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014

 * Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 04:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society
Dear David,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.

Best regards, —  Scott  •  talk  14:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Dakota Drug

The article Dakota Drug has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable company, fails WP:ORG

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Proposed deletion of Central Grocers Cooperative

The article Central Grocers Cooperative has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Does not appear to meet WP:ORG or WP:GNG

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Nomination of Central Grocers Cooperative for deletion
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Category:Marches
Category:Marches, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Tim! (talk) 08:38, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:AG florida logo.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:AG florida logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

List of Classical Music Riots Deletion
I first suggested deleting this article a year ago. Mainly, I've just been talking to myself on that page. It seems totally orphaned, aside from the occasional addition of some piece, that most definitely did not cause a riot. There are two issues with the page. The first being the small number of pieces that actually caused something that could be considered a very weak version of what most people would consider a riot. That part alone is the most problematic, in my view. If one patron hits another with an umbrella, is that a riot?

Which leads to the second issue, which is that the definition of a classical music riot is woefully vague and completely unverified. Who has defined a classical music riot as "violent, disorderly behavior"? What constitutes "violent" behavior? Is booing or hissing "disorderly" behavior? Many of the footnotes provided for these pieces only prove that people booed or hissed at a premiere performance, which hardly rises to the level of a riot. Moreover, people boo and hiss at the Met pretty much every night of the week, depending on the production.

So, I've proposed a compromise wherein a category tag would replace this article. Something much more inclusive, which could lump the mild disturbance in with the more free-ranging ones, while also drawing to users' attention pieces that were met with some level of resistance.

Proposed deletion of List of classical music riots

The article List of classical music riots has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * This article has been around for a decade without any sufficient citations. When they are provided, they don't support the page's own definition of what a riot is. Given the persistent lack of evidence to support the notion that these pieces caused a riot, the page should be deleted and replaced with a category.

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Nomination of List of classical music riots for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of classical music riots is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nomination of Face Off Minnesota for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Face Off Minnesota is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Invite to an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center

 * We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, gobonobo  + c 22:57, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Big Sister (software) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Big Sister (software) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Big Sister (software) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Tchernobyl listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tchernobyl. Since you had some involvement with the Tchernobyl redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tax Reform Act

A tag has been placed on Tax Reform Act requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

In addition to WP:A10, this article makes no attempt to differentiate itself from Template:US tax acts

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. HapHaxion (talk) 06:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of GetCITED for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article GetCITED is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/GetCITED (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:15, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Your restoration of Ashfield Mall
Hello David,

I've just been alerted to the fact that you've restored Ashfield Mall, an article I deleted by way of a unanimous deletion discussion. To unilaterally overturn a recently achieved consensus at AfD is very much out-of-process, so I've deleted the article once again (technically mandated by CSD G4, since you made no edits to try addressing the notability and sourcing concerns). If you disagree with the deletion of the page – either because you believe I misinterpreted consensus at the AfD, or significant new evidence has surfaced since its closure – you may request a review at WP:DRV. Please do not restore the page again without following the proper procedure outlined in this guide. Thank you for your cooperation. Best regards, –  Juliancolton  | Talk 00:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of UniGroup

A tag has been placed on UniGroup requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Amisom (talk) 17:05, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of UniGroup

The article UniGroup has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable company

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Proposed deletion of TomFolio.com

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Hi David, I have recently created the Phillip J. Roth article and was wondering he uses Phillip Roth and 3 other names but could I possibly turn this redirect into a dismabiguation page to put all people under this name or similar into it, Feel free to message me if you have any ideas. D Eaketts (talk) 10:04, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

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Invite to Revive WikiProject:Shopping Centers!
Hey there David! I'm Windyshadow32, a new member of the sadly inactive Wikiproject Shopping Centers. I am trying to revive this project to highlight the unique stories of malls across the country and the world especially as we lose more and more of them. Undoubtedly, we will lose shopping malls due to the challenges we face at this moment. I want to document these stories before it is too late, but I can't do it without your help. I can tell by your contributions to Wikipedia and the pages/lists that you have created that you care about retail and will bring the right insight to the project. I would love to have your assistance in assessing the qualities of the different articles and placing them in the proper categories. Please let me know if you'd be willing to help; I really appreciate it!

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AI slop
hey david did you use AI to make the article about AI? it would be funny lol. it kinda reads like AI tbh haha and also i think the headers used were wrong so i made it bigger  Freedun  (yippity yap) 07:43, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

 * Interesting observation! It’s always good to get different perspectives on writing style. Thanks for fixing the headers. dml (talk) 09:00, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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