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Goldman Sachs: I'm tired of the editor who continues to add unreferenced material and refuses to back it up. I'm not opposed to adding material that might put the company in a bad light, but I am opposed to baseless accusations without good references. The whole article needs to be rewritten which I would do but I refuse to edit it while this dispute is ongoing. I'd like you to step in and support me in the dispute so we can resolve this in a way that makes everyone happy. I'd like to see editing on the article halted and a rewrite commenced that eliminates the timeline and the alumni list and instead creates an article of prose with a minimal list of the most famous alumni who have articles on Wikipedia. Please let me know your thoughts.Thesilence 03:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not very active on wkends, but we'll get started on monday. The list is far too long, the "criminals" section is ridiculous. Maybe a para on "controversies", and that's it. yandman 08:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I've since created a new article in prose. I pretty much left the intro and Business sections alone, but rewrote the History section to prose and added a Criticism and Controversy section with the cited "Criminals" and what I think were the best references. I also paired down the alumni list considerably - anyone without a Wikipedia article was removed and those with stubs were removed also. I pretty much limited it to anyone you wouldn't recognize within a second of reading it. I checked out the links and the only one I'd have an issue with is the list of current Goldman Sachs holdings - it's a bit suspicious as the URL links to AAPL which is Apple Inc.'s stock symbol and the page says Goldman Sachs Electronic Holdings, which means limited to IT companies I think. Anyways, their holdings are vast and I doubt that's even close to being accurate. Let me know what you think!Thesilence 18:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work! I've merged the two. I'm not too sure about putting the bittorrent guy, though. Bit of a bias towards internety people, so I've removed him. We don't really need the holdings link, I think. yandman 09:04, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. I've added comments about our merge in the Goldman talk page so that others can give feedback as they wish.Thesilence 14:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Fut.Perf.

Hi, just saw your contributions on the recent RfAs, and it occurred to me... you are not yourself currently an admin, are you? Ever thought of becoming one? Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:11, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I do feel pangs of guilt when I see backlogs at CSD that I'm (in part) responsible for... I'd like not to have to burden admins with endless requests for moves/blocks/deletes (from myself and beginners who talk or email me). Yeah, why not? yandman 13:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Pangs of guilt, uh? Well, if you need a nominator, give me a couple days to become more familiar with your contributions and then we'll talk again, shall we? Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks, by the way. yandman 15:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Kuru ^talk

Your edits to Day trading: Great copy edit and clean up of the article - it's nice to see someone drop in a fix something up instead of just slapping a maintenance tag on it. Kuru ^talk 18:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! yandman 21:30, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Patchouli

bin Laden and his followers call it jihad. I have been watching the MEMRI videos at http://www.memritv.org--Patchouli 10:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and his opponents call him "terrorist". Instead of saying both, we just stay neutral and just say he is a "militant islamist" (something no one disagrees with). yandman 10:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Kdswarz

Could you please comment whether the comment like "Largely unpopular with the Chinese public of his involvement with the crackdown of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989" is npov or not. I lived in China for the past 25 years and I can tell you it is not true. If anyone want to claim this, at least any reliable source of the information should be cited.

Why he is unpopular? Why removing such untrue comment is npov? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kdswarz (talk • contribs) 15:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

Sorry about that, I was concerned over your "Li's idea that social and political stability is key to the enonomic development has been accepted by a lot of Chinese" which was unsourced and portrayed him in a positive light, not the Tiananmen thing. Your new version is better, but this article seriously needs sources. yandman 15:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Kdswarz 15:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

User:BradDick

Can you explain why my subject was deleted ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BradDick (talk • contribs)

See this, which mentions this policy. the message I left on your talk page explains the gist of the policy. Thanks for your comprehension. yandman 21:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Mike Mendoza

Here is the disputed sentence:

A former member of the Conservative Party, he has served as a councillor for the party on Adur District Council near Brighton. [1] [2]

Can you please give me one good reason why this sourced material should not be included in the article? Thank you. 217.134.95.182 17:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

See the discussion here. By the way, you should create yourself an account so that we know who's who. Thanks! yandman 19:52, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I wish to preserve my anonymity on this issue. User:Samuel Blanning is unwilling to discuss the issue further, he has locked the discussion page and has deleted a valid question that I put to him. 195.92.67.74 23:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Droideka88

Ok I understand I don't have a source but I have studied the Gravity Gun from numerous HL2 videos and game that there are some imbalance issues with the Gravity Gun. Could I copyright my observations and present them again with my opinion? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Droideka88 (talk • contribs) 23:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC).

Unfortunately, no. Or rather, not unless you happen to work for PCGamer. yandman 07:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning, as well as for your kind comments accompanying your !vote. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 19:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Globefeeds

I realy would like to know WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? Why you keep erasing my contributions? Or why you redirecting MY work to your sites? Is that ok? I dont think so... Anyway have lot of fun..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Globefeeds (talk • contribs)

Nothing written here belongs to anyone, and (as the three warnings on your talk page say), Wikipedia isn't a place to advertise on. yandman 10:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Now I realy don't get this! If my contributions where advertising then what is Del.icio.us and similar pages? They are alowed to have external links and you keep erasing one single external link on my contribution and calling me spamer... There is explanation about limited external links and why i'm not allowed to have ONLY ONE? You may keep this site only FOR YOUR PURPOSES, good luck...

This is an encyclopaedia. Subjects that are notable enough, such as the website Del.icio.us, warrant an article about themselves. Your site isn't nearly notable enough, I'm afraid. The links are supposed to be to sites that describe the phenomenon in question (such as a site giving a history of RSS feeds), or the site belonging to the subject of the article, not for sites providing services related to the article in question. yandman 10:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

OH what a bullshit. I'm not trying to compare RSS directory to Del.icio.us, and i'm not trying to advertise anything just want to start one simple thing in my life and to let people about it. I know where and how to do paid advertising as i allready do, but does this site have to become most relevant website on internet to be writen about, or i can do it now? I just started my first works today and you confuse me completly. I dont wanna be pain in the a** but also dont like someone to be it to me, specialy not on the beggining. Apreciate your work, but there is NO external links at all or there is limited external linking. Gues i have bad bad day to start anything....

FisherQueen

Thanks for taking the time to review my contributions and contribute to my RfA. I withdrew when it became clear that the uphill climb had crossed the snowball threshold, but I appreciate your feedback and the process gave me some good ideas for other ways I can be contributing to Wikipedia. I'll work on the areas that came up in the discussion, and try again after I've gained wider experience. -FisherQueen (Talk) 12:31, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Filll

The answer that I hit him with was from the article I and orangeMarlin wrote at level of support for evolution, just slightly edited and cut and paste. The reason I wrote this article is because, as you notice, this question comes up over and over and over about whether scientists or religious leaders etc support evolution or not. People who have contact with only some very restricted community think that the whole world is like the people they know. So some preacher or creationist tells them there are thousands of scientists who disagree with evolution and it is a hoax, and they believe them. Some preacher says all christians disagree with evolution, and they believe them. Someone says evolution is of no value and they believe them. So I collected all the information in one place. I would appreciate it if you find this useful to please add your voice of support to the discussion now going on on the talk page of level of support for evolution. ScienceApologist is trying to make the case that this material is not useful and is of no interest to anyone on Wikipedia, and that the article should be deleted. He also wants the name changed (name change I could live with, but not to any of the names he seems to want).--Filll 13:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Fut.Perf. 2

So, you've started it! Good luck! Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Now maybe I should get back to work... yandman 13:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Day Trading

Kudos on your edits to the Day Trading article, you've really done a great job! Scott5834 15:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

--Yannismarou 20:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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