User talk:Dreish

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Roy Suryo

The article as it stands may be poorly written and slanted towards the negative, but that's not a reason in itself to excise large portions of text (especially without comment; I tried to engage the user on his/her talk page to no avail). If true, at least some of the information removed should probably stay; but if you know it to be false, by all means remove it (or rewrite it) yourself. In any event, it seems User:Avianto reverted the changes (which I had intentionally left unreverted, even after the other user had evaded a block, so that users more familiar with the subject could judge for themselves) with the summary "revert changes from 'subject' himself, hi roy!" The anon has again reverted, and as always, did not explain.

I should state that I'm entirely ignorant of this person, so I do not presume to know if what I was restoring was correct—I was merely defending the article from seemingly baseless deletions. I hereby recuse myself from the article. Hope this helps. -- Hadal 21:00, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Jodeci

The edit was made by a hard-banned user, User:Mr. Treason. Snowspinner 14:56, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

Your query at Talk:Roy Suryo

Hello again. :) Pages which have been properly deleted via VfD are indeed candidates for speedy deletion. I've deleted the article and directed the user to VfU if he/she wishes to contest the deletion. I also deleted the talk page, which is why I'm replying to your query here. Cheers, -- Hadal 17:36, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

your threats

Issuing blanket threats is really unhelpful. Please stop doing so. Surely it is important for contributors not to act in a maner that suggests old ladies at a Methodist Circle meeting who use gossip to torment one another and the other members of the congregation. -- 66.20.28.21

I'm not an admin, so I don't really think that counts as a threat. It's more of an observation. And I think we should definitely act like old Methodist ladies. Anyway, let's see my new sig, and find out why it doesn't work. --dreish~talk 18:49, 2004 Sep 23 (UTC)

your bullshit reverting on my user page

I will blank my own discussion page whenever I feel like it, thank you very much.

66.20.28.21's case

The Arbitration Committee has ruled on the case of 66.20.28.21. You may be interested in seeing the final decision of the case. -- Grun t 🇪🇺 16:38, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)

Gmail

I have invites for the above! if you want one, drop me a line at foxyfaerie(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send you one back!! Selphie 14:42, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Gmail

I have invites for the above! if you want one, drop me a line at foxyfaerie(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send you one back!! Selphie 14:45, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Marietta, Georgia

I just looked at WP:RFC which mentioned Marietta, Georgia. It looks like you have already have a hopeless problem, so move on to WP:RFM just to show that you have made an effort in trying to solve the problem, and then quickly move beyond that to get the arbitrators to expand their current ruling. If you can show that they have made no unquestioned edits, perhaps the ArbComm will permanently ban them. BlankVerse 08:19, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 04:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 9/11 Controlled Demolition article

I've removed for the moment your paragraph "In addition, surviving video footage from near the base of the towers before and during their collapse fails to record any sound of explosions of the magnitude heard during a building demolition." and parked it on the article talk page. I'm not wholly sure where it should go, but I think not in Oral History. Good to have you editing the article. There are a load of people who have decided to make it an excellent article after thr two recent AfD nominations. I'm sure you already know this, but you are welcome, as is any editor. We'd love to have further excellent contributions to the article to ensure it is wholly NPOV and verifiable. Any edits that don;t seem to fit we're taking to the talk page at present to build a consensus. As you know, the subject matter is hugely controversial, which is why I felt you deserved a fuller explanation. Fiddle Faddle 16:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. I just tossed that on there somewhat hastily -- I won't get a chance to flesh it out and reference it until this evening. That's one issue. I assume the other one you're referring to is the fact that the oral history section is morphing into a pro-con discussion of whether or not there were explosions. That speaks to the need to reorganize the page. Regardless of that, I do think that eyewitness accounts of explosions (which offer no way of measuring the loudness or timing of the sound after the fact), and statements about explosions in the basement that have never been logically connected to a collapse beginning at the top of the building need to be presented alongside objective records such as video footage which can be evaluated by anyone interested enough to actually view the source material. --dreish~talk 16:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are many issues with the article, or were as it stood after surviving either of the AfDs. In truth it was lucky to survive, but the fact that it did means that it is easier to take it and shake it and make it work. The overall objective is to have it good enough to be considered as a featured article.

What we have to remember is that this article does not document the collapse of the buildings. It documents the conspiracy theories about the collapse, a very different beast indeed. This means that what would normally be secondary sources (at least for the collapse) can become primary sources for the conspiracy theories. As you can imagine this can make the interpretation of WP:RS quite challenging. Fiddle Faddle 18:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Somalia

My apologies. That was not my intent. Just H 22:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, Dreish! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 00:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis

The IP was correct as to date, but it is a Ruston & Hornsby engine, not Richard Hornsby & Sons (now corrected). Confusion also arises through the model number 1912, which people often mistake for a date. Mjroots (talk) 21:09, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan Wikipedians!

Greetings Dreish! I noticed that you made mention of the University of Michigan on your userpage. If you are a current undergraduate or graduate student there, I would like to welcome you, on behalf of the Wikipedians of the University of Michigan, to a group meeting on Wednesday October 20, 2010. The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM (EST) in the University of Michigan Chemistry Building, room 1201. New and experienced editors alike are most welcome to come and partake in the collaboration and outreach of Wikipedia in a real-life setting. Questions? Leave me a message here or at my talk page on Wikimedia Outreach, and feel free to email the group at wikipedians@umich.edu. The Wikipedians of the University of Michigan are excited to see you there! Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:43, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Project Ares

Until the notability of the Project Ares Minecraft servers can be established with references from independent sources, Project Ares should remain a redirect to Smallville. Please leave the redirect alone until you can provide the necessary citations. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:25, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: I see that. Feel free to report me if believe that I have broken 3RR. If you look at the article history, you will see the origin of why the article has been a redirect for over four years. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:02, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This page was hijacked in March 2013 to being about a non-notable Minecraft server. Prior to that it was originally an article about Smallville, and then a redirect to Smallville. I've reverted it back to the redirect. Hope you understand why. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 17:05, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. As you suggested, I have nominated it for speedy deletion, under CSD-A7. As this was likely to happen from the start, perhaps it would have been best done straight off, or the redirect submitted to Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. I don't think anyone has a particular interest in the redirect, and the Minecraft article certainly lacks any demonstrated notability currently. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 19:10, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan Wikipedians

Greetings Dreish! I noticed that you made mention of the University of Michigan or Ann Arbor on your userpage. If you are a current student, faculty, or other affiliate at the University of Michigan, I would like to welcome you, on behalf of the Michigan Wikipedians, to our next weekly meeting on Monday September 30 (and every Monday thereafter). The meetings are held at 8:00 PM (EDT) in the University of Michigan Shapiro Library, room 4041. New and experienced editors alike are most welcome. Do not hesitate to leave me a message if you have any questions, and feel free to stop by the MWiki talk page. The Michigan Wikipedians are excited to meet you! Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 00:34, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Resource request

Hello! I noticed that you are part of Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Michigan, and I was hoping you could help me out. I am trying to get some information from an ebook (International Directory of Company Histories. Volume 214) that is available from the University of Michigan Library. The book contains a section on Cloud9 Esports, Inc, which is what I am after, and (I believe) the pages are 122-125. If you can help me, here is a link to the book on the library's webpage [1]. Thank you! Pbrks (talk) 16:43, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Some questions about your userboxes

Hello Dreish,

I'm doing an art project about Userboxes. And I'd like to ask you a few questions about your opinion on Userboxes.

If you want you can reply on this talk topic, or my talk page, or preferably send me an email via my User Page.

Thanks!

Lucasorigami (talk) 16:19, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]