User talk:Martinp
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I am "semi-retired" - making edits when I look something up and I think I can improve it, but little beyond that.
Martinp (talk) 13:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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Was this a mistake?
[edit]On the Flagged Revisions poll, you wrote As we grow bigger and bigger, the principle of "do no harm" absolutely has to take second place to "do no harm" ... am I reading it wrong, or did you mean to put something else in place of one of the "do no harm"s? —Soap— 02:42, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, will fix. Martinp (talk) 12:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Your comments about Brews.
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I think you speak rationale sense there. I'd love to see some sort of a compromise. In this though people are in one side or the other, both think that the others conduct is detrimental to wikipedia. The amazing part about this is that they completely ignore this is controversial and refuse to discuss. Hopefully someone will finally take a minute think about things and ask questions or give answers god forbid. Sorry to rant on your page but you had some good insights. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 18:32, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
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"principle of diversification"?
[edit]In this edit you refer to the "principle of diversification" without explaining what that is. Could you
- Explain what it is
- Cite a reliable source; and
- Link to a Wikipedia article that explains it?
Thank you. Michael Hardy (talk) 01:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
- Michael, apologies. I have only now after 3 months logged on. I notice that others have opined on this and linked my use of the term to another article - not an article I know, but in my hiberation the wisdom of crowds has kicked in. I will try to revisit as soon as I can. Martinp (talk) 03:26, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Paprykarz szczeciński
[edit]On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paprykarz szczeciński, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Polish canned fish paste paprykarz szczeciński was inspired by an African dish? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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A request
[edit]I saw your request. I appreciated it. I was responding, but for reasons I would prefer to share privately, that was taking some time.
I'd appreciate you contacting me via email, as there are some subtantive editorial issues I would like to ask your advice about. Unfortunately, my efforts have triggered the scrutiny of a handful of unfair wikihounders, I"d be grateful if i could have that advice outside of the scrutiny of those individuals. Geo Swan (talk) 16:24, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. Unfortunately, after some unpleasant interactions, I have stopped corresponding with wiki contributors by email. That is why I no longer have email enabled. However, since you have asked to do so, I'll find some way to set up a temporary email address and get back to you. Martinp (talk) 22:12, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
- Address martinp dot wikipedia at gmail dot com created. Please leave me a note here when you send me email, since I will not check that email box regularly. Martinp (talk) 22:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. I'll leave a note on your talk page, telling you when that email should have arrived -- probably by noon tomorrow. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 22:29, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
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[edit]Merry Christmas, Martin, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:10, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]I really like your suggested template at ANI, . Please be bold. DGG ( talk ) 01:06, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the encouragement, @DGG:. I'll let the discussion at ANI play out to what seems to be an inevitable no-consensus non-close, and then (assuming I have time) I'll try to do so. Martinp (talk) 13:17, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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[edit]WP:THREE for Mandar Agashe
[edit]Hi, sorry to disturb. Saw your comment on the discussion but I wasn't sure if it was ok for unregistered ppl to respond on there. I had made a draft article for the subject with the WP:THREE links, but I can't find it anywhere now. These are the links I had used:
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/Mandar-to-release-single-in-Germany/articleshow/130147.cms
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Mandar-Agashes-bail-plea-rejected/articleshow/4236853.cms
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171225145012/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=TOIPU/2004/04/30/24/Ar02401.xml&CollName=TOI_PUNE_ARCHIVE&DOCID=86812&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EMandar%3Cphrase%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAgashe%29%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF
Extra ones that also seem credible as per wiki's reliable source policy:
- https://www.yourtechstory.com/2019/08/19/mandar-agashe-man-brought-revolution-indian-digital-payment-system/
- https://punemirror.com/pune/cover-story/mandar-will-stay-with-cops/cid5259604.htm
- https://alumni.pict.edu/f/mandar-agashe-alumni-of-1990-batch-an-entrepreneur-music-director-and-singer-3788
- https://techgraph.co/inside/sarvatra-technologies-md-vice-mandar-agashe-on-rbi-monetary-policy/
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/suvarna-bank-fraud-director-in-police-custody-till-feb-11/articleshow/4077804.cms
- https://punemirror.com/pune/cover-story/pay-back-time/cid5260744.htm
I believe most of these were already there in the article that was undeleted after i raised the issue at deletion review, and i volunteered to add a few and expand the article and related articles as I saw fit after going down a rabbit hole on google search about the subject and connected topics. Hope i did nothing wrong contributing. You may delete all my edits if they were against wiki policies.
2405:201:1006:E03A:C011:E66A:E9B2:7EDC (talk) 21:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @2405:201:1006:E03A:C011:E66A:E9B2:7EDC:. Feel free to participate at the deletion discussion; it's better there than here where only I will see it. And appreciate your contributing here in general! Of the top 3 sources above (haven't looked at the rest), the 1st and 3rd seem not very independent. As the main sources for an article, and to demonstrate "notablity", wikipedia tends to look at sources which provide significant coverage (which these do!) but are also genuinely independent in their coverage of the subject. These 2 to me feel (after a quick read) like "our reporter sat down with X and here is what X said", and will be discounted on that basis. Please do go ahead and perhaps choose 2 substitute ones from your list and post to the deletion discussion! Martinp (talk) 16:40, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Martinp: Ok, thanks for the feedback. I believe these can be used as the next best sources:
- https://www.yourtechstory.com/2019/08/19/mandar-agashe-man-brought-revolution-indian-digital-payment-system/
- https://punemirror.com/pune/cover-story/mandar-will-stay-with-cops/cid5259604.htm
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/suvarna-bank-fraud-director-in-police-custody-till-feb-11/articleshow/4077804.cms
- https://punemirror.com/pune/cover-story/pay-back-time/cid5260744.htm
There are also google book sources I found and added to the article that seem to be book versions of some magazines:
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Business_World/1KJaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mandar+agashe&dq=mandar+agashe&printsec=frontcover
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Business_India/qbBIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mandar+agashe&dq=mandar+agashe&printsec=frontcover
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/India_Today_International/gtoVAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mandar+agashe&dq=mandar+agashe&printsec=frontcover
There also are books that have the subject's biographical and family data included in them (detailing his birth, family and ancestry):
- https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20388396
- https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/992168227
- https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/992168228
Can you go ahead and post my suggestions to the discussion on my behalf? I don't want to make any mistakes like i did with my posting on deletion review (like that other user said). From my experience using wikipedia for all these years is that veteran editors are quite unwelcoming to casual readers and anonymous contributors like myself (which is apt given the standards that make wikipedia so great). But There is too much wiki editing politics involved from all the other discussions i have read all over this website and i would like to quietly stay out of it, please. Thank you for your help. 2405:201:1006:E03A:958:862E:E5FF:275A (talk) 18:42, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but please participate in that discussion yourself. These sources may well be sufficient, or may not, it is best if you present them yourself. You may find it easier to register an account, though it should not be a requirement to participate. This individual/topic is outside my area of expertise and I cannot judge the independence of sources, and it is inefficient for other users to be posting stuff by proxy when there should be no impediment to you participating. Martinp (talk) 16:14, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. I will do as you insist. Thanks for the kind feedback and encouragement. 2405:201:1006:E03A:DC9C:8154:FAE9:3D2C (talk) 06:35, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- I have put the sources I have discussed here with you on the deletion discussion. Please check, thank you 2405:201:1006:E03A:DC9C:8154:FAE9:3D2C (talk) 06:52, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy to see that the article was kept. Thanks for all your help, I trust that wiki editors will now take care of improving the article - I'm wikilinking the article to other related pages before I take my leave. I might even take a crack at creating an article in the near future, hope I can reach out to you for help then. Thanks for everything. Bye! 2405:201:1006:E03A:C035:93BE:1C57:9BEE (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
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