User talk:DrewMyers

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Welcome to AboutUs Drew! Good to talk to you and look forward to working together on this. Best, MarkDilley

Thanks, Mark! Glad I could get involved!

edit Summaries

Hi Drew, if you could double bracket things in the summary field that would be great, example:

  1. (diff) (hist) . . CostHelper.com; 10:33 . . Dclacroix (Talk | contribs | block) (ProtectEmail)

ProtectEmail - Best, MarkDilley

On this edit - I use this Revert

Got it. Didn't know that command. Guess I've made a difference if they're vandalizing me, eh?

edit Undeletes

Excuse me, but stop undoing the deletes of information about web sites I own.

Answered on talk page -- User_talk:24.34.19.2

edit Notes

Glossary entries for Templates and Categories.

edit Messages

Hey Drew, are you on RC?

ScottKeeler 21:51, 21 January 2007 (PST)


FoxyLisa.com malware, need to think about how to say this better than I have MarkDilley


Hey Drew, damn the CMU.edu spam is killing me- thanks for the quick catch. grr. Kasey

edit TravellingToTurkey.info

Dear Sir

I would like you to remove the page stated in the title, as its the exact copy of my website Turkey-Travels.co.uk I already contacted the webmaster of the fake site, to remove all of the copyrighted material, and I ask you to do the same.

Thank you,

Thomas Werd
It appears that the other webmaster has responded to your notice, and has removed all content. I have updated our page to reflect its current status, and will watch that page for future changes. DrewMyers | talk

edit AddSubdomain

Just checking to see if you missed it or didn't know about it :-) --> [1] Best, MarkDilley

I missed it. My attention span slipped again. Drew

edit Fantastic Welcoming :-)

Hi Drew, I've noticed your great work welcoming people :-) Just wanted to let you know that I think it's awesome and super high value. I'm glad to be on the same team with you!! Warm Regards Brandon

edit images

Can figure out where all the images went. They just disappeared. I put the risendomains image back, and now the floraldiscounts.com image is missing. What happened? MJ

I left a note on your user talk page..... Drew

Drew, you are amazing! Your work on RecentChanges is great!! MarkDilley

24-Feb-2007 RecentChanges patrol superstar
24-Feb-2007 RecentChanges patrol superstar

edit Re: LipizzanWorld.com

Hey, Drew! Thanks for the note. I'll be fleshing LipizzanWorld.com, RoanArt.com, Bowheads.org, AquaFacts.net and Rainbowfishes.com out over the next couple of weeks so that they are full fledged articles. I'm the web jockey for all of them. I run MediaWiki on my aquaria sites, too. Roan 13:31, 26 February 2007 (PST)

edit Licensing

Drew, some Thoughts On Licensing. We're hoping to get this squared away and I'd love to have your thoughts. Thanks Ray | talk

edit Hello

(user pages don't come up in search) why is that ?

vanjahot.com

Hi Drew,

Thanks for your welcome note. Non profits do need all the help they can get.

All the best, Adela

Got it, thanks a lot , Drew..I'm still new here and a little lost around...but I'll manage. Thanks again. Adela


Drew,

You just wrote me the following:

From AboutUs

Welcome to AboutUs, Martin! I saw (and responded) to your note in the SuggestionBox as well, but I wanted to say hello here to make sure you got it. Your site is ready for cultivation and editing at IBESI.org. You can look on the Help pages for references, or you can ask us for help. You can always contact me on my user pages. We're glad to have you here! Drew

Thank you for the warm greeting Drew!

Currently what confuses me (I’m just a confused kind of guy) is this: Above you state that "your site is ready for cultivation and editing at IBESI.org" When I click to this link in your above text, the URL address space displays "www.aboutus.org/IBESI.org"

One community I am currently involved with wants to see only "IBESI.org" in this URL space, not "www.aboutus.org/IBESI.org" for they are familiar with the former not the latter, and seeing the latter in the URL space causes this existing community confusion.

If I "cultivate and edit" the page having the URL "www.aboutus.org/IBESI.org" it is my current understanding (may be wrong) that these changes and edits I would make at this page are not going to be reflected at a URL displaying just "IBESI.org" This is my current concern. When I invest my time to cultivate, it must allow my existing IBESI.org community to see these changes via their already known "IBESI.org" URL (my sapling tree). Currently I am using www.homestead.com because it gives me needed editing tools and allows this "IBESI.org" only to be displayed in the URL space.

It is my understanding that Aboutus has similar editing tools and capability, yet perhaps not yet ready for use by "tree people" like me. Just trying to explain this to you is giving me a headache, and I suspect I do it poorly. Perhaps Brandon Sanders can take a look at this posting because I think he already knows about the issue I try to explain.

MartinPfahler

edit MistressRattan.com

Drew

Thanks for the message. and welcome I noticed that Mistres Rattan's picture of her in the black dress is not being properly displayed. It was fine after it was previewed and saved. It displayed correctly but now see that it doesn't display. Not sure how to correct it or if the Aboutus maintenance effort has changed it.

Your help in correcting it would be appreciated.

Thanks again.

John

edit Meeting tomorrow

Hi Drew, just want to make the invite to you to virtually attend the second quarter stakeholder meeting. If you are interested and have time. It's tomorrow 3-5PM PST. Ignore this message if needed. Best, MarkDilley

Good luck tomorrow, the offer is only for you to know it would be good to have you there, but tomorrow sounds tough. MarkDilley

edit DiamondDavidLee

Hey Drew,

I think we're all watching the DiamondDavidLeeRoth.com guy (which you just reverted). I left him a talk message about 20 minutes ago telling him to stop it. I figured if he does it one more time we'll ban him for a week. -- TakKendrick

  • Hell, he did it again. Just banned his IP. All the edits from the last 3 days have come from there. -- TakKendrick

edit work on "spammy"

fyi.. User talk:204.101.189.174

edit sorry about your name

sorry! thanks for catching my error TedErnst | talk

edit Thanks

Thanks to edit the profile of my site centraldelances.com and protect the email. Best regards; Sylvio Ruiz

edit General Drew

Hi Drew and thanks for the welcome.

The site is a result of a book I am having released in August titled "One Man's Take On Beating Alcoholism" which took 6 years to complete.

Based of my own experiences, I believe it will help a lot of people.

I would really like it if you enlisted or at the least let me drop you a line when the book is published?

Best regards,

Tyrone aka General Fahey

edit Thanks

Wow, thanks for saving my talk page - I hadn't even realized that Mafa had hijacked it until I noticed it in RC. Thanks again.

Kristina

Searching for this fellow, forgot your tool, again, [2]. Cheers, MarkDilley

VT.edu - does that template work for you? how about the tag that points to Wikipedia? MarkDilley

edit AdultContentPage

Not totally blank anymore. Check it out. :-) TedErnst

And now it is gone from the AdultContentPolicy all together. Does the policy in its current form work for you? If not, what would you like changed? Also, what does invasively edited mean? Brandon CS Sanders


edit MP3

Should we lock it down again? or keep it as a honeypot.. let's try to talk to day, couple of ideas. Best, MarkDilley

edit AdultContentPolicy

Drew, your participating in creating the AboutUs AdultContentPolicy helps us build a stronger community. A lot of progress has been made and we have reached our GoThresholds. We are thrilled at the start of the 48 hour DoneTimer.

This means you should return to the AdultContentPolicy and review any changes that may have been made since you last saw it.

  • If you still approve of the policy, no action is needed.
  • If you are unhappy with the policy as is stands you will need to make a change to it soon.

Any edit will reset the DoneTimer. (this is ok as it is part of the process)

This is a critical time for the success of the new AdultContentPolicy. Your continued participation is needed to make sure we make the best decision we possibly can make right now. Please do advocate for the best possible policy!

Best,

MarkDilley

edit hello

Which country are you from? I come from China,a Chinese girl!

eleven

edit eleven'question

have a nice day! thanks for your reply message,i am new here,so that i do not understand clearly about "AboutUs",is there a web of communicating just for American? or other? please tell something more about the "AboutUs".Thinkyou ~~:)

If I may answer, AboutUs is a wiki (a website that anyone can edit) about webpages and a lot more. There's an about us page but I don't know how much of it you'll be able to understand. — Nathan (talk) / 07:05, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

edit Thanks

Thanks for noticing what I was doing (giant revert list) and finishing it for me. Nice to work together ;) Nathan (talk) / 03:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

edit 30Boxes

Hi Drew, lots of reverting this weekend on 30Boxes.com; I protected it so only logged in users should be able to edit. Hopefully this will help. Thankk you very much for all of your help! Kasey 09:47, 21 May 2007 (PDT)

edit You Welcome

You Welcome! It is strange for me to visit wiki sites. But this is very nice.

Keep up to good fight to the Spam! --Dun 22:36, 25 May 2007 (PDT)

edit Categories

Ahhh, that is a headache. 1 or 2 in a category doesn't make one.. external links in remaining need to be WikiLink and external removed? But, no, I don't remember :-) ~~ MarkDilley

edit Theft from my website

You have no right whatsoever in stealing the content from my website (ziggyandco.com) and listing it on your site. This is theft and breach of my copyright. I do not give you permission to do so!

No, it is not copyright. Would you call the information Google scrapes a breach of copyright? Of course you wouldn't. The information falls under fair use. Typing in all caps is commonly perceived as shouting and this isn't polite. If you have concerns, please use a constructive tone. Shouting and excessive use of exclamation marks won't get you what you want any faster. Please take a minute to calm down, then have a look at ConcernsFAQ which should address your concerns. If you have further concerns (including opting out, please post them on the ConcernsPage. Thanks. Nathan (talk) / 00:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

edit Reference

Drew,

I've been asked by a VC that we're talking with if they could talk to some of our key contributors. Would you be willing to talk with them in support of our fundraising efforts? - Ray | talk

Super, thanks, I'll just include your name and I'm guessing they may contact and ask about your experience here, etc. Thanks! - Ray | talk

edit Storyteller's Bazaar

Hello Dclacroix,

Have you paid a visit to TheStorytellersBazaar yet? If not, please do. It's jam packed with all sorts of writing activities. Read some of the contributions and hopefully they will inspire you to contribute too. The more you contribute the better the site will become. Come and have a look and enjoy. Tanwir Shah

edit Drew

Hi Drew, just writing about Drew. I'm wondering if you're interested in doing something like Scott or Ray or Mark there? For me, doing it that way creates more space for new people named Drew. :-) TedErnst

edit Biwabali.com

Hi. Can you make Biwabali.com go away? It is a site that expired and was taken over and made into a porn site. The 'real' site is BIWA-Bali.org

Thanks, Webmason 05:28, 30 June 2007 (PDT)

I deleted it to Repopulate and then removed the porn references and instead linked to the new site. TedErnst
Terima kasih! --Webmason 02:24, 3 July 2007 (PDT)

edit Screenshot on AboutUs.org

We decided that it'd be nice to add screen shots of some of the active member's pages to the gallery on the AboutUs.org page. I went ahead and did one up for you and added it just now. Feel free to change or take it off the page if you prefer.

-- Tak

edit Universal Wiki Edit Button

I left you a comment here: UWEB:Status/Drew. peace, TedErnst


edit hacked

didn't we start a gallery for this stuff? Image:Hackedtl5.jpg MarkDilley

Drew, I know you found the page... I am lost and lonely looking for it again... will look at my talk page... MarkDilley

edit Boki-b.com

I've been going through Special:Shortpages to see if there were any Undeletes that were missed and I noticed this page. It looks like you deleted the page's content...? I'm going to revert it and add the template, but let me know if this is wrong. KristinaWeis 00:19, 12 July 2007 (PDT)

Yeah, I have actually noticed this phenomena several times from the likes of staffers and I think it must be some sort of... something.

KristinaWeis 14:22, 12 July 2007 (PDT)


edit AboutUsLogo

Hi Drew, The AboutUsLogo ConsensusPoll has surpassed all it's GoThresholds and we will be turning on the DoneTimer as soon as all participants have been notified. This means that all participants now have the opportunity to check AboutUsLogo one more time, to make sure we haven't overlooked something. Please feel free to change the document and/or change your status, if need be. Best, Obed Suhail

edit WhoWeAre

Hi,

I would just like to tell you about the WhoWeAre consensus poll. This is a unique opportunity for all community members to discuss and decide what AboutUs is and more importantly what role we, the community, plays.

The discussion is still in its initial stages and there are a handful of people involved in this discussion. But it's not enough. Every one of us has a stake in this process. We all need to air our views. Our opinions will make a difference. We cannot and must not let a handful of people define us. We must speak out and contribute because we are being defined and I for one would like to have a say in how I am being defined.

Please contribute to this really important project. Without you it cannot successfully create a good definition of who we are. Tanwir Shah

edit blargh IRC blargh

Hey Drew, I haven't seen you on IRC in a while, how are things going? We designed and had some wiki geek t-shirts made (more MediaWiki than AboutUs) has anyone asked for your info to send you a couple? If not send me an email with your size(s) [we have plenty] and shipping info to - Scott Keeler Comment_green.gif

edit People Pages

This Monday at 11:00 am pacific, we're going to have a meeting in the Portland office on how our user pages should look and function. There's some information on the project page located at Projects:People Pages Leave your thoughts, ideas, and concerns in the discussion area. If you can't attend the meeting the project page is the place to make sure your voice is heard by the community. - Scott Keeler Comment_green.gif

edit WhoWeAre facilitation

Hi Drew,

Thanks for indicating that you'd like to help with ConsensusPollFacilitation for WhoWeAre. The Stage 1 consensus poll has officially begun, and this note is to invite you to visit your status page and update the comment and/or the status. We also have Projects:WhoWeAre#Engaging facilitators as a place to keep track of what facilitators are doing. Feel free to jump right in with tasks on the list there and/or ask questions and/or add to the list. Thanks much!

peace, Ted Ernst | talk

edit CaptainComputerParts-Ebay.com

I left a message for him/her here: User talk:75.14.0.235

KristinaWeis 18:22, 31 August 2007 (PDT)

Haha, just got your message. KristinaWeis 18:23, 31 August 2007 (PDT)
I'm seeing something really odd at the bottom of yours and my talk pages... it's basically all the wiki code from our entire talk pages smashed together and taking up a ton of space... am I going crazy? It's showing up below the save page and EditSummary area as well. KristinaWeis 18:27, 31 August 2007 (PDT)
Seems to be gone. That was really odd. KristinaWeis 18:30, 31 August 2007 (PDT)

edit Hello!

Hello, just wanted to ask you more about the sites you currently adminstrate. If you get a moment check out my site, The Evolution of Thought Institute Look forward to hearing from you in the future! Bryan Daugherty


edit MB

Thanks for the info.

edit re: Category:Action Series

Mehru is on staff. :-) Ted Ernst | talk 20:08, 4 September 2007 (PDT)

edit Texas Aquariums and Ponds, Inc.

I made them into WikiLinks. Ted Ernst | talk 20:10, 4 September 2007 (PDT)

We don't have a policy. PageNameBestPractices never really got off the ground. Ted Ernst | talk 20:19, 4 September 2007 (PDT)
I think it's fine as it is. That page name isn't going to be ambiguous and it links to three different WikiPages. I think it's okay. Ted Ernst | talk 20:25, 4 September 2007 (PDT)

Hi, I wanted to let yo know that a page you punted egg donation, I deleted egg donation copied the text merged with egg-donation-directory.blogspot.com. After combing the history and identifying the original users other edits, I felt that the two should live together, so to speak. That was a tricky one, huh? best, Kasey 15:13, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

edit NewSkin Beta Preview

Hello Drew!

We've noticed your contributions and are glad to be on the AboutUs team with you! As an ActiveMember your energy and ideas determine our future direction. One way that ActiveMembers stay "in the loop" is to participate in the beta previews of large new changes to the site before they are generally released.

Today we're starting a limited beta preview of an earthy NewSkin intended to reflect the alive and growing AboutUs community. The NewSkin is designed to feel wholesome and connected with the real world. This choice was made to reassure the many folks who feel that the internet is a "scary place" where mean people hide behind fake identities and shout insults at each other. We hope that the NewSkin evokes our values in a way that helps visitors and members alike feel grounded in true community.

We'd love your help putting the NewSkin through its paces! To give it a whirl you'll need to be logged in. Once you are logged in, go to "my preferences" | "skin" and select "design". Don't forget to then click the "save" button! You can always go back to the current skin by selecting "aboutus" via the same steps.

Your feedback on the new look for aboutus will help ensure that it has a maximally positive impact when we roll it out. Thanks for being a valuable member of the community, we look forward to your feedback on the NewSkin page!

Warm Regards,
the DevelopmentTeam


edit re: edit wars over flag

Hi Drew, It's quite the sticky wicket. Interesting idea about only allowing sysops to remove, after review. Have you seen the ongoing effort on the Questionable Content Policy. AS, MB and DG are all seemingly agreeing. Hmm. We'll see how it goes. We also have this new task or project, or whatever it is: ToughCases:Mediate. If you're seeing this kind of edit war a lot, maybe it should go on that page, with your suggested solution? TedErnst | talk 21:34, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

You're very much correct. Thanks for the reminder (about my reverts). peace, TedErnst | talk 21:44, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

edit MB about OEM Site

Thanks for the heads up and my bad for not checking the SiteAdvisor either. Will know for the future. --Master Baitor | talk 08:02, 7 September 2007 (PDT)

edit google

hi which way are you going, so we dont get mixed up, there are 100 pages ! am at 95 at the moment going back wards. --Jackjones 09:56, 7 September 2007 (PDT)

edit Spam

Have just seen these edits by http://www.aboutus.org/Special:Contributions/Spam_killer and was just wondering if they look ok to some one with a bit more experience than my self. Looks like he is creating new pages then marking them as spam or whatever. Just a thought. --Jackjones 08:02, 8 September 2007 (PDT)


edit Block User:74.54.21.34

Thank you ... this was his second block and second warning. --DannyG | talk 18:26, 8 September 2007 (PDT)

edit Recent Changes Patrol

I am wondering how you join the team? I noticed on the page you just add your name to the list but I though there was something more to than that. THought I would ask you. Thanks Bud --DannyG | talk 13:36, 10 September 2007 (PDT)

edit On deleting spammed categories

You recently deleted Category:Venue and Category:Poetics with the comment DeleteSpam. These two categories may be useful ones, and it might have been better to have removed the spam but kept the category in both cases. I was reluctant to recreate the categories myself, but you might consider doing so. --Eohippus 19:39, 13 September 2007 (PDT)

edit Stackzilla.com

Drew, I don't believe we have had the opportunity to chat at all yet.. My name is Bryan, I am an activemember here at about us. I also run a website called The Evolution of Thought Institute, I see that you work with non-profits and wondered what you could think of to help improve my site.. I am currently working hard in improving it each day, although I believe I have run out of some ideas.. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you migth have on this matter! Take a look whenever you have a moment.. no hurry! Thanks.. --DaughertyBw 18:46, 22 September 2007 (PDT)

edit WhoWeAre Stage 1 Consensus Poll

Hi Drew, The WhoWeAre Stage 1 Consensus Poll has surpassed all it's GoThresholds and the DoneTimer has started. This means that all participants now have the opportunity to check WhoWeAre Stage 1 one more time, to make sure that nothing has been overlooked. Please feel free to change the document and/or change your status, if need be. Best, Obed Suhail 02:50, 25 September 2007 (PDT)

edit WhoWeAre Stage 2

Hi Drew,

Having made significant progress with WhoWeAreStage1 in reaching 100% consensus, we are now ready to get on with stage 2. This consensus poll, as you know, has been started to make a collective decision as to the identity, values and mission statement of AboutUs, and as such it can't be complete without all of us participating. WhoWeAre Stage 2 is in progress; you are most welcome to have a look at the page and set your status accordingly and/or change the document to improve it. Best, Asad | *~talk~* 02:26, 3 October 2007 (PDT)

edit yea!

I was AwardedACaricature


edit would love to connect soon

Hey Drew, want to run a couple of ideas and hear some of yours. Let me know when and if that works. Best, MarkDilley

Anytime really, just need a little heads up, unless it is right now :-)
How about 11 - noon pst - call me or me call you?
Either day works for me, email or call me - MarkDilley.info

edit Organic Community Building

Notes that Drew and MarkDilley took from our brainstorm.

edit XMas

does not get rid of Christ as X (chi) is merely the first letter of "Christ" (Christos) in Greek. Ha!

Merry Christmas!

animated-christmas-tree.gif

Luckily you were on the nice list. Otherwise, my friend TempTalkPageBot would have come to visit you.

--Vartantalkcontribsemail 07:45, 25 December 2007 (PST)

edit Thanks

...for blocking that lovely person ;) Can you fix my talk page? Kristina ..talk.. 20:16, 29 December 2007 (PST)

Drew, what a mess this person created for us! After your work to make the pages look right, I went ahead and undeleted the moved versions that you deleted so I could move them back, which restores the history in it's rightful place. I learned the maneuver a Wikipedia a while back when reading up on how to merge edit histories after two pages are merged together. Let me know if you're interested and I can try to recreate what I did. peace, TedErnst (talk) 23:23, 29 December 2007 (PST)


  • Drew, thanks for catching the Google.com edits. The ip slipped some a few others in as well.

edit Recent Contributors

I'm in love with this feature, which hasn't yet gone live but is visible now for sysops. I wanted to encourage you to join in on the picture fun by uploading a portrait this way. Best, Kristina (contact me) 21:11, 19 June 2008 (PDT)

Yay :) Kristina (contact me) 10:59, 27 June 2008 (PDT)

edit portrait upload

Hey Drew,

See the new account box? Yours has a question mark, yes? Click the up arrow to upload your own portrait. Hope you're well.

peace, TedErnst (talk) 18:03, 26 June 2008 (PDT)

Thanks, Ted! DrewMyers | talk

edit Hi Drew,

Good to see you. We have a new tool for adult content that I can show you, or not :-) I am still noodling along, not a lot of time for overt discussions on community, but always trying to move in that direction more. Would love to talk to you, know I have said that before, but tis true! Best, MarkDilley