User talk:Bdk

User talk:SPQRobin
I had new messages, but there was no text on my user talk. I've seen that you deleted it. Thanks.

SPQRobin 08:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Design
I get some parts of design at your userpage. I hope that you won't oppose. =) ~ putnik 07:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem at all ;-) -- :Bdk: 10:17, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

ED
Seriously, can you whitelist Encyclopedia Dramatica? It uses this software. Wkrushchev 16:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hm, why exactly is it needed on this site? -- :Bdk: 10:17, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/ru
Create please russian translation of message MediaWiki:Recentchangestext as MediaWiki:Recentchangestext/ru. Thanks. --Kaganer 17:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. It's done now :-) -- :Bdk: 10:17, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Translation - yes, thanks. But this translated message is not showing -- see Special:Recentchanges?uselang=ru. What can be a problem? --Kaganer 17:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Please change link "about this site" on "about this site/ru" --Kaganer 18:24, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yap, done. -- :Bdk: 19:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Account creation
Hi Bdk, though I normally edit annoymously on wikis I certainly wouldn`t want to make it harder for you to fight the nonsense that finds its way here.I`m wondering though, wouldn`t the  vandals just create accounts? I don`t know...I`ve mostly done new page and new image patrol, rather than RC. Still, I guess it could be useful when I`m editing at school. BTW, is there an "usuaption" policy for this site, like on Wikipedia, to take regestered but unused names? --24.20.69.240 07:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah hello, sorry for the delay in replying. I hope you're fine, and well, as said before, there's no need to log in, it was just a personal suggestion :-) Regarding usernames: we (intentionally) don't have much policies here, most of such requests can be well handled with decisions on a by-case basis. -- :Bdk: 11:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

can you please help me
hi, i am a newcomer. can you help me. can you brief me what all do you do here on mediawiki. Sushant gupta 13:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * short reply is here :-) -- :Bdk: 11:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The difference between help and help and help is ...?
Dear Bdk,

Thank you to everyone who has pitched in to help support each other's MediaWiki installations.

AND:

I'm quite frustrated. When I get stuck, I search and re-search for helpful information, some of it I KNOW I've seen before but cannot find again. I notice a lot of important information is missing, or it is disorganized when I do find anything:
 * we do not put any information up at all,
 * we do not put up accurate, carefully thought out, well-tested and helpful information,
 * put it up or leave it up in an disorganized fashion, all over:
 * http://www.Wikipedia.org/
 * http://www.MediaWiki.org/
 * http://Meta.WikiMedia.org/
 * http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
 * http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
 * http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 * http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l
 * ... and various other web sites, mailing lists and chat groups
 * or worse, someone takes down our contributions, rather than edit or move them to make them easy to find and helpful for others!

This last - deleting other's contributions - is especially onerous because it sends the message that there is ownership by one member of the community over another member of the community. It says, "I own this, your contributions are not welcome." Either a battle ensues or the contributor leaves the community, to the significant loss of everyone. That is totally anti-open source and totally anti-wiki. The whole point and success of open source and wiki is to collaborate, to encourage collaboration, and to share alternative viewpoints, not quash alternative view points.

For instance, when I search for "namespace" on MediaWiki.org, I got a namespace page that was barely helpful. So, I Googled for "mediawiki namespace" I found answers elsewhere - Wikipedia.org entry and a meta.mediawiki.org link. Now, Wikipedia claims to be a WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION PROJECT, not the MEDIAWIKI SOFTWARE, and meta.mediawiki.org claims to a collecting point for WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION PROJECTS, not MEDIAWIKI SOFTWARE. However, MediaWIki.org claim to be for MEDIAWIKI SOFTWARE, so please, please, please leave any help anyone puts on MediaWIki.org that relates to MEDIAWIKI SOFTARE intact. I want to see what everyone has offered. Move it, edit or share your alternative viewpoint based on your experience, but please do not delete other contributor's contributions (including mine!). Thanks! -- Peter Blaise peterblaise 19:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


 * … rather pointless to reply to the above. See the thread on Peter's talk page instead. -- :Bdk: 20:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)