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| − | Hello Asad Mahmood Butt and welcome to [[AboutUs]]!!!
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| − | Please feel warmly welcomed to jump right in and edit any page on the [[wiki]] ... after all "[[ItsYourWiki|It's Your Wiki!]]" And don't worry ... other [[AboutUs]] [[CommunityMember|community members]] can easily help you untangle any messes that you might accidentally create. We love to help new members of the community :-) After all, it wasn't so long ago when we were the ones bumbling around in a wiki for the first time :-)
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| − | ==Welcome==
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| − | Great to see you this morning, please check out the [[help]] -- [[Ray King]]
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| − | Hi Asad, I am the owner of www.theweblendingtree.com and wish the domain be removed from aboutus.org. The site is coming down in the next day or so. Thank you.
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| − | ==That edit==
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| − | As far as that edit, it looks like a mess. Something to study and try and figure out what is going on. Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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| − | ==[[AdultContent]]==
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| − | Hi Asad, I personally think that [[AdultContent]] is different than [[IllegalContent]] - for that reason I like them to be seperated. I don't want to think of child porn as part of [[AdultContent]] because for me it solidly falls in the [[IllegalContent]] realm. Does that make sense? Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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| − | Hi Asad! :-) Thanks for the note and yes, you folks can start patrolling again. I am not sure if [[BrandonSanders]] has suggested this or not, but it might be good to look at the contributions of [[KristinaWeis]], [[Isabel]], [[ScottKeeler]] and [[User:Nathan|Nathan]] - to see how they are making certain decisions about what to fix and not fix. I am not saying you should do it like them :-) Just check them out :-) Best, MarkDilley
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| − | == Visit to Lahore ==
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| − | Hi Asad,
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| − | It was great to meet you as well. The hospitality in Lahore was fantastic. I'm looking forward to my next trip :-)
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| − | Regards,<br>
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| − | [[Brandon CS Sanders]]
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| − | == New Pic ==
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| − | I like it! - [[User:Ray King|Ray]] | <small>[[User talk:Ray King|talk]]</small> 11:58, 13 May 2007 (PDT)
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| − | == Lasik Thoughts ==
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| − | Hi Asad,
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| − | I'm glad to see that you got some help with your questions about what to do next. Your work on the introductions of the doctors is excellent! You are definitely getting close to being ready to send out emails to all the lasik centers in LA.
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| − | : ''Also, the email for Lasik providers contains the Lasik tables in wiki text.''
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| − | When you have an actual email address, select the rendered html (rather than the raw wikitext) and then copy and paste that into a gmail message. It will preserve the formatting and the images. Sending a message via a form is going to be substantially trickier. You'll have to send a text only version of the email.
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| − | Warm Regards,<br>
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| − | [[Brandon CS Sanders|Brandon]]
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| − | == [[Template:LASIK:GoBack]] ==
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| − | Nathan and I just created a new template to put a link on each doctor's page, back to the LASIK page for their city. Here's an example: [[Jacqueline D. Griffiths, M.D]]. I would recommend putting this on each doctor's page. Also, I used [[Template:TOCright]]. Do you like the way that looks, with the Table on Contents on the right? If so, feel free to change the other pages, or just use that for the new pages you're creating. peace, [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] 11:42, 15 May 2007 (PDT)
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| − | == [[Portal Talk:LASIK]] ==
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| − | I made a new page for anyone working on the LASIK portal to be able to talk about new ideas and on-going work. It would be great if you could write there about the comments already there, and also about your ongoing LASIK portal work. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == "waiting for others" comment ==
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| − | Asad, I see you've copied your "waiting for others" section to the portal talk page. I don't have a preference where that list lives, but I do recommend that you keep it only in one place, not two. I find it's annoying to have to update the same list in two places, which is why I suggest this. If you actually want it to appear in two places, then I'd recommend [[tranclusion]]. Do you know how to do that? If not, ask and I'll show you. :-) [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | : I also think that it's better to have it on one page instead of two, but I am certainly interested in knowing something about tranclusion.
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| − | Seems like there should be a [[transclusion]] page. Maybe you want to hunt for it? Anyway, you know how we use templates? Like this: {{TemplateLink|TEMPLATENAME}}? Well, that's transclusion. By default, double curly braces take whatever's on that page, in the Template namespace, and puts it on the other page. You don't have to use the Template namespace, however. You just have to put a : in front of the name, like this {{TemplateLink|:MAINNAMESPACEPAGENAME}}. So maybe make a page called [[AsadWaiting]] and transclude it on your page, and once that works, transclude it on the portal talk page as well. Clear? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == where are you keeping responses? ==
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| − | When you get an email back, where are you keeping that info? Also, do the 4 of you have the work broken down by city? I'm just trying to get an idea of the scope of coordination that needs to be happening as each of you are emailing providers. Thanks! [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == [[DomainPage]] and/or name of LASIK provider as page name ==
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| − | Asad, I notice you moved all your pages from their domain name names to be the names of the clinic or provider. At first I thought it made a lot of sense to do it that way, because the provider name is way more important than their domain name. Then Mark pointed out that we lose the link to that domain name from the page. See [[WeLinkYou]] for a visual of the link. Do you see what I mean? I see a couple of ways forward (I'm sure there are more):
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| − | # Move the pages back where they were, so that at least there are redirects from the clinic name to the domain name.
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| − | # Move the pages back and come up with a standard way to highlight the clinic name near the top of the page.
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| − | # Leave them as they are, with inconsistency and some disagreement about which way is "right."
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| − | # Start a consensus poll on the issue of naming.
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| − | What do you think? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == skype call ==
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| − | Asad, I would like to have a skype call with you for 15 minutes Thursday morning at 9am your time, okay? I'm scheduling the others for subsequent days. If this doesn't work, we can reschedule. Thanks! [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == Removing thumbnails ==
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| − | Something a bit easier for you would be to just link to [[RemoveThumbnail]] when removing thumbnails per [[AdultContentPolicy]]. It should save you some typing. [[Nathan|<span style="color:#3971DE">'''Nathan'''</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Nathan|<span style="color:#3971DE">'''talk'''</span>]])</sup> / <small><em>22:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)</em></small>
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| − | :There is also [[RemoveCategory]] for the same type of reason. [[Nathan|<span style="color:#3971DE">'''Nathan'''</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Nathan|<span style="color:#3971DE">'''talk'''</span>]])</sup> / <small><em>04:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)</em></small>
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| − | == [[PageNameBestPractices]] ==
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| − | I love what you wrote! Could you put yourself down as a participant on that page with a YES or Not Yet, please? Thanks! [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == consensus polls ==
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| − | I think maybe we ought to talk about how consensus polls work. A couple of notes:
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| − | # the status options are "yes" and "not yet". There is no "no"
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| − | # you can change you status as often as you need to, as the document evolves
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| − | # points 1 and 2 taken together mean that as soon as you know you're interested in an issue, which you clearly are in this case given your writing above, you should put your name on the poll with a status of Not Yet. The reason to start with Not Yet is that you haven't made up your mind yet on what's there, or what's there is confusing or incomplete or just plain wrong or whatever. It's only by putting your status as not yet and stating your concerns that the rest of us can listen to those concerns and try to address them, once they've been heard
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| − | Make sense? Should we schedule another skype? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == Walk the Wiki Way ==
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| − | Hi Asad,
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| − | Kristina recommends that we use this link [[TheWikiWay:WhatIsWiki]] to introduce people to about us when we welcome them. [[User:Tanwir Shah|Tanwir Shah]]
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| − | == re: [[LASIK:Letter TextOnlyVersion]] ==
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| − | Portland office phone seems fine. Are you putting your name or someone in Portland? This makes me wonder if it makes sense for the Lahore office to get a US Skype-In phone number. What do you think? That way you could set it up with a skype voicemail saying it's the AboutUs office, leave a message for Asad, Obed, Tanwir or Wasim and we'll call you back as soon as we can. Thoughts? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | ==Enjoy!==
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| − | [http://david-heron.me.uk/blog/2007/04/08/virtual-barbershop/ Virtual Barbershop] :-) [[User:Obed Suhail|Obed Suhail]]
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| − | ==[[Portal:2008_Presidential_Election|Election Portal]]==
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| − | Do you think it would be good to include the dates and source with the news articles in the election portal? I think it might be helpful to quickly see when news articles need to be updated. I really like the "About this Website" that you added, but it is somewhat confusing to me since you can't see from the external link what external site is being referenced, maybe "About this news source" or something that is more clear...? What are you thoughts?
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| − | [[User:KristinaWeis|KristinaWeis]] | <small>[[User talk:KristinaWeis|**talk**]] 12:14, 8 June 2007 (PDT) </small>
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| − | :Oh my, what you've done on [[JoeBiden.com]] looks '''great!'''
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| − | :[[User:KristinaWeis|KristinaWeis]] | <small>[[User talk:KristinaWeis|**talk**]] 13:45, 8 June 2007 (PDT) </small>
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| − | == [[Rollback]] ==
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| − | Hi Asad, rollback only goes to the last IP or name. so your wish to '''rollto''' (as we call the future feature) doesn't work here [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=TheDrunkenDialer.com&curid=4047326&action=history]. Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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| − | == LASIK response ==
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| − | Hi Asad, I see you received another response. That's great! What did it say? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == Community Reviews ==
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| − | Hi Asad, I was patrolling when I came across an edit of yours on [[AlanaRomanov.com]]. An anonymous user had left a comment "AIDS DISEASE GUARANTEED," criticizing the site and you moved it to community reviews and placed in the correct format. Creating the Community Reviews section was perfect, but we wouldn't really consider that a review. In the future, just delete a review that doesn't provide actual, helpful information. For example, if someone posts a review that says, "SPAMMER! SPAMMER! SPAMMER!" that is not helpful information and should be deleted. However, if someone posts a review like, "This site is a registered spammer" and then they go on with evidence like excerpted text and the spammer's ip, then we want to keep that review. Before keeping the review just ask yourself, "is this helpful?" and if the answer is no, then delete it. Have a good day.
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| − | [[User:Blake Hinckley|Blake Hinckley]] 13:48, 12 June 2007 (PDT)
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| − | == Re: Community Reviews ==
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| − | Hi Asad, I take your point. We are in the business of encouraging community -- however, "AIDS DISEASE GUARANTEED" is not a review, it is merely defamation. I think there is a gray area that my earlier post does not acknowledge. If the review is "I have received spam from this website," then I think we want to encourage the user to include more information, but if the review is an anonymous IP posting gobbledygook in all caps, like in AIDs example, we should just delete it. As the [[Thoughts On Negative Reviews]] section states, "If a negative review is stated in a non-constructive manner, the best option often is deletion." Thanks for your time and I apologize if my above post did not fully address the issue. Have a great day!
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| − | == Convergence ==
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| − | Hello Asad, could you move your conversation with [[User:Blake Hinckley|Blake]] to [[NegativeReviews]]. I think this is a good opportunity to collaborate on taking another step towards clarity on this. Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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| − | Asad,
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| − | Just a style thing. Feel free to disagree with me and leave it the way you have it. The way I see it, the City portals are above the clinics and doctors in a hierarchy tree. The doctors and clinics are sibligs, as it were. So using the go back template to link back to the parent (city portal) from each child (doctor or clinic) makes sense to me. Having a section on the clinic pages to each doctor also makes sense to me, as does having a section on the doctor pages to the clinics. Now, I can also see how the clinic pages are somewhat like parents to the doctors, which is why you're linking at the top "back to Provider Foo". And, I don't think that link is needed, as long as the clinic is linked in the body of the page. Again, as I say, I'm only one person, so feel free to leave it. Or change it. :-) You know my opinion now. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | Hi Asad, I see you're using "NotRelatedDomains" quite often. How 'bout using [[NotRelatedDomains]] and having that link to [[RelatedDomains]]? [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | : or do it the easier way and make a redirect from the "not" page to the other, so you don't have to make such a complicated edit summary :-) [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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| − | == [[Aisha-Haadi.com]] ==
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| − | Asad, please check that page. I don't know how to format [[CommunityReviews]]. Could you please take a look? Thanks! [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]]
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