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Happy editing! LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contribs)} 02:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@LilianaUwU Thanks... I'm not completely new, but thanks for the welcome. I have a couple of hundred edits under (probably) two IP addresses. But I figured it was time for an account... David10244 (talk) 02:48, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm aware that you've edited under IP addresses before. We already interacted. :P LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contribs)} 02:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I thought we had... :-) David10244 (talk) 02:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@LilianaUwU I just noticed that one of the two IP addresses that I edited under, before making an account, had exactly 500 edits. That's weird! Then either my IP address changed, or I made this account. I didn't realize that I had edited so much with that IP. And no reverts, I think. I don't have a question or anything; I just thought that was interesting. David10244 (talk) 08:08, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

David in the millions

Welcome to the clan. In the U.S. it was very popular 1940-1980, has since dropped off. According to the Wikipedia article David (name), tens of millions of males are named David in English, and more in variants in other languages. The article could use referenced updating at the statistics section. David notMD (talk) 11:45, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@David notMD My parents told me that the name means "beloved", as that article says. Some people do like me! Wait, what's this: "David ... means "beloved", derived from the root dôwd (דּוֹד), which originally meant "to boil"..."

To boil? That's weird! David10244 (talk) 09:53, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

re committed ID

Just to clarify something in response to this edit (whose thread has since been archived): I was not advising against committed identities in general. In fact, I encourage the use of committed identities, and I have one on my user page. I was advising against the specific scheme proposed by the OP (based around a physical Brazilian ID etc.), which is outside the standard process listed at Wikipedia:Committed identity, and would make verification much harder than needed. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 09:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Tigraan Oh, I see. That makes sense -- I wouldn't use a nonstandard method to create a committed identity. I get what you meant by "standard process now. Thanks for explaining that. David10244 (talk) 09:46, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. delete phone # from Talk

I agree David notMD (talk) 17:44, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from the talk page; not from history. David10244 (talk) 06:15, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New editors and new articles

I saw your discussion at WP:VPP. I wonder if this chart would be helpful.

Registered editors by edit count, including those with no edits
If you have made...	you are about 1 in	then you rank in the...	or the...	That's more than...
1 edit	3	top 30% of all users	top 15,000,000 of all users	70% of all users
2 edits	5	top 20% of all users	top 10,600,000 of all users	80% of all users
5 edits	10	top 10% of all users	top 5,300,000 of all users	90% of all users
10 edits	20	top 5% of all users (the autoconfirmed)	top 2,660,000 of all users	95% of all users
100 edits	100	top 1% of all users	top 533,000 of all users	99% of all users
500 edits	400	top 0.25% of all users (the extended confirmed)	top 80,129 of all users	99.75% of all users
1,000 edits	1,000	top 0.1% of all users	top 53,000 of all users	99.9% of all users
10,000 edits	4,000	top 0.025% of all users	top 13,300 of all users	99.975% of all users
25,000 edits	10,000	top 0.01% of all users	top 5,300 of all users	99.99% of all users
50,000 edits	20,000	top 0.005% of all users	top 2,600 of all users	99.995% of all users
100,000 edits	50,000	top 0.002% of all users	top 1,000 of all users	99.998% of all users
250,000 edits	200,000	top 0.0005% of all users	top 200 of all users	99.9995% of all users
500,000 edits	1,000,000	top 0.0001% of all users	top 50 of all users	99.9999% of all users
1,000,000 edits	3,300,000	top 0.000031% of users	top 13 of all users	99.99997% of all users

Registered editors by edit count (only accounts with contributions)
If you have made...	you are about 1 in	then you rank in the...	or the...	That's more than...
1 edit	1	–	one of 15,000,000 contributors	–
2 edits	1-2	top 65% of contributors	top 10,300,000 of all contributors	35% of all contributors
5 edits	3	top 30% of contributors	top 4,700,000 of all contributors	70% of all contributors
10 edits	5	top 20% of contributors (the autoconfirmed)	top 3,199,000 of all contributors	80% of all contributors
100 edits	40	top 2.5% of contributors	top 399,000 of all contributors	97.5% of all contributors
500 edits	133	top 0.75% of contributors (the extended confirmed)	top 119,000 of all contributors	99.25% of all contributors
1,000 edits	200	top 0.5% of contributors	top 79,000 of all contributors	99.5% of all contributors
10,000 edits	1,000	top 0.1% of contributors	top 15,900 of all contributors	99.9% of all contributors
25,000 edits	3,333	top 0.03% of contributors	top 4,700 of all contributors	99.97% of all contributors
50,000 edits	6,666	top 0.015% of contributors	top 2,300 of all contributors	99.985% of all contributors
100,000 edits	14,000	top 0.007% of contributors	top 1,100 of all contributors	99.993% of all contributors
250,000 edits	66,666	top 0.0015% of contributors	top 200 of all contributors	99.9985% of all contributors
500,000 edits	250,000	top 0.0004% of contributors	top 50 of all contributors	99.9996% of all contributors
For the purposes of this table, a "contributor" is an account with at least one published edit on the English Wikipedia.

At the moment, only 5% of all registered editors are able to create articles directly in the mainspace here at the English Wikipedia (and almost none of them actually do, either through a lack of interest or because they've stopped editing entirely).

The question is: How many fewer do you really want to have that ability? WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:07, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoing, that is a very interesting chart. Does "top x ... of all editors" mean "all editors who have created an article that has not been deleted (in some short time frame)"? If not, then maybd it doesn't apply to the issue of article creation. But I'll think about it.

I find it kind of hard to believe that some significant fraction of editors have created an article that sticks, as their first edit (or their first set of edits). It's also kind of hard (is it possible?) to write a new draft and submit it for review, and have one total edit at the point of submission. (That situation also means that they have not put anything on their Talk page either, which is OK, but...)

Do we know how many editors have one edit when they Submit? Those 50% are not creating new articles, so the chart is not completely relevant, I think. I could be wrong. David10244 (talk) 10:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This chart counts all registered editors, including accounts that have never made any edits at the English Wikipedia (e.g., someone who edits in a different language, but read an article; someone who doesn't edit but wanted access to a setting in the prefs; someone who wanted to edit but who couldn't figure out how to do it) and accounts that haven't edited for many years (e.g., due to losing the password, or losing interest).

About a decade ago (I've not heard anything more recent) about a quarter of all first edits was to create an article in the mainspace. Almost all first edits were in the mainspace. Wikipedia:Request a query might be able to give you more recent numbers. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoing OK, thanks. David10244 (talk) 10:49, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

On the teahouse, someone asked a pointless question on the teahouse asking what 1 plus 1 was? It is easy to figure it out. I'm replying on here because the discussion got closed. It is my first seeing a discussion on the teahouse get closed. Cwater1 (talk) 04:14, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwater1 Threads at the Teahouse don't usually get closed in my experience -- they are archived pretty quickly. Threads at other places get closed more often... especially for "unblock requests" and sometimes at wp:afchelp. But, yeah, sometimes at the Teahouse. David10244 (talk) 04:46, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That conversation where someone asked what 1 plus 1 is could have been removed since it was not necessary. Cwater1 (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwater1 Questions aren't usually removed though, even those questions that are gibberish (this one wasn't, of course). The hosts answer them (usually) politely. :-) David10244 (talk) 09:57, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse host - belated welcome

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Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:48, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick Moyes Thanks, and sorry for this belated reply. I have gotten very busy lately and I have not been able to contribute much. You folks do a great job at the help desk(s), even if you sometimes have to answer the same questions more than once! I might be back soon. Thanks again. David10244 (talk) 04:23, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Denials

@ChildrenWillListen Not sure if this brings you to MY talk page, but I didn't want to call an editor out too directly.

Do you have any idea why people deny having other accounts, or using an LLM? Repeatedly... then admit to it? It just seems weird to me, first the denials, then the admissions. I'll never understand people, I suppose... David10244 (talk) 07:14, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, David10244!

Happy New Year!

David10244,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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@Volten001 Thanks for that. Very pretty! And Happy New Year to you! David10244 (talk) 00:16, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pleasure, David. Thanks for the good wishes also. Cheers! Volten001 ^☎ 02:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived

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Sourciness

Yes, I do indeed reply by editing source. The visual editor is good for moving a column within a table; and I suppose it must be good for other purposes too, but I don't know what they are. I did once try editing with it but didn't enjoy the experience. The source editor is much improved with syntax highlighting: an option somewhere within one's "preferences", but years after setting it I'm seemingly incapable of remembering/discovering where within "preferences". -- Hoary (talk) 01:31, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hoary Well, I was contrasting "editing source" with using the Reply button. I suppose that technically, once you select "Reply", you are then editing source to make the reply The auto-signature is convenient.

I havenever use the visual editor. As you say, I do get the impression that it is great for editing tables. And I did turn on syntax highlighting, but I also forgot where that is set! David10244 (talk) 09:55, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

May 2026

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution(s). However, as a general rule, while user talk pages permit a small degree of generalisation, User talk:Matt-Dimension-C136 they are not a search engine, a chatbot, or a general discussion forum. If you have questions or ideas and are not sure where to post them, consider asking at the Teahouse. This editor is currently blocked for being rather aggressive to other editors - they can only use the Talk page to discuss the block, so posting off-topic chat isn't really helpful. I'm afraid I've had to revert your comment for this reason. Blue-Sonnet 06:13, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Blue-Sonnet Right, no problem. Just some mild humor. I think I was spoiled by seeing some of EEng's comments recently... David10244 (talk) 03:21, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, there's a thread about EEng at the moment so perhaps it's best not to follow in their footsteps right now! Blue-Sonnet 14:15, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Blue-Sonnet Ok, thanks. David10244 (talk) 07:28, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]