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Martin Sakarias Berger is one of the most known hip-hop musicans in Sweden. With 2 albums and uncountable mixtapes, how the hell is that a A7? KzKrann (talk) 20:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Do you have any sources to assert notability under WP:BAND? I don't doubt your knowledge but we need more than that as you know. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:38, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes i have. KzKrann (talk) 12:59, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Article has been restored to User:KzKrann/Martin Sakarias Berger dfor you to work on. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:59, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

The Page was deleted for "Easy on Digestion"

I have searched the exact phrase for "Easy on Digestion" on Articles and couldn't get in your wikipedia articles section so i found that in my blog. I want to give useful information to everyone. I do not have any product to sell in that site. I am here to write and make contents appear in wikipedia.org than any other publishers around the world. Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmohan12345 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

You do not seem to understand that Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia, not a place for spam your blog, nor a place to advertise. It seems that you have not read or understood the multiple warnings in your Talk page. The page in question Easy on digestion, was indeed advertising for your blog, not for anything to sell. Wikipedia is not a blog, nor a place to provide links to one. If you have notable material and reliable sources, then you can write an article. Maybe you should read Your First Article that will help you understand what we are all about. Have a good day. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:29, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

How to dress well

I was looking up the band How To Dress Well, and saw that you deleted the article (it was at the title How to dress well. Could you please undelete it? Receiving "best new music" on Pitchfork Media (as mentioned in the Google cached version of the article) is at least an assertion of notability, and should be enough to pass AFD, in my opinion. 169.231.51.141 (talk) 05:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

More sources: [1], [2], [3] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.231.51.141 (talk) 05:28, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Restored. -- Alexf^(talk) 14:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Page Those Mockingbirds

Hi Alex,

I'm writing you because my page Those Mockingbirds was deleted because of a speedy deletion tag and it should not have been. I looked into it and I found that it was because we did not have enough credible sources and notability was not established. Our album debuted at Number 1 on Amazon's Movers and Shakers Chart, we also have a video out with the Numa Numa Guy. Here are some articles from credible sources below. (This was my first wiki page so I apologize for making this mistake)

New Jersey State Star Ledger http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/08/an_office_space_that_really_ro.html

The New Jersey State Website http://search.nj.com/those+mockingbirds

Planet Verge http://planetverge.com/tag/those-mockingbirds/

The NJ Underground http://thenjunderground.com/display/Search?searchQuery=those+mockingbirds&moduleId=3884347

We are also featured on our labels article on Wikipedia with a link to a now nonexistent page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SideCho_Records

Please can you undelete Those Mockingbirds? (MusiciansAtlas (talk) 16:35, 4 October 2010 (UTC))

Restored per request I would suggest you post those sources to the article and fast. Also, as per your own admission you have a big conflict of interest in this article which will have to be reviewed. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Trilegal

Hi Alex, can you give me a few hours to work on the article and assert notability with reliable sources? Thanks! Telco (talk) 12:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

The article did not meet notability standards as it was, that is why it was tagged for speedy deletion. Try to work it off-line and post when it is ready to pass muster. Please read the Business FAQ which may be of help. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I am not an employee of the organization nor am I affiliated with them in any manner. There are over 21,000 hits on Google and news pages for this law firm, and entries on websites like Legal500, ILFR and Who's Who Legal. Look, it's difficult for me to take time out to write for Wikipedia so please assume good faith, do a little background check on the article and undelete it if you think that is appropriate. Telco (talk) 12:19, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I see. I went to userfy it for you and found you already have this article in user space with the same text. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:58, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Alex, I had fixed the page and moved it back to mainspace and then User talk:Timneu22 undid my move and is now bullying me on my talk page. Please take a look. Telco (talk) 19:48, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Left a comment in user's page. I am not sure I agree the article is noteworthy and the company notable as I have not had the time to check, but that is beside the point at this time. If he disagrees with the article, he can try to fix it or tag it for deletion as I explained. A revert or move war is not the way. Please note that if you have issues with a user, and you cannot resolve them between yourselves, you can try to list it at ANI or at Dispute Resolution. Asking help from one admin in particualr is not the most efficient way as that admin may not be in for a time and not be able to look at your case. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:02, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Camp Swig

Hi Alex, Camp Swig was one of several camp in the URJ Camping system. However it was sold recently. The property was the home of the Jo Naymark Holocaust Memorial. The youth educational programs at the Camp produced a disproportionatly large number of rabbinical leaders in the Union of Reform Judaism. Other contributions to society included the strong bias on social justice taught in the education programs which ultimately led to case law like Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Center, 592 P. 2d 341 - Cal: Supreme Court 1979. I have invited a number of notable camp swig alumni to contribute to the page (people like Professor Marc Dollinger of SFSU ) . I think that if you give the article some time it will pass muster, but others need access to it to contribute. I had put in a rough sketch of an outline that I felt would lead to a substantial contribution to wikipedia and it is not vastly different than the entry for Henry S. Jacobs (HSJ) Camp. ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexHorovitz (talk • contribs) 01:54, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Alex,

People who want to contribute are now asking me whee the page went. Could you please restore the page? Or at least send it to me so I can place it off on my user account?

Alex Horovitz 10:24, 7 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexHorovitz (talk • contribs) :

Userfied at User:AlexHorovitz/Camp Swig -- Alexf^(talk) 10:29, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Alex Horovitz 11:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexHorovitz (talk • contribs)

request for page restoration-from Mengzhang2

Dear wikipedia administrator, This is Mengzhang2, writing to request the restoration of Joy Chen's wikipedia page. I created the page last night but failed to provide the letter for permission from Ms Joy Chen. I now have the permission letter from her. I was not sure about the copyright issues when I was creating the page. Here is the link of the page I created :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Chen .Sorry about the inconvenience. The following is my letter to Ms Joy Chen and her reply: MengZhang2Mengzhang2 (talk) 02:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Text removed to protect privacy. This is not a place to post private emails. Please read "Donating copyrighted materials" for help on this matter. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:37, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfair

It's not fair that you deleted my page, Lil Wayne and many other artists are on here and his was similar to mine, how come his doesnt get deleted? May i PLEASE use that page again, it is really significant.. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by LilMyko (talk • contribs) 06:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to disagree. It is not unfair and not notable so it was deleted as explained in your talk page. On top of that, you seem to have a big conflict of interest on this subject. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:33, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Something for you

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Roger Davies ^talk 08:14, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste `{{WPMILHIST Review alerts}}` to your user space

Thanks, but I don't think I deserve such a recognition! -- Alexf^(talk) 10:43, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Om Kleem Krishnaya Namah

Sad that you deleted it,you also ensured that a lot of people in the future will not have an idea of what such a Mantra is about.If you look at it with such a narrow outlook, its your own ignorance and inability to understand what you come across.Sanjeevpunj (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry you are sad but rules must be followed.Pushing your own point of view is not accepted in an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a soapboax. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

blocked my account

Hello,

I edited a page last week for mind-mapping software. I wanted to add my software "Headspace" to the list that is the topic mind-mapping software. There is no reason why Headspace should not be there, since it is valid and perhaps preferable alternative to the ones listed. In addition you have a band and an album named Headspace in Wikipedia, and my software is as least as scholarly a reference as either of those.

I saw today however that my account was blocked. I guess I was not supposed to use my company name as an account. I'm sorry, I did not know that. I tried to use my original account 'bsabiston', but I think it was tied to a defunct email account, since I could not retrieve the password.

Is the account name the only reason my page edit was blocked? I get the feeling that you don't want the software listed in the list. Is that the case? Please let me know, as I feel like my software represents a solid advancement in the field of mind-mapping software, and it certainly belongs in that list if people are trying to research that type of software.

If the page is allowable, does it still exist or would I need to recreate it from scratch?

Please let me know if I may include Headspace among the list of software here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software

If not, I'd appreciate an explanation of why mine cannot be listed when these others are just as commercial and clearly edited by the owners of the software.

Thanks Bob Sabiston Bsabiston2 (talk) 15:47, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

I've no idea what account you are talking about as you have not shown the name. With thousands of blocks and thousands of deletions it would be hard to know without guidance. As per the name, you can find our Username Policy instructive. For the software product, if it is passes the notability requirements and you have independent, verifiable sources then it might be fine. Please note though that you would have a major conflict of interest which is a problem. Maybe you should also check the Business FAQ. As per undeletion, all articles can be retrieved as long as they are not copyright violations or offensive in nature. You would have to ask an admin (preferably the deleting admin) to do it for you. I can't as you have not provided a redlink to it. Have a good day. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Well, I can't link to the page in question, because it has been removed as far as I can tell. The red username that has been flagged is 'flatblackfilms'. Now that I know I am not supposed to use a company name, I can use my own name, this account bsabiston2. But what is the conflict of interest? It sounds like you're saying that even if I repost the page using a non-company name, it would be rejected. I understand that listing the software could be considered promotion(?), but the page I entered was not promotional, I looked at the other entries on the list and modeled my language similar to the others. I'm not 100% positive but it looked to me like the other entries on that list were written by their respective developers, so what is the problem?

Thanks for any clarification you can provide. I am not out to be a businessman and make a lot of money, I just want it known that this tool is available and part of the field of mind-mapping software. It, like the others on that list, can be a valuable tool in many areas of academic and creative work.

Bob —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bsabiston2 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

I understand your concern, but you have to understand that having a conflict of interest makes it difficult to maintain a neutral point of view, a key Wikipedia concept. Your comment: “I just want it known that this tool is available and part of the field of mind-mapping software” alone shows an intent for promotion. I do not know if “100% of the other entries were written by their developers”. It could well be, and in that case it is also a problem, but just because is not a valid reason. If you think your article and subject is notable, go ahead and write it. No guaranties it would be accepted though, as another editor might find issues with it, and tag it or refactor it, but that’s the nature of Wikipedia. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Well my point is not that the other developers are wrong, but more that just because I am the developer does not mean I am promoting in some unseemly way. People always assume that if someone is promoting their work then they are out to take advantage of people or put themselves ahead of others. They forget that in many cases, valuable work in many fields would go absolutely unknown, indeed would be lost, if not for the efforts of its creator to make it known. Scientific work is not even acknowledged until it is published somewhere.

If anyone can edit these sites, you have no way of knowing what connection the author of the article has to the source. Besides, *any* encyclopedia article is promoting its subject somewhat, whatever it is.  It seems to me that the decision should be based not on whether or not the author is trying to do some kind of promotion, but whether the material, the article, has value to the subject.  I really don't see why you should make judgement calls based on anything else.

Thanks for your attention. I'll try again, or maybe get some 'disinterested' third party to write it up. And I say that not to be flippant but just to point out again that you need to go by worth of the information itself, not the author, because you'll never know how disinterested the author is anyway. Bob Bsabiston2 (talk) 22:42, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Cathy J. Cohen

Hello Alex,

What specifically do I need to correct in the article about Cathy J. Cohen so it is not deleted?

Will--WillJ (talk) 21:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

It was a copyright violation. What you should do is write your own article and source it properly, not violating copyrights, which is is a no-no and could put us in legal trouble. Not cool. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

"Not cool" - Thanks for your response Alex, but I wouldn't have added sources if I thought it cool to violate copyright regulation, I did write my "own" article but included lines from the source in question - now I know I shouldn't have. Once I was made aware of the copyright problem I attached "hang on" to the article to give me enough time/clarification to correct it, but didn't get a chance -when I contacted you, rather than your sneering tone, I thought I'd get a chance to review the article (with the highlighted copyright problem) and then rewrite it. --WillJ (talk) 01:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Article has been userfied at User:Speakwise/Cathy J. Cohen for you to work on. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC) Thank you.--WillJ (talk) 23:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Greetings,

I keep getting all these conflicting messages from different sources as comments on my talk page. The last one was too many logins from one IP or something like that and a conflict of interest pertaining to the article.

1. I was in the middle of leaving this response to the first message when my browser hung up. So I closed it out and tried another browser on my computer to see if the browser was the problem.

2. Is my response to the first and second posting regarding edits in the article I submitted.

I thank the wiki team for any support they can lend us in writing good articles. As I stated before I have been using wiki for years and didn't notice anything any different then what I saw on several articles I have used in the past for my research. The newbies to wiki, don't necessarily know all that is acceptable or unacceptable when contributing. It is almost easier for someone else to write these articles to get the right tone. Please, in the future could you guide us without making it personal? The term self serving is a little harsh. Mainly, the link was put there because I was told to provide a reference for everything. That items in wiki articles should be verifiable, somewhere. I thank you for responding back, letting me know what approach to take. For example, I fail to see the difference there is in stating "Mary Peak was a teacher who taught school children under the Emancipation Oak" and "the initiator a graphic designer Cassandra West designed the celebration logo from photographing this historic tree" and providing links (points of reference) for them both. They both tell a story of how something happened.

Anyway, I am learning what works and what doesn't work with a sense of humor. Thank you, again, for your valuable input. These are some tough critiques, and my concern was on the article being poorly written by an amateur. Which explains why I am still adding to it. What if a child wants to use it for a paper? Am I providing enough detailed information? Just to give you some insight into what I am thinking.

I don't know if other writers come here with a pre-conceived agenda when writing articles for wiki for me this is not the case. This process is very challenging and I am learning my entire way through it. The reply statements I am receiving to edits are too personal for what is occurring with the edits on the page I am writing and do not apply. I am an amateur at this and this is my very first time. Please, nicely help me through this process. Cwestllc (talk) 02:01, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

It is certainly not easy for the new user to navigate and understand the myriad rules that govern Wikipedia, but you have to understand that we couldn't build an encyclopedia without some rules. For a new user, I would recommend you read Your First Article and The Five Pillars.As a side note, it is not writing for wiki but for Wikipedia specifically, which is just one of the many wikis around. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Swoop

Just thought I'd ask about the Swoop (band) which I didn't create, yet, am considering creating (or rather a related article, Roland Kapferer)... I read this note:

13:06, 8 September 2010 Alexf (Talk | contribs) deleted "Swoop (band)" ‎ (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.onestopfunkshop.com/One_Stop_Funk_Shop/SWOOP.html)

The link there doesn't work - what does it refer to? /// You, Me and Everyone Else (talk) 08:37, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

The article was a copyright violation and so was tagged for speedy deletion. If you want to write and article, that does not use copyrighted material, and assert notability, go right ahead. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Lesburlesque

Hi Alexf You deleted my new page on Lesburlesque today I suspect because of a lack of personages of note.

There are a couple of reasons why I would like to challenge this. On principal ground firstly, that Lesburlesque is the only exclusively lesbian burlesque troupe in history. In terms of articulating a femme queer expression it has the potential to be a platform for both academic exploration as well as being an important contributor to bringing lesbian performance art out of the margins. Regarding persons of note, our troupe is compered and fronted by Rosie Garland (aka Rosie Lugosi). Rosie was featured in her burlesque persona in Ulrika Dahl's Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities (ISBN 9781846686641), she is also a published poet, The Things I Did While I was Dead (ISBN 978095509254 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: length) Additionally she is the lead singer of recording artists, The March Violets who have a wiki page on here. The other performers may not necessarily fulfill the criteria but with Rosie and the lesbian exclusivity of the our troupe, I feel that we are of sufficient unique interest to warrant a page.

You were extremely helpful in providing one or two articles to look at. I'm a bit concerned I could never get past the conflict of interest issue using my own login. One wonders if this would be a fatal objection. Yes there is an element of promotion involved in Lesburlesque having a page on this encyclopaedia as I'm sure is true of most of the performance artist pages on the site, but the information provided is factual insofar as it doesn't contain heresay or promotional taglines.

You are right about us not being on the road yet. It might be worth another stab being taken after we have some press and performance though each member of the troupe is routinely performing as solo performers.

Thank you for your consideration and the feedback. I do appreciate your help.

Sincerely, Pixie Truffle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixie Truffle (talk • contribs) 21:18, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Pixie. There is an obvious conflict of interest, which is not a "fatal objection", but it is viewed negatively as it conduces to a possible violation of the neutral point of view rule, a basic tenet of Wikipedia. The real reason, as stated before is the notability of the group. Please read notability for groups and notability for people. Members of the troupe may be notable individually, but that does not automatically confer notability to the group. Unless these requirements are met, and independent reliable sources are provided, I'm afraid it won't work. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Navigationarts Keeps removing speedy delete tags

This user removed speedy delete tags three times from NavigationArts an article that they started. They have been warned twice. Morgankevinj(talk) 16:31, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

User blocked as violation of username rules (spammer). -- Alexf^(talk) 16:46, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Zevo-3

If I may ask, why was the Zevo-3 page deleted in its entirety? It's a currently-airing Nicktoons show, but the reason seemed to indicate a picture copyright violation, so I was wondering if there was more to the story. Thanks! Esprix (talk) 18:58, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

No picture. Text copyvio and we can't have that. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

So the page is free to be re-created with original text, then? 138.78.142.22 (talk) 15:54, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Lou and The Blues

Oops - I didn't even notice the OTRS notice on the talk page before I nominated this article for CSD. Very sorry to waste your time. —Tim Pierce (talk) 02:29, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

why why

why doyou remove wiki page for this reason NOT REAL PERSONE HYE KNOW i am a real persone -_- please dont remove my page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_corriveau

Androwranger (talk) 20:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Why? It was clearly explained in the speedy deletion summary as A7 "No indication of notability" and three times (so far) in your Talk page. Being a real person does not count. Being notable does. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:35, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Article on Compass National, Inc.

The log info for the deletion in question is below:

00:19, 18 October 2010 Alexf (talk | contribs) deleted "Compass National, Inc." ‎ (A7: Article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)

I was looking for reliable information about this company, which is a Nevada Corporation, because they're trying to sell me something fairly expensive. I'm attempting to discover whether they'er scammers or legitimate. If your article would help, I'd appreciate the opportunity to review it.

I can't cut and paste the link.

Thank you very much,

Linda Stewart108.12.98.110 (talk) 23:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

An article in an encyclopedia can't help you in that regard. That's what the BBB is for. In any case, the article did not meet our notability requirements. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:52, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Question?

Alex, I'm writing because I'd appreciate your advice and guidance on how to correct a deletion that happened on March 2, 2008 (I just became aware of it today): http://www.deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Osterlandet

I understand why Osterlandet was deleted. The page was created without citing reference material and the person who posted the text included a URL.

There is notable, verifiable, objective, reference material for Österlandet. Below is a list of reviews, interviews, feature articles, and links to show the international distribution of the title.

I utilize Wikipedia almost every day but I've never created a page and I'm uncertain about page deletion protocol. My concern is how to proceed. Should I write a new article compliant with the Wikipedia guidelines, or should I red link to the original article, shape it correctly by adding text which includes inline citations and submit it to you for review?

Thanks in advance for your help and I apologize that we didn't get it right the first time around. All the bestPortlander12 (talk) 02:20, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

For such a short article, if you think the book is notable, it might be better to start a new article. If you need help with writing for Wikipedia, maybe Your First Article might be of help. (links removed as they do not belong in user talk space but in an article). -- Alexf^(talk) 10:08, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

hii

hey hii thanks for the reply...Well i wanted to block my Wikipedia account as soon as possible so can you suggest me ways for that.I am not using it so i was told that Wikipedia dont delete an account.So please do suggest me as how can i get removed from Wikipedia.Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrypotter2062 (talk • contribs) 06:16, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

What's wrong with simply not using it anymore? Just change the password to some gibberish you'll soon forget. It is true that accounts are not deleted. If you do not plan to edit again, you can always exercise your Right to Vanish. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:02, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Naveen

Requesting unprotection on the Naveen page please, to start a name page with bearers of the name. John Cengiz talk 13:08, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I contacted the protecting admin User talk:JamesBWatson, who has to be involved in this decision. Please continue in his Talk page as he has already replied to you there. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:11, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Gary Schneider - Deleted article that used text from an artist's website with the artist's permission

At the request of Gary Schneider, I created an article that he intends to revise, as he is not Wikipedia fluent. I am not either. I wrote a brief entry which was scheduled for deletion because of a lack of citations about his importance. In order to demonstrate that he merits an article, with his permission, I copied the list of reviews and articles from his webpage and then the page was deleted for copyright infringement. How can we get a page up that uses text from his website? Or does it need to be rewritten completely so they do not match? The list of citations is in a standard format--does it really need to be revised so they don't match? Is there a software that matches text to other websites--i.e., does the deletion happen automatically when the software detects an exact match?

Rdturtle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdturtle (talk • contribs) 13:28, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, there is a process that checks for possible copyright violations but that process does not delete or remove, only alerts administrators who then make a decision and remove it to protect the project from legal issues, as we take copyright violations seriously. To learn more about the policies, you should read:

You should also understand, that after having solved that potential problem, there is a requirement for notability that every article must pass. You have also admitted to a conflict of interest which is a problem too. I removed the email addresses you posted to respect your privacy (see the Wikimedia:Privacy policy). -- Alexf^(talk) 18:11, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Rockford First

Hi Alex, I note you have blocked this username indefinitely, for obvious reasons. I was in active dialogue with this editor to try to work towards an acceptable article. She's not a vandal, so I've adjusted the block to allow a new account to be created, and the dialogue to be continued. I don't want to wheel, so if you think she should be prevented from sending email or creating a new account, just reblock and I'll let it go Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:03, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

That's fine. The name was unaceptable and obviously spammy. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of M6bone article

Hey,

I'm new here, and I'm not sure why my article was deleted.

It's a translation of the german M6Bone article which appears to fit the rules fine. It is a project which is based on 6bone and mbone, yet all of these pages are apparently fine. If this were a new page by itself I would possibly be more understanding, but the fact that it was deleted without anybody bothering to check that it is simply a translation of the German page seems quite unprofessional.

I think the page should be there (or the german page and the similar 6bone and mbone pages need to go) as a matter of consistency, but it's enough of a kick in the face that my first article was removed without anybody telling me, I'd rather not put it straight back up only to have it removed again. Russelsamu (talk) 00:38, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

It was duly and clearly explained in your talk page here by the nominating editor. It was considered advertising under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Being in other Wikipedias does not have much if anything to do with the rules of the English Wikipedia. Don't take it personally as it has nothing to do with you but with the tone of the article. Then on the second instance, the page was blanked by you and we cannot have empty articles. -- Alexf^(talk) 00:43, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with all the rules, you still haven't addressed the fact that it belongs in the family of MBone and 6Bone, what was different about this that meant it got deleted? Russelsamu (talk) 07:44, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you should read Your First Article that will help you understand what we are all about. As for why we do not accept advertisement or any hint of it, please read this. As for it "belonging" to the family of the other articles, that's fine, as long as the subject is notable on its own and not rely on other articles to justify its existence. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

New message

i want to know why you deleted my page im new to wiki and i just want to have proof of my idea to nintendo

Apologies, Alex. I saw this post (left by Venom24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) on recent changes and came by to re-fromat properly. I know you can maintain your own talk page, but I did not know when you may log in again. Feel free to undo my change. See ya 'round Tiderolls 01:03, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Tide rolls: that's ok. No problem. The OP on this section obviously does not want to read the rules (clearly posted at the top of this page when editing), and does not want her deleted page to be known either as she has not indicated the name of the page. We'll wait until she explains some more because I have little idea of what she is complaining about. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Eamon Feeley

Eamon Feeley was an American Inventor who invented farm implement tools and has a patent in the patent office. He is a piece of American History that should be rememberd. Please reinstate his page. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.59.62 (talk) 20:54, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Do you have any sources for this? -- Alexf^(talk) 22:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Eamon Feeley can be found as an American Inventor at the U.S. Patent Office Site in the Name search option. Hench he was an American Inventor... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.59.62 (talk) 21:19, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LV (September 2010)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LV (September 2010)

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deletion y-cat

promotion? no, just explain new technology developing from conventional cvt............. promotionnal page? how about page title lumix, and many other trade mark name............. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.1.253.155 (talk) 04:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

No independent sources. Just a link to the company in an article announcing a future product. That is considered promotional in Wikipedia and not acceptable. Mentioning other products does not work either as proof. Please remember to sign your posts in Talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). -- Alexf^(talk) 09:32, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

deadmau5's album - 4x4=12

You recently deleted the page 4x4=12 due to you saying the artist doesn't have a page on wikipedia, for your convenience, it is here deadmau5, it is notable music because it is highly anticipated in the dance music scene, and i (as im sure many others) would be glad for you to undo your delete as your reasons are mistaken. thanks very much Brock 009 (talk) 07:12, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh. Sorry. Wrong deletion reason. Unfortunately the article will stay deleted as now that I re-read it, it clearly says the album has not been released. It fails WP:NALBUMS and WP:CRYSTAL. Sorry but I do not write the rules. -- Alexf^(talk) 09:25, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Please change the number of goals by Ronaldo

Hey Alex, I can see that the page has been blocked due to excess vandalism.You take Soccernet as a source for the number of assists and ignore it for the number of goals.Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 10 as per many sites( Marca, Soccernet etc).Please make the required changes.We all use this as a source for all our discussions and our Fantasy football —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.254.167 (talk) 19:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Wrong place to ask for it.The proper procedure is to place an {{Edit semi-protected}} template in the Talk page of the article. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:54, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

We need to stop User:Kypr8 immediately!

Hi Alexf

Have you seen Kypr8's contribution log? Looks like he is vandalizing the external links of Microsoft articles en masse. We need to stop him before he cause more trouble.

What do you think? Should I report him to ANI?

Fleet Command (talk) 10:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

I gave him a Level 4 warning, which he did not have, and cleaned up after him. Now that he's been properly warned, he will be blocked if he persists. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:16, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

He did that again. See [4], [5], [6] and his Kypr8's contribution log for 3 November 2010. I've cleanup after him but I guess it is enough of this. Fleet Command (talk) 05:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Blocked for 48 hours. Hope he gets the message. Maybe you would like to explain to him, in non-templated way - why he should not do it. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

User:Gogo Dodo has already done this; though I guess a re-explanation won't hurt, since you mention it. Fleet Command (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

expanded the article about packing and set-up

I'm trying to expand the article about the AN/TPS 75 radar system deployed by the US Air Force. I had the pleasure of working on the system at Langley AFB for 6 years. Why was my latest edit removed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_75

Jim Kelly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.222.13.141 (talk) 15:10, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Jim, the article certainly needs some love. It could do well with sources and citations. The portion removed was a how to set up, which does not adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines. If you plan to contribute to the article, and to Wikipedia, maybe you'd like to create and account, and have the edits credited to you. This of course is optional. Happy wiking. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Elguedaward

Hello Alexf. Sorry, I was not able to "red link" my deleted article from user: Elguedaward: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Elguedaward&action=edit&redlink=1

I would like to kindly request that the tagging be reexamined on grounds that the article is not "blatant advertising". It is an article from the Australian Ceramic Technical Magazine (#26) published May 2008 and viewable at: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Communally-made+high-fired+architecture%3a+Jon+Davies+writes+on+Ximena...-a0216897148

Thank you for your attention and I will be checking to hear your response. Sincerely, Steven Elguedaward (talk) 00:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

It was duly removed as advertising, when it says: For more information please visit their website. Now you are also pointing to the source of the article, and admitting to a copyright violation, and even bigger no-no as it could put us in legal trouble. The article clearly says: "COPYRIGHT 2008 Ceramic Art - No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder. Copyright 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.". The publication it came from is also not considered a reliable source to assert notability. -- Alexf^(talk) 01:24, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Alex: I understand the problem. Thank you for your clarification. Didn't mean to jeopardize Wiki with any threat of copyright infringement. Thanks again. Will write a new article the correct way someday. Peace, S (Elguedaward (talk) 05:27, 26 October 2010 (UTC))

Wackford Squeers

I have unblocked Wackfordsqueers (talk · contribs), assuming his good faith in choosing the name of a Dickensian character. Favonian (talk) 15:31, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Not the way it read without spaces, but OK. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Tandy Leather Factory restoration request

You deleted the article on Tandy Leather Factory, claiming it as a duplicate of Tandy Corporation. However, if you had read the Tandy Corporation article, you would have noticed that Tandy Leather Factory came about when they ended Tandy Corporation. Therefore, they are two different things, which deserve two different articles. Also, it would be inaccurate to provide information about Tandy Leather Factory on the Tandy Corporation article after Tandy Corporation became defunct in 2000. And since Tandy Leather Factory is up and running, and a significant company, they seem deserving of an article.

If your issue was with the content of the page, it should be flagged for revision, not just deleted.

musicalmeg20 (talk) 20:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok. I take your point. Rereading the deleted article I see it was very basic, with no sources whatsoever, and written like and advertisement. If restored, it will be flagged as advertisement. Instead, if you are interested, I could userfy it for you in your user space for you to work on. Else, it can easily be re-written from scratch and sourced properly, as there was not much to that version to begin with. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not much of an article writer, more of an editor. It would probably be best to restore it and flag it. I can contribute what I can, but there's only so much I can do. musicalmeg20 (talk) 20:21, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you tend to do the userfy thing more often. If that would be better, I'm okay with that option. That way I can clean it up before it goes back up as an article. Please let me know what's going on with this article. musicalmeg20 (talk) 20:24, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Please let me know what's going on with this article. I would prefer it if I had something to work with rather than starting from scratch. musicalmeg20 (talk) 00:15, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes I forgot. Userfied at User:Musicalmeg20/Tandy Leather Factory. Not much there but that's all there was. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 00:55, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Unicity_International

why is this page deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panicha (talk • contribs) 07:09, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

It was because of lack of assertion of notability (A7). Had no sources, nor citations. -- Alexf^(talk) 09:59, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Restoration of "Ottawa Aviation Services" Page

Hello,

This page was deleted by you for "not indicating the importance or significance of the subject".

Ottawa Aviation Services

I submit to you that the importance of the subject is that Ottawa Aviation Services is the only flying school in Ottawa, Ontario which uses the Diamond DA20 Katana trainer. This is significant as these airplanes are actually manufactured in Ontario, by Diamond Aircraft Industries. Furthermore, Ottawa Aviation Services is one of the only flying schools in Canada that uses the Diamond DA20 Katana as its primary trainer.

I would also like to highlight that Ottawa Aviation Services is unique when compared to most flying clubs in that it is operated as a "service" not a "club". While everyone is friendly, the operating philosophy is that students and aircraft renters are customers, not members. This distinction comes into play concerning not obligating customers to help out with activities and maintenance, such as fueling airplanes, cutting the grass, repainting buildings and performing other minor work. Most flying clubs have an expectation that their members will spend so many hours a year participating in such activities. Ottawa Aviation Services runs their flying school as a business and as such employs linemen and appropriately budgets for facility maintenance.

Please let me know if you will consider un-deleting this page.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely, Airmaster23 (talk) 17:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

I would certainly consider userfying the article for you to work on. I understand your comments and it may well be it is the only flying school of its type in Ontario, I don't know, but Wikipedia does not go by opinions or comments but by asserting notability through reliable sources and citations none of which are provided. If you can supply enough of those into the article I'll be happy to userfy. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:52, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Re

This subject has been discussed several times. Consensus was to leave only Catalonia, which is the region of birth. People say he is a Spanish player, since it is clear that he was born in Spain. raulseixas (talk) 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Can you point to the consensus then? Where? -- Alexf^(talk) 15:45, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Gato Loco

Hi - while I slept, and article I created was nominated for speedy deletion, then speedy deleted. I'm not sure why - I don't remember what I put in the article - but could you reconsider and either restore it or put it into the incubator or userfy it or whatever so I can get to work on it and ask for help? Thanks. TemporaryAvoidance (talk) 16:30, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Article did not seem to meet WP:BAND requirements. Was userfied at User:TemporaryAvoidance/Gato Loco for you to work on. Once done, if you wanted removed from your user space, just add a {{db-u1}} tag to it. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:59, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

misunderstood

Tard. I will be boycotting Wikipedia and asking ALL of my fans to do the same. Wikipedia has repeatedly taken information down to conceal the identity of my business which is an actual business. Similar companies have been given recognition for their work yet mine is not and is regularly taken down. I believe this to be an infringement on our right to be posted in a public forum, and to be found by organizations such as wikipedia. Similar websites to wikipedia see no reason why we should not be allowed and we are found on numerous websites to credit and validate us. This bullying will not be tolerated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mykal lakim (talk • contribs) 14:19, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

It's your prerogative. You seem to misunderstand Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, not a place for promotion. If you'd read the basics, you'd understand. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:03, 31 October 2010 (UTC)