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Speedy deletion nomination of J. Scott Turner

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A tag has been placed on J. Scott Turner requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Thank you for cleaning out the peacock words on J. Scott Turner; it reads much better now! I noticed you are only are only using sources by the author himself. Although primary sources can be helpful, they are often biased. Please consider adding some secondary sources to the article. Take a look at WP:RS for information on reliable sources. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, and I look forward to seeing the article improve! --Odie5533 (talk) 21:27, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ark2, Odie5533 placed a tag on this article indicating to readers and other editors that the references were entirely primary sources. You subsequently removed this tag without addressing that issue. Of most concern to me is the fact that you accompanied that removal with the edit summary "removed references to primary sources" which to me would suggest that you had addressed that issue and so could be construed as slightly misleading. Tags are generally placed with good reason and it's therefore considered best practice to either make a note on the talk page about the reason for their removal if you simply disagree with them. They shouldn't really be removed without either doing that or fixing the problems that they highlight. Thanks danno 20:39, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for adding the extra refs. danno 19:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for your positive words. As you can see, I'm a complete novice, but learning a lot by making a few mistakes. . . . Ark2 (talk) 02:42, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Microbes Mind Forum

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October 2011

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Speedy deletion nomination of Microbes Mind Forum

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A tag has been placed on Microbes Mind Forum requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Removal of AfD Tags

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with Zann Gill. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you. reddogsix (talk) 17:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to remove Articles for deletion notices or comments from articles and Articles for deletion pages, as you did at Zann Gill, you may be blocked from editing. Stop removing AfD tags. If you continue your disruptive editing you will be banned from editing or creating articles. reddogsix (talk) 17:58, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Collaborative intelligence

Thank you for your missive on Collaborative intelligence on my talk page; Stuartyeates (talk) 02:06, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

StuartEates – Thanks for your response. But frankly I'm doing a PhD late in life while holding a senior position. I don't have time. I'll do a little to clean up that article, maybe post occasional info re what's going on in my knowledge domain. That's all. Ark2 (talk) 18:48, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't edit other's comments on talk pages for content

With the edit [1] you changed the substantive content of my comment on your talk page. Please don't. I invite you to read Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:15, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Microbes Mind Forum

Hello Ark2. With regard to your question about the above article, as it has been deleted I can's see it and so can't offer much in the way of opinion as to the content or the refs. My only suggestions would be to familiarise yourself with the notability guidelines linked to in the speedy deletion notice above and try and address the notability issue with appropriate references in your sandbox, prior to moving the article into article-space. If you're still in doubt about whether the refs are sufficient and the notability guidelines met, then ask someone at the New contributors' help page or put {{helpme}} on this page and ask whoever shows up to give the article a quick lookover to gauge their opinion on it. Looking at the deletion discussion it also appears that there was some concern that you may be in some way connected to Zann Gill and the potential confilct of interest that would bring in writing objectively about them or their work, so you may need to clarify your position there too. Best of luck! danno 20:20, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very helpful advice, thanks, Danno. Ark2 (talk) 02:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

A wp:consensus was reached a few weeks ago for this page. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Piero_Scaruffi#Neutrality You have to respect what's been decided and not erase what is already present in the article. Judging by your edits on other articles, you may be a relative of this scientist. This is not encouraged by our community. Anyway, if you erase once again some parts already discussed in the talk, the administrator "Sergecross73" who helped to get this consensus, will be contacted. Woovee (talk) 18:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Gusfriend – Thanks. I'm not on Wikipedia often and didn't see this until now. Ark2 (talk) 21:46, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Issues addressed and intro sentences removed Ark2 (talk) 15:40, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article revised ticking though the excellent critique list. Ark2 (talk) 21:47, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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