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Local Government Chronicle

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License tagging for Image:WaGhana.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:TortoiseCVS-Logo.jpeg

Image Copyright problem

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Fixed, it's GPL from TortoiseCVS codebase Francis Irving (talk) 21:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2009

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Speedy deletion nomination of Joseph Joseph

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Notability

Hey, just wanted to let you know that we need more coverage to show notability. (WP:RS) There were two big problems: a lack of coverage to show notability and the article's tone, as some of the phrasing came across as slightly promotional. I don't think that this was your intent, but you've got to make sure to be neutral. Here's the specific phrasing that came across as promotional:

Their products are well designed, brightly coloured and always have a gimmick which makes them more useful. They are growing fast, with an annual turnover of £25m (in 2011)

The problem with saying "well designed" and "more useful" is that these are both opinions that may or may not be shared with the next person that comes onto the page. It comes across as promotional as a result, or at least written from a POV that is too casual. WP:NPOV) As far as sourcing goes, we generally need quite a bit of coverage now to show that a company passes WP:CORP. The company exists and is in quite a few places, but existing is no longer enough to pass notability guidelines and being widely distributed only makes it more likely that something will gain coverage and is not a guarantee of coverage. (WP:ITEXISTS) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:59, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now as far as the argument that you can't create stubs any more... I hate to say it, but you really can't. You have to assert notability enough to keep from the get-go or it'll get nominated for deletion in one format or another. Fair? Maybe not, but we've had people abuse this in the past. My personal policy is to assume that nobody will work on the article after you leave the page. It's not a particularly nice thought, but it's one I've learned through personal experience. You should always assume that regardless of how many people you ask for help, that you'll likely be the only one to show interest in improving the article in question and that the next person will only nominate it for deletion if GNG isn't met. That said, if you want I can transfer a copy into your userspace for you to work on if you're interested. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- How sad :( In my view Joseph Joseph is notable, and I'm sure if I spent a day researching it I'd find plenty of articles talking in a dispassionate way about what makes them notable. But that's too high an entry cost for me. So, to my shock, I've become another person who can no longer contribute to Wikipedia. I thought people were being grandiose when they've said to me they've stopped editing Wikipedia, but it seems not. I have no reason to contribute if people are more interested in spending time deleting my article, rather than spending the same time helping to improve it. I would have expected that the system would be able to trust me a little more by now to know what is notable. I like to contribute to Wikipedia in small amounts when I'm inspired, and I used to love that I could easily improve other people's contributions, and they would improve mine. Thanks Tokyogirl79 for explaining this dark new world, and I wish you every success in improving Wikipedia. Francis Irving (talk) 08:07, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of The Carbon Neutral Company

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The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

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