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August 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Josh Rushing has been reverted.
Your edit here to Josh Rushing was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshrushing) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. an image file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy and therefore probably should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 20:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Zeina Awad do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia.
Your edit here to Zeina Awad was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y37SIOBvIkM&feature=relmfu, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj4hhxGDPbU&feature=relmfu, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E763am2fwFQ&feature=relmfu) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 04:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Zeina Awad do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia.
Your edit here to Zeina Awad was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002481647379) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 12:52, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Zeina Awad with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Cst17 (talk) 12:53, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Zeina Awad with this edit. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Cst17 (talk) 13:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

my apologies. it is not my intent to add spam. i am trying to comply with your rules. after the list of zeina awad's body of work was removed, i attempted to copy the work of a different editor. i assumed they were doing it correctly. then someone removed my references. i feel that i am trying to comply and yet i keep hitting obstacles. the system is NOT user friendly for someone, like me, who is not a professional contributer, just a person who has seen gaping holes and is inspired to fill them with correct information. i did not even know this message board was here until a few minutes ago. --Happyavocadogirl (talk) 15:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 14:50, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for the info on how to sign off--i have used wikipedia as a creator (whatever the term for this is) less than 24 hours and i'm obviously learning the ropes. i don't believe the links are copyright violations as they are pieces distributed and viewed online--and i'm not claiming them as my own but rather linking them as a reference cited. someone--maybe you?--reverted the changes. what does this mean? am i doing it correctly or not? i do not wish to be barred from contributing to the community. these journalists deserve comprehensive and informative wiki pages like anyone else. oops i forgot to sign off again. sigh. --Happyavocadogirl (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am reviewing this at the moment, I see the 'problem', and am working on it. You obviously are a good faith user, and I see that you are trying to do your best. I am sorry for the inconvenience - I would say, ignore the warnings (I have blanked them now). Please be careful with plain YouTube links at the moment, even for non-copyvio ones. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 15:47, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, dirk, i really appreciate it. honestly, i didn't even realize there were warnings until just a few moments ago. when my work started disappearing, i thought i had personally screwed something up and i redid it. when i realized someone was deleting them, i thought they were just messing with me. i first contacted the editor and asked them why they were deleting my content--their response was the beginning of my current understanding. i'm clearly extremely new to this. again, thank you for your help. --Happyavocadogirl (talk) 15:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I may have coded in a workaround. You are now whitelisted via User:XLinkBot/UserWhitelist, and programmed the bot to read that list and to abort reverting when editors are on that list .. however .. I did not test it yet. I will have a second look at it tomorrow and see if it works properly (if it doesn't work, and the bot does warn you again: ignore it!). Happy editing, and if you have further questions or problems, please don't hesitate to contact me!! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 16:19, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It didn't work—I just had to remove XLinkBot's AIV report. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, dirk. i'll try to bring honor to the whitelist. ;) --Happyavocadogirl (talk) 16:53, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Sebastian Walker

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A tag has been placed on Sebastian Walker 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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Proposed deletion of Sebastian Walker

The article Sebastian Walker has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Kinu ^t/_c 21:01, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You seem already to have improved it, there are some references already. I do think it is still a bit 'thin', though my guess is that the person is indeed notable enough (but I am not a big specialist in Wikipedia-notability ..). If there is some more proof (e.g., there are two {{citation needed}} tags, if there were independent references for that) it would be fine I think. Wikipedia does take Biographies of Living People (BLP's) serious, they should be sufficiently sourced.

As the note in this section already says, don't take offense to such taggings. It is a necessary process to keep Wikipedia as a whole out of problems (there have been some cases of news items which were based on Wikipedia pages, that may have a real effect if that is for living people, and worse if it is wrong...). I hope you understand.

To circumvent it, it is sometimes better to create an article in your userspace - E.g. here you could have started working on User:Happyavocadogirl/Sebastian Walker, getting it ready enough so it would meet all the policies and guidelines (within reason, and as far as you can do), and then move it to mainspace. That gives you the possibility to use it as a sandbox, you can first just drop ideas - the article does not have to be readable in the beginning, you have time to find references without being bothered by others tagging it for deletion (though people might drop by and tag things, add other loose pieces, or even help order information if they notice). I hope this explains and helps. Happy editing!!! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dirk, once again, thank you very much! i will definitely check out my userspace--creating a page there is sage advice indeed! have a great day. --Happyavocadogirl (talk) 13:00, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Zeina Awad for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Zeina Awad is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zeina Awad until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 09:49, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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