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Hiya... there was a user in the unblock irc channel asking about being caught in the rangeblock. Unfortunately, I couldn't ascertain anything else from the block given the reason, and more problematically, talk page editing is disabled across the entire scope of the block (anyone in the verizon pool for new york city). Please help me understand the situation. --slakr\ talk /16:22, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Also, please consider using a more user-friendly block reason on such wide range blocks like this in the future (like {{Anonblock}})—especially if you're disabling talk page editing. --slakr\ talk /16:26, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I've seen him take stuff from other editors and recently another admin who undeleted an article without consulting him. If it had been me in all cases, I would have been loaded for bear (err, human). MuZemike didn't bat an eye and even went to DRV without so much as a protest or whimper. I think he's going to be a great checkuser. ----moreno oso (talk) 03:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
It's true. Wikipedia has become rather compartmentalized since the early days -- it's a big city now, not a small town, and more and more people are specialists, as in a city. Most editors specialize in one thing -- fighting vandalism, AFDs, fighting spam, dealing with copyright, writing content in any of a thousand areas, adding categories -- and admins are just as specialized if not more so. Those who are genuine generalists, with the ability both to write and to swat trolls, are a minority, and of great value. Remember this next time you're feeling alone or unsupported -- you just may be appreciated more than you even know, and by more different kinds of editors than you realize. Antandrus (talk)02:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. We've been trying for several years to create a page about the product known as "HearFones," but with little success. This evening, I tripped across the first indication why it may have been refused, indicating a "G12 unambiguous copyright infringement" and your contact information. Would you be able to explain in more detail? In no way have we intended copyright infringement, and would -- one way or another -- like to respond to people who ask why "Kleenex" is covered by Wikipedia but "HearFones" is not. Thanks! Nils Peter Mickelson (talk) 01:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback, PMDrive1061. We'll work on that. The HearFones name has become so common now that it's become a generic term, which drove me to the Kleenex question. Nils Peter Mickelson (talk) 13:01, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
The deletion of Rapido3d page
so here we are 4 years since you deleted my entry for Rapido3d on wikipedia, and the pages I questioned the validity of are still there, I am interested to know why haven't you deleted them?
There seems to me to some sort of old boy network running here in the fact that you and 3 other people jumped on me from a great height for creating the Rapido3d page the day I created it and promptly deleted it, yet is seems because the companies listed below are bigger than you, you have totally ignored my requests to have either them deleted or mine restored, I have waited patiently for a reply from you for 4 years now do you think you could possibly grace me with a reply?
Seeing as you deleted my page before I had even finished it and the following pages have contained no more than a few paragraphs for over 4 years now your action/inaction must be questioned.
I have listed the pages I am questioning the validity of below just in case you can't find them.
Please do not take the liberty of ignoring me for another 4 years the above pages are quite clearly adverts, if they are not deleted I will continue to post the page for Rapido3d in the same context.
(pardon for butting in) -- I took a stab at answering you on your talk page. PMDrive, it seems like it may be a notable company, I just provided him some links to our policies on reliable sources, verifiability, etc. A userspace draft may be the way to go for a start. Cheers, Antandrus (talk)04:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Speaking of butting in
You may wish to get to know Rlevse. You may have noticed that I lit up Ant's talkpage because I noticed he visited yours. Rlevse is a pretty good admin and may have recently become a bureaucrat. I see him working mostly on the DYK page. In fact, you could take a page out of Ant's play book and write some articles. This bear is looking for DYK noms. ----moreno oso (talk) 08:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I've always been somewhat on the fence regarding single-sentence entries like that. To wit: The subject is worthy of inclusion, but there isn't much meat in the article. I figure that a redirect is a better choice than a too-short stub, but do feel free to revert me on this if you wish. PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:07, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Good evening PMDrive 1061. For the last couple of months I have been researching and building a page for the fast rising British Rock Band Exit State.
Following recent successes primarily centered around Kerrang TV video airtime, a full and finite interview with the band has solidified many citations that I required to move the page into the live section.
However, tonight I discovered that the page has been deleted by yourself previously. I am almost certain that the attempted creators of previous Exit State pages have been over zealous young fans and as such have no grasp of the concept of Wikipedia. I also have no doubt that deletion on these occasions was justified, however I would ask if you would be so kind as to help assist me in re-instating the page as I am very confident the page I have created meets all of the guidleines for page creation and as such the band is now growing in notability and will make a worhtwhile addition to the Wikipedia community.
I thank you for taking the time to read this message and I hope I will be able to secure your assitance in having the page re-instated so my hard work does not go to waste.
Hey dude really sorry to bother you again - I have attempted to start the article again however it informs me that it is locked by an admin. I am very new to this (its my first article) - should I now raise this in deletion review or is there something you may be able to do as an admin?
Thanks mate
Pigrock (talk) 07:57, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Thank you so much mate :) that has done the trick and im happy to have it live.
Really appreciate all your help.
Warmest Regards
Pigrock (talk) 15:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Sarabauite
Hi, could you tell me why you speedy deleted Sarabauite? The stub that's there now looks fine. It appears to be the first submission by a new editor, perhaps it was a work in progress when you deleted it? Thanks. DuncanHill (talk) 22:54, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
OK, thanks a bare chemical formula is meaningful content to some of us, and it took me half-an-hour of fiddling to get my first mineral formula right DuncanHill (talk) 23:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Indeed. "AIV" can be irritating, with their officious insistence that all evildoers need to receive the right number of "warnings". Just find an admin you know and trust who is active and ask that person to help. If it's perfectly clear that a vandal is trying to do as much damage in a short time as possible, multiple warnings are silly and a waste of time; experienced admins just block them without delay and without fuss. Cheers, Antandrus (talk)01:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
Ye gods, that was fast... I refer to that open letter thing. I'd just decided to tag it as a test (being polite) and you'd binned it already! Peridon (talk) 18:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
Replaceable fair use File:Dan redlands wigwag.jpg
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Wondered igf you could help? I want to insert a page on the business woman Julie Meyer who is know for her appearances on the BBC's Dragon's Den programme. My friend and I are trying to do this but you deleted it whilst it was still under construction.
We wondered if you could tell us why as all of her peers on Dragon's Den have pages, yet hers needed to be removed?
We have a number of sources about her in publications such as The Daily Telegraph, City AM and BBC websites. Not sure if you are aware of these British media channels? We really want to work with you to create a good page. It would be great if you could take a look at the full article to let us know what is wrong.
There's an IP doing multiple edits but it's hard to tell if he's vandalizing. For example, he put the name of a deceased swimmer as one of the actors in the movie so that's an indication. Slightsmile (talk) 00:24, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
User talk:Haleiwa1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder.
Hi, can you explain what item you consider "copyright" protected? Since I was asked to make the Save Haleiwa Beach Park Websight and registered the domain for the Organization, I would be curious.
Thanks
Obviously you seem to have the time to delete and edit and yet are not responding. This seems very questionable. Please restore all content.
As it is NOT copyright Protected. Specifically: Save Haleiwa Beach Park and Friends of Haleiwa Beach park.
Thanks
Here is the information posted on facebook:
Attend the North Shore Neighborhood Board Meeting 9/28 at 7 pm to express your opinion on protecting Haleiwa Beach Park for the benefit of the public. The Board will be hearing from a developer who wants to buy park lands for a hotel development.
Information
Founded: 2010
http://www.savehaleiwabeachpark.org/
mission statement and corrospondence between Andy Anderson and the City & County regarding his request to purchase the park lands ...
Save Haleiwa Beach Park organization - - http://friendsofhaleiwabeachpark.org/
I've been having a bad couple of months IRL, and I gotta thank you for the laugh I had when I saw you accidently blocked yourself. Ian.thomson (talk) 11:50, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Seems I've joined one hell of an exclusive club! Just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder around here. This OS X tries to autofill fields as well; I'm having to really watch things around here until I figure out how to disable it. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:37, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
One of my very first administrative acts was to block myself (and then to sheepishly unblock myself and hope nobody'd noticed). I've also had a very spectacular fail with MS clipboard; you're definitely not alone. Acroterion(talk)12:16, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
I am a pathetic case, am I not? First, poor KillerChihuahua and now me. I do like the "self-blocking blocks," though. Pretty colors! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:25, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi PMDrive1061, if you're not busy, could you please take a look at a draft article I've been working on? I understand that there were previous problems with the Fantage article being repeatedly re-created, so the area has been locked down. However, I believe that I now have a start-class article that would be worth trying. Right now it's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wendrew/Fantage. I've been trying to move it into article space but haven't had any luck since the area is protected. Do you think I have enough to qualify for a real article at this point? Thanks for your time! Wendrew (talk) 19:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Al Lohman
Hey there! Hope all is well.
I'm a little confused and maybe you can guide me in the right direction.
User:Skier Dude has marked File:AlLohman.jpg for deletion, stating there is no rationale for non-free use?
When I uploaded the file initially 3 years ago, I had put that it was my personal contribution, as I was the editor of this newsletter and took the picture myself. Somehow this got changed to a "newspaper" - which our in-house newsletter certainly was not.
I left a message on Skier's page, but don't want to see this deleted. Advice?
Back again, looks like someone has a vendetta against us...they have to have that picture removed. User:Soundvisions1 is in on it now, and he is insisting for a release from a dead radio station for keeping the picture. Fat chance of that happening. Thanks for trying, looks like it's on the way out. Regards, --Manway (talk) 18:57, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Joseph Salama article was not copyright infringement, the wikibin site had copied an earlier version of the wikipedia post. I was about to list why Joseph Salama was notable, but the article disappeared. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sexylamb69 (talk • contribs) 06:10, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Okay. I have history with Grawp. Was just wondering if he had scooped up any additional personal dox in the lastest revisions. If it's to do with you, then it's none of my business. --JollyΩJanner16:53, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
David829
While you're at it, mind taking a look at User:BravesFan2006? He just came off a 31-hour block for repeated addition of unsourced content, and the instant the block expired he was up to his same old tricks — i.e., repeated addition of unsourced content and blatant refusal to use talk pages. The most recent unsourced addition is seeninthese edits. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention)16:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I've added some more refs and cleaned the article up a little. Dunno if it'll survive the proposed deletion process but at least it's got a 50% chance now :) --5 albert square (talk) 00:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello PMDrive. No copyright infringement of Article LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION. Is information about public programs in Latin America.
Ilcemx (talk) 05:44, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Awesome
Nice block. I was considering a sockpuppet investigation if no one noticed the connection. Oh, and the IP you blocked, I've updated the long-term abuse case with that information. =P Netalarmtalk03:23, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
How sure are you that it was a blatant hoax? There is a MMA fighter named Lee Brousseau. May not pass notability, but that's not the same as a hoax.--SPhilbrickT18:14, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
You deleted Diane Story, a bio of a romance novel writer, as a blatant hoax. Amazon indicates that she is indeed a romance writer: [2], as does Google Book Search: [3]. Federline seems to be her relative per a website, [4], but you could well insist on more reliable sourcing. A "Fact" template for the Federline connection would be appropriate. This should have been a prod or an AFD for notability rather than a speedy as a hoax. Please undo your speedy deletion. Is there something blatantly hoaxalicious I am missing here? Thanks. Edison (talk) 01:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Of all the editors on Wikipedia I've worked with, I think you might find this quite interesting. The update to my user page has a link to an article from the New York Times that another editor forwarded to me. As I note in the update, it will take a bit of looking around to find how it connects to me, but I definitely got a chuckle out of it. Enjoy! --McDoobAU9305:38, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
I see that the block in question is a one year block on 64.203.0.0/16. A range block for such a long period is an extreme action to take, with a great risk of collateral damage, especially on so large a range, so I suggest ending the block, which has already run for nearly 6 months. One more point: I see that you gave the reason for the block as "Block evasion: Bambifan sock", but the user name "Bambifan" is not registered, so that must have been a mistake. I don't suppose this much later you know what the true user name was? JamesBWatson (talk) 08:50, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
No prob, James. It had gotten so out of hand that he actually stalked me across some other wiki projects back in August after a disgruntled, banned user started doing the same and I'd discussed it here at Wikipedia. The two literally caused the shutdown of an independent wiki I am part of. It's closed to new users and to anons as a result. His school has shut him down; the damage he'd done at Simple back in August was traceable and the IT and security departments were able to identify and discipline him. They agreed the damage was monumental. Even Jimbo was in touch with them. I just hope this has finally ended. PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
PS: I'd discussed the rather extreme rangeblocks at ANI some time ago. I would never have shut down the range unilaterally. I agree that it was an extreme measure, but the damage had gone on for years and wound up with the loss of at least one highly respected and prolific editor, User:AnmaFinotera. PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:54, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
BTW, I'm going to unblock the range since Bambifan may have used it as a proxy and there really is some collateral damage I was unaware of. It's out of Carlsbad, California and Bambifan is in Mobile, Alabama. Thanks, all. PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
That is interesting. I had, as I said, come across Bambifan, and knew that it was an extremely troublesome editor, but I had no idea that the trouble was on such a major scale. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
I went through a waking nightmare for several weeks thanks to this kid. It was bad enough dealing with the disgruntled user across the other wikis; this boy's truly evil actions made it worse. I'd tried on three occasions to mentor him. He accepted all three times...and at the same time created sockpuppets with names meant to insult and degrade me and he continued the vandalism as well. Jimbo has been very supportive and is actively seeking ways to stop this once and for all. His LTA page will make you shake your head in wonder. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 15:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks. I've seen people getting issued these but never really understood how they work. I'll start acquainting myself with it now. Slightsmile (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Please attach the deleted page to my account so I can work on it.
Also you didn't follow the proper procedures for deleting a page, I will overlook it this time
but next time I will pursue the proper channels to see that you are in compliance when deleting
pages.
This is the point that you missed when you deleted the page:
"Only if the history is unsalvageably corrupted should it be deleted in its entirety; earlier versions without infringement should be retained." 44392e666b79c4673d6dcaf7cf774927 (talk) 17:46, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement.
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Well since I don't have access to any of it I can't say for sure but I thought there was a first version that just had one sentence. You don't see that version? I spent at least an hour just putting the basic page together without any alleged copyright violation, are you all saying that you will not restore that either? 44392e666b79c4673d6dcaf7cf774927 (talk) 17:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
This is the second article that you've "written" by just filching someone else's prose wholesale. No, you didn't put together any pages without copyright violations. Both articles were copies of someone else's writing from their very first revisions onwards. No, we won't assist you in violating other people's copyrights and passing off other people's non-free content as your own free content work. Write in your own words, please, or we will take your editing privileges away for the protection of the project. You have been warned about this with every edit page that you've ever seen here. Uncle G (talk) 18:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Well at least I have a clearer understanding of the stance on why this was deleted, but still I'm fairly certain there was an
initial copy of the page that contained no copyright violation. I think it's harsh and unpleasant and mean for you to delete the entire page. And obviously in this case it's a page about a school. It's not as if I am trying to plagiarize a novel. The information is public record. I also understand that there's a lot of abuse at wikipedia. But the road abuse runs both ways and I say that this is a case of abuse on the part of the deleter. And for this page I included a reference to the page. So how does one quote another page? Are quotes not allowed? 44392e666b79c4673d6dcaf7cf774927 (talk) 18:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I never created it as another user, no. I did do a move when I noticed that the url was very long, it contained the county and state. Is it possible that one has the original version? We are talking about a school web page here and level heads did not
prevail when deciding to delete this. And threats from others doesn't help the cause of administrators. In fact it's immature and Uncle G should be put on warning for making threats. I may actually insist that some form of punishment be given to any administrator that threatens anyone on wikipedia. The street goes both ways here. Administrators ask for users to be polite and respectful and users are entitled to the exact same. Since Uncle G doesn't see it this way I think their admin privileges
should be revoked or suspended. 44392e666b79c4673d6dcaf7cf774927 (talk) 19:05, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
So you deny that much of the text was identical or nigh-identical to that of the website Dougweller presented? If the article was dissimilar to the contents of that site, then Uncle G would be a bit harsh, but Wikipedia does not tolerate copyright violations, even accidental ones. Just because infomation is publically available does not mean that it is free-text, any more than I can distribute public park land to my thanes. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Uncle G and I are both administrators and can see the deleted versions and the deleted contributions of any editor (except those subject to Oversight). There was no one sentence version under that title. Insisting on punishment isn't going to go down well with anyone, and telling an editor that they will be blocked if they continue to violate our copyright policy is not a threat, it is simply a statement of cause and effect. Unless it is explicitly stated that the information is copyright free or has a licence that allows us to use it, we can't use it even if a few words are moved around. Dougweller (talk) 19:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm certainly learning about the zeal of the admins here. I'm sure none of the admins have ever pirated software/music/movies. Apparently there is some motivation to beat people down when they are trying to find their way through this mess called wikipedia. Again it's a school page for wikipedia, I wanted to contain a quote from that site. Fine, a reference isn't enough.
But certainly quoting isn't against the law, right? I stand by my claim that deleting the entire page and giving me no option to
re-edit is harsh and mean. If that's part of the charter of being an admin it's not very civil and it doesn't help promote wikipedia to newcomers. 44392e666b79c4673d6dcaf7cf774927 (talk) 20:36, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
How much did you quote? And how much of the overall article was non-quoted material? Also, did you take every step to ensure that the material was quoted from the website? Generally, anything beyond %10 quotes crosses the border from "quote" to "plagiarism," even if you're properly stating "According to this random author in this book... (page ##, publisher, year of publication, author's mother's maiden name, written approval from ABC and the NFL, etc)." It's not harsh and mean to demand originality, you have been caught in the wrong, and you're actually getting off lightly compared to the real world. If in a ten page paper, I had three words taken from my own other work without properly introducing the quote and providing all sourcing documentation, I'd be thrown out of the university. If, instead of three words, the majority of my paper was copied and pasted from another source, I could just forget about ever getting a college degree (... Unless I was on the football team ...Or rich). Ian.thomson (talk) 20:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
you deleted this article 5 minutes after I put it on, didn't even have time to put in references and related articles. It is related to observational astronomy "seeing". Ddvche (talk) 22:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi - you deleted this article as I was about to make another edit to it; I got this message "User PMDrive1061 (talk) deleted this article after you started editing it, with a reason of A7: Article about a real person, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject". Could you explain why you deleted it? The article did assert importance, and had several references. I was about to add more. Tduk (talk) 04:32, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
It's ok, accidents happen (though we should try to avoid them). I appreciate your quick and easy undoing of the action! Thanks! Tduk (talk) 04:39, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
There _is_ a learning curve, true, but the bigger curve I find is people insisting on their misinterpretations of specific policies to pick a fight, which has been happening a lot over two articles I created recently. I didn't want to become all that familiar with the policies here (I prefer to be an occasional contributor as that's all I have time for - if this takes up too much time I would simply stop contributing), but I've had to because of all the misinformation I've been finding lately.. Thanks again. Tduk (talk) 04:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you again. Can you restore the talk page of Jimbo Matison as well? I thought that the user who has been hounding me on here would have stopped, but he decided to nominate the page for AfD after all, so I'd like for the degree of his hounding to be evidenced. Thanks. Tduk (talk) 04:54, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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Can you please unblock the II Tru page? I see that they have indeed have had a charting album and are also member of the platinum-selling Mo Thugs Family, and I believe I can create a respectable page for both the group and their album. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop (talk) 01:59, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Shoot me an e-mail, please. I'd like to privately discuss what tells you use to detect Mario96, because I can see that they are different than mine. Between the two of us, we seem to get most of his socks, but I'd like to know what else to look for.—Kww(talk) 15:22, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello PMDrive1061. Could you unprotect Wendy Starland? It's been protected for two months now, and I don't think the protection request by the subject should have made any difference. (I may or may not edit the article.) Christopher Connor (talk) 14:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Made some ink!
Check this out ... gonna find me a print copy in the morning!
I'm all for civility (I have the notice on my talkpage precisely so people know they have a safe zone; outside that I try to respect the norms here), but this was too much. In particular, there was one article that almost snuck through which was an unsourced attack on some bishop in Chicago (I'm no Christian, but I treat all articles equally on NPP). I barely noticed it between all the sub-stubs and looking them up in an atlas, and it would have been really bad if that had gotten through. Glad to be of assistance. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:25, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I especially liked where he asked about the "legality" of deleting certain things. As if the Florida police are going to show up at the data center and arrest someone for unlawful deletion. What's the German word for "moron"? ←Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→ 02:42, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
(ec)Funny you should say that... I was thinking of a ban myself. From pouring over the list of banned users looking for similar cases (I'm a history major, I always look for precedent), I found User:23prootie, which seems to have been the same general problem, although I can't compare cases because that was well before I joined. I'll be watching out on NPP to see if this happens again, and it seems someone created a tool to watch page moves, so hopefully that will throttle things down. But having someone so badly misconstrue both your words and mine was just too much for me; I'm all for a ban at this point. You think we should go for it? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:50, 3 November 2010 (UTC) @Baseball Bugs- I don't know the German word, but the Japanese word is 度阿呆, or どあほ; the romaji would be doaho. I thought he would say that he'd report us to the cyberpolice, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, probably, but he made it even worse for himself by making it sound like he was wikilawyering; given the way he misrepresented my words, I'd say he was trying the Chewbacca defense. The scary part is, it might have worked on some people, but I took a logic class in the spring and I know deliberate ignoratio elenchi (in Wiki-speak, IDIDNTHEARTHAT) when I see it. If this develops into a long-term thing, I've got the patience to deal with it, but I really hope it doesn't. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:21, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
He might actually believe there are laws (other than copyright) that regulate wikipedia content. The broader use of "legal", I can think of situations such as throwing a spitball, which is also "illegal" within the baseball rules, but it doesn't result in an arrest. ←Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→ 15:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
And I just had to reblock the sock and deny him any more talk page access. He is STILL at it. This is the final straw. Also, it's important to read his last edit summary. This is just too much to endure for a damn nanostub which read "Tuma River is a river in Nicaragua." Listen up, Schwyz: That is a sentence and not even a complete one. It is not an article. Deal with it. PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:11, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Looks like Bugs caught that rather tacit admission in his above comment. You know, I just might do someresearchon the Tuma River and do a proper article on the thing myself. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:37, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
While you're at it, check out the user with the Tamil name who popped up out of nowhere on ANI. I'm more than a bit suspicious... I'll find some information on this Tuma River too. That's way out of my normal work, but there's nothing like trying something new. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:35, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I was just going to say, we've not only got something here, this dam was apparently the source of some controversy in 2007 between Ortega and the opposition parties. Would it have killed this guy to have done the 5 minutes of reading it took me to find this? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:14, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Agreed, this is fun!! Now we'll have to make sure it doesn't get moved to Tuma River (2) or some variation thereof. This was very different for me; the last article I did a lot of work on was Zoya Phan, which I've singlehandedly built out of a (well referenced) stub. That was several hours of research and reading; this time, the information was much easier to get. Now I know what people mean when they say content-building can be fun!!!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:36, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
I guess I'm lucky that I'm interested in Burmese history; there's still some room there. Zoya has two family members whose articles need a lot of work, and I need to work on the Myanmar Armed Forces article, which has some serious neutrality issues. But hell, I might just get into creating some stubs on towns, in order to keep our friend from getting there first; I'm sure there are some Karen villages that need articles. I'll keep my eye on Tuma River, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:45, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Yet another ANI discussion about Schwyz has popped up here; I'm not sure where it'll lead, but you may want to keep an eye on it. Turns out this may be worse than either of us thought; I've given a suggestion, but given that I joined in March there's not a whole lot I can do, so it'd be good if an experienced admin could comment. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:44, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to do research on why scroogle wasn't returning results, and, hoping there might be a section on its now frequent difficulties, discovered that it had been deleted. I can't find a third nomination in the archives, but the deletion log says that you deleted it in April of this year. On top of that, there were two deletions, but the first AfD was Keep. I resigned (for the most part) in protest of the deletion conflict, so I've been away for a long time. Could you clear this up for me? Tealwisp (talk) 00:49, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Good question. I checked the deletion log and the last version was a poorly written little nanostub. I'm guessing that my reason for deleting the article was the fact it had been a previously deleted subject per an AfD discussion. Strange nomination; it looks like a perfectly valid article and subject in its older forms. PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:04, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I was reviewing the discussions, and it was deleted the last time on account of voting, rather than consensus. Aside from that caveat, I did a quick search through some other engines for news, and though I couldn't find any info on its current state, I did see a number of articles about the scraper, though I haven't checked them all for reliability. Can you restore the article, should I contact the admin who deleted it before, or should I start a deletion review? I've been away for a long, long time, and I don't remember how to navigate the less common red tape. Tealwisp (talk) 05:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Another good question. I have to err on the side of caution and suggest a request for undeletion/deletion review. I don't think I can act unilaterally on this one. Good luck and keep me posted if I can be of any help. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:52, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Before I do that, could you give me the list of references so I can make sure I'm not just repeating them when I make aa case? Tealwisp (talk) 08:17, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer. I use Twinkle already, so I haven't any need of rollback rights, though I've been gone so long that I didn't know the pending changes process had been implemented, or even that it was being considered. Is there a list of pending changes for Reviewers to check, like there is for the Recent Changes Patrol? If there is, I'll assume the responsibilities of a reviewer. Your openness and cooperation has given me the optimism to come back to the project, and reviewing pending changes sounds like a way to contribute as more than just a bureaucrat. It reminds me of my days surfing the recent changes. If you want to wait a little while before giving me the user rights, that's fine, since I've been away for quite some time. Tealwisp (talk) 19:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
I dunno, their previous contribs are garbage, but they are now indicating that they are interested in learning how it is supposed to be done around here, was thinking of handing them the rope and seeing what they do with it. Thoughts? Beeblebrox (talk) 20:47, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Greetings PMD: my deleted page on Roland Greene had a copyright infringement issue. I modeled it on several other pages for academics (same links etc.). Would appreciate advice on how to fix and restore it. Thanks in advance for any help.˜˜˜˜ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardhurt88 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Ray Woodcock
Whoa! I just got a note indicating that the page was marked for deletion, and then it was gone before I even had a chance to respond! Could I ask why you deleted the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raywood (talk • contribs) 14:35, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks for the kind comment on my talkpage. I think it is 7 to 4 for deletes at present in the Afd stats (with you among the deletes) - and although I know Afd is not a vote..... I was not sure how it was going - especially with so many WP:A7s. Anyway best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 19:39, 14 November 2010 (UTC))
A gentle nudge (reminder) as the Afd closure is getting close (and I would rather avoid userification and asking for restoration etc....) Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 17:57, 17 November 2010 (UTC))
Thank you, you were very diligent in realizing your error so quickly. No apology necessary, scared me there for a minute. I thought that since I write about businesses a lot, I was thought of as an agent of the businesses. As for my article one dudesnude why was it so speedily deleted? I contested the deletion since it was well sourced with quality citations but I never got any talk back on the talk page. Was it deleted because I was blocked? In any case shouldn't it be AfD'd instead of speedy? I believe the topic is quite notable, it is a very popular website and there are similar articles on other websites such as manhunt.net and adam4adam. In fact I created it because if you check the what link's here these sites were listed on another article but dudes did not have an article.Hemanetwork (talk) 02:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thanks, can i remove the speedy too? yeah its not for everyone i just find just about everything interesting and whenever i run into a red link i cant resist...Hemanetwork (talk) 03:03, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thanks dude, someone already took it off for me, i think i am not allowed to if i create the page, although technically in this case since it was deleted i think you created it lol, have a good one!Hemanetwork (talk) 04:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Reply to vandlism message
Hello, PMDrive1061. You have new messages at Sophie's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
A quick step back, first, at least on this issue. I know interactions on Wikipedia can be involved and things can turn into a battle. I don't doubt you realize that (and maybe even think about it quite a bit?). There's no hostility meant in this message.
In the future, please link to some context for future recipients of your messages so it's easier to track down the articles and the rationale used for deletion. As you probably know, deleted articles are expunged from user contribution history. FWIW, deleting these articles only makes it more difficult when I go back to add categories, infoboxes, and interlanguage links, but then I see they have to be recreated (and the URLs culled from my browser history, rather than my user contributions page).
Related to Deleted Page of a person's page : Aman Ahuja
But the probability is not zero and this smaller percentage can be proven if right links are provided.
It actually depends on the country the person is from and what the education system is followed there. In some countries, this is the age when a student pursues a degree in the university. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Illbthr4u (talk • contribs) 01:54, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Related to Deleted Page of a person's page : Aman Ahuja
Related to Deleted Page of a person's page : Aman Ahuja
But, I was talking about the comment regarding a person of what minimum age can go to university.
Two teenagers went to a university at the age of 14 and 12..
Cheers. Illbthr4u (talk) 02:22, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
You deleted the aforementioned article moments after i created it with claims that it is meaningless, substantive, but you have to know that no article is has a meaning until it is made meaningful by enthusiast editors. I request you let it be till i get more reference to back it up and expand it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evolutionofmankind (talk • contribs) 19:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
That was cruel and discouraging. You deleted the article after i requested a stay on it.Evolutionofmankind 19:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evolutionofmankind (talk • contribs)
I'm curious about your a3 deletion of this page. Had it been blanked or something? It certainly wasn't an a3 candidate a couple hours ago when I last looked at it. Thanks! ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 21:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
A discussion has begun about whether the article Wendy Starland, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Christopher Connor (talk) 23:38, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
I've just created an article for Shock Radio - the University of Salford's student radio station. Could you please tell me why it has been deleted? The information Corenbot picked up has been added to the station's website by myself - as Chief Engineer - in the past few weeks.
Hello, PMDrive1061 I see you have deleted my article on unnova. Can you please tell me why and explain what you mean by it being a hoax. No offense, you're probably right about them just being made up. I'm not that good at astronomy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeinonychusDinosaur999 (talk • contribs) 03:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
It's worth noting that the source cited really doesn't define a concept by this name. It coins and uses a nonce word, and puts it in quotation marks to make this clear. (It doesn't even coin it properly. To be analogous to "supernova" the plural would be "unnovae".) The evidence from the handy little tool ⇗ is rather damning too. I suspect that I know what would happen if I were to draw attention to this at Project talk:WikiProject Astronomy. Uncle G (talk) 10:17, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Strength for Life
You deleted my Strength for Life page because you felt it was promoting a company . Strength for life is a non profit organization that provides free exercise programs for cancer patients . I created this page for information purposes only not for promotion .
You may haver noticed a bit of mucking about with your talk page. I'd like to speak to you privately about it but you don't appear to have email enabled, I'm sure I can guess why. Could you maybe ping my email? Beeblebrox (talk) 00:35, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
The creator of Dispersion of Guilt had asked me for feedback on their first article. I had been making fixes to it when it was abruptly AFDed. Can you please userfy it to the author's userspace so the issues can be addressed. Thank you, --Alpha Quadranttalk00:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
I just wanted to know why you deleted my page about Junk Be Gone Inc? I had no intentions of advertising the company. I was a recent customer and thought it was interesting how a young man can start a successful junk removal business after having failed in the realty business. I was actually asking him specific questions about E-waste and what they do with the items they collect. I saw that there is a page created for Junk King, another junk removal company but based in San Carlos, CA so I thought it would be okay to create one for Junk Be Gone. Just for future reference, how can I prevent from sounding like I'm advertising for a company? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miguel827 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
You deleted an article that I was working on. I had just gotten started, please let me finish. I am at work so I can't stay with it to completion. It is the article on Old New Orleans Rum. But I would like any help since I am new to writing for wiki. And, did I write this message correctly. Sorry for being a newbie! Sierra shadow (talk) 05:38, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Andrew Mason
Hey I appreciate your help.
It occurred to me that no article exists for Andrew Mason. Surprising considering this and that Groupon is one of the fastest growing online businesses today. I took a dive to improve Wikipedia. William (talk) 04:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I realize that you recently deleted my page. I understand that it was not in accordance with the criteria the Wikipedia requires for its articles. However, I beg you earnestly to reconsider my publication. I have no intentions of writing anything derogatory, especially towards Wiki. It was a huge hit with my friends and family and if you should allow me to have this satisfaction, I would greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jweek00 (talk • contribs) 05:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Article Deletion
I see you do alot of article deletions and you get asked the age old question "why was my article deleted?" Well, I have created a page just for that! Copy {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/WWMAD}}~~~~ and you can use it too. Definite timesaver. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:57, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
Hello
I was just wondering if you could let me know why/which parts of the recently deleted Fashion & Textile Children's Trust page weren't allowed. The entry is/was the only online record of the history of the charity over the last 150 years.
Good catch on that. I didn't check the other edits they made (which I should have) or I would have been much more suspicious of the user. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 15:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm doing a school project where you have to create a fake wikipedia page to show its not a reliable source for information for a report, etc. Please delete after December 12th, 2010, after my project is due. From strawberrywalruslane (the creator of Fu Fu Pets!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strawberrywalruslane (talk • contribs) 16:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hmm... Haven't seen you in a long time. Well, talked to you =P. Regarding that IP, there are only 2 blocks in the log. Am I missing something? Netalarmtalk02:53, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Guess not...I thought it had been blocked more times than that. It's just that the doggoned IP has pretty much worn out its welcome in terms of a long list of warnings. Is it eligible for an abuse report? In all the years I've edited this site, this is maybe my third one (blush). --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:01, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
I guess I could take it myself to make sure it gets accepted. But then again, I think the whole project needs to be rethought. I've been pondering on this for a while now, and it seems that we're not getting action from anyone. Sure, some may reply that they'll do something, but in the end the vandalism continues. I guess it's simply too unrealistic for schools to fight Wikipedia vandalism. So if I was to contact the school about this, what would they do? >_> Netalarmtalk03:05, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
I got some great response when I took a serious issue directly to a school district regarding a stubborn, long-term vandal. Maybe the admin staff at the university can have a nice sit-down with the IT staff. No guarantees it'll help, but dodging and parrying this nonsense has to end somewhere. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:08, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
University of Kansas for this one. I'll look into contacting them and hope for the best I guess. I'll keep you updated! Netalarmtalk03:11, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, I recently began an article "Kings Community Church, Hedge End". My user name was kcc10. I have changed my username now and now I would like to draft a page, and for you to be able to proof read it. Problem is I have no idea how to do it. My username is now Hedgeend1. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi, thanks for the feedback. These are popular classical songs from the subcontinent. I'll look for a stub tag. Cheers!Randhir 19:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Dude, most of the things Indian are not well documented. Its all there in the culture and that's a big problem we face here. A quick look at the number of times its watched on youtube, gives you a fair idea. But with time, the two-line article develops into a substantial one and its been my experience. Cheers! Randhir 19:46, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks bro Randhir 19:51, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Hail Wikipedia democracy :) Randhir 20:10, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi PMDrive1061,
I was just getting started with the page, I can see why you would think it was
promotional, but the Centre is part of the Madawaska Arts' Council(registered charitable status) and it oversees the museum. I think it warrents documentation, from my vantage anyway.
Regardless, thanks for keeping wiki clean, I am sure it would be a real mess otherwise.
MelodyMedley (talk) 13:50, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
And that "no content" article is now a quite a nice article at Uterine serpin.
This is your gentle reminder that CSD for "no context" and "no content" isn't appropriate if the "empty" article was created only moments ago, per the CSD policy. Some people like to save the page name before adding substantial content, and we don't want valuable new editors scared off by edit conflicts and unnecessary deletion warnings. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Could you explain your rationale for deleting this article please? I didn't think it met the criteria for {{db-a7}}. The article said that she "had an album out". This was a claim that she met WP:MUSIC. Moreover, she does have a released album. I would have said that it was definitely a WP:PROD per WP:N, but not a WP:CSD#A7 candidate. I'd appreciate any comments you had to make. Hopefully it'll help me understand what is and what isn't. — Fly by Night(talk)18:07, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi. You recently deleted my Methods To End It All article on the grounds that it related to a band who do not have a wiki page. The band is called Creation's Tears and they have a WIKI page. Please advise. Thanks Parody Paradigm (talk) 15:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC) Parody Paradigm 6th Dec 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parody Paradigm (talk • contribs) 15:56, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Greetings PMDrive 1061!
Apologies for possible punctuations oddities in advance, but my German keyboard has suddenly decided to change itself into English format, and I can|t find the dratted apostrophe!
I just tried uploading a new article on a dubious publishing company called Books LLC of Memphis, and have been informed you yanked it down on the grounds of unambiguous copyright violation. This surprises me as I|d been writing it myself this afternoon.
What this company is doing is flooding Amazon and other book platforms with offers of fifteen dollar paperbacks composed entirely of content ripped off from Wiki. I thought it|d be a good idea to mention the fact.
Thanks for your comments, Uncle G. As it happens, I started by looking for information about a publishing company I'd never heard of. I wasn't looking for some kind of warning. It was a matter of wanting information. I came across one of those pages you mention, but learning that what might be that company is perhaps a mirror and fork isn't overly intelligible, unless you already know what that's supposed to mean. And as the article was rejected on the grounds of unambiguous copyright violation, it's difficult to see the immediate relevance. There's no copyright violation involved.
I also didn't write a warning. If people want to pay somebody for Wikipedia content, minus the graphics, then that's their business.
Many thanks for your considerate reconsideration, PMDrive 1061! — Preceding unsigned comment added by KTDykes (talk • contribs) 2010-12-05 12:01:19
You most definitely did write a warning, not an article. It's a load of POV-ridden tripe, that doesn't even get its facts right. Uncle G (talk) 13:05, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your note. I do not understand -- the text was completely rewritten and solely dealt with an introduction (date of construction and provenance). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleveland st (talk • contribs) 19:43, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
New Article
I wrote an article for the school where I work and it was deleted. I'm not sure why. It is called Long Island Lutheran Day School at St. Paul's. What can I do to make it appropriate to post? Mrskilmer2nd (talk) 21:18, 5 December 2010 (UTC)Sue
I believe I can answer that for you. That article fell afoul of several of our content policies. Your original version of it violated our policy on neutrality as it read like an advertisement for the school. Generally, primary or elementary schools are not considered sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia articles, and no reliable, independent sources were provided. So, unless this is one exceptionally remarkable school that has been the subject of significant attention from multiple sources it is not going to be an appropriate subject for a Wikipedia article. Our core policies can be viewed here. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Deletion of Random Hacks of Kindness
RHOK is a real event; please see [6]. I'm curious what caused you to think it was a hoax? I don't know how to see the history of the page now that it has been deleted, so I don't know what it contained prior to deletion. Could you restore it please? Ka-Ping Yee (talk) 22:13, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Also please verify the existence of this event via this summary which is clearly from a reliable source. Well, I guess it depends on what you think about the Moon landings. =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.50.78.130 (talk) 00:08, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Looking at the deleted page, I could see how it would appear to be yet another hacker hoax as it seems unlikely all these organizations would really participate in such an event, but if it is a hoax they've taken in an awful lot of people, as a gnews search shows[7]. I think the page should be unprotected and allowed to be recreated if properly sourced, maybe someone would care to make a properly sourced user subpage in order to demonstrate that it is possible to make a proper article on this subject? Beeblebrox (talk) 00:58, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
People, seriously. I admire your attention to detail... but here's photographic proof that we had the event. And that was at only ONE of the 21 venues. I mean, #RHoK was trending in (at least) two cities over the weekend. Check the Twitter activity in Toronto and worldwide.
Please just put the page back up - I'm (obviously) new to editing Wikipedia pages, but it says everywhere that deleted content is not lost, so we would prefer to not have to rewrite the Wikipedia page in a sandbox when we're expecting national attention as people roll into work tomorrow due to the many media outlets who may do a story on RHoK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.50.78.130 (talk) 01:27, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Sympathy given, but still trouted
I totally understand why you, and others, thought the RHoK article was a hoax. Many of the editors with an interest in the article do not yet understand the basics of creating new articles on wikipedia. Only now are some relevant references coming to light. So you have my sympathy in the matter, but still:
Shall I unblock the editor (he's appealed on the mailing list) and userfy what he wrote, with some advice on what to do next? Dougweller (talk) 06:01, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Funny thing...
The revert wasn't the first time I've accidently hit "rollback" thanks to laggy IE, and a twitchy mouse finger and scroll wheel. o_o; Course, the revert wouldn't have happened if your page wasn't already on my watchlist, so you're welcome. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:44, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
forgive my inexperience I must need Editing help creating page,Edward O'Keefe real person
I would like to know what I am doing wrong, I'm an Actor and thought I could create a page similar to some of my colleagues. How would I go about doing this or enlisting some more experienced help to do so? Thank you Ed O'Keefe EdOKeefe (talk) 03:56, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
New biographies without sources are not acceptable at Wikipedia. If you are going to write any biography, you must cite sources from which your content can be verified. If you are going to write a biography of a person close to you, such as you yourself, then you must be even more scrupulous. If you cannot present high quality sources when writing about a person close to you, and stick scrupulously to what the sources say, then do not write. See User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to youUncle G (talk) 18:26, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Why have you deleted Jyani Jat/Mor this page. This is very famous person and his legands are widely sung. I have put other one for deletion due to the title and you have deleted by other one. Anyway can you change the title of this one to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyani_Jat/Mor. This title change is to avoid confusion in spelling — Preceding unsigned comment added by MirjaJat (talk • contribs) 03:58, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Now can you please delete the other one. Its a duplicate and was created in error by myself. I myself am unable to delete it. Thank you again, — Preceding unsigned comment added by MirjaJat (talk • contribs) 04:07, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I see the history on the Shaolin Kempo Karate page, and I don't understand why it keeps getting deleted. It is a martial arts system that is more widely practiced than Kung Fu in the United States and there are hundreds of dojos and sub-sections of the art that are practiced. It is also unique from American Kenpo in that it is far more complex and incorporates animal forms. It was founded as a proprietary form by Fred Villari, but it continues to evolve and grow. Currently, there are several thousand nationwide practitioners, and it is a completely valid system like Okinawan Karate, Shotokan Karate, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wing Chun, etc...
I would like to work on the page, and let the wikipedia community contribute knowledge - as there are some secrets that would be really great to flesh out.
Please let there be a Shaolin Kempo Karate page. It is an art, not a business. The business is called "Villari's Martial Arts Studios" and/or "Villari's Self Defense Centers."Kurtsayin (talk) 19:06, 10 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurtsayin (talk • contribs) 18:29, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I was looking into Shaolin Kempo Karate because of interest in possibly taking a class or two. It is the system taught by what appears to be a large chain of martial arts studios. I wanted to know a little about it's background, how it is viewed in the martical arts community, etc. Of course, I turned to Wikipedia as a potential source of hopefully objective information, only to find what appears to be a systematic deletion of any reference to it. So basically Wikipedia has no info on one of the most widely taught martial arts systems in the US. The reasons for deletion include references to the page not indicating the importance of the topic. Given the number of people being taught this form of martial arts, I would think it's importance was self evident. You might as well ask what is the imprtance of the rock band Uria Heap, or the TV series She Wolf of London, both of which are arguably more obscure than (and therefore of less importance than) Shaolin Kempo Karate and I can find pages on in Wikipedia. This I find completly un-credible as a reason for deletion. This does not give me a lot of faith that Wikipedia is an objective source of info, becayse as well intentioned as your deletion may have been in makes it look like Wikipdeia is being manipulated by those who don't want Shaolin Kempo Karate mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.60.85.223 (talk) 21:00, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) The reason for that would be that the martial arts proclivities of the inhabitants don't have anything to do with the physical location. We don't talk about what kinds of church services occur in Notre Dame Cathedral beyond saying that it's a Catholic church; similarly, the Shaolin Monastery is primarily about the physical location. Now, if you feel that it's relevant, be bold and add it in; I'll go over and work with you on it as well, as I'm very interested in East Asian history. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:37, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes, but there is certainly a page on Catholicism and Zen Buddhism, and that is really the point. SKK is a unique system just like Tae Kwon Do or Krav Magga, Kali, Wushu, Okinawan Karate or whatever are unique systems. There should be a page for the system, and I'm working on one that will hopefully be put up publicly so people can add info and sources. Kurtsayin (talk) 17:36, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
@PMDrive1061: I've worked on the SKK page on my own time for a few days and cited an industry magazine, a book on the history of Kempo, Fred Villari's own book, as well as a couple of internet sources that are themselves martial arts organizations online. I was not able to verify the belt ranking system by any written document - I was however able to verify it through my Sensei who is a 5th degree black belt in the system and trained under Grandmaster Villari who created Shaolin Kempo Karate, so he is certainly a relevant authority on the matter, but I don't know how best to cite something of that sort... Can you check the article and potentially clear it for public view?Kurtsayin (talk) 18:07, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Fix to Wendy Starland please
In reverting this set of changes to Wendy Starland the |Background= field of {{infobox musical artist}} was changed from its correct value of |Background=solo_singer. Now that you've sysop protected the page I cant' fix it back, would you make the correction please? Thanks Rjwilmsi11:44, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Great Big Bowl of Porridge
I'm not quite sure why that caused such outrage. I moved a very large section from this article which several editors had flagged as massively POV and completely unsubstantiated. Because no one wanted it kept but people wanted it discussed but it was too large for the Talk page, I moved it out of the article temporarily and gave it a name so unlikely that no casual Wiki reader would stumble across it by accident. It's not supposed to be an article, it's material which is under review by other editors. We can give it a name which will fool people into thinking it's a proper article if you like, but I don't think that's a good idea. I see that you have now completely deleted all the material, which is precisely what those of us who were going to be discussing it and seeing if we could rescue any of the text for the article did not want to happen. Please don't take the axe to other people's material and delete it irrevocably without any consultation whatsoever, and without stopping to think a little and ask exactly what is going on. You have now cost us a lot of time and effort.--Taiwan boi (talk) 16:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Even if misguided or ill-considered, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not vandalism.
Please revert the deletion of the article on novelist Deeanne Gist. As an award winning, best-selling author, her notability is clear. Her fans just need time to improve the article. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg.Hartley (talk • contribs) 21:11, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Epoxy Moisture Control Systems (Flooring)
I don't understand the note that you sent me. I paraphrased a sentence in an article from an industry expert and cited it as required, but my entire post was deleted for copyright infringment. Can you please explain to me how I can correct this?
Hi. If the content was original, it would likely be OK to keep. Problem was, it read as if it was a cut-and-paste and was promotional in nature as well. You were off on the right foot by citing your sources, though. The best advice I can give would be to direct you to WP:YFA which will help with a first article and its layout. You're also more than welcome to ask me or other users for help as well. Good luck and I hope this helps. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:11, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, PMDrive,
Thank you for your response. This is not my first article. It may have read as if it were a cut and paste, but it was authored by myself and a colleague. Would it help to take out the cited material? I would appreciate any help you can offer, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tivona schneider (talk • contribs) 20:32, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Block
Re this: Sorry, I should have looked at the editor's talk page, instead of leaving it up to you. This is one of the disadvantages of automated CSD tagging. Thanks for the block, Drmies (talk) 02:46, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
PM, it's a small world. I leave you a note on something, and I leave a note on an article talk page about a completely unrelated subject, and I find they (you, me, and another editor, see above) come together on your talk page--coincidence? or divine intervention? Who knows. Please have a look at Talk:Theoria. I may have quickly gotten in over my head and am unsure how to proceed--maybe ANI? Drmies (talk) 03:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Wolkersdorf Kannada page deletion
Hello there
I had only translated the Wolkersdorf Wikipedia article from English to Kannada. It does not contain any extraneous or superfluous information. I would appreciate if you can please restore the page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narayan.Shastri (talk • contribs) 10:22, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi
We started VSaaS as a page and project within the last two hours and you deleted it.
This is a collaborative project with a number of authors and this was a placeholder start page.
Can you please restore the page so we can populate it with useful information about the systems and way to use VSaaS?
Hi. I created an article that got deleted. I was also told to not to use my userpage to promote personal projects. This was a mistake. I should have used the sandbox, but instead I used my userpage to make a prototype of the article before creating it. I did not intend to promote anything. Could you please clarify what was wrong with the article so I can fix it and get it back up?
Thanks in advance.
The Adventist Youth Society article is too important to be deleted. If there are copyright violation as you claim, please don't just delete a page that I have spend hours writing. Indicate where the violation occurs and ask that it be corrected. Please reverse the deletion so I can make the necessary changes. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reidfabian (talk • contribs) 19:45, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
0rganic
Hi PMDrive 1061 (new section)
I am new to Wikipedia, and have just had my first article deleated I believe in contravention of rule/code CSD A7, that aapears to be in relation to making a reference to domain name www.0rganic.com.
I have tried to rectify this with a subsequent entry, with the heading and content in regards to alphanumeric example 0rganic, which ahas also been deleted.
It appears from the attached message I am being accused of vandalism which I have taken offence to. As you are aware your T&C are quite extensive and it aapears thst I am not alone in falling foul of this minefield.
Could you please explain clearly why you have deleated my subsequent entry, when I am only trying to comply with your site. I must say this appears to have the odour of "big brother" and his cousin "corporate intrest" manipulating an innocent entry, this has not been a pleasant experiance.
I have checked this, and your objections are without merit. The original article was blatant promotion, the re-creation clearly fell within the bounds of A7, and I do not see where anyone has accused you of vandalism. Your utterly baseless paranoid accusations of a corporate conspiracy being behind these deletions are equally without merit. Plenty of corporate shills try to spam their advertising material onto Wikipedia and find their articles deleted, and in many cases their accounts blocked altogether. Please try to assume the good faith of your fellow editors in the future, and familiarize yourself with our core policies, including verification of all content with reliable sources, and communicating in a civil fashion with others. Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:16, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
I have a question as a contributor to Wikipedia. What is trout slapping? Hows does one go about doing such a thing here on Wikipedia? LoveMonkey (talk) 20:35, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
I know it's been a couple of weeks, but could you tell me where this article was copied from? I may be missing something obvious, but I couldn't find any source for it. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:46, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
A few months back, I had suggested an IP address be blocked, which you did do. You also left a comment on the talk page for Template:New York Yankees roster. The IP address is question's block expired, and it seems that this particular person(s) is/are at it again. Would you leave me the Wikilink on my talk page so that I can remember just exactly how to nominate for blocks, as I did before? Thanks! Kjscotte34 (talk) 15:56, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
You wrote: If the content was indeed your own, then there's no copyright problem...but there may be a conflict of interest. What I'll do is to create a user subpage for you with the most recent version. It's still in the deletion logs. This will give you the opportunity to work on the article at your own pace without fear of deletion. I'll let you know when I do.
Thanks, but do I need to wait for that? I have the article saved on my hard drive. Honestly there is nothing I would change unless there is something specific you can suggest. I don't see anything in the article that would constitute a conflict of interest. Please advise, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tivona schneider (talk • contribs) 20:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't generally set up stubs but it seems like we need one for J. Samuel Walker who is IMHO emphasized too much in the Hiroshima debate article. But gosh golly you could see that it was so recently minted that perhaps you might have given consideration that it was in process before deleting it. I would be willing to shove this important writer's wikipedia article off onto the side while bringing it up to standard. But I have difficulty accepting the A7 speedy deletion criteria: does not state the importance of the person whom the article refers? The stub had its defects but it should be readily apparent that someone who wrote the first definitive or comprehensive report on Three Mile Island is of signifigance.
Obviously you are very deeply involved with wikipedia. The Walker article stub was really just my idea of a favor to the original writer of the Hiroshima article who is deeply mired in criticism. But now that you have blasted the text away, do you think it is fair that I am required to now re-research the txt that I did take the time to put up?
That is ridiculous, in my opinion. You are adept at biography pages and obviously the stub does not meet your standard. But the A7 rational is hollow. The importance of J. Samuel Walker is obvious. Please if you are going to ham handedly delete and speed delete without warning or discusion state a logical reason even if to say the article is too sketchy.
How am I supposed to recover the text? Or have you decided that J. Samuel Walker is not sufficiently important or interesting to warrant the article? What gives with this matter - I feel burned and disinclined to trust this process.
Wikidgood (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
The subject is a highly respected writer who does deserve more than this stub. But unfortunately we are shutting down for the holiday break so the page won't be getting the attention it deserves as rapidly as I might hope. We are closing the building in a few minutes but tommorow I may have time to buff this stub up a bit. I don't mind having it incubate offline but just did not want a lot of rewriting and regoogling. It is not so easy to get the biographical information as it is to get the author's history. But this whole job is just a side distraction because I was working on trying to straighten out the mess that is the Hiroshima debate and wanted to do a square for the poor highly criticized editor who set up that page and has paid dearly for his good intentions. Anyway, alls well that ends well - the world deserves to know more of by and from J Samuel Walker. Wikidgood (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:21, 22 December 2010 (UTC).
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
Dear PMDrive1061, Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;) Love, --Meaghan[talk] ≈14:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Not to take away from Meaghan's greeting in any way, just let me add my greetings and wishes for a happy holiday season, my friend.! All the best! --Manway (talk) 00:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Happy Holidays, PMDrive1061! At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a very Merry Christmas and happy editing in the year ahead! MarnetteD | Talk20:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Peace Dove
it's all good Wikidgood (talk) 22:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC) has given you a dove! Doves promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day happier. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a dove, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past (this fits perfectly) or a good friend. Cheers!
Spread the peace of doves by adding {{subst:Peace dove}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!
Actually, it was just a place holder while I was online working up the page.
Next time I will either set it up in userspace or create a hat notice so people know I am still on line working the page up for debut. It is cool that you are kind of a biography expert maybe I will get to a point of wanting to tap your expertise. Thanks again.
Wikidgood (talk) 22:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Great- thanks for looking into it
Ededdede (talk) 15:01, 24 December 2010 (EST)
My Page
After I started Editing the Page "The Rancor" you deleted it. I am all for deleted vandalism, ad space, or meaningless content. I was only trying to make a page about a fictional and memorable Star Warscharacter. The Rancor is a monster that lives underneath Jabba the Hutt's palace. There is a page for the Sarlacc. Which is a very memorable monster too, The Rancor is probably more memorable than the Sarlacc, so I ask, why did you delete that page that i was working hard on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Middermuffonman (talk • contribs) 04:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
The Rancor Deletion
After I started Editing the Page "The Rancor" you deleted it. I am all for deleted vandalism, ad space, or meaningless content. I was only trying to make a page about a fictional and memorable Star Warscharacter. The Rancor is a monster that lives underneath Jabba the Hutt's palace. There is a page for the Sarlacc. Which is a very memorable monster too, The Rancor is probably more memorable than the Sarlacc, so I ask, why did you delete that page that I was working hard on?
Sorry I posted twice... I needed to fix my typographical mistakes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Middermuffonman (talk • contribs) 04:43, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
The Rancor Deletion
After I started Editing the Page "The Rancor" you deleted it. I am all for deleted vandalism, ad space, or meaningless content. I was only trying to make a page about a fictional and memorable Star Wars character. The Rancor is a monster that lives underneath Jabba the Hutt's palace. There is a page for the Sarlacc. Which is a very memorable monster too, The Rancor is probably more memorable than the Sarlacc, so I ask, why did you delete that page that i was working hard on?
Hello, I work on this article called "365 Band" that you've deleted and it's this really new band from vietnam that just debut. You might not know them and probaly think it's just a promotional aritical but it's actually the first band in vietnam that ever made it this far. I really believed that a lot of people will want to know more about them. So can you please re-post my article? They gain so much fans base in vietnam and they are aiming to go internationally. So I believe more people would look into them online. I myself try to look for them in wiki but i realize you guys don't have this article. That's when I start doing research on them and then wrote this article. It's definitly not a promotional article.0055kimmie (talk) 07:22, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Deletion of Karin(Greater Armenia)
Hello, I am the user Safrastyan. You recently deleted the page Karin(Greater Armenia), Karin-Armenia page is about a small town in Armenia, but mine is about Karin (a big city) that was in Greater Armenia or Kingdom of Armenia. So they are two different cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Safrastyan (talk • contribs) 08:01, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, I will review WP:YFA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Safrastyan (talk • contribs) 08:09, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
==Deletion of Zarishat (Turuberan)
Hello, it's again me Safrastyan. You recently deleted the page Zarishat(Turuberan), but Zarishat (Turuberan) and Zarishat (Shirak) are different cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Safrastyan (talk • contribs) 10:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
--Safrastyan (talk) 10:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)Safrastyan
I dont know why you deleted the page:Incandescence NIT Silchar, there was nothin promotional about this page according to me.it is a college festival, a purely cultural and technical event with no advertising intentions at all that is held in my college(NIT Silchar) which is immensely popular in North Eastern India.Please sir i d humbly request you to point out what exactly you found offensive on tha page as soon as possible to a new wikipedia user like me.
Don't delete MKGuide Wikia, I'm still working on it, I only saved it so the computer won't accidentally shut down or something. If that happened, I would have to start the page all over again.
Hello! Must be honest and I am new to creating a wiki page, and am unsure as to why this page was deleted. I am in the process of creating it for a legal journal at my law school that I am a member of. I am adding more to the page over the next 10 days (my personal deadline for completion). I just realized I didn't cite yet, so perhaps that is what I need to do? Any guidance is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Hello! Must be honest and I am new to creating a wiki page, and am unsure as to why this page was deleted. I am in the process of creating it for a legal journal at my law school that I am a member of. I am adding more to the page over the next 10 days (my personal deadline for completion). I just realized I didn't cite yet, so perhaps that is what I need to do? Any guidance is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
A7. No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content).
An article about a real person, individual animal(s), organization (e.g. band, club, company, etc., except schools), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant. This is distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. This criterion applies only to articles about web content and to articles about people, organizations, and individual animals themselves, not to articles about their books, albums, software, or other creative works. This criterion does not apply to species of animals, only to individual animal(s). The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.[4] The criterion does apply if the claim of significance or importance given is not credible. If the claim's credibility is unclear, you can improve the article yourself, propose deletion, or list the article at articles for deletion.
But this is not true. Chabad of Boca Raton is a major synagogue. It was at the center of an important legal/public controversies over public displays of religious symbols. I cited a book that devotes a chapter to this synagogue and several articles form major newspapers. I was going to add a lot more, but they you took the article down for a reason that is untrue. Please put the article back up.
Thank you. this is a very confusing process.
Thank you again. Can you direct me to the insturctions for making picutres appear on a page? I seem to have the wrong code, or something.
Epoxy Moisture Control Systems (Flooring) and Self-Leveling Concrete
Hi, thanks for your help with the moisture control page. Do you happen to have any idea what happened to my self-leveling concrete page? I was never notified that it was being deleted but then I noticed that the search just takes you to regular concrete. Self-leveling concrete is really cement, not concrete, but that is what people call it so that it what I titled it. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tivona schneider (talk • contribs) 21:46, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Deletion of The M.T. Abraham Center for the Visual Arts
hello,
i'm the webmaster of the m.t abraham center of visual arts. we own the domain mtabraham.com and all its content.
I've been trying to create a page about The M.T. Abraham Center for the Visual Arts but it was deleted immediately becuase
"copyright infringement". what do i need to do to publish this topic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtabraham (talk • contribs) 15:35, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Epoxy Moisture Control Systems (Flooring)
Hi, PM Talk,
I have made some revisions to the subpage that you created, per your suggestions. How do I go about publishing that at this point?
I would like to contribute a company page for wikipedia. I do not work for this company, it is not for advertising or promotion. Simply putting the page out there so that if anyone is searching for it they could find some info on it using wikipedia here.
So, I don't know what it takes to place a NEW page for the company here.
Please, just give me specific answers on what I need to know, I have been given so many rabbit hole links that I don't know what in fact is the solution to my problem.
All I want to do is submit a page and have it posted on wikipedia. Why is it getting deleted each time?!
I too would like to add my voice to this comment as I have the same problem. I am trying to add a studio to a film listing but the studio's page keeps getting removed because the admins are seeing it as advertising. Does wikipedia only cater for the big guns like Paramount? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrColePorter (talk • contribs) 01:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
page deletion
Hi
I was looking at doing a page regarding City Hunter as its an extremely well known business here is Australia (apparently Australia's largest internet Cafe business) and isnt currently on wiki.
Was the page deleted because I was making too many references?
Please advise me on the correct process to making a page as Im keen to do my part here in wiki correctly.
I have tried to formulate a text on Ajit Darbar which is a Gurudwara in Delhi, a place of worship that i visit. But unfortunately seems everytime i create the page, it is deleted without explaining what is the shortcoming and suggesting a way to fix it. Can you help?
Thank you for your comments. I have tried to put in something simple. Lemme know if this works. I will then add on more text on the advise given by you. Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justsaurabh (talk • contribs) 06:44, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi
I'm not sure if this is the appropriate means of communication on wikipedia, but I wanted to let you know that the 2nd version of the article I submitted was only citing national media sources. I do not understand why this is considered promotional. I have been using their nonprofit service as a mentor and felt like I could return the favor by creating a wikipedia article.
Below, is the 2nd article version I submitted. Can you please point to what needs to be corrected?
StudentMentor.org is a nonprofit organization that matches college students seeking career or academic advice with professionals in the United States. According to CNN, “StudentMentor is the first national online mentoring matchmaking service designed to pair up college students who have questions with experienced businesspeople who have answers.” [1].
The service is free to any college student, from any school or major. Mentors are comprised of professionals, job seekers, retirees, or upper classmen. According to USA Today, “Prospective mentors and mentees can join for free on StudentMentor’s web site and are matched according to their areas of common interest."[2]. Then, mentorships take place either in-person or virtually. StudentMentor.org checks with the pair to see how the mentorship is progressing.
StudentMentor.org was founded in 2010 by Ashkon Jafari and Stephanie Bravo. According to a USA Today interview with Jafari, "The mentoring organization was launched because while students in grades K-12 have plenty of programs to find mentors, college students often don't have anyone to guide them. "We know there is a huge need out there. Many students don't have access to professionals, or they go to schools where it's harder to get connections, for example, with someone working on Wall Street. This is a way to find out how to get yourself on that path, if that's what you want."[3]
I am a very young wikipedia amateur trying to expand an article. I don't know how to make first articles, I just wanted to add definitions for NU-Text and M-Text, and of course the material is copyied from an other source that I have listed as an external link. Please edit the 2 small articles I made as you like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergiu-Daniel (talk • contribs) 16:58, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Question about Sahil Lavingia
I do not understand why I cannot create an article about Sahil Lavingia. Should I remove the refs or point to better, more well-known publications? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slavingia (talk • contribs) 07:18, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes, that sounds good. I'm not sure if I am using this Talk feature properly but that works. How would I go about proving my notability? Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slavingia (talk • contribs) 07:24, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! One more question: how does this user page later become a Wikipedia article? Should I alert you or will it automatically become one once it is ready? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slavingia (talk • contribs) 07:29, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I thought I could use the text Mr. Burns wrote for Missiouri Valley College as he had given it to me and had permission from Missouri Valley. I'd like to repost his page using a different narrative, but with the same likes to articles and websites I had before. Please let me know if this is okay, thanks.
Edwina Frances Martin 03:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)edwinamartin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edwinamartin (talk • contribs)
I understand how that may be perceived but I am not a representative or the company. I had just made my account the name of the shop to simply start this wikipedia page. I have had prior experience to wikipedia and have donated over $300. I do not understand how it is not notable, please review again as it is a very large store which is one of a kind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Respondplease1 (talk • contribs) 06:52, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you very much. I understand why Wikipedia would have such a concern. I have added new and relevant information with many references. Please review! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSVP_Gallery
i took more than 15 days to write article on Jind family mention of which is made in your wiki article on Ludhiana, yet it was deleted on ASSUMPTIONS that it was copy write ?????????????/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lovkap (talk • contribs) 07:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I am curious as to why a page I created, DesignChat, was deleted. I believe that it is a significant topic and certainly worthy of a page. I am not intending to use this as an advertisement, is there anything specific I am doing incorrectly? Any advice you could give me would be appreciated.
I read that it was deleted because it was a recreation of a deleted page, however those pages were deleted for advertising so I took it upon myself to make a proper page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dankri (talk • contribs) 22:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Why did you delete my page on slender man?
I read that it was deleted because it was a recreation of a deleted page, however those pages were deleted for advertising so I took it upon myself to make a proper page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dankri (talk • contribs) 22:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your expedient and diligent work to keep Wikipedia a solid information source. A few moments ago, I posted an article on Maja Jantar. This article was deleted moments after it was posted due to copyright violation. I am surprised by this, since I am not only the co-author of Maja's wikipedia entry but also one of her collaborators with my own active Wikipedia page (Angela Rawlings). Is there a possibility to have Maja's biography reinstated on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commutiny (talk • contribs) 19:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Copyright re: Maja Jantar's page?
Thanks for your quick reply! I hope you don't mind that I seek a little further clarification. I understand that a sample of this text would appear on other websites when Googled. This is because Maja and I developed this text together, and it is currently used as the primary biographic information available online. All instances where it occurs is as a copyleft text. Wikipedia is the most far-reaching source of encyclopedic information, and as such I should think and hope that it would be in the website's interest to include up-to-date information about artists, even if there are replications of this information available elsewhere online (replications that, I might reiterate, are copyleft as assigned and distributed by the authors of this material). My intention by placing Maja's biography here is to begin a primary online source through Wikipedia that I may keep updated and develop. I hope you'll forgive my confusion in needing to state again "in my own words" something I have already written "in my own words." Of course, if that is the only way to satisfy inclusion, I will rearrange the syntax, replace some of the diction, and include other examples from Maja's career. I look forward to your response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commutiny (talk • contribs) 20:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Wonderful! Huge thanks for reinstating the page, and especially for your work in ensuring quality and copyright of Wikipedia material. Great to know someone is checking this material so quickly. Out of curiosity, how does someone get a job like yours? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commutiny (talk • contribs) 20:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)If by "job" you mean checking for copyright violations and other problems with Wikipedia, anyone can do that, and you are more than welcome to do so yourself. We can always use more new page patrollers. If you mean being able to delete things, block other users, etc, that is a function of administrators, users who are selected by the community and granted access to tools that facilitate these advanced functions. There's no money involved. Wikipedia has hundreds of thousands of users, several thousand admins, about thirty bureaucrats, and an arbitration committee, all volunteers. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit entity that supports and co-ordinates all of this, does so with less than fifty paid employees. It's really quite amazing when you think about it. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Deletion of Wiki page
Hello, my Wiki page for 38DD was deleted for not explaining the significance. The reason i made the page is because I am from Wisconsin, and i am proud of the music that comes from here. I just want other people to be abl to find music from Wisconsin so they can hear our sound. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diversity8 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
You protected this page from creation and a version has now been created at El Patrón (album). Given that the album has been released and appears to have charted I don't think the G4 applies. The move has been started as a requested move but as it's totally uncontroversial I'm asking for it to be unprotected and then moved. As a slight aside is it normal to indefinitely protect an article like this from creation. I'd have thought protection until it's release or shortly after would make more sense as things often change drastically then and it's a general principle that protection should be for as short as required. Dpmuk (talk) 11:34, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
I believe you have just deleted my entry about Malthouse Engineering for being copyrighted material. I work for malthouse engineering and we own the copyright of the copy and we are happy for it to go on to wikipedia.
I have read the guidelines for entering content onto wikipedia and im keen to point out that this is not an advert for the company, its our history. Malthouse have played a significant role in the development of Oldbury and the local community and we have had a significant impact on a number of other communities through our charitable and community work and this is detailed in our history.
We are keen to preserve what we have done and have sent a number of copies of our history to local libraries and schools. However paper based books are easily outdated, lost, binned which is why we have come to wikipedia to digitalise our history so it can be prolonged.
Is it possible for the Malthouse Engineering page to be reetered on to wikipedia please?
It sounds like i need to re-write the content to include references from third parties and make it less "we are amazing" and more neutral which shouldnt be an issue.
however i wanted to check a few things.
1. along with third party references can we reference our own site which may have more information about something for example if i mention a community project on wikipedia could i like to our site which would have more info?
2. is there a rule about the range of other sources used for example the majority of the references would come from our trade association and one or two others is this a wide enough range?
3. is it possible to check an article meets the wikipedia criteria before i put it on wikiepedia as i got this message
This is your last warning; the next time you create an inappropriate page, you may be blocked from editing without further notice
and i dont want to risk being blocked from editing because ive mistakenly done something.
I noticed that the page I created on The Festival of Sleep Day was deleted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Festival_of_Sleep_Day) and categorized under a hoax. This is not a hoax or a made up holiday so I was wondering why it was deleted? I have taken an interest in unique holidays and noticed there was no page on the Festival of Sleep Day, so I chose to add one and am surprised that it was deleted. I included references that discuss this holiday, and there are many people on social media outlets who celebrate Jan. 3. If you could reconsider the deletion of this page, I would appreciate it. Thanks!
It would have more content, but a template error occurred. I need to keep the page up for the time being so the author of the template can fix the error. I can't shift to a sandbox because the template draws from the page name, so I need to keep the article up until he can get around to examining things. Abyssal (talk) 17:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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I recently made a article titled "cartel wars setups" but it was deleted. It might have seemed random and pointless but to the people who take part in cartel wars that was a very helpful and informative post.
each player has a different amount of "inventory slots" that need to be filled with those setups. But the setups have to be very carefully put together because if you do it wrong you can wind up with negative bonus points.
So...it would be really great to have that article up again
I wrote an article on Varié Magazine its a new magazine in chicago, il and it was deleted. Why is that? How do I get it reposted? Boatloadyoyo (talk) 05:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Welcome to the "Accidentally-blocked-yourself Club"~! Just to console you, you're not the first Admin to do that to yourself and you most certainly won't be the last. Best. --Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 08:40, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
--Talktome(Intelati) 05:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your hard work. --Talktome(Intelati) 05:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
