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Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

  • Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
  • Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 00:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

  • Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
  • March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
  • Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
James Hare

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

  • This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
  • On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.


Best,

James Hare

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Nomination of Buck (personal name) for deletion

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

  • On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
  • Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
  • You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

  • On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
  • Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
  • The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
  • Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
  • Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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Phoenix Affirmations

I have declined your WP:CSD#G4 speedy, because this version is not "sufficiently identical and unimproved" compared to the one deleted at the last (2nd) AFD. That one just stated the principle, with a single reference to their source; this one has considerable commentary and a number of references (though two of the online ones are deadlinks). Consider a (third) AfD, if you like; I have not checked it enough to give an opinion on whether it would pass. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:16, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Picture your self leading the masses to improve Wikimedia one article at a time.
  • Show the Internet who is the better editor.
  • Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
  • Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
  • Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.


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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC


For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/


My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:26, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

  • Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
    A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
  • Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon
    Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM
  • Saturday, September 20: September Meetup
    Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM
  • Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
    Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM
  • Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

FORBIDDN GOODS

Hey it's wrenstaples 9/7/14. Why does Gap and H&M have an article written about them? This little business deserves to be in the encyclopedia just as much as them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrenstaples (talk • contribs) 03:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Hindu Purohit Sangh NGO

Hello Swpb. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Hindu Purohit Sangh NGO, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: this is about an organization, not a duplicate of "Hindu priest". Needs refs, may or may not be notable. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 14:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

I have userfied it to User:Ravi Paliya/Hindu Purohit Sangh and given him some advice. JohnCD (talk) 14:46, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Good call. —Swpbtalk 14:49, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Nickk dropkick

Just got your reccomendation on speedy deletion for Nickk dropkick, its my first article, but Im basically editing the sections on transgressive art currently, and hoping to add more artists I enjoy in the genre. I felt he was significant enough because I enjoy him, and read about him in a few magazines, like Insomnia, as well as my local paper (the imprint). I really do enjoy his art when I get to see it, and cited his main site a few times to get information I was missing past seeing his art online and in magazines. How could I make the article better? AzogAzekzog (talk) 18:54, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

My Contribution

Hey Swpb, thank you for your feedback, but I really did my best to make this contribution not look like advertising or something else. I did my best to input all necessary sources. if you compeare my contribution to similar trading tools eG (multicharts, eg metatrader) you will see its almost the same structure. I really would love to make a good contribution regarding this topic. can you please send me suggestions how to do it better? sincerely Achilles25 (talk) 21:28, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Unreviewing

Hi Swbp,

My understanding of reviewing pages was that when nominating them for either WP:SPEEDY or WP:PROD the page should be marked as reviewed, I have been admonished for not doing so previously, could you point me in the direction of some policy on this as im getting mixed messages at present. Amortias (T)(C) 19:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah original author had removed the wp:speedy tag between me placing it and you seeing it by looks of it. No harm no foul. Amortias (T)(C) 19:11, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Vienna History Wiki

Sorry, but I don't get it. What's the point? Is space so scarce on wikipedia? Can you then please delete the pages of all wikis listed here List_of_wikis. They all have separate wikipedia entries, but the Vienna History Wiki should not? Krabina (talk) 07:38, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Muckgers deletion

Thanks for the heads up on the nomination for deletion. I've reviewed the entry again and added additional comments on the entry's talk page. Should you get the chance to review, I'm sure you'll find my summary of the organization's significance adequate. If not, I'd like to hear what might be done to improve the entry further. Simongalperin (talk) 20:36, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, you've done nothing to further indicate the significance of the organization, and there is nothing at all on the talk page. What you need to do is add reliable sources (if these exist) that show that this organization has had some impact or recognition beyond a few passing mentions on minor news sites. As it stands now, the article does not support the idea that the organization is sufficiently notable to merit an article. Since you removed the proposed deletion tag, I am initiating the more formal deletion process. —Swpbtalk 20:45, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Xperform

  • A7: "an article about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organized event" - does not apply to products
  • G11: Please point out the purely promotional material.

--NeilN talk to me 20:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Contested deletion

Hi Swpb, just alerting you to my contested deletion of the Kinnek article. Please see my explanation on that talk page for my reasons to contest. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tskeeve9 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Cincopa Page

Hello I have noticed that Cincopa value was automatically deleted from Wikipedia. Based on the deletion page it seems that the value was deleted based on historical from 2009 (5 years ago) conversation and not based on the current content and sources. I can understand the reasons for discussion made 5 years ago, when the page probably seemed to look as advertising, but a lot of things changed since then. The company has grown and has hundreds of thousands of users. Similar companies are described in Wikipedia such as ( Wistia, Viddler , Vzaar and more). Wikipedia provides its users a "Comparison of video hosting services" and it seems fair to provide the users as much information as there is and not to deny the information because of some discussion which happened 5 years ago. The current lately deleted page did not had advertising content, it was re-written based on guidelines to have encyclopedic content, just to provide info to the users. Please reconsider the deletion based on content and sources and not based on history. I wrote here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cincopa but didn't get any reply yet Best Regards Irina1953 (talk) 14:07, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

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DYK nomination of Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

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Lesly Joseph article

Hi Swpb, I hope i am using the right way to contact you. I saw you tagged the article "Lesly Joseph". Please can you help me? Because I made a mistake by editing the article, I just wanted to save it and continue to work on it, but I didn't know that it would be edited if I clicked on "Save page". Can you either help me correct it, or even delete it? And i will do it again. Thank you so much!

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DYK for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

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October 2014

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Jack's Mates Films

Hi there, could you please elaborate on why you have put a speedy deletion on my page? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JacksMatesFilms (talk • contribs) 13:33, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Shingle

Whilst I applaud your conversion of Shingle to a disambiguation page, I think the meaning of "a mass of small stones" has escaped the process. Shingle beach is merely a descriptive, just like "sandy beach". To give an example of usage, from a comic poem by W. S. Gilbert [[1]]:

On Peter's portion oysters grew--a delicacy rare,
But oysters were a delicacy Peter couldn't bear.
On Somers' side was turtle, on the shingle lying thick,
Which Somers couldn't eat, because it always made him sick.

Or look at this advert [[2]] for people selling shingle.

Alternatively, usage in this description[[3]] of a landscape created by shingle (it is an amazing place if you ever get to go there).

Anyway,to get to the point, I feel the DAB has no-where to point this particular meaning - unless the page Shingle beach is amended to fulfill this role. Any thoughts on this?ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 20:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)


Thanks for your remarks. I'm not sure I have necessarily made my point clearly. Prior to your edits, if a Wikipedia user looked up "shingle", one of the meanings shown was the one I have discussed. That is no longer the case. The cause of the problem is that there is no proper article to which to direct the reader from the DAB page. I note that shingle is a rare but important coastal habitat that is often overlooked. Unfortunately, without a lot of homework, I don't think I have the resources to write such an article. A further problem is what such an article would be called. How could one request an article for creation without a name? (That may just be a rhetorical question.) It also highlights some of the problems generated by different versions of English.
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Einar Björvin Sighvatsson

Hello there, First of all, i respect your work User:swpb and truly understand that you have concerns about my page Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson . I am a beginner here on wiki and the page about Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson is the first page that i have ever made in wikipedia. I see that you have deleted Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson as G10 but this page is not an Attack page. Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson is a teenager in Iceland that got into the spotlight only 3 days ago (11,4,2014) and therefor is a new topic here on wiki. I have shown Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson a big interest and wanted to write a wiki page about him.

I also see that you have marked Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson as a Sockpuppetry because it reappeared as Einar Blazit Sighvatsson (created by User:WhoDaMan2014 ) after you deleted mine. i personally do not know User:WhoDaMan2014 and have no idea who he is but it looks like he is writing about the same Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson. His site does not look professional and does not write about Einar Björgvin Sighvatsson as he is suppose to do.

I hope that you will show me understanding and restore my page but if you have any questions then i will gladly answer them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eythorg-1960 (talk • contribs) 00:18, 5 November 2014 (UTC)


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Hi,

the template is finished, but I see your point. Can I ask you a question, how can I use the Template:Ambox in the German Wikipedia? It is not available in German language.

Thanks and a good night Rüggi (talk) 23:36, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

BugVacuum

That new and deletion-worthy article was already tagged for not satisfying notability for products, before you added a general notability tag. This seems like excessive tagging. Perhaps it needs a prod or AFD. What do you think? Regards. Edison (talk) 20:54, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

My mistake - there were no tags when I loaded the page. I think a prod is in order, maybe after another half-day or so to give benefit of the doubt. —Swpbtalk 20:57, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Inderjit - thanks

Hi, thanks for catching my mistake. I didn't notice that the page had been edited after I looked at it. Should've probably waited a few minutes before CSD tagging it. --Richard Yin (talk) 17:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)


The article is tagged for deletion, and now appropriately so. While I search for evidence of notability for topics that interest me, I consider the burden of establishing plausible notability to lie with the article creator. —Swpbtalk 17:41, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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Triticum macha‎‎

Sorry I didn't mean to step on your edits on that article, I just thought at this point they would be better served with a redirect to Wheat, since the articles were only saying they are a type of wheat. If you disagree with my assessment please feel free to revert my redirects and continue to tag his 6 new articles.Triticum zhukovskyi‎‎ Triticum ispahanicum‎‎ Triticum vavilovii‎‎ Triticum macha‎‎ Triticum sphaerococcum‎‎ Triticum militinae‎‎ - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 15:48, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Ghost Commander

I agree that it should be deleted. The fact that you came to your conclusion when I was actually still editing the first version should hardly matter. Unfortunately, I am not able to keep up with this speed. Vaganyik (talk) 15:07, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

On the subject of admins at DYK...

You seem to have an interest and quite a significant bit of content experience. Is that something you'd be willing to take on?--v/r - TP 21:41, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm willing to co-nominate here, and I could help you make RFA as pleasant of an experience as possible, having nominated 40+ candidates successfully in the past. You do good work in this project, you have a clear need for the tools in a non-controversial area, and I really don't see any faults on why you will be opposed. I hope you change your mind and decide to give it a try. For any apparent reason it doesn't work out, it isn't the end of the world neither. Thanks Secret account 23:19, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

To editors Secret and TParis: I really appreciate the offer, and the compliment. I'm not interested in pursuing adminship right now, but I might reconsider that in the future. Thank you. —Swpbtalk 15:09, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Let me know when you are ready to run so I could get your nomination ready. Thanks Secret account 22:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Teen Choice Awards; AfD Breakdown

I ran across your AfD here. Though I do agree with much of your baseline thoughts I'm inclined to redirect to the larger article as it doesn't meet general notability precedent when it comes to various awards we do often list candidates. Potentially more of note to you is Teen Choice Awards#Award categories which links a bounty of article clones of the current AfD discussion. You may want to handle them individually depending on the topic or notability of nominees (I won't pretend to know your ever motive here) or perhaps try a larger discussion on improved organization. Just wanted to make sure you were aware.

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Like Balaton

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I got a message and you guys deleted this like balaton page and me. ( Benlovas ) Why ? Let me know what is the problem and I will fix it. I am sorry I am new here so please let me know. Also I would like to know how I can add a picture to my page ? thanks. Ben Benlovas (talk) 02:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Tim (given name)

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Needed clarity

  • Hi Swpb, would you please explain why you readded the tags to Naeem Baig, the subject establishes the notability and content is cited, what for additional sources are needed and what to improve at few line stub article. I don't think there is need of the tags?!!!. Justice007 (talk) 18:55, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Joe Ives Page

Hi, what content do I need to add to make this page legit? The Bob Ives page is well structured (Still a work in progress for now.) but I need a Joe Ives page to be exist so the connection can be acknowledged. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. As I do not have content for this page. User:Fluffyghost — Preceding undated comment added 15:08, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion for 'Steep Turn'

Removed proposed deletion - Steep Turns are a concept taught to pilots across the globe! It is 'very well known' terminology across the aviation world. This proposal for deletion is as good as proposing 'Take Off' or 'Landing' for deletion. Not only has this article been worked and reworked quite a bit by various authors since its addition by me, but myself am a pilot and can state on 'full authority' the authenticity of a 'Steep Turn' as a manoeuvre published by ICAO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Css1986 (talk • contribs) 19:24, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

AFD

This seems uncharacteristically imprecise. I've not gone as far as to suggest WP:SK3, but I wonder if you missed something you might ordinarily have seen during a routine search. St★lwart111 23:38, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of GreenWood

Could you point me to some sort of guideline for how to indicate a subject is important or significant? Most of what I know about them comes from their own website and appearances of their associates on television, but relying on those sources exclusively tends towards promotion, which is what Wiki isn't. I'd like to track down some independent material and flesh out the article a bit, but I don't know what's available. I'd like to see an article on poverty reduction through introduction of low-carbon emission production, which would perhaps benefit from a reference to them, but I haven't found an existing article that seems particularly apt.

For what it's worth, I have no affiliation with GreenWood. I was curious about them and hoping to find good information in Wiki; having come up short, I wanted to leave some breadcrumbs to give the next person in a similar situation a head start.--Wcoole (talk) 01:54, 5 December 2014 (UTC) I see the delete happened and I'm basically OK with it, but disappointed in my hope that there would already be an article on a subject that seems notable and of interest to me. I'll probably need to write (or start) a broader-based article, perhaps Sustainable something-or-other, since Sustainable development is used to mean something rather differnt and put citations from GreenWood and other sources in it.--Wcoole (talk) 21:54, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Foreign-language contributors

For pointing foreign-language contributors to their home WP, there is a useful list of templates, many of them bilingual, at WP:PNT/T. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:37, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

End-of-the-year meetups

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Regarding Proposed deletion of List of Movies Screened in 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014

Dear Swpb, The article is meant to help listing all the movies screened in the biggest international film festival happening in my city. This article also helps understanding and linking to specific Movies and learn quickly about their directors etc. Also note that the movies that gets screened have importance based on the subject, country, language, culture, heritage and more. Many times, we never get to find such movies having a reference page on wikipedia and I find this as an opportunity to build such pages as and when I find more time to do some research on them. Similarly, many other wikipedians might drop by and contribute as well. I will continue to try making this article more useful for wiki than just leaving it here as a list of movies. My another concern is that the international film festival websites get revamped every year and I never get to find the data related to movies screened in coming years and its a big loss. This page even addresses the need to retain such data. Hope I have tried my best to collate all the need for the article. Please guide me what else I could to better to improve this article instead of just nominating the page for deletion. Thank you very much taking time to review the article though. Omshivaprakash (talk) 07:53, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Tricia Dingle

I've declined your speedy for copyvio and removed the bot tag as well. The same text appears to be present at both pages, but the http://www.thefullwiki.org/Tricia_Stokes one cites the Wikipedia one as its source. It is also licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0, although I didn't see a mention of GFDL. Even though the bot tags it, it's as well to check as there a lot of mirrors (and some of them won't be in the bot's list of places not to bother with, assuming it has one). When a site copies but doesn't acknowledge is harder to detect. Often, you can look in History and trace the gradual progress of the Wikipedia article to the version in dispute. If there's a sudden jump in the text here to the current version, it's quite possible that it's a copyvio. If it's had a jump which then gradually evolves, it's likely to be an undeclared mirror at their end. If it's just gradual change over a period, it'll also be a mirror. Peridon (talk) 18:03, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Garybarlow999

I have added more info on A-Log please consider unflagging it thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garybarlow999 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Please delete A-Log

Please delete A-Log the joke is over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garybarlow999 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

45 PN 45

It is clear that the account 45 PN 45 was created purely to harass you, and it was almost certainly a sockpuppet of someone you had annoyed. Do you have any idea what other account it may be a sockpuppet of? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:37, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

I patrol new pages, so I annoy a lot of people. —Swpbtalk 22:07, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Oil Refineries of America

Hello, As many have said, this is my first post to Wikipedia and it is not nearly finished. I will be adding more and editing all weekend and should be finished by Monday. I just wanted to get it started. However, instead of deleting my page right away some suggestions would be nice instead. My article has more information and it is more specific than the article you compared it to. Yes they are similar but they are not duplicates. Would you suggest me adding onto that article you brought to my attention instead of making a new one? If so suggesting that first would be better than requesting an immediate deletion. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.Elenigiagos (talk) 00:52, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

@Swpb: I apologize for the impertinence of this student. I am the campus ambassador for this course; I'll make a point of watching this editor more closely. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:10, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Merging

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DLD - Digital Logic Design

In your prod rationale of DLD - Digital Logic Design you said not a single independent source has a mention of this. Do you have access to the sources? I am fairly convinced you are right except for the Mano and Cletti book for which I have no access. This has been deleted multiple times and has failed an AFD. The only reason I have not deleted it outright is that this time an attempt has been made to provide sources, but given the "form" of this editor I am prepared to delete it if you can confirm that the sources fail verification. SpinningSpark 01:39, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

DLD - Digital Logic Design is a new educational tool to provide assistance in teaching those subject areas mentioned in the article. The references given in the article is related to the subject which were using some old tools to teach the subject. Those tools are either outdated or no longer supported on new platforms. The research paper related to this new tool is under review process in some research journal and, as in most cases, will take around 1-2 year to come in print. I have included this article to provide a resource for the students and teaching community which is looking for new tool for the purposes and come to wiki for this purpose and found outdated software links on this prestigious site. Regards majid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drmajidn (talk • contribs) 05:19, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Removal of IDR Solutions page

Sorry to find that you considered the page for IDR Solutions to be inappropriate. They're a long established software company in the UK, the founder is well regarded in the Java community and on the speaker circuit, and IMHO (which being a long standing WP editor is no less valid or worthy than yours (again IMHO)), they are a good fit for several categories including the software companies in the UK one; WP is foremost a research tool, and people use that category for locating interesting companies to work for, as I know from hiring successful persons within my own organsation who have used that very route.

For the avoidance of doubt, I've no personal interest in whether the article exists or not other than not wishing to be wasting the precious time that I choose to donate to enhancing Wikipedia, and I'm not associated with IDR in any way other than meeting the founder recently at Google DevFest in Turkey where we were both speakers, and where I expressed surprise that they did not already have an entry. WP is certainly not for advertising or self promotion, and it's one of my own pet peeves to find listings abused for this purpose. Having researched their details, the proposed article took a neutral and unbiased stance without self promotion, no direct product references (though such content arguably should be included as relevant) and with appropriate category listings. The content was short which is not unusual for a new article, and I would say was no less appropriate than other software company pages of minimal size such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Tabs, which is a somewhat worse entry having no company information box.

The UK has a tradition and culture of small software companies, and with most new companies failing within the first year or two, in surviving for over a decade and being precisely the type of company that forms the very bedrock of the UK's world dominance in the software arena, IDR very much merits being included in my opinion. As you obviously disagree then for educational purposes perhaps you could do the reader the courtesy of saying why, and come up with your own entry for IDR based on your personal view of what the page and others of their ilk should contain. Moggie2002 (talk) 13:33, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Moggie2002, I don't deny your long standing as a WP editor. It's unfortunate that your article trod the same path as User:Markee174's deleted version. User:Swpb found the same faults with your version that I found with User:Markee174's last month. Neither of you provided any evidence of notability. How about some independent sources? You know, the stuff a long standing WP editor knows to include in an article so that it doesn't trigger a CSD. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not the yellow pages. Both you and User:Markee174 argue that other companies have gotten away with it. As I replied to him last month, if you believe that the E-Tabs article or any other article contravenes the rules then, for the good of Wikipedia, nominate them for deletion.
Swpb, apologies that a question I posed at User talk:Moggie2002#Speedy deletion nomination of IDR Solutions flowed over onto your talk page. Bazj (talk) 14:50, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the followup. I've posted my final thoughts on the topic on my talk page. Moggie2002 (talk) 14:59, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
As a final final comment, the following references show up with some further searching on IDR, as posted on Bazj's talk. They're a NetBeans partner (https://netbeans.org/community/partners/) and the founder is a member of the NetBeans Dream team (https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/dreamteam.html). They're also members of the PDF association [1], they regularly contribute at conferences including PDF Days Europe[2], iText Summit[3], JavaOne[4], Business of Software[5] and Devfest Istanbul[6], where they are also a partner[7].

[1] http://www.pdfa.org/organization/idrsolutions

[2] http://www.pdfa.org/news/what-are-all-these-pdf-companies-doing-at-a-java-show/

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iCln0doF88

[4] http://www.pdfa.org/news/what-are-all-these-pdf-companies-doing-at-a-java-show/

[5] http://lanyrd.com/2009/business-of-software/scxdz/

[6] http://devfesttr.com/speakers/

[7] http://devfesttr.com/#partners

As I also noted on Bazj's page, their involvement in the software community raises them above others that don't in terms of contribution, and makes them arguably important and notable for those reasons. Moggie2002 (talk) 17:53, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Groseille pays - This page should not be speedy deleted because...

This page should not be speedily deleted because: It is Not a promotion page as i have been noticed in my inbox but it's a Creole name of a plant which has been referenced into different names and type of content in wikipedia such as : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_sabdariffa or https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_sabdariffa (your reason here) : Creole is a language as equal as French, English etc.. but in general Creole has been referenced as dialect or something even tribal as far as i have read already. Creole is a mix of different languages spoken in Caribbean In Guadeloupe and Martinique they do not call Hibiscus_sabdariffa some do not even know what this is, but Groseille pays everybody knows about it. That is why it is necessary to reference Groseille Pays in Wikipedia which seems to be like a world online dictionary. as an individual i really try to take advantage of it and make traditional Caribbean words regarded with interest and value. Some links to reformat my text will be very kind to get if possible. Thank you for reviewing my post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guadeloupe.island (talk • contribs) 16:36, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

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Barnstar

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
At Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)/Archive 15#"Save to Draft" button? Oiyarbepsy (talk) 20:54, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Beggary in Ghana

Hello Swpb, I noticed that Beggary in Ghana has been merged into Economy of Ghana. Its likely that I missed the noticed that proposed the merger, otherwise I think the community should have been informed to get their input. I had intention of expanding the stub to a full fledged article. Kind Regards, —Sadat (Masssly)❤Talk☮C☺Email☯ 15:43, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi Masssly I also thought it good merging Beggary in Ghana into Economy of Ghana at first, but as said, I think it will be wise to keep it as was and then expanded. Myself will be available to help expand it. swpb what you say? Best. →Enock4seth (talk) 16:09, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Real Time Action Technology

The subject article was PRODed by yourself - it has been restored as a contested PROD. You may wish to consider WP:AfD in the light of this result. Ronhjones  (Talk) 18:55, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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