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Undeletion request GOFINDER

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Why delete an article? Why care if it's in beta-test? You may answer me by my talk page.

What does it mean for it beeing non-notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FenixEden (talk • contribs) 23:54, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't remember how to sign... FenixEden (talk) 23:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC) found out[reply]

Undeletion reuqest

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Hi Whouk. I see that you recently deleted Bendigo and District Cricket Association as an expired PROD. I think there's a good chance it's notable and think it should at least go through AfD, so am requesting undeletion of the article. Sorry I didn't catch this before you deleted it. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 00:48, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. No problem - now restored. Whouk (talk) 15:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Jenks24 (talk) 16:05, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recent deletion of Kid's Praise! 4: Singsational Servants

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Greetings. I noticed you deleted this page recently and wanted to suggest also deleting the associated redirects that can be found here. 138.162.8.57 (talk) 13:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2359 Media

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Hey Whouk, Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Regarding the article on 2359 Media that has been deleted, I know it is because I was not able to provide any references to provide credibility for the article. I was trying to provide the references but I still do not know how to do it. But recently, I just found help to do so. I'm hoping that you can restore my article and let me add in the references. Thanks a lot and sorry again!

Low — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viiviiana (talk • contribs) 09:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Avengers

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Can I interest you in helping me start the episodes of the Avengers? I want to see articles on them! Google book searching and the Avengers website should be enough to meet guidelines and be of use to us British cult TV fans. BTW check out Randall and Hopkirk new website!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Started Hot Snow (The Avengers).♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

E-Marketing Collateral

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Crap - I didn't even notice or remember that. Good catch. Kuru (talk) 02:32, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion request

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Hi Will - You recently deleted a page on me (Benjamin Parzybok) - stating the page did not meet the qualifications of WP:Author (lacking multiple independent substantive sources). Though I did not create/edit the page, I thought I'd make an undeletion request, by mentioning the following sources.

Review in LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-caw-astral-weeks22-2009feb22,0,4599111.story

"Publisher's Weekly": http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-931520-54-6

"io9" http://io9.com/5466926/couch-is-benjamin-parzyboks-slacker-odyssey

"Bookslut": http://www.bookslut.com/features/2009_01_013995.php

"Contemporary Lit": http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/fantasy/fr/couch.htm

"Fiction Writers Review": http://fictionwritersreview.com/reviews/couch-by-benjamin-parzybok

"L Magazine": http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/couch/Content?oid=1142674

"The Stranger" http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=758732

"Willamette Week": http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9815-couch_surfer.html

"The Oregonian" http://blog.oregonlive.com/books/2008/11/benjamin_parzybok_and_the_art.html

I was also the creator of experimental poetry journal, "Gumball Poetry" (1999 to 2006) which received press in Washington Post and WNYC's On the Media, among many others And the co-creator of Project Hamad, which received press across the world (International Herald Tribune, Miami Herald, Willamette Week, Slate, Oregonian, Boing Boing, etc)

Let me know, thanks.

Sparkwatson (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2012 (UTC) (sorry, didn't realize I was logged out) 76.105.139.238 (talk) 18:10, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jared Byers

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You deleted related articles, so you can get rid of Jared Byers too since it's past the 7 day limit. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:03, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hello

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hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.152.159 (talk) 20:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

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Hey, Whouk. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! Ramesh Ramaiah talk 02:26, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Laura

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I was sent a email that said that you were the person who deleted the detailed information about Dr. Ron Laura, professor at University of Newcastle, Australia. The information posted was from Dr. Laura himself. It was posted by me, Dr. Fred Berman DC, who moderates his forums, Facebook and YouTube sites. I am also working with Dr. Laura on a new book. I am not a expert on the inner workings of Wikipedia so I am a bit confused why the material was deleted. It was a accurate portrait of Dr. Laura. He is a top selling author, world lecturer, and professor. Please reconsider the removal of his biography or at least explain to this Wiki novice how to reintroduce it.

Thank you,

Fred Berman DC, assistant to Dr. Ronald Laura — Preceding unsigned comment added by Overfiftylifter (talk • contribs) 22:53, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Gliding New Zealand

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As the creator of Gliding New Zealand I would have expected the courtesy of being notified that this was an proposed AfD. I notice from your talk page that this has occurred before. Please re-instate until we can discuss this. JMcC (talk) 13:25, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Sorry about my grumpy request. I should not have directed my grizzle to an administrator instead of the proposer of the AfD. JMcC (talk) 16:19, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Dizozza deletion

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First of all, I don't have a copy of my wikipedia page and now it, and all its annotations, are completely gone.. Can I at least have a copy of what was there?... I believe it is notable. I am an active composer with a long history contributing to experimental musical theater here in New York with La Mama and Theater for the New City. I am Theater Director for the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center... I think that was why I was put into Wikipedia some 8 years ago. I just wrote a new score for a production by Toby Armour and directed by George Ferencz Celebrating 25 years of Theater for the New City at its current location: "155 First Avenue." I am re-appointed Chair of the Entertainment Committee of the New York City Bar Association. I am a council member for the Lambs... Look at the shows I wrote. And I'm working on a new script and score called "The Ocean Floaters." Please communicate with me. Consider restoring the page. Thank you. Peter Dizozza dizozza@gmail.com, dizozza600@cs.com 917-915-7635 ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.25.193 (talk) 04:06, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Peter. I can userfy the article for you, but for that - and ideally to communicate on here - it would help if you registered an account (or could confirm that your IP address is unchanging). As per the WP:PROD policy, any user can request the undeletion of a page so deleted - even in a case such as this where there's a clear conflict of interest, since you're the subject of the article - and I've therefore taken your message as such a request and restored the page. You should be aware, though, that the article may well end up being referred to the full articles for deletion process and possibly then deleted again. Whouk (talk) 11:57, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

peter dizozza achieving something notable...

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Thank you, Whouk... I'll do my best to keep my artistic endeavors rising up to a level where they might be perceived as Notable... And yes, given that I constantly refer to and rely upon wikipedia pages I will create an account, and do my best to be a helpful contributor as well...

There were also wikipedia references to my musical productions "The Last Dodo," "The Eleventh Hour" and "Prepare to Meet Your Maker" that were deleted... Are those projects notable? Can I say? Yes, a person other than me should determine that, though I think that if anyone gives them consideration they'll enjoy the process and find some benefit in having done so...

I remain at your service...

Peter Dizozza 68.173.25.193 (talk) 13:26, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do have a wikipedia account...Dizozza

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Dear Mike, I apologize for not having been logged in... I should probably review my wikipedia page, too. Is it OK if I update it? Thank you. Peter Dizozza Dizozza (talk) 13:54, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lookism

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Would you please undelete Lookism for me so that I may review it. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 20:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Talkback

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Hello, Whouk. You have new messages at Bgwhite's talk page.
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LadyofShalott 22:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Goshin-Ryu Kempo

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Fair enough and good to know for future reference. Would going to AfD work - if not I will follow your advice.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I will go that route.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:37, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy removal at User:RevMegatherion

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Hi. May I ask for your rationale in removing the speedy at User:RevMegatherion? From WP:CSD: "These apply to all namespaces (and so apply to articles, redirects, user pages, talk pages, files, etc.)". The user is spamming himself and his organization. A lot of OR added to boot. I did not speedy delete outright to give the user a chance to respond and other admins to take a look and make a decision. I do not understand yours. Thanks for any info. -- Alexf(talk) 12:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

deletion of Abd (Arabic)

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Hi. I'm a bit unhappy about your recent deletion of Abd (Arabic). Unfortunately I missed the PROD, otherwise I would have intervened earlier. The reason given for deletion was "Wikipedia is not a dictionary and no evidence that such a word exists in the Arabic language." Well, there is not the slightest doubt that the word exists in the Arabic language and I could easily provide a wealth of sources for that. It is true that Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Abd is significant as an element in a large number of personal names, as could be seen from the inward links to the article (over 60 of them). I can't remember exactly what was in the article (as it isn't there any more), but if some improvement is need I'm willing to provide it. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 10:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for restoring the article. I notice that the insertion of the PROD, here, didn't have any edit summary, so people who had it on their watch-list (as I did) could easily miss it. Wikipedia:Proposed deletion says "Make sure to provide an edit summary that clearly indicates that the article has been proposed for deletion." Perhaps you would agree that the "Procedure for administrators" on that page should also say that a PROD should not be actioned unless properly flagged up in the edit summary? SamuelTheGhost (talk) 17:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply. I totally agree with what you suggest. Perhap the instructions in Wikipedia:Proposed deletion could be modified to that effect? SamuelTheGhost (talk) 21:04, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Q-Bah

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Page was very well documented and there were wikilinks to articles, interviews and newssites after every phrase. Dutch version on Wiki is also available. Please put it up again or tell us what specificly you missed on the wikipage, so we can add it. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.77.158.99 (talk) 21:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your quick reply. Yes we did. Perhaps it's better to change it to Q-Bah instead of MC Q-Bah (as Google will give out more results, and the Dutch wikipage has Q-Bah in it aswel, not MC Q-Bah). Everything else that was asked for is available and was linked in the wikiarticle: music releases, interviews and links to articles. Also, there are Q-Bah links available on Wiki EN (see articles Xzibit, Fredwreck, Low:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=q-bah&title=Special%3ASearch ). So the article is not an orphan. Could you re-install the page and see what is really missing? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.77.158.99 (talk) 22:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Undeletion request

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I'd like to request undeletion of the entry on CARIS. The company has a long history and is very active, and there's a lot of information about it online (www.caris.com, for starters). Lots of mentions in hydro international, and other pubs. Also, I can provide additional info or updates if needed. (sorry about the double entry, I didn't sign the first time) Mark7kram (talk) 12:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fix, and for the welcome info. Full disclosure - I work at the company but have not edited the article. I would like to make the information more current and relevant but, given the COI guidelines, I should probably not edit the article myself. If you have any advice on that issue, I'd welcome it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark7kram (talk • contribs) 13:21, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

request for copy

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You deleted Albemarle Building which was on my watchlist. I don't recall its content or even if I ever edited it, but I would like to review it. Could you please provide a copy? --doncram 12:52, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Exeter Entrepreneurs Society

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Hi Whouk

I'm Matt Riley and I run the exeter entrepreneurs society.

PLEASE PLEASE can you re-instate the wikipedia page as we will be using it as a source of information for new members for the following coming year.

Please?

Kind Regards

Matthew — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.32.222.2 (talk) 04:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion request for Elixio

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Dear Sir/Madame,

I would like to request un-deletion of Elixio. Elixio is a mid-size niche social network which has been around for about 5 years. Below articles that mention Elixio as an emerging social network:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/jun/21/social-networks-emerging

http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/niche-job-networking-websites/

http://www.business2community.com/b2b-perspective/4-b2b-social-media-networks-you-should-know-about-0153340

http://wave.wavemetrix.com/content/upcoming-social-networks-find-their-niche-00115

Kind regards, Elmaacho — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmaacho (talk • contribs) 13:48, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Message

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Hello, Whouk. You have new messages at Caleb Crabb's talk page.
Message added 16:21, 27 July 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Thanks. Caleb Crabb 16:21, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Dieudonné LaMothe at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 03:26, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore this; it was caused by a mix-up on the nominations page that has since been fixed. Shubinator (talk) 04:46, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of WP Symposium

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Hi there,

As the producer of WP Symposium I would like ask for its re-statement.

It was remiss of me not to add 3rd party references of which there are many and I will gladly do so.

Users of WP Symposium have raised its removal as many fou d the page useful in initially understanding what the purpose of the open source WordPress plugin is (similar to BuddyPress which also has a Wikipedia page).

Could we please discuss so I can understand how I can help?

Many thanks, Simon Goodchild Simon.goodchild (talk) 13:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Restore deleted article

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Good morning Whouk,

About a month ago I've requested to delete an articular I wrote about Arnon Goldfinger - film director. The reason for my request was my intentions to re-write the article. Unfortunately I realized I requested to delete the wrong article. I would greatly appreciate if my original article can be restored. It was an honest mistake which caused me great grief. I trust you to contact me if any more information is required.

Thank you in advance

Regards,

mioname (talk) 7:55, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


12:27, 11 July 2012 Whouk (talk | contribs) deleted page Arnon Goldfinger (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mioname (talk • contribs)

DYK for Dieudonné LaMothe

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David Nordfors prod

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Regarding your change here [1], when was it proposed for deletion in the past? I can't see that in the history. --OpenFuture (talk) 14:12, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Balboa Creole French page

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Hello! I was wondering if you (or someone) was going to list Balboa Creole French on the List of hoaxes on Wikipedia page? I'm the guy who flagged it as a hoax, so I was hoping it would get put up there as a point of Novice Wikipedia Editor Pride. (I would do it myself, but I since I'm not an admin & since the page was deleted I have no way of figuring out how long the page was up.) If there's a reason why it isn't going to be put up there, that's cool - I was just curious since I'm not privy to these high-level discussions. Thanks, & have a good one! CircleAdrian (talk) 16:17, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:MMA

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Thanks for helping to make MMA articles on wikipedia better! In September 168 people made a total of 956 edits to MMA articles. I noticed you haven't listed yourself on the WikiProject Mixed martial arts Participants page. Take a look, sign up, and don't forget to say hi on the talk page.

Kevlar (talk) 05:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CIY

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Hi there, I have just seen your edit here. Because now the article is not a disambiguation I was thinking, would it not be better to delete the whole article? Just an idea. Thanks.--Sal73x (talk) 17:13, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sorting it out. Greetings!--Sal73x (talk) 00:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion of Nathalie Archangel

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Hi Will, Being deleted as "non notable" is a true blow to my fragile ego... The information in the Wiki entry was indeed factually correct and the Double Platinum record I possess might beg re-consideration of the "non notable" status. Ouch

Regards,

Nathalie Archangel

Deletion of Nathalie Archangel

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Hi Will, Being deleted as "non notable" is a true blow to my fragile ego... The information in the Wiki entry was indeed factually correct and the Double Platinum record I possess might beg re-consideration of the "non notable" status. Ouch

Regards,

Nathalie Archangel — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.226.152 (talk) 04:16, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Dominika Wolski page

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Hi, I'm Dominika Wolski; there had been a page created about me.. not sure why it was taken down. I have had news articles and sufficient publicity (including a blog on Huffington Post) to warrant a page??? If you require it to be resubmitted, happy to do so. Some of the original details were wrong but we had tried to edit it with my publicist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.57.47 (talk) 09:35, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Deep Dark Canyon deletion

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Hey, noticed you deleted my the Deep Dark Canyon entry for not being notable. Here are some links that I hope convince you otherwise:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-exclusive-trailer-for-offbeat-brothers-in-trouble-indie-deep-dark-canyon

http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/56695/

http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/deep-dark-canyon-3780532/

http://707.pressdemocrat.com/2012-10-19/featured/sonoma-county-film-debuts-in-santa-rosa

http://northhollywood.patch.com/articles/brothers-on-the-run-at-laemmle-noho-7

http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/local-color/Content?oid=2317924

And there's more. Albeit, they call came after the deletion, so I don't fault your instincts. Shall we try to rebuild?

Thanks, Leon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leongrossman (talk • contribs) 02:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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You deleted an experimental band?

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http://www.facebook.com/cindysizerfans http://www.slashgear.com/pablos-heart-01-performance-sampler-is-bizarrely-brilliant-video-26116431/ http://rapohnelizenz.blogspot.de/2012/10/xxx-beatgeeks-gans-space-du-opfer.html http://www.upitup.com/roster/artist.php?aid=42 these links seam recent to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sizer not sure, but this band looks active to me. saw you deleted the wiki entry.

anyhow, must have had your reasons. but I guess netlabel enthusiasts don't count. not everything is physical!


please review your decision

best, Sam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.103.223.180 (talk) 19:02, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Fiat Totem

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Hi,

I would like to re instate the page on the Fiat Totem which you deleted in 2012. I will simply use the Italian page on the Fiat Totem and google translate it initially. I will then gradually correct the English hopefully with other wikipedians help. the old translation which I used originally would have been more or less comprehensible to people who knew about cogeneration. There are no copywright issues as far as I can see.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Engineman (talk • contribs) 08:12, 31 January 2013‎

About Springfield, Tasmania

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Hi Whouk!

  • 12:09, 16 August 2012 Whouk (talk | contribs) deleted page Springfield, Tasmania (Expired PROD, concern was: not a suburb, not an official locality, a few streets in Moonah with a local name. No real content so our readership will not be deprived.)

I've Wikipedia:Ignore all rules'd (which I would much prefer be called Wikipedia:Ignore one rule) and boldly re-created Springfield, Tasmania as a WP:redirect to West Moonah, Tasmania
Springfield was historically an actual suburb. When I worked in pizzeria in Moonah, I delivered a lot of pizzas there.
Fine with me if you delete it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shirt58 (talk • contribs) 10:08, 7 February 2013

Taking umbrage to a deletion....

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Hello Will!

My name is Nathalie Archangel and I understand you deleted a short biography someone was kind enough to post about me. It seems I am "Not Noteworthy" OUCH

Do Google me, listen to my new record and reconsider.....


Regards,

Nathalie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narchangel (talk • contribs) 05:12, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please

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restore Sirah (rapper) into my userspace?--Launchballer 10:55, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, thank you. While I'm at it, could you move the page history of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Monyaka to Monyaka? I created it as an IP several years ago and I don't want to see my handiwork wasted.--Launchballer 13:16, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Deleted article

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I want to make a new page about Synthetic Scar but you deleted it because of WP:GNG. What should I do so that my page doesn't get deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SingleCasulty (talk • contribs) 11:44, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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An RfC that you may be interested in...

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As one of the previous contributors to {{Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!

This message was sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of {{U|Technical 13}} (t • e • c) 18:27, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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MfD nomination of User:TheInno/Gabriel Grey

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Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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Hi Whouk.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
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  • JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
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Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

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Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

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Starting Wikipedia page aerial artist Tjaša Dobravec

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Hello,

I am new on Wikipedia and I am searching somebody that could make the Wikipedia page of my partner, professional aerial artist Tjaša Dobravec. I have already written most of the text and listed up the references, and now I am searching a Wikipedia volunteer that could check and publish it. Can you or do you know somebody that could help me?

Thanks in advance and kind regards from Slovenia, Roel Stiens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roel Stiens (talk • contribs) 07:25, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to Join WikiProject for Spoken Wikipedia

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Hi Whouk! I am Galendalia and I have revived the WikiProject for Spoken Wikipedia. I noticed that you signed up at some point to be a participant and as I am reviving this project, one of my tasks is to get the participant list in order. Would you please go to the Participants List and add your name and language(s) you speak? If you are already there and do not want to be, please move yourself to the inactive list at the bottom of the page. If you want to remain, please put remain next to your name (this way you are not moved). If I do not see anything from you by May 30, 2020, I will move you to the inactive participant list. It would also be great if you would be willing to join the task force for Pronunciation that would be awesome, as there are troublesome words we run into.

Thank you for considering joining us. If you decide to leave, I will be sad to see you leave as so many people have done a great job on the recordings and any work you have done makes a significant difference.
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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

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Hi there, just fyi I have put in a request to remove the redirection of the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society to the PRS for Music page. MCPS is a standalone organisation from PRS for Music.

Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JHMPA (talk • contribs) 16:33, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

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Bubbling Under Entry

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Hello. I wanted to let you know that Jessica Simpson's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" peaked at #21 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 :) I fixed your edit and added the source, which is Billboard (the publisher of the chart itself) https://www.billboard.com/artist/jessica-simpson/chart-history/hbu/ Piratetales (talk) 22:58, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the source, Piratetales! Whouk (talk) 23:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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WIkiProject Doctor Who Newsletter: July 2024

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The Space-Time Telegraph
Volume II, Issue I — July 2024
Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

Okay–ooh. New teeth newsletter. That's weird...

Hello!

Welcome to the first regenerated issue of The Space-Time Telegraph, the official newsletter of WikiProject Doctor Who. We hope it finds you well in your safe travels across the Whoniverse! This newsletter was founded in 2008 and seemed to get lost in the time vortex quite quickly. Thanks to the Doctor dragging Sutekh through the time vortex and bringing life by bringing death to death (yeah... I'm a little confused too), it seems to have regenerated. The writing staff hopes to bring you future editions quarterly.
For this first edition, we have created an updated version of our mailing list that includes any active editors who previously had their usernames included in our participants list. If you do not wish to receive future editions, please remove your name from the mailing list. If you no longer wish to participate in the project, please also remove your name from the participants list.
I think that's enough about the newsletter for now. Let's dive into interesting things happening within the Doctor Who side of Wikipedia. Geronimooooo.....

Big Spike in Productivity

During 2024, the project has scored 8 GAs, 2 FLs and a GT, up from last year's 4 GAs and a GT. Several additional things are in the pipeline, with a bunch of things currently having been nominated with some mix of OlifanofmrTennant, TheDoctorWho, and Pokelego999 having their names attached to them. Allow me to look into the nominees.
  1. Series 14: As of July 18th, every single episode has been sent to GAN, with "Boom", "73 Yards", and "The Devil's Chord" having made it to GA.
  2. 2023 Specials: Early in the year, as part of trying to not lose the WikiCup, Ollie sent "The Star Beast" (still salty about the move) to GAN. It was reviewed by frequent collaborator (fly high) of hers, but failed. She then fixed it up and sent it back where it passed. Later "The Giggle" was expanded and sent to GA, followed shortly by "Wild Blue Yonder". WBY received help by JustAnotherCompanion, a pretty fresh user. This other companion chose not to be listed as co-nom. A page was created for "Destination: Skaro" and quickly got GA status.
  3. The Daleks' Master Plan was also sent to GAN by Rhain. It passed to join Rhain's other First Doctor content, being the fourth season three article to get the green check.
  4. Peter Capaldi: The filmography and newly created awards of Capaldi were both sent to FLC and passed. Capaldi's main page was sent to GA, though due to some minor incompetence on the part of the nominator it was failed.

Proposals to the WikiProject

A recent proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Doctor Who suggested potential improvements and suggestions for the main page of the project, as well as discussions about the project overall. The proposals are as follows:
  1. The Task Forces section should be removed due to inactivity in the Torchwood Task Force, and a lack of significant interest in creating further Task Forces.
  2. The freenode channel no longer works and should be removed due to most discussion taking place on site.
  3. Due to the low quality of Lungbarrow and Jubilee despite being sample articles, these articles should either be removed as samples or improved. Additionally, the "sample device" has a very small application field, and should be removed from the sample articles section.
  4. An updates infobox should be included, similarly to those used by Wikipedia:VGCHAR.
  5. Radio Times's Doctor Who sections should be included in the references section due to their benefits for the project sourcing wise.
  6. The Deletion Discussion archive should be removed, or have work invested in updating it, due to its lack of updates.

If you feel you have any thoughts or suggestions on these matters, or on any other matters pertaining to the project and its main page, feel free to chime in the ongoing discussion.

Discussions of Note

A move discussion is currently underway on whether or not Doctor Who series 14 should be moved to Doctor Who season 1 (2024). The discussion also involves conversation on a few other adjacent articles. If you have an opinion on the matter please read over the discussion or leave comments.

Contributors

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WIkiProject Doctor Who: September 2024 Newsletter

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The Space-Time Telegraph
Volume II, Issue II — September 2024
Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

You like Doctor Who? What's his name then?

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the second issue of the new newsletter! Following the success of the first newsletter we are back to write more stuff.

Articles for deletion
Several articles have been nominated for deletion, such as Time War (Doctor Who), and several articles have been deleted, or merged or redirected, especially those relating to books, due to lack of WP:SIGCOV and WP:NBOOK. Editors can always help either by participating in the deletion discussions (which are noted on the project page), adding to such articles, or bringing attention to other such articles through AfD or the WikiProject talk page, to aid in clean-up.

Notice of Draft Articles
A new Doctor Who spin-off was announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con, called The War Between the Land and the Sea, and will feature old and new Whoniverse characters working for UNIT as they battle the Sea Devils. The main space article currently redirects to Whoniverse, but collaboration is currently underway in a draft article. As filming on this miniseries has recently begun, its relocation to the mains space will presumably take place soon per the recommendations laid out at WP:NTV.


There is also a draft article in progress for the upcoming 2024 Christmas special. While this article won't be moved until the episode airs, any new contributions are welcome.

Doctor Who News
A small number of editors have recently raised questions regarding the reliability of Doctor Who News. This website is particularly used for information regarding viewing figures and the Appreciation Index of most episodes as well as some news information. If there is a better source for any information supported by this website, it should be replaced in good faith.


A full consensus on whether or not to remove the information that can't be supported by a different source has not yet been reached. Any editor who has opinions on this matter should contribute to the discussion on the WikiProject talk page.

Continued Progress Towards Good/Featured Content
There has been lots of progress made towards recognized articles in the last two months, related to such diverse categories as series, specials, lists and episodes A sub-page has also been added to the WikiProject, to list any possible goals we can aim towards.

Proposals Regarding the State of Fictional Elements Articles in the WikiProject

Several proposals have been laid out regarding fictional elements in the WikiProject, which includes fictional characters, locations, and more. Due to a concerning quality state regarding the large majority of them, several methods of tackling them in order to improve these articles' quality for the future have been proposed. The primary three proposals are as follows:
1. A priority list should be made to determine what articles are most pressing and in need of improvement in the WikiProject overall. Focus would be put onto important subjects and articles in a state of dubious notability that would make them viable for deletion processes such as AfD.
2. A group of articles is selected for improvement, which are ones deemed most relevant to the WikiProject for the future. Any lesser important subjects can be sidelined and worked on as editors see fit.
3. A long term goal is made to improve all elements. This will come at the caveat of taking significantly longer and requiring more heavy participation than the above two proposals, but would guarantee a slow and steady way to solve the issue.
If any editors are interested in chiming into the conversation and sharing their piece on how this should be handled, or if any editors wish to help with this proposal and improve fictional elements articles, then feel free to share thoughts at the discussion's section on the article's talk page.

Contributors

"I'm not appalled by it" - The New New York Times

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:41, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .

Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder

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Information iconThis is a reminder that established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. You are receiving this annual reminder since you have averaged less than 50 edits per year over the last 5 years.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:23, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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