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Please be advised that Shade Rupe, which you requested PROD for around three years ago, has been restored by user request. Feel free to AFD it if you wish. Stifle ( talk) 10:55, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama,
A previous submission titled "Market Dynamics" was deleted due to a lack of notoriety. This issue has now been remedied with two recent publications. I have enclosed links to these sources, and would appreciate your consideration in restoring the submission. If other changes are still required, I would be happy to review and adjust.
Regards, Josh Dayanim jdayanim@gmail.com
Source articles for reference:
1) Journal of Mathematics Research, February 2011 Market Dynamics: Bridging Security Price Movements and Classical Physics http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmr/article/view/8030
2) International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) Journal 11, pages 50-53 Market Dynamics: Modeling Security Price Movements and Support Levels http://www.ifta.org/public/files/journal/d_ifta_journal_11.pdf
72.237.206.160 ( talk) 15:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi - about a year ago, you proposed the article titled Ramesh Srinivasan to be deleted for the following reason -- (WP:PROD: Nominated for seven days with no objection: Concern was: Non-notable per WP:ACADEMIC, unreferenced.) I have created a much-improved version of this article with thorough citations, and further information on why Dr. Srinivasan is a notable academic. Here it is, on my user page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kairyth/RameshArticleTest I plan on submitting this new article to deletion review, but they recommend contacting the admin who deleted the page first. So here I am, contacting you. Please let me know if you will be able to un-delete this page. Thanks very much - Katherine Becvar (kairyth)
Kairyth ( talk) 18:22, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama,
I would like to request that the article "Deleteme" be reinstated. This was an expired PROD. Deleteme was one of the earliest groups on the photo sharing site Flickr--and is still one of the most notorious. There are so many groups on Flickr now--many of them with names like "dog, dogs, dogs!" but this one really truly is an original.
The section about the group "deleting" a photo by Henri Cartier Bresson is of particular value. I think. This was an online "event" that many people still talk about today--you find references to it in photogrpahy forms--it sparked a debate about the value of art critique, especially in an online era where anyone can be an "expert." (Here's an example: http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/general-chit-chat/63840-henri-cartier-bresson-photo-flickr-deleteme.html). Or Google "deleteme" and "Henry Cartier Bresson."
Anyway, I understand that these PRODs are routinely cleaned up after they expire but I also understand that requests to restore are typically granted if there was only one protest ... Hope you can help--thanks in advance.
70.42.57.137 ( talk) 19:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)Gienna Shaw giennawrites (at) gmail (dot) com www.flickr.com/gienna
I've recently been doing some thinking (and a great deal of consultation with Philippe and James at the WMF's community department) on how to keep new users around and participating, particularly in light of Sue's March update. One of the things we'd like to test is whether the reception they get when they make their first article is key. In a lot of cases, people don't stay around; their article is deleted and that's that. By the time any contact is made, in other words, it's often too late.
What we're thinking of doing is running a project to gather data on if this occurs, how often it occurs, and so on, and in the mean time try to save as many pages (and new contributors) as possible. Basically, involved users would go through the deletion logs and through Special:NewPages looking for new articles which are at risk of being deleted, but could have something made of them - in other words, non-notable pages that are potentially notable, or spammy pages that could be rewritten in more neutral language. This would be entirely based on the judgment of the user reviewing pages - no finnicky CSD standards. These pages would be incubated instead of deleted, and the creator contacted and shepherded through how to turn the article into something useful. If they respond and it goes well, we have a decent article and maybe a new long-term editor. If they don't respond, the draft can be deleted after a certain period of time.
I know this isn't necessarily your standard fare, but with your deletion work I thought it might be up your alley. If you're interested, read Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/New pages, sign up and get involved; questions can be dropped on the talkpage or directed at me. Thanks, Ironholds ( talk) 21:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the little bit of extra looking you did, and for the pacifying advice you offered based on it. JohnInDC ( talk) 23:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks (again). I'd apologize for throwing you to the wolves but I figure you can fend for yourself. Plus it might do some good, might, to hear concerns coming from an editor who has recently manifested patience and understanding. After my own patience reservoir has been replenished, I'm sure I'll be back! JohnInDC ( talk) 00:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Your comment duly noted for if this should happen in the future. Thank you • martyx• tk ct gy 16:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Atama, I was very offended by your imediate dismeasel of my post here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#unethical_behavior_of_a_linguistic. I looked under the definiton of troll and could not understand why did you considered me as one. I am a M.S in linguists and hold dearly for the subject. Shepit ( talk) 16:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for being a fresh eye on things. -- Insider201283 ( talk) 17:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
You deleted the page The Fantastic world. I have permission to use the content you flag and Its not an advertisement. Its a TV show on cable. if the links are a problem I can remove them but I thought wiki was a no follow thing.
please reinstall it ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrothersYoung ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
User:The REAL Dux never actually took responsibility for his legal threat. He still tried calling it a "perceived threat" and a misunderstanding. There is no misunderstanding when someone says "Escape Orbit & Niteshift36 identities to be disclosed so that I may hold them legally accountable". His dancing about how he just meant WP policy is not believeable when he was talking about "tortuous, unlawful acts that may include trade libel" etc. Thanks for initiating the SPI though. I hate doing thos things. Niteshift36 ( talk) 00:51, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification on speedy deletes. Is there a list/ article on what gets deleted/stayed. For example : what about colleges / security firms (just imagining). Thanks in advance Vinay84 ( talk) 02:21, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
You have suggested that the importance of Matthew Dodd Productions is clearly asserted? I fail to see where. The article clearly does NOT credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject as required. The article states it is an amateur game development company best known for a game that isn't out until 2012! Where is the importance? Can you elaborate on your thinking, cheers Teapot george Talk 18:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I have made the Change Name request so now I begin again. I will begin in a Sandbox this time !
Again Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolGamesNet ( talk • contribs) 19:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
How will I find out that my username is now changed ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolGamesNet ( talk • contribs) 20:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You deleted the artist page " Sket One" which I worked really hard on on behalf of the artist. Exactly what is the difference between an artist profile and biography and advertising? It seems the wiki gods blur the lines between them and delete willy-nilly. Please justify this as both myself and the artist in question are hurt by this deletion without any actual discussion, despite me contesting this on the contesting page. There was a lot more information on his page compared to artists he has worked with who have NOT been deleted, is that the problem?! -- Catxx ( talk) 19:30, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Only just noticed you're editing again. Welcome back. Wee Curry Monster talk 19:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Could you have a look at User talk:Boing! said Zebedee (section called Two Things) and User Talk:Ebrahimi-amir where I've posted the results of some digging? Thanks. Peridon ( talk) 19:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Very nice to see you're working again. Welcome back.( olive ( talk) 22:40, 5 May 2011 (UTC))
Wow! So, speedy deletion I guess was the choice. Guess it really doesn't matter that I contested it. And it's so nice to know that even though I contested it, explained everything, and without even getting an answer, my page was deleted anyway. Did you even read my reply to the Speedy Deletion tag on the talk page? Or just delete the page? This is terrible. This was my very first time EVER doing anything on Wikipedia and I did it for a class, no less, and then just like that, it's gone! Thank God it was already graded considering it was only up for 4 days!!!! I doubt I'll ever do anything on here again. It has been a terrible experience, much less about community, helpfulness, collaboration and learning than I expected. TheLibraryLady ( talk) 03:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
ANI thread on Bill Huffman, if you have any comment on what you experienced when you tried to deal with this editor last year. Cla68 ( talk) 07:55, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, my Bill Huffman account has apparently been blocked. That account has not been used to edit article or article talk space in a very long time. Contrary to your assertions on the ANI page, I have never used a sock account to try to decieve or try to get around any wiki rules. Cla68 is once again twisting wiki to attack other people. For example he previously lied to ArbCom about a webpage I have. He lied that I made claims on the page about Warren National University simply so he could get me blocked from editting that article. Cla68 is an excellent editor. However, it appears that when someone complains about another Wikipedia editor on Wikipedia Review then Cla68 sometimes goes into attack mode against that editor on Wikipedia. I would like to try to defend myself against Cla68 but I can't really do that as long as my account is blocked. Of course, if none of this matters to you then I apologize for bothering you and wish you a good day. Regards, 98.155.23.219 ( talk) 19:03, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I have the feeling that the Wikipedia deletion system is failing here. You contested my speedy deletion for something that is not "blatant" nonsense but still pretty much nonsense. The author contested your prod deletion proposal. Do we really have to go through AfD for this nonsense article? (I was being nice in saying that there were some nice ideas for a college freshman but really the content is very naive.) Nageh ( talk) 06:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
See my rant on the editor's talk page regarding the article's "clarity" and sensefulness. Nageh ( talk) 07:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
It appears you deleted this Infection (Morpheme Single) while I was attempting to contest it's deletion. --- I was **still working** on the page when it was **prematurely** tagged.
This page should not be speedy deleted because... -- KDSRRGurl ( talk) 17:49, 11 May 2011 (UTC) This article is about a debut release by Dean Garcia famous for performing in Curve (band) and the Eurythmics (ie. bassist on Touch (Eurythmics album)) on RCA and Universal records. ( <--significance) This release is by his new band Morpheme which has been referenced on Dean Garcia's current Wikipedia article " Curve (band)" and can be found under the Post-Curve endeavors Dean_Garcia#Dean_Garcia section. --- I had planned to add additional citations to both articles; and am currently researching that I may eventually create an article on Dean Garcia, separate from his Curve (band) and SPC ECO articles. Currently, I can link this album to Dean via his Official Curve site and the noted copyright information on his Morpheme Bandcamp Site. If you go to the Official Curve site, it has a link to his SPC ECO site, which has a link to his SPC ECO bandcamp site, which has a link to the album Big Fat World, which also credits Perry Pelonero and offers thanks to Kim Welsh.
Regarding this: if in future you feel that a case you submitted has been incorrectly rejected, feel free to ask for another checkuser's opinion, either indirectly (on the page by asking for another opinion) or directly (by asking one, such as me, what we think). -- (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 08:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Please review your decision to delete a previous version of User:SwindonLocal. I can't see the deleted page, but I understand from the user's later contributions that the page included description and links to sites operated by local government or local non-profit history societies such as:
I wonder if perhaps you made the reasonable assumption that the user was promoting a private business.
-- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 15:33, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I believe you can unblock 2011 Mini 7 Racing Club season from being created now as i think Edd of Mercia understands the problems and concerns that we voiced as can be seen here he is currently working on the article and i think he will be most dissapointed if he comes round to getting it up to standard, but finds he cannot post it due to an indefinate ban on its creation. Thanks Bailo26 23:10, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Atama,
I have put forward the case in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#iba_dhaka_university. Please check the talk page of the university.I hope you can resolve the matter as soon as possible.
Thanks Dualumni —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dualumni ( talk • contribs) 15:29, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, are you minded to unblock this editor to allow a request to change user name? I've advised the editor about the correct way to go about discussing the merits or otherwise of linking their website. Mjroots ( talk) 18:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just though that I'd clarify my comment on the RfA. Generally, or from where I come from anyways, consensus isn't based on one person's argument, but rather the trend of arguments and how much support that they get. This one delete !vote is not, in my mind, enough to delete an article with; as a personal rule, I believe that if an argument has merit, then other people will support it. When I see an RfD that has been open for 3 weeks with little discussion, and the fact that there aren't even two people supporting the same view, I'd either extend it some more or close as no consensus. But then again, that may be largely because I feel that most things which can't be speedy deleted shouldn't be deleted either (with some obvious exceptions). Anyways, hope that this somewhat clears up my position, regardless of whether or not it is the right one. The main point that I was trying to get at was that this one incident is a very stupid thing to oppose by. Everyone makes mistakes, and the user should hardly be penalized for taking the "safe route" in what would be an obviously controversial closure either way. Quite to the opposite, I feel that his effort to be bold further demonstrates his aptness for adminship in general. Thanks, Ajraddatz ( Talk) 23:47, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi User:Atama:
I think we have a problem with those pages for the reasons I have laid out. I'm not trying to "out" anyone, but I think a CheckUser request is in order. Is it not a problem that a hostile editor is editing all sorts of false information or non-neutral material into a page? I'm sorry, but there's clear well-poisoning going on here. -- JamesChambers666 ( talk) 22:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. In case you are unaware, GoRight ( talk · contribs) has made an appeal to BASC which has been forwarded to the Community for discussion. I am notifying you as you participated in the ban proposal (which was enacted and is now being appealed); you would have some awareness of the context which led to the measure being imposed. Your input would be appreciated at the discussion: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#GoRight ban appeal. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 07:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
... am I supposed to "stand up for my opinions? 50.80.139.102 ( talk) 04:59, 1 June 2011 (UTC) My mistake. I was under the misinterpretation that you gave a crap. 50.80.139.102 ( talk) 04:11, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Atama. I hope you don't greatly object to what some call "the orange bar of death" but I've replied to you here. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 16:34, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Yep, I agree with marking as resolved, it looks like all is calm after the cooling off and semi-protect :) Another wiki-wide-war averted. haha Tiggerjay ( talk) 07:22, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, thanks for the note a while ago after my RfA. I think I had a long enough wikibreak and I'm ready to pick up where I left off. I scrambled my old password, so I had to create a new account. I'm just waiting out my auto-confirmation period and hopefully I'll snag rollback and get back my huggle work. Thanks again -- Torchwoodtwo ( talk) 10:51, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, Would you mind undoing the remaining autoblock on User:Nableezy's account? Thanks. Tiamut talk 01:33, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Atama, thanks for reviewing the block. I can see that consensus was against me in this case, which I am fine with. If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you would be willing to write to me (either publicly or privately) about how you feel I could have better handled the situation. Might as well use it for a learning experience if nothing else. NW ( Talk) 02:14, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I put up an entry on this webpage and a user is deleting it for no reason. She isn't discussing the reasons why on the discussion board but putting up useless comments about how she "likes socks". Well, the category is for the individual's religion. She is an atheist. The categories are there to guide the encyclopaedia to provide information to the public. This allows people to reference categories. Particularly relevant in politics. Among a number of things is to allow people to do searches. I found this entry because of listening to the radio and there is a religion in politics debate. I wanted to know who is an atheist in the debate and who is religious. Also Euthanasia is a big issue and as health minister it is good to know what religion she is. It only adds to the encyclopaedia not detracting from it. Look at the entries for politics around the world. Religion is a big thing in Australian politics. Incogfrig ( talk) 13:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that you blocked 95.48.70.154 for "vandalising" the COI noticeboard. Just to give you some context, this is the fallout from a conversation at Talk:David_Eppstein#Personal_attacks, where I suggested that their comments weren't appropriate for the article talk page and should be taken elsewhere. Although I don't agree with the content of their post, it's something that's been a hot issue recently, and blocking people will only raise the temperature and make it harder to resolve this. Certainly the user's actions were clumsy, but they don't seem to fit the criteria described at WP:VANDAL. Would you consider reviewing this block in an effort to encourage good faith here? And in any case, please accept my apologies for the chaos that's been caused. Jowa fan ( talk) 14:05, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently created a page about the company iWorkwell Inc. which you deleted. I was wondering if you could restore the page, or at the very least explain to me what I need to change in order for it to be acceptable to you. Thassonjee ( talk) 19:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thassonjee ( talk • contribs) 19:10, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Atama! The AN/I thread over our checkuser clerk friend's comments has (finally!) rolled to archives, I notice, and that means the corresponding SPI report for Nocal100 may do so soon, as well. Heimstern said on his talk he was in favor of strikethrough, as I understood, and I know you were, but he seems to have lost interest in the thread. I really shouldn't strike through the comments myself, since I was so very active in promoting that. I am not asking you to do so, either, but rather just observing that if you did intend to do so, as I thought you might be considering, based on your comments on Heimstern's page, that it would probably be better to do so sooner rather than later, with the SPI case likely to close soon. Best, – OhioStandard ( talk) 21:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you very much for supporting me in my recent RfA. Even though it was unsuccessful, I appreciate your trust. With much gratitude, jsfouche ☽☾ Talk 02:15, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, Your decision to turn of Enidblyton11's ability to edit their talk page was a good call - the editor was repeating the same kind of time-wasting insincere unblock requests they'd previously lodged under their sockpuppet accounts. Regards, Nick-D ( talk) 07:50, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Chzz ► 14:52, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I saw that there is some confusion as to my identity and the identity of user Jinxxed4Life ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Black_Veil_Brides) . What can I do to prove to you and the rest of the community that we are who we say we are? I am new to Wikipedia so I am not familiar with all of the in's and outs of this site but I truly am the bands management. You can check their official Facebook page facebook.com/blackveilbrides and see that they have Mercenary Management listed in the info section for management contact. You can email me directly at Dan@mercenarymanagement.com . Unlike the other people editing the page I have a source to prove all of the info I post/edit and I have proper credentials to ensure its coming from reliable sources (the band themselves). The user Jinxx4life is in fact the real Jinxx as well. Please advise.
Thanks, Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeAwareX1 ( talk • contribs) 03:58, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Awesome! Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate you taking the time out to answer my questions. I'll be sure to be more active in the discussion board. Thanks again :) BeAwareX1 ( talk) 10:22, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you please unsalt this title? It was deleted per a deletion discussion over a year ago in 2009. The concern was that he was not signed with a major league. In October 2009, after the deletion discussion ended, he signed with Manchester United. I believe he now satisfies WP:ATHLETE. Thanks.--v/r - T P 21:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
This page is absolutely not related to a company or advertising. The data I was painstakingly entering in table form was manually gathered by and for nerve decompression surgery patients. There is currently no central resource for collecting/presenting this data; I looked to Wikipedia to house it. After spending a few hours transferring the data from Excel into the table format of the wiki page, you have deleted it with no specific reason or direction. Please let me know what I can do to restore the page; if you have any questions about the data or its purpose, please don't hesitate to contact me (nataliathespy@hotmail.com).
Ron Ritzman ( talk) 01:54, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashantkharat ( talk • contribs) 14:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Good Morning Atama,
Could you please inform me on why you deleted the page I was working on? What do I need to do to get it restored.
Thank you,
LibSib — Preceding unsigned comment added by LibSib ( talk • contribs) 12:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you declined the deletion notices on a few pages I made. Much appreciated. Now then, would you be able to help me rescue a few more pages I made several months ago? All of a sudden, I feel like this one user is ganging up on me, requesting several pages that I made months ago for deletion, today. Tinton5 ( talk) 21:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
i can confirm that my brother anglo is on an account called thulist. im not happy about this, there will probably be an IP ban now and i will get banned along with him, im not popular on wikipedia anyway becuase of my brothers association with the BNP, i got lumped in with him and many admins have low respect for me. i am not bnp though, im actually very far left and pro green, i would like to say though i know my brother is pro bnp but apart from that problem, he is not a vandal on wikipedia, hes a history student in university and is actually very clever, if there is an ip ban than that is fair play to be honest with u its probably for the best, i know i will get banned along with him but hes going back to uni in 2 months, so if it was a 2 month ban, it would be good as in 2months he will be no longer posting from this Ip address. Liveintheforests ( talk) 21:10, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Please excuse and remove if you don't care for these, with my apologies. KillerChihuahua ?!? Advice 21:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
What words of advertising or promotion did this article contain? We talked with another administrator who previously deleted the article, he said that after being rewrited it looked much better. That was not me who deleted the tag of proposed deletion... So deletion of an article without any discussion is not the thing i expected... Z1exa ( talk) 18:08, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Will you please userfy this article so that I can keep working on it? I'm new to the Wikipedia community and am still figuring out how to navigate it. Thanks. Allured9 ( talk) 18:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Could you please restore File:Wikipedia Autoreviewer.svg? It is used in many places. Thank you. ۞ Tbhotch ™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 18:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama, I am having difficultly as I want to edit the Iridology page, which is factually incorrect, sites bogus research and is clearly written by someone who is not a neutral party. The description of what Iridology IS is inaccurate, and has been slanted so that the bogus studies can discredit it. The only external references are negative ones. This page does not represent a neutral view of what Iridology is, what Iridologists claim they can do, how Iridology is used in practice, etc. It is simply a page where someone got there first who wanted to discredit iridology and now his/her view is the accepted view and I am being told that I am being biased for pointing this out. This is not logical. I can point to a great many external sources about Iridology and NONE of them will say that Iridology claims to diagnose disease, yet this page is focused on discrediting Iridology for making this claim. I have tried to talk with OrangeMike about it but he isn't being neutral either. He claims that what is on the page is the 'accepted medical view' - the medical view of iridology is only relevant if they have a view based on what Iridology actually is and what it claims to be. The person(s) who wrote this article looked for references specifically to discredit this area of study. I wrote an edit that is factually correct about what Iridologists practice and what they claim and DON"T claim, and it was deleted immediately. This is at the point now of being extreme bias against this field. If the page is incorrect it should be fixed. If there is going to be a view by a non-iridologist citing (apparrant) studies that seek to prove that Iridology doesn't do something that Iridologists don't claim it does in the first place, then this needs to be balanced with a trained Iridologists presentation of what Iridology is, what it claims to do, and what it doesn't claim to do. Iridologists don't work with diagnosing disease AT ALL. The modern medical view of disease is contrary to what Iridologist's see in the iris to begin with. A medical doctor diagnoses disease based upon the theory that disease is something that attacks the body from the outside. This theory began in earnest with the discovery of bacteria. An Iridologist, and those who practice natural medicine, view disease as primarily when someone creates the fertile ground inside of themselves for invaders. That the person creates the fertile ground FIRST. So disease, as diagnosed by the medical profession, is irrelevant. If you read the Iridology page one would have to assume that Iridologists are a bunch of nuts going around claiming they can do what x-rays, blood tests, CAT scans, etc can do. This could not be further from the truth. The person that wrote this page is absolutely mis-representing this profession and what he/she is saying is harmful slander. Would you please help me to correct this page. I am experienced in this field and know what I am talking about. It wouldn't be right to ban an oncologist from editing the oncology page, or a breeder of Chihuahua's from editing the Chihuahua page. OrangeMike appears to be suggesting that because I am an iridologist I am banned from editing the Iridology page. The opposite should be the case. It doesn't stop Iridology bashers from editing as well, but at the moment ONLY iridology bashers (who are extremely lose with the truth) are represented there. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks ===-- LeafRed66 ( talk) 16:30, 18 June 2011 (UTC)LeafRed66 -- LeafRed66 ( talk) 16:30, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm no relation to Tanya Lowry; we spell the name differently. Your unblocks look okay to me, although I always want a very clear, explicit withdrawal of the threat, and I am not sure whether the Faerie has cleaned up her signature settings or not. -- Orange Mike | Talk 20:25, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama! Fountain was definitely edit warring, and while I do not condone that, I was wondering if any of Fountain's reverts fall under the BLP exemption? Afterall he was reverting poorly sourced content added to a BLP by an "experienced" "new" IP. There does seem to be a pattern with disruptive IPs at that article, and I wonder if Fountain is being baited? – Lionel ( talk) 00:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello, you have deleted the ICY (Bioimaging) page, and I fully understand why. I must say I am very excited by this software, and this was my first article. Because I thought I knew the rules, I posted it, but I really should have watched the tutorials. So I made a few but big mistakes (Copy & G11). Should I rewrite it or can you remove the speed deletion and maybe transfer it to my own page ? Again, sorry for being lasy, and not have used more of my time for writing an encyclopedic article. And if it is not the right place for this post, sorry (I am not sure it's here, lots of possible pages). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasprovoost ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi! You may have noticed but I wanted to make sure I don't look like a complete fool for nominating this article for A7. When I nominated it, it was only one line. This isn't a request or anything but I thought it might not be clear since almost the entire article was written after my nom. Have a good day! OlYeller Talktome 22:26, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
This is intressting that deleting pages can be made without making an effort to check out facts or even reed the article. And there was nothing that indicates spam or promotion? Just facts and in the middle of creating the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheeseus ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
You put an indefinite block on this user as a spam/advertising only account. You deleted the problem article they wrote and then blocked them three minutes later. I don't like spammers either but this looks more like a case of a inexperienced user making a mistake and copying material over from the article subject's website instead of writing it themselves. An indef block seems a bit harsh considering the lack of clear warning that a block was imminent and the fact that they are not really a spam-only account. Beeblebrox ( talk) 15:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama: Why did you delete my page? I contested the speedy deletion request and received no response or reply--instead my page and all talk pages have been deleted. Anothr20somthng ( talk) 16:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama! I posted a reply relating to your confirmation of the block of Monkh Naran on his/her talk page. I would appreciate if you could give an answer there. Best, G Purevdorj ( talk) 02:44, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
"make WikiLove, not edit war" Thats going to be a classic Wiki-meme! The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•( contribs) 21:21, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks so much for the barnstar, but I hope not! :) -- Atama 頭 21:26, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Why do you think he knows he's mistaken. If someone is mistaken, they stop, if they have offended someone, they apologize. Here, I haven't called him a racist. His view is racist; check he other census edits to find out more of the stuff that he has felt fancy to report from the census and ask yourself in light of his startling admission on what he thinks race is, what the heck is going on??? Until he stops doing what he's doing, there won't be closure. I don't need for him to admit he's wrong - he has a right to have whatever views he wants to hold, but not to perpetuate them here. Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 23:52, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
hello, from a ridiculously hot oklahoma afternoon (i admire your geography..)!
my name is cody ingram and i'm an independent touring musician and co-founder of an independent record label/production company based out of oklahoma, mayfly revival records.
you recently deleted my wiki page, Blue Valley Farmer, and i wanted to discuss it's importance.
as i'm sure you're well-aware, social media and referential media is of the utmost importance in the being-seen/being-heard day-to-day of independent artists. my brother is an advertising art director in chicago and constantly reminds me of this fact ("out of sight, out of mind"). and in an attempt to drive the notion home, he created a (relevant) wiki page for my aims as an artist, as well as a symbiotic launch-pad for others associated with Blue Valley Farmer, in and around the oklahoma area. i'll agree - all of this was done in haste (but with good intention) and was lacking in the necessary third party sources.
i wanted to get in touch with you and convince to you to restore the page, along with some pointers as to make it more relevant/significant in the third-party eyes of wiki gods everywhere.
thank you, cody ingram
(PS. the page, Blue Valley Farmer, was linked to another important/relevant page, Penny Hill [the musician], whom i have toured with in recent months...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluevalleyfarmer ( talk • contribs) 18:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I've nominated Star Arcade multi player mobile gaming for deletion. I reviewed the sources that you placed when you declined the speedy, and I'm not confident that they are strong enough to meet notability as their content highly resembles a press release from the company. I'm letting you know in case you want to give your opinion on the matter. Best regards - frankie ( talk) 05:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I would like to thank you for unblocking me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pconsulting ( talk • contribs) 07:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you re-player Zamil Al-Sulim article, the player is now playing in the Saudi Premier League, He currently plays for Al-Ittifaq.
Thanks Slmcom ( talk) 01:53, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Re your message: Thanks for leaving me a note about the unblock. I'm all good with it. =) I do recall blocking them and pausing for a moment because of their two good edits. I don't usually see these SEO service advertising accounts doing any good edits. Usually they are right into the advertising or spamming like this one who can't spell. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 20:10, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I see that you put an unblock request on hold at User talk:Frangfl nearly two weeks ago. Is there any progress? It seems unfortunate that a user should be left waiting so long. JamesBWatson ( talk) 15:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama,
Why was my page ,Shenandoah Sound Drum and Bugle Corps,deleted? IT had only been up for less than 24 hours. I understand that there was an attempt at a page earlier by someone else, but I was specifically asked by the Corps to help them create a new one in hopes of not having their page deleted. I don't understand why ours was deleted, it met the criteria for rule a7, the group has placed in the DCA world championships multiple times. Some information that may have shown the corps as more notable and important was yet to be put as we were still gathering it. I am also confused as to why ours was taken down, when other DCA corps had pages with equal or less information on them.
Sincerely, Lufbery17 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lufbery17 ( talk • contribs) 01:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama!
The article
Pseudonym (Indian Band) was deleted, but I provided reliable sources and citations.
Citations/Reliable Sources:
And there are many more articles releated to this band.
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If you feel he can be unblocked, do so. Daniel Case ( talk) 04:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
So if you look at the screenshot below (which I got from the script's page):
At the top of the image you see the regular diff interface. At the bottom of that is a small, square grey button with a green triangle or delta in it. With that script active, you still see the regular diff interface, but if you click the button, then you also get to see the enhanced diff interface. The enhanced interface is seen below it, which is a single box, with deleted text highlighted in red, and added text highlighted in green. It can be really helpful for certain kinds of diffs.
Let's go back to the diff we talked about before, which was here. When you look at that diff normally, it's hard to tell what actually happened, it appears to be a huge removal or change of text. But with the enhanced diff tool, the diff looks like this:
As you can tell, all he did was add the sentence highlighted in green. It's a pretty useful tool. -- Atama 頭 21:14, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of UFV Student Union Society. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Me-123567-Me ( talk) 18:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
I thought this is valid source: http://www.cardesign.ru/articles/interview/2011/05/13/4697/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dizajnautomobila ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
So if I rewrite text article can be published again? Dizajnautomobila ( talk) 21:41, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Why did you delete my page called Tryhards Fc, as it is an important club in the gaming industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam ffc ( talk • contribs) 00:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
i find this very disrespectful to the gaming community, as it is a community where people are payed thousands. Adam ffc ( talk) 01:41, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama,
The article
Pseudonym (Indian Band) was userfied to
User:Iamgymman123/Pseudonym (Indian Band) by an administrator, and now I have updated that adding some more citations. Now if you feel that it is notable, I request you to move this article to the main space.
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Hi Atama!
I have updated the article. Please check it out
Pseudonym. Thanks!
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Should I move the page to the main space or upadte it with more details available and then come back to you.
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FYI, the ANI thread in which you participated concerning User:Marine 69-71 has reopened. ScottyBerg ( talk) 14:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama. Sorry to bug you about this. An entry at the base of the COI board was posted by a user whose unblock request you rightly denied (i.e. user talk:AkibanTech. The entry is kind of mussing up the board, but I don't know the proper way to correct it. The question of course implies that he intends to persist in promoting the company. P.Oxy.2354 ( talk) 17:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Personal problems and the preperation of my defense have taken some of my time. I do not believe that I should give up my admin. powers, however I will auto impose a probation upon myself in which i will not use my admin powers for at least a year. I encourage you to monitor my behavior, if I fail to live up to the expectations then I will do the honorable thing. Tony the Marine ( talk) 21:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey there Atama, thank you for your contributions. I am a bot, alerting you that non-free files are not allowed in user or talk space. I removed some files I found on User talk:Atama. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use files to your user-space drafts or your talk page.
Thank you, -- DASHBot ( talk) 05:04, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama!
I have updated the article
Pseudonym. Please check out the article, I have added all the things possible related to this band. I hope that the article now meets all the wikipedia's policies.
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I have moved the article to the main space and renamed the article to "Pseudonym (band)" while moving. Thanks for all your help and suggestions for the article.
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Your input is sought and welcome at User talk:Fountainviewkid#July 2011. Jclemens ( talk) 02:12, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
I do hope you won't mind me commenting but having recently had dealings with User:Lithistman, as a result I'm not convinced it was all down to your mentee's doing. In my experience with User:Lithistman, he chose to edit war in a tag team to impose changes on Henry Morgan rather than resorting to the talk page for discussion. When I declined to continue with that and tagged what I thought was {{dubious}} they continued to edit war to remove the tags I'd added, resulting in a 3rr report and the article protected. In addition, their rationale for edit warring (if you can call it that) was to accuse me of being angry and to accuse me of WP:POINT over the tags I added, as well as a more than reasonable 3RR warning. As an observer of his behaviour he seems to get quite agitated when editors disagree with him, even to the point of intervening to encourage other editors to edit war and it seemed to inflame the situation. He seems unable to comprehend the destructive nature of his behaviour. Wee Curry Monster talk 11:29, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I've been mulling over criteria for what I feel would be acceptable for recall and I'd like it to where only a select few editors I trust can ask for my recall. I'd like you to be one of those editors. I've outlined the process here. If there is any reason you would not like to be on this list, for example maybe you object to recall or perhaps you don't want to deal with the drama involved, could you please let me know?--v/r - T P 18:40, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
While I supported unblocking Fvk, I'm concerned that the current tide at his talkpage is going to be counterproductive. There seems to be a movement afoot intent on making Jclemens' block out to be wholly unjustified, which it was not. What concerns me most is that Fvk truly seemed like he "got it" as far as knowing why what he did was wrong. But now, there are several editors there who seem like they are not only minimizing what he did, but actually claiming he did nothing wrong to begin with, which I don't think is a good thing for the progress that Fvk seemed to be making early on in this episode. I thought hard about contacting those editors individually, or perhaps making a note at Fvk's talkpage to this effect. However, I decided that the best course of action would be to contact one of Fvk's mentors with my concern. I hope you understand that this is in no way a complaint about Fvk, but a genuine worry that those who are currently commenting there may well be undoing some or all of the gains that Fvk initially made. Best, L H M 05:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I respecfully brought the inappropriateness of this edit [2] to his attention [3] but he summarily deleted it. It's difficult to AGF. I can think of only 2 possible explanations for kicking a guy when he's down like this:
BWilkins' post has to be removed. At best it is humiliating and at worst it is baiting. Due to the real danger of Fountain going crazy, and BWilkins refusal to engage, at this point the only option I see open is to take BWilkins to WP:ANI where the community can weigh in on this matter. Your opinion is valued.– Lionel ( talk) 00:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
I would question your use of A7 to speedy delete the above article. On my reading, the article satisfactorily asserted the significance of its subject. I would usually expect a British science fiction author with a publication record comparable to that of Akhmanov (a long list of published novels, as given in the article, some at least through major publishers) to meet WP:NAUTHOR, even with only British (and not American) publication - and the size of the Russian science fiction market is at least comparable with the British one (even if very little Russian science fiction gets translated into English).
I am not currently questioning the actual deletion of the article - assertion of significance falls far short of actually establishing notability, and the article did not do the latter, so would presumably have been deleted under the proposed deletion process anyway. Moreover, while I did consider deprodding the article, I ended up not doing so because I can not at the moment trace reliable sources in English (at least, any significantly more reliable than Amazon) and can not read Russian. However, if it is possible to email me a copy of the article, I would appreciate it - I am still keeping an eye open for sources in English and, if and when I find them, will want to decide if anything from it would be usable in a revised article (in which case I will ask for the article to be restored or userfied) or whether I have to start again from scratch. PWilkinson ( talk) 12:41, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey Atama. I finally finished my report regarding Dew Tour. I created it here in my userspace but linked it into the COI Noticeboard discussion. It's large and I'd like to keep it from getting too unorganized. The only thing I didn't do is list which of the accounts in question edited which of the 24+ pages. A few have been deleted, I didn't want to spend even more time, and I feel that the issue is obvious from looking at the users' edit history. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. OlYeller Talktome 23:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at the Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have some information. You are invited to comment at the relevant thread. Thank you. CycloneGU ( talk) 15:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Atama, thank you for your insight into my complaint. I have since seen a more positive side to this user and have decided not to take the issue any further at this stage. Robert Currey talk 16:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello Atama, how are you? Since I have auto-imposed restrictions on myself, I was wondering if you could do me a favor and keep a look-out (your watchlist) on the article Rafael Carrión, Sr.. You see, a certain User has twice added information without citing nor providing reliable verifiable sources to back up his/her claim. I reverted the additions twice with an explanation of my actions, plus I left a message on the User's page: Vmarxuach, but I would like to stay clear of any conflicting issues for now and that is why I have come to you. Thank you, Tony the Marine ( talk) 20:17, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. Qwyrxian ( talk) 07:40, 26 July 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Atama, I just noticed you deleted an entry for Sense Worldwide. Though I suspect that the original text may well have been 'unambiguous advertising' (I'm not responsible for it), SWW is a culturally significant company which has been credited as founding one of the original social networks in the late 90s as well as being a pioneer of Co-creation. There are a lot of citations in HBR, the Financial Times etc.
If you wouldn't mind undeleting the text, I'd happily have a go at rewriting it.
(No I don't work there, though I have worked with them)
0aster ( talk) 16:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
0aster ( talk) 10:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Yesterday, you blocked me from editing the Boyd Coddington page because of "Possible impersonation; this editor has edited after username changed to name not matching editor's real name" What is the process for validating the fact that I am Boyd Coddington's eldest son Boyd Coddington Jr.? In the past, I have edited many entries on my fathers page because of gross inaccuracies. I continue to change the external links to www.boydcoddingtonusa.com and www.boydcoddingtons.com because those are the only sites that are up to date and, are the only sites that are keeping the legacy of my father alive with video, hot rod images, links to the friends of Boyd and press releases. boydcoddington.com was never the "official site and has not been updated for more than 2 years. In fact, the boydcoddington site is currently in tied probate, controlled by my late fathers wife and she is using it to promote a product she is representing called "Fruit Vida". Fruit Vida has never had anything to do with my father in fact, he would be jumping up and down if he knew it was up there.
I changed my username after reading in the Wikipeda user guide it was a good idea to NOT use your real name. I admit I probably edited the Boyd Coddington page making it to look like there is a "editing war", but that was not my intention. I only want people seeking information about my father to get the most updated and accurate information. The majority if not all of that information comes via the boydcoddingtonusa web site.
I will use caution with the editing I do in the future, with that said, I truly only want to make sure the information on my fathers page is accurate and up to date. I have several other posts I would like to make but have not done so because of my lack of knowledge of how to correctly post information, and the fear of posting something wrong or, deleting the page completely.
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Please keep an eye on the Kamala Lopez page. There is an obvious sock puppet expanding the page and setting up a resume for the subject, rather than a legitimate encyclopedic article. Webberkenny ( talk) 03:35, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Atama - I thought I'd ask you this because, having commented on the ANI involving me and Ken keisel, you've got a sense of the context already. I'll try to be brief. You'll recall that I had blanked most of Anthony A. Mitchell, which Ken had created, as copyvio. (It consisted essentially of a very close paraphrase of the fellow's Washington Post obituary, with sentence order shuffled around a bit.) Sarek of Vulcan helpfully stepped in and restored the article to a passable and proper state. Ken quickly reinserted a couple of his paragraphs of too-close paraphrase, which Sarek removed along with a warning to Ken. Ken responded with a paragraph on both his Talk page and that of the article to the effect that facts couldn't be copyrighted, whereupon he restored the article to more or less the same state it had been in before I'd blanked it. Sarek undid Ken's edits and blocked him for a week for the copyvio. Ken (editing on his Talk page) has challenged Sarek to address Ken's claim that the reintroduced text is fine under the copyright laws.
Ken's attitude toward the whole issue seemed rather cavalier and it occurred to me that some of his prior contributions might have been similarly lifted from others' texts - he's created upwards of 40 articles. I checked and within a few minutes I'd tracked down the apparent source for one of them, Kokosing_Gap_Trail, here. Same sort of close paraphrasing. Of course it's possible that he wrote it for the country, or the county took it from Wikipedia - I know there are a lot of ways this might be okay. But also the article (like Anthony A. Mitchell) is written in a voice and tone that is strikingly different than what I've seen of Ken's contributions on Talk pages, AfDs and the ANI. It seems to go beyond the usual differences we all display in writing formal and informal prose. I think he lifted it.
I was set to flag the page but hesitated about opening this a can of worms. I suspect it's not the only instance. ( Noguchi_table and Marshmallow sofa are two other obvious candidates, but those have off-line sources and aren't as easily checked.) I don't want another ANI filed, and in particular I don't want to be accused of stalking or hounding the guy, by him or by anyone else. Ken's WP interests and mine don't intersect but at one or two places and I don't expect I'll ever encounter him again, provided that when his block expires he settles down at Washington, D.C. I was annoyed by the ANI but finally I don't care. It took only a few minutes out of what I am hoping to be a long life. I'd close the door on it all except copyright is a sensitive subject, the problem seemed to be staring me in the face, and I figured if I didn't look, no one else would.
What's the right (or really, "best") thing to do? Thanks. JohnInDC ( talk) 11:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
A CCI is a serious accusation, and doing so frivolously is a breach of the "no personal attacks" policy. In general, if you have an on-going dispute with another editor, you should avoid filing a CCI case against that editor, and seek larger input at an appropriate forum (such as the administrators noticeboard or the copyright cleanup project) instead.
As a rule of thumb, at least five instances of clear copyvios (copy/pasting of unlicensed third party material; clear derivative works) should be required to file a case.
I hope you can respond to my latest questions on
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My impression is that this case has not been handled normally, and I think it would only be fair if some other admin takes a look as well.
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Please be advised that Shade Rupe, which you requested PROD for around three years ago, has been restored by user request. Feel free to AFD it if you wish. Stifle ( talk) 10:55, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama,
A previous submission titled "Market Dynamics" was deleted due to a lack of notoriety. This issue has now been remedied with two recent publications. I have enclosed links to these sources, and would appreciate your consideration in restoring the submission. If other changes are still required, I would be happy to review and adjust.
Regards, Josh Dayanim jdayanim@gmail.com
Source articles for reference:
1) Journal of Mathematics Research, February 2011 Market Dynamics: Bridging Security Price Movements and Classical Physics http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmr/article/view/8030
2) International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) Journal 11, pages 50-53 Market Dynamics: Modeling Security Price Movements and Support Levels http://www.ifta.org/public/files/journal/d_ifta_journal_11.pdf
72.237.206.160 ( talk) 15:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi - about a year ago, you proposed the article titled Ramesh Srinivasan to be deleted for the following reason -- (WP:PROD: Nominated for seven days with no objection: Concern was: Non-notable per WP:ACADEMIC, unreferenced.) I have created a much-improved version of this article with thorough citations, and further information on why Dr. Srinivasan is a notable academic. Here it is, on my user page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kairyth/RameshArticleTest I plan on submitting this new article to deletion review, but they recommend contacting the admin who deleted the page first. So here I am, contacting you. Please let me know if you will be able to un-delete this page. Thanks very much - Katherine Becvar (kairyth)
Kairyth ( talk) 18:22, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama,
I would like to request that the article "Deleteme" be reinstated. This was an expired PROD. Deleteme was one of the earliest groups on the photo sharing site Flickr--and is still one of the most notorious. There are so many groups on Flickr now--many of them with names like "dog, dogs, dogs!" but this one really truly is an original.
The section about the group "deleting" a photo by Henri Cartier Bresson is of particular value. I think. This was an online "event" that many people still talk about today--you find references to it in photogrpahy forms--it sparked a debate about the value of art critique, especially in an online era where anyone can be an "expert." (Here's an example: http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/general-chit-chat/63840-henri-cartier-bresson-photo-flickr-deleteme.html). Or Google "deleteme" and "Henry Cartier Bresson."
Anyway, I understand that these PRODs are routinely cleaned up after they expire but I also understand that requests to restore are typically granted if there was only one protest ... Hope you can help--thanks in advance.
70.42.57.137 ( talk) 19:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)Gienna Shaw giennawrites (at) gmail (dot) com www.flickr.com/gienna
I've recently been doing some thinking (and a great deal of consultation with Philippe and James at the WMF's community department) on how to keep new users around and participating, particularly in light of Sue's March update. One of the things we'd like to test is whether the reception they get when they make their first article is key. In a lot of cases, people don't stay around; their article is deleted and that's that. By the time any contact is made, in other words, it's often too late.
What we're thinking of doing is running a project to gather data on if this occurs, how often it occurs, and so on, and in the mean time try to save as many pages (and new contributors) as possible. Basically, involved users would go through the deletion logs and through Special:NewPages looking for new articles which are at risk of being deleted, but could have something made of them - in other words, non-notable pages that are potentially notable, or spammy pages that could be rewritten in more neutral language. This would be entirely based on the judgment of the user reviewing pages - no finnicky CSD standards. These pages would be incubated instead of deleted, and the creator contacted and shepherded through how to turn the article into something useful. If they respond and it goes well, we have a decent article and maybe a new long-term editor. If they don't respond, the draft can be deleted after a certain period of time.
I know this isn't necessarily your standard fare, but with your deletion work I thought it might be up your alley. If you're interested, read Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/New pages, sign up and get involved; questions can be dropped on the talkpage or directed at me. Thanks, Ironholds ( talk) 21:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the little bit of extra looking you did, and for the pacifying advice you offered based on it. JohnInDC ( talk) 23:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks (again). I'd apologize for throwing you to the wolves but I figure you can fend for yourself. Plus it might do some good, might, to hear concerns coming from an editor who has recently manifested patience and understanding. After my own patience reservoir has been replenished, I'm sure I'll be back! JohnInDC ( talk) 00:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Your comment duly noted for if this should happen in the future. Thank you • martyx• tk ct gy 16:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Atama, I was very offended by your imediate dismeasel of my post here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#unethical_behavior_of_a_linguistic. I looked under the definiton of troll and could not understand why did you considered me as one. I am a M.S in linguists and hold dearly for the subject. Shepit ( talk) 16:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for being a fresh eye on things. -- Insider201283 ( talk) 17:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
You deleted the page The Fantastic world. I have permission to use the content you flag and Its not an advertisement. Its a TV show on cable. if the links are a problem I can remove them but I thought wiki was a no follow thing.
please reinstall it ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrothersYoung ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
User:The REAL Dux never actually took responsibility for his legal threat. He still tried calling it a "perceived threat" and a misunderstanding. There is no misunderstanding when someone says "Escape Orbit & Niteshift36 identities to be disclosed so that I may hold them legally accountable". His dancing about how he just meant WP policy is not believeable when he was talking about "tortuous, unlawful acts that may include trade libel" etc. Thanks for initiating the SPI though. I hate doing thos things. Niteshift36 ( talk) 00:51, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification on speedy deletes. Is there a list/ article on what gets deleted/stayed. For example : what about colleges / security firms (just imagining). Thanks in advance Vinay84 ( talk) 02:21, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
You have suggested that the importance of Matthew Dodd Productions is clearly asserted? I fail to see where. The article clearly does NOT credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject as required. The article states it is an amateur game development company best known for a game that isn't out until 2012! Where is the importance? Can you elaborate on your thinking, cheers Teapot george Talk 18:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I have made the Change Name request so now I begin again. I will begin in a Sandbox this time !
Again Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolGamesNet ( talk • contribs) 19:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
How will I find out that my username is now changed ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolGamesNet ( talk • contribs) 20:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You deleted the artist page " Sket One" which I worked really hard on on behalf of the artist. Exactly what is the difference between an artist profile and biography and advertising? It seems the wiki gods blur the lines between them and delete willy-nilly. Please justify this as both myself and the artist in question are hurt by this deletion without any actual discussion, despite me contesting this on the contesting page. There was a lot more information on his page compared to artists he has worked with who have NOT been deleted, is that the problem?! -- Catxx ( talk) 19:30, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Only just noticed you're editing again. Welcome back. Wee Curry Monster talk 19:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Could you have a look at User talk:Boing! said Zebedee (section called Two Things) and User Talk:Ebrahimi-amir where I've posted the results of some digging? Thanks. Peridon ( talk) 19:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Very nice to see you're working again. Welcome back.( olive ( talk) 22:40, 5 May 2011 (UTC))
Wow! So, speedy deletion I guess was the choice. Guess it really doesn't matter that I contested it. And it's so nice to know that even though I contested it, explained everything, and without even getting an answer, my page was deleted anyway. Did you even read my reply to the Speedy Deletion tag on the talk page? Or just delete the page? This is terrible. This was my very first time EVER doing anything on Wikipedia and I did it for a class, no less, and then just like that, it's gone! Thank God it was already graded considering it was only up for 4 days!!!! I doubt I'll ever do anything on here again. It has been a terrible experience, much less about community, helpfulness, collaboration and learning than I expected. TheLibraryLady ( talk) 03:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
ANI thread on Bill Huffman, if you have any comment on what you experienced when you tried to deal with this editor last year. Cla68 ( talk) 07:55, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, my Bill Huffman account has apparently been blocked. That account has not been used to edit article or article talk space in a very long time. Contrary to your assertions on the ANI page, I have never used a sock account to try to decieve or try to get around any wiki rules. Cla68 is once again twisting wiki to attack other people. For example he previously lied to ArbCom about a webpage I have. He lied that I made claims on the page about Warren National University simply so he could get me blocked from editting that article. Cla68 is an excellent editor. However, it appears that when someone complains about another Wikipedia editor on Wikipedia Review then Cla68 sometimes goes into attack mode against that editor on Wikipedia. I would like to try to defend myself against Cla68 but I can't really do that as long as my account is blocked. Of course, if none of this matters to you then I apologize for bothering you and wish you a good day. Regards, 98.155.23.219 ( talk) 19:03, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I have the feeling that the Wikipedia deletion system is failing here. You contested my speedy deletion for something that is not "blatant" nonsense but still pretty much nonsense. The author contested your prod deletion proposal. Do we really have to go through AfD for this nonsense article? (I was being nice in saying that there were some nice ideas for a college freshman but really the content is very naive.) Nageh ( talk) 06:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
See my rant on the editor's talk page regarding the article's "clarity" and sensefulness. Nageh ( talk) 07:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
It appears you deleted this Infection (Morpheme Single) while I was attempting to contest it's deletion. --- I was **still working** on the page when it was **prematurely** tagged.
This page should not be speedy deleted because... -- KDSRRGurl ( talk) 17:49, 11 May 2011 (UTC) This article is about a debut release by Dean Garcia famous for performing in Curve (band) and the Eurythmics (ie. bassist on Touch (Eurythmics album)) on RCA and Universal records. ( <--significance) This release is by his new band Morpheme which has been referenced on Dean Garcia's current Wikipedia article " Curve (band)" and can be found under the Post-Curve endeavors Dean_Garcia#Dean_Garcia section. --- I had planned to add additional citations to both articles; and am currently researching that I may eventually create an article on Dean Garcia, separate from his Curve (band) and SPC ECO articles. Currently, I can link this album to Dean via his Official Curve site and the noted copyright information on his Morpheme Bandcamp Site. If you go to the Official Curve site, it has a link to his SPC ECO site, which has a link to his SPC ECO bandcamp site, which has a link to the album Big Fat World, which also credits Perry Pelonero and offers thanks to Kim Welsh.
Regarding this: if in future you feel that a case you submitted has been incorrectly rejected, feel free to ask for another checkuser's opinion, either indirectly (on the page by asking for another opinion) or directly (by asking one, such as me, what we think). -- (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 08:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Please review your decision to delete a previous version of User:SwindonLocal. I can't see the deleted page, but I understand from the user's later contributions that the page included description and links to sites operated by local government or local non-profit history societies such as:
I wonder if perhaps you made the reasonable assumption that the user was promoting a private business.
-- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 15:33, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I believe you can unblock 2011 Mini 7 Racing Club season from being created now as i think Edd of Mercia understands the problems and concerns that we voiced as can be seen here he is currently working on the article and i think he will be most dissapointed if he comes round to getting it up to standard, but finds he cannot post it due to an indefinate ban on its creation. Thanks Bailo26 23:10, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Atama,
I have put forward the case in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#iba_dhaka_university. Please check the talk page of the university.I hope you can resolve the matter as soon as possible.
Thanks Dualumni —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dualumni ( talk • contribs) 15:29, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, are you minded to unblock this editor to allow a request to change user name? I've advised the editor about the correct way to go about discussing the merits or otherwise of linking their website. Mjroots ( talk) 18:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just though that I'd clarify my comment on the RfA. Generally, or from where I come from anyways, consensus isn't based on one person's argument, but rather the trend of arguments and how much support that they get. This one delete !vote is not, in my mind, enough to delete an article with; as a personal rule, I believe that if an argument has merit, then other people will support it. When I see an RfD that has been open for 3 weeks with little discussion, and the fact that there aren't even two people supporting the same view, I'd either extend it some more or close as no consensus. But then again, that may be largely because I feel that most things which can't be speedy deleted shouldn't be deleted either (with some obvious exceptions). Anyways, hope that this somewhat clears up my position, regardless of whether or not it is the right one. The main point that I was trying to get at was that this one incident is a very stupid thing to oppose by. Everyone makes mistakes, and the user should hardly be penalized for taking the "safe route" in what would be an obviously controversial closure either way. Quite to the opposite, I feel that his effort to be bold further demonstrates his aptness for adminship in general. Thanks, Ajraddatz ( Talk) 23:47, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi User:Atama:
I think we have a problem with those pages for the reasons I have laid out. I'm not trying to "out" anyone, but I think a CheckUser request is in order. Is it not a problem that a hostile editor is editing all sorts of false information or non-neutral material into a page? I'm sorry, but there's clear well-poisoning going on here. -- JamesChambers666 ( talk) 22:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. In case you are unaware, GoRight ( talk · contribs) has made an appeal to BASC which has been forwarded to the Community for discussion. I am notifying you as you participated in the ban proposal (which was enacted and is now being appealed); you would have some awareness of the context which led to the measure being imposed. Your input would be appreciated at the discussion: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#GoRight ban appeal. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 07:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
... am I supposed to "stand up for my opinions? 50.80.139.102 ( talk) 04:59, 1 June 2011 (UTC) My mistake. I was under the misinterpretation that you gave a crap. 50.80.139.102 ( talk) 04:11, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Atama. I hope you don't greatly object to what some call "the orange bar of death" but I've replied to you here. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 16:34, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Yep, I agree with marking as resolved, it looks like all is calm after the cooling off and semi-protect :) Another wiki-wide-war averted. haha Tiggerjay ( talk) 07:22, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, thanks for the note a while ago after my RfA. I think I had a long enough wikibreak and I'm ready to pick up where I left off. I scrambled my old password, so I had to create a new account. I'm just waiting out my auto-confirmation period and hopefully I'll snag rollback and get back my huggle work. Thanks again -- Torchwoodtwo ( talk) 10:51, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, Would you mind undoing the remaining autoblock on User:Nableezy's account? Thanks. Tiamut talk 01:33, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Atama, thanks for reviewing the block. I can see that consensus was against me in this case, which I am fine with. If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you would be willing to write to me (either publicly or privately) about how you feel I could have better handled the situation. Might as well use it for a learning experience if nothing else. NW ( Talk) 02:14, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I put up an entry on this webpage and a user is deleting it for no reason. She isn't discussing the reasons why on the discussion board but putting up useless comments about how she "likes socks". Well, the category is for the individual's religion. She is an atheist. The categories are there to guide the encyclopaedia to provide information to the public. This allows people to reference categories. Particularly relevant in politics. Among a number of things is to allow people to do searches. I found this entry because of listening to the radio and there is a religion in politics debate. I wanted to know who is an atheist in the debate and who is religious. Also Euthanasia is a big issue and as health minister it is good to know what religion she is. It only adds to the encyclopaedia not detracting from it. Look at the entries for politics around the world. Religion is a big thing in Australian politics. Incogfrig ( talk) 13:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that you blocked 95.48.70.154 for "vandalising" the COI noticeboard. Just to give you some context, this is the fallout from a conversation at Talk:David_Eppstein#Personal_attacks, where I suggested that their comments weren't appropriate for the article talk page and should be taken elsewhere. Although I don't agree with the content of their post, it's something that's been a hot issue recently, and blocking people will only raise the temperature and make it harder to resolve this. Certainly the user's actions were clumsy, but they don't seem to fit the criteria described at WP:VANDAL. Would you consider reviewing this block in an effort to encourage good faith here? And in any case, please accept my apologies for the chaos that's been caused. Jowa fan ( talk) 14:05, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently created a page about the company iWorkwell Inc. which you deleted. I was wondering if you could restore the page, or at the very least explain to me what I need to change in order for it to be acceptable to you. Thassonjee ( talk) 19:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thassonjee ( talk • contribs) 19:10, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Atama! The AN/I thread over our checkuser clerk friend's comments has (finally!) rolled to archives, I notice, and that means the corresponding SPI report for Nocal100 may do so soon, as well. Heimstern said on his talk he was in favor of strikethrough, as I understood, and I know you were, but he seems to have lost interest in the thread. I really shouldn't strike through the comments myself, since I was so very active in promoting that. I am not asking you to do so, either, but rather just observing that if you did intend to do so, as I thought you might be considering, based on your comments on Heimstern's page, that it would probably be better to do so sooner rather than later, with the SPI case likely to close soon. Best, – OhioStandard ( talk) 21:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you very much for supporting me in my recent RfA. Even though it was unsuccessful, I appreciate your trust. With much gratitude, jsfouche ☽☾ Talk 02:15, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama, Your decision to turn of Enidblyton11's ability to edit their talk page was a good call - the editor was repeating the same kind of time-wasting insincere unblock requests they'd previously lodged under their sockpuppet accounts. Regards, Nick-D ( talk) 07:50, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Chzz ► 14:52, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I saw that there is some confusion as to my identity and the identity of user Jinxxed4Life ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Black_Veil_Brides) . What can I do to prove to you and the rest of the community that we are who we say we are? I am new to Wikipedia so I am not familiar with all of the in's and outs of this site but I truly am the bands management. You can check their official Facebook page facebook.com/blackveilbrides and see that they have Mercenary Management listed in the info section for management contact. You can email me directly at Dan@mercenarymanagement.com . Unlike the other people editing the page I have a source to prove all of the info I post/edit and I have proper credentials to ensure its coming from reliable sources (the band themselves). The user Jinxx4life is in fact the real Jinxx as well. Please advise.
Thanks, Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeAwareX1 ( talk • contribs) 03:58, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Awesome! Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate you taking the time out to answer my questions. I'll be sure to be more active in the discussion board. Thanks again :) BeAwareX1 ( talk) 10:22, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you please unsalt this title? It was deleted per a deletion discussion over a year ago in 2009. The concern was that he was not signed with a major league. In October 2009, after the deletion discussion ended, he signed with Manchester United. I believe he now satisfies WP:ATHLETE. Thanks.--v/r - T P 21:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
This page is absolutely not related to a company or advertising. The data I was painstakingly entering in table form was manually gathered by and for nerve decompression surgery patients. There is currently no central resource for collecting/presenting this data; I looked to Wikipedia to house it. After spending a few hours transferring the data from Excel into the table format of the wiki page, you have deleted it with no specific reason or direction. Please let me know what I can do to restore the page; if you have any questions about the data or its purpose, please don't hesitate to contact me (nataliathespy@hotmail.com).
Ron Ritzman ( talk) 01:54, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashantkharat ( talk • contribs) 14:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Good Morning Atama,
Could you please inform me on why you deleted the page I was working on? What do I need to do to get it restored.
Thank you,
LibSib — Preceding unsigned comment added by LibSib ( talk • contribs) 12:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you declined the deletion notices on a few pages I made. Much appreciated. Now then, would you be able to help me rescue a few more pages I made several months ago? All of a sudden, I feel like this one user is ganging up on me, requesting several pages that I made months ago for deletion, today. Tinton5 ( talk) 21:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
i can confirm that my brother anglo is on an account called thulist. im not happy about this, there will probably be an IP ban now and i will get banned along with him, im not popular on wikipedia anyway becuase of my brothers association with the BNP, i got lumped in with him and many admins have low respect for me. i am not bnp though, im actually very far left and pro green, i would like to say though i know my brother is pro bnp but apart from that problem, he is not a vandal on wikipedia, hes a history student in university and is actually very clever, if there is an ip ban than that is fair play to be honest with u its probably for the best, i know i will get banned along with him but hes going back to uni in 2 months, so if it was a 2 month ban, it would be good as in 2months he will be no longer posting from this Ip address. Liveintheforests ( talk) 21:10, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Please excuse and remove if you don't care for these, with my apologies. KillerChihuahua ?!? Advice 21:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
What words of advertising or promotion did this article contain? We talked with another administrator who previously deleted the article, he said that after being rewrited it looked much better. That was not me who deleted the tag of proposed deletion... So deletion of an article without any discussion is not the thing i expected... Z1exa ( talk) 18:08, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Will you please userfy this article so that I can keep working on it? I'm new to the Wikipedia community and am still figuring out how to navigate it. Thanks. Allured9 ( talk) 18:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Could you please restore File:Wikipedia Autoreviewer.svg? It is used in many places. Thank you. ۞ Tbhotch ™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 18:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama, I am having difficultly as I want to edit the Iridology page, which is factually incorrect, sites bogus research and is clearly written by someone who is not a neutral party. The description of what Iridology IS is inaccurate, and has been slanted so that the bogus studies can discredit it. The only external references are negative ones. This page does not represent a neutral view of what Iridology is, what Iridologists claim they can do, how Iridology is used in practice, etc. It is simply a page where someone got there first who wanted to discredit iridology and now his/her view is the accepted view and I am being told that I am being biased for pointing this out. This is not logical. I can point to a great many external sources about Iridology and NONE of them will say that Iridology claims to diagnose disease, yet this page is focused on discrediting Iridology for making this claim. I have tried to talk with OrangeMike about it but he isn't being neutral either. He claims that what is on the page is the 'accepted medical view' - the medical view of iridology is only relevant if they have a view based on what Iridology actually is and what it claims to be. The person(s) who wrote this article looked for references specifically to discredit this area of study. I wrote an edit that is factually correct about what Iridologists practice and what they claim and DON"T claim, and it was deleted immediately. This is at the point now of being extreme bias against this field. If the page is incorrect it should be fixed. If there is going to be a view by a non-iridologist citing (apparrant) studies that seek to prove that Iridology doesn't do something that Iridologists don't claim it does in the first place, then this needs to be balanced with a trained Iridologists presentation of what Iridology is, what it claims to do, and what it doesn't claim to do. Iridologists don't work with diagnosing disease AT ALL. The modern medical view of disease is contrary to what Iridologist's see in the iris to begin with. A medical doctor diagnoses disease based upon the theory that disease is something that attacks the body from the outside. This theory began in earnest with the discovery of bacteria. An Iridologist, and those who practice natural medicine, view disease as primarily when someone creates the fertile ground inside of themselves for invaders. That the person creates the fertile ground FIRST. So disease, as diagnosed by the medical profession, is irrelevant. If you read the Iridology page one would have to assume that Iridologists are a bunch of nuts going around claiming they can do what x-rays, blood tests, CAT scans, etc can do. This could not be further from the truth. The person that wrote this page is absolutely mis-representing this profession and what he/she is saying is harmful slander. Would you please help me to correct this page. I am experienced in this field and know what I am talking about. It wouldn't be right to ban an oncologist from editing the oncology page, or a breeder of Chihuahua's from editing the Chihuahua page. OrangeMike appears to be suggesting that because I am an iridologist I am banned from editing the Iridology page. The opposite should be the case. It doesn't stop Iridology bashers from editing as well, but at the moment ONLY iridology bashers (who are extremely lose with the truth) are represented there. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks ===-- LeafRed66 ( talk) 16:30, 18 June 2011 (UTC)LeafRed66 -- LeafRed66 ( talk) 16:30, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm no relation to Tanya Lowry; we spell the name differently. Your unblocks look okay to me, although I always want a very clear, explicit withdrawal of the threat, and I am not sure whether the Faerie has cleaned up her signature settings or not. -- Orange Mike | Talk 20:25, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama! Fountain was definitely edit warring, and while I do not condone that, I was wondering if any of Fountain's reverts fall under the BLP exemption? Afterall he was reverting poorly sourced content added to a BLP by an "experienced" "new" IP. There does seem to be a pattern with disruptive IPs at that article, and I wonder if Fountain is being baited? – Lionel ( talk) 00:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello, you have deleted the ICY (Bioimaging) page, and I fully understand why. I must say I am very excited by this software, and this was my first article. Because I thought I knew the rules, I posted it, but I really should have watched the tutorials. So I made a few but big mistakes (Copy & G11). Should I rewrite it or can you remove the speed deletion and maybe transfer it to my own page ? Again, sorry for being lasy, and not have used more of my time for writing an encyclopedic article. And if it is not the right place for this post, sorry (I am not sure it's here, lots of possible pages). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasprovoost ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi! You may have noticed but I wanted to make sure I don't look like a complete fool for nominating this article for A7. When I nominated it, it was only one line. This isn't a request or anything but I thought it might not be clear since almost the entire article was written after my nom. Have a good day! OlYeller Talktome 22:26, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
This is intressting that deleting pages can be made without making an effort to check out facts or even reed the article. And there was nothing that indicates spam or promotion? Just facts and in the middle of creating the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheeseus ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
You put an indefinite block on this user as a spam/advertising only account. You deleted the problem article they wrote and then blocked them three minutes later. I don't like spammers either but this looks more like a case of a inexperienced user making a mistake and copying material over from the article subject's website instead of writing it themselves. An indef block seems a bit harsh considering the lack of clear warning that a block was imminent and the fact that they are not really a spam-only account. Beeblebrox ( talk) 15:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama: Why did you delete my page? I contested the speedy deletion request and received no response or reply--instead my page and all talk pages have been deleted. Anothr20somthng ( talk) 16:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama! I posted a reply relating to your confirmation of the block of Monkh Naran on his/her talk page. I would appreciate if you could give an answer there. Best, G Purevdorj ( talk) 02:44, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
"make WikiLove, not edit war" Thats going to be a classic Wiki-meme! The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•( contribs) 21:21, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks so much for the barnstar, but I hope not! :) -- Atama 頭 21:26, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Why do you think he knows he's mistaken. If someone is mistaken, they stop, if they have offended someone, they apologize. Here, I haven't called him a racist. His view is racist; check he other census edits to find out more of the stuff that he has felt fancy to report from the census and ask yourself in light of his startling admission on what he thinks race is, what the heck is going on??? Until he stops doing what he's doing, there won't be closure. I don't need for him to admit he's wrong - he has a right to have whatever views he wants to hold, but not to perpetuate them here. Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 23:52, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
hello, from a ridiculously hot oklahoma afternoon (i admire your geography..)!
my name is cody ingram and i'm an independent touring musician and co-founder of an independent record label/production company based out of oklahoma, mayfly revival records.
you recently deleted my wiki page, Blue Valley Farmer, and i wanted to discuss it's importance.
as i'm sure you're well-aware, social media and referential media is of the utmost importance in the being-seen/being-heard day-to-day of independent artists. my brother is an advertising art director in chicago and constantly reminds me of this fact ("out of sight, out of mind"). and in an attempt to drive the notion home, he created a (relevant) wiki page for my aims as an artist, as well as a symbiotic launch-pad for others associated with Blue Valley Farmer, in and around the oklahoma area. i'll agree - all of this was done in haste (but with good intention) and was lacking in the necessary third party sources.
i wanted to get in touch with you and convince to you to restore the page, along with some pointers as to make it more relevant/significant in the third-party eyes of wiki gods everywhere.
thank you, cody ingram
(PS. the page, Blue Valley Farmer, was linked to another important/relevant page, Penny Hill [the musician], whom i have toured with in recent months...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluevalleyfarmer ( talk • contribs) 18:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I've nominated Star Arcade multi player mobile gaming for deletion. I reviewed the sources that you placed when you declined the speedy, and I'm not confident that they are strong enough to meet notability as their content highly resembles a press release from the company. I'm letting you know in case you want to give your opinion on the matter. Best regards - frankie ( talk) 05:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I would like to thank you for unblocking me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pconsulting ( talk • contribs) 07:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you re-player Zamil Al-Sulim article, the player is now playing in the Saudi Premier League, He currently plays for Al-Ittifaq.
Thanks Slmcom ( talk) 01:53, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Re your message: Thanks for leaving me a note about the unblock. I'm all good with it. =) I do recall blocking them and pausing for a moment because of their two good edits. I don't usually see these SEO service advertising accounts doing any good edits. Usually they are right into the advertising or spamming like this one who can't spell. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 20:10, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I see that you put an unblock request on hold at User talk:Frangfl nearly two weeks ago. Is there any progress? It seems unfortunate that a user should be left waiting so long. JamesBWatson ( talk) 15:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Dear Atama,
Why was my page ,Shenandoah Sound Drum and Bugle Corps,deleted? IT had only been up for less than 24 hours. I understand that there was an attempt at a page earlier by someone else, but I was specifically asked by the Corps to help them create a new one in hopes of not having their page deleted. I don't understand why ours was deleted, it met the criteria for rule a7, the group has placed in the DCA world championships multiple times. Some information that may have shown the corps as more notable and important was yet to be put as we were still gathering it. I am also confused as to why ours was taken down, when other DCA corps had pages with equal or less information on them.
Sincerely, Lufbery17 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lufbery17 ( talk • contribs) 01:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama!
The article
Pseudonym (Indian Band) was deleted, but I provided reliable sources and citations.
Citations/Reliable Sources:
And there are many more articles releated to this band.
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If you feel he can be unblocked, do so. Daniel Case ( talk) 04:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
So if you look at the screenshot below (which I got from the script's page):
At the top of the image you see the regular diff interface. At the bottom of that is a small, square grey button with a green triangle or delta in it. With that script active, you still see the regular diff interface, but if you click the button, then you also get to see the enhanced diff interface. The enhanced interface is seen below it, which is a single box, with deleted text highlighted in red, and added text highlighted in green. It can be really helpful for certain kinds of diffs.
Let's go back to the diff we talked about before, which was here. When you look at that diff normally, it's hard to tell what actually happened, it appears to be a huge removal or change of text. But with the enhanced diff tool, the diff looks like this:
As you can tell, all he did was add the sentence highlighted in green. It's a pretty useful tool. -- Atama 頭 21:14, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of UFV Student Union Society. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Me-123567-Me ( talk) 18:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
I thought this is valid source: http://www.cardesign.ru/articles/interview/2011/05/13/4697/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dizajnautomobila ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
So if I rewrite text article can be published again? Dizajnautomobila ( talk) 21:41, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Why did you delete my page called Tryhards Fc, as it is an important club in the gaming industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam ffc ( talk • contribs) 00:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
i find this very disrespectful to the gaming community, as it is a community where people are payed thousands. Adam ffc ( talk) 01:41, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama,
The article
Pseudonym (Indian Band) was userfied to
User:Iamgymman123/Pseudonym (Indian Band) by an administrator, and now I have updated that adding some more citations. Now if you feel that it is notable, I request you to move this article to the main space.
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Hi Atama!
I have updated the article. Please check it out
Pseudonym. Thanks!
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Should I move the page to the main space or upadte it with more details available and then come back to you.
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FYI, the ANI thread in which you participated concerning User:Marine 69-71 has reopened. ScottyBerg ( talk) 14:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Atama. Sorry to bug you about this. An entry at the base of the COI board was posted by a user whose unblock request you rightly denied (i.e. user talk:AkibanTech. The entry is kind of mussing up the board, but I don't know the proper way to correct it. The question of course implies that he intends to persist in promoting the company. P.Oxy.2354 ( talk) 17:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Personal problems and the preperation of my defense have taken some of my time. I do not believe that I should give up my admin. powers, however I will auto impose a probation upon myself in which i will not use my admin powers for at least a year. I encourage you to monitor my behavior, if I fail to live up to the expectations then I will do the honorable thing. Tony the Marine ( talk) 21:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey there Atama, thank you for your contributions. I am a bot, alerting you that non-free files are not allowed in user or talk space. I removed some files I found on User talk:Atama. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use files to your user-space drafts or your talk page.
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Your input is sought and welcome at User talk:Fountainviewkid#July 2011. Jclemens ( talk) 02:12, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
I do hope you won't mind me commenting but having recently had dealings with User:Lithistman, as a result I'm not convinced it was all down to your mentee's doing. In my experience with User:Lithistman, he chose to edit war in a tag team to impose changes on Henry Morgan rather than resorting to the talk page for discussion. When I declined to continue with that and tagged what I thought was {{dubious}} they continued to edit war to remove the tags I'd added, resulting in a 3rr report and the article protected. In addition, their rationale for edit warring (if you can call it that) was to accuse me of being angry and to accuse me of WP:POINT over the tags I added, as well as a more than reasonable 3RR warning. As an observer of his behaviour he seems to get quite agitated when editors disagree with him, even to the point of intervening to encourage other editors to edit war and it seemed to inflame the situation. He seems unable to comprehend the destructive nature of his behaviour. Wee Curry Monster talk 11:29, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I've been mulling over criteria for what I feel would be acceptable for recall and I'd like it to where only a select few editors I trust can ask for my recall. I'd like you to be one of those editors. I've outlined the process here. If there is any reason you would not like to be on this list, for example maybe you object to recall or perhaps you don't want to deal with the drama involved, could you please let me know?--v/r - T P 18:40, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
While I supported unblocking Fvk, I'm concerned that the current tide at his talkpage is going to be counterproductive. There seems to be a movement afoot intent on making Jclemens' block out to be wholly unjustified, which it was not. What concerns me most is that Fvk truly seemed like he "got it" as far as knowing why what he did was wrong. But now, there are several editors there who seem like they are not only minimizing what he did, but actually claiming he did nothing wrong to begin with, which I don't think is a good thing for the progress that Fvk seemed to be making early on in this episode. I thought hard about contacting those editors individually, or perhaps making a note at Fvk's talkpage to this effect. However, I decided that the best course of action would be to contact one of Fvk's mentors with my concern. I hope you understand that this is in no way a complaint about Fvk, but a genuine worry that those who are currently commenting there may well be undoing some or all of the gains that Fvk initially made. Best, L H M 05:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I respecfully brought the inappropriateness of this edit [2] to his attention [3] but he summarily deleted it. It's difficult to AGF. I can think of only 2 possible explanations for kicking a guy when he's down like this:
BWilkins' post has to be removed. At best it is humiliating and at worst it is baiting. Due to the real danger of Fountain going crazy, and BWilkins refusal to engage, at this point the only option I see open is to take BWilkins to WP:ANI where the community can weigh in on this matter. Your opinion is valued.– Lionel ( talk) 00:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
I would question your use of A7 to speedy delete the above article. On my reading, the article satisfactorily asserted the significance of its subject. I would usually expect a British science fiction author with a publication record comparable to that of Akhmanov (a long list of published novels, as given in the article, some at least through major publishers) to meet WP:NAUTHOR, even with only British (and not American) publication - and the size of the Russian science fiction market is at least comparable with the British one (even if very little Russian science fiction gets translated into English).
I am not currently questioning the actual deletion of the article - assertion of significance falls far short of actually establishing notability, and the article did not do the latter, so would presumably have been deleted under the proposed deletion process anyway. Moreover, while I did consider deprodding the article, I ended up not doing so because I can not at the moment trace reliable sources in English (at least, any significantly more reliable than Amazon) and can not read Russian. However, if it is possible to email me a copy of the article, I would appreciate it - I am still keeping an eye open for sources in English and, if and when I find them, will want to decide if anything from it would be usable in a revised article (in which case I will ask for the article to be restored or userfied) or whether I have to start again from scratch. PWilkinson ( talk) 12:41, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey Atama. I finally finished my report regarding Dew Tour. I created it here in my userspace but linked it into the COI Noticeboard discussion. It's large and I'd like to keep it from getting too unorganized. The only thing I didn't do is list which of the accounts in question edited which of the 24+ pages. A few have been deleted, I didn't want to spend even more time, and I feel that the issue is obvious from looking at the users' edit history. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. OlYeller Talktome 23:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at the Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have some information. You are invited to comment at the relevant thread. Thank you. CycloneGU ( talk) 15:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Atama, thank you for your insight into my complaint. I have since seen a more positive side to this user and have decided not to take the issue any further at this stage. Robert Currey talk 16:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello Atama, how are you? Since I have auto-imposed restrictions on myself, I was wondering if you could do me a favor and keep a look-out (your watchlist) on the article Rafael Carrión, Sr.. You see, a certain User has twice added information without citing nor providing reliable verifiable sources to back up his/her claim. I reverted the additions twice with an explanation of my actions, plus I left a message on the User's page: Vmarxuach, but I would like to stay clear of any conflicting issues for now and that is why I have come to you. Thank you, Tony the Marine ( talk) 20:17, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. Qwyrxian ( talk) 07:40, 26 July 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Atama, I just noticed you deleted an entry for Sense Worldwide. Though I suspect that the original text may well have been 'unambiguous advertising' (I'm not responsible for it), SWW is a culturally significant company which has been credited as founding one of the original social networks in the late 90s as well as being a pioneer of Co-creation. There are a lot of citations in HBR, the Financial Times etc.
If you wouldn't mind undeleting the text, I'd happily have a go at rewriting it.
(No I don't work there, though I have worked with them)
0aster ( talk) 16:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
0aster ( talk) 10:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Yesterday, you blocked me from editing the Boyd Coddington page because of "Possible impersonation; this editor has edited after username changed to name not matching editor's real name" What is the process for validating the fact that I am Boyd Coddington's eldest son Boyd Coddington Jr.? In the past, I have edited many entries on my fathers page because of gross inaccuracies. I continue to change the external links to www.boydcoddingtonusa.com and www.boydcoddingtons.com because those are the only sites that are up to date and, are the only sites that are keeping the legacy of my father alive with video, hot rod images, links to the friends of Boyd and press releases. boydcoddington.com was never the "official site and has not been updated for more than 2 years. In fact, the boydcoddington site is currently in tied probate, controlled by my late fathers wife and she is using it to promote a product she is representing called "Fruit Vida". Fruit Vida has never had anything to do with my father in fact, he would be jumping up and down if he knew it was up there.
I changed my username after reading in the Wikipeda user guide it was a good idea to NOT use your real name. I admit I probably edited the Boyd Coddington page making it to look like there is a "editing war", but that was not my intention. I only want people seeking information about my father to get the most updated and accurate information. The majority if not all of that information comes via the boydcoddingtonusa web site.
I will use caution with the editing I do in the future, with that said, I truly only want to make sure the information on my fathers page is accurate and up to date. I have several other posts I would like to make but have not done so because of my lack of knowledge of how to correctly post information, and the fear of posting something wrong or, deleting the page completely.
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Please keep an eye on the Kamala Lopez page. There is an obvious sock puppet expanding the page and setting up a resume for the subject, rather than a legitimate encyclopedic article. Webberkenny ( talk) 03:35, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Atama - I thought I'd ask you this because, having commented on the ANI involving me and Ken keisel, you've got a sense of the context already. I'll try to be brief. You'll recall that I had blanked most of Anthony A. Mitchell, which Ken had created, as copyvio. (It consisted essentially of a very close paraphrase of the fellow's Washington Post obituary, with sentence order shuffled around a bit.) Sarek of Vulcan helpfully stepped in and restored the article to a passable and proper state. Ken quickly reinserted a couple of his paragraphs of too-close paraphrase, which Sarek removed along with a warning to Ken. Ken responded with a paragraph on both his Talk page and that of the article to the effect that facts couldn't be copyrighted, whereupon he restored the article to more or less the same state it had been in before I'd blanked it. Sarek undid Ken's edits and blocked him for a week for the copyvio. Ken (editing on his Talk page) has challenged Sarek to address Ken's claim that the reintroduced text is fine under the copyright laws.
Ken's attitude toward the whole issue seemed rather cavalier and it occurred to me that some of his prior contributions might have been similarly lifted from others' texts - he's created upwards of 40 articles. I checked and within a few minutes I'd tracked down the apparent source for one of them, Kokosing_Gap_Trail, here. Same sort of close paraphrasing. Of course it's possible that he wrote it for the country, or the county took it from Wikipedia - I know there are a lot of ways this might be okay. But also the article (like Anthony A. Mitchell) is written in a voice and tone that is strikingly different than what I've seen of Ken's contributions on Talk pages, AfDs and the ANI. It seems to go beyond the usual differences we all display in writing formal and informal prose. I think he lifted it.
I was set to flag the page but hesitated about opening this a can of worms. I suspect it's not the only instance. ( Noguchi_table and Marshmallow sofa are two other obvious candidates, but those have off-line sources and aren't as easily checked.) I don't want another ANI filed, and in particular I don't want to be accused of stalking or hounding the guy, by him or by anyone else. Ken's WP interests and mine don't intersect but at one or two places and I don't expect I'll ever encounter him again, provided that when his block expires he settles down at Washington, D.C. I was annoyed by the ANI but finally I don't care. It took only a few minutes out of what I am hoping to be a long life. I'd close the door on it all except copyright is a sensitive subject, the problem seemed to be staring me in the face, and I figured if I didn't look, no one else would.
What's the right (or really, "best") thing to do? Thanks. JohnInDC ( talk) 11:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
A CCI is a serious accusation, and doing so frivolously is a breach of the "no personal attacks" policy. In general, if you have an on-going dispute with another editor, you should avoid filing a CCI case against that editor, and seek larger input at an appropriate forum (such as the administrators noticeboard or the copyright cleanup project) instead.
As a rule of thumb, at least five instances of clear copyvios (copy/pasting of unlicensed third party material; clear derivative works) should be required to file a case.
I hope you can respond to my latest questions on
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My impression is that this case has not been handled normally, and I think it would only be fair if some other admin takes a look as well.
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