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@ Skater:-- SKATER Speak. 01:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC) @ Skater:-- SKATER Speak. 01:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Please do explain what article this is on I am very confused!!! You sent me a message!!! Explain! Thanks :) -- Jakingsbeer ( talk) 09:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I think we settled it, I changed my wording to mention both points of view. Thanks Mathewignash ( talk) 01:18, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Why would you delete the article List of drum majors, commanders and directors of the Highty-Tighties without putting the contents in the main article on the Highty-Tighties? The contents were referenced from the 120+ college yearbooks that I and others read through to get this information. There may not be a notable person in the list but the notable facts are the trends in number of members of the band and who the drum majors and captains where. This information doesn't exist anywhere else in the world in one place. It adds to the historical significance of the main article. Talk to GM 02:16, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
As per Talk:2010 Formula One season#Campos/Manor again, a dispute over multiple conflicting sources from the same date has been able to be corrected following the finding of a newer source, and there now appears to be consensus to use this source. Therefore I'd like to ask that the article be unprotected so that these corrections can be made and the article can be further edited once more. IIIVIX ( Talk) 05:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
I notice that the AfD has been closed but there is no old AfD notice on the article talk page. Would you do the honours? Mjroots ( talk) 09:56, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Barack Obama Joker poster. 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. Jpatokal ( talk) 10:13, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your concern about our privacy. I am not sure I understand why other people can be found on wikipedia and I am not allowed to put this individual on wikipedia. I do think this person is notable enough in the medical world to warrant a wikipedia article, so would you you mind telling me why not other than privacy? She is a minor, but her parents have consented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metcalfmd ( talk • contribs)
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Can you explain how the keep votes are "significantly weaker"? Thank you. APK say that you love me 02:51, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
WP:N states that "substantive coverage in reliable sources establishes a presumption, not a guarantee, that a subject is suitable for inclusion", and that a consensus to the contrary is required to overturn this presumption. There is substantive coverage (articles devoted entirely to the poster) in countless reliable sources (LA Times, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, CNN, etc) referenced in the article, and there most certainly was not a consensus that the article fails any of the WP:NOT criteria. The strongest argument against the article is WP:NOTNEWS, but opinion on that matter was far from unanimous: as was repeatedly pointed out, the article was not about the one-off event of some posters appearing in LA, but about the poster being a turning point in public attitude and adopted as a symbol of notable protest movement.
Also, I find it bizarre that you are discounting the Keep comments because they're all about WP:N — the proposer's rationale for deletion was that the poster is not notable, so of course people are responding to that! As pointed out above, the other reasons given for deletion ( WP:OR, WP:NEO, WP:ONEEVENT) are spurious.
So please reconsider, or I will be requesting a formal review. Jpatokal ( talk) 05:35, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
That user you just blocked for the personal attack appears to be a sock of Orange soda kid. Triplestop x3 00:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
You beat me by a day! Haha. I've had it sitting in my subpages for about a week now, finally got around to finishing it and you've already created the page. I think I'll implement my page, then I'll incorporate your stuff back into it hopefully tomorrow. Cheers. k.i.a.c ( talktome - contribs) 14:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
The first link doesn't work, but I wasn't completely sure about the whole second page addition page there. I didn't mean that to be a race, and I'm sorry if it appeared that way. Thanks for the heads up on the links there. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you mind if I steal your userpage layout, I would tweak the colors a bit (not a big brown person myself)? -- Admrboltz ( talk) 19:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
FYI: You may wish to participate in a discussion at Talk:Frederick Birks. Cheers, Pdfpdf ( talk) 12:34, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Which do you think looks better? Centred, or Left justified? Pdfpdf ( talk) 01:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you know if there is a "standard" layout for citation notes? (The Birks article uses "Retrieved on", "Retrieved" and "retrieved".) Pdfpdf ( talk) 01:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I just came across Georges Vanier. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello! You were the closing admin there. Kept articles still include afd templates, is it for a reason or you've just forgot to remove them? Thanks! G.n.v.N. ( talk) 10:40, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
When you were fixing the link, you had forgotten to lowercase the "jpg" in the link on my page. I got it taken care of on my page now though :) Whammies Were Here 10:56, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your concern. However, the page is not about me. I am a fan writing this page. Magykmusic ( talk) 16:22, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I took this photo myself from a 7th floor balcony in Av 25 de Mayo y Mitre in Coronel Pringles, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina David( Talk • Contribs) 22:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I just came across Georges Vanier. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Im keen on keeping these because I think that the next in line will be the signature pages. But I have given up, Ill post a comment on all of the pages with the exeption of MC. I realized that you all win and I dont hold a grudge so ill just forget about it. (with the exeption of MC s/he deserves to keep his/her due to the edits s/he has.-- Coldplay Expert 01:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Its not about wining or losing or making friends. I know that im here to contribute to this site and I do (despite what Roux has said.) I just my opinon that they should be keeped. (I rally dont want the sig. pages to go, even Jimbo has one.) And like I just said it is my opinion and mine only. No one else has to like it or dislike it. And in case anyone thinks that im not being civil ect. Im sorry I didnt mean to come off so hard.-- Coldplay Expert 01:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Alright then I support you Backslash Forward Slash. I understand now, As long as the sig. pages are keeped, youve got my vote. (Oh and does that mean that sig. pages barnstars are a waste two?)-- Coldplay Expert 23:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey can something be done about User:Thatsofatchiken his only two edits so far is vandalism and Im pretty sure that he is a WP:VOA-- Coldplay Expert 00:56, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Alright Thanks-- Coldplay Expert 00:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. Do you have any recommendations on people I should check with or should I go to the possible admin adopt page.
Regards, Gaelen S. Talk • Contribs 23:00, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Since you're an admin and a member of the Military History WikiProject, feel free to list yourself here. Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 14:07, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
You love Military History too?-- Coldplay Expert 20:50, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
I closed my Rfa about an hour ago and left a strongly worded closing statement. I wanted to make sure that you know that I did not mean it in reference to you. Your remarks were kind and supportive and I am very appreciative. I, for the most part, left the message that I did because I felt that I offered a legitimate suggestion to be taken into consideration for future Rfa's that was dismissed because I was power-hungry, an accusation that I am deeply resent. In any case, I hope to see you around the encyclopedia.
Regards, Gaelen S. Talk • Contribs 19:12, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
PeterSymonds ( talk) 15:57, 29 September 2009 (UTC) 12:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Backslash Forwardslash. I have just recived this message from what appears to be GHC's father so I have decided that it would be best to forward it to you.
The message reads as follows:
Dear coldplay export.I have no clue about wikipedia,etc.I am guitarherochristopher's father.I have tried to contact wikipedia,but cant figure it out.I use to be a recording artist but now I am in the medical field.My son is a 13 year old autistic boy who is a gifted in many areas mainly he has a photographic memory and spends his time making thousands of animations and videos of coldplay.some are over 1 hour long.the reason I am writing I try to monitor chris' computer time in our living room and I see he is being blocked and complained about a lot.I am concerned and dont know exactly what to do.I want him to continue doing work that is accurate,but I dont want him to do things that are not true.I tell him over and over not to edit ANYTHING!!!!.,He try's to comply,but he cant resist sharing his ideas.I am sorry for any problems he is causing.I am hoping you can write me back and let me know if you have any ideas to help him.Also can you pass this on to an administrator,so they can help me.My email is <snip>.thank you for your time.sincerely chris sr..
iGUItARH3R0KHR!ZT0PH3R!_-=
₪ 22:27, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I have also resonded at GHC talk page.-- Coldplay Expert 23:43, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Uh...why dont you tell him, I dont feel good about this...-- Coldplay Expert 00:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Dito...-- Coldplay Expert 00:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hey mate. Again, I'm terribly sorry for being such a bloody pain in regards to Birks' MM. I will have a little tinker, though, and see if I can do something, so back away from the paragraph and don't remove it! ;-) Lol. Now, I've been meaning to mention this for months, ever since you first started work on the Birks' article, and I'm very sorry that I have not until now but I keep forgetting or got distracted (yes, it is a poor excuse), but I do possess I think three sources that mention Birks. I haven't had much of a look to see if they can add much to the article, but I will see if I can add anything extra, if you like. Also, the Australian War Memorial website contains PDF files of recomendations for honours and awards from the First World War—the ones I posted on Birks' came from there—and are a great source for articles. It is located here. The section also has award cards for honours—labelled as "recommendations"—for honours and awards from the Second World War and Korean War, but they generally only contain a few words so aren't magnificent, but they, too, can be helpful. I think that is basically all I wanted to say for now. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 08:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
I think I have worked out why there has been so much confusion! I was looking through the sources, just about to tweak the para on Birks' MM, when I realised that two of the three recommendations for his MM from the AWM are before his Pozières action. It appears that those two—which are the same—were for actions at Gallipoli. The recommendation was not forwarded/approved by the divisional CO until 10 June 1916. His MM was for his work at Pozières, and he was not rewarded for Gallipoli, but it is by far worth a mention that he was recommended for the MM for Gallipoli. Well, back to working on his Pozières MM para! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 06:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Well done on achieving Good article status! You have done an excellent job! I do have one recommendation, however: I would archive the discussion contents of the talk page as it is long, rather a mess and discussion has ended on all matters bought up on the talk page. ;-) Again, well done. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 12:20, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi BF, someone has recreated the above out of process yet again; you deleted it in June after an AfD. Would you mind re-deleting? The person behind it has been extremely persistent. This is probably the 10th time or so it has been recreated on one page or another. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 23:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I have been contacted by a US publisher complaining that an article about me was deleted within 5 minutes of it being posted. She says that "The article was balanced, factual, and neutral. It met Wikipedia guidelines in every conceivable way. It had sufficient references, was posted from New Mexico State University by someone with no connection to you whatsoever, and the content paralleled that of many other persons whose entries are available. The next step is journalistic investigation of this practice."
I suspected that SlimVirgin must have been behind this and I see that she has sent you the highly misleading message. Since as you will now know what she says is incorrect, and the deletion as far as I can see, although done by you in good faith on the basis of Slim's message, is explicitly against policy in this area, perhaps it could be undeleted so that people can see whether this article is indeed as the publisher describes (I have no idea) or whether there are valid reasons for deletion (as Slim apparently thinks)? Many thanks. NBeale ( talk) 07:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rjang. Thanks for emailing me the article. I think we can agree that:
Now it is explicit policy that you are not allowed to speedy delete such an article - either under g4 or because you don't think the subject us notable, so I would be very grateful if you could restore it and then hopefully a number of editors can collaborate to get it into a proper state and meet the concerns you raise about references and notability which, as we both know, should be addressed by suitable tags.
I'd just like to respond to a couple of other points if I may:
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@ Skater:-- SKATER Speak. 01:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC) @ Skater:-- SKATER Speak. 01:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Please do explain what article this is on I am very confused!!! You sent me a message!!! Explain! Thanks :) -- Jakingsbeer ( talk) 09:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I think we settled it, I changed my wording to mention both points of view. Thanks Mathewignash ( talk) 01:18, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Why would you delete the article List of drum majors, commanders and directors of the Highty-Tighties without putting the contents in the main article on the Highty-Tighties? The contents were referenced from the 120+ college yearbooks that I and others read through to get this information. There may not be a notable person in the list but the notable facts are the trends in number of members of the band and who the drum majors and captains where. This information doesn't exist anywhere else in the world in one place. It adds to the historical significance of the main article. Talk to GM 02:16, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
As per Talk:2010 Formula One season#Campos/Manor again, a dispute over multiple conflicting sources from the same date has been able to be corrected following the finding of a newer source, and there now appears to be consensus to use this source. Therefore I'd like to ask that the article be unprotected so that these corrections can be made and the article can be further edited once more. IIIVIX ( Talk) 05:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
I notice that the AfD has been closed but there is no old AfD notice on the article talk page. Would you do the honours? Mjroots ( talk) 09:56, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Barack Obama Joker poster. 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. Jpatokal ( talk) 10:13, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your concern about our privacy. I am not sure I understand why other people can be found on wikipedia and I am not allowed to put this individual on wikipedia. I do think this person is notable enough in the medical world to warrant a wikipedia article, so would you you mind telling me why not other than privacy? She is a minor, but her parents have consented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metcalfmd ( talk • contribs)
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Can you explain how the keep votes are "significantly weaker"? Thank you. APK say that you love me 02:51, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
WP:N states that "substantive coverage in reliable sources establishes a presumption, not a guarantee, that a subject is suitable for inclusion", and that a consensus to the contrary is required to overturn this presumption. There is substantive coverage (articles devoted entirely to the poster) in countless reliable sources (LA Times, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, CNN, etc) referenced in the article, and there most certainly was not a consensus that the article fails any of the WP:NOT criteria. The strongest argument against the article is WP:NOTNEWS, but opinion on that matter was far from unanimous: as was repeatedly pointed out, the article was not about the one-off event of some posters appearing in LA, but about the poster being a turning point in public attitude and adopted as a symbol of notable protest movement.
Also, I find it bizarre that you are discounting the Keep comments because they're all about WP:N — the proposer's rationale for deletion was that the poster is not notable, so of course people are responding to that! As pointed out above, the other reasons given for deletion ( WP:OR, WP:NEO, WP:ONEEVENT) are spurious.
So please reconsider, or I will be requesting a formal review. Jpatokal ( talk) 05:35, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
That user you just blocked for the personal attack appears to be a sock of Orange soda kid. Triplestop x3 00:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
You beat me by a day! Haha. I've had it sitting in my subpages for about a week now, finally got around to finishing it and you've already created the page. I think I'll implement my page, then I'll incorporate your stuff back into it hopefully tomorrow. Cheers. k.i.a.c ( talktome - contribs) 14:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
The first link doesn't work, but I wasn't completely sure about the whole second page addition page there. I didn't mean that to be a race, and I'm sorry if it appeared that way. Thanks for the heads up on the links there. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you mind if I steal your userpage layout, I would tweak the colors a bit (not a big brown person myself)? -- Admrboltz ( talk) 19:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
FYI: You may wish to participate in a discussion at Talk:Frederick Birks. Cheers, Pdfpdf ( talk) 12:34, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Which do you think looks better? Centred, or Left justified? Pdfpdf ( talk) 01:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you know if there is a "standard" layout for citation notes? (The Birks article uses "Retrieved on", "Retrieved" and "retrieved".) Pdfpdf ( talk) 01:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I just came across Georges Vanier. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello! You were the closing admin there. Kept articles still include afd templates, is it for a reason or you've just forgot to remove them? Thanks! G.n.v.N. ( talk) 10:40, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
When you were fixing the link, you had forgotten to lowercase the "jpg" in the link on my page. I got it taken care of on my page now though :) Whammies Were Here 10:56, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your concern. However, the page is not about me. I am a fan writing this page. Magykmusic ( talk) 16:22, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I took this photo myself from a 7th floor balcony in Av 25 de Mayo y Mitre in Coronel Pringles, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina David( Talk • Contribs) 22:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I just came across Georges Vanier. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Im keen on keeping these because I think that the next in line will be the signature pages. But I have given up, Ill post a comment on all of the pages with the exeption of MC. I realized that you all win and I dont hold a grudge so ill just forget about it. (with the exeption of MC s/he deserves to keep his/her due to the edits s/he has.-- Coldplay Expert 01:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Its not about wining or losing or making friends. I know that im here to contribute to this site and I do (despite what Roux has said.) I just my opinon that they should be keeped. (I rally dont want the sig. pages to go, even Jimbo has one.) And like I just said it is my opinion and mine only. No one else has to like it or dislike it. And in case anyone thinks that im not being civil ect. Im sorry I didnt mean to come off so hard.-- Coldplay Expert 01:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Alright then I support you Backslash Forward Slash. I understand now, As long as the sig. pages are keeped, youve got my vote. (Oh and does that mean that sig. pages barnstars are a waste two?)-- Coldplay Expert 23:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey can something be done about User:Thatsofatchiken his only two edits so far is vandalism and Im pretty sure that he is a WP:VOA-- Coldplay Expert 00:56, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Alright Thanks-- Coldplay Expert 00:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. Do you have any recommendations on people I should check with or should I go to the possible admin adopt page.
Regards, Gaelen S. Talk • Contribs 23:00, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Since you're an admin and a member of the Military History WikiProject, feel free to list yourself here. Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 14:07, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
You love Military History too?-- Coldplay Expert 20:50, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
I closed my Rfa about an hour ago and left a strongly worded closing statement. I wanted to make sure that you know that I did not mean it in reference to you. Your remarks were kind and supportive and I am very appreciative. I, for the most part, left the message that I did because I felt that I offered a legitimate suggestion to be taken into consideration for future Rfa's that was dismissed because I was power-hungry, an accusation that I am deeply resent. In any case, I hope to see you around the encyclopedia.
Regards, Gaelen S. Talk • Contribs 19:12, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
PeterSymonds ( talk) 15:57, 29 September 2009 (UTC) 12:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Backslash Forwardslash. I have just recived this message from what appears to be GHC's father so I have decided that it would be best to forward it to you.
The message reads as follows:
Dear coldplay export.I have no clue about wikipedia,etc.I am guitarherochristopher's father.I have tried to contact wikipedia,but cant figure it out.I use to be a recording artist but now I am in the medical field.My son is a 13 year old autistic boy who is a gifted in many areas mainly he has a photographic memory and spends his time making thousands of animations and videos of coldplay.some are over 1 hour long.the reason I am writing I try to monitor chris' computer time in our living room and I see he is being blocked and complained about a lot.I am concerned and dont know exactly what to do.I want him to continue doing work that is accurate,but I dont want him to do things that are not true.I tell him over and over not to edit ANYTHING!!!!.,He try's to comply,but he cant resist sharing his ideas.I am sorry for any problems he is causing.I am hoping you can write me back and let me know if you have any ideas to help him.Also can you pass this on to an administrator,so they can help me.My email is <snip>.thank you for your time.sincerely chris sr..
iGUItARH3R0KHR!ZT0PH3R!_-=
₪ 22:27, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I have also resonded at GHC talk page.-- Coldplay Expert 23:43, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Uh...why dont you tell him, I dont feel good about this...-- Coldplay Expert 00:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Dito...-- Coldplay Expert 00:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hey mate. Again, I'm terribly sorry for being such a bloody pain in regards to Birks' MM. I will have a little tinker, though, and see if I can do something, so back away from the paragraph and don't remove it! ;-) Lol. Now, I've been meaning to mention this for months, ever since you first started work on the Birks' article, and I'm very sorry that I have not until now but I keep forgetting or got distracted (yes, it is a poor excuse), but I do possess I think three sources that mention Birks. I haven't had much of a look to see if they can add much to the article, but I will see if I can add anything extra, if you like. Also, the Australian War Memorial website contains PDF files of recomendations for honours and awards from the First World War—the ones I posted on Birks' came from there—and are a great source for articles. It is located here. The section also has award cards for honours—labelled as "recommendations"—for honours and awards from the Second World War and Korean War, but they generally only contain a few words so aren't magnificent, but they, too, can be helpful. I think that is basically all I wanted to say for now. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 08:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
I think I have worked out why there has been so much confusion! I was looking through the sources, just about to tweak the para on Birks' MM, when I realised that two of the three recommendations for his MM from the AWM are before his Pozières action. It appears that those two—which are the same—were for actions at Gallipoli. The recommendation was not forwarded/approved by the divisional CO until 10 June 1916. His MM was for his work at Pozières, and he was not rewarded for Gallipoli, but it is by far worth a mention that he was recommended for the MM for Gallipoli. Well, back to working on his Pozières MM para! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 06:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Well done on achieving Good article status! You have done an excellent job! I do have one recommendation, however: I would archive the discussion contents of the talk page as it is long, rather a mess and discussion has ended on all matters bought up on the talk page. ;-) Again, well done. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 12:20, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi BF, someone has recreated the above out of process yet again; you deleted it in June after an AfD. Would you mind re-deleting? The person behind it has been extremely persistent. This is probably the 10th time or so it has been recreated on one page or another. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 23:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I have been contacted by a US publisher complaining that an article about me was deleted within 5 minutes of it being posted. She says that "The article was balanced, factual, and neutral. It met Wikipedia guidelines in every conceivable way. It had sufficient references, was posted from New Mexico State University by someone with no connection to you whatsoever, and the content paralleled that of many other persons whose entries are available. The next step is journalistic investigation of this practice."
I suspected that SlimVirgin must have been behind this and I see that she has sent you the highly misleading message. Since as you will now know what she says is incorrect, and the deletion as far as I can see, although done by you in good faith on the basis of Slim's message, is explicitly against policy in this area, perhaps it could be undeleted so that people can see whether this article is indeed as the publisher describes (I have no idea) or whether there are valid reasons for deletion (as Slim apparently thinks)? Many thanks. NBeale ( talk) 07:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rjang. Thanks for emailing me the article. I think we can agree that:
Now it is explicit policy that you are not allowed to speedy delete such an article - either under g4 or because you don't think the subject us notable, so I would be very grateful if you could restore it and then hopefully a number of editors can collaborate to get it into a proper state and meet the concerns you raise about references and notability which, as we both know, should be addressed by suitable tags.
I'd just like to respond to a couple of other points if I may: