ARCHIVES
DO NOT ENTER NEW ITEMS HERE--use User talk:DGG
Topical Archives:
Deletion & AfD,
Speedy & prod,
NPP & AfC,
COI & paid editors,
BLP,
Bilateral relations
Notability,
Universities & academic people,
Schools,
Academic journals,
Books & other publications
Sourcing,
Fiction,
In Popular Culture
Educational Program
Bias, intolerance, and prejudice
General Archives:
2006:
Sept-Dec
2007:
Jan-Feb ,
Mar-Apt ,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2008:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2009:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2010:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2011:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2012:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2013:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2014:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2015:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2016:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2017:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2018:
J,
F,
M ,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2019:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2020:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2021:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2022:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2023:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O
DO NOT ENTER NEW ITEMS HERE--use User talk:DGG
I was wondering if you could offer some sage advice here? We're still in the spitballing phase, and I wonder if you could point out work we could use to help local librarians understand the natural Wikipedia/Library connection. Your subpages seem a good start, but I'm thinking we'll want to construct a librarian entry point, with FAQ and ideas. Perhaps the folks over at GLAM would also have some input. What do you think? Feel free to answer there. BusterD ( talk) 17:33, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
)
Dear DGG, you have always been a Dean to us occasional editors. Please enlighten me on an issue being discussed with another editor here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Muhandes#Citations_on_QES_page To roughly summarize the issue, he insists on citations for all alumni listed on a school page, such as this one QES, HK, even tho those same citations already appear on the alumni's bio pages. I cited MIT Alumni as example to show that as long as those citations appear on the people's bio pages, they would be considered verified. I thought the bio page would serve as hub to verify everything about that person. Please advise. Much obliged.-- Kgwu24 ( talk) 02:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Remember that RFCs are part of Dispute Resolution and at times may take place in a heated environment. Please take a look at the relevant RFC page before responding and be sure that you are willing and able to enter that environment and contribute to making the discussion a calm and productive one focussed on the content issue at hand. See also Wikipedia:Requests for comment#Suggestions for responding.
Greetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Talk:Hentai. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! However, please note that your input will carry no greater weight than anyone else's: remember that an RFC aims to reach a reasoned consensus position, and is not a vote. In support of that, your contribution should focus on thoughtful evaluation of the issues and available evidence, and provide further relevant evidence if possible.
You have received this notice because your name is on Wikipedia:Feedback request service. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from that page. RFC bot ( talk) 18:36, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
May I make a Request for Comment (RfC) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominant group (art). Marshallsumter ( talk) 16:32, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
I am asking you to at the very least to wait out the full 7 days of the discussion of these discussions.
I feel that with the claim that a number of references do exist purportedly claiming the entrants as playing these genres may not be true as sources have not been produced to substantiate this claim. Curb Chain ( talk) 07:28, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I have done some work on this and so would like to look at the previous version. Please could you userfy it per your comment in the discussion. Warden ( talk) 23:34, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I am trying to get National Republican Guard (Portugal) deleted so that another page (on the same subject) can eventually be moved to it. (There are currently no objections to the move [2], for the time being at least!)
Since I have apparently have chosen the wrong way to get it deleted, please advise me on the right way.
Thankyou! Mesoso2 ( talk) 19:06, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the input on the draft User:Cmagha/John A. Ware; three of us are following up on some sourcing leads from a professor. We'll also give it a good going over for promo language. Your insights were very helpful. IndtAithir ( talk) 19:52, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I would like to ask why you have deleted 33th Yukon general election? User:Robertgreer has recently searched for incorrect ordinals, and saw no need to delete such innocent spelling errors. Could you please undelete the page? And it could be categorized correctly. Thanks, 117Avenue ( talk) 05:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Can you take another look at the article you de-PRODed. If you ignore the linked web pages on which the word "metaplano" doesn't appear (all 3) and the books in Italian whose title doesn't contain "metaplano" then we're left with one Italian book using the word in it's title. That book doesn't give "metaplano" a capital "M" which suggests "metaplano" is an Italian word (rather than a name). Hence I don't see how the article establishes notability on the English Wikipedia. DexDor ( talk) 21:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
An arbitration case regarding of Manipulation BLPs has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following is a summary of the remedies enacted:
For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 15:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
... With the Wendy Holden page, I appreciate it and thank you for your time taken to fix the page LiteratureWorm ( talk) 18:48, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I mention you here. Basically, I had the same thought as you did here, and now I'm the subject of an AE report by a long standing wiki-enemy of mine. The whole situation is/was very confusing and if you can help clarify it, that'd could help. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
David, I am rather disappointed with your approach here. VM did nothing wrong by becoming involved here. Another editor tried to "win a dispute" by wikipoliticing, and you, by suggesting to VM that "it would be more peaceful if he went away" are, in fact, endorsing the battleground behavior carried out by that other editor. In effect you are saying that if editor X is harassed by editor Y, it is better for editor X to go away so no further conflict is created. By extension, you are encouraging further harassment and battleground mentality, because its very purpose is to achieve exactly that - scare away certain editors so that POV pushers, who cannot win in a content debate, have the articles to themselves (or at the very least prevent certain other editors from becoming involved in their improvement). I do not plan on becoming involved in this article, but I fully reserve the right do so whenever I feel like it, and if any trolls try to prevent me from editing this or any other article, I'd expect the community to back me up rather then to advising me to quietly go to a more quiet neighborhood. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 04:32, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
You're welcome to rewrite the page if you want, good luck with that woman who hated the subject matter as she'll attack the page as soon as you write it. I'm out of the picture now. Wiki is just too negative for me to deal with when it comes to articles. It was nice to see that at least there is one sane and level headed person here on wiki, you, who can look at things objectively. Good luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catalina Z ( talk • contribs) 06:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Do you have access to any publications that will be helpful at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 September 2#Key industries? I've rewritten the article at User:Mrwalis/Key Industries but am uncertain that it will pass another AfD. Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 07:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi David, I note that BMA Entertainment has been deleted. IIRC, in May I added sources to demonstrate notability as part of the Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance "Big Five", and perhaps de-prodded it. I can't remember whether it was still deficient on other grounds. Would you mind taking a look, please? It has a Chinese wiki article zh:種子博美娛樂. - Fayenatic (talk) 13:23, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you please undelete the page? I was in the process of working on it, adding more references, etc, to make it meet wikipedia standards, and I don't have it saved elsewhere!
Also, please provide some logical response to the comments I posted on the speedy deletion talk page, in response to why this article should not be deleted.
I appreciate your understanding as I work to improve this article.
Thanks.
Yurinator180 ( talk) 17:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Yurinator180 ( talk) 18:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Dear DGG, you have always been a Dean to us occasional editors. Please enlighten me on an issue being discussed with another editor here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Muhandes#Citations_on_QES_page To roughly summarize the issue, he insists on citations for all alumni listed on a school page, such as this one QES, HK, even tho those same citations already appear on the alumni's bio pages. I cited MIT Alumni as example to show that as long as those citations appear on the people's bio pages, they would be considered verified. I thought the bio page would serve as hub to verify everything about that person. Please advise. Much obliged.-- Kgwu24 ( talk) 02:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
11:20, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
IPuser-reportstring
and user-reportstring
in
User:XLinkBot/Settings, there also the messages the bot leaves can be adapted in 'real time' (settings are loaded before every revert; feel free to adapt if necessary, please do check if the messages it actually leaves are formatted properly, they are concatenated in a bit complex way). --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
09:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:20, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
IPuser-reportstring
and user-reportstring
in
User:XLinkBot/Settings, there also the messages the bot leaves can be adapted in 'real time' (settings are loaded before every revert; feel free to adapt if necessary, please do check if the messages it actually leaves are formatted properly, they are concatenated in a bit complex way). --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
09:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Regarding your comment on my talk page regarding the unblocking of the IP, that is fine. The only thing is I don't think he understood why the bot was reverting his edits, from recollection I did try to explain that Twitter links and social networking sites etc generally aren't acceptable, my understanding is because anyone can create a Twitter and social networking account but they didn't seem to understand that, I refused his unblock because of that reason as well but when he asked to be unblocked a second time I thought I'd better leave it then and let an independent admin review the case. I had hoped to log in this week in case there was anything needing doing but unfortunately I've just been so snowed under at work, working 11 hour shifts some days I've just not had the time or energy to do that. Thanks for your help and the advice though :)-- 5 albert square ( talk) 21:25, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. ~~
Ebe123~~ (+)
talk
Contribs
19:56, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Nuclear Time Unit. 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. Rancalred ( talk) 20:25, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/William_Woodard looks interesting. The guy probably predates most online refs, but his story looks somewhat plausible. Would you have time to do some sourcing magic on him and see if you can substantiate what's there? I'm taking the nom at face value that nothing relevant has showed up in Google... Jclemens ( talk) 00:48, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
DGG, I have the election results and photos of the 1972 Texas gubernatorial election, I just need the state map of the counties that Dolph Briscoe (Democrat) and Henry Grover (Republican) carried. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 725edwards ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alex Day is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Day (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Lagrange613 ( talk) 21:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
OK, I've restored. I suppose non-notable or essay/OR would have been better reasons, but if you think the editor can make something of it, that's fine with me Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:14, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Can you please explain to me where this is now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Mugginsx_is_using_sources_from_a_fringe_site_to_suppress_reliable_sources
When I seached for it I got this: • User:Barek/index2 Mugginsx is using sources from a fringe site to suppress reliable sources | user LindsayH | timestamp 06:00, 09 September 2011 page ... 22 KB (2,580 words) - 01:13, 10 September 2011 View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500) Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search"
Further when you press the link to the archive nothing happens. How can I respond further if I am asked to by an administrator if I cannot find it? If it is archived, why can I not find it? I need further guidance on this matter if you please.
Thank you. Mugginsx ( talk) 00:39, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
The assumption is that discussions end at some point, either by action being taken, or by nothing being done for the time being At this point it's settled, nothing has been formally decided. I do not consider there is a formal ban on anybody about anything, but you & everyone would be well advised to at least act as if there were an interaction ban because whoever starts a quarrel again is usually at least initially considered to be responsible. the goal is for everyone to stay out of trouble. DGG ( talk ) 19:29, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm not quite sure what's going on with A Proscriptive Relationship which has/has not been tagged for speedy deletion but still seems to be there. I decided not to complicate things by tagging it for AfD, given that the changes are all very recent and the article creator, User:Hazeleyes14 appears to be deleting tags. Thought best to ask you to have a look first, since you've already had eyes on it. Article on the young author, Jordan Lynde may need attention at the same time. I have to log off now but will come back later and see what's going on.-- CharlieDelta ( talk) 07:57, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Zoellick bio". Thank you. -- Currency1 ( talk) 21:08, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I undid your removal of the BLPProd tag on the article. A blog/forum reference was added after the Prod went up. As it is not a reliable source, the tag should remain. Bgwhite ( talk) 20:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Any thoughts on the notability of Roy Eriksen? Loads of hits in google books. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:15, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
The opinions are supposed to informed by verifiable facts (e.g., "editor of X") used in conjunction with interpretations of guidelines ("X is a major well-established journal"). Of course, whether X is a major well-established journal, or whether an individual's (verifiable) contributions to a field if inquiry have had a "significant impact" are opinions. Your own thought process would be useful to me, anyway, and I'm sure to anyone else who stops by the AfD. Bongo matic 16:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
With all due respect, a deletion discussion is supposed to be up for at least a week, to generate opinions from a variety of editors. It's inappropriate to one person to unilaterally decide that this issue is not up for discussion and that the article stays no matter what. It would be appropriate to offer you opinion and rationale as part of the AfD discussion. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 18:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you please have a look at this article? The journal's website does indeed claim that the journal is listed in these databases, but the first issue only just came out, so I am a bit surprised about that. Are any of these databases selective? -- Crusio ( talk) 14:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Actually, we routinely keep city councillors for a significant number of major world cities, not just New York City and Chicago. Just off the top of my head, past consensus has specifically ruled to keep city councillors, for example, in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, London, Manchester and Sheffield, and I could easily find numerous others if I actually wanted to put more than ten seconds into researching it any further. Bearcat ( talk) 04:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
What do you think of [6]? Revert, ask editor to refactor, keep? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 21:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Could you please comment at WP:RSN#Communist crimes against humanity about Nova Publishers. TFD ( talk) 03:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello DGG - you may already be aware of this Foundation initiative, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Since you are a long-standing member of the Article Rescue Squadron and I don't think I'm the only one who'd like to hear your thoughts about it. Novickas ( talk) 23:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#User:La goutte de pluie and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, OpenInfoForAll ( talk) 22:36, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
DGG, unless I'm wrong, I don't think there is any kind of inherent notability in being a provost, and thus I don't see a credible claim to notability. If I am wrong, please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 00:21, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Per my comment, you should always try to WP:AGF. -- samj in out 08:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you are listed as an Online Ambassador for the English Composition class. Please sign the Memorandum of Understanding for that class here. Thank you. -- Donald Albury 13:44, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I would be glad of your advice on assessing notability of books. New user Demossoft ( talk · contribs) has input a string of articles about books by a Lebanese author, Lina Murr Nehmé:
I have told him about WP:BK and about COI; others have PRODded two of the books, and Demossoft removed the PRODs with (not unreasonable) requests for more time.
The suspicion of COI and promotion makes me want to look hard at notability. Figures to the right are the number of libraries shown in Worldcat as holding the book. On that basis, the first passes the "dozen libraries" threshold in WP:BK#Criteria, but the rest do not. Depending on whether more references are produced, I am considering an AfD for all the books except the first. My questions are:
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:55, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently Re-writing the article SOS_Online_Backup. Though I'm on the starting stage I see that you have already reviewed the article, so i wish to inform you that I might need you assistance to check if it is of a wiki standard.
regards
Doctor muthu's muthu wanna talk ? 04:21, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
As you have contributed to this page I draw your attention to recent developments to it which appear to be vandalism. Xxanthippe ( talk) 09:42, 15 September 2011 (UTC).
v/r - T P 13:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi David, I notice that the banner at the top of the talk page says "This page was nominated for deletion on 2 September 2011 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.", but the link from "the discussion" is to the discussion at the earlier AfD in October 2007. I wonder if you could sort this out, please?
I didn't realise what a can of worms I was opening when I AfD'd the malformed disambiguation page I found at that title while stub-sorting! I had read, but not understood, Storstark's note of April 2010: I can now see the idea that a poor dab page was better than nothing at the title, as it would then be copied over into mirrors of Wikipedia and over-write the deleted article. Ingenious, but not obvious to me at that point. I hope it can now develop into an agreed article. Pam D 19:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello DGG, I have general concerns and specific concerns here. You seem to be arguing that major party candidates for the U.S. Senate are presumed notable, even if they have never held high office before. Does this also apply to unelected candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives? Why discriminate against the People's House? Why discriminate against candidates of the American Independent Party in 1968? They got a heck of a lot of votes that year. How about unelected candidates for state legislatures, who are otherwise treated equally in WP:POLITICIAN? Candidates for the British Parliament or the Indian legislature? Canadian, Australian and New Zealand candidates? Since we cover the whole world, how about unelected Italian, Ukranian, Brazilian, Nigerian or Nepalese candidates for provincial legislatures? Don't forget Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillippines? People Google these candidates worldwide, and we know that Wikipedia ranks high, very high. Do we allow these articles to be illustrated with the campaign logos of these various candidates? Do we allow these campaign biographies to stand without any substantive NPOV description of their opponents? Do we have the reliable people power to prevent hagiography?
As we know, notability is not temporary. So if Joe Blow ran for the U.S. Senate in some state in 1988, came in fifth in the primary but got written up in four newspapers back then, well then Joe Blow must be notable. By the way, Joe Blow now runs a chain of tanning salons. But he's notable because he once ran for the Senate.
Now to the specific case of Dan Bongino. He is not the Republican candidate for the Maryland U.S. Senate seat in 2012. He is a candidate in the Republican primary and other Republican candidates are running or expected to run. Other candidates for the office get short shrift or are entirely unmentioned. The article is adorned with the candidate's official campaign logo. The references appear to be reiterations of press releases sent out by the campaign.
I continue to believe that an NPOV article about the race is the best place to cover such candidates. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:01, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communications & Strategies. -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:59, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I used you as an example of different admin styles during an RfA here [10]. I certainly hope you don't mind. Have a good day :) Trusilver 22:09, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Did you mean to semi-protect Zephyrhills High School there, because full-protection seems a bit extreme at this point. – MuZemike 03:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG
I hope you don't mind me contacting you, I got your name from the Editors Assistance list. I conducted a GA Review of the article Robert Abbott (game designer) which you can read here: Talk:Robert Abbott (game designer)/GA1. One of the issues that I identified was that quite a bit relied on emails received by Hi878. I checked WP:Primary, and understand that primary sources can be used if necessary, although with caution on BLP pages, however nothing is mentioned about emails - merely self-published Websites. Do you know of any process, perhaps through OTRS that we can arrange for the emails to be acceptable references?
Thanks in advance for your help, Deadly∀ssassin 07:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
'
I foolishly missed applying a concern, though I did state my concern when notifying page creator. I prodded following this edit which to my eyes represented evidence of possible COI with both articles. The legal threat was briefly discussed here. For a few minutes this morning, I pondered AfD as arguably promotional, but employing the reasonable suggestions at BEFORE, I discovered sufficient independent sources to satisfy BIO and IRS. That said, I don't feel an obligation to expand or improve every article I come across, so I didn't apply found sources. It's entirely possible we are dealing with COI, and if so I'd rather not support such activity when COI users haven't played it straight, IMHO. BusterD ( talk) 17:36, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, DGG... thank for your input on the Investigative Newsource page. I have cleaned up some minor formatting errors and am now looking at the formatting guidelines page for further information. I am new to formatting, so I will definitely ask for assistance if I hit a hurdle. Also, working on getting third-party information to increase the verifiability of the page. Again, thank you for your help :) Coconnel51 ( talk) 19:50, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey, thanks again for pointing those things out, I still have got couple of questions, is there anyway we can get in touch Live ?? any IRC channel or gtalk or facebook or anything ?? Rangilo Gujarati ( talk) 19:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Something about Relaxation Through Poetry is making my antennae twitch. Reads like a semi-promotional article but is not overtly promoting any particular company, although there is a rather spurious ref quoting a "counselor" in the last section. The article creator (a new SPA) has seeded links to his article into a range of Poetry related articles. It's inoffensive but feels "wrong" to me. I could send it to AfD but thought I would consult you first. Any thoughts?-- CharlieDelta ( talk) 20:34, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
Even though ConcernedVancouverite states that they are a "concerned Vancouver citizen with a strong interest in local politics.", he instits on editing the article Adam Schuck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schuck and the article Davina Reichman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davina_Reichman.
Please assist me in getting another opinion.
Thank you.
Domenico.y ( talk) 03:40, 25 September 2011 (UTC) Domenico.y
Hi there, for The Afrika Reich novel, I think it will be good to have a background section. The Fatherland article has an extensive background section. Should we have one for the Afrika Reich. Have you read the book? I haven't been able to get a copy myself. If you have, would you be able to expand on the plot summary please? Andykatib 02:44, 26th September 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, This is my first time using a talk page, so I hope I am doing this correctly. I just signed up with a new account. I work for a hospital listed here on Wikipedia and its page was deleted a couple years ago for "blatent advertising." Other hospitals in our state (California) and county (Butte) are listed so it seemed appropriate that we should also have information here. We are not a hospital system, just a single hospital and we're non profit and have been here for 100 years. I would be happy to edit the original page to make it more factual/historical (and remove anything that seems biased or like a COI) or create a new, pared down page. Would this be possible?
Thank you! EMC1913 ( talk) 21:39, 26 September 2011 (UTC)EMC1913
Hi DGG... perhaps I'm being overly sensitive but:
On the other hand, I accept that being head of a major bureau of a major newspaper is clearly indication of importance and I was hasty in marking that article for speedy deletion.
New page patrolling is not the most interesting part of editing on WP - although occasionally I learn something interesting from new articles - but it is absolutely necessary. The tone of your note is a little abrasive, as though I'm trying to damage your website. Perhaps a little encouragement for people doing thankless tasks might not go amiss.
Incidentally, I'm never sure whether to respond to a comment on my talk page directly after the comment or on the commenter's own talk. Which is best?
FunkyCanute ( talk) 13:45, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
<noinclude>…</noinclude>
if nominating a
Template: page). Please be sure to supply an
edit summary that mentions that the page is being nominated for speedy deletion. All of the speedy deletion templates are named as "db-X" with "db" standing for "delete because". A list of the "db-X" templates can be found at
Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates."
hello my name is Brendan and i am attending SCSU, I need a mentor and i would be very appreciative if you could help me in this arena. i am writing about Military Families Speak Out, a program dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers families. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Careyb2 ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Fine, I'm always happy to defer to other opinions. I tend to tag as OR when it's obviously copied, but I can' see where from Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:15, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG, please take a look at this diff [11] where the article creator clearly states that the article is a copyvio of his book. I was unclear how to list that in the copyvio speedy tag, but posted it on the discussion page, which I would have hoped you would have read before dismissing the speedy. Please take a look before dismissing it so quickly. Thank you. ConcernedVancouverite ( talk) 01:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG: Your wise input would be greatly appreciated at these two votes about the same thing, see: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 September 25#Template:Jews and Judaism category tree and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 September 25#Category:Categories of Jews and Judaism category tree. Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 06:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ambassadors!
I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.
On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!
Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:11, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
I see that you've undeleted the article. Though you gave a correct reason for your action, it appears that the creator has edited it after undeletion, and a comment I left on the talk page for the creator to see hasn't been taken into account. Could you undelete the talk page as well? -- Blanchardb - Me• MyEars• MyMouth- timed 00:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
We have an AFD of Adam Taubitz, started as an autobio. Normally I'd have speedy tagged it but actually there appears to evidence he meets requirements. Your thoughts please.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey, am back with query once again, are youtube personalities notable enough to get on WP ? Please help me out over here GloZell_Green and check this message. Thanks. Rangilo Gujarati ( talk) 18:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm too preoccupied with RL at the moment. Please can you look at this and do the necessary? Thanks Spartaz Humbug! 12:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
ARCHIVES
DO NOT ENTER NEW ITEMS HERE--use User talk:DGG
Topical Archives:
Deletion & AfD,
Speedy & prod,
NPP & AfC,
COI & paid editors,
BLP,
Bilateral relations
Notability,
Universities & academic people,
Schools,
Academic journals,
Books & other publications
Sourcing,
Fiction,
In Popular Culture
Educational Program
Bias, intolerance, and prejudice
General Archives:
2006:
Sept-Dec
2007:
Jan-Feb ,
Mar-Apt ,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2008:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2009:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2010:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2011:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2012:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2013:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2014:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2015:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2016:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2017:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2018:
J,
F,
M ,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2019:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2020:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2021:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2022:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O,
N,
D
2023:
J,
F,
M,
A,
M,
J,
J,
A,
S,
O
DO NOT ENTER NEW ITEMS HERE--use User talk:DGG
I was wondering if you could offer some sage advice here? We're still in the spitballing phase, and I wonder if you could point out work we could use to help local librarians understand the natural Wikipedia/Library connection. Your subpages seem a good start, but I'm thinking we'll want to construct a librarian entry point, with FAQ and ideas. Perhaps the folks over at GLAM would also have some input. What do you think? Feel free to answer there. BusterD ( talk) 17:33, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
)
Dear DGG, you have always been a Dean to us occasional editors. Please enlighten me on an issue being discussed with another editor here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Muhandes#Citations_on_QES_page To roughly summarize the issue, he insists on citations for all alumni listed on a school page, such as this one QES, HK, even tho those same citations already appear on the alumni's bio pages. I cited MIT Alumni as example to show that as long as those citations appear on the people's bio pages, they would be considered verified. I thought the bio page would serve as hub to verify everything about that person. Please advise. Much obliged.-- Kgwu24 ( talk) 02:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Remember that RFCs are part of Dispute Resolution and at times may take place in a heated environment. Please take a look at the relevant RFC page before responding and be sure that you are willing and able to enter that environment and contribute to making the discussion a calm and productive one focussed on the content issue at hand. See also Wikipedia:Requests for comment#Suggestions for responding.
Greetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Talk:Hentai. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! However, please note that your input will carry no greater weight than anyone else's: remember that an RFC aims to reach a reasoned consensus position, and is not a vote. In support of that, your contribution should focus on thoughtful evaluation of the issues and available evidence, and provide further relevant evidence if possible.
You have received this notice because your name is on Wikipedia:Feedback request service. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from that page. RFC bot ( talk) 18:36, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
May I make a Request for Comment (RfC) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominant group (art). Marshallsumter ( talk) 16:32, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
I am asking you to at the very least to wait out the full 7 days of the discussion of these discussions.
I feel that with the claim that a number of references do exist purportedly claiming the entrants as playing these genres may not be true as sources have not been produced to substantiate this claim. Curb Chain ( talk) 07:28, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I have done some work on this and so would like to look at the previous version. Please could you userfy it per your comment in the discussion. Warden ( talk) 23:34, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I am trying to get National Republican Guard (Portugal) deleted so that another page (on the same subject) can eventually be moved to it. (There are currently no objections to the move [2], for the time being at least!)
Since I have apparently have chosen the wrong way to get it deleted, please advise me on the right way.
Thankyou! Mesoso2 ( talk) 19:06, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the input on the draft User:Cmagha/John A. Ware; three of us are following up on some sourcing leads from a professor. We'll also give it a good going over for promo language. Your insights were very helpful. IndtAithir ( talk) 19:52, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I would like to ask why you have deleted 33th Yukon general election? User:Robertgreer has recently searched for incorrect ordinals, and saw no need to delete such innocent spelling errors. Could you please undelete the page? And it could be categorized correctly. Thanks, 117Avenue ( talk) 05:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Can you take another look at the article you de-PRODed. If you ignore the linked web pages on which the word "metaplano" doesn't appear (all 3) and the books in Italian whose title doesn't contain "metaplano" then we're left with one Italian book using the word in it's title. That book doesn't give "metaplano" a capital "M" which suggests "metaplano" is an Italian word (rather than a name). Hence I don't see how the article establishes notability on the English Wikipedia. DexDor ( talk) 21:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
An arbitration case regarding of Manipulation BLPs has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following is a summary of the remedies enacted:
For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 15:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
... With the Wendy Holden page, I appreciate it and thank you for your time taken to fix the page LiteratureWorm ( talk) 18:48, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I mention you here. Basically, I had the same thought as you did here, and now I'm the subject of an AE report by a long standing wiki-enemy of mine. The whole situation is/was very confusing and if you can help clarify it, that'd could help. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
David, I am rather disappointed with your approach here. VM did nothing wrong by becoming involved here. Another editor tried to "win a dispute" by wikipoliticing, and you, by suggesting to VM that "it would be more peaceful if he went away" are, in fact, endorsing the battleground behavior carried out by that other editor. In effect you are saying that if editor X is harassed by editor Y, it is better for editor X to go away so no further conflict is created. By extension, you are encouraging further harassment and battleground mentality, because its very purpose is to achieve exactly that - scare away certain editors so that POV pushers, who cannot win in a content debate, have the articles to themselves (or at the very least prevent certain other editors from becoming involved in their improvement). I do not plan on becoming involved in this article, but I fully reserve the right do so whenever I feel like it, and if any trolls try to prevent me from editing this or any other article, I'd expect the community to back me up rather then to advising me to quietly go to a more quiet neighborhood. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 04:32, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
You're welcome to rewrite the page if you want, good luck with that woman who hated the subject matter as she'll attack the page as soon as you write it. I'm out of the picture now. Wiki is just too negative for me to deal with when it comes to articles. It was nice to see that at least there is one sane and level headed person here on wiki, you, who can look at things objectively. Good luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catalina Z ( talk • contribs) 06:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Do you have access to any publications that will be helpful at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 September 2#Key industries? I've rewritten the article at User:Mrwalis/Key Industries but am uncertain that it will pass another AfD. Thank you, Cunard ( talk) 07:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi David, I note that BMA Entertainment has been deleted. IIRC, in May I added sources to demonstrate notability as part of the Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance "Big Five", and perhaps de-prodded it. I can't remember whether it was still deficient on other grounds. Would you mind taking a look, please? It has a Chinese wiki article zh:種子博美娛樂. - Fayenatic (talk) 13:23, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you please undelete the page? I was in the process of working on it, adding more references, etc, to make it meet wikipedia standards, and I don't have it saved elsewhere!
Also, please provide some logical response to the comments I posted on the speedy deletion talk page, in response to why this article should not be deleted.
I appreciate your understanding as I work to improve this article.
Thanks.
Yurinator180 ( talk) 17:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Yurinator180 ( talk) 18:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Dear DGG, you have always been a Dean to us occasional editors. Please enlighten me on an issue being discussed with another editor here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Muhandes#Citations_on_QES_page To roughly summarize the issue, he insists on citations for all alumni listed on a school page, such as this one QES, HK, even tho those same citations already appear on the alumni's bio pages. I cited MIT Alumni as example to show that as long as those citations appear on the people's bio pages, they would be considered verified. I thought the bio page would serve as hub to verify everything about that person. Please advise. Much obliged.-- Kgwu24 ( talk) 02:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
11:20, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
IPuser-reportstring
and user-reportstring
in
User:XLinkBot/Settings, there also the messages the bot leaves can be adapted in 'real time' (settings are loaded before every revert; feel free to adapt if necessary, please do check if the messages it actually leaves are formatted properly, they are concatenated in a bit complex way). --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
09:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:20, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
IPuser-reportstring
and user-reportstring
in
User:XLinkBot/Settings, there also the messages the bot leaves can be adapted in 'real time' (settings are loaded before every revert; feel free to adapt if necessary, please do check if the messages it actually leaves are formatted properly, they are concatenated in a bit complex way). --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
09:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Regarding your comment on my talk page regarding the unblocking of the IP, that is fine. The only thing is I don't think he understood why the bot was reverting his edits, from recollection I did try to explain that Twitter links and social networking sites etc generally aren't acceptable, my understanding is because anyone can create a Twitter and social networking account but they didn't seem to understand that, I refused his unblock because of that reason as well but when he asked to be unblocked a second time I thought I'd better leave it then and let an independent admin review the case. I had hoped to log in this week in case there was anything needing doing but unfortunately I've just been so snowed under at work, working 11 hour shifts some days I've just not had the time or energy to do that. Thanks for your help and the advice though :)-- 5 albert square ( talk) 21:25, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. ~~
Ebe123~~ (+)
talk
Contribs
19:56, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Nuclear Time Unit. 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. Rancalred ( talk) 20:25, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/William_Woodard looks interesting. The guy probably predates most online refs, but his story looks somewhat plausible. Would you have time to do some sourcing magic on him and see if you can substantiate what's there? I'm taking the nom at face value that nothing relevant has showed up in Google... Jclemens ( talk) 00:48, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
DGG, I have the election results and photos of the 1972 Texas gubernatorial election, I just need the state map of the counties that Dolph Briscoe (Democrat) and Henry Grover (Republican) carried. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 725edwards ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alex Day is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Day (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Lagrange613 ( talk) 21:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
OK, I've restored. I suppose non-notable or essay/OR would have been better reasons, but if you think the editor can make something of it, that's fine with me Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:14, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Can you please explain to me where this is now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Mugginsx_is_using_sources_from_a_fringe_site_to_suppress_reliable_sources
When I seached for it I got this: • User:Barek/index2 Mugginsx is using sources from a fringe site to suppress reliable sources | user LindsayH | timestamp 06:00, 09 September 2011 page ... 22 KB (2,580 words) - 01:13, 10 September 2011 View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500) Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search"
Further when you press the link to the archive nothing happens. How can I respond further if I am asked to by an administrator if I cannot find it? If it is archived, why can I not find it? I need further guidance on this matter if you please.
Thank you. Mugginsx ( talk) 00:39, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
The assumption is that discussions end at some point, either by action being taken, or by nothing being done for the time being At this point it's settled, nothing has been formally decided. I do not consider there is a formal ban on anybody about anything, but you & everyone would be well advised to at least act as if there were an interaction ban because whoever starts a quarrel again is usually at least initially considered to be responsible. the goal is for everyone to stay out of trouble. DGG ( talk ) 19:29, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm not quite sure what's going on with A Proscriptive Relationship which has/has not been tagged for speedy deletion but still seems to be there. I decided not to complicate things by tagging it for AfD, given that the changes are all very recent and the article creator, User:Hazeleyes14 appears to be deleting tags. Thought best to ask you to have a look first, since you've already had eyes on it. Article on the young author, Jordan Lynde may need attention at the same time. I have to log off now but will come back later and see what's going on.-- CharlieDelta ( talk) 07:57, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Zoellick bio". Thank you. -- Currency1 ( talk) 21:08, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I undid your removal of the BLPProd tag on the article. A blog/forum reference was added after the Prod went up. As it is not a reliable source, the tag should remain. Bgwhite ( talk) 20:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Any thoughts on the notability of Roy Eriksen? Loads of hits in google books. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:15, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
The opinions are supposed to informed by verifiable facts (e.g., "editor of X") used in conjunction with interpretations of guidelines ("X is a major well-established journal"). Of course, whether X is a major well-established journal, or whether an individual's (verifiable) contributions to a field if inquiry have had a "significant impact" are opinions. Your own thought process would be useful to me, anyway, and I'm sure to anyone else who stops by the AfD. Bongo matic 16:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
With all due respect, a deletion discussion is supposed to be up for at least a week, to generate opinions from a variety of editors. It's inappropriate to one person to unilaterally decide that this issue is not up for discussion and that the article stays no matter what. It would be appropriate to offer you opinion and rationale as part of the AfD discussion. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 18:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you please have a look at this article? The journal's website does indeed claim that the journal is listed in these databases, but the first issue only just came out, so I am a bit surprised about that. Are any of these databases selective? -- Crusio ( talk) 14:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Actually, we routinely keep city councillors for a significant number of major world cities, not just New York City and Chicago. Just off the top of my head, past consensus has specifically ruled to keep city councillors, for example, in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, London, Manchester and Sheffield, and I could easily find numerous others if I actually wanted to put more than ten seconds into researching it any further. Bearcat ( talk) 04:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
What do you think of [6]? Revert, ask editor to refactor, keep? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 21:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Could you please comment at WP:RSN#Communist crimes against humanity about Nova Publishers. TFD ( talk) 03:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello DGG - you may already be aware of this Foundation initiative, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Since you are a long-standing member of the Article Rescue Squadron and I don't think I'm the only one who'd like to hear your thoughts about it. Novickas ( talk) 23:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#User:La goutte de pluie and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, OpenInfoForAll ( talk) 22:36, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
DGG, unless I'm wrong, I don't think there is any kind of inherent notability in being a provost, and thus I don't see a credible claim to notability. If I am wrong, please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 00:21, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Per my comment, you should always try to WP:AGF. -- samj in out 08:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you are listed as an Online Ambassador for the English Composition class. Please sign the Memorandum of Understanding for that class here. Thank you. -- Donald Albury 13:44, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I would be glad of your advice on assessing notability of books. New user Demossoft ( talk · contribs) has input a string of articles about books by a Lebanese author, Lina Murr Nehmé:
I have told him about WP:BK and about COI; others have PRODded two of the books, and Demossoft removed the PRODs with (not unreasonable) requests for more time.
The suspicion of COI and promotion makes me want to look hard at notability. Figures to the right are the number of libraries shown in Worldcat as holding the book. On that basis, the first passes the "dozen libraries" threshold in WP:BK#Criteria, but the rest do not. Depending on whether more references are produced, I am considering an AfD for all the books except the first. My questions are:
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:55, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently Re-writing the article SOS_Online_Backup. Though I'm on the starting stage I see that you have already reviewed the article, so i wish to inform you that I might need you assistance to check if it is of a wiki standard.
regards
Doctor muthu's muthu wanna talk ? 04:21, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
As you have contributed to this page I draw your attention to recent developments to it which appear to be vandalism. Xxanthippe ( talk) 09:42, 15 September 2011 (UTC).
v/r - T P 13:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi David, I notice that the banner at the top of the talk page says "This page was nominated for deletion on 2 September 2011 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.", but the link from "the discussion" is to the discussion at the earlier AfD in October 2007. I wonder if you could sort this out, please?
I didn't realise what a can of worms I was opening when I AfD'd the malformed disambiguation page I found at that title while stub-sorting! I had read, but not understood, Storstark's note of April 2010: I can now see the idea that a poor dab page was better than nothing at the title, as it would then be copied over into mirrors of Wikipedia and over-write the deleted article. Ingenious, but not obvious to me at that point. I hope it can now develop into an agreed article. Pam D 19:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello DGG, I have general concerns and specific concerns here. You seem to be arguing that major party candidates for the U.S. Senate are presumed notable, even if they have never held high office before. Does this also apply to unelected candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives? Why discriminate against the People's House? Why discriminate against candidates of the American Independent Party in 1968? They got a heck of a lot of votes that year. How about unelected candidates for state legislatures, who are otherwise treated equally in WP:POLITICIAN? Candidates for the British Parliament or the Indian legislature? Canadian, Australian and New Zealand candidates? Since we cover the whole world, how about unelected Italian, Ukranian, Brazilian, Nigerian or Nepalese candidates for provincial legislatures? Don't forget Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillippines? People Google these candidates worldwide, and we know that Wikipedia ranks high, very high. Do we allow these articles to be illustrated with the campaign logos of these various candidates? Do we allow these campaign biographies to stand without any substantive NPOV description of their opponents? Do we have the reliable people power to prevent hagiography?
As we know, notability is not temporary. So if Joe Blow ran for the U.S. Senate in some state in 1988, came in fifth in the primary but got written up in four newspapers back then, well then Joe Blow must be notable. By the way, Joe Blow now runs a chain of tanning salons. But he's notable because he once ran for the Senate.
Now to the specific case of Dan Bongino. He is not the Republican candidate for the Maryland U.S. Senate seat in 2012. He is a candidate in the Republican primary and other Republican candidates are running or expected to run. Other candidates for the office get short shrift or are entirely unmentioned. The article is adorned with the candidate's official campaign logo. The references appear to be reiterations of press releases sent out by the campaign.
I continue to believe that an NPOV article about the race is the best place to cover such candidates. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:01, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communications & Strategies. -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:59, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I used you as an example of different admin styles during an RfA here [10]. I certainly hope you don't mind. Have a good day :) Trusilver 22:09, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Did you mean to semi-protect Zephyrhills High School there, because full-protection seems a bit extreme at this point. – MuZemike 03:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG
I hope you don't mind me contacting you, I got your name from the Editors Assistance list. I conducted a GA Review of the article Robert Abbott (game designer) which you can read here: Talk:Robert Abbott (game designer)/GA1. One of the issues that I identified was that quite a bit relied on emails received by Hi878. I checked WP:Primary, and understand that primary sources can be used if necessary, although with caution on BLP pages, however nothing is mentioned about emails - merely self-published Websites. Do you know of any process, perhaps through OTRS that we can arrange for the emails to be acceptable references?
Thanks in advance for your help, Deadly∀ssassin 07:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
'
I foolishly missed applying a concern, though I did state my concern when notifying page creator. I prodded following this edit which to my eyes represented evidence of possible COI with both articles. The legal threat was briefly discussed here. For a few minutes this morning, I pondered AfD as arguably promotional, but employing the reasonable suggestions at BEFORE, I discovered sufficient independent sources to satisfy BIO and IRS. That said, I don't feel an obligation to expand or improve every article I come across, so I didn't apply found sources. It's entirely possible we are dealing with COI, and if so I'd rather not support such activity when COI users haven't played it straight, IMHO. BusterD ( talk) 17:36, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, DGG... thank for your input on the Investigative Newsource page. I have cleaned up some minor formatting errors and am now looking at the formatting guidelines page for further information. I am new to formatting, so I will definitely ask for assistance if I hit a hurdle. Also, working on getting third-party information to increase the verifiability of the page. Again, thank you for your help :) Coconnel51 ( talk) 19:50, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey, thanks again for pointing those things out, I still have got couple of questions, is there anyway we can get in touch Live ?? any IRC channel or gtalk or facebook or anything ?? Rangilo Gujarati ( talk) 19:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Something about Relaxation Through Poetry is making my antennae twitch. Reads like a semi-promotional article but is not overtly promoting any particular company, although there is a rather spurious ref quoting a "counselor" in the last section. The article creator (a new SPA) has seeded links to his article into a range of Poetry related articles. It's inoffensive but feels "wrong" to me. I could send it to AfD but thought I would consult you first. Any thoughts?-- CharlieDelta ( talk) 20:34, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
Even though ConcernedVancouverite states that they are a "concerned Vancouver citizen with a strong interest in local politics.", he instits on editing the article Adam Schuck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schuck and the article Davina Reichman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davina_Reichman.
Please assist me in getting another opinion.
Thank you.
Domenico.y ( talk) 03:40, 25 September 2011 (UTC) Domenico.y
Hi there, for The Afrika Reich novel, I think it will be good to have a background section. The Fatherland article has an extensive background section. Should we have one for the Afrika Reich. Have you read the book? I haven't been able to get a copy myself. If you have, would you be able to expand on the plot summary please? Andykatib 02:44, 26th September 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, This is my first time using a talk page, so I hope I am doing this correctly. I just signed up with a new account. I work for a hospital listed here on Wikipedia and its page was deleted a couple years ago for "blatent advertising." Other hospitals in our state (California) and county (Butte) are listed so it seemed appropriate that we should also have information here. We are not a hospital system, just a single hospital and we're non profit and have been here for 100 years. I would be happy to edit the original page to make it more factual/historical (and remove anything that seems biased or like a COI) or create a new, pared down page. Would this be possible?
Thank you! EMC1913 ( talk) 21:39, 26 September 2011 (UTC)EMC1913
Hi DGG... perhaps I'm being overly sensitive but:
On the other hand, I accept that being head of a major bureau of a major newspaper is clearly indication of importance and I was hasty in marking that article for speedy deletion.
New page patrolling is not the most interesting part of editing on WP - although occasionally I learn something interesting from new articles - but it is absolutely necessary. The tone of your note is a little abrasive, as though I'm trying to damage your website. Perhaps a little encouragement for people doing thankless tasks might not go amiss.
Incidentally, I'm never sure whether to respond to a comment on my talk page directly after the comment or on the commenter's own talk. Which is best?
FunkyCanute ( talk) 13:45, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
<noinclude>…</noinclude>
if nominating a
Template: page). Please be sure to supply an
edit summary that mentions that the page is being nominated for speedy deletion. All of the speedy deletion templates are named as "db-X" with "db" standing for "delete because". A list of the "db-X" templates can be found at
Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates."
hello my name is Brendan and i am attending SCSU, I need a mentor and i would be very appreciative if you could help me in this arena. i am writing about Military Families Speak Out, a program dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers families. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Careyb2 ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Fine, I'm always happy to defer to other opinions. I tend to tag as OR when it's obviously copied, but I can' see where from Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:15, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG, please take a look at this diff [11] where the article creator clearly states that the article is a copyvio of his book. I was unclear how to list that in the copyvio speedy tag, but posted it on the discussion page, which I would have hoped you would have read before dismissing the speedy. Please take a look before dismissing it so quickly. Thank you. ConcernedVancouverite ( talk) 01:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi DGG: Your wise input would be greatly appreciated at these two votes about the same thing, see: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 September 25#Template:Jews and Judaism category tree and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 September 25#Category:Categories of Jews and Judaism category tree. Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 06:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ambassadors!
I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.
On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!
Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:11, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
I see that you've undeleted the article. Though you gave a correct reason for your action, it appears that the creator has edited it after undeletion, and a comment I left on the talk page for the creator to see hasn't been taken into account. Could you undelete the talk page as well? -- Blanchardb - Me• MyEars• MyMouth- timed 00:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
We have an AFD of Adam Taubitz, started as an autobio. Normally I'd have speedy tagged it but actually there appears to evidence he meets requirements. Your thoughts please.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey, am back with query once again, are youtube personalities notable enough to get on WP ? Please help me out over here GloZell_Green and check this message. Thanks. Rangilo Gujarati ( talk) 18:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm too preoccupied with RL at the moment. Please can you look at this and do the necessary? Thanks Spartaz Humbug! 12:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)