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Dear DGG: You are being so helpful, but I;m afraid that I may have caused you extra work. I just discovered the link above. — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:48, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Greetings DGG, You recently deleted an entire page for Charles L. Carson (Author) finding that he was not considered "Notable" I do wish to dispute as Mr. Carson is indeed noted both as a broadcaster and author. References supplied.
I did indeed as for guidance and now not only ask that the page be reinstated but references reviewed. As you are a ware there are hundreds of articles that post no credits and only "promotional" such as article for Doug Warhit.
I hope that with corrections and edits you would reconsider restoring the page. Knightflyte ( talk) 21:26, 4 April 2014 (UTC)– — ° ′ ″ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← →
Hello, I'm User:Anupmehra. I'm seeking your opinion on a AfD closed by a involved non-admin editor as speedy-keep within 30 minutes of nomination. You may ignore, but it you could, then please comment at WT:Articles_for_deletion/John_M._Cooper_(philosopher). Thank you! Anupmehra - Let's talk! 16:08, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi David, could you perhaps have a look here? Any advice is welcome. Thanks! -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:21, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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A colleague of mine has created this article about an academic and asked me to review it. I find it well formatted, but I am not sure about the WP:PROF test. Since I am not fully COI free here, I'd appreciate your second opinion. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC) '::'you aren't COI free? This is my third cousin! (joke, actually, of course--those notable cousins I do have come from the other side of the family). It'll pass AfD, which is enough reason to accept. It could do with some more book reviews, which will as a backup show notability under WP:AUTHOR. It needs a little reformatting--I'll touch it up and accept it. DGG ( talk ) 16:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. At your convenience could you take a look at Margie Orford. I am in need of a second opinion. The article popped up on my NPP queue and I had tagged it for notability, one source and affiliated references. However Coat of Many Colours took strenuous exception, removed the tags, and after adding another source and making some other minor changes, posted a testy comment on my talk page threatening to take me to ANI. I took another look at the article and concede the strong possibility that the subject may be notable, but sources seem to be hard to come by. A quick Google failed to yield anything that rings the notability bell and I do not believe either of the now two sources cited pass WP:RS for the purposes of establishing notability. I will look again a little later when I have some time, but I do sometimes miss things and as a courtesy to Coat of Many Colours I thought I'd ask for a second opinion. As always I appreciate your time... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 15:28, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could explain to me the rational for the speedy deletion of the article I created for Miniature World? I saw that several other articles already exist in the Category:Visitor_attractions_in_Victoria,_British_Columbia and so created this to fill the gap. Is there an article or notes that describe the threshold for tourist attractions I could use a a guide to improve the article before I resubmit? Thanks for you assistance. Nuncan ( talk) 15:47, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for voting to keep the ABCtales wikipage active: /info/en/?search=Abctales.
I've just taken over the site as editor and we've had a serious revamp. I've tried to rework the wikipedia entry to be more neutral and reflect the content properly, respecting Wikipedia's principles. Do you know how I can go about getting the issue flags over the page reconsidered?
Thanks for all your help, DGG
Lneima ( talk) 11:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I saw that you'd prodded it. I think it can be rescued, but am uncertain. Bearian ( talk) 22:48, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I had just created an article on Wing-assisted incline running when it was almost immediately tagged for speedy deletion, on the grounds of the topic already being represented in the Origin of avian flight article. I defended my rationale for creating a separate article on the talk page, but received no response there, nor any indication that my comments had been read. As you are the editor who created the redirect, can you please take a look at my comments contesting the deletion? Talk:Wing-assisted_incline_running I still think it's worthwhile that this topic has its own article, as its notability in the paleontological literature exceeds a one-paragraph mention in a different article. I'd also like to bring this up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dinosaurs for more feedback from people who are familiar with the topic. - Ferahgo the Assassin ( talk) 18:52, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: When I found this page at first I assumed that this was a notable professor and started to look for sources. The first one I found was [ THIS]. Does this make him more or less notable? — Anne Delong ( talk) 03:17, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: I came across this old Afc submission, but I'm not having any luck figuring out if he's notable. Want to try? — Anne Delong ( talk) 19:33, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
David,
Just following up with you with what you mentioned earlier on my user talk page ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Hubbardc) you said that you would get to discussing the Igor Birman (Politician) article that you nominated to be speedily deleted by User:RHaworth. I just wanted to mention (as I did to Mr. Haworth)that the article was indeed done in good faith and I really felt that it was important to get it up and running without any apparent bias or promotional activities. I am a "newbie" to Wikipedia, but I really think that the article is noteworthy enough to be accessible on Wikipedia. If you do the research about the current election in CA-07, I think you will find (as I did) that there is quite the national spotlight on this particular election, and it is indeed of high interest. I did notice that Elizabeth Emken, another candidate in this race, has a Wikipedia article that was similar to the one I drafted. Not that two wrongs make a right, but I think that this is somewhat of a double-standard, perhaps I could be mistaken though.
How can I get access to the old article that was taken down? Also, do you have any specific tips on mending the article so that it is up to Wikipedia's standards? I think that it was taken down a bit prematurely, considering no tips were given before deleting it and no opportunity was granted to mend the article. I would certainly be more than open to take some advice and give the draft some more TLC (better/more sources, removal of any apparent biases pointed out by other Wikipedians, etc) before I re-submit it.
Again, I appreciate your understanding and help in advance. Hubbardc ( talk) 02:24, 10 April 2014 (UTC)Hubbardc
Cheers, Hubbardc ( talk) 00:09, 20 April 2014 (UTC)Hubbardc
I have reverted your removal of the BLPprod because the only source does not support "at least one statement made about the person in the article." It is a listing for the law firm he is said to have worked for, but it does not mention him at all.
The law firm has its own website at http://www.gpzlegal.com/nosotros-es/, but he is not mentioned there, either; in fact, I have not found any source for him, nor has Drmies who had a look, see User talk:Randykitty#Andres Gifford. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 20:33, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. So you deleted Burke Ramsey, and I am wondering why? He has been covered in dozens of books, every major news source in the world, and has been a suspect of a high profile murder for over two decades. His parents have pages, and info on him is not covered in The Murder of Jonbenet Ramsey article. Why was this page removed?
Also, this deletion happened literally within a few minutes of being nominated without me having a chance to contest the deletion. -- Kbabej ( talk) 04:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)04:29, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
Another PROD restoration requested at WP:REFUND#Northwest Pipe Company. This one is from a student project; I have offered to userfy it if they ask. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 17:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Maybe I'm cynical, but Structured cognitive behavioral training (one edit, SPA) looks a bit of synth and coatrackish to me, but would prefer smarter and more educated eyes on it. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 23:11, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
You created an article named Ada Hittchins when it should be Ada Hitchins. I tried to move Ada Hittchins to Ada Hitchins, but I was blocked. Can you help, or should I go to the help page?-- DThomsen8 ( talk) 00:25, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
That was no split, that was the renaming of an existing article because of a POV fork (1 editor vs 3 others). There was/is plenty of room for it in the "parent" article, but some people like writing misleading tripe about pieces of legislation that failed to give a false impression that there was some sort of federal ban on standard capacity magazines and scary looking semiautomatic rifles.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 07:06, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
On the Eden Wood AFD, you seemed to suggest that I claimed something I personally find distasteful in the extreme and would never have knowingly said. Can I just request confirmation that this was a misunderstanding as I think you might have missed my objection on the AFD itself? Thanks so much, with respect, Mabalu ( talk) 10:30, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I have some fairly serious reservations about Jarir ibn Abdullah Al Bajali and was wondering if you could take a look at it. NPOV tops my list but I am also concerned about sourcing and the recent addition of a great deal of Arabic. I am not sure if Wikipedia has policies concerning the use of non-English in articles. Obviously there are circumstances where it's appropriate, but I am not seeing the justification here. Any attention you might give would be appreciated. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:53, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, could you take another look here. I created that article at the same time the AfC was going on, and now that AfC might be superfluous? -- Mdd ( talk) 15:06, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding this message you sent me two years ago, when I was known as User:Celeste6566: "I see you also placed a speedy deletion tag on Pooper-scooper, without even attempting to give a reason, not that is any possible reason for deletion, let alone speedy deletion. As reviewing administrator, I removed it, and I warn you that deletion tagging like this and the previous one is unconstructive.I think it may be a response to the deletion of some of your own articles,and it is not an appropriate way to deal with it. Any continuation of the like will probably result in a block--consider this a formal warning. DGG ( talk ) 03:11, 4 June 2011 (UTC)"...
Yes, it was a response to my articles being nominated for speedy deletion. But, I can say that it was very immature of me and I apologize for that. I also apologize for any other articles I nominated for speedy deletion without valid reason. I was blocked for something else, but now I am unblocked, and have matured. Now I'm learning how to edit constructively. Is there anything else I can do for you? EmilyREditor ( talk) 19:18, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Quick question, is it WP policy that we go back and strike out the comments of users on closed AfD discussions if they are later banned? The most recent edits here seem inappropriate. But maybe I missed something when going through the ban policy. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:55, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Do you want to withdraw Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Cram, per WP:HEY?
Bearian (
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Wow, for the state park, when I first came across it, it was very small and it was unclear to tell what it actually was, but since then it seems to be have significantly expanded. For the Iphone OS 3, it was unclear to tell if it was an operating system or something else (this technology stuff is not too obvious for some). Staglit ( talk) 21:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGC i invite you to see this → /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al-Hilal_(Juba)_FC
They want deletion these pages i can understand the deletion of David Mena Rojas it is a small stub about a young not famous player but i don 't understand the deletion of the south sudanese teams who currently play in the South Sudan Football Championship because they are insignificant teams. Regards-- Lglukgl ( talk) 22:15, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Dewritech ( talk) 18:38, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Is this guy notable per WP:PROF? Bearian ( talk) 21:37, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I just noticed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Revenue & Estate was recreated after being deleted in the past. And I know that at least one similar article was deleted by an editor for being the creation of a banned editor. Unfortunately I can't recall any details or I'd tag it. But I thought I'd pass it along in case this is the same entity. Best regards - Ad Orientem ( talk) 14:49, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Added additional sources and looking forward to an update. Buffalo747 ( talk) 15:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
There is an RfC in which your participation would be greatly appreciated:
Thank you. -- Lightbreather ( talk) 15:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. Got your note. But SSSSH! merely auto-forwards to Mr. Cram's article. Is it possible to locate and preserve the original SSSSH! (or more accurately now I know SSSSH) article contents under my account? I keep hearing about something called a sandbox. Perhaps I have one of these and can store it there? What do you think? Thanks. JimScott ( talk) 20:57, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi David, could you have a look at this journal? It's not in any Thomson Reuters database, nor PsycINFO or Scopus. I cannot find any sources either and citations on GS are negligible. Still, it has been in existence for 75 years so I find it a bit difficult to believe that there is nothing to be found. Can you find something? -- Randykitty ( talk) 11:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I don't understand your motivation: there aren't sources because this party doesn't exist. The page talks about internal facts of New Italian Socialist Party, when De Michelis definitively abandoned the New PSI he directly joined to Socialist Party. The existence of this party cannot be demonstrated in no way, also the author of the page admitted that there aren't sources. I think that it is necessary a speedy deletion for a page on a non-existent party-- Maremmano ( talk) 01:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
Hallo David, I recognise that you have the right to do what you want with your talk page, but as someone who regularly checks her watchlist on a small not-very-smartphone (no selfrespecting teen would have one) with poor rural data connection, could I ask you to rethink? It takes an age to load before the TOC appears, and then a lot of scrolling to get to the recent messages. How about having some sort of automatic "holding pen" for non-current discussions, from which you could manually archive at leisure?
Your talk page has many watchers, as a place where interesting and wise comments are made, but it's very hard work reading it on a small screen. (Have you tried?) Best wishes, Pam D 07:34, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Coat of Many Colours left a comment for you on my talk page. I am guessing you are not following the thread anymore as it is rather old. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 18:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,DGG I really need your help with reference to Felix Tataru page. I need to recreate it and I need to know what was wrong. Felix Tataru is Senior Vice President of International Advertising Association IAA Board of Directors, /info/en/?search=International_Advertising_Association. I was carefull to have notable sources for the uploaded content. Could it be a problem the fact that sources were in Romanian? would it be a solution to edit first other pages on Wikipedia whith activities related to Felix Tataru? Cristina Butunoi ( talk) 17:06, 28 April 2014 (UTC) Cristina Butunoi
A Wikipedia article needs to show notability with references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. If you have such sources, it may be possible to rewrite the article; otherwise, it will not be possible to write an acceptable article. There are two problems with your sources; I notice almost all your sources come from industry blog, and some from the online versions of industries newsletters. This are not in general reliable sources, because they publish every press release that gets sent to them, without serious editorial control. An examination of some of them indicates that what they are publishing is indeed press releases. The second problem is that most of them are about his company, not him. This can be hard to distinguish for advertising agencies, but you would probably have more success writing an article about the agency. And I point out that being vice-president of an organization is never notable. And in a biography everything must be referenced--his political work was not.
A Wikipedia article needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization or person, say what they do. Don't include material that would better belong in a web page, such as minor information about his ctivities that would interest nobody but his family.
Include only material that would be of interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the subject and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia. Do not include material that would be of interest only to those associated with the subject, or to prospective clients/purchasers/students/supporters/donors--that sort of content is considered promotional.
As a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. And keep in mind that the goal of an encyclopedia is to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of press releases or web sites, which are usually more expansive. I cannot insist on your telling me whether you are a paid editor, but I wonder why you "need" to recreate it.
If you think you can do it right according to our guidelines, do so, but expect the article to be carefully checked for objectivity, and for the presence of sources that show notability. The best way of rewriting is to use the WP:Article Wizard, which will guide you towards an acceptable article if one is possible.
For further information see our general guides to writing articles, WP:PLAIN and WP:FIRST; see also our list of the things we don't do here, WP:NOT, and our practical guide to conflict of interest, WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide
And one warning: Do not add material about him to other web pages. That is considered spamming, and people who do that are generally blocked.
Again, my best advice is to write an article on the company. DGG ( talk ) 18:29, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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Dear DGG: You are being so helpful, but I;m afraid that I may have caused you extra work. I just discovered the link above. — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:48, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Greetings DGG, You recently deleted an entire page for Charles L. Carson (Author) finding that he was not considered "Notable" I do wish to dispute as Mr. Carson is indeed noted both as a broadcaster and author. References supplied.
I did indeed as for guidance and now not only ask that the page be reinstated but references reviewed. As you are a ware there are hundreds of articles that post no credits and only "promotional" such as article for Doug Warhit.
I hope that with corrections and edits you would reconsider restoring the page. Knightflyte ( talk) 21:26, 4 April 2014 (UTC)– — ° ′ ″ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← →
Hello, I'm User:Anupmehra. I'm seeking your opinion on a AfD closed by a involved non-admin editor as speedy-keep within 30 minutes of nomination. You may ignore, but it you could, then please comment at WT:Articles_for_deletion/John_M._Cooper_(philosopher). Thank you! Anupmehra - Let's talk! 16:08, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi David, could you perhaps have a look here? Any advice is welcome. Thanks! -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:21, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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A colleague of mine has created this article about an academic and asked me to review it. I find it well formatted, but I am not sure about the WP:PROF test. Since I am not fully COI free here, I'd appreciate your second opinion. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC) '::'you aren't COI free? This is my third cousin! (joke, actually, of course--those notable cousins I do have come from the other side of the family). It'll pass AfD, which is enough reason to accept. It could do with some more book reviews, which will as a backup show notability under WP:AUTHOR. It needs a little reformatting--I'll touch it up and accept it. DGG ( talk ) 16:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. At your convenience could you take a look at Margie Orford. I am in need of a second opinion. The article popped up on my NPP queue and I had tagged it for notability, one source and affiliated references. However Coat of Many Colours took strenuous exception, removed the tags, and after adding another source and making some other minor changes, posted a testy comment on my talk page threatening to take me to ANI. I took another look at the article and concede the strong possibility that the subject may be notable, but sources seem to be hard to come by. A quick Google failed to yield anything that rings the notability bell and I do not believe either of the now two sources cited pass WP:RS for the purposes of establishing notability. I will look again a little later when I have some time, but I do sometimes miss things and as a courtesy to Coat of Many Colours I thought I'd ask for a second opinion. As always I appreciate your time... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 15:28, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could explain to me the rational for the speedy deletion of the article I created for Miniature World? I saw that several other articles already exist in the Category:Visitor_attractions_in_Victoria,_British_Columbia and so created this to fill the gap. Is there an article or notes that describe the threshold for tourist attractions I could use a a guide to improve the article before I resubmit? Thanks for you assistance. Nuncan ( talk) 15:47, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for voting to keep the ABCtales wikipage active: /info/en/?search=Abctales.
I've just taken over the site as editor and we've had a serious revamp. I've tried to rework the wikipedia entry to be more neutral and reflect the content properly, respecting Wikipedia's principles. Do you know how I can go about getting the issue flags over the page reconsidered?
Thanks for all your help, DGG
Lneima ( talk) 11:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I saw that you'd prodded it. I think it can be rescued, but am uncertain. Bearian ( talk) 22:48, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I had just created an article on Wing-assisted incline running when it was almost immediately tagged for speedy deletion, on the grounds of the topic already being represented in the Origin of avian flight article. I defended my rationale for creating a separate article on the talk page, but received no response there, nor any indication that my comments had been read. As you are the editor who created the redirect, can you please take a look at my comments contesting the deletion? Talk:Wing-assisted_incline_running I still think it's worthwhile that this topic has its own article, as its notability in the paleontological literature exceeds a one-paragraph mention in a different article. I'd also like to bring this up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dinosaurs for more feedback from people who are familiar with the topic. - Ferahgo the Assassin ( talk) 18:52, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: When I found this page at first I assumed that this was a notable professor and started to look for sources. The first one I found was [ THIS]. Does this make him more or less notable? — Anne Delong ( talk) 03:17, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: I came across this old Afc submission, but I'm not having any luck figuring out if he's notable. Want to try? — Anne Delong ( talk) 19:33, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
David,
Just following up with you with what you mentioned earlier on my user talk page ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Hubbardc) you said that you would get to discussing the Igor Birman (Politician) article that you nominated to be speedily deleted by User:RHaworth. I just wanted to mention (as I did to Mr. Haworth)that the article was indeed done in good faith and I really felt that it was important to get it up and running without any apparent bias or promotional activities. I am a "newbie" to Wikipedia, but I really think that the article is noteworthy enough to be accessible on Wikipedia. If you do the research about the current election in CA-07, I think you will find (as I did) that there is quite the national spotlight on this particular election, and it is indeed of high interest. I did notice that Elizabeth Emken, another candidate in this race, has a Wikipedia article that was similar to the one I drafted. Not that two wrongs make a right, but I think that this is somewhat of a double-standard, perhaps I could be mistaken though.
How can I get access to the old article that was taken down? Also, do you have any specific tips on mending the article so that it is up to Wikipedia's standards? I think that it was taken down a bit prematurely, considering no tips were given before deleting it and no opportunity was granted to mend the article. I would certainly be more than open to take some advice and give the draft some more TLC (better/more sources, removal of any apparent biases pointed out by other Wikipedians, etc) before I re-submit it.
Again, I appreciate your understanding and help in advance. Hubbardc ( talk) 02:24, 10 April 2014 (UTC)Hubbardc
Cheers, Hubbardc ( talk) 00:09, 20 April 2014 (UTC)Hubbardc
I have reverted your removal of the BLPprod because the only source does not support "at least one statement made about the person in the article." It is a listing for the law firm he is said to have worked for, but it does not mention him at all.
The law firm has its own website at http://www.gpzlegal.com/nosotros-es/, but he is not mentioned there, either; in fact, I have not found any source for him, nor has Drmies who had a look, see User talk:Randykitty#Andres Gifford. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 20:33, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. So you deleted Burke Ramsey, and I am wondering why? He has been covered in dozens of books, every major news source in the world, and has been a suspect of a high profile murder for over two decades. His parents have pages, and info on him is not covered in The Murder of Jonbenet Ramsey article. Why was this page removed?
Also, this deletion happened literally within a few minutes of being nominated without me having a chance to contest the deletion. -- Kbabej ( talk) 04:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)04:29, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
Another PROD restoration requested at WP:REFUND#Northwest Pipe Company. This one is from a student project; I have offered to userfy it if they ask. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 17:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Maybe I'm cynical, but Structured cognitive behavioral training (one edit, SPA) looks a bit of synth and coatrackish to me, but would prefer smarter and more educated eyes on it. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 23:11, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
You created an article named Ada Hittchins when it should be Ada Hitchins. I tried to move Ada Hittchins to Ada Hitchins, but I was blocked. Can you help, or should I go to the help page?-- DThomsen8 ( talk) 00:25, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
That was no split, that was the renaming of an existing article because of a POV fork (1 editor vs 3 others). There was/is plenty of room for it in the "parent" article, but some people like writing misleading tripe about pieces of legislation that failed to give a false impression that there was some sort of federal ban on standard capacity magazines and scary looking semiautomatic rifles.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 07:06, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
On the Eden Wood AFD, you seemed to suggest that I claimed something I personally find distasteful in the extreme and would never have knowingly said. Can I just request confirmation that this was a misunderstanding as I think you might have missed my objection on the AFD itself? Thanks so much, with respect, Mabalu ( talk) 10:30, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I have some fairly serious reservations about Jarir ibn Abdullah Al Bajali and was wondering if you could take a look at it. NPOV tops my list but I am also concerned about sourcing and the recent addition of a great deal of Arabic. I am not sure if Wikipedia has policies concerning the use of non-English in articles. Obviously there are circumstances where it's appropriate, but I am not seeing the justification here. Any attention you might give would be appreciated. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:53, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, could you take another look here. I created that article at the same time the AfC was going on, and now that AfC might be superfluous? -- Mdd ( talk) 15:06, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding this message you sent me two years ago, when I was known as User:Celeste6566: "I see you also placed a speedy deletion tag on Pooper-scooper, without even attempting to give a reason, not that is any possible reason for deletion, let alone speedy deletion. As reviewing administrator, I removed it, and I warn you that deletion tagging like this and the previous one is unconstructive.I think it may be a response to the deletion of some of your own articles,and it is not an appropriate way to deal with it. Any continuation of the like will probably result in a block--consider this a formal warning. DGG ( talk ) 03:11, 4 June 2011 (UTC)"...
Yes, it was a response to my articles being nominated for speedy deletion. But, I can say that it was very immature of me and I apologize for that. I also apologize for any other articles I nominated for speedy deletion without valid reason. I was blocked for something else, but now I am unblocked, and have matured. Now I'm learning how to edit constructively. Is there anything else I can do for you? EmilyREditor ( talk) 19:18, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Quick question, is it WP policy that we go back and strike out the comments of users on closed AfD discussions if they are later banned? The most recent edits here seem inappropriate. But maybe I missed something when going through the ban policy. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:55, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Do you want to withdraw Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Cram, per WP:HEY?
Bearian (
talk) 17:59, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Wow, for the state park, when I first came across it, it was very small and it was unclear to tell what it actually was, but since then it seems to be have significantly expanded. For the Iphone OS 3, it was unclear to tell if it was an operating system or something else (this technology stuff is not too obvious for some). Staglit ( talk) 21:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGC i invite you to see this → /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al-Hilal_(Juba)_FC
They want deletion these pages i can understand the deletion of David Mena Rojas it is a small stub about a young not famous player but i don 't understand the deletion of the south sudanese teams who currently play in the South Sudan Football Championship because they are insignificant teams. Regards-- Lglukgl ( talk) 22:15, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Dewritech ( talk) 18:38, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Is this guy notable per WP:PROF? Bearian ( talk) 21:37, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I just noticed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Revenue & Estate was recreated after being deleted in the past. And I know that at least one similar article was deleted by an editor for being the creation of a banned editor. Unfortunately I can't recall any details or I'd tag it. But I thought I'd pass it along in case this is the same entity. Best regards - Ad Orientem ( talk) 14:49, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Added additional sources and looking forward to an update. Buffalo747 ( talk) 15:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
There is an RfC in which your participation would be greatly appreciated:
Thank you. -- Lightbreather ( talk) 15:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. Got your note. But SSSSH! merely auto-forwards to Mr. Cram's article. Is it possible to locate and preserve the original SSSSH! (or more accurately now I know SSSSH) article contents under my account? I keep hearing about something called a sandbox. Perhaps I have one of these and can store it there? What do you think? Thanks. JimScott ( talk) 20:57, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi David, could you have a look at this journal? It's not in any Thomson Reuters database, nor PsycINFO or Scopus. I cannot find any sources either and citations on GS are negligible. Still, it has been in existence for 75 years so I find it a bit difficult to believe that there is nothing to be found. Can you find something? -- Randykitty ( talk) 11:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I don't understand your motivation: there aren't sources because this party doesn't exist. The page talks about internal facts of New Italian Socialist Party, when De Michelis definitively abandoned the New PSI he directly joined to Socialist Party. The existence of this party cannot be demonstrated in no way, also the author of the page admitted that there aren't sources. I think that it is necessary a speedy deletion for a page on a non-existent party-- Maremmano ( talk) 01:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
Hallo David, I recognise that you have the right to do what you want with your talk page, but as someone who regularly checks her watchlist on a small not-very-smartphone (no selfrespecting teen would have one) with poor rural data connection, could I ask you to rethink? It takes an age to load before the TOC appears, and then a lot of scrolling to get to the recent messages. How about having some sort of automatic "holding pen" for non-current discussions, from which you could manually archive at leisure?
Your talk page has many watchers, as a place where interesting and wise comments are made, but it's very hard work reading it on a small screen. (Have you tried?) Best wishes, Pam D 07:34, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Coat of Many Colours left a comment for you on my talk page. I am guessing you are not following the thread anymore as it is rather old. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 18:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,DGG I really need your help with reference to Felix Tataru page. I need to recreate it and I need to know what was wrong. Felix Tataru is Senior Vice President of International Advertising Association IAA Board of Directors, /info/en/?search=International_Advertising_Association. I was carefull to have notable sources for the uploaded content. Could it be a problem the fact that sources were in Romanian? would it be a solution to edit first other pages on Wikipedia whith activities related to Felix Tataru? Cristina Butunoi ( talk) 17:06, 28 April 2014 (UTC) Cristina Butunoi
A Wikipedia article needs to show notability with references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases. If you have such sources, it may be possible to rewrite the article; otherwise, it will not be possible to write an acceptable article. There are two problems with your sources; I notice almost all your sources come from industry blog, and some from the online versions of industries newsletters. This are not in general reliable sources, because they publish every press release that gets sent to them, without serious editorial control. An examination of some of them indicates that what they are publishing is indeed press releases. The second problem is that most of them are about his company, not him. This can be hard to distinguish for advertising agencies, but you would probably have more success writing an article about the agency. And I point out that being vice-president of an organization is never notable. And in a biography everything must be referenced--his political work was not.
A Wikipedia article needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise the organization or person, say what they do. Don't include material that would better belong in a web page, such as minor information about his ctivities that would interest nobody but his family.
Include only material that would be of interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the subject and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia. Do not include material that would be of interest only to those associated with the subject, or to prospective clients/purchasers/students/supporters/donors--that sort of content is considered promotional.
As a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. And keep in mind that the goal of an encyclopedia is to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of press releases or web sites, which are usually more expansive. I cannot insist on your telling me whether you are a paid editor, but I wonder why you "need" to recreate it.
If you think you can do it right according to our guidelines, do so, but expect the article to be carefully checked for objectivity, and for the presence of sources that show notability. The best way of rewriting is to use the WP:Article Wizard, which will guide you towards an acceptable article if one is possible.
For further information see our general guides to writing articles, WP:PLAIN and WP:FIRST; see also our list of the things we don't do here, WP:NOT, and our practical guide to conflict of interest, WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide
And one warning: Do not add material about him to other web pages. That is considered spamming, and people who do that are generally blocked.
Again, my best advice is to write an article on the company. DGG ( talk ) 18:29, 28 April 2014 (UTC)