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These are messages for every speedy deletion I declined this month through the 25th. I left talkback notices for most of the taggers in the first half of the month. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:27, 27 April 2009 (UTC) Holding PenFor these articles, I left a message on the article creator's talk page, and either moved the article to the talk page of their sandbox, or temporarily declined the speedy deletion for a few days, to give them a chance to read WP:FIRST and improve the article:
Taking to AfD. Declining db-spam. The first 50 of 1200 Google hits didn't establish notability; nothing on news.google.com; a few hits on Google's blog search FWIW. I would have {{ db-web}}'d it if I had had the patience to skim all 1200 Google hits, but I didn't. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC) Changes have been made to the P2Pspot page. Can I please borrow your expertise to verify the page is Wiki appropriate? -Webbpage —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbpage ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-spam}}. I deleted the one paragraph with a promotional tone, added endsections, and found references establishing notability. Also, there are 4 things to do if you're going to tag articles for speedy deletion; the easiest approach is to use WP:TWINKLE, which does them all at once. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC) This was created by an s.p.a. with a highly suspicious name, User:Kentexplorer, whose sole purpose seems to be to advertise this program and the allure of Kent. I believe he/she probably works for Explore Kent. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
As a cultural sensitivity thing, I'm really uncomfortable db-spamming Iraqi public works projects. Let's discuss at AfD. 3 admins who are very active in CSD work have all edited the article previously, and none of them tagged it for speedy deletion. There are 3 companies mentioned in this article, and it's certainly possible that the intent was promotional, but none of those 3 companies get more than one sentence of mention. Also, there are 4 things to do if you're going to tag articles for speedy deletion; the easiest approach is to use WP:TWINKLE, which does them all at once. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam, taking to AfD. When there's a long list of "reports" in reliable sources, but the marketing campaign for the product screams "promotional", I'd rather not have one person (including me) making the call, I'd rather see all the arguments first. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; article has been around for more than 3 years, edited by many admins active in CSD. If it's that bad, someone would have noticed. Feel free to revert to an earlier version or take it to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Company is listed in Hoover's, and there are many awards listed in the references. I agree with you that companies in the business of promotion deserve a hard look, but the tone doesn't seem to merit a speedy deletion as db-spam to me. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam; if the article is promoting some company, I can't tell which one, and the creator's contribs don't look like the contribs of a spammer. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD; tone seems descriptive rather than promotional, and I can't db-notability (A7) software (although there's a current discussion at WT:CSD on this). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD, this is a judgment call. This is an option on every "2004 model year or newer Chrysler, Jeep, or Dodge", meaning that there may be a lot of owners out there who'd like to see an article about it, although the article as written is too promotional. Most hits on "uconnect" aren't referring to this product. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:33, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam; tone not overly promotional, and notability is not a problem. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD. I will vote for db-spam at AfD, but there's a lot of support for keeping schools whenever possible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam for this 3-year old article. Reverting to an earlier version is fine, AfD is fine, but it's rare that no one will tag an overly promotional article for 3 years, and I don't believe the version at the beginning of Dec 30 was promotional enough to merit db-spam. I agree that the edits of Dec 30 by User:SANEcomms were overly promotional, and I've just reverted all but one of their edits to this article and blocked them per {{ spamusernameblock}}. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:23, 4 April 2009 (UTC) tweak 15:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining {{ db-context}}; it's an album, and all the context is in the infobox. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}}; please don't use this tag 2 minutes after the article was created. Taking to AfD; no apparent notability. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam speedy deletion; consensus seems to be against db-spamming high schools. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; doesn't seem unduly promotional to me, and the article has had many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. The tone didn't seem promotional to me, and the comic strip is discontinued. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. DGG did a lot of work on this, the subject seems notable, and the tone seems mostly okay to me. Feel free to edit any sentences that seem promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-context deletion because of the extra material added after the page was tagged. There's some disagreement over how fast to apply a db-context tag, and we're working on it; check WP:CSD#A1 in a week or so and see if there's any news. This article was tagged 8 minutes after creation, which is a problem at least for people interested in adminship, because many voters at WP:RFA see quick db-context, db-empty and db-nonsense tags as BITEy. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}}. db-spam, db-attack and db-copyvio are generally considered urgent; the other speedy tags aren't, and many people consider a db-context tag 2 minutes after article creation to be BITEy. There's some disagreement over how fast to apply a db-context tag, and we're working on it; check WP:CSD#A3 in a week or so and see if there's any news. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}} deletion. db-context means that we can't figure out what the article is about; this article is about a school, and it looks okay now. Also, a lot of people who vote at AfD in articles about schools feel strongly about keeping secondary schools even when no sources are found. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; the article has been around a long time with many good editors. If the current version is too promotional, revert to the last version that seems okay. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion as db-inc. Although the site doesn't go live until next month, it's being widely written about; check the sources. For instance, from broadcast.oreilly.com: "What Obama's Data.gov initiative will do is both simple in concept and stunning in implication. It is data housekeeping." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article needs references, but article has been here for over a year, and I'm getting a ton of ghits from reliable sources. Feel free to edit the article for tone, but the article seems roughly as promotional as every other article about fashion, to me. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank55: based on the contributor's other edits today, it sure looks like spamming--they've created four articles promoting this agency, all with the same promotional text. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 15:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-copyvio; deleted the copyvio sentences. The talk page mentions a previous AfD discussion. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context: context is clear, and we don't usually speedy secondary schools (unless attack, spam or copyvio). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; I didn't see the copyright violation at that imdb page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion, since no product or company is mentioned, but prodding for the consistently how-to and promotional tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article has been around a long time, edited by many people active in deletion work. Feel free to edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Removing the copyvio material; declining db-copyvio deletion since we're getting some good discussion on the talk page. There's hope for a neutral article, eventually, about this clearly notable public transportation system. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion; article has a very long history with lots of discussion. Feel free to revert edits or edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio deletion; a judgment call, but I think we can get away with tagging this as a close paraphrase instead. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I've added a ref to the other good refs, and I think it's good enough to survive now. I'm declining the db-spam deletion. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks so much for your help... any good editorial ideas on how to not sound so promotional? Are there specific phrases I've used or ideas I've focused on too strongly, things I should avoid in future writing or try to clean up on this page? Thanks again! Jocelynp85 ( talk) 03:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Your db-spam tag was exactly right, the article was too promotional, but I got a lot of good ghits, so I rewrote the article to tone it down, and added a request for refs. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 04:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam because article has a long history. Feel free to revert to a previous version if the current version is too promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I think we can save this one; I've declined the db-spam deletion. I added a couple of references to the article from WP:Reliable sources. It can be hard to guess which businesses are likely to be written about in newspapers and magazines. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion, fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, adding . I disagree that it's strictly promotional; there are negatives as well. It would be better in a subdir, but this is an acceptable start on an eventual article. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam speedy; I don't think this was promoting a person or business. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion, fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. Which sentences are promotional? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam: please don't tag an article for db-spam deletion when an admin ( User:SoWhy) already declined the db-spam deletion. If you disagree, discuss it with the admin. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I just declined db-spam speedy on this one yesterday. Like most admins, I'd prefer that you discuss it with me first before you tag it if I've already declined the speedy. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion, adding noindex, removing most external links per several of the Apr 14 discussions at WP:MfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC) tweaked to add date (From Apr 13): Also Hartlepool Sixth Form College. I almost always decline db-spam for upper secondary (ages 14 and older) schools; adding these to WP:WPSCH's todo list. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copvio; removing all the copyright violation I can find. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Apr 13: I declined the db-copyvio because the creator did some rewriting. I added references and marked the page as a {{ close paraphrase}}. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion since it fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore" (see templated warning on the page). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; the article has not gotten any worse since the "keep" decision at AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Apr 10: Declining db-nonsense; taking to AfD in part to get a feel for consensus regarding G1 and A1, but also because AfD seems appropriate. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:30, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Apr 10: Declining G7 deletion; User:TheJazzDalek has also edited this template. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam since the article has been around 3.5 years ... which is really surprising, given the tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article has been around a long time, edited by many people active in deletion work. Feel free to edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:16, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Declined db-spam; I reverted to a less promotional version. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam; taking to AfD. The yahoo.com ref is okay, the others are iffy, and this is a new service, possibly not in full operation. Also, tone is too promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam because I see a lot of potentially useful Google hits; they seem to be what they say they are. But removing the material that has the wrong tone for Wikipedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining speedy per article talk page; taking to AfD and notifying WT:COMICS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam deletion, taking to AfD. There are lots of ghits for mobiforge and dotmobi ... so many that it's very hard to find evidence of RSs, but I believe they're there. Promotional tone, but per article talk page, creator is willing to work with us. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:08, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining speedy because the refs are reliable, but getting rid of about half of the material that had tone not suitable for an encyclopedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:59, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (On author's talk page:) Work with me here. The page mentioned above was nominated for deletion as "promotional"; but I think it will be okay if you keep working on it. I deleted the second section because we're interested in "just the facts". Also, please choose another username; while I was looking through Google hits (which seem to indicate notability for your organization), I saw relevant text from stopdv.org, so our username policy won't allow the username "stopdv" (a username can't promote or represent an organization or website). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:52, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". Contacting tagger. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:56, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam and reporting to WP:WPSCH, as with all upper secondary schools (this one is K-12), but this needs real work to survive. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:48, 18 April 2009 (UTC) The article has been deleted. I would welcome an article on ICODA, but it can't copy sentences from the website because that's a copyright violation, and it should describe rather than promote ICODA. It can be hard to tell the difference sometimes; I'll be happy to look at the article if you'd like to give it another shot. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC) [Re-created] ["Please do not remove speedy deletion notices" message from Eeekster] Sorry, just trying to establish something more than a stub. This is my first article, I beg your mercy... Marketchicago..
Thankyou.. stripping it down now... Marketchicago Declining db-spam deletion; what company or person is being advertised? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam. I get the idea; someone whose only edit is one broken link to their webpage, a webpage that talks about a logo and "coming soon", will probably eventually promote something. But this user hasn't promoted himself or a product, yet, so it's not db-spam yet. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; it doesn't use promotional language, it does seem notable, and the article has been around for a couple of years. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:36, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; taking to AfD. The taggers split on this one, and I'd like to get feedback on notability requirements for restaurants. There are a surprising number of ghits for this one, but do restaurant reviews = notability? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:21, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion and PRODding. The name is a common name for schools, so it's hard to assess Google hits. Most elementary and middle schools are not considered notable on Wikipedia, and there's no assertion of notability here. Reporting to WP:WPSCH#E. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; no promotional language. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:35, 19 April 2009 (UTC) In this article, I removed the long section of copyright violation I found, and declined the speedy. I left a note with the tagger to see if I missed something. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC) No copyright violation found, after searching for several phrases at books.google.com and generally. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nonsense deletion; it's not "incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; page redirected to a new target. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; page redirected to a new target. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G7 because I don't think the creator intended it. This page is showing up in various deletion categories, such as WP:CSD#G7, so odds are, admins who aren't paying attention (like me) will delete it. You might want to talk with some template people about how you can avoid putting the page into the same cats as the pages you're transcluding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:41, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declined db-spam deletion; this article could just as easily have been written by a student as by someone promoting the research facility. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nonsense, which is only for "purely of incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 15) Declining db-author. {{ db-g7}} already denied twice. Asking author if he wants me to AfD it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:45, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 14) Declining db-copyvio; creator is rewriting. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, doesn't meet the requirement "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 10) Declining db-copyvio. Reverting to the last version that wasn't promotional and a copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 10) Declining db-copyvio deletion. I didn't see the copyright violation looking quickly; if anyone sees it, then delete the copyvio part, not the whole article. This article has a long history. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:38, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Pulled from db-spam queue to see if WP:WPSCH people can fix it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:49, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam because we should have an article on Teldex. I'll edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-copyvio deletion, but removing the copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 8) Removing from the db-spam queue while I ask at WT:MUSIC where to go next. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 8) Declining db-spam; Digital Data Exchange is a pretty big deal, and the tone of the article isn't terrible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:15, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 7) Declining db-spam; notable software, minimal information. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 5) Declining db-bio because there's a claim of notability; prodding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:20, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 5) Declining db-copyvio, removing copyvio, taking to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC) I declined the db-copyvio deletion, and removed all of the text I could find that was a copy of http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/whosWho/profiles/dlieven@lseacuk/Home.aspx. If you can find any text I missed, please remove it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; wrong tag. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:26, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; deleting some promotional language and text on stuff not yet released. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:52, 19 April 2009 (UTC) I may regret this, but I'm declining the db-spam deletion. Article has many references, and many editors have made small edits. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Putting db-corp deletion on hold to ask the author a question: what are your sources? How do you know that an Oneida chief was buried there, for instance? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC) I'm declining the "speedy" deletion for now. My question to the tagger is: can you identify a person, company or ideology that's being promoted here? Couldn't this be an article written by one of the runners about their club? There's a separate question of notability that might need to be discussed at WP:AfD; see for instance the 9 hits at Google News. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; source is GFDL. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio and taking to WP:CP; I appreciate the efforts of the author to make small changes, but more needs to be done to avoid copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; freebase page copied and credited Wikipedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp; they say they're a large utility. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Speedy deletion has already been declined. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context; context is clear to mathematicians. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; most hospitals are notable, there's no promotional language, and the article has had the same text since August. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-person deletion; ghits suggest notability. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy since it's been around for a year in this form, but taking to AfD. It looks to me like the tagger has been doing good work on "computer security" articles, and I think I agree that having an article on Wikipedia that could be seen as approval of such a product without actual notability could be a bad thing. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I left a WP:PROD message for the author: I'm declining the "speedy" deletion, but the article needs work to survive, and there's something odd going on, almost all of the first 40 hits are from Vietnamese sources, as if this is a national rather than an international pageant. Help me out here. Also see WP:FIRST for what we're looking for in articles generally. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:18, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nocontent (2 mins after article creation), contacting tagger. Opinions vary on how to best solve the problem of articles that don't have enough content, but people are generally agreed that tagging the page for speedy deletion for "no content" 2 minutes after it's created without leaving a note (other than the standard warning) for the creator is not the way to go. It might be time for a discussion of how to best handle this at WT:CSD, if you like. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-copyvio deletion, taking to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wireless HDMI. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp deletion; lots of notability evident on Google news. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; article has been in this form a long time, language is not overly promotional, and similar food items have done well at WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:00, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I left a WP:PROD notice for the author: a 30-year legal services office might well have been mentioned in newspapers, magazines, journals or books in a way that would establish notability; that's what we need to see for this article to survive. Also see WP:FIRST for what we're looking for in your first article. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-club deletion; see for instance http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_21/b4085042677127_page_2.htm. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion; language is not promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:06, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context deletion. The article was created with the text "Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU)" and the edit summary "Started to create page", and you tagged it for db-context deletion 4 minutes later. Speedy deletion tags are okay immediately after article creation if we can already tell that something is going very wrong: copyright violation, obvious advertising language, a subject that we can easily tell doesn't meet the notability requirements, an attack page, or vandalism. None of that applies to this article. Please contact the article creator and let them know they're welcome to continue work on the article, point them to WP:FIRST, and after we know what the article's about, it might help to point them to a relevant wikiproject. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-talk; too soon. There's a bot that deals with talk pages of deleted pages after they're a week old; deleting the talk pages as soon as the article is deleted means the article creators might miss what's been said. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-context; article was tagged 1 minute after creation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:40, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion for "Exact duplicate of XMobots Apoena"; changing to redirect. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp deletion; quick Google search suggests notability, and we can probably get help from WP:CHEMISTRY. I'll go ask. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion request by IP; article has been edited by a lot of authors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:20, 23 April 2009 (UTC) See WP:Articles for deletion/TCSJOHNHUXLEY. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio; claimed as former CEO of what is now WebMD, plus other companies. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:19, 23 April 2009 (UTC) I'm declining the db-corp "speedy" deletion on the theory that it's been around since 1936 so someone has probably written about it, but I'm getting zero Google hits suggestive of notability. I've WP:PRODded; anyone want to have a look? [I posted this at WT:CANADA.] - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion; makes credible claims of notability. Asking for help at WP:BOOKS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion; he is or was a judge. See WP:BIO. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion requested by IP; tone is promotional, but the article has been around almost 2 years with many editors. Either revert to an earlier version, or register and take it to WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-person deletion; it's asserted that she oversees Residential Phone and Wireless Product Management at Time Warner Cable. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:23, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, creating redirect, since material is duplicated at the target page and this title is not implausible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:43, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8 deletion; no reason to delete the talk page when the main page exists as a redirect. Same for Talk:Penny (The Rescuers). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC) See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diary of a Wimpy Kid: My Last Year. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:12, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-test; not a test page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; I can't find the copied text. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Academy of Financial Management. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; AFC template. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context; prodding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:34, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam requested by IP; article has been around almost 2 years, edited by many people. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:36, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context speedy; added one reference and asked for help at WT:TENNIS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining A7; the Prix de Lausanne is a big deal. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam requested by IP; tone is not promotional; article is more than 3 years old. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:47, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining A7 request by IP; article is 3 years old. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion because that's not one of the speedy criteria (R2 or R3); feel free to take this to WP:RfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:50, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context deletion, moving to correct name, and adding ref and see also. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion because article has been around almost 3 years with many editors, but feel free to take this to WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion and asking WP:WPRS for help. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:26, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-notability; this isn't a person, company or website. Feel free to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:36, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion because we already have a good article under the generic name; making redirect. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:33, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy; tagger's rationale was "This article is a duplicate of a section that was already in existence in the article Ancient Rome. This article was originaly created as part of a page split that was reversed in July of 2008 and has caused some (or a great deal) of confusion due to it not being deleted at that time." There are no speedy deletion criteria that cover this; would you like for me to take the article to WP:Articles for deletion? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:05, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining G7 deletion; many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:55, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-nonsense; it's a real journal. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; article has been around a long time with multiple versions and many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining "r3" speedy deletion; the extra redirect isn't promotional, and I've seen l33tsp33k myself somewhere. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion. 2640 google news archives hits (even subtracting "press", "release", etc as keywords). We should have an article on this group. Moved to official name, added refs and see also, and edited for tone. This was formerly a redirect to Efficient energy use. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:19, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; would need clear consensus in the AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion request by IP, reverting to the last non-promotional version. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC) A judgment call, but it doesn't seem to be db-context, db-vandalism or db-spam. Prodding and watching. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:35, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion that was requested and then rejected by the only editor. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, redirecting to proper spelling. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:17, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam request by IP for three reasons: db-spam requires no non-promotional version in the history; speedy deletion is not for articles with a long history and many editors; and db-spam requires nothing but promotional content. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:13, 26 April 2009 (UTC) I declined the speedy deletion and took the article to AfD because db-notability doesn't apply to books. A Google news archive search gives 39 hits for Janie Quinn, but none mentioned this book in the visible summaries, and the standard to meet at the notability guideline for books is very high. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam request by IP because there are non-promotional versions in the page history, and because the references clearly establish notability, and db-spam fails if there is useful content. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:43, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio; I added several refs from Google news archives. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:52, 26 April 2009 (UTC) I provided a reason for the deletion of those userpages/user talk pages: CAT:TEMP. Userpages and user talk pages of indefinitely-blocked users, who have been blocked for 1 month, are deleted. See User:CAT:TEMP deletion bot for more information about CAT:TEMP. These pages are deleted per WP:DENY. Cunard ( talk) 03:41, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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Ah, a kind word from you has brightened my evening. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 04:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
That was the first time I was ever called that. :D Now, the "is, and wants to be" is interesting. I can understand the "wants to be", because I don't think I have popular support on anything so it would be hard to be an actual populist. Do I even have support half the time? I mean, the opposes kinda seem like everything else I'm involved with. I always tend to be the lone dissenter, the guy in front of a tank, and chances are I get run over. But thanks for thinking of me as a populist. It makes me feel as if people perceive that I have a large amount of support. : D Ottava Rima ( talk) 16:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This was created by an s.p.a. with a highly suspicious name, User:Kentexplorer, whose sole purpose seems to be to advertise this program and the allure of Kent. I believe he/she probably works for Explore Kent. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a new page for macroview with references from online sources. Where can I put it to be reviewed? Don't want it being deleted again. Thanks. Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moejoe199 ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I didn't catch that bit about the author's father. Best leave it deleted for COI issues. Thanks for asking, though. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 02:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't understand why this discography entry is up for deletion. Just like any other music discography entry, it describes when the EP was released, some info about the songs, and a tracklisting. If this information does not suffice to keep it on Wikipedia, then I guess most of the wiki-pages created for single releases, should be as well.
Unit371 ( talk) 10:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add to my previous comment, that there are other iTunes EPs / releases that have their own wiki-pages as well, such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Originals_%E2%80%93_Alanis_Morissette
Naturally, the title is different here, but nonetheless it concerns an iTunes-only release, which would make it no different from my entry.
If there's a reason not to stay consistent in rules about music artists' releases, then I'd be interested to hear it!
Unit371 ( talk) 10:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Allright, in that case I've no clue what to do or change in order to keep it. As far as I can tell, many other artists have "Live from London" EPs, released through iTunes, and have actual articles on it here on WP.
I was just trying to expand the amount of information on David Gray releases. If that is not the aim on WP, so be it. Delete away!
Unit371 ( talk) 17:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Unit371 ( talk) 16:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, BJBot tagged it for deletion because it is orphaned. Since I was the main uploader of the image, I requested it speedy deleted. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 4, 2009 @ 14:58
Hi Dan,
While is was publishing my first contribution to Wikipedia, you already deleted it. It was amazing how fast this went, even during the editing, I lost all I worked on. It's amazing how you did this.
But now, I'm really convinced that I should publish this information in wikipedia, what do I do. I can't even make a start, so in what way do I publish information?
I have a lot more things to publish about design, but in this way I'm not very motivated to put energy in this.
Thanks, Dosigner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosigner ( talk • contribs) 21:26, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
Thanks for taking the effort to reply. First, it's not my company. At all. I'm trying to write a few wikipedia articles on design strategies, and this is an interesting one that builds on cradle-2-cradle, so I started with this one. I understand now, that I should first write the article offline and then paste it in there, but it was my first attempt ever to do a wikipedia article, so please be patient with my efforts. Indeed, most sources are Dutch, so maybe I should start there first, but I wanted to take a more global approach for this series of articles, but... you're right, I didn't even think about this. I'll go to sleep now, but will try again tomorrow or next week, being better prepared and not publish the first 3 sentences first to see how it looked, because it was gone before I even figured out how to make a header.
Thanks,
Dosigner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosigner ( talk • contribs) 22:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
You haven't edited the article in question, but since you are or have been actively involved in the IEC prefix discussion (sorry to remind you of it if you, like me, got tired of the uncivil discussion and wanted to have nothing to do with the issue anymore), I invite you to consider the nomination for deletion of the article JEDEC memory standards, which I believe can fairly be said to have been created only as a hammer for the discussion.
I beg you to try to keep your sentiments about the actual IEC prefix on Wikipedia question out of the deletion discussion and consider the merits of the deletion proposal, namely, notability in the Wikipedia sense ( WP:N), regardless of which units you believe Wikipedia should use.
The deletion discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JEDEC memory standards. -- SLi ( talk) 22:32, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
...since you mentioned populism: this probably inappropriate edit (and summary). Frank | talk 16:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't want you to delete my Joanie Bartels page. Just in case you did'nt know, she is a very popular children's singer. So, please don't delete it. Thank you for all of your time. Frederick Dickerson ( talk) 19:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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I'm feeling generous today and just saw you clearing out CSD. Accept this as appreciation of your good work :-) Patton t/ c 13:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC) |
Thank you! - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
This is not a SPAM look at imdb
ITS BALLADYNA/ THE BAIT also at pl.wikipedia.org - Balladyna (film)
But this is US -POL co-production, but Why somebody deleted Dariusz Zawislak as a director he had previous works could you help: Iook at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002241/ Dariusz Zawislak http://www.filmweb.pl/o13373/Dariusz+Zawiślak http://www.adyton.eu Would you be consider to undelete page or create new based on pl.wikipedia.org - Dariusz Zawiślak Best regards M. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MARTHA WARTA 2000 ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Admittedly, I considered a name change request after R'n'B passed RfA, but to be honest, there's only been one instance of confusion to my knowledge (some time ago, an experienced troll vandalized R'n'B's page after I speedied their nonsense article). If it becomes more of an issue or if R'n'B would prefer that I change my name, I wouldn't have a problem with it, but for the moment I think I'm content to just take a wait and see. Thanks again. Rnb ( talk) 14:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of PlayBox TV. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle ( talk) 15:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was patrolling the NewPages when I found Cha Cha Moon. I added a prod tag and added it to my watchlist. I noticed that you've already deleted the page. Just wanted to let you know. -- Gardenhoser! ( talk) 19:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
If you have a moment, I could use a hand or a referral to someone else who can help deal with this mess. At the current rate of things its going to get very ugly for everyone involved and I've done just about everything I can think of to avoid that. Tothwolf ( talk) 00:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Dan, If this discussion is getting to be too much for your talk page, feel free to move the whole section over to mine. As I mentioned earlier I never intended for VegaDark to follow me over here. Sorry about all the noise :) Tothwolf ( talk) 21:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Dank55, you recently deleted my user page on my own request. Well, I changed my mind about the retirement within the last 24 hours and I would like to humbly ask if it much trouble to un-delete or restore it. If it is necessary to go through many official channels I'd rather refrain from it, there was not much on the user page that was worth keeping, anyway. Well, the table with articles I have contributed to maybe. doxTxob \ talk 04:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Please speedy delete this (again) R3ap3R.inc ( talk) 15:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I have a question, how is the new page that I have put up promotional? This actor has major A-list films that have been noted in websites and articles all across the world, has a film that won a number of features and works with some of the top members of Hollywood. I do not understand. I do all of his pr from putting up all his websites to signing him and maintaining all the other websites including model mayhem, myspace and any other small public site. This is for publicity reason. Please do further due diligence as this is a person that many people know and have repeatedly requested him to be on wikipedia. Thank you. - Francesa R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.144.155 ( talk) 16:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for clearing that up, all the bio's were created by me but in any case if I change the wording to meet wiki's requirements will be able to post it up. If you could give me a few pointers that would be excellent. Thank you so much for all your help - Ces —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.144.155 ( talk) 05:17, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
You redirected this article "per discussion on talk page" yet there was no such discussion. I would simply ask that there be a true discussion over a reasonable period before automatically redirecting. As shown by the "under construction" tag, I am working on developing this into an acceptable article. Only one other editor has expressed actual opposition and seems determined not to allow any further development or even discussion and used your redirect as a supposed Admin decision. I would appreciate it if you would explain your position on the article's talk page. Thank you. Toounstable ( talk) 04:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank55, i posted an article naming Vopium, through my another account but both article and account were deleted. then i switched to my old account (ie current one) and writing you this message. I have revised the article for re-posting. I've tried to make all of the information in the article factually correct and accurately described Vopium alongwith references throughout. I have tried my best to make it look like encyclopedic but i would also like to ask you that what you feel is the best path forward for resubmitting? I will highly thankful for the kind help. Mansoor.ehsan ( talk) 10:07, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
You would make a much better service by editing the article than deleting it all. Natural User Interface (NUI) is a term widly used in interaction design ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design)... To everybody else check the Google cached article: http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:u8Z1onx42Y4J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_User_Interface+natural+user+interface —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.58.164.167 ( talk) 10:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, sort of. I was on low-activity mode from October to February, and I missed your elevation to the great office of janitor. Congratulations. I hope you are handling your new role well and without any of the stress that often comes with it.
I am slowly increasing my involvement with the community, although I have dropped a few of the items in my old agenda. I don't know how the Manual of Style clean-up is going (or whether you are still working on it), but I do not expect to do anything in this area in the near future, and maybe for longer than that. Apart from a mild interest in the progress of this matter, I simply cannot afford the resources to become more active there. Therefore, unless you have a use for it, I propose dismantling the experimental system we started developing last year for the documentation of the Manual and deleting its associated pages (everything listed here and any connected talk pages). It's a pity, but then again imagine how many such enterprises must have ended up in the dustbin throughout Wikipedia... Waltham, The Duke of 16:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for asking; school is going well, certainly better than in the previous semester, at least. I've just started my two-week Easter break (Orthodox Easter is a week after the Catholic one), hence the delay in replying (adjustment period), for which I apologise.
I have taken note of the updates, and you are to be commended for your diligent work in preparing them. They fill an important information gap in Wikipedia, and although I do not follow them that closely myself, I understand that they are especially useful for people dealing with FAs and the like, as well as participating in many meta-discussions.
Regarding the pages, I wonder if you might be so kind as to delete them yourself. As you say, you specialise in speedy deletions, and the fact that you have contributed to some of the pages in question might be an issue with a CSD request otherwise. And there is the posting of all those "db" templates, of course. :-) Therefore, three birds with one stone. Waltham, The Duke of 14:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Great job so far, Dan, and I thank you for it. There are only User talk:The Duke of Waltham/MoS/Charts and User talk:The Duke of Waltham/MoS/Charts/Manual of Style left, and then the whole thing will be almost as if it had never happened. Then I can get my watchlist to include just 82 pages, which is quite an improvement from the 120+ it had before my recent cleanup.
And that will probably be the last bit of housekeeping I'll need for some time. The rest of my userspace is pretty tidy, although a few pages probably need updating.
I had never thought I'd be too bored to do that. I wonder whether this is a sign of Wikipedian maturity—in the sense that I care more about the mainspace and discussions than about my own pages—or plain lack of enthusiasm. Waltham, The Duke of 22:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Better things? Well, that relies on interpretation. I am continuing my research on the Palace of Westminster, as well as reading a book on cryptography a friend of mine has lent me, The Code Book.
Modern Greek does not treat the past and the future much differently than English does, and this is the first time I've heard of the mental image of life you describe. I like the logic behind it; hindsight is commonplace, while foresight is a rare gift.
Regarding the pages, I was not aware of that policy. I did not desire to hide the discussions, which are probably of little interest to other editors anyway, but merely to get rid of the pages; now that I see how the Wikipedia principle of transparency extends into the userspace, I'll simply keep them as archives.
Thank you for your trouble. Regards, Waltham, The Duke of 16:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. Can you add to the discussion about the proposed merger of the Memphis Soul Music and Memphis soul articles? Steelbeard1 ( talk) 17:14, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
It looks like my withdrawal and subsequent tagging clashed with your deletion. I apologize for the mess, the rationale for withdrawing was that upon reflection I didn't see a clear advertising case, only a poorly sourced article in bad need of cleanup, something which can be fixed through other means. Sorry for the disruption. MLauba ( talk) 21:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aitias/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aitias/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, [[Sam Korn]] (smoddy) 22:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello Dank5. I am new to wiki so thanks for offering to help me. I now understand what was wrong with all of my articles. They were directory entries not encyclopedia entries. However, the final article that remains is this Angry Lamb Studios article. I have rewritten the entire thing, with a source, with a notable item under "Press". I am unsure if this is notable accoring to wiki guidelines. I was hoping you might be able to review it and let me know. Also, the article about Ty Fyffe to me seems just as eligible for speedy deletion as some of my earlier articles. Is this so? Why or why not? My feeling is that it has absolutely no sources. Is this a qualification for deletion? Thanks so much. Jsf8336 ( talk) 01:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Dank55 - just a little curious about your comments on the db-spam CSD I placed on TheKoalition.com. You mention it's only spam if it's non-notable. Is that part of the policy? Because the way I read G11 there is no requirement for it to be non-notable. "Blatant advertising. Pages that exclusively promote some entity and that would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."
Just wondering. Thanks. JCutter ( talk) 03:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I am actually the writer/copyright holder for the content on www.whiskeybasin.com/history.php. I posted the Whiskey Basin entry here, but it was deleted for copyright infringement. How can I get that reupped? [Name withheld]
I just discovered that Buddy wrapping is a complete rip-off of this website. The article has been there for over two years as is, so I'm a bit surprised no one has ever noticed this. -- Whip it! Now whip it good! 02:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a page for the Religions for Peace Non-governmental organization; however, it was deleted, can you please help me understand why and how can i retrieve this page?
Thank You,
Gloria Decamps
Gloriadecamps ( talk) 01:41, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you have deleted Neutrino Array Radio Calibration, can you please close its related AfD discussion? WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 20:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi there Dank55,
There seems to be a little bit of a problem with the aforementioned articles: the British news programme in question is indeed called The Late News, and my moving of all content from the incorrectly-named ITV Late News article aimed to reflect this. I apologise for the way I went about it: I was wondering, if of course it is no trouble, could you rename the ITV Late News entry to become the The Late News? I hope this is no trouble.
Many regards, Nick (LBM)
LBM | TALK TO ME 00:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a note, you seem to have forgotten to check the article history on that one. Please be more careful in the future, it's quite pointless for me to go and review speedy taggings if other admins ignore my decisions ;-) Regards So Why 12:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind taking care of some of the templates at Talk:Suicide? I was rearranging the archives into a box, and that has caused some problems in terms of section editing. -- Whip it! Now whip it good! 01:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I added a "hangon" some time ago and am in the process of rewriting. Do you mind if I create a new article removing the copyright violations? Thanks. -- EPadmirateur ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
What is your justification of deleting a page dedicated to a public company, that although it has lost a fair amount of cash, still has more than 200 investors after it has successfully launched the first and most widely distributed Christian PC Video Game ever? They are supported by nearly every major ministry, from Focus on the Family to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. And this past September, they posted their first profit. They are makers of some of the highest quality and best Christian PC games ever made. In view of the rise in Christian media, including Films, and Music in the past 15 years, it seems appropriate that this leading edge company would, appropriately, have it's own WikiPedia page. In view of the false mistatements made by the liberal media, please undelete the page...and contribute something, if you have something concrete and honest to add. JackInMurrieta ( talk) 10:33, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. You deleted my article for YorkArts, claiming there to have been copyright violations. I am the intern for YorkArts, and my boss requested that I create an article on wikipedia for the organization, and he permitted me to glean whatever I needed from their website, http://www.yorkarts.org. At the bottom of my article it included a reference section and listed the website as my reference. Is there anything I can do in creating a new page that would prevent it from being deleted but still using the material from their website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by YorkArts ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to look at the article, you gave the existance of the article for 3.5 years as a reason for denying the speedy, I can't find any mention of a time limit on the WP:CSD page, is this a standard convention, or a personal rule you apply? TurningWork ( talk) 22:43, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Why? How is this not BLATANT ADVERTISING? I don't see much substance other than giving details about a corporation. Looks like promotion to me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gb80 ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Upon review, my inclination is to leave it deleted. If you want to take it to AfD, I won't mind. -- Ryan Delaney talk 15:02, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
You declined the speedy on ExerciseTV because the creator wished that the {{ db-author}} would be removed. Doesn't the article meet A7, though? Cunard ( talk) 23:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank, the content that was copied into this article was part of a Press Release put out by the Obama Administration. As a creation of the U.S. Government, it is public domain. There was no copyright violation. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willfjohnston ( talk • contribs) 03:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Confucius7 ( talk) 04:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)Confucius7 (talk) 01:53, 18 April 2009 (UTC)Dear Administrator: my name is Peter and I am trying to create the page North East Chinese Basketball League on wikipedia. The writing regarding the NECBL you see from http://udel.edu/stu-org/ccd/index.html is my writing since I was the founder for that organization, China Club of Delaware. If you ask the current president Wenxiao Li (allenli@udel.edu | 302 4196828 ) or the Previous President Quan Deng ( dengquan@udel.edu ) - they can all testify that the writing is mine, Peter Ran (peterran@udel.edu). I am the Founder of China Club and also Founder + Organizer of the NECBL . I can provide emails and phone numbers of all the team captains / participants in order to prove that the written material is mine. Kind regards, Peter Ran 267 455 5443 Confucius7 (talk) 01:53, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Confucius7 ( talk) 04:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear Dank 55 You have deleted the Nankali's Masticatory Force Systematization, which I wrote it. I wonder if you could let me know that what was wrong there? Kind regards, -- Ali nankali ( talk) 07:07, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this decline, I did not set ClueBot III correctly and it was sent to the wrong archive. So, can you please delete the page? -- The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 17:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a question on Cornwall Island (Ontario). Was the CSD tag the right course of action to take or would there have been a better one to use? - Warthog Demon 18:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
I've just seen that the new definition of the Unix command (ex : cron (Unix)) have been suppressed after my request of merging, to my mind it's abnormal. Moreover I've written in Cd (Unix) "db-histmerge cd" instead of "db-histmerge cd (command)", thank you for your services. JackPotte ( talk) 18:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
The article is a pure copy of Montenegrin First League with some hoax content like changed the nation from Montenegro to Andolia. Matthew_hk t c 14:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I can understand why you brought this to AfD. My own thought on the matter is that decent reviews of a restaurant act toward notability just as they do for a film or a book. While we grant notability to fast food establishments based upon the press they generate in their marketing, they rarely get great reviews for quality of product. If a smaller one-of establishment makes a decent enough impression to be reviewed and rated, that speaks toward its own notability in my opinion. Places like that will rarely get in-depth news coverage... unless thay are also historical or the site of some major event. So for them, a good review by established restaurant critics such as Frommers, definitely works to show note. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 16:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, but I can't merge the histories myself since I'm not an administrator (it is done by undeleting both pages at the same title). Could I ask you to have a try at that as well? Hemmingsen 16:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Apr 15) Also Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Couldn't determine who copied who, so moved to WP:CP. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Moved to bottom of page) Dank55 you delted the Cooperative Performance Improvement article giving a simple definition of the article title. Yes I have published the definitions at cooperativeperformance.com, however, the training classes teaching the topic will not be conducted for at least a couple of months thus there are 3 people in the world that know about this topic. If wiki does not want the actual definition of something appearing to be as impotant to performance improvement as Demmings work was to Quality, what gives. Or is it better to simply have someone else who does not understand the topic to submit? Surely this would be a validity problem for Wiki?
Markdgrissom —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markdgrissom ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Moved to bottom of page) Hey Dank55 you and Wikipedia are now officially notified you nor Wikipedia nor any representive of either have authorization to publish any aspects of works that fall within my copyrights. This is to avoid any quality issues with the information, definitions, understandings, or any other uninformed interpertation of the works. Dank55 if you or Wiki need to better understand what this means, feel free to contact me.
Markdgrissom —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markdgrissom ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
How is this not promotional? It basically says "look how great Shell is" - yes it's referenced, but so what? G11 says nothing about references nor does it speak to how many users have edited the article. – ukexpat ( talk) 04:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, I could not find that on the cited web site. Jezhotwells ( talk) 14:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
HI - I worked on the page again, I think this is more suitable now. I have been trawling for business refertences but these are not so easy to find. We have very many sci article references but i dpon't think it is right to use these just to justify the citation rule. Lets see what bots do. Thanks again. Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.147.232 ( talk) 18:29, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Morgan Ogg:
A tag has been placed on Morgan Ogg, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
Under the
criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please
see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{
hangon}}
on the top of the page and leave a note on
the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Rms125a@hotmail.com ( talk) 21:16, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I'm new to Wikipedia. Thanks for taking an interest in my Ubikwiti article that got an A7. I use Ubikwiti software and came to know about them through secondary links (as Wikipedia says). Would appreciate it if you could take a look at the following links. They are secondary links that would support the Notability issue: Please let me know if this would suffice.
Ubikwiti also appeared on Google and Yahoo news:
Publiceyes ( talk) 09:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Just to expand without turning WT:CSD into a battleground, I fundamentally believe that noindex and nofollow are a horrible way Google has generated in order to push its search index spam problems and their endemic lack of quality control onto the users and content creators. As content creators (I also blog as an aside), our job should be to concentrate on what we control ourselves, our own content. We have no influence on Google's indexing but also ranking mechanisms, we don't even have insight into how they work. Let's focus on what we control, our own content, and work on it according to established procedures.
I understand nothing ever happens in a vacuum on the internet, but things outside of our control can't be helped. If we have to let ourselves get influenced by these in our procedures, let's build a consensus to change our procedures (eg any AFD, PROD, CSD but also unreferenced BLP tag automatically tags noindex on the entire article) but until there's one, let us not worry about what might happen in Google. What happens in Google stays in Google :) Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 16:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you took some time out to correspond to me directly, I wanted to thank you with similar directness for your kindness and support on my RfA - the former more than the latter. It's gone through, so if you need an admin-person for anything, by all means give me a call any time! - Vianello ( Talk) 02:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I agree with your reasoning that the article does not entirely fall under the non sufficient context guideline. Normally taken i would have just watch listed it, and checked back a few hours or maybe days later. Why i didn't do that this time? About 2 hours or so earlier an article with almost the same title was already created. I assume this article should have been a redirect to that article, but i have been unable to find that article again. My conclusion? Either the article was deleted (Meaning this article would be a candidate as well), or it should have bern a redirect to that page. Seeing that the chances were low this article would develop further then the initial line, i decided to just be lazy and tag it, rather then keep searching. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs) 12:36, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Probably no bad thing that it was deleted, but I can't help feeling that maybe not all the content was copied from the URL mentioned and there was some salvageable content. Secondly, it was quite an old page, and we should consider that the site linked was in fact a fork of Wikipedia. Anyhow, would you mind looking into it a little? My memory of when I looked at the page a few weeks back may be flawed, and, being a non-administrator, I can't check. - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 16:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
While I was in the middle of creating my page about Ryan Babcock, you deleted it for reason A7. If I were able to complete the page, you would have realized that Mr. Babcock is an influential member of the federal courts in Georgia, as a 6 year, and current, judicial clerk to the Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo, Federal District Judge. Mr. Babcock is also a published author, having published "Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly: Regulating Judicial Speech in State Elections," 71 U. Cin. L. Rev. 721, 723 (2002). He is also active in the Brunswick Bar Association, and the Manna House, a well-known food kitchen in Brunswick, Georgia.
I find it unwarranted to conclude that Mr. Babcock is not of enough importance or significance to include on Wikipedia. Please explain your decision.
Scott Grubman, Esq. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgrubman ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I've moved them to the same pages but without the trailing "/" (messed up my configuration for the bot ^_^'), so no history is being deleted. Please axe them as G6 ShakingSpirit talk 19:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't get it. Why did you delete Megaholdings page. There are dozens of MLM companies in Wikipedia, with the same situation. This company has over 500,000 customers around the world and it sells through people so, they want to know what is this company about. What is different about other MLM companies (like Agel)?
I made an entry for Cyclone Airways which you tagged for deletion. The Article is significant because it established information about the airline vis-a-vis with other airlines of the Philippines.
Researchers about airlines in the Philippines may not know until they browse the wikipedia for information. Removing the article is like denying them the information about local airlines such as Cyclone Airways which have limited information available on cyberspace. Information could be linked to their website at www.cycloneairways.com.
bedcrawl ( talk) 06:59, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
You removed the {{ db-ad}} tag from this article, noting that "the author seems willing to work with us". However, the author has been blocked for his promotional username, so it seems unlikely that he'll be able to improve this article. However, now that speed and prod have been declined, I suspect it will take an AFD to remove this article, or adoption by another editor to improve it. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello Dank55. I am writing to challenge the deletion of You Crate based on your decision of it being "G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp") At the bottom of the page " http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp" we have noted that we have released the content of the page under the GFDL ("The text content of this page, titled "The R+L History" ( http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp), is provided under the terms contained in the GNU Free Documentation License.") I believe that this addresses the first terms in the G12 that it is released under a free license ("Text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving.") I respect your advice and I would like to get this page back to "live" as soon as possible. Thanks for your time. TruckTech ( talk) 15:08, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
This page, How to use acrylic plastic, unquestionably meets the criteria for speedy deletion as it as a how-to page that would not serve much purpose when someone can just go to the acrylic plastic article, but the problem is there is no suitable CSD tag for it. Whip it! Now whip it good! 18:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
He was a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, a lower, provincial court that evolved from the position of Justice of the Peace. These are the equivalent of Magistrates Courts or County Courts, and judges are not "important" enough to inherently pass WP:BIO. Ironholds ( talk) 19:37, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
You beat me to it, actually. Cheers, Dloh cierekim 21:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I missed the part that said previous speedy deletions are ineligible for G4 deletion (it was speedied G11, blatant advertising). If not another G11, it seems like a case of A7, no assertion of notability. RJC Talk Contribs 01:53, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I realized that you have deleted a page about an NGO working in India for education of the poor (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). The NGO is a registered organization under Indian laws. The page should not be seen as an advert to the organization. Its about an organization working to uplift poor children and get them out of their poverty circle. Please can you help me to recreate the page. I am sure the work of such organization and the work they are doing is worthy of a mention on wikipedia. If there is anything you feel should change in the tone of the article please advice. Many Thanks-- Shreyas.derashri ( talk) 09:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi , you deleted my Baxall Business Centre article, and after speaking to a few of you colleauges they feel maybe that is could be re instated. I asked what i needed to do to make it acceptible and they said they didnt really feel it wasnt unacceptable. If you still feel it needs changing, please could you tell me what i need to change. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjtk ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
You deleted an article about Shawn Stern who is running for U.S. Congress to represent California's 24th congressional district. I recognize and appreciate that in a system such as this it is vitally important to maintain and enforce stringent editorial guidelines to avoid abuse. Shawn is a notable person and I'd like to continue working on this article until it meets the guidelines for acceptable content. This was my first article, and I admit I came unprepared - I don't have a working copy of what I published. Would you restore this to my sandbox or to some other state that will allow me to continue editing it?
Thanks, I appreciate your help and for helping keep the standards of Wikipedia high. Cmalbright ( talk) 19:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
> Hi dan,
>
> I didn't realise I was breaking any wiki laws. Would it be possible for me to change my account name and keep the information of the Adler and Allan company on wikipedia?
We consider usernames named after a company and used to edit articles on that company to be promotional, so we don't allow them. Please sign up for a new username and then post a message here; I can retrieve your article so that you can work on it. See WP:Your first article for a summary of what we're looking for. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:38, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
>(More email, this time from JoeD4): Hi dan, I have changed my username now! Can you please transfer the post so i can edit and have back on wikipedia again?
Sure thing, I replied on your talk page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I made the mistake of logging on one last time when between getting home and going to bed and found this. User talk:WereSpielChequers#Article linked to Miorat, any chance you could pick up on this as I need to hit the sack. Ϣere SpielChequers 23:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate all the help getting the article Ancient Roman society to AFD. It is a mess that I should have remembered to deal with long ago....but was distracted by the illness and recent death of my mother. I was called away in July and article slipped my mind completely until it was brought to my attention recently.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 01:16, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, G11 simply did not apply to the article I wrote on UPB -- there was nothing promotional in the article, and it was just a stub with a factual description of what the book was about, where people were going to come and add more encyclopedic stuff. And now you've eaten up the content that I wrote.
Thanks for nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rudd-O ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm just curious - is it really so important to restore a page purely to re-delete it with the technically correct deletion summary? — Ledgend Gamer 21:42, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to contact Dank55. This concerns the auto deletion of new wiki page Troy Dean Harris. It was put up wrongly - the content was not correct because it mirrored a prexisting web site. This is understood. But the page itself should not be deleted, just the content stripped so that it can be written appropriately. How to proceed? Pardon me if I am not following protocol. I am very new to this stuff. Tantidharo ( talk) 22:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, see my explanation for the db-repost at the article talkpage. I should have explained it at the talkpage earlier. Best, -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 14:52, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I am new to Wikipedia so I hope I am doing this right. I redid the Irwin Kula entry and it came back as a copyright infringement (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://yearnings.irwinkula.com/about.htm). But I have permission from the copyright holders of both Yearnings and CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, to use any material on their sites. Please reconsider the entry on Irwin Kula. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Intelligenttalk ( talk) 15:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, Aliza Kaplan, Director of Special Projects at CLAL is happy to give the requisite permission for use of the copyright material. You can contact her at akaplan@clal.org. Please advise the next step. Thanks so much. Intelligenttalk ( talk) 16:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
(copied from Danaman5's talk page) ISuppli gets 29100 hits in a Google news archive search that subtracts press releases ( http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22ISuppli%22+source%3A%22-newswire%22+source%3A%22-wire%22+source%3A%22-presswire%22+source%3A%22-PR%22+source%3A%22-press%22+source%3A%22-release%22&btnG=Search+Archives); you just speedied it per A7, may I restore it? (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
The user "DANK" has been renamed to "DANK (usurped)". This should eliminate any confusion. Kingturtle ( talk) 12:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you resotre this? -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 17:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I've declined the proposed deletion. It clearly asserts notability as the oldest such co-op. Bearian ( talk) 20:21, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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These are messages for every speedy deletion I declined this month through the 25th. I left talkback notices for most of the taggers in the first half of the month. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:27, 27 April 2009 (UTC) Holding PenFor these articles, I left a message on the article creator's talk page, and either moved the article to the talk page of their sandbox, or temporarily declined the speedy deletion for a few days, to give them a chance to read WP:FIRST and improve the article:
Taking to AfD. Declining db-spam. The first 50 of 1200 Google hits didn't establish notability; nothing on news.google.com; a few hits on Google's blog search FWIW. I would have {{ db-web}}'d it if I had had the patience to skim all 1200 Google hits, but I didn't. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC) Changes have been made to the P2Pspot page. Can I please borrow your expertise to verify the page is Wiki appropriate? -Webbpage —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbpage ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-spam}}. I deleted the one paragraph with a promotional tone, added endsections, and found references establishing notability. Also, there are 4 things to do if you're going to tag articles for speedy deletion; the easiest approach is to use WP:TWINKLE, which does them all at once. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC) This was created by an s.p.a. with a highly suspicious name, User:Kentexplorer, whose sole purpose seems to be to advertise this program and the allure of Kent. I believe he/she probably works for Explore Kent. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
As a cultural sensitivity thing, I'm really uncomfortable db-spamming Iraqi public works projects. Let's discuss at AfD. 3 admins who are very active in CSD work have all edited the article previously, and none of them tagged it for speedy deletion. There are 3 companies mentioned in this article, and it's certainly possible that the intent was promotional, but none of those 3 companies get more than one sentence of mention. Also, there are 4 things to do if you're going to tag articles for speedy deletion; the easiest approach is to use WP:TWINKLE, which does them all at once. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam, taking to AfD. When there's a long list of "reports" in reliable sources, but the marketing campaign for the product screams "promotional", I'd rather not have one person (including me) making the call, I'd rather see all the arguments first. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; article has been around for more than 3 years, edited by many admins active in CSD. If it's that bad, someone would have noticed. Feel free to revert to an earlier version or take it to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Company is listed in Hoover's, and there are many awards listed in the references. I agree with you that companies in the business of promotion deserve a hard look, but the tone doesn't seem to merit a speedy deletion as db-spam to me. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam; if the article is promoting some company, I can't tell which one, and the creator's contribs don't look like the contribs of a spammer. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD; tone seems descriptive rather than promotional, and I can't db-notability (A7) software (although there's a current discussion at WT:CSD on this). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD, this is a judgment call. This is an option on every "2004 model year or newer Chrysler, Jeep, or Dodge", meaning that there may be a lot of owners out there who'd like to see an article about it, although the article as written is too promotional. Most hits on "uconnect" aren't referring to this product. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:33, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam; tone not overly promotional, and notability is not a problem. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, taking to AfD. I will vote for db-spam at AfD, but there's a lot of support for keeping schools whenever possible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam for this 3-year old article. Reverting to an earlier version is fine, AfD is fine, but it's rare that no one will tag an overly promotional article for 3 years, and I don't believe the version at the beginning of Dec 30 was promotional enough to merit db-spam. I agree that the edits of Dec 30 by User:SANEcomms were overly promotional, and I've just reverted all but one of their edits to this article and blocked them per {{ spamusernameblock}}. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:23, 4 April 2009 (UTC) tweak 15:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining {{ db-context}}; it's an album, and all the context is in the infobox. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}}; please don't use this tag 2 minutes after the article was created. Taking to AfD; no apparent notability. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam speedy deletion; consensus seems to be against db-spamming high schools. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; doesn't seem unduly promotional to me, and the article has had many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. The tone didn't seem promotional to me, and the comic strip is discontinued. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. DGG did a lot of work on this, the subject seems notable, and the tone seems mostly okay to me. Feel free to edit any sentences that seem promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-context deletion because of the extra material added after the page was tagged. There's some disagreement over how fast to apply a db-context tag, and we're working on it; check WP:CSD#A1 in a week or so and see if there's any news. This article was tagged 8 minutes after creation, which is a problem at least for people interested in adminship, because many voters at WP:RFA see quick db-context, db-empty and db-nonsense tags as BITEy. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}}. db-spam, db-attack and db-copyvio are generally considered urgent; the other speedy tags aren't, and many people consider a db-context tag 2 minutes after article creation to be BITEy. There's some disagreement over how fast to apply a db-context tag, and we're working on it; check WP:CSD#A3 in a week or so and see if there's any news. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining {{ db-context}} deletion. db-context means that we can't figure out what the article is about; this article is about a school, and it looks okay now. Also, a lot of people who vote at AfD in articles about schools feel strongly about keeping secondary schools even when no sources are found. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; the article has been around a long time with many good editors. If the current version is too promotional, revert to the last version that seems okay. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion as db-inc. Although the site doesn't go live until next month, it's being widely written about; check the sources. For instance, from broadcast.oreilly.com: "What Obama's Data.gov initiative will do is both simple in concept and stunning in implication. It is data housekeeping." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article needs references, but article has been here for over a year, and I'm getting a ton of ghits from reliable sources. Feel free to edit the article for tone, but the article seems roughly as promotional as every other article about fashion, to me. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank55: based on the contributor's other edits today, it sure looks like spamming--they've created four articles promoting this agency, all with the same promotional text. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 15:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-copyvio; deleted the copyvio sentences. The talk page mentions a previous AfD discussion. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context: context is clear, and we don't usually speedy secondary schools (unless attack, spam or copyvio). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; I didn't see the copyright violation at that imdb page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion, since no product or company is mentioned, but prodding for the consistently how-to and promotional tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article has been around a long time, edited by many people active in deletion work. Feel free to edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Removing the copyvio material; declining db-copyvio deletion since we're getting some good discussion on the talk page. There's hope for a neutral article, eventually, about this clearly notable public transportation system. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion; article has a very long history with lots of discussion. Feel free to revert edits or edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio deletion; a judgment call, but I think we can get away with tagging this as a close paraphrase instead. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I've added a ref to the other good refs, and I think it's good enough to survive now. I'm declining the db-spam deletion. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks so much for your help... any good editorial ideas on how to not sound so promotional? Are there specific phrases I've used or ideas I've focused on too strongly, things I should avoid in future writing or try to clean up on this page? Thanks again! Jocelynp85 ( talk) 03:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Your db-spam tag was exactly right, the article was too promotional, but I got a lot of good ghits, so I rewrote the article to tone it down, and added a request for refs. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 04:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam because article has a long history. Feel free to revert to a previous version if the current version is too promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I think we can save this one; I've declined the db-spam deletion. I added a couple of references to the article from WP:Reliable sources. It can be hard to guess which businesses are likely to be written about in newspapers and magazines. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion, fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, adding . I disagree that it's strictly promotional; there are negatives as well. It would be better in a subdir, but this is an acceptable start on an eventual article. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam speedy; I don't think this was promoting a person or business. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion, fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam. Which sentences are promotional? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam: please don't tag an article for db-spam deletion when an admin ( User:SoWhy) already declined the db-spam deletion. If you disagree, discuss it with the admin. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I just declined db-spam speedy on this one yesterday. Like most admins, I'd prefer that you discuss it with me first before you tag it if I've already declined the speedy. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion, adding noindex, removing most external links per several of the Apr 14 discussions at WP:MfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC) tweaked to add date (From Apr 13): Also Hartlepool Sixth Form College. I almost always decline db-spam for upper secondary (ages 14 and older) schools; adding these to WP:WPSCH's todo list. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copvio; removing all the copyright violation I can find. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Apr 13: I declined the db-copyvio because the creator did some rewriting. I added references and marked the page as a {{ close paraphrase}}. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion since it fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore" (see templated warning on the page). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; the article has not gotten any worse since the "keep" decision at AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Apr 10: Declining db-nonsense; taking to AfD in part to get a feel for consensus regarding G1 and A1, but also because AfD seems appropriate. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:30, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Apr 10: Declining G7 deletion; User:TheJazzDalek has also edited this template. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam since the article has been around 3.5 years ... which is really surprising, given the tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; article has been around a long time, edited by many people active in deletion work. Feel free to edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:16, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Declined db-spam; I reverted to a less promotional version. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam; taking to AfD. The yahoo.com ref is okay, the others are iffy, and this is a new service, possibly not in full operation. Also, tone is too promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam because I see a lot of potentially useful Google hits; they seem to be what they say they are. But removing the material that has the wrong tone for Wikipedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining speedy per article talk page; taking to AfD and notifying WT:COMICS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-spam deletion, taking to AfD. There are lots of ghits for mobiforge and dotmobi ... so many that it's very hard to find evidence of RSs, but I believe they're there. Promotional tone, but per article talk page, creator is willing to work with us. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:08, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining speedy because the refs are reliable, but getting rid of about half of the material that had tone not suitable for an encyclopedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:59, 17 April 2009 (UTC) (On author's talk page:) Work with me here. The page mentioned above was nominated for deletion as "promotional"; but I think it will be okay if you keep working on it. I deleted the second section because we're interested in "just the facts". Also, please choose another username; while I was looking through Google hits (which seem to indicate notability for your organization), I saw relevant text from stopdv.org, so our username policy won't allow the username "stopdv" (a username can't promote or represent an organization or website). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:52, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". Contacting tagger. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:56, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam and reporting to WP:WPSCH, as with all upper secondary schools (this one is K-12), but this needs real work to survive. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:48, 18 April 2009 (UTC) The article has been deleted. I would welcome an article on ICODA, but it can't copy sentences from the website because that's a copyright violation, and it should describe rather than promote ICODA. It can be hard to tell the difference sometimes; I'll be happy to look at the article if you'd like to give it another shot. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC) [Re-created] ["Please do not remove speedy deletion notices" message from Eeekster] Sorry, just trying to establish something more than a stub. This is my first article, I beg your mercy... Marketchicago..
Thankyou.. stripping it down now... Marketchicago Declining db-spam deletion; what company or person is being advertised? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam. I get the idea; someone whose only edit is one broken link to their webpage, a webpage that talks about a logo and "coming soon", will probably eventually promote something. But this user hasn't promoted himself or a product, yet, so it's not db-spam yet. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; it doesn't use promotional language, it does seem notable, and the article has been around for a couple of years. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:36, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; taking to AfD. The taggers split on this one, and I'd like to get feedback on notability requirements for restaurants. There are a surprising number of ghits for this one, but do restaurant reviews = notability? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:21, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion and PRODding. The name is a common name for schools, so it's hard to assess Google hits. Most elementary and middle schools are not considered notable on Wikipedia, and there's no assertion of notability here. Reporting to WP:WPSCH#E. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; no promotional language. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:35, 19 April 2009 (UTC) In this article, I removed the long section of copyright violation I found, and declined the speedy. I left a note with the tagger to see if I missed something. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC) No copyright violation found, after searching for several phrases at books.google.com and generally. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nonsense deletion; it's not "incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history." - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; page redirected to a new target. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; page redirected to a new target. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G7 because I don't think the creator intended it. This page is showing up in various deletion categories, such as WP:CSD#G7, so odds are, admins who aren't paying attention (like me) will delete it. You might want to talk with some template people about how you can avoid putting the page into the same cats as the pages you're transcluding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:41, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declined db-spam deletion; this article could just as easily have been written by a student as by someone promoting the research facility. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nonsense, which is only for "purely of incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 15) Declining db-author. {{ db-g7}} already denied twice. Asking author if he wants me to AfD it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:45, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 14) Declining db-copyvio; creator is rewriting. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam, doesn't meet the requirement "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 10) Declining db-copyvio. Reverting to the last version that wasn't promotional and a copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 10) Declining db-copyvio deletion. I didn't see the copyright violation looking quickly; if anyone sees it, then delete the copyvio part, not the whole article. This article has a long history. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:38, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Pulled from db-spam queue to see if WP:WPSCH people can fix it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:49, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam because we should have an article on Teldex. I'll edit for tone. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 9) Declining db-copyvio deletion, but removing the copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 8) Removing from the db-spam queue while I ask at WT:MUSIC where to go next. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 8) Declining db-spam; Digital Data Exchange is a pretty big deal, and the tone of the article isn't terrible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:15, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 7) Declining db-spam; notable software, minimal information. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 5) Declining db-bio because there's a claim of notability; prodding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:20, 19 April 2009 (UTC) (Apr 5) Declining db-copyvio, removing copyvio, taking to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC) I declined the db-copyvio deletion, and removed all of the text I could find that was a copy of http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/whosWho/profiles/dlieven@lseacuk/Home.aspx. If you can find any text I missed, please remove it. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; wrong tag. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:26, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion; fails "there are no non-promotional revisions available to restore". - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; deleting some promotional language and text on stuff not yet released. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:52, 19 April 2009 (UTC) I may regret this, but I'm declining the db-spam deletion. Article has many references, and many editors have made small edits. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Putting db-corp deletion on hold to ask the author a question: what are your sources? How do you know that an Oneida chief was buried there, for instance? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC) I'm declining the "speedy" deletion for now. My question to the tagger is: can you identify a person, company or ideology that's being promoted here? Couldn't this be an article written by one of the runners about their club? There's a separate question of notability that might need to be discussed at WP:AfD; see for instance the 9 hits at Google News. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; source is GFDL. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio and taking to WP:CP; I appreciate the efforts of the author to make small changes, but more needs to be done to avoid copyright violation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; freebase page copied and credited Wikipedia. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp; they say they're a large utility. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Speedy deletion has already been declined. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context; context is clear to mathematicians. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; most hospitals are notable, there's no promotional language, and the article has had the same text since August. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-person deletion; ghits suggest notability. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy since it's been around for a year in this form, but taking to AfD. It looks to me like the tagger has been doing good work on "computer security" articles, and I think I agree that having an article on Wikipedia that could be seen as approval of such a product without actual notability could be a bad thing. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I left a WP:PROD message for the author: I'm declining the "speedy" deletion, but the article needs work to survive, and there's something odd going on, almost all of the first 40 hits are from Vietnamese sources, as if this is a national rather than an international pageant. Help me out here. Also see WP:FIRST for what we're looking for in articles generally. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:18, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-nocontent (2 mins after article creation), contacting tagger. Opinions vary on how to best solve the problem of articles that don't have enough content, but people are generally agreed that tagging the page for speedy deletion for "no content" 2 minutes after it's created without leaving a note (other than the standard warning) for the creator is not the way to go. It might be time for a discussion of how to best handle this at WT:CSD, if you like. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-copyvio deletion, taking to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wireless HDMI. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp deletion; lots of notability evident on Google news. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam; article has been in this form a long time, language is not overly promotional, and similar food items have done well at WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 22:00, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I left a WP:PROD notice for the author: a 30-year legal services office might well have been mentioned in newspapers, magazines, journals or books in a way that would establish notability; that's what we need to see for this article to survive. Also see WP:FIRST for what we're looking for in your first article. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-club deletion; see for instance http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_21/b4085042677127_page_2.htm. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion; language is not promotional. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:06, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context deletion. The article was created with the text "Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU)" and the edit summary "Started to create page", and you tagged it for db-context deletion 4 minutes later. Speedy deletion tags are okay immediately after article creation if we can already tell that something is going very wrong: copyright violation, obvious advertising language, a subject that we can easily tell doesn't meet the notability requirements, an attack page, or vandalism. None of that applies to this article. Please contact the article creator and let them know they're welcome to continue work on the article, point them to WP:FIRST, and after we know what the article's about, it might help to point them to a relevant wikiproject. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 12:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-talk; too soon. There's a bot that deals with talk pages of deleted pages after they're a week old; deleting the talk pages as soon as the article is deleted means the article creators might miss what's been said. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-context; article was tagged 1 minute after creation. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:40, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion for "Exact duplicate of XMobots Apoena"; changing to redirect. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-corp deletion; quick Google search suggests notability, and we can probably get help from WP:CHEMISTRY. I'll go ask. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 15:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion request by IP; article has been edited by a lot of authors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:20, 23 April 2009 (UTC) See WP:Articles for deletion/TCSJOHNHUXLEY. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio; claimed as former CEO of what is now WebMD, plus other companies. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:19, 23 April 2009 (UTC) I'm declining the db-corp "speedy" deletion on the theory that it's been around since 1936 so someone has probably written about it, but I'm getting zero Google hits suggestive of notability. I've WP:PRODded; anyone want to have a look? [I posted this at WT:CANADA.] - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion; makes credible claims of notability. Asking for help at WP:BOOKS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio deletion; he is or was a judge. See WP:BIO. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion requested by IP; tone is promotional, but the article has been around almost 2 years with many editors. Either revert to an earlier version, or register and take it to WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 19:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-person deletion; it's asserted that she oversees Residential Phone and Wireless Product Management at Time Warner Cable. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:23, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, creating redirect, since material is duplicated at the target page and this title is not implausible. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:43, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8 deletion; no reason to delete the talk page when the main page exists as a redirect. Same for Talk:Penny (The Rescuers). - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC) See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diary of a Wimpy Kid: My Last Year. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:12, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-test; not a test page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-copyvio; I can't find the copied text. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Academy of Financial Management. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining G8; AFC template. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context; prodding. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:34, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam requested by IP; article has been around almost 2 years, edited by many people. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:36, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context speedy; added one reference and asked for help at WT:TENNIS. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining A7; the Prix de Lausanne is a big deal. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 05:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam requested by IP; tone is not promotional; article is more than 3 years old. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:47, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining A7 request by IP; article is 3 years old. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 14:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion because that's not one of the speedy criteria (R2 or R3); feel free to take this to WP:RfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 16:50, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-context deletion, moving to correct name, and adding ref and see also. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion because article has been around almost 3 years with many editors, but feel free to take this to WP:AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining speedy deletion and asking WP:WPRS for help. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:26, 24 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-notability; this isn't a person, company or website. Feel free to AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:36, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-spam deletion because we already have a good article under the generic name; making redirect. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:33, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy; tagger's rationale was "This article is a duplicate of a section that was already in existence in the article Ancient Rome. This article was originaly created as part of a page split that was reversed in July of 2008 and has caused some (or a great deal) of confusion due to it not being deleted at that time." There are no speedy deletion criteria that cover this; would you like for me to take the article to WP:Articles for deletion? - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:05, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining G7 deletion; many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:55, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Declining db-nonsense; it's a real journal. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; article has been around a long time with multiple versions and many editors. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 20:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining "r3" speedy deletion; the extra redirect isn't promotional, and I've seen l33tsp33k myself somewhere. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 21:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion. 2640 google news archives hits (even subtracting "press", "release", etc as keywords). We should have an article on this group. Moved to official name, added refs and see also, and edited for tone. This was formerly a redirect to Efficient energy use. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:19, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion; would need clear consensus in the AfD. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam deletion request by IP, reverting to the last non-promotional version. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC) A judgment call, but it doesn't seem to be db-context, db-vandalism or db-spam. Prodding and watching. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:35, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion that was requested and then rejected by the only editor. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 00:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining speedy deletion, redirecting to proper spelling. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 01:17, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam request by IP for three reasons: db-spam requires no non-promotional version in the history; speedy deletion is not for articles with a long history and many editors; and db-spam requires nothing but promotional content. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:13, 26 April 2009 (UTC) I declined the speedy deletion and took the article to AfD because db-notability doesn't apply to books. A Google news archive search gives 39 hits for Janie Quinn, but none mentioned this book in the visible summaries, and the standard to meet at the notability guideline for books is very high. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-spam request by IP because there are non-promotional versions in the page history, and because the references clearly establish notability, and db-spam fails if there is useful content. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:43, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Declining db-bio; I added several refs from Google news archives. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 02:52, 26 April 2009 (UTC) I provided a reason for the deletion of those userpages/user talk pages: CAT:TEMP. Userpages and user talk pages of indefinitely-blocked users, who have been blocked for 1 month, are deleted. See User:CAT:TEMP deletion bot for more information about CAT:TEMP. These pages are deleted per WP:DENY. Cunard ( talk) 03:41, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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Ah, a kind word from you has brightened my evening. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 04:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
That was the first time I was ever called that. :D Now, the "is, and wants to be" is interesting. I can understand the "wants to be", because I don't think I have popular support on anything so it would be hard to be an actual populist. Do I even have support half the time? I mean, the opposes kinda seem like everything else I'm involved with. I always tend to be the lone dissenter, the guy in front of a tank, and chances are I get run over. But thanks for thinking of me as a populist. It makes me feel as if people perceive that I have a large amount of support. : D Ottava Rima ( talk) 16:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This was created by an s.p.a. with a highly suspicious name, User:Kentexplorer, whose sole purpose seems to be to advertise this program and the allure of Kent. I believe he/she probably works for Explore Kent. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a new page for macroview with references from online sources. Where can I put it to be reviewed? Don't want it being deleted again. Thanks. Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moejoe199 ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I didn't catch that bit about the author's father. Best leave it deleted for COI issues. Thanks for asking, though. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 02:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't understand why this discography entry is up for deletion. Just like any other music discography entry, it describes when the EP was released, some info about the songs, and a tracklisting. If this information does not suffice to keep it on Wikipedia, then I guess most of the wiki-pages created for single releases, should be as well.
Unit371 ( talk) 10:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add to my previous comment, that there are other iTunes EPs / releases that have their own wiki-pages as well, such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Originals_%E2%80%93_Alanis_Morissette
Naturally, the title is different here, but nonetheless it concerns an iTunes-only release, which would make it no different from my entry.
If there's a reason not to stay consistent in rules about music artists' releases, then I'd be interested to hear it!
Unit371 ( talk) 10:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Allright, in that case I've no clue what to do or change in order to keep it. As far as I can tell, many other artists have "Live from London" EPs, released through iTunes, and have actual articles on it here on WP.
I was just trying to expand the amount of information on David Gray releases. If that is not the aim on WP, so be it. Delete away!
Unit371 ( talk) 17:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Unit371 ( talk) 16:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, BJBot tagged it for deletion because it is orphaned. Since I was the main uploader of the image, I requested it speedy deleted. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 4, 2009 @ 14:58
Hi Dan,
While is was publishing my first contribution to Wikipedia, you already deleted it. It was amazing how fast this went, even during the editing, I lost all I worked on. It's amazing how you did this.
But now, I'm really convinced that I should publish this information in wikipedia, what do I do. I can't even make a start, so in what way do I publish information?
I have a lot more things to publish about design, but in this way I'm not very motivated to put energy in this.
Thanks, Dosigner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosigner ( talk • contribs) 21:26, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan,
Thanks for taking the effort to reply. First, it's not my company. At all. I'm trying to write a few wikipedia articles on design strategies, and this is an interesting one that builds on cradle-2-cradle, so I started with this one. I understand now, that I should first write the article offline and then paste it in there, but it was my first attempt ever to do a wikipedia article, so please be patient with my efforts. Indeed, most sources are Dutch, so maybe I should start there first, but I wanted to take a more global approach for this series of articles, but... you're right, I didn't even think about this. I'll go to sleep now, but will try again tomorrow or next week, being better prepared and not publish the first 3 sentences first to see how it looked, because it was gone before I even figured out how to make a header.
Thanks,
Dosigner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosigner ( talk • contribs) 22:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
You haven't edited the article in question, but since you are or have been actively involved in the IEC prefix discussion (sorry to remind you of it if you, like me, got tired of the uncivil discussion and wanted to have nothing to do with the issue anymore), I invite you to consider the nomination for deletion of the article JEDEC memory standards, which I believe can fairly be said to have been created only as a hammer for the discussion.
I beg you to try to keep your sentiments about the actual IEC prefix on Wikipedia question out of the deletion discussion and consider the merits of the deletion proposal, namely, notability in the Wikipedia sense ( WP:N), regardless of which units you believe Wikipedia should use.
The deletion discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JEDEC memory standards. -- SLi ( talk) 22:32, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
...since you mentioned populism: this probably inappropriate edit (and summary). Frank | talk 16:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't want you to delete my Joanie Bartels page. Just in case you did'nt know, she is a very popular children's singer. So, please don't delete it. Thank you for all of your time. Frederick Dickerson ( talk) 19:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
I'm feeling generous today and just saw you clearing out CSD. Accept this as appreciation of your good work :-) Patton t/ c 13:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC) |
Thank you! - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 13:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
This is not a SPAM look at imdb
ITS BALLADYNA/ THE BAIT also at pl.wikipedia.org - Balladyna (film)
But this is US -POL co-production, but Why somebody deleted Dariusz Zawislak as a director he had previous works could you help: Iook at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002241/ Dariusz Zawislak http://www.filmweb.pl/o13373/Dariusz+Zawiślak http://www.adyton.eu Would you be consider to undelete page or create new based on pl.wikipedia.org - Dariusz Zawiślak Best regards M. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MARTHA WARTA 2000 ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Admittedly, I considered a name change request after R'n'B passed RfA, but to be honest, there's only been one instance of confusion to my knowledge (some time ago, an experienced troll vandalized R'n'B's page after I speedied their nonsense article). If it becomes more of an issue or if R'n'B would prefer that I change my name, I wouldn't have a problem with it, but for the moment I think I'm content to just take a wait and see. Thanks again. Rnb ( talk) 14:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of PlayBox TV. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle ( talk) 15:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was patrolling the NewPages when I found Cha Cha Moon. I added a prod tag and added it to my watchlist. I noticed that you've already deleted the page. Just wanted to let you know. -- Gardenhoser! ( talk) 19:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
If you have a moment, I could use a hand or a referral to someone else who can help deal with this mess. At the current rate of things its going to get very ugly for everyone involved and I've done just about everything I can think of to avoid that. Tothwolf ( talk) 00:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Dan, If this discussion is getting to be too much for your talk page, feel free to move the whole section over to mine. As I mentioned earlier I never intended for VegaDark to follow me over here. Sorry about all the noise :) Tothwolf ( talk) 21:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Dank55, you recently deleted my user page on my own request. Well, I changed my mind about the retirement within the last 24 hours and I would like to humbly ask if it much trouble to un-delete or restore it. If it is necessary to go through many official channels I'd rather refrain from it, there was not much on the user page that was worth keeping, anyway. Well, the table with articles I have contributed to maybe. doxTxob \ talk 04:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Please speedy delete this (again) R3ap3R.inc ( talk) 15:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I have a question, how is the new page that I have put up promotional? This actor has major A-list films that have been noted in websites and articles all across the world, has a film that won a number of features and works with some of the top members of Hollywood. I do not understand. I do all of his pr from putting up all his websites to signing him and maintaining all the other websites including model mayhem, myspace and any other small public site. This is for publicity reason. Please do further due diligence as this is a person that many people know and have repeatedly requested him to be on wikipedia. Thank you. - Francesa R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.144.155 ( talk) 16:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for clearing that up, all the bio's were created by me but in any case if I change the wording to meet wiki's requirements will be able to post it up. If you could give me a few pointers that would be excellent. Thank you so much for all your help - Ces —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.144.155 ( talk) 05:17, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
You redirected this article "per discussion on talk page" yet there was no such discussion. I would simply ask that there be a true discussion over a reasonable period before automatically redirecting. As shown by the "under construction" tag, I am working on developing this into an acceptable article. Only one other editor has expressed actual opposition and seems determined not to allow any further development or even discussion and used your redirect as a supposed Admin decision. I would appreciate it if you would explain your position on the article's talk page. Thank you. Toounstable ( talk) 04:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank55, i posted an article naming Vopium, through my another account but both article and account were deleted. then i switched to my old account (ie current one) and writing you this message. I have revised the article for re-posting. I've tried to make all of the information in the article factually correct and accurately described Vopium alongwith references throughout. I have tried my best to make it look like encyclopedic but i would also like to ask you that what you feel is the best path forward for resubmitting? I will highly thankful for the kind help. Mansoor.ehsan ( talk) 10:07, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
You would make a much better service by editing the article than deleting it all. Natural User Interface (NUI) is a term widly used in interaction design ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design)... To everybody else check the Google cached article: http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:u8Z1onx42Y4J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_User_Interface+natural+user+interface —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.58.164.167 ( talk) 10:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, sort of. I was on low-activity mode from October to February, and I missed your elevation to the great office of janitor. Congratulations. I hope you are handling your new role well and without any of the stress that often comes with it.
I am slowly increasing my involvement with the community, although I have dropped a few of the items in my old agenda. I don't know how the Manual of Style clean-up is going (or whether you are still working on it), but I do not expect to do anything in this area in the near future, and maybe for longer than that. Apart from a mild interest in the progress of this matter, I simply cannot afford the resources to become more active there. Therefore, unless you have a use for it, I propose dismantling the experimental system we started developing last year for the documentation of the Manual and deleting its associated pages (everything listed here and any connected talk pages). It's a pity, but then again imagine how many such enterprises must have ended up in the dustbin throughout Wikipedia... Waltham, The Duke of 16:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for asking; school is going well, certainly better than in the previous semester, at least. I've just started my two-week Easter break (Orthodox Easter is a week after the Catholic one), hence the delay in replying (adjustment period), for which I apologise.
I have taken note of the updates, and you are to be commended for your diligent work in preparing them. They fill an important information gap in Wikipedia, and although I do not follow them that closely myself, I understand that they are especially useful for people dealing with FAs and the like, as well as participating in many meta-discussions.
Regarding the pages, I wonder if you might be so kind as to delete them yourself. As you say, you specialise in speedy deletions, and the fact that you have contributed to some of the pages in question might be an issue with a CSD request otherwise. And there is the posting of all those "db" templates, of course. :-) Therefore, three birds with one stone. Waltham, The Duke of 14:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Great job so far, Dan, and I thank you for it. There are only User talk:The Duke of Waltham/MoS/Charts and User talk:The Duke of Waltham/MoS/Charts/Manual of Style left, and then the whole thing will be almost as if it had never happened. Then I can get my watchlist to include just 82 pages, which is quite an improvement from the 120+ it had before my recent cleanup.
And that will probably be the last bit of housekeeping I'll need for some time. The rest of my userspace is pretty tidy, although a few pages probably need updating.
I had never thought I'd be too bored to do that. I wonder whether this is a sign of Wikipedian maturity—in the sense that I care more about the mainspace and discussions than about my own pages—or plain lack of enthusiasm. Waltham, The Duke of 22:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Better things? Well, that relies on interpretation. I am continuing my research on the Palace of Westminster, as well as reading a book on cryptography a friend of mine has lent me, The Code Book.
Modern Greek does not treat the past and the future much differently than English does, and this is the first time I've heard of the mental image of life you describe. I like the logic behind it; hindsight is commonplace, while foresight is a rare gift.
Regarding the pages, I was not aware of that policy. I did not desire to hide the discussions, which are probably of little interest to other editors anyway, but merely to get rid of the pages; now that I see how the Wikipedia principle of transparency extends into the userspace, I'll simply keep them as archives.
Thank you for your trouble. Regards, Waltham, The Duke of 16:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. Can you add to the discussion about the proposed merger of the Memphis Soul Music and Memphis soul articles? Steelbeard1 ( talk) 17:14, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
It looks like my withdrawal and subsequent tagging clashed with your deletion. I apologize for the mess, the rationale for withdrawing was that upon reflection I didn't see a clear advertising case, only a poorly sourced article in bad need of cleanup, something which can be fixed through other means. Sorry for the disruption. MLauba ( talk) 21:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aitias/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aitias/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, [[Sam Korn]] (smoddy) 22:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello Dank5. I am new to wiki so thanks for offering to help me. I now understand what was wrong with all of my articles. They were directory entries not encyclopedia entries. However, the final article that remains is this Angry Lamb Studios article. I have rewritten the entire thing, with a source, with a notable item under "Press". I am unsure if this is notable accoring to wiki guidelines. I was hoping you might be able to review it and let me know. Also, the article about Ty Fyffe to me seems just as eligible for speedy deletion as some of my earlier articles. Is this so? Why or why not? My feeling is that it has absolutely no sources. Is this a qualification for deletion? Thanks so much. Jsf8336 ( talk) 01:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Dank55 - just a little curious about your comments on the db-spam CSD I placed on TheKoalition.com. You mention it's only spam if it's non-notable. Is that part of the policy? Because the way I read G11 there is no requirement for it to be non-notable. "Blatant advertising. Pages that exclusively promote some entity and that would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."
Just wondering. Thanks. JCutter ( talk) 03:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I am actually the writer/copyright holder for the content on www.whiskeybasin.com/history.php. I posted the Whiskey Basin entry here, but it was deleted for copyright infringement. How can I get that reupped? [Name withheld]
I just discovered that Buddy wrapping is a complete rip-off of this website. The article has been there for over two years as is, so I'm a bit surprised no one has ever noticed this. -- Whip it! Now whip it good! 02:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a page for the Religions for Peace Non-governmental organization; however, it was deleted, can you please help me understand why and how can i retrieve this page?
Thank You,
Gloria Decamps
Gloriadecamps ( talk) 01:41, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you have deleted Neutrino Array Radio Calibration, can you please close its related AfD discussion? WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 20:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi there Dank55,
There seems to be a little bit of a problem with the aforementioned articles: the British news programme in question is indeed called The Late News, and my moving of all content from the incorrectly-named ITV Late News article aimed to reflect this. I apologise for the way I went about it: I was wondering, if of course it is no trouble, could you rename the ITV Late News entry to become the The Late News? I hope this is no trouble.
Many regards, Nick (LBM)
LBM | TALK TO ME 00:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a note, you seem to have forgotten to check the article history on that one. Please be more careful in the future, it's quite pointless for me to go and review speedy taggings if other admins ignore my decisions ;-) Regards So Why 12:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind taking care of some of the templates at Talk:Suicide? I was rearranging the archives into a box, and that has caused some problems in terms of section editing. -- Whip it! Now whip it good! 01:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I added a "hangon" some time ago and am in the process of rewriting. Do you mind if I create a new article removing the copyright violations? Thanks. -- EPadmirateur ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
What is your justification of deleting a page dedicated to a public company, that although it has lost a fair amount of cash, still has more than 200 investors after it has successfully launched the first and most widely distributed Christian PC Video Game ever? They are supported by nearly every major ministry, from Focus on the Family to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. And this past September, they posted their first profit. They are makers of some of the highest quality and best Christian PC games ever made. In view of the rise in Christian media, including Films, and Music in the past 15 years, it seems appropriate that this leading edge company would, appropriately, have it's own WikiPedia page. In view of the false mistatements made by the liberal media, please undelete the page...and contribute something, if you have something concrete and honest to add. JackInMurrieta ( talk) 10:33, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. You deleted my article for YorkArts, claiming there to have been copyright violations. I am the intern for YorkArts, and my boss requested that I create an article on wikipedia for the organization, and he permitted me to glean whatever I needed from their website, http://www.yorkarts.org. At the bottom of my article it included a reference section and listed the website as my reference. Is there anything I can do in creating a new page that would prevent it from being deleted but still using the material from their website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by YorkArts ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to look at the article, you gave the existance of the article for 3.5 years as a reason for denying the speedy, I can't find any mention of a time limit on the WP:CSD page, is this a standard convention, or a personal rule you apply? TurningWork ( talk) 22:43, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Why? How is this not BLATANT ADVERTISING? I don't see much substance other than giving details about a corporation. Looks like promotion to me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gb80 ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Upon review, my inclination is to leave it deleted. If you want to take it to AfD, I won't mind. -- Ryan Delaney talk 15:02, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
You declined the speedy on ExerciseTV because the creator wished that the {{ db-author}} would be removed. Doesn't the article meet A7, though? Cunard ( talk) 23:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dank, the content that was copied into this article was part of a Press Release put out by the Obama Administration. As a creation of the U.S. Government, it is public domain. There was no copyright violation. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willfjohnston ( talk • contribs) 03:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Confucius7 ( talk) 04:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)Confucius7 (talk) 01:53, 18 April 2009 (UTC)Dear Administrator: my name is Peter and I am trying to create the page North East Chinese Basketball League on wikipedia. The writing regarding the NECBL you see from http://udel.edu/stu-org/ccd/index.html is my writing since I was the founder for that organization, China Club of Delaware. If you ask the current president Wenxiao Li (allenli@udel.edu | 302 4196828 ) or the Previous President Quan Deng ( dengquan@udel.edu ) - they can all testify that the writing is mine, Peter Ran (peterran@udel.edu). I am the Founder of China Club and also Founder + Organizer of the NECBL . I can provide emails and phone numbers of all the team captains / participants in order to prove that the written material is mine. Kind regards, Peter Ran 267 455 5443 Confucius7 (talk) 01:53, 18 April 2009 (UTC) Confucius7 ( talk) 04:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear Dank 55 You have deleted the Nankali's Masticatory Force Systematization, which I wrote it. I wonder if you could let me know that what was wrong there? Kind regards, -- Ali nankali ( talk) 07:07, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this decline, I did not set ClueBot III correctly and it was sent to the wrong archive. So, can you please delete the page? -- The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 17:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a question on Cornwall Island (Ontario). Was the CSD tag the right course of action to take or would there have been a better one to use? - Warthog Demon 18:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
I've just seen that the new definition of the Unix command (ex : cron (Unix)) have been suppressed after my request of merging, to my mind it's abnormal. Moreover I've written in Cd (Unix) "db-histmerge cd" instead of "db-histmerge cd (command)", thank you for your services. JackPotte ( talk) 18:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
The article is a pure copy of Montenegrin First League with some hoax content like changed the nation from Montenegro to Andolia. Matthew_hk t c 14:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I can understand why you brought this to AfD. My own thought on the matter is that decent reviews of a restaurant act toward notability just as they do for a film or a book. While we grant notability to fast food establishments based upon the press they generate in their marketing, they rarely get great reviews for quality of product. If a smaller one-of establishment makes a decent enough impression to be reviewed and rated, that speaks toward its own notability in my opinion. Places like that will rarely get in-depth news coverage... unless thay are also historical or the site of some major event. So for them, a good review by established restaurant critics such as Frommers, definitely works to show note. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 16:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, but I can't merge the histories myself since I'm not an administrator (it is done by undeleting both pages at the same title). Could I ask you to have a try at that as well? Hemmingsen 16:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Apr 15) Also Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Couldn't determine who copied who, so moved to WP:CP. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 17:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Moved to bottom of page) Dank55 you delted the Cooperative Performance Improvement article giving a simple definition of the article title. Yes I have published the definitions at cooperativeperformance.com, however, the training classes teaching the topic will not be conducted for at least a couple of months thus there are 3 people in the world that know about this topic. If wiki does not want the actual definition of something appearing to be as impotant to performance improvement as Demmings work was to Quality, what gives. Or is it better to simply have someone else who does not understand the topic to submit? Surely this would be a validity problem for Wiki?
Markdgrissom —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markdgrissom ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
(Moved to bottom of page) Hey Dank55 you and Wikipedia are now officially notified you nor Wikipedia nor any representive of either have authorization to publish any aspects of works that fall within my copyrights. This is to avoid any quality issues with the information, definitions, understandings, or any other uninformed interpertation of the works. Dank55 if you or Wiki need to better understand what this means, feel free to contact me.
Markdgrissom —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markdgrissom ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
How is this not promotional? It basically says "look how great Shell is" - yes it's referenced, but so what? G11 says nothing about references nor does it speak to how many users have edited the article. – ukexpat ( talk) 04:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, I could not find that on the cited web site. Jezhotwells ( talk) 14:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
HI - I worked on the page again, I think this is more suitable now. I have been trawling for business refertences but these are not so easy to find. We have very many sci article references but i dpon't think it is right to use these just to justify the citation rule. Lets see what bots do. Thanks again. Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.147.232 ( talk) 18:29, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Morgan Ogg:
A tag has been placed on Morgan Ogg, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
Under the
criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please
see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{
hangon}}
on the top of the page and leave a note on
the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Rms125a@hotmail.com ( talk) 21:16, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I'm new to Wikipedia. Thanks for taking an interest in my Ubikwiti article that got an A7. I use Ubikwiti software and came to know about them through secondary links (as Wikipedia says). Would appreciate it if you could take a look at the following links. They are secondary links that would support the Notability issue: Please let me know if this would suffice.
Ubikwiti also appeared on Google and Yahoo news:
Publiceyes ( talk) 09:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Just to expand without turning WT:CSD into a battleground, I fundamentally believe that noindex and nofollow are a horrible way Google has generated in order to push its search index spam problems and their endemic lack of quality control onto the users and content creators. As content creators (I also blog as an aside), our job should be to concentrate on what we control ourselves, our own content. We have no influence on Google's indexing but also ranking mechanisms, we don't even have insight into how they work. Let's focus on what we control, our own content, and work on it according to established procedures.
I understand nothing ever happens in a vacuum on the internet, but things outside of our control can't be helped. If we have to let ourselves get influenced by these in our procedures, let's build a consensus to change our procedures (eg any AFD, PROD, CSD but also unreferenced BLP tag automatically tags noindex on the entire article) but until there's one, let us not worry about what might happen in Google. What happens in Google stays in Google :) Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 16:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you took some time out to correspond to me directly, I wanted to thank you with similar directness for your kindness and support on my RfA - the former more than the latter. It's gone through, so if you need an admin-person for anything, by all means give me a call any time! - Vianello ( Talk) 02:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I agree with your reasoning that the article does not entirely fall under the non sufficient context guideline. Normally taken i would have just watch listed it, and checked back a few hours or maybe days later. Why i didn't do that this time? About 2 hours or so earlier an article with almost the same title was already created. I assume this article should have been a redirect to that article, but i have been unable to find that article again. My conclusion? Either the article was deleted (Meaning this article would be a candidate as well), or it should have bern a redirect to that page. Seeing that the chances were low this article would develop further then the initial line, i decided to just be lazy and tag it, rather then keep searching. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs) 12:36, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Probably no bad thing that it was deleted, but I can't help feeling that maybe not all the content was copied from the URL mentioned and there was some salvageable content. Secondly, it was quite an old page, and we should consider that the site linked was in fact a fork of Wikipedia. Anyhow, would you mind looking into it a little? My memory of when I looked at the page a few weeks back may be flawed, and, being a non-administrator, I can't check. - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 16:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
While I was in the middle of creating my page about Ryan Babcock, you deleted it for reason A7. If I were able to complete the page, you would have realized that Mr. Babcock is an influential member of the federal courts in Georgia, as a 6 year, and current, judicial clerk to the Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo, Federal District Judge. Mr. Babcock is also a published author, having published "Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly: Regulating Judicial Speech in State Elections," 71 U. Cin. L. Rev. 721, 723 (2002). He is also active in the Brunswick Bar Association, and the Manna House, a well-known food kitchen in Brunswick, Georgia.
I find it unwarranted to conclude that Mr. Babcock is not of enough importance or significance to include on Wikipedia. Please explain your decision.
Scott Grubman, Esq. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgrubman ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I've moved them to the same pages but without the trailing "/" (messed up my configuration for the bot ^_^'), so no history is being deleted. Please axe them as G6 ShakingSpirit talk 19:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't get it. Why did you delete Megaholdings page. There are dozens of MLM companies in Wikipedia, with the same situation. This company has over 500,000 customers around the world and it sells through people so, they want to know what is this company about. What is different about other MLM companies (like Agel)?
I made an entry for Cyclone Airways which you tagged for deletion. The Article is significant because it established information about the airline vis-a-vis with other airlines of the Philippines.
Researchers about airlines in the Philippines may not know until they browse the wikipedia for information. Removing the article is like denying them the information about local airlines such as Cyclone Airways which have limited information available on cyberspace. Information could be linked to their website at www.cycloneairways.com.
bedcrawl ( talk) 06:59, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
You removed the {{ db-ad}} tag from this article, noting that "the author seems willing to work with us". However, the author has been blocked for his promotional username, so it seems unlikely that he'll be able to improve this article. However, now that speed and prod have been declined, I suspect it will take an AFD to remove this article, or adoption by another editor to improve it. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello Dank55. I am writing to challenge the deletion of You Crate based on your decision of it being "G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp") At the bottom of the page " http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp" we have noted that we have released the content of the page under the GFDL ("The text content of this page, titled "The R+L History" ( http://www.rlcarriers.com/history.asp), is provided under the terms contained in the GNU Free Documentation License.") I believe that this addresses the first terms in the G12 that it is released under a free license ("Text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving.") I respect your advice and I would like to get this page back to "live" as soon as possible. Thanks for your time. TruckTech ( talk) 15:08, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
This page, How to use acrylic plastic, unquestionably meets the criteria for speedy deletion as it as a how-to page that would not serve much purpose when someone can just go to the acrylic plastic article, but the problem is there is no suitable CSD tag for it. Whip it! Now whip it good! 18:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
He was a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, a lower, provincial court that evolved from the position of Justice of the Peace. These are the equivalent of Magistrates Courts or County Courts, and judges are not "important" enough to inherently pass WP:BIO. Ironholds ( talk) 19:37, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
You beat me to it, actually. Cheers, Dloh cierekim 21:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I missed the part that said previous speedy deletions are ineligible for G4 deletion (it was speedied G11, blatant advertising). If not another G11, it seems like a case of A7, no assertion of notability. RJC Talk Contribs 01:53, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I realized that you have deleted a page about an NGO working in India for education of the poor (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). The NGO is a registered organization under Indian laws. The page should not be seen as an advert to the organization. Its about an organization working to uplift poor children and get them out of their poverty circle. Please can you help me to recreate the page. I am sure the work of such organization and the work they are doing is worthy of a mention on wikipedia. If there is anything you feel should change in the tone of the article please advice. Many Thanks-- Shreyas.derashri ( talk) 09:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi , you deleted my Baxall Business Centre article, and after speaking to a few of you colleauges they feel maybe that is could be re instated. I asked what i needed to do to make it acceptible and they said they didnt really feel it wasnt unacceptable. If you still feel it needs changing, please could you tell me what i need to change. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjtk ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
You deleted an article about Shawn Stern who is running for U.S. Congress to represent California's 24th congressional district. I recognize and appreciate that in a system such as this it is vitally important to maintain and enforce stringent editorial guidelines to avoid abuse. Shawn is a notable person and I'd like to continue working on this article until it meets the guidelines for acceptable content. This was my first article, and I admit I came unprepared - I don't have a working copy of what I published. Would you restore this to my sandbox or to some other state that will allow me to continue editing it?
Thanks, I appreciate your help and for helping keep the standards of Wikipedia high. Cmalbright ( talk) 19:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
> Hi dan,
>
> I didn't realise I was breaking any wiki laws. Would it be possible for me to change my account name and keep the information of the Adler and Allan company on wikipedia?
We consider usernames named after a company and used to edit articles on that company to be promotional, so we don't allow them. Please sign up for a new username and then post a message here; I can retrieve your article so that you can work on it. See WP:Your first article for a summary of what we're looking for. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 23:38, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
>(More email, this time from JoeD4): Hi dan, I have changed my username now! Can you please transfer the post so i can edit and have back on wikipedia again?
Sure thing, I replied on your talk page. - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 18:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I made the mistake of logging on one last time when between getting home and going to bed and found this. User talk:WereSpielChequers#Article linked to Miorat, any chance you could pick up on this as I need to hit the sack. Ϣere SpielChequers 23:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate all the help getting the article Ancient Roman society to AFD. It is a mess that I should have remembered to deal with long ago....but was distracted by the illness and recent death of my mother. I was called away in July and article slipped my mind completely until it was brought to my attention recently.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 01:16, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, G11 simply did not apply to the article I wrote on UPB -- there was nothing promotional in the article, and it was just a stub with a factual description of what the book was about, where people were going to come and add more encyclopedic stuff. And now you've eaten up the content that I wrote.
Thanks for nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rudd-O ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm just curious - is it really so important to restore a page purely to re-delete it with the technically correct deletion summary? — Ledgend Gamer 21:42, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to contact Dank55. This concerns the auto deletion of new wiki page Troy Dean Harris. It was put up wrongly - the content was not correct because it mirrored a prexisting web site. This is understood. But the page itself should not be deleted, just the content stripped so that it can be written appropriately. How to proceed? Pardon me if I am not following protocol. I am very new to this stuff. Tantidharo ( talk) 22:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, see my explanation for the db-repost at the article talkpage. I should have explained it at the talkpage earlier. Best, -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 14:52, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, I am new to Wikipedia so I hope I am doing this right. I redid the Irwin Kula entry and it came back as a copyright infringement (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://yearnings.irwinkula.com/about.htm). But I have permission from the copyright holders of both Yearnings and CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, to use any material on their sites. Please reconsider the entry on Irwin Kula. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Intelligenttalk ( talk) 15:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dan, Aliza Kaplan, Director of Special Projects at CLAL is happy to give the requisite permission for use of the copyright material. You can contact her at akaplan@clal.org. Please advise the next step. Thanks so much. Intelligenttalk ( talk) 16:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
(copied from Danaman5's talk page) ISuppli gets 29100 hits in a Google news archive search that subtracts press releases ( http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22ISuppli%22+source%3A%22-newswire%22+source%3A%22-wire%22+source%3A%22-presswire%22+source%3A%22-PR%22+source%3A%22-press%22+source%3A%22-release%22&btnG=Search+Archives); you just speedied it per A7, may I restore it? (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 ( push to talk) 03:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
The user "DANK" has been renamed to "DANK (usurped)". This should eliminate any confusion. Kingturtle ( talk) 12:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you resotre this? -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 17:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I've declined the proposed deletion. It clearly asserts notability as the oldest such co-op. Bearian ( talk) 20:21, 30 April 2009 (UTC)