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Hi! I was wondering if a Political positions paragraph in an article about a politician is required to make it a good article. Mariah-Yulia ( talk) 22:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Um, did you notice the faulty screen shot box partially obscuring Ghandi's face? Also, I do not see how that image could even remotely be considered a Logo, which is what it was tagged as. MBisanz talk 01:59, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
You are correct that this article did not qualify for speedy deletion, but actually you can speedy delete an article that is at AfD if it does meet the criteria. It helps reduce the backlog at AfD. Beeblebrox ( talk) 20:17, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Was there a seperate PROD template on this page or was it simply deleted because of the PROD on the "companion" IPW (Australia) page? Mattlore ( talk) 10:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure why this article was deleted, it isn't a fluff article by any means, Im not quite sure how deletions like this get by.....the article had a large amount of citation to it as well as a quick [1] google search would show that it meets WP:N and WP:V the google shows that the research is by NO means WP:NOT#OR the WP:Prod was offensive to say the least, and by no means was the orginal author notified which is stated in WP:GOODFAITH Medicellis ( talk) 00:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi
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http://www.christopherreed2008.com/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.62 ( talk) 17:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I responded on the article's talk page. A Stop at Willoughby ( talk) 22:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey I am almost ready to nominate Davenport as a Featured Article. I was wondering if you could do a copy edit for me. It could use a read through with a fresh pair of eyes. Let me know! Thanks, CTJF83 Talk 19:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Now there's a thought. If those sentences were moved, possibly also adding "The first settlers of Davenport were mostly Germans." from the history article, maybe that could work. I've made a change to the article to that effect. Thoughts? -- Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Done
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-- Philosopher Let us reason together. 18:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't have the knowledge to write an article about the Romanian one — but for what it's worth, it's entirely normal and valid to leave the existing topic disambiguated, even if the other article doesn't actually exist yet, if the other person is sufficiently notable that the existing one couldn't be considered the primary topic. For instance, there was already a redlink to "David Popescu" in Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (Romania), so if we left the Canadian one at the plain title that article would be linking to the wrong topic — but by virtue of that position, the Romanian one is sufficiently more notable than the Canadian one that it would be inappropriate to disambiguate that redlink but leave the Canadian one at the plain title. Bearcat ( talk) 16:55, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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I'm just wondering why you removed the db tag and stated that notability had been asserted, with no references cited at all. If you could explain your reasoning, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Terrillja ( talk) 06:38, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Regarding this comment removal—I think those were good faith comments. Some may sound a little strange, but they all appear to have legitimate meaning. "contains nothing"—template has no text, just a category. "all of the text is plain black font"—template has only one link, the rest is unlinked text. "it's a license plate"—template is a image license tag. Pagra shtak 13:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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Should this article stay merge with I-405. Since most contents on SD Frwy is I-405 stuff, control cities, and community serve, basic stuff we should try to avoid. We have too little to wirte of I-5, I know SD Frwy is both I-405 and I-5, is the FRWY I hail off of.-- Free way guy 22:04, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Sorry about the lack of edit summaries. I was in the middle of a wearing out my rollback key as you can see from my edit history. :) That said, I tagged the redirects for deletion since they were created by meatpuppets of a banned user, User:JarlaxleArtemis AKA User:Grawp. This user has created what may well be among the most long-term and organized group of vandals I've ever seen on a wiki, recruiting copycats via Encyclopedia Dramatica. In keeping with this site's rule of no edits from banned users regardless of whether or not they're useful, I tagged those redirects for speedy deletion. The latest MO as evidenced by the blocked socks whose edits I rolled back is to do a few legit edits before cutting loose with page move vandalism. Thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 16:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
When did you PROD The Linkery? You never left a notification on my talk page, and I did not see the PROD in my watchlist. I request that you restore the article or we take the issue to DRV. -- Beefyt ( talk) 18:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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I am guessing that it's a redlink because CfD now stands for Wikipedia:Categories for discussion, rather than "for deletion".
If it's an automatic tool, you may want to update it? - jc37 03:34, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. I undid your removal of material you thought might be in violation of POV rules. If you're going to remove POV material, I'd ask that you remove ALL the POV material. Leaving the paragraphs above the material you removed seems to indicate potential bias on your part. Thanks. -- averagejoe ( talk) 18:02, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi! I was wondering if a Political positions paragraph in an article about a politician is required to make it a good article. Mariah-Yulia ( talk) 22:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Um, did you notice the faulty screen shot box partially obscuring Ghandi's face? Also, I do not see how that image could even remotely be considered a Logo, which is what it was tagged as. MBisanz talk 01:59, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
You are correct that this article did not qualify for speedy deletion, but actually you can speedy delete an article that is at AfD if it does meet the criteria. It helps reduce the backlog at AfD. Beeblebrox ( talk) 20:17, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Was there a seperate PROD template on this page or was it simply deleted because of the PROD on the "companion" IPW (Australia) page? Mattlore ( talk) 10:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure why this article was deleted, it isn't a fluff article by any means, Im not quite sure how deletions like this get by.....the article had a large amount of citation to it as well as a quick [1] google search would show that it meets WP:N and WP:V the google shows that the research is by NO means WP:NOT#OR the WP:Prod was offensive to say the least, and by no means was the orginal author notified which is stated in WP:GOODFAITH Medicellis ( talk) 00:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi
I took the picture from this site
http://www.christopherreed2008.com/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.62 ( talk) 17:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I responded on the article's talk page. A Stop at Willoughby ( talk) 22:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey I am almost ready to nominate Davenport as a Featured Article. I was wondering if you could do a copy edit for me. It could use a read through with a fresh pair of eyes. Let me know! Thanks, CTJF83 Talk 19:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Now there's a thought. If those sentences were moved, possibly also adding "The first settlers of Davenport were mostly Germans." from the history article, maybe that could work. I've made a change to the article to that effect. Thoughts? -- Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Done
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I don't have the knowledge to write an article about the Romanian one — but for what it's worth, it's entirely normal and valid to leave the existing topic disambiguated, even if the other article doesn't actually exist yet, if the other person is sufficiently notable that the existing one couldn't be considered the primary topic. For instance, there was already a redlink to "David Popescu" in Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (Romania), so if we left the Canadian one at the plain title that article would be linking to the wrong topic — but by virtue of that position, the Romanian one is sufficiently more notable than the Canadian one that it would be inappropriate to disambiguate that redlink but leave the Canadian one at the plain title. Bearcat ( talk) 16:55, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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I'm just wondering why you removed the db tag and stated that notability had been asserted, with no references cited at all. If you could explain your reasoning, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Terrillja ( talk) 06:38, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Sorry about the lack of edit summaries. I was in the middle of a wearing out my rollback key as you can see from my edit history. :) That said, I tagged the redirects for deletion since they were created by meatpuppets of a banned user, User:JarlaxleArtemis AKA User:Grawp. This user has created what may well be among the most long-term and organized group of vandals I've ever seen on a wiki, recruiting copycats via Encyclopedia Dramatica. In keeping with this site's rule of no edits from banned users regardless of whether or not they're useful, I tagged those redirects for speedy deletion. The latest MO as evidenced by the blocked socks whose edits I rolled back is to do a few legit edits before cutting loose with page move vandalism. Thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 16:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
When did you PROD The Linkery? You never left a notification on my talk page, and I did not see the PROD in my watchlist. I request that you restore the article or we take the issue to DRV. -- Beefyt ( talk) 18:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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Greetings. I undid your removal of material you thought might be in violation of POV rules. If you're going to remove POV material, I'd ask that you remove ALL the POV material. Leaving the paragraphs above the material you removed seems to indicate potential bias on your part. Thanks. -- averagejoe ( talk) 18:02, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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22:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
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21:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
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15:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
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?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript
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17:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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23:38, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
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23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
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20:08, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
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17:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
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19:22, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Philosopher. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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metadata for a wiki page. It doesn't change how the page looks.
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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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mw.util.jsMessage()
function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week.
Look for the warning Use of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecated
in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains mw.util.jsMessage
. There is a
migration guide. It explains how to use mw.notify
instead.
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22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm willing to get rollback rights to prevent unwanted edits. I can re-edit without rollback rights but it takes more time and I have to check properly 2-3 times. With rollback rights, it will become easier for me and thus for Wikipedia.