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Hi Ron, I can't blame you that you didn't want to go through the whole discussion we had with Snowded, but in all this information overflow my request must have been missed: would you be so kind as to copy antenarrative content into my sandbox? Depending on the content of the article I may try to repair it, since I am an organizational scholar familiar with the idea (even though it is not my area of specialty). thanks! Pundit| utter 07:50, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
The deletion of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_MacDonald_(computer_programmer)
has left the following wikipedia pages backlinked to a deleted page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Linux/Popular_pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_injection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux_distributions
BTW: The original page was the same as in Pcmacdon (though the following external references could have been added).
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2750 http://gondwanaland.com/meta/history/interview.html http://www.mihaiu.name/2005/linux-history/linux-history-6.php
Disclaimer: although this article is about me, I was in no way involved in it's creation (in 2004) nor any of the above...
Regards,
Peter MacDonald
Pcmacdon ( talk) 18:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Sure, that sounds fine. Let me know what I need to do... Pcmacdon ( talk) 01:42, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Ok Ron, I've reviewed WP:AUTO and updated the article. Accordingly, I've removed the stubs for linux and computer specialist. Pcmacdon ( talk) 19:43, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Ron, I'm afraid I now get to eat crow. Upon reviewing the history, it looks like I was likely the one who created this page. ie. I must have been following a link someone had put in Softlanding Linux System back in 2004. My apologies. Pcmacdon ( talk) 15:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Ritzman:
I am the contributor to an article entitled "Andrea Elizabeth Michaels" that was deleted this week. I am contacting you because you marked the article for deletion after a deletion review. I have been out of the office and did not know the review was taking place. The reason for the deletion was that Andrea Elizabeth Michaels was not "noteworthy" enough to be included in Wikipedia. In the event production industry, Ms. Michaels is known world-wide. Yes, she self-published her book, but she has been the topic of three other books.
In the deletion review, a comment was made that she couldn't be found in a google search. However, her article was supported with approximately 50 endnotes with references to her in articles, newspapers, books, magazines, Web sites, etc. All of them can be found on google.
It was also commented that I am probably a one-time only contributor who has a conflict of interest. So not true. As a newbie to Wikipedia, it took me so long to learn all the rules and regulations and to successfully get this article completed. Unfortunately, I do other work which pulled me away from contributing to Wikipedia, but I fully intend to contribute more, now that I understand how. This article is not a conflict of interest for me, because I have been writing for trade publications that address the event production industry for 25 years, and my focus is on all the personalities in that industry. Andrea Michaels is just one of the pioneers and outstanding leaders in that industry.
I am at a loss that someone who is so important to a multiple-billion-dollar industry would not be noteworthy on Wikipedia. Please, please reconsider re-instating this article.
I am happy to answer any question that you might have for me about this article. Thank you for your kind consideration of my request. Cmckibben ( talk) 20:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Mr. Ritzman:
First of all, thank you very much for reinstating the "Andrea Elizabeth Michaels" article that had been deleted.
I wrote my case in the AFD section as you suggested. Could you please advise at to the next step?
Thank you so much. Cmckibben ( talk) 21:53, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carvelli
Hello,
The article was deleted in December. It was deleted due to me not knowing the rules and I comprimised the article. It was up for a long time and with respect to the artist can the article be reinstated and put back to before I modified it. I was also under another name at the time. It was Bmcglobal.
Thank you. Rach Beau ( talk) 23:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I have a published work I would like to add to make Carvelli noteable. He was published in the DJ Times November Issue, Page 41. Charted as number 6 Most Added Track and #38 above Diddy and Lil Wayne. Thanks Rach Beau ( talk) 21:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Yukon Gear & Axle was deleted today and I would like to discuss the reasoning. I was working on adding more links/references and "Wikifying" the site. I know others were working on re-writing to be more neutral but before we were able to, the topic/information was deleted. I tried to write the article in such a way to inform interested parties on what Yukon Gear & Axle was; this is not any different than the Dana Corporation article. Please reinstate the article so we can continue to improve upon it. Thank you - Boqle ( talk) 20:50, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Is there anyway you could restore the site so I can finish updating the content to be more neutral and informative? I do have Patent Info and References from Publications and Periodicals to add and prove the notability of Yukon Gear & Axle. Thanks Boqle ( talk) 19:40, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey there. I'm not sure why you relisted the AFD discussion of War Division. If you read the comments, a consensus had already been reached: keep the article under a new name, and more context. I'm not sure if you can "un-relist" a discussion, but I'm just letting you know. Cheers. -- Ashershow1 talk• contribs 01:05, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I was wondering if you could put the contents of the article deleted in this afd into a user subpage, along with its talk page. I know it turned out to all be wrong, but I'm hoping to do some more research into the whole thing. Thanks!-- Yaksar (let's chat) 01:20, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron, I invite you to review the newspaper articles uploaded by me (Shreesh.shrimali). These newspaper articles give a very good view of Naman Y. Goyal's ability as a upcoming writer - director and his recent accomplishments. I propose Wikipedia must remove the article from its proposed deletion list. Please advise as i am new on wikipedia and contributing articles Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shreesh.shrimali ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
As a former prolific non-admin AfD closer, would you provide some input at User talk:Alpha Quadrant#Non-admin closure? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 02:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, How are you? I don't understand the harshness you are showing by deleting a page which had been yet reduced by a colleague of yours... He had deleted some important information about us as one of the first "steampunk" band in France. He surely could know better on the other side of the ocean... And now, you come from nowhere and delete the page... Couldn't you warn me before? I don't know what can be done or can't be here anymore. There are Wikipedia pages which have been online for years about people totally unknown and none of interest I personally know. I have had an argument with someone some weeks ago. He insisted on the democratic aspect of Wikipedia. My opinion is definitely the opposite. I feel very sorry to tell you that It reminds me the dark years of the Soviet Union practices. Nevertheless I'm ready to discuss it with you if you're more open to talk than "Republican jacobite" who never answered to my messages.
Sincerely yours, Arkad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arkad ( talk • contribs) 11:44, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi there- I saw where you deleted Foundation for Enterprise Development. Thanks for that. Could you also please delete SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes, which was a dual nomination in that same AfD? Jrcla2 ( talk) 02:24, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ron -- would you please give me some insight into why my article on the Foundation for Enterprise Development was deleted? I know that a few people voted "delete" because they felt the organization is non-notable, but the organization is actually having quite an impact across the country. I would very much appreciate it if you would take a close look at what the organization does, it's national impact, and the many supporting references that I included in the article. Thank you. Bizzwriter ( talk) 06:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Like a zombie, Dreamseller has returned. Yours, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 06:34, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I am a follower of this (as well as many other) musicians. I enjoyed the information on this article (it was informative) and am puzzled as to it's omission. Is it possible for you to revisit it and modify the content as to not violate your standards (if that was the case)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.43.171.69 ( talk) 15:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
No sense dragging this one out. I'll take it under my wing. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:42, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
In looking at history of the article Ricardo Fort I see that it was tagged for a speedy on March 7 and that the speedy was declined on March 8... resulting in the AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricardo Fort which you relisted on March 15. But in further examination of the article history, [1] it seems an AFD template was never added to the article, so though 9 days later than it should have been, I placed one there [2] and then went and added it to the deletion log. [3] Could you check to make sure I made no errors? Thanks much. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:14, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
There are several references to support keeping this article some of which are: http://www.moderndrummer.com/md-blogs-archive/300001252/Chris%20DeRosa and http://www.moderndrummer.com/md-blogs-archive/300001352/Chris%20DeRosa
He is listed on many recordings and is also in several national/international music videos: http://wn.com/Melba_Moore_Phil_Perry_Performing_Weakness —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.146.247 ( talk) 11:43, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, I added some quotations to prove the article. Other editors decided to keep the article. Please let me know, what I can do that the article of Susanne Kessler comes out of incubation. THX!!! I don't know which page I should reply to, any help is appreciated.
Leda47 ( talk) 14:09, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Leda47 ( talk) 12:42, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Susanne Kessler. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Leda47 ( talk) 17:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Carvelli. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. lifebaka ++ 00:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello...I am RAFIAMAN , Why my page is deleted few days ago???? I wanna to make a new Article About "Aeronautical Institute of Bangladesh". Cause this very important for World Aviation sector. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RAFIAMAN ( talk • contribs) 09:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. A few months ago, you closed an AFD discussion on Jersey Circus citing no consensus on whether the coverage was significant, despite it being reiterated that almost all of the coverage claimed was on other non-notable blogs. A few days afterward, the page was redirected to the Parodies section of Family Circus, which I now realize is a much more reasonable solution than the ones I offered. Would it be possible for you to alter your decision, or will I need to take it to Deletion Review? ~jcm 13:53, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you for deleting Peter Adediran. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.87.197 ( talk) 16:12, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you please delete the following photo of Peter Adediran?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Adediran.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.79.28 ( talk) 11:54, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Good day, iam the free lancer Journalist, i want to contribute in wikipedia to creat effective biographies of living persons, i have read the subject person article in the International Herald Tribune regarding exports.i find him very sourceable. when i created i saw it was deleted before in WP. so i may required permission for further proceed with reliable references. Ithad ( talk) 17:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Still waiting your confirmation. Ithad ( talk) 17:03, 2 April, 2011 (UTC)
Technically, since the article has been previously PRODded and contested, the AfD can no longer be treated as an uncontested PROD. I'm not saying you should modify the result for the sake of process, just FYI. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:23, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
You closed this as speedy delete, one editor blanked the page. This might apply to the disambig page in the main title, but not to the linked nomination of APECO itself. You might want to decide that or revert that. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 04:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
That deletion discussion doesn't seem to have been relisted properly. It showed up in Wikipedia:Database reports/Old deletion discussions, and Mr.Z-man's tool isn't picking up the original listing for relisting. Logan Talk Contributions 21:53, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Good evening. I've tried to find the discussion threads for this issue, but have been unable to do so. I'm writing to inquire as to why Pablo Gato's page was deleted. I've reviewed the information regarding notability and he definitely qualifies. He's an award-winning (2 Emmys, in addition to other awards and nominations) international correspondent as well as a published author. He resides in the United States and his career has been mostly here in the States. I would appreciate your assistance to understand the decision to remove him. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mercideltoro ( talk • contribs) 21:47, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to bug you, but you're one of the AfD-oriented administrators that I respect a lot. I'd like to request that you consider closing the rest of the Alpha-BLANK-BLANK AfD nominations from April 11, which were made via Twinkle by a user who hacked his way around a ban on use of the tool in order to launch an undifferentiated deletion attack. About half of them have been closed as bad faith nominations, but for some reason the others were allowed to stand, seemingly based on one or two Delete votes. They should all be shut down as improper nominations. Let people pick the 3 or 4 legitimate nominations — which were inadvertently hit in the wanton barrage of shotgun blasts — and renominate those legitimately so that they may be dispassionately considered on their merits. Thanks. Carrite ( talk) 01:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Ron, your close on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Writer (song) stated: "It's been snowing here since day 2." I don't understand how you can say that when every contribution on day two through save one was canvassed, and the one was by the canvasser himself? (Indeed, of even users canvassed, all but one chimed in with identical and outraged keep !votes.) The canvas problem was noted in the discussion; did you take that into account when you closed, and if so, how can you say that it was snowing on day two? - Simon Dodd { U· T· C· WP:LAW } 17:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Writer (song). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. - Simon Dodd { U· T· C· WP:LAW } 01:06, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
The article Yafei really should have been a speedy deletion. There is no chance this will pass an AfD, why would you want to waste more editors' time by relisting? If even the author hasn't come to the discussion to defend, why wouldn't you just delete? Maher-shalal-hashbaz ( talk) 02:17, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
Perhaps I am new to Wikipedia, but I have a difficult time fully comprehending the deletion of HealingHerald.org... the article you recently deleted. If at the bare minimum can you help me retrieve the page content so that I can understand where I went wrong.
-- Soul.guardian ( talk) 20:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
+ WP:TROUT, following Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Plenty_of_trouts_to_go_around_here.-- Shirt58 ( talk) 14:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much Ron. -- N KOzi Talk 05:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Ron Ritzman. This is Dug, owner of The Nodd. As I went to make further contribution to The Nodd's Wikipedia article, I have found it to be deleted, apparently by you. After reading the criteria for musicians and ensembles, The Nodd seems to meet at least some of the items presented, not the least of which would be The Nodd placing third in international music competition Emergenza's Philadelphia round, and winning Best Vocalist award in 2004, resulting in a brief national tour including visits to Chicago, St. Louis, Washington D.C., New York, Memphis, and Philadelphia.
I am curious why you have targeted The Nodd's page for deletion, which was not originally submitted by the band, but rather by an outside party. If there is something I could provide to you to persuade you to reconsider, please let me know. I have heard several praises of The Nodd's Wikipedia entry, and it being a valuable resource. True, perhaps The Nodd is not the most notable music group in the world, but I believe the criteria is met to keep the page up.
Respectfully,
Dug The Nodd http://www.thenodd.com
REFERNCES:
http://www.emergenza.net/bands.asp?band=t&offset=2760
Hi. I wanted to request undeletion of MyBB because I think there's no consensus here. Prior to that, I'd like to know why you felt there is consensus. Please note that I think you're understanding of the weakness of "keep" votes can be different from what "consensus" is. Thanks, huji— TALK 00:05, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The result was delete; but could you also delete Armenian roots, if you feel the consensus indicates it. I'm an involved admin, (and nominated one of them for deletion), so I could not delete it even if the consensus is clear. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm asking you to take the admittedly unusual action of rejecting/redoing this undeletion. The editor asking for undeletion is a new account, with no other edit history, but the action and the posted comment show Wikipedia experience. The article was originally created by a Benjeboi sock; Benjeboi has since been banned for his extensive, disruptive sockpuppetry (but hasn't stopped); and in all likelihood the REFUND request was the action of a banned user, therefore best disregarded. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 15:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, in conection with the deletition of the page Furious-M (rapper) I think it shouldnt have been deleted. I may be able to provide all the resources needed to back it up. You may google him for all the resources needed. I will take from where the last editor left off and try fix the page or i will create a new one. Waiting for your responses first —Preceding unsigned comment added by The rulez ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I would love to know what I can do to keep this from being re-deleted. When I look at other pages ( Steel City Derby Demons for example) the content is similar - what can I do to make it so that the page does not continue to be targeted? I appreciate any feedback you can provide. Imperialgrrl ( talk) 14:05, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I do not check Wikipedia entries frequently but noticed my submission on Soxman was deleted, with some voting members being less then polite referring to him as a "buffoon.” Is this cordial?
I’m guilty of several links being broken or old, as I have not maintained the page but completely disagree with the reason for deletion given that similar people of less accomplishment Andy The Clown, Ronnie Woo Woo, have their pages intact.
I have not saved the source code to this page, and do not know if it can be undeleted, but if so, I would request that this be done and I will fix the links and establish notoriety accordingly.
Soxman, is actually also a columnist for the Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye paper, covering the Chicago White Sox and co-writing a weekly column called pitch fest. As the article also referred to him as a journalist, there was a reason. He has also frequently been a guest on local television and radio.
Here are a couple links to serve as proof. I can produce more.
Soxman on Chicago’s WCIU’s Morning Show.
Soxman on MLB.com You have to click 4 or 5 video in.
Soxman’s Articles for the Red Eye
Please let me know how this can be corrected and what my options are for restoration.
SB Sportsbank ( talk) 19:44, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
FYI: - WP:REFUND#Mike Bloom (Musician) Undeletion Request. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 09:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Please tell me your hurry in deleting my page Itaril. I did, only the first time, copy information from various sites but I did list the sites under reference. The second time, you had no right, or reason, to delete it. I am familiar with wikipedia's policies and I know vary well that you had no reason.Zacharykirk 23:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)zacharykitk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zacharykirk ( talk • contribs)
Hello Ron,
I hope I am following the guidelines to contacting you regarding undeleting 'Mike Bloom's (Musician)' page. I just read a response as to why the page was taken down initially. I can provide references and articles to verify the information on his page as true and factual. Please let me know how I can help to provide the references and hopefully restore the page.
I also wanted to clear up, that Mike does not use Wikipedia for self promotion of any kind (as the previous administrator had misconstrued). As I'm sure you know, many people use Wikipedia as a foundation for research and a starting reference point. Because of that, it's important that his page is available. Not for self promotion. I know you didn't write the initial response to why the page was deleted, I just wanted you to be sure that Mike's page is available for the right reasons.
Thank you for your time. And please let me know how I can provide you with the information you need to undelete Mike Bloom's page.
Kindly, 5/11/11 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bljoe ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed these four AfDs while cleaning my watchlist [1] [2] [3] [4], it seems they are still open after a month. I'm not sure what should be done here, so I thought of letting you know since you're an admin. Best regards - frankieMR ( talk) 19:22, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, but DumbBOT did that on April 12. Is there an specific reason why it is from today? (just wondering, this bit my curiosity) - frankieMR ( talk) 00:07, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Ritzman,
I am contacting you before requesting a deletion review for the article on the open-source wiki engine MojoMojo, which has been deleted again, two years after a previous deletion was overturned thanks to new references being added (a book in print). This time the deletion process was very cursory, with only three editors. By contrast, the first AfD had much more involvement, and one of its fruits was a proposal (albeit denied) of revising the notability requirements for free open-source software.
The nominator's claim this time was:
“ | the user decided (incorrectly, I believe) that the topic suddenly was notable enough to re-introduce to normal article space. Some sources have been added since, but they seem to be either all blogs, trivial mentions or other non-reliable sources. | ” |
Actually, the reintroduction in the article space was only made after a most reliable source was added - a section in a book on Catalyst [1], the web application framework that powers MojoMojo. The book is accepted as a reference in the article on Catalyst. Here is a picture of the first page about MojoMojo in the book.
Kindly review your deletion decision, and please restore the
MojoMojo article, should you see it fit.
--
Dandv (
talk)
07:40, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron..So i reverted Mike Bloom (Musician) page, thank you for sending me the direct link, I really appreciate it. I also added many references and links to verify and authenticate his page. I think i formatted the links and references correctly, but it is definitely not my strong point. I apologize if I'm butchering the process. Please let me know if i need to do/add any other references to satisfy the sourcing requirements, and make the warning banner on the site disappear. Thank yous o much for your help...and patience. Kindly, Bljoe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bljoe ( talk • contribs) 22:09, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. A warning - see WP:REFUND#Mohammad Shaikh, again. I have pointed this guy to you because you offered in the last of these four AfDs to userfy for better sources. His article is no better then the previous ones, and he will certainly have to go to DRV before anyone will let it back in the mainspace, but it would not succeed as it is and maybe he should have a chance to improve it first. Another possibility, suggested in this ANI thread, is to redirect to the International Islamic Propagation Center article, but actually I have doubts whether that would withstand a notability challenge. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Ron. In your closure of Erdős–Bacon number you said that there were no arguments for deletion, except from nominator. In fact, I argued for deletion. Not that I have any quarrel with your decision made on the basis of the debate. Xxanthippe ( talk) 00:34, 16 May 2011 (UTC).
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
-- Ron Ritzman ( talk) 00:40, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | → | Archive 15 |
Hi Ron, I can't blame you that you didn't want to go through the whole discussion we had with Snowded, but in all this information overflow my request must have been missed: would you be so kind as to copy antenarrative content into my sandbox? Depending on the content of the article I may try to repair it, since I am an organizational scholar familiar with the idea (even though it is not my area of specialty). thanks! Pundit| utter 07:50, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
The deletion of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_MacDonald_(computer_programmer)
has left the following wikipedia pages backlinked to a deleted page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Linux/Popular_pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_injection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux_distributions
BTW: The original page was the same as in Pcmacdon (though the following external references could have been added).
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2750 http://gondwanaland.com/meta/history/interview.html http://www.mihaiu.name/2005/linux-history/linux-history-6.php
Disclaimer: although this article is about me, I was in no way involved in it's creation (in 2004) nor any of the above...
Regards,
Peter MacDonald
Pcmacdon ( talk) 18:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Sure, that sounds fine. Let me know what I need to do... Pcmacdon ( talk) 01:42, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Ok Ron, I've reviewed WP:AUTO and updated the article. Accordingly, I've removed the stubs for linux and computer specialist. Pcmacdon ( talk) 19:43, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Ron, I'm afraid I now get to eat crow. Upon reviewing the history, it looks like I was likely the one who created this page. ie. I must have been following a link someone had put in Softlanding Linux System back in 2004. My apologies. Pcmacdon ( talk) 15:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Ritzman:
I am the contributor to an article entitled "Andrea Elizabeth Michaels" that was deleted this week. I am contacting you because you marked the article for deletion after a deletion review. I have been out of the office and did not know the review was taking place. The reason for the deletion was that Andrea Elizabeth Michaels was not "noteworthy" enough to be included in Wikipedia. In the event production industry, Ms. Michaels is known world-wide. Yes, she self-published her book, but she has been the topic of three other books.
In the deletion review, a comment was made that she couldn't be found in a google search. However, her article was supported with approximately 50 endnotes with references to her in articles, newspapers, books, magazines, Web sites, etc. All of them can be found on google.
It was also commented that I am probably a one-time only contributor who has a conflict of interest. So not true. As a newbie to Wikipedia, it took me so long to learn all the rules and regulations and to successfully get this article completed. Unfortunately, I do other work which pulled me away from contributing to Wikipedia, but I fully intend to contribute more, now that I understand how. This article is not a conflict of interest for me, because I have been writing for trade publications that address the event production industry for 25 years, and my focus is on all the personalities in that industry. Andrea Michaels is just one of the pioneers and outstanding leaders in that industry.
I am at a loss that someone who is so important to a multiple-billion-dollar industry would not be noteworthy on Wikipedia. Please, please reconsider re-instating this article.
I am happy to answer any question that you might have for me about this article. Thank you for your kind consideration of my request. Cmckibben ( talk) 20:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Mr. Ritzman:
First of all, thank you very much for reinstating the "Andrea Elizabeth Michaels" article that had been deleted.
I wrote my case in the AFD section as you suggested. Could you please advise at to the next step?
Thank you so much. Cmckibben ( talk) 21:53, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carvelli
Hello,
The article was deleted in December. It was deleted due to me not knowing the rules and I comprimised the article. It was up for a long time and with respect to the artist can the article be reinstated and put back to before I modified it. I was also under another name at the time. It was Bmcglobal.
Thank you. Rach Beau ( talk) 23:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I have a published work I would like to add to make Carvelli noteable. He was published in the DJ Times November Issue, Page 41. Charted as number 6 Most Added Track and #38 above Diddy and Lil Wayne. Thanks Rach Beau ( talk) 21:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Yukon Gear & Axle was deleted today and I would like to discuss the reasoning. I was working on adding more links/references and "Wikifying" the site. I know others were working on re-writing to be more neutral but before we were able to, the topic/information was deleted. I tried to write the article in such a way to inform interested parties on what Yukon Gear & Axle was; this is not any different than the Dana Corporation article. Please reinstate the article so we can continue to improve upon it. Thank you - Boqle ( talk) 20:50, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Is there anyway you could restore the site so I can finish updating the content to be more neutral and informative? I do have Patent Info and References from Publications and Periodicals to add and prove the notability of Yukon Gear & Axle. Thanks Boqle ( talk) 19:40, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey there. I'm not sure why you relisted the AFD discussion of War Division. If you read the comments, a consensus had already been reached: keep the article under a new name, and more context. I'm not sure if you can "un-relist" a discussion, but I'm just letting you know. Cheers. -- Ashershow1 talk• contribs 01:05, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I was wondering if you could put the contents of the article deleted in this afd into a user subpage, along with its talk page. I know it turned out to all be wrong, but I'm hoping to do some more research into the whole thing. Thanks!-- Yaksar (let's chat) 01:20, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron, I invite you to review the newspaper articles uploaded by me (Shreesh.shrimali). These newspaper articles give a very good view of Naman Y. Goyal's ability as a upcoming writer - director and his recent accomplishments. I propose Wikipedia must remove the article from its proposed deletion list. Please advise as i am new on wikipedia and contributing articles Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shreesh.shrimali ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
As a former prolific non-admin AfD closer, would you provide some input at User talk:Alpha Quadrant#Non-admin closure? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 02:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, How are you? I don't understand the harshness you are showing by deleting a page which had been yet reduced by a colleague of yours... He had deleted some important information about us as one of the first "steampunk" band in France. He surely could know better on the other side of the ocean... And now, you come from nowhere and delete the page... Couldn't you warn me before? I don't know what can be done or can't be here anymore. There are Wikipedia pages which have been online for years about people totally unknown and none of interest I personally know. I have had an argument with someone some weeks ago. He insisted on the democratic aspect of Wikipedia. My opinion is definitely the opposite. I feel very sorry to tell you that It reminds me the dark years of the Soviet Union practices. Nevertheless I'm ready to discuss it with you if you're more open to talk than "Republican jacobite" who never answered to my messages.
Sincerely yours, Arkad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arkad ( talk • contribs) 11:44, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi there- I saw where you deleted Foundation for Enterprise Development. Thanks for that. Could you also please delete SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes, which was a dual nomination in that same AfD? Jrcla2 ( talk) 02:24, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ron -- would you please give me some insight into why my article on the Foundation for Enterprise Development was deleted? I know that a few people voted "delete" because they felt the organization is non-notable, but the organization is actually having quite an impact across the country. I would very much appreciate it if you would take a close look at what the organization does, it's national impact, and the many supporting references that I included in the article. Thank you. Bizzwriter ( talk) 06:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Like a zombie, Dreamseller has returned. Yours, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 06:34, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I am a follower of this (as well as many other) musicians. I enjoyed the information on this article (it was informative) and am puzzled as to it's omission. Is it possible for you to revisit it and modify the content as to not violate your standards (if that was the case)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.43.171.69 ( talk) 15:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
No sense dragging this one out. I'll take it under my wing. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:42, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
In looking at history of the article Ricardo Fort I see that it was tagged for a speedy on March 7 and that the speedy was declined on March 8... resulting in the AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricardo Fort which you relisted on March 15. But in further examination of the article history, [1] it seems an AFD template was never added to the article, so though 9 days later than it should have been, I placed one there [2] and then went and added it to the deletion log. [3] Could you check to make sure I made no errors? Thanks much. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:14, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
There are several references to support keeping this article some of which are: http://www.moderndrummer.com/md-blogs-archive/300001252/Chris%20DeRosa and http://www.moderndrummer.com/md-blogs-archive/300001352/Chris%20DeRosa
He is listed on many recordings and is also in several national/international music videos: http://wn.com/Melba_Moore_Phil_Perry_Performing_Weakness —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.146.247 ( talk) 11:43, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, I added some quotations to prove the article. Other editors decided to keep the article. Please let me know, what I can do that the article of Susanne Kessler comes out of incubation. THX!!! I don't know which page I should reply to, any help is appreciated.
Leda47 ( talk) 14:09, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Leda47 ( talk) 12:42, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Susanne Kessler. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Leda47 ( talk) 17:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Carvelli. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. lifebaka ++ 00:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello...I am RAFIAMAN , Why my page is deleted few days ago???? I wanna to make a new Article About "Aeronautical Institute of Bangladesh". Cause this very important for World Aviation sector. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RAFIAMAN ( talk • contribs) 09:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. A few months ago, you closed an AFD discussion on Jersey Circus citing no consensus on whether the coverage was significant, despite it being reiterated that almost all of the coverage claimed was on other non-notable blogs. A few days afterward, the page was redirected to the Parodies section of Family Circus, which I now realize is a much more reasonable solution than the ones I offered. Would it be possible for you to alter your decision, or will I need to take it to Deletion Review? ~jcm 13:53, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you for deleting Peter Adediran. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.87.197 ( talk) 16:12, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you please delete the following photo of Peter Adediran?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Adediran.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.79.28 ( talk) 11:54, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Good day, iam the free lancer Journalist, i want to contribute in wikipedia to creat effective biographies of living persons, i have read the subject person article in the International Herald Tribune regarding exports.i find him very sourceable. when i created i saw it was deleted before in WP. so i may required permission for further proceed with reliable references. Ithad ( talk) 17:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Still waiting your confirmation. Ithad ( talk) 17:03, 2 April, 2011 (UTC)
Technically, since the article has been previously PRODded and contested, the AfD can no longer be treated as an uncontested PROD. I'm not saying you should modify the result for the sake of process, just FYI. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:23, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
You closed this as speedy delete, one editor blanked the page. This might apply to the disambig page in the main title, but not to the linked nomination of APECO itself. You might want to decide that or revert that. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 04:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
That deletion discussion doesn't seem to have been relisted properly. It showed up in Wikipedia:Database reports/Old deletion discussions, and Mr.Z-man's tool isn't picking up the original listing for relisting. Logan Talk Contributions 21:53, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Good evening. I've tried to find the discussion threads for this issue, but have been unable to do so. I'm writing to inquire as to why Pablo Gato's page was deleted. I've reviewed the information regarding notability and he definitely qualifies. He's an award-winning (2 Emmys, in addition to other awards and nominations) international correspondent as well as a published author. He resides in the United States and his career has been mostly here in the States. I would appreciate your assistance to understand the decision to remove him. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mercideltoro ( talk • contribs) 21:47, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to bug you, but you're one of the AfD-oriented administrators that I respect a lot. I'd like to request that you consider closing the rest of the Alpha-BLANK-BLANK AfD nominations from April 11, which were made via Twinkle by a user who hacked his way around a ban on use of the tool in order to launch an undifferentiated deletion attack. About half of them have been closed as bad faith nominations, but for some reason the others were allowed to stand, seemingly based on one or two Delete votes. They should all be shut down as improper nominations. Let people pick the 3 or 4 legitimate nominations — which were inadvertently hit in the wanton barrage of shotgun blasts — and renominate those legitimately so that they may be dispassionately considered on their merits. Thanks. Carrite ( talk) 01:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Ron, your close on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Writer (song) stated: "It's been snowing here since day 2." I don't understand how you can say that when every contribution on day two through save one was canvassed, and the one was by the canvasser himself? (Indeed, of even users canvassed, all but one chimed in with identical and outraged keep !votes.) The canvas problem was noted in the discussion; did you take that into account when you closed, and if so, how can you say that it was snowing on day two? - Simon Dodd { U· T· C· WP:LAW } 17:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Writer (song). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. - Simon Dodd { U· T· C· WP:LAW } 01:06, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
The article Yafei really should have been a speedy deletion. There is no chance this will pass an AfD, why would you want to waste more editors' time by relisting? If even the author hasn't come to the discussion to defend, why wouldn't you just delete? Maher-shalal-hashbaz ( talk) 02:17, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
Perhaps I am new to Wikipedia, but I have a difficult time fully comprehending the deletion of HealingHerald.org... the article you recently deleted. If at the bare minimum can you help me retrieve the page content so that I can understand where I went wrong.
-- Soul.guardian ( talk) 20:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
+ WP:TROUT, following Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Plenty_of_trouts_to_go_around_here.-- Shirt58 ( talk) 14:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much Ron. -- N KOzi Talk 05:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Ron Ritzman. This is Dug, owner of The Nodd. As I went to make further contribution to The Nodd's Wikipedia article, I have found it to be deleted, apparently by you. After reading the criteria for musicians and ensembles, The Nodd seems to meet at least some of the items presented, not the least of which would be The Nodd placing third in international music competition Emergenza's Philadelphia round, and winning Best Vocalist award in 2004, resulting in a brief national tour including visits to Chicago, St. Louis, Washington D.C., New York, Memphis, and Philadelphia.
I am curious why you have targeted The Nodd's page for deletion, which was not originally submitted by the band, but rather by an outside party. If there is something I could provide to you to persuade you to reconsider, please let me know. I have heard several praises of The Nodd's Wikipedia entry, and it being a valuable resource. True, perhaps The Nodd is not the most notable music group in the world, but I believe the criteria is met to keep the page up.
Respectfully,
Dug The Nodd http://www.thenodd.com
REFERNCES:
http://www.emergenza.net/bands.asp?band=t&offset=2760
Hi. I wanted to request undeletion of MyBB because I think there's no consensus here. Prior to that, I'd like to know why you felt there is consensus. Please note that I think you're understanding of the weakness of "keep" votes can be different from what "consensus" is. Thanks, huji— TALK 00:05, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The result was delete; but could you also delete Armenian roots, if you feel the consensus indicates it. I'm an involved admin, (and nominated one of them for deletion), so I could not delete it even if the consensus is clear. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm asking you to take the admittedly unusual action of rejecting/redoing this undeletion. The editor asking for undeletion is a new account, with no other edit history, but the action and the posted comment show Wikipedia experience. The article was originally created by a Benjeboi sock; Benjeboi has since been banned for his extensive, disruptive sockpuppetry (but hasn't stopped); and in all likelihood the REFUND request was the action of a banned user, therefore best disregarded. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 15:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Ron, in conection with the deletition of the page Furious-M (rapper) I think it shouldnt have been deleted. I may be able to provide all the resources needed to back it up. You may google him for all the resources needed. I will take from where the last editor left off and try fix the page or i will create a new one. Waiting for your responses first —Preceding unsigned comment added by The rulez ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I would love to know what I can do to keep this from being re-deleted. When I look at other pages ( Steel City Derby Demons for example) the content is similar - what can I do to make it so that the page does not continue to be targeted? I appreciate any feedback you can provide. Imperialgrrl ( talk) 14:05, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I do not check Wikipedia entries frequently but noticed my submission on Soxman was deleted, with some voting members being less then polite referring to him as a "buffoon.” Is this cordial?
I’m guilty of several links being broken or old, as I have not maintained the page but completely disagree with the reason for deletion given that similar people of less accomplishment Andy The Clown, Ronnie Woo Woo, have their pages intact.
I have not saved the source code to this page, and do not know if it can be undeleted, but if so, I would request that this be done and I will fix the links and establish notoriety accordingly.
Soxman, is actually also a columnist for the Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye paper, covering the Chicago White Sox and co-writing a weekly column called pitch fest. As the article also referred to him as a journalist, there was a reason. He has also frequently been a guest on local television and radio.
Here are a couple links to serve as proof. I can produce more.
Soxman on Chicago’s WCIU’s Morning Show.
Soxman on MLB.com You have to click 4 or 5 video in.
Soxman’s Articles for the Red Eye
Please let me know how this can be corrected and what my options are for restoration.
SB Sportsbank ( talk) 19:44, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
FYI: - WP:REFUND#Mike Bloom (Musician) Undeletion Request. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 09:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Please tell me your hurry in deleting my page Itaril. I did, only the first time, copy information from various sites but I did list the sites under reference. The second time, you had no right, or reason, to delete it. I am familiar with wikipedia's policies and I know vary well that you had no reason.Zacharykirk 23:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)zacharykitk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zacharykirk ( talk • contribs)
Hello Ron,
I hope I am following the guidelines to contacting you regarding undeleting 'Mike Bloom's (Musician)' page. I just read a response as to why the page was taken down initially. I can provide references and articles to verify the information on his page as true and factual. Please let me know how I can help to provide the references and hopefully restore the page.
I also wanted to clear up, that Mike does not use Wikipedia for self promotion of any kind (as the previous administrator had misconstrued). As I'm sure you know, many people use Wikipedia as a foundation for research and a starting reference point. Because of that, it's important that his page is available. Not for self promotion. I know you didn't write the initial response to why the page was deleted, I just wanted you to be sure that Mike's page is available for the right reasons.
Thank you for your time. And please let me know how I can provide you with the information you need to undelete Mike Bloom's page.
Kindly, 5/11/11 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bljoe ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed these four AfDs while cleaning my watchlist [1] [2] [3] [4], it seems they are still open after a month. I'm not sure what should be done here, so I thought of letting you know since you're an admin. Best regards - frankieMR ( talk) 19:22, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, but DumbBOT did that on April 12. Is there an specific reason why it is from today? (just wondering, this bit my curiosity) - frankieMR ( talk) 00:07, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Ritzman,
I am contacting you before requesting a deletion review for the article on the open-source wiki engine MojoMojo, which has been deleted again, two years after a previous deletion was overturned thanks to new references being added (a book in print). This time the deletion process was very cursory, with only three editors. By contrast, the first AfD had much more involvement, and one of its fruits was a proposal (albeit denied) of revising the notability requirements for free open-source software.
The nominator's claim this time was:
“ | the user decided (incorrectly, I believe) that the topic suddenly was notable enough to re-introduce to normal article space. Some sources have been added since, but they seem to be either all blogs, trivial mentions or other non-reliable sources. | ” |
Actually, the reintroduction in the article space was only made after a most reliable source was added - a section in a book on Catalyst [1], the web application framework that powers MojoMojo. The book is accepted as a reference in the article on Catalyst. Here is a picture of the first page about MojoMojo in the book.
Kindly review your deletion decision, and please restore the
MojoMojo article, should you see it fit.
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Dandv (
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07:40, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron..So i reverted Mike Bloom (Musician) page, thank you for sending me the direct link, I really appreciate it. I also added many references and links to verify and authenticate his page. I think i formatted the links and references correctly, but it is definitely not my strong point. I apologize if I'm butchering the process. Please let me know if i need to do/add any other references to satisfy the sourcing requirements, and make the warning banner on the site disappear. Thank yous o much for your help...and patience. Kindly, Bljoe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bljoe ( talk • contribs) 22:09, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. A warning - see WP:REFUND#Mohammad Shaikh, again. I have pointed this guy to you because you offered in the last of these four AfDs to userfy for better sources. His article is no better then the previous ones, and he will certainly have to go to DRV before anyone will let it back in the mainspace, but it would not succeed as it is and maybe he should have a chance to improve it first. Another possibility, suggested in this ANI thread, is to redirect to the International Islamic Propagation Center article, but actually I have doubts whether that would withstand a notability challenge. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Ron. In your closure of Erdős–Bacon number you said that there were no arguments for deletion, except from nominator. In fact, I argued for deletion. Not that I have any quarrel with your decision made on the basis of the debate. Xxanthippe ( talk) 00:34, 16 May 2011 (UTC).
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-- Ron Ritzman ( talk) 00:40, 16 May 2011 (UTC)