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Can you please explain how you came to a decision to close this as delete rather than no consensus? Please also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janel Bishop which closed today. Not only do I think a delete close for Cherise Haugen was unwarranted given the discussion, I would suggest the two results are contrary to each other. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 13:04, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
It would have been good to provide an explanation - whilst I know AFD isn't a headcount it appeared you were going against the prevailing sentiment. Also, we have Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Brown (2nd nomination) closed as keep today which has caused a very confusing situation. Three people notable for the exact same thing, one keep, one delete, one no consensus. Not really sure how to deal with that going forward. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 23:05, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Cherise Haugen. 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. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 01:56, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
When you turn a Community episode article into a redirect, please unlink the article from the season's episode table per WP:SELFREDIRECT and also remove it from {{ Community (TV series)}} per WP:EXISTING. Thank you. -- Radiphus 07:11, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article BrowseAloud is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BrowseAloud (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. KTC ( talk) 15:14, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi the page [Sukhi Wahiwala] was deleted however it was a draft that needed further work, but we were unable to edit it because you deleted it. Please advise on how we can build this page properly so its no deleted again whilst we are working on it, Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigfanta ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, no, just trying to figure out how to use wiki, I personally just find it confusing. I want to do it properly and is not intended as promotional but seem to keep messing up. What do you suggest are the best pages to look at to do this properly if ok? Kind Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigfanta ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Your user page made me feel better about my lowly anonymous editor status. I’ve happily confined myself to minor typo fixes and "Personal life and Death" info. I like the term deletionist. I’m not brave enough to do it on a large scale since I think deletions require a broader knowledge of wiki policies, but I have deleted death info that reads more like an obit (full of euphemisms, words like “beloved”) than a neutral wiki article. I loathe vandals, so it’s nice to know that there are those out there with the tools to deal with their shenanigans. Thanks. 72.129.236.61 ( talk) 18:58, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
This regards to deletion of the above article. The article is a well sourced reflection of reliable secondary sources written in a neutral tone that conforms to how a “Biography of living persons” ought to be written. Please reinstate it. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 01:59, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
I am not engaging in pointless "dispute resolution" for no dispute. Promotional articles are disallowed and are deleted. Go rewrite it appropriately, without the promotion, or don't. Seraphimblade Talk to me 08:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
OK. I will seek opinion from others as I mentioned above. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 08:13, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello again, Seraphimblade. I just wanted to make sure you saw my reply here. If you think it would be most helpful and well-received, I can put together a trimmed-down version of the history information. Do you have any other ideas for how to move forward, or thoughts on the other edit requests on the article's talk page? Thanks again. Dodds_Writer ( Talk · Disclosure: Employee of Teradata) 02:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
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that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.Hi, I'm hoping to create a distinct page for Calderwood Christian School, however, it is currently blocked for creation by administrators only. I've created the page in my sandbox if you would like to check it out and instruct on any changes. I was hoping to move the article out of my sandbox. Can you please advise what to do next? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 00:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
No, I don't think you're stupid. Ally works for Illawarra Christian Education which is the parent organisation. I work for Calderwood Christian School but am not getting paid to write this article. Originally, I read her article and it seemed promotional so I re-wrote it after looking at other educational articles. I believe this article is worthy to be on Wikipedia as there is a lot of history to this school especially in the area that it currently is and it has separated as an individual school from Illawarra Christian School. Please advise on the next course of action or if you would like proof that this isn't the same person as AllyCook. Did you read the sandbox article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I've submitted the draft article for creation. /info/en/?search=Draft:Calderwood_Christian_School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 5 March 2018 (UTC) Can I re-edit the Illawarra Christian School page as the information is out-of-date and the organisational structure (principal's) is incorrect? I would like to update the information on there so that it is accurate and in the last 10 years reflect the changes from campuses to schools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 00:18, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Happy Sunday. I understand your reasoning for page deletion was that the tone was promotional, and I agree that the content could have been edited to adopt a more neutral/encyclopedic tone; However, I feel that the subject warrants a page. So, I'm requesting that you userficate (if I can be so bold as to use that as a verb) the page so I can address your feedback and rework the article. Or, would you recommend I recreate the page under the Articles for Creation section?
To generally respond to the page deletion, my understanding of the wording from User:Seraphimblade/Deletion FAQ: "If an article even asserts something that might make the subject notable, it is not eligible for speedy deletion," [1] is that this article would not have been eligible for speedy deletion, as I sourced the assertion that the individual is notable because he is the son of a famous architect, whose work continued his father's legacy. So, based on that, I don't believe the page should have been speedily deleted. Secondly, I responded to your initial marking of the page for speedy deletion, and I do not see any response there.
In the end, I'm very happy and willing to work with you to edit the article to meet your expectations. Looking forward to hearing back from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsbmhca 717 ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, one more thing. Wording from the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion page about G11 speedy deletion: "This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional...If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion." [2] Because the subject and his work is notable, and related to notable work already described in ]] /info/en/?search=Richard_Neutra%7Canother Wikipedia article]], I'd like your help to rewrite the text with a more neutral point of view. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsbmhca 717 ( talk • contribs) 20:24, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I went to go update my Salad and Go article and found that it was deleted (per G11). It was my first attempt at writing a full article for Wikipedia, so I'd like the opportunity to fix it with input from an editor. Would it be possible to have that content restored somewhere so I don't have to start from scratch? And as I've seen others do before - I can confirm I'm not attached to Salad and Go in anyway, nor am I being paid. mklowcall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mktv2000 ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. You recently deleted a page "MitoQ" for being advertorial in nature. We think that this is mostly untrue but are very willing to work within the rules and get the page back up and running with encyclopedic content only. The article was not meant to be advertising in any way. MitoQ is a well researched molecule (over 250 peer reviewed articles to date) and all of these studies are independent. We want to make sure that researchers have easy access to basic MitoQ information and are willing to work with you (if you are willing) to make sure the content is not promotional. There are many other pages for bioactive molecules/supplements/drugs which contain similar content. We have a draft of what we would like to put back up and happy to run it past you before starting if you are willing to help? Much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willstow ( talk • contribs) 01:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. Yes I am an employee of MitoQ and the person who would work on the page would also be paid by us for their time. We are happy to make full disclosure of this as per the rules.
Hi Seraphim,
The page I created: wikipedia.org/wiki/WizG , was deleted for not having enough of an encyclopedic tone. When I reposted it, my intention was to re-write the content per the guidelines, yet it was deleted again with an admin lock placed on it to protect it. How do you recommend to re-write the page and unlock it ?
Thanks, DJ Music DJ Music ( talk) 16:49, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade! As our discussion was archived without any further comment, I've restored an old version of the Wikipedia article in my userspace from a local backup. I've immediately tagged it as a translation, and I won't publish it to the article namespace. Instead, I will be working on the article in the next weeks to make it good for AfC. I hope this is within the standards, and I'd appreciate if you'd put the draft on your watchlist to keep an eye on it. If I do anything wrong, please let me know. -- UP at G+J ( talk) 11:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
Pls do undelete Ramdas Padhye page as he is one of the leading ventriloquists in India.The reason mentioned is unambiguous advertising.I will rewrite the content on his page or you can rewrite it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovemuppets ( talk • contribs) 06:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello.
Damon Allen Jr. is 100% notable. The content was not promotional and was written in a neutral tone.
Two pages that I created months ago have recently been deleted. The reasoning provided was for inappropriately promoting these articles, I however, was not promoting the articles. The "talking up" of the subject was not my own. These were cited quotes from secondary sources. I have read over the promotion, neutrality, and notability guidelines outlined by Wikipedia, and feel as though I followed them. My question is, does the page come across as being "promoted" of I am quoting articles that may be intended to promote? My words were not promotional in any way. I tried to make sure that I was neutral, however, I can see that if by quoting an article that is promotional, that I may be in violation. My next question is why not give me notice before deleting the articles? I would have gladly edited the articles that I worked on for several months. There was no warning, flag or notice that it was promotional until now when it was deleted without question. I do not think that they qualified for "Speedy Deletion" because they have been in place for months now. How am I receiving a "promotional content final warning" when I didn't receive an initial warning in reference to either of these articles? They have been in place for months, so I believed that I was editing appropriately. Also, there was no chance for me to contest or address the errors. Is there any way you can provide me with the text that I did have in place so that I may edit from there to meet the standards? I am an English Major due to graduate in May, and thought that Wikipedia editing would be a great skill to have, however, it is quite frustrating to have my work deleted when I tried to meet each guideline and expectation of me as an editor. Please give some guidance as to what I can do to have my work restored.
The criteria for speedy deletion states, "If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedy deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations and pages that meet specific uncontroversial criteria." You cited "WP:G11" as the reason for speedy deletion, and under this section it specifically states, "If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion."
I am asking that you give me the opportunity to edit my work and write in a more neutral fashion.
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Hello, again.
I did review the disclosures as you advised. I understand that I have to disclose any employers or clients on my main user page, or on the talk page for the article of which I edited/created. Thank you for the direction on that. Certainly helpful information.
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Hi Seraphimblade -- consensus at Articles for Creation seems to be that Bosworth is notable and the draft article salvageable. Would you mind if I unprotected the target title? Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 20:37, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Good morning, I am Secretary General of The Progressive Episcopal Church. Yesterday evening I attempted to create a Wikipedia page for our denomination, and took the liberty of using several sections, slightly edited, from our denomination's website which I own and manage, as well as the domain. I had sent the OTRS team an email releasing the quoted copyrighted material for use under the recommended Creative Commons License, and was prepared later today to provide verification that I in fact own the www.tpecusa.org website and am thus entitled to "plagiarise" from my own material.
This morning I was surprised to see you had deleted the page as "advertising" which puzzles me, as I had used other Wikipedia entries for small denominations as guidance for creating TPEC's page. I respectfully request the page be restored, that I might continue with the verification process. The Progressive Episcopal Church is already listed on this Wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=List_of_Christian_denominations_affirming_LGBT; the Communion of which we are a member also has a wiki page here: /info/en/?search=Free_Protestant_Episcopal_Church. The page I created is not advertising, nor is it intended as such.
Thank you, Rt. Rev. Thurlow Weed, Secretary General of the Progressive Episcopal Church. Tweedfour ( talk) 10:52, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
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Could you revoke this IPs talk page please? Thanks. 172.58.40.75 ( talk) 21:41, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Seraphimblade. I respectfully come to you asking if you can you please explain why you have rejected to add the names of the products to the ZoneAlarm page -- I am a heavy user and really like them, so I though it would be really cool for everyone else to be aware. I see that other antivirus providers have their product and feature lists on Wiki as well such as /info/en/?search=McAfee, /info/en/?search=Bitdefender, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BullGuard, /info/en/?search=AVG_AntiVirus, /info/en/?search=Avast_Software. Therefore, what's the pattern?
Also, under "Awards and Certifications", I have added a latest award by PCMag ( https://www.pcmag.com/review/355010/check-point-zonealarm-anti-ransomware) following the two other they have. Why was this not accepted?
Thanks for clarifying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcusmor ( talk • contribs) 05:46, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Seraphimblade, I trust this finds you well. I am reaching out as I do not seem to understand why my article was deleted under G11.This is not the first time that I have tried to submit a page on Floriane de Saint Pierre. In the past, I have been told my administrators that the subject of my page passes the notability guideline, but that it was not written correctly. I have significantly revised the text in order to remain neutral in tone. Additionally, all of the sources used are from independent and reliable sources to prove everything that was stated. I do not have any direct interest in promoting this article. I simply attended a university lecture by this individual last year, and was surprised to find no existing articles. Since we have the same Alma Matter, and as I found her lecture so inspiring, I was motivated to create her page, but we have no direct contact. I would really appreciate knowing what part of the text was not neutral enough in either tone or content, as everything stated was backed by reliable sources. I thank you in advance for your time and reply!
The article discussed here Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive263#Vanessa_Beeley is back. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade
Thanks for the very prompt response and thank you for the clarification.( See below ) I'm new to Wikipedia and when I discovered myself on there I did not look at conflict of interest before editing. That was indeed ignorant of me. I'm not sure how to reverse the editing that I made - though some things are incorrect, I would rather leave things as they are. I'm not particularly tech savvy. Can you tell me how get my page back to the way it was. Thank you Tina Cross
Hi there, I am a New Zealand singer/entertainer and I see someone has posted information about me. I'm not sure how Wikipedia works but upon discovering this information I decided to edit and correct here and there. I have noticed that much of my editing says ' citation needed'. If the information is about my career then surely I am the best person to verify my own career information In many instances, I'm unsure how to get citation. For example I was a celebrity dancer on 2008 New Zealand Dancing With The Stars. I'm unsure how to verify this other than with a newspaper article. Thank you, I look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards Tina Cross ONZM
@Cross.sullivan: We cannot accept personal knowledge as a reference, even from an article subject, since article content must be verifiable by reliable published sources. However, a newspaper article from a reputable publication would generally be an acceptable reference. I would also strongly recommend that you read the guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest, which includes editing an article about oneself. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Could you please undelete this article? It was speedy deleted as blatant advertising, which (as someone who I don't think has edited the article, but lives in the company's country of operation and has heard of them) in my view wasn't (also in Graham Bartlett's at WP:REFUND. They are a notable company - if people want to argue otherwise, they should nominate it at AfD so there can be an actual discussion about it. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 02:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
An editor is making bad edits to the Peter Strzok page. I was going to take it to the talk page of the article but it seems pointless given the track record of the editor and the fact that the editor appears to have been topic-banned from US politics (?) [3]. Could you clarify whether the editor is topic banned or not? Can the editor's bad edits be reverted? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 01:13, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi, my draft was flagged as promotional and deleted. I will attempt to revise so that it does not sound promotional, as this was not the intention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cguarino13 ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Convergencia Sindical. 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. Bookandcoffee ( talk) 23:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I am a student and i am doing a project for my digital marketing coursework. My teacher will mark my work. Could you please recover my work on the wiki? Thanks a lot !!!! The following is my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penny Pu ( talk • contribs)
Hey,
I just wanted to check on whether you'd still be interested in doing copyediting for the Signpost. If yes, we're currently getting into the phase were articles for the next issue are in need of copyediting, so I could hook you up with some material to look through. I'd also be grateful if you could record any things that were unclear to you about the style of articles, since I'm currently getting together a Manual of Style for the Signpost. Whaddaya say? Zarasophos ( talk) 22:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, we represent the artists Huguette Caland, and have been working on her Wikipedia for several weeks now. Could you kindly recover the edits on the page? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lpuymartin ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi I just checked out your profile and it appears that you know what you're doing, so do you have any tips for uploading sections? I tried to upload two but they were deleted as it was seen as ads. Is it perhaps something about the language used?
I understand if you don't have time but would appreciate it if you do :)The main problem is that the sources are in Danish...
= CanopyLAB is an edTech company based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
It as established by CEO Sahra-Josephine Hjorth and Christian Skræm Juul Jensen in 2015 <ref> http://pleasure.borsen.dk/portraet/artikel/11/198284/.html/ref>.
CanopyLAB was based on Sahra-Josephine Hjorth's PhD-research <ref> https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/fra-forskningsprojekt-til-ivaerksaettereventyr?publisherId=8155951&releaseId=9468229/ref>.
I saw that you deleted Hysitron as advertising. I didn't contribute to the article, but it seemed relatively neutral to me. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 20:34, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
All the work that i create are not paid work and i understand the promotional part of it n will try not to repeat that again... will follow your advice and redo those pages using draft and allow other editors to look at it.. Army ( talk) 13:38, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Why did you speedily delete this? The article was a description of a career, with no promotion whatsoever. 86.17.222.157 ( talk) 20:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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The article about an Egyptian actor and a lot of sources talk about him and his work Usama Tolba And achieves remarkable
I've recreated article after Alibaba Group acquisition. Can you please move it from its current title Daraz (company)→ Daraz. It seems like it is blocked so only you can move it. Thanks in anticipation. Störm (talk) 12:17, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
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You have removed a lot of information from the Alec Stevens page. For example, he has taught at the Kubert School since 1992. That is notable. Why remove it? Why not visit www.kubertschool.edu, see his bio, and footnote it? Furthermore, you have removed the cover art for his Sadhu Sundar Singh graphic novel, and all references to his Calvary Comics imprint which has been ongoing for the past 18 years. Furthermore, all references to his music career have been deleted. Examples for footnoting can be provided for all of this. If you do not wish to engage in it, another editor can be solicited for help. Regards, Chrisart7 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Let's take one item at a time which you deleted. The Kubert School. http://www.kubertschool.edu/faculty/Alec_Stevens.html Why delete that info? It is relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
I won't revert the article again, but I will have a wiki editor, either yourself or another, help me with footnoting and the like. I don't have much free time for this sort of thing, but was surprised to see so much information disappear so fast! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:40, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see that you deleted the article for Jessica McKenna today. The content of the article was neutral and only stated some personal details and her citable television roles. I had included on the talk page that I intended to improve the article, and I would be fine with it moving to a draft space. Can you clarify how you found the article to be promotional and warranting a g11 speedy deletion? My intention is to restore the article and improve it. I am not Jessica McKenna, nor do I know her in any way. I did make my edits in the last few hours, so maybe your deletion was already in process before I changed things? †Basilosauridae❯❯❯ ( talk) 20:36, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Have noticed that you deleted the new article about Bit8 citing excessive promotional material - did not do so advertently - will rewrite the article and re-upload today. Can you comment or suggest edits to the new version if you think it still has an excessive promotional slant - this is not what is being intended, as Bit8 is one of the most well known supplier companies in the online gambling industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maltalinks ( talk • contribs) 08:16, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to say thanks for writing such detail on your user page. This has given me a better understanding and some good thoughts to consider. In particular, you say:
That is a very interesting point. It makes me consider whether I should do the same. I prefer to be a very private person, so I do not normally post personal details. However, I believe fighting unconscious bias is important. I will give this some thought.
It is also interesting that you say: "Without deletion of unverifiable content, there is really no need for administrators whatsoever".
I agree that "culling is an art", and I believe removing text is often key to improvement. But I had considered myself an inclusionist. Perhaps it feels different when thinking about it as "removing a bunch of hard work" vs "remove things that don't belong, and reverting the deletion is fast and easy".
hm. I will give this some thought. Thanks. -- Culix ( talk) 05:25, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for edits. Unfortunately you deleted about 17 sources and over 2 paragraph of facts. Which I will rewrite an improve on because they are indeed notable facts. I really wish you had just flagged them so other users on the watch list and I can fix it. But I understand your point of view and respect it. Would you be able to switch this page to the second stage of Wikipedia? So it will appear in search engines? Since the current information is correct? [[User ohare415|Ohare415] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohare415 ( talk • contribs) 15:52, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
I didn't mean to promote her. I found facts. Like she did use diversity in her line which is stated in 3 sources. Obviously I need to rewrite and tahnked you for. I am hoping instead you will be kind enough to help me.
How were those not clear-cut BLP violations? Would you like me to walk you through them? -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 05:24, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
[[Hi Sir its Micheal from MPSE (Motion pitures Sound Editors ) he worked for us lot of the movies as freelance and most server connected through team viewer and getting to studio helping us worked for film in hollywood and nation geographic channel , Tv season shows too , his really talented he works on to Biggest sound edtitors Guild ( ADR , Foley , SOund design ) Recroding Session ) Film SCoring ) in US and Uk of our branches and in NYC because as u let me knew have less records on to ur profile u had done big stuff working with warner bros sound , pinewood studios , sony pitures sound , skywalker sound , lipsync , sound dogs , etc but he had worked greatest short films and tv shows academy awards nominated person plus this time EMMY openings and he was nominated too and now am looking to post the same deleted biography which was previously deleted praneeth Rao]]
[[This was done by MPSE studio , Micheal not by himself we had to post his profile for the which he had done a great stuffs for us and for the team because previously i had a control of this account to help other taking articles so went with his name. my bad sorry .]]
--PraneAdword (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC)Micheal--PraneAdword (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PraneAdword ( talk • contribs)
This is a legitimate business, why did you G11 the article? 1, They have a contract with Tottenham Hotspur!, Govvy ( talk) 09:54, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know how to get back the content from this deleted page : /info/en/?search=The_Global_Child_Prodigy_Awards. I want to create a draft from it's old content and modify it. Can you help me ? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbabeux ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, my name is MX and I'm reaching out to you regarding the deletion of Eugenio Minvielle Lagos in February 2018. Was there a discussion I can go back to see what editors' opinions were on the article? I helped rescue this article from deletion from a new editor back in 2017 and helped promote it to DYK. There were multiple, independent sources about this person's tenure at the companies he worked at, including a legal case he was involved in that I thought should be included despite the creator's initial pushback (probably because of her COI). See my comments in this DYK nomination page regarding the problems we addressed. Anyways, I just thought the article was fine for Wikipedia. Would love your two cents on this if you have a chance. Cheers, MX ( ✉ • ✎) 20:39, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Can you clarify why the Wish Farms page was deleted? I understand and have read the guidelines and do not see how our page violates them. In the past, our Wikipedia page has been very helpful in answering basic facts and history that consumers nationwide have about Wish Farms. It had not been updated since 2011 and we felt it was necessary to give the most up to date information. This is not for our promotional use, but rather to be a resource for those who would like to know about the history of our 96 year old company. Some of the links that had been used as reference are out of date now. We were hoping to update all of them in the spirit of Wikipedia's mission. I personally rely on Wikipedia on a daily basis and feel shocked and hurt by this decision. We respectfully ask that you reconsider this deletion and let us know what we can do properly update our company's page.
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A summary deletion with no discussion? This was not, I think, appropriate. There are a number of organizations under the People's Vote umbrella, and Scientists for EU is one of them. Others are Our Future Our Choice, Open Britain, European Movement UK The article was new, but to call it "blatent advertising" with no discussion is inappropriate. Over here (in the UK) it is certainly a notable organization, working in the area of a significant social and political issue; there's 132 mentions of it on the Wikipedia already. We intend to restore the article. It is most regrettable that you did not allow it to go to AfD so at least people could have taken a copy of it and there could have been discussion about it. I appreciate that you may have acted as deletionist here in good faith, but in this case you were misguided. -- Evertype· ✆ 09:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Uninvolved Comment Just slightly puzzled by the reference to the plural 'we' in the closing sentences. "We intend to restore the article".. Irondome ( talk) 19:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I am an intern at a company called InteDashboard which manages the features of Team-Based Learning (a different teaching methodology) and I wish to write an Wikipedia article on the software.
However I am aware that I bear a conflict of interest. I am a new user of Wikipedia, and am a little overwhelmed on the numerous policies and guidelines in WP:COI. Additionally, I question whether I am able to source the company's website for describing the features of the software, as only a handful of third-party dependable sources describe any features. Would there also be any tips or general overview to get started on Wikipedia?
Thank you for your time.
Yen31435 ( talk) 07:37, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Yen31435 (talk)
@ Yen31435: First, thanks for recognizing that you'll need to account for the conflict of interest and doing that ahead of time. It is a lot of advice, and reading the details isn't a bad idea, but it boils down to a few main points. First, someone with a COI should not create or edit an article directly in mainspace (the actual encyclopedia). Creation of an article should be done as a draft and submitted to articles for creation for review, while edits to an existing article should be suggested on the article's talk page, then marked by placing {{ request edit}} on the article talk page to flag it as needing review. Second, you will need to make the required disclosures for compensated contributors, as described here. (You don't really need to disclose more information than you've told me, but the link gives specific ways the disclosure should be made clearly visible. You don't have to disclose your own identity if you don't want to.) That's true even if your internship is unpaid; in that case, your compensation is the experience and knowledge you're gaining from the process, but interns are still considered compensated editors and still must disclose. And all editors are required to stick to the requirements of neutrality and verifiability.
That aside, you may want to think carefully about whether attempting to create an article will even work. The notability requirements outline what's required, but that boils down to that there must exist enough reliable and independent source material to write a complete article. That doesn't mean blurbs or name drops in material about something else, it means reliable source material that substantially, directly, and in reasonable depth covers the article subject. If that type and quantity of source material about the company doesn't exist, you would, quite frankly, be wasting your time by trying to create such an article, because the software not an appropriate subject for an article yet. Most companies and products are not appropriate article subjects. So before you even start down the road of trying to create an article, I would advise you to see what type of source material is available, and think if trying to create an article is even worth spending your time on to begin with. Additionally, you'll still need to stay neutral and follow the sources. If no other independent and reliable source saw fit to cover some feature, it's probably really not important enough to mention in the article either. Wikipedia articles are not meant to be exhaustive feature lists. Self-published sources like a company's own website are usable on a limited basis in certain cases, but should be used sparingly. The bulk of article material should be referenced to reliable, independent sources. Seraphimblade Talk to me 13:33, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, can you please block the user whilo is constantly creating the article Suma Salt? The article has been deleted numerous times. Thanks Knightrises10 ( talk) 15:50, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry if you found it to be offensive, but in English it just a polite way of ending what you say. Knightrises10 ( talk) 16:06, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
Could you restore or provide me with a deleted page? Montdylan ( talk) 13:28, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Seraphimblade, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coperix ( talk • contribs) 21:26, 29 August 2018 (UTC) neither Unambiguous advertising /promotion I am not a paid editor. If you've suggestions to improve the page i am open to correct it. I think there's an error of appreciation because Global Africa Art Market report is publicly known. And i don't see the advertising side of the page. Yes the annual report is "the first of its kind in the history of modern Africa"there's no doubt on it. I suggest to make your own research. Speaking/reading about modern and contemporary african art market is a crucial matter. If you browse most of articles on arts in Africa you can notice the lack of subject on market including solid data/analysis. All the best, Coperix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coperix ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello Seraphimblade, Thank you for your assistance. I've submitted a new draft which i would like you to review. Kindly Coperix
Hello talk:Seraphimblade, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below. 13:40, 31 August 2018 Seraphimblade (talk | contribs) deleted page Fibre2Fashion (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) (thank)
as you know Fibre2fashion Page is deleted can we edit our content as per wiki guideline, thanks & regards, Umang Amin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umangamin2222 ( talk • contribs) 05:17, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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.I contested the deletion of Ontario Horticultural Association at Talk:Ontario Horticultural Association, requesting input from the nominator. You either didn't bother checking, or ignored the talk page discussion, or felt it was unreasonable. Could you please state which? Moreover, after posting the message, I was in the process of adding references to the article. Did you read any portion of the article or talk page, and if so, can you please identify the contentious advertising material for me? To be given only a few minutes to update the article between notification and deletion is ludicrous.
In the meantime, please restore the article so I can update it. As an admin, I could easily do this myself, but I don't like overriding other admin actions. Mind matrix 17:12, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
As I am new to Wikapedia please can you explain why the 2 pages I created one is classed as advertising. (Peter Lorimer) Ewan Venters runs a shop so he is also advertising and promoting Fortnum Mason. Richard Branson, Michael Rapino, Live Nation lots of people are promoting and advertising what makes Peter Lorimer a presenter on Netflix any different. His Co presenter has a Wikipedia page though. I am only asking and don’t want to upset anyone. All the people i mentioned are commercial people making money so why can they have a Wikipedia page? I watched Peters programme on Netflix and it’s very good BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 19:25, 9 September 2018 (UTC) No problem and many thanks for explaining. Hopefully Someone can write the page correctly
I see you have deleted the page again and I personally cannot see any advertising on the new page. I personally will not be writing the page again or creating any other Wikipedia pages I will leave that to the experts plus I don’t have much time to waste. You already have a page for his Netflix series so not sure Peter really needs his own page. Please could you do me a favour and delete all the pages I created as I don’t know how to do that myself BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 21:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC) I have managed to delete one of the Wikipedia page content I created and would appreciate if you can help me and delete all the others including the draft pages. Thank you for your help in advance BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 21:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, you recently deleted a page I created (Universal Coin & Bullion). It was deleted for promotion, which makes no sense to me, as all articles I create/edit are encyclopedic, complete with valid references and sources to substantiate all content, and meet Wikipedia's notability.
If you feel there was any promotional content, please point me to it so I can address the issue, but I don't feel like the page should have been deleted. Thank you.
Jbaysinger ( talk) 20:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
No, as previously stated, I do not receive compensation for my edits. I do sometimes contact the subjects, or people directly and indirectly related to the subjects that I write about.
You alluded to the file on Candace Smith's page as an example. I never stated I created that file, only that I own the rights to the file, which I do. The rights to the photo were passed on to me by the copyright holder.
I'm a technical writer. I'm basically working all day, and I edit Wikipedia when I have time, which is not often.
In my line of work, I frequently come in contact with people who give me ideas for Wikipedia pages/edits. Other times I browse existing Wiki pages looking for content that needs to be revised.
But no, I am not being paid or compensated to edit Wikipedia. Jbaysinger ( talk) 00:39, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade. Sorry to pick on you since you've both closed AE's related to GMOs and were an arb in the original GMO ArbCom, but I was wondering if I could pick your brain a little.
You probably saw the AE case where I pinged you when I quoted your arb vote. I won't get into the meat of the Petrarchan case since that should be handled strictly at the AE case at this point. However, there's a lot of stuff going on with other editors there and not much discussion from admins yet. It seems like we have a history of GMO AE cases on aspersions festering a bit with slow action, other editors getting emboldened to cast their own aspersions, and needing to sanction multiple editors instead of one. [4] Originally, the aspersions principle we crafted at ArbCom was meant to tamp down on editors making either direct aspersions or indirect ones (e.g., preventing gaming by not directly mentioning a specific editor).
It seems like the current case has been fairly slow on admin comments and is starting to go down the path of other editors joining in the aspersions like directly calling others' editing "pro-Monsanto" [5], excusing aspersions because they don't directly mention an editor by name [6], etc. I don't feel like opening separate AE's for other individuals since there likely would be more claims I'm trying to control the topic or display a "sense of superiority" [7], which seems to be an escalating problem of editors attacking those trying to get others to knock off stuff already consistently leading to aspersion-based sanctions in past cases. However, I'm also in a position where I can't respond to all the misrepresentations of my edits or talk page comments without opening separate cases or essentially derailing the current case even if I got a word extension since a lot of those have gotten into the realm of WP:BLUDGEON. I tend to ignore most of those claims since what they claim about me doesn't show up in the diffs and it's better to focus on the case at hand, but I guess it's just describing the languishing case issue again when these cases don't seem to be taken very seriously or at least expediently.
With some discussion on the AE talk page about slow cases in general, can you think of any reasons why these cases tend to not be dealt with a bit quicker, or does this seem pretty normal compared to general AE cases? It may be tough to say after two days though. For the GMO aspersions principle specifically, are there any ways to to briefly get the history and intent of it across to admins about why that behavior needs to be tamped down better than I presented in this current case? Back before the principle was written, I for one was tired of being called a shill, pro-Monsanto, etc. when sticking to WP:MEDRS, etc. on scientific content regardless of who it benefits or detracts from. A surprising number of editors don't seem to be taking these kind of aspersions seriously that caused the principle to be written in the first place, but I'm wondering if admins potentially reviewing such cases might not quite be getting how serious of problem this has been in the topic? Is there any way such aspersions cases can be made less prone to what we're seeing in the current case? Either way, these are mostly just broad meta- questions and advice on AE and the principle for the future rather than trying to litigate the current case here, so thanks in advance for any thoughts. Kingofaces43 ( talk) 06:08, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
And people accuse me of being radical! Thanks. I'll get at adding back the general current stuff this week. Why is it that Catholic schools are frequently so bad in that respect? I'm pretty sure you gotta be aware of the travails several of us went through with a particular editor of Catholic school articles about 9 months ago, as the fallout is still hitting the noticeboards and AfD. Anyway, thanks for your help. John from Idegon ( talk) 07:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Seraphim,
It seems you deleted our company page:
00:45, 11 September 2018 Seraphimblade (talk | contribs) deleted page BairesDev (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
After reading your FAQ section I understand it's because of the type of claims we made and the lack of links and justifications for such claims. I was wondering if you could give us the chance to make the necessary changes in order to restore our article. I hope we can do so smoothly and I thank you in advance for your help.
Cheers, Francisco.
P.S: This is my first time using a Talk page in Wikipedia, sorry if this isn't how it's supposed to be used — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response! Yes, all of that sounds fine and i'd be willing to do it. Just a question: I'm not a freelance editor or something like that, i'm in charge of communications in this company and have a stake in it. Do I still have to sign the disclosure?
Of course i'll have it reviewed and try to make it as unbiased as possible. No problem in submitting it to Articles for creation afterwards, better not to have this happen again. If you could restore it to a draft so I can start working on it, i'd appreciate it.
Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Great, thanks for the help. I'll let you know if there's something unclear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
"I agree with the assessment by AGK" - did you notice that the two edits are consecutive and so only count as one revert by the definition of "revert"? Zero talk 04:29, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I spent a considerable amount of time and effort to craft an unbiased page for Nur Restaurant, of which I am an owner. I was totally unaware of the conflict of interest rules on Wiki and I didn't intend the page to be promotion, merely factual representation of the place. Please let me know what I must do to correct the page, or post disclaimers, so my work was not all for nothing. I am not adept at crafting these pages and would certainly appreciate some guidance.
Yours, Charles — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlesAccivatti ( talk • contribs) 22:34, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the constructive response. I'll gladly do the diligence around better referencing and further edit down the extraneous language. Shall I include the references (URLs) in this thread? — Preceding
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https://www.rd.com/advice/travel/popular-travel-destinations-in-africa/ https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/07/gastronotas_de_capel/1525718480_289817.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/19/planeta_futuro/1521481358_831409.html https://marocmama.com/nur-best-new-restaurant-fez/ https://www.nur.ma/download/MadameArticle-3.pdf https://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/los-nuevos-aires-fez/55003/ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/25/fez-morocco-medina-restoration-riads-restaurants-flights https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/48-hours-in/fez-city-guide-things-to-do-morocco-best-restaurants-hotels-a8417621.html https://www.esquireme.com/content/27713-fes-morocco-esquire-travels https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-big-weekend-fez-gslwxqlw8 https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hidden-morocco-travel-guide https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-your-next-road-trip-should-be-through-northern-morocco https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/02/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-fez-morocco.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-moroccan-cuisine-is-female-1521209708 https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-insiders-guide-to-fez-morocco-1487792502 https://www.brides.com/story/morocco-honeymoon-ideas — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlesAccivatti ( talk • contribs) 04:07, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Seraphimblade,
I have just realized that this page Sophia_Bekele has been deleted or taken offline for rule (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion), this page has been online for over 10 years.
I’m not currently aware of the sections that go against the Wikipedia rule and would like to kindly request that you could help me identify those areas that appear as forms of advertising or promotion so that I can assist in editing and cleaning up the said parts to make them conform, I have been a keen contributor of this page.
My appeal is that you could restore it in the draft format so that it could be updated to an acceptable format.
Thank you in advance, i look forward to your feedback. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Otsi ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I am a University student and this is my first time trying to edit Wikipedia. In addition, this article is one of my assignment, and I have a responsibility to re-edit it. I am sorry for violating some of the information about Wikipedia when I edit this article. Could you please restore my draft article and tell me where the mistake in this article is, Because when I wrote, I referenced the same type of article (such as Samsung Galaxy note 3, note 4 etc.).
best, Tony — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acwwqq ( talk • contribs) 00:24, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
You've tagged a page I recently created, one for the musical artist Thaiboy Digital as "unambiguous spam/advertising". My intentions were to create an encyclopedic entry for an important artist, and I am sorry that I did not succeed. If you have time, could you please offer some advice as to how I can correct the page and make it suitable for publication?
Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lithexfree ( talk • contribs)
Hi Seraphimblade,
In the interest of full disclosure, I have done and will likely continue to do work for the company that represents Thaiboy, but creating/editing/maintaining etc. wikipedia articles are not part of my duties. I noticed that many of the pages related to the company were poorly written/structured/maintained, or missing entirely, and I wanted to rectify that. If that is too much of a conflict of interest I understand, and if so would you be willing to help me find a different course of action for improving the quality of these pages? However, with this page my goal was to create a simple page populated primarily with well cited facts that could be expanded by other users. If it is appropriate for me to continue editing, could you make some recommendations as to how I can construct the page in a more appropriate, less promotional way?
Thank You
Hi SeraphimBlade,
Thank you very much for the constructive answer! I really appreciate it. As for the reference issue, it's a problem I have been running into quite frequently working on these pages. These artists are already established, with sizeable fanbases, but the majority of the published information on them comes from the music press. In this field, The Fader is one of the most respected and reliable sources. While I agree that occasionally these sources can drift into 'fluffy' language, I used them only to source information that was clear statement of facts, ie. the birthplace of the subject, or the artistic process of the subject. Would it be appropriate to source only that kind of information from those kind of sources? Also, in the case of the the career items not being cited, that was a fault of my own, as plenty of reliable sources exist, and I will correct it on my next attempt.
Thank you
Hi SeraphimBlade
Ok, thank you very much for your time and advice.
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Can you help us understand and edit the following page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandrashekhar_Ganpatrao_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:31, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok. But what about this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandershekar_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:38, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
50 patents/patent appications, 30 journal papers and inclusion in international fellow awards is not sufficient to have a wikipage? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Why facts are considered as promotion? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:40, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Also kindly help understand how this article that was deleted by you xan be made to follow wiki guidlines
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandershekar_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:34, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Can you please give a short sample of how it can be rewritten? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:52, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Rocketscience144 ( talk) 08:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Subjectivity can cause the barring of true information, because the information is regarded self promotional. Information can benefit self and others. Benefit is not always only for self or only other. I think you will benefit Wikipedia if you do not chase people away, who are knowledgeable about topics. Let me know, what knowledge you have about Ethereum tokens. What happened with starting something and allowing others to expand on the work? In the post "Alphabetical List of Ethereum Tickers" you deleted, I added a logo of Africahead to the page. Did you delete that agreement as well, nut? Mdpienaar ( talk) 18:48, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi. You recently speedy-deleted an article, Wish Farms, on WP:G11. I had reviewed that article, and moved it from AfC to article space. I am new to AfC, but this certainly seemed appropriate to me. While the article may have had some promotional element, G11 states that it "applies to pages that are exclusively promotional". This article certainly did not seem that way to me, it had many, many WP:RS, and was better written and better sourced than many (most?) articles I've seen survive at WP:AfD. I live in the Tampa, Florida area, within 50 miles of this company, and whenever there's a freeze (an unusual occurrence) or some other incident involving the huge strawberry industry in this county, at least one television outlet and usually the Tampa Bay Times, often the Orlando Sentinel, the Lakeland Ledger, Sarasota papers, etc. interview the CEO of Wish Farms. A quick news search shows a plethora of articles; the subject matter is eminently notable. There is no doubt the article would survive AfD, which is why I moved it from draft to main space, which based on the instructions at AfC, seemed appropriate. Now it's not only deleted, but salted it so it can't be recreated. What would it take to get it recreated, or at least unsalted? Jacona ( talk) 12:27, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
If you do not undelete the above article within 24 hours I will apply for a "deletion review" with regard to the article and the rest of my history on Wikipedia, which was deleted, it seems. We can discuss the article after you undeleted it. You made a mistake to delete it very hastily, without discussing it, before deletion. Mdpienaar ( talk) 21:45, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
The one-sided view against self-promotion is a symptom of Caiaphas Syndrome, a societal disease. It causes instant deletion of articles, which are perceived as self-promotional. The fact of the matter with regard to the mentioned article is, the intention, you cannot possibly know, because it was not your intention. You will do much better editing, if you trust more. You struggle to distinguish between truths and fallacies. Probably you do not know what Truth is and that is why you make editing mistakes. The intention of the article was to start an article/table the crypto-community and anyone else can update and use as reference. No such platform exists anywhere, as far as i know. The table i started, you deleted, will be a useful tool and is much needed in the crypto-sphere. I already asked other people in the crypto-community to update the page with their information, but now the article does not exist.
If you closely look at the table, you will see, to the right two columns showed the Price and Market Cap of tokens. I do not even know how to link that to an outside source. Clearly the intention was to start the formation of a new group page, only many people can keep up to date, including administrators of crypto tokens. Another column with logos can only be updated with crypto-currency administrators self, because only they manage the copyrights on the logos. That makes me think of another big mistake an editor made. She posted a copyright infringement notice to my talk page without discussing and investigating it. A very short investigation could have shown i administer Africahead Ipparts (AFA), an erc20 token. Probably because the row of AFA, was at the top of the alphabetical list, the only with a logo, you reacted the way you did. It was at the top by coincidence because, the random tokens (3 highest market cap and tokens with the lowest market caps) included on the list, to get the list in formation, did not include any tokens before AFA, in an alphabetical list.
If you cannot see the sense of allowing the article after the above, it will go to DRV. I honestly think editors of Wikipedia should do a course on what Truth is. The knowledge will improve editing skills and remove the group subjectivity currently clearly visible in editing decisions. Mdpienaar ( talk) 06:40, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
If you decide not to undelete the article, a possible solution is to let me know of another website; part of the Wikipedia group of websites, where the crypto-community can form the envisaged alphabetical (self-promotional? What nonsense) list and keep it up to date. Mdpienaar ( talk) 07:27, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Any feedback on why the page was deleted? I am not paid by or have any ties to the software developers. Just learned about the fork a while ago and wondered why wikipedia has no info on the torrent client.
I tried to include external sources, formatting, and linked relevant information, so what went wrong?
Hi, I was wondering why there was a speedy deletion of Escape The Room? I have no ties to the company, just am an avid player and realized that some of the other companies have pages and they didn't. The only page for them is Escape the room which is a video game. I included a ton of sources and tried to keep it unbiased (even though they produce my favorite games). It's the first page I've created, just want to know what I did wrong and what i can do to make the page better. Munchisfunny ( talk) 17:17, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for closing the long AfD, looks like only the talk page got deleted and Next Eleven still exists. Please check. I have placed a G6 CSD, as I could not find any other more appropriate template.
Also wanted to check with regarding a procedural Questions, A and B these templates are related to this article, As I understand they also should be deleted since they are based on a deleted article, does it need another individual TfD discussion or some other process is better in this case. Appreciate your suggestions on this. Regards. -- DBig Xrayᗙ 14:16, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi I saw you closed the above as keep and I wondered if you could just explain why you didn't take into account WP:BLPCRIME as per WP:BDP. I honestly thought that this would have trumped any sources without very much need for discussion. The person was never convicted of any crime. BTW I am not suggesting that you closed this incorrectly I am just curious and also to avoid wasting my time with this argument in any further AFD. Cheers. -- Dom from Paris ( talk) 15:27, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
HiSeraphimblade - can you state the reasons for deletion of this page please? /info/en/?search=SIP_Academy_India Thammudu ( talk) 11:33, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I hope my message finds you well!
You recently deleted and then protected a page entitled "John DiLeva Halpern". At the beginning of the process, I disclosed that I was being paid to create this page. Prior to your deletion, I had contested the page's speedy deletion, and as far as I can tell, my contestation still has yet to be reviewed.
May you please allow me to understand your process for removing this page? Prior to deletion, I had made an attempt to remove the speedy deletion notice from the page, mistakenly believing that, because I was contesting the deletion, its notice no longer belonged on the page. This was done with no deceitful intent; I am a new contributor to Wikipedia but nevertheless hold its integrity to the highest standard.
If the arc of this page's progress caused you to block its publication, could you inform me how I may proceed to get it back on track? As stated in my contestation of speedy deletion, the page was heavily edited and thoroughly sourced with an eye to meeting standards, and if it did not meet these standards, I believe we have the right to edit it toward those goals before its total removal.
I appreciate your interest, insight, and willingness to advise.
Wishing you best,
dafrontani — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dafrontani ( talk • contribs) 14:35, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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What law school did you go to? You deleted my contributions to Terry v Ohio without any reason. How can you argue the Court did not reduce constitutional protections from citizens in favor of extending protections to law enforcement? How can you argue the Court did not deviate from the Amendment's founder's interpreted that unreasonable seizure is when law enforcement seize without warrant or probable cause? How can you argue the canon of co destruction wasn't ignored, or that the Court amended the plain language of the constitution without appropriate convention? You can't, or at least you have not. It is an abuse of your status to delete contributions in order to win arguments, which is what you have done. This is exactly why wikipedia is a joke in the academic and scholarly communities. Seems to be only for brainwashed individuals who know little about what they preach. Did you even read the opinion by the Court and the decenting justice's opinion? Do you even understand what the Fourth Amendment is? Lots of questions due to such a heavy handed response by you to delete. You are not god of wikipedia? Just someone with too much time and not enough know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.254.136.129 ( talk) 02:54, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Lusby. Can you please explain to me why this is a cursory delete. One vague wave nomination and one similar delete comment is routinely not enough for a delete. Most commonly such lowly attended afds are relisted as no consensus or closed as soft delete or similar. This AFD had a valid, policy based keep argument yet was treated as less than those which were unopposed. Why? As to the actual !votes, If two people say a Grammy nomination is for a minor award and one says it is it's countries premier award how would you close it? I'm guessing you would not delete it. Why treat New Zealand as a third rate citizen? duffbeerforme ( talk) 12:44, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Just curious why this article was deleted without explanation? I know you guys like power, but there was nothing advertorial abut that article. The company makes dresses for celebrities. Sources were Forbes, ABC, Glamour magazine, India Times, Bravo TV, and many other credible, independent outlets. Scribitor ( talk) 01:27, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Then you agree that "It may indeed be that it's possible to write an article about this subject." The Wikipedia rules said that if its possible the article could be written in an objective fashion, then the article should not be deleted. It doesn't even matter at this point though. There isn't even a link to see the article anymore and the talk page is also invisible or very hard to find. Nothing promotional in the article at all. This is purely your personal decision. Scribitor ( talk) 07:34, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
So again, you are conceding that the article COULD be written in a way that gets past this nitpicking, but instead you chose to summarily delete the article versus allowing 10 minutes to give it a quick edit. Wikipedia's own policy says that if an article could be written in a way that is not advertorial, as you're saying this one was, that it should not be speedy deleted. You yourself said "It may indeed be that it's possible to write an article about this subject." What is the point of policies and procedures if you can just circumvent it all at your leisure? This article needs to be restored and edited to make it "[un]exciting" and "[not]talking up." That would provide some semblance of legitimate procedural operations at Wikipedia. Scribitor ( talk) 20:48, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I'd like to again request your assistance with regaining access to the deleted page for Nur Restaurant in Morocco.
The restaurant just received a dedicated review in a national publication, the Vancouver Sun: https://vancouversun.com/life/food/local-food-reviews/restaurant-review-tired-of-tagine-nur-takes-moroccan-dining-to-next-level
Here is the archived thread pertaining to this discussion where you requested a dedicated and in depth media reference to substantiate the notability of Nur. Changed to a link rather than a copy-paste, hope that's alright.
User_talk:Seraphimblade/archive_16#Re:_Nur_Restaurant_Page_deletion
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The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development had a page which you speedily deleted several months ago. I believe this organization is notable. I cannot see the sourcing on the original page (I am not the original author, and the page has been deleted), but I would like to ask if a draft could be restored for further work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EAWH ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback on my initial post within the Wikipedia community. I understand the deletion of my post for the company Fresh One, LLC and will begin a more attentive post soon. I want to clarify that I am not paid by Fresh One and am not part of the company. I want to complete an entry within Wikipedia and look forward to helping make it a great source of information. DaniFordinfo ( talk) 16:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
... and that same aggressive vandal immediately resumed adding the same content. I wasn't at a desktop computer all weekend and so I couldn't monitor my watchlist to revert it before it stayed in the article for 12 hours. I think indefinite semiprotection is possibly necessary, as absurd as it seems to have to do that on this stub. Thank you! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 19:29, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, my name is culix. I am working on The Phenomenauts. A few months ago we had a discussion about whether using audio clips would be appropriate for this article. I appreciate your time and advice on how to fix this.
I have cleaned up and improved the article to better incorporate reviewer commentary and context about one of the songs. I would like to make a case for including a single audio clip for the article. Would you be willing to take a look and tell me if you think this is appropriate? I have summarized my points in a section for easy reference on the Talk page, here.
Thanks for your time. -- Culix ( talk) 04:56, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
You deleted this page per WP:A7 a few weeks ago. It's since been recreated by the same editor who created the previous version. Since this version is not substantially different from the one you deleted, could I get you to delete it again? I'd do this myself, but I'm involved here. Thanks in advance. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 23:47, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Seraphimblade. You userfied two articles for me, User:Bsherr/Rachel Sussman and User:Bsherr/Featherlite Coaches, but without the revision histories. I'm trying to recover them for attribution purposes. Is it technically possible to restore the revision histories of the deleted articles? I'd like to history merge them with the current articles. -- Bsherr ( talk) 23:57, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Seraphimblade,
You have deleted the page I was working on on 28-th of April 2018. The page title is "Modern Stochastics: Theory and Application". Your reason for this was summarised by the code "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion".
I know it's been a while since the deletion. But I will appreciate if you can provide more details on why the page was deleted and some suggestions on improving its content in order to be accepted by Wikipedia.
Thanks. -- 130.180.212.87 ( talk) 13:02, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
According to this, List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground (FA), and MANY MORE should be deleted. ImmortalWizard (chat) 18:47, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Could you please undelete this article? It was speedy deleted as blatant advertising, which (as someone who I don't think has edited the article, but lives in the company's country of operation and has heard of them) in my view wasn't (also in Graham Bartlett's at WP:REFUND. They are a notable company - if people want to argue otherwise, they should nominate it at AfD so there can be an actual discussion about it. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 02:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
An editor is making bad edits to the Peter Strzok page. I was going to take it to the talk page of the article but it seems pointless given the track record of the editor and the fact that the editor appears to have been topic-banned from US politics (?) [8]. Could you clarify whether the editor is topic banned or not? Can the editor's bad edits be reverted? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 01:13, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi, my draft was flagged as promotional and deleted. I will attempt to revise so that it does not sound promotional, as this was not the intention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cguarino13 ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Convergencia Sindical. 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. Bookandcoffee ( talk) 23:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I am a student and i am doing a project for my digital marketing coursework. My teacher will mark my work. Could you please recover my work on the wiki? Thanks a lot !!!! The following is my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penny Pu ( talk • contribs)
Hello, my name is culix. I am working on The Phenomenauts. A few months ago we had a discussion about whether using audio clips would be appropriate for this article. I appreciate your time and advice on how to fix this.
I have cleaned up and improved the article to better incorporate reviewer commentary and context about one of the songs. I would like to make a case for including a single audio clip for the article. Would you be willing to take a look and tell me if you think this is appropriate? I have summarized my points in a section for easy reference on the Talk page, here. My apologies for posting twice; I'm not trying to bother you, I just thought I would check.
Thanks for your time. -- Culix ( talk) 03:47, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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Its difficult to be so many things, I was writing about myself but as a Society that I run, Im a Pc Analyst, Im a Journalist, Im a President of an Animal Society, Im also a Broker and a student of Law and Economics, I did not mention any of this on my page. So I was not Advertising myself. So does this mean Im not aloud to be here? I thought I was supposed to reference my name as the president of the society and Systems Administrator of the same. I did of course carelessly type. Anyway I epilogize for any inconvenience, Have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotios Evangelopoulos ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Based on what did you make this edit? Debresser ( talk) 21:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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Can you please explain how you came to a decision to close this as delete rather than no consensus? Please also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janel Bishop which closed today. Not only do I think a delete close for Cherise Haugen was unwarranted given the discussion, I would suggest the two results are contrary to each other. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 13:04, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
It would have been good to provide an explanation - whilst I know AFD isn't a headcount it appeared you were going against the prevailing sentiment. Also, we have Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Brown (2nd nomination) closed as keep today which has caused a very confusing situation. Three people notable for the exact same thing, one keep, one delete, one no consensus. Not really sure how to deal with that going forward. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 23:05, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Cherise Haugen. 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. --- PageantUpdater ( talk) 01:56, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
When you turn a Community episode article into a redirect, please unlink the article from the season's episode table per WP:SELFREDIRECT and also remove it from {{ Community (TV series)}} per WP:EXISTING. Thank you. -- Radiphus 07:11, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article BrowseAloud is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BrowseAloud (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. KTC ( talk) 15:14, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi the page [Sukhi Wahiwala] was deleted however it was a draft that needed further work, but we were unable to edit it because you deleted it. Please advise on how we can build this page properly so its no deleted again whilst we are working on it, Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigfanta ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, no, just trying to figure out how to use wiki, I personally just find it confusing. I want to do it properly and is not intended as promotional but seem to keep messing up. What do you suggest are the best pages to look at to do this properly if ok? Kind Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigfanta ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Your user page made me feel better about my lowly anonymous editor status. I’ve happily confined myself to minor typo fixes and "Personal life and Death" info. I like the term deletionist. I’m not brave enough to do it on a large scale since I think deletions require a broader knowledge of wiki policies, but I have deleted death info that reads more like an obit (full of euphemisms, words like “beloved”) than a neutral wiki article. I loathe vandals, so it’s nice to know that there are those out there with the tools to deal with their shenanigans. Thanks. 72.129.236.61 ( talk) 18:58, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
This regards to deletion of the above article. The article is a well sourced reflection of reliable secondary sources written in a neutral tone that conforms to how a “Biography of living persons” ought to be written. Please reinstate it. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 01:59, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
I am not engaging in pointless "dispute resolution" for no dispute. Promotional articles are disallowed and are deleted. Go rewrite it appropriately, without the promotion, or don't. Seraphimblade Talk to me 08:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
OK. I will seek opinion from others as I mentioned above. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 08:13, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello again, Seraphimblade. I just wanted to make sure you saw my reply here. If you think it would be most helpful and well-received, I can put together a trimmed-down version of the history information. Do you have any other ideas for how to move forward, or thoughts on the other edit requests on the article's talk page? Thanks again. Dodds_Writer ( Talk · Disclosure: Employee of Teradata) 02:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
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that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.Hi, I'm hoping to create a distinct page for Calderwood Christian School, however, it is currently blocked for creation by administrators only. I've created the page in my sandbox if you would like to check it out and instruct on any changes. I was hoping to move the article out of my sandbox. Can you please advise what to do next? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 00:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
No, I don't think you're stupid. Ally works for Illawarra Christian Education which is the parent organisation. I work for Calderwood Christian School but am not getting paid to write this article. Originally, I read her article and it seemed promotional so I re-wrote it after looking at other educational articles. I believe this article is worthy to be on Wikipedia as there is a lot of history to this school especially in the area that it currently is and it has separated as an individual school from Illawarra Christian School. Please advise on the next course of action or if you would like proof that this isn't the same person as AllyCook. Did you read the sandbox article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I've submitted the draft article for creation. /info/en/?search=Draft:Calderwood_Christian_School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 5 March 2018 (UTC) Can I re-edit the Illawarra Christian School page as the information is out-of-date and the organisational structure (principal's) is incorrect? I would like to update the information on there so that it is accurate and in the last 10 years reflect the changes from campuses to schools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfc33 dw ( talk • contribs) 00:18, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Happy Sunday. I understand your reasoning for page deletion was that the tone was promotional, and I agree that the content could have been edited to adopt a more neutral/encyclopedic tone; However, I feel that the subject warrants a page. So, I'm requesting that you userficate (if I can be so bold as to use that as a verb) the page so I can address your feedback and rework the article. Or, would you recommend I recreate the page under the Articles for Creation section?
To generally respond to the page deletion, my understanding of the wording from User:Seraphimblade/Deletion FAQ: "If an article even asserts something that might make the subject notable, it is not eligible for speedy deletion," [1] is that this article would not have been eligible for speedy deletion, as I sourced the assertion that the individual is notable because he is the son of a famous architect, whose work continued his father's legacy. So, based on that, I don't believe the page should have been speedily deleted. Secondly, I responded to your initial marking of the page for speedy deletion, and I do not see any response there.
In the end, I'm very happy and willing to work with you to edit the article to meet your expectations. Looking forward to hearing back from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsbmhca 717 ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, one more thing. Wording from the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion page about G11 speedy deletion: "This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional...If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion." [2] Because the subject and his work is notable, and related to notable work already described in ]] /info/en/?search=Richard_Neutra%7Canother Wikipedia article]], I'd like your help to rewrite the text with a more neutral point of view. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsbmhca 717 ( talk • contribs) 20:24, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I went to go update my Salad and Go article and found that it was deleted (per G11). It was my first attempt at writing a full article for Wikipedia, so I'd like the opportunity to fix it with input from an editor. Would it be possible to have that content restored somewhere so I don't have to start from scratch? And as I've seen others do before - I can confirm I'm not attached to Salad and Go in anyway, nor am I being paid. mklowcall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mktv2000 ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. You recently deleted a page "MitoQ" for being advertorial in nature. We think that this is mostly untrue but are very willing to work within the rules and get the page back up and running with encyclopedic content only. The article was not meant to be advertising in any way. MitoQ is a well researched molecule (over 250 peer reviewed articles to date) and all of these studies are independent. We want to make sure that researchers have easy access to basic MitoQ information and are willing to work with you (if you are willing) to make sure the content is not promotional. There are many other pages for bioactive molecules/supplements/drugs which contain similar content. We have a draft of what we would like to put back up and happy to run it past you before starting if you are willing to help? Much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willstow ( talk • contribs) 01:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. Yes I am an employee of MitoQ and the person who would work on the page would also be paid by us for their time. We are happy to make full disclosure of this as per the rules.
Hi Seraphim,
The page I created: wikipedia.org/wiki/WizG , was deleted for not having enough of an encyclopedic tone. When I reposted it, my intention was to re-write the content per the guidelines, yet it was deleted again with an admin lock placed on it to protect it. How do you recommend to re-write the page and unlock it ?
Thanks, DJ Music DJ Music ( talk) 16:49, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade! As our discussion was archived without any further comment, I've restored an old version of the Wikipedia article in my userspace from a local backup. I've immediately tagged it as a translation, and I won't publish it to the article namespace. Instead, I will be working on the article in the next weeks to make it good for AfC. I hope this is within the standards, and I'd appreciate if you'd put the draft on your watchlist to keep an eye on it. If I do anything wrong, please let me know. -- UP at G+J ( talk) 11:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
Pls do undelete Ramdas Padhye page as he is one of the leading ventriloquists in India.The reason mentioned is unambiguous advertising.I will rewrite the content on his page or you can rewrite it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovemuppets ( talk • contribs) 06:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello.
Damon Allen Jr. is 100% notable. The content was not promotional and was written in a neutral tone.
Two pages that I created months ago have recently been deleted. The reasoning provided was for inappropriately promoting these articles, I however, was not promoting the articles. The "talking up" of the subject was not my own. These were cited quotes from secondary sources. I have read over the promotion, neutrality, and notability guidelines outlined by Wikipedia, and feel as though I followed them. My question is, does the page come across as being "promoted" of I am quoting articles that may be intended to promote? My words were not promotional in any way. I tried to make sure that I was neutral, however, I can see that if by quoting an article that is promotional, that I may be in violation. My next question is why not give me notice before deleting the articles? I would have gladly edited the articles that I worked on for several months. There was no warning, flag or notice that it was promotional until now when it was deleted without question. I do not think that they qualified for "Speedy Deletion" because they have been in place for months now. How am I receiving a "promotional content final warning" when I didn't receive an initial warning in reference to either of these articles? They have been in place for months, so I believed that I was editing appropriately. Also, there was no chance for me to contest or address the errors. Is there any way you can provide me with the text that I did have in place so that I may edit from there to meet the standards? I am an English Major due to graduate in May, and thought that Wikipedia editing would be a great skill to have, however, it is quite frustrating to have my work deleted when I tried to meet each guideline and expectation of me as an editor. Please give some guidance as to what I can do to have my work restored.
The criteria for speedy deletion states, "If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedy deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations and pages that meet specific uncontroversial criteria." You cited "WP:G11" as the reason for speedy deletion, and under this section it specifically states, "If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion."
I am asking that you give me the opportunity to edit my work and write in a more neutral fashion.
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Hello, again.
I did review the disclosures as you advised. I understand that I have to disclose any employers or clients on my main user page, or on the talk page for the article of which I edited/created. Thank you for the direction on that. Certainly helpful information.
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Hi Seraphimblade -- consensus at Articles for Creation seems to be that Bosworth is notable and the draft article salvageable. Would you mind if I unprotected the target title? Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 20:37, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Good morning, I am Secretary General of The Progressive Episcopal Church. Yesterday evening I attempted to create a Wikipedia page for our denomination, and took the liberty of using several sections, slightly edited, from our denomination's website which I own and manage, as well as the domain. I had sent the OTRS team an email releasing the quoted copyrighted material for use under the recommended Creative Commons License, and was prepared later today to provide verification that I in fact own the www.tpecusa.org website and am thus entitled to "plagiarise" from my own material.
This morning I was surprised to see you had deleted the page as "advertising" which puzzles me, as I had used other Wikipedia entries for small denominations as guidance for creating TPEC's page. I respectfully request the page be restored, that I might continue with the verification process. The Progressive Episcopal Church is already listed on this Wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=List_of_Christian_denominations_affirming_LGBT; the Communion of which we are a member also has a wiki page here: /info/en/?search=Free_Protestant_Episcopal_Church. The page I created is not advertising, nor is it intended as such.
Thank you, Rt. Rev. Thurlow Weed, Secretary General of the Progressive Episcopal Church. Tweedfour ( talk) 10:52, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
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Could you revoke this IPs talk page please? Thanks. 172.58.40.75 ( talk) 21:41, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Seraphimblade. I respectfully come to you asking if you can you please explain why you have rejected to add the names of the products to the ZoneAlarm page -- I am a heavy user and really like them, so I though it would be really cool for everyone else to be aware. I see that other antivirus providers have their product and feature lists on Wiki as well such as /info/en/?search=McAfee, /info/en/?search=Bitdefender, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BullGuard, /info/en/?search=AVG_AntiVirus, /info/en/?search=Avast_Software. Therefore, what's the pattern?
Also, under "Awards and Certifications", I have added a latest award by PCMag ( https://www.pcmag.com/review/355010/check-point-zonealarm-anti-ransomware) following the two other they have. Why was this not accepted?
Thanks for clarifying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcusmor ( talk • contribs) 05:46, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Seraphimblade, I trust this finds you well. I am reaching out as I do not seem to understand why my article was deleted under G11.This is not the first time that I have tried to submit a page on Floriane de Saint Pierre. In the past, I have been told my administrators that the subject of my page passes the notability guideline, but that it was not written correctly. I have significantly revised the text in order to remain neutral in tone. Additionally, all of the sources used are from independent and reliable sources to prove everything that was stated. I do not have any direct interest in promoting this article. I simply attended a university lecture by this individual last year, and was surprised to find no existing articles. Since we have the same Alma Matter, and as I found her lecture so inspiring, I was motivated to create her page, but we have no direct contact. I would really appreciate knowing what part of the text was not neutral enough in either tone or content, as everything stated was backed by reliable sources. I thank you in advance for your time and reply!
The article discussed here Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive263#Vanessa_Beeley is back. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade
Thanks for the very prompt response and thank you for the clarification.( See below ) I'm new to Wikipedia and when I discovered myself on there I did not look at conflict of interest before editing. That was indeed ignorant of me. I'm not sure how to reverse the editing that I made - though some things are incorrect, I would rather leave things as they are. I'm not particularly tech savvy. Can you tell me how get my page back to the way it was. Thank you Tina Cross
Hi there, I am a New Zealand singer/entertainer and I see someone has posted information about me. I'm not sure how Wikipedia works but upon discovering this information I decided to edit and correct here and there. I have noticed that much of my editing says ' citation needed'. If the information is about my career then surely I am the best person to verify my own career information In many instances, I'm unsure how to get citation. For example I was a celebrity dancer on 2008 New Zealand Dancing With The Stars. I'm unsure how to verify this other than with a newspaper article. Thank you, I look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards Tina Cross ONZM
@Cross.sullivan: We cannot accept personal knowledge as a reference, even from an article subject, since article content must be verifiable by reliable published sources. However, a newspaper article from a reputable publication would generally be an acceptable reference. I would also strongly recommend that you read the guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest, which includes editing an article about oneself. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Could you please undelete this article? It was speedy deleted as blatant advertising, which (as someone who I don't think has edited the article, but lives in the company's country of operation and has heard of them) in my view wasn't (also in Graham Bartlett's at WP:REFUND. They are a notable company - if people want to argue otherwise, they should nominate it at AfD so there can be an actual discussion about it. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 02:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
An editor is making bad edits to the Peter Strzok page. I was going to take it to the talk page of the article but it seems pointless given the track record of the editor and the fact that the editor appears to have been topic-banned from US politics (?) [3]. Could you clarify whether the editor is topic banned or not? Can the editor's bad edits be reverted? Snooganssnoogans ( talk) 01:13, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi, my draft was flagged as promotional and deleted. I will attempt to revise so that it does not sound promotional, as this was not the intention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cguarino13 ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Convergencia Sindical. 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. Bookandcoffee ( talk) 23:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I am a student and i am doing a project for my digital marketing coursework. My teacher will mark my work. Could you please recover my work on the wiki? Thanks a lot !!!! The following is my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penny Pu ( talk • contribs)
Hey,
I just wanted to check on whether you'd still be interested in doing copyediting for the Signpost. If yes, we're currently getting into the phase were articles for the next issue are in need of copyediting, so I could hook you up with some material to look through. I'd also be grateful if you could record any things that were unclear to you about the style of articles, since I'm currently getting together a Manual of Style for the Signpost. Whaddaya say? Zarasophos ( talk) 22:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, we represent the artists Huguette Caland, and have been working on her Wikipedia for several weeks now. Could you kindly recover the edits on the page? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lpuymartin ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi I just checked out your profile and it appears that you know what you're doing, so do you have any tips for uploading sections? I tried to upload two but they were deleted as it was seen as ads. Is it perhaps something about the language used?
I understand if you don't have time but would appreciate it if you do :)The main problem is that the sources are in Danish...
= CanopyLAB is an edTech company based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
It as established by CEO Sahra-Josephine Hjorth and Christian Skræm Juul Jensen in 2015 <ref> http://pleasure.borsen.dk/portraet/artikel/11/198284/.html/ref>.
CanopyLAB was based on Sahra-Josephine Hjorth's PhD-research <ref> https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/fra-forskningsprojekt-til-ivaerksaettereventyr?publisherId=8155951&releaseId=9468229/ref>.
I saw that you deleted Hysitron as advertising. I didn't contribute to the article, but it seemed relatively neutral to me. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 20:34, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
All the work that i create are not paid work and i understand the promotional part of it n will try not to repeat that again... will follow your advice and redo those pages using draft and allow other editors to look at it.. Army ( talk) 13:38, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Why did you speedily delete this? The article was a description of a career, with no promotion whatsoever. 86.17.222.157 ( talk) 20:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Seraphimblade
The article about an Egyptian actor and a lot of sources talk about him and his work Usama Tolba And achieves remarkable
I've recreated article after Alibaba Group acquisition. Can you please move it from its current title Daraz (company)→ Daraz. It seems like it is blocked so only you can move it. Thanks in anticipation. Störm (talk) 12:17, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
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Paswara Papers Limited (PPL) is a PASWARA GROUP Company based in India and engaged in manufacturing of Multi Layer Kraft Paper & Paper Board since 1984 having two separate manufacturing lines and presently producing Multi Layer Kraft Paper & Paper Board to cater the Specialty Paper Market in India, China, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and other countries. Now the company has established a Greenfield Mega Project, to manufacture 500 Tons Per Day Multi Layer Kraft Paper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deept30 ( talk • contribs) 18:14, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
You have removed a lot of information from the Alec Stevens page. For example, he has taught at the Kubert School since 1992. That is notable. Why remove it? Why not visit www.kubertschool.edu, see his bio, and footnote it? Furthermore, you have removed the cover art for his Sadhu Sundar Singh graphic novel, and all references to his Calvary Comics imprint which has been ongoing for the past 18 years. Furthermore, all references to his music career have been deleted. Examples for footnoting can be provided for all of this. If you do not wish to engage in it, another editor can be solicited for help. Regards, Chrisart7 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Let's take one item at a time which you deleted. The Kubert School. http://www.kubertschool.edu/faculty/Alec_Stevens.html Why delete that info? It is relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
I won't revert the article again, but I will have a wiki editor, either yourself or another, help me with footnoting and the like. I don't have much free time for this sort of thing, but was surprised to see so much information disappear so fast! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisart7 ( talk • contribs) 18:40, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see that you deleted the article for Jessica McKenna today. The content of the article was neutral and only stated some personal details and her citable television roles. I had included on the talk page that I intended to improve the article, and I would be fine with it moving to a draft space. Can you clarify how you found the article to be promotional and warranting a g11 speedy deletion? My intention is to restore the article and improve it. I am not Jessica McKenna, nor do I know her in any way. I did make my edits in the last few hours, so maybe your deletion was already in process before I changed things? †Basilosauridae❯❯❯ ( talk) 20:36, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Have noticed that you deleted the new article about Bit8 citing excessive promotional material - did not do so advertently - will rewrite the article and re-upload today. Can you comment or suggest edits to the new version if you think it still has an excessive promotional slant - this is not what is being intended, as Bit8 is one of the most well known supplier companies in the online gambling industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maltalinks ( talk • contribs) 08:16, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to say thanks for writing such detail on your user page. This has given me a better understanding and some good thoughts to consider. In particular, you say:
That is a very interesting point. It makes me consider whether I should do the same. I prefer to be a very private person, so I do not normally post personal details. However, I believe fighting unconscious bias is important. I will give this some thought.
It is also interesting that you say: "Without deletion of unverifiable content, there is really no need for administrators whatsoever".
I agree that "culling is an art", and I believe removing text is often key to improvement. But I had considered myself an inclusionist. Perhaps it feels different when thinking about it as "removing a bunch of hard work" vs "remove things that don't belong, and reverting the deletion is fast and easy".
hm. I will give this some thought. Thanks. -- Culix ( talk) 05:25, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for edits. Unfortunately you deleted about 17 sources and over 2 paragraph of facts. Which I will rewrite an improve on because they are indeed notable facts. I really wish you had just flagged them so other users on the watch list and I can fix it. But I understand your point of view and respect it. Would you be able to switch this page to the second stage of Wikipedia? So it will appear in search engines? Since the current information is correct? [[User ohare415|Ohare415] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohare415 ( talk • contribs) 15:52, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
I didn't mean to promote her. I found facts. Like she did use diversity in her line which is stated in 3 sources. Obviously I need to rewrite and tahnked you for. I am hoping instead you will be kind enough to help me.
How were those not clear-cut BLP violations? Would you like me to walk you through them? -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 05:24, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
[[Hi Sir its Micheal from MPSE (Motion pitures Sound Editors ) he worked for us lot of the movies as freelance and most server connected through team viewer and getting to studio helping us worked for film in hollywood and nation geographic channel , Tv season shows too , his really talented he works on to Biggest sound edtitors Guild ( ADR , Foley , SOund design ) Recroding Session ) Film SCoring ) in US and Uk of our branches and in NYC because as u let me knew have less records on to ur profile u had done big stuff working with warner bros sound , pinewood studios , sony pitures sound , skywalker sound , lipsync , sound dogs , etc but he had worked greatest short films and tv shows academy awards nominated person plus this time EMMY openings and he was nominated too and now am looking to post the same deleted biography which was previously deleted praneeth Rao]]
[[This was done by MPSE studio , Micheal not by himself we had to post his profile for the which he had done a great stuffs for us and for the team because previously i had a control of this account to help other taking articles so went with his name. my bad sorry .]]
--PraneAdword (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC)Micheal--PraneAdword (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PraneAdword ( talk • contribs)
This is a legitimate business, why did you G11 the article? 1, They have a contract with Tottenham Hotspur!, Govvy ( talk) 09:54, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know how to get back the content from this deleted page : /info/en/?search=The_Global_Child_Prodigy_Awards. I want to create a draft from it's old content and modify it. Can you help me ? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbabeux ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, my name is MX and I'm reaching out to you regarding the deletion of Eugenio Minvielle Lagos in February 2018. Was there a discussion I can go back to see what editors' opinions were on the article? I helped rescue this article from deletion from a new editor back in 2017 and helped promote it to DYK. There were multiple, independent sources about this person's tenure at the companies he worked at, including a legal case he was involved in that I thought should be included despite the creator's initial pushback (probably because of her COI). See my comments in this DYK nomination page regarding the problems we addressed. Anyways, I just thought the article was fine for Wikipedia. Would love your two cents on this if you have a chance. Cheers, MX ( ✉ • ✎) 20:39, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Can you clarify why the Wish Farms page was deleted? I understand and have read the guidelines and do not see how our page violates them. In the past, our Wikipedia page has been very helpful in answering basic facts and history that consumers nationwide have about Wish Farms. It had not been updated since 2011 and we felt it was necessary to give the most up to date information. This is not for our promotional use, but rather to be a resource for those who would like to know about the history of our 96 year old company. Some of the links that had been used as reference are out of date now. We were hoping to update all of them in the spirit of Wikipedia's mission. I personally rely on Wikipedia on a daily basis and feel shocked and hurt by this decision. We respectfully ask that you reconsider this deletion and let us know what we can do properly update our company's page.
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A summary deletion with no discussion? This was not, I think, appropriate. There are a number of organizations under the People's Vote umbrella, and Scientists for EU is one of them. Others are Our Future Our Choice, Open Britain, European Movement UK The article was new, but to call it "blatent advertising" with no discussion is inappropriate. Over here (in the UK) it is certainly a notable organization, working in the area of a significant social and political issue; there's 132 mentions of it on the Wikipedia already. We intend to restore the article. It is most regrettable that you did not allow it to go to AfD so at least people could have taken a copy of it and there could have been discussion about it. I appreciate that you may have acted as deletionist here in good faith, but in this case you were misguided. -- Evertype· ✆ 09:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Uninvolved Comment Just slightly puzzled by the reference to the plural 'we' in the closing sentences. "We intend to restore the article".. Irondome ( talk) 19:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I am an intern at a company called InteDashboard which manages the features of Team-Based Learning (a different teaching methodology) and I wish to write an Wikipedia article on the software.
However I am aware that I bear a conflict of interest. I am a new user of Wikipedia, and am a little overwhelmed on the numerous policies and guidelines in WP:COI. Additionally, I question whether I am able to source the company's website for describing the features of the software, as only a handful of third-party dependable sources describe any features. Would there also be any tips or general overview to get started on Wikipedia?
Thank you for your time.
Yen31435 ( talk) 07:37, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Yen31435 (talk)
@ Yen31435: First, thanks for recognizing that you'll need to account for the conflict of interest and doing that ahead of time. It is a lot of advice, and reading the details isn't a bad idea, but it boils down to a few main points. First, someone with a COI should not create or edit an article directly in mainspace (the actual encyclopedia). Creation of an article should be done as a draft and submitted to articles for creation for review, while edits to an existing article should be suggested on the article's talk page, then marked by placing {{ request edit}} on the article talk page to flag it as needing review. Second, you will need to make the required disclosures for compensated contributors, as described here. (You don't really need to disclose more information than you've told me, but the link gives specific ways the disclosure should be made clearly visible. You don't have to disclose your own identity if you don't want to.) That's true even if your internship is unpaid; in that case, your compensation is the experience and knowledge you're gaining from the process, but interns are still considered compensated editors and still must disclose. And all editors are required to stick to the requirements of neutrality and verifiability.
That aside, you may want to think carefully about whether attempting to create an article will even work. The notability requirements outline what's required, but that boils down to that there must exist enough reliable and independent source material to write a complete article. That doesn't mean blurbs or name drops in material about something else, it means reliable source material that substantially, directly, and in reasonable depth covers the article subject. If that type and quantity of source material about the company doesn't exist, you would, quite frankly, be wasting your time by trying to create such an article, because the software not an appropriate subject for an article yet. Most companies and products are not appropriate article subjects. So before you even start down the road of trying to create an article, I would advise you to see what type of source material is available, and think if trying to create an article is even worth spending your time on to begin with. Additionally, you'll still need to stay neutral and follow the sources. If no other independent and reliable source saw fit to cover some feature, it's probably really not important enough to mention in the article either. Wikipedia articles are not meant to be exhaustive feature lists. Self-published sources like a company's own website are usable on a limited basis in certain cases, but should be used sparingly. The bulk of article material should be referenced to reliable, independent sources. Seraphimblade Talk to me 13:33, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, can you please block the user whilo is constantly creating the article Suma Salt? The article has been deleted numerous times. Thanks Knightrises10 ( talk) 15:50, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry if you found it to be offensive, but in English it just a polite way of ending what you say. Knightrises10 ( talk) 16:06, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
Could you restore or provide me with a deleted page? Montdylan ( talk) 13:28, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Seraphimblade, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coperix ( talk • contribs) 21:26, 29 August 2018 (UTC) neither Unambiguous advertising /promotion I am not a paid editor. If you've suggestions to improve the page i am open to correct it. I think there's an error of appreciation because Global Africa Art Market report is publicly known. And i don't see the advertising side of the page. Yes the annual report is "the first of its kind in the history of modern Africa"there's no doubt on it. I suggest to make your own research. Speaking/reading about modern and contemporary african art market is a crucial matter. If you browse most of articles on arts in Africa you can notice the lack of subject on market including solid data/analysis. All the best, Coperix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coperix ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello Seraphimblade, Thank you for your assistance. I've submitted a new draft which i would like you to review. Kindly Coperix
Hello talk:Seraphimblade, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below. 13:40, 31 August 2018 Seraphimblade (talk | contribs) deleted page Fibre2Fashion (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) (thank)
as you know Fibre2fashion Page is deleted can we edit our content as per wiki guideline, thanks & regards, Umang Amin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umangamin2222 ( talk • contribs) 05:17, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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.I contested the deletion of Ontario Horticultural Association at Talk:Ontario Horticultural Association, requesting input from the nominator. You either didn't bother checking, or ignored the talk page discussion, or felt it was unreasonable. Could you please state which? Moreover, after posting the message, I was in the process of adding references to the article. Did you read any portion of the article or talk page, and if so, can you please identify the contentious advertising material for me? To be given only a few minutes to update the article between notification and deletion is ludicrous.
In the meantime, please restore the article so I can update it. As an admin, I could easily do this myself, but I don't like overriding other admin actions. Mind matrix 17:12, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
As I am new to Wikapedia please can you explain why the 2 pages I created one is classed as advertising. (Peter Lorimer) Ewan Venters runs a shop so he is also advertising and promoting Fortnum Mason. Richard Branson, Michael Rapino, Live Nation lots of people are promoting and advertising what makes Peter Lorimer a presenter on Netflix any different. His Co presenter has a Wikipedia page though. I am only asking and don’t want to upset anyone. All the people i mentioned are commercial people making money so why can they have a Wikipedia page? I watched Peters programme on Netflix and it’s very good BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 19:25, 9 September 2018 (UTC) No problem and many thanks for explaining. Hopefully Someone can write the page correctly
I see you have deleted the page again and I personally cannot see any advertising on the new page. I personally will not be writing the page again or creating any other Wikipedia pages I will leave that to the experts plus I don’t have much time to waste. You already have a page for his Netflix series so not sure Peter really needs his own page. Please could you do me a favour and delete all the pages I created as I don’t know how to do that myself BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 21:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC) I have managed to delete one of the Wikipedia page content I created and would appreciate if you can help me and delete all the others including the draft pages. Thank you for your help in advance BusinessExpert99 ( talk) 21:38, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, you recently deleted a page I created (Universal Coin & Bullion). It was deleted for promotion, which makes no sense to me, as all articles I create/edit are encyclopedic, complete with valid references and sources to substantiate all content, and meet Wikipedia's notability.
If you feel there was any promotional content, please point me to it so I can address the issue, but I don't feel like the page should have been deleted. Thank you.
Jbaysinger ( talk) 20:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
No, as previously stated, I do not receive compensation for my edits. I do sometimes contact the subjects, or people directly and indirectly related to the subjects that I write about.
You alluded to the file on Candace Smith's page as an example. I never stated I created that file, only that I own the rights to the file, which I do. The rights to the photo were passed on to me by the copyright holder.
I'm a technical writer. I'm basically working all day, and I edit Wikipedia when I have time, which is not often.
In my line of work, I frequently come in contact with people who give me ideas for Wikipedia pages/edits. Other times I browse existing Wiki pages looking for content that needs to be revised.
But no, I am not being paid or compensated to edit Wikipedia. Jbaysinger ( talk) 00:39, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade. Sorry to pick on you since you've both closed AE's related to GMOs and were an arb in the original GMO ArbCom, but I was wondering if I could pick your brain a little.
You probably saw the AE case where I pinged you when I quoted your arb vote. I won't get into the meat of the Petrarchan case since that should be handled strictly at the AE case at this point. However, there's a lot of stuff going on with other editors there and not much discussion from admins yet. It seems like we have a history of GMO AE cases on aspersions festering a bit with slow action, other editors getting emboldened to cast their own aspersions, and needing to sanction multiple editors instead of one. [4] Originally, the aspersions principle we crafted at ArbCom was meant to tamp down on editors making either direct aspersions or indirect ones (e.g., preventing gaming by not directly mentioning a specific editor).
It seems like the current case has been fairly slow on admin comments and is starting to go down the path of other editors joining in the aspersions like directly calling others' editing "pro-Monsanto" [5], excusing aspersions because they don't directly mention an editor by name [6], etc. I don't feel like opening separate AE's for other individuals since there likely would be more claims I'm trying to control the topic or display a "sense of superiority" [7], which seems to be an escalating problem of editors attacking those trying to get others to knock off stuff already consistently leading to aspersion-based sanctions in past cases. However, I'm also in a position where I can't respond to all the misrepresentations of my edits or talk page comments without opening separate cases or essentially derailing the current case even if I got a word extension since a lot of those have gotten into the realm of WP:BLUDGEON. I tend to ignore most of those claims since what they claim about me doesn't show up in the diffs and it's better to focus on the case at hand, but I guess it's just describing the languishing case issue again when these cases don't seem to be taken very seriously or at least expediently.
With some discussion on the AE talk page about slow cases in general, can you think of any reasons why these cases tend to not be dealt with a bit quicker, or does this seem pretty normal compared to general AE cases? It may be tough to say after two days though. For the GMO aspersions principle specifically, are there any ways to to briefly get the history and intent of it across to admins about why that behavior needs to be tamped down better than I presented in this current case? Back before the principle was written, I for one was tired of being called a shill, pro-Monsanto, etc. when sticking to WP:MEDRS, etc. on scientific content regardless of who it benefits or detracts from. A surprising number of editors don't seem to be taking these kind of aspersions seriously that caused the principle to be written in the first place, but I'm wondering if admins potentially reviewing such cases might not quite be getting how serious of problem this has been in the topic? Is there any way such aspersions cases can be made less prone to what we're seeing in the current case? Either way, these are mostly just broad meta- questions and advice on AE and the principle for the future rather than trying to litigate the current case here, so thanks in advance for any thoughts. Kingofaces43 ( talk) 06:08, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
And people accuse me of being radical! Thanks. I'll get at adding back the general current stuff this week. Why is it that Catholic schools are frequently so bad in that respect? I'm pretty sure you gotta be aware of the travails several of us went through with a particular editor of Catholic school articles about 9 months ago, as the fallout is still hitting the noticeboards and AfD. Anyway, thanks for your help. John from Idegon ( talk) 07:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Seraphim,
It seems you deleted our company page:
00:45, 11 September 2018 Seraphimblade (talk | contribs) deleted page BairesDev (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
After reading your FAQ section I understand it's because of the type of claims we made and the lack of links and justifications for such claims. I was wondering if you could give us the chance to make the necessary changes in order to restore our article. I hope we can do so smoothly and I thank you in advance for your help.
Cheers, Francisco.
P.S: This is my first time using a Talk page in Wikipedia, sorry if this isn't how it's supposed to be used — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response! Yes, all of that sounds fine and i'd be willing to do it. Just a question: I'm not a freelance editor or something like that, i'm in charge of communications in this company and have a stake in it. Do I still have to sign the disclosure?
Of course i'll have it reviewed and try to make it as unbiased as possible. No problem in submitting it to Articles for creation afterwards, better not to have this happen again. If you could restore it to a draft so I can start working on it, i'd appreciate it.
Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Great, thanks for the help. I'll let you know if there's something unclear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdaLovelaceDev ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
"I agree with the assessment by AGK" - did you notice that the two edits are consecutive and so only count as one revert by the definition of "revert"? Zero talk 04:29, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I spent a considerable amount of time and effort to craft an unbiased page for Nur Restaurant, of which I am an owner. I was totally unaware of the conflict of interest rules on Wiki and I didn't intend the page to be promotion, merely factual representation of the place. Please let me know what I must do to correct the page, or post disclaimers, so my work was not all for nothing. I am not adept at crafting these pages and would certainly appreciate some guidance.
Yours, Charles — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlesAccivatti ( talk • contribs) 22:34, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the constructive response. I'll gladly do the diligence around better referencing and further edit down the extraneous language. Shall I include the references (URLs) in this thread? — Preceding
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https://www.rd.com/advice/travel/popular-travel-destinations-in-africa/ https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/07/gastronotas_de_capel/1525718480_289817.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/19/planeta_futuro/1521481358_831409.html https://marocmama.com/nur-best-new-restaurant-fez/ https://www.nur.ma/download/MadameArticle-3.pdf https://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/los-nuevos-aires-fez/55003/ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/25/fez-morocco-medina-restoration-riads-restaurants-flights https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/48-hours-in/fez-city-guide-things-to-do-morocco-best-restaurants-hotels-a8417621.html https://www.esquireme.com/content/27713-fes-morocco-esquire-travels https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-big-weekend-fez-gslwxqlw8 https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hidden-morocco-travel-guide https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-your-next-road-trip-should-be-through-northern-morocco https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/02/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-fez-morocco.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-moroccan-cuisine-is-female-1521209708 https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-insiders-guide-to-fez-morocco-1487792502 https://www.brides.com/story/morocco-honeymoon-ideas — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlesAccivatti ( talk • contribs) 04:07, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Seraphimblade,
I have just realized that this page Sophia_Bekele has been deleted or taken offline for rule (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion), this page has been online for over 10 years.
I’m not currently aware of the sections that go against the Wikipedia rule and would like to kindly request that you could help me identify those areas that appear as forms of advertising or promotion so that I can assist in editing and cleaning up the said parts to make them conform, I have been a keen contributor of this page.
My appeal is that you could restore it in the draft format so that it could be updated to an acceptable format.
Thank you in advance, i look forward to your feedback. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Otsi ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I am a University student and this is my first time trying to edit Wikipedia. In addition, this article is one of my assignment, and I have a responsibility to re-edit it. I am sorry for violating some of the information about Wikipedia when I edit this article. Could you please restore my draft article and tell me where the mistake in this article is, Because when I wrote, I referenced the same type of article (such as Samsung Galaxy note 3, note 4 etc.).
best, Tony — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acwwqq ( talk • contribs) 00:24, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
You've tagged a page I recently created, one for the musical artist Thaiboy Digital as "unambiguous spam/advertising". My intentions were to create an encyclopedic entry for an important artist, and I am sorry that I did not succeed. If you have time, could you please offer some advice as to how I can correct the page and make it suitable for publication?
Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lithexfree ( talk • contribs)
Hi Seraphimblade,
In the interest of full disclosure, I have done and will likely continue to do work for the company that represents Thaiboy, but creating/editing/maintaining etc. wikipedia articles are not part of my duties. I noticed that many of the pages related to the company were poorly written/structured/maintained, or missing entirely, and I wanted to rectify that. If that is too much of a conflict of interest I understand, and if so would you be willing to help me find a different course of action for improving the quality of these pages? However, with this page my goal was to create a simple page populated primarily with well cited facts that could be expanded by other users. If it is appropriate for me to continue editing, could you make some recommendations as to how I can construct the page in a more appropriate, less promotional way?
Thank You
Hi SeraphimBlade,
Thank you very much for the constructive answer! I really appreciate it. As for the reference issue, it's a problem I have been running into quite frequently working on these pages. These artists are already established, with sizeable fanbases, but the majority of the published information on them comes from the music press. In this field, The Fader is one of the most respected and reliable sources. While I agree that occasionally these sources can drift into 'fluffy' language, I used them only to source information that was clear statement of facts, ie. the birthplace of the subject, or the artistic process of the subject. Would it be appropriate to source only that kind of information from those kind of sources? Also, in the case of the the career items not being cited, that was a fault of my own, as plenty of reliable sources exist, and I will correct it on my next attempt.
Thank you
Hi SeraphimBlade
Ok, thank you very much for your time and advice.
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Can you help us understand and edit the following page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandrashekhar_Ganpatrao_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:31, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok. But what about this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandershekar_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:38, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
50 patents/patent appications, 30 journal papers and inclusion in international fellow awards is not sufficient to have a wikipage? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Why facts are considered as promotion? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:40, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Also kindly help understand how this article that was deleted by you xan be made to follow wiki guidlines
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chandershekar_Sonwane Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:34, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Can you please give a short sample of how it can be rewritten? Rocketscience144 ( talk) 07:52, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Rocketscience144 ( talk) 08:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Subjectivity can cause the barring of true information, because the information is regarded self promotional. Information can benefit self and others. Benefit is not always only for self or only other. I think you will benefit Wikipedia if you do not chase people away, who are knowledgeable about topics. Let me know, what knowledge you have about Ethereum tokens. What happened with starting something and allowing others to expand on the work? In the post "Alphabetical List of Ethereum Tickers" you deleted, I added a logo of Africahead to the page. Did you delete that agreement as well, nut? Mdpienaar ( talk) 18:48, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi. You recently speedy-deleted an article, Wish Farms, on WP:G11. I had reviewed that article, and moved it from AfC to article space. I am new to AfC, but this certainly seemed appropriate to me. While the article may have had some promotional element, G11 states that it "applies to pages that are exclusively promotional". This article certainly did not seem that way to me, it had many, many WP:RS, and was better written and better sourced than many (most?) articles I've seen survive at WP:AfD. I live in the Tampa, Florida area, within 50 miles of this company, and whenever there's a freeze (an unusual occurrence) or some other incident involving the huge strawberry industry in this county, at least one television outlet and usually the Tampa Bay Times, often the Orlando Sentinel, the Lakeland Ledger, Sarasota papers, etc. interview the CEO of Wish Farms. A quick news search shows a plethora of articles; the subject matter is eminently notable. There is no doubt the article would survive AfD, which is why I moved it from draft to main space, which based on the instructions at AfC, seemed appropriate. Now it's not only deleted, but salted it so it can't be recreated. What would it take to get it recreated, or at least unsalted? Jacona ( talk) 12:27, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
If you do not undelete the above article within 24 hours I will apply for a "deletion review" with regard to the article and the rest of my history on Wikipedia, which was deleted, it seems. We can discuss the article after you undeleted it. You made a mistake to delete it very hastily, without discussing it, before deletion. Mdpienaar ( talk) 21:45, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
The one-sided view against self-promotion is a symptom of Caiaphas Syndrome, a societal disease. It causes instant deletion of articles, which are perceived as self-promotional. The fact of the matter with regard to the mentioned article is, the intention, you cannot possibly know, because it was not your intention. You will do much better editing, if you trust more. You struggle to distinguish between truths and fallacies. Probably you do not know what Truth is and that is why you make editing mistakes. The intention of the article was to start an article/table the crypto-community and anyone else can update and use as reference. No such platform exists anywhere, as far as i know. The table i started, you deleted, will be a useful tool and is much needed in the crypto-sphere. I already asked other people in the crypto-community to update the page with their information, but now the article does not exist.
If you closely look at the table, you will see, to the right two columns showed the Price and Market Cap of tokens. I do not even know how to link that to an outside source. Clearly the intention was to start the formation of a new group page, only many people can keep up to date, including administrators of crypto tokens. Another column with logos can only be updated with crypto-currency administrators self, because only they manage the copyrights on the logos. That makes me think of another big mistake an editor made. She posted a copyright infringement notice to my talk page without discussing and investigating it. A very short investigation could have shown i administer Africahead Ipparts (AFA), an erc20 token. Probably because the row of AFA, was at the top of the alphabetical list, the only with a logo, you reacted the way you did. It was at the top by coincidence because, the random tokens (3 highest market cap and tokens with the lowest market caps) included on the list, to get the list in formation, did not include any tokens before AFA, in an alphabetical list.
If you cannot see the sense of allowing the article after the above, it will go to DRV. I honestly think editors of Wikipedia should do a course on what Truth is. The knowledge will improve editing skills and remove the group subjectivity currently clearly visible in editing decisions. Mdpienaar ( talk) 06:40, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
If you decide not to undelete the article, a possible solution is to let me know of another website; part of the Wikipedia group of websites, where the crypto-community can form the envisaged alphabetical (self-promotional? What nonsense) list and keep it up to date. Mdpienaar ( talk) 07:27, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Any feedback on why the page was deleted? I am not paid by or have any ties to the software developers. Just learned about the fork a while ago and wondered why wikipedia has no info on the torrent client.
I tried to include external sources, formatting, and linked relevant information, so what went wrong?
Hi, I was wondering why there was a speedy deletion of Escape The Room? I have no ties to the company, just am an avid player and realized that some of the other companies have pages and they didn't. The only page for them is Escape the room which is a video game. I included a ton of sources and tried to keep it unbiased (even though they produce my favorite games). It's the first page I've created, just want to know what I did wrong and what i can do to make the page better. Munchisfunny ( talk) 17:17, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for closing the long AfD, looks like only the talk page got deleted and Next Eleven still exists. Please check. I have placed a G6 CSD, as I could not find any other more appropriate template.
Also wanted to check with regarding a procedural Questions, A and B these templates are related to this article, As I understand they also should be deleted since they are based on a deleted article, does it need another individual TfD discussion or some other process is better in this case. Appreciate your suggestions on this. Regards. -- DBig Xrayᗙ 14:16, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi I saw you closed the above as keep and I wondered if you could just explain why you didn't take into account WP:BLPCRIME as per WP:BDP. I honestly thought that this would have trumped any sources without very much need for discussion. The person was never convicted of any crime. BTW I am not suggesting that you closed this incorrectly I am just curious and also to avoid wasting my time with this argument in any further AFD. Cheers. -- Dom from Paris ( talk) 15:27, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
HiSeraphimblade - can you state the reasons for deletion of this page please? /info/en/?search=SIP_Academy_India Thammudu ( talk) 11:33, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I hope my message finds you well!
You recently deleted and then protected a page entitled "John DiLeva Halpern". At the beginning of the process, I disclosed that I was being paid to create this page. Prior to your deletion, I had contested the page's speedy deletion, and as far as I can tell, my contestation still has yet to be reviewed.
May you please allow me to understand your process for removing this page? Prior to deletion, I had made an attempt to remove the speedy deletion notice from the page, mistakenly believing that, because I was contesting the deletion, its notice no longer belonged on the page. This was done with no deceitful intent; I am a new contributor to Wikipedia but nevertheless hold its integrity to the highest standard.
If the arc of this page's progress caused you to block its publication, could you inform me how I may proceed to get it back on track? As stated in my contestation of speedy deletion, the page was heavily edited and thoroughly sourced with an eye to meeting standards, and if it did not meet these standards, I believe we have the right to edit it toward those goals before its total removal.
I appreciate your interest, insight, and willingness to advise.
Wishing you best,
dafrontani — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dafrontani ( talk • contribs) 14:35, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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What law school did you go to? You deleted my contributions to Terry v Ohio without any reason. How can you argue the Court did not reduce constitutional protections from citizens in favor of extending protections to law enforcement? How can you argue the Court did not deviate from the Amendment's founder's interpreted that unreasonable seizure is when law enforcement seize without warrant or probable cause? How can you argue the canon of co destruction wasn't ignored, or that the Court amended the plain language of the constitution without appropriate convention? You can't, or at least you have not. It is an abuse of your status to delete contributions in order to win arguments, which is what you have done. This is exactly why wikipedia is a joke in the academic and scholarly communities. Seems to be only for brainwashed individuals who know little about what they preach. Did you even read the opinion by the Court and the decenting justice's opinion? Do you even understand what the Fourth Amendment is? Lots of questions due to such a heavy handed response by you to delete. You are not god of wikipedia? Just someone with too much time and not enough know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.254.136.129 ( talk) 02:54, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Lusby. Can you please explain to me why this is a cursory delete. One vague wave nomination and one similar delete comment is routinely not enough for a delete. Most commonly such lowly attended afds are relisted as no consensus or closed as soft delete or similar. This AFD had a valid, policy based keep argument yet was treated as less than those which were unopposed. Why? As to the actual !votes, If two people say a Grammy nomination is for a minor award and one says it is it's countries premier award how would you close it? I'm guessing you would not delete it. Why treat New Zealand as a third rate citizen? duffbeerforme ( talk) 12:44, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Just curious why this article was deleted without explanation? I know you guys like power, but there was nothing advertorial abut that article. The company makes dresses for celebrities. Sources were Forbes, ABC, Glamour magazine, India Times, Bravo TV, and many other credible, independent outlets. Scribitor ( talk) 01:27, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Then you agree that "It may indeed be that it's possible to write an article about this subject." The Wikipedia rules said that if its possible the article could be written in an objective fashion, then the article should not be deleted. It doesn't even matter at this point though. There isn't even a link to see the article anymore and the talk page is also invisible or very hard to find. Nothing promotional in the article at all. This is purely your personal decision. Scribitor ( talk) 07:34, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
So again, you are conceding that the article COULD be written in a way that gets past this nitpicking, but instead you chose to summarily delete the article versus allowing 10 minutes to give it a quick edit. Wikipedia's own policy says that if an article could be written in a way that is not advertorial, as you're saying this one was, that it should not be speedy deleted. You yourself said "It may indeed be that it's possible to write an article about this subject." What is the point of policies and procedures if you can just circumvent it all at your leisure? This article needs to be restored and edited to make it "[un]exciting" and "[not]talking up." That would provide some semblance of legitimate procedural operations at Wikipedia. Scribitor ( talk) 20:48, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Seraphimblade,
I'd like to again request your assistance with regaining access to the deleted page for Nur Restaurant in Morocco.
The restaurant just received a dedicated review in a national publication, the Vancouver Sun: https://vancouversun.com/life/food/local-food-reviews/restaurant-review-tired-of-tagine-nur-takes-moroccan-dining-to-next-level
Here is the archived thread pertaining to this discussion where you requested a dedicated and in depth media reference to substantiate the notability of Nur. Changed to a link rather than a copy-paste, hope that's alright.
User_talk:Seraphimblade/archive_16#Re:_Nur_Restaurant_Page_deletion
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The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development had a page which you speedily deleted several months ago. I believe this organization is notable. I cannot see the sourcing on the original page (I am not the original author, and the page has been deleted), but I would like to ask if a draft could be restored for further work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EAWH ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback on my initial post within the Wikipedia community. I understand the deletion of my post for the company Fresh One, LLC and will begin a more attentive post soon. I want to clarify that I am not paid by Fresh One and am not part of the company. I want to complete an entry within Wikipedia and look forward to helping make it a great source of information. DaniFordinfo ( talk) 16:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
... and that same aggressive vandal immediately resumed adding the same content. I wasn't at a desktop computer all weekend and so I couldn't monitor my watchlist to revert it before it stayed in the article for 12 hours. I think indefinite semiprotection is possibly necessary, as absurd as it seems to have to do that on this stub. Thank you! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 19:29, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, my name is culix. I am working on The Phenomenauts. A few months ago we had a discussion about whether using audio clips would be appropriate for this article. I appreciate your time and advice on how to fix this.
I have cleaned up and improved the article to better incorporate reviewer commentary and context about one of the songs. I would like to make a case for including a single audio clip for the article. Would you be willing to take a look and tell me if you think this is appropriate? I have summarized my points in a section for easy reference on the Talk page, here.
Thanks for your time. -- Culix ( talk) 04:56, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
You deleted this page per WP:A7 a few weeks ago. It's since been recreated by the same editor who created the previous version. Since this version is not substantially different from the one you deleted, could I get you to delete it again? I'd do this myself, but I'm involved here. Thanks in advance. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 23:47, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Seraphimblade. You userfied two articles for me, User:Bsherr/Rachel Sussman and User:Bsherr/Featherlite Coaches, but without the revision histories. I'm trying to recover them for attribution purposes. Is it technically possible to restore the revision histories of the deleted articles? I'd like to history merge them with the current articles. -- Bsherr ( talk) 23:57, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Seraphimblade,
You have deleted the page I was working on on 28-th of April 2018. The page title is "Modern Stochastics: Theory and Application". Your reason for this was summarised by the code "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion".
I know it's been a while since the deletion. But I will appreciate if you can provide more details on why the page was deleted and some suggestions on improving its content in order to be accepted by Wikipedia.
Thanks. -- 130.180.212.87 ( talk) 13:02, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
According to this, List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground (FA), and MANY MORE should be deleted. ImmortalWizard (chat) 18:47, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Could you please undelete this article? It was speedy deleted as blatant advertising, which (as someone who I don't think has edited the article, but lives in the company's country of operation and has heard of them) in my view wasn't (also in Graham Bartlett's at WP:REFUND. They are a notable company - if people want to argue otherwise, they should nominate it at AfD so there can be an actual discussion about it. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 02:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
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Logstash.Hi, my draft was flagged as promotional and deleted. I will attempt to revise so that it does not sound promotional, as this was not the intention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cguarino13 ( talk • contribs) 18:09, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I am a student and i am doing a project for my digital marketing coursework. My teacher will mark my work. Could you please recover my work on the wiki? Thanks a lot !!!! The following is my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penny Pu ( talk • contribs)
Hello, my name is culix. I am working on The Phenomenauts. A few months ago we had a discussion about whether using audio clips would be appropriate for this article. I appreciate your time and advice on how to fix this.
I have cleaned up and improved the article to better incorporate reviewer commentary and context about one of the songs. I would like to make a case for including a single audio clip for the article. Would you be willing to take a look and tell me if you think this is appropriate? I have summarized my points in a section for easy reference on the Talk page, here. My apologies for posting twice; I'm not trying to bother you, I just thought I would check.
Thanks for your time. -- Culix ( talk) 03:47, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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Its difficult to be so many things, I was writing about myself but as a Society that I run, Im a Pc Analyst, Im a Journalist, Im a President of an Animal Society, Im also a Broker and a student of Law and Economics, I did not mention any of this on my page. So I was not Advertising myself. So does this mean Im not aloud to be here? I thought I was supposed to reference my name as the president of the society and Systems Administrator of the same. I did of course carelessly type. Anyway I epilogize for any inconvenience, Have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotios Evangelopoulos ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Based on what did you make this edit? Debresser ( talk) 21:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)