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despite all my years as an admin I don't think I've ever closed an AFD. What do I need to do? jimfbleak ( talk) 05:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I want you to relocate "your questions" and following answers from other editors to your vote! or discussion lot or talk page under "your name" because those are not directly related to my answer. I do not want to draw unnecessary attentions to "my vote" with a short rationale. Thanks.-- Caspian blue 09:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear Sir, Please tell me why my article is deleted and whether I can resubmit it making necessary changes?
Regards Smitadas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.146.145 ( talk) 10:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
To address your point why other people think it is important - I have enclosed information that speaks of the importance of the Bank for International Ideas - this person is the Associate Vice President,for Sustainable Economies Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace.
the following is his comments:
Thanks for sharing a very interesting concept, which combines the intellectual core of sustainable economic development and innovative use of IT. You are absolutely correct in identifying a critical gap in a number of economic development initiatives in recent years --- namely the lack of a coordinated effort to foster and sustain creativity.
The Institute is definitely interested in innovative proposals like yours.
Raymond Gilpin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bankleonard ( talk • contribs) 03:10, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you unsalt Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. The game is confirmed for real. Here is one link-- SkyWalker ( talk) 15:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I understand your decision to not delete the article and appreciate the message you left on my talk page. The reason I requested a speedy deletion is that the group Zee (band) has redirected back to the album for the past seven months. Aspects ( talk) 17:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi SoWhy. I regularly notice your comments at RfA on candidates' speedy-tagging records. I've been doing a fair amount of CSD tagging over the last few months, and while I've had very few declined I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind having a quick look through my taggings and letting me know if you see any problems or anything you'd disagree with. I very much respect your opinion on these and it'd be useful to have some feedback if you have the time and inclination to do so! Thanks in advance. ~ mazca t| c 20:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I requested Protection of the Manmohan Singh page, and you suggested I go to dispute resolution. I have no dispute with any other users, as I have never edited that page previously. It has just been brought to my attention by another editor that people involved in the political parties in India have been editing spreading propaganda about their, and the opposing party in the article. As the election in on-going, it is just getting worse and worse. I do not see how dispute Resolution would resolve anything. Do you have any other advice?-- gordonrox24 ( talk) 20:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Can you please watch Alvinsigns ( talk · contribs)? I have to leave NOW and can't watch / block until much later this evening, if not tomorrow. Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 21:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello - Just a quick post to ask about the deletion of this phrase as a 'blatant hoax' - this is a phrase that is in common usage in the North West of the UK and was surprised by it's deletion as a hoax. I am trying to find other sources for this that back up / use this phrase - if I manage to find these will this be enough? I might be doing something wrong as this is the first post I have done so I may not be doing all I should do but I have noticed other idioms on here - is it because this is a rural saying? It makes me hesitant to put up other phrases in case the same happens to them.
Hello, thank you for that information and apologies for not signing off properly. I have now found a link from “Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang” by Jonathon Green (Wellington House, London, 1998). Page 300, which refers to the name cunningham - it says this: cunningham or mr cunningham -- Late 18th century. A fool or gullible person. An ironic pun on Standard English (SE) cunning + SE -ham, a suffix meaning place - this is the first reply to my findings and I am hoping to gain more replies with further sources.
90.195.141.88 (
talk) —Preceding
undated comment added 09:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC).
Hey dude, long time no see. I've replied at my talk page :) Hope you're doing alright with the mop! — Cyclonenim | Chat 23:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 07:29, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Apologies for my poor CSD tagging. Previously I've used Twinkle for speedy deletions, giving a list of all the criteria to choose from. For some reason I decided to do it from memory today and ended up, as you well pointed out, using completely the wrong tag. At least now I've got reason to remember that I need that guide. Thanks for pointing it out, I really appreciate it. Greg Tyler ( t • c) 12:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, SoWhy. I see that you deleted the redirect at 2009 Christmas special (Doctor Who). I thought that it was standard practice to retain redirects that originate from page moves, especially when there is a related AfD under that title. Am I misreading "Reasons for not deleting" #1 at WP:RFD#KEEP? I'm fairly strongly inclusionist on redirects — they're very cheap, and they do no harm. But I've seen other admins clear out redirects that I'd consider potentially useful. What's the reasoning here? — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
FYI. rootology ( C)( T) 15:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
It appears the same disruption at the article started up quite soon after you lifted the protection: [1], [2]. Cirt ( talk) 12:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey SoWhy. Just letting you know I've withdrawn per some very good concerns raised by Jc37 ( talk · contribs). I now do not feel ready at this point in time. Thanks for fighting so hard in my corner, though, it meant a lot. Hope to see you around :) — Cyclonenim | Chat 12:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Delievered by SoxBot II ( talk) at 16:56, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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Wikipedia Motivation Award | |
For doing the right thing in giving me a WP:3RR warning for edit-warring while addressing the request for protection on Primeval. Despite my encouragement of other editors to discuss issues on the talk pages, I have until now never had a problem with violating that policy; something that has until now largely gone unnoticed. So, for motivating me to improve my on-wiki conduct, I give you this barnstar. MelicansMatkin ( talk) 06:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC) |
A7: You may disagree with what CSD says, but the criteria is that the article indicates that the subject is "important or significant", not that it might be notable/important/significant in general, but that it indicates or makes some assertion that it is notable in the article itself. Aboutmovies ( talk) 10:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Morning! You've deleted my article for The Battered Suitcase before it could be completed. What do I need to do to restore and complete the article? I had put in a brief bit of text to hold it there, but apparently that's not acceptable. I am confused. Thanks for your help! Fawnmarie ( talk) 13:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)Fawn
sorry about that, at first, it was created as The Johansen procedure since I followed a link on cointegration, then I renamed it to Johansen test. I hope that page is good enough. regards. Jackzhp ( talk) 14:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was asked about assessing notability of this article, the user created it as subpage and asked me if he should post it as an article, how can I know if this article is notable enough to be included??, If you dont mind taking a look at the article here, and here is the results of google search, Thank you for your time :-) Maen. K. A. ( talk) 15:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear SoWhy Please reinstate my page on " IAVE" which you deleted on April 1. I am the author of the original page on the IAVE website [4] so I don't think it counts as plagiarism to reproduce it on Wikipedia - I was hoping the new page would serve as the start of a more interactive description of the organization. I've added the GNU Free Document License to the original if that helps. Thanks very much. IAVEIRC ( talk) 16:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC) IAVE IRC
Hi SoWhy - just a quick (honest, gentle) question - you declined speedy for this because he claimed to be a member of an notable association. I guess I can see your point, and I just want to confirm the rationale... csd-a7 for people says that the article fails to indicate why the subject is important. So it sounds like you are saying that claiming are part of an association (without saying that's what makes you important) is enough to prevent speedy? Reading the Academy website they have 15000 members and students can join for $25 per year. Just want to know the interpretation so I can better prod instead of CSD next time.
Thanks. JCutter ( talk) 06:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a note, I tagged the user page because it appears to be a resume. Does that count as CSDable? TallNapoleon ( talk) 07:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I written Christmas Special 2009 and I am going to change the page from Christmas Special 2009 into 2009 Christmas Special(Doctor Who) for simple reasons. I will take of the TBA that may be broadcast at New Year 2010 within 24 hrs. I Strongly suggest this page is kept. 90.197.183.50 ( talk) 07:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this after you (quite rightly) declined a G12 speedy of Ultimate Breaks and Beats, the mass deletion strikes me as a bit unnecessary. For one thing you deleted some material that does not seem to be a copyright violation at all (some stuff toward the end of the "article," such as it was). But also the only real problem was the first paragraph, which obviously came from here and did need to be deleted. The rest of the entry was taken from here and apparently copied directly, but really it's just a track listing. It should probably be formatted differently, but it strikes me as rather odd to cite copyright infringement on a list of songs and their artists - there's really only a couple of ways to present that kind of information.
I guess I'm tempted to undo your edit, trim down the intro to a sentence or two, and basically leave it at that (except possibly reformatting the list somewhat, I'd have to look into how to do that). This is kind of a weird entry obviously, but the reason it will be useful to people (and the reason I watchlisted it) is the full track listing for all the releases. I think we can keep that and the very brief commentary that follows. Let me know what you think - I'll check back here.
Oh and by deleting that list you are totally striking a deadly blow at the foundations of hip-hop! Shame on you, fan of indie rock! But I guess I can forgive you for that since this is just an encyclopedia. -- Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 09:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Why redirect to qmail? It deserves its own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yonas yonas ( talk • contribs) 13:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I'm new to Wiki and my contribution so far has been about the P+ fanzine.
I'd like to:
a) Thank you for saving that page from deletion, after all that time to build it, that would be a bummer;
b) Ask you if you could give me some guidelines on how to "clean it". I've read the documentation about it, but it's way overwhelming for starters. Just a couple of highlights if you have the time, although I do tend to spend more time reading about it.
Thank you for your time.
V-term ( talk) 16:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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And thanks for the review. :) -- Dylan 620 Efforts · Toolbox 00:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
No probs, cheers :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheClashFan ( talk • contribs) 01:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
SoWhy,
Just wanted to see exactly why my wiki page for the Regional Indoor Soccer League was deleted. It is a brand new league and at this point only has one online source, www.regionalindoorsoccerleague.com. Would it be best to wait on publishing the wiki until more articles exist on the league? I am new to wikipedia and apologize if something was done wrong. Could you please let me know the next step I should take in getting this published. Thanks.
Lukebabson ( talk) 06:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, please could you tell me why you deleted the article on Result Group. It was structured to follow the same layout and format as articles on all the large software companies such as SAP, Lawson etc which are on Wikipedia. No superlatives or advertizing claims were made, it was simply a statement of facts and software content. References were provided from industry related magazines proving that the company has been written about elsewhere.
The G11 criteria says that "simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion." If you can tell me where the article went wrong then I can re-write more appropriately. I thought it was following the guidelines.
Thank you for your time. Aardvark1685 ( talk) 18:09, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Please could you restore it and I'll re-edit to remove anything borderline. Sorry, didn't think about words like latest when writing. Thank you for your help Aardvark1685 ( talk) 07:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I came on this doing Recent Changes patrol and was about to tag it as a blatant advertisement when I saw you had declined a speedy saying "may be notable - check Google news". I have done that and don't find anything; the references in Google seem to be listings rather than independent comment. Would you reconsider? The intent is unashamedly promotional - the author says on the talk page "Working for this company i have been asked to create this page based on information already on the company's webpage" and it is indeed largely copied. Of the two independent references cited, canoekayak.com mentions the rivers but not this firm, National Geographic only mentions one of their resorts in a list of over 30 places to stay. I will take it to AfD if you like, but I think the tone of the whole article certainly brings it within the "would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic" definition of G11. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 14:13, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello there SoWhy,
I'm just one of many ordinary people who know very little about writing an article in Wikipedia. So I really need your assistance. My first article is WAAAM, and I know it’s so bad even to call it an article. I have tried to study about the policies and other thing but I found it so hard for me to understand. My other problem is that I don’t have so much time to do that myself, so I need an assistance, but I need someone who really know how to write a good article in Wikipedia, someone as master as you. So if I may ask for your favor to help me by making me a good article. I can give you as much resource as you need. I also understand that you’re also a busy man, so I will give you some compensation or donating to you for the article you made for me. Or at least could you train me to write a good article. Once again, please I desperately need your help and assistance. Thank you so much for your understanding and help. Waaamteam ( talk) 16:26, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello there SoWhy, we have never came in contact before but as you are an administrator, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I took notice of your revision to
Waking Up In Vegas (Katy Perry single) by moving the page to
Waking Up in Vegas.
Great work in doing so however, I believe that the Waking Up in Vegas article's title is formatted incorrectly. The "i" in the title should actually be capitalized. Take a look at the track listing of the album on the Apple iTunes Store or even sources like the following:
I've tried moving the page to the correctly formatted title "Waking Up In Vegas" however, the page has already been created + redirects to the article currently in use for the song. If you agree, could you please somehow help out by moving the article to the correctly formatted version!
childfunk chat 05:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to bring to your attention that it's possible that this is not a copyright violation. See this edit - the restorer was anonymous, but has been editing the Little Walter page for a long time. It'd be unfortunate to have to build that page again from scratch if we didn't have to, and might be worth checking into. Chubbles ( talk) 11:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey there. I noted that you recently template warned someone for trying to speedy something improperly. There was a useful template that you had there. When I have done new page patrolling in the past on the front end of the backlog, I have often seen CSD templates misused, and I think that your informative templates would be an easy way to get the message across that CSD tagging is a big deal and ought to be done properly. NuclearWarfare ( Talk) 13:49, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
{{template|G11}}
will create a templated message regarding errors in tagging with G11. Good luck with that :-)
So
Why 16:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for this. For transparency, I blocked the IP before I noticed the request there, but due to my involvement on Nicole Scherzinger, me answering that request would be inappropriate, so I left it alone despite the block of the vandal (which was an appropriate block, as it was vandalism not a content dispute). Thank you for handling it. Acalamari 21:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Seeing as you did the Dirk Kuyt move, do you think it's a good idea to move Johan Cruijff to Johan Cruyff? I think a similar solution to the Dirk Kuyt article would be the most appropriate course of action. Cheers. Sillyfolkboy ( talk) 22:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, please change |tf 2 importance= to |tf 2 importance={{{percy-jackson-importance|}}} in the Percy Jackson section. Thanks. Pmlinediter Talk 11:23, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Pedro gave me some ideas on where I might help out on Wikipedia. I have been watching how the various pieces are connected, and after a year or so, dove into the deep end at RfA. I would like to try some basic housekeeping or research for awhile. One of Pedro's suggestions was RFP, and you appear to be a top contributor on the page. Is there any non-admin duties that I might be able to help out on? --Preceding unsigned comment 17:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I'll just make a note that you deleted it as A7 and move on, I don't think it's much point debating which criteria is better, since the article was so unambiguously unsalvageable. But allow me to ask a completely unrelated question: How do you make that custom notification on your user talk? decltype ( talk) 20:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Why,
I noticed that you declined my suggested speedy deletion of Template:European Union topic, saying that the other templates do not provide the same functionality. To what functionality are you referring? No articles transclude this template, and it is essentially a copy-paste combination of Template:European Union candidates and Template:Members of the European Union (EU). The inclusion of "topic" in the name suggests that suffixes can be added to its links (as in Template:Europe topic), but this is not the case. Would you object if I relisted the template for deletion?
Neelix ( talk) 01:28, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you take a look at
this RFP? These templates are being transcluded onto very prominent pages, many of which are already semi-protected. I hadn't realized how fast these would become high risk templates and as usual it seems RFP is getting me nowhere. I know I could just ask someone outside RFP to protect the silly things but RFP should be a little more responsive when it comes to such templates.
Tothwolf (
talk) 14:25, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Oooh, SoWhy, merci! It's lovely and it's shiny, thank you so much! As for having earned it . . . well, I'll try not to argue, :-) I appreciate it very much, danke, :-D Maedin\ talk 18:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
The terms Scouting and Guiding in the context of a youth movement are capitalized. Please see WP:SCOUTMOS. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 21:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I wasn't aware of SCOUTMOS either, or I wouldn't have put the db template on the redirect. Sorry to have put you in that position. I guess we both learned something. Station1 ( talk) 03:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
If you remember our conversations here and here about the range 89.207.208.nn, I said I would check on them after the block expired in April. They're at it again - one or two constructive edits but vandalism from .7, .8, .9, .12, .13 (the last three tag-teaming again on Joint). I think they need another few months off. Last time it was necessary to protect the talk pages too.
I checked further up the address range - the same authority owns them all up to .255, but I only checked up to .32. The only recent activity is by .16 (blocked 3 months on 11 Feb by LunaSantin) and .17 (blocks in Feb, Mar and today 20 Feb for 2 weeks by OverlordQ). So there's probably no need to extend the range of your block.
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
You declined my DB-SPAM tag, saying the article doesn't promote anything. It does. It promotes a book. As the article says "This thought-provoking and inspiring book ...". It's one of the (so far) three articles that Dr. Amit Abraham has added, all promoting his own books. I've reverted your edit, I guess that's okay. Yintaɳ 10:50, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
[10] Damn, thats actually what I meant to do... Thanks Kennedy ( talk) 11:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Meanwhile, I think I've made a bit of a mess of Atle Bakken. I tagged it for AfD and then found it had already been discussed there (and deleted) last week. So I added a speedy tag for recreation of deleted material (G4) instead. But now I've got a double tagged article and an open AfD discussion that is pointless. Would you mind taking a look at it and possibly use your mop? Thanks. Yintaɳ 11:21, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
'Ello. You dealt with the Furby protection request at RPP, but I don't think you noticed the Spongebob request that was tucked at the end of the message, so I've protected that one as well. Just to let you know :) -- Ged UK 12:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Haha, you declined my speedy.Funny everywhere I put up a speedy it gets declined and replaced with another by you or Timmeh.Well, its nice to see you active. Peace Out Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ Life Death 12:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Can you please keep an eye on Black Clouds & Silver Linings? I don't know if it needs fully protected again, but the track lenghs are being added agian with no new reliable sources, so maybe there is something that could help? Thanks! black ngold29 18:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I see you are on-line. Pjibid ( talk · contribs) has mischievously moved First Hawaiian Bank and its talk page to Hawain 717. I think it needs an admin to undo that? Also, if you look at his talk page, you may think this user is about ready for a block. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 21:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on my talk page re: my tagging SamiYam for speedy deletion. I am aware of the A7 criteria. Please note that I did not arbitrarily tag it. I tagged it because the article did not satisfy any of the criteria in WP:MUSICBIO, specifically:
A separate Google search turned up nothing in addition that would demonstrate Wikipedia notability, just a lot of mostly unreliable web pages. Hence I tagged it, and I stand by that action. The Wikimmunity has determined otherwise, which is always an option. Truthanado ( talk) 21:29, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I see you declined speedy on Bodo's Bagels because it was mentioned by a reliable source. Are you referring to the online magazine of the law school of UVA? By this standard, does this mean that any restaurant near any school that gets mentioned in that school's magazine will survive speedy? JCutter { talk to me } 22:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I read your comments on my template. I did try it on your userpage with the preview button and it would look great. Whether you use it is up to you.
EVula asked why we need it when we have the {{ Usercheck-full}} but that is very long. The one I mentioned was simply {{ admin}} plus a link to your RFA.
Another template that I did create was {{ IPsock}} but I can no longer edit it because it's protected. – BuickCentury Driver 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
The category associated with the no flagged revisions userbox you have placed on your user page is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009 April 23#Category:Wikipedia users who oppose Flagged Revisions and you are invited to share your opinions on the issue. Alansohn ( talk) 05:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I would love to be adopted by you. I appreciate you noticing how I've figured some things out on my own; yep, I'm definitely not the kind of person you'd be sending "Let Me Google That For You" links to. :) I just want to be more involved and to be good at editing around here. Most of what I like to do is policing spelling, grammar, policy violations, and vandalism.
—Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Garrettw87 (
talk •
contribs) 08:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
{{
adoptee|SoWhy}}
. Regards
So
Why 08:51, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
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Archive 10 | Archive 11 | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | → | Archive 20 |
despite all my years as an admin I don't think I've ever closed an AFD. What do I need to do? jimfbleak ( talk) 05:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I want you to relocate "your questions" and following answers from other editors to your vote! or discussion lot or talk page under "your name" because those are not directly related to my answer. I do not want to draw unnecessary attentions to "my vote" with a short rationale. Thanks.-- Caspian blue 09:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear Sir, Please tell me why my article is deleted and whether I can resubmit it making necessary changes?
Regards Smitadas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.146.145 ( talk) 10:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
To address your point why other people think it is important - I have enclosed information that speaks of the importance of the Bank for International Ideas - this person is the Associate Vice President,for Sustainable Economies Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace.
the following is his comments:
Thanks for sharing a very interesting concept, which combines the intellectual core of sustainable economic development and innovative use of IT. You are absolutely correct in identifying a critical gap in a number of economic development initiatives in recent years --- namely the lack of a coordinated effort to foster and sustain creativity.
The Institute is definitely interested in innovative proposals like yours.
Raymond Gilpin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bankleonard ( talk • contribs) 03:10, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you unsalt Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. The game is confirmed for real. Here is one link-- SkyWalker ( talk) 15:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I understand your decision to not delete the article and appreciate the message you left on my talk page. The reason I requested a speedy deletion is that the group Zee (band) has redirected back to the album for the past seven months. Aspects ( talk) 17:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi SoWhy. I regularly notice your comments at RfA on candidates' speedy-tagging records. I've been doing a fair amount of CSD tagging over the last few months, and while I've had very few declined I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind having a quick look through my taggings and letting me know if you see any problems or anything you'd disagree with. I very much respect your opinion on these and it'd be useful to have some feedback if you have the time and inclination to do so! Thanks in advance. ~ mazca t| c 20:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I requested Protection of the Manmohan Singh page, and you suggested I go to dispute resolution. I have no dispute with any other users, as I have never edited that page previously. It has just been brought to my attention by another editor that people involved in the political parties in India have been editing spreading propaganda about their, and the opposing party in the article. As the election in on-going, it is just getting worse and worse. I do not see how dispute Resolution would resolve anything. Do you have any other advice?-- gordonrox24 ( talk) 20:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Can you please watch Alvinsigns ( talk · contribs)? I have to leave NOW and can't watch / block until much later this evening, if not tomorrow. Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 21:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello - Just a quick post to ask about the deletion of this phrase as a 'blatant hoax' - this is a phrase that is in common usage in the North West of the UK and was surprised by it's deletion as a hoax. I am trying to find other sources for this that back up / use this phrase - if I manage to find these will this be enough? I might be doing something wrong as this is the first post I have done so I may not be doing all I should do but I have noticed other idioms on here - is it because this is a rural saying? It makes me hesitant to put up other phrases in case the same happens to them.
Hello, thank you for that information and apologies for not signing off properly. I have now found a link from “Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang” by Jonathon Green (Wellington House, London, 1998). Page 300, which refers to the name cunningham - it says this: cunningham or mr cunningham -- Late 18th century. A fool or gullible person. An ironic pun on Standard English (SE) cunning + SE -ham, a suffix meaning place - this is the first reply to my findings and I am hoping to gain more replies with further sources.
90.195.141.88 (
talk) —Preceding
undated comment added 09:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC).
Hey dude, long time no see. I've replied at my talk page :) Hope you're doing alright with the mop! — Cyclonenim | Chat 23:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 07:29, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Apologies for my poor CSD tagging. Previously I've used Twinkle for speedy deletions, giving a list of all the criteria to choose from. For some reason I decided to do it from memory today and ended up, as you well pointed out, using completely the wrong tag. At least now I've got reason to remember that I need that guide. Thanks for pointing it out, I really appreciate it. Greg Tyler ( t • c) 12:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, SoWhy. I see that you deleted the redirect at 2009 Christmas special (Doctor Who). I thought that it was standard practice to retain redirects that originate from page moves, especially when there is a related AfD under that title. Am I misreading "Reasons for not deleting" #1 at WP:RFD#KEEP? I'm fairly strongly inclusionist on redirects — they're very cheap, and they do no harm. But I've seen other admins clear out redirects that I'd consider potentially useful. What's the reasoning here? — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
FYI. rootology ( C)( T) 15:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
It appears the same disruption at the article started up quite soon after you lifted the protection: [1], [2]. Cirt ( talk) 12:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey SoWhy. Just letting you know I've withdrawn per some very good concerns raised by Jc37 ( talk · contribs). I now do not feel ready at this point in time. Thanks for fighting so hard in my corner, though, it meant a lot. Hope to see you around :) — Cyclonenim | Chat 12:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Delievered by SoxBot II ( talk) at 16:56, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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Wikipedia Motivation Award | |
For doing the right thing in giving me a WP:3RR warning for edit-warring while addressing the request for protection on Primeval. Despite my encouragement of other editors to discuss issues on the talk pages, I have until now never had a problem with violating that policy; something that has until now largely gone unnoticed. So, for motivating me to improve my on-wiki conduct, I give you this barnstar. MelicansMatkin ( talk) 06:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC) |
A7: You may disagree with what CSD says, but the criteria is that the article indicates that the subject is "important or significant", not that it might be notable/important/significant in general, but that it indicates or makes some assertion that it is notable in the article itself. Aboutmovies ( talk) 10:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Morning! You've deleted my article for The Battered Suitcase before it could be completed. What do I need to do to restore and complete the article? I had put in a brief bit of text to hold it there, but apparently that's not acceptable. I am confused. Thanks for your help! Fawnmarie ( talk) 13:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)Fawn
sorry about that, at first, it was created as The Johansen procedure since I followed a link on cointegration, then I renamed it to Johansen test. I hope that page is good enough. regards. Jackzhp ( talk) 14:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was asked about assessing notability of this article, the user created it as subpage and asked me if he should post it as an article, how can I know if this article is notable enough to be included??, If you dont mind taking a look at the article here, and here is the results of google search, Thank you for your time :-) Maen. K. A. ( talk) 15:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Dear SoWhy Please reinstate my page on " IAVE" which you deleted on April 1. I am the author of the original page on the IAVE website [4] so I don't think it counts as plagiarism to reproduce it on Wikipedia - I was hoping the new page would serve as the start of a more interactive description of the organization. I've added the GNU Free Document License to the original if that helps. Thanks very much. IAVEIRC ( talk) 16:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC) IAVE IRC
Hi SoWhy - just a quick (honest, gentle) question - you declined speedy for this because he claimed to be a member of an notable association. I guess I can see your point, and I just want to confirm the rationale... csd-a7 for people says that the article fails to indicate why the subject is important. So it sounds like you are saying that claiming are part of an association (without saying that's what makes you important) is enough to prevent speedy? Reading the Academy website they have 15000 members and students can join for $25 per year. Just want to know the interpretation so I can better prod instead of CSD next time.
Thanks. JCutter ( talk) 06:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a note, I tagged the user page because it appears to be a resume. Does that count as CSDable? TallNapoleon ( talk) 07:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I written Christmas Special 2009 and I am going to change the page from Christmas Special 2009 into 2009 Christmas Special(Doctor Who) for simple reasons. I will take of the TBA that may be broadcast at New Year 2010 within 24 hrs. I Strongly suggest this page is kept. 90.197.183.50 ( talk) 07:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding this after you (quite rightly) declined a G12 speedy of Ultimate Breaks and Beats, the mass deletion strikes me as a bit unnecessary. For one thing you deleted some material that does not seem to be a copyright violation at all (some stuff toward the end of the "article," such as it was). But also the only real problem was the first paragraph, which obviously came from here and did need to be deleted. The rest of the entry was taken from here and apparently copied directly, but really it's just a track listing. It should probably be formatted differently, but it strikes me as rather odd to cite copyright infringement on a list of songs and their artists - there's really only a couple of ways to present that kind of information.
I guess I'm tempted to undo your edit, trim down the intro to a sentence or two, and basically leave it at that (except possibly reformatting the list somewhat, I'd have to look into how to do that). This is kind of a weird entry obviously, but the reason it will be useful to people (and the reason I watchlisted it) is the full track listing for all the releases. I think we can keep that and the very brief commentary that follows. Let me know what you think - I'll check back here.
Oh and by deleting that list you are totally striking a deadly blow at the foundations of hip-hop! Shame on you, fan of indie rock! But I guess I can forgive you for that since this is just an encyclopedia. -- Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 09:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Why redirect to qmail? It deserves its own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yonas yonas ( talk • contribs) 13:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I'm new to Wiki and my contribution so far has been about the P+ fanzine.
I'd like to:
a) Thank you for saving that page from deletion, after all that time to build it, that would be a bummer;
b) Ask you if you could give me some guidelines on how to "clean it". I've read the documentation about it, but it's way overwhelming for starters. Just a couple of highlights if you have the time, although I do tend to spend more time reading about it.
Thank you for your time.
V-term ( talk) 16:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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SoWhy has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, |
And thanks for the review. :) -- Dylan 620 Efforts · Toolbox 00:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
No probs, cheers :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheClashFan ( talk • contribs) 01:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
SoWhy,
Just wanted to see exactly why my wiki page for the Regional Indoor Soccer League was deleted. It is a brand new league and at this point only has one online source, www.regionalindoorsoccerleague.com. Would it be best to wait on publishing the wiki until more articles exist on the league? I am new to wikipedia and apologize if something was done wrong. Could you please let me know the next step I should take in getting this published. Thanks.
Lukebabson ( talk) 06:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, please could you tell me why you deleted the article on Result Group. It was structured to follow the same layout and format as articles on all the large software companies such as SAP, Lawson etc which are on Wikipedia. No superlatives or advertizing claims were made, it was simply a statement of facts and software content. References were provided from industry related magazines proving that the company has been written about elsewhere.
The G11 criteria says that "simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion." If you can tell me where the article went wrong then I can re-write more appropriately. I thought it was following the guidelines.
Thank you for your time. Aardvark1685 ( talk) 18:09, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Please could you restore it and I'll re-edit to remove anything borderline. Sorry, didn't think about words like latest when writing. Thank you for your help Aardvark1685 ( talk) 07:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I came on this doing Recent Changes patrol and was about to tag it as a blatant advertisement when I saw you had declined a speedy saying "may be notable - check Google news". I have done that and don't find anything; the references in Google seem to be listings rather than independent comment. Would you reconsider? The intent is unashamedly promotional - the author says on the talk page "Working for this company i have been asked to create this page based on information already on the company's webpage" and it is indeed largely copied. Of the two independent references cited, canoekayak.com mentions the rivers but not this firm, National Geographic only mentions one of their resorts in a list of over 30 places to stay. I will take it to AfD if you like, but I think the tone of the whole article certainly brings it within the "would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic" definition of G11. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 14:13, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello there SoWhy,
I'm just one of many ordinary people who know very little about writing an article in Wikipedia. So I really need your assistance. My first article is WAAAM, and I know it’s so bad even to call it an article. I have tried to study about the policies and other thing but I found it so hard for me to understand. My other problem is that I don’t have so much time to do that myself, so I need an assistance, but I need someone who really know how to write a good article in Wikipedia, someone as master as you. So if I may ask for your favor to help me by making me a good article. I can give you as much resource as you need. I also understand that you’re also a busy man, so I will give you some compensation or donating to you for the article you made for me. Or at least could you train me to write a good article. Once again, please I desperately need your help and assistance. Thank you so much for your understanding and help. Waaamteam ( talk) 16:26, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello there SoWhy, we have never came in contact before but as you are an administrator, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I took notice of your revision to
Waking Up In Vegas (Katy Perry single) by moving the page to
Waking Up in Vegas.
Great work in doing so however, I believe that the Waking Up in Vegas article's title is formatted incorrectly. The "i" in the title should actually be capitalized. Take a look at the track listing of the album on the Apple iTunes Store or even sources like the following:
I've tried moving the page to the correctly formatted title "Waking Up In Vegas" however, the page has already been created + redirects to the article currently in use for the song. If you agree, could you please somehow help out by moving the article to the correctly formatted version!
childfunk chat 05:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to bring to your attention that it's possible that this is not a copyright violation. See this edit - the restorer was anonymous, but has been editing the Little Walter page for a long time. It'd be unfortunate to have to build that page again from scratch if we didn't have to, and might be worth checking into. Chubbles ( talk) 11:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey there. I noted that you recently template warned someone for trying to speedy something improperly. There was a useful template that you had there. When I have done new page patrolling in the past on the front end of the backlog, I have often seen CSD templates misused, and I think that your informative templates would be an easy way to get the message across that CSD tagging is a big deal and ought to be done properly. NuclearWarfare ( Talk) 13:49, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
{{template|G11}}
will create a templated message regarding errors in tagging with G11. Good luck with that :-)
So
Why 16:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for this. For transparency, I blocked the IP before I noticed the request there, but due to my involvement on Nicole Scherzinger, me answering that request would be inappropriate, so I left it alone despite the block of the vandal (which was an appropriate block, as it was vandalism not a content dispute). Thank you for handling it. Acalamari 21:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Seeing as you did the Dirk Kuyt move, do you think it's a good idea to move Johan Cruijff to Johan Cruyff? I think a similar solution to the Dirk Kuyt article would be the most appropriate course of action. Cheers. Sillyfolkboy ( talk) 22:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, please change |tf 2 importance= to |tf 2 importance={{{percy-jackson-importance|}}} in the Percy Jackson section. Thanks. Pmlinediter Talk 11:23, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Pedro gave me some ideas on where I might help out on Wikipedia. I have been watching how the various pieces are connected, and after a year or so, dove into the deep end at RfA. I would like to try some basic housekeeping or research for awhile. One of Pedro's suggestions was RFP, and you appear to be a top contributor on the page. Is there any non-admin duties that I might be able to help out on? --Preceding unsigned comment 17:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I'll just make a note that you deleted it as A7 and move on, I don't think it's much point debating which criteria is better, since the article was so unambiguously unsalvageable. But allow me to ask a completely unrelated question: How do you make that custom notification on your user talk? decltype ( talk) 20:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Why,
I noticed that you declined my suggested speedy deletion of Template:European Union topic, saying that the other templates do not provide the same functionality. To what functionality are you referring? No articles transclude this template, and it is essentially a copy-paste combination of Template:European Union candidates and Template:Members of the European Union (EU). The inclusion of "topic" in the name suggests that suffixes can be added to its links (as in Template:Europe topic), but this is not the case. Would you object if I relisted the template for deletion?
Neelix ( talk) 01:28, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you take a look at
this RFP? These templates are being transcluded onto very prominent pages, many of which are already semi-protected. I hadn't realized how fast these would become high risk templates and as usual it seems RFP is getting me nowhere. I know I could just ask someone outside RFP to protect the silly things but RFP should be a little more responsive when it comes to such templates.
Tothwolf (
talk) 14:25, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Oooh, SoWhy, merci! It's lovely and it's shiny, thank you so much! As for having earned it . . . well, I'll try not to argue, :-) I appreciate it very much, danke, :-D Maedin\ talk 18:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
The terms Scouting and Guiding in the context of a youth movement are capitalized. Please see WP:SCOUTMOS. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 21:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
I wasn't aware of SCOUTMOS either, or I wouldn't have put the db template on the redirect. Sorry to have put you in that position. I guess we both learned something. Station1 ( talk) 03:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
If you remember our conversations here and here about the range 89.207.208.nn, I said I would check on them after the block expired in April. They're at it again - one or two constructive edits but vandalism from .7, .8, .9, .12, .13 (the last three tag-teaming again on Joint). I think they need another few months off. Last time it was necessary to protect the talk pages too.
I checked further up the address range - the same authority owns them all up to .255, but I only checked up to .32. The only recent activity is by .16 (blocked 3 months on 11 Feb by LunaSantin) and .17 (blocks in Feb, Mar and today 20 Feb for 2 weeks by OverlordQ). So there's probably no need to extend the range of your block.
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 19:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
You declined my DB-SPAM tag, saying the article doesn't promote anything. It does. It promotes a book. As the article says "This thought-provoking and inspiring book ...". It's one of the (so far) three articles that Dr. Amit Abraham has added, all promoting his own books. I've reverted your edit, I guess that's okay. Yintaɳ 10:50, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
[10] Damn, thats actually what I meant to do... Thanks Kennedy ( talk) 11:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Meanwhile, I think I've made a bit of a mess of Atle Bakken. I tagged it for AfD and then found it had already been discussed there (and deleted) last week. So I added a speedy tag for recreation of deleted material (G4) instead. But now I've got a double tagged article and an open AfD discussion that is pointless. Would you mind taking a look at it and possibly use your mop? Thanks. Yintaɳ 11:21, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
'Ello. You dealt with the Furby protection request at RPP, but I don't think you noticed the Spongebob request that was tucked at the end of the message, so I've protected that one as well. Just to let you know :) -- Ged UK 12:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Haha, you declined my speedy.Funny everywhere I put up a speedy it gets declined and replaced with another by you or Timmeh.Well, its nice to see you active. Peace Out Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ Life Death 12:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Can you please keep an eye on Black Clouds & Silver Linings? I don't know if it needs fully protected again, but the track lenghs are being added agian with no new reliable sources, so maybe there is something that could help? Thanks! black ngold29 18:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I see you are on-line. Pjibid ( talk · contribs) has mischievously moved First Hawaiian Bank and its talk page to Hawain 717. I think it needs an admin to undo that? Also, if you look at his talk page, you may think this user is about ready for a block. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 21:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on my talk page re: my tagging SamiYam for speedy deletion. I am aware of the A7 criteria. Please note that I did not arbitrarily tag it. I tagged it because the article did not satisfy any of the criteria in WP:MUSICBIO, specifically:
A separate Google search turned up nothing in addition that would demonstrate Wikipedia notability, just a lot of mostly unreliable web pages. Hence I tagged it, and I stand by that action. The Wikimmunity has determined otherwise, which is always an option. Truthanado ( talk) 21:29, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I see you declined speedy on Bodo's Bagels because it was mentioned by a reliable source. Are you referring to the online magazine of the law school of UVA? By this standard, does this mean that any restaurant near any school that gets mentioned in that school's magazine will survive speedy? JCutter { talk to me } 22:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I read your comments on my template. I did try it on your userpage with the preview button and it would look great. Whether you use it is up to you.
EVula asked why we need it when we have the {{ Usercheck-full}} but that is very long. The one I mentioned was simply {{ admin}} plus a link to your RFA.
Another template that I did create was {{ IPsock}} but I can no longer edit it because it's protected. – BuickCentury Driver 06:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
The category associated with the no flagged revisions userbox you have placed on your user page is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009 April 23#Category:Wikipedia users who oppose Flagged Revisions and you are invited to share your opinions on the issue. Alansohn ( talk) 05:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I would love to be adopted by you. I appreciate you noticing how I've figured some things out on my own; yep, I'm definitely not the kind of person you'd be sending "Let Me Google That For You" links to. :) I just want to be more involved and to be good at editing around here. Most of what I like to do is policing spelling, grammar, policy violations, and vandalism.
—Preceding
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{{
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. Regards
So
Why 08:51, 23 April 2009 (UTC)