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Jimfbleak. He gave me constructive feedback which I incorporated and the post was accepted and had been live for more than 6 months. Can you let me know what the new problems are so I can address them? Thanks.
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Tough. There's one book about him, but published by the organization he was involved in/founded, so COI. (Leon Kaźmierczak (1979). Dr Edward Pomorski, Prezes Honorowy Związku Polaków w Belgii. Union des Polonais de Belgique.) Outside that, as far as I can tell on Google Books, he has a two sentence footnote bio in a single reliable book: Jacek Leoński; Leszek Wątróbski (2006). Polska tożsamość na emigracji. Uniwersytet Szczeciński. p. 41. ISBN 978-83-7518-057-2.. According to it, he was the founder of said organization (roughly translated as in Free Poles Committee in Belgium, a Polish activists there, translator. Not much on Google; [1] and [2] mention his role in Polish education in Belgium. "the last Minister Plenipotentiary of the Polish Government-in-Exile" from the article sounds nice, but is most likely a bad translation, or at least I am not seeing anything related outside the fact that he was a "School Inspector" for said government during WWII. He published a textbook, maybe one more book, having difficulty veryfing if it was his. Uh. I don't think he passes notability, there just aren't sources to prove he did anything beside being a minor official and activist. Out of his orders, Polonia Restituta 3rd class seems most significant; I am not finding stats for how many were given during his time, but the modern Polish government issues about a 100 or so of this (3rd class) awards per year. I would argue against its notability (however, I am also quite annoyed recently by the claims that all Iron Cross holders are notable and the resulting spam of German Nazi soldier bios, so...). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 21:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGG. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Wei Yang Brian, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: I'd prefer it went through AfD given another admin accepted the article from AfC. Thank you. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 10:13, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. If you have the time, could you comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preston Long (or here on your talk page). I had originally !voted delete, but after fixing up the article and adding a few references, I'm rather sitting on the fence now. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 13:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Can you look at [ [3]]. 24.9.243.108 ( talk) 19:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Please let me know if I've managed to shed some light on that. Someone not using his real name ( talk) 00:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
At your convenience could you take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Dranias. The article's subject seems to be taking heated exception to my AfD nom. Am I missing something here? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 00:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Re: Term "notability" I concur with the most of the above comments. It's confusing and prone to cause offense among the uninitiated. If someone wants to make a formal proposal to change the term to something a bit more innocuous I would probably support it. Just drop me an FYI. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 19:13, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I'm still learning the edit functions of Wikipedia so apologies in advance if the format/content of this request is out of whack!
I have been involved in some edits on the 12th man article but everything is heating up over there and I would like to ask for some help determining what may or may be appropriate with regards to content and response. A few months ago I was warned that I was engaged in an edit war which was true. Since then, I have attempted to utilize the talk pages first but am having difficulty with one specific poster and the revisions that he would like to make. I selected you for a request for assistance as it appears that you have special expertise in sourcing and the value/weight of various references. Much of the dispute as you will see is based on arguments/discussions as to what is or is not acceptable sourcing and how the information should most appropriately written.
No one involved in the current disputes with this article (myself included) are impartial. Instead we have a poster from a rival university and multiple posters from Texas A&M who are at odds over what information is relevant. It seems to me that it should be possible to acknowledge limited documentation of some claims while still acknowledging that these claims have been made. But I'm not certain that I have done a good job in explaining or justifying such a compromise in my talk page comments. I now have a poster who continually is suggesting that I go to the Texas A&M library and conduct research, with the implication that if I don't, then he is justified in using his suggested revisions instead. Again, it appears that you might have the background to make some true, non-biased comments and suggestions as to the best possible compromise and solutions. Any help or advice that you can offer is certainly appreciated both for the sake of this article and also for my own knowledge with regards to wikipedia policy. Macae ( talk) 19:48, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. At your convenience could you take a look at Charles Fritz Juengling. It popped up on my NPP queue and I didn't think the subject was up to WP:N and WP:PROF. The creator disagrees. So I wanted to get a 2nd opinion before I pull the trigger on AfD. There are a lot of sources and maybe they add up to something that I'm missing. Thanks - Ad Orientem ( talk) 03:26, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
This guy/gal has pinged me a couple times. I honestly don't know if they are just trolling or if they don't understand. I'd rather not deal with it personally for... well... lots of reasons. I thought you might be willing to explain a bit to them. CorporateM ( Talk) 19:40, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
hi I noticed that you have been looking at some of the same articles as I have.
A user "Ariel Fernandez" created some of this and heavily edited them; that user later created a sock account "Arifer" that was blocked; now there is a user named Haydee_Belinky who is doing edits like this; the account appears to exist solely to promote Ariel Fernandez. I have never dealt with something like this and don't know what to do. Jytdog ( talk) 23:28, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
You're the busiest guy I know. Anyway, I sent an AFC requester your way, you have looked at the requested article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michael L.J. Apuzzo. You should consider volunteering for WP:OTRS, I would recommend you without hesitation; it's fascinating work ad you get to meet some really interesting people. My favourite ticket was from Ronald Neame. See you around the 'pedia, Guy ( Help!) 00:34, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
If there is something that I can do to expedite this article to become published, please let me know. Many thanks for your time! By the way, JzG sent me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.120.4 ( talk) 00:52, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks for your quick response! I think it would be necessary to eliminate most of the uncited claims. I was not able to find references for those. If possible, please do what you can to get this thing up. Eliminate anything that cannot be published. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.120.4 ( talk) 23:07, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
I created (I think) a large bundled AfD but it's not showing up in the AfD log. Did I screw this up somehow? My eyes are crossed and my fingers cramped from all the typing & tagging on dozens of pages so maybe I messed up the code somewhere. The primary article I tagged is Constitution Party of Alabama. Not sure what I missed. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:36, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
User Wikiuser224-0-0-9
[5] etc. Divot ( talk) 00:20, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I've found myself a bit more active of late -especially with a return to my old museum stomping grounds and I wanted to say hi as you were one person here who always encouraged me. Hope all is well. StarM 23:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello. As this is now a contested PROD, I thought I'd let you know. Personally, I think this is a case of CRYSTAL as there doesn't seem to be any criteria for which this building would pass GNG at this time, given the fact that it doesn't exist yet. There's lots of coverage in the article now about the funding and construction of it, but that in itself doesn't make it notable. Would you concur with an AFD on this one? ArcAngel (talk) ) 16:41, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. The person in this article has the same name as a notable player, but it was sorted out at Wikiproject Football had he has been declared non-notable. However, someone there edited the article to disambiguate the two. Can it still be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 18:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I think the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Constitution Party of Alabama bundled AfD is not going to fly. The argument is that state branches of national parties have inherent notability if they ever had access to the ballot. I don't agree obviously, but that's where most of the comments seem to be going right now. Unfortunately I think it's going to set a terrible precedent. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I proposed deletion on this, and wish to notify you. "Non-notable REIT, very run of the mill. Unsourced." Bearian ( talk) 21:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Resource Description & Access has become eligible for G13. HasteurBot ( talk) 02:05, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to cover two very different definitions of the word. How do you think it should best be handled? Candleabracadabra ( talk) 15:31, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I see other problems, some arising from that confusion. For starters, Category:Tropes also contains Category:Tropes by type, which contains the usual suspects more commonly called "figures of speech", which has its own category (Category:Figures of speech, duh). Note that Category:Metonymy falls under three categories: Figures of speech (appropriate), Literary techniques (hmm), and Tropes by type (no different than figure of speech). But this is something best left aside for now.
I'm going to mull this over. I do wonder where those lists in Figure of speech come from, and if we need to reproduce, if that's what we're doing, a classical division that is fraught with difficulties. For instance, if schemes focus on synax, as the definition in our article seems to suggest, and if trope focuses on semantics, then Cataphora shouldn't be listed as a trope, since it's a syntactical device. Drmies ( talk) 20:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a student and I have a problem. About one month ago, I created pages named First Business Financial Services Commercial National Financial Corporation Jacksonville Bancorp Premier Financial Bancorp North Valley Bancorp United Bancorp, Inc WVS Financial and Meridian Interstate Bancorp, but they had been deleted because the companies do not assert notability. But these companies are my homework and my teacher requires me to create them. I know you are very busy as an admin, but would you please userfy the pages? I'll improve the quality of the pages and I can also learn from it. Thank you! ReganChai ( ReganChai) 00:59, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGG. On a tangent based on your comment about this elsewhere, in what way would it be unsafe (for either or any party) to offer assistance if a Canadian university were not also involved? -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 20:32, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
DGG, I'm shocked and disappointed that you stoop so low as to say, "whoever can get the other person to start using terms like "lying" often wins regardless of the merits". [6]
It sounds like you have given up on all core principles of civility, AGF, and so forth, and recommend using political spin tactics to 'win' arguments on the wiki. 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 02:48, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Could you pull the speedy delete tag from Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Technology & Management for me. I had a brain fade and forgot you can't CSD schools. Thanks... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 04:23, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, please could you take a look at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Spore (agricultural publication)? I declined an earlier version of this submission, and the submitter has revised it somewhat and also commented in some detail on my talkpage at User talk:Arthur goes shopping#Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Spore (agricultural publication). I'm unclear on whether it passes the notability requirements for periodicals, and don't feel it appropriate to review it again myself. Arthur goes shopping ( talk) 14:22, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Please consider rescinding your request for speedy deletion of Childline South Africa. I reviewed the page when it went through AFC and, call me biased, but I don't think this rises to the level of blatant self-promotion. Note: The "Partnerships" section was created after the article was accepted. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 23:50, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I have added some stronger sources to José María Sicilia, if you are interested. Cheers. Span ( talk) 00:12, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey DGG, I was looking at the page for Maggie Goes on a Diet, as you recently edited it and it came up in my watched page list. I hadn't really looked at it since I initially edited it way back when, but I'm concerned that there's no actual long term coverage for the work. It got quite a bit upon its announcement but I'm not really seeing anything long term. There aren't any actual reviews for the work either, just reactions to the announcement of the concept. I'm debating listing it at AfD- what do you think? It could probably go either way, as the coverage was fairly intense during the brief span of time it had. I think that I was expecting it to get some reviews or at least some coverage in a journal akin to how My Beautiful Mommy did, but it hasn't. I'm willing to userfy it if it fails AfD, as hope springs eternal (and all that noise) that it might get it years later. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 12:41, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
When you get a minute (I have no idea where you find any free minutes) can you take a look at Antisemitism in South Africa. At a minimum the thing sounds like an op-ed piece with a strong whiff of WP:FRINGE thrown in for good measure. It popped up on my NPP queue and I am seriously considering sending it to AfD. But I want to get a 2nd opinion before that. Thanks... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 00:18, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG, In April 2013, you asked for revision of the page on " Trotula." I have done a major intervention on the page, bringing it into line with published scholarship and breaking it down into topical headings, as you suggested. I would like to ask if you would now be willing to reconsider your call for revision of tone, which currently stands as a red (well, orange) flag at the top of the entry and raises questions of its quality. Thank you. Historian1098 ( talk) 10:33, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you restore the full history of Hoagie Haven and Tony Luke's to my userspace? I've been working on some NY metro food articles. Thanks!
Also is it possible to restore the talk page of 53rd and 6th so that if the DRV is overturned, which is looking favorable, I can immediately move the article to it's proper page? Valoem talk 17:36, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! Valoem talk 21:55, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. Regarding your edit here, can you clarify what you mean by "consider merges"? What do you suggest that page could be merged with? Note that its contents have already been fully merged into {{ animation editors}}. -- Waldir talk 03:11, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Greetings. One of the things I'm trying to do is work on articles which need copy edit work. On the above article, I noticed that you were the reviewer who rated it a "stub" article. I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on what class the article would be after my edits. Being somewhat new to this, if you think it should be upgraded, how would I go about doing that. Thanks in advance. Onel5969 ( talk) 18:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, My name is Shannon from Ecosia. We had a Wikipedia page you deleted in 2012 (16:31, 4 November 2012 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Ecosia (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)). Quite a long article exists in German (albeit with many inaccuracies), and we wanted help create the English entry again, obviously as neutrally as possible, but we're not sure how to have it reviewed before posting something that doesn't meet the guidelines/standards. How can we check what we'd like to submit? Thanks! -- EcosiaSearch ( talk) 12:42, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I am uncertain whether or not any article on the service will be judged notable--it is a rather small company based on the value of the 80% charitable contributions & by implications the profit. The enWP does not consider Alexa rank in judging notability. If you are associated with the firm, as seems to be the case, the recommended route for making an article is to use WP:AFC according to our WP:COI policy, which is different from that of the German WP and I think also from most of the Scandinavian WPs. In particular, you may not use a corporate user name here--you have to use some made-up user name, or clearly individual name, , and say on the user page the account is being used by someone affiliated with the company. ( I agree it makes no sense whatsoever, but it is a firm policy here.) Good luck with it. I shall let the community judge. DGG ( talk ) 11:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
Surely this subject is notable: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mathew Martoma? Thanks in advance, X Ottawahitech ( talk) 05:14, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your comment at the AN/I about the Charles R. Burton article. As I noted at the top of the complaint, I have not done this before and hope I'm doing it right. Please explain to me why you think the discussion doesn't belong at AN/I, and what my next step should be. Cheers! Yopienso ( talk) 19:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
I saw the alert for this on the Museums project. I just cleaned it up a bit -- but I don't know how AfC works at all. I actually think maybe the article should be a broader one about a Luohan (currently one line in a DAB) vs. this particular one, but like I said - I don't know this world. As always, your insight is appreciated. StarM 02:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Letting you know that I have restored this article which you PRODded, following a request at WP:REFUND#Picsolve International. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 16:59, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello I am wishing to retrieve the article Joey Ciccone so that I can edit it to make it acceptable. Thank you. Knockonwood ( talk) 01:03, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear David,
It seems you have deleted Lloyd Bancaire Page. We are representing the firm and would like to resolve this matter at the earliest.
Warm Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Groupclr ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
I saw your name in
here so I am asking for your help. I have nominated
E.coli for the good article but I would be very much glad if you can put some light on phylogeny chart issue mentioned in
Talk:Escherichia coli/GA1. Thanks
RRD13 (
talk) 15:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
You had an editor log in with two different accounts for the same argument with you. Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2013_December_15 User:✄ and User:Stifle are the same person. He posted in the same thread as two different accounts at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2014_February_24 as well. Seems a bit deceptive. Dream Focus 22:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please extract this from the AFC mechanism? The subject is utterly notable, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Museums#Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation.2FLuohan.2C_Royal_Ontario_Museum. It needs repurposing into an article on the set, which I can work on once it is out of AFC. The original creator has not edited since last August - some college project no doubt. But the references are useful. Thanks, Johnbod ( talk) 02:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know that why this page got deleted. It was not any promotional or advertise article, that article was belong to one of the UK's leading firm which provide legal information about how to reduce or manage stress at work.Alex.shawn (talk) 04:24, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Alex.shawn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex.shawn ( talk • contribs)
Hi there DGG, hope all is well with you. Small world that it is, Frank Gruber (entrepreneur) happens to be an acquaintance of mine, and someone suggested he reach out to me about the deletion of the article about him. So I looked into it, and read the recent deletion debate, and of course found that you were involved. Two questions, then. First, any impressions of whether there was a chance for notability but the article didn't show it? Second, would you be willing to userfy the past versions in my userspace so I could have a look for myself? Let me know when you find a moment. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 21:29, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: I see that you have been involved in discussion about this article before. The draft was written by someone else, and the text doesn't appear to have been copied, so it can't be merged and I don't see the point in redirecting it. Most of the references are primary. Can it just be G6'd? — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:42, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I haven't ever approved an AfC, but I think this one is ready to be mainspaced. If you agree, would you do the honors? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hi DGG,
It looks like an article I created about
YouNow has been deleted. The notice did not include any information about why. My first post in May 2013 was taken down by
Jimfbleak. He gave me constructive feedback which I incorporated and the post was accepted and had been live for more than 6 months. Can you let me know what the new problems are so I can address them? Thanks.
skeats111 —Preceding
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Dear DGG: Thought you might be interested in the above discussion. — Anne Delong ( talk) 06:43, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Tough. There's one book about him, but published by the organization he was involved in/founded, so COI. (Leon Kaźmierczak (1979). Dr Edward Pomorski, Prezes Honorowy Związku Polaków w Belgii. Union des Polonais de Belgique.) Outside that, as far as I can tell on Google Books, he has a two sentence footnote bio in a single reliable book: Jacek Leoński; Leszek Wątróbski (2006). Polska tożsamość na emigracji. Uniwersytet Szczeciński. p. 41. ISBN 978-83-7518-057-2.. According to it, he was the founder of said organization (roughly translated as in Free Poles Committee in Belgium, a Polish activists there, translator. Not much on Google; [1] and [2] mention his role in Polish education in Belgium. "the last Minister Plenipotentiary of the Polish Government-in-Exile" from the article sounds nice, but is most likely a bad translation, or at least I am not seeing anything related outside the fact that he was a "School Inspector" for said government during WWII. He published a textbook, maybe one more book, having difficulty veryfing if it was his. Uh. I don't think he passes notability, there just aren't sources to prove he did anything beside being a minor official and activist. Out of his orders, Polonia Restituta 3rd class seems most significant; I am not finding stats for how many were given during his time, but the modern Polish government issues about a 100 or so of this (3rd class) awards per year. I would argue against its notability (however, I am also quite annoyed recently by the claims that all Iron Cross holders are notable and the resulting spam of German Nazi soldier bios, so...). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 21:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGG. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Wei Yang Brian, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: I'd prefer it went through AfD given another admin accepted the article from AfC. Thank you. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 10:13, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. If you have the time, could you comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preston Long (or here on your talk page). I had originally !voted delete, but after fixing up the article and adding a few references, I'm rather sitting on the fence now. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 13:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Can you look at [ [3]]. 24.9.243.108 ( talk) 19:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Please let me know if I've managed to shed some light on that. Someone not using his real name ( talk) 00:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
At your convenience could you take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Dranias. The article's subject seems to be taking heated exception to my AfD nom. Am I missing something here? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 00:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Re: Term "notability" I concur with the most of the above comments. It's confusing and prone to cause offense among the uninitiated. If someone wants to make a formal proposal to change the term to something a bit more innocuous I would probably support it. Just drop me an FYI. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 19:13, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I'm still learning the edit functions of Wikipedia so apologies in advance if the format/content of this request is out of whack!
I have been involved in some edits on the 12th man article but everything is heating up over there and I would like to ask for some help determining what may or may be appropriate with regards to content and response. A few months ago I was warned that I was engaged in an edit war which was true. Since then, I have attempted to utilize the talk pages first but am having difficulty with one specific poster and the revisions that he would like to make. I selected you for a request for assistance as it appears that you have special expertise in sourcing and the value/weight of various references. Much of the dispute as you will see is based on arguments/discussions as to what is or is not acceptable sourcing and how the information should most appropriately written.
No one involved in the current disputes with this article (myself included) are impartial. Instead we have a poster from a rival university and multiple posters from Texas A&M who are at odds over what information is relevant. It seems to me that it should be possible to acknowledge limited documentation of some claims while still acknowledging that these claims have been made. But I'm not certain that I have done a good job in explaining or justifying such a compromise in my talk page comments. I now have a poster who continually is suggesting that I go to the Texas A&M library and conduct research, with the implication that if I don't, then he is justified in using his suggested revisions instead. Again, it appears that you might have the background to make some true, non-biased comments and suggestions as to the best possible compromise and solutions. Any help or advice that you can offer is certainly appreciated both for the sake of this article and also for my own knowledge with regards to wikipedia policy. Macae ( talk) 19:48, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. At your convenience could you take a look at Charles Fritz Juengling. It popped up on my NPP queue and I didn't think the subject was up to WP:N and WP:PROF. The creator disagrees. So I wanted to get a 2nd opinion before I pull the trigger on AfD. There are a lot of sources and maybe they add up to something that I'm missing. Thanks - Ad Orientem ( talk) 03:26, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
This guy/gal has pinged me a couple times. I honestly don't know if they are just trolling or if they don't understand. I'd rather not deal with it personally for... well... lots of reasons. I thought you might be willing to explain a bit to them. CorporateM ( Talk) 19:40, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
hi I noticed that you have been looking at some of the same articles as I have.
A user "Ariel Fernandez" created some of this and heavily edited them; that user later created a sock account "Arifer" that was blocked; now there is a user named Haydee_Belinky who is doing edits like this; the account appears to exist solely to promote Ariel Fernandez. I have never dealt with something like this and don't know what to do. Jytdog ( talk) 23:28, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
You're the busiest guy I know. Anyway, I sent an AFC requester your way, you have looked at the requested article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michael L.J. Apuzzo. You should consider volunteering for WP:OTRS, I would recommend you without hesitation; it's fascinating work ad you get to meet some really interesting people. My favourite ticket was from Ronald Neame. See you around the 'pedia, Guy ( Help!) 00:34, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
If there is something that I can do to expedite this article to become published, please let me know. Many thanks for your time! By the way, JzG sent me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.120.4 ( talk) 00:52, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks for your quick response! I think it would be necessary to eliminate most of the uncited claims. I was not able to find references for those. If possible, please do what you can to get this thing up. Eliminate anything that cannot be published. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.120.4 ( talk) 23:07, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
I created (I think) a large bundled AfD but it's not showing up in the AfD log. Did I screw this up somehow? My eyes are crossed and my fingers cramped from all the typing & tagging on dozens of pages so maybe I messed up the code somewhere. The primary article I tagged is Constitution Party of Alabama. Not sure what I missed. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:36, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
User Wikiuser224-0-0-9
[5] etc. Divot ( talk) 00:20, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I've found myself a bit more active of late -especially with a return to my old museum stomping grounds and I wanted to say hi as you were one person here who always encouraged me. Hope all is well. StarM 23:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello. As this is now a contested PROD, I thought I'd let you know. Personally, I think this is a case of CRYSTAL as there doesn't seem to be any criteria for which this building would pass GNG at this time, given the fact that it doesn't exist yet. There's lots of coverage in the article now about the funding and construction of it, but that in itself doesn't make it notable. Would you concur with an AFD on this one? ArcAngel (talk) ) 16:41, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. The person in this article has the same name as a notable player, but it was sorted out at Wikiproject Football had he has been declared non-notable. However, someone there edited the article to disambiguate the two. Can it still be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 18:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I think the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Constitution Party of Alabama bundled AfD is not going to fly. The argument is that state branches of national parties have inherent notability if they ever had access to the ballot. I don't agree obviously, but that's where most of the comments seem to be going right now. Unfortunately I think it's going to set a terrible precedent. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 20:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I proposed deletion on this, and wish to notify you. "Non-notable REIT, very run of the mill. Unsourced." Bearian ( talk) 21:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Resource Description & Access has become eligible for G13. HasteurBot ( talk) 02:05, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to cover two very different definitions of the word. How do you think it should best be handled? Candleabracadabra ( talk) 15:31, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I see other problems, some arising from that confusion. For starters, Category:Tropes also contains Category:Tropes by type, which contains the usual suspects more commonly called "figures of speech", which has its own category (Category:Figures of speech, duh). Note that Category:Metonymy falls under three categories: Figures of speech (appropriate), Literary techniques (hmm), and Tropes by type (no different than figure of speech). But this is something best left aside for now.
I'm going to mull this over. I do wonder where those lists in Figure of speech come from, and if we need to reproduce, if that's what we're doing, a classical division that is fraught with difficulties. For instance, if schemes focus on synax, as the definition in our article seems to suggest, and if trope focuses on semantics, then Cataphora shouldn't be listed as a trope, since it's a syntactical device. Drmies ( talk) 20:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a student and I have a problem. About one month ago, I created pages named First Business Financial Services Commercial National Financial Corporation Jacksonville Bancorp Premier Financial Bancorp North Valley Bancorp United Bancorp, Inc WVS Financial and Meridian Interstate Bancorp, but they had been deleted because the companies do not assert notability. But these companies are my homework and my teacher requires me to create them. I know you are very busy as an admin, but would you please userfy the pages? I'll improve the quality of the pages and I can also learn from it. Thank you! ReganChai ( ReganChai) 00:59, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello DGG. On a tangent based on your comment about this elsewhere, in what way would it be unsafe (for either or any party) to offer assistance if a Canadian university were not also involved? -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 20:32, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
DGG, I'm shocked and disappointed that you stoop so low as to say, "whoever can get the other person to start using terms like "lying" often wins regardless of the merits". [6]
It sounds like you have given up on all core principles of civility, AGF, and so forth, and recommend using political spin tactics to 'win' arguments on the wiki. 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 02:48, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG. Could you pull the speedy delete tag from Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Technology & Management for me. I had a brain fade and forgot you can't CSD schools. Thanks... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 04:23, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, please could you take a look at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Spore (agricultural publication)? I declined an earlier version of this submission, and the submitter has revised it somewhat and also commented in some detail on my talkpage at User talk:Arthur goes shopping#Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Spore (agricultural publication). I'm unclear on whether it passes the notability requirements for periodicals, and don't feel it appropriate to review it again myself. Arthur goes shopping ( talk) 14:22, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Please consider rescinding your request for speedy deletion of Childline South Africa. I reviewed the page when it went through AFC and, call me biased, but I don't think this rises to the level of blatant self-promotion. Note: The "Partnerships" section was created after the article was accepted. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 23:50, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I have added some stronger sources to José María Sicilia, if you are interested. Cheers. Span ( talk) 00:12, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey DGG, I was looking at the page for Maggie Goes on a Diet, as you recently edited it and it came up in my watched page list. I hadn't really looked at it since I initially edited it way back when, but I'm concerned that there's no actual long term coverage for the work. It got quite a bit upon its announcement but I'm not really seeing anything long term. There aren't any actual reviews for the work either, just reactions to the announcement of the concept. I'm debating listing it at AfD- what do you think? It could probably go either way, as the coverage was fairly intense during the brief span of time it had. I think that I was expecting it to get some reviews or at least some coverage in a journal akin to how My Beautiful Mommy did, but it hasn't. I'm willing to userfy it if it fails AfD, as hope springs eternal (and all that noise) that it might get it years later. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 12:41, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
When you get a minute (I have no idea where you find any free minutes) can you take a look at Antisemitism in South Africa. At a minimum the thing sounds like an op-ed piece with a strong whiff of WP:FRINGE thrown in for good measure. It popped up on my NPP queue and I am seriously considering sending it to AfD. But I want to get a 2nd opinion before that. Thanks... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 00:18, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG, In April 2013, you asked for revision of the page on " Trotula." I have done a major intervention on the page, bringing it into line with published scholarship and breaking it down into topical headings, as you suggested. I would like to ask if you would now be willing to reconsider your call for revision of tone, which currently stands as a red (well, orange) flag at the top of the entry and raises questions of its quality. Thank you. Historian1098 ( talk) 10:33, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you restore the full history of Hoagie Haven and Tony Luke's to my userspace? I've been working on some NY metro food articles. Thanks!
Also is it possible to restore the talk page of 53rd and 6th so that if the DRV is overturned, which is looking favorable, I can immediately move the article to it's proper page? Valoem talk 17:36, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! Valoem talk 21:55, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, DGG. Regarding your edit here, can you clarify what you mean by "consider merges"? What do you suggest that page could be merged with? Note that its contents have already been fully merged into {{ animation editors}}. -- Waldir talk 03:11, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Greetings. One of the things I'm trying to do is work on articles which need copy edit work. On the above article, I noticed that you were the reviewer who rated it a "stub" article. I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on what class the article would be after my edits. Being somewhat new to this, if you think it should be upgraded, how would I go about doing that. Thanks in advance. Onel5969 ( talk) 18:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG, My name is Shannon from Ecosia. We had a Wikipedia page you deleted in 2012 (16:31, 4 November 2012 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Ecosia (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)). Quite a long article exists in German (albeit with many inaccuracies), and we wanted help create the English entry again, obviously as neutrally as possible, but we're not sure how to have it reviewed before posting something that doesn't meet the guidelines/standards. How can we check what we'd like to submit? Thanks! -- EcosiaSearch ( talk) 12:42, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I am uncertain whether or not any article on the service will be judged notable--it is a rather small company based on the value of the 80% charitable contributions & by implications the profit. The enWP does not consider Alexa rank in judging notability. If you are associated with the firm, as seems to be the case, the recommended route for making an article is to use WP:AFC according to our WP:COI policy, which is different from that of the German WP and I think also from most of the Scandinavian WPs. In particular, you may not use a corporate user name here--you have to use some made-up user name, or clearly individual name, , and say on the user page the account is being used by someone affiliated with the company. ( I agree it makes no sense whatsoever, but it is a firm policy here.) Good luck with it. I shall let the community judge. DGG ( talk ) 11:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
Surely this subject is notable: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mathew Martoma? Thanks in advance, X Ottawahitech ( talk) 05:14, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your comment at the AN/I about the Charles R. Burton article. As I noted at the top of the complaint, I have not done this before and hope I'm doing it right. Please explain to me why you think the discussion doesn't belong at AN/I, and what my next step should be. Cheers! Yopienso ( talk) 19:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
I saw the alert for this on the Museums project. I just cleaned it up a bit -- but I don't know how AfC works at all. I actually think maybe the article should be a broader one about a Luohan (currently one line in a DAB) vs. this particular one, but like I said - I don't know this world. As always, your insight is appreciated. StarM 02:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Letting you know that I have restored this article which you PRODded, following a request at WP:REFUND#Picsolve International. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 16:59, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello I am wishing to retrieve the article Joey Ciccone so that I can edit it to make it acceptable. Thank you. Knockonwood ( talk) 01:03, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear David,
It seems you have deleted Lloyd Bancaire Page. We are representing the firm and would like to resolve this matter at the earliest.
Warm Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Groupclr ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi DGG,
I saw your name in
here so I am asking for your help. I have nominated
E.coli for the good article but I would be very much glad if you can put some light on phylogeny chart issue mentioned in
Talk:Escherichia coli/GA1. Thanks
RRD13 (
talk) 15:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
You had an editor log in with two different accounts for the same argument with you. Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2013_December_15 User:✄ and User:Stifle are the same person. He posted in the same thread as two different accounts at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2014_February_24 as well. Seems a bit deceptive. Dream Focus 22:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please extract this from the AFC mechanism? The subject is utterly notable, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Museums#Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation.2FLuohan.2C_Royal_Ontario_Museum. It needs repurposing into an article on the set, which I can work on once it is out of AFC. The original creator has not edited since last August - some college project no doubt. But the references are useful. Thanks, Johnbod ( talk) 02:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know that why this page got deleted. It was not any promotional or advertise article, that article was belong to one of the UK's leading firm which provide legal information about how to reduce or manage stress at work.Alex.shawn (talk) 04:24, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Alex.shawn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex.shawn ( talk • contribs)
Hi there DGG, hope all is well with you. Small world that it is, Frank Gruber (entrepreneur) happens to be an acquaintance of mine, and someone suggested he reach out to me about the deletion of the article about him. So I looked into it, and read the recent deletion debate, and of course found that you were involved. Two questions, then. First, any impressions of whether there was a chance for notability but the article didn't show it? Second, would you be willing to userfy the past versions in my userspace so I could have a look for myself? Let me know when you find a moment. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 21:29, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear DGG: I see that you have been involved in discussion about this article before. The draft was written by someone else, and the text doesn't appear to have been copied, so it can't be merged and I don't see the point in redirecting it. Most of the references are primary. Can it just be G6'd? — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:42, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I haven't ever approved an AfC, but I think this one is ready to be mainspaced. If you agree, would you do the honors? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)