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Not sure of protocol, but you're listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Internet_culture and seem to have a good grasp of Wikiquette. I posted on Third opinion: Active disagreements yesterday but am getting impatient. The only other editor keeps reverting everything. Slashdot talk Readability changes to lede -- WykiP ( talk) 13:50, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your consideration. For what it's worth, I asked another Project volunteer for help. Need help with editor on Slashdot -- WykiP ( talk) 16:50, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

I commented re Slashdot on your talk page. Also, NLP Section 3.2, today. -- FeralOink

There is basic verifiability for Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Leigh so I did not delete. CSD deletion to does not extent to BLPs that are merely poorly sourced. (or even unsourced, unless they are negative or dubious). I did not accept it though, pending improvements--he might actually be notable and one of the refs does give basic verification. DGG ( talk ) 20:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to ring if you need another opinion about why minor artworks are not notable, or inappropriate for inclusion. I'm not implying that I am an art elitist, nor that I would be a sycophant-as-a-service. I do know a small amount about some art history. Also, I think I may have messed up the Singularity Institute's Russian and Belorussian Wikipedia articles by mistake. I did the English and French page moves correctly. I don't know who to tell about the RU and Belorussian problem, as I don't speak the languages, and the more I try, the worse of a mess I made. I don't want to agitate the Transhumanists, as I don't intend to be disrespectful. They mean well, and don't hurt anyone. Can you tell me who to go to, so that that gets taken care of nicely? -- FeralOink ( talk) 07:41, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

One thing that often works is to simply write a note in English on the article talk page. There seems to be ongoing editing at the article, so someone will see it, and enough people there will be able to read it.

BTW, I made a page change to an article you discussed at AfD, to Tuition agency. There should be refs findable there. DGG ( talk ) 22:38, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

That was a very good idea, DGG, for the Tutoring agency article. Thank you! I totally re-wrote the article, per your suggestions. I removed the tags about lack of references etc. I feel much better about it now. -- FeralOink ( talk) 07:12, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi FeralOink, I'm looking for editors to help review a new draft for a software company article and was hoping you may be able to help, since you are a WikiProject Business participant and the article falls under that project. The draft is for the marketing software company Vocus, which already has an article but one that has fallen into disrepair. In my user space, I've posted a new draft that I've written, which provides better sourcing and a clearer overview of the company's operations and products. You can see the draft here: User:16912_Rhiannon/Vocus

If you'd like more details, there's a full explanation of the draft in my request on the Vocus Talk page. As I've explained there, I do have a potential COI on this topic, as I've written the draft on behalf of the company. This is why I'm looking for impartial editors to read through and make sure the draft is neutral, non-promotional and otherwise follows Wikipedia's guidelines. I should also note: I will not make any edits to the Vocus article myself. One editor has taken a look at the draft so far and made some edits, although they've not left any comments, so I'd like to get other editors' feedback and ask that they move the draft if it's ready. If you're able to help, please review the draft and let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 20:38, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi again, just wondering if you've had time to look at my draft for the Vocus article yet? Would be great to get your feedback when you're able to have a read through. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 16:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Please excuse the multiple pings here, just wanted to let you know that since it seems you're not around at the moment I'm going to ask a couple of others to look at the Vocus draft. I'd still really appreciate your help too, if you have time to look. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 14:56, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi FeralOink, thanks so much for reviewing the Vocus article. If you have a moment, I have left one question for you on the article's Talk page about the edits that you made, I'm just a bit confused about your feedback relating to the Baltimore Sun reference. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 22:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

You are welcome, Rhiannon! I responded in detail to your inquiries. Regarding the image logo, I noticed that it will be deleted on 3 May. I will upload it, but there were some additional tags that are required, for it to constitute fair use, etc. The Vocus png page describes what they are. Most are curly bracket templates. Do you know the proper entries, or do you need me to help you with it? I don't mind helping you! But you are running out of time. Image templates can be daunting, I know how that is! Let me know, please. -- FeralOink ( talk) 13:22, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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I think it makes sense to merge rather than delete; see my comment on the talk page. Thanks for helping clean up! –  SJ  + 01:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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nice catch. you should add it to the main prism article. Decora ( talk) 01:12, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi! I wanted to let you know about some changes I made to your recent update. You were right that the Gang of Eight article needed to have a spelled out list of who the members were, instead of just their titles. Unfortunately the Gang of Eight page (now Gang of Eight (intelligence) you edited is about the original Gang of Eight that works on intelligence and not the new Gang of Eight (immigration). I fixed both pages to include the correct lists of members and renamed one of the pages; hopefully this will help end the confusion (which other people shared). If you have a few minutes to look around at my changes, will you see if things are clarified enough? Both pages really need more content, but I don't have time to add to them at the moment. Thanks!! HistoricMN44 ( talk) 14:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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Dear FeralOink,

I recently submitted an article about Stanford College of Business and Technology: Stanford International College of Business and Technology is a private career college in the province of Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded in 2003 Stanford College has 5 locations in Southern Ontario and offers education programs for diplomas and certificates in Technology, Trades and Healthcare. [2]The college is a member of the Ontario Association of Career Colleges[3], the National Association of Career Colleges [4] and is an approved training provider of the Technical Standards and Safety Authority. [2]Stanford International College is also an educational partner of Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia; Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology[5], Ontario and the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute[6], USA. The school is also a Testing Centre for both the Technical Standards and Safety Authority and the Canadian Welding Bureau. [2]

You said that this does not have reliable sources and sounds like an advertisement and needs to be improved. Can you please give me some suggestions on improvement? I got my ideas for this article based on an article of a similar business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriOS_College

If my article is exactly like theirs but with information on Stanford College instead of Trios college would it be ok? They only have references based on their own website and the OACC website ( http://www.oacc.on.ca/Default.aspx?webpage=OACC_member_colleges), If I also have references from the Stanford college website (scbt.ca) and the OACC website would it be ok? Should I only mention the year founded and the basic introduction?

Thank you for your time! Gerald

You wrote "a prior editor whose name I don't recall.. English was not his first language... New Caledonia ...". My name is Damien Raczy. Cheers! :-) - Damien Raczy ( talk) 02:15, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Is this the one you mentioned? PRISM_(surveillance_program) What do you think needs help? It will be a struggle for me to remain NPOV on there, I'm pretty horrified by it... WykiP ( talk) 18:10, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello pal, thanks for your recent kind words regarding my few lines on the nataraja some years ago. I'm a white British practicing Hindu and keen writer on Hinduism; I have a great deal I might like to share but for now I can link you to some in-progress files I'm going to be using for talks, if I can get them proof-read properly. I regret it's not finished work- come back to me in six months and I'll have much more, best wishes, Sean

Considering it passed AfD at 2011, I'm not comfortable deleting it via speedy,even if it isnt quite the same reason. You'll need to use AfD. I suggest the nomination is more likely to succeed if you adopt a less outraged tone. DGG ( talk ) 18:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Hey FeralOink, I'm reaching out because I see that you recently made an edit to the Accenture article. I'm currently working on the company's behalf to correct some inaccurate information in their article. Because of my financial COI, I don't edit articles directly; instead, I've posted a note about some of the changes that I'd like to see over at Talk:Accenture. If you have time, do you think you could take a look and, if the changes seem acceptable, go ahead and implement them? Thanks! ChrisPond ( Talk · COI) 15:10, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey FeralOink, Thanks for making some of the edits to the Accenture article, I really appreciate it! There are still a couple of informational tweaks from my request that I think should be made to the article; I've copied and pasted below. What do you think about these?

• "Also in the infobox, I'd like to suggest a small addition to the "Revenue" line. Currently, the amount of revenue reads "US$29.77". However, more commonly used in Accenture's industry is the net revenue, so I'd suggest adding that figure as well, changing the revenue line to read "US$29.77 (US$27.9 billion net)" (the current source contains the new figure)."
• "Finally, in early June, "management consulting" was removed under "Industry" [in the infobox]. However, this is a major part of Accenture's business and is an area of work they are well known for. There was no reason given for removing it, so I'd like to suggest that this be added back in."
• Additionally, there's still just a single board member listed under " Leadership". It really seems to me like we should either remove this single member, or include the entire board. Thoughts?

Thanks again! ChrisPond ( Talk · COI) 13:59, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey again FeralOink, thanks so much for updating the infobox and removing that stray board member, as well as your other edits—the article is definitely starting to look a lot better! I'm curious, though, why you didn't add the net revenue to the infobox. Any thoughts about including that? Cheers, ChrisPond ( Talk · COI) 14:43, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey FeralOink, just wanted to let you know that I've replied to the latest round of comments from you and Stalwart111 over at Talk:Accenture in case you hadn't seen. Think you could make the last round of changes over there, since it looks to me like we're all on the same page now? Cheers, ChrisPond ( Talk · COI) 13:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

This is now  Done—thanks again for all of your help on this topic! ChrisPond ( Talk · COI) 12:57, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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I removed that 1973 from the AFC page. I totally forgot about it. Thank you. Emeraldgirl ( talk) 01:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

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