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Great! & best of luck.
By weird coincidence (or maybe this is why you were looking at my page) I was just in San Diego for a day or so for the first time in over 20 years (I had the good fortune that someone sufficiently wanted my help for a few hours to fly me down from Seattle). Unsurprisingly, in my few free hours there, I visited a very standard tourist part of the city (Old Town). But, yes, the less affluent neighborhoods certainly deserve comparable coverage in Wikipedia (actually, even the article on Old Town is no great shakes). And, unless I'm mistaken, Hispanic San Diego is rather under-covered, even in terms of the 19th century. - Jmabel | Talk 02:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Wow, Journeyman Editor! Faaaaaaaan-CY! -- Rnickel ( talk) 18:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi I am new San Diego but have a strong interest in expanding the relationship between local wikipedians an the cultural institutions of San Diego, especially in Balboa Park. To that end I am interested in providing access, support and recruitment efforts to the wikipedians through my connections to the major organizations in Balboa Park and San Diego.
I am also attending and supporting some Balboa Park museum staff to attend Wikimedia@MW2010 [1]in April, a workshop for exploring and developing policies that will enable museums to better contribute to and use Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. This meeting will be attended by Wikimedia Foundation Board members, staff, and Wikipedia editors as well museum professionals from across the country.
Prior to this meeting I would like to host a local meeting of wikipedians in Balboa Park to discuss the opportunities that might exist with the development of a closer relationship between existing wikipedians and museums.
Would this be something you would be interested in? -- Richcherry ( talk) 23:42, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Hmm, I probably should update the main Recruit page. As for USS Commodore (401B), at first it looked difficult but after further Googling now I've found some nifty bits that should be enough for a stubby article at least - so I might get that started tonight, feel free to chip in of course! :) And I think we have enough to have a "land ships" category now too. Most intriguing! - The Bushranger ( talk) 02:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Just found this: File:Uss recruit.jpg. According to the marker there were three landlocked training ships around that time. One of them is presumably Commodore...but where was the third? - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 11:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Come to the park so I can share with you some fun facts we have
hello Melanie I work for the Balboa park historical society at Balboa Park I specialize in the childrens tours something here that we cherish are some old photos we have of Maxfield the alledged time traveler with his flea circus We also have some photos of him and alpha and his good friend Harry May (the showman with Alpha the "robot" unfortunately these images are of very fragile existence and hanging on the wall at out museum so can not be copied at this time.
as for Maxfield Rubbish at the puppet theater that is a pierce which was commisioned by the friends of Balboa Park to share a bit of history with the kids in a playful way. The show is also supported by his great granddaughter who donated one of Maxfields original circus's which happens to be the one you have as a referance on this wiki page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.236.182 ( talk) 19:05, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Melanie, you don't know me, but I've seen your name around, so I've turned on a couple of buttons for your account. First, WP:ROLLBACK, which is pretty simple- an easy way to get rid of vandalism in a flash. (Just don't use it on good faith edits.) Second, WP:Reviewer, which is a flagged revisions thing that will keep other people from having to review your edits on flagged protected pages. (Which goes into trial on 15 June.) If you don't want either right, just let me know- I'll watch this page for a few days, and happy editing. Courcelles ( talk) 12:48, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Melanie, thanks for your stirling work keeping the mad spammers from adding gibberish to the flea circus page. Much appreciated. ( Flea Circus Director ( talk) 12:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC))
Thanks for the update on Maxfield Rubbish, as far as I'm concerned a puppet circus is quite valid and could have been promoted as just that. However trying to promote such an event by writing about timetravellers in wikipedia is rather stupid. ( Flea Circus Director ( talk) 17:00, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Hi MelanieN, I found your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bacio Divino interesting. I'm curious what winery you were referring to, and if the article was kept or deleted.
You may be interested in looking at the Wine Project's draft guideline Wikipedia:Notability (wine topics). As you said in your comment, criteria for inclusion have to be tough. However, they are not always clear and obvious regarding borderline cases, such as wineries that might be well known in their region but not outside of it. I and a few others made an attempt to interpret existing policies and guidelines in the context of wine topics. Some would say we set the bar too high, although everything seems to follow logically from existing policies and guidelines. Any improvements you might make, or suggest, would be most welcome. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 19:32, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Sounds like an interesting idea for notability. Rename it to WP:IWASTHERE to make the essay more general. Just remember that you will need to lay out if administrators get a pass at notability for these events. ;-) Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:39, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi!
Thanks for fixing refs at
Rodney E. Slater. Looks like you're - amongst many other things - going through the unreferenced BLP back log as well. I actually find it rather interesting. Just one thing: just tried to
prod
Angelo Palma and got this message:
Article was created before March 18, 2010, and is thus ineligible for a BLP PROD.
Should we be ignoring that message? I ask because of your greater experience about this.
Thanks!--
Shirt58 (
talk) 09:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Melanie! Indeed I do intend to create that article. A pretty good approach to redlinks can be found at Wikipedia:Red Link. My own personal policy is to link virtually everything that I think is both relevant and worthy of an article (whether the actual target article exists or not). Many people remove red links purely on the basis that they lead to nowhere (yet). I have little idea why this occurs because Wikipedia's own guidelines encourage the opposite – perhaps people think Wikipedia has most notable things already covered at this stage? Often these removals cause a problem where perfectly valid new articles have zero incoming links and people like me have to rush around linking instances of the topic in other articles.
When you work in a niche area like I do then you become aware of the level of missing articles (some which are clearly notable to the lay reader). For example, John Kagwe (1996 AFC Half Marathon winner) is still waiting for his article even though he won the New York Marathon two years running! He's one of the biggest prize money winners ever, but still...for some reason he wasn't even redlinked on List of winners of the New York City Marathon. The winners list of the AFC Half Marathon alone is packed full of missing Olympians and major race winners.
In terms of the AFC Half Marathon DYK: go straight ahead! I'd recommend using the first one, or a variant on that theme. Be sure to add the relevant text to the article – I thought that info was a bit of a curio! SFB 16:20, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi i saw you work on San Diego articles. Im asking if you can help the Chula Vista article since as you know Chula Vista is right next to San Diego. I want to try to get it to FA for its centennial next year or atleast GA. If your not intersted its ok. Spongie555 ( talk) 03:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for beefing up that article! WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:33, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I saw you made the article for USS Recuit and got it to DYK. I saw this picture, [4], of a Military camp in Chula Vista during WWII called Camp Minnewawa. I thought you would maybe interested in creating it if you can find sources other then the picture. Spongie555 ( talk) 05:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there again. Guess what? I just found another "landship". Interesting! - The Bushranger One ping only 18:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your POV edits on Friends of Five Creeks. I learned a lot from how you handled it! If you wouldn't mind, could you take a look at Pacific_East_Mall and Cerrito_Creek? The same POV material is on those pages as well. m.cellophane ( talk) 17:45, 1 February 2011 (UTC)m.cellophane
Hey Melanie, thanks for all your help with FFC, PEM, and Cerrito Creek. You have been very helpful. It's nice to see someone so interested in local topics, it seems you care about the San Diego Area as much as I do for the Bay Area! Let me know if you ever need any help or an extra pair of eyes or an opinion. Thisbites ( talk) 03:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Was it this Chabot Creek? This creek's springs remain large intact in the Oakland Hills, with some culverting, however, much of the foothills seems to have been culverted/channelized, and the flats are completely channelized. I used to play in Wildcat Creek, Strawberry Creek, and Schoolhouse Creek myself, with friends we would try and follow the creek all the way to its natural springs, we even found a few, pretty fun. I believe you have inspired me to start the article however, Chabot Creek. And that way I'll find everything that I can. Thisbites ( talk) 08:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Well that was the wrong Chabot, lol. The Museum of California and USGS usually have the best information, particularly their maps. Here is a map of the area. I will look into this further. Are you sure it is called Chabot Creek? Did you or only some people call it Chabot Creek? Was it known by other names? Did it not really have an official name? Was their signage?
So upon inspecting the Museum of California map and the USGS map its seems we have a few candidates. Which side of highway 24? What year did you play in the creek? The Broadway Branch seems to be the most obvious candiate but it was buried in 1850 according to the legend The rockridge branch seems to make it close to both College and Broadway but not Keith. The three steets don't really come together, Keith and Broadway touch College but not one another. If you could give me a more precise location I can figure it out. Was it in Berkeley city limits or Oakland city limits? Two other options may be Harwood/Claremont Creek bit it seems a bit out of the way. I believe the creek you knew as Chabot Creek is actually Temescal Creek, based on the fact that you believed it may have been covered by Highway 24. There are two small portions of the creek that are still running much the way you described the creeks fed into culverts. Since it is cut off from the upper Temescal Creek headwaters in the Oakland Hills and the other portion that empties into the Emeryville Crescent State Park and is close to Chabot Street I think this is it. Howevr Harwood/Claremont Creek has a small portion that is not culverted that passes along parallel to Chabot Street. Do you remember the name of the street it was on or that you lived on? Glad to have helped. And lol. Drove me nuts figuring it out. Love maps though and creeks/outdoors so can't complain. Thisbites ( talk) 09:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
And I am still curious so I dug deeper. Does this bridge look familiar? If so it was pared with the following: "Actually the creek isn't here, and hasn't been for a long time. It's in a culvert half a block south. However when these two houses were built, the creek did run here, and the gully and bridges remain." - So it may now be a gully =( Thisbites ( talk) 10:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
There was also this on the creeks description: "The Grandview Branch (also called Vicente Creek) drains the Claremont Heights area and joins the culvert near Chabot School. A religious college has a nice open creek segment in its large back yard. Harwood Creek (a.k.a. Claremont Creek) joins in from the north. Below there it's culverted to the outflow in Emeryville, except for one peculiarity: a fake creek segment near Claremont and Telegraph, where part of the flow is diverted above-ground. " Thisbites ( talk) 10:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning this page up---something that was long overdue. Well done! Best regards - Bruce D. Lightner ( talk) 19:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Melanie! I see that you and I have been editing pages with referrences to "Mira Mesa" and "Sorrento Mesa", and that you have just created a "Neighborhoods of San Diego" page for "Sorrento Mesa". I would like to discuss the use of both names with you, so that we do not end up redoing each other's work. Thanks! BariVaz ( talk) 18:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for the delay. I've added the image to the Midway article. If you need assistance with others, let me know. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:33, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
You've been doing some nice work on 2011 end times prediction; I particularly like the addition addressing what hour of the day it occurs. -- Nat Gertler ( talk) 16:02, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you are doing well. Thank you for your interest in the GLAM project with Balboa Park. I've created a page for the collaboration, and invite you to please list your name at WP:GLAM/BP so we can determine what size group we're looking at. As this collaboration has just started, if you have any questions, comments, ideas, etc., please leave them on the project's talk page. Thank you! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
I imagine that if we had a Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968 it would be the perfect article to merge Boiler Room Girls into. Wait, we actually have that article? Well, I support a merge to that article, but feel it would not be right to merge it with the other two. I know it's been 10 months since you proposed the merger...just letting you know that I concur and support. hbdragon88 ( talk) 03:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I've been working on creating WikiProject Stanford University. As a primary editor of the Stanford University article, I figured this might be relevant to you :) — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 05:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
border|180px|right Welcome to WikiProject Stanford University!
I noticed you recently added yourself to our Members' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on Stanford-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join. Here are some suggested activities:
As a member it would be helpful if you would
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page.
Again, welcome! .
For the purposes of full disclosure I want you to know I have nominated the actions of User:Purplebackpack89 at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Abusive mass nominations for deletion and wikistalking of opponents to deletion Luciferwildcat ( talk) 08:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
I am unhappy that the investigation of this user got shut down so fast, he was trolling my talk page all day yesterday and dropped a ONE SOURCE flag on top of a piece I'm working on with a CONSTRUCTION banner clearly indicated, which is a clear manifestation of stalking behavior. I'm leaving this here per your ANI comment "he's never stalked me," to that effect. He has me and I don't have a place to make that clear due to ANI being shut down in record time in his case. Just so you know. Keep up the good work. Carrite ( talk) 19:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, it's perfectly acceptable. Just as it is perfectly acceptable to comment here. You clearly hold some grudge against me because you don't like earlier comments I made here Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 03:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, could you please let him know I started an ANI thread about his following me onto an AfD for an article I created? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 18:55, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Well thank you, I would be happy to collaborate, in fact I think all three of them deserve an article. Notwithstanding I sincerely appreciate your thoughtful and thorough feedback on my talkpage, the politics here is surprising and convoluted. I gave you cred for a DYK nomination too by the way. If it hadn't been on a template in red I wouldn't have done it either, I really wish people left redlinks as it was the impetus I really needed to get in there and start it. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 02:47, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie - I see you've been working on lighthouse-related articles and links. I was wondering your thoughts on the titles. Right now, they're Old Point Loma lighthouse and New Point Loma lighthouse. Do you think that "lighthouse" should be capitalized? Or, on the other hand, should we lowercase "old" and "new" when we use them in sentences (like, "The old Point Loma lighthouse...")? The way it is now, it seems like there is a lighthouse for "Old Point Loma", and another one for "New Point Loma". My inclination might be to capitalize "lighthouse" and treat it as a proper name. What do you think? Dohn joe ( talk) 00:02, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie. You were one of the few people who argued KEEP on a recent article I had started. Having discussed it in multiple forums, I think I have to say I was wrong on this-- the will of the crowd prefers the article be expunged from project.
Obviously, that turn of events has two important but conflicting consequence:
My job title of "Editor of Wikipedia" impresses the ladies and all, but it's a job where nobody goes into it for the money. :) So, I'm gonna _try_ to cut back on the Wikipedia time, for a while at least, but addictive though it is.
Anyway, it needs to be independent anyway-- as is clear, I do not fully comprehend all the secret handshakes, so I'd be a poor judge of my other articles and whether they should be deleted or not.
Thank you for your help and kind words! -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 12:46, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello MelanieN; there's been some action recently on the "Southern Border" suite of articles in which your name has been coming up a lot. I thought you might like to be given the opporunity to comment in person. Articles with recent activity, deletions and undeletions include Southern Border and Southern Border (disambiguation), and you've been mentioned by name here and here. Cheers! -- Rnickel ( talk) 21:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for contacting me. I am new to editing on wikipedia, so hopefully you can help me out.
The article seems to be a stand-alone article to me; I don't see why you think it should be deleted (merged). I find the consistency of Wikipedia to be a lot more helpful for learning about different subjects and groups than trying to track down information from many different websites, so it seems natural that notable college a cappella groups be included on Wikipedia.
The page was just recently created, and I see that reliable sources need to be incorporated as citations/references. What type of sources should be added? News stories/articles? Album reviews? Please let me know what you think. I am glad to work with you, so this article meets Wikipedia's standards.
Thank you! ~10mcleod — Preceding unsigned comment added by 10mcleod ( talk • contribs) 02:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your help on the Frank Worth article. Being totally new at this, I really appreciate your help. I wanted to make sure a link to: http://giftarium.com/frank_worth_gallery.aspx was featured as these were officially selected by the Estate. Can provide certified documentation if needed to verify. This would be the official display of 'Frank Worth.' Can you help me properly communicate this? Thank you so much in advance! - Namlerep | Talk 12:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Could I get you to take a look at this article? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 13:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Wow, Lucifer, you certainly opened a hot one this time! I am trying to add some changes but it seems we keep getting in edit conflicts. Could you hold off for about ten minutes so I can put in some tidying up and some neutrality-balancing statements? Thanks.
Yes I most certainly did, I honestly don't look for it and did not think I would have run ins again after all the problems with PBP finally subsided and I was able to edit Richmond Medical Center and Oakland Medical Center without any bothers. However the condition it was in when I got there was extremely pro company and it didn't feel right for wikipedia's entry to be so pro company, people really trust us and I had read numerous articles on the topic already and saw a lot of misinformation and incorrect innuendos. Everytime I have been trying to edit the article I keep getting edit conflicts too, part of why I overhauled and resectioned it. Yes I will hold off, how bout you let me know when you are done? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 14:45, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I left you a question at Talk:Pink slime#Loaded words. Thanks. Mojoworker ( talk) 19:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the peace making and advice, I have replied on my talk page. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 21:25, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all your efforts bringing the article up to encyclopedic standards. You seem to be very level headed. Wikfr ( talk) 18:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm avoiding being repetitive in RM discussions, but I want to address a couple of points you made directly to you. So I'm doing it here.
My initial !vote comment is about why the title of that article should remain as it is, and mine is not the only oppose vote that argues accordingly. You can disagree if you want, of course, but please don't act like nobody is discussing the issue at hand.
Besides, you raised the general argument: "Those who want to change the guideline should discuss it at a more appropriate place, not try to sneak in a change of the rules via an article talk page". That's the argument that is soundly refuted in my FAQ. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 18:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
You say the "usual suspects", but I don't recognize most of the others opposing this proposed move. Nor do I recognize the person who originally moved the article to Fort Worth. Do you? This is grass roots.
The statement in my !vote, "There is only one Fort Worth, and this can and should be clearly proclaimed by having the article's title be its undisambiguated name." is about Fort Worth. So is this statement: "Adding the state to the title obscures this fact and is adding unnecessary precision to the title." Note I'm referring to the (specific) title. The fact that the argument is based on general principles is, well, a good thing. That's what distinguishes it from a JDLI argument. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 21:08, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Rachel Maddow made a conclusion which has no basis in the argument that Rush made. That she is clueless and simply is trying to make political points is not relevant to the article. With the number of people that have made comments about the incident it would be quite easy to fill up the article with people that have made what some could describe as novel interpretations of Rush's statements. Arzel ( talk) 05:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Melanie; PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the talk pages FIRST before concluding what the extensively edited article needs. You are saying that the article does NOT have any discussion on the economics of contraception, or how Fluke came to her number, or how Limbaugh (and a huge number of non-sexist economists and columnists - pretty much across the board) disputed the number, nor how he then went down his infamous misogynistic path. You are absolutely right, it is NOT in there. What you fail to grasp (coming recently to the article) is that that is NOT because nobody thought of it, or that therefore, it, being "NOVEL" now needs to be included. Arzel is referring to the VOLUMES of commentary and consensus that has been, for legitimate editorial reasons (not because nobody thought of it) relegated to the Talk and prev pages. I don't have a problem with you expressing a desire to revisit old editorial consensus, if you have new arguments to add a general (and by necessity, NPOV) discussion on contraception, mandates, economics, etc., which were formerly IN the article. BUT!!!!! adding them is not novel.-- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 13:26, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Melanie; There is no one definition of what the RL-SF controversy IS. HOWEVER, over a month and a half of editing, a certain consensus has arisen that FOR THIS ARTICLE, it is pretty much just about sexist and misogynistic speech, not about the substantive issues of contraceptive mandates or insurance policy. Those have been in, and dilute the focus on the sexism. Sorry, but what is in and more importantly, what is out (since a WP article HAS to decide what to exclude) has to be determined by what consensus says the article is about, and what is allowed in then challenges that consensus. You are just being asked to read and understand what that is FIRST, and then consciously decide if you want that to change overall, or not. BUT you can't say that YOUR edit doesn't affect or have a relation to other edits.-- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 01:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
PS. You are right that the condom coverage is not as clear as I may have implied, but it also is not as clear as you suggest. What the LAW says is clear, and must mean free condoms. What the administration implies when it lists examples and those lists do NOT include condoms seems to mean NO free condoms. It is a bit of a landmine for the Obama administration, since you would prescribe something for men but only TO women, would have to document the rationale for usage, are treating pregnancy as a disease that needs preferred protection, while STDs including AIDS are not. Yup, technically speaking, they aren't technically speaking. But WAY too much inside baseball for the article Talk page. -- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 02:03, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
An article you commented on for deletion before is under the chopping block again, you may want to express your opinion on this matter at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Márquez (2nd nomination); also per our agreement I cannot inform Mr. purplebackback, would you be so kind as to inform him as well so that everyone is notified for the sake of fairness and transparency, and thank you. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 05:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie - I stumbled across the Hugh Davies dab page, and noticed that the S.D. museum director wasn't on the list, but had a few references in other WP articles. As you're a S.D. and an AfD specialist, I was wondering if you thought he was notable enough to try to write an article on, and if so where you'd look for sources. Thanks! Dohn joe ( talk) 21:34, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I'll have to think about it. The Museum of Contemporary Art is not as high-profile as some other SD museums, but on the other hand he has been the director there for nearly 30 years.
Looking for significant coverage I found this which is only a blog but is in-depth about his activism. Searching Google News Archive for "Hugh Davies" plus "museum" brings a lot of hits but almost all of them are behind paywalls so it may be hard to find detail in them. Biographical information is here; that is a self-provided site, so it can be used to confirm the information but not to demonstrate notability. I see that the directorship is "endowed", that might help as a criterion under WP:PROFESSOR if it can be confirmed. Yes, here is confirmation.
I think it is worth a shot. Be sure to include in the lead paragraph that he is the "David C. Copley Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego". Something like this: Hugh Davies is an American art scholar, art curator and author. He is the David C. Copley Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, a position he has held since 1983." In the body of the article, mention his books about Bacon and others, and that he was president of the Association of Art Museum Directors in 1998-9.
A good title might be Hugh Davies (museum director).
Good idea, and good luck! -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:55, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie. Thinking about returning to this idea, and ran across this WP article: Melissa Chiu. It seems like a well-written article, and I think I could source an article on Davies similarly. But I wanted to check with you again on notability. Do you think Chiu meets the notablility standards? If so, I think I could work up something for Davies. And if that ever happens, would you mind if I ran it by you? Thanks. Dohn joe ( talk) 07:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
What the frigg? This evening, he accuses me of canvassing (while posting about the AfD on a bunch of other people's talk pages, wonder what he calls that), and then posts on my talk page. This has got to stop p b p 02:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear MelanieN,
I just wanted to give you some words of appreciation for all your contributions at WP:AfD. I think it's great that you're providing such well–thought-out explanations and going to the work of finding additional sources for subjects of dubious notability. I'm also sorry if my recent !voting to keep an article I had nominated myself seemed strange to you; perhaps this practice isn't currently as common or well-understood as I had imagined, and so in the future I will endeavour to explicitly state when any contributions I make supersede the sentiments expressed in the nombination. — Psychonaut ( talk) 15:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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Great! & best of luck.
By weird coincidence (or maybe this is why you were looking at my page) I was just in San Diego for a day or so for the first time in over 20 years (I had the good fortune that someone sufficiently wanted my help for a few hours to fly me down from Seattle). Unsurprisingly, in my few free hours there, I visited a very standard tourist part of the city (Old Town). But, yes, the less affluent neighborhoods certainly deserve comparable coverage in Wikipedia (actually, even the article on Old Town is no great shakes). And, unless I'm mistaken, Hispanic San Diego is rather under-covered, even in terms of the 19th century. - Jmabel | Talk 02:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Wow, Journeyman Editor! Faaaaaaaan-CY! -- Rnickel ( talk) 18:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi I am new San Diego but have a strong interest in expanding the relationship between local wikipedians an the cultural institutions of San Diego, especially in Balboa Park. To that end I am interested in providing access, support and recruitment efforts to the wikipedians through my connections to the major organizations in Balboa Park and San Diego.
I am also attending and supporting some Balboa Park museum staff to attend Wikimedia@MW2010 [1]in April, a workshop for exploring and developing policies that will enable museums to better contribute to and use Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. This meeting will be attended by Wikimedia Foundation Board members, staff, and Wikipedia editors as well museum professionals from across the country.
Prior to this meeting I would like to host a local meeting of wikipedians in Balboa Park to discuss the opportunities that might exist with the development of a closer relationship between existing wikipedians and museums.
Would this be something you would be interested in? -- Richcherry ( talk) 23:42, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Hmm, I probably should update the main Recruit page. As for USS Commodore (401B), at first it looked difficult but after further Googling now I've found some nifty bits that should be enough for a stubby article at least - so I might get that started tonight, feel free to chip in of course! :) And I think we have enough to have a "land ships" category now too. Most intriguing! - The Bushranger ( talk) 02:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Just found this: File:Uss recruit.jpg. According to the marker there were three landlocked training ships around that time. One of them is presumably Commodore...but where was the third? - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 11:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Come to the park so I can share with you some fun facts we have
hello Melanie I work for the Balboa park historical society at Balboa Park I specialize in the childrens tours something here that we cherish are some old photos we have of Maxfield the alledged time traveler with his flea circus We also have some photos of him and alpha and his good friend Harry May (the showman with Alpha the "robot" unfortunately these images are of very fragile existence and hanging on the wall at out museum so can not be copied at this time.
as for Maxfield Rubbish at the puppet theater that is a pierce which was commisioned by the friends of Balboa Park to share a bit of history with the kids in a playful way. The show is also supported by his great granddaughter who donated one of Maxfields original circus's which happens to be the one you have as a referance on this wiki page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.236.182 ( talk) 19:05, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Melanie, you don't know me, but I've seen your name around, so I've turned on a couple of buttons for your account. First, WP:ROLLBACK, which is pretty simple- an easy way to get rid of vandalism in a flash. (Just don't use it on good faith edits.) Second, WP:Reviewer, which is a flagged revisions thing that will keep other people from having to review your edits on flagged protected pages. (Which goes into trial on 15 June.) If you don't want either right, just let me know- I'll watch this page for a few days, and happy editing. Courcelles ( talk) 12:48, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Melanie, thanks for your stirling work keeping the mad spammers from adding gibberish to the flea circus page. Much appreciated. ( Flea Circus Director ( talk) 12:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC))
Thanks for the update on Maxfield Rubbish, as far as I'm concerned a puppet circus is quite valid and could have been promoted as just that. However trying to promote such an event by writing about timetravellers in wikipedia is rather stupid. ( Flea Circus Director ( talk) 17:00, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Hi MelanieN, I found your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bacio Divino interesting. I'm curious what winery you were referring to, and if the article was kept or deleted.
You may be interested in looking at the Wine Project's draft guideline Wikipedia:Notability (wine topics). As you said in your comment, criteria for inclusion have to be tough. However, they are not always clear and obvious regarding borderline cases, such as wineries that might be well known in their region but not outside of it. I and a few others made an attempt to interpret existing policies and guidelines in the context of wine topics. Some would say we set the bar too high, although everything seems to follow logically from existing policies and guidelines. Any improvements you might make, or suggest, would be most welcome. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 19:32, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Sounds like an interesting idea for notability. Rename it to WP:IWASTHERE to make the essay more general. Just remember that you will need to lay out if administrators get a pass at notability for these events. ;-) Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:39, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi!
Thanks for fixing refs at
Rodney E. Slater. Looks like you're - amongst many other things - going through the unreferenced BLP back log as well. I actually find it rather interesting. Just one thing: just tried to
prod
Angelo Palma and got this message:
Article was created before March 18, 2010, and is thus ineligible for a BLP PROD.
Should we be ignoring that message? I ask because of your greater experience about this.
Thanks!--
Shirt58 (
talk) 09:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Melanie! Indeed I do intend to create that article. A pretty good approach to redlinks can be found at Wikipedia:Red Link. My own personal policy is to link virtually everything that I think is both relevant and worthy of an article (whether the actual target article exists or not). Many people remove red links purely on the basis that they lead to nowhere (yet). I have little idea why this occurs because Wikipedia's own guidelines encourage the opposite – perhaps people think Wikipedia has most notable things already covered at this stage? Often these removals cause a problem where perfectly valid new articles have zero incoming links and people like me have to rush around linking instances of the topic in other articles.
When you work in a niche area like I do then you become aware of the level of missing articles (some which are clearly notable to the lay reader). For example, John Kagwe (1996 AFC Half Marathon winner) is still waiting for his article even though he won the New York Marathon two years running! He's one of the biggest prize money winners ever, but still...for some reason he wasn't even redlinked on List of winners of the New York City Marathon. The winners list of the AFC Half Marathon alone is packed full of missing Olympians and major race winners.
In terms of the AFC Half Marathon DYK: go straight ahead! I'd recommend using the first one, or a variant on that theme. Be sure to add the relevant text to the article – I thought that info was a bit of a curio! SFB 16:20, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi i saw you work on San Diego articles. Im asking if you can help the Chula Vista article since as you know Chula Vista is right next to San Diego. I want to try to get it to FA for its centennial next year or atleast GA. If your not intersted its ok. Spongie555 ( talk) 03:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for beefing up that article! WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:33, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I saw you made the article for USS Recuit and got it to DYK. I saw this picture, [4], of a Military camp in Chula Vista during WWII called Camp Minnewawa. I thought you would maybe interested in creating it if you can find sources other then the picture. Spongie555 ( talk) 05:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there again. Guess what? I just found another "landship". Interesting! - The Bushranger One ping only 18:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your POV edits on Friends of Five Creeks. I learned a lot from how you handled it! If you wouldn't mind, could you take a look at Pacific_East_Mall and Cerrito_Creek? The same POV material is on those pages as well. m.cellophane ( talk) 17:45, 1 February 2011 (UTC)m.cellophane
Hey Melanie, thanks for all your help with FFC, PEM, and Cerrito Creek. You have been very helpful. It's nice to see someone so interested in local topics, it seems you care about the San Diego Area as much as I do for the Bay Area! Let me know if you ever need any help or an extra pair of eyes or an opinion. Thisbites ( talk) 03:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Was it this Chabot Creek? This creek's springs remain large intact in the Oakland Hills, with some culverting, however, much of the foothills seems to have been culverted/channelized, and the flats are completely channelized. I used to play in Wildcat Creek, Strawberry Creek, and Schoolhouse Creek myself, with friends we would try and follow the creek all the way to its natural springs, we even found a few, pretty fun. I believe you have inspired me to start the article however, Chabot Creek. And that way I'll find everything that I can. Thisbites ( talk) 08:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Well that was the wrong Chabot, lol. The Museum of California and USGS usually have the best information, particularly their maps. Here is a map of the area. I will look into this further. Are you sure it is called Chabot Creek? Did you or only some people call it Chabot Creek? Was it known by other names? Did it not really have an official name? Was their signage?
So upon inspecting the Museum of California map and the USGS map its seems we have a few candidates. Which side of highway 24? What year did you play in the creek? The Broadway Branch seems to be the most obvious candiate but it was buried in 1850 according to the legend The rockridge branch seems to make it close to both College and Broadway but not Keith. The three steets don't really come together, Keith and Broadway touch College but not one another. If you could give me a more precise location I can figure it out. Was it in Berkeley city limits or Oakland city limits? Two other options may be Harwood/Claremont Creek bit it seems a bit out of the way. I believe the creek you knew as Chabot Creek is actually Temescal Creek, based on the fact that you believed it may have been covered by Highway 24. There are two small portions of the creek that are still running much the way you described the creeks fed into culverts. Since it is cut off from the upper Temescal Creek headwaters in the Oakland Hills and the other portion that empties into the Emeryville Crescent State Park and is close to Chabot Street I think this is it. Howevr Harwood/Claremont Creek has a small portion that is not culverted that passes along parallel to Chabot Street. Do you remember the name of the street it was on or that you lived on? Glad to have helped. And lol. Drove me nuts figuring it out. Love maps though and creeks/outdoors so can't complain. Thisbites ( talk) 09:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
And I am still curious so I dug deeper. Does this bridge look familiar? If so it was pared with the following: "Actually the creek isn't here, and hasn't been for a long time. It's in a culvert half a block south. However when these two houses were built, the creek did run here, and the gully and bridges remain." - So it may now be a gully =( Thisbites ( talk) 10:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
There was also this on the creeks description: "The Grandview Branch (also called Vicente Creek) drains the Claremont Heights area and joins the culvert near Chabot School. A religious college has a nice open creek segment in its large back yard. Harwood Creek (a.k.a. Claremont Creek) joins in from the north. Below there it's culverted to the outflow in Emeryville, except for one peculiarity: a fake creek segment near Claremont and Telegraph, where part of the flow is diverted above-ground. " Thisbites ( talk) 10:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning this page up---something that was long overdue. Well done! Best regards - Bruce D. Lightner ( talk) 19:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Melanie! I see that you and I have been editing pages with referrences to "Mira Mesa" and "Sorrento Mesa", and that you have just created a "Neighborhoods of San Diego" page for "Sorrento Mesa". I would like to discuss the use of both names with you, so that we do not end up redoing each other's work. Thanks! BariVaz ( talk) 18:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for the delay. I've added the image to the Midway article. If you need assistance with others, let me know. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:33, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
You've been doing some nice work on 2011 end times prediction; I particularly like the addition addressing what hour of the day it occurs. -- Nat Gertler ( talk) 16:02, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you are doing well. Thank you for your interest in the GLAM project with Balboa Park. I've created a page for the collaboration, and invite you to please list your name at WP:GLAM/BP so we can determine what size group we're looking at. As this collaboration has just started, if you have any questions, comments, ideas, etc., please leave them on the project's talk page. Thank you! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
I imagine that if we had a Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968 it would be the perfect article to merge Boiler Room Girls into. Wait, we actually have that article? Well, I support a merge to that article, but feel it would not be right to merge it with the other two. I know it's been 10 months since you proposed the merger...just letting you know that I concur and support. hbdragon88 ( talk) 03:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I've been working on creating WikiProject Stanford University. As a primary editor of the Stanford University article, I figured this might be relevant to you :) — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 05:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
border|180px|right Welcome to WikiProject Stanford University!
I noticed you recently added yourself to our Members' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on Stanford-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join. Here are some suggested activities:
As a member it would be helpful if you would
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page.
Again, welcome! .
For the purposes of full disclosure I want you to know I have nominated the actions of User:Purplebackpack89 at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Abusive mass nominations for deletion and wikistalking of opponents to deletion Luciferwildcat ( talk) 08:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
I am unhappy that the investigation of this user got shut down so fast, he was trolling my talk page all day yesterday and dropped a ONE SOURCE flag on top of a piece I'm working on with a CONSTRUCTION banner clearly indicated, which is a clear manifestation of stalking behavior. I'm leaving this here per your ANI comment "he's never stalked me," to that effect. He has me and I don't have a place to make that clear due to ANI being shut down in record time in his case. Just so you know. Keep up the good work. Carrite ( talk) 19:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, it's perfectly acceptable. Just as it is perfectly acceptable to comment here. You clearly hold some grudge against me because you don't like earlier comments I made here Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 03:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, could you please let him know I started an ANI thread about his following me onto an AfD for an article I created? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 18:55, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Well thank you, I would be happy to collaborate, in fact I think all three of them deserve an article. Notwithstanding I sincerely appreciate your thoughtful and thorough feedback on my talkpage, the politics here is surprising and convoluted. I gave you cred for a DYK nomination too by the way. If it hadn't been on a template in red I wouldn't have done it either, I really wish people left redlinks as it was the impetus I really needed to get in there and start it. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 02:47, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie - I see you've been working on lighthouse-related articles and links. I was wondering your thoughts on the titles. Right now, they're Old Point Loma lighthouse and New Point Loma lighthouse. Do you think that "lighthouse" should be capitalized? Or, on the other hand, should we lowercase "old" and "new" when we use them in sentences (like, "The old Point Loma lighthouse...")? The way it is now, it seems like there is a lighthouse for "Old Point Loma", and another one for "New Point Loma". My inclination might be to capitalize "lighthouse" and treat it as a proper name. What do you think? Dohn joe ( talk) 00:02, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie. You were one of the few people who argued KEEP on a recent article I had started. Having discussed it in multiple forums, I think I have to say I was wrong on this-- the will of the crowd prefers the article be expunged from project.
Obviously, that turn of events has two important but conflicting consequence:
My job title of "Editor of Wikipedia" impresses the ladies and all, but it's a job where nobody goes into it for the money. :) So, I'm gonna _try_ to cut back on the Wikipedia time, for a while at least, but addictive though it is.
Anyway, it needs to be independent anyway-- as is clear, I do not fully comprehend all the secret handshakes, so I'd be a poor judge of my other articles and whether they should be deleted or not.
Thank you for your help and kind words! -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 12:46, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello MelanieN; there's been some action recently on the "Southern Border" suite of articles in which your name has been coming up a lot. I thought you might like to be given the opporunity to comment in person. Articles with recent activity, deletions and undeletions include Southern Border and Southern Border (disambiguation), and you've been mentioned by name here and here. Cheers! -- Rnickel ( talk) 21:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for contacting me. I am new to editing on wikipedia, so hopefully you can help me out.
The article seems to be a stand-alone article to me; I don't see why you think it should be deleted (merged). I find the consistency of Wikipedia to be a lot more helpful for learning about different subjects and groups than trying to track down information from many different websites, so it seems natural that notable college a cappella groups be included on Wikipedia.
The page was just recently created, and I see that reliable sources need to be incorporated as citations/references. What type of sources should be added? News stories/articles? Album reviews? Please let me know what you think. I am glad to work with you, so this article meets Wikipedia's standards.
Thank you! ~10mcleod — Preceding unsigned comment added by 10mcleod ( talk • contribs) 02:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your help on the Frank Worth article. Being totally new at this, I really appreciate your help. I wanted to make sure a link to: http://giftarium.com/frank_worth_gallery.aspx was featured as these were officially selected by the Estate. Can provide certified documentation if needed to verify. This would be the official display of 'Frank Worth.' Can you help me properly communicate this? Thank you so much in advance! - Namlerep | Talk 12:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Could I get you to take a look at this article? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 13:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Wow, Lucifer, you certainly opened a hot one this time! I am trying to add some changes but it seems we keep getting in edit conflicts. Could you hold off for about ten minutes so I can put in some tidying up and some neutrality-balancing statements? Thanks.
Yes I most certainly did, I honestly don't look for it and did not think I would have run ins again after all the problems with PBP finally subsided and I was able to edit Richmond Medical Center and Oakland Medical Center without any bothers. However the condition it was in when I got there was extremely pro company and it didn't feel right for wikipedia's entry to be so pro company, people really trust us and I had read numerous articles on the topic already and saw a lot of misinformation and incorrect innuendos. Everytime I have been trying to edit the article I keep getting edit conflicts too, part of why I overhauled and resectioned it. Yes I will hold off, how bout you let me know when you are done? LuciferWildCat ( talk) 14:45, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I left you a question at Talk:Pink slime#Loaded words. Thanks. Mojoworker ( talk) 19:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the peace making and advice, I have replied on my talk page. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 21:25, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all your efforts bringing the article up to encyclopedic standards. You seem to be very level headed. Wikfr ( talk) 18:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm avoiding being repetitive in RM discussions, but I want to address a couple of points you made directly to you. So I'm doing it here.
My initial !vote comment is about why the title of that article should remain as it is, and mine is not the only oppose vote that argues accordingly. You can disagree if you want, of course, but please don't act like nobody is discussing the issue at hand.
Besides, you raised the general argument: "Those who want to change the guideline should discuss it at a more appropriate place, not try to sneak in a change of the rules via an article talk page". That's the argument that is soundly refuted in my FAQ. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 18:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
You say the "usual suspects", but I don't recognize most of the others opposing this proposed move. Nor do I recognize the person who originally moved the article to Fort Worth. Do you? This is grass roots.
The statement in my !vote, "There is only one Fort Worth, and this can and should be clearly proclaimed by having the article's title be its undisambiguated name." is about Fort Worth. So is this statement: "Adding the state to the title obscures this fact and is adding unnecessary precision to the title." Note I'm referring to the (specific) title. The fact that the argument is based on general principles is, well, a good thing. That's what distinguishes it from a JDLI argument. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 21:08, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Rachel Maddow made a conclusion which has no basis in the argument that Rush made. That she is clueless and simply is trying to make political points is not relevant to the article. With the number of people that have made comments about the incident it would be quite easy to fill up the article with people that have made what some could describe as novel interpretations of Rush's statements. Arzel ( talk) 05:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Melanie; PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the talk pages FIRST before concluding what the extensively edited article needs. You are saying that the article does NOT have any discussion on the economics of contraception, or how Fluke came to her number, or how Limbaugh (and a huge number of non-sexist economists and columnists - pretty much across the board) disputed the number, nor how he then went down his infamous misogynistic path. You are absolutely right, it is NOT in there. What you fail to grasp (coming recently to the article) is that that is NOT because nobody thought of it, or that therefore, it, being "NOVEL" now needs to be included. Arzel is referring to the VOLUMES of commentary and consensus that has been, for legitimate editorial reasons (not because nobody thought of it) relegated to the Talk and prev pages. I don't have a problem with you expressing a desire to revisit old editorial consensus, if you have new arguments to add a general (and by necessity, NPOV) discussion on contraception, mandates, economics, etc., which were formerly IN the article. BUT!!!!! adding them is not novel.-- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 13:26, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Melanie; There is no one definition of what the RL-SF controversy IS. HOWEVER, over a month and a half of editing, a certain consensus has arisen that FOR THIS ARTICLE, it is pretty much just about sexist and misogynistic speech, not about the substantive issues of contraceptive mandates or insurance policy. Those have been in, and dilute the focus on the sexism. Sorry, but what is in and more importantly, what is out (since a WP article HAS to decide what to exclude) has to be determined by what consensus says the article is about, and what is allowed in then challenges that consensus. You are just being asked to read and understand what that is FIRST, and then consciously decide if you want that to change overall, or not. BUT you can't say that YOUR edit doesn't affect or have a relation to other edits.-- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 01:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
PS. You are right that the condom coverage is not as clear as I may have implied, but it also is not as clear as you suggest. What the LAW says is clear, and must mean free condoms. What the administration implies when it lists examples and those lists do NOT include condoms seems to mean NO free condoms. It is a bit of a landmine for the Obama administration, since you would prescribe something for men but only TO women, would have to document the rationale for usage, are treating pregnancy as a disease that needs preferred protection, while STDs including AIDS are not. Yup, technically speaking, they aren't technically speaking. But WAY too much inside baseball for the article Talk page. -- 209.6.69.227 ( talk) 02:03, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
An article you commented on for deletion before is under the chopping block again, you may want to express your opinion on this matter at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Márquez (2nd nomination); also per our agreement I cannot inform Mr. purplebackback, would you be so kind as to inform him as well so that everyone is notified for the sake of fairness and transparency, and thank you. LuciferWildCat ( talk) 05:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie - I stumbled across the Hugh Davies dab page, and noticed that the S.D. museum director wasn't on the list, but had a few references in other WP articles. As you're a S.D. and an AfD specialist, I was wondering if you thought he was notable enough to try to write an article on, and if so where you'd look for sources. Thanks! Dohn joe ( talk) 21:34, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I'll have to think about it. The Museum of Contemporary Art is not as high-profile as some other SD museums, but on the other hand he has been the director there for nearly 30 years.
Looking for significant coverage I found this which is only a blog but is in-depth about his activism. Searching Google News Archive for "Hugh Davies" plus "museum" brings a lot of hits but almost all of them are behind paywalls so it may be hard to find detail in them. Biographical information is here; that is a self-provided site, so it can be used to confirm the information but not to demonstrate notability. I see that the directorship is "endowed", that might help as a criterion under WP:PROFESSOR if it can be confirmed. Yes, here is confirmation.
I think it is worth a shot. Be sure to include in the lead paragraph that he is the "David C. Copley Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego". Something like this: Hugh Davies is an American art scholar, art curator and author. He is the David C. Copley Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, a position he has held since 1983." In the body of the article, mention his books about Bacon and others, and that he was president of the Association of Art Museum Directors in 1998-9.
A good title might be Hugh Davies (museum director).
Good idea, and good luck! -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:55, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Melanie. Thinking about returning to this idea, and ran across this WP article: Melissa Chiu. It seems like a well-written article, and I think I could source an article on Davies similarly. But I wanted to check with you again on notability. Do you think Chiu meets the notablility standards? If so, I think I could work up something for Davies. And if that ever happens, would you mind if I ran it by you? Thanks. Dohn joe ( talk) 07:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
What the frigg? This evening, he accuses me of canvassing (while posting about the AfD on a bunch of other people's talk pages, wonder what he calls that), and then posts on my talk page. This has got to stop p b p 02:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear MelanieN,
I just wanted to give you some words of appreciation for all your contributions at WP:AfD. I think it's great that you're providing such well–thought-out explanations and going to the work of finding additional sources for subjects of dubious notability. I'm also sorry if my recent !voting to keep an article I had nominated myself seemed strange to you; perhaps this practice isn't currently as common or well-understood as I had imagined, and so in the future I will endeavour to explicitly state when any contributions I make supersede the sentiments expressed in the nombination. — Psychonaut ( talk) 15:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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