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An editor has asked for a deletion review of PAGE NAME. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Afterthetruth (talk) 20:21, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, did you know that this template has recently been upgraded and has various options for accepting/declining a request. I just ask because there are some queries to your declines on the Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects page. Regards, Martinmsgj 10:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Guys, you have given me all the excusess that you could give me and it looks like that editor has different opinions about this article. Could please restore the page and talk to me before you make the deletion becouse Im tired or writting the article 10 times. Here is a history of the previus discussion that lead us to remove the "speedy deletion" tag and give us more time to add content. Few hours later you deleted the page, did you see the history tab with the discusions that I had?
Greeks in Finland. The page is not a spam, it describes the Media published by an ethnic group. Dosent promote any specific product becouse there is no product here. I would say that has encyclopedic value since the content concerns around 1000 people that the live in Finland. Also similar pages like Greeks in Sweeden has less content then this one, actually many pages related to the subject of Greeks in -somecountry- have less then 100 words. So why pages with less content then this one are still up and this one is under threat?
It does nothing but promote some entity and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic You can put the {{hangon}} tag on the page to contest to this. If you are able to rewrite it so it looks more like a encyclopedic item it won't be deleted. I have had this happen to me and my article looked about the same as yours. (Also, Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages, to sign them, click the signature button at the top of the edit box) Cheers --Nz26 (talk) 05:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Well, I dont know how we messure value in Wikipedia but for the Greeks in Finland and for that ethnic group this information is very valid and important. In adittion, the page was created and is promoted to those 100s of greeks in Finland in order to add more content and historical information about Diaspora. I hope that you dont expect that one man will write the whol history of greeks in finland but rather you could expect that a page will stimulate others to contribute contennt. Isnt that the philosophy of a wiki? Moreover, as said before I started by listing media and social clubs, I dont have information on famous greeks in finland and I dont like to start promoting living persons. I will add more content as it goes so please give more time in order to add more content. I do understand your concern but I think that even that small portion of text helps and informs a small group of Greeks living in finland and has its value becouse it demostrates that people of that ethnic origin live/work and by their actions create history and art in the place that they live. Many thanks, waiting for your reply.Makrygiannis74 (talk) 06:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC) You have put the hangon tag on the page so that is fine. Speedy deletion will be removed once content is fixed. Cheers Nz26 (talk) 06:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Do we have deadline for this? Makrygiannis74 (talk) 07:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Unsure. Ill remove the tag on the page. Please develop the page more, Otherwise Ill flag it again Nz26 (talk) 09:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
The original article I created on Tessa Souter was declined and the the advice given was 'Please provide more information on why the person or group is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, and cite reliable, published third-party sources, so that the information in the article is verifiable.' So I then went and added a load of press quotes from 'third-party sources' that are all 'verifiable' and you are now telling me 'Each quote needs a ref, otherwise it needs to be removed. This article has little content and lot's of quotes, which is not really encyclopedic.' So now you seem to be telling me there are too many 'third party sources'. I can add complete references to the quotes no problem at all but I would appreciate some constructive advice on getting this article accepted as at the moment the decisions that have been made so far seem extremely subjective and not helpful. Do I need to remove some of the quotes? Tessa Souter is an extremely well documented and notable Jazz Singer and worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia so please tell me what you think is needed to get the article accepted as I have followed the advice given to no avail. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.198.131.98 (talk) 02:46, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
I am in need of some assistance regarding an article recently declined ProtoShare. In my correspondence with a previous reviewer (Tnxman307) we had discussed the reliable sources and I was told that my most recent additions would work. Regarding the content of the article, I was following the format of current articles already posted in Wikipedia (Axure and OmniGraffle). The product reviews are third party users who have nothing to do with the developers of this product and even criticize some of the product. I have since removed some content and tried to ensure an informative yet neutral voice. It is difficult to post an article that one agrees is acceptable and another does not. Are my newest changes acceptable and how do I make sure it gets approved? Thank you in advance for your help! --Site9 (talk) 19:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. This is entirely unimportant, purely personal curiosity on my part, but I noticed you deleted Kaori Tea under A7 right after declining the speedy on the grounds a prior AfD had found its sources notable. I was just curious as to why. The sudden 180 confused me a bit! - Vianello (talk) 21:24, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for helping me. User:Yousaf465 (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice and I didn't moved it further.Discussion is taking place,and I 'm also contributing to it.User:Yousaf465 (talk)
Please see the following page, The Aviator. I have been observing some vandalism of a section of the article, but now it's advanced instead of through other means to a legal threat. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC).
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BLOCK ON Ahmad Batebi: Is the user banned indefinitely from editing his own page or is the block still for only 24 hours, which began last night as indicated in Ahmadbatebiuser talk page? --Autoplay91 (talk) 18:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, as a contributor to the WikiProject Black Metal, I am currently trying to improve the Les Légions Noires page. One thing on my "to do" list is to add pages for the albums that were released through official recording compagnies. This is the case for the two Vermeth albums released by French label Drakkar Productions The problem is that I dont' feel it makes sense to create a dedicated page for Vermeth, as it is simply one of the numerous side projects by Black Legions members. However, the releases have notability as part of the Black Legions' collective oeuvre. Any idea how to proceed without getting the articles speedy-deleted for lack of an artist page, as just happened a few minutes ago? (Irina666 (talk) 20:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC))
Hi Akradecki-
I just tried to add a new article on Phantom Automation. I accidentally saved it as a real page instead of to the sandbox, and noticed it was marked for deletion. I added the 'hangon' tag, and explained that I was updating it. I finished updating it and noticed it had been deleted anyway.
My intent was to add it as a link to the GUI Test Tools article. Were you able to see my final changes before deleting it? Was there a problem with the final changes? It is about a commercial product, but I tried to make it so that it was not an 'advertisement'. I saw some other pages that the GUI Test Tools article links to, and I didnt see anything in my page that was not in those other pages.
Sorry, but I am new to this whole thing. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!
Also, the person who helped me told me to ask you to 'WP:USERFY' it for me...
Thanks!
Aeroslacker (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Why doesn't an authoritative reference combined with several hundred Google hits count as sufficient notoriety?--Nowa (talk) 21:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
I understand and agree with your point about self published blogs. About.com, however, is an Internet encyclopedia project. It is owned by the New York Times and their ethics policy is that of a news publication. The mere fact that users may post comments to articles is true of most all on-line news publications and should not disqualify them as an independent and reliable source. I would also add that they are already cited quite frequently in other Wikipedia articles. See cat and dog.--Nowa (talk) 17:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Any chance of having a look at User:Davegnz actions on A-20 Havoc survivors he does not appear to be behaving as required by his RFC, appears to be returned to own the survivors articles despite all the discussion and RFC we had previously. Also appears to have a pair of socks User:Tallmantz and User:209.212.28.50. I am bit to close to the latest changes so any help or advice appreciated. Thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I wanted to direct your attention to this post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vistaboy99 Any suggestions regarding how this on-going problem should be addressed? User (Shayan7) has received a number of warning from admins regarding his threats and attempts to bully other editors. Yet he seems unphased by it all. --Joaj (talk) 03:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thx
Since Ahmad Batebi himself has been blocked <script type="text/javascript"src="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Henrik/js/automod.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>from editing this page, user Shayan7 who appears to be the English translator of Ahmad Batebi, continues to do exactly what Batebi was warned against doing. Shayan7 deletes verified information with unsourced and original source info that has recently been posted on Batebi's website as a reaction to Wikipedia's administrative interventions. As such, only the username of the editor has changed from Ahmadbatebi to Shayan7! The actions are precisely the same. They are inappropriate, disruptive, and lack a neutral point of view or properly sourced information.--Joaj (talk) 15:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure you know this, so I'm sending you a quick note about it. I've come across to AFDs you closed and you forgot to put the header inside the closure tags in both cases. I know that at least one of the TFD or CFD processes do it differently, which might be causing the confusion. Maybe something to remember for your next closure. - Mgm|(talk) 09:03, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
I was just wondering if anyone at wikipedia has a clue regarding how screw'd-up tables make an article look. - nothing is in ling, information is being lost and the article does not look professional or well written. Wikipedia table do not work - when I first created this series 2 years ago, I tried tables but you could not get then to look right - you end up with things that look like
and this is the first column
As far as the proposing a change - this is a joke - I often proposed a change (held lengthy discussions) and people like BillCJ just ignored everyone elses comments and just did it his wall and Melbourne one is a joke as a administrator - He does not have a clue oten ageees with my point then ignores his own common sense and just reverts back to something that does not work. Davegnz (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm puzzled by the reason given for your rejection of this article, "No additional sources that meet WP:RS added since last submission." In fact 2 new sources had been added, both articles from highly respected industry publications...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.204.68 (talk) 01:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I am curious to know why you deleted X-Block? We have plenty of references (I can add some more all from leading engineer magazines). Yes, it is a product but it is all about running pneumatic cylinders in a different way and saving 60-70% energy. The cylinder manufacturers are trying to kill us as they do not like disruptive new technology because it is a revolutionary new way (see Wikipedia- FESTO). —Preceding unsigned comment added by X-PNEUMATIC1 (talk • contribs) 11:23, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, I am getting conflicting information about software-related pages. You recently removed my OTPauth page, which was about a specific technology related to One-Time Passwords and is linked off of the One-Time Passwords page under the heading "specific technologies." It seems you would prefer I just have the reference to the technology be an external link to the project homepage. I'm fine with that, but was told not to do that on a related page. On another page, which was a "List of xxxxx software" type of page, I had an external link to a specific discrete event simulation engine. It was removed, because I did not have an internal page for the technology, which I have now created.
Which way do you want it? And thanks again for making me redo work I've already done. Can you, if nothing else, send me a copy of the page which you deleted (OTPauth)? You should be more judicious with your "speedy deletes" as I didn't have appropriate time to add the hangon tag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by James.barkley (talk • contribs) 18:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
James.barkley (talk) 21:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC) Wow, you're a piece of work ;). Okay, first, The Google code copyright applies to their site, not the content. This is well documented at http://code.google.com/tos.html under the "Your Rights" section which states: "Google claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, posted, or displayed by you on or through Google services." Secondly, the source code and wiki content are clearly licensed under the GNU General Public License v2, which means that reproduced or derivative works can be created by anyone as long as changes are made available. You can read more about this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License or at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html The wiki you reference http://code.google.com/p/otpauth/wiki/usage_scenarios clearly indicates this license in the right-hand sidebar. Do you think every photo you post to flickr is copyrighted by Yahoo, too?
Furthermore, some of that content was cut-and-paste from the homepage wiki, but not all of it. There were some custom statements in there that I would like to retain in my records. Your terms of service clearly state that I can have an article emailed to me if it is deleted, and you have yet to fulfill this request.
I can add the February edition of Linux Pro Magazine as a reference, since they ran a cover-story article which referenced the code library and discussed the application of such technology in-depth. If the article is restored, I would be happy to put this reference (and you can verify it, BTW, by buying a copy online or in the stores).
Finally, this is not a "product" and I was not the sole contributor. I understand the conflict of interest if I work for Pepsi and am marketing it, but I tried to be as objective as possible in just describing the code library according to your rules of objective language.
Now, I don't want this next bit to come out as a criticism of you personally, it is a flaw in the system: You thought you knew something ("Google copyrighted this") and you were very incorrect about it and as a result I am now losing valuable time trying to clean up the mess. As a steward of data you are put in a position of trust and control, and I feel you did not uphold that trust. How do I make a complaint against a data steward? If my appointed government official makes a decision I don't like, I can complain. I thought Wikipedia was similar, in that it wasn't just a handful of trusted officials make all of the content decisions, but rather a democratization of information.
Not sure what you meant by the four tildas thing - I am look into it now. James.barkley (talk) 21:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
James.barkley (talk) 11:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC) I am convinced you are flat out wrong about the content licensing at Google Code, but since I think it will be pointless to continue to argue with you about it, I've explicitly licensed the content as Creative Commons 3.0 BY. You can clearly see this on the sidebar at http://code.google.com/p/otpauth/. As for the Flikr analogy: it may be Wikipedia policy not to use a flickr image here unless it is explicitly licensed, but that is because the user retains rights, not Yahoo!. This is an important distinction from the way you've explained your understanding.
Please email me the content of the deleted page for my records or post it on my talk page or something.
If not a democracy, can you offer a different analogy? I did find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy interesting, so I give you that. However, in the next section below it under "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" the page states: "Similarly, do not follow an overly strict interpretation of the letter of policy to violate the principles of the policy (see Wikipedia's guideline on gaming the system). If the rules prevent you from improving the encyclopedia, ignore them. Disagreements are resolved through consensus-based discussion, rather than through tightly sticking to rules and procedures." James.barkley (talk) 11:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
James.barkley (talk) 19:02, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Sure, fine, but at this point, I have explicitly licensed the content under creative commons, and can show an outside 3rd party external source (Linux Pro Magazine) as validation. Two of your "three strikes" against the page are now gone. Mind if I put the page back ?
Another thought: Your conflict of interest policy sounds like a good idea, but then the way you described it above, "it is pretty much inappropriate for your to write about a product that you developed.", raises an interesting question. Would Thomas Edison have been prevented for contributed to the article on "lightbulbs" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by James.barkley (talk • contribs) 00:48, 20 March 2009 (UTC) James.barkley (talk) 19:02, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Please explain in further detail why these 3 entries were deleted. Specific details as to why you thought it would be best to delete them and what we need to change so they are not deleted in the future. Please do not state them as merely not following "notability" rules because the last entries met the notability guideline as much as any proprietary product.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jk616 (talk • contribs)
Could you please explain how to avoid the following message when trying to create this page? Do I need more references? More internal links? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Noticed that you deleted the wiki for the International Association of Lighting Designers in September.
This group is an international professional organization for architectural lighting designers and incorporated at a 501(c)6 as an association, akin to the American Medical Association for doctors and the American Library Association for library professionals, meeting the requirements for notability for non-commercial companies as defined by wikipedia.
Layingblames (talk) 17:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
IALD is an internationally recognized organization comprising independent and esteemed professionals dedicated to the very highest standards in lighting design. DOE's collaboration with IALD further strengthens its commitment to developing innovative, energy-efficient lighting solutions.
International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Founded in 1969 and based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, IALD is an internationally recognized organization dedicated solely to he concerns of independent, professional lighting designers. The IALD strives to set the global standard for lighting design excellence by promoting the advancement and recognition of professional lighting designers. Value Lighting designers are a tremendous resource of innovative, practical and economically viable lighting solutions. They understand the role of lighting in architectural and interior design and utilize their extensive experience and knowledge of lighting equipment and systems to enhance and strengthen design.
AKRadeckiSpeaketh 19:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.[4] Reliable sources are necessary both to substantiate material within articles and to give credit to authors and publishers in order to avoid plagiarism and copyright violations. Sources should directly support the information as it is presented in an article and should be appropriate to the claims made: exceptional claims require high-quality sources. In general, the most reliable sources are peer-reviewed journals and books published in university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers. As a rule of thumb, the greater the degree of scrutiny involved in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the evidence and arguments of a particular work, the more reliable it is.
FYI, I have restored Ken Binns; regardless of what I might think about the article personally, it was the subject of a recent deletion discussion, which did not reach a consensus to delete, so it should not be speedied. That is one reason why we need to check the page history before deleting. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 17:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Please investigate this user. I've been suspecting that he's using sock accounts like User:Minala and others. Use checkuser for this one. Soapiamarz (talk) 17:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
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The Articles for Creation Barnstar | |
For all your hard work at AfC, I hereby present you with this shiny award. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC) |
Awesome...Thanks! AKRadeckiSpeaketh 17:50, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
The article was deleted in June 2007 for being about a "minor league" wrestler. Since that time, he has gone on to compete regularly for Ring of Honor, the third largest promotion in the United States and has competed on several events aired on pay-per-view. The only other problem with the article by the original nominator was the fact that Online World of Wrestling.com, the source for the article, is a website that wrestlers can (but not necessarily do) pay to have a profile add, which all they do is record the wrestlers match history and are deleted if the website finds out the wrestler is giving them false information. The original nominator is the only person to have a problem with the website, and damn near every single article on Wikipedia about a professional wrestler uses OWW.com as a reference. In addition to OWW.com he has profiles at CHIKARAfans.com, Ring of Honor.wikia.com, and most promotions websites feature event history (as well as producing the events on DVD) and title histories, all of which can be used to source the article in case someone has a problem with "At [event] on [date], Jigsaw defeated [wrestler] to win [championship]". Nenog (talk) 01:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I see you deleted one version of the article (me deleting 2 other versions). the article has been recreated, and I'm loath to delete it a 3rd time. But I could use another pair of eyes here. See also pertaining messages on my talk-page. What do you think? COI, SPA, paid writing? Cheers and Thanks in andvance. Lectonar (talk) 13:49, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Guys. I'm an increasingly frustrated and discouraged newbie to Wikipedia. I'm loathing the accusations and failing to see why the page is repeatedly being deleted. It is impartial, objective, notable and entirely in keeping with the entries for other offshore law firms. Please would one of you give me an indication as to where I'm going wrong, without accusing me of 'paid writing'! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonmackenzie (talk • contribs) 14:13, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Why did you delete the slipknot single snuff? I edited that last night because the infobox was WHACKED! Please start it again... :'( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.200.16 (talk) 19:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi again. I am trying to figure out the licensing and photo policy here and I couldn't be more confused! So once again, I am hoping that you can direct me towards the right path. I have uploaded 2 different images for Lily Mazahery. One was a photo that had been removed because of copyright related issues that I really don't understand since the subject is over my head. However, because the same picture had been used in other places, I contacted the media source from which the snapshot was taken, and I sent an email to Lily Mazahery's office as well, asking them if it was OK to use the image. Both said that there were no problems with using it. Mazahery_Lily.jpg But just to be safe and to make sure that I am not doing anything inappropriate, I uploaded another image of her, LilyMazahery2007.jpg which is a photo that my father had taken of her when he had gone to Washington DC and had met her. That photo has been used extensively in the past couple of years and neither Ms. Mazahery nor my father have any problems with it being used here or elsewhere. Also, ironically enough, my dad took that photo using my camera that he had borrowed for the trip! So I need to know which photo is more appropriate to use under Wikipedia rules. The photo that was used initially in her profile is a more appropriate depiction of Lily Mazahery in the context of her work and activism profile, which is on Wikipedia. But if that is not acceptable under copyright guidelines, which again, I really can not make sense of (sorry!), I would like to know if it would be OK for me to use the other image on her profile. Thanks again for all of your mentorship and help. --Autoplay91 (talk) 21:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
User talk:CEAMOfficial. What happened? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Just wondering why the Botchamania page was deleted and is now restricted for someone to create it. There are bits that say due to it being about a website that is not worthy of inclusion. What exactly would make it a website worthy of inclusion? Maffew, the guy who makes them has 10,000 subscribers, and his channel has been viewed half a million times, which I would consider to be pretty high by YouTube standards. Plus his account has been shutdown, which could be discussed in the article and his numerous run-ins with ROH and DirectVideo.
In terms of content, a breakdown of the botches included with links where necessary to other pages on Wikipedia. Consider it, and let me know Blindwombatuk (talk) 08:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you just deleted this as G10, and I was wondering if you saw if referenced revision. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:16, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Why did you erase the Xavier Henry page? I was working on that article, and his notability is not disputed?Racingstripes (talk) 00:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
The Articles for Creation Barnstar | ||
I've seen you around the AFC pages, thanks for your hard work helping the newbies with their article creation! FingersOnRoids♫ 02:35, 22 March 2009 (UTC) |
I'm sorry about this edit. I was reverting vandalism on the Recent Changes page, saw a few hundred characters deleted, and reverted it without looking closely at what I was bringing back. I'll look more carefully in the future. --Micromaster (talk) (contributions) 03:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki-
trying to get the following submission which you rejected a second reveiew. It has been 1 week. Any ideas why?
Article is about Beth Kobliner. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jebaum (talk • contribs) 20:06, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
While looking over AfDs, I ran into an article about a school and found that the info in the article was all a copyvio. While googling the text, I found that it was no only on other websites verbatim, it was in another wiki article (Jalandhar). Rather than mark the whole article for speedy deletion because of one section, I started to go through and remove copyvio info found in the article. The more I look, the more I find. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do? I was thinking that I could ask the Wikipedia:WikiProject India for help but I'm not sure if that's a fast enough solution. I don't really want to rewrite the whole article from scratch either. What do you think? I'll be watching here for your response. OlYellerTalktome 22:10, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Please see my reply to Patton123 at User talk:Patton123#Category:London Underground stubs and Category:London Overground stubs.
Hello, Mondo Holocausto! has been created for a third time. I have tagged the article, and I was hoping, since you deleted the second appearance of the article, that you could put an end to the situation. Regards, Jd027 (talk) 00:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Akradecki, just to let you know, I accepted the AFC nom for Soundplant, per your request for a fresh perspective. You can find my rationale here. Also, if you wouldn't mind, could you please put some space between your comments and the text in the afc articles? It would make viewing the articles and the discussion easier. Regards, FingersOnRoids♫ 01:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm looking for ways to set up a VPN network on my home computer and I was reading entries on Hamachi, VPN and then it mentioned Neorouter. I click on the entry for Neorouter and it shows that it was deleted today due to lack of notability. To be honest, I have no idea if it's notable or not - I'm just trying to figure a secure way of accessing my computer when I'm travelling. But if I go onto Google and type Neorouter, the second link sends me back to the deleted Wikipedia entry. And if I search Wikipedia for more details on VPN it mentions Neorouter frequently - and it keeps sending me back to the deleted page. And I have no idea if the first entry in Google is the Neorouter that the Hamachi Wikipedia references or not.
I've never posted anything at Wikipedia, and I know very little about how things are done on here in terms of ettiquette and if I'm violating any rules or anything by posting this - but I do know that I would like to read more about Neorouter, and my primary source for information (Wikipedia) deleted the information that I'm looking for hours ago. I would request that you bring it back please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.125.55 (talk) 03:46, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the explaination. I don't agree with the decision - there were some notes on security issues that I found from the Google cache version of the page and even if it is basically an ad, as users use it, they will update the page with more details. The real questions that had about the product - how secure is it, how legit is it (it's carving a hole in my firewall accessible by a 3rd party), are not likely to be covered by the vendor. But thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I appreciate it, and the hard work that you and all the volunteers that keep Wikipedia working put in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.55.54.37 (talk) 18:20, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki, I am new at Wikipedia and am trying to complete the list of backup and online backup software by adding NovaBACKUP and some other tools. The addition seems not to be accepted if there is no reference to another article on the software. So I wrote an article on NovaBACKUP, which you deleted as blatant advertising. I understand that, but I don't know how to make my article work. I looked at an article about Yosemite backup and I do not see the differnece between that article and mine. I would be grateful for your advice. If this question is too low-level for experienced users, please answer on my talk page instead of here. Thank you! TatjanaNovaStor (talk) 08:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki! Why did you delete the article Totimoshi on the basis that it was promotional? I didn't see anything promotional about it, and have the suspicion that it would even pass an AfD, as the band has multiple albums and is sold on Amazon (Google search). The article also had no text, therefore I could not see how it was promotional and denied the speedy. I was also adding some very basic text when the article was deleted. Please clarify the issue. Thanks, Ynhockey (Talk) 22:38, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Moving to left
I have restored the article with some text and refs. It's not much, but I believe that the notability has been established because the band has been reviewed by multiple unrelated publications, and at least two of its albums were published by a notable label. This is not nearly all the info that's possible to get about this band on Google, but I don't have time to dig more (and in any case, I have no personal interest in the topic, just didn't think the article needed to be deleted). Again, if you still feel that the article should be deleted, please use AfD! I hope there are no hard feelings between us. Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 23:56, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Akradecki. I'm hoping to get some further guidance into your reasons for deleting "Strength Deployment Inventory." It was not my intention to add any blatant advertising to Wikipedia and I'm having a hard time figuring out where I went wrong. I'm happy to conform to guidelines. I took on this endeavor after finding the tool mentioned multiple times in other articles, but not containing an article definition of its own. In fact, I modeled my article after the format of two of the SDI's "peers" in the psychometric world: LIFO and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. I have been working with the SDI for 13 years and know it's been a valued tool in the training and development world for nearly 40 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KentCarlsonPS (talk • contribs) 23:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I have created page Mytrendyphone under a WikiProject Company. First time I made mistake and it's ok but second time I don't see breaking guidelines. I just want page about my company, like pages many of them. Can you help me?
Tnx Lepensky (talk) 00:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Tnx for the quick answer. This is not my company, I am just fan from Serbia (company exist in 6 other countries, with same name). How Nokia or Microsoft have their own pages? Lepensky (talk) 00:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you can tell my why you deleted the page about the Norwegian rock band "GUSTU"? They are a released band, both in the US, China and Europe! With airplay on radio in Norway, China, USA and Japan. A new tour is under way, with shows in Asia, America and Europe, that's what we in the biz call a WORLD TOUR!!
There was alot of work doing this page with all the info about the band. Sure, there was some editing to do, but hey.. that's the point of Wikipedia isn't it?
So, if you don't want people to fuck up the articles you write, then please.. read the rules and READ THE ARTICLES BEFORE YOU DELETE THEM! I gotta say, this realy pissed me off! So if you don't put the article back up to the web, I will (togheter with the rest of the fanclubs all over the world) go on and make this into a big thing! I have read the ruls, I have talked to other user on Wikipedia, other editors and the official Wikipedia employees, and the only one who found out that deleting this article was a good idea, was you!
A fun fact is that the English article was the last page on the Wikipedia universe about the band GUSTU. We got articles about GUSTU in over 5 languages, and the only one who got deleted, was the english one, by you!! What does that tell you? Even if you might not have heard about the band or even like it, that doesn't matter, I couldn't care less! But when you, and you alone decides that this article should be deleted, that's just plain wrong!
So, fix it! not so kind regards,
Kevin Taylor, a pissed off fan and WIKIPEDIA WRITER! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gustumusic (talk • contribs)
All I want to know is WHY you deleted the article!! But after reading your answer, there is clear that you don't have a reason. If you had a reason it would be easy to give me an answer! So, here I am, still waiting for you to fix it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.240.213 (talk) 07:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok then, could you please send me a e-mail to theaceband@hotmail.com and explain the reasons to me? thank you. Kind regards, a music fan! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.240.213 (talk) 12:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok, I can see that, but a new article like that, may not be all done, but more or less. And the band meets these points: 1. It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable. (Ostlendingen paper, HA papaer, Lokalavisa, Osterdolen, Blikk, HamarUngdom and other papers and magazines).
10. Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a compilation album, etc. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article.) (on this point the band has: inclusion on a compilation album (Riot on Sunset), Inclution on a awardwinning short-film in Norway and a TV add for a political party)
11. Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network. (12 weeks on the 1st place at Top 8, NRK P1 (norways biggest radiostation), heavy rotation on RadioLand radio, and listed on rotation on NRK P3 norways biggest pop and rock radio station.
12. Has been the subject of a half hour or longer broadcast across a national radio or TV network. (Done radio interviews with more then three big radiostations of over a half hour each)
The band is also planning a release june 1st. with a following tour, so that's also a point..
So, I can't say I understand it, would be great to hear from you again.. thanks..
Now I feel that you are rude. But the rules are clear on this point, and GUSTU can check 4 points in the ruls, when all you realy need is to have onlye one! So I can't say I understand this! So if I delete one of your articles, I can do so, if I personaly haven't heard of the things you write about and don't like it? That's the way you represent yourself in this case at least, IMO. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.240.213 (talk) 08:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
There's a problem. Started off with blatant plagiarism and now it is edit-warring with an IP as well. Would you be able to block the account and IP? Enigmamsg 17:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Alan, could you look at the user who added this diff? His username is related to the link he added, though it's possible it's just a fan. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 21:28, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, we do not understand why the page we uploaded was cancelled. This band (Electricsheep) really exists and has at least one thousand fans all over Switzerland and even in Europe. They have a concert activity and an active discussion with their fans in Facebook, Myspace and Music.ch. We would like to kindly ask you to please reactivate the page or at least to give us a copy of the original text since we did not make any copy of the same. Thanks, C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kzarrr75 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
ok can we at least have the text you deleted by email or something like that? thanks,C.comment added by Kzarrr75 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 26 March 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.56.71.5 (talk)
Thanks a lot! Just one last quick question, from how many fans on a band becomes worthy to be cited in wikipedia? I am sorry if I am not able to sign this comment properly, I am not very expert with this kind of software yet...Kzarrr75 —Preceding undated comment added 20:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC).
Thank you for deleting List of Power Rangers voice actors after I prodded it. However I see that someone has recreated the article on the talk page. I guess this should be interpreted as disputing the deletion, so I think it's best if you restore the article and its history, if you wouldn't mind, and I will take it to AFD. Benefix (talk) 20:50, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I notice you've recently edited Alberto Santos-Dumont. I've requested a community GA reassessment and thought you might like to comment. Cheers.
Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Alberto Santos-Dumont/1
APK thinks he's ready for his closeup 13:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki!
I'm new here to wikipedia and I recently saw that the company I work as an intern for didn't have a page here on wiki. So I added it with basic information and the page, as well as the logo has been deleted two times(the last time was by you on an account of an A7). So obviously I'm doing something wrong. All of the pages on how to do this stuff are confusing me. Could you help me out by explaining a bit? Thanks, and cheers! I think it might have been because all of the info was from the Stratogon Website. Nomardll769 (talk) 20:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
I did NOT claim that I prepared all of the image. Underlying image is from Google. I only draw Metro system over this. I read the usage of Google Images. Google allows the usage of their images as long as the Google emblem is protected on the image and the name "Google" is referecenced. Gercekkaynarca (talk) 07:58, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering if you would not mind restoring this page such that I could modify the deleted content such that the content would be sufficient for Wikipedia.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 07:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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For the tireless work on AFCs, deletions, and other administrative tasks that often go unnoticed (you know what happens when they do get noticed!) Keep upholding the policies that keep WP from being a total madhouse! Especially the editors with gusto. :) BillCJ (talk) 08:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC) | ![]() |
Alan, do you know a good sock-hunter? User:Bushcutter has been editing Jamaica, and has a style similar to User:Hoserjoe, a indefinitely banned user known to employ socks. I'm just suspicious at this point, but thought I'd have it checked before he does any more damage on the Jamaica pages. Thanks. (And no, the Barnstar was given before I tackled this task!) :) - BillCJ (talk) 09:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Gercekkaynarca (talk · contribs) is Confirmed. He bypassed my two hard rangeblocks by requesting IP block exemption last month. In addition, this user was editing on 83.66.22.10 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), which appears to have been used by blocked sockpuppeteer Justice Forever. From a cursory glance, they appear to be the same user. Coincidence? Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 20:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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Alan, we have an editor makings some contentious edits on a number of pages. His edit histor is pretty thin (less than 100 edits since July), but he seems familiar with WP rules. This comment is particularly uncivil, and somewhat reminiscent of a banned cruft promoter, ToughHead (I think that's the main name - he used so many I can't keep up). It's possible that this is someone else who is blocked/banned, but I thought of Tough when I saw the comments on the AC-130 talk page. He is also removing large chunks of Leads from other articles, with comments on this removal here. He may just be an aggressive editor, per his name, but he does need to throttle back a bit. Can you check this out too? Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 17:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Please delete this crap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahamdanis R3ap3R.inc (talk) 21:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Geekologie, as you previously speedied this article. Thanks, — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Can you delete 方舟浸信教會 complete instead? I tried to delete it when I realized that I should not post non-US page here but can't find a way to do it. Thanks. User:shihaoliu —Preceding undated comment added 02:58, 5 April 2009 (UTC).
Hi Alan. I think you asked me to post my query here, not under BillCJ(talk). I posted the query here several hours ago, but it looks like my query was deleted. Is that so? Can you tell me how to proceed? You mentioned I should apologise, but I need know who was offended. BillCJ says it's nothing to do with him, yet you said an apology is necessary. Can you clarify? Bushcutter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.20.131.164 (talk) 06:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
A, take a look at some of the edits taking place which remove large amounts of text complete with cites, see:this FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC).
Be Bold In Edits (talk) 22:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I want to contest this prod. WP:PROD says to ask you, then take it to DRV, though contested PRODs are always speedily restored at DRV (that I've seen). I think the policy may be out of date, but I figured the safest thing to do it follow it to the letter. WilyD 15:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Alan, could you take a look at Talk:Joseph-Armand Bombardier#Proposed Deletion, and weigh in on the proper uses of PRODs? I've looked at the guidleines, but not found anything clear on using PRODs for notability questions. There are other points that should be apparent on reading the section. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 16:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
I missed the PROD of Thomas Corns before it happened. Not necessarily contesting it -- may be a borderline case -- but would quite like to review the article to check whether it was missing any references that might be significant under WP:BIO. Can you make the text of the deleted article available to me? Then I'll take a look and see where we're at. Thanks. Mooncow (talk) 06:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have just recently found that a page called Talk:List of Power Rangers voice actors in which you deleted has been recreated by an IP editor. Just so you know, so you'll decide on what to do with it. Thanks!. —Mythdon t/c 04:18, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
This appears to be another sockpuppet of VivaNorthCyprus. Check the Talk:Northern Cyprus revision history. Richwales (talk) 07:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
I can't believe that I'm forced to contact you via this page as you won't reply to the email I sent. That said, you deleted an article on the music group I:Scintilla, which I and a few others maintained. Can you please explain your reasons behind this? Also, if possible, we would request that the page be restored because there were no copyright violations. Please reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iscintilla (talk • contribs) 22:10, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Alan, could you take a look at Talk:National Football League in Toronto#Creating a new article for Bills Toronto Series? In fact, it might be something for the corporate side to handle. At least the guy is being up-front about it. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 00:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am a Roman teacher, journalist and (waiting to be published) writer.. I saw that you cancelled part of my text about Beurling... :) I am pretty new... I see that there is a kind of control about what people write.. am I wrong? :) That's nice but if wikipedia is a free enciclopedya why there are people like you that have the authotitY to cancel or correct why other write? :) Sorry I am pretty new and still "green" about writing... regards, gian piero --Gian piero milanetti (talk) 23:00, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Alan, you might be interested in WP:ANI#Copyvio report assistance. Also, I was actually looking at UH-72 Lakota regarding File:USA Lakota.jpg uploaded by User:Wolfpac032, and noted some comments on the talk page about File:UH-72A_Lakota.jpg, it's duplicate which was apparantly uploaded by Andrew. What's interesting is a defense of the image by User:AQMD, who also showed up a couple of weeks ago on CH-148 Cyclone claiming "He is the Photographer from Sik. corp I've seen the Negitives", regarding File:S-92 First Flight.jpg, which was also a copyvio uploaded at least twice by user User:Skydog1531. Perhaps a checkuser on all these users would be useful? Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 23:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki. We ran into each other previously on the WhiteKnightTwo article so I know you have some interest and knowledge in the development of Wikipedia articles on private space.
I would like to get some additional eyes on a topic that has come up on the article formerly titled Talk:List_of_private_spaceflight_companies and just recently retitled (today) to List of space tourism companies. A discussion is going on at Talk:List_of_private_spaceflight_companies#Clarification_of_the_list_title (or was, it might now be called List of space tourism companies#Clarification_of_the_list_title). I am inviting you as an editor, not as an administrator, as I don't think there are any major problems that can't be fixed by input from a few more arms-length voices.
The net is that there has been a rather significant change to the article name/scope by another (quite well-intentioned) editor, with questionable "consensus" for such a significant change. But what to do now is the question. Thanks for reading this far. Cheers. N2e (talk) 04:51, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Akradecki,
you deleted an article about the German IT company Netviewer in March. Even though I work for Netviewer I can only confirm that you were right in deleting the article. It was generated by a PR agency tasked with general internet promotion. I am pretty unhappy with how this turned out and how the Wikipedia guidelines where not taken into consideration. I have tried to correct the issue by posting a revised and hopefully non-advertsing version on my user page. I would be glad if you could have a look at the revised article and tell me if your prior concerns have been addressed. You can find the article here: Netviewer
Best regards, Catch22 —Preceding undated comment added 09:04, 30 April 2009 (UTC).
I see that Bushcutter (talk · contribs) is arguing on his user page (via an IP) that he was incorrectly blocked. Dougweller (talk) 16:00, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. SharkxFanSJ (talk) 08:12, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Alan, -- I've had several of our customers ask why the Castle Creations Wikipedia page was deleted. Your comments stated "(A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/band/company/etc." However, I do believe the article correctly gave references to Castle's relevance in the industry. Castle is now the largest manufacturer of DC brushless motor controls and DC brushless motors for Radio Controlled airplanes, cars and boats in the world. We are also included in several UAVs in the aviation industry from companies such as Aerovironment and Aurora, as well as many other commecial and military applications. Castle also employs over 100 people worldwide. My customers have been asking why Castle's reference was deleted, while our competitors' pages have not been deleted. They have viewed the deletion from Wikipedia as an indicator that Castle is not as relevant to the industry as our competitors. If you would give me a specific reason why the article was deleted, I can modify the article to better serve the Wikipedia audience. Pdelcast (talk) 20:04, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
First of all, my organization wasn't using it to promote my business. We didn't write the article, we didn't contribute to the article, no one from my organization had anything to do with the article. So why was it removed? Please answer my question, rather than making assumptions about how the article was created and used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.141.107.6 (talk) 17:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if I'm doing this right because I never did it before, but can you move the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NickiMinaj to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj and unprotected it, or leave it semi-protected? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj is fully protected, so I can't move anything.Marvinrashad (talk) 18:58, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan. I had been avoiding adding any pages to Wikipedia for Seattle's True Independent Film Festival as I was involved with the festival and had read previosuly that it was best for other people to add info on the event once it becomes newsworthy. Apparently an award winner or volunteer added a page a while back that you deleted for reason of blatant advertising. Wouldn't be a big deal, except that when I was searching for a recent news article about the fest, I saw the deleted wikipedia page as part of some of the first search returns. I have gone through and modified my user page to reflect information about the event with links to stories from teh Seattle Times, Stranger, etc at the bottom []. I'm hoping you can help me out with this to move it to the previously deleted page [] . I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleento (talk • contribs) 03:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
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How do you edit images? Rpvt (talk) 01:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello, can you userfy Open-Mesh with history for me please? I would like to see the previous versions of this article in hopes of bringing it up to inclusion standards. Thanks riffic (talk) 10:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I notice your draft article about Max Conrad. I was wondering if you were finished with the draft article and when it can be release into Wikipedia? Thank you-RFD (talk) 13:07, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
When I went to ask User:David Dempster about the Heliochronometer, I saw that you have worked on the SR-71 with him. Do you have any relevant info on the subject? FastAirplanes (talk) 15:44, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Four years young! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 11:44, 21 June 2009 (UTC).
What I know I can't talk about, however, you should file a Freedom of Information Act with the Air Force for Big Crow-related information. They have an online site (eFOIA) that makes it so easy to do. Try sending it to two places: Kirtland AFB and Wright-Patterson AFB. Both are Air Force Materiel Command bases and have connections to Big Crow. Also, check out 527th Space Aggressor Squadron; they have a connection to it too, and their patch has the crow on it. TDRSS (talk) 16:22, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Could you redirect it to Saw (franchise)? It's at the top of Wikipedia:Most missed articles. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 23:36, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Can you add back the Cal Orey article. I requested it to be deleted back in March. --Cal Orey (talk) 16:58, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
21:36, March 8, 2009 Akradecki (talk | contribs) deleted "Cal Orey" (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page)
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Hi, I had noticed that JohnLauritsen's most recent edits here and here had COI/Spam issues, as he was adding his website to articles. I was going to revert these and warn him about the problem when I saw that you had previously discussed this exact issue with him just a month ago and given a very clear warning here. Rather than insert myself into the middle of an ongoing situation, it seems better to alert you to the fact that he's at it again and let you handle it. However, if you don't have time to look into this right now, I can easily follow-up elsewhere. Thanks, Doc Tropics 13:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw the infobox for Tanker 910, and was wondering if it could also be used for Evergreen 747 Supertanker? I tried to swap over the infobox formatting, but it contains a wikilink for McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Any chance a modified version of the infobox can be used?--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 20:15, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Alan, Hi. I wonder if you could help me identify this airplane. I hate to leave hanging unidentified. Not much different (to me) than the Beech C99, a tad smaller, maybe. Perhaps you knew ... when you get a minute. Thank you Bobjgalindo 19:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.14.27.164 (talk)
Why delete the Rusko article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.11.214 (talk) 19:51, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to please send me a copy of the Ryzom NEL page before it was deleted by you? Since I can't see what the contents was before the delete. Please reply on my talk page. CeNobiteElf (talk) 09:26, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ackradecki, I noticed that you blocked the user Ahmadbatebi for editing his own article. I hope you'll revisit this block for the following reasons: -The users who called for Ahmad Batebi to be blocked are all sockpuppets of the same person, who have since been blocked. (Joaj, and Joaj's sockpuppets Vistaboy99 and Autoplay91) -Ahmadbatebi's edits to his page appear to have been good-faith efforts to make some details of his escape from Iran more accurate. -Ahmadbatebi asked for clarification of why he was being blocked, and none was provided (just a "please read the sections above" note from you and a rather insulting note from the now-blocked sockpuppet Vistaboy99). Since Ahmadbatebi is not a native speaker of English, and has been on Wikipedia, in the US (and out of jail in Iran) for only about a year, it seems to me that a much more gracious reply is warranted. -The wikipedia page on "Managing your own biography" states: "Managing your biography on Wikipedia can be a daunting process at first – and more so if your biography is of poor quality, has been vandalized, or has other problems." It seems to me that Ahmadbatebi was frustrated by misinformation that appeared on his page, and made a good-faith effort to correct it, both by editing it himself and by emailing admins. Looking at the "managing your own biography" page, it doesn't even appear that there is a hard-and-fast rule against people editing their own biographies, by the way, as long as the edits are reasonable. -After reading a couple of news articles about Ahmad Batebi's escape from Iran, it doesn't seem that there is any conflict between the version of his escape that he attempted to update his article to, and the version in these reputable news sources. The whole process of blocking this user seems to violate several wikipedia rules, such as "Assume Good Faith" and "Don't Bite the Newcomers." In summary, I suggest that Ahmadbatebi's account be unblocked, with apologies from the wikipedia community that as a new user he had to deal with multiple sockpuppets posting rather insulting comments on his talk and usertalk pages, and that wikipedia admins look into making the changes to his page that he suggested. CordeliaNaismith (talk) 01:29, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that in March 2009 you protected the Jigsaw (wrestler) page from recreation, as it had been previously deleted through AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jigsaw (wrestler). The deletion discussion took place in 2007 with the concern that he was a minor league wrestler that didn't pass WP:GNG. I, myself, deleted the page in April 2008 as a recreation of a previously deleted AfD.
However, it is November 2009 now, and I believe that he now passes WP:ATHLETE. He has made numerous pay-per-view appearances for Ring of Honor (arguably the number one independent professional wrestling promotion) and Dragon Gate USA, as well as several lesser known independent promotions where he also held titles. Within the former promotions, he has had championship matches for the ROH Tag Team Championship and will compete in a tournament at the end of this month to determine the fist holder of the DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Championship. All of this, I believe, meets the People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport requirement. It could also meet the Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions requirement of WP:ENT, as professional wrestlers are really a combination of the two.
I've made a very rough article at User:Nikki311/sandbox. I wanted to ask you for an opinion before I recreated the page in mainspace. Do you think I should start a deletion review, or do I have your permission to recreate the page? Nikki♥311 21:25, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jigsaw (wrestler). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nikki♥311 21:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Bzuk (talk) 20:29, 24 December 2009 (UTC).
I've been trying to help out with the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic articles on and off since the story began last year. However I've been away from it for a little while now, and noticed some things which could perhaps be updated, though I'm not sure how to, so hoping you as an admin and history with disaster management may be able to help.
- this seems like it should be renamed to '2009-2010 H1N1 Pandemic in the United States', or something similar to reflect that it is still an ongoing event, and to indicate that it specifically relates to the H1N1 pandemic, and not just a 'flu' pandemic. This is an example of this being updated in other areas reporting on related items.
- Perhaps a naming scheme for articles would be of help for all articles relating to H1N1/A 09 Pandemic and articles/templates/etc related to such? The naming seems to be a bit widely and arbitrarily selected on pages, and navigating to find and searching for specific information can be a bit confusing at times. Hope this helps and you're the right person to ask about all this. Der.Gray (talk) 02:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hallowicked. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. TheFBH (talk) 02:30, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
hey, i pasted a lot of your sandbox at Max Conrad, check it out. Accotink2 talk 01:38, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello. You posted on the Talk:Alaska Airlines page several years ago that you had a C-130 picture that you'd like to add to the article. But without the information, it wouldn't have fit. I have now added some info to the history section (1960s) about the fact that they owned C-130s and was wondering if you still had that picture and if you could add it to the article. If you could that would be great.
Thanks, Compdude123 (talk) 15:43, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Ya hi....I was wondering why the article for D-Pryde was deleted, and I am not able to create that page. There is plenty of info that I can use on him in this page: http://rap.wikia.com/wiki/D-Pryde_%28Rapper%29.
--Techno31 (talk) 22:15, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I was hoping to obtain permission to use one of your photographs. Please contact me at lb@urbangreencouncil.org with your contact information so that I might email you the particulars. Thanks!
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