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A tag has been placed on Richard Pearce (artist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.
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Hello to you; concerning your tagging of the above as a speedy: I've declined the speedy on the grounds that the article has been around quite a while, and has been viewed by multiple editors. Also, I feel that it isn't really a clear-cut speedy. If your heart is in this, you could bring it up as a regular AfD. Lectonar (talk) 13:01, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Did you find it? If not, then I have a copy which I have come across. Let me know what's up (and whether I can delete the copy I have). Thanks!--droptone (talk) 18:39, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello - I see that you are reorganizing some lists into horizontal format rather than vertical format. I think this is a matter of personal preference, rather than consensus or policy. There seems to be no consistency. My own opinion is that vertical is easier to read, and can be used to group articles in the list by indenting and the like, but horizontal makes for shorter pages. Not sure it matters, really. Regards —G716 <T·C> 22:07, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Theres more than one article by the name "Charles Compton". It is the procedure that follows most disambiguation pages.-SilverOrion (You talk way too much!)
Hi Alan Liefting. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted you to inform that I declined to delete Modification and Replacement Parts Association, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion under criterion A7 because of the following concern: Please remember that A7 only applies in cases where there is no indication that the article may meet the notability guidelines. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or file them at articles for deletion. Regards SoWhy 10:56, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
You nominated Lucas Kazan for speedy deletion under A7. As numerous assertions of distinct notability are made in the article, it is ineligible under CSD-A7. Please slow down, examine the articles, and take more care. KillerChihuahua?!? 11:24, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Luis Soares - Olympic athletes are generally considered notable. Also note the Fr article on the subject. KillerChihuahua?!? 11:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
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An article that you have been involved in editing, Litter in the United States, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Litter in the United States. Thank you. Maybe it will turn out to be a good article. Take care. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:55, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. I just declined Antone Belt again, after PeterSymonds (talk · contribs) already did so. Please be very careful to never re-tag an article for speedy deletion after an admin declined it (the only exception being copyright infringement that the previous admin has missed to notice). Regards SoWhy 12:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Regarding your speedy tagging of this page, the subject is a product not an "article about a real person, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject". So I believe the tag is inappropriate. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 07:56, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I see that this has been mentioned as a potential issue before, but you may want to be more careful with your speedy tagging. The article on Mr. Hazeltine includes an assertion of notability, and as such, is not eligible for speedy deletion. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 21:43, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Category:Truck manufacturers applies to the company and not the category which includes people and cars. Generally categories named after companies will not have any other parent categories. Vegaswikian (talk) 09:00, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
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Remember to check the page history for articles before you tag them for speedy deletion. Adrienne Roy was vandalized by an IP. If this happens again, just revert back to the last clean version. Keep up the good work in getting rid of pages that don't belong on Wikipedia! Best, Cunard (talk) 21:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Solar Cells pubs, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Solar Cells pubs is a redirect page resulting from an implausible typo (CSD R3).
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I would like to try to improve page so it meets your criteria for more links. I am a doctoral student in a Literacy Research class at USF, and we are trying to build a base of famous literacy researchers into Wikopedia -but we are all new to using Wikopedia and the formatting.
Can you hold the page open until end of April, as we will be doing more work on this in class.
I dont know how to ask other Wikopedia people to help me build the page. I wish I could have some help.
Liz —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixie555 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm curious about why you removed the category "Agriculture". Pmrich (talk) 12:04, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan. I've been busy working on the Sustainability article for some time now and eventually hope to have time for something else! One thing I had in mind was developing a "hierarchy" of categories and subcategories for sustainability (inevitably a subjective process) - essentially breaking up sustainability into a number of sub-topics. You are an old hand at Wikipedia and I need your advice on whether this would be worthwhile ... or even possible. The current system is distinctly un-intuitive? Granitethighs (talk) 02:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan. Please reconsider category change for Template:Viticulture. Original categories seem appropriate and are consistent with Template:Wines and related templates. Pmrich (talk) 12:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
I see your reasoning. I am not attached to "Sustainability" being the Category regarding WiserEarth. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. rkmlai (talk) 22:57, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Just a friendly note on Ali Moeen Nawaz-ish. I declined the speedy because passing so many A levels is definitely a claim of importance. (And having articles about him in The Telegraph and The Daily Mail, as well as a BBC bit, are a good claim of notability.) If you think this needs to go, AfD would be the route to take.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:43, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there
Have I improved the page more now? I have put in several links, and hope it is better.
I have also written to Bride-McChang to ask her birthdate for the page.
I dont know how to make blue lines which turn to links, so put in the links people have to click on.
Can you reply to my email address?
thanks I really appreciate your work and help and advice and hope this page is getting better - I know you want more than just CV 's up there.
I see someone else from our class has pasted RED6747 under jking.pbwiki.com the password is RED6747
So I dont know how this differs from other Wikepedia pages.
Lizzie
Thanks again
Hi Alan,
thank you so much for all your explanations
USF is University of Southern Florida
Lizzie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixie555 (talk • contribs) 18:46, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Agha Shujah, an article that you edited, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agha Shujah. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Ray (talk) 17:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off. Thank you. --Rocksanddirt (talk) 19:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan, the article you once created seems to have degenerated, cf. the talk page there. Perhaps you might be interested in having a look at it. I don't have the knowledge myself Power.corrupts (talk) 14:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Alan, you asked me (on my Talk page) to review your re-write of Pollutant, which I did. See my Talk page.
You also posted a "conflict of interest" tag on Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants. See that article's Talk page for my response to that action of yours.
Regards, mbeychok (talk) 21:30, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you removed Conservation from the Hunting page. Can you explain your reasoning? Thanks. Zonedar (talk) 23:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Alan, I appreciate your constructive suggestions. You said "I would prefer to see the graph redrawn using R (programming language) or some other program". Unfortunately I have no idea how to do that. If you or someone else can do, that would be great. This graph is the best image possible to support the hook and most notable fact of the article. I agree a sharper graphic would be preferred. Reply in article discussion. Regards.--Marcus (talk) 18:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan how about using the discussion page to explain why you removed the infobox and pic on the ecocentrism page? Why? "I could get real upset!" Granitethighs (talk) 12:19, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
I have removed your speedy-deletion tag from this article, as it clearly indicates notability, i.e. a professional footballer who won 2 cups and a league title. I don't think this one would even come close to deletion at AFD.--Michig (talk) 10:24, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Why remove the category sustainability. This is distinctly counter-intuitive and is especially annoying with no explanation on the discussion page. ...otherwise I will get real upset. OK!! Granitethighs (talk) 12:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you Alan for taking the time to comment - I'd appreciate your further input - see my question in response on my talk (I make a point of NOT getting upset, just want to improve the project!) Red58bill (talk) 16:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
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Does this template serve any purpose? I'd like to delete it. Cheers! bd2412 T 06:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Is there a significant difference between deleting vandalism and undoing vandalism? GaryColemanFan (talk) 02:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I created the smart page, and am the lead investigator on this case. I see that you marked it for editing and I was wondering what more you would like done to remove your tags? [[4waldopepper (talk) 13:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)]]
Ok I have made the requested changes and removed the tags. I assume this is what you were looking for.. [[4waldopepper (talk) 21:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)]]
[[4waldopepper (talk) 23:10, 21 March 2009 (UTC)]]
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Hello Alan Liefting. I removed your deletion request of Adnan Sarajlić. He plays in the topmost league, this is enough notability. Additionally he is the captain of the club. --Ilion2 (talk) 12:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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I have also expanded Lists of environmental topics, and updated Template:TopicTOC-Environmental.
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The reason cited for the deletion was due to lack of indication of why the subject is important and should be included in an encyclopedia. I have obtained additional information about the gentleman and feel that, when added to my previously submitted article, will result in its acceptance on Wikipedia. I cannot find the article I submitted, however. Can you direct that text to me so I may add the new information and send it back to you for consideration?
Thank you for your help in producing what I hope will be a successful effort.
Clifton Harrison (talk) 15:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Before you do an A7 in future, make sure you check the article history for vandalism or page hijacking. Daniel Nicholls had been hijacked from a barely, but definitely, notable footballer (played 1 senior game in the AFL) to the non-notable scriptwriter. The page size change from 1500 to 200 bytes is always a good indicator of hijacking or vandalism. The-Pope (talk) 00:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Robert V. Gentry, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert V. Gentry. Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Borock (talk) 06:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for breaking up the conversation in two different places, but following the remark you made at my talk, and other notes about speedy deletions on your talk page, something struck me. You seem to be doing a lot of hard work in anti-vandalism and newpage patrole. That is invaluable work, and you seem to be doing it very well. However, I'd like to ask you to be a little more careful with speedy deletion. Speedy deletion is a powerful tool for articles that need to go NOW. At least half of the articles you have proposed in your last 500 edits seems to have been rejected. Incorrect speedy deletion is able to do a lot of damage to the project. If you are unsure about either CSD, or if an article meets the criteria, it's always a good idea to choose for PROD or AfD. If there is anything else I can do for you, just let me know! Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:31, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
The brief article on National Development Act 1979 begs the questions - what did the act do and why was it controversial? I don't think we can say that it was controversial without answering those. Presumably there are sources. (Actually, almost all the stubs on NZ legislation suffer from {{tl:primarysources}} issues! Cheers, dramatic (talk) 00:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, your map of the H1N1 flu, wehere you asked to, is ready!
i used that google maps H1N1 outbreak map as source.
I am not able to place it in a article obout the flu because i am a new user and these pages are protected.
I like making maps in vector scale, if you need one for a (important) article, just ask!. Allstark —Preceding undated comment added 09:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC).
I don't understand, what articles that I made didn't have categories? Bugboy52.4 (talk) 00:08, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I checked a couple of these:
I noticed that you tagged the page Certain Chapters (Film) for speedy deletion with the reason "it is non-notable per WP:NF". However, "it is non-notable per WP:NF" is not currently one of our criteria for speedy deletion, so I have removed the speedy deletion tag. You can use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion if you still want the page to be deleted. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 10:17, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Please keep the page. I had done some edits that had to be undone. HougangVeera (talk) 19:12, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Bit of advice with this - you haven't actually explained what the act does. It might be helpful to write up an intro doing that. Ironholds (talk) 23:47, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I didn't create the current version of this page. You may wish to contact the person who re-started the stub. CJCurrie (talk) 02:53, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan I removed the prod tag on the above article as he seems to have some degree of notability with the award win. Maybe you should take it to Afd if you still feel it fits deletion criteria best. BigDuncTalk 19:10, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
My article on Charles Lyman Flint can't possibly be irrelevant. I chose to write about him simply because of how notable he is, and if you look at any of my citations---then you will surely know. This man dedicated his life to the history of a tri-state region and was on the board of directors for historical reservations / locations.
Could it be that I just did not write it well enough? I can rewrite it. Why must all of you delete my work? It seems counter productive to me and I would like to have an opportunity to improve legitimate work instead of having it cast into the fire over and over again.
I read so many articles on the rules and regulations of wikipedia, and I have seen pages worse than mine remain untouched. Why am I getting this special treatment of having my work destroyed. Doing this to people like me is not going to bring contributors in, its going to chase them away.
I realize you must get a lot of mail like this, and I by no means am trying to give you a hard time. However, I would really like to resolve this issue and move on to my next article instead of playing games with all of the people here who keep taking my work down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcrandallant (talk • contribs) 14:32, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
No offense taken, but this article is supposed to be more about the committees and services which he has had extremely important roles in, which contributed to the history of the area. The interests were included because almost all Biographies include those. If the readers are not understanding this I could take the normal parts out so we may focus on the original purpose of the article. If writing important publications, being director of multiple historical societies / facilities over a long period of time, etc etc etc is not good enough, than how come musical bands manage to be listed on this site? For the love of g-d, good sir, are we not overlooking something? I am willing to rewrite it. This is definitely being misinterpreted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcrandallant (talk • contribs) 20:04, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I have beefed up the Beaton Squires article that you tagged earlier today. As one of 11 players to be designated as an All-American in the years before professional football became a major sport, Squires reached the highest level of competition in the sport of American football and was selected as one of the 11 best players in the game in 1905. His role in the debate over the proposal to abolish the sport of college football further supports his notability. If you could take a second look and consider eliminating the tag, I'd appreciate it. Cbl62 (talk) 17:50, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it looks like you marked my new article for deletion. I appreciate the help. I didn't realize I was taking the wrong approach.
I'm a little confused though. Maybe you could help me by pointing out the flaws that prompted you to mark the article for deletion.
I haven't written very much on wikipedia and would like to learn to be better.
Thanks, Willis Whitlock —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wwhitlock (talk • contribs) 17:22, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
I think it's starting to snow... (And like I said, 99% of the retail articles on Wikipedia suck rancid pond water.) Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:24, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Good catch. That was an early experiment with the automatic category tool. I didn't catch my error - glad you did. Thanks! Williamborg (Bill) 05:51, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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Great work - I've had that on my to-do list for some time but have always felt daunted by the sheer volume of work required to fix the referencing. I'm not really into barnstars, but, if you like that sort of thing, consider yourself as having received one. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Alan
I'm aware that I was rather naïve choosing parraed as a password and then creating an Eduardo Parra bio -- but then, it was the first time and I didn't know better. I did however think that I was entitled to a mention, considering that I wrote the first Spanish "Diccionario de Internet" back when the whole thing was new in the Spanish world. I mean, Wikipedia is a product spawned by the Net and it should give some credit to those that helped disseminate it at its conception.
Maybe I overdid my life's background. Should I try an abridged version keeping to the basic facts that I'm a prolific dictionay writer and that. . . well, you know?
Maybe we can communicate better by email?: eduardo@carivan.com
Eduardo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parraed (talk • contribs) 11:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Simply does not have the numbers to create any of the greatideas that come out of wp countries - we have lost more eds than we have gained - and most remaining have very narrow fields of expertise or focusor spare time - wpcountries ideas might be great for big thiving ptojects with plenty of spare eds -sorry we are unlikely to be able to help SatuSuro 02:27, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Alan. Lucky. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.67.129.120 (talk) 00:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
I don't think I'll have much time to focus on that particular article, but thanks for taking the initiative to create it! If, however, you need help with research and sourcing for something specifically, please feel free to let me know. Cirt (talk) 10:14, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Alan, I appreciate your wanting to create an article on this, but I think it is a bit premature to put main-article templates linking to what is at present a stub into various existing articles that already contain more information on Scientology history than the History of Scientology article. Could I ask you hold off until the article link adds value for the reader? At present, they are more likely to be disappointed if they follow the link. Thanks. JN466 22:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Category:Ecology of the United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 23:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
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NAWAPA is primarily an engineering proposal for major energy development; why do you feel those were less appropriate categories than the mere national categories; it's not on the political radar, at least not publicly, and there are engineering aspects of the concept that need addressing (instead of just parroting from its promoters)....So at least one of the three - energy, energy development, or engineering seems at least needed, as it's not really a geoggraphic or "national" article....Skookum1 (talk) 13:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
I was checking on what you wanted changed with the Aurora (Book) article. It's free to be deleated if it just doesn't belong on wiki but if it just needs changes tell me what needs to be added and I can find them and the sources. Just comment on the talk page on the Aurora page or deleate it if you feel it shouldn't be up at all. I wasn't sure if books are supposed to be on wiki so I'm sorry if I placed an article that shouldn't have been made. 68.231.4.183 (talk) 00:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
Hijacking WP assessment for a POV over what is important is totally missing the point. You might have in your head a criteris of what is important - well go and write it out at the environment project page and see if anyone joins in - but to hijack a template is just silly and wrong - whether something is important or no is some particular epistemology is irrelevent in the template and project perspective. If you have a mission - place it squarely in the project noticeboard and ... wait and see if anyone joins in - frankly I see the importance thing as a sideshow and misreading what wikipedia projects and templates are about - and I would see a good dose of WP AGF and patience to see if anyone else has the same opinion before you merrily march off with what you might want to see would be worth it in the long run. SatuSuro 05:20, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
OK It wasnt necessarily you personally - but for a project to carry a template that excludes wp assessment is weird for s start - like confusing and copnflating categories of internal project assessment with issue assessment is quite worrying - and if i read right in the first message at the template discussion you are encouraging reintro of the assessment for wikipedia project purposes - SatuSuro 05:49, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
But - I am concerned that a discussion is started at a template talk (hardly a place for that sort of stuff) rather than the project page (even if it is flagged) - SatuSuro 05:51, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change. If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 14:40, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, could you explain why you moved the first effort to construct something (it happened to be the Presidency section at the moment) in a sandbox (Barack Obama/Sandbox) to an article solely about that section? A secondary question, why did you move it to the talk section (Talk:Barack Obama/Presidency section) as opposed to the article section (Barack Obama/Presidency section)? Thanks, Abrazame (talk) 04:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I did a page move which creates a redirect therefore editors will see that change. I see no need to notify editors of page moves if it is uncontroversial. Note that you can name subpages with whatever you like (within reason!!). A title such as Talk:Barack Obama/Draft would be a good name. If it is only being used in the short term the page name is not important because it would probably get deleted eventually. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:45, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello Alan,
Thank you for your commenting on the article of Gotjawal Forest. You mentioned about footnotes, so I improved it. Can you please check the article again, and see if the article still needs footnotes? Yongchangjang (talk) 08:17, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
HI Alan, I noticed you updated the Global Peace Index page with 2009 data. The indicators have slightly changes this year, as has the methodology. see http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/about-gpi/methodology.php. will you make those updates as well? cheers, Camilla —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camillaschippa (talk • contribs) 03:43, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
hi, i'm already started with the map, but right now i'm busy with exams on school so it will take a while maybe.
however, i'll do my best
can you reply on my talk page?
--Allstrak (talk) 08:57, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I reverted you here, because I do not think the user was vandalising. I think the user was improving the article, all-be-it without inline citations, but certainly not "vandalism". Jolly Ω Janner 20:12, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Oops! Looks like I was a little hasty. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:24, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on List of rivers of Brazil, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Salam32 (talk) 18:11, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
I saw your comment on WP:AWB: I find that adding two lines between he end of the External links section and any following template gives a nice bit of white space. I don't use AWB, so I can't help you with that, but I did want to comment that I agree entirely with you, and often add that space as well. There are two ways to do it. If there is no image or boxed item in he way, simply add {{-}} just above or just to the left of the topmost navbox, like this:
or like this:
This will add the additional space you desire. If, however, there is an image, an infobox or some oher impediment at that point it the page, the space won't be added until the bottom of the obstruction. In those cases, what I do is leave a hidden comment above the top navbox, with a blank line above it and a blank line below it. (Two blank lines themselves will also do the trick, but they are often erased by the Wikipedia system when it's rendering the page, or by various bots doing battle against whitespace. The hidden commen "anchors" the two lines in place.
Good luck with this, just be aware that some people are very touchy about this practice, even though it helps tremendously to uncrowd the page. Feel free to point people to a short essay in my userspace, User:Ed Fitzgerald/spacing which explains my reasons for doing it. Ed Fitzgerald t / c 06:42, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated History of Scientology, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Scientology. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. RUL3R (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know I'm hoping to take on the list of rivers in Brazil soon, I'd did most of the other South American countries and put off doing Brazil as it's a somewhat daunting task. I'm thinking of organizing it the way the list of U.S. rivers is done, with a separate list for each state. Kmusser (talk) 16:47, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello! You´ve asked for more precise citations on the article about Emperor Pedro of Brazil. What exactly you desire? What is missing? - --Lecen (talk) 12:30, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you did some page reorganization around WP:Merging. Would you like to discuss your thoughts on how the WP process description and the how-to instructions should be separated, beyond what you've already done? If so, I suggest Help talk:Merging, as it's most likely to have watchers. Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 05:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
I agree with your comments on the page Template talk:Official and think it could be improved, I'm just not sure yet how to do it or to get a response from the people who are able to change it. I welcome your comments on it. -- Horkana (talk) 13:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Do you have a sensible reason for preemptively removing the timeline in Fishing industry in New Zealand. --Geronimo20 (talk) 10:03, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I removed your nomination for deletion of Arthur Williams, American counterfeiter. Please see my discussion on the discussion page of that entry for my reasoning behind removing the nomination. Please reply there. Alexandergreenb (talk) 20:33, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
I've proposed Hugh O'Neills, an article you edited but didn't create, for deletion. --I dream of horses (talk) 02:48, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Not very important, but bolding is not what the MoS recommends in the case of descriptive article titles (see Wikipedia:Lead section#Bold title, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting)#Boldface, see also WP:BOLDITIS). 78.34.202.69 (talk) 21:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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