I noticed you have deleted the page for Tonight Is Goodbye, I just wondered what criteria it was deleted under, and what I would have to do to prevent it being deleted if I remade it. Ad94dug(talk) 20:19, 5 August 2008 (BST)
Thanks for the reply, I am working my way through google links for all notable information on the band. I am also in the process of getting info from the band directly, through myspace, can I use this as a source? Ad94dug(talk) 00:31, 7 August 2008 (BST)
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Thanks for the tip. It's been a while since I've contributed to Wikipedia.
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MVAPICH
what is the problems with the notability issues on this page.
we are non-commercial and our software is free-available. The software is made as a pure research project by the Ohio state University.
I work for the lab and upon my professors request i am editing an entry for MVAPICH..
Please help me narrow down the issue on the MVAPICH page so i can follow the proper guidelines to contribute to Wikipedia.org
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asampat (talk • contribs) 17:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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Basically, there was an article on kishka sausages with the last edit Nov. 15 see here . On Dec. 2 a Wikipedian came across the article and found the descriptions didn't comport with their understanding of what a kishke is, so he or she made a series of edits resulting in the article being about the Jewish kishke (and only the Jewish kishke) see here . Low level guerilla warfare ensued (not really but I like to dramatize). No amount of accomodation and reason being sufficient to appease those insisting kishke can't include blood or pork (see kosher), I gave in and copied their version of the article to a new article kishka (Jewish food) and restored an improved and enhanced version of the more general kishka (food) article. I updated the disambiguation page, and now things seem mostly calm. Let me know if you have any other questions. The main article had a much longer edit history so that's why I kept it there and split off the Dec. 2 kishka (Jewish food) article. I don't really understand how to merge or update histories, so I apologize if I did something wrong.ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Next time I will try to say where the new article is from in the article creation edit summary. I guess I didn't do that in this case? Sorry about that. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:52, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Although as I look at the history it does say it was created to "disambiguate" the other article. Do you have a suggestion on how it should have been phrased? Split from? ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:53, 12 December 2008 (UTC)kht
Sorry for the confusion. Next time I will try to make it clearer what's being split from where. Thanks for your civility and efforts to make Wikipedia better. Much appreciated. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply.
I want to explain my case clearly.
The software is notable and i do not have conflict of interest since this is a purely research based software and non-profit and part of THE Ohio state University.
These are pointers to few article over last 7 years that talks about how MVAPICH provides low latency and high bandwith for supercomputers using Infiniband, RDMA interconnects.
One of other similar software implementations to MVAPICH are MPICH and Openmpi.
MVAPICH is part of the ofed stack which is a notable third party software.
I have made so many edits over the past month ..but i still dont seem to have all the wikipedia laws straight.
List of its current registered users- http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/current_users/
Its totally opensource research software used by hundreds of institutions and is non profit and i wanted it in wikipedia where a lot of people search.
Please let me know your thoughts in this matter.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asampat (talk • contribs)
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You deleted their wp page. Is there a reason, they seem to be minimally notable and they got a mention as a source on abc news . I was wondering who they were but could not find any info although some of their principles have WP pages Evan Kohlmann. Anyway I think they should be added to WP. Geo8rge (talk) 03:11, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
There are not only notable, they are important. I've created a page for them.--Epeefleche (talk) 10:10, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
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When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.
JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
Hey old friend. I just got back from a three year hiatus during which I got sucked into the black hole of Quora. See you've been semi-active recently too. Just wanted to drop in to say hello and hope you're well. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 09:18, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your returnif you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstatedshould this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. — xaosfluxTalk 02:47, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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Hey PeaceNT! I see that you've made a recent return to editing and I wanted to personally welcome you back. A few things have changed in the last few years so if you need anything/if I can be of any help my talk page is thataway. Best, Kevin (aka L235·t·c) 06:49, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
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PeaceNT, the nomination has been marked for closure, and could be rejected at any time. I hope you see this in time to stop by and respond; it's the only way the nomination could be saved. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 04:48, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
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