User talk:Benjamin Mako Hill

Distinguish template

On 21 April 2007, you made a comment about the utility of the {{Distinguish}} template. You may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Hatnote#Distinguish template. --Bejnar (talk) 01:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Boxxy

This talk page currently contains no information about Mako's relationship to Boxxy. This should be remedied ASAP, in order to preserve the high standards of this wiki. paul (talk) 01:21, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

True, true. Is it salacious to post true statements about a lovechild if one of the child's parents is a minor? +sj + 08:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

leftrightleft

See user:sj/rights for the latest list. It's getting long, but not yet interesting. +sj +

Codgers

LOCo is back. Please help with task setting and inviting members.... Wikipedia:Old_Codgers'_League -- +sj

Canadian Engrish?

hmm.

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page . Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 01:50, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite but I don't live in Seattle any more. I sure miss it though! Good luck on what sounds like an amazing project! —mako๛ 15:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:sourcebible

A template you created, {{sourcebible}} has been nominated for deletion and the discussion has closed as "delete". I have raised this with the closer at User_talk:Delldot#Template:sourcebible. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Scott James Remnant

The article Scott James Remnant has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:N has not been established. Ref only mentions that he works for Ubuntu, doesn't mention the reason why hes "particularly notable." Been tagged since 7/07 for BLP referencing needed.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Admrboltz (talk) 01:49, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I removed the tag and added a couple references in the form of interviews with Remnant. It was very easy to find these -- a simple search for his name and "interview" brought these up. Please go ahead and do these simple searches before suggesting that article are deleted. People obvious put work into that article. Even if you still disagree that Remnant is notable, a quick search would have turned up data to reject the fundamental doubts you express above. —mako๛ 20:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Science myths

As requested, here is the link, feel free to add: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Madeleine_Price_Ball/Science_myths —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madeleine Price Ball (talk • contribs)

Speedy deletion declined: Simple present

Hello Benjamin Mako Hill, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Simple present - a page you tagged - because: Deletion of this page may be controvertial or is under discussion. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. NW (Talk) 05:31, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

We'd actually discussed this in WP:RfD and, based on discussion there, it seemed uncontroversial. If folks want talk about name of the article in a more appropriate forum like WP:Move requests, that sounds great. I see that it's been added there. Thanks for the message! —mako๛

Userspace list

Howdy, I replied on my talk page. Basically, feel free to move it to your userspace, but be careful which version you revert to. I think there was a reasonable version in the last few hundred edits, but the last few versions violated some strictly enforced policy. Now that the news-fad aspect of snowclones has died down, it should be easier to edit the list at a reasonable pace with citations to reliable sources. JackSchmidt (talk) 21:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

explanation

I see you removed a bunch of links to member of al Qaeda. But you didn't say why.

Please don't remove any more of these links. Red-links have value. Several academic papers have addressed the distinctions DoD analysts made between associates of al Qaeda, members of al Qaeda, and al Qaeda fighters. It is an important distinction. Geo Swan (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I was working from my assumption of the consensus outcome of the series of RfD's on the subject that you've nominated over the last month and, in particular, the most recent RfD. As you can see from the discussion there, I'm not the only one who was under this impression.

If there is or should be a better target for those links, why wasn't that in the RfDs when you proposed them them? It would be pretty easy to create an stub, or a section of an existing article, that at least begins to detail differences in the distinctions you describe. It seems possible that some of categories might warrant a category and that some might not.

In any case, I'll happily not continue these edits until this is resolved. Sorry for an inconvenience. —mako๛ 01:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Ack! My apologies to you Benjamin, if I incited you into a bunch of edits that need to be reverted. I'll add a "stop cleanup" note at the RfD until we sort this out with Geo Swan. -- ToE^T 02:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey Mako, I've gone ahead and reverted the few edits that I made in support of this misbegotten redlink cleanup as I was solely motivated by an erroneous impression from the old RfDs. Geo Swan started the more general discussion at WT:TERRORISM#Requesting opinions on how best to handle characterizations of associations with al Qaida or Terrorism?. If you want help reverting your edits I would be very happy to do so, but otherwise I will stay out of the way to avoid getting under foot. -- ToE^T 03:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem. It's just not clear to me that the reverts are, in fact, wrong, and, if so, why we're deleting them instead of pointing them to a stub or a section of a different. If there will be an article on the topic of labels of associate, member, etc., as form of US government classification of detainees -- or if this will become some section of an existing article, that would be the place to point these. But if that is going to be the case, why are we deleting the instead of retargetting? —mako๛

Articles for deletion nomination of Samuel Klein (businessman)

I have nominated Samuel Klein (businessman), 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/Samuel Klein (businessman). 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. Gazimoff 13:27, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Template:$

As you had participated in the original RfD for Template:$, you may be interested to know that the deletion has been overturned at deletion review because of a procedural problem, with the redirect being re-listed here.--Tikiwont (talk) 14:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Yikes! I think, looking at the logs, that the procedural problem was caused by a cut and paste error on my side that eneded up essentially overwriting half the nomination text. I'm hugely sorry about that! —mako๛ 18:59, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Wellington meetup

Hey, Looking for your feedback regarding a date/time for the Wellington meetup. Happy New Year :) Lanma726 (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Karim R. Lakhani

The article Karim R. Lakhani has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. RadioFan (talk) 17:38, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I've put links to a New York Times article and a Wired article. There are certainly more. Both were visible by clicking on the links in the templates. Folks should really make at least this basic effort before nominating pages for deletion. The burden of proof should be on the people arguing for deletion, not the other way around. —mako๛ 15:33, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

help

true or vandalism? I can't tell. Needs better refs. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 05:50, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

True, but complicated. I made what (I hope is!) a clarifying edit. —mako๛ 22:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Karim R. Lakhani

The article Karim R. Lakhani has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not meet WP:PROF

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Text restored to your userspace

Seth Finkelstein article text copied per request. –SJ+ 03:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

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If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 05:10, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Charles Kane (business executive)

The article Charles Kane (business executive) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability not established apart from inherited; insufficient sourcing.

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User:Benjamin Mako Hill/SF

Hello. The Seth Finkelstein article has been restored in your userspace for a year now but you haven't modified it. Per Wikipedia:User pages, it should be deleted. If you're ok with that, you can just tag it for speedy deletion. If not, I'll send it to MfD in the near future. Best, Pichpich (talk) 04:32, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project

My name is Victor Grigas and I'm a Storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're exploring new ways to explain why Wikipedia is so special and we’ve started a Wikipedia Stories Project, where we’re chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community, especially editors and active contributors in the movement like you. I'll be traveling to Wikimania next month to collect stories for our 2011 Fundraiser. While there I'd love the chance to meet with you and hear your thoughts about Wikipedia. We’ll have a schedule of available times for you to sign up if you’re interested, but right now, we’d like to make the initial contact to gauge your interest. Please let me know by emailing me at vgrigas@wikimedia.org or responding on my talk page.

thank you,

Victor Grigas (talk) 21:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Movies es5-20030823.png

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Movies es5-20030823.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:24, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

I think I've addressed the issue. —mako๛ 21:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

FM (disambiguation) moved

Since you requested a notice when this discussion was closed, and the person who closed it appears to have overlooked your request, this is to let you know that Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 October 6#FM was closed with a move of the disambiguation page to the title FM. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you user pages

		The Excellent User Page Award
		For a really neat user page, with loads of useful links. Bearian (talk) 18:12, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much for giving me my first virtual barnstar! —mako๛ 18:49, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

On the love of creation

You will appreciate this: the incredible true story of Ron Avitzur and Greg Robbins making and shipping Graphing Calculator. – SJ + 19:39, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

And these plants for growing air. – SJ +

re: RFDs

Hello, Benjamin Mako Hill. You have new messages at Nikthestoned's talk page. --08:16, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Movies es5-20030823.png listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Movies es5-20030823.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 08:32, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

I've responded at File talk:Movies es5-20030823.png. Thank you, Sven Manguard Wha? 18:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I think I've addressed all the remaining issues and the sources of the misunderstanding with a big update to the description and the fair use rationale on File:Movies es5-20030823.png. Thanks for helping me work through this. —mako๛ 18:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)