User talk:It Is Me Here

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Question on Ikhlaq ahmad qadri

Just out of curiosity, what claims to notability do you see in Ikhlaq ahmad qadri that made you decline CSD? The article only claims that the subject 1) graduate from university, and 2) is an author of articles (and possibly books? I'm not sure...) I don't see any credible claims to notability here—what am I missing? Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 00:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

The article asserts, in admittedly less-than-stellar prose, that he was the first ever Urdu-language chronicler (I had put a note to that effect on the talk page). A7 states that claims of notability need not be sourced in order to exempt an article from speedy deletion. Hope that helps. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 01:33, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Good enough... sorry, I missed the notice on the talk page. I'd argue that writing the first chronicles in Urdu is still not horribly notable, but I think the PROD is going to take care of this article anyway, one way or another, so it's not worth starting a kerfluffle over. Thanks! Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 01:45, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Russian translation

Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Russian to English translators and wondered if you could translate Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa and/or Vladimir of Staritsa? Thanks.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 00:04, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview

Dear It Is Me Here,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Mjsfencing

I've noticed that you deleted a user talk page at User talk:Mjsfencing. Just so you know, we don't usually delete user talk pages, per WP:DELTALK. At least one of the reasons for this is so that a warning remains for the person to know why their page was deleted, so they won't do that again or leave Wikipedia in complete confusion.--Slon02 (talk) 19:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

It was a G11 though; I thought you deleted them if they were only created by the user as adverts? It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 09:57, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Muhammad GAR

Hi, just remembering that I promised to let you know once the Muhammad arbitration had ended. It actually ended a couple of weeks ago; editors are presently trying to set up a community RfC on image selection and placement: see Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/11_February_2012/Muhammad-images.

I am in two minds as to whether a GAR should start before or after that effort is concluded. Input from GAR regulars and other previously uninvolved editors might be very valuable. On the other hand, given that editors have asked MedCab for help in drafting the RfC, I am not sure it is a good idea to have the article subject to both GAR and mediation at the same time ... Cheers, --JN466 09:05, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I would rather that all image issues were (finally) settled before looking at content. Because with a GAR for this page, as far as I can see, criteria 5 and 6 would be effectively overridden by these considerations, so there is no real point coming to some decision from a GAC 6 point of view, only to have that overturned by the RfC. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 14:03, 26 February 2012 (UTC)