User talk:JohnCD/Archive 9

Thanks

Thanks JohnCd. Your advice to Steven Gazeas helped me a lot! Cheers! Steven Gazeas (talk) 07:15, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. JohnCD (talk) 11:25, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Andrew Potter

Hi -- it's been several months since your response to my deletion request, here is my reply:

Does it? The article to which "Andrew Potter" redirects says nothing about Andrew Potter at all. In fact, last year I had to correct a circular redirect on the target page. The point is, "Andrew Potter" should point to an article about Andrew Potter, and not to an article about a book he co-wrote which tells nothing about the person himself (would you redirect "Stephen King" to "Cujo"?). The problem is that the redirect hides this: there is no article about Andrew Potter. --Rhombus (talk) 08:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Agarwal packers and movers

Hi John, you deleted the above mentioned page. I recreated it as a redirect. Do contact me if you feel the recreation is erroneous. Just leaving a note. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:58, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem. You've done a good rescue. You may need to watch it in case the original author tries to re-spammify it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:02, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks John. I will watch it. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:05, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't

dont delete my articles —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dog1818 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, read WP:Your first article, and then write articles about notable subjects that are verifiable from reliable sources, and perhaps I won't. JohnCD (talk) 15:35, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Audio Secrecy

Why did you delete my article? I was creating it as a starting point so people could add relevant details as they came along. It's not fair to go deleting articles unless you have a valid reason. I've seen plenty of worse articles that you didn't go and delete. Richard.darren (talk) 12:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

(replied on his talk page). JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thankyou for the explanation, i guess the article will have to wait til closer to the release date. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard.darren (talk • contribs) 14:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but you forgot a deletion

Thanks for deleting my sandbox for Yorktown Heights Railroad Station, however you forgot to delete the sandbox for the talk page. ----DanTD (talk) 16:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done - thanks. JohnCD (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

And thank you, again. ----DanTD (talk) 04:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Slovaks in Hungary

I'm looking for feedback (good or bad) on my actions in this case. I'd appreciated your comments here. Dpmuk (talk) 15:33, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Parker Theatre and McKenna Theatre

Hi thank you earlier 2 more of my projects are up for speedy — try goggling new paltz mckenna theatre try goggling it under new paltz mckenna theatre for that search there are 222,000 results results--i think that qualifies under location of an event Demetri Music™ 16:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC) Categories: AfD debates (Places and transportation)

The same applies to

under a google search for parker theatre new paltz there are 21,500 results for this locationDemetri Music™ 16:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzim78 (talk • contribs)

Those two pages are not up for speedy, they have been nominated for WP:Articles for deletion. The debate will take seven days, so you have time to improve the articles and to explain at the deletion debates why you think they are notable. You can find the deletion debate by clicking the link "this article's entry" in the box at the top of the article. Read WP:Your first article and WP:Notability for more advice. JohnCD (talk) 16:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

==thank you== demetri

Max and Nadia Shepard Recital Hall

the actual name is Nadia and Max Shepard Recital Hall I made an error earlier —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzim78 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, the University seems confused, because this link gives it as "Max and Nadia". It will cause complications to change the name during the AfD, but if the article is kept we can arrange that the text is at whichever is the correct version, and the other is a redirect. JohnCD (talk) 18:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Attack pages

Noted, thanks for the tip. – ukexpat (talk) 20:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

RE: Welcome!

Thanks! And sorry 'bout the page thing. Just checkin' it out. ~Monk (^Chat _Harrass) 21:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:DBCS

You can hardly call a stub "brilliant," but thanks anyway. :) I was thinking about how to respond to their request for an admin, but after some time I figured that they wouldn't take anything I (a non-admin) said seriously, and an admin would be able to phrase it much better than I ever could, which you went ahead and did. That's a harder task than stubbing something, surely. ALI ^{nom nom} 17:27, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Some questions about an article

Hi, I came across an article entitled Car Configurator on "New pages" that had a "Speedy delete" tag on it. I rewrote the article to remove copyvio, added references, and moved it to Kia Ray which is the name of the car and is already redlinked in two articles. Is it ok if I remove the "Speedy delete" tag? Also, I don't know where the article's former name Car Configurator came from. I did not see that mentioned in any of the references. Should that redirect be deleted? Thanks, Xtzou (Talk) 17:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like a good rescue you've done. I see someone else has removed the speedy tag but, yes, you could have - see WP:DEL#Speedy deletion: "Anyone except a page's creator may contest the speedy deletion of a page by removing the deletion notice." As far as the redirect goes, it depends whether it could be a useful search term: in this case, as the original title is not mentioned in the revised article and is not relevant to it, it could be tagged {{db-r3}} (recently-created, implausible redirect). I've deleted it as such.

There is one piece of follow-up which would be useful, which I'll leave to you: the original author has been around since August but has few edits and can be considered a newbie; all that's on his talk page is an AfD notice and a speedy notice. He may be a bit puzzled about what has happened to his article. I suggest you give him a Welcome template and a note saying that you have cancelled the speedy and expanded his article, and pointing him to WP:YFA as a good source of advice on article writing. Regards, 20:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I will welcome the new editor with hopefully helpful advice and comments. Best, Xtzou (Talk) 20:36, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

DBCS.

Regarding the issue with the DBCS Article, the Administration have given me permission to copy an dpaste from the website of the school. If that is not enough, I will go to the Deacons and have them contact you. If still not enough, i will contact the foundation. I spoke with a lawyer who said that this is not a copyvio and I have the right of way. This is coming form someone who KNOWS the law.

Therefore, I ask you to take this into consideration.

You also called my tone inappropriate. You may think as such, but I have had a bad day, teachers and students alike harrassing me. Then one of the users just barge sin when he was not in it at all. That is why I sounded like that. I had good reaosn to act like that.

Thank You!

--Comppro 02:15, 21 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Comppro (talk • contribs)

Deletion of Satinder Sartaj

Hi please unlock the article creation rights for the above page. The personality involved is a major Punjabi singer. I'll try and not plagiarize content. Surinderjeet Singh (talk) 13:30, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

DBCS Article

I have added to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denbigh_Baptist_Christian_School

My lawyer says that Wikipedia is in violation and since i have permission i can post info from the website.

Thanks! --Comppro 14:37, 24 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Comppro (talk • contribs)

On Shunsuke Miyake

• I have rewritten my deleted article on Shunsuke Miyake. Could you review my rewritten article ? --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 12:06, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello

I just thought that I would inform you, that one of the users you blocked, Douglaseivindhallgerber has seemed have evaded the block you put by creating account: Lowellmassachusetts. Feinoha ^{Talk, My master} 01:45, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Boston Gentlemen's Driving Club

I see Boston Gentlemen's Driving Club has been recreated yet again. Do you want to delete and protect it from recreation? --Biker Biker (talk) 22:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Article has been speedy deleted before. Why not again? Nothing has changed. Same COI author. Same content. --Biker Biker (talk) 22:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL suggests to me that the club may in fact be notable, which is why I tagged it "underconstruction" and explained notability to the newbie author. COI isn't automatically a reason for deletion, if there is the possibility of a useful article, and with an "underconstruction" tag it's reasonable to give a few days to see what happens. (The template used to say, consider not tagging this immediately; I see it doesn't any more). Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:22, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Wizard Sticks

Oh man what?

WHY YOU EVEN GOTTA DO A THING —Preceding unsigned comment added by NukeSpoon (talk • contribs) 17:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Request for Comment needing your input

Hi, I'd like to ask for your input here: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Minphie. Recently you commented on Minphie's conduct and we ask if you could come and give feedback at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Minphie as the editor appears not to have taken any heed of the community's feedback on his approach to editing. If you don't remember your exact interactions with Minphie, it is detailed in the RfC/U page. Thankyou for your time, --Figs Might Ply (talk) 23:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Can you please review my new article How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Thanks! Gabithefirst (talk) 22:19, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Inhance Digital

Hi John

I recently submitted an article on Inhance Digital with numerous 3rd party sources. It was deleted without explanation. Can you give me some insight about this decision and how I can repost without deletion. I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Glamzilla —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glamzilla (talk • contribs) 20:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brick Conners

I am requesting that you re-list the AfD discussion for Brick Conners. When closing you did admit that it was a messy AfD, and I believe that the re-listing of the discussion may allow for a less-messy discussion that is not unduly influenced by the use of sockpuppets. Kugao (talk) 17:42, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Although it was a messy situation, I found the result quite conclusive and stand by my close. Discounting all the suspected socks, there were delete !votes from three other editors with enough years of contribution history to put them beyond suspicion. So I am not willing to relist the article: if you want to reopen the case, you will have to take it to WP:Deletion review. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:20, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Minor edit to your comment

I hope you don't mind that I replaced the "live" version of {{move draft}} with a nowiki version here. The live version triggers an entry in Category:Requests to move a userspace draft, which I am slowly depopulating.--SPhilbrickT 18:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem, but I'm surprised it was necessary - I put {{tl|move draft}}, and I thought the "tl" prefix would deactivate it and prevent it putting anything into categories. I must really read up "tl" - I am not at all clear about the difference between tl, tlp, tlx etc. JohnCD (talk) 20:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm, I wonder if you are right. The page definitely was in the list, but after I replaced the text, it still was. I looked around and found another instance of {{move draft}} on the page, and removing that helped. Maybe it wasn't the "tl" version. I'll look into it. (I have your page on watchlist, so no need to inform me if you respond here.)--SPhilbrickT 20:45, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. I had not noticed the template {{tl}} until recently, and vaguely wondered why it was being used, but didn't look into it further. Now I know. Every day you learn something new is a good day, so this is a good day. Thanks, and sorry for the bother. (I'll fix the edit.)--SPhilbrickT 20:52, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for letting me know, though - I would have started to be very cautious about using "tl" if I thought it wasn't neutering the template properly. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

hello

hi i just want to ask for help I'm a pro tricia (a fan of Tricia santos) and i just want to make a article about our baby tricia santos but it says contact the delete administrator, hope you can help me i promise i will not make or put any offensive words.. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Triciasantos (talk • contribs) 21:14, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

thank you for deleting the tricia santos page ... i requested the deletion .. people are editing the page so that they can put opinions not truth ,... thank you very very much .. and please make sure that no body will make another article about her until she is signed as an actress . thank you very much .. she's in pinoy big brother and she hasn't won yet .. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.204.21.70 (talk) 02:43, 1 June 2010

Request to add back section

An entire section in Moses was deleted as including material from an earlier deleted article. One editor deleted the section, and two others endorsed the removal, although their rationale was questionable (i.e. "Not particularly high quality material.") I posted two RfC's with detailed explanations requesting comments on reinstatement here. As you were the editor who deleted the original article, can you comment on what the policy is for a situation like this? This brief section had about 20 cites, all of them reliable, old and new. Yet there are 340,000 articles now on Wikipedia without any cites! Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 00:31, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry to be slow replying, but I'm afraid the situation is simply that you have lost this argument and may need simply to let it go. I have looked down WP:DR without finding anything that is likely to help you. However, I do have one suggestion: you could revisit the idea, which was raised at the AfD, of writing an article on the Feiler book, if you think it meets WP:BK? JohnCD (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

LTA issue

I wouldn't worry about adding that IP to an LTA page; the MO doesn't seem to match the brat's. This guy is more interested in VeggieTales. Thanks for letting me know, though. I thought blood would shoot from my eyes when I first saw the block notice!  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Monsignor Bonner High School

So long as you protected the version without the BLP violations, it's okay, excpet that an IP editor snuck in before you protected it and I had to revert their edits after the protection. Hopefully, it's okay now. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 22:06, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, of course I protected m:The Wrong Version - I did notice and was coming to revert but you got there first. Thanks. I've semi-protected for a month, then we'll see. JohnCD (talk) 22:09, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The sons of Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

Thay are also riligous schalers in pakistan and i'm a writer i want write the article about The sons of Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi and i'm not his son. pleas undelete the my 5 articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Syedalinaqinaqvi (talk • contribs) 13:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :D

Hey, I'd just like to say thanks for helping me out on Wikipedia and I'm starting to get use to some of the rules here. Once again, cheers :). UnknownThing (talk) 21:43, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

My article deletion.

Why did u delete ma article, I want it back!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohit bhalla009unique (talk • contribs) 02:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

didnt you get my message about deleting my page? {{{{{hold on}}}}} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Isaacs see...its not hard man

Eleveneleven

Hi, I put said article in a request for undeletion, and I was told to talk to you. The deletion debate was really close, it was 3 redirect, 2 keep, 1 delete, but in my opinion the reasons of the keep votes are stronger, do you think you could check it, please? --Tucayo (talk) 16:13, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't agree it was close: if we're counting heads it was 4 to 2 against keeping, and the keep arguments were not strong. The point was that this newly-started label does not (yet) meet the notability requirements to have its own article: the keep arguments were: "The label is just starting, evreything has a beggining" and "The label just started, honestly", which amount to WP:UPANDCOMING. Yes, maybe it will become notable, and then it can have an article, but right now it isn't, so a redirect is the right solution. The article said nothing more than is in the main article where it is redirected to. If you disagree, you will have to take it to WP:Deletion review. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:39, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

The absolute Cure for the two types of toenail fungus

You deleted my suggestion to readers they use vicks vapour rub for curing toemail fungus, and asked me to reply if I disagreed.

There are 2 types of toemail fungus, the pharmaceutical industry sells several medical topical solutions, some which are stated to have a 70% chance of success. After one winter I spent on mexico, I noticed I had developed a toenail fungus and went to the doctor who gave me a rprescription which didn't work, and it just kept spreading, I repeated the procedure a few more times without positive result, then I went to the ER at the milwaukee VA hospital, and was wearing flip flops, I had given up, it just kept spreading, upon seeing my primary care physician about something else and he noticed the toenail diccoloration, he said to use vicks vapour rub, and promised it would end the problem and said not to tell anyone he told me to do it. I bought some vicks and the toenail fungus ended and eventualy the discoloration dissappeared. He said it cures both types, and you have to continue using it after every shower until its completely gone. There many people with toenail fungus whos toenails look terrible and its contageous. and vicks vapour rub actually cures it completely without any sign or scaring from the fungus, I haven't read about it but perhaps if you are interested you could find collaborating data to add to the cure, making it comply with what you consider is required to print something actually helpful to a tremendous amount of people, who like myself try the entire range of cures and are left with the fungus until their toenails actually rot off, when all it takes is to keep your nails and surrounding skin with the greasy substance for the few months it takes for the toenail to regenerate, its vastly cheaper than the topical solutions and unlike them it actually works.

Hey good luck in life as an editor as someone who is able to tell fact from fiction, and may the spirit of truth be the wind in your sale ha ha ha, hope you never have a toenail fungus, its all itchy and looks like hell, or not.

(Jackie cox (talk) 08:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)) since I posted the cure around the net, and no doubt others as well, there is now ample evidence that may convince you this is a valid suggestion I googled it copied and now past it on this talk page, I am not making up all these confirmations, and its just page one of an endless list of people who found the cure=====but, not on wikipedia, because you deleted the data, I am thankful its a big internet, and there are a lotta people out there who actually do care about others

extended content- Google search on toenail fungus

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The problems with your article were:

• one of the things that Wikipedia is not is a how-to guide - certainly we do not publish unqualified medical advice.
• it did not cite any sources, and everything in Wikipedia needs to be verifiable: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true."
• it read like an advertisement for Vick's.

The sort of web-sites you list, where people post anecdotal evidence about what worked for them, are not reliable sources from our point of view, because anyone can post there and there is no check on what they say. That would be true even if they all agreed, but they don't agree - there are half a dozen different remedies proposed, from peroxide to tea-tree oil to vinegar... So good luck with your campaign to post your recommendation for Vicks "around the net", but Wikipedia is not a place for it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Inhance Digital (2)

Hi John,

I hope you are well.

I recently submitted a company profile for Inhance Digital, a company I admire and will continue to edit. However, the title of the page is titled "User:Glamzilla/Inhance Digital." How can I get it changed to Inhance Digital, instead of leading with my username? I will continue to edit this company, however I do not believe it should be titled as such. Your advice and assistance would be much apprecicated. I can be contacted at ronjcapon@yahoo.com. Thank you, in advance, for you help. Glamzilla (talk) 15:38, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

You can "move" it to a new title by clicking on "Move" at the top of the page. If you can't see it, look for a small triangle between the search box and a star symbol; "move" will be in a drop-down menu from that triangle. After you do the move, there will be a redirect at the old title: put {{db-r3}} at the top of that to get it deleted.

But if you move the draft article into mainspace in its present state, it will be deleted again as an advertisement: please read the advice about Peacock terms which I put on your talk page on 1 June. You need to rewrite the article in neutral terms, and add references to establish notability before you move it. JohnCD (talk) 19:45, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Aldapepe‎

It turns out this user was just creating articles for characters from Left Behind: The Kids, and wasn't noting it in the article. These characters don't deserve their own articles, but just FYI. --Mr. Vernon (talk) 21:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - even so, s/he was ignoring warnings and pouring out inappropriate articles, and I don't think 48 hours off will do any harm. I will add a bit to my note on the talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

America in Bloom page deleted

John,

America in Bloom is an important organization that people need to know about. Can you please explain why you deleted my page? What is it that I need to do to make you happy with it?

Thanks for any insight you can give me.

Evelyn Aib2010 (talk) 17:21, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I deleted the page you just posted because it wasn't an encyclopedia article, it was a request for undeletion of an earlier article; but I have also answered the request - America in Bloom was deleted last September under the Proposed deletion process, and so is restored on request. However, if it is to stay it needs some work to establish that the organisation is notable enough to have an article. More advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 17:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Stevo Maido

Why did u delete the Stevo maido page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peoplesman55 (talk • contribs) 12:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Because, as explained on your talk page, they don't meet Wikipedia's notability requirement for bands. JohnCD (talk) 13:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for tidying up page, now need to get published

Re: User:Tvstarlondon/Mark Boardman

I have found additional sources from LocateTv (radio times/imdb style website) denoting credits and all UK TV shows evermade- which lists Mark as an established writer and TV host.

Also found a really nice article from a fashion expert who talks of be motivated by his enthusiasm for meeting and interviewing the stars.

Is this sufficient to put forward a case for a page. My producer colleague had the page for Dj Talent accepted and I know many other profile people who are just as worthy who have one theirself too.

Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tvstarlondon (talk • contribs) 13:08, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Add your new sources into the draft article and let's see what it looks like. JohnCD (talk) 20:05, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Stevo Maidos Page

But they meet Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network. and Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country. and Has won or placed in a major music competition.

how do they not qualify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peoplesman55 (talk • contribs) 00:53, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

OK, maybe that is enough to get you past the speedy-deletion criterion; I have restored the article, but you will need reliable sources to confirm the claims. More advice on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 19:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Kirkstall Valley campaign

I am curious about the deletion of the article on Kirkstall Valley Campaign.

Wikipedia claims that Closedmouth deleted it, but s/he says that it was you. Either way I would like an explanation for the deletion and a chance to read the original article to assess its accuracy or otherwise.

I was a Director of the Kirkstall Valley Campaign, which was a limited company, and I prepared much of the case for the UK High Court. I believe that the Campaign has considerable relevance for community groups who challenge established authority. Recent events have confirmed the validity of our original stance.

John Illingworth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.31.236 (talk) 22:36, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I deleted the article Kirkstall Valley campaign in March under a process called WP:Proposed deletion where a Proposed Deletion or "PROD" tag is added to the article and it is deleted if, after a week, there has been no objection. However, as that is intended for uncontroversial deletions, articles deleted by PROD are undeleted on request, so I have restored this one. You can see it by clicking on the blue link above.

Once restored, an article cannot be PRODded again, but it may still be nominated for deletion under a different process - WP:Articles for deletion, which involves a debate lasting a week. I will notify user Maidonian (talk · contribs) who proposed the deletion, in case s/he wishes to do that. The reason given for deletion was "Not notable. No reliable 3rd party sources. Has not developed."

Notability is Wikipedia's term for "of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article", and it is is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The question is whether other people have found it important and significant enough to write about. The article at present cites only the campaign's own website. It will help its chances if you can add independent sources to establish notability.

As you were director of the campaign, before editing about it you should read our guideline on Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; also Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion and Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:20, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Kirkstall Valley Campaign

Many thanks for your response, and the guidance about conflicts of interest.

The present article is very short, and lacks references.

The ten-year episode is well documented, and ended with a significant legal action which was covered in UK national newspapers and in specialist legal databases. It has more than local interest, because it shows that the reality of the British political and legal systems can be very different to theoretical "text book" accounts.

Very briefly, Mrs Thatcher's government established a series of Urban Development Corporations (UDCs) in major UK cities, which were supposed to bring business expertise to the regeneration of derelict industrial land. Many of these operated in secret, outside the traditional political structures. In Leeds, members of the public noticed that the UDC Chairman had not declared a £20,000,000 personal interest in the redevelopment of the Kirkstall Valley. This pecuniary interest operated through an offshore family trust. The Kirkstall Valley Campaign challenged the relevant planning decision by Judicial Review in the High Court, alleging bias. The Judge ruled that the Chairman had not declared an important financial interest, but there was insufficient evidence to prove that this undeclared interest had affected the particular planning decision being challenged. Costs were awarded against the Campaign which was utterly destroyed. After the case had been decided, the Chief Planning Officer for the UDC admitted that, shortly before the High Court action, he had selectively destroyed the enormous file which was necessary to establish a connection between the various events. He had been a principal witness for the defence. This highly relevant information was not revealed in the High Court, which wrongly believed that the missing file had been accidentally "lost" by Leeds City Council.

There is a voluminous paper archive covering these events, and I am looking for ways in which this could be made available to students of political history. It is unusual to have such a complete documentary record of a ten-year interaction between central and local governments, and the parallel operation of the commercial, political lobbying and legal systems. It isn't a pretty story, and I can well understand how the "conspiracy" theories arise, but it is instructive none the less.

80.177.31.236 (talk) 09:40, 11 June 2010 (UTC) John Illingworth

You make a case for a considerably expanded article; the question is, who is to write it? Wikipedia is an all-volunteer project, and articles only get written or expanded when someone is interested enough, and has time, to do the work. I think there are two possibilities:

• You could post a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Yorkshire, which is the likeliest place to find someone who might be interested, or
• You could write a draft yourself. To do that, you would be advised to register an account, which is easy and free. Because of your COI, it would be best to make a draft in a "user sub-page", and get agreement from other editors before posting it to the actual article. There is a certain learning-curve to writing Wikipedia articles, but there is plenty of guidance and people ready to help.

As you are so close to the subject, a good way to decide whether you can write an article that would meet our requirements of verifability and neutral point of view is to adopt the approach described in WP:Amnesia test, summarised in this advice in User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you:

When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit. If you don't have such sources, don't write.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:00, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Jet Executive International Charter deletion

Hi

It seems you have summarily deleted this page

This was an update and page move for a now defunct airline and its new name.

Can you tell me why it was deleted when it previoulsy had not been ? Was this a new page patrol action on a simple page move ? thanks...Chaosdruid (talk) 08:45, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it was tagged A7 - article about a company... which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject - and I didn't see any reason to disagree with that. However, as you are interested, I have restored it: please add some independent sources to confirm notability. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:08, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy reply btw :¬)

I just consulted with some of the airline and airport guys as the notability for an airline states simply "been discussed in multiple, reliable sources" and now that Taunus is not an airline but simply a charter company there are no real guidelines for notability on an air charter company I was confused as to which notability def they would prefer to use.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 09:29, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I think you just have to fall back on the GNG: "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". JohnCD (talk) 09:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Stevo Maido again

Clearly some high school kids idea of a joke. Not a very funny one either. I say nuke it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.0.119.240 (talk) 23:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I believe you said I had 7 days to get sources? Why was the page deleted Peoplesman55 (talk) 13:33, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Seven days to provide sources was when we thought this might be genuine. Now that we have compared your claims for Stevo Maido with the real Calling All Cars (band) article you copied them from, it's clear they are actually false and your article is a blatant hoax, so it gets speedily deleted again. JohnCD (talk) 15:55, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Em hi

Eh hi sorry I got a message from you regarding some kind of edit to wood glue or something, my real account is eoinfar75 so please reply on that, my message is: I've no idea mate what your on about, I've never been on the wood glue page, maybe it's something to do with my IP? It changes everytime I turn on my router(something called dynamic IP) but I've no idea how to turn it off so sorry for any inconvenience :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.78.81.251 (talk) 03:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Replying here because I can't find a user account with the username you give. What happened was that back in May someone on that IP vandalised the Wood glue article and got blocked for a day. It's a dynamic IP, it wasn't you, don't worry about it. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 09:33, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hi well Stevie Tupu is an Amateur Fighter out of Austrlaia and Im just helping him to get notice more —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.113.25 (talk) 04:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, that's not what Wikipedia is for. See WP:Notability and WP:ATHLETE for the requirements to have an article, and WP:Articles for deletion/Stevie Tupu for the discussion on this one. JohnCD (talk) 09:37, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings again and thanks...

Greetings JohnCD – I came across a link to User:SoWhy/Common A7 mistakes that you provided at another user’s talk page. I have just made a couple of tweaks to the syntax, and would be grateful if you could just check that I haven’t changed any meaning in any way. If by the time you get to read this I’ve been blocked, rest assured my edit was in good faith. Cheers!--Technopat (talk) 11:13, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you've changed the meaning. I would have written "A7 applies only to real people" rather than "A7 only applies to real people" myself, but both are quite clear. But why ask me? the person you should check with is SoWhy (talk · contribs), the author. JohnCD (talk) 12:25, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for not replying sooner, got caught up elsewhere. Thanks for feedback. Reason I asked you was that you had posted the link to that page on another editor’s user talk. Have since exchanged words with SoWhy. Cheers!--Technopat (talk) 16:44, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Stevo Maido yet again

How are they a hoax? Their page was completely different to this 'calling all cars' that you speak of. In a year or so Stevo Maido are going to be known worldwide and it will be your fault that not everyone knows them because you chose to delete them from the biggest website in the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peoplesman55 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, if you must have your nose rubbed in it, this is from Calling All Cars (band):

The band recorded their first album with their band manager and producer Tom Larkin, the drummer from Shihad. They recorded in his Melbourne studio in early 2010. The debut album, titled Hold, Hold, Fire, was released on 12 March 2010. They released the single "Hold, Hold, Fire", the title track from the album, in 2009 along with undertaking their own Go Hunting Tour.

Prior to the release, Calling All Cars had three singles from the album in high-rotation on Triple J. Hold, Hold, Fire debuted at number one on the AIR Chart for Independent Label through Independent Distribution and number five for Independent Label through any Distribution. Following the success of the album, the group was labelled the AIR Mover of the Week on 24 March 2010.

And this is from your "Stevo Maido" article:

The band recorded their first album with their band manager and producer Tom Larkin, the drummer from Shihad. They recorded in his Melbourne studio in early 2010. The debut album, titled Stevo Maido, was released on 12 March 2010. They released the single "Fear of The Light", the title track from the album, in 2009 along with undertaking their own Go Hunting Tour.

Prior to the release, Stevo Maido had three singles from the album in high-rotation on Triple J. Fear Of The Light debuted at number one on the AIR Chart for Independent Label through Independent Distribution and number five for Independent Label through any Distribution. Following the success of the album, the group was labelled the AIR Mover of the Week on 24 March 2010.

Completely different? The difference is that the Calling All Cars article is true and has references to verify it. Now please go away and read Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band and stop wasting our time. JohnCD (talk) 09:19, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Previous page deletion for : Mark Boardman

Hello, I am working on a project for London film premieres for a summer sponser and see Mark had a page before though it was deleted for notability.

I would like to add a new page for Mark Boardman and citiate many missing articles regarding his TV, radio and other work which make me positive he should have a permanent page here. He would be a big asset to Wikipedia and a great resource.

Having researched, I have used sources and the below is the draft I would like to submit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tvstarlondon (talk • contribs) 11:29, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Rather than have your draft article on my talk page, I have tidied it up a bit and put it in your user space at User:Tvstarlondon/Mark Boardman where you can work on it. I must warn you that an article has already been deleted after a deletion discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Mark Boardman, and salted (protected from creation) because it was recreated again, so you will have either to convince an administrator that your version is good enough to establish notability (and I am not convinced) or take it to WP:Deletion review. I will give you more advice on your talk page later today. JohnCD (talk) 15:59, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I thought I should let you know that User:Mark Boardman himself is now trying to link mainspace articles to userspace articles about himself, such as this edit, and has been ignoring my edit summaries stating this is not allowed. I've now attempted to leave a message on his talk page - I have yet to see if this does any good. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:51, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, sorry for not responding earlier. I thought about MfD-ing this, but we normally allow considerable flexibility on user pages, and if we leave this it will maybe stop the endless stream of SPAs trying to recreate it as an article. I have tagged it {{userpage}} and plan to leave it at that unless we have any more SPA trouble. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, not having any more SPA trouble might be optimistic, because this edit was made to my comment. I've changed it back, but we may be up against a persistent sock army. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 16:24, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't look at the history; I thought that was you giving me a tactful nudge in case I hadn't noticed your post. Still, let's wait and see. JohnCD (talk) 17:58, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Shon Brooks

Hello John,

I wanted to add concrete references to insure notability for Shon Brooks. Please add the following facts to my existing article. Thank you for all your assistance.

1) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3779078/contact

2) Shon Brooks Financial and Entertainment Consultants by American City Business Journals. http://profiles.portfolio.com/company/us/ca/coronado/shon_brooks_financial_and_entertainment_consultants/744033/

3) Certified Retirement Specialist, Founder

4) United States Olympic Committee, Bonita Fitzgerald-Director/Olympian

Habeebah (talk) 07:09, 16 June 2010 (UTC)Habeebah Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JohnCD" Categories: Wikipedians looking for help (-) (±) | (+)

This article has now been deleted six times, including after a deletion discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Shon Brooks, and salted - protected from re-creation - because it has been re-created so many times. I seriously suggest that you consider accepting the Wikipedia community's verdict; but if you wish to persist you will have to convince either user Cirt (talk), the admin who closed the deletion discussion, or user AlexiusHoratius (talk), the admin who protected the title, that you have a draft which meets the previous objections. I see that you have a user-space draft at User:Habeebah/Shon Brooks; that is the one to improve and present. If you cannot convince them, you can try WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

FYI...

I've been discussing you ;-)

This is apropos of an uncivil comment made here by another editor. On my talk page we discuss the editor's block, and the validity (or otherwise) of the editor's comment.

Cheers, TFOWR 08:47, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Commented there (not too worried, I've been called worse than that!) JohnCD (talk) 15:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Why?

Why did you delete my page about "Riaz Phillipson" he is a real person and all i said was true. How would you like it if i went around deleting things you enjoyed writing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gustavstresemann1931 (talk • contribs) 09:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a social-networking site for people to write about their friends. Being a real person isn't enough to have an article: subjects have to be notable, which which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Read the links at the top of your talk page for more advice, especially WP:Your first article. JohnCD (talk) 09:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Sabreman Stampede

Please bring back http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabreman_Stampede I would like the information on that page. Yes, I am aware the game is cancelled. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dontdeletepages (talk • contribs) 08:16, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done prod contested at WP:REFUND --Tikiwont (talk) 09:15, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Your closure of ARSBackfire MfD

Hi, would you care to detail how you reached your keep rationale? In particular, could you flesh out how you weighted the rationales? Unomi (talk) 10:33, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Certainly. I note, first, that 20 minutes after the MfD was filed Snottywong amended the userbox, and that the discussion from then on, and my close, were based on the amended version; and, second, that I took no account of mutual accusations of bad faith.

The policies/guidelines cited in favour of delete were: WP:UP#POLEMIC, WP:UBX#Content restrictions, and WP:BATTLE. Keep !votes, though not citing it explicitly, were generally based on WP:UP#Ownership and editing of user pages "Traditionally Wikipedia offers wide latitude to users to manage their user space as they see fit." The essence of the debate was whether this userbox transgressed the policies listed above sufficiently to over-ride that general freedom.

In this situation, to quote WP:Closing discussions#Consensus, "Consensus is not determined by counting heads, but neither is it determined by the administrator's own views about what is the most appropriate policy. The administrator is there to judge the consensus of the community... If the discussion shows that some people think one policy is controlling, and some another, the decider is expected to close by judging which view has the predominant number of responsible Wikipedians supporting it, not select himself which is the better policy."

The actual numbers here were 28 keep, 10 delete, 2 fixit, 3 keep if rewritten and one no consensus. While one could modify this count by discounting some !votes (on each side) by "discarding irrelevant arguments: those that flatly contradict established policy, those based on personal opinion only, those that are logically fallacious, those that show no understanding of the matter of issue", the balance would not be significantly changed. I concluded that "the predominant number of responsible Wikipedians" supported the view that the revised userbox is within the latitude allowed to users and that the appropriate close was keep. JohnCD (talk) 20:03, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I think that considering the relatively low number of participating editors a wider relist would have been appropriate - particularly when you consider that this is a precedent in terms of a UB openly charging that a WikiProject acts counter to policies, obviously my own opinion is that the UB needs to be deleted.

You state that: Keep !votes, though not citing it explicitly, were generally based on WP:UP#Ownership and editing of user pages "Traditionally Wikipedia offers wide latitude to users to manage their user space as they see fit.". While I commend your efforts to seek to out policies which seem to support their !votes - the WP:UP#POLEMIC and WP:UBX#Content restrictions explicitly detail what types of content are not granted 'wide lattitude'. I think that you will find that a careful reading of

uses framing language such as canvassing when we are talking about a public list that anyone can watchlist, and furthermore insinuates that all of those watchlisting that list or adding articles to it, do not apply policies as they were intended - this is a gross failure of AGF, and a textbook example of vilification. It is possible that these are legitimate concerns, I have not followed ARS closely for quite some time, but a divisive userbox is in no way a constructive measure to address it, quite the contrary. I hope that you will take the MfD to deletion review yourself, or relist. Unomi (talk) 07:56, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

The discussion ran for a full eight days, and more than 40 editors took part, which is hardly a "relatively low number". In the last few days only one extra opinion a day was being added; I do not think any purpose would be served by relisting. You are of course welcome to take it to DRV if you disagree with my close, but I do not intend to. JohnCD (talk) 09:32, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Regarding Daniel Dae Kim

First off, my apologies if I'm not following the appropriate protocol. As you can see from my page, I'm new to this. I'm only responding here because of a message i received from you on my page. That said, let me cut and paste what I wrote on Max Veers talk page, regarding your objections to the deletion of certain information from the page.

Here's why I deleted the section. Yes, he did get a DUI, but your insistence that that one event be listed as its own section, on the same level as the entirety of his career, as well as personal life, I, for one, find objectionable. For you to repeatedly place that one event as the single most defining aspect of who he is seems unfair. Is the dui more important than his role on LOST, or the awards he has won (of which there are no mentions)? According to the way you'd have his bio page structured, it is. Before you threaten to have people blocked from editing I would humbly suggest you review your organizational priorities. Respectfully, Deepblue357 (talk) 08:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC) Excerpted from the wikipedia NPOV page: "Undue weight applies to more than just viewpoints. An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject. For example, discussion of isolated events, criticisms, or news reports about a subject may be verifiable and neutral, but still be disproportionate to their overall significance to the article topic. This is a concern especially in relation to recent events that may be in the news. Note that undue weight can be given in several ways, including, but not limited to, depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, and juxtaposition of statements." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deepblue357 (talk • contribs) 09:12, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

My point is not that this information did not occur, but rather that it must be place in appropriate context and appropriate weight - a one line mention in his personal life, for example. Please instruct me as to the appropriate method of disputing the weight of this information, and I will follow up. In the meantime, I will check other wikipedia pages of notable people who have received DUI's and see how theirs have been handled. Thank you. Deepblue357 (talk) 09:44, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Explained WP:3RR and WP:BRD on user's talk page. JohnCD (talk) 10:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you -- it still shows the old reasons for deletion, but hopefully that will stop it from coming up in google search. I will check later on this week.

Thanks again! 2010philosopher (talk) 10:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi John

I just saw you're online from the RC. Need an edit summary deleted: <redacted> Thank you  – Tommy [message] 17:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done. JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

User:PCE

I have also gone ahead and requested a page protection, however you may wish to review his block and consider extending it to an indefinite given his history of blocks, just a suggestion. He recently attacked you and I again here. Rgoodermote  04:42, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. As one of the targets, I would prefer someone uninvolved to take the next step, and I see someone has already taken it to ANI. JohnCD (talk) 09:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Shon Brooks

Thank you for the update and all your assistance. I have sent both Alexius Horatius and Cirt a message stating that I have addressed all their objections and concerns on my USER/ Draft page. I have rewrote the entire article. I have done the research and have valid concrete sources.In fact, Shon Brooks has already created a curriculum that is currently in the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. I appreciate your time and patience in getting to learn your system.

Habeebah (talk) 08:06, 23 June 2010 (UTC)Habeebah

Sorry I'm new to Wikipedia

Sorry I'm new I sware I will not do that again.@D@e@v@ 11:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devh123 (talk • contribs)

Unfair slander - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anushka Wirasinha

I am new to wikipedia and it is hard to know where to leave comments or content. As a Sri Lankan when I saw this authors page deleted with Shimeru writing lies about the author, I felt it was not fair. I don't think anyone should delete an article without due research and shimeru slandered rather than factually state the claim. I started an article listing the factual content verifiable by the sources and that was deleted. I don't think it is fair or right policy to state bad about someone and allow it to be listed all over the Internet when it is not true. It is malice not truth so please undelete the author and give a chance to those who can verify give verified material rather than distribute malice online. I thank you for taking the time to explain the wikipedia procedure and please help me to prevent wrongful and harmful content being released by poor research or hate. I don't know how to request review, if I did I write to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 14:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

You must understand, first, that accusations of slander, malice etc. will get you nowhere. Shimeru did not "write lies about the author": his only contribution was as the impartial administrator who assessed the debate and decided that the consensus was to delete the article. Whatever the motivation of the person who initiated the deletion debate, those who took part based their opinions on the actual article and on the sources it cited, and the only question at issue was whether the article demonstrated notability to Wikipedia's standard, which requires evidence of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" - see also WP:Notability (people), and WP:AUTHOR if authorship is the ground on which notability is claimed.

If you disagree with the result of the debate, you cannot simply re-create the article - that is why your second version was speedily deleted. What you must do is, first, approach Shimeru (talk · contribs), as the administrator who closed the debate, and and invite him (politely) to reconsider his view. If he does not agree, your next step is to make a request at WP:Deletion review - there are instructions on that page, but ask here if you want any help. JohnCD (talk) 14:59, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

If Shimeru didn't write the lies then who did? When I read the author name under deletion there was a long description of non-factual information saying that the person deleting the article was a Sri Lankan and the author is not "renowned IT or otherwise" etc. These are not true. There was slander as wrong information was given and hence discrediting the author. If these were not stated by Shimeru then who stated these? It comes under shimeru. People just can't write untrue things an ruin another person. Then I can write anything about anyone and get away with it. Since google search engines carry wikipedia postings it was not fair to keep untrue information. This author is extremely credible and I am from Sri Lanka, I listed so many credible sources to show this. I gave a list of credible sources in the article I put after but that was deleted. There are authors who don't have half the credits listed in wikipedia and it is not fair. I put the article again as the instructions said that I can add an article of an already deleted article if there is sufficient additional information. There is sufficient additional information. I thank you for letting me know the procedure to bring this kind of matter to the attention of an administrator. I will contact Shimeru and hopefully this sad misunderstanding can be solved as it is very upsetting to see a favorite author being unjustly harassed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 15:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

How to contact admin

I went to Shimeru page but have no idea how to reply him. I am new to wikipedia. I don't see "talk" button. I did see your reference to this matter on his page and I am very thankful to you for this. It made me feel better that something is being done. Please tell me how to contact shimeru. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 16:00, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Click on the word "talk" beside his name here -> Shimeru (talk · contribs). Then, when you are on his talk page, you can click "Edit" at the top and add your message at the bottom of his talk page, or (easier) click "New section" at the top, type a title where it says "Subject/headline", and then type your message below. Use the "Show preview" button to be sure it is right, make sure to sign it by adding four "tilde" characters ~~~~ at the end so he knows who it is from, and then click "Save page". JohnCD (talk) 17:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for deleting various of my user subpages and ex-subpages. I really appreciate it. I'd love it if you did me a favor. I want the following pages deleted, but for some reason, the "deletion template" doesn't work on them. (I'm guessing its because they're java)

• User:Feedback/EditCounterOptIn.js

• User:Raaggio/EditCounterOptIn.js

• User:Raaggio/monobook.js

I would really appreciate if you delete those as well. Again, thank you very much. Feedback (talk) 19:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Athaenara has taken care of them. The db-u1 template doesn't seem to show up on java pages, but it does work, in the sense that it puts them in the category for deletion so admins see them. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 20:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

ura

wht did you delete my ura page? all my sources are real, i own all the articles, i sighted everything, and i created the U.R.A so you can't tell me the ura doesnt exist.MarineManMarine (talk) 02:54, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Just existing is not enough - to have a Wikipedia article an organization has to be notable, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See also Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and, as you created the organization, WP:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 09:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

no conflict of interest, i was asked by other members to create the page, so others when they join know its real, and we arent here to play games, the URA is coming, we have been on the news several times.MarineManMarine (talk) 18:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, yes, you are writing about the organisation you created, and you want an article to help convince other people it's real, so you do have a COI: "COI editing involves editing Wikipedia to promote your own interests, or those of other individuals, companies, or groups. If your close personal involvement with the subject would be seen as overriding the aims and core policies of Wikipedia, you will probably have a conflict of interest." Wikipedia is not here to help promote the URA, or any organisation - it won't get an article unless it's notable, as explained above. JohnCD (talk) 20:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes i am writing about the organization created by me and 200 other members, and over a million followers for a revolution, It is starting to be put in some text books as the 2nd American Revolution.MarineManMarine (talk) 21:07, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. JohnCD (talk) 21:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Well one day the URA will be in charge and on this website, i can see your not going to put my site back, but i would wisley suggest it, for your sake.MarineManMarine (talk) 21:53, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Daniel Dae Kim

Hi John-

As you recommended, I opened up dialogue to get these edits changed in a friendly way by contacting the editor who had an objection, but unlike every other message that initiated a reply within hours, there has been no response. I'd like to go ahead and change the page myself, but since I have already been threatened with being blocked, I am not sure how to proceed. Please advise. Thank you. Deepblue357 (talk) 11:00, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Good - you are going the right way about it. I see the other editor hasn't actually edited since 20 June, so it's not that he's ignoring your message - it's sometimes hard to remember that people have a life outside Wikipedia, so that things can take time! What I suggest you do is, propose on the article talk page the change you would like to make, so that other people may see it and comment. As it doesn't seem to be a very busy talk page, you could also post at WP:BLP/N, the Biographies of living persons noticeboard, linking to your proposal and asking for comments - that will attract the attention of people with experience of how to handle issues like this. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Help

Dear friend John, Could you please assist me to fund out deletion review Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anushka Wirasinha of this Article. Thanks--Wipeouting (talk) 12:26, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

And I have a doubt Bleekers9 sock puppets of Muthuwella. please feel free to find out. Thanks --Wipeouting (talk) 12:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

At the AfD your opinion was delete, and that was the result - why do you now want a Deletion Review? Have you changed your mind? (There may well be a DRV anyway - see below). I agree it is rather suspicious that three SPA accounts all appear simultaneously demanding this article back, but I do not think that is strong enough evidence to start a sockpuppet investigation at WP:SPI - maybe supporters are being canvassed at some fan club site. If there is a DRV, having a lot of supporters will not help - it will be decided on the evidence about notability. JohnCD (talk) 16:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I find out AFD just only for review . best --Wipeouting (talk) 04:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Negative links unfair

Negative links like http://www.rss.raw2an.com/wikipedia/143487-wikipedia-articles-for-deletion-anushka-wirasinha.html are appearing via google searches for this author. This is not credible but slander done through malice as enough credible info is there online for this author. Purposely negative things have been taken from non-verifiable sources in an attempt to slander this author and it is on the author search results. It is not truthful and I am urging wikipedia to prevent slander of this author in this way. Please help us in this as this is urgent and a very unfair situation. When credible verifiable information is there to prove otherwise it is not fair. When we added verifiable sources it was deleted. Please allow us to put a page with our links for this author or let us add the verifiable links as currently it is allowing slander to dominate despite us having info to provide. You have been very helpful and nice to our situation and we wrote to shimeru but shimeru is busy and this is messing up a perfectly credible author's search results as time passes on this matter so we ask your help. Also if there is any person we can directly write to can you provide that info as we can send a physical letter on this case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 13:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia has no control over other sites which may copy from us, but I think you would have to look hard to find anything negative. I have just done a Google search for "Anushka Wirasinha" and in the first three screens - thirty entries - only one referred to the Wikipedia article; the rest were mostly Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, fan club etc. The one Wikipedia reference was this one which links to the AfD debate, which I have blanked for privacy, and protected to stop anybody trying to alter it. That is all that can be done here.

If you cannot wait for Shimeru, who is an unpaid volunteer like everyone here, then you must go to WP:Deletion review. The instructions for how to do that are on that page. But first, improve your draft article, and then link to that from the DRV. Make sure that the references work and that they actually mention her - some which I tried did not. Read WP:Notability and WP:Notability (people) - that is what you have to demonstrate, and to do that you have to show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Just having written books, having a Harvard degree, having "pursued a career in modelling" etc. is not enough - the question is, have other people, independent of her, thought her important enough to write about? JohnCD (talk) 17:12, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

CSS Harvard

John,,

You are absolutely correct. The CSS is one year above graduate study. I am not denying that at all...what have I mistaken? It is not graduate study as you have to have a graduate degree to enroll in it. You have to show you have completed a graduate degree and have english profficiency to even think of doing the CSS. The only reference by the author to her qualification is "CSS Harvard" and that is correct and truthful, there is no misleading on this as it is CSS. She has not put any falls qualifications. Her qualifications state :Bsc (Econ), CSS Harvard, MBCS (this is the British Computer Society Membership and the MBCS is put when you are taken in as a member and members put that), MPNLP (Master Practitioner of Nuero Linguistic Programming). So, what is not right about anything put by her as far as her qualifications go? You said "This is a level lower than a master's degree, and nowhere near a doctorate or postdoctoral studies" .....yes, I agree. She has not stated that it is. She has not said she has a MA, Harvard or PhD, Harvard.....she has said "CSS Harvard"

I have not said anything about the Harvard CSS. I know nothing about it. That comment on your talk page is from Shimeru. Please reply to him there - it is easiest to keep these conversations in one place. In any case, it is not important what a CSS is, it does not matter how many degrees or qualifications she has, an encyclopedia article is not a CV. You do not get a Wikipedia article for having degrees and letters after your name, you get it if it can be shown that there is "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." JohnCD (talk) 21:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Reliable Sources

Sorry I addressed it to you...I am not used to this so I keep hitting talk and writing the replies. I mentioned CSS because there was a very nasty message by the person who initiated the delete for this author article saying that the author by mentioning "CSS Harvard" as her qualification misrepresented her qualifications for vanity and self promotion. This was a very serious accusation and that link is still on the later pages of a google search (the one I sent you). Anyone who sees it will think the author is stating wrongful information or qualifications when clearly she has not in any way and I wanted to put on record that the author never misrepresented her qualifications ever...CSS Harvard is truthful. It is what she received from Harvard. Once that malice text is counteracted I am satisfied as I don't want to see an innocent person being dragged through the mud implying she is some liar and tring to boost her image with lies.

Ok, now, I need to go to the next step to get this reinstated. what info do you need? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 21:50, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

What you need to do now is:

• Answer Shimeru on your talk page, where he replied to you yesterday
• Read Wikipedia:Your first article
• Improve the draft article at User:Muthuwella/Anushka Wirasinha as much as you can. I have improved the layout, and I will post some advice on your talk page later today, but I do not have time to help you write it.
• You can ask at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback for comments and advice on the draft article. If you do that, explain that a first version was deleted at AfD and you need to establish notability.
• When you think it is ready, ask Shimeru if you have overcome the difficulties which caused deletion at the AfD. He may say:
  • Yes, you can post the article, or
  • Yes, but it must again go through an AfD deletion debate, to see if the community accepts it, or
  • No, if you want it you must go to WP:Deletion review

You should understand that on Wikipedia nobody owns an article - see WP:OWN - other people can and will edit it, and you, or Ms Wirasinha, cannot insist on the version you want. Read WP:LUC to see why people who have an article about them may not be happy with the result. Whatever happens, remember to keep calm, be civil, do not attack other users if they disagree with you.JohnCD (talk) 11:14, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

JohnCD (talk) 11:14, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Here are some sources

Here are some sources, just let me know if these are what you mean by independent Sources: The below links are all from indepenent University Sites, Library of Congress Copyright Office is also included where book info etc are there. United Nations articles and Sigma Xi article. This is just an example...let me know if I am on the right path. Then can do more.

Her books are in many Universities (links below of her books listed in University sites): http://www.rcm.org.in/MANDATORY%20MBA%202008-09.pdf http://barry1.cityu.edu.hk/han3/7/6/9/0/0/0/1/lib.cityu.edu.hk/search~S8/a?WIRASINHA+ANUSHKA http://library.cusat.ac.in/November-03.htm http://www.lmcst.co.in/node http://gpkangra.com/Mechanical%20Engineering-2008.pdf http://www.jiscollege.ac.in/Prospective_Students/Departments___Academic_Program/Syllabus_IT.pdf http://www.iemcal.com/syllabus/it.pdf http://nsecenggcollege.org/syllabus/ugsem6_2.pdf http://www.lib.mrt.ac.lk/opac/html/SearchInput

Library of Congress Anushka Wirasinha has written over 30 books and songs. http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

United Nations HeadQuaters Representative for Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) - Indipendedent links: http://www.vlv.co.za/Blog/post/2010/05/18/ACWW-World-Presidente28099s-Dato-Ursula-Goh-triennial-report-2007-e28093-2010-Specified-Committees.aspx http://www.cwcusa.org/NewSheet/Winter2010CWCNewsheet.pdf

Links of further reference and news paper articles: http://www.financeindia.org/Annotated_20.htm SigmaXi -sigmaxi.org article http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/international/news.062004.shtml#conduct —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 22:08, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Some advice about all this on your talk page later today, but my time is limited. JohnCD (talk) 11:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

notability

Thank you very much for the time you have taken to do this. If she doesn't meet the notability criteria then many others on wikipedia that are there do not. I put IMTA because getting a "best smile" award is quite a talent. I saw in other wikipedia profiles simple links have been put like charities the profiled people have helped and organizations they are a part of. This author has so much she has done and I think it would be unfair if she is left out of wikipedia and not be treated as notable. There are so many reviews offline for her...in magazines, papers etc ...how do I include these? It can be scanned and included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 23:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Here are some other profiles of Sri Lankan authors...please note that they don't have as much information as I am trying to provide for this article. There are reference to newspapers but no links to them, some have organizations they belong to...if I list it for this one there are over 100. So I do get a little insulted when the notability of this author is questioned. Most of these say cited in such and such a magazine and when you click on the link it goes to the magazine not their citation. If this is the case we will simply list all the endless magazines and publications this authour has been reviewed in. Also the initial deletion initiated was also extremely questionable and should not have been acted on. I saw other member reviews that state that the notability factor is present in her previous profile.

F Vijita Fernando J Kumari Jayawardena R Anne Ranasinghe W Nira Wickramasinghe Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sri_Lankan_women_writers" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 23:16, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

(replied on user's talk page) JohnCD (talk) 11:52, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

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Tricia Santos Redirect

• The Tricia Santos redirect to Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 needs to be deleted instead of leaving it as a redirect because when the show is search on search engines such as Google, the redirect appears instead of the show itself. Link. Thank you.--TwelveOz (talk) 12:38, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

That's very odd, I don't know why Google picks up that instead of the main article, but I think it will sort itself out next time the Google crawler does a pass. I don't really want to delete the redirect because I think she is probably notable enough that people may search on her name, and we would just get agitation from her supporters for it to be put back. At least the search ends up at the right article, even if it's half way down. JohnCD (talk) 08:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Centricity Music Deletion

Hi JohnCD,

I am new to the Wikipedia community. I am starting to go through some of my favorite music and noticed that you deleted the Centricity music page. They are a mid sized player in the Christian Music industry and is the label home to Andrew Peterson and downhere along with many other prominent Christian musicians.

What was some of the reasoning behind the deletion of the page? I am happy to edit and site it if that was the problem.

Jake.Vonn (talk) 17:39, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the help! Jake.Vonn (talk) 20:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Daniel Dae Kim

So I've posted as you said (the original poster still has not replied), and I'm trying to figure out how and by whom this item gets changed. I'm sure you've seen the item yourself by now. I'd like to know your opinion as well. Am I to wait for people to "approve" the change? If so, how many? Will I then be able to change it, or will I be threatened with blockage again? Please advise. Thanks. Deepblue357 (talk) 22:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Replied (go ahead) on user's talk page. JohnCD (talk) 21:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

User:Rdg22/Kate Kennedy Club

Going through my watchlist - noticed the above page which you restored so that User:Rdg22 could work on, looks like he/she has not - should it be deleted ? Codf1977 (talk) 11:26, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

It's often the way that the ones who agitate most about a deletion vanish away like the dew in the morn when invited to do some work on improvement. You could nominate it at WP:MFD if you like, but I'd be inclined to give it a bit longer - there is a school of thought at MfD which argues for allowing six months in these circumstances. I see Stifle has given Rdg22 a nudge on his talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:52, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

List of Canadian Comedians

Hello JohnCD, I read through your page regarding deletion of articles and did not find the reason you deleted mine. I think it says Blatant Nonsense, Page does not exist. First I will establish that Chris Quigley is in fact a Professional Canadian Comedian, who has worked for Yuk Yuk's for the duration of his career, which began in February 1992, and can be verified on the Yuk Yuk's Homepage, as Chris is an active performer. I added the link to Chris' website to verify, as requested by Wikipedia, that this is true. As a new user on Wikipedia, I may have done something I am unaware of that is wrong. I believed I had added the link correctly. You could check it for yourself at: http://www.quiglewiggle.com. If you can verify that Chris is a comedian, would you be willing to put it back on? Or, could you recommend how I can fix it?

Thank you for your time reading this, and if you send me a message back, I'm not sure how to retrieve it. I hope this can be verified as "not a hoax", and thank you if you decide to put it back on. My interest in having it restored is he lives with me, and as his girlfriend and entertainment manager, he won't let me forget about it! Cheers!Keeping Beezy (talk) 01:49, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

The article I deleted as a hoax, back in February, was about a US baseball player, not a Canadian comedian; but there are problems with what you want to do. Advice on your talk page (which you can get to by clicking "My talk" at the top of any page while you are logged in) later today. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:04, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Noah Lott Article

Hello! I have re-created the article for Noah Lott that you deleted from AFC on 8 April 2010. The article has been heavily revised, with references added per the AFC review. If I am missing any other requirements, please let me know and I'll remedy ASAP. I apologize for not contacting you first; the page recreation was a time-sensitive issue. Thanks! Lightforce (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, but actually I had nothing to do with that article - what I deleted was the cross-namespace redirect left behind after it was moved to Articles for Creation. User Chzz (talk · contribs) was the editor who declined it there. I see it is now at AfD, so you will be getting comments there. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:01, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

List of words having different meanings in Spain and Latin America

The article List of words having different meanings in Spain and Latin America has been submitted to the Articles for deletion process.

As you were involved in the previous deletion discussion for this article, I thought I would inform you of the new discussion;

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of words having different meanings in Spain and Latin America (2nd nomination)

Thanks,  Chzz  ►  14:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know; unfortunately I was away until after the discussion closed. I don't suppose my !vote would have affected the result, but I still regret it - when there are many thousand words of this type, many with complex multiple meanings, an article like the present one with half a dozen random examples just makes Wikipedia look amateurish, and I don't feel "keep because it could be improved" is really applicable when, as I said last time, "there is no possibility that a list like this, short of the size of a dictionary, can ever be anything but a misleading over-simplification". Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:54, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Hiya, welcome back.

I informed everyone who voted in the previous discussion, because that seemed the fair thing to do. It certainly wasn't the easiest of AFD's, and I do understand your viewpoint, but I think 'no consensus' was a fair outcome. I did think carefully about it, and of course the awful state of the current content is a negative factor. However, I decided to oppose the deletion because I think a decent article on the subject could be written - and not just a long list. I had a read of this, and found it an interesting subject. Also, I do tend to push against any form of Systemic bias, and although "List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L" is by no means good, I do not think that it would not be deleted. I just wish that I had the expertise and time to fix it up. I disagree that we cannot simplify/summarize the topic with appropriate prose about the nature of the difference, with perhaps the most common examples or something. Not easy, for sure, but I think it could be done.

Anyway - definitely quite a tricky one, and it was nice to hear your views on it. I'm sure I'll see you around soon. You've missed quite a lot of 'fun and games' on AFC, too, with Ratinator (talk · contribs) and their sock CuteMice (talk · contribs) causing a lot of work, and more recently some complaints regarding decisions made by Fridae'sDoom (talk · contribs). I am also less than impressed with the new tool WP:ACH, which I feel encourages the attitude of 'clearing a backlog' instead of providing constructive feedback.

On a brighter note - a Wikimedia Foundation trial project thingy needs 'ambassadors' - basically helpers - to help out grad students using Wikipedia as part of a course. If interested, sign up on Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Online Ambassadors. For more info, see outreachwiki:Using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in higher education (Bookshelf). I really hope you might be able to help with that; I think it will be a very interesting little project.  Chzz  ►  19:26, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

I can't quarrel with "no consensus" on the arguments presented, which is why I haven't chipped in at the DRV, but I don't think that on the delete side the point was adequately made thatnot only is the list incomplete now, but the situation is so complex, much more so than British/US English, that there is no possibility of it ever being complete enough to be useful. As far as "simplify/summarize the topic with appropriate prose about the nature of the difference", that's certainly a good subject, but already covered in Spanish dialects and varieties and articles linked from there: this one is explicitly setting out to be a list of words.

I've read the ambassador thing with interest, thanks, and I will think about it, but "two hours per week" seems to me extremely optimistic and I find WP takes up much too much time already. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

User talk:122.104.192.12

Recommend you fully block User talk:122.104.192.12 so it can edit its talkpage. It just made another NPA there. ----moreno oso (talk) 17:55, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Could you also perform deletion revision for the anon IP's attacks on User talk:Elockid‎? TIA ----moreno oso (talk) 17:57, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Looks like you did rev del for the anon IP's talkpage but have yet to do Elockid's. There are two attacks there - I think. I'm working on beer with my lunch. . .----moreno oso (talk) 18:09, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

I've left a note for Elockid - there are several there and I'd rather not tinker with his talk page without asking him first. He's an admin, he can do it himself, but I've said I will if he likes. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:13, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Understood. I think the IP has some nerve re-attacking Elockid after being reverted by Elockid who showed grace and compassion in not issuing a warning or blocking it. ----moreno oso (talk) 18:18, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Firstly, I would like to say thanks for handling the IP. Also, I wouldn't have mind if you Revdelete anything. Any well intended help is greatly appreciated. Elockid ^(Talk) 19:35, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Deleted Article: Australian National Car Parks

John, You deleted my article on Australian National Car Parks on 10:00, 10 December 2009 due to negative comments without referencing. I did not know how to reference in Wikipedia back then and don't often contribute to Wikipedia, however I would like you to undelete the article and I will immediately add referencing for all parts of the article.

Please contact me directly by email when this is done so I can perform the modifications immediately.

Thanks, Michael Wheatland —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwheatland (talk • contribs) 23:18, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

The article was not deleted for lack of referencing, but as an attack page under speedy deletion criterion WP:CSD#G10 "Pages that disparage or threaten their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose." This can apply to an organisation as well as to a person. See also Wikipedia is not a soapbox and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. JohnCD (talk) 12:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Mykalman04‎, User talk:Mykalman02‎

As you deleted Pretty Women (2011 film), I bring my concern about the accounts User talk:Mykalman04‎ and User talk:Mykalman02‎ to you. Mykalman02 has large number of warnings for addition of hoax material related to claims of future films and the Mykalman04‎ account was no doubt created by the same individual to continue this behavior without the history of warnings. Can you block or start a spi on them? 98.122.178.110 (talk) 03:51, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Quack, quack. Blocked 04 indef and 02 for two weeks. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 13:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Fred Beans Dealerships

Good morning,

I am contacting you in hopes of getting my article revoked from deletion.

I have followed all of the rules on Wikipedia and I would like to know how to get my article back up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Beans_Dealerships

Thank you!

-Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Regn (talk • contribs) 14:51, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I see from your username that you are, or are editing for, David Regn of the advertising agency Stream Companies, and that Fred Beans Dealerships is one of your clients. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a platform for advertising or promotion: our rules on conflict of interest mean that you should not be writing about your agency or your clients. JohnCD (talk) 22:09, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Merge discussion for List of Spanish words having different meanings in distinct Spanish-speaking countries

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of Spanish words having different meanings in distinct Spanish-speaking countries, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Cnilep (talk) 16:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC) Cnilep (talk) 16:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Sharon Taylor page

John, I was recently trying to find Sharon Taylor page at wikipedia which I know existed long time ago, but I found that it was deleted by you in March.

Would you please clarify why this happened?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.153.43.24 (talk) 18:34, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I deleted the page as a result of the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Taylor (businesswoman). JohnCD (talk) 19:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

John, I referred to the debate you mentioned, but I see that she wasn't researched enough before the decision being made. Those who proposed deletion based their opinion on Google search results, while this is certainly not enough. She is the chief architect of ITIL v3, which is a very well known framework for IT Service Management best practices. Probably she doesn't have enough authored books or published articles, but still her contributions are significant and she received rewards for her works.

May you clarify the basis upon which such personal pages are added/deleted? Why that page was added first hand? After all it initially existed for valid reasons, and nothing in the original content was invalidated.

I just find it unjustifiable to suddenly discover it didn't worth posting !

I hope you can clarify.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.153.43.24 (talk) 20:33, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is entirely contributed and edited by volunteer users - there is no separate category of "editors". There is a relatively small number of "administrators", but their role is mainly janitorial and they have no special authority over content; they are able to delete articles, but only after due process. Any user with a registered account can input an article, and any user can edit any article, though people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves.

The standards for inclusion are the result of general consensus after long debate, and continue to evolve. The main one is called notability, and is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The point is that Wikipedia users don't make judgements about who or what is significant: we ask, have other people, not connected with the subject, thought it worth writing about?

There is an informal "New Page Patrol" who look at new articles to weed out the most obviously unsuitable such as personal attacks and advertisements, and flag for improvement those that need it. Once in, any article may be edited by anyone who thinks they can improve it, but may also be nominated for deletion by anyone who thinks it does not meet our standards. That process involves a debate open for seven days, to which anyone interested can contribute; then an uninvolved administrator decides whether there is a consensus to delete.

So the answer to your question is: Ms Taylor had an article because someone thought it worth while to write one. Over time several editors made small improvements, but eventually it was nominated for deletion on grounds of lack of notability, two other users checking it both agreed with the nominator, and I accepted that as a consensus to delete.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Daphne Cauruana Galizia Page

She's an important journalist in Malta! You can't delete someone's page just because you've never heard of them. Type her name in google and see what comes out, then you'll know how "irrelevant" she is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.243.67.218 (talk) 22:24, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

The page was deleted after a long debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daphne Caruana Galizia. JohnCD (talk) 10:22, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Michael DePasquale Jr.

I have read about this guy and this crime family in Baltimore. Also there are articles about his criminal record in Baltimore and him being involved in the vending machine business. I don't know why this article was tagged and deleted. He is definately a crime figure as I have read and seen. I'm also a resident of Baltimore Maryland. I see these guys around all the time. I also understand I did not create the page right. So could you please help me. Thankyou very much. Thankyou Charlie CHAR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vjdifameo (talk • contribs) 03:29, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

We have to be extremely careful what we write about living persons. Please read Wikipedia's policy on Biographies of living persons, also WP:LIBEL. JohnCD (talk) 10:36, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Antoine Bonaventure

Excuse me, JohnCD, but please explain to me why you deleted the page 'Antoine Bonaventure'? It is absolutely correct. There is no violation of any sort. Please explain, sir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShawnSim (talk • contribs) 11:42, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it gave no indication of why he is notable enough to have an encyclopedia article. Notability is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See also WP:Notability (people) and WP:ATHLETE. One version of the article claimed that he "will most probably participate in the 2012 London Olympics", but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball - we write about things that have happened, not things that might happen, and in any case, according to this, Karate will not be an Olympic sport in 2012). JohnCD (talk) 12:11, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

re Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know

You're right, A7 doesn't cover books, my bad, thanks for the fix. Herostratus (talk) 13:17, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your swift response for my request for help, I really didn't have a clue where to even start looking. Thanks for setting my mind at rest. Frank Westerton (talk) 11:33, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Re User:Artegemini

I checked their other contribution, Ireneusz Krosny — blatant copyvio (already deleted once before for copyvio and advertising). I've removed the copyvio and rewritten as a longish stub. This is another notable artist with an extremely clueless PR company. Sigh! Best, Voceditenore (talk) 14:21, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Now we watch for new SPAs trying to re-peacock the articles. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 16:11, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Crawford (Management Consultant)

Good point, John, something I missed when I created the AFD. My bad. Guess I just forget that not everybody is going to understand this. As far as the welcome message...well, guess he shouldn't've overwritten the darn thing. =) By the way, any chance we can cut it back to 24 hours for his ban? --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:16, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I thought it was a fairly blatant disregard of warning notices, and I have given him plenty to read in the meantime... but in view of the point I raised with you, OK, I'll cut it back to 24 hours. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:21, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello.

Is there any way I can find out who wrote this attack article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.34.38 (talk) 23:37, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't need to ask, which attack article? because the answer is: sorry, no, there isn't. JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Callum James Rivett article

hello, i'm talking to you know because you deleted my page about the above, and i would love it if you re-published it, as he is a good football and has real potential on this scene, and he would also like to be a football manager when he is older, and his friends (like me) like readingthis article about him, as it gives them information about why he plays football and who he plays for, so i ask you will you pretty please with sugar on top with an extra cherry and vanilla icing, return the page and un-delete it please (:

___cjr___ (talk) 15:14, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

No, sorry, that's not what Wikipedia is for, it's an encyclopedia, not a social-networking site. Why not start a Myspace or Facebook page for him? Then his friends can read about him there. JohnCD (talk) 15:19, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Removing redlinks

Correct my ignorance, re the recent edits to "Hillside Festival".

I reversed an edit (in the list of performers at the festival), which seemed only to add a superfluous mark of parenthesis resulting in "Cowboy Junkies (2008))". But then you reversed my reversal.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "redlink", and why does it involve parentheses like "(2008))".

I feel I'm missing something here. Thanks.

Willondon (talk) 16:42, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

As well as removing a surplus parenthesis, your edit reinserted a link to a band called "The Canned Goods" whose article has been deleted as non-notable. If there is no corresponding article, a "Wikilink" shows red, and is referred to as a redlink, in contrast to a bluelink to an existing article. I reverted your edit because I thought you were trying to re-insert "The Canned Goods". I didn't notice the extra parenthesis, but I have fixed it now. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:54, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Dominique Cottrez

Yeah, except you didn't wait for me to post that she's mention on the front page of 4 news organization. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruguiea (talk • contribs) 18:10 29 July 2010

See WP:109PAPERS and WP:NOT#NEWS; but maybe I was too hasty. I have restored the article and will let someone else consider it. On past form what will happen is an AfD with a long wrangling argument between those who say Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a tabloid newspaper, and those who say this case is deeply significant for some reason or other, and I wouldn't care to bet on the result; but my own views are too much on the NOTNEWS side for me to use my admin tools here. But please read WP:BLP very carefully - you must have a reliable source for everything in the article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

good morning John CD

Good morning JohnCD.

My name is Cameron Watson - I am from Canada.

I trust all is well and am pleased you took a second to contact me. I had heard from Mdd yesterday and he had let me know that he was on a bit of a break.

As you can probably tell, I am new to all of this and trying to get a better understanding of wikipedia and how I can make a contribution. I am hoping I will be able to translate my 25 years of Information Technology experience into something beneficial to the readership.

That said, I recognize there is much to learn in the wikipedia world. I have recently made some edits to the "software development methodology" article and have also composed a new article called "integrated IT methodology". My intent was to understand and apply the wikipedia rules as to the best of my understanding and believe both of these articles provide the users with more information.

I was hoping you might get a second to take a look at either of these articles and would appreciate any comments/suggestions you would care to make. I am still not certain what the protocol is to make the articles available for review (will try and do more research) so that I can make them available for others to contribute/critique.

Hoping you will have an opportunity to get back to me - have a safe/good weekend.

Thanks. Cameron.

Qaiassist (talk) 14:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC) qaiassist

Deletion of James Umar McConnell

Could you provide an explanation for your decision to delete the above article? McConnell is one of a handful of people in America attending Abu Nour University, helped establish the Baltimore branch, one of the top authorities/author on Hijama (cupping) and received advanced training from what many regard as the leading Sufi teacher of this generation Sheikh Nazim, with 2000 hours of additional training from another well known Sufi teacher Sheikh Adnan. Compared to the many other "Scholars" listed in the wiki pages, McConnell was trained in the traditional Sufi method, as verifiable through these living teachers. His notoriety is well established. The University training is easily verified, so how did you arrive at the decision to delete, and why was the deletion process even initiated before discussion, consideration for a new author, and a "needs more citation notice" applied? I once again point to Bilal Phillips as just one example of someone far less qualified and making much less a contribution as McConnell. There are several articles about McConnell. one from a leading reporter who was held hostage in Iran and has become rather famous as a result and ABC Foreign correspondence, a national news program in Australia. Please advise. Thank you. BeNothing (talk) 16:03, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

FROM BENOTHING TALK PAGE: Thanks for the good words. I do believe this article is recipient of bias and ignorance. I am concerned about people entering and judging foreign or unfamiliar topics that if reviewing something more familiar or common, they would not think twice about the subject and just take it as fact – not needing a reference for each small claim. Other articles more familiar to people are not met with such judgment, that is certain. Aside from all that, there are many references such as the news articles and McConnell’s invitation to study at Abu Nour (one of a few American candidates selected for such an honor). An honor bestowed to someone already proven to be a leader in their field. So the article has merit and should be consolidated at best, not deleted. There are perhaps two people in America proficient in Hijama, not cupping a practiced by acupuncturists. So we have removed the opportunity of some 6 to 9 million Muslims (depending on who you believe) from benefiting from accessing hijama services or knowing someone who is expert in this field. I find that remarkably ignorant to say McConnell is not noteworthy. I will copy this to the admin who opted to delete the article and see if we can get it reinstated. Thanks again, but no thanks BeNothing (talk) 16:18, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I closed the debate as delete because, as I explained in my closing statement, there was a clear consensus - unanimous apart from yourself - that the article should be deleted as not meeting Wikipedia's requirement of notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The point of this is that Wikipedia editors do not themselves need to make value judgements about whether a subject is significant; we simply ask, is there evidence that other people, independent of the subject have thought it significant and important enough to write about?

You expressed the view that these decisions should be made by people with expert knowledge of the subject. That is a point of view, but it is not the way Wikipedia works. There are other on-line encyclopedias such as Citizendium which use different approaches such as "gentle expert oversight", but by any measure such as number of contributors or number of readers, it is apparent that Wikipedia's approach is more successful.

You have referred several times to the Bilal Phillips page. We are well aware that many of Wikipedia's 3 million articles are not of the standard we would like, and for that reason "What about article x?" is not an accepted argument. A deletion discussion is only about the particular article and whether it meets requirements.

A final point; one of Wikipedia's principles is that though we may disagree we should assume good faith - assume that others are also here with the aim of improving the encyclopedia, even if we disagree with them. We adopt the principle of no personal attacks - comment on content, not on contributors. It does not help Wikipedia, or help your case, to accuse others of bigotry or ignorance, or of being shills.

If you wish to challenge the close of an AfD, the first thing to do is to discuss it with the closing administrator, and invite him to change his decision. You have done that, but I stand by my decision. You may now, if you wish, take the case to WP:Deletion review, but please read carefully the section at the top of that page headed "What is this page for?": Deletion review is not for continuing the same discussion, but for arguing either that the debate was wrongly decided against consensus, or that there is new information which was not considered during the debate. JohnCD (talk) 21:56, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

No, I will respect your decission. I do wish to know if a living person is considered a source acceptable by Wikipedia. If President Obama acknowldged me as an expert in a particular field, would that meet wiki standards for notarirty? I am interested in your honest answer and I believe that answer is yes, it would constitute notarity. Sheikh Nazim in many circels is way above President Obmama. I am only asking because I wish to do more research, find more refrences and see if I can submit this later after reading up on Wiki requirements. Thanks for the lengthy response. 97.123.59.100 (talk) 07:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

An endorsement from President Obama would certainly be significant, but it would need to have been published somewhere that could be checked, to comply with the policy on Verifiability, which includes: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true." Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:02, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

When Christ parts the clouds and comes down on the wings of angels, I guess it won't hit Wiki unless the New York Times was there. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.123.59.100 (talk) 13:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The Jerusalem Post would do... but yes, your general point is correct. JohnCD (talk) 17:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Inteva Products, LLC

Hi John,

Just wondering if we might be able to work together regarding the deletion of the Inteva Products, LLC page. I have been doing some research on behalf of Inteva, which is a major automotive supplier. They've been having trouble with their page and I see that the material was flagged as copyright infringement since it was pulled from their LinkedIn Group. As a neutral third-party member, would you be willing to let me take a stab at recreating the page so that it better fits Wikipedia's standards? Given that several of Inteva's competitors have operating pages, we were just hoping we could find a solution that ensures Wikipedia's standards are met while also allowing Inteva to have a fair presence in sharing their encyclopedia-worthy information with the public. Thanks for your time. I look forward to your response.

AngelaHernandez (talk) 14:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E. Matthew Buckley

Hi. You closed the discussion as a keep after one week. However, I feel it should have been relisted as no good reasons were given for keeping it (e.g. "truly unique individual"). There were only three participants, two of which were SPAs involved in editing the article, the other gave a "weak" keep and comment "There seems to be a lot of sources" probably without having a close look at these sources. Are you able to relist it now or does it have to go to DRV? Christopher Connor (talk) 18:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree this was marginal, but my feeling was that the article was improving, and I didn't think consensus to delete was likely to emerge. The non-SPA "weak keep", an experienced editor, commented mainly on the tone and said "If someone could start cleaning it up this whole deletion discussion would be unnecessary." I don't intend to relist it myself, but I shall not be at all offended if you take it to DRV to ask for a relist. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Essex Police Special Constabulary

Hi John, sorry this was the first time I had used that template and it seemed to go wrong, please feel free to move it where its meant to be. thanks Pandaplodder (talk) 09:12, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Which process are you wanting to use, PROD or AfD? If PROD, once you have added the PROD template to the top of the article you're done, though you should copy the "Author notification template" from the bottom of the PROD notice to the article author's talk page - in this case the author has been inactive for over a year, but its still a good thing to do. If you want to do an AfD, you need to follow the instructions at WP:AFD#How to list pages for deletion, which are a bit mind-boggling at first but OK if you put an icepack on your head and take it slowly. JohnCD (talk) 09:24, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Looking at it PROD would seem adaquate Pandaplodder (talk) 09:31, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. JohnCD (talk) 09:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Why my article is reported "Speedy Deletion"

My article about my biz-"quickcatchup.com" is reported "speedy deletion", I try to understand that other similar biz post their articles about their company as well. Why I can not do this? I've avoid using the tempting words and phrases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BoTanQCU (talk • contribs) 21:15, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Question

Hi JohnCD,

I am relatively new to Wikipedia and had created an article on the Master of Business and Science. After creating this page, I was away from home for about a month and came back to find my entry removed from the site. I was just wondering for what exact reason the page was removed. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks --Enotita (talk) 21:33, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

New pages

Thanks for the tip .. -- ♥♥♥Sweet xx^{Talk Contribs} 01:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of pages

Thanks! Ocean Shores Formerly TEK (talk • e-mail) 14:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. Db-u1 are the easy ones! JohnCD (talk) 14:43, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Wilbur Curtis Co. under Requested Articles

Hi JohnCD,

A while back I posted The Wilbur Curtis Co. under requested articles hoping for someone to pick it up and write a page on (As I cannot due to conflict of interest, which I completely understnad the rules and guidelines now.) What can I do to see a Wikipedia page created for the company? I do not know exactly how the request for an article page works but would like to know if there is anything else I can do to expedite the creation of a wiki page. Thanks for your help.

MrCurtis (talk) 18:37, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

When I started out I was set to vandalize, but now I am trying to be part of the wikipedia team and help out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Owler69 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Good. I was asked to block you, but I replied that I had given you a final warning instead because I thought that "it is just possible that this user may grow up." I'm pleased you have. Read the links from the Welcome paragraph at the top of your talk page to learn more about contributing. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Holder of the End

This page was deleted, and I see no reason. It had been mentioned on other pages before, and still is. It's a popular "creepypasta" story on 4chan's /x/ board. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.246.45 (talk) 20:55, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

That may be, but we're here to write an encyclopedia, not to provide web space for unrelated activities. The page was deleted after this discussion. There is a site at http://theholders.org/ to post these stories, or whatever they are. JohnCD (talk) 21:19, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review for E. Matthew Buckley

An editor has asked for a deletion review of E. Matthew Buckley. 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. Christopher Connor (talk) 01:41, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - I have commented there. JohnCD (talk) 09:30, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

hi

don't delete my page please i need this deal with the record companies —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manningson (talk • contribs) 10:43, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but we aren't here to help you get a deal - this is an encyclopedia and we only cover things that are already notable. See WP:BAND for what a band has to have achieved before they can have an article in Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 10:52, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Michael Hoffecker

How about if I include this as my job description?

http://connect.nj.com/user/mhoffecker/index.html

About Me: My primary responsibilities are the care and custody of juvenile offenders committed to the Juvenile Justice Commission by the courts, to support the local efforts, and to provide services to at-risk and court involved youth. My primary charge is to protect the citizens of the State of New Jersey. My every decision is made with the understanding that it is my responsibility to maintain personal safety, promote responsibility, and build stronger communities. I emphasize accountability and contribute to programs that afford young people the opportunity to become independent, productive and law abiding citizens. In order to achieve that goal, I have undertaken diverse measures to address the multifaceted issue of juvenile justice. My contributions continue to provide a continuum of care for juveniles placed under the supervision of secure care facilities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neojerzey (talk • contribs) 21:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neojerzey (talk • contribs)

Ambassadors

Re. Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Online Ambassadors

I actually mistakenly replied in your archive, but when I realised I undid myself[1] and I've copied your last bit back over here too, for context...  Chzz  ►  23:31, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I've read the ambassador thing with interest, thanks, and I will think about it, but "two hours per week" seems to me extremely optimistic and I find WP takes up much too much time already. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

We put 'two hours per week' simply because we'd like people to give some kind of regular commitment; not to ensure they will spend ages and ages on it, but as a sort-of guarantee that they'll keep up with the project while it happens, during that few weeks. I honestly believe that 2 hours per week would be very useful, and although of course some will spend much longer, I don't see it being a problem for people who do not. We really want to get a large number of ambassadors and other assistants with wide-ranging skills, so that we can call on those skills if needed - and that's why we're looking to have some assurance of ongoing commitment. But it is all up for debate anyway.  Chzz  ►  12:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

ANI

You are mentioned (in a nice way). Keep up the good work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Toddst1_misconduct RIPGC (talk) 04:12, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, but if I appear less at AN/I than some admins it is not necessarily to my credit - just that I tend to work in the less controversial and less drama-prone areas. JohnCD (talk) 21:35, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Talk Page edits

Fair comment John, It was just my way of paying them a little bit of there own medcine for reverting my edits and consistently vandalising pages numerous times. I wasn't planning on an edit war, just thought I'd show him how annoying it can be when people purposley delete work or change them for there own amusement. But your right, I'll stop, and I hope they've learnt there lesson. Many regards Footballgy (talk) 15:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Language

Hey friend if my language is Portuguêse Brazilian, in my User Page I write in my language ? KnuxD (talk) 12:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

On your user page you can write in Portuguese if you like, but not many people here will understand it; this is the English-language Wikipedia, and generally contributions should be in English. Did you know there is a Portuguese-language Wikipedia at http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/? Perhaps you should contribute there? Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:05, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

- Yes I know that exist I until am registered there, ok already write in my language.

Thanks. KnuxD (talk) 16:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Equal ?

Hey friend what's diference between:Eternal Links and See Also ? please reply. KnuxD (talk) 20:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

• "See also" has wikilinks to other Wikipedia articles related to the subject
• "External links" has links to useful websites, outside Wikipedia, that haven't been used as references in the article.

It's explained in Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Standard appendices. JohnCD (talk) 20:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

- Ok now understand. KnuxD (talk) 10:38, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Dual geometry

What do you think about dual geometry? This edit claims that it's a hoax. I can't verify the article, but I don't really understand what the article is trying to say, which, coupled with the many legitimate uses of the term, make me hesitant to tag as a possible hoax. 98.122.178.110 (talk) 03:48, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Well spotted. I think that edit is probably right - a pity nobody has followed it up in two years. In any case, the article seems pretty incoherent and trivial, a quick search finds uses of the term but not in this sense, and none of the references work; so I have PRODded it. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 09:18, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: List of Norway's Next Top Model Contestants

Hello JohnCD, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of List of Norway's Next Top Model Contestants, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: the list of names does not appear in the parent article. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Kimchi.sg (talk) 09:59, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

The main article does give a list of names; if it's different, that's because this one is false. The author Cde000 (talk · contribs) has been blocked for repeatedly putting in hoax information in this sort of article. I found this one tagged G5 (It's funny, that no longer appears in the history, the system seems to have had some kind of glitch) and declined that because it was created before the user was blocked, so G5 didn't apply. One way or another, it needs to go. JohnCD (talk) 10:10, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Ah OK, nuked. Kimchi.sg (talk) 10:17, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Persistent Vandal

I noticed you blocked this IP user (208.92.184.171) last week, but he's at it again, this time at Psych (season 4). I'm not sure if this is the place to request such a thing, but could you intervene? Thanks. Kevinbrogers (talk) 04:16, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

The place for a report like this is WP:AIV, where it will be seen sooner - I didn't see this till considerably later, when the IP had stopped. I see he did some more after that, but those later changes are not obviously vandalism. Thanks for your report, though. JohnCD (talk) 14:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Gordon Keith (disambiguation)

Hello JohnCD. I was contacted by a new user regarding the above disambiguation, which he created. Our conversation can be found here. He has yet to respond to my response, but since there are only two articles in the disambig, I suggested leaving hatnotes on both pages while moving one of the articles to Gordon Keith (currently a redirect) without disambiguators and simply deleting the disambiguation. Do you think that is a good idea, or would it be better to keep it as it is? Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 19:11, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't really mind - I got into this because of some redirects nominated as speedies, found a fairly tangled mess of redirects, and tidied it up what seemed the simplest way. By all means change it to your suggestion if you like, but I have had enough Gordon Keiths for one day. I guess the Michael Jackson one is the more notable - if the Great Gordo meets WP:ENTERTAINER it's only just. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:20, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Ah, OK. I'll wait for Lexcordis' response to see the course of action. Thanks for cleaning up the mess :), Airplaneman ✈ 19:25, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

User:Alicia.stone101

FYI, I went ahead and speedy-deleted User:Alicia.stone101 over your earlier decline. I checked the page history, and while the speedy deletion template was indeed incorrect, the only editor to the page was the user whose userspace it was located in. Thus I deleted it as U1, going with the spirit of what the user intended rather than the letter of the template. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:20, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll ask her if that's really what she wanted - I think she is a bit confused, she has been creating articles with db and pp templates already on, and one of her edits said "May I not have information about myself on my user page?" or words to that effect. I was just replying to to her to say "Yes, you may, within reason". I want to be kind, because she is doomed to disappointment trying to get her Myspace band in. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:25, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

All right, sounds good. I completed a few history merges for her userspace pages, but yes, she is doomed to disappointment if she thinks she'll get her Myspace band in. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:34, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, even her userspace pages are going to end up at MfD as WP:FAKEARTICLE sooner or later. I long to point people like this to WP:GARAGE, but we mustn't WP:BITE. JohnCD (talk) 20:39, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

List of charismatic leaders

Please do not forget to userfy. There were no objections to my request to userfy to use the excellent early sourcing of the list to use later for attributed examples in charismatic authority. Andries (talk) 21:55, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I am doing it "even as we speak"... JohnCD (talk) 21:57, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done JohnCD (talk) 22:04, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Vandal alert.

Sorry to disturb you, but the Indonesian misinformation vandal, who puts false info on Digimon and Little League articles, is back. This time, he's using 118.137.68.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Can you block this guy? Need action ASAP. Thanks. BTW, WP:AIV is backlogged right now. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 13:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)