User talk:Jimfbleak

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Alectoris

Re: your rv to Alectoris, I checked with Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds - Bird names and article titles and see that birds' common names are given preference for Wikipedia. So, while I strongly disagree with the practice, I assume this applies to references within an article as well and I can't object to the rv. But what is the basis for listing them in taxonomic order, an obsolete and very arbitrary system? Is the reference given at the end of the article actually using that system or are your referencing an older book? I'm curious. HouseOfScandal 10:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Stco23

Well i forgot to how to do the request to block somebody with detales of vandalism on three pages.--Stco23 08:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

openbravo deletion

dear jim i know that he article was deleted previously. but now i think there is a good reason for it to be created on wikipedia. i would like to reapeat what user jordi said here "Sorry folks, but "This page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion. The given reason is: previously deleted" does not sound like a good reason too me since I cannot see the criteria followed to delete the page in the first time (since I did not write it).

I do not see any reason why this page is wrong. Some reasons for keeping this page:

- This page describes a free software/open source project like many other pages at Wikipedia.

- OpenBravo, like Compiere and Adempiere is a free ERP. All of these projects release software regullary, have their communities behind them and are used by many users and are commercially backed. I do not see why Compiere or Adempiere can be in Wikipedia and Openbravo not"

also the reason given for deletion previously was that there were not enough google search results for the same. now there are more than 40,000 results and 63,000 downloads for openbravo.

so please restore the page sms —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Siddharthmukund (talk • contribs) 17:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC).

Recent CSD's

Hi there! Just a quick note to remind you that the associated AfD's also need to be closed when pages are speedy deleted. Thanks. Tevildo 16:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Nimbar

I reposted this. The page wasn't nonsense. Nimbar is a character from a TV Show. Nimbat230 12:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Jim - hi. Speedy work, deleting the article on Leigh Hunt St, London, while I was still creating it! The reason I think it's notable is that it's not in the A to Z, and hence a candidate for 'Trap Streets' put in by mapmakers to catch out plagiarisers, though I didn't quite get time to add that bit! RA

Simply Audiobooks

Hi there. I had created a page for Simply Audiobooks after finding a red link to it under Audio Book. Other services like Audible.com have pages. Why delete this one out of hand? Yoak 04:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:William Bartram

Nice to see you can be positive. :-) I spend most of my time on Wikipedia editing existing articles to make them better. Sometimes I very interested and dedicate lots of my time to a particular article to get it to Good article status or Featured article status. Are you by chance any good at copy-editing or the like? (something I'm not very good at, so whenever I find someone good at it I always ask if they can help me out on a few articles). — Wackymacs 18:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Linux.org.ru on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Linux.org.ru. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Exclusionist

You may want to add Category:Exclusionist_Wikipedians to your user page. Cheers. –BozoTheScary 05:40, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Last Warning — Libel

This is your LAST WARNING! Libelling other editors on Wikipedia is a bald violation of Wikipedia policies on civility. If you breach this policy, you can be blocked from further edits. —SlamDiego 13:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

You have now been reported. —SlamDiego 16:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

After reviewing this, I'd like to ask you to try and moderate your language a little, and Wikipedia:Assume good faith rather than ascribe poor motivations behind people's edits. --Barberio 18:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

3RR

Take care not to violate the three revert rule on Cardinal (bird). —SlamDiego 16:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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For deletion queries, see Why was my article deleted?

Reason for deletion

oneclickjob.com a free job search engine.I didn't find any reason for the deletion of the site and please let me know what i can do to unblock it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vinthas (talk • contribs) 17:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Fully sick

help! fully sick

The entry for fully sick was deleted before I had a chance to respond to the deletion proposal. I'd appreciate at least an explanation why so I know what I did wrong.Reillyd 05:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Newcastle photo of "Castle Keep"

How yer gannin - the photo you have in the gallery is actually the Black Gate, the Keep is a bit down the hill. MichaelGG

Uh oh...

I tried to but the block thing on a vandal but it looks like the user is me! ITS NOT! I MIGHT BE BLOCKED! WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?! Fattdoggy 12:15, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Rothwell Temperance Band

Sorry, I didn't realise you'd restored it since it still had {{db-band}} on it. I've re-restored it. Angela. 17:27, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Difficult to Take?

“ I found Slamdiego's […] threats of retributive action difficult to take. ”

If you didn't want me to file a complaint in response to your false personal accusations, then you simply shouldn't have made them. You should note that I didn't respond in-kind by slamming you as a British nationalist or somesuch. I warned you, and when you persisted I complained. —SlamDiego 18:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

speedy

so how can others get to examine them to see if mistakes are being made?DGG 18:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Note: I am not complaining about any particular deletionDGG 18:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

yes, most are appropriate

but not quite all. Mistakes are made, and I try to catch & improve the few I recognize, but obviously I can only do this in the few fields I know. This occurs mainly about A7, usually people not recognizing specialized topics, often when the text does not explicitly contain the words "This is notable". I am not concerned about any particular page at the moment, and nothing I have worked on has ever been listed in any deletion process. The log is available to non admins, but not the articles, but going through the log is cumbersome, and anyway I do not want to request access to a few dozen possible titles to save perhaps one of them. I find it ironic that the other procedures have waiting periods, but the one that is hardest to review does not. It seems out of keeping with the usual spirit of things here, where perhaps excessive discussion can be a problem. DGG 18:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

And if there are 2000 a day, and they are grouped each day like prods, it's exactly the same work no matter how many days--I suppose it might feel different. Thanks for the link to the category discussion. I've been working on the CSD (unsourced) proposal & didn't know about the other--let me see whats going on there. DGG 23:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Please be a bit more careful...

...in the words you use to describe other editors. Thanks. Guy (Help!) 18:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Trying to get an article/page undeleted

I have verification of the validity of a band whose page was erased and am trying to find out how and where I should submit it. I have a .jpg of the charts that they placed on which would allow for their page to be undeleted, at which point I could edit it for any other content issues. Please help me out. The page was/is named Dekoy. I tried to post this up last night and couldn't find the correct process for providing the needed validation. Due to this, it appears the article was deleted again. Please help me in working through to get this article back up and also to help me provide you with what is needed to make this happen. best Regards ,,,

Sp00kydeluxe 21:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

this is an excellent edit and I commend you for it. Hipocrite - «Talk» 22:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, a nice bit of lateral thinking. Guy (Help!) 22:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry wiki isn't interested in allowing my participation

Pitonpro 12:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Confirmation that wiki is not a repectible web resource

I guess I should Thank you for confiming that the wiki is not a place where I need to spend anymore of my time working towards adding any information. Clearly the wiki is experiencing a lack of quality from its admin people as has been pointed out many times. Thanks for playing, as they say.Pitonpro 12:26, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Question

May i ask why the plea for stubification here was ignored, considering that the article made a claim of notability? --Striver - talk 23:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :) --Striver - talk 12:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

DELETION OF MYNUMO ENTRY

Jim, I see mention of other social networks...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43_Things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites#_note-75

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.com

Please reconsider. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bvolk (talk • contribs) 08:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

You wrote an article about a web site, blog, online forum, webcomic, podcast, or similar web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject.

MyNuMo is significant because it is an example of the economics of the Long Tail in action and it is a APPROVED system by US Mobile Carriers.

US-centric

Whoops...one of my first few articles I made and I'm already being US-centric. Thanks for the edit. --SamMichaels 08:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Would you be able to restore then undelete the article, this time noting the actual URL where it came from? I was used to the old way of handling copyright violations and I didn't think you would just cut and paste the text of the copyvio template I put on the article. The deletion reason currently appears as "(copyright infringement of [1], and no assertion of permission has been made. (CSD G12))", which would seem strange to those trying to figure out where the article was copied from. For reference it's http://web.archive.org/web/20060213161522/http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/ipf.htm. Graham87 10:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, restore then redelete - my bad. Thanks. Graham87 10:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Deleting warnings from user talk pages

Where is the discussion on this? Diez2 16:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I was just asking you because I saw (from the recent changes page) that you were an admin and you were online. I know that the warnings discussion never reached consensus, but I just wanted to find out where the discussion was. Thanks anyway for your help. Diez2 16:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Help

I did something that messed up redirects and now Christian Metal does not autoredirect to Christian metal. --E tac 18:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)--E tac 18:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Good News!

In a new website im making, I want YOU to be an admin! Fattdoggy 20:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

dekoy revisited

Thanks for your help. In order to prove the notibility of the band in my article (dekoy), I am wondering if I need to include the image of their placement in the chart on the actual article page, or do I just need to submit this to an admin for review? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/DAC11.jpg Again, I appreciate all your help with this. Best Regards Sp00kydeluxe 07:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for deleting my user subpage.

--Meno25 07:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Please restore the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

Why have you deleted the article - twice - claiming it's a commercial? It's a straight set of facts. It used the exact same format as other orchestras that are listed. Who the orchestra is, where it is based, who the conductor is, and what kind of material they perform. The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra is an existing American symphony orchestra and, like its sister orchestras, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic or other similar orchestras, such as the Boston Pops Orchestra or the London Symphony Orchestra is an actual world-class symphony orchestra that performs live and records cds. Why do you keep deleting the article about it? It is well-known and unique for performing the top film scores of our time, including world premiere movie scores. It is noteworthy. It is notable. It has a lot of celebrity attached to it.

Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Official Site

Thanks in advance for restoring this. Johnbeal 07:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, re: Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

okay, Thank you for restoring the first article, although there were some odd changes that were not grammatically correct. I have now re posted the second article in revised format, exactly the same form as other accepted orchestras. Please do not immediately delete without inviting discussion. I am trying to follow protocol. Thank you! Johnbeal 08:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - dekoy re-revisited

You've been extremely helpful and I appreciate it. I have modified the article as discussed here. I hope this will suffice and allow for the article to be undeleted/unprotected. Best Regards Sp00kydeluxe 09:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

your help was great. I've said a lot, but truly ... thank you. Sp00kydeluxe 21:33, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be going very smoothly thus far. :) I am very pleased. Sp00kydeluxe 19:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Recreation of deleted article

I listed the article Kandyan Kingdom for speedy deletion as it was created by User:Rajsingam and was a copyvio from this Britannica article http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-24254/Sri-Lanka. After you speedy deleted it, the user created the artcicle again, and it is yet again a copyvio from the same article, the only changes are for example changing passive voice to active voice. I thought instead of re-listing for CSD it'll be better to let you know about it. Cheers! --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 19:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

why was my article deleted?

i went thru with all the guidelines and rules. Had a talk with one of ur admins and made huge chnages to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Science4sail hepled me with the article formats and it was progressing very well. Why did u delete it? Dasiths 20:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

the article name was FutureSinhala

I recreated it. Please go thru it and make approriate chnages and if u still feel like u shud delete it then i have no problem with it. thank you. Dasiths 20:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC) Dasiths 20:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

reagarding FutureSinhala article

I added the copyright notice there. I wrote the entire thing and I own NativeInnovation.com. (plz visit the site and see if required) If it is neccessary i shall delete that line. plz reply soon. It is 2am here and i am waiting to solve this problem. Dasiths 20:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Rocky Roe

Hi you just deleted as NN, but the author instantly recreated. Can you salt? Thanks --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 07:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh well, google the name is a lot of entries come up. I'll keep looking for notable details. The article is referenced in 1990 World Series. BuickCenturyDriver 07:17, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

Could you please remove the "big" tags from your signature - it disrupts the text appearance on pages where it is uses. This section of WP:SIG has more information about it, and why using <big> tags are disruptive to the pages which it is placed on. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 10:11, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

IGNOU

Hi Jim, you recently deleted Indira Gandhi National Open University as copyvio. The article has been around since 2004. If copyvio material was added recently, it can simply be reverted. It is unlikely that a 2 year old article with many edits would be entirely copyvio — Lost^(talk) 11:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.. I'll clean it up — Lost^(talk) 14:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Appeal

Hello again. You also deleted Generation Y (organization). This nonprofit organization is a significant and renowned international educational technology group. Looking through the speedy delete criteria, it says that, "Note that simply having a company, product, group or service as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion." I request that you reinstate the page. -- Freechild 14:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Please do what you need to in order to allow me to view the original content of this article. The article was original and not related to whatever the previous concerns regarding copyright were. You deleted it too quickly. Freechild 00:46, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Appeal

Hello. You deleted GenYES, a nationally renowned company that has made significant contributions to the U.S. education system through its technology literacy products. Looking through the speedy delete criteria, it says that, "Note that simply having a company, product, group or service as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion." I request that you reinstate the page. Freechild 14:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

==Generation YES on deletion review==

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Generation YES. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Freechild 04:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Swans go beable

Swans do so go 'beable'! TescoCookies almost midnight on monday

UH-6F

Thanks for the speedy delete - it was certainly fast. I was just leaving an edit summary when I noticed the page had vanished. I was actually intending to list it at AfD when I noticed there was already a deletion debate from June, the result of which was "speedy delete". Looks like it was recreated in October or so.

Thanks, Orpheus 09:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you mind?

Bloody hell, I only created Easy Software Products 10 seconds ago! I have restored it. Sheesh. --Ta bu shi da yu 16:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

For that matter, you seem to have speedy deleted a number of articles (for instance Alice Springs Public Library) that have had to be restored. Can you please be more careful? You do not have the authority to delete all articles, and I can assure you that my article was neither spam, non-notable or badly constructed (given that you gave me no chance to edit it to expand it!). --Ta bu shi da yu 17:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree, he deletes to many articles. See mine right below yours?

More Freedom License 00:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Not necessarily. I think that speedy deletion is needed, just a bit more care required. It's tough admining Wikipedia and removing spam, etc. The More Freedom License article you contributed was just the license, and you only just created the license itself so it's original research. I also would have speedied it. Jim, all is good, just be more careful in future! sorry for being so harsh, incidently: it really wasn't warranted. --Ta bu shi da yu 09:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete 'More Freedom License'?!!!

Why did you delete 'More Freedom License'?!!! It was just telling people about a software license I created!

More Freedom License 21:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Appeal to reconsider the deletion of "Tellapadu"

Dear Jim, Please re-consider your decision to delete the page about a very famous village in India called "Tellapadu." I created the page only about a day ago and it is unfair to expect contributions immediately, especially from a country like India where Internet penetration isn't high (nowhere compared to the West.) Please also note that this page isn't just about a group of people but a showcase of eminent personalities the village has produced and its cultural heritage.

Thanking You, Regards, Amar (user:altruism)

Wouldn't it have been better to have put a {{cleanup-rewrite}}? You can easily see it is an Indian article from a followed up wikilink. - Ta bu shi da yu 22:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

It's cool... just try to use WP:AFD a little more :-) - Ta bu shi da yu 14:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Appeal

Dear Sir, I would like to add my displeasure also at the speedy, and quite needless, deletion of a page created mere moments before deletion. I did not even have time to add an ammendum to the header of article stating my intentions to link to an existing wiki page for the purpose of extending information on the existing page. I believe your speedy deletion to be in violation of the spirit of the speedy deletion clause. One must certainly allow at least a modest amount of time for the author to enact a revision and cross link to other wiki articles to prove significance. Some of us require more time than others to code text and it would be wise to take this advice to heart in this spirit of thoughtfulness. I will now repost this article not in an attitude of defiance, but to further the original cause and I hope that it will not again be in vain. Looking over this talk page, I suggest that you let at least one day, 24 hours, pass before you yourself pass judgment. As a fellow historian, albeit novice, surely you will allow the notion that a small and insufficient article such as the beginning of what I had posed does not pose enough of a intellectual threat, or distortion, to warrant such a swift extermination. Next time I suggest your take care to more carefully analyze your edits, least you should be thought of by this community as a hindrance to further scholarship. I am sure many of your revisions are a great assistance to the advancement of the wiki spirit and cause, however please be much more considerate in the future.

Thank you in advance for what I’m sure will be your cooperation for the furthering of American history. (Humble origins and such) If you can restore my previous efforts I would be greatly in your debt.

Harmar (user:Harmar5)

Read Discussion Pages before deletion

You need to read the discussions pages before deleting a site. Beyond that a site should have a few days to compose itself before any deletion attempt is made. Under "#11 Blatant advertising." "Note that simply having a company, product, group or service as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."

Unjustified deletion of Oi! article

You should not have deleted the Oi! article. Oi! is a leggitimate music genre, not a "neologism." The article should be restored immediately. Judging by the other comments on this page, perhaps you should have your deletion powers revoked. Spylab 12:43, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry if I came off as harsh in my comments. I didn't realize that the article was in a vandalized state when you came upon it. Spylab 13:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Request

Can you please undelete the article Gigabits Lan Center and make it a sub artcile in my account? I was in the middle of providing notability when it was deleted, as was being discussed on the discussion page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mwarhead (talk • contribs) 23:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

Cheat Codes salt

Noticed this on NPP. Wouldn't this work better as a (protected, if necessary) redirect to Cheat code? Zetawoof^(ζ) 08:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Please close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rock mites

Could you please close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rock mites as the deleting administrator? Thanks. Jesse Viviano 16:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion process#Articles for Deletion page to learn how to close an AfD. Jesse Viviano 16:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Please close AFD when deleting articles

If you don't mind, when you delete an article listed at AFD, please follow up at AFD with a closure I have done this for you at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalicharan Banerjee. Regards, Navou ^banter 16:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Trouble with an ISBN

I've been trying to fix bad and invalid ISBN references that user:Smackbot has identified. When you created the article Least Grebe you referenced:

• Seabirds by Harrison, ISBN 0-7470-8028-8

It turns out that ISBN is bad. I have identified two possible books that you might have intended to refer to:

• Harrison, Peter Seabirds: An Identification Guid ISBN 0-395-60291-2
• Harrison, Peter Seabirds of the World ISBN 0-691-01551-1

The bad reference occurs a number of times in different articles. I will be glad to do the repair if you would let me know which book you intended to reference. Thanks, --Droll 09:31, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Funny thing - someone else beat me to fixing the entry at Least Grebe but I got the other instances on the en.wikipedia. As you probably know there can be more than one ISBN for a book if it has been printed by more than one publisher or has more than one edition. --Droll 21:46, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Porumbacu de Jos

No problem, it's my domain ;). Small question, if you don't mind, why have you started the article? Mihai -^talk 18:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

The village is mostly romanian and has a small roma population. The hungarian or german name can be added for historican reasons only as they are not official.

As you said you are intrested in birds, there are some large lakes on the Olt River for some electric powerplants. I've found the coordinates from google earth: 45°45′49″N 24°27′51″W. Also somethimg intresting in the area, in the summer there are a lot of storks, you can see their nests on the electricity poles. Mihai -^talk 19:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Space Corp.

Please don't delete the page about my company again. EPWH 22:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Help request

Dear Jim, do you have any infos/inquiries about peafowls ? "new subspecies" or "new species" of Green Peafowl or Indian Peafowl ? Please see discussion at User talk:Shyamal, your input is greatly appreciated. Regards --Stavenn 01:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Jim, Thank you. --Stavenn 12:32, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Green Peafowl

Hi Jim! Thanks for looking it up. Shyamal 08:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Help, what is correct

I took a picture of a enlistment discharge dated 1886, which I used in my thesis in 1975. I want others involved in education to be able to use the picture but I do not want it to be used in any commercial venture. I made the copyright selection that I thought indicated that. I must be missing something, can you enlighten so I can repost. Thanks--Rcollman 19:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion Summaries

Hello, I was looking through recent changes lately and I noticed that several of your deletions had automatically generated summaries, so I thought I would just drop a line that it would be helpful to include summaries with your deletions. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 09:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

why did you delete...

Why did you delete the article about Hazrat Ali, one of the more important Afghan politician? Didn't you read that he is the prime suspect for the Northern Alliance leader who cut a deal with Osama bin Laden, to allow him to escape to Pakistan? You don't think that makes him notable?

It was on my watchlist. I don't remember seeing anything show up that someone applied a {{prod}} tag or a {{db-bio}} tag.

I'd like to request you, and all other administrators, to make sure the wikipedia is administered with openness, transparency, and accountability. I'd like administrators who think they have come across an article that is eligible deletion to apply the {{prod}} tag, give a heads-up to the creator, and let some other administrator take care of the deletion. I want to encourage you to never assume, unless the article is "patent nonsense", that you can be sure you can skip the steps laid out in the wikipedia's policies and procedures.

Maybe it is more work, but it preserves accountability, and it makes sure at least two sets of eyes look at the article.

Will you please consider this?

Someone has recreated a new instance of the Hazrat Ali article. But, since I worked on the original article I would like the original edit history preserved. I am pretty sure the version I created had references, which this version currently lacks.

I don't believe there is any tactful way to say this. But, if you deleted this article on your own, if there was no {{prod}} then you are seriously at fault.

Candidly -- Geo Swan 08:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Apology accepted.  :)

There is another administrator, who said some pretty weird stuff in our first interaction. (She argued in an {{afd}} discussion about an article I created about a Guantanamo detainee, that the wikipedia shouldn't have ANY articles about Guantanamo detainees, because they would just provide opportunities for "America-bashing". I asked her if I had misunderstood her, or whether she meant what it looked like she meant. I said that I didn't see how any topic could be inherently POV. She didn't give my civil query an answer.

I had four articles I had created about Guantanamo detainees one day, all nominated for deletion within a few minutes. It was a very unpleasant introduction to {{afd}} which I knew nothing about at the time. Some people suggested that there should an article with a name like list of Guantanamo Bay detainees. When I created THAT article, the patriotic administrator promptly nominated IT for deletion, accusing me of violating WP:POINT.

Well, a couple of days ago, she deleted an article I had just created, without going through {{afd}}, {{prod}} or {{db-bio}}. She deleted it with a few minutes of it creation, which I believe was a serious abuse of her authority. -- Geo Swan 09:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

So, would it be possible for you to merge the edit history of the old article with the new one? Thanks! If that isn't possible could you move the deleted article to User:Geo Swan/Hazrat Ali? Thanks! -- Geo Swan 09:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Indigobunting70.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Indigobunting70.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then you need to specify who owns the copyright, please. If you got it from a website, then a link to the website where it was taken from with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 17:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 17:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

"witch hunters never rest"

First of all, that's not nice. And secondly, the source information provided is not sufficient. The template states pretty clearly: "Source information must be provided so that the copyright status can be verified by others." Information must be auditable - so please either provide the URL or let's not use the image. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 20:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I am certainly not out to delete others' work for no good reason, but my understanding of image policy is that claims of public-domain-ness must be verifiable. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 12:32, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Jim Bleak

Mr. Jim Bleak. How old are you?King Lopez 11:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Brastel

Hi Jim, I understood your points, and I will review a more imparcial article for the company, to let it be here in Wikipedia. Just a comment about this though, is that how can administrators expect us to know exactly what we can write and what we can not, since there are tons of instructions about it? I've just checked few, focusing the most critical such as copyright, and created the sample you deleted. Sorry anyway for that, I will be more careful a next time. Bruno Braga 01:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Brastel. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Bruno Braga 03:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for ban

Recommend permanent ban of Jimfbleak with a strong suggestion that he find better pursuits with his life than deleting wikipedia pages that aren't even finished yet. Techmotimes 08:08, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of music artist Mario-justin's page...

The page was deleted, but the reasons for deletion of the page were not made clear. The artist is a notable artist who is releasing his debut single (nationaly) this Janurary 30, and is releasing his debut cd in March of 2007. Please let me know further about why the page was deleted and what steps need to be taken to properly create an article about this young artsits on wikipedia. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tristar promtns9315 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC).

Deletion of image, please explain

You deleted an image I uploaded of Joseph Heller (File:Joseph heller.jpg), taken by Jerry Bauer. I emailed Jerry and obtained his permission to use the image, (which I understand may be invalid) but on the Samuel Beckett page, there is an image, taken by Jerry Bauer of Mr. Beckett with no attribution to Mr. Bauer. The image is: Samuel beckett.jpg and has been granted use with the License and description that states: Source: http://www.theaterkosmos.at/conts/11autoren/pics/samuel_beckett.jpg from http://www.theaterkosmos.at/conts/11autoren/samuel_beckett.htm License: None (fair use) Fair use in the Samuel Beckett for the following reasons - few/no readily available pictures of subject in public domain; small resolution; makes article significantly more informative

Why is it ok there, when no one even contacted the author or even attributed it to him and mine has explicit permission with the actual email granting permission. Instead of deleting, maybe you could have instructed me in the proper method of publishing the picture, because as far as I can tell, nothing illegal has been done. --Diarmada 08:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Understood

Thanks Jim, I understand, I think I did initially but I was a wee bit frustrated at having emailed Mr. Bauer, getting permission and that not being enough....and regarding whether Jerry Bauer was contacted for the Samuel Beckett image, the answer is no, his images are often lifted without any permission being granted. --Diarmada 13:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Free Fudgie

Hi Jim. Thanks for your message - I'm sad Fudgie was deleted, but I accept that Wikipedia is not a place for tongue in cheek humor. (Although, to be fair, some of it was indeed true! Carvel is rolling back Fudgie.)

My question is this: is there a way that I can see the formatting for my old Fudgie post, so that I might add it to a more comedic, side-wiki project where it isn't against the rules? I don't see it under my old posts, and so I forget what I wrote. --Dmickley 14:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your help!

Deletion of Aikido Of Maine

Would it be possible to open up dicussion on disputed pages and give us time time to meet the Wikipedia standards? --M_sher 13:53, 22 January 2007 (EDT)

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For deletion queries, see Why was my article deleted?

Me like birds too

Hi Jim, seen you crop up on a couple of pages I've tweaked as I passed by (falcon, kestrel). The Falcon one could prob do with a bit of a rewrite - the overview is nearly all of the body text and most of the paras are one or two sentences. It could also be padded out a little with some more general info (size range, sex dimorph, etc) but I don't have the time to do it right now; (Translation: be my guest, if you have time/inclination). Thx Secret Squïrrel 11:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Survivor Agent

I'm curious about why my page on an online survivor game was deleted. Online games are very big around the world and I feel it was a valid article. One in which I was hoping that other gamers might start talking about their games and experiences. I spent two hours working on the page and this morning it is gone. You left no message as to how I could improve the page or even to talk to me about it. It's very disappointing that youo couldn't at least send me an email or post something to let me know what your concerns were with it. Can we do that, because I would like to create the page again but I don't want to spend time on it and have it deleted again.Agentbay 18:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)