User talk:SoWhy

Please un-delete our page

on 20:15, 23 January 2009 you deleted my page regarding "Turnaround Management, Restructuring, Distressed Investing Industry Hall of Fame" with a notation that it was advertising. I respectfully disagree. This Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Turnaround Management Association, representing 8,600 members worldwide, to honor those in the industry who are icons. Those who have made significant contributions to the industry over many years. This concept is similar to the NFL (football) and other Hall of Fames. Please reinstate the page with revisions if required. Thank you. John Strategist@aol.com (talk) 18:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

And my decision was correct. Wikipedia is not a webhost for you to propagate such things. It was evident from the page that you wanted to promote your "Turnaround Management Association" by adding that list of links and people you honored. You are free to request deletion review but I suggest you don't and rather read Wikipedia's neutrality policy as well as our policies on advertising and conflicts of interest. Regards SoWhy 18:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

My RfA

I wanted to thank you for your constructive comments at my recently failed RfA. I can understand where you and others were coming from with respect to lack of experience and I'm glad you were able to get past mistakes of mine in the open so the RfA was as transparent as possible. I also want to thank you for making those "admin eyes only" pages accessible to the rest of us. There is a more general note on my talk page, should you be interested. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 17:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome. As I wrote, I think you could be prime admin material in a few months, if you avoid such obvious mistakes in future. Just remember, when tackling speedy deletion, be as inclusionst as possible - if there is any doubt, use PROD or AFD. Only clear cases of G10, G11 or G12 need to be deleted on sight - everything else can be kept for a few days without hurting us. Be especially careful with G1, G3 and A1, the tags which get abused most (see WP:FIELD for more details and of course I'm Spartacus!'s WP:WIHS). I suggest you consider admin coaching for a future RFA if you think you need it, else play with rollback (not literally of course ) for some months and I hope you attempt it again in a few months. If you heed the advice from the RFA, you will pass with flying colors. If you have further questions on anything, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy 17:25, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion tagging

Just wanted to clarify that, while external links were provided in the Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner article, when I marked it for speedy deletion the article's content was nothing more than a sentence essentially saying that he was a man who existed. The article made no claim of notability beyond the fact that he once lived. I see that the article now has content, and is a legitimate stub, which I think is a good result of a deletion nomination. So, thank you for your notification and keep up the good work. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 12:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

External links can be a valid claim of notability, please do not forget this. If I write an article with only "John Doe is a politician" and I provided a couple of reliable sources which talk about John Doe in length because he is President of North Elbonia, then the article has a claim of notability even if just because of the sources linked. Regards SoWhy 12:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Granted, like I said, the article is improved, so everything turned out as it should, perhaps I was a bit hasty with the tag. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 12:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Ryan Bianchi

I've attempted twice now to write an article about Mr Bianchi and both times I have failed. I'm just intrigued as to why Wikipedia keep deleting my article? And when you open up the page to write an article on Mr Bianchi, it warns people not to. You've put "Author even admits to article not being notable". At no point have I ever said anything close to that. I want an explanation about all of this. No doubt I shall have to do all of this again after I've done another article on Mr Bianchi (which I'm going to do). Regards (MalkyHutchinson (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2009 (UTC))

You might want to read criterion A7 for speedy deletion and Wikipedia's notability guidelines for biographies before you try that. Otherwise you will be disappointed again. You yourself wrote on the talkpage (and I quote (emphasis added)):

“ I want Mr Bianchi to be public knowledge before he becomes a prominent figure within Microsoft. ”

So you do admit that Mr. Bianchi is not notable, you just assume he will be in the future. But that is not enough for an article on Wikipedia. The article itself had not a single sentence that would even hint at why the subject would meet aforementioned guidelines on notability which is the reason for deletion.

If you cannot provide a reason why we should assume such importance or significance (or even notability), there cannot be an article about this subject and further articles will be deleted for the same reasons. If the subject (as I assumed) is not notable, I suggest you cease trying to write articles about it. You are welcome to contribute with articles about subjects that do meet those guidelines. If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy 17:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Dirk Kuyt

Can you take a look at the discussion on Talk:Dirk Kuyt? It looks like there's clear consensus to change the spelling in the article to Kuyt throughout, save for one mention of the Dutch spelling (Kuijt) in the lead. Since it's your protect, I figure you should have first look at it. —C.Fred (talk) 05:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. You are correct on that, I unprotected it and while on it, cared of the requested move. Regards SoWhy 07:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

long time no see

good to see you one last time have a good lifeThe Nice Hollaback Girl (talk) 07:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you!

WikiThanks

Thank you for taking the time to do some house cleaning with my edits. I appreciate your hard work. Ikip (talk) 10:35, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I'm at CAT:CSD today anyway (unfortunately I seem to be the only one). Regards SoWhy 10:37, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

The Brian Jackson Show

Dear SoWhy

Thank you for your explanation as to why my recent article on The Brian Jackson Show was deleted - I greatly appreciate you taking the time to explain why the said article was removed.

I am pleased that you understand my reasoning for putting the article onto Wikipedia - I wanted to catalogue The Brian Jackson Show as I had privileged access to the local Press Pack as well as a restricted screening of the episodes via a secure link online; I thus - using such privileged information - wished to catalogue the show as early as possible to be one of the first to contribute information in respect of the same.

As the show will soon be released publically, I shall re-construct the article with hopefully further evidence of its notability (I am aware that there will be further coverage of the show in local newspapers as well as online sources - I shall add these sources as soon as they are available).

Regardless of the above, here's my request for re-instating the article in the meantime:

I would be grateful
For the reinstatement of
My said article.

Wikiwitchoftheeast (talk) 12:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I understand your request and I really would like to fulfill it but I think I shouldn't, because I can guarantee you that it will be deleted again by someone else and they are very likely to be annoyed by how it was already once deleted and then recreated. And I want to save you the disappointment and all that can come from that. That said, I can offer you the following: I could userfy the article by moving it to your userpace, for example at User:Wikiwitchoftheeast/The Brian Jackson Show. You could work on it there without fear of speedy deletion and if you manage to find reliable sources to establish the notability, it can be moved back to article space. You might want to ask someone for a review of it first though. Would that be an acceptable compromise? Regards SoWhy 12:17, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi SoWhy - I hope you enjoyed my attempt at Haiku in English!

Thank you for your reply and for your offer to userfy the article so that it is moved to User:Wikiwitchoftheeast/The Brian Jackson Show - I would greatly appreciate that. From my space/page I will add more reliable sources once they are available and subsequently repost the article as a wiki article.

Thanks again for taking the time to explain the reasoning behind all of this.

Kind regards, Wikiwitchoftheeast (talk) 13:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm German, so I'm afraid that was lost on me. Hope it was not too time-consuming to write^^

I userfied the article per your request, you can find it with full revision history at the aforementioned subpage. As I said above, before you try to move it from there, please consult an experienced editor (or me ;-)) for another opinion on whether notability has been established. Good luck with it!

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me anytime. Happy editing! Regards SoWhy 13:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

No it didn't take very long - I only wrote it as it mentioned in your FAQ that you'd reinstate pages if the request to do so was written in Hiaku (perhaps I read that in a general FAQ...oh well it's a moot point now regardles).

Thanks again...Wikiwitchoftheeast (talk) 14:15, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes. That's because I copied that page from someone else. Thanks for pointing that out *deleting it away*. Have a good day :-) SoWhy 14:35, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

CSD U1

Thanks for deleting my subpage. I was sure there was a category for it, but i thought i'd scoured that CSD list but couldn't find it. I shall remember the U section in future! --Ged UK (talk) 13:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. We live and learn. :-) SoWhy 13:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

That was very fast

I know that Germans a very hard workers, but I didn't know they are that hard

A notification and delete in 10 minutes, that's a world class service, don't you consider a job in the mailing service, why should we wait for post if we can use someone like you that deliver in seconds Congrats

But seriously, I was still building the Page, come on, give me one hour to complete it :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Themaski (talk • contribs) 14:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I could consider that request if you told me which page you are talking about ;-) SoWhy 14:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Amazing , really, You are replying very fast, I started to think that there is a machine replying to me, not a human being How do you do that?

I tried to create only one page, I'm sure you can figure it out, you are the admin ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Themaski (talk • contribs) 14:38, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm at work and thus bored ;-)

But I need to go to classes now, so I'll check that later, okay? Sorry for the delay. Regards SoWhy 14:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I think you were talking about Wael Eldeep, weren't you? Well, I deleted it as "no indication why the subject might be notable" (see the notability guideline for biographies on that). I doubt you can provide reliable sources as to why this individual should be considered notable, but so you can work on it, I userfied it to User:Themaski/Wael Eldeep. You can tamper with it in your userspace as long as you like and then move it to the main article space if you think it fulfills aforementioned guideline. I advise you do not try to move it there sooner, else it will be deleted again, I am certain of that. Have fun!

PS: Could you please just answer in this section (click the edit on the right) and please sign your posts with ~~~~? Regards SoWhy 15:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

expandables

I didn't write the article or anything, but I don't understand why you deleted it. It'd been all over the news about them casting arnold, rourke, etc. It makes wikipedia seem incomplete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.254.20.253 (talk • contribs)

Are you referring to The Expendables (2010 film)? I deleted it because it was a recreation of a deleted article and deletion was consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Expendables (2010 film). If you think this decision was wrong, you need to request a deletion review. Regards SoWhy 20:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Central America topic

Muzzle it, why don't you? Good faith edits -- such as this, which seeks to simply include in the template what is already in the article about what comprises Central America -- aren't vandalism. Refrain from commenting if you don't know how. 69.158.144.231 (talk) 10:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The disruption is not what you edit but how you do it. Please use the talk page(s) to discuss the changes if you see that people disagree with you, don't just keep on reverting. Otherwise you will be blocked. I do not need to know the topic to comment on the editing style. SoWhy 10:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Then be more judicious in your commentary: it is certainly not vandalism. And how are the reporter and compatriot editor (who have a long history of edit warring) any less different, or arguably disruptive? I also fail to see similar warnings on the other user's talk pages, who have also not used the talk page and often revert without any comment, so I question your judgement. If you don't know how to enter or settle the fray, don't. 69.158.144.231 (talk) 10:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Christian Bale

Could you pop the dispute tag on this article please, as it's now locked? Ta. --Ged UK (talk) 10:44, 20 February 2009 (UTC)