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Speedy deletion

I do not understand your thinking. If you look on Amazon, B&N, other book sites around the world, you will see my novels. You can also Google my name and see the lectures and signings I perform. I will abide by the rules, but I would like them clarified a little more. Thank you.

Jacob Aaron Westervelt

Please feel free to edit the Jacob Aaron Westervelt. Im actually not a native english speaker... Im Swiss. So my english is not perfect at all... and I know it ;). The article was in my Sandbox for a couple of days, and several people (admins) were looking at it, but it seems you see more... Thanks for your help. --Rectilinium'♥' 20:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I dont know if you actually planned to copyedit the rest of my article too, because I would be glad if you could do so, before someone adds a copyedit tag. I prefer, if one good editor works on my article first, before dozens of people start to make minor edits that are not really improving the article. You would really do me a favour! Another user suggested that I shall nominate the article for WP:DYK (within 5 days), but I would like to wait until the article is edited. With kind regards --Rectilinium'♥' 09:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi... I just want to ask, if you are still interested to edit the rest of my article... with kind regards --Rectilinium'♥' 20:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks --Rectilinium'♥' 20:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Today the Jacob Aaron Westervelt-article appears/appeard on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column. On the discussion page a user wrote, that in his eyes the article is written in a Non-encyclopedic format. Thats why I would like to ask you once more, if you have the time to continue the copyedit? With kind regards --Rectilinium'♥' 04:17, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Rehoboth Carpenter family

"I have reverted your recent changes to Rehoboth Carpenter family. Sticking chunks of text in square brackets in the article is not the way to resolve content disputes. Please discuss on the article's talk page in an attempt to reach consensus. – ukexpat (talk) 01:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)"

Apparently you haven't reviewed Rehoboth Carpenter family's history over the last few weeks or read its discussion page (please do read at least the "Clarification" section). Consensus is not in the cards. I and others have attempted to engage Iwanafish in discussion of his wholesale deletion of my edits and reversion to his own, which are laced with errors and baseless claims. He has refused to communicate on Wikipedia or to reply to several e-mails that another Carpenter researcher and I have sent him over the course of several months (beginning well before my first edit of the article). Yet he continues to restore his version (from which he has removed all traces of my contributions)--not because it is accurate (which, emphatically, it is not) but because it is his. While I recognize that my bracketed insertions were unorthodox, I used them only after repeated attempts of a more conventional sort (see "history" and "discussion" pages). I don't have much experience writing for Wikipedia, but there appears to be no effective means of restraining the likes of Iwanafish. Other "passersby" such as yourself have called for the same approach that you do: talk it out on the discussion page and try to reach consensus. Iwanafish, however, is (to be kind) not of a collegial disposition. What, please, is the remedy when someone persists in cavalierly promulgating mistake-ridden information and resists all attempts to enlist him in dialogue? I'm beginning to think that, when push comes to shove, Wikipedia is incapable of policing itself. I would rather the article be removed altogether than see it survive in its present form, as a rich source of misinformation. GeneZub (talk) 06:10, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

I would like to Thank You for your efforts to help get Iwannafish to communicate. FYI: Iwannafish uses 160.244.140.202 as an alias. If you or other editors would help vote on the survey or make any other comment that would be helpful for Rehoboth Carpenter Family, I would appreciate it. John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 09:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Survey format

What is the proper format for a survey request on an article's main page? As you know, the Rehoboth Carpenter Family has had a edit war. I provided a compromise article and placed it with the competing versions on the discussion page. Any help, voting, etc would be appreciated.

John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 22:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Style review request

Cheers You have listed yourself as a peer review volunteer for British English syntax, spelling, etc. I would like you to take a look at Bibliography of George Orwell, as I am planning on finishing it off within the next week and nominating it for (eventually) a featured list. If you want to leave suggestions and corrections there or on my talk, I would appreciate it. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Note I am in the process of converting {{Sortname}}s to {{Sort}}s; please ignore this stupid mistake of mine. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Review You can take a look now - all I have to add is a few items in the table. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:06, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

inappropriate links

I would like to understand how the link that i posted is inappropriate - the linked page provides updated daily news on India fashion week. I would appreciate it if you allow the posted link

http://www.fashionistas.me/group/willsindiafashionweek

Thank you

Sanjiv Fashion2 (talk) 19:52, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

The link posted provides neutral information in regards for the topic page and falls withing the guidelines of the Wikipedia external links policy

What should be linked Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashion2 (talk • contribs)

The links i have posted fall within the guidelines of the wikipedia link policy - it is not spam. It is updated news on the topic page

I would appreciate an explanation as to why it does not fall within the policy

Thank you

Sanjiv —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashion2 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

My intention is not to spam but to provide relevant information to viewer of various topics covered on Wikipedia.

In regards to fashionistas the key issue is Wikipedia is referencing a pornography show that has little to do with fashionistas.

The generally accepted description of fashionistas is individuals who are part of the fashion community and followers of fashion.

Wikipedia is allow a pornography show to hijack fashionistas and providing incorrect information for the community at large. This is simply common sense - it seems the moderators of Wikipedia make it very difficult to correct misleading information on the Wikipedia site and not allow links fall within the guidelines and provide neutral information to users.

Fashion2 (talk) 21:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Fashion2 (talk) 21:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Sanjiv Fashion2 (talk) 21:08, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Contribution-Butterfly City

Thanks for replying.

I am not sure what contribution you have. I seemed at my end to have erased the page I was creating about Gainesville, FL, as the first Butterfly City, after I had added the ten requirements.

What did you receive? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabe Hillel (talk • contribs) 22:57, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion /Zoomzoom1

I'd like your help in figuring out how to work appropriately with Wikipedia. The articles I have placed are meant to be informational and appropriate, and have references from external publications. I was learning to edit wiki markup when I put stuff in my user page. I did not know it would show up overall and it is fine to remove.

There are many simulation languages, and SimApp is one of them. You can visit just some of the other simulation system pages: Vissim, Maplesim, Matlab, Simulink, ACSL to name a few for comparison with the content I provided - I believe they are similar, but may be missing something. They all have links to company websites. If you can think of ways the content could be improved, please let me know.

I have a lot of information to contribute in the dynamics and control arenas over time. This experience is making it less likely that I will add to Wikipedia in the future. By the way, I fight SPAM every day so we may have similar concerns overall.

Zoomzoom1 (talk) 00:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

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Fashionista

Turned the redirect into a disambig page. Thought that was a little clearer. Hopefully it'll also convince our friend above that it's better to leave it in peace now. Yintaɳ  (in old jeans and a T-shirt) 14:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

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AGAIN ;-)

FYI:

• meta:Talk:Spam blacklist#fashionistas.me (permanent link)

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:19, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Template ship

The template does work, see WT:SHIPS! Mjroots (talk) 17:38, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

minka kelly

what you ar deleting is in fact truth and can be verified by the parties involved; sharon brown,derek jeter and minka kelly so unless one of these are disputing this you have no cause to change this. have jeter and kelly denied this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing51074 (talk • contribs) 17:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

SimApp article questions

Thank you for your help so far and the explanation about content in my personal page. I will remove it. Now I would like some hints and help on specifically how to "userfy" the SimApp page. As I described in my talk with you yesterday, there are many simulation software packages described in Wikipedia. I believe that the article is very similar in scope to the other simulation package descriptions I mentioned in the prior message: Matlab, Simulink, Vissim, Maplesim, ACSL, and so on. There are references to published works in three languages.

Regards, Zoomzoom1 (talk) 18:09, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Disputed non-free use rationale for File:George M. Zinkhan.jpg

Please see updates to File:George M. Zinkhan.jpg. The subject is currently sought by American authorities in connection with three deaths. I doubt he will be stopping to have is picture taken. This illustrates a breaking news story. If a free alternative to this image becomes available, I would be happy to replace it. Thanks. Calebrw (talk) 15:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Ummm, you're welcome. I think of them as extremely modest, in the sense of Churchill's epigram. Still, you are most welcome. Amccray (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

vandalism?

The line I changed was her date of birth, it was incorrect. The entry has not been changed from the initial change I made to the page, so where does the vandalism part come in?

69.253.224.120 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.224.120 (talk) 01:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandal identified

198.49.22.200 has a long history of vandalizing web pages. I am still a newbie, but can't that person be blocked? I saw your post helping others regarding vandals, so that is why I came to you. John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 16:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your huge effort in improving the article Jacob Aaron Westervelt. Thank you very, very much!! --Rectilinium'♥' 21:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Spotify

I am not entirely sure what the problem is. I reverted the vandalism that came up with huggle, then fixed my one mistake. I would have removed the vandalism that you said was there, had it shown up. Thanks, Ono (talk) 03:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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AFD Re-opened

As you are an editor who had been involved in the Afd discussion of Jennifer Fitzgerald, I'm here to let you know that I re-opened the discussion on the article to gain a stronger consensus. After some discussion with a few other editors I agree that I may have closed the article too hastily and that further discussion is necessary before a final decision is made. Best wishes, Icestorm815 • Talk 19:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Patrick Syring

I don't think the ip editor is going to be persuaded by appeals to Wiki policy. Perhaps the article should be semi-protected? Dlabtot (talk) 04:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Remote Lands

Thank you for your message. Would you please be so kind as to give me some time to get this cleaned up and done properly? I would be very grateful. Burma124 (talk) 21:56, 2 May 2009 (UTC)Burma124 (Catherine)

Re Rehoboth Carpenter

The original page was written by me. It was just an innocent portrait of a New England family. The individual (Genezub) who attempted to obliterate what I had done, wanted the page to reflect his genealogical studies which are techinical and boring. Everything I stated in the original page is self-explainatory and in need of no further explaination. The one point of speculation re. the Culham origin of this family in no way attempts to offer it as anything else i.e. a surmise --Iwanafish (talk) 07:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

William Woodruff

Hello, I'm processing the photo release for William Woodruff. I believe you need a ticket number, which would be 2009043010051169. Let me know if you need any more info. howcheng {chat} 17:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, never mind. I thought she was having you upload the photo, but it was attached to the OTRS ticket, so I uploaded it and added it to the article after all. howcheng {chat} 18:14, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

adding photos

OMG---is there not a simple way to add a few photos to an existing page I wrote? I have been reading about this topic and Commons and copyright on Wikipedia and find it all amazingly tedious. These are promotional corporate photos, w/ copyright held by the corp, and I have the corporation's permission to use them. I just don't want to spend 20 hours getting these into the article. You have helped me before and seem like you could simplify the matter for me. Please and thank you. --WBancroft (talk) 20:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

images

Thanks for the suggestion. That sounds a tiny bit more simple. I may be back in touch as this process unfolds and I feel like I'm losing my mind just trying to post a photo. --WBancroft (talk) 20:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Current DYK

I realise that, but it's referring to what they were called before they became Navy ships. "Henry Tudor beat Richard III at the Battle of Hastings"- he wasn't Henry VII until after the victory, just as they were not HMS X until after they were accepted into the Navy, which is what the hook is about. J Milburn (talk) 21:43, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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Adding names to chronological list of names

Hi. Thanks for your reply to my question about editing the LIst of Supreme Court clerks. I still am pretty confused. I'd like to add a name to the Stewart clerks, but I still can't figure out how to get to the place with the list of names and an edit function that shows me the template for the information.Wingate44 (talk) 03:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Mibbit AfD

I've completely rewritten the Mibbit article so you may wish to revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mibbit. The AfD nominator has also since been blocked. [1] Tothwolf (talk) 10:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello -- Can you answer my questions?

I am wondering how the Wikipedia messages are appearing at the top of the Triple Point article? Who is allowed to add them? Can they be removed? Jen Svensson (talk) 18:11, 5 May 2009 (UTC)