User talk:Michael Greiner

DYK for Bud Metheny Baseball Complex

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Asian Playboy

Hi there. You just deleted Asian Playboy for CSD:G11. I had a question for you. The same page was previously created a few times under the name The Asian Playboy, but that page has now been blocked from creation. Is it possible to do the same for this page? Or is it too early since it's only the first time it was created (without the "The")?

The reason I ask is because the same few editors (User:Lucywriter and User:Princetoncc are 2 I know of) keep recreating several related pages with the similar advertising. ABCs of Attraction, Kevin Feng, and (The) Asian Playboy. Another new one today was JT Tran (which is the real name of the Asian Playboy). --Logical Fuzz (talk) 02:13, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Done. --Michael Greiner 02:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks so much! --Logical Fuzz (talk) 02:21, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Rucka Rucka Ali

Um hello, I'm here to ask about making a blocked article, Rucka Rucka Ali. It is blocked, due to n00bs making bad articles on it. Is there any way that I can make it? Such as you undoing the block?

Arilegolego (talk) 02:16, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure why the page was salted, but if you make a draft of the article on your user page it will probably help your case. I'm not going to unprotect the page as of now and you should probably contact the admin who blocked the page. --Michael Greiner 14:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Thbarnes

I just spotted User:Thbarnes writing what appears to be an article about himself and have tagged it. Under further evidence, it would appear that he's made articles revolving around some kind of lawsuit against a university. I'm uncertain of what to do here. Am I right that there are BLP concerns and should these edits (including the controversy section on Valdosta State University all be removed? -WarthogDemon 03:25, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

It's a definite Conflict of Interest, but I wouldn't call it a BLP violation. I have a feeling that this is not going to end peacefully. I'd start by posting at the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard. --Michael Greiner 03:52, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Will do. -WarthogDemon 03:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

ESPN 101.9 starts tomorrow Monday at 3PM and RXP will be gone for good

Michael Greiner, according to radio-info message boards by Nick and WRXPinsider, tomorrow Monday at 3PM RXP will be all over the dentist site and Emmis will sell to Disney and to become ESPN 101.9 and ESPNDeportes will take over 1050 on the AM dial, so bye bye RXP for life. 74.72.39.176 (talk) 01:58, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

AgoraVox

Hi Michael,

I'm thinking of providing a translation of the French article AgoraVox.

I see you speedily deleted an earlier attempt at an AgoraVox article because it 'was an article about a web site, blog, online forum, webcomic, podcast, or similar web content that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject'.

• 1 Would that still be an issue if the article was a substantial translation of the French article?
• 2 Failing that would something like French journalistic weblog AgoraVox leads the field in European citizen journalism be sufficient to establish its notability for an article?
• 3 Else, what would be needed? For example Agoravox was the only French media to note, rebroadcast and unbeep Tristane Banon's now celebrated remarks about Dominique Strauss Kahn.

I'll look back for any response you might make. FightingMac (talk)

The previous article was all of four sentences with no references. Pretty much any translation of the french version (I'm assuming anyways since I know absolutely no French) would be a huge improvement over what was there. If you want, I'll restore what was deleted to a user page of yours so you can see what was there. --Michael Greiner 04:31, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

I would also recommend you focus on writing about the website itself and not focus on singular events (such as your 3rd point). You can write about events in passing, but I wouldn't spend a large amount of prose on them. --Michael Greiner 04:43, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for responding, Michael.

It will be a pretty full translation of the French article and linking properly to notable figures such as Joël de Rosnay (a founder) and relevant articles such as Citizen journalism and of course properly referenced. I don't think I need to see the previous version. I doubt I'll refer to Banon, but what I will likely do is make a brief reference to Agoravox on her BLP.

It will take me several days and I'll add a link to it here when I'm done and perhaps you can let me know of any concerns should you care to review it.

Thank you for your time and advice. Appreciated. FightingMac (talk) 07:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Medtech

Hi Michael,

Over the weekend you deleted the page I created for Medtech Institute. I get that you did so because you thought that it was advertising and irrelevant. As I am new to Wikipedia, what would I have to add to make this article wiki friendly? If I started a draft page on my user front or in sandbox would you be able to help and point me in the right direction so my content can stay and be beneficial to other users? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellerein (talk • contribs) 14:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

First off, there already was an article for the subject at MedTech College. Secondly, I don't see how the school is particularly notable. Mentions from reliable sources such as newspapers or local television reports should make up the foundation of any article. --Michael Greiner 19:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for getting back to me. I really appreciate your help. To explain, I am aware of the Medtech College page, there are five Medtech campuses that go by that name. However, my reasoning for creating a generic Medtech page is because five new campuses classify themselves as Medtech Institute (rather than college). Once the Medtech page has been established I hope to merge it with the Medtech College page to avoid confusion. In regards to notability, I may have not made it clear in the first article, but in my revision I will make sure to highlight Medtech's notability with reliable resources . Does that sound like it would help? If you have time, please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks.

Ellerein (talk) 14:40, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

I would keep everything in one article and just edit the existing article. You may want to move that page to Medtech when you are done, but as long as the two groups are affiliated it should be all in 1 article. --Michael Greiner 20:07, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I am more than happy to upload my new content to the Medtech College page. But could you please explain, or point me to a resource that can explain, how to move the Medtech College page to just Medtech? I just want to make sure that once the page is moved the wiki URL says just Medtech, not Medtech college. As always, I really appreciate your help and feedback.

Ellerein (talk) 16:30, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MovePage/MedTech_College --Michael Greiner 17:22, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

"That Was Easy"

Hi! You uploaded this from the Staples "EASY" button. Just for future reference, recording a two second audio snippet via Windows Sound Recorder does not make it your own work, and you cannot have this used on Wikipedia under a Fair Use Rationale as "self-published" because you are not the copyright holder of the work. If you used your OWN voice, it might be an easier sell as your own work, but not from the EASY button itself. Please be wary when setting licensing that you do not claim rights for a work that is not yours, as you did in this case. Licensing will be addressed shortly by me or someone else, I just wanted to give you a heads-up. CycloneGU (talk) 01:22, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Michael:

My name is Robert and I am new to writing/editing for Wikipedia. Your name was listed as someone I could ask about retrieving the text from a deleted article.

I was wondering if you could provide the text from the deleted page on “Brainware” (it’s a business software company). I’m not sure how this works, so if there’s something you need from me, please ask.

Thank you very much.

Robert Zoch Robert.Zoch@Brainware.com 703-948-5831

RobertZBrainware (talk) 16:05, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

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MSU Interview

Dear Michael Greiner,

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

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk)