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Heidi Bedell Wikipedia page

Hi JohnCD, I note that you have deleted my page due to me being unimportant. You might be right but I am vain and I liked having it. In my defense, I'd like to point out a few things which may be noteworthy. I am the only Green politician to have stood in two different districts and won both times. I've never lost an election I stood for (that's only two, but still). With regard to my time as Chair of the National Council and National Co-ordinator: The Party suffered great losses in the 1999 election, the feeling in the party was very low. Because I had the time, I became the first full-time national co-ordinator in 1999. I poured my heart into the party and began to lift it up out of the doldrums. I was the co-ordinator when the party decided to elect a leader and when they decided to elect Trevor. In 1996 when Trevor and I first met, I acted as his image consultant, a role I continued to play to the party in general. When Trevor and I got engaged 2 weeks after we'd met, a number of comments were made that this had helped to secure his Malahide vote in the 1997 general election. I was the leader of the party up to 2001 and I was co-leader with Trevor up to 2003. I stepped down just before Stiofan Nutty was appointed General Secretary - a new role, now possible with the extra money that the 2003 election success had provided. I know the Green Party has had many 'ups and downs' through the years and there are many more to come, but that 'up' was my 'up' and it is currently invisible. I've never heard anyone ask - how did the green party go from 1 TD in 1996 to 6 TDs in 2003? Who was running the party before they had a leader?

I had never thought about this untill I completed a masters this year which included an interesting module on feminisim. It was during these lectures that I fully digested the claim that women tend to be written out of history. I can't help wondering if I was male would I have taken up more space in people's consciousness? Maybe not. Who really cares? I'd like my page back. Thanks.

83.141.92.24 (talk) 13:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your wish is my command: I have restored your article. However, there is a catch, and to explain it I need to explain some Wikipedia bureaucracy. I deleted it (two years ago) by a process called WP:Proposed deletion or PROD: any user who thinks an article should go can place a notice (PROD template) on it giving reasons. For seven days, any user who objects can simply remove the template. If, after seven days, no-one has done that, the article is deleted. As PROD is meant for uncontroversial deletions, a PRODded article is automatically restored on request, as I have now done.

Once restored, it may not be PRODded again, but there is a more deliberate process, WP:Articles for deletion which involves a debate, again lasting seven days. I will notify user Snappy (talk), who PRODded your article, that it has been restored (with a link to this discussion) and he (or any user) may choose to nominate it at AfD.

The issue is not importance, but Wikipedia:Notability, a term used in a particular sense in Wikipedia: it is required for any article subject, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." We try to avoid making subjective judgements about things like importance by asking a more objective question: is there evidence that people independent of the subject have thought her/him/it important enough to write substantial comment about? There is more detail at WP:Notability (people), particularly the section WP:POLITICIAN.

There is nothing in the restored article which shows notability in that sense. I can understand why you feel that your behind-the-scenes role was important, but can you give references to independent sources (press, published memoirs... ) which confirm that?

In regard to your own article you have, from our point of view, a WP:Conflict of interest, see also WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest and WP:Autobiography, and we would prefer that you did not yourself edit it directly. You are welcome to make suggestions, particularly to provide references, on the article talk page.

Two more links - I am sorry to give so many: there is advice for people who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles at WP:Biographies of living persons/Help, and a "noticeboard" at WP:BLP/N where you can ask for assistance.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:44, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Hi Sir it was nyc to read about you on your user page and thanks for such a wonderful cooperation to this open to all community... Shalin Shivakant 19:35, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

About Speedy Deletion Of Sri Prakasa Shukla Page

Hello Sir

Yes That page was on the Scribd.com with URL Thisbut actually it was a work of one of my friend kuldeep singh

So can you please tell me that how it is possible that Scribd Inc can claim for the copyright

Please describe this i am fully unknown with this..

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shalintripathi (talk • contribs) 19:42, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Adrian Starblanket (Deleted: 2010)

Hi, JohnCD.

I see there was a previous page in 2010 of: Adrian Starblanket on Wikipedia and Due to "Copyright" laws from: www.myspace.com/AdrianStarblanket that page was deleted.

But, I: ADRIAN STARBLANKET (ask nicely, if I can have that page back or am able to create a new one)?

I just signed on to Wikipedia and alot has changed from 2010-2012...

please message back,

sincerely, Adrian Starblanket — Preceding unsigned comment added by Astar2388 (talk • contribs) 08:37, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We can't restore the 2010 page, for copyright reasons. If you own the text, you could make a formal copyright release, but that's not often worth doing because Myspace and Facebook pages are usually too promotional for an encyclopedia article. Writing an article about yourself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia is not about YOU. More advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 11:45, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recover deleted page - Holy Musical B@man! (soundtrack)

Do you mind recovering the above article you deleted today and put a copy in my user area? It will allow me to improve it when I get time. Eladkse (talk) 17:04, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I have userfied it for you to User:Eladkse/Holy Musical B@man! (soundtrack). I'm not clear whether this is an album or just songs, but please read WP:NALBUMS and WP:NSONGS and understand that you need references about this to establish its own notability - it does not inherit any notability from the show. As it was deleted at AfD, you should not move it back to the mainspace without my agreement that you have overcome the issues from the AfD. If I don't agree, you can take it to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 10:41, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was aware about the notability issues, but I just don't have the time and so I kept out of the actual vote. Eladkse (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:25, 25 May 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

Dear John, I'm writing from Paul McAneary Architects to ask whether you could tell us the reason why you deleted our page on the 7th Feb.2012. It's the first time we upload an article on Wikipedia and we would really appreciate any comments and suggestions to fix the article. Thank you Best wishes, Carlotta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.148.97.147 (talk) 20:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted it because, seven minutes after user PaulMcAneary (talk · contribs) posted the article, he blanked it and replaced it with {{db-g7}}, which is a code meaning "author requests deletion". Seeing that he was a new user, I left a note on his talk page explaining that Wikipedia is not the sort of business listing site where people write about their own companies. See the WP:FAQ/Organizations for more advice. JohnCD (talk) 11:33, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Drew Stevyns Wiki Page

Hi Jonny,

I read over the deletion policy and I understand why the article that I post was delete. Would you be willing to restore my article to my sandbox so that I can work on it more? I will include some reference and give it more substance.

Sorry for posting this without good references. I will work on it more, until I get it right, Promise...

Thank you so much in advance.

Dstevyns (talk) 15:10, 25 May 2012 (UTC)DStevyns, (Mike Cullop, Drew's manager)[reply]

I really think I will save you trouble by not doing this - explanation on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 16:25, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Upload a photo

Hi. This is DominiquesMusic, and I have one question.
On the page "Billboard (magazine)", it gives a picture of the company's logo. However, it does not have a picture of a magazine from Billboard.
Before I do anything, I wanted to know if it was possible to upload a picture of their magazine on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)?
I do know there are certain types of photos that are allowed to be posted on here, and others who should not that have copyright on them.
I'm actually subscribed to them; so I get their magazine almost every week/every issue.

DominiquesMusic (talk) 17:23, 25 May 2012 (UTC) DominiquesMusic[reply]

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 14:37, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Need feedback

I'd like to draw your attention toward the article at User:Maharathi/sandbox and invite your valuable suggestions and feedback to improve the article. Maharathi (talk) 01:49, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What do you say, John? It looks pretty good--but the references are not in my language. Drmies (talk) 02:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, guys, Maharathi invited me to this party as well (not sure why, but whatev), so I'll keep the discussion centralized here, if y'all don't mind. I made a first pass at some proofreading/copyediting; I'm hoping it'll be a bit better now. As to the content (and with deference to you guys, as I'm not very experienced in such things), it seems okay to me, but perhaps a little promotional. I'd say that the "philosophy of treatment" section could probably use some reworking to emphasize that it's Dr. Mani's views; I think this is needed since his views don't seem to agree with those of the medical community at large. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 05:06, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that Drmies G12 and G11'ed it last time. I'm having a great many problems verifying this in English, however. I find zero returns that aren't linkedin and facebook, no hits at hindustantimes.com or the Times of India website, which is troubling. I received my invitation this morning. I have to give them credit to taking the rock soup approach. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 10:33, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I could understand the difficulty faced by Dennis. The article, he searched online, was published in 1992 and none of the Indian newspaper were online that time. I could also understand that most of my references are in Hindi language because majority Indian speaks Hindi so the contribution of Hindi newspaper much larger than English newspaper. But I can assure all gentlemen with utmost responsibility that the inline citations used in the article are authentic, relevant to the content referenced and verifiable. The newspapers’ articles used as reference here aren’t online but the credibility of the newspaper can be verified itself on Wikipedia.

Moreover, as far as I’m aware of the norms of verifiability on Wikipedia (I may be wrong), it isn’t required the source to be available online but must be published by a reliable source. The matter of verifiability should not be connected with easy availability of sources. Further, it isn’t required to provide convenience links for articles published in reputed newspapers.Maharathi (talk) 13:11, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maharathi, you are correct--there are no such requirements. It helps, of course, to have online references in English so other editors, who aren't as multilinguistically blessed as you, can evaluate. But if those English online references aren't there that's not a reason to criticize the article. It does, however, place on you the burden to be as neutral as possible so Writ Keeper's editorial advice is worth taking. Thank you for working with the community! Writ Keeper, feel like moving the article to main space, if you think it's OK? Drmies (talk) 15:48, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think it looks pretty good. My concern about verification was mainly its chances at AFD if someone were to challenge it. There is one See Also, "Concern over antibiotics’ misuse". The Times of India (Patna). April 8, 2011. that I was not able to find, which was my main concern. They did not show an article of that title at the website, and I figured they would. Perhaps the date or title is incorrect? Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 15:59, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes. I generally approve of "Further reading" sections: I have the feeling these are articles by the subject. If so, I believe they should be cut, since we're not a bibliography. Drmies (talk) 16:09, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to all contributors: yes, I think this is ready to go, and I have moved it to Dinesh Kumar Mani with just one tweak to the "Philosophy of treatment" section following up Writ Keeper's suggestion. Maharathi, congratulations on reacting in exactly the right way to having your first shot deleted, I look forward to your further contributions. JohnCD (talk) 16:24, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, all, I seem to have missed the action; this being Memorial Day weekend in the States, I was a good citizen and spent the day on the beach. I'd like to also congratulate Maharathi on rebounding from a speedy deletion to make a pretty decent article. Well done! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:58, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to all contributors for their support and guidance without which I couldn’t present the article in the current form.Maharathi (talk) 01:35, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Restoration to sandbox (2)

Hey JohnCD,

It took a lot of reading to chew through all the info on why my page was deleted and what I can do to restore it. I'm impressed with your dedication to Wikipedia and the work you've done. I'm requesting that the page Captain Timothy Edward Peterson, MD be restored to a sandbox so that I can continue working on it. I recognize that my sources were weak. With additional time to work on it I can supply more credible sources to legitimize the page.

Thank you,

speterhb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speterhb (talk • contribs) 17:55, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"This page is going to be used as an introduction for his new patients" - you're joking, right? One reference that is a list entry that shows he was at med school, one that is about a different Tim Peterson, two that don't mention him at all; jokey nonsense about "random acts of raucous" "the exoskeletal hexapod armies of Texas" and "the Great Potato Famine of Bancroft." If I were a new patient confronted with that, I would run a mile.

Seriously, Wikipedia is not here to provide a bio of a newly-qualified doc for his patients. For that sort of thing you want Myspace. Reading through the nonsense, he (I presume, you) worked for a mission, tinkered in music a bit, and is now an Air Force Captain and a newly-qualified doctor. Good for him, but nothing there comes near the WP:Notability requirement to have an encyclopedia article, and I would only be wasting your time by letting you add more references. JohnCD (talk) 22:36, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Thanks John. I Actually felt like deleting the contents on my talk page.
One of my friends and I went over my information. He said that the info should rather be on a blog versus being on WikiPedia.
The information I posted described the differences in Urban contemporary and Rhythmic contemporary. However, I made a mistake by posting a fictional story, rather than information from the already-pages Urban and Rhythmic.
Thanks for deleting it. I also received the policies as far as uploading photos.
DominiquesMusic (talk) 23:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, again, but enough barnstars for now! I didn't delete that material, I only moved it to a sub-page and gave you a link to where it is now; but I did have some doubts about whether it was likely to become an article. The WP:No original research policy has an important section WP:SYNTHESIS: "Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources." I think your friend was right, and if you agree that your story isn't really appropriate for Wikipedia, you can ask for it to be deleted by putting {{db-user}} at the top. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog declogging.

Hello. Do you know any admin that regularly patrols WP:RFPP at this time of day? That page is currently backlogged with requests, including Eurovision-related articles and my requests for protection of Daigunder and Children's programming on NBC (regularly vandalized by the Indonesian misinformation vandal, nonetheless). - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 23:24, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - you missed me, I am in UTC+1, so I am usually ceasing to be active by then. I see those have been taken care of, but I have seen other comments about backlogs at RFPP, so I will try to take a look at it more often. JohnCD (talk) 09:58, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Murphy (Australian Politician)

Hi,

I was writing to please ask you to restore the Ryan Murphy (Australian politican) page that was speedily deleted.

Following the 2012 Brisbane City Council election, Ryan Murphy was elected to be the member for Doboy Ward, defeating 28 year incumbent John Campbell. Ryan is the youngest elected member to Council this term and has recieved attention from newspapers couriermail.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au. He is also listed on the official Brisbane City Council website and the information I put for Ryan far exceeds that listed for other Australian politicans, such as Verity Barton for example (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verity_Barton) , yet his page was deleted.

Example of notable press: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/lnp-welcomes-three-new-bcc-faces-20120429-1xsnm.html

Ryan Murphy's election credentials can also be found at the Electoral Commission of Queensland's (the body that runs Queensland elections) website: http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/BrisbaneCity/results/councillor/district5.html

If I can provide any more information or references, I'd be most happy to do so to ensure this page is restored.

Thank you very much!

John Smith

Jsmith071991 (talk) 15:39, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are many substandard articles, so that What about that other article? is not generally an argument that is accepted; however, Verity Barton, as an MLA at the State level, is notable per WP:POLITICIAN, but Ryan Murphy as a city councillor is not. The issue is not how much information is in the article, but whether it shows notability in Wikipedia's terms. Your link is a local press article listing his name as one of three new councillors; that sort of thing, and "youngest elected member to Council this term." is not enough - see WP:42. JohnCD (talk) 17:07, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of the Rockett Movado articles

Hi, John!

I'm sorry about recreating the pages without first consulting you. I tried to send you a message about it earlier, but I couldn't figure out how to do it at the time (I'm fairly new to Wikipedia). I appreciate your correcting these articles, because they did not site any notible references. Wikipedia had warned me earlier that my pages needed to site such references, but I (again) did not know much about it, therefore I did not post any. I've searched for links to prove that these series are legitimate, but of course, sites like IGN and other gaming websites do not always provide clear information. I found some proof of the series on Amazon.com, but I do not know if that's truly an eligible reference. With all due respect, I'd love to keep my articles up, because I spent a lot of time and research conducting them, and I created these pages myself. I'd love to be able to provide information for the series for those who'd like to be in the know. Again, I'm very sorry for reposting these without your consent. I wish I could have figured out how to message you prior to what I did. But I do hope that you will forgive me, and, if possible, help me find some reliable sources so that I can keep my pages up (with your permission). I appreciate your time! Wikipedia looks great! Thanks for all you do!

-Yassigurl101 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yassigurl101 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and now you have found how to contact me. I'm out of time tonight, but I will give some advice on your talk page tomorrow. One important point is that articles should not consist almost entirely of plot summary - you might like to look at WP:WAF. JohnCD (talk) 22:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Have a great rest of the day!:) --Yassigurl101 (talk) 22:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)Yassigurl101[reply]

JohnCD, Thanks again for getting back with me so quickly! I really appreciate everything, and I now understand all that was missing in the articles - I have to agree with you that it would be pretty unlikely to find any legitimate references and sources since the series is so old, and the company no longer exists. I do, however, have one more question for you: You mentioned something about starting up a wikia page instead. Would it be alright with you to start one of those? Thanks again, John! You've made things a lot clearer for this newcomer, and I've learned a lot just from your last two messages:) Waiting for your reply --Yassigurl101 (talk) 05:48, 30 May 2012 (UTC)Yassigurl101[reply]

Wikia is an entirely separate organization, unconnected with Wikipedia, so we certainly have no problem with anything you choose to do there (apart from saying that if you copy anything to there from Wikipedia you must attribute it - say which Wikipedia article you got it from). I don't know much about Wikia, but you can read about it in our article Wikia, its "front page" is at http://www.wikia.com/Wikia, and there are more ideas at WP:Alternative outlets. JohnCD (talk) 11:19, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Okay, now I see what you mean - 'Wikis' not 'wikia.' Well, I'll check into that, and maybe I can do something on the other site instead:) You've been a great help! Thanks for your time! I hope I haven't been bothering you with all of my questions. --Yassigurl101 (talk) 06:32, 31 May 2012 (UTC)Yassigurl101[reply]

Thank you

Hey JohnCD

Thanks for touching base with me. Will go through the list you sent me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will pbs (talk • contribs) 18:58, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Transolar Galactica

JohnCD,

You deleted a page I started, no worries, I know it wasn't complete, my question is, should I have started it in my sandbox? I'd like to complete the page (what I did seems to have disappeared). I suppose I could redo it, make it more complete (show why it is notable), completely off line, then upload. Is there a way to recover what I had started?

R/

Dave TwoWheelJeep (talk) 05:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 11:09, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

can you tell me how to get the information you deleted from: what is 2012?

can you tell me how to get the information you deleted from: what is 2012? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarahNicoleNY (talk • contribs) 10:31, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you enable email on your account, I will mail it to you. To do that, while logged in click "My preferences" at the top of the screen, and at the bottom of the "User profile" tab enter your email address (which will not be visible to me or anyone) where it says "Email (optional)", and check the box marked "Enable e-mail from other users". JohnCD (talk) 10:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

helpp.....?

	helpp.....?
	hi my name is oliver and i was wondering if i could get some help on a page im trying to create its hard to figure some of it out and i kinda need alooooot of help so if you could thatd be great TRUEFAME (talk) 13:17, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I presume the page you mean is "We own the sky". I'm sorry, but that page is not going to be accepted however much it is rewritten, because the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia - an unsigned band which is only playing for their friends and family. There are sites like Myspace where you could write about them, but Wikipedia is different: it is an encyclopedia, so it is choosy about subjects, and for bands the standard is explained at WP:BAND - we are looking for something like two albums released on a major label, or a song in a national chart. So good luck to We own the sky, but they have a long way to go before they are ready for Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 15:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Uh...just FYI, RHaworth blocked him. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:30, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The same article was posted a week ago by another account which reacted to its deletion with extremely foul-mouthed attacks on all concerned and was blocked; I guess RH assumed, or maybe knows, that this is a sock. 16:19, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I was involved with that incident. I still think it's a little bit precipitate, as even if it is the same guy, he's not evading a block or anything, and he hasn't repeated any incivil behavior. But, not my call; I bow to greater experience. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

deleted page FiL Straughan

Hi JohnCD

I was just about to add more information to this page but I see it has been deleted! Is there any chance it could be undeleted? There are online magazine interviews to add, and IMA nomination info. There are also entries to the discography to add - distribution appears to be fairly widespread, with numerous plays on Japanese TV...

Nicswoland (talk) 16:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should ask user Drmies (talk), the administrator who deleted the article. Read WP:MUSICBIO first, and be aware of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FiL Straughan. Out of curiosity, why did you ask me? I don't think I have had anything to do with this one. JohnCD (talk) 16:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Abdolreza Razmjoo

Hello my dear friend.I am a credible source for the article Abdolreza Razmjoo ,Can I restore my article thank you. http://www2.irib.ir/radio/music/MusicSearchEnginByword.asp?searchbox=%DA%C8%CF%C7%E1%D1%D6%C7+%D1%D2%E3%CC%E6&SearchDomain=sn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farkoh (talk • contribs) 23:14, 30 May 2012 (UTC) Farkoh (talk) 23:16, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What does that source actually say? There is very little information on that page. If it is just a mention of the name, that is not enough; for notability what is needed is substantial comment. JohnCD (talk) 22:07, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BBQ

Thank you. Much appreciated. Candleabracadabra (talk) 19:49, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletions

Thanks - will use propose deletion in future. Appreciate the constructive feedback Gbawden (talk) 12:57, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hello

hello

hello, my name is Oliver and i had been on an old account named "TRUEFAME" which i had been blocked from editing due to the fact of using abuse and fowl language towards others, which that was not me. I live with my older brother who has a band named "We own the sky" and he had used our downstairs computer to try and make a page for his band but then he had stopped because he said that he had been blocked and other things of the such. And i was deleted for being under the same IP Address and i just wanted you too know that i'm duely sorry for my brothers offensive langauge and the things that he had said whom ever. Also i have a question... my old account "TRUEFAME" was also deleted due to the fact of my name was apparently just as offensive as my brothers I Hope You Die SIncerely (which i do not quite get) My name is just in remembrence to actress Marilyn Monroe due to the Hot Topic clothing line that sells t-shirts with her face on them with that saying. And i was deleted because like i previously stated it was just as offensive and also due to it was shouting? id understand that but the saying isnt even bad or vulgar, offensive, or anything of the such? if you could write me back i'd be most grateful<3

Sincerely,

Oliver:) ApolloTerror (talk) 13:55, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See message on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 21:55, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You seem to delete a lot of things I CSD. So, hence the admin's barnstar. Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 08:51, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! It is depressing but necessary to have to delete so much, but that's the downside of an anyone-can-edit project with standards. JohnCD (talk) 10:09, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Prod on Metroxical New York & 500 & 5

Hey--You know, upon second look, I think I jumped the gun on the CSD. I appreciate the notice & think prod is probably a better way to go. The page is actually fairly well put together so I firmly AGF on it. Hopefully, the creator/someone can find some reliable sources and fix it up a bit. Take care DietFoodstamp (talk) 10:43, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CSD#A7 doesn't apply to films in any case. Yes, they are neatly presented articles, but WP:Notability (films) is quite demanding and it's unlikely that "alternative, experimental and independent" projects will meet it - there's no indication in the articles that they have been released or even completed, and all the people involved are redlinks. We'll see if they can produce any independent refs. JohnCD (talk) 15:49, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Jagrit yuva kalyan sangh page

Hi john, We The Jagrit yuva Kalyan Sangh is a NGO formed by group of students to work for the empowerment of youth in field of sports and education. We want to create a Wiki Page for it.I had started the process by creating an article but it was deleted by you.I want to know the process to create an article for our Organisation.

Thanks Nikhil Jaiwante nikhil@thejyks.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikhilthejyks (talk • contribs) 06:01, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 16:54, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Friendship Gardens deletions

I noticed when you deleted My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens, you also deleted User:Ciaran Sinclair/A Canterlot Wedding. I'm not really complaining, but wondering why you deleted it as it wasn't even a redirect to My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens. Ciaran Sinclair (talk) 20:44, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Restored: sorry about that, I don't understand it. To close AfDs I use a script which, when the result is delete, can be set to delete automatically all incoming redirects, and that is what happened here; your page was a redirect but, as you say, not to My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens but to A Canterlot Wedding, so I have no idea why the script picked on it. Rather worrying: I will tell Mr.Z-man (talk) the script author, about it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see that your user page had a lot of text as well as the redirect and, although that text did not reference the Friendship Gardens page, there was a transclusion of {{My Little Pony}} which at that time did have a link to it. I can only think that the script, seeing #REDIRECT at the top of the page and the link in the transcluded template to Friendship Gardens, thought the page must be a redirect to it. If so, it's an abstruse bug, but a bug. I have reported it to Mr.Z-man (talk), the author of the script. JohnCD (talk) 11:54, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure that would be the cause? Many other articles which are now redirects (i.e. Fluttershy) transcluded {{My Little Pony}} and weren't deleted by the script. Ciaran Sinclair (talk) 14:12, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not at all sure, but I don't have any other theory. Fluttershy is now only a redirect, and the template transclusion is buried in the history, but if you click "edit" on yours, it has all the text and the template in the top version, as well as the redirect. JohnCD (talk) 15:09, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I never noticed all my article content was still there! I'm going to remove it now just in case another thing like this happens. Ciaran Sinclair (talk) 16:05, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:Portuguese Man o' War/common.js

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&action=view&page=User%3APortuguese_Man_o%27_War%2Fcommon.js

Please undelte that; only a minute before your delete, Wehwalt undeleted it at my request. It's a prior account of mine; please remove the {del}-tag, too; back to the last actual .js. Thanks. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 22:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I undeleted it. It was a user request (email) undeletion, but I had forgotten to remove the tag. Thanks for your work.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:18, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No worries - sorry to be too quick on the trigger! JohnCD (talk) 10:56, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Shreya Ravindran mystery

Hi, can you look at the deleted edit history for Talk:Shreya Ravindran please? I'm trying to work out if the talk page at Talk:ShreyaRavindran is genuine or not, and therefore if there is, somewhere, an older version of the article that existed before Shreyaravindran (talk · contribs) started randomly moving things backwards and forwards. Cheers. -- role^player 11:40, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What a mess! I have finally blocked the user for three hours, because s/he was constantly moving the article and causing a growing tangle of redirects. The article is now at User:Shreyaravindran/Shreya Ravindran. I have placed on its talk page something I found as talk page of one of the many redirects left by the moves, which suggests that there was an earlier version of the article, but where that earlier version has got to I can't discover. Now to try to explain to SV about references... JohnCD (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I think it required an admin to sort it out because the user had got themselves into such a pickle. I hope we can get a decent article at the end of all of this! -- role^player 13:44, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mehrdad Raissi (مهرداد رئیسی) Deletion

SlimSlim (talk) 19:24, 5 June 2012 (UTC) Thank you ever so much for replying. The aforementioned Page was on Farsi(Persian) Wikipedia. I am not sure whether I should have posted the request there or not... I would just like to ask you to guide me how to understand why the page was deleted after a couple of years being there? There were some discussion if the person - مهرداد رئیسی - was notable to be there or famous enough. Additionally, there were enough sources which were all credible. Could you kindly help me out with getting the "Page" back? Who should I ask and how should I do that? Many thanks in advance. PS. The title of the page on Farsi(Persian) Wiki Pedia was: مهرداد رئیسی — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.236.211.13 (talk) 19:08, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Each Wikipedia is separate and has its own rules and procedures, so we can do nothing here about a deletion on the Farsi Wikipedia. If you search for the page there and click on any "redlink" that appears, you should see the deletion log with the name of the administrator who deleted it and the reason given. It may help you to read the Farsi page corresponding to Wikipedia:Notability, which is fa:ویکی‌پدیا:سرشناسی. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:37, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

talk regarding Savajibhai page

"Savajibhai" created of my father and its real data so please dont delete it

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 [[User:SlimSlim|SlimSlim]] ([[User talk:SlimSlim|talk]]) 19:24, 5 June 2012 (UTC) Thank you ever so much for replying. The aforementioned Page was on Farsi(Persian) Wikipedia. I am not sure whether I should have posted the request there or not... I would just like to ask you to guide me how to understand why the page was deleted after a couple of years being there? There were some discussion if the person - مهرداد رئیسی - was notable to be there or famous enough. Additionally, there were enough sources which were all credible. Could you kindly help me out with getting the "Page" back? Who should I ask and how should I do that? Many thanks in advance. PS. The title of the page on Farsi(Persian) Wiki Pedia was: مهرداد رئیسی  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/87.236.211.13|87.236.211.13]] ([[User talk:87.236.211.13|talk]]) 19:08, 5 June 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 :Each Wikipedia is separate and has its own rules and procedures, so we can do nothing here about a deletion on the Farsi Wikipedia. If you search for the page there and click on any "redlink" that appears, you should see the deletion log with the name of the administrator who deleted it and the reason given. It may help you to read the Farsi page corresponding to [[Wikipedia:Notability]], which is [[:fa:ویکی‌پدیا:سرشناسی]]. Regards, [[User:JohnCD|JohnCD]] ([[User talk:JohnCD#top|talk]]) 19:37, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
+== talk regarding Savajibhai page ==
+"Savajibhai" created of my father and its real data so please dont delete it