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DYK for South Tibetan Detachment

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Douglas Saunders

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DYK

Could you please be more careful when approving articles for DYK? I don't know if it is only a problem with the contributions of LauraHale, or a more general one, but you have approved a number of articles which were not fir for the main page at all.

Today, I have pulled Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar Falls from the queue for some serious sourcing and padding issues. I then noted that you recently approved some other articles by LauraHale as well, including e.g. Women's football in Africa, which is a very poor article, badly written. E.g. "During the late 1970s, the national football federation started to set up women's league across the country" is a nice sentence, but which country? This omission renders it meaningless.

"While women were not always playing the game, they supported Footballs development by the 1920s women took on support roles that freed up time and resources which allowed men to actively participate" needs some work to become intelligible. " In South Africa in the 1960s, women several tried to create women's football clubs including Jessie Maseko who tried to create a girls high school football club in 1962." Women several tried?

Mother City Girls is described as a high school team, but the source[1] doesn't mention any link to a high school.

"In Africa, this was true with for many countries including Burundi and Madagascar with their senior national sides having yet to play a FIFA sanctioned match" Um, what? Even after deciphering what is meant, what makes Burundi and Madagascar so special that they deserve a separate mention, and e.g. Togo doesn't?

Why do you let such articles grace the Main Page? DYKs don't need to be exhaustive and they don't need to be flawless, but they do need to be intelligible, basically correct, and give the impression of giving a minimal overview of the topic. Why are there e.g. no mentions of the appearances and results at the FIFA Women's World Cup, where African teams have been present from the first edition on? Or no informantion on the African Women's Championship?[2]. It's hard to take an article on "Women's football in Africa" serious when it doesn't even mention this Championship... Fram (talk) 14:32, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Addendum: and of course, what is the hook for Women's football in Africa about? "that by the 1960s female leaders of women's football in Africa began to emerge?" This refers to the local school girls in South Africa who tried with little or no success to start a local team, only to fade back into obscurity? How are they "leaders of women's football in Africa"? Fram (talk) 15:04, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

It seems from looking a bit further that you were only the messenger on this one, i.e. you delivered the DYK message to her talk page, but didn't actually review or post the DYK. This means that my comments are rather misdirected here. I'll repost them at Wikipedia talk:Did you know instead, you may disregard them (at least you shouldn't take them personally!). Fram (talk) 15:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Well my extra check is that the hooks make enough sense, and are not controversial, taht the prep area has been there for enough hours to get some polishing work done, and that the pictures are free to use. You do seem to be setting a higher standard for the DYKs than the rules, particularly in regards to information missing from the article. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 19:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Bor

You approved a completely incorrect hook, which has now appeared on the main page for some 7 hours. Please be a lot more careful when checking DYKs. The approval was at Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Bor, the discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Error on mainpage. Fram (talk) 07:41, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Western Interior Seaway anoxia

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tectonic influences on alluvial fans

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

AWB

Hey,

Would you mind looking into the AWB request I made about three weeks ago? You asked a question and I replied to it, but since then the request has remained open. I guess other admins aren't going to get involved here. Thanks. Widr (talk) 16:39, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Thick-skinned deformation

Hello! Your submission of Thick-skinned deformation at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 ^talk 17:47, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Graeme, I don't see that the edits you made back on the 24th addressed the problem, which was that there were only two sources, and two paragraphs completely unsourced in contravention of DYK rules. Were you planning on getting this fixed, or have you given up on the nomination? Please respond on the nomination template. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:43, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Requesting protection for Queen article

Hi Graeme. Requesting page protection for Queen due to persistent ip vandalism. Thanks. Chie one (talk) 10:34, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:00, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for North Atlantic breakup

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Reviews

Hey Graeme, if you do a couple reviews of other noms, I'll take a look at Grouse Creek block and Intraplate deformation. They look interesting, and I need to do two for a double nom. Best, The Interior (Talk) 04:28, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Goodman Beaver

Graeme, could you please assign an appropriate icon to your review here? I can't tell whether you were giving an interim or final review on it: sometimes, people say that much when they still have some facets left to finish, like close paraphrase checks. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:44, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah its a partial review only. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:03, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for letting me know that the article on Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, was published today on 'Did You Know'. Obviously a lot of work goes into making that Wikipedia feature happen. NinaGreen (talk) 18:52, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Grouse Creek block

Hello! Your submission of Grouse Creek block at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 06:30, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Also some minor issues with Template:Did you know nominations/Intraplate deformation to be addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Grouse Creek block

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Wyoming craton

Wyoming craton really needs your expertise. Would you vet my recent edits there, which are intended to improve its reader-friendliness, emphasis and clarity, but not meant to change interpretations or facts. And some questions that remain obscure are at Talk:Wyoming craton. --Wetman (talk) 18:51, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Intraplate deformation

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Requesting help

Hi Graeme. There has been some problems with the last two DYK articles above (approved by me), and I'd really appreciate some clarification on the issues raised. The threads are at my talk page, and at WP:AN. I'm finding this whole experience a bit troubling. The Interior (Talk) 23:05, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Basically, I misunderstood and blew the whole thing way out of proportion. I've apologised to The Interior and asked for forgiveness, unstriken the DYK review, and am doing whatever I can to show that he didn't do anything wrong. Nyttend (talk) 07:03, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Query

I was just struck by your comment here. It seems wrong-headed and/or uninformed. No? Best. Biosthmors (talk) 23:33, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

I was looking at how many different references were used and th authors of them. However if you think that they are not on the topic then fair enough to discount them. Don't be too stressed if I want to include articles that others would like to delete. I will accept the consensus. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:27, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Ah. But in this case it was a new thing, and the article cited a bunch of old articles that couldn't have possibly mentioned the new thing. Biosthmors (talk) 00:43, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Ronni Povlsen

Hi Graeme,

Concerning the undeletion of an article about Niels povlsen (see first link below), I've found a log file stating, that the page was deleted on May 5th 10:32 (see last link). I'm new to this undeleting of articles at wikipedia, so please instruct me if you're not the guy I should talk to this about :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion/Archive_79#Niels_povlsen

http://da.newikis.com/Speciel:Loglister/Harthacnut.html

Best regards, Ronni Povlsen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.208.71.5 (talk) 14:45, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Since your IP is hopping around I will answer here. The article was not on the English Wikipedia. What you pointed out is a copy of a log for the Danish Wikipedia. The deletion log shows that you should ask da:user talk:Harthacnut about it. I am only an administrator at the English Wikipedia here. To get a deleted article back on the Danish one you need to ask an administrator there such as Harthacnut. Presumably Ronni Povlsen is different to Ronni Poulsen. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:41, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Moved counter RM result, again

FYI, as db-G6 admin. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Kauffner moved at least one other article contrary to the same RM, Thanh Hoa here. I made Kauffner aware of these issues, though he appears unwilling to correct them.Cúchullain ^t/c 13:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	For your efforts to fix the technical problems with DYK! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:25, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Asega and Cuneus Frisionum mmight interest you.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:27, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

THANKS, I have project tagged them! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:22, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Created a few more stubs on your missing articles. The science ones need an expert such as yourself!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Usually I don't start unless I have more than a stub's worth of content. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! indeed the further back we go the less content we have.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Madelon Szekely-Lulofs

Many thanks for your great help on that page - it is being appreciated .

Glemmens1940 (talk) 20:52, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Card of thanks

Thank you. I will try to use my powers for good. ;)
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A barnstar for you!

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Unwatched pages

Hi Graeme!

Could you please send me another copy of Special:UnwatchedPages, as I have not asked for one in a while?

Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Reporting a Vandal

Somebody under the name of wikiprincess5 have specifically signed into wikipedia with the solely purpose of vandalize Rodolfo Valentin article. I have reversed it to the original, prior version. But this person is doing the samething all over the internet using different names like "Mark Joseph" or "Adam C" using same wording. I will like to know the IP address from which the vandalism was done but I do not know how to find it in wikipedia. Can you please also help to protect Rodolfo Valentin article for a while?. Thank you very much! Happy holidays!96.232.128.193 (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2012 (UTC)justicebemade

Protected another month. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:36, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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All the feedback for this topic was useful. I think you will find that the more serious topics will get meaningful feedback, as compared to popular culture where 99% may not be of any use. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:52, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Undeletion of UFC 156

Hello there, regarding Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#UFC 156 - it seems something went wrong, because I can't find the page in my user space. UFC 157 was fine though. Thanks. Oskar Liljeblad (talk) 08:05, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

SDK

Hi, thanks for helping to move SDK Azylber (talk) 14:51, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/torque amplifier

Graeme, I've shortened the hook that you noted was too long, and Maury seems to like it. Can you please stop by again and see whether you can approve the new hook (and the article along with it)? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:00, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hello, Graeme. For your information, your description of the move of the SDK disambiguation page as "uncontroversial" was inaccurate. As explained on WP:MDP, accepted practice is not to move a disambiguation page if doing so would break existing links. In this case, moving the page broke at least several dozen existing links that relied on the old redirect from SDK to Software development kit. I've fixed these now, but in future please be aware that moving a disambiguation page over an existing title is not uncontroversial nor consistent with consensus if there are incoming links to that title. Thanks. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 01:07, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Timothy Sykes for deletion

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RFC/U

Uh quick question, I know its been nearly a week, but I think that you deleted the Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Tomcat7 improperly. At least one other user had put forth their concerns, while the ANI basically got straight to the point and the matter was dropped as the editor got the point. Why was it deleted? The editor in question did not put it under certifier 2 probably because they did not realize that their comments about trying to fix the problem counted as being the other editor. Certifier is a weird term, as like someone who certifies the problem exists, not that they tried to resolve it. Either way, could you help me understand it if I am wrong. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 23:55, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

AWB Permissions Request Backlog

Hello Graeme Bartlett! I'm contacting you because there are a few undecided AWB requests, including some where the user hasn't responded to a question which should be declined. Since you'be been active in this area, it would be great if you could take a look. Many thanks, Vacation^nine 16:11, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 1,1-Ethanedithiol

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Da-Wen Sun

Hello. I note that you disagree with my speedy deletion of Da-Wen Sun as promotional. I maintain that the speedy deletion was valid. But in any case, I consider that you misused your administrator tools by undoing that deletion without prior discussion with me. This is because, as you know, the forum to contest disputed deletions is WP:DRV. Administrators are not exempt from following normal deletion processes, including WP:DRV, just because they have the technical ability to do so. In addition, the policy WP:ADMIN requires that administrators should not undo each others' actions except in case of clear error, and normally not without discussion. I therefore ask you to restore the deletion and contest it on WP:DRV if you still disagree with it. Thanks,  Sandstein  21:47, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello again. Because you have not replied to my message, but have edited in the interim, I assume that you do not object to my re-deleting and re-salting the page. If you still disagree with this, you can contest it in the proper forum, at WP:DRV. Regards,  Sandstein  15:02, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Absent any reply of yours, I have done so. I also suggest that you re-read the administrator policy on occasion. In addition to not carelessly undoing others' actions, the policy also requires administrators to "respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrator actions" (WP:ADMINACCT), which in this case you did not.  Sandstein  00:10, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

I do not appreciate your response Sandstein, and I had already explained myself on your talk page. The idea here is to improve Wikipedia, not to delete things that you do not like. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:16, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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tantalum(V) ethoxide

Hi Graeme, I noticed that you have reviewd the tantalum(V) ethoxide article for DYK - thank you. I was wondering what you think of the article overall? I am wondering if a GA nomination is a good idea or if there are glaring problems that I am missing. Many Thanks, EdChem (talk) 12:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

• I have added some comments on the talk page. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:42, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Laos Provinces

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Template:Did you know nominations/IL Hødd

Hi there. You are doing a fantastic job with DYK, but I believe you started a review, that you forgot to complete. Are there anything I could do to make Template:Did you know nominations/IL Hødd ready for the main page? Cheers, Mentoz86 (talk) 22:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Antonio Caro

Sorry Graham but I'm already reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Antonio Caro. There are some unresolved issues. Could you please undo your tick? Prioryman (talk) 10:32, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Just place your cross and say how you think there is a problem, I will just cause you more ECs! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I already have, it's above yours! You added your review after mine. You need to undo your review, as it just duplicates mine, which I did before you. Prioryman (talk) 10:38, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Well I did see that review, but it hardly mentioned the DYK criteria, so I assessed the criteria. Also I confirmed your proposed hook. However I have removed my tick. But I think it passes DYK requirements. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks for removing the tick - I agree that it almost passes DYK requirements, but as I said in the review, there are a couple more things that need to be done. It shouldn't take the nominator long to sort it out. Prioryman (talk) 10:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

All done now. Thanks for your help with this! Prioryman (talk) 22:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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Request Revision History Deletion

To begin with, please forgive me if I am not following proper protocol as I am new to this. I am requesting that the revisions history made under my account name jayfriday be deleted from the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardic_Temple_Tifereth_Israel I believe that my account was used without my knowledge to post revisions. I have been receiving a great deal of inappropriate feedback as a result, and would appreciate it if the revisions history under my account name be deleted, or at least, that the user name is not shown. Thanks for your help, and once again sorry if I am not following proper protocol. Jayfriday (talk) 04:45, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I took care of the deletions of the edit history entries. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 07:31, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Good Olfactory, although I would do this sort of thing, I may not be fast! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:46, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hi and thanks for your removal of cross-wiki spam post on simple.wiki. When they target talk pages, please do not ask for speedy deletion of the page but just replace the content with {{talkheader}} which is what we usually do over there. (I've sent you this message here on en.wiki since I see you're not very active over there). Thanks a lot and happy changing! --Mark91it's my world 13:28, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

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Discussion on the AFT5 Request for Comment

Hey Graeme Bartlett - this is to notify you that there is a discussion starting on the Article Feedback RfC talkpage that has ramifications for the RfC itself. Your input is much appreciated :). Thanks! and apologies if I've missed anyone Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:40, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Del Rev

A deletion you have restore was deleted again by another admin, Da-Wen Sun and has been appealed at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2013 January 29. (now blue=linked because I temp-restored it for deletion review). I have made some comments there. DGG ( talk ) 19:05, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Iron(I) hydride

Please insert this prepared chembox into Iron(I) hydride. Plasmic Physics (talk) 02:45, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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In case you missed it. Plasmic Physics (talk) 01:32, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

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Please tell me if this template is neccessary, I'd prefer not to use it. Have a look at Nickel hydride, it could do with some expansion, and it's within your interests. Plasmic Physics (talk) 02:44, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

No need to use the template, as a piece of text here alerts me in the same way as a square template. Even a note on your talk page would eventually get my attention, but it may be days. I have added some referenced material, but where did you get your info? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:07, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Did you know nomination of Anne St. Leger

This one seems to be worth expediting? Moonraker (talk) 20:45, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

You had better ask someone who knows how to build a prep area! I can check nominations or promote, but have never built a prep. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:54, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Need 2nd opinion at ANI

Hello Graeme, could you please have a look at this thread? We might have a compromised account so I wonder if it should be indeffed right now just to be on the safe side. Regards, De728631 (talk) 10:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Notification of discussion

A few months ago, you participated in a discussion on Wikipedia talk:Did you know about Gibraltar-related DYKs on the Main Page. I am proposing that the temporary restrictions on such DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012, should be lifted and have set out a case for doing so at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs. If you have a view on this, please comment at that page. Prioryman (talk) 22:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Vandal address block request

Hello. I know that this is a stale report because the vandalism incident last ocurred seven hours ago while I was away from my computer. But I'll say it anyway. Can you block 61.247.51.78 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)? This addressed was used today (and several days ago) by the Indonesian NBC/anime/movie studio/telenovela misinformation vandal. Children's programming on NBC and The Transformers: The Movie are two of the vandals "favorite" articles to butcher. Will wait for your action ASAP. Thanks! - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 09:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

blocked. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Metal hydrides

Thank you for your continued role in the project chemistry. You are starting to see that, in Plasmic Physics, we are dealing with someone with rather strong views. Coupled with a lot of time devoted to editing, he is a formidable editor. The net result is almost always useless, IMHO, but that's life.

If you or anyone hints at splitting an article, he will seek to split many articles. We have been dealing with this fanaticism for years. One benefit from this recurring pain is that the community is forced to carefully define rules and criteria.

More specific to the issue at hand, I was going to eventually recommend that we follow Beetstra's advice on (1) de-splitting copper hydrides and (2) indicate in our MOS that we typically will not split compound articles regarding gas vs solid materials without achieving consensus by consultation at the Project Chemistry. In addition to Beetstra, Ben, also a regular, supports this de-splitting. I bring this up because I sense that you at one time toyed with the idea of creating articles on species detected in the interstellar medium. In the past we have incorporated such content into the articles on the non-gaseous state. But I am open to your ideas.

Since we have no article on MgH or CaH and they have no chance of existence in condensed phase, I support short articles on these species. Why not? Where I would want to discuss is when some composition is found in both gas or condensed phases. For example, I think TiO occurs in in the interstellar medium, but we would not need a separate article on it the gaseous form.--Smokefoot (talk) 01:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

That article plan sounds OK to me! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:06, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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Resurrection of Jesus

You have made some edits to that page, and I think you know the topic. I had been keeping an eye on it, but will not be any more. I think it will be good if you keep an eye on it now. Thanks and good luck. History2007 (talk) 13:56, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Resetting BLP Prod

Dear Graeme, I was patrolling my watchlist earlier, and noticed that you reset the BLP prod on Maryse Letarte without providing a reason for doing so. The BLP Prod had been placed for 10 days, as required by policy, and had expired. I was going to request the deletion of the work today, when I noticed what you'd done. Since you did not provide a reason, and the work is still unreferenced, I'll be jiggered if I'm going to wait another 10 days to get done, what should already have been done. Please don't reset BLP Prods without providing a reason, thanks. Fish^Barking? 22:37, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

A person had offered to supply references, If you checked you would have seen that the page was deleted and restored. It is useless to restore it and have it immediately deleted! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Since I am not an admin, I have no way of seeing anywhere in the system that the article was previously deleted - and I cannot see any note on the talk page, or in the article's history noting that there is any offer to provide references. Can you show me where this offer was made please? Fish^Barking? 22:46, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

It was made at WP:REFUND, I see I should have mentioned it in the edit summary. For prods including BLPPROD restores are made on request, but for BLPPROD reset the timer to make sure it gets deleted again if there is no action. You should be able to see the delete log at this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Maryse+Letarte&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:37, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

How do you do it?

517 articles have been published on "copper hydride". How many of these do you plan to cite? What are your criteria? Certain (western?) journals? Certain authors that you find authoritative? Certain techniques that think are important? It would be very interesting to see your criteria for citation.

This predicament puzzles me about your editing style with these articles, and my continued surprise that a senior editor has decided that the rules do not apply to you, i.e. WP:UNDUE, WP:SECONDARY. Why not mainly cite reviews?

I recognize you are a dedicated and well-intentioned editor. So I am hoping to get you to announce your criteria and perhaps we can codify this priority system so that less experienced editors would know how to sift through 500+ sources. Your advice would be a service, seriously.--Smokefoot (talk) 14:38, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I am trying to cite the facts as included. CuH in stars evidence looks a little weak, so I would like to find someone that refutes it. You will be pleased to note that DOI 10.1039/B001200I is a review article. Much of my use of "primary" sources is reporting and summary of other sources, which makes it a secondary source. When I use a secondary source like this I would also include the primary source it was based on if it is available. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Potential copyright violation: Office Picture Manager

Hi. There is a copyvio issue in need of the attention of an administrator at :File talk:Office Picture Manager icon.png § Picture Manager icon. Hopefully, it does not need much discussion. I hope it isn't much trouble for you. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 06:06, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I have deleted this and requested use of an alternate name, since that is a different image. I can also confirm that the 2005 upload is the icon. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you. By the way, did the links that I posted there (as proofs) work properly for you? I have one report of them not working properly (though they work well here). Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 13:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Yellow Lantern listed at Redirects for discussion

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Woolley Moor United FC

Hi Graeme many thanks for restoring this page for us, i have been trying to make the page stronger but I'm struggling as all history of the club is in old news papers so not available on the net to reference. Is there anything that you else I can do i.e add more categories etc. So it will not be in danger of being deleted?? This is my 1st attempt at a Wiki page and I have found it very stressful. Thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnWoolley (talk • contribs) 20:32, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

John B. Kimble

Hi Graeme, I was wondering how we can appeal the arbitrary deletion of the John B. Kimble article on the behavioral scientist's article. He has run for political office many times and I believe the afd review was not done properly. In 2011 one of the deletion requesters was a wiki uses/editor that from viewing the arguments was acting outside of the scope of consensus and the person seems to be involved again in the current debates. I appreciate your service to wikipedia.2001:558:6020:192:78BE:D5:281D:41AA (talk) 07:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

The consensus is what is decided in the AFD debates and the DRV. These are not just supposed to be a vote, but present arguments that support the voters opinion. If you can find several newspaper articles on the person that would help the case for an article. Generally candidates that don't get elected miss out on articles. Also people that vote and never do anything else are called single purpose accounts (SPA). These sort of people would be better off writing the material for magazines and newspapers to produce the independent coverage required. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

I thank you Graeme. I was looking through the Wikipedia archives and found the google search from Wikipedia that showed many articles that the article used for notability. I think too much emphasis was placed on politician because there has been nationwide coverage of the scientist when he ran for office and notability still seems sufficient to me. My daughter was writing a report for her school newspaper and found the information on Wikipedia to be very helpful. I appreciate the input about single purpose accounts. I was looking at the requests for undeletion and the three levels but they seem to be very similar. I appreciate having Wikipedia around because it is a useful encyclopedia.2001:558:6020:192:78BE:D5:281D:41AA (talk) 12:11, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

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Titanium hydride

A new section has been added, and given your previous work with Chromium hydride, your input towards expanding that section would be appreciated. Plasmic Physics (talk) 08:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

I see "There is also a electrochemical method for producing titanium hydride", surely you could have written more your self! What we need are more references for some of the other statements. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:36, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

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Iberian geology maps

Hi Graeme, thank you for translating the images and congratulations for your great work in geology and your knowledge of the iberian geology. Greetings from Spain, --PePeEfe (talk) 22:22, 12 March 2013 (UTC) (main user talk: es:Usuario Discusión:PePeEfe)

Hi Graeme. I have changed some things in your traslation of the History of geology in the article Geology of the Iberian Peninsula. Please, check it, because I don't know so much english. Thank you and congratulations for your work. --Shalbat (talk) 08:56, 13 March 2013 (UTC) (main user talk: es:Usuario Discusión:Shalbat)