User talk:JohnCD

Hi JohnCD

This is DivaKavis, just wanted to let you know I left you a message on my talk page. Not sure if I did it correctly or if you would get the notification that I left a response, so I am just letting you know on your page. I look forward to hearing from you :)

Welcome to my talk page. to leave me a message. If you have come here about a page I deleted, you will probably find the explanation here; if that does not answer your question, click the link just above to leave me a message. Please mention the name of the page, and sign your post with four "tilde" characters ~~~~ so that I know who you are. If I have left a message on your talk page, please reply there; I am watching it. If you leave a message here I will usually reply here, but if my reply contains advice I hope you will find useful, I may place it on your talk page. (Talk page stalkers: you are welcome; if you see no reply here, there is probably one on the other talk page; I have decided to stop making a note here when I reply there). You may E-mail me via the "E-mail this user" link under "Toolbox" in the left-hand sidebar, but you will get a faster response here; I suggest you do not use e-mail unless you need privacy. I will normally reply on your talk page, not by e-mail.

Choqok

Hi,

There are some resources to prove the notability of the Choqok article such as this, this, this one and this. Now that software is ported to many platforms and most modern operating systems supports that. I think it is not against the notability guidelines anymore. If those resources proves the notability of that article, please let me to recreate that article. (I didn't create that article at the first time)

Regards, Bkouhi (talk) 07:48, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

I have "userfied" the article for you - undeleted it and moved it into a sub-page in your user space at User:Bkouhi/Choqok where you can work on it. JohnCD (talk) 21:49, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I've added those references to the article and now I think it's ready. If it still has problems, please let me know. Thanks for your help. Bkouhi (talk) 09:35, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello John,

I'm still waiting. Please review that article if you have time for. I'll be thankful. Bkouhi (talk) 04:07, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I'd say at most one of your sources, the H-open article, is the kind of reliable third-party source we're looking for, and you don't really make use of what that source says - for example, that Choqok currently does not support Twitter. Most other sources are directly associated with Choqok itself. Huon (talk) 04:32, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

@Talk page stalkers: thanks for your help. @Bkouhi: I do apologise - somehow this one slipped off my to-do list. If it should happen again, feel free to poke me sooner. I'm sorry, but I agree with Huon - I still don't see the significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources necessary to show notability. See whether you can find anything more; if not, I have no objection if you apply at WP:Deletion review to get other opinions. Apologies again for delay. JohnCD (talk) 22:05, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't find any other reliable source. There is Lifehacker and h-online and also heise.de. Aren't they reliable? I've just thought that those are reliable. If those are not, feel free to delete the article from my user page. Regards -- Bkouhi (talk) 14:29, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

hey

why did you delete my article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddamrilwan (talk • contribs) 16:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Undeletion

The guidelines for Deletion Review state that a review may be justified if significant new material develops. I believe that is the case here. I have added a number of current-events references to the userpage article, please review and reconsider. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ThurnerRupert/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database#Politics Highlandsun (talk) 16:48, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

@Highlandsun: sorry for delay replying, will answer on your talk page tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 22:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, wasn't sure if you would get notified of my followup so mentioning it here. Highlandsun (talk) 00:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Question about the status of my article

Hi John I received this email from you about the article User:Acheytan/Optimal Computing Budget Allocation

Your user page is not an appropriate place for this draft article, so I have "userfied" it for you - moved it into a sub-page in your user space at User:Acheytan/Optimal Computing Budget Allocation where you can work on it.

Read the links in the Welcome message above for advice, particularly WP:Your first article. A particular point I would like to make is that Wikipedia is not a place to introduce any new ideas or concepts. As an encyclopedia, its business is only to summarise what has already been published in reliable sources. The fundamental policy WP:No original research (which is worth reading in full) includes:

• "If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it. If you discover something new, Wikipedia is not the place to announce such a discovery."
• "Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources."

So whether an article on OCBA will be acceptable depends on whether it has been discussed by others, apart from its originator's paper.

Your user page at User:Acheytan is a place to say something about yourself and your Wikipedia work, if you like, in order to improve communication within the project; but see WP:NOTWEBHOST. Again, Welcome to Wikipedia! JohnCD (talk) 21:56, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

After this I also received this

Hi! I would like to inform you that the Articles for Creation submission which was previously located here: User:Acheytan/Optimal Computing Budget Allocation has been moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Optimal Computing Budget Allocation, this move was made automatically and doesn't affect your article. Your draft is waiting for a review by an experienced editor, if you have any questions please ask on our Help Desk! Have a nice day. ArticlesForCreationBot (talk) 20:36, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

I have completed the article- it is no longer a draft, but in order to add final images for the article- it needs to be published first. It is what Wikipedia told me when I try to upload a file to use in an article. What can I do? Also this is not new or original research. It is something that has been published and mentioned in multiple books, conferences. What can I do so I can add the images and submit it to be published? - Should I wait for to be reviewed? Do I need to move it somewhere else because it is complete ( besides the images)

Thanks you very much for the help so far. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acheytan (talk • contribs) 02:49, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

This is the right place - the section below was added without a header, which confused things. Your article is in the right place, in a queue to be reviewed by an experienced user, who will accept it or give you feedback. If I get time tomorrow, I will look at it and see whether I can short-circuit that process by accepting it myself. If the image files you want to use are not "free" (i.e. either public domain or released under a license compatible with Wikipedia's CC-BY-SA), then they have to comply with all ten of the conditions at WP:NFCC, one of which is that they must be in use in an article - that's why you can't add them yet. JohnCD (talk) 22:20, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The image file I am using is a equation and a graph from a published book. To which I have permission from the author to use it in a wikiarticle. What could I do. I would forward you a letter with the permission or have him add the image when the article is published.19:12, 4 September 2013 (UTC) Acheytan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acheytan (talk • contribs)

deletion of Confio Software page

I found that the entry for 'Confio Software' has been deleted as of July 2013, reason G5. We paid a contractor, apparently banned, to create the page. If there was nothing wrong with the page other than the status of its creator, can it be reinstated? Were there other violations found on that page that caused a problem? And if not, it seems it should be valid.

Thanks for helping me understand this process.

Donbergal@confio.com

50.202.183.238 (talk) 23:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry to have been slow to respond, and I am afraid the explanation will be a long one. The background is that, although we do not do a good job of making it clear, Wikipedia is not a place for people or organizations to "tell the world" about themselves. It is preferred that articles are written by people with no connection with the subject, and editing with a WP:Conflict of interest is discouraged, but it is possible to guide a COI editor to produce an acceptable result, if the subject is suitable - for instance, if it meets the notability threshold explained in WP:Notability (summary), which many perfectly worth companies do not. The principles are explained at Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide.

Paid editing is very strongly discouraged, and is tolerated only if done with full disclosure and in accordance with the principles of that guide.

It was recently discovered that an organization, probably involving several people, has been adding numerous paid-for articles in a clandestine way, creating a new account for every "client" to cover their tracks. This is the "contractor" you paid. Over 300 accounts from this group have been detected so far, and it is likely that there many undiscovered.

To tolerate this sort of thing would be a quick way to kill Wikipedia. Once readers realised that articles were generally written by their subjects' PR departments, all credibility would be lost, and WP would become a sort of up-market Myspace, with a decaying encyclopedia tacked on the side - decaying, because the volunteers who build and maintain the real encyclopedia would lose interest, and the vandals and spammers would take over. Therefore the people behind the group of accounts associated with the account User:Morning277 (one of the earliest identified) have been formally banned, which entails automatic deletion of anything they have contributed.

At this point your question arises: if the article is OK, isn't it better to keep it? Unfortunately, no, because then the ban becomes completely ineffective: the master spammer can continue setting up a new account for every client, and throwing his paid-for articles in to see which will stick. The only way to put him out of business is to ensure that all his paying clients find their articles deleted. For this reason, the policy is WP:BAN#Bans apply to all editing, good or bad.

Another question you may ask is, couldn't experienced volunteer editors clean up the articles to make sure they were up to standard? No, because (a) the flood is too great, and (b) the volunteers are just that, and work on what interests them: they will not be enthusiastic about spending their freely-given time cleaning up work for which someone else has been paid.

For these reasons, your article will not be undeleted. What should you do? Do not go back to your contractor. See WP:BFAQ#I think my organization deserves an article on Wikipedia but none exists. What can I do?. Read WP:Notability (summary) again, and think hard about it, because if your company cannot meet that standard you will be wasting your time. Read WP:PSCOI. If you want to try making a draft article for consideration, create an account, send me a message from it, and I will give you more advice. You must expect to be met with suspicion, because you will seem like yet another Morning277 sockpuppet.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Freddie Combs

I am looking create an article on Freddie Combs from the X-Factor, I saw that you have Deleted one before? ACase0000 (talk) 05:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

@ACase0000: that was a PROD deletion, so I have restored it on your request. You will need to add more references to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources to show WP:Notability - just appearing on the X Factor is not enough. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:45, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok Thanks !!!! ACase0000 (talk) 01:29, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Can i use http://www.greenevillesun.com Greeneville, Tennessee's newspaper for a reference? ACase0000 (talk) 02:12, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on John Rester Zodrow, article

Thank you for your guidance and help on my article, John Rester Zodrow. I have referenced all my works, written everything in correct encyclopedic format and categorized the article itself. In addition, I feel the article now describes sufficient import to join Wikipedia. Before, the article was placed there by someone adding an article I had not approved. I hope this new contribution will change the proposed deletion of article from 2009. (Johnzodrow (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2013 (UTC))

Undeleting article about Plotagon

Hi John,

please undelete the page about Plotagon.

Plotagon, founded in December 2010 by myself, Christopher Kingdon has, in co-operation with KTH ("The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) have created the most user friendly direct text-to-movie translation tool there is. Wikipedia rightly lists Plotagon as an alternative to now disfunct Xtranormal (see below):

"Similar companies: Plotagon (www.plotagon.com) GoAnimate Muvizu Moviestorm iClone animoto PowToon SlideRocket Prezi"

If you have any questions please contact me or check out our free trial at www.plotagon.com. I think you will find that this truly revolutionary tool is worth being covered in Wikipedia. Especially since you list most of our "competitors".

Brgs, @@@@Chris@plotagon.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.66.153.111 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a business listing directory, or a place for companies to tell the world abut themselves. The inclusion criterion is called WP:Notability and requires references showing significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. If you think you can do that, I will "userfy" the article - undelete it into your user space where you can work on it; but read WP:PSCOI and WP:BFAQ. JohnCD (talk) 21:43, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

request for page restoration

Dear JohnCD,

I'm writing to request you restore my wikipedia page. It got deleted somehow 6 weeks ago, with the code G5. I'm not sure what that means, or why it was deleted, but I guess it could have something to do with notability?

Anyway, I thought I put a couple of good references in. I'm also referenced in the page for Steven Bo Keeley.

I can dig up more if it'd help. Please let me know.

Drthere (talk) 16:05, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

What page are you referring to? I need to know either its title, or failing that the username of the account that created it. JohnCD (talk) 21:44, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Project

Hey there not sure of the process after articles are deleted... I saw your name as the deleting user on an article I re-wrote in my "sandbox". I can't make sense of the two deletes (I'm new) so I tried to make it clear how we at Oracle SD use this software in my writing/sources. Any insight will be appreciated. Colossus235 (talk) 21:38, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey JohnCD, not sure if you saw my last message... Could you take a quick look at my "sandbox" so far? Your suggestions will be appreciated. Colossus235 (talk) 19:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

See my reply to Confio above at User talk:JohnCD#deletion of Confio Software page. JohnCD (talk) 22:16, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Crabtree's bludgeon

Apparently you deleted this page because it is a hoax. According to the following link, Crabtree's bludgeon was a hoax, but an historical one, connected to a famous physicist, and commemorated by an annual lecture. I suggest that for these reasons it either deserves a page of its own, or at least a link to a page about R V Jones.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-r-v-jones-1290472.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenscraze (talk • contribs) 22:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

It was a very thin and vague article: "Its origin is obscure, but appears to be associated with R. V. Jones and may appear in the Crabtree Orations... " and did not make clear that Crabtree was fictional. The only reference was the book of the Orations. Your source is better, but I doubt if the Bludgeon is notable enough for a stand-alone article. It could make a redirect, if you could work a mention of it into Jones' article or, perhaps better, into an expanded version of the existing (but also also thin) article Joseph Crabtree (fictional polymath). JohnCD (talk) 16:32, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For speedy admin action on Camay Fan's advertising activity. Allenjambalaya (talk) 10:32, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you! He seems to have got the message, but I have watchlisted the page, just in case. JohnCD (talk) 21:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter for September 5

This Thursday's VisualEditor update was mostly about stability and performance improvements, and some preparatory work for major planned improvements, along with bug fixes for non-English language support and right-to-left text. Everything that the English Wikipedia received today has been running on Mediawiki for a week already.

Officially, the problem with the link inspector not linking to a specific section on a page (bug 53219) was fixed in this release, although that critical patch actually appeared here earlier.

A number of bugs related to copy-and-paste functionality were fixed (48604, bug 50043, bug 53362, bug 51538, among others). Full rich copy-and-paste from external sources into VisualEditor is expected "soon".

In other fixes, you can no longer add empty ref tags (<ref/>) (bug 53345). Selecting both an image and some text, and then trying to add a link, previously deleted the selected image and the text. This was fixed in bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (bug 53507).

Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).

If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.

For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:35, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

getting my page back up

Hi JohnCD,

Thanks for the reply...

The page's title was "Tom Dyson".

This is what it says in the deletion log, but I'm not sure what this stuff means or who these people are....

16:58, 15 July 2013 JohnCD (talk | contribs) deleted page Tom Dyson (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user ([[User:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MooshiePorkFace and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Morning277|[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MooshiePorkFace]...)

Drthere (talk) 01:19, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

For a first, but long, reply see User talk:JohnCD#deletion of Confio Software page higher up this page, to another user in the same situation as you. More specific advice tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 21:19, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Daily Flag for DailyBread undeletion request

Hi John,

I am extremely new to this process so please bear with me; any and all advice is extremely welcome.

Two things: first I'd like to ensure that we are in good shape to undelete/restore the Daily Flag for Daily Bread page, as we are entering our third year. If you see issues, please let us know and if I can help to resolve them I will.

Secondly, I am involved in a project entitled The Kennedy Suite which will be an evolving cultural project debuting on the 50th anniversary of JFK assassination but touring on the art festival circuit with musicians all over the world interpreting a 14-song cycle about different narrative perspectives of the events of November 22, 1963. Is there an appropriate way to give this a wikipedia page?

Many thanks, Nancarrowiki

Nancarrowiki (talk) 15:00, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of article 'John Rester Zodrow'

Dear John,

in regards to the deletion of my article, the several delete votes against my page did not address or identify the changes that were made to bring the article up to the standards of Wikipedia. I know you helped me with several of them. I don't think it is fair that the article was mostly judged on the 2009 contents and not the newly added references and encyclopedic writing that we contributed. If you look at my published novels, television and motion picture movies, and Broadway contributions, along with the fine philosophical write up about my works in the Biographical of Contemporary Catholic Writing, I think my article has sufficient import to be admitted. In addition, those few who signed in, basing their votes mostly on the old 2009 article (which I did not submit), sounded flippant and superficial in their quick condemnations. They judged such things wrongly as my books were self-published (they were not), and not returning or checking to the site to see the changes that we made. These sorts of biased, quick judgments should not be used to harm a reputation.

I request to have this article 'John Rester Zodrow' restored. It is a good example of an ongoing Living Person's growing accomplishments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnzodrow (talk • contribs) 16:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 22:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Entry for Lois Walden

Dear John,

I have been trying to make an entry for Lois Walden, American singer, songwriter and novelist. It was rejected twice because the references were not accepted, even ones that were links to existing Wikepedia entries. I have deleted that entry and would like to start again with a very short entry but apparently I need your permission. Would be grateful a) for the permission and any guidance you can offer. Here are three obvious links for Lois Walden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_Glory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_News_in_Hard_Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Lambda_Literary_Awards

Many thanks,

Clintoncorners (Phillippa Weiland) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clintoncorners (talk • contribs) 19:33, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 22:22, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Undeletion request

I did something wrong and it deleted my post you falsely accused can you please do me a favor and edit it so the names i post are in blue like this is not how i planned on spending my day after adding a bio to my own name. Listen nobody is gonna post anything on my name they haven't since I took counsil in June and finally I decided to post something about myself and it was deleted then I rewrote one with more care and concern then the first one and had you try deleting it saying im not really who i am. thats kool to be protective of my name but seriously like fuck man any more accusing me of things you have no auth to judge im not me like fuck man theres nothing about me anywhere classified stuff so thats why I clearly explained it was me writing my own one because im the only one allowed to do it trust me. so ya hopefully I copied it im reposting it if your gonna talk shit about my post make it about something I wrote if its out of line so i know but please dont start going there and while your at it please make my post authentic and if you really think im not me and just wasting my time for no reason wanna see pieces of my birth certificate so ya thanks Ive had a rough 24 hours (— Preceding unsigned comment added by AuthVeriSignG5 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

No, sorry, I have explained on your talk page that Wikipedia is not the place for what you want to do. You have decided to tell the world about yourself, and share knowledge that only you have got; but that is not what an encyclopedia does. For detailed reasons, see WP:Verifiability, WP:No original research and WP:Autobiography. Try Facebook or Myspace, where they have different rules. JohnCD (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC).

Gratitude for restoring J Rice

I noticed you have now restored the page for J Rice that I had established and developed, but had been deleted. I really appreciate that you have done so for this very talented artist and I dedicate to you his single "Thank You for a Broken Heart" as a word of thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlPjnEXjgas in addition to a brilliant cover of his of a Michael Jackson song called "Hold My Hand" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia-CrnPXq8k . Again my deepest gratitude. werldwayd (talk) 21:02, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, but see WP:Requests for undeletion#J Rice. JohnCD (talk) 21:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Kim Cesarion made available for editing

Kim Cesarion is a talented and successful Swedish artist who has charted in four countries Denmark (peaking at #6), Sweden (#7), Finland (#11) and Norway (#13). But I noticed that after some earlier contributors established the page for a number of times despite deletion probably for very inadequate editing, it prompted some editor colleagues to render the page inaccessible for re-establishment. Since I noticed you have reinstated the J Rice page, is it possible to check the new Kim Cesarion page I am suggesting on one of my User pages to be basis for a new article on him? Kim Cesarion article I am suggesting is as follows: User:Werldwayd/Articles-New. Note that we already have pages for the artist in 11 languages: ar, da, de, es, fi, hy, is, no, ro, tr, sv In case you can't do it, can you refer me to the appropriate department where I could present the request? Many regards werldwayd (talk) 05:44, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

You should ask the administrator who "salted" the title, Amatulic (talk). If s/he does not agree, you can apply at WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 09:18, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks for the suggestion. I will contact the colleague editor. werldwayd (talk) 09:27, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi Deletion

Hi John, I am not sure if it was created and I do not have the username and password either.

Maisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maisa Khudair (talk • contribs) 09:22, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

In that case I cannot find anything to undelete - I have tried every variation on his name that I can think of. I can find no evidence that there has ever been an article about him. There are references to him in the articles Arab News and Sayidaty, which would probably have been "wikilinked" if there had been an article.

You are very welcome to write one: it seems from Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL that there are sources available. Read WP:Your first article for advice, and consider using the Wikipedia:Article Wizard to help you. JohnCD (talk) 09:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! . I will start creating one for sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maisa Khudair (talk • contribs) 09:56, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Username Change

Hello, I welcome New Wikipedian's Daily and some of Wikipedia users have concerns with term "Virgin" in my username. I use "Virgin" word in my username because of a locality i visit sometime virgin islands, i am also a Virign user and a big fan of virgin gigantic. Some of wikipedia users think this "Virgin" Word falls under Wikipedia:Username_policy#Disruptive_or_offensive_usernames and would be a violation of our Wikipedia:Username_policy. I have submitted a username request today Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple#virgininfatuation_.E2.86.92_Vii007. Can you please suggest me something in this matter and help me change username if you think it may be offensive? Thanks. --VI-007 (talk) 13:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't myself see any problem with your username, but if you find some people do it makes sense to change it. Your application at WP:CHU/Simple looks fine, but I can't do the change for you, that takes a bureaucrat and I am not one (I only commented on the application below yours because I had blocked it as a company account, and the new name was as bad as the old one). The bureaucrats watch that page and it usually gets a fairly fast turnround. JohnCD (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

thanks for your help

Barry rimmer (talk) 16:10, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

G13 restore

I'm not sure I would have restored Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Passion for Skiing in it's current form, for it's promotional enough to be G11, as well as hopelessly non-notable -- only 5 copies in libraries. I'll give the ed. a week or so, and then i'm listing it. DGG ( talk ) 22:12, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

No worries. I agree it's not likely to go anywhere for notability reasons, but I didn't think it was quite bad enough for G11, and the author seemed to be trying to learn. It is curious how people who have let their submission lie for six months (or in some cases up to four years), still rush to ask for them back when notified of deletion. JohnCD (talk) 09:12, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Leonid Afremov copyright removal

I'm Leonid Afremov. Why did you remove my page for copyright protection? Its the biography written by my son . I want to have the same biogrpahy on wikipedia. please contact me on leonid@afremov.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonidafremov (talk • contribs) 14:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a site for people to write about themselves or their families. I read that you are an artist who "who promotes and sells his work exclusively over the internet" - good luck with that, but Wikipedia is not the place to do it, because it is not for any kind of promotion. See also Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 19:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Aeronautica Lombarda AL-3

I've left a notes on my Talk page.TSRL (talk) 19:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Leonid Afremov

I already reached high level of international recognition . I'm a well known artist around the world. I do not use wikipedia for promotion. My site gets only 60 clicks a month from wikipedia in compare to 20,000 from facebook and 10,000 from Deviantart. Please check alexa.com for afremov.com , you will see that wikipedia does not generate traffic on afremov.com.

I need to have a page on wikipedia. I already reached a level where its a requirement. Without a wikipedia page, galleries and museums cannot take me seriously . everyone says if you are a real deal, you must be on wikipedia. I have pages in many other languages in wikipedia but the English (main) page was removed. How can I have the page resorted or written in a different manner? Please google Leonid Afremov. You will see more than 10,000 of different sources and pages. I think we can work something out. I need help in this aspect because bios of living persons is a very sensitive thing on wikipedia. I would appreciate if you could send me in the right direction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.79.231.98 (talk) 15:33, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

You make me laugh you do. 'I need to have a page on wikipedia'. Not with only sixty clicks a month you don't son Basket _Feudalist 15:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

You wrote "I want this exact bio to be on wikipedia", but Wikipedia is not a place where you can demand to have a page or dictate what it should say. I will give advice on your talk page at User talk:Leonidafremov. JohnCD (talk) 17:56, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

deleted page Mamta Baruah Herland

Hi John,

My name is Steffen Myklebust (www.steffenmyklebust.com).

I see that you have deleted Mamta Baruah Herland page: 13:30, 29 April 2013 JohnCD (talk | contribs) deleted page Mamta Baruah Herland (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mamta Baruah Herland)

She is actually a noteworthy artist working in new digital media art and I do not believe it is any reason to delete the article.

Regards Steffen Myklebust steffenm@online.no Norwise (talk) 10:56, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

A google search suggests very few reliable sources for this character- Twitter, Facebook, etc; what are sites such as Buzzintown, Indianetzone, Siliconindia, and in.com? They all seem mildly tabloid to say the least. Basket _Feudalist 11:13, 17 September 2013 (UTC)