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Dialog Magazine - Questions

Hello.

I received a message suggesting the following page be deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_magazine

However, I'm still not sure why? The publisher has written a well-received book on empathy. The magazine just launched and published its premiere edition. It's the first-ever magazine to address the topic of intergenerational communication and empathy. And the website and social media aspects of the publication are growing and active with content generated daily.

If it's a conflict of interest to have a username similar to the magazine create the page; would it be better if I just created a generic username to post the page?

Also, there is a Dialog magazine from Poland that has a page without issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_(magazine)

But it's been out of print since 2015. And the only reference listed is its own website, which is out-of-date. So, how is their page acceptable and the Dialog Magazine page I've created not acceptable?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dialogeditor1 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

• Forgive me for butting in here. Dialogeditor1, please have a look at WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, WP:RS, WP:N, and WP:TOOSOON. That should help nyou understand what's going on here. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 22:50, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Prank Patrol UK Series

You said...

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Prank Patrol (UK TV series). Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. RA0808 talkcontribs 19:00, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

I put on the page that the series is now banned in the UK (as are all prank shows) because a journalist made a prank call (not to do with this show) and the victim killed themselves. It is well documented in the UK and is not vandalism. It gives the reason this show is not shown any more.

I wish to hear why you think it was vandalism. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9747302/BBC-calls-off-its-child-pranksters.html

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.191.155.41 (talk) 23:08, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

The edit was undone because there was no source given, and it did not sound plausible. Having seen a source now we can make the change again to the article. In the future when making changes please ensure you cite a source... especially since Wikipedia is a global site with editors from around the world who may not read the same news sources that you do. RA0808 ^talk_contribs 16:28, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I have now put the information back into the Prank Patrol page. I would ask you to kindly consider the wording of statements like the one you sent me above. OK, so I did not make a perfect job of my addition. But to accuse me of vandalism is very harsh. I thank you for your prompt reply above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.191.155.41 (talk) 16:51, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

The message in question is an automatically generated template developed by the User Warnings WikiProject that is used by various automated editing tools and users to respond to edits that seem non-constructive. As I said above, because there was no source provided to corroborate the statements it appeared to be vandalism. Wikipedia editors, both IPs and those of us with usernames, are human and we all make mistakes sometimes. Now that there is a source there is not a problem. RA0808 ^talk_contribs 17:05, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Re: World-Information.Org

Hi, it seems you have put a speedy deletion tag on a page while I was creating it for the Edith-A-Thon in Graz dedicated to Art+Feminism. This is indeed a bit too speedy for me, we are going to add more content and links to the page, which is also in the German Wikipedia since years, and has - as you can see in Wikidata - several IDs in authoritative Registries such as the LoC and so forth. I really do not know why anyone could think this content has no relevance for an Ezyklopedia. I have also looked at the guidelines by wikipedia and the Institutions fulfills all of them, maybe we need a bit more time to craft the content towards this objective. So please, could you remove the speedy deletion tag? It would be highly appreciated, especially from a first-time editor, who is still learning. Thank you. Katjesmaya (talk) 13:52, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

@Katjesmaya: The speedy deletion tag was already removed by another editor 2 days ago. RA0808 ^talk_contribs 00:22, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

thanks Katjesmaya (talk) 08:45, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Mike Bivins article

I made some significant edits to the Mike Bivins page which I think clarify exactly what this person does. I also added a few more reliable sources to his page. Please take a look if you have time. Pittsburghangelsforever (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC)