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User-page restoration

I'd like to have my user-page restored, please. --Britcom 08:46, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

For context, this is in reference to this MFD. Beeblebrox (talk) 09:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

No. Per WP:UP#COPIES:

"Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host... deleted content, or your preferred version of disputed content. Private copies of pages that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion."

This was a copy, untouched for five years, of an article deleted (converted to a redirect) after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-homosexualism. If you disagree with the result of this MfD, you will have to go to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 13:20, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll take that as a "No". You were involved with the discussion in my absence, my question to you John, is; what is your opinion of the way in which this was handled? --Britcom 18:04, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with it. The page was clearly in breach of WP:UP#Copies, so the MfD nomination was reasonable; you were notified on your talk page, although at that point you had not edited for over a year; the MfD ran for the statutory seven days and could not, IMO, have been closed any other way; you have DRV available if you want to appeal. I will email the text to you if you like, but it is still available to you here under the redirect in the history, if you want to copy it for your own purposes. JohnCD (talk) 18:31, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you John for the link to the text of the page. However, I think you misunderstood my question. I was asking your opinion of the way in which Beeblebrox handled the nomination, specifically relating to the fact the he suddenly, and without consulting with me, nominated one of my user pages for deletion, and did so during the Christmas Holiday season which he likely should have known would make the nomination go unnoticed until after the deletion was effected, thereby preventing me from participating in the discussion on the nomination for deletion page. I believe the policy says that deletions of user-pages should be discussed with the user before making any aggressive moves such as nomination for deletion. I was not even offered the option to delete it myself. To me this deletion feels more like an attack than a house keeping function. It seems to me this whole affair could have been handled in a more civil manner.

Also, if you check the log, you will find it is not true that I haven't edited in over a year. It's been less than five months since my last edit. --Britcom 21:05, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Apologies, I missed that one July edit. Yes, the policy suggests discussing with the user as a first step, but you had actually announced your departure last November, had few edits after that and none for five months; so in my opinion it was not unreasonable or discourteous to nominate your page with no more than the standard notification. JohnCD (talk) 23:25, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

And also, how do you feel about the page being nominated during the Holidays? Do you not think that that was discourteous? --Britcom 23:31, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

No, I don't. It was nominated 30 Dec, so the debate ran to 7 Jan; most people are back at work by then. Wikipedia processes don't need to shut down over holiday periods. I'm really not sure what you want here. You already have access to the text: if you want the deletion formally overturned, go to DRV; if you seriously think Beeblebrox was discourteous, there is WQA; but my advice is that you would not get anywhere with either of those, and should consider dropping the stick. JohnCD (talk) 23:41, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

So, just to clarify that I understand you correctly John; it is your opinion that Beeblebrox could have done nothing different or better to avoid what has now become an escalated situation, and that I should just look the other way and do nothing about it. Is that correct? --Britcom 01:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

You are putting words into my mouth. To be absolutely clear: it would have been possible for him to leave a message on your talk page asking to discuss this or inviting you to delete it yourself. However, in view of your declared departure from the site (User talk:Britcom#Britcom has Quit), and the fact that you had not edited for over five months, I do not think he can reasonably be criticised for not doing that. JohnCD (talk) 12:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I see. Thank you very much John, you have been very helpful and I appreciate your attention and effort in answering my questions. I will now consult with my colleagues on what further steps should be taken. -- BTW, in case you weren't aware, the article in question was originally authored by myself to help people understand that Anti-homosexualism is a form of violent political oppression different from the emotional reactive definition of Homophobia. I was attacked for making the differentiation and my work expunged from wikipedia. A fellow editor saved my work for me and posted it to my user-space, which I appreciated. I kept it there as an historical exhibit to illustrate the political agendas and intolerance at work in wikipedia that I and others have been working to promote awareness about. --Britcom 19:21, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the page "Navarasa by Lotus"

Hi John,

I am the creator of the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navarasa_by_lotus

You had a concern that this is an unpublished work. Please refer the below mentioned url for the proof that this is indeed a published work.

http://www.flipkart.com/books/9381576847?_l=gWxQa0snNjHUHKJhnj_y0w--&_r=ch34Lkt%20E1a%20yBKh6ivOhQ--&ref=88e467a8-5e64-4ef1-ad69-6d6a917df96a

The ISBN is indeed valid, the book is currently available in India. It would take few more days to be found on Ebay and Amazon as a e-book.

Please let me know if you require or suggest more information on keeping this page alive.

Thanks, rajiv — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjvkmr3 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I have had to delete the article, because the text was almost entirely copied from the flipkart.com page you sent me. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept text copied from elsewhere - see Wikipedia:Copy-paste - unless a formal copyright release has been made. I expect you could do that, but there would be no point, because there is no way your newly-published book can (yet) meet Wikipedia's requirements explained at WP:Notability (books)#Criteria. JohnCD (talk) 16:36, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi John,

My intention was to give you a proof that book is being sold on Amazon like e-commerce site in India, since you had mentioned names like Amazon in your query. I think I atleast deserved few more hours before you had to delete the content, though am not new to Wikipedia this is the first time I am creating a page.

Here are the other ISBN-13 numbers assigned to the book, 9789381576847, 978-9381576847

Please let me know what you suggest next. Because I don't see a difference between the page I created with that of several other wiki pages of many other Indian books like "Five Point someone" "two states" etc.

Rajiv — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.149.155 (talk) 16:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi John,

I am the author of this book. The intention of creating this page was not to promote this book!!! Every word found on the ecommerce site which you referred is taken from the back cover blurb of the book for which I have the copyrights, in case you felt I just copied and pasted the verbioge.

Anyway, any further requests from me would look like am desperate for promoting and I am definetly not! I do appreciate your strong watch on the pages being created which I fully respect as I totally depend on Wikipedia for my day to day facts...

But I do not understand how other books still have pages created on Wikipedia.

Rajiv — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjvkmr3 (talk • contribs) 16:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Please read WP:Notability (books)#Criteria and WP:Conflict of interest. An encyclopedia doesn't announce new things: it waits until other people, independently, have commented on them, so that (a) it's clear they are of general interest and (b) an article can be made by summarising reliable, published sources. For reasons explained at WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS we don't usually engage in "that has an article so this should have one" arguments, but Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT!, for example, was written seven years ago, has been filmed and won awards, and the article lists lots of independent references. I hope your book reaches that stage, and if it does probably someone not connected with it will write an article about it. JohnCD (talk) 17:17, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Torbjørn Agdestein

Hi there. You correctly deleted the article about Torbjørn Agdestein per this: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Torbjørn_Agdestein. But now he made his debut for Brighton in the football league championship Norwegian source, which makes him notable through WP:NFOOTY. Could you recreate the deleted article (or one of them :p), or should I just make a new one? Cheers, Mentoz86 (talk) 17:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Please add the new reference and update it quick, before it gets tagged G4 again. It was created at least four times; I have restored the whole lot so that we have the history, you can comb back through the earlier versions to see if there is anything useful that the later ones lack. JohnCD (talk) 17:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

For joining WP:UWTEST. Let us know if you have any questions or ideas about tests to run. :) Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 19:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

IP Block

Thanks for the quick assist on 207.166.54.87 and block! JACooks (talk) 20:33, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Removal of Euthenology

Hi!

I am Jahmon A. Highbaugh Chief Euthenologist and Founder of Euthenology and the Heart's River Foundation. We service and develop historical and ongoing facts and ideologies of Euthenology "The Father Science" or The Science of Human Living Potential that can be found on facebook or twitter. I own all copyrights of Euthenology and information of its origin as my story tell will tell. I was having trouble with the wikipedia site at first to a friend showed me how properly to use it and then trouble came. If you would take some time to review your site you will see that I have removed all information meaning that if it didnt belong to me I would not be or hold access to codes and other information dealing with Euthenology. If you would be so kind as to reset your computers so that I can restore the site back to normal I will gladly place it correctly there this time. We have a lot of information that needs to be credited towards Euthenology and would like to regain the option of developing a relationship with wikipedian on learning this new science of human living potential. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Euthenology (talk • contribs) 22:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Mr Highbaugh, I have blocked this account, because Wikipedia accounts are for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, and we do not allow accounts whose names are those of groups or organizations. I see that you have a personal account at Jahmon Highbaugh (talk), and you should use that one.

One problem with your last submission was that you said it could not be used "without express legal written consent", but that is not compatible with Wikipedia's CC-BY-SA license. However, even if the license were sorted out. I am afraid Wikipedia may not be suitable for what you want to do, because one of its principles is that it publishes WP:No original research. I will give more advice on your talk page at User talk:Jahmon Highbaugh soon. JohnCD (talk) 17:01, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for your quick help, i really appreciated it. 08:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilthanas91 (talk • contribs)

My pleasure! JohnCD (talk) 20:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Harry Snodgrass

Hi, you deleted the page Harry Snodgrass under G7 in June 2011. This edit summary on Harry snodgrass claims that a user's account was accessed "without permission". Is it still possible to undelete that article, or would it still qualify under another speedy criteria if you were to restore it? —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

This is a funny one. The article was started in 2006 by Hesnodgrass (talk · contribs) and looked much like this one. Various people tweaked it, added categories etc, but not much else happened until August 2009 when Hesnodgrass returned and added a lot of more promotional-sounding stuff, making it much like the mirror you see here. Finally in June 2011 Hesnodgrass blanked the page, someone else tagged it G7 and I deleted it.

Now a new SPA, Thedoctorbrain (talk · contribs) makes the claim you quoted and inputs this shorter article, which I see someone has moved to the proper capitalisation, and also Hesnodgrass returns and posts it at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Harry Snodgrass.

It would be possible to undelete the long article, but think this shorter one is better. It is not the original author who claims his account was accessed without permission, and if he did we would probably block it as a compromised account. "The doctorbrain" is either the same person or close to him, but the present article is passable, enough to pass A7 and, if given better sources than IMDb, probably shows notability. I am inclined to do nothing. JohnCD (talk) 16:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I am a fan and have worked with Mr. Snodgrass. I updated sources to help with verification. I hope this passes all of your criteria as I am new to wikipedia and want to get more information out about the hard working people in the film business that don't normally get recognized. I will be adding more but started with Mr. Snodgrass as I remember him having a page before and know he wouldn't mind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedoctorbrain (talk • contribs) 17:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

John - thanks for your input. Given your explanation I am OK with you doing nothing. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I noticed that the article still keeps getting marked for deletion even though you guys seem OK with it. How can we prevent this from happening? I added some more sources but they keep getting removed. Anyway I think it would be a crime to not recognize the contributions this person has made by eliminating the page. Thedoctorbrain (talk) 18:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry - the boxes at the top are not a threat of deletion, they are "maintenance templates" suggesting areas for improvement which may bring other people to help - nobody WP:OWNs a Wikipedia article, others can and will edit it. The only slightly threatening one was "notability", but I see that has been removed. If people have removed extra sources you added, they probably though they were superfluous - once there are enough to verify what the article says and establish notability, adding more can be considered WP:BOMBARDMENT. If you are interested in writing about the film industry, you may find help and advice at WP:WikiProject Film. JohnCD (talk) 20:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

thanks

thanks, john, for your help on my essay!--Ethen12 (talk) 05:00, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure; but don't think of it as an "essay" - an encyclopedia article is a different kind of thing - see WP:NOTESSAY. JohnCD (talk) 17:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Aly Saleh "deleted page"

As stated in the page deletion reason:

"The reference URL about the Egyptian Software Engineers Association is just a blog not related to the group" so you decided to delete it, however this is not true and the URL refers to the association official website www.esea.org.eg which is officially registered by the Egyptian government and authorities.

So please undelete the page or let me know to recreate it.

Thanks, Mohamed Ekram ESEA Secretary and Admin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.221.54.118 (talk) 16:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to comment on the notability of the person himself, but the webpage that is listed is actually the official page for the ESEA. That said, the page (in Arabic) mentions nothing about Aly Saleh, and I couldn't find the assertion that he's a founder anywhere. Sorry if it sounds like stalking, but I had your page on my watchlist, and this caught my attention. Hope it helps. Yazan (talk) 16:37, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Done - as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request. I will notify user Bgwhite (talk), who proposed it, in case s/he wishes to nominate it at WP:Articles for deletion. What the article needs, to establish notability, is references to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Yazan, no worries, everything on Wikipedia is open, all information gratefully received. JohnCD (talk) 17:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

The Paul Blunden page

Hi John,

I see you deleted the page about me. The reasons I started it is that I am linked to from the wikipedia page about company Foviance where I was CEO for 8 years and a regular speaker, writer and commentator on issues concerning customer and user experience. Also, if a search is carried out on my name, there is a page created by Foviance in their Sand box which contains some information about me which is not accurate, that appears. If I am to appear in wikipedia, I would prefer the information to be accurate and complete.

I started but did not have time to complete the page (as mentioned in my last "talk") but I am new to wikipedia and so could have made errors in any case. Am I able to submit a complete and accurate page or if not can you remove the other page?

many thanks Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pblunden (talk • contribs) 17:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 23:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

User page

I wasn't trying to actually create the page. I thought that where I was editing was like a test spot where I could figure out how to format the page, etc. My apologies. I won't contest the deletion and I won't be creating the page.

BekeleftwBekeleftw (talk) 20:03, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem - I will explain on your talk page tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 22:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: Speedy Deletion Request

While I agree that the magazine has been out of production for 50 years, an article like this increases awareness of it, thereby increasing the collector value of issues owned by those who have them. This article is therefore promoting this magazine in an effort to increase the profit gained from selling these magazines by making the public aware of its existence. 207.216.31.33 (talk) 22:07, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I find that far-fetched, particularly as the article has been around for over five years. Even if there were promotional intent, what WP:CSD#G11 is about is promotional language, "Pages that are exclusively promotional, and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic", and this does not come in that category. JohnCD (talk) 22:58, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Abdolreza Razmjoo

Hello Dear Mr JohnCD I have been added some references after the 21st day of January to my article in Wikipedia.Regarding this I wanted to request for restoring and recreating my post in your site. In addition, this article under the name of عبدالرضا رزمجو currently exists in the Persian section of Wikipedia. All the Best Farkoh (talk) 22:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farkoh (talk • contribs) 22:03, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I will reply tomorrow - I have no more time tonight. JohnCD (talk) 22:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I take your point that you amended that article after the delete !votes were placed on 20 Jan; but I have looked carefully at the changes you made and in my opinion they do not overcome the reasons for deletion. However, to be fair, I will tomorrow send to the nominator and the two who said delete a description of the changes you made, and ask whether they were aware of them and, if not, whether they would have changed their mind. I will copy my question to you on your talk page.

Whether there is an article in :fa does not affect the discussion here - each Wikipedia has its own standards. User Farhikht (talk) was evidently able to read the Persian article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:50, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Longdendale Community Language College

Any chance you can have a look over at Longdendale Community Language College it's been vandalized 46 times this evening already and it seems no-one is monitoring ARV, cheers GimliDotNet (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done. I have blocked the vandal, and watchlisted the article in case he comes back under another name. Thanks for the report. JohnCD (talk) 22:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, much appreciated. GimliDotNet (talk) 22:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

He came back twice, as different IPs, so I have semi-protected the article for 10 days. JohnCD (talk) 21:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Apology

sorry for disturbing you sir... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.229.115.172 (talk) 20:45, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem, but as you didn't actually seem to have a question, I have turned your {{helpme}} to a {{helpme-nq}} and given you some links that may be useful. JohnCD (talk) 22:55, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

NNU Class Project - Winter 2012

Please consider adding your name at: Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012

Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:00, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Kenny Meiselas

I have to ask, why did you delete Kenny Meiselas? I saw that Bam21 (talk · contribs) tagged it as {{db-g7}}, but that looked rather odd, as the article was in good condition. ─═Klilidiplomus █ Talk═─ 17:59, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, I did wonder, but Bam21 tagged it very emphatically, four times - "Replaced content with {{db-g7}}, {{db-author}}, {{db-self}}, {{db-blanked}}" - so there was no doubt about what s/he wanted. I will leave a note offering to bring it back if s/he has a change of heart. JohnCD (talk) 18:42, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of User:Ananthu Tom

Thanks for deleting it. It needs a history merge however, as the deleted article contained the talk page history of User talk:Ananthutom. Falcon8765 ^(TALK) 18:56, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done. What a muddle. JohnCD (talk) 19:03, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

sean harrison

why did you take it down? i wasnt vandalizing anything was i. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp2hschool (talk • contribs) 21:08, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

All it said was "hes cool". That's not an encyclopedia article. "Anyone can edit" doesn't mean "anyone can put whatever they like", and Wikipedia isn't a social-networking site for gossip about your friends: it's a serious project to build an encyclopedia. Have a look at the guide to writing WP:Your first article, and at the List of bad article ideas, no.15. JohnCD (talk) 21:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

screw u — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp2hschool (talk • contribs) 23:11, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the deletion of the page. I did not mean to delete it as emphatically as I did--I am new to adding and creating articles here. I would like to ultimately put the page back up, but I'd like to work a little more on the quality of the article and get some more information before the page goes live. Is there any way you can message me the code that was behind the page that existed so that I can play around with it before resubmitting?

Thank you again for your help!

Best, Bam21 (talk)Bam21 —Preceding undated comment added 02:55, 30 January 2012 (UTC).

I have "userfied" it for you - explanation on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 11:04, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

editing

I'm sorry. I don't understand why you keep deleting my edits. Is there a way to actually speak to you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToscaAtHome (talk • contribs) 16:03, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

In order to preserve a neutral point of view, Wikipedia does not like people to edit directly articles about their clients or employers. Please read my message on your talk page at User talk:ToscaAtHome, and the guidelines linked from it, and then, if you have questions, ask them at the bottom of that page - I will watch the page, and we can have a conversation there. JohnCD (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mark Gurman

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A tag has been placed on Mark Gurman, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where an article has substantially identical content to that of an article deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. :- ) DCS 02:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've reverted the page back to your original redirect instead of the speedy above. Calabe1992 02:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. This notice should have gone to the person who re-created the article - I'll leave him a note. JohnCD (talk) 10:31, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

The Deleted Page:Neon

Neon is very much REAL. I explained Neon was a REAL. COUNTRY. The info has been passed through my family! AND I went up to a girl at my college and asked "Hey do you know about Neon?" she replied "The country?" and everything she said is exactly what had been told to me!!!!! And if you need proof, I can give youit, and i know people who can Verify it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.26.241.230 (talk) 03:06, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Wikipedia is not for things only you and/or your friends believe in. We only take information from reliable sources. Jasper Deng (talk) 03:18, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

That's right. Wikipedia has a policy called Wikipedia:Verifiability which says that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source." What somebody told somebody isn't enough, nor are blogs, Facebook, places where anyone can say anything. Wikipedia:Reliable sources tells you what we mean. JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Then what would you call verifyable cause i can get it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.177.191.152 (talk) 23:13, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• JohnCD already told you that with his previous comment; the burden of finding the sources is on you.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:49, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Dustin Lynch

Just a heads-up. Since you deleted Dustin Lynch — a BLP1E about a criminal — I moved Dustin Lynch (singer) to that name. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• No worries - good idea! JohnCD (talk) 22:22, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Just reminding since I had administrative confusion in the past with Shane Minor — a NN actor with that name was deleted, so I moved an article on a singer to that title. Someone got confused and deleted it by mistake. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi John

Thanks for explaining the reason for the deletion of the Soaka(band) page. I understand fully why it didn't meet the criteria.

Regards

Caulkie (talk) 12:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Caulkie

Response to messages (both of 'em)

Hi, John. Got the messages - noted the reasons. We're good, thanks.

For the OPEC Siege article, I think it was more the language that made me think to A7 the article; I'd suspect bias. If it's not already tagged accordingly, I'll get it through Twinkle.

--Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 16:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramod_Patil

This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference. 11:20, 2 February 2012 JohnCD (talk | contribs) deleted "Pramod Patil" ‎ (A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (real person, animal, organization, or web content))

Please Tell Me reason behind it please contact on pramod.2481988@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pramod.2481988 (talk • contribs) 11:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The page you keep putting in is not an encyclopedia article - it seems to want to start a chat or conversation, but Wikipedia is not a blog or chat or social-networking site. There are links on your talk page to tell you more. JohnCD (talk) 11:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

"Truth about abs off" homepage adds nasty malware

The <truthaboutabs Ḓ ṏ ẗ healthtutorials Ḓ ṏ ẗ net> site adds the the "Security Shield" Rogue Anti-Spyware malware. I'm still trying to get rid of it. Should some WP:SALT be applied? --Shirt58 (talk) 12:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Good idea. I have salted Truth about abs off, and also Truth about abs just in case. I deleted, rather than just blanking, the versions on his user and talk pages, so we should be clear. JohnCD (talk) 13:27, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

...and I have blocked the spammer, who persisted after warnings, and rev-deleted other places where he left that link. JohnCD (talk) 18:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!--Shirt58 (talk) 11:23, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Arvind as nitro

I was on this mfd discussion and saw that you said you deleted the article containing that content. Was that article exactly like the user page now in question? I ask because I don't want to call WP:FAKEARTICLE when it is not. --It's Atreem (From the planet Venus) 22:31, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it was identical apart from an image which has been deleted from the user page. Certainly, in form the user page comes under FAKEARTICLE, but the content doesn't seem to me excessive. I rather hoped he would take my advice and rewrite it in the first person and without the headers, when I think it would be perfectly acceptable, but he hasn't edited since 29 Jan. JohnCD (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2012 (U

Thank you

Hello Dear John CD ,Thank you for Follow-up article Abdolreza Razmjoo, With best wishes for youFarkoh (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

User_talk:Dcshank#Larry_Crane

Hey John, can you pop on over to the talk page and see if I'm correct? AFAIK the histories should have been merged, and I don't think they were: the AfC version had a bunch of edits by Dunkbrownsomething on 8 December. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 17:13, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Re:Samad (crater)

Re:Samad (crater)

I am quite interested in a way used to find this reference, I somehow missed this one Bulwersator (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I wondered if this was really a whole series of hoaxes, so I looked at some of the others and Dunyazad (crater) had a reference to the IAU list. It was actually a deadlink (I have corrected it) but it led me to the entry for Enceladus. All the other craters are there too - I might go on adding refs when I have a spare moment. JohnCD (talk) 15:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

copy pasted with reference and no copy right violation

dear user i dint copy paste anything except with the permission and the copyright freedom deleting the article clearly shows your biased nature, where in you keep the material which every one believes to be fake, and removed the one with references:( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huseyn.talha (talk • contribs) 11:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia cannot accept copied material on the basis that someone says they have permission. Read Wikipedia:Copy-paste and WP:Copyrights#Contributors' rights and obligations. JohnCD (talk) 18:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: A Quantum Mechanical Approach for the Effects of Substituents Studied in Hetero Diels-Alder Reactions

How can CSD not apply to that page? It was a clear copyvio... MikeWazowski (talk) 15:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

If he's deleted it, I have a saved copy, if you need proof of the copyvio.... MikeWazowski (talk) 15:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Regarding page deletion

for what reason you have deleted my Dindigul offers page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinothkumardgl (talk • contribs) 11:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Because (a) it was an advertisement and (b) it did not show why this start-up website is important or significant enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. See WP:Your first article and WP:FAQ/Organizations for advice, and if you are connected with the website read WP:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 18:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Haven Herefords

Ya I did not find any sources for this company either, I added the reference header in the hopes that the person who created the article might have some. I agree that my passive idea failed, and if we could not find any sources then it should have the speedy delete tag inserted.Millertime246 (talk) 12:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I've seen your comment at Talk:Haven Herefords and attempted a rescue job. We need someone with decent proxy access to GBooks and/or just a very good library: I can see loads of references but they're in snippet view! - Sitush (talk) 12:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, good. I have occasional access to a reasonable university library - what are the books that might help? JohnCD (talk) 18:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Stop.

Please stop harrassing me. Your aggressive nature leads me to believe that you are not as mature as you like to appear. I would appreciate it if you would stop leaving me rude and hurtful comments. This is an educational site, not a forum for you to blow off some steam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catsarefuzzy (talk • contribs) 01:50, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

IN the aspect of my page deletion

sir , my page on the wikipedia was deleted today. it was important because the people use to talk more my interests and number of hits on that page are more than thousand so far . so please reconsider it and let validate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trilok chand soni (talk • contribs) 20:11, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

If you want to make a page about yourself, use Myspace or Facebook. That is not what Wikipedia is for: it is not a social-networking site, it's a project to build an encyclopedia. Writing about yourself here is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia:Autobiography. The messages on your talk page will tell you more about Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 20:27, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

961 beer

Hey John!

Thank you so much for informing me about the Wikipedia regulations for submitting a new article, as I was unaware of them. The only reason all the text was copy pasted was because, considering that I work for the company, we thought we could just copy the text. However we will be re-writing everything so that the text has a neutral opinion, is educational, and not promotional.

Thank you again!

Kind regards, Francesca — Preceding unsigned comment added by FLWalters (talk • contribs) 11:05, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

wiki page Sajeel Shahid

hi, The comment[2]posted under Sajeel Shahid wikipage that is being attributed to him by the author of wiki page has not been made by him at all, but rather by someone else. Sajeel left al-muhajiroun in 2002, and this is public knowledge. If you go to the information sourced No2, you will not find the name Sajeel Shahid anywhere. This comment has been made by some one else, and not Sajeel Shahid. This interview is made in england, with some Al-Muhajiorun members and Sajeel Shahid was in Pakistan in 2004 and had no relationship with al-muhajiroun as he left them in 2002.

I am the wife of Sajeel Shahid, he runs two successfull buisness in UK, pays taxes and is a wonderful father and husband, please don´t let his name be maligned, using someone else´s comment and attributing to him is a grave injustice

Also daily mirrors other article (information source 3) has no comment from Sajeel Shahid, just accusations on him. These are not made by any government body but only a newspaper to sell the news by aligning someone that has no relation to the case. If there was any truth in it how can he here in UK sine 2005 till now and have no charge against him or even a caution note by any government body.

And lastly the information source 1 by (Nick Fielding) all relying upon one point that sajeel told an arabic newspaper, which newspaper? no name!! this is not sourced information !!. Sajeel does not know any arabic in 2004,5,6,7 to talk to any arabic newspaper, again a twisted story just because he used to have a madrasa (islamic school) in Pakistan where people came to study, There were 190 students in there, how does he know who studies there, but media never asked him no interview from him just story that has been made up.

I have clarified all 3 points with you, however to post someone else comment and to attribute it to sajeel is grave injustice

Many thanks sophie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledgesearch2 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

If you are related to the subject, you should contact Wikipedia by email to establish who you are. See the section "Contact us via e-mail" on the page Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Factual error (from subject). There is useful advice at WP:Biographies of living persons/Help, and a noticeboard at WP:BLP/N where there is already a post about this at WP:BLP/N#Sajeel Shahid. JohnCD (talk) 23:05, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

EdwardPMAC/Heather Schmid Article

Dear JohnCD;

Just want to Thank-You for your clarity on the Heather Schmid Article. Will sit with the heads and rewrite to make it wikipedia worthy!!!!

Thanks again. EdwardPMAC — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardPMAC (talk • contribs) 22:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

I promised you advice on your user page - I'm afraid I'm out of time tonight, it will be tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 22:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Why block?

Hey John why did you ban me for editing until May 9, 2012 what did i do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xboy971 (talk • contribs) 18:55, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I didn't. What do you mean? Your account is not blocked, and has never been blocked. JohnCD (talk) 19:01, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Help me understand

Hi JohnCD. Could you help me understand the warning left for Baron von Chickenpants. The only two edits made today seemed okay and there hasn't been any other editing since July 2010. Please don't get me wrong I'm not complaining. I've been around awhile but I know there are still ways that things work here at WikiP that I am unaware of. Thanks ahead of time for your response. MarnetteD | Talk 22:53, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Just saw your response on AIV so I get it now. thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 22:55, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Benalla Art Gallery

John,

Can I ask why you deleted my contribution on The Benalla Art Gallery? It is a public gallery in Victoria, Australia and extremely well know with major works that belong to the public. The article should have been deleted.

Please research this link to confirm.

http://www.benallaartgallery.com/

Cheryl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheryl.garland (talk • contribs) 11:15, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I guess you mean "should not have been deleted"; but the page you posted gave only address, phone number and website. That is not an encyclopedia article - Wikipedia is not the Yellow Pages. Please read Wikipedia:Your first article for advice, and note that you need to establish WP:Notability by giving references to show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." More advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 12:57, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

You're awesome! Themself (talk) 16:27, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Chapstick lesbian deleted?

Hi I just saw your delete of user:Deepmath/Chapstick lesbian, I've had that page in my watchlist back from around 2005 when I was more active, I'm not sure if you put tags on all the pages or only that one you mentioned in the delete summary but yeah that kinda sucks.

If you look at Special:Mypage/Whatever doing that is actually what people are meant to do per policy, in the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Deepmath/Chemistry 101 you state that they are "stale" but that is not a reason for deletion so far as I know? Is user:Deepmath/Chapstick lesbian (backup) a copy of the same article?

I do think it's cool how you left it to run for quite a while apparently though, I'm surprised at how few spoke up which is a bit depressing. If you look at the lipstick lesbian article (which you might also notice is insanely small compared to how popular a term it is, something I think can be put to the gender gap (via WP:CSB, WP:FEM and Wikipedia:WikiProject Gender Studies)) you might see why, it's a pretty famous quote by Ellen Degenres[1] and was one of those things I watchlisted meaning to help out editing it to improve but just never got around to it, like probably a lot of people:

• ehow.com/about_5021897_lipstick-lesbians.html
• ehow.com/about_4586835_lesbianism-in-america.html
• +[2] (from Curve Magazine)[3](Amazon) [4][5][6][7][8]
• (As well as that, there's loads of stuff on social sites to back up the real-world usage (though i know these don't meet WP:V it just underscores the difference between literature available and actual real usage): [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16])

Is it possible you could restore it please if only so I can see if anything is worth saving from it? --Mistress Selina Kyle ^{(Α⇔Ω ¦ ⇒✉)} 17:57, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

It was user OSborn (talk) who nominated those pages for deletion; I was the admin who closed the discussion. OSborn did indeed put the {{mfd}} tag on all six of the pages. There is a good policy reason for deletion: WP:UP#COPIES: "Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host... deleted content, or your preferred version of disputed content."

The history of this one is quite complicated. An article was started in 2004. In 2006 it was the subject of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chapstick lesbian which decided to merge it into Lipstick lesbian, so it became a redirect to that. In 2007 an IP changed the redirect to point to Soft butch.

On 21 July 2009 Deepmath replaced that redirect with a completely new article, and over the next few days developed it, to a growing chorus of complaints that what she was writing was OR and unreferenced. On 24 July, she made a cut-and-paste copy at User:Deepmath/Chapstick lesbian (backup copy), on 25 July the article was nominated for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chapstick lesbian (2nd nomination) where it collected a snowstorm of delete/redirect !votes, and the same day she moved the actual article to User:Deepmath/Chapstick lesbian.

Technically, the AfD was aborted, but looking at the debate there can be no doubt that had it proceeded the result would have been delete or redirect, and that the copies in Deepmath's userspace, after two years, were in breach of WP:UP#COPIES.

The two versions are essentially the same, and I have to say that if you are thinking of writing an article on the subject or of expanding its coverage in Lipstick lesbian, they would be no help to you being, as the AfD !voters said, unsourced or unreliably sourced OR, basically an essay on "How to recognize chapstick lesbians".

JohnCD (talk) 16:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear JohnCD,

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

So a few things about the interviews:

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:30, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I am happy to be interviewed: I have already added my name to the list, and will email you shortly. JohnCD (talk) 14:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

why??

Hello friend/ I can't speak english wery well/ you delete my autobiography/ why???? pleace help me to create my autobiography — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omurtay (talk • contribs) 13:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not for autobiographies - for that you want a social-networking site like Myspace or Facebook. See WP:Autobiography and the section "Vikipediya bir ensiklopediyadır" in az:Vikipediya:Beş əsas prinsip. Best wishes, JohnCD (talk) 14:23, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

thank you/ I understand you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omurtay (talk • contribs) 17:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Deletion Reversal (or Sandbox) Appeal

Hi John I've been working quite hard over the past week or so in getting the entry for author Jude Calvert-Toulmin into an acceptable Wikipedia format, specifically around tightening up the content (whoever made the first attempt was way too casual in inclusions and tone) and providing sources verifying Jude Calvert-Toulmin's standing as an author. I believe/hoped that I was making decent headway in introducing articles and information to that end, and would greatly appreciate the opportunity to complete this. Jude Calvert-Toulmin is undeniably not a mainstream author, but as I first came to Wikipedia to learn more about her after reading several of her magazine articles a few years back, I believe I can demonstrate that she is a writer of note. Thanks for the opportunity to "talk"! Kim Kimmy L-F (talk) 13:28, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 21:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Userfying Griffin pages

If you would userfy both the Griffin pages I would be exteremly grateful, I think The Griffin will be a bit harder to find references on but I'm sure It can be done. The Phil Griffin page was the page I was trying to get references for there. Many Thanks Dontforgetthisone (talk) 16:27, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Whatever gets userfied or not userfied, please don't forget to delete Phil Griffin (disambiguation). Thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 18:39, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Also - do we need to move Phil Griffin (presenter) back to Phil Griffin? UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 18:41, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Much Appreciated. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 19:17, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I thought I'd put a note here, but I must have omitted to press "Save page". Yes I've rearranged the Griffins, if the other comes back we'll have to re-disambiguate, but we can worry about that if and when. Dontforgetthisone, what I said was that would userfy for you after you tell me you have found enough references for notability. I have my doubts whether you will succeed, and I share Qwyrxian's reluctance to move stuff into user space that may never be going anywhere. JohnCD (talk) 19:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Electric Nun Page

Hello, I was just wondering why the Electric Nun band page was deleted? I would like to have a Wikipedia page describing our band, and was wondering what I could do in order to make it acceptable to Wikipedia.

Thanks, Justin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.101.93.221 (talk) 23:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about their own bands - for that, there are sites like Myspace and Facebook. Wikipedia is different, it's a project to build an encyclopedia, and it's quite selective about subjects for articles. See WP:BAND for what a band needs to have achieved before having an article - one that was "dormant" until last week is nowhere near ready. So what you have to do to make an article acceptable to Wikipedia is, get out there and play, get songs into the national charts, release albums on major labels... JohnCD (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Jalen Lovato

Hi John - Just noticed that you've prodded this on the 7th (it was originally a BLP prod on the 27/1). Looking at the talk page of the author/subject, it seems he's been trying for the best part of a year to get his page up (despite being clearly non-notable with one educational film and one catalog shoot to his CV). This time appears to be go-around #4 - time for a salting? Advice/help appreciated. Cheers! Plutonium27 (talk) 01:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I think you're right - I'll wait till it goes in a day or two, then salt it. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 10:06, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Salted. JohnCD (talk) 21:41, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Article removed

SEEMINGLY MY ARTICLE WAS REMOVED BASICLY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF VARIFICATION OF MY STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY i.E. TV, NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE ARTICLES...MY PRESS BEGAN IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, BEXAR COUNTY , SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 1996 THROUGH 2005, TELEVISION INTERVIEWS WITH KMOL AND KDVA ARE KEPT ONLY 30 DAYS AT THE CLIP SERVICE. I MAINTAIN AN EXTENSIVE FILE OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS REGARDING MY COMMUNITY PARTISIPATION IN THE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO CELEBRATION EACH APRIL THAT COVERAGE BEGAN IN 1998....I WILL BE HAPPY TO PRESENT ANY AND ALL... MY UNDERWRITER FOR THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE IS WITH HALF-PRICE BOOKS OWNER ELLEN O'NEAL ... RESPECTFULLY YOURS, CAL SUMNER ...

calsumner@sbcglobal.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by FIESTA HAT KING (talk • contribs) 00:50, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place to write about yourself - see Wikipedia:Autobiography. JohnCD (talk) 22:10, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

shutterman

Cheers John, email now activated as advised. HumphreyP (talk) 22:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Text emailed. JohnCD (talk) 22:56, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. )

Hi JohnCD, Thanks for advising me; it was in time as I actually just mixed up between ru and eng Wiki being participant in both. Wishes, Borber (talk) 23:37, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Often people come here who do not know that there are other Wikipedias. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 11:52, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Oxford Cup

Noticed that the "Oxford Cup" was deleted for Copyright Infringement. Could you provide any additional information on how the content can be changed so as not to infringe on any copyrights? As explained in the Talk section of that page, the information is public knowledge and the narrative which was previously pasted was recreated with original content.

Also... you mention establishing notability. But the list itself is notable as the honorees include a former Canadian Prime Minister, a former Supreme Court Justice, two current U.S. Senators, two NASA astronauts, and a bevy of other well-known personalities. How do you build notability for an award, when the award itself is meant to highlight the things that someone has done which could be considered as such?

I appreciate you pointing me to the "First Article" page, btw.

Brylski (talk) 20:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

The first version, which I deleted, was undoubtedy a copyvio, with words taken from the source website. On the second one, I see that you rewrote the introduction, so although the following list was verbatim the same I think (though copyright rules are tricky) you would probably have a good argument that there is really no other way to reproduce the list.

Notability is more of a problem. That word is used in a technical sense on Wikipedia. It is not inherited, so being given to someone notable does not make an award notable. What you would have to show is references about the award that show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Press releases, or announcements that it had been awarded to someone, would not be enough. The test is, have people independent of the award thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? JohnCD (talk) 14:40, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Re Speedy deletion declined: Markus Perssonj

Hi! I see you declined the speedy for Markus Perssonj. The developer's name is "Markus Persson" (no "j"), not "Markus Perssonj". This was a recent redirect created by someone moving the page against recent RM outcome Talk:Notch_(game_designer)#Requested_move. But they made a typo whose only google hits are Wikipedia. Regards. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 12:11, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Ah, I understand, thanks. Deleted. I did think "Perssonj" was an odd name... JohnCD (talk) 12:14, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

HELP!!

File tagging File:1- MIRACULUM Original Cover.jpg File tagging File:Handbook for the Dead cover.jpg & Unwarranted Deletion Notice

Greetings,

1/ CREATESPACE at createspace.com is for SELF PUBLISHING of ALL Individual Materials.

2/ You may go to : https://www.createspace.com/3393541 to view my book... “HANDBOOK FOR THE DEAD, THE LIVING DEAD, AND THOSE WHO OCCASSIONALLY WISHED THEY WERE DEAD”

ISBN-13: 978-0615310657 (Suzanna Terrell) ISBN-10: 0615310656

you may even contact the CreateSpace personel yourself to verify that I AM the sole auhtor, and I HAVE SOLE RIGHTS to both the book AND the PHOTO IMAGE.

3/ You may go to : https://www.createspace.com/3679270 to view my book... "MIRACULUM" ISBN-13: 978-0983883913 ISBN-10: 0983883912 Suzanna Terrell

you may even contact the CreateSpace personel yourself to verify that I AM the sole auhtor, and I HAVE SOLE RIGHTS to both the book AND the PHOTO IMAGE.

4/ I recieved a "Speedy Deletion" message?!?! PLEASE, DO NOT DELETE the page for Suzanna Terrell... It is most certainly NOT VANDALISM NOR A HOAX. Check It Out; Thank You. ~Suzanna. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.79.20.208 (talk • contribs) 12:17, 18 February 2012‎

I do not doubt that you are the author of these self-published books. The initial reference to a hoax was because the first version of your article said you were 2010 years old; that is no longer an issue.

There are plenty of sites like Myspace and Facebook where you can write about yourself and your books, but Wikipedia is different: it is an encyclopedia, and so is selective about article subjects. The criterion for inclusion is called Wikipedia:Notability, 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."

• The notability standard for authors is explained at WP:AUTHOR.
• The notability standard for books is explained at WP:Notability (books).
• Even if notable, writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia:Autobiography.

JohnCD (talk) 12:41, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Arran McCarthy

I am trying to write an article about Arran McCarthy. I was half way through when it was deleted. I would like to continue it. He is already on Wikipedia ...go to the list of players...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVV_Willemstad

HELP? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarraysean (talk • contribs) 13:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

The trouble is, he doesn't meet Wikipedia's inclusion standard for footballers, which is explained at WP:NFOOTBALL, so his article was deleted after the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arran McCarthy, and you won't be able to make one about him unless he starts to play in a fully professional league. JohnCD (talk) 14:17, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Truveris page

Hi John,

I just noticed that the Truveris page on Wiki was deleted. I am assuming it was categorized as speedy deletion though it didn't say clearly.

I would like to make a case for its re-instation.

- Truveris is an disruptive technology company backed by well known venture investors and has been written about in various media outlets. - These articles may not have been posted on the Wiki page but wanted to draw your attention to them if Notability was the reason it was deleted. http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2011/11/01/truveris-seeks-the-truth-in-pharmacy-benefit-claims/ http://www.dailydisruption.com/2011/10/disruptor-of-the-day-trueveris-technology-to-open-the-black-box-of-drug-pricing/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/truveris-present-ubs-22nd-annual-140000374.html http://www.marketwatch.com/story/truveris-introduces-trubid-to-cut-prescription-drug-costs-2012-01-19

If the reason was not Notability, please do let me know.

Best, Ju — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.74.152.202 (talk) 23:04, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The issue was indeed notability, but it was not a speedy deletion, it was the result of a deletion discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Truveris. Once deleted at AfD, the article can't just be re-posted: if you like, I will userfy it for you - move it into a sub-page in your user space where you can work on it. Then you would first need to try to convince me, as the administrator who closed the AfD, that you had overcome the reasons for deletion; if I didn't agree, you could appeal to WP:Deletion review. As you can see from the deletion debate, anything based on press releases or company announcements doesn't count for much - the phrase "In its mission to simplify the complex payment process... " recurs - so I am not greatly impressed by your new refs.

Can you find more which are people talking about the company from outside? See WP:CORP and WP:BFAQ. If you would like the page userfied, reply below here while logged in, so that I know your username. JohnCD (talk) 22:56, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Yes, I would like the page userfied and will work on it per your recommendation. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jurhyu (talk • contribs) 14:38, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Advice on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 22:16, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi John,

I have made edits to the page and wanted to point out that Truveris was invited to 2 very prestigious events in the financial/healthcare community. One is the UBS 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Services conference where Truveris was a speaker among many other publicly recognized companies such as Wellpoint, HCA, Weight Watchers, etc. There is notability here in that this company was invited alongside these other major companies to present to a large audience and would be considered in the same league. The other event was hosted by Barclays with a written profile on Truveris as part of their analyst report. This alongside independent articles in Xconomy and the Daily Disruption blog out there should make the case for notability. I hope these satisfy the notability requirements. I know you are very busy and appreciate you re-reviewing this material. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.74.152.202 (talk) 14:46, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for delayed response, will get round to this tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 23:28, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I have looked hard at the changes you made. I don't think the invitations to speak count for much - the UBS list shows Truveris as one of more than 80 companies. Xconomy and Daily Disruption do help, but not to the extent that I am willing to overturn the result of the AfD. However, you do not need to take this as final - you are welcome to take this one to WP:Deletion review to see what the wider community thinks. Read the instructions for that page carefully, provide a link to your draft, explain that you have added refs, and let me know if you need any help filing the DRV. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Mendocino Music Festival

Thanks for your response to me John. I am wondering if, since all my edits were deleted, you can remove the conflict of interest note? Also, one of the edits that was deleted was a photograph I tried to upload. I now have some email from the photographer and a different photograph, and I wonder if I can at least upload that now? I tried to send the photographer's email to permissions-enwikimedia.org but my email program told me that was not a valid address!! I guess I just don't know how to do any of this correctly!! I do see your point on the edits by the way. And I want to edit the page just to correct some things that are no longer true about the festival. So I am going to do what you suggested, and post the edits on the talk page of the Mendocino Music Festival. May I ask you whether you think it ok for me to list the performers for the 2012 season and the works? I did that because I used the Oregon Shakespeare Festival page as an example, and I saw that they had listed their works for 2012. May I do that do you think, without any superlatives and adjectives??? I really appreciate your help. I am new to all this! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mendokitties (talk • contribs) 17:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to be slow replying. You missed an @ out of the email address, it should be permissions-en@wikimedia.org. The instructions for what to do are towards the bottom of WP:Donating copyrighted materials. I'm afraid I am going to be away for about three weeks - I suggest you post on the talk page the changes you would like to make, including the suggestion of adding a performers' list, and then leave a message on the talk page of user Orangemike (talk) asking if he thinks it's OK. I suggest him because he has already been involved on this page - he is very hot on shooing away advertisers, but will be helpful if you ask advice and make clear you are trying to obey the COI rules and not promote. JohnCD (talk) 23:18, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Would you consider mentoring/inducting me to Wikipedia

Hi John, I am a very new wiki user and would appreciate some mentoring so that I dont stuff up any edits! I want to update the Freakyclown page, as I found his keynote very informative at a recent conference. Obviously the page is a mess currently and those edits which have been done are lacking in academic rigor, but I feel that there is room for improvement and that the subject matter is of note especially to kids starting out on a career in IT and I am willing to spend some time on this. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colette work (talk • contribs) 09:11, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 09:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of DNA Consciousness

This is a response from John K. Grandy. The deletion of the article on the theory of DNA consciousness has been brought to my attention by a colleague.

I have read these comments and I have few things that I would like to say. First and foremost, I am applauded by the tone of some of these comments, which range from rude to unfounded fringe theories in their own right. Was this supposed to be an intellectual discussion or a feces throwing competition between lower primates? Many of the “experts” state that this theory is nonsense but provide no scientific proof themselves. This is truly disturbing if this is the method in which Wikipedia articles emerge.

Secondly, this is not some fringe theory! I have invested almost eight years of my life researching this. The scientific references are not “camouflage” but rather scientific validation of some of the themes of my theory. In fact I can provide many more. As far as the theory is concerned, it is actually evolving into a science and I have a chapter on DNA consciousness coming out in a book in about a year when the publication and printing phase is completed to prove this.

Third, I read the other tread where my profession is a reason to dispute the validity of the theory. Are you serious? Completely irrelevant! If these so call “wiki experts” did any serious investigation they would know that in addition to being a PA, which is how I make my living, that I also hold a master’s degree. I did cancer research and studied the DNA molecule astutely for many years. I probably know more about DNA than most doctors. Anthropology is gravitating toward genetics in many areas, as is medicine. So it should not be unusual for a PA, MD, or RN discussing DNA. In addition, Albert Einstein worked as a patent officer while working independently on the theory of relativity. This is an example and I am not trying to imply that I am Albert Einstein. I know one of your so called experts will peevishly retort “well you are not Albert Einstein”, but I will save you the trouble. Many people work on other intellectual pursuits that may seem incompatible with their job. As far as writing for a anthropology encyclopedia or other “dubious” journals, these are all peer reviewed and in general are considered more reputable than the Wikipedia free encyclopedia.

Fourth, my colleague put a lot of time into posting this article and waited almost seven months to see the fruits of his labor. Mostly, because he believed in this work and thought it noteworthy for a Wikipedia article and the general public. Ultimately, this is the “thank you” that he received for his hard work.

Finally, this all came about as the author of the “Consciousness” article deleted the link that was made to the “also see section”. What line of royalty did you descend from and who do you think you are? Talk about being an elitist! Do you believe that you are part of the illumanati and solely in charge of the worldwide knowledge? Your article contains views of consciousness that are considered nonsense by many thinkers in the field. For example, many consider dualism and the OrchOR unsustainable. However, that information is vital to anyone who is researching these theories.

The fact of the matter is that DNA consciousness is not some new fringe theory and has been around for almost 8 years. It has been mentioned in some newer articles. I have also done presentations at many conferences in the USA and Europe, and received some good feedback. There are those who are unconvinced, but that is the point of a theory. There are many theories on Wikipedia that are no longer accepted but it is important to have that information available for research. Because I have been the only one to write articles about this it is exceedingly hard to find information on it and this is exactly why you should not delete the article! It should be put back up and you can put things on it that say “references are needed” or “other references are needed”. I have seen these on other Wikipedia article “please help improve this article”. I think this topic is entitled to the same process. In short, I believe this topic is entitled to be treated fairly.

I would also like to add that I have made donations to wikipedia in the past.

Mood Disorder NOS 296.90 (talk) 18:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) Mood Disorder, I'm sorry, but you're barking up the wrong tree. JohnCD is the administrator who deleted the article, but he did so on the basis of a very clear consensus at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/DNA_consciousness, a discussion where not a single editor voted to keep the article. I won't go into the merits of the article itself, but such decisions are community decisions, and the community spoke clearly and said "delete" unanimously. There is recourse, if you wish to seek that, at Wikipedia:Deletion review--but I can't say your case stands much of a chance there since the closing administrator clearly made the right decision based on the discussion. Thank you, and good luck. Drmies (talk) 19:00, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Drmies, an excellent summary. Dr Grandy, to explain in a little more detail, the way these things work is that any user can nominate a page for deletion, which starts a "deletion debate" normally lasting seven days, during which any user can express an opinion. At the end of that time, an uninvolved administrator reads over the arguments and decides whether there is a consensus to delete. That decision is based on the arguments put forward in terms of Wikipedia's policies, rather than just a count of heads; sometimes it is a difficult balance to make, but in this case there was complete unanimity that the article did not meet Wikipedia's inclusion standards. A number of policies and guidelines were linked from the debate, but the principal ones were the WP:General notability guideline and WP:No original research.

There is a tradition of fairly free comment, but I apologise for the tone of some of the remarks made during the debate.

As Drmies says, you can challenge the decision, if you wish, at WP:Deletion review. There you would need to argue either that I interpreted the consensus of the debate wrongly, or that there is new information which was not available during the debate.

Regarding your last point, we are grateful for your donations, but I am sure you would not expect Wikipedia to allow them to influence editorial decisions about content.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:56, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

One extra comment: you wrote: "Because I have been the only one to write articles about this it is exceedingly hard to find information on it and this is exactly why you should not delete the article!" In fact that is exactly why we should delete it under the Wikipedia:No original research policy, which says:

"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 premiere such a discovery."

JohnCD (talk) 11:22, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I'm re-examining my deletion criteria. Thanks for being objective.

ProfPolySci45 (talk) 08:19, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Haven Herefords

I've taken Haven Herefords as far as I can with my limited, non-US version of GBooks etc. - Sitush (talk) 09:40, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Well done - I'm about to go away, I'll have another look when I get back. If it were cut back to what's verifiable, I'm not sure it would make a proper article - maybe a redirect to a section in Hereford (cattle)? I don't know where to set about getting more information, there is evidently lot of OR in what the original author wrote. JohnCD (talk) 22:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Your essay

Your essay, at User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard, has some meat to it. Do you think you could expand on it and possibly publish it as an op ed in the Signpost? Just a suggestion =). Cheers, ResMar 02:44, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I wrote that because I was having the same conversation with new users so often. It was intended to be a formal WP essay, but I have never quite felt I have got it right. It's not really addressed to the Signpost audience; what I wouldn't mind writing for them would be an expansion of the idea I put forward here about being less welcoming, in the sense of making clearer at account creation time that WP is not a social networking site or a free advertising noticeboard. The essay could perhaps be appended to that as an example of what potential editors ought to understand, though it's too long to be compulsory reading. Unfortunately I'm just about to go away for three weeks - I'll think about it and get back to you. JohnCD (talk) 22:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Alright, see you then I suppose. ResMar 22:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Leandro Leviste

Leandro Leviste, which you nominated for deletion ages ago, has been recreated by the same user. I think your original rationale still holds. CMD (talk) 15:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - I have been away, but I see it has been deleted at AfD again. JohnCD (talk) 07:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Cracked Actors deletion

Hi John i have just found out that my page "Cracked Actors" was deleted as i'm the drummer in that band and everything i have said in the article is from my time in the band, can i ask why?

i understand that there is a mention of a punk band from birmingham "cracked actors" but they were short lived and where split a long time before our founding members thought of using the name for our band.....

As we have been going as a band from 1999 and are still going strong, i wished to start an article to show our history as a band on wiki.

can you suggest how i can get our band on here, as i have lots of stories to tell....

tim Johnson (Tim bali) cracked actors — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tym1962 (talk • contribs) 09:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves and their bands - that's what sites like Myspace are for. We don't perhaps make it as clear as we should, but Wikipedia is different - it's a project to build an encyclopedia, and that means it is quite selective about subjects for articles. See WP:BAND for what a band need to have achieved before they can have a Wikipedia article, and WP:No original research for why this isn't the place for you to tell your stories, interesting though I'm sure they are. JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Educational Project

Hi, John. Last year, when I was doing a university project in my editing class, you posted some helpful links on my talk page. I just wanted to thank you for that and let you know that my class is doing another Wikipedia project again this year. If you have any hints or advice for getting Wikipedians to stop in and check on what my students are doing in the next few weeks, please feel free to drop me a line. Best wishes!--Mportolano (talk) 15:36, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Deleting United Planet

Hi John,

My name is Amy and I'm the Marketing Coordinator for United Planet. I know that our page was recently deleted due to lack of credible sources etc. I wanted to see if we can connect so I can find out how to best abide by the policies in order to have our page live. We are not looking for ads or self promotion but are a legitimate 501C3 organization and I do see other similar organizations on Wikipedia. If you can provide any further info on how we can have our own page, that would be great. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Thanks, Amy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.197.199 (talk) 18:28, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Articles about this organization have already been deleted several times - read the record of the discussions at

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Planet
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Planet (2nd nomination)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Santulli

In each case, the concern was Wikipedia:Notability, the name for the criterion Wikipedia uses to decide what is a suitable subject for an article. Notability is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? More detail at WP:42 and WP:Notability (organizations and companies).

Wikipedia is a project to build an encyclopedia, not a site like like, say, Myspace for organizations to write about themselves. User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard explains this in more detail. It is extremely resistant to being used for any kind of promotion: as you work for the organization you have, from our point of view, a WP:Conflict of interest, and should read that guideline and WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

What you should do first is, consider carefully whether the organization can really show notability in the sense defined above. The previous deletions make this seem doubtful. If not, it is no discredit to it - many good and worthy organizations are not suitable subjects for an encyclopedia - but trying to make an article about it will only be a waste of your time and ours. Being a good cause does not provide exemption - see Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause.

If you think you can show notability, you will need to set up a Wikipedia account - see WP:REGISTER. Do not choose a user name which is that of an organization - your account must be for you as an individual, and you will be personally responsible for it. If you do that, send me a message from your account, and I will provide more advice and show you how to make a draft article in your "user space" and how to request permission to make it "live." JohnCD (talk) 18:38, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Found a mirror site wiki on deleted page

thank you for deleting the blaise parvanta page! Do you know if there is any other pages on the internet that may have a copy of the article, if so please email me back at atstephens10@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.26.241 (talk) 06:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I have only found one i guess mirror page of the wiki page about blaise parvanta if there is anyway to remove this page please let me know by email at atstephens10@gmail.com.. the link to the mirror page is http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Blaise_Parvanta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.26.241 (talk) 06:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, there is nothing we can do about mirror sites. You will have to approach them directly. JohnCD (talk) 10:11, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

deletion of page

why u delete my page?..i m still editing it.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandeepscet (talk • contribs) 10:01, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a site for writing about yourself - for that, you need a site like Myspace or LinkedIn. This is a project to build an encyclopedia. The messages on your talk page will tell you more. JohnCD (talk) 10:06, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Give me a review

Hello, JohnCD. This is me Dipankan001. I just want to get a review, to see whether I've corrected the mistakes you had told me earlier. Please give a review here. Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 10:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Milramteam

You have given that user a permanent ban, but I had started a sockpuppet process on User:Milram2010, or which Milramteam was the only registered sock (many IPs were also used, as can be seen on the edit history of the various Robert Young articles, now deleted). Where does that leave the Milram2010 account? Kevin McE (talk) 10:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Let the SPI carry on - I have made a note there that I have blocked Milramteam (blocked, not banned - they're different). It all looks very odd - there is an article about Team Milram which says it disbanded in 2010 though someone "hopes to form a new team for 2012". By the way, I used a "softerblock" which invites Milramteam to set up a new, individual account representing only him, not the team, so if he does that it will not be socking. JohnCD (talk) 10:58, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Edits by Milram2010/Milramteam did not attempt to represent either the company Milram, or the now defunct Team Milram cycling team. Both accounts, and a number of IPs, have had only one interest: to post claims about a cyclist/triathlete called Robert Young, with a total disregard for requests that these claims have some verification. Some of the claims have been demonstrably false, some have been plausible but totally unverified, some have been highly POV. Kevin McE (talk) 11:13, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, these Robert Young edits look very dodgy but, subject to the SPI, I don't think they are (yet) enough to block for - I blocked Milramteam because we don't allow usernames that seem to be names of organizations. JohnCD (talk) 14:30, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Reson for deleting

why you deleted my page- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubham_upadhyay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.72.0.113 (talk) 16:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I have explained on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 17:04, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

You deleted the page Mário Vargas Santos Do Nascimento

Greetings!

I am talking on behalf of the small company called the Hi-tech. We are responsable for the creationg of this page. Several people who we work with also think it is very useful for them.
The wikipedia page has received views as well as positive feedback. I don't understand why delete it, if at least 100 people watch it every week.
It is useful for the work I, as a professor, always give, since the last week,to my university students to prepare for the thesis.

Thank You.

93.102.147.44 (talk) 19:38, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

The page was deleted because it did not show why the subject was important or significant enough to have an encyclopedia article. Subjects for Wikipedia articles need to have WP:Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?

Also, the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy requires that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."

The page was up for less than 8 hours - input at 10:12 today, and deleted at 17:49 - so I do not see how you can say that "at least 100 people watch it every week."

I presume you are user CrazyTyp0 (talk), and I have left some links on your talk page to tell you more about Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 20:18, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Portal

Thanks!Diego (talk) 12:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Redirect

Thanks. Teach a man how to fish . . . Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:49, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

WHY

WHY you delete? this is a real band!!!!!!! thanks lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriskiichi (talk • contribs) 22:51, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Then write it in English.Jasper Deng (talk) 22:54, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

See WP:BAND for what a band need to have achieved before they can have a Wikipedia article. Just being a real band is not enough. JohnCD (talk) 22:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank You JohnCD

Thank you for keeping the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vartmaan (talk • contribs) 02:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Pete Webering Page Deletion

The Pete Webering article that was deleted was not intended to be offensive in nature. It is his (Pete Weber) trademark celebration dance and we are looking to start a new "phenomenon" similar to Tebowing, Linsanity or Planking. Please let me know what we need to do to get this page approved.

Thank you Pawajgel (talk) 20:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)Paul Wajgel

Wikipedia is not the place to try to "start a new phenomenon". For the reasons why, see Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. JohnCD (talk) 20:23, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

My page does not attack, threaten or disparage anyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evakortig (talk • contribs) 22:43, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Earthrace Page

I am wondering why you deleted the page "Earthrace Conservation Organization" in September 2011. I understand it may be copyright violation, but may I recreate it with permission of the founder? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blb9556 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

It was indeed deleted as a copyright violation but, while you could arrange a copyright release, that text would in any case not be suitable for an encyclopedia article, being in written in promotional terms and from rather than about the organization: "We are calling for... we hope to bring about lasting change... We also support... " etc, and lacking any independent references to show notability. Read User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard. More advice on your talk page soon, but it may be a few days. JohnCD (talk) 10:53, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Truveris page

Hi JohnCD,

I was hoping you would re-review the Truveris page which is in the Sandbox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jurhyu/Truveris#External_links Since notability was a concern, I have added some other articles which may help to show Truveris does have notability in the press. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.74.152.202 (talk) 19:30, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deviant Sound Records

As you restored it after it was contested, I thought I'd let you know nothing has happened to it to improve it - still unreferenced and to my mind non-notable. Peridon (talk) 16:55, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know: I restored it because of this request at REFUND, but I see there has been no improvement, and I have absolutely no problem with it being taken to AfD. JohnCD (talk) 22:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review of Andre Barnett

Hi John, You voiced your opinion on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Andre_Barnett, a discussion I closed, and it's currently at DRV at Wikipedia:Deletion_review#25_March_2012. I'm notifying you of the discussion on behalf of User:Valenciano, who can't notify you because of a problem with his connection. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification - I will comment there. JohnCD (talk) 14:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ben 10: Omniverse

John, you recently closed this AfD. Looks like the article was moved during AfD, and you may have only deleted the redirect. Take a look at List of Ben 10: Omniverse episodes. Thanks. —SW— ^spout 15:33, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Quite right, thanks! Zapped. JohnCD (talk) 15:36, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

The Galapagas

Why on earth did you delete this passage? It's been up for atleast 15 minutes, why not give the passage time...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.165.175.154 (talk) 20:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy-deleted because it was obvious silly nonsense that wasn't going to get any better with time. JohnCD (talk) 20:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

NONSENSE

The Galapagas should have not been deleted, it would have became better in time because i was going to introduce my friends to this creature, by the way, i have a huge Galapagas outside my window, looking for food... how do you explain it silly, when it is real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.165.175.154 (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. This is a serious encyclopedia and anything added must be verifiable from reliable souces. JohnCD (talk) 22:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for deleted said pages. There was vandalism/stealing/redirecting done to them and I wanted a fresh start for them. So thank you very much, I appreciate it so! _{MusicFreak7676} ^TALK! 22:43, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I have deleted some resulting redirects like Caroline Spencer Jr. and the non-existent User:Caroline Spencer Jr., too. JohnCD (talk) 22:52, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I appreciate it John. They were unknowingly stolen from my talk/sandbox and used as real articles. Kind of upset about it. _{MusicFreak7676} ^TALK! 22:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Ashfaque787898

You had warned this user for creating articles about himself. This user did it again: Ashfaque jalali

Also activitis of User talk:Ashfaque787898 is not proper on wikipedia. Please do what ever is neccessary. Thank you. Yasht101 :) 09:00, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Amerema Cherry

You might wish to reconsider this one... I've left that title as a redirect. :) Peridon (talk) 10:12, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Well spotted - thanks! Nomination withdrawn. JohnCD (talk) 13:21, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Cliché Hot Page

Hi John, I was hoping you wouldn't mind undeleting Cliché Hot I belive the consensus for deleting was a lack of contributions to the page, I'm willing to take the challenge of filling it up. The album in question had an impact in Eastern Canada.--Pascal Noël (talk) 01:39, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done. I closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cliché Hot as SOFTDELETE, so I have restored it on your request. I will notify user Ebe123 (talk) who nominated the article, and he may choose to renominate it, but I am sure he will give you time to add sources. See WP:Notability in general and WP:NALBUMS in particular for what is required. JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Sir! Pascal Noël (talk) 15:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Nikolai Kurbatov

Hi! I really want to know what should be written in my article to an article not been removed. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N-k90 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Lean Engineering

John,

Can I get Lean Engineering put in my sandbox. I would like to do the work needed to get it posted.

I know I need references, but other than clearing up the copyright concern (which I own leanengineering.com), can you tell me what else is wrong with it?

Thanks,

Kevin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcschlack (talk • contribs) 21:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but we cannot accept copyright material on the basis of an assertion of ownership - copyright is a very serious matter for Wikipedia, and we have no way to be certain that someone on the end of a wire is who he says. I do see other problems, but I am afraid I am out of time tonight - I will reply on your talk page within 24 hours. For a start, read WP:No original research. JohnCD (talk) 21:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the deletion of the Gudmund Jensen Bridge

Hi. As you know, I copied the materials from johnweeks.com However, I own the website. Calabe1992 told me that I Can copy from my site, as long as it is posted. HappyWheeler4Life (talk) 00:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)HW4LIFE

That website is marked "Copyright © 1996—2012, all rights reserved." Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from it on the basis that someone on the end of a wire says that he owns it. You can either change the copyright notice on the website to one that releases the material under CC-BY-SA, or email us from an address connected with the website. The instructions are at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Understand that if you release the material to Wikipedia, you are allowing any reader to copy, modify, and re-use the material for any purpose including commercial. JohnCD (talk) 13:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 March 25

Why did you restore the header? Its been practice at DRV for years to remove the headers once a page is completed for archiving purposes. Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:37, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry - I looked in the Table of Contents at WP:DRV to see what had happened to that one, didn't see it there, and thought the header must have been removed accidentally. I would have thought it useful to leave closed items visible in the ToC until they drop into the Recent Discussions section, but far be it from me to disturb established practice! JohnCD (talk) 13:45, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Aagman band page deletion

hi John..I am aware of A7 but what made me create that artilce was because I saw many other band's like JAL, Euphoria (Hindi Bands) in the Wiki. Can I know what criteria my articel failed to fulfill as compared to the above mentioned bands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akhilesh Moghia (talk • contribs) 11:49, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Many of our 3,900,000 articles are not up to standard, so What about that other article? is not an argument that is accepted - each article is considered on its own merits, and the standard for bands is WP:BAND. Having released a "few songs for free download" is not nearly enough. Two other points: an encyclopedia article shouldn't be written by someone directly concerned, see WP:COI, and it shouldn't make promotional claims like "huge popularity" and "one of the most famous upcoming bands in India" unless it can cite a reliable independent source for them. Good luck with the band, but for the moment Myspace or Facebook is the place to write about them. JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Help !

Help me Out Please..... --- Angel from PAKISTAN ^{Let's talk about it!} 14:35, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

No, creating multiple accounts to try to influence AfDs like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bilal Khan (singer) is sockpuppetry and gets you blocked. JohnCD (talk) 14:50, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

important

Excuse me the page for nader raghid nader shakhshir is deletrd because of copy rights but the speech is about the same person and about the same topic and that is his own website — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.245.6.96 (talk) 09:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

We cannot accept copied material unless a formal copyright release is made; but in any case, there was nothing in that to show that he is WP:Notable enough to have an article (see also WP:Notability (people)). It would be suitable for a social-networking site like Myspace or Facebook, but not for an encyclopedia. JohnCD (talk) 15:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Bella Bellissima

Hi John,

I was just wondering why you deleted my post on Bella Bellissima? I found the company to be very fascinating and thought that there was very little information about it on the internet. I think that there are very few british manufactures these days, and that it is important that information about them is readily available. Especially in a non biased perspective. Bella Crane is the Fragrance designer, and she was also the host of TV Series: A place in the Sun. I believe that should be enough credit to have a wikipedia mention.

Can you please advise what was wrong with the post?

Many Thanks,

Alex Vstudent (talk) 10:49, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Read WP:CORP and WP:BFAQ. More advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 09:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Appnot

I've tagged this user as likely Tile join. He was the famous nowiki vandal. Calabe1992 19:50, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't remember rattling that one's cage. Did we do something, or was it just random? Peridon (talk) 19:54, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Nor do I; but I should think the intersection of the sets of vandals who have it in for you, me and OrangeMike is a fairly large one. JohnCD (talk) 20:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

8-) Peridon (talk) 20:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Another visit. This must be one of the shortest-lived accounts ever: created 20:26, blocked 20:28. JohnCD (talk) 20:37, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Nader Raghid Nader Shakhshir

Well you deleted the page because of the copy writes not because of the notability ! and he is a public figure in his country , Queen, Princesses and princes were tweeting about him and his photography, so can you please undelete the page if you excuse ! and the written staff are claiming copy writes as he accepts that to be copied — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.127.214.253 (talk) 23:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

No, copyright material cannot be undeleted just because someone on the end of a wire says "he accepts that to be copied." You would have to follow the procedure at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. But that would be a waste of your time, because there is not enough there to show WP:Notability to Wikipedia's standard, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". See WP:Notability (people) for more details of the sort of level required, and WP:42. JohnCD (talk) 21:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Santosh Sharma

Hi John CD!

The article on Santosh Sharma was redirected to "Next What's In" by you based on a discussion by the other wikipedia editors. The editors stated that if there is any other reference other than the book then only it deserves to be a separte article. This was not in line with the ((WP:GNG)) guidelines as there was significant coverage of Santosh Sharma in reliable sources.

Still i am provideing few new references to support that Santosh Sharma deserves a separate article. Kindly have a look at them and reinstate the article.

http://yourstory.in/2012/03/dissolve-the-box-santosh-sharma/

http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/Box-Factor.html

I am new to wikipedia and hope this is the right forum for taking it up. Thanking you. Vartmaan. --Vartmaan (talk) 09:04, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I am the right person to ask, because I closed the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santosh Sharma (2nd nomination) as redirect; but these references do not convince me to overturn the result of that discussion, because they are still about him in terms of his book. If you disagree, you can take it to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 21:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

MurderUK

I registered as Murfer Uk as that is the website I run. The most visited UK Murder website on the web. So, why am I not allowed to add a link to further reading or externl links ??? On the page i put a link,n there is a link to the Guardian, but I am not allowed, please explain.

TERRY — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tezza UK (talk • contribs) 12:14, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

You registered as MurderUK (talk · contribs), which is the name of your website; that account was blocked, and you were pointed to the WP:Conflict of interest guideline, because accounts whose names are those of organizations or websites are not allowed. Wikipedia is very resistant to being used for any kind of promotion, and the external links policy at WP:EL#ADV says that

"in line with Wikipedia policies, you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if WP guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked. When in doubt, you may go to the talk page and let another editor decide."

JohnCD (talk) 22:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello.

Hello dear JohnCD. I search the Wikipedia Company adress but I can't find it. If you know, please send me an email or leave a message, with it. I really want to contact them personally. Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CristinaStroe72 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Contact us. JohnCD (talk) 20:41, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Santosh Sharma

Hi John CD! Thanks a lot for your prompt response. I think you missed to have a look at the first link - It is done by "Your Story" which is India's Largest online entrepreneurship, innovation and ideas magazine with CNBC TV18 as its partner. It talks of Santosh, his ideas, his organization, his journey and his vision and not the book. Request you to have a relook at the link. Surely i don't intend to waste your time. http://yourstory.in/2012/03/dissolve-the-box-santosh-sharma/ Hope we are able to address the issue at this level itself. Thanks--Vartmaan (talk) 01:23, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

British Workers Party

I creating this page to tell the world about the political idioligy of Nationalist Socialism (centrlism) Please just advise me were to improve my article instead of deleting it as I spent along time creating the article. Kind regards, --Joeb20122012 (talk) 20:40, 30 March 2012 (UTC) also lots of other political partys have a site so why cant this one??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeb20122012 (talk • contribs) 20:42, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a soapbox for telling the world about anything - see Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. What you wrote wasn't an encyclopedia article, it was the Party's constitution. Other political parties have articles if they are notable, which has to be shown by references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." If your party is very new, you probably can't do that, which means it is too soon for a Wikipedia article - an encyclopedia is not in the business of helping to promote new things. Try Myspace or Facebook. JohnCD (talk) 22:17, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes but there is no other political party like BWP so really I am trying to explain nationalist socialism (a form of centrism) through the party. Maybe making a page on nationalist socialism. please note nationalist socialism has no connection to national socialism as nationalist and national have totally different meanings. I do not see the point why articles are just speedy deleted instead of the author being given "a notice to improve." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeb20122012 (talk • contribs) 07:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

An article about Nationalist Socialism would have the same problem - you want to use Wikipedia to explain something new, but that is not what an encyclopedia is for. That's why we have the WP:Notability requirement to show "significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources" and why the WP:No original research policy says: "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 premiere such a discovery." The point of speedy deletion is that where it is clear an article cannot be made suitable (see WP:AMOUNT) it saves the author working on re-writing it and re-writing it only to have it deleted anyway. JohnCD (talk) 21:46, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Reed's Candy

Hey John Can I make a 2nd attempt, and make appropriate changes to satisfy non-copyvio requirements? Jetijonez (talk) 09:47, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, certainly, but isn't this the same firm as the existing article Reed's, Inc.? JohnCD (talk) 09:51, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

No that for Soda company, this is for Reed's Candy, no relation. Jetijonez (talk) 16:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Go ahead, then, but check out WP:CORP and WP:BFAQ. JohnCD (talk) 21:38, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Le dilettante d'Avignon

Yes I did mean to DB it, mis-spelt the title, now reconstituted under the correct title as you see in the header to this section. Thanks, --Smerus (talk) 17:23, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Gone. Thanks for clarifying. I thought you had tagged that by mistake for the redirect left behind at /dill, which I deleted - I presume you didn't need it? JohnCD (talk) 17:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Correct, many thanks!!--Smerus (talk) 17:38, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Formula Amaroli deleted article

Hey mate,

I'm just sending you a message because I was searching for Formula Amaroli and then found the (recently I think) deleted article.

Although the article says "Formula Amaroli World Cup", that is not only the championship but also the name of the mod. A reference for this mod is an important one about online gaming/sim racing. Many people play with these cars on rfactor, and many leagues use it for championships etc.

One example is the Race 2 Play website, a huge hub of sim racing:

http://www.race2play.com/sim/show_run_class/183#cars

You can see from the rfactor central page (only one of the download sources) there are 1888 rating votes rating Formula Amaroli a 369/500 mod.

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Armaroli%20WorldCup

You can also find referenced download links for the mod in other places such as:

http://www.racesimulations.com/RFACTOR/AWC/downloads/776.html

And actually many independent reviews of the mod:

http://www.virtualr.net/formula-armaroli-for-rfactor-released

And if you just search on youtube you'll find lots of videos from people playing the mod, including some more recent ones (since the mod was released in 2006), like this one (e.g.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOshHawa1k

Anyway, I have nothing to do with them and it's not my article. But I was researching it to find more about it and Wikipedia was the natural place to go; I was quite chocked to find it deleted.

Cheers, Luiz Erlebnis888Erlebnis888 (talk) 11:10, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

After a lot of searching, I guess the article you mean is Armaroli Sim Racing World Cup. I deleted that as a result of the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Armaroli Sim Racing World Cup. There may be scope for an article about the mod, and you or anyone are welcome to write one, but the deleted article was actually about the championship, and those who contributed couldn't find enough coverage of that to meet Wikipedia's notability requirement for an article. JohnCD (talk) 12:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

??

To judge from the edit summary, this did not do what you thought it was doing. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

We edit-conflicted, and the CSDHelper script evidently got confused. I've reverted to your version. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 14:34, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

csd

Blah, I officially give up trying to figure speedy deletion out. :-) ~dee^(talk?) 15:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Don't give up, New Page Patrol is absolutely vital, but you need to get it right. Check out WP:10CSD and WP:A7M for good advice from an experienced admin. JohnCD (talk) 15:24, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

I suggest using Twinkle then clicking CSD. ~ ⇒TomTomN00 @ 15:55, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, John! I'll study those articles and give it another shot next week. Maybe. ;-) ~dee^(talk?) 15:02, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Mendocino Music Festival

Hi there! You were kind enough to help me last month re the Mendocino Music festival page, and you suggested I write to Orange Mike to see if he had time to help me get this all sorted out, and I did, but I have not heard from him. NOw that you are back, could you possibly help me? I have put some suggested edits on the Mendocino talk page, as well as my questions on how to clear up all the comments on the page, and I have not heard from anyone, but you did tell me sometimes it takes several weeks to hear back..But now that you are back, would you please help me get things fixed? I wanted to add the note you see on the talk page, and also to take out some things in the main body that are no longer correct, and also add a photo..I did send an email to the page about photos but did not hear back, so maybe I messed that up. I have a new photo which does not contain a copyright logo and the photographer has sent me a note saying I can use it and that is what I sent on...I just don't seem too good at this!! Anyway, I did want to mention that since the festival is run by volunteers, I can't find a non-biased person to write anything, but I can learn to write properly I think with some help...??

Thanks very very much Andria (Mendokitties (talk) 21:23, 1 April 2012 (UTC))

Bella Bellissima

Hi John,

Thanks for your response, I understand the need for independent articles or media coverage, and have found an index of all the neutral paper publications the company has received:

http://www.bellabellissima.co.uk/Press%20Articles/

Notably they have received press from: The Daily Mail, Elle, Loaded, Grazia, Style, Telegraph, Toni & Guy, Stella, and Vogue.

Would this be enough coverage to grant 'userfy status', so that i could write the article properly?

Many Thanks,

Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vstudent (talk • contribs) 21:26, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

 Done to User:Vstudent/Bella bellissima. JohnCD (talk) 21:49, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Whale

{{Whale}} <-- (click here to see the whale, it's really to big for this page... JohnCD (talk) 09:12, 2 April 2012 (UTC))

per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 21:38, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, I think. I'm inclined to suggest that all the serious editors should take the day off on April 1, and then at midnight we re-set the database to 23:59 March 31 to clear out all the "jokes". But I suppose there would be time-zone problems... JohnCD (talk) 21:44, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

gas pressure blasting

Hi John, I would appreciate you reinstating the above page which I originated and was improving as time allowed, as well as going through the formal approval process. I am not sure as to the reasons for deletion (I was trying to correct the matters already highlighted to me) but would politely (nicely) ask for a stay pof execution!. The subject is a very difficult one to source good references and citations for, but I am trying :-). Good written material and standard web research do not provide an accurate overview of the subject and that is what I am trying to do on wikipedia (I am not acomplete novice I have originated and edited other pages). If you do not knbowe about the subject it is about a process/product that is safer and more environmentally friendly tha existing high explosive methods of doing the same thing. If you are unable to reinstate then I would appreciate a sandbox version otherwisew all the contributions to date are lost! Thanks for youir help, Steve. Stevenxlead (talk) 08:32, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Ooops! forgive the spelling mistakes, tired and in a hurry this morning! Steve Stevenxlead (talk) 08:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

It isn't gone - it was moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Gas pressure blasting where it has been declined, but there are comments and you can continue to work on it. You were told on your talk page where it now is. All that I deleted was the WP:REDIRECT left behind when it was moved. JohnCD (talk) 09:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks John, Steve Stevenxlead (talk) 09:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Lean Engineering

Thank you so much for your help! Please do post a note to see if anyone would have an interested in creating the content for Lean Engineering. Even though there is a distinction, the people that may have an interest may be same as Lean Manufacturing...They could also be the ones who could explain the distinction most effectively. If you do a web search on Lean Engineering there are other firms that talk about it (Ketiv in California for one), as well as, MIT.

Kcschlack (talk) 17:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Tomorrow... JohnCD (talk) 21:47, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Really tomorrow... JohnCD (talk) 21:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Today!! See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Engineering#Lean engineering. JohnCD (talk) 21:06, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Calin Georgescu page and user Biruitorul

Hello, I am writing you about the page "Calin Georgescu" and the user "Biruitorul" who requested the deletion of this page. I would like to contact him but I cannot do this, I cannot find anywere on his profile this possibility. I am aware that I have to improve my contributions on wikipedia and I am trying to learn all the requirements for editing. Please tell me how can I contact this user in order to understand what was my mistake and how can I avoid future deletion of "Calin Georgescu" article. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dezvoltaredurabila (talk • contribs) 12:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Just click on the word "talk" after the username here -> Biruitorul (talk), and add a message to the bottom of the user's talk page. For what you need to show notability, see WP:Notability and WP:Notability (people). JohnCD (talk) 16:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

persistent vandalism

thanks for blocking Special:Contributions/Indiansahahahahah every day at this very time, this user makes and account with talk page content as seen and vandalizes the article 2012 Italian shooting in the Arabian sea please do something to prevent account creation and consider protecting the article, thanks and regards. -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 11:00, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

this is just another sock after being blocked . I believe this is the same user [17] and [18]who were blocked earlier, as he is using the same content and similar names.-- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 11:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

The article has been semi-protected. We don't like to semi-protect talk pages, because that is the only way for an IP to make a requested-edit suggestion for a change to a protected page. There is no way to prevent account creation, but I will start an SPI to see whether there is an underlying IP or range that could be blocked. Otherwise, we will just have to play whack-a-mole until he gets bored. JohnCD (talk) 11:08, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

ok i just saw that the article was already protected. Everyday at this time i check the newbie contribution for welcoming people and i find this guy, with the same content. Please go ahead with the SPI, I am sure they are all the same. Thanks for looking into the matter. Regards. -- ÐℬigXЯaɣ 11:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikipirates. No good, unfortunately. JohnCD (talk) 19:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Why is my problem with Gavin Gamez is deleted?

Why is my problem with Gavin Gamez is deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Njhernblom18 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

I have told you on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 19:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Biruitorul Talk

Thank you but this is exactly what I tried to do .. clicked on the word "talk" after the username here -> Biruitorul (talk) but it does not work to add a message to the bottom of the user's talk page as I am doing with you. I guess he restricted this possibility and I cannot talk to him. I have posted a message on his page but using some other feature that it is not very appropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dezvoltaredurabila (talk • contribs) 20:30, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Dear John, thanks for your advice on the article 'Echo Music'. I have made additional changes and added references, however if this is still not satisfactory, then please feel free to delete the whole article. I won't be offended. Regards (KidPrawn (talk) 21:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC))

help me

Please dear help me, i agree that im using multiple accounts, but i promise you that now i will followe the rule of wikipedia and will not use multiple accounts. I want to creat page, and I'm not writting about orignal research. Please tell me what I do? I'm waiting for your reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhon tocci (talk • contribs) 13:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• You say you are not writing about original research, but that is simply not true. All your articles are about "Asif's Electric Charge Energy Equivalence", "Asif's theory of charge variance" and so on. They are your theories - that is what "original research" means. I'm sorry, but Wikipedia is not suitable for what you want to do - you want to publish your own theories, but that is not what an encyclopedia is for.
• Do not create any more accounts, it is a waste of your time and ours. They will simply be blocked.
• If you want to request an unblock, you must do that on the talk page of your original account, user Princeneil (talk). First you should read the Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks. Your unblock request will need to convince an administrator that you understand the reason for your block, and that you will not repeat the conduct that led to it - that you will stop creating sockpuppet accounts and will stop trying to publish your theories in Wikipedia.

JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

help my page

Hi dear JhonCD, please help my page. My page has been deleted by you. The name of my page is Asif's Electromagneta Effect. I want to say you that there is no any orignal research or copy pasted material from any where else. I have good references and sources, please place my page on wikipedia and i will write source in my page. Please kindly help me and improve my page. I promise that I will not break wikipedia laws now. Please kindly upload my page. The name of my page that you have recently deleted is Asif's Electromagneta Effect. I'm waiting.please kindly upload my same page on wikipedia so that i can improve it and write sources there. Thank you. 119.160.125.2 (talk) 13:52, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

No. The page is called "Asif's Electromagneta Effect", and it says "The electromagneta effect was first introduced by Theorical physists Mr.Asif ali leghari." So it is your theory, and that makes it original research. Please go away and publish your theories on Myspace or somewhere else. JohnCD (talk) 13:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

119.160.125.2 (talk) 13:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC) dear johnCD, recently you have deleted my page. The name of my page is Asif's Electromagneta Effect. I want to say you that i have not copy pasted any materail to my page. And in my page, there is no any orignal research. And i want to say you sorry that I'm using multiple accounts, but now i will follow wikipedia rules and will not make any violation. Please kindly upload my same page so that i improve it and gives good source there. I'm waiting for my page. Please dear JohnCD, upload my same page. I will be your thankful. The name of my page is Asif's Electromagneta Effect. Please upload it. I'm waiting. Thanks

Please read what I wrote just above. JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 4 April 2012 (UTC)