User talk:Orangemike

Deletion of article JSMS and blocking of user account The JSMS Team

Hi,

You recently deleted an article I wrote describing an open source software product (JSMS).

• 19:40, 23 October 2008 Orangemike (Talk | contribs) deleted "JSMS" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)

And you also indefinitely blocked the account that I used to create the article (User:The JSMS Team).

Let me start by saying that I understand and accept the reason you blocked my user account. I did not realise that it was illegal to use a group name as an account name. I have now set up a new account for myself.

With regard to the article itself, I'd first like to request a copy of the text from the article. And then I would like to talk with you a little about your decision to delete the article. You cited reason G11 for your decision to delete the article. However, CSD#G11 states: "simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."

I would like to petition you to reconsider your decision to delete this page. And I am willing to make whatever changes necessary to bring the page in line with guidelines. The page was not meant in any way as advertising. It's goal was to describe a free open source software application used by thousands of people for sending SMS text messages from their PC desktops. I had hoped that I had been neutral in describing the functionality provided by the application, it's purpose, history and usage. In that light, I don't see why the article differs from similar articles such as 7-zip, WinSCP or Notepad++. They all attempt to define a piece of software and what it is for. The only difference I can see is that the cited applications are better known/more famous. But IMHO, each of the articles (including the JSMS article) are valid encyclopaedia entries describing open source software applications.

I would appreciate it if you would consider this petition, and as indicated, I am willing to address any criticism or requests for changes that you see fit. Wikipedia is an excellent resource and I am happy to do my bit to make it even better.

Kind regards,

Mayomadman (talk) 01:28, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I received an email from this user and I have undeleted and userified this article to User:The JSMS Team/JSMS. I have advised the user that as it stands now I think it's eminently deletable, so the user will have to make the necessary changes to move it from a promotional article that fails to show notability to one that could stand on its own. The user asked how to appeal so I advised them of WP:DRV. Please advise of any concerns or questions. ++Lar: t/c 22:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Orangemike.

I'm a genuine user, I only want to contribute to the encyclopedia. Please do not call me a troll.

I'm always after advice and instruction on contributing, we share the same goals here.

--smadge1 (talk) 07:23, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

? Are you sure it's me you're talking to? --Orange Mike | Talk 15:13, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm Sorry, it was all a big misunderstaning. You're doing a great job --smadge1 (talk) 22:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Requesting your help re: Template:Broadway shows

orangemike, hoping you could help out with a template deletion. the discussion is here -- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musical_Theatre#Broadway_shows_template.

template was created by a sock-puppet/banned user. is an AfD review necessary, or can this be speedied? J. Van Meter (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Paul Vandervort

Pardon, but how does being a member of a notable reality show not constitute an assertion of notability? I'm having a hard time comprehending a unilateral deletion of this article, which seems to be in fairly decent shape. GlassCobra 21:15, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I was unaware of any such decision. Where was this decided? GlassCobra 21:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sternenfels

Hallo Mike, its been a while when we met - but I remember you well. I have updated an article about a German Village and would love to have you have a look on it as an native speaker. Would you like and be so kind to this for me? Think its as well interesting from a political and religious standpoint. BR --Polentario (talk) 00:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election

An article that you have been involved in editing, Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election (2nd nomination). Thank you. Burzmali (talk) 17:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Paul Vandervort

Hi Orangemike. I have added a thought to this discussion, do you have any further thoughts? Cheers TigerShark (talk) 22:17, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you have a look

A couple of issues I need you to look at first is Googlechrome has been addidng a new template to articles {{MLA template}} this is similar to the one that was deleted here so should it be speedy deleted? Also Googlechrome is a promotional username I have asked him to change it. Thanks for your help. BigDunc^Talk 23:20, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

LA Direct Models

Hi. May I ask why you speedy deleted LA Direct Models? Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 01:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

The article had links to two pieces of reliable, significant, independent coverage, which I believe asserts notability per WP:N. Epbr123 (talk) 02:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for LA Direct Models

An editor has asked for a deletion review of LA Direct Models. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Epbr123 (talk) 03:11, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lotus (rock band)

Hi Orangemike. Just wanted to let you know, in case it is not on your watchlist, that I've added sources to this article that might address your concerns at the AfD. Cheers, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:DrummerMike

He says all the right things in his latest unblock request. I am inclined to grant it based on the sincerity of his statements about not advertising anymore. If he continues the same behavior, he can always be reblocked, no? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but he is at least professing to want to stop this behavior, and to become a better editor. Again, he seems rather new, and not wanting to be too bitey and all, perhaps we could give him a second chance. If you want, I could personally take responsibility for blocking him again should he get "out of line"... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ephox

Hi Michael,

I found that my article on Ephox had been deleted on the grounds of Blatant advertising (see log below).

  * 02:04, 30 October 2008 Orangemike (Talk | contribs) deleted "Ephox" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)
  * 02:03, 30 October 2008 Roux (Talk | contribs) marked Ephox patrolled ‎

I was careful to follow the format of existing articles on wikipedia describing companies such as Atlassian Software Systems and Telerik (and many more besides). Those articles have been around for some time so I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that they were a reasonable template to follow. Having read the criteria for speedy deletion I can see why my article was deleted.

Would you be able to provide some guidance on what changes are required in order for the article on Ephox to be considered as acceptable as those referenced above? Thanks.

PS I work for Ephox

Mgabbiani (talk) 20:22, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note on COI. This article is also particularly relevant Wikipedia:FAQ/Business

Mgabbiani (talk) 18:19, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Block anon

Can you block this anon 130.58.213.197, he keeps vandalizing the World War III article. Zombie Hunter Smurf (talk) 16:50, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I took care of this. It was block evasion from one of my previous blocks. -MBK₀₀₄ 17:53, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Pollo-pescetarianism

Hi.

I just recently come to this article: [1], and I noted that you deleted this article with the reason of A3. I plan to re-create this page, but beforehand, would like to see how the page looks like before deletion, so I can decide whether to re-create - which will involve some research, or just to ignore it. I think, IMO, this article (either Pesce-pollotarianism or Pollo-pescetarianism) should exist as it is different from Pollotarian (who only consumes poultry), and Pescetarian (who only consumes seafood). They are all can be categorised as Semi-vegetarian and definitely not Flexitarian. Thanks in advance. w_tanoto (talk) 21:32, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. I see. Any idea if I can be any help of this article? I am pesce-pollotarian myself, but don't really know if I should re-create the article w_tanoto (talk) 21:52, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of User talk:Bagstorageforyou

A tag has been placed on User talk:Bagstorageforyou, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:User talk:Bagstorageforyou|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. DanielRigal (talk) 20:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Malcolm Edwards

It's a fair cop guv ;) (I notice you didn't chastise the other vandal/brother though!) 86.20.159.131 (talk) 13:54, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Why did you delete Lawrence Smith (cricketer)?

Hello. I wrote Smith's article, and am very surprised to see it deleted. WP:ATHLETE says that to have "competed in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing" generally meets notability standards, and WikiProject Cricket's own guidelines (at WP:CRIN) expands on this with relation to cricket specifically. Smith played four times in first-class cricket, including three matches in the County Championship, which is without doubt "a fully professional league".

When I wrote Smith's page, I provided links to two major cricket sites' biographies of him, and inline citations to several games in which he played, including (from memory) two first-class matches. I suppose there might just about be a case for taking it to AFD, though similar nominations have usually been defended, but I very strongly dispute that speedy deletion was correct in this case. Loganberry (Talk) 00:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

The Foxes

Hello. Regarding the article 'The Foxes' that redirects to 'Leicester City F.C.' could you please unblock it so an article can be created? The Foxes are not a garage band, they are classed as one of the hardest working bands in the UK! They are a rock and indie band and were in at number 9 on Radio 1's Indie chart. Sorry to post this on the article's talk page and your talk page, but I wasn't sure if you would receive my message or not. Thanks for your time. :) Blaze42 (talk) 11:47, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

a second oppinion

Hi Mike, I'd love your opinion on this discussion with Rspeer (started on my talk page). Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 05:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination

An article that you have been involved in editing, Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Straw polls for the Democratic Party 2008 presidential nomination. Thank you. Burzmali (talk) 18:10, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Brooklynmuseum

I have unblocked Shelley's User:Brooklynmuseum account and restored her userpage. This is not advertising at all, but someone who is interested in making great contributions to Wikipedia with the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art project. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 19:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

She has not inserted any external links since January 2007. There is nothing wrong with discussing her institution on her userpage. And she is actively coordinating a major project to donate thousands of images to Wikimedia and free content, and needs to be able to participate in on-wiki discussions. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 03:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

This is not an instance of violation of Wikipedia:Username policy#Company/group names because the account is being used by a single person. Use of an institutional name may not be "recommended", but according to policy it is not prohibited either. Again, I offer my apologies if you marked it before you saw my comment; it was rash of me to put it that way—a breach of etiquette I tried to correct with my following null edit—and I shouldn't have assumed anything on your part. Let us simply say that we disagree about what is "obvious spam", and when something is not obvious to everyone, it probably should not be speedy-deleted. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 03:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review

one of your speedy deletions Schaffer paragraph is being considered at Deletion Review [2]. You may want to comment. DGG (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Ultimo

I am writing an article for a manga series called Karakuridôji Ultimo. I just have figured out that the official English title is Ultimo. Would you mind moving the article to "Ultimo (manga)" (which has already been created as a redirect). : ) — J U M P G U R U ^{■ask㋐㋜㋗■} 01:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

From red to blue again

Please see User_talk:Orangemike/Archive_7#Deletion_question. Flowanda | Talk 01:55, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

The Foxes Band

Please could you at least reply to my question? I have seen you reply to others after mine was asked. Thanks. Blaze42 (talk) 16:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you - much appreacited. Blaze42 (talk) 09:25, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Ron Paul

Ron Paul has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured quality. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Andrew Kelly (talk) 05:16, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

The Foxes article

I will thank you now for your comment: "reads like it was composed by their press agent; full of unsourced vanity claims and peacock words". I would like to know your unsourced vanity claims that there are 'peacock words' and the claims are unsourced - look at the reference section at the bottom of the page! And did you put enough tags on there? I think there's just about enough space for some more, but not for the article itself!

I am not their agent, I am simply a fan - The Foxes band are self managed - as I wrote - and do not have an agent! Thanks. Blaze42 (talk) 09:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I have added additional refrences for the supposed "unsourced vanity claims" that I added. I didn't remove any information.Blaze42 (talk) 10:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

My page

Please do not touch my personal page - I can put what I like on there so long as it is not offensive; which it wasn't. There is nothing wrong with what I have on there - Wikipedia suggested that I create the article on my page first, which I did. Please do not touch it again! Thanks. Blaze42 (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Image question for you

As you have been here for a while can you look this over. I tagged an image that says "Photo taken by Pinter's husband David Percy. I am uploading this photo in the presence of David Percy and he is granting the license below". I tagged the image {{di-no permission}} on November 9, 2008 however what seems to be a "fan" of the uploader objected to it and removed the tag today as it was about to be deleted, sending it to Pui saying that, because of who the user is, we should "trust the user". The image is Image:Frances pinter.jpg and the user who uploaded the image is User_talk:Johnbuckman. I am not sure what the next move is. Thanks. Soundvisions1 (talk) 23:36, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:FrankLloydGallery

Just so you know, this user (whom you recently blocked for COI/username violation) has left several messages at his talk page requesting your input. The discussion there is extremely long and tedious, so I don't want to force you to go and read through all of it, but I just thought I would let you know in case you want to comment. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 05:13, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

He's now asked for unblock. Could you comment? Thanks,  Sandstein  07:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

As a slightly involved user (from COIN) I endorse his unblock for the reasons stated in the unblock-request section on his talk page. Arakunem^Talk 16:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

I understand the blocking status and appreciate the patience of all concerned. I am looking forward to contributing in other areas, and with a new username.FrankLloydGallery (talk) 21:37, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey I'm New To Wikipedia

I see that you guys have deleted the first yung d page. I was just going to ask y did he or she not have the right information about that artist. I'm asking because I was going to do my first page on him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yungd360 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

That's a rather orange shirt

That's a rather orange shirt, fellow worker! If I ever run into you I'm sure I'll have seen you from a mile off. :) The Wednesday Island (talk) 05:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks like more issues over on the Violet Blue page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Violet_Blue_(author)#The_birth_year_recently_added

Just FYI. I don't plan to do more than make this comment, but it looks like some of the folks who want to annoy her further have been at work.

It's just weird to me that you can have true information that even stands up to legal scrutiny that you cannot include in an article's mainspace. I'm tempted to put in her name, though, as that has appeared in AVN; http://www.avn.com/law/articles/32421.html But I am not sure if even that meets up with Wikipedia standards... --BenBurch (talk) 03:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Problem with an admin.

[[3]]. Is this edit by an admin. over the top and is it actionable? If so , could you ask that he edit it and is it cause for a report? ThanksDie4Dixie (talk) 18:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC) It appears to be resolved.Die4Dixie (talk) 00:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Question about copyright violations

Hi Orangemike, when I tagged this article [4], the author admitted that he had lifted the text from other sites, and that it was 'fair use'. I've noticed that they have created other articles with copied text, but Google hits show that the contents are being used on many sites. Are these copyright violations, plagiarism, or do they indeed constitute fair use? I also have questions re: the necessity of this disambiguation page [5], which seems designed mainly to lead to the newly created article. Maybe these are all good edits, but I'm skeptical, and would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks, JNW (talk) 03:02, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Howdy! And yes, that would be me creating and editing the articles, I'm really brand spankin new to contributing and still learning the ropes. I'd like to re-write/edit the deleted article (CCO) and have read up on how to "resubmit" with the necessary corrections, but I don't know who to ask.. you, OrangeMike? I have more references and texts, and I too would like to have a confirmation of whether or not lifting texts that are all over the internet is copyright violations, plagiarism, or fair use. (This legalese internet stuff is crazy complicated to me.) Thanks in advance for your help; I would like to get this article fixed and up and running as it is a widely-used resource in my field. Thanks! Mybihonteem (talk) 23:23, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Backwards T Productions

The page was currently being edited, to prevent speedy deletion. But you deleted it before anything could be done to it. Backwards T is a major film company and the wiki was the only current resorce for fans. This is the second unneeded deletion of a Backwards T article. If Miley Cyrus can have her own article, why cant Backwards T? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dantetelfrado (talk • contribs) 04:12, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Why was the article deleted?. --SkyWalker (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, just dropping a note that I restored the page. The information in the page was cut out and put back in by apparently a new user. I realize the appearance of the page might have looked similar to a standard G11 case (with the copy/paste and all), but a check of the history would have showed a valid diff to revert to. In any case, no harm done. Not to say that the article certainly can't be improved upon, but it wasn't really in G11 territory. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 08:19, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, Thanks. The article will certainly improve overtime. Many thought the game would be canceled. Now that Atari has brough the game it on track to be released. --SkyWalker (talk) 08:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help! Blaze42 (talk) 13:43, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I award this Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your speedy efforts in protecting my page. Thanks! Blaze42 (talk) 13:43, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

History Of Houston Astros article to be deleted

I am asking for your help in a matter. I put the speedy deletion logo on the History of the Houston Astros article for it has no citions and was an exact copy of the Houston Astros article. Another admin declined the deletion without giving a good reason. The main Houston Astros article is being upadted and frankly do we need two articles telling the story of the Houston Astros?--Mickey 19:37, 18 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs)