User talk:SoWhy

Userfication

Hello Sowhy, I have spent some time on a graph found here: User:Inclusionist/AfD on average day. In an attempt to make policy better, I am interested in what type of user gets their page deleted, etc....November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user a couple of weeks ago.

I was wondering if you can provide 5 deleted articles for me from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 15, listed here with the admins closing reason:

Www1 delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Auto-Upturn delete. MBisanz talk 13:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
North london stags delete. MBisanz talk 13:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Nao Kudo delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Blue Fire Burning delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Prefereably userfied, lets say User:Ikip/Www1. Because I need to get the creator's name and date it was created.

Admin Alex Muller was willing to provide 5 userfied pages, like User:Ikip/Newton Howard.

If you can't userfy, could your email them? November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user a couple of weeks ago.

I really appreciate it. Ikip (talk) 16:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem. Just tag them U1 once you are done with them and have no further use for them. Regards So Why 21:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vicious Kitten Records

Hi - Can I please have the article on Vicious Kitten Records removed - what is the process ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5b3TnY (talk • contribs) 05:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, why do you want it removed? I see no logical reason for it. I have asked for more input in this matter though, but please stop deleting the content of the page until then. Regards So Why 07:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me with tables, please?

Hiya SoWhy, it's been a while! I hope you're well and still enjoying your lectures :-)

Being clever with CSS, perhaps you can help me with sortable wikitables at List of female tennis players. Tennis expert has helpfully added a sortable wikitable, which we're sort of "trialling" on the As before we add it to the rest of the page.

We'd like the columns for birth, death, and grand slam titles to be centred. I've asked a question on this at the technical village pump page. Based on the earliest replies, Tennis expert has managed to centre only those three columns, which is great, but it unfortunately means adding style="text-align: center"| to each cell that needs to be centred. Needless to say, that is really cumbersome!

There are new replies to my question, however, that indicate an easier way of doing it. For example: .wikitable-center3 would affect .wikitable-center3 tbody tr td+td+td, .wikitable-center5 would affect .wikitable-center5 tbody tr td+td+td+td+td). I simply have no idea what that means. If it's implemented, will it be easier to include in the table than the style="text-align: center"| option in each cell? If so, would you be able to give an example of how and where to add it? Thanks so much! Maedin\^talk 08:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

True true. What? Me enjoying lectures? I didn't know I ever had ;-) And what have you been up to these days? Back to the hectic Wiki-life? :-D

Yeah, I read your comment at WP:VPT but I'm afraid I cannot help you much because I too do not see a more elegant solution and frankly, I have no idea what EVula is talking about. Maybe you should ask him instead? ;-) So Why 09:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm back from Sri Lanka, brown and exhausted! I had a brilliant time there and saw so much of the island, but it was still a busy and tiring trip, :-) I didn't have a moment to think about Wikipedia. When I get around to it this weekend, I'll have pictures from Sri Lanka up on Flickr; so far I've only been bothered enough to post one.

That's ok, it was a good excuse to write to you, :-) I'll ask EVula about it on his talk page instead of cluttering WP:VPT further. A little intimidating, but oh well. Thank you for your help, have a good day! Maedin\^talk 10:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh, vacation. It seems like ages since I had one (four years if I count correctly). My jealousy notwithstanding I am happy for you. :-)

And I feel flattered like a schoolgirl that you wanted to write me. Makes me feel all warm and squishy inside ;-) But you know, you can write me anytime, about anything.^^

Sorry I couldn't help more than that. Have a nice day yourself (I'm at work so my "good day"-ness is quite limited xD) So Why 10:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm at work myself, but both bosses are out so I can get away with a bit of wiki-ing! Don't be too jealous, holidays aren't that common for me, either. Usually my "holidays" consist of going back home so my parents can put me up and save me money. But blimey, 4 years? May you have an extended stay somewhere interesting and leisurely soon!

I rather hope that you're flattered like a schoolboy, SoWhy, and not a schoolgirl! I'm flattered like a schoolgirl that you're flattered, though! But, I think that to write about anything, I'd have to use your email, ;-)

I really should do some more actual work, so best be going for now. <3 Maedin\^talk 11:26, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion Decline of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SholeemGriffin/Sandbox_1&action=history

I am not sure I understand why the speedy deletion request was rejected. The content of this article is a complete copy paste of 'Miss Pakistan World' which was an article deleted by AFD( hence i used G4). ThanksSaratahir (talk) 19:30, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First off, sorry, I didn't notice your post, please add them at the bottom, not at the top. Then: It's a sandbox, so it's quite usual to find a userficated version there. Miss Pakistan World exists as an article and we can assume that the author wants to use some information of the deleted version for the new version. G2 cannot apply because sandboxes are for testing, that's the whole purpose. Regards So Why 13:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Protection declined

Regarding my request for protection of Southwest Asia on WP:RFPP, I have commented on the decision there. I kindly request review of the request/decision. Thanks. Regards, Húsönd 21:38, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Provided there. Regards So Why 22:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question about reliable sources

Hi SoWhy! I have a quick question for you... I've read the policy on source verifiability about a dozen times over, and it still isn't clear as to whether a blog can be used as a reliable source. I've been (slowly) working on the article for Ana Voog, and most of the references are from her online blog. I guess what I'm getting at is this: Are blogs from the subject of a biographical article allowed as a reliable source to verify facts? TheTwoRoads (talk) 04:01, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blogs are usually not considered reliable sources, correct. If they were written by the article's subject though, they usually count as primary sources which are acceptable as long as they are used to verify that the article's subject claimed something. For example, you can use the blog post by X who claims he is 32 to add "X claimed to be 32" to the article. See this section of WP:V and WP:SPS as well as this section of WP:BLP. Regards So Why 10:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Page 'Harry J Carr'

Why did you delete this page, it is a well known person in my country, after searching I couldn't find a page for him, so I made one. Can you please replace the deleted page? Also, the page was not an act of attacking, I simply wish to spread the word about this insane person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomzidea (talk • contribs) 18:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because we do not allow pages that talk negatively about living people (without very good proof). Your page was obviously created to demeanor the person in question as well as others and you should not create such pages, even if meant as a joke. Regards So Why 18:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SemBubenny

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SemBubenny/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SemBubenny/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Tiptoety ^talk 22:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My userpage

Excuse me, SoWhy. May I ask why my userpage was deleted? I have never made any requests to have it deleted. Can it be restored, please? Thanks in advance. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 03:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you did. Or someone using your static IP. Point is, there is no way of telling that this wasn't you but someone misusing your computer. I suggest you really consider creating an account so that this does not happen again... Regards So Why 09:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PPOL

Thanks for pinpointing when the change to the policy occurred. Silence does not necessarily mean consensus, but it is true that unless someone raises concerns and those concerns are shared by other users, then silence effectively serves as consensus. I'll create a discussion about that sentence on the talk page later on, as it does not seem any useful, let alone logical, to me. Regards, Húsönd 07:36, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems logical to me though. We are an encyclopedia that "anyone can edit" (until FlaggedRevs are introduced I guess), so any measures to stop uninvolved people from editing should be the last resort. If we can pinpoint the troublemakers and deal with them as single editors, why should we stop 47,642,868 users (and countless IPs) from editing the page? But I guess some discussion will not hurt. Regards So Why 09:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

for the protection on Fernando Verdasco, it was really a pain to mantain it correct. Dreamblack (talk) 12:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem. You are welcome :-) So Why 14:19, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Nolan

The player has now moved so I guess the article can be unprotected? Thanks for the protection. (Quentin X (talk) 15:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Sure, not a problem. So Why 16:39, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oz Clarke

Thanks for the page protection, was getting a bit annoying reverting the edits.--Uksam88 (talk) 19:21, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Thanks. --Sirgreene (talk) 23:36, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]