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Vaughn Nark - text smells like spam

Vaughn Nark: Overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Nark#Overview

Vaughn is pleased to be a new member of the faculty of the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland and is available for private instruction.

Benjaman Kyle Wikipedia Page under Biographies of living people

BK Doe's Wikipedia page contains a number of completely unverified statements that have been copy/pasted as fact in media reports. Richmond Hill Police department and the other first responders indicate there was no evidence of a beating, no head injury, no fire ant bites, no sunstantial sunburn. BK Doe was apparently sleeping naked in the dumpster when he was woken by RHPD and refused to give his name. There has been no medical evidence to date indicating that he had any injuries that would have caused retrograde amnesia due to a traumatic, violent beating. RHPD denies any beating took place. Given that there are a number of unsubstantiated statements on his Wiki page, I am hoping that the page is removed or hidden until proof of his claims are fully substantiated. It is in the publics best interest to know that Wikipedia is a solidly sourced reference for even contemporary stories. http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99607

Martin McGuiness under Biographies of living people

Death threats by the REAL IRA are being vandalized by an editor with the username O'Finian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:O_Fenian, when all I wish to do is publish the facts from a major BBC news story.[[1]] He keeps using comments made in the Spectator which were inadvertently added as an excuse to prevent the facts from being reported. He seems to feels extremely strongly about Irish politics and I feel that he is attempting to blind others. He even suggested that a major BBC news piece was and I quote 'a minor news story'.....

I request a third opinion please.Twobells (talk) 14:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

This is what I edited into the biography:

Death Threats

The PSNI warned Martin McGuinness in 2009 that a threat has been made to his life.[2] The threat was issued by dissident republicans after Mr McGuinness's commented on the murder of two British soldiers and a police officer 'as traitors to Ireland'.[3]

Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- appropriateness of article title

I would appreciate additional community comment on the title of an article on the Talk page of Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Thanks. N2e (talk) 14:26, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Andreas Öberg - spam?

This smells like spam to me:

Andreas Öberg: Andreas Guitar Universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_%C3%96berg#Andreas_Guitar_Universe

Andreas Guitar Universe

On July 1 2009, Andreas Öberg launched his online teaching site, the Andreas Guitar Universe. The concept is to inspire students from all over the world, at all levels of proficiency, to enroll. Using video technique and with more than 120 guitar lessons available on the website to study, each student will be able to upload their practice video for Andreas to review. Paired with Öberg's feedback such as insights, demonstrations and suggestions, students also can learn from each other.

And the "awards" seem to more spam/clutter.

Andreas Öberg: Awards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_%C3%96berg#Awards

Winner of the Audience Prize of Gibson International Guitar Competition in Montreux, Switzerland (2006)

Gevalia Award (2004)

Hagström Guitar Award (2003)

Swedish Armstrong Society Award (2003)

Fasching Award (2002)

Winner of National Jazz Competition (2002)

In case you're wondering - he's not very good.

That entire article is spam, and needs to be rewritten from scratch. Brad 17:55, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Deletion_Wars

Everybody knows that edition wars are prohibited,
but at the same time deletion wars are fully legal, and seems to be hollyier than edit wars.

Namely it is fully legal to continiusly an nominate article for deletion everyweek until enough number of keepers be absent, so deleters are largelly outnubmered,
and this situation when some people are just absent is considered as "changing of consensus" => as a result the article is deleted.

Even more when only litle number of people or even only one person is present in deletion discussion is considered as "full consesus", and "strong argument for deletion".

So the Question: are Deletion Wars so Holly for wikipedia or not ?

PS there were some disscussion on village plump that shown existence of this proplem (Idot (talk) 02:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC))

Dj Krush Groove Philippines

Junior Hernandez Francisco also known as Kiko & Dj Krush Groove. Filipino Multi-Talented Composer, Rapper, Disc Jockey, Writter, Web & Graphics Designer. He's Born on December 28, 1983 at Tigbe Norzagaray Bulacan. Previously Head and Founder of My Skillz Web Solution & Digital Club Mix Records.

Official Website: www.djkrushgroove.com

Ranjit Barthakur

Ranjit was born in Assam, India in 1954.

Ranjit holds a BA with a major in economics, and has undertaken further studies in Business Management Specialty Courses from London Business School on Competitive Strategies.

He had extensive hands-on experience in diverse geographic markets like India, South East Asia, Japan, Russia, Middle East, UK, Europe and USA.

Ranjit also works closely with the Government of India in his role as a member of the Planning Commission’s Steering Committee on Tourism, bringing in his expertise in eco-tourism. In addition, Ranjit is Chief Economic and Investment Advisor to the Chief Minister of Assam.

Ranjit spent the first 20 years of his career working with leading FMCG and telecommunications companies. At ITC, one of India’s largest FMCG companies, Ranjit developed an ability to quickly grasp consumer insights and develop customer centric strategies which led them to a growth path through a differentiated sales, marketing and distribution approach. Subsequently, he took over as CEO of cellular services for Hutchinson Max (Orange and finally Vodafone), and created and implemented a breakthrough strategy for it to become the first mobile telecom services provider in India to launch the pre-paid card, and which has since become the predominant consumer choice for mobile services in India.

After his pioneering and leadership efforts at ITC and Hutchison Max, Ranjit decided to pursue an entrepreneurial spirit focusing on innovation and re-invention, and has developed and invested in several ventures such as: Netdecisions (IT services) and Agilisys (IT outsourcing) Globally Managed Services (creates value by working closely with its clients to operationalise differentiated business models, and co-invests with them in these businesses) NatureFirst – Green Ecological Managed Services (Since October, 2009 integrated with Tata Consultancy Services) Amalgamated Plantations (tea plantations and diversified agriculture and food) Formerly Tata Tea Plantations River Journeys & Bungalows of India (nature based tourism and hospitality) Med-Ind Heatlhcare (managing healthcare facilities) and Advent Healthcare (healthcare advisory services for the public and private sector)

Over the last few years Ranjit has developed a close interest in environment and sustainability, and is the chief architect of the thought process at GMS of the theme of NaturenomicsTM, which relates to capital formation through the creation of ecologically ‘compliant’ assets in a sustainable manner. Currently Ranjit is the Advisor of Tata Consultancy Services, Ecological Sustainable Unit (TCS-ESU), which focuses on working with companies and governments to restore the balance between nature and economics, and through the implementation and sustainability of these projects, create economic and ecological value for these organizations

Given his extensive experience, Ranjit is also involved with the boards, advisory and governing bodies of several leading organisations, as follows:

Directorships Amalgamated Plantations Agilisys Managed Services India Emerging Media & Rajasthan Royals Med-Ind Healthcare and Advent Healthcare River Journeys & Bungalows of India Perfect Circle India Mount Everest Water (‘Himalayan’)

Advisory and other Relationships Anand Group Balipara Tract & Frontier Foundation (Founding Trustee) Devki Devi Foundation, Trustee Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. Operation Smile, Trustee Tata Tea Ltd Tata Housing Development Ltd.

Robbie Robertson

In the biography of Robbie Robertson (a one-time member of the group "The Band"), it states: - Birth Name, Jaime Royal Robertson. In the article it states that Robbie took his stepfathers name Robertson when his mother remarried. So his birth name was not Robertson. Please can somebody insert Robbie's true birth name in the article. Thanks

The Roxx Regime Demos - album or demo?

For the following music-related issue I am asking the community to please voice its opinion.

Editor Koavf insists that this officially released album is a demo, and thus the article must be deleted. For his claim he has no proof and does not back up his personal opinion with any sources. What he does is to misquote a reliable source by leaving out the part in the album review that calls 'The Roxx Regime Demos' a compilation (see here, here and here).

In 2007 the band Stryper released an album consisting of demo-songs from their earlier years when they were called 'Roxx Regime'. The name of the album is 'The Roxx Regime Demos'. The album was released by the recording company 535 Records. All major professional players from the music business have defined 'The Roxx Regime Demos' to be an album or a compilation:

• Allmusic.com writes: The 2007 compilation, Roxx Regime Demos, is comprised of -- you guessed it! -- demos from this pre-Stryper edition of the band
• MTV.com lists it as an album.
• MSN.com lists 'The Roxx Regime Demos' as a compilation.
• vht.com lists 'The Roxx Regime Demos' as an album.
• PiercingMetal.com calls 'The Roxx Regime Demos' an album.

There are numerous other reliable verifiable sources that have identified 'The Roxx Regime Demos' as an album. The Stryper band themselves call 'The Roxx Regime Demos' an album

What's the difference between an album and a demo? A demo does not have the legal status that an album has. A demo does not have a Label Code (LC) number. A demo is not released by a recording company. These are merely a few differences between demos and albums. Demos are not eligible for the RIAA sales count.

It can be assumed that Koavf has difficulties understanding this difference. The very moment a band goes to the studio with demo-songs, and release these same demo-songs as an official album (with LC number etc.) the demo has become an official album and has ceized to be a demo. The community has cleared agreed on this.

In 1982 Bruce Springsteen recorded several demo-songs. These demo songs were later on mastered in the studio and officially released as an album: Nebraska. Editor Koavf has no problem with this album, as he dares not to touch the Nebraska article. However in the case of Stryper's 2007 album release 'The Roxx Regime Demos', he has prodded the article for deletion, taken the article to Afd, and after the Afd resulted in Keep, he is now actively changing the type of album on the article from "studio" to "demo" (1, 2, and 3). I have taken Koavf to both Ani and Avi over this matter.

Could other editors please look into this issue, and voice their opinions on whether 'The Roxx Regime Demos' is an album or a demo? Thank you. Amsaim (talk) 10:07, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I read through the AFD, and there appears to be agreement that it is an officially released album. The AFD is quite long, but note in particular the last few comments which sum up the situation. I think that in trying to make a strong case, you are being a bit wordy, and that's working against you, because when I read your remarks above, "A demo does not have a Label Code (LC) number", etc., I thought you were saying this album does not have an LC, which made me think, well then, it's not a public release. But after reading the AFD, I see you are saying this one does have an LC, and other characteristics of a commercial release.

So getting back to the current concern, the problem is that another editor wants to change the album "type" parameter in the infobox to "demo", and you feel that is confusing, because while the source of the music is songs that were once recorded as demos, the album itself is not a demo, and calling it such could lead to another future ADF nom. I agree.

As to whether it should be called a studio album or a compilation, it depends on whether it compiles material from prior commercial releases. If it contains material from several demo sessions or demo releases, rather than previous albums and singles released to the public, I don't think it should be regarded as a compilation, so studio album would be my choice. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 12:53, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Does it have to be either? Technically it's neither a studio album (which by my understanding (or opinion?) of WP:MUSIC is the only kind of album that inherits notability; I could go on for hours about the vaugies of that particular guideline but this is not the time or the place) or a demo in the traditional sense. To me it seems closer to a demo than a studio album; compilation seems to be the best bet, even if it is a compromise. Rehevkor ✉ 15:01, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Mayawati

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