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Welcome!

Hello, AndrewWTaylor, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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about my stub article

Hey there Andrew, I just noticed the speedy deletion tag on a stub page I wrote. I will add more info and edit it later on the day, so Please dont delete it so fast so that I get a chance to add to it later today. Njrockerchic (talk) 16:57, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Free University Movement =

There appears to be spammers who advertise yogurt and other products deleting articles about the Free Open College and Free Open University movement. Thousands of people around the world are joining the free University movement but some do not believe that the "unfit" should have access to free university education. Some have other motivations to remove all references to the Free University Movement. MIT's open courseware is neither free nor open. It is typical for their open course to have no content and only refer the learner to a list of hundreds of dollars of MIT and other textbook publications. Wikipedia spammed their textbook selling scam while deleting all references to real free content such as UC Berkeley pod casts etc.

we are getting deleted and swamped by spam selling CLEP guides and link sites to online schools. please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottprovost (talk • contribs) 08:31, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Whay was you deleted the article?

Whay was you deleted the article? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akademy_Masturbation&action=edit&undoafter=217561025&undo=217562786

You write it one too, one too...--123FM (talk) 16:52, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

message from 194.66.238.27

Someone from 194.66.238.27 wrote a message on your user page. I removed it from your user page and I am reposting it here. Kingturtle (talk) 17:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the following before reverting good faith edits. This is includes a paragraph about how SQL needs proprietary extensions to make it turing complete because the relational model is not. Turing_complete. -194.66.238.27

Re 12/0

Apparently, the site now shows a chart without the /0 part. I find it less likely that the chart was changed so quickly than that the site covered its rear end by photoshopping the image and burying any trace of criticism. Oh well, what can you expect from a site that sold such a chart in the first place. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prebendal School

I have left you a message about this on the talk page, please reply there :) SGGH speak! 17:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PrefixNE

Hi. Thanks for keeping an eye out for spam articles!

I removed the speedy tag since the article asserts notability with the links to reviews in magazines. It still has a lot of problems, however, which I have tagged.

When you "speedy" an article, it's always good to give article creators a {{spam-warn}} notice warning them of imminent deletion:

  1. It's a courtesy
  2. It gives them feedback on what not to do if they want to recreate the article
  3. It leaves a record of the deletion on the user's talk page should he add more of the same articles in the future.

Again, thanks for patrolling for this sort of article.
--A. B. (talk) 15:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - points taken AndrewWTaylor (talk) 16:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD for Wilmington Montessori School

Andrew, You initially and correctly put a Speedy on my first wikipedia article - Wilmington Montessori School - this past Saturday. I began my first wiki entry (for WMS) by viewing most of the other articles for sister schools in the Mid-Atlantic region. At the time, I was unaware of WP:WAX and WP:N, as such, my first entries mirrored many of those articles and did not carry much weight for notability even though I was providing as much or more information than other representative schools (again, unaware of WP:WAX .. and WP:V, WP:N, WP:RS, and even the proposed guideline Wikipedia:Notability (schools) that could provide at least a minimal starting point for a proper article). Since that time I have been reviewing many of the WP policies and guidelines and have also been revising the article with the help of other editors and have completed the following,

  • Two other editors cleaned up any promotional material. I also removed a debatable claim that was not backed with secondary sources.
  • Several secondary sources have been added.
  • Two additional references regarding national grants - the first by the US Environmental Protection Agency; and, the second by Toyota and the National Science Teacher's Association.
  • Added Montessori Life reference that "Wilminglon [sic] Montessori School ... Delaware's oldest and largest Montessori school..." [1]

With the additional recent work toward establishing notability and the additional comments by other experienced editors, I would appreciate if you could review Wilmington Montessori School, Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Wilmington_Montessori_School, and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Wilmington_Montessori_School and provide your opinion.

Regards. --Daddy.twins (talk) 12:16, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comradio Speedy Delete

(Note: the following was relocated from your User page. --Daddy.twins (talk) 22:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Hello.

Comradio is not an attempt to blatantly advertise a for-profit organization. It is part of an education institution and teaches students the fundemenals of Radio. I would ask for help in creating a better page rather than deleting it immediately because ComRadio is a well known station that many people may want to learn more about.

why did you delete Cubanman? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cubanman (talk • contribs) 21:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well why did u want it to be deleted did the page on cubanman affect you life in anyway? there are way stupider pages than cubanman on this site..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cubanman (talk • contribs) 03:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glina massacre

I agreed with your comments about Glina massacre, which you nominated for deletion, so I've completely rewritten the article. I'd like to invite you to review the revised article and if you're amenable, to withdraw Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glina massacre as being superseded. -- ChrisO (talk) 10:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SuperAntiSpyware

This article is less than what my article had. It needs to be deleted by your criterion. Family Guy Guy (talk) 06:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting House

Hi, you put a Speedy Delete tag on Reporting House this afternoon, which was removed by the writer. I tagged it this evening (not realising you had already done so) and it was again removed. I have just re-tagged it, but have no faith that the tag will stay in place for very long. Is there anyone this should be reported to? --seahamlass 18:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • The writer has just put a hang-on onto the speedy tag - and reverted my recent edit, which deleted the fake Wikimedia Commons and Wikiquote refs. I'll keep an eye on it too. cheers!--seahamlass 18:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Harmony

Hello, sorry for not understanding Wikipedia's policy on external links correctly: being a no-profit website, where a project open to any new collaboration/collaborators is proposed without any sort of commercial (or any other form of) advertisement, I thought the link could be useful and of a certain public interest. Yes, I can realize now that a conflict may arise between my "private interests", as a programmer, and Wikipedia's obligations. So, I apologize for my disagreeable inattention, and thank you for your kindness. --Faustotorre (talk) 11:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Embedded marketing

Hi. I have taken care of the concerns that you raised at this afd. Would you care to reanalyze your opinion? Thanks,--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 18:03, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The big problem here is that the original creation of this article was a spammy effort to WP:COATRACK an ad for somebody's parent company, which sells this vile service. I have nothing against using it as a redirect, since the COI is thus defeated, and it's pretty clear that the term is in use by the Evil Empire, among others, independent of the spammer's employer. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

Hi,

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We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

Addbot (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge meetup!

Hi, this is just to let you know of a proposed Cambridge meetup - suggested dates currently Saturday 18 October or Sunday 19th October. If you're interested, please give an idea of which day might be best for you there - & if you know of anyone else who might like to attend do let them know! Cheers, Dsp13 (talk) 13:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pet Airways page deletion

You deleted the Pet airways page claiming that is was selling a organization and that is not a note worthy item that belongs in an encyclopedia. I think the first commercial pet airline is beyond noteworthy and i changed the article from sounding like it was selling to making it educational. Please advise me on what would allow this post to be public becuase i think the world should know about the first commercial pet airline. Brge85 (talk) 15:17, 26 November 2008 (UTC)Brge85[reply]

Welcome

Welcome to the list and thanks for your contributions to the RD. -hydnjo talk 00:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Music

Thank you Andrew for the link ! I was looking for this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_musical_symbols Nicolas Messina —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.248.127.9 (talk) 17:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 2

Provisionally scheduled for February 28. Comments welcome, & seeing you there even better! Dsp13 (talk) 18:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ACR Review Draft (Oops)

Oops :|

Thanks for tagging it. I intended for that to be in my user space, but didn't realize I had put it in article space. I've requested it to be userfied.  — master sonT - C 21:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

not a problem, you were right in doing it and didn't know. 8)  — master sonT - C 22:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge meetup

The second Cambridge meetup is confirmed for this Saturday, 3pm, at CB2 on Norfolk Street: Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 2. Hope to see you there. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 2009

Please do not restore prods as you did with this edit it is obviously contested Please take it to WP:AFD. Cheers Kyle1278 14:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

lists in Excel

Yes, I got your reply. Thanks very much for the help! Matt Deres (talk) 12:33, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Shmoomins

Why have you deleted shmoomins twice now??? Im telling you this is a real word! Laimoaimo (talk) 19:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup

FYI, the fourth Cambridge meetup will occur on the afternoon of Saturday 1 August. Charles Matthews (talk) 18:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion Shamsher Ali

Hi, I am still editing the article, so please remove the tag. --Smcbuet (talk) 17:05, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Reference Desk

I would just like to thank you for helping me on the reference desk here, I can't beleive it was staring me right in the face the whole time. I wanted this program to stop after 8 hours of running everyday and wouldn't you beleive there was an option where you said to stop it exactly after 8 hours. Cheers - all the best —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.168.25 (talk) 23:06, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nightingale

Spotted your edits to the article A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song). What do think about the comment that “The recording by John Le Mesurier is widely regarded as the definitive version]]"? I like JlM but would not agree with this POV.

I am inclined to remove this POV ... the request for a citation has not been picked up. What do you think? Mikeo1938 (talk) 20:34, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge meetup 14 November

Another Cambridge meetup is planned for the afternoon of Saturday 14 November. Please contribute to the page and come along if you can. Charles Matthews (talk) 14:39, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

proposed museum deletion

Hi AndrewWTaylor, a few days ago you proposed Gounaropoulos Museum for deletion. Dr.Blofeld's stubs and his subsequent efforts have caused an amazing amount of articles to come alive, both in Films and Geography. Many of them however are doomed, and since you brought up the above mentioned stub, there is an awful lot more exactly like it under Category:Museums in Greece. Being familiar with Greek, I have attempted comparing with the Greek wikipedia's lists of museums, and visited as many links as I could find to determine notability. Few of these "dictionary-type" stubs are worth developing, but most should be condensed in a list IMO, if anything. How do you think is best to go about this cleanup? Hoverfish Talk 18:37, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Altered Speedy Deletion rationale: Zac poonen

Hello AndrewWTaylor, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I have deleted a page you tagged (Zac poonen) under a criterion different from the one your provided, which was inappropriate or incorrect. CSD criteria are narrow and specific to protect the encyclopedia, and the process is more effective if the correct deletion rationale is supplied. Consider reviewing the criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. Thanks again! Coffee // have a cup // ark // 16:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clear Enterprise

Andrew,

Thank you for replying to my message contesting deletion under the category of "unambiguous advertising". I have read the guidelines you referred to and was very careful to follow correct formatting and refrain from any opinions negative or positive, in order to remain neutral and informative.

To be honest, I'm honestly sad to say that I'm losing faith in Wikipedia. I thought it was for everyone, for anyone, to share any neutral information that allowed people to find out more (about more stuff), in one place.

Well, there is so much unwarranted negativity and red tape that it feels like it's just not worth it. I feel that I should be telling everyone how contributing within the guidelines of Wikipedia (as I have done) is a big waste of time (I don't want to... but that's how I feel).

This is very frustrating. Could you please actually tell me how that page qualified as unambiguous advertising? Because if not, then shouldn't it be undeleted?

When someone has put hard work into creating a totally neutral and informative page, I don't understand how an admin can delete it without providing even a single specific and referenced reason. And without a chance for meangingful discussion. How can we possibly help the community to grow within the guidelines and spirit of Wikipedia and keep in check anyone who might otherwise impede it's growth and good nature (making unwarranted claims and imposing unfair penalties on honest contributors).

I feel that I'm trying to make an honest and valuable contribution and that at present I'm surrounded by bullies who answer to no-one. Is that the spirit under which Wikipedia was created or is supposed to be administered?

Wikipedia:CSD#G11 "Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."

--Aj robo (talk) 00:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Knock-out Whist

Dear friendly editor Andrew,

I kindly ask you to revert your move as for the image deleted or replace it for a more suitable one once you think it doesn't fit the place. As a more experienced editor than I am, you know that unless clearly better or more appropriate images are available, the existing images in the article should be left in place (Wikipedia:Layout#Images).

Knowing that your concern as for the improvement of the articles listed in Wiki is noticeable, I assume that you agree that delition is indeed a step backwards. Yes, I entirely agree with you that the image in question may not be suitable for the article, so if you can't or don't want to make it any better, please, don't delete it. There are hundreds of images that you can place there, all at you disposal. You can choose any one you wish, one that you like, and I will struggle to keep it there for you.

Yes, I was called attention on many subjects here in Wiki, but I didn't take this as an offence or enough reason to get mad at those who called my attention to the problem. Instead, I followed their advice and made them my friends.

Yours truly, Krenakarore (talk) 23:42, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pakefield Local Elections

Why have you added a addon on my page think its funny do you after all that work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.23.68 (talk) 17:39, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello AndrewWTaylor! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 357 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

  1. Robin Matthews (economist) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 13:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ninian Finlay

Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate the information, but if it's going to be added there will have to be some print references to expand it, because there's a tendency for these things to be removed.

Ninian Finlay is definitely one of the more interesting early players.

There was certainly a player I know of called Gardyne Maitland. Gardyne is an extremely unusual first name, in fact until you mentioned "Gardyne Maitland", I'd never heard of it being used elsewhere.--MacRusgail (talk) 15:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Cambridge, 27 March

See Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 6 - much as before. We'd be glad to see you. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

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Reference Desk about 'fall'

Yep, you got me. Of course there was no UK then. I should have thought more before I spoke - some habits are harder to give up than tobacco!! Best Richard Avery (talk) 18:42, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andrew, I have read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EXT and it seems to me that the Clef Cleaner webpage is an excellent candidate for an external link. It is not, as you say, a "blog post", but rather a webpage like all the other links with Wordpress used only as a framework. If you read the content you will find that it suggests a much better system for musical notation than any of the other "alternative" notations mentioned. I would go so far as to say this theory deserves its own section in the article, while most of the other links you have approved are personal webpages that bring nothing new to the table, some are full of ads, some are webshops. Any thoughts on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.71.19.244 (talk) 11:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

The Reference Desk Barnstar
For your patience and good grace when dealing with my vague and silly question PanydThe muffin is not subtle 20:40, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

such that

I noticed that you changed several "such that" to "so that" in eight queens puzzle. I didn't put any of those in there, but in math it is common to use "such that" in those situations. What is the guideline for "so that" instead of "such that"? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 17:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

grueblers equation

Sir, i require that can we call L=2p-4 as grueblers equation ,l=2p-4 is used in theory of machines for finding the number of links when number of pairs is given in a kinematic chain. thanx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.130.246 (talk) 15:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tourism in Somalia

Read WP:DEADLINE, then come back and provide an explanation of why we should delete an article covering a notable topic rather than repairing it if needed, please. ╟─TreasuryTag►Speaker─╢ 16:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, AndrewWTaylor. You have new messages at Marco polo's talk page.
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WikiProject East Anglia

Would you be interested in WikiProject East Anglia?

If yes, please support us here at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/East Anglia. Wilbysuffolk talk 07:54, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Brooklyn Tabernacle

Please explain to me why this article keeps getting deleted. It is a significant public institution that should have an ecnyclopedia article. What's going on? --Sanya3 (talk) 00:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Cymbala

Please explain to me why this article keep s getting deleted. He is a major public figure, and a best-selling author. Why does it keep getting deleted? --Sanya3 (talk) 00:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Altered speedy deletion rationale: Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy

Hello AndrewWTaylor. I am just letting you know that I deleted Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. —SpacemanSpiff 18:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Pillay

Hi Andrew. Just wanted to let you know that the references for this article have been inserted. The references caused the publishing error, and before I could recitfy it, I received your message about the lack of references. This ommission has now been rectified. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Savesh.pather (talk) 13:29, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Peepdf

Hi Andrew, I've seen some other tools related to PDF creation/modification in the Wikipedia so could you tell me how I can modify the article to not being deleted, please? Thanks! Jose Miguel Esparza 18:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Less obsession with the Kardasians

You have tagged this page for speedy deletion per WP:G1. This is an inappropriate use of G1, because the G1 criteria only applies to actual nonsense (such as [2]). Amy's comments are coherent, but should be deleted per WP:A3, due to the presence of "chat-like comments". Thanks. --Anthem 10:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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