User talk:JohnCD

Welcome to my talk page. Click here to leave me a message. If you have come here about a page I deleted, you will probably find the explanation here; if that does not answer your question, click the link just above to leave me a message. Please mention the name of the page, and sign your post with four "tilde" characters ~~~~ so that I know who you are. If I have left a message on your talk page, please reply there; I am watching it. If you leave a message here I will usually reply here, but if my reply contains advice I hope you will find useful, I may place it on your talk page. (Talk page stalkers: you are welcome; if you see no reply here, there is probably one on the other talk page; I have decided to stop making a note here when I reply there). You may E-mail me via the "E-mail this user" link under "Toolbox" in the left-hand sidebar, but you will get a faster response here; I suggest you do not use e-mail unless you need privacy. I will normally reply on your talk page, not by e-mail.

The Turdpercy Gang

Could you message me a copy of the page please? I'm in this here band and I want to see what the page looks like. 90.200.205.92 (talk) 08:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I have put a temporary copy into User:JohnCD/draft. You can look at it there: I will leave it for 24 hours. See WP:BAND for what the band need to have achieved before they can have an article here. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:41, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Heather Vesey

It's on Commons too - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heather_Vesey_with_a_fan.jpg. I've no idea how Commons goes about such stuff, but I presume they have a way to deal with unused hoax images of non-notable people - do you have any idea? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:52, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

I did get rid of a Commons picture of Avinash Patra by nominating it for deletion (quite a simple process - there is a link under "Toolbox" at the left) with the justification "used only by serial sockpuppetteer and self-promoter" with links to his WP site ban and SPI case. Not that it did much good, he just uploaded another, and I suspect the same would happen here. I'd be inclined not to bother unless HV becomes as persistent a nuisance as AP. JohnCD (talk) 14:07, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, you're probably right - as long as we keep spotting and removing the hoax articles, we should be fine. Cheers -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:04, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, on second thought, I've nominated it for deletion - for the learning experience, at least -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:07, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

It won't do any harm. There's Commons:File:Heather_Vesey_with_a_fan.jpg as well. It looks as if there are some permissions problems. You could perhaps add to the nomination reason a link to the deletion log, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heather_Vesey&action=edit&redlink=1, with a note "still coming under variant titles", to show them it's not a one-off problem. JohnCD (talk) 17:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Done, thanks -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:22, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

In Trance We Trust

Just letting you know I moved In Trance We Trust (label) to In Trance We Trust after you deleted the album by that name. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 16:20, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, no problem. JohnCD (talk) 16:22, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

5grs References Fix

Thanks for your help on 5grs page. I have added a couple of references from different magazines, could you please check and see whether it meets the notably requirements for now? I usually work on tech pages and a bit new to music pages, so I'd really appreciate your help. SEMPER FI, User:Sx19216811 —Preceding undated comment added 00:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC).

That's better (though the first reference is a deadlink). I've taken off the "primarysources" tag. Anything more you can find would be good - I'm not sure this would survive a challenge at AfD against the standard of WP:BAND, but it's certainly good enough to escape speedy deletion. JohnCD (talk) 14:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice

I'm working on the article now per your advice so I can have the page undeleted. Thank you.

Dansalan (talk) 05:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)Dansalan

Sorry, I can't restore the page because it was copyright material, but you can see it at http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/rick-tucci.htm. The title has been protected against creation because the copyright stuff was inserted again and again: what you should do is, make a draft in your user space - see Help:Userspace draft for how to do that - and then approach user Hersfold (talk), the admin who protected it, give him a link to your draft and ask for permission to post it. Read WP:Your first article carefully, and make sure you include references showing significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. JohnCD (talk) 14:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

About Deleted Article: Pseudonym (Indian Band)

Hi JohnCD!
No one is taking any action regarding this article on the page - Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, so I want you to take up the matter.
Thanks!
With regards,
Guitarist^{(talk|contributions)}_{14:50, 29 August 2024 UTC [refresh]}

Replied at WP:REFUND#Pseudonym (Indian Band). JohnCD (talk) 14:02, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

deletion nom

No problem, none taken. As long as I get the proper CSDs, PROD, AFD, etc nominated it's all good. KING OF WIKIPEDIA - GRIM LITTLEZ (talk) 09:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Underwater Great Wall

Hi John, I noticed on the talk page of Underwater Great Wall that you'd previously had to deal with a section being copyvio. The rest of the page is copied from the other two external links used. I've tagged it CSD G12, with one of the URLs listed, but noth are copied. P.Oxy.2354 (talk) 02:42, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind, another admin got to it already. Best, P.Oxy.2354 (talk) 02:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

About: User:Iamgymman123/Pseudonym (Indian Band)

Hi JohnCD!
I have updated the article User:Iamgymman123/Pseudonym (Indian Band) by adding citations as well as other material. Hopefully, the article fulfils wikipedia's policies now. Please check out the article. Thanks!
With regards,
Guitarist^{(talk|contributions)}_{14:50, 29 August 2024 UTC [refresh]}

That looks better, though only refs 2 and 3 say much about the band; but the person you have to convince is user Atama (talk), the admin who deleted the article. JohnCD (talk) 13:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

/* Deletion of Ozormesis */

• Thank you for your suggestion. I tried to revise the article but AD:Orange Mike rejected it again. Some work are in progress regarding the ozormesis and I hope to come back to Wikipedia when more evidences will be published on peer reviewed int journal. Thank you again and sorry for that. If you think I can show you the revised version. Lambertore (talk) 14:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You're an idiot.

I left a section in discussion, I even referenced both on the page and in the discussion. You still delete. Honestly where do you people come from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.11.93.44 (talk) 18:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You provided a reference for the fees, but not for the assertion that a named person was regarded as "rude, unfair, nasty, sexist and racist." Read WP:BLP to understand why that was deleted at sight, and why any more edits like that will get you blocked. JohnCD (talk) 18:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Peploe hoaxes

Thank you. I takes time to pursue such threads, and doesn't constitute Wikipedia's most glamorous or scholarly work. But I do hate intentional misinformation--even if it's harmless stuff it dilutes the experience of scholarship. Best, 99.170.154.183 (talk) 17:03, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

It does a lot of harm to Wikipedia's reputation, too; but doing the detective work to expose it is fun. Have a look at this one, which I only got onto because another hoax by the same author was detected. JohnCD (talk) 17:28, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Very good. Clearly not only a member of the category [1], but a practitioner as well. 99.170.154.183 (talk) 18:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

That was indeed an appropriate category for him. He did alternative geography as well. JohnCD (talk) 21:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Paul Williamson (priest)

I did go through and in a word attempt rescind my own quick delete and was hoping that an admin would remove the quick AfD, so in a sense - Thanks!. I think my second set of comments in the discussion speak validity of keeping in a way :).

No worries - I saw you had had second thoughts. If you seriously change your mind after placing a speedy tag, it's perfectly OK to remove it yourself, it's only the article creator who is not allowed to remove it. JohnCD (talk) 19:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

PANGOLIN

Dear JohnCD,

Landroverfan here. Many thanks for your comments on the PANGOLIN page, which are all fully acknowledged and accepted. The truth is that I have published this a little early. I am working on a full version of the page now.... with the necessary links; with the info gaps filled in and with the necessary references etc.

I note that the vehicle is not yet on the OVIK site and I have contacted them to try to clarify why; I have received a provisional response sayong that until PSNI allows them to publicise PANGOLIN there will be no official mention on their website and no press release etc.

Please bare with me as this will be a fully worked-up page once all the available info is collated.

Best regards

LRF

Landroverfan (talk) 23:46, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Page userfied until reliable source available. JohnCD (talk) 09:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		Thank you so much for responding to a few helpmes that were posted during a workshop I was helping to run! Some of the people attending the workshop (fortunately for you, not all of them) decided to test out the {{helpme}} system, and I appreciate you being there to answer them here, here, and here. You also helped sort out a user in the workshop who accidentally created a sandbox in the articlespace ([2]). Your help is very appreciated. Thank you! – GorillaWarfare (talk) 02:09, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you; my pleasure. That must have been an interesting workshop! JohnCD (talk) 16:14, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: speedy

I explained on the article's talkpage why it's a G4. The user who's repeatedly re-creating this article is using different titles to try to avoid scrutiny. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:46, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

OK, I see it now, zapped. If you are posting a G4 where the previous title was different, it helps to link it in the speedy tag, like {{db-repost|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quran miracle}}, then a link to the previous AfD is available from the speedy template. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, great. can that be done in Twinkle? Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:57, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't know, I'm not a Twinkler. You could always add the link manually. JohnCD (talk) 17:59, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, guess that's what I'll do in these cases. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:02, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

PANGOLIN, again

Dear John CD,

Regarding PANGOLIN site - which has been deleted..please confirm that provided I continue to develop the site in accordance with your instructions etc it will be permitted to re-appear. Simply - I am seeking assurances that if the site meets with the necessary criteria - it will not be deleted.

Many thanks

LRF — Preceding unsigned comment added by Landroverfan (talk • contribs) 19:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Did you not see the note I left on your talk page? The article has not been deleted, but moved into your user space at User:Landroverfan/PANGOLIN armoured Land Rover where you can develop it. Once you can cite reliable sources to verify what it says, it can be moved back. I can't give you an absolute assurance that it would not be deleted, but provided it is properly sourced I see no reason why it should be. See WP:No original research for why things you have personal knowledge of, but can't cite a reliable source for, are not suitable for Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 19:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Acharya Bhagwant Shrimad Buddhisagar Suriswarji Maharaj Saheb

ok i will reform it again n re write it with my best available source. give me some extended time.

thanking you, (Maitrikvora21 (talk) 07:56, 12 July 2011 (UTC))

Username change vs COI

Having read the articles you suggested, I have concluded that the best course of action would be to change the username AND to place the article within a Project - the Organizations Project - in hopes that someone will find interest in writing the article. I would appreciate it if you would read the unpublished article and giving me some indication of where there is puffery or unverified information. With regard to notoriety and the "Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause" article, I don't think I've pushed any of those boundaries. It would be helpful if you (or someone else) could point out where I have transgressed. I understand that this is quite an imposition on you in terms of time, but I really could use a little constructive criticism that pertains directly to what I've written. And yes, I was wrong to say that I was writing for the organization in my comments on my talkpage. That distinction was well pointed out. Thank you so much for your assistance.

Palladiainc (talk) 21:05, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

deleted page.

why did you delete my page of Sarah Crosbie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by InbarxD (talk • contribs) 21:04, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Because it did not give any indication why she was important or significant enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. See WP:Your first article, particularly the first two paragraphs of the section "Things to avoid." This isn't a place to write about your friends, like Facebook or Myspace: it's a project to build an encyclopedia, so it's selective about subjects for articles. JohnCD (talk) 21:36, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Alli Live/Alli L!ve

Thanks for the feedback on this, will do. I had strongly suspected the "Alli L!ve (singer)" article I came across yesterday to be a hoax, and now that I'm aware of the sock, I will tag any future instances of Alli L!ve (or any related pages like the non-song "Don't Love Me") as WP:CSD#G4. Thanks again -  Gongshow ^Talk 14:22, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Vasanavikriti

I thought seeing a Red link on that someone might create an article rather than a loop. The page comes to the same page if I click. Also there is another reason for me to nominate it for SD. In ml.wiki there are already article for both ml:Vasanavikriti and ml:Vengayil_Kunhiraman_Nayanar. While creating the new article ml:Vasanavikriti in ml.wiki, user have given the interwiki as en:Vasanavikriti which was a duplicate. This was roll backed by me. If you think that is correct, please keep it. --Rameshng (talk) 17:35, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

The best outcome would be if someone could translate the ml: article for the story, assuming there are enough references to establish notability. Until then, you have a point that a red-link would encourage that; but on the other hand, anyone searching for "Vasanavikriti" would find nothing, whereas now they are taken to the author's page. (I have de-linked the reference there, because there is no point having a circular redirect). Not many people search for it, but some do: the page was accessed 120 times in the first six months of this year. While the redirect is there, I think an interwiki link from :ml would work, anyone clicking it in :ml would be taken via the redirect to the author's article here; but there wouldn't be an inter-wiki link the other way.

Anyway, this does not come under either of the two reasons to speedy-delete a redirect; if you like, by all means take it to WP:Redirects for discussion. Looking at WP:REDIRECT#DELETE, I think you have a case under #10. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:33, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Anyway I have translated the article Vasanavikriti from ml.wiki. So i think that is resolved.Thanks for showing me the directions --Rameshng (talk) 03:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Good. I have restored the link to it from the author's article. JohnCD (talk) 09:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Contested deletion

26rags (talk) 19:08, 14 July 2011 (UTC)You have recently deleted a page created by me titled "Hopesh dangal" and I would like to contest this deletion. Hopesh Dangal is an established rapper in the Indian state of Bihar and is signed with Raju Bhai Music Reckords in Patna. His talent is being marketed through online means like Facebook and Twitter and very soon Youtube.

Facebook link - http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Hopesh-Dangal/100001337297019 Twitter link - http://twitter.com/#!/Hopp_Dogg

His popularity on his online pages speaks for itself and he is slowly making a name for himself all over India.

I would like to request you to kindly allow me to make any changes that you deem necessary for the article to be in accordance with Wikipedia rules and practices. Having a wikipedia page would greatly help in the marketing of his talents.

Regards

26rags

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not here to help marketing people who are making a name for themselves, and being on Facebook/Twitter/Youtube is not enough for an article. The notability requirement is to show significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, and for musical performers the standard is explained at WP:MUSICBIO. JohnCD (talk) 21:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

thanks

For deleting my user page. -cc 09:20, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

No worries. U1 deletions are the easy ones! JohnCD (talk) 09:45, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Laserium page deleted erroneously

Greetings, My name is Scott Anderson and I am attempting to discover why Laserium is not relevant within wikipedia. I suppose i need to see why IMAX has a visible presence on wikipedia, yet Laserium cannot? or if considered separate from the company that invented it, Laserium is known worldwide in an almost generic sense for high-quality laser entertainment, the first mainstream laser entertainment in the early 1970's. Can you advise on how i can do justice to a science center and planetarium phenomenon known all over the world? Thanks very much, Scott Anderson ---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laserium2011 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

The short answer is that what you wrote was an advertisement, full of "peacock terms" and PR-speak: "unique entertainment art-form... enchanting visual piece... advanced laser projector... cutting-edge laser entertainment... " Wikipedia is not for promotion of any kind, and anything like that is speedily deleted. Also, your username indicates a WP:Conflict of interest. More advice on your talk page, but not for a few hours. JohnCD (talk) 16:43, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Question

Do you review Good article nominations? --cc 18:21, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

No, sorry, I know very little about the GA system. This might be a place to look for advice. JohnCD (talk) 18:46, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protection

Thanks for the help on my talk page. There were some disruptive edits at Sudhamoy Pramanick and wanted to know how to prevent. However the IP user has been warned and hopefully such activity will abate - else will request for protection later. SP 06:29, 16 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pramanick (talk • contribs)

Etonassociate

Is Etonassociate singular suitable? I ask because now it means member of organization, but not organization as a whole. I intend to stick with Etonassociate and subject it to namechange if needed. Will still bare Eton or bare Associate be suitable? Etonassociate (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Replied on you talk page. JohnCD (talk) 16:32, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I choose to use my current account personally, not organizationally, converting another into doppelganger. I too added disclaimer to User:Etonassociate page, is that good? Etonassociate (talk) 16:34, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that disclaimer loks good. JohnCD (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Hoyle

Why has Campo*hoyle been blocked by the filter, how am I supposed to tag accounts such as User:Paulfritzl and User:Camponja as sockpuppets if the name is banned? Categoriser (talk) 17:59, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Picture of Caroline Corr?

No offense but I am still not quite sure what to do. It seems I should upload a copyright picture from Wiki commons but there aren't any that I can find. If I put a picture myself in wikicommons, will that do? but I am still in the dark w.r.t. copyright issues (?) TonyMath (talk) 01:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

(Almost) any picture is copyright, and can only be reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder. The copyright in a photograph usually belongs to the person who took it. You could only upload a photograph of Caroline Corr to Commons if you took it, or if the person who took it agrees - see Commons:Special:UploadWizard. JohnCD (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

How to add references?

Hi John, Thank you for reinstating The Poetess. How do you add the references to The Poetess article page? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ogpoetess (talk • contribs) 20:59, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

See WP:Your first article, the sections "Gathering references" and (lower down) "Entering references", and for more detail WP:CITE. JohnCD (talk) 21:24, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

The Poetess deletion

HI John, I saw that The Poetess was back up earlier after our correspondence and now it is deleted again even after I've added references. Please advise. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ogpoetess (talk • contribs) 02:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

IPE Global.

I'm not sure why this doesn't meet the standards of being "noteworthy".The said organization has been involved with a number of projects in the development sector across the globe and has been able to aid in the development of sectors like Health ,Education ,Urban Development as well as rural development.The projects undertaken have brought changes in the development of the area as well as the people of the region.Kindly take a look at it and undelete the page . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Preethi31 (talk • contribs) 08:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Dan Cade wikipedia

I tried to create the page for Dan Cade. Please can you do this. He is an actor. See IMDB. But also, you replied to my last message. I changed the username, but the email address dancade@aol.com is still showing. Please can you help remove this?