User talk:Alexf

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Hi Alex and you sent me a warning after I corrected false information here on wiki regarding Frank McMahon

Hi Alex

I just recieved a warning from you in my messages but you must understand that Frank McMahon was my grandfather, born in New York and lived in Ireland. He wrote the stage play for Borstal Boy. For some strange reason someone seems to think he is Australian and they keep changing back on this wiki page ....... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McMahon_(author) ....that he is Australian. Its so bizarre that I have been getting warnings everytime I try to correct the information on this page about my Grandfather.

Thanks so much for your time and help and I hope you can fix this issue for me on this Wiki page as soon as possible (Snufalufagus78 (talk) 11:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snufalufagus78 (talk • contribs) 11:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I wouldn't know. You keep changing it. I am not saying it is wrong, just that we require sources for these changes and you have not provided them. -- Alexf^(talk) 14:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Incidentally Alex, I took a quick peek at the article history (your talk page is still in my watchlist and I happened to notice the above message), and it looks to me like there has been a long-standing (good faith) confusion regarding which individual the article's subject is; and that both of the possible subjects are the interest of inexperienced editors who are in good faith attempting to correct what they see as factual errors. I also noticed that all of the communication with the above user has been in the form either of edit summaries (which, in addition to their necessary terseness, inexperienced users are often not familiar with) or in the form of semi-automated or templated warnings on the editor's talk page. I would tend to suspect that this is an instance where some human communication and explanations of WP:V and such—in particular the adage “Verifiability, not truth” and what that means in practice—would do wonders for clearing up confusion. Anyways, apologies for sticking my nose in where it doesn't particularly belong, but I figured since I'd already scanned through the article history I'd put my two cents in. --Xover (talk) 14:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh I don't mind helpful advice. You make good points. This is the first time I received a communication from the user. Thx. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

iCard Mobile

Why did you delete this even after I demonstrated notability? Turkeyphan^t 14:53, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

May I ask how did you "demonstrated notability"? All I see in the article is one sentence saying: "is a mobile virtual network operator service based in the United Kingdom". No sources whatsoever. None at all. Maybe you should read the requirements for asserting notability for companies. Also, it would be nice if you read the instructions at the top of the edit page and provided a link, so I can respond promptly and accurately without having to do your searching for you. Lastly if you asked nicely I might offer to userfy the article if you wanted to work on it. A nice, "hello" instead of the tone of your message goes a long way when requesting help or information. Have a nice day.-- Alexf^(talk) 15:03, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

1. I'm afraid can't see anything wrong with my tone. I asked a straightforward question expecting a straightforward answer. I rarely waste time with pleasantries since we're assuming good faith on all accounts. I see that you ask editors to "get to the point".

2. I thought I went through the proper procedures to demonstrate notability through the Speedy deletion link. If that was wrong, I apologise.

3. The article was clearly a stub and I expected sources and more content would be added in good time. It was only up for a few working days before being deleted.

4. Sorry about missing out the red link - I did user the exact article title as the heading though so no searching necessary.

Mainly I was just confused that it got deleted without any consultation on the speedy deletion after I made an effort to justify it. Turkeyphan^t 18:38, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

OK. I see. I was not looking for pleasantries. Always remember that the internet does not convey emotion and it can sometimes be misunderstood. Starting like: "Can you please tell me why article XYZ was deleted?" goes better than bluntly asking: "Why did you delete XYZ?". Maybe you can see how it is received. As per the article, I checked (no way I can remember the hundreds of articles deleted every week - no exaggeration in numbers here), and found only one sentence and some categories, no references whatsoever. If you want it, I can userfy it. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:05, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I don't see any difference, semantic or otherwise, between those two phrasings nor the difference between "hello" and a pleasantry. Back to the point: as I said, it was the speedy deletion discussion, not in the article itself. I don't think userfying will help as the aim for that stub was for the community to gradually forge it into shape with references and content which is best done live. Turkeyphan^t 19:20, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Argentine VANDAL

Hi there ALEX, VASCO here,

regarding the "follow-up" you did on this vandal (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:190.174.213.36), i don't know if this will be of any assistance or if it will do any good, but this is a wrongdoer (i'll refrain from using any other denominations, per WP policy!) that has a vast array of IPs, and he uses them ALL for the same: vandalizing the footballers' infoboxes, in clubs, number of goals, etc.

Hopefully something can be done from this. Attentively, from Portugal - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 16:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Oi Vasco. Obrigado. Keep an eye on him then. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

KDSL speedy-delete

Greetings,

I recently posted an article entitled, "KDSL: Know. Do. Serve. Learn." which was "speedy-deleted." The purpose of the page is to provide information on the organization, KDSL. It was not intended to be a promotional page. What needs to be done to have it undeleted? I am new to wikipedia and would appreciate the feedback to better understand exactly what can and cannot be posted. Again, the page is simply information. I can take off the external links if that is a problem. What was(were) the exact issue(s) with the page?

Thank you for your time,

KDSL07 (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Let's see. The article had no verifiable reliable sources anywhere. None. Your username seems to indicate a conflict of interest with the subject. Checking your Talk page I see you were properly advised of this and it was explained in detail, with links to the issues and references, so I'm surprised you asked the question. Please read the notices you were given and follow the links. They will answer most of your questions. As per the username, as explained in your Talk page, conflicts of interest are a problem. If you have a relationship with the organization, please read the Business FAQ. It will also clarify the issues. A change of name request may be advisable, as more editing on that article might lead to an account block on username grounds. Please note that a change of name does not exempt you from writing about your organization. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:15, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Cal Lane

Good Day AlexF, What type of supplemental information do you suggest I provide to support the creation of a new page for this artist? I tried to be objective and non-promotional in the description of her contribution to the artworld. She (Lane) has many awards and scholarships as testimonials to her significance as an artist who creates artwork that is engaging, informative, and relevant for many different types of people of all ages, interests, and cultures. Thanks, Michaelg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgpeters (talk • contribs) 21:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Enough secondary verifiable reliable sources to assert notability. Please remember to sign your posts in talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). -- Alexf^(talk) 21:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Cal Lane has left the building

Good day AlexF This was my first attempt to create a wikimedia page, which was an interesting experience. In future I will look for gaps to fill rather than vice versa. Thanks for the input and directing me to the appropriate reference pages to learn more.Mgpeters (talk) 15:49, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Classic Choice

I am quite upset that you deleted Classic Choice, page for Radio Christian Voice Zambia. This station is 15 years old and we are beginning to create a summary of former programmes and presenters. Because Wikipedia allows for group editing, by seeding the first entry and then emailing former employees, the plan was to begin to document Zambia's first independent radio station. If you keep deleting things, then we cannot achieve this. Sure, the first article isn't going to be best, but killing it before it gets going seems really disappointing and against the evolution of something that was significant in Zambia's history. Because you have been administering for 7 years, I am sure you have much more experience in things than others, but can't we start this sort of documentation of Zambia's independent media (with a bit of humour) to get things going, before it being clobbered?

I understand your point but you have to read and follow the rules. The article was nominated for speedy deletion due to lack of assertion of notability. The immediate action , if you feel the article should be saved is to request a stay in the article's Talk page and explain (within policy), why it should not be deleted. The important thing was - and is - to add independent verifiable reliable sources to assert that notability to remain as an entry in an encyclopedia. What sources or references or citations did it have? None whatsoever. So I am sorry but don't blame me for following the rules. If you want to create an account and request userfication, I'd help. Just be warned that it every article, and user, has to abide by the rules. Have a good day. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:55, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Updating of Belgian Community information

Hi,

the page Template:Infobox_Belgium_Municipality/Population puts automatic information of NIS in the part population Template:Infobox_Belgium_Municipality

example look to Aalst, Belgium, it's 2006, look the dutch one http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalst_(Oost-Vlaanderen) and you have the 2010 information

so you can't change it you're self but the current information is quite old 2006!

there is a list of 2010 on http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Feconomie.fgov.be%2Fnl%2Fbinaries%2FPop%2520Bevolk%252001012010_v2_f_tcm325-109882.xls&rct=j&q=erpe-mere%2019280&ei=PkpATurAN8jsOc6f1fkO&usg=AFQjCNEm_6A5vnnKX5MD2Y9l1R2fblAWYQ

is it please possible for someone to update this?

it's really ridiculous because on the dutch page everything is 2010 but when people of other countries update information they look mostly on the english page and copy that information so they put the 2006 information of the english page while correct information of 2010 is on the dutch page

so please can someone do something?

Klodde (talk) 20:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

So why don't you just do it? -- Alexf^(talk) 22:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Prod of The Elf on the Shelf

The prod tag has since been removed, but do note that there were several good, working external links that established notability and could have been converted into inline refs. Also, the article was created long before the COI account started editing it. Please don't be so quick on the trigger with this stuff. Thanks. Zagalejo^^^ 18:45, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

OK. Still reads somewhat like an ad, but it definitely looks better since the later edits. It helped to draw attention and have someone other than COI fix it a bit, so that's good in the end. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:06, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

FutureRP Speedy Deleted

Why was my article deleted without any chance to correct the issues or defend myself?

I had posted a message on the talk page. I find it unfair that articles like my own, which were mere minutes old, are speedy deleted, whilst stub-like articles of the same kind go on unpunished. I would request that you undelete my page so I can rectify any issue you seem to have with it.

-- Cyberkilla (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:19, 11 August 2011 (UTC).

The article (would be nice if you had added a link as requested), was unreferenced. It only had unverified claims with no external, third-party reliable sources. Links to their own website are circular and do not count. The rest of the links to social networks were not allowed and would have been removed anyway. If you ask politely, not in the tone of your message here I can userfy it for you. I understand you may be upset, but that is still not the way to ask for help from overworked admins. As per the comparison with similar sites, thanks for pointing them out and I will take a look, but they have no relevance in deletion discussions. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:27, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Unverified claims about what though? It speaks only of some of the basic mechanics of the game, which it then backs up with references to the game documentation that verify the claim. I can't believe you need external sources to verify that the game behaves in a certain way. There are external links referencing the game, but I don't understand what you actually want.

For example, I could say that we've had over 26,000 registered accounts, but only the actual game website is going to be able to verify that claim. I didn't try to make any particularly extravagant claims, so I'm surprised I've been deleted for a /second/ time, especially since I contested it on the talk page just prior to it being deleted. Cyberkilla (talk)

Ok. I restored it and cleaned it up a bit. PRODded it which will give you some more time to work on it. Unless you can add third-party verifiable references, it will not stay though.Note that you also have a serious conflict of interest in this article, which is not good. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:19, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, it is much appreciated. I'll do my best. I really have no desire to use the article for advertising purposes; it would, however, be useful to have an adequate external definition of the game available beyond what is stated on the homepage itself.Cyberkilla (talk)

That might run counter to WP:GAMEGUIDE. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. I didn't intend to make it into a guide anyway, but I'll bear that link in mind. There are an awful lot of rules here. It's a wonder anyone manages to keep an article up :-) Cyberkilla (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:06, 11 August 2011 (UTC).

I have attempted to make it more neutral and concise. Please let me know if there is more to be done, if you have a moment. Still looking for a third-party link that it makes sense to include. Cyberkilla (talk) 19:56, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

As always, I'll be honest with you. I still think it is deletable. Not too enthused by the few sources provided. As a PROD you have a few days to work on it. It could be that another editor objects and makes a fuss. You should ask for the PROD to be allowed to run its course. As I am already involved I will recuse myself from further opinion and will not be the admin closing the PROD when it's time. Another uninvolved admin will take over and make a decision. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Figured I'd let you know...

I just wanted to let you know that I added [[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]] to your userpage. I also changed [[Category:Wikipedians in Florida|Alexf]] to [[Category:Wikipedians in Florida|{{PAGENAME}}]]. If you don't want those there, I am fine with that. You can remove them/revert my edits if you want. Hope you have a good day! :D LikeLakers2 (talk) 17:50, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

I saw that yesterday. No problem. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:07, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Christian-New Age Dialogue user page and article

Thank you, Alex, for alerting me to your seeing me use my user page as promotional. I really didn't see it that way, but just as a way to refer people of the article in case they landed on my user page instead of the piece itself. But I'm not here to defend my error. I do want to thank you. Also, I wonder if folks who are voting for deletion have actually read the piece. I can see some have and that's fine if they still think it should go. But some of those comments seem to say nothing about the article itself. I just hope the article will not be deleted because of unintentional violations. By the way, I made a reply on the proper SPI page (I think) re the sockpuppeting thing. That just didn't happen -- or at least didn't happen the way folks seem to be thinking. Anyway -- thank you. And hopefully I'll be signing off properly here. (If not, I'm the user of the Christian-New Age Dialogue account name.) --Christian-New Age Dialogue (talk) 15:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC) Christian-New Age Dialogue

Of course we read the article, how else cane we comment on it? My !vote is my opinion and looks like most of the other commenter's as well. You should red the linked pages there to see why and what our the rules are. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a place for opinion pieces. Also, your username is in violation of the username rules as in in WP:NOSHARING and WP:MULTIPLE, but you have already been told that. I would suggest a request for a change of name. Your explanation in the SPI case you referred to, although explaining it was unintentional it still shows a lack of understanding of the rules and thoug unwillingly, confesses to a violation of them. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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Just a thank you

There is another admin,Barek, involved now in the editing of Lady Magdalene's so he can hold our hands there. I haven't yet voiced a complaint at the admins incident board about Jneils history of conflict of interest and mainly editing articles he has a stake in but will do that when I get some more time(and can learn the wiki etiquettes more properly). I just wanted to shout out a thank you for giving me sound advice, looking into Jneil and if there is concern there and just being patient. Also for doing a great, important and probably thankless job(I mean EVERYBODY uses wiki, but few invest their time to make it remain a good source). Thanks and cheers! CassanovaFrankenstein (talk) 11:42, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Another place to discuss this that I failed to mention is Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Note: It is not wiki but Wikipedia. The latter is an encyclopedia, the former is a type collaborative of web software of which Wikipedia is an example. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:02, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Light Field Corporation

Hi Alex,

Light Field Corporation is deleted and I'd like to emphasize its importance. The company has several products and most important one is the world's first interactive 3D 360° Display. There are several links to our product in the Wikipedia and some of them are:

Autostereoscopy the last link of external links, Volumetric display the sixth link of external links.

You can check the product and publications about it. It is unique and I think it deserves to be in encyclopedia. Thank you, Fhryrs (talk) 15:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

It may be as you say, but "emphasize its importance", "has several products", "world's first", and "several links to other articles" are not valid reasons for a deletion discussion.

Please see:

• Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)
• Asserting notability through reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions

That said, I'd be willing to userfy it if you think you can add proper reliable, verifiable sources. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:46, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Nurmon Jymy

Hey. Can you check my english on article Nurmon Jymy because it isnt very well. thanks. 85.157.166.225 (talk) 15:48, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

No time. You should ask in Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:06, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

69.14.21.104

Hi Alexf. I saw you recently removed a user that I reported for violation 3RR without an explanation. I'm guessing I did something wrong but with no explanation, I can't be sure and make sure that I don't make the mistake again. Can you explain, please? I usually stay as far away from edit warring as I can so this isn't something I'm very familiar with. OlYeller^Talktome 20:54, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

If I had to guess, it should have been reported at ANI. OlYeller^Talktome 20:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I did not remove that entry. If you look at the diff you provided you will see it was the bot, who probably got confused on where your entry ended and the next one started. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Ah ok. I've never understood how that bot works. I thought it was operated by any admin working that board. I'll figure something out. OlYeller^Talktome 14:38, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

No. It's automated. It runs on a timer checking for blocked users, to remove their record from the AIV page to reduce clutter. How it decides what to remove I don't know. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:44, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...

Thanks for removing those symbols for me from WP:AIV. It wasn't really vandalism, as I meant to undo my edit, but helperbot7 already removed my comment, thereby making the undo not possible. Its my text editing prompt that must be causing those to appear. It seems to happen when there are non-standard symbols. Though it could also be just randomly. Again, thanks. LikeLakers2 (talk) 01:04, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

I see. No problem. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:25, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

COIBot

Hmm, this seems a one-off error (though I have seen it in the past). Both reports are on the same domain, it seems every once in a so many thousands of reports to misread a setting for some strange reason. I'll try to upgrade the bot further to prevent this (though I can't see where it breaks). Mind to unblock the bot (or that I do it?)? Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 06:55, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

•  Done -- Alexf^(talk) 10:25, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

MrTARDISreview

Dear Alex, i wasn't trying to advertise MrTARDISreviews i just thought if CTfxC or Charlieissocoollike can have a page on Wiki then why can't other YouTuber's have one....?

Kind Regard Flopro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flopro (talk • contribs) 18:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Let's see. MrTARDISreviews had no reliable sources, nor citations; it links to your site (assuming you are connected to FloProProductions, due to your username. I don't know the other pages you have pointed to but I see Charlie McDonnell has many references to establish notability. In any case, it should not make any difference what other people have, to your article. Then we have the problem of your username which seems to be in violation of WP:GROUPNAME, so I would recommend a change of name, as this one may be blocked if you continue to add spam links to your site , as you did already. Please remember to sign your posts in talk pages with four tildes (~~~~) and to always post new messages in Talk at the end. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:52, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

User:CFE Media

Did you notice that he had a username change request in place when you blocked? –xeno^talk 12:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

No. I hadn't. Unblocked. Thanks for the heads up. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:01, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I've carried out the rename. –xeno^talk 13:07, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Username blocks

I'm concerned that some of your username blocks might not accord with the guidance provided at Wikipedia:UN#Company/group names and Wikipedia:BP#Education and warnings. Specifically, you seem to be, at times, blocking users prior to engaging in dialogue and suggesting they change their name.

One in particular that stuck out in a very brief review was the without-warning block of UHDigitlalLibrary (talk · contribs), whose userpage indicated that they represented an institution with similar goals as Wikipedia ("Our goal is to showcase digital collections of materials documenting the history of the University of Houston, City of Houston, and State of Texas, as well as other historically and culturally significant materials related to the University’s teaching and research mission.") and should probably be welcomed with open arms (and referred to WP:GLAM), rather than blocked. –xeno^talk 13:05, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

OK. I see your point. Will re-read these (it's been a while since). I was not aware of GLAM. Thanks. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

UHDigitlalLibrary has been unblocked and a note has been placed int heir talk page. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:29, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Alex. I realize that username patrolling is a thankless and tedious job and after a while on the chaingang, everyone starts to look like a no-good-dirty-spammer =) I appreciate your willingness to re-examine your approach. –xeno^talk 13:42, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Photos were deleted.

Dear Alex,

New User:

My photos were recently deleted and my upload privileges were revoked. I made a few link errors that were reverted, but I don't see why my photos had to be removed.

Can you grant me upload privileges again?

thesoulofjapan is my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thesoulofjapan (talk • contribs) 17:31, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Alberto Portugheis

Hello: You recently tagged Alberto Portugheis for neutrality. The author has queried for an explanation for the tag, and I offered a guess, but since you tagged it, I guess you know best why you tagged it. As a note, try to avoid jargon and excessively technical language when you provide an explanation, because I think the user is still somewhat nervous after being bombarded with warning templates, and may not be exactly fluent with all this new techie stuff. Thanks, Brambleclawx 17:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

It has lots of flowery comments attributed to third persons, with red-links provided. These are not verifiable and excessively POV. Remember this is an encyclopedia not a critics review website. I preferred not to remove the paragraphs, but let the author fix it instead. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:56, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Erase criteria

Hi.

I want to know under which criteria do you decide what is spam and what a reflective and useful recomendation. I have a PhD in visual anthropology and wanted to add a link to a visual essay about a Trinh Minh-Ha's film which you deleted. Why do you decide to keep an interview or a link to other pages but erase mine?

Thanks for the answer.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinh_T._Minh-ha

190.47.6.15 (talk) 15:08, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:External links. I do not doubt your credentials, but Wikipedia requires verifiable, reliable sources. A personal website, not an established, peer-reviewed and independently-edited publication, is not acceptable. The poster of that link shares the same name as the website. I assume it is you, and in that case you have a serious conflict of interest with that link. Proper procedure would be to add a note to the article's Talk page and discuss it there with the community beforehand. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:16, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Crowe & Dunlevy

Seeing as this account hasn't edited article space, a {{uw-spamublock}} seems a little harsh. Would you be willing to change it to a {{softerblock}}, or allow me to do so? --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Crowe & Dunlevy, was speedy deleted today by User:discospinster today. I believe it's a sock that did it. Coincidence that they had posted under their company name on the same day? Doubt it. They were reported at WP:UAA. If you prefer to change the block, go ahead. The name is certainly in violation of WP:GROUPNAME if not spamu. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:16, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

May 2010, actually. I agree the account name isn't OK, but will reblock with a softer message. Thanks. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:20, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Abdallah ibn Muawiya

This person is notable. One of important figures in early Islam history and Shia History. His life and revolt against Yazid I are covered in books such as:

• Encyclopedia Iranica, published bt Cloloubia University, for example Mahdi article
• Momen, Moojan (1985), An introduction to Shi'i Islam, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300035314 : One page is dedicated to him in this books
• History of Islam (Vol 2) By Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

Please restore the article.Thanks--207.148.175.131 (talk) 01:06, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

You could be correct but your sources have to show it. For example, a quick search in the link you provided to Google Books, "Abdallah ibn Muawiya" does not return any hits, but "Muawiya" returns several to an "Amir Muawiya". Is it talking about the same person? Unfortunately the names do not match. You have to excuse me in my ignorance of the finer points and details of Islamic History, but if the names do not match, it could be his father, or his cousin, or not even related. In other words, there's no reliable source you have shown that refers to this person an establishes notability. The very short article that was nominated for speedy deletion at the time, did not show it either. I would be willing to userfy it if you had an account, but I can't restore an article based on sources that do not (yet) conclusively even refer to this person. I am sure if there are you can find some. -- Alexf^(talk) 01:46, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

From Puddleglum137

Thanks for your email, I didn't realise that I wasn't allowed to "advertise" and genuinely thought I could have a page dedicated to information about my music, please feel free to delete it as I could not do what I really wanted anyway, as I am an amateur and have very little interest in making money or being famous through my music I did not consider it real "advertising" more a place where information could be found as I do not leave any on the music websites. Sorry my apologies.