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AfD

Hi. There was a note on a recent AfD you closed: NOTE for closer: if this AfD is closed as 'redirect', please remember to include the {{R from school}} on the redirect page. Please remember to do this because it populates an important category. Cheers, and all the best for 2012! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my mistake, I remembered on some but I suppose I may have forgotten others - are there any that I can fix? Best regards mate, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 05:00, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Nelson Denis.jpg

I notice you just restored this file after a request for undeletion. The user in question should have brought this to a deletion review, as it was not uncontroversial. I assume you're not aware of the fact that the photo in question has been the subject of two extremely heated and protracted PUF discussions Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 November 18, and a PUF in June, and that the result of both discussions was delete. The OTRS cited by this user is immaterial; his claim that he took this photo is not credible and has not been accepted. Deletion was appealed to the administrator who twice deleted it, Fastily, with the OTRS letter reprinted in full, and the appeal was not granted.[1] Nelsondenis248 raised the issue again at AN, and was turned down again.[2] (See Nelsondenis248's comments at 20:41, 3 December 2011 and responses.) The photo should not just be deleted, but salted. If the user wishes to appeal the deletion, he should go to DRV with appropriate notice to Fastily. ScottyBerg (talk) 15:06, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed I was not, my apologies, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 15:36, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I suspect there will be squabbling over this photo until we all have gray hairs. ScottyBerg (talk) 15:42, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ha! Well I suppose we shall see - thanks for taking care of this, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of national IQ estimates from Lynn and Vanhanen (2002, 2006) should be undeleted

This article was created by me, but unfortunately I missed the deletion discussion (was on vacation). The contents of the article were cut and pasted from IQ and the Wealth of Nations to enhance the readability of that article. Some editors thought that the chart in question should be deleted altogether from IQ and the Wealth of Nations, but as a compromise it was agreed that the chart could be moved to a separate article[3]. None of this background came up in the deletion discussion, because none of the involved editors participated, so the deletion was made without knowledge about the purpose of the article and its connections to other articles.

Moreover, it seems that a copy of the article exists at National IQ estimates.--Victor Chmara (talk) 21:37, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any refutation of the points made at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of national IQ estimates from Lynn and Vanhanen (2002, 2006)? Also, I am in contact with User:Night of the Big Wind regarding this related topic. Regards, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:54, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tyler Barnett

Would you be so kind as to please restore the article Tyler Barnett back onto my userspace? Tylerbarnett (talk) 22:03, 3 January 2012 (UTC)Tyler[reply]

 Done - the page has been restored to User:Tylerbarnett/Tyler Barnett, although I must warn you to be careful of a conflict of interest. Cheers, mate, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:57, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Variable-mass system

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Casliber! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Drama (film)

Hi Arbitrarily0, I see you closed the AfD on Drama (2012 film) as delete. Thank you. Would you consider also deleting Drama (film)? This is an exact copy of Drama (2012 film) written by the same original author. I believe this should be covered by the same AfD decision? Many thanks, Sparthorse (talk) 02:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, although next time just remember to tag it with {{afd}} so that the page is not deleted out of the blue. But no worries, cheers! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:03, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, right, thanks. I should have done that. I appreciate the pointer. Best, Sparthorse (talk) 03:05, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No problem - hope to see you around in the future! Stop by any time, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Xbox 720

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A tag has been placed on Xbox 720, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where an article has substantially identical content to that of an article deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. -- ferret (talk) 16:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have declined that speedy deletion because with six reliable sources the article at least meets WP:GNG and it does look different from the 2007 version. And I've also addressed the contradiction issue, see article talk page. De728631 (talk) 17:03, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reconsidering AfD: Coherent (company)

Some time ago, you closed the deletion discussion on Coherent (company) with the result: "delete". I am the original author of the article; unfortunately, some sales rep turned it into an advertisement at some point, which probably triggered the deletion discussion. I am asking you to undelete the article, on the following grounds:

If the article is undeleted, I'd start by moving it to the title Coherent, Inc. and reverting to the pre-spam version. Han-Kwang (t) 16:24, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Han-Kwang! I have restored the article, which is now at Coherent, Inc.. You seem to have showed sufficient notability, especially since the deletion discussion did not address these sources. Thanks for doing all this research, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Han-Kwang (t) 18:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One more request: could you also undelete the company logo? File:Coherent Inc. logo.gif Han-Kwang (t) 18:26, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that's fast! Han-Kwang (t) 18:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
:) No problem! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative

Hi Arbitrarily0,

You are receiving this message either because you expressed an opinion about the proposed SOPA blackout before full blackout and soft blackout were adequately differentiated, or because you expressed general support without specifying a preference. Please ensure that your voice is heard by clarifying your position accordingly.

Thank you.

Message delivered as per request on ANI. -- The Helpful Bot 16:23, 14 January 2012 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:44, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of CTrader page

Hi Arbitrarily0,

I hope you are well. I've just been advised that the CTrader page has been deleted by you. As far as I can tell that was based on someone's comments along the lines of 'another forex company / scam etc.' I don't work for them in any capacity but use their products so I want to help them as English is not their first language. Firstly it is most definitely not a scam. They supply products to forex trading companies and don't offer anything to individuals. I totally agree Wiki is not a forum for advertising but surely a company can register what services they offer and if that is not the case it strucks me as information discrimination against smaller firms that have not reached global / iconic / popular culture status. By that rational there are thousands and thousands of pages on here that will need to be deleted.

As Wiki's own forex trading page states it is a $4 trillion a day market that is growing and so is of interest to the general public.

As far as I could see it was not any different to pages for other forex companies and was trying to just be factual. Below are some examples of those.

If there were elements of it that needed changing I'm sure their contributor could have done that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXCM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Index_Group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpari_%28UK%29_Limited

Please don't take any of the above as a complaint - I just want to find out if they were doing something wrong and what they would need to do to correct it.

Cheers Forextrader2011 (talk) 14:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Forextrader! CTrader was deleted because of consensus to do so at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CTrader. One of the main reasons for this was that it lacked secondary reliable sources - do you know of any such sources that could have been included? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 22:45, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Arbitrarily0 for the prompt reply and explanation! Yes I'm sure they have plenty of secondary sources to use, media articles etc and will get them to forward a big collection of all those for group consideration. CheersForextrader2011 (talk) 08:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent. I look forward to seeing the sources. Take care, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Arbitrarily, please see below secondary sources. I will leave in your and the discussion groups experts as to whether they are suitable :) I've been informed they are rewriting the text for the page as well for consideration.

Many Thanks

http://www.fxpro.com/downloads/platforms/ecn http://www.crunchbase.com/company/xtrader http://www.dailyforex.com/C-Trader/C-Trader-review/697 http://forexbrokerz.com/news/ctrader-forex-ecn-platform-review http://www.100forexbrokers.com/xtrader-interview http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ctrader-announces-expansion-of-business-development-team-134745348.html http://forexmagnates.com/fxpro-launches-xtrader-an-ecn-platform/ http://www.forexpros.com/software/ctraderhttp://www.forexpeacearmy.com/forex-forum/intensive-reviews/16281-intensive-review-ctrader-currency-trading-platform.html http://www.forexturtle.com/sa/CompanySnapshot.aspx?swcompanyid=1036 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7P0tHMDAw0 http://www.myforexspace.org/page/ctrader-platform-review http://www.middleeastbusiness.net/news/articles/209/FxPro-cTrader-Review.html http://fixprotocol.org/vendors/7688 http://www.reviewpips.com/brokers/all-brokers/item/ctrader http://forexmagnates.com/xtrader-platform-review-through-fxpro/ http://www.goforexbrokers.com/knowledge/forex-trading-platforms/89-ctrader-ecn-forex-trading-platform-review- http://vimeo.com/31421957 http://fxvv.com/platform/ctrader-platform http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/ctrader-review/ http://www.brothersoft.com/ctrader-449345.html http://www.e-forex.net/retailefxarts/New+Release/1682/cTrader+-+delivering+genuine+ECN+solutions+for+retail+FX+ http://windows9download.net/164/fxpro-ctrader-818810.html http://countingpips.com/fx/2011/04/29/interview-with-jason-k-product-manager-of-new-forex-platform-xtrader/ http://fxpro-ctrader.software.informer.com/ http://dbpedia.org/page/CTrader http://forexcafe.com/forex/ctrader/ http://fxmim.com/blog/?p=5708 http://edutwist.com/download/fxpro_ctrader/227132 http://wn.com/Welcome_to_FxPro_cTrader_Level_2_Price,_1_Click_Order_Execution,_cAlgo__FxPro http://www.thegeekknows.com/2011/04/sponsored-post-xtrader-forex-ecn.html http://www.futurespros.com/software/ctrader http://tradingforexonline.com.au/ctrader-ecn-platform-review-my-forex-space/ http://www.forexbrokerz.com/news/fxpro-ecn-forex-ctrader-commissions http://www.babyboomernews.com/upload/watch/O7P0tHMDAw0/ctrader-ecn-platform-review-my-forex-space.html

Forextrader2011 (talk) 16:14, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Forex. Now which of these would you consider to be reliable sources (e.g., reliable newspapers, books, journals)? In most cases, blogs, Youtube, and primary sources are not usable as reliable sourcing. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:10, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Center for vein restoration

Can you please userfy my page Center for vein restoration

Rohanv85 (talk) 15:09, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rohanv85! I have sent the article's content to your email address linked to your account. Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:11, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RASCargO

Hello - I see that you deleted RASCargO (cargo screening system) per the discussion. I was wondering if you could also delete RASCargO. The page was moved there during the discussion, but the deletion notice was still on the page, so people were aware of it. Thanks! Dohn joe (talk) 01:05, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - thanks for the note! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Dohn joe (talk) 01:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No problem at all! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AfD 2

Hello. You recently closed the AfD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Life of Graham Greene (Volume 2). Arguably, the nominator also included Life of Graham Greene (Volume 3) in the nomination (although admittedly he wasn't particularly clear about it), and that article still exists and has an AfD tag on it. Can you take a look at it and determine whether you think the Volume 3 article should be deleted as well? Thanks. —SW— squeal 03:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - my apologies for the trouble, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 04:23, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for deleting the page which i created

Please let me know the reason for deleting the Jaya Awards page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kannan.529 (talk • contribs) 11:05, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kannan! The page was deleted because of a consensus to do so at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaya Awards for notability issues. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 15:45, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your topic for trivia night

So I'd say do a fun picture category of whatever you want, and besides that do one about encyclopedias/wiki, but no one was assigned categories... As a heads up, I'm doing a movies category and a literature category, just so we don't step on each other's toes. Aupif (talk) 03:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent - thanks! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 05:13, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Original Child Bomb

Hello! Your submission of Original Child Bomb at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Thanks for reviewing it - I like your hook proposal much better than my original! Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:56, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Original Child Bomb

Orlady (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Orlady! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with Template:Rfd top

Hi, I'm having problems with closing Rfd's with Rfd top. It seems that the template would always say delete even if I close it with a different outcome. --Lenticel (talk) 03:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Uh oh. Interesting, what happens when you use {{Rfd top|'''keep'''.}}, for example? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 04:12, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I think that solves the problem (I've previewed it here). By the way, if you want to see the bug you could see it here at Christina Ager--Lenticel (talk) 06:27, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Great. I see what you are talking about. The modification to the template now forces it to be used as
{{Rfd top|'''Speedy Delete, G5'''.}}
as opposed to
{{Rfd top}} '''Speedy Delete, G5'''.
I hope this is not a major problem though. My rationale behind the change was that presumably the most common closure, '''delete.''', can be automatically rendered by {{Rfd top}}, saving some strain. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:33, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Administrator instructions should be updated as well.--Lenticel (talk) 01:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good call, I have done so. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Terence Hildner

Hi...Any chance of reversing your decision to allow the old history for this page back again?. One editor has already tried to copy and paste the entire old unreferenced text back in again, without realising this attacted a BLP unsourced template, which led to the article's deletion in the first place! -Kiwipat (talk) 09:14, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which is weird considering he's dead, and thanks eversomuch kiwi for discussing that with me before you undid all that work. Not.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 09:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
yeah whatever..the fact is there were no references included with the previous material copied in (easily checkable). Please delete the old history.-Kiwipat (talk) 09:41, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I presume this issue has been resolved now? Apologies for the delayed reply - I had forgotten about this thread. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:18, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Arbitrarily0,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 15:36, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Prof. Obar. I have added myself to the list and will contact you shortly. Best regards, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:29, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I had never heard of this handy tool that is Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace; so thanks for the information you gave me here! — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 00:15, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all! Happy editing, and hope to see you around, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:45, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CAMRA

Thanks for closing this RfD. Could you please add a note to the talk page to record this decision, which should help avoid us having to run round the same loop again in the near future? Thanks. PamD 07:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - thanks for the note. Best regards, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:36, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reynolds Transport theorem

Dear Arbitrarily0

I see that you have reverted the article on Reynolds Transport theorem to an old version.

However you omitted to justify this action on the talk page and, significantly, I consider the version you prefer to be incorrect.

I have indicated that the factual accuracy of this article is disputed and I invite you to address the issues that are outlined on the talk page.

Garethvaughan (talk) 00:01, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note Garethvaughan. I have replied at Talk:Reynolds transport theorem#Flagged as inaccurate. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 15:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitrarily0Bot

Is Arbitrarily0Bot (talk · contribs) available to tag all articles at WP:CHIBOTCATS with {{WikiProject Chicago}} and autoassess based on other tags?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tony. Yes this can be done, except I do not think I will be able to automatically assess the articles. Would you still like me to do this? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:17, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'll keep you in mind. I would like to find someone with a bot that will look at other assessments and include them with the tag. I.e. if the majority of the other tags say something is A-Class or GA-Class, tag it with {{WikiProject Chicago|class=GA}}.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:30, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good! Thanks for stopping by Tony, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Expert-subject

In response to the TfD discussion at Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_18#Template:Expert-subject I have augmented the {{expert-subject}} sandbox version with an optional reason parameter. Also, the template now recommends adding a reason when neither the reason nor the talk parameter is being used; updated documentation is here. As the template is indefinitely being protected, may I ask you to copy over the new version from the sandbox to the actual template? Thanks, Nageh (talk) 16:37, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nageh, thanks for working on this. Would you mind making an edit request on the template's talk page instead? I find it possibly strange that the reason= parameter would display directly on the template (instead of constraining comments to the discussion page). Others may not agree, however, but it might be helpful to open it up for comment. At any rate, thanks again for taking the time to fix this. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:17, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, supporting an inline reason is in line with other templates, e.g., {{cleanup}}. Anyway, I have started the edit request as suggested. Cheers, Nageh (talk) 12:52, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Nageh. Appreciate all your hard work, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 13:26, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Could I please create a page for the talk that talk tour by rihanna as I am a very big fan And I like to keep people up to date on her latest ventures Please consider All the best English mate --Lgrainger199810 (talk) 21:44, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The U of M Hackathon?

Greetings - I'm one of the coordinators for this year's Hackathon at Wikimania 2012. I was wondering if The U of M Wikimedians group might be interested in hosting a Hackathon at The U beforehand to perhaps try out some new ideas. Any interest or feedback? --Varnent (talk) 22:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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