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Episerver wikipedia page.
Hi there,
My name is Joakim and I am trying to figure out what happened to the Episerver wikipedia page in English. It seems it was deleted and I can see that you had previously been an editor for an article that on the whole seemed accurate (although by now a little bit outdated). We are really keen on having this page display again as I can see that many of our partners have it as a reference. I am not sure how I can go about having this page come back on, but would be delighted if you could shed any light on that.
You can reach me at holmquist81@gmail.com Thanks in advance.
Hi again. I have now made some edits. When you get a chance, have a look and see if it is ready to be published.
Best
Joakim
Not that I can see. I just removed a pure misunderstanding/misquoting of Gartner. What is actually NOTABLE about the software ... nothing that we can see. Please also remember to sign your posts on talkpages with 4 tilde's ~~~~, and ensure you do not have WP:COI (talk→BWilkins←track) 10:18, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just went in and expanded the citations and added a category. In no way does this have any bearing on notability -- it's just some article infrastructure cleanup. I realize that as a person in the company, you think it's important. The question is, why should I care about this company? Don Lammers (talk) 12:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okey - thanks. I am not entirely sure what you refer to as a misquoting of Gartner, as I was only trying to say that it was featured as a visionary in their Magic Quadrant which is accurate source
At any rate, I am not to argue about the distinctiveness of the company. What I can say is that it is an important software vendor in the Scandinavian countries, which can be seen from the rather extensive wiki in Swedish Episerver wiki Swedish It was also part of the English up until 2010, when for some reason someone made improper edits that caused it to be deleted.
From a comparative approach it is also peculiar that Danish software vendor Sitecore, which is notingly similar across all aspects are featuring a rather extensive wikipedia page in English Sitecore on wikipedia
I think the appropiate thing would be to have a short wiki on Episerver in English, which will likely trigger third parties to add some additional information down the road.
Thanks.
All of the references are either unreliable sources or not independent sources, or both. For example, there is www.echannelline.com, which says of itself "Our core capability is helping Vendors sell more products", and there is www.crunchbase.com, which describes itself as "the free directory of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit." There is no evidence anywhere that I can find that the subject comes anywhere remotely near to satisfying Wikipedia's notability guidelines, and the draft article has clearly been written with the purpose of promoting the software. Wikipedia is not a free tool for marketing people to promote their products. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A couple more comments.
"We are really keen on having this page display again as I can see that many of our partners have it as a reference" indicates a misunderstanding of the purpose of Wikipedia, which does not exist to serve the commercial interests of businesses, or to help them communicate with other businesses they have dealings with.
The article was deleted because a discussion at articles for deletion concluded that the subject did not satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria. I restored and userfied the article on request from an editor who thought that it would be possible to provide evidence of notability. However, after a few days short of 6 months, there is no more evidence of notability than there was at the time of the deletion discussion. It therefore seems that for the restoration and userfication have not served their intended purpose, and the page qualifies for speedy deletion as a repost of an page deleted after a deletion discussion. Userfication of a deleted article is intended to be a short term measure to allow a chance to improve it, not a long term way of saving an article that a discussion has decided should be deleted. I am not deleting it now, but I am mentioning the matter here to make it clear that the page is likely to be deleted unless evidence of notability is forthcoming very soon. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:41, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Offending image - please remove
Hello, we have noticed an image - File:SCG-BiH 1-0 (pred tekmu7) wc2006 qual Marakana Oct12 2005.jpg - to be racially offending the Bosnian community. On the banner it reads Bijeljina Serbia - Bosnia never. This is racism. Bijeljina is clearly in Bosnia and NOT in Serbia. Having this image promotes negativity and spreads hatred in the country and for that reason I plead with you to help us remove it from Wikipedia. Thanks (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The picture is about a football match between Serbia and Bosnia, and what user BiHVolim is refering is a banner brought from the people of Bijeljina, which btw is located in Bosnia but very close to Serbian border and inhabited mostly by Serbs. The banner basically says they are supporting Serbia, and not Bosnia.
I do not support any kind of nationalism, but I also don´t support exagerations such as these being used just because people don´t like, or can´t accept, part of their reality. If user BiHVolim can´t deal with the fact that numerous inhabitants from that part of his country still feel attached to Serbia, and support Serbia instead of Bosnia in a match between them, that is his problem. Sorry to be tough on you BiHVolim, but it is actually you who is bringing nationalism and hateriot and with that being offensive, while trying to missinform by manipulating sensitivities. That was a UEFA official match, and if there was anything offensive written, UEFA usually takes action and sanctions it, and nothing of that happend, so we really cannot have only pictures from certain matches that exclude bannes just because some users simply dislike (btw, I didn´t even knew what was written in the banner until you mentioned it). Just as curiosity, how a banner supporting Serbia "promotes negativity and spreads hateriot"? And where is that the isse of race is mentioned? Also, who is "us"? FkpCascais (talk) 11:25, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, looking to it now (File:SCG-BiH 1-0 (pred tekmu7) wc2006 qual Marakana Oct12 2005.jpg) the picture has its focus on the players on the pitch, and where the mentioned banner is, that seems to be an entire area where Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina came to support Serbia, as just bellow the banner you see flags saying "Приједор" (Prijedor), "Лакташи" (Laktaši) and "Хан Пијесак" (Han Pijesak) all towns in Bosnia with strong precence of Serbian population, so there is actually nothing strange in the fact that they support Serbia, what is actually strange is that you BiHVolim argue for a unified Bosnia but then feel offended when part (and Serbs are large part) simply express themselfs. You even said that they "spread hatred in the country" wow, to start with I´ll ask you "in what country", as the match is played in Serbia, they are expressing their support to Serbia, and it is found in the Serbia national football team article, so again, how is this offensive to you? Or you mean that anyone from Bosnia who doesn´t support Bosnia in a football match is a "racist guy promoting negativity and spreading hateriot" so "we" must plea to remove them all? I apologise JamesBWatson, but as you said on his talk page, admins usually don´t have time to know all this details, but that is exactly why I find offensive this type of sensible missinformations of the kind "I hope no one noteces this and I´ll exagerate all the way...". Just for your information, I have nothing to do with the problems that user has had, I just share several articles on my watchlist with him, so that is how I came to this thread. FkpCascais (talk) 11:39, 6 April 2012 (UTC
The idea that we should remove an image because it shows that some people hold a particular view, and certain nationalists wish to suppress the fact that that view is held, is totally contrary to the principles in which Wikipedia is founded. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:19, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
07:32, 30 March 2012 JamesBWatson (talk | contribs) blocked Expewikiwriter (talk | contribs) (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: and using Wikipedia for promotion)
At present, all but two of the userspace pages are just redirects. Some of the redirects are to articles under consideration at AfD, so they can be deleted if and when the AfDs close as "delete", but unless and until that happens there is no particular reason to remove the redirects. Of the two userspace pages that are not redirects, one is under consideration for deletion at the MfD discussion, and the other is User:Expewikiwriter, which merely holds a sockpuppet notice, so there's nothing to be done there. I see that most of the articles created by this user are currently being considered at AfD, and personally I would not mind seeing all the others disappear too. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing this out. Nearly all the contributions to the discussion were from administrators, who probably regularly check ANI and saw what had happened, so there was probably no harm done. However, it is just as well to be sure, so I have belatedly informed everyone who took part in the discussion, inviting them to start a new section if they have any more to say on the issue. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was just pointing out that the section was closed, and it was reopened again without notifications made to ME, the subject of the discussion. Since the discussion was initially closed (which I saw after visiting) I didn't bother to visit again, and then noticed later it once again open when I looked at ANI for a different reason. My concern is that discussion could have been taking place on an incident related to me for a matter that I thought was closed. No harm done and I'm sure this situation is pretty rare. Thanks. Fasttimes68 (talk) 11:18, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
because of the Mohombi / image issue, i see that you guys want to block me. i admit that before my block in January, i was disruptive, but now i'm trying to expand Wikipedia, especially the articles Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed: Undercover. if you look at my contribution list, you'll see good faith edits. also, i'm sort of new to Wikipedia. i make a lot of mistakes. if you see a mistake, please kindly tell me what's wrong and tell me how to correct it on my talk page. don't block me or threaten me with blocks. i'm just any other Indian teenage dude. Jawadreventon (talk) 18:47, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't want to block you. I am much happier to see you leave disruptive editing, and contribute constructively than to block you. It was not a question of threatening you with a block, but a question of warning you that you would be likely to be blocked if you went on the way you were. The best outcome is for you to take notice of the warnings and make better edits. If Wikipedia had existed when I was a teenager I bet I would have been a bit disruptive for a while and then settled down, and I am perfectly willing to accept that people can improve. As for mistakes, yes, we all make them, me too. As long as you are willing to correct your mistakes and learn to do better, that's fine. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sneh Chakraburtty
Hello JamesBWatson,
This message is in reply to what Bearcat sent me on 14th March and then what you sent me on 26th March regarding Sneh Chakraburtty.
Here is a list of the articles mentioning Sneh Chakraburtty.
-The Medical Post: Sneh has been interviewed by The Medical Post in articles during her working years - Two Research articles with Dr. Ranjit Chandra in the late 70's when she was at Memorial University in Newfoundland. - An interview in The Voice in Minden, Ontario. The newspaper has folded but the article can be found on this website. - The Echo of Haliburton about the book Spiritual Journey, in 2002 or 2003.The reporter was Cheryl Loukes who is now with R.D. Lawrence Museum. - 3 books have been accepted and released by Perfect Publishers of UK: Spiritual Journey, Universal Religion, In the Biginninjg. They are also available on Amazon. - The wisdom magazine: they published an extract from one of her books.
That is interesting, but not directly relevant to my note to you, which was simply informing you that we don't have articles for promotional purposes. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I see you unblocked User:Gaba p, fair enough, but the first thing he did was repeat the same bad faith attacks that got him blocked in the first place. As I said in my email, I`ve no interest in his identity but he does seem bent on confrontation rather than collaboration. I would very much appreciate it if you were to keep an eye on his editing for a while. Wee Curry Monstertalk10:28, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes indeed. I did have doubts about unblocking, but decided to give him a chance. If he decides to throw that chance away then that will be his choice. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm assuming that when someone edits on a wikipedia page, that it needs to make sense, have good spelling, grammar, no personal statements, be relevant and so on? Well then I need to inform an administrator on the Lone Wolf and Cub page. IP address 72.185.61.209 keeps putting down
One of the Person of interest tv show series is named :"Wolf and a cub"[1]
I can't make sense of that at all, the live action Television series all ready has a section and this user is not really explaining themselves on any of the edits that he/she is doing and has been given warnings.[2] If this is something that your not sure of what to do, could you inform another administrator who would be best suited for this?108.82.4.116 (talk) 06:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, changing it to make sense would be better than leaving it as incoherent non-English. However, there are still difficulties with that approach. Firstly, what exactly is the incoherent text supposed to mean? Superficially it looks as though it means "One of the people of interest in the tv show series is named :'Wolf and a cub'", but that seems an unlikely name. Secondly, is there a source anywhere for this? I can't find one. Unfortunately simply editing the text to say something that makes sense but may not be correct and is unsourced is not really a helpful way of dealing with the problem. A far better approach is to explain to the editor what the problem is, and make suggestions how to proceed. So far the editor has not been given any constructive advice about this at all: just a warning about "vandalism", with no explanation as to what the problem is. I will try giving the editor advice, which anyone could have done. If the problem continues after that, please feel free to contact me again, and I will consider whether any administrative action is necessary. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The user is welcome to request an unblock. If they indicate an understanding of the reason for the block, and a willingness to avoid doing the same things again, then I see no reason not to consider such a request sympathetically. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was about to start cleaning up some of this user's contributions and I see you noted in an edit summaryremoving link to non-existent image (deleted?). Just for your information, and probably unsurprisingly, all the images were copyvios and I'd tagged them as such at Commons - so yes they've all been deleted. I'll clean up any remaining links. QUTalkQu20:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I have now realised that was the situation, having looked at the user's talk page on commons, but I didn't know at the time I made the edit you refer to. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Message from OneEssence
James, or Watson, if you would like to delete a page which someone has spent some time writing at least have the decency to discuss the issues that you have with the page in question with the author. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OneEssence (talk • contribs) 17:38, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what you mean by that, but I do know that your edits have added completely unexplained text, with no context to explain what they refer to. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:56, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One Call Insurance
Why do you keep deleting the One Call Insurance wiki page i keep creating?
I am the systems and network developer for the company and I have been instructed to create this page.
You have no reason to delete the page. If you have then I would love to hear the reason! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve16190 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't "keep deleting" it: I have deleted it once. The reasons, as you will have seen both in the deletion log and on your talk page, were that the article did not indicate that the subject was significant enough to warrant an article in an encyclopaedia, and that it was promotional. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information about anything, and in order to be the subject of an article, a topic has to demonstrate notability. Wikipedia is also not a free advertising service, and articles which exist to promote, advertise, or publicise their subjects are unacceptable. Finally, since you work for the business, you have a conflict of interest, and should not be editing on the subject at all. A Wikipedia article needs to be written from an independent, third party, point of view. You are, however, welcome to contribute to the encyclopaedia on other topics, in which you don't have a conflict of interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:11, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pazmiño: Proposing article for deletion per WP:PROD. (TW)
I noticed you proposed deletion of the article Pazmiño. I'm not quite sure as to why you proposed the deletion. It is, like a great many other articles on wikipedia, an article of anthroponym. Such articles include Johnson, Bettencourt, Smith, and hundreds of other articles, all of which are historically "notable", no more and no less "notable" than the other.
It is my arguemnt that the history of the Pazmiño clan and lineage is of historical notability, relating to the history of notable Ecuadorian conquistadors, founders of cities, and their place in society in the past and present
The article lists the history of the clan, and then also serves as a page listing the many prominant people of that lineage, which is what every other similar page does. My argument is that if it is deleted, then every other article of the same nature should be deleted to. The Pazmiño article, however, is one of historical notability, at par with every other anthroponymic articles which rightfully exist on Wikipedia.
Please reconsider your proposition for its delition.
I'm contemplating a run at RfA, and since our paths have crossed more than a couple of times, I would invite your input. [3] If you don't feel comfortable with this, or don't have the time, no offense will be taken. Dennis Brown(talk)(contrib)16:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Perry_Stone page recovery
Hi, the log for /Perry_Stone page says you deleted it.
I was wondering if you could please access the deleted copy and email it to me? I did not have a local copy unfortunately and it took me at least an hour to compile that information.
You are quite right to point out that there are many other "dynasty" articles which have titles that violate Wikipedia's manual of style, though there are also many that don't, such as Tudor dynasty and Ptolemaic dynasty. You are also quite right to say that those articles that violate the manual of style should really be renamed, but I don't personally attach enough importance to the issue to go round doing the job. You may do it, if you wish. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, I certainly don't disagree. He was wasting everyone's time, and no constructive purpose would have been served by letting him continue. i would have done the same as you have. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ID IP address 72.185.61.209
I see that you blocked ID IP address 72.185.61.209 for 48 hours, but that user still refuses on putting that in proper English or giving any links or references to whatever that is and on why that is even related to Lone Wolf and Cub in anyway [4]. And I see that he still doesn't agree with you on the Christoph Waltz page[5].-68.75.20.172 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Instead of reverting and crying out loud on this superuser talk page, wouldnt be more progressive to discuss this matters on discussion page of each subject?
Hi,
My page on Allegiance Accounting was deleted (A7: Article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject) the importance for writing the article was that the firm is nominated for the 2012 Telstra Business Awards and StartupSmart 2012 Awards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hasnain209 (talk • contribs) 07:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yasht101 11:50, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
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