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Please help me understand...

Why are the Internet Only Media links being removed? These are legitimate news media outlets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.77.185 (talk) 17:04, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There were two issues. First, they were added as external links, which goes against Wikipedia's guideline on the use of external links (see WP:EL). And second, they two links currently fail Wikipedia's guideline on notability (see WP:WEB) - note, this is not saying that they are not notable, only that third-party sources have not yet been provided that can demonstrate that the sites do meet the threshold of that guideline. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I realized after the fact that I should have created articles rather than linking sites. Quick question though, what kind of third party source would be acceptable for creating an article for a news organization. I'll take a look at the articles for other news sources for reference as well. Thanks again. Sorry for the trouble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanetoday (talk • contribs) 19:13, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sources can take multiple forms: news articles about the organization, journalism award sites, articles about it in trade journals, etc. For more detail on what qualifies as a reliable source, you can review WP:RS; or, if you have sources but are not sure if the would qualify, you can ask about those sources at WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:19, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Barek, I'm new to Wikipedia editing and was wondering if I could get a little more feedback as to why my link was inappropriate for an encyclopedia. I'm taking a course in grad school and just learning to do Wiki-editing, so any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Apu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apu.Naik.Austin (talk • contribs) 23:03, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism in Lurs and Luristan page

Hi Barek "HistoryofIran" user vandalism in Lurs and Luristan page. He remove All Historical images and "Lur people of iran" map no valid reason. I ask you to stop doing this "HistoryofIran" user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HistoryofIran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorestan_Province

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurs

Thank youSetenlyacc (talk) 05:42, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was considering taking both of them to ANI. The articles they are edit-warring on are a mess. However, I discovered that Setenlyacc ignored my warnings about copyvio and, as I did earlier with HistoryofIran, I have blocked him indefinitely which means he is blocked until we can be sure he understands our copyvio policy and can edit it without breaking it. Dougweller (talk) 07:09, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New vandal user needs to be be banned immediately

Hi Barek,

I'm not an administrator, but I've been editing Wikipedia for the last 10 years. I just came across a newly created user account which is being systematically used to vandalize numerous articles. Would it be possible for you to please block this user ID? It is at User: Cheesycheesecheese. Thanks, Scott P. (talk) 02:03, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked the account. Dougweller (talk) 07:45, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Dougweller - Thanks for reviewing. I had logged out for the evening, so didn't see this until now. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:17, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I'd noticed Cheesy and then saw this, so blocked. Dougweller (talk) 17:57, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

major update and rearrangement

Barek, I hope you are still watching over us at Viking River Cruises--you have been so helpful in the past. We have now become Viking Cruises and I am attempting a complicated update, the upshot of which will leave us with a detailed Viking Cruises article and a very short Viking River Cruises article that points users to Viking Cruises for more information (more of a stub than a redirect). I have created the Viking Cruises page in my sandbox and plan to request review for publication but I don't see any way of commenting by way of explanation about what I am doing. If I were a reviewer I would want to know what is up with the Viking Cruises article versus the Viking River Cruises article without having to figure it out myself. What do you suggest is the best way to handle this? Thanks, Julane (talk) 19:12, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm travelling this week, and have sporadic access to the internet. I should hopefully be back next week (pending how things go this week).
For faster assistance, to find people who already have an interest in articles about ships and ship-related companies you could contact members of Wikiproject:Ships at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ships with a request for assistance; or to contact others who already have an interest in the specific article you could post messages about the planned updates at Talk:Viking River Cruises. Or, for more general assistance, you could try posting at the Wikipedia:Help desk. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Barek; I've placed my explanation at Talk:Viking River Cruises and will request publication of the article. Let's hope this works—I would prefer not to shorten the Viking River Cruises article until the Viking Cruises one is in place but will do so rapidly once that happens. Safe travels! Julane (talk) 17:38, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of video sharing sites.

Hi, thanks for changing my mistake. However would mind taking away some of the websites and change it to these 4 only

youtube.com dailymotion.com wenoo.net videobash.com

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