User talk:FreeRangeFrog

Ferroconcrete

Hello, I noticed you deleted my page Ferroconcrete (company) for no indication of importance and unambiguous advertising and promotion. The indication of importance was toned down when writing the article because I did not want it to come across as advertising and promotion. However, I will rewrite the page indicating importance and hopefully that will take care of the impression that it is unambiguous advertising and promotion. Thank you for your feedback and constructive criticism. Hishaamsiddiqi (talk) 18:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

@Hishaamsiddiqi: Immediate deletion aside, please read through the notability guidelines for inclusion. I would recommend you use the Articles for Creation service instead of trying to re-create the article yourself. The conflict of interest guide has more information. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 22:49, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Boraie

Can you please provide some more info regarding what you've called biased references at Talk:Boraie Development? thanks Djflem (talk) 08:27, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

@Djflem: I have some real-work stuff to do and I'm going offline, but I will reply on your talk page tonight. Thanks for your patience. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 19:53, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, but could you do that on the talk page of the article?Djflem (talk) 19:59, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz article

@FreeRangeFrog: I'm reaching out to you about my next project (having contributed to the redevelopment of Mansoor Ijaz, Timothy M. Carney and Robin Raphel. I wish to redevelop the article in the encyclopedia about my father, Dr. Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz. As I noticed on your talk page below that you had offered to help a particular individual whose article had been nominated for deletion by sending him an old version of the article that he could redevelop, I thought I would ask if you might help me in the same way -- about two and a half years ago, one of the other editor/administrators (Moonriddengirl) did a wholesale delete of article Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz originally posted by Ironboy11 that initiated coverage of my father.

• 05:31, 12 July 2011‎ Ironboy11 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (17,946 bytes) (+17,946)‎ . . (←Created page with '{{Infobox scientist | name =Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz | image =Replace this image male.svg |

At the time in October 2011, about ten days after the delete was made by Moonriddengirl on grounds of copyright violations by Ironboy11 (who apparently was a serial violator of copyright issues), she and I exchanged comments as posted here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Moonriddengirl/Archive_40 (section Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz). I was a complete novice with Wiki standards and editing practices, and wholly unaware of any of what I have learned from the interactive process with you and Nyttend in re-writing article Mansoor Ijaz.

So I wanted to see with you whether it might be possible to reach out to Moonriddengirl and see if we could get either the references used or the architecture of the original article about my father that had quite a lot of data in it which was accurate and correct, if poorly expressed in the "cut and paste" manner that was emblematic of Ironboy11's articles. Even though I had nothing to do with the conception of the article at that time, I recall some of that data represented things about my dad's early life that even I did not know. It would be a shame to lose that data to a good researcher (which I believe Ironboy11 was) who just didn't understand Wiki rules. I could help a lot in the re-write, with us engaging in a similar process as we did on article Mansoor Ijaz. What I specifically seek from you is to obtain the elements of that original article that we could re-work and make it acceptable to Wiki standards.

The key issue of course with someone of my father's achievements is that almost all of it was done during a period of time before internet capabilities existed and were recorded as such. So the traditional mechanisms available to us to verify and source materials will be a challenge, but we as his children may be able to help source much of the materials back to clippings from newspapers or Physics journals that carried record of his life. Sort of like the old weightlifting articles in my case. If you can access that original article that was deleted, could you dump it into my Sandbox? I know you are busy with other things, but this is one of the projects I wanted to work on and thought maybe you could help with initial outreach while I do the hard lifting of re-write and sourcing. Thank you. --Mansoor Ijaz (talk) 14:55, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mansoor Ijaz: For obvious reasons we can't restore the text, but I will email you the list of citations that don't appear in the current article. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:05, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

@FreeRangeFrog: Good morning, Sir. I copy and paste in below a message I left at the Commons speedy delete noticeboard earlier this morning in respect of a copyright issue Nyttend flagged on the article Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz that I am currently working to re-develop. As you are an administrator with OTRS compliance capability, he recommended I make sure you see this as well.

Nyttend tagged File:Dr. Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz, 1983.png and File:MujaddidAhmedIjaz1987.jpg due to the creation of the images by a professional photographer in the local town in Virginia where we all grew up with my father and mother. We routinely had Olan Mills come in and for historical purposes prepare annual photographic images of the family. I would ask that Wikipedia Media Copyright administrators give me a few days to contact Olan Mills in Virginia and obtain a proper permission release for free use from them. We know the company well and I am confident we can obtain a release for this particular image. In fact, their website allows many images to be used in mediums such as this, so I just need to contact them and get the right data. To whom should someone at Olan Mills send directly their release permission if it is agreed? Nyttend explained at Mansoor Ijaz's talk page that it would be best to have the permission release sent directly to you. I ask therefore, as I am re-developing the subject article at the moment, that you allow me the time to obtain the release permission from Olan Mills studios. Thank you. --Mansoor Ijaz (talk) 04:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

If okay with you, I will have Olan Mills send the proper permission to you later today (they are based in Christiansburg, VA so EDT) in order that you can handle the necessary internal matters at hand. Many thanks for your attention to this -- I would like my father's re-developed page to be the very best it can be. --Mansoor Ijaz (talk) 08:35, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mansoor Ijaz: Sure thing, just send it to the same address (info-en) as before and I'll make sure it gets processed. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 16:22, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

@FreeRangeFrog: A lady named Carrie Beltz from Olan Mills in Roanoke, VA will be sending you both their standard release form and filling out the one at the Wikicommons site I was given. She promised to do that today and was happy to do it. Best, --Mansoor Ijaz (talk) 17:26, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

AfD closure

FreeRangeFrog, I think you made an error in closing this AfD. The "keep" voters ignored the fact that the man fails notability per WP:GNG. I even gave an analysis of the sources/links used in the article and how they aren't enough to make him notable. There are sources that talk about books he wrote, but not on the man himself. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 05:38, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Those were clear and valid keep opinions - three of them actually. But you're of course free to take it to WP:DRV if you wish. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 05:43, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Is this to say certain guidelines can take precedence over others? XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 05:44, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

AFDs that involve scholars, citation indexes and the like can be confusing sometimes... but we're an encyclopedia after all. GNG is not always the most important consideration. The moment someone proves the subject passes one of the PROF criteria it's pretty much keep city (if you look at WP:OUTCOMES you'll see many other examples) unless there are other negative considerations, which this subject didn't have. DRV often attracts cogent discussion, I would hardly pop a gasket if you feel you can get an opposing second opinion there, but honestly I don't think that will be the case. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 05:53, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Looking at WP:OUTCOMES, I will say this is an interesting read..... XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 06:01, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

K152 (band)

I did some searching on korean sites and found no information about them (besides a link to the wiki article). And a main contributor seems to be linked to the group. It could be a indie band in South Korea that wasn't successful. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 15:43, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

@Jay2kx: Probably should take it to AFD then. Or maybe try a PROD. I don't doubt what you're saying, it was just that the speedy tag was invalid. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 16:00, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I'll tell User:Kanghuitari about that. Thanks. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 16:02, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Mehgan James

Why did you delete the Mehgan James wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.15.202.106 (talk) 04:40, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Because there was a consensus to delete. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:26, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

ANI

Just to say I will shortly be taking this to ANI.Blethering Scot 21:58, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Your protection now at ANI.Blethering Scot 22:16, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

The Como Brothers Band Deletion

Dear FreeRangeFrog,

I do not understand why The Como Brothers Band Wikipedia page was deleted. I contested the deletion and it appears no one even looked at my objections. I request this page be restored. Read through the page and you will see that all information being relayed can be verified by third party persons. All facts written are referenced and sources are clearly outlined. All material is objective and unbiased. This page was not created for the promotion/advertisement of any person, place or product. It is simply ridiculous that I have no one to contact in matters regarding the deletion of the page. The Wikipedia page is needed to clarify information regarding the nature of the band, history, and its verified web sources. The band needs a source to relay which information is accurate as there have been several discrepancies. The Como Brothers Band has an imdb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6398859/

It has multiple reviews of their albums and performances from outside parties. To name a few:

• Brian Lion of Under The Gun Review has praised the album, stating, "Pretty much the whole of Baby Steps is catchy as hell".
• Brian Weidy of IX Daily’s reviewed the album, writing, "The Como Brothers Band excels on their debut".
• Joshua Smotherman of Middle Tennessee Music writes, “Baby Steps includes track after track of grade A++ quality songwriting, musicianship, and originality”
• James Wilson of My Random Jukebox speaks of Matt and Andrew’s songwriting abilities, stating, “How the music is put together alongside the catchy lyrics is a credit to their songwriting ability (which I think is their biggest talent)”.
• I Am Entertainment Magazine wrote, “It’s just a matter of time before these guys explode into the mainstream”.

Please help me to resolve this problem. If you can point me to a contact that is capable of recovering deleted page let me know. Thank you. Marissa Smith

You are making an argument for notability - the article was deleted because it was written as an advertisement. Those are two very different things. If you recreate the article in a neutral tone that doesn't read like a brochure written by a PR agency then you might have a chance. Beyond immediate deletion though, the subject must meet the notability guidelines for inclusion, or it will be subsequently deleted. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 22:23, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

ANI Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.. Given the edit warring has been sorted out please unprotect Leigh Griffiths now. NE Ent

Slamacow Creations Deletion

Dear FreeRangeFrog,

I don't understand why you would delete the article. I honestly think the article should still be up because the series is very popular and gets about 3 Million Views per video. I wasn't done working on the article. It still had some unfinished work, so could you please restore it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.56.235 (talk) 22:15, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Articles must make a credible claim to importance, otherwise they will be deleted. Simply saying "video gets X million views" is not enough, you must at least provide some evidence, ideally from a secondary source. See WP:42 and WP:CSD#A7. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 22:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Dstillery

Hey FreeRangeFrog, I am doing a project for a communications course I am in which has me creating a wikipedia page concerning companies that aren't on wikipedia. I intended on coming back to the page to edit it, I thought that saving the page would save it to allow me to finish it before it was published. I am looking to retain my page to bolster the information on the topic. I am new to wikipedia and this was my first post ever. Thanks for the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewRev (talk • contribs) 23:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

@AndrewRev: I can restore the context to the Draft namespace where you can work on it undisturbed until it's ready to go live. I'd highly recommend reading the notability guidelines before though. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:49, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

That would be great, thank you and I definitely will take a look a the notability guidelines. How do I go about accessing my topic after it is restored? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewRev (talk • contribs) 23:57, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

@AndrewRev: The restored content is at Draft:Dstillery. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 00:39, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

MCLR text copyright issue

Hi FreeRangeFrog,

I just updated the page MCLR page http://www.marijuanacontrollegalizationrevenueact.com/what/the-language-full-text/ as well as the google document for MCLR 2016 to show the proper licenses (CC-By-US 3.0). Is it possible to undelete MCLR_2016_Wiki_Version? or should I re-create the page? I'm new to wikipedia editing, still trying to figure it out.--Morepot (talk) 00:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

@Morepot: That's good, but I still don't think that belongs in Wikipedia because it's not in scope of what a encyclopedia article is. Instead, you should upload it to WikiSource. You might want to ask the folks over at the Village Pump, they might have other ideas as well. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 02:28, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Sandown Greyhounds

Hi, just wondering why the page Sandown Greyhounds was deleted? The content that was said to be a copyright infringement is not copyrighted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason3613 (talk • contribs) 03:59, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

It was an almost direct copy of this page. See WP:COPYVIO. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 04:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Am I able to retrieve the page so I can edit it?