User talk:Spinningspark/Archive 19

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

Greg caffrey (talk) 17:14, 2 January 2015 (UTC) Hi Spinningspark. Thanks for your fast response and for your offer of help. In terms of meeting notability criteria. The ensemble has been the subject of a major newspaper article in the Belfast Newsletter on Dec 4th 2014, which discussed the importance of the establishment of the ensemble as a major new force in Irish contemporary music. In addition, all the the 6 ensemble members have significant reviews, articles written on them in addition to having been invited to perform at important international festivals and venues. The ensemble has featured in a "Salon Series" a profile of significant Irish composers hosted by CMC (Contemporary Music Centre) Dublin - https://cmcireland.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/hard-rain-ensemble-perform-in-cmcs-november-salon/ In addition, the ensemble is a registered charity, a member of Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action and an organisation governed by committee and not-for-profit. As such we feel it is in the public's interest to be aware of the organisation and the work it does in the promotion of Irish contemporary music. I hope this helps, please excuse my wiki-naiveté again and if you could restore the article as a draft and allow me to work on it, perhaps you could help me knock it into shape?

The Christmas Tree (1991 film) - deleted article

I just noticed that a few days ago, you deleted an article called The Christmas Tree (1991 film), due to an unchallenged PROD. I've done a bit of research and found these two videos [1] [2] by The Nostalgia Critic and Familiar Faces - the latter seems to be affiliated with The Nostalgia Critic. I'm not 100% sure whether these would be considered reliable sources, but my assumption is that they would be. I also turned up these two books [3] [4] which probably don't count for much, but might count for something. What do you feel about this? --Jpcase (talk) 17:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Articles deleted under the prod process are restored automatically on request, you do not really need to convince me of anything. Are you making such a request? If you are asking my opinion, I doubt that the Nostalgia Critic can be counted as a reliable source. There is no editorial review of his material (other than by those pursuing him for copyvio). Of the two book sources, the second, The Video Source Book, is not viewable but is probably just a routine listing. The first one is a deadlink to me, but the gbooks id just resolves to another volume of The Video Source Book. In short, I don't think you have enough to establish notability. SpinningSpark 18:17, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry about the bad link. This should work. [5] Yeah, the two books are just different volumes of the same series, and I assume that they don't contain anything more than a basic plot description with perhaps some cast/crew info. It's not a lot, but hey, it's more than nothing. My thinking with The Nostalgia Critic, is that he might fall under the category of notable self-published sources - okay to use in an article, but probably not enough to confer notability to a topic. I'm not necessarily requesting that the article be restored - just wanted to see what you thought. It might be worth having a formal deletion nomination, since there are at least a few sources, however weak they may be. But if you don't feel that the four that I've found make much of a case for keeping the article, then maybe we should just leave as is. --Jpcase (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

The requirement for treating self-published sources as reliable is that they have been "produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications." I doubt that anyone considers Nostalgia Critic to be an expert other than his fan base on Youtube. If he has published anything in a peer reviewed journal I will be astounded (but stranger things have happened). SpinningSpark 19:09, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm not particularly familiar with The Nostalgia Critic, but I guess that the question I would have is whether the standard for self-published sources is any different between sources for fact and sources for opinion. In other words, if the Nostalgia Critic video discussed production history of The Christmas Tree (it doesn't though; it's just a review), then we might not want to use that information, since as far as I can tell, he hasn't been published in a peer reviewed journal. But at what point is someone notable enough to have their opinion cited on Wikipedia? It looks like this guy started out on YouTube, but from what I can tell, he's making his videos professionally now for the website Channel Awesome. Is there any editorial oversight for that website? I have no idea. But it seems that he does this professionally, he has a huge audience, he's been interviewed and written about by professional publications. Wouldn't it be appropriate to cite his opinion in an article? --Jpcase (talk) 21:01, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Conceivably, his opinion could be cited, I don't know but I'd rather not cite it personally. However, there is no way that I am undeleting an article on the basis of his manic rant on Youtube. I listened to the first five minutes of it and it gave me a headache, I'm guessing the rest of the 32 minutes doesn't get any better. It really isn't the sort of stuff that WP:SPS had in mind for an exception. SpinningSpark 22:41, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

That's fine. Again, I wasn't so much looking for the article to be restored, as I was just wanting to get a second opinion. Thanks for discussing! --Jpcase (talk) 04:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Walking After U page deletion

Hi Spinnings Spark, I was looking for the Walking After U page and saw that it was deleted and was wondering why. I hope it wasn't notability issues as I came to find out the dates and places for their SE Asia tour. Japan and Taiwan are two countries on the schedule but the rest I don't know about. Please restore their page. They aren't your neighbors kids garage band, this band was formed less than a year ago, but all members have been active on the music scene for at least 5+ yrs., have a loyal following internationally, put out multiple albums, done concerts, professionally produced videos featured on-air tv shows, commercials and other endorsements, music shows, and documentaries. I can send links if you'd like but it'd be time comsuming as I don't speak Korean (can read the alphabet but don't understand it, same with cyrillic). Sincerely yours (Brilliantradience (talk) 04:29, 5 January 2015 (UTC))

The article was deleted under the proposed deletion process and such articles are automatically restored when challenged, which I have now done. It is still open to any editor to initiate a full deletion debate, which may well happen as the sourcing of the article is very poor. SpinningSpark 13:44, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Interview for The Signpost

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Block evasion of User:László_Vazulvonal_of_Stockholm

László Vazulvonal of Stockholm (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was blocked on 02:50, 1 January 2015 for disruptive editing, but this editor is evading his block by using the static IP 213.114.147.52. The IP 213.114.147.52 was blocked in the past: [6] also for being "László Vazulvonal of Stockholm editing logged out" . He is adding unsourced infromation to biograhies of living people (e.g, [7]) 109.185.154.159 (talk) 15:20, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

You should report this to WP:SPI, along with your evidence that it is the same user, or else go to an admin who has been previously involved with this user. SpinningSpark 15:26, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Morse code

Hello Spinningspark, regarding your revert [8], you can see that the picture (SOS.svg) is repeated. There is no need for that repeating. Thanks. --Dr-Taher (talk) 19:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

I don't agree, but you should make this comment on the article talk page where the discussion is visible to all interested editors. SpinningSpark 20:08, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Request on 13:20:10, 6 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by NeilRedburn

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Hi, Thanks for reviewing. I'm struggling a bit with the comments around "copyrighted content"...can you elaborate? I don't believe anything in there is not in the public domain, or copyrighted. Can you help me out please?

Neil

NeilRedburn (talk) 13:20, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

RHADC submission

Hi,

i'm going to re-write and resubmit. It's difficult since i write the content for the website which comes out of club archives. Ah well!

I'll keep trying!

Neil NeilRedburn (talk) 14:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Series/parallel circuits reversion

Hi, why did you revert my edit please? Mebden (talk) 15:05, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Well first of all, when it comes to external links, it is for you to justify why we should have a link rather than me justifying why we should not. The default position is not to have links unless there is a positive reason for needing them, Wikipedia is not here to drive traffic to other people's sites. That means it should meet the WP:EL guideline. My apologies for not giving an explanatory edit summary, I accidentally saved it too soon. I deleted it because it gives no information that is not in the article, or could not easily be put in the article, it is condescending to its audience, it is an amateurish production, it is not by a recognised expert, and it contains gross errors (it is incorrect that current in parallel resistors "separates into two slower paths"). SpinningSpark 16:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring the Walking After U wikipage.

After seeing the page and trying a few things it saddens me to say I'm way in over my head. My first handicap is I don't know Korean. I can read the words but only know about 50 or so, but things like bling-bling and fo' shizzle are useless. Pasting text into translators mostly has no value other than amusement as the results are largely laughable and indecipherable. The next largest obstacle is the lack of knowledge about computing and word processing, it took me @ 40 mins to figure out how to respond to you. I've tried substantial editing when I saw a jazz-pop fusion bands discography hadn't been updated in 6 yrs. I came close after spending considerable time atempting to add an album but never suceeded and decided to leave the cyber-witchery to the Harry Potters of the internet, believe me you don't want this bull in your chinashop. The last significant problem is the band itself. Recently formed from 2 failed groups, there aren't many usefull citations to add. I'm not even sure what is notable so that brings me to the last problem of having to spend time learning about Wikipedia itself. Reading about proper procedures for hours doesn't sound appealing and with that my apologies. The band itself is doing well, they matured somewhat and lost the "Avril Lavigne with rabies" sound but as a result have gained a larger audience so I have no doubt if the page is deleted it'll be recreated. Sincerly yours, --Brilliantradience (talk) 04:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount and can lead to a block, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. SpinningSpark 16:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Your info isn't welcome on my talk page, the precise number of reverts by you and me is one. –Be..anyone (talk) 04:45, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Easy Cure cover band

I try to find some cover bands of The Cure...I find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cureheads but I don't find Easy Cure...why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.217.26.99 (talk) 14:10, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

I have no idea why you can't find it, the article is there. What do you want me to do about it? SpinningSpark 14:49, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Elsevier access

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Deletion review requested

{{subst:DRVNote|List of bus routes in Singapore}}Charles (talk) 22:14, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Precious again

spinning sparks
Thank you, specialist on the "1920s electronic filter designs and designers", for quality articles such as Waveguide filter and Otto Julius Zobel, for spinning according to "unless you can explain it to your grandmother" and sparking brilliant ideas and kindness, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 719th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani Page Deletion

Hi Spinning Spark, I just noticed the page for Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani was deleted due to "Expired PROD, concern was: Fails general notability". Caroline is a regular host on [The Huffington Post]'s livestreaming network, [HuffPost Live]. Aside from hosting her own segments, she writes for "The Huffington Post", has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and more. Additionally she's worked for a number of British newspapers. I'm happy to provide links if you need them. Can you restore the page? We will add more sources and if you have any advice on making sure the page doesn't get deleted again, I'd be happy to hear them. Thank you. Paulasrsly (talk) 19:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

You should read WP:42 for a quick understanding of how we establish notability. It is not relevant who she writes for, notability is not inherited from one's employer. I will restore the article, but only because we do this automatically for articles deleted through the prod process, not because I think you have a case. The article is still open to deletion after a full debate. SpinningSpark 20:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Capacitor analogy

Hi - I thought it looked good to have all of the material I place on this page in one place, but I was waiting for someone to comment that the content now seemed inappropriate under the existing heading. Can you point me to the page(s) which the material I added duplicates ? G4oep (talk) 09:35, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

That would be impedance analogy, as it says on the page. SpinningSpark 14:15, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

NGC 4038 Group

Thanks for doing some research before deleting it as a PROD. I looked online for sources before PRODing it, but somehow missed that study, which I agree clearly shows notability. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:48, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Morse code

Re:this edit - I can understand that there can be stylistic/tone concern about the refs' titles but am wondering why you converted them back into bare URLs. Keeping WP:MOS & WP:linkrot etc in mind I was thinking the titles could be kept but then fill in the rest of the refs with the needed information for complete inline citations. Any objections? Shearonink (talk) 17:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

They are not bare urls. A bare url is a url that is bare. That is, it is a url and nothing else. These links are showing the page title, not the url, so by definition they are not bare urls. What the editor actually did was not fix bare urls, but to fill out a citation template using some sort of automated script which overwrote the human input information. It is never constructive, and if persistent I would consider it disruptive, to overwrite human editor input without checking with an automated process. In most cases the human editor has taken the article title from reading the page. The script takes the title from the html headers, which may, or may not be saying something useful and in most cases is certainly saying something less specific. The most glaring error is the first ref that was changed, which, if you actually look at the page, has clearly gone dead and now contains completely different material. Overwriting the title of the deadlink page pretty much ensures that there is no hope of anyone ever recovering the ref from an archive in the future. SpinningSpark 21:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Ah well, I had always thought simple URLs with just a title attached were considered bare and that the cite templates - with their parameters of publisher, date, editor, etc were preferred but in looking just now at WP:Bare URLs I see that URLs with titles are not bare...who knew! In any case, per your mention of deadlinks, I am going through the references and see that the first one now links to the entire website and not to a specific column by Mr. Dilks. So far as I can tell the content at k2tqn.com that has the title of "100 years ago this airship sailed from Atlantic City" is a 40 minute taping of an October 2010 meeting of the New Jersey Antique Radio Club hosted at ustream.tv - http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10080192 where Mr. Dilks gave a talk about the airship America, radio communications & safety. I am not sure what specific facts the linkage is being used to source and since the reference is being hosted at UStream am unsure how to cite it. I also went through and added information to some of the refs to guard against linkrot and to help safeguard the cited information. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

You should also acquaint yourself with WP:CITEVAR. Citation templates are not a requirement and in some cases inserting them may be against guidelines (but I'm not saying that is the case at Morse code). For instance, I have brought several articles to FA without ever using a single citation template. SpinningSpark 14:06, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Bertrand's postulate

No, of course not. (Sorry, I made a misprint in the comment). But the reference is wrong, the year of publication is 1854, after the french paper. Sapphorain (talk) 20:59, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Double-tuned amplifier

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Double-tuned amplifier you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 23W -- 23W (talk) 07:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Gregg L Greer updated page

Spinningspark, Please review the updated article Gregg l Greer, and make and decide if this article should be deleted or not. I will be stand by your decision. Article has multiple updates including Major News articles. Thank You--Greeralivetoday (talk) 17:04, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Spinningspark, to clarify, I saw this page because I got a notification when the editor linked it to Trayvon Martin. I looked at it, didn't think it met the notability guidelines and nominated it for AFD. Subsequently I saw the prior AFD (under a slightly different title) so tagged the article for speedy as a recreation. Gaijin42 (talk) 17:09, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

There is no particular reason why I should review this, in fact an administrator not involved in the original deletion would be preferable as that gets a second opinion. I have, however, moved the page to the original (and proper) capitalisation. Hint for future reference, if you want an admin to look at something you are more likely to get a response if you provide a link to the page under discussion. SpinningSpark 17:24, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

for some reason he reverted your move. Gaijin42 (talk) 17:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Please Advise of rational for deletion-AFD review is requested--Greeralivetoday (talk) 18:35, 28 January 2015 (UTC)