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188.42.233.34

I hope you won't mind but I have increased your block of this static IP from 31 hours to 1 month. History has shown thar this user spaces out their block evasion edits and ad hoc unlock requests. If you don't agree feel free to change it again. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:28, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

MfD

Sorry about that MfD in your userspace, I suppose I could have just told you about the page! --Drm310 (talk) 14:26, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Not a problem. Probably easier to start with a conversation with the user though. -- GB fan 15:50, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Belkin Marketing

Greetings.

I wonder why would you do andto the companies think that?

10:27, 8 October 2015 GB fan (talk | contribs) deleted page Belkin Marketing (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject)

This is a legit company full of legit people who helped legit businesses over a period of 8 years. They all are on LinkedIn and such (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-belkin-a6090431) and have many reviews from actual people who have been helped by them.

Please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marketologist (talk • contribs) 03:09, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Marketologist, I deleted it under the A7 criterion of the criteria for speedy deletion policy. This criterion says that if the text of the article does not explain why the company is significant it can be deleted without any discussion. That is what happened here. All the article told me was

what Belkin Marketing does (marketing),

where they do it at (San Diego, Moscow, Herceg-Novi and Cebu),

how many people do it (over 50)

and who they support (JosDeVries, DOING, Think Kong.

The only links outside of Wikipedia were to to the three company's websites and to Belkin Marketing's website. The creator and only contributor to the article was Yaros belkin. It would appear that there is a conflict of interest as that is also the name of the founder of the company (not that alone is enough to delete an article).

For an article about a company to survive speedy deletion there has to be something in the article that says the company is somehow significant. To ultimately survive in the encyclopedia though the article has to show that sources independent of the company have written about it. Linked-in, Facebook, the company's website is not enough. Even the linked-in you link above does is not about the company, it is about the company's founder. Some things you should read,

WP:CORP, how we determine if a company is notable enough to have an article

WP:FIRST, a page about writing your first article

WP:PSCOI, a simpler page to help people understand how to deal with a conflict of interest

I hope this helps. If you have any questions please ask. -- GB fan 11:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

So - who calls the significance? What do you need to bring the artice back? More info about the company (I bet they thought it could be taken too much of a promotion)? contracts signed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.210.15.87 (talk) 23:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Read WP:CORP. That explains what it takes for a company to meet our notability guidelines. The basic standard is that sources independent of the company have written about the company. Are there any articles in newspapers/trade magazines/journals articles about the company? -- GB fan 23:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Sigh

It looks like NobleHumanBeing (talk · contribs) has picked up where the others left off. Not surprising. Doc talk 09:16, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Kreuz Leverkusen

Hi. Just trying to figure out how to do it correctly. Who was the other significant contributor? The only other two edits on the page were two link repairs. The other large edit was sending it to AfD. Did I miss something? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:53, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Someone nominating at AFD and the contributions there are a significant contribution. The only possible option for this is to nominate it at WP:AFD again. -- GB fan 12:56, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Did not understand that. Will remember for the future. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thank you for your civil comments and consistent assumption of good faith on a recently retired user's talk page -- samtar whisper 16:38, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Especially given I, regrettably, cannot say the same about my actions -- samtar ^whisper 16:40, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

About Ahmed Fathey deleted article

Hi, I was shocked by the speedy action against the my today article about Ahmed Fathey. I am in support of retrieving the article because Wiki is not rich in its articles about Yemen , Yemen culture and arts. To enrich this side, I recommend keeping this article about Ahmed Fathi (Spelling should be corrected to Fathi) as he is well known as one of the main musicians in Yemen and the Arab World. Ahmed Fathi is known internationally and by googling this name thousands of results appear specially in Nobel concert. However, the articles needs more improvement and Wiki should be more open to the other cultures including the Middle East.--Mohammed.Almussaabi (talk) 15:52, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

The article is available at Draft:Ahmed Fathi for you to work on. -- GB fan 16:17, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, GB fan the article is ready now. Please check and arrange to move it from drafts. Another help please;there are two persons with the same name on wiki : Ahmed Fathi (Egyptian footballer) and Ahmed Fathi (my article). Many Thanks. --Mohammed.Almussaabi (talk) 08:03, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

RfA

Hi GB. You're the last person whose judgement I would doubt, but I do think this close was a bit premature. We need to clean up RfA in order to get more candidates of this quality and we need to get our message across. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:25, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

If you think it should be reopened, you can. I have no problems with it. It just seemed to be going down hill not really discussing the problem any longer. -- GB fan 20:33, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Update, have decided to reopen it myself as a premature close. -- GB fan 20:50, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Just noticed someone else closed it. -- GB fan 21:18, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Reminiscing about the good days when I was still a newbie, not even autoconfirmed

I saw you pop in on BN, and it got me reminiscing about when I was very new to the project as user. You were one of the first editors I encountered, and very helpful as well. Here's to good times. :-)—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 21:37, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

That has been a while. Sometimes it is good to go back and look at old edits. -- GB fan 01:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

The incident regarding the RfC will also be something I will look back on, and reflect. "My...how ignorant I was back then." :p Wow, I've changed so much over the last four years (wow it's been that long already). I used to be so overly ambitious about becoming an admin, an oversighter, a CU, and pretty much everything else on Wikipedia. I was a hat collector back then, in a manner of speaking. I've gotten myself blocked for oversight concerns, and needed BASC to get out of it. Now I'm well known botop, working on one of the biggest bot projects with the WMF and IA, next to ClueBot NG. I'm also an ACCer, where I continued to grow and learn. At ACC I've learned to control unthought impulses, one of which got me indefinitely suspended. I did manage to rejoin the team and my learning hasn't stopped there. I've learned to own up to mistakes more easily, work on my communication skills. I've learned to be less stubborn, be more reasonable, and be more level-headed. And today, to never close major RfCs early and better analyze the consequences of closing an RfC as a non-admin. I may cause unintended disruptions every now and then, but I learn from them and keep improving, and I will keep learning as I continue to contribute to Wikipedia.—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 02:01, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

When I first encountered you, you were pretty much a user like me. I hope you stick around Wikipedia for many more years. :-)—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 17:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!

Hello GB fan: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:03, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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Antalya Homes - Page

Hello,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antalya_Homes what is the reason for the deletion of the page? We broke the rules I'd appreciate it if you could specify the points. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinqdom (talk • contribs) 19:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

There are two reasons I deleted the article. First the page did not in any way explain what was significant about the company. The second reason is that the article reads like you are advertising the company or should I say your company. The advertising portion is the hardest part for someone connected to a company to overcome. You want your company to come across the best it can. The article looked like it could have been taken from the company's website. This is the main reason we highly recommend anyone associated with a company to not contribute to an article about the company. -- GB fan 20:02, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

James Francis Gallatin

Apologies regarding the mix up with deletion process in Twinkle. I intended to select nominate for deletion to start a discussion and chose the wrong option. Cubbie15fan (talk) 01:00, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem. -- GB fan 01:21, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Vandal

I reverted, and revdel'd some vandalism here. I will leave it to you to decide if you want oversight. It was rather nasty and they were changing IPs so I semi-protected your page. HighInBC 15:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

And now they are on my archives. -- GB fan 15:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Restore the deleted page - TPConnects

Seeks your assistance to restore the page TPConnects based on the following references

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because it is listed on International Air Transport Association (IATA) website (https://www.iata.org/whatwedo/airline-distribution/ndc/pages/default.aspx) under deployments tab and under Info Tab within Rotana Jet case study

More articles are available on the following links

http://cdn.nowmedia.co.za/NowMedia/ebrochures/TNW/Standard/TNW-Issue-2373-28October2015.pdf

http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=26153

https://www.zawya.com/story/TPConnects_first_IT_Vendor_and_Aggregator_to_attain_dual_NDC_Level_3certification_from_IATA_for_the_latest_PADIS_Publication_152_Schemas-ZAWYA20151221062742/

http://www.travolution.co.uk/articles/2015/09/23/13514/tpconnects-unveils-new-aggregator-platform-based-on-ndc-standards.html

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tpconnects-first-airline-customer-now-134500540.html

http://tradearabia.com/news/TTN_282162.html TPConnects (talk) 05:15, 24 December 2015 (UTC)