User talk:Clarkcj12/Archive 1

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Hello, Clarkcj12! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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Adoption offer

Greetings Clarkcj12/Archive 1, I see you're up for adoption, and I'm in the market. If ever you need advice or answers, just ask me -- any question, any time. I'd like to help however I can. Happy editing - Draeco (talk) 18:12, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Jrtechsupport

A tag has been placed on Jrtechsupport, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. fetchcomms☛ 00:58, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Jrtechsupport. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you.

I'll take your word for it that you are not connected with this company; but it's still an advertisement. Why not work on a draft article, properly formatted and sourced, in a sandbox such as User:Clarkcj12/Jrtechsupport? Then once you think it's ready, ask another editor to look at it? Some hints: "founded by Josh" sounds like it's a bright 9-nine-year-old in his parents' basement; IRC and e-mail addresses are not useful; phone numbers likewise; NEVER use the second person, as it sounds like you're urging the reader to patronize this business. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, such as Jrtechsupport, you will be blocked from editing. If you need guidance on how to create appropriate pages, try using the Article Wizard. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:07, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

"Someday it's gonna be famous" is not an argument for retaining any article, least of all an advertisement. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

The Guardian of Education

I see you just added an "expand" tag to the above article. This is one of Wikipedia's featured articles, which means it was deemed "comprehensive" by the community. If you think there is material to add, please list it on the talk page rather than just adding a tag. (By the way, I have done quite a bit of research on this journal and would be surprised that there would be much more to add to the article, but I am always happy to be wrong - more should be published on Sarah Trimmer!) Awadewit (talk) 21:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Please stop the deletion of Mohamed Elhariri...he is not a living person....he died last sunday and he was an important egypt artist! If the article is not in the plan of wikipedia, please help me, to reconstruct it. I can not speck english very well. I will be happy, if You can help me.--Amouage (talk) 01:43, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Claviorganum

Any idea where the possible copy and paste is from? I couldn't find anything in searches. Please respond at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 May 11. Thanks.--NortyNort (Holla) 08:17, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Re: TaxonIds

Hi Clarkcj12, It is late, but I have added the two identifiers that you had requested here. — Ganeshk (talk) 16:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

The Feast of Lupercal

Thank you. Headhitter (talk) 14:36, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

You've shown me how to add an info box - which is most useful. Tell me please, would you happen to know how I can amend, or set up at the outset, the title pages of Wikipedia entries for novels such this one to be in italics rather than roman? Headhitter (talk) 14:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Italics

Thanks again. Headhitter (talk) 14:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

A tool for you!

Hi Clarkcj12! I've just come across one of your edits (or that you have been patrolling new pages), and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

I case you're not aware, you might consider using this tool – it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script:

// Add [[WP:Reflinks]] launcher in the toolbox on left
addOnloadHook(function () {
 addPortletLink(
  "p-tb",     // toolbox portlet
  "http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName 
   + "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=30&lang=" + wgContentLanguage,
  "Reflinks"  // link label
)});

onto Special:MyPage/skin.js, then paste the bare URL (without [...] brackets) between your <ref></ref> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for PDF documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. So long! --Sp33dyphil © • © 23:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The New Andy Williams Christmas Album

Hi Clark -- You posted a copyedit notice on this page. What are you referring to? Danaphile (talk) 21:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. What spelling and grammar errors are you referring to? Danaphile (talk) 23:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction. If you could tell me the others, then I'll go in and make the edits. Danaphile (talk) 23:19, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Your misdirected message about the Liam Stubbs article

This edit (by User:Bankifirst) removed the BLP notice, not this edit by me. AllyD (talk) 00:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Jim Grisham

Jazz3111 (talk) 01:00, 10 November 2011 (UTC) What's wrong with the reference: http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aa-jim-grisham-1963.html ? It's a reliable reference.

Please stop the deletion of Mohamed Elhariri...he is not a living person....he died last sunday and he was an important egypt artist! If the article is not in the plan of wikipedia, please help me, to reconstruct it. I can not speck english very well. I will be happy, if You can help me.--Amouage (talk) 01:43, 10 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amouage (talk • contribs)

November 2011

Hi Clarkcj12. Thank you for your work on patrolling new pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I'm just letting you know that I declined your deletion request for Manicasothy Saravanamuttu, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to look at the suggested tasks for patrollers and review the criteria for speedy deletion. Particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion, proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. CSD A7 is for articles that make no claim of notability (e.g. -- articles that don't state why the subject is important, regardless of whether or not the subject actually is important), but this article does state why the person is important ("editor of The Straits Echo and was credited with saving Penang during Japanese invasion in 1941"). You're still free to either PROD the article or take it to Articles for Deletion if you don't think the subject is notable. Mikaey, Devil's advocate 05:46, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

BLPPROD is not applicable where there is a reference

The general guide is that BLPPROD should not be used where there is a link to a probably reliable source, regardless of whether it is properly cited or listed as an external link. If it was only a link to a personal website or a forum or similar, then the line is much less clear, but BLPPROD is designed to keep out the possibly fake or non-notable articles, and having a probably reliable database link that verifies the main part of the article should be enough to rule out BLPPROD. If you have concerns about notability or the reliability of the source, then there are many other ways to raise it, (such as WP:AFD, WP:BLPN or WP:RSN) but BLPPROD is not the correct way. The-Pope (talk) 16:52, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Re-adding speedy tags

Please note that I have undone your latest edit to RKSD College Of Pharmacy. Any editor who is not the creator of the article may remove the speedy deletion tag and Phil Bridger was definitely not the article creator. Please be more careful in future and remember it often considered poor form to template an experienced contributor. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 03:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein GA nomination

Hello, I've just conducted the GA review of this article, which is at Talk:Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein/GA1. I have failed the nomination as the article requires a very substantial amount of work to reach GA class. I'd suggest starting a peer review if you'd like a comprehensive review of this article ahead of improving it. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 05:08, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

NowCommons File:Labrisomus dendriticus.jpg

File recently moved to Commons, but see commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Labrisomus dendriticus.jpg please. --Martin H. (talk) 10:36, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Doc Childre

Not quite sure why you have decided to tag this as having no reliable source? WP:IRS States The word "source" as used on Wikipedia has three related meanings: the piece of work itself (the article, book), the creator of the work (the writer, journalist), and the publisher of the work (for example, Random House or Cambridge University Press).

Harbinger Publications And HarperOne are both respected publishing houses who have published work by Doc Childre.

I don't understand your tag please explain.

Benjaminw w (talk) 16:54, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

2011 Virginia earthquake

Hello, just wanted to make you aware that I have reviewed the 2011 Virginia earthquake article and have placed the review here. There are some slight changes to be made. If you have any questions, let me know. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:47, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

The article was put on hold for 48 hours beginning on January 3. It is now January 7 and no changes have been made to the article, so, with no real choice, I have failed the article for GA status. If the changes described here are made, then you made renominate the page for GA status. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:13, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Just a comment that when you nominate an article for GA, it's probably best to alert the main contributors to the article (a few days before hand would be good), I didn't notice the GA review until the 7th. Mikenorton (talk) 20:51, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I have re-reviewed the article here and placed it on hold. There is just one reference left to be fixed and the whole thing passes. It's just a reference that, according to Checklinks, is about to expire. Once that is fixed, I will pass the article. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 06:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Re-re-reviewed the article and I have passed and promoted it. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:40, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello. I have posted my suggestions on the peer review page for this article. I have the PR page and the article on my watchlist, so I'll be ready to answer any questions you have. Thanks! Jsayre64 (talk) 22:23, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I've finished my review. I hope you find my suggestions helpful. Nice work getting the article to GA status. I wish you well working on it in the future. Jsayre64 (talk) 03:32, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:19, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Placing orphan tags on articles on organisms

Please don't. See Wikipedia:TAXONORPHAN-- Obsidi♠n Soul 16:23, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Cosmetic edits

Please be aware that edits such as this one have no discernible effect on the article's appearance, and are thus discouraged. --Stemonitis (talk) 19:38, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I was going to tell you the same thing, but then about this edit. Such edits are discouraged by Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser#Rules of use point 4. Fram (talk) 07:46, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Peer review limits changed

This is a notice to all users who currently have at least one open peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review. Because of the large number of peer review requests and relatively low number of reviewers, the backlog of PRs has been at 20 or more almost continually for several months. The backlog is for PR requests which have gone at least four days without comments, and some of these have gone two weeks or longer waiting for a review.

While we have been able to eventually review all PRs that remain on the backlog, something had to change. As a result of the discussion here, the consensus was that all users are now limited to one (1) open peer review request.

If you already have more than one open PR, that is OK in this transition period, but you cannot open any more until all your active PR requests have been closed. If you would like someone to close a PR for you, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Peer review. If you want to help with the backlog, please review an article whoe PR request is listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog/items. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:16, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Eberhard Achterberg

Hi: I just came upon this page and spent quite a long time cleaning it up. You appear to have used an automatic translator to expand it from the German - for example, people's names and titles of publications had been translated, as had Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft, for which our article is at the German name - and you don't seem to have proofread it afterwards. There were periods and commas inside wikilinks, breaking them, and Erich Fried, who as you see we have an article on, appeared as Abraham Lincoln(?!) Please, if you do this again, check the output really carefully. It's actually better not to do this, but to leave it for someone to make a human translation, because checking and correcting a machine translation takes almost exactly as long. And checking for en.wikipedia articles (which may be at different titles) and deciding what to leave as a redlink is part of the task of expanding an article. For example, we have articles on the Amt Rosenberg and Nationalsozialistische Monatshefte; we don't on Bernhard Achterberg, but he appears notable, so I have added the info that he is a psychologist. Also, you didn't remove the template asking for expansion based on the German article. I don't know whether this was a one-time thing, and I know it was a year ago, but I thought I should let you know. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:35, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 01:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

BSA userboxes

Stumbled across your BSA user templates. Consider categorizing and listing them. ⇔ ChristTrekker 15:24, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

June 2012

Thank you for your interest in editing Wikipedia. Your edit to Template:Welcome-anon was successful, but because it was not considered beneficial to the page, the edit has been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment with editing, please use the sandbox instead. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Nathan2055 ^talk 00:01, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter

Hey Clarkcj12. I'm dropping you a note because you used to (or still do!) patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:30, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks

I realize it probably took up all of 30 seconds of your time, but I did want to thank you for taking a look at Parable of the sunfish as part of your page curation work.

Best,

Garamond Lethe 16:01, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikify

Hi, just to let you know that the Template:Wikify tag has now been deprecated. Please use Template:underlinked or Template:dead end from now on, cheers. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 19:40, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome

To the Teahouse :) Do be sure to review Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host lounge and add the talk page to your watchlist! I'd even introduce yourself if you'd like :) SarahStierch (talk) 02:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Date/time for hurricanes

Thank you for updating the information for Hurricane Rafael. However, I noticed that you had some incorrect information/formatting for the date and time. When the date for AST & UTC are the same, the format is TIME AST (TIME UTC) DATE, while when the date is different for AST & UTC, the format is TIME AST DATE AST (TIME UTC DATE UTC). So the article should read "2:00 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) October 16", not "2 a.m. AST October 16 (0600 UTC October 16)" or "2:00 a.m. AST October 15 (0600 UTC October 16)". I know it's a bit whacky to understand, so let me know if you have any questions. I hope to see you around on the hurricane articles again, and if you're interested in getting more involved, we have a WikiProject at WP:HURRICANE, and we'd love to have you! :) Inks.LWC (talk) 07:22, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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