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Notability of Anthony Hanemaayer

When you have a chance, please visit Talk:Anthony Hanemaayer and give the reasons for the notability tag you added. Thanks. David (talk) 17:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied on the talk page of the article. Cunard (talk) 18:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy G7

You weren't the author, which is why I deleted it. It's now in AfD/RfD. We can sllow the process to finish. There's no rush. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't the author but G7 is when the author "requests deletion, if requested in good faith, and provided the page's only substantial content was added by its author". G7 can be added to articles/redirects by other users who notice that the creator wants the page to be deleted. This redirect should be speedily deleted as the creator clearly requested deletion as seen in this link. Cunard (talk) 19:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for restoring my user page ..... twice. LonelyBeacon (talk) 20:29, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! You're a great vandal patroller. :) Cheers, Cunard (talk) 20:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Dutiespaid page

Please do not delete —Preceding unsigned comment added by LammoSteve (talk • contribs) 17:13, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Dutiespaid has been deleted because it fails the notability guidelines for bands. Please read Wikipedia:Your first article. Cunard (talk) 17:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Pollywood

I noticed that you tried speedying one of these articles for deletion, so I thought you might want to see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Badar Munir.--CyberGhostface (talk) 02:52, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I have voted for all seven articles to be deleted. Cunard (talk) 17:12, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Ride Snowboards

Hi There, I am sorry, I didn't know that this would be cause for speedy deletion. I am new to this so I apologize, but our competitors are listed on wikipedia (burton, k2, elan, etc). If they are allowed to have an entry, why is it inappropriate for Ride Snowboards to have an entry? Thank you! Chuffman123 (talk) 18:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC) Casey

Ride Snowboards is up for speedy deletion because the article doesn't show how this company satisfies the notability guidelines for companies. The article must also have reliable sources to show that it's notable. For more information, read Wikipedia:Your first article. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 18:08, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for that talk page revert!:D--Xp54321 ^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 17:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Cunard (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Article on "A. Edward Moch"

Dear Cunard;

I am still refinng this article, and I am trying to verify this information to you and Wiki's satisfaction.

I can assure you that what I am composing is legit... if I am missing something or rasing questions of it's validity, please suggest what additional facts and informaion I can provide. I do have additional letter documentation in my possession tying this all together.

Thank you for you understanding;

A. Edward Moch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aedwardmoch (talk • contribs) 21:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

You're clearly the subject of this article. Please read Wikipedia:Autobiography and WP:COI. Cunard (talk) 21:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Anne Aghion

On 29 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne Aghion, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 19:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

A Little Bit Longer (song)

Hi! I've seen that you removed the article, A Little Bit Longer (song)'s information and reverted it back to redirect. But I don't think you should do that since the article was originally deleted because it lacks information but now that it's been released, we should keep the information. Can I reverted it back to my edit? Thanks. ♥, calliegal_x (talk) 00:43, 7 August 2008 (UTC)Calliegal

The article was redirected was because of the AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Little Bit Longer (song). If you would like to create an article about that song, please try Wikipedia:Deletion review. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 21:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Deleting links he doesn't like

I just noticed that Carl.bunderson has deleted 9 links from the "Hyperdispensationalism" page that I have been extensively working on lately. All of these links look fine to me - some of the links lead to main proponents of Hyperdispensationalism for 60 years. I see from his user talk that he has had warnings about this kind of deletion activity before. I am pretty new around here and don't know how to deal with this. Looks like he's a clever guy and is used to problems with other users and I don't want any unpleasantness with him. Can you help please? Mysteryofthegospel (talk) 22:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Mysteryofthegospel, and welcome to Wikipedia. Carl.bunderson removed those 9 links from the Hyperdispensationalism page because they weren't directly related to the article. According to Wikipedia:External links, only the "best" external links should be used in an article. The "best" links are those that directly relate to the article, in addition to containing valuable information that the Wikipedia article may not have due to copyrights or other reasons. The links Carl.bunderson removed were not directly related to the article. Some were to websites that discussed Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is very related to Hyperdispensationalism, but that link was not directly related to Hyperdispensationalism. So basically, the external links in an article should be pared down to a minimum and should only be the best links. Hope this explains things a little. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 05:21, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Category:Ronald Presley

What's up with this page?66.108.111.112 (talk) 00:19, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

It appears that User:Ash7028 mistakenly created Ronald Presley in category space instead of article space. I've tagged the category for speedy deletion as I believe that the person Ronald Presley is non-notable. He is the cousin of Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley but that doesn't establish any notability for him. If an admin agrees with my reasoning, the category will be speedily deleted as a non-notable biography. Cunard (talk) 00:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Totally agree very strange being a second cousin twice removed does not meet notability. LOL Take care.66.108.111.112 (talk) 00:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Hyperactive (disambiguation)

How the heck is that a useful dab if it points to nowhere? None of the songs have articles and probably never will as they weren't singles. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

It's a useful dab because it does point to many articles. I voted keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hyperactive (disambiguation) because "Hyperactive" is a plausible search term because anyone could be looking for these songs. Hyperactive (disambiguation) will point them directly to the album they were looking for. Cunard (talk) 01:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK on school portal

The Did you know? hook based on a fact from the article you created or substantially expanded, Wasilla High School, has been added to the Wikipedia Portal, Portal:Schools. Thank you for your contributions in this topic! If you know of another relevant fact from an article that has appeared at Did you know?, then please suggest it at the associated portal talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 20:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Dyk Well done

On 4 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wasilla High School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- cheers Victuallers (talk) 21:31, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Gowtham Raja

Yen tei nennu cheppustanu menu articlu? Sorrry buy i would like to know why you deleted my article? Is it just because of the fact that you dont not have a knowledge of what i am trying to explain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gowtham 6 (talk • contribs) 11:50, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Gowtham Raja has been speedy deleted because he doesn't assert notability under WP:ATHLETE. Cunard (talk) 22:05, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my status page :) Matt (Talk) 05:55, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure! Cunard (talk) 06:11, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

RFA

I am considering nominating you for adminship. Please let me know about your thoughts on this. Thanks, SpecialK 20:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your expression of confidence, but I must decline. I like writing articles, reverting vandalism, and patrolling the new pages, but I don't want the extra tools right now. I've found that I can contribute to Wikipedia in the ways that I want to without being an admin. Thanks, nonetheless. Cunard (talk) 22:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Miranda Uhl

On 17 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Miranda Uhl, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks and All The Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:24, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

I've been around doing mainly minor fixes for a while, and I've edited other wikis, so I doubt if I'll have any coding problems, but the culture problems could trip me up. Carolina wren (talk) 18:02, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Carolina wren and welcome to Wikipedia. On behalf of the Wikipedia community, I apologize that even though you've been on Wikipedia for more than half a month, no one welcomed you! Anyway, thank you so much for your valuable contributions to Wikipdia. Have you heard about Wikipedia:Did you know? You can submit recently created articles to be featured in the DYK section of the main page. The article (2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash) you created today may be a great candidate for DYK. I'll take a look into that. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 18:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Sheesh. Would you like me to semi-protect this page for a couple days? SQL^{Query me!} 21:19, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, SQL but I don't think I'll be needing the semi-protection. The IP who was vandalizing my page has since stopped. There were some many reverts on my talk page because the IP was so fast and wasn't blocked until 20 minutes after the initial vandalism. I was only targeted because I reverted an attack on Betacommand's talk page and then gave the attacker a level 4 warning. I doubt that my talk page will be targeted that much anymore but thanks anyway. Best, Cunard (talk) 21:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Carpathian Shepherd Dog

Hi there

The material is not copyrighted,my name is Daniel Milea and i am the owner of www.carpatini.ro,where u can see the transalted text.George Balan who wrote this History is my partner and you can reach him and georgentro@yahoo.com,i am just trying to help people find out more about the Carpathian Shepherd Dog,the transaltion of the text is made by me,i am just trying to be helpfull,for example the picture of the breed was a wrong one,i am glad u accepted atleast that change,i repeat that text is not under any copyright,i am free to use it and so i did,if u look on www.carpatini.ro at the english area u will find the same text ..whitout any copyright items in it!Please solve the problem or just let me know what i have to do to comvince u guys i havent post any copyrighted material!

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by DannyFaQ (talk • contribs) 12:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for wanting to expand the Carpathian Shepherd Dog article. Since you own the copyright of the text at http://www.carpatini.ro, then the information you added is no longer a copyright violation. My humble apologies for giving you two harsh warnings about copyright violations. Anyway, much of the information you added, is not encyclopedic or about the Carpathian Shepherd Dog. Some of it contains the opinions of the author which is not encyclopedic, while some discusses other topics that are not directly related to the article. If you want to expand this article, please copy and paste the formatting in the article over to User:DannyFaQ/Sandbox and then expand it using the content from your website. Remember to remove the non-encyclopedic content in the article. Afterwards, give me a note on my talk page and I'll take a look at it. Then, you can paste the information in your sandbox back into the article. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 21:43, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I did the editing

Hi there

Well i have worked a little at the text and only included the part regarding the carpathian shepherd Dog,check my sandbox,if that`s alright i`ll paste it to the article. And if everything is alright i will add more information about the breed in time ;) Bye Bye 4 now

I dont see my name wriited down there so i tell u here,i am DannyFaQ regarding the romanian carpathian shepherd dog —Preceding unsigned comment added by DannyFaQ (talk • contribs) 22:06, 25 September 2008 UTC

I've trimmed out the original research and opinion from User:DannyFaQ/Sandbox. It's ready to be moved to mainspace. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 23:19, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash

On 26 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 04:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

That Mysterious Rag

Hi, would you please give the DYK nomination a second review? The only problem with it was that I had accidentally used the wrong link in a citation. It should be good to go now. Best, Durova^Charge! 20:15, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. Cunard (talk) 20:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Durova^Charge! 20:34, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Vladas Česiūnas hook issue

I looked for the link in the DYK as you had requested, but all of the information I had submitted had been removed before I had a chance to look at them. Can you please advise me what issue you had with this because the article is DYK right now. Thanks. Chris (talk) 17:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

The issue was located in this link. The hook was not completely sourced. I had approved it but then struck out the verification after another editor discovered that the hook contained information that was not in the article. The alternate hook was over 200 characters long (it should be 200 characters or less). After I notified you about the DYK hook issue, I went back to the alternate hook and was able to shorten it myself. The article was later approved by another reviewer. Hope this explains things. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 22:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

The hook was a combonation of the October 22, 1979 TIME article that included Godunov, Protopropov, and Belousova and from the 2008 edition of the The Complete Book of the Olympics which I own. That may explain the confusion with the second hook in question though I thought had sourced it properly when I put that in there on the 21st. Hope this helps. Chris (talk) 12:46, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

This is going to sound stupid, but..

..Do you have to be an admin to verify crap on DYK? I see no reason why that would be so, but I'd like to be sure before I jump into shit creek and find i've forgotten my paddle. I nominate so many of my own articles I'd like to give something back, as it were, and spend time on verification. Ironholds 15:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Nope, you don't have to be an admin to verify DYK articles. I'm not an admin but I've verified a fair amount of articles on DYK. Just be sure to read through the DYK criteria and instructions so that you'll be set on which articles meet the criteria and which don't. Thanks for joining the team! Cheers, Cunard (talk) 19:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Main page protection

Whoa, nice catch! You're right, if they had caught wind of that we would have some serious trouble on our hands. Thanks for bringing it up! :) I think this warrants a barnstar!

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For noticing that the main page featured article transclusion wasn't protected and swiftly notifying administrators, I give you this Defender of the Wiki barnstar! Great job! :) Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 05:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheers, and thanks once again! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 05:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar! Cunard (talk) 05:56, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, I just remembered; the transclusion is always protected because, well, it transcludes. So protection isn't necessary. But good job noticing anyway! :) Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 06:06, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I didn't know that the pages that transclude to the main page are fully protected! Thanks for telling me. Cunard (talk) 21:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

The USA National Grape Catching Competition Finalists

Sir, these articles are true and are not hoaxes. If you read the talk pages I have explained this many times. I am a chairperson at this event. Myself and the other chairpersons are attempting right now to create a webpage for the competition to raise awareness about it. This event takes place every March, and if you care to come to Sammamish, Washington, you can see for yourself. Please do not tag the pages that I have explained the citings are being currently worked on, thank you Mr. Zabriskie (talk) 06:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I've done a bit of searching about this topic and have found nothing. Please stop creating hoaxes. If this organization has a website and there are multiple reliable sources about this topic, then I and the other editors at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The USA National Grape Catching Competition Finalists might reconsider our votes. Cunard (talk) 06:35, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Roman Kopin

On 3 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Roman Kopin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 16:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

My apologies :)

My apologies for trying to CSD your article :) --creaɯy!^Talk 00:16, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

That's okay! I've made a number of CSD mistakes too. Just a note, I didn't create Madeira Elementary School; I just declined the speedy and cleaned it up. The person you should be apologizing to is Redskinalumni (talk · contribs) who is the creator. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 00:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Jock Wilson

On 14 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jock Wilson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 06:43, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - Phoebe Ann Patten

Thanks for solving that whole thing about the CSD tag on the article. :D Intothewoods29 (talk) 01:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Cunard (talk) 16:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_October_20

Done Gary King (talk) 04:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Mind verifying my other DYKs if you've got the time, too, just in case I also need to fix those? Gary King (talk) 04:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I've verified the article. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 04:43, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Done Gary King (talk) 04:54, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Zarahsivani

OIIIIIIIIIIII WHYY ARE YOU DELETING OUR PAGES? from Tom REPLY BACKK OR WE WILL TALK BUISSINES!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zarahsivani (talk • contribs) 18:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

See WP:MADEUP and WP:WEBHOST. Cunard (talk) 18:15, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Mingushead000

I've removed the {{indefblockeduser}} template from the user page as the user does not appear to be blocked. I noticed the user has a final warning; did you intend to report the user to WP:AIV? —Snigbrook 01:44, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I thought this user was blocked but it turns out s/he isn't. It's too late to report to WP:AIV now since this user's edits have gone stale, so I'm reporting them to WP:UAA for impersonating/attacking Mingusyeal (talk · contribs) on their userpage. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 03:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I've put the template back on as the user has now been blocked. —Snigbrook 17:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Footscray College

Thanks, searching the history is good advice I should have thought of. At least it's no longer an embarrassment if you've gone back to a pre-vandal version. Tony (talk) 06:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

re: Wulf (2008 Film), films not speediable?

I reread the A7 guidelines and films are notably absent. I'm just curious, is there any particular reason that websites and musical recordings can be speedied but films can't? Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 04:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Websites and musical recordings can be speedied because they have received consensus at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion to be included in the speedy deletion criteria. Films can't be speedied because consensus has not been established as to whether or not they should be included in the A7 criteria. For example, in this recent discussion, the community decided to create A9 as a new deletion criteria for albums with red linked bands. Prior to this, the albums had to be prodded or sent to AfD in order to be deleted. This is the same with non-notable films. Some of them assert no notability and should have a speedy deletion criterion, but A) this might not have been proposed yet, or B) someone proposed it but there was not enough consensus to add it into the A7 criteria. The lack of consensus could have been due to ambiguity over how film articles would classify under that speedy deletion criteria. Some films might have an IMdB entry but still do not pass WP:FILM, while others like Wulf (2008 Film) don't have an IMdb entry and should be speedied because they are non-notable films made by non-notable individuals. There could also be a film article that doesn't have an IMdb entry but is notable. The difficulty for admins and other users patrolling CAT:CSD in discerning the differences between these possibilities may be a reason why films can't be speedied. Hope this explains things a bit! Cheers, Cunard (talk) 05:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy delete of hospitals

concerning your decision, User:Tone speedily deleted very similar/almost identical Malaysian hospital articles I nominated yesterday. Essentially it is spam being pushed by 23light (talk · contribs) who is a single purpose editor. Michellecrisp (talk) 05:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the {{db-spam}} tags from Columbia Asia Hospital - Taiping and Columbia Asia Medical Center - Puchong because they don't contain any promotional content. 23light (talk · contribs) appears to be a good faith contributor who might have a WP:COI but after I've done a Google search on them, these hospitals appear to be fairly notable. This user's two recent article creations have not been spammy. If you would like to pursue deletion on the basis of the basis of these hospitals being non-notable, feel free to take the articles to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. I've also asked the administrator, Matthewedwards, for a third opinion. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 05:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

It's a close call, nad I can see why one admin might delete but another might keep.I actually saw these two listed in CAT:CSD and when I got to them the speedy tags had been removed. theedgedaily.com appears to be the website of a newspaper, so coverage there asserts notability, although the two hospitals were not named explicitly. "Columbia Asia Hospital" also appears to be notable, as it gets many hits, although "Columbia Asia Hospital - Taiping" doesn't. On first glance I would have agreed with not deleting, but looking closer I think I would either WP:PROD them or redirect to Columbia Asia, as the size of that article isn't big enough yet to warrant spin-offs, and the information that is given in the spin-off articles isn't too big that it would harm Columbia Asia either. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

RE:Felipe Pazos Jr.

I was basing my opinion on Wikipedia:Notability. There seems to be no evidence of any significant coverage of him, and there don't seem to be any sources that give an encyclopedic overview of his life. Actors are not inherently notable, and he appears to have only acted in that one movie as a child. BuddingJournalist 09:03, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I've prodded the article. If no one believes that this individual is notable, then the article will be deleted. Cunard (talk) 09:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppetry at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kippian Method

I want to inform you that I have started a suspected sockpuppetry case at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ryovercash in regards with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kippian Method. As listed in the case, all the accounts listed were created after the AfD and have similar editing patterns (all meet what is listed under WP:SIGNS). Thank you, MuZemike (talk) 23:06, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. That page is just filled with socks! Cheers, Cunard (talk) 23:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Martin Randall Travel

I have declined a speedy on the article because it has some independent sources. I feel it's a marginal topic for an article. You might want to do a full AFD to determine if it should be kept. I have no comment. Royalbroil 13:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

I originally removed a G11 tag from the article and added an A7 tag because I believed that the article was not spam but might not be notable. A search for sources confirms that this company is notable, so I will not pursue deletion. Thanks for notifying me! Cunard (talk) 04:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Schloss Vollrads

Hi Cunard, thank you very much for the crucial en reference in this article.--Symposiarch (talk) 14:21, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'd hate to see an article that has had so much effort put into it get rejected for DYK because it's missing an easily found reference. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 18:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Operation Barcelona

Pardon? Quick Yahoo! search turns up nothing of relevance on the first page. And the links provided are about an operation of the Indo-Pakistani War called Operation Gibraltar. It smacks of hoax to me. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 12:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, it's a fairly obvious hoax. — Athaenara ✉ 14:47, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I deleted this as a hoax/vandalism/false information WP:CSD#G3 and poor bleeding taste." "Operation Barcelona' +"Los Angeles" shows Operation Barcelona to have been a plan of "the student wing of the African National Congress . . . to destroy Government vehicles and property in support of striking teachers, but offers no reliable sources for this "article". One cited sources is really, "Operation Gibraltar: Battle that never was," about the 1965 war between India and Pakistan. So is another cited source, really "Grand Slam— A Battle of Lost Opportunities. I find no evidence that there is a "North African Guerillas" organization. No verifiability at all for a preposterous collection of stereotypical clichés and false information that is in poor taste considering the subject matter.

Also, I could not help but notice you removed the CSD tag with the edit summary "declined speedy." This is misleading as you are not an admin. You can neither "delete" nor "decline to delete." I very nearly AFD'd this based on the speedy having been "declined," but in preparing my AFD found it to be an unquestionable hoax, and thus vandalism. It would be better to use the edit summary "detagged" or "removed speedy tag" to avoid such confusion. Also, it would be better to verify content and sourcing before removing a speedy deletion tag. Dlohcierekim 16:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

My apologies, Albert, for removing the speedy. Operation Barcelona was originally tagged as {{db-nonsense}}, but the article was not incoherent nonsense so I did a quick Google search on it. I found a source from The New York Times but neglected to see if the source was related to the article, so I mistakenly declined the speedy. Sorry about that.

Dlo, your point about my misleading edit summary of "declined speedy" is taken. I'll use "removed speedy" instead. Thanks you for the feedback and my apologies for my egregious mistake. I'll be careful to validate the information and sources in articles before I remove speedies. Regards, Cunard (talk) 21:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Cunard is awesome

Cunard is awesome —Preceding unsigned comment added by ProtestTheHero8 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 20 November 2008 UTC

Thanks! Cunard (talk) 06:05, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the assistance

I appreciate the help with the Marin Academy article - it used to be pretty bereft of references and at this point, if anything, it is overrun with them! Cheers. Cuffeparade (talk) 08:11, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure! You've also done a great job sourcing and expanding the article. I've watchlisted the article and will provide you with assistance in reverting POV statements made by editors who are unaware that articles on Wikipedia must be neutral. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 08:25, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

JJS Karate Dojo

Thankz a lot for somehow given us a chance to informed others about our small dojo. STAY COOL!!Jjskarate (talk) 07:22, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the references you've added are enough to allow the school to pass the notability guidelines but the article definitely won't be deleted. It may very likely be merged and redirected to Jack and Jill School. Good luck, Cunard (talk) 07:27, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

spammity

Hello - an article that you had tagged as maybe not spam, but A7 (Martin Randall Travel) is up for deletion review. Please join in if you would like. SpikeJones (talk) 13:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Cunard (talk) 23:27, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Fernando Tadefa

I was looking into the notability of Fernando Tadefa after your removal of the speedy deletion tag. According to the authors source it looks like he never actually played for the Atlanta Braves, he was drafted by them and played 2 years in the minor leagues...would that still make him pass WP:ATHLETE? --Kelapstick (talk) 22:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

I've re-added the speedy tag for a more experienced editor to evaluate whether this individual passes WP:ATHLETE. If he's never played for the professional team and only for the minor league teams, then he's probably non-notable. Cunard (talk) 22:31, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, an interesting situation...--Kelapstick (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Repeated Creation of Deleted Article

Miholyn nana has been created - again. I didn't know before I went to Verynicegirl's talk page and saw all of the previous warnings. Vltava 68 (talk contribs) 04:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks like the page has been deleted by Metropolitan90. I'm not an admin, so I can't block Verynicegirl (talk · contribs). Also, she can't be blocked right now because she hasn't edited for several hours. If this user continues creating inappropriate pages, feel free to report her at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 23:15, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Heya

Just came back to The Best of Kenny Rogers today and noticed your temporary redirect back to Kenny Rogers' individual page. You may recall I reverted the page to a blank slate without a redirect because at first I didn't find any link between it and The Kenny Rogers Singles Album, leaving behind on the Singles Album page a vow to place a redirect to it when I someday create the album page.

Forgetting the link to the Singles Album temporarily, I'm now turning the page into a disambiguation page, unbelievably, and for one main reason: there is another album in 1992 with the same title. And another in 1995. And yet another in 2001. And apparently, almost every year since then. This doesn't count titles with The First Edition, either, which I'll possibly give their own disambiguation page since I'm doing The First Edition's history separately. Needless to say, I have a lot of work to do here as I seem to be the only one interested in this project (though I've been followed by a couple of other editors in my work to make enhancements or other changes - Share Your Love actually had a valid comment removed which I readded and sourced *LOL*).

In any case, thanks for putting in the redirect; I didn't think of that in the interim and didn't check it myself. I've now dedicated the page's use and will continue to update it. =)

CycloneGU (talk) 04:04, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I added the redirect because pages in the mainspace (including redirects) shouldn't be blanked. By the way, great work on articles related to country music. Best, Cunard (talk) 04:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

American Mongrel & Obama

I live in So Cal and mixed is the rapidly becoming the norm. My Dad hid his background. I can only assume your assumption that "American Mongrel" is a slam on Obama is a reflection of a hidden prejudice. THINK ABOUT IT. Shame on you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joniwells (talk • contribs) 05:53, 2 December 2008

You might not have meant that article to be an attack, but in the opening sentence, you calling Mr. Obama a "mutt" seems to be an attack on him. I'm sorry if that's not what you meant it to be but this article does not belong on Wikipedia. I've searched for reliable sources about this topic and this phrase doesn't appear to be used in the mainstream media. Sorry, Cunard (talk) 06:01, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Obama referred to himself as a "mutt" in his first press conference. But it's a long walk from that to claiming that "American mongrel" is a "newly recognized ethnic group" or that Obama is an "American mongrel." An unsourced article like that does have the initial appearance of an attack page. --Pixelface (talk) 06:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I didn't realize that Obama referred to himself as a "mutt". I agree with your comment here that the article has very little encylopedic value. An article as specific as this one is unnecessary since most of it belongs in the article Mongrel. Thank you for your insight! Cunard (talk) 09:01, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

My take as well, Joni. Sorry, but that's a slam in my book. You may also want to consider that the article itself was original content, and unsourced. Thank you.--Yachtsman1 (talk) 06:05, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

It's fascinating that I cannot respond to the Irishman (Yachtboy?) directly. So, I will respond as follows: I am multi-ethnic and multi-racial & unlike several of the people that objected to my article, I was born in the US. Y'all have zero sense of humor and zero understanding of the feelings of those of us that are multi-ethnic/racial as WE considered the mutt comment a recognition of our background. Have you ever considered that those of us that do not have a definite identification to a primary ethnic/racial group or consider ourselves "just an American" get feeling a little left out when people bray about ethnic identification? Obama is us...we are mutts - or more formally, American Mongrels.

Furthermore, I think you are obviously completely unfamilair with diverse communities other than (possibly) at a noblesse oblige distance.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Joniwells (talk • contribs) 07:51, 2 December 2008

Please stop making inappropriate comments such as this. Further disruption of this sort will lead to you getting blocked. Please also read the civility page - comments about the nationalities or ethnicities of other contributors is irrelevant to the deletion of this article. The article that you wrote (which has been deleted twice) is not suitable for Wikipedia. It is unsourced and is made up of mostly original research. Such an article cannot survive on Wikipedia. You must find a number of reliable sources about this topic to back up what you write in the article. Please follow Pixelface's advice.

An alternative to creating a new article would be expanding Mongrel, an existing article. Much of the information you want to write about would be better placed on that page. If you do expand that article, remember to cite the page with reliable sources. Failing to do so may result in your edits being reverted. Good luck with your research, Cunard (talk) 09:01, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

indian biased

I'm sorry i'm pretty new to this. it's just that I read about the neutral point of view on wikipedia, so when I saw this article, i tried deleting it. Sorry, it wont happen again.Shawn1020 (talk) 14:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

That's okay. Remember to read the links I placed in the welcome template on your talk page. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 22:50, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for America's Incredible Pizza Company

On 3 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article America's Incredible Pizza Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 20:26, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the Cyberhomes entry

Hi Cunard, I'm sorry I believe I replied in the wrong place at first. I'm writing you because I believe the Cyberhomes entry should not be merged to the Fidelity National Financial entry. Cyberhomes is a very small division of FNF, who is the leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services.

It's also important to note that Cyberhomes is not only funded/owned by Fidelity National Financial, but Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS) as well. I will make note of this in the entry.

Renicolay (talk) 22:45, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

If you can find enough references specifically about Cyberhomes, then the article shouldn't be merged. However, if there aren't enough, then the article should definitely be merged. Also, the best place to discuss a merge or not merging the article is Talk:Cyberhomes so that it will be visible to all interested editors. Cunard (talk) 22:53, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of A Mother's Story

An article that you have been involved in editing, A Mother's Story, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Mother's Story. Thank you. Dekisugi (talk) 10:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Cunard (talk) 21:54, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

6th Earl of Rosslyn

Restored per request. Can't guaranteee it won't be deleted again under A3, so it might be worth moving what content you intend to use to a userpage. Good luck with it. Euryalus (talk) 05:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring the article! I've added content to the article and have placed a {{hangon}} tag. I don't think the article needs to be moved to my userspace since it has enough content to pass as a valid stub. Regards, Cunard (talk) 05:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Julia's House

On 20 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Julia's House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:06, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Thanks for taking the initiative in fixing the problem on the DYK screw-up from earlier in the day. Ecoleetage (talk) 01:50, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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My pleasure! Cunard (talk) 02:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Wallace Roberts & Todd

On 31 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wallace Roberts & Todd, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Capitalization correction for Jack Mackenroth page

Thanks for the correction. I had been looking for the way to correct it. Is there a link to the instructions?

[Edit] Okay, never mind. I found the links to Redirect and Case sensitivity.

Thanks, Jeff DigiSmarts (talk) 03:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC)DigiSmarts

Hi Jeff, for more information on how to move a page, see WP:MOVE. Welcome to Wikipedia!!! Cunard (talk) 05:42, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiLove!

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G4 Grawp socks

Thanks for reminding me about that MFD; I had forgotten about that. I've deleted them. bibliomaniac15 06:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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