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Preston Long COI

I put a note at the Conflict of Interest noticeboard regarding the activity on the Preston Long article, please join the discussion there WP:COIN.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:03, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Over-eager revert

RE Foodservice: I'm sorting out an inter-wiki mess and those links are redundant (they're on Wikidata). I've re-reverted. Please check before you revert. Facing the Sky (talk) 15:58, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

The BOHICA Blues entry

Hello, this is Arik_the_Coyote, and yes I'm affiliated with the website in question. I realize this means that I can have some subject-matter blind spots but I'm trying to iron out the problems. Web page articles and web pages themselves can be fleeting, so obviously Wikipedia will be wary of such endeavors, which makes sense.

I was reading the "List of Webcomics" article and noted that there was an entry for 2013 webcomics and felt that my webcomic certainly qualified, and there was no need to wait until someone placed an entry on my behalf. I have a cache of hundreds of comics to be made, many of which are already prepared, as well as a detailed outline of comic episodes, plot arcs, and chapters which are already done. Longevity should not be a problem. The project is important to me as well as many of the people I have served with, and veterans in general have voiced support to me informally. I admit this goes back to the "blind spots" I concede to.

I'm making a sincere effort to avoid being autobiogrpahical in the entry, mostly by reading other entries based on entertainment media-- TV, webcomics, etc. I've already deleted a large paragraph that, in retrospect, appeared to be too florid and self-referencing. I'm actually not too interested in calling attention to me personally; rather I'd prefer if people focused on the experiences of Reservists that were mobilized to Iraq, and the things they went through --as opposed to regular, full-time military troops. Reserve and Guard troops have very different experiences, especially after the war, which will eventually be a focus.

My first entry was a bit quick, and I went back to "clean it up" but realized that things weren't as clean and smooth as I thought they were. Obviously in my mind's eye it was a slick, professional article with no issues with neutrality, but... that's what I get for doing my own thinking, I guess (heh). Thank you for your insight and I am continuing to try to clean it up.

Arik the Coyote (talk) 16:38, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Arik. Thanks for disclosing your affiliation with the subject. Most of the time, we prefer that affiliated editors use the Requested articles or Articles for creation avenues. That's because as the creator of an artistic work, the subject is so personally meaningful to you that it's difficult (if not impossible) for you to be an objective judge of its notability. But, since the article exists now, that cake can't be unbaked... let's see if we can improve upon it.

The key issue here is that notability requires verifiable evidence. The notability for web content criteria says that the content itself has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself, or that the website or content has won a well-known and independent award from either a publication or organization. If this is true and can be verified with citations from reliable sources, that will establish its notability.

Other than your official website, you have two other sources listed: Stars and Stripes and DVIDS. Since they are also affiliated with the U.S. military, their independence will come into question - we can get an uninvolved editor to offer a third opinion at the reliable sources noticeboard. In the meantime, I would look for other reputable, unaffiliated sources.

One other thing... when editing, please include an edit summary with each post. The summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 20:48, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

How to communicate effectively with an editor?

Hello Drm310, An editor who uses the name NYResident has been rewriting plot summaries for Agatha Christie novels, so far all the Poirot stories (one example is The Mysterious Affair at Styles). There are multiple messages on the talk page for this editor, pointing out the Wikipedia guidelines for writing such summaries -- not to use the heading spoiler alert, keep it short, for example. It seems the messages have not been read, or if read, not understood.

The problem to me is that someone like you sees that the word Spoiler alert was added and that the section titles are taken out of format. You, or someone else, changes only that rather than undoing the entire edit. By the time someone like me sees it, revert to the version prior to what NYResident did has to be done manually, which is tedious. Not the worst problem in the world, but it seems like make-work when the problems are undone one by one instead of a revert immediately. I know to look for this editor's name now, when I see a suddenly longer Plot summary.

So, can you or any other editor more experienced than I am, establish effective communication with NYResident? Can it be suggested that editors who first encounter such a bad job consider complete Undo, instead of making it harder for the next editor to get rid of the excessively long summary by NYResident? By the way, each such edit is titled, do the standard format for Poirot story -- not Wikipedia's standard, but something in the mind of NYResident. Needed to get that off my chest after many more hours of manual reverting. I clicked to watch your page in case you have a reply. --Prairieplant (talk) 18:02, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Prairieplant. From the look of NYResident's edit history and the history of his/her talk page, their last edit predates the messages you left for them. So, there's a chance that they haven't read them yet. It's possible that they aren't aware of the active discussion(s) on the article talk pages, so try using a {{tb}} template to alert them (example below) and they might elect to participate.

{{Talkback|Talk:The Mysterious Affair at Styles|Removed flag for lead too long|ts=~~~~~}}

Their editing habits appear to come in spurts, and they haven't edited in the last two and a half weeks. They might not return for a while - or possibly not at all. Should they return and their problematic editing continues, then I think you're justified in escalating it to WP:DRN. I think you've left enough notices for them to get the hint - hopefully. --Drm310 (talk) 19:14, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. I used talkback on my own page and on NYResident's page. Now to wait and see. --Prairieplant (talk) 06:10, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

NYResident has noticed the talk page and put a reply on my talk page. He does not like the rules for the length of a Plot Summary, but at least knows how to read messages now. Thanks for your help in establishing communications. --Prairieplant (talk) 20:38, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Glad to hear you have successfully communicated with him. You can point out to him that if he disputes the rules around plot summaries, there are talk pages to engage other editors about policies and conventions:

• Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction
• Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not
• Wikipedia talk:How to write a plot summary

--Drm310 (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

delete page - page for speedy deletion

Hi drm310 I would like the page I tried to set up to be deleted. I had hoped to create an article but am not ready to do so, but I see the page has been selected for speedy deletion - I would like the page to be deleted ok, thanks (research resources (talk) 20:17, 6 February 2014 (UTC))

If it's been tagged, it will be deleted in a short while - probably before the day is out. --Drm310 (talk) 20:21, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Sylvia Pekar Arnold

Hmm. As I say sometimes over at UAA, "False pos on reported issue, but ..."

If it were just the name I don't think it would be an impersonation attempt. You're allowed to use the names of notable dead people as long as they're not recently deceased (so no User:Philip Seymour Hoffman or, for that matter, User:Shirley Temple until later in the year, at least). And, as you seem to allow, this Ms. Arnold probably isn't alive (and even if she is, is probably not in any condition to edit Wikipedia, or may not even know there is such a thing).

However ... when you mentioned the organization name, a bell rang. Sure enough, I had come across a user by that name earlier in the day while reviewing unblock requests.

I think we have ourselves a sock. Daniel Case (talk) 03:08, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank You for the Information.

Thank you Daryl Mitchell for the information. I've done that in a quick. I was just thinking that I made a mistake somewhere. I'll take care of that in future. --Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) ^talk 17:22, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Can an editor please adopt Wiki page on New Village Press?

Dear Drm310,

I am the founder and director of New Village Press and have recently attempted to update the information about the press on Wikipedia. I understand the need to have neutral, unbiased info on this site. I am not trained in producing Wikipedia content, so am writing to ask if Wiki-trained editors ever adopt articles and, if so, how does one recruit such an editor to produce a properly informative and more complete entry for New Village Press.

Thank you, Lynne Elizabeth BTW, I do not understand what is meant by sign with four tildes, but here they are Lynne Elizabeth (talk) 13:15, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Notification of automated file description generation

Your upload of File:Briarwood.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.

This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 14:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Guassmeter

Hello Drm310. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Guassmeter, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: it's a reasonable redirect. Thank you. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:57, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Why?

I contributed some facts to your Protest The Hero page. I was their guitar teacher when they first started out. Why would you not allow me to put in that information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorne Hemmerling (talk • contribs) 14:18, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Just because a statement is true does not mean it is worthy of inclusion. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, which means there are standards for what constitutes information that should be in Wikipedia. The general notability guideline requires there to be multiple reliable sources that are independent of the subject that provide more than just a mere trivial mention.

You didn't provide any sources for your addition, and when I searched for any mention of it on the web, anything that mentions this fact comes from your own social media profiles. This seems unduly self-serving and a conflict of interest.

In summary - don't write about yourself, your work or other subjects with which you have a personal or professional connection. You can suggest changes on the article talk pages in those cases. I've provided some relevant links below for you to review.

• Plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• Wikipedia's policy on autobiographies
• What Wikipedia is not

P.S. Please be sure to sign your posts on talk pages (but never in articles). There are two ways to do this. Either:

1. Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment; or
2. With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when. --Drm310 (talk) 16:44, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

why blocked?

My article on the book Hauptmann's Ladder was blocked. Now, my editing privileges are being blocked by some user. I have never posted anything incorrect. I am one the foremost experts on the Lindbergh kidnapping and know of what I speak. Why am I being treated in this way?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtcahilljr (talk • contribs) 15:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Draft article

hi Daryl, Imwould like to ask why the article " Czechia, the name dispute" was moved to my personal page, many thanks and best regards Helveticus96 (talk) 22:17, 25 March 2014 (UTC) 25.3.2014

Hello Helveticus96. The answer is that it always was on your user page - it has never been in the main article space. I'm sure you just did not realize it when you created it. I put the {{userpage}} template on your page to alert you to this fact, and to ensure that your user page was not indexed by search engines and mistaken for an article.

You can try following the steps in Wikipedia:Starting an article to create the article you want. I would also recommend you read Wikipedia:Your first article to ensure your article is up to the standards that will be expected. User pages that look like articles are generally frowned upon - if you think you need more time, I recommend you move your content to your user sandbox, which is a more appropriate place to work on articles that are in their draft stage.

However, you should be aware that there is an existing article entitled Name of the Czech Republic which covers the same subject. Editors may question the need for two articles. You should perhaps try to engage with other editors on that article's talk page and show them your work. Perhaps the content of the two can be merged together.

Anyway, I hope this has helped explain a few things. Best of luck to you. --Drm310 (talk) 00:51, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, thanks a lot, I am and old user, but new as author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helveticus96 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Drm310 - thanks for letting me know my page was in appropriate. I hope I have deleted it. I am new to Wikipedia. Presumably it is acceptable to post useful information on a topic as long as not a shameless plug?

Not with your current user name. Usernames cannot represent a business or organization, only an individual. Either put in a request to change your username or create a new account. Also, please review Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide about editing subjects with which you have a personal or professional connection. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 16:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Great!

Also please sign your posts when writing on a talk page or other project page with an active discussion by typing four tilde characters (~~~~) at the end of your post. That will insert your username as well as the date and time of your post. That helps to keep track of who said what, and when. --Drm310 (talk) 17:28, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

REG. COI on the page of "Adiyeri Gangadharan"

COI was raised as I am related to the person in the article. All major precautions has been taken as the author was aware of possible COI allegations. Kindly let me know if any of the article's sentences are proved wrong or misinterpreted or even bloated out of proportions.

Kindly assist me in removing the COI tag from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acatgain (talk • contribs) 21:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

I've responded at the article talk page. In the meantime, you should review Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide, which among other things states "Do not edit articles about yourself, your family or friends, etc." --Drm310 (talk) 07:52, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

About the Deletion of the page Adiyeri Gangadharan

Comments by A C Arun

There is a News paper link mentioned in the references section which mentions that Adiyeri Gangadharan was conferred Malayala Ratna Award by The Pondichery State and has been given to him in a function by the Chief minister of the State. The News paper, The Hindu is a very eminent one which is a leading National news paper in India. The Hindu Reference to the Award notification.

Apart from the above,the page also holds the photos of the award and also many awards conferred to him by various institutions across India.

The person can also be reached over the Phone or the e-mail or any live video chat if required.

Kindly remove the deletion tag. --A. C. Arun 19:42, 6 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acatgain (talk • contribs)

The reference provided is misleading the way it is presented in the article text. The text says "He is a recipient of the Puducherry Government's Malayala Ratna Award 2003" yet the reference is from 2007.

The reference is just a passing mention of him, not even using his full name. This is only trivial coverage and as per WP:BIO, is insufficient to prove the subject's notability.

The photographs were taken by you and you are not a reliable source. Anyone can take photos of any awards but with no independent sources, there is no way to verify that these are notable achievements.

Wikipedia readers or editors should not have to contact subjects offline to obtain the necessary evidence of a subject's notability. The burden of evidence lies with you, the contributor.

Because I see the one reference does (barely) mention the subject by name, this isn't an unreferenced BLP. I will be changing the deletion tag from PROD to AfD, however. Any further discussion on whether this article should be deleted should be made there. Any further discussion here will not influence the discussion or the actions that result from it. --Drm310 (talk) 04:52, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

About the AJR disambiguation

Such an article exists, but this novice level editor attempted to start a link to the page. I haven't figured out how to link at this time so I was hoping that someone else had researched for the AJR article and link it via the disambiguation page that this could be a legitimate add. There is currently a musical group called AJR and they've just started performing. This is going to return to the disambiguation page, hopefully with the correct blue underlining link that I don't know how those properly work on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.60.65.124 (talk) 07:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

WH Page

Drm310,

I appreciate your concern and I have added additional source material to make it clear that the content is indeed neutral. I included articles from two state newspapers with content that mirrors that which I posted. I assure you that as I have posted the content as current questions and concerns rather than conclusions, the content has a neutral POV. AdamSmithNH (talk) 19:30, 25 April 2014 (UTC)AdamSmithNH

I have made further edits to that page to ensure this is the case. The sole purpose of referencing your own website is to drive traffic toward it, which is using Wikipedia as a means of promotion. Let the third-party reliable sources with an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight be the sources for the content. --Drm310 (talk) 19:42, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Friends of Warboys Library unblock request

I uncommented the request and fixed a typo. It's OK now.

Should another admin review it, it should be declined as too close to the original name. Daniel Case (talk) 02:54, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome

Thank you for the invite. Your example will be a resource for my unending education. Saberspon 15:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saberspon (talk • contribs)

BSG NYC

Hi, thanks so much for the feedback. How can we change our username? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BSG NYC (talk • contribs) 16:38, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

@BSG NYC: A link to the page you're looking for was placed on your user talk page (read it carefully!). Please read our username policy, and then request a rename here. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 16:41, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Disclose employment

Hi, how can we disclose employment? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BSG NYC (talk • contribs) 20:34, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

@BSG NYC: You can see my own declaration on my user page. You can do something similar on your own user page, User:Strat G 777. Please be sure to log in with your new username.

Also, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

1. Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment; or
2. With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 20:53, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Cyberdog958. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Manoj Gohel, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. cyberdog958^Talk 06:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi, all of you

Drm310, this is Ahmed. Thanks for the welcome. I will need,of course, all the help I can get. First, I need somebody to criticize my photographs and, second, I need to know what the real needs are so that I can focus on helping and sharing with useful material

Sorry, but I am unaware of what user this is, because you were not logged in when you left this note. You also left it wrapped in comment tags, which meant it remained hidden until I removed them. --Drm310 (talk) 13:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

OK,it's me who has to be sorry. I received a mail notifying me that you had left a message in my talk page. It turned out to be a welcome and I appreciated it. I'm new in Wikipedia so I don't exactly know how to behave in this world. That is why I said I need all the help I can get. I used to have friends in Saskatoon in the past, but my beloved Louise passed away and I lost contact with the rest.03:53, 30 May 2014 (UTC)Ahmed Mateo (talk)

Speedy deletion declined: Rooftop Films

Hello Drm310. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Rooftop Films, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 05:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for the introductory message and I look forward to contributing with edits to articles and providing information to stubs.

Cadburyboy101 (talk) 18:57, 8 July 2014 (UTC) Ronan McGilliard-->

Speedy deletion declined: Blum & Poe

Hello Drm310. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Blum & Poe, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 05:35, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

help for recent edits?

Hi Drm310,

Thanks for looking at the edit that I submitted to Archtop guitar.

Can you help me change my edit so that it would meet the correct guidelines?

My intention is to point out that guitar makers such as myself are greatly adding to and expanding the way an archtop guitar is built and how it sounds. The instrument is literally evolving far past where the Archtop guitar page leaves off. It continues to evolve as an instrument through my research as well as that of others and this change in the voice of the archtop guitar and how it is made, is interestingly being reflected in the ever widening uses of the archtop guitar in many new types of music than it was previously.

Is there a way I can express what I have mentioned above and still meet the guidelines? Do I need to reword things or is it simply a matter of the links?

I am new to this so any help you could provide would be very much appreciated.

Thank you!

Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasBills (talk • contribs) 20:31, 15 July 2014 (UTC) ThomasBills (talk) 20:48, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello Thomas. While your expertise in this area is appreciated, the problem lies with where the information is sourced. The general rule is that material added to an article must be verifiable by a reliable source. Citing your business has the appearance of self-promotion, which Wikipedia doesn't permit. One's own personal knowledge is also not valid, as this is unverifiable original research. The information has to come from a reliable source that has an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight.

For example, if you were to be interviewed about archtop guitars by a publication which has no financial interest in your business, that could count as a reliable source which could be cited. It would be reasonably expected that such a source could describe the topic from a disinterested perspective.

You might wish to read this essay on expert editors for persons with in-depth knowledge of a particular subject. This might give you more guidance on how you can use your knowledge of the topic to contribute constructively while keeping within Wikipedia's policies. I hope you decide to stay - best of luck to you. --Drm310 (talk) 06:03, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

== Thanks so much for your words of welcome. I am really excited about contributing, while I simultaneously shake off my editing cobwebs. I need to familiarize myself with the style manual and will then get started right away.

SPBergren (talk) 14:29, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Buck Knives

Why did you revert my formatting of a ref and the removal of a spam link? Were you trying to get that guy's religious tract back in?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:09, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

No, it was just a goofup by me. As you can see by my edit summary, I was trying to revert a copyright violation from another editor. I must have been half asleep at the time, and not noticed that you had already done so. This was my mistake - please accept my apologies. --Drm310 (talk) 14:53, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

No prob, I figured it was something like that ...after I had my coffee!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:57, 18 July 2014 (UTC)