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Gossip Girl
Regarding the Gossip Girl matter, what qualifies as "recent" activity? I'd simply take this to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations or AIV, but it appears that the troll comes up with a fresh IP address with every incident. This is part of why I'd requested semi-protection. As I appear to be the only one opposing this, walking away would mean throwing the article to the wolves. --James26 (talk) 06:57, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
- When I checked, there was not much and there were no edits on the 22nd and 23rd. The edits yesterday and today seem good faith edits, although it seems that there is a disagreement on how two of the characters are to be classified. But none of that is actually 11:36, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. My main issue is that the IPs attempting to reclassify the "Chuck Bass" character lack a source of ) 07:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion Decline of Nida Khan
Hi. I nominated an article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nida_Khan for Speedy Deletion under 'blatant Advertisement' and got rejected. I had several reasons for the nomination, but i think i got the tag wrong. Can you please recommend what course of action i should take. My reasons for speedy deletion of the article:
1. The person is not notable. She won a small beauty pageant titled "Miss Pakistan World" , the pageant's entry itself was deleted from Wikipedia for non notability and vandalism by the pageant's organizers( users Danthompsonjr and Sonisona).
2. The article has NO references and has statements such as "Nida Khan recently went to pakistan, her home town karachi, and on January 4th She had her nikkah done with a handsome guy named Ayan. She wishes to marry when she completes her studies. That is in two years.". "Her beauty and abilities gave pageant organizer, Sonia Ahmed the confidence to enter Khan into two international pageants during the course of the year."( This speculative statement above was written by Danthompsonjr)
The contributors include Danthompsonjr and Sonisona. Both these users vandalised the "Miss Pakistan World" page and created and vandalised a page on the pageant's creator "Sonia Ahmed". During the discussions for both these pages, it was concluded,that these two users were creators of the pageant and were using Wikipedia to promote it. (Saratahir (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2009 (UTC))
- Well, the tag was incorrect, so I declined it for that. As for deletion itself: 19:44, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Page Marked for Speedy Deletion, help?
I am trying to figure out what I can do to make my tone in this article more neutral. I believe that the largest company in that industry that has regularly cleared $18 Mil/year for a decade should be included in an Encyclopedia, but I do see how the article as written does sound like an advertisement. I wonder if you could direct me to an article about a business that has a good neutral point of view? I am new at this and am just starting to contribute and would like some practice getting it right. Thanks. (Itcousin (talk) 21:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC))
- First of all, it is not marked for speedy deletion, I declined that. But the tone is still less neutral than it should be. You may want to read an article in the category Category:FA-Class Companies articles, Category:A-Class Companies articles or Category:GA-Class Companies articles, where those articles are listed, which were identified as the best written ones about companies. Regards SoWhy22:08, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Mickey Rourke
You placed a semi-protect on Mickey Rourke yet I have seen almost no vandalism. Just letting you know. Thanks. --Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:28, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- I think a large number of reverts within the last 2-3 days constitute enough vandalism to protect the article for a bit. Regards SoWhy 09:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Userfication
Hello Sowhy, I have spent some time on a graph found here: User:Inclusionist/AfD on average day. In an attempt to make policy better, I am interested in what type of user gets their page deleted, etc....November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user a couple of weeks ago.
I was wondering if you can provide 5 deleted articles for me from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 15, listed here with the admins closing reason:
- Www1 delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- Auto-Upturn delete. MBisanz talk 13:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- North london stags delete. MBisanz talk 13:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- Nao Kudo delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- Blue Fire Burning delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Prefereably userfied, lets say User:Ikip/Www1. Because I need to get the creator's name and date it was created.
Admin Alex Muller was willing to provide 5 userfied pages, like User:Ikip/Newton Howard.
If you can't userfy, could your email them? November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user a couple of weeks ago.
I really appreciate it.
- Sure, no problem. Just tag them 21:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi - Can I please have the article on Vicious Kitten Records removed - what is the process ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5b3TnY (talk • contribs) 05:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- First of all, why do you want it removed? I see no logical reason for it. I have asked for more input in this matter though, but please stop deleting the content of the page until then. Regards SoWhy 07:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Can you help me with tables, please?
Hiya SoWhy, it's been a while! I hope you're well and still enjoying your lectures :-)
Being clever with CSS, perhaps you can help me with sortable wikitables at List of female tennis players. Tennis expert has helpfully added a sortable wikitable, which we're sort of "trialling" on the As before we add it to the rest of the page.
We'd like the columns for birth, death, and grand slam titles to be centred. I've asked a question on this at the technical village pump page. Based on the earliest replies, Tennis expert has managed to centre only those three columns, which is great, but it unfortunately means adding style="text-align: center"| to each cell that needs to be centred. Needless to say, that is really cumbersome!
There are new replies to my question, however, that indicate an easier way of doing it. For example: .wikitable-center3 would affect .wikitable-center3 tbody tr td+td+td
, .wikitable-center5 would affect .wikitable-center5 tbody tr td+td+td+td+td
). I simply have no idea what that means. If it's implemented, will it be easier to include in the table than the style="text-align: center"| option in each cell? If so, would you be able to give an example of how and where to add it? Thanks so much!
- True true. What? Me enjoying lectures? I didn't know I ever had ;-) And what have you been up to these days? Back to the hectic Wiki-life? :-D
- Yeah, I read your comment at 09:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- Well, I'm back from Sri Lanka, brown and exhausted! I had a brilliant time there and saw so much of the island, but it was still a busy and tiring trip, :-) I didn't have a moment to think about Wikipedia. When I get around to it this weekend, I'll have pictures from Sri Lanka up on Flickr; so far I've only been bothered enough to post one.
- That's ok, it was a good excuse to write to you, :-) I'll ask EVula about it on his talk page instead of cluttering talk10:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- That's ok, it was a good excuse to write to you, :-) I'll ask EVula about it on his talk page instead of cluttering
- Ahhh, vacation. It seems like ages since I had one (four years if I count correctly). My jealousy notwithstanding I am happy for you. :-)
- And I feel flattered like a schoolgirl that you wanted to write me. Makes me feel all warm and squishy inside ;-) But you know, you can write me anytime, about anything.^^
- Sorry I couldn't help more than that. Have a nice day yourself (I'm at work so my "good day"-ness is quite limited xD) SoWhy 10:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- I'm at work myself, but both bosses are out so I can get away with a bit of wiki-ing! Don't be too jealous, holidays aren't that common for me, either. Usually my "holidays" consist of going back home so my parents can put me up and save me money. But blimey, 4 years? May you have an extended stay somewhere interesting and leisurely soon!
- I rather hope that you're flattered like a schoolboy, SoWhy, and not a schoolgirl! I'm flattered like a schoolgirl that you're flattered, though! But, I think that to write about anything, I'd have to use your email, ;-)
- I really should do some more actual work, so best be going for now. <3 talk11:26, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- I really should do some more actual work, so best be going for now. <3
Speedy Deletion Decline of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SholeemGriffin/Sandbox_1&action=history
I am not sure I understand why the speedy deletion request was rejected. The content of this article is a complete copy paste of 'Miss Pakistan World' which was an article deleted by AFD( hence i used G4). ThanksSaratahir (talk) 19:30, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- First off, sorry, I didn't notice your post, please add them at the bottom, not at the top. Then: It's a sandbox, so it's quite usual to find a userficated version there. Miss Pakistan World exists as an article and we can assume that the author wants to use some information of the deleted version for the new version. G2 cannot apply because sandboxes are for testing, that's the whole purpose. Regards SoWhy 13:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Protection declined
Regarding my request for protection of
Question about reliable sources
Hi SoWhy! I have a quick question for you... I've read the policy on source verifiability about a dozen times over, and it still isn't clear as to whether a blog can be used as a reliable source. I've been (slowly) working on the article for Ana Voog, and most of the references are from her online blog. I guess what I'm getting at is this: Are blogs from the subject of a biographical article allowed as a reliable source to verify facts? TheTwoRoads (talk) 04:01, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
- Blogs are usually not considered reliable sources, correct. If they were written by the article's subject though, they usually count as 10:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Deletion of Page 'Harry J Carr'
Why did you delete this page, it is a well known person in my country, after searching I couldn't find a page for him, so I made one. Can you please replace the deleted page? Also, the page was not an act of attacking, I simply wish to spread the word about this insane person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomzidea (talk • contribs) 18:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
- Because we do not allow pages that talk negatively about living people (without very good proof). Your page was obviously created to demeanor the person in question as well as others and you should not create such pages, even if meant as a joke. Regards SoWhy 18:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SemBubenny/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SemBubenny/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Tiptoety talk 22:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
My userpage
Excuse me, SoWhy. May I ask why my userpage was deleted? I have never made any requests to have it deleted. Can it be restored, please? Thanks in advance. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 03:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
- Well, you did. Or someone using your static IP. Point is, there is no way of telling that this wasn't you but someone misusing your computer. I suggest you really consider creating an account so that this does not happen again... Regards SoWhy 09:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
WP:PPOL
Thanks for pinpointing when the change to the policy occurred. Silence does not necessarily mean consensus, but it is true that unless someone raises concerns and those concerns are shared by other users, then silence effectively serves as consensus. I'll create a discussion about that sentence on the talk page later on, as it does not seem any useful, let alone logical, to me. Regards, Húsönd 07:36, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
- It seems logical to me though. We are an encyclopedia that "anyone can edit" (until FlaggedRevs are introduced I guess), so any measures to stop uninvolved people from editing should be the last resort. If we can pinpoint the troublemakers and deal with them as single editors, why should we stop 47,330,619 users (and countless IPs) from editing the page? But I guess some discussion will not hurt. Regards SoWhy 09:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you
for the protection on Fernando Verdasco, it was really a pain to mantain it correct. Dreamblack (talk) 12:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
The player has now moved so I guess the article can be unprotected? Thanks for the protection. (Quentin X (talk) 15:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC))
Thanks for the page protection, was getting a bit annoying reverting the edits.--
Help
Thanks. --Sirgreene (talk) 23:36, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
FYI
You have been quoted a lot in the
- It would be nice then, if you told me, which RfC you are talking about ;-) SoWhy 22:06, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry, link above. To me this is all consuming, I have to remember it is only one of many RfCs now. talk) 22:31, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry, link above. To me this is all consuming, I have to remember it is only one of many RfCs now.
thank you
My RFA T ) 07:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
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WP:N -- remove prot?
I'm not certain full protection makes sense at this point on WP:N. I'd encourage you to go back and reevaluate it. Sorry if this is discussed elsewhere, I've only seen a brief discussion on the talk page. Hobit (talk) 15:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- Done. Sorry about that, I thought someone would unprotect or ask me for it sooner. Regards SoWhy 16:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia was deleted
Mr SoWhy, I read that you deleted this post as blatant advertising I disagree with your opinion having read the rule on SPAM. HWCA is a wetlands of international significance and deserves a page here it is part of the Ramsar Convention for protected wetlands and many of the wildlife this place is designed to protect have articles on WIKI pages so to ignore a key facility such as HWCA is leaving a huge gap in the knowledge base and gaps are just as bad as spam. If you don't like my writing style fine but it is not advertising. From a Volunteer —Preceding unsigned comment added by HWCA (talk • contribs) 23:31, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- First off, please post new messages at the bottom, not somewhere in between.
- Then: neutral.
- I can offer you one thing as a compromise: I can restore the article in your movethe article to the old location.
- PS: Please do not forget to 09:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Please undelete the Web 5.0 page
20:58, 2 February 2009 SoWhy (Talk | contribs) deleted "Web 5.0" (G12: Blatant copyright infringement: copyvio of http://technbiz.blogspot.com/2009/01/defining-web-40.html)
The reason it is not a copyright infringement is because the author of both the articles, at that blog and at Wikipedia, are one and the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paramendra (talk • contribs) 21:07, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
- So you say. But we have no way of knowing that (because the website in question does not state that the content is released under the Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.
- PS: Please remember to 21:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR LETTING MY SANDBOX PAGE LIVE PSNMand (talk) 00:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are welcome, but please try not to write in caps. It's slightly annoying. Regards SoWhy 07:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
HWCA
The wiki page was requested a long time ago but nobody took it up it was felt that it should be attempted by ourselves all the content came from third party sources even the wording mainly newspapers if you would prefer someone less connected to this place to write the article please have them contact us at [email protected] we would be happy to assist them anyway we could. but if changing "we" to "the" would be enough to pass than I would like to edit it 202.22.175.84 (talk) 02:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)hwca volunteer
- See my advice above. Wikipedia is a volunteer organisation and we don't have people standing by to write articles. You can do so yourselves, provided you heed aforementioned advice (especially the part about letting someone else review the article while it's still in userspace, not live). Regards SoWhy 07:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Broken Links
Thank you for your help! Donadio (talk) 14:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Gundam Master Grade Page
Hello, I was browsing through the gundam models page, and went to check the handy list of Master Grade models, and noticed that it had been deleted. The reason for deletion was "G8" or no linked to a valid page. Though as far as I could tell, the Master Grade page was part of the overall page dedicated to Gundam models. I was hoping that you could undelete the Master Grade page, because it was a resourceful list on the different make/models of Gundams that are available in Master Grade. Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.124.24.223 (talk) 19:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Regarding wcsd template
Hi SoWhy, I just noticed your {{
- Sure, fine with me. But I'd like a shortcut, say 21:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
CloseXFD.js
Thought I forgot, huh? =) Well, actually I did for awhile. =\ Something off-wiki came up and I've been a little distracted. But I had a burst of creativity and a new version is available now. The interface has changed to how I remember we had discussed like the afd_helper script. There should be a "Close" link on all of the appropriate XfD sections. I haven't quite finished everything yet as I do recall you asked for shortcuts on the result prompt. Anyways, give it a try and see how you like it and if I broke anything. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, so did I. Off-wiki bothers us all and I had no time backlogging through XFD with the CSD and RFPP work. But great news on the progress, I will check it out tomorrow. Thanks for your time and work on that :-) SoWhy 21:42, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
SORCE Intranet
I declined deletion because it also had a speedy tag added to it. Since that one obviously didn't apply, I declined it. I probably should've reworded to say I "opposed" a prod. :( That's what you get with multiple deletion processes on one article. It shouldn't have them to begin with... - Mgm|(talk) 12:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, I understand. I was just wondering :-) Regards SoWhy 12:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- That's also why I don't like PRODs. Things get deleted for the most spurious reasons outside deletion policy. I only rarely search the PROD logs for something to save because it is so depressing. If someone were to make a reasonable proposal to drop the whole prod process, I'd support it in a heartbeat. PROD is for uncontroversial deletions. That's what we have Speedy for and better to have a discussion than to wait for 5 days for the prod to go through... - Mgm|(talk) 12:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- What was the Swedish page you mentioned? - Mgm|(talk) 12:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- That was Miki nesic. If you run it through Google Translate, you'll see it's about some Swedish kid and thus context exists. And foreign language stuff shouldn't be deleted as A1 anyway unless it has no context after it was translated.
- Same with Bhupesh karankar btw, that was not a A1 but a A7, because the context was clear. We need to be careful with A1, it's quite strict actually. Regards SoWhy 12:21, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- What was the Swedish page you mentioned? - Mgm|(talk) 12:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Nicholas Winkler subject to deletion
Hello SoWhy, thanks for letting me know this page didn't quite meet Wikipedia's standards. I just have a couple questions:
- What exactly does "tagging for prod" mean?
- If more references were to be provided (both quantity and well known), would that be sufficient to keep the page established?
- Do you have any other suggestions specific to that page?
Thanks! ACatRon (talk) 16:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Tagging for prod means placing {{AFDinstead.
- I suggest you read the notability requirements set by reliable sources(!) that the subject is notable within those guidelines, then it will be sufficient.
- Tagging for prod means placing {{
- That's all I can say to it, because I have no knowledge about the subject at hand. I suggest you read the links I provided here and then decide what to do. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy 18:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Your user page
Hi
I made some changes to your userpage, which should make it display correctly at least with the Modern skin. To make it work with all you'd have to make sure to explicitly set font styles, font sizes, paddings and margins of all divs etc., to override the settings from the skins. There's really no way around that if you want to have them positioned and sized. Not that hard either, just needs some fiddling to get them right since MediaWiki will be sure to add paragraphs where you don't want them. :)
Cheers, Amalthea 18:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
My sig
I'm gonna leave the Balloonman PoppaBalloon for a while, but it will probably become:---
- I think that would work better if you had chosen 14:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- I think you're showing your youth ;-)---PoppaBalloon15:26, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well, I don't hide it well anyway. But compared to most users here, I am quite old. And if I haven't watched that movie, those younger most likely haven't either ;-) SoWhy 17:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- But compared to most users here... hmmm, based upon that comment, I guess it's safe to say you're older than 15 ;-)---PoppaBalloon18:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Older than 24 actually (and younger than 25), which probably places me in midlife-crisis age in Internet-terms. ;-) SoWhy 18:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oh god, me too then. 24 going on 25. Though females supposedly "mature" sooner then males, so I must have had my internet crisis last year. Hmmm, and then I came to Wikipedia . . . sign of desperation, perhaps! talk18:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oh god, me too then. 24 going on 25. Though females supposedly "mature" sooner then males, so I must have had my internet crisis last year. Hmmm, and then I came to Wikipedia . . . sign of desperation, perhaps!
- Older than 24 actually (and younger than 25), which probably places me in midlife-crisis age in Internet-terms. ;-) SoWhy 18:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- But compared to most users here... hmmm, based upon that comment, I guess it's safe to say you're older than 15 ;-)---
- Well, I don't hide it well anyway. But compared to most users here, I am quite old. And if I haven't watched that movie, those younger most likely haven't either ;-) SoWhy 17:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- I think you're showing your youth ;-)---
Was just going to come here, when I noticed
That you had already noticed Amalthea's RfA nomination ;-)---
Hi, I just have to say, I disagree that TradeMark Express shouldn't be deleted. It just seems like unnotable spam. -Zeus- 22:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are free to disagree with me. But I think my decision is correct. It does not fit 22:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm not to familiar with the rules of deletion. But Ytterbyn (in Norrbotten County which the article is about) is not in the list of tätorter or småorter which means that it have less than 50 inhabitants, (or maybe is part of another place, but not even swedish wikipedia have an article). Is that really notable enough just because it is an "existing places"? Thanks! --Skizzik talk 22:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- I don't say it's notable. But with existing places, notability is presumed to exist. The only 22:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Request to restore {{db-t1}}
Hi SoWhy, I just noticed that you deleted {{db-t1}}. While I'm an opponent of T1, another admin asked me to TfD it, and at least one user voiced a Keep opinion during the ongoing TfD, so I think it's best to allow that TfD to finish. That's why I declined the T2 speedy deletion tag. It's also really important to me that these actions have strong consensus behind them, so that they will be difficult to contest if a backlash later emerges - I want to see T1 dead for good. Could I ask you to please restore this template? Thanks. Dcoetzee 22:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oh sorry, we had a edit-conflict there, I deleted it literally seconds after you declined it. I think T2 applies though because T1 is dead for good now. {{db-t1}} just points to a non-existent criterion...
- But I am happy to restore it and reopen the TFD on your request. No harm done. Regards SoWhy 22:59, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- I agree that T2 applies - I've deleted that template under T2 before myself - but I just want to be extra careful this time. :-) Thanks for being understanding. Dcoetzee 23:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
I really wish there was some kind of "protection conflict" :P Tiptoety talk 22:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Request to restore funkitron
Hi SoWhy, I noticed you deleted funkitron. It seems that this page was deleted a long time ago and now, even though it gets re-written properly and the company is notable, it keeps on getting deleted automatically. How would one go about getting it to be re-reviewed before it gets auto-deleted? Funkitron is referenced other places in Wikipedia, and it would be nice to get rid of the red links. Thanks for any help/advice on this. Cheers, Dave635 (talk) 02:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- The page that was recreated made no claims that the notability increased since 2006 and the only source existed already when it was deleted the first time at 09:54, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well is it not going well so far. I think people are reviewing the past deletion history which happened years ago and the present article. Can you review the reference materials and determine if you find the company notable now? And then review the just deleted article and see if you find it in line with wikipeda guidelines? Thanks for looking into this. Dave635 (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Happy SoWhy/Archive 9's Day!
User:SoWhy/Archive 9 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept |
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see
• 00:11, 8 February 2009 (UTC)- Congrats! –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- Congratulations, SoWhy. As one of our best admins (and as an Awesome Wikipedian par excellence indeed), you really deserve it! :) — Aitias // discussion 13:18, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
MG Gundam
y did u deleted the MG Gundam webpage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.48.60.251 (talk) 16:21, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- I might be able to tell you if you tell me which page you are referring to. There never was a page called MG Gundam in this Wikipedia. Regards SoWhy 16:30, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Question
Is There A Page where i can find all the templates and how to write them thxPermethius (talk) 14:22, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Help:Template explains usage and writing but it depends what templates you need to find them. But a page where all are listed? That would be impossible. You can take a look at Category:Wikipedia template categories, where most categories for templates are listed (but nowhere all of them). You are probably more successful if you look at the project pages for certain areas you need a template for and then check the links there.
- Are you looking for a certain kind of template? Regards SoWhy 15:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Well I Guess i would really need the speedy deletion template .I am tryin to get edits by deleting new vandalism pages.Permethius (talk) 15:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- There are different templates for each Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion#Speedy deletion.
- It is good to hear that you want to patrol new pages. Before you start tagging pages for deletion, please do make yourself familiar with the deletion discussions.
- If you need further assistance in this field, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy 17:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank You I will read them and if i any more questions i know whop to ask :) Permethius (talk) 17:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Question: Current Event
Hi, I have a question. In regard to the page for President Mohammad Khatami, how can I request for a tag of "current event" on top of the page? I am not familiar with that. Can you help me with that? As I mentioned in my previous request, he is officially running for 2009 election. In farsi-Wikipedia, we had many IP users that abused the editing. Here, we have, but I will request again, once it gets worst. Kind Regards. Parvazbato59 (talk) 18:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Just edit the page and place {{current}} at the top of it. Regards SoWhy 19:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! done. The best.Parvazbato59 (talk) 19:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
message
I read yur message I undo myself but phd mit UCLA continues undo all on article MARION COZMA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rrrtkzt (talk • contribs) 18:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I believe what the poster was referring to when he stated "MG Gundam" was the "Master Grade" Gundam model page that existed under the main Gundam models page. If you restore it or at least explain why it was deleted, that would be much appreciated.
MG = Master Grade page
I believe what the poster was referring to when he stated "MG Gundam" was the "Master Grade" Gundam model page that existed under the main
- Are you referring to G8 because it was only a broken redirect to List of Master Grade Gundam models as the latter page has been deleted by DGG (talk · contribs). You need to talk to DGG about the deletion of the actual page, mine was just cleanup that occured because someone thought the name was too unclear. Regards SoWhy07:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Response
I have posted a response on my talk. Thanks Shadowjams (talk) 11:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Removing the hangon tag?
Hello, please can you explain why you removed the hangon tag from HSS Hire, and saw it as unneccesary removal?
Thanks
Northernmonk (talk) 12:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- I removed it because it does not make sense if there is no corresponding 12:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarifying. How would i go around changing the main body of text again to comply with the warnings, as it is not directly editable any more for me?
- Thanks Northernmonk (talk) 12:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- It was removed but you can still edit the text. You can use the revision history to find and edit an old version where it is still present - like this one, then use this as a sample for your new text. Regards SoWhy12:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- It was removed but you can still edit the text. You can use the
- Would i have to resubmit this to you for reinclusion once edited? I cannot find an 'edit' link anywhere on the old version page. I will re-edit the old article to comply with the requested changes. Northernmonk (talk) 12:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- There is noone you have to resubmit anything to. Just write a new text without copying text from any other webpages and you should be fine. The reason it was tagged for deletion was because the content was taken from here, which is violation of copyright. If you do not violate the copyright again, there is no reason to fear speedy deletion. You might want to provide 13:03, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Are there still problems with copyright even if they have granted permission to use information from their 'about us' page? Do you know how i would go about adding this permission to the re-submitted article? Sorry for all the questions! Northernmonk (talk) 13:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- (←) I can see no such granting. The page clearly says "Copyright © 2009 HSS Hire Service Group Limited. All rights reserved". All text to be incorporated in Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License (see Wikipedia:Copyrights for details) and there is no indication that this is the case. I suggest you write your own text instead. Regards SoWhy 13:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- I understand now, I will write my own text, many thanks Northernmonk (talk) 13:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are most welcome. Be sure to read the guides I linked above, they contain helpful tips. Feel free to ask if you need any further help. Also, if you plan to become a regular editor here, you might want to have a look at 13:43, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
EA Sports F1 2000
According to
) 13:54, 10 February 2009 (UTC)- Well, but Wikipedia cannot be a reliable source to verify such information, can it? Amazon.com lists it only as F1 2000, as does IGN. Metacritic lists it as F1 Championship Season 2000. But noone other than Wikipedia calls it EA Sports F1 2000, so I think WP:V tells us to use what we can verify. The correct name would probably be F1 2000 (video game). Regards SoWhy14:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Photographs
I notice you say you believe an article useless without images. I agree. Which is why when BigJimEdge put up a piece about my play
- Why are you leaving it to me though? I never had anything to do with those images, did I?
- If you think I should do it as a neutral third-party and/or because of my "status" as an admin, I am sorry but I won't do any edits of which I know that another editor opposes them - there is no sense in such confrontation. Instead, you should raise the issue at 14:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Understood. Thank you--Fiskeharrison (talk) 14:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to point out that it notes at the bottom of the article: "Disclaimer: This article is being used as a movie prop and is not to be taken seriously. there is no such person as an Ernest von Breckinridge, and there is no Katana of Mystery." That seems like an advert.--Nate1481 15:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- It might be used for a movie, but that alone is no advertising. Yes, it probably has no place here, but it does fail 17:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Smallville edits
Fair enough, as I recognize that getting into an edit war with this user was a poor choice. What should I do then if he continues? The fan images he was trying to upload have been deleted, but in my experience with him (and you can check his log file to confirm) he just uploads the images again and again, if not at
- It's not a protection situation, that was the point. If it's edit-warring and if they continue, 17:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks for fixing the page move I asked for. (I'm nervous about doing it myself as apparently history sometimes gets left behind, or something.) I think this was the third time I've used {help me}, and, as before, the response was quick, friendly and helpful. Like magic. - Hordaland (talk) 12:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well, we are (mostly) nice people here. Feel free to ask me directly as well if you need any help.
- As for the page move, just try it. If the target does not exist or is only a redirect, you can do it yourself. If it exists but there is more history, you cannot move it anyway. In those cases you can request an admin to handle it, using {{ 13:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
adoption
i noticed you offered adoption. I want to let you adopt me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbj9210 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- That's very generous of you . Well, then let's get started: First off, please remember to use your 09:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
the peppermill
Hi there,
I saw a link to Peppermill records on wikipedia, my website, and the reason given was "blatant advertising". I'd just like to go on record as saying that I never put up a wiki for myself, and never asked anyone to. The bit of test in google that I saw was used was directly from my "about" page, so obviously not a ton of original work went into creative the wiki... and I'm not going to start one myself as that seems lame. But I do like the fact that someone actually did go to the trouble, and I'm curious what exactly made it seem like advertising. Thank you,
PK —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coconutmelodies (talk • contribs) 05:28, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well, judging by the way it was written, I assumed it was written by you or someone affiliated with you, certainly someone with a conflict of interest. The article used language like
“ | Also, if you are an artist that's interested in taking part, drop us a line. As well, if you have any unique project ideas, please suggest away. Finally, if you have a song or some other gift you'd like to send digitally, you can submit stuff to us by clicking here. | ” |
- That indicates that the person in question wants to use Wikipedia for their purposes. I just now checked and realized that the whole "article" was a blatant copy of http://www.peppermillrecords.com/about/, so whoever created it, violated your copyright as well. It would have been deleted as a copyright violation anyway if it hadn't been so advertising. Such text may be okay for you to have on your website, but it's not for Wikipedia.
- Please review 09:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Article
Hey SoWhy i created my first article wanta check it out?Its
- Well, you should probably add some more text to that. It looks nice, very MOS, though. But some background info would be useful and a CD cover would be nice. But a good start, nonetheless SoWhy 14:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Yeah,Im searching for the cover and what Jacoby shaddix,the main singer,had to say about the song the itunes part and much more im gonna add an under construction label to it Peace Out–Permethius (talk) 14:42, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Have fun writing. Amazon.com or similar are a good source for cover images (or the band's website maybe) :-) SoWhy 14:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I found the image in several diferent places just having trouble gettin it into jpg format so i cant post it.Any ideas how to do that? Peace Out–Permethius (talk) 14:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Amazon has it already in JPEG iirc. If you have the patience, I can upload it for you when I come home in the evening. I'm at work at the moment and I have to go to my classes at the university now, so I'll be home in 6-7 hours. Regards SoWhy 15:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Of Course i can wait thx Peace Out-Permethius (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Uh actually i got it to work.Thanks for the help Peace Out–Permethius (talk) 16:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Haha.I also got the Metamorphisis Cover for P Roach on that page .Im really getting the hang of this–Permethius (talk) 17:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Good to hear. Just remember that you need to add an empty line in edit-text if you want a new paragraph, else your messages are all in the same paragraph. SoWhy 18:07, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Has the author released the text under the GFDL? Nothing on the original webpage, is there an OTRS ticket? You declined the speedy but I can't see evidence of GFDL compliance. Exxolon (talk) 02:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
- I declined the speedy on grounds that 09:19, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Tom Mitchell's Doctor Who
Why did you delete
22:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)- I am guessing that you are not familiar with talk) 09:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Yes, we do
Because it hasn't even been released yet!! - Jasonbres (talk) 15:06, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
P.S. In case you haven't figured it out it, I'm referring to
- Please, I don't want to sound patronizing, but I do know what "we" as Wikipedia do or do not. I left you a message in the mean time, detailing why we do not remove such information, even if it may spoil the plot. If you don't want to read spoilers, do not read an encyclopedia. Regards SoWhy 15:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Stephen Metcalfe PPC delition
Dear SoWhy
It appears you deleted a page in November entitled "Stephen Metcalfe PPC"
It appears to have the code A7 associated with the deletion, indicating that the person it referred to was not notable.
I wonder if you could clarify this for me, and what would be required to post the page.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks
Stephen Metcalfe 82.2.170.135 (talk) 15:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- As with any deletion under A7, it means that there was no indication why the person in question might be notable under Wikipedia's reliable sources to back it up, you can go ahead and recreate it at Stephen Metcalfe (politician). In any case, please note that Wikipedia is not a place for political campaigning. Regards SoWhy16:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
RFA
Hi SoWhy, Many thanks for your support in my RFA, and those kind words. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here:-) WereSpielChequers 17:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
RFA thankspam
Thank you for weighing in at my RFA and for your question. I plan to start out with the blatantly obvious speedies and work my way to more complicated ones over time, so there's no chance of me using IAR any time soon, let alone often. Thanks for your offer of help; I may take you up on that if I have a question because I see you around quite a bit and you always seem very sensible. :) Somno (talk) 05:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are welcome. Don't hesitate to ask, I know they're sometimes quite confusing, those new buttons. Have fun! SoWhy 08:56, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- Nope, no preview. Apparently as an admin are expected to know wikimarkup and how to spell. I'm not a Twinkle user, so I wouldn't know if it's possible but I never saw anyone using TW add an URL. You got to manually select the G12 in the dropdown and then copy+paste the URL in the other field (since the change in the software, the
{{db-xxx}}
templates prefill the field and not the dropdown anymore). Regards SoWhy 09:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- Nope, no preview. Apparently as an admin are expected to know wikimarkup and how to spell. I'm not a Twinkle user, so I wouldn't know if it's possible but I never saw anyone using TW add an URL. You got to manually select the G12 in the dropdown and then copy+paste the URL in the other field (since the change in the software, the
- I know both of those things, but I also know I make a lot of typos. ;) When you tag an article for speedy deletion using Twinkle, it asks you for the URL (and inserts it in the tag), but not if you're deleting it outright. Seems strange to me! Perhaps I'll mention it to the Twinkle people. Somno (talk) 09:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- Or just request it straight at WT:TW/RFA, I can't work on any admin-only features. Cheers, Amalthea, Twinkle Person. 11:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- Or just request it straight at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen of the Hours
I saw your relisting of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen of the Hours. Because the article was considered in another, properly listed AfD and redirected there, I've gone ahead and closed the AfD you relisted. —C.Fred (talk) 20:18, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- I know of the previous AFD - I mentioned it explicitly in my comment. The new AFD was opened almost a year after the old one and had already generated discussion, which is why I have not listed it at DRV. As it is long-standing consensus that deleted articles can be recreated and re-AFDed if they may not fit the old consensus, so I think in reverse we should have let the AFD just run it's course than closing it.
- I wish you had contacted me first anyway if you disagree with another admin's actions. Some less-patient admins may regard such actions as an invitation to wheel-warring. All of us should really be careful when taking such steps when there is no urgent need to take them. Regards SoWhy 20:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Please un-delete our page
on 20:15, 23 January 2009 you deleted my page regarding "Turnaround Management, Restructuring, Distressed Investing Industry Hall of Fame" with a notation that it was advertising. I respectfully disagree. This Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Turnaround Management Association, representing 8,600 members worldwide, to honor those in the industry who are icons. Those who have made significant contributions to the industry over many years. This concept is similar to the NFL (football) and other Hall of Fames. Please reinstate the page with revisions if required. Thank you. John [email protected] (talk) 18:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- And my decision was correct. Wikipedia is not 18:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
My RfA
I wanted to thank you for your constructive comments at my recently failed RfA. I can understand where you and others were coming from with respect to lack of experience and I'm glad you were able to get past mistakes of mine in the open so the RfA was as transparent as possible. I also want to thank you for making those "admin eyes only" pages accessible to the rest of us. There is a more general note on my talk page, should you be interested. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 17:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are welcome. As I wrote, I think you could be prime admin material in a few months, if you avoid such obvious mistakes in future. Just remember, when tackling speedy deletion, be as admin coaching for a future RFA if you think you need it, else play with rollback (not literally of course ) for some months and I hope you attempt it again in a few months. If you heed the advice from the RFA, you will pass with flying colors. If you have further questions on anything, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy17:25, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion tagging
Just wanted to clarify that, while external links were provided in the
- External links can be a valid claim of notability, please do not forget this. If I write an article with only "John Doe is a politician" and I provided a couple of 12:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- Granted, like I said, the article is improved, so everything turned out as it should, perhaps I was a bit hasty with the tag. Cheers! talk) 12:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- Granted, like I said, the article is improved, so everything turned out as it should, perhaps I was a bit hasty with the tag. Cheers!
I've attempted twice now to write an article about Mr Bianchi and both times I have failed. I'm just intrigued as to why Wikipedia keep deleting my article? And when you open up the page to write an article on Mr Bianchi, it warns people not to. You've put "Author even admits to article not being notable". At no point have I ever said anything close to that. I want an explanation about all of this. No doubt I shall have to do all of this again after I've done another article on Mr Bianchi (which I'm going to do). Regards (MalkyHutchinson (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2009 (UTC))
- You might want to read Wikipedia's notability guidelines for biographiesbefore you try that. Otherwise you will be disappointed again. You yourself wrote on the talkpage (and I quote (emphasis added)):
“ | I want Mr Bianchi to be public knowledge before he becomes a prominent figure within Microsoft. | ” |
- So you do admit that Mr. Bianchi is not notable, you just assume he will be in the future. But that is not enough for an article on Wikipedia. The article itself had not a single sentence that would even hint at why the subject would meet aforementioned guidelines on notability which is the reason for deletion.
- If you cannot provide a reason why we should assume such importance or significance (or even notability), there cannot be an article about this subject and further articles will be deleted for the same reasons. If the subject (as I assumed) is not notable, I suggest you cease trying to write articles about it. You are welcome to contribute with articles about subjects that do meet those guidelines. If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to ask. Regards SoWhy 17:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
"Our highly improbable plan worked, Sam!"
Sabre (talk) 20:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC) |
Dirk Kuyt
Can you take a look at the discussion on Talk:Dirk Kuyt? It looks like there's clear consensus to change the spelling in the article to Kuyt throughout, save for one mention of the Dutch spelling (Kuijt) in the lead. Since it's your protect, I figure you should have first look at it. —C.Fred (talk) 05:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for telling me. You are correct on that, I unprotected it and while on it, cared of the requested move. Regards SoWhy 07:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
long time no see
good to see you one last time have a good lifeThe Nice Hollaback Girl (talk) 07:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)