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Nomination of Up With the White and Gold for deletion
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DYK nomination of Henry Kressel
Hello! Your submission of Henry Kressel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Bill william comptonTalk 13:18, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for Henry Kressel
 | On 22 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Kressel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Henry Kressel helped develop the first practical laser diodes and solar cells while working for RCA Laboratories? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Kressel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Georgia Tech
Ah, okay. Thanks for letting me know :) WhisperToMe (talk) 04:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Scottie Mayfield
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Peer review limits changed
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Dude. Do not remove viable edits with better pictures. It's lame and annoying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.204.19.76 (talk) 02:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Thx for the Coach Johnson edit! Great work, sir! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertHWilson (talk • contribs) 22:31, 14 February 2012
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Yes, this is looking better, especially the layout, and as far as I can tell, the article is comprehensive. I took the liberty of adding a caption to the lead image, and I did a bit of proofing in the uppermost section and fiddled with some links in the table. Randomly poking about, I see other small problems that will need attention. For example, it appears to me that Raymond C. Perrault is actually Charles Raymond Perrault but goes by C. Raymond Perrault. I noticed this because the "Dr" in citation 48 caught my eye; click through, and you will see what I mean. This means, alas, that the Raymond C. Perrault article probably has a flawed title that needs fixing. For another example, citation 28 looked odd to me, and when I clicked through, I got a message saying "Our Web Site Has Moved". To fix this, I think you can just replace the old URL with the new one.
In my experience, it's often hard to find sources for large blocks of text that someone else has added without citations. I try my best to retain the work of others, but when push comes to shove, I don't feel bad about deleting unsourced material. To satisfy WP:V, you may find it necessary to delete parts of the existing article. In the process of doing that and of adding things you have sources for, you will probably eliminate small errors made by earlier editors and introduce some new ones. I think that's inevitable. For that reason, I think it would be premature for me (or anyone) to review the article line-by-line at this point. However, when you think the article satisfies WP:V, I'd be happy to review it again. Just let me know. Finetooth (talk) 19:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Pacific Mutual
When you run into an article that is devoid of material, it can and should be deleted. That is why is was deleted. It is possible that it is notable, but just owning a company that is notable does not make the parent company notable. If you think that this one is notable, you can get some references and create an article with more than one sentence. That should keep it from being speedy deleted. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:51, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
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Engelbart's mouse and hand
Hi, the image you tagged for speedy deletion is not the same one that the one in File:SRI Computer Mouse.jpg so it doesn't qualify under criterion F1, which is for versions of the same image (not the same object in the image). Could you remove the speedy tag?
I didn't know there was this image of the prototype licensed for free usage File:SRI Computer Mouse.jpg. I still think the fair use image has historical value and provides a better understanding of the prototype than the licensed one, so this should be discussed in more detail. Diego (talk) 16:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
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Patrick N. Millsaps
Please give me specific reasons for removal of distinguishing information that is backed up with citations. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.147.160.202 (talk) 19:20, 4 April 2012 (UTC) Specifically, you have removed the historical significance of the referenced cases which is encouraged by Wikipedia and you have removed clearly referenced honors and awards which are allowed by: WP:BLPSTYLE Criticism and praise should be included if they can be sourced to reliable secondary sources, so long as the material is presented responsibly, conservatively, and in a disinterested tone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.147.160.202 (talk) 19:32, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Politicaljunkie316 (talk • contribs) 04:59, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I have seen the Burdell reference in TW13 myself.
Do you need an affadavit?--MichaelProcton (talk) 02:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- It's not that I don't believe you. However, we need reliable sources (as defined here: Wikipedia:Reliable sources) to verify the fact. Wikipedia is less about truth and more about verifiability. Disavian (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- So, the guy who tweeted it is an editor of Destructoid. If he made a post about it on Destructoid then it would be fine. A twitter post? Not as much. Disavian (talk) 05:35, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for William K. MacCurdy
| | On 11 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William K. MacCurdy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that naval architect William K. MacCurdy developed the Hydra-Cushion rail coupling at SRI International, significantly changing freight transportation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William K. MacCurdy.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Ultra AP
In the Ultra AP page, it talks about Humvee replacement. It is in the Humvee replacement section and the Humvee replacement process page. I was clarifying that the Ultra AP was not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program to replace the humvee, since it is connected to articles about replacement. (America789 (talk) 23:44, 14 April 2012 (UTC))
- I see what you mean. Perhaps we could rephrase the sentence and make it more explicit that it wasn't a candidate. Disavian (talk) 23:45, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I said it wasn't part of the JLTV program which will replace the Humvee. That seems like saying it is not a candidate for anything. (America789 (talk) 16:51, 15 April 2012 (UTC))
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DYK for Rufus Youngblood
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