User talk:JohnCD/Archive 13

Christy Kane

Hi there,

The page was deleted because of copyright issues, but I have permission from the artist - Christy Kane. It's her standard bio that she uses around the web with a few changes including links.

What do I need to do to get the page validated? Thanks so much Eloisebert (talk) 04:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

That page is too promotional - Wikipedia is not another place for people to post their "standard bio", see WP:Autobiography. More advice on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Please Move This Page

Dear J,

Please move the page Orissa, to Odisha, as the Indian and Odia Government has changed the state's name.

Thanking You,

DailyEditor

(DailyEditor (talk) 12:32, 26 February 2011 (UTC))

See Talk:Orissa#Odisha or Orissa?. Can you provide a reliable source to confirm that the name change has been officially approved by the central government? If so, add a link to it there. JohnCD (talk) 16:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Chris Dacre

Hello, John, I has just looking at Chris Dacre, a page that you deleted, I think it might have been me who added the tag, but interestingly Chris Dacre is on Dacre, should it be removed or not. Grdags (talk) 18:17, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it should - careless of me, I should have picked it up with "what links here". Done it now, thanks. JohnCD (talk) 18:20, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Patrol CSD question

Thanks for the earlier tip, John. I've been around WP for a long time, but I'm new at patrolling, which brings up another question.

I sometimes find the categories for speedy deletion or PROD limiting. For example, I came across a couple of articles in Indonesian and Malay that don't seem to fit any one category, such as speedy deletion A2 (foreign article on another wiki) or PNT (needing translation). (One was an advert and another was an inspirational greeting.)

Without authority to delete them (although deletion is inevitable), advice how to handle something like this would be useful if you could spare a suggestion or two. Thank you.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 14:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:10CSD and WP:A7M are useful guides to speedy-tagging. More advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 17:13, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, John. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 23:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

You are so thoughtful! Thank you for the material. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 16:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the additional information. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 18:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

hidden

hidden|Hidden reply|What problem do you find with "Hidden"?

It seems to me to work OK, except that the cursor does not take the form I would expect when hovered over the "Expand" link. I will post at WP:VPT about that. JohnCD (talk) 11:19, 28 February 2011 (UTC)}}

I can't expand any of my "hidden" sections - to get to your reply I had to edit the page.

My "hidden"s at the top of my talk page appear as a blueish rectangle with the "title" in the middle - no buttons, hyperlinks or anything else. Your "Hidden reply" appears alone centred on the page below my signature - nothing else you have written on my page is visible.

User:AustralianRupert is having the same problem.

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

P.S. For me (and Rupert), it's much more than just a cursor problem. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:34, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

That's odd - I suggest you post a question at the WP:Help desk. Tell them what system, browser and Wikipedia skin you are using - e.g. I am Windows 7/Firefox 3.6.13/Vector. JohnCD (talk) 11:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm. (Yet another reason not to use IE!) Thanks. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, It's an IE problem - I just tried and got title only, no links. Chrome is OK apart from the funny cursor. JohnCD (talk) 11:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your actions - "things" seem to be back to "normal" Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:33, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Proximic

Please note I have unblocked Proximic (talk · contribs) to allow for a rename. He has indicated in a follow up message that he understands the applicable policies, so let's try it again. I'll keep tabs for a bit in case he regresses quickly. Kuru (talk) 18:20, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I'll keep an eye, too. I wish there were some way of explaining to people what Wikipedia is not, before they set up an account as User:XYZCompany, copy the company's promotional spiel onto the user page, and then are surprised and pained to be blocked and have it deleted. JohnCD (talk) 21:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Si. It is concerning how often that happens. For grins, I just tried to create a new account, and the very first thing it pops up is a diatribe about "Username policy prohibits usernames which are promotional, misleading, or offensive. promotional usernames: containing existing company, organization, group, or website names (including non-profit organizations) containing domain names or email addresses". I'm not sure how people miss that. :( Kuru (talk) 03:31, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

IMMAP - Information Management & Mine Action Programs

Lpatsia (talk) Hello,

You have removed the article I have posted to the Wikipedia due to copyright issues. Everything is clear now can you restore it so it can be properly visible on Wikipedia?

Here is the URL to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMMAP_-_Information_Management_%26_Mine_Action_Programs

This is the ticket number:

1. 2011030110004191

Cheers!

Levan Patsia iMMAP Web Developer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lpatsia (talk • contribs) 10:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I have restored the article, but please read the links from the last paragraph I put on your talk page. I have tweaked the language to make it a bit less promotional, but if the article is to be kept you need to establish notability by adding references that show significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources to establish notability. JohnCD (talk) 11:54, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Commerce Students' Society of the University of Victoria

Hi there. Please immediately revert your actions to delete the Wikipedia page of the Commerce Students' Society of the University of Victoria. Business school students societies are internationally recognized incorporated non-profit societies, and not student clubs. I appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Uvicwiki (talk) 19:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You have not understood what Wikipedia is: a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia. It is not Myspace, and not a notice-board for people to post the manifestos of their own organizations. Your username shows a clear conflict of interest. I left links on your user page which explain why the article is not suitable, particularly WP:BFAQ, WP:CORP, WP:COI. I have raised the question of your other contributions at the Conflict of Interest noticeboard - see WP:COI/N#Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. JohnCD (talk) 23:16, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Sir, you perhaps, have misunderstood the concept of the evolution of the modern day encyclopedia; if you use your argument, no organizations should be included in such a project. I welcome you to find additional third-party sources for which to strengthen the credibility of both articles you have questioned; there is no intention on our part to use Wikipedia as "Myspace" or as a "notice-board...to post the manifestos of...organizations." I will cite Queen's Commerce Society, University_of_Victoria_Students'_Society, Alma_Mater_Society_of_the_University_of_British_Columbia as counterparts who have set a precedent with Wikipedia pages. There is no bias as a conflict of interest either. I simply compile neutral information from subject-matter experts. Uvicwiki (talk) 23:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I await your reply. Please respond immediately. Uvicwiki (talk) 09:32, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

If an organization is truly notable, it will get an article because somebody without a COI will think it important enough to write about. Many existing articles are below standard, so What about article x? is not accepted as an argument. JohnCD (talk) 12:19, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

It's called a precedent; it's the foundation of the common law. There is no way to deny the fact that precedence is "accepted as an argument." Why aren't you removing these existing articles? Who are you to decide what is "truly notable?" Notable relative to what or to whom? What are your credentials to decide this? Do you have expertise in this specific subject area? Also, what is your COI claim based upon? A username? How can you assert such a claim based on an arbitrarily chosen name? For the record, I have no affiliation with this organization and don't intend to imply otherwise. Using your argument, I can only assume that you have a COI for every article that references the name "John." This is absolutely absurd. Please reinstate this article immediately. Uvicwiki (talk) 09:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not run by the common law but by policies and rules which are established by discussion and consensus among the Wikipedia community - all of the volunteers who are here to help with the project of building an encyclopedia. What is notable for our purposes is decided by the criteria explained at WP:Notability, and other guidelines I have pointed you to. "Who I am" to judge this, is an administrator, one of several hundred who have been entrusted by the community with some extra tools to help maintain the encyclopedia. As far as COI goes, if your username is Uvicwiki and you edit exclusively articles connected with a department of the University of Victoria, you should not be surprised if people deduce a connection. And no, I will not restore the article, it does not meet Wikipedia's standards. If you want to challenge that decision, go to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 17:27, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I want to know the mistakes in my article

Sir

I want to know the mistakes in my article and what the things i need to done to submit my article in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahab029 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

We already have an article Content management systems, and yours seemed only intended as a vehicle for adding "spamlinks" to www.oglacs.com. Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. Also, your user page is not the place for articles. JohnCD (talk) 15:57, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

LogiGear page

Hi John,

My name is Lolita and I've recently written a new article for LogiGear Corporation following the guidelines and the comments of the administrators who deemed the initial entry as inappropriate. At your convenience, can you visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lolawrites/LogiGear for my latest revision?

Thank you for your time,

Lolawrites (talk) 07:06, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

It's not a copyvio and it's not promotional, which were the reasons for deletion last time, good: but I don't see enough in the references to establish notability, which needs you to show "significant coverage (of the company) in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." More on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 16:40, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Nick Peterson

Hi, I see you closed the Nick Peterson AfD and deleted one related page. Don't know if there's somewhere better to put this, but the following pages were the other ones I could find:

• The Y2K File
• Writing on the Wall (film)
• In and Out of Planet Earth
• Speed of Light (film)
• Est (TV series)
• Burning from the Inside (film)

I don't know what the process is for dealing with files but there are plenty of orphans here On a side note, while searching for one of those articles, I came across this request for Virtual Alien's creation from 2006. Some people just don't give up! Stu.W UK (talk) 16:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I have deleted all the album articles per WP:CSD#A9 and am planning an AfD for the films. As someone pointed out at the AfD, it's a real walled garden: the people who act in his films don't act in anything else, his IMDb reviews are by the same few people and they barely review anything else, all these articles are by SPAs. Haven't thought about Y2K yet. JohnCD (talk) 16:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok I'll leave it to you, thanks Stu.W UK (talk) 17:43, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Complex mathematics : z = a + b.i + c.j + d.ij using the Perplex Operator j*j = +1

Dear adminstrator

Why do this course of action? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrywhitworthbriggs (talk • contribs) 14:41, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

If you mean, why did I delete your article Complex Mathematics, it was because all it contained was the formula for a straight line, and the subject is already covered in Complex number and other articles linked from there like Complex analysis. I have never heard of the "Perplex Operator" in the header of this message, and nor has Google Scholar; if you want to write about it you will have to find a reliable source for what you say. JohnCD (talk) 21:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Greg Sowards

Hi,

I am requesting that the page for Greg Sowards be "hang on". He is currently and candidate for US Senate for the state of New Mexico. I am releasing some information about him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnwang (talk • contribs) 17:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I have made the page into a redirect to United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2012, as I see no indication in the deleted article that he is notable in Wikipedia's sense apart from his candidacy, and (in order to prevent Wikipedia being used as a notice-board for election posters) the rule, explained at WP:POLITICIAN is that being an unelected candidate does not count towards the notability requirement, and candidate articles are redirected as I have done.

If you think you can establish notability independent of his candidacy, which would requires showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", see also WP:BIO, reply below here and I will explain how you can make a draft in your user space. JohnCD (talk) 22:43, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Your eyes

You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Smoluk. Might you care to review the related discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Foodland (film)? I am thinking it might receive a similar close, specially as it is not a BLP issue, but I defer to your judgement. Thanks. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:48, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

It seems the nomination was never completed, so this was never transcluded in the daily log and has not been seen by those who scan those logs. I guess those who have commented got there via the film deletion sorting list. I agree it looks like a keep, but I don't think it should be closed without spending some time in the daily log, so I have put it in today, marking it as a relist with a note of what happened. JohnCD (talk) 16:07, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Rocco Borghese

Hi, john hope your well ,

how isit i submit the draft to you ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocco Borghese (talk • contribs) 16:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I have looked at your draft. It needs more independent references about you: there is only one, and when I click on it I do not see your name. More advice on your talk page tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 23:04, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

i understand

i had read your message and i understand that it not safe to leave personal info about yourself in the open net and i would like to know more about making pages but i can make pages but i cant get a pic in the page and links so yeah i would also like to know what CD means in your name

regards, Quangminhc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quangminhc (talk • contribs) 08:34, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

To learn about making pages look at WP:Tutorial and WP:Picture tutorial and WP:Your first article. Usernames don't have to mean anything - "CD" is just to distinguish me from all the other Johns. JohnCD (talk) 12:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing Financial Services Commission (Giraltar)

The link to the article you deleted has now been replaced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dparody with a link to an external website http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gibraltar&action=history This doesn't seem quite right to me but I don't feel I know what is the correct thing to do in these cases. Unibond (talk) 12:35, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Better to make the external link a reference - I've done that. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 16:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

With appreciation

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		Re: Too-speedy speedy tagging. Very diplomatic in your explanation and advice to all concerned parties. Many thanks to you! Jared Preston (talk) 15:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! JohnCD (talk) 22:25, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Amjari Language

I see you issued a final warning to this user. You might like to check out User talk:Chubebabe685#Proposed deletion of Amjari Language. Speedy the article maybe? I checked the sources, even accounting for errors or alternative spellings and failed to find anything. LordVetinari (talk) 03:20, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Article speedied, user blocked. The claim of "55.6 Million speakers in Somalia" (whose population is < 10 million) was enough to make this a G3. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 09:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Foodland (film)

My apologies. I was relying--foolishly, obviously--on the automated tools. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 07:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. There used to be a bot which finished uncompleted AfD nominations, but it must have taken the day off. JohnCD (talk) 11:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

wrt deleted Template:Wp/gom/IPA

Hello, I seek to know why the Template:Wp/gom/IPA template was deleted. I am a new user to Wikipedia and was made party to an edit war upon arrival by another user. The reason mentioned for deletion is One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page. That template was supposed to show the letters of a numerical linguistic minority language that has recently received recognition in India.

Could you please guide me with the wherewithal. Godspeed!! Imperium ^Caelestis 07:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

You created that template, containing only the three characters "/k/", and then one minute later you blanked it, so that it was empty. A week later, someone noticed that it was empty and tagged it for deletion. Where the only author of a page blanks it, that is taken as a request to delete - see WP:CSD#G7 - because often new users change their minds, don't know how to request deletion, and just blank their page and leave it. Create it again, if you like. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

thank you for your reply. I will get working on the templates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ImperiumCaelestis (talk • contribs) 11:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

The Rape of St. Everlaust

Couldn't you just G3 this nasty little hoax yourself? :) Thparkth (talk) 13:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedies really should have two pairs of eyes. Another admin has got to it. JohnCD (talk) 14:22, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

While I agree with you, I don't agree that the second pair of eyes necessarily needs to be an admin ;) Thparkth (talk) 15:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

No, but once I have tagged it, it needs another admin to delete. Ah, I suppose you mean that once you had delivered a concurring opinion yours would be the second pair of eyes and I could with a clear conscience go ahead and zap it. I hadn't though of it that way, but anyway another admin got to it. JohnCD (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

-SLD-

You have recently deleted my article "-SLD-" and I don't understand why. I gave you a reasonable reason on why it shouldn't be deleted yet it was deleted! Please tell me why.

Bdog74424 (talk) 22:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)bdog74424

I put links on the bottom of your talk page which explain why, if you read them. An encyclopedia is not a place to write about new things and ideas: two of Wikipedia's key policies are:

• WP:Verifiability: The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth; that is, whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true.
• WP:No original research: Wikipedia does not publish original research. The term "original research" refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and stories—not already published by reliable sources.

So until serious medical or scientific journals have written about your newly-described disease, Wikipedia will not have an article about it.

JohnCD (talk) 22:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Twwthle

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG You deleted my page. Way to go. Pooface. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmarep (talk • contribs) 19:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

My reaction to your page was WTFFFFFFFF? and yes, I did delete it. If you really don't know why, look at the answers just above this about "SLD", and read Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. JohnCD (talk) 19:46, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Hahaha! Aw no I totally understand why you deleted it. I made it as a joke for my boyfriend...figuring it would be deleted asap. I got a screen shot of it in time for him though :) I really respect how awesome your response to my message was. A lot of people would've gotten angry. Way to go pal :D And don't worry, I won't make another joke page. Or any pages. My forage into wikipedia was speedy yet satisfying.

Your eyes, if you please...

On February 16, 2011 the article Michael Gleissner was deleted due to an expired prod for notability. As I had just improved the article on his company Bigfoot Entertainment, I was a bit chagrined to discover a new redlink in the article. So I asked the deleting admin to userfy to a workspace. HERE is how it looked when tagged and deleted. It was clumsily written, had many poor ELS, and no citations... and as it had not received attention as an unsourced BLP, it was properly disposed. HOWEVER... I have been working on the userfied article[1] and think it is now okay for a return to mainspace.

See User:MichaelQSchmidt/workspace/Michael Gleissner

As User:JamesBWatson is on Wikibreak,[2] might you look it over before I return it? I would appreciate the second set of eyes. Thanks much. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:35, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done - returned to mainspace. You've certainly improved that one! JohnCD (talk) 10:38, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I think so too. :) Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:04, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion for 'Income inequality in Philippines' article

Hi,

From the comment I saw in the 'red box' when you deleted my article, the error code was G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page.

As I believe that I had properly referenced all the sources, could you kindly advise on which page was deleted or nonexistent? I just re-checked and it appears that everything is still in place. Sorry as this is my first time posting an article. Thanks alot!

Look forward to your reply.

Regards, Andeous — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andeousquek (talk • contribs) 14:03, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

The article is has not been deleted: another user "moved" it - changed its title - to Income inequality in the Philippines to conform to our normal format for article titles, and he left you a note on your talk page to tell you where it was. What I deleted was a redirect left behind by the move. JohnCD (talk) 18:19, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

G6 deletion question

John,

Why was the article associated with user msh111963 deleted?? The G6 code was given!! I spent a lot of time researching and detailing that article. Where is it? Why was it deleted? Can I restore it and fix whatever the issues were??

Regards,

M —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.204.221.49 (talk) 15:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

If you mean the article "Michael Havill", it was moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michael Havill, which is the proper place for a submission to Articles for Creation, and a note was left at User talk:msh111963 yesterday to tell you where it was. You will find it easier to keep track of what is going on if you always log in before editing, so that you will know when you have a message - there will be an orange bar at the top of the screen to tell you so. The AfC submission has been declined, but there is a note with it to tell you why. JohnCD (talk) 18:28, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Father Stalin look at this

Please explain your rational in deleting a nursery rhyme from 1930? There is no copyright issue here. Tentontunic (talk) 18:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

There certainly is - answer on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 19:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Sex Drive Energy Drink

JohnCD,

I am not sure what the issue is. A "fictitious name" is a legal term in the United States that allows corporations to "Do Business As" (d/b/a) a seperate name instead of in the name of the parent company. Example: Cabobida, Inc owns Sex Drive Energy Drink. This fictitious name allows us to sign papers, checks, etc... as Sex Drive Energy Drink. There is actually an entire DIVISION in our government that handles these official documents and procedures. https://efile.sunbiz.org/ficregintro.html This is done by the Florida Department of State (as we are located in the state of Florida).

All information in this article is valid and true.

rexhymen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rexhymen (talk • contribs) 19:03, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

this is not a hoax

My company is not a hoax. Please research what I am putting to verify. My company website is SexDriveEnergyDrink.com We have been established since 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rexhymen (talk • contribs) 19:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

John, note that the article was recreated and deleted again (by me) under G11 and A7. I have explained what the issues are on User talk:Rexhymen. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you - you have saved me the next item on my to-do list. I will drop a note on his talk page apologising for treating it as a hoax: the name made me suspicious, but the clincher was when I looked at the first reference and saw a web page headed "Fictitious Name: SEX DRIVE ENERGY DRINK." But it seems that is some normal US commercial procedure. JohnCD (talk) 20:31, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries. On tenuously related note, CSD has been repeatedly back-logged the past couple of days (sitting at over 100). I feel like every time I get through deleting or declining a couple, 10 more have been added in the meantime. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I've noticed, and I have deleted 59 so far today, but as you say it's like trying to sweep the tide back with a mop. JohnCD (talk) 20:44, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Is there scope for non-admins to help? I've got a fair amount of experience of the CSD process now and would be happy to help out clearing backlogs. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 21:33, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

You could scan CAT:CSD and remove speedy tags from any that were not speediable, PRODding or AfDing if you thought fit or just counselling the speedy taggers. I'm afraid it would be a fairly thankless task because not many come in that category, but it would help, and educating New Page Patrollers is always useful. (I like to point them to SoWhy's WP:10CSD and WP:A7M). JohnCD (talk) 21:41, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Johnston, Film and TV Critic

I am very disappointed to see that you have deleted this article that I recently created. I believe that the links included gave sound evidence that this was a sufficiently notable individual for an article. I discovered the deletion as I was in the process of adding additional information and external links.

I would appreciate the opportunity to reinstate this article.

Thank you.

MarthaSGO (talk) 03:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

The article has not been deleted: another user "moved" it - changed its title - to Andrew Johnston (critic) which is more in accordance with our standard style for article titles, and left a note on your talk page yesterday to tell you. JohnCD (talk) 09:22, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the clarification. I appreciate it. MarthaSGO (talk) 14:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Re:Buttrock

That wasn't my speedy tag, I think I restored it once though. I had prodded it, then read the old deletion discussion and decided to let it breathe for a bit. It's got a great name, that for sure. Cheers, The Interior (Talk) 11:12, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I used the CSDHelper script, which is useful but not that intelligent about working out who first placed a tag. I'll pass the message on to whoever actually did. It's certainly a great name, but I'm not sure it passes WP:NEO yet - all the refs are to one site. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 11:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

75.150.67.34 ban

please renew. thank you! --75.150.67.34 (talk) 13:59, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of various football pages (Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Nevis official football teams)

Hi John,

I'd just like to give my opinion on what I believe was an unfair deletion of these pages. As far as I am aware, they were deemed not notable and unverifiable.

The tournaments were reported in the local newspapers of the time, some of which are available with a careful search on the internet, but also some where the results have been unfortunately lost to history. I can give links to reports on the Virgin Islands Championship as well. There is no question that they took place. The Leeward Islands Tournament was certainly notable, and has a history spanning over 50 years. It was one of the main international competitive outlets for the islands of the Leewards group until around 10 years ago. To that end, why, for example, are any small island teams notable? They are notable because they represent that island in international competition. Deleting any record of their existence appears a bit unusual. For example, the Leeward Islands tournament has provided the British Virgin Islands national team (FIFA member) with their only ever international honour. To them it is certainly notable.

Here is a link mentioning the British Virgin Islands' 1986 Leeward Championship-winning side. As I said, to the people of the British Virgin Islands, it was certainly a notable event. http://www.islandsun.com/2004-June/12062004/sports1-v13i11.html

Here is a report from CONCACAF on the 2002 Finals (which involved Tortola, competing as a separate entity after qualifying through the 2001 Virgin Islands Championship): http://www.concacaf.com/page/ConfederationDetail/0,,12813~1861753,00.html

As far as Tortola and Virgin Gorda are concerned, they each maintained separate leagues within the British Virgin Islands until 2009.

As far as Saint Croix and Saint Thomas are concerned, they still maintain separate leagues, both of which act as qualifiers for the overall US Virgin Islands championship. For the majority of the season, therefore, Saint Croix and Saint Thomas have separate footballing identities.

Nevis was deleted - they do have their own FA, and have participated separately (from St.Kitts) in the Leeward Islands Championship. Certainly, both islands competed separately before St.Kitts/Nevis was accepted into the fold at FIFA in 1986. On their official site, it mentioned with pride a victory over St.Kitts in one of the tournaments in the 1970s (*note - this page now seems to have been deleted). Unfortunately, record-keeping in various Caribbean associations has not been up to scratch, but there are little snippets like this dotted all over the internet that show how important these tournaments were for the players at the time. The fact that the Leeward Islands tournament has its own Wikipedia page (thus must be deemed notable) [3] makes it slightly odd that the teams involved in it are not deemed notable. Without the teams, the tournament would not exist. 4 of the 5 teams deleted have competed in this competition, and only Virgin Gorda has not (though they DID attempt to qualify). Mcruic (talk) 00:03, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses the term notability in a particular way, which is defined at WP:Notability and WP:Notability (organizations and companies). What is needed is to show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Croix official football team was about whether these team articles met that requirement, the unanimous view of the four other users who contributed was that they did not, and there was no other way I could have closed that debate. The fact that the Leeward Islands Tournament and Virgin Islands Championship have articles does not mean that they have been agreed to be notable - those articles have no references, and I do not know whether they would be kept if challenged - and certainly does not mean that the teams that play in them are individually notable. I think your best plan would be to find what references you can and add them to the two League articles. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:08, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh shoot.....

I just looked up Professor Ki Padosa and found this. Apparently, it was a movie and not a real person being attacked as I had previously thought, although it was written about in the article as if it were a real person. I apologized to the creator [4], but I'm relatively certain that we successfully drove him off. :( Just thought you might want to know. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem - as I told him, he should have made clear it was a fictional person, we can't risk publishing dubious BLP. JohnCD (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

I know; that's why I tagged it. I couldn't decide whether it was fictional or childish vandalism; however, as you correctly said, we cannot risk attack pages and libel. But I still feel bad about warning him for "attack pages" when it turns out to be a movie. :( Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

User:BreakIntoMusic111/Heather Vesey

Yep, I find it something of an unlikely coincidence that a user just happens to have recreated the same material that's been deleted numerous times for editing practice. They clearly have access to all the hoax material, and they seem to be fine at editing and not really in need of any practice. I don't think we should allow them to keep it much longer -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:00, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

A few days at most. All the redirects to it are odd. I have tagged it {{Userspace draft}}, which also noindexes it, and will watch for that being taken off. At least the user knows our eyes are on it and there is no chance of it being allowed back in the mainspace. I have re-salted the title (its protection seemed to have lapsed) just to be sure. This is probably a sock, but the SPI was so long ago, I don't think checkuser would help. JohnCD (talk) 11:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

What's up with redirects to userspace?! This can't be legit. The Interior (Talk) 11:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The redirects are from userspace, which is ok for someone who's sandboxing something that will never be a real article - there were some from article space too, but they've been deleted. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:56, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)They are redirects within userspace; I agree I can't see any legit purpose for all this, and it was probably intended as a reintroduction of the Heather Vesey/Lady Lashes hoax; but now they know they are being watched, and as long as there are lots of eyes on it it can't escape into mainspace. I suggest we wait for an answer to BsZ's latest message. JohnCD (talk) 13:01, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Deleted, G3 hoax and G4 repost. User did not reply to my question about how long they wanted it for, and has not edited for over 24 hours. There is no possible legitimate reason for this hoax anywhere in Wikipedia: moreover, Google had picked it up before I noindexed it. JohnCD (talk) 11:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yep, good move -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:00, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

The dabljus

I would like the Administrator JohnCD to please review posted and deleted article. I believe that Wendy L. Carvalho and Wayne L. Carvalho, aka The Dabljus really deserve a space on Wikipedia. Such young talented kids!!!

(Extract from dirtywaternews.com removed for copyright reasons)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssalvucci (talk • contribs) 19:17, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The article described a brother-and-sister group who have had one concert, released two songs, and "been very successful though CD is not out yet." I'm afraid that is some way short of Wikipedia's requirements - see WP:MUSICBIO for what musical performers need to have achieved before they can have an article. There was another problem - the article was a copyright violation, copied from dirtywaternews.com - please read Wikipedia:Copy-paste for why that is not allowed. When their career has progressed enough for them to have an article, somebody will have to write one in their own words. JohnCD (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The Dabljus (Boston Dirty Water News article)

Dear Admin. Mr. JohnCD:

The article from Boston Dirty Water News magazine was written by me and e-mailed over to its publisher, who found that an amazing story. I am one of the fan, being following the brother and sister for over two years now. If you visit the magazine website, and go under Entertainment, you will see that at the very top it says: "Written by 'super user'". The band was also on Boston Brazilian Times newspaper, and they will be on another magazine and newspaper in Florida on the 15th of this month. What else do I need to get their Wikipedia page started? Am I gonna loose this opportunity to be the first one to start it?

Please, I beg you to please review.

Thank you,

Andressa Salvucci — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssalvucci (talk • contribs) 02:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, their career has not advanced enough to have an encyclopedia article. We don't do up and coming. Wait till they have records out and there are independent reviews of their records and performances. WP:MUSICBIO will give you an idea of the sort of standard we are looking for - a song in the national charts, or two albums released on a major label. You will not lose the opportunity, because nobody else will be able to make them an article, yet. JohnCD (talk) 23:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Declineing speedy deletion notices

Hi John, Do you have some sort of userscript that does those handy CSD declined messages for you? If so, where can I find them? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it's User:Ale_jrb/Scripts/csdhelper.js. You need to check afterwards that it has given the notice to the right tagger, as it can get fooled by complicated situations where tags have been removed and replaced, but it's still useful. You can see at User:JohnCD/vector.js what other scripts I have found useful, though I haven't done a lot of exploring the possibilities. "closeAFD" is brilliant - finds and deletes redirects, updates talk pages, the lot. There's a list of scripts at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. JohnCD (talk) 17:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Looks like it works like a charm. Thanks. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Earwig Music Company

Hi John, since you kindly revived the "Delmark Records" article a few days ago for me, could you once again be so kind as to have a look here and advice how to get further action in this "case" --- Thanks in advance ! StefanWirz (talk) 20:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

This is more of a problem than Delmark since, as the deletion log shows, it was deleted five times in two days by various admins (including me), and then a sixth time which was the last straw so that the title was "salted" to prevent re-creation. The version that I deleted read, in total, "Earwig is a US based indie label based out of chicago. They offer records, tapes, and CDs of contemporary blues music." All those versions were by different users. That sort of pattern arouses suspicions that there is an off-wiki campaign going on, and tends to put up the barricades here and mean that a new submission will be viewed askance.

At a glance, I would say that your version has enough references, but the man you have to convince is user RHaworth (talk), the admin who salted the title. Give him a link to your version - what you have to write is [[User:StefanWirz/Earwig]] with two square brackets each side - and ask him to unprotect the title. If he does not agree, your next step is WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 21:39, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply - I just did what you adviced - now lets see what happens ;-) StefanWirz (talk) 12:54, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Period (song)

The artist does not have a page, the fictional publication has a page. CTJF83 22:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see - doing further research, the actual composer for Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood is Akira Senju who doesn't have an article. OK, A9 it is. JohnCD (talk) 22:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, CTJF83 22:36, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Manfred Beck Arnstein

Hi, I am the webmaster of Manfred Beck Arnstein http://www.beck-arnstein-art.com, a famous artist painting fantastic realistic art. He has received many awards and recognitions for his art and has painted hundreds of paintings... I try to put him on Wikipedia. Now you are telling me that the text has a copyright problem - and to rewrite it in my own words - well I wrote this text on the website...

Is there a possibility to add a meta tag in the websites code to prove that I am the author of the text - both in English and German language? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocaloca (talk • contribs) 12:36, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

It is possible to make a copyright release, as explained in the notice on your talk page, but I have given advice there to explain that this text is too promotional and give more advice. JohnCD (talk) 12:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Friendly request

Nilanchal 05:04, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Can you help me to restore the article. My article is now contain 51 cite referene with few reliable source. If the article is still lacking any source information kindly inform me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nilanchalswara (talk • contribs) 05:04, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

In the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swami Nigamananda the four other users who gave opinions all agreed that the article was not suitable for Wikipedia. I could not close the deletion discussion in any other way. If you want it restored, you will have to go to WP:Deletion review, but I suggest you wait; within a few days I will try to find some advice for you on how to improve it so that it will have a better chance there. JohnCD (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Interesting situation

... and one that I do not think has ever come up before. As you know, I expanded and improved the article on Michael Gleissner. In looking at the films linked through his article, I began to source the 2010 film Irreversi to show it meeting WP:NF. Then I decided to tackled the redlink for what I thought was a different film... Hui lu. What I discovered is that the two were the same film storyline, produced at the same time and both directed by Gleissner, filmed at the same locations but with different casts and crews. Check User:MichaelQSchmidt/Hui lu One is not a remake of the other, as they were made simultaneously, the only diference being that the Mandarin was made with a cast and crew to appeal to a Chinese release. Interesting conundrum. The same film, but different... different cast, different crew, different release dates... but same director and production company. Maybe I should expand Irreversi to include more information on Hui lu, and then set a redirect for Hui lu to Ireversi? I had considered doing this the other way 'round because Hui lu was released first... but it is Irreversi that has the greater sourcability for en.Wikipedia. Opinion? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:32, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Unless the post-release history of Hui Lu differs enough to justify a stand-alone article, I think your idea of expanding Irreversi and redirecting Hui Lu to it sounds the right one. If more material turned up for Hui Lu, it could always be spun off later. JohnCD (talk) 11:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Sensible enough. Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:22, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Yup... I like how the solution worked out at Irreversi and Hui lu. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Doing the shooting with two casts must have been an interesting experience for all! JohnCD (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I can imagine even more so for the director... shooting a scene in English, then changing cast and crew and shooting the same thing in Mandarin. What a tremendous example of cooperation! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 23:30, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

My Signature and Infobox

gee.. that was a lot of stuff to read! heheh.. Ok! thanks sir! I'll continue to learn here in Wiki.. You rock! Thanks again..Draven Corvis (talk • contribs) 18:55, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Bryan Pennington

Hi, could you please userfy Bryan Pennington to my userspace? The creator has edited an article that I have been involved in editing, Disappearance of Edward and Austin Bryant, and I am just curious as to what was contained in that article. This is for my information only; I have no intention of creating an article on the subject, and I will request U1 immediately after I read it. Thanks. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Not worth userfying. It was created with only the words "Bryan Pennington", tagged (rather hastily) A7, then three minutes later the author added the word "informed" and then abandoned it, and that was what I deleted an hour or so later. JohnCD (talk) 15:49, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks! —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:50, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Complaint

Dear Sir, I think the way that you scan across Wikipedia in an attempt to tarnish people's efforts of making a page that may only apply to a minority, but is still relevant, is appauling and a true representation of how sad you must be as an individual. The reason I have taken the time out to make a comment is because of the way that you deleted a page for the University of Victoria. Your argument is flawed and as this is an online encyclopedia created for the purpose of allowing people to write articles, with a factual content, for the benefit of others, so what makes you think that you have the right to wipe these pages off of the website with not so much as a second thought? Perhaps if you spent a substantial period of time drawing a beautiul, deep, accurate chalk portrait on the floor, of yourself (as I think it would affect you more) and somebody came along and pissed on it, you'd be less ruthless when it came to taking time out of looking at porn and spending time deleting other people's stuff on Wikipedia. Kind regards, Alfie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfiebeau (talk • contribs) 15:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, another graduate of the U Vic School of Charm and Interpersonal Relations. Kind regards to you, too. JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, when I attended UVic everyone was much more....like, mellow dude. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 13:25, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Exuse me you

There is no fake CV deatail!! Did you call the people?? F —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.15.153.115 (talk) 16:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

There are no fake details on Jaco Snyman please if you want to call the agent. He is a sucsefull actor/voiceover artist! It — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaco1000 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Nobody said anything about "fake"; but Wikipedia is not a place to post your CV. JohnCD (talk) 16:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

It is not his CV all of the actor's page look like that!!! What is wrong with it? Please then tell me what I must add or remove? Tank you

Sorry, but you are not (yet) notable enough to have an article, see WP:ENTERTAINER, and even if you were, you should not be writing it yourself. Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn are places for people to write about themselve; Wikipedia is not. JohnCD (talk) 17:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Myah Marie!

Sir, I am trying to get this page started but it gets deleted before I can get it started. Will you unlock the page so that I can at least get a stub started so that we can allow Wikipedia:Article development? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fitchhollister (talk • contribs) 21:17, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I have explained on your talk page that articles about this singer have already been deleted six times, so that the title has been salted against re-creation. You will have to make a userspace draft and convince an admin, or go to WP:DRV. JohnCD (talk) 21:22, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I got your message. I wasn't trying to evade anyone with the Exclamation mark. It was just a simple error. Remember, not everyone is an expert on Wikipedia. I'll see what I can do about getting a draft article together.

No worries. We tend to get suspicious when a title is salted and "variations" start to appear, but I know mistakes happen. Good luck with it. JohnCD (talk) 22:11, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Page Bhaskar Mukherjee

I found the page have been deleted number of times by mentioning that criteria of notability or so..... Let me confirm some points. 1st of all the page in Capital letter was made first by the author whereas in title face it was made by some other user who as mistake use nomination as criteria of notability. Before making through constructive suggestion whether you please suggest why different rules is applied for different persons. If you check the thing it will clear that there are so name there whose name can not be categorized as Notable. Better not to discuss such issue, suggest what the biographer should do. Shall he/she simply add the source name where the article published or shall he provide open source full text only where it published or shall he give citation (in terms of who cite). The last data is the best way to judge notability as you suggest but this criteria not fulfill various biographer who name is in wiki. How the author has provide links for an article un accessible. So, please suggest what should he do????? --Open3215 (talk) 08:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Page BHASKAR MUKHERJEE/ or Bhaskar Mukherjee

Just now I checked the criteria of notability and found Dr. Mukherjee certainly fulfill the criteria no. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. After that how you suggest to delete a page. Please look again the profile, check it onceagain on other web sources, confirm your assumption, and the make deletion in so speedy way. I also found some names who are in wiki and does not fulfill atleast 4-5 criteria. How u then keep these entries over there.--Open3215 (talk) 09:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

The form of citation is not important, and listing every paper that he has written is not necessary. The notability standard of WP:PROF is very high, some full professors may not meet it. This article was carefully considered at WP:Articles for deletion/Bhaskar Mukherjee by people familiar with the field, who were agreed that he does not meet the standard. Because the article has been re-created so many times, the title has been locked against re-creation. My advice is that you should accept the result of the deletion discussion, but if you want to challenge it you will have to convince user BigDom (talk), the administrator who closed the discussion, and if you cannot convince him, go to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 11:06, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Daniel and the Rum Runners

Hi John,

I have tried uploading an article on Wikipedia and for some reason it has now been deleated? i dont know why this is because i read the terms and conditions before and it said that if you have been broadcast for at least 30 minutes you are allowed on Wikipedia, now we have been broadcast on Radio both Local and National, we have been publicised on local Television and are building a massive fan base in the south west as well as starting to get recognition nationally. is says that if there is enough demand for people to know about us. i believe this a viable reason to have a small wikipedia page about us, i hope you can see my reasoning for this and look forward to your reply.

Regards Daniel Kemish —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.45.94 (talk) 19:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Your article didn't say any of that, it didn't show significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, and moreover it was written in such promotional terms: "aim is to get you up on your feet and dancing... powerful vocals and Saxophone... guaranteed to be something you like... " that it might well have been speedy-deleted as an advertisement. Writing about your own band gives you, from our point of view, a WP:Conflict of interest, which is a problem precisely because your interest is in a puff piece and ours is in a neutral point of view and a factual article. I will give some advice on your talk page, but probably not till tomorrow. Read WP:Your first article to start with. JohnCD (talk) 20:10, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi John, ok i understand where you are coming from on that front so if i re edit the information putting more information about what the Rum Runners have done and what they do as opposed to the sort of advertising stuff that was written, I will edit the text and re submit.

Regards Daniel Kemish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel kemish (talk • contribs) 11:25, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Joan Jett Blakk deleted

I'm confused by the deletion of this article. I hadn't looked at it for several months but found it a useful resource and recall that it was pretty well sourced. A simple Google search turns up lots of reliable sources (including a mention in The Guardian from just a week ago). I believe that the subject easily passes notability guidelines and would appreciate it if you would restore the article. Thanks. Lafe Smith (talk) 21:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored upon request. I will notify user Freddy S. (talk), who proposed it, in case he wishes to nominate it at WP:Articles for deletion. The sourcing on the article is pretty thin - we look for significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, but maybe you can improve it. Note that per WP:POLITICIAN being a political candidate does not count for notability, it needs to be established independently. JohnCD (talk) 21:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for putting it back. I went ahead and added a couple of sources and I'll look for more. Lafe Smith (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

John - Thank you for deleting the page in my userspace and for your message of welcome. Kinnerton (talk) 20:12, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. Actually, I see your account was four years old yesterday, so it should have been a birthday greeting; but as you have only become active more recently, perhaps it will still be useful. JohnCD (talk) 21:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Marion_Rosen page? How comes?

Hello Wiki editor:

I am writing to add comments regarding your decision to delete an entry on Marion Rosen. As the founder of Rosen Method Bodywork (see Wiki page) and Rosen Method Movement, she is a significant figure in the ongoing history of bodywork and holistic health/wellness. She is a pioneer in the field of somatic-based emotional therapies, evidenced by her inclusion in the seminal work Bone, Breath, & Gesture: Practices of Embodiment, edited by Don Hanlon Johnson (North Atlantic Books, 1994), among other anthologies on the field of somatics.

Marion Rosen trained in Munich in the 1930s with Lucy Heyer, one of several therapists treating the psychoanalytic patients of Carl Jung with sessions of breathwork and bodywork. Rosen studied further in Stockholm and the United States and continues to devote much of her time to Rosen workshops and training in Europe and the United States. Since the 1950s, when she began her Oakland-based physical therapy practice, Marion Rosen has become, alongside Moshe Feldenkrais, Milton Trager, Ida Rolf, and Alfred Lowen, one of the major progenitors of a system of bodywork that connects breathing, emotional responses, and the functions of the body.

It is important to include her in Wikipedia as part of the lineage that links Elsa Gindler (see her Wikipedia page), Lucy Heyer (wife of Gustav Heyer, colleague of Carl Jung, teacher of Marion Rosen), Charlotte Selver, Carola Speads to the work of Rolf, Feldenkreis, F. M. Alexander, and Trager. The fact that Rosen is still alive at age ninety-seven, still actively teaching and practicing, should have no bearing on her inclusion.

Please note that her biography text was taken with proper attribution from the RMPA.net web site, which is specifically NOT copyrighted and I checked with RMPA before copying the text. Let me know if you need a contact at RMPA to verify.

YoriNelken (talk) 06:30, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Please will you actually read, carefully, the explanatory messages on your talk page? Absence of a copyright symbol does not mean that material is free, mere assertion by someone on the end of a wire that "I checked" is legally valueless, if text is to be used it is essential that the copyright holder makes a formal release as explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. You are welcome to make an article, but it may well be better to write it in your own words, and in any case, as well as referring to the Association's web-site, you will need to show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to establish notability. JohnCD (talk) 10:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Do not delete my wikipedia

Please do not delete my work on wikipedia,it is for my project and the due date is tomorrow.Thank you.

Voda65 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Voda65 (talk • contribs) 14:46, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you will have to explain to whoever set you the project that it was not possible, because Wikipedia is a project to build an encyclopedia, not a web-host for blog-type projects. JohnCD (talk) 14:54, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

why

whyRicBoom (talk) 03:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)ricboomRicBoom (talk) 03:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

If you mean, why did I delete DeQuan Thompson it was because it didn't show why he was notable enough to have an article - the band article was deleted for the same reason (see WP:BAND for what a band need to have achieved before they can have an article) and I didn't find any confirmation of what you said about FOW. Read WP:Your first article for advice. JohnCD (talk) 12:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

FYI

Here's another Siglap author you might want to follow up on. LordVetinari (talk) 11:10, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, someone else has cleaned it up. This may be coming to an end, even if the message doesn't get back to anyone in charge: one of yesterday's ones said their project was "due tomorrow." JohnCD (talk) 12:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Gat Ujkold

Thanks. I was just starting a harangue here about it, then found you'd chopped it. While I'm here, a couple of queries on protocol etc. If an admin tags for CSD and no-one seems to be deleting the article, are they allowed to delete it later? And with regard to blocking, which I haven't done yet (was going to but someone beat me to it...), an indefinite block I can understand. It either stays on or is appealed. If a timed block is imposed, does it get lifted by a bot at the appropriate moment, or does the blocking admin have to remember to lift it, or does it have to be requested to be lifted? I may be missing something in the policies, but I can't seem to see an explanation of this point. You do a lot of blocking, so you ought to know.... Peridon (talk) 13:07, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I zapped it myself by accident first and put it back for a second opinion. I've only just started using Twinkle and clicked something too soon. Peridon (talk) 13:10, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new mop. It will change your life more than you expect.

The system lifts a timed block automatically, you don't have to do any more. For deleting something that has not been tagged by someone else, the only relevant policy I know of is WP:DEL#Speedy deletion: "Administrators can delete such pages on sight," so provided it meets the criterion you're covered. I hadn't thought about this until I became an admin and noticed pages in the CSD list which had been tagged by experienced admins like RHaworth. I realised they must be looking for a second pair of eyes, and thinking about it I decided that was a good idea except in really obvious cases with no shadow of doubt. I couldn't easily define that category, but examples would be attack pages, clear copyvios, or immediate re-creation without improvement of something just deleted. It's probably the sort of issue where an attempt to define it exactly would not be productive - just ask yourself, am I 100% certain about this or would another view be a useful check? In the latter case tag it, but if you then decide you are 100% sure after all, you wouldn't be criticised for zapping it. JohnCD (talk) 13:57, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that. In the run-up to my RfA, I started noticing csd tags from people I more often saw deleting things. Don't know why not before. I must use Twinkle more and get used to it. (I've seen complaints at RfAs that someone made too many automated edits - at mine someone seemed to be complaining that I hadn't made a single one!) It certainly makes AfDing something far easier. Peridon (talk) 14:26, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

My page deleted

Thank you for deleting my page sir and sorry for doing so, I just want this username of mine also be deleted, is there any chance of doing it? im new here as a user and Im also not that active type so cauld you please help me delete this whole account of mine? Its kinda confusing me reading all these instructions. cauld you help me on this one please. Donnieraygianchand (talk) 18:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

We don't delete accounts, you can just stop using it. If you like, you can ask for the account's username to be changed by making a request at WP:CHU - read that page, then scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on "Simple." JohnCD (talk) 18:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Request for Deletion

Dear JohnCD,

I request you to delete the article Peter Barsocchini (writer). There was a suggestion that the article be merged with Peter Barsocchini. Since there was no discussion and the two articles were about the same person, I have merged them and now request you to delete the former article, Peter Barsocchini (writer).

Thanking You,

DailyEditor

DailyEditor (talk) 13:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

The trouble with deleting is that it loses all the contribution history, which we have to maintain if any of the material is merged. See Help:Merging for how to maintain attribution during a merge. The simplest thing to do here is redirect the page, rather than deleting it, so I have done that. JohnCD (talk) 13:27, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

vermapirya1986

Hey! thanks for reply that user has deleted all information from my page not only image , those images are mine and i am new user , i put so much of work to put together this article he has deleted everything from that article please help me how to block that person IP adress , he is deleting everything form my page , and please hlep me with images which i uploaded how to give informations about them . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vermapriya1986 (talk • contribs) 16:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

hey ! please help me one of user is deleting everything form my page Govind Kumar Singh please help me to block that user . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vermapriya1986 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

We do not block users because of a content dispute. Wikipedia works by collaboration. You must discuss your disagreement with the others and try to reach a WP:Consensus, and if you cannot agree use the WP:Dispute resolution process. I will put some links on your talk page soon which explain how Wikipedia works - please read them carefully. JohnCD (talk) 19:19, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Apologies for butting in. I'm getting a little concerned here because xe appears to be becoming very wound-up. I've tried the conciliatory route, I've tried the discussion route and I am being blanked. If you (or someone else) can breath some nice cool air over this I think it would be A Good Thing. I do not claim to have acted perfectly in this matter, just as well as I can: the article has been subject to various battles for quite some time. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 19:28, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I have added an explanation of WP:OWN and WP:BRD and WP:3RR, if he will just calm down and take time to read it... To continue the alphabet soup, you may need to try WP:3O and get someone else involved with the article. I really don't want to do that. JohnCD (talk) 20:43, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I think that my presence/comments were doing more harm than good as I was already perceived to be some sort of attacker. Not had to use, or even heard of, 3O before but it is a useful tip. I'll see how things go over the next day or so. The only bit I have any doubt about is my commenting out of the image: I know that everything else has been done per policy/guidelines and the article looks better for it, but I've not yet found proof for the copyvio I have suggested might exist. To be honest, if he comes up with proper permission for the other image (which is definitely on a copyrighted website) then I'd be inclined to accept the dubious one as being ok - AGF and all that. Again, thanks very much for your help - really is appreciated. - Sitush (talk) 20:53, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Rodney Rude deletion

Hi

Please restore the Rodney Rude Wikipedia entry. The official website has taken the biographical information directly from this page, and thus no particular copyright has been violated as you have implied. Also, if you check the dates you will realize that the entry pre-dates that of the current Rodney Rude site. You would also be well advised to consult the webmaster to confirm this. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.90.124.47 (talk) 11:52, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I will take expert advice about this one. There is no way to tell when the text appeared on the website; also, if they copied it from Wikipedia they have no business displaying "Copyright © 2010 rude.com.au. All rights reserved" as they do. JohnCD (talk) 14:13, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Article restored - it seems they did indeed copy it from us. If you know the webmaster, tell him that while he's welcome to copy from Wikipedia, he must provide attribution (see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers' rights and obligations), and he shouldn't mark it copyright - he is obliged to let others copy it from him on the same terms. JohnCD (talk) 22:32, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

How do I get an article reviewed?

Hi

I recently finished editing my first article. The original article was graded as "start class". I have done significant revision to the article and would like it to be looked at again in terms of grading. How do I do this?

Thank You (Ewooll (talk) 22:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC))

I guess you mean Iain Benson? (Tip: when you refer to an article, it's helpful to provide a link). As it's a biography, look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment, where there is a section "Requesting an assessment." Add it to the bottom of that list. You can get general comments at WP:Requests for feedback, but I don't think they do assessments as such. JohnCD (talk) 22:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank You. Yes that is the article. I will remember for future reference. Much appreciate the help. (Ewooll (talk) 07:56, 24 March 2011 (UTC))

Hersh W. Chadha

Dear JohnCD, It was brought to my attention that you might have deleted the page of Hersh W. Chadha. I would like to write an article on Hersh W. Chadha who is a renowned photographer. However everytime I am posting it, it is deleted. Kindly advise why it is being deleted and the steps that need to be taken to prevent it from being deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avishramgolam (talk • contribs) 11:00, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

RHaworth gave you the answer: you need to show significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. To spell it out more fully, Wikipedia's criterion is called notability, and is not a matter of opinion but must be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. More detail at WP:Notability (people). The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it important and significant enough to write about? Your article's only references were Chadha's own website and his publisher's. What you need to do is provide independent comment - articles about him, or independent reviews of his work. JohnCD (talk) 11:22, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Strawhorn

Hello I was wondering why the article strawhorn has been deleted. I heard the story in the dorms of my university and was wondering what it was about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.62.251.11 (talk) 13:27, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

It gave information, some of it derogatory, about a real person. It did not give his name, but it gave a nickname by which he could certainly be identified by people at his college. Wikipedia has a strong policy on WP:Biographies of living persons, which includes "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion". Also, less importantly, the story didn't seem notable enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. JohnCD (talk) 14:20, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

New Pages and New Users

I've recently been doing some thinking (and a great deal of consultation with Philippe and James at the WMF's community department) on how to keep new users around and participating, particularly in light of Sue's March update. One of the things we'd like to test is whether the reception they get when they make their first article is key. In a lot of cases, people don't stay around; their article is deleted and that's that. By the time any contact is made, in other words, it's often too late.

What we're thinking of doing is running a project to gather data on if this occurs, how often it occurs, and so on, and in the mean time try to save as many pages (and new contributors) as possible. Basically, involved users would go through the deletion logs and through Special:NewPages looking for new articles which are at risk of being deleted, but could have something made of them - in other words, non-notable pages that are potentially notable, or spammy pages that could be rewritten in more neutral language. This would be entirely based on the judgment of the user reviewing pages - no finnicky CSD standards. These pages would be incubated instead of deleted, and the creator contacted and shepherded through how to turn the article into something useful. If they respond and it goes well, we have a decent article and maybe a new long-term editor. If they don't respond, the draft can be deleted after a certain period of time.

I know this isn't necessarily your standard fare, but with your admin work I thought it might be up your alley. If you're interested, read Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/New pages, sign up and get involved; questions can be dropped on the talkpage or directed at me. Thanks, Ironholds (talk) 21:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of British people/Work in progress

Thank you for that. Makes perfect sense. This should, of course, have been done by Tbhotch, but we'll let that pass. In future I will remember to use my own sandbox; I just didn't want to make it about me. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 18:16, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

No, don't blame Tbhotch; he did the constructive work, kindly moving it to the right place, but that automatically left a "redirect" behind, and as he is not an admin he could not delete the redirect. In due course a "bot", an automatic system, marked it for deletion, and all I did was check that the bot was right and do the actual deletion - two clicks. Just housekeeping. JohnCD (talk) 18:29, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Lesson learned. :) I guess I assumed (ass-u-me'd!) that Tbhotch, and you, were watching "British people" and it's sub-pages, including the discussion which led to the creation of "British people/Work in progress". Thank you for explaining. Little by little we learn... Regards, nagualdesign (talk) 01:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

European Death Spider

Would you please put my European Death Spider page on the sandbox page so I can work on it? I would really appreciate it.

Droiddeka (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC) droiddeka

Can you show me any reliable source to say that such a thing exists? Wikipedia is not for things made up one day, see also the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source." JohnCD (talk) 23:23, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi John. Whilst I have the utmost respect for Wikipedia, and have never made any silly edits, I thought this might amuse you; Google "how heavy is a spider" and the top result should be from Answers.com. My friend and I provided the answer a few years ago, and it hasn't been challenged since. :D Please don't change it, it's just a bit of fun. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 01:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Help Me - March 11, 2011

Is there a special Help Desk on Wikipedia that deals specifically with providing help in making Tables and Charts (Wikitables)? If so, what is the link? Where is it located? How do I access help from them? Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:03, 11 March 2011 (UTC))

No, there isn't a specialised help-desk, just ask your question at the general WP:Help desk - someone there will probably be able to help you. You may find what you want at the help page Help:Table. JohnCD (talk) 19:45, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response. Thank you for your help. Much appreciated! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:25, 26 March 2011 (UTC))

About deletion of 28th Sqadron, Indian Air Force - thank you!

Hi JohnCD! Thanks for deleting my spelling mistale. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. There was a link in to it from 28 sqn IAF, but I changed that to point to the right place. JohnCD (talk) 10:27, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Copyright

Thanks for the note on Yanick Crow, I was unaware of that criteria. I have a question as I am debating one article: Villa Reati. The entire article was copied/pasted from here but the website doesn't display a copyright. Does "All creative works are copyrighted, by international agreement, unless either they fall into the public domain or their copyright is explicitly disclaimed." put this article in a category for G12 speedy deletion?--NortyNort (Holla) 12:16, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

It certainly does, see also Wikipedia:Copy-paste: "Copyright does not need to be asserted – if the source says nothing about licensing or copyright, you must treat it as copyrighted." I have G12-ed the article. About professors, they wouldn't all pass the fairly demanding WP:PROF, but A7 is a lower standard and I think full professor at a major university is enough to pass it. There's good advice for speedy taggers at WP:A7M and WP:10CSD (looking at A7M, I don't think I would myself accept "is a teacher at a notable university" as enough to pass A7 - it's a matter of judgement). JohnCD (talk) 12:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for answering my question and the foresight of answering my next question about additional A7 guidance. I did a little web-research before CSD-tagging that article and didn't see anything that would satisfy WP:GNG and it just stated he was a professor. I know with A7 it isn't about whether the person is notable, it just needs to state importance but I didn't think professor was simply enough. Now the article may be handled at PROD or AfD if necessary. Those links are helpful, now I can use more discretion in the future.--NortyNort (Holla) 13:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

New Paltz Student Project

Hello! Thanks very much for your message and interest on my students' projects. I have been using this project as part of my course content for the past three years now, but I'm continually looking for ways to improve the content of my students' work. I also think that part of the learning experience for them is interacting with other editors and getting feedback on their work, thus extending the learning experience outside of the classroom. So I appreciate when admins and editors take an active role in one of their articles.

I appreciate your suggestions, particularly regarding multiple user accounts, and will be sure in the future that each individual making edits will get a user name. These are group projects, though, and there are times when a single person takes on the "tech" role within a group and is responsible for making all the edits and updates--even when others have written the content. I assume that this is still considered an acceptable practice within the Wikipedia community?

Thanks again! cm Redcknight (talk) 20:43, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that's OK, as long as one person is responsible for the account, and it does not appear to us to be shared, we won't know or care how many are involved in preparing the text. There has been some discussion recently about how strictly this policy should be enforced for student groups, but the current policy at WP:NOSHARE is clear. You might find this link interesting - a comparison of two student projects at opposite ends of the spectrum. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

very interesting article--thanks! Redcknight (talk) 17:23, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

femous deleted

Hi JohnCD, my page femous in the german wikipedia was deleted by you. I've already been involved in the discussion with other wikipedians why not deleting it - as the criterias mentioned by the critics were not true. I did'nt get any feed back… only a deleted page. femous is a new initiave for famous female culture, founded in occasion of the centenary of the international womens day (which was on march 19th - but who is working in culture, knows that any event or festivals cc… has a prep-time of at least 6 month). It is the work of a small NGO in Austria; I explained also that we are a small team and just started to work on our wikipedia - bringing in the missing links later - and that we fulfill the criterias to be in wikipedia. we are of public interest - links from the major Austrian Press proove this: from national Austrian Broadcasting ORF , national cultural radio or the daily quality newspapers like der standard. we already connected most of the Austrians festivals, are participating in the most popular as well as in the most specialised events featuring female culture - we have media partnership with specialized and general media… created a musiciasn pool with more then 60 artists including the best female instrumentalists and singers that Austria has… what do we need more? ps bring our page online again. thank you! Siju100 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siju100 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I have userfied the article for you to User:Siju100/Femous. Advice on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 18:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

CSD deleted pages

hello,

please give me the page of pages CSD-tagged by me. Are there any? Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 17:09, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your question is? The page I wrote to you about was Marie joanna jäger von der preuß, which you tagged A7 and I said would have been better as G10 - attack page. JohnCD (talk) 17:13, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

No I mean the special page for articles I have CSD-tagged. I want to find out what my percentage of failed/accepted deletions is. Does such special pages exists? Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 18:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

No, there's no page quite like that. I can see a list of pages you contributed to which have been deleted, and that looks as if you are doing OK - for instance, on 26 Mar there are 17 against which you have noted (A7) or (G4) or something. Most admins will let you know if they decline a speedy deletion of yours. A good way to keep track is to click "My preferences" and then the "Watchlist" tab, and check the box marked "Add pages I edit to my watchlist". Then if you click "My watchlist" it will show you subsequent edits, including deletions, to those pages. JohnCD (talk) 22:15, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for Villa Reati advice

Thanks for Villa Reati advice. My will wasn't to copy from another page in Web, but only write a page by a correct English. So I decided to take a correct page of Villa Reati in English and I forget copyrights. All right, but as soon as possible I will rewrite Villa Reati English page with my own words. Thanks. Ciao. --Fabienik (talk) 08:09, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome - good luck with it. JohnCD (talk) 17:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Request

I see by the recent changes that you are an admin, and that you a currently active. If I may be bold and ask you to consider this request. I am curious if It could happen? Thanks IHaveBrownEyes (talk) 09:17, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I did notice by looking at my preferences that you granted the request. I thank you for that. I am slightly confused because the talk back message didn't seem to take me to any message. If it's an oversight, that is fine, but if there is a message somewhere, I'd sure like to see it. But again, Thanks. IHaveBrownEyes (talk) 10:35, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry for confusing you - that was my fault. I typed a message here, used "Show preview" to check it was right, and then never actually pressed "Save page." JohnCD (talk) 10:40, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

James-Honey

Hi JohnCD

Why did you delete the James-Honey Wiki page?

I just started to create the page and the next thing I know it has been deleted!

I'm sure there is a misunderstanding.

Kind regards

James — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesSnider85 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

No misunderstanding, I'm afraid: as a new group who "have spent most of their time writing a body of material", it does not seem that your career has progressed far enough to achieve the notability required for a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." WP:MUSICBIO explains the sort of standard required for a musical act. Also, even if your group were already notable, you should not be writing about it, for reasons explained at WP:Autobiography and WP:Conflict of interest. There are plenty of sites like Facebook and Myspace where people can write themselves up, but Wikipedia is different. JohnCD (talk) 22:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok thank you for clearing this up John. The members of James-Honey used to be members of WinterKids and the reason for a James-Honey wiki page would be to update follows of WinterKids so that they are able to see what some of the members of the band are now up to. Baring this in mind, would the career of James-Honey still need to have progressed to a certain point before a James-Honey dedicated wiki page can be created?

Thank you

James — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesSnider85 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I have re-created James-Honey as a redirect to WinterKids. It should stay like that till J-H's independent career has developed. I see someone has advised you about COI, ie. suggest changes rather than make them yourself. JohnCD (talk) 22:02, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok cool - once J-H is at a certain point, I'll let you know and then pass over some info to be potentially posted if applicable :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesSnider85 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Deleted Chugai Travel

Was there a reason to delete Chugai Travel? The English version of Wikipedia lacks too many articles about North Korea and as well as South Korea. I can extend the content if you want. Komitsuki (talk) 05:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

The article said only that the company is a travel agency specialising in international travel, particularly to North Korea. It did not give any indication why this particular travel agency is important or significant enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. The English Wikipedia requires evidence of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources to show notability, see also WP:Notability (organizations and companies). I don't see that in the Japanese or Korean versions of the article, but if you think you can provide it, I will userfy the article for you to develop. JohnCD (talk) 10:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

It is a relevant article because it's the only North Korean international traveling agency relevantly related to the Western viewers. This is why the moderators never delete the Korean and the Japanese articles. It's weird that someone deleted an English article about North Korea. Komitsuki (talk) 11:31, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

I have userfied the article for you to User:Komitsuki/Chugai Travel. If you explain why the company is unique, that will protect it from speedy deletion, but unless you can find some independent references it is still likely to be deleted at AfD - just having to do with North Korea does not exempt it from the normal notability requirements. JohnCD (talk) 12:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

I tried to do my best finding sources in Japanese. No luck. But I got really a handful of Korean sources through Naver, Daum, and Yahoo Korea that is worth to put down. It's absolutely abyssimal to find good sources in this article. But I managed to do this and made nice citations. Check this out, please. Komitsuki (talk) 13:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh, yes. I also translated some of the non-cited infos from the Japanese version. Komitsuki (talk) 13:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

OK, moved back to mainspace - that's good enough to avoid speedy deletion, anyway. JohnCD (talk) 22:56, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Komitsuki (talk) 10:07, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks John for launching ESRI Canada

Yes John, Wikipedia is a little difficult to understand and navigate so thanks for intervening on behalf of ESRI Canada.

I'll consult the reference link you provided to see what I did wrong.

regards Don

Donlaw315 (talk) 18:37, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

SycAmour. Deleated because of a lack of notability.

Dear JohnCD,

Earlier today, I posted a page on Wikipedia. The page was about SycAmour, a band. This band is highly relevant in South-Eastern Michigan, and is expanding its scope of fans. I feel the page should not have been deleted, as I provided all of the references which were available.

On top of the SycAmour page which I created being deleted, my user page, User:TylerReedy, was deleted. I can understand a Wikipedia page's deletion on the grounds of low-credibility; however, a user page is meant to be a practice ground in which the users may perfect their pages, or, if they would like, tell about themselves. I used my page to perfect my other pages. Since my SycAmour page was deleted, I would have went to my user page (in which all of my information was bestowed) and revised the page on SycAmour. However, all of the information on there was deleted, so i can do no such thing. Please replace it.

Thanks,

Tyler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TylerReedy (talk • contribs) 02:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Your band article wasn't deleted for credibility, but notability, which is a Wikipedia term for the kind of articles we admit. In general, that means showing significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources; for bands, what we mean by notability is explained at WP:BAND. I'm afraid SycAmour have not (yet) reached that stage of their career.

User pages are meant for the volunteer users who are here to help build an encyclopedia to say a little about themselves, if they wish, to help communication within the project. They are not intended for copies of articles which are not suitable for the encyclopedia. You're right that it's possible to work on an article in a "user sub-page" and if I thought that the Sycamour article could made acceptable by editing I would have moved it there for you, but the problem is not the article, which was well-presented, it's the subject. JohnCD (talk) 21:31, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Jai Courtney page deletion

I was searching for info about the actor Jai Courtney, and I saw that his page had been deleted. I was just wondering why.99.28.210.159 (talk) 15:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

All it said was that he had a part in the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and a bit of plot summary. Short articles that don't show why their subject is important can get speedily deleted. If he is a notable enough actor - see WP:ENTERTAINER - there is no reason why someone shouldn't write an article about him. JohnCD (talk) 21:32, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Suspicious new user activity

This [5] and this [6] look very suspicious to me. They are adding sock tags to old sockpuppet pages. I saw you were active, and thought you might have a moment to take a look. Thanks. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 22:49, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Never mind. I realized that the user names were anagrams of Favonian and I left a note on his talk page. Thanks again. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 23:12, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

You just missed me, but Favonian has fixed them. JohnCD (talk) 10:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Insulting comments on Articles for Deletion page - PLEASE REMOVE IMMEDIATELY!

You recently deleted the article Tasca Family. User Biruitorul has left some deeply insulting comments about my and my relatives names on the page. Please make sure that these comments are deleted! His comments do not substantively contribute to the discussion and are a sign of his ignorance. Nonetheless, they are insulting to innocents and need to be removed from the web. Emilia2011 (talk) 06:14, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Emilia, those comments were indeed rude and unnecessary, and I will rebuke the user who made them. I have hidden them from view by privacy-blanking the discussion. JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Note - Emilia2011 removed the comment (as an IP had done previously) and I have restored it in both cases, per the "do not modify" comment at the head of the page, and WP:CENSOR; I'll leave it to you to make the final decision. IMO, Emilia2011 claims the to be the subject of the comment and may have a point and removal or strike-through may be justified under WP:NPA; nor was the comment central to the discussion. RichardOSmith (talk) 08:25, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Richard, quite right. There is an {{Afd-privacy}} template which I have used to hide the discussion. JohnCD (talk) 10:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, on reflection you're right, and if Emilia2011 is still reading this, my apologies go out to her. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:01, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Request

Hi, please bring back the user sub-pages that i had previously requested you to delete.

• User:Joyson Noel/Angelo da Fonseca
• User:Joyson Noel/Adeodato Barreto

Thanks! Joyson Noel ^{Holla at me!} 14:37, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 Done. JohnCD (talk) 14:39, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

User name Ri401

Hi JohnCD

I just noticed that my wiki writeup for Famars gun company was removed for seeming like an advertising article. My apologies. I it rewritten to eliminate any appeal of advertising can I repost it? eventually i want to submit the article for its own page but was writing it on my userpage as I do it in increments. Ri401 (talk) 15:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the help on new sections and for the info on educational projects, JohnCD! Mportolano (talk) 14:16, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Michele Patricio Vignardi

Dear JohnCD, In Regards to a new title with name "Michele Patricio Vignardi" that I just posted on this site. 1) I do respect all guidelines and rules of WIKIPEDIA. A business and especially a site like this do need rules and regulations. 2) I do start to put up a biography of "Michele Patricio Vignardi", who is a very close friend of mine. 3) I so did not try to use this website as a "campaign billboard" for "Michele Patricio Vignardi"..... :-) in fact she is very famous as a Brazilian Model and recently started her carrier as an Actress, she didn't had a good Agent until now and I just got recently involved putting together everything for her. It will be an honor for her and for WIKIPEDIA to have her Encyclopedia on WIKIPEDIA's web site so anyone wants to search can see her biography. Again we do not try to use this site as a "campaign billboard" we are working on her website that is under construction and so and on. I'd really appreciate you're help in this matter, and looking forward to work with you. With All Respect, Sincerely, DeRoyalPrincess (talk) 15:57, 1 April 2011 (UTC),

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia is not a site to be used by people's friends or agents to write about them - we call that WP:Conflict of interest; and if she has just made her first short film, it does not seem that her career has (yet) reached the point where she is notable enough to have an article - see WP:ENTERTAINER for the sort of standard required. JohnCD (talk) 21:48, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Murder Kroger

The page was not created as an attack on that entity which is a local supermarket. I am a bit shocked that one person (on the other side of the world, who does not know Atlanta) can misconstrue this as an attack and within a matter of hours the entire page and source code that I researched for hours, is gone. Murder Kroger is, quite seriously, an Atlanta landmark. ("Regular Atlantans rely on a coordinated system of landmarks to get around, like the Murder Kroger...") If you'll look at my contributions you'll see that I've made dozens upon dozens of contributions regarding Atlanta's neighborhoods and history. hile the name "Murder" may not be complementary to the Kroger company, there are other landmarks listed by their unofficial name, e.g. the Big Chicken. I at least want to document the information on Murder Kroger in an article titled with the store's official name. However all of the material is completely gone. Is there any way of getting it back? Keizers (talk) 03:17, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to be slow responding - been busy IRL. I'm not really happy about even bringing your text back into your user space - it may not have been intended as an attack, but that is what comes across: "very bad condition... chaotic atmosphere... lack of standards... feelings of a lack of safety while shopping... " The blog-type sources you cited are not good enough to support that sort of thing. I see you tried again with a more neutrally-worded one - I think your best course would be to ask the admin who deleted that to userfy it for you so that you can develop it, by trying to find more sources to establish notability. You might find someone here willing to help. Note that you mustn't include the song lyrics, which will be copyright.

By the way, it's not just one person to delete, it takes two pairs of eyes, one to tag the article and then an admin to look at it and agree. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:06, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks and Possible Wikipedia Abuse

Thanks JohnCD,

I appreciate the way you took care of this issue. I realized that it would be best to have this information taken off the public domain, so I can prevent similar comments. I checked to make sure it couldn't be found through a search machine. Interestingly, the site http://my-bankruptcy-help.com/?b=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2011_March_2 has a sort of index to the Adf-site and it shows excerpts of the comment in the short description on the search results. When clicking on the Tasca Family link on the site it directs back to the Wikipedia site with the privacy blanket. I don't quite know what's going on there, but I thought you should know. It seems like the site is abusing Wikipedia content.

In connection with this issue, would it be possible to xxx-out the names in the comment in the archive? Since they are not essential to the debate, and since Biruitorul has apologized and agrees with your measures, I don't think why that should be a problem. It would make Wikipedia an even better place.

Thanks for your hard work.

Emilia2011 (talk) 05:13, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

I see that site has now caught up, so that it only shows the blanking notice; and if you click on the name you don't get taken to the deletion debate, only to an advertisement about bankruptcy services. It is a curious site, which I have not seen before, but it is not doing anything wrong: the "Creative Commons" license under which Wikipedia is published means that anyone is allowed to copy from it, provided only that they provide a credit to it.

Simply xxxx-ing out those comments would not achieve anything more than we have done with the blanking template, because every revision in the history is kept: we would just be making another version, with the original one further down in the pile. To delete the whole history is possible, but that is something done only rarely in the most serious cases, and I do not think it is necessary here - the comments are now quite thoroughly buried, and if someone should dig down to them and read them they will not think worse of your family, but rather of the person who wrote them.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:43, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Moto GP

If you do find out, would you let me know? I'm monitoring the helpmes to learn from the answers, and occasionally to fix something easy... Peridon (talk) 21:56, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Sure, or you can watch WP:Village pump (technical)#Persondate template adding Moto GP?. JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for reminding me of the template

The Muslim Saints template, namely the one that is a prototype of th motorcycle template, may be deleted. The Muslim saints template, however, should be kept but not attached to the page of Hasan of Basra, as he is not considered a prophet in the Muslim religion but rather a saint. --Imadjafar (talk) 06:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

MystiCon & User Realkyhick

I would like to address some of your concerns raised in your message to me. As one of the organizers of MystiCon, I asked our webmaster to create a WikiPedia page that is very similar in approach and content to the many other science fiction conventions that have listings on WikiPedia. She accomplished that task. It was brought to my attention that a user by the name of Realkyhick (a person who is not a WikiPedia editor, by the way) was advocating for deletion of our WikiPedia page. Since I, and many others, have put forth a great deal of time and effort into MystiCon I felt it was my duty to try and defend our inclusion on the WikiPedia site. Our page is no different from the many others referencing science fiction conventions in the United States and I cannot comprehend Realkyhick's concerns regarding our page. Contrary to what Realkyhick is claiming, I never threatened this person. I did send this person a message that stated I would appreciate it if this user would cease interfering with what I perceived to be, in all fairness, our right to have a WikiPedia presence for our convention. In accordance with how I interpreted WikiPedia's dispute resolution process, I sent Realkyhick a message about my concerns and I also posted a message on the deletion page. Yes, I am very new to WikiPedia. However, I do not claim ownership of the MystiCon WikiPedia page and my only intent was to have a small page for our convention similar to ones that all ready exist. If WikiPedia deletes our MystiCon page, then they must also delete every single page on this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_conventions. Also, Realkyhick has a WikiPedia page: is that not in violation of WikiPedia's self-promotion policies? If I am blocked from WikiPedia than I strongly suggest that Realkyhick be banned as well.

Carl Kesner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cekesner2 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Realkyhick is just as much a "wikipedia editor" as you or I - there is no superior caste of "editors". He is one of the tens of thousands of volunteers who are here to build and maintain an encyclopedia. There are a smaller number of administrators, but they have no special say in content matters, only some extra powers to help maintain the encyclopedia.

The "anyone can edit" nature of Wikipedia, as well as bringing in vast amounts of useful expertise and effort, also attracts vandals, axe-grinders and self-promoters in huge numbers. New articles are created at a rate of about one a minute, a high proportion are unsuitable, and the encyclopedia only survives because users like Realkyhick are willing to spend time and effort on New Page Patrol filtering them. It was entirely reasonable for him to flag your article for deletion if he considered it did not meet Wikipedia's requirements, it was not a personal insult, and if you heard mainly from him thereafter it was because, having been the one who picked this up, he was following it through. Yes, he has a user page at User:Realkyhick, as does every user, but he is not using it to promote himself or his concerns - he is using it, as user pages are intended to be used, to help communication within the project by saying a little about himself and his Wikipedia activities.

You do not have a right to write about your convention in Wikipedia, any more than you have a right to write about it in the Encyclopedia Britannica or the editorial pages of the New York Times. The First Amendment protects your speech from U.S. Government censorship: it does not compel Wikipedia to publish it, any more than it compels the NYT to publish anything you send them. (They will sell you advertising space, but Wikipedia is not in that business).

Out of over three million articles, we know that there are many sub-standard, and for that reason What about article x? is not accepted as an argument: each article is considered on its own merits. Your article is now at Articles for deletion, where the community will decide whether or not it should be kept. After seven days, an uninvolved administrator will decide, based on the arguments presented, not on the number of voices.

I am sorry that you have had a bad experience in your first encounter here, but you started with a completely mistaken idea of what Wikipedia is, approaching it as a notice-board on which you had a "right" to publicise your event, and taking it as an insult when your efforts were rebuffed. It is not a notice-board, it is a project to build an encyclopedia, entirely run by volunteers according to rules and standards that they have agreed, including the notability inclusion criteria. Because it is vulnerable to being used for promotion, it is extremely resistant to any such attempts, and has strong rules against editing with a conflict of interest, see also WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

NPP: non English pages

Hi John. I was so impressed with your instructions for non English pages that I've added them to WP:NPP#Dealing with foreign language new pages (with some minor edits). Please check it out to make sure I've got it right. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:13, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm flattered, I have tweaked it a bit - I changed the Google Translate link to one that actually gives a "Detect language" setting, and I took out the reference to {{contrib-sq1}} - I only said that was the most exotic I had used myself, but I think {{contrib-ml1}} and {{contrib-ta1}} out-exotic it. JohnCD (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Question about watchlists

I had an article on my watchlist, which was subsequently deleted (thanks in part to my nomination). It was recently recreated; you moved it into the userspace of the recreator. I discovered it had been recrated because it was included on my watchlist. The moved article now appears on my watchlist: does the original also appear there? That is to say, if its a well-meaning editor recreates the article a third time, will I know? If not, what can I do to add a non-existent article to my watchlist? Thanks —Felix the Cassowary 13:37, 5 April 2011 (UTC) (PS: please give me a headsup if you reply, because I don't usually watch usertalkpages.)

You can watch a non-existent article: click on a red-link to it, or try to create it. When you get to the screen headed "Editing <articlename>", look at the five-pointed star just left of the search box. If it is blue, the title is still watched; if it is white, click on it and it will turn blue, indicating that the title is now watched, so you will know if it is re-created. JohnCD (talk) 13:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks mate, seems both the original and userspace articles are watched. —Felix the Cassowary 14:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Chavda ( DELETED )

Mr. John

May i know why my this page been deleted.. ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Chavda

it's my own page... snap is also mine..

and wat ever the companies and companies website link, all is mine own.

please let me know for what purpose i been deleted .. ?

please send me email to anil@adityagroup.biz

Thanx a lot...

Regards, Anil Chavda —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.74.107.2 (talk) 16:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

There are many messages on your talk page which explain: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a site like Myspace for people to write about themselves and their companies. JohnCD (talk) 17:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

The Candlestickmaker

I wrote and published this book and while I have no quarrel with your having removed the Wikipedia page referring to "The Candlestickmaker," I take strong issue with your editorializing. To announce that the page was removed because the book is self-published without reviews from the usual sources is snotty, mean-spirited and completely unnecessary. By making this unilateral judgment call, you condemn the book without ever having read it. Please remove your specious rationale immediately. It is detrimental to the book and needlessly hurtful to me. I expect this to be corrected and the offending remarks removed within 48 hours.

Thank you

Dennis McDougal 901-755-5791 75.64.57.44 (talk) 00:45, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Just want to say thanks for fixing our page title! Jamie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarosen3 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. JohnCD (talk) 11:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem

It's cool. No harm done, right? Thanks for forwarding it. I really appreciate it. Also, nice to meet ya. --Another Type of Zombie ^talk 18:30, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

The Candlestickmaker

Thanks for acting promptly and professionally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.57.44 (talk) 20:48, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I don't think the reference to self-publication (not by me, but by the user who proposed deletion) was intended maliciously - it is one of the factors taken into account in the guideline WP:Notability (books) which decides what books should have articles. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:03, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Regarding Kalorik

A big Thanks to you, for jumping in on my behalf; I'm unusually busy in RL, so very much appreciated. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 13:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Adopt

Thanks for the fwd...so, where did it come from? I don't see anything from the user on my page. CTJF83 00:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

The edit filter intercepts and prevents certain edits, and when that happens a bot called Mr.Z-bot (talk) makes a report like this to WP:AIV. I looked at that report to see if someone needed blocking, and saw it was a false positive. I've no idea why the edit filter thought it was an attack. JohnCD (talk) 11:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Is it possible someone created a filter so if a User:Brucejenner sock edits my page, it triggers the bot to remove it? CTJF83 19:26, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

You're probably right - it was Filter 294 and I see your name there, so it looks as though the filter has been set to guard you among others against particular kinds of vandalism. I still don't see what triggered it in that message, though. JohnCD (talk) 19:46, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Well I was gonna see if a check user could be done on that user, to see if the IP matches up with the IPs BJ uses...is that even possible, being they haven't done any disruptive edits. I find it odd that on the first day of the user edits, they request me to adopt them...sounds like something BJ would do. What exactly does the EF do in regards to me? Block new users or users with BJ's IP from editing my page? CTJF83 19:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Checkuser "is not for fishing", they would need evidence. See the section "Do I need to request CheckUser?" at WP:SPI. I haven't had much to do with the edit filter, but it looks to me as though that one is set to block edits which are (a) from an account with less than 30 edits, (b) to certain users' user or talk pages, and (c) contain certain trigger words. I don't think it takes account of, or knows, what the source's IP might be. JohnCD (talk) 20:12, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Well damn, no on fishing, ok. Well hopefully the edit filter will take care of vandals. Can users request EFs be made? CTJF83 20:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes, read WP:EF and then request at WP:EF/R. JohnCD (talk) 20:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, CTJF83 04:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Why is that filter not viewable to the public? I wanted to see what it said. Is it so the vandals don't know how to get around it? CTJF83 15:57, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

It is visible, at Special:AbuseFilter/294 in the box marked "Conditions". You have to understand edit filter coding, which I don't, but there is a "documentation" link. JohnCD (talk) 17:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

CSD Warning templates

Hello,

A while back you suggested that I include a message to users whose pages I tagged for speedy deletion, which I have been trying to remember to do. I had a question, though. I'm aware of [Category:CSD_warning_templates] and do use them, but is there another source for warning templates I'm not finding? I recently needed to add a message to a user who had a history of speedily deleted pages, and the page I had tagged was not strictly nonsense, but rather a fairly well-constructed, but obvious, hoax. I used the {db-hoax] tag on the article, but couldn't find a corresponding warning. I suppose I could have written something myself, but I was afraid of coming off too accusatory. Anyhow, all this a long-winded way of asking whether you know of any other good warning templates I could look at? Thanks, --some jerk on the Internet (talk) 19:34, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

You do realise that when a db template expands on the article page, it includes an appropriate warning for you to copy to the author's talk page - towards the bottom, where it says "Please consider placing the template: ... on the talk page of the author" ? The one provided with db-hoax is the same as for general vandalism - {{subst:Db-vandalism-notice}} - rather than hoax-specific. There is {{subst:uw-hoax}} which you can add if you think appropriate, or {{subst:uw-joke}} for the sillier ones. For a wide selection, see WP:WARN. JohnCD (talk) 21:28, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

• Slaps head* I could've had a V8! I admit I never even noticed the warning suggestions. Probably explains why I wasn't using them when I tagged articles, until you mentioned it. Thanks for the pointer; I appreciate it. --some jerk on the Internet (talk) 21:39, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Always read the small print, the smaller it is, the more important! JohnCD (talk) 22:13, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

User::M.Hugo_Windisch-Graetz

Hi, you recently made a pointed comment at User_talk:M.Hugo_Windisch-Graetz. That user is still engaging in what myself and at least one other consider to be unhelpful behaviour on family articles regarding which xe may have a COI. I tried reporting for vandalism and was told that it was not, but the person will not engage in any form of discussion and so to my mind it is certainly disruptive. Can you advise me of any suitable routes that could be taken to resolve this issue - I'm not fussed what the resolution is, as long as the "silliness" is fixed one way or another. If that way permits the user's edits then so be it. Issues includes:

• repeated recreation of deleted articles
• repeated insertion of uncited, POV and trivial information
• failure to discuss
• possible COI
• removal of maintenance templates
• failure to use edit summaries

... and on, and on.

Thanks - Sitush (talk) 22:03, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I am half inclined to block on the grounds that he is using Wikipedia as a private web-host for his NN genealogical articles and is not responding to concerns; but I think maybe better to post at AN/I and get some other opinions. I will think about it overnight. JohnCD (talk) 22:10, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks very much. I've been stumped about how to deal with it, as you can gather. - Sitush (talk) 22:25, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Blocked - see WP:ANI#Block of M.Hugo Windisch-Graetz. JohnCD (talk) 21:40, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Appreciate your help & TB.. I don't like seeing people blocked but when they are not getting the message and we have tried several European languages ... - Sitush (talk) 08:09, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

WP:REFUND

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Thanks for handling so much of the workload at WP:REFUND while I've been busy (and all other times!). You are part of the reason why that page has been so phenomenally successful. Protonk (talk) 22:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. It's an interesting page to work on, and helps to make us a little less newbie-unfriendly. What I wish we could think of is some way of warning the many newbies who would not be here at all, and so would not get disappointed, if they understood before they start what Wikipedia is not for, such as self-promotion. JohnCD (talk) 21:45, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Purehmv (Canada)

Hi John,

I'm an intern over here at Purehmv Canada, it was my mistake in advertising on other pages, I was attempting to get rid of the "Orphan" status on the page and admittedly am pretty new at this whole Wikipedia thing. Would you be able to restore the Purehmv page, without its advertised links on other pages?

Sorry about that, thanks!

AD — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adriandandrea25 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, no, Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. See WP:Conflict of interest and WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. JohnCD (talk) 22:26, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi John, thanks for the quick response. Would it be possible to do something similar to what other loyalty programs have on Wikipedia at the moment, such as HBC Rewards, Aeroplan, My Coke Rewards, etc.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adriandandrea25 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps. Wait for advice on your talk page, maybe not till tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 13:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again John, that really clears things up. For the most part, we were just looking to put the bare minimum about the site online, nothing in-depth about the contests or anything like that. I was wondering if you had a copy of the deleted article, just with things like info on the Arena Site, the program, pretty much everything except where we went wrong, and I can edit accordingly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adriandandrea25 (talk • contribs) 16:07, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I have userfied the page to User:Adriandandrea25/Purehmv (Canada). JohnCD (talk) 09:44, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Sajia Alaha Ahrar

Hi, the User:Kabul Afghanistan is using multiple accounts (i.e. User:Virginia Sco1) and IPs (one IP is assigned to University of Mary Washington where Alaha Ahrar suppose to be studying) to add self-praising information in Poetry of Afghanistan and everytime I fix her unencyclopedic edits she reverts me.[7] She attempted to create her own article (Alaha Ahrar) but was deleted 3 times.--Afghan American (talk) 15:53, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't think they're the same person, though they obviously have a common interest: the original chatty article copied from the student newspaper was signed "Virginia Scott" - that's probably Virginia Sco1, who hasn't edited since 7 April. Kabul Afghanistan is likely Ahrar herself: I have reverted the article, again, and pointed her to WP:EDITWAR, WP:COI and WP:AUTO. JohnCD (talk) 16:28, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Revisions to LogiGear

Hi JohnCD,

Per your advice, can you take a look at my revisions to LogiGear? It is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lolawrites/LogiGear. Thank you,

Lolita Lolawrites (talk) 09:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Falling In Reverse (From Behind These Walls)

hi JohnCD

i was just messaging you in regards to my page you deleted which seems unfair, as i stated that i have new information and i need to link some of the band members to well known bands

such as

Derek Jones, who was guitarist for A Smile From The Trenches Scotty Gee, who was drummer for Lovehatehero. and, Ronnie Radke, who was lead vocals from Escape The Fate.

you can search all these bands on wikipedia and they will have full pages on the bands. And i also have more information on the band which would come under section A7, on the grounds you deleted it.

Regards, Daniel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielronnieradke (talk • contribs) 23:02, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, just having members who have been in other bands is not enough, until this band achieves enough to meet WP:BAND, and at the moment it's clear from your article that their career is at much too early a stage - it's all speculation: "the band has released no information on the albums names and track listing... it is believed that they will release a single or teaser... It is a speculating question if Falling in Reverse will tour this year". This has been deleted several times before as Falling In Reverse (band), and you can't get around that by changing the title. The first one is actually a better title.

After Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Falling In Reverse (band) a copy was put into the Article Incubator, a place where articles can be worked on which are not ready for the main encyclopedia. That is at Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Falling In Reverse (band), and you can work on that if you like. If you think you have got it good enough - but that will mean showing that they meet WP:BAND by means of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, and Twitter and Youtube don't count - you can go to WP:Deletion review (sorry for all the bureaucracy, but it's the way we keep Wikipedia from being just another Myspace).

As you are involved with the band, you have a WP:Conflict of interest, and should read WP:BESTCOI. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of David Green (political candidate and solicitor)

The reason why David Green needs a page is because he was a political candidate standing for parliament for a major UK party, including in an election in which as a traditional third party he was knocked into fourth place by a rival who had once been in the same party.

Also, although I haven't found too much information about either what he's up to at the moment, or his background, I have found that he has written an article in a learned journal. (This was one of the references in the deleted article.) So with those two strings to his bow - academic and political activity - he is notable. I will be quite happy to continue to track down information about this person, but the reason I had put it up in this early form onto Wikipedia is so that anyone else with info about him will be able to add it. If there's no article then no one will be encouraged to add more information.

Please can you undelete.

thanks Asnac (talk) 09:41, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

No, sorry, being an unelected political candidate is explicitly excluded as a reason for notability - see WP:POLITICIAN - in order to prevent Wikipedia being used as an election-poster noticeboard; and having written a published article is not enough either, see WP:PROF and, in general WP:Notability (people). JohnCD (talk) 09:59, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

ok, understood.Asnac (talk) 10:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)