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User:Hkettani again

Hi Jreferee. After six weeks, the user is back again, replacing vast swaths of content with material sourced to himself and containing multiple errors of grammar, punctuation, style, etc. I have no wish to insert myself into the situation again and be accused of god knows what, and I actually have no firm opinion on the proprieties in this case (I've seen no CV links this time), although another user—and a perceptive one at that—has questioned it. I do think there may be some moderate WP:COMPETENCE issues. In any event, I'm planning to stay well out of it this time, but since you did some helpful intervention at COIN and on the user's talk page last month, I wanted you to be aware. Rivertorch (talk) 06:05, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

I've just posted a response to Hkettani's reply to my earlier post (see [1]), but I see that meanwhile Hkettani has restored the material. Hkettani's CV [2] (which he had been plastering over articles earlier) makes clear that his expertise is in computer science - and that there is no reason to see his self-published book on The World Muslim Population... as WP:RS, even if we were to settle the obvious WP:COI issues. It clearly cannot be cited, and something clearly needs to be done. I would suggest that maybe someone should revert Hkettani one last time, and then take it to WP:ANI if he doesn't get the message. Since I don't want to get involved in an edit war, I'd prefer not to have to revert the material again myself. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:16, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Given Hkettani's latest reply on his talk page, I can see no option but to raise this at WP:ANI - I'll leave it until later though, as I should have gone to bed hours ago. If someone else wishes to deal with it though, that will be fine by me. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:25, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

The book is not self-published per WP definition of Self-publishing (and all definitions I know!) So try another one, or better, make the article better as volunteer editors. I have posted this to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents Please continue the discussion there to resolve the problem: I am trying to contribute to history and size of population of Muslims in articles such as Islam in Asia. I have several peer-reviewed articles in scientific conference proceedings and journals and a recent 600 page book [3]. So I added some results in Islam in Asia and other continent and cited by book. Interestingly, some editors such as AndyTheGrump, Jreferee and Dolescum keep reverting my contribution (basically deleting all of it and the source). They keep citing COI or self-publishing, none of which applies here. When I refute their allegations they come up with another excuse and keep threatening of blocking my account. Such "referees" or "editors" may have other motives that they are not disclosing. The job of an editor or contributor is to make the article better, not deleting all sources and information. Better means: checking facts, better reference, etc. Hkettani (talk) 17:01, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

• Self-citations are allowed per Wikipedia:SELFCITE#Citing_yourself. May be mis-understanding is promoting such ill-informed editors to go to war! Someone needs to stop this as it degrades the content of articles. Experts like me will not put up with this and will give up easily (they are busy doing real research and real publications). However, bloggers and those who know less, in the long term will control the quality and content of WP articles. Something that no one wants for WP. Hkettani (talk) 17:44, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

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My apology for reverting your edit. It was purely accidental and unintentional. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:41, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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Al (Allen) Schwartz

Hi, Jreferee! At the discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al (Allen) Schwartz, you made an excellent suggestion about how the article titles for people named Al Schwartz should be redone. That discussion has now been closed. Would you be willing to implement your title change suggestions at this point? I would do it, but I think some of the changes will require admin tools and I'm not an admin. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 17:12, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it. -- Jreferee (talk) 17:51, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! --MelanieN (talk) 15:17, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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Fixed. -- Jreferee (talk) 22:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for a second round of feedback - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bhargav_Sri_Prakash

Hi Jreferee, I greatly appreciate the suggestion about reworking the references. Per your earlier advice, I have looked through Template:Citation and have deleted many of the references and have reworked the significant references that I thought established notability per WP:REFBEGIN. I felt that the article about Mr Bhargav Sri Prakash by Bloomberg News established his notability the most and have therefore added it as the first reference. Does the ordering of the references make a difference? I am asking because many things about about him have been reported on multiple independent online sources on US and Indian media but I am not sure if the order of the references should follow a prescribed standard of priority. For example, his first company has been reported by Bloomberg News and by Kauffman Foundation and both to me are reputable sources. Would you please take another look and let me know how I am doing with the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bhargav_Sri_Prakash Thank you again for your patient feedback/advice as I am still learning my way around editing articles! (Chippadum (talk) 17:30, 26 November 2013 (UTC))

Replied at User talk:Chippadum. -- Jreferee (talk) 22:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

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Sri Lanka

Thank you for expanding the article on the Sri Lankan school WhisperToMe (talk) 00:45, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

I'll see if I can find more info about the school WhisperToMe (talk) 03:16, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Is Poramadulla Central College big enough or do I need to find more? WhisperToMe (talk) 19:07, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Please check Template:Did you know nominations/Poramadulla Central College WhisperToMe (talk) 20:40, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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Needed Photos from NY

Hi Jreferee, I don't have any plans for going to NY at this time. Sorry, I don't know any photographers there who I could recommend. I appreciate you contacting me and I thank David Shankbone for his recommendation! Hoping you're able to get the photos you need. thanks.... -Glenn Glenn Francis (talk) 04:38, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Geoff Morrell

Hi Jreferee. My name is Arturo and I work for BP. I am the company's official representative here on Wikipedia and I am looking for help with a BP-related article that I thought you might be interested in. Perhaps you've seen my message on the Wikiproject Biography talk page? If you haven't seen the request, I'm looking for someone who can help make a few updates to the Geoff Morrell (spokesperson) article. I saw your name on the list of members of the Wikiproject and based on your comment there about having a soft spot for people who edit their own biographies I thought you would be a good editor to ask.

I would like to be clear, I have never directly edited any Wikipedia articles and, to my knowledge, Geoff has never edited his own article. I only work on Wikipedia via talk pages. Still, I'm assuming you're well versed in the mistakes people make when they edit their own articles and I thought your review of my request would be valuable. The main request is on the article's talk page. I hope you'll have a moment to look at it. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 15:47, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jreferee. I responded to your message over on my talk page. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 23:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Rough consensus

Hi Jreferee. I see what you've written at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Rough consensus. I haven't completely digested it, but you seem to have a good proposal for action. What I don't understand is why a formal deletion is needed. Is it? The delete but preserve notion confuses me. Why not Move or Userfy (you have my permission). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:26, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Irving Glickman

Do you have access to the NYT archives?

• [4]
• [5]
• [6]

May have some analysis/commentary of his work that can be added to the article. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:17, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have access to the NYT archives. The information does not come up in http://news.google.com/newspapers either. If you have links to a few online open access sources, please post and I'll summarize them into the article. -- Jreferee (talk) 16:28, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Steve Cuozzo

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Nice closure

I want to congratulate you for the comments on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Kent. Very good closure. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Jreferee (talk) 11:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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Isaac Parsons (Virginia politician) DYK

Jreferee, I've responded to your query at Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Parsons (Virginia politician). Thanks! -- Caponer (talk) 00:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Jreferee, thank you so incredibly much for taking the time to review my article for DYK--all your hard work is much appreciated. I'll see if I can dig up any local sources for Parson's Ferry for a possible stand alone article in the meantime. Thanks for your guidance and keep up the great work--I enjoyed your recent DYK articles for Steve Cuozzo and Silver City Daily Press. -- Caponer (talk) 13:20, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Do you need proof of copyright?

I can send you whatever you need, I can assure you AJ Neste on SurfScience is not the copyright holder. I have sent a request for that website to correct it. Osrius (talk) 02:14, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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Your Edit: Gary M. Burge

Thanks for pointing out that the entry needed more than primary sources. A couple of these have been provided. Does this satisfy the criteria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GMB3 (talk • contribs) 05:18, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

examples as requested:

[7] null edit: if you were thinking of doing something that could be considered edit warring, please don't. It will only lead to tears

[8] null edit: I won't shed any tears over a block. Tears should be shed, however, over the fact that Wikipedia is permanently broken due to the miserable failure of editors such as yourself to remove partisan garbage from articles

I trust this shows an interesting use of null edits for purposes which I think might be deemed improper. Collect (talk) 14:16, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Khuda Buksh

Hi Jreferee, Thanks for your comments. May be I made a mistake, claiming that it is my work. I was practicing in sandbox to write an article on Khuda Buksh. In order to insert pictures I had uploaded several pictures including group pictures of Khuda Buksh in the Wikipedia commons. The pictures are from a book that is copyrighted by Khuda Buksh Memorial Trust and Foundation (KBMT&F). I am one of the members of the KBMT&F. I have permission from KBMT&F to use the pictures. Now please suggest how do I correct this. Morahim (talk) 04:39, 1 January 2014 (UTC)Morahim (talk) 04:43, 1 January 2014 (UTC)Morahim (talk) 05:13, 1 January 2014 (UTC) As a follow up on the photos. The KBMT&F has no objection donating all the pictures to Wikipedia. Morahim (talk) 05:22, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your awesome (I assume) private note on my Talk page. I really appreciate your offer to lend a hand. I'll think about it as soon as I get the new semester up and running. I have a course on the history of New Testament Criticism that I was targeting for this. You guys who edit are really kind. Thanks for being so generous.

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Happy New Year!

You're more than welcome! Happy New Year! You've done so much terrific work here and contributed so much to articles and discussions that you really deserve a lot more praise than you seem to get. You mean the "site problems" section of my user page? Yeah, they're things I've picked up along the way and observed, I'm sure a lot of people reading it would agree that wikipedia would be a lot better off without them!! Happy editing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:36, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Thermette

Thanks for your edit to Benghazi burner, however a quick Google search seems to show that "Thermette" was the brand name of a device also called a Kelly kettle - your own link describes it. These were issued to New Zealand troops in the Desert Campaign and acquired various "Benghazi" nicknames, but it's quite different to the improvised petrol burner. I have included a link to the "Kelly kettle" article in the "See also" section. I hope that you agree with my conclusions. Alansplodge (talk) 12:45, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

I did a search and found one newspaper mention as trivia that thermette was another name for Benghazi burner and then found that dictionary source. However, I'm find with whatever you decide. Happy editing! -- Jreferee (talk) 13:35, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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Jacqueline Maria Dias

I have drafted an article on Jacqueline Maria Dias but was directed to you for a previously deleted article: 16:26, 18 September 2007 Jreferee (talk | contribs) deleted page Jacqueline Maria Dias (CSD A7 No assertion of importance/significance. CSD G11 Blatant advertising.) Please have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dsouzaron/draft_Jacqueline_Maria_Dias and advise. Tissueboy (talk) 07:55, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

John Henry (politician)

You semi-protected this. It seems to me that there is only a single IP editor making changes, and that editor has attempted to provide a source, albiet not in sufficient detail. I also don't see an entry in the RFPP archives where protection was requested. I think this may be overkill at the moment. I admit that the IP editors has not yet engaged on the talk page. If you feel that protection is required, would a talk page post explaining what has been done be a good idea? DES ^(talk) 15:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Legal education in Alaska

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Berkeley Hall School DRV

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Username Change

I've tried to change my user name using the appropriate Wikipedia site and this was about 5 weeks ago. Is there something else I need to do to expedite this?

GMB3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by GMB3 (talk • contribs) 20:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Rousseau Metal undeletion

I updated the references as requested on User:Isabellelf/Rousseau Metal thank you 206.162.159.82 (talk) 19:08, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hello!

Hi Jreferee, despite you being back for over a year, I haven't said hello yet! Please consider this an extremely-late-but-enthusiastic welcome back from me; I remember you from all those years ago and it's good to see you appear in my watchlist once again. :) Best. Acalamari 18:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

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Source

Thank you so much for finding it! It sounds like this person described in the article was attempting to attack the Jewish community. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! Are you interested in finding in-depth articles on the Greek population and the Mexican population in Detroit? WhisperToMe (talk) 00:16, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you so much! WhisperToMe (talk) 00:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

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Ellis Short

Hi again. I've waited for a couple of weeks or so but there hasn't been a response from the other editors on the suggested changes. There are only 5 to be reviewed and implemented which won't take long. Many thanks Vivj2012 (talk) 10:27, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

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Just wanted to say that it's nice seeing you around. :) While we never really worked together much, obviously, your nominating me for adminship had a huge impact on my wiki work...which has kind of turned into a huge part of my life. So thank you for the early showing of trust, and thank you for continued contributions, especially at the help desk. When you went quiet in 2007, I was afraid we had lost you, and I'm really glad that has not been the case. Here's a fuzzy guy for your talk page, because I like fuzzy guys (rabbits are a particular favorite), in honor of your name popping up on my watchlist more and more regularly. :D Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:14, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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Wikilinking

Hi, and thanks for your work on the English Wikipedia.

I noticed an article you worked on. Just a short note to point out that we don’t normally link:

• dates
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Ellis Short

Hi. Could you review the additional content that I've suggested on the Talk Page of the Ellis Short article? I posted it a while ago and haven't had any feedback. Thanks for your help Vivj2012 (talk) 09:44, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Responded to request at the Ellis Short article. -- Jreferee (talk) 22:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jreferee. Thanks for helping with the Ellis Short article. I've left a response on the article talk page about a few final points that need attention. Vivj2012 (talk) 09:54, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jreferee. Let me know if the points I've left on the Talk Page aren't clear. Thanks Vivj2012 (talk) 10:16, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi. If you could read my 4 suggested points under the 'Kildare Partners' heading on the Talk Page that would be fantastic. It won't take long to implement the changes. Thanks again, Vivj2012 (talk) 15:45, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I've created a new section on the Talk Page so it's obvious the proposed edits haven't been reviewed or made on my behalf. I've added the Request Edit Template at the top of the section too, so hopefully someone can help me out. Thanks Vivj2012 (talk) 12:13, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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Copy-edit of Legal education in Alaska

Hi Jreferee, this message is to tell you that I've requested an update about this copy-edit from Skeletonl234 on his/her talk page because s/he hasn't been active there since 22nd January 2014. In fact, there's been no activity at all from that account since then. If there's been no activity in seven days I'll strike his/her acceptance so that someone else can copy-edit the article. I'm sorry for the delay to the copy-editing. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 07:36, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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Hi there, I see the info you added to Ballentine about William Pride was reverted. I came across Ballentine yesterday, and only noticed it because the town's name was wrong. I tried to find something to add to the article but found nothing. Your addition seemed to relate to the town in a sort-of "local boy makes good" way. It's noteworthy info. I hate to see it wasted. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

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My blog post on your MaraDNS deletion nomination

Last year, I posted a blog entry about the MaraDNS deletion discussion (the discussion closed with a unanimous “keep” consensus; I don’t blame you for not spending three hours looking for references establishing notability) from April of 2013. Now that I am (for who knows how long) an active editor again, I would like to point you to the article:

http://samiam.org/blog/20130420.html#Why_did_they_try_to_delete_the_MaraDNS_article

Do you feel this off-wiki blog entry fairly represents the nomination you made last year to delete the MaraDNS article?

Thank you for your time.

Samboy (talk) 19:54, 4 August 2014 (UTC)