User talk:K.e.coffman/Archive/2017/September

false claims about how often I am allowed to nominate articles for deletion

recently in a deletion nomination someone tried to argue for a procedural keep on the false claim I am only allowed to nominate one article for deletion a month. They even suggested an ANI should be opened against me for the whole incident. This to me shows why giving a victory to the extreme inclusionists, especially the irrational sports coverage at all costs advocacy faction, back in the Febuary/March attacks on me was so unwise. That whole episode shows to me why Wikipedia is so disliked in some circles. The way it is organized gives power to the original prospectors to fight those who try to impose some actual sense of logic to a horribly out of control free-for-all of creating articles on people with no sense of what is really needed. In Wikipedia people are reprimanded and punished for doing work and trying to make the project better, but ignored if they do substand contributions on a small scale.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:42, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

"Who knew" and such

Hi,
coming from the "responsibility for the Holocaust" page, where the "Who knew" question is mentioned.
In case you yourself haven't actually read Hans von Luck's memoir, he mentions discussing the persecution of the Jews with Rommel during one of their conversations in Africa, in 1943, IIRC. Idk if that even means something, but it's in the book, at least.
T 88.89.5.214 (talk) 00:02, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Speaking of which, Stephen Tyas, "Allied Intelligence Agencies and the Holocaust: Information Acquired from German Prisoners of War," Holocaust and Genocide Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 1-24, (link) is an interesting article. GAB^gab 21:11, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Fetchr & HolidayMe

I am neither affiliated with holidayme nor Fetchr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkshots (talk • contribs)

Pls see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holidayme.com. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:28, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Translating sources

Is there a way to translate this source to English? The person of interest, Kathe Paulus, is clearly notable but many of the sources about her were written in German. Seeing as you worked on German military history and undoubtedly handled sources written in the language, I thought maybe you would have a solution. Any advice would be appreciated.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 19:10, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@TheGracefulSlick: There's a de.wiki article: Käthe Paulus, so looks definitely notable. The article unfortunately does not have inline citations, but there are some English-language sources available: link. Hope this helps! K.e.coffman (talk) 01:28, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Danke ich, schätze deine freundlichkeit! I suppose, for the Google books, I can always type the words into Google translate. My understanding of German is intermediate at best. Since our paths have crossed more than other editors I interact with, I looked into your editing history to take a glipse of who I am talking with. Rest assured, my opinion of you still is very positive!TheGracefulSlick (talk) 23:21, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

DriveU

Hello, I just viewed your message. I'm in no way associated with DriveU. --Writeindia (talk) 04:41, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DriveU (2nd nomination). K.e.coffman (talk) 04:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

It has been deleted, so it is moot. Kierzek (talk) 13:31, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

ReadyForZero and OwnLocal

It's a bit late to tag ReadyForZero now that it's out of business. It is probably worth a look at the consistent string of articles about Y Combinator participants. The SPA who wrote these two followed a proven pattern: quote TechCrunch and Y Combinator and other weak sources. Don't mention money or employees -- either of which would indicate non-notability. WP is really YC's best friend. Rhadow (talk) 11:38, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surya Hospital

Hi, you closed this AfD as speedy deleted, but it still exists at Surya Hospital; Surya Hospitals (plural) was the one deleted G11, and the current article was created that same day. ansh666 07:00, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Karl-Heinz Keitel

Hello. You created a redirect for this biography-page on January 2, 2017. [1]. Today, it was changed by an Anonymous IP [2] and the page is restored. Rather than doing his homework, as I did, he left a note in the edit history saying, " the redirect makes no sense. Either move info to that article or request deletion of this".

As I said, I did my homework and saw your note on the talk page

1. Talk:Karl-Heinz Keitel#Notability,
2. which led me here Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Archive_137#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history.2FKnight_Cross_recipients,
3. which led to the RFC decision here
4. and I came across this when I clicked the link at number 2 Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Knight Cross recipients.

1. First, let me say "excellent work" for organizing all this. Quite a big job!
2. Second I will change this page back to a redirect and refer to this talk page section. There is no need to take to this AFD after all this work that you did.
3. I will also leave a note over at the anonymous IPs talk page. I am thinking you might wish to keep your eye on this page for the next few days, so that is why I am contacting you.

Regards, Steve Quinn (talk) 23:01, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of italki page

Hi K.E. Coffman, I appreciate all of the work you do for Wikipedia. I had a question about the deletion of the italki page. I can understand that there is a fine line between companies and corpspam. However, I do think the site is large enough to warrant a descriptive page.

• Alexa - https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/italki.com ~5000 Globally

I'm not sure if the issue is more about the significance of the site and company, or is it about the content of the page itself. I think the site and company are large enough and certainly justified to have a page. Notably, other companies in a similar industry are being listed, and not at the significance of italki.

If the content was unacceptable, that could naturally be changed. Respectfully, Kshanghai (talk) 02:58, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

@Kshanghai: please see WP:NCORP and WP:CORPDEPTH. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:28, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Someone doesnt like your work

I have seen several of the articles you have created, and recently read the Rommel myth article; excellent job. I confess, I read Rommel as Military Commander and the Rommel Papers and was taken in by the myth when I was younger; something that was subsequently rectified having read more up-to-date and better sources on the man and the Desert War.

Personally, I feel that the article is well balanced and sourced and quite clearly lays out the subject. A newly created registered editor, sorry I do not know how to link correctly to a user's profile, has taken issue with your work and thinks the Rommel Myth etc is unbalanced (despite, you know as you contributed heavily, practically every historian disagreeing with them). Thought I would give you a heads up, in case you miss it.

Regards, Thetweaker2017 (talk) 16:56, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

GA reassess

Rommel myth, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. LargelyRecyclable (talk) 13:44, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Strongly disagree

Per my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of exports of Poland, I'd kindly ask you to consider withdrawing this nom or if not, starting a mass deletion for all articles in relevant category (why did you single out Poland?). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:41, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

PS. I'd tentatively support deletion of The Observatory of Economic Complexity - I am not seeing this website as notable, at least, not on surface. But the lists of exports, etc., seem totally encyclopedic to me. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:43, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Thanks for the comment; no disrespect to Poland was intended :-). I further responded at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of exports of Poland. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:00, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Hennecke Volckens

Hello K.e.coffman, I'm reviewing Hennecke Volckens for WP:NPP. Am I right in thinking that you are knowledgable about the notability of recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and possibly also the reliability of the Traditionsverband der Ehemaligen Dritten Panzer-Division as a source? I think that Stackpole Books is generally considered a reliable source, but i have some doubts about the Traditionsverband as the author. Any advice is much appreciated. Mduvekot (talk) 23:46, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@Mduvekot: thank you for your note. Indeed, the articles on soldiers whose only claim to notability is the Knight's Cross are typically deleted or redirected. The related RfC can be found here: proposal for Knight's Cross winners. The Traditionsverband source is an in-house publication of the veteran's association, and these are not accepted as sufficient for establishing notability. I've redirected the article to a list. Thanks for checking! K.e.coffman (talk) 01:35, 28 September 2017 (UTC)