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Happy New Year, Peridon!
Peridon,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:30, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, Peridon!
Peridon,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Donner60 (talk) 07:06, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
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Deletion review for Aston Whiteside
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Aston Whiteside. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 01:33, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Parinari anamensis
Many thanks for your review and comments - quite agree: but I think that the other language pages (SV, Viet ...) should link with the correct version, which is being blocked out - how do I achieve this please? Roy Bateman (talk) 15:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hmmm. Thinking about that. At least they'll get to the right one with the redirect in place. This is another reason for redirects - avoiding breaking links... Peridon (talk) 18:55, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
- Done it. Never done that before. Last time I altered links on other wikis it was all manual. Now you just need to click the 'edit links' thing in the languages list ((on the page you WANT linked, of course), sign in at the WikiData page (or your IP will be visible), then select edit on the list of linked languages, and change the one that needs it. Then find save at the top of the little box. Changes the linking on the lot in one fell swoop. Beats finding your way round preferences in something incomprehensible and/or wiggly, getting it to display things in English,then changing the link, saving, and doing it all over again in something in even more wiggly. Swedish I can just about manage. Wiggly or overloaded with diacriticals are harder. Feeling quite pleased with myself - or that could be the can of Old Speckled Hen (part of Xmas present)... Peridon (talk) 19:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Article Deletion: Glade Knight
I saw in the records that you deleted this article (using the A7 from the criteria for speedy deletion) during September of 2016. I was wondering if you remembered what was in the article that you saw that was unimportant or anything else about that article that could have been improved. It was not my article, I don't know whose it was, but I am working on creating one by the same name, and I would like to be sure I don't make the same mistake[s] the last author made. Thank You!! Chief2443 (talk) 14:15, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
- No, I couldn't remember it, and am surprised that I still can't after looking it up. What I deleted consisted of "Is an American Farmboy. He is 56 years old" and you can't get much more of an A7 than that. (It started off as "is love he is life." - whatever that is supposed to mean.) However, in 2008, Kimchi.sg deleted a different article by the same title about someone called 'Glade M. Knight', and I can't show it to you as it was a copyright violation. I advise doing it in your user space at User:Chief2443/DRAFT, and avoid any copying from anywhere. Read WP:BIO and WP:RS, and, if you are being paid for editing (or are expecting to be paid) read WP:PCD as well. Peridon (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Following your view in RFA Comment
I supported Vanamonde93's RFA moving from oppose as you said To all the 'POV' people posting in this RfA: if the candidate IS a biassed POV pusher, possibly the best way of dealing with the situation would be to support him in this RfA. The biases of admins get looked at in their editing far more than those of non-admins. 8-) Peridon (talk) 10:24, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
. I have seen your good work at WP:CSD. Now, I think it didn't work and it seems administrator's biased edits get support from the community as they are administrators. --Marvellous Spider-Man 14:56, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Deletion review for Matthews_Real_Estate_Investment_Services
Not sure why this was deleted. How is this page is any different than this page: Boulder_Group_(brokerage_firm) ? We have proper citations just the same. I'd like to further review this page instead of just deleting it altogether. I would like to create this page properly so any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Geejayen (talk) 15:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
- Your only reference was a listing of 'top' firms for 2016, in which the company came 38th. Otherwise, there was no claim to significance. You can repost it if you want - I won't touch it. But I would advise improving the referencing in line with WP:RS to show notability (not just significance) under WP:CORP. As to Boulder Group, there are claims to turnover and No 1 rating. However, I am not impressed by the referencing and I've tagged it accordingly. I do recommend reading WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, though. I am intrigued by your use of 'we'. Are you employed by the company or part of an outside consultancy or agency? I would recommend reading WP:PCD if there is any element of pay or reward (or expectation of...) in your editing. Peridon (talk) 21:01, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying and for the information you provided. I am a friend of the owner. He is not employing me and is not paying me. I just want to help him out. I will recreate this page as stub for now and improve the referencing in the process. Geejayen (talk) 20:19, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- Even as a stub, the referencing must be there. If you take my advice, you'll create it at User:Geejayen/DRAFT (or anything else instead of DRAFT). User space is safer to work in. Then ask for advice before launching even a stub. As a friend of the owner, you'll need to read WP:COI. (Some day, I'll find out how many policies we do have...) Peridon (talk) 23:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Deletion review for Light: Science & Applications
Wikipedia's missing articles for many journals published by the Nature Publishing Group, so its only listing of their full range of publications I could find is incomplete (compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nature_Publishing_Group_academic_journals and http://www.nature.com/siteindex/index.html). To make the article listing more complete, I started to make a page for Light: Science & Applications (as that's what I was looking for when I found the discrepancy), but was notified you'd deleted one a few years ago for copyright infringement and possible advertisement. I was aiming to make the page look something like Nature Physics. Am I missing something, or may I create the page? Please go easy on me, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia. :) Coelestinian (talk) 20:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, I deleted it for copyright violation and spam. The references given (one of which was the copied source) were Light: Science & Applications：发出中国光学学者好声音http://www.opticsjournal.net/Post/Details/PT131024000244RnUqW and http://www.nature.com/lsa/about/index.html#Editors . There is no objection to you trying your hand, but, in view of the first article, be careful not to copy things and don't sound enthusiastic. Here, enthusiasm = spam in the majority of cases. Create it at User:Coelestinian/DRAFT for safety. You can substitute anything for DRAFT if you prefer, but that does give the patrollers the idea that this is 'work in progress'. Do remember that not all the publications of a notable publisher will themselves be notable. Good luck. If you get into problems, let me know and I'll put you onto a noted rescuer of lost causes. Peridon (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks. I'll see what I can do. coelestinian (talk) 14:32, 22 January 2017 (UTC)