Welcome edit

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Football Collapsebox edit

  • Fair enough mate. It does look odd that these go there for penalty shoot-outs and not for actual goals though. I would suggest that this is wrong more than it is right, if you check just about ever English club's season page they have the ball before the name for the away side. --MIR17 (talk) 11:42, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • I agree, mate, we should stick to the template, but doing it in non-accordance with the goals for the away team on the left happens on quite a lot of the club's seasons pages. I'd just looked at one's who had done it that way and thought that was the correct way of doing it, which I obviously was wrong about. --MIR17 (talk) 16:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Dashes edit

Hello, and thanks for taking an interest. No, I don't think MOS:DASH applies only to usage in sentences. It applies also to display structures such as tables, as mentioned explicitly in the sentence "Editors should consider recasting complex measures; particularly where space is not at a premium (i.e. body text and not tables)." The matter was raised some time ago at Template talk:Football box/Archive 1, and appeared to come to the conclusion that the template wasn't MoS-compliant and should be be made so, but it was never done. The fact that some editors prefer a spaced format on aesthetic grounds, combined with the fact that most editors don't care enough to argue, isn't an argument for ignoring the MoS. You may have noticed that your changes to the dashes in 2011–12 Ipswich Town F.C. season were reverted using dashes.js, a long-established script designed to make dash usage MoS-compliant. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:12, 30 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

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RE: Stations edit

Sorry,

If a non-notable line or station has its own article, be bold and merge the article into a parent article such as the company or geographic place article or propose it for deletion.

If you wish to argue that it is notable, please provide reliable, independent sources. Bejinhan talks 06:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

When an article from another Wikipedia language encyclopedia is added to this English Wikipedia, it has to meet the guidelines and policies of this Wikipedia. It doesn't work the other way round. Good luck with finding reliable and independent sources for those articles. I Googled and there were none. If you can provide 3-4 reliable and independent sources, I'll gladly withdraw the AfD. Bejinhan talks 06:17, 6 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
{{sofixit}} I repeat, If you can provide 3-4 reliable and independent sources, I'll gladly withdraw the AfD. I don't want a list of Google page results. Bejinhan talks 06:23, 6 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Okay, done. But please note that just because the station exists, it doesn't mean that it is notable. Bejinhan talks 06:38, 6 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Like I said, these sources state that the station exists but they do not elaborate about the station. Going by your rationale, anyone can create articles of all the train stations in the world because according to Google Maps, they exist. Bejinhan talks 11:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Want me to challenge you to find reliable sources for that article about the village? ;) I have come across dozens such articles. Yes, they will be expanded by those who know the village. But most do not contain reliable sources and are WP:OR. If you can obtain reliable sources for them, good. But there is nothing worse than coming across an un-salvageable article. Bejinhan talks 04:05, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
And so, that brings me to my point that it is ridiculous to try to find for sources when there are no sources available in the Internet. We have to make do with what we have. And at this juncture, Google is all we have. Yes, these places might exist, but they are not necessarily notable places. Why, if one were to include articles about every town and village in the world, we might as well change Wikipedia's name to Directory of Towns and Villages. Btw, I think this discussion/argument is quite pointless. :) Bejinhan talks 04:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Bryan Loves You edit

I'm removing the speedy deletion tag, as I had only saved the page to check my formatting. I am editing it.--Violeta123321 (talk) 04:29, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

It's no prob. :) I understand. The IMDB is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802956/ . --Violeta123321 (talk) 04:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks so very much! I'll be sure to use it next time.--Violeta123321 (talk) 04:35, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Decline speedy at Heath Jarvis edit

Just any FYI, I declined the speedy deletion of Heath Jarvis, an article you tagged for speedy deletion under CSD A7. There is sufficient claim of importance, so I removed the tag. The article is unreferenced, so I added a BLPPROD tag to it. Thanks! jsfouche ☽☾Talk 21:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Altered speedy deletion rationale: Camp Hess Kramer edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I deleted Camp Hess Kramer, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:22, 11 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Altered speedy deletion rationale: Kwach Academy,Gulu edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I deleted Kwach Academy,Gulu, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

AfDs, slow down edit

Slow down. Please read and follow the policy of WP:BEFORE in advance of nominating further articles for deletion. I suggest that you might want to first place a Notability tag on articles to seek feedback and encourage the article's improvement, and then after waiting for a while, you might be justified to use a PROD. The first step to deletion is not to go directly to AfD. Also, your practice of AfDing within minutes of a new article's creation (as you have done here and here) is disruptive. Dolovis (talk) 05:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

AfD of football players edit

This is just the opposite of what I've been telling other editors. This concerns football player articles you have AfD in which the player is a free agent on an NFL team. It is too soon to add an AfD to the articles because they just might make the team. I've been telling other editors not to add articles because they may not make the team. I've got a list of what 8 editors have submitted. I'm sure there will be some "fun" in deleting articles in a few weeks weeks when they don't make the team. Now the AfD of Andre Branch, who is still in college is a different matter. Bgwhite (talk) 08:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of ICarly (season 5 ) edit

 

The article ICarly (season 5 ) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A page that has a title typo and Is useless because of the article 'List of iCarly Episodes. Should be there, and not in a separate article.

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Víctor Merchán de Antonio (2nd nomination) edit

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User:MYS77 edit

Hi there VANADUS, VASCO here,

regarding your posts at this user's page, i have also left him a message about his creation of non-notable articles, in his (mine) mothertongue, Portuguese, as his English is very very poor indeed. Received absolutely no answer.

Attentively, happy weekend - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 23:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)Reply


Good Work edit

Thanks I am Agreed , sorry for unconvenience, --Jogazai 20:02, 19 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion contested: Band football edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Band football, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: No reason given. Thank you. --Σ talkcontribs 01:27, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

"Band football is a leisure activity"... Enough said. --Σ talkcontribs 01:30, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Martinmartiini edit

Vikipeedia lehekülge tahaks korrastada. Siiani on kustutatud iga minu edit. Kas vikipeedia korrektoriga on võimalik kontakteeruda? Martinmartiini (talk) 11:34, 22 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Pronumele edit

Hi Vanadus,

Yes I saw that there is a page similar with my page and I wanted to delete the one I created but i did not know how... Thanks for your help.

Bogdan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobural (talkcontribs) 04:22, 24 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Bernd Simons edit

For your reference, I have removed the CSD tag from Bernd Simon; the coverage in multiple local news sources is sufficient to pass A7. If you still think the subject is not notable, I recommend taking the article to AfD. I did delete the article on Bernd's wife Judy Simon as there was no claim of significance or importance beyond being a Holocaust survivor. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:55, 24 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Frank Dopatka edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Frank Dopatka to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. (talk) 11:48, 26 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

August 2011 edit

  Hi Vanadus. Thank you for your work on patrolling new pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I'm just letting you know that I declined your deletion request for Bill Couzens, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to look at the suggested tasks for patrollers and review the criteria for speedy deletion. Particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion, proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. I've declined the A7 speedy deletion of the Bill Couzens article due to an indication of importance and/or significance (which is separate from notability). I've also declined in accordance with the G4 criteria, which is only applicable for articles that were previously deleted as a result of community discussion, i.e., AFD. That said, the article is a copyright violation of http://billcouzens.wordpress.com/author/billcouzens/, so the article qualifies under the G12 criteria for deletion. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Cind.amuse (Cindy) 07:30, 27 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Foreign-language articles edit

Hi. Re that article just now (in Somali, I think), WP:CSD#G1 "nonsense" shouldn't be used for articles that are in a foreign language - the definition specifically excludes them. It's meant for stuff like "498jfu60d#$nhre,.gtjkfg##2jm@" or "Yaaaaayyyy LOL!!!!" Often, it's clear enough that a foreign article is an A7-type autobiography, and I zapped that one accordingly, but for what to do in other cases see WP:NPP#Dealing with foreign language new pages. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:03, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Emre Sahin (footballer) edit

Hi! I disagree about the reason to delete that page. All references are there, and they are in english and in other languages. My english isn't very good to write longs article, but i think i iniciated a job and this is valid. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonynando (talkcontribs) 21:56, 1 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Bag Ball edit

Lol, I don't even know why I put that on there. Guess I was bored. That's just a game I came up with a few years ago. Pretty fun game. -- Theshywillraindeath

I give you your very own... SKYSCRAPER! edit

  Just for being so nice about deleting "Bag Ball"
15 stories

approximatley 227 feet Theshywillraindeath (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Corwin edit

Sorry, you can't A7 a school. (Says so on the label...) To have it deleted will mean PROD as it doesn't show notability. (If it were a high school, it would be automatically notable - only spam, attack or copyvio gets them.) Peridon (talk) 10:46, 31 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion declined: Kids Change the World edit

Hi Vanadus. I thought this should be discussed at AfD if it is to be deleted. Thanks, Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 19:13, 12 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

The nonsense criteria edit

Thanks for your recent new page patrolling. Just to let you know, the nonsense speedy deletion criteria is only for pages that are clear nonsense, for those that are in a non-english languages such as the article أرشيف لجالية مسلمو رواندا you should request translation using the {{notenglish}} template.--Mrmatiko (talk) 11:42, 17 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Java Program For Making Tables edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Java Program For Making Tables to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 10:48, 4 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

The author did make ten testy edits to the page so G2 perhaps could have slid. Vanadus (talk | contribs) 11:19, 4 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Parker Family edit

Hello Vanadus. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Parker Family to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 20:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

CSD G4 edit

Just for reference, WP:CSD#G4 can only be used on articles that have gone through a formal AfD discussion--having previously been deleted via CSD is not sufficient in that case. You tagged the article Kraisit Agnew under A7 and G4, but since the article had never been to AfD, G4 didn't apply. I did still delete the article under A7, and, in fact, salted it because it's been repeatedly recreated. Qwyrxian (talk) 16:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Undeletion of The Lemonade War edit

Just wanted to let you know that I undeleted The Lemonade War, which you had proposed for deletion and had been deleted previously. A Google search shows that the book is widely taught and thus does meet WP:NBOOKS, in my opinion. Cheers, Λυδαcιτγ 03:20, 11 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

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