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Faithy05

Thanks mate.


Taliban

What do you mean by nonsense? Taliban is a religious movement, not a race movement. Litrboxr, Tuesday, October 23, 2007

User: warrior4321

I was writing an article on MSN Scripts, when BY ACCIDENT I clicked Save Page instead of Show Preview, now since I have Vista and a hi-speed internet, I couldn't click ESC in time, and it got saved. I didn't mean for it to save so quickly without any information

Thx, next time I will tell you earlier

Philip DeFranco

Philip is famous on YouTube and doesn't have a wikipedia article. He's got more subscribers and views than half of the people listed on this site. What can I do to keep the article up? I'm learning all I can as fast as I can. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleBobby629 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete an article I created 10 minutes ago? I wasn't even through with it! That was wrong and uncalled for. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleBobby629 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Evangelical Free Church of Canada marked for deletion

A tag has been placed on Evangelical Free Church of Canada requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

You may wish to familiarize yourself with the Wikipedia guidelines before proceeding. Articles in Wikipedia must be about notable subjects and the notability of those subjects must be verifiable. It is not enough for an organization merely to exist -- it must have somehow distinguished itself from its peers and become notable, and that notability must be corroborated by independent third-party arm's-length sources (such as magazine articles, etc.). If I can help further, leave a note on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 20:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The tag has been removed by DGG.

Re: Sorry about that

I had assumed that's what happened. In either case, no problem. Mgiganteus1 15:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting

Thanks for taking care of that love note left on my user page! ... discospinster talk 00:09, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha! The length people will go to to get their point across. Kaeso Dio 21:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Really?

I have reverted your edit to England national rugby union team. The advent of professionalism didn't arrive in late 1872!. More like 1995. Moriori 00:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Image:WikiThanks.png Thanks for reverting vandalism on Larrys Creek on October 19. I appreciate your help keeping the article presentable while it was Today's Featured Article very much, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate images uploaded

Thanks for uploading Image:Viau Bridge.jpg. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:Resized0008.jpg. The copy called Image:Resized0008.jpg has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot 03:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I would like to request that you reconsider you decision on my arena kickball page. I would like to bring to your attention that this page does have meaningful content and history. My school is looking for arena kickball rules and I thought to myself, where better to put them then wikipedia. So this content is meaningful to people and does have a history. Please reconsider your decision. -Thankyou, Bean95 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bean95 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Real Money Trader

my intention with this page is to give people information on an MMORPG economy threat. i also intend to do more with the page, but as i am unable to from a Government computer. (Cintaru 18:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC))

BAWC Page

Some friends that don't works with the wiki much were tryoing to start a page and could not figure out how. I knew how and stubbed it for them. Can you give them a day or two to get content added before you pull it.

Hopefully the content will be wiki worthy.
--Alan92rttt 18:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Rainforest animals

Howdy, I hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of removing your speedy deletion template from the Rainforest animals article and made it a redirect to Rainforest#Fauna. I wouldn't mind terribly i it were deleted, but it seemed like a potentially useful redirect. Best wishes, --TeaDrinker 19:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Why abused Hack Coin Box?

Nothing Meaningless in that topic.............


All works and Must be on wikipedia for safety of owner of coin box —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kunalpradhan (talk • contribs) 19:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

No offense, but I would suggest that you calm down your nomination for speedy deletion. So far today you have nominated two articles I have written for speedy deletion, based on two different rationale. Speedy deletion is a step you take when there is no doubt whatsoever that the article meets one of the criteria. If there is any doubt at all, you should instead nominate it for AfD, or in case of a question of notability, use {{notability}} to question the notability. Then let matters settle themselves. As for the article Nor-Cargo being blunt advertisement, I would really like to see your reasoning for that. Honestly, I do. Try to find one sentence that is not encyclopedic or favoringly biased in one way. What you are doing now is actually vandalism and I could actually revert them as such if I wanted to. Also, remember that to nominate articles for deletion, speedy or not, you should leave a message on the talk page, if even in brief, to explain your point of view. So please, calm down, stop vandalizing Wikipedia, you're only ruining you're integrity here. Of course, I would encourage you to contribute to the site and be bold. Arsenikk 22:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)



Edit summaries

Hi. Thanks for keeping up with Special:Newpages, but I have a request: Please use an edit summary when flagging pages for speedy deletion (or, indeed, for all edits). Even giving a deletion summary like "db-bio" or "db-attack", the same name as the template, makes it easier for administrators (or, indeed, all users) to know why an article is being flagged for speedy deletion. Thanks. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 04:33, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


Thank you

Well, I never thought of it that way. I don't feel insulted, instead rather silly. You have got a good point, nobody will ever know about the article unless it is a stub :) Big texas lump 05:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: Try nl.wikipedia

My mistake. Sorry, and thanks for correcting that. P.S. - I've removed the entry on pages needing translation. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


I had no clue that i could not put that page in a different langguage. Stupid me. I hope that i can still write one in English. I was just trying to link the two pages. Sorry, and thank you for correcting me. I am still learning.Gottadoit2 02:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

New Page Patrolling

let's help eachother out. I'll do bio articles, you do patent nonsense. deal? NewpageXKiller 17:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


AFD on "My Page by Puissant"

You hit that page before I did. I see you've AFD'd it, which is cool. It was nonsense. However, I have one comment. You AFD'd it as nonsense, Puissant blanked his page then you AFD'd it again because it was blanked. YOu already have one AFD on that page. DOn't you think the second one was excessive ? Heck, anyone checking the history of that page could see what was on it and that it was nonsense, so there would be no problem on just the first AFD alone. (*By the way - I'm not that page's creator nor related nor have any stake in it - I just patrol all new changes! *) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon (talk • contribs) 18:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Dude...

I'm serious! Don't delete my article!

The Wiki Whore 12:01, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

A. M. Rajagopalan

Karthik Why have you deleted this page of mine. I had created an article on an editor of a popular magazine in India. How can you staying in some other country asses the popularity of the person? Or was my article deleted since it talked about a Hindu relgious person and given your religious background, you choose to delete the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karthik (talk • contribs) 16:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Paperchase (company)

Notability? You don't think a retailer with branches globally is notable? --Lemming64 15:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD

...I noticed the same problem, and went back to delete those articles which had been overlooked. Hi there. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Zeppoo

Wow, I really can't believe you... You come from Quebec, speak a couple languages, spend your time on wikipedia clicking on refresh "recently changed pages" and must be so happy to have added a "copyright infringement" for Zeppoo... So first thing is that you do not know anything about computer science and feel free to say the article is useless (basically). Once I notice you that, you decide to change the purpose of the reporting, probably thinking: "ah! I'm going to get that one and make sure it is erased just for my pleasure!". Did you *even* go on the website? Did you notice the word "copyright" somewhere? Funny, I don't think so. Why? Because there isn't! You must be so proud of you. Isn't it said between the lines of the Bible not to do such a mean/useless thing? To have read it when I was younger, I'll have to answer yes. Xionbox —Preceding comment was added at 18:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

All text is copyrighted, unless the author has specifically released it into the public domain or under a copyleft license such as the GFDL. If a text does not specifically say that it is not copyrighted, then it is, and copying it is not legal. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
First of all, I'm sorry to say that I do not see why my message is not polite. I am just expressing my point of view, with no vulgarity, unless asking questions is considered by certain people as such. Second, I'm sorry I didn't know that very text which is not specifically marked as "copyleft" or another free of use licience is considered as copyrighted. I'll be more cautious next time. Have a nice day. Xionbox 18:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
First of all, yes, I did go to the website - to check whether the copyright checker bot had returned a false positive. Indeed, the text was significantly similar as to constitute a copyright violation, so the bot was right in this instance. By default, any text you take from the Web is presumed copyrighted. And since there was no assertion of permission from the website's owner either in the article or on its talk page, then Wikipedia had no choice but to delete your article. All I did was nominate your article for speedy deletion as copyright violation. The administrator who performed the actual deletion agreed with me. --Blanchardb 19:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay. But I did think it was a very quick reaction. The wbesite owner could of posted a message a couple days later, but I guess that is not a possibility on Wikipedia. Xionbox 20:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, we do have a very good reaction time when removing copyright violations, which are illegal, from Wikipedia. We're very proud of how well we do this. If Wikipedia policy recommended allowing such violations to remain for a while, or recommended not deleting the articles until we'd asked the owners of the copyrights to comment, then we'd definitely be violating the law. The Foundation would probably become a target for all kinds of lawsuits, and be bankrupted, and then Wikipedia and all its sisters would cease to exist. Without Wikipeida, ignorance would cover the world. Wars, bigotry, and cruelty would increase. In time, the Great World War would eliminate all human life, and the cockroaches would inherit the earth. So it's good that we delete copyright violations so efficiently. :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Aren't you exaggerating a little bit?:-) --Blanchardb 22:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
As for Zeppoo, if you can assert that the software is notable under Wikipedia's notability criteria without simply copying text from the organization's website, you are welcome to start a new article on it. Eventually, you will have to provide reliable sources for your assertion. But the assertion itself, if valid, will make sure that, if the article gets deleted, it will not be under the speedy deletion process. --Blanchardb 23:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I'll see what I can do. I'll probably try and contact the owner so he can add informations directly. @FisherQueen: Oohhh, now I understand! Thanks =) (I love to do that kind of demonstration too). Xionbox 18:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reiki_Symbols

Please see my comment in the AFD. Mergers should be requested elsewhere. It can all be done without the intervention of AFD. (The redirect left after a merge should remain for GFDL purposes). - Mgm|(talk) 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Boston Legal

first of all, i am not a new user, have been editing on wikipedia since 2004. And as far as deleting the notice, i thought it was mentioned per wikipedia rules that the notice could be deleted depending on sound reasons which i provided.. thanks iquadri (talk) 23:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Old Red Museum speedy deletion

Hi Blanchardb,

It appears you've identified "Articles, No content" as a criterion to request speedy deletion of Old Red Museum. I'd suggest that the article contains more than "only ... external links, category tags and "see also" sections, rephrasing of the title, and/or chat-like comments". In the two minutes between creating the stub and your request for speedy deletion, I did not have time to expand the stub with information about the location, focus of the museum, or photograph which I took earlier today. Were an administrator to act just as fast, I would not have had the chance at all, as re-creating the article may have been seen as an edit war. Please reconsider leaping on stubs so quickly where a foundation is being laid for expansion. --WikiWikiPhil (talk) 23:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: Matthew Marr

Are you familiar with Scottish Politics? If so I think you'll agree that Matthew Marr is quite well known both within and outside the Labour party. If you'll give me an opportunity to expand the article I'd be more than grateful. --Boatcolour 12:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Prayer

Please see my comments on Talk:Prayer. I would stress the importance of WP:NPOV and WP:RS; it is particularly important to source views and not to present ones own take on things as fact. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 05:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. My bad -- the edit wasn't yours, and putting this on your talk page was a mistake on my part. Thanks for your understanding. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 06:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

FYI

There is the order of what to do when you visit shinto shrine. That is not a have-to-do but the right way and most people don't know correctly and don't do.

  1. Wash your hands and rinse your mouth at the chōzuya/temizuya.
  2. Ring a bell.
  3. Make a 90 degree deep bow. (Greeting to kami)
  4. Throw a coin/coins to the box. (offering to kami)
  5. Bow deeply twice, clap your hands twice and make a wish or say gratitude to kami, then bow deeply once for thanks to kami.

Hope this might help. Oda Mari (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Certified of New York marked for deletion

Why do you want to delete this page? Morimoto is Tadao Ando first venture into NYC. Restaurant 66 is Richard Meier's first restaurant that he designed. These are both Pritzker winning architects making these projects NOTABLE. Please refrain from commenting and deleting pages and articles that you have no understanding of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.195.168 (talk) 18:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Here, you are asserting notability by association. Which does not fit Wikipedia's criteria for notability, regardless of what you think. Judging by what you wrote alone, I would say that Morimoto should be mentioned in the Tadao Ando article, and that Restaurant 66 should be mentioned in the Richard Meier article. Come to think of it, Morimoto has his own article, and no doubt he is notable. But that does not mean anything as per the notability of Certified of New York. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 18:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Atria Software

It's a nice idea to wait at least a minute before marking a topic with a speedy delete Tedickey 19:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Question

Hey, one more question..I was searching for Bhagath Singh(in Wikipedia spelled Bhagat Singh) how can someone move the article Bhagath Singh(no one has made it) redirect it to Bhagat Singh . In other words how can someone redirect an aritcle that hasn't been made, but means the same thing as another article. Warrior4321 20:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Why doesn't the Talk thing come beside my name?

Questions!

Hey, I have a few questions. K first, how do you delete something that you upload, and two is there a way you can figure out how many edits someone makes? Warrior4321 20:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

For the second question, you just showed me how to see what contributions they made, but how would I noe how many they made. Warrior4321 00:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I went on that site, and on that site what does mainspace and unique pages mean?Warrior4321 16:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

So you're saying that I have done 37 edits or 69 edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Warrior4321 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

TSOC

Hi, I read your note on my newly posted article on TSOC! I tried rewriting it, and would like your input on how you think it looks. Please also see my comment under the article's discussion page. I'd like for this information to be up so if there is still any other changes you'd like me to make - please educate me. :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brwatne (talk • contribs) 10:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Ed Gauthier

Why do you think Ed Gauthier should be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. MrsEdweirdo 11:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay. What should I add to demonstrate ironclad notability? His website get 10,000 views and there's sources and he likes dogs. MrsEdweirdo 12:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks but I put a few sources. Plus I am not Mr Gauthier and I'm not his mum either. And the fact he likes dogs is crucial because of K9 Magazine. MrsEdweirdo 12:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

sockpuppet problem==

Hi Mate Ive been acused of being a sockpuppet userWinksajdl;aslkdjasklj who edited one of my article and delted stuff, now im being acused of being him, can you help in this matter as the above user has been a problem to me and others. RegardsDiamonddannyboy 22:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)diamonddannyboy. My orginal article was editing and its name changed now every article is being put up for speedy deletion. Diamonddannyboy 22:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)diamonddannyboy.

PSS

Before attaching a non-notable neologism notice to a new page, try a Google search. You'll discover Product Service Systems are a major research area. Thanks. Jmanooch 13:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

ya. 203.220.12.29 13:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Guitar Feedback

hi I think "guitar feedback" needs a dedicated article because there are so many details about it thanX Hm john morse 15:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You should discuss this on the talk page of Audio feedback. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 16:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Question about Positron

I wrote this submission to give a brief description about a company that is used in multiple 9-1-1 dispatch centers and I refer to it from a couple of my other entries (as well as the "Positron" disambig page). I have read the criteria you suggested for a submission being "notable", and I can't figure it out because it is very confusing. What would make this company less "notable" (and a candidate for speedy deletion) than, say, the Ford Motor Company, other than the fact I did not put much more content into the submission? There are multiple articles about this company in many trade journals that may be referenced if need be.

Thanks, Firerescuelieut 02:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for a list of guidelines. Of course, we do not want an article about the mom-and-pop convenience store at the street corner. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 02:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Newpages Patrol

Hey, just a quick note, I noticed you marked Brian reuban as patrolled... At the time that you did, it had WP:BLP concerns [1] (completely unsourced claims of hacking, etc). I've cleaned it up since, but, please be careful in the future, now that we have patrol flagging, once it's marked, others might not look at it for a while. Thanks for patrolling! :) If there's anything I can help you with, please, don't hesitate to ask! SQLQuery me! 09:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Bali Shag speedy declined

Hello, Blanch. I've declined the speedy as it asserts notability w/ "Shag smokers include Yoko Ono, Barry White, Travis Barker, and Hunter S. Thompson."

Never mind User:Akradecki deleted it. Dlohcierekim 23:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Yawp

I salted it here, and it's showing to me as full-protected when I click the redlink. Are you still able to create it? If so, there may be a problem with cascading protection. If you find yourself still able to create it, please alert a developer by email, or email me and I will do so. Seraphimblade Talk to me 20:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

PowerPlay Golf

Now looks strong enough to need AfD rather than speedy... and it could well survive AfD. Not sure I'd opt for delete, even at this stage of its development. --Dweller (talk) 12:43, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll put long-term cleanup tags on it. I would probably say keep myself. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 12:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
btw there's an AfD in process now. --Dweller (talk) 11:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Islands

I knew that the history was part of it but I wasn't sure about the MOS. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Egg Island (Bahamas) & Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)

These two follow the naming convention for islands, Egg Island, Bahamas & Cornwallis Island, Nunavut apparently do not, that is why I tried to transfer. Peter Horn 01:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

By all means, it saves me the headache. Peter Horn 01:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
This one fell thru the cracks, Cockburn Island (Ontario) vs Cockburn Island, Ontario Peter Horn 23:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

ScanSafe

Hi, can I list this article as a stub please? I'd like to put it in this category: {{Company-stub}}

You may do so, but this will not address the issue of the notability of the company, nor will it address the fact that, overall, the article on it reads like an ad. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 14:13, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Rosemere

Thanks for the thoughtful edits to this article Zen-in (talk) 17:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProjects

How would I join a Wikiproject? I want to join the Zoroastrian Wikiproject, considering I am one, so how would I do that??? If it's not too much trouble could you PLEASE write it on my talk page as well. Please and thank you! Warrior4321 23:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

All Wikiprojects make up their own policy on that, but in most cases you just add your name to the list of members (just like editing an article, actually) and you're in. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 01:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Your proposal for deletion

Hello, I saw your proposal for deletion of a page I have been working on (actually almost the whole day): List of Spanish companies. I understand what you say about Wikipedia not being a directory, but I was trying to create an analog site to "List of French companies", "List of Italian companies"...Furthermore the Wikipedia categories does not specify in which sector the companies are active. If you have concerns with the sources, I will document that all (I was aiming to do that, in a second step). Please, let me know. I have overwritten your comment since I had been working further on the draft and there was suddenly a conflict because of your comment. I hope we can work it out. It would be really a pity having to delete all that stuff, as said I was quite enthusiastic documenting all this since it was my first "project". --Wikihelp4u (talk) 02:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The proposed deletion process is designed in such a way that if even one person objects to the deletion of an article it has to go through another process if the article is to be deleted. At this point I will not initiate an AfD discussion on this one. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 02:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Your proposal for deletion

And me! I'm just writing the passportstamp page, and have added links to independednt endorsements as requested! Katykate (talk) 16:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

-speedy=

Saying someone is a full professor at a major university may or may not be notable , but it is unquestionably enough of an assertion of notability to pass speedy. if you question whether there is enough notability, use prod or afd. (btw, at afd, 99% of full professors turn out to be notable).DGG (talk) 04:39, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

followed up on my talk page. DGG (talk) 15:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Special Barnstar

The Special Barnstar
For being such a good admin and friend by answering all my questions and concerns. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! [Warrior4321 22:24, 13 December 2007 (UTC)]

Why did you nominate TIE for deletion?

Why did you nominate Twillingate Island Elementary for deletion? What makes that particular school any less important than other schools in Canada? ~NeonFire372~ (talk) 22:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

You may want to state your case in the deletion discussion. But you should look at WP:SCHOOL before you do. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 22:46, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I have "stated my case" in the deletion discussion. The school does exist and per WP:SCHOOL should not be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ~NeonFire372~ (talk • contribs) 22:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Tell users speedy deletion

As an admin, I am sure that you should know this, but once you tag an article for speedy deletion, please warn the author, by placing the appropriate tag on their talk page. The Helpful One (Talk) (Contributions) 22:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

When I don't, it's usually because I reinsert a tag that was replaced with a hangon tag. A warning, in such a situation, would be redundant. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 22:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Angrignon (Montreal Metro)

Want to "hear" a good one? At one time the CIT Haut-Saint-Laurent bus went from Angrignon to Huntingdon instead of to Huntingdon!!! Compare Revision as of 2006-11-28T20:03:08 with Revision as of 2006-11-29T19:47:22. I caught that one. Some contributers don't check the links they add (create). Peter Horn 23:23, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

You should see what I put up with when I do new page patrol... one guy stated that his subject was the best gunslinger of his time but couldn't prove it because guns were not yet invented back then... --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 03:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete of KBTL-FM page

Was it necessary to speedily delete KBTL-FM within seconds of it being created? It was pretty obvious that it was a cut and paste error. One that I was in the process of fixing when Wikipedia started throwing errors at me because the page had been deleted under me.

While I understand the need to clean the cruft out of Wikipedia, I would have appreciated a note on my talk page calling the issue to my attention before blowing the page away.--Rtphokie (talk) 14:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

It is because I realized the nature of the error that I did not leave a note on your talk page. Sorry about that. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 14:04, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
You did leave a note on my page. I don't understand your comment above, please explain further.--Rtphokie (talk) 15:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
My bad... You might want to talk to the admin who performed the actual deletion. According to the deletion log, it was Oxymoron83 (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights). In its current state, the article is satisfactory. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 15:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the information, I'll discuss it with the admin.--Rtphokie (talk) 15:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Tereska Torres

Calm down! I can't write so quick, as you throw around general notability guidelines! Tereska Torres was finance to the Free French Prime Ministers son, married the publisher of Anne Franks diaries and wrote the first Lesbian pulp fiction book Lesbian pulp fiction#Women's Barracks in 1950. Plus many more books! --noclador (talk) 14:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I realized that her works would come sooner or later, that's why I put the general notability tag on the article, and not the speedy deletion tag. The article as it stands claims that she is a writer, which I presume is her biggest claim to notability, yet it mentions none of her works. This way, I am giving you plenty of time to add meat to your article. It won't be deleted that quickly. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 14:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

checking before tagging

Might be a good idea, to avoid repetition of nominations like [2] Even Google will do. T If the article is inadequate, you might find more and be able to add it. DGG (talk) 02:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD for software compatibility

BlanchardB

Thanks for your comments on the article on software compatibility. It seems that times have changed. In the past other users would simply have changed the article to make it more useful, but now we seem to want to argue about its very existence before it's taken shape. I hope you'll give it a chance, and that others can come in and contribute. I believe strongly that software compatibility issues are a major problem for end users and for developers. Some of the criticisms are that there is little information about this, and the article does not make use of verifiable sources. This can probably be rectified. Problems are: 1. Some practitioners do not actually understand or care about how software components/programs/systems can be incompatible, and the effect this has on end users, and also on their companies and other developers. 2. There are many practitioners who know about this kind of thing, but their knowledge becomes a sort of collective folk-lore, or shall we say collection of tacit knowledge, which they are unwilling or unable to write down. This does not only happen in computing/communications. I know many professionals who "know" things, but are not able or willing to communicate their knowledge to others in written or spoken form. It's often not malicious - they just don't know how to do it!

There are lots of issues here. They're not just about testing, but about maintainability etc. I (and others) favour formal verification, but that doesn't solve all problems, as even systems which are formally verified can change, or develop unanticipated errors. Developers cannot be expected to know about every other software system which is compatible/incompatible with the one they are developing, unless there are systems which have a very high likelihood of being run in the same environment at the same time (e.g an anti-virus system and a firewall, which was my example). From the end user's point of view, some incompatibilities can be best coped with if they are known about. Another example is the use of Total Recorder to record audio. This interacts with several other programs. It probably interacts with anti-virus software to cause disc thrashing, though because it appears to keep a high priority for recording, this usually succeeds, but the machine becomes very slow. Another example, with practical implications is the use of Total Recorder with Skype. In this case if a user leaves TR running to record audio, but during this another Skype user tries to contact the first user, then the recording is abandoned. Knowing about this problem in advance a user can turn Skype off before initialising TR. It does not necessarily imply that either Total Recorder or Skype are "bad" programs, but rather that special care needs to be taken to get them each to work as required. It may also be impossible (at the present time) for them to run together in the same environment satisfactorily.

Knowing this can make a big difference to some people, and help them to understand how/why things go wrong, and also to avoid problems in specific circumstances. David Martland (talk) 08:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


Speedy deletion of "World Mahjong Tour"

A tag has been placed on "World Mahjong Tour" requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kesac (talk) 23:03, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Oops, this was meant for the original creator of the article. Kesac (talk) 23:04, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I merely moved the page per WP:MOS. I considered tagging that article myself, though. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 23:06, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

um...blanchardb, you left me a note on my creation of Junikev deplinkov...respond on PortugueseKids talk page...thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PortugueseKids (talk • contribs) 00:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied. This is about a page whose subject's notability was asserted belatedly. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 00:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

deletion of my contribution

Hello,

I just realised that my contribution titled Oasis Fan Site Live4ever.us was deleted by you.

I'm not sure why since I was just writing a factual article regarding the site. The site is established and clearly has a position as the most popular Oasis fan site for the past 5 years. It was not meant to be an ad for the site but an info page since the site is linked to from the wikipedia page on the band Oasis. Please clarify the deletion for me.

Many thanks worldwideviral —Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwideviral (talk • contribs) 22:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Just because a site is the most popular of its kind does not mean it is notable. The kind itself must be notable if an article is to be written about it. You could try a simple mention of that site in the Oasis article. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 22:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Björk

While I agree that "Dull Flame Of Desire" isn't independently notable until it's actually released as a single, you might want to review and revise your nomination a bit: it's not unverifiable speculation about a future album — it's just a bit of gun-jumping about a song that already exists, on an album that was released seven months ago. (I'm also a bit mystified that a person who has a "This user listens to electronic music" userbox on his user page wouldn't already know that, electronic music being the very subculture over which Björk looms the largest in the first place, but whatever...) Bearcat (talk) 01:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Broberts1921

You have deleted a relevant page in Ethan Varnado! I will continue to create and edit this page no matter what! Do a little research next time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broberts1921 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Cantorion

Hiya - I've removed your speedy, but prodded it instead, but added a few tags to point it in the right direct. It asserts notability, and although the article could do with a fair bit of work I'm not sure it's irretrievable. Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 22:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)