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Re: WWI veterans

Apparently, being a WWI survivor until this date does merit an article. If you look at that list, you'll note that all verified WWI veterans have their own article, and most of them are not notable in any other way than having served in WWI and surviving until this day (This is not meant in a disrespectful way towards the veterans, btw, I'm just saying it plainly to get the message across). I'm giving up on this, I can spend my time much better than to fight sillyness and self promotion. Er rab ee 00:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Species integration

An article that you have been involved in editing, Species integration, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Species integration. Thank you. Fred Hsu 23:46, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

A thank you

David, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I wonder who I pissed off that time :) Caknuck 13:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Postmodern African American Homosexuals

A tag has been placed on Postmodern African American Homosexuals, 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. WebHamster 00:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Could I please have a barnstar?...

Hi, this page WP:AFC/D#Awards says you hand out barnstars to people who have created more than 5 articles in 5 days well... umm *ahem*... could I please have one, sir? Check the backlog history - I've cleared most of April 2007 and helped close several other months. Cheers --Bennyboyz3000 21:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Done, thanks :-) --Bennyboyz3000 22:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Done again :-| --Bennyboyz3000 22:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

... did I do something wrong? :-) --Bennyboyz3000 22:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, and I know I'm a pest but could you please give me the afc barnstar (I can't count how many i've reviewed and none of them the cheating mass-moderated way)? Much appreciated! --Bennyboyz3000 23:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Grossman

Ah, that makes more sense, thanks. I agree on the runner, and have added a disambig note to Eric Grossman. As for the hurricane researcher, since he's only listed in a minor way at this time, as the author of a citation, I don't think it's worth making a complete disambig page, since there's really not anything solid to link to. If it does turn out that he's notable enough for a separate bio later, we can easily create a disambig page at that time. How's that sound? --El on ka 22:02, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

It's much tougher to accept articles!

Sure you can quote me with:"It's much tougher to accept articles!" after all its under GFDL! And thanks for the Barnstar - its the first one I have ever got. Graeme Bartlett 02:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: your message on my talk page

Sure thing - just realized that, sorry. --Bennyboyz3000 03:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Saskatchewan

		WikiProject Saskatchewan Barnstar
		WikiProject Saskatchewan barnstars are the official award for outstanding, extensive, high-quality, or generally valued contributions to WikiProject Saskatchewan Or they can be awarded by anyone, to anyone who has showed significant efforts to improve WikiProject Saskatchewan. Thank you for creating Ebenezer, Saskatchewan from the articles for creation list! SriMesh \| talk 03:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Ebenezer, Saskatchewan

When I peeked at page history I only see you...How do I find this other user? Thank you for your note BTWSriMesh | talk 04:07, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, my goodness! I didn't know of this process of the AFC. I will let the barnstar stand, as if you hadn't been there to do the copying process, the article still wouldn't have been created, however, I will also say hello to this other user, and thank you! SriMesh | talk 04:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

articles on journals

Not that anything you say is the least wrong, but I have expanded somewhat on the talk page for User:Journals88--there's been a good deal of prior discussion on this. I'm not sure just what your specialty is , but it is by no means certain that all journals from that particular publisher are notable. For example,in most fields of biological sciences, I would be very skeptical of most claims for journals not included in WebofScience. But glad to have you aboard!DGG (talk) 02:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

AFC Drive - Last Day!

As I write this message, we officially have 2 hours left before the end of the drive. Prizes will be awarded tomorrow, so don't worry, I haven't forgotten. It's been a great drive, with tons of work accomplished. Thanks, everyone. GrooveDog GrooveBot 21:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC) Automaticlly delivered by GrooveBot at 21:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

AFC drive

Just so you know, I made my fifth article. Cheers, JetLover ^(talk) 23:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, it just ended. I think it was great! We got 4600 articles reviewed! Cheers, JetLover ^(talk) 00:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: Damn

Ah, we got close enough. We cleared out maybe 3/4 of the backlog - you managed to swipe that Gold Wiki Award away from me at the last minute (:-P) - and we've only a few months left that can be safely mass-moderated. We did good. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Jan Tománek

Looks fine now - my concern is generally references, but also appears to meet notoriety as well. SkierRMH 04:42, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing taht one up that I put in. From the AFC drive I had a couple of speedy deletes that I know of, both for copyvios, one I put in myself. Graeme Bartlett 05:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

AFC Drive Award

		The Articles for Creation Barnstar
		You accumulated 695 total articles reviewed in the last month! Great job, and thanks for your help! I will DEFINITELY be planning another drive sometime in the future, so keep posted and keep reviewing! GrooveDog (talk) (Review) 12:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

		The Golden Wiki Award
		You had the MOST articles reviewed during the drive, so I hereby award you the golden wiki award! Thanks tons for your help during the drive, it was much appreciated! GrooveDog (talk) (Review) 13:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

acne

Hi, you edited my text on skin and acne. This is about an exfoliating technique that I found extremely positive in acne problems. I believe this kind of related alternative medicine needs to be known from users searching on skin problems. Can you revert? thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.55.160.107 (talk) 21:49, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Please read the 5 pillars of Wikipedia then discuss this on the talk pages of the articles. In general, "I've found whatever to be helpful" is not grounds for inclusion. See verifiability and no original research for more. It is unlikely other editors will support the edit. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 23:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Request for an article to be created

Hi David, I notice that you are active on requests for article creation. I've actually put an article forward because there is one article I can't create myself, which is Infra Corporation. I actually work for them, so I'm following this process. However, I notice that the Wikipedia:Articles for creation page tells me not to submit the article as I'm a registered user. However, Conflict of Interest guidelines state that I shouldn't really create the article. Should the articles for creation warning be modified slightly? Also, in your opinion, do you think that I have done the right thing here? I'm trying to show good faith editing here, especially as I'm a long-time administrator. - Ta bu shi da yu 07:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

OK. That wasn't the response that I expected. I am a well-respected, long time editor and administrator of Wikipedia. I am also an Australian with an English background (I have English and Irish blood). My username is an in joke. Sorry, the last sentence I wrote came out wrong, so I've removed it. I was just surprised (even a little insulted!) by the response... I guess I'm just saying I understand how the site works, as I actually started things like WP:AN, and have also done things like modified policy correctly. I just don't want a conflict of interest in this one article. The COI noticeboard is interesting, I didn't know of this. - Ta bu shi da yu 09:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC), modified 09:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Reminder to Mentor

Hola Mentors!

Im sending you this reminder because you volunteered to mentor my students in English Advanced B as they become contributing members of the Wikipedia community. We start working with Wikipedia in earnest next week. I ask you to take a look at your entry in the Mentor Table at Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Mentors

Please update the information, esp. with what your technical and informational expertise is or, if you have decided that you no longer want to participate, please remove your information from the table. Please watch the pages associated with the project. Students will contact you via your user page and as soon as my students have user pages, I will put them on the navigation bar associated with the project.

I don’t need to remind you that your job is NOT to write their assignments for them, of course. I certainly will tell my students that… and the fact that you are volunteers that don’t have to help them… so they need to be nice. If any students misbehave (tho I don’t expect it) don’t hesistate to contact me and I will take care of it. The goal of this project is to integrate successfully into the Wikipedia community. Anyway… what I really need your help with is helping students get oriented to Wikipedia, make appropriate changes and write about appropriate topics (see Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Syllabus for assignments). I also need your technical expertise… I am only an English teacher after all! I appreciate what technology does for us but I am no technical expert!

Again, thank you for volunteering and you will hear from us again soon! Thelmadatter 19:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

Your recent edits

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WP:AFC Backlog Drive

WikiProject Articles for creation needs your help!

WikiProject Articles for creation has done a tremendous job in working at WP:AFC over the past 7½ months. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication! Together, we've made the submission process easier and more streamlined, developed tools to make the process go faster for reviewers, and cut the backlog down to a mere fraction of what it once was. Well done!

As you all are aware, however, our work is not quite yet done. The project still has 10 archive pages left to complete, which include over half a month's worth of submissions, many of which have not been completely reviewed. We need your help to finish looking over these neglected submissions so that we can finally remove the backlog notice from the page, and put an end to the more than two year old backlog that has been a thorn in our side for ages! Participants will receive an AFC Barnstar, so hurry up and help out while there's still work to be done! Make sure to sign in on the WikiProject's talk page so we know who is involved in what promises to be our final effort to complete this goal. Thank you for all your help!
- Happy editing as always, Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 16:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

You are receiving this letter because you are listed as a participant in the Articles for creation WikiProject at WP:WPAFC. To avoid receiving further notices, please remove your name from the list. Thanks!

Helen Keller photo is PD

Hi, David. Just to let you know, that Helen Keller photo is in the public domain. The change from 100 years to 120 years did not go into effect until 1998, and the 100-year term expired at the end of 1988, almost ten years earlier. This is a great fact pattern. I teach copyright law, and I'll use this as an example next time I have to discuss how section 303 works. TJRC (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The copyright law and commentary pages I've read don't call out this exception... It's not an "exception," actually. It's merely that the law was different at the relevant time. From 1978-1987, the rule was (cutting to the essentials here) creation+100. Anything that was up for expiration in that timeframe played by that rule. In 1998 (might as well have been 1/1/1998, since expirations only occur at end-of-year), the law changed to creation+120. So anything that would previously have ben up for expiration in 1998 or later played by the new rule.

Did the old law cover photographs which were never published prior to 1998? Yes. Essentially, prior to 1978, unpublished works were covered by state copyright. Starting in 1978 it was all federalized, and for works like this, previously created, but not published or otherwise copyrighted, there was a special rule: we'll treat this just like any other work, except that copyright will last until at least through 2002; and if it gets published by that time, at least through 2027 (later changed to 2047). This assured at least a 25-year copyright (1978-2002) for unpublished works, and 50 years (1978-2027), later 70 years (1978-2047) for published works. Apart from that provision, they played by any other work's rules. Those rules were, for an anonymous work, the lesser of creation+100 or publication+75. Here, that's the lesser of 1888+100=1988 or 2008+75=2083; or 1988. Note that if this photo had been taken 10 years later, in 1898, its 100 years would have been up in 1998, and it would have been scheduled for expiration at the end of 1998; but the 20-year extension also kicked in in 1998, which would have let given it another 20 years, to 2018.

Please update-and-improve any Wikipedia and Wikimedia copyright-related FAQs.... I'd be happy to. Could you point me to them? TJRC (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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