User talk:JohnCD

Welcome to my talk page. Click here to leave me a message. If you have come here about a page I deleted, you will probably find the explanation here; if that does not answer your question, click the link just above to leave me a message. Please mention the name of the page, and sign your post with four "tilde" characters ~~~~ so that I know who you are. If I have left a message on your talk page, please reply there; I am watching it. If you leave a message here I will usually reply here, but if my reply contains advice I hope you will find useful, I may place it on your talk page. (Talk page stalkers: you are welcome; if you see no reply here, there is probably one on the other talk page; I have decided to stop making a note here when I reply there). You may E-mail me via the "E-mail this user" link under "Toolbox" in the left-hand sidebar, but you will get a faster response here; I suggest you do not use e-mail unless you need privacy. I will normally reply on your talk page, not by e-mail.

Your eyes

You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Smoluk. Might you care to review the related discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Foodland (film)? I am thinking it might receive a similar close, specially as it is not a BLP issue, but I defer to your judgement. Thanks. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:48, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

It seems the nomination was never completed, so this was never transcluded in the daily log and has not been seen by those who scan those logs. I guess those who have commented got there via the film deletion sorting list. I agree it looks like a keep, but I don't think it should be closed without spending some time in the daily log, so I have put it in today, marking it as a relist with a note of what happened. JohnCD (talk) 16:07, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Rocco Borghese

Hi, john hope your well ,

how isit i submit the draft to you ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocco Borghese (talk • contribs) 16:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I have looked at your draft. It needs more independent references about you: there is only one, and when I click on it I do not see your name. More advice on your talk page tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 23:04, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

The Rape of St. Everlaust

Couldn't you just G3 this nasty little hoax yourself? :) Thparkth (talk) 13:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedies really should have two pairs of eyes. Another admin has got to it. JohnCD (talk) 14:22, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

While I agree with you, I don't agree that the second pair of eyes necessarily needs to be an admin ;) Thparkth (talk) 15:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

No, but once I have tagged it, it needs another admin to delete. Ah, I suppose you mean that once you had delivered a concurring opinion yours would be the second pair of eyes and I could with a clear conscience go ahead and zap it. I hadn't though of it that way, but anyway another admin got to it. JohnCD (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

i understand

i had read your message and i understand that it not safe to leave personal info about yourself in the open net and i would like to know more about making pages but i can make pages but i cant get a pic in the page and links so yeah i would also like to know what CD means in your name

regards, Quangminhc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quangminhc (talk • contribs) 08:34, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

To learn about making pages look at WP:Tutorial and WP:Picture tutorial and WP:Your first article. Usernames don't have to mean anything - "CD" is just to distinguish me from all the other Johns. JohnCD (talk) 12:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing Financial Services Commission (Giraltar)

The link to the article you deleted has now been replaced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dparody with a link to an external website http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gibraltar&action=history This doesn't seem quite right to me but I don't feel I know what is the correct thing to do in these cases. Unibond (talk) 12:35, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Better to make the external link a reference - I've done that. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 16:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

With appreciation

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		Re: Too-speedy speedy tagging. Very diplomatic in your explanation and advice to all concerned parties. Many thanks to you! Jared Preston (talk) 15:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! JohnCD (talk) 22:25, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Amjari Language

I see you issued a final warning to this user. You might like to check out User talk:Chubebabe685#Proposed deletion of Amjari Language. Speedy the article maybe? I checked the sources, even accounting for errors or alternative spellings and failed to find anything. LordVetinari (talk) 03:20, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Article speedied, user blocked. The claim of "55.6 Million speakers in Somalia" (whose population is < 10 million) was enough to make this a G3. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 09:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Foodland (film)

My apologies. I was relying--foolishly, obviously--on the automated tools. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 07:28, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. There used to be a bot which finished uncompleted AfD nominations, but it must have taken the day off. JohnCD (talk) 11:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

wrt deleted Template:Wp/gom/IPA

Hello, I seek to know why the Template:Wp/gom/IPA template was deleted. I am a new user to Wikipedia and was made party to an edit war upon arrival by another user. The reason mentioned for deletion is One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page. That template was supposed to show the letters of a numerical linguistic minority language that has recently received recognition in India.

Could you please guide me with the wherewithal. Godspeed!! Imperium ^Caelestis 07:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

You created that template, containing only the three characters "/k/", and then one minute later you blanked it, so that it was empty. A week later, someone noticed that it was empty and tagged it for deletion. Where the only author of a page blanks it, that is taken as a request to delete - see WP:CSD#G7 - because often new users change their minds, don't know how to request deletion, and just blank their page and leave it. Create it again, if you like. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

thank you for your reply. I will get working on the templates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ImperiumCaelestis (talk • contribs) 11:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

-SLD-

You have recently deleted my article "-SLD-" and I don't understand why. I gave you a reasonable reason on why it shouldn't be deleted yet it was deleted! Please tell me why.

Bdog74424 (talk) 22:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)bdog74424

I put links on the bottom of your talk page which explain why, if you read them. An encyclopedia is not a place to write about new things and ideas: two of Wikipedia's key policies are:

• WP:Verifiability: The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth; that is, whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true.
• WP:No original research: Wikipedia does not publish original research. The term "original research" refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and stories—not already published by reliable sources.

So until serious medical or scientific journals have written about your newly-described disease, Wikipedia will not have an article about it.

JohnCD (talk) 22:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Twwthle

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG You deleted my page. Way to go. Pooface. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmarep (talk • contribs) 19:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

My reaction to your page was WTFFFFFFFF? and yes, I did delete it. If you really don't know why, look at the answers just above this about "SLD", and read Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. JohnCD (talk) 19:46, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Hahaha! Aw no I totally understand why you deleted it. I made it as a joke for my boyfriend...figuring it would be deleted asap. I got a screen shot of it in time for him though :) I really respect how awesome your response to my message was. A lot of people would've gotten angry. Way to go pal :D And don't worry, I won't make another joke page. Or any pages. My forage into wikipedia was speedy yet satisfying.

Your eyes, if you please...

On February 16, 2011 the article Michael Gleissner was deleted due to an expired prod for notability. As I had just improved the article on his company Bigfoot Entertainment, I was a bit chagrined to discover a new redlink in the article. So I asked the deleting admin to userfy to a workspace. HERE is how it looked when tagged and deleted. It was clumsily written, had many poor ELS, and no citations... and as it had not received attention as an unsourced BLP, it was properly disposed. HOWEVER... I have been working on the userfied article[1] and think it is now okay for a return to mainspace.

See User:MichaelQSchmidt/workspace/Michael Gleissner

As User:JamesBWatson is on Wikibreak,[2] might you look it over before I return it? I would appreciate the second set of eyes. Thanks much. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:35, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done - returned to mainspace. You've certainly improved that one! JohnCD (talk) 10:38, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I think so too. :) Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:04, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion for 'Income inequality in Philippines' article

Hi,

From the comment I saw in the 'red box' when you deleted my article, the error code was G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page.

As I believe that I had properly referenced all the sources, could you kindly advise on which page was deleted or nonexistent? I just re-checked and it appears that everything is still in place. Sorry as this is my first time posting an article. Thanks alot!

Look forward to your reply.

Regards, Andeous — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andeousquek (talk • contribs) 14:03, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

The article is has not been deleted: another user "moved" it - changed its title - to Income inequality in the Philippines to conform to our normal format for article titles, and he left you a note on your talk page to tell you where it was. What I deleted was a redirect left behind by the move. JohnCD (talk) 18:19, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

G6 deletion question

John,

Why was the article associated with user msh111963 deleted?? The G6 code was given!! I spent a lot of time researching and detailing that article. Where is it? Why was it deleted? Can I restore it and fix whatever the issues were??

Regards,

M —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.204.221.49 (talk) 15:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

If you mean the article "Michael Havill", it was moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michael Havill, which is the proper place for a submission to Articles for Creation, and a note was left at User talk:msh111963 yesterday to tell you where it was. You will find it easier to keep track of what is going on if you always log in before editing, so that you will know when you have a message - there will be an orange bar at the top of the screen to tell you so. The AfC submission has been declined, but there is a note with it to tell you why. JohnCD (talk) 18:28, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Father Stalin look at this

Please explain your rational in deleting a nursery rhyme from 1930? There is no copyright issue here. Tentontunic (talk) 18:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

There certainly is - answer on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 19:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Sex Drive Energy Drink

JohnCD,

I am not sure what the issue is. A "fictitious name" is a legal term in the United States that allows corporations to "Do Business As" (d/b/a) a seperate name instead of in the name of the parent company. Example: Cabobida, Inc owns Sex Drive Energy Drink. This fictitious name allows us to sign papers, checks, etc... as Sex Drive Energy Drink. There is actually an entire DIVISION in our government that handles these official documents and procedures. https://efile.sunbiz.org/ficregintro.html This is done by the Florida Department of State (as we are located in the state of Florida).

All information in this article is valid and true.

rexhymen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rexhymen (talk • contribs) 19:03, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

this is not a hoax

My company is not a hoax. Please research what I am putting to verify. My company website is SexDriveEnergyDrink.com We have been established since 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rexhymen (talk • contribs) 19:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

John, note that the article was recreated and deleted again (by me) under G11 and A7. I have explained what the issues are on User talk:Rexhymen. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you - you have saved me the next item on my to-do list. I will drop a note on his talk page apologising for treating it as a hoax: the name made me suspicious, but the clincher was when I looked at the first reference and saw a web page headed "Fictitious Name: SEX DRIVE ENERGY DRINK." But it seems that is some normal US commercial procedure. JohnCD (talk) 20:31, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries. On tenuously related note, CSD has been repeatedly back-logged the past couple of days (sitting at over 100). I feel like every time I get through deleting or declining a couple, 10 more have been added in the meantime. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I've noticed, and I have deleted 59 so far today, but as you say it's like trying to sweep the tide back with a mop. JohnCD (talk) 20:44, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Is there scope for non-admins to help? I've got a fair amount of experience of the CSD process now and would be happy to help out clearing backlogs. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 21:33, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

You could scan CAT:CSD and remove speedy tags from any that were not speediable, PRODding or AfDing if you thought fit or just counselling the speedy taggers. I'm afraid it would be a fairly thankless task because not many come in that category, but it would help, and educating New Page Patrollers is always useful. (I like to point them to SoWhy's WP:10CSD and WP:A7M). JohnCD (talk) 21:41, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of various football pages (Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Nevis official football teams)

Hi John,

I'd just like to give my opinion on what I believe was an unfair deletion of these pages. As far as I am aware, they were deemed not notable and unverifiable.

The tournaments were reported in the local newspapers of the time, some of which are available with a careful search on the internet, but also some where the results have been unfortunately lost to history. I can give links to reports on the Virgin Islands Championship as well. There is no question that they took place. The Leeward Islands Tournament was certainly notable, and has a history spanning over 50 years. It was one of the main international competitive outlets for the islands of the Leewards group until around 10 years ago. To that end, why, for example, are any small island teams notable? They are notable because they represent that island in international competition. Deleting any record of their existence appears a bit unusual. For example, the Leeward Islands tournament has provided the British Virgin Islands national team (FIFA member) with their only ever international honour. To them it is certainly notable.

Here is a link mentioning the British Virgin Islands' 1986 Leeward Championship-winning side. As I said, to the people of the British Virgin Islands, it was certainly a notable event. http://www.islandsun.com/2004-June/12062004/sports1-v13i11.html

Here is a report from CONCACAF on the 2002 Finals (which involved Tortola, competing as a separate entity after qualifying through the 2001 Virgin Islands Championship): http://www.concacaf.com/page/ConfederationDetail/0,,12813~1861753,00.html

As far as Tortola and Virgin Gorda are concerned, they each maintained separate leagues within the British Virgin Islands until 2009.

As far as Saint Croix and Saint Thomas are concerned, they still maintain separate leagues, both of which act as qualifiers for the overall US Virgin Islands championship. For the majority of the season, therefore, Saint Croix and Saint Thomas have separate footballing identities.

Nevis was deleted - they do have their own FA, and have participated separately (from St.Kitts) in the Leeward Islands Championship. Certainly, both islands competed separately before St.Kitts/Nevis was accepted into the fold at FIFA in 1986. On their official site, it mentioned with pride a victory over St.Kitts in one of the tournaments in the 1970s (*note - this page now seems to have been deleted). Unfortunately, record-keeping in various Caribbean associations has not been up to scratch, but there are little snippets like this dotted all over the internet that show how important these tournaments were for the players at the time. The fact that the Leeward Islands tournament has its own Wikipedia page (thus must be deemed notable) [3] makes it slightly odd that the teams involved in it are not deemed notable. Without the teams, the tournament would not exist. 4 of the 5 teams deleted have competed in this competition, and only Virgin Gorda has not (though they DID attempt to qualify). Mcruic (talk) 00:03, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses the term notability in a particular way, which is defined at WP:Notability and WP:Notability (organizations and companies). What is needed is to show "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Croix official football team was about whether these team articles met that requirement, the unanimous view of the four other users who contributed was that they did not, and there was no other way I could have closed that debate. The fact that the Leeward Islands Tournament and Virgin Islands Championship have articles does not mean that they have been agreed to be notable - those articles have no references, and I do not know whether they would be kept if challenged - and certainly does not mean that the teams that play in them are individually notable. I think your best plan would be to find what references you can and add them to the two League articles. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:08, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Johnston, Film and TV Critic

I am very disappointed to see that you have deleted this article that I recently created. I believe that the links included gave sound evidence that this was a sufficiently notable individual for an article. I discovered the deletion as I was in the process of adding additional information and external links.

I would appreciate the opportunity to reinstate this article.

Thank you.

MarthaSGO (talk) 03:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

The article has not been deleted: another user "moved" it - changed its title - to Andrew Johnston (critic) which is more in accordance with our standard style for article titles, and left a note on your talk page yesterday to tell you. JohnCD (talk) 09:22, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the clarification. I appreciate it. MarthaSGO (talk) 14:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Re:Buttrock

That wasn't my speedy tag, I think I restored it once though. I had prodded it, then read the old deletion discussion and decided to let it breathe for a bit. It's got a great name, that for sure. Cheers, The Interior (Talk) 11:12, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I used the CSDHelper script, which is useful but not that intelligent about working out who first placed a tag. I'll pass the message on to whoever actually did. It's certainly a great name, but I'm not sure it passes WP:NEO yet - all the refs are to one site. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 11:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

75.150.67.34 ban

please renew. thank you! --75.150.67.34 (talk) 13:59, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh shoot.....

I just looked up Professor Ki Padosa and found this. Apparently, it was a movie and not a real person being attacked as I had previously thought, although it was written about in the article as if it were a real person. I apologized to the creator [4], but I'm relatively certain that we successfully drove him off. :( Just thought you might want to know. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem - as I told him, he should have made clear it was a fictional person, we can't risk publishing dubious BLP. JohnCD (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

I know; that's why I tagged it. I couldn't decide whether it was fictional or childish vandalism; however, as you correctly said, we cannot risk attack pages and libel. But I still feel bad about warning him for "attack pages" when it turns out to be a movie. :( Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

User:BreakIntoMusic111/Heather Vesey

Yep, I find it something of an unlikely coincidence that a user just happens to have recreated the same material that's been deleted numerous times for editing practice. They clearly have access to all the hoax material, and they seem to be fine at editing and not really in need of any practice. I don't think we should allow them to keep it much longer -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:00, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

A few days at most. All the redirects to it are odd. I have tagged it {{Userspace draft}}, which also noindexes it, and will watch for that being taken off. At least the user knows our eyes are on it and there is no chance of it being allowed back in the mainspace. I have re-salted the title (its protection seemed to have lapsed) just to be sure. This is probably a sock, but the SPI was so long ago, I don't think checkuser would help. JohnCD (talk) 11:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

What's up with redirects to userspace?! This can't be legit. The Interior (Talk) 11:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The redirects are from userspace, which is ok for someone who's sandboxing something that will never be a real article - there were some from article space too, but they've been deleted. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:56, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)They are redirects within userspace; I agree I can't see any legit purpose for all this, and it was probably intended as a reintroduction of the Heather Vesey/Lady Lashes hoax; but now they know they are being watched, and as long as there are lots of eyes on it it can't escape into mainspace. I suggest we wait for an answer to BsZ's latest message. JohnCD (talk) 13:01, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Deleted, G3 hoax and G4 repost. User did not reply to my question about how long they wanted it for, and has not edited for over 24 hours. There is no possible legitimate reason for this hoax anywhere in Wikipedia: moreover, Google had picked it up before I noindexed it. JohnCD (talk) 11:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yep, good move -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:00, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

The dabljus

I would like the Administrator JohnCD to please review posted and deleted article. I believe that Wendy L. Carvalho and Wayne L. Carvalho, aka The Dabljus really deserve a space on Wikipedia. Such young talented kids!!!

(Extract from dirtywaternews.com removed for copyright reasons)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssalvucci (talk • contribs) 19:17, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The article described a brother-and-sister group who have had one concert, released two songs, and "been very successful though CD is not out yet." I'm afraid that is some way short of Wikipedia's requirements - see WP:MUSICBIO for what musical performers need to have achieved before they can have an article. There was another problem - the article was a copyright violation, copied from dirtywaternews.com - please read Wikipedia:Copy-paste for why that is not allowed. When their career has progressed enough for them to have an article, somebody will have to write one in their own words. JohnCD (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The Dabljus (Boston Dirty Water News article)

Dear Admin. Mr. JohnCD:

The article from Boston Dirty Water News magazine was written by me and e-mailed over to its publisher, who found that an amazing story. I am one of the fan, being following the brother and sister for over two years now. If you visit the magazine website, and go under Entertainment, you will see that at the very top it says: "Written by 'super user'". The band was also on Boston Brazilian Times newspaper, and they will be on another magazine and newspaper in Florida on the 15th of this month. What else do I need to get their Wikipedia page started? Am I gonna loose this opportunity to be the first one to start it?

Please, I beg you to please review.

Thank you,

Andressa Salvucci — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssalvucci (talk • contribs) 02:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, their career has not advanced enough to have an encyclopedia article. We don't do up and coming. Wait till they have records out and there are independent reviews of their records and performances. WP:MUSICBIO will give you an idea of the sort of standard we are looking for - a song in the national charts, or two albums released on a major label. You will not lose the opportunity, because nobody else will be able to make them an article, yet. JohnCD (talk) 23:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Declineing speedy deletion notices

Hi John, Do you have some sort of userscript that does those handy CSD declined messages for you? If so, where can I find them? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it's User:Ale_jrb/Scripts/csdhelper.js. You need to check afterwards that it has given the notice to the right tagger, as it can get fooled by complicated situations where tags have been removed and replaced, but it's still useful. You can see at User:JohnCD/vector.js what other scripts I have found useful, though I haven't done a lot of exploring the possibilities. "closeAFD" is brilliant - finds and deletes redirects, updates talk pages, the lot. There's a list of scripts at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. JohnCD (talk) 17:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Looks like it works like a charm. Thanks. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Earwig Music Company

Hi John, since you kindly revived the "Delmark Records" article a few days ago for me, could you once again be so kind as to have a look here and advice how to get further action in this "case" --- Thanks in advance ! StefanWirz (talk) 20:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

This is more of a problem than Delmark since, as the deletion log shows, it was deleted five times in two days by various admins (including me), and then a sixth time which was the last straw so that the title was "salted" to prevent re-creation. The version that I deleted read, in total, "Earwig is a US based indie label based out of chicago. They offer records, tapes, and CDs of contemporary blues music." All those versions were by different users. That sort of pattern arouses suspicions that there is an off-wiki campaign going on, and tends to put up the barricades here and mean that a new submission will be viewed askance.

At a glance, I would say that your version has enough references, but the man you have to convince is user RHaworth (talk), the admin who salted the title. Give him a link to your version - what you have to write is [[User:StefanWirz/Earwig]] with two square brackets each side - and ask him to unprotect the title. If he does not agree, your next step is WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 21:39, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply - I just did what you adviced - now lets see what happens ;-) StefanWirz (talk) 12:54, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Period (song)

The artist does not have a page, the fictional publication has a page. CTJF83 22:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see - doing further research, the actual composer for Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood is Akira Senju who doesn't have an article. OK, A9 it is. JohnCD (talk) 22:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, CTJF83 22:36, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Friendly request

Nilanchal 05:04, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Can you help me to restore the article. My article is now contain 51 cite referene with few reliable source. If the article is still lacking any source information kindly inform me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nilanchalswara (talk • contribs) 05:04, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

In the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swami Nigamananda the four other users who gave opinions all agreed that the article was not suitable for Wikipedia. I could not close the deletion discussion in any other way. If you want it restored, you will have to go to WP:Deletion review, but I suggest you wait; within a few days I will try to find some advice for you on how to improve it so that it will have a better chance there. JohnCD (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Interesting situation

... and one that I do not think has ever come up before. As you know, I expanded and improved the article on Michael Gleissner. In looking at the films linked through his article, I began to source the 2010 film Irreversi to show it meeting WP:NF. Then I decided to tackled the redlink for what I thought was a different film... Hui lu. What I discovered is that the two were the same film storyline, produced at the same time and both directed by Gleissner, filmed at the same locations but with different casts and crews. Check User:MichaelQSchmidt/Hui lu One is not a remake of the other, as they were made simultaneously, the only diference being that the Mandarin was made with a cast and crew to appeal to a Chinese release. Interesting conundrum. The same film, but different... different cast, different crew, different release dates... but same director and production company. Maybe I should expand Irreversi to include more information on Hui lu, and then set a redirect for Hui lu to Ireversi? I had considered doing this the other way 'round because Hui lu was released first... but it is Irreversi that has the greater sourcability for en.Wikipedia. Opinion? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:32, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Unless the post-release history of Hui Lu differs enough to justify a stand-alone article, I think your idea of expanding Irreversi and redirecting Hui Lu to it sounds the right one. If more material turned up for Hui Lu, it could always be spun off later. JohnCD (talk) 11:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Sensible enough. Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:22, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Yup... I like how the solution worked out at Irreversi and Hui lu. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Doing the shooting with two casts must have been an interesting experience for all! JohnCD (talk) 22:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I can imagine even more so for the director... shooting a scene in English, then changing cast and crew and shooting the same thing in Mandarin. What a tremendous example of cooperation! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 23:30, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Manfred Beck Arnstein

Hi, I am the webmaster of Manfred Beck Arnstein http://www.beck-arnstein-art.com, a famous artist painting fantastic realistic art. He has received many awards and recognitions for his art and has painted hundreds of paintings... I try to put him on Wikipedia. Now you are telling me that the text has a copyright problem - and to rewrite it in my own words - well I wrote this text on the website...

Is there a possibility to add a meta tag in the websites code to prove that I am the author of the text - both in English and German language? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocaloca (talk • contribs) 12:36, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

It is possible to make a copyright release, as explained in the notice on your talk page, but I have given advice there to explain that this text is too promotional and give more advice. JohnCD (talk) 12:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

My Signature and Infobox

gee.. that was a lot of stuff to read! heheh.. Ok! thanks sir! I'll continue to learn here in Wiki.. You rock! Thanks again..Draven Corvis (talk • contribs) 18:55, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Bryan Pennington

Hi, could you please userfy Bryan Pennington to my userspace? The creator has edited an article that I have been involved in editing, Disappearance of Edward and Austin Bryant, and I am just curious as to what was contained in that article. This is for my information only; I have no intention of creating an article on the subject, and I will request U1 immediately after I read it. Thanks. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Not worth userfying. It was created with only the words "Bryan Pennington", tagged (rather hastily) A7, then three minutes later the author added the word "informed" and then abandoned it, and that was what I deleted an hour or so later. JohnCD (talk) 15:49, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks! —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:50, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Complaint

Dear Sir, I think the way that you scan across Wikipedia in an attempt to tarnish people's efforts of making a page that may only apply to a minority, but is still relevant, is appauling and a true representation of how sad you must be as an individual. The reason I have taken the time out to make a comment is because of the way that you deleted a page for the University of Victoria. Your argument is flawed and as this is an online encyclopedia created for the purpose of allowing people to write articles, with a factual content, for the benefit of others, so what makes you think that you have the right to wipe these pages off of the website with not so much as a second thought? Perhaps if you spent a substantial period of time drawing a beautiul, deep, accurate chalk portrait on the floor, of yourself (as I think it would affect you more) and somebody came along and pissed on it, you'd be less ruthless when it came to taking time out of looking at porn and spending time deleting other people's stuff on Wikipedia. Kind regards, Alfie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfiebeau (talk • contribs) 15:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, another graduate of the U Vic School of Charm and Interpersonal Relations. Kind regards to you, too. JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, when I attended UVic everyone was much more....like, mellow dude. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 13:25, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Exuse me you

There is no fake CV deatail!! Did you call the people?? F —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.15.153.115 (talk) 16:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

There are no fake details on Jaco Snyman please if you want to call the agent. He is a sucsefull actor/voiceover artist! It — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaco1000 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Nobody said anything about "fake"; but Wikipedia is not a place to post your CV. JohnCD (talk) 16:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

It is not his CV all of the actor's page look like that!!! What is wrong with it? Please then tell me what I must add or remove? Tank you

Sorry, but you are not (yet) notable enough to have an article, see WP:ENTERTAINER, and even if you were, you should not be writing it yourself. Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn are places for people to write about themselve; Wikipedia is not. JohnCD (talk) 17:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Myah Marie!

Sir, I am trying to get this page started but it gets deleted before I can get it started. Will you unlock the page so that I can at least get a stub started so that we can allow Wikipedia:Article development? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fitchhollister (talk • contribs) 21:17, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I have explained on your talk page that articles about this singer have already been deleted six times, so that the title has been salted against re-creation. You will have to make a userspace draft and convince an admin, or go to WP:DRV. JohnCD (talk) 21:22, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I got your message. I wasn't trying to evade anyone with the Exclamation mark. It was just a simple error. Remember, not everyone is an expert on Wikipedia. I'll see what I can do about getting a draft article together.

No worries. We tend to get suspicious when a title is salted and "variations" start to appear, but I know mistakes happen. Good luck with it. JohnCD (talk) 22:11, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

James-Honey

Hi JohnCD

Why did you delete the James-Honey Wiki page?

I just started to create the page and the next thing I know it has been deleted!

I'm sure there is a misunderstanding.

Kind regards

James — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesSnider85 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

No misunderstanding, I'm afraid: as a new group who "have spent most of their time writing a body of material", it does not seem that your career has progressed far enough to achieve the notability required for a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." WP:MUSICBIO explains the sort of standard required for a musical act. Also, even if your group were already notable, you should not be writing about it, for reasons explained at WP:Autobiography and WP:Conflict of interest. There are plenty of sites like Facebook and Myspace where people can write themselves up, but Wikipedia is different. JohnCD (talk) 22:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Page Bhaskar Mukherjee

I found the page have been deleted number of times by mentioning that criteria of notability or so..... Let me confirm some points. 1st of all the page in Capital letter was made first by the author whereas in title face it was made by some other user who as mistake use nomination as criteria of notability. Before making through constructive suggestion whether you please suggest why different rules is applied for different persons. If you check the thing it will clear that there are so name there whose name can not be categorized as Notable. Better not to discuss such issue, suggest what the biographer should do. Shall he/she simply add the source name where the article published or shall he provide open source full text only where it published or shall he give citation (in terms of who cite). The last data is the best way to judge notability as you suggest but this criteria not fulfill various biographer who name is in wiki. How the author has provide links for an article un accessible. So, please suggest what should he do????? --Open3215 (talk) 08:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Page BHASKAR MUKHERJEE/ or Bhaskar Mukherjee

Just now I checked the criteria of notability and found Dr. Mukherjee certainly fulfill the criteria no. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. After that how you suggest to delete a page. Please look again the profile, check it onceagain on other web sources, confirm your assumption, and the make deletion in so speedy way. I also found some names who are in wiki and does not fulfill atleast 4-5 criteria. How u then keep these entries over there.--Open3215 (talk) 09:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

The form of citation is not important, and listing every paper that he has written is not necessary. The notability standard of WP:PROF is very high, some full professors may not meet it. This article was carefully considered at WP:Articles for deletion/Bhaskar Mukherjee by people familiar with the field, who were agreed that he does not meet the standard. Because the article has been re-created so many times, the title has been locked against re-creation. My advice is that you should accept the result of the deletion discussion, but if you want to challenge it you will have to convince user BigDom (talk), the administrator who closed the discussion, and if you cannot convince him, go to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 11:06, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Daniel and the Rum Runners

Hi John,

I have tried uploading an article on Wikipedia and for some reason it has now been deleated? i dont know why this is because i read the terms and conditions before and it said that if you have been broadcast for at least 30 minutes you are allowed on Wikipedia, now we have been broadcast on Radio both Local and National, we have been publicised on local Television and are building a massive fan base in the south west as well as starting to get recognition nationally. is says that if there is enough demand for people to know about us. i believe this a viable reason to have a small wikipedia page about us, i hope you can see my reasoning for this and look forward to your reply.

Regards Daniel Kemish —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.45.94 (talk) 19:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Your article didn't say any of that, it didn't show significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, and moreover it was written in such promotional terms: "aim is to get you up on your feet and dancing... powerful vocals and Saxophone... guaranteed to be something you like... " that it might well have been speedy-deleted as an advertisement. Writing about your own band gives you, from our point of view, a WP:Conflict of interest, which is a problem precisely because your interest is in a puff piece and ours is in a neutral point of view and a factual article. I will give some advice on your talk page, but probably not till tomorrow. Read WP:Your first article to start with. JohnCD (talk) 20:10, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Joan Jett Blakk deleted

I'm confused by the deletion of this article. I hadn't looked at it for several months but found it a useful resource and recall that it was pretty well sourced. A simple Google search turns up lots of reliable sources (including a mention in The Guardian from just a week ago). I believe that the subject easily passes notability guidelines and would appreciate it if you would restore the article. Thanks. Lafe Smith (talk) 21:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored upon request. I will notify user Freddy S. (talk), who proposed it, in case he wishes to nominate it at WP:Articles for deletion. The sourcing on the article is pretty thin - we look for significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, but maybe you can improve it. Note that per WP:POLITICIAN being a political candidate does not count for notability, it needs to be established independently. JohnCD (talk) 21:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for putting it back. I went ahead and added a couple of sources and I'll look for more. Lafe Smith (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2011 (UTC)