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:The problem was not lack of notability, but blatant [[:WP:COI|conflict of interest]]; further feedback and advice on [[User talk:Rlewinson|your talk page]]. --[[User:Orangemike|<font color="darkorange">Orange Mike</font>]] | [[User talk:Orangemike|<font color="orange">Talk</font>]] 13:57, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
:The problem was not lack of notability, but blatant [[:WP:COI|conflict of interest]]; further feedback and advice on [[User talk:Rlewinson|your talk page]]. --[[User:Orangemike|<font color="darkorange">Orange Mike</font>]] | [[User talk:Orangemike|<font color="orange">Talk</font>]] 13:57, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
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Thank you for the suggestion about using the sandbox. I knew this option existed, but wasn't sure how to use it properly. I will certainly keep this in mind for any new pages I create in the future. |
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Regarding the conflict of interest you note -- that's not the case here. All of the articles I posted last week that you deleted were about educational and patient empowerment initiatives relating to Parkinson's disease. These have nothing to do with JDRF, which focuses on type 1 diabetes. You will note in my contribution history that I've made just one edit to a JDRF-related page in the last 10 months (to update facts). |
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I certainly understand how you thought there might be an issue, but given what I've explained here, can you give a second thought to restoring my articles? Thanks again for your help. [[User:Rlewinson|Rlewinson]] ([[User talk:Rlewinson|talk]]) 18:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)Rlewinson |
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Hi, this article is being heavily edited by IPs originating from the PR firm: Fleishman-Hillard who appear to be the PR firm for Vocera Communications (example). We're currently edit warring so I'm going to take a step back, if you could take a look it would be appreciated. Thanks Smartse (talk) 20:13, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Dear mike
You have marked my page "the necronomicon" as vandalism and an obvious hoax? In doing so, you have discredited my beliefs, and the belief of an ancient culture. I would appreciate if you would have an open mind to other religions besides your own. You are very insulting, and close minded. My page was completly seperate from other "necronomicon" posts because every post I see marks them as fiction and or false.
I as a person believe in the Necronomicon, I practice the rituals of the book, and had proof of it's existance clearly from nazi archives. Seriously why are you trying to hide the powers of this book. H.P. lovecraft had to much information on this book to create it himself. He obviously came across one of the originals, and practiced the rituals.
Which is where he got his info. once the gates are opened the watchers can answer any question you seek. I find it offensive that on "christianity" posts, it does not say fictional characters are involved. Because there is no lagitamate proof to thier existance, besides a book. You are claiming that a book(the necronomicon) doesnt exist. You would be insulted if I were to say that "christianity was a hoax and further more a plot to turn people to a false profit."
Please unblock my page so that the truth can be told, it is also my right to have freedom of speech.
And further more "Orange" is the most obnoxious and hidious color in the spectrum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punktothec (talk • contribs) 20:52, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
- Now, an actual article on the history of the Necronomicon would be fascinating. The husband of a friend of mine alleges that he and a friend created an artefact which they claimed was the original Necronomicon, which they attempted to get into the archive at the Library of Congress, and I'd love to know whether they succeeded or not. Given that the Rennes-le-Château papers resided for over 30 years in the Bibliotheque Nationale before being exposed as a forgery, and given that (according to the h of f) the person they were passing it off to had as I recall no idea what the Necronomicon was, they might have succeeded. Don't think they made any false profits though. Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
- befor my article was deleted i had numerous pictures of SS soldiers holding the necronomicon.
which they took from the Bibliotheque Nationale durring raids. As we all know Hitler was a member of the thrule society, and a beleiver in the occult. There is just no way that a white man from brooklyn hieghts create this book. The Sumerians created the necronomicon. end of story call it a hoax... what ever. the truth is in the rituals. christ is the false profit —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punktothec (talk • contribs) 00:37, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- The depths of your "knowledge" may be displayed by your impression that Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Gent. of Providence, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was "a whte man from brooklyn hieghts"!!!! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- HPL did live in Brooklyn — Red Hook, not the Heights — in 1924-1926 after marrying Sonia, though he wasn't happy there. It inspired his story "The Horror at Red Hook." — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 17:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- I knew that; but he was not from Brooklyn; one of those "just 'cause the cat had her kittens in the oven, don't make 'em biscuits!" kind of situations. HPL was from and of Providence and Providence only, to an extent most of us can merely imagine. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- To the extent that he wrote in one of his letters, "I am Providence" — and that's engraved on his headstone. — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 17:57, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- I knew that; but he was not from Brooklyn; one of those "just 'cause the cat had her kittens in the oven, don't make 'em biscuits!" kind of situations. HPL was from and of Providence and Providence only, to an extent most of us can merely imagine. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- HPL did live in Brooklyn — Red Hook, not the Heights — in 1924-1926 after marrying Sonia, though he wasn't happy there. It inspired his story "The Horror at Red Hook." — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 17:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- The depths of your "knowledge" may be displayed by your impression that Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Gent. of Providence, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was "a whte man from brooklyn hieghts"!!!! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- and to reply to you mike. Calling me ignorant is also insulting.
i have known of Robert Bloch and the whole lovecraft circle i onw H.p. lovecraft books. I could go on and on about everything he and his friends done. but the point is there is no proof to say he just made it up. when his story also goes along with sumerian beleif structures —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punktothec (talk • contribs) 00:42, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Mike: I see The Necronomicon is protected as deleted; may I suggest protecting it as "#REDIRECT Necronomicon" instead? — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 03:35, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- Incidentally, I'd think it non-controversial that HPL's Necronomicon was a (fictional) grimoire; cf. "Owen Davies's Top 10 Grimoires". — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 01:54, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- Ditto that. If I recall, there's even one instance where Lovecraft has a character recount a list of fabled grimoires including the
NecronomicanNecronomicinthat wierd book. Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- Ditto that. If I recall, there's even one instance where Lovecraft has a character recount a list of fabled grimoires including the
Trypophobia
I was quite excited this evening to discover that I wasn't the only person in the world to have a peculiar aversion to certain images and objects containing small holes or crevices. My daughter had run across the word trypophobia somewhere or other and described the condition to me. I was astonished that this is a phenomenon experienced by others. I first noticed it when I was 9 or 10--it was more or less confined to the clustered dots on the surface of artichoke hearts. I get a similar reaction to cracked, dry desert beds, trabeculated bone, and porous rocks. I'm a physician, and natural skeptic--but you missed the boat here. Understandably, I guess--it's a peculiar thing, for which there's no literature, but surely not the only odd syndrome out there for which the internet is the perfect tool for uncovering.
206.248.167.220 (talk) 02:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trypophobia. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Your comment to User:Handws
Hi Orange Mike - regarding this post of yours, I just wanted to let you know that the account has been abandoned by the user, so they will probably not receive your message. (I advised them in IRC that their username was a violation of policy, and they have registered a new one. Regrettably, they left the channel before I could ask what the new name was.) However, I did also inform them of the same issues you have raised and, as far as I could tell, they seemed to understand. Regards, AJCham 19:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
StrongLifts
I put the {hangon} tag plus i was willing to clean it up, why was it deleted without a consensus? Portillo (talk) 03:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Unblock
I thought this user's request for unblock seemed pretty legit, but I thought I would get your opinion first as the blocking admin. Cheers! TNXMan 14:17, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Question
I'm curious as to what personal assertions I made to the Dragons article. Since I mentioned very clearly that the article is biased, and directed in an atheistic/non-neutral viewpoint, its curious why you redirect that claim to me. Also, you reassert my opinion by adding, "we're trying to be serious". If you wanted to be serious you shouldn't add "millions of years" fairytales as if its fact. If "dragons aren't real because dinosaurs lived 65 millions years ago based on unreliable datings of rocks, and assuming rocks assign fossils dates" isn't baised towards atheism and secular opinion rather than real science, then what is? I'm not concenred with a reply or if what I wrote was deleted. I wanted to make it very clear how biased wikipedia is. If people are personally biased towards atheism themself, then thats there life. But adding everything in wikipedia from that viewpoint is nonsense. Next time you'd like to be serious, consider not calling yourself Orangemike and wasting time on the internet writing meaningless articles. Mwarriorjsj7 (talk) 09:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
- "We don't ignore that fact that there are people out there who belive in "creation science" and werewolves and channeling."
I personally don't care, but I will point out for your sake that mocking isn't an argument against or for something. Putting Creation Science in the same category as mythical creatures and superstious beliefs shows your viewpoint quite well.
- "But we don't take their views into account when writing articles about other topics. Instead, we rely on the best available scientific consensus. That's what scientists do."
Correct. You don't take into account truth. You take into account Atheist's views. The general population of scientists are atheist( non-neutral). Taking opinions over facts isn't science. The consensus that molecules evolved into man is held high in the scientific community, but can't be backed up with science, hence, it is a non-neutral viewpoint. The consensus that Gravity exists is a fact, hence it is neutral. Origins are seperate from science, as science can't explain what happened in the past. It is only a "how something works" tool. Religous beliefs( including atheism/humanism) is for Origins. But using a specific religous belief that dominates scientific fact is biased and makes out science itself as a way to market their(scientist's) beliefs.
- "That doesn't mean that the typical Wikipedia editor is an atheist (I myself am a devout Quaker and former lay preacher); but it means that we are trying to create a compendium of facts, not religious dogmas."
I wish that were so, but yet I continue to see Atheist/Humanist ideas on all aspects including those who write the Religous sections. We'd all be happier when religous dogmas are erased, but sadly that is not so. You will still see teachers and proffesors preaching about how man evolved from monkeys. If you wanted to create articles based on truth, you wouldn't do so by using presuppositions that atheism is a fact.
- "If this makes you uncomfortable, you would probably be more comfortable at Conservapedia."
Once more, I am not interested is wasting my life writing or reading meaningless articles. I only pointed out the truth in hope that atheists didn't rule over these baords and that someone would agree that presuppositions on atheism is a driving force in culture and thought. Example: Beliving Dragons and Dinosaurs aren't connected based soley on the idea humans lived millions of years apart. Yet if that weren't the case, you'd see humans mention dinosuars throughout history, which we do. That is why you have many countires spanning nations and cultures talking about the same creature. Yet based on your self interest and Popular Opinion, you think me explaining their connection is a matter of perspective rather than truth, and that an article talking about the "mythical creature known as Dragons" is more important than the fact that man and dinosaurs co-exstisted. Mwarriorjsj7 (talk) 23:28, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Daft.ie Article Deletion
Hi Mike,
I noticed that you deleted the page on Daft.ie. I'm one of the founders of the company - the wikipedia page has never been written/modified by anyone in the company so any advertising material in there was unintentional.
Some points on why I think the company page should feature on Wikipedia.
- Daft is one of the most visited websites in the country
- Irish Internet Association: http://www.iia.ie/news/item/1303/daft-ie-remains-the-most-visited-property-website-in-ireland/
- We are long established company with deep brand recognition in Ireland and internationally. Our economic analysis features regularly in press. See Time magazine and Reuters articles below:
- http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1920285_1920320_1920255,00.html
- http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssAdvancedMedicalEquipment/idUSLK23054520080820
- Other proof of importance/relevance
- Daft.ie powers property verticals on Ebay.ie, TV3 (national TV station), Eircom.net (Largest Telco) http://ebay.daft.ie/, tv3.daft.ie, eircom.daft.ie
- Acquisition of competitior: http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2008/06/23/daftie-acquires-competing-website/
- Investment in Ireland's largest community website Boards.ie: http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-irish-community-site-boardsie-gets-investment-from-daft-media/
- Irish Internet Association on the launch of our sister site rent.ie: http://www.iia.ie/news/item/1059/daft-media-launches-rent-ie/
- Daft.ie has been awarded the title of Fastest Growing Irish Tech Company in the Deloitte Fast 50 awards: http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_IE/ie/news/ie-pressreleases-en/press-release/10a18d6007c54210VgnVCM100000ba42f00aRCRD.htm
I'm not sure what was in the previous article, perhaps you could undelete it and I can update the article to remove the text that was 'advertising'.
Regards,
Brian
Brian982582 (talk) 03:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Result = keep. Painfully.- Sinneed 14:19, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- COI? Virtually every word in there comes from either myself or an admin who also followed the AfD there. We have steadily tossed out the POV bilge copy/pasted from the (copyrighted) promo site. Once the talk page is back, maybe you could explain your reasoning? I have proposed and no one has objected to firm reliably-sourced-only editing. There are at least 3 of us watching it pretty closely. The spam has (at last) died down. I don't see the value in the COI flag. *shrug* - Sinneed 14:28, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
COI - Jennifer Nicole Lee
Regarding this COI tag, several folks have been keeping a close eye on this article and I think its claims are pretty much all sourced properly. Yes, there is some effort to make it promotional, but so far it has not been successful. Can you elaborate on the placement of the COI tag? Frank | talk 14:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- Great minds, etc. ;) I gave it a section on the article talk page. - Sinneed 14:34, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, Orangemike. Frank | talk 14:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- As Frank said, thank you. :) And thank you both for doing the admin thing.- Sinneed 15:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Who
the fuck are you buddy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evolutionist6 (talk • contribs)
Hi
Here's the Infernus article, where you could just extract the citation for the rape business and put it into the Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt article if you're up and ready to invest some energy into modifying the latter article if absolutely necessary. If the likes of yourself and other such people on wikipedia feel the impulsion to point out problems on potentially the most pedantic of grounds, then you might as well fix them and not confine yourself to the box. Dark Prime (talk) 18:00, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- In response to your message on my talk page, I made the decision to include the reference after I read that link you gave and saw that it pertained to biographical information about anybody on any wikipedia page, not just articles about the subject. Dark Prime (talk) 19:20, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Edits
Your previous edits of my articles were in good form, but your recent ones seem rude; there's no need to call anything I've written pretentious or prod fun at accidental misspellings. I thank you for your contributions, but please just help me improve the articles, don't mock them. Also: your name cropping up has prompted me to reach for an orange box of mac and cheese for lunch. Kafkacafe (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- I assumed that the misspelling was Beer's, not yours; didn't mean to mock a fellow Midwestern Wikipedian. I do hope that it was Wisconsin cheese, not some lesser frommage. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:43, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Trader Joe's Wisconsin Cheddar, in fact. Happy early winter, neighbor, and thanks. I'll probably pester you for more guidance in my contributions as time goes on. Kafkacafe (talk) 18:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
In helping to establish notability for my article on Christopher Michael Beer, I have WP:LOCALINT to reference: "Sources from local papers and other materials found within the city or town can be used, and may even be exclusively used to establish notability." And..."Most likely, an article on a local interest will be created by someone who lives in the area, has previously lived there, or has spent a significant amount of time there. This is perfectly acceptable, and in fact encouraged, provided that those creating these articles are aware of these guidelines". With the MPR and KFAI interviews, would this at least be enough to get the proposed deletion tag removed? Kafkacafe (talk) 19:05, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to contest the afd of Christopher Michael Beer, but I guess I just need some further clarification as you never told me how it didn't satisfy the local interest notability. Thank you! Kafkacafe (talk) 16:10, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
You blocked
You blocked my account Nazisasquatch for a reason that Nazi is insulting. My name is Nazis (PRONOUNCED Nahh-sis) and I find sasquatch an amusing word and I left out the extra s. Please unblock it or tell me how to get my username changed so it's good or whatever. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.108.143.82 (talk) 02:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- Instructions for this have already been posted to your userpage. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:51, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Teaching with Facebook
Hey OrangeMike, sorry if my page violated policies. I'm teaching a Web 2.0 class called "Beyond Facebook" and I just wanted my students to have the ability to work with a live Wiki article. Any ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilk2695 (talk • contribs) --Orange Mike | Talk 20:49, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- I hesitate to send my students off to edit pages that will probably revert their changes within a few minutes. But, I suppose I must. Thanks for the advice. Wilk2695 (talk) 16:03, 28 October 2009 Wilk2695
- Students understand that this is not Facebook, but it is also quite difficult to find an article about something with which they are familiar enough to make substantive edits. Anyway, I've scrapped the project and I'll just pass out usernames for the wiki on our server. 150.182.231.93 (talk) 21:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)Wilk2695
AFD for Mr. Billion
No rationale for deletion was provided at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Billion. The assumption is that it is for notability reasons but perhaps as nominator you can make clear with an explicit statement. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 14:13, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Solomon Times Online
It would have been courteous had you 1. notified me of this article's impending deletion per wiki convention ("There is strong consensus that the creators and major contributors of pages and media files should be warned of a speedy deletion nomination"), and 2. mentioned (aside from the general and not very helpful Wikipedia:CSD#A7 waffle) why an online newspaper that is of importance for the peoples of the Solomon Islands and surrounding area was not sufficiently notable for our project. Apart from it being self-evidently notable, is not the fact that it is cited as a reference five times in an article about the 2009 Samoa earthquake sufficient? I'd appreciate your views before I recreate the page. Best regards, Ericoides (talk) 14:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- Answering on your talk page; will point out that this is not a newspaper, it is a website. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for your very reasonable response. The tone bit was with respect to the fact that I felt I should have been warned about the deletion of the article re the protocol I quoted above; but then looking into the website a bit more I realised it's really just a spam/business op site so you were totally justified. That's about the sum of it! Keep up the good work, Ericoides (talk) 08:44, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Human suit recreated as Human disguise
This is a notice to all who participated in the recent AfD of Human suit, here, that resulted in a consensus for delete. This article has been recreated as "Human disguise", and has been nominated for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Human disguise. Thank you. Verbal chat 21:06, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
AfD for Snowcovered
Hi Orange Mike, I have edited the "entrepreneurship" paragraph to remove content that was referenced with blog posts, after learning more about the citation policy. How else can this article be improved to avoid deletion? Thanks, Audiohifi (talk) 23:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
damaging edits to Russ Mitchell
Mike, would you be so kind to check out the edits that User_talk:24.159.187.122 has made to Russ Mitchell. It appears that this editor is causing formatting problems with his/her edits. I've reverted his/her edits twice, but do not wish to get into an edit war in case this editor chooses to make this edit a third time. If I am mistaken in may assessment, I would appreciate it if you would tell me this. If you would prefer not to review these edits, please suggest an alternate admin. Please reply on your talk page. Thank you in advance for your assistance, --Dan Dassow (talk) 23:35, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
- Mike, User_talk:24.159.187.122 made the same edit to Russ Mitchell as noted above for the third time. Please, review this person's edit and take appropriate action. Thank you. --Dan Dassow (talk) 04:17, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Halloween in the Castro
Thanks for checking out the article Halloween in the Castro. I'm new and a little intimidated by another editor. If you could watch the talk and edits, I'd appreciate it. Andy54321 05:29, 31 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andy54321 (talk • contribs)
Advice needed
I recently came across a publication that had an article that was largely plagiarized from several WP articles. I realize that WP isn't copyrighted, but it is licensed. The Creative Commons license states, "For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work." In this case, that wasn't done. My question: Does anyone at WP care that its material is used in violation of the license? If so, what to do? --Sift&Winnow 23:25, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Vinogradovisoleksii page removing
Please let me know a reasons why you removing my page? There is page to check with editors format of correct pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinogradovisoleksii (talk • contribs) 10:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
- The two articles you wrote which have been deleted were both advertisements for a company you founded in 1999. See our rules about conflict of interest. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)--Orange Mike | Talk 13:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Page Removal
I was wondering if there was any way to retrieve content deleted when the Chattanooga Stand and CreateHere entries were removed? Additionally, I was wondering why the pages were deleted? Was it nominated? Many thanks. Veronique.bergeron 15:32, 2 November 2009
If your able to reference the other information in the article, please do cause i can't find any references for them. --TIAYN (talk) 21:17, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
User:Nevpan/Nevin Millan
Hello, Orangemike … I think that you may have deleted User:Nevpan/Nevin Millan in error when you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nevin Millan … that was the user's sandbox that several editors were helping the user to fix so that it might be resubmitted … I don't see how closing the AfD also called for the deletion of a user's sandbox … please restore it.
Happy Editing! — 138.88.125.101 (talk · contribs) 15:47, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with you that it "it reeks of COI and fails WP:BIO", but the point is, it's a user's sandbox, and one should not apply G11 in user space, IMHO … how else can they learn? :-) — 138.88.125.101 (talk) 21:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Disruptive anon editor 75.57.175.7
Hello again, Orangemike … Might I trouble you to keep an eye on 75.57.175.7 (talk · contribs)? They have twice removed the {{AfD}} from Stan Helsing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and may need to be blocked if they continue their disruptive edits … Thnx! — 138.88.125.101 (talk) 22:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Citing sources in Jeffrey Hyland's Page
I've added some secondary/third-party sources about the topics in this article. I just hope the context that these sources present may be good enough to be considered as reliable. I need your inputs please. I truly appreciate your time guiding me around. Thank you for all the help. Jxc5 (talk) 12:26, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about that
Sorry about that. I saw that he had deleted a section someone else had put up where they had stated it would be nice to inform users if he started a mediation that involved them. I put it back and added my own comment about it, but didn't notice that I had accidentally taken away a comment by another user. Again, so sorry about that. Glad you caught it! Anakinjmt (talk) 19:26, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
The Lost Symbol
I see you or someone has taken down material relating to "The Lost Symbol: Found" - I think this resolves the issue. Thanks for this. I deleted your message from my talk page as it seems to me this is actioned and solved. Graemedavis (talk) 21:20, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Re: Talk:Wiseguy edits
You wrote:
- This goes against my editorial reflexes, but them's the rules.
I prefer to yield to my "editorial reflexes" than to a rule lacking in common sense. I have done this many times, and have yet to have an admin push it. In this case, I fixed a few typos and bad grammar to make the post—which had a good point—more readable. --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your inputs Orangemike especially your advice. I did fix the formats of the article's footnotes and added a few more citations. Do you think they're good enough? Jxc5 (talk) 11:01, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your opinion, Orange Mike!
EVERY newspaper article, news story, blog...EVERYTHING I have ever read or listened to about the subject mentions the cannibalism part. As for references go, do you think Underwoods words himself to the FBI in his confession video be an adequate enough source for citation?Chris Hawk (talk) 20:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Unblock of User:Covenant Presbyterian Church of Chicago
I just saw where User:Covenant Presbyterian Church of Chicago (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) placed a malformed unblock request to make a change of username. Since the block was for username only, I'm going to go ahead and unblock this user. I'll also remind them that they'll still have a COI, even if they change names.
If you have any objections to this, please let me know. —C.Fred (talk) 21:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Substantial motion
I created a page some time ago about a theory of Mullasadra named Substantial motion which was deleted by you. I want to re-create it again because I have enough References to provide a good article about this subject/please tell me what do you think? Bbadree (talk) 10:46, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Deletion review for User:Septemberboy009/Blades_(band)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:Septemberboy009/Blades_(band). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Gigs (talk) 14:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Barbara McAlister (opera singer)
Don't know why this is so questionable to you, but yes, Bacone Style is a widespread Native art style covered by numerous books about Oklahoman American Indian painting. Partioners include the Tiger family, Dick West, Woody Crumbo, Acee Blue Eagle, Fred Beaver, the Rabbit family, etc., etc. Here's another source. Surely it's time to move on to other editing pursuits? -Uyvsdi (talk) 19:49, 6 November 2009 (UTC)Uyvsdi
- So sorry :) You've inspired me - I'll get on it. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 20:21, 6 November 2009 (UTC)Uyvsdi
Is you reelated tuh Richard Stawlmun?
Is you reelated tuh Richard Stawlmun? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spaankenhaarden (talk • contribs) 21:21, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was recently patrolling new pages, and wasn't sure what do to with this. I later found it deleted as an R3. I'm not sure if it was speediable, but I'm sure it wasn't a redirect when I looked at it. Would you double check the history of this one? --Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:05, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Wasn't sure if it was a mistake. --Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:22, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
The Panama News
Ug, I'm trying to create an article about a newspaper in Panama, I live in Panama, and the people of Panama, like to read it. wish you guys would get off your buttons for 5 MINUTES!
thanks, have a nice day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roboo.jack (talk • contribs) 05:11, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
You said the following:
According to the stub I deleted, this is not a newspaper but a website. Websites without any evidence of notability are subject to speedy deletion. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:12, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
You give me less than five minutes to write about this topic. I know you're an AMERICAN citizen, but if you were in PANAMA, a country in Latin America which has little representation on Wikipedia in English, you would think that The Panama News is an important piece of media!
I've given up, you win, I won't even bother writing the article until I have YOUR permission.
Thanks, have a good night.
Roboo.jack (talk) 05:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
You said:
There is clearly a misunderstanding here. You must write the article first; then you put it on Wikipedia. I don't pretend to be an expert on Panama (although I have union brothers in the Zone). If you really believe this website is notable, then create a draft article in a sandbox (I'll even create one for you, at User:Roboo.jack/Panama News), and once you think it's ready to publish, drop me a note and I'll have a look at it. Fair enough? --Orange Mike | Talk 05:33, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for this. BTW the Panama Canal Zone has been gone for many years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roboo.jack (talk • contribs) 05:38, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
u/d request;
As you deleted it, I just realized I'd like a copy of the contents of File talk:SGUTVlogo.jpg, would you mind resurrecting it to User talk:pd_THOR/SGUTVlogo.jpg? — pd_THOR | =/\= | 05:21, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I believe that User:Chrisisinchrist's account may have been compromised. It was under his account that the article Desmond Styles was created, which seemed to be a borderline vandalism article, but certainly fell under A7 CSD. It just seems out of character for him, since I don't see any other time that somebody nominated one of his articles for speedy deletion. I noticed that you deleted the article, so I figured I'd go to you for advice on what action to take, if any.Inks.LWC (talk) 05:33, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Chronology of Star Wars
An AFD discussion that you have previously participated in has been reignited. See here for more the new discussion. Dale 10:59, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Is asking to be unblocked. I'm soliciting input from admins involved in the original blocking. For the moment I am seeking comment at his talk page, but it may end up being a better idea to move to ANI or something. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:15, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you're a bit of a deletionist. I think I am too. What's your opinion on an article like coconut doughnut? Should every iteration of food have its own article? Thanks for your input. Pdcook (talk) 02:19, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Leanni Lei
I was about to add {{WPBiography}} to Talk:Leanni Lei when I read the message about the previous deletions. I hope this may be useful to you. -- allen四names 06:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, would you mind taking a look at this one? Seems to me like a coi & pov pushing from single-purpose account, but I'm not sure what would be the best course of action in this case… don't want to make it into an edit war. Skarebo (talk) 06:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Conceptdraw products
Hello. Sorry for disturbing you, but you approved ConceptDraw MINDMAP article and I hope that you could help me.
Recently my account was blocked and all articles were deleted (except ConceptDraw PROJECT, but it got speedy which was rejected). The article which was approved by you was deleted by G11 too.
May I explain you the situation from side? I'm not trying to hide my COI or use proxies, I behave by Wiki rules, I wrote articles which were approved by Wiki admins and after that suddenly all of them deleted by Hu12. Moreover, he blocked my account because of bad history of ConceptDraw products in Wiki (but I was trying to fix this situation) and the existence of other accounts from this IP (VPN Internet gives us a single IP for all workers, but only I'm writing about our products, no puppets at all) and I'm evading block (write from my IP not using proxies) only for appealing and discussion. My goal is to provide useful and objective information about notable products that will met Wiki requirements. The existence of articles about our competitors products (which are far more promotional and have less references) confirms that it's possible.
Could you please give me any advice concerning this situation? I don't want to make things worse.
Many thanks in advance.
Sincerely yours, CSOWind. 195.138.71.154 (talk) 08:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Robert B. Jones (Linguist)
This article I have now written twice. I defended it in the proper way against deletion and it was nonetheless deleted without comment. I think this is rude, inexcusible, and gives no consideration for my time. R. B. Jones is no less important than any other linguist working at a university and I think you will find hundreds have pages. Please restore the page I wrote. Tibetologist (talk) 14:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
- It was User:Alan Liefting who made that nomination. Please make your case at the appropriate venue, which is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert B. Jones (linguist), but use stronger and more useful arguments than the deprecated "there are other articles of similar obscurity" one. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:00, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Mike Cox page under unrelenting attack
Orange Mike,
Will you please take a look at the Mike Cox page and revert the story back to as it was with Skarebo last week who undid earlier vandalism? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.238.167.66 (talk) 16:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Phil_Town deleted
Dear Mike,
You deleted the Phil Town page yesterday due to "Unambiguous advertising or promotion". I am Phil Town's webmaster for both his official site and blog site. All I did was add both links to the "External links" section of Phil Town's wiki page. Phil is a bestselling author like Seth Godin. Please look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin you'll see he has even more external pages. Can you please restore Phil Town's page and include those 2 external links? Thanks in advance for your consideration. Jronc23 Jronc23 (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Oh, and sorry if you don't like talkbacks. I just have very bad luck with people missing things. Should I just not bother for admins? ♪ daTheisen(talk) 22:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Bunkface
Hi! I would like to request for you to undelete the article Bunkface, a Malaysian band consisting of four members. The band became famous after its song "Through My Window" was used in a TMNet television commercial [1]. The band won the "Rockstar Awards" and "The Ultimate SHOUT! Awards" from SHOUT! awards 2009 [2], just to name an award they won. I am willing to write the article and I have a few sources, provided that the article gets your green light to be undeleted. Kristalyamaki (talk) 05:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Would you please take another look at Jeffrey Hyland's page
I'm not sure if I've added enough of these citations/references needed to verify some materials in the article or to provide enough info. I hope I did. I also applied the proper formatting as you advised. Thank you. Jxc5 (talk) 10:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Your name in (orange) lights!
Mike, on the distant offhand chance you might like it, I tinkered with the headers of your userpage and talkpage. Now, I abase myself in apologies should this prove not to be to your liking. The code to remove is on the top lines of each page and consists of "{{User:{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Title}}". These invoke files you could tinker with if you just want to change fonts/sizes/etc.: User:Orangemike/Title and User talk:Orangemike/Title. — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 10:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- If I may add my 2ø, I think it's exactly in line with Mike's motto,[1] which I've adopted myself :) decltype (talk) 10:32, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- ^ Quiet good taste is the key. Once I learned to avoid that, I could find a look that worked for me. — User:Orangemike
- (Yes, I had that very thought in mind when making the letters not only bright orange but big, bold, and italic. Now if only I could have figured out plaid....) — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 11:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Flow Factory Inc.
Why cant flow factory be created as an article no more. Pope132 (talk) 14:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Aight just askin. Thanx Laterz. Pope132 (talk) 14:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Getjar
What, may I ask, was your reasoning for using G11 on Getjar. Have you researched the subject at all? Please undo! -- Egil (talk) 20:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- I have asked you to do a minimum of research on this matter before deleting? Did you?
- Have you read and understood the introduction to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, and also Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Procedure for administrators?
- Do you genuinely know the difference between reverting/editing and deleting?
- Did you review at least a minimum of the almost one million Google hits on getjar to assert that this is indeed a non-notable subject for Wikipedia.
- Did you review the edit history of the page?
- Are you familiar with Wikipedia:Assume good faith?
- Please don't force me to escalate this. -- Egil (talk) 07:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
- You deleted GetJar due to G11, and Getjar due to A7. (obviously both of these should exist, one beeing a redirect to the other). So on two occasions have you deleted articles about this subject, where a trivial google search would immediately have revealed their notability. Your suggestion of me being bold and recreating the article is out of the question, I have no desire whatsoever in approaching 3RR or whatever, and anyway the right procedure is to undo the delete, restore valid content, and thereafter undo the undesireable edits. I will not do the undelete, since I created this article. -- Egil (talk) 14:44, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Michael Huebsch\Lee Nerison
The 2 articles about Michael Huebsch and Lee Nerison members of the Wisconsin State Assembly were deleted. No reason given-any suggestions? Thanks-RFD (talk) 21:17, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
0-16
Hi. You deleted this page- a reference to the Detroit Lions National Football League team in 2008 being (so far) the only team to lose all 16 games in the regular season- because it's an "implausible redirect". Considering that there's a redirect for 17-0- a reference to the only season where a team (the Miami Dolphins) won all of its games, including the Super Bowl, I think it's only fair that "0-16"- still synonymous with the Lions and very well known- have a similar redirect.
Thanks.-20:24, 11 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RomeW (talk • contribs)
Deletion of Blossom Goodchild
I'd like to know what your rationale was for deleting the entry on Blossom Goodchild, which happened just four days ago. The page had been up for over a year and continued to receive hits. Why is it gone? Hoopes (talk) 22:59, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Deletion of Firman R. Grubb
I'd appreciate a little help here. I understand I'm not supposed to copy complete articles, but it's the only thing I have to tell Firman's great story. I thought I could use material like this if I put it in quotes and provided clear attribution to the source, which I did. I doubt that the article still exists, at least I haven't been able to find it online, so a reference wouldn't mean much as far as verification goes. I knew the man and I know the story is true! I'd appreciate some guidance, I can't re-write the story nearly as well as the reporter did! LynnSGrubb (talk) 01:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Respect for copyright is not a negotiable matter here; more details and advice on your talk page. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your response on my talk page. I hope this is the place for my reply. If not, please advise. I don't think I have a conflict of interest, I am just a family genealogist who happens to have discovered a few family members I think are noteworthy because they have historical significance. Most are already mentioned on other pages. Firman was just the first and easiest because the work was already done by a creditable source, and I thought I could use it by giving attribution. I don't see any easy way around the problem because the article is my only source; if I rewrote it I would still have to reference it. Therefore I have requested permission from the newspaper to reproduce the article in Wikipedia. If they grant permission, would that solve the problem? LynnSGrubb (talk) 04:07, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Gustaf Nordenskióld Travels in America
I am not responding to your talk.
If an article with this name could be created it has a troubling error, the final "o" needs an umlaut not an acute accent. So can we change that?
Regards, Irv —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irvdiamond (talk • contribs) 03:34, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Parkinson's Articles
Hello. Last week, I posted four articles on patient-related resources and initiatives relating to Parkinson's disease, which you deleted:
- Clinical Research Learning Institute
- People With Parkinson's Advisory Council
- Parkinson's Information Service
- Parkinson's Insights
The reason you gave for deleting these articles is that they didn't indicate why their subject was important. You also noted that my account might be blocked from editing if I continued to post such articles.
I'm respectful of Wikipedia and its guidelines, and I'm glad to work to make sure anything I post meets the proper criteria. At the same time, I do think the topics I created entries for are, in fact, important subjects (especially in the Parkinson's disease community and even beyond), and worthy of inclusion. (Perhaps the Parkinson's Insights entry may have been questionable since it was about a blog, but the I do feel the other subjects are worthy.) I would have appreciated it if, instead of deleting the articles immediately, you could have noted they need to be cleaned up or further edited to show that their topics were worthy of inclusion. I would have been glad to make the necessary changes (explain in better detail why they're important, cite more sources, etc.).
Do you think you could give it a second thought and restore the articles (at least the first three), and I will make any necessary revisions or changes to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria? If you have any specific feedback or suggestions, I would be glad to consider them. Also, please do not block my account. I don't believe that failing to show the notability of the subjects of one's articles meets the criteria for blocking an account. Once again, I want to be respectful of Wikipedia and its guidelines, but also have the ability to post and edit articles on important topics.
Thank you for your help. Rlewinson (talk) 03:38, 12 November 2009 (UTC)Rlewinson
- The problem was not lack of notability, but blatant conflict of interest; further feedback and advice on your talk page. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:57, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestion about using the sandbox. I knew this option existed, but wasn't sure how to use it properly. I will certainly keep this in mind for any new pages I create in the future.
Regarding the conflict of interest you note -- that's not the case here. All of the articles I posted last week that you deleted were about educational and patient empowerment initiatives relating to Parkinson's disease. These have nothing to do with JDRF, which focuses on type 1 diabetes. You will note in my contribution history that I've made just one edit to a JDRF-related page in the last 10 months (to update facts).
I certainly understand how you thought there might be an issue, but given what I've explained here, can you give a second thought to restoring my articles? Thanks again for your help. Rlewinson (talk) 18:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)Rlewinson
Millwright move
What's the rationale here? I know the policy is that plurals should be avoided unless its a cat, list, or that's the only way the word is used (i.e. pants). In this case the term is regularly used in the singular form, as shown in the first sentence of the article. Wizard191 (talk) 22:36, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Corrected. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:30, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Young Legend
Why did you propose the deletion of the Young Legend music article. The article was not used for advertisement but for info, as Young Legend's popularity is growing in his said region. Young Legend is an artist signed to a major record label, currently has a TOP 10 hit in 6 major markets across the south. What was the exact violation of the article.JardenBooks (talk) 01:16, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
- That was a particularly shameless advertisement, not an encyclopedia article. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:31, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
As you will recall I am interested in Gustaf Nordenskiold. I would like for this or an edited version to be included under (1) arrest an exoneration or (2) create a new article "Gustaf Nordenskiold - Arrest and Exoneration"
The material was created by from government sources.
MUCH TROUBLE SOME EXPENSE NO DANGER Irving L. Diamond Abstract* The controversy over Gustaf Nordenskiold and his collection, now a century old, has become a legendary story with persistent themes identifying him as a villain. The documents from which this paper is derived pinpoint from government archives precisely what Nordenskiold did, what the American government did about it, and which members and branches of our government took various actions. Fourteen American and Swedish officials are identified; one American, a federal official acting as a citizen, is also identified. Documentary and official records of how government officials of the United States and Sweden scrutinized what Nordenskiold had done and agreed that he could take his collection to Sweden are presented. Nordenskiold was arrested for trespassing on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Because he was a “foreigner” he ought to have had a permit according to Section 2134 of U. S. Statutes. The United States District Attorney, after he was convinced by the local Indian agent to arrest Nordenskiold and after he had an opportunity to examine the situation a bit more closely, decided that the violation was merely technical. Three members of the president’s cabinet (State, Justice, and Interior) became involved and agreed quickly to drop the prosecution. The Bureau of Indian Affairs brought the charge in the first place and expressed doubts about the final outcome, but in the end did what the Secretary of the Interior wanted done. Nordenskiold found two factions among the citizens of the San Juan Valley and Durango and Mancos. Apparently, Reece McCloskey (involvement is based on a spoken record subject the written confirmation) led the anti-Nordenskiold faction. The faction on Gustaf’s side was led by B. K. Ritter, an official in the U.S. Land Office. In order for the case to be dismissed, this formula for settlement, which Nordenskiold was to follow, appears in a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs:
"In reply I transmit herewith a copy of a letter this day addressed to the Agent at the Southern Ute and Jicarilla Agency instructing him to permit the Baron to retain the relics removed with the exception of any skeletons or bones that there are in the lot, which are justly claimed by Indians as the bones of their ancestors or relatives. "
The local Indian agent, although he brought about the arrest, was designated to and did notify Gustaf of these terms. After the matter of the arrest was settled, Nordenskiold received permission from the Secretary of the Interior, John W. Noble, to travel across Navajo country to the Hopis and beyond. Gustaf Nordenskiold subjected himself to U.S. law; he honored his bail and accepted a formula written in Washington for settlement of his case. He was not charged with any violation relating to the collection of “relics”; in 1891 no so such law existed.
- This is a lightly edited version of the abstract to article Much Trouble Some Expense No Danger by Irving L. Diamond in Proceedings of the Anasazi Symposium 1991, Asa Hutchinson and Jack Smith Mesa Verde Museum Association 1991. http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/People/anasazi.htm I welcome inquiries on this subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irvdiamond (talk • contribs) 18:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC)