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DYK for Taschereau Bridge

On August 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Taschereau Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Jake Wartenberg 23:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Shultz tables

Hi. :) Got a strange one at Shultz tables. OTRS received a letter this week offering to verify permission for this article, which you had nominated for AfD on various concerns but which was speedily deleted under G12 as a copyright violation. I've restored it with the copyvio template pending the satisfactory completion of the process, but was wondering how you'd like to handle the AfD if permission comes through. (If it doesn't, the article will be re-deleted as a copyvio, but from the first letter we received I expect that it will.) Would you like me to relist it for you if he verifies? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:57, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

I see no point in initiating another AfD right away, or until the OTRS matter is closed. Let me know when that happens.

Also, the author should be notified that the article may not survive an AfD, because of various concerns, not the least of which is notability. I'm afraid copyvio was the least of this article's problems. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, so I see. :) If he responds to my initial inquiry (a routine request for clarification, prior to my reviewing the article), I'll let him know about the other issues. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:08, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Laurier Railway Bridge

Re: Laurier Railway Bridge. Just post (add) your source under "external links", so I can have a look at it and then we'll go on (take it) from there. Peter Horn User talk 18:37, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Mea culpa, I just saw that you put your source under "references". Peter Horn User talk 18:44, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I have seconded your nomination. Peter Horn User talk 14:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Please note that Laurier Bridge is now a disambiguation page. Peter Horn User talk 14:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Cathy Worthley

I noticed that you !voted keep on the basis of non-trivial coverage by government sources, the link you provided is to a press release uploaded by the subject - anyone can do it as long as they register an account with the site. I see no input or editorial control by the site in regards to content, so I struggle to see hoe it related to notability? --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Block

{{unblock|Isn't blatant vandalism specifically excluded from WP:3RR? The guy was blanking the page.}}

You're actually unblocked now. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:36, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Cheers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fribbulus_Xax&diff=next&oldid=312396392. Fribbulus Xax (talk) 15:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

P90X

I've re-written this article in an attempt to make it fit MoS, I agree that it sounds promotional, but see if the re-write has changed some of that. It does appear to have some notability, but I've removed a significant amount of the material as per WP:NOTGUIDE. If the AfD result is delete, I won't complain! Just thought you'd like to know. Frmatt (talk) 15:59, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Pays Cathare

I recently posted this new page because there was no link from an article on the cathars despite a reference there. This specifically refers to the initiative to create the pays cathare brand and not the brand itself. Any guidence would be welcome. Washerboy (talk) 18:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

WaynesWorld deletion

Dear Blanchardb

Perhaps you can enlighten me as to why you tagged my article for 'Speedy deletion' after only 5 minutes of creating the WaynesWorld wikipedia page.

If you had let me finish the page then you would have seen plenty of 'justifiable reasons' as to why it's worthy enough content for Wikipedia.

That was an incredibly poor piece of moderating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrabbageLace (talk • contribs) 19:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, you have inserted the hangon template, which is the first step to correcting the situation if that can be done, but you will need to explain what at least one of those "justifiable reasons" are if the template is to make any difference. Please understand that we are getting way too many articles about web stuff that is not covered anywhere other than in Wikipedia. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 19:07, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

École de Musique de St-Eustache speedy consideration

Hi there,

This music school is an important part of the community, located in the Montreal suburbs. Dano42 (talk) 19:08, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you back this up using third-party reliable sources? Because, you know, I live a 10-minute drive away from downtown Saint-Eustache and I've never heard of this school before. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 19:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, not sure, other than the Web site www.musique.st-eustache.com. I must also say that, respectfully, even though you live 10 minutes away from St-Eustache does not negate the fact that this school exists and has since 1986. Are schools covered under the speedy deletion guidelines???? Dano42 (talk) 19:26, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Private ones, yes. The site you mentioned above will not do. What I mean by "third-party reliable source" is something where the school in question cannot make or order any changes without involving an attorney in the process. Like, for example, an article devoted to the school in La Presse. Something like that. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 19:30, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I have one. There was an article in L`Eveil/La Concorde on August 18th, 2004 about the Conservatoire de musique du vieux St-Eustache as it was known then. I don`t know if it was reproduced online but I have the article here in our office.Dano42 (talk) 19:42, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Not sure it will do (L'Éveil is not that important a newspaper), but you have nothing to lose by using it. :-) -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 19:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so how do I use it in this instance (they have no online articles from before 2008)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dano42 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, . . . Dano42 (talk) 19:53, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't need to be online. You can still cite it by using the {{cite news}} template and filling in the blanks. Please note that the title parameter is the only mandatory one, as there are often parameters whose value is unavailable, or in some cases inapplicable. Just fill in as many blanks as you can. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 20:00, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

speedy deletion declined - clearly fails criterion

I declined speedy deletion of Lake of Stars (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch. That article is clearly not just promotional, and can be edited to become encyclopedic. Please, in cases like this, do not WP:BITE the new user, but instead make them feel welcome here and help them improve. — Sebastian 19:39, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

English Wikipedia Internal Account Creation Interface: Registration request

I made a request for use of the account creation interface under the name Blanchardb, same as my Wikimedia-wide user name. Confirmation should be sent at my email address (specified on my registration request) on the Videotron server. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:08, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Account creation system

Blanchardb, thank you for your interest in helping users creating accounts. Your request has been approved. I advise you to read WP:ACCG before you use the system.

At this time, you are allowed to create up to six accounts per day. You won't be able to create an account with a similar name to that of another user. However, if you have reached the limit frequently, you can request the account creator permission at WP:RPE.

Again, thanks for your interest in the account creation system. Join us on IRC at wikipedia-en-accounts and subscribe to the mailing list by going here. Willking1979 (talk) 00:14, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Triagolnik

hey I don't really understand why the article Triagolnik is proposed for deletion ... can you explain me by details... thank you... greetings 1111tomica (talk) 11:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)1111tomica1111tomica (talk) 11:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

There are no third-party reliable sources used to show that the company meets our notability guidelines. All references are from the company's own website and therefore cannot be used to establish notability. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:26, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Religious response to ART

Howdy, After reading your userpage I thought I'd ask if you could lend a hand with Religious response to ART. I've done what I could do understand and explain the Christian perspective but am afraid I don't know enough and may be mis representing ideology. If you (or someone you know) would be so kind as to take a look that would be great. Thanks! Joe407 (talk) 10:44, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Blocking of XRSCXRaiderX

Ok thank you i will take care of things and get control of that acount back hopefuly not to much damage was done.--Dcheagle (talk) 06:26, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Generation Alpha

Have passed on the notification to the content creator User:EmilyW, please check in future for the origin of content. Thanks. Fifelfoo (talk) 02:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that :-( -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:48, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

No worries at all; its my suspicion the content can't stand on its own, but it definitely doesn't belong at Generation Z :). Fifelfoo (talk) 04:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

ParamountGroup

This article seems to be a newer version of an article that was deleted in the recent past. Since you left a comment on the talk page of the person who created the original article could you please look at this one to see if it should be deleted. Cheers. Ozdaren (talk) 15:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

WLKL‎

A little note...all radio stations that are FM, AM, or Low Power (LP) are notable. This page should have been cleaned up rather than redirected. I will, using standard templates, recreate the page. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 02:27, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

If I understand the proposed guideline correctly, a college station must have at least a class D license to be considered independently notable. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:34, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Not really, it can by any class. There are thousands of stations that are Class A (that is the big class of station) and the smaller class is D (that is the translators and such). You can see the update page at WLKL. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 02:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Jean-Louis Bergeret

Hi Blanchardb,

Sorry to bother you but I could do with some advice and am not really sure where to ask. I translated an article marked as Rough Translation: Jean-Louis Bergeret (actually it was a straight machine translation). Apart from a bit of confusion in the middle para, It is OK I think as far as it goes, but it is a straight translation from the French article given in the external link at the foot of the page. How does this impact on copyvio, since the text itself obviously is not a copy in the sense none of those words are in the original, but it is a straight translation therefrom?

(Also if you can sort out my confusion with Ménage, I've left why I am puzzled on the article's talk page. It might be obvious to you, but this French habit of writing rather long sentences with loads of subclauses does confuse this poor Englishman sometimes.)

I appreciate you are busy but if you could quickly cast your eye to advise, I will act on whatever you deem best.

Thanks and best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 15:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I see that after posting this you have expanded the article way beyond what the French Wikipedia says, so I believe the whole issue is moot. As for copyvio compliance, a simple template added to the talk page ensures that everything checks out. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:46, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

The "Wahhabi" Myth

Hi, the three PRODs on The "Wahhabi" Myth have been removed. Yours was the second. Have left a note at OliverTwisted (the first PROD). This is part of a larger mess centred around Wahhabi and in need of mediation. Thanks, Esowteric+Talk 16:46, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of bridges in Montreal/archive1

Should I move the article as per Ruhrfisch's suggestion? Dabomb87 (talk) 00:39, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

Howdy. I've seen you around, and I was wondering if you would like to run for adminship? Cheers, Dylan620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 21:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

• Why not? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm... looking through your mainspace contribs for the past week, I notice multiple declined speedies, so I would recommend waiting a bit. A bit of advice: add every page you tag to your watchlist (if you don't already), and after a few months of having every page deleted, it will be a good time to run. RfA doens't seem to like people who mistag. :( Best, Dylan620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 17:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

You may have already seen it, but...

Greetings, Blanchardb. I'm posting to let you know that I have listed you as an editor who had an unsuccessful RfA in the not-too-recent, not-too-distant past on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running for administratorship (or not), or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. If you might be interested, but would like some private confidential feedback from experienced observers, I would be happy to propose this via the new vetting service. Regards,  Skomorokh  18:19, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

You are the second one today to suggest that I should run for adminship. While I don't see a problem, I would like the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of bridges to the Island of Montreal/archive1 to close before an RFA is initiated. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 04:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Yo Blanchard, I'm not suggesting you run or not run, just wondering whether or not you were interested in doing so. I leave the nominating to more experienced contributors! Regards,  Skomorokh  05:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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Community Equity

Dear Blanchardb -

We have updated the Commuity Equity article and would like to get your feedback on the changes/additions. Since Community Equity is an official and active open source project we would like to kindly ask you to remove the Articles for deletion template.

Regards Peterreiser (talk) 13:02, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mysterious Universe

Hello Blanchardb, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Mysterious Universe - a page you tagged - because: since the previous AFD could not include development afterwards which the article now also cites, a new AFD is probably in order to assess whether notability has changed since 2008. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. SoWhy 08:15, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Schema-less database

Hi Blanchardb, Thanks for the speedy deletion patrol for the schema-less model entry. I delete the text and will add more content (and context) in the near future.

Thanks Captchad (talk) 14:31, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Other launch games for the Atari 5200

Hi, just to let you know that I've contested the speedy on this one - I agree that it's borderline, but I'd give a few days for it to develop given the peculiar circumstances. (For more details, see User talk:Mcjakeqcool#Looking for a project and this ANI thread.) Tim Song (talk) 14:49, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

I thought the speedy tag had been removed by the creator. I didn't check the history. No problem, since, in its current state, I've inserted a proposed merger tag instead. No warning was issued, since the concern that led to the speedy tagging was addressed. Thanks for notifying me. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:55, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

List of bridges to the Island of Montreal

What star is it? Peter Horn User talk 00:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Like the one I just added to mine. The code is {{click|link=List of bridges to the Island of Montreal|image=LinkFA-star.png|width=15px|height=15px|title=List of bridges to the Island of Montreal}} -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:44, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Blanchardb,

I tried "copy and paste" but got absolutely nowhere. Please post the actual star on my talk page & I will take it from there. Peter Horn User talk 23:51, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Peter Horn User talk 00:37, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion question

Hi. I am trying to revise my article of The Titan Agency that got tagged with a speedy deletion message and I am scared to repost my edits because I don't want to be blocked from contributing. I have gone through the guidelines and feel that it now meets the requirements. Do you have any suggestions? How can I make sure it won't get another "speedy deletion" message on it? --Blong728 (talk) 15:22, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the guidelines we pointed to you were notability guidelines. Which means to say that the problem isn't with the article itself, but with the chosen topic. Notability guidelines are there to let you decide whether or not you should even start an article, and not how that article should be written. See WP:AKON. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:31, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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reversions of my edits

I'm just wondering why you reverted my edits on some of the Reduviid articles I've created or edited. I think I'm improving the articles. Matthias5 (talk) 00:59, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Anything in all-caps that sounds like "hear-ye, hear-ye, breaking news" looks suspicious and does not belong in an encyclopedia. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 01:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Those all-caps were the reference's authors and the name of the publication. You also reverted ALL of my edits, not just the ones with all caps. (The reason why they were in all caps was because I copied and pasted from the reference; I hadn't gotten around to fixing it.) Were they other issues? E.g. why you have a problem with putting a list of genera in the emisinae page and why did you delete my information on the total number of genera and species in the subfamily? I'll be happy to change all-caps to non-all-caps if you'd give me some time to do so. Thanks Matthias5 (talk) 12:03, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

No, I didn't revert all of your edits, though I did revert several. But everything seems to be all right now. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 04:24, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Dax Landes High School

Thanks for PRODding this. I hope you appreciate it's not from laziness that I don't PROD it myself, but once it appears on PNT I want another pair of eyes to decide rather than me. I found 0 on Google or in e.g. French Wikipédia but others may be able to where I hadn't, so I think safest to leave the decision to others. For the same reason I did not move it to "cleanup" since it is just makework to do so.

I won't say this for every article I do this way (i.e. translate to show how useless it is) but I hope you appreciate that there is a reason for my leaving it this way rather than PRODding ot SPEEDYing it myself. If you have a better idea of how to leave an audit trail, I should be glad to hear it. So, I am just saying it once in this rather longwinded way in case you agree it is useful to do it this way (for articles that are short almost to the extent of nonexistence) or disagree and think I am just being a pain in the arse. I know you are not the only "manager" of PNT though one of the most active, but it seems a very effective page of last resort.

By the way I put a message on the user's talk page (as he had nominated three and seems quite the deletionist, but very much a good faith one) saying why did you bother when, even not speaking French, Spanish or Armenian, you could see that at least two out of three of these articles were entirely useless? But as an inclusionist I don't want to scare him away from PNT if he is at all doubtful – and he replied saying sorry first time I used PNT did I do something wrong (reply: not at all, and as he is a deletionist or exclusionist it seems he does at least do his homework first to try to find it etc) and that the Armenian which he had Google Translated or something like that did seem worth a look at by someone on PNT (do we have any active Armenians?).

I translated the first para of the Spanish (Guatemalan) Loteria santa lucia for same reason; my Spanish is very rusty but I was hoping at least it might be worth it for a quick decision is it worth translating the ref (or, rather, linking it etc etc etc since the article is short and very easy to do). My main concern there is actually the name of the lottery, since I cannot find it on Google anywhere and Santa Lucia is such a common place name that it could be bloody anywhere or perhaps even should be translated St Lucy Lottery.

On a technical point, the User:NeilN seemed to have subst the PNT template into the articles, where from my experience I thought they were just transcluded. Now, he puzzled this when I queried it (see User_talk:NeilN#Dax_Landes_High_School as he said he had followed what it said to say, and I am a little confused myself as it seems he is right, it says to subst it. But I have not seen it subst before, at least I think not, but lately I have been working with my gf User:Monkap on Hungarian articles that have not had to be rescued from PNT so perhaps my memory is faulty. A nudge yes or no would be handy.

Sorry to make this longer, and if you want to move it to PNT talk I've no objection, but it is a bit of a mish-mash of user talk and page talk. i.e. I can't make my mind up at all.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 07:46, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Marietta College

As opposed to continual undoing, please discuss your views on the talk page. Thanks and cheers, —Ed (talk • contribs) 15:28, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Boticca

How can we get this bona fide company on wiki?

Allowfellow (talk) 02:16, 30 September 2009 (UTC) allowfellow

Wait till the company meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies. Until then, can't be done. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:18, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

It does meet those guidelines. Please could you pay more notice? Thanks Allowfellow (talk) 02:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC) allowfellow

All I see is one unrelated link and two more links that are to the company's own website. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:22, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

madam, if you google boticca.com, you will see how prominent this company is. it is the world's first independent designers' hub. it is the only online shop of its kind that promotes products designed by independent designers all over the world. thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allowfellow (talk • contribs) 02:26, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

First of all, it's Sir. Second of all, show me a third-party reliable source (you know, the kind you cannot get modified without talking to your attorney) which attests that your company does have some importance. If it is the self-proclaimed first designers' hub, then that is just not good enough. And third of all, I certainly do not believe this company is the first online jewelry store. Just take a look at this link. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I dont think you understand. I shall try to make it simpler and clearer in the hope you realise the difference. Of course it is no the first online jewellery store, nor did I claim it to be! I said very clearly that it is the first online market place that champions independent designers all over the world - from villages in Africa to the mountains of Asia. There is a distinction you see. Did you see the press releases, news stories on Yahoo, PR Online Sources etc? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allowfellow (talk • contribs) 02:38, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Press releases are not considered third-party sources. Sorry. And you are certainly not the first online market place that claims to champion independent designers all over the world. In fact, show me one that does not. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I find it utterly unprofessional that you deleted my last message!

Well, I won't stop you from "complaining to my superiors." ;-) -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, why did you delete my message though. I see you said it was a personal attack? How so? And now a smiley...I find all this very rude and childish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allowfellow (talk • contribs) 03:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

You accused me of insulting your intelligence, when I had no such intention.

I'm sorry that you find smileys rude, as they are actually standard practice all over the Internet, so I would say it's something you'd better get used to.

As for getting an article about your company on Wikipedia, I don't think we're on the same wavelength when it comes to the definition of notability. Press releases are released by the subject, and by that virtue alone they cannot be used to establish the subject's notability. So is, in fact, the subject's own website and any source that was written or commissioned by the subject. So it boils down to this question: is there, anywhere, an article about your company in which the company was in no way involved in its creation and dissemination? If the answer to that question is no, then by our definition of notability your company does not meet our notability guidelines, no matter how revolutionary its practices are. See WP:AKON. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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Mikkel witt nielsen

Howdy, call me a curmudgeon, but an incomplete sentence about a 15 year old probably doesn't need to go through translation? I know it's best to be sure, but this wouldn't seem particularly controversial and there is really no assertion of notability, in any language. ;o) --OliverTwisted ^(Talk) (Stuff) 11:00, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

That's what I figured. I intended to check the machine translation once I got a few minutes in my hands, but you beat me to the punch. Thanks. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 11:02, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Removal of listing from AFD log

[1] Did you really intend to do this? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

No, and I honestly don't know what happened. I should have been given an edit conflict warning, yet that didn't happen. I've just fixed it. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:42, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Charlie Austin

What right have you to nominate this aticle for speedy deletion when he is due to play on saturday, for your information it is called football (association) and not soccer. I have contested your speedy deletion request, now, do some research next timeGuylewis1 (talk) 18:05, 1 October 2009 (UTC)Guy

So, has he set foot on the field yet? Is today Sunday? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 18:07, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Jantsannorov

I contest this speedy deletion that happened without any vote or nothing. I inserted the article again and put the {{hangon}} talk. Someone else deleted the article instantly. Please don't delete articles without any vote or waiting period. Thank you. Trueshow111 (talk) 21:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind this it is gone. delete it. Trueshow111 (talk) 22:08, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

hello, and help?

Hello! I noticed that you tagged my article about Eden Village Camp for speedy deletion. However, I am not sure why. Could you please explain, and maybe give some advice on how to make the article better? Thanks! MelanieTeva (talk) 20:50, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I think the tag is self-explanatory: the article gives no indication that its subject meets Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines, and all sources are associated with the subject. If you can find reliable third-party sources such as an article in a major newspaper, that may help save the article from deletion. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Latin American Network Information Center

hello, Blanchardb. I saw you tagged my page Latin American Network Information Center for deletion. I have since edited the page and added some of the very many academic websites that mention LANIC. Could you let me know if this improves the page? thanks Hadynkihm (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

You probably missed it when I removed my own tag and pur a cleanup tag in its place, and that was done long before you posted this message. Please keep in mind that a cleanup tag is not a deletion tag. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 22:04, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm still getting the hang of this! Hadynkihm (talk) 23:31, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

translation template

You seem to hang out on the requests for translation page, so I thought I'd ask. I tried adding an article, but for some reason its not showing up. The article is Archers' Hall and its just four lines of Latin. Help appreciated. Thank you --Koakhtzvigad (talk) 08:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Seem I did put the note there after all--Koakhtzvigad (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Gaza, Which Edit?

Hi there. Which edit are you referring to? can you be more specific? Just as an aside, all my edits are well sourced (and sometimes double sourced), fact-intensive and cross-referenced. As you might already know, the Middle East is a touchy subject and many are overly sensitive to the issues, prompting them to make unfounded complaints. Thanks for your time--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 15:46, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Just the assertion that the rocket fire was indsiscriminate. Others might not see it that way. As you said, it's a touchy subject. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Understood. However, there are two points I'd like to make here. First, the lead makes clear that Israel targeted "mosques, schools and private homes." Attempts to add the following qualification, "becuase Israel believed they were used as military platforms" or phrasing to that effect, were reverted. Now you have to be fair and balanced here. If you say that one side attacked civilian infrastructure, then provide an explanation as to why it was targetd. It is well known and established that Hamas hit civilian targets. Just look at how many Israeli civilians were killed and injured as a result of indiscriminate rocket attacks since 2002. Clinics, schools and synogouges were also hit and I have sources for this. Second, I think it's a two-way street here and both sided have to be fully presented for the article to obtain a level of jounalistic integrity that nearly all editors desire. We don't want the article degenerating into a platform for one side or the other.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 16:01, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

So let the article say just that. However, because it is such a touchy subject, that makes it even more important to have the article based on sourceable facts and not mere affirmations. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I concur with you. I will reinsert the edit but this time, will also provide a source or perhaps several sources, to make everyone happy. I think this is the correct way to go about it.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 16:50, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I added sourced and documented material in the preview section but I am sure that it will generate a complaint and will be reverted before you even get a chance to see it.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 20:44, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Jiujistuguy finding sources is just one part of editing. Yours is a new account please review policy on this, especially as you seem focused on I-P articles that are under general sanctions. Respectfully, RomaC (talk) 01:26, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

NPOV

Unless you think quoting the Gallup poll word for word is biased, please be more careful with your critiques of other editors. The passage as it read was literally incorrect. Thank you.Ragazz (talk) 20:16, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

HYPERSPIN - new article

Please help. You marked my article for deletion. I didn't get time to fully edit it. I have edited it now and need advice on making it better. This is my first new article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefoxian (talk • contribs) 20:26, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Please read WP:AKON. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

About Brendan132

Hi Blanchardb, latetely you followed Brendan132 who was vandalizing articles and his account has been blocked indefinitely. I don't know if you have the time to take a closer look at the discussion here (after the first paragraph). It is not by chance that Brendan's first edit was in the biography of Meher Baba about a point we had been debating earlier. There is an editor with a long history of creating fuss in this article and its discussion page, who has repeatedly attempted to edit the article (GA) against consensus [2] and the article was protected for 3 days starting 9th Sept. [3] He was warned of being blocked from the article and so far he has not attempted any edits but keeps making a fuss in the discussion. When I saw Brendan132 I suspected this editor, as it was all in his style, so I placed a bait in the discussion, knowing that he couldn't resist answering. An answer came indeed from an IP he has used at times, signed manually as "Johnathon", who appears to be grieving for a blocked account due to this vandal. I then offered links to proof that this account has been used by this editor and expressed my doubt on the identity of "Johnathon" and got a long sermon on the Baba community in Australia. I know I am taxing your time with this story, but if you can take a look, maybe you can help or at least advise me if it is better to pursue this further (and how) or simply to drop this case. Thank you. Hoverfish Talk 12:34, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

A quick look at this user's list of contributions tells me that we're dealing with a vandal and nothing else. I think the appropriate course of actions here is to launch a sockpuppetry investigation the next time an editor with a similar pattern shows up. Other than that, I believe all appropriate action has already been taken. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 13:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for checking Blanchardb. Hoverfish Talk 16:13, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Why did my page get deleted?

How isn't it important its about a amatuer boxer? People that like boxing can read it. This website is so dumb people can write about the stupidest things and get published and when i write about a real person who may be HEAVY CHAMPION of the WORLD someday i get deleted because it showed "no importance"... Wikipedia is an awful site and should be DISBARRED FROM THE INTERNET. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisconroy23tyson (talk • contribs) 00:05, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, these are our notability guidelines for athletes (click here). Which one of these does Conroy meet? And can you back it up with a third-party reliable source? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Surado CRM

Hello,

I have posted my explanations and reference links to prove that Surado CRM is a notable company. I believe that the links I provided satisfies "being the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources" as noted in the Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies).

Thanks for the help! Zcancelik (talk) 05:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, there were indeed references, but they did not qualify as reliable by virtue of being affiliated with the subject and/or being the kind anyone can post without further editorial process (such as blogs, forums, wikis, etc.) -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:06, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Notability of SOS!

Thanks for looking into the SOS! project. I think if you do a little research about it, you'll notice that the 7,000 volunteers that worked on it were more than casual.

I'll be interested to know what you turn up in your research. Perhaps you can also expand on or improve the article.

Thansk -- --Richard McCoy (talk) 15:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

As I stated in my edit summary, the number of volunteers is not acceptable as an assertion of notability, since, as you say, I have to do research (and I do mean any research at all outside the article itself) to check their level of commitment. The article, in its current state, will probably not survive a deletion discussion. The flaws that need to be addressed in priority are those: three references are cited, yet by virtue of being primary sources (that is, sources affiliated with the subject or its partners), they do not establish any notability for the project, according to our definition of notability. What you need to find is sources that are in no way affiliated with SOS (or even Smithsonian, for that matter, given that Smithsonian is shown to be a partner), that are not trivial, and that are not the kind anyone out there can post (such as blogs, forums, etc.). See what we consider reliable sources.

You would also be well-advised to read this essay. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. Sorry if this bent you out of shape. I never said that you had to do any research. I suggested what you might find if you did some. Thanks, though, for your links and detailed explanation! I'll look into it. --Richard McCoy (talk) 20:10, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

DWTS (disambiguation)

I have deleted the page as requested. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 03:20, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I have also deleted Down W/ The Sickness (disambiguation). -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 03:29, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Ego

Can you please do something with that user? He or she vandalizes my user page with rude remarks. Charmed36 (talk) 02:25, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Already blocked. Since the user is editing anonymously from an IP that may or may not be dynamically allocated, we can't do much more than that for the time being. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:40, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Why did you welcome this user? Homophobia shouldn't be welcome at Wikipedia. A warning (level 2 or higher) seemed more appropriate to me. Woodwalker (talk) 09:11, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

You want to talk to the makers of Huggle here. But before you do, I suggest you read about instruction creep. Huggle is a single-click revert-and-warn tool. If a user ceases and desists after a single warning, the goals of the software have been attained. If not, then what's one more revert before blocking? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 11:57, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your kind reply. You're right, it's not a big concern. I just wondered, also cause I don't have a lot of experience in dealing with vandals. Best regards, Woodwalker (talk) 15:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Go Ahead

I recognize that the street is not notable so you could go right ahead and delete the page10soccerkid10 (talk) 13:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Rufat

What's the deal with the Rufat page I created? GatorSlayerFSU (talk) 15:42, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

How does this person meet any of the criteria laid out here? The article doesn't say. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:44, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

He's a rapper , with and album out in stores in Northern Florida (and in the North FL region) who has been on talk shows and radio shows , including in NYC. GatorSlayerFSU (talk) 15:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

None of these are among the criteria I pointed to you. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:50, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Hidden Champions

Don't think, it is correct first to set a deletion announcement fo a week an then a few minutes later speedy deletion. You gave it a redirct to Herman Simon (Autor). This shows me, that you didn't take your time to read it seriously. To give you a cance to do it now, i reseted your deleting. Please watch this things: The sources, other references, and the link German Wikipedia. -- Tasma3197 (talk) 16:26, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Huntington Learning Center

I've done a rewrite of Huntington Learning Center. While I still agree that better sourcing is needed, I think that cleanup and improvement is the appropriate step, not deletion, so I've deprodded it. If you see something glaring that the page needs right now, please point it out on the talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 16:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

I've seen that, and I had already removed the article from my watchlist of prodded articles by the time I got your note. Thanks. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:43, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

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Crucifixion Article

You deleted my addition of Japan as a country that practiced crucifixtion. If you read lower in the article, there is a section on this with references and even a picture. Also check out the article Martyrs of Japan. Please revert your deletion. Thanks. 122.1.97.94 (talk) 02:45, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I noticed my mistake. Feel free to revert it.  Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Mmmm.... I think that's your responsibility. If I revert it, it looks like an edit war is going on.122.1.97.94 (talk) 02:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Done. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Vasy Mollo

Hello Blanchardb, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Vasy Mollo - a page you tagged - because: decline per references and claims to have played at significant events. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.  Skomorokh, barbarian  13:09, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Papyrus Project

Hello Blanchardb, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Papyrus Project - a page you tagged - because: EU-funded project, likely to be notable. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.  Skomorokh, barbarian  15:12, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Converted to PROD: Acc-nifos

Hello Blanchardb, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I have changed a page you tagged (Acc-nifos) from being tagged for speedy deletion to being tagged for proposed deletion. The speedy deletion criteria are very narrow to protect the encyclopedia, and do not fit the page in question. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. Thanks again!  Skomorokh, barbarian  17:38, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Johannes Maas (missionary)

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Johannes Maas (missionary). We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johannes Maas (missionary). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:23, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Forship article

Hello Blanchrdb. First of all, as a regular Wikipedia collaborator and enthusiast, I must say that I am glad to observe that Wikipedia has very effective mechanisms to watch over new content and to check whether or not it complies with the established rules. I take the oportunity to ask your help about the following points:

• After receiving the speedy deletion notice on Forship Engenharia, reading more about Wikipedia criteria and observing similar approved articles, I have implemented some additions and corrections to the article. Soon after the speedy delection tag was removed, being replaced by a primary sources one. I have then added some references related to Forship. Please advise whether these are sufficient or if any further consideration is still applicable.
• I have noticed that you have eliminated the "and solutions" expression of the first paragraph. I dont't have any objections to it, but I would like to better understand (a) what exactly is the Wikipedia interpretation of a "solution" and (b) what motivates considering it as advertising, in contrast to "products" or "services"?

Thanks in advance. - Antonio Prates (talk) 14:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

The article now meets our requirements for notability and verifiability. As for the term "solutions," it is typically used in promotional material (and in Wikipedia I haven't seen it used by anyone who doesn't have a close connection with the subject, unless we're talking about a chemical solution, e.g. salt in water). It implies a claim of automatic customer satisfaction, and a dissatisfied client would basically reword the sentence in his mind, replacing this term with the term non-solution. The term therefore has an inherent promotional connotation and must therefore be avoided in encyclopedic coverage. That's why products and services are preferred, as they do not imply a claim of value. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:27, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. It is clear and convinging enough for me. Please tell me now what is next step. Do I take the primarysources tag from the article myself, or should I wait for an admin to do it? --Antonio Prates (talk) 14:05, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I've done it. Except for speedy deletion tags (and even then, most editors are tolerant), you may remove a maintenance template if you took care of the problem the template refers to. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:07, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Markus and Indrani

I am not sure why you have removed the Copyvio from Markus and Indrani. It is clearly a copy of text in http://www.markusklinko-indrani.com/. I have reinstated the CSD. If you still do not see the copyvio, I would ask you let an admin review for removal. Thanks... ttonyb (talk) 05:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Notability and references

Hi Blanchrdb. I may not fully understand the criteria expected to establish notability and references to the article for "Evil Cats", but after a review of the guidelines, I thought the provided reference was sufficient. For example, "The Bookseller" is a widely read industry trade publication within the United Kingdom, which has been available online since 1997, and has been available in print since 1858, so I think it qualifies as a reputable outside source. Re-reading the content of the linked article, I believe I did not misstate anything, but perhaps I've missed something?

Concerning the notability, perhaps a bigger point could be made of the fact that rather few works exist in this genre (dark humor cartoon books); a new entry from a bestselling author is of at least some significance.

66bottles (talk) 02:57, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

After checking the Bookseller reference, I must tell you that it's probably not enough, but it is a sign that, possibly in the near future, there will be more than one reference about the book. Please note that the criterion states, The book has been the subject of multiple, (...) published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself.

As for the fact there are few books in this genre, that's not an assertion of notability: someone could interpret that as meaning that the genre itself is not notable. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:24, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Dr.T. Unni Krishnan

Just a friendly heads up on Dr.T. Unni Krishnan. The same editor also created a duplicate article at the redirect Unnikrishnan, which I moved to T. Unnikrishnan and made the redirect into a disamb page. As a result, I changed Dr.T. Unni Krishnan to a redirect, but I have absolutely no problem with T. Unnikrishnan being speedied, prodded or taken to AfD.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:11, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Dear Dear Blanchardb, pls do not modify the page created by me. it was cretaed by me initially and somebody intentionally put an re-direction to P. Unnikrishnan. you can see the history and convince yourself. so pls mail me before creating a further re-direction. we can discuss. mean while i am modifying the old page with your deemed permission. mail id is unninair2000@yahoo.com bye and have a nice time —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unninair2000 (talk • contribs) 05:20, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but you have failed to assert the notability of the musician P. Unnikrishnan, so I have restored the redirect I made. If you want to create an article on this musician, please take a look at the notability criteria for musicians and tell me which of these criteria this musician currently meets.

Please note that if you try to restore your article again without asserting notability, I will see no alternative but to nominate it for a deletion discussion.

As for notifying you by email, I don't have to do that, and I won't. It is better to keep all discussion on this page. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Here.

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Place Ville-Marie

Hi there,

I see on your user page that you live in Montreal. I am going to assume that you have heard of Place Ville-Marie in asking you this question. The reports of the number of floors in Place Ville-Marie vary from 43 to 46. Do you, with your Montreal expertise, know the actual number of floors in this structure, or could you possibly visit this building to find out? Thanks,

-Stuck in Edmonton 117Avenue (talk) 22:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

That's 42 storeys that are accessible directly from ground level, counting the ground level itself. The Altitude 737 nightclub occupies levels 43 through 45. Finally, a box-shaped extension on the roof, which contains the controls for the rotating beacon, among other things, makes up two additional levels, but these are not leasable. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Other editors are saying that floors 45 to 47 are the nightclub. 117Avenue (talk) 01:36, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

The nightclub's website gives a suite number on the 43rd. The real problem here is that the complex's website only mentions the ground-level shopping mall. I don't know, I rarely go downtown myself, only if I have to. I live just 10 minutes away from Carrefour Laval, where parking is never a problem. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 01:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I visited that site hoping that it would say what floors it is on, but because the suite number is under contact info, I think it would be the office where they receive mail. Odd though that it doesn't say where it is. 117Avenue (talk) 01:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

BTJunkie

Thank you for contacting me, the reason I edited the page on BT Junkie was because the page was listing that it had been shut down. I assumed that this might change in the future, but in the spirit of keeping Wikipedia up to date, I wanted to mark the latest development in the website's history. So, this was not an attempt at graffiti or misconduct, but rather a report of something that apparently changed after my reporting. Thank you.

d.k. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.168.238.78 (talk) 13:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

The Apprentice (NZ TV Series)

Thanks for the kind note on my talk page. This was just the start and I was in the process of adding more, however I will create the page on my userspace. Please do let me know when it would be appropriate to create the page, Ta, Kiwiteen123 (talk) 04:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Meir Shahar

I didn't remove any speedy deletion tag. Look at the diff. You only forget to add the db-person.

Degrees and fonctions in University are not points a view but facts ; the page of a famous University is great source.

For the notability, I am not aware of wikipedian rules of style that requires the writing and explanation of inclusion's reasons inside a biographic stub. You play with wikipedian rhetoric.

--Irønie (talk) 15:18, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

30 Seconds to Mars

What do you mean dispute resolution?? Let me explain this one more time, this IP adress is a vandal and is continuously making opinionated edits that I constantly am reverting, I already tried my best to settle things, but no matter what I do, this IP will just continuously edit war regardless of the fact that I have gave a reliable source throughout this whole matter, and the fact that this just happened even though that genre has been on the articles for months. I've already left several messages to this IP address about the matter, yet gives me the same unworthy answer (for example: see this and see this) to the subject, so at this point there is absolutely nothing I can do, and this is exactly why I took it to WP:AIV. -- GunMetal Angel 17:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

All Music Guide says post grunge and neo prog. if A Beautiful Lie is an emo album, under the heading "Styles" there was written "emo". So, there aren't the sources thay say "30 Seconds to Mars is emo". Please, read the review.--151.49.225.4 (talk) 18:22, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

This user has edited the article only twice, both edits three minutes apart, and it was 6 hours prior to your report. Nothing worth a block. If you're talking about an IP hopper, then a block will be ineffective. In this case, consider a request for protection. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, the user didn't have a single vandalism warning on his talk page. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:39, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Dede Scozzafava

I was just stating her support for the Bush tax cuts and her opposition to cap-and-trade (which is what the source in Time Magazine says). I do not see any problem with that. I am just stating facts about her positions--nothing more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.222.9 (talk) 03:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

What you stated was that she was anti-environment. Plus, your source was a blog. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:30, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Is this a good enough source to state that she is against cap-and-trade (not-anti enviornment)? Also, is this a good enough source to state that she is in favor of the Bush tax cuts and in favor of maintaining them? This source contains a direct quote by her indicating her support for the Bush tax cuts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.222.9 (talk) 03:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

That's good enough. But please state the facts without analyzing them or using partisan terminology. Anti-cap-and-trade is not the same as anti-environment. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:47, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Reverting of my changes to the Asian fetish article

Asian fetish survived 5 WP:AFD as noted on the discussion page for this article Talk:Asian_fetish. Naturally, there is a very determined group of people who are determined to mitigate all contributions to this page along with all related articles.

Users are removing the following valid contribution from the Asian fetish page. And now you've removed the entry as well. That along with another valid entry [4].

Phoebe Eng uses the term Asiaphile to describe men who are willing to violate social norms for their Asian fetish.

“ Only one know instinctively that congregating can cut them off from the general flow of a gathering, forming a social boundary that only the most enthusiastic Asiaphile would want to transcend. ”

Here's the latest removal of the entry [5]. Here's the last time it was removed [6].

This quote is needed because for many years people have been taking entries from Phoebe Eng's book out of context in order to promote their own agenda. Here's one example that exist on the page [7]. Here's another one [8].

Please take back your changes as I do not understand why you side with people who remove valid content from the article. If you can't prove that these entries are not valid content you have no basis for your changes. Tkguy (talk) 03:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Who is Phoebe Eng, and why is her opinion so important as to have her named in the article? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Please read my comments. Phoebe Eng's book Warrior Women have been for many years taken out of context by the people who are trying to delete this article to push their agenda. They would take one sentence that she put in out of the whole book as a counterpoint to her overwhelmingly negative view on Asian fetish and made it seems like she think that this liberates Asian females. Please read my comments above and read the references I am linking. The whole article is filled with this garbage. Books taken out of context. Opinions being presented as scientific studies. Tkguy (talk) 03:42, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

So she was taken out of context, eh? Well, the simple solution would be to add the missing context to the quoted text. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:55, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

No it's not that simple. People do not come out and write, the following is just a counterpoint. Please do not use this one sentence as what defines my whole book. Counterpoints are supposed to be self explanatory in a well written book. Considering that she spends so much time for that one chapter of Asian fetish providing the negative side of Asian fetish. Only a person who refused to acknowledge her point would miss that it is a counterpoint.

Here are some quotes from her book.

“ While hypersexualized, commodifying images exist for all women, and especially women of color, the image of the Asian woman combines with this the notion of ultrapassivity. Sexuality for an Asian woman is so tightly wound up in issues of power and global economic order that it is virtually impossible to address the spector of an Asian woman's sexuality without examining the subtle roles of governments and enterprise in perpetuating this situation, especially in developing countries. ”

“ Only one know instinctively that congregating can cut them off from the general flow of a gathering, forming a social boundary that only the most enthusiastic Asiaphile would want to transcend. ”

“ it is estimated that two or three thousand men each year find wives through mail-order catalogs. ”

“ a legacy of prostitution that began in the servicing of American and European soldiers has since flourished into a sex industry that has grown into a major source of foreign exchange that rivals the gross national product of many developing nations. ”

To provide a counterpoint to an overwhelmingly negative portrayal of Asian fetish, Phoebe, as any respectable author provided the following counterpoint:

“ Not all of us, for instance, agree that the current trend of "Asian fetish" is bad. In fact, for some of us, the new visibility of Asian women, even though stereotyped, can actually be liberating. ”

From the last one sentence out of her whole book that is the only sentence that even attempts to see something positive about asian fetish people have put on the [Asian fetish] article the following entry that obviously taking Phoebe's words out of context and is fraudulent.

“ But Eng does not agree that the attention that might be given to Asian women is bad. On the contrary, she calls it "liberating ”

If you can't tell me why my contributions are not valid entries. then please revert your changes. Tkguy (talk) 04:06, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Francisco Cruz and WP:PNT

Hi Blanchardb,

Your comments at my talk page are entirely in my own thinking. In case my reasoning was not clear, I explain briefly. The stuff was dumped in WP:Template documentation where clearly it is inappropriate. The easiest thing to do would be to revert it, but I checked for the name in mainspace and found it empty (though there are similar results on searches and DABs etc, none for this page). I created the article just in case there was any notability that I would not know myself, to give others visibility of it, and then listed at PNT (the first time I have added rather than subtracted an article from there through translating it).

I copy pasted the text in, and did not even do the minimal fixup for wikifying etc that I would usually do had I wished it to be kept. In my POV it is not notable, and should be deleted. It may seem strange to create an article immediately to PROD or SPEEDY it, but I did not want it to be lost without a trace. If I start wikifying it there is a prima facie case that it is of interest (which of course is not the same as it being notable), i.e. because one editor is interested in it, leading to perrennial argument. Thus I stood off editing even the most minor mistakes.

You did right to PROD it if you think it escapes SPEEDY, but I think it is not, of itself, notable. But I am not qualified to say is not. But I am not qualified to know if this person is notable in other ways. I will happily fixup the translation if another editor shows notability, otherwise leave it at PROD. I will add my support (for deletion) there along these lines, probably rephrased.

I hope from this rather long-winded explanation you appreciate my reasoning and that it was not done just by hitting a button. Thanks for all your good work. As Pascal wrote to his cousin, "I have only made this letter longer as I have not had time to make it shorter".

Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 04:25, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

What does he who laughs hardest laughs best mean

Just as a quick note, I would imagine it's typically not best to replace content with a CSD tag; placing the tag above existing content works just fine. Cheers! --tennisman 00:54, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

kelana seri angkasa

im the one who recently editing & deleting kelana seri angkasa page, its really realiable information to us to know all about scouting for mostly in senior-rovers scouting in malaysia. I depend in wiki in all aspect for research & study before also after graduate in college...my dear friend its really great if we can share all about scouting experience the all we been through from years to year...Rafiqkie (talk) 01:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

you regard, rafiqkie rep. delegation for Kelana seri angkasa... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafiqkie (talk • contribs) 00:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

What are your sources for the article you wrote? Please note that "you just know" is not acceptable. See our policy on verifiability. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 01:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

PTSD vandalism catch - thanks!

Good work. I watch this article rather closely, but you beat me on this one. Excellent! TomCloyd (talk) 03:24, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Dear Blanchardb,

As a God-fearing man myself, I am happy to hear about your good work keeping Wikipedia honest. I have suffered repeated acts of vandalism on my Wikipedia page entry Harold von Kursk over the past several months. Regrettably, a very bitter ex-girlfriend has on several occasions posted sick, malicious, false, and libelous "additions" on my Wik page. Thankfully, a few friends have caught these and edited them off my page. But today I discovered another sick posting and given that I do not wish to check my Wik page entry on a daily basis anymore (I have been checking it very regularly over the last two months) I would kindly ask you or another administrator to delete my entry immediately or place it under long-term protection so that my psycho ex can no longer post those horrible comments. But perhaps it is easier to simply delter my Wik page entry altogether to keep my ex from renewed acts of vandalism which would inevitably draw me into a legal action against her which I would really not want to begin since it is costly and since she is still the mother of two of my children.

Best regards, Harold von KurskBigYalie (talk) 05:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

James J. Cooke article

Hello. I am working on the Wikipedia article for James J. Cooke. I have greatly appreciated all the assistance I have received. I would like to call attention to the reference of James J. Cooke in the Wikipedia article on Billy Mitchell (James J. Cooke is referenced twice). Here is also a review of James J. Cooke's book in the Air & Space Power Journal, Fall, 2003 by Phillip S. Meilinger and this review can be read online at: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NXL/is_3_17/ai_109219958/ Also, his book, 100 Miles from Baghdad, is referenced in the Wikipedia article Operation Daguet. In this reference, there is a short line about James J. Cooke and his involvement with Division Daguet. His books are readily available on Abebooks, Barnes and Nobles, Amazon.com, alibris, etc...Here is a link to his latest book with a review: http://www.eurospanbookstore.com/display.asp?k=9780826218674& Please let me know how I can facilitate varification of this article. Thank you very much for your help! ssnichol1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.138.83 (talk) 04:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Martine Croxall

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your test on the page Bablake School worked, and has been removed. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing and its related help page for more information. Thank you.  Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:38, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

The gap was inserted for correct indexing in the main category. Hence, reverted your incorrect removal of my edit. Rgds, --86.138.188.25 (talk) 02:41, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Without an explanation, the edit looked like a test, that's all. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:01, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Candace Marie

Sorry. But the interview is a pretty good source, right? ραncακemisτακe ^talk 18:01, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

No. It was Candace talking about herself, so that does not qualify as "secondary." What you should find is a major news source using that interview as its source. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 18:03, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay. What about this one? -ραncακemisτακe ^talk 13:55, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

It's a blog. As such, it is not considered reliable. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:27, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Interactions concerning social groups of people in Canada and the US

You PRODed this article under its original name. If you'd like to comment on it's AfD, here's the link. --SquidSK ^(1MC•log) 01:45, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Kiwa hirsuta

I did the second edit because there is no other obvious way to contact you except to edit this page, and it seemed to me easier to just re-trigger the monitoring software you are using.

I didn't know that the mention of something as clearly esoteric as this creature in a relatively widely-read comic strip is "barely related trivia". In that case, perhaps you should remove the other comic strip reference on the page (which, by the way, links to a much less well-known comic strip), or remove this section altogether. Otherwise, it would seem appropriate to restore the reference, since it is notable that the comic strip is trying -- at least to some extent -- to bring an appreciation for marine biology to the general public (throughout its publication, Sherman's Lagoon has featured quite a few strips about deep sea creatures). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.213.224 (talk) 16:13, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I'm familiar with Sherman's Lagoon, but I just don't think a single mention in one strip is encyclopedic material. Perhaps within the Sherman's Lagoon article, though. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Then why aren't you removing the other comic strip reference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.213.224 (talk) 16:21, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Because it seems that a more in-depth mention was made into that other strip, and the strip is still available online although it is three years old. Per WP:V, since the Sherman's Lagoon website only displays strips going back one month, that means a month from now the mention will become unverifiable online, and since we are talking about trivia, I doubt that anyone will bother to check their old newspapers. Or perhaps it should be a good idea to wait till the next book by Jim Toomey is available at Chapters. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:29, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Well if you read the other strip -- http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/060326.html -- you'll see that it actually doesn't specifically mention "yeti crab". The Sherman's Lagoon strip mentions it specifically and even has a cartoonized image of it. I linked not to the Sherman's Lagoon website, but to a copy of the specific strip at an online comics syndicate: http://content.comicskingdom.net/Shermans_Lagoon/Shermans_Lagoon.20091119_large.gif. If you change the 2009 in the URL to 2007, you see that they have strips at least two years old.

In that case, you may add the mention, but with the reference you found. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:51, 21 November 2009 (UTC)