User talk:DaGizza/Archive/30

MSU Interview

Dear DaGizza,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:46, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

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Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing DaGizza/Archive/30 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 22:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Indic related naming conventions

Hi, I'm following up on a comment you made on Wikipedia_talk:Hinduism-related_topics_notice_board/Archive_3#Naming_Conventions in 2007...

If you get a chance can you give your opinion about a reverting a name change in the following article Talk:Kripalu_Maharaj#Revert_name_change. The article was originally called "Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj" but 2 days ago a user changed it to "Kripalu Maharaj". Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj is the name by which the subject of the article is overwhelmingly known as, and I have given many reasons and proof of that, and reasons why the name should be reverted back to Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj. "Kripalu Maharaj" sounds completely wrong to anyone who knows the subject, and anyway there are other people with similar names.

Anyway, since you previously vaguely commented on the issue, maybe you can leave a comment on the talk page for the article.

Thanks. Lotusjuice (talk) 22:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Edit

I have reverted an edit of yours for inappropriate use of rollback i.e. that edit was not vandalism. I am aware that you are an admin, so I thought of dropping a note here. Thanks!! Secret of success (talk) 09:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive

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WikiProject Wikify and the future of wikification

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Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. I know this happened just recently but no administrator would close these frequent rm's down, so here we go again. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:42, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

About the deletion of a page

Hello

My email address is runnerbloodprince@yahoo.com if you want to respond. I'm not sending this message from my PC.

I wanted to ask you about Yaron Lichtenstein's page deletion. I am a former boxer (3 years at a professional club) and had a little training in Ninjutsu. I went to several Krav-Maga schools in my country, and no one was satisfactory. The single one which I actually think is good is Yaron Lichtenstein's Bukan school. Yaron is also proven legally (legal translations from Hebrew to English) the Grand Master of Krav Maga, in documents signed by Imi at Hebrew notary.

I don't think a 9 dan Grand Master in a really known martial art is not noteworthy on Wikipedia, the biggest encyclopedia on the internet.

Looking forward to your response, Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.83.42.165 (talk) 11:15, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Alex,

Just to let you see, this was how the article looked like before deletion:

La certificación de próxima tendrá lugar en Goiânia, Brasil del 21 de julio al 28 de 2009. ((DEFAULTSORT: Lichtenstein, Yaron)) Categoría: Nacidos en 1953 Categoría: Israel Krav profesionales Maga Categoría: Vida Categoría: Gente de Rehovot ((martialart-bio-stub)) ((Israel-sport-bio-stub)) proximo seminario para certificar instructores sera en marzo del 2010 en la ciudad de queretaro Mexico donde actualmente es la cede de bukan Mexico dirigido por Jose Barcenas

The first problem was that it was written in Spanish on the English Wikipedia so most readers will have no idea what the article is about and also if this topic deserves an article. The second thing was that there were no sources supporting anything mentioned. I think you write the article out again in English and at least direct the reader to a few websites that describe Yaron's notability in the Krav Maga martial arts. In further time you can focus on reliable sources. Then I think it should be accepted and not deleted again. Thanks. Gizza^{Talk ©} 01:20, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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Gary GJ Reynolds

Sir, You just deleted my article yet the person who you claim does not have interest is heard on over 150 syndicated radio stations, has a published book that was on the Amazon list and is requested all over North America to do motivational speaking could you please explain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Konacc (talk • contribs) 03:03, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

2012 in UFC ‎

Just to give you a heads up I intend to file a WP:DRV on this article, I believe the premise of the original AfD was floored and consensus at WT:MMA is that this sort of approach is the way to resolve the issues. Mtking ^(edits) 03:23, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletions for allowing moves

DaGizza,

Thank you for speedy deleting All the World's Mornings - However, after you delete to make way for a move, it's important that you actually do the move requested. If I had been away, this page could have been a redlink for days, and it clearly shouldn't be. This was discussed at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 47#Speedy delete for pages blocking a move. I'm wondering if the link that's attached to the speedy delete notice isn't working? Ego White Tray (talk) 03:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

2012 in UFC

I just wanted to say, 2012 in UFC is different from the page that was deleted. The old page had information on all events. This one just mentions those events that are deleted from wikipedia. So basically you removed information that is nowhere else on wikipedia. Would it be possible for you to restore the latest version of the page to my namespace? Thanks in advance. Also, I can't seem to find the deletion discussion anywhere... There's no link on my talk page. Do you know where it is? Oskar Liljeblad (talk) 06:36, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for 2012 in UFC

An editor has asked for a deletion review of 2012 in UFC. 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. Mtking ^(edits) 23:14, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Accept this whacking

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been whacked by a trout for being inactive and no good reasons

TheMasterOfShadow (talk) 02:51, 19 December 2012 (UTC)TheMasterOfShadow

DUDE TRY THIS STUFF IT'S GOOD TRUST ME

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White peony

I think I'll invite you to save yourself a bit of embarrassment and recommend that you revisit the article above. I realize that you're not around here too often, but if you take a look at the article's content, you should clearly see the blatant vandalism. It's not enough to have a list at the end of the article that appears to represent citations, when the article's content merely equates to vandalism. Please note that the article is based on a current juvenile meme based off of the Five-Year Engagement movie and replicated here. When an article is flagged as blatant vandalism, please make sure to take a more thorough look at the content. Notability and citations have nothing to do with this article. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 13:17, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Deletion comment on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Rush

Hi,

Recently you've deleted the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Rush with a comment "Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic, Aventura (band) " and added link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventura_(band). Shouldn't the link lead to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Rush_(band) instead? I'm sorry for possible mistake on this talk - I'm new to WP editing. Muhhmail (talk) 15:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC) muhhmail

February 2013 Wikification Drive

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about System Group

Dear Dagizza I am Negar Arab From System Group Co. I just found that you've deleted the page of System Group (همكاران سيستم) Co. in wikipedia :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Group

it seems that you believe this page has been a kind of advertising page. but we really don't mean to advertise in wikipedia. we just aim to give information. you know, System Group is the biggest Software Company in Iran and it is the first software company which has joined to OTC market in Iran. you can see some links about System Group here:

http://www.tsetmc.com/Loader.aspx?ParTree=151311&i=50732326426469382

http://codal.ir/ReportList.aspx?Symbol=&Name=%D9%87%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85&ISIC=&ReportType=-1&Subject=&FromDate=&ToDate=&IsAudited=-1&Period=-1&CompanyState=-1&YearEndToDate=&Publisher=False&OnlyChilds=False

http://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/Default_view.asp?@=275942 ( it is an interview with the system group's CEO)

http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/company?companyId=116621800&targetid=profile http://www.boursenews.ir/fa/pages/?cid=68738 http://www.tagsa.net/detailcompanies/%D9%87%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85/75/6

I will appreciate if you can help me and reinsert the link. Regards Negar Negar61 (talk) 13:17, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

about System Group (2)

Dear DaGizza thanks for your response. I read the rules and going to create a new article. regards Negar Negar61 (talk) 04:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Katherine Lorenz

02:31, 6 February 2013 DaGizza (talk | contribs) deleted page Katherine Lorenz (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinelorenz)

Dear DaGizza, Greetings. My understanding is that you have deleted the Wikipedia article I published earlier today in regard to the subject Katherine Lorenz. The reason given was: (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinelorenz). I would respectfully ask that you consider undeleting the Katherine Lorenz article after making the necessary edit/deletion of the Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinelorenz). I was not aware that use of an external link to an individual's LinkedIn page represented copyright infringement, and I apologize. Otherwise, the article is very well researched, sourced, and based on reliable sources from a number of credible news gathering organizations ranging from The Wall Street Journal and Forbes to the Houston Business Journal and Huffington Post. Other third-party sources, including the Environmental Defense Fund, National Academy of Sciences, and the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation are used. Thank you and I look forward to your guidance on how to proceed. Kindly, Katebackstage (talk) 03:35, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Katherine Lorenz

Dear DaGizza,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Okay, I will make the necessary edits to the Katherine Lorenz article.

I did not save a copy of the original Wikipedia article, and it took me several hours to create it. Would you please retrieve a copy of it for me, and forward along so that I may edit accordingly? Thank you! Katebackstage (talk) 04:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Tim Scott

An editor is changing the name of the article. The editor is doing this incorrectly and it makes no sense. The editor has not discussed on the talk page. I believe you are editor that re-named it in the first place, back in December 2012. Could you assist me in correcting the recent mistakes in editing?--ExclusiveAgent (talk) 15:36, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

For this edit. Agreed and Thanking you. Faizan -Let's talk! 14:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia trainers requested in New South Wales

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Invitation

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Vital articles/Cities

Hi Girik! Can you tell me the criteria for the inclusion of a city in that list? That would help me to understand if my noms are eligible or not. Thanks. --Zayeem ^(talk) 12:15, 10 December 2013 (UTC)