User talk:Fang Aili/Archive17

This is an archive of inactive discussions. Please do not edit it. If you wish to revitalize an old topic, bring it up on the active talk page.

Archive 1: 9 August 2005 - 13 February 2006

Archive 2: 14 February 2006 - 21 March 2006

Archive 3: 15 February 2006 - 28 April 2006

Archive 4: 29 April 2006 - 6 June 2006

Archive 5: 6 June 2006 - 23 June 2006

Archive 6: 23 June 2006 - 1 August 2006

Archive 7: 1 August 2006 - 22 August 2006

Archive 8: 23 August 2006 - 2 September 2006

Archive 9: 2 September 2006 - 13 October 2006

Archive 10: 14 October 2006 - 6 November 2006

Archive 11: 6 November 2006 - 21 November 2006

Archive 12: 22 November 2006 - 20 December 2006

Archive 13: 21 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Archive 14: 6 January 2007 - 6 February 2007

Archive 15: 6 February 2007 - 5 March 2007

Archive 16: 5 March 2007 - 28 March 2007

Archive 17: 29 March 2007 - 3 May 2007

Archive 18: 4 May 2007 - 20 June 2007

Archive 19: 1 July 2007 - 25 July 2007

Archive 20: 26 July 2007 - 13 December 2007

Archive 21: 14 December 2007 - 28 April 2011

Ayn Rand

Hi, You removed the protection from the Ayn Rand page. I reverted it with the comment of "no reason given." Feel free to remove it again and note the reason in the edit summary or on the talk page for Ayn Rand. Thanks! P.S. Looking at your userbox page I see you and I share a lot of interests. Great Stuff!!!!! Ethan a dawe 17:15, 29 March 2007 (UTC)Ethan_a_dawe

• Ethan_a_dawe (talk · contribs)

Hi, another editor removed the protection after I reverted yours, so it's gone. Actually I didn't realize how long it had been on there. Thanks for your kind explanation though!Ethan a dawe 18:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)Ethan_a_Dawe

Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California

I know the article has been semi-protected for a long time, but an indefinitely banned user just edited it two days ago. Is unprotecting it really a good idea? AniMate 20:34, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I think so. You can see that the semiprotection didn't keep the banned user from editing it. And that user's edits should be pretty easily identifyable, assuming he/she always puts in the same stuff. I've been unprotecting a lot of long-protected articles lately, in hopes of supporting the assertion that this is the encyclopedia anyone can edit. (I would appreciate extra eyes here.) Let me know if you feel strongly about this. But it seems the article needs to be watched closely anyway. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 21:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Just a heads up. I went a head and requested semi-protection again. Look at the history of the article... it's... it's not pretty. I agree with your intentions, but right unprotection is not realistic. AniMate 05:45, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. Looks like you were doing a pretty good job at reverting, but I know that gets annoying after a while. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 20:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

recently unprotected articles

In an attempt to keep this the encyclopedia everyone can edit, I've recently unprotected several high-profile articles. Could you help me monitor them for vandalism?

Thanks very much. I imagine a few of these might need re-protection, but let's see if we can stop that from happening. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 18:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

You can use this recent changes link, which links to User:Fang_Aili/sandbox2, a list of pages I have recently unprotected. Thanks again, Fang Aili ^talk 19:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fang Aili,

I've added the ten pages you requested to my watchlist, and will try to watch them. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for review of an article - can you help?

I have another question for you. A woman who has held a prominent political position in the midwest has discovered a page was created on her in Wikipedia and contains uncited and non factual information. Can I ask you to review the page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_L._Campbell), or is there another editor that makes more sense to ask? I appreciate any guidance you can offer. Lesliekc 01:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• Lesliekc (talk · contribs)
• Jane L. Campbell

She can follow the instructions here. Alternatively, she can express her concerns on the talk page. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 18:46, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:Musical Instrument

你好

Greetings-

I am a member of the Musical Instrument WP, and I am about to attempt to write the talk page project templatewish me luck!. My question is: do you want to have an "importance" scale as well as a "quality" scale, and is there any other information you might want the template to have (review processes, portal inclusions, automatic entry into certain categories, etc.). Just wondering! - NDCompuGeek 05:36, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

你好! I would like both quality and importance, but the importance should only appear if it is "Top" importance. I've found that if it appears for every subcategory (Mid, Low, etc importance), it just clutters up the talk page, and it makes certain people feel like X article isn't important enough. Definitely keep all the sub-cats of "quality" visible, though. :) Thanks much, Fang Aili ^talk 18:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Deleted "Globe Asiatique" (WP:CSD A7; does not assert notability)

Hi,

I recently created an article : 19:05, 30 March 2007 Fang Aili (Talk | contribs) deleted "Globe Asiatique" (WP:CSD A7; does not assert notability)

I was just wondering what you meant by "does not assert notability". (I am sure you have answered this question a gazillion time....I am really new to this, so please bear with me)

If you may please advise, the conditions for "notability" so I may conform.

The article which I posted was a brief, partly because I am still figuring out stuff works around here......but mainly because I was hoping to work on it more and add more information in time. (But If articles are deleted too quickly...there is no chance to work on them)

Also, before creating the article....I searched wikipedia for relevance and gave me 8 results. 7 of which had 100% relevance to the article I created.

Results 1-8 of 8

   * Yeng Constantino
     * Globe Telecom
     * Globe Asiatique
     Relevance: 5.5% - 5.6 kB (688 words) - 08:43, 29 March 2007
   * Kim Chiu
     *Globe Asiatique
     Relevance: 4.0% - 5.2 kB (747 words) - 05:07, 30 March 2007
   * Erik Santos
     *Globe Asiatique
     Relevance: 3.5% - 7.9 kB (1140 words) - 13:30, 29 March 2007
   * Wowowee
     * a house and lot package, offered by Globe Asiatique
     Relevance: 2.0% - 25.4 kB (3913 words) - 23:22, 29 March 2007
   * Alexander von Humboldt
     ...shed in Fragments de géologie et de climatologie asiatiques (2 vols. 8vo, 1831), and in Asie centrale (3 vol...
     ...69); Lettres à Marc-Aug. Pictet, published in Le Globe, tome vii. (Geneva, 1868); Briefe an Bunsen (Leip...
     Relevance: 1.8% - 34.6 kB (5157 words) - 11:20, 22 March 2007
   * Pinoy Dream Academy
     ...condominium unit in Chateau Valenzuela from Globe Asiatique, cash prizes from Fitrum (a vitamin supplement, P...
     Relevance: 1.8% - 37.8 kB (5662 words) - 17:04, 23 March 2007

Thank you for your time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Network1 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

Hello. The article did not assert notability according to Wikipedia's standards. Have a look at that page. If you still object, let me know. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 20:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

• Thanks for voting in my RfA. I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

More Fudokan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Fouders_of_Fudokan has been listed for speedy deletion, per WP:SNOW. All the other fudokan articles (Save fudokan itself, which is undergoing AfD, and Illia Jorga, which I will list after fudokan closes), have been deleted, leading me to believe that nobody would contest a proposed deletion of this template, so therefore I have CSD'd it.

Thank you, RogueNinja

• RogueNinja (talk · contribs)

I'd say that if Fudokan is deleted, we can delete this template. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 20:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

RK Auto Group revision posted for your review - thank you!

Hello Fang Aili, you deleted this page and then kindly gave me the chance to revise it, on my user page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lesliekc/RK_Auto_Group) to meet a minimum threshold of notability. Would you please let me know if that has happened? thanks much! 66.61.72.229 03:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I really appreciate your efforts. Unfortunately I don't think this meets the guidelines at WP:CORP (notability guideline for corporations). It would be great material for a personal website or a car-oriented wiki, perhaps. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Gotcha - thanks for the link. After reading that page I'm still not clear. Is the problem not enough attributable sources? We have only newspaper articles, but they are more than surface pieces (nontrivial). Or is it because we are a regional business? Sorry - don't mean to be a pain, I promise, just want to understand. Then I'll move on to something more productive or make the page work for the community, if that is possible. I know you are very busy and appreciate any feedback you have to give. Our group was really proud to be listed in the Wikipedia and would love to regain that honor, if possible. Thanks much! Lesliekc 01:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem in my mind is that of notability--I see there were a few articles written in the local Virginia paper, but do those articles mention how the auto group affected the community (in some notable way)? Has this auto group been in the news outside of Virginia? And right now, to be honest, the article comes across more as an advertisement than anything else. Keep in mind that Wikipedia attempts to be a global encyclopedia, not a collection of random information (even if it is well-written and sourced). Does this make sense? I don't want to hurt your feelings, and I don't want to come across as high-than-thou or anything like that. You can ask other Wikipedians for their opinions if you like. Use Wikipedia:Help desk. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 19:08, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't now what to do with this guy

I don't now what to do with this guy User:RogueNinja Please stop him in order not to do vandlizm on my article Fudokan,article is now emproved and i don't what is wrong to stay on wikipeida. I didn't imagine this school of karate, it egsist in world. But Rogue Ninja think different.

Snake BGD 11:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive

Thank you for your contributions! -- WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive 17:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Silver Wiki Award
		For your contributions to the WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive, WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive hereby awards you The Silver Wiki Award. 17:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

*Added by Jreferee (talk · contribs)

FirstHand Technologies

Hi: I saw that you deleted the article on FirstHand Technologies. This company had done some impressive work in mobile VoIP, a fast growing space and topic. Could you restore it please? Pjbrockmann 03:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

• Pjbrockmann (talk · contribs)

Thank you for being so polite. However I cannot restore the article at this time. It was deleted because it was written like spam, and Wikipedia does not allow such articles. If you would like a copy for your own records, send me an email. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 14:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:Musical Instrument template

你好 you know, I've said it for years, but only since corresponding with you have I ever written it! - I finished the rough draft for the first template, let me know what you think: User:NDCompuGeek/WIP/project5. The image is just a placeholder (unless you think a frog playing the guitar is a good representative picture....), so don't shoot me too bad for it.  ;-)) There will be a derivitave of this talkbox for use on appropriate categories, as well as the "real" template talkbox, with all the bells and whistles and trimmings and shtuff. Please be kind! - NDCompuGeek 10:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

• NDCompuGeek (talk · contribs)

Looks good to me! (Except, of course, for the frog picture. ;) I made a few minor edits. Keep in mind though that I don't know much about coding.. I can only comment on aesthetics. I've created a few of these templates, but I just copied the code of another project's and replaced the categories and picture. Also, I've been spending less time on Wikipedia lately, so if I'm not that active at the project, that's why. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 14:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

• • Thanks for the capitalization correction.... As for your RL issues - good luck! (Don't know how to write it in Chinese, so English will have to do!) I'm sure someone of your calibre will have NO problem getting into whatever school/college/university you wish! Minot State University needs good people too ("my" university).... BTW - almost done with the main template at User:NDCompuGeek/WIP/project4, if you want to take a peek when it's done. Should be later today sometime, I hope.... - NDCompuGeek 14:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

• • • I think I'm done with the project template.... - NDCompuGeek 15:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Now, what should it be named?.... - NDCompuGeek 16:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

How about {{WPMI}}? --Fang Aili ^talk 18:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Please resopnd to me

Why acticle Fudokan is deleted, now it has all the standards of article on wikipedia,it is school of karate, I now that RougeNinja is not no this school but that his problem. I ask you to unlock this atricle because he destroying something other than my arcticle other to like in list of Temlate:karate schools he not only removed Fudokan from the list but also GKR karate, If he didn't heard about this scool thats his problem but please block him to do more vandalizm, he is not created anything only new to post tag of warning that something is wrong. Snake BGD 11:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Your first step would be to talk to User:Luigi30, who closed the AfD and deleted Fudokan. After that you could post at deletion review, and make another case there. The main problem seems to be with the assertion of notability; you listed webpages, yes, but anyone can set up a webpage. Has Fudokan been mentioned in the press? in major martial arts publications? Your English is also somewhat hard to understand -- do you have a native English speaker who can help you write? Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 18:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Reverts

Thanks for all the reverts lately. Looks like several articles have been re-protected, and maybe we all just have to accept that some articles will always either be heavily vandalized or semi-protected (or both). Le sigh. --Fang Aili ^talk 19:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I didn't do too much reverting: I'm on freaking dial-up at home, and was beaten to the punch any number of times by faster users. I did see a lot of these articles are being reprotected. I suppose protection is better than constant vandalism. It was a worthy effort, though, Fang Aili. Firsfron of Ronchester 19:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Status

Hi, I notice that you are a frequent contributor to Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Status, so I ask you a question... Is it ok that yanksox is still on the list? Wasn't he/she desysopped? Snowolf ^(talk) _CON ^COI - 19:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Most of the coaches are admins, but we do have a few experienced non-admin coaches. I'm not sure if Yanksox is interested anymore though. I'll ask him. --Fang Aili ^talk 16:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Userify Tiquan Underwood

I'm not sure I understand why the article was deleted, but could I ask you to create a user version of the article for me so that I can address the wikifying and reference issues that seem sto have been the reason for deletion. While I have refeernced the article, I apparently hadn't added it to my watchlist. Alansohn 19:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

It was a one-liner, "Tiquan Underwood is the star wide receiver on the Rutgers University Football Team." That's all. It was tagged as {{db-bio}}, but it could have been under A1 or A3 as well (lack of context/content). He might be notable, but it needs a little more info on why. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 16:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Television personalities/lineups

If you're going to remove the personalities from all the Atlanta tv station pages (i.e. WSB, WAGA, WXIA, WGCL), you need to remove them from all of the stations webpages from around the country. Double standards are not cool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.145.221.121 (talk • contribs)

Honestly, I don't have time to seek out all the tv pages. It's a big encyclopedia. If you have the will and the energy, be my guest. --Fang Aili ^talk 16:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you give me a piece of advice?

Dear Fang Aili, could you please take a look at my struggle with User:Vlad fedorov. In my opinion, he repeatedly vandalizes articles GRU, Human rights in Russia‎, Nikolai Koltsov, Persecution of political bloggers, Grigory Svirsky, and Active measures. He deletes large fragments of text supported by reliale references, without discussing anything. He does not recognize any sources, even such as Nature Reviews Genetics (in article Nikolai Koltsov). I warned him twice about his alleged vandalism, but he deleted my comments from his talk page. User:Colchicum and me made a request for comments about him, but this did not help:Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Vlad_fedorov and Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Vlad_fedorov#New_episodes_of_wikistalking_by_Vlad . What would you recommend? I would highly appreciate your advice.Biophys 03:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what to tell you. I don't do a lot of conflict resolution (of other people's conflicts, that is). There is already a mediation case open involving you and Vlad (Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-02-10 Boris Stomakhin), as well as the RfC. From looking over various links, it looks like both you and Vlad have certain opinions and are unwilling to compromise. One or both of you will need to step away from the articles in question, or continue until you are both blocked for 3RR. On Wikipedia, like life in general, you're going to run into people with whom you disagree and have no hope of compromise. Just let it go. Have a look at this essay, go outside, listen to the birds sing, and go on with life. This is the best advice I can give you. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Succession Boxes on Fictional Character Rule

You said you Oppose getting rid of the rule preventing succession boxes on fiction characters but then you're comments seem to support getting rid of the rule. I think you meant to say support, you may want to go edit your post.--Dr who1975 16:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks like you left your computer. I took care of it for you. Sorry if I stepped on your toes here. I agree with all your points about succession boxes.--Dr who1975 16:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Huh.. ok. I think I understand your position now. Since you were the one removing the boxes, I assumed you were against the boxes being in the articles. But I see now that you were supporting what's currently at WP:MOS. I was figuring that since succession boxes are virtually everywhere, they was a consensus for them. Hopefully this issue will get worked out in discussion. (And thanks for fixing my !vote. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 16:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey. Got your response. I have a question... I keep seeing thie term "cruft" or "fancruft", I'm fairly familiar with wht cruft means ut can you give me a specific or hypothetical example where this has come up in an argument?--Dr who1975 16:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

There's Joey's apartment from today's AfD. The first !vote describes fancruft pretty well: "pointless regurgitation of minutae" that doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. --Fang Aili ^talk 17:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Yellow Dog

Hi Fang, Sorry if I took too long to resond, I am getting used to Wiki. Im not sure of online sources however most of the land holdings on the plains alon the Tripple A are held by logging companies, or companies that have sold their logging rights ie Long Year, etc. I dont have a plat for that area of MQT county but it is public domain. In fact the picture that is on the page for the yellow dog plains is an excellent example of the logging going on in the area, the area pictured is probably about 2 years after a cutting. If you want to talk about this more please do so, but I will apologize for my lack of Wiki skills (bear with me!)

Thanks Joe (djoeyd114)

• Djoeyd114 (talk · contribs)

Thanks for your response, Joe. Don't worry about your wiki skills--you're doing fine! --Fang Aili ^talk 13:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Greetings

Wishing Fang Aili a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Gary Kirk [Talk] 10:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I was on your userpage (clicked from the Admin Coaching page) and just noticed it was today; it isn't on the calendar or anything :) Gary Kirk [Talk] 13:39, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah! I was looking at Today's Events, which it was not on. Not actually on today in the month-view calendar next to it... :P Gary Kirk [Talk] 13:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I see your note on the talk page - well it's upto someone there to work it out now! Gary Kirk [Talk] 14:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

It is not a problem

I can prouve notability, i put one References from book that i read with ISBN number, that prouve that i didn¨t make on my on hand this article. It is school of karate fourth in the world, lead by Shotokan master Hidetaka Nishiyama. And now i see that Taiji Kase is missing in article Shotokan, because i put him as founder of Fudokan it is truth. Taiji Kase was removed by RogueNinja

SnakeBGD12:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Persistant vandal

Hi, may I suggest a block on this user Timey1, s/he is vandalising the Pudsey article every 2 minutes, thanks --Speed Air Man 15:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted page

You deleted my Bio-plugin page. Why?? I'm software developer and biometric enthusiast. I'm not allowed to discuss a product that opened up the world of biometrics to me and my associates? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guerrilla1200 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

It was deleted because it was written like advertising. Wikipedia does not allow such articles. Thank you, Fang Aili ^talk 18:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

the Kominas.gif

Please restore the gif image, theKominas.gif to the article on The Kominas . It is an original piece, created specifically for our band. Thanks Sysec04 19:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• Image:TheKominas.gif
• Sysec04 (talk · contribs)

It was deleted because it did not have a copyright tag. It would be best if the logo creator released the image to {{GFDL}}. Is that ok? --Fang Aili ^talk 20:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Toddle House

Why did you delete the article? I was just beginning to write it!!!!!!! SDC 20:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've single-handedly written several respectable articles for Wikipedia: Sulfur lamp, Comorian franc, and many more. Why not give me the benefit of the doubt? You also might want to take notice that there are already existing links to the article, so it must have some notability.

I try to apply CSD equally. If it doesn't have a notability assertion, it's an A7 candidate, whether the creator is a newbie or a bureaucrat. Perhaps you're not aware of user subpages-- Use User:SDC/Toddle House, and you can edit the article in your own time, and move to article space when it is complete (including a notability assertion). Let me know if you have further questions. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 20:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Reason for deletion of Godrej Consumer Products LTD. article

Hi....I just wanted to know the reason for deleting the article...There is no Violation of copyrights —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amrutaunshu Nerurkar (talk • contribs) 21:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

• Godrej Consumer Products Limited

Even if it wasn't a copyright violation, it was written like advertising. Wikipedia does not allow such articles. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 13:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Cauldron Page

Why did you delete my page on Fransico Cauldron? I was i the process of finishing it off and what is Copyvio? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Apclyspe1 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

• Francisco Garcia Calderon

It was deleted because it looks like a copyright violation (copyvio), which is copying someone else's work without permission. Also, it does not assert notability. An article should state, in the first paragraph, why the subject is notable. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 15:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Cauldron Page

No, this is actually an article i had to write for a History class that I am taking, and my professor required us to make contributions to the website using the articles we have wrote. I have references and everything. i could send you my file to prove to you it does belong to me. I change the name to Francisco Garcia Cauldron Rey, because his father has the same name minus the Rey, check it out if you would like now.

• Apclyspe1 (talk · contribs)

Ok. I have moved the page to the apparent correct spelling. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 15:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Shady Glen deletion

Why was Shady Glen deleted? And without any debate or discussion??? -Sohailstyle 17:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

• Sohailstyle (talk · contribs)

Hello. I didn't see anything that met WP:CORP, and therefore it lacked a notability assertion (A7 speedy deletion). Local restaurants are usually written up at one point or another in its local newspaper; is there any evidence this restaurant is notable outside of Manchester? Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 17:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

• Fang Aili (talk · contribs)

Notability assertion? There was no claim that it was a hugely popular restaurant or known widely outside Manchester. You said that restaurants are usually written about in their LOCAL newspaper, the reference I put was from the Hartford Courant, the state's main newspaper and not from the Journal Inquirer, which is the regional newspaper. I don't really understand why it was deleted, I simple created it to give it space on Wikipedia as a reference for future surfers. Perhaps, if there wss something not accordance with the Wikipedia Guidelines, then it would have been more proper to have a discussion as wer having now, thanks. 17:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, well let's go over WP:CORP. The primary criterion is "A topic is notable if it has been the subject of non-trivial coverage by two or more published works." I do realize that WP:CORP is a guideline and not a rule, but I just didn't see a notability assertion in the article. Articles should answer the question, "why does this matter?" --Fang Aili ^talk 18:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Intervention request

Hi, was wondering if you could have a word with User:Belovedaunt. This user keeps adding unsourced, copyrighted and POV material to this article- Enderby, Leicestershire. I have requested that they cite sources for some of the claims and the reply was "I have local knowledge". I have no wish to engage in an edit war but I do keep removing the unsourced material only to have it reverted, please help!--Speed Air Man 17:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

• thanks for the intervention, also, any chance you can adopt me? :) --Speed Air Man 17:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You can ask questions any time. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 20:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted pages

Deleted pages. I have been deleted twice from wikipedia, on text that are truthful and consistent. can you help me with some of the deleted ones. we have reliable sources for verification if neeeded. I am just new to wikipedia and I dont seem to be doing it correctly.

the titles that have been deleted are:

• DIONISIO GUTIERREZ MAYORGA
• JUAN LUIS BOSCH GUTIERREZ
• JUAN JOSE GUTIERREZ
• FELIPE A. BOSCH GUTIERREZ
• CORPORACION MULTI INVERSIONES

I want to do something like you have for Gustavo Cisnero.

Regards, Sdansher (talk · contribs)

I do not know what you mean by "something like you have for Gustavo Cisnero". Also, it's hard to know what you're talking about if you do not provide exact page names. But I remember that some of those were deleted because they were advertisments, or they looked like resumes. Wikipedia cannot accept such articles. They also looked like they may have been copied from a website, which is also not acceptable. Basically, articles need to say why it/he/she matters, and should be written in your own words. See the notability guidelines for more on what is considered notable. Also, if you create any articles in the future, please do not use all CAPS. Thanks. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

How do I...?

Thanks for offering to help! I'm having trouble with my user page. I want the tags I've added to be at the right of the screen and in a vertical column but I keep messing it up. Could you have a go at this then I can see what you did? --Speed Air Man 20:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		for being really nice to a newbie Speed Air Man 20:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandal at it again

Hi Aili, User:Belovedaunt is doing it again with the Enderby, Leicestershire article, now adding citation tags to nearly every sentence. I have more verifiable material to add to this article to help improve it but I am becoming very frustrated and I'm already thinking that I should not bother trying to contribute! Not only is this user reverting my edits but is also reverting edits to other articles I am trying to improve. Lastly, I believe that User:TomTomOne (who has vandalised my user page) and User:217.44.3.23 are all the same person. I don't like pointng the finger but I believe that these users intentions are nothing but disruption. Maybe a warning tag on the user talk pages or a block? Thanks again! --Speed Air Man 09:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks for your reply and helping me with the living persons biography policy. Still reading through other policies and it's heavy going! Thanks again for keeping me right! --Speed Air Man 15:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Aili, yet again my user page has been vandalised by User:TomTomOne, can you deal please? many thanks --Speed Air Man 20:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I remaked article Fudokan

And i am ask you to block it from erasing Snake BGD 10:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Evil Frog!

You know, that $%&%#^* frog is growing on me now...! - NDCompuGeek 22:10, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

What is it, a lawn ornament or something? :) --Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

You know, I honestly don't know. I saw the pic on Commons while I was searching for music-related pictures. If nothing else, I suppose it shows that our WP has a sense of humor!!! - NDCompuGeek 18:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

Why thankyou! (but I'm not calling you mom!)--Speed Air Man 13:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Businessmen

Dear Fang Aili:

My apologies for the Caps. I did not know they could not be used. As to Gustavo Cisneros, what I meant is that this person who is a Venezuelan businessman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Cisneros), and is almost at the same level as Dionisio Gutierrez or the rest of the personalities I mentioned, for example, has a bio in Wikipedia. All the things I say about Dionisio and the rest can be prooved from reliable sources. Do you want me to redraft them to include sources? All of them are very important personalities of Central America. Juan Jose Gutierrez, for example, was in the cover of Businessweek recently as one of the most important CEOs for his brand Pollo Campero. Dionisio is also a journalist, as mentioned in my paper, and hosts the no. 1 show in Guatemala on Sunday evenings which is called "Libre Encuentro." Corporacion Multi Inversiones isthe largest conglomerate in Central America and the Caribbean. These papers have not been copied from any website.

If you would like me to resend you a copy of my papers for your review, I would be more than happy to do so. And if you would like me to redraft my papers to proove they are reliable facts, I would gladly do so. Please let me know.

Thanks a million!

• Sdansher (talk · contribs)

You can go ahead and recreate them if you like. Yes, sources would be great. Just make sure you say why s/he is important, and have a look at Notability and Biographies of living persons. Let me know if you have questions. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

InnoInco - can you help review this page?

Hello Fang Aili. You have recently deleted page InnoInco - 14:47, 13 April 2007 Fang Aili (Talk | contribs) deleted "Innoinco" (WP:CSD G11 - advertising).

I remember I have posted this page before and it had much less of an informative content and I was suggested to review this page and add more of informative, encyclopedic content and less of a company advertisement. That is exactly what I tried to do with this new page you have deleted. I did try to put it together in a way, that I WOULD NOT advertise company, but instead provide essential information about it and its history. I thought I did a good job with it, but appears that not good enough :-).

Could you please spare few minutes of your time and review the innoinco page, that was deleted and let me know, what exactly should be removed (or added) to innoinco page so that I would not get under criteria of WP:CSD G11

Thank you in advance. --Innoinco 18:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

• Innoinco (talk · contribs)

I looked over it again. And you're right, it's not terribly spammy, it just doesn't say why the company is notable according to Wikipedia's standards. Just like we don't have articles on every garage band, we don't have articles on every business just because it's a business. Have a look at those notability pages and let me know if you still think it should have an article. Also, if you would like a copy of it sent to you, email me using the "E-mail this user" link on the left, under 'toolbox'. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Paradyne - a manufacturer of VVD solutions for Residential and/or Business

You removed this page citing "Advertising" - I use this product daily at a variety of properties, and since its acquisition by Zhone Technologies, very little information can be found about the support for these products. I hoped by starting a wiki entry that I could bring together all the documentation left online in an attempt to help other Net Admins who need to support these products in other areas.

I heavily rely on Wikipedia for a variety of definitions and resources about the products that I use at work. I'm not advertising that you should or should not use Paradyne products, I'm only saying "if you use them - here are some links to facts/pdfs/FAQs whatever you need"

For example - there is scant information listed on VCI - Paradyne uses VCI technology exclusively with their ADSL products, and I started that article searching for more information on determining which VCI settings are proper for residential use.

The wiki entry wasn't finished - please restore it as a useful resource for a niche product that many Net Admins are probably having a hard time supporting and learning about.

You can't get any information out of Zhone without a paid support contract - I think that information should be free - that's the purpose of Wikipedia right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Misaiato (talk • contribs) 18:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

I appreciate your goals. Yes, we're trying to give away a free encyclopedia. I'll "userfy" the article for you so you can finish it. I will put it here: User:Misaiato/Paradyne so you can work on it in your own time. Let me know if you have any questions. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Stopper Knot Images

Hi,

I would just like to ask for a consideration regarding these images File:StopperKnot.GIF‎, and File:StopperKnot1.GIF. I have used them in this article, Stopper_knots. If you would be so kind enough to let it stay here at wikipedia for illustration purposes. I have formally asked a permission from the owner of these images and in which I was also given permission to edit it.

thnks. Bu b0y2007 08:08, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

• Bu b0y2007 (talk · contribs)

Hello. Thanks for contributing to the 'pedia and getting permission to use the images. Unfortunately Wikipedia cannot accept images that are for Wikipedia use only, or are for non-commercial use only. (This seems counter-intuitive, but that's the way it is.) See WP:CSD, Images, criteria #3 for more details. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

• Hello. I have immediately contacted the editors of the sailing knot images. And one of their editors responded: '...We likewise appreciate very much your gesture of letting us know of this matter. We have previously given you permission to use and edit two of our sailing images for wikipedia purposes. Monitoring-wise, the fact that we are all dealing with the internet which gives us less control of our copyrighted images. We can likewise grant you your request of using your edited version of our sailing knot images for WIKIPEDIA, future web/book article, and for public use (informative and educational) as well. We just hope that those who use these images should at return the favor by giving us proper recognition...' I hope you could grant me as well the permission to upload the images. Thank you! Bu b0y2007 01:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)^talk

Asada Mao and Kim Yu na

I'm an irregular contributor so I'm not an expert on Wikipedia rules and style: and this isn't a major complaint so I'll trust your judgement. However, I think it is relevant to their articles that Mao Asada and Kim Yu-Na are the same age, height, similar jumping and spinning ability, and always strongly competing with each other for first place at various events. In particular the Japanese and Korean media in their competition coverage never seem to mention one without mentioning the other. I'll leave it up to you. (My IP sometimes changes so I probably can't read your reply). Thanks for your time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.17.48.207 (talk) 05:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

I haven't read those articles, but I think it would definitely be appropriate to mention that they are rivals. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on the Haslingden article

Thank you for your help on saving the Bruce Haslingden article from deletion. I really appreciate it. Chris 20:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Zwiki

Hi Erica,

I noted that you recently deleted the page on Zwiki. We feel that Zwiki deserves a page on Wikipedia because of its widespread usage. We'll try to rephrase the first line to get rid of any advertising speak.

Regards, Frank (on behalf of the Zwiki developers)

• Flaurijssens (talk · contribs)

Ok, I'll restore it. Please add a notability assertion, that is, why should this have an encyclopedia article? Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 14:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Seeing that you visited and renamed the article, I assume you noticed we added content and references. We hope this somehow settles the notion of notability :-) if it doesn't (and I misunderstood the use of the word "assertion" then), please let us know. In any case the deletion of the article helped us unslack and make the article more usefull after all, so thank you! Betabug 14:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

• Betabug (talk · contribs)

Not really, actually. Do you have any stats on how many websites use Zwiki, or how many people use it, something like that? How about some reviews from independent sources? According to Wikipedia:Notability (web), "A notable topic has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works that are reliable and independent of the subject." I am not trying to be hard on you, and I have no interest in deleting the article again. I'm just trying to help you create a better article. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

We don't really know how many sites use Zwiki, hey it's an open source project, anyone can use it without telling us. http://del.icio.us/tag/zwiki-site currently lists around 40, http://zwiki.org/ZwikiSites lists another 40 or so (but is sometimes very outdated and overlapping). Do you think it would be a good idea to give those links? (I think they are a bit vague.) As for "non-trivial published works that are reliable and independent of the subject", that's what the two articles in the "External Links" section are. Both ZopeMag and InfoToday are not affiliated with Zwiki in any way. Anyway, we're looking for more of the same. Thank you again! Betabug 15:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Snake BGD

According to this user in this message, you told him to host his deleted pages in his user space. Is this true? If so, I will not persue this apparent violation of WP Policy.

Thanks! RogueNinja_talk 16:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

That link didn't work for me, but yes I did userfy one article for Snake bgd so that he could finish it. (It had been speedied as empty.) If his articles have since been AfD'd, they should stay deleted. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 13:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Protection for Afghanistan article

I think we need the protection activated again. Have a look at the history. Ariana310 15:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Admin Coahcing

PLease note that Terence has agreed to be my admin coach. The Placebo Effect 12:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

CAMERA article

Can you get this article unblocked again. Jayjg seems to have a habit of protecting articles with a pro-Israel bias from being edited. Can you help me out. annoynmous 22:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Please take it up with Jayjg. --Fang Aili ^talk 01:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for your opinion

你好 - Erica, your opinion is desired at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates! Thanks - NDCompuGeek 12:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

norange is a floating spark from a fire.

Wikipedia is a learning and educating vehicle. If more people are aware of a word, they will use it if they feel it apt. At some point the word "proliferate" was created. Someone else used it and it became accepted by the masses. Just because you don't like the word "proliferate" doesn't mean other people should be denied the right to choose to use it. Can a word exist if no one uses it? no. Please don't deny other people the right to choose whether or not they want to use the word. In the interest of communication - norange provides a description for an object that has none. At least leave the description up for a few weeks to gauge the response.

Norange.

• Noh-range

A norange is the name given to a floating spark from a burning fire. They can be created by disturbing the embers.

A google search indicates this is nonsense. Have a nice day. --Fang Aili ^talk 15:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Possibility of restoring EMBASE

Hello,

I noted that you deleted the EMBASE page due to similar content at www.info.embase.com. Although I agree that the content is similar on the info site I think there is still value in interested parties having an easy to link to one pager located in wikipedia. Can you please consider restoring this page?

Thank you, Ammo193.131.222.67 14:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately I cannot restore copyrighted information. You may recreate the article, but please rewrite it in your own words. Also, it should meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for web content. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 16:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

John Frochaux

Hi, I wrote an article on John Frochaux and twice it was deleted. Please I would greatly apreciate it if you'd restore it. I'm a big Factor VIII fan and I really would like to run articles on all the members of the band. In case you do not know, Factor VIII has been around for 12 years this year, they are hardly popular in the states, but throughout Latin America they are very well known. You can check out their videos on youtube, MTV latino, and Much Music. They've released 3 records and several ep's in their 12 year career and are about to release a new one.

I hope you can restore the article,

Once again thank you,

Hemophiliac 19:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)Hemophiliac

• John Frochaux
• Factor VIII
• Hemophiliac (talk · contribs)

Done. Usually the band is written about first, but that's ok. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 19:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV backlog

I noticed you're online. They're a massive backlog there and I thought you'd be interested in cleaning it. I'm busy reverting all further vandalism. Evilclown93 19:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

None left before 19:46. I've cleaned up all the vandalism, and thanks! Evilclown93 19:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm always around AIV helping out, because it's one thing to block a vandal, but another to report 10 vandalising edits. Evilclown93 20:02, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Rain ISP

Add notability? Notability is already there - Rain ISP‎ is the only ISP in Zahedan. --Commking 23:01, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I didn't add that tag. Feel free to remove it if you like. --Fang Aili ^talk 01:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Argh!

Hey you, long time no talk. Could you do me a favor? User:InternetHero is starting to annoy me (see edit history on Parietal lobe and talk and edit history on Episodic memory). I wonder if you could give me a neutral opinion, because it might be that the person is annoying me (sometimes s/he says things that just don't make sense..) and that his/her edits are actually fine. They're both pretty minor things; think I'm just in a bad mood. :) digfarenough (talk) 13:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you point to specific edits? Is it a content dispute, vandalism, other? I see you have tried posting at the Parietal lobe talk page; that's the right thing to do. Or you could contact InternetHero directly. Try to work out disputes yourself before coming to the big bad admin. ;) --Fang Aili ^talk 15:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

New admin coaching award

I was thinking that there should be a special "thank-you" award for people who have been helpful in the admin coaching program. By chance I met someone on IRC who wanted to make a Wikipedia award in Photoshop. Through consultation Aequo made Image:Mopbucketmanual.jpg for me. Do you think it should be listed on any of the admin coaching subpages? I'm not quite sure where it should go... —dgies^t_c 15:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Cool image. :) You could add a 4th bullet under "Instructions" on the main page (Wikipedia:Admin coaching). Or I'm open to other ideas. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Keeping Track of edits

Hey There,

Just wondering is there a way of keeping track of the number of edits that you make on wikipedia ? I haven't kept track of my edits but I'd like to start and I notice that on your userpage you say that you've passed 18 K edits, so if you know how that's done could you please let me know.

Thanks, Michael Drew 23:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• Michael Drew (talk · contribs)

I used Flcelloguy's Tool. I believe it's still working. (It's been a while since I counted.) --Fang Aili ^talk 14:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Adoption request

{{adoptme}}

me 11:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

• Athangjain (talk · contribs)

Sure thing. Be aware that I'm less active on Wikipedia these days, but you can always send me an email too. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

thank you

thank you for adopting me . thank you for the suggestion .. i'm signing as athangjain now . how do i add a link to my talk page next to my signature? Athangjain 13:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Bhavarlal Jain

it is regarding the article i had posted. you said there was a copyright violation. i have edited the article. please check. thank you.Athangjain 14:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

• Athangjain (talk · contribs)

wikiprojects

I was wondering who i could contact to suggest a new wikiproject —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elderleo (talk • contribs) 19:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

adoption

i was wondering if you could adopt me because i need lots of help and btw i also live in wisconsin itsnt that cool? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elderleo (talk • contribs) 20:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC). {{Adoptme}}

Bhavarlal Jain

thanx for the help. i will try to do as you said but while the article is put up for deletion , is there anything i can do to improve it so that it doesnt get deleted ?

and how do you put the link to your talk page next to your signature ?

about the copyright vio , i really cant do much about it cuz its mainly facts .

anyways thanx.

Athangjain 07:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Signatures

About signatures, there's a lot of info at WP:SIG. But here's some quick directions:

1. Go to "my preferences" (at the top right of the screen).
2. In the signature box, insert [[User:Athangjain|]] ([[User talk:Athangjain|talk]])
3. Make sure the "Raw signature" box is checked.
4. Save.

That should do it. You can also play around (to a certain extent) with your signature. For example, I have my talk link raised a little, and green. The code looks like this:
[[User:Fang Aili|]] ^{[[User talk:Fang Aili|<font color="green">talk</font>]]}

Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 16:26, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

re: Bhavarlal Jain

The facts in the article can be reorganized and worded differently so it's not a copyright violation. Even if it wasn't a copyvio it would need extensive work to improve it to an encyclopedic level. Wikipedia has several writing guides: check out How to write a great article for starters. --Fang Aili ^talk 16:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Jack Eldridge

i was just going through random articles when i came around this one " jack eldridge" just check it out . i dont think it is encyclopedic content. Athangjain 14:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

• I'm going to speedy-tag it. I could just delete it but I'd like another admin's opinion as well. --Fang Aili ^talk 16:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi there Fang Aili, I am slowly going through all the users listed as wanting adoption and seing if they are still actively requesting adoption. Some have been on the list for months and either have figured WP out or are inactive. I noticed you have adopted User:Athangjain but his page still has the 'seeking' tag. could you change the tag if you are his adopter? Thanks!

PS, I'll be leaving a note on the Adoption talk page re: this and other stuff in a day or, you might check there if your interested in the program and the talk page isn't on your watch list. Cheers!--killing sparrows ^(chirp!) 05:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Should be fixed now. Thank you for coordinating things! --Fang Aili ^talk 19:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Bhavarlal Jain

This article has been edited. i hope its still not a copyvio. and how long is the Afd deletion discussion going to go on? Athangjain ^talk 13:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe the copyvios have been removed or reworded into non-copyvios. Good work. :) AfDs run about 1 week (or more, depending on if it's backlogged). Based on the opinions so far, it looks like the article will be kept. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 19:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of attack page note

Hi Erica, I noticed that you deleted the attack page Dan Ioppolo twice, once after I put a {{db-attack}} tag on the page. I really appreciate you dealing with this trash, but I just wanted to mention that deleting administrators should, according to policy, not quote libel from attack pages in their reasons for deletion, because it then is entered into the log. This happened during both your deletions of this article. You can check out Wikipedia:Deletion process#Speedy deletion for the official word. Thanks! Darkspots 16:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I hadn't thought of that, thanks! --Fang Aili ^talk 19:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Franchise 50

I was looking at the differnt franchises that were listed in the Franchise 50 and while there are links to several of the companies some of the pages have been deleted for advertising? Is it advertising to have a companies information posted? The are sites for Wal-Mart and other public corporations.68.91.179.2 17:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)4/27/2007

• 68.91.179.2 (talk · contribs)

What article are you talking about? --Fang Aili ^talk 19:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Lounging Sound page deletion

M'am, Lounging Sound is an online radio station that has been up and running since 2002. We have over 18,000 visitors per day and are not seeking to advertise on Wikipedia. Rather, we find ourselves a viable source of credited Ambient music (for internet radio) and we have permissions from the labels and artists we play. We are non-profit as well (thus, advertising would really be not what we are seeking to accomplish here). Also, we've only recieved 44 total hits from Wikipedia at all and do not find it a reliable source for advertising. However, again, we do find it important to be informative as a source for online radio in the various genres we play. We are currently upgrading and redoing our website which will include the biography that we'd posted on Wiki. Finally, we broadcast at high quality and are considered in the elite of similar radio stations including Soma.fm & Digitally Imported. Thank you for considering my request to have our entry on Wikipedia republished. J. Snodgrass —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Genfish (talk • contribs) 20:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

• Lounging Sound
• Genfish (talk · contribs)

Please see Wikipedia's guidelines for web content. Has Lounging Sound been reviewed in any independent publications? Do you have an independent source to support your claim of 18,000 visitors/day? How can your site be that popular if "Lounging Sound" yields only 43 unique Google hits? [1] Please respond. I would like to help you. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Ms. Aili, Lounging Sound has been reviewed by several online sources and has been verified by artists and labels as well over the past 5 years. Also, we are continuing to grow and gain popularity. I could ask several of our artists and labels to add our link to their website and am confident they would do it. Right now, we are not focused on that as a station. As I may have mentioned, Lounging Sound took 3rd or 4th (can't remember honestly) in the best internet radio stations in our genre at Morpheus Music. They are a credited source I imagine. I don't have an independent source to verify the hits. However, I could provide you with a link to our statistics page if you so request. ... Thank you for responding and if you have any more questions, please ask. Too, is it possible that you could email me your next response? grass_dweller@hotmail.com Thanks again. J. Snodgrass

thank you

thanx again. for all the help. Athangjain ^talk 06:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

help

this is just a view of "my watchlist" it looks something like this. i was just wondering what those numerical figures mean ? (-19) , (+3) , (+13 ) .. etc.

28 April 2007

(diff) (hist) . . Talk:Bhavarlal Jain‎; 06:24 . . (-19) . . Athangjain (Talk | contribs) (diff) (hist) . . Bhavarlal Jain‎; 06:15 . . (0) . . Athangjain (Talk | contribs) 27 April 2007

(diff) (hist) . . m User talk:Athangjain‎; 19:31 . . (+3) . . Fang Aili (Talk | contribs) (→re: Adoption request - tl-ify template) (diff) (hist) . . User:Athangjain‎; 08:03 . . (+13) . . Athangjain (Talk | contribs) (added userbox)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist"

Athangjain ^talk 06:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it means how many characters have been changed since the last edit. So (-19) would mean a net loss of 19 characters. They are somewhat useful because you can see how "big" the change was, but if one paragraph was changed to a paragraph of equal length, it wouldn't tell you that. It only just shows the size change. So still manually check edits on your watch list. --Fang Aili ^talk 12:41, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Hurray!!

result of the discussin for the article Bhavarlal Jain was keep .Athangjain ^talk 11:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Need help

Change the world is rubbish, and could you possibly review it for me? Thanks Whstchy 20:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that, someone got it (that person being you, thanks). Whstchy 20:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

You deleted A Call For Christian Unity

I am new to Wikipedia. The only exception I saw for removal of entries is for advertisement. You said you removed it for proselytizing. I want a place where people can come together and write about the similarities of their faiths. Even if one is atheistic, I would welcome that. It is not proselytizing if you are not looking to convert anyone. I don't care if I convert anyone because that is not the intent of the article. It is to show similarities of faiths when most look for divisions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Udarnick (talk • contribs) 21:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC).--udarnick 21:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia. I'm sure there are many places online where you can start a free forum or something similar. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 22:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

get well card

My adopter, NDCompuGeek is not doing so well. Can you sign his get well soon card? Spread the word please. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 19:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello! I see your seeking adoption. If your still interested I'd me more then happy to answer your questions and help you out. You can respond back to this by leaving a message here. If you have decided that you no longer wish to be adopted, please remove the adoptee's userbox from your userpage. Thanks, hope to hear from you soon! Matthew Yeager 02:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Byahh

Please could someone start a page about the word "Byahh". The main reason i started the word byahh is because there is no page on the popular term. I would apreciate if someone could start a page that contains factual information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allencd10 (talk • contribs)

If you actually think this is a notable term, then go ahead and create an article. But please add sources to back up the information. Urban Dictionary is not considered a reliable source. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 16:18, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Adoption Program

Hello again and welcome to the adoption program!
Please take some time to think about what you would like out of this program and what you can devote to it. After you have thought about this please message me on my talk page about which areas you would like to focus on. As well, if you are completely new or you are not sure, you can let me know that and I can give you a general overview. You will get as much as you put in with this program. If you would like me to be someone that you can ask questions to every once and a while, then thats who i'll be. Yet, if you wish to be in constant contact with me and have me go over your work with you each day or so, then thats who i will be. This is your choice, just please let me know :P

Also if you could please remove the adoptee userbox from your userpage so that others know you have been adopted. If you like you can replace it with this user box: {{adoptee}} Thank you for your time, Matthew Yeager 16:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I've already tl-ify'd the adoption request boxes that were left on my talk page. I'm an adopter, not an adoptee, and I have adopted 2 users. What do I expect to get out of this? Well, I tend to think it means being here to answer questions, and to check in with my adoptees now and then. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 17:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

My talkpage

Thanks for undoing the vandalism on my talkpage. ~Enviroboy^Talk_Contribs - 19:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 19:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

non-obvious vandal

Hi, I respect your assessment that my recent nomination for blocking may have been in error, and agree that this user's behavior is different from most vandals. But I feel it's essential that something be done. Can you suggest an alternative? I don't want to violate WP:CANVASS, and I'm not sure what remedies are available between that and a block. -Pete 19:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I did a little digging about Interstate 2, and it looks like it might exist. Or at least some major road(s) named #2 exist. See Talk:Interstate 2. If he's acting in good faith, then I'm not going to block him. He did have a string of vandalism on the 27th, but if he's stopped vandalizing there's no need to block him now. Has he vandalized since his last warning (not counting Interstate 2)? --Fang Aili ^talk 19:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I see Pete beat me here. Thanks for being a good Wikipedian and assuming good faith about Deathgleaner--I'm afraid I'm a bit more cynical about his I-2 article. He's done some almost-but-not quite vandalism, mostly useless edits and unexplained changes, which I have reverted. I know you can't block him for that, but like Pete, I'd like to know what to do short of waiting for him to get bored and go away. Katr67 19:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I just gave him a "final warning". [2] Does this suffice? Please contact me if you need a block performed. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I've been a bit impatient. I think he has the potential to be a very productive editor, and being overly-aggressive with blocks definitely wouldn't help bring that about. I think your "final warning" - this time with an Admin's teeth to back it up - is the appropriate thing at this point. Thanks! :) -Pete 20:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Perfect. Thanks and happy editing! Katr67 20:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Green Apple Books & Music

Hello there. My name is Nicholas Buzanski and I have recently become a user here. I noticed that under Independent Bookstores that there were quite a few but not Green Apple Books & Music which has been in the same location for 40 years. I always see it being voted best Used and Independent Bookstre in the Bay Area by The San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine. It is a staple in the Richmond District, San Francisco, California which is another link. When I tried to create an entry for this store. You deleted it and then I realized I had done it wrong. I could not find the way to request the page. I have since gone to Green Apple and got some historical information from them. How do I make this work.

Thanks, Nicholas nicholas@nocornerspress.com Nbuzanski 21:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• Nbuzanski (talk · contribs)
• Independent bookstore

Hi Nicholas. All articles need to meet Wikipedia's guidelines for notability. Here it is in a nutshell:

A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, independent of the subject and independent of each other. The depth of coverage of the subject by the source must be considered. If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources should be cited to establish notability. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. Once notability is established, primary sources may be used to add content. Ultimately, and most importantly, all content must be attributable.

Based on what you said above, Green Apple Books & Music probably qualifies as notable. I will restore the page so you can add some information and sources. Let me know if you have questions. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 14:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for putting the page back up. I am trying to edit now and get everything set. Sorry for my bumbling. I didn't mean to add it the first time, I was just trying to preview it. I will add more information and get some sources in there. Thanks again for being so cool. Nbuzanski 20:14, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :) In the future, if you'd like to work on an article before submitting it, you can put it in your "user space", like User:Nbuzanski/Article name, and move it to "Article name" when you're done. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 20:30, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Your deletion: Biblical Prophecy Fulfilled?

You deleted this due to the following. Please explain why since I found related articles on Wikipedia very negatively biased in terms of religion. How can you just delete this without any consideration? Do you find my proof items non-objective?

"Of course, an article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to approach a neutral point of view."

??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JLMarais (talk • contribs) 22:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

If Evidence of prophecy is allowed, why is that? It is similar to my article, but just negative - saying that prophecy is nonsense.

This is very upsetting. JLMarais 22:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

It is now up for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biblical Prophecy Fulfilled. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Taiwanese aborigines Comments

Wow! Thanks for the review. You have a great eye for copy. I thanks for the help. I am also grateful for the fact that you took the time to read through the entire article...I know it's a little long. Kudos! :-)Maowang 03:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me too. :-) I'm embarrassed that you found those two typos. I should have gone to the printable version, copy/pasted it into Word, and done a spell check. I was relying instead on the multiple readings that I subjected every section of the article to.... Thanks! Ling.Nut 03:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

PS — Your edit count is 20311. Ling.Nut 04:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! Great job with the article! --Fang Aili ^talk 14:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Taiwanese aborigines

oops.

I did mean U.S. Route 2 but I think my brain was messed up.

♫Deathgleaner 18:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

In that case, U.S. Route 2 already exists.

I have a request -- would you mind removing the <big> tags from your signature? (This is in line with Wikipedia:Signatures.) It would make your sig fit better with surrounding text. Thank you very much, Fang Aili ^talk 18:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fang Aili, FAC Concerns

Hello, thanks for responding to the FAC page of Shen Kuo. I have one question though, what did you mean by the headers and sub-headers not making sense (besides the Book Chapters one)? In any case, I have changed the 'Book Chapters' heading to 'Dream Pool Essays' instead. I at least got to one of your requests so far. Lol. None of my sources list any of the many languages the book has been translated into, although Chinaculture.org does (English, French, German, and Japanese). However, Chinaculture.org is not a very credible source, and I do not want to list it in the article beyond the 'External links' section. Do you know of where I could find out what languages it has been translated into? Besides, of course, going to amazon.com or something. Thanks.--PericlesofAthens 20:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Not sure about translations--a librarian would probably be happy to help.

Headers--they seem to overlap. "Life and achievements" sounds like pretty much everything one would put in an encyclopedia article. "Scholarly achievements" overlaps with "Science and technology".

Overall, you want to give a sense of continuity, from early to later life. This doesn't have to be rigidly imposed, but the article should "flow" naturally.

Here's a suggestion off the top of my head:

==Birth and youth==
==Career and later life==
==Scholarly achievements==
===Navigation===
===Geology===
===(more)===
==''Dream Pool Essays''==
==Legacy==
==See also==
(References, etc.)

Does that make sense? --Fang Aili ^talk 20:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Nation's Memorybank

Hi Erica ;)

Sorry - new to Wikipedia. Please can you tell me why my article was deleted? I think that it is of genuine interest to the public - particularly as it serves to put together an archive of family history for free.

Thanks

FluxPR 21:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)FluxPR

• FluxPR (talk · contribs)

These articles were deleted as advertising. Wikipedia cannot accept such articles. In addition, all article subjects should be notable. For more on what constitutes "notable", see WP:WEB (guidelines for online content). I can hardly think that a website setup today (May 2007) is notable. Thank you, Fang Aili ^talk 21:19, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fang

Thanks for your comments. I understand what you are saying about being notable. The fact that the archiving initiative is being backed by the BBc and the Daily Telegraph (UK's leading broadsheet paper) and has been getting publicity on BBC RAdio 4, The History Channel and Woman's Hour R4 - shows that there is massive support behind the concept of the Nations' Memorybank and that it is a unique initiative.

Please could you reconsider? I'm happy to make changes where you deem necessary.

Thanks

FluxPR 21:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)Nations' Memorybank

Nations' Memorybank

Hi Fang

Thanks for your comments. I understand what you are saying about being notable. The fact that the archiving initiative is being backed by the BBc and the Daily Telegraph (UK's leading broadsheet paper) and has been getting publicity on BBC RAdio 4, The History Channel and Woman's Hour R4 - shows that there is massive support behind the concept of the Nations' Memorybank and that it is a unique initiative.

Please could you reconsider? I'm happy to make changes where you deem necessary.

Thanks

FluxPR 21:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Green Apple

Hi there Fang, I read through the How to Upload an image and about the copyright problems. I was told that I can use a photo that is on the Green Apple Website that was taken by Kevin Hunsanger. I know that I need to give him credit, link to the website, and allow it to be approved. What do I put in the Licensing section?

Thanks for all your help, I'm slowly figuring this all out. Nbuzanski 22:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I found a tag that might be appropriate:

{{Cc-by-2.5}}.

But since you already uploaded a free, similar picture, would you like Image:Greenapplebookstore.JPG deleted? There doesn't seem much point it keeping it around.

--Fang Aili ^talk 19:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete away, I just took a picture myself, it seemed easier. Thanks for all your help witht the links and everything, I appriciate it greatly.

Nicholas Nbuzanski 21:18, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! --Fang Aili ^talk 21:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello again, sorry to bother you every day. Is the a way to set it up so if someone searches "Green Apple Books" that the page Green Apple Books & Music comes up? I told people about the wikipedia page but they couldn't find it.

Thanks, Nicholas Nbuzanski 00:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

You are the best! Thank you so much for all your help. Nbuzanski 17:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fang, Shen Kuo article

As you have requested, I have made some major revisions to the Shen Kuo article. I have also provided a history of the reprinting and new editions of the Dream Pool Essays throughout time, as well as the foreign languages it has been printed in. I will get to more of your concerns later, as I am busy with schoolwork now.--PericlesofAthens 03:10, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Deletion: Nick Barratt

Hi Fang

My post on Nick Barratt has been deleted. Please can you tell me why? He is a highly notable broadcaster, historian and journalist. There is NO advertising in the entry.

Thanks

TeaRex 10:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• TeaRex (talk · contribs)

The image you used screamed of advertising. Please don't upload it again. The rest of the article looks passable though, and I will restore it. Thank you, Fang Aili ^talk 15:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)