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Question about page deletion

You deleted my page 'Molly Bennett' and I do not understand why? It was none of your concern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SexWithStyles (talk • contribs) 23:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Read the explanation I put on your talk page. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gossip site, so it is is selective about subjects for articles. Being "an aspiring website designer" and being "in a committed relationship" with an actor are not enough to meet the Wikipedia:Notability requirement. JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Sasuke stages

Everything looks to be in order, although I don't usually look over the page. I do have an interest in the show, but the community involved with the show usually uses our own Wikia website due to the constant vandalism, it's just that someone was looking to also update the article for those not aware of our site (which we usually don't talk about to prevent vandals and spammers from coming over, since we have our own). I thank you for looking out, though. Rollinman (talk) 23:20, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Image on Reform and criticism section on United Nations

File:Tractors. Jan 2009 displacement in the Vanni.jpg "Civilians are being displaced in Northern Sri Lanka during the final months of the war. A review of UN action criticized the UN leadership, UN Security Council and top UN officials in Sri Lanka."

I have re-added the above image which is removed by User:Rich Farmbrough without edit summary on the Reform and criticism section on United Nations; since the image depicts one of the worst human tragedies human kind ever faced and reviewed by the UN itself its fault and found guilty.Sudar123 (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

This is a content dispute, where admins have no special authority. Read WP:BRD - you should discuss this on the article talk page and try to reach a WP:Consensus; failing that, use WP:Dispute resolution. JohnCD (talk) 10:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Artpop mess

Hey John!

I need your help. User:193ra continues to create innapropriate articles, on the upcoming Lady Gaga album "Artpop" - despite consensus against it. S/he has been moving certain Article incubator project pages on the album to mainspace Artpop articles - I have reverted them - s/he has tried a different way - I have tried reverting that too, however now I have become totally confused in this loophole of moving. I'm dead set confused. Please take a look at their edits. If I revert further, I'll only be making the mess bigger than it is! Thank you, -- MST☆R ^{(Happy New Year!)} 11:07, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

I can't get to this for four or five hours. I'll look at it then, if no-one else has. JohnCD (talk) 11:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay, sorry if you find it confusing (doubt it, not everyone is like me -.-!) oh I need a holiday from WP... -- MST☆R ^{(Happy New Year!)} 11:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Problem has been solved. JamesBWatson came to the rescue. Whilst some of us go worrying around like a headless chicken, you lot are very calm - a real gem to the project! Thank you! -- MST☆R ^{(Happy New Year!)} 12:14, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, James. Actually, admins do get quite agitated sometimes, but James is one of the calmer ones. Any general calmness is probably due to a weary seen-it-all-before feeling. The really messy move-sequences are where somebody writes his autobiography/CV on his user page, and then moves "User:MrHopeful" to "Wikipedia:MrHopeful" and then to "Template:Mr Hopeful" and on to "MrHopeful", his user talk page going with it while more messages arrive on his original talk page... On occasion I have found it simplest to delete the whole mess and compose a new series of explanations and warnings for the original user talk page. JohnCD (talk) 16:04, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Deleting and starting over would be the good way to go about it, because that many redirects is absolutely ridiculous. If people like us, are having trouble understanding where the redirects lead to - how are the people who created them, supposed to remember the paths also - esp., newbies? If only they had a better understanding of how moving - or editing in general, works. Oh isn't Wikipedia a beautiful place? -- MST☆R ^{(Happy New Year!)} 02:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

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Getting (talk) 17:29, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! JohnCD (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Return to Original deleted

Hi! Please turn nosratollah khakian. Why did you remove it? The article is not wrong. It is also notable and reliable sources.2.185.219.223 (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nosratallah Khakian. JohnCD (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Khandadhar Falls/ Khandadhar Fall

Thanks for setting Khandadhar Falls in order. While that was being done Harichandan kar was busy creating a new article Khandadhar Fall. Please see and decide what should be done. - Chandan Guha (talk) 16:26, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

The new article has some more information and pictures, so I don't think it should be deleted per WP:CSD#A10, but it is in too tourist-guide style. It should be merged into the existing Khandadhar Falls, and I have put "mergefrom" and "mergeto" templates on the articles, but I do not have time actually to get involved in the merge. I will add a note at WT:IN and hope some other editors can help. JohnCD (talk) 16:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

dear user please help me with this:

it is way toomuch for me to read in the guideline pages so please will you simply enlist rules for article submission.

yours hopefully Peter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkersteve111 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not for what you want to do. You want to advertise H & I Limos, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and one of the most important rules is that it is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. JohnCD (talk) 10:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Why were my wikipedia pages deleted.

Hello Mr. John. I am messaging you on behalf of my WIKI Pages, staic gamez and Conner Gladden. I just would like to know why you deleted them. I made them so people could have information on Static Gamez, the development team, and information on Conner Gladden, the founder of it. I can surely say that Im not the only one to do this. I guarntee nintendo and ubisoft and berthesda all have wiki pages to inform people about them and i guarantee there is a wiki page on there founder. How come my pages were deleted when they are the same as those basically. Fireato (talk) 15:39, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Those companies are notable. More on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 15:57, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Ahh, classic JohnCD, deleting perfectly legitimate new pages as part of his censorship regime. Boomage (talk) 16:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)Boomage

That's a personal attack; cut that out. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Quinnie Cody

Hello i am Messaging you in regards to the Quinnie Cody Wikipedia page. It has come to my attention that this page has been deleted. I had recently made changes to the Quinnie Cody Wikipedia page because upon visiting it, i learned that someone had put up false pictures, and also placed blame on him for a car accident that never occurred. This is what I had modified. While some of the "source input" may have not been correct for the photos etc. I would like to ask that you restore this page and possibly fix any errors i made in the "source input" that way it is not again deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.125.228 (talk) 18:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it had no references, but looking at the history I see that it did once have one, which was lost during later edits. Those later edits also introduced a good deal of unsourced material, some of it derogatory, so I have restored the article but gone back to the earlier, basic version. You are welcome to add to it, but first read Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and the important policy on WP:Biographies of living persons, which includes:

"Contentious material about living persons... that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."

Additional references are also desirable to establish WP:Notability. JohnCD (talk) 21:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Raptocleidus

Hi JohnCD. Yes I'm new to Wikipedia, and don't understand the criteria fully, but I do understand the rules of zoological nomenclature. The placing of the genus name Raptocleidus on wikipedia risks it becoming a nomen nudum if others start to use it. Seeing as I coined the name in my phD thesis, perhaps I should have used the copyright tag in my request for speedy deletion. The user who created this page is either naive of the rules of zoological nomenclature (Raptocleidus is currently not a valid name as it has not been published in line with the ICZN) or they are being vexacious, and are out to cause me trouble. Thank you for redirecting the page to the pliosauroidea, BTW. Leictg (talk) 11:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

The redirection was done by user J. Spencer (talk · contribs), not me. From his contribution record, he is experienced in this area, so I have left a note on his talk page at User talk:J. Spencer#Raptocleidus asking for advice on what would be best to do. Please comment there. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:08, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, JohnCD;

I usually convert an article to a redirect if there might be some cause for concern (i.e., if it is in an embargoed publication but happened to slip out, or if, as in this case, it is from a thesis). In my experience, users don't generally question or investigate redirects. However, we could put it to an administrator versed in paleontology and familiar with nomenclatural issues (someone like Firsfron or Casliber), and see what they think about deleting it. Hiding an article through a redirect has the advantage of keeping the information handy, so that when the name is published, we don't have to build it from scratch. The major problem in this case is the fact that the article has been around for several months, so it is no longer hidden to the Internet. J. Spencer (talk) 01:00, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Praboo T. Arivananthan

Dear JohnCD , the page that you have deleted was relevant about an icon that is known in this area . Please reupload the page . Thank you .PTAFan (talk) 01:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)PTAFan

Just being an upcoming amateur film-maker known in his area is not enough to have a Wikipedia article - read WP:Notability and WP:CREATIVE. JohnCD (talk) 14:42, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Oops!

Hello, JohnCD! I think I may have made a slight error when I requested deletion here[1] - I probably should have moved the page to preserve the edit history. Is there any way to remedy this and get the editing history of my deleted subpage onto the LTA report by moving it? Sorry for any inconvenience I caused by this! Cheers :> Doc talk 11:54, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done - histories merged, no problem. JohnCD (talk) 12:31, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I did the same thing to User:Doc9871/Voice Cast Vandal awhile back, transferring it to LTA - so stupid of me not to think about moving it rather than copypasting it. I've learned my lesson for sure! Is there any way you could work your magic on that page as well to rescue the edit history? I appreciate your assistance in this matter a lot, and thanks again! Doc talk 06:56, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Also  Done. Write out 100 times "I must not cut and paste!" JohnCD (talk) 22:47, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Page move complexity

Hi. You helped me move a page recently: Ely and Littleport riots 1816 to Ely and Littleport riots of 1816. Thank you. Prior to the move, I had started a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots 1816/archive2. I noticed today that Piotrus (talk · contribs) has commented at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots of 1816/archive2 either from the peer review project page or more likely from the article talk page peer review hat. Now this is far too complex for me to fix. I did have a quick look at {{Peer review}} but could not see from there how to fix it. Are you able to help? --Senra (talk) 22:23, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Too complicated for tonight, I'll fix it tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 22:53, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed. I copied Piotrus' comment to the old page so that it's all in one place, and then moved the whole thing to the new title at Wikipedia:Peer review/Ely and Littleport riots of 1816/archive2, leaving a redirect. I told Piotrus what I have done. I don't see any need to move the "Archive1" page. JohnCD (talk) 11:59, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Thank you for your help --Senra (talk) 12:04, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Doc9871/Hanoi Vandal

What's so "implausible" with this redirect? If the page had been moved properly a couple days ago, that redirect would be there. I created so wherever there is the link User:Doc9871/Hanoi Vandal (like on my talk page for example) it would take you to the correct page. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 00:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! Restored, if it may be useful - I was just tidying up after all the moves. JohnCD (talk) 11:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, not just for this, but for all the help with that move. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 13:49, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thanks for going the extra mile to communicate discussions between editors :-) Jackson Peebles (talk) 07:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! JohnCD (talk) 12:06, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Khanshoaib2000

Hi there, I saw your message on talk page of User:Khanshoaib2000 where you stated not to use personal information but the user has re-created an article about himself. Here is that article (currently on speedy nomination). Could you please delete the article and also give warning/block if it's needed. Thanks. Torreslfchero (talk) 14:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I looked at this yesterday and saw it had already been deleted; but today it's back again, so I have deleted it again and given {{uw-create3}}. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 10:13, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks but the user is back again. He is pasting his article into other articles as in this one. Torreslfchero (talk) 10:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. He has had enough explanations and warnings - a case of WP:IDHT. Well spotted that his last try was hijacking someone else's article - I might well have zapped it. JohnCD (talk) 10:36, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi John, could you please help me in merging these two articles: Jilla(2013 film) and Jilla (2013 film), both have almost same content. However, I believe its better to merge into the later one. I'm quite clueless in merging. Thanks. Torreslfchero (talk) 21:10, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Looks as though it's been done. JohnCD (talk) 22:29, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Avinash_Agarwal

Hello JohnCD,

I have read what you mentioned in Whydeleted page. I would like to make a point in notice about the page. This page is meant for giving the information regarding a person who is about to expose the reality of "Infinity" which is a very importance topic in mathematics.

I've attended his seminars in India. He has really done a great work. I wanted to make his work publicly. I think it doesn't violate wikipedia's policies. I have also concerned him for the same and he allowed me to do so. It was just a formal start. I didn't mentioned much in the page.

I visited page today to add some other information, but I found page deleted. Please do inform me if you need any added information to re-active the page.

Best Regards Avinash

Imp: Don't get confuse with same name. We are having the same name. Aviag3087 (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Even when Agarwal is ready to publish his theories, Wikipedia is not the place to do that. Read the policy WP:No original research, which includes: "If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it. If you discover something new, Wikipedia is not the place to announce such a discovery."

The test that decides whether there should be an article about Agarwal is called Wikipedia:Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Your article did not give any references, and I have looked but not found any. It sounds as though he is still in the "up and coming" stage of his career.

So I'm afraid it is too soon for an article. After he has published his theories, and they have been the subject of substantial comment in independent reliable sources, will be the time to think about writing one. JohnCD (talk) 21:59, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Sanjana Sanghi

Hi. There are mentions online in some film blogs about her having a minor role in this film, so I'm not sure it can be speedied G3 as a blatant hoax. It's a possible hoax though, and if not, then the article certainly wouldn't survive an AFD on notability. Thanks, Altered Walter (talk) 11:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Ah I see you've posted at Talk:Sanjana Sanghi about this, so I've posted there too: you might prefer to reply there. Thanks, Altered Walter (talk) 11:59, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)We'll see what another admin thinks. I wanted a second pair of eyes, so I didn't zap it directly my self, but I think the absence from the official cast lists is fairly convincing. The online mentions are all Facebook and blogs and the like, nothing reliable, and many of them are copied from the WP film article, where the name was inserted by an SPA IP in March 12 and lingered for some time. JohnCD (talk) 12:07, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Well caught on the IP editor, by the way. Altered Walter (talk) 12:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Dynamic Steady State Universe Theory

a copy for johncd

deletion of DSSU

hello Salih I understand if conrad ranzan's theory is considered too fringe to be included. Im not sure of the actual guidelines,i just wonder if the piece ive done could be considered for inclusion to "Non-standard cosmology" Is it worthwhile me doing something on Dissident science. I have no axe to grind.im not trying to convince anyone I merely state that the theory exists. --Harryflatters (talk) 19:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC) wow its gone already you guys must have to wade through a lot of stuff i cant believe how brutal you are LOL. ive been reading other peoples deletion notifications. Very blunt,maybe you guys could state at the outset how articles are most likely to be rapidly deleted. Less people would get this far I got invited in, now i feel like ive been slapped around a bit LOL regards shaun--Harryflatters (talk) 19:32, 13 January 2013 (UTC) --Harryflatters (talk) 19:39, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

The article has not been deleted - it's at Dynamic Steady State Universe Theory. Deletion has been proposed, and there is a discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dynamic Steady State Universe Theory. You are welcome to contribute there, but read WP:DISCUSSAFD first. The discussion will run for seven days, anyone can contribute, and after that an uninvolved administrator will decide what to do, based on the strength of the arguments put forward in terms of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, not on a count of heads. The point at issue will be whether the theory is WP:Notable in Wikipedia's terms, which is not a matter of opinion but requires showing references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The question is, have other people, besides Ranzan, taken his theory seriously enough to write substantial comment about it? This links to Wikipedia's policy of publishing WP:No original research, which includes: "If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it. If you discover something new, Wikipedia is not the place to announce such a discovery." JohnCD (talk) 21:25, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

ok

sounds reasonable, thanks this is where ive been trying to get to. I have seen mention of the theory in other publications such as google books etc. My intention has always been to see if it qualifies for inclusion anywhere, (in any form). I never started out to make it a pet project.Part of me wishes i never started,however its been interesting to see the process. I feel maybe it could be made clearer at the outset that the process can be a bit grueling,whether intended or not some comments can feel hostile and can come across as personal attacks regards shaun--Harryflatters (talk) 23:38, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

You have a point. Wikipedia is so anxious to encourage everyone to come and edit that it is reluctant to make people read anything before signing up, for fear of frightening them off. I think myself that a lot of wasted effort and disappointment would be saved if at sign-up time there was a message on the lines of "This is a project to build an encyclopedia. If you would like to help with that, welcome; but if you have come here to write about yourself, your band, your company, or generally in order to promote anything, this is probably not the site for you", with links to a page or so of more detail about what Wikipedia is not for. That would save people a vast amount of work writing spam and non-notable articles about garage bands and ambitious students, and it would save new page patrollers and admins a lot of work filtering them out and deleting them. It wouldn't have helped you, though, and it's hard to imagine the initial guidance that would have warned you it might be tough without frightening off potential contributors. I can only hope you got enough out of it not to be discouraged, so that you will try again. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:01, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Maria Elena

She has set up accounts before, but they have been blocked because people have accused them of being Luke's sockpuppets. Papallactas (talk) 19:13, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Read WP:Sockpuppetry. I can advise you better if you tell me Luke's username. JohnCD (talk) 19:19, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Blocked as sock of User:Nerd with the thick glasses. Email me if you want details. Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 20:18, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's enough. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 23:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

WaldedMedia

You beat me to one of the accounts, but did you notice WaldedMedia (talk · contribs)? Dougweller (talk) 11:58, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

No, I missed that, thanks. I have given them {{softerblock}} too, and some links to COI, NFILM and the like. JohnCD (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

One you might like to look

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tui Delai Gau‎. Up for ten years, from an author with an interesting history. Enough time for it to take on a life of its own... Peridon (talk) 21:16, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I think there is a grave danger of citogenesis here. I'll look at it tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 23:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I've bookmarked that. Ta. Peridon (talk) 20:45, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Roger Gardner, the Mysterious Mobster

John,

Someone had written on 'List of Irish American mobsters by era' which had Roger Gardner (d. 1992) was the key link between the Magaddino and Gambino crime families. I researched him, and could find nothing. I thought it was a hoax, but it turns out he was a real person, but no information.

You saw my post on there which asked you wrote it but with no reply and I've searched for three or four years now with no luck.

Do you know who wrote that in 2008 or 2009 on 'List of Irish American mobsters by era'?

I would like to ask them where they got the information, they have to be a contributor who writes articles.

All the best, Corey — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lonewolfcg (talk • contribs) 18:08, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I did reply, on your talk page, four days ago.

If you see an orange bar across the screen saying "You have a new message", click the link "Talk" at the top of the screen just beside your username: that will take you to your user talk page User talk: Lonewolfcg, where new messages are normlly at the bottom. See the section headed "Roger Gardner - your talk page questions".

My message was bad news: Gardner's name was added to the list in Jan 2009 by user Claddaugh (talk · contribs), but that is the only edit that user ever made. You can see it by clicking "contribs" beside the name, and then "diff" in the entry on the contributions screen. So I'm afraid there is no way to follow that up, and if you can find no other information about Gardner, it will not be possible to make an article that will satisfy the WP:Verifiability and WP:Notability requirements. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:24, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for forwarding that message on to me. I changed the article again as it was a mess, left a message for the editor, and asked for additional assistance for more knowledgeable and interested editors. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:13, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for welcoming me! Doc Ock3 (talk) 12:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks very much for dealing with the O'Connell move request so promptly! Have a good evening! Basket Feudalist 17:24, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Usersites

Hi JohnCD! You has deleted en:User:NobleInternational. Can you take a look at en:User:Youbtube and en:User:Goeogle? Seems to be the same. Nice Weekend. --Johnny Controletti (talk) 09:44, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, Youbtube is identical. I don't know what Goeogle was on about, but it wasn't a suitable user page. I will explain to them what WP is and is not for. Well spotted, thanks. By the way, for wikilinks within en:wp you don't need to put the ":en" prefix, just User:Youbtube is enough. JohnCD (talk) 11:53, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

I've found the users here and copied their usernames to here, inclusive :en ;) --Johnny Controletti (talk) 15:29, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries, it works either way! JohnCD (talk) 15:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Scarborough Arts

Hello,

I created the page on behalf of User: Faizaarts to the article space. Inorder to reduce confusion, could you move the deleted article to his userspace and leave a note?

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 19:01, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

If it's copyright infringement, it can't be moved to the userspace. I'm assuming by the name of the user that they might own the copyright or have permission. I think the article read a bit promotional, so it would be better for them to start from scratch, but they could be explained the donating materials process. @JohnCD, sorry for not noticing the copyvio earlier, I saw the cut and paste move and stopped checking. @TheOriginalSoni, you can see some problems with cut and paste moves in the lead of Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves. Particularly that it violates the CC-BY-SA license since the article is incorrectly attributed. Ryan Vesey 19:07, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I was called to supper, hastily finished a message here, pressed "Save page", and didn't stay to see the "Edit conflict" response. My message said: No, sorry, it's a copyright violation from the organization's website (as might have been guessed from its tone), so I have also deleted copies from the user's user page and sandbox. I am about to write an explanation of the copyright issue, and also that (as Jayron32 said on the Teahouse Q&A page) "the article gives no indication it meets Wikipedia's minimum standards for inclusion, and the tone is wholly inappropriate for an encyclopedia", so that, though they could probably organize a release via WP:DCM, there would be no point. I have written an essay, User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard, which covers some of the issues for this type of new user. JohnCD (talk) 19:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Did the topic appear to you like it would be notable enough for inclusion if it was written correctly? I would consider writing it if it wasn't one that would take an immense amount of effort to establish notability. Ryan Vesey 20:00, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

With that sort of worthy local organization, it's hard to tell without doing the research. As WP:Avoid mission statements says, the trouble with them is that they all sound the same, and that's true of most of the websites of that kind of outfit. I can't say I read it with close attention - I smelt copyvio, put four or five random sentences into Google and they all came up as copies. I will explain notability etc to the user later today, and you could follow up with an offer to help, if they can find the sources. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:12, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for your suggestions at my talk page. Many many thanks to you.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 11:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Absorption coefficient

Hi John, Thanks for getting back to me.

My problem is that I cannot make changes to "Absorption coefficient" because when I try to access that page I am automatically sent to "Attenuation coefficient". Polyamorph seems to have tried to change the name of "Attenuation coefficient" to "Absorption coefficient" but failed. Meanwhile an entry for Absorption Coefficient (with a capital C) exists and has been redirected to "Opacity (optics)"!

My point is that attenuation and absorption are different, although it seems that in the medical profession they are used interchangeably. In physics, engineering, and spectroscopy "absorption" involves transfer of energy to the medium. "Attenuation" is just loss of signal strength. Is it possible for you to make "Absorption coefficient" editable and to redirect "Absorption Coefficient" to "Absorption coefficient".

In the Bold, Revert, Discuss scenario it is not possible for me to Revert the merge, prior to a Discuss phase.

Cheers, Alastair A B McDonald (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:13, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Pages which have been redirected can still be edited by anyone. If, for instance, ABC has been redirected to XYZ, clicking on ABC takes you to XYZ (or maybe to a subsection within XYZ); but if you then scroll up to the top of the XYZ page, just beneath the title you will see "Redirected from ABC". Now click on that "ABC" and you will be taken to the redirect page, and its history is available to you through the "View history" tab. So you can edit the redirect to point somewhere else, or replace it with new material, or go back to a previous version in the history.

The one case where admin assistance is needed is where it is required to move an existing page with a history to a different title which is already occupied. It is important not to do that by cutting and pasting, as that would lose the attribution history, which we are required by the license terms to maintain.

But in this case, I suggest making a draft proposal for how these articles should be organized, and getting some views from other users at WT:WikiProject Physics, before you go ahead. JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Now I know that pages can be un-redirected I have now been able to make plans for a reorganisation. But it is a monstrous job and as I am busy with other things I will probably let it drop. Moreover, not only am I not an expert on attenuation, it seems doctors are not either using the term attenuation where the correct term is absorption. So what may be correct from a meteorological perspective is wrong from a medical perspective. I think it better not to step in where angels fear to tread :-) A B McDonald (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:12, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	You've really given me a good suggestion. That help's me. Thank you. Pratyya (Hello!) 11:48, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm pleased to have been of help. JohnCD (talk) 16:09, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Your deletion of my Workpage

John, you deleted my workpage!...

• User talk:Paine Ellsworth/Workpage

I placed a {{Db-u1}} template on the associated User page. Should I have placed a {{G8-exempt}} template on my workpage? If you'll recover it for me, I will be glad to add that exempt template to it. Thank you very much! – Paine (Climax!)  20:15, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Restored! The talk page is normally deleted automatically with any page except a main user page. I don't think you should have any trouble now because it is an orphaned talk page. I've never seen {{G8-exempt}} before - it would do no harm to add it or, if you do find the talk page gets tagged with G8, you could always put something nominal into the corresponding user sub-page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! – Paine (Climax!)  20:29, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Lee Hae-chan

Please Check Lee Hae-chan. The contents vanished. Sawol (talk) 12:20, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Restored. Sorry about that - two of us moved it at the same time, so it ended up pointing to itself. The move has made a lot of double-redirects, but a bot should fix them in a few hours; I will check that it has, and do them manually if not. JohnCD (talk) 12:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Doubletree Resort Lodge & Spa Fallsview

Hello. I am looking through the articles which have been tagged for notability for 5 years, and came across this, which you nominated as {db-spam}. It was removed. If you still feel it should be deleted, you might want to consider taking it to prod or AfD. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 09:44, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll think about it. Nearly five years on, I wouldn't now think it bad enough for {{db-spam}}, but I don't see any notability. JohnCD (talk) 12:09, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Lee Wan-yong

Thanks for editing and admin. You deleted page Talk:Lee Wan-yong. I don't know whether talks exist or not. Restore Talk:Lee Wan-yong if some talks existed. Sawol (talk) 11:49, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, deleted the wrong one. Restored. Once again, there are lots of double-redirects, but the bot will fix them within hours. JohnCD (talk) 12:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Usernames

Just checked. It says "sometimes acceptable"; what I want to know is, is my eMail address of "sales002k@suttonlea.org" (SALES IS MY SURNAME) acceptable?--90.217.236.85 (talk) 19:07, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I strongly advise against it. Your name is unfortunate, from this point of view. Wikipedia fights a constant battle against spammers and people who want to use it to promote something, and you would have continual trouble from people who assumed that you were a sales department. Even the "suttonlea.org" bit is undesirable, as implying that you are editing on behalf of that organization. Wikipedia accounts are only for individual volunteers, who are personally responsible for them, and your username should not raise any doubts about that. Sorry, JohnCD (talk) 19:53, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Because of the conflicting opinions, I've put up a request for comment: Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names#sales002k.40suttonlea.org. Your comments are welcome.--90.217.236.85 (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

bombadas

okay. you deleted my page. Its for a school project that we have to make a Wikipedia page for. I wrote in the bottom. i may now fail my project because the page is no longer up. Can you repost it up because the content is lost and i will take it down. Email me it and I will find another site and hopefully not fail. Please and thank you. im in high school about to go to cegep and this project is supposed to get me a scholarship. Please I am begging you!!!!! If you cannot repost it then send me the content of the page please. I NEED it....please. Please email me at 6154827@portal.rsb.qc.ca Thank You. Kimmie — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayKim16 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

No, I will not repost it, because Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia, not a place for hoax articles or things made up one day for school projects; but I have emailed a copy to the email address registered with your account.

If you were told by your school to make a Wikipedia article as a project, please ask your instructor to read this, and also to look at Wikipedia:School and university projects. JohnCD (talk) 16:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

i just need to have the format and print it, thats all. i DONT need to keep it up. That was my instructors directions. So i would appreciate it if it wasnt deleted. Thank you for the copy and i will be reposting it and the printing the format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayKim16 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Please don't repost it as an article; instead, you can repost it in your user sandbox, which is: User:JayKim16/sandbox. Once you've printed it and done whatever you need, then put {{db-u1}} at the top of it. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:09, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

(He put it on his user page). JayKim, please, as WritKeeper says, put {{db-u1}} at the top when you've printed it (two curly brackets each side). I shall delete it after a day anyway, because that's not what user pages are for. I will put some suggestions on your talk page of sites where you could post it and it might be allowed to stay. JohnCD (talk) 17:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Discography

I like your interpretation of A9 there... I was just coming back to it to see what I could do with it, and you'd done it. Ta. Peridon (talk) 16:23, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't think that's a particularly creative use of A9: "discography" is a fine, pretentious word, but it's still an "article about a musical recording... " JohnCD (talk) 16:49, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Igata Longcauk

You really think that was a joke? This a real cult following now. Below are youtube links to his enemy Scorpula and his reactions to Igata's actions. Research before you jump to conclusions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFichdlN76E — Preceding unsigned comment added by MetalFreak399 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 17:49, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Have you never been on youtube? Igata and Scorpula are up and coming internet stars. So what you are saying is that: if a person is famous for making videos or taking part in a youtube phenomenon, they are not REAL people? Look it up on YouTube, it's right there. How about I question if YOU are real. Do YOU have a youtube page you can link me to? Do YOU have hours of video and 100's of pages of back and forth content that you can show me to PROVE that you are real? This is absolutely ridiculous. As ^ he said, do some research before you click your omnipotent "rejection" button. I would hate to see what happens when someone posts about a news event that you disagree with. Is that not acceptable either? This is a place for FREE and OPEN knowledge, not what knowledge JOHNCD thinks is REAL or not REAL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RossLikeSauce (talk • contribs) 18:04, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

(comment from visitor) Wikipedia isn't for the 'up-and-coming'. It's for the arrived (and the past-it who were notable). We only cover very notable news stories - this is an encyclopaedia, not WikiNews or social media where you can post what you like. Provide reliable independent references - your YouTube thing is not independent. Peridon (talk) 18:13, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I said "if he is a real person" because it wasn't at all clear what your article was about, and to introduce the WP:BLP policy. I look at your Youtube link and I see "131 views" - that doesn't look like "famous" to me, and Wikipedia doesn't do WP:UPANDCOMING. Read WP:Your first article and WP:ENTERTAINER to see what an article needs if it is to be kept. JohnCD (talk) 18:18, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Well. You looked at the youtube page. Phase 1 is complete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RossLikeSauce (talk • contribs) 18:20, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but you just lost The Game. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 18:27, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Tero Kinnunen

I can't say this any other way that to be blunt: you seriously restored a deleted article three years after the PROD because an IP gave the word "reasoning" as reason to restore? I'm going ot AfD it, but to me, the whole scenario is ridiculous. MSJapan (talk) 05:54, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

No reason is required to contest a PROD. WP:DEL#Proposed deletion: "Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the page restored by any administrator simply by asking." Copyvios or attack pages would not be restored, but otherwise it's automatic. JohnCD (talk) 10:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Doubt !

Sir, I am having a Doubt that can anybody put an article for deletion who is not in any group like administrator, reviewer, rollbacker etc? Whitetararaj (talk) 16:53, 27 January 2013.

Only an administrator can actually delete an article, but any user, even an unregistered IP, can suggest that an article should be deleted. There are different ways to do that, described in WP:Deletion policy. JohnCD (talk) 20:49, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding User:WARAY WARAY GANG AND TRIAD

I just started an SPI case including this user: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HENRY APPLEGATE. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 12:26, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look at it later today. JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Well spotted. The loudest quacking I've heard for some time! JohnCD (talk) 14:55, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Not so much triad as crispy aromatic-! Basket _Feudalist 15:00, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Not trying to do simple Social Network page.

The problem is Porsha Stewart is a famous tv personality and she should have a page on Wikipedia. She already has a social network following. If i need to make her Wiki page more detailed about her then so be it but Wikipedia should be a place for Tv personalities to be noticed and recognized, I believe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorenzo atl (talk • contribs) 20:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Just being on a reality TV show and being on Twitter is not likely to be enough - see WP:ENTERTAINER for the notability standard. More advice on your talk page later today. JohnCD (talk) 20:31, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Your right I was just trying to help family out. I will get with her and get a more detailed biography not from a fan perspective but for encyclopedia point of view. Would that be tolerable? I just want to help set up a real page for her so she can be recognized above tv star. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorenzo atl (talk • contribs) 20:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

No really wanted more than just a talk conversation because with her being on the board of Hosea Feed the Hungry, Actress Elizabeth Omiliami and Actor Afemo Omilami, Granfather Hosea Williams, Tv Personality of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, and being Married to Pittsburg Steeler Kordell Stewart all of whom are on Wikipedia i thought she might have been able to make it on here also. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorenzo atl (talk • contribs) 20:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

just a new user trying to use the website that I use most. Lorenzo atl (talk) 20:57, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Being connected to notable people does not make her notable in Wikipedia terms, it has to be based on her own achievements. In my opinion, she does not (yet) qualify for an article, but you are welcome to see whether you can make one that will be accepted. I will give you detailed advice on your talk page, but it may not be till tomorrow. You can read WP:Your first article as a good start. JohnCD (talk) 21:02, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Toby Turner

Why did you delete Toby Turner page? I don't get it, i thought this waz supposed to be informing but the topic i searched 4 waz DELETED by u. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.153.174 (talk) 20:22, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toby Turner and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tobuscus. JohnCD (talk) 20:26, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	You're amazing with policy - I also having a feeling you're stalking my contribs :) Thanks for all the work you do as an admin. It's a Fox! (Talk to me?) 21:12, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! I think I'm only stalking you through the speedy-deletion list, though we did meet before over the contributor just below. JohnCD (talk) 22:41, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Balutologic Information

As far as I know, the Buddha, as little as anyone else touched by the Balit, care about the outest form of the balit anymore than in its exact relation to its depth.

The everpresent power of Balut, further and more, claims its creation and ranging from the slowest to the fastest popping Balits, it surrender its knowing.

The right and whats left, join hands in the taste of balut.

Zoroaster tried in so many ways to find new ways of dropping the Balit, in his treeness, in his fire, he devoted his life to the making, and remaking of the flow of the Balutative, a trying beyond trying, a dance, of the balutative, where his being was totally devoured.

Leaving Newton as the only possible (in my humble opinion) point of doubt, and there I can nothing but apologize for the machinations of the slave-machine leading generations of people to the appeltree in search of their guit, and the surrendering of the beautiful to sin.

If we see through the appearance of Balit, can we come to anything else than the apreciation and devotedness to Balit.

With The Will and Flowering of Balit. Balut 64 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balut 64 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but see Wikipedia is not for things made up one day and Wikipedia:Verifiability. JohnCD (talk) 22:42, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I think we've found a source for a new version of Lorem ipsum --| Uncle Milty | talk | 23:31, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of page Abhinav Gupta

Kindly tell me the reason for deleting the page and the way to create it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Latitude infra (talk • contribs) 09:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

It was deleted because it did not explain why he was important enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a listing directory like LinkedIn. An article needs to show Wikipedia:Notability by references to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. JohnCD (talk) 11:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Is Sathya Prakash eligible for deletion under WP:CSD#G7? If yes, please delete it. One author is requesting deletion but I'm not sure. Thank you! — Forgot to put name (talk) 18:34, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

That's an awkward one, rather marginal. There have been quite a lot of other edits, but at a quick look they mostly seem trivial. I would have to do a more careful check before I would be happy to G7. From his edit summary it seems he is unhappy that others have been editing it. I will explain to him (tomorrow) that that is how Wikipedia works, and see if I can persuade him he doesn't want it deleted. JohnCD (talk) 21:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Requesting content of deleted page

What was on User:Cooper1903? I'm having trouble answering to this request. Thank you! --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 13:06, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Funny, I remembered that one and thought I had deleted it, but actually Athaenara (talk) did. It was a long, chatty history of this company, the sort of thing that might appear on their website (to my surprise it isn't actually copied from there). Athaenara's edit summary linked WP:UPNOT and WP:SOAP, but they may well not have seen that. So the first thing to tell them is that user pages are for the volunteers to say something about their Wikipedia work, not for pseudo-articles, see WP:UPNOT. (That's a common misunderstanding, because Myspace and the like do use user pages that way).

As an encyclopedia article, its tone was too informal: "Will Cooper was the first to work in the framing shop, which was owned and managed by a local preacher. However, after a scandal involving his choir soprano... " and promotional: "This intimate venue provides an inexpensive alternative... " and it gave none of the independent references required for notability.

Guitar Center is not a user page and (though they are pretty thin) it does have some independent refs. Let me know if you need any more help dealing with them. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

WT:GAA

Hello there, I'm contacting editors who have recently contributed to this talk page to let you know about an ongoing discussion to do with the naming and categorisation of GAA counties, teams and players. If you'd like to give an opinion this would be very welcome. Many thanks! Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 08:28, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Justice International

Hi John

The article I am creating is on a different organisation. the website for this organisation has been quoted in the info box. I am one of the many people who have benefited from the help of the organisation. I have no association with the organisation itself, I have though named my username as one of the directors as he was my connection to the organisation.

Regards David Price — Preceding unsigned comment added by AmirAEden (talk • contribs) 15:14, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Username change requested

apologies for the confusion, I have requested a username change

AmirAEden (talk) 15:43, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Regarding: Mutiple edits on my contributions.

Thanks a lot, you have rightly understood my worries. Yes there were so many edits to my page by anonymous and registered users. I am not a administrator, and I do not know as to how to semi-protect the page. I tried so many ways. Can you help. There were few attempts to abuse the person for whom I have created the page. I am not sure if I should approach the police cyber crime branch to resolve this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.228.196 (talk) 06:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Possible spammer

User:Hollymethews has quite a user page and contribution history. --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 13:37, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Not bad enough for speedy deletion or blocking, but she seems to be another of the many who thinks WP is a social-networking site. I will try to explain things to her, and if her user page continues to be used for promoting her blogs we could consider MfD. JohnCD (talk) 13:51, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

I didn't look carefully - I have now had a second look at all the links from her user-page and changed my mind - it is bad enough! I have deleted it and will give a stern warning about spamlinks. Thanks for spotting this one. JohnCD (talk) 16:05, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

How about User:CityGirl 804? --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 09:52, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

That one is a "Myspacer" rather than a spammer. Another admin has added a "User page" template and explained that WP is not a social-networking site; I think that's all that's necessary. Maybe she'll become a contributor; if not, the user page could be MfD'd in a few months' time. JohnCD (talk) 11:25, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

User talk:MIZeRYReCORDS, still spamming after block. --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 10:02, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

That's actually an unblock request - after more than four years! I have formatted it properly and added the standard {{coiq}} questions. JohnCD (talk) 11:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for interrupt, User:Dan56 is a spammer, block him, because he change into a fake and unsourced music genres on others such as John Mayer's Heavier Things, Continuum and Battle Studies (actually his albums are blues rock and pop rock, kind of, but suddenly changed to pop music); and P!nk's The Truth About Love (her latest album is actually pop rock, dance-pop and dance-rock, but suddenly changed to pop and pop punk). Block him with no expiry set (unlimited).

P.S. If someone needs unblock him, just don't unblock or just reblock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordofpyrus (talk • contribs) 15:56, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Hilfiger High School

Purely by chance. Ive been doing a mega deorphaning round, trawling through all the orphan back logs, and basically trying to link some. I mainly concentrate on high schools, museums and universities. I just happened to come across this one - Couldnt find anything on a google search, so guessed it was a hoax. Bleaney (talk) 23:53, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

to not deletion of viney pushkarna

Mr. John CD Dr. Viney Pushkarna is a real page about chairman of PRANA. Why you deleted that. Without any investigation and all that. you may contact Dr. Viney Pushkarna on chairman@pranahealth.in whether information was correct or false. A wrong attempt by you.

To be correct is not enough, subjects have to be notable. Explanation on your talk page at User talk:RPania#Notability. JohnCD (talk) 14:08, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Recent Deletion

Recently a page I was attempting to set up was deleted, that page being Chris Charleston. I completely understand your reasoning for the deletion, however I was still in the process of gathering information to input. That explains the lack of content found on the page. Being new to creating and editing, I'm catching up on how to write the code. If this deletion can be undone, it would be greatly appreciated and I can immediately begin filling the page with content validating his notability.

Ryanyesterday (talk) 14:44, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page - page userfied. JohnCD (talk) 14:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

	Admin Barnstar
	You are a really hard-working admin. Wangxuan8331800 (talk) 17:22, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! JohnCD (talk) 11:34, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Greetings.

Hello. I would like to know if you would be willing to talk to me about something. You uncovered some very interesting information about 3 years ago, and it may be of some importance today. How can we arrange a chat and/or email? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antrodemus (talk • contribs) 10:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I am intrigued! You can email me by the "E-mail this user" link under "Toolbox" in the left margin of this page. JohnCD (talk) 11:37, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. Antrodemus (talk) 13:10, 6 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antrodemus (talk • contribs) 12:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Need help

Hi John, could you please delete [2] revision and also edit summary. I don't that edit to be public. Torreslfchero (talk) 20:30, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done. JohnCD (talk) 20:32, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Torreslfchero (talk) 20:34, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Why you deleted my page that was just informative

why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garsinfotech (talk • contribs) 12:05, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

That was an advertisement: "quality of GARS services which gives a hassle free and satisfactory experience to clients... GARS consultants makes every effort to solve problems... complete customer satisfaction... " etc. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free noticeboard for business announcements and promotion. JohnCD (talk) 12:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Re:SummerPearsonGarcia

Umm i know its not facebook but i am a star rising to popularity and im just get started ing the music industry. My friend used my account to make me a bio page please dont delete my page next time. I didnt write my friend is trying to help me. He dislikes when people delete the page. so please try to let others know not to delete summer pearson garcia thank you bye now — Preceding unsigned comment added by Summerpearsongarcia (talk • contribs) 23:33, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia doesn't cover people who are just starting and "up and coming", only those who have already arrived. See WP:MUSICBIO for what a musical performer needs to have achieved before having an article. You should not let your friend use your account, shared accounts are not allowed; ask him to start his own. JohnCD (talk) 13:09, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Question on Policy

Hello JohnCD, In a situation where a user repeatedly recreates content which has been CSD'd at want point would we consider reporting them for a temporary block (if at all)? Where about would we request such an admin action if appropriate? Just as an example, currently User:Thelifeindark is creating and recreating articles which (I assume) relate to his/her band and album they intend to produce. It has been speedied a few times and they continue to recreate. Usually I've found that after a few times the editor gives up anyway but I was wondering if there's a particular policy or course of action that is more effective?

Cheers, Cabe6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:30, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Popping up here since I got a request on my talkpage to offer my opinion: repeatedly creating inappropriate articles without discussion (especially in the face of repeated warnings and deletions) constitutes disruptive editing, and is grounds for a block. I've left Thelifeindark a final warning, and will block them if they carry on. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:08, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Yunshui. Cabe, the right warnings to give are the uw-create sequence, say {{uw-create3}} when the inappropriate article has been created three times, perhaps with an extra explanation of why it's inappropriate, e.g. link to WP:MUSICBIO or WP:AUTO, then {{uw-create4}}, then if created yet again report to WP:AIV. JohnCD (talk) 14:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the responses guys, exactly what I was looking for. Very helpful. Cabe6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia page deletion

Dear Wikipedia Team,

I am Srilatha writing to you from Bodhtree (www.bodhtree.com ), recently I have created Wikipedia page, I have updated the valid company information fulfilling the basic criteria and guidelines. I found today that our wiki page (Bodhtree) has been deleted. Please guide me to recreate the page, in case I have missed following certain guidelines, you may help me to follow your rules and any other criteria to update our company information.

I hope we will be able to create our Wiki page at the earliest.

I will be glad to receive an early replay from you.

Regards, Srilatha — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.195.185.66 (talk) 11:09, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I presume that you are user Bodhtreebt (talk · contribs), whose account I blocked because Wikipedia accounts must be for individals only, and we do not permit accounts whose names are names of groups or companies. One reason is that company accounts are always here to promote themselves, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and is not to be used as a platform for advertising or promotion of any kind.

I have looked at the history of the article, and I see that until a few days ago there was a reasonable short article, but then IP 182.72.66.222 (registered to Bodhtree) and User:Bodhtreebt began to edit it, and made it so promotional that it was deleted. Their version was written in the first person: "Our singular focus is measurable success... We achieve this mission... " etc, and listed all the company's products and "solutions" like a marketing brochure. It was the company talking to potential customers; but that is an advertisement, not an encyclopedia article, and anything like that is deleted from Wikipedia at sight.

I have restored the article as it was before it was spammed up. If it is re-spammed, it will be deleted again. If you wish to edit again, you should set up an account for yourself as an individual, and you should read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Please understand that this is not a place for your company to tell the world about itself, it is not "your Wiki page" - it is Wikipedia's article about your company. You should not edit it directly, but may make suggestions on the article talk page. JohnCD (talk) 16:54, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of Kimmetting

Hi JohnCD, I saw that you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kimmetting four days early, citing WP:BLP, WP:NEO and WP:NFT. As far as I know, none of those constitute grounds for early closing of an AfD—unless you were going for a sneaky WP:SNOW... or am I missing something? I'm trying to learn as much as I can about deletion etc so I'd be really grateful to know why speedy was an appropriate close in this case :) —Noiratsi (talk) 18:02, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

That's a good question. There has never been consensus for a "Blatantly WP:NFT" speedy; they are sometimes deleted as WP:CSD#G3 hoax or vandalism (if so silly that nobody could reasonably have supposed they improved the encyclopedia), and I actually put G3 on the deletion form for this; but what made it a definite speedy-delete was the BLP aspect. It was nominally about this newly-invented word, but it described two named, male, persons and how cutely they were in love. WP:BLP includes the important instruction:

"Contentious material about living persons... that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."

and I quoted that on the article author's talk page to explain the deletion. JohnCD (talk) 18:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

That makes sense; thanks very much for the reply. —Noiratsi (talk) 13:49, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Notification of discussion

A few months ago, you participated in a discussion on Wikipedia talk:Did you know about Gibraltar-related DYKs on the Main Page. I am proposing that the temporary restrictions on such DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012, should be lifted and have set out a case for doing so at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs. If you have a view on this, please comment at that page. Prioryman (talk) 21:48, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Didn't fully understand the message from you

Hello Sir, I received a message from you but I did not understand it completely. I have recently started editing on Wikipedia and still not very used to it. Am I making any gross mistakes? Thanks and regards, (AppaBalwant (talk) 15:18, 14 February 2013 (UTC))

No, you are not doing anything wrong! I saw in the recent changes list that your talk page was a "redlink", which meant that you had never had any messages, so I gave you a message to welcome you to Wikipedia and give links to some pages that may be useful to you - that's all. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:21, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, ok ... Thanks a ton for dropping by... I think this the spirit that is keeps Wikipedia growing ... Will certainly go through the pages suggested by you. Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by AppaBalwant (talk • contribs) 07:31, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

121 Hosting Ltd

Hi you delted my page even after i cahnged it you guys really need to give more information on exactly what is infringing your advert rules as if a simple history and about a company is worng then you need to look at some more of the GSP market wikis that are on here as they have the same style of content as i had as i used them as a guidline on what i could and couldnot put

more information on why it was deleted before i got chance to properly edit it would be good please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reaper021 (talk • contribs) 14:12, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

ok so wiki says i was advertising great so i guess rules dont apply to others then? like this one for example has a web site link to their site it is promoting services and it is in same context as mine which i was still editing yet when i went to preview it was deleted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplay_UK

i think a little press coverege on this will be good as it seems like a situation of 1 rule for 1 and another for another unless i get clear answers im afriad i have no choice but to goto the press on this and actully let people know whats is going on on the big wiki sites

so please let me know why i have been removed instantly yet this company have had trheres up for ages

L Richards 14:21, 16 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reaper021 (talk • contribs)

i would like m ypage restored please in sandbox and please before delteing it let me know what is worng and i can edit it putting a link asking me to edit it then deleteing as i edit it isnt really fair

i would like m ypage restored please in sandbox and please before delteing it let me know what is worng and i can edit it putting a link asking me to edit it then deleteing as i edit it isnt really fair L Richards 14:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia's rules about advertising are simple: don't. Don't write about yourself, don't write about your own company. That's not what an encyclopedia is for. Read WP:Conflict of interest and WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

What you wrote was an announcement from your company, in the first person, designed to say how wonderful it is: "We appreciate our clients business needs... Our precise reputation... With the knowledge of our team and the power and speed of our top-spec servers... our knowledgeable and friendly staff... " That is not an encyclopedia article, it is an advertisement, and anything like that is deleted at sight.

I will not restore what you wrote because nothing remotely like that is acceptable. Later today, I will give you advice on your talk page designed to save you wasting a lot of time and effort. You can start by reading WP:Your first article and the WP:FAQ/Organizations. JohnCD (talk) 14:40, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

ok so in response toy uor message why is this company allowed to do same thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplay_UK They have named persons , have content stating " are one of the leading GSP’s in the world" , "also host high availability and high scalability platforms for websites and games","They have achieved mass exposure as the producers of the UK’s largest Games Festival" and also link their website on the wiki. This is my argument with you you are allowing another person to do as i have done yet they stay on i get deleted please answer me this question WHY??? L Richards 14:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reaper021 (talk • contribs)

See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. More later. JohnCD (talk) 16:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Markerstudy

Fine. Thanks for letting me know. Daniel Case (talk) 22:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for clearing the vandalism from my Talk page. Enjoy this brownie as a token of my appreciation. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:15, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Toby Turner page

Hi, I noticed you deleted and creation-protected the Toby Turner page back in July last year. I have subsequently produced a new version of the page behind closed doors and would like to have this protection lifted so the page can be published. The subject in question is now notable, starring in a mainstream network television show and other web series (see Jack Douglass and Ray William Johnson, for reference), and I have several external, independent references to back up his life and career. Let me know how we proceed from here please, so we can get the ball rolling. Cheers! Andre666 (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

This is a not uncommon case of someone who tried, or his supporters tried, to get an article too soon and too often. Articles about him have been deleted at least a dozen times, and there have been two deletion discussions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toby Turner and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tobuscus. Maybe he has now done enough to achieve notability; you have done the right thing to make a draft, and what you should do is go to WP:Deletion review - where it has already been once, see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 October 27 - and link to your draft article. Let me know if you need any help navigating the DRV listing procedure. JohnCD (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Haha yeah, a lot of his fans are very young and... what's the best word?... keen, so it's no surprise you've had to protect it in the past! I will go through the deletion review process imminently; I want to improve on my draft first. Thanks for the help! Andre666 (talk) 22:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

MfD for no longer stale draft

Hello, John. Thanks for letting me know about the situation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ktfield/Mark Wilkinson. I have, naturally, withdrawn my nomination. And, of course, you are not the only admin who sometimes deletes a page, then looks at the talk page, and thinks "oops!" JamesBWatson (talk) 09:01, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Deleting of the page "Josh London"

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... I randomly hit articles on english version of Wikipedia and came across a page about some music industry of some kind. There they had list a couple of singers, all with links to it's main page, without this guy "Josh London". I google'd him and came across that he's a singer and have his own serious website, released an EP in 2010 etc. I then started to build a wikipedia page, as I always do, when there's obviously a missing page. I also wrote an article about his EP that he released in 2010, Josh London E.P.. I love to contribute to Wikipedia, and can't see why this page shall be removed when all my others articles, both on swedish wikipedia and english wikipedia has been appricieated. --Psemmler (talk) 15:57, 20 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psemmler (talk • contribs)

See WP:MUSICBIO for what a musical performer needs to have achieved before having a Wikipedia article. Having his own website and releasing an EP is not enough. For the EP, see WP:NALBUMS. JohnCD (talk) 16:03, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Are we talking about John London here? There doesn't seem to be a Josh around Basket _Feudalist 16:18, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Never knew such an exemption right existed, that will make things easier in the future. :) One more request; can you revdel/oversight/whatever all of that? Not keen about plastering info into viewable spaces, I hate that the template requires it. Tarc (talk) 17:08, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

rober lee kirtley

hello I posted today Robert lee kirtley the artists ,,now I am new to this and red all I could about the site but don't understand why my post was deleted from what I can see there are many artists that have informatio n about them on here so my question is why was my post deleted was it lacking in the information  ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.84.109 (talk) 19:57, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

I presume you are user Robert.lee.kirtley (talk). There are explanations on your user talk page at User talk:Robert.lee.kirtley, but I will add some more later today. JohnCD (talk) 20:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Global Security (.org)

Hello John, My name is elaine, and I noticed on the Wiki pages wanted the GlobalSecurity.org page. Since you are the deleting administrator I wanted to ask you before starting one, and find out what the previous page was like, and just basically get some background on it. I thought this would be a good fit for me since I'm interested in Security. However I did peruse the site, and join the forums and it looks like a "soldier' for hire kind of place maybe. I'll have to look at it when I have more time and check into some references unless you already have?

Regards ~elaine. --Eossipov (talk) 13:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Actually, what I deleted was Globalsecurity.org (small s) which was just a redirect to the main article GlobalSecurity.org which was deleted by MBisanz (talk) after WP:Articles for deletion/GlobalSecurity.org. As you will see, the concern was absence of significant coverage in reliable independent sources; but if you can find references to supply that need, you could certainly have a go. The article was not particularly spammy, and if you like I will userfy it for you (undelete it and move it into a subpage in your user space, where you can work on it). Before making it live, you should check first with MBisanz, who may tell you to go to WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Please stop the move of "List of longest ruling non-royal national leaders since 1870" to "List of longest ruling non-royal national leaders since 20th century"

1.) Porfirio Díaz, who is on this list, governed during the 19th -and- 20th centuries. 2.) "Since 20th century" is grammatically incorrect in English. – Jwkozak91 (talk) 19:36, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

The move went the other way: the article is now at List of longest ruling non-royal national leaders since 1870, where it has been since you moved it there last December, and I do not see any proposal to move it back. All that I did today was move the talk page to catch up with the article. JohnCD (talk) 20:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

chess.com

I believe the chess.com article should be re-instated, if merely as a stub to begin with, that cites its significance as follows:

It's close to being in the top 2000 sites worldwide (and top 1500 for the US): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/chess.com#

It's the number 1 chess site in the world: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Games/Board_Games/Abstract/Battle_Games/Chess

What say? I've not written a wikipedia article yet, and would like to give this one a try. I am not affiliated with chess.com (in fact I have my share of run-ins with them ;) and am positive I could be objective. Whether it stays that way after it is begun, is of course the question -- however I would also claim that, rather than deleting if things get out of hand, things could always get rolled back to a very minimal stub again, merely citing alexa.com statistics.

Thanks for your consideration Jemptymethod (talk) 01:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

You are welcome to try, but be aware that the article was deleted after a deletion discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Chess.com, and that deletion was challenged but endorsed at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2013 February 9. The problem is that although people in these discussions say the site is important, what Wikipedia goes by is not opinions like that but published sources, "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", see the WP:GNG and WP:ANS. If you can find sources, I will "userfy" the article for you (move it into a subpage in your user space where you can work on it). Before making it live, you would need to convince me that you have overcome the problems that cause deletion at the AfD; if I'm not persuaded, you could take it back to DRV. But find the published sources to establish notability first. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Hiya John

Could you please take a look at this edit on my talk page and see if there's anything else you can advise to get the IP to listen to reason?

I came across this IP when he vandalised ClueBot's talk page. I must admit I very nearly blocked the IP for going back to the same disruptive editing as yesterday as it is only one page (Michael McIntyre) that he has an issue with and because ClueBot had started the warning process again. The IP was editing against consensus by changing Michael McIntyre's occupation from comedian to Britain's Got Talent judge, from what I can see it is because he doesn't think Michael McIntyre is funny. I've now put pending changes protection on Michael McIntyre's page because I've taken his edits as both vandalism and content dispute so the article is taken care of, however the IP is coming across as very aggressive. If you look, on my talk page they are disputing that their edit to ClueBot's talk page is vandalism, and apparently I don't know what I'm doing so they're suggesting I resign! If you look on their talk page history you will see that they have been quite aggressive to other editors.

The warning I placed on their talk page simply warned them against vandalism and I pointed out as they were editing Michael McIntyre in the same fashion as they did yesterday then they were running the risk of being blocked for longer. You have more admin experience than me, is there anything you can think to add to my talk page to get the IP to see the error of their ways?--5 albert square (talk) 00:03, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I have left a note about WP:BRD, WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF on the IP's talk page, but I am not optimistic about their prospects. Their unblock request could be a textbook example of how not to do it. JohnCD (talk) 12:42, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Neither am I, I thought their unblock request was very rude and they now seem to be repeating the same sort of edits that they were doing to Michael McIntyre's page on the Bebo page. I've no doubt they will be blocked again before long.

By the way, do you know why ClueBot wouldn't have gone to AIV regarding that IP? Looking at the page the bot warned the IP only a few hours after the block expired. Surely that should have been reported straight to AIV instead of the warning process again as the IP had literally just come off the block?--5 albert square (talk) 20:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

No, I think Cluebot might at least have started higher up the warning scale. You could ask its owner about how it handles recent blocks. JohnCD (talk) 00:35, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

hoax advice

I just came across your userpage following a edit you made elsewhere. I'm virtually a wiki-baby and so new to this game and just finding my way around, but I have nominated a page or two for deletion due to my suspicion that they were fabrications, so it is an area I'm very interested in. I'd be grateful for any advice you can offer on how to get started on this sort of work and is there a project page or anything that is particularly relevant? --_nonsense ferret 18:07, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Interesting question. Immediate ideas: WP:CSD#G3 blatant hoax should be used only for really obvious cases, because the world is odder than you might think (would you believe a festival to celebrate the culture of people of mixed Croatian-Maori descent? Check out Tarara Day!). The template {{hoax}} is a useful one to put on an article you have doubts about: it puts it into CAT:HOAX where other people may pick it up and look into it. Conversely, CAT:HOAX is a place to look for things to investigate. I'll answer in more detail on your talk page in a day or two when I've thought about it. JohnCD (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Very helpful, much appreciated. I'm finding at times that some articles are on the face of it supported by newspaper articles, and I think that it sounds improbable, but is difficult to know how much could and should be done to identify inconsistencies without possibly straying into the category of original research. I really get the impression that there is very little in the way of fact checking that goes on in a lot of publications these days which doesn't help our job much :) I look forward to anything you might be able to add in due course. --_nonsense ferret 00:38, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Timothy Dalton

You've twice protected this page. The second time after I re-requested page-protection on your talk page here (bottom of page). The article is again overrun with anonymous editors who still edit war on the same needless grounds as before: the actor's year of birth and his nationality. Editor time is better spent elsewhere. You protected the page for a month last time. block log. Can you protect the page for at least three months time time? Thank you! - Fantr (talk) 20:40, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

I really don't like long protections... I've given it two months. JohnCD (talk) 00:19, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks. - Fantr (talk) 18:25, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

how can I improve the page?

I have made changes to the article and still see the page has issues. How can I improve it?

The two comments were removed because there is no copyright infringement as the first comment states, and the other one is a POV not a fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiphopreina (talk • contribs) 05:46, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

I will reply on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva

Dear JohnCD,

I just noticed you deleted the page I created this morning, because of "copyright infrigement"!

I am the Secretary of this Consortium of NGOs, that has existed since 1973, and I am also the webmaster of the website of this committee. Hence the Copy and Paste from the introduction. Why should I reformulate differently the explanation on this Commitee? I apologize for this maybe stupid question, but this is the first article I created!

We (the Bureau of this Committee) decided to create an article on Wikipedia after seeing that our sister committee in New York, the NGO Committee on teh Status of Women, New York, has an article on wikipidia, and decided to have a similar page.

Please explain what is wrong in doing so!?! And how can I restore this page?

With many thanks in advance and best regards,

Valerie Bichelmeier, alias japonismus (to check wether I am the secretary / webmaster of the NGO CSW Geneva, may I suggest that you use the contact form of our website: www.ngocsw-geneva.ch and I'll answer you per EMail?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Japonismus (talk • contribs) 16:45, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Short answer: Wikipedia is not a place for people or organizations to write about themselves. Long answer: I have already explained in detail on your user talk page at User talk:Japonismus. JohnCD (talk) 16:58, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick answer! But 1) the reason given for "speedy deletion" is "Coyright Infringement", which is not the case; and 2) I do not write about myself & I am not paid to write an article on the NGO CSW Geneva, and not paid either to be the secretary and the webmaster of this committee: I do 100% volunteer work! I am wondering WHO wrote all the articles on NGOs???? Thanks for your help! Japonismus (talk) 18:13, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

1) A substantial part was copied from a page labelled "© NGO Committee for the Status of Women, Geneva - 2011". For legal reasons, we have to be extremely careful about copyright, and someone on the end of a wire saying it's OK is not enough. 2} I too am a volunteer, like everyone at Wikipedia, but the fact that you are the secretary of the organization still gives you, in our terms, a conflict of interest in writing about it. I will give more advice on your talk page, but maybe not until tomorrow. Meanwhile, you could read User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard and the General Notability Guideline. JohnCD (talk) 18:41, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:B137/5.1 surround sound

I am not understanding your close of this. As the author has not edited recently, where are you getting the WP:CSD#U1 from, please? Warden (talk) 20:42, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Although he hasn't edited recently, he was evidently watching. It is no longer visible in his contributions because the page was deleted, but the deleted page history shows:

19:06, 24 February 2013 . . B137 (talk | contribs | block) (2,809 bytes) (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD U1). (TW))

JohnCD (talk) 20:47, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

• Ok, thanks for the explanation. Warden (talk) 13:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Alphabet Soup (film)

I need it on my wiki. Can you give me the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.82.213.156 (talk) 00:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I have put a copy in User:JohnCD/draft temporarily for you. You can copy it from there (click "Edit", then "Select all" and "Copy" and paste into Notepad or any word-processor on your system). I will delete it after 48 hours. JohnCD (talk) 14:15, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your contributions. Hi, I'm RandomGibberish. (talk) 21:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the warm welcome

Thanks for the warm welcome! You are so nice! --Hi, I'm RandomGibberish. (talk) 22:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Ironically, you forgot to sign your name! :P --Hi, I'm RandomGibberish. (talk) 22:39, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

No, look again - I added my signature a moment later when I added a thank-you for the barnstar to the standard welcome message! JohnCD (talk) 22:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

User:Raymarcbadz/Andrei Kazak

User:Raymarcbadz has now, for a third time, done a cut&paste move. This time back out of user space into article space. So once again the history is no longer with the article. Since you did the move to user space, I don't want to wheel war with you over this, but IMHO the history cannot remain separate from the article. - TexasAndroid (talk) 16:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Just to be clearer, my inclination is to (for a third time) fix the messed up history trail caused by his cut&paste move, and issue him a sterner warning to stop the cut&paste moves. But you moved it to user space in the first place, so I don't want to step on your toes in the matter. - TexasAndroid (talk) 17:00, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

No, I didn't do the move to userspace, he did. I declined his G7 speedy with this message (which he has blanked), he replaced the speedy, I undid that and protected the page but he did the move to userspace just before.

See latest remarks on his talk page, which I don't understand. Do you know what all this is about? The history seems to start on 8 Feb with him posting the article and immediately db-G7-ing it, but that is presumably a continuation of some previous row. I emailed RHaworth to ask what's going on, but I don't think he's online.

Yes, the history ought to be brought back together but (depending on the background) I am wondering whether it might be better to IAR this one and let it be, while telling him he can't behave like this again. There isn't a serious attribution problem because all the content is from him, the rest of the history is silliness. JohnCD (talk) 17:13, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Addendum: now I understand, having worked through his talk page archive. He has a thing about the "Help improve this article" message that the Article Feedback Tool v5 puts on a random percentage of new articles, and if an article he posts gets one he G7s it and tries again. I will explain to him that the message is not a criticism of the article, just part of the background, and that the WMF will probably increase the frequency towards 100% so his strategy will become unworkable. As a matter of IAR, I do not think the encyclopedia would be improved by re-attaching that ridiculous history, so unless you disagree I will explain it all in simple terms, and tell him that more cut and paste moves will not be tolerated, but leave this article as it is. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:16, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok. Not ideal, but you appear to have a better grasp on the whole situation than I did. So I'll bow out and let you handle things going forward. Sorry for missing that it was him who did both the move to user space *and* the cut&paste back. Sheesh. What a mess. - TexasAndroid (talk) 18:33, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Deleted my page, wasn't even submitted?

Hello John! I was redirect here after seeing that I was attempting to make a page, but you deleted it. However, I do not recall even saving the page, I was not even nearly done. I left my computer idling for quite a bit of time when I came back, I was unable to edit, because it says I did not have permissions. Why has this happened? I was not even a fifth of my way into finishing the page. Would be nice if you could respond as soon as possible, thank you :). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tester1000 (talk • contribs) 03:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

What page was it? You have no deleted contributions, in fact this message to me is the only edit this account has made since September 2011. Probably the system timed you out, so that when you came back you were not logged-in. You can't create a page unless you are logged in, so that would account for a message saying you did not have permission; but what was the message you got that said I deleted something? JohnCD (talk) 10:04, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Returning spammer

User talk:Besttoursindubai is spamming after being blocked. Also, whatever should I do with User talk:Nhila? Thanks! --Vincent Liu (what?) 12:05, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Seems to be fixed. --Vincent Liu (what?) 13:22, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I did reply, but I must have omitted to click "Save page". Yes, I turned off talk page access for the spammer, and there's nothing we can do for the other guy. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 20:26, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

User talk:138.162.8.57 Whatever is going on here? --Vincent Liu (what?) 14:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

He'd just copy-pasted Adolf Hitler over his talk page. I've reverted it. Two amusing aspects: (a) that IP is registered to the US Navy, and (b) when Adolf was added, the bot tagged it "possible self-promotion in user space." JohnCD (talk) 14:39, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

That's why I posted it here. Quite amusing. Thanks! --Vincent Liu (what?) 14:44, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

<name redacted> Weird case... --Vincent Liu (what?) 05:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

(Sigh) what will they think of next? I have been planning a "What WP is not" notice to be shown to new users before they sign up, but "...not an email system for chatting to your mum" had not occurred to me as necessary. I will explain to them. JohnCD (talk) 10:18, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Administrator review/Yunshui Is this supposed to be valid? --Vincent Liu (what?) 23:41, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

It looks like an IP trying to send a message to Yunshui about a deleted page. I'm sure Yunshui has his administrator review watchlisted, so he will have seen it. JohnCD (talk) 09:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Please see

[[3]] Started using an anon IP, I brought to sockpuppet investigations and they blocked then unblocked because it was a username block only. This shows [[4]] they are clearly here for promotion only. Your comments/actions would be helpful. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

I have commented there. JohnCD (talk) 16:05, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of edits and of an upload

Hi There,

I left my wiki logged in on my work PC and some had made edits to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(ethology)

as well as uploading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brett_Gillard_-_Alpha.jpg

both I have tried my best to correct, but id love to not have a history of vandalizing pages!

Thanks very much for any help

Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan0964 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed. The edit to Alpha (ethology) was immediately self-reverted. I have deleted the image by WP:CSD#G7 author requests deletion, as it was uploaded from your account. Never, ever leave a logged-in terminal unattended. "Someone else used my account" usually means an immediate, permanent block, see WP:GOTHACKED. JohnCD (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, my PC was actually locked at the time, as I work in IT, my colleague has access to my account..

Ill make sure I log out of websites from now on either way, Thanks very much for the help

Dan

I think we have a lot to discuss

particularly on the back of my stay in the USA lat year. Due to British Railways, I'll be in the room two hours early today. Look for the old guy with a crew-cut and black T-shirt trying to figure out how to use an iPad ; Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:30, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Good. I'll hope to be there half an hour early. White hair, grey coat, tartan scarf; the password is Verifiability. JohnCD (talk) 09:23, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I don't know what is going on here but it has made my day. I feel like I'm in a spy novel. —Noiratsi (talk) 09:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to disillusion you, but the item below gives the unromantic explanation! JohnCD (talk) 22:41, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Upstairs on the mezzanine floor. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:27, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Oxford Meetup 4

Thank you for attending the third Oxford Meetup, and it was a pleasure meeting you. We hope to keep this as a regular event, every two months, on the first Sunday of the month (in order not to clash with London [second Sunday]). A page has been created about the fourth Oxford Meetup; please sign up if you think that you are able to attend - if the date or venue are unsuitable, please comment at its discussion page.

Please spread the word to anybody else who you think might be interested. The next UK meetup is London, 10 March 2013. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:56, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

ISDA

Hi JohnCD,

thank you for your concrete answer. I am going to re-write all those things you mentioned however, I don't want to violate rules again and can you tell how I can post new edited page and ask for help to verify it without actually publishing my changes? ThanksProkurator (talk) 20:56, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

You can write a draft in a sandbox page. I will explain how on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 23:07, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Why my page got deleted?

Hello sir, I am the inventor and founder of Netplore Organization. Netplore is a company and I have created a company page on wikipedia for that. I don't understand why you removed Netplore page from wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benhajian (talk • contribs) 22:22, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

I have explained on your talk page. Look at the bottom section headed "Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself." JohnCD (talk) 23:31, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Frasier Crane/version 2

Should User:George Ho/Frasier Crane (version 2) be Frasier Crane/version 2 instead without namespaces? --George Ho (talk) 09:32, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Actually, after that, I'll redirect it to Frasier Crane. --George Ho (talk) 09:34, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Sub-pages made by "/" don't work in the main space - that would make a parallel article entitled "Frasier Crane/version2" on the same level as "Frasier Crane", and that's not a good idea. JohnCD (talk) 09:38, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I have not added the same link to multiple articles, rather I have added eight different links to seven articles, so only one link was repeated twice. As I said, I made some very pertinent contributions to these articles and enriched the knowledge further. I do not consider it as 'promotional'. It will be nice if you can help in bringing back the contributions.

Sci13 (talk) 16:45, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

List of minute to win it challenges

Hi you recently told me you could email me the stuff that was deleted on this page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Minute to Win It challenges I made my email work now so can you please send me it. Its very important to me... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minutetowinitman (talk • contribs) 06:07, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done. JohnCD (talk) 08:53, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hank Risan

Apologies if not, but I thought this may possibly be a case that could be of interest to you Hank Risan - I've started some discussion on the talkpage. --_nonsense ferret 20:11, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, looks interesting, but I doubt whether I will have time to get to it. JohnCD (talk) 11:03, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

once again ISDA page

Hi John,

thanks again for you help.

I posted on my sandbox version of the article I would like to be on Wikipedia.

Sincerely.Prokurator (talk) 14:37, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 11:00, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Steven Crowder for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Steven Crowder is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Crowder (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

I figured I would post this on your talk page because you made an insightful comment on this article's deletion review, the first time it was deleted. Rogerthat94 (talk) 09:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, I will have a look at it. JohnCD (talk) 10:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

SCSI Send Diagnostic Command

Could I ask that this page please be restored? It is referenced from the SCSI page and is an important part of the protocol. Tony1athome (talk) 01:19, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Done - as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request, though it seems to me that it comes under WP:NOTMANUAL. It certainly needs a reference, to comply with WP:Verifiability. JohnCD (talk) 10:57, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I have added a reference and double checked the article against the reference. Is this sufficient?Tony1athome (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's better. I still have some doubts whether articles like this comply with WP:NOTMANUAL, but that's a more general question, not one for this particular article. JohnCD (talk) 23:33, 9 March 2013 (UTC) JohnCD (talk) 23:33, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Userspace drafts

Thanks! I did add the (double underscore) NOINDEX (double underscore) "magic word" when I realized what was going on (and waited for some hours), but it may be that once indexed, a page won't automatically be de-indexed again. --Autoimmunity (talk) 16:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

It usually takes a few days before it drops off Google's radar. JohnCD (talk) 17:07, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

dfd productions

why was dfd productions deleted

www.dfdproductions.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.37.176 (talk) 13:13, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I presume you are user Dempseydrewq (talk). The reasons are explained on your talk page: (a) Wikipedia is not a business listing dirctory and there is no indication that this is notable enough to have an article, and (b) Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves or their own companies, because of the conflict of interest involved. JohnCD (talk) 23:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Userfication request

Hi John

I did a search on WP for 'Palcomix' and got a result that you'd deleted a page on it under A7 back on the 25th of January. [5] I think that I might be able to find some sources to get it to work within article space. Can I please have a copy of the page userfied?

Thank you kindly. MIVP - (Can I Help?) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) 16:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done to User:Matticusmadness/Palcomix. JohnCD (talk) 22:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Why did you delete my article too?

Hi JohnCD I am a newbie on here and I saw you too deleted my article and gave no explanation for it. What is happening, noone is explaining anything? (Ladytwentytwo (talk) 21:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC))

Your draft article hasn't been deleted, but it has been moved from Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Bad Tune Men to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bad Tune Men - note the talk after Wikipedia - and that's where you should work on it. For technical reasons these draft articles have to be at a "Wikipedia talk" address. User Hasteur (talk) explained that on your talk page - see the message at the bottom of it. JohnCD (talk) 21:16, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks JohnCD now I understand, I didn't know that before. I also didn't understand Hasteur's actions, I understand now from what you said, thanks for your help.What does CDSing mean?(Ladytwentytwo (talk) 21:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC))

"CSD" is code for speedy deletion. He meant putting a tag like {{db-author}} on it to ask for it to be deleted, as a matter of tidying up; but don't worry, I've done that. JohnCD (talk) 21:27, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

List of Districts of England by Population Density

What would the correct procedure for this be? It certainly doesn't belong here, it's implausible!--Launchballer 22:16, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

You could nominate it at WP:Redirects for deletion, but check the section WP:RFD#When should we delete a redirect? first. JohnCD (talk) 22:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh yes there is. Typing in the URL into http://www.bing.com brings up three results, one of which is the article, and the other two link to http://www.factbites.com; clicking those links reveal no actual links to the article. At the very least the redirect page should be List of districts in England by population density.--Launchballer 22:36, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, take it to WP:RFD if you like, but I doubt if you'll get any traction. JohnCD (talk) 22:42, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi John, I just wanted to say thanks for your time and patience in cleaning up the talk page of Julia Görges. I had been following the drama last night and again this morning and couldn't believe the actions of the main party involved. We've all been there, when something on Wikipedia, namely a WP:RM doesn't go your way, but that wasn't the right way to behave and the block(s) were all well deserved. So thanks for helping out on that one, I appreciate your actions. Have a nice afternoon! Jared Preston (talk) 14:16, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

No worries! An interesting morning. It's surprising how completely off the rails people can go over a trivial issue. Reverting TParis' unblock decline with edit summary "Paris bollocks we alll know about the one word unblocks" was the final act in what was well described at ANI as "suicide by admin". JohnCD (talk) 14:29, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

List of songs whose title does not appear in the lyrics

Hi JohnCD! I discovered that you restored and moved List of songs whose title does not appear in the lyrics a few yars ago. I cannot find it in your user space, what happened to it? I would like to add it to my collection of similar articles that were deleted. I believe that I started this short-lived song list craze back then because I created unrelated songs with identical titles in response to a mass-nomination of lots of List articles in 2004. — Timwi (talk) 15:45, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

• Whoo! I found it! Never mind then :) — Timwi (talk) 16:14, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

GAtechnical

I'm currently having a good article reviewed by GAtechnical. Is there any chance they'll be unblocked? I'm quiet surprised by all this, as they seem too be constructive. BaldBoris 20:42, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Not any time soon, after that extraordinary explosion. I have not come across them before, but looking at the talk page I agree it seems quite out of character, enough to make me wonder whether this is a case of a compromised account - not that that would help, per WP:COMPROMISED. I'm afraid you'll have to find another reviewer. JohnCD (talk) 21:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for taking care of that OTRS-requested deletion so quickly.--ukexpat (talk) 15:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

No worries! I wondered whether to block the account, since it is evidently not being edited by the named person, but decided to put a warning and explanation on the talk page. JohnCD (talk) 15:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorted as discussed by email. JohnCD (talk) 17:09, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Image replacement

I'm still new to Wikipedia editing. I created a replacement image <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:E%3Dmc%C2%B2-explication.svg#file>. I'm not really sure how to go about actually replacing the image, but since you deleted a talk page about the image it is to replace I figured you'd be a likely person to contact. JTBarnabas (talk) 12:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the SVG version. In the article Mass–energy equivalence it has already been substituted for the JPG version by another user, DVdm (talk), with this edit in response to your note on the article talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey, give this back --

The User:JohnCD/Draft page from February 2013 - can you email me a copy? (my e-mail's diapcack@gmail.com) Nolifescarletqueen (talk) 23:41, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I have put it back into User:JohnCD/draft temporarily for you. You can copy it from there (click "Edit", then "Select all" and "Copy" and paste into Notepad or any word-processor on your system). I will delete it after 48 hours. Don't lose it again. JohnCD (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

SLOTH1001 (talk · contribs)

Thanks for blocking this user. However, per WP:DELTALK, it would have been better to rev-del the revisions containing attacks, rather than delete the talk page outright. — This, that and the other (talk) 00:29, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

I didn't think of that, actually; but as I restored all the warnings, the effect is much the same. JohnCD (talk) 00:34, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Hello JohnCD, I will be celebrating my birthday on 19 March. So, I would like to give you a treat. If you decide to "eat" the cookie, please reply by placing {{subst:munch}} on my talk page. I hope this cookie has made your day better. Cheers! Arctic Kangaroo 15:23, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, and happy birthday! Cookie duly {{munch}}ed. JohnCD (talk) 14:34, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Subpages

Thanks for getting rid of some pages I blanked. Could you also get rid of these 6 (01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06)? Thanks, Feedback ^☎ 15:16, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

User talk pages and their archives are not normally deleted - see WP:DELTALK. JohnCD (talk) 15:23, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Just a quick word of thanks for the kind pointers you left on my talkpage concerning my query regarding ferreting out hoaxes on wikipedia - there's certainly plenty there for me to have a think about. Best regards --_nonsense ferret 18:10, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Good hunting! JohnCD (talk) 11:08, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Little brother

Yes hello JohnCD I find your comment on saying me saying that "my little brother did it" and you said its not a valid excuse well its never been an excuse as my father doesn't allow us to have more than 1 account from anything so that includes steam, minecraft and wikepedia so if you have any problems take it up with my dad and believe me nobody will want to he could knock out a grown man in 1 hit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prisinor108 (talk • contribs) 07:13, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

The point is that we do not allow shared accounts. If there is vandalism from your account it will be blocked, and saying that someone else did it will mean it stays blocked. JohnCD (talk) 10:53, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Restore my article please

Hello, could you please restored my page about Derrion Tolanski? Thank you! Danicek06 (talk) 10:22, 19 March 2013 (UTC)danicek06

No, see the answer to your request at WP:REFUND#Derrion Tolanski. To have an article, you would need to show notability by giving references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See WP:42 for what that means, and WP:MUSICBIO for the standard for musical performers. Being on Youtube is not enough. If you assure me that you can find independent references like that, I will restore the article into a user sub-page for you to work on; but if not, you will be wasting your time, and if you just keep posting it under different titles you may be blocked from editing. Wikipedia is not a place for Tolanski to pursue his aim of "using the Internet to independently promote his own music". JohnCD (talk) 10:50, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi

Hello! I really dont understand why you keep deleting the article about Derrion Tolanski! Almost everyone knows him in Canada so I think you should keep it alive! Tell me what I have to do to not delete it please!! Danicek06 (talk) 10:50, 19 March 2013 (UTC)danicek06

Read the reply just above. Can you find references to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources? JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

RE

Ok so you deleted my article only for this "Tolanski is known for using the Internet to independently promote his own music" however I just found this on Lisa Lavie's article "Lavie is known for using the Internet to independently promote her own music and concerts." and her article is not deleted! It was my firt article and I would love to have it here please! Danicek06 (talk) 10:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)danicek06

No, I did not delete it because of that line. For about the fifth time, I deleted it because it gave no indication that he is notable enough to have an article here. Just read all the advice you have been given, and now put up or shut up: yes or no, can you find significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources - references that show people independent of Tolanski consider him important enough to write substantial comment about, and that he meets the standard of WP:MUSICBIO? JohnCD (talk) 11:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Question

Can I ask which kind od article I could create to keep it visible? Thank you! Or Wikipedia is only for big celebrities? Danicek06 (talk) 14:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)danicek06

Wikipedia is for people (and things) that are notable. The test of notability is whether other people, independent of them, have thought them important and significant enough to write substantial content about. Being in Wikipedia is not a way to get famous: first someone gets famous, then other people write about them, then there can be a Wikipedia article based on those independent sources. Read:

• WP:Your first article
• WP:Notability
• WP:Notability (people)
• WP:Notability (summary)
• WP:MUSICBIO

JohnCD (talk) 14:30, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Institute for Cultural Diplomacy for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Institute for Cultural Diplomacy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Dear John I post this here because I saw on user:Benjamin Mako Hill's talkpage that you have already been involved in this discussion....

SkaraB 15:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanatory note - I had forgotten that exchange with Benjamin Mako Hill and was puzzled why you notified me of this AfD. I am not particularly interested, but I will have a look at it if I have time. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

I saw your posting there; thanks to you! SkaraB 12:37, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Err sorry I'm wrong: I thought you had posted a comment on the AfD page but that was someone else!SkaraB 12:40, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Deleting article "Marguerite Müller-Yao"

Dear JohnCD,

Would you please kindly explain to me, why you deleted that article ?

User dietger — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dietger (talk • contribs) 18:22, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

The article as you created it had a "template" at the bottom implying that it was intended as a submission to WP:Articles for creation. Another user helpfully moved it to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Marguerite Müller-Yao which is the right place to put it in the AfC queue, and left you a note on your user talk page at User talk:Dietger. The article is still there: all that I deleted was the redirect left behind by the move. Clicking on the "redlink" Marguerite Müller-Yao shows you the deletion log's record of what happened. JohnCD (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Dear JohnCD,

Thank you very much for your answer and information.

Dietger (talk) 20:05, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Martin Page Funeral Home

I saw you speedy deleted the article. Just wanted to say something. The article was supposedly through an AFD before in 2006 but oddly the AFD makes no mention of Martin Page. There was a AFD tag on the article. That's why I didn't CSD this to start with, because it having through an AFD, or supposedly....William 16:43, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

I didn't notice that in the history. You were quite right, pages that have survived AfD shouldn't normally be speedied, but in this case the keep result seems to have been on the basis that some of the bundled nomination might be notable, and as you point out this article wasn't actually among those listed. If anybody objects, I'll relist it, but it seems an absolutely clear A7 to me. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:09, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

TY

Thank you for the links John .. I found a few names I've seen around and will contact them. — Ched :  ?  19:26, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the discussion on my talk page

I think I may understand what is happening. Its occurred to me that there may be a simple misunderstanding by many editors that are confusing the definition of "Conflict of interest" with our policies on a COI. The off Wiki definition is: "A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in another." While our definition of a "COI editor" is: "When advancing outside interests is more important to an editor than advancing the aims of Wikipedia." The distinction is important on a number of levels. First, we must remember that this is indeed an encyclopedia that anyone may edit. As long as any editor is conforming to the spirit of Wikipedia as well as the policies, guidelines and procedures they are encouraged to continue. As an editor retention issue we don't wish to chase off editors that are participating with best practices.

As a conflict resolution issue we must be able to understand this policy as it is written and as community consensus has established. I think the recent issue on Jimbo's talk page has shown that many editor simply do not grasp our behavioral guideline on this issue and that perhaps we may need a community wide discussion to better write that page or, even redefine it if needed. The challenges we face here are not insurmountable nor are the differences, but it is vital that this policy be understood better or re-written to conform to the community standard, whatever that may be. I have a great deal of experience with COI editors. We have a number of fan bases that have clearly shown that their goals conflict with the goals of the encyclopedia. Combating this COI has been daunting for me and I have been the subject of a number of off wiki attacks over it. But I am clear about this. If an editor is editing the article in order to promote their fan site, their POV and their original research, they are in conflict with or policies and are a COI editor. What are your thoughts on this?--Amadscientist (talk) 01:47, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

This needs a considered response - watch this space! JohnCD (talk) 14:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi

yeah sorry about that got my brothers kicked off of my account they now have their own and please forgive me for the disruption they have caused. Prisinor108 (talk) 13:29, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

OK, well, you be good and tell them to be good too. JohnCD (talk) 15:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

BattleTech Collectible Card Game

Please restore this; I didn't realize it was prodded until it was deleted - I'd have removed the prod and tried to address the concerns. I'll try to do so tomorrow once I have access to the article. Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 17:10, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Done - as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request. I will notify Some guy (talk), who PRODded it, but tell him you plan to improve it. Are you also interested in Military Organization (BattleTech), which I deleted at the same time? JohnCD (talk) 18:04, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, those fiction entries are difficult to find sources for, and are probably already better covered at BattleTech wiki. I stopped trying to defend them a while ago, so thanks, but I won't challenge that one :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)