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Request for undeletion of a 'Articles for creation' draft.

Hi,

Kindly restore 'Draft:Udiya Baba'. I am afraid I could not devote time to edit it during last 6 months due to some unavoidable personal reasons. I earnestly intend to work on this article and resubmit it as soon as possible. Therefore, I would like to humbly request you to give me one last opportunity to work on it. I assure you I would resubmit it within 3 weeks, or at the most, a month. In case I don't, you may delete it permanently.

Thanks & regards, Rasucha (talk) 05:24, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

@Rasucha: OK,  Done. JohnCD (talk) 09:22, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Dimitar Mitovski

Hello,

You have deleted a recent article written by me for Dimitar Mitovski. Yes the same text is on his vimeo page but it is in a neutral tone and I have permission to use the text. Mr. Mitovski is one of the most vivid film directors in Bulgaria and a creator of vast projects. The text in the article does not promote anything as it is a short biography of his career. Here are links from IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1190360/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1190360/bio

Can you please tell me what is the difference between the tone of my article and say https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg?

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frostwor (talk • contribs) 11:26, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 14:35, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Request to restore the article

Dear JhonCD,

How are you? Back in 25 January 2015 a request to restore article on Zarmina Siraj Ul Haq was made to whom you refused on basis of certain issues as states below;

@Blackswan786: X mark.svg Not done - this article has not been restored because it does not appear to meet our guidelines for inclusion of articles about people. In general, Wikipedia considers a topic to be notable if there exist multiple reliable sources of information on the topic, external to the subject itself. Articles concerning people will be deleted on sight if they are considered to be unambiguous advertising or promotion, or if they do not contain a credible assertion of the significance of the subject. Wikipedia does not cover "emerging" people, only those who have already arrived, see WP:Notability (people). JohnCD (talk) 18:16, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

I am providing the relevant links related to article on Zarmina Siraj Ul Haq and submitting the request to restore the same again.

Links; http://courtingthelaw.com/author/zarmina-siraj-ul-haq/ http://independent.academia.edu/Zarmina https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarmina https://twitter.com/zarminasiraj http://gujjarspost.blogspot.com/2014/12/history-of-gujjars-famous-gujjar.html https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=918633951586747&id=738866779563466 https://about.me/advzarmina https://plus.google.com/+ZarminaChaudhry http://www.yatedo.com/p/Zarmina+Siraj+Ul+Haq+Gujjar/normal/1b85261e7f476161e4f2d9fb23554488

Few of Her Published work; http://courtingthelaw.com/2016/04/11/commentary/panama-leaks-a-storm-yet-to-come/ http://courtingthelaw.com/2016/04/18/commentary/cyber-crime-bill-or-cyber-crime-bell/ http://xarminachaudhry.blogspot.com/2015/03/third-gender-red-tag-why.html http://xarminachaudhry.blogspot.com/2016/02/third-gender-in-pakistan.html http://xarminachaudhry.blogspot.com/2016/03/do-women-need-4-witnesses-to-prove-rape.html http://www.academia.edu/5054726/A_Good_Manager http://www.academia.edu/9808540/Political_anarchy_vs._Democratic_Dictatorship-from_the_field_of_Pakistan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.152.53.130 (talk) 16:37, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

No, sorry, all that those links show is that she is very active on social media and writes a lot of blogs and stuff. None of that helps to show Wikipedia:Notability, which needs references about her, written independently, showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The only one that looks independent is gujjarspost.blogspot.com; I do not know how reliable a source that is, but anyway she is only one in a list of over 100 names. See WP:Notability (summary) for more explanation of what is needed. JohnCD (talk) 21:21, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Stevens Worldwide Van Lines

Hello John, I submitted an article for Stevens Worldwide Van Lines, which you deleted due to issues with it sounded like an advertisement and an undisclosed conflict of interest. Because I was unaware on how to disclose a conflict of interest, I was told to re-submit the article as a paid editor. I was also told to create the article under a new username, as the username Ottaway was a violation of Wikipedia's username policy. I have gone ahead and made some necessary changes, including removing information that sounded like an advertisement, and have figured out what steps I need to take in order to disclose myself as a paid editor, which I will do for this article. Please tell me if there are any other necessary steps I need to take prior to submitting the article for review, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Higer1215 (talk) 19:13, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

@Higer1215: That was actually deleted by another user, JzG, after the discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/Stevens Worldwide Van Lines. I will give some advice on your talk page tomorrow; meanwhile read Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure and consider this statement, which if I had my way would be written in letters of fire on the sign-on page: Wikipedia is not a place for companies to tell the world about themselves. If your article reads like that it will not be accepted.

Consider also the excellent advice of a very experienced Wikipedian at User:Uncle G/On notability#Writing about subjects close to you:

"When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit. If you don't have such sources, don't write."

JohnCD (talk) 21:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Artical Removed

Respected Sir, It is stated that my artical has been deleted. Kindly tell me how to do it in so that it did't deleted? THANKS

Deleted Page Link — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmh.mohsin (talk • contribs) 10:23, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@Cmh.mohsin: I'm sorry but,as I explained on your talk page, Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves. For that, you want a social-networking site like Facebook, or see List of social networking websites. JohnCD (talk) 11:17, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I'm looking for creating an article but...

I was creating an article but that seems to be blocked by you for some advertorial reasons in deletion logs. So what should I do? As I want to write a clean article. Vinay089 (talk) 15:08, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@Vinay089: What is the title that is blocked? JohnCD (talk) 15:13, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: That's article title would be Ayaan Chawla. Vinay089 (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I strongly advise you to give up the idea. Reasons on your talk page soon. JohnCD (talk) 17:01, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: OK. It's interesting, actually today I've seen an article about Chawla in newspaper and then I searched about him and found much reliable sources. I think I should drop the idea or I'll create an article as draft for approval first will also inform you. What you suggest? Vinay089 (talk) 18:09, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I suggest: don't waste your time. If you want to try, you have to make a draft. JohnCD (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Oclassica

Hi! We would like to add a page for classical music label Oclassica. This is one of the European labels for classical music. I think it is important to list this label in a category Category:Classical music record labels. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryukhno (talk • contribs) 10:22, 22 April 2016‎

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 12:01, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

MISPL Page

Dear JohnCD,

I read the entire article, I don't think they (MISPL Company) want to advertise. They are just giving history of their company and giving article about running services on their project.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bookerwiki (talk • contribs) 17:29, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

@Bookerwiki: "As we’ve been a trend setter in broadband, we’ve also set new quality standards totally aligned with customers’ expectations and requirements... Customer’s confidence earned with hard efforts of last many years is our most prestigious asset and we always go an extra mile to protect this asset. This combination makes MISPL as most trusted and reliable telecom service provider of Region." That's a blatant advertisement, the company writing in the first person, telling the world how wonderful it is. That is not what an encyclopedia is for, and anything like that is deleted from Wikipedia at sight. JohnCD (talk) 17:38, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: , Dear,

Page has been updated again. please check and update me.

Importance of Aiklos

Aiklos is a R&D developper in search of a drug against cancer and also develops vaccine for people in suffering and needs. Respect hard work and do not delete the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loichh (talk • contribs) 04:12, 26 April 2016

@Loichh: Wikipedia needs references showing significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, to show that the subject is notable enough for an article and to verify what it says.

It's very odd: you would think that a US$2.47 billion "behemoth supercomputer bio-pharmaceutics manufacturer" with a ten-year history would have quite a lot of coverage, but all I can find is a Facebook page with 2 likes and a remarkably uninformative five-page website which can't spell "developing".

When Aiklos finds a cancer cure, I'm sure it will get plenty of coverage. Till then, please don't waste our time. JohnCD (talk) 12:03, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Draft:Air New Zealand Boeing 747 hijack

G'day from Oz; with the deletion of Draft:Air New Zealand Boeing 747 hijack after the AfD, would the deletion of Draft:Air New Zealand Flight 24 about the same incident be uncontroversial? Cheers YSSYguy (talk) 19:12, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

@YSSYguy: not an easy call, but I don't think so - the deleted one was childishly mis-spelled, this is much more like an article. I think I'd wait and see. If it's submitted again with no serious improvement, then back to MfD, citing the previous one. JohnCD (talk) 22:17, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Sandbox

Thanks, John. You're exactly right, I had prepared the article in my sandbox and tried to create an article by moving it, but obviously messed it up. Thanks for fixing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Don.H.40 (talk • contribs) 13:34, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Interesting fallout on identity issues

Given your involvement in this, I thought you might be interested in seeing this and this. --Nat Gertler (talk) 16:15, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

@NatGertler: fascinating, thanks! I thought at the time that something odd must be going on. JohnCD (talk) 09:16, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for helping so promptly. Aris de Methymna (talk) 15:50, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you! My pleasure. JohnCD (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Deleted page history inquiry

Would you mind checking if the following deleted pages were substantially identical to the [previously] deleted versions for me?:

• Aaron Hancox
• Becker's ASC Review
• Godinterest
• Thirty Four

These pages were moved from the userspace (i.e. from User:AMscott12/Aaron hancox, User:ASC312/Enter your new article name here, User:Rahfatsalman/sandbox/Godinterest, and User:AGEX/Thirty Four respectively) to the mainspace by a user other than the user whose namespace in which they resided. The deletions go against the spirit of the "[G4] excludes ... content that has been moved to user space or converted to a draft" clause of WP:CSD#G4. I'd especially take issue if they weren't substantially identical to the [previously] deleted versions as many years had passed since some of the deletion discussions took place. Best Regards,—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 04:51, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but probably not today. JohnCD (talk) 09:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

@Godsy: they were all "substantially identical", enough IMO to be valid G4 deletions in mainspace. JohnCD (talk) 21:41, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 21:44, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

My articles' deletion

You write well, so I' sure you would understand: is there any way I could get a copy of what was posted? Email works. Smalltownnews (talk) 02:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

@Smalltownnews: yes, if you enable email on your account, at the bottom of the "User profile" tab under "Preferences". JohnCD (talk) 09:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: Thank you Smalltownnews (talk) 03:26, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Nantou (historical town)/GA1

JohnCD, I wanted to thank you for taking care of a number of Speedy deletions I've had to make in the Good Article review space, when people open reviews by mistake (nominators sometimes open reviews on their own articles, which need deletion) or have to back out of reviews before they start them in earnest. Once the page is deleted, a new, eligible reviewer can be found.

I nominated four such deletions on May 6, including this one. Three different admins took care of the first three, including you early on May 7 (you deleted Talk:Ping An Finance Centre/GA1). The page linked in the subject is the one remaining page to be deleted; it's been three days now, and I was hoping you could take care of it, since it hasn't been chosen yet. Thank you for anything you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:39, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done - it would normally be quicker than that, but the speedy-deletion queue has been busy lately, never less than 100 in the list, often over 200. JohnCD (talk)

Thank you very much. I noticed the G6 subcategory was fluctuating quite a bit itself: up in the 40s, down to the teens, back up to the mid-30s, and so on. As you say, these are normally quite quick, 6 to 24 hours, but this one was lingering past its sell-by date... BlueMoonset (talk) 17:10, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

G5 Speedy

Hi JohnCD. In regards to some of the G5's I've tagged, there are a ton more here [1], some useful, many pointless, if you want to have a go at them. Thanks! Crow^Caw 17:14, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

I'll get to them presently. Someone has already used Special:Nuke, so they'll have to be done one by one (sigh). JohnCD (talk) 11:15, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Acerase (talk) 10:18, 12 May 2016 (UTC) Thanks John! acerase

My pleasure. JohnCD (talk) 11:15, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Incomplete RfD closure

• [2]

There's an unclosed curly bracket and you haven't deleted the redirect. Let me know if I can help. ({{Ping}} me if you reply here.) Deryck C. 12:02, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

@Deryck Chan:  Fixed, thanks! JohnCD (talk) 13:04, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Bad

You deleted my page Johnny CD the bad Bollywood Hunter (talk) 12:56, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

@Bollywood Hunter: yes, I did, because Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves. Please read Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors, and ask your parents to read it too. JohnCD (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Stragile

John - Thank you for your reply and frankly your work on Wiki... I have long respected the integrity of the founders and not "cashing out".

I have to ask a a new contributor, why so many other books, movies and other media are allowed on the forum? Many, like mine, are defining new areas that tie old ones together... "Outliers" as an example. There are thousands of them. Please help me understand what seems like and un-level playing field?

Many thanks.

Shawn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shjean333 (talk • contribs) 13:00, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

@Shjean333: an encyclopedia is not a place for announcing anything new. That is specifically excluded by our fundamental policy WP:No original research. We only report on things that have already attracted independent comment and discussion. Our test for inclusion is called Wikipedia:Notability and looks for references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The standard for books is explained at WP:Notability (books) and our approach to new words at WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary#Neologisms.

Outliers (book) passes those tests; the article has over 20 references showing substantial independent reviews of the book. Worldcat (another check we use for books) shows over 3,700 library holdings.

Only after your book has been published and attracted independent reviews would it qualify for an article. Even then, it would be best to leave someone else to write it (see WP:COI). Similarly, the word would need to be not only in use but also the subject of independent discussion of the concept.

In summary: Wikipedia does not try to judge what is important or significant. We use a less subjective test, by asking what other people, independently, have found important or significant. JohnCD (talk) 14:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you... good information. I will try and wait until this criteria is met. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shjean333 (talk • contribs) 00:06, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Request for undeleting the article Reema Kumari

Hello,I understand what you want to say.But I like to tell You that this is not my biography. This is of a famous and inspirational girl of siwan district of bihar.Her article must be here as she would be an example for those children who have talents but they belong from poor or middle class family. So,I request you to undelete this article. Reema Kumari (25) (talk) 01:37, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

It did not show Wikipedia:Notability, and now on your talk page you say that it is your biography. So, no, I will not undelete it. JohnCD (talk) 09:02, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Dlokcuc

Hi, You recently deleted page Dlokcuc. Could you also close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dlokcuc? --Dcirovic (talk) 15:24, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done, thanks! JohnCD (talk) 15:31, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

IambakeyOkuk

What if his sons in Papua New Guinea ("His Estate") gave you authorization? They are scanning family photos for me now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:6000:6457:F800:2D4E:C097:BF5:3EB (talk) 16:57, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Image licensing is a difficult and complicated area. Copyright normally belongs to the person who took the photograph, not to the subject or to someone who has a copy. See the section "Copyright and licensing" of Wikipedia:Image use policy. Ask advice at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, explaining everything you know about the origin of the photos, particularly who took them and when. JohnCD (talk) 19:50, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Bmnathaniel userpage

Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I will rewrite my user page. I think I'm supposed to follow Template:Infobox Wikipedia user for the infobox, am I right? nathanielmoikabi 08:10, 24 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmnathaniel (talk • contribs)

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.

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Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Léa Salamé page in English

Hi, I am a relatively new French Wikipedia contributor and followed a MOOC by Wikimedia France to start contributing along Wikipedia's guidelines. Wikipedia suggests pages which could be translated and I thought I could help there since I'm fluent in both languages. Among the articles which Wikipedia is suggesting, there was "Léa Salamé", who is indeed one of the most famous French news interviewers at the moment (and hailed Woman of the Year 2014 by GQ France). I started translating her page from French into English (in a shorter version), but there was a "abusive content/vandalism" note while I was translating a paragraph (although completely neutral) so I've stopped there. It seems the page was deleted because it was abusive. Should I keep working on this bio or will it be deleted? It seems a bit odd to not have a page for her, since she's interviewing also foreign personalities in one of the top radio programs in France, and will be a key interviewer in next year's presidential debates. Otherwise I'll translate something else but this one seemed useful. Thanks ! --Tycoon68 (talk) 21:28, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Tycoon68 Since JohnCD appears to be away from here for a while, I can answer your question here. Looking at Léa Salamé, the page was deleted because the user was abusing multiple accounts- therefore, a respectable editor like yourself recreating the article should be fine. My French isn't great, but if you translated the French article, including the references, then it looks fine to me- the references on the French page seem to show evidence of significant, independent coverage in reliable sources, as English Wikipedia's notability guidelines requires. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:54, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: thanks!

@Tycoon68: I deleted the page as part of a mass deletion of pages from this troublesome sockpuppetteer, who also caused trouble on fr-wiki. The article was very short - only two sentences. Joseph2302 is right - you are very welcome to create an English article about her based on the French one. There is advice about translation at WP:Translation. Note particularly that, by the terms of the CC-BY-SA license you need to provide attribution for the authors of the page that you translate: a good way to do that is to put the {{Translated page}} template on the talk page of the translated article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:31, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: Got it, thanks ! Tycoon68 (talk) 20:26, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Copyvio revdel needed

I see you're at your keyboard... please see revision 726182475, from 8:41 a.m. (Pacific), by IP user 67...146, on Kenneth Willardt. Thanks! Julietdeltalima (talk) 15:50, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

@Julietdeltalima:  Done. JohnCD (talk) 15:53, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:12, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

User page

Hi , Thanks for letting me know about the speedy deletion request resolving. Article from this specific user is spamming wiki db,User:Jhoven Sulla it seems. (WikiGopi (talk) 21:54, 22 June 2016 (UTC))

@WikiGopi: no, it wasn't spamming, that was a perfectly acceptable userpage. Read WP:User pages. The point of user pages is to help communication within the project, by saying things about the user that are relevant to their Wikipedia work, and that's what this one does - just like yours. We do get many people who only want to write a long boastful autobiography, but this wasn't one of those.

Also, when an admin has declined your speedy deletion nomination, as GB fan did here, you should not simply put it back again. If you disagree, discuss with the admin. JohnCD (talk) 22:15, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi john, Thanks for sharing this details, I got your point & thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiGopi (talk • contribs) 22:41, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Regarding a new article

Hay I want to create a article as Mohan Rathore. But i can't create. Becouse this page is already created by sumone else. And thay protect it. I can't edit. Thay are Redirected this page. I want to fill full information of this celebrity. Please help me to create this article. Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manishsinghbagi (talk • contribs) 21:13, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

@Manishsinghbagi: the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohan Rathore decided that he was not notable enough, in Wikipedia's sense, to have his own article, and the title should be redirected to the competition. After an AfD you should not simply re-create the article, so when you kept doing that it was protected.

If you think you can now find references to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to show that he is notable to the standard of WP:ENTERTAINER, what you should do is, first read WP:Your first article for advice, and then improve the draft article at Draft:Mohan Rathore. Make sure to cite references to verify what the article says and to show notability. Do not copy text from other sites: write in your own words. Do not use promotional language like "a very entertaining personality" unless you are quoting a reliable, independent source that says it.

When it is done, ask the protecting admin, user Randykitty (talk), whether they will agree to let you post it. If not, you can ask at WP:Deletion review. JohnCD (talk) 21:44, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

• If I may add a remark here, after looking through the edit history of Mohan Rathore and Draft:Mohan Rathore, I think you might also benefit from reading WP:SOCK. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 08:23, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!

John, Thank you for undeleting the KioWare page. I will certainly edit to address the issues and resubmit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lboniello (talk • contribs) 14:24, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Adam Mitchell

Hello. Just to let you know that Adam Mitchell (footballer, born 1996) is not a hoax. He is a young footballer from New Zealand, international for their youth national team. Here are sources confirming it: [3], [4]. He just signed with Red Star Belgrade (source confirming he signed: [5]) and since the new season is just starting right now it isnot yet added to the squad. That new user made him an unsourced poor article, that was rightfully deleted, cause besides the problems the article had, the plaer also still doesnt pass WP:Notability. However, that doesnt mean he is a hoax. Regards, FkpCascais (talk) 19:04, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Even if it's not a hoax, it's still fine to delete it- right outcome with possibly incorrect speedy deletion criteria used. They still don't meet WP:GNG or WP:NFOOTY. If he makes league appearances for Red Star Belgrade, then he'll be notable enough. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

@FkpCascais: thanks. I chose "hoax" not to mean that he doesn't exist, but that he isn't a Red Star first team player, as was implied by the deleted one-liner's statement that he "plays for Serbian Super Liga club Red Star Belgrade". Maybe he'll get there one day. JohnCD (talk) 22:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I know he doesnt pass notability and this article shoud be deleted, I was just saying this in case you thought it was a hoax, that it isn't, that it is abut a real person who is really a footballer from New Zealand and joined Red Star. Best regards to both, FkpCascais (talk) 03:54, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

This morning I see an IP has put him back into the squad again. I have semi-protected the article for 10 days. JohnCD (talk) 10:51, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Joweigha article was deleted. Need your help on how to solve issue.

Hello JohnCD, I have read the statement which you made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JohnCD/Whydeleted

I also love this statement which you made on your talk page because it is related to my article:

Creating an article that just says "Paul is a really good cook" doesn't provide a starting point for other editors to build on. Who is Paul? What kind of food does he cook? Who says he's good? How do we find out more about him?

I have read and understand the topic credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject

Significance is a much lower standard than notability. While the inclusion of reliable secondary sources may itself be an indication of significance, not including any sources is entirely irrelevant to an assessment under these speedy deletion criteria.

I am not paid for any article on wikipedia being written by me because I have read the Terms of Use on wikipedia.

This link talks about being a "PR" on wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Article_subjects

I learned being a "PR" on wikipedia by the user: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JElder_(WMF)

According to your statement on on my article talk page I think my article is lacking reliable sources and it's needs to be independent

Your help to me is also needed on how to gathered a reliable source to the article "JOWEIGHA"

Thanks very much. Patricia marco david (talk) 23:36, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

request

When you have time, could you do a revision deletion of the edit summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Worldwide_Texas_Tour&diff=prev&oldid=724323584 Thanks. Station1 (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

@Station1:  Done. JohnCD (talk) 19:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello JohnCD your help is needed to me.

Hello, JohnCD. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Patricia marco david (talk) 19:43, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 22:33, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Can Joweigha article be undeleted for addition of reliable source?

Can Joweigha article be undeleted for addition of realiable source? Patricia marco david (talk) 23:30, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

please i need your help

please i found out that i created an article page without the musician name on the title of the album article ... please i need help . if possible please add the musician name on the title of the Album ,,,, thanks in advance .Mohammede aziz abdul (talk) 15:12, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Fixed. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:10, 4 July 2016 (UTC).

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for help on Wikipedia. Patricia marco david (talk) 21:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

RevDel request

JohnCD - pardon the unsolicited inquiry, I got your name from the "Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests" category. I am requesting two items in my block log (the only two, here - [6]) undergo RevisionDeletion. A brief explanation follows:

• Prior to 24JUN2016 I had no disciplinary history on Wikipedia and have faithfully worked to abide by all WP policies.
• On 24JUN2016 I was blocked, for the first time. The block was set at 30 days.
• As you can see from the discussion, a number of editors spontaneously opined that it was a "bad block". This discussion spilled across several pages and, in a subsequent ruling, Deryck Chan summarized that "There was overwhelming consensus that LavaBaron's earlier block was unjustifiable". Sphilbrick said there were "troubling things" with the block and subsequently intervened to request the block be lifted.[7]
• Less than 24 hours after applying the 30 day block, the blocking admin pulled it with the note "I misunderstood something". [8]

There is not only consensus, but in fact unanimous concurrence (less one), that the block was erroneously applied. In realpolitik, blocks have a two-form effect: (a) protection of WP from faithless edits, (b) punishment through a "Scarlet Letter" effect. While the block was almost immediately lifted as a misunderstanding, without a Revision Deletion of the block log, I will be made to endure punishment, in the form of the "Scarlet Letter" effect, as long as my account is active (which I hope is for many years to come). For this reason I am requesting my Block Log undergo RevDel. As Admins will continue to be able to view my unaltered log, I do not feel this would manipulate or negatively impact recordkeeping, but merely minimize the public embarrassment I will otherwise permanently have to endure as a result of an error in the use of the admin toolset over which I had no control. LavaBaron (talk) 14:01, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Is revdel even possible? --S Philbrick(Talk) 14:09, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

@LavaBaron: rev-delling the block log is technically possible, but I'm afraid it is not permitted - the policy is at Wikipedia:Revision deletion#Log redaction. I don't think you need be concerned - a block reversed within an hour, by the blocking admin, with edit summary "I misunderstood something" is not really a Scarlet Letter. JohnCD (talk) 15:00, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

JohnCD thanks very much for your fast reply and I appreciate your explanation to me it's not permitted. Based on your, and other, feedback received it sounds like it will be easier if I just wrap-up some outstanding edits and articles I'm working on with this account and then vanish it and maybe try returning with a clean start account in a year or two. LavaBaron (talk) 15:07, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

You can certainly do a WP:CLEANSTART if you wish, but I really don't think it necessary. Many highly-respected citizens, including your blocking admin and at least one Arbitrator have non-blank block logs. JohnCD (talk) 15:43, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

New user, not so innocent?

You have Mfd an article by User:Derpface7 yesterday. I have made another Mfd on another draft. He is, I believe, doing some sockpuppetry here, [Revision] as 71.163.181.110. Same style same article names. I have found several articles where one line of faux history has been added to an article, typically in the New York state area, and reverted them. Here I reverted a link to a draft article, don't know if that's kosher. No citations and I added help to his talk page. I'm not an admin, so letting you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cotton2 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 11 July 2016‎

@Cotton2: hmmm, looks a bit odgy, but I don't think there's enough there to block, and he does seem to have some constructive contributions. I'll keep an eye. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 21:56, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Usha Mukundan

Hi — can you please explain how in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Usha Mukundan you came to the conclusion that there was a consensus to keep the article, when in fact zero out of the three participants argued for keeping it? And also why you closed it only a day after the discussion started? Was this just a finger-slip, or did you actually mean to do this? —David Eppstein (talk) 17:45, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

@David Eppstein: close reverted. I certainly did not intend it - I have no idea how that happened. I closed a string of AfDs this afternoon, but they were all from July 5 or 6. Thanks for pointing it out! I had better check my contributions in case there are other funnies. JohnCD (talk) 17:59, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem — thanks for the cleanup. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

@David Eppstein: I am the more grateful to you for pointing this out because on checking my contributions I found seven more premature closes - somehow, I had got onto the wrong daily log page and never noticed. That doesn't explain how I came to close Dr Mukunda as keep. JohnCD (talk) 19:09, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Related to this, the AfD closes you reverted still have their respective articles deleted. Shouldn't you recreate them until the discussion has played thru, or keep them deleted until further notice? JudgeRM 19:06, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

@JudgeRM: I thought I had restored them all - have I missed one? JohnCD (talk) 19:12, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Well, when I wrote the message, you didn't seem to have restored any of them. You appear to have restored them all, except for this (the page in question, Matt maine, which you recreated, redirects to the redlinked page). JudgeRM 19:15, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

 Fixed, thank you. What a mess! JohnCD (talk) 19:21, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Deletion: Noel C. Spencer

Hello JohnCD,

I saw that you deleted Noel C. Spencer today for questionable notability. I understand that his record as a county legislature and involvement in the local politics of Orange County New York fail to meet the WP: Politician guidelines.

I do not have the text body for the deleted Noel C. Spencer page saved and would like access to it. In working on the page I have found more information about his involvement through charities and sponsorship to further the recognition of Caribbean and Jamaican heritage.

I would like to have the text body to establish Noel Spencer's notability for his service to this community. I understand that the awards and certificates mentioned need to be cited properly and believe that they can stand as a body of evidence or a pattern of service to this specific community.

The case I'm making is that although Noel Spencer by WP:Notability standards is not inherently notable for being a county executive he is notable when taking his political record in coupled with his Jamaican/ Caribbean heritage within the region of Orange County New York.This does follow Wikipedia guidelines as per the example WP:POLOUTCOMES bullet number 7.

This information is well established in international Jamaican publications like the Gleaner (the oldest operating publication in the Caribbean) and various local ones. This does follow Wikipedia guidelines as per the example WP:POLOUTCOMES bullet number 7.

To put it short and sweet, would you make the text body of Noel C. Spencer available so I can better establish him as a notable person and give his article another shot.

Thank you, Newburgh12550 (talk) 17:14, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Newburgh12550

@Newburgh12550: as a first step, I have emailed you the text of the article. The problem listed just below has left me out of time tonight, but I will reply in more detail tomorrow. JohnCD (talk) 22:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Deleted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INNOSS'B Page text recovery?

About a year ago you deleted the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INNOSS'B page. It looks like it had a lot of biographical information I'd love to read now, but I can't recover a copy either through google cache or archive.org. Any advice how I can get ahold of it? (And if you can undelete it - I have some notable sources for it.) 2601:45:4000:CE8C:8857:1171:C769:1E4E (talk) 05:14, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

That was deleted by "PROD-blp" - jargon for the automatic deletion of an article about a living person which has been unsourced for seven days. In those circumstances, it can be restored on demand, so I have undeleted it and reset the seven day clock. If you add a reliable source to confirm something in the article, you may remove the PROD-blp template at the top.

That may not be enough to prevent deletion. If you want to save the article, I recommend that you add more references. It is not clear to me that his career has advanced far enough to meet the WP:Notability requirement explained at WP:MUSICBIO. Also, the tone of the article needs work:

• it is too promotional (statements like "not only a good singer and performer, but also an excellent player of Djembe" need to be cut unless they can be cited to an independent source)
• it reads like a Facebook page, him telling the world about himself, e.g. that his "commitment is to use his melody to bring peace". An encyclopedia article should be written from outside, from a WP:Neutral point of view, and should concentrate on facts, not opinions.
• it has a lot about all the people he has shared the stage with, but notability is WP:NOTINHERITED.

In its present state, it is very likely to be nominated for deletion. If you want to save it, I suggest that you register an account (which is easy and free), read WP:Your first article, collect all the references you can find, and cut the article down to those facts that are referenced.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:09, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Talk:2015–16 Bengaluru FC season deletion

JohnCD, I have to apologize: when I requested that Talk:2015–16 Bengaluru FC season/GA1 be deleted, which you did (and thank you for doing so), I forgot that the GA1 page was transcluded onto the article's regular talk page and would transclude the deletion request as well, and didn't add the "noinclude" tags to prevent the G6 request from being transcluded along with it.

The regular talk page has been reconstituted by one of the regular editors, with the GA nominee template and two WikiProject templates, but I don't remember whether there was more to it than that prior to deletion. Can you please check the previous page, restore any material that hasn't been reconstituted, and also restore any history as well? The /GA1 page should remain deleted. Thank you very much, and again my apologies. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:16, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset:  Done - I have restored the deleted version of Talk:2015–16 Bengaluru FC season and merged the histories. The version of 07:41, 8 June 2016‎ is the one that was deleted; your version of 17:49, 15 July 2016 looks the same to me, but I haven't checked in detail. JohnCD (talk) 21:26, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

User YoshiFan155's undeletion requests

Hi JohnCD. I've read both your and Nthep's posts at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion in response to YoshiFan155 and have a general question about undeletion requests. YoshiFan155 has not only made requests there, but he has also requested that the same images be deleted on the user talk pages of various admins. One admin undeleted three files per his request (see User talk:B#File:FlyingSorecress2a.jpg File:FlyingSorceress3a.jpg, and File:TomandJerryTitleCard3.jpg for reference, but unfortunately the reasons why these files were deleted in the first place has not been addressed at all by YoshiFan155. The Flying Sorceress has a non-fee screenshot of the title card being used in the main infobox which is fine, but there's really no justification for the other three screenshots since the way these files are being used is purely decorative, and does not (in my opinion) satisfy the WP:NFCC#8 and WP:NFCC#3a, and are clearly contrary to the guideline WP:FILMNFI for using screenshots in articles such as this. However, I am not sure whether it would be appropriate to tag these files for speedy deletion using Template:di-disputed fair use rationale since the we the result of an undeletion request or if they should be discussed at WP:FFD instead. So, please advise.

In addition, since B has undeleted these three files, YoshiFan155 has now requested that he undelete six more at User talk:B#File:SmittenKitten4.jpg File:Jerrybrassiere.jpg File:Yankeedoodlemousescreen.jpg File:Fattymariosm64ds.jpg File:Mario64dscourtyardlwm.jpg and File:MGM Cartoon 1963 (Regular version). If these are undeleted as well, then there is a good chance that YoshiFan1955 will simply add them the articles as before with any attempt to address the NFCC concerns simply because he/she simply wants to see the deleted images badly. I think YoshiFan155 is acting in good fatih, but also that he/she does not seem to get that simply describing these screenshots and adding them to plot section is not really enought to satisfy the NFCC and is also something that FILMNFI says should not be done at all. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I've been away the last few days. While I'm still AGF at the moment, Yoshifan's lack of comprehension of the NFCC is disappointing me. As far as I'm concerned I will not undelete anything until Yoshi provides a full FUR for one of the images - one they can show that level of understanding I will be more sympahetic. I share your view that NFCC#3a and NFCC#8 are not going to be met but I would welcome an attempt. Nthep (talk) 13:42, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I agree. B's respose to Yoshifan's request for six more undeletions was to point him back REFUND: I have explained there why we have been reluctant to restore without more clarity about FUR and NFCC #8. Not sure whether to speedy-tag the three already restored or use FFD - I'll think about it. JohnCD (talk) 14:46, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I've already listed two at FFD and the other one for CSD#F6. I will leave a note for Yoshifan as s/he won't know otherwise. Nthep (talk) 14:52, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you JohnCD and Nthep for taking another look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:58, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Just for reference, an SPI has been started at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marole3 by SummerPHD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:24, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

CryptoCarbon

Please let me know why did you delete the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harigovindvasudevannamboodiri (talk • contribs) 11:08, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

@Harigovindvasudevannamboodiri: I have explained on your talk page: it fails both WP:Verifiability and WP:Notability. JohnCD (talk) 11:11, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

How to re-create a page

Good afternoon,

My name is Artur. We were in the discussion and editing of the Cambridge Corporate University page, that was deleted due the the promotional statements and referencing, that didn't cover all statements to be prooved. At that time I didn't have specialized documents, that could confirm all information published.

However, now I have most of materials and documents of registration, etc. to proove all information about the university itself. Please, could you give a clue how to start re-creation process of the page in order to do everything right.

This is the link to the deleted page, that was edited many times in October 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Cambridge_Corporate_University&action=edit&redlink=1

Will be looking forward to hear you,

Sincerely, Artur Frolov. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arturvfrolov (talk • contribs) 12:02, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) JohnCD will probably beat me to it and refund the page, but WP:REFUND has a lot of information on getting a deleted article restored to userspace -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 12:07, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

@Arturvfrolov: I will not restore the last draft, as I see that it was deleted as a copyright violation, but you are welcome to start again at Draft:Cambridge Corporate University. Advice on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 15:27, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Kwak

How is it possible that deleting a page also removes the history? Is there any way to retrieve it? - Tolkienfanatic20 (talk) 12:00, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

@Tolkienfanatic20: yes,deleting a page deletes the whole history, all the previous revisions; but they are still visible to administrators, and will normally be restored if the page is undeleted. Is there a particular page you are interested in? Kwak is a disambiguation page, and has never been deleted. JohnCD (talk) 14:35, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: Pieter Bas Kwak is the page I am looking for, and potentially other eSport pages that have been deleted - Tolkienfanatic20 (talk) 14:38, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

I deleted that as a result of WP:Articles for deletion/Pieter Bas Kwak, so I will not restore it, but if you have questions about its history, I could maybe answer them. It was started in 2006 by TomD23 (talk · contribs), who has not edited since 2009. The editor who has done most work on it recently is Prisencolin (talk · contribs), who evidently decided it could not be saved, as he was the AfD nominator. JohnCD (talk)

If you want to find more deleted esports articles from 2012‎-present, you can go to search at http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/ or http://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page--Prisencolin (talk) 16:16, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

School AfD close

Hi John. I see that you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eden English School Btl as keep. Counting the keep and delete comments, that seems reasonable. However, I think that there were significant problems with many of the keep rationales. They cite WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, which states that secondary school articles are generally kept if they are verified. However, in this case no sources establishing that this is a secondary school were provided in the article or the AfD. Surely that means the article fails WP:VERIFY? See also the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes#Secondary schools and verifiability. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:29, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

@Cordless Larry: the way to challenge the result of an AfD is not simply to over-ride it: you should take it to DRV. I have done that for you at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2016 July 21#Eden English School Btl. JohnCD (talk) 12:07, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I was planning on taking it to deletion review, but the instructions suggest discussing it with the closing administrator first. If by override, you mean this, I was perhaps hasty to turn it back into a redirect, but the unverified material (i.e. everything) clearly shouldn't have been restored. In any case, thanks for opening the review. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:11, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Spammer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kdnjha

Please stop this spammer. He created article about some local godmen Dayanand jha which got deleted. Now he is spamming about the godmen in pages. He even blanked my userpage. --Rainbow Archer (talk) 10:59, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

You blocked him for edit warring but if you see his username which ends in "jha" and the page he created Dayanand jha also has surname "jha". His most edits are about inserting about this person in pages. --Rainbow Archer (talk) 11:11, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't know the significance of the "jha" termination. This guy isn't Dayanand, who died in 2015. The passage he keeps trying to insert seems to be a quote from Dayanand, or his opinion about something. It's not commercial spamming - the material might even be useful, in the right place, if sourced, but he needs to learn how to stop and discuss, not just spam it everywhere. JohnCD (talk) 11:20, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Creation of a new university page

Hello John,

Thanks for your reply, I've studied materials you sent to me and mentioned links. The Cambridge Corporate University is the corporate university of the CPI International Group (http://cpigroup.swiss/CPI/About/34/History), (http://cpigroup.swiss/Cambridge-Corporate-University) that is under the jurisdiction of Switzerland, which is Federal multi-party directorial republic.

It means that each and every canton has its own independent laws and can decide on certificating universities and institutions. We have multiple documents of registration, then articles in a city newspaper of Wallis (canton), stating the start of the CCU teaching programs in Switzerland. And many more in digital formats as scans.

How is it possible to upload these docs (scan-copies) on Wikipedia in order to reference statements, so that people will be able to see them. Could you also please mention main documents that are necessary to upload to meet Notability.

Sincerely, Artur. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arturvfrolov (talk • contribs) 17:45, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 12:53, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Sukhmir and beyond

Hello. Can you also delete User:Hasnain Abbas Sukhmir. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 12:10, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

 Done, thanks. JohnCD (talk) 12:18, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Achraf Baznani

Hello, The artist is well known, please retore this page to rewrite it. Thank you [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] 41.140.156.231 (talk) 18:03, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

After reading WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Maromania/Archive I want to wait for advice from Ponyo. JohnCD (talk) 13:47, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

"Genie - A Terex Brand" Page

Hello JohnCD,

I reviewed your reasoning behind deleting the article "Genie - A Terex Brand." All of the content within that article that I amended was from sources researched online and in industry publications. Since I spent quite some time and research building that page out, I would greatly appreciate it if you could point out the parts of it you believe weren't neutral-sounding enough. Ideally, if you could undelete the page with the contents in question amended/removed to be more neutral, that would be fantastic. Please respond at your earliest convenience.

Cheers, LiftPro LiftPro (talk) 23:36, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

@LiftPro: I will reply on your talk page later today, or tomorrow at latest. JohnCD (talk) 10:51, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi again,

I appreciate your in-depth information about Wiki's standards on article neutrality, as this will be helpful for me, going forward with future articles. I'll take a look at the resources you included on your July 23, 2016 message to me. Thank you for retaining a few of the changes I made to the Genie article.

I'm mainly viewing things from a lifting / manufacturing industry-wide basis and started with Genie, as their presence is significant within it. Before that, I compared the Wikipedia articles of these main industry players, and noticed Genie's wasn't built-out as much, compared to that of JLG Industries, for example. I used the JLG page as a loose reference. However, that may have not been the best approach, since I noticed last week that their page was flagged for having advertising-style content on it (it previously didn't have that marker). I could still see it, since the JLG page wasn't / isn't taken down.

Going forward, I'll focus on referencing and including industry / company webpages that are solely informational and don't go into "soft" statements that could be seen as promotional.

Best, LiftPro (talk) 21:07, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Celestina wang

Hi JohnCD,okay noted. This was my second article and I have made a mistake. I will continue contributing to Wikipedia and learned a lesson. Appreciate if you could continue mentoring my article or contribution in near future. Thank you. Celestina wang (talk) 06:22, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Deletion review for Blue Embrace

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Blue Embrace. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ushabti16 (talk) 00:20, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Hello, there is several mentions at this wiki templates below about this band and this article in reliable sources. Thank you WP:ALBUM/SOURCE WP:MUSIC/SOURCE WP:MUSIC/SOURCES

@Ushabti16: it would have been courteous to ask me and wait for a reply before going to WP:Deletion review; but I would have declined to undelete it anyway, because at WP:Articles for deletion/Blue Embrace the consensus of experienced users familiar with Wikipedia's standards was clear. Just being mentioned in sources in those lists is not enough: as the introductory paragraphs say, the comment "must be from a source that is independent of the artist, record company, etc." Interviews do not count for much, because they are still the band talking about itself; what counts is substantial comment about it from people independent of it. Check out WP:MUSICBIO and WP:Notability (summary). JohnCD (talk) 12:52, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

resp Reply

Hi John, thank you for the notice on my Talk page regarding the speedy deletion request of Hypernet. I replied on my Talk page a couple of days ago and no reaction. Here's my response for your convenience.

Hi JohnCD, I should have explained in more details. The author of this article is User:Guylepage3 and even though the article is about the "Hypernet", it is also about "Blockstack" because one requires the other. The article states "The first implementation that provides DNS and Public key infrastructure for the hypernet i.e., for "traditional Internet" plus other networks like blockchain-powered content, is called Blockstack and was created by a community of open source software developers and engineers." If you check out the Github page for Blockstack you'll find a user Guy Lepage with an id of "guylepage3" is a developer of Blockstack. I thought under those circumstances, a nomination under WP:CSD#A11 was appropriate. What dya think? -- HighKing⁺⁺ 16:50, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

I know this wasn't obvious and I should have pointed it out. It's not possible to separate hypernet from blockstack and since guylepage3 is a developer of blockstack... Anyway, I'd appreciate if you could take another look. Thank you. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 15:01, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

@HighKing: sorry I missed your reply - my watchlist is now so large as to be almost useless, but I usually check my own contributions to see whether any messages are no longer "current". Yes, if something like a hoax or an A11 is not immediately obvious, it's worth leaving a note on the talk page which the reviewing admin will usually check. In this case, I get your point, and if I had known I would have actioned the speedy, but having declined it I think I will instead (later today) PROD it with an explanation to the author about OR and COI. Thanks, anyway! JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

@HighKing: FYI: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hypernet (2nd nomination). I found this interesting when I looked into it, and thought a PROD would probably be removed. JohnCD (talk) 20:28, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks JohnCD. And a nicely put reasoning too. Much better than I managed. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 12:54, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Brazilian copperfish hoax - page history?

I've found a possible addition to the List of hoaxes on Wikipedia page. The Brazilian copperfish was originally deleted as a hoax on 18 December 2008 (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brazilian copperfish) and appears to have spread to a few minor travel blogs. However, I don't have access to the page history to determine when the Brazilian copperfish article was first created and how long it lasted. Since you're an administrator with an interest in hoax-hunting, do you have access to the creation date of the Brazilian copperfish page? Calamondin12 (talk) 02:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

@Calamondin12: It was created on 3 March 2007‎, but it was actually restored after deletion and moved to User:SteveBaker/Brazilian copperfish "to be used for hoax detection". Seven years on, it's still there, with its history. Pinging SteveBaker, who I see is still active, for comment, but I see no reason why you shouldn't move it to the list of hoaxes. JohnCD (talk) 11:41, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008_December_18#Brazilian_copperfish is the conversation on WP:RD/S where this hoax was uncovered. Someone posted a question about it - I searched everywhere for a reference to this fish, the genera it supposedly belonged to, the guy who supposedly discovered it. Zip, nada, zero. At the time, I asked an admin to keep the edit history so we could try to track down the miscreant who created it. This kind of highly convincing hoax article is very hard to track down and can be very damaging - so it's important to nail the evildoer in addition to nuking the article. Anyway, feel free to delete/nuke/move the sub-page. SteveBaker (talk) 14:11, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Daniel Hasidim page

Hello

Why did you deleted Daniel Hasidim page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hasidim)?

What is the problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

@Daniel12121: I deleted it as a result of the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Hasidim (2nd nomination). Wikipedia is quite selective about subjects for articles, and for academics the "notability" standard is explained at WP:Notability (academics). That is what is referred to in the discussion as WP:PROF or NPROF. The consensus of those contributing to the discussion was that Prof Hasidim did not meet that (quite demanding) standard. JohnCD (talk) 22:18, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

JohnCD Thank you for your reply. In regard to that, I would like to ask you a question - In Daniel Hasidim CV their is onther detaile which I forgot to mention. During the last two years of his academic term in china, he was the head of the MBA program in peking university. Is that considere to be unique enough for wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 07:38, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

No. You will see from WP:NACADEMIC that just being head of a program or department is not in itself considered enough. JohnCD (talk) 13:35, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Why not? Isn't the criteria ssy that a person is notable if he is:

5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon). 6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed academic post at a major academic institution or major academic society. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 23:32, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

"Head of the MBA program" is not either of those - see this link. "Named chair" means something like the Chichele Professorships or the Slade Professor of Fine Art. "Distinguished Professor" is a particular title, e.g. Robert A. Bjork is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UCLA, Barbara Ramsay Shaw is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. "Highest-level elected or appointed academic post" means something like Vice-chancellor or President - academic head of the whole institution. JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

He is co-founder and vice-persident of Los Angeles university. The university will receive full academic accreditation from the US department of education in July 2017. When the institution will receive full accreditation, will that be enought to give him a wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 11:16, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

I don't think so. Certainly not until it is accredited by a recognised accreditation agency. Even then, I see from their website that "Los Angeles University is an online life experience university rather then a regular one." That would not count as a "major academic institution", and vice-president is not "the highest-level elected or appointed academic post". JohnCD (talk) 15:03, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

If that is the case, why deos Shai Reshef, the founder of an online institution ("Universuty of the People") got a wikipedia article under his name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with that, but from a quick look I see several differences: (a) Shai Reshef is actually the President, (b) UoP is a genuinely new educational model which he pioneered, whereas there are many "life-experience" degree mills (that term is used on LAU's own Facebook page), (c) UoP's degrees involve actual examinations, and it is accredited in a way recognised by the DoE. JohnCD (talk) 20:57, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Los Angeles university also include actual examinations and submission of academic papers. In addition they receive accredition in every cuontry they working on, and they have cooperation Agreements with the universities dating beck 200 years old from all over europe. When it will be also accredited in a way recognised by the DoE, why the founder of an american accredited university (with thousands of students from the US worldwide), should'nt he deserve to receive a wikipedia article? Many people would like to know who he is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 08:25, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Look, you are wasting your time here and clutching at straws. The LAU website says nothing about him being "the founder", it shows him as one of several "deans". But that doesn't matter, because I see no indication that LAU is any different from a hundred other diploma mills, so association with it does nothing for academic notability. Forget it, at least until LAU actually appears as accredited on the DoE's list. JohnCD (talk) 11:31, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

I know I am bothering you about it, but I have a simple question - when LAU will get full accreditation and on the site Daniel Hasidim will be mentioned as the founder, would he be entitled for an article in his name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel12121 (talk • contribs) 13:48, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

No, it would not be guaranteed, because I do not think LAU would be considered a "major academic institution" for the purposes of WP:NACADEMIC #6. JohnCD (talk) 22:02, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Ashish Seth

Dear John kindly guide,as the article created by me Ashish Seth,had been deleted by you.How can the article be improved,to be restored and worked om. the score number of article was 307,does score indicate any reason the article can be restored.Please guide,if the article becomes notable in future,can it be restored,thanks Peanutcase (talk) 07:50, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 12:22, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Dear John,Thank you,but as you say that article Ashish Seth,will be looked upon with submission,even after reliable notability issues are provided,how can old issues be resolved Peanutcase (talk) 08:00, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

@Peanutcase: if a new article has good references that show significant coverage in reliable independent secondary sources, that will be fine; when I said that it would be looked upon with suspicion because of previous sockpuppetry, I meant only that the references would be examined with particular care. JohnCD (talk) 13:23, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Creation of company page about Deskera

Hi JohnCD,

Yes indeed, my past edits are about Deskera - and you can see from history that they've been about reversing an edit - so the mention was already there.

About the company page, I do notice that the existing page was deleted - and I suspect that it is a mistake, or reasons that are not really valid. Under the conflict of interest guidelines only, I'd like to request a creation of the company page Deskera - based on the information from http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=321196095 (which is notable, independent and verifiable - and also detailed enough)

Kindly help with how to go about that, and be within the guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sansthapna (talk • contribs) 09:48, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 10:28, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I see the links and will study them and request the restoration of the page with relevant sources. Had no way to know about it earlier.

Clarification : I did not create the Deskera page - I only edited the mentions of the Deskera page in other places.

I'm Not very familiar with wikipedia; will search and add relevant disclosure information. It is not requested of me anytime, and I do not know what are necessary things there - so again thanks for the links and the information.

Sansthapna (talk) 10:44, 9 August 2016 (UTC) sa

what are you going to do i know this inst about m eim just editing why are you so mean!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toniaureada (talk • contribs) 14:08, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Jade Marlin (fashion designer)

Is this equal to salted Jade Marlin? --Marvellous Spider-Man (talk) 15:03, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

@Marvellous Spider-Man: yes, it's evidently the same man, but it's a much better article. The previous version was salted after four creations within a few days last July/August, all unsourced and obviously autobio. I think this one should be treated on its merits - I doubt it would survive AfD, but I don't think it's speediable. If it looks like surviving, I'd be willing to move it to the old title. JohnCD (talk) 21:49, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you.

Level C (talk) 16:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. This helps me a lot!

Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Level C (talk • contribs) 16:38, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Please delete these articals on me

hi Jhon, my name is pankaj yadav. some year back some of my student make these article for me Pankaj Yadav & A Classic Story as these article is about me i want them to be deleted. i submitted them for deletion but they are not deleted, i got this message from you ----

""I have declined your speedy deletion nomination, because db-author applies only where the requester was substantially the only author of the page, and that is not the case here. If you think it should be deleted, you can nominate it at WP:Articles for deletion. JohnCD (talk) 17:02, 20 November 2015 (UTC) And the same applies to A Classic Story. JohnCD (talk) 17:04, 20 November 2015 (UTC""

i am not very technical person so i didn't see your message before, today i saw. i also don't understand much how this process will work. PLEASE help me in this and delete these pages.

you can contact me on pankaj.multimedia@gmail.com or on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pankaj.multimedia

let me know if i have to provide any proof of that i am really that person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pankaj.art (talk • contribs) 19:32, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 21:48, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:Kamalesh golui

A tag has been placed on your user page, User talk:Kamalesh golui, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 11:39, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

@IdreamofJeanie: that wasn't my user page, as the name might suggest. I guess Twinkle thought it was because I had posted the first message on it. I'm glad it notified me, though, because he had posted his autobio piece on four other pages and I was able to roll them all back. JohnCD (talk) 15:00, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

AFC scripty oopsy

Looks like the AFC helper script thought you were the author of Draft:Infodynamics, I guess from the AFD page move. Not sure who should get this notice now? Cheers. -- 1Wiki8........................... (talk) 09:22, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR: ha! I got another misdirected notice from Twinkle, see just above. This one is complicated: I closed an AfD on the article as delete, and later at the author's request restored it to draft for him to work on, explaining at User talk:Raysonik#Infodynamics what would be needed for it to be acceptable. He evidently (and I think correctly) decided that there weren't the sources around to show that this was more than a trendy neologism being promoted by a small group, because he did no more, and in fact has not edited since. Then yesterday an IP made a small correction to a header and also added the "submit" template.

On the off-chance that the IP is Raysonik editing logged out, I have transferred the notices from my user page to his, and corrected the AFC template on the article to show him as the author. The IP is dynamic, but in case the same user is still on it, I have also explained at User talk:86.187.163.185 what I have done. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 10:07, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Haunted Hobbucks Tree

can i have the removed text from the Haunted Hobbucks Tree please — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Steven Smith47 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@The Steven Smith47: I will email you a copy if you enable email on your account. To do that, click on "Preferences" at the top of the page and at the bottom of the "User profile" tab enter your email address (which will not be visible to me or anyone) and check the box marked "Enable email from other users". JohnCD (talk) 17:39, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi John RE: Undeletion of "Keith St John"

Hello John,

Thank you so much for your response. The plain truth of the matter of why I did not address this matter sooner is that my mother had been in an extremely dramatic fight for her life (beginning this past September) until around 1 month ago and she needed my attention so much so that some things in my life were forced to go on "hold." I apologize profusely for my absence and I assure you at this point that it is a very important goal for me to complete a properly written and well constructed article that will be accepted.

I have read the discussions at the four links you included in your reply. In addition I have contacted Robert McClenon at TEAHOUSE regarding getting myself some proper guidance on addressing the necessary issues.

Again, Thank You so much for your help.

Keith St John (talk) 19:55, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

 Done - restored to a new location at Draft:Keith St John. 20:05, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

By the way, I have replied to him as to his request for help. I don't plan to give him the help that he wants, because what he is asking is for help in getting his autobiography accepted. At least, that is what I think he is asking. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:38, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi John RE: Undeletion of "Keith St John"

Hello John,

Thank you. I will really get working on the page.

I have a major concern though. I had created a much more completed page with a lot of sections and several paragraphs that were quite extensive and involved with headings, formatting, etc. The ongoing draft page that i had was diligently created over some time before the short info box that is there now was made!

I am very much hoping that it is all still in existence and can retrieved.

Please let me know if perhaps there is a way to find this.

Thank You again John

Keith St John (talk) 20:34, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@Keith St John: - ah, yes, I see there was also User:Keith St John/sandbox and I have restored that, too. When you have extracted what you want from it, put {{db-user}} at the top and it will be deleted, so that we don't have two versions around. JohnCD (talk) 09:53, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Page deleted

Please stop deleting my page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starkidting (talk • contribs) 14:42, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Please stop posting your page. I have explained on your talk page that Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves. JohnCD (talk) 14:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Help creating Page

Hello, I want to create a page name Mohit Baghel. Which is deleted previous three times. Wikipedia show message that this page can created by administer. So please help me. Paras7674 (talk) 02:52, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

@Paras7674: read WP:Your first article and then make a draft at Draft:Mohit Baghel. You will need good references: to have an article, it is not enough just to be an actor, see WP:ENTERTAINER. It was deleted after WP:Articles for deletion/Mohit Baghel because people did not think he had (yet) done enough to be notable in Wikipedia's sense. When your draft is ready, ask The Bushranger (talk), the administrator who closed the deletion discussion, if he will allow it to be posted. JohnCD (talk) 08:43, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Central Theft Auto

Why did you delete my Draft:Central Theft Auto page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.12.200 (talk) 22:51, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Because it's a hoax, despite you spamming it all over Wikipedia. Stop wasting our time. JohnCD (talk) 09:18, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

You hate me so I will not contribute to you anymore so I am going to tell off you from now on because I don't like you, JohnCD. I am going to do it, so I don't care for you so I won't contribute you. How do you like that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willow q (talk • contribs) 09:52, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Hey bruv, just what you let to know that i've request for a speedy deletion regarding to the draft article of Central Theft Auto. Would you have the evidence on how did you delete the article? TheRealSherlockHolmes 15:07, 15 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheNewGuys07 (talk • contribs)

@TheNewGuys07: thanks for tagging it. I'm not sure what you mean by "the evidence"? There's the deletion log, which shows I have actually deleted it twice. If you mean why, I looked for any evidence that such a film was planned, and didn't find any. All I found was that some guy on a dynamic IP, different every day, was spamming references to it all over Wikipedia. Another helpful user had reverted most of them, and I cleared the rest. If you mean how did I delete it, I'm an administrator, so I have a handy "delete" button. As the hoaxer has a new IP each day, there's no way to block him permanently, so we just have to play whack-a-mole until he gets bored. JohnCD (talk) 15:21, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Never contribute JohnCD

I am not a fan of you, JohnCD. I am going to stay away from you because you are likely to be bad to me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willow q (talk • contribs) 21:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, for my part, "I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion." If you don't want people to "be bad" to you, check out Wikipedia is not for things made up one day and Wikipedia:Verifiability. JohnCD (talk) 16:56, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Correction to a link

I decided that this is one of the rare occasions when correcting another editor's post on a discussion page is justified, but if for any reason you disagree, please let me know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 17:44, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

@JamesBWatson: I often have difficulty with links to Commons, but I do usually check my links to be sure they work. Thanks for fixing it! I am coming round to delete: you have a good point that the royal connection should have left some traces. I had hoped to check with one of the books cited, which Worldcat shows as held in my local county library system, but their catalogue doesn't list it. JohnCD (talk) 19:17, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	thanks for the edit Kennwes32 (talk) 16:51, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

@Kennwes32: thank you very much! JohnCD (talk) 19:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello JohnCD. For reasons that are so technical that I have never been able to completely understand them adding a ping to an existing post and then re-adding your signature does not work. So let me add the ping @Kennwes32: in my post so the K will be sure to see it. BTW I agree with the awarding of the barnstar and thanks for all your efforts here at WikiP. Cheers to you both. MarnetteD|Talk 19:41, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

@MarnetteD: ah, I had thought that as long as the ping and a signature were in the same edit, it worked. I shall have to be more careful. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 09:11, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Users that must be gamers using WP as a host?

This might be one of those projects you'll want to put aside for a time when you are bored...

Those involved:

• Lcraft11 (talk · contribs)
• Mackinator (talk · contribs)
• Lewiscraft (talk · contribs)
• Lewiscraft-2 (talk · contribs)
• Lewiscraft11 (talk · contribs)

Pages involved:

• User:Lcraft11
• User:Lcraft11/sandbox
• User:Mackinator
• User:Mackinator/sandbox
• User:Lewiscraft/sandbox
• User:Lewiscraft11/sandbox
• There is also a similar User:Lcraft page on Simple Wikipedia: [22] and various images in uploaded to Commons.

I've been watching User:Lcraft11 since it was created. At the time I thought if might just be innocent Wiki Markup practice and didn't pay it much mind. Earlier this week I noticed Lewiscraft (talk · contribs) editing that page, but didn't have time to explore much further.

All of those pages are primarily long lists of infoboxes with photos of world leaders and (at first glance) typical information about those world leaders.

Today I finally had the time to cross-check contribution histories, etc. I found the following:

• There is a large web of cross-edits amongst these users in the involved pages.
• There are a few logged-out accounts also editing there.
• The pages themselves look harmless enough until you realize that many of the names do not match the photos, and the much of the data is made up. Then I scrolled down to the bottom of User:Lcraft11 and found that the data appears to be related to a space-related MMORPG.

So, why I'm here: I though about creating an SPI, but I have no evidence of sockpuppetry, and they are at worst harmless meatpuppets. I could just get their pages deleted, but they look too much like Wiki Markup practice for me to make a case for that. The user's aren't being disruptive. At worst I think they simply aren't here to contribute, and I'm just here asking your opinion on how to proceed. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 21:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

@Uncle Milty: Thanks. I'll look at it when I get bored, but that might not be very soon... JohnCD (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

@Uncle Milty: looks as though they've taken the hint. I usually point people like that to Wikia, where they can do more or less whatever they like, on the same MediaWiki software. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 09:08, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks for taking the time to look at it. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 17:18, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of a photo on Wikimedia

I uploaded a picture of Michael Sdao when I thought he qualified for a Wiki page. The page was deleted due to not meeting the standards required for a page. There is no page but the image remains on Wikimedia. Can you help me delete that photo?

File:Michael Sdao.jpg - Wikimedia Common — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jannienuts (talk • contribs) 04:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

@Jannienuts: that picture is now in Commons, a separate organization for holding media files. The way to request deletion is:

• Click on File:Michael Sdao.jpg
• Click on the words "description page there" a few lines below the image.
• Now you are in Commons. Click on "Nominate for deletion" under "Tools" in the left-hand sidebar.
• In the "reason" box, write something like "Unused photo, uploader requests deletion" and click "Proceed".

It should be gone in a week or so. JohnCD (talk) 09:28, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

A quick thank-you

Hi John, Just wanted to say a quick thank-you for providing further details as to why my submission was deleted. For quick future reference... if third party sources do become available at some point in the future, would I be permitted to resubmit the article (with links to the sources, of course), provided it is written from a neutral point of view? Thank-you again. Julie Jlovisa (talk) 09:10, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

@Jlovisa: yes, provided the independent coverage is substantial, not just passing mentions. Read the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and don't post an article directly, but use WP:Articles for creation to make a draft for review by an uninvolved user. Check out WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary#Neologisms, and bear in mind that Wikipedia is very resistant to anything that looks like promotion. JohnCD (talk) 09:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Paul Johnson (presenter)

Could you please salt Paul Johnson (presenter), Up Late with Paul and Up Late With Paul? On each I had to request speedy deletion twice.--Launchballer 19:56, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

@Launchballer:  Done for the presenter, I don't think it's necessary for the others, which have only 2 deletions between them. I have watchlisted them. My finger was poised on the block button, but he didn't edit again after your final warning. JohnCD (talk) 09:41, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Help writing an article

Hi John, I really need help on writing an article, can you help me please! From HUNNSSHCU! — Preceding unsigned comment added by HUNNSSHCU (talk • contribs) 09:59, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

@HUNNSSHCU: start by reading the links in the Welcome message at the top of your talk page, particularly Wikipedia:Your first article. Make sure you have enough sources to show that your subject is notable. Then use Wikipedia:Articles for creation to guide you through the process. That will give you the option to send a draft for review by an experienced user, who will either accept it or give you feedback.

On talk pages (but not in articles) it helps to know who said what when if you end your contributions with a group of four "tilde" characters ~~~~, which the system will convert to a "signature" of your username and the time and date, like this: JohnCD (talk) 10:20, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jannienuts (talk • contribs) 14:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Proposal: New Page Reviewer user right

A discussion is taking place to request that New Page Patrollers be suitably experienced for patrolling new pages. Your comments at New pages patrol/RfC for patroller right are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:10, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Backlog

The NPP backlog now stands at 13,158 total unreviewed pages.

Just to recap:

• 13 July 2016: 7,000
• 1 August 2016: 9,000
• 7 August 2016: 10,472
• 16 August 2016: 11,500
• 28 August 2016: 13,158

You naturally don't have to feel obliged, but if there's anything you can do it would be most appreciated. I've spent 40 hours on it this week but it's only a drop in the ocean.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:10, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi. Can you please look at these two users' edits please? [23] [24] They might need to be blocked. Thanks. --88.235.28.172 (talk) 20:47, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

I have blocked the first one; the second has had no warnings at all, so I have given a {{uw-vandalism2}} warning and will keep an eye. WP:AIV, which is watched by many admins, is the best place to report vandalism, but thanks for letting me know. JohnCD (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Possible hoaxes for archive, and two false positives

Hi. I've been continuing research of old hoaxes and came across this academic paper titled "Disinformation on the Web: Impact, Characteristics, and Detection of Wikipedia Hoaxes." The text appears to include references to several hoaxes that aren't included on the page Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. These include: Steve Moertel

Tom Prescillo

Alexander Ivanovich Popov

Noah Chazzman

Dav Sorado

Mama Mo Yeah

Do you have access to the dates of creation and deletion for these articles? If you do, I can add them to the hoax list.

The paper also appears to contain references to articles that were deleted as hoaxes (Maurice Foxell and Burger King Stunners). After a bit of research, though, I've found that these articles are not hoaxes and were wrongly deleted. Maurice Foxell was indeed the Deputy Clerk of the Closet, an obscure but genuine office within the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, and according to the Glasgow Herald of 9 April 1960, he assisted at the baptism of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. The Burger King Stunners were an authentic team in the Philippine Basketball League, as documented in a GMA Network article and numerous other locations online. The latter team is now known as the Mail and More Comets, and the Burger King Stunners could perhaps be redirected to that page. Calamondin12 (talk) 01:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks - that looks an interesting paper, and I will read it while I am away for two days, but I won't be able to reply until I come back. JohnCD (talk) 09:10, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

RevDel

Hi John, Could you revdel this and this if it applies please ? (I'm not entirely sure if it does), Thanks & Happy editing, –Davey2010^Talk 22:48, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

 Done - I reckon that comes within WP:RD2. JohnCD (talk) 09:09, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Brilliant thank you, Ah so it does ... Probably should've read RD first!, Anyway thanks for your help - it's much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 10:20, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Rakesh Agrawal

On what basis did you determine that the chemical engineer was the primary topic? Page views looks like a dead heat. Each gets 10/day. wbm1058 (talk) 20:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

@Wbm1058: I did that (untidily - thanks for this) in response to a db-move request from Boleyn which seemed to me reasonable; I thought a Distinguished Professor probably outranked a Microsoft Technical Fellow. But I have no strong views, and no objection if you think it should be rearranged. JohnCD (talk) 22:02, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello. It seems that the primary title (Rakesh Agrawal) has been redirecting to Rakesh Agrawal (chemical engineer) for at least two years. This made it more difficult for people to find the other one, and was messy. I had a quick look and it seemed to confirm that the engineer was the primary topic, but I don't feel strongly either if you want to create a move discussion. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 07:33, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

@Boleyn: Oh, I see. The editor who grabbed PT status for the chemical engineer seems to have a special interest in promoting that bio, based on their contribution history.

I can't totally fault them though, as the bio of the chemical engineer was first to occupy the title "Rakesh Agrawal" (started October 2011‎). The article on the computer scientist was started by 117.224.68.188 who simply, and rather discourteously, overwrote the chemical engineer's article (September 2012).

The article on the chemical engineer was then restored by a copy-paste.

I just sorted out the article histories by merging 25 revisions of Rakesh Agrawal (computer scientist) into Rakesh Agrawal, using Special:MergeHistory. (diff)

Given this history, and the fact that the chemical engineer doesn't dominate in page views despite having the primary topic redirect, I don't think there is a definite primary topic here. I think it's hard to argue that either is primary based on "greater educational value" or "long term significance". I think the default should be to disambiguate, and if either should be primary, then we should get a consensus through discussion to make them primary. Regards, wbm1058 (talk) 00:38, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

I am new to Wikipedia!! Need your able guidance

Dear Mr JohnCD,

Greetings of the day! Thanks for bringing out to my notice that Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself. As I am new to Wikipedia, I got confused. Moreover, when I saw the Wikipedia pages of many eminent personalities, celebrities, the pages look like more personal, wherein their achievements, goals, initiatives, brands etc. are mentioned usually. With this assumption, I was under a wrong impression that I too can create my Wikipedia page wherein I can mention my environmental, social and Business Excellence related initiatives. But, as you said, it is not so. I need your input / clarifications on following two points: 1) Although the Wikipedia pages of celebrities are more personal, how are they allowed on Wikipedia? 2) How should I make my work and initiatives useful to the community on Wikipedia?

Yours, Amit Phadke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amithphadke (talk • contribs) 06:33, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 12:10, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

CraigMackie

Could you please consider shortening his block? The poor guy doesn't know better not to disambiguate like that. I looked at his contributions and I think perhaps he thought it would just be better to do that (which I thought at one early point, too). I think those creations of other pages may have been accidents. He received absolutely no warning other than an immediate block on his talk page. What he needs is a good lecture on policy, which he clearly never has received. If he's a sock that he tried really hard to make look good then OK but please, he looks innocent to me. He doesn't know better. dannymusiceditor ^{Speak up!} 15:41, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: I didn't block him for those unnecessary but not actually harmful page moves, but for creation of hoax articles - see WP:Articles for deletion/Horizon (British band), a non-existent band with facts and people mixed in from other bands; an article Frank Iero (musician) about the real Frank Iero which said among other things that he wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books; an article presenting as real a fictional band called Löded Diper from the Wimpy Kid books, illustrated with this picture of Bring Me the Horizon and a link to the website of My Chemical Romance, and more. This is not an innocent kid who doesn't know any better and just needs a warning, it's someone mucking us about for fun. JohnCD (talk) 17:19, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

His userpage did indeed paint an interesting picture, though. I do admit I didn't try looking at those articles. dannymusiceditor ^{Speak up!} 17:26, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

85.255.232.25

JohnCD, do you know 85.255.232.25? He always adds A Very Digimon Christmas as a hoax. Would you mind blocking this user? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.130.254 (talk) 10:19, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Sorry to be slow replying - I wanted to wait till I had time to look through all that IP's contributions. The hoax about A Very Digimon Christmas was only on one day, 2 July, and hasn't been repeated. We don't like to block IPs for long periods, and this one only edits every few weeks (nothing since 23 July), so I don't think a block is required. If there is any more trouble, you can report at WP:AIV. JohnCD (talk) 21:23, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Dr Pradeep Thevannoor Innovation Awards

The site that you say I copied content from has actually copied the content from the original site http://www.pptinnovationawards.in/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koshy auto (talk • contribs) 01:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

@Koshy auto: it's still a copyright violation, no matter where it was first published. In any case, copying an organization's own website does not make a satisfactory encyclopedia article, which requires references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to establish WP:Notability, and to provide sources for an article which is more than just the story the organization wants to tell the world about itself. See User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard for some background, and WP:Your first article for advice on how to write an acceptable one. JohnCD (talk) 21:27, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

User adding external links

This user only adds external links about two websites which seems to be from same company. I don't know whether this is spamming or normal links.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/LifeNorth --Marvellous Spider-Man 16:45, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

@Marvellous Spider-Man: it's spamming, see WP:EL#ADV. I'll clean it up and give him a warning tomorrow - no time now. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 21:45, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Velko Valkanov

Hello. The Velko Valkanov article was deleted per an expired BLPPROD. Reliable sources may be available for this politician ([25] [26]), but I don't know the state of the deleted article. Perhaps, it can be restored to user space to see what can be salvaged. Thank you for any help you can provide. • Gene93k (talk) 19:53, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

@Gene93k: I have restored it and reset the clock. He looks notable enough. The article author posted a number of unsourced BLPs, not all of which were "expired" when I looked at this one. I left a note on their talk page with pointers to REFB and REFUND, in the hope that they would come back and learn how to do it properly, but you may be able to source some of their others. JohnCD (talk) 20:07, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

bg:Велко Вълканов is the same guy; it has a ref that translates as "Who's Who in Bulgaria" Knigoizd. House "Trud", S., 1998, p. 127" JohnCD (talk) 20:25, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

MANJHI

why you deleted my page named MANJHI ? i have provided enough soure. please go through the page and reference too. thanx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durgarammanjhi (talk • contribs) 08:35, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

@Durgarammanjhi: I deleted it because it was writen in Hindi, but this is the English-language Wikipedia. The right place for that text is the Hindi Wikipedia, and you have already posted it there at hi:मांझी नागौर. For advice about translating into English, see WP:Translation. JohnCD (talk) 09:02, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

odoño

This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference.

13:14, 10 September 2016 JohnCD (talk | contribs) deleted page User:Odoño (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: U5: Blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a web host)

Why did you deleted my article? it was supposed to be for my band. You're not helping me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Odoño (talk • contribs) 09:04, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Odoño: Wikipedia is not here to help you promote your band. That page was (a) a copyright violation, copied from here, and (b) an advertisement, far too promotional in tone to be acceptable. Wikipedia user pages are not for that sort of thing - read WP:NOTWEBHOST and WP:COI. JohnCD (talk) 13:07, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Almost There Records

Check Almost There Records wikipedia page! I have updated one more link in references that might save the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharadvermaofficial (talk • contribs) 05:45, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Sharadvermaofficial: it's an interview, so basically you talking about yourselves - not enough, in my view, for notability, see WP:Notability (summary). I have mentioned it at the deletion discussion, which will go on for another five days, so we will see what other people think. You are allowed to comment at the discussion, but tread WP:DISCUSSAFD first.

Wikipedia is not for people to tell the world about themselves and their own businesses, or get publicity to help promote start-ups. There are sites like Facebook and other social media for that. The time for an article will be when you are well established and have achievements which make other people interested enough to write about them. Even then, your WP:COI means it would be better to leave it to someone else to write it. My advice is, don't put your effort into trying to get into Wikipedia, put it into recruiting artists and releasing music and growing your business. JohnCD (talk) 13:33, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

DELETION OF MY PAGE

I was only starting to edit stuffs on it and you just did speedy deletion. Not kul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marvellous001 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Marvellous001: the article only said he was a rapper who had released one EP. That's not enough to have an article here - see WP:MUSICBIO for what a musical performer needs to have achieved before having an article, and WP:Notability (summary) for the sort of references necessary if an article is to be kept.

If you want to take time over making an article, use WP:Articles for creation to make a draft that you can work on till it's ready. JohnCD (talk) 21:06, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Ian Hathaway

Im Ian Hathaway I'm creating the page you deleted and i didn't attack myself so why did you say i did? and can i get my page back — Preceding unsigned comment added by FieldGar (talk • contribs) 21:04, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

@FieldGar: no, because Wikipedia is not a social-networking site for people to write about themselves. It's a project to build a serious encyclopedia, which is quite different. Read Wikipedia is not about YOU and Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors. JohnCD (talk) 21:13, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

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Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

• Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
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Turnstyle

Hi JohnCD,

I read through your Speedy Deletion explanation. I understand the reasoning behind the deletion of the page I created.

I am currently interning at a company and was tasked with making a Wikipedia page for the company. I don't fully understand how to go about this, honestly. I have tried to Google the matter as well as read through various explanation pages on the Wikipedia database. So if you wouldn't mind please undeleting the page I created as well as possibly giving me a brief explanation on how to edit and form the actual encyclopedia page, so that I could prevent this from occurring again. That would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you! Omer Ariel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omer.turnstyle (talk • contribs) 17:52, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

@Omer.turnstyle: no, I will not undelete the page because it is (a) copyright and (b) promotional. I'm afraid the answer to "how to go about this" is: you probably can't, with any hope of success. Whoever tasked you is evidently under the impression that Wikipedia is another social-networking site like Facebook or LinkedIn where people and companies tell the world about themselves. It isn't; it's a project to build an encyclopedia, which is quite different. What I have already written on your talk page covers the reasons, but later tonight I will add more there to try to summarise the differences in terms which you can ahow the company, and give you the best advice I can/ JohnCD (talk) 20:49, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

NPP & AfC

A dedicated venue for combined discussion about NPP & AfC where a work group is also proposed has been created. See: Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:52, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Michael I. Miller

John this is Michael Miller. You helped me a lot last November when I was a neophyte on my Computational anatomy page. Since then I think we have had very good support and the community is contributing and I think enjoying it.

Please advise what I should do on this issue. I am being very successful in my University and in various ways, and people encouraging me to make a Wikipedia page. So I spend some time thinking and documenting my careeer. I posted it and appropriately it is going to be pulled down becuase I just realized the rules are that we cannot make our own pages (autobiography).

Can I have one of my colleagues who are Professor somehwere else post it for me now? Or since it is going to be pulled down, it really cannot appear again.

Is my name also now burned up, i.e. Michael I. Miller or Michael Ira Miller?

thank-you for the nice way you have always handled my DUMB questions. warm regards old dinosaur faculty from Johns hopkins university Mim.cis (talk)

@Mim.cis: all is not lost: autobiography is discouraged (see WP:Autobiography) but it is not forbidden, and is not in itself grounds for deletion. The notice that appeared at the top of your page was a WP:Proposed deletion, or PROD for short; the system is that they are intended for uncontroversial deletions, and the notice may be removed for any reason or none by anyone who disagrees. Only if it has not been removed after seven days is the page deleted. Yours has already been removed by an IP (unregistered user) with edit summary "remove WP:PROD tag - that's not a valid reason for deletion".

Once removed, a PROD may not be replaced, because the deletion is evidently not uncontroversial. The article may still be nominated at WP:Articles for deletion, which would start a discussion lasting seven days, where anyone can contribute, and at the end an uninvolved administrator decides what to do, not by counting heads but by considering the arguments in terms of Wikipedia policies and guidelines - in your case, mainly WP:Notability (academics). You can see what these discussions look like in this daily list: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 September 15. You would be welcome to contribute, declaring your interest.

You will understand that once posted this is no longer your article, it is Wikipedia's article about you, and others can and will edit it. In fact, you are advised not to edit it directly yourself, but to point out any inaccuracies or proposed changes on the article talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:12, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

BLP violation?

Hi JohnCD. I noticed you've posted at a couple of times at User talk:Dvdgzzrll. I'm wondering if anything needs to be done about this. Is it possible for someone to post a BLP violation about themselves? -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:02, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

No, I don't think it's a problem. If anyone is attacked, it's the city of SF, but it'll survive. JohnCD (talk) 10:39, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Proxyth

I have noticed a while back that you deleted my page, and I would like to make a comment on that. You have removed my sandbox page which I worked on. I understand there was not much proof to back up what I was stating but that's simply because I am the creator of Proxyth. This being said I feel I have the right to write about it. I tried providing information about it that came from a reliable website or source. But because I am one of the few who contribute to this micro-nation it is hard to have solid proof again. If you can back to me on how I can fix this issue and how we can get around so that a page on Proxyth can be created then please contact me as soon as you can. Thank you for your time. -Jacob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pccd12 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

@Pccd12: your sandbox was deleted because it had not been edited for over six months, so it can be restored if you like, but I am reluctant to do that because you will be wasting your time if you try to get it published as an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about their own ideas and projects: the test for inclusion is called Wikipedia:Notability and requires references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Youtube, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Wikipedia:Notability (summary).

More background is explained at Wikipedia is not for things made up one day and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

I usually point people who want to write about their micronations to Wikia, but I see you already have a page about Proxyth there. Micronation.org is another site you could use. JohnCD (talk) 09:20, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

@JohnCD: I understand, I would like it to be restored because I would just like what I wrote so I can have it instead of re-writing it all, but if it is a struggle for you and will be a problem than disregard and thank you this helped me alot.

@Pccd12: I have emailed you a copy. JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

NPP & AfC

After 5 years of unstructured discussion since ACTRIAL, a dedicated venue has been created for combined discussion about NPP & AfC where a work group is also being composed to develop recommendations for necessary changes to policies and related software. It is 'not an RfC, it is a call for genuinely interested users who have significant experience in these areas to join a truly proactive work group. There is some reading to be done before signing up. See: Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kudpung (talk • contribs) 04:17, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

kris degioia

She is not writing for herself! She saved my sister from taking her own life, due to cyber bullying. After that she became my mentor and I am simply using her account to make this page for her. She has helped a lot of women and men. The only reason she signed to be on the show the daily push is so she could reach a lot more people (since the show is worldwide) on cyberstalking. She has just recently put her name with the case. You deleting this only proves one thing and one thing only, that you believe that cyber stalking is not a crime. You are not allowing people to know they have a voice. If I need to created my own account to clear up any confusion please let me know, bc I am writing his not her. Unless you want women to stay silent about it then put it back up. Hanged will be made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisdegioia (talk • contribs) 19:05, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

@Krisdegioia: Wikipedia is not here to help her "reach a lot more people". That is not what an encyclopedia is for, see Wikipedia:Advocacy. I have replied in detail on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 19:46, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Userfying portal and subpages

In January 2016, you reverted your move of Portal:Deep Web to User:Rezonansowy/Deep Web Portal after closing the MfD, but forgot to redo this move with subpages. Can you please move Portal:Deep Web, its talk page, and their subpages to User:Rezonansowy/Deep Web Portal, User talk:Rezonansowy/Deep Web Portal, and the corresponding user and user talk subpages now w/o redirects? 24.205.24.240 (talk) 02:21, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Sorry about that, I don't know why I didn't finish the job at the time! JohnCD (talk) 16:59, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Special Barnstar
		For helping me fix my talk page. The Phase Master (talk) 15:25, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

My pleasure, but thank you! JohnCD (talk) 16:15, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Sock

I didn't get this. I've never come across this user – is he a sock of Padmalakshmisx? —Vensatry _(talk) 16:01, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

@Vensatry: sorry, I created that wrong. I meant to add it to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kichappan, which I have now done. I reckoned that it was Kichappan, based on the signature, but he put your name on two Padmalakshmisx socks as well as three of his own, so its not entirely clear which member of your fan club this is. Are the two related? JohnCD (talk) 16:14, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

I've lost count on the number of Padmal socks that I've reported. I think I've come across Kichappan, but haven't interacted with him though. —Vensatry _(talk) 16:21, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Drew Zingg

Hello.. I would like to post a page on Drew Zingg, a guitarist. I see that there formerly was a page, but it was deleted for a copyright infringement. Is it possible for me to see the previous page to see if I can just modify it? The website in question seems to have nothing to do with Mr. Zingg. Not sure what happened there. I have discovered several articles on the web that I could use to write / or modify a new and improved page. Please let me know. Thanks Ncmtman77 (talk) 01:33, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

@Ncmtman77: that website has obviously been abandoned, but you can read the exact same text as the deleted article here - it's evidently his standard bio spiel. By all means make an article: read WP:Your first article and WP:MUSICBIO for advice, and note particularly the need for references to verify what the article says. Don't copy from other sites, and I don't advise just trying to modify this one - beware of WP:Close paraphrasing. It's at least five years old, anyway, so there may be more to say. JohnCD (talk) 10:25, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

In reply to your message

I am grateful that you responded. You've helped to further educate me about Wikipedia.

Respectfully,

Carter Collins — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartercccollins (talk • contribs) 19:07, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

My pleasure. Wikipedia and its rules and customs are a bit of a jungle, but fortunately there are human guides. JohnCD (talk) 19:54, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

A11 Marco Carmona

I see that author username User:Noil01 is the same that the artist pseudonym in DeviantART (self-promotion). And it has no more contributions. It doesn't even have article in Spanish, in Mexico is not so well known as to have encyclopedic value. Xzit (talk) 16:33, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@Xzit: well spotted. Another time, it would help the reviewing admin if you make a note of something like that on the article talk page. I still don't consider A11 appropriate, because he didn't "invent/coin/discover" himself. Autobiography is not directly a cause for deletion, but it makes one look very hard at sources and claims of importance. {{db-person}} would be appropriate, and I have added that. I didn't delete it directly myself, because except it 100% certain cases it's best to get another pair of eyes, so we'll see what another admin thinks. JohnCD (talk) 20:07, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

User:The Film Scorer and Researcher

Hi JohnCD. You previously issued a create4 warning for User:The Film Scorer and Researcher. I had them on my watchlist because of a uw I posted about non-free image use and I noticed this edit to their userpage. I took a look at it does seem that they might be misunderstanding what kind of content is allowed on userpages. Anyway, I left a userpage warning on their talk page, and then took a look at the edit history just to see if they had been adding non-free content to any other articles. I found List of Joaquin Timothy Tan's quotes which seems to be a list of quotes that this particular editor likes. I tagged it for speedy per A7, but it seems more like an extension of this editor's userpage than an actual article. Anyway, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at this editor's userpage and the list article just to make sure I am not misreading things. If I did, please feel free to removed the userpage warning and the speedy tag I added to the list article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Blocked as WP:NOTHERE, thanks. JohnCD (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you taking a look. If this editor is really 13, then perhaps they just misunderstood what Wikipedia is about and will eventually decide to return as a productive editor. If they are not 13, then maybe they really should be somewhere else. Is there, btw, a minimum age that an editor has to be in order to register an account? -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

No, anonymity means there would be no way to enforce it. The youngest I have seen was (or claimed to be) 6. They get pointed to WP:YOUNG, and anything that gives too much personal information gets suppressed. I did that for this userpage once before, and have just requested it again. JohnCD (talk) 08:37, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:TANJ listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:TANJ. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:TANJ redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Elvey^(t•c) 20:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. I have commented there. JohnCD (talk) 14:07, 18 October 2016 (UTC)