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Nazarin Agakhani

Hello Kotivalo,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Nazarin Agakhani, may be copied from http://nazaninaghakhani.com/life. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Nazanin Aghakhani

Hello Kotivalo,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Nazanin Aghakhani for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Swiss3312 (talk) 10:17, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing

Hi Kotivalo. Can you please read WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASING? I've looked over the articles you've created recently and it appears as if you are copying other websites too closely. You should use references as a source of information and rewrite everything in your own words rather than copy and pasting and then rewording it to make it appear different. It would also be a good idea to review WP:BIO since it is not immediately clear that the subjects are sufficiently notable to have their biographies included here. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 15:46, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi SmartSE, Please tell me which one of my biographies are not notable enough so I won't waste my time editing them for copyright violation:

• Tapani Hyvönen, Executive board member, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, and managing director and owner of one of the largest design offices in Scandinavia;
• Nazanin Aghakhani, young female conductor, composer, and pianist with a soaring international career and half a dozen recordings;
• Tom Kuchka, American-Finnish bluegrass instructor for decades, awarded by European World of Bluegrass? –Kotivalo (talk) 16:12, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

I haven't looked into them in detail, but articles don't have sufficient sources at the moment to survive at articles for deletion. The best way to judge notability is using google news archive (or something similar to it like factiva if you have access) or google books. To be included they need to have been written about in several different magazines, newspapers or books (not just mentioned). From my quick searches only Tapani Hyvönen is notable, but I can't be sure as I can't read the full versions of the books that mention him. It's things like this that we need. SmartSE (talk) 16:37, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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MTV

Hei, pitäisi palauttaa lähteistetty versio MTV:hen, koska MTV Media on muuttunut MTV:ksi. Kiitos jo etukäteen. --85.76.36.50 (talk) 22:20, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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Salora

Ovathat Salora-tuotemerkki ja tuotteet olemassa, mutta toisin kuin kirjoitat, niin Suomessa syntynyt Salora on nykyään Alankomaissa:. Kyseessä on täysin toinen toimija kuin intialainen Salora:

Salora | Albers Trading

Ervaring sinds 1928

Salora International BV

--85.76.19.41 (talk) 19:22, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Kiitos, että olet huomioinut Alankomaissa toimivan Saloran (tuotemerkki suomalaista alkuperää) ja Intiassa olevan Saloran eron. Koska Salora-artikkelissa kuitenkin edelleen lukee esim.: Saloran tuotemerkki siirtyi helmikuussa 2006 hollantilaiselle yksityishenkilölle, niin parempi olisi laittaa tilalle kokonaan korjattu versio 15. elokuuta 2014 kello 11.00. Tuo "hollantilainen yksityishenkilöhän" on Albers Trading B.V., jossa Trading ei suinkaan ole sukunimi, vaan kaupankäyntiä/kaupantekoa/kauppaa tarkoittava englannin kielen sana. --85.76.150.81 (talk) 00:18, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Mikset muokkaa itse, ja miksi keskustelet asiasta en-wikissä? –Kotivalo (talk) 16:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Syynä Ortfanin (& kumpp.) suorittama kategorinen leimaaminen joksikin todisteitta (sinänsä outoa, sillä tämähän on "vain" tietosanakirja, ei oikeusistuin), vaikka mikään sotkeminen tms. vandalismi ei ole kyseessä. Edellä olevaan liittyen et saisi viestiäni, sillä Otrfan ym. poistavat asiallisia kommentteja keskustelusivuilta. --85.76.145.60 (talk) 20:33, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Ahaa, olet ilmeisesti WPK tms. Kiitos ja näkemiin. –Kotivalo (talk) 20:36, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Seppo Salko

Could you please expand on why you tagged Seppo Salko for deletion as an attack page? I can't find anything in the article that would meet that particular speedy deletion criteria. Thank you, --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:55, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

A Finnish editor has, under several user IDs, started and edited several articles concerning an unsolved child abuse scandal in a Finnish missionary school in Taiwan. On Finnish Wikipedia discussions, the editor confesses that this is to advocate justice in the case and to attack the alleged perpetrators and their conspirators. All of these articles are to be deleted from fi-wiki according to consensus by several regular editors. – Also, many of the articles' subjects, such as Seppo Salko, don't meet the notability criteria. I hope this helps. –Kotivalo (talk) 19:20, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

There is still nothing specific in the article that can be seen as an attack which would allow for the speedy deletion criteria to apply. If you believe that deletion is necessary the best route would be to start an articles for deletion discussion and explain your rationale there. The English language article can only be deleted in accordance with English Wikipedia policy and a discussion is the most appropriate venue to address the concerns if you seek to have the article deleted. I don't doubt your reasons for making the request, but the deletion policy does not allow me to speedy delete the article based on the circumstances you describe. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:28, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Also, if you do start a deletion discussion, could you please let me know so I can watchlist it? If the consensus there is that there is indeed an immediate need for deletion then we could revisit that option.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:31, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

I leave it be, since the deletion procedure on en-wiki seems so much more cumbersome than on fi-wiki. I don't have the time or energy to read pages of instructions, sorry. Btw, the article was just speed-deleted from fi-wiki. –Kotivalo (talk) 19:52, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Alternatively, you could post a note at this noticeboard outlining your concerns if you find the deletion process too cumbersome.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:14, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

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