User talk:Thorncrag/Archive/January 2012

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hed-Arzi

I thought I've already added "references to reliable sources. For instance, coverage in media or other reliable third-party sources". Can you please be more specific? Why the existing references are not meeting your criteria? -- 69.111.166.5 (talk) 19:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with the sources that you included; however, I feel that the article does not explain why the company is or was notable or had an impact. The article needs to show that, otherwise it would be subject to deletion.    Thorncrag  00:51, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you from stopping this article's creation!!! I discovered that the confusing info in existing Hed Arzi Music article -- "The company was created by Algerian immigrant Shlomo Bensussan in 1962" -- was an unsourced fake inserted by an anonimous user with no other contributions. Nobody in the Internet knows this Shlomo Bensussan. Thus, there is only one Hed Arzi, not two of them. So, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hed-Arzi must be deleted as I already copied all related info into the Hed Arzi Music article. -- 69.111.166.5 (talk) 07:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad that was cleared up! Thanks again.    Thorncrag  02:38, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 16:37, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback

Hey thanks for the feedback on my article. I noticed really the only problems were in unreliable sources. I'll try to find some better sources, but do you know anyone who writes articles on this category (music) that I could contact & ask for some help finding sources?

173.35.80.243 (talk) 02:34, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about the "thanks for feedback" without signature!

Hey sorry bout the "thanks for the feedback" without my signature! That was Nifiser. I wrote the article in the link.

Nifiser (talk) 02:41, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, your best bet might be to look through the revision history of the Alyssa Reid to see who contributed to it, then popping onto their talk page and leaving a message to see if they would be willing to help. That being said, you can add sources you find to the article as well. Using search engines like Google to find coverage can be very effective, and often times if the subject is rather notable you can search Google News to find media coverage. Just remember to keep in mind the guidelines for reliable sources when selecting which ones to include in an article. If you need help, you can leave me a message on my talk page, you may also use the {{helpme}} tag, or you may join the live help chat #wikipedia-en-help (click the link to access, or click here if you use an IRC client). There is also the Wikipedia help directory which you can use to search or browse through help topics. Also, please don't be discouraged that your article may have been declined! Wikipedia has some pretty tough guidelines for what is allowed to be included. It takes a while to get used to them is all. Cheers!    Thorncrag  23:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

renaming a wiki post

Hello,

I would like to rename a wikipedia post (for example, to change the title from "Johnathan Smith" to "John Smith"). What is the best way to do this? If it's impossible, can I create a post for "John Smith" that redirects to Johnathan Smith, etc?

Thanks! Julianeyman (talk) 14:40, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi there! To rename an article you actually use the "Move page" function. Moving relocates to the new desired name and leaves a redirect behind so as to not create a broken links anywhere. To answer the second part of your quest, yes it is possible to redirect other names to the desired destination. To do that we add a #REDIRECT tag to the article. If you let me know what you would like done I can do it for you, and you can take a look at what I did so you can see how it is done.    Thorncrag  23:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Alyssa Reid

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Argolin (talk) 01:22, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

please help with my submission

Hi there,

I was wondering if you could help me with my article. You were the third reviewer, and kind enough to leave a comment, but I am perplexed as to why my submission won't be accepted, or what it is I am doing wrong?

COuld you please help me on where I can expand or verify parts in order to prove this person please?

I am writing a biography on him for my university, hence why i was surprised there was no wiki-page, as other engineers and producers who work with him are present. I thought It would be great for my submission piece to have my biography published through Wiki.... please help?

I look forward to your reply!

Many thanks!

Vix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreamyqueeny (talk • contribs) 15:31, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

p.s.... sorry... page lonk is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Seth_%22FIRK%22_Firkins

Kind regards Vix (talk) 15:36, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest that you add a more clear picture of exactly why the person is notable - it's not precisely clear from reading the article. Try to describe the impact he may have had on the industry or specific other notable people. And of course, any statements would need to be supported by reliable third-party sources. Once you do that, the article will be in much better shape. Cheers!    Thorncrag  17:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

re: renaming/redirecting posts

Thanks for your input, and for offering to help me with this, Thorncrag!

Specifically, I would like to create a new wikipedia page for "Curt Ellis" and create a redirect from an existing wikipedia page for "Curtis Ellis". However, when I tried to create a page for "Curt Ellis" the page was declined because the "Curtis Ellis" page already exists. Please help!

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julianeyman (talk • contribs) 23:47, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Aren't they the same person?    Thorncrag  01:41, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! Hope you like the Falafel ;)

Dear User:Thorncrag This Falafel is for you acknowledging your quick review of my submission and critical reviews. I have tried to improve on the article in accordance to your remarks. The page has been resubmitted for review. I hope it meets the criteria to be accorded the status of an article. I am welcome to further improvement which I'm going to be continuously doing with the article in any case; in due course of time. Warm regards abdars (talk) 06:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Adolph Rupp Page

Thorncrag,

I wanted to alert you of an ongoing situation I am having with another user on the Adolph Rupp page. The situation has been ongoing for a few weeks now. A few weeks ago I went on the Adolph Rupp page to read the history of the coach. I was curious about his past and I did what I usually do to learn about something quickly, I checked his wikipedia page. When I read the page, I found it loaded with points that were not cited, extremely subjective, not in a neutral point of view and just generally slanted towards making the individual looks as good as possible. Many of the points that were cited were cited from a popular UK basketball blog.

I began to make some smaller edits and removing content that was not acceptable to an encyclopedia. Every edit that I made was reverted immediately by the same user. I also attempted to add in a section about some serious violations of NCAA rules that happened when Adolph Rupp was the coach at UK. Essentially, UK basketball was the first school to receive any penalty from the NCAA for rules violations. I added what I thought was a fair and objective section on the event that I cited to a few unbiased sources on the web. My edits were again reverted by the user. He claimed that my edits were not factual and completely inaccurate.

At this point I became frustrated and alerted another editor of this situation. This editor went through and made some changes to the page based on the same issues that I wrote about above, the article was not meeting academic standards at all. He was very helpful and neutral in his edits. However, the user who was reverting all these edits became angry and combative to the changes being made to the page. Eventually, we were able to reach consensus on a few points. However, this user kept changing the page even after we agreed on the edits to be made. He also added all the other sections back in that were not written in a neutral point of view. A few days ago, he made over 45 edits to the page.

This user has a long history of making biased edits to UK basketball pages. He also has a long history of reverting any other edits to the pages that he personally disagrees with. He literally owns the Adolph Rupp page. I have since given up on trying to make the page historically accurate or meet Wikipedia's standards for content. No matter what changes I make or anyone else makes, he will revert them or rewrite them later to suit his own point of view. Why is a user like this still able to make edits to pages on wikipedia? Why is a user who has a long history of making biased edits (and other violations that have brought him temporary bans) still able to freely edit wikipedia?Leochews (talk) 04:41, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thorncrag,

Completely untrue and unfair. I have reverted edits that were not factually accurate, and eventually we have reached a consensus on this page (Adolph Rupp). Every single thing I have added is factually accurate, unbiased, and credited with sources, and yes, I have made several edits for sentence structure and typos. I'm about accuracy, not lies. Further, the poster above has posted biased information and vandalism as an unregistered user on the Adolph Rupp page for weeks before it was semi-protected. Once it became semi-protected, this same person then magically decided to register an account, with the sole purpose of editing this page and other ones related to it. Also, for the record, this person has also reverted as many edits of mine as I have his. Further, I have only edited any of his edits simply because they were either factually inaccurate or lacked credible sources, or both. This person (who has been registered with Wikipedia for less than a week) is now running everywhere and trying to get me banned for posting or editing. This is crazy, as all I've done is try to provide accurate historical information, and he has a track record for vandalism as an unregistered user.Jbfwildcat (talk) 08:07, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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