User talk:Mwtoews
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Talk, talk, talk... Mwtoews 23:37, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Requested move
FYI, I am going to de-list your ESRI shapefile → Shapefile move request. The steps for requesting a page move were not followed so no one else had a chance to see or vote on the request. Those steps put the article in a category and make a convenient place to vote. Feel free to re-list the request. —Wknight94 (talk) 10:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New userboxes
I have deleted a userbox template you recently created, as userboxes should no longer be created in templatespace per the terms of the German userbox final solution. Here is the userbox code so that you can recreate the userbox in your userspace ("userfying") if you wish.
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--Cyde Weys 14:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re Marc Bell
I was just cleaning out Category:Articles that need to be wikified at the time. I have never heard of subject of the article before, so the article must have been titled with the II at the time and I just went with it. Good that you caught this. HollyAm 22:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Darcy's law
you might want to take a look at some recent edits there. the new formula incorporating viscosity i know is incorrect, but right now i don't have time to sort through it and the other changes. :( maybe if you get a chance you can. tia, Lunch 02:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's a strange and foreign perspective, and it looks like there are mistakes (since it mixes ΔP and μ — this (last formula), however, is correct, since it uses ΔH with μ). I think that this article should be presented both from [the more intuitive] Hydraulic conductivity and [more abstract, but general] Permeability (fluid) perspectives (rather than one or the other). Sadly, I too lack time for anything but my Thesis stuff at the moment, so I'll take a closer look on a lighter day. +mwtoews 22:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thurber Engineering Ltd.
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, Thurber Engineering Ltd., has been tagged for speedy deletion because its content is clearly written to promote a company, product, or service. This article may have been deleted by the time you see this message. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service. Thank you. KenWalker | Talk 07:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, I got your note on my talk page about the deletion of the Thurber Engineering Ltd. article. I intended no offence by marking the article, but it did appear to me that it did not meet the Notability policy for companies. The general understanding that I have is that Wikipedia is not a directory or a place to advertise a company, see SOAP where the advertising requirement is spelled out and the notable company exception is referred to. Although the article was neutral, it really only named the company said what it was and provided a link to the company web site. It appears that the admin that deleted the article agreed that it met the requirements for speedy deletion (see item 11). I think AMEC, listed on the London stock exchange meets the notability test although I have not had a close look at it. I am not an admin I only marked the article as appearing to be advertising so I do not have any way of undeleting it. You may want to have a look at Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted?. There is a link there to Wikipedia:Deletion review which might be useful for you. You can find the Admin who deleted the article in the deletion log by clicking on the red link above to the article and then on Deletion Log. The note G11 there is a reference to General - 11 in the Speedy Deletion article above. I do understand that this process can be annoying. It has happened to me too. Anyway, I hope that helps. Cheers, KenWalker | Talk 01:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll look to re-adding it at some point. I thought I had cleared the SOAP policy (which I fully support), and I was going to work on the article some more (more particularly the founders, which are legendary figures for engineering geology in British Columbia). Also, take note that there are many other engineering companies that have legitimate articles, see. +mwtoews 03:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- As mentioned above, Wikipedia:Deletion review is the process for having an article un-deleted. The article, in my opinion, did not assert meeting any of the criteria specificed in WP:CORP. It was nominated for deletion as spam and I considered that as a reasonable request. It also could have been deleted as a group lacking notability. The article needs to assert meeting the criteria for any article. You are free to re-create the article once you have enought material to meet one of the criteria in WP:CORP. It is up to the editor of an article to have the article assert that it meets one of the listed criteria. Since I know nothing about the company, I can not suggest what that might be, however simply having interesing founders is probably not sufficent. Also, comparing this article to others that are present and using that as a reason to keep is not valid. It is very possible that those articles would also be deleted if someone looked at them. You should also tag an article that is very short as a {{stub}}. That does not prevent deletion, but is convention for really short articles that have asserted notability for the article. I hope this helps. Vegaswikian 06:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification. +mwtoews 07:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
