User talk:Gwen Gale

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[edit] Foresight Linux

Could please restore the Foresight Linux page and tell me which sections or lines violated the advertising policy. I am not the original authors of the article but I am Foresight developer and would like to fix this error so we can have our page back on wikipedia. SpecialKevin (talk) 21:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I know this can be daunting. Have you read this page yet? All the best, Gwen Gale (talk) 21:06, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I did read that page and I was hoping you could restore the page so I could fix the issues you had with advertising in it. 208.78.65.58 (talk) 15:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm happy to restore this to give you more time. Mind, without reliable, independent sources showing this OS has gotten some coverage other than Internet listings and has some meaningful installed user base, the article, however neutrally written, amounts to advertising and this has nothing to do with my or anyone else's take on how helpful or worthy the distro may be. Please feel free to ask me more questions. Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 15:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned Article

HI Gwen,

An autobot put a popup on the DeVito/Verdi page stating: This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it.

I was wondering if you knew the way to get it removed?

Thanks!

NYennis (talk) 14:52, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I've added the article to (the bottom of) List of advertising agencies. Also, you might go through the linked list of many notable clients in DeVito/Verdi and, very heedfully, if you can, add something neutral and encyclopedic (not at all promotional sounding) about DeVito/Verdi into an existing text section about the marketing activites. Don't spam them all though, I'd say pick 1-3. After this has been done, if other editors are ok with these edits (which they will likely be if the wording is neutral and even more helpfully, sourced), the orphan tag (which is not a big deal) can be taken off. Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 15:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clear span structures

There is absolutely no blatant advertising on this page. The first paragraph is a definition of what a clear span structure is, and it's clearly noted where that information has come from. The mention of Mahaffey Fabric Structures is a clear fact, and is known throughout the world, and especially the tent and fabric structure industry. It is a clear, well-known fact, and therefore, there is absolutely no advertising. Please advise, and please keep this article up and running, as it is purely educational.Mtc38118 (talk) 17:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia, being an encyclopedia, has a definition of blatant advertising which is likely different from yours. Can you provide multiple independent sources which use the term clear span structures as an engineering or structural term? Have you read this page? Have you read Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines? Please let me have your continued questions and all the best, Gwen Gale (talk) 18:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I see that you have tried to recreate this page twice, for a total of three attempts. I am curious, would you have had any interest in creating this article if not for the opportunity to include the link to Mahaffey? Gwen Gale (talk) 18:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Moreover, there are some worries you have been editing from multiple accounts to skirt Wikipedia policy (this is your other account, which I have now blocked because it strays from Wikipedia's username policy). This is called sockpuppetry and is also blockable if you open yet another, third account. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jesus bloodline

Loremaster is the Vandal. Who just happens to be the sole owner of the article in question (against Wikipedia Policy). It's a universal trait for all believers in the Jesus Bloodline to painstakingly point out and emphasise that Jesus Christ's wife was NOT a prostitute. Thanks. Wfgh66 (talk) 19:05, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't see any vandals at all, I mostly see edit warring. Please talk out your differences on the talk page, thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 19:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
But Loremaster wants to have the Last Word on the Last Word. He views it as his article. Wfgh66 (talk) 19:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
WP:OWN is often part of edit wars. Controversial topics often go through rough patches but edit warring is never helpful. Try the talk page, ok? Gwen Gale (talk) 19:16, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Accusations that I am possessive of the articles I have taken an interest in may have some merit since I am human after all. However, I have always explained my edits which have almost always been guided by Wikipedia guidelines rather than personal whims. That being said, User:Wfgh66 is Paul Smith, a well-known debunker of the Priory of Sion hoax with a strong tendency to engage in original research characterized by a need to always hammer a point in the head of his readers. In light of his overzealous mindset and behavior (which is documented in the archives of the Talk:Priory of Sion page), I don't think he will ever want to resolve this dispute through compromise. Therefore, I propose you unlock the Jesus bloodline article so I can edit it to include the new text I proposed and block him for a day or two if he starts engaging in an edit war. --Loremaster (talk) 06:41, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Dispute resolution and maybe a request for comment may be the answer here. Meanwhile, any shred of disputed and unsourced text can be taken out of an article. Disputed but sourced wording can simply be quoted directly in the narrative (but never through long passages). Gwen Gale (talk) 08:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Understood. --Loremaster (talk) 09:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Miss Pakistan World

Thanks for your help regarding this article. I tried mending the article and citing references but these references were ignored and the article was cleared and my edits flushed down the bog (pardon my chessiness). This article has now been nominated for an AFD here. I would suggest that you take a note of that and participate as is possible. Thank you once again. SholeemGriffin (talk) 19:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Gwen Gale (talk) 19:36, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I need advice on how to tackle the abuse going on at Sonisona's talk page against Arun Reginald. She is totally accusing him of tampering with this article when he was the one who attempted to make the article of a NPOV. I agree that the article is not all about controversy but the fact is that the history of the pageant is all that controversial. Someone else has nominated the article for AFD and some other person has put the amboxes in the article but Sonisona is blaming it all on Arun. I personally think that it is very unfair to undermine his contributions in such a manner as I too have contributd similar material to the article. Please advice me on what to do. Thanks. SholeemGriffin (talk) 22:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You might want to have a look at dispute resolution, however it does look as though the article is on its way to deletion. Gwen Gale (talk) 22:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guillermo Valle H

Hello we just notice that you delete a biography for Guillermo Valle, so we would know the reason, i would let you know that he is helping a lot to the tennis development at Ecuador, he found the first tennis web site at his country and people like the former Roland Garros 1990 championship incentive his labor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webssolutions (talk • contribs) 22:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I know this can be daunting. Have you read this page yet? All the best, Gwen Gale (talk) 22:02, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question about Deletion for Blatant Advertising

  • RedGrove

Hiya Gwen,

First of all, all my respect for the job done as a Wikipedia administrator. Wikipedia is a great tool and I do admire those who help building it.

I have to admit I do not understand my deletion for the "redgrove" article for blatant advertising because I tried to offer an objective description of a service offered on the same model than other services on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Web_2.0

Company, concept, public, features... all described in "non-superlative" terms.

I mostly regret that decision because, I do think their should be room not only for big brand names as Google Maps or Google News or Google Reader...

I really hope you will find time to consider my request and enclose the beginning of that description below ... in case you don't have a bedtime story for tonight ...

Best Regards,

Pierre-Etienne [snip (PI rm'd)]

Hi. Please don't put proposed article content on this talk page. Have you read this link yet? Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 12:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

>>> Hi, I surely did and do think it was not an "An overenthusiastic analysis", ... that's why I asked your opinion. If some expressions seemed "tendencious", may I repost a modified version where absolute neutrality will rule or did the general presentation bothered you???

Thanx again

Pierre-Etienne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petienne (talk • contribs) 13:12, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

The article as written made no assertion of significance or importance. Moreover, the page I linked to talks about the importance of independent, reliable coverage ("attention from the press"). Please see Wikipedia's notability standards, thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 13:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
No worries ... I'll be back with assertion of significance and importance ...

Petienne (talk) 13:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

Thanks for catching this. Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 15:15, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Harryboyles 15:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)