User talk:Heather

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[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia!

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Best of luck, Heather, and most importantly, have fun! Ombudsman 00:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New votes on Jewish articles

Hi Heather: The votes that were cast about the recent Jewish articles were stopped and relisted for a new ("2nd") vote, all can now be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jewish summer camps and local organizations. Best wishes. IZAK 06:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Libya

Please feel free to evaluate the Libya article which has become a 'Featured Article Candidate' and write you support or opposition on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Hopefully Libya will become only the second African country to be featured on Wikipedia. Thanks --User:Jaw101ie 12:30, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article for deletion: Gnaa, Nigeria

The article Gnaa, Nigeria has just entered its 3rd AfD. There's been considerable debate in the past as to:

Does such a place even exist?
If a place does exist with that name, is it notable?
Is this all a hoax perpetrated by the other GNAA, the Gay Niggers Association of America; they issue press releases datelined Gnaa, Nigeria.

I understand you have edited Nigerian articles extensively -- if you get the chance, can you maybe take a look and render an opinion pro or con? Thanks, --A. B. 00:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GCotW

You showed support for Gaming Collaboration of the week.
This week N/A was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help.

[edit] Maraba Coffee

Hello! As you're a Wikipedian interested in African topics, I'm writing to notify you that the Maraba Coffee article is now a 'Featured Article Candidate'. Please feel free to evaluate the article and write your support or opposition at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Thanks — SteveRwanda 14:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flat Earth

If you want to see when Flat Earth gets nominated for FA again just add Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Flat Earth to your watch list. When you see it get moved to archive1 it has been renominated. Jay32183 00:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Good day, Heather. Rather than create a new section on your talk page, I may as well add a inquiry to this section; namely, does a fictional work set on a flat world merit a mention in the Flat Earth article when it really has more to do with a flat world than the flat Earth? Perhaps a separate article should be created, like Fictional writings containing flat worlds or Flat worlds (novels), and an sourced analysis of the worlds' inclusion in the Flat Earth article. What do you think? Do you have any other ideas where it would be a good idea to take an article? Gracenotes ^T § 04:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Nikhil Parekh

I have just placed this notice on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikhil Parekh page, and am bringing every voter's attention to it as promised.

Comment. Sigh. Despite the inevitable tirade that this will unleash, I am sorry to have to bring new information to the table. I have this morning received an email from Vijaya Ghose, editor of the Limca Book of Records. "Dear Mr (----), We have enlisted a couple of claims of Nikhil Parekh. Longest Poem is not one of them. He has formidable competition in John Milton's Paradise Lost and our own Mahabharata. However, he has written to many heads of state and has received replies but not from the head of state but the secretary or executive assistant. He is is the first from India to feature on Eppie. We checked with them. Regards Vijaya Ghose. So Parekh, though probably not notable as a poet, is indeed an Indian world record holder. I suspect that this changes the balance on his notability, though the article would still require a great deal of clear-up. I will notify everyone who took part in this vote and ask admins to extend debate a little. Sorry.

I don't know whether this changes your vote, but thought you should know. Vizjim 06:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Romanticismlifeandtimes

See my note at User talk:Nehwyn#Romanticismlifeandtimes... —Wknight94 (talk) 19:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

You have been invited to join the WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Africa. If you'd like to join, just add your name to the member list. Thanks for reading!

Belovedfreak 20:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please use English

I noticed that you have posted comments to the page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roma Virtual Network in a language other than English. When on the English-language Wikipedia, please always use English, no matter to whom you address your comments. This is so that comments may be comprehensible to the community at large. If the use of another language is unavoidable, please provide a translation of the comments. For more details, see Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thank you. —Psychonaut 17:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I hadn't been editing in a while and wasn't aware of that guideline. Heather 20:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A note on Speedy G4

Hi ergot. I noticed you had tagged Pownce for speedy deletion as a recreation based on the AfD. However, it did not go through a full deletion nomination; the nomination was aborted when the article was speedy deleted. In this type of case (speedy deletions), CSD G4 does not apply. I encourage you to read fuzheado's explanation of why he undeleted the article. Yours in discourse--ragesoss 01:04, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen King's inspiration - Deletion Review

Heather,

You weighed in with an opinion on the deletion review for Stephen King's inspiration (Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_July_22) in support of the deletion, citing that the article was a copyright violation. As I have explained in the review, only a portion of the article was a copyright violation, not the full article. I am suggesting that the article be reinstated, the copyright violation sections removed and the work on the article continued. At the very least, the AfD should be re-opened and reevaluated. I asked for the review because the process of the AfD was mishandled, in my opinion, and the article was deleted without consensus. I'm hoping, with this in mind, you might reconsider your vote for Keep Deleted. All the best, LACameraman 07:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

- Heather, thanks for your reply. I do have to argue, however, that the article does not violate WP:NOT at all. It is not an indiscriminate collection of information, but rather an examination of the creative genesis behind the significant works of one of the most popular and prolific literary figures of the 20th century. There is nothing indiscriminate about this article, for which I am lobbying. It is also, certainly, not original research. The significant portion of the article for which I am arguing was all well-cited, well written and in full compliance with Wikipedia policy. There is actually no problem whatsoever in deleting the portions of the article that could be considered copyvio as the entire article was modular. It's a very simple thing to do in editing creating no mess, no fuss. I understand wholly that AfD is not a vote, however, official Wikipedia policy DOES require consensus in discussion for AfD. "Articles listed here are debated for up to five days, after which the deletion process proceeds based on Wikipedia community consensus." [emphasis added] per WP:AFD, in this case, the consensus was clearly for keep or merge, yet it was deleted - hence my bringing the deletion to the review process. As far as merging the non copyvio information into the individual articles on the books, I'm happy to do that if this review result is to keep the article deleted. Thanks for your consideration in this, it is much appreciated. I've been an active Wiki editor for more than a year and have contributed significantly to two featured articles, so I certainly am not going to be turned away by the result of this process - but would like the article to get a fair shake based on it's merits (which according to official policy happens in the AfD NOT the DrV), which didn't really happen. All the best LACameraman 15:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spells in Harry Potter

Your comment in the DRV seems somewhat odd - you appear to be endorsing a non-existent deletion... David Mestel^(Talk) 22:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use disputed for Image:Image:Eedris abdulkareem mr lecturer.jpg

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How can you dispute Fair Use of an image that doesn't exist, and never existed? Buggy bot. Heather 22:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

		Thanks...
	Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA. Even though you didn't support my candidacy, I did greatly appreciate your comments, which I will certainly put to good use in improving myself as an editor. I do plan to make another request in a few months, once I have improved upon your concerns. Thank you again, and happy editing! *Hersfold* ^(t/a/c) 01:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pidgin

Do you know if Pidgin has a different word for "sport/sports" than English, or whether those will suffice? I've been unable to find any Pidgin-English dictionaries with the word in them, and since you commented on Talk:Nigerian Pidgin I suppose you might know. Picaroon (t) 03:56, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Heather. I have a very minimal understanding of written Pidgin, Igbo and Yoruba, but can't go from English to any of those languages at all. The reason I ask is Gaillimh, an Irish admin, was writing something relating to Nigeria and asked if I knew a term for sports, which I didn't.

I agree with you about the dearth of reliable sources. I have many musicians on my watchlist, but am unable to try and fix them up because I can't find any reliable sources on the internet. None of the daily newspapers I consider trustworthy cover popular culture much, and I haven't seen any particularly reliable-looking websites via Google, so I mostly stick to history, politics, and geography. Picaroon (t) 02:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry is open for discussion!

See above! Your comment was reverts, as I hadn't finished all my questions yet :-) Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 00:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs

Just a reminder that there's no need to advocate "Delete as per my nom" if you nominate an article for deletion. As nominator, you're automatically advocating deletion, and indeed if you aren't then the AfD will often be closed early. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)