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I am sick and fed up with people who leave a message here about an article and fail to provide a wikilink to the article. How do you expect me to read the article if you don't link to it?
I reserve the right to ignore any message which does not provide links where appropriate or has not been signed with ~~~~. Even if the article has been deleted, you should still link to it.
And if that sounds like a grumpy old man, it's because I am ...

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[edit] Salvatore Culosi

As an update, I moved the article to "Category: Alleged police brutality". After looking at WP some more, I determined that their were other more similar articles located there. I did remove your notice, as I think it having been under "Human Rights Violations" probably caused a belief that the incident should be more noteworthy than it would be under the lesser category "Alleged police brutality". I just wanted to make my rationale clear so you didn't think I was ignoring you. Let me know if that was a mistake. MR.R 20:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wild beasts

In october you put this band up for Afd. I was wondering how they meet WP:MUSIC now? For a start they have signed for the same record label as the artic monkeys (I know that might not sound too notable to you but wait for it.............), also they have had an article in the guardian, and appeared on BBC radio 6 music/ Could you tell me if the band are now notable and meet WP:MUSIC? In my opinion they do but I would prefer your opinion RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 04:31, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Depending on their educational level, the fathers of you and the boys in this band may well have been to Kendal Grammar School at the same time as me or been taught by my father, Jack Haworth at the Kendal secondary modern school. But that don't gain them any sympathy - I would probably hate their music. In any case, I generally abstain from discussion of bands here. (Who are the Arctic Monkeys anyway?)
But since the article had a solid "delete" vote at AfD, the procedure should be: create a new version of the article at user:Ryanpostlethwaite/Wild beasts incorporating your stuff above; then raise the matter at WP:DRV with a link to your new version. Best of luck. -- RHaworth 06:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure if you'll know the name Robert Talbot? Think he went to that school, but then also became a teacher himself, in fact one of the band members is his son! Would there be any chance you could fish the article out of the deletion logs and put it into user:Ryanpostlethwaite/Wild beasts for me is there? I think that the article itself was quite good RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 17:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Can't remember Robert Talbot. I did email you the text but since you ask, I have copied it as well. -- RHaworth 18:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I've requested a deletion review for Wild beasts, and its entry can be found here (at the bottom of the page). I've tried to show how they meet WP:MUSIC in my user section but its been quite tricky! Anyway, guess its in gods hands now! RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 20:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

  • I was intending to abstain from the deletion review - I just have no feelings either way. It seems you don't need my help, but: Please use a different phrase from "critical acclaim" - "References" will do nicely. Make the title Wild Beasts with a capital 'b'. Create some incoming links: special:whatlinkshere/Wild Beasts empty in respect of your beasts. -- RHaworth 08:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
References is much better than critical acclaim, I just couldn't think of a title for the section when I was writing it. I am making references to 'Wild beasts' minus the captital B because thats the title which was originally deleted. If the artile is relisted, i will move it to 'Wild Beasts' ASAP. I've also linked the page from Music in Leeds, I'll do the same for Kendal and I'll have a think about what other pages could link to it RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 13:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed prod notice

Hi. I removed your prod notice from Firdaus Kharas. It's no longer an autobiography - the original text was unsalvageable so I rewrote. There were more sources available, but due to time constraints I used the first I came across and I stopped at that.

When dealing with a living person already in the encyclopedia, I think it's better to have a very short but sourced article, rather than pages of unverified text that could have come from anywhere.

Personally, I don't feel autobiography is a reason for deletion, but I do agree there are many reasons why it's not a good idea. I don't like letting that cloud judgement of what should and shouldn't be in the encylopedia though. Anyway, you might want to take a look and re-prod, given there is only a single source. I might, if I get time, expand the article later, if the other potential sources I skimmed turn out to be reliable. Cheers, CiaranG 16:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I would like to see autobiography made a criterion for speedy deletion and this article supports that view. The only problem is reliably detecting autobios and other self promotion. -- RHaworth 08:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I think, apart from the semantics of it, we are probably singing from the same hymn sheet. The problem with focussing on autobiography is that we only catch the self-promoters who are innocent newcomers to Wikipedia. The rest will simply disguise the fact, or get someone else to do the dirty work for them. That's why I prefer to focus on the subject itself. Self promotion isn't so hard to spot though is it? Looking at the original article, I can't see why it wasn't a prime candidate for CSD:G11. Perhaps "promote a company, product, group or service" should be extended to explicity include "person"? CiaranG 08:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PartsSource LLC

What are the requrments to writing a company bio wiki. Drnjr31 16:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jyrki Niskanen

Further to your comment at the AFD debate, I have re-written the Jyrki Niskanen article from scratch, and would appreciate your opinions. Thank you. Eludium-q36 18:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thanks for reverting the vandilism of the pages: List of bus companies and User talk:Arriva436. I'm sure you know what I mean -- Arriva436 20:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed...

Hello. I'm a relative new wikipedian and I have problems with image uploading. Your guess was right - I'm not the creator of the uploaded images, but at that moment I wasn't aware of the tag "Promotional". So now I've uploaded them with the valid tag, but it seems I can't add them to my articles!!! Will you be so kind to explain it to me on my talk page? Dreambringer 09:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

  • I've already worked out the problem myself:) Still, if you find out that I'm doing something wrong - please explain it to me or give an example of a right action. Dreambringer 09:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

The pages you copied from have a clear copyright notice, but the images are patently Nokia promotional material so I am happy with a promotional tag on them. -- RHaworth 15:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for moving my scratch page. How did you find it? Grep'ing for newly created pages that link only from user pages? And, noting your warning at the top about referencing links, of couse I mean: User:PeterStJohn/ScratchPad Peter H. St.John, M.S. 16:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

  • The name you had given it placed it in the (Main) namespace. It therefore appeared in the special:newpages list which I watch (far too much). How does grep work on Wikipedia? -- RHaworth 16:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Man, watching for all new pages sounds like a job and a half. I use "grep" generically, when others might say "google" or "query". I'm intersted in metrics, and wondered if there might be a bot that gives "new pages with links only from user pages" *1*. I'm an old hand at quantitative analysis and the internet itself, but a noob at Wiki. Pete

  • *1* don't exist - not really needed. There is Special:Lonelypages - which never seems to work beyond the first 1000 items. See Wikipedia:bots re running bots on the live database. -- RHaworth 15:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Straw poll

Please take a look at WP:MALL to which you have contributed, with respect to proposals to merge it with WP:LOCAL, to continue developing it, or to go ahead and implement it as a guideline. Thanks. Edison 21:39, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The {{inuse}} tag

Please do not edit articles which have an {{inuse}} tag, as you did at Edgar Hardcastle. Such articles are in the process of undergoing a major revision. There is no sense in adding cleanup tags as such articles are already being cleaned up. —Psychonaut 03:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] your prod of Carleton Palmer

Hi there. I saw your prod tag on Carleton Palmer. I wonder if you think that there is a larger problem here, perhaps worthy of AfD. The users Carletonpalmer, Dwecker, and IP User 68.194.181.19 all seem to be related single purpose accounts. They are involved in self-promotion/autobiography. The related articles include Carleton Palmer, David Ecker, ISALTA and Encyclopedia of Living Traditions in Art, perhaps among others.

I welcomed/warned the non-IP users on their talk pages (User talk:Carletonpalmer,User talk:Dwecker) about WP:COI and WP:AUTO but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears. I suggest that because subsequently, Carletonpalmer created David Ecker. Also, after you prodded Carleton Palmer, the IP user blanked the page. I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I am an anti-spam deletionist. These may be notable topics, but the fact that the authors are the subjects all but guarantees that they cannot be WP:NPOV. I am relatively new here, but I have participated in some AfD related to people writing articles about their own companies.

If this is something you can offer guidance in, I would appreciate your help. I would not rule out a bundled AfD of all of the articles until someone else can come along and create them. I think that I have suggested as much on User talk:Carletonpalmer, where, incidentally, the user deleted a prior nn-warn today. MKoltnow 05:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

  • If in doubt, AfD them! I strongly believe that all blatant COI articles should go to AfD. Even if the decision is "keep", advertising the article at AfD will often result in third-party input to improve the article. See Jyrki Niskanen above for an excellent example.
Re these, bundle ISALTA and Encyclopedia of Living Traditions in Art in one AfD; David Ecker separately and Carleton Palmer may not need AfD - he has twice blanked the article and I have asked him to be more explicit in requesting its removal. -- RHaworth 15:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. Using the 'pedia for advertising makes my blood boil. Well simmer at least. :) I will probably get moving on this today if I can. Have a great day. MKoltnow 15:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Joel Holland

Regarding this page, the text that was previously there has now been restored. I'm planning to put the article up for AfD (aside from BusinessWeek and only a mere mention in this article, I can't find any notability), unless you want to finish it yourself. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 03:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

And I've done it. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 04:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Business Anthropology

This discussion has been blanked to prevent its contents being indexed by search engines. The discussion is available in the page history.

[edit] Bwgcolman

Hi, just thought I'd let you know... Palm Island is currently the Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. With that in mind I was editing the article and I noticed that no article existed for either Bwgcolman nor Manbarra peoples. Unfortunately at this stage the only information on Bwgcolman I have is, what was available from the coronor's hearings of one of the Palm Island residents who died in police custody. So unfortunately, I can't contribute the pronunciation of the name etc. I am guessing it is a bit of a made-up tribe name, being as it is the name of a conglomeration of people from tribal groups from all over Queensland. Unfortunately it seems mainly trouble-makers and immediately associated people were relocated to Palm Island so it would not have really been condusive to formation of new cultural identity.

I find it hard to see how the word could have anything other than a non-indigenous background though - look at Pama-Nyungan languages, and Bwgcolman wouldn't be out of place. It is, of course, a written english approximation of a spoken word from a non-english language in which gesture is as important as tone and intonation.

Sorry to say, but I can see how Alec got a bit defensive about your comment:

nearly deleted this as nonsense. Please tell us how Bwgcolman is pronounced and the origin of the name. Somehow I don't think it is from an aboriginal language

reads a little like "provide a formal pronunciation guide or else I will prod the article"Garrie 22:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Reading above that you watch new pages for vandalism - I see how your attention was drawn to the article title! it's a bit unusual. Garrie 22:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

See talk:Bwgcolman. -- RHaworth 01:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spam on Image:Image13.jpg

About this edit, did you noticed the text "VISIT CECA.DE" on the image? --Abu Badali 15:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

  • I did, but again, if we allow an article for her, that article is allowed and indeed ought to have a link to her website. -- RHaworth 15:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spam on Jason Beam

Moved to talk:Jason Beam.

[edit] Can you help me fix this?

Hello, This article has a problem with its name space link. I doubt it is due to lack of space between two initials at the end of the name. The page will have to be moved to rectify it, if I guess correct. Can you please do that for me? The Wiki style is to put space between initials, isn't it? So Suneetha T.V. will have to be moved to Suneetha T. V. I don't know if that will fix the problem, Can you give a look into that any way? Regards Mankaver 19:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Do the intials come first? Is it Suneetha or Sunitha? "The Hindu" to which the article links seems a pretty respectable organ, so I have used their version (plus a Wikipedia-standard space). I recommend you live with the present title for the moment - I believe that you will get the right to move articles yourself within a few days. I note on her blog she is "suneetha tv". The title is not desperately important - feel free to create lots of redirects from variant spellings. -- RHaworth 19:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Rodefer

I added some external references to Stephen Rodefer and removed the {{prod}}. --Eastmain 19:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Empty Wine Stubs

Thanks for the feedback...point well taken. I'll create the pages as I have content to add. Thanks and apologies. Regards, Steve.Moulding 20:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hmm... Cotcha

Did you add the new page because you wanted to help out, or was it for some other reason? --Darkest Hour Talk•contribs 20:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

  • See "wikify!" at the top. What page, you ...? -- RHaworth 20:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

nEVER MIND. Thank you for your contributions to my userspace. I greatly appreaciate it. Next time let me know. --D.H. ( T | C ) 21:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC) -- Wikilink → X

  • I take the view that, given the underwhelming unimportance of the matter, editing User:Darkest Hour/simple awnsers for common problems was a necessary and sufficient way of letting you know. -- RHaworth 21:18, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

The bold itallic links are the ones of importance.

[edit] Sales Benchmarking

I recently created my first article on Wikipedia: Benchmarking. Your comment was: "I suspect the whole article is really spam but at least we can take out the linkspam".

I wrote this page intending to help and add value. Sales Benchmarking is a less well known use of Benchmarking, but it often delivers significant results for companies. Too many companies relate to sales as an art, and sales benchmarking injects some science.

Please advise me on how I might make this article more valuable and on which kinds of links are appropriate. As I said in the beginning, I am new to Wikipedia, and I apologize if I did something inappropriate.

Thanks for your help! Clarke —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbishop77 (talk • contribs)

  • A little more attention to Wikipedia standards (see my edits to your message above) would help convince us that you are here to contribute rather than advertise. Please state clearly on your user page what exactly is your connection to the sales benchmarking industry so we can judge whatyour COI is. I recommend: do nothing to the sales benchmarking article - just create more incoming links to it. Wait - if the subject is notable, other people will improve the article. -- RHaworth 21:41, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stalking

You may be getting the impression I'm stalking you, but in awnser to that I can only say that since we discussed something or other a while back, I've had no inclination to remove your talk page from my watchlist. It's a laugh a minute. Please keep up the good work, and I'll just try and sit here quietly. CiaranG 21:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NeSSI

I believe you proposed this article Wikipedia: NeSSI for deletion due to it's perception as an Advert. The NeSSI initiative is driven by the chemical industry looking to improve the current design of sampling systems. It is based on the idea of developing international standards that will allow manufacturers to supply components to a mechanical substrate, much as is currently done in the semi conductor industry.

The copy for the article was developed by someone from DOW chemical who has an interest in seeing the success of the initiative, but has not involvement with any of the manufacturering companies supplying the components. This article was posted in response to statements from users asking why they couldn't find information on the initiative in Wikipedia.

Your suggestions as to how to improve/modify this to conform with the spirit of wikipedia would be most welcome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.109.209 (talk • contribs)

Just a heads up that I tagged the above article for speedy deletion as a copy vio of http://www.cpac.washington.edu/NeSSI/NeSSI_Wikipedia_Dec18_06.doc RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 23:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Anon, kindly sign in before you talk to me and note that we do not like sock puppets. Ryan, the copyvio aspect was misleading - see the talk page - it has now been deleted. CIRCORTech, OK, it is an open project but it is just too hopelessly specialised for Wikipedia - I have sent it to AfD. -- RHaworth 07:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Sir, having read the Wikipedia rules regarding sockpuppets...I guess I might appear to qualify -- but then, so does anyone else who recently became active in Wikipedia with a particular focus or interest. I am however NOT a sockpuppet for CIRCORTech as alleged on my page *1*. I am however a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) at the University of Washington. Part of my activity at CPAC is related to the NeSSI collaborations with Industry (and CIRCORTech is indeed one of the independant companies that participates in the NeSSI activities) and investigating applications of NeSSI technology within academic research. As clearly stated in our *2* NeSSI page, NeSSI is a collaboration of many individuals representing academic institutions and major corporations, so to assume that anyone who posts on the subject is a puppet of any one company or institution is wrong and unjustified. In fact, I am finding the whole Wikipedia experiance rather unpleasent and distasteful -- your actions appear to me very heavyhanded and without sufficient forethought or investigation. If there are things you don't understand, or are unfamiliar with, why not utilize the talk features *3* built into Wikipedia to gather additional information prior to making arbitrary decisions? A simple post to my talk page would have cleared my affiliation and relationship to CIRCORTech *1*. Similarly, rather than dismissing our contribution by pushing for its deletion, a post for additional information or clarification in the NeSSI Talk page would have been a more civil course of action. Since I am not clear on how to handle the sockpuppet issue, I will be cross posting this to the [[1]] page and my talk page.Veltkamp 00:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

*1* Sock puppet allegations withdrawn unreservedly. Creation of proper user pages by yourself and CIRCORTech would also have prevented such allegations and would have been an honest thing when working on an article where you have a strong conflict of interest.
I am very sorry if you are finding the experience distasteful. I could claim that I have actually been very restained. Bear in mind that I could have taken Ryan's copyvio tag at face value and simply deleted the article.
*2* "Our" article. I don't want to make too much of this, it could just be read as "the article we have been working on". But please read ownership of articles. It may be one of the things that is making the experience unpleasant: Wikipedians know that they can edit any article!
*3* As far as I am concerned an AfD debate is simply one of the many talk features built in. I like it because it is widely read and hence gives the best chance of getting a good consensus.
I suspect the conclusion will be that you will be allowed a short article here announcing the NeSSI project. You may well feel the need for a project wiki to enable the members of the project to share ideas. For that, note that Wikipedia is not a free host - the MediaWiki software is available to run on, for example, the University of Washington servers. -- RHaworth 06:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for clarifying confusion about Assia Wevill's comment location Talk:Assia Wevill. It doesn't take much to see that your curmudgeonliness is measurable in micro-harrumphs. Julia Rossi 23:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] O'Shipka

Hello,

Is there a reason you moved the club name to O'Shipka from O!Shipka? The club name has nothing to do with Irish names, the name in Bulgarian is О!Шипка. Please see Talk:O'Shipka. Thanks, --Vanka5 03:06, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Yes. That was the punctuation used in the article! Change the text and by all means move it back. -- RHaworth 07:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Nomination: Croomed

An article that you have been involved in editing, Croomed, has been listed by me at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Croomed. Please look there to see why this is, if you are interested in whether it should be deleted. Thank you.  — MrDolomite | Talk 07:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

  • American football strikes me as the silliest game on earth - you get about 25 minutes actual play for 90 minutes elapsed - have you ever watched Rugby league? I tagged it more or less out of gut reaction. If anything after reading it a bit more closely I might even vote "keep" if I could summon up any interest in the subject. -- RHaworth 07:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Prod

Hah! You're obviously aware that you didn't ask me, but I figured it was the right thing to do seeing as I am not knowledgeable in the world languages area and I would therefore not be able to give an educated opinion on the matter. Plus, I broke the rules plain and simple, yet I don't mind replacing it again if you wish, but would that not be asking for trouble? I apologize for all the confusion I'm creating. — Dorvaq (talk)

[edit] Re: 25kV AC

Noticed that you re-directed a page Railway Electrification - 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c., Overhead Line to this page to 25 kV AC. I would love to hear your explanation, and why you feel that 25 kV AC (a voltage!) is more meaningfull and clear.

Also, what are your credentials and background on railways, and in particular electrification.

I think what I am saying, is stay out of things that you are not qualified to contribute to. I mean, you are not even a member of the WikiTrains project.

Do you not have enough other interests in life to keep you busy!! -- ALECTRIC451 10:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

  • The longer title is Railway Electrification - 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c., Overhead Line. Please temper your remarks and remember that Wikipedia is a collaborative project. It only requires a minimum amount of technical knowledge and it certainly does not require "membership" of any project for me to identify a fork when I see one. Can you really justify the existence of two separate articles?
If nothing else, the longer title has incorrect capitalisation on "electrification", "overhead" and "line" also non-standard lower case and dots on "a.c.". -- RHaworth 10:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it would have been better to have made a comment in the discussion page on what you were intending to do, BEFORE doing it. Like you I am trying to make improvements, and you have just undone a lot of work that was going on to remove a page that was highly inadequate, and replace it with a much better one. Thanks for that.--ALECTRIC451 20:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Is it too difficult for you to copy your stuff from here into the 25 kV AC article? -- RHaworth 20:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

You state that "... Wikipedia is a collaborative project". Please explain how your actions meet the "collaborative" criteria giving attention to discussion, involvement, engagement, communication etc. --ALECTRIC451 00:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

  • The collaboration was simply to point out to you that content forks are not allowed on Wikipedia. My first reaction was that you had created Railway Electrification - 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c., Overhead Line in ignorance of 25 kV AC but on reading the text of both, it seems obvious that you were aware of the shorter title and had still created the longer title as a fork. You have just undone a lot of work - please do not talk nonsense - how long would it take you to copy your text from the long title to the short title?
I will admit that I am not entirely happy with the short title - I would prefer Railway electrification at 25 kV AC. But unless you are prepared to change the forty articles which link to "25 kV AC", we will leave it where it is. -- RHaworth 12:18, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I was quite happy to change all of the linking articles, and had made a start. I was trying to improve the page *1*, but now it has reverted to its previous state, which was poor. Now, the current page will remain ... ... which was poor and remain poor.--ALECTRIC451 02:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

  • *1* Please be precise: which page? Pages do not revert by themselves. Have you discussed the reversion with the editor who did it or tried to put back the "improvements"? -- RHaworth 02:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Bot

Errr. I did that with the page move myself it was a slight mistake by me. Also the bot has been blocked anyway to prevent damage until its scripts are fully working and it has been approved; (if it does) Retiono Virginian 19:13, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. I think valid criticisms were raised in areas that I need to work on, so I've withdrawn my name. I intend to work on addressing the concerns that were raised, and think I need to work contributing without allowing myself to become as stressed as I have been at times, which did result in some inappropriate behavior. Perhaps I may re-explore adminship at some point in the future, but it's a little early to consider that. Again, thank you. Fan-1967 21:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Telecom INT

You deleted my article about Telecom INT and redirected it to INT Management. This is a mistake, Telecom INT and INT Management are two different schools inside the INT which is an education and research institution. I'm going to put back the article of Telecom INT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meuniea (talk • contribs)

  • I did not delete your article - learn how Wikipedia works if you want to contribute! OK if you insist on separate articles, we can at least remove the duplication of material between the two articles. I have made a start - there is more to do. Also please change the horrible advertising copy tone of both articles. When was Telecom INT a {{featured article}}? -- RHaworth 09:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sexuality-based stereotypes

Thank you for moving that to my User pages. I appreciate the help. I'm still learning!Parammon 20:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the tip!

Hello, Thanks for your tips regarding the Article I have started on Valerie Tryon. I will try to keep the article as objective as possible, and avoid "promotional" terms. Prof.rick 00:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks again

Thanks for deleting the Christine Anderson page. Carlo V. Sexron 03:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Long Island Economy

Request to Undelete http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Long_Island_Economy

Long Island Economy's reputation is being hurt by our article's deletion on the wikipedia website. We are requesting that this article can be reinstated, because our competitor Long Island Exchange did the same exact type of article as we did, but we were attacked with bias.

We are willing to make any modifications nessessary to have our article reinstated. We are a reputable company and you can just google us and research what we're all about to know that we are speaking fact.

Thank you. Please respond promptly, - Long Island Economy lieconomy@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by lieconomy (talk • contribs)

  • The article was deleted as blatant advertising. For example it contained five links to "Long Island Economy Homapge" although they were in fact different - and what on earth is an "homapge". If you have the bare-faced cheek to request its re-instatement, you may do so at WP:DRV. The Long Island Exchange article looks pretty spammy too - I have sent it to AfD. -- RHaworth 11:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletion request

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Long Island Economy. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lieconomy (talk • contribs) 2007-02-07 02:23:30

[edit] Improved article

Lieconomy.com. We have edited the article to be from a neutral point of view, and we have also listed references and sources. We do not want to spam or violate any rules. We are trying to comply 100% all we want is an article that will be concrete for us, and purely be informational and resourceful.

Please let us know if this article is OK? If it is then can that article either stay as it is or be switched back to Long Island Economy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lieconomy (talk • contribs) 21:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Regarding Archiving

Okay. Thank you very much. The intent of my original comment was: some people (like you) are very smart, and can figure out things like wikipedia very quickly. Unfortunately, they then decide that this entitles them to act like dickheads, not realizing that this belies their inability to figure out much, much more important things. Goodbye, --Tractorkingsfan 06:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I've thought about this more, and decided that there is insufficient evidence you are acting maliciously, and more evidence I am doing so. Please accept both my apologies and thanks for the help. Sincere regards. --Tractorkingsfan 06:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Apology accepted. Cheers. -- RHaworth 06:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ormus matter

Request to undelete Ormus matter, which is now placed under User:Sloth_monkey/ORMEs&oldid=104833326

I can recreate the entry Ormus matter myself, to avoid entanglement with that other writer, Sloth_monkey.

Before I started writing the article on Ormus matter, I checked the skeptic websites (like http://www.skeptic.com/) for "ormus", and found ormus criticism to be remarkably hard to find. I also found there were Wikipedia articles about topics like Odic force, Orgone, Cold fusion and Acupuncture, so I wrote about Ormus.

A Speedy Deletion had been done on it, seemingly in violation with the Wikipedia Policy: I could not in Wikipedia:Deletion_policy find any deletion cause applicable to my article, so I believe the correct procedure would be to insert an appropriate flag.

The deletion seems to be caused by a previous deletion of an article whose contents and author I don't know: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ORMUS (Can a topic be banned?)

Eight persons voting Delete clearly didn't know the Wikipedia policy as written up here: Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Pseudoscience (And the 9th one evidently didn't know the problem with interpreting vowelless writings like Hebrew.)

That old deletion request criticized "Anti-gravity properties. Super-conducting at room temperature. Philosopher's stone." I only mentioned one of these, describing an observation which led a physicist to mention super-conduction. And I discuss the observed apparent Meissner effect, in contrast to superconduction it real conductors. But I see now that I didn't properly emphasize how the notion of room temperature superconduction clashes with present physics, but assumed this to be known.

If ormus has a weak standing in physics, it still has validity as a phenomenon of our society: The Yahoo ormus discussion group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ORMUS/ has more than 1700 members. OlavN 09:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I have posted here the article which was the subject of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ORMUS. I consider that all the objections raised in the AfD discussion were equally applicable to your article and therefore, even though you may have created your article totally independantly of the original ORMUS article, nevertheless I consider I was fully justified in speedily deleting your article as a re-post.
Personally I would only allow the article to be re-instated if it was presented as a case of an hoax and snake oil product. But I have made the evidence visible to non-admins, the correct procedure now is to raise the matter now at deletion review with links to the various historical versions in the sloth monkey's space. -- RHaworth 09:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your examples above (and please get into the habit of creating wikilinks!): Odic force, Orgone both make it clear in their first sentences that they are hypothetical concepts. Cold fusion was a bit of good-faith, good science which was proved invalid. Acupuncture is centuries old with millions of adherents, to compare it with ORMUS is an insult to Acupuncture. -- RHaworth 09:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Homosexualist

Please do not restore prod tags to articles after they have been removed. If you look at Wikipedia:Proposed deletion especially the section called Conflicts you will see that the tag should not be restored no matter what. And yes I agree that the removal of the prod was probably not in good faith, etc. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 11:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

I've left a reply on my talk page. Retiono Virginian 20:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit?

Heya - you just performed an edit on my page, and I am unsure what it was, although it might have been some error with my having created my archive. Can you explain? As well, I am unsure how you happened to know that I had made a change in the first place (are you watching my page for some reason?)...eek. Big Brother (with snow in his hair) is watching...Arcayne 16:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Have you tried looking at the edit history and the diff display? I found it during new page patrolling of course. -- RHaworth 16:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I did look a the diff display, but couldn't see the actual change. Was it a space or something out of line? I am still learning the cut-n-paste method of archive creation, but my page is not really all that new; it's been up since arounf the middle of last year...

The change was the addition of a slash at the beginning of the archive name to match the move of the archive itself. -- RHaworth 18:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trams and Light rail

I understand this is a fork but there are respective section in both pages where should be merged and it is sort of like a work in progress i have not changed and will not change the original article without the support of the other member. I have made a discussion about the subject on the Talk;Light rail page about the subject and while i was waiting for i though i could work on some section that do need to be merge to stop duplication these sections would be Trams and Light Rail around the world and History and Development of Trams and Light Rail.

If i have gone about this the wrong way i am sorry but i would still like to be able to complete the work so if you could advice me on how to go about this that would be greatly appreciated. L blue l 12:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Autobiographical

I noticed recently that you PROD articles for being autobiographical. It's a view which I generally share, but am not clear on what present policy is - is being autobiogaphical now reason enough in itself to get an article deleted? HeartofaDog 22:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

  • You are right. Autobiography is not a deletion criterion. But "undisputed prod" is a criterion. I don't keep records but if you search my contributions backwards from Jan 31 you will not see any prod tags that have been removed by the admin who was deleting expired prods.
I suppose I use "autobiography" because a) it always seems a bit cruel to tell people they are non-notable and b) some articles fall into the class of "probably notable but needs too much work to re-write in WP style". -- RHaworth 00:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - that makes good sense. HeartofaDog 23:40, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nadín Ospina

Hi there, fyi I've revamped this article as a stub. Please take a look at the revised article if you like Bwithh 06:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar of Diligence

The Barnstar of Diligence
Awarded to RHaworth in recognition of a combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service. Back when I was new to Wikipedia and contributed my first article, you tagged it with maintenance tags that, yes, upset me, but only because I didn't fully understand polices at the time. I would actually like to thank you now for your diligence and giving me the drive to educate myself on policy, and have since brought this article to GA status. The tasks you have voluntarily taken on with this encyclopedia are not easy, and for that you are appreciated. Cricket02 19:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Gosh, thank you. -- RHaworth 19:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. the BV article

Thank you for your reply regarding the Basil Venitis article. I didn't realize that a related article had already been deleted. I'm afraid that somewhat obscure economic theories are beyond my scope, so I have to admit that I don't feel confident reviewing the previous deletion debate in order to use it as a point of reference for listing this one for deletion. However, unless some proper citing of reputable sources are put into this particular article, I think it could likely be listed as a candidate for deletion on its own merits, or lack of merit, rather. :) Afv2006 23:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I said "go for it" - send him to AfD. You will lose no points if the decision is "keep". They ain't obscure economic theories, they are nonsense. Try this: "Venitis Law of Deep Throat: Armdoggles and boondoggles are initiated by deep throats of kickbacks.". -- RHaworth 23:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unicist Research Institute

My apologies for not noticing the author and forgetting the {{afd}} process. It did not occur to me that it was the author as he should have used {{db-author}} instead of {{prod}} and citing it as advertising. (Of course, this raises the question as to whether or not he should have made it if only to delete it as advertising, but that is not mine to ask or understand). Also, thank you for reminding me of the {{afd}} process, as I've used it in the past, but must have forgotten as of late. Thanks for editing Wikipedia!--Vox Rationis 00:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Real Samba FC

Real Samba was not a work of fiction, they are highly rated in the Oxfordshire area and around banbury. The victory over Trotters FC made the local newspaper and they also appeared on the local and national news several times. If you Google Real Samba or search for the Spiceball Championship it brings up thousands of results. If other local teams are ok to be accepted on Wikipedia then Real Samba FC needs to be there too. Kizybit 10:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Do not say "if you Google" - read this moan - provide a link. Provide a link to at least one news item. -- RHaworth 10:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Jeeeeez you got more rules and instructions than a flat pack TV stand. Ok www.realssamba.com, www.thesambaexperience.co.uk, www.sambaboys.com, www.wheeleros.co.uk, www.samgoal.co.uk. How many more examples do you need. You never answered about other football teams being on wiki either, what have Banbury Utd done?? compared with Real Samba FC nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kizybit (talk • contribs)

  • When I see some links I will follow them. Please stop trying to force your fantasies into Wikipedia. -- RHaworth 19:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Its not fiction or fantasy! can you please explain to me the difference between Real Samba FC and Banbury United - both are local teams yet one warrants a page and other is incorrectly classified as fiction or fantasy....crazy!!! Kizybit 17:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

  • You know it is fiction and fantasy. You have offered no evidence. Stop being silly. -- RHaworth 17:55, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Ok I admit adding Pele was just a joke but the rest is fact.....but come on....everyone loves Pele? Kizybit 20:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page Ph:CheckUser

I'm not sure why you're notifying me; according to the logs on my page and on the page logs I never did that page here. Even if the page was deleted it should still be in my log *1*. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 14:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

  • If you are going to work on "advanced" templates, I suggest you learn a bit about Wikipedia. This history says you created it. *1* Oh really - give me a frinstance. -- RHaworth 15:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] KKE Architects, Inc.

No doubt you hear this all the time, but I am surprised you speedily deleted my article. I made every attempt to streamline and notarize the article before reposting KKE Architects, Inc. (with a copy here after it was initially deleted by Chairboy). This article is not “reposted spam”.

I followed the recommended and longstanding wiki outline of architectural firm “Skidmore, Owings and Merrill”. The article concisely states the firm description, with no self-promoting gratuity, and unbiased 3rd party references. The article provides a brief synopsis of “notable” existing and proposed buildings. The article also provides a non-promotional history timeline, which is informative and educational to an architectural firms progression.

I kindly appreciate your consideration in reinstating the article. -- Jisher 18:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

  • In my book, "notarize" means to swear a statement before a notary. I think you may mean "annotate". The first thing I want to see is your user page created with a statement of who you work for. Taking out the excessive bold from your article would be a few minutes work but its presence does not endear us to the article. But the real problem remains the total absence of "third party" references to the company. The link to prleap.com may be discounted since that website states its purpose to be the distribution of press releases. Take the article to deletion review if you must. -- RHaworth 19:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

You must be reviewing the old "KKE Architects, Inc." article that was previously deleted by Chairboy...there is no reference to the "prleap.com" on the latest version I posted (yesterday). I am not sure how your reviewing process works, but obviously you have access to all deleted articles of the same title. As for the "notarize" term, you are right....it was a little out of context ;) Thanks for again your time and consideration of this article. Jisher 21:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Posted it where? For goodness sake, provide a link. -- RHaworth 06:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

How can I? As far as I know, the new KKE Architects, Inc. wikipedia link is dead (since you speedily deleted it), thus I can't point you to the new article. The "original" artcile is here and was originaly posted on 2-2-07...this is not the one you deleted on 2-8-07. As I mentinoned above, I significantly revised the article (the 2-8-07 article had images, where as the 2-2-07 did not), and your prleap.com comment above indicates that you must have read the first 2-2-07 article only.Jisher 07:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Thank you. KKE Architects, Inc. is a perfectly valid link for an admin - it shows me a link to View or restore 5 deleted edits?. I have emailed you the text of your last version. Feel free to post it to User:Jisher/KKE Architects, Inc. and take the article to deletion review. I repeat, create your user page with a statement of who you work for. Wikipedia detests authors with a COI and bans spammers. I strongly suspect that you are a spammer. -- RHaworth 07:48, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I have nothing to gain by this article. I am JOJ (just off the jet) to wiki and was looking to start a few articles on unmentioned large architectural firms and their respective buildings. KKE is a former employer of mine, so I thought I would start with theirs first while I still can recollect. Let me know if you think the article is still self-promoting....as I mentioned above, the “Skidmore, Owings and Merrill” article is sort of my (loose) template, and I feel this article is less self-promoting than SOM's. I appreciate your diligence in maintaining a quality site. Every office needs a few “grumpy old men” to keep things interesting. Jisher 08:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

  • OK. So put the above in your user page and in the DRV request. -- RHaworth 08:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abandon

If Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados de Marikina is no longer a copyvio, I think that some of the protected titles, in particlular Our Lady of the Abandoned of Marikina, could be restored. -- RHaworth 18:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

It still is a copyvio. It's the same text as all of the other ones.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
http://www.marikina.gov.ph/pages/news/2005/nov/news.jsp?page=111105 —Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging

Thanks for uploading Image:Thames_Conservancy_133.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. -- Yonatanh 02:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

  • For goodness sake, you could allow me a few minutes to add the description. -- RHaworth 02:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LOL

05:04, 14 February 2007 RHaworth (Talk | contribs) deleted "Our Lord and Saviour: Michael Patrick Hughes" (extreme vanity)

Thanks for the laugh!

Butseriouslyfolks 05:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Insult"

Did you by chance actually look at the article as it was posted when I put that tag on it? It's not in the same form it is now (now tagged as a copyright violation) - there have been c. 15 edits to date. If you look at it in the form that I saw it, someone had apparently simply cut and paste a bunch of paragraphs... no explanation, no source, no nothing, by someone who is almost a SPA (c. 30 edits to c. 3 articles, if I remember correctly). Given that, I think that at least part of the criteria for speedy deletion apply: ...incoherent page with no meaningful content."

Regarding incoherence, it wasn't the "asdfjksdfjkl;pwroei" kind of incoherence, but if you look at the first paragraph as someone who has no idea what this is, it's not really coherent:

MASTER
1 First come I. My name is J-W-TT.
2 There's no knowledge but I know it.
3 I am Master of this College,
4 What I don't know isn't knowledge.

I didn't see it as fitting to be tagged as simple "no context", as it was too long, but given that it was just a bunch of paragraphs with no explanation, no context whatsoever, which would fall, IMHO, in the G1 category.

If you've done any new page patrol, you've seen the like - someone cutting and pasting chunks of texts (obvious, like this one, due to the lack of any semblance of wikification) with no explanation on them. Some of them quite short, and some of them doctoral theses in length. And, quite interestingly as of late, some of them actually missing the paragraphs beginnings/ endings! This seems to me to have fallen into this category.

So, it clearly wasn't an "insult" on any august institution, it was merely a tagging of something that people who don't know what "The Masque of B-ll--l" is, simply reading a bunch of non-contextual lines of verse out of context, would never know what it is. SkierRMH 06:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Only slightly placated by your answer. a) you tagged the article three minutes after it had first appeared which might be considered premature and b) the article in the state you saw clearly said in 1880, seven mischievous undergraduates at Balliol College ... which looks like very meaningful content to me. But why am I arguing since I have tagged copyvio anyway! -- RHaworth 07:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jack holliday

Just so you know, I'm fairly certain that User:Jack holli is a sockpuppet of User:Jack holliday. Readro 01:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks. That was quick. It also shows why blocking can be futile. -- RHaworth 01:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I think he created that account after he noticed the amount of warnings on his userpage and realised a block was imminent. He seems to be one of a bunch of kids messing about. They've been writing nonsense pages, mostly defamatory, about each other. I think I managed to put a speedy tag on all of their creations. Readro 01:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you for moving that newbie's bio info to his own user page. It's appreciated. - Itsfullofstars 04:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

  • But why on earth did you not do it? -- RHaworth 04:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Veolia Water

Could you please explain why you deleted Veolia Water. You cited a duplication yet I'm unable to find any other entries. Thank you Shaunsummers 09:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I find your message a trifle too ingenuous for my liking. I deleted Veolia Water because, at a quick glance (which is all that any new article gets during my new page patrolling) the article seemed to be a duplicate of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. I gave the latter article a {{db-spam}} tag and that got deleted - as you know well but did not admit in your message.
The description on Image:Areas.jpg is quite explicit: you created the image so you must be part of the communications team at Veolia. So the articles are advertising: we were right to delete them. I note that even the French Wikipedia does not have articles on "Veolia Water" or "Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies".
I suggest that you:
  • re-create the titles "Veolia Water" and "Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies" as redirects to Veolia Environnement
  • add brief details of the two companies to Veolia_Environnement
  • sit back and wait. If the companies are notable, other people with no COI will expand the article.
-- RHaworth 14:10, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of "nog"?

I'm just a little curious why this was deleted?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Nog+%28slang%29

The information is accurate and just as valuable as "pwn" or any other leetspeak available via wikipedia. It linked to other articles that gave more relevant data, etc. If you have suggestions for making it more suitable, please do pass them on. -- Chyken 01:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Chyken

  • Non-notable - only claimed to be used in a MUD. Neologism. Dictionary definition. Need I say more? You could try adding it to Wiktionary. -- RHaworth 07:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deletion of stub

Dear sir, I was just wondering why my [beginning of] an article, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank_of_Onslow_and_Jacksonville_Masonic_Temple&action=edit was deleted. Granted it only consisted of a sentence so far but I am planning a trip to my local chamber of commerce to learn more about this building's history. If a sentence is not a sufficient placeholder and I should wait until I have a more substantive contribution, or if some other reason applies, just let me know. Gabereal 02:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  • There is absolutely no need for placeholders. They are deprecated. A missing article creates a red link and indicates the need for an article. A placeholder masks that fact. Yes, you should wait and indeed create the article in User:Gabereal/sandbox until it is viable. -- RHaworth 07:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. I will spend some time studying the manual of style before making the jump from minor edits to article creation. I'm fairly mortified to have made such a beginner-level error, when I have been reading this site for so long. Thanks for the guidance. Gabereal 21:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Cohn

Hi RHaworth! You prodded this article yesterday, and the author (and subject of the article) has since been in contact with me, saying that all the information in the article is factual, verifiable and neutral. While I admit to the COI here, would you object if I put it up for AfD? All the best, riana_dzasta 03:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  • They all say that! I did not doubt that the article was factual, verifiable and neutral. It is just that I firmly believe that no autobiography placed on Wikipedia should be allowed to go unchallenged. Please provide at least one link to a "third party" website - has he got an IMDb listing - why on earth is there no link to that? Just remove the prod - I won't even send it to AfD. -- RHaworth 07:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civ-Online speedy deletion

I am aware that someone tagged my article Civ-Online for speedy deletion as it wasn't notable. Could you please elaborate on what exactly the problem was? I am the creator of the site in question, and I have seen many other mmorpgs on wikipedia. I fail to see how it was spam as I followed the same format as other mmorpg/MUD articles and I did not write anything dissimilar to those.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Civ-Online

Thank you, Lee -- Civ-online 08:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I am a very simple-minded bloke: when I see an article called Civ-Online written by Civ-online my slow wits say "advertising". Then I see that someone else has already tagged it for deletion with: this is an RPG that has been around one month. Not notable in any way. So I feel obliged to delete it. Take it to DRV if you must but you would be better to wait until it becomes notable. -- RHaworth 08:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm that's interesting. Just because of my name? I am going to write other articles of course, but I thought I'd write an article on my own RPG. I didn't know you weren't allowed to write about your own material. By notable, you mean I must wait until my RPG is older than one month until I can debate further? How can you define notable? By the amount of people that know about it? I spent a very long time writing that article, and it was in the interest of people I created it! After all, this is a free encyclopaedia for everyone. Thanks. Civ-online 08:19, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  • It is most emphatically not a free encyclopaedia for everyone. The content, as you are discovering, is most strictly controlled - everyone is allowed to contribute providing they create the right content. Yes, you must wait and probably more than a month. Advertising is forbidden, writing about your own stuff is strongly deprecated. Whether yours was spam or COI is a rather empty debate since the subject was also non-notable - check the various sub-pages of WP:NOTE for the relevant notability tests. -- RHaworth 08:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slash Mode

It is a mode for Bushido Blade, and it is already linked to that article, redirecting it only causes confusion. MJN SEIFER 18:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Existence of a link does not necessarily justify creating an article especially not a silly link to a title with " chars round it. Pick up your text from here and add it to the Bushido Blade (video game) article. -- RHaworth 19:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I thought that's what I had done. Could you do it because I have obviously not done it correctly. MJN SEIFER

  • Do what for you? I have changed the article to a redirect and deleted the silly link. Any other edits you can do yourself. You also need to merge Story Mode. -- RHaworth 19:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

At risk of sounding like a retard, I don't know what this Merging is, MJN SEIFER the reatard

Surely that was obvious from the word "merge"? -- RHaworth 19:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I'll do it, sorry for coming off a bit thick. MJN SEIFER

Additional: I've done it, feel free to check if you think it's done ok MJN SEIFER

  • Yes, you did the absolute minimum. You can see from my edits that a little more tidying might have been in order. Also you could have redirected Story Mode. Incidentally how did you open Story Mode to do the copy-n-paste? I have never found a mode that puts "Retrieved from" at the end of an article.

Fear enough, And in relovence to your question - I have no idea, I simply copied it from the link you gave me, MJN SEIFER

[edit] Discounts

Hi there, My message is on the top so you should see! Thanks for helping formating this Wiki page: Discounts allowed and discounts received

Would you be willing to help me one more time? It's about formating tables again. I would like to turn dashes invisible (font-color should match table's bkg-color). My Web knowledge is about html and css : see accreditation.freesurf.fr ...and I am not sure about the logic of applying styles on wiki nor am I willing to start learning. I just need the basics so, if you could format one table I will then be able to keep on going on my own.

Another thing I consider essential with my table is to have numbers right-align.

I tried to figure these two things out before posting this message by taking a look at the code related to tables on Double-entry bookkeeping page.

Thanks if you can take care of this. Nice exposure on rhaworth.myby.co.uk!

Pascal —Preceding unsigned comment added by Echo---pscbro (talk • contribs)

  • No putting it at the top is just a minor irritation - I click the history tab to see what is new! I have done a bit of tarting - click the history tab and use the diff display to see what I have done. I have used the trick of font-color=bkg-color but it looks like a nasty fudge - the text shows up if users try to select it with the mouse! I believe that it is not actually forbidden to create tables here in pure html. But wiki markup is preferred. I hope I have given you the requisite hints. -- RHaworth 07:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archive help

Thanks for doing that for me, all this archiving stuff is new territory chez totnesmartin! Totnesmartin 11:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)