User talk:Alexascola

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Alexascola! Thank you for your contributions. I am Jimfbleak and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
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I've made some edits to your article, please look at the history to see the changes and my edit summaries. Any queries, just ask on my talk page  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:05, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of David Masinter


The article David Masinter has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * This person seems to have no existence beyond the pages of one SA journal. Nothing RS comes up in a Google search

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  18:09, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

June 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page David Masinter has been reverted. Your edit here to David Masinter was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.facebook.com/ChabadSA/app_6009294086) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 09:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Further comment
Hi, I note your attempts to improve the referencing for this article. My main concern is that the current sources all seem to be drawn from the SA Jewish community, and perhaps because of this seem to provide coverage that, at best, could be described as uncritical. Self-editable sources like Facebook (see above) are also not acceptable. If he is genuinely notable, you should be able to find mention outside his community, perhaps in the more general SA press. Given the tie-in with Nissan, that shouldn't be too hard  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  09:46, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for email, you seem to have dealt with the concerns. You may run into copyright problems with the images.


 * The first claims to have been released into the public domain by its author, Ilan Ossendryver, but the Exif data shows the copyright holder to be Caroline Suzman.


 * The second one you have claimed as PD, but the site clearly states © 2005 - 2012 All Rights Reserved. The fact that it was taken at a public function doesn't take away the photographer's ownership of the copyright.

 Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  13:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)