User talk:Cihan

Hi, Cihan. Welcome to Wikipedia! Always good to see another technical type here. I hope you like it here and stick around. We could use help with WikiProject Mathematics if you get a chance. If you want, you can drop us a note at New user log to introduce yourself.

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Happy editing, Isomorphic 07:29, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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No copyright violations, please
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Request for edit summary
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note
Just in case as an Arizonan you know anything of Spider Ranch, whether its locally notable or not. Articles for deletion/Spider Ranch. Herostratus 19:52, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. WebHamster 12:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Orange Mike  |  Talk  00:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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Credible author
Hello. A credible authors' reference is being "overrided" by edit-warring. I recently tried to add to the telescope article but this editor seems to think that his opinion overrides a VERY credible author in Mr. Richard Powers. I've been blocked before for edit-warring recently, so I don't want this to be another incident on my record.

Anyway, the other editor seemed to have asked his friend-type editors to form a consensus, so I will do the same. The Islamic connection here is, Al-Haytham. He is FUNDAMENTAL to the telescope and the FATHER of optics. By definition, the summary can include him since the radio and electro-magnetic telescopes are derogatory to the average person looking at the article; I wanted to add it to the history section since it looked cleaner. Can you help your fellow InternetHero?? InternetHero (talk) 21:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Murray Rosenblatt
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status
As reviewing administrator, I of course recognize he's notable, though you didnt put the membership of the NAS in the article itself. However, the article needs considerable expansion:

First, give the basic information--the source should be his CV-- birthplace and date, degrees, previous positions. If there are published books, list them in formal bibliographic style. List the 3 or 4 most influential articles similarly, getting citation figures from Web of Science. Include major national level offices and awards, but not minor ones. Be sure to list editorships (but not mere editorial board membership) --we consider it very important, and you should add it to the articles for the relevant journals also, with a link to the bio. If the subject of the article has any notable students who would qualify for Wikipedia bios, include them. Their PhD & postdoctoral advisors probably also qualify for bios here; add them and link them, even if they do not yet have articles.

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Pay particular attention to the way we make links to other Wikipedia articles. Avoid WP:Peacock terms.

If I can help you with any of this, let me know.  DGG ( talk ) 18:10, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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Youtube
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Hello again, Yes, as you pointed out, one of the external links to Youtube you've added actually was a video uploaded by Google themselves and relevant to the article too. My removal of that link was wrong. However, excessive addition of external links (a.k.a. wikispam) is a huge problem on Wikipedia, and arguments for the inclusion of an external link should therefore be provided by the one adding it, rather than the opposite. Ergo, I suggest you explain the relevance of the links you add to articles. In the case of Zoketsu Norman Fischer, you can type "Norman Fischer at Google Talks in 2008" or something similar in the edit summary. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 03:58, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Musa Eroğlu


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Proposed deletion of Dieter Ammann


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Your draft article, Draft:Greetje Bijma


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Proposed deletion of Philosophy Talk


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