User talk:CultureDrone/Archive 1

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 * Oh, there's no need to call yourself an idiot newbie!! I was just as hapless when I first started because I didn't know what was what. I caused some almightly stir ups (I even created an article on myself, not something you're supposed to do, which got deleted, and boy was I informed of that!) Ask me if you need any help, or, because I'm still learning - even those who've been on this website since 2001 are still learning - I'll ask for you at the help desk ;-). Happy editing and have a good time!  Lra drama 15:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Tagging of broken redirects
I noticed you have added speedy deletion templates such as to a couple of non-working redirects. Please add the templates before the " " part, so that we sysops can see the deletion template. Otherwise the redirect will end up functioning as normal if the target page exists, or only the speedy deletion category will appear which is very confusing. Resurgent insurgent 07:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

re merging Yorkshire Amateurs
I have replied on my talk page. Keith D 10:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Kanagawa Prefecture
I noticed you are repairing several DAB links to Kanagawa. Please note that although Kanagawa_prefecture ends up at the right page, it is probably a better idea to bypass the redirect, and update the links to Kanagawa Prefecture (capital P; and a space instead of an underscore). Thanks! Neier 10:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

policy and how it is made
You asked: Hi there. A quick question for you on notability - you declined to delete a village definition (Adamant, Vermont) as you said all villages (and presumably therefore by extension all towns, cities etc.) are notable in WP. Is this official policy ? Does this also apply to articles on schools, colleges etc. - whilst it's unlikely you could ever accuse someone of 'blatantly advertising' a town, it is possible to write an article about an educational establishment that's phrased in such a way as to attract positive attention. Are all educational establishments also notable, and if not, whats the 'notability criteria' ? CultureDrone 09:24, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Policy in WP is expressed by policy pages and by guidelines, but also to some extent by what gets actually kept and deleted at AfD. Some of the conventions are formalized at WP:OUTCOMES. It's a little like statute law made by the legislature, and case law as made by the courts which applies it. The difference is that there is no formal precedent, and any of the practice can be changed without formalities if there is a practical consensus to do so. But the current practice as defined by what gets deleted: all universities & colleges are notable, and possible all post secondary institutions (that one is still debatable). High schools usually, but some say always. Junior high schools and primary schools--only if notability can be documented.--for what counts, see current AfDs--the basic rule is non-directory information is needed--for example, notable alumni, athletic or academic championships. Major malls and similar shopping centers, but not minor ones--depends on sourcing. All buildings on registers of historic places. Major landmark hotels and apartment houses. All inhabited places. All distinct geographic places. All railroad stations and airports. All numbered state and federal highways and equivs outside the US. All bridges. All ships (not boats). Advertising matters--it is certainly possible to write an article devoted to advertising a resort town--the article gets reduced to the basic information, not deleted. Similarly with colleges, public or private. For schools, they get deleted. (For school articles be careful that you are not basing it on a vandalized version--check the edit history & see if there is a good one) Copyvio also matters. any article mainly copied from a web site that is not public domain will be deleted regardless of subject. For things really important, sometimes the article gets "stubbed"--reduced to the basics. School teams--important college and university teams get articles, high school not. Fraternities, etc: individual chapters do not get articles. The main student association of a college usually gets an article. Important student newspapers get articles. Faculty: full professors at research universities usually get articles--below that rank, only if they meet WP:PROF. At 4yr colleges and below, only if the meet WP:PROF. High school teachers almost never.

All the above is my interpretation of what is the usual case, and i am not infallible, and it goes by the consensus at each individual AfD. I certainly do not mean to imply I actually support all of this, but I accept the consensus. The way to learn is to hang out at Afd. I warn you that it is addictive. DGG (talk) 10:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Dibbs
hello there. you took the off Mr. Dibbs... just wondering if it was because you consider it not to be a stub, or if the stub's been deprecated, or something else? cheers.  tomasz.  16:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Carl ortega
There's definitely something fishy about that entry, but please don't use a lack of Google hits as a reason for deletion. There are plenty noteworthy topics that don't get Google hits, especially when they're not from the 1990s or later as this subject is. (MacGyverMagic) - 87.211.75.45 18:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Cottesloe Band Night
You put this article up for deletion, and I can understand why. But let me tell you the reason for creating the article. The article as you said can be perceived as like a press release or in fact like an advertisement. I am the Author and the article was actually for a College Coursework piece. The topic was to create an article that informs, describes and explains, thus my idea to create a wikipedia article. The article was never meant to act as a press release or advertisement, as this wasn't my goal, and I believe if you read the article from the perspective of trying to Inform, describe and explain then your view may be changed. Thanks (Downrock) 15:28, 6 December 2007

User:Arsensalsa
Remember this guy whose user page we tried to fix? Anyway, the admin folks fixed it in 4 minutes flat! - see Administrators' noticeboard. Astronaut (talk) 14:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Acroforms
Hi, Could you please provide some rationale for this? Jmgonzalez (talk) 13:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm unsure about the integration of Acroforms in the PDF article, as the latter is already 28K long. I think it'd make a better read if we split the Jmgonzalez (talk) 21:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Soar Valley F.C.
A tag has been placed on Soar Valley F.C. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Tiptoety talk 00:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Leeds Bridge
Yeah sure, that will probably be better, i didn't realise they already had mentioned it in his article.

Hamilton365 (talk) 13:57, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

All Saints' Church of England School
As per the tag, I merged the article's content into the local settlement page. Rossenglish (talk) 20:31, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation links to redirect pages
... link is supposed to be the actual item, not an alias ...
 * Actually no. Sometimes links to redirect pages can be clearer. This comes from here:
 * ... a link to a redirect term will sometimes be preferred to a direct link, if the redirect term contains the disambiguation title and the redirect target does not.
 * Unless I've misunderstood this! However in the case of Spiral staircase I don't think there is any particular advantage either way. MSGJ (talk) 11:34, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

NR
Hello there. I see NR being used all the time in reference to noise reduction in general, for example in digital photography. The Dolby case was new to me :) Cheers, 88.148.206.233 (talk) 23:24, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Ashuganj Upazila
I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Ashuganj Upazila. The reason is:
 * seems to be about a town (location), not a person, group of people or web content - non-importance isn't a reason for speedy deletion

For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 13:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Please be careful tagging articles
Regarding the page Trip gabriel‎, which you tagged for speedy deletion on the basis of CSD A7, I wanted you to know that I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This page does not qualify for speedy deletion because the article patently asserts the subjects importance. If you still want the page to be deleted, please use the WP:AFD process. Thanks!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

young contributors
Please dont bite the children, as you did it the edit summary for the prod on Facts about the element Nickel -- a perfectly justified prod of course, but even the lest sophisticated contributors can grow up to be useful here. DGG (talk) 23:40, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Malcolm B.
"Wikistyle" frowns upon Jr. or the II (which explains the shortening to Eratus Corning from the usual Erastus Corning II; the III and IV are similarly frowned upon). I was hammered often on this point of style in this entry.

Granted, Mal Baldrige, Jr. shares his father's name, if not Yale society affiliatiion, but the appropriate "disam" edit clarifies any confusion.

Thanks for your interest in the entry.SLY111 (talk) 19:40, 27 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111

I made the appropriate "disam" edit. Thanks for pointing out the error.SLY111 (talk) 19:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111

Chamber Cyclopedia
Have you ever read it? It is the grandaddy of them all! Chasnor15 (talk) 20:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Back garden
I changed my mind on the AfD... Thinking about it and looking around IMHO I feel that it should be merged into Garden and a redirect put into place. --Pmedema (talk) 16:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Editor Requests/Assistance Real v Pseudo Names
From WP:EAR

The manual of style allows for both conventions. Presumably, as most sources will point to the name one performs under then this is the name most readers will know him as. As for defsort that should always be filed under the name of the article. In the WP:MOSBIO one of the examples given is that of Boris Karloff, which gives his real name after his stage name and he has been dead for many years. Hope it answers your question. -- Bp E ps - t @ lk 23:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Appear offline
Hi, I see you proposed the deletion of Appear offline. Not that I believe the article should stay - I even endorsed your proposal - but note that you didn't warn the creator of the article about your proposal. This is not really required, but it is considered polite to do that. Remember that an article is a work of somebody, and one would not like to have his/her article deleted, despite what WP:OWN says. I've already warned the creator about your porposal, but I don't think there's enough time to "save" the article, anyway. Victor Lopes (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Unicode input
Well - it's intended as an encyclopedic description of what input methods are provided by various systems rather than as a "how to" guide per se, if you can think of ways it can be improved in tone etc to better reach that goal, your input is welcome. Also, from a more cynical standpoint, it's meant to be the lesser of two evils vs having "how to type this character" sections in every article about a subject that somehow involves a non-ascii character. --Random832 (contribs) 13:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)