User talk:Davewild/Archive 5

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On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Tiptoety  talk 02:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thankspam
Hi Dave, belated post holiday thanks for your support and nice comments in my RFA, which passed by an embarrassingly wide margin. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here.  Were Spiel Chequers  17:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Flood of Red
Ages and ages ago i said i was going to give you a link to an interview which suggested notobility but i think it was never published. I still think the band is notable for inclusion on wikipedia, and i think there is webpages that will show this. They have toured in Europe and have recorded and album in Baltimore with a major recording studio and are due to play south by southwest festival, anyway these are some links., (lenghthy interview), Andrew22k (talk) 23:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dominican general election, 2005
Shubinator (talk) 04:30, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for J Stalin
An editor has asked for a deletion review of J Stalin. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. –Black Falcon (Talk) 06:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I didn't initiate the review, by the way. I just noticed that you had not been informed yet. –Black Falcon (Talk) 06:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Bolsover local elections
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Redirect
Maybe I'm confused, but I was under the impression that article pages weren't allowed to redirect to user pages. Rwiggum (Talk /Contrib ) 17:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I apologize. I was looking at another user's contributions page, and he had made several pages redirecting to his own user page, so I CSD-ed them. I guess that I thought this one was directing there too, but I was wrong. My mistake! Rwiggum  (Talk /Contrib ) 17:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Regarding recent speedy deletions
Hi, I noticed that you deleted Jonathan ieslin and Michael lulko per G10. I had tagged them A7 and G3. Would you consider my tags erroneous, or just cases where the articles met multiple criteria? If the latter, do you feel that G10 should take precedence over A7 even if the BLP is not entirely negative? Thanks in advance. decltype (talk) 09:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Makes sense, thanks a lot. decltype (talk) 06:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

SIEF
Hi

thanks for getting back to me. I suppose the second deletion was for the same reason as the first? (I've only today seen your response of mid-February...) What constitutes a reliable secondary source? Does it have to be a web link, or will references to some old-fashioned print sources suffice? As for web links, there is one to the SIEF homepage, which should serve to establish the bona fides of the association.

A couple more questions, while I'm here ...

It seems from my experience this far that unless one launches an entire edifice with cross-links to other topics, there is a risk that the entry will jo-jo up and down for some time, especially if - as in my case - the author only has time to check it every few days or sometimes even weeks. Would you recommend that we design a complex entry in its entirety first and then up-load it (in the hope it might survive)?

Also, a minor point: How do I set the name of the organisation in caps (SIEF, rather than Sief as at present)?

Thanks for our help. --Derbaer (talk) 15:34, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Armenian constitutional referendum, 2005
Shubinator (talk) 01:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Flood of Red
There is another BBC interview with them recently at, sorry to keep bothering you, if this doesnt suggest notability then can you userfy the page for me. Andrew22k (talk) 10:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

List of state leaders in 1409
Here, with this link, could you add a specific link, please? --MikemoralSock (talk) 02:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

St Albans Local Elections 2008
re Nigel Wood Smith, I'm not sure I see the logic in including his middle name (Anthony), as the other candidates have just a first name and surname. He's just unusual in that he has a double surname (Wood Smith). So if I'm Joe Bloggs (Mr Bloggs), then he's Nigel Wood Smith (Mr Wood Smith) 217.41.247.51 (talk) 13:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina
hi Davewild,

thank you for reading the article Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. I tried to improve it. I am sure there are a lot of issues to be corrected and I would be grateful for your information.

--Keysanger (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Ushuaia
Hey, there is a dispute ongoing in the Ushuaia article. I would like to have your opionion on that issue and then maybe you can help to protect the page against vandalism from unregistered users? Dentren |  Ta lk  19:55, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Could I ask you to participate in the discussion on this article. Justin talk 21:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Polish presidential election, 2000
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible.

DYK for Polish presidential election, 2000

 * Thank you for improving this article. Will you work on other Polish elections? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 14:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

UK politics
Hi mate, I noticed you had edited the UK local elections 2009 page. I wondered if you would be able to expand upon an article I have created, entitled 2009 United Kingdom parliamentary crisis. It needs to deal with the fall in popularity for the main parties, a short section on the expenses issue and some details on the political changes to the cabinet. Cheers. 03 md  10:14, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Captain Obvious
Looking at your deletion nomination for the Captain Obvious page, I'd like to point out that there is a page for Captain Obvious on Uncyclopedia. And it's good, too. --06SmithG (talk) 15:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Full-date unlinking bot
Greetings. I am a member of the Bot Approvals Group, and I am very interested in making sure that bots only run with community approval, in ways that are positive to Wikipedia. I read your thoughtful oppose !vote at the RFC, and I wanted to let you know about some safeguards that I can assure you would be in place, should this bot be approved.

First of all, I am adamant that no one should get "jumped on" for adding a link to the exclusion list. I'll be watching the ensuing discussion carefully, and if someone starts to harass people who make good-faith additions to the exclusion list, even when there is disagreement, I won't put up with that. There's been enough bad feeling generated already over this relatively minor issue, and civility is going to be required. I also wanted to let you know that if someone adds nobots to an article, this bot will not edit it. That could be a way to exclude an article without using the date exclusion list. Also, this bot would not be approved to run multiple times, obviating any revert wars. If a human and a bot disagree about formatting issues, the human is always right. (If a human and a human disagree later, that's a separate issue.) So no one should be made to feel that this (or any) bot's edits are certified as more valid than a person's individual choice in an article.

I don't know if this changes your mind about the bot idea, but either way, I just wanted to reassure you about what will or will not happen if this bot is ever approved. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 20:20, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

RfC on merger of Bristol Indymedia with Independent Media Center
User:Simon Dodd has requested comment on the proposed merger. You are being informed as you participated in the recent AfD discussion. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:28, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Logan Campbell
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible. LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 14:31, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Tiffany Holiday
Tiffany Holiday was in AVN Award nominee material. This would meet the WP:PORNSTAR requirement? BumbaBaby (talk) 19:20, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Articles for deletion/Tiffany Holiday where it was decided that the article did not meet the notability guidelines. If you feel you have new evidence that was not raised in that discussion then I would suggest taking it to Deletion Review where that evidence can be reviewed to decide whether the article should be recreated or not. Davewild (talk) 19:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Does starring in a series denoted in Wikipedia and another with received an AVN Award qualify as an exemption to WB:PORNSTAR criteria? BumbaBaby (talk) 18:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA reminder
Thanks for signing up for the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Wikipedia stands to benefit from the improvements in the article space as a result of this campaign. This is a double reminder. First, the campaign begins on July 18, 2009 at 00:00 (UTC). Second, please remember to log any articles you have worked on during the campaign at The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/Log. Thanks again for your participation! --Jayron32. talk . say no to drama 22:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for making WP:NODRAMA a success!
Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:


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 * WP:FLC for Featured List nominations
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Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32. talk . say no to drama 02:22, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

A bold proposal
The RfC has been pretty devisive. I want to try to get something good out of it. So I have created a project page for the community to address questions of reform. i hope you will check it out and participate, WP:Areas for Reform Slrubenstein  |  Talk 09:25, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

PODS and PODZILLA
Why are these pages being considered for deletion? It makes no sense. Similar pages, United Van Lines and U-Haul have similar content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.215.154.165 (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Please discuss the deletion on the Articles for deletion/PODS (company) where you are can put your case for why the article should not be deleted. The AFD tag should remain on the article until the discussion has been completed. Davewild (talk) 20:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination)
Since you participated in Deletion review/Log/2009 September 4, which was closed as relist, you may be interested in Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination). Cunard (talk) 08:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for the quick work. IronDuke 17:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Satoru Rodas
Hi. I see you removed a speedy tag on this article. Just a few points: I'm still thinking that notability hasn't been asserted and there may be other issues but I'm open to interpretation G ain  Line    ♠  ♥ 19:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It was created by user:Satoru which suggests to me it is a self published article.
 * The only ref is about company that he started which had 2 employees and went out of business 8 years ago.
 * I googled latino impact magazine and this is all the came up and 100 Latinos on the move
 * The article quite probably fails the notability guidelines, however all that is required to avoid being speedy deleted is an assertion of importance or significance. The claim to being one of "100 latinos on the move" is a claim to significance and the list is almost certainly not a hoax. A nomination for proposed deletion (or AFD if necessary) would be the correct forum for deleting the article which I agree is almost certainly not notable and the above claim would certainly not be enough to avoid deletion there. Davewild (talk) 19:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Didnt think it was hoax just clutching at straws on notability. I'll prod it but will probably have to go to AFD.  Cheers for the input G  ain  Line    ♠  ♥ 19:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Brunei Museum Journal: a sigh of relief
Thank you! I wonder if User:TankTrivia needs a word in his or her shell-like about correct use of speedy deletion. It's worrying that he/she thought it a suitable candidate. Jasper33 (talk) 11:54, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

recently created
Hi, Davewild. Thanks for the clarification in the summary of this edit. I hadn't noticed, until today, that that criterion could only be applied to recently crated redirects. I don't understand, though, why does the recency make a difference here. Could you briefly explain me that? Thanks, Waldir talk 22:30, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There was a recent discussion of this criteria on the policy page that probably explains it better than I could - Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 36. Basically from my reading the rationale was that people felt that older redirects should go through RFD as speedy should be kept to limited cases, although there were others who felt the wording should be removed. Davewild (talk) 07:43, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, reading that was rather enlightening. Lots of good points presented there. Especially Rossami's "offline links" argument got me thinking. And even though they tend to be more careful in print media, the linkrot argument is also worthwile. Still, I don't think this is the case, so I'll take that specific redirect to RfD. Cheers, Waldir talk 12:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

About Leila Khatami
You have removed the speedy tag on Leila Khatami article. Do you know something about her that makes her special? (If so, let other people know) I am an Iranian. Even in Iran nobody knows her. (Except her family!!!) The Article is a propaganda and should be removed as soon as possible. Bardia666 (talk) 13:38, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed the speedy tag because speedy deletion is only for the most obvious and blatant cases. This article had had a speedy tag removed before back in 2007 by another administrator who felt there was an assertion of importance. Also as daughter of a former president and a research mathematician there is a possibility that there could be coverage to meet the notability guideline and they are enough of an assertion of significance that I feel it should go to AFD if the article is going to be deleted. You are welcome to nominate the article at Articles for Deletion if you feel the article should be deleted. Davewild (talk) 15:05, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

About Jim Howard, Jr.
You have removed the speedy tag on Jim Howard, Jr. article. Is there something significant about this living person that makes this autobiography wiki worthy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.134.114 (talk • contribs)
 * There was enough in the article to just about qualify as an assertion of significance in my view. Speedy deletion is only for the most blatant cases and combined with a google search that showed there might be some coverage in reliable sources gave me the view that the article should go through Articles for Deletion if it should be deleted. I note another admin has come to the same conclusion as well. If you feel it should be deleted you are welcome to nominate it for AFD. Davewild (talk) 06:58, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Paola Rey (pornographic actress)
I was just reviewing articles tagged for speedy deletion, and I reached a different conclusion from you about Paola Rey (pornographic actress). WP:G12 says: "[...] where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving." That article had an infobox, references, and categories. That said, It didn't look like the article meets WP:PORNSTAR, so I don't feel too strongly about it. &mdash; Sebastian 07:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You are quite right my mistake, I have restored the article and removed the copyviolating material. Davewild (talk) 07:14, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks! That's what I was trying to do, when we got an edit conflict. &mdash; Sebastian 07:23, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

West Lancashire Elections 2008
Thanks for the link. But sadly that does not help me as it does not show the results for North Meols parish council for some reason (it shows the results for all the other parish councils but not North Meols, werid). Which is what I really want. Thanks for you help though. 93gregsonl2 (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

But it does not matter as I will use the 2007 results for North Meols. 93gregsonl2 (talk) 22:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

IP vandalism
Hi. Some IPs have deleted the ressorced parts of the article Taraneh Javanbakht. Please protect this article against the IP vandalism. thank you for your consideration. Zohairani (talk) 21:19, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, semi-protection is only used on pages which are subject to "heavy and continued vandalism". Considering there has only been one edit by an unregistered user since August, which was not vandalism but a misunderstanding of the policy over foreign languages sources, I cannot see that this criteria is met. I also note that the last edit in August by an unregistered user was a constructive addition of a userbox and categories. If there is continuing vandalism in the future then you can request protection of a page at Requests for page protection where other admins can usually act quickly on a request. Davewild (talk) 21:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Youtube
Hi. Can youtube be used as a reference in the wikipedia articles? Please reply to me in my talk page. Thank you. Zohairani (talk) 14:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom Election RFC courtesy notice
A request for comment that may interest you is currently in progress at Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee 2. If you have already participated, then please disregard this notice and my apologies. Manning (talk) 08:23, 1 November 2009 (UTC)  You received this message because you participated in the earlier ArbCom secret ballot RFC.

Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Questions/General/List
I notice that you added some questions to this page. You might have missed the instruction stating that users are limited to asking a single question. In consideration of this, and of the huge burden on candidates to answer questions, please consider removing all but one question from your submission. Stifle (talk) 10:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Davewild, could I second this request by Stifle? In a few days' time, I think the organisers of the election will be pressing home the one-question rule. Tony   (talk)  09:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Catbus AfD
Hi. I noticed your close of WP:Articles for deletion/Catbus. I agree with your closing statement's consideration of merging. Some editors consider merge equivalent to keep and see a unanimous keep there, perhaps even a speedy keep, which is hinted at in WP:AfD and mergers. I've been thinking about writing an essay AfD keep variants describing nuances between keep and delete – would you have any interest in that? Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 03:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

question
While reading comments that somebody else wrote in an AFD about an Army major: Delete. Single event of an not otherwise newsworthy subject. Remember, no consensus = default to delete. Cla68 (talk) 04:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

But you wrote this:

The result was No Consensus defaulting to Keep. There is no consensus that I can see between those who think the list is inherently POV and unmaintainable, and those who think the issues with the list can be solved and that it is a valid topic for a list. I encourage those who think it should be kept (and others of course!) to discuss on the talk page ways to improve the list. Davewild (talk) 11:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of countries by formation dates

Who is correct. I think you are. Where's the proof. Thank you. Ipromise (talk) 04:42, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop
As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome. For the Arbitration Committee, Risker (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Game Show Congress
Is it okay for me to list those two at AFD myself? Or should someone else do it instead? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 19:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Digirami edits on River Plate article
Hi!, I am truly sorry for the "vandalism" you have remarked on my actions, but this has a reason. The user I've commented has being changing River Plate article several times by adding an ignominous defeat against Liga (7-0), in the historical section of that article. I must remark that I've been the only one (unitl now) editing that article, and this guy is adding that piece of information as a matter of making fun on someone. I really dislike about this attitudes. I have talked to him, warning about this, but he didn't put down his attitude, so I decided to go on editing his own page.

Try to talk to him, because this situation is running out of my patience.

--VH1982 (talk) 17:51, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Reference your comment on my talk page. You need to stop your edits such as this one immediately and discuss the article civilly on the talk page. Every article is open to editing by anyone and where there is disagreement over the content this should be discussed not edit warred over. If you cannot reach agreement after a civil discussion you can consider Dispute resolution such as requesting a third opinion. I notice Digirami has started a discussion here which you should consider joining and will get informed editors involved. Davewild (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Onboarding article - keeping
Appreciate your closing the deletion conversation on the article on "Onboarding". It seemed like a valid discussion in which people on both sides of the question made some very good points. I certainly learned a lot about how the Wikipedia community works. Gbradt (talk) 11:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)