User talk:Davidandjoy

Nomination of Edward Caradus for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Edward Caradus is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Edward Caradus until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. WWGB (talk) 03:15, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

See response to your comment on articles talk page NealeFamily (talk) 00:48, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for stating the conflict of interest. The page debate is looking like it will close as a no consensus. A suggestion is to put a copy of the article in your sandbox in case it is deleted and invite NZ project editors to add to it till Edward reaches a clear notability level. Also, one of the way to manage a COI is to have an independent editor assess the information you are wanting to add. Hope this helps. NealeFamily (talk) 22:32, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, I have taken your advice. Any help you can give tiding up would be appreciated.

Many thanks NealFamily, you have been a great help. DC


 * Hi David - first a bit of admin work - if you select the User page tab at the top of this page - create yourself a user page.

I will take a look at the referencing and the article to see what I can do to improve it. Also, what I have done in the past for a couple of editors where conflicts of interest are involved is to get them to create the content they want added in their sandpit and then when it is up to standard, having verified it from external sources, moved it into the article for them. This allows an independent assessment and takes it out of the conflict of interest zone. The main thing is to have good independent referencing for any statements made, which can be difficult at times. NealeFamily (talk) 22:00, 30 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi NealeFamily, I have a user page of davidandjoy and have placed the article in the sand box.


 * Great - that shoulkd protect it in case it is deleted. Also don't forget to sign your posts - just click on the 4 squiggly line by the Sign your posts comment below (under Insert in the drop down box below ) NealeFamily (talk) 22:55, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Air Force career
Do you have any sources/articles relating to his creation of the training programme. It needs beefing up in its references.NealeFamily (talk) 00:26, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Only: http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1940-I.2.3.2.47&e=---10--1--0-- User:Davidandjoy

Also: http://www.renaissancebooks.co.nz/?page=shop/browse&fsb=1&searchby=author&keyword=Royal+New+Zealand+Air+Force+%5BRNZAF%5D%3B+%5BE.+Caradus+%28Director+of+Educational+Services%29%5D User:Davidandjoy

Where did the Prime Minister comments come from? They are one of the strong points in the notability argument if they can be established. NealeFamily (talk) 22:29, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Please refer to: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410315.2.105&srpos=10 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.100.148 (talk) 22:38, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

You will be pleased to see that the article survived the RfD NealeFamily (talk) 05:20, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of George Grey Science Scholarship


A tag has been placed on George Grey Science Scholarship, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NHCLS (talk) 00:08, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!
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