User talk:Deville/Archive 4

Christian Miles
There was no need to remove this article, it was about my friend who is an up-and-coming model (and by the way we cited sources). The fact that he is not THAT famous yet does not give you the right to remove his page. Because of you, I must now try to dig up the original page and restore it. You are of no help. ~Bovester

Afd - Hispanics and religion
Check out Articles_for_deletion/Hispanics_and_religion--JuanMuslim 1m 01:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Articles_for_deletion/Charges.com.br
Can you explain why you thought my reason for deletion was "vague"? How could I get more specific than "Delete per WP:WEB"? There's no indication that this website or its content passes any of the criteria of WP:WEB. Thanks, Pan Dan 20:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that does help. You are right, I did mean the notability criteria at WP:WEB.  Next time I cite WP:WEB I'll be more specific.


 * Thanks! In this case, however, I really do think that this subject meets the criteria for notability, although I'll grant you it's not a slam dunk.


 * I suppose since all the sources are in Portuguese, the article still fails WP:V (since non-Portuguese-speaking readers of the English WP cannot verify the content of the article), which maybe could be brought up as a reason for deletion in the future? Pan Dan 21:25, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, WP:V does not say that sources should be in English. Please see Reliable_sources, for example.  Obviously, English sources are preferred, but of course for a Brasilian phenomenon we should not be surprised to find all, or almost all, of the sources in Portuguese.  Anyway, this article can and should be massively cleaned up; I'm going to work on that a bit myself.   -- Deville (Talk) 21:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * You're right, I see that Wp:rs says specifically that non-English sources are acceptable where no English sources are available. Thanks for pointing me there.  Pan Dan 21:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem! :D  -- Deville (Talk) 21:51, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request
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Thank you
My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your support. Results are at Recently_created_admins. Warmly,  Durova  14:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Samora Machel's fatal aircrash
You added a "fact" template to the Samora Machel article suggesting that the withdrawal of the Soviet Union and Mozambique from the international board of inquiry into the aircrash be regarded as speculative. Paragraph 24 of the referenced TRC report into the incident says:
 * "The day after the crash, Mozambique and South Africa agreed that an international board of inquiry should be established with the participation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. According to the Chicago Convention, South Africa, as the state on whose territory the crash had occurred, would head up the investigation. South Africa was, however, obliged to work in partnership with the state of ownership (Mozambique) and the state of manufacture (the Soviet Union). These countries were not, however, taken on as equal partners, and withdrew their participation after the initial stages."

Would you like to remove the tag, or should I do so?Phase4 09:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Chairlunchdinner, DCNanny and Markos Moulitsas
While I agree with you that the edits don't qualify as blockable vandalism, I think that DCNanny's actions qualify as socialism. Whether you love Markos or hate him, there's nothing to indicate that he holds anything near socialist positions. His readers are mostly liberals, he's a partisan democrat, but most of his positions are centrist or libertarian. DCNanny is inserting false, unsupported information into an article. And, while I don't see "socialist" as a slur, especially in a US context it tends to be seen that way. Re-inserting flase information 14 times is definitely problematic behaviour. Guettarda 15:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Gamestah Deletion Review
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MedCabal
Hi, we have a heavy backload of cases at WP:MEDCAB and since you are on the mediator list I thought I would request your help. Thanks! --Ideogram 10:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Adams County, Pennsylvania
I don't know what you mean by "a lot of articles"; this is the only category I have redirected (in [my] recent memory) because it had only one entry (David Bard); I exhaustively searched Wikipedia and Google and he is the only person I could locate who was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania (much of which is now part of York County, Pennsylvania), and therefore I redirected to the generic Category:People from Pennsylvania. I did not touch the List of people from York, Pennsylvania, which I had recommended for speedy deletion, that only had one name as you observed yourself, and you updated it.

Personally, from what I have observed there are numerous categories which contain only one or two entries (or which were actually created with just one person in mind) and should be consolidated or redirected.

Please let me know if I am doing something incorrectly.

Hope Springs Eternal 17:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * P.S. - Oops, I just remembered - I did create Category:People from Polk County, Florida myself, but after I realized that Lakeland, Florida is part of Polk County - the largest part - and had already (previously) been created as a separate category, the Polk County category made no sense, so I redirected to a new category I created, Category:People from Bartow, Florida, as it was that city, with only one exception, that was the birthplace of all the other entries from the defunct Category:People from Polk County, Florida.

Hope you could follow that. Hope Springs Eternal 17:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Silicon Investor
Re: "Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia by creating the page Silicon Investor. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted."

It wasn't a test. I think Silicon Investor is an important enough web site to justify an entry in Wikipedia. "Silicon Investor" gets 111,000 hits in Google. It has over 23 million posts from thousands of users. Its no Yahoo or Google in terms of usage but I'm sure the site gets more traffic then a number of sites that do have articles here. True the content was limited but I would have thought at least a discussion before deletion would be warranted rather than a speedy deletion. Twfowler 16:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Batesville High School (Arkansas)
I really don't feel that it has enough sufficient context to be have an entry. I read over WP:SCHOOL, and it doesn't seem like it's enough, either. I'm going to list it as an afd to get a better consensus. --Adam Riley Talk 04:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey there. Thank you for removing the speedy delete tag originally! Your vote for whether or not the article would be ok to keep would be greatly appreciated at the deletion page for it. (Note: I have fleshed out the article more to provide more content, and I plan on doing even more in the future on it) Thanks! (Cardsplayer4life 06:28, 14 December 2006 (UTC))

Shendurjana Ghat
Removing the speedy tag seems fine. Now it's certainly a worthwhile stub. NatusRoma | Talk 17:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Great! I send a note to the creator, who seems to be a very new user, as well... hopefully they will contribute more to the article in the future.  Thanks again! --- Deville (Talk) 17:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The Wayout
I've removed the speedy deletion tag from The Wayout, as the article seems to me to assert that its subject is notable ("it is one of London's better known transgender venues"). Also see the comments on the Talk page. You're free to ask another admin for review, or to take the matter to prod or AfD. Ask me if you have any questions. --Slowking Man 21:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, after looking at the links provided on the talk page, I definitely agree that this is not a CSD A7 candidate. It needs some categories and to be stubbed properly (I don't know what the correct stub would be here). --- Deville (Talk) 23:26, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Help me
Hello Deville..

I need help from you. Recently I created an article "Ganapathi Sachchidananda" which you cleaned and made it look better. Later other people added material to it, who violated copyrights. Admin Zoe deleted the article citing copyvio. But he also said the bio is about a nonnotable person. I remember you helping me in recovering the article from speedy deletion when I started it,and u said its genuine. How can an article aproved by one admin become nonsense for other admin? Please help me with this. I request you to revert it back when you last edited it and with no copyvio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganapathi_Sachchidananda please help..Thanks..

Fritz Gäbler
My reasoning for speedy was that, while he did appear on the stamp the article didn't seem to say how he was notable - the expansion tag is probably a better one to use than my speedy.

(While I did google him, I didn't use an umlaut - which is perhaps why I didn't get any useful results) shas 00:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Recordings preserved in the National Recording Registry
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A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin
Glad to see you still edit, now and then. :) I appreciated your trust, back then, and I still do. Thank you. – Luna Santin  (talk) 01:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Old deletion
I just noticed this:

08:56, 11 September 2006 Deville (Talk | contribs) deleted "Windows rot" (deleting per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Berkeley of the West)

Out of curiosity, was that a mistake, or did that RFA have something to do with it? Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 08:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Replied on other user's talk page -- Deville (Talk) 15:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Sorry, I meant to revert the changes my friend made, but you were too quick. Slow down there; I mean Jesus no harm. I love him! Crispus 04:49, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

New York City Meetup
The agenda for the next meetup includes the formation of a Wikimedia New York City local chapter. Hope to see you there! --Pharos 20:16, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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New mailing list
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You are invited!
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Speedy deletion of Kaka
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 * Sorry I thought it was a vandal page by mistake. Rgoodermote  13:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

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WikiProject Baseball Newsletter
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Second Annual WikiNYC Picnic
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Wikis Take Manhattan
WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT


 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
 * Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)

WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project


 * 349 W. 12th St. #3
 * Between Greenwich & Washington Streets
 * By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop

FOR UPDATES

Check out:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan main website

This will have a posting if the event is delayed due to weather or other exigency.

Thanks,
 * Pharos

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October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter
--  jj137   ( talk )  23:58, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: You are invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wikipedia Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.

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You're invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, look at our approval by the Chapters Committee, develop ideas for chapter projects at museums and libraries throughout our region, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the November meeting's minutes and the December mini-meetup's minutes).

We'll make preparations for our exciting museum photography Wikipedia Loves Art! February bonanza (on Flickr, on Facebook) with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We'll also be collecting folks to join our little Wikipedia Takes the Subway adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.

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NYC Meetup: You're invited!
Join us the evenings of Friday February 6 and Saturday February 7 around Wikipedia Loves Art! museum photography events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.

There will also be a special business meeting on Saturday dedicated to discussing Wikimedia New York City issues with guests from the Wikimedia Foundation.

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You're invited!
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You're invited...
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, establish a membership process for the chapter, review the upcoming Wiki-Conference New York 2009 (planned for ~100 people at NYU this summer) and future projects like Wikipedia at the Library, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the March meeting's minutes).

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