User talk:Epbr123/Archive 7

Articles for deletion nomination of Angela Tiger
I have nominated Angela Tiger, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Angela Tiger. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.  Sandstein  19:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Luis Bueno
You added a Living Person category to Luis Bueno. I was unable to find any information about the Cuban athlete after 1990. He was spectacular to about age 21 then disappears off the radar. He would be 41 now, with no elite career to show for himself, no Olympic appearances, I could find nothing. You would think he would be at the 1992 Olympics, when he would have been 23, where two of his teammates finished 4th and 5th with jumps inferior to what he was doing a few years earlier as a teenager. He disappeared. I was unable to confirm whether he was living or dead. Do you know anything more about him? Do you know he is still alive? Or did you make an assumption? Trackinfo (talk) 20:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It's just an assumption. Anyone under 90 who's death is undocumented should be in Category:Living people for BLP reasons. Epbr123 (talk) 21:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

P. J. Sebastian
Dear Epbr123, Hi. Hope all is well. I have removed the category living people from P. J. Sebastian again as he is still dead. Best wishes, (Msrasnw (talk) 08:44, 6 September 2010 (UTC))
 * Hi. Could you please add a reliable source for his death? If there isn't a source, it has to be assumed that he's alive, for WP:BLP maintenance reasons. Epbr123 (talk) 08:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi it is in the reference on the article - in The Hindu. - Sebastian's memoirs were printed and published only after his demise in 1972. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 08:55, 6 September 2010 (UTC))

adam kidan
You recently un-did edits that I made several times. The postings made over time were erroneous. They refer to news articles but when read did not contain the quotes or information. Also, most of the people that posted were anomyous and are also no longer registered with Wikipedia. They cirumvented the process by making entries over a long period of time and by citing articles that were erroneous. Please respect the accurate changes that were made. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcnewstalker1 (talk • contribs) 01:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination of Ashbank for deletion
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Template:otheruses4
Please delete and replace with about. otheruses4 is deprecated.199.126.224.245 (talk) 10:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Request for Banning some IP users
I would like to make a request for Banning the following IP users permenantly due to vandalism editing in some airlines articles. The IP users which need to banned are:
 * 125.37.0.0 series (From Tianjin, China)
 * 117.11.0.0 series (From Tianjin, China)

The two sets of IP users did the vandalism since April 2010 at the paragraph "Fleet" of Airlines Articles and did not stop until now, they provide the incorrect capacity and add the retired aircraft into the Articles at the following Airlines (All of them ):

Thai Airways International, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, British Airways, Korean Air, Air India, United Airlines, South African Airways, EgyptAir, Air Namibia, Qantas, Iraqi Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Continental Airlines, ard more......

Many many and many users (including me) have told those IP users to stop their vandalism action, but they still continue to do it, so please ban all of the IP address from 125.37.0.0 and 117.11.0.0 permanently. Thanks! Asamae2 (talk) 19:41, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It may affect too many uninvolved users if all those IPs were blocked, and IPs can never be blocked permanently. Its also not clear whether they are vandalising or making the edits in good faith. I recommend you continue to try to discuss this with them, and if they don't respond it would then be more clear they are being disruptive. Epbr123 (talk) 20:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The Chinese Wikipedia has already been fed up with the vandal (okay I understand this is very subtle content vandalism, but it is adding wrong, unsourced information repeatedly around the Chinese and English Wikipedias) behind this IP range and to deal with this by banning those IP ranges for 6 months.   Given the great number of articles involved, I believe the English Wikipedia should follow suit - I'll block the IP ranges for 1 week to start with. If the vandal comes back as the block expires, I'll extend the block. --Deryck C. 03:51, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for letting me know. I'll leave it to you to deal with. Epbr123 (talk) 09:11, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Categorizing biographies
Hi. I've seen you categorize a lot of biographies (like this one). Which lists are you using to find these biographies? How helpful are the lists? Can they be improved?

You've been doing great work; I'm just curious if life can't be made a bit easier for you. :-) I made "" today, which you may be interested in as well. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:37, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. I've mainly been using your very useful list at Database reports/Potential biographies of living people (4). It would be of most help if the list could display more than the first 2000 entries. Is there a way I could see the whole list, even if in a more basic text format?


 * The problem with the list only containing the first 2000 entries is that it eventually fills up with false positives. If I'm unable to see the whole list, it would help instead if the list filtered out articles with titles containing common terms such as "bibliography", "Company", "Association", "Society", "Corporation", "International", "National", "Group", "Ltd", "Operation", "Institute", "Department", "Limited", "Communications", "Energy", "Service", "World", "Research", "System", "Nuclear", "House", "Hotel", "HMS", "Medal" and "Award". Filtering out articles containing the text [  was ] or [ The  ] would also greatly reduce the number of articles on dead people and non-biographies respectively, eg. [ John Smith was ], [ The John Smith Memorial is ].


 * Although, ideally, it would be useful to have a list of all articles in Category:People that aren't in Category:Living people, Category:Possibly living people or a death category. Many thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 13:39, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of J. G. Quintel for deletion
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Possibly living persons
Hi - can you talk a bit about what criteria you use when adding this category to an article? For instance, when a date of death is listed (either the year or a specific date), how you decide that the "possibly living" cat is justified? Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:52, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If a date of death is listed, then the Category:Possibly living people isn't justified. The category should be used for anyone aged between 90 and 123 for whom there is no source for their death. I assume your specifically referring to Margie Hines, who would be about 100 now and who's death isn't mentioned. Epbr123 (talk) 11:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the come back. Beyond My Ken (talk) 11:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Britney Stevens
Why do you keep reverting all of my changes? Are you happy with badly named sections and dead links? — Fly by Night  ( talk )  12:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

You're going too far now. I understand that Wikipedia should not be censored, but nor should it break the law. Allowing minors to view pornography is a criminal offence. That link needs to be removed, and I will remove it again. I will have to open up debate on the issue over at the admin noticeboard if you reinstate it again. — Fly by Night  ( talk )  20:01, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I've posted a tread over at WP:ANI. Hopefully some consensus will be reached and we'll know what is for the best. — Fly by Night  ( talk )  20:16, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kim Wilde - Cambodia sample.ogg
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Viva Style / Blue Angel
Could you restore the Viva Style article and then move it to Blue Angel (pornographic actress). She switched stage names in 2009 and because of that her multiple years of AVN nominations aren't obvious. Morbidthoughts (talk) 00:41, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Also add Jennifer Dark to the restoration request since she has 2009 and 2010 AVN nominations. Morbidthoughts (talk) 00:43, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Epbr123 (talk) 00:55, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I added the nominations. Also the Harmony Rose article should also be restored since she has a 2010 nomination. Morbidthoughts (talk) 01:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Baker's Cross for deletion
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Category activity
Greetings,

I see that you are removing a lot of categories. Don't get me wrong, I'm fairly confident that there is some MOS issue you are following, but I am wondering what exactly. In some cases you have removed categories because of "subset" issues, i.e. the one is not a subset of the other, although in some cases clearly one is a subset of the other. If you remove an eponymous category from an x-"ists" category, could you make for sure that it's page is in that category? I am not sure where the different treatment of cats and articles is spelled out. (I'm not very sure that it is a great idea, but I could be convinced.) Be well, Greg Bard (talk) 15:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Unless I've made a mistake somewhere, all the categories I've removed are because of subset issues, eg. this removal was made because Category:Jorge Luis Borges does not comprise articles on Argentine writers. Some people place eponymous categories in non-subset categories to aid navigation between the two, however using "see also" links is a more appropriate way to do this. Placing eponymous categories in non-subset categories is not only illogical, but also causes problems when bots or AWB users need to compile lists of biography articles, for example. Epbr123 (talk) 15:58, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I use AWB, and I am working on creating a bot to deal with the philosophy department, so I support the effort. I think we share the same concerns. I'll look closer at the "Categorization" guidelines. Be well,Greg Bard (talk) 18:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Sandie Caine for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Sandie Caine, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

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Stifle proably means this AfD. That article itelf also has no AfD info yet, don't know if one is required in such a case though. Testales (talk) 09:56, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and...
Thanks for your work in associating WikiProjects with articles.

As the person who does the most assessment work for WP:MED, I have a few requests:


 * If the person is not notable specifically for being a medical professional, then it's probably not within the project's scope. Editors at WPMED generally aren't interested in biographies anyway, and for someone who is (for example) technically a physician, but actually a politician, or something like that, then it shouldn't be tagged with WPMED.
 * Please consider doing the assessment yourself. In particular, anyone can mark very short articles as  .  Also, if it's a biography for a living person or an organization that you've personally never heard of, then the   should be set to "Low".
 * If you're typing by hand, you might prefer the shortcut:.

Thanks, again. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:46, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Josh Ollerenshaw
Hi, I just want to let you know that Josh Ollerenshaw, an article that you tagged for BLPprod, now has a reference and the prod has been removed. If you believe that this article still doesn't meet notability requirements, feel free to nominate it for a traditional prod or AfD. J04n(talk page) 12:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The BLPprod has also been removed from Jürgen Rittenauer. J04n(talk page) 12:33, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Recent edits
Hi, two small points about your recent edits. The first is you're adding the WPBIO template without a listas parameter - is this intentional (if so why?)? Second, you're marking a lot of edits as "minor" which don't really fit under Help:minor. cheers, Rd232 talk 22:37, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Isn't there some bot that adds the listas parameter? I agree my "added unsourced BLP tag" edits were erroneously marked as minor and I'll fix this in future. My "added project" edits are minor though. Epbr123 (talk) 22:44, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure, maybe (bots come and go...). There were also some category edits [edits adding categories] marked as minor. Rd232 talk 22:53, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Adding categories is minor, in my opinion. Epbr123 (talk) 22:57, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Only just seen your reply, which surprises me. Adding categories may rarely be controversial, but sometimes it is very controversial or can be improved on. It doesn't qualify as a minor edit. Rd232 talk 20:56, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, even HotCat marks all category changes as minor, but it's not worth arguing over so I'll stop doing it. Epbr123 (talk) 21:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Mm, well since that contradicts Help:Minor, it needs sorting out (one way or the other...). I've left a note at Wikipedia talk:HotCat. Rd232 talk 22:06, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

AWB
I've noticed that many of your edits are used with AWB. I downloaded the AWB, but when I tried to login, it didn't let me. I was just wondering how your confirmed to used AWB, and why I'm not already, seeing as I'm an auto-confirmed user. Thanks. --Andy (talk) 20:29, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You'll need to request approval at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage. Epbr123 (talk) 20:40, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Andy (talk) 20:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Huggle
When are you going to use Huggle again?  Wayne Olajuwon  chat   19:33, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Probabably never. Epbr123 (talk) 09:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay.  WAYNE  OLAJUWON 18:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Sandhurst Miggins
The article is well researched, and it's interesting to Caribbean users. I don't see why it needs to be deleted if the research is sound and interesting. What's the problem? (mikomango (talk) 03:04, 5 November 2010 (UTC))
 * I'm not sure why you're asking me, as I've never edited or commented on Sandhurst Miggins. Epbr123 (talk) 09:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

BLP prod
I consider prodding such articles as Tan Sixin without any attempt to search not to be the most constructive way to work, since the article indicates enough importance that the refs should be very easy to find, as indeed they were.  DGG ( talk ) 21:20, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * And Maxime Godart was even easier--and is almost certainly notable, when there's an article in the frWP about a French actor, it's always worth a check. I've been finding refs for many of your  BLP PRODS, and you could just as easily have done them. I get really annoyed by the authors shifting the work they should be doing onto you & me & the rest of us, but I am also getting a little impatient with prodders shifting all the work to the prod patrollers.     DGG ( talk ) 21:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm already doing enough work elsewhere. I've nearly finished finding the old prodable articles, so there won't be many more prods from me. Epbr123 (talk) 22:42, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * well, I wouldn't exactly call articles like Kokaew Pikulthong proddable. I do agree, though, with your decision to work mainly elsewhere.   DGG ( talk ) 23:23, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that BLP prods were exempt from WP:BEFORE. Is this correct? Epbr123 (talk) 00:21, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I hadn't realised how controversial the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship was. How many more months would Kokaew Pikulthong have gone unsourced if I hadn't prodded it? Epbr123 (talk) 01:23, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I think DGG is applying moral pressure here :)  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  01:42, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I came here in the first place to improve articles, especially with respect to sourcing. I have sourced a great many myself, and have had I hope a greater effect by persuading many people   to themselves source some also: Many newcomers, who didn't  understand the need. Some experienced people, who needed some persuasion to do their share of this work.  A few newcomers I've asked remained unconvinced, and  had they continued,  I would have had no hesitation in blocking them.  Yes, BEFORE is not actually required for any deletion process, but it is Prods like these which ought to convince people that it should be--and perhaps the best way of getting it required is to continue such work as you have been doing with these. I'm not posting here to build a record about you, but about the problem. But on a personal level I consider every one refusing to source at least the most obviously important and sourceable articles one encounters to be asking me and editors like me to fulfill their own proper responsibilities, taking advantage of our sense of responsibility (I have no objecting to doing ones that are beyond straightforward searches on the Googles, and I'd be much more useful at this if I could concentrate on those.)  Perhaps a way of thinking of  it, is that to refuse to add source to sourceable BLPs is almost as much a violation of the BLP policy as writing them in the first place.
 * (another rather prime example: John Stozich -- and I will be speaking in similar terms to the person who seems to be writing article like this one   was at the start. I feel a little guilty I let it actually got onto the expired prod list, but that's the inevitable result of the number there has been to check.  DGG ( talk ) 01:23, 8 November 2010 (UTC).
 * I have already sourced more than my fair share of uBLPs, so I don't feel I'm shirking my responsibilities. It is unfair to force the person who makes the effort to find uBLPs to also source them. Requiring BEFORE would lead to less people being willing to search for uBLPs, and identifying uBLPs should take priority over rescuing poor content from deletion.


 * BTW, Politicalgraveyard.com appears to be self-published. Epbr123 (talk) 02:48, 8 November 2010 (UTC) Also, are you sure the citation you added to Kulvinder Singh Johal supports the text? Epbr123 (talk) 03:34, 8 November 2010 (UTC) Also, if you use IMDB as a ref for films, it's best to place the citation in the filmography section, rather than after biographical info . Epbr123 (talk) 09:23, 8 November 2010 (UTC) The refs you added to Kokaew Pikulthong didn't support the text either. This is getting a little concerning. Epbr123 (talk) 16:40, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I think your numerous BLP sourcing errors I've identified in the past couple of days demonstrates a problem with new-page and prod patrollers being forced, either through policy or through a sense of responsibility, to source articles about subjects they have little knowledge of or interest in. Epbr123 (talk) 14:12, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Stats
Hi Epbr123, with all the BLPprods you've done in the last few days, were you keeping a running total, and do you have an idea how many more might be found in the eligible articles, or are the remaining uBLPs from the last six months all articles created before the cutoff or with some sort of source? There are various discussions going on re the uBLP backlog, and it would be great if we could quantify the number of the new uBLPs that were actually newly found old uBLPs. Cheers  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  01:42, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I've prodded about 210 and I think I'll be prodding about another 40 (although I should probably make an effort to source some instead). There are about a further 400 "unsourced BLPs" created after March which I'm hesitant to prod because they contain a source of some kind, usually a primary source or imdb. The number of old uBLPs I found was about 3,000. Epbr123 (talk) 01:51, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks that's really useful information, I hope you don't mind if I quote that in a couple of discussions about the BLP process. The poorly sourced ones are a bit of an anomaly re BLPprod. Some of them can simply be corrected/amended to BLP sources BLP IMDB-only refimprove or BLP IMDB refimprove, but there is a gap between the criteria for BLPprod and unreferencedBLP. In the last RFC I tried unsuccessfully to broaden the sticky prods to ignore articles where the only attribution was to MySpace, Utube, Facebook or LinkedIn, and I suspect that many of the 400 will be in that group. As for Before, that was contentious at both RFC's, I don't think that the stickyprod process would work if we required the prodders to make a good faith attempt to source unsourced BLPs, but my suggestion of a compromise where we agree they are exempt from Before but don't apply them until after at least an hour was not successful.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  12:49, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Update. I've quoted you here. Many thanks.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  14:40, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Allan Johnston (advertiser)
Can you let me get on with it ? We're in edit conflict and I've just lost all the in-line citations I just added. - Sticks  66  23:43, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

From User:2+2 is fish
I added a reference, cbssports.com, to the Clint Gresham page. It does support this material. Thanks! 76.196.8.72 (talk) 20:25, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gabor Acs
If you can, excuse my "English"; I will try to explain the reason why I think Gabor Acs could stay well in . Gabor Acs is an old and famous Hungarian architect (now no more working), living in Italy. In the past he lived for a long time in USA, working in society with architects Pey, Castiglioni and Cobb. In Italy, In Bologna, he works also whith arch. Tange (the unic example in Italy). See: - Kenzo Tange: 1977-83 (1984 - ), page 84. - L'Architettura, Vol. 29, ETAS, (1983 - ). - : Washington Business Journal - by Mike Livingston - June 17, 2002, 12:00am EDT ....... "Later that month, the White House urged the developer to accept a 90-foot height limit instead of the planned 130 feet. Salgo and SGI's chief architect, Gabor Acs, flew to New York City with professor Luigi Moretti of the University of Rome to defend their designs in a special meeting with the federal Commission of Fine Arts, whose approval is required for any construction in the Monumental Core. In the end, SGI was allowed to build 25 percent of the complex to 13 stories. Moretti, who had designed the Montreal Stock Exchange and Rome's Olympic Village for the 1960 Games, served as a consulting architect"...... You can see also:  -  - . Well, I hope my reasons will be understood and Gabor Acs could be accepted definitely in en.wiki. Thankyou very much for your attention. Prismamv (talk) 19:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Husky (starcraft) deletion nomination
Hi there, You nominated Husky (Starcraft) for deletion last week. It has now been improved. Please review and if it is up to standard, remove the clause. Thank you Calebchan (talk) 07:08, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm still not convinced he's notable as nearly all the sources found are either interviews, which don't count as "independant", or are trivial. This is the only source found that comes close to establishing notability. Epbr123 (talk) 10:22, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

John Reilly (Australian footballer) - alive!
Howdy - I notice you've marked this person up as living, thanks. I spent a good 20 minutes trawling obituaries trying to work out if he was any of the (seemingly very numerous) recently deceased John Reillys - In the end I had to give up, about half of them seem to have been involved with or interested in Ozzie footy. If only to improve my chances of fixing the same problem in the future, can I ask how you managed to figure it out in the end please? - TB (talk) 09:45, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid it's just a guess. Any biography about a recent person whose year of death is not indicated has to appear in Category:Living people. The purpose of the category is to aid BLP maintenance, rather than to be factual. Epbr123 (talk) 12:16, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Bah humbug. Back on my list of things to research he goes.  Thankee kindly for the response. - TB (talk) 21:58, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Huggle
When are you going to use Huggle again?  WAYNE  OLAJUWON 00:01, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Hall of fame nominations
Regarding your edit summary here, the terminology is different but the meaning is similar with regards to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Certain players are made eligible by a committee. So, one could say that they were nominated in a way. Dismas |(talk) 14:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, right. It just didn't seem intuitive to me that Hall of Fame nominees existed, as anyone who failed to be inducted one year would be first in line to be inducted the next. Epbr123 (talk) 14:52, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Project tags for American football players
Epbr123, I just came across Stephen Braggs, which you tagged with WikiProject American Football a few months back. WikiProject American Football is intended to cover core concepts of American football like touchdown and players or coaches who are notable primary in leagues or levels of play that don't have their own dedicated project. A player like Braggs should be tagged with WikiProject National Football League and WikiProject College football, not WikiProject American Football. Thanks. Jweiss11 (talk)

Thank you!
Thank you for your support at my RfA last week. I'll do everything I can to live up to your expectations and trust. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 22:47, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maya Hills


The article Maya Hills has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Fails WP:PORNBIO. Sources too trivial to establish notability under the WP:GNG.

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Nomination of Maya Hills for deletion
The article Maya Hills is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Maya Hills 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 good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Kayla Carrera DRV
Please consider adding your comments to the Kayla Carrera DRV or, even better, please post a Kayla Carrera article that overcomes the reasons for deletion. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Not Lexi Belle
Oooops! Thanks for catching that! Yeah, that was Monique Alexander - I've requested the file name be changed. Glenn Francis (talk) 05:06, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of The Clean Tech Revolution
Hi Epbr123 ,

I've reassessed The Clean Tech Revolution, an article on which you've worked, against the GA Criteria. You might be interested in my review, Talk:The Clean Tech Revolution/GA1, which will be left open for a few days to allow other editors a chance to comment. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 13:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Rogreviews
I see you are now removing Rogreview interviews as sources. Is your rationale because his interviews are self-published? Can we not rationalise that the interviews fall under the WP:SELFPUB exception because the subject is an active participant and Rog has a good reputation for not tampering with the interview. If you compare his transcripts to his audio, it's word for word and there has never been a complaint by a performer of his misrepresenting them unlike someone like Luke or Gene Ross (adultfyi). Morbidthoughts (talk) 18:25, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid the WP:SELFPUB exception doesn't apply if claims are made about third parties, and WP:SELFPUBLISH states that "Self-published sources should never be used as third-party sources about living persons". I agree that Rog is unlikely to tamper with interviews, but we can't really ignore the policy. Epbr123 (talk) 19:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

adultfyi.com
I noticed you've been mass deleting anything referenced to that website. Is there a consensus somewhere that the interviews on that site is not reliable? Nymf hideliho! 17:30, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Aside from Wikipedia's policy on self-published sources, there's consensus at WikiProject Pornography. Epbr123 (talk) 17:54, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. A secondary source with these interviews would be fine though, right? Nymf hideliho! 18:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Only if the secondary source is reliable and has somehow verified that the interviewer hasn't misquoted the subject. Epbr123 (talk) 18:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's all fine - but do try and check to see if the info is available from other sources. I've done a partial revert on Keeani Lei since her xcitement interview mentioned it as well. Tabercil (talk) 21:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not obliged to search for other sources, but I'll consider it in future. Epbr123 (talk) 23:56, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors
I saw you have been really active lately and I clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 23:35, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors
Hi! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:54, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikiproject Essex
Hi Epbr123, I noticed that you were a member of WikiProject Kent. I am writing to you to ask whether you would be interested in joining or supporting WikiProject Essex as it is currently in proposal. Thomas888b(Say Hi) 19:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Mike Dennehy
I noticed you proposed the speedy deletion of my article. On the talk page I put the list of sources I used and because I don't know how to make a references list, I have not added them to the article. So i think my article does have the sources required right?Eaiere 17:09, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Saleem Badat
I was unaware of this new policy since I have been inactive for some time. I will immediately try to include as many sources as I can to the article. Thereafter, I will need to time to find additional biographical information for the article. Thanks for the heads up. DiscipleOfKnowledge 17:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk • contribs)

Ball's Green
Hi, you created the page Ball's Green - please verify that the coordinates are those of the village you had in mind, since the linked maps don't mention it; they indicate a blankish space between Avening and Horsley. -- Red rose64 (talk) 18:54, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Found it, just to the west of Gatcombe Wood, and about 1.5 km north of the point you specified. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:47, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Janeane Garofalo
Thanks for reversing vandalism by User 173.212.107.254 in this article on 8 March 2011. Please note that I was not the source of the vandalism but rather, like you, attempted to remove it (on 3 March 2011). Mr. or Ms. 173.212.107.254 seems to like their changes. Thanks for your attention. The News Hound 00:20, 10 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by The News Hound (talk • contribs)

Katie Morgan
Please stop reverting my entry on Katie Morgan. White or as some say "Caucasian" is NOT ethnicity, it is a race. There are many ethnicites among white people. Just look, there are Scots, Englishmen, French, Germans, Swedes..they are all white race, but a whole bunch of different ethnicities. So please stor reverting into incorrect info. Norum 01:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * We've been through this before. The source says the ethnicity is "Caucasian". Few people agree with your particular definition of ethnicity, so please stop POV pushing. Epbr123 (talk) 11:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

What source? IF so, the source is incorrect then, because there is no white (or as you say it, Caucasian ethnicity. That refers to race. It's the same as if you were to write that Nelson Mandela's ethnicity is black, which is ridiculous.Norum 14:20, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source that ethnicity equals nationality, or is it just your POV? Epbr123 (talk) 18:30, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Just look at the article about Joseph Barbera. That's a very good example. He was born and grew up in the US, therefore his nationality was American. But because he was born to Italian parents, therefore his ethnicity is Italian. Hope that clears any questions. Norum 00:07, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * So you're now saying that ethnicity equals parents' nationality? How do you know the nationality of Sharka Blue's parents. Please realise that not everyone agrees with your POV that white and black aren't ethnicities. See Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, for example. Epbr123 (talk) 02:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Considering that his parents were ethnic Italians, then yes, his ethnicity would be Italian. However, if his parents were, let's say, born in Italy, but to Maltese parents, then his ethnicity would be Maltese. But then, there would also a possibility that one of the parents would be of another ethnicity. So that is a complex issue. Look at Puma Swede. Her ethnicity is Finnish, despite the fact that she's born in Sweden. Her parents are Finnish immigrants to Sweden. And, for example, my ex wife. She's born and grew up in Sweden. Her father is Swedish, but her mother is Finnish. Therefore her ethnicity is actually Finnish and Swedish. As for Sharka Blue....ok, I have no proof that her ethnicity is Czech. I mean she could be of Slovak or German ethnicity, or maybe of mixed ones, considering how the history of those countries went. For example...a Moroccan immigrant to France, but holding French citizenship. Do you say that his ethnicity is Moroccan or French? Norum 06:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It's census day here in the UK. It might interest you to know what the census form has to say on the subject: it asks three separate questions to do with this sort of thing:
 * (q.9) "What is your country of birth", poss. answers being "England", "Wales", "Scotland", "Northern Ireland", "Republic of Ireland", "Elsewhere"
 * (q.15) "How would you describe your national identity?", answers "English", "Welsh", "Scottish", "Northern Irish", "British", "Other", with the following notes: "You can choose more than one national identity. It is for you to choose your national identity or identities. For example this could be about the country or countries where you feel you belong, or think of as home. It is not dependent on your ethnic group or legal nationality (citizenship)."
 * (q.16) "What is your ethnic group?"
 * A White
 * English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British
 * Irish
 * Gypsy or Irish Traveller
 * Any other White background
 * B Mixed / multiple ethnic groups
 * White and Black Caribbean
 * White and Black African
 * White and Asian
 * Any other Mixed / multiple ethnic background
 * C Asian / Asian British
 * Indian
 * Pakistani
 * Bangladeshi
 * Chinese
 * Any other Asian background
 * D Black / African / Caribbean / Black British
 * African
 * Caribbean
 * Any other Black / African / Caribbean background
 * E Other ethnic group
 * Arab
 * Any other ethnic group
 * It also states "It is for you to choose your ethnic group. For example this could be your family or cultural background, or it could be how you would describe yourself.", which allows considerable freedom of personal choice. To describe somebody's ethnicity in Wikipedia, we therefore need to know how they self-identify. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I.e. German, Dutch, Swede etc etc.  Norum 01:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

It shows you a list of races (white, black, asian etc) and then it gives you an option to choose an ethnic group from each race. Therefore it proves my point. Also, that article is incorrect, because it shows gypsies as being part of white race, which is ridiculous for the fact that gypsies have originated from India. Norum 14:35, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Section B unambiguously refers to "White" as an ethnic group. Epbr123 (talk) 22:59, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Also, look at the description of Miscegenation (interracial relationship). It clearly describes it as a relationship between people of different races, not ethnic groups. This means black and white, white and Asian, Asian and black and so on and on, not German - Polish, Swedish - Finnish etc etc. Hope this all settles it. Norum 18:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Vicky Vette
I have also noticed your revert on her profile. It states on her own website that she is Norwegian therefore it is SOURCED. So please stop reverting into false info or you will get reported. Norum 01:16, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Her website doesn't mention ethnicity. Do not add any more false references to BLPs. Epbr123 (talk) 11:50, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

well, let's see...blonde hair, blue eyes....born and raised in Norway, typical; Norwegian last name....yup, her ethnicity must be clearly from the middle east.. if you havent noticed, Im being sarcastic. Norum 17:37, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I am pretty sure she's also an American citizen if we're talking about nationality. Morbidthoughts (talk) 19:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Even if she has American citizenship, she is still Norwegian, not Anerican. Norum 01:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No, we consider her nationality to be American or Norwegian American if she has US citizenship. Morbidthoughts (talk) 02:23, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Ethnically she is still Norwegian, not American. I am a Swede, but I also hold Canadian citizenship. So I have dual ciizenship, but it hardly makes me Canadian. I am still 100% Swedish. Norum 07:36, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * To repeat a point I made several times earlier, which you seemingly agreed with at the time, someone's nationality does not always equal their ethnicity, per your Joseph Barbera example. You need to find a source that states that Vette's ethnicity is Norwegian. At the moment, it seems we don't even have a source that confirms her nationality. We do however have a source that her ethnicity is Caucasian. Epbr123 (talk) 10:34, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't really want to go into the battle that white refers to race, not ethnicity. lol Norum 15:08, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I think i found the proper term. It's called "naturalized". Norum 07:36, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Mistaken identity
I'm sorry, but you have made a mistake. I did not make any edits to any Wikipedia pages. I have never made any edits nor made any contributions to or on Wikipedia. I don't even know how to go about doing it.

Please, next time, accuse someone who is actually guilty of your accusations.

I would be interested in knowing what makes you think I made the edits you accuse me of ? I guess it is possible that someone else is using my name. If so, I certainly would like to know about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.78.91.206 (talk) 06:08, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. Sorry about the warning. The disruptive edit was probably made by someone who has used the same IP address as you. Epbr123 (talk) 10:05, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Devlin Weed


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interview request
Hello, My name is Natalia Olaru and I am a final year master student in the Corporate Communication programme at the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark. I am currently working on my final paper on the topic of the motivation of users to create content on collaborative media websites, the focus being Wikipedia. As a sample I chose the English and Danish portals. I would like to invite you for an online interview on the topic of what motivates you, as a user, to participate in editing and creating articles for this platform. Your real identity, and wikipedia account will be kept confidential through the paper. I plan on doing the actual interviews in the period between 6st and the 15th of May via Skype, MSN, Google Talk or Yahoo Messenger. I am, however, open to other channels of communication too. Please let me know if you would like to participate in this interview and the preferred channel. Thank you, Natalia Olaru Email: natalia.ioana.olaru@gmail.com --MulgaEscu (talk) 12:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

About Adult award winners and nominees Page
Thanks for your work. Very useful to verify notability-status and to find very fast award links.--Cavarrone (talk) 22:45, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

AWB
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Speedy deletion nomination of Austyn Moore


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Korolev
It was settled that since both of his parents are Russian and not Russian and Canadian, then this makes him Russian only. I used Alexander Steen as the best example. His father is Swedish, but his mother is canadian, therefore this alone makes him Swedish - Canadian. Norum 07:26, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You haven't settled anything on the talk page, and you are actually contravening WP:OPENPARAGRAPH. Nationality is preferred in the lead paragraph over ethnicity. Morbidthoughts (talk) 08:03, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Forget Wikipedia. It is crap. It gets simple facts all wrong. If they want to mislead people with false info then be it. No matter what Wiki says, everybody thinks of Korolev as of Russian, not as of a Canadian. You have so many immigrants from Somalia all over Sweden and they have swedish citizenships. That does not make them swedish at all. They are still Somalis with a Swedish passport, but they are not Swedish. But I dont care what Wikipedia says. It is not a reliable source of information. A|nd no, Im not contravening anything. Im actually trying to get it right. 08:25, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice tantrum. Hate to tell you that in my part of the world, we think nationality is more important than ethnicity. A person who thinks a person wasn't American or Canadian despite their citizenship because of his ethnicity or background would be labeled a racist. Morbidthoughts (talk) 09:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

You can put a cow in a field of sheep to live but it and its offspring will always be a cow no matter how long they live there. Norum 15:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Mike Myers
If you think the fact that he is a dual citizen then read the Wiki entry for Austin Powers. That is a commonly known fact in Canada and he himself admitted publically to holding British citizenship. Hes also naturalized citizen of the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers_%28film_series%29 also.... http://www.articleworld.org/index.php/Mike_Myers Norum 02:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't care!!! Who cares about wikipedia? --112.206.200.227 (talk) 11:07, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Dude, I wasnt eeven asking you, so get lost. Norum 23:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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Sarah Neufeld
I think something is the matter with your reversion there... Calabe1992 (talk) 16:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

You just beat me
to the revert at Statue of Liberty. Which means that you are fast and that (at least here, now) is a good thing. Well done. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. it looks like it has been vandalized 7 times already today. Too many 7th graders who are not out playing on the weekend. Carptrash (talk) 17:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Mohenjo-Daro
Thanks for reverting that IP vandalism on the Mohenjo-daro article. Seeing as you're an admin, could you please look into getting the page protected? The last couple of months have seen it vandalised or blanked more times than I can remember. Michaelmas1957 (talk) 17:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for protecting it, good to know it won't be blanked at random any more. Michaelmas1957 (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I've protected the page for a week. Let me know if heavy vandilism continues after the protection is lifted. Epbr123 (talk) 17:56, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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RFA thanks
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Nomination of Ray Victory for deletion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Tiffany Clark


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Gaffaweb
Hi. Right now there are multiple citations on the Kate Bush page that use Gaffaweb's archive as the only link to articles (all of which were published a million years before the Internet was created). Do we need to go through and remove each and every one? That would be a very big job and would leave us with few citations for her and others' words before very recently.--TEHodson 21:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I can only see one other link to Gaffaweb in the current article. Epbr123 (talk) 21:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry; I should have included all the album and song pages in my first post. Gaffaweb is the single biggest source for reprinted articles and interviews.--TEHodson 21:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The Gaffaweb links can be replaced by citations to the original magazine articles, as long as it's unlikely Gaffaweb has misquoted the original articles. Epbr123 (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * My question was whether we have to suddenly do this now, and if so, who is going to do it? There are very many of them, on many pages. Some of the links are to transcribed radio interviews, too. I didn't put more than one or two of them in, but I have followed many of the links and know they're are lots of them. Some of the publications don't even exist anymore (like Tower Records Pulse magazine).--TEHodson 22:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It will be done by whoever volunteers to do it. It doesn't matter if the magazine doesn't exist any more. Epbr123 (talk) 22:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Groovy.--TEHodson 22:09, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Kat Von D
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Mike Myers
The article is sourced, im just having problems with the right template. Norum 00:03, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Epbr123,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 18:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi, five years ago you were so kind as to be the first to encourage me to consider being an admin. I finally got round to it: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Fayenatic london – Fayenatic (talk) 21:46, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your support at my RfA, which was successful and nearly unanimous. Be among the first to see my L-plate! – Fayenatic L  (talk) 18:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

AfD and PROD notifications
Hi Epbr123,

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Abigail Clayton
Hi Epbr123. I see you created the Abigail Clayton article. Since you're one of the most prolific editors here and have a few FA's and GA's to your name, I thought I'd let you know that I've updated the article. I thought you may want to look over my work or possibly add some stuff to it. Best regards. 64.40.54.230 (talk) 06:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Ashton F. Embry
I've improved the article and removed the flag. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 22:17, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

PORNBIO
Since you've participated in the discussion about WP:PORNBIO, I am notifying you of my proposal tightening the criteria that you may wish to weigh in on at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people). Morbidthoughts (talk) 07:43, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I think Hipocrite Smokeyjoe jumped the gun unilaterally implementing his interpretation of what there has been consensus on. I would have preferred the hammering out to have been done at the talk page. Morbidthoughts (talk) 20:29, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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

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