User talk:Gene93k/Archives 2008-Q4

Bristol Virginia Utilities
I cut Bristol Virginia Utilities down to a stub to remove the copyvio, and then added a reference. Sometimes it's better to try to salvage a copyvio article than to delete it. -- Eastmain (talk) 23:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Haqiqat e Afghan
hallo,

It is new a party. He must grow. There for the party needs wikipedia. Haqiqat e Afghan have own Internet site. If you look at the radio programme of www.orts.nl, then you know that radio Haqiqat e Afghan exist and each Wednesday has a retransmission. That is media! Moreover, you also want peace in Afghanistan, or does not? Then we must together for work.

Sadat

--Afghan reality (talk) 14:38, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Wikipedia is not to be used as a promotion tool. The current article is propaganda and it needs major changes. As for orts.nl, Cite the page not just the website, and coverage needs to be more than just a passing mention. If you have the page, cite it in the article. A Wikipedia article must be based on what reputable publications say. Finally your, your username suggests a conflict of interest. If this is your party, you should not be writing about it in Wikipedia. • Gene93k (talk) 14:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Auburn-Washburn USD logo.gif)
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Please favour to retain "Bundelkhand Ekikrit Party" on wiki
Bundelkhand Ekikkrit Party is a political party of India struggling for Bundelkhand state. For related evidence you can see the following also.. 1)Rashtriya Sahara (a leading hindi news paper of India)page number 9 dated 01-11-07 2)AMAR UJALA(A LEADING HINDI NEWS PAPER OF INDIA) page number 4 ,dated 01-11-07 (3)Dainik Jagran(Number one HINDI NEWS PAPER OF INDIA) page number 6 ,dated 01-11-07 (4)see www.jagran.com news of 5-12-07 page 2 the news related to Bundelkhand Ekikrit Party had been published more than 1000 times in several hindi news papers of India,you are requested to search in hindi please.So you are requested to advocate in fovour of retaining the above article on wiki please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.99.245 (talk) 10:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Canvassing for votes is against Wikipedia guidelines. I will not vote in the Bundelkhand Ekikrit Party for this reason. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Typo redirect "Charles Kraus"
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The Topkapi Affair
I repaired the malformed links. Then searching under the IMDB title of "The Thomas Crown Affair 2", I was able to find a bit. You are correct in that this was way too premature.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 00:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Second Wind Page
Hello Gene,

I left a message on the talk page--the owner of the material is aware of its use in the history section.

Thanks!

Rdbuckley (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Second Wind company history
I replied on the discussion page for Second Wind; I'll copy here. I am the owner of the material and I authorize its use on Wikipedia. Susan Giordano Stdpudel (talk) 16:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Farallon Capital
--vvarkey (talk) 11:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Deal W. Hudson - thread #2
Who are you? I have authorization to use those pieces on Wikipedia; you are creating a Biography that does not capture this living person's life in a balanced way. He has been targeted continuously because he is good at cutting through to the heart of political bullsxxt and you are contributing to this negative smear. Is it not possible in our country to recover from bad behavior in the past? Is it the object of your writing here to play into this? Have you never done anything for which if your wife your children your now admiring Wiki editorial buddies would know might cost you dearly? Please remove this whole Biography or allow me to create a professional full spectrum biography on this man!iop (talk) 20:35, 18 October 2008 (UTC)  I have removed everything until I can get back at this tonight!iop (talk) 20:35, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1. To answer your question, I'm just an editor trying to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles. Your edits brought the Deal W. Hudson page to my attention by landing it on the cleanup lists multiple times. • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2. Copyrights (again). Copyright infringement undermines Wikipedia. You obviously didn't have permission to copy and paste from the New York Times. Permission to use Hudson-related text must be verifiable through OTRS (see WP:IOWN for details). • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3. Primary sources (again) - Notability claims for Hudson cannot be based on sources affiliated with Hudson. Even if the permission is verified, it cannot used in a self-serving manner as you have done twice. • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 4. If you really are authorized to use Hudson's material, you may have a conflict of interest. • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5. Deal W. Hudson is a public figure. The controversial things he says and does are part of his public profile. I reverted the attack page have tried to write a source-based neutral article. I am not here to sanitize the facts. It would have been easier for me to stand aside if your editing had been constructive. • Gene93k (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Enchant of Hope
This man has been self-published and may not be identified in online world but he IS a notable personality. How can you negate someone who is propagating awareness for Gay Rights in a country like Pakistan and helping gay people to make peace with sexualities and asking them not to kill themselves. Will you not keep the record of such a person who is striving for something that is called T A B O O in Pakistani society? How can you delete Enchant of Hope's description when he is doing all that people in USA are free to do and the sword of Hudood Laws and Blasphemy Laws is hanging on is head. I think that deletion of Enchant of Hope will be an unwise idea. This man should stay here so that people should know about him. And I strongly oppose any move to delete him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.99.190.142 (talk) 16:03, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I have not voted or stated an opinion in that debate. I just recorded that the debate is open. Also, please note that canvassing users to affect the outcome goes against Wikipedia's behavior guidelines. Finally, Wikipedia is not an outlet for gaining publicity. Your statements do not help the case for keeping Enchant of Hope. • Gene93k (talk) 16:38, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Alistair Cooke's America
Thanks for your message at my Talk page, which I just read. Good point. I was about to do the action you recommended, when I saw that someone had already been rearranging things. Because of the rearrangement, the page "Alistair Cooke's America" now is simply a redirect to "America: A Personal History of the United States"; this means that the article "Alistair Cooke's America", which was already a basic piece about that book of the same title and was to be expanded, is gone. This may be acceptable, since the book Alistair Cooke's America is a companion to the television documentary America: A Personal History of the United States; but, if they should be separate articles, how do we regain the text about the book that used to be at "Alistair Cooke's America"? I'm under the impression that the short text about the book that used to be at that address is now simply gone. — President Lethe (talk) 00:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The admin did a history merge. The book stub is preserved in the edit history at this revision. If you want to work from the redirect, it is up to you to take care of the incoming links to the TV series. Since Alastair Cooke's America commonly refers to the series, please consider adding a hatnote at the very least. Dabbing the book title is an idea I would consider, but it's your decision. • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

More on Deal Hudson
If you care to, please review the latest round of edits at Deal Hudson and please offer your thoughts in the new thread I've started on its talk page. Thanks. David in DC (talk) 15:41, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Tim Jay Richardson Jr
I think that this AFD has reached a consensus and no one has posted on it for a few days, but I'm not quite sure how to close it...Illinois2011 (talk) 21:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * There's is the non-admin closure option, but this AfD is a few hours short of the regular 5-day run anyway. The admins should get to this shortly, but there's a backlog from October 23 to clear first. • Gene93k (talk) 22:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. I wasn't quite sure how that worked. Illinois2011 (talk) 22:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

RHMED
Please go to Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents and offer an opinion if you feel so inclided. P HARMBOY ( moo ) ( plop ) 01:22, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio
Hi. You do great work with the copyvios. (Not just saying that; I see your name a lot at CP and appreciate your time.) I'm dropping by to ask you to consider using copyvio when you list them, though. That template does have the advantage not only of providing a link for the temporary page rewrite, but also of displaying all necessary information for contributors other than the original who may wish to supply permission. It also keeps us from publishing the copyright violation for the 7 day term of investigation, which can help prevent it continuing to proliferate in various Wiki mirrors. If it is an infringement, that can help keep us from infringing more widely than we already have. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:11, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll do that, and thanks. • Gene93k (talk) 21:16, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

93 kilo man
My o my. That has to be the craziest post I;ve ever seen. If you are considered "fat" at 93 kilos I must be verging on obese at 100 kilos despite having little body fat. Chuckle. Chuckle. Count Blofeld 21:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD
Please see: Articles for deletion/Southernization. Steve Dufour (talk) 15:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for David_Krikorian
An editor has asked for a deletion review of David_Krikorian. 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. ryan8403 (talk) 23:31, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
For reverting the Guilsborough School page. I have read the articles on how to do so and from now on I will be able to do it myself if needs be :-) Cls14 (talk) 20:54, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Office of the president elect
Hi, I just closed Articles for deletion/Office of the president elect as the nominator has withdrawn from the AfD. While this does not always warrant a closure of the AfD, the article in question (United States Office of the President-Elect) has substantially changed in such a way that a closure is warranted in my opinion. If you wish, you can renominate the page for AfD, but the concerns would surely have to be different. Thanks. D ARTH P ANDA duel 03:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

musiconradio.com
Gene,

I am the the site owner for music on radio.com. I noticed you tagged me for deletion. I ask you to search Google we have over 2000 results. I ask you to also view other sites similar to ours on the category Internet Itunes. Those stations list information similar to ours and some lack references. Please guide me for changes you think are necessary. Thank you for your consideration.

Damon Collins Coastal1545 (talk) 14:42, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The number of Google hits does not establish notability. Non-trivial references from the the reputable media (see Reliable sources) do count towards establishing notability. Press releases, blogs, and affiliated websites don't count. I did not see any quality sources among the 2,500 hits. • Gene93k (talk) 19:43, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * First of all, if you want to help the article, please be aware of Wikipedia's policies about conflict of interest. Apparent self-promotion landed this article in trouble. The best thing to do at this stage would be to identify reputable media sources in the deletion debate or on the article's talk page so that other editors can improve the article. • Gene93k (talk) 19:43, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Stan Grossman deletion
This article I created FULLY supports Wikipedia's standards. It included several links to other sources supporting the claims of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmw98 (talk • contribs) 22:39 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The editors at Articles for deletion/Stan Grossman (character) reached a different consensus. The Stan Grossman (character) article was a novel synthesis of published material in violation of Wikipedia's no original research policy. You are welcome to take the issue to deletion review. Otherwise, without more reliable sources, the matter is closed. • Gene93k (talk) 23:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Page Protection
You seem like someone who knows a bit about Wikipedia. How do I go around getting a page protected? That school page I blanked keeps getting vandalised! Any advice would be appreciated. Cls14 (talk) 18:48, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The problem appears to be one or two active vandals. I think vigilance is the best approach at this stage. One vandal has already been blocked indefinitely. TDogg186, who seems to be making vandalism-only edits, just got his/her 3rd warning. If TDogg186 keeps it up, calling the admins is the next step. • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You can request to have the page semi-protected at requests for page protection. Semi-protection would restrict edits to established registered editors. The rate of vandalism does not appear to justify that yet. • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Cls14 (talk) 23:27, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Howto issues in aquarium fish pages
Could you please contribute to the discussion on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aquarium_Fishes#Howto_issues ? It has become fairly standard to include information about how to keep aquarium species(for examples see the in the aquarium sections for Neon tetra, Black neon tetra, and the Care and breeding section of the Pterophyllum page) and if this is against the Howto part of wikipedia policy it should be made clear in the Aquarium Fishes WikiProject.

Thanks

Glmory (talk) 19:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Gene?
are you an old witer at shout? I worked there pre Sam days... and I have a few issues you want em? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2buzzy (talk • contribs) 05:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No, that must be a different person. • Gene93k (talk) 05:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and happy holidays
A good while back, when I was just starting out here (and fairly clueless), I posted an entry about Charles Walcott (MP). You took the time to point out on my talk page that I hadn't provided any references. You were dead-on, and that made me take the time to learn how to do wiki footnotes. Thank you for taking the time to actually point out my error to me, instead of simply deleting what I'd written (which would have been understandable). Thanks to you, I've gone on to post many more entries -- with footnotes! :-) Thanks again, and the best of holidays to you and your loved ones. Regards,MarmadukePercy (talk) 05:13, 21 December 2008 (UTC)