User talk:Gmolls

Help request

 * Welcome to wikipedia! What do you need help with? fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 10:39, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

i want to translate an article from the german wiki but do not know how to import this article (unsigned comment from Gmolls 10:43, 19 April 2009  Chzz  ►  11:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC))


 * I suggest you copy and paste the current version to a user subpage (User:Gmolls/Article), and translate it there. When you are happy with it, you could move it into article space. fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 10:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * with copy and paste teh history of the article is lost. the german wiki says the article must be imported by an admin. there should be way to put a request for import which i can't find on the english wiki

(unsigned comment from Gmolls 11:14, 19 April 2009  Chzz  ►  11:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC))


 * That issue is only significant within a Wiki - for example, if an article is moved from one place to another on the English Wikipedia, then the editing history should be preserved.


 * In this case, however, you want to copy material from an external website, ie the German Wikipedia. As the content is GFDL, it's perfectly fine to copy it to your user area. As you will be translating it, the entire article will be rewritten. When the article is finally moved over the the mainspace area, you can put a note in the talk page of the article, stating that the content was originally sourced from the German wikipedia, giving the URL. By the very nature of English Wikipedia, not all of the information from the German article will be appropriate, references may differ, etc etc, so the article is very likely to be substantially different in the end.  Chzz  ►  11:21, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * P.S. When it's finished, you could use   on the talk page of the article. See TRANSLATE.   Chzz  ►  12:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Fair Stone

 * User:Gmolls/translations →  — i want to move a translation from my subpage but i'm too new to do it myself — --Gmolls (talk) 09:32, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Regarding the article,

I'm pleased to see you got it moved over, however, the references are not good enough, and the language needs a lot of work - it reads too much like an advertisement, and none of the assertions seem to be backed up by reliable sources.

I'm tempted to nominate it for deletion, but wanted to leave you a note here first, to see if you think that good references are available - specifically, I realize that some refs may not be in English - that's not a problem, but it makes it harder for me to find them myself.

I suppose my main concern, at the moment, is that most of the content is WP:SELFREF.

I look forward to hearing from you, to see if you think that the article could be brought up to the standards required; if you need any help, please ask. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  02:00, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Fair Stone
I have nominated Fair Stone, 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/Fair Stone. 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.  Chzz  ►  17:53, 2 May 2009 (UTC)