User talk:Gryllida/Archives/2012

Global banner
Some banners, like the Wikimania one, appear at page top across different languages of Wikipedia, and sometimes across different wikimedia projects. As a user of multiple languages or projects, I find myself seeing the message multiple times after closing it off once. However, for people with multiple machines or shared computers, I wouldn't expect such a script to be more useful than a user setting. Was anything done in this area? Thanks in advance. --Gryllida 23:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * While I can write a CSS to hide the banner in browser, I would risk not seeing any future banners for a while until I reset the stylesheet.
 * It can of course be possible to write a script which would check the URL the banner points to (those are same across all wikis/projects) and hide the banner if it points to an URL I blacklist after visiting.
 * The banner could as well set a cookie which other language wikis would be able to read.
 * This would get more visibity and response at Village pump (technical), as random editors are unlikely to have the detailed subject expertise that respondents there would. Dru of Id (talk) 17:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Barry Cook Article
Hi, Gryllida. I read your request for help at the Teahouse. I decided to reply on your talk page rather than the more public Teahouse.

The Martial arts talk page is the spot to leave a request for help. The Barry Cook article is already under discussion there under the topic Cheongye Kwan. Looks like the author is closely associated with Barry Cook and his martial arts school. I suspect Hjc2012 is Helen Cook, mentioned as a "notable relative" in the infobox in the article and source of the photograph of Master Cook. Definite conflict of interest.

I searched for reliable sources and found none that might establish general notability or more specific martial arts notability for Barry Cook, his school or his self-invented martial art, Cheongye Kwan. From what I found in over an hour of searching, the Barry Cook article would not survive an articles for deletion discussion. If you know of two or more quality second-party sources, let me know and I'll have a go at rescuing the Barry Cook article.

Rescuing the Cheongye Kwan article isn't realistically possible. It's a one teacher, one school, self-invented and not at all notable martial art practiced only by Barry Cook and his recent students in a martial arts school that lacks notability. There are no Cheongye Kwan competitions outside of his school, it hasn't won or been prominent in any mixed martial arts competition, the belts and levels he awards aren't accepted by any established organization and I can find no mention of it other than in promotional material about Barry Cook and/or his school.

Hope to see you around the Teahouse often. We really are a helpful group. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I can't offer much help with this article unless you can guide me to some good quality independent sources to establish notability. Take care, DocTree (talk) 01:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)