User talk:Heather

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New votes on Jewish articles
Hi Heather: The votes that were cast about the recent Jewish articles were stopped and relisted for a new ("2nd") vote, all can now be found at Articles for deletion/Jewish summer camps and local organizations. Best wishes. IZAK 06:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Libya
Please feel free to evaluate the Libya article which has become a 'Featured Article Candidate' and write you support or opposition on Featured article candidates. Hopefully Libya will become only the second African country to be featured on Wikipedia. Thanks --User:Jaw101ie 12:30, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Article for deletion: Gnaa, Nigeria
The article Gnaa, Nigeria has just entered its 3rd AfD. There's been considerable debate in the past as to:
 * 1) Does such a place even exist?
 * 2) If a place does exist with that name, is it notable?
 * 3) Is this all a hoax perpetrated by the other GNAA, the Gay Niggers Association of America; they issue press releases datelined Gnaa, Nigeria.

I understand you have edited Nigerian articles extensively -- if you get the chance, can you maybe take a look and render an opinion pro or con? Thanks, --A. B. 00:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Maraba Coffee
Hello! As you're a Wikipedian interested in African topics, I'm writing to notify you that the Maraba Coffee article is now a 'Featured Article Candidate'. Please feel free to evaluate the article and write your support or opposition at Featured article candidates. Thanks &mdash; SteveRwanda 14:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Flat Earth
If you want to see when Flat Earth gets nominated for FA again just add Featured article candidates/Flat Earth to your watch list. When you see it get moved to archive1 it has been renominated. Jay32183 00:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Good day, Heather. Rather than create a new section on your talk page, I may as well add a inquiry to this section; namely, does a fictional work set on a flat world merit a mention in the Flat Earth article when it really has more to do with a flat world than the flat Earth? Perhaps a separate article should be created, like Fictional writings containing flat worlds or Flat worlds (novels), and an sourced analysis of the worlds' inclusion in the Flat Earth article. What do you think? Do you have any other ideas where it would be a good idea to take an article? Grace notes T  &#167; 04:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

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Nikhil Parekh
I have just placed this notice on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikhil Parekh page, and am bringing every voter's attention to it as promised.

Comment. Sigh. Despite the inevitable tirade that this will unleash, I am sorry to have to bring new information to the table. I have this morning received an email from Vijaya Ghose, editor of the Limca Book of Records. "Dear Mr, We have enlisted a couple of claims of Nikhil Parekh. Longest Poem is not one of them. He has formidable competition in John Milton's Paradise Lost and our own Mahabharata. However, he has written to many heads of state and has received replies but not from the head of state but the secretary or executive assistant. He is is the first from India to feature on Eppie. We checked with them. Regards Vijaya Ghose. So Parekh, though probably not notable as a poet, is indeed an Indian world record holder.  I suspect that this changes the balance on his notability, though the article would still require a great deal of clear-up.  I will notify everyone who took part in this vote and ask admins to extend debate a little.  Sorry.

I don't know whether this changes your vote, but thought you should know. Vizjim 06:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Romanticismlifeandtimes
See my note at User talk:Nehwyn... —Wknight94 (talk) 19:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Please use English
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 * Okay. I hadn't been editing in a while and wasn't aware of that guideline.  Heather 20:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

A note on Speedy G4
Hi ergot. I noticed you had tagged Pownce for speedy deletion as a recreation based on the AfD. However, it did not go through a full deletion nomination; the nomination was aborted when the article was speedy deleted. In this type of case (speedy deletions), CSD G4 does not apply. I encourage you to read fuzheado's explanation of why he undeleted the article. Yours in discourse--ragesoss 01:04, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Stephen King's inspiration - Deletion Review
Heather,

You weighed in with an opinion on the deletion review for Stephen King's inspiration (Deletion_review/Log/2007_July_22) in support of the deletion, citing that the article was a copyright violation. As I have explained in the review, only a portion of the article was a copyright violation, not the full article. I am suggesting that the article be reinstated, the copyright violation sections removed and the work on the article continued. At the very least, the AfD should be re-opened and reevaluated. I asked for the review because the process of the AfD was mishandled, in my opinion, and the article was deleted without consensus. I'm hoping, with this in mind, you might reconsider your vote for Keep Deleted. All the best, LACameraman 07:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Heather, thanks for your reply. I do have to argue, however, that the article does not violate WP:NOT at all. It is not an indiscriminate collection of information, but rather an examination of the creative genesis behind the significant works of one of the most popular and prolific literary figures of the 20th century. There is nothing indiscriminate about this article, for which I am lobbying. It is also, certainly, not original research. The significant portion of the article for which I am arguing was all well-cited, well written and in full compliance with Wikipedia policy. There is actually no problem whatsoever in deleting the portions of the article that could be considered copyvio as the entire article was modular. It's a very simple thing to do in editing creating no mess, no fuss. I understand wholly that AfD is not a vote, however, official Wikipedia policy DOES require consensus in discussion for AfD. "Articles listed here are debated for up to five days, after which the deletion process proceeds based on Wikipedia community consensus." [emphasis added] per WP:AFD, in this case, the consensus was clearly for keep or merge, yet it was deleted - hence my bringing the deletion to the review process. As far as merging the non copyvio information into the individual articles on the books, I'm happy to do that if this review result is to keep the article deleted. Thanks for your consideration in this, it is much appreciated. I've been an active Wiki editor for more than a year and have contributed significantly to two featured articles, so I certainly am not going to be turned away by the result of this process - but would like the article to get a fair shake based on it's merits (which according to official policy happens in the AfD NOT the DrV), which didn't really happen. All the best LACameraman 15:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Spells in Harry Potter
Your comment in the DRV seems somewhat odd - you appear to be endorsing a non-existent deletion... David Mestel(Talk) 22:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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 * How can you dispute Fair Use of an image that doesn't exist, and never existed? Buggy bot.  Heather 22:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Pidgin
Do you know if Pidgin has a different word for "sport/sports" than English, or whether those will suffice? I've been unable to find any Pidgin-English dictionaries with the word in them, and since you commented on Talk:Nigerian Pidgin I suppose you might know. Picaroon (t) 03:56, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Heather. I have a very minimal understanding of written Pidgin, Igbo and Yoruba, but can't go from English to any of those languages at all. The reason I ask is Gaillimh, an Irish admin, was writing something relating to Nigeria and asked if I knew a term for sports, which I didn't.


 * I agree with you about the dearth of reliable sources. I have many musicians on my watchlist, but am unable to try and fix them up because I can't find any reliable sources on the internet. None of the daily newspapers I consider trustworthy cover popular culture much, and I haven't seen any particularly reliable-looking websites via Google, so I mostly stick to history, politics, and geography. Picaroon (t) 02:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry is open for discussion!
See above! Your comment was reverts, as I hadn't finished all my questions yet :-) Chase me ladies, I&#39;m the Cavalry 00:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

AfDs
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Afro-juju merge
Re: your comments (a few years ago) on merging Afro-juju into the main juju music article. I think this is the best thing to do- I'll add it to my to-do list for the next week. Glad to see that someone else is interested in Nigerian articles. Rjhatl (talk) 21:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I lived in Nigeria for a few years, and have some good friends there (one of whom works in the music industry). I'll see what they can dig up. I think a book on Nigerian Hip-Hop might be a tall order, but there might be something written up as an article in a musicology journal. I agree about Nigerian political articles being out of date (or missing entirely). My article-writing time has suddenly shrunk quite a bit, but I'd be happy to help find sources, as I have access to online journals through a local university. Rjhatl (talk) 21:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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Up to assist?
Based on your comment at the AFD for Cristian Oviedo (dance instructor), I've started Cristian Oviedo (soccer player) but do not write about sports figures nor know anything about soccer. Care to advise?  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Timeline of non-sexual social nudity
On May 20, 2010, it appears that you inserted the following material into this article:


 * 1922: The Down With Shame movement in the Soviet Union holds nude marches and "Evenings of the Denuded Body" intended to dispel earlier, "bourgeois" morality.

Footnotes

This information was ported into another piece three days ago and came to my attention today. In attempting to correct the improper footnote above, I pulled the Siegelbaum book from my shelf. I found no reference whatsoever to either the "Down with Shame" movement or nudity or "Evenings of the Denuded Body" in the index of that book, nor did I find any information on these topics in a cursory skim of the relevant section. The fabrication of footnotes is an extremely serious issue, I'm sure you'll agree, as is improperly accusing someone of having done that. I seek complete clarification on this issue. My apologies if I have missed anything, but please provide correct page number citations for this information, either on the talk page of the article in question or via my user talk page. Thank you. Carrite (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Although I've responded elsewhere, due to the nature of the suggestion I feel compelled to also note here that the citation was entirely legitimate. That the subject did not appear in the book's index does not exclude it from having been mentioned in the book.  Heather (talk) 23:45, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Research survey invitation
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Legality of cannabis by country
Hi Heather, I saw your edit in article about the legality of cannabis in the country Ecuador. I read the ley108ec.pdf file (second reference) and it says in Art. 36 and 37 that is is illegal. Could you provide a ref to verify your change? Greetings. --190.154.123.90 (talk) 19:03, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure! Check out the US State Department document that's also linked as a ref.  I think the confusion lies in the fact that there have been several different versions of Ley 108 over the years; the version linked in the article is one that I don't believe to be current.  Heather (talk) 23:20, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, you are right about that pdf, Information for American Citizens from the US Embassy. But in this web site, Drug Law Reform in Latin America - Ecuador it states that the decriminalization is still pending. I don't know which information is wrong or not. We have now contradictions. --190.154.123.90 (talk) 18:09, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Nekkids
Thanks for the clarification. Carrite (talk) 02:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Categories
Hi Heather. I saw this edit history, and your comment re categories. If I understand categories correctly, one should add only that (sub-/)category which is at the most appropriate level, rather than 2 levels of the same category tree.

For instance, shows that 'traditional board games' is a sub-category of 'board games', so an article in traditional board games should not be explicitly listed in the category of board games - it picks up the higher-level category automatically.

I think Category may summarise this better than my example?

Regards, Trafford09 (talk) 00:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Living aboard a Soviet oil tanker
Hello there, dear Heather. Regarding your request at ru:wiki, I can recommend you Leonid Skryagin's "Sovetskaya Neft" To The Resque (link) or A Fatal Raid of "Tuapse" published by Trud in 2001 (link). There was a Soviet 1941 comedy "Derbent" Oil Tanker (link). It's a little bit unusual question of yours, because Soviet merchant fleet sailors did not left a lot of written memories. There would be more books and short stories by Soviet Navy veterans or polar icebreakers. Anyway, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Yours, sincerelly. — George Serdechny (talk) 14:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.75.44.49 (talk)

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Articles for deletion Ken Giami
Hello Heather I saw your profile on the list of wikipedians. It says you are interested in Nigeria. I started an article on Ken Giami and it has been nominated for deletion on grounds of notability ... Ken Giami From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The notability criteria clearly states as I read, that People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published[4] secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other,[5] and independent of the subject.[6]

I have provided sources of reference that fulfill the above criteria for notability.

The guidelines also states that If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources may not be sufficient to establish notability.[7]

I have also provided multiple independent sources and the page has been edited by other users with references added.

I would like to know the next step for getting the article off the deletion nomination list. There is a talk page on the article

Please I need your guidance on moving to the next stage of getting the article listed

Thank youBomabenjy2 (talk) 15:38, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

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