User talk:Piotrus/Archive 56

Barn Star treasury
Dear P, heartfelt thanks for your appreciation! I am doing my best, mostly with pleasure, especially with the support of someone like yourself. --Po Kadzieli (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

re: deletion request of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds
Thank you for notifying me about the case. I have added sources, every information has now its reference to reliable source. I have deleted the deletion template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kubos16 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK suggestion
Thanks, Pyotr, much appreciated. You see, I am not entirely happy with my English, and a bit of extra exposure is exactly what I am not craving for. Would feel like a model scrambling up a podium in full knowledge that her figure is not entirely up to scratch)) I've read some of your stuff, too, found it quite brilliant and am a bit jealous - with your fine command of English :) -- Evermore2 (talk) 19:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for Daniel Liczko
Hi Piotrus, I just noticed your "Thank you." from two years ago. I just wanted to let you know that I appreciated it! Better late than never, as they say. Kind Regards, --Orestek (talk) 19:40, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Lisa Tenner BRD
I'd like your feedback on this if you are interested in contributing. Thanks! Wilipino (talk) 09:58, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

The main arguments, why the page Oļegs Latiševs should be kept
Thank you Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus so much for your point of view! I hope this discussion will help to improve WP:SPORTBIO. Also for the reason that now there are many pages dedicated exactly to basketball referees in the space of Wikipedia. Here are just a few examples: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Lamonica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Pascual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Crawford You can also find the current List of National Basketball Association_referees in Wikipedia. Unfortunately, such list does not exist for referees FIBA Europe and Euroleague. But I think it's a matter of time. It because this information is of interest to readers and fans of basketball. Note that the pages devoted to basketball / Olympic Games and other major tournaments, mandatory have the list of referees and countries they represent. See examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_referees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics In addition, Oleg Latyshev mentioned in more than 100 Wikipedia article. And it is advisable that readers have information about this official. Plus, there are more than 20 introduce links to the page Olegs Latisevs from related articles that I made by myself, with the idea that Wikipedia content would be more correlated, as required by policy Wikipedia. And my last argument for why the article must be saved, it is a really high importance of this person in the modern national history. In particular, Latyshev is the first Basketball referee in the history of independent Latvia invited to FIBA Basketball World Cup (Turkey), 2010. Is the first Basketball referee in the history of independent Latvia invited to the Olympic Games (London), 2012. The only Basketball referee from the Northern Europe invited to FIBA Basketball World Cup (Spain) (in total, 38 referees from 28 states from five FIBA continental zones took part in this FIBA Basketball World Cup), 2014. And the only Basketball referee from the Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania) invited to the Olympic Games 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Amatour82 (talk) 15:45, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Jarzębowski Collection and Library
Hello. This is a request for guidance: is there an assessment forum on Wiki when elements of an article have been removed with their peer-reviewed sources, albeit in a foreign language, for alleged libel and POV? I don't know what POV means. This concerns the controversy surrounding the dismantling of the Jarzębowski Museum and Library and the manner of the sale of Fawley Court in England. As the article now stands, there is no hint that there was a controversy/scandal over the decimation of the collections or how the property was sold over a period of time at a large 'discount'. It seems that the remover wished to sweep away any reference to lost Polish heritage on that site, which has been annotated by the NIMOZ journal and a chapter on Stanislaw Albrecht Radziwill in a publication by the University of Opole which talks about 'skandal'. Also removed was a reference in German (University of Cologne) to the sale at Christie's in 2005 of a marble bust of the Roman Commodius (son of Marcus Aurelius) from the Jarzębowski collection. The remover told me to use [my blog] for such material. I do not have a blog! I found this highly patronising. Thank you for your time. Regards, --Po Kadzieli (talk) 10:00, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I have replied to your comments on the Fawley Court Talkpage. Regards.  KJP1 (talk) 13:13, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * A further reply on the Fawley Court Talkpage. Best, --Po Kadzieli (talk) 17:16, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Stefan Tyszkiewicz
Hello Piotruś, your help with TKS exceeded all my expectations, although mostly due to you and others. As for Stefan, he turns out to be a find, all because someone, who had known him, asked me where his grave was. He exemplifies the course of 20th c. history in one lifetime. He probably deserves a DYK. I have a picture of his name plaque on the grave, but uploading it does not seem to be a practice on en.Wiki. What do you think? Kind regards, --Po Kadzieli (talk) 17:30, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 18
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Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology
Piotrze, po zauważeniu umieszczonych przez Ciebie zastrzeżeń dopracowałem artykuł, uzupełniając źródła i rozszerzając jego treść tak, by spełnić warunek "notability". Potem usunąłem informację, wychodząc z założenia że art. spełnia kryteria. Jak widać uczyniłem to zbyt pochopnie (nie mam tak szerokiego doświadczenia jak Ty, ale się staram i wiele godzin swojego życia poświęciłem temu by dać jej i ludzkości coś od siebie), może nieco na skróty, jednak nie w sposób "stealthy" - bo przecież nic w Wiki nie ginie. Podstępu w moim działaniu nie było wcale, ale wygląda na to że poszedłem za bardzo na skróty. Czy było to powodem do zgłoszenia do usunięcia?

Na wydziale odkryte zostały hormony płciowe za co wprost przyznano Nobla, wiele innych osiągnięć, rozwijana jest współpraca międzynarodowa, powstają prototypy nowatorskich w skali świata urządzeń - nie wierzę, że warte jest to klawisza "delete".

Jeśli coś mi wyszło nie tak, proszę Cię - pomóż i doradź co poprawić.

Z pozdrowieniami, LukaszKatlewa (talk) 10:38, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Re: Teach For India Page
Hi There,

The Teach For India page has seen some edits lately as outdated information needs to be updated. Per your notability concerns as cited as grounds for deletion, please kindly note the below evidence and feel free to reach out if you need more evidence for the notability criteria. There is quite a lot of media about Teach For India and the Wiki page needs to be edited to reflect the current organization.

Criteria A: "...please consider whether they have had any significant or demonstrable effects on culture, society, entertainment, athletics, economies, history, literature, science, or education." Evidence: Teach For India has significantly impacted the education sector. https://sipa.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/Teach_for_India_Final_Report_20Aug2012%20_TenPagesOnly_0.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/indian-teacher-surpasses-_b_8079042 http://www.huffingtonpost.in/teach-for-india/how-a-22-year-old-brought-hope-to-dozens-of-disadvantaged-childr/ Winner: Inclusive India Awards ICICI Foundation and CNBC-TV18, 2012 Winner: 2012 Innovation for India Awards, Marico Innovation Foundation, 2012 Teach For India was awarded an “Innovation for India Award” for positively impacting lives through innovation in the education sector. Winner: Best NGO Award, National Awards for Excellence in CSR and Sustainability - World Education Congress, 2015, Teach For India commemorated for contribution to reshaping India’s education landscape and working closely to promote CSR efforts across the country.

Criteria B: "A company, corporation, organization, school, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. The depth of coverage of the subject by the source must be considered. If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple[2] independent sources should be cited to establish notability." Evidence: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/going-beyond-classrooms-students-give-lessons-to-ramwadi-slum-dwellers-in-sanitation-2960675/ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/being-the-change/article8985578.ece http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/teacher-s-day-special-in-kashmir-too-children-have-dreams-and-aspirations/story-edtDQELR2q13ju9vS5v9FL.html http://www.huffingtonpost.in/teach-for-india/this-engineer-reconfigured-his-life-to-become-a-change-maker-in/ http://latikaroy.org/jo/2016/05/12/teach-for-india-does-dehradun/ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Pursuit-of-happiness-Buddhist-group-urges-focus-on-dialogue-compassion/articleshow/53891403.cms http://cirrus.co.in/cirrus/PDFView.action?articleid=32099756&clientid=TEC4%20IND&mail=Y&type=M&loginreq=N

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skalaiv (talk • contribs) 10:56, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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Reach To Teach Recruiting
Hi Piotrus, I have reverted this article to a previous version before the overly promotional, probable copyvio from [ http://america.pink/reach-teach-recruiting_3692848.html here] was added (in December 2012!). In the process your prod has obviously been removed. I don't think there is anything in the older version which addresses your reason for deleting and I share your concerns about notability. If you want to have a look at it now you could re-add the prod as I am not contesting it in any way, or take it to AfD. Sarahj2107 (talk) 10:09, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Reliable Sources discussion is open
You'd mentioned you'd be interested in weighing in on improving WP:RS in regards to lifestyle pieces. I've started the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Identifying reliable sources. Hope to hear from you there. I&#39;m Tony Ahn (talk) 07:55, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Polish Population Transfers
I have reviewed the various articles re: Polish population transfers(1939-50) on Wikipedia. Piotrus the statistical information is a mess, total confusion that does not agree to official Polish figures or the population balance. I do not have the time or patience to clean up this disaster by myself. I try to avoid wasting my time on Wikipedia blogging about trivia and live a life in the real world. Yesterday I went with out the family to see Train to Busan and afterwords we went to Koreatown, Manhattan for bubble tea. Piotrus IMO getting involved in lengthy blogging on Wikipedia is like getting on that Train to Busan. Regards--Woogie10w (talk) 12:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)


 * As editors of Wikipedia we cannot analyze the population of Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria simultaneously from 1939-1947. By analyze I mean -Population in 1939, add births, less natural deaths, less military deaths, add or subtract net population transfers and subtract population in 1947, the balance equals civilian war related deaths.  In 2016 the politicians in Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow and Belgrade want to inflate civilian losses and enhance their suffering during the war by publishing  inflated war losses. Many historians regurgitate this official statistical data.  Back in 1951 a professional demographer  Gregory Frumkin was the author of  Population Changes in Europe Since 1939 What is needed is a professional academic study that updates the work of  Frumkin. This would set the set the record straight and settle the issue of wartime civilian population losses. Off Wiki I have done work on this topic that I cannot discuss here.--Woogie10w (talk) 13:40, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

H+Pedia
Hi there, as a member of Wikiproject transhumanism, I thought you might want to check out the latest on H+Pedia which now has a revamped home page as an introduction point. :) https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Deku-shrub (talk) 21:32, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016
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research on attitudes of GLAM institutions?
Hi Piotr

Im doing a research project for my work, and Ive been looking to see if anyone has done any work on the difficulties of approaching new possible GLAM partners. We still run into the same questions and same objections in 2016 and even with all the big players who work with Wikipedia. I went looking to see if anyone has done research into why institutions hesitate or refuse to contribute material to Wikipedia. Thanks! Thelmadatter (talk) 23:31, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oddly, your article is behind a paywall. I cannot access it with the link you provided.Thelmadatter (talk) 14:22, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK Violetta Thurstan
Piotrus, many thanks for your message and for taking an interest. I have to confess to messing up the nomination by adding a ginormous pic and not managing to correct things tidily. I got this far: Sorry for the nuisance. Lelijg (talk) 11:27, 8 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for fixing it.Lelijg (talk) 16:26, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Signing
Please be careful not to put a link to your own userspace from the mainspace, especially as a signature or similar (see, , and . Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:31, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Your PROD of Jeff Storey
Hi Piotrus. There was a pre-existing article about this person at Jeffrey Storey (created in 2015, longer and with more references). I have taken the liberty of redirecting there. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:49, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Talk:National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
Witaj. Art powstal w ramach Wikiprojektu GLAM. Czy mozna wstawic do dyskusji szablon taki lub podobny jak w innych artach? 78.95.141.147 (talk) 06:49, 13 September 2016 (UTC) (Ciacho5).
 * Witam. Oczywiscie, ze mozna, tylko ktos musi go przetlumaczyc - prosze: "This article was created and/or expanded as part of the GLAM-Wiki Polish language Wikipedia cooperation with ...". Proponuje tez poinformowac o tym WikiProject GLAM. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:05, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Thx
Thx Swetoniusz (talk) 18:35, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Regarding your note on the COSIRES conference web page. It is certainly not a for-profit pseudo conference, which you could easily have figures out by checking the conference proceedings published in an Elsevier journal which are clearly cited on the page (even if you do not have access to all the articles, the table of contents and abstracts are available to anybody).

Regarding notability, the research field has probably 1000-2000 people worldwide working on this, because it is an important scientific background for the semiconductor and nuclear industries. Admittedly this was not very clear in the article, so I modified it now with this kind of motivation.

(Sorry if I responded in the wrong place, I followed the link sent by the email but was not quite sure where I should respond).

Knordlun (talk) 10:14, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Revision for Coupon Sherpa page
Hello,

This is in response to the proposed and subsequent deletion of the Coupon Sherpa page. I created a new Draft:CouponSherpa page and revised the entry to include additional references to address the notability guidelines. There appear to be date issues with some of the references which I haven't figured out, but am working on.

Kinoli15 (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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pl:Kategoria:Odznaczeni Orderem Uśmiechu
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Merge of Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology
Uważam, że dodawanie do hasła Gdańsk University of Technology szczegółowych informacji z jednego tylko wydziału Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology nie ma sensu. Rozbuduje to zbyt hasło dotyczące uczelni jako całości. Specyfika wydziałów jest taka, że mają one bardzo dużą autonomię w ramach uczelni. Istnienie oddzielnego hasła dla Wydziału Chemicznego jest więc uzasadnione. Patatu (talk) 07:31, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Horizons Satellite
Why delete Horizons Satellite when you could merge it with Horizons-2 (with a redirect, thus preserving the article history which deletion does not)? (sdsds - talk) 07:04, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Talk:National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
Nie wiem, jak tam są przydzielane te stopnie, ale wydaje mi się, że art o Narodowym muzeum (choćby branżowym) to jednak nie jest "niskiej ważności". Ciacho5 (talk) 13:09, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Jan Grudziński
Thank You for veryfing my articles once again. Do You think my articles are good enough to put them on the page "Did You know"? Sommerauer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sommerauer (talk • contribs) 13:54, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Tsarist autocracy
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Tsarist autocracy. — Sam Sailor 21:22, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Jan Grudziński
Chętnie bym umieścił jeden z moich artykułów na strone "Did You Know", niestety nie wiem jak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sommerauer (talk • contribs) 17:34, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Hanyang Univeristy
Hello, I just wanted to ask about your course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:Hanyang_University/Sociology_of_Globalization_(2016)_(Fall) Has Wikipedia Education Foundation said they will delete it because it is not a North American University? They deleted a course I made for Maynooth University because it is in Ireland. The second question I have is are students IP blocked from creating accounts while on your university network? If I have students create accounts at home and come into the library for an editing session will Wikipedia bots flag this as potential spam/vandalism? best, Brian AugusteBlanqui (talk) 10:03, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Aleksandra Banasiak
I deprodded Aleksandra Banasiak. There was enough sources to pass GNG (mostly in Polish), an I expanded the article. ~EDDY  (talk /contribs ) ~ 15:34, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016
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Help regarding citation error
Good evening Sir/Madam, I just want to draw your attention toward a problem that i am facing citing an article Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. There appears an citing error for dates, which is not appearing in many other articles. This is the my revision
 * Dear User:Pragmocialist. Please repost your question at Help desk. Good luck! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:43, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

GikII
Hi, Piotrus; I saw your PROD of GikII, and I found an additional independent ref, which I've added (relying on Google Translate, but it seems pretty clear). I agree it's marginal, but can I suggest you take it to AfD if you still think it should be deleted? I think it would benefit from more eyes on it. I should also add that I have a slight conflict of interest as Lilian Edwards is a friend of mine. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:08, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * There's also this, which implies there was a New Scientist article about the conference. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:15, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, done; I removed the PROD notice. Thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 10:16, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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Reply to removal of message
You write: "I removed your message at my talk page ([1]) as I have no clue what you are talking about." My brief message was about the possibility that certain pages (with math notation) served by the WiPe might be faulty. The other possibility I mentioned was that Chrome was not rendering them properly. I directed the message to you because you invite comments. Your brusque invocation of cluelessness is not a response I expected, but it is instructive in a general way. 80.187.108.211 (talk) 05:37, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge
Hi, can I interest you in this or a 1000 Challenge for Poland?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:42, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Incorrect Deletion of /MarketResearch.com
I believe you deleted the /MarketResearch.com page incorrectly, I would appreciate it being re-instated as soon as possible ....

According to Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement, “notable” means "worthy of being noted" or "attracting notice." MarketResearch.com has attracted the notice of multiple independent sources that have large audiences. For examples, read on:

• EContent Magazine is an independent source with a national audience. In 2007, MarketResearch.com made the EContent 100 List as one of the top 100 digital content companies, a recognition given to the leading 100 companies in the digital content industry. This is not simply a directory listing like the yellow pages. Being recognized as a top company by a credible source underscores MarketResearch.com’s notability. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/2007-EContent-100-List-40160.htm?PageNum=3 • In 2008, MarketResearch.com made the SmartCEO Future 50 List as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Washington, DC area. Companies recognized by The Future 50 are “chosen based on a three-year average of employee and revenue growth.” Again, this source is not simply a directory listing given to every company like the yellow pages. This source points directly to MarketResearch.com’s notability. http://www.smartceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BCEO.F50.Past_.Winners.14.pdf • From 2007 through 2010, MarketResearch.com made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the US. This kind of recognition shows that MarketResearch.com has attracted notice from credible, independent national publications with broad reach. http://www.inc.com/profile/marketresearchcom • Information Today published a full article about MarketResearch.com’s acquisition of Profound. Information Today is an independent source with a national audience within the library, information & knowledge management industry. Please note this article is not a press release. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=36824 • Research Information is a UK-based magazine with an international audience, which devoted a full article to news regarding MarketResearch.com. https://www.researchinformation.info/news/simba-information-and-education-market-research-merge?news_id=1312

MarketResearch.com was mentioned in multiple articles from outside sources regarding the acquisition of the Freedonia Group. - http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20160203/NEWS/160209935/marketresearch-com-acquires-freedonia-group - http://www.usglassmag.com/2016/02/marketresearch-com-acquires-the-freedonia-group/ - http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news22161.htm - http://www.quirks.com/articles/research-industry-news-april-2016\ - http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160202/NEWS/160209944/marketresearch-com-acquires-the-freedonia-group

Furthermore, Wikipedia’s notability definition states, “Large organizations and their products are likely to have more readily available verifiable information from reliable sources that provide evidence of notability. However, smaller organizations and their products can be notable, just as individuals can be notable. Arbitrary standards should not be used to create a bias favoring larger organizations or their products. “

We understand that companies and individuals are not inherently notable. But we wonder what arbitrary standards you are adhering to when you decided to delete this page, considering the large range of independent sources that have deemed MarketResearch.com “worthy of being noted.”

Thanks Paul Ricketts P A Ricketts (talk) 20:27, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Paul, you have conflict of interest. Period. Just go away and have some decency not to waste time of people who are not paid for editing wikipedia. We are not obliged to help you make more money. Staszek Lem (talk) 22:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This is not a correct place to ask for undeletion. Please see WP:REFUND where you can make your case. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:58, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Wałbrzyskie Mountains
Hi Piotrus, thank you for your edits to this article. I've moved it back to the original title which I had checked at Google Books before selecting it. Essentially there are no hits at all for "Wałbrzyskie Mountains" whereas there were 15 hits for "Waldenburg Mountains", so it seems as though that is the usual English name. Quite why, I don't know, but that's languages for you! --Bermicourt (talk) 17:22, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Signatures
Hello! I'm really trying to get a custom signature. Would it be okay if you give me the script to your custom signature? I'm not very good with any of the coding for this, just editing. Adotchar (talk) 23:26, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

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Hotcat
Hallo, please take care with Hot cat - on Otkunewska (approx - on mobile!) you added one cat but removed an existing one which was correct although too broad. (Have now found a better one anyway.) Pam  D  04:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)  Pam  D  04:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello from Bowen
Hello Piotrus,

I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers on the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future.

I would like to invite you for an interview if you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via either Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards.

You can reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu if you are interested or have any questions.

Thank you, Bowen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobo.03 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

I think of medics as scientists of a kind and reckon that category was better than nothing to represent her field of notability. Fixed now, anyway. Pam D  06:46, 1 November 2016 (UTC)  Pam  D  06:46, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Bella (brand)
Hi. This article should not be deleted. This is a well-known Brand of hygienic products and is the market leader in Central and Eastern Europe, the emerging markets of Western Europe and Asia. See other articles in connection Category:Feminine_hygiene_brands Plase delete that tag. - <font face="Century Gothic"> Eugεn S¡m¡on  07:55, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi
Could my improvements of the article make you re-consider your AfD nom at the Jovan Radomir article. If so, then good. If not then just let the AfD proceed, Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 17:01, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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Premier TEFL

 * 1) PROD removed on Premier TEFL, but with more dubious sources

The contents of the article are flogging a variety of accreditation signals which are all nonsense, as they can be bought and have no actual legitimacy. In addition, Premier TEFL is not a "school" but only a marketing company reselling other partner's courses and jobs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Premier_TEFL&action=history

Should be speedily deleted imho --Jeffmcneill (talk) 16:01, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
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WikiProject assessment tags for talk pages
I am not familiar with the assessment of articles on Wikipedia. I will leave it to editors who have more experience in that. But thank you for your interest and kind words.--R2D2015 (talk) 10:04, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

ShieldsUp notability
Hi Piotrus. I noticed you've flagged ShieldsUp for notability. I see that you previously flagged it for notability, to which I added 5 references (lifehacker, routersecurity.org, howtogeek, computerworld and makeuseof). I think those together paint a picture of its general use, usefulness and notability in the industry. (I would note that it doesn't have a high profile outside of the network testing community, but then I wouldn't expect it to.) Has something changed for the notability of it to be questioned? Let me know. peterl (talk) 02:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Deprodded article
Hello, I'm letting you know that I have deprodded Sinclair Knight Merz and explained my reasons at the talk page. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:14, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in University of Minnesota
Hello Piotrus,

I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover (editors leaving and joining) in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers in the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future. More details about our project can be found on this meta-wiki page.

I would like to invite you for an interview if you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via either Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards.

Please reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu if you are interested or have any questions.

Thank you, Bowen

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobo.03 (talk • contribs) 15:46, November 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I am too busy to help. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:53, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Gregoire Nitot
Please use template:multiple if more than one tag is used. Also, please add a proposed deletion on a separate line? The page creator removed the tags and prop. Not noticing there was one, I restored the tags and prop. I then removed it from the page. Now, you are free to do a wp:RfD. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 10:54, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Peak Farmland
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Gregoire Nitot - delation proces
Hello Piotrus, The Article has already been available when it comes to Polish version of Wikipedia. Due to many changes over the past years, it had to be changed. Therefore now the Polish version of the article is being improved and will appear in the upcoming days. So your argument about Gregoire Nitot being some CEO of a mid-size company with a minor business award is irrational, because the article has already been on Wikipedia. Could you please withold the delation process, and point out to me what should I do to improve the article for it to be alive. I would be very grateful for your suggestions. Power user 2016 (talk) 10:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for One Piece Treasure Cruise
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Reply to proposed deletion of my article
Hi Piotrus, I am replying to a proposed deletion you left on my article, “Jan-Vincent Velazco”. This is the first article I've ever written on Wikipedia, I also have been having some trouble using the Wikitext formatting to Wikipedia standards, especially with regards to citing my sources and external links. Like the other users here, I have used what I believe to be reputable sources, such as Tama Drum Company, GMA News, Classic Rock Magazine/Teamrock, and now I can also add IMDB to my sources which is new, yet I am still getting notifications that my sources aren't noteworthy enough. I am very new to editing Wikipedia and I would appreciate it if I could get some better and helpful advice on improving the article so that it can avoid being deleted in the future. The links provided in the notification just aren't making it clear to me what I need to improve. Many thanks and hoping for your consideration and help.

(User talk:Jvvtheater) Link to article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jan-Vincent_Velazco#Jan-Vincent_Velazco

Jvvtheater (talk) 09:14, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposal to delete PC Advisor
Hi. I agree that the entry for PC Advisor hasn't been updated for quite a while but I disagree that it should be deleted from Wikipedia or that is is a "minor publication that has never risen to the limelight of notability".

PC Advisor has been recognised by Neilsen Online as "the world's number 1 technology magazine website for UK audience" and is the seventh most read magazine website for UK audience in any category.

PC Advisor is the #2 most visited website in the Hitwise IT MEdia category, and has 15m unique visitors a month, generating 27m page views each month. Its monthly revenues are in excess of $600,000/month.

It is part of IDG, the world's leading IT media, events and research company. So I contest that it is a "minor publication that has never risen to the limelight of notability". Its sister title in the US is PCWorld.com, and is part of that large family of magazines and websites worldwise.

Thanks for your consideration. We would be happy to update the entry if you think it merits inclusion.

Simon Jary Publishing Director, IDG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.70.158 (talk) 07:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Dear Simon, please note that the discussion is now taking place at Articles for deletion/PC Advisor. If you comment here, nobody but us will see it. There, your argument will be noticed by all participants. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- 1Wiki8 ........................... (talk) 20:05, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

The Challenge Series
The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.


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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
Piotrus, I am fairly new to the Wiki process. I am requesting a page reinstatement and it says to paste code here:

Deletion review for
An editor has asked for a deletion review of. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. P A Ricketts (talk) 19:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Joseph Rotblat
I am trying to fix up the article on Joseph Rotblat. The article says he was 'a self-described "Pole with a British passport"'. The source says: "Lech Wałęsa uważany jest zwykle za jedynego Polaka, który otrzymał Pokojową Nagrodę Nobla. Nie jest to do końca prawdą, gdyż w 1995 r. nagrodę tę (wspólnie z założoną przez siebie organizacją) dostał Józef Rotblat - urodzony w 1908 r. w Łodzi lub w Warszawie i mieszkający od 1939 r. w Wielkiej Brytanii fizyk i radiobiolog żydowskiego pochodzenia, założyciel i przewodniczący pacyfistycznego ruchu naukowców „Pugwash”, nazwanego tak od miejscowości w Kanadzie, w której amerykańscy i radzieccy naukowcy utworzyli w 1955 r. tę organizację. Na rzecz tezy, że Rottblat był polskim laureatem Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla przemawia fakt, że do końca życia (zmarł w 2005 r.) Józef Rottblat świetne mówił po polsku, podkreślał swoje związki z Polską – akcentując, że jest Polakiem z brytyjskim paszportem… i nie znosił, gdy jego imię pisano lub wymawiano jako Joseph – a nie po prostu Józef. Zostawmy jednak – przynajmniej na razie – w spokoju Józefa Rottblata i jego organizację – rzecz jest o Lechu Wałęsie."

I'd like to know if that is what it actually says. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:30, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

South African Wool Board
Was one of a triumvirate in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. If nobody wants it (I assume it is now just a matter of record that it once existed and was then important) then take it away. Eddaido (talk) 02:56, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Notability (religious leaders) listed at Redirects for discussion
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Wikipedia:Notability (priests) listed at Redirects for discussion
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Comet appearances in china
At Articles for deletion/Comet appearances in china you wrote "Delete unless references can be presented showing it is a notable topic". Myself, DGG, and StarryGrandma have now provided a large selection of references. Will you now be changing your !vote? <b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b><b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b> 23:58, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Re-write of the article for Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Hello, Piotrus:

Looking at your user page and all the projects and articles in which you are engaged, I'm hesitant to impose on your time, but ... here goes. In 2015 you were among the first (if not the first) to flag an article for the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC for deletion. The article, written by a firm employee, failed on just about all counts to conform to Wikipedia's standards for notability and documentation. As part of my job for a small publishing firm, I've been assigned the task of rewriting the article in compliance with Wikipedia's requirements. User crpytic mentioned you in connection with the earlier deletion discussion. If you can spare the time, I'd be grateful if you'd look quickly at what I've begun and advise me if I'm on the right track. A very preliminary draft is in my user sandbox at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JoeE_PPC_PubAssist/sandbox; a discussion of what I hope to achieve is my sandbox talk page. If you can provide just a quick impression, that would be great: "right track" or "blow it up again and start over"? Thanks very much for any time you can spare.

JoeE PPC PubAssist (talk) 19:51, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your time and pointers to NOCORP & YELLOWPAGES. We gave it a good shot. I've discussed your evaluation with my employer and, although she had been hopeful, I've explained that Wikipedia's requirements for notability are pretty stringent, especially for corporate entities. I defer to your experience in the matter and I expect that we will abandon the effort with "no hard feelings."

JoeE PPC PubAssist (talk) 17:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Article for Deletion: HB Reavis
Hi User:Piotrus, this article meets the primary criteria as HB Reavis is the subject of significant coverage in the following independent secondary sources:
 * The Wall Street Journal
 * Property Week (paywall)
 * Construction News
 * The Slovak Spectator
 * Europa Property
 * Eurobuild CEE

In the interests of better meeting en.wikipedia standards, I've improved the article by removing content about as yet incomplete projects and content that was referenced in non-English sources.

Ultimately, HB Reavis has developed significant buildings in major European cities. This makes the article relevant to a general audience who are interested in the built environment. Manc1234 (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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As requested here is the content from the Wall Street Journal: Wells Fargo settled on its new building in London’s main financial district after a two-year search that included other locations, including Canary Wharf. At first the bank was open to leasing or buying the 10-story building, named 33 Central, from Slovak developer HB Reavis, but late last year it was clear the preference was to buy, the person familiar with the discussions said. Meanwhile, executives at HB Reavis are being philosophical about the price decline and the weaker currency. While the value of the Luxembourg-based developer’s U.K. assets were hurt by Brexit, most of its assets are in Central Europe, where the market has stayed strong. “This would have been a great year for us. With Brexit it’ll be a good year,” said Radim Římánek, who is on the board of directors at HB Reavis. Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/wells-fargos-discount-u-k-deal-is-the-new-normal-1473189057

HB Reavis has a public arm but it seems to be tied to funding rather than being an actual flotation.
 * https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/HBREAVS:LX
 * https://www.bourse.lu/issuer/instruments?numEmet=241389
 * http://prague-stock.kurzy.cz/akcie/hb-reavis-var-21-5660/

Let me know if you need any more information. Many thanks, Manc1234 (talk) 00:49, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sangnoksu
Hello! Your submission of Sangnoksu at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Soman (talk) 15:30, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
This is for the good work done on this article: Cosmetics in Korea. Keep contributing !

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Czech Hiking Markers System
Thank you Piotr for your comments! It seems a bit complicated so might do it one day in future (or if you know how to do this quickly, any help always appreciated).... PeregrinuxXX — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeregrinuxXX (talk • contribs) 06:38, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Reply to proposed deletion of an Article
Hello, I am replying to a proposed deletion you left on my article, "Mohit Malhotra (CEO)". The article in Question, belongs to one of the noted CEO's for an Indian MNC with a legacy of more than 100 years. I have, in past tried to contribute to a lot of articles and wherever due, have edited or created articles, without any gains. In this case, i believe the citations that i have used are probably not being accepted as credible sources, do let me know if this is the case and i can try and improve the article to suit the Wiki Guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurtnirvana3 (talk • contribs) 13:34, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for a detailed explanation, really appreciate it. I have started to add and cite credible references. Added two yesterday and will be adding more information and adding on to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurtnirvana3 (talk • contribs) 08:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016
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Re: Proposed deletion of Aleksandar Nikitović
The article Aleksandar Nikitović has been proposed for deletion. According to Notability (sports) Basketball figures are presumed notable if they have appeared in one game as either a player or head coach in the (...) Adriatic League (and its predecessor the Yugoslav Basketball League) (...). This article meets criteria mentioned above because Nikitović coached KK Crvena zvezda in Adriatic League during 2010–11 season and played for Crvena zvezda in Yugoslav Basketball League. --IndexAccount (talk) 19:20, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletion nomination of CoreCluster
Hello Piotrus. Speedy deletion work is important and I do appreciate the effort. I would just ask that you please review the criteria carefully because accuracy is also important. On that issue, I have declined your speedy deletion nomination of CoreCluster as an article that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the topic under CSD A7. That criterion did not apply because software is not within the scope of A7, so it should never be nominated for speedy deletion regardless of credible claim of significance. Appable (talk) 06:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi! Thanks for the information regarding DYK and Talk pages. I have shied away from doing DYKs, as I was not too sure how to word the hook when doing them. I have read the links you provided, and will probably be bolder and attempt one. I hope it will be OK if I approach you for help if needed. Thank you. Kaayay (talk) 07:32, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

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Olsson Frank Weeda
FYI I have contested your prod of Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC and I have improved the scope and coverage and citing in the article. The firm isn't widely known, but it's an important player in the DC agriculture and nutrition world and it merits an article here. Wasted Time R (talk) 13:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Daniel Abraham (record producer)
The subject article was PRODed by yourself - it has been restored as a contested PROD. You may wish to consider WP:AfD in the light of this result. (PROD was 2 years ago...) <b style="border:1px solid #dfdfdf;color:green; padding:1px 3px;background:#FFD">Ron h jones </b>(Talk) 01:32, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi -

Can you please remove the deletion consideration on this article as I believe I've addressed the issues that were originally flagged for this article:

1) I've added content to the original brief article that had previously been created by a fan 2) I've added many links to other wikipedia pages were relevent 3) I've added external sources links for reference

Please let me know if this is insufficient - this is my first contribution editing a Wikipedia article.

Thanks, appreciate your help. Falconwhit (talk) 00:54, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Reply to proposed deletion of my article
Hello, I am replying to a proposed deletion you left on my article, "Jonathan McHugh". Since this is the first article I've ever written on Wikipedia, I have been having trouble using the Wikitext formatting to Wikipedia standards, particularly with citing my sources and creating external links. I have used what I believe to be reputable sources, such as IMDb and GrammyPro.com, yet I am still being battered with notifications that my sources aren't noteworthy enough. My employer, who asked me to create this article for him, is definitely recognized as a noteworthy person in IMDb given the number of projects he has worked on, and yet the proposed deletion is in regards to the article not meeting notability guidelines. This is obviously very frustrating for me, as again, I am very new to editing within Wikipedia, and I would find it extremely helpful if I could get some better advice on improving the article so that it can avoid being deleted in the future. The links provided in the notification just aren't making it clear to me what I need to improve. If I don't hear from you before Nov. 1st, I will remove the notification for proposed deletion in order to keep the article up.

10/27/2016: I'm starting to see your point. Would it be better if I placed IMDb as an external link? I am having trouble differentiating the two. Also, I'm still confused as to the notability guidelines—this is someone who is linked to multiple other published Wiki articles, as someone who has worked on multiple projects. Would it be better to create a filmography section? Are music supervisors generally not candidates for Wikipedia articles?

JWhitman39 (talk) Link to article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_McHugh — Preceding unsigned comment added by JWhitman39 (talk • contribs) 07:00, October 28, 2016 (UTC)