User talk:Randolf Richardson

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Skald

 * 1) It's not at all clear that "skald" is a common misspelling of "scald"; I've never seen it, certainly.
 * 2) Even if it were, it's not what disambiguation pages are for. If we had disambiguation pages for all misspellings– or even just for common ones – we'd probably double the number of articles. --Mel Etitis  ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 09:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Lumber Cartel
An article that you have been involved in editing, Lumber Cartel, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Lumber Cartel 3rd attempt. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 02:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Userbox in mainspace
We don't really allow userboxes in the article mainspace. Please have the userbox in your userspace instead. Thanks, — Jake   Wartenberg  18:05, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

2009-Aug-30: Fixed by Randolf Richardson..

WikiProject Java and Portal
I recently posted the following text on Wikipedia regarding the creation of a new computing-related project in Wikipedia:

'WikiProject Java is a Wikipedian community that aims to better organize information in articles related to the Java programming language and its platform.
 * If I'm cor-rec-to, there are about 900 articles on Java technology in Wikipedia, which may be more than ALL other programming languages articles combined...
 * At least, it's more than for C++, and there IS a C++ WikiProject...
 * And it's MUCH more than the .NET WikiProject with 82 articles...
 * There is also a Python project and a Ruby project so...
 * Now you can also see a proposal for the Java Portal (temp location).'

Please  support this initiative,  AlainR345  TechnoWikiGeek 07:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Xen Logo.png)
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Your note
First off, it is unfortunate that you feel that way. I can understand if you are not happy about your text being removed. However, with that in mind, I think it is important that we are clear about what we are discussing. You said "It takes time to write good content". I'd like to point out that the text you added consisted mostly of adding links to the lumbercartel.ca site in the form of references, which the site does not appear to qualify for under the reliable sources policy, and also posting an opinion referenced by that site. I did provide you with a link to a detailed explanation of why sources may not meet Wikipedia's requirements, and I would have been happy to answer your questions. However, you've indicated that you do not want to read the guideline. How can I help if you do not want to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's rules and policies? --Ckatz chat spy  11:29, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

There was a paragraph at the end of a document discussing theft of service. I put some thought into what to write in a new sentence that I added to the end of that paragraph to complete it because there wasn't really anything tying it all together. In the past when I've tried to make contributions in this manner, I got attitude dumped all over me for not citing a reference, so this time I include a reference to a page that I created on another site that expands on the point of theft-of-service in great detail (complete with examples and some general calculations that show how serious the matter is) which was definitely relevant, and now that's not good enough somehow. This is why I'm frustrated -- directing me to read a very long document with many different reasons wasn't helpful to me.

Wikipedia is a great resource, but these experiences really aren't encouraging me to contribute.

--Randolf (talk) 18:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Vancouver Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Meetup


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Proposed deletion of Canadian atheists


The article Canadian atheists has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Unsourced

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Domdeparis (talk) 16:39, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I need some help to understand what's going on with this because I find it confusing. I did add some references (e.g., government statistics, etc.), and someone else reduced the categories (which was very helpful -- we welcome all the help we get). I don't want this page to be deleted because this is a real organization in Canada, although we're new and much smaller than the American organization in the USA (both of these reasons are primarily why we're not so well known yet). What do I need to do to prevent the deletion process? Thanks. Randolf (talk) 05:37, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Canadian atheists


A tag has been placed on Canadian atheists requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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I don't understand what happened here -- I made sure there were sources, and the contents of the article I posted was factual (and some other Wikipedia users even helped to make some improvements to the article as well), etc., and even read the criteria (which was a very confusing document to read, so I don't even know if I've made sense of it properly, but I tried). I asked for some additional information about the "nomination for deletion," but no explanation was provided, and now I find that my article has been replaced with a redirection page. It seems like I'm communicating with a brick wall, and so I've lost confidence in Wikipedia as a helpful resource because I'm beginning to wonder what other useful articles may have been deleted. Randolf (talk) 09:43, 11 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I have deleted the article Canadian atheists in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policies. The article failed to establish the notability of the subject because it did not demonstrate that the subject has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. (Statistics Canada is not "significant coverage", and the company's own website is not "independent of the subject".) Note that we have a draft process which allows you to get feedback on a revised version of this article before publishing it, if you intend to update the article, I recommend using that process. Thanks, ST47 (talk) 23:36, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

I just got notification from someone that our page was completely deleted from Wikipedia. Thanks for providing an explanation. We've been active for a few years now, and I'm still at a loss for why our organization does not have a listing while other similar organizations in other countries (e.g., the American Atheists) do. I will look into the draft process, and I hope you can give me some suggestions for getting this straightened out. Unfortunately, this whole experience has left me with a bad impression about Wikipedia as being rather exclusive and arbitrary, but I'm hopeful that the draft process you mentioned will help to rectify this. Thanks. Randolf (talk)

There does not appear to be any history for the article, so I would have to start building it from scratch if I can't find a backup of it. Is there something special I need to do to retrieve a version from the history? Randolf (talk)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Randolf Richardson. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Canadian atheists, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:21, 7 June 2017 (UTC)