User talk:Scanlan/Archive 1

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Image:John dingell.jpg
Please provide an url for Image:John dingell.jpg. Thanks. tomf688 (talk - email) 20:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Breton Americans
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Catherine Troeh
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 * Actually, I just saw your excellent work at Silas Rhodes and you should consider nominating it as well! --JayHenry 20:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Sahar Hussein al-Haideri and Jurgis Blekaitis
Hi Scanlan. You are off to such a great start on the article Sahar Hussein al-Haideri and Jurgis Blekaitis that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. The Main Page gets about 4,000,000 hits per day and appearing on the Main Page may help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created and if you haven't already done so, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. If you do nominate the article for DYK, please cross out the article name on the "Good" articles proposed by bot list. Also, don't forget to keep checking back at Did you know suggestions for comments regarding your nomination. Again, great job on the article. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 01:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Wallis Futuna-bio-stub
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Did you know

 * ...that Victoria Beckham bought a £20 charity shop dress from Joe Mitty who was the first employee of Oxfam? by User:Scanlan nom by Victuallers 16:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Alana Davis - 32 Flavors.jpg
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Emilio Ochoa Ochoa
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DYK nomination of Richard Nolte
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Nomination of Joan Ingpen article
I nominated an article you created, Joan Ingpen, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. The nomination is posted here. — Athaenara ✉  00:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Shu Uemura
Awesome work on the Shu Uemura article--always good to see major gaps getting filled in. (Coverage of fashion here is pretty terrible.) If you're interested in helping improve other fashion articles, you should check out WP:FASHION. Calliopejen1 (talk) 03:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Caviar wars
Yes! Wonderful! A fine bit of New York history. - 207.246.150.86 (talk) 21:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Tuva Workgroup
As a past contributor to a Tuva-related article, I was wondering if you would be interested in forming a Tuva workgroup of WikiProject Central Asia with me? If enough people show interest, I'll go ahead and create the workgroup. --Stacey Doljack Borsody (talk) 18:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Lee Embree, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 01:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Environment
I notice that you have recently worked on article about China. In some of these articles you link to the environment and environmental disambig pages. Can you make sure you link to articles if approp? Cheers. -- Alan Liefting- talk - 01:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Please note: This article was expanded by me and appeared on DYK on March 3, 2008. However, I didn't receive a "banner" for some reason. If there is any questions please check the DYK records. This is more for my records than anything else. Scanlan (talk) 19:37, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Mildred Callahan Jones
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New policy proposal that may be of interest
I'm tapping this message out to you because you were involved at the AfDs of Eve Carson or Lauren Burk. Following both of these heated debates, a new proposal has been made for a guideline to aid these contentious debates, which can be found at WP:N/CA. There is a page for comments at Wikipedia talk:Notability (criminal acts)/Opinions should you wish to make a comment. Thanks for your time, and apologies if this was not of interest! Fritzpoll (talk) 15:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination of John Roderick (correspondent)
Hi. I've nominated John Roderick (correspondent), an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know, where you can improve it if you see fit. Black Falcon (Talk) 22:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Nice work on this article, and congratulations! I have added it into the rotation of WP:DYKs at Portal:Journalism.  If you know of any other journalism-related articles that were highlighted at T:DYK, please let me know.  Cirt (talk) 10:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up on those 5 other journalism-related DYKs! I'll add them all into rotation in the portal soon.  Cirt (talk) 14:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 08:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination
I nominated Bob Kames for DYK. You did a great job on the article. I'm looking for a second source. Royal broil 02:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The article came up on the NewArtBot results for Wisconsin. I knew it was ready for DYK if I could find a second source, so I nominated it. I looked and found more sources to expand it. It turned out very well, indeed! Keep up the great work! Royal broil  14:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

DYKs
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Martha Stewart's dog
Consensus so far seems to indicate that this is not a notable death; please feel free to argue a case on the Talk page. Thanks. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 00:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Deaths in April 2008
A: Vandals trying to remove animal deaths who don't care what else they crap up in the process. Thanks for your fixes.  tomasz.  12:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Q: "Who deletes perfectly valid entries leading to actual articles?"

DYK nom of Torcato Sepúlveda
Hi - there is a problem that you will need to address with this May 25 nom. The sources are in Portuguese and the article is shy of the 15,000 character requirement.  Vishnava talk  15:21, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh my bad - its 1,500 as stated in policy. Minor typo,  Vishnava talk  18:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sayuti Melik
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DYK
Thanks!Scanlan (talk) 20:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Nonja
Do you have her birth date?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 01:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Irma Mae Weule
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Pacific Islands Forum
Good catch, Scanlan! I came across the name Feleti in the just released 2008 Forum Communiqué and that threw me off. Newportm (talk) 05:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Nollaig Ó Gadhra
You have a sentence which ends "...and John Boyle O'Reilly, many of which were written." Is that supposed to be "...and John Boyle O'Reilly, many of which were written in Irish"? - Boston (talk) 20:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 17:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Worthington
Hi. Thank you for creating the article on Bob Worthington. It's interesting. (I thought I should let you know that your efforts aren't going unread or unappreciated!) Aridd (talk) 21:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Greg Urwin
Scanlan,

I'd like to thank you for all the good work you are putting into the article about Greg Urwin - you've improved greatly on the initial article that I created. I have a personal connection with his story and decided to create his article when I heard of his untimely death as my contribution to his memory. And so, I'm pleased it is growing beyond what I started. I'm trying to arrange for a picture of him and some references for the postings he held in his career to further improve the article. When/if those are available I would love to be able to show his family Greg's article on the mainpage DKY section (it's the least I can do). I've never really done any major edining - I focus mainly on the Wikipedia Weekly Podcast - so I'm intrigued that you seem to be a professional DKY editor. Anyway - keep up the good work.

Witty Lama 04:49, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Editor review/-The Bold Guy-
You feel for it to review me, if you got the time to do so. It might be just a bold question, and I am not expecting a positive reaction, but I really need someone to do so. Thanks in advanche, -The Bold Guy- (talk) 17:40, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Manning
Hi. I just wanted to say: Excellent work on the article Mike J. Manning! Thank you for a very good and interesting contribution to Wikipedia. Aridd (talk) 11:03, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Date of birth missing vs Year of birth missing
Hi, concerning one of your edits, I would like to inform you that in articles we use Category:Year of birth missing. On the other hand, if more information is needed then Category:Date of birth missing should be place in the talk page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:55, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Great additions
After checking out your recent Oliver Crawford article, I took a look at the some of the other bios you've created. I am impressed. Interesting, quality-written bios about unusual people -- Bob LeMond, Madam Marie and Gloria Shayne Baker (to name just a few of the ones I read). I just wanted to say thanks for your great additions and the quality reading material. — Cactus Writer |   needles  09:26, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Trash heap2.jpg
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Ann Nixon Cooper
Hey thanks for catching my edit on the merge/delete/keep discussion for Ann Nixon cooper. I was aghast when you pointed out my change. I trying to copy/paste his formatting for my own comment when I inadvertantly edited his (I'm still puzzled how the change came out to be delete, when I myself was proposing keep). thank again. Dman727 (talk) 16:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

NewCaledonia-bio-stub
Hi - I see you have recently created one or more new stub types. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals.

In this particular case, there's no real problem, since - as you point out - it's one of very few places that didn't have a bio-stub type, and you did upmerge it appropriately. It would have been worth listing it for proposal though, just on the off-chance that there were problems with it and also to let the stub-sorters know it was going to be available (I doubt anyone would have objected to it, so it would have been speediable - proposing it would only have slowed things down a couple of hours and it would have been double-checked for possible problems).

Your new stub type is currently listed at WikiProject Stub sorting/Discoveries - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type if you wish. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha?  07:54, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Cape Verdean American musicians
Category:Cape Verdean American musicians, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Cgingold (talk) 11:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, I was totally elated to see the really excellent comment you left re Category:Cape Verdean American politicians! You will never know what a blessed relief it was to come back and see that, as I was feeling really bummed out after having read the preceding comment. It's always such a struggle defending categories like these -- I will never really understand why so many editors have such negative feelings about such categories. Btw, were you aware that there's also a CFD for Category:Cape Verdean American sportspeople, right above the other two? Cgingold (talk) 00:18, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bennie Gonzales
--BorgQueen (talk) 15:53, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Petelo Vikena
--Dravecky (talk) 09:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Film festival founders
I have nominated film festival founders for renaming to film festival executives. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 00:38, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Date of birth missing vs Year of birth missing
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Inauguration of Barack Obama
Thank you for the editorial assistance that you gave to help improve this article. Keep up the good work as we try to take this article to WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Jacques Bangou
A tag has been placed on Jacques Bangou 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 person or group of people, but it does not 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. § FreeRangeFrog 02:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Proposed new policy
As a recent contributor to Deaths in 2009, you may be able to help decide on a proposed new policy. It is proposed that:
 * A month should be deleted from the "Deaths in [CURRENT YEAR]" page ONE WEEK after the month ends.
 * A month should be deleted from the "Deaths in [CURRENT YEAR]" page ONE WEEK after the month ends.

Please opine at Talk:Deaths_in_2009. Don't just say or Also state your reasons and participate in the discussion. Michael Hardy (talk) 16:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support.
 * Oppose.

AfD nomination of Susan Tsvangirai
An article that you have been involved in editing, Susan Tsvangirai, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Susan Tsvangirai. Thank you.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. WWGB (talk) 07:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of John Alvin (actor)
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Speedy deletion of Vivian Murray
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The Committee
The material you added to The Committee has been moved to The Committee (improv group), due to the fact that the former page is a "disambiguation page" and not an article. Thanks for your contributions. Plastikspork (talk) 20:34, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Notability concerns with Richard Phillips (captain)
I did ask for some proof of notability please. Completely disagreeing does not make him notable. It cannot exist without evidence of notability. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  21:22, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  21:40, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of current United States first spouses

 * You might want to investigate sortname and dts. At the moment, the list is sorting alphabetically by first name rather than surname, and the date column is sorting by alphabetical order of month (April, December, January, July, March, Novemeber) - not good!  Regards, BencherliteTalk 09:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

For all your work
Thank you, in particular, for the article Petelo Vikena (among many others). I'll have to see about translating it into French, since the French Wikipedia really should have an article on him. Aridd (talk) 08:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know problem
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible. Art LaPella (talk) 21:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Orish Grinstead
Hey there, I noticed you undid my edit in Orish Grinstead, which I redirected due the lack of notability of the person. Is there a reason why you reverted my edit? (Automated note: Please make sure to reply here on your talk page, as I have it on my watchlist. Thank you.) —  Σ xplicit  03:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. I've been away for the weekend enjoying time away from the computer. This article is by no means perfect, but I think it can stand on its own. The article has existed for over a year and has been edited by aorund 20 users since then (plus or minus). The article has more or less been tested over a relatively long period of time. Scanlan (talk) 12:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Orish Grinstead
I have nominated Orish Grinstead, 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/Orish Grinstead. 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. —  Σ xplicit  02:51, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

could i get you opinion
Just wondering if I could get you opinion on something Talk:Manchester mayoral election, 2009 (New Hampshire) is where the discussion is. So there is an disagreement between me and another editor on what the page should be I believe it should be the one posted above and he thinks it should be Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election, 2009 just wondering if you could contribute thanks Gang14 (talk) 05:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Aza Gazgireeva
Hey, I hope you don't mind if I nominated Aza Gazgireeva at the T:TDYK for you? Nice work with the DYK articles, btw! :D Cheers,  I 'mperator 19:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Josie Fitial
I have nominated Josie Fitial, 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/Josie Fitial. 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. Marcusmax ( speak ) 02:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Category:Spouses of Massachusetts Governors
Since you created most of the subcategories of Category:Spouses of United States state governors, I wanted to let you know about a CfR proposal I have initiated with regard to one of those subcategories. I have proposed that Category:Spouses of Massachusetts Governors should be renamed to Category:First Ladies and Gentlemen of Massachusetts to conform with the majority of the subcategories that you have created. Please feel free to share your thoughts on this matter on the discussion page. --TommyBoy (talk) 01:53, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Following up on my previous comments, User:Alansohn has raised concerns regarding not only my renaming proposal, but also the naming convention you have established for the majority of the subcategories of Category:Spouses of United States state governors. Please see the CfD discussion page for Category:Spouses of Massachusetts Governors for further details. --TommyBoy (talk) 11:17, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Sylvia Levin
Nice work on the Sylvia Levin article you created. I had seen her obit and had thought of writing an article shortly after her death but wasn't sure how to approach it. You grabbed the bull by the horns and wrote a great article. Keep up the great work. Alansohn (talk) 20:12, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

2009 Kiribati ferry accident
Thanks for the help - I'm afraid I was a bit pressed for time yesterday, and couldn't do as much research as I'd have liked. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:46, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Panapasa Balekana
Hi, I checked off your submission of this DYK, nice work. I indicated a preference for the alternate hook, hope you don't mind. Also, we don't link dates any more per WP:MOSNUM. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 04:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Merlyn Mantle
Hi, good job with the article on Merlyn Mantle. I was prepared to dismiss her as "inherited notability" but you have written a compelling argument. Regards, WWGB (talk) 01:28, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing
Hi Scanlan. You expanded that article but I think maybe it has gone unnoticed under August 8 at WP:ITN/C because nobody but me (just now) actually said support or oppose. Can you give a support or oppose to clarify? -- can  dle &bull; wicke  19:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Omar Doom
Nice job on the Omar Doom article! It didn't appear that you nominated it for DYK, so I went ahead and did it, giving you credit as the creator of course. Nice work... —  Hunter  Kahn  ( c )  13:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Charles August
Hello! Your submission of Charles August at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Geraldk (talk) 03:53, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
Hi, you started the article, so I notify you: there are some FEMA images on Commons, please make a selection and include one or two to the article. Regards, --Martin H. (talk) 15:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Benigno G. Tabora article
I have taken notice of the article Benigno G. Tabora, and the subject of the article appears to fail WP:BIO in so much as the individual has only received coverage in three local newspapers, see the opinion of Cbl65 regarding obituaries to denote notability in the appropriate noticeboard. As you are the creater of the article, I want to give you the opportunity to improve it prior to me PRODing the article. The subject's service is honorable, and if given sufficient references to pass WP:GNG, the article will not be PRODed. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Murray Klein
The shtetl in which he was born was Secureni, Romania at the time. Today it is called Sokyriany in Ukraine. Source of information is my father (Simon Kijner) who was born in the same town and knew him personally.