User talk:Sirola

License tagging for File:ShixxDesktop.jpg
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File permission problem with File:ShixxPromo.jpg
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License tagging for File:ShixxNOTE Send To Dialog.gif
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Might I draw your attention to...
I noticed your work on ShixxNOTE required a great number of edits. Are you aware that you can see a preview of the work you are doing to check everything looks good and check spellings and punctuation etc. before submitting the work as a finished draft? Just to the right of the "Save page" button you'll see the "Show preview" button. By using this to check our work before saving the page we can save Wikimedia and all users of Wikipedia a lot of trouble keeping track of the page history. Also it is good practice to always leave a short comment about what work we carried out in the "Edit summary" just above the "Save page" and "Show preview" buttons. You can also create a sandbox as an extension to your own user page to use as a testing site for work that might require a lot of little changes over a period of hours or days. Happy editing! --  FG /T &#124; C 19:19, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Fred. Now I will click first Preview button instead of immediately clicking on Save page button. Also thanks for letting me know about Sandbox page where I can learn some Wiki tags. Instead of using to your talk page.
 * If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page.

Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 05:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

January 2012
Hello Sirola. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:08, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Future Perfect at Sunrise. Thank you for introducing me to Wikipedia rules. I will be carefull next time. Kind regards. (Sirola (talk) 10:48, 31 January 2012 (UTC))

ShixxNOTE AfD
I see, you are not all that familiar with Wikipedia rules. We have here two rules (WP:PA and WP:AGF) which you might want to read before any harm is inflicted upon you. As long as your edits qualify for WP:SPA, the decision upon your attacks (once reported by someone) would be a really easy call. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't defend your article about your software (you actually should), but be warned: defending it by adding reliable sources to establish its notability is a way more productive then accusing me of nationalism.

I would also note, that I hope very much, that your program continues making money for you, the more the better. But Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion, and despite my feelings for ex-Yugoslavia, I would insist on cleaning Wikipedia from promotional, but poorly referenced material. &mdash; Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 08:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:ShixxNOTE Send To Dialog.gif
Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:ShixxNOTE Send To Dialog.gif. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

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Need help on my ShixxNOTE article section "Rate this page"
, On ShixxNOTE article page there is an error on "View page ratings". You will see something like this "66" "67" "66" "66" ?? Somehow somebody rate only section "Objective" ? How that is possible ? Also now if you try to rate ShixxNOTE page you will get error !! Can somebody please help me and make things works correctly on section "Rate this page" ...

Kind regards,

Sirola (talk) 12:51, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The page renders correctly for me. Do you have images and/or JavaScript disabled?  The numbers that are approximately 70 are the number of ratings, e.g., what is see is "Objective" getting a 4.6 rating with 68 ratings, a number that is fairly implausible in my experience unless someone is stuffing the ballot box.  I'm not having any trouble submitting ratings, either.   --j⚛e deckertalk 17:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:ShixxNOTE Note Menu.gif
Thanks for uploading File:ShixxNOTE Note Menu.gif. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


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If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Codename Lisa (talk) 00:41, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:ShixxNOTE Send To Dialog.gif
Thanks for uploading File:ShixxNOTE Send To Dialog.gif. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the file description page and add the text   below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing   with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
 * 2) On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Codename Lisa (talk) 00:43, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Sirola. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article ShixxNOTE, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Stesmo (talk) 20:03, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of ShixxNOTE for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ShixxNOTE is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/ShixxNOTE& until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Kleuske (talk) 12:13, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Regarding your comment at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2016/Candidates
Your comment there was not the right place to put your question. I've thus moved your comment here to your talk page and am responding. --Hammersoft (talk) 12:57, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Can some of English Wikipedia administrators please consider putting back ShixxNOTE article page. Because it was on English Wikipedia more than 10 years and now new admins discussed and deleted ShixxNOTE program page. BTW ShixxNOTE program is mentioned on Wikipedia on few pages including 3M page where there is sentence about program. Please see if you could do me and community great favour. Kind regards, Ozren Sirola
 * The ShixxNOTE article was deleted via a articles for deletion discussion which you contributed to, at Articles for deletion/ShixxNOTE (2nd nomination). If you wish to recreate the article, you would need to find reliable sources attesting to its notability. It's mere existence is insufficient. I would also strongly advise you to read our conflict of interest guideline, as it appears you have a conflict of interest with regards to this subject. Writing about subjects with which you are closely affiliated is strongly discouraged. You might consider putting in a request at Articles for creation. --Hammersoft (talk) 12:57, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:ShixxLogo.gif


The file File:ShixxLogo.gif has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Unused logo with no article used."

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing 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 files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Willy1018 (talk) 08:44, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Desktop sticky notes


A tag has been placed on Desktop sticky notes, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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