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Your recent edits

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re: Freddie Scott

Yes, it was a reinstate of the previous copyvio. I've removed it again. Thanks for letting me know. -- JLaTondre 22:27, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


re: PDEngNN

that was not an attack on a person, and was the documentation of a controversial issue. If you do not agree with the POV either discuss it or edit the page, taking it down because you do not agree with the stance, with no discussion, is not the spirit of wikipedia, or democracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordofall123 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

sorry, i was unaware that i did that, i have never used wikipedia editing before and was just looking around to see if i could improve the page, and deleted something, i guess the aforementioned requests for deletion on accident. 67.185.111.147 (talk) 22:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Thanks for your help on saving the Aoife Hoey article (formerly Aoife Hoey (bobsleigh)) from deletion. I really appreciate it. Chris (talk) 15:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Aoife Hoey

You asked for sources, sources were provided, and you removed the sources. Please explain why. Corvus cornixtalk 03:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I provided an explanation at talk:Aoife Hoey before doing so. Essentially, the references don't actually verify any of the information they are supposed to. -- Whpq (talk) 03:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

The Campus Special

How should I go about removing the "considered for deletion" box? I apologize for the slow progress on the page, but I hope with the recent updates it is in accordance with the rules. Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks for your time. Msu123 (talk) 21:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The article has been nominated for deletion. You cannot remove the AFD notice in the article. Editors will express their opinions on whether the article can kept and an administrator will determine the concensus and then take the appropriate action after 5 days. See WP:AFD for more details. -- Whpq (talk) 12:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Respond to Whpq

The 'minor edit' edit summary was pre-populated, and I should have changed it to something more descriptive. You are right. I've also added the AFD result to that Talk page. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 21:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

RingPOPmom and conflict of interest

I've already given her all the proper notices about COI. This is the ultimate single-purpose account, and I really wish I knew what to do about it. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Simply monitor the article content for POV violations, and keep pushing for reliable sources to satsify verifiability. There is no restriction on an editor with a conflict of interest adding material to an article so long as it remains neutral and is verfiably factual.-- Whpq (talk) 18:41, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
  • As you can read on the discussion page, I WANT the article to be deleted. Don't let me down when it comes to your opinion. RingPOPmom (talk) 01:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Great! Only you have written to delete the article. With only one reply, they will probably keep the article. UGGHH! I'm never going to get the article off. Last time there were more people who voted... Where are they now!  :-( RingPOPmom (talk) 09:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
An administrator will decide if further discussion is required and extend it accordingly. Note, if you want it deleted, then you should participate in the discussion and enter your delete opinion. -- Whpq (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Removed prod on HTS Kimberley

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from HTS Kimberley, which you proposed for deletion, because I think that this article should not be deleted from Wikipedia. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! -- Atamachat 21:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Bai Kamara

Wow! Nice catch with that speedy. It looked odd that he had added all that info in so quickly, but the person seemed notable enough so I didnt question it. But wow... nice catch! Great job! Queerbubbles (talk) 17:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. When I see these as I look over articles needing wikification, alarm bells go off. Often, going to the subject's official site or Myspace page will find the original text. -- Whpq (talk) 17:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Chase-Riboud

Hello - I've never created a wikipedia page before, so this is my first time and I appreciate the help. What can I do most immediately to get my rating up from "stub" to "start"? Sociologik (talk) 19:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sociologik (talk • contribs) 19:14, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

The article is within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. You can read up on biogrpahy article assessments and make an assessment request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment. At least I think that's how it works. I'm not part of Wikiproject Biography so I may have an incomplete understanding of how it works. Hope that helps. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 19:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Brady R. Allred

Hi. I agree with your cutting of this article however I still think it's unverified - except for what is basically a self-reference. What do you think? -- Kleinzach (talk) 09:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. There aren't references provided. I'll tqag it. -- Whpq (talk) 12:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Image:Ivanios.gif

You could go imagevio tag, but in cases like this I would typically do a WP:PUI listing. This gives 2 weeks for the user to understand, and if needed, contact and request a license and get it processed via OTRS. WP:COPYREQ may help the uploader understand as well. While I've come across many images like this, the user editing articles with the same name as the location on the source website make me believe they may be related to the website and have used it in both places, which is quite common. I upload many of my own works here, but also put them on Flickr and other places as well. Either way, I didn't think speedy was the right choice in this case; however another admin might have disagreed. MECU≈talk 17:19, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Kenneth Tam

Hello, could you WP:AFD Kenneth Tam please as I can't cos i don't have an account? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.210.172 (talk) 17:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I could, but you will need to provide the rationale for the deletion. -- Whpq (talk) 17:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Non-notable author, article doesn't pass WP:BIO. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.210.172 (talk) 17:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
I have completed the AFD nomination

Graeme Kirkland

Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article Graeme Kirkland, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 00:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Image talk:Mumbai Police Logo.jpg

Recently you have raised a concern regarding Image:Mumbai Police Logo.jpg. I have opened a discussion thread on the Image talk:Mumbai Police Logo.jpg. You are invited to put forth your points on this talk page. --gppande «talk» 08:54, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Reply: I haven't expressed any concern over the use of the logo. You may be confused due to the number of copyright issues expressed on User talk:Suyogaerospace. My notice was due to the copy and paste of material from the police web site into the Mumbai Police article.-- Whpq (talk) 11:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for clarification: It may be true that article contains text which should not be copy-paste from any other website. I would look into this article to get it cleaned. Also I would explain Suyog (who has been working on this page for sometime now) that WP prohibits copy-paste. Thanks. --gppande «talk» 07:00, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Graeme Kirkland‎

I'm considering nominating Graeme Kirkland‎ for deletion. How long do you think it would take for you to find the sources you claim exist and place them in the article? Blast Ulna (talk) 13:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I am working on it right now. I've already managed to source the switch from musician to financial adviser. -- Whpq (talk) 13:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy

Hi,

I have permission/approval to use both pieces of copy from the website http://www.bccresearch.com/about-experts.htm, however, I will need time to add my name to the external website so I can maintain the validity. If you can hold off on speedy deletion for a day until I upload my name onto the site, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks, Stuart Foster Stuart.foster@bccresearch.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuartfost (talk • contribs) 18:13, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Reply - you can place a {{hangon}} tag and explain the situation on the articles' talk page -- Whpq (talk) 18:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

ACED Magazine

I own the website. Therefor I own the right to create or use my own content about it. Feel free to contact me about it via the contact us link at the bottom of the site - it goes directly to me (Jenna). I have also e-mailed the info address on here from my ACED e-mail address to confirm. -- jbensous —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbensous (talk • contribs) 16:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyrights

tHAT WAS very unfair! I did write it myself and spent hours at it! The websites were reference!--User:Svm1 63 (talk) 08:04, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

How do you explain the fact that the material was all word for word copies of news articles and web pages? Copying material from other sites are copyright violations and are contrary to Wikipedia policy. -- Whpq (talk) 10:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for smoothing the refs and making Robert Dickerson a better article. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! -- Whpq (talk) 09:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helping clean up the vandalism on Cedarburg Highschool. It's really frustrating that my classmates are such idiots, but I can't figure out who specifically has been doing it, and I haven't been able to do everything on my own. JDub90 (talk) 16:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. About the only thing that can really be done is to monitor it, and revert and warn when it occurs. If it happens enough, then report to WP:AIV would be in order. If it becomes bad enough, an admin can make a decision for extended blocking. Cheers. -- Whpq (talk) 17:32, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Sundowner

Awesome, but I'm also going to create Sundowner (wind) from what was there before, that seemed to be the only part of the page that really needed its own article. Corvus cornixtalk 17:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The wind article would be a great addition. The ones currently listed were existing articles, and the actual contents of the targets both include information that identifies the truck and the plane going by the name of sundowner. -- Whpq (talk) 17:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Lorenzo Quinn

I don't know how to reply to messages personally. Just to say thanks for the correction. I am new to this site and am still trying to find out how things work, so apologies for the many mess ups.

Lorenzo is a friend of mine and has asked me to work on this page for him. Could you help me add the other references please?

Thanks LorenzoFanatic (talk) 11:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Certainly I can help. Yopu can observe my edits to see how things are done and feel free to ask me questions. One thinig I should point out is that as a friend of the artist, you do need to be aware of conflict of interest, and make sure that your edits adhere to a neutral point of view. Regards -- Whpq (talk) 11:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I just lost the bottom of my article. I was trying to do the references. Oh heck!!

I'll bear in mind about the conflict of interest. I think I'm gonna leave it now. This is scary.

Thanks --LorenzoFanatic (talk) 11:54, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

There's nothing scary about it. I encourage you to continue. If you are unsure about your edits, use the preview button to ensure it did what you expected. Also, you can use a sandbox to try out test edits before you do them for real. And of course, you can ask me a question if you are unsire of how to do something. -- Whpq (talk) 12:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you--LorenzoFanatic (talk) 14:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Jacob McArthur Mooney

Cheers,

I'm wondering which of the references on the page "Jacob McArthur Mooney" runs contrary to the reference guidelines?

Thanks-Mitchell

MisterIncantation (talk) 01:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

The article could use some better third party coverage of the subject. A university web profile, and a publisher profile could be improved upon with the addition of citations from an article about him in a newspaper or magazine. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 10:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Richard Katz

Hi. Forgive my ignorance, I see that you have added to the [Richard Katz|Richard Katz] page. How can I see what you have changed? Ravagedhand (talk) 16:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

You can see what was changed using the page history and comparing versions. See Help:Page history for more information. My contribution to the article is purely housekeeping. I reverted some vandalism, and corrected some categorization errors. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 01:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks --Bhadani (talk) 15:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

working on the same wavelength! --Bhadani (talk) 15:08, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Joined --Bhadani (talk) 15:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)


Capture of HMS Guerriere

I remember this being one of the articles I worked on when I was learning about Wikipedia, however while I don't much care about the deletion of the captain's letters your edits left an article that was much poorer then when you started, you might want to consider the nature of your editing in the future. Tirronan (talk) 01:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I did consider it. The text of the letters would be better off in wikisource. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 11:06, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Categorisations

You said that you should just mark it uncategorized where should I put that?

Thanks Cgman919 (talk) 03:41, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

It has already been done. -- Whpq (talk) 10:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks from Hayaser

Thanks a lot for your support :D it's appreciated

Hayaser (talk) 19:30, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Feel free to ask me any questions if you are confused. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 19:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Not a mistake

Hi thanks for bringing the matter of the HHC academy to everyone's attention. It's never wrong to raise a potential copyright conflict. It's actually not ununusual that there's an alternate explanation to copying the contents of a website. On one occasion I rescued text about a synagogue that the reporting editor did not notice was based on the 1911 Jewish Encycl - the same source that the website had used. I also carefully crafted an article (with others) on the history of a theatre, only to find it delete because it was word for word the content of a commercial website - they had copied it from here - without attribution. (I had to completely rewrite that one!). No the whole issue of copyright is a minefield, and I'm glad there are people who take it seriously; the principle in wiki is to err on the side of caution and you did nothing wrong here. cheers Kbthompson (talk) 12:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes. And given the circumstances, I'd likely act the same way again. But the article was deleted when in fact the copying was done the other way around, and so it never hurts to apologize when there's an error even if the actions were well-intended. Cheers, -- Whpq (talk) 12:59, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

HCCA

Guys, Many thanks for Wikifying the HCCA article. It's much improved as a result. I notice that citations are required for the information. Most of the factual information regarding results etc is collated and kept by me in the form of word documents. However, there is plenty of independent and external verification for the factual content. This can be found on various webpages and is mainly in the form of match reports on various college websites and in the Hackney Gazette. There are at least 4 articles about HCCA on Hackney Gazette Online currently. Other verification can be found via the British Colleges Sport (BCS), English Schools Basketball Assoc. (ESBBA), Northamptonshire Schools (NSBBA) under Moulton College, Cardinal Newman College websites as well as the information published on the London United website. Would you like me to set up links to all of these on the external links section of the article? Cheers! Chris Cjm364 (talk) 22:05, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

References are set up in their own references section, and its best to make use of citation templates to do them. The syntax can be a bit daunting for an inexperienced editor so feel free to ask me questions if you have difficulty. I have the article watchlisted right now, so I will be aware of changes and can also step in if I notice didfficulties. WP:CITE provides information on citations. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 22:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

FIRST AMENDMENT

HOW CAN YOU GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHTS TO PUBLISH ARTICLES ON BOOKS MOVIES OR WHATEVER AND THEN DELETE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES!!! HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO BE TEH NEXT BIG THING IF PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET TO READ AND KNOW OTHERS IF YOUR ALWAYS PUTTING DELETIONS == —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaq1zaq1 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey again

Hey there,just curious to know if anyone is going to close the debate already,it's pretty obvious it's in favor to keep the article Ara Dinkjian

Thanks Hayaser (talk) 04:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

It's not obvious that it was a keep, so nn administrator has relisted the AFD to gain more opinions to reach a consensus. In due course, an administrator will review the discussion and make a decision. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 10:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply Hayaser (talk) 03:52, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

MCF7

Would you accept a statement from ATCC allowing the use of the data page of thier cell lines for Wikipedia. Thanks Ddorn 1999 (talk) 21:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Proper name of MCF7

In most papers the name is sited as MCF-7, but is commercially available as MCF7. So the proper use is unclear.Ddorn 1999 (talk) 17:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Sanford Wallace is listed under the "S" and this is inconsistent with the listing of others by last name. Should be moved to "W".

Sanford Wallace is listed under the "S" for Category:E-mail spammers and this is inconsistent with the listing of others by last name. Should be moved to "W". I cannot make the correction. Can you? Thanks. Billgdiaz (talk) 19:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Spam King

Hi, I made a couple of contributions by adding a related section to people that are listed in Wikipedia as Spam Kings. The additions were removed. Today I noticed as I read on Wikipeadia about Winston Churchill that it had a section: "See also: List of stutterers." Is that the proper way to do it in Wikipedia? Could I list a "See also: Spammers" or "see also: Spam Kings" Please advice. Thanks Billgdiaz (talk) 16:14, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

The link to spammer is alerady in each o the articles so there is no need to provide any additional linking. Spam King is a disambiguation page and should not be linked to. There is no article list of spammers. You are welcome to start one. Regards -- Whpq (talk) 16:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Aron siegel

I gave Vinylm some options on how he can move his article someplace and work on it safely. Hope he takes advantage. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:46, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Dependent(Military Family Member)

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Dependent (military family member), which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks!

See more at both my own and the article's discussion pages. I welcome your constructive input. Saseigel (talk) 12:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for your understanding on that issue. Fredio54 (talk) 18:04, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Nastia

Too bad we can't add the image to her article.  :) Corvus cornixtalk 17:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I noticed

I noticed that you have tagged several biographies of music professors created by User:Thenthorn for copyright violation speedy deletion recently. All appear to be violations of links in the form http://music.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=+Rand+Steiger. The images in the articles also appear to come from that source, yet to be present on Commons. Would you do me a favor and also go over to commons and nominate the images for deletion as you encounter more of these? GRBerry 18:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I checked one of the images in the Commons and I am unsure of the copyright status. The Images are CC Share-alike 2.0 licenses as taken from Flickr. The profile of the Flickr uploader states he is the manger of something or other at UCSD, and the photos are press photos. I am not too familiar with Commons, but I will try to get some sort of discussion going on the copyright status of the images. -- Whpq (talk) 18:16, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I already nominated all 6 of them in the pages you have thus far identified, as 6 separate commons deletion nominations. You might group the nominations though, as the issues will be the same for all of them. Generally speaking if someone is an employee of an organization, photos that they take in the course of their employment repsonsibilities will have copyright owned by the employer, but this is subject to specific contract/agreement terms. GRBerry 18:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I got your message on my talk page, and I was going to do something. But since I didn't actually track the image names, I don't know the names of the images to nominate them for deletion on Commons. I ddi see that Rand Steiger's image has been nominated, and I've added my comments about the muddiness of the copyright in the discussion there. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 18:27, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Since I've already flagged all 6 for deletion, you could use my commons contributions from to find the other 5 - or just search for my username in the daily deletion log.  ;) I was more asking that if you tag any more of that user's articles here you also go over to commons and flag the image there. I'm going to take a break from processing CSD#G12 with this article creator, better that it not look like a single admin hounding them. GRBerry 18:31, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I'll head over to Commons and look for the others through your contribution log. -- Whpq (talk) 18:44, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Ellen marahani

In my honest opibion should be speedily deleted - it is a non notable indonesian trying for one minute of fame - if you need encouragement I would support the delete without hesitation SatuSuro 13:16, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Redirect of Ellen maharani

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Carrickmacross Rovers

- I copy a page and used a thesaurus to re-write most words so it was definetly not copyright!!!Point93 (talk) 08:19, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Competition Cams Article

     As it stands, the article reads like advertising. The references provided in the article do 
     not constitute reliable sources for establishing notability. A further search on my own finds
     what look to be press releases in Google News, but nothing to support notability. \
     -- Whpq (talk) * 19:52, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

How does the article read like advertising? Do you even know what the guidelines for ad writing are? I do. I'm a copywriter by trade. Be that as it may, there is no stated opinion, "we", "our", "you", any other pronoun or directive speech which constitutes advertising's writing style. Therefore, I have no clue from where Whpq's comment came. Also, the reliable sources are in the market research conducted by SEMA, which handles the industry's research and reports these findings to the census bureau. I cited the association as a reference for a reason!

--Jabarke1 (talk) 21:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


  • Comment - The Competition Cams article has been completely rewritten and re-cited with new, more credible sources. I urge each editor that has previously voted against the article's notability, neutrality, etc. to please reconsider. Also, I appreciate your patience and civility.

--Jabarke1 (talk) 21:48, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikifying AWMN page

Please check my talk page!

--Socrates.awmn (talk) 09:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Commending a job well done

Hello! I just wanted to commend you for the fine work you did on the editing of the Edna Eicke article. Thank you for your fine work! Ecoleetage (talk) 21:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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Research: remove section copied from http://www.uic.edu/depts/enga/research/research.htm

http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Chicago_College_of_Engineering I am the person responsible in the UIC College of Engineering for composing and changing the content for this page. All text and graphics have been approved by the Dean of the College and the marketing and communications group. Please do not change anything in this page.Tmatthes (talk) 23:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Please note that wikipedia is an encyclopedia editable by all' editors. As such, it is not a web site to host content that you have sole control over. That's what your web site is for. -- Whpq (talk) 11:19, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

You have butchered our article. UIC College of Engineering is a satellite campus of the University of Illinois. The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana has their own article and as many Colleges of Engineering articles on Wikipedia consist of a Research section. You also managed to get rid of our external links to our Departments.

When we said "not to change anything in our article", we meant for you to not delete anything since they are FACTS. We are the content experts with regards to our facts. Other contributors may add or modify them provided they do not strongly deviate from the facts.

You mentioned that we were acting biased and had a conflict of interest. I think you are the one who is biased because you are removing our Research section. Here is proof that other Colleges of Engineering have Research sections and external links to their Departments:

Short List: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/UIUC_College_of_Engineering http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Cornell_University_College_of_Engineering http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology_College_of_Engineering Tmatthes (talk) 02:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I am moving this entire conversation to the article's talk page Talk:University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering as that is a more appropriate venue for this discussion, and it will expose the issues for other editors to review. -- Whpq (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

All of these images you are pointing out are taken from my own digital camera. so i am the sole copyright to have them publish. --BurhanAhmed 07:25, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

UCSI Wikipedia page

I have edited several pages and have reinserted some of the original pages. As I have more accurate information on the said Institution of Higher learning, I have contributed thus far...

I wish to be included in the Wikify project too

60.49.241.98 (talk) 09:00, 13 October 2008 (UTC)F Abd user

Louis Kamper biography

Hello If I am using this screen correctly, I am sending this message to the individual who flagged and deleted my biography of the Detroit architect Louis Kamper. If that is correct, I'd like to understand why you did so. Over the last 10 years, I have complied and written a short biography of his body of work and his career that has been found to be quite useful in the architectural community. If any of my information is incorrect, I would love to hear from you and find out what you feel is incorrect as well as find out your sources of information about him. For such a major player in the Detroit architectural community, there is only fragments of information out there about him. My bio was created by pulling all those fragements together. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you so that we can discuss this information. Thanks for your time.

Lmcgrail (talk) 17:38, 13 October 2008 (UTC)Lucas McGrail, Assoc AIA, Architect

The material was a copy of this pdf, which based on your username and signature, might be something you've written. All material on wikipedia must be licensed under the GFDL. In order to donate this material to wikipedia, you should follow the instructions at WP:DCP. Since anybody could claim to be Lucas McGrail, this prcoess confirms that the holder of the copyright has released the material. Regards, -- Whpq (talk) 01:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:

ok, I guess it was a copyright violation. I must have looked at the wrong webpage. I haven't been an admin for very long (like 3 days), and I'm kind of jittery about deleting pages I guess. Sorry about that. Thingg⊕⊗ 18:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


??? - Paul Elgin Article

Question. Why are you trying so hard to have the Paul Elgin article deleted? The moderator made his decision and you're STILL trying to have him second guess his decision? Why is this article, out of the millions of articles on wiki, such a problem for you? The proper channels per Wiki guidelines weren't even followed for the page to be deleted anyway. Please advise. Thank you. Htentceo (talk) 07:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I believed that the guidelines were not followed and asked the administrator to review the decision. He agreed that he had made a mistake and closed the AFD as delete. I am trying to improve the quality of Wikipedia. Articles not meeting the inclusion criteria need to be deleted in order o maintain this quality. If you truly believe the guidelines have not been followed, you can ask the closing administrator to review his decision, just as I had, and if you still beleive you have a case, you can take the issue to Deletion Review. -- Whpq (talk) 09:50, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Script Package

Hey, i m using a script package but i am having problem in tagging articles and welcoming users. Could you please help in this regard that how can i do corect it. I am using Firefox, this problem is persisting from last 2 days, before that it was working correctly but now its not working, i don't know why!!! --BurhanAhmed (talk • contribs) 13:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm not particularly familiar with the scripting tools, so I have limited knowledge in that area. You might want to try adding a {{helpme}} tag to get somebody to assist you, or you can ask at WP:HELPDESK. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 20:24, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

John Asgill

Hello. Regarding your recent reversion, I've reverted back as I believe it does need to be wikified. It may be me, I just don't know; if it is, please tell me.--Stereotyper (talk) 22:39, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Relevant internal links already exist in the article. The formatting and layout appears to conform to the manual of style. What exactly do you think needs to be done, because I don't see it. -- Whpq (talk) 22:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I apologise, you see- I also have a manual of style, but for most stubs, I can't do that. Please, free to revert back stating this discussion in the edit summary. Thank you, Stereotyper (talk) 10:29, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

why did you remove liner notes from Hidden World

Is there any rule against that? A lot of useful information about the album was removed, and this is not good.  Grue  17:25, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

I felt it was excessive detail falling under the trivia category from the manual of style for music guidelines. -- Whpq (talk) 20:17, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, because who produced the album, who created album art, and so on is all excessive detail? Ridiculous.  Grue  09:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps too much information was removed. I would suggest that some editors from Wikiproject Music could be asked to have a look at the article. -- Whpq (talk) 11:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big 106.2

I noticed that you did a non-admin closure on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big 106.2. Don't forget to sign your name when you close the AfD! Thanks. DARTH PANDAduel 02:29, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

All I can say is oops! Thanks for catching that. I've done non-admin closures before and do know to sign. Sorry. -- Whpq (talk) 10:28, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, I've done that before too (to my dismay and embarassment). DARTH PANDAduel 14:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and I need some help

Thanks for editing out the text...it was something I did in the beginning but never quite removed. Anyway, I began this Category (WHO-Recognized English Medium Medical Programs (China)), and have so far tried to maintain it, and I need to have the "International Education College of the Xinjiang Medical University" listed under "X-" & not "I-" [XMU is it's parent university]

How can I do this?Compendium wmc (talk) 01:17, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I guess my first question would be if that is the correct listing? Should the International College be listed in the category, or the university itself? If it should be the university itself, then the category tag should be moved to the university article. However, if it is the International college, the you should use a sort key like this: [[Category:WHO-Recognized English Medium Medical Programs (China)|Xinjiang Medical University, International Education College of]]. I hope this answers your question. -- Whpq (talk) 12:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! That whole Xinjiang University bit was confusing at first, but then I moved the page to "Xinjiang Medical University: International ...", which I believe was a better way of representing the College. Thanks again. Compendium wmc (talk) 12:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

You didn't asnwer TheWutheringRaven's question.

He asked why arne't Hellfest, Record Labels, Bands considered as independent reliable sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.58.16.23 (talk) 07:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

CleanUp

Please check back your cleanup of article "Burhan".
You have changed the line from Burhan (Name), an arabic name of Quranic origin. to Burhan (Name), an Arabic. Can I ask the an appropriate reason?BurhanAhmed (talk • contribs) 12:31, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. It's a typing mistake and I removed "name" from the line. I've corrected it. -- Whpq (talk) 12:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

The Curiosity Of Chance

Hey!

As you noticed I made reverted the article The Curiosity of Chance. I wonder why you prefered a less informative version. As a reader the long version seemed more appealing to me for it's great informative value.

Wouter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gualtherus (talk • contribs) 19:12, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

The longer version is a copyright violation. The material is taken verbatim from a copyrighted webpage and contrary to Wikipedia policy; specifically WP:COPYVIO. -- Whpq (talk) 19:54, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for further reverting Oakville, Ontario. I was in a hurry and didn't see that the IP had made many edits. Cheers JdeJ (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

misplaced?

I imagine those "misplaced templates" suggest that they should be on the main article page; however it seems a bit much to over-emphasize the article's need for greater objectivity. By placing them on the Talkpage, the primary editors have the ability to see the various problems. I would prefer that you replace those notices...or place them on the main article. If you place them on the main article, you run the chance of alienating the writer, and of hurting his/her feelings. Truthfully, the main article belongs in Userspace until the many problems are addressed. By placing the notices on the Talkpage, the writer may be more inclined to digest (and discuss) the differences of opinion. Discussion is the primary objective here, not infuriating the writer. ThsQ (talk) 15:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I understand your concern. However the usage of the templates are for the main article space. As for placing them into the main article, I did check the main article and found that it already had an {{articleissues}} template that covered the concerns so there was no need to add them into the article page. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 15:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough, I suppose. I placed the {{articleissues}}. Have you had the opportunity to evaluate my decision? Do you believe that it is too harsh an assessment? After reading through a portion of Mr. Orlin J. Grabbe's internet activity, I am under the impression that Mr. Grabbe's biography could be an element of a very clever hoax, and that the editors of the biography need to address all the issues presented by the various templates very quickly. ThsQ (talk) 15:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I've only glanced over the article, and wouldn't call it a hoax. It is however not very well written, and could use a heavy dose of copy-editting and addiitonal references. The citation request tags are useful for identifying specific facts that need sourcing, however, given the size of the article and the number of claims that are not sourced, I probably would have added a {{refimprove}} tag requesting an overall improvement in referencing. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 16:02, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Alright. I have no desire to beat this issue into the ground. The {{refimprove}} is covered already in the various notices of the {{articleissues}} so I am under the impression that the editors will receive notification someday when they return. I will move on. Thank you for your opinion on this matter. ThsQ (talk) 16:12, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Remote Area Broadcasting Services

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Remote Area Broadcasting Services, and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: RABS. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 22:06, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Note: CorenSearchBot found the material in the middle of an article split operation. -- Whpq (talk) 22:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Greg Giametta

Hello Whpq, re: the Greg Giametta article, we believed we used the correct symbols to insert links, however we've rewritten the article using "Insert Reference" links and published reliable sources such as Roadrunner Records and Harmony Central. Please have a look as we like the speedy deletion attribute removed ;), thanks, Electroman2007 (talk) 21:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I have added the reference section to expose the references provided. Note that the key thing for notability is reliable sources writing about the subject. I will note that Wikipedia is not a reliable source. And I would also suggest that the hangon tag is not sufficient by itself to stave off speedy deletion, and you should explain on the article talk page why the hangon tag was added. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 22:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed the notability sources other than wikipedia for Greg Giametta

Thanks for the info Whpq, we've updated the links to reference reliable news services and noted that /hangon/ was used to temporarily hold a delete while we cleaned up the links for further discussion and review, please have a look see ;) thanks for your patience. Electro Electroman2007 (talk) 23:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

1995 in music

Hi there. I appreciate your good work in contributing to the monumental and frustrating task of clean-up on the 'Years in music' pages. I noticed that you deleted an 'unreferenced section' tag in favour of the general article 'refimprove' tag. I have to own up and say it's largely me who goes round sprinkling citation tags on the 'Years in music' pages, including within sections. Having been attending to this area for a while, I tend to find that placing tags within sections is still a good idea, partly because the articles tend to be lengthy (in line count), meaning tags at the top aren't always as effective, and partly because they tend to attract enthusiastic but somewhat careless contributors who might be more careful if there's a tag staring them directly in the face. Keep up the good work, though. Alchemagenta (talk) 12:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. Your reasoning on placing them in the sections makes a lot of sense. I'll add them back into the sections. It's better to have the original contributor source the information than to clean up afterwards. -- Whpq (talk) 13:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Interactive Advertising Bureau

Didn't you delete too much on this article: Interactive Advertising Bureau ??! --Tamás Kádár (talk) 17:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The material that was removed was a copyright violation as noted in the edit summary. -- Whpq (talk) 17:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I see now! --Tamás Kádár (talk) 17:34, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD comment

Please restore the comment if you think it has some value to the AfD discussion. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Project wikification

Thanks for contributing to improving Wikipedia.[1] --KP Botany (talk) 00:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. That article needed very little work. Most articles with the tag are a real mess! -- Whpq (talk) 02:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that little tag is one of the most understated on Wikipedia. Sometimes I think it should read, "OMG! What the blazes were you thinking when you clicked save page!"  :)--KP Botany (talk) 03:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Tankboy

An article that you have been involved in editing, Tankboy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tankboy. Thank you. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Mirin

Great job referencing this article!

Captain-tucker (talk) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{subst:WikiPint}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

User name typo

Thanks for fixing the typo in my user name at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Unreferenced_Article_Cleanup#Active_members – not a great start to joining a WikiProject when I can't even spell my own user name correctly Alchemagenta (talk) 14:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC) -alcmegnehata

Pan-African Ocean

Based on your comment on the AFD for this page, I think you might be interested in the entry I put on either the Wikipedia:Reward board or the Wikipedia:Bounty board for fixing unreferenced articles. - Mgm|(talk) 01:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Does it count if it was done before knowing about the award? Check out the before image on Mirin. Anyways, the article was a stub so it wasn't a huge amount of work. But I certainly would be willing to take on a bigger one. I've been slowly going through 1995 in music. Technically speaking, at this point of contact, it's partially referenced, but it the referencing was done by me. Cheers! -- Whpq (talk) 03:42, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I totally forgot about stubs when I wrote that thing. I've added a provision that says 3 stubs count towards one article, so you can choose to reference two more stubs or take on a larger article to claim the barnstar. - Mgm|(talk) 08:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Metal Observer (2nd nomination)

The comment removed was a direct personal attack, not a legitimate comment. That editor had been making a series of disruptive edits along with another editor whom he claims was involved in some level with the editing of this article, and that I had nominated the article for deletion as a form of "revenge". The real question is whether these people seriously believe the claims they are making, or if they are only making these claims in order to further the disruption of Wikipedia. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 16:42, 15 January 2009 (UTC))

The Citation Barnstar The Citation Barnstar
I hereby award you this barnstar for your commendable work of referencing: Mirin, Musgrave Ranges and Mackenzie Northern Railway. You've deserved it. If you like my challenges you can try to reference more so I can keep a count (either in a list or in some numbered barnstar, or you can try another challenge, write an article about an interesting, odd, off-beat topic that grabs my interest. To give you an idea, I very much like the work of Violetriga.--Mgm|(talk) 11:59, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Renzo Gracie Legacy

Renzo Gracie is himself quite notable in his field. So I have attacked the article with a fervor, to adjust content and format and provide sourcing for it from those qualified to offer opinion of his film in relation to this popular niche sport. Thanks for opinining at the AfD. I hope I met your concerns. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kandis Blakely

That was an effective discussion. Bearian (talk) 18:23, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drift: The Sideways Craze

I appreciate your coments and apologize for being leting myself be goaded into a misplaced discussion about when one must or must not provide sources and that AfD is not a naturally occuring result of writing an article. If I could redact the entire discussion, I would. Sorry. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 22:44, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

French Wikipedia

Thank you for your comment that Wikipedia in another language is not a valid reference - I had naively assumed that an unqualified article was fair game! Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 22:51, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

It's fine to copy the material over, but if it has no references in the French Wikipeddia, then it is the same situation on the English Wikipedia. If there were references in the French language article, it would have been nice. Alas, it did not. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 23:37, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drift: The Sideways Craze (2nd nomination)

I hope the article improves to address your comments at the original AfD. This quick 2nd one was kinda annoying though. Did you have a chance to look at the nom's talk page? Yikes. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 00:42, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

It might improve. I've tagged it for references to alert other editors. I hadn't looked at the nominator's talk page. Goodness!!! -- Whpq (talk) 02:07, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
"Goodness" is right. I have the article set on watch and will be looking for more refs myself. What we need is a NASCAR fan who is also a Wikipedian... and it almost seems a contradiction in terms. I think I'll ask for help from editors over on the NASCAR article talk page. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 02:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Samuel Moore (colonial official) hatnote

I restored the hatnote to Samuel Moore (colonial official) because I believe it is standard to link to other people with the same name. (As far as I know there could be a Samuel Moore, better known for somethign else, who was also a colonial official.) If you don't like it as a hatnote perhaps it would make a good See Also entry? I won't argue it if you feel strongly about this. RJFJR (talk) 14:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

As per WP:NAMB, hatnotes are not placed at the top of disambiguated articles, with some very narrow exceptions. I've removed the hatnote again. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 14:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the citation to the guideline. As I said, I won't argue (revert) if you change it again. RJFJR (talk) 14:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


opps. Sorry I accidently edited your page instead of talk :S I'd like to point out that I was under the impression Wikipedia was a 'free encyclopedia' surely that means freedom of speech? My that is misrepresentation, maybe that should go on the delete page? I come up with an interesting point don't you think? I'm just trying to improve my writing also, i'd like to be a journalist, Matt (the page you seem to hate) says i'm good, do you agree? Kind regards, Hannah. (Snorzo) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snorzo (talk • contribs) 16:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

THANKYOU FOR DELETING MY PAGE. GRRR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snorzo (talk • contribs) 17:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I've already previously pointed you to the appropriate Wikipedia guidelines for inclusion of articles. The article you created did not meet those guidelines. Although I nominated the page [[Matthew Pilgrim] for deletion, I was not the one who deleted it. It was deleted by an administrator after concencus was reached by multiple editors at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Pilgrim. You will note that there was unanimous agreement for deletion from the editors who reviewed the article and expressed their opinion in the discussion. -- Whpq (talk) 17:58, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Re.: article: Anna Sponer

Thanks for your time spent on this article; Too bad about the poor press coverage but there is photographic evidence on the artist's site under exhibits. She's been included in this juried show at the Hamilton Art Gallery for three consecutive years. The show is already open to the public, as indicated on the AGH web calendar. Hopefully they'll get better press this time around. Cheers, Jo Sponer (talk) 22:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Mornington Secondary College

I removed the copyvio text from Mornington Secondary College, so the article no longer needs to be deleted as a copyvio.-- Eastmain (talk) 13:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

American Mayor (film)

I have beeen doing research on the filmmaker and am strting to put together an article that might go to mainspace. Might uou care to visit User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox/Travis Irvine and lend an opinion as to the quality of my sources and which way I should take the article? I had thought to create a brief bio, and then concentrate on his filmmaking and production company. Thanks. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 20:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't have time right now to go over it, but I will take a look. If you don't get any feedback from me for a few days, give me poke! -- Whpq (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

No problemo. I will be going through my sources and lining them up in a temporary section at the bottom to tells me just what info each source may confirm. This way as I write the darn thing I can know just which one can source just what info. Thanks. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyvios

Thanks. And thanks for spotting what was going on. We played whack-a-mole for an hour and then went on happily with our lives. I don't think either of us has had a word with the perp yet; maybe tomorrow. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Just to update that I was waiting to hear from the perp, since Whpq had left notes for each of them. (I have each of these user pages on watchlist.) While he did leave me a note at my talk page, it's too bad that he started infringing again without first seeking more information, since it's now led to a block. I've responded to his note; we'll see what happens from here. Meanwhile, I'm still on cleanup with the listings at CP. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

The Barnstar of Diligence
For noticing the pattern and working to address the massive copyright infringements connected to the listing here. Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
I thanked Tagishsimon, and I had planned on officially showering honors on you after I had finished the cleanup (I'm still plugging away at his listings at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 February 26; along with regular CP duties, other stuff, real life & the ongoing clean-up of another massive copyright infringer, this will probably take a few more days). But when I came online this morning (my time) and saw that not only had he been back at it, but that you had been vigilant and followed through at AIV, I decided to just go ahead. Thank you so much for noticing the problem and following through with it—not only in finding out how massive it actually was but in keeping an eye out for repeat. Pretty much the definition of diligence. :) Great contribution to the integrity of the project; please accept this badge of honor in recognition of your outstanding service. Reception and tea would surely follow if we had such things as receptions and teas. :) (Well, actually, I could have given you WP:TEA, but I like barnstars better.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Aw, shucks. :)

Sue Lenier

Hey, I hope you looked at the article again--I made a few alterations after you suggested some crazy notion about NPOV language, haha. I toned it down both ways, so to speak. Take it easy, Drmies (talk) 05:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning it up! -- Whpq (talk) 10:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Sure thing--thanks for making me look twice. As for MagicView, you said what I meant much better and in a much more appropriate tone; I admire your patience. Drmies (talk) 21:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Shortlived category

You, together with User:Ascidian, just cleared out the backlog of unsourced BLPs from June 2006 (articles changed from refimprove June 2006 because they did not have any articles). I don't think I have ever seen an article emptied so fast in such a constructive way, so thank you both very much! Fram (talk) 15:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

It offended my sensiblities that June and July 2006 popped back into existence. The backlog is daunting enough as it is without us slipping backwards into months we though we had already cleared. I've also done the same to the July 2006 category as has Ascidian. We're back to August 2006 again. -- Whpq (talk) 16:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Thought I'd add my thanks to you too as you did the majority of the work. I have to say it's the first time I've ever had an edit conflict whilst working through the unreferenced articles categories! I also notice you improved some of my refs by adding an archived link. How do I do this myself? I looked at the webcite page but I don't understand how to get the archive url. regards, ascidian | talk-to-me 17:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I was a little confused about WebCite at first as well. The key page you need to know is the archive page. enter the URL you want to archive and provide your email address for notification purposes. You will get an email telling you either the archive has completed properly, or has failed. If successful, you will also be provided with a short URL for the archive. This is the URL you would add to the reference in the wikipedia article. Once you get the hang of it, you may want to try the bookmarklet which allows you to click on a bookmark in your browser and have it automatically initiate the archive process against the current web page. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. -- Whpq (talk) 20:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Wow, archiving of news links sounds like a fabulous idea. Is that something bots can do? Are there limitations on its use? I tend to be lazy about refs in part because they aren't available for long anyway. I nominate Drmies to be in charge of this project. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if WebCite would take kindly to a bot hammering their site. But using the cite youself isn't hard. Give it a try! -- Whpq (talk) 02:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Normally, I won't resurrect these two month categories again, as I think all ref-related cats before August 2006 have been checked for unsourced BLPs now (many badly sourced ones left, but we can't tackle everything at once). All months starting from August 2006 may still see an increase of new unsourced BLPs though, by converting articles tagged with unreferenced or refimprove or something similar since then to the blpunsourced template where needed. This just moves them from one cat to another, the total amount of unref'd backlogged articles stays the same. Fram (talk) 07:28, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the help, I'll give it a try. ascidian | talk-to-me 20:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Functional Decomposition Methodology

It turns out the article is a copyvio - see my comment at the AfD and a post I have made at AN/I. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Icon

See my notes at Wikipedia talk:Unreferenced articles, Jeepday (talk) 11:03, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


Editing Cellebrum Technologies article

Would be highly thankful if you could help me with improving the article further.

Raj Kumar Machhan (talk) 13:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't see what more can be done to improve the article with the sources currently available. -- Whpq (talk) 17:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.

Raj Kumar Machhan (talk) 18:27, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you Whpq for your quick corrections on reverting the tagging of user:Alex Rio Brazil of articles that he saw on my userpage. It was a sustained, sockpuppet-assisted, counterattack by Alex Rio Brazil because I happened to tag the article of Aristotle Onassis. For more information please see: here. Thanks again and take care. Dr.K. logos 22:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

In light of the block, I've gone back and reviewed the articles I came across with the wikify tag, and adjusted or removed the other tags based on my own review of the article. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 00:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your thorough job. I really appreciate it. You can also have a look at the Aristotle Onassis article if you so wish. I tagged it and it started all this. I think that the article needs all the help it can get. Your expertise will be greatly appreciated there. It can also minimise the relentless edit war which occurs because this user does not understand the concept that he cannot remove the tags without discussion and consensus. On the other hand I will understand if you steer clear of this hornets nest. Take care for now and thanks again. Tasos (Dr.K. logos 01:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC))
I had a quick look and did a few things. The article is in very sad shape. The most appalling thing I see is that he is a shipping magnate, but the article makes absolutely no mention of how his shipping business was grown. In fact, the entire article reads like a tabloid. Having said that, I think there are too many tags applied. I've removed some of them, and in particular, the colonel affair section was overdone. If a section has been marked as confusing, that implies that copyeditting needs to take place to clear up how things are worded, so a copyedit tag is redundant. Similarly, if the section is tagged as relying on a single source, then it implies that reference improvements are needed and a refimprove tag is redundant. I'll probably poke around some more when I've got a moment. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 15:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Indeed. I absolutely agree with you that this article reads like a tabloid. It is also a high profile article with about 20,000+ hits a month. That means many people read it. I don't want Wikipedia to read like a tabloid. I want it to read like an encyclopedia. One of the problems is that the article, at least in its most controversial parts, is being written almost exclusively from the Evans biography, making large and sweeping claims without any corroborating evidence from anywhere else. This is what motivated me to improve the article. So I tagged it and I also started a discussion on talk enquiring about the problems of the Colonel section and all I got in return was a massive, sockpuppet assisted, tagging counterattack on the articles that were listed on my userpage. That was of course after a few days of edit warring on Aristotle Onassis by sockpuppets which kept removing my tags. You are obviously a tagging expert. You are also a dedicated Wikipedian who likes to improve the project in a calm and competent fashion. You also help people like me when asked to do so. I could not have asked for a better outcome. I have asked many things from you and this goes against my philosophy, which is to tend to leave people alone, especially in a volunteer environment like Wikipedia's. But your excellent work and the massive good you have done to the articles I am involved with, leave no other option but to ask of you a final favour. Please keep an eye on Aristotle Onassis over the next few days, after the blocked user returns, and lend a hand as you see fit. I am grateful for your help. Take care. Tasos (Dr.K. logos 17:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC))
The article is under semi-protection, so I suspect that at least one administrator has an eye on it. I will also leave it on my watch list for now. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 17:18, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Great. Thank again. Tasos (Dr.K. logos 17:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC))

Excess tag

Hi, You see this: 00:03, 9 March 2009 Whpq (talk | contribs) (38,657 bytes) (remove excess tagging) (undo) Please, use the same creteria and remove excess tag from Onassis. We have to be imparcial, if one article cant have excess tag the other one dont too. Or, get back with tags in the first one, because they are entirily correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.19.54.99 (talk) 11:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coaching record of John Beilein

Note my reply at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coaching record of John Beilein.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:12, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Non-existent user

The Minor Barnstar
Well done for spotting the attempted fake user in this AfD.  Chzz  ►  17:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Actually, most of the credit goes to Sinebot. It was easy to spot once Sinebot tagged the comment with an IP address. -- Whpq (talk) 17:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
I just noticed the sig - must've copied from mine to try and look more 'real', I guess. I gently warned the anon on their talk. Cheers, --  Chzz  ►  17:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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