User talk:Blanchardb/Archive 1

Faithy05

Thanks mate.

Taliban

What do you mean by nonsense? Taliban is a religious movement, not a race movement. Litrboxr, Tuesday, October 23, 2007

User: warrior4321

I was writing an article on MSN Scripts, when BY ACCIDENT I clicked Save Page instead of Show Preview, now since I have Vista and a hi-speed internet, I couldn't click ESC in time, and it got saved. I didn't mean for it to save so quickly without any information

Thx, next time I will tell you earlier

Philip DeFranco

Philip is famous on YouTube and doesn't have a wikipedia article. He's got more subscribers and views than half of the people listed on this site. What can I do to keep the article up? I'm learning all I can as fast as I can. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleBobby629 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete an article I created 10 minutes ago? I wasn't even through with it! That was wrong and uncalled for. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleBobby629 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Evangelical Free Church of Canada marked for deletion

A tag has been placed on Evangelical Free Church of Canada requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

You may wish to familiarize yourself with the Wikipedia guidelines before proceeding. Articles in Wikipedia must be about notable subjects and the notability of those subjects must be verifiable. It is not enough for an organization merely to exist -- it must have somehow distinguished itself from its peers and become notable, and that notability must be corroborated by independent third-party arm's-length sources (such as magazine articles, etc.). If I can help further, leave a note on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 20:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The tag has been removed by DGG.

Re: Sorry about that

I had assumed that's what happened. In either case, no problem. Mgiganteus1 15:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting

Thanks for taking care of that love note left on my user page! ... discospinster _talk 00:09, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha! The length people will go to to get their point across. Kaeso Dio 21:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Really?

I have reverted your edit to England national rugby union team. The advent of professionalism didn't arrive in late 1872!. More like 1995. Moriori 00:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Thanks for reverting vandalism on Larrys Creek on October 19. I appreciate your help keeping the article presentable while it was Today's Featured Article very much, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate images uploaded

Thanks for uploading Image:Viau Bridge.jpg. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:Resized0008.jpg. The copy called Image:Resized0008.jpg has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot 03:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I would like to request that you reconsider you decision on my arena kickball page. I would like to bring to your attention that this page does have meaningful content and history. My school is looking for arena kickball rules and I thought to myself, where better to put them then wikipedia. So this content is meaningful to people and does have a history. Please reconsider your decision. -Thankyou, Bean95 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bean95 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Real Money Trader

my intention with this page is to give people information on an MMORPG economy threat. i also intend to do more with the page, but as i am unable to from a Government computer. (Cintaru 18:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC))

BAWC Page

Some friends that don't works with the wiki much were tryoing to start a page and could not figure out how. I knew how and stubbed it for them. Can you give them a day or two to get content added before you pull it.

Hopefully the content will be wiki worthy.
--Alan92rttt 18:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Rainforest animals

Howdy, I hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of removing your speedy deletion template from the Rainforest animals article and made it a redirect to Rainforest#Fauna. I wouldn't mind terribly i it were deleted, but it seemed like a potentially useful redirect. Best wishes, --TeaDrinker 19:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Why abused Hack Coin Box?

Nothing Meaningless in that topic.............

All works and Must be on wikipedia for safety of owner of coin box —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kunalpradhan (talk • contribs) 19:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

No offense, but I would suggest that you calm down your nomination for speedy deletion. So far today you have nominated two articles I have written for speedy deletion, based on two different rationale. Speedy deletion is a step you take when there is no doubt whatsoever that the article meets one of the criteria. If there is any doubt at all, you should instead nominate it for AfD, or in case of a question of notability, use {{notability}} to question the notability. Then let matters settle themselves. As for the article Nor-Cargo being blunt advertisement, I would really like to see your reasoning for that. Honestly, I do. Try to find one sentence that is not encyclopedic or favoringly biased in one way. What you are doing now is actually vandalism and I could actually revert them as such if I wanted to. Also, remember that to nominate articles for deletion, speedy or not, you should leave a message on the talk page, if even in brief, to explain your point of view. So please, calm down, stop vandalizing Wikipedia, you're only ruining you're integrity here. Of course, I would encourage you to contribute to the site and be bold. Arsenikk 22:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hi. Thanks for keeping up with Special:Newpages, but I have a request: Please use an edit summary when flagging pages for speedy deletion (or, indeed, for all edits). Even giving a deletion summary like "db-bio" or "db-attack", the same name as the template, makes it easier for administrators (or, indeed, all users) to know why an article is being flagged for speedy deletion. Thanks. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 04:33, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Well, I never thought of it that way. I don't feel insulted, instead rather silly. You have got a good point, nobody will ever know about the article unless it is a stub :) Big texas lump 05:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: Try nl.wikipedia

My mistake. Sorry, and thanks for correcting that. P.S. - I've removed the entry on pages needing translation. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I had no clue that i could not put that page in a different langguage. Stupid me. I hope that i can still write one in English. I was just trying to link the two pages. Sorry, and thank you for correcting me. I am still learning.Gottadoit2 02:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

New Page Patrolling

let's help eachother out. I'll do bio articles, you do patent nonsense. deal? NewpageXKiller 17:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

AFD on "My Page by Puissant"

You hit that page before I did. I see you've AFD'd it, which is cool. It was nonsense. However, I have one comment. You AFD'd it as nonsense, Puissant blanked his page then you AFD'd it again because it was blanked. YOu already have one AFD on that page. DOn't you think the second one was excessive ? Heck, anyone checking the history of that page could see what was on it and that it was nonsense, so there would be no problem on just the first AFD alone. (*By the way - I'm not that page's creator nor related nor have any stake in it - I just patrol all new changes! *) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon (talk • contribs) 18:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Dude...

I'm serious! Don't delete my article!

The Wiki Whore 12:01, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

A. M. Rajagopalan

Karthik Why have you deleted this page of mine. I had created an article on an editor of a popular magazine in India. How can you staying in some other country asses the popularity of the person? Or was my article deleted since it talked about a Hindu relgious person and given your religious background, you choose to delete the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karthik (talk • contribs) 16:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Paperchase (company)

Notability? You don't think a retailer with branches globally is notable? --Lemming64 15:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD

...I noticed the same problem, and went back to delete those articles which had been overlooked. Hi there. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Zeppoo

Wow, I really can't believe you... You come from Quebec, speak a couple languages, spend your time on wikipedia clicking on refresh "recently changed pages" and must be so happy to have added a "copyright infringement" for Zeppoo... So first thing is that you do not know anything about computer science and feel free to say the article is useless (basically). Once I notice you that, you decide to change the purpose of the reporting, probably thinking: "ah! I'm going to get that one and make sure it is erased just for my pleasure!". Did you *even* go on the website? Did you notice the word "copyright" somewhere? Funny, I don't think so. Why? Because there isn't! You must be so proud of you. Isn't it said between the lines of the Bible not to do such a mean/useless thing? To have read it when I was younger, I'll have to answer yes. Xionbox —Preceding comment was added at 18:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

All text is copyrighted, unless the author has specifically released it into the public domain or under a copyleft license such as the GFDL. If a text does not specifically say that it is not copyrighted, then it is, and copying it is not legal. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

First of all, I'm sorry to say that I do not see why my message is not polite. I am just expressing my point of view, with no vulgarity, unless asking questions is considered by certain people as such. Second, I'm sorry I didn't know that very text which is not specifically marked as "copyleft" or another free of use licience is considered as copyrighted. I'll be more cautious next time. Have a nice day. Xionbox 18:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

First of all, yes, I did go to the website - to check whether the copyright checker bot had returned a false positive. Indeed, the text was significantly similar as to constitute a copyright violation, so the bot was right in this instance. By default, any text you take from the Web is presumed copyrighted. And since there was no assertion of permission from the website's owner either in the article or on its talk page, then Wikipedia had no choice but to delete your article. All I did was nominate your article for speedy deletion as copyright violation. The administrator who performed the actual deletion agreed with me. --Blanchardb 19:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay. But I did think it was a very quick reaction. The wbesite owner could of posted a message a couple days later, but I guess that is not a possibility on Wikipedia. Xionbox 20:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we do have a very good reaction time when removing copyright violations, which are illegal, from Wikipedia. We're very proud of how well we do this. If Wikipedia policy recommended allowing such violations to remain for a while, or recommended not deleting the articles until we'd asked the owners of the copyrights to comment, then we'd definitely be violating the law. The Foundation would probably become a target for all kinds of lawsuits, and be bankrupted, and then Wikipedia and all its sisters would cease to exist. Without Wikipeida, ignorance would cover the world. Wars, bigotry, and cruelty would increase. In time, the Great World War would eliminate all human life, and the cockroaches would inherit the earth. So it's good that we delete copyright violations so efficiently. :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Aren't you exaggerating a little bit?:-) --Blanchardb 22:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

As for Zeppoo, if you can assert that the software is notable under Wikipedia's notability criteria without simply copying text from the organization's website, you are welcome to start a new article on it. Eventually, you will have to provide reliable sources for your assertion. But the assertion itself, if valid, will make sure that, if the article gets deleted, it will not be under the speedy deletion process. --Blanchardb 23:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll see what I can do. I'll probably try and contact the owner so he can add informations directly. @FisherQueen: Oohhh, now I understand! Thanks =) (I love to do that kind of demonstration too). Xionbox 18:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reiki_Symbols

Please see my comment in the AFD. Mergers should be requested elsewhere. It can all be done without the intervention of AFD. (The redirect left after a merge should remain for GFDL purposes). - Mgm|^(talk) 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Boston Legal

first of all, i am not a new user, have been editing on wikipedia since 2004. And as far as deleting the notice, i thought it was mentioned per wikipedia rules that the notice could be deleted depending on sound reasons which i provided.. thanks iquadri (talk) 23:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Old Red Museum speedy deletion

Hi Blanchardb,

It appears you've identified "Articles, No content" as a criterion to request speedy deletion of Old Red Museum. I'd suggest that the article contains more than "only ... external links, category tags and "see also" sections, rephrasing of the title, and/or chat-like comments". In the two minutes between creating the stub and your request for speedy deletion, I did not have time to expand the stub with information about the location, focus of the museum, or photograph which I took earlier today. Were an administrator to act just as fast, I would not have had the chance at all, as re-creating the article may have been seen as an edit war. Please reconsider leaping on stubs so quickly where a foundation is being laid for expansion. --WikiWikiPhil (talk) 23:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: Matthew Marr

Are you familiar with Scottish Politics? If so I think you'll agree that Matthew Marr is quite well known both within and outside the Labour party. If you'll give me an opportunity to expand the article I'd be more than grateful. --Boatcolour 12:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Prayer

Please see my comments on Talk:Prayer. I would stress the importance of WP:NPOV and WP:RS; it is particularly important to source views and not to present ones own take on things as fact. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 05:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. My bad -- the edit wasn't yours, and putting this on your talk page was a mistake on my part. Thanks for your understanding. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 06:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

FYI

There is the order of what to do when you visit shinto shrine. That is not a have-to-do but the right way and most people don't know correctly and don't do.

1. Wash your hands and rinse your mouth at the chōzuya/temizuya.
2. Ring a bell.
3. Make a 90 degree deep bow. (Greeting to kami)
4. Throw a coin/coins to the box. (offering to kami)
5. Bow deeply twice, clap your hands twice and make a wish or say gratitude to kami, then bow deeply once for thanks to kami.

Hope this might help. Oda Mari (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Certified of New York marked for deletion

Why do you want to delete this page? Morimoto is Tadao Ando first venture into NYC. Restaurant 66 is Richard Meier's first restaurant that he designed. These are both Pritzker winning architects making these projects NOTABLE. Please refrain from commenting and deleting pages and articles that you have no understanding of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.195.168 (talk) 18:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Here, you are asserting notability by association. Which does not fit Wikipedia's criteria for notability, regardless of what you think. Judging by what you wrote alone, I would say that Morimoto should be mentioned in the Tadao Ando article, and that Restaurant 66 should be mentioned in the Richard Meier article. Come to think of it, Morimoto has his own article, and no doubt he is notable. But that does not mean anything as per the notability of Certified of New York. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 18:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Atria Software

It's a nice idea to wait at least a minute before marking a topic with a speedy delete Tedickey 19:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Question

Hey, one more question..I was searching for Bhagath Singh(in Wikipedia spelled Bhagat Singh) how can someone move the article Bhagath Singh(no one has made it) redirect it to Bhagat Singh . In other words how can someone redirect an aritcle that hasn't been made, but means the same thing as another article. Warrior4321 20:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Why doesn't the Talk thing come beside my name?

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Questions!

Hey, I have a few questions. K first, how do you delete something that you upload, and two is there a way you can figure out how many edits someone makes? Warrior4321 20:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

For the second question, you just showed me how to see what contributions they made, but how would I noe how many they made. Warrior4321 00:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I went on that site, and on that site what does mainspace and unique pages mean?Warrior4321 16:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

So you're saying that I have done 37 edits or 69 edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Warrior4321 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

TSOC

Hi, I read your note on my newly posted article on TSOC! I tried rewriting it, and would like your input on how you think it looks. Please also see my comment under the article's discussion page. I'd like for this information to be up so if there is still any other changes you'd like me to make - please educate me. :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brwatne (talk • contribs) 10:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Ed Gauthier

Why do you think Ed Gauthier should be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. MrsEdweirdo 11:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay. What should I add to demonstrate ironclad notability? His website get 10,000 views and there's sources and he likes dogs. MrsEdweirdo 12:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks but I put a few sources. Plus I am not Mr Gauthier and I'm not his mum either. And the fact he likes dogs is crucial because of K9 Magazine. MrsEdweirdo 12:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

sockpuppet problem==

Hi Mate Ive been acused of being a sockpuppet userWinksajdl;aslkdjasklj who edited one of my article and delted stuff, now im being acused of being him, can you help in this matter as the above user has been a problem to me and others. RegardsDiamonddannyboy 22:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)diamonddannyboy. My orginal article was editing and its name changed now every article is being put up for speedy deletion. Diamonddannyboy 22:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)diamonddannyboy.

PSS

Before attaching a non-notable neologism notice to a new page, try a Google search. You'll discover Product Service Systems are a major research area. Thanks. Jmanooch 13:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

ya. 203.220.12.29 13:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Guitar Feedback

hi I think "guitar feedback" needs a dedicated article because there are so many details about it thanX Hm john morse 15:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You should discuss this on the talk page of Audio feedback. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 16:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Question about Positron

I wrote this submission to give a brief description about a company that is used in multiple 9-1-1 dispatch centers and I refer to it from a couple of my other entries (as well as the "Positron" disambig page). I have read the criteria you suggested for a submission being "notable", and I can't figure it out because it is very confusing. What would make this company less "notable" (and a candidate for speedy deletion) than, say, the Ford Motor Company, other than the fact I did not put much more content into the submission? There are multiple articles about this company in many trade journals that may be referenced if need be.

Thanks, Firerescuelieut 02:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for a list of guidelines. Of course, we do not want an article about the mom-and-pop convenience store at the street corner. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 02:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Newpages Patrol

Hey, just a quick note, I noticed you marked Brian reuban as patrolled... At the time that you did, it had WP:BLP concerns [1] (completely unsourced claims of hacking, etc). I've cleaned it up since, but, please be careful in the future, now that we have patrol flagging, once it's marked, others might not look at it for a while. Thanks for patrolling! :) If there's anything I can help you with, please, don't hesitate to ask! SQL^{Query me!} 09:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Bali Shag speedy declined

Hello, Blanch. I've declined the speedy as it asserts notability w/ "Shag smokers include Yoko Ono, Barry White, Travis Barker, and Hunter S. Thompson."

Never mind User:Akradecki deleted it. Dlohcierekim 23:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Yawp

I salted it here, and it's showing to me as full-protected when I click the redlink. Are you still able to create it? If so, there may be a problem with cascading protection. If you find yourself still able to create it, please alert a developer by email, or email me and I will do so. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 20:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

PowerPlay Golf

Now looks strong enough to need AfD rather than speedy... and it could well survive AfD. Not sure I'd opt for delete, even at this stage of its development. --Dweller (talk) 12:43, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll put long-term cleanup tags on it. I would probably say keep myself. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 12:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

btw there's an AfD in process now. --Dweller (talk) 11:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Islands

I knew that the history was part of it but I wasn't sure about the MOS. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Egg Island (Bahamas) & Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)

These two follow the naming convention for islands, Egg Island, Bahamas & Cornwallis Island, Nunavut apparently do not, that is why I tried to transfer. Peter Horn 01:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

By all means, it saves me the headache. Peter Horn 01:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

This one fell thru the cracks, Cockburn Island (Ontario) vs Cockburn Island, Ontario Peter Horn 23:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

ScanSafe

Hi, can I list this article as a stub please? I'd like to put it in this category: {{Company-stub}}

You may do so, but this will not address the issue of the notability of the company, nor will it address the fact that, overall, the article on it reads like an ad. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 14:13, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Rosemere

Thanks for the thoughtful edits to this article Zen-in (talk) 17:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProjects

How would I join a Wikiproject? I want to join the Zoroastrian Wikiproject, considering I am one, so how would I do that??? If it's not too much trouble could you PLEASE write it on my talk page as well. Please and thank you! Warrior4321 23:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

All Wikiprojects make up their own policy on that, but in most cases you just add your name to the list of members (just like editing an article, actually) and you're in. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 01:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Your proposal for deletion

Hello, I saw your proposal for deletion of a page I have been working on (actually almost the whole day): List of Spanish companies. I understand what you say about Wikipedia not being a directory, but I was trying to create an analog site to "List of French companies", "List of Italian companies"...Furthermore the Wikipedia categories does not specify in which sector the companies are active. If you have concerns with the sources, I will document that all (I was aiming to do that, in a second step). Please, let me know. I have overwritten your comment since I had been working further on the draft and there was suddenly a conflict because of your comment. I hope we can work it out. It would be really a pity having to delete all that stuff, as said I was quite enthusiastic documenting all this since it was my first "project". --Wikihelp4u (talk) 02:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The proposed deletion process is designed in such a way that if even one person objects to the deletion of an article it has to go through another process if the article is to be deleted. At this point I will not initiate an AfD discussion on this one. --Blanchardb-Me^MyEars_MyMouth-timed 02:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Your proposal for deletion

And me! I'm just writing the passportstamp page, and have added links to independednt endorsements as requested! Katykate (talk) 16:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

-speedy=

Saying someone is a full professor at a major university may or may not be notable , but it is unquestionably enough of an assertion of notability to pass speedy. if you question whether there is enough notability, use prod or afd. (btw, at afd, 99% of full professors turn out to be notable).DGG (talk) 04:39, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

followed up on my talk page. DGG (talk) 15:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Special Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		For being such a good admin and friend by answering all my questions and concerns. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! [Warrior4321 22:24, 13 December 2007 (UTC)]

Why did you nominate TIE for deletion?

Why did you nominate Twillingate Island Elementary for deletion? What makes that particular school any less important than other schools in Canada? ~NeonFire372~ (talk) 22:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

You may want to state your case in the deletion discussion. But you should look at WP:SCHOOL before you do. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 22:46, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I have "stated my case" in the deletion discussion. The school does exist and per WP:SCHOOL should not be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ~NeonFire372~ (talk • contribs) 22:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Tell users speedy deletion

As an admin, I am sure that you should know this, but once you tag an article for speedy deletion, please warn the author, by placing the appropriate tag on their talk page. The Helpful One ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 22:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

When I don't, it's usually because I reinsert a tag that was replaced with a hangon tag. A warning, in such a situation, would be redundant. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 22:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Angrignon (Montreal Metro)

Want to "hear" a good one? At one time the CIT Haut-Saint-Laurent bus went from Angrignon to Huntingdon instead of to Huntingdon!!! Compare Revision as of 2006-11-28T20:03:08 with Revision as of 2006-11-29T19:47:22. I caught that one. Some contributers don't check the links they add (create). Peter Horn 23:23, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

You should see what I put up with when I do new page patrol... one guy stated that his subject was the best gunslinger of his time but couldn't prove it because guns were not yet invented back then... --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 03:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete of KBTL-FM page

Was it necessary to speedily delete KBTL-FM within seconds of it being created? It was pretty obvious that it was a cut and paste error. One that I was in the process of fixing when Wikipedia started throwing errors at me because the page had been deleted under me.

While I understand the need to clean the cruft out of Wikipedia, I would have appreciated a note on my talk page calling the issue to my attention before blowing the page away.--Rtphokie (talk) 14:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

It is because I realized the nature of the error that I did not leave a note on your talk page. Sorry about that. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 14:04, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

You did leave a note on my page. I don't understand your comment above, please explain further.--Rtphokie (talk) 15:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

My bad... You might want to talk to the admin who performed the actual deletion. According to the deletion log, it was Oxymoron83 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA). In its current state, the article is satisfactory. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 15:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the information, I'll discuss it with the admin.--Rtphokie (talk) 15:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Tereska Torres

Calm down! I can't write so quick, as you throw around general notability guidelines! Tereska Torres was finance to the Free French Prime Ministers son, married the publisher of Anne Franks diaries and wrote the first Lesbian pulp fiction book Lesbian pulp fiction#Women's Barracks in 1950. Plus many more books! --noclador (talk) 14:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I realized that her works would come sooner or later, that's why I put the general notability tag on the article, and not the speedy deletion tag. The article as it stands claims that she is a writer, which I presume is her biggest claim to notability, yet it mentions none of her works. This way, I am giving you plenty of time to add meat to your article. It won't be deleted that quickly. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 14:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

checking before tagging

Might be a good idea, to avoid repetition of nominations like [2] Even Google will do. T If the article is inadequate, you might find more and be able to add it. DGG (talk) 02:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD for software compatibility

BlanchardB

Thanks for your comments on the article on software compatibility. It seems that times have changed. In the past other users would simply have changed the article to make it more useful, but now we seem to want to argue about its very existence before it's taken shape. I hope you'll give it a chance, and that others can come in and contribute. I believe strongly that software compatibility issues are a major problem for end users and for developers. Some of the criticisms are that there is little information about this, and the article does not make use of verifiable sources. This can probably be rectified. Problems are: 1. Some practitioners do not actually understand or care about how software components/programs/systems can be incompatible, and the effect this has on end users, and also on their companies and other developers. 2. There are many practitioners who know about this kind of thing, but their knowledge becomes a sort of collective folk-lore, or shall we say collection of tacit knowledge, which they are unwilling or unable to write down. This does not only happen in computing/communications. I know many professionals who "know" things, but are not able or willing to communicate their knowledge to others in written or spoken form. It's often not malicious - they just don't know how to do it!

There are lots of issues here. They're not just about testing, but about maintainability etc. I (and others) favour formal verification, but that doesn't solve all problems, as even systems which are formally verified can change, or develop unanticipated errors. Developers cannot be expected to know about every other software system which is compatible/incompatible with the one they are developing, unless there are systems which have a very high likelihood of being run in the same environment at the same time (e.g an anti-virus system and a firewall, which was my example). From the end user's point of view, some incompatibilities can be best coped with if they are known about. Another example is the use of Total Recorder to record audio. This interacts with several other programs. It probably interacts with anti-virus software to cause disc thrashing, though because it appears to keep a high priority for recording, this usually succeeds, but the machine becomes very slow. Another example, with practical implications is the use of Total Recorder with Skype. In this case if a user leaves TR running to record audio, but during this another Skype user tries to contact the first user, then the recording is abandoned. Knowing about this problem in advance a user can turn Skype off before initialising TR. It does not necessarily imply that either Total Recorder or Skype are "bad" programs, but rather that special care needs to be taken to get them each to work as required. It may also be impossible (at the present time) for them to run together in the same environment satisfactorily.

Knowing this can make a big difference to some people, and help them to understand how/why things go wrong, and also to avoid problems in specific circumstances. David Martland (talk) 08:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "World Mahjong Tour"

A tag has been placed on "World Mahjong Tour" requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance 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 companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kesac (talk) 23:03, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Oops, this was meant for the original creator of the article. Kesac (talk) 23:04, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I merely moved the page per WP:MOS. I considered tagging that article myself, though. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 23:06, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

um...blanchardb, you left me a note on my creation of Junikev deplinkov...respond on PortugueseKids talk page...thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PortugueseKids (talk • contribs) 00:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied. This is about a page whose subject's notability was asserted belatedly. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 00:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

deletion of my contribution

Hello,

I just realised that my contribution titled Oasis Fan Site Live4ever.us was deleted by you.

I'm not sure why since I was just writing a factual article regarding the site. The site is established and clearly has a position as the most popular Oasis fan site for the past 5 years. It was not meant to be an ad for the site but an info page since the site is linked to from the wikipedia page on the band Oasis. Please clarify the deletion for me.

Many thanks worldwideviral —Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwideviral (talk • contribs) 22:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Just because a site is the most popular of its kind does not mean it is notable. The kind itself must be notable if an article is to be written about it. You could try a simple mention of that site in the Oasis article. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 22:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Björk

While I agree that "Dull Flame Of Desire" isn't independently notable until it's actually released as a single, you might want to review and revise your nomination a bit: it's not unverifiable speculation about a future album — it's just a bit of gun-jumping about a song that already exists, on an album that was released seven months ago. (I'm also a bit mystified that a person who has a "This user listens to electronic music" userbox on his user page wouldn't already know that, electronic music being the very subculture over which Björk looms the largest in the first place, but whatever...) Bearcat (talk) 01:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Broberts1921

You have deleted a relevant page in Ethan Varnado! I will continue to create and edit this page no matter what! Do a little research next time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broberts1921 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Cantorion

Hiya - I've removed your speedy, but prodded it instead, but added a few tags to point it in the right direct. It asserts notability, and although the article could do with a fair bit of work I'm not sure it's irretrievable. Giles Bennett ^{(Talk, Contribs)} 22:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Larkin Step

Herro, senor Blanchardb!

It's come to my attention-and I'd just like to mention-thatI object somewhat, or maybe thoroughly to your proposal to delete Larkin Step from Wikipedia. I feel that it holds the same significance as Badger Badger Badger or Star Wars Kid, and as such, deserves to stay. Thanks for your time/consideration/dedication/race relations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albert Mond (talk • contribs) 22:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

The article, as is currently written, does not assert that in any way. Please expand your article and provide independent, verifiable sources. Thank you. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 22:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Orkay. Sounds like a plan.

cbaldwinbuck

Hello. I am not sure if I am doing this right as I am relatively inexperienced here. It appears you placed a deletion request on an submission I am trying to write about Spiritual Activism. Why? If I can make the submission better, I would very much welcome your input. Regards, Cbaldwinbuck (talk) 22:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbaldwinbuck (talk • contribs) 22:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Ultimately, the only way an article will flourish on Wikipedia is if its subject has been addressed by reliable sources outside Wikipedia that establish enough notability to be interesting to a significant enough portion of the community. The article, as it stands, only has references of the "See Also" kind, with no indication that the term Spiritual Activism is used even within the groups these sites describe. Note: I wrote the term and not the concept. It could very well be that Wikipedia already has an article about this concept, under another name. I haven't checked.

Note also that I put a PROD tag, and not an AfD tag because I believe the article can be salvaged. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 22:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Nukus Museum of Art

Thanks for moving the article. This is my first experience with Wikipedia, and I have a question: why only the first paragraph of the article I submitted is visible, and not the rest? When I press "edit", the whole article is there, but not after I click on "save"... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlankina (talk • contribs) 03:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

That's because of inappropriate syntax. You marked <ref> (begin reference) what you should have marked </ref> (end reference). Whatever is between these two tags is shown where you put the template {{reflist}}. I'll fix it, then you can look at the changes by clicking history then Compare selected versions.--Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 03:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

You can look at the fix at this page. --Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 04:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Farkeld

How is there no log of the incident regarding the IP? Click on the history of the article mentioned "Sherman's March to the Sea". Click on history. You'll see the the vandalism was edited out, and under that the IP Address which added it in in the first place? What else is needed? A dead body? :) Farkeld (talk) 20:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but that happened over a month ago so it is too late to do anything about it, as the perpetrator's ISP probably reassigned another IP number to him, as most ISPs periodically do. For an incident any more than a day old, the best course of action is to just revert the offensive edits and then forget about the whole matter. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 21:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Cupertino effect

I have given a reference to an article in New Scientist, a very reliable source.--Bedivere (talk) 22:10, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

The problem is, this is a well-known phenomenon, but is the term Cupertino effect generally accepted to refer to it? Sometimes, even reputable magazines make up neologisms for the sake of one article, and, in such cases, the term cannot be described in a separate article in an encyclopedia. So please tread carefully. Note, also, that I did not mark your article for deletion, just for cleanup. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 22:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Point taken; I have added more references.--Bedivere (talk) 22:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Nukus Museum of Art Article

Thank you very much for fixing the problem with my article, and pointing out the end reference issue. I appreciate it very much!--Rlankina (talk) 02:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

OpenKM article

Hello Blanchardb,

About OpenKM article I was inspired on other articles on the same way presents on wikipedia at [Document_management_system]. I'm really ofuscated intending to write like you say a neutral article, because I can found found great diferences beetween article what I've writen and the other like I used as a content base like Alfresco_(software), Documentum, KnowledgeTree.

Tell me what I must change, because comparing with this I think I'm on the same way.

Thanks.

Actually, the article on OpenKM is written pretty much the same way as Alfresco (software), except for the Awards part which is what saves Alfresco from deletion as it establishes the product's notability. When notability is the issue, that means the real question is, should you even bother to write an article on this subject?

Anyway, what makes in fact both articles look like ads right now is the fact the features section is too detailled and written in such a way that it sounds like this software is better than the other one. Just stick with the main features and write the section as prose, not as a list. Also, the license section should be deleted altogether.

But most important, the OpenKM article currently suffers from a fatal flaw: it has no third-party reliable sources. All of the external links are from the developpers of OpenKM themselves, and, as such, do not establish the software's notability. You must find reviews of this software in reputable publications. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 12:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD discussion of Crispus Attucks Communication and Writing Magnet School

Hello, as AfD nominator of this article I wanted to let you know that there have been several changes to the article since you nominated it. Recent comments left seem to indicate that there is wide acceptance for keeping it based on the new version of the article. Would you please take a moment to review the article and the AfD and determine if you think it would be aappropriate for you to retract your nomination? If you do decide to do so, just strikethrough your original text, and add a message about retracting nomination and briefly why (like: "New context clearly passes WP:N") This might make it easier for the closing admin to determine concensus, and may also possibly allow an early close under snowy conditions. Thanks, JERRY ^talk _contribs 04:13, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Lucky I was online when you wrote this message. :-) --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 04:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank-you very much. JERRY ^talk _contribs 04:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Etruscan coins

An article that you have been involved in editing, Etruscan coins, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Etruscan coins. Thank you. Mbisanz (talk) 13:25, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Replay Baseball also is not a "real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content", which are the only things to which A7 applies. PROD and Articles for Deletion are always available. Dsmdgold (talk) 16:48, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

This speedy tagging

Errr, did you take the time to read the wording of A7? This is definitely not a person ;) Bring it to AfD if you wish. -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Note that I don't necessarily disagree with xoloz, but his deletion is not supported by policy. A7 is to be taken to the letter, because AFD generates much less drama :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 17:25, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Cephus Weatherspoon

Just wanted to let you know that I've declined to speedy Cephus Weatherspoon for a lack of assertion of notability: it claims that he was an NFL player, automatically making him notable if it's true. If you dispute something about this, such as whether this guy really existed or played, please take it to AFD. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 04:15, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy

Oh dear, my mistake entirely. I apologize. I went ahead and replaced the page with a indefblock notice. I hope this is ok with you. Let me know if there is anything else I can do. --TeaDrinker (talk) 20:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Strider Phoenix

I was unable to undo his changes when he completely copied the Oscar Gutierrez page into his as a way to avoid having the page deleted. I was glad when one of the bots was able to delete it. I had nominated the page for speedy deletion as soon as it was posted, but he removed that, at which point, I added it to the AfD. I hope that it gets deleted very very soon. Is it possible to have him banned? I went through his history and undid vandalism that he put onto some other wrestling pages that had not yet been caught. Mh29255 (talk) 04:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually there are plenty of warning templates you can use on his talk page. See WP:WARN for a complete list. Start with a level 1 or 2 warning depending on the severity of the situation. (You may go directly to level 3 or 4 if the person has a history of disruptive edits.) And when the person ignores a level 4 warning, report him at WP:AIV and watch him as he gets blocked within the next 5 minutes. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 04:31, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Impersonation

Thanks. How did you ever find out that was my user and talk page that had been copied? --Stéphane Charette (talk) 08:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I looked at the alleged contributions, knowing that this person's account was only a couple of hours old. I went to those pages and checked "What links here." There was your user page. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 11:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD Replay Publishing

Hello Blanchardb. I'd like to ask you to take a second look at the Replay Publishing page, which was nominated for AfD. I've added a number of references to the page, as well as beefing up the article text and links. Any further constructive criticism you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Kezzran (talk) 22:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Trojan Suit

I am improving the page. Please give me some time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Talking Mac (talk • contribs) 18:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy tags

Yeah.. I was just looking up the website tag, and went back to the page to re-edit only to discover you already corrected it. Thanks a lot :) EuroSong ^talk 13:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Motorola Modding

Heh, I just noticed that we both tagged it for deletion. I did a prod; you did AfD. It's excessive to leave both on, but I think the page is weak enough that prod would be sufficient. What do you think? — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 15:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that the PROD had been added in the time it took for me to complete my AfD.

As a personal policy, I never prod a newly created article: those tend to be contested by their authors. The AfD is already being discussed (two comments already), so I think the PROD, at this point, is redundant. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 15:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that was another article I also AfD'd. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 15:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Michael Babula

OK, sorry for the confusion. Did you mean to post on the talk page of my recall process page? If you did intend to request my recall, that's fine, I was just a little confused. Could you clarify, please? Thanks, Keilana_(recall) 23:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I did not notice that the recall on your signature was for the talk page of recall. I posted there thinking it was your regular talk page. I think you should change it, otherwise many of your "regular" messages will be posted there, regardless of their relevance to the recall process. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 23:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I've changed it, is it better now? Is it alright with you if I delete the recall talk page, as you are not making a request for recall? Keilana^talk_(recall) 23:39, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Technically, you are not able to delete that page unless you are an admin. :-) Blanking it is okay, though. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 23:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Considering [3], I'll take the deletion route. :) Keilana^talk_(recall) 23:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

"Gordon Rollings"

Thanks! I've replied on my talk page. —SMALLJIM  17:37, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you please explain more fully?

Could you please explain yourself?

You changed an article I just started to a redirect, without any explanation or discussion.

In the interests of consensus, and openness, and complying with WP:NOT#wikipedia is not a battleground may I suggest you consider getting in the habit of making a greater effort to explain yourself? Geo Swan (talk) 20:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

The article as it exists now would be more appropriate for Wikisource than Wikipedia. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 21:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I saw you applied a {{mergeto}} tag.

Perhaps you are not familiar with the use of tags? Some tags, when instantiated, tell readers to look to the talk page for a discussion of why the tag was placed. The {{mergeto}} tag is one of those tags.

I write on controversial topics. Consequently my contributions attract a lot of trolls, vandals and wikistalkers. One of the favourite disruptive tactics of those wikistalkers has been to place bogus, inappropriate wikitags on articles they don't want to be on the wikipedia, for their own POV reasons.

I asked, on WP:AN/I what to do when someone places a tag that obliges them to add a further explanation to the appropriate talk page, and then fail to do so. I was told I didn't have to give them a heads-up. I didn't have to give them a week or so to respond to that heads-up. I was told that I could remove undefended tags, without any advance warning, after 24 hours.

I think that advice was too extreme. So, I am giving you a heads-up.

Would you please consider being careful when you apply tags, and if they tell readers to look to a talk page for the discussion, would you please start that discussion?

The rest of us aren't mindreaders. We can't know why you placed the tag, if you don't take the time to explain yourself. Geo Swan (talk) 00:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

The Three Bishes

How long will I be banned? User:Supercheesebwoi (the guy who wrote The Three Bishes)

Not up to me. Could be anywhere between three days and permanent. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 02:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Psyché (play) v. Psyché (opera)

Looks like you caught me in mid-edit. The original Psyché article specifically stated that the play and the opera were often confused and then proceded to discuss both. As there was a lot of information about both pieces in the article, I was in the process of breaking them them into two articles when you added your redirect. I have replaced your redirect with the information about the Psyché (play). The Psyché article is now solely about the opera, and there are links back and forth on each page. Thanks.

(The reason why I chose to keep the opera at the Psyché page was that it already contained the opera categories. There were no play categories, so I put those on the new article. Portia1780 (talk) 03:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I was merely acting on a CorenSearchBot notice. Your intentions were unclear. But keep going now. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 03:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Kill Bill characters

Just so you know, I responded on the character list talkpage. -- Mike (Kicking222) 04:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Notability on Wander Pires

I understand what you mean, but I only translated the article from Portuguese. You can do whatever you want with the article, but I guess that the article of Portuguese should also be nominated for deletion, for it even does not cite a source. Please respond on my talk page. Regards, --  Idontknow610  (WANNA SIGN??) 14:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Answered on your talk page per your request. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 14:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

What does encyclopedia-notable as an interpreter mean? --  Idontknow610  (WANNA SIGN??) 14:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry... :-( The article says the subject is an interpreter. By "encyclopedia-notable", I meant, worthy of consideration for an entry in an encyclopedia. (See Wikipedia:Notability.) I meant to say that, as far as I can tell, no one has become famous for working as an interpreter. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 14:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh :-) --  Idontknow610  (WANNA SIGN??) 14:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Chocolate Thai

hi, as you participated 3 weeks ago in the first AfD, you may be interested in this one Pundit|utter 15:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Bardeep2

Just a quickie note - It is up to the user what goes on their page. If they add an insult, just blank it. Infuriating as this editor is, it is their right. However, I suspect it won't be long before he gets himself blocked StephenBuxton (talk) 18:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Lavigueur family

On 6 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lavigueur family, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 05:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Trophymanager

I noticed you placed a speedydeletion tag on Trophymanager. I feel that it is notable. It has over 100,000 members from at least 139 countries. I'd say that makes it notable. Smartyllama (talk) 13:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The article says somewhere between 100 and 1000. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 13:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

That's just because google translator is terrible. It means "101,000 teams". And if you go to trophymanager's website, you'll see that that's correct. I shall change the mistranslation right now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smartyllama (talk • contribs) 13:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

normal courtesy

I wrote, on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Qaida facilitator that your nomination [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FAl_Qaida_facilitator&diff=182789594&oldid=182424305 does not in the tradition of good-faith nominations.] Geo Swan (talk) 19:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

bible links

Blanchardb, culling the links is a good thing, and I agree with the activity. A lot of people get defensive over which links should be on a page. However, the link I provided actually makes almost all other links redundant, itself being of more useful in allowing comparisons between the many versions. It has many versions of the bible on one site. Did you explore the link before removing it? If anything, links to other specific versions should be removed in favor of the unbound.com site. Check it out and let me know what you think. We can continue this conversation on the talk page if you feel there is merit. --Fcsuper (talk) 20:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think this discussion should be only between the two of us, so I transferred it to Talk:Bible. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 23:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletions

In future could you please give articles 10 minutes? My second edit to the page Peters (bakery) was interupted by your slamming on the tag a mere minute after I began to write it.--Him and a dog 21:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, this cannot be done. The New Pages page only gives me the latest 50 pages. You can insert the {{hangon}} tag if you feel you need a few minutes. I follow up on my tags, and sometimes I remove some of my own. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 21:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Isotx -- I see its gone now. I feel that it's a pretty notable company, it's been talked about in many magazines, it's won notable awards for its mod, and its producing pretty innovative combinations of genre. It could have been expanded a lot, but not deleted. InterfaceLeader23 (talk) 23:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)InterfaceLeadr23

The speedy deletion criterion by which your article was deleted was Significance not asserted, that is, one could not have determined, from the article, that it won major awards. This is an important thing to state for the sake of people not familiar with the company. And those who know about the company would like to know that too. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 23:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you...

For adding under construction to Anti-Executable. Compwhiz II^(Talk)_(Contribs) 14:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The Global Standard Deity Deletion

I was wondering whether moving the GSD page to a place called "Global Standard Deity in the Thursday Next Novels" would save it. That means that it's obvious that it's not a religion. I have also made clear references to the novel's notability in contemporary fiction. Bonovoxpop (talk) 15:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You can (and should) state your case in the AfD discussion. Personally, I do not think it will make much of a difference, as we are talking about what is pretty much an in-universe concept. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 15:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

City Opera of Vancouver

Thanks for taking an interest in this article. I would be MOST grateful were you able to 'wikifi' the piece with appropriate references to www.cityoperavancouver.com, the Globe and Mail article cited, and the Categories suggested.

When I contributed two earlier essays, on Marty Paich, and on Alexander Siloti, some while back, it all seemed a good deal easier at that time.

I appreciate any help you might offer to bring this into conformity with current best practises at Wikipedia.

Merci bien, et salut,

Dr Charles Barber (MA, DMA Stanford) City Opera Vancouver —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.215.111 (talk) 07:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Transwiki

You suggested: The article as it exists now would be more appropriate for Wikisource than Wikipedia. Later in the {{afd}} you seemed to be complaining that I ignored your suggestion.

It is true, I did not respond to your suggestion. Frankly your suggestion was vague, seemed like a toss-off, one which didn't seem to merit a serious response because it didn't seem to be a serious suggestion.

If you were offended that I didn't give you a serious reply, let me give one here.

No offense, but my understanding of wikisource is that it is intended to hold whole documents, or single excerpts of longer source documents, that are at least one large paragraph in length. My understanding of the use of wikisource is that single wikisource articles are not intended to hold multiple excerpts from multiple source documents.

Can I ask how much experience you have using wikisource, contributing to wikisource?

I have made close to 700 edits there. I thought I had an idea of what material belonged there, and what belonged here. Frankly, my idea of what to put on the wikisource continues to evolve, as I become more experienced there. But it hasn't come anywhere near your vague suggestion.

If you think you have a specific suggestion as to how to fit that material on the wikisource, by all means spell it out. 700 edits there makes me a relative newbie. Maybe I have something to learn from your suggestion. Geo Swan (talk) 17:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, my suggestion goes hand-in-hand with a comment I just saw in the AfD:

Comment: Forgive me if this sounds like nitpicking, but your style of commenting makes the reading of this discussion more difficult and confusing than it needs to be. Using a bullet point for each and every statement is unnecessary and, frankly, distracting. AfD discussions normally have bullets only for major points, i.e. “Delete,” “Keep,” “Comment,” etc., so your extra bullets only serve to make your comments more difficult to follow and understand. Respectfully, —Travis^talk 15:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe this perceived problem with your writing style is at the root of all the problems with your article as well. The article looks like it has been taken directly out of a CIA internal report, hence my suggestion to transwiki.

You do not need to repeat, for every entry, The Summary of Evidence memo (...) alleged or The detainee was identified as... To make it look like an encyclopedia article, or a list for that matter, all you need to say is something like, "Bensayah Belkacem is believed to be the primary al Qaida facilitator in Bosnia (ref)." That's it. Nothing else. Anything you add in the lines of what's in the article right now will only make it harder to read. Any other information can be found in the article about the individual detainee.

Moved to a list or not, you should definitely write an introduction stating what the article is about. Such an introduction cannot constitute original research, as I think you fear, simply because it is not research at all. Remember, the introduction should be intended for people who know little or nothing about the whole matter.

Hope this helps. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 17:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Your suggestion to transwiki, while no doubt honestly intentioned, was poorly advised.

Not giving me a courtesy heads-up, on my talk page, that, instead of replying to my note on Talk:al Qaida faciliator you were going to nominate it for deletion, was the kind of lapse from normal courtesy we should all work to avoid. This kind of lapse from normal courtesy puts an unfair burden on our correspondents, because it calls on them to make the effort to assume good faith in the face of behavior that could easily be interpreted as serious bad faith.

Your comments about my editing style would be a lot easier to appreciate -- if it were offered in the proper venue. My talk page, or Talk:al Qaida facilitator would have been good choices. Comments about editorial choices are simply out of place in an {{afd}}. Because perceptions that some passages in an artilce contain lapses in spelling, grammar, organization, are simply not grounds for deletion. Let me suggest that when you make comments like these in an {{afd}} you are unnecessarily imposing a burden on your correspondents as they try to assume good faith in the face of behavior that could easily be interpreted as serious bad faith.

As I noted in the {{afd}} many of the other particcomments were contrary to policy, or to the excellent advice in WP:ATA. There were some serious comments, which I did my best to address.

WRT the quoted material needs a sentence to set the context -- I receive comments 180 degrees the reverse of yours. I am going to repeat that this editorial comment is not a valid reason to initiate a nomination for deletion.

Candidly,

Ouin

I didn't check! Sorry! Yes it is ineed a bug in Twinkle. (P.S je suis québecois et j'demeure en banlieue de Montréal (à Saint-Lambert) :) --Party (talk) 23:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Song Destinations

Hi, you placed a prod on the article Song Destinations. If you still believe this one should be deleted, you may want to bring it to AfD as the user was contesting a similar prod I put on another of their pages and there does seem to be precedent for keeping such articles. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Cheers! Redfarmer (talk) 00:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Kurdistan Development Corporation

Dear friend, please do tell me which part of the page is wrong, I am a fairly new user and need to know why is my contribution marked for a speedy deletion. It is only the information about the KDC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flavallee (talk • contribs) 00:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on the article's talk page. Basically, contact information should not be included. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 00:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I just removed the Contact Information... is this enough for the page to stay? Flava —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flavallee (talk • contribs) 00:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

On-beat dance roller skating

I removed the nonsense tag from On-beat dance roller skating because it isn't really nonsense, but I did put an afd tag on it for discussion. Corvus cornix_talk 01:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Suggested userbox :)

try User:Party/Poutine :) --Party (talk) 01:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Ummm... actually, no. :-) --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 02:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

American Unions

I had meant to make the redirect page on American Labor Unions, but hadn't realized this until I had already created the page. If you feel American Unions also makes a good redirect page that's even better. -- Yono (talk) 02:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

please, stop marking Vymucany page for deletion

since you are not from Slovakia and don't really know the specifics, stop trying to remove what you suppose is not important (or does not meet criteria).

--dusoft (talk) 21:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Then assert the band's notability in the article. Until you do, I will keep adding the tag. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 21:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added few mentions in local media (FYI: Bleskovky is owned by Ringier, German publishing house). I hope you are satisfied now. --dusoft (talk) 21:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Response to Victoria Bridge question

I'm sorry, i don't, but i do know for a fact that on the bridge, there IS a bus service, it's the #55 from Saint-Lambert wich i use daily to go to school. I'M going to put information on it... The bus window is too dirty to get its pic taken. --Party (talk) 02:07, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Did I do this right?

Did I do the hangon tag right? I'm kind of new to editing Wikipedia. I added to the article and it has an external link to a copy of the script on Google book search. Thanks, Aggiew (talk) 02:23, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

It would have been right if I had requested a speedy deletion, which is not the case here. The {{hangon}} tag is only for speedy deletions. I take it you contest the proposed deletion, so all you have to do is remove the tag, but be aware that another process, Articles for Deletion may be initiated. I will not initiate it for the time being, to give you some time to edit the article so that the play's notability can be asserted. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 02:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy tags

Try not to tag article too quickly ([4]). Sometimes the authors are still working on them.   jj137 ^♠ 02:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

My Country is My Love

I did translate it into English. The reason it was in Estonian was that it was to be the frame of the page where to start the translation and page build-up. Karabinier 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you can remove the translation tag yourself as soon as you're done. I see that that's what you did. I inserted the tag quickly because, as it happens often, people insert pages in foreign languages then simply abandon them. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Passports

Yes, that is good idea. Once I'm done with what I'm doing right now, I will do the redirects. Thanks for the suggestion. Keep up the good work, (Einstein00 (talk) 01:49, 19 January 2008 (UTC))

Questionable deletion

Hendrix (software) would not fit in Mozilla, but rather into Mozilla Foundation or Mozilla Corporation, as Hendrix is more related to Mozilla's projects.

onekopaka (talk) 04:02, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

That's fine with me. :-) --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 12:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

"Containerart" edit

Hello: I listed ContainerArt and saw it was proposed for deletion as "non notable event". I only put a few esternal links and one pubblication to support it. There are several other external links that mention ContainerArt expecially in Italy. Would adding them resolve the tag? Also: About 90 contemporary artists participated so far. Would a list of these artists resolve the issue? Finally, before proposing it for deletion have you actually reviewed the associated links in order to determine relevancy? I notice you are from Canada, and this is an event that has mostly been held in Italy All the best Borsalino —Preceding unsigned comment added by Borsalino (talk • contribs) 09:26, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Containerart is listed at Articles for Deletion, so if you want to make your case, that's where you should go. Please note that the final decision is not mine to make.

As far as my opinion goes, you should know that since the article states none of what you said without having to browse through external links, it is as if one were not supposed to know any of this. Just adding external links is not enough to save the article from deletion: you have to write the article in such a way that one would know the essential of what those links say without having to click on them. Who are the most famous among the artists participating? (We don't need to know the names of all 90 of them.)

For more information, you may want to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia guidelines on notability. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 12:02, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy the Snail

Please review the talk page for this article

• New Content*

Hey there. Thanks for the polite response and explanation. Also i will take into account your suggestion. Thank you! Weslem27 (talk) 04:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there

Hi there, first I think you are doing a great job patrolling new pages. However as a fellow new page patroller can I offer a couple of suggestions? First, after you patrol a page click "mark as patrolled" so others will know you have patrolled it (Wikipedia:New pages patrol/patrolled pages). Also, a couple of the pages you marked for "notability" I think were really candidates for speedy deletion (e.g. Subkips, freequal) Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. Anyway that's just my opinion, have a great day!! laurap414 (talk) 02:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

I'd forgotten what the link to the new template was. I Googled the text and it came back as having belonged to a record company; I threw on that speedy just as a temporary measure. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Voodoo

Can you help on this Voodoo page issue? I think a bot has gone into over drive and I am not entirely sure what is necessary to do.

I created a disambiguation page and sort out some links.

Thanks --Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 23:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

DB-cut-and-paste template

If you think this would save you time and effort, by all means, I'll sign off on it. I can't say that this one comes up frequently in my experience of pages tagged for speedy deletion, but it does come up every couple of days -- and probably the reason why I don't experience it personally more often is that I lazily tend to pick the low-hanging fruit of obvious pages to delete. At any rate, it seems logical, useful and time-saving; I'm for it. If there's something I can do to help you with this process any further, or a specific place for me to register my approval, just let me know. Accounting4Taste:talk 04:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Apology Accepted

I accept your apology and consider this the end of the matter. On the other topic (copyright), I know copyright can be tricky, but the Wiki project does have some fairly decent pages explaining it. Let me know if you want help finding anything. Cbdorsett (talk) 04:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)