User talk:GB fan/Archive 8

Page history to be restored

Hi GB fan! Back in March, you kindly deleted the article Kateřina Kramperová (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), as the tennis player, at the time, was not notable per project standards. However, after winning the women's doubles competition at the 2015 Advantage Cars Prague Open this weekend, Keroks (talk · contribs) has re-created the article, which now meets the requirements. I was wondering if you would be so kind, again, to restore the page history as the article had, as far as I can remember, a fair few edits before being deleted half a year ago. Would you do us the honours? Many thanks in advance! Jared Preston (talk) 08:04, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

•  Done, all the history is back in the article. -- GB fan 11:34, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Super, cheers! Jared Preston (talk) 12:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Afzol Hussain Page deletation

This Is my Personal Bio Page and im totaly new user of wiki please fix this or help me out to create my bio on wiki like this and that u delated i copied and edited from someone else bio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhmmdah (talk • contribs) 18:43, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

You should not be creating anything about yourself. If you are notable, then someone will create an article about you. Wikipedia is not a webhost to create your own personal website. Do not recreate the page again. -- GB fan 18:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Nrwairport RfA request: comments

Thanks for your contributions concerning this editor; I hope the editor uses this opportunity positively and works towards the values the wiki-community has established. Some of his userboxes are a little dubious, while they have very little wiki-legality or meaning, but the accomplishments can be validated easily.(Regushee (talk) 23:52, 16 August 2015 (UTC))

Hopefully they will listen and improve. -- GB fan 23:56, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) GB fan, I too came here to make a comment acknowledging that notice is being taken of this editors activities. User talk:220 of Borg#Proposed deletion of Bikram Samvat is where my involvement started, and may be of interest. I too queried the editor about their userpage claims. Regards, 220 of ^Borg 00:00, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, today I removed a PROD tag that Nrwairport had put on a user page that contained completely innocuous content. I've seen him claim to have made over 100,000 edits with a previous account and then later claim he made 500,000 edits which was challenged by other editors (discussion here, since deleted from talk page). Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:43, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@Liz: Last I looked it read 50,000 edits, and the reviewer icon I queried has also gone. Curiuoser and curiuoser! Too bad you aren't 'Alice' or I could say things about following the white rabbit, to see where it leads! Getting hard to believe that someone with so many edits could make so many mistakes. I'll be surprised if this doesn't end up at WP:AN/I. 220 of ^Borg 01:38, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@220 of Borg:, If you go through the user page history, you'll see the claim of edits has been as low as 2,000 to as high as 500,000...all in the same day. I would just like to know his previous account name. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Well, I'm not surprised. AGF, I'm wondering which banned user they are. I hope I am wrong, but .... too much of this sort of crap goes on. We may have already lost new editors because of their tagging of totally allowable newby users' pages as 'advertisements' or 'promotional', with only a name, date of birth and their school/university attendance (or similar). Now to bed many hours late for a nap before 'real life' crap to do! Sigh. 220 of ^Borg 02:00, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I have spent a little bit of time looking through some of their talk page history and saw the 500k edit claim. That is not believable. -- GB fan 02:02, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Concerning User:Nrwairport, if he isn't completely turned off from contributing to articles and establishing a positive reputation, I did find this, Wikipedia:Mentorship, and no, I'm not volunteering.(Regushee (talk) 19:04, 17 August 2015 (UTC))

Quite frankly, this user's contibutions, which appear to be mainly new page patrols, are so arbitrary it looks like either plain, old-fashioned trolling or a compromised account being used by a vandfal. See my comments at: Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Nrwairport. Please follow all the links in that post. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:11, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Lookagain deletion

Hi

The reason I created the lookagain page was because the current Look Again page was titled incorrectly. The brand name is Lookagain without a space. My intention was to redirect the Look Again page to lookagain once the content was copied over. Is this not allowed or is there another way of changing the page title?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Look Again Otto (talk • contribs) 09:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

There is another way and that is to move the page to the new name. -- GB fan 10:04, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

New York senior hurling team

Hello. I checked to see if it was supposed to be redirect, but I couldn't tell. Thanks for fixing it. -©2015 Compassionate727^{(Talk)(Contributions)} 13:03, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

I saw it originally and saw a redirect. Then after I declined the speedy delete, I realized the actual REDIRECT wasn't there and added it. -- GB fan 14:00, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Could you help me please?

Hey!

I understand that Wikipedia is a free forum and we all strive to provide as much accurate information as possible. I often end up editing a lot of articles on India, since I hail from there, and also because these pages have a lot of inaccurate data based on unverified sources, false information, and a lot of grammatical, spelling and syntactical errors. Over the past few days, this one user named Bongan has been undoing my edits without understanding them! For someone who talks like this "I thing u are not follow Wikipedia protocol", it is obvious that he is not going to understand a grammatical correction on a page. How do I report something like this? I don't want Wikipedia to suspend my account because of a miscreant reporting every edit of mine.

I saw your recent edit on the Afghan Church, a page where I had made some corrections in the past, and you seem to be a fair editor with a balanced head. It would be great if you could help me. I don't know much of HTML or Wikipedia's policies, but I know the basic stuff necessary for me to make basic changes to an article. On the Afghan Church page, I didn't add or remove any information, just restructured the sentence correctly and corrected some errors. The aforementioned user undid that and reported that as adding "unsourced content". On another article, the Jag Mandir, I had removed a photo, he undid the same citing my removal as invalid. The reason for removal was that it was in fact the photo of the Taj Lake Palace [and on its page], and not the Jag Mandir. He undid my edits on Sinhagad again citing some ludicrous reason, when it was just a correction of a sentence's syntax and spelling. I don't have any vendetta against him, my only concern is that my edits, if they are right, shouldn't be undone, and most of all, my account suspended because someone reports me without understanding what is being said by me. It would be great if you could help me or review the edit as a neutral third party. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronakshah1990 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

I only got involved because of a speedy deletion request. This is not a subject area or article that I want to put any time into, sorry. I see you have already posted at the Tea House. Another place you can ask for help about India related articles is at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. -- GB fan 19:43, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Also, there are multiple people that are trying to get the editor to slow down and think more about the edits they are making. Hopefully they will back off a little. -- GB fan 19:57, 21 August 2015 (UTC).

Billy Mckay

You are oblivious to the mistakes in the Billy McKay article. Will somebody please research the last name McKay because Mckay besides being incorrect is also a lazy way to spell the surname, e.g. I choose to spell my surname as Mueller, instead of Müller (except the press may refer to him as Mueller. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.120.23 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 22 August 2015‎

It might be, but if that is the way he spells his name that is how we spell it. If you disagree go to the article talk page and discuss the change. You can initiate a move request using the process at WP:RM. -- GB fan 00:33, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Odd Edit

AKS.9955 refers to the the edit war, as well as you, in a totally different and unrelated arena "Requests for adminship" HERE.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 19:40, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Deleted

Hi GB Fan,

hope your well...

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to respond to the deletion...

I understand why I think the page was deleted, was it the bio from LinkedIn.

look forward to hearing your response.

D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmagroup (talk • contribs) 01:07, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

You are correct, it is not allowed. For an article to be on Wikipedia you need to be notable. Basically that says there needs to be multiple reliable sources that provide significant coverage of the subject. Your personal linkedin is not reliable, not independent and does not provide significant coverage. Also Wikipedia is not here to help you increase your exposure. Also you should not be writing about yourself as you will have a hard time writing in a neutral manner. Some pages you might want to read are: Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Autobiography. -- GB fan 01:25, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Done and Understood — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmagroup (talk • contribs) 01:47, 27 August 2015‎:

Deletion of Jolon Mamytov

I see you deleted Jolon Mamytov like 8 minutes after it'd been tagged for speedy deletion. I assume that the issue is not necessarily that he is not noteworthy, but that the lack of citations gave no evidence that he was noteworthy? I simply hadn't managed to put any citations up when I created the page (via translation from the Kyrgyz wikipedia), but I can cite whole books of his works, and other sources that discuss his works (as done on the Kyrgyz wikipedia page, which was interwiki-linked, iirc—had you taken a look at that?). If this would be valid criteria for evidence of his noteworthiness, would you be able to provide the deleted content for me to restore and add sources to? (If the issue is indeed that the person does not meet the criteria for being noteworthy, then I will volunteer to assemble a list of hundreds of other pages to be selected for speedy deletion based on similar criteria.) —Firespeaker (talk) 08:11, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

The issue with the article is neither lack of of being noteworthy nor lack of citations. The issue is that there is no credible claim to significance. All the article said is he is a famous aqyn known for his love songs. That is not a claim to significance. I have restored the article as a draft. You can find it at Draft:Jolon Mamytov. -- GB fan 10:19, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring it as a draft. I've added a bit, highlighting his achievements and recognition, and provided a source that corroborates the information (aside from the various books about him that are listed, which I do not have time to verify at the moment). It's not a great article, but hopefully it now meets expectations of a "claim to significance" (which I understand similarly to noteworthiness) as a stub. If you believe it needs more work before it's acceptable, let me know. Otherwise, could you restore the page? (Once it's restored, I plan to link a few other pages to it.) —Firespeaker (talk) 05:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Or I guess the procedure is actually that it gets submitted for review now? —Firespeaker (talk) 05:48, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

The article looks good now. I have moved it back. -- GB fan 11:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Speedy delete

I have indeed written every single comma of the article you just declined (as well as created it). The only other editor who has touched it has only tried to delete or (unsuccessfully) rephrase smaller parts of it on occasion. The article is only borderline-notable and I have since written on the subject on another wiki with a more local focus. Thkafra (talk) 12:15, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

If you readd the tag, another admin will evaluate the request. -- GB fan

Deletion review for AVS Video Editor

An editor has asked for a deletion review of AVS Video Editor. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Regarding Speedy deletion of articles related to Church of South India

Hi GB Fan ,

I have recently seen a flurry of edits in Wikipedia pages related to Church of South India and tagging for speedy deletion and disputing neutrality by user named Bongan .The user has tagged Church of South India pages with following tags POV, advert, original research, peacock, self-published and unreliable sources. In the Church of South India around 15 references to various books written by independent authors / researchers has been provided already during the time of tagging .So I had removed the tags .

Also regarding the various dioceses under Church of South India most of the pages has been tagged for speedy deletion by Bongan.The diocesean pages are not wriiten like an advertisement and wherever applicable book references / links to independent news URL has been quoted.Some of the diocesan pages does not have independent references but the articles are posted from a neutral point of view only Tagging for speedy deletion /advertisement defeats the purpose of Wikipedia is grossly unfair.

Request like minded editors support in this issue Thanks --  en:User:jibin_net

should I consider being given admin privileges?

Hi, as an admin, you have given me something to consider recently, especially after the User:Nwrairport incident. I've been on Wikipedia for 8 years (...really?...has it been that long?...) adding originally to automobile articles, but then branching off to Japanese cars originally, then further delving into Japanese topics and cultural oddities. I do find myself researching, and then adding, a Japanese perspective when appropriate. Being an admin, and what that entails, didn't seem to be a consideration.

With the Nwrairport event, I did think about what I could have contributed earlier in this editors disruptive edits, and maybe have guided this sooner, or at least contacted the admin community sooner. Luckily, the wikicommunity intervened somewhat rapidly, and further prevented this editor from "biting" novice editors, which is what Wikipedia is really about; a safe place to learn and add to articles.

Whadaya think, should I consider it? (Regushee (talk) 17:27, 22 August 2015 (UTC))

I will look into your history. I have not been intimately involved the RFA process lately. I do watch all RFAs. Give me a couple of days to review your history. -- GB fan 18:33, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Regushee sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I see lots of good work you have done. I don't see what a lot of the community looks for in an admin candidate. I do not see much interaction with the community. You have edited article talk pages 5 times, Wikipedia namespace 2 times, Wikipedia talk 1 time (duplicate of one of the Wikipedia edits}, and User talk 17 times. I also do not see much participation in deletion process. In your whole history I see participation in 3 AFDs, 1 RFD and (unless I missed something) no CSDs or Prods. I do believe you are a very good editor, but I do not believe you have the experience needed to pass an RFA. This is where the potential problem comes in. If you feel you would like to become an admin, you would need to change your editing habits, you will need to get more involved with the community. You should get involved in the deletion processes so you can show that you understand when pages should be deleted. Your edits should also show that you understand the policies associated with other admin actions such as blocking and protecting. I do not believe you would get enough support if you ran right now. Here is one person's opinion of what you need for adminship, User:Kudpung/RfA criteria. If you need clarification or anything else let me know. -- GB fan 13:22, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

GB fan Thanks for your honesty and researching my editing history. I was "on the fence" about pursuing an sysops role; I sort of felt that because of my years of contributing, that maybe I should add a few more responsibilities to my credit, not that becoming an admin is little more than adding a userbox to my page. As you may well have discovered, I seem to add the Japanese perspective on several subjects, while most appear to be one of their most notable international contributions; cars. I have added some information, and clarified some articles with regards to religion in Japan, but being careful not to promote original research on that very contentious subject. It appears that other editors with stronger ties to the wiki-community work on articles with a shared "Western-centric", or Occidental focus if you like, and encountering editors with a "Japan-centric" Oriental focus who are fluent in English is more rare, other than User:Sennen goroshi who is much better left alone. I would imagine many Japanese Wikipedians contribute regularly on Japanese Wikipedia, but rarely add to the English equalivent articles. Editors with ties to the community are also recognized and rewarded for their efforts, along with notoriety on their talk pages (barnstars, kittens, and so on). I guess this is my way of reaching out to the community in a minor fashion, without inviting some unwanted attention from trolls looking for some action.(Regushee (talk) 20:34, 30 August 2015 (UTC))

Arthur

Arthur (season 20) please please please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:155:100:4da9:71e7:44ca:fcd9:afd4 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 1 September 2015‎

You need to explain what your request is. -- GB fan 00:10, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Removing my page

I want to remove my Wikipedia page for a number of growing harassment issues and you keep putting the page back up. Do I need to go to my local police about this?? JSantoliquito (talk) 13:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

To begin with it is not your page. It might be an article about you but it is not yours. No one owns any articles on Wikipedia. There are very specific reasons that an article can be speedy deleted, those can be found at WP:CSD. This article does not meet any of those criteria. If you want to go to the police that is your prerogative but before you post anything about that again you should read Wikipedia:No legal threats. Some admins might feel that your post above is enough to block you. -- GB fan 14:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Attacks

You redacted some attacks [1], but not these similar unsolicited personal attacks [2] occurring earlier in the same Talk section. (Did you not see them? Or do you pick & choose? Can you explain please? Thanks.) IHTS (talk) 05:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

I didn't pick and choose. I didn't read the conversation, I saw the last post the ip made and it was an attack. I removed it and looked right above it and saw more of the same. Reacted those and moved on. I should have spent more time and looked at the whole conversation. I am on a mobile device right now so it is hard to do much editing. Will look more when I get on a computer. -- GB fan 09:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

OK thank you. p.s. Please note also User talk:Dennis Brown#Kingshowman. IHTS (talk) 09:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

WP:CSD#G7

In regards to the this edit, blanking of any page, including userpage can be considered request for removal. See: WP:USER#Deleting_your_user_page_or_subpages. Alternatively, please point to a policy reference showing otherwise. --Melmann^(talk) 10:46, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

In the link you provided in the header of this section it says, "If the sole author blanks a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request." I added the emphasis on userspace page. This guideline that you linked to contradicts the deletion policy at WP:G7 and should probably be changed. -- GB fan 10:52, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Removal of BLP on Cardiak

No regards, GB fan, but when you took off my BLP tag on Cardiak, I thought the project was unsourced. How do you know it was referenced? Answer me back. DBrown SPS (talk) 21:38, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

I removed the BLPPROD for two reasons. First, the BLPPROD policy only applies to articles of living people that were created after March 18, 2010. This article was created July 13, 2009. Since it was created before March 10, 2010 the policy does not apply. The second reason is that the policy says it only applies to articles that do not have any sources in any form. When you tagged it the article had two sources, this in the lead and this in the external links section. Even though neither one of those two sources are independent and reliable it does not make any difference, THe policy just says if the article has any source in any form that verifies any of the information in the article that is enough to stop the BLPPROD from being added. If the article does not have a source at and a BLPPROD is added then a reliable source must be added to remove it. That is an inconsistency but it has been discussed and remains in the policy. -- GB fan 00:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

September 2015

I saw this diff [3] that you made on User:Orangemoody. Where you used Twinkle to revert my edit. My edit was not vandalism, but if it was a mistake. I'm sorry. RMS52 ^{Talk to me} 15:09, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

I didn't say that the edit was vandalism because it wasn't. It wasn't a mistake on your your part. It was a mistake on their part. They implied that they were a sock and I blocked them for it. Later it was determined by a check user that they weren't part of the sock farm and were unblocked. I just restored their userpage to the previous state. I apologize if I left you with the impression that I thought you had vandalised the page. Twinkle can be used for non vandalism edits as long as an edit summary is left. I left an edit summary but I could have left a better one. -- GB fan 15:57, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

No problem, I didn't know that. RMS52 ^{Talk to me} 06:14, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

TPConnects

I own TPConnects and noticed that the same is deleted. Could you please restore the page. regards Rajendran V Co Founder TPConnects management@tpconnects.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.97.17.160 (talk) 19:03, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, because of the way it was created it will not be restored. Since you have a conflict of interest you should not create the article, but you can request it be created at Wikipedia:Requested articles. -- GB fan 22:58, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Mike Honda

Thanks for your reversions on that page. Those edits are clearly being done by one of his opponent's supporters, and they're definitely not neutral in tone. Since I'm one of Honda's more visible supporters, I'm not comfortable reverting the edits myself, so I appreciate your diligence. JGriffithSV (talk) 00:56, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Machine Head - Imperium

Thanks! The redirect Imperium (song) → Imperium (disambiguation) is even better. But you forgot to the talk page "Talk:Imperium (song)". 213.151.215.195 (talk) 11:30, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

now done, you do know that you could have done it. -- GB fan 11:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for suppressing it! Loraof (talk) 18:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

yw -- GB fan 18:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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Dayramir Gonzalez

I'd like to recreate this page. I've already been sent the source code and I'm not at all related to that paid sock farm. I did read an article about this particular subject being caught up in the controversy and knew I could rectify it.--ProverbialElephant (talk) 23:07, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

OK, like the deletion notice says there is nothing to stop anyone from recreating the article. -- GB fan 23:26, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, but being that I'm a new account and this page has a history of paid socks I figured it would be better to say something.--ProverbialElephant (talk) 23:30, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

I understand that. I saw that you say on your user page that DeltaQuad knows your previous identity. So I was not concerned. -- GB fan 00:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

The role of an admin

Then what's the point of the ANI, 3RR and other noticeboards? Clearly, we have different ideas of what an admin is. I think an admin is someone who is entrusted by the community to carry out "behind the scenes" actions such as file moving, talk page protection, blocking of wrongdoers, etc... While you clearly think they are given the tools to only get involved in incidents which benefits them or their friends. You also make no reference to the IP or the "quality" of his/her edits. They spent the whole of yesterday vandalising Edmund Payne and nobody did anything about it. You obviously think that this behaviour is acceptable as you, and others, have seemingly done bugger all about it once it was brought to your attention. Classic administrator stuff. Cassianto^Talk 07:55, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

The role of those boards is for editors to raise concerns to admins. Then the admins that patrol those boards evaluate the situation and take what they feel is an appropriate action. That action could be blocking, page protection, deletion, warning or possibly nothing at all. Admins have been entrusted by the community to make the appropriate decision. So to me it looks like we have the same idea of what an admin is. I do not understand why you think I believe admins only get involved in incidents which benefits themselves or their friends. I only use my tools to benefit the project not myself or my anyone else. No I didn't make any comment about the IP. The only reason I didn't comment was that I was responding to your complaint about the non-action. When I looked at the article in question I saw the IP had been vandalizing the article. I also saw that when I commented that the last time the IP had edited the article was an hour and a half before I commented. I looked at their talk page and saw that the IP had not edited since the last time they had been warned. It did not appear that a block was necessary to prevent damage to the encyclopedia. Looking again this morning it appears my assessment was correct as there has been no more vandalism. Their behavior was not acceptable but by the time I saw it there was nothing to do. -- GB fan 11:42, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Cassianto, I have been thinking about this a little more and I have a question for you. Do you believe that if someone reports another editor at one of the admin noticeboards that the admin should follow the recommendation of the reporting user or do you believe that the admin should evaluate the whole situation and base the solution on the whole situation? -- GB fan 13:47, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

I believe that if someone is reported, at either an official noticeboard, or personally to an involved/non-involved admin, then the matter should be looked at, assessed, and action taken accordingly. Clearly my ideology is different to yours. Cassianto^Talk 14:56, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Cassianto, just like no one can force you to edit an article, no one can force a specific admin to take action. For example, I do regular sweeps through WP:RFPP. I will leave the occasional report untouched because I think it's not a clear cut case for protection or a decline, either in terms of disruption or level of activity. I will wait to see if further activity takes place or another admin, with a different viewpoint, can handle the report. Similarly, sometimes I am asked to look at a contentious issue and block "one side". I rarely get involved because it seems the reporting editor just wants to bypass the normal conflict resolution processes. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:12, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

That wasn't the case here; the IP was a blatant vandal and should've been blocked, regardless of the hoops that needed to be jumped through. I bet if the IP had've upset someone by using a mild profanity, they would've been blocked and thrown off the project in a heartbeat. Cassianto^Talk 15:28, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

So when should have this ip been blocked? As far as I can see no one ever reported then to an admin board. You reported a non admin to an admin board for not blocking them. In this particular case when should they have been blocked and who should have blocked them? -- GB fan 16:36, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Also, I don't see any difference in our ideologies. If a user is reported, then an admin looks at the information available and makes a determination on the proper course of action. Those actions can involve protection, blocking, deleting or no action at all. -- GB fan 16:43, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Presumably you've looked at the IP's diffs that I provided at ANI? If you did, then maybe then would've been a good time to do it? Or maybe you think vandalising articles is the right thing to do? Cassianto^Talk 19:47, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

For example Gilliam blocked, on sight, this IP for vandalising a talk page without the need of a second, third, or fourth warning. Maybe you should take a leaf out of their book. Cassianto^Talk 19:51, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes I have looked at them and explained in my very first post to this section why I did not block the IP. The IP you linked above is a completely different situation. First Gilliam did not block the IP for one edit. The block by Gilliam was after a series of 13 edits in a very short time to 3 different articles. They also blocked when the IP was currently editing. The IPs last edit was at 0152 and two minutes later Gilliam blocked them. The current block on the IP was based on a single edit, but again was when they were currently editing, again 2 minutes after they made their last edit. I didn't see the edits made by the IP that started this discussion until an hour and a half after they stopped editing. The other two admins were protecting the project from someone actively editing. The one we are discussing had already stopped causing problems when I first became aware of them -- GB fan 22:48, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	I give to you the administrative barnstar for doing good work on the various admin noticeboards. Always remember that complaints are as certain as the sunrise, you cannot please everyone. Your work is appreciated. Chillum 20:39, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. -- GB fan 22:50, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

OS question

Hi, can you please take a look at this? The second paragrah in the body concerns me, but it's in a gray area, at least for me, and I'm not sure if it requires action. I haven't even rev/del'd it. Please let me know if you do not believe any action is necessary. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:51, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

You must be enjoying your Sunday. Messaged the team.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:31, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

I have been away from my computer for a couple of days. I see that someone answered the OS OTRS ticket. -- GB fan 22:48, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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Dei Fratelli

Can you please userfy if this is tomato sauce company. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 17:22, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

It is about the tomato sauce company. I can not userfy it because it is a copy of this. -- GB fan 23:19, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

OK good to know, is there anything useful in its history and when was the article created? Valoem ^{talk contrib} 23:28, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

It was created a little over an hour before I deleted it. There is no relevant history. It was created with a direct copy of the website, then marked as a copyright by CorenSearchBot. The the creator made 3 minor edits then blanked the page. It was then marked as G7 by another editor. -- GB fan 23:50, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Special:AbuseFilter/722

What is this for? — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:23, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

It is a very common edit summary of this sockmaster. -- GB fan 18:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Heathen listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Heathen. Since you had some involvement with the Heathen redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Natg 19 (talk) 19:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

MOS:IDENTITY is being revisited: How should Wikipedia refer to transgender individuals before and after their transition?

You are being contacted because you contributed to a recent discussion of MOS:IDENTITY that closed with the recommendation that Wikipedia's policy on transgender individuals be revisited.

Two threads have been opened at the Village Pump:Policy. The first addresses how the Manual of Style should instruct editors to refer to transgender people in articles about themselves (which name, which pronoun, etc.). The second addresses how to instruct editors to refer to transgender people when they are mentioned in passing in other articles. Your participation is welcome. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Nancy Guppy

I notice you deleted Nancy Guppy as non-notable. I'm a bit surprised. The (stubby) article mentioned her as a regular on one long-running Seattle television show and host of a current TV show about the arts in Seattle. It didn't mention her theater work (e.g. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960418&slug=2324723) or her recent role organizing a pretty important art exhibition (http://www.king5.com/story/entertainment/television/programs/new-day-northwest/2015/08/24/musician-portrait-project/32291015/), and it didn't go into as much detail as it should, but I would think there was enough there to establish notability. Being from the same city as her, I could be biased, so if you stand by your earlier view, I guess I won't try to revive an article, at least not now. However, I'd appreciate it if you at least re-read what was deleted and give this a few moments consideration. ~- Jmabel | Talk 04:16, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I still do not see the notability or significance but I might be wrong. I have restored the article and will look to see if I can find anything to improve the article. -- GB fan 11:40, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Message left on my talk page by Andy Dingley

here, no idea what this is about, I have no knowledge of this whatsoever, in fact I rarely edit anymore so this just seems like a mistake to me. Since it appears you are involved with the Riventree talk page could you see what it's all about and remove the warning from my talk page? Thanks Polyamorph (talk) 11:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Polyamorph, back in 2010 you created the page User talk:Riventree with a welcome message. Today Riventree added content that was an attack and Andy Dingley tagged it for speedy deletion. Andy should not have notified you. He probably just didn't uncheck the box to notify the page creator. I see you have already removed the message from your talk page. -- GB fan 11:23, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

I see, that explains it! Sorry to bother you, cheers! Polyamorph (talk) 13:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Not a problem. -- GB fan 14:45, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Newton F.C.

Why have you deleted Newton F.C. when I mentioned twice that the club is notable having played in the FA Vase? Kivo (talk) 11:32, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Just saying that they are notable twice because they played in the FA Vase does not make them notable or even significant. I look at what the article says and determine if I can find anything that shows significance. Before deleting I looked at the FA Vase article and compared it against what the Newton F.C. article said. Newton F.C.'s best performance according to the article was getting into the second round. According to the FA Vase article the current competition consists of 6 rounds, if it was the same back in the 70s and 80s they did not get very far. Again, I don't know how the 70s and 80s competition compares to the current one but with 535 being accepted in 2013-14 it does not sound like it is a claim to significance. I also looked at the National League System article and compared that to the FA Vase article. FA Vase says that the competition is for teams playing below Step 4. That means that Newton F.C. was somewhere in Steps 5 through 7, again that is not a claim to significance. If I missed something let me know. -- GB fan 12:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Any club that has competed at any round of the FA Vase OR from Steps 1-6 are deemed notable - Newton have done both. Kivo (talk) 13:59, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Where does it say that? -- GB fan 14:44, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Here, here, here and many others. It's a general consensus in the football community on Wikipedia. Kivo (talk) 19:24, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

I do not agree that it says that, but I will restore it with the speedy deletion tag still on it. You should make your case better on the talk page as to why you think it is significant. Another uninvolved editor will look and decide. -- GB fan 19:47, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Covina and Mateo

Why did you delete the page Covina and Mateo? The page was not finished. The artists have had many requests to get a wikipedia article created. Their significance meets the standards for what is accepted under the Wikipedia guidelines for significance and importance - but the page was not given an opportunity to add all relevant information. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottsretsam (talk • contribs) 18:03, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

I deleted it because the page did not make any claim to significance. If you think it is notable please provide me with a couple of sources that provide in depth coverage of them. -- GB fan 21:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

I need the content back from the page Covina and Mateo that was just deleted please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottsretsam (talk • contribs) 18:17, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Why do you need the content back? -- GB fan 21:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

To clarify why I asked the above question, a draft that is more fully developed than what I deleted was already in place when I answered the above messages. User:Scottsretsam/Covina and Mateo -- GB fan 10:57, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Unddeletion of Ryan Skyy

Hi, I am an OTRS volunteer. We now have a ticket for this article namespace, VRTS ticket # 2015081610008205. It seems everything is now in place, copyright issues have been dealt with, etc. Can this article be undeleted? Please advise, and ping me if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks! KDS4444^Talk 00:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

KDS4444, Since this is part of the Orange Moody sockpuppet investigation and the text the article was originally created from is available, I will not restore the content. As the edit summary says the article was deleted without prejudice to recreation. Any editor can use the text and recreate the article. -- GB fan 10:51, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Okay, then can you help me out a little and point me to where the text exists? It just looks to me like it has been deleted, but maybe I am not reading it right (also: I am not overly familiar with the Orange Moody business— I've given it a cursory once-over but not studied it in depth). Please advise, when you can. Thanks again! KDS4444^Talk 14:27, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

KDS4444, It is available at http://www.ryanskyy.com/bio/ The initial deletion reason was a copyright violation of that page. This is what the OTRS ticket you mentioned above was about. If someone wants to create an article based on that and independent reliable sources, they can. -- GB fan 14:53, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion tag - need some more info

To avoid future confusion I need some clarification about a message left regarding speedy deletion for the Andre Marin article. It said "do not rread". Not sure what this means? Think it might have been a typo but can't figure it out. I also had already read the information from the link you provided before, but will read it again. I must have missed something. I recently checked the page and it looks good, I'm really happy with it. I probably won't need to go back and do any more editing. Thank god. It was a mess. CheckersBoard (talk) 08:04, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

You must be talking about the first sentence of the message I left on your talk page. If you are, you have a typo in your version here. I wrote, "Do not readd the speedy deletion tag to André Marin‎ again." What I wrote is readd not rread. I was telling you to not to add the speedy deletion tag to the article again. -- GB fan 11:44, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Pakistani

I will ask you again, are you a British Pakistani? --112.79.38.168 (talk) 15:31, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Why? -- GB fan 16:09, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

You have a bias in favour of Pakistan. If you are a British then read these pages; what they do to your girls: Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, Rochdale sex trafficking gang, Derby sex gang, Oxford sex gang, Telford sex gang, Murder of Kriss Donald, 7 July 2005 London bombings --112.79.35.122 (talk) 16:18, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Show me where I show a bias towards anything. I am not British, I am not Pakistani. -- GB fan 16:23, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Request Page Protection Again on Phil Driscoll

Within 9 minutes after the page protection expired, Softlavendar went right back to edit warring,[4] bypassing the Talk page altogether. It's flagrantly disruptive. Would you mind protecting the page again. It looks like a user conduct complaint (and possible block) is next. DR is an additional option. Rhode Island Red (talk) 05:30, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

User's intention to edit war is clear. Just did it again.[5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhode Island Red (talk • contribs) 05:34, 27 September 2015‎

Answered on your and article talk page. -- GB fan 11:57, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Leon Monde

I saw you deleted the page Leon Monde. He was a professional Negro Leagues baseball player [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] as well as a player for the Harlem Renaissance. [11] [12] [13]. Typically individuals who played who played in the Negro leages are deemed notable. WP:WPBB/N. I request undeletion and restoration of the page. CrazyAces489 (talk) 13:02, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

As a contested Prod I have restored this article. -- GB fan 20:24, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

2007 Patriots

This redirect 19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots relating to the 2007 Patritos should be at Redirects for discussion. My reason is because the Patriots did not complete the 19-0 season after losing to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. You should nominate it there. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 22:28, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

If you think the redirect should be deleted, you need to nominate it for deletion. -- GB fan 23:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

How will I as a IP. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 23:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

You nominate it by following the directions at WP:RFD#HOWTO. -- GB fan 23:59, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm not doing it cause I'm a IP. Just do it with the reason I said before. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 01:09, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

No. Either do it yourself (you can) or find someone else that will take your orders. I won't nominate it or take your orders. -- GB fan 01:16, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Fine. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 01:44, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much GB fan. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:21, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Question

Do you think there should individual articles for every Thomas & Friends episode? User:Sa925 seems to think so. I don't. --ACase0000 (talk) 12:27, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

No I do not think that every episode of any TV show should have an article. There are certain episodes that deserve their own article. I did not evaluate whether this episode or any episode of Thomas & Friends deserves its own article. I evaluated whether the speedy deletion tag met any of the criterion that are laid out in the speedy deletion policy and that is all. I did not see anything that made that article eligible for speedy deletion so I declined your speedy deletion nomination. -- GB fan 12:40, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I don't know what to do. Could you tell the user that Thomas episodes are important for their articles? Also you are an admin so what do you suggest? --ACase0000 (talk) 12:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

You can nominate them for deletion using WP:Prod or WP:AFD. As an admin, I have no special authority over any content matters and I will not step into a content dispute and assert authority as an admin. Your redirection was reverted, your blanking was reverted and your speedy deletion was declined. The next step is to discuss the article, either at AFD, on the talk page or at the project. -- GB fan 12:59, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Alright. Sorry for any trouble. --ACase0000 (talk) 13:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Nothing to be sorry for, you did not cause any trouble. -- GB fan 13:15, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Seeking your guidance

Hi. You appear to be an experienced editor, and you have worked before at Ayman Mohyeldin can you swing by and take a look at the recurring vandalism on this page. I just reverted an IP for the 2nd time; actually, the first time I reworded the section striving for NPOV. I don't want to get into an edit war. The IP has made few edits, but seems very conversant with Wikipedia. Perhaps an experienced editor who neglected to log in under his usual name.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:35, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

André Marin

I see you've made some edits on the André Marin page, although you didn't revert CheckersBoard's edits. I also see you've been involved on this page a lot longer than me, and have previously reverted his/her edits. Is there something you can do to prevent this editor from continuously replacing content on the page with their own, non-neutral version? It seems like any improvement made is going to be repeatedly replaced. This is despite the numerous warnings the editor has received on his/her talkpage, and what appears to be a clear conflict of interest. FuriouslySerene (talk) 13:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

NeilN has given a final warning to CheckersBoard. We will see if that resolves the problem. If it doesn't, then you can go to WP:ANI to resolve it there. -- GB fan 14:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

More discussion can be found on my talk page and at User_talk:Jytdog#Hello.2C_need_your_assistance.2C_vandalism. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:16, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I should have checked CheckersBoard's contribution history. -- GB fan 14:49, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

You may have noticed I blocked CheckersBoard for two days for disruptive editing. I don't know why they're fixated on the subject but they've had ample warnings and still edit carelessly. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

I had not noticed that until I saw this. I don't why they are fixated on Marin either, but there is obviously something. -- GB fan 22:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Lock

Thanks for protecting Dennis Hof's Love Ranch, but shouldn't there be a padlock icon on the page? Czoal (talk) 20:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

If you would like to see the little padlock on the page you can add it there. I normally don't do it. -- GB fan 21:19, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Oh, ok. I just thought it's supposed to automatically display when a page is protected. I have no idea how to add it. Thanks. By the way, that IP is just the latest of many socks of BLPDegreaser. Czoal (talk) 21:28, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

No the software does not add the lock automatically. It is something that has to be manually added. -- GB fan 22:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

The block evader is back under a new IP and has was just blocked. But can you please rev-delete this edit and this edit they did right before the block? Also I had asked asked Bagumba about protecting Cosmic string but I don't think he's on right now; so if you think it's appropriate, can you do it? I assume you know this problem editor is BLPDegreaser and Jeffrey Vernon Merkey. Thanks. Czoal (talk) 00:35, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

 Done and  Done -- GB fan 00:46, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Czoal (talk) 01:08, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Maria Gheorghiu

Hi! Why do you deleted my page about Maria Gheorghiu? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndaVeronica29 (talk • contribs) 13:47, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

I deleted it under the A7 portion of the speedy deletion policy. A7 specifically allows administrators to delete articles that do not specify why the person is significant. The article I deleted just said she was a Romanian folk singer-songwriter. It did say she won the "Om bun" festival in 1993 but there is nothing about that being significant. You should look at WP:BAND for notability guidelines. -- GB fan 14:03, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

@GB fan: As information, I have again tagged this for A7. I also sent a request for fullprot to RPP, asking for a protection since we are on the third re-creation of the same content... -- ferret (talk) 14:09, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Now moved to the Draft namespace. -- GB fan 14:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Nick Palance Edits

It has been brought to my attention that the information i was given is inaccurate. Please delete the page as requested or remove me from it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rthemelis (talk • contribs) 15:03, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Rthemelis, I can not delete it based on your request. The criterion you used only allows the original and only significant contributor to request deletion. You are not the only significant contributor to the article. I can not remove you from the article either as that would destroy the attribution that is required by the licensing rules. Now, who told you that the information is inaccurate? I don't see anything on your user talk page or the article's talk page that indicates anything is inaccurate. If there is inaccurate information, the thing to do is to edit the page to remove or fix the inaccurate information, not delete the whole article. If you feel the only solution is to delete the page you have two options, WP:PROD or WP:AFD. WP:PROD is a light version of deletion. Someone tags it with a rationale and if no one objects to the deletion it will be deleted in 7 days. If anyone objects then the deletion process stops and WP:PROD can never be used again. WP:AFD is the most formal deletion process. This process requires you create a separate discussion page. Then after a seven day discussion an admin will determine if there is a consensus to delete the page. If you have any questions let me know. -- GB fan 15:23, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Lawrence Hart

I opened a page and it was deleted. It was for an author Lawrence Hart. It basically told about his life and his books. Is that not a valid subject for a page? It was deleted. There were links to his books etc. What should I have done differently?

Thanks, Aly Carver — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevealyjewell (talk • contribs) 16:04, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

There were two problems with the article you created. The first three paragraphs were very basic information about him. They do not give any indication about what is significant about him and is completely unsourced. You should read what makes someone notable enough to have an article. WP:PEOPLE discusses how we determine if people are notable with WP:NAUTHOR specifically discussing creative professionals such as authors. The basic rule though is that there needs to be significant coverage in reliable sources. The other ten paragraphs are all copyright violations. As an example the paragraph on "Unforgiven: Jupiter Tales" was a copy and paste of the description on this webpage]. The other 9 paragraphs are the same, they are all just copy and pastes of descriptions of the books from Amazon. Copy and pasting copyrighted material is not allowed and will be deleted on sight. -- GB fan 18:57, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi

Hi! Please restore my deleted page User:Hitch Hicking Across Sahara/sandbox/1. HIAS (talk) 18:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HIAS (talk • contribs)

Done, now at User:HIAS/sandbox/1. -- GB fan 23:49, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, you removed redseal_networks please can you reinstate it as the article i created to replace it was removed so i need to put this one back and rollback to the last version (ie before the redirect edit) thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thefunkygibbon (talk • contribs) 18:14, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Troll Mike MacRae

It seems you are more generous than I am. I was going to block Comedian Mike MacRae indefinitely - in fact I did so, but then decided that since you got your block in a minute before me, I would bow to your decision, which was 48 hours. Even if there were no other considerations, the last three edit summaries in Special:Contributions/Comedian_Mike_MacRaeSpecial:Contributions/Comedian_Mike_MacRae would convince me that this is an editor who does not need a short block. However, we'll see how the 48 hours go. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I looked a little more and was coming back to reblock indefinitely when I saw you had. Now I see that you went back and reverted back so i am going to go back to indef. -- GB fan 21:13, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

So within 17 minutes each of us has blocked twice, once for 48 hours and once indefinitely! The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:16, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, it's now 5 blocks in 20 minutes. As you probably noticed, I had removed talk page access, but having thought about it I decided that I ought to give the editor a chance to request an unblock, so I have restored talk page access. However, that's the end for me: I'm leaving it at that, unless he starts abusing talk page access. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:20, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

And now a CU confirmed sock. -- GB fan 23:53, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm not remotely surprised. For several reasons, I thought all along the account had the hallmarks of a sockpuppet, but I had no idea whose sockpuppet. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:17, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

My CSD G7 nominations

Hey there GB fan, thanks for looking over my CSD G7 nominations! I just had one question; you stated that userspace subpages don't fall under the CSD G7 criterion, but this was only for the sandboxes I nominated, you deleted all of the other userspace subpages. Did you mean to say that sanboxes don't work with that criterion, or was it a mistake deleting those alternative pages (to see what pages I'm talking about, look at the most recent SD nominations at my CSD log)? —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 03:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Skyllfully, I am not sure what ones you are talking about in your csd log. I only see two entries that are in your user space that you tagged as g7. Looking through my contributions I didn't say that g7 does not apply to user space subpages. I said that blanking in user space is not considered a deletion request. I did say that g1 does not apply to pages within user space. -- GB fan 12:16, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Oh, sorry about that. It may have been the font on the device that I was using—making the 1 look like a 7. —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 16:26, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Fargum

Dear GB fan; Would you please send this page contents to me or return it? I wanna complete and correct it.--Freshman404^Talk 16:16, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

The article is available at User:Freshman404/Fargum. -- GB fan 16:31, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

How to alert administrators of username violation?

Hi there, thank you for blocking User:Fuckyouwikipedia777, how can I alert administrators in the future of such offenses? Thanks!
-TheCaliforniaKansan (talk) 18:24, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

TheCaliforniaKansan, I see you use Twinkle. Click the arv tab and choose the Username report type. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:28, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict)You can report them to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention. Also if you have never looked at WP:Twinkle is a very useful tool. You can use it for among other things to warn users and report them at the same time for username violations with just a few clicks. -- GB fan 18:30, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

@NeilN: and GB, thank you for informing me. I will definitely have to investigate the other uses for Twinkle! -TheCaliforniaKansan (talk) 18:38, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Bad link for contentious info about a living person

Hi GBFan, I noticed that you reverted an edit I made to the Chris Dold article because the link I used was a "bad link for contentious info". Can you explain what makes a good link for contentious info? I'm not interested in disputing this specific case but want to know for future edits I might try to make. The link came from thewhig.com which is the website for "The Kingston Whig-Standard" which is Kingston's local newspaper and reputed enough to have its own Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Whig-Standard. Do local newspapers not warrant inclusion for contentious info specifically? ifeelitinmyfingers —Preceding undated comment added 04:39, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I removed it because the link itself was bad. When I clicked the link to see if it verified the information it said the page was not found. Just checked again and it says the same thing. I didn't do any investigation past clicking the link. Even if the link was good I would probably remove it as there its no back story, just a one liner with no other information seems out of place. -- GB fan 11:54, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

thank you

I realised that unregistered users are not able to nominate articles for deletion. Thank you for helping to start a discussion for Punggol North MRT Station. Can i also request your help for nominating Hume MRT Station too? I have my reasons to believe that this article should be nominated too. Afterall, a deletion discussion is better, for the people to decide whether to keep or delete. Thank you. -115.66.225.183 (talk) 01:30, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I have created the afd. -- GB fan 16:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Carniolus vs IPs

See User_talk:Carniolus#IP_vandal_making_up_information. Materialscientist (talk) 22:34, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Ishtiaq Ahmad

I see that you've deleted the page Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer) based on WP:GNG and WP:Notability (people). Although, whoever created the original article failed to cite verifiable sources, it was infact about a notable person. The local media has covered the person in question recently and the article may have been improved over time. This page should be reverted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.48.68.147 (talk) 16:16, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

The article has been restored. -- GB fan 16:20, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Redirect loops

Hello, User:GB fan, you reverted some of my requests for speedy deletion on redirects to Blattisocius. The article Blattisocius contains a list of species of the mites in the genus Blattisocius. All of the blue wiki-links there are redirects, that immediately link to the list in Blattisocius itself. So no new information can be gained by this loop. On the other hand every reader has the impression, that there were many written articles about those species. That such articles do not exist is blurred by the fact, that there are red wiki-links too in the list, showing that no article exists about these species. In my opinion all links have to be blue or better, like in lots of other articles with lists of species, should show blue links only if there is a real article and not a redirect to the list in the article of a taxon of higher level. We could redirect millions of species names to generic names without writing any articles. That's not how redirects should work. So please revert to my SD request and delete those unuseful redirects. --Regiomontanus (talk) 22:10, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

You tagged those redirects that the target was not there. That was incorrect, the target exists. If you think the redirects should be deleted as not useful the correct venue is WP:RFD. Redirects not being useful is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. -- GB fan 23:43, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Jorge_Alberto_Rodríguez

There is a current discussion for the deletion of an article titled Jorge Alberto Rodríguez which appears to very similar titled to an article Jorge Alberto Rodríguez (disambiguation) which was deleted earlier in the year 10:53, 6 May 2015. I'm just curious is this a recreation of that article that was deleted --Kigali1 (talk) 13:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Here is the whole article that I deleted

Jorge Alberto Rodríguez

It is not the same. -- GB fan 20:37, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Question about redirect

I'm not the expert here, so I'm seeking more information about your edit here.

When I see the actual result (about diacritical marks), it makes no sense at all. It used to, when we redirected from English to the Swedish spelling. Then it made sense. Now we don't use Tommy's name at all in the title, and there is no place at Wikipedia which uses this redirect, so it no longer has any value.

No page links to it, making it an unused orphan. That's why I wish to delete it. If there isn't a better criterion to use, can't you just IAR and delete it anyway? There is no point in keeping it. In fact, we should add "unused orphan" as another WP:Criteria for speedy deletion.

I'd like to learn more about this. Please ping me. -- BullRangifer (talk) 04:48, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

BullRangifer, The criterion are very specific as to what admins can delete using the process. There is no speedy deletion criterion that allows me to delete that redirect. I won't ignore the rule as I don't see how deleting the redirect improves the encyclopedia. While not directly applicable to CSD you should read this section and the subordinate ones. It discusses why we do/don't delete redirects at WP:RFD. In a nutshell the major reason we delete redirects is because they are harmful. This redirect is not hurting anything and it is possible that it might help someone at sometime. If you think the redirect should be deleted you can nominate it for deletion using WP:RFD. -- GB fan 11:38, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Also if you think there should be a new or modified criterion the place to propose it is at WT:RFD. Be sure to read the top of the page where it discusses the reasons for new criterion. -- GB fan 11:52, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the great response. -- BullRangifer (talk) 15:50, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Request topic ban for CheckersBoard. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:47, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for your help in resolving the large deletions at Danbury, Connecticut. I feel so affirmed that the Wikipedia community responded and that the guidelines are so well designed that they can handle a case like this and find a good resolution. Thank you also for finding two sources for inmates at the Danbury Correctional. I appreciate the goodwill. The article will be much improved as a result of this resolution. Maybe it needed a little stirring up. There is indeed some cruft there, it's just that there is a lot of good material that simply needs sourcing and some love. Thanks again for your time and caring. SageRad (talk) 20:36, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

SageRad, I don't believe the right decision was made to wholesale restore the content but I will not get involved in that. You could have saved much time by just looking for citations for the information and adding stuff back as you found them. You should also assume good faith of other editors that they are really trying to improve articles not vandalize them to get revenge on you. -- GB fan 21:10, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Western dressage

Hey, noticed you commenting on Elatu's talk. I've been in WikiProject Equine for a couple months now, and western dressage is a notable topic. I've offered to help them recreate the article so that it meets inclusion criteria, because I had been thinking about writing it myself for a while. ☺ White Arabian Filly (Neigh) 00:15, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Ok, the only problem I had with it is the article was almost a word for word copy of a blog. If we could get a referenced article that would be good. -- GB fan 00:59, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I have a reliable magazine with a full-length article about WD; I'll see if I can use that as a source. White Arabian Filly (Neigh) 01:20, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Article request

Hi GB fan, you have deleted my Plausible Clinical Case page. Im so sorry that it has violated Wikipedias terms. My group and I have put many hours into this project and would greatly appreciate if we can regain the content that was on the page for our own use. We have no other copies saved and the project is due today

Please please please HI2CaseProject — Preceding unsigned comment added by HI2CaseProject (talk • contribs) 19:18, 30 November 2015‎

I have emailed the text of the page to the email address in your profile. -- GB fan 19:25, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Arabella DeOliveira

Hello,

I see that the page about Arabella DeOliveira has been "Speedily Deleted." Please help me understand your decision. I would like to get this posted and am unsure as to what the objection is. This makes it very difficult to correct.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSC2015 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 30 November 2015‎

I have restored the article and moved it to the Draft namespace. You can work on it there. It was deleted as there is no credible claim to significance in the article. The only source was a primary source to the organization she founded. If you think you can fix it, the draft space is the best place to work on it. -- GB fan 20:06, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Please help me understand how this is relevant to the greater body of knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicio_Final_(2001)

And a short biographical entry about Arabella DeOliveira does not.

Granted some people really like wrestling. But I would suggest that others are also interested in founders of service organizations. To each their own, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSC2015 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 30 November 2015‎

Sorry, since I have never looked at that article, I can not comment on it. The article is available for you to work on. -- GB fan 20:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Another part of this answer is Wikipedia:Other stuff exists. Please read before asking a question like that again. -- GB fan 20:15, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

188.42.233.34

I hope you won't mind but I have increased your block of this static IP from 31 hours to 1 month. History has shown thar this user spaces out their block evasion edits and ad hoc unlock requests. If you don't agree feel free to change it again. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:28, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

MfD

Sorry about that MfD in your userspace, I suppose I could have just told you about the page! --Drm310 (talk) 14:26, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Not a problem. Probably easier to start with a conversation with the user though. -- GB fan 15:50, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Sigh

It looks like NobleHumanBeing (talk · contribs) has picked up where the others left off. Not surprising. Doc talk 09:16, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Belkin Marketing

Greetings.

I wonder why would you do andto the companies think that?

10:27, 8 October 2015 GB fan (talk | contribs) deleted page Belkin Marketing (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject)

This is a legit company full of legit people who helped legit businesses over a period of 8 years. They all are on LinkedIn and such (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-belkin-a6090431) and have many reviews from actual people who have been helped by them.

Please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marketologist (talk • contribs) 03:09, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Marketologist, I deleted it under the A7 criterion of the criteria for speedy deletion policy. This criterion says that if the text of the article does not explain why the company is significant it can be deleted without any discussion. That is what happened here. All the article told me was

what Belkin Marketing does (marketing),

where they do it at (San Diego, Moscow, Herceg-Novi and Cebu),

how many people do it (over 50)

and who they support (JosDeVries, DOING, Think Kong.

The only links outside of Wikipedia were to to the three company's websites and to Belkin Marketing's website. The creator and only contributor to the article was Yaros belkin. It would appear that there is a conflict of interest as that is also the name of the founder of the company (not that alone is enough to delete an article).

For an article about a company to survive speedy deletion there has to be something in the article that says the company is somehow significant. To ultimately survive in the encyclopedia though the article has to show that sources independent of the company have written about it. Linked-in, Facebook, the company's website is not enough. Even the linked-in you link above does is not about the company, it is about the company's founder. Some things you should read,

WP:CORP, how we determine if a company is notable enough to have an article

WP:FIRST, a page about writing your first article

WP:PSCOI, a simpler page to help people understand how to deal with a conflict of interest

I hope this helps. If you have any questions please ask. -- GB fan 11:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

So - who calls the significance? What do you need to bring the artice back? More info about the company (I bet they thought it could be taken too much of a promotion)? contracts signed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.210.15.87 (talk) 23:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Read WP:CORP. That explains what it takes for a company to meet our notability guidelines. The basic standard is that sources independent of the company have written about the company. Are there any articles in newspapers/trade magazines/journals articles about the company? -- GB fan 23:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Kreuz Leverkusen

Hi. Just trying to figure out how to do it correctly. Who was the other significant contributor? The only other two edits on the page were two link repairs. The other large edit was sending it to AfD. Did I miss something? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:53, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Someone nominating at AFD and the contributions there are a significant contribution. The only possible option for this is to nominate it at WP:AFD again. -- GB fan 12:56, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Did not understand that. Will remember for the future. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thank you for your civil comments and consistent assumption of good faith on a recently retired user's talk page -- samtar whisper 16:38, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Especially given I, regrettably, cannot say the same about my actions -- samtar ^whisper 16:40, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

RfA

Hi GB. You're the last person whose judgement I would doubt, but I do think this close was a bit premature. We need to clean up RfA in order to get more candidates of this quality and we need to get our message across. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:25, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

If you think it should be reopened, you can. I have no problems with it. It just seemed to be going down hill not really discussing the problem any longer. -- GB fan 20:33, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Update, have decided to reopen it myself as a premature close. -- GB fan 20:50, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Just noticed someone else closed it. -- GB fan 21:18, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

About Ahmed Fathey deleted article

Hi, I was shocked by the speedy action against the my today article about Ahmed Fathey. I am in support of retrieving the article because Wiki is not rich in its articles about Yemen , Yemen culture and arts. To enrich this side, I recommend keeping this article about Ahmed Fathi (Spelling should be corrected to Fathi) as he is well known as one of the main musicians in Yemen and the Arab World. Ahmed Fathi is known internationally and by googling this name thousands of results appear specially in Nobel concert. However, the articles needs more improvement and Wiki should be more open to the other cultures including the Middle East.--Mohammed.Almussaabi (talk) 15:52, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

The article is available at Draft:Ahmed Fathi for you to work on. -- GB fan 16:17, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, GB fan the article is ready now. Please check and arrange to move it from drafts. Another help please;there are two persons with the same name on wiki : Ahmed Fathi (Egyptian footballer) and Ahmed Fathi (my article). Many Thanks. --Mohammed.Almussaabi (talk) 08:03, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Reminiscing about the good days when I was still a newbie, not even autoconfirmed

I saw you pop in on BN, and it got me reminiscing about when I was very new to the project as user. You were one of the first editors I encountered, and very helpful as well. Here's to good times. :-)—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 21:37, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

That has been a while. Sometimes it is good to go back and look at old edits. -- GB fan 01:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

The incident regarding the RfC will also be something I will look back on, and reflect. "My...how ignorant I was back then." :p Wow, I've changed so much over the last four years (wow it's been that long already). I used to be so overly ambitious about becoming an admin, an oversighter, a CU, and pretty much everything else on Wikipedia. I was a hat collector back then, in a manner of speaking. I've gotten myself blocked for oversight concerns, and needed BASC to get out of it. Now I'm well known botop, working on one of the biggest bot projects with the WMF and IA, next to ClueBot NG. I'm also an ACCer, where I continued to grow and learn. At ACC I've learned to control unthought impulses, one of which got me indefinitely suspended. I did manage to rejoin the team and my learning hasn't stopped there. I've learned to own up to mistakes more easily, work on my communication skills. I've learned to be less stubborn, be more reasonable, and be more level-headed. And today, to never close major RfCs early and better analyze the consequences of closing an RfC as a non-admin. I may cause unintended disruptions every now and then, but I learn from them and keep improving, and I will keep learning as I continue to contribute to Wikipedia.—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 02:01, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

When I first encountered you, you were pretty much a user like me. I hope you stick around Wikipedia for many more years. :-)—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 17:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

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Antalya Homes - Page

Hello,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antalya_Homes what is the reason for the deletion of the page? We broke the rules I'd appreciate it if you could specify the points. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinqdom (talk • contribs) 19:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

There are two reasons I deleted the article. First the page did not in any way explain what was significant about the company. The second reason is that the article reads like you are advertising the company or should I say your company. The advertising portion is the hardest part for someone connected to a company to overcome. You want your company to come across the best it can. The article looked like it could have been taken from the company's website. This is the main reason we highly recommend anyone associated with a company to not contribute to an article about the company. -- GB fan 20:02, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

James Francis Gallatin

Apologies regarding the mix up with deletion process in Twinkle. I intended to select nominate for deletion to start a discussion and chose the wrong option. Cubbie15fan (talk) 01:00, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem. -- GB fan 01:21, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Vandal

I reverted, and revdel'd some vandalism here. I will leave it to you to decide if you want oversight. It was rather nasty and they were changing IPs so I semi-protected your page. HighInBC 15:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

And now they are on my archives. -- GB fan 15:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Restore the deleted page - TPConnects

Seeks your assistance to restore the page TPConnects based on the following references

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because it is listed on International Air Transport Association (IATA) website (https://www.iata.org/whatwedo/airline-distribution/ndc/pages/default.aspx) under deployments tab and under Info Tab within Rotana Jet case study

More articles are available on the following links

http://cdn.nowmedia.co.za/NowMedia/ebrochures/TNW/Standard/TNW-Issue-2373-28October2015.pdf

http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=26153

https://www.zawya.com/story/TPConnects_first_IT_Vendor_and_Aggregator_to_attain_dual_NDC_Level_3certification_from_IATA_for_the_latest_PADIS_Publication_152_Schemas-ZAWYA20151221062742/

http://www.travolution.co.uk/articles/2015/09/23/13514/tpconnects-unveils-new-aggregator-platform-based-on-ndc-standards.html

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tpconnects-first-airline-customer-now-134500540.html

http://tradearabia.com/news/TTN_282162.html TPConnects (talk) 05:15, 24 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TPConnects (talk • contribs)

The number of places TPConnects is mentioned has nothing to do with if the article that was deleted is promotional. The article was filled with promotional language. The article will not be undeleted. -- GB fan 12:58, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Objection to delete

Why did you delete Norma O'Hara Murphy page. Norma is my partner of some 28 years all information is accurate. I was in the process of setting up her page. Norma is probably the best female songwriter in Australia. she been Celtic artist of the year 2014. She has 5 Golden Guitars plus many other awards. Your delete is unacceptable.

look at www.normaoharamurphy.net a site which is maintained b y Norma herself.

Phil Buddle philbuddleoptusnet.com.au President & Station manager of 4SDB a community Radio Station in Warwick Qld Australia www.4sdb.com.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.181.143.244 (talk) 22:24, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

I have restored the article as a draft, you can find it at Draft:Norma OHara Murphy. What you wrote had none of the information you claim above. -- GB fan 23:24, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

2016

	Happy New Year 2016!
	Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unneccessary blisters.    – Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:45, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, GB fan!

Happy New Year!

GB fan,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:36, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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By the way, did you know that this edit was the last edit made in 2015, and this is the first edit of 2016? (Times in UTC, of course). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:36, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Blocking alt when blocked for NLT?

Hi GB fan, hope you had a good Christmas - you recently blocked Alvin the Almighty for a NLT violation. In situations like this are alternative accounts also blocked? Admiral Alvin is the alt. in question. Thanks -- samtar ^whisper 14:51, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I normally wouldn't block the alternate account also, but if it becomes active prior to the block being lifted then that is block evasion and the account will be blocked. -- GB fan 14:58, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification :) -- samtar ^whisper 15:00, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I indeffed the alt for evasion. BethNaught (talk) 10:47, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, definitely block evasion. Was hoping it wouldn't happen and that would show a little hopes that he learned, but I guess not. -- GB fan 11:34, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

BLP on Carrie Keranen

I've restored the newspaper source regarding Carrie. Her presence on that show is confirmed by her image archived in Getty images. I still believe the Facebook post is legit as a reliable source per WP:SELFPUB. It is posted by the production company for that movie she starred in. Calculating her birth year based on the month and day along with the article is covered by WP:CALC. It is only recently contested because a relatively new user does not want her DOB published as seen on my talk page. [14] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:09, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Philippe di Bozo

I have no knowledge of this, sorry.

Picknick99 (talk) 22:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Picknick99, Are you are saying is that you did not add the speedy deletion tag to the article or are you saying something else. -- GB fan 01:13, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Request for help evaluating legal threat

I would appreciate your help in evaluating a message on my talk page and advising what, if anything, should be done. I thought this might be a better way to handle this than immediately posting on the administrators' notice board for incidents. I noticed that you had worked on this type of issue recently.

New User:Rbullock16 added the name Robert Bullock to the list of producers of No New Friends. I reverted the edit as an editing test because the edit included ref tags with not content, a supposed ref with an url which leads to no article and the name was similar to the user name, which was suspicious. It was a first edit so I thought a mild notice was in order. That often seems to stop disruptive editors when they see someone is watching and it does not unduly aggravate them, or good faith editors for that matter. Occasionally, someone will challenge the revert and support their edit, often with sources or an explanation not previously provided.

The user left a message on my user talk page stating how he had an oral agreement about producing the record and was not getting credit for it. He also invited me to e-mail him. The only reference I found to the producers of the song/video was http://www.lilwaynehq.com/2013/04/dj-khaled-no-new-friends-feat-lil-wayne-drake-rick-ross/, which does not name him. I left a response citing Wikipedia policies about sourcing and providing several links. He responded not by providing any reliable source for his claim but by saying he will take his claim "higher up", whatever that means, and by litigation if necessary. I then tried to trace the name Robert Bullock on Google and Duck Duck Go. I found a single entry from 2013 on a Twitter account for Robert Bullock in which a young man (pictured with a girl) claimed to be a music producer, with no details. There is at least one other person on Facebook with the same name but I found no details. That's it. That is probably why the person cannot provide a source, because there does not seem to be one.

Again, please advise what, if anything, should be done about this, including whether it should be posted on the noticeboard. I cannot tell whether the litigation threat is against Wikipedia, Wikipedia editors or even the persons who have not given him the credit he states he deserves. I also am not sure the threat is credible since I found nothing in my research to show the claim has been publicly asserted or mentioned in any sort of source. I tend to discount this as something of a bluff. However, I thought it better not to ignore this but to have it disclosed and evaluated.

This came up as part of a Huggle session, not because I was watching the article, FWIW. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Donner60, I do not believe the talk about litigation is against anyone at Wikipedia. To me this, "Forgive me, Donner. I'll go up & get the situation rectified, by litigation if necessary, ..." reads that he is going to go somewhere else and rectify the situation and if he needs to, by litigation. I will engage with Rbullock16 on his talk page and try to clear this up. If you see anything more let me know or raise it at ANI. -- GB fan 11:48, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. User:RBullock16 put a further message on my talk page after you left your message for him. He states that he did not mean to say that he would pursue litigation against Wikipedia or its editors but against the persons denying him the credit for his work. I left the following reply.

"I appreciate the further explanation and the working link. I wish the link had worked initially because that would have prevented much misunderstanding here and narrowed our discussion. Since I could not find your page or other information in an independent search, I suspected your claim may not be valid. I note that you are a legitimate producer and do have a claim to some credit for the original music. However, as noted, I could find no independent verification of those facts. That is not to say there is none but Wikipedia does require sourcing for claims likely to be disputed and does not accept blogs or web sites of the subjects as reliable (neutral) sources.

"FWIW, you obviously are not the person I discovered with the Twitter account under the same name who claimed to be a producer in their only entry.

"I brought up your second comments to an administrator because of Wikipedia's policy on legal threats. I probably was not entirely clear but I thought your point was that you would pursue the people who were not giving you the credit you deserve. However, this was too important to let go if in fact you meant something else. On the other hand, I thought I would be cautious about this and not open it up to everyone on Wikipedia who decided to look at the noticeboard.

"I hope you get the credit you deserve and can add something to the article when you can source it independently."

Thank you for your adept handling of the matter. I think this should close it. Donner60 (talk) 23:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for taking care of the RevDel I requested at Daniel Cohn-Bendit. 107.10.236.42 (talk) 06:52, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

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User subpage Restoration request

Hi. Would you please be able to recreate User:Blethering Scot/Mrs Henderson Presents for me. It is one you previously deleted at my request. Thanks in advance.Blethering Scot 21:11, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done -- GB fan 21:17, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Re VoteBurda

I think that the IP 71.175.7.104 may be the same person as that user. I wouldn't say they are socking, maybe just attempting to not use their original username, but I'm not sure if the block needs to be carried over(if for promotion). 331dot (talk) 17:02, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

At this point I won't do anything with the IP. My block encourages them to create a new account so they can edit. The page will need to be monitored to see if they get it or not. -- GB fan 17:07, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

No problem at all. I just didn't know what you knew or what was typically done for something like this. Thanks 331dot (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Xeltek page deletion

Hi, I can see that you deleted the page that I was trying to create while I was editing it, and I clearly stated in the comments that I'm still working on it. How can you know how the page is going to look like and the relevance of it, before it finishes? Does it mean that it is better to provide information about the topic as much as possible before publishing the first version?

Best regards, Fred — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fc80171 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 7 January 2016‎

Fc80171, I have restored the article you created and moved it to the Draft namesapce so you have the ability to work on it. You can find it at Draft:Xeltek. -- GB fan 20:45, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fc80171 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 7 January 2016‎ (UTC)

Hi you just deleted my page again, without giving any explanation. This is really really disencouraging. I am trying to expand articles about device programming companies on Wikipedia, but you seem not to like it. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I have examined other device programming company articles here, and from my understanding the article is similar to those. Xeltek introduced stand-alone programming to the universal programmer industry, and that alone provides the encyclopedic content, that some other related articles don't have. Fc80171 (talk) 23:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

I did not delete your article. I moved it to the correct namespace and deleted a redirect. You can find it at Xeltek. -- GB fan 23:31, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Need verification on my deleted page

Hi GB Fan,

I have just got my page Holiday Beach Danang Hotel & Resort deleted by you. Please give me the details about the deletion and spot the promotional words or phrases I have on the page.

Regards,

Bryanbaophan (talk) 14:57, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

An article does not have to have any "promotional words or phrases" to be promotional. As you state on your talk page this is your company and everything on the page is what a company would have on their web page. Having distances to local attractions is advertising how easy it is for tourists to stay at your hotel and get places. If you disagree with my deletion the next step is to take it to deletion review. -- GB fan 15:10, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Media Orb Deletion

Hi GB Fan,

Sorry for the delete of our Media Orb company page. I am trying to source news articles to add as references for our page. In terms of significance I have read some guidelines and I'm not sure what else I could/should add for inclusion. If you could provide any additional guidance this would be greatly appreciated.

Have a great day Best Sam Seljones (talk) 13:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

It is really very simple what you need to have an article on Wikipedia. You need to be able to provide multiple (at least 2) reliable sources that are independent (written by people not connected to the company and published by an entity that has a history of fact checking) and provide significant coverage (not just a mention that the company does something). -- GB fan 14:04, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

...for 'unblocking' me (and several others it seems...) after the block template was put on my talk page (by a non-admin!) Mike1901 (talk) 18:44, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

YW, it didn't look like a valid block to me. I wish I had known before I became an admin that all I had to do was put a block template on a page to block the account. It would have made it so I didn't have to go through the RFA. -- GB fan 20:48, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Okay.... but

Your reversion is noted, but to my understanding redlinks are used to encourage new articles. Am I wrong? Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 23:28, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes red links are used to encourage new articles. You should look two sections down from your link above and also read the section it links to, MOS:DABRL. Disambiguation pages are different from articles and that is what you added your red link to. -- GB fan 01:06, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Whoops

Sorry, didn't notice. But there were some IP edits in my defense. Krett12 (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Krett12, that isn't a defense. The last edit before you edited the draft was made a year and a half ago. You reverted to a version that is almost 3 years old. That version was when it was in the main space as an article. After that version it was nominated for deletion and the outcome of the AFD was to covert it to a userspace draft. You need to stop, look at the situation and then look again before reverting and warning. You make way to mistakes and if you continue you will be blocked here also. -- GB fan 02:43, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Tha Underworld Followed

Hi,

I see you declined my speedy deletion proposition on Tha Underworld Followed. This article fails WP:NALBUMS and WP:RS. There's not enough information on the internet about this album. All text there is just copied from Allmusic and there's no review done by them. Tracklist is nowhere to be found. Help me in choosing the right criteria for speedy deletion. – Sabbatino (talk) 17:48, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Sabbatino, the speedy deletion criterion you added said that the article did not have enough content to understand what the article is about. You obviously know what the article is about. There is no speedy deletion criterion that can be used to delete the article. You do have some other options though. You could redirect it to Arabian Prince#Solo. You would just replace the content of the article with, #REDIRECT [[Arabian Prince#Solo]]. If you think the article should be deleted rather than redirected you will need to either nominate it using WP:PROD or WP:AFD. -- GB fan 18:38, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

I used that criteria, because I wasn't really sure which one should I use. I thought about redirecting the article, but wanted to see other options in dealing with this issue. Thanks anyway. – Sabbatino (talk) 18:45, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Please rethink declining these CSDs

Hi, I'd like you to rethink the declining of those CSDs I nominated. When I nominated them for deletion, the creator of the page was already notified that the page was/was going to be moved. Could you please delete these pages? Please note that all the other pages I nominated were deleted.

List of pages

User:Burnswiki2/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Concord Montessori School, notified Burnswiki2 (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Infospec52/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Glen Cove Christian Academy, notified Infospec52 (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Lucasjmonaco/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Crooked Beat Records, notified Lucasjmonaco (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Dondwiki440/Jim M. Baker (previously User:Jimmbaker/Jim M. Baker) - Moved to Draft:Jim M. Baker, notified Dondwiki440 (talk · contribs) (previously Jimmbaker (talk · contribs)) about the move.
User:Treespin/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Bernard Moore, notified Treespin (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Pasaka1010/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Grace Maumbe, notified Pasaka1010 (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Spalunka/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Patrick Wiszowaty, notified Spalunka (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Tnccminority/sandbox - Moved to Draft:J. Aslam Basha, notified Tnccminority (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Kier.bee/Asha's Mums - Moved to Draft:Asha’s Mums, notified Kier.bee (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Bigguy9997/S5 Xraazyy - Moved to Draft:Xraazyy, did not notify Bigguy9997 (talk · contribs) about the move, although I did tell them about the process.
User:Lagula/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Ben Ellman (2), notified Lagula (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Kaliyugan/sandbox/Tamil Eelam Cricket - Moved to Draft:Tamil Eelam Cricket, notified Kaliyugan (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Rustberg/sandbox - Moved to Draft:Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, notified Rustberg (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Tainnietham/sandbox/Sistem RKK - Moved to Draft:Sistem RKK, notified Tainnietham (talk · contribs) about the move.
User:Uql earthsci/Ethel raybould - Moved to Draft:Ethel Raybould, notified Uql earthsci (talk · contribs) about the move.
Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:06, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Anarchyte, I am always open to relooking at deletions or declines. I relooked through the reasons to delete a redirect and do not see any of those reasons that fit these redirects. I also relooked at the the speedy deletion criterion and do not see any that fit. Looking back through the redirects, I also see that I am not the only admin that is telling you that there is declining the speedy deletion of these redirects, Graeme Bartlett has also declined some of the redirects on your list above. If you can explain how having these redirects harms the encyclopedia or removing them helps the encyclopedia I would be willing to look again. With the information you have provided, I stand by my decision to not delete these redirects. -- GB fan 11:38, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

I didnot see any policy either for deleting the redirects, and I thought it could be good for the person who has written the page to still be able to follow the redirect to see the page they wrote before. Most of the writers here are not experienced, and could easily lose their page if it is moved. Just because their watchlist is updated, or their talk page has a not does not mean that they know how to use those mechanisms to navigate. However I do have a bit of sympathy to a G7 deletion if someone created a redirect, but becuase of the trouble caused to the newby writers, I think it is better to retain these sort of redirect created by moving some one elses userpage draft to article space. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Sarah M. Baker

The author of Sarah M. Baker, a page you speedily deleted earlier today, has reinstated the page without changes. ubiquity (talk) 20:10, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Same edits after the block

Sallekhana- Kindly see these edits: pushing POV and controversial addition. He has broke the 3RR rule again. Three editors have reverted his edits. I have made one revert. Nobody (except him) has supported the addition of "navbox" on the talk page. -Nimit (talk) 11:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm POV pushing am I? I'm not the one removing factual content from articles without consensus to make them conform to my religious beliefs.GideonF (talk) 11:46, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Please avoid WP:EDITWAR GideonF. You have been warned before for the same. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 11:48, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

If you refuse to discuss your changes on the talk page, what choice do I have but to revert them?GideonF (talk) 11:56, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Factual? You are just adding the "navbox" and your POV word "suicide". Nevertheless, four editors (Strawberry4Ever, Capankajsmilyo, Maproom, जैन) have shown clear objection to your edits and you've broke the 3RR rule. Consensus is clearly against you and still you've guts to revert edits of other users (bragging about consensus).-Nimit (talk) 12:34, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Edits by GideonF

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by जैन (talk • contribs) 15:21, 12 February 2016‎ (UTC)

Thankyou

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thanks a lot for protecting Sallekhana and taking admin action on user engaging in WP:EDITWAR -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 15:30, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

February 2016

It's unfortunate that you've chosen to side with the parties attempting to push through changes without debate on the talk page.GideonF (talk) 15:22, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

I am not siding with either side. I am stopping the disruption caused by edit warring. You just came off a block for edit warring and sent right back to it. If you continue you will be responsible for being blocked. -- GB fan 15:51, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Heads up about Ron Lugbill

I saw you responded to the request on the WP:BLP board about Ron Lugbill. Apparently we've got someone in New York who's upset with him, I'm pretty sure it's the same person, however, I'd like to point out that this indivual has chosen to WP:OUT an IP as being Ron Lugbill himself | in this diff , I don't know if it really was him, BUT, it's still outing. The user doing the outing has operated from 76.67.176.241 - which is Road Runner in Rochester NY ( per geolocate ), he's operated from an IPV6 address of 2600:1017:b129:b9f1:9464:dafc:6461:2d29 which is a New York Cell provider (also in New York) and from 207.29.42.2 which is the Unified court system of New York. I'm thinking a block for outing needs to happen and the edit itself need to be revdel'd. I thought I'd bring it to your attention since you've already removed an edit out of that article. thanks! KoshVorlon 17:21, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocking IPs at this point does not make a lot of sense to me even though the same IP has made multiple edits over a period of time. I have semi-protected the article as not a single good edit has come from an IP. I am not convinced we need to revdel any edits. If we end up removing them must of the history would need to go as the information is littered throughout the history. -- GB fan 18:36, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Finerd

Hi, Can you explain why you decided to delete the article Finerd? I can't find a reason other than "A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject". How do you determine the importance, please? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.207.130.125 (talk) 15:35, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

I read the article and did not see anything that said there was anything significant about the company. I have reread it and still do not see anything that says the company is significant. The article tells me it is an automated investment management services firm. There are many investment management services firms in the world, that does not make this one significant. The article told me that it was one of the first financial technology startups with a specific product for the Islamic market. One of the first is not significant, the "only one" may be but that is not what it said. The whole history section, "Finerd was founded in 2015." nothing significant about being founded in 2015. The infobox didn't help either, being founded in Dubai, not significant, having between 11 and 50 employees not significant. That is everything the article said about the company. I also read what you left on the article's talk page to contest the deletion, that didn't help either. Being an existing regulated entity serving clients in 3 countries is not significant. You also said "This article needs more content, not deletion." There was plenty of time from when you wrote that until I deleted it to add more content as I deleted the article over 28 hours after you wrote that and over 8 hours after you last edited the article. If you think the company meets our WP:Notability guidelines then the best thins to do is to start the article using the Article wizard in the Draft namespace. That will give you time to work on the article without being quickly deleted. I suggest though that you read our WP:Notability guidelines, and since this is a company you should also read the one specifically about them, WP:CORP. Another goo thing to read is Wikipedia:Your first article, it explains about our guidelines and what an article needs to survive. -- GB fan 16:04, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Mark Fitzgibbon Deletion

Hi there. Mark is locally known and has a youtube channel where he uploads his vlogs. I'm trying to inform people of who various people are that is locally known. I do not understand why you want to delete the page as I'm just presenting information other people might need it for research. BTW : lesser known people also appear on wikipedia. Alridge (talk) 15:35, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

If I gather more information, will it be possible to recreate the page fully updated with the information? Alridge (talk) 15:41, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

I deleted the article because the article did not explain what was significant about him. Being a locally known youtuber is not a claim to significance. Wikipedia does not include articles that try to help the subject become bigger. What you would need to provide to have an article about him is to show multiple articles in reliable sources that significantly discuss him. These could be newspaper articles about him, books about him or provide significant coverage of him. Personal knowledge or information from his youtube channel do not qualify. It is always possible to create an article if you can find enough information in the right kinds of sources. You might read Wikipedia:Your first article to get a better understanding of the requirements. -- GB fan 16:17, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocked user Bosnipedian is back

Under the guise of User:77.238.216.4. See this diff. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 03:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Someone else got that one, I got another one today. I have protected the article, that will stop him. -- GB fan 22:06, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Page deletion

Hello. I was very disappointed to see that the page created for me was deleted on the grounds that my work is apparently not significant enough. I have spent a lifetime in music, both as concert pianist who has performed at major stages, and as historical musicologist. I am the first biographer of the impressionist composer Jean Cras, and currently working on recordings and my fourth book. I have noted the Wiki pages of many pianists who have not come as far as I have and can't understand the reason for this decision.

The first attempt to create a Wikipedia page failed, as the rules were not clear to the person who was creating it, and for this we apologized. The material submitted a few days ago was purely factual.

I would appreciate a revision of this decision.

Thank you.

Paul-André Bempéchat Artist-in-Residence, Leverett House Harvard University — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dohnanyi2 (talk • contribs) 12:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

I have asked another admin to look at the article. -- GB fan 00:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Page overflow

Hello. Actually, your page User:GB fan/Dashboard is above the template_include_size_limit. The result is that the bottom of the page is not correctly displayed. Maybe, you should consider substituting {{Admin dashboard}} instead of transcluding. Best regards. Pldx1 (talk) 13:19, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

thanks for letting me know, it happens from time to time. It is fine the way it is. -- GB fan 14:21, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

db-u1

That was... extremely quick! Thanks. :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your prize!) 15:14, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Just happened to hit the que at the right time. yw. -- GB fan 15:21, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

there is a discussion taking place elsewhere in which the sugggestion has been made that your action, accidentally or otherwise, has aided a user to conceal evidence of extremely right-wing views; which have already been noted an WP:ANI. Ciao. 79.68.139.189 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:41, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Slamber City

I have seen that you have deleted a page called Slamber City and I was just curious why you have done so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by M7+2=M9 (talk • contribs) 22:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

I deleted it becausethere was not enough information to understand what the article wa about. -- GB fan 23:57, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Regarding the changes to the article on Cross Laminated Timber

Hej!

I'm not sure how to contact you regarding the changes to "Cross laminated timber" from March 4th. You reverted my changes, arguing that "This is unsourced and the redirected article appears to include cross laminated."

Well, you're right it _appears_ to include cross laminated timber (CLT) while it actually does not do that. The only reference is in section "U.S. manufacturing" where nothing is written about CLT, it's buildup etc. Only that some company is producing it. In addition, this whole section is marked as "not optimal" (not to put it worse).

I'd like to see to revert to my versions since they actually contain information about CLT while the current one does not help at all. And I mean it so, currently, no information about CLT is to be found on the English Wikipedia.

My additions may not be perfect but they are absolutely not wrong and give a first idea what this is. While the current reference to GLT does not.

Kindly John Jackson — Preceding unsigned comment added by John.jackson (talk • contribs) 14:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

I have restored the article as I found a source that says they are different. That is all you would have needed to do, provide a source. -- GB fan 21:47, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NewsCorpABC

Although I haven't taken any action yet, there's no doubt that the two accounts are the same person. However, the CU has taken a twist that I'm having trouble with and could use some help with a behavioral analysis.

See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SpellChecker NYC, which I've put on hold. Assume for the moment that the accounts at that case and at the NewsCorpABC case are  Technically indistinguishable. The technical evidence is very strong, but I'm having trouble with the behavioral connections. One thing that's obvious is the username similarity between the two masters. The only other non-technical thing I can see is one of the main focuses of the other master and his socks is to Louise Glover, an article about a so-called glamor model. Some of the articles edited by the NewsCorpABC accounts are to Marla Maples and Ivana Trump, who are arguably similar to Glover, although I'm hardly an expert on such things.

The accounts linked to the other master have been editing longer and have more history. Despite a focus on Glover and one other article, they have more breadth than the two accounts at the case you initiated. Also, the disruption isn't as obvious, although it's certainly sufficient to constitute sock puppetry. For the purpose of comparing them, you might look at Cambridge UpWriter as he has many edits to many articles. If you wish, you can also look at other accounts listed at that case, although I haven't myself looked at the stale accounts.

You obviously aren't required to do this work, but I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know, either way, whether you have the time and are willing. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

I am on mobile right now, so it would be difficult, I will be able to look in a few hours. -- GB fan 17:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Bbb23, I took some time to look at the editors from the two different SPIs. I do not see a clear behavioral link between the two groups of editors and would never connect them that way. Looking strictly at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SpellChecker NYC, I believe the first three are related. The next two users do not appear to be related to the first three or to each other. The IP is so stale I didn't even compare it to anything. -- GB fan 23:46, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:17, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Balkan cuisine

Hi there. I've come across the deletion of the "Balkan cuisine" article as a result of the various redlinks that are left. I was wondering if you thought it would be better simply to remove the redlinks, or alternatively to recreate the page as a disambiguation page linking to the culinary articles for the various Balkan countries. Polly Tunnel (talk) 11:37, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

I just deleted an expired Prod, I do not know the background on the article or the inclination to do the research right now. You might try talking to the editor that proposed the article for deletion, Damianmx. -- GB fan 13:27, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

hello. i did you take the deletion tag and merge tag. didn't you watch that the article kottucheri is already made with correct spelling as "kottucherry". i have made the article little large than that article.so add it for speedy deletion. request wiki tamil 100 11:15, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

observe the message and answer me in time wiki tamil 100 11:17, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

To begin with WP:G7 only applies if the original and only significant contributor requests the deletion. Since you had never edited the article before you could not have been the original and only significant contributor to the article. Therefore WP:G7 does not apply. Next, you have created work by creating a new article with a different spelling about the same community. The proper way to change the name of an article is to move it to the new name, not create a new article and delete the old one. It isn't really evident from the one source that is on both articles what the correct spelling is. It is spelled as Kottucherri, Kottucherri Commune, Kottucherry Commune and Kottucherry in the one source. Thew article I declined the speedy delete on is not spelled either way, Kottucheri, the spelling on the article you created is the same as the source Kottucherry. What I have done is to history merge the two articles together at your new name. If it needs to be changed to something else we can fix that later. -- GB fan

Socking

Socking on the Libby Schaaf article by new account User:Izzane10. Elaenia (talk) 16:37, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't surprise me that the socking occurred. Someone else, blocked them and the article is now protected. -- GB fan 18:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

User:Miskonius

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I just removed the speedy deletion tag from User:Miskonius. Apparently my edit conflicted with your deletion.

It is my view that an attempted COI disclosure, even if not perfect in form, cannot reasonably be construed as blatantly promotional. Please restore this page. DES ^(talk) 22:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Strongly disagree, a COI or paid-editing disclosure needs to have the words "conflict of interest" or "paid" in it- that userpage just said he worked for a company, and spammed a link to the company, and their address. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:28, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

It was, nonetheless, a reasonable attempt at declaring his COI, Joseph2302. It would have been easy to explain to Miskonius exactly how to declare a paid COI. If you really felt that the link was "spam" in that connection (I think it is a reasonable way to identify the employer in question) you could have asked him to remove it. WP:CSD#G11 "applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic." Removal of one link and one address, even if judged essential, does not constitute a "fundamental rewrite". And even if it did, why not try asking first? The user had been responsive to the gjuidance he had received so far, to the best of my understanding. This sort of thing is exactly what WP:BITE is about. I am prepared to take the deletion to WP:DRV if i must -- I won't wheel-war by simply undeleting.

GB fan, I trust that this makes my view clear, but feel free to ping me or post on my talk page if you have any questions about my view on this matter, or to let me know your reaction, please. DES ^(talk) 00:07, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

DES If I may add, I found disclosing the company's site important since the company does not have a Wikipedia page and it is not linked within the article. Phone number was put for the case if someone wants to validate me because this also could be the case of false impersonation. Saying that I work for this or that company does not make me valid per se and it does not make it true. Such claims need to be proven or at least there should be provided sufficient info in case someone wants to validate me.

What if, f.e. I was a hired by a competitor company to trash KillDisk and Lsoft on Wikipedia and I havent provided a single reference that could be checked? Miskonius (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Block evasion 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:*

Hi GB fan, re your recent block of ip 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:C170:43B9:A09D:76D1 as block evasion of ip 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:1D8:EEEE:CA1E:EB63 (blocked by Kinu), I had a look at the contribs of 2001:4C50:19F:9C00.*. Looking at their edits, edit summaries and style, it looks like they're all one and the same person. For instance:

• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:FD22:9DD6:8084:28E0, 22 Mar 2016
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:14C7:5439:D452:2E1C 18, 20 Mar
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:29C4:B8A4:FE0C:991A 18 Mar 2016
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:9199:E297:E0BC:F1D 15, 16, 17 Mar 2016
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:11BD:D1CC:C8C8:EE65 14 Mar 2016
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:711A:B5D1:E0FB:40C2 13 Mar 2016
• 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:2CF8:FB3:E1B0:79FA 12 Mar 2016

I guess that technically the one on top of the list is in block evasion? - DVdm (talk) 22:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

It probably was block evasion but it appears they have moved on. -- GB fan 23:47, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Not really moved on far away: [15] :-) - DVdm (talk) 12:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

When I said "it appears they have moved on" I was specifically talking about 2001:4C50:19F:9C00:FD22:9DD6:8084:28E0 moving onto a new IP address and there being no need top block the IP because of that. -- GB fan 12:17, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah, indeed. It looks like they're going on a rampage again. Bizarre. - DVdm (talk) 12:28, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't know if a range block is viable to stop them and I am not knowledgeable of range blocks so I don't do them. You might want to see if anyone listed here is available to look at this. -- GB fan 12:33, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok, we'll see how it evolves. Meanwhile it seems that they "ignore blocks" anyway. I was tempted to undo their edits, but decided not to rush it. By now I notice that others already took care of that—thanks, JamesBWatson. Up to the next move—perhaps they should appeal to Angela Merkel . Cheers & thx. - DVdm (talk) 12:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

I saw that post also as I was cleaning up some of their edits. It is very obvious from their edits that they could care less about the policies here. I am sure we will see them again. -- GB fan 12:54, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

CSI

You reverted my edits to CSI because of the piping, but there were other changes I had made (moving Coke Studio India into television, adding CSI: The Experience and CSI effect, removing the Retail section with only one entry which went into Other uses, linking the China Securities Index, moving some out-of-alphabetical order listings) and you reverted them also. I removed my piping from the links and re-edited the page. 99.155.194.19 (talk) 20:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

yes I did. I wasn't going to go through and try to fix all of your mistakes. -- GB fan 20:49, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Unarchiving closed SPI cases

Hi GB Fan, you recently unarchived a couple of SPI cases I had archived ([16][17]) stating that they hadn't been closed. But in both cases, the case status had been set to closed. You can see this by looking at the markup {{SPI case status|close}}. Salvidrim! has since re-archived both, but I'm just wondering if there's some other action that you expected to be done prior to archiving that I'm missing here? TDL (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I apologize. I don't know what I was looking at when I did that, they were closed. -- GB fan 16:13, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

OK great, just didn't want to miss something. TDL (talk) 03:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hello GB fan - I note your recent edits at Powers Catholic High School. Thank you for your work there. I wonder if you might be willing to leave a talk page message for Dark0mm112 (either on their user talk or on the talk page of the article). This user, who appears to have re-added similarly removed materials in the past, has limited activity and probably does not have a good grounding on why you are making the changes you are making. Your edit summaries are pretty clear, of course, which should be helpful. Thanks again for your edits on this article. Risker (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I have been away for a day or so. Will look at the article again and try to give them some guidance. -- GB fan 10:50, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Editor who said he would maintain distance, comes AGAIN!

Calling your attention to this.--MaranoFan (talk) 13:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

MaranoFan, Before I go any further, I will draw your attention to this. I would suggest you go immediately and revert that removal. There is no reason for you to remove the post. -- GB fan 13:13, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

No, there is. I don't want people gossiping about me.--MaranoFan (talk) 13:14, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

That is not a valid reason to remove comments from another users talk page. If you don't revert, I will. -- GB fan 13:17, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

MaranoFan, I see it has already been reverted by another user. If you remove a post like that again you will be blocked. -- GB fan 13:18, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

You aren't an administrator, don't try to give me a threat.--MaranoFan (talk) 13:31, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

MaranoFan, I am an administrator, not a threat, a promise. -- GB fan 13:36, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Why would I be blocked because I don't like people gossiping about me? Chill. The edit has been restored.--MaranoFan (talk) 13:37, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

MaranoFan, if you don't want people gossiping about you and you believe it constitutes harassment, take it to ANI (as you have). Do not remove posts from others talk pages if the only reason is that they are gossiping about you. The block would be for the disruptive editing you would be doing by removing posts. If you don't remove them there is no need for a block, it is all up to you. -- GB fan 13:46, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

And since you are an admin, can you please join the discussion at ANI?--MaranoFan (talk) 13:48, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

I will, if and when I am ready to offer an opinion. -- GB fan 13:50, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you.Chjoaygame (talk) 14:52, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, if you want it protected so no one can create it again let me know. -- GB fan 14:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Saherish Surani

I see that you have speedied Saherish Surani, twice, when it had already been speedied, deleted, recreated, and PRODded. This seems excessive – you may want to remove at least one of your Speedy tags. Sorry, it wasn't you. Maproom (talk) 17:44, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Maproom, I did not nominate it for speedy deletion. I just reverted some vandalism. DGG added the A7 nomination and Joseph2302 added the G11 nomination. -- GB fan 17:49, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Sometimes it is better when the edit de-confliction process doesn't work so well. -- GB fan 17:50, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)(talk page watcher) Maproom I know it was me who added the second speedy tag. It's exactly the same article content that had been speedied as spam before, so the spam tag seemed reasonable. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:50, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

And it's been deleted again as a G11. Hate it say it, but I told you do Maproom. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Anthony Beane Jr.

GB fan, On the talk page for Anthony Beane Jr., an article about a college basketball player, I have added reasons why he is significant enough to be included in an encyclopedia and added three reliable sources to back up the information. Due to this I'd like the article to be restored and I will continue to work on the article. Benbr14 (talk) 15:11, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

I have looked at what you put on the talk page and still do not see any claim to significance. I am willing to restore the article as a draft, where you can work on it and then submit it for review. Let me know if you want it restored as a draft. -- GB fan 15:19, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, please do. Maybe I'm confused but in order to meet a credible claim for significance the claim must be reasonably plausible and it might imply something notable. Claiming that Beane has been an all-conference player and third all-time leading scorer at his university are both plausible (and backed up to be true) and to someone researching College basketball, Southern Illinois University, the Missouri Valley Conference or significant Basketball players from Illinois, would find Beane to be significant. Furthermore, as an active player, Beane would increase his significance as his career continues. Similar players to Beane's status would include Fred VanVleet or Desmar Jackson. Thanks. Benbr14 (talk) 15:49, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

 Done It is now available at Draft:Anthony Beane Jr.. -- GB fan 16:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Special thanks to Wiki admin GB fan. you had took off the speedy deletion away from the article. i will expand the article and make it meet all wiki needs. thanks. wiki tamil 100 15:35, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Ryan Zinke

I just started a discussion at Talk:Ryan Zinke#Military career section that you may want to weigh in on. Champaign Supernova (talk) 16:29, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Help me in saving the article - Karaikal Union territory struggle group

A request to you by User:Wiki tamil 100. Please take off the deletion tag from the article Karaikal Union Territory Struggle Group. This is an important article, which must be known to many karaikal people. the struggle must reach its destiny because of some reasons. Comparing to Puducherry, Karaikal is less populated. Puducherry is also the capital of the U.T. taking this as an advantage, many opportunities are given less to karaikal, which makes the city as well as the district dissappoint. so you can help me in some way, taking the tag off. Will you. with respect and kind Wiki tamil 100--wiki tamil 100 16:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Wiki tamil 100, because this is listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karaikal Union Territory Struggle Group, I can not remove the tag until the discussion is closed and that won't be for 6 more days. You have taken the first step in saving the article from deletion, commenting there. The next step is to edit the article. You need to take what reliable sources say about the group and summarize it in the article and include where you got the information as references. I see that you have seen the link for potential sources. I have not looked at it, but if they are good, you shouldn't have any problem saving the article from deletion. -- GB fan 16:25, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. You have helped me a lot when i am editing an article.This is an appreciable thing.--wiki tamil 100 16:28, 14 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki tamil 100 (talk • contribs)

Deletion of Glutamate-gated ion channel

Hi GB fan, I was wondering if you would be willing to undelete Glutamate-gated ion channel. Even though the author requested deletion, I seem to remember that the article was quite a good and well-referenced new article, and don't see that the author has the right to delete it unilaterally. Thanks, astro (talk) 22:41, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

I agree that the original editor does not have complete control over an article even if they are the only significant contributor. In this case though I can't undelete it. The edit right before it was tagged as g7 marked it as potential copyright violation. I don't know if it is a copyright violation but I won't restore what could potentially be copyrighted text. -- GB fan 23:37, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I just noticed the article seems to have popped up again: Glutamate-gated ion channel family. I can't see the deleted article so I don't know if it's the same but if there is a copyright issue that is quite concerning. This article seems to be from a source under the CC-BY-SA however. astro (talk) 23:49, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Also, glutamate-gated ion channel sounds like a better title to me... astro (talk) 23:50, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Matthieu Giroux

Please restore my page. I cannot read the article upon me. I am a GB fan too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthius (talk • contribs) 18:22, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I will not restore what was there. To begin with it wasn't even an article. Also, there was no claim to significance. -- GB fan 18:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

User:SyvounP

Hi, if you check the source code you'll find where the link is. Sometimes, the cross-wiki spammers don't make it obvious when just viewing their userpage. This account has been globally locked, and the pages deleted on the other 4 wikis where it was created; please consider doing so here too as well. If nothing else, please remove the link on the page, though a locked account won't have much need for some generic french forum spam text either. Thanks, Ajraddatz (talk) 15:49, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

I deleted it. It would be helpful in the future, to offer some explanation on these types of cases. -- GB fan 16:01, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

How to request delete?

Hi, I put template "db-u1" in user space page in order to have it cleaned away. Declined with summary:

Decline speedy delete, even though this isn't in any talk namespace it was used as a talk page and those are not deleteable under U1.

What is the appropriate template to use? I have used the template plenty of times for deleting deprecated material, including things that became articles that had talk pages attached to my user space drafts. (Admittedly, this was a dedicated "discussion only" page.)YohanN7 (talk) 08:21, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

There is no speedy deletion criterion that you can use on that page. If you want it deleted, you can nominate it using the WP:MFD process. -- GB fan 11:20, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Okay. I tried another template suggested for user space pages at WP:MFD (whether speedy or not). YohanN7 (talk) 11:31, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Another admin disagreed and deleted it under the u1 criterion. I still do not believe it applies, but will not contest it. -- GB fan 12:33, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Helxine redirect

Hi, I would be grateful if you would have a look at my post at Talk:Helxine. The present redirect needs prior disambiguation. How does one deal with that? Plantsurfer 18:58, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

You can change the redirect to a Wikipedia:Disambiguation page. Nasturtium is an example of a a simple disambiguation page. You can just edit the current redirect to change it to the disambiguation page. If you do change it to a disambiguation page, there is a single article, Esprit Requien , linked to the Helxine page, You will need to make sure it links to the correct page. If you think it should be deleted you will need to nominate it using the WP:RFD process. -- GB fan 19:20, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Sounds like a plan. Plantsurfer 19:50, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Suicide of Amanda Todd

Saw you just blocked an IP editor on Suicide of Amanda Todd. Might I request that their edits be REVDELed as well? RD2 covers it I think. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 20:08, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Looks like you already did it! Sorry for jumping the gun. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 20:08, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

NP, none of that belonged so its gone. Will see if it stops them or if they jump to a new IP. -- GB fan 20:11, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

LeonRaper

Hey - I saw you deleted his U5 page a few minutes ago. I'm trying to work with this guy because I think he might - might - be able to contribute, though probably not about himself. I got into it after somebody reported him to AIV for disruption. There's a whole thing on my talk page (and his) about it, but I've got to go to a doctor's appointment for a couple of hours. Would you watch that discussion and make sure he doesn't go from the edge of the deep end off into the abyss? I'd appreciate it if you could help. Thanks. :-) Katie^talk 18:33, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) KrakatoaKatie In my opinion, it's already gone into the abyss, hence the need for AIV. On the other hand, I'm not going to do anything else now that the AIV has been declined. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Just saw this, he hasn't edited in a couple of hours so no going off the deep end yet. -- GB fan 19:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Daylight saving time

You might want to mention Daylight saving time in the United States to a certain someone... :) --Guy Macon (talk) 22:42, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

RevisionDelete request

Can you please delete these edits for RD2: 720496029 & 720496356. Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:05, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

I removed the diffs. -- GB fan 10:03, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit Warring Board

Hi, please hear me out on this; I wasn't getting worked up over a silly little edit, as one of the unknown IPs contends over the Hall of Game Awards and the 42nd People's Choice Awards; StealthForce and a couple other unknown IPs that said I was getting worked up over nothing don't realize that their edits are false. 2601:601:4002:E260:C55:D9A3:284B:996C (talk) 19:10, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

You need to stop removing others posts and adding your own. If you have something to say add it to the conversation without removing anything. -- GB fan 19:12, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Cutthroat Kitchen and Demarco/DeMarco Ellis.

Hey. How's it going. I made the edit because I found his instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/chefdellis/) and his name is spelled with a lowercase m there. I don't trust the foodnetwork site all that much. They have made mistakes before. They made one involving the upcoming Time Warp Tournament as well. Referring to a contestant as "Jose Rego" when his name is really Joe Rego. So I try to do little bit more research for clarity. In the end it doesn't really matter whether Demarco is spelled with capital M or not. I was just trying to be accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefty112 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Leon Raper

I found this video on youtube of Raper receiving his special recognition award...I suppose this would be enough to add him to the list in the article?? (it appears he posted the video...but that shouldn't make any difference...did he not mention the existence of this video?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3cJ7wm7sTg 68.48.241.158 (talk) 23:26, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't know if he has mentioned it. You would need to figure out if it is a reliable source. I am not going to work on the article any more. -- GB fan 23:58, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

It is the kind of comment that you just responded to on his talk page that has driven most editors away from trying to help him. He wants it his way or no way. -- GB fan 12:25, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Deleted link

Hi, you deleted link to Heterogeneous Compute Compiler here. The reason was "The redlink is not mentioned in any of the (three) bluelinks". The disambiguation page is not meant as reference point and I'm working on the page the reference to you deleted. You are fast, but this is not welcome here I think as it is contraproductive. AMD's HCC compiler is the same as CUDA from Nvidia. --Milan Kerslager (talk) 14:41, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

The page you edited is a disambiguation page. That page is used to list pages that are ambiguous. If the main page is a redlink, then we need a blue link that discusses the concept. In the entry you made the redlink was not mentioned in any of the blue links. You should read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages, this describes how disambiguation pages are designed. Also, when you create an entry on a disambiguation page, it should only have one blue link. If you create the page, add the entry back, but until it has been created or it is discussed in another article it does not belong on that page. -- GB fan 14:48, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

About my WP:CSD tag on Merin Joseph

Hi GB fan,
I didn't read the AfD outcome before I nominated the article for speedy deletion. I made a mistake, and the fault is entirely mine.
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:41, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

W

Hi. Sorry for description in db-reason. Too much green smoked ) Good luck --Mr.Rivermen (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

your revert

You told me not to do this, true (which is a suggestion, fine)..but I don't believe you have any right to force me not to...my contribution is perfectly valid and potentially helpful to a closer (doing leg work for them)...if they know how to interpret other comments they will know how to interpret mine...please respond..point to policy suggesting you can "tell me what to do" in this regard...68.48.241.158 (talk) 16:03, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

It was more than a suggestion, it was a don't do it. The closer did just fine without your comment included in the afd. -- GB fan 16:23, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

are you suggesting you can just tell me what to do? justify your actions beyond "do what I say"...you're an admin, right?68.48.241.158 (talk) 16:29, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Note: I realize you volunteered to follow me around and monitor things (and obviously you have been) but needless to say I've quickly grown less than impressed with you...so I'd appreciate it if you'd cease following me around..obviously I can't insist you do unless your behavior grows toward wikihounding...68.48.241.158 (talk) 19:10, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

• You did not think much of the previous admins who disagreed with you. You don't just get to rotate your admins until you get one you like. It doesn't work like that. HighInBC 19:29, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

my request is totally proper..he can do what he wants so long as it doesn't become hounding..(and, no, I'm not generally impressed with current WP admins)68.48.241.158 (talk) 19:31, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Fair enough. HighInBC 19:33, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

I did not volunteer to follow you around. I created the afd at your request and when I did twinkle added the article and the afd to my watch list, so I was following them not you. I added your talk page to my watcher when I was reviewing the afd and saw a reference to your block. Where else have I edited anything you have? I am not sure why you think I will harass you. -- GB fan 20:41, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

and the closer did a terrible job (it was about 2 minutes between the closing in progress message and the actual closing resulting in the superficial "there was some good opinions on both sides"...ridiculous)..my message may have prompted them to make a better decision...I was beginning to have a positive view of you but your action here is obviously inappropriate..68.48.241.158 (talk) 16:42, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

I had read the AfD in detail and gone over the article last night. This morning I saw it was past the closure time and reviewed it and closed. I know it is not the answer you wanted but I think it is a correct summary of the debate. As I said on my talk page you may seek review of my closure if you like. HighInBC 17:09, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Onecoin‎

Can you help me Dennis feels he rather have misinformation there! OCtruth (talk) 19:02, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

The place to present your case is on the article talk page, Talk:Onecoin‎. When you post there, do not discuss any editor, discuss the content you want changed, explain why it should be removed/changed. Either give reliable sources that verify what you are saying or explain why the sources that are currently being used are not reliable. -- GB fan 19:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks :) See if Dennis said this I dont do what i did, but appreciate you helping me with this, ive been to youtube im trying to find videos to make it so i can learn how to edit and follow the rules of wiki :) but thanks for this advice i will go make my feelings known there but will take your advice and not call Dennis a dumbass or simple minded fool over there :) thanks for clearing this up for me and giving me the time of day appreciate your help :) OCtruth (talk) 19:53, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

207.102.214.26

• 207.102.214.26 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

It appears as though this IP is back at it again after your last block on them. I'm not sure whether or not it is the same person editing (or if it's a shared IP), but just wanting to confirm (or not) if it is indeed still a block evasion. Thanks. Vensco (T | C) 03:18, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't see anything to indicate they are the same person. -- GB fan 22:47, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi there

Hi there. Your name was mentioned in the Category Revdel admins. Would it be possible for you to revdel this revision? I also requested Courcelles but don't know whether Courcelles is active today. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 10:58, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for bringing it to our attention. -- GB fan 11:13, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Crostini For Chromebooks

Don't know what happened there, I thought I was speedying it as spam....TheLongTone (talk) 13:51, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Pawan Kalyan's Philosophy and Quotes

Hi. The infobox describes an entertainment company called "Pawan Kalyan Creative Works Pvt Ltd". But the article is titled "Pawan Kalyan's Philosophy and Quotes". What do you think it's about? OnionRing (talk) 13:52, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

simple fix, moved to Pawan Kalyan Creative Works Pvt Ltd. -- GB fan 14:22, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

But there's already an article Pawan Kalyan Creative Works, per WP:NCCORP. OnionRing (talk) 14:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

OK, so redirect the new title to that as a plausible alternate title and deleted the original title WP:R3 an an implausible redirect. -- GB fan 14:29, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

The other thing that could have been done initially is WP:A10 since it was another article about the same subject. -- GB fan 14:33, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Binary lambda calculus

Hi GB fan - Last week I put a speedy delete tag on the article Binary lambda calculus. My reasons were listed under Why this article should be deleted on the Talk page. You removed the delete tag saying "Decline speedy delete, not a valid speedy skeleton criterion." Perhaps you can clarify this issue for me.

On one hand the Non-criteria on the page Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion seems to support your decision because it says,

Original research. It is not always easy to tell whether an article consists of material that violates the policy against novel theories or interpretations or is simply unsourced.

and

Notability. Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a credible indication of why the subject might be important or significant.

(But does the article give such indications–and are the cited sources independent?)

On the other hand the page Wikipedia:No original research says

Wikipedia does not publish original thought: all material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to reach or imply a conclusion not clearly stated by the sources themselves.

These policies seem inconsistent to me. For emphasis, I restate my principal objection

If we leave these articles in, we give license to anyone who writes a paper, to make that paper a WP article. WP is not supposed to be a place to publish your own research.

BTW, User:Pintoch opines that it is a very nice article. I agree. It just does not qualify to be in WP.--Toploftical (talk) 02:25, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Toploftical- The deletion processes can be a little confusing if you haven't used them much. There are three different deletion processes, WP:CSD, WP:PROD and WP:AFD. CSD, which you used, is the most restrictive and only applies in very limited circumstances. The article must unambiguously meet one of criterion listed on the WP:CSD page. If the page does not meet one the criterion then speedy deletion can not be used. Since in this case the page does not meet any of the criterion, you will need to use one of the other two processes.

Since CSD does not apply, you will need to use one of the other two processes. WP:PROD can be used on any article but it can only be used if it is uncontroversial. If even one other editor objects to the deletion then it can not be deleted using this process. If you think the article would be uncontroversial, then you add a PROD tag and explain why it should be deleted. If no one removes the tag or objects then an admin will delete the article.

If someone objects to the deletion or if you think someone will object, then the only option left is WP:AFD. This involves making a separate page where a discussion about the page will take place. After seven days an admin will read the discussion and decide if there is consensus to delete the article.

I haven't looked at the article since I declined the speedy deletion but based on what you said there may be an objection to deletion from Pintoch. You will need to decide what path you want to take, either PROD and if someone objects then AFD or straight to AFD if you think someone will object. If you need anything let me know. -- GB fan 11:59, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Since I wrote the response above I have gone back and looked at the history of the article. Looking back far enough, I saw that the article had a prod tag added and removed back in 2009. That means you will need to go directly to afd as any article can only have one prod added anytime in its history. -- GB fan 15:33, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Rabs

Hi. Regarding this edit: I had already put 'Rabs' into the nickname field of Ray Warren's infobox and two of the sources there are news article that refer to him as Rabs in their headlines. I'm not sure if you've noticed that or not.--104.222.112.232 (talk) 01:07, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

I fixed the article so the name actually shows up. I also added it back to the DAB page. -- GB fan 01:28, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!--104.222.112.232 (talk) 01:33, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Admin work

Hello. Can you please delete 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final (a redirect) so a full article (2016 OFC Nations Cup Fnial) can be moved there, I missed spelled the title when creating. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:54, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

I have moved the page to the correct title and did not leave a redirect as the mispelling. -- GB fan 11:01, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the extremely quick response. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:01, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Good job in the Teahouse :) East Anglian Regional (talk) 20:00, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks -- GB fan 20:14, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Cooktown Hospital

Hi! Having written over 1000 Wikipedia articles on Queensland Heritage Register properties, I can say that we should not and do not always name the Wikpedia article the same as the QHR (the article always includes the QHR name, but not always as the title). We do that because the names under which may QHR properties are listed might have been meaningful when the property was nominated for heritage listing but have ceased to be meaningful later. Also some of them are just listed under a street address or simply "Residence" or "House". So there's a long history of trying to choose a suitable name for the Wikipedia article that conforms with WP:TITLE. In this particular case, I chose Old Cooktown Hospital, because to call the article Cooktown Hospital is misleading as there is a Cooktown Hospital in real life which is not the subject of the article, so there has to be something in the name to alert the reader that it is not the "common understanding" of the words "Cooktown Hospital". Now I don't mind calling it something else, e.g. Former Cooktown Hospital, or First/Second Cooktown Hospital, all of which we use at times to distinguish QHR sites from their replacements. In this case, I found that Old Cooktown Hospital [18] appeared to be the way it was commonly referred to. So I hope you don't mind if I move it back to Old Cooktown Hospital. I will redirect Cooktown Hospital to Queensland Health (the parent organisation). Kerry (talk) 06:59, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

About deleted page Radyo Kabayan

Hi GB fan,
Just now I check my page Radyo Kabayan and I cannot find it already. I check on the deletion log and found your name who deleted it on June 6, 2016. I don't know what is the reason why you deleted it since Radyo Kabayan is a valid article and no issues on it. The article is already been there since 2014. Please can we put it back again on Wiki. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jagan21 (talk • contribs) 13:58, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

I have restored the article. -- GB fan 17:38, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you GB fan for restoring Radyo Kabayan article. -- Jagan21 15:11, 19 June 2016 (Philippine Timezone)

Agroinvestbank

Sourcing or not is irrelevant for G10. Can you support the assertion that an article about a bank that basically says "It's run by a foreigner and is being investigated for money laundering" isn't an attack page, especially when the author basically said the same thing about Kont Bank, another article he created, and there is no other content? MSJapan (talk) 12:31, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

From WP:G10, "Examples of "attack pages" may include libel, legal threats, material intended purely to harass or intimidate a person or biographical material about a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced." Those articles do not meet that criterion. Sourcing is always relevant and the negative info is sourced. -- GB fan 14:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Why you have deleted My wikipedia page Mustapha Kamel

dude may i know why you've deleted my wikipedia page?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielwoody (talk • contribs) 13:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

I deleted it because all page had was 4 external links. It had no prose that actually said anything. This makes it a non-article and it does not belong in the encyclopedia. If you want to create an article you must write it, not just link to external sites. I would suggest you read Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Notability (music) as it appears you are trying to create an article about a musician. -- GB fan 14:07, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

untitled new section

The following user keep posting spam content in wiki, just have a look at the User:Jhoven_Sulla & you can find facebook profile links as well in his profile. (WikiGopi (talk) 21:39, 22 June 2016 (UTC))

I am not sure what you want here. -- GB fan 22:46, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

June 2016

Hello, GB fan. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Lizzius (talk) 17:57, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Radyo Kabayan CSD

I know my CSD hit rate sucks, but you didn't think that:

1. The unsourced, excessively detailed biography of the owner spanning six years, his educational and professional history, a bunch of nicknames, and two different countries;
2. The article creator claiming the logo he uploaded as his own work;
3. The entire article being created in five edits, and;
4. The editor doing nothing else on WP for 2 years besides watch the article,

was substantial enough evidence that he set the thing up in the first place? I know I didn't elaborate all of it, but everything but #2 should have been readily apparent from a quick perusal of the article and the author's contrib history. I'll AfD it, but if you could explain to me why this wasn't a slam-dunk, that would be helpful in the future.MSJapan (talk) 07:08, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

I can see how if you take all the evidence you can surmise that Jagan21 is Francis Ray Cecilio. There are other possibilities though. It could be someone who is a fan of the station and learned about Francis Ray Cecilio's back story that way and created the page. As far as the uploading of the logo, I have seen many images that editor's have uploaded claiming it is their own work, but with a little searching it is found on the internet attributed to someone and the uploader just took the easy answer.

Looking at A11 it requires a plain indication that the article creator is the person who made/coined/created it or someone they personally know. There is no plain indication that Jagan21 is Francis Ray Cecilio or that they personally know Francis Ray Cecilio. If you have any questions let me know. -- GB fan 11:19, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Unemployed Golfer

He is a banned user, check his talk-page. HealthyGirl (talk) 19:57, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

I saw your note and am acting on it now. -- GB fan 19:59, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Good work. HealthyGirl (talk) 20:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

He is now using IP addresses on the Project MKUltra article. HealthyGirl (talk) 14:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

I added the article to my watch list. -- GB fan 22:31, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

User:EmilyREditor

This editor has requested that his user and talk page be deleted. The discussion is present here User talk:DragonflySixtyseven#Hey there. Delete them Varun ☎ 07:22, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

As Iridescent told you on your talk page, We don't delete user's talk pages and we don't delete user pages unless the user asks. Some IP asking is not enough to say the user asked. If it is them they need to log in and ask for their userpage to be deleted. -- GB fan 10:07, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

ya ok --Varun ☎ 13:05, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

I was actually in the process of writing a RFPP. You would think people would pay attention to 'This is currently in dicussion on the talkpage' before changing something in a site-wide policy... but noooooo. Only in death does duty end (talk) 21:48, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Green Bay Packers WikiProject

Hi GB fan! I have noticed you editing Packers articles lately (and your username!), so I just wanted to let you know that I have restarted the Green Bay Packers WikiProject. Come check out the page and if you are interested, add yourself to the active member list! I have done some work to get all of our articles assessed and add some new tools. Please feel free to post on the WikiProject's talk page or on my talk page if you have any questions! Thanks, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:27, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Konami edit

Hello, GB fan. I see that you reverted an IP editor's change to the article "Konami" yesterday. Since I am unable to view the nature of the edit, nor even the editor's edit summary, I guess that you revdeleted the edit.

While I have no doubt that you are justified in reverting the edit, it would have been helpful for you to leave a message on the IP editor's talk page, both to "inform" that editor (for what it's worth) and (more usefully) to flag that IP address as a potential source of unwanted edits.

Your edit summary indicates "spam", but I am not convinced that spam alone is suitable justification for revdeletion. Axl ¤ [Talk] 10:28, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

I disagree with the need to edit the IPs talk page in this instance. The editor was probably already gone from the IP by the time I reverted the edit, so no need to warn them to stop. This appeared to be a one off edit from what is probably a dynamic IP and marking the IP as having one bad edit is not useful. There is nothing to say the next editor that uses the IP address will also be a problem. The edit was unambiguously advertising that had absolutely nothing to do with Konami. The edit and edit summary fall under RD5 using deletion reason 4. -- GB fan 11:32, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

That's an excuse for laziness.

The deletion policy is specifically for articles that don't meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. It is not relevant to content within a notable article. Criterion 5 refers to articles that are being deleted (i.e. "under deletion policy"). It is unclear to me why revdeletion should be required on an article being deleted anyway. I suspect that it may be a holdover from an outdated/deprecated situation. Axl ¤ [Talk] 13:10, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

It was not laziness, It was a decision on my part to not place any warning as none is required. I look at the specific situation and make that decision every time I do something. RD5 says that revision deletion can be used anywhere that deletion policy allows deletion. I made a determination that the edit should be deleted. If you don't think it should be allowed in this situation propose a change. Until it is changed, I will continue to use RD5 as stated in policy. -- GB fan 13:25, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

New thread

please at least stop doc from censoring me in the thread about him censoring me.68.48.241.158 (talk) 11:47, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Stop calling people racist and people will stop removing your posts. -- GB fan 11:49, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

FC Golden State Force

I am writing to ask you to rescind your PROD of FC Golden State Force. You say that as an amateur team, they do not meet the criteria for club notability. However, the notability guidelines for clubs do not exclude amateur teams, so I don't understand your reasoning. Further, as a member of the PDL (whose members are eligible for the national cup competition -- U.S. Open Cup), and as a current participant in their league's championship playoffs, FC Golden State Force is going to be playing in the Open Cup next year, which guarantees their notability status under the guidelines you cited. Please reconsider deletion. Thank you. --2602:306:3730:E2C0:7DAC:C1A9:FD9A:EE94 (talk) 05:16, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

It has been restored on demand as this was deleted via WP:PROD. -- GB fan 10:18, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

SWB

I reverted your edit to SWB because Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA is a redirect page to Wyoming Valley. DAB needs to go to a relevant page directly, in this case there is no page for Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA or even Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, hence the link is Wyoming Valley. Ex nihil ^(talk) 23:58, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

DAB pages do not need to go to the relevant page directly. Actually it is very common for pages to use redirects so that the link corresponds to what the DAB page is. In this case SWB. Your edit summary was correct that we don't using piping but it was incorrect because there was no piping. The way I left the page is correct. -- GB fan 00:07, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

• GBfan have a look at MOS:DABMENTION, which handles this case. Piping is disguising the target page under another name, in this case we have piping (Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA hiding Wyoming Valley. However, there is another problem; the link to Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA itself goes to redirect page, which in turn redirects to Wyoming Valley, there is actually no page at Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA. This means we have two problems that need fixing. Piping is permitted under certain circumstances such as linking to a sub-section, or where it is clearer that way. A dab cannot link to redirect page. Change it by all means, I am not going to get into an edit war, I shall leave it somebody else, but please have a very good read through MOS:DAB, which is very long and tedious but is the received wisdom of the Wiki world. Ex nihil ^(talk) 01:15, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

You should read MOS:DABPIPE. It explains what the difference between piping and redirects is. The next section explains when redirects are appropriate. This situation here is one of the times when redirects are appropriate. The article title is Wyoming Valley but the lead says that the area is also called Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Area. -- GB fan 01:34, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

On My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree

I will point out we now have a lot more information about this film (including when it hits DTV, etc.) such that the content that is there is substantially different from the original article that was at AFD in Feb 2016. As such, particularly noting the close of that, one really doesn't need DRV on this since it is an expansion and substantially different article from what was at AFD. Reverting and protecting it is probably not the best option here. --MASEM (t) 18:56, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Reverted and unprotected. -- GB fan 19:00, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Matthew Dodd

Very disappointed at the deletion of one of my articles due to vandalism by another user, won't stay here and argue, just lodging my severe disappointment, I expected better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IceHockeyHero (talk • contribs) 21:34, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

IceHockeyHero, I assume you are talking about the article Matthew Dodd. You are correct, I should not have deleted it the way I did. I have restored the article. -- GB fan 23:14, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

I had checked the history of the page. One of the references is local news that doesn't indicate notability, and the other reference is to a page that contains no relevant information. Peter James (talk) 08:25, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Lack of notability is something you take to AfD or prod not speedy deletion. My original deletion of this article was based on reviewing the vandalised version that you tagged. Both of us should have looked closer at the history and reverted that vandalism. The article has a claim to significance once that vandalism was reverted and should not have been deleted A7. -- GB fan 10:31, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Deletion question

Hi,

What kind of deletion request should be used for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5? These 5 templates are added to categories where they don't belong. Or should I remove them from these categories by myself? – Sabbatino (talk) 17:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Templates and categories are not really my strong point but if there are improper categories on those templates you can remove them. -- GB fan 18:25, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Actually those 5 pages that I listed, need to be deleted completely as they were created by a banned user and aren't used anywhere. Although, I think I'll ask about this at "X for deletion" or "X for discussion" talk pages. – Sabbatino (talk) 20:12, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Sabbatino, those user space templates were not created by a banned user. They were created by a user that was later soft blocked for a username violation. What exactly is the problem with the pages? -- GB fan 23:15, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

What I meant is – they were created by a now banned user. The main problem is the categories in which they are included. On the other hand, they need to be blanked, because removing the categories only, doesn't do much good either. – Sabbatino (talk) 04:12, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

The user who created those user space templates is not banned and based on the block I placed on the account, they as a person are not even blocked. The username is blocked as a technical violation of our user name policy. The person was encouraged in the block notice to create a new account. They can come back under a new name and work on those pages. I will ask again, what exactly is the problem with those pages? If it it's the categories, remove them and move on. If removing the categories does not solve the problem, please explain what that problem is. -- GB fan 10:38, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

I removed the categories, and a section called See also which linked to New York Knicks' all-time roster and team's roster template. Let's hope that is enough, because people might get confused seeing these roster templates, which have inaccuracies. – Sabbatino (talk) 12:11, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Rahul Khismatrao

Rahul Khismatrao is the author of US Best Selling Book, The Theory of Creator. Administrator can Google the information related to the name Rahul Khismatrao. His books are on the top list on Amazon.com. Some spammers I believe had uploaded wrong information and articles related to Rahul Khismatrao. Please take a note of this. Thanks in anticipation. ~Lorelei (INDIA) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.249.50.242 (talk) 11:24, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

I would suggest you click on the link in the header and start a discussion with the users linked there. I have not had anything to do with that article. -- GB fan 21:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Recent Discussion about Me

I have been waiting with baited breath on this discussion. I felt bad for acting the way I did, but I'm glad that no action will be taken. I am wishing I never spotted that AfD when I did, that started this. Can I ask two things, if it's alright:

1. Can I remove the ANI notice on my talk page? 2. Was I right in pointing out what I did in regards to Handling matters of Edit Wars?GUtt01 (talk) 21:55, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

1. You can remove almost anything you want from your talk page. For a discussion of what can not be removed from your talk page see WP:UP#CMT.

2. You were correct that they had been edit warring. The user of the template days after the edit warring had stopped was not the best action. While there is nothing wrong with using a template to warn someone they are edit warring, sometimes it is better to use a personal message to say the same thing. -- GB fan 01:15, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

I am creating a page for Manvitha Harish kannada actress

Hi,

Did u create any page for Kannada Actress Manvitha Harish?

When i am trying to create a wiki page for her i got a message saying "If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below."

Please support in creating her page..

Thankyou

Prabhakar — Preceding unsigned comment added by IGayathri (talk • contribs) 13:36, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

The page Manvitha Harish has been created twice and deleted both times. The first time it was deleted after a deletion discussion, you can see that page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manvitha Harish. You can read the comments there to understand what the concerns about the article were. I deleted it a second time because Manvithakds created it and then quickly blanked it. That is taken as an indication that they wanted the article deleted. In this case you need to contact the admin that closed the deletion discussion, KTC. There is a draft article that you can help improve, you can see it at Draft:Manvitha Harish. -- GB fan 13:42, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Until she meets the criteria listed at Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Entertainers. Any new article would likely get deleted as well. -- KTC (talk) 14:00, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Was that in response to my email to OTRS/OS? Doug Weller talk 14:56, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes it was, you're welcome. -- GB fan 15:09, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Regarding recreation of Deleted page Manvitha

HI i have created a page called Manvitha ,it was deleted . Is there any chance for me to create the page with same name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prasadz (talk • contribs) 12:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

There is nothing to stop you from creating a page Manvitha. As long as the article you create shows that the subject is notable and you provide reliable sources the article should survive. The article I deleted was created by someone who was using multiple accounts but not long before they were blocked they blanked the page. When the only significant contributor to the article blanks the page that is taken as a deletion request. -- GB fan 12:07, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Natalie Portman and socks

FYI: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yossimgim.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

First time I've awarded a kitten in my WikiLife. Thank you for blocking that Cab Over sockpuppet/nut. I was getting tired of reverting every single last one of his edits. Thank you again.

Peter Sam Fan 14:19, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Your welcome. I have added the page to my watchlist, Hopefully that will stop him this time. If not we can go with protection to stop him. -- GB fan 14:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

That didn't last long, now protected for 3 days. -- GB fan 14:29, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

I am Creating Mercantile Communication Page

Hello,

I am Creating Mercantile Communication Wikipedia page . I Have full Authority from my company to use the logo and content. mercantile communication Start on 1994 but till date there was no any wikipedia page. We are writing this page not for the Advertisement purpose. We need this page because All Persons of the world don't know About Mercantile Communication which is 1st ISP ( Internet Service Provider ) of Nepal.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohan.karki9 (talk • contribs) 04:20, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 Super Formula season

Hi. I'm just wondering, where did you find a content in this "article"? I see only one sentence and some kind of table, that will be more appropriate for the creator's test page. Cheers. Corvus tristis (talk) 12:50, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

You nominated the article for speedy deletion using the A3 criterion. That criterion says it "applies to articles ... consisting only of external links, category tags and "See also" sections, a rephrasing of the title' ..." (bolding mine). Since the rest of the criterion does not even remotely apply I have to assume you were referring to what I bolded. The sentence in the article is more than just a rephrasing of the title. It expanded on the title with additional content. It stated in addition to being the 2017 Super Formula season, it is 31st season, it is the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and it is the fifth under the name of Super Formula. This was not just a paraphrasing of the title. It also gave the names of teams that will be participating in the season. It listed 6 teams, provided 4 links and 2 of them actually went to racing teams. Based on everything in the article when you tagged it, the article had content. -- GB fan 13:12, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

But where is the source for the teams or that the championship will be continued in 2017? All of this not confirmed yet. So it's complete WP:OR. Corvus tristis (talk) 14:03, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

WP:A3 has nothing to do with the statements or information being sourced. It had to do with what the article says. The article has content even if it wasn't sourced. The lack of sourced is a possible deletion reason using PROD or AFD and I see you have nominated the article using PROD. -- GB fan 14:15, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

AHS

Hello, I nominated American Horror Story: Sweepstakes for speedy deletion after I moved the page to the rightful page American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare, somehow in my created articles page, it said I created the page and shows that it was deleted. Does this need to be fixed? Chase (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Noting needs to be fixed. You did create it when you moved the article. -- GB fan 00:27, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Someone else moved the article to the sweepstakes page though, I did not. I move it to "My Roanoke Nightmare? Chase (talk) 00:29, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

For example; The original page was American Horror Story (season 6), then Talijaqueline moved the page to American Horror Story (Sweepstakes), but realized the parentheses were wrong and then Talijaqueline moved the page to American Horror Story: Sweepstakes. I noticed that neither of these were correct so I moved the page to American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare. How do I get credited for creating a deleted article? Chase (talk) 00:35, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

When Talijaqueline moved the article to American Horror Story (Sweepstakes) they created a redirect page at American Horror Story (season 6). You then moved American Horror Story (Sweepstakes) to American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare. When you did, you created a new article at American Horror Story (Sweepstakes) as a redirect to American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare. That is the page I deleted that you created. -- GB fan 00:44, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

But American Horror Story (Sweepstakes) isn't the one showing up on mine, American Horror Story: Sweepstakes is. Chase (talk) 01:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

There was one more move that I missed, Talijaqueline moved page American Horror Story (Sweepstakes) to American Horror Story: Sweepstakes. So they moved the redirect you created with your move to the new page name. So that was the page I deleted. There was just a whole series of moves. That are hard to fool follow. There still is not a problem that needs to be fixed. -- GB fan 01:24, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Help

Hey, Can u help us out here Razer^{Text me} 16:08, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

It's been five years, today.

Wishing GB fan a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 01:46, 19 September 2016 (UTC)