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Rene Beauregard House

Hi, I am the creator of this page, I am a local historian and the photo referenced not copyrighted, it is free of use and is available at the Library of Congress, no copyright has been infringed! Also, I must say, as a Louisiana Historian, I find it heartbreaking that if someone is not familiar with an historic place the can destroy all of the hard work and effort in helping Wikipedia grow, If a problem arises why not help the new person? Instead all I see are speedy deletions and people who know nothing about the subject at hand dismiss and destroy the hard work we are all trying to be a part of. I am asking if you would be so kind as to help me and not hinder my efforts so I can navigate the nuances of Wikipedia. Thank You, Randy Uehara Mistrot Prof. of Louisiana History Loyola University New Orleans, LA Rmistrot (talk) 21:33, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

The tag does not refer to any photograph? You have copied and pasted copyrighted text from http://jeanlafitte.areaparks.com/parkinfo.html?pid=15903 which is strictly not allowed, all content must be in your own words. Theroadislong (talk) 21:40, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
You have copied and pasted further content from http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/la/la0000/la0092/data/la0092data.pdf and even more from http://ournationalparks.us/index.php/site/story_south/chalmette_site_rebuilds_new_visitor_center_to_open This is just plagiarism Theroadislong (talk) 21:56, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK reviews

Hi, I saw your note on the DYK talk page. We are experiencing quite a backlog of nominations and fewer reviewers of late, so it might even take a month or more for your article to be reviewed. As long as your hook is on the nominations page, it will not be removed before it is reviewed. In the meantime, you are certainly welcome to start reviewing articles. You can familiarize yourself with DYK review rules at Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewing guide. A more in-depth page of less-obvious rules can be found at Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them on my talk page. Best, Yoninah (talk) 00:10, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Deletion

Do I need to get an attorney to have my wikipedia page deleted? It's causing me much stress that is not needed. Can you please help me get it deleted? The original one I submitted was accurate. I can't deal with other people trying to benefit from my page. Please help!!!Clarenceelkins (talk) 20:46, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Your story is all over the Internet and the article is written in a neutral tone I don't see what I can do and threatening to get an attorney certainly won't help your cause it will only get you blocked!

As has been said..."Elkins is notable and chose to remain a public figure after his release from prison. Commendably, he lobbied hard for changes to Ohio criminal law, spoke publicly about his ordeal, and donated funds for a college scholarship named after him. He is the subject of a documentary film and there are many articles about him readily available online. I see no good argument for deleting our article about him" I can't see any policy basis for deleting it and indeed it has just passed an AFD here [1] You could try talking to the user who closed the debate User talk:Natg 19 All good wishes. Theroadislong (talk) 21:01, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Categories

Can CaroleHenson create the category for me; since I'm not suppose to do it? Venustar84 (talk) 21:46, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

You have already created it? Theroadislong (talk) 21:57, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
I tagged both of the categories that were recently created for deletion. Venustar84, If you're banned from creating categories, then I highly recommend following the spirit of the ban and do not ask others to create categories for you. That's unfair and is just further justifying the need for the ban - you're not helping your cause.--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:21, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Circling back on CarSoup

Hello, Theroadislong.

I'm getting back in touch on correspondence we had 12 days ago on my attempt to create a page about CarSoup.com. You had helpful advice and suggestions. One item you mentioned was having credible sources to cite in the article. My page included citations from Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Minnesota Business (two regional business publications in our area), and CNBC.com. Just wondering why those would not be considered credible sources to cite. Please advise.

Thanks!

Sorry I'm not an admin so can't see your deleted article. Not every business is notable enough for a Wikipedia article though. Theroadislong (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

My bad

Hi Theroadislong,

I mistook you for another editor in my post here at Talk:Paul Finch. It was a silly mistake on my part, and I apologize for any confusion it may have caused. - Marchjuly (talk) 02:04, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

No worries Theroadislong (talk) 02:08, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Endicott College article

Hello Theroadislong. I see that you are following our Endicott page, which is great. My students added a lot of content to the article over the past week...both good and bad stuff. Right now I am just working on editing it down to be readable and to eliminate "promotional" content, try to bring in NPOV, and eliminate unnecessary information. This will be a process...I'm only working on the History section right now. I (humbly) ask that you bear with this and allow my students and I to improve the article. This article does not get much traffic, and it will be cleaned up over the next week. As I believe you know, I've talked to Ragesoss about this and have a course page for this work. Our goal is certainly to produce a NPOV encyclopedia article. I hope that you can appreciate the fact that we are honestly trying to improve this page and evaluate the final product on its own merits. Please let me know if you'd like to chat about this more, and thank you for the attention to this article. UOJComm (talk) 19:50, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

The article is bloated with poorly referenced promotional puffery, it doesn't appear to be improving but getting worse, it needs a LOT of hacking back. Theroadislong (talk) 19:56, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
The paragraph that you rolled back was just moved by me out of the History section and into a lower section, to then be edited out and fixed later when I got to it. I had not added that content myself, and as I mentioned, the work that the students have done varies in quality. I agree that the article is currently bloated, needed additional references, and needed promotional sounding material removed. Will you allow us a bit of time to take the new content and make it better? Is there an immediate impetus to cut everything? Before my students added material last week, this was an article getting about 80 views a day. UOJComm (talk) 20:01, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello again Theroadislong. I continued to work on the Endicott article today, removing external links, cutting promotional and/or dead weight content, improving citations and/or identifying where citations are still needed. I'm wondering if you could tell us if this is going in the right direction, and if there are any other external links in the article that you think need to be removed / replaced. Also, I'm wondering what you make of the mirror issue, and if the article still needs that warning. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... UOJComm (talk) 16:55, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Promotional Mishap

I apologize for the promotional information update. It was an honest copy/paste mistake. There should be no further information of this type on the Wikipedia page in question. In addition, the username change was made at the request of Wikipedia. I do have a question...I need to add images to the aforementioned Wikipedia page...do I need to wait before I can add/change images. Thank you, and please let me know what you think of the current state of the page. -Blackbird131 (11/26/2014)

You seem to have added back the promotional content and removed references, I've tagged the article as an advert unless notability can be established using reliable third party sources it's likely that it will be deleted. Theroadislong (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Carol McNicoll

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:24, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Marin Magazine for deletion

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

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marin Magazine (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

I am notifying you as you were a participant in the first discussion.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Ismay

Hallo, in this edit you changed the mention of Bill Ismay to a link to William Alfred Ismay. While it's good to have got the man linked, I suggest there might have been two better ways to do it: either pipe the link using [[William Alfred Ismay|Bill Ismay]] or make a redirect from Bill to William Alfred - on the basis that if one article refers to him that way there are likely to be more (I found a good convincing source for the "Bill" version, which I've added to the article - and I've made the redirect). If the editor of the York Museum article chose to call him Bill (presumably supported by the dead-link reference), it seems better to leave it showing as Bill. But, as I said, a link is a great improvement to the article however it looks cosmetically: thanks. PamD 16:17, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

I disagree, this is an encyclopaedia and a formal tone is preferred. Theroadislong (talk) 16:24, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Jeremy Ewing

I Made that page about myself, and can provide identifications to prove it. I do not know if you can reverse whatever you did, but if you can, please do.Jeremy.j.ewing (talk) 21:55, 2 December 2014 (UTC)Jeremy EWing

Sorry it's already deleted. Theroadislong (talk) 08:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

New article KEYTRADE

Dear Theroadislong,

Please see the talk page for the new article for KEYTRADE for further comments from my side. As I mentioned there this article should serve as a substitute for the German article of KEYTRADE. The German version is inaccurate and nobody who is interested in KEYTRADE really understands German. The article I created is in my opinion neutral, has no advertising at all and is just a summary of KEYTRADE. If this article is not ok by any means then I would appreciate if you can tell me how to change/amend the article or what other steps to undertake. Moreover if this article is not ok, than please delete the German one, because it has inaccurate information.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogerhartmann (talk • contribs) 17:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

You will have to discuss the german article on the german Wikipedia. The english version has been deleted for blatant advertising and non notability. Theroadislong (talk) 17:32, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

ESDAW (European Society of Dog and Animal Welfare)

Hi! Regarding the changes I did, was because that our organisation ESDAW (European Society of Dog and Animal Welfare) were put under United Kingdom - our organisation are not specific in UK, but are working across Europe/EU. It is not an UK organisation it is an Europen organisation and group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_welfare_groups

I also have another question... on this page on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur_farming - are ESDAW website and a specific page given under, Reference: No 22 Carcass Disposal, a link to our website about Fur Farm - Fur Animals. The link is broken because we have done changes on our website. I wonder if you can help to add the new link (with the same text and info) to the page as Reference? The correct link is: http://www.esdaw.eu/the-big-lie-about-fur.html

Best regards Eva Johansson - President of ESDAW www.esdaw.eu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.70.8.55 (talk) 18:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry no, it doesn't appear to verify the content in the article. Theroadislong (talk) 18:51, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

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Seeking suggestion on the Endicott article

Hi Theroadislong. I hope this finds you well. I'm wondering if you can advise on which external links are still a problem on the Endicott College article, warranting the template at the top of the page. I've removed external links in the text of the article (except for the domain name in the Infobox, as all college and university articles have an external link there). Thank you in advance for the assistance. And FYI...I am cleaning up the references, and there will be a decent mix of secondary sources as well as links to college sources (which again, all college articles have for certain information) when this is done. Thanks again. UOJComm (talk) 13:42, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I've removed the maintenance template for you... article is looking much better. Theroadislong (talk) 18:27, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Another quick question (if you don't mind). I'm adding citations for the notable alumni. Would IMDB be a valid source to establish that an individual was 1) an actress, and 2) in a particular movie? Thank you in advance for the assistance. UOJComm (talk) 14:55, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
imbd is often used but isn't considered reliable by Wikipedia because it can be edited by anyone (ironically!) Theroadislong (talk) 15:42, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Message You Left me about John Fricke Entry

Hi, I don't think I know how to add a citation. But moreso, how do I add a citation if all the material that is written down is more from just projects and events that John Fricke (author, historian, DVD commentator) has attended.

For example, if he was the emcee for the 75th Anniversary Warner Brother's Wizard of Oz movie premiere, how do I cite that? I'm not sure if you understand what I mean...

All his works and materials are online but I'm not sure on exactly how to cite all these things as shown in the examples here. Thanks for your help and guidance!

TheJudyGarlandArchive (talk) 12:01, 9 December 2014 (UTC) The Judy Garland ArchiveTheJudyGarlandArchive (talk) 12:01, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing sources but merely attending an event doesn't really confer any notability? Theroadislong (talk) 13:24, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

I am modifying it. Don't restore anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JRC - Social Web (talk • contribs) 15:41, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

You have a clear conflict of interest you shouldn't be editing at all. Theroadislong (talk) 15:44, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

About Deleted Page.

He had deleted my page before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urvishpatel15 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy Lucia!

Happy Saint Lucia's day!

"Good Morning" Theroadislong:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia!
13 December is the day when Swedes perplex the rest of the world by showing up way too early in the morning dressed in white tunics, candles in their hair, singing and bringing saffron buns and breakfast in bed to nice people. Hope you have a bright day!
    – w.carter-Talk 00:26, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Sonic.net Wikipedia page - how do I rebrand it?

Hi,

Thank you for looking at the Sonic.net Wikipedia page, but I think the tag you added is inaccurate. I am probably the user that caused you to put that there, but really all I was doing was trying to update the page according to our new brand guidelines - changing the photo, adding updated product information, etc. We just underwent a re-branding for our company so I was just doing my job and updating as much information about our company as possible. I understand there is a potential for conflict of interest but please understand I did not add any biased information, just facts and our updated name.

I am really not sure how I'm supposed to have these changes reflected on my company's page without editing them myself. Again, all I want to do is change the page name, the name throughout the article and change the photo. Can you point me in the right direction on how to do this correctly?

Thank you,

katie.mcdonagh[at]sonic.com 209.204.177.67 (talk) 00:24, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Not here

I agree with you that we all suspect where this is heading, but I always prefer to give ample advice and warning before doing anything drastic. Believe it or not, I was once a very unsavory newbie myself, but a few kind editors got hold of me and straightened me out pretty good. I always try to pay that favor forvard if I can. All the best, w.carter-Talk 16:39, 18 December 2014 (UTC) ("A beginning is a very delicate time...") :)

Oh well, no luck this time. :-/ On to the next! Cheers, w.carter-Talk 09:57, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Chronicles of Eri

I've taken this to WP:NORN. It's a dreadful article. The author of most of it asked at the Teahouse to have the page protected. Dougweller (talk) 15:56, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

What failed verification at Chronicles of Eri?

Not sure what you were getting at with [2]. Dougweller (talk) 16:36, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

I couldn't see anything in the reference about "an eighteen-inch-long scroll" Theroadislong (talk) 17:21, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

I will continue to remove any "maintenance" templates that are incorrect and malicious in nature.

The issues provided on the "maintenance" template are based entirely on false accusations. I believe the person whom this page is about is being singled out because of prejudices against American military veterans. First, there are no paid contributions to this page. We did pay someone to help guide us on the proper formatting of a wiki page based on other pages of similar topics. No edits were made to the text or tone by any paid source. Considering that is what the maintenance tag is meant for, it is completely out of place when being used on the page about my client. Second, there have been no conflicts of interest on this page. I will admit to making grammatical corrections to improve the overall flow of the text and to make sure that the guidelines of Wikipedia for such things are followed. I majored in English and am more than qualified to handle that task. I am also in the process of ensuring that all of the references adhere to wiki guidelines. These are the only edits I am making. No edits to the context of the actual information are being made. I have read every word of the guidelines I am to follow found here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons) and these are the rules I will abide by. I will not allow this page to be subject to any prejudices or harassments. If need be, I will contact the corporate office. I have no issues with helpful edits and constructive advice. However, the two "maintenance" templates are not helpful or constructive but rather they are bold faced lies. I can prove this and will be happy to do so when forced to discuss this with the corporate office. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FavAssistant (talk • contribs) 17:29, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Seems like you are blocked.Theroadislong (talk) 22:15, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Marcus Clarke reference etc.

Hi theroadislong and thanks. I've uploaded an image and added a reference as you suggest. I hope that's OK and thanks for your help. Marcus clarke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcus.hup (talk • contribs) 18:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Marcus Clarke artwork reference

I added 5 external references, what's the issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.239.50 (talk) 21:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I have signed in so it should be signed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcus.hup (talk • contribs) 21:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by " what's the issue? " all I did was move your content to the correct location. As you have a clear conflict of interest it's probebly best to make suggestions on the talk page rather than edit the article itself. Theroadislong (talk) 22:08, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for updating the Sonic.net page

Hello, thank you so much for updating the sonic.net wiki page a few weeks ago. We have recently changed our logo and made some other changes, all of which can be found on our website: sonic.com. Can you suggest how I go about getting those changes made to the wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1010:B02F:92C7:F43C:BB4C:6790:9206 (talk) 20:31, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

I suggest you request the changes on the article.s talk page. Theroadislong (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for the support

I just checked your user page. Cool!! I especially like your Stone Age photos. Am something of a buff of that. You no doubt know of the Megalithic Portal--fabulous site: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/ I am most impressed by your prolific output for Wikipedia. Kudos!

On the other hand, I'm a beginner. I'm resigned to the fact that my struggles on the CMT page may be interminable. I have no idea where to turn for help in making improvements--even obvious ones like deleting the Grant quote. Seems like Wiki has a loophole here. People can just revert forever when they don't like something. Accusing them of edit warring doesn't seem to be the way forward, since I have to revert also. And since there are more of them, they win. . . Any advice you have would be appreciated!Renejs (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
love youself and don't shy to show the crowd your talent Pomsman Mudyanebanga (talk) 05:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Please explain

Please explain how my edits are promotional or "soapboxing". I simply don't understand how what I wrote can fit into either category. I have no desire to engage in either activity but just want to correct and improve on the content that was there. Please note that I have been working in captive insurance for more than 25 years including four years as a regulator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captive Practitioner (talk • contribs) 22:38, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry but your edit began with "A captive insurance company is the most effective risk management tool on the planet." this is an encyclopedia and content needs to be written in a neutral tone using reliable sources which your content didn't have. Theroadislong (talk) 22:42, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply on 'Conflict of Interest' Theroadislong; much appreciated. Please can you advise on how I might therefore resolve an issue. Previously, the company who I represent had a page Change Tracker, which was linked to from the page on File Integrity Monitoring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_integrity_monitoring. The page content was however deleted because it was deemed too promotional https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Change_Tracker%E2%84%A2&action=edit&redlink=1. I am trying to get some very basic company information (non promotional) reinstated on the Change Tracker page, but am having real trouble.

One of my client's key competitors, Tripwire, also has a company page on Wikipedia, which is causing some confusion with my client as to why they can't get a reference live.

How can I resolve this? I would almost prefer to have the link to change tracker removed altogether and start from scratch if I can't get new content live on the change tracker page?

Thank you again in anticipation SMartin1234 (talk) 11:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

It seems that the company doesn't meet the Wikipedia notability guidelines WP:GNG so doesn't require an article on Wikipedia. I've tagged the talk page for deletion as it's not required. Theroadislong (talk) 11:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for your feedback on my first page (Andrew Michael (Entrepreneur)). I'm completely new here, so wasn't too sure which bits were relevant and which bits weren't. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomharper1980 (talk • contribs) 12:46, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

A7 CSD nomination of Abbie Taylor (BMX)

Please take more care when nominating pages for speedy deletion. In general, pages should not be tagged for speedy deletion the minute of creation, as users won't have had time to develop them. The only pages that should be nominated so quickly are obvious problem pages (vandalism, attack pages and the like.) Otherwise, there's absolutely no harm in watchlisting the page and coming back to it later if it hasn't developed. Secondly, going through the preliminaries of WP:BEFORE is strongly encouraged - search for references yourself to establish that, yes, the person isn't notable. In this case a quick google search would quickly turn up reliable sources suggesting that the person is an important figure in British BMX. Such over-hasty nominations run the risk of losing useful content and chasing away potentially good contributors. Valenciano (talk) 13:09, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Apologies guilty as charged...I've also added more content now. Theroadislong (talk) 13:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

My post to the Burt Reynolds Wikipedia page...

My post to the Burt Reynolds Wikipedia page was properly referenced. It is factual. It is not controversial. When the post is read carefully, it is easy to see that it is a respectful statement of facts that may be of interest.

As far as I can tell (because I have never heard back from Burt) no one will even give him the information. Perhaps Burt would like to help determine the truth, if not, the mystery can be displayed on Wikipedia forever. The possible daughter should not be denied her identity. I would greatly appreciate it, if you would put the post below back up.

Thank you,

Bill Sween 801-556-4891

“Research is in progress concerning the possibility of a daughter born in Hollywood, California on October 5th, 1966. Five DNA matches to distant cousins have been found on ancestry.com as of 1/13/2015. Contact with Burt Reynolds has been impossible, but the co-author of his upcoming book "But Enough About Me", Jon W Winokur, said (on 1/5/2015) that he would give Burt my contact information (Bill Sween of Salt Lake City, Utah).” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billsween (talk • contribs) 18:54, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Your edit was NOT referenced so is considered original research and cannot be added. You can discuss it on the talk page of the article if you wish.Theroadislong (talk) 19:23, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I am very new to the contributing side of wikipedia and clearly need some help as my article keeps getting deleted before I have an opportunity to edit post reinstatement. I have taken all feedback into account and have re-written my article from scratch. Am I allowed to remove the "deletion debate" from the post so that I can start from scratch with a clean slate?B2Btechguy (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Undelete Request - Real Time Action Technology

I am very new to the contributing side of wikipedia and clearly need some help as my article keeps getting deleted before I have an opportunity to edit post reinstatement. I have taken all feedback into account and have re-written my article from scratch. Am I allowed to remove the "deletion debate" from the post so that I can start from scratch with a clean slate?B2Btechguy (talk) 22:59, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

You would need to contact the user that deleted the article. Theroadislong (talk) 23:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

philipofBVM

Good afternoon, sir. I do not have multiple accounts. And, I did note that I used 2 different names. I was philipofJMJ but had to change it to philipofBVM when I got deleted. I feel it is unjust to have someone, other than yourself, as I suppose you did not delete me, to delete me, as I am new here, and need time to figure some things out. I have multiple sources that Saint Constantine the Great was "baptized", not by a heretic at death, but, rather by the pope himself, earlier on in his life. I will try and post the references as soon as I can. Thanks for you help, as well. Sincerely, philipofBVMPhilipofBVM 23:00, 14 January 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilipofBVM (talk • contribs)

You are getting rather confused, your user page for philipofJMJ was blanked because of the content, there was no need to create a new account. I suggest you remove the website address from your new user page too Wikipedia is not for proselytising. I look forward to seeing your multiple sources Theroadislong (talk) 09:24, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Damian Thompson

I reverted your edit to Damian Thompson, not because there was anything wrong with it, but because I needed to revert the previous edit and it wouldn't revert without yours as well, and I was too lazy to do it any other way. Sorry. — Anomalocaris (talk) 18:40, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Yep... no worries. Theroadislong (talk)

Human Evolution / Before Darwin

Why do you think that a Tibetan legend about humans evolving from earlier apes/monkeys is in appropriate for the section "Before Darwin" in the "Human Evolution" article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian M DeWilde (talk • contribs) 18:13, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Because the article concerns itself with the science and not the mythology? Theroadislong (talk) 18:15, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Then why does your scientific article on “Lunar eclipse” have a subsection on “Lunar eclipse in mythology” if scientific articles are to exclude mythological antecedents?

Why does your scientific article on the “Sun” have a section containing mythology in section 9.1 entitled, “Early understanding”?

Why does your scientific article on “Volcanoes” have section 9 containing mythology under “Traditional beliefs about volcanoes”?

Why does your scientific article on "Medicine" have section 10 on Mythology? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.119.231.132 (talk) 22:56, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

I suggest you start a discussion on the article's talk page about having a mythology section. Theroadislong (talk) 22:59, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Updates

Hi, just got an email advising us about updating a page with content about our brands. We just wanted to change new logo, new URLs after moving our site and new figures as the ones showed before where from 2013. Hope all our updates will not cause conflict of interest. In this case, please, let us know. Best!

194.179.70.130 (talk) 11:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

To which article are you referring? Theroadislong (talk) 11:06, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Removal/Removal/Postremoval

Hello Theroadislong,

I noticed your message that you deleted a "talk" left for user NawlinWiki. I am surprised on how you found it out before I could have the interaction of NawlinWiki!, but I do agree with you that the message was a little of limit.

You also mention that we need "people like you and me to collaborate, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner." I would expect you contact NawlinWiki with the same message. Otherwise your interaction would not be fair. As you might imagine, my frustration was based exactly on this lack of interaction (and someone destroying my three hour effort in an arbitrary click).

In any case, I thank you for the quiet interaction. And wish you a great day in reality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Al-punk (talk • contribs) 18:51, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Stan Lathan

Hi. We've just had a fellow drop into the Teahouse asking about some of the problems with the above article. I suggested that he bring it up on the article's Talk Page. You can see all that stuff at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#How_can_I_eliminate_the_.22issues.22_at_the_top_of_someone.27s_page.3F. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:50, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi long road. 1.Add four tildes ( PhilipofBVM 21:41, 17 January 2015 (UTC) ) at the end of your comment; or 2.With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button (Insert-signature.png or Button sig.png) located above the edit window. I still can't seem to figure this out. I try to always sign my things here, but it won't work. I put philipofBVM and then right away put the 4 tildes. Also, I can't seem to find the thing about the edit window. Any more ideas? philipofBVMPhilipofBVM 21:41, 17 January 2015 (UTC) PhilipofBVM 21:41, 17 January 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilipofBVM (talk • contribs)

Maïmouna Guerresi

Hi sorry I'm not so expert of wikipedia, but I don't understand why you delated my edit on Maïmouna Guerresi page. I have seen the page about Pieter Hugo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hugo and it have a lot of external link. And now you have deleted all my work about exhibition :-(. Please help me. Thank you. Flavia-photographer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flavia-photographer (talk • contribs) 12:01, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you I have tagged that article also. Wikipedia articles may include links to web pages outside Wikipedia (external links), but they should not normally be placed in the body of an article. Theroadislong (talk) 12:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

You said we had left promotional material on LegoLand page no we have not - what are you referring to? All I have done as Corporate Affairs Head for owners Merlin Entertainments is to make sure the page is factually correct not least the ownership which is not LEGO toys - as I say LEGOLAND Resorts are wholly owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments. I have also updated what is in development - again for accuracy - we have not finally signed any contracts re Korea for example. I assumed Wikipedia was looking for accuracy? (86.25.141.2 (talk) 15:53, 21 January 2015 (UTC))

You added "New Parks are also under development in Dubai (opening 2016); and (Japan (opening 2017). All of the Parks also offer accommodation either through themed hotels or holiday villages, or both. The latest of these will open this year in Legoland Florida." That is considered promotional. Theroadislong (talk) 15
56, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Ken Sibanda Page

Thanks, I look forward to seeing the final product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peacecorps1222 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

I've blocked Peacecorps1222 as a sockpuppet of community banned editor User:Mziboy. If you would still like to work on the Ken Sibanda page, I'm reasonably happy to leave their Sandbox undeleted for the time being. I've written a fairly lengthy explanation at the Help Desk [3] concerning the Ken Sibanda articles, and there's diffs of relevance (linking to 3 AfD discussions [4]) which you may find useful if you do want to continue work on the article. If you need any further assistance, just ping me. Nick (talk) 00:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
I only glanced at Ken Sibanda briefly last night and on looking further this morning it doesn't appear that he meets WP:GNG. Feel free to delete the sandbox, if I do ever write the article I won't need that. Thanks for the heads up. Theroadislong (talk) 09:16, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Puffery

Thanks for your kind comments. I do not work for the FPGA companies I diligently document products for. I started the articles because those were the flagship line of products from the company. No kidding. Do a google news search or a google book search and see how many mention those products in SPECIFIC. Those families are the "high-performance" families, from a technical standpoint. I don't know how to say that in the article without you taking it out, so I invite you, please, add that in, someway that conforms to your strict "anti-advertisement" standards. I am neutral and prefer "de-facto" truths rather than "advertised" blah. So I usually write things that are meaningful to people from that sector. You seem to think I'm advertising, but I'm not. Go ahead. Add a statement into both those articles to show they are "high performance", heck some chips are used on space shuttles, ion colliders, everywhere you can imagine. I need to describe that the Virtex/Stratix series is the high-performance series and the others are slower/smaller (less gates). How do I do that? How do I write that? -- Wonderfl (reply) 13:59, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia only records what the reliable sources say, so if you can find sources that say this then you can quote them. Theroadislong (talk) 14:21, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Okay I'll try finding some. Thanks. Consider giving me a barnstar! Its lonely here on wikipedia and some appreciation could go a long way... the list of articles I wrote is here. (the latest and prettiest is MPLAB devices) -- Wonderfl (reply) 15:40, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
That is so cool! And so kind of you! Thank you! (bows twenty times) -- Wonderfl (reply) 16:44, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

copyvio on Sonoma State University

Placeandsee credits the Wikipedia article as the source for its text, so any resemblance is unlikely to be a copyvio on the part of Wikipedia. I have removed the copyvio template you added. If you truly believe this was an error, go ahead and revert me.—Stepheng3 (talk) 21:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, how stupid of me! Cheers Theroadislong (talk) 21:48, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Always happy to help out. Cheers,—Stepheng3 (talk) 21:54, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Infrasoft thing

Either the link to the SPI's faulty or the SPI hasn't registered properly. It's probably safer if I don't try to sort it... <8-( Peridon (talk) 13:05, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks... I see he's been blocked for user name in any case. Theroadislong (talk) 13:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
I hereby award you the Brilliant barnstar for your help in improving my FPGA-related articles. Keep up the positivity and the good work. Wonderfl (reply) 16:47, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
You may delete this if you consider it non-genuine. I won't feel offended. I just did it as a good gesture. Good day. -- Wonderfl (reply) 07:55, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Fix my user page to conform to the standard used so that it will not be automatically removed.

Can you please help me to fix my user page or point me to instructions of how to fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanniekerkdeon (talk • contribs) 14:27, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:User pages is useful. Theroadislong (talk) 14:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

AIS-consulting page

hi - I am setting up the AIS-consulting page you just reviewed and subjected for speddy deletion. I have changed the content to make it non advertising and purely factual. hope this is ok? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ais-consulting (talk • contribs) 15:50, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand what your user page is for, you should read Wikipedia:User pages Theroadislong (talk) 16:12, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Washington State Attorneys General

Okay apparently I have completely misunderstood this whole Wikipedia situation. I read through the contents but it appears to be more complicated than what we thought. Can I get my user name/page deleted? Yes I stated "our" because I am part of a Historical Committee that wanted to create this page for research purposes but if that is not something we are allowed to do then we need to delete it completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Washington State Attorneys General (talk • contribs) 23:12, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

It has already been deleted. Theroadislong (talk) 23:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Each member will need their own user page then it should be no problem.Theroadislong (talk) 23:15, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Categories

You removed the categories from my sandbox article. I'm just curious why? Is it considered bad form to have categories listed in the sandbox? Just so I know going forward. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ket555 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

That's right see WP:DRAFTNOCAT otherwise the resulting category page gets clogged up with pages that aren't articles yet.Theroadislong (talk) 21:01, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Ok thank you for sharing that! I wasn't aware of that! Also, if you see anything in the article that should not be there, or is considered promotional, please let me know. We do not want it to be promotional, just informational and factual. I've been looking at other company articles (Target, Pepsi, Coke, etc) to see what's in theirs and what's not. I've also been reading some Wiki articles about how to write about company's in here. So I am definitely trying and want to follow the rules. Thanks! Ket555 (talk) 21:07, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

The article is VERY promotional at the moment, mostly lists of what you make. Wikipedia only reports on what reliable third party sources say about the subject. You have no reliable third party sources and nothing to indicate why the company is notable enough for an article. See WP:GNG With your conflict of interest you really shouldn't be writing the article at all, it is notoriously difficult and I can't recall anyone in your position having achieved it. If your company is notable someone else will write the article in time. Theroadislong (talk) 21:17, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Ok. The only reason I'm doing this is because the page was already created. I have no idea who created it though. It was brought to my attention by a customer. It was a blank page on here, an article. After some in-house discussion we decided we should do something with it. I have some friends who have done articles for their employer before without much problem, so it is possible. However I realize it's difficult. I've looked at the Wikipedia article for Swingline, and Black and Decker, to see how other product manufacturers do it. Ours is similar, however has more info. I do see that other manufacturers list their products though. Some without any references. Here is an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACCO_Brands This page also uses the registered trademark symbol, which I was told can't be used on here (that's why I removed it from our products). We will have another discussion about how proceed. We do work with an agency who has someone who specializes in writing Wikipedia articles for their clients. So perhaps we'll hand it over to them. Thank you for your feedback! Ket555 (talk) 21:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS Paid editing is most definitely NOT the way to go either there lies trouble ahead.Theroadislong (talk) 21:52, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you again for your input! The only reason I look at other company pages and other manufacturers is simply to see how they did it. Or what's included and not included. I don't do it so I can say "Well they did it so I can do it." More just to get ideas. I do realize that just because something is on one page doesn't make it right. It could still be wrong but no one has seen it yet to edit it. I also know some of these articles were written by a third party, however sometimes they are written by someone at the company. At least originally. Either way I just look at other similar company's as examples of what to include and what not to include. As for the company that has someone in-house write articles on here for clients, I'm not sure that's the correct route to go either. However I do know many companies and brands do go that route. I would need to talk to them more about it and see their stats as far as how successful the articles are (meaning they don't get deleted or edited to pieces). I'm not sure that's the correct route for us though. This is definitely a work in progress and the in-house discussion about even having a Wikipedia article has certainly changed. Lots to discuss on our end! So thank you for your input! Ket555 (talk) 17:56, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Suzannah Lipscomb

I am asking you to add Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home, first screened on 20th January 2015 to Suzannah Lipscomb's page, as well as The Last Days of Anne Boleyn, first screened May 2013 and again two week's ago (both shown as part of the Wolf Hall season) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour. Thank you.92.234.80.5 (talk) 23:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I'll take a look later the link doesn't mention anything though.Theroadislong (talk) 11:57, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Try these: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b050d700/hidden-killers-hidden-killers-of-the-tudor-home. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10077033/The-Last-Days-of-Anne-Boleyn-BBC-Two-review.html.92.234.80.5 (talk) 23:42, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Also http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/the-last-days-of-anne-boleyn-a-review/, http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/may/24/last-days-anne-boleyn-tv-review, and http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/opinion/a-review-of-the-last-days-of-anne-boleyn-bbc-2-thursday-839492.234.80.5 (talk) 23:51, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Web films

Why are you trying to delete the web films page

You need to assert that the films are notable with sufficient references to verify that notability. The references must come from reliable sources, too. Theroadislong (talk) 13:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Help on creating page

Hi,

I've just begun writing a user page about myself & acheivements. As I've not got around to doing this until today, I am having difficulty in setting this up to work properly. Are you aware of any tutorials - maybe youtube that you would recommend? You have indicated that you think my page should be removed. I would really appreciate some guidance on this.

Thanks

Stephen

Your user page is for telling other users about what you do on Wikipedia, it's not for promoting your business see WP:UPNOT Theroadislong (talk) 12:00, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok thanks - I understand it now and can see why page was removed. Stephen

Recent edits to Roy Harper page

Whilst I agree with your comment about censorship, the original reason for deleting the entry was because it gave undue weight to one song within the (BLP) article.

There was no source or citation given for any notable controversy about the song, there was no reference given to support the statement that the song had been 'omitted from many online sources' and, when a reference was later provided it was to an upload of a concert video on YouTube (which I attended). The uploader simply stated the song was omitted due to the "wishes of the artist" (for which we have no other reference or source).

Most of the other references were from one self published blog by the artist - which can be used in certain circumstances to support facts - but not 'facts' that have not themselves been sourced correctly. I believe there may be cause to add some detail about the song to the album page, but any alleged controversy needs to be cited and referenced correctly... not created here.

(Your link to leave you a message logs me out of Wikipedia???) Stephenjh (talk) 17:24, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for addedg The Last Days of Anne Boleyn to the Suzannah Lipscomb page. It was also screened on about two weeks ago as part of the Wolf Hall season on BBC2, as was Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home on BBC4 on 20th January 2015. I gave you the sources for these before. Thank you.92.234.80.5 (talk) 00:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Laurelle Mehus, Girlntundra, and an IP

It appears that Girlntundra is saying that she is Laurelle Mehus. It also appears that she almost always edits logged out as an IP. Girlntundra was inactive for about three years. Also, she doesn't have a clue how Wikipedia works. After years of reverting all changes to the article, she now starts whining about bullying and harassment. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:43, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Katharine Hepburn external link

Hello, I was wondering why my external link to the page Katharine Hepburn was removed to the Margaret Herrick Library catalog. The Margaret Herrick Library is the repository of her papers. Thank you. Lauren at Margaret Herrick Library (talk) 23:46, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

But Wikipedia is not a collection of links, repeatedly adding external links to your own organisation is considered spamming.Theroadislong (talk) 10:47, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, my name is Gus Gordon. You recently left me a message regarding an article on me on Wikipedia. Thank you getting in touch with me with regard to citations and editing my own article. I thought I'd better explain why I have done so. As I have previously mentioned to another Wikipedia editor, a page (now deleted) was originally published by someone about me on Wikipedia that was so inaccurate I decided to start a new page. I now realise I should not have done so as, apart from anything, it violates Wikipedia's policies. I only intended to correct a badly researched article and, to be honest, I would rather I wasn't listed at all on Wikipedia than have this previous article defining my name.

Now I see that you have placed an 'issue' notice on the article which reads:

'This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or an institution related to the subject. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. (February 2015)'

Obviously this is quiet embarrassing. Especially for those who read my books to see. I have no intention of editing the article again. Could you please either remove the issue notice or delete the page completely (as you have warned). I'd much prefer the page was removed than have the issue notice read by all. It is not the kind of 'promotion' I need.

Thanks in advance,

Gus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gusillustrator (talk • contribs) 21:44, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

If you are notable enough for an article then it's not easy to get an article deleted. I am not an admin. Theroadislong (talk) 21:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Edits to Gus Gordon page

Hi, my name is Gus Gordon. You recently left me a message regarding an article about me on Wikipedia. Thank you getting in touch with me with regard to citations and editing my own article. I thought I'd better explain why I have done so. As I have previously mentioned to another Wikipedia editor, a page (now deleted) was originally published by someone about me on Wikipedia that was so inaccurate I decided to start a new page. I now realise I should not have done so as, apart from anything, it violates Wikipedia's policies. I only intended to correct a badly researched article and, to be honest, I would rather I wasn't listed at all on Wikipedia than have this previous article defining my name.

Now I see that you have placed an 'issue' notice on the article which reads:

'This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or an institution related to the subject. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. (February 2015)'

Obviously this is quiet embarrassing. Especially knowing that those who read my books could see it. I have no intention of editing the article again. Could you please either remove the issue notice or delete the page completely (as you have warned). I'd much prefer the page was removed than have the issue notice read by all. It is not the kind of 'promotion' I need.

Thanks in advance,

Gus Gusillustrator (talk) 21:57, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for amending the page.

Gus Gusillustrator (talk) 22:27, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

conflict of interest

I've opened a discussion at Talk:Sonoma State University regarding the COI tag you added to Sonoma State University. I'd appreciate your input on this matter. Best regards, ——Stepheng3 (talk) 01:07, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

About Ann Mitchai

Hi,

Because I am Ann Mitchai's representative to update incorrect and incomplete information about herself. Therefore, how should I verify with you that my information has a complete permission from Ann Mitchai to distribute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suphavadee (talk • contribs) 15:50, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

You don't have any special privileges because you are her representative, you need to supply references that confirm what you are saying. Theroadislong (talk) 16:06, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

With all due respect for your evident commitment and learning -- and I do NOT say this ironically -- it seems to me that my original edit was truthful. Dr. Sheldrake does have reputable defenders. He may be something of an outlier, but he is by no means all alone. Now, that said, I don't intend getting into an edit war...but I ask you to consider what I have said. GraceOdin (talk) 21:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Please take your concerns to the talk page. Theroadislong (talk) 21:47, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
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