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Re:Friend

I suggest you first try talking to him. From a superficial glance at his edits, I really can't see anything too bad, and I think he's just testing it out. Anyway, tell him to read some Wikipedia guidelines and such, so he can get more experienced with the concept of the wiki, and the policy and guidelines of Wikipedia. Nishkid64 23:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Arrested Development

No need to apologize, I know edit summaries often seem brisk. The reason I removed it was simply that one of the main goals in maintaining the quality and readability of the article is avoiding endless lists of examples, and a show like Arrested Development does warrant lots of examples, which can become problematic. So I didn't remove the example because it isn't accurate (since it is), but simply because there are already pleanty of examples of political topicality. Hope that clears things up. --TM 09:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


Re:1989 unprotection

Unfortunately, you cannot protect an article for an extended period of time, unless it's a high-traffic article such as George W. Bush, RuneScape, etc. Usually, admins protect pages per requests at WP:RFPP, and I believe that's how I first heard about the page. I saw that their was a high level of vandalism, and I hoped protecting the page temporarily would discourage vandals from coming back and editing the page. However, there are some good IP and newly registered users, who lose out when pages are protected. They cannot add their contributions to the page, and this is one of the reasons why pages cannot be protected for long periods of time. We want to stop vandalism, but we also want to keep the page open for everyone to edit. I mean, that's the point of Wikipedia, right? Hope that answers your question, Bkissin. Nishkid64 23:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

  • That was my reasoning exactly.--Scimitar 15:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Yeah, you're allowed to renominate the page for protection if it gets too out of hand. However, I am expecting that the page won't be too heavily vandalized in the near future. Nishkid64 22:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
      • If you're gonna sprotect 1989, are you going to do the other 1980s articles? I watchlist them and frequently revert redlinked vandalism...you might want to do them, as well. Akradecki 00:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Communitarian Nation of Moskitia

I made some edits, but overall, it looks like a nice start to the article. Nishkid64 (talk) 14:59, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Conservative Party candidates, 41st Canadian federal election

I don't understand. It's the same sort of list that we have down for the Liberals, the Bloc, the NDP, and the Greens. What is the correct way of doing so, in your opinion? Bkissin (talk) 20:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Your text is absolutely massive, and dosen't look like a list, which it is. It is not an article. Here are some Canadian Politics lists that are Featured Lists, the cream of the crop of lists. Look at them and make yours look similar. Nezzadar (talk) 20:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Premiers of Alberta · Premiers of British Columbia · Premiers of Manitoba · Premiers of New Brunswick · Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador · Premiers of Northwest Territories · Premiers of Nova Scotia · Premiers of Ontario · Premiers of Prince Edward Island · Premiers of Quebec · Prime Ministers of Canada · Prime Ministers of Canada by time in office

Hi, thanks for discussing this with me. All of this is of course, a work in progress. I'd like to have the results on the pages, so that we can have sortable tables, enabling us to rank candidates based on their votes. I started working on New Democratic Party candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election a while ago to show you what I mean. -- Earl Andrew - talk 23:19, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Ok, cool. It's a work in progress, so bare with me. BTW, I'm sorry about my impromptu reverts, if they may have offended you. -- Earl Andrew - talk 21:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)


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I'm unsure of what the license would be, truthfully enough. I didn't create the blank map, but the highlighting of the riding in question was my doing. Does it count as my work? I took the map from a previous election page, and just blanked it out. Could you help me figure out this situation?
Bkissin (talk) 05:49, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
It really depends on the copyright of the original image and whether the work you did is regarded as enough to be though of as a new artistic work or if it is still considered to be a derivative work. I need to know the source first before I can help you. I am watching this page for a while, so there is no need to post on my talk page. ww2censor (talk) 05:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I noticed that at the end of your talk page directly after I posted, sorry about that. The original image is , which I got to through Prince Edward Island general election, 2007. Bkissin (talk) 06:04, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

NB elections page

Thanks for the comments on the People Alliance Party. I think you're right; I double-checked, and I may have gotten a little ahead of myself. When (if?) they do become "official", I think we should add them if they become recognized by Elections NB. Thanks for fact-checking me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawnrouse (talk • contribs) 14:04, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


I understand your take on the Leaders infobox, but I'm not sure it's factual to exclude PANB since they are (as of today), officially recognized as a party by Elections NB (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/06/09/nb-panb-official-party-status-221.html). If we start to pick and choose which facts to put up, aren't we distorting the truth? In my view, it's not for us to decide whether or not they deserve it; you are either a registered party or you aren't. In this case, they are. You used the example of the Alberta election, but that page has the Wild Rose party in the leaders infobox, and they have never won a seat. In any case, thanks for the feedback; I appreciate a good discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawnrouse (talk • contribs) 23:12, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


Thanks for replying. I absolutely see where you are coming from. I think I see the gap between you and I now. You are using Wikipedia conventions of which I'm not aware (because I'm a newbie editor), while I'm just relying on what I consider to be the facts. I'm okay with leaving them out if that's how things are done around here, but I'm not sure it does reflect the facts. Even though PANB is a new party, they are officially registered in NB unlike the Animal Alliance Party or the Canadian Action Party.

By the way, I did a mini-Twitter survey on this question last night on the #nbvotes hashtag. It didn't get a big response, but two people (one NDP and one Tory) thought they should be added. I'm okay with leaving them out if that's the Wikipedia way to do it, but I don't think we have heard the last of this question. I plan to add the PANB candidate names in the "Other" column on the page. I'm sure you wouldn't have a concern with that.

Thanks again for the good discussion; it's great we can talk these things out. Shawnrouse (talk) 15:27, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Reply to your message

Please take a look at this revision of the article, and scroll down to the Historical Service section. You'll see that there were two identical copies of the list. All I did was remove one of them. The original list is still there, untouched. Another user copied it and pasted it, creating two lists, without giving an explanation. All I did was revert that user's mysterious unexplained duplication of the list. –BMRR (talk) 00:37, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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New Brunswick general election, 2010

I like the very polite way you handled that. I hope the IP will assume good faith and join your discussion. --Kudpung (talk) 12:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

David Karwacki excluded from 2007 election infobox

If the leader of a party with no seats in the Legislature got to participate in the one-and-only 2007 Election TV debate, I think he should be in the infobox. The support that David Karwacki got in Saskatoon Meewasin also significantly decreased the margins separating the NDP and the SK Party, IMHO. - Jwkozak91 (talk) 17:43, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)

FYI - Campbell is still the Premier of BC until such time his party elects a new leader. Due to our parliamentary system (i.e. the leader of the majority forms government) and our Constitution, the Office of Premier cannot be vacated as it would otherwise trigger a consitutional crisis for our Lieutenant Governor. --Cahk (talk) 22:18, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

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Leif Erikson Day

Just fyi. I noticed you reverted a date vandalism by 220.238.133.104 but there were two edits by this IP and you only reverted one. It's been fix by another IP. Slightsmile (talk) 18:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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"Target Seat" sections on Provincial elections pages

I have reverted the deletions I made on the election pages in question, and changed the titles to Marginal Seats per discussion on the Ontario election talk page. Sorry for falsely accusing you of reverting my edits, I should have double checked that before I said what I said. Also sorry for not clarifying the comment I made following my response to you, that comment was not directed at you at all but it very much appeared that it was. As you are probably aware, I have commented on the Ontario election page in support of the suggestion made by Vale of Glamorgan. Happy editing. Vietminh (talk) 02:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

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Nova Scotia Parliamentary Expenses Scandal

Hi there, I just wanted to let you know the reason I edited the information you added to Nova Scotia Parliamentary Expenses Scandal in this edit[2]. I read the reference article you used to source the claim that Hurlburt had pleaded guilty, and found that this wasn't exactly the case. His lawyer appeared in court and stated his client will plead guilty when he appears in court on April 12. Therefore a guilty plea hasn't been entered, so the article shouldn't be stating that he has already pleaded guilty. I figured you probably only misread the article, but we're dealing with WP:BLP which is why I wanted to explain to you here why I corrected the info before you seen it changed in the article.

Hey, no worries. It was my goal to update the legal situation of the four of them, but I wasn't sure how to best put into prose. Thanks for your help! Bkissin (talk) 15:26, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Parties in infobox

The Green Party is included in the infobox on Ontario general election, 2007, so you are wrong when you say we only include parties that win seats. I think having such a large share of the vote should be enough to include them. --Noname2 (talk) 21:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

5% was determined the threshold at Talk:Ontario general election, 2011#Green Party in Infobox. 117Avenue (talk) 21:23, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Consensus was not reached. YOU determined that 5% was a proper threshold. This has become a very divisive issue, with both sides implicitly accusing the other of trying to manipulate the electoral results. On the Ontario talk page, there was no administrator or uninvolved editor who made a final decision on the matter. I am not interested in reopening this debate, but I will revert recent edits and bring this back to the talk page if necessary. While this was an issue during the election itself, when Green Party (and other minor party supporters) want their party advertised in the leader's infobox, as soon as the election occurs and the party does not win any seats, then it seems logical that they are not mentioned in the infobox. Bkissin (talk) 21:34, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
An infobox is for summarizing the article. When a party receives more than five percent of the vote, or in the case of New Brunswick 2010 over ten percent, they played a significant part in the election, and should be mentioned. I don't see the logic you refer to. 117Avenue (talk) 22:11, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
OK, if the logic is that the infobox summarizes the article, then no one needs to know that minor parties played a part (at least in the infobox). If you want to argue that minor parties, (like the NDP, which had no representation in the previous legislature) played an important role in the election but didn't win seats, then that can be mentioned in the article itself. In the United States House of Representatives elections, 1912, the Progressive Party won 9 seats and 2% of the vote, but are not mentioned in the infobox. It is, however, mentioned in the prose of the article. Bkissin (talk) 22:31, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Cotler

Hey, no need to apologize for asking for another source. Your reasoning made sense, and it wasn't at all a problem. About the polling calls, I think it was more that the Conservatives were implying he'd step down and force a by-election, but I'll admit at the time it was kind of hard to tell if he was running again or not. Tholden28 (talk) 01:39, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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Next Nova Scotia general election

Hi Bkissin, I have cleaned up a significant amount in the nominated candidates section as you asked for in template. The new ridings are now included, I fixed the party order and added a number of candidates. One problem I ran into is Elections Nova Scotia lists a new riding as "Halifax Armdale" but because it was not already listed somewheres, I have no idea which of the Halifax sections it's supposed to be listed in. Also, the new "Sackville" riding, I wasn't sure what to link as there was previously a Sackville riding up to 1993. I was hoping you could check these problems out, as I think I have probably taken the section as far as I can for now. I'll keep checking the nominated candidates and add them as they become available. Cmr08 (talk) 22:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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I totally get your reasoning, and I really wouldn't be shocked if there does end up being a by-election in Ottawa-Vanier. I just think that at this point it might be a bit premature, given all the other things that could happen; for instance, his health could theoretically remain well enough (relatively speaking) where he's still serving as an MP by the time the next election is held (whether it be in 2019 or theoretically earlier if a snap election is held).

It wouldn't shock me, I just think including it now is a bit too presumptive. Tholden28 (talk) 03:11, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Bkissin. I'm very new to using language tags myself - I'll hunt around for a solution to the links being broken if used within a template. Thanks for spotting the issue and reverting. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 13:35, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

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14:13:10, 31 January 2018 review of submission by Cougarsurf


Hi Bkissin, thanks for taking a look at my draft. Could you help me identify which lines in particular you believe sound too subjective? Thanks! Cougarsurf (talk) 14:13, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

19:00:02, 31 January 2018 review of submission by Ehammer1408


Ehammer1408 (talk) 19:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)


I'm the author, and I'm not yet requesting a re-review. I do intend to revise further. Robert B. Barr is notable in two ways as a Rabbi: his congregation has been controversial with the official Reform Judaism movement in that it takes a humanistic perspective. I can document that significance. Barr has challenged conventional thought within American Judaism. He is also credited with being one of the first online congregations - again, documentable. He is well-published and a regular lecturer on notable topics. Finally, his candidacy itself is notable and well-cited in the draft article. There have only been two rabbis who have ever run for Congress, and neither we active pulpit rabbis with actual congregations. Were he to win, Barr would be the first rabbi to serve in the US House. The very notability of these items can sound promotional, but these are established facts which are notable. Can you highlight particular phrases that either need rewording or need a citation? That would help.

Ehammer1408 (talk) 19:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, and I definitely get where you are coming from. If you can find information from the Forward or from Tablet or from non-religious publications about Barr's controversial stances, those might count as reliable sources. In terms of sounding less promotional, take a look at Jimmy Kessler, Raphael Evers, and Barbara Borts for ideas on how to make the article sound more encyclopedic. The article's focus should be on his current position as a Rabbi, with a section that can go into a small amount of factual detail on his congressional aspirations. Bkissin (talk) 20:42, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Request on 02:12:53, 1 February 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by Ehammer1408



Ehammer1408 (talk) 02:12, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I will develop the page further, taking your suggestions. Ehammer1408 (talk) 02:12, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Merci

Merci d'avoir approuvé mon premier article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RomanskiRUS (talk • contribs) 15:21, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

10:27:29, 7 February 2018 review of submission by Ketikh


Ketikh (talk) 10:27, 7 February 2018 (UTC)


Hello, I added a lot of sources that repeat the facts that I have provided in the article. can you please let me know exactly what part of the references is not satisfactory??

What you wrote is not set up as an encyclopedia article. It's set up like a resume. Look at an article like Kakha Bendukidze on how to format the article. Additionally, I don't see Wikipedia:Notability (people) here. Familiarize yourself with those guidelines and see whether Mr. Khazaradze meets any of those guidelines for notability. Bkissin (talk) 14:33, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Great, I will take a look and update the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ketikh (talk • contribs) 09:25, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

09:55:13, 7 February 2018 review of submission by Wdmguk


Hi. I am confused by the refusal. LO3 Energy has been reported by numerous major media sources and the references in the article include in-depth reports from the New York Times, the Guardian, New Scientist and Fox Business. If required, I can also add in reports from Wired, the Daily Telegraph and Scientific American and many others.

The Brooklyn Microgrid, which enabled the first peer-to-peer transaction of energy, is a key marker in the development of new transactive energy network developments which are of great interest to popular science. Having this information on Wikipedia - and I plan to also write an informative article on the Brooklyn Microgrid - is of benefit to the public realm.

I am happy to work on content to ensure it reads impartially if you feel it doesn't, but I do strongly dispute the claim that the references do not show the company's notability.

Please could you give a response as I would like to progress this page quickly. I really need to know what I have to do as I do believe the credits in global media make this a viable company to have a wikipedia entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wdmguk (talk • contribs) 17:24, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Wdmguk (talk) 09:55, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

16:51:53, 11 February 2018 review of submission by Lruddy6493


Lruddy6493 (talk) 16:51, 11 February 2018 (UTC)


Hi, Can you provide specifics of what is not acceptable? It says "should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed." I've provided 14 different sources including newspapers and government pages. I've not included the organization's website, press releases, social media etc. The last citation is an online blog so in re-reading the guidelines, that one probably doesn't carry weight. I didn't include any op-eds, opinion pieces, letters to the editor etc. It would be helpful to know which sections and which citations don't meet the standards. Thanks. Lruddy6493 (talk) 16:51, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

It doesn't seem like you read my reasoning at all! The page itself is written like an informal advertisement or article about the organization, and not an encyclopedia entry about the organization. Wikipedia is not a business or nonprofit directory. Wikipedia articles need to have a Neutral point of view on the topic. This article for a Canadian version of Furniture Bank in Toronto is not perfect, but it is perhaps a starting point on proper writing and notability. Additionally, I'd look over Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) again to make sure that the organization fits those requirements. Bkissin (talk) 17:12, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Please remember to check for copyvio

Hi and thanks for your work reviewing new articles. Please remember to check for copyright violations. The particular one I saw was Draft:Napoli v Red Bull Leipzig Live Video Stream, which was copied from http://www.sofascore.com/rb-leipzig-msv-duisburg/TabskCo. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:28, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks @Diannaa: I didn't even consider the copyvio issues on that page. I deleted it because it was inherently WP:NOT. Thanks for letting me know! Bkissin (talk) 16:30, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
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Zach Parker

Clearly you do not understand notability rules for professional boxers.

Dealing with crap like this was the reason I left Wikipedia after editing for years. Obviously things have not improved.

Want to see another boxing article I started about another boxer at a similar stage of his career that someone like you thought was not notable?

Carl Froch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:4781:EA00:D1C1:C44A:B412:3FF3 (talk) 23:02, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you and me too!

Cheeseburgers are yummy! Cloig44 (talk) 12:04, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Re: Yamaha PS-55 review

You said that I didn't add any more references, but actually I added two more references. I really don't understand how it's possible to overlook that.

It's fine if you reject the article, but if you do so, you have to explain me exactly why.

That first guy simply said 'you have not shown that this model is particularly famous or significant.' and 'All you've done is cite the manual'.

Why do I have to show that the model is particularly famous or significant? There's no rule that says Wikipedia may only contain articles about famous or significant things. That keyboard may not be very famous, it's a really old 80s keyboard... But I researched about it, watched several videos, read the entire manual and collected all information I could find in the internet and combined them into one article, so it can be improved by other people later on with new information, that aren't yet available. I'm a 90s kid, I can't know how famous that keyboard was back then in the 80s. It was only covered in some very old music magazine and I cited that one in the latest revision. However, I know that there are other pages on Wikipedia about other keyboards by Yamaha with equivalent information and they didn't get rejected.

I don't only cite from the manual anymore and am referring to other sources, too. There's just not much more that I can include. If you disagree, please try yourself to find more information (which is hardly possible) and help me improving it. But please don't reject it without any tips on how to improve it.

Reditec (talk) 22:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Reditec! I'm sorry if you are upset about your article being rejected. Let me try to go into a little more detail.
There's no rule that says Wikipedia may only contain articles about famous or significant things. Actually, that is indeed a rule. Wikipedia:Notability discusses at length what counts as significant enough for a wikipedia article. One of the general notability guidelines is If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list. In the case of the manual you cited, that would not be independent of the subject. As for the additional coverage you cited, I don't know if that would apply as significant coverage in a reliable source.
Of all the products that Yamaha makes, why does this deserve an article? We don't make articles for every model year of a car (unless a particular model year has significant coverage that would warrant its own article. But even with the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Corvair, the issues with each of these vehicles is mentioned in an article about the car itself). We don't make individual articles about each baseball bat made by Louisville Slugger.
I noticed in looking at the List of Yamaha products that there are some keyboards that have their own articles, and most of them are poorly put together and have not been "improved" by other editors. This however is not a justification that because other stuff exists, that means that every electric keyboard should have its own article. There are a lot of things that don't end up on Wikipedia because it's just not what Wikipedia is for. Those are my particular reasonings behind rejecting the article. By all means attempt to resubmit, but I can't promise that another reviewer won't also reject the article. Bkissin (talk) 03:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Movement For!

Hey!

Thanks for the feedback on my article Draft:Movement For!. Some parts indeed were translated from the Latvian page, but some where added. You mentioned that the article needs a little work on article grammar. I edited a few mistakes that I noticed, but can you let me know if there are any more and if so, can you please point them out?

Thanks in advance! --Svx101 (talk) 08:20, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Help with Removing Promotionalism

Hi you recently left a comment on the Page Draft:Motty Steinmetz. The main feedback was to remove promotionalism from it-I've tried to do this but I'm still very unsure if I have done enough. Would it be possible for you to have a look at it?

Thank you Adam Bernstein (talk) 09:48, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

12:01:46, 28 February 2018 review of submission by Elisemercy


HI, I cannot find any other, external and reliable references, outside the MPS. I've checked several other MPIs and they have no or only a few references, most of them really to the MPS (mother). So, could you please help us? Any idea what kind of references could match? best, Elisemercy

Elisemercy (talk) 12:01, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Portland Lumberjacks

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00:40:06, 7 March 2018 review of submission by Enguerrandvidor


Hi Bkissin, I just reviewed the article and added more references from newspapers and reliable sources. Leezair is the biggest marketplace of Tours & Activities across the world according to AFR, Qantas, Startup daily and Travel weekly. Regards, Angus

Enguerrandvidor (talk) 00:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Paludiavis

Thank you for cleaning up and moving the Paludiavis stub to main space. --2600:1700:FB00:9C00:F046:37C4:F403:F894 (talk) 17:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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