User talk:CosmicJake

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If you need any more information, plenty of help is available - check out Wikipedia:Questions; ask your question here and attract help with the code {{helpme}}; or leave me a message on my talk page explaining your problem and I will help as best as I can. Again, welcome! strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 11:22, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Bill Connor (SC)

I did not nominate this page, I replaced an A7 tag that was removed by the article creator. The nominator was User:Carolina cotton. Cheers. Hairhorn (talk) 15:32, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Hairhorn: This article should not have been tagged A7, either by User:Carolina cotton or by yourself. CosmicJake (talk)

Cobblestone Farm and Museum

What in the article on Cobblestone Farm and museum is written like and advertisement? Dwight Burdette 20:49, 31 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deedeebee (talk • contribs)

I read the article as mildly promotional of its subject (e.g. "Restored to its mid-nineteenth-century appearance, the farm today serves to provide a glimpse into the pioneer history of the surrounding community." - to me it reads like something you'd find in a tourists' brochure). Wikipedia articles should ideally be written from a Neutral Point of View. I realise that can be difficult where subjects like this are concerned. The article is not in danger of being deleted as spam, but some modification of the tone with objective neutrality in mind would be of benefit to it. CosmicJake (talk) 20:56, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I simply diagree that it is promotional. The explicit purpose of any historical museum is to 'provide a glimpse' into the past. I don't know how to rewrite. Since you apparently know how, may I suggest you do so.Dwight Burdette 21:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deedeebee (talk • contribs)

I will be removing the 'advertismement' tag. Your criticism strikes me as highly subjective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deedeebee (talk • contribs) 21:49, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

G11

Hello, please be more careful when tagging pages for speedy deletion under CSD G11. G11 applies only to blatant advertising or spam that serves no encyclopaedic purpose and no purpose other than to promote someone or something. This does not automatically exclude them from being eligible under CSD A7, but I would appreciate it if you would take a little more time over your tagging to determine if an article really meets the criteria, which are deliberately very narrow. Thank you for your time and happy editing, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:12, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Any chance you could specify which page was wrongly tagged G11? CosmicJake (talk) 21:14, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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22:08, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Michigan model

It does not fall under db-nocontext as it clearly states that it is "a theory of voter choice". You may wish to prod or AfD the article instead. —fetch·comms 22:12, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

But what the heck is a theory of voter choice?

Sure, I'll prod it. However, IMHO there ought to be a speedy deletion category {{db-noeffort}} for articles like this one whose authors have made no effort whatsoever to make them encyclopedic or even to put in one wikilink. Grr CosmicJake (talk) 22:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

That's too bitey... Not like the media has helped make Wikipedia appear like there's a big process to get articles started and stuff. Btw, Hardened Core is not CSDable under that either, as it would be a patented technique to detecting radiation. The best rule of thumb is, if it could even possibly not fall under CSD, it's best not to use it. New users often need help getting started, and a big deletion notice is an immediate turnoff for most. —fetch·comms 01:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

My Secret Page

Not quite. :)

Nice job. You found the wrong page. So, are you going to try again? Or will you just give up? Have fun. Good luck. Hope to see you trying again, Hi878

Hi878 (talk) 23:42, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Good job. :)

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Manchester Busy Bees

The creator of this article has attempted to contest the PROD but caused it to be malformed. I have now removed the PROD and you're entitled to nominate the article for AFD. Stifle (talk) 14:50, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

• I am new to Wikipedia - could you please tell me why you consider the article unsuitable, and what you would suggest to make it more suitable. I have looked through the notority page you provided me with but am none the wiser. Thank you Camster1 (talk) 23:53, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
  • The article is unsuitable because the dance that it is about is not notable (i.e. has not been written about in reliable third-party sources, such as newspapers). The '75th Anniversary Book' is the only source mentioned in the article, and this is not a reliable third party source. If the dance is mentioned in newspapers or scholarly articles, then it may be notable. Otherwise, the topic does not merit an article on Wikipedia. CosmicJake (talk) 13:05, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Booky's Crush

I can well understand why you sent the three sentence stub to AFD, specially as it seems User:Ed Poor has a habit of creating such meager articles. But since the film received both Directors Guild of Canada and Gemini Awards nominations, and since the article has now been expanded and sourced, perhaps you might consider a withdrawal? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

• I have withdrawn the nomination of this movie's article for deletion. CosmicJake (talk) 22:49, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

  Cool. Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 02:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Uw-nnaddition

Template:Uw-nnaddition has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ahecht (TALK
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