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Courtney Reed External Link
Hello! Thank you for you interest in the Courtney Reed article I created this morning. I read through the article you linked to Courtney Reed's Wikipedia page. I feel that the external link would be more applicable to the article for Aladdin the Musical, as it describes the musical specifically rather than just the actress. As always, I may have overlooked certain qualities of the article and it may very well fit into Courtney Reed's page. If this is so, please feel free to provide your own input. Thank you! (MonroeHarless (talk) 17:54, 3 December 2016 (UTC))
Your GA nomination of Center for Indoor Air Research
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Your GA nomination of Center for Indoor Air Research
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Nomination of Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing for deletion
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New Page Review - newsletter #2
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Retribution
Do you at all fear some form of retribution from Wikipedia's founder, for overturning and solidifying content that he had rejected? - Truth about MVNOs (talk) 13:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- No, because he rejected it for being unsourced. Now it's sourced. Everymorning (talk) 14:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Largoplazo. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Rajkamal Saraswati Vidya Mandir Ashoknagar, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Largoplazo (talk) 17:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
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That was fast!!! / Notable?
Wow, I see you added to my page on Mrs. Coverlet's Magicians less than 20 minutes after I created it!
Since you are a new-page patroller, let me ask: is the book sufficiently notable for Wikipedia? Everyone read it, but it does not seem to have won any book-awards or anything like that. HandsomeMrToad (talk) 19:09, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not sure. I looked for reliable sources but I couldn't find very many. Check to see if it meets the WP:NBOOK criteria. Everymorning (talk) 19:22, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
Půlnoc
Superbeat.cz only announces "the last Prague concert of the legendary Czech band Půlnoc" but the uploader seems to be trustworthy and I believe that it was really Půlnoc playing there, of course in a different line-up (Mejla is dead etc.) But the person sitting at the keyboard (right) is clearly Josef Janíček. Thanks for asking. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 18:58, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Jack Holmes (Illustrator)
Hi, I noticed you had marked it for deletion. Could we discuss how I can improve the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidmarshall682 (talk • contribs) 22:36, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
- I tagged it for deletion bc an article abt the same person seems to recently have been deleted after an AFD. Its nothing to do w article's quality. Everymorning (talk) 01:02, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
Discussion at Wikipedia talk:RFA study
You are invited to join the discussion at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:RFA study. Hi! Brought up a couple of potential improvements; it would be great if you could take a quick look. Enterprisey (talk!) 20:36, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- Replied there. Everymorning (talk) 21:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Nomination of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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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. jps (talk) 17:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
Please add a new page?
Hi, Everymorning, I see that you're an experienced WP user/editor. I believe that my bio would merit inclusion as a notable person and I wanted you to look at it and, as a neutral third party, create the entry if you agree and if that's something you do. I've posted a draft of the entry on my User talk page (User_talk:Toxdoc411). I can email a formatted version, if you prefer. Thanks. Toxdoc411 (talk) 07:42, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, it seems like you're notable, being the editor-in-chief of a respected journal. To avoid conflicts of interest-related problems you could create it in the draft namespace yourself at Draft:Steven Seifert and then submit it through the articles for creation process. Everymorning (talk) 21:01, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm a WP newbie, as you can tell. I'll do that. Thanks. Toxdoc411 (talk) 05:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC) Actually, every time I go to the Article Wizard, and indicate that I'm writing about myself, I get a message that says that I cannot because of the potential conflict of interest. Here's what that page says:
"Unfortunately writing an article about yourself (or someone or something very close to you; see the related page on advertising) involves a conflict of interest. This presents a number of problems, not the smallest of which is that it is very hard to remain neutral. Pages that introduce a conflict of interest are not being accepted by the Article Wizard at this time.
We encourage you to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Autobiography. If the subject matter really merits an entry, then sooner or later someone will create one. Therefore we would encourage you not to create the article yourself. If you are determined to propose one, please find another Wikipedia editor to help write it...."
Which is why I selected you. I have created a formatted version as DRAFT:Steven A. Seifert Toxdoc411 (talk) 06:34, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. That works for me. I guess it needed editing after all ;-).Toxdoc411 (talk) 16:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 22:17, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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Not sure if you know
There's a massive problem with Chinese research, especially in topics related to SCAM. Edzard nailed it here: http://edzardernst.com/2014/05/and-this-is-why-we-might-as-well-forget-about-chinese-acupuncture-trials/ Guy (Help!) 21:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
- I know. The authors are from Taiwan which is an independent country from China. Everymorning (talk) 21:25, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hal Morgenstern: Notability?
Is Hal Morgenstern really notable enough to warrant a wikipedia page? Do you have some evidence of notability?
Best regards, KMeyer (talk) 18:33, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure he meets WP:PROF due to his very high h-index (>50 according to Google Scholar). Everymorning (talk) 03:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
That seems like a really low bar compared to notability requirements on the rest of Wikipedia. KMeyer (talk) 01:14, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- I suppose thats true in a way. But there are a few reliable sources in the article too. Everymorning (talk) 01:38, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Stella Chess
On 22 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stella Chess, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a study by child psychiatrist Stella Chess and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stella Chess. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Stella Chess), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I replace your Speedy A7 with a BLP PROD. The claims of him being one of the early space tourists are a credible claim of notability in my opinion. The claims don't have to be sourced to avoid an A7, they just have to be credible. In this case, at least some of the claims are actually valid. See http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/17015067/flying-to-vegas-for-a-5000-flight?clienttype=printable for example.
Ah, I see someone has tagged it as a db-promo in the meantime, and mentioned that it has already been speedied earlier. Meters (talk) 23:57, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
New Page Review - newsletter No.2
- A HUGE backlog
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- No I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know. Everymorning (talk) 14:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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Sorry about this edit[1]
I am on a very poor internet connection. Not sure how it happened. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:09, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the apology. I was confused about why you would revert me without saying why in the edit summary. I assumed it was b/c some of the sources I cited weren't secondary reviews so I tried to replace the primary ones w/reviews when I readded stuff regarding the gun-suicide link. Everymorning (talk) 18:00, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of James D. Wright
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- Hi, what did you just do to the template? If you like my ALT1a suggestion, please just say so underneath my post. You don't have to insert the hook again above. It's important to keep the chronological order of the thread so that prep promoters can follow the discussion. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:43, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
- Sorry, I removed the duplicate of ALT1a I posted just below ALT1 under the incorrect impression that the hook(s) should be at the top of the page. Everymorning (talk) 22:47, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
DYK for James D. Wright
On 27 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James D. Wright, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sociologist James D. Wright co-authored a 1983 study which showed that approximately 1% of privately-owned guns in the United States are used in crime? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James D. Wright. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, James D. Wright), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.