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Acather96 (talk) 14:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As well, can I congratulate you on your great new article John Matthew Rispoli - you may want to consider nominating to be displayed on the 'Did you know' section of the main page, you can do so here. If you need a hand, just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 15:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, "Stefano Pace"[edit]

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Hello[edit]

Just wanted to let you know that I saw that you created the new article Nazzareno Camilleri--It would be great if you could also Wikify the related article Katrine Camilleri.

Jipinghe (talk) 22:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:John Peter Portelli.gif[edit]

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Your recent edits[edit]

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Editing of articles on philosophy in Malta[edit]

I refer to the comment of the arbitrator following you decision to refer me to Wikiquette assistance. I trust you now understand that it is one of the five founding principles of Wikipedia is that anyone is allowed to edit, no matter how highly you rate your knowledge in a particular subject or how low your opinion of others'.

As I said, I think there are serious problems with the articles you have written, mainly in that Wikipedia policies like WP:ADVERT and WP:ORIGINAL are not followed. Still, I'm ready to by prudent and cautious with my edits as I have been this far. I therefore invite you to take up discussion of the contentious points in the talk pages of the articles in question.

Regards.

Demdem (talk) 16:52, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Demdem, I need not go into discussions about matters of which I am absolutely certain, and about which you evidently don't know much. Forgive me for being so blunt. But that's the way it is.

You say that WP:ADVERT and WP:ORIGINAL were not followed. It is crystal clear that some of the changes you made were not, as WP:ADVERT warns, "advertisements masquerading as articles" or "references with the aim of promoting the author or the work being referenced". Wherever this seemed to be the case, I submitted without as much as a squeak.

On the other hand, some items you chose to change were not in violation in any way of what WP:ORIGINAL warns about, namely "references to material for which no reliable, published sources exists". Quite the opposite, the changes you made were arbitrary (to the contrary of which reliable, published sources exist).

Yes, I do agree with you that you should be more prudent and cautious, especially when dealing with matters contributed by experts. Forgive me, but I do not say this because I look down on you or have a low opinion of you, or anyone else, for that matter. Nevertheless, some changes made by you to matters on which I am an expert - especially concerning Philosophy in Malta, and Manuel Dimech - cannot but be called presumptuous.

The Philosophy in Malta article has some 60+ articles attached to it, all original and researched from first sources by the undersigned. You must understand that, after all the work that this entails, I cannot possibly keep reviewing them every now and then to see what changes, inane or otherwise, have been made to them. I do accept the principle that everyone can change and edit at will. However, it is understood that this is done responsibly and reliably.

Anyway, I hope all of this gets us somewhere. Thanks. --Katafore (talk) 19:31, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to note that you choose to ignore what the arbitrator said (following a request you made) that arguments from authority are not admissible in Wikipedia. Everyone edits Wikipedia and edits anonymously and that means that, whatever our respective qualifications might be, they do not come into it.

I understand that you have done a lot of work. But still many Wikipedia principles have been violated. I mentioned WP:ADVERT because the articles you wrote openly promote one author (Mark Montebello), his works on the subject and his particular POV. On WP:ORIGINAL I believe your penultimate paragraph in your last comment, referring to the articles being "original and researced from first sources" by you, just about says it all.

Demdem (talk) 05:43, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My friend, it's not that I do not acknowledge and accept the arbitrator's advise that arguments from authority are not admissible in Wikipedia. I do understand that this alone is not enough to make a good article, especially if it is to be free from POV. Nevertheless, you will agree that improvements have to be knowledgeable. In other words, an editor has to know exactly what s/he is doing, understanding the difficulty of writing such articles, and the points of contention involved, which are never easy to resolve. However, despite your commendable interest in improving the article, you proposed that it be removed completely, which is really unfortunate.

This brings us to the question of the alleged "promotion" of just one author. In this case, considering that the only extensive publications on the subject are by the same author, it can hardly be helped to draw information primarily from that author's publications (which, incidentally, you called "of dubious quality", a qualification which might be considered a punch below the belt). Though it is probably unfortunate that only one major source of information is available with regard to the history of philosophy in Malta, this is how things stand. For the time, nothing can be done about it. Nonetheless, it does not follow that this necessarily amounts to "promotion". Of course, I need not invite you, or anyone else, to improve the article wherever possible in this regard.

Finally, I take this opportunity to ask your forgiveness if I formerly used strong words when criticising your editing. I had lost my cool a bit, which I shouldn't have. So sorry.

--Katafore (talk) 06:59, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I assure you that I know what I'm doing when I'm editing Wikipedia, I explain when I edit, I take things to the talk page. That was precisely the case with the issue of deletion: there are serious problems with this article vis-a-vis Wikipedia policies (and even more that the time) but no major consensus for deletion. Which is why I never acted beyond the comment posted and instead proceeded with edits that were explained or offered for discussion.

Apologies accepted. Other than that, I suggest we pursue the matter in the article's talk page.

Demdem (talk) 06:08, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. --Katafore (talk) 07:28, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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June 2014[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles, or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion debates, as you did with Emmanuel George Cefai. Otherwise, it may be difficult to create consensus. If you oppose the deletion of an article, please comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 11:27, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are perfectly right. So sorry. I thought that the delete notice could be temporarily removed since the whole article was reworked from scratch. Nevertheless, I understand that this could create problems. On the other hand, I presume that, since modifications were now been heavily made, a reconsideration of the deletion might be undertaken. --Katafore (talk) 15:16, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to contribute to the deletion discussion it's here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emmanuel George Cefai (2nd nomination). You can edit the article, and should if you think it might improve it and save it from deletion, but don't remove the notice until the discussion is done.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 16:25, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Very kind indeed. Thank you. --Katafore (talk) 17:23, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emmanuel George Cefai (2nd nomination)[edit]

Hello Katafore. Let's keep this on-wiki, not via email. The article was deleted for lack of notability: assertions about notability were made but not proven. Such proof could consist of citations, book reviews, discussions of the subject, and none were given. In addition, claims such as "already somewhat published" don't promise much--but even if your subject were published, that in itself is not evidence of notability. After all, anyone can publish these days. What is needed is proof that the publications are noted by others. See, for instance, WP:PROF and WP:AUTHOR. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 22:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You might be right. Nevertheless, I think that you were marginally less to the book in this case and rather slightly too harsh. Surely the second version could have stayed. The second article was removed without no discussion at all, which, to my mind, might be against Wikipedia practice. I suggest that the second version be reloaded, and left for further discussion and, if necessary, development. --Katafore (talk) 04:52, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. There was plenty of discussion in that AfD. Drmies (talk) 20:46, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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	Mark Montebello is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 02:41, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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