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Havelock the Dane's block

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I am going to try to get a hold of the person who did that checkuser, but they live in a time zone that's fast asleep now and it might be a while. east.718 at 13:26, January 6, 2008

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Clint Thomas

The article you created does not explain who he was, from the text he seems like a sportsman, but do you think you could add which sport? RT | Talk 13:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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double check

Hi RIP,

I have noticed you double checking the AFC archives. What are you doing? And do you need any help? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:48, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the very early days there were no standard templates, so there are some declined or accepted by comment only, without a ribbon, so you have to read the comment to see what it was. I suppose this could be edited to todays standard, but no need to, in my opinion. The worst ones are where the box includes the heading, then the macro's dont work on the preceeding article! I may have a look tomorrow at some old ones. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Cayman Islands Investment Bureau

Well, I have removed the speedy tag. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: List of space telescopes

Hey, thanks for the comments, and the offer of help. By my count, there are 8 red links remaining, which shouldn't take that long to stubify. Nice work with Granat, BTW: it looks much better than most of the other space telescope articles... Mike Peel (talk) 21:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thank you! The main reference I found for CORSA was [1]. I'm inclined to leave it on the list for now, although maybe the Hakucho article should discuss it rather than having a separate article... Mike Peel (talk) 09:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: A little motivational tool for your students

Many thanks for that link. It's fascinating! I'll pass on the info. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 09:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


WP:MMM "B-class" review

Many thanks for going through all the WP:MMM start-class articles and giving them a review. This will be very encouraging for those whose articles were upgraded, and your comments are very helpful for those that are still at start-class. Thanks again! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 11:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for help on The President (novel)!!

I just wanted to say thanks for chipping in and looking over our spelling, mine tends to be awful! Also, if you know what to look for in an MoS sweep and have the time to give the article a look over, we would really appreciate it. We are gunning for a GA article soon and then hopefully an FA! Thanks again, --Mfreud (talk) 06:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for creation

I noticed that you rejected somebody's proposed article on Smith v. Kansas city Title & Trust Co., 255 U.S. 180 (1921) because "The proposed article is not suitable for Wikipedia." I suggest replacing this with something more specific, such as "The proposed article appears to be copied and pasted from another source. Please rewrite the article in your own words, citing the original source as necessary." (As an aside, I am not absolutely certain whether the source is copyrighted or not: U.S. government works generally are not copyrighted, but it is possible that the submitter obtained the text from a non-U.S. government source, or that it may contain embedded copyrighted content.) 69.140.152.55 (talk) 04:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for help on Mario Vargas Llosa!

Ya I noticed a couple of wikilinks that seemed like overkill, so I started removing them and I guess I got carried away... I'm getting my group to have a look at that paragraph and we'll see what we can do. Thanks again for all your help! Lincolnchan98 (talk) 02:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mario Vargas Llosa passed GA review! Thanks so much for all your help! :) Lincolnchan98 (talk) 00:50, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weasel words?

You removed the words "much larger" from the reference to the Citizendium article on Onslow Beach, calling them weasel words. They don't seem to fit the definition of weasel words at all -- "implying something which is difficult to substantiate." The WP article is a 50-word stub. The Citizendium article is 600+ words, with photos, a gallery, and eight references. What's wrong with calling it "much larger?" Lou Sander (talk) 14:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! Forgot to sign it. Thanks for the fast reply. Do you have a reference to the standard practice? Lou Sander (talk) 14:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: I, the Supreme

No harm done! I hadn't started the review, so I'm more than happy to let you continue your good work. Please feel free to replace my name on the template at GAN with your own. Happy reviewing. :) María (habla conmigo) 14:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:NASA

Would it be all right if a bot substituted those templates? Singularity 18:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scratch that; it's been relisted. Singularity 18:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Augusto Roa Bastos

This seems to be close to B-Class now. What do you think? The editors would probably appreciate a boost. Geometry guy 20:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nicely done! Geometry guy 21:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ASR

<smooch!> Thanks, and I agree.  :) --Elonka 10:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnstar of Awesomeness

Acer, thanks for all the help on MVLL. I don't know how close we are to FAC, but all your work has very much been appreciated. For that, I award you with this barnstar:

Enjoy! Lincolnchan98 (talk) 17:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Angel Asturias

(Copied over from my talk page:) Acer, thanks for this. Magnificent stuff! You know, I wouldn't add anything else for the moment. It'll be a while before anyone really fills in much on the other novels (though I hope Men of Maize gets a decent article one of these days). They're not much read. So no need to multiply the redlinks too much. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 07:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it were

Even if it were an invitation only group (which just seems a non-Wiki way to do things) you would have more than earned an invitation. As far as I'm concerned the only prerequisite is support for the goals of the FA team. Glad you're going to be joining us! And thanks for all the work you've done on the MMM articles; I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am. Mike Christie (talk) 02:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A warm welcome to the FA-Team from me too! Your contribution has been fantastic! Geometry guy 10:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, the MMM work has been a great experience for me and I've learned alot from it.. The project tempted me and now I'm inevitably going to end up reading those books rather sooner than later :) Acer (talk) 11:07, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll add a welcome from me too! In some respects it's quite an intimidating line-up of editors there - when I signed up, I must confess to being a bit dubious about just how useful I'd be - but there's nowhere better to learn quality editing! Your work has been magnificent, and I'm looking forward to working with you ;) EyeSerenetalk 15:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We do have the tip-toppest editors working with us here! (And I include people like Lincolnchan98, of course!). My only fear is that the whole of the rest of Wikipedia must be slowly grinding to a halt... --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You should definetely include yourself in that list JB, that Balls in the Air Award you have on your user page pretty much says it all Acer (talk) 00:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
:D EyeSerenetalk 17:23, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How awesome are you?

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I know this isn't nearly as cool as the other barnstar I gave you, but it's still well-deserved for your work on Mario Vargas Llosa. Great job and thank you! Lincolnchan98 (talk) 00:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/P.wormer

Good detective work! Your detecting was correct: see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/P.wormer. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 01:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA...

Thank you...
...for your participation in my RFA, which closed with 85 supports, 2 neutrals and 1 oppose. I'm extremely grateful for all the the kind comments from so many brilliant Wikipedians I've come to respect and admire, as well as many others I've not yet had the pleasure of working with, and I'll do my best to put my shiny new mop and bucket to good use! Once again, thank you ;)
EyeSerenetalk 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA passing

I just wonder why did you pass I, the Supreme seeing that there are, I think, four passages that needs citations. It fails Good article criteria #2. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 12:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. No worries. --Efe (talk) 12:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kohs quote

Re this edit I suggest you find better criticism than Gregory Kohs; if you are unaware, this guy has a serious vendetta against WP and pops up on any blog posting anywhere to slam the site. Including criticism is one thing; including the deluded rantings of an idiot is something else. For my part, I thought it was supposed to be a joke -- in an "anything that Kohs slams must be good!" kind of way. Regards, howcheng {chat} 20:59, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup I know about Kohs and his habit of searching the net for any mention of the word Wikipedia so he can criticize it. But you see, he was the only one so far that came right out against the project (granted he probably couldn’t care less about it) and did so with a statement that any person with a minimum of common sense will find hilarious, and that makes it all the best to include at the top of the page. In a way we’re making fun of him, lightening up our readers and showing criticism, IMO it’s the perfect choice. PS: if you're worried that we're giving him a spotlight and feeding his obsession and don't think that’s the case since he'll continue to criticize regardless until his wikibizz is allowed again (which I hope doesn’t happen) Acer (talk) 21:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So yea you're right it was supposed to be a joke too Acer (talk) 21:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar of Murder!!

Barnstar of Murder, Madness, and Mayhem
On behalf of Murder, Madness, and Mayhem, this barnstar is to thank you for your hard work and patience in motivating, mentoring, and moulding the work of student editors, and helping them to achieve excellence in research and writing. For your enthusiasm and hard work, not least diving also into content issues and research, plus your technical help. Thank you so much!
On behalf of the entire class of UBC's SPAN312. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jb, it was really my pleasure lending a hand to such a great project.. I really feel I've been part of something special and thats a great feeling. PS: this will be a nice companion to the that other awesome barnstar ;) Acer (talk) 00:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, yeah, the other barnstar's better. What can ya do? Anyhow, really I've been most impressed. And we'll sort out I, the Supreme properly soon... Perhaps FA one of these days? --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 01:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm definetly up for it! And also getting Miguel Angel Asturias up to GA. Also count me in for next semester :) Acer (talk) 01:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

... will definitely pass them along to that course organizer, and also take a look myself. Cheers, AndrewGNF (talk) 00:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: I, the Supreme

Acer, just a note to say that I haven't forgotten. We may both be in low edit mode for a while, though. I'll be back at the weekend. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 11:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cyg-x1

Hi there, I've been following your work on Cygnus-x1 since I did the GA review and I'm most impressed. Anyway, I was going truh the article again today and I noticed that the costallation map was missing cyg-x1 itself, so I made a guesstimate version based on these two images: [2] and [3], obviously its a crude estimate since I didn't take the scales into consideration, but it atleast gives a general idea. Anyhow I leave it up to you to use it or not. Its located here - Acer (talk) 22:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Eta and Cyg X-1 are separated by 26 arcminutes, so they're real close together on a map of that scale. As you can see by the image, Cyg X-1 is a little difficult to see when the map is scaled down.—RJH (talk) 22:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I figured I had spaced them more than they actually are but I decided to go with it anyway for clarity, as for the size, I was kind of hoping people would click on the image :P, are you suggesting I make the caption bigger or just scrap the idea alltoguether? I'm happy eitherway. Acer (talk) 22:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For that to work, it may require a blown-up sub-image, such as on the IK Pegasi page. You could probably just overlay the Lyra part of the image. Also you might consider shrinking down the resulting image a little so it is easier to download.—RJH (talk) 22:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCookie

Just stopping by with cookies for those editors who started new articles today. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keratocephalus

Hi. I think there's some sort of mistake - the title of the article and its subject are different. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 22:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Updated DYK query On 7 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Isaac Bowman, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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thanks

Thanks for approving my submission. Maybe one day I might register – but not today. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 01:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to say hai

Tinucherian has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend or a possibly new friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
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Rfb participation thanks

Hello, Acer.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 18:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:AfC

Thank you for those tips! I didn't realize that needed to be done, otherwise I would have started a long time ago. You're method of documenting in the summary sounds good, though. Thanks again!!! Winnifred-Ian-Leonard-Harry-Ellen-Lucy-Marilyn-Ingrid-Nora-Amanda Walter-Ira-Lauren-Lalla (talk) 21:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replying to your recent message on my talk page: That's okay. It's easy to forget these sorts of things; I've had similar forgets when giving others instructions in the past. The important thing is, though, that you pointed it out to me, as I otherwise might not have known that it was a neccessary part of the job. In honour of that...
The Barnstar of Diligence
For making sure a fellow AFC worker knew and understood the proper system for accepting potential articles, and giving credit to the IPs who submit them. Great work!!! The ''Gorgeous Girl''!!! (talk) 06:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well thank you! Putting it on user page now :) Acer (talk) 15:55, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 16:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gilberto Gil

I am withdrawing the FAC due to new opposes and the recommendation of Jbmurray, but that just allows us more flexible time to work! How are you doing on those book sources? --Kakofonous (talk) 11:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I think that was the sensible thing to do. I have the books here but I havent managed to start reading them yet, still got some University stuff to take care of, that said I'm a pretty fast reader so once I start it wont take long to finish them. I'll try to do that by next week. Acer (talk) 18:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When you're able to, could you also translate the phrase "Aquele Abraço" into English? I haven't found the English equivalent in books or been able to translate it myself with my woefully abridged Portuguese dictionary. Babel Fish gives me "That One I Hug", but usually humans are better at this sort of thing. (: --Kakofonous (talk) 00:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you still around? You haven't edited it a while, so I thought I'd check. :) --Kakofonous (talk) 13:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Granat

Hi, I changed "NaCl" to "NaI" for the Granat KONUS B detectors, as NaI(Tl) is the standard material (see gamma ray spectroscopy) and I am almost sure that must be what was intended. Since I do not know absolutely for certain, you might want to check your sources in case I am wrong. Cheers, Wwheaton (talk) 20:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked your source, and I see the error is in the GSFC web page as well. This sort of thing can happen when semi-technical staff people maintain web pages over a broad range of subject matter. I have worked in gamma-ray astronomical spectroscopy for many years, and I have never heard of NaCl being used as a scintillator. The high Z of the iodine is critical to stop gamma rays. I probably won't have time to track it further, but I am 99% certain it is incorrect. Neil Gehrels at GSFC might be able to get it verified and fixed, or you might be able to find out from the French. Phillipe Durouchoux at Saclay might be the one to ask. Wwheaton (talk) 20:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And I just found the HEASARC web manager, and e-mailed them a heads-up about it, so hopefully it will get fixed on their page eventually. Wwheaton (talk) 21:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I got an automated response from the guy at GSFC, he is on vacation. Presumably it will get fixed in due course. Really I think this is a great collaboration—I'm struggling to work and keep my job, don't really have time to put in the sort of effort you wonderful Wiki people do, but with a few minutes work I could fix up the problems I saw. I am thinking I will solicit some of my old friends and colleagues to keep watch too.
Cheers, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 22:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Got an email from GSFC:

Dear Bill,

Thank you for pointing this out. This was probably a typo or transcription error as our other page on GRANAT mentions the NaI(Tl) crystal.

I've fixed the page, and if you have any information to add, we would be happy to incorporate that into the description.

Regards, Mike Arida for the HEASARC

and I also sent them a heads-up about the 5 billion ("billions and billions"...) problem. Wwheaton (talk) 03:52, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Hi again, I got another e-mail from Mike Arida at GSFC, and learned that there are TWO sets of pages at GSFC, one for outreach (ie, to public) & one for scientists:

Hello Bill,

I never would have found that as it is on our outreach pages, and not on our main science pages. I've fixed it though it seems to be just a typo as the "official" page is at

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/granat/granat.html

Thanks again for the help. Best regards, Mike

Anyhow, I thought you might like to be aware there are two for your future Wiki work:

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sats_n_data/missions/granat.html

and

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/granat/granat.html

HEASARC is the official science archiving place for High Energy Astronomy missions, and they should have the most reliable information, I hope.

Cheers, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 21:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The FA-Team

Hi. There has been some discussion of how to improve the FA-Team's functioning. It's be grand if you could comment on the new suggested structure, and perhaps also look at our current proposals. Thanks. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FA-Team Mission 4

Mission 4, a series of articles on the Everglades, could do with help from the FA-Team! Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 12:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Harvey Kennedy

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FA-Team Proposals

Please comment on the current FA-Team proposals. Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 16:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FA-Team successes!

Indigenous people of the Everglades region, Draining and development of the Everglades and Restoration of the Everglades have all recently become FAs! King Arthur is now at FAC! Thanks to our hard-working team members! Awadewit (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New FA-Team mission needs your help!

Félix Houphouët-Boigny needs to be copyedited and peer reviewed. We would appreciate any and all help from the crack members of the FA-Team! Sign up here. Merci! Awadewit (talk) 12:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notice


Henri Caesar

There appears to be no evidence that Henri Caesar actually existed (sadly enough; it's a great life story.) Unless you have access to RS saying otherwise, I suggest a major overhaul of the page. --Vincent pearse (talk) 16:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A-class review request

Hey Acer, I was wondering if you could review the Spokane, Washington article in an ACR. After you read the article, I believe all you need to do is apply the A-Class criteria to the article and put whether you believe it is worthy of being A-class in the section dealing with the review in the articles Talk page. Also, in addition to doing the assessment, it would be helpful if you could include some points for improvement. If you are up to review it, notify me on my Talk. Thanks! Anon134 (talk) 21:52, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FYI...

Created Song of Songs (2006 film) to replace Song of Songs (film) as there's another film with that name; see disambiguation page. Cheers! Shir-El too 12:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Acer! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to these articles, it would greatly help us with the current 11 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Oyeleye Oyediran - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Jim Paschke - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 17:54, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note

Just FYI, I referenced one of your comments here, hope you don't mind. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 06:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thats perfectly fine. I didn't know about that Wikiproject either, seems like a very useful resource Acer (talk) 14:21, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Domingo Faustino Sarmiento‎

Template:Domingo Faustino Sarmiento‎ has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. MBelgrano (talk) 15:31, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Regarding that template, you may want to read WP:NENAN. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 19:09, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

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Speedy deletion nomination of Pizza My Heart (restaurant)

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A tag has been placed on Pizza My Heart (restaurant) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of TRL Music for deletion

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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 template from the top of the article. — Cirt (talk) 22:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Harpagofuator for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Harpagofuator 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/Harpagofuator 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. Yzx (talk) 06:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]