User talk:Alpha Quadrant/Archive 8
Please take the Wikipedia Ambassador Program surveyHi Ambassador, We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors. WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You! Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:35, 24 May 2011 (UTC) PalladiumHi, you removed a reference from the article palladium. This leaves this fact without credible source. This will be a problem in the GAN process. If there is no credible source except a blacklisted source (I can not see if it is not credible or only used as spam in wikipedia) than this fact has to be removed. --Stone (talk) 21:27, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
That Springs articleMight be a copyvio...or not...not sure, but take a look at this website, looks awfully similar to the WP article. What a mess, I've been doing some research, lots of hard feelings on both sides.Shearonink (talk) 03:27, 25 May 2011 (UTC) Deletion review; Early close and Interpretation of arguments in debateHi. You may have already understood my prior post as an invitation to take a second look at your close in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stary Olsa. But I couldn't tell for certain from your edit summary in your deletion of my post whether I had expressed my concerns clearly enough. My concern about your close was in part that it was an early close, which is what you refer to. But it was also a concern as to the proper application of our guidelines and proper interpretation of the arguments made in the debate. I would urge a re-opening of the AfD debate by you, and closure by an uninvolved admin. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Though the policies are not directly linked in the debate, they are referenced. Their arguments would be stronger had they provided links, however, because it is a Belarusian band English, or possibly even online sources would be hard to find. Alpha Quadrant talk 19:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
In short, none of the !voters gave any arguments that were supported by multiple verifiable non-trivial RS coverage, independent of the band. The "arguments" consisted of: a) "let's ignore the wp notability rule that is used to determine notability"; and b) "let me just make a blanket statement, unsupported by RSs, and see if the closer accepts it as a verifiable RS-supported argument". I'm sure that your close was made completely in good faith. But for the above reasons, would urge a relisting and a close by a previously uninvolved admin. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC) check it outcheck out my talk page!--A.a.p.cool (talk) 00:54, 26 May 2011 (UTC) Categories creationWill the articles or subcategories suggested be edited automatically by a bot.., to add them to the new category? 218.250.143.16 (talk) 18:50, 26 May 2011 (UTC) My editor reviewThanks very much Alpha Quadrant, I intend to brush up my knowledge of CSD before undertaking further New page patrolling. My work at RM has been mainly to evaluate consensus, this I have done and a lot of them were quite controversial or attracted lots of scrutiny. I'd be honoured to accept a nomination sometime in the future :) Again my thanks, —James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:02pm • 08:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
HelloHello Alpha Quadrant, I contribute in the english wikipedia and in the spanish edition, where I've seen you had started contributing, I left you a welcome message, and hope you have good times in there too. If you have any doubt respecting the spanish wikipedia don't doubt leaving me a message in my talk, in there or in this proyect. Welcome again to Spanish Wikipedia--Lcsrns (Talk) 04:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Article SubmissionHi Alpha, My article has been again rejected for the same "references" reason. I've provided 8 "references" as some from the Wiki itsleft, or radio media organisation. If it is not enough, please let me know what is missing in order to be published. My friends didn't face problems as i do to raise their page, without any references..... Thanks a lot. Regards Stephane — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephHibou (talk • contribs) 06:39, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha, Thanks a lot for your tips, i have done the following:
If it is still not enough, please let me know another way to publish an article. I'll be extremly glad to hear a positive answer! Thank you. Stephane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephHibou (talk • contribs) 12:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha, couple of words to share my hapiness, so glad to hear about my article, has been accepted and published. Many thanks for all, and have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephHibou (talk • contribs) 07:25, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Anti-vandal help and AfC adoptee requestInterested in adoption, I am keen to offer anti-vandalism help, but need more experience right now. Geoffjw1978 (talk) 07:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Eric Matheny - referencesHi - I was just looking at this for a possible DYK, and noticed a few problems with the refs. I've dropped a note on the article's talk page; a bit too busy to try and find alternative refs myself for this. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 10:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Article for Creation - "Cynthia Holz"Hi Alpha, I was wondering if you could help me with the article that I'm trying to create, "Cynthia Holz." It has been twice rejected owing to reference issues. Her biographical information is most easily found on her publisher's page (http://www.randomhouse.ca) and her page at the Writer's Union of Canada (http://www.writersunion.ca). I believe both of these to be reputable sources. She has had her novels reviewed in several major Canadian publications, including both national newspapers (The Globe and Mail, e.g. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/benevolence-by-cynthia-holz/article2030120/ and The National Post, e.g. http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/04/01/book-review-benevolence-by-cynthia-holz/). The issue is that these reviews do not contain her biographical info, so I can't use them as references for the main part of the Wikipedia entry. Any help getting this article fixed up would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Pgrouchy (talk) 19:17, 29 May 2011 (UTC) Sorry, one more thing. The first rejection, I'm assuming, was owing to the reference to the subject's personal webpage (http://www.cynthiaholz.com). However, looking through Wikipedia's criteria for biographies of living persons, this should have been acceptable. Can you please clarify this? Could you maybe clarify where exactly the issues are? Thanks again. Pgrouchy (talk) 19:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to stop by and thank you again. The article is definitely better after the extra work. Pgrouchy (talk) 05:12, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Article reviewHi Alhpa Quadrant I am trying to publish my first article. Still waiting for review. As soon as it is reviewed I will enter much more detail and will send to review again. I am still confused that should I invite people to review it, or there is a group of people who reviews intially created documents. Could you tell me the best way to proceed quickly. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muhsin ba (talk • contribs) 09:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Request for your review of DataRush Technology pageAlpha Quadrant, I would apppreciate your review of the DataRush Technology page I'm editing. An earlier request from Wikipedia requested it be re-edited to be more neutral and to remove the appearance of advertising. If you agree I've met requirements, can the "Advertising" label be removed at the top of the page. If not, please help me understand what I need to do to reach neutral presentation. Thank you for your assistance. User: Glennmad1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glennmad1 (talk • contribs) 22:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Editor reviewHi. You might find this helpful. You can also leave a note on its talk page if you think it can be improved. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:01, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Regarding article Gary CoxHi Alpha Quadrant, Surely, Gary Cox is notable. He has published six books in five years with an internationally respected publisher. One or two of them are bestsellers (by philosophy standards), his "Sartre Dictionary" is an important contribution to Sartre studies and his ideas are inceasingly influential. He has been widely featured and reviewed. There are lots of references to him on Google etc. Surely he is at least as notable as some persons who are featured on Wiki - such as Gary Cox the Galic footballer or other contemporary 'pop philosophers'. Will you reconsider your decision or provide more specific feedback? Is your decision final? Thanks very much, jacklondon2030 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacklondon2030 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Hello Alpha Quadrant, I'm not sure why you reverted this edit. It is not vandalism. Regards, Korg (talk) 23:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
AutoEd and removal of bare URLsError This edit did not remove bare URLs from sources, so I re-added {{Barelinks}}. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:36, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings! I saw that you reviewed the above-referenced AFC submission and declined based on a lack of reliable, third-party sources. While I certainly agree that the article has an enormous amount of first-party sourcing, the first source supplied (the Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science) appeared to me to represent very substantial, biographical coverage of the article's subject in a reliable, third-party source. The Kirp book also covers the subject's research in detail. I'm only posting this here because I had previously tried to work with the individual attempting to craft this article and had expressed optimism that these sources would suffice at least insofar as getting the article approved. Although I suspect some of the article sections on his work are overly sourced directly to his work and might flirt with WP:NPOV violations, there do appear to me to be at least two examples of third-party, reliable sourcing included in the article, one of which is extensively biographical in nature. What are your thoughts? Is there a reason that I am missing that the EADS and the Kirp book do not constitute reliable sources? Best, ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 03:13, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Retirement noticeA user that you might know, Crazymonkey1123, has opened a discussion on his talk page regarding his possibility of retiring from Wikipedia. You are welcome to go and participate in the discussion. Crazymonkey1123 public (talk) 23:08, 4 June 2011 (UTC) TalkbackHello, Alpha Quadrant. You have new messages at Crazymonkey1123's talk page.
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New consensus emerging at this threadTalk:Electromagnetic radiation and health/Archive 1#Further proposals for renaming the article Looks like we are settling towards something...maybe it is premature for me to put resolved to it even though it ays as far as i am concerned so line it out if you want otherwise i am 100% happy to go along with what they are proposing. If you would like, please talkback on my talk page if you don't mind and BTW i really appreciate a nice calming peaceful edit message which is even better than mine own...much better than some of the edit messages which are quite put offish...keep it up. Oh - I am not sweating about this side issue thread, one bit. A shame I had to take such personal negative remarks over such a minor issue, but that comes with the turf.Bard गीता 06:02, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Afc decline @ Saboteur 2Can you please look at Afc Saboteur 2 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Saboteur_2 which you declined. There are five references, including the publisher and independent review or trader websites. There is also a photograph of the game on the article. It is better referenced than the article for the game's prequel which has existed unmolested. I don't know what more is expected in terms of references, when comparable articles are less well-referenced. For examples, see
Mooney Safety FoundationThank you for your feedback. This is my first attempt at submitting an article, so I need all the help I can get. I think I now understand what you mean about neutral point of view. As such, I reviewed the entire article again and made the following changes: The Mooney (MAPA) Safety Foundation Removed: “The Mooney Safety Foundation is comprised of a group of instructors with a deep passion for Mooney aircraft and dedicated to improving aviation safety.” Pilot Proficiency Program (PPP) Removed: “The Safety Foundation's PPPs focus on the skills that allow pilots to fly safely and with confidence.” Flight Instruction: Changed: “The PPP flight instruction is conducted by Mooney-specific flight instructors. The instructors are CFII and are highly skilled in the operations of the Mooney Aircraft” to: “The PPP flight instruction is conducted by Mooney-specific instructors who have CFII or Master CFII ratings and who own or have owned Mooney aircraft.” Changed: “The flight instruction enrichens the pilot’s understandings of the aircraft’s abilities and takes him or her through all the phases of flight including simulated emergencies. The pilots will fly the entire flight envelope to enhance his or her proficiency. The instrument proficiency is done either in simulated conditions or in actual Instrument Meteorological Conditions (weather dependent).” to: “The intent of the flight instruction is to enrich the pilot’s understanding of the aircraft’s abilities through all phases of flight including simulated emergencies. The pilots will fly the entire flight envelope to enhance his or her proficiency. Instrument proficiency is conducted either in simulated conditions or in actual instrument meteorological conditions (weather dependent)." The closest article I've found to this is the Wikipedia article "Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association"; so I've been using this as a model. If you have other suggestions to make the Mooney Safety Foundation article better, I'd really appreciate your input! 201pilot (talk) 02:44, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
About Category:Films about virginity...I posted Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects#Category request: Category:Films about virginity using the category creation wizard on 6/8/11 and on 6/11/11 the request was declined. I was wondering if the request could be reconsidered (I'll explain why in a sec), or if it would be inappropriate for me to create it myself (via my seldom-used account). Now of course any request posted on the page may be declined, and no one posts a request on that page without at least some hope of redirect or category creation in the first place. I made the request hoping it would come about, but also wanted the convenience of the page with its accompanying wizard, and the blessing of more experienced wikipedians by creating the category via official channels and whatever bot assistance, rather than the haphazard "toss it out there and see what happens" approach. But, while a declination was a possibility, the stated reason that "It seems unlikely that there are enough pages to support this category" would appear to contradict a great many established and accepted categories, namely the fact that they often have fewer articles (Only a handful of articles is often adequate justification for a category.) Unless almost all of the twenty-one quick examples I cited somehow don't qualify (Meatballs III, Kids (film), and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff are a few more, and with some web surfing I'm sure I can come up with at least a dozen extra.), then I'd say there are plenty of articles/pages to qualify. The category as I see it would exist for classifying films in which virginity or loss of virginity were central to the plot in what could be construed as fundamental to it. The suggestion "I believe this category would be a bit redundant to Category:Films about sexuality." is also disagreeable since placing nearly all of the articles I listed in that category would be at best a poor fit, if not outright miscategorization. So, given my disagreement (or at least misunderstanding?) of the stated reasons for why the category was declined, could you Please reiterate or elaborate on the reasons? Should I come to the decision to try to create (and in time expand) it on my own in coming days, would it be considered inappropriate and soon flagged as a category for deletion? The contents of Category:Films by topic suggest otherwise, but I'd like your input all the same. 4.254.84.107 (talk) 22:04, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Article for Creation Proximity WorldwideHello, this is regarding the article for creation for Proximity Worldwide. I just was wondering if you could give some more specific feedback on how I could improve this article? I tried to edit the language to make it decidedly neutral, but beyond this what other changes would you recommend? I also tried to cite a lot of external journalistic sources but please let me know what else you would like to see. Thanks for your feedback in advance! JW44 (talk) 13:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks!Thank you for editing Justin Bieber's page. 166.249.132.182 (talk) 00:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC) TalkbackHello, Alpha Quadrant. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
Message added 22:57, 14 June 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 22:57, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Carmelite HermitsHello! I cannot understand why you decline my article "Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel". It is based in the official source of the Carmelite Order (their official website and affiliates) and, also, it is an article about a relevant subject of the Carmelites: its the unique branch that dont have any information on WP. Can you revise again your decision? I believe many users can after improve the article. Thanks. 84.90.88.119 (talk) 20:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
TalkbackHello, Alpha Quadrant. You have new messages at Reaper Eternal's talk page.
Message added 15:18, 17 June 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:18, 17 June 2011 (UTC) Invititation to Motto of the dayHi there, Alpha Quadrant! Thought you might be interested in Motto of the Day, a collaborative (and totally voluntary) effort by a group of Wikipedians to create original, inspirational mottoes. Have a good motto idea? Share it here, comment on some of the mottoes there or just pass this message onto your friends. MOTD Needs Your Help! Delivered By --The Σ talkcontribs 02:53, 18 June 2011 (UTC) Delphi GlassPlease help me- somehow I took my article live instead of editing it in my sandbox. But now the article title reads "User:Artglassgal/Sandbox". Please tell me how to change it to "Delphi Glass". It's showing up wrong on other wiki pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artglassgal (talk • contribs) 13:51, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
AfC review the reviewer requestI'm trying my hand in helping out with AfC and would greatly appreciate your guidence. Would you mind reviewing Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Office Products International and my comments there? I look forward to your comments/suggestions. Thanks, Chris W4chris (talk) 20:04, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
meucci cuesi tried to start a page about Meucci Originals, Inc. a cue maker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Meucci_Originals,_Inc. i have a good start, however wiki says it is incomplete, how can i get a complete start to this site so it can be added to by users? thanks, 71.42.85.141 (talk) 15:58, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Singer-Songwriter Matthew GriswoldHello, This is the contributor of the article in reference to Matthew Griswold (Singer-Songwriter and Veteran Activist). I can understand why some of the sources you mentioned would not be credible, and the only reason any non credible sources were used were only to display the example more or less. However, the majority of the references were from this regions most credible sources, ie: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, KARE 11(NBC), and so on. These are the sources most cited and still the article is somehow not being excepted. This is were I, who is the contributor get confused. I've seen many musician pages for musicians far less credible, and here is one of the bigger of a nationally recognized music scene and you were the 2nd person to not accept. So maybe you can better guide me on how to do this so it will be accepted. I do not know Matthew very well and I would imagine he is probably much to busy to try and add anything on his own, but I along with a number of people I work with have decided to set this right and have this not only talented but inpirationally active person added to the network for online information. There is no bigger news paper in Minnesota than the Minneapolis star tribune and no bigger local network than Kare 11 which is the NBC affiliate here in this state. How can these not be credible enough to at least have the page accepted. If you read any of the articles or web references, you will see that yes he is an established singer and songwriter and also someone who is a HUGE voice for veterans in Minnesota. I will personally remove all citations that may be not credible, but I still don't see why it hurts to have those as well. I could give you a long list of pages we saw of musicians who only have 1 reference and somehow those pages have been approved only because of the fact that when any media for speaks of a musician it makes him/her/them legite. Not only is Matthew that, he is far more than just that and he is an important voice in this state and soon to be beyond. If the newpapers, tv networks, magazines and websites that seem to be able to work for so many other pages wont work for this person, I would love to know how I/we can add the needed references to finally get this pulice interest information listed on Wikipedia. Thank you for you time and I look forward hearing more.... Kate S. (Also, I must say I really do appritiate your efforts and offer to help as I have never been a major contributor to Wikipedia and it is easy to get lost in the chaos of creating an article. I'm more than certain that when this article FINALLY gets approved that there will be many who would love to take the time to add small details that would be more familiar with those and how to. Just like in any case, it takes someone to get it going and that is what we are trying to do so again THANK YOU!!! As it looks that you are well versed in how to explain things to those of us who are not)
Ambassador Program: assessment driveEven though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term. In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles. Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC) Adoption of a classroomHi Alpha Quadrant, I am a high school science teacher (former engineer). I found your user info on the adoption page. I really want my students to use Wikipedia as a learning and exploration tool this year. In adopting me, you will be indirectly adopting many high school students. I have only ever edited anonymously to Wikipedia, so I was hoping you could give me some pointers on how to orchestrate this whole project. These students come from an underprivileged community, so many of them will have very little background in this kind of community. How would you recommend starting this project? What skills and knowledge of the Wikipedia culture would you recommend? Thanks, MrHardyIdea be inspired. be inspiring. (talk) 20:09, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
TemplateI reverted your edit to Template:Cleanup-link rot. Your edit not only made the template more concise, but also left out part of its functionality. Please be more careful in the future. Debresser (talk) 10:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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