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New page "Tamils released from detention" for review

Hi I have created a page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sixth6sense, could you please review it and guide me. Will Wikipedia accept this page? thanks Sixth6sense Sixth6sense (talk) 09:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

respond

hi, look at this here, he deleted the content with "how i create a page". thats why-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:53, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but he was warned by the user who reverted him, and subsequently blocked for continuing to do the same type of editing. That's why I was wondering why you put the warning up an hour later. - Happysailor 12:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Someone attempting to impersonate you

Hi. See here. Have you come across this editor before? Anyways, the misbehavior has been swiftly dealt with.--Shirt58 (talk) 08:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) would it be our friend from yesterday User:Worrylabeler who is a confirmd sock of User:Edgarrr? --Wintonian (talk) 14:56, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh it is, sorry for intruding. --Wintonian (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
lol, now that's funny Thanks for telling me - Happysailor 16:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Now, more importantly, where are the {{=)|emoticon}} templates to be found?!?--Shirt58 (talk) 08:02, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Catherine Fitzgerald

Hi. Any help you could offer this article would be good. This director is notable as new associate director of State Theatre Company of South Australia along with these artists - Jim Sharman, Gale Edwards. It is an article that will build dramatically over next two year period.(129.96.234.165 (talk) 23:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC))

Penarth lifeboat

You have probably spotted I have done a copy edit and expansion at the Penarth page. I copied over your mention of an 'all weather boat' used up until 1905 at Penarth. However, my understanding is that powered vessels with enclosed superstructures were not introduced until the 1920s and Penarth's craft between 1883 and 1905 was an open oar-powered vessel - were they also described as an 'all weather boat'? 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 16:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Well they certainly went out in all weathers tbh, there was such a wide range of craft prior to the Watsons, it's hard to catagorise them unless we just say 'Oared Lifeboats' or something? - Happysailor 18:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
P.S. - I used the title'All weather lifeboat' because that is what the RNLI station history says - "1905 The all weather lifeboat was withdrawn from service..." - Happysailor 18:26, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
OK we will leave it at that then ... and yes judging by the historic mentions they certainly did go out in all weathers - "thar be nutters!" 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 22:22, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Llanishen Reservoir

The Wales Barnstar
For your excellent work in getting Llanishen Reservoir to GA status, a good article well done. I salute you. FruitMonkey (talk) 21:49, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

- Sorry. 68.45.138.109 (talk) 16:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Happysailor, The Utahraptor 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. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Haven't chatted with you in a while. How have you been? Still fighting vandalism? The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 04:12, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

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Eek!

Hi Happysailor,

Just a quick note to say you might want to be careful when moving articles from WP:AFC into the mainspace. James Blake (musician) was created as a copy of one of its sources and yet you moved it across. I have no doubt this was an honest mistake, but perhaps you could check articles for copyvio before putting them live? Happy editing! Bigger digger (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Please ignore this! The article is not a copyright violation since the BBC music page here uses the text from the Wikipedia article. Thanks! Mhiji (talk) 19:54, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Well, don't totally ignore this, come and join in the debate at Talk:James Blake (musician)! Apologies if I've got this wrong. Bigger digger (talk) 20:23, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

"sic"

Hi, In this edit you "corrected" the spelling of "occassions". It was included in quoted text, and it was followed by "[sic]" to say that this incorrect spelling was in the original and should not be corrected! I've now replaced it using {{sic}}, which should prevent this happening again, but please remember to keep an eye out for this situation when you are making spelling corrections. If you had looked at the page you were editing you should have spotted this. Thanks. PamD (talk) 08:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Question about an article being rejected

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Place this on your awards page

For reverting the first bout of vandalism on my page, I award you this.

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for reverting vandalism when I was busy in another world.--The Master of Mayhem (talk) 17:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks - Happysailor 19:03, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Vejle Boldklub

Could you at least explain what the problem is? I made some minor language improvements and corrections, nothing serious. It seems silly to me that you reverted it to the "Denglish" version (Danish-English) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.61.75.50 (talk) 20:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Apologies, part of the page I saw looked like you were changing to nonsense - its been reverted. - Happysailor 20:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Good. More work still needed, though, but I've moved on to improving the Maltese league information (my specialty) now. :-) 87.61.75.50 (talk) 21:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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April 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Strawberry Poison-dart Frog, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Avillia (Avillia me!) 14:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

lol, you reverted the wrong edit (yes I know you re-reverted your edit) :) - Happysailor 14:25, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

Hey Dude, sorry to be such a public menace with my edit; me and my friend were just messing around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.56.25.226 (talk) 16:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

About The Separation of Godhead and so on

Ahoy there, Happysailor! What do you make about of whole The Separation of Godhead and User talk:Abinashpatra10 thing? As they say in the Classics, whoah dude, what's up with that duckin' spit! --Shirt58 (talk) 11:36, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

STM

STM is a legitimate abbreviation that stands for Smile To Myself. This abbreviation is commonly used between me and my friends when we are chatting. Since the other person cannot see you, it's logical to say Smile To Myself. I understand that LOL has a wikipedia page even though it means laugh out loud which doesn't make since considering most people don't laugh out loud when they use the term LOL. I hope that you see the reasoning behind the term STM and let me keep it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.246.206 (talk) 01:17, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Apology for re-edits

To Happysailor, 

             Greetings,

editing and posting to wiki is a new experience and apology is offered for any harm to wiki. We will endeavor to learn more about sandbox and other wiki required procedures to interact with the program smoothly. Question? The head of the page has the name Mitchell Melton how can it be changed to Mitchell Wesley Melton. sincerly, Mitchell Wesley Melton Mitch Melton (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Wedding of William and Kate

I'm sorry sir, but the wedding between william and kate is in no way different to that of any other wedding between insignificant strangers - i.e. a non-notable event. You sir are a moron if you believe otherwise. 79.71.85.239 (talk) 10:31, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

No matter what the page, or what the article refers to, Vandalism is Vandalism. Continue to vandalise, and you will be blocked from editing - Happysailor (Talk) 10:39, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Erm, doesn't wikipedia stipulate that the subject must be notable? A wedding between two persons who society has arbitrarily elected to bestow "royal" titles upon is in no way notable. Anyone that buys into the notion of royalty needs their head examined, for it is but a figmant of the collective imagination —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.71.85.239 (talk) 11:05, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

Hi Happy Sailor, on the sandbox, someone I know accidentaly deleted the top part which isn't supposed to be deleted, they are sorry and did not sign in when they did it. Also I am sorry for messing up the British People Page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helpfuleditor2 (talk • contribs) 01:25, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Flygrossing deletion page

Hi Happysailor, Thank you for monitoring my post on the above mentioned page. But actually it was me, Cleyn, who was editing my OWN comment, not an anonymous vandal, I just forgot to log in again. My mistake. Is it possible to revert back to the last changes, so that I do not have to retype all the changes I made to my comment? I guess it is acceptable for a person to correct their own comment in a discussion when nobody else has replied on that comment yet. Thank you.Cleyn (talk) 10:27, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I see you've reverted it, thats fine - ive taken the warning off your IP as welll :) - Happysailor (Talk) 10:31, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you! :) Cleyn (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

i´m the austrian cave troll

i often trolled in german wikipedia, but they always blocked me.

So I trolls now in english wikipedia. I´m alloved to delete some pages, because I´m the cave Troll. Sorry for my bad english. Bye —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.114.14.175 (talk) 19:50, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Regards ban...?

How is adding the approximation in 2010 dollars of the retail price of a popular retro item (the Curta) that is quoted in 1970 dollars vandalism? This information is available in many places on the internet, and is a constructive, good-faith edit.

For that matter, how is moving the child sexual abuse scandals of the founder of DEN.com to the introduction of the self-same page vandalism, when more than a third of the entire text of the article is about those self-same scandals? It is more of an accurate introduction to the article - which has a preponderance of information on those charges - and is a more fitting conclusion to the sentence, "Is most well-known for...".

I don't see your point, nor your anger, nor the point of your anger, seemingly directed at good-faith and constructive edits made by me: a far cry from vandalism. Would the correction of grammar be considered vandalism unless it was referenced out of an issue of Nature? 75.179.176.190 (talk) 21:45, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Display size

Just move the page the way you want then. You deleted important parts of the article when you did your remove./Oilosiso (talk) 22:15, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not looking to move a page, however continually doing a cut/paste move will get you blocked. If you have important updates to the article, I'm not stopping you from editing it. - Happysailor (Talk) 22:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Well, either help or just stay out. In this case your principles ruin wikipedia! /Oilosiso (talk) 22:24, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

why

why did you remove it// —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.198.38 (talk) 18:11, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

What rights?

What rights do you have in placing pages up for deletion? Your not a subject manner expert on the pages you place up for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.243.120.164 (talk) 09:40, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your talking about as the only edits you have have been vandalism, and theres no deletion notices on yourtalkpage - Happysailor (Talk) 10:06, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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The article on Machines

Please read the discussion on the article on machines. Our colleague Derek farn continues to make changes that introduce errors. He has been doing this for years and seems to have some standing, so he does not feel the need to justify his actions. The outcome is the article provides misleading and inaccurate information. When I provide references to document this, he simply deletes them. Prof McCarthy (talk) 03:24, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Buoyancy aid and Lifejacket Merge

Hi there. I see you have proposed to move the lifejacket section to a seperate article. I completly agree with this, however I can't find this section! If the move has already taken place could you let me know so I can remove the tag from the article. Thanks, Oddbodz (talk) 16:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey, no I haven't done that move. In fact I completely forgot about placing those tags. Nice to see it's active and people have contributed to the discussion . I think WP:BOLD comes into play now, so unless you want to do it, I'll start the split. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Actually looking at it, it looks like a new user stripped out the lifejacket stuff from the buoyancy aid article - Happysailor (Talk) 17:07, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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An AfC decline/request

Per this decline... I notice you do a lot of work on AfC (many thanks btw) and perhaps this editor slipped through the cracks, but until I left a 'Welcome' and some other links just now, your decline was the only message on their talkpage. They are a pretty new editor with only 2 edits and I hate to ask you this, but perhaps the next time you give a decline you could check to see if there's a 'Welcome'?, and, if not, leave a Welcome on the page before the Decline. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 17:18, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Thx for the note. I can see where your coming from with this, however the decline note (since it was reworked) is actually fairly neutral now as it just says there are a few issues you need to fix before we can accept it which is nowhere as negative as the original decline note.
I'll certainly look at adding welcome templates in the future though. - Happysailor (Talk) 18:25, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

I had enough of these edits

99.147.166.167 (talk · contribs) is driving me CRAZY! He is again spamming the List of My Little Pony characters. I can't shake her off. I tried reverting a lot of things and he's still at it. For the sake of use Bronies, do something.Blackgaia02 (talk) 00:57, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I've added a warning to their talk page regarding they're edits for you. - Happysailor (Talk) 18:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Well that's it. That seriously didn't work. As your job as an admin, please put List of My Little Pony characters into protected status. Blackgaia02 (talk) 23:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Blackgaia02, you should note that I am not an Administrator. If you need a page protected, please make a post at WP:RFPP (Request for Page Protection). Alternatively if they are continuing to vandalise after a final warning; they should be reported to WP:AIV (Administrator intervention against vandalism‎)
I will take a look at his edits in a bit to see if I can do anything to help. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:32, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

manager of a rapper in atlanta

hello im macr cantrell manager of atl rapper i was asking could you help create a article on my artist — Preceding unsigned comment added by CHASE6784 (talk • contribs) 07:10, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Matty Hughes (Footballer)

Hi Happy Sailor

Thank you for taking the time out to review my first attempt at submitting an article.

I've read through the various pages of information and guidance particularly in relation to references. I'm at a loss where to go now. There is much on line about this young man and his career to date. I included the on line references that confirmed the text. Do you wish me to add all the references I can find.

Can you advise me further

Kind regards

Marko1992 (talk) 18:09, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Marko. If you read my note on your AfC, you will see that you need to include all references within the prose of an article, as inline references If you take a look at WP:REFB), this will guide you through how to do inline citations. Hope this helps. - Happysailor (Talk) 18:12, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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CTA

Hi, about your revision of my new page. I want to describe more about CTA, but for me it just cool software but it my internal view. Maybe you can add something other point of view? Links are not nessesary, my description is a brief about sciense and technology, used in development. If you just search in google about Chernokozov Trading Adviser you fing more than 45000 references, and also more than 33000 Customers. is it to small to describe in wikipedia? I reference to Google Android Market (by the way CTA software on android is free), and more. In any way I will do improvements on page by other technology/internal data about technical processing. Im not marketing man, Im just developer, and maybe technical data not look like a professional from you point of view. 95.31.18.143 (talk) 16:19, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Jeffrey_Dahmer#Weapon_used_to_kill_Dahmer

Hi, you were involved in a discussion with another member on this discussion page, at the bottom I outline a reason that the person may have been right. Your discussion is second from the end and mine is at the bottom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.7.203 (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Looking at the discussion, my original message was correct. The incorrect information has been corrected in the Christopher Scarver article and the source added by another editor. Thanks for letting me know though. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:11, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Haywards Heath Town Ladies Football Club

Hi , I am baffled as to why my submission is not acceptable , if you search for HAYWARDS HEATH you will find an entry for Haywards Heath Town Football Club so is it just because we are a womens football Club ? Also if you search for Hassocks you will see a lenghty entry for Hassocks F.C which includes mention of a ladies section

With us being the 2nd oldest Womens football Club in the whole of Sussex surely that is "Notable "? however I can add that we received the Sussex County FA Charter Standard Club award for 3 seasons running - 2007/8 ,2008/9 and 2009/10 seasons the ONLY womens Club in Sussex to have received the award , surely that is "Notable" [verifyable on the Sussex County FA website already mentioned

I await your response with fingers crossed

Peter Hickman Secretary HHTLFC

78.147.103.56 (talk) 10:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

All articles must prove their notability by showing significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Your submission does not include any third party sources, and does not assert it's notability.
If you take a read through WP:NOTE and WP:SOURCES, they explain what is required in order to prove notability. All sources should also be ited using inline citations (WP:REFB) so that sources are matched with relavent statements.
WP:First article may also be of help to you. - Happysailor (Talk) 10:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Monash Warriors Gridiron Club

Hi, I was just wondering what content I hadn't adequately supported with citation? Thanks, Prioxygreen (talk) 11:26, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Prioxygreen, Your main references are the warriors own club site, and the competition website of the organising authority? which are both primary sources.
To meet the notability standard, articles are meant to show significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject - See WP:GNG. All you need is to add a couple of independent/third party sources that show it's notability, such as newspaper articles etc. See WP:SOURCES, then you should be back on track. - Happysailor (Talk) 15:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for having my back when some disgruntled anon Vandalized my user page. SMP0328. (talk) 17:47, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

No worries - Happysailor (Talk) 17:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

POCOS and citation style

Hello HappySailor

References to publications are in the same style in POCOS, what exactly needs to be corrected in the article - this is the very first article I did for wikipedia and I am still learning although noticing that many articles do not have good references, I started adding references to some and would not like to leave messy pages behind me.

Have a good day and happy sailing!

MilenaDobreva (talk) 07:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The way you had your references cited was random, and was not uniform which could lead to confusion. I have now fixed them using the {{cite}} template, though some of them could still use a little work, and links if available - Happysailor (Talk) 17:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Hasan pur luhari is a real historical town

HI Happysailor,

I am fasih ullah khan from hasan pur luhari Dist: Muzaffar Nagar U.P 247111 India. I belong to Hasan Ali khan as he is my forefather & i am his 12th generation. I have reliable resources for proving that Hasan Pur luhari is a historical place was established by Hasan pur luhari in the period of Mughal Period (Jahangir). We have a letter of Jahangir of approving Hasan ali khan's entry in North India as he had come from Darra-e-khaber Afganistan. And also have the Shajra (All details father to son then grandson , name by name).that resources i cant share with wikipedia or you. So Kindly please approve this article ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fasihullahkhan (talk • contribs) 21:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

All articles on Wikipedia must have reliable third party sources. Your submission did not provide these thus it was declined. Even though you reverted my decision, another editor has since agreed with me and re-declined your submission. It will not be accepted until any issues are resolved. Please see WP:sources for help. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Marballie

Hello, i am curious as to why you rejected my entry for the word "marballie".....if you could please accept it as my sources are credible thanks.....347-907-1040.....sughir — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.211.180.254 (talk) 23:11, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

It was declined because we cannot accept unsourced suggestions or sources that are not reliable per the verifiability policy. You must cite reliable, third-party sources with your suggestions. Third party sources are needed so the information can be verified and to establish the notability of the topic. Please see WP:First article for help. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:14, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Kepler Space Institute

I was aware of the rules concerning attribution and sourcing, but in this case it is from personal knowledge, and I did not understand how to source that. The article was written at the request of the principles mentioned in it -- Bob Krone and Bob Frantz -- and was approved by them before submission. I, personally, have been closely involved with the development of the Kepler Space Institute and can attest to the accuracy. Should Frantz and Krone, then, be listed as sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waltputnam (talk • contribs) 20:33, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

It sounds as if you have a Conflict of Interest in regards to this article, so you have to be very careful. All statements should be attributable to reliable, third party sources as per WP:42.- Happysailor (Talk) 21:35, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Article submission: aman foundation

Dear sir

the material that i wanted to put on the aman foundation aretile is copy righted by aman foundation and has been taken from the aman foundation website,

but how do i recreate the information in its proper form, without taking out the essence


kindly advise

uaahmed

Hello there. I received your message about the Wikipedia page I was trying to create and the errors that were present. I have indeed changed everything that was not fitting for Wikipedia. Now I'm curious as to how will I go about having someone re-look over the article and have it published?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uncleebrown (talk • contribs) 18:28, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

I hope I am doing this right. I followed from your feedback. My websites www.urbandlegendonline.net and www.karmapct.net both have copies of all the articles / advertisements I have done as quoted in my profile. The You Tube shows my grand opening with Wendy Wiltz. Inside the book, The 48 Laws of the Game - my name is listed as a co-author as described in my profile. I don't understand what more you'd like as verifiable.

Eduard Davis 813draude (talk) 22:09, 21 July 2011 (UTC).

Trying to get a public school listed on Wikipedia

I am a dummy when it comes to this kind of stuff...frankly the format here is a bit intimidating. Is there anyway that you can just email me at claudetteparker@hotmail.com and tell me what I need to correct the errors? I am writing to you because you were the one that edited my submission for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Burlington_Public_School,_Burlington_Oklahoma

If you could just give me a step-by-step, I sure would appreciate it. I also messaged the alumni at our facebook group so some of them may try to jump in here and help too.

Thanks, Claudette Parker 98.148.231.244 (talk) 06:22, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

my recent post on Irv Benson

Hello,

Let me apologize in advance if I am not communicating in correct form, I am pretty flummoxed by all of this.

Here is the link to my entry that you recently reviewed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Irv_Benson&action=submit

I am not sure if you turned my post down for not having reliable source material or whether that source material was incorrectly formatted. I have formatted my source as an in-line reference per Wikipedia's instructions.

Will that be sufficient for the entry to be accepted?

Thanks, Waidthis (talk) 00:36, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Peter Blaiwas

revised entry for Irv Benson

Hi,

Have you been able to review my earlier (9/20/11) message to you? I'd really appreciate your assistance in getting this entry in shape for inclusion on Wikipedia.

Thanks, Peter Blaiwas

Waidthis (talk) 21:55, 21 September 2011 (UTC)Waidthis

Rejection of article Michael Schultz Gallerist

Well, well, well, I do feel to have been treated unfairly. I have, after initial criticism, reworked the article, and what do I get? THE VERY SAME WORDS to justify the rejection as at the first time. This, even assuming goodwill, is not acceptable. There aren't, by the way, any materials listed produced by Mr Schultz - they are referred to by indicating the place where they can be found (which is highly important information when it comes to enyclopedically inform the readership about a gallerist, as this differentiates a serious gallerist from just another picture dealer). If I quote a (VERY VERIFYABLE) newspaper article written by Mr Veit Stiller – where the heck is the reason to call that 'material produced by the subject'? I cannot help feeling the need to point out that a general qualification will not do to judge the article, one will have some knowledge of the international art market, otherwise it is rather difficult to judge what the target group wants to know. In this respect the article satisfies all needs. How can you call the text, after eliminiation of most adjectives, advertising? ANY MENTION OF ANYTHING to be had on the market would, then, be advertising with the consequence of closing down Wikipedia almost altogether. You may not like that art is seen in a commercial context (commonly called the art market), but, mind you, this has always been that way (a painter will have to pay for his bread at the baker's). But that doesn't necessarily constitute advertising.

Regs,

PD DR. Gerhard Charles Rump

93.219.189.226 (talk) 07:53, 21 September 2011 (UTC) September 21st, 2011

I suggest you take a moment to yourself, calm down and read again what I posted when I declined your article submission, as I did not summarily decline your request with the same reason as before. - Happysailor (Talk) 16:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

RE: My recent post on Irv Benson, please reply

Hello,

Let me apologize in advance if I am not communicating in correct form, I am pretty flummoxed by all of this.

Here is the link to my entry that you recently reviewed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Irv_Benson&action=submit

I am not sure if you turned my post down for not having reliable source material or whether that source material was incorrectly formatted. I have formatted my source as an in-line reference per Wikipedia's instructions.

Will that be sufficient for the entry to be accepted?

Thanks, Peter Blaiwas

Waidthis (talk) 22:24, 23 September 2011 (UTC)Waidthis

You've got the inline sources right, however all articles need to be notable, so a few more sources would be very good.
After you;ve made changes, just slap the submit tag back on there and a reviewer will look at the changes automatically and give feedback or accept. - Happysailor (Talk) 10:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Lanie Robertson Article

Hello Happysailor,

I am the person who was working on the bio for Lanie Robertson the playwright.

When I first submitted the article it was rejected and the chat folks said that I needed to submit links that would establish that Robertson was a notable playwright. Many of the links I provided were looked at by them and they said they were good to use.

There is at least one NY Times article and it states in the directions that it is a major source.

Could you please let me know what I'm doing wrong? Robertson is an important playwright and to theatre folks the name would be familiar. Of course if you do a google search on the name you can find a whole lot of evidence that he is indeed a known playwright.

He is familiar to Casey Childs who has a listing of his own in the Wikepedia.

I'm sorry if I'm not more adept at figuring this out but I was told by the chat people that this was the right direction to go in. My computer skills are not great so I struggle a bit.

There are numerous newspaper articles on Robertson's plays including the new Hank Williams one, websites and publishers that are selling the published plays, I know that he has been writing for many years and I was surprised to see him not listed in the Wikepedia.

Thanks so much, Joseph

108.27.94.112 (talk) 20:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Please read what i wrote on the decline section, which was:
Please use inline citations for all references. These references should be from reliable third-party sources. Please see WP:SOURCES and WP:REFB
- Happysailor (Talk) 21:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

The reason I'm confused is that I thought the links I sent were reliable. The NY Times? Established newspapers, publishers websites, etc. I don't want to bother you if you are busy but the sources I've sent seem verifiable to me. What other kind of references could a playwright possibly have?

The Wikepedia entry for Casey Childs only contains one reference which is an article in Theatre world. I am having trouble understanding how that is verifiable but the sources I sent are not. Thanks again I really appreciate anything specific you can tell me. Joseph 108.27.94.112 (talk) 21:19, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

You don't seem to be reading what I posted. I asked you to use inline citations for your references (which should be reliable, third party sources - which you say they are, great). I then gave you two links that offered advice on how to do inline citations. References are there to verify information in an article.
i.e. Bob won a Nobel Prize (Insert Reference Here) He also won the Best Rear of the Year award 2011 (Insert Reference Here). - Happysailor (Talk) 22:26, 5 October 2011 (UTC)


I think I understand, Happysailor. Thanks for your patience! I was not using the citations in the correct place and I was misunderstanding what "inline" meant. I will have to re-do everything at some point when I have more time but at least I have a better understanding of what needs to be done.

I really love Wikepedia and it's only because I have so little free time that I did not become a member a long time ago and make some contributions. Anyway what the future holds who can say but at least I may have at least one or two done over time.

Best to you! Joseph 108.27.94.112 (talk) 01:06, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Article Review

I'm totally lost on how to do this. I did read all the info and I'm still lost. LOL. Help!

Chrissy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrissygra (talk • contribs) 12:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

You need to provide reliable, third party references to the article in order to show that the book is notable. These references should be added as inline citations (as per the note on your talk page). The link to amazon is not really a valid reference, as all it shows it that the book is for sale. - Happysailor (Talk) 15:24, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Article Review 2

hello

You recently reviewed a article i have been given permission to make for the artist 'wordsmith' this is my first ever article ive tried on wikipedia and hope to do many more! but i was wondering if ou could help me as im only communicating by email with the artist and im having problems with two thing and was wondering if you'd b kind enough to point me in the right direction as of where to go

im trying to add a photo to the article but i really dont know the kind of details i need to ask the artist to get the photo he has gave me approved

the other slight problem im having is moving the Album boxes under the Album sub title

Any Help would be greatly appreciated

Kind Regards

Carl Lang — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snoopy187brap (talk • contribs) 14:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Firstly, you may have a conflict of interest in writing this article, so i would be careful and ensure that your style of writing is neutral.
Secondly, the article you submitted, contaiend no references whatsoever to explain why this rapper is notable as per the General Notability Guidelines. References should be added that are from reliable, third party sources, and should be added as inline citations as per WP:REFB.- Happysailor (Talk) 15:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

rejection of SMK Seri Kembangan

greetings, i m new at this, can you please tell me (in simple english) how to cite reliable sources. to be honest, i just want to built an introduction to my school, nothing fancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tohney (talk • contribs) 16:06, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

You need to provide reliable, third party sources that prove notability as per the General Notability Guidelines.
To do this, you need to add inline citations to your text (See WP:REFB on how to do this). Only if an article has valid references will it be accepted. Regards - Happysailor (Talk) 15:29, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Ann_W._Nally

Happysailor,

Thank you for the quick review.

I did not use googlebooks long URL to confirm the Scouting Magazine Sep 1982 Article which beyond a doubt establishes the notability of Ann W. Nally.

Here it is. If it should be included as a link then please let me know:

http://books.google.com/books?id=b2Wd9IqECrIC&pg=RA1-PA64&lpg=RA1-PA64&dq=%22ann+w.+nally%22&source=bl&ots=A5f4a9zLOh&sig=lLDtbfoKzVzl6OGirtPQEY8GN24&hl=en&ei=EeydTvLNGoXqOefs7fwI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA

There is an additional google books scan of the Mar/Apr 1980 Scouting Magazine here that I did not cite but maybe should be included:

http://books.google.com/books?id=j0M6AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA52&lpg=RA1-PA52&dq=%22ann+w.+nally%22&source=bl&ots=-IJW2-bVob&sig=8_jjom0Qi7uEm8fLFWjnng2ryHM&hl=en&ei=EeydTvLNGoXqOefs7fwI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ

In case you are not familiar with Scouting Magazine - it has confirmed paid circulation of 969,000+ and has been published since 1913.

from link in Wikipedia article on Scouting Magazine.

http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp

Dalcrow (talk) 21:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, You need to add your sources as inline citations (See WP:REFB on how to do this) next to the text that the sources corroborate. A list of links under the references section doesn't help us figure out if the person is notable (which she may well be) and to try and match your references to statements. - Happysailor (Talk) 15:32, 19 October 2011 (UTC)