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Hello, I see you have questioned notability on many articles that I have worked on, all articles meet notabilty and are being added to frequently.
From the notability guideline: songs that have been ranked on national or significant music charts, that have won significant awards or honors or that have been independently released as a recording by several notable artists, bands or groups are probably notable. Notability aside, a separate article on a song is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article; articles unlikely ever to grow beyond stubs should be merged to articles about an artist or album.
No article questioned is a stub, for example Skweeze Me Pleeze Me article has the same amount of information and yet that has not been questioned. Many songs have been a hit in several countries which chart data is shown.
Notability of the two non-charting singles - Universe was Slade's last single and there is plenty of information to cover that. Give Us a Goal was used for the popular video game Fifa 09. The rest have charted and have enough information to avoid being labelled as a stub. No one else has questioned this. Ajsmith141 (talk) 12:17, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
To be notable as a stand alone article, songs must generally have multiple verifiable sources to establish their notability individually. The references for most of these articles are only chart listings. The ones that were covered by other notable artists were not PRODed. jsfouche ☽☾Talk12:26, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Article Confirmation
I've done extensive research on this page and it all seems to check out. I don't understand why you would suggest that it should be removed. His music videos are affiliated with MTV, he has a reality show that has been picked up by the CW network, and he has a music and film deal with Universal. He's the youngest owner ever of a professional basketball team which happens to also be global (ABA) He's also one of Atlanta's top producing real estate agents. He is a socialite and exclusive party promoter in the greater Atlanta area as well. He seems to be extremely notable and worthy of a wikipedia entry as far as I'm concerned. His sites www.AdrianProvost.com and www.PlanetProvost.com are very notable, as well as his charity Life Juice. He's had numerous television appearances and is well known throughout society. I've reviewed plenty of articles on wikipedia and I can not seem to find justification for the deletion of this page, but the inclusion of some of those other articles. It doesn't seem to make sense to me, please help me understand this. I've spent a considerable amount of time researching the subject and even more time in contributing to the article. I would appreciate an explanation in further detail and would like to know the necessary steps to get this included so I don't feel as if I have wasted so much of my time. Thanks - With Kind Regards I Remain.74.166.45.168 (talk) 09:34, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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I haven't a clue what you're up to with these unnecessary additions of (district of Sao Paulo) to names that are already included in the Category of Districts of Sao Paulo at the foot of the article. It would have been nice if you'd had the courtesy to post a message about your intention at the Talk page first. Opbeith (talk) 23:27, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I thought it was obvious as many of the districts are also subprefectures and bairros. I am expanding the subdivisions of São Paulo, and this creates the need to disambiguate the names so that it is clear if the article is referring to a subprefecture, district, or bairro. Further, many of these names are municipalities and districts in other Brazilian states. This method was mimicked from the Portuguese wikipedia. jsfouche ☽☾Talk00:19, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
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Contested and de-PRODed. Martha Rogers is one of the pre-eminent nursing theorists, and this theory is taught in every nursing program. The article is clearly not a promotion for the book. jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:42, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
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You have a succession template to "preceding" and "following" metro stations, but nothing links back. Is this a metro station or does it just connect to one with another name? Sw2nd (talk) 17:43, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
The metro and CPTM stations are contained with this larger intermodal terminal. The metro and CPTM stations are separate, but linked within this massive building. Does that make sense? jsfouche ☽☾Talk18:26, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi!
I am skeptical about your listing "nursing research" as a general category for the article on randomized trials.
There is overlap, but the article of randomized trials is not contained in the real-world category of nursing research, because such trials are also used by dentists (some of whom are not nurses), etc.: Would you please undo your addition?
(I am a fan of nurses, having come from a line of two nurses and having taught nurses statistics. Let me know if I can help in the future.) Thanks!
I think I have cleaned it up. I removed it and then changed "evidence-based medicine" to "evidence-based practice" which encompasses both medicine and nursing, as well as all other fields. jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:21, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the delete on this and related categories. Unfortunately, I missed the [[Category: Psychiatric and mental health nursing]] before I created it. FiachraByrne (talk) 00:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
I misread things. There is no such category. I'm going to stick a "hang on" on the speedy deletion proposal. There needs to be a simple and intuitive pathway to get from category: psychiatry to category: psychiatric nursing. FiachraByrne (talk) 01:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
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About this edit: I certainly don't disagree, nor do I mind, just wondering whether you thought the two templates I'd already applied were somehow inadequate. The user had not edited since I applied those 15 hours earlier. If you simply thought it was worth repeating, I won't disagree. -- Scray (talk) 22:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
I only left it because it was not only against the username policy, but also a conflict of interest. The template you left did not mention the COI issue. COI issues get more attention from Admins. jsfouche ☽☾Talk01:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
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RAPs recently changed to RUGs, Resource Utilization Groups. This changed when MDS 3.0 was implemented October 1st, 2010. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.24.141 (talk) 19:46, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
CSD on The Unbeatable Maze Game
hi Jsfouche, no problem with removing the csd, i tagged it with 'no context' because i cant tell what its about it appears to be just a generic statement about an imaginary maze game, maybe db-hoax would have been better. but anyway the prod should clear things up. cheers -- The Elves Of Dunsimore (talk) 03:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Legal Nurse Consultant
I am sorry if I have sent this message twice.
Yesterday I added a link to the resource box of the Legal Nurse Consultant page which you removed.
I added the site because it was the only neutral resource I can find about the legal nurse consultant field.
The contact information provided on such sites is unverifiable and fake.
I do not think it is fair that you removed the one link that does not ask for money, but provides free resources. I have re-added it and hope you do not remove it again.
The link is to a website that is designed to tell users how to become a LNC. External links are designed to give more information about a subject, not to tell someone how to "become" something. If the website were designed more about what a LNC does and how the field was developed it would be fine. It is primarily a blog site. For more information about appropriate links, see WP:ELNO. The other links are to professional organizations. I hope that helps explain the difference. jsfouche ☽☾Talk21:27, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Good evening, I don't understand why my article "controlled language in MT" was removed. I think this article contains important and evaluated information and references was cited according to ISO. Therefore I don't think that I violated wikipedia rules. So I would like to know why this article was erased. Please give me an explanation of it.
The new page neovandalism is not a hoax or vandalism, nor should it be categorized as G3. It is a serious and relevant topic. Kindly revise your comments and allow several weeks of civil discussion. --To_Expand_Tolerance_ 18:44, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Your RfA
The opposers at your RfA are opposing for the most ridiculous reasons and I hope some more rational editors will support you soon. Opposing a candidate for something that happened 5 and 6 months ago that is done per policy is beyond comprehension for me. I truly hope this passes, but if not, that you don't get discouraged. Eagles24/7(C)22:05, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, guys! I know that some of these RfAs can get rough. I expect to have every edit scrutinized. I appreciate your support. Airplaneman, the "Js" are my first and middle initial, the "fouche" is my last name, and it rhymes with "ouch." jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
People like to pile on without doing their own research. In a perfect world, one oppose !vote per single incident would be enough, but this is not possible. Nevertheless, as my own RfA has shown, it's early days yet, so there is no reason for Fouche to get discouraged. He is answering the questions well.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:04, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Reaper, I was disappointed that your support was moved to oppose. I fully grasp the concept of verifiability, but the articles listed on the RfA page were all either stubs or lists. A few of them, I added a reference section, but forgot to add the <ref> tags. The policy on verifiability is essential. The policy itself makes it clear when verifiability is required: "In practice you do not need to attribute everything. This policy requires that all quotations and anything challenged or likely to be challenged be attributed in the form of an inline citation that directly supports the material." While I agree that sources are needed, articles on geographic regions and metro stations are very unlikely to be challenged. I have since corrected the absence of the references. I do hope that you consider that my clean, excellent track record at NPP speaks volumes about my understanding policy. These are the areas that I indicated that I wanted to work with once I become an Admin. At any rate, I appreciate your candor and comments. Cheers!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk17:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I was sorry to have to remove my support, but all articles must be referenced. I understand that nobody is likely to challenge an unreferenced stub on a metro, but then again, by the same token, anybody could create a hoax article that would also not be challenged. That was what I was referring to when I mentioned violation of WP:V.
That said, I will be happy to support in another couple months if no more unreferenced articles are created and many of the existing ones are fixed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:32, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I've just closed your RfA, and regret to inform you that I did not find sufficient consensus to promote at this time. To your credit, most of those in opposition indicated they would be sympathetic to a future request after taking their comments into consideration. Thank you for your offer to serve as an administrator. –xenotalk18:49, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Don't let it get you down. As Xeno points out, even the opposers still think you're doing pretty good work around here. Pichpich (talk) 02:30, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, guys!! You all are great!! Every time an oppose vote would come in, I got discouraged. Then I would go back and read all the really wonderful things in the support section, and I would feel awesome! Being supported by such wonderful editors has made the experience an overall positive! I will continue to do my pen work, and hope that one day I can help with the mop as well. With heartfelt thanks, jsfouche ☽☾Talk02:35, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Just take what the opposers said to heart and work on their concerns. If you were able to clean up the articles that people had problems with (either provide references or have them deleted if no references can be found) that will go a long way at your next RfA if you choose to run again (and I think you should). Expanding those articles will also show that you have article space experience. One other concern I saw was about your relatively low contributions to Wikipedia space; while I disagree that you havent had enough, involvement in a project or volunteering at a noticeboard or the reference desk would help. Finally, with the concerns about your lack of experience and that gaffe with the PRODs, time spent productively editing should take care of that. -- Atama頭16:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
Hi Jsfouche. I just wanted to stop by and thank you for your support in my RfA. When I first saw your support rationale, I thought, "uh oh, he meant to support the other guy" and was afraid that would end awkwardly, but you handled it quite gracefully! As a side note, I hope to see you at RfA again in the future; Eagles247 (an editor I have a lot of respect for) has spoken very highly of you, and I have no doubt that you have the skills to address the concerns from the oppose column if you decide to make another go at it. HJ opposed my first RfA too, and ended up co-nomming my second, so I think people are willing to give a fresh assessment after a couple of months. Best, 28bytes (talk) 17:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there, Jsfouche/Archive 3. Just a little request. It seems that Twinkle, quite annoyingly, doesn't mark pages as patrolled even when you tag them for WP:CSD, WP:PROD or WP:AFD. I've just come across an article, that you'd tagged for WP:CSD on the unpatrolled list. I'm sure you already know, but if you scroll down to the bottom of the article, there will be a little link in square brackets that says [mark this page as patrolled]. Clicking that means it'll get taken off the unpatrolled list and so no-one else will come across it on that list. It's not your fault, I know; it's Twinkle's. But until they fix it, it'd be great if you could click that link just before you tag an article. I've marked that one as patrolled. If you didn't find the article via the new pages list then just ignore me; you won't have had the option to mark it as patrolled. Sorry to be a pain. Keep up the good work. — Fly by Night(talk)02:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
It seems to be sporadic. TW tells me it is marking it, and sometimes it appears to do so. Have you reported this on the TW page? jsfouche ☽☾Talk02:15, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have removed the speedy on this article. I'm a bit surprised that anyone might think that the Southern Fried Chicken brand might have no prospect of sources demonstrating significant impact being found, particularly as the article did mention the Channel 4 documentary that featured the franchise at the time when you nominated it. If in doubt, a PROD might be a friendlier alternative. Thanks Fæ (talk) 09:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. Actually, I was surprised that it did not meet CSD. All it says is that it is a chicken restaurant in the UK. The Channel 4 reference was about the CEO. To me, even that does not make a claim of significance. But I respect your interpretation. Thanks again! jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Future Times Post
Hey,
Sorry, I saw that you declined the Future Times stub that I put together. How can I provide further verification of importance? Is it just a matter of citing more sources? A list of releases? I am sympathetic to the cause of keeping out non-relevant information, but we're a fairly popular dance music label. If Woodsist and Sacred Bones -- which are both fairly popular independent record labels -- can have short, to the point, wiki pages, why are we not allowed? I'm happy to add further citations and quotes, if that's what's necessary.
Why do you wanbt to remove all my contributions. What do you know about the discussion about Islam in the Netherlands. This organisaton is very known. About the other pages. In want to work them out.Nlwriter (talk) 06:33, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Articles about organizations must claim why they are important, other than just an explanation about what they do. These claims must be supported by multiple reliable sources that are independent of the subject. jsfouche ☽☾Talk06:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Jsfouche, I was going through the list of requested articles on Wikipedia and saw Born Shoes as one of the red links. I just started the article to get it going, but can see that you've flagged it for deletion. Should it not have been on that requested list at all, or is there a way for a re-write so it is valid? Thanks for your help (I'm fairly new to Wikipedia). Stan mact (talk) 06:33, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! The article, unfortunately, is written like an advertisement. We do not allow articles that appear to advertise something, even if that is not the intent. Also, every article must make a claim about why the subject is important, and these claims must be backed up by multiple reliable sources independent of the subject. Take a look at WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:N. These are some of the core pillars of Wikipedia. Welcome, and happy editing!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk06:48, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
I saw your response to my Kim Carpenter article. I cannot proceed without further information. I have supplied copious external and wiki references (including 5 books) so I need to know more precisely why he is not seen as sufficiently significant.
The article does not explain why this person is notable. It is just a list of accomplishments. We need an explanation of what this person has done to make them notable, backed-up with verifiable, reliable sources. jsfouche ☽☾Talk02:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
hello........
sir..i am a student at doon college of engineering and technology,dehradun in india....my college is under or u can say a part of doon group of colleges....i wANT my college group on wikipedia....and u proposed speedy deletion.....u r right that its from a website of college group of mine(my) but how can i solve this problem..because the college is not going to give me permission over their website...AND i want my college in wikipedia............
Thanks for your response. Unfortunately you haven't given me any idea of what you are looking for. The entry as it stands does address why he is notable and is little different in content to that of his contemporary, Neil Armfield. Perhaps you could be more forthcoming so I can get an idea of what exactly is missing. This is my first wiki entry so I am somewhat flummoxed to have to ask the same question many times to be given the same brief answer no matter who is reviewing it.
I replied on the page, but in essence, the article, as it stands, is just a list of accomplishments. In order to be encyclopedic, we need to know why the subject is notable. Explain it. Add references about the person being in the news, etc. A list of accomplishments is more like a résumé. What has this person done to become notable? That's what we need in the article. jsfouche ☽☾Talk06:59, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
I did a quick re-write of this, and removed the speedy: seems just about notable. If you still think it should be speedied (or AFD'd) I won't edit it any further. Gurt Posh (talk) 15:37, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
I have left adequate warning and will watch their contributions. If further vandalism occurs, then we can proceed with a block request. If you notice any more, please let me know. Thanks!!!jsfouche ☽☾Talk21:24, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
I got your message about the Antioch Article. It is about the Antioch International Movement of Churches. I just don't know how to change the title! Addressing the notability issue currently, too. thanks a ton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaljr (talk • contribs) 18:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Brandon article
That page looks to be a copy & paste from somewhere in Wikipedia, but for the life of me I can't find it. That and the article is a mess to reed as well. Wildthing61476 (talk) 02:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
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Left you a message on my talk - sorry, new here and it's not that simple - can't find any note on what was wrong with the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet article...?
Hello Jsfouche
I have recently joined the Wikipedia but I am new to all these. I wanted to make an entry for HispanTV, Iran's Spanish TV channel but I have faced some problems. The request has been rejected several times. And I do not know what else to do. Because the channel is in Spanish and Iranian prefer Persian I couldn't find a good-Reliable English reference. I need your help to continue. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzadparsayi (talk • contribs) 11:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Jsfouche
Hello Jsfouche
I have recently joined the Wikipedia but I am new to all these. I wanted to make an entry for HispanTV, Iran's Spanish TV channel but I have faced some problems. The request has been rejected several times. And I do not know what else to do. Because the channel is in Spanish and Iranian prefer Persian I couldn't find a good-Reliable English reference. I need your help to continue. Thank you in advance.
I do not understand, since I brought a recognized reference:
1.Diffractive Optics – Design, Fabrication and Test, O'Shea, Suleski, Kathman and Prather, 2004.
2.Additional link with another article with more simple description of the phenomena.
What more is necessary, specifically, in order to publish article? Additional WEB-links on the same material?
Your answer is valuable to me as I would like to publish more articles on related subjects.
I have removed the {{prod}} tag from [[{{{1}}}]], which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks!
I have deprodded the article because it is well-covered in a lot of nursing books, and therefore I believe it meets GNG. Tatterfly (talk) 13:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Associate Degree category
Just curious why you performed this edit when "Associate degree" is the correct category. Slip of the finger or some weird category renaming thing with which I am unfamiliar? ElKevbo (talk) 18:52, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
I agree, but "Associate degrees" is not a valid category. It was red. I have opened a CfD to have the Associate's degrees category renamed Associate degrees. It should be done in 48 hours if no objections. jsfouche ☽☾Talk20:11, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
I am deprodding all articles nominated for deletion on the mere reason they have been unreferenced for X months if they look like topics for which references can be found. Unreferenced is not a reason for deletion; unreferenceable of course is. Nominating multiple articles for deletion on the basis of a rationale not valid under Deletion policy is probably not a good idea. I really respect your work on this nursing, long neglected at Wikipedia. I can understand your impatience at the articles that would need extensive rewriting, especially since you are almost the only person willing to work substantially on these topics. But the solution is to recruit more editors. The interim solution, which I adopt when faced with this sort of situation, is to try to make at least a minimal fix, often by deleting what seems like inappropriate material. I'm doing this to most of the articles I deprod, as I don't think it best practice with such articles to leave all the work to others, I try to fix what I can of at least some of the articles I think need to be fixed and kept--I try not to just say keep or deprod & then ignore them. I cannot fix everything, any more than you can, but this is a cooperative project.
I don't want to oppose you at deletion discussions , considering the good work you are doing. Perhaps you can see it a little my way. DGG ( talk ) 21:53, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate it, as you are one of the most respected editors here. Your words hold a lot of weight with me. Perhaps I was in a bad mood that night. I was trying to clean up some articles, and there were several that had been unreferenced for a long time. I hated having so many nursing articles that were so poorly written, that I was embarrassed. There has not been much activity on the nursing articles. Although probably not the best way, the PRODs were an attempt to recruit some help. It is my experience that deletion processes often get other editors to help with sourcing and editing. For several of the articles, this has been the case, as they have been improved and sourced. I have been focusing on the larger articles that are tagged with higher importance, and I grew frustrated at the number of short, less important articles that were not sourced. After exploring WP space pages more, I believe there are better ways now (like RfC). Again, thank you for the kudos and advice. I take that to heart. Cheers!!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk01:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Well, you did succeed--you did get some help: my own at least. I don't know how much time i'll have to work on them, but I'll give it some more effort. In practice, I have to admit that listing an article for deletion does often work towards getting it fixed. It's not the official way, but I've done it myself, frequently, According to IAR, whatever improves the encyclopedia is the right way to do it. And there's a negative feeling of hopeless that sets in for all of us when reviewing many bad articles. When I find I'm deleting everything I see at CSD, I know its time to stop for the night. (And that's why I work on multiple fields--at least one will usually be making some progress.) DGG ( talk ) 05:23, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Jsfouche, I'm had a look at the nomination for Nursing, and I'm afraid I've failed it. I appreciate you've put a lot of work into it recently but it's not quite at the standard for a full review yet. I've added some comments at Talk:Nursing/GA1. As well as adding more references and sorting out maintenance tags, I'd recommend taking this to peer review before a further nomination, because it's such a big topic. Let me know if you have any questions. --BelovedFreak10:53, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Jackson Guthy / Deleted Page Assistance
Hi there
My name's Kay Anderson, I work for a music management company called Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group. Our clients include System of a Down, Deftones and Alice In Chains,
I attempted to set up a new page for a new client called "Jackson Guthy" today. The page was immediately removed for containing promotional material.
If you could please help advise what I can do to get a new page set up for Jackson, that would be hugely appreciated? I'm unsure what I did wrong here!
We have very strong policies against any type of promotion. Since you have indicated that you affiliated with the subject, you are HIGHLY encouraged NOT to edit/create articles for which you have such a conflict of interest. I left more information on your talk page. jsfouche ☽☾Talk03:36, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Day (2nd nomination) 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 good 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 template from the top of the article. Lagrange613 (talk) 21:22, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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2. I don't get it. Can't new categories be created? There are directions for creating categories that I tried to follow. What is a "relinked category"?
Multicultural citizenship
I believe you asked for the removal of my article regarding multicultural citizenship, which is quite different than the "multiple citizenship" page. Additionally, you may want to actually read the article before noting it for deletion, "multicultural citizenship" is a more specific form of citizenship and therefore deserves its own page. On Will Kymlicka's page, there is a stub for a "multicultural citizenship" page. enjoy the holiday! — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.beifel (talk • contribs) 01:55, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
It could be a section on the multiple citizenship page because there was much overlap. I always read articles before I tag them for deletion. jsfouche ☽☾Talk03:58, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
They're not really related. Multicultural citizenship is when there is a person who is a citizen of one country, but retains the culture or language from another. Multiple citizenship is having more than one form of citizenship. There is minimal overlap that I can see. Additionally, as I mentioned before, there wouldn't be a pre-established stub for an article on Kymlicka's page if it weren't its own separate topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.beifel (talk • contribs) 07:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, your review at that page is totally bad! Please reread the instructions: if you don't find any reason like unsourced statements or notability, then either fix the draft or tag it and accept it!
oh and your reviews here and here are also bad. In the first draft the user tried it and added marks where the refs belong to. If it is no coypright violation/copy 'n paste of any other wikipedia article, then move it! The latter one is just {{citation style}}... mabdul23:31, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
As for the first example, that article was a huge mess. Where do you even start to reformat it or clean it up? Helping editors is one thing; trying to completely reformat a huge messy long article like that is another. It was almost unreadable. The other two are BLPs. I may have stretched the BLP requirement for inline citations, as not all the content was contentious. jsfouche ☽☾Talk00:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Check the refs (external links) if there is something reliable and 3rd party. if that is so, then don't decline it. Just leave it for somebody other and/or fix a minimum of the formatting and move it. mabdul20:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
You asked for a citation and I left one and then you go back and find yet another reason to remove me. I have not even had time to document and cite the other notable sources because you and someone else, who claimed nastily I was some or guy, delete the information before I have time to even make the citations.
There are numerous definitive sources I can refer to but it seems as though you are on a witch hunt here. I have legitimate citations and my information and accomplishments are relevant when I e takes the time to educate yourself rather than indiscriminately delete my life. And to think I just made a donation to the organization, now I wished I had not.
In the future you might consider not asking for information to substantiate and then. One up with yet another reason to continue your witch hunt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.255.112.209 (talk) 00:56, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
You asked for a citation and I left one and then you go back and find yet another reason to remove me. I have not even had time to document and cite the other notable sources because you and someone else, who claimed nastily I was some or guy, delete the information before I have time to even make the citations.
There are numerous definitive sources I can refer to but it seems as though you are on a witch hunt here. I have legitimate citations and my information and accomplishments are relevant when I e takes the time to educate yourself rather than indiscriminately delete my life. And to think I just made a donation to the organization, now I wished I had not.
In the future you might consider not asking for information to substantiate and then. One up with yet another reason to continue your witch hunt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoving (talk • contribs) 00:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
We have guidelines here at Wikipedia, and I regret that you feel attacked. Calling it a witch hunt is not only insensitive, but it shows a lack of good faith on your part. If you READ the information posted, you will learn a lot about our guidelines and policies. Getting angry and posting comments such as these are not going to serve you well here on the project. jsfouche ☽☾Talk01:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Then why ask for citations and then find another reason to remove my information. Serve me well here on wiapedia? I've been around here for quite a whole and never had any trouble before. I complied with what you requested yet you found yet another reason to totally delete my information rather than make attemps to suggest an edit or revision. Let's see, how would you feel, brother? Anyone ever deleted your life's accomplishments from this venue? Doubt it!
It's just easier to sit back and do your dirty work and not provide adequate information or explanation. You say I'm being insensitive and show a lack of good faith, I would say after going back on what you requested was a sign, a true sign of a lack of faith and insensitivity. HovingHoving (talk) 01:22, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Your accusing me of a personal attack? Wow you are really something else, my issue was not with you personally, i never attacked or threatened you, quite the opposite, I had an issue with what several of the "editors" here were stating. Calling me a hoax for incistance. so just so i am clear one can't even have a dialog with someone and make any attempt at explaining yourself, if that's the case, that's fine,,it appears that's the way things seem to operate around here. Thanks for your insight, guidance and help in resolving this issue. HovingHoving (talk) 01:38, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Rejection of my Waretown, NJ Article
Hi Jsfouche: Thank you for looking at my new Waretown, NJ article which I submitted for review and which was rejected because one already exists. Please note, however, that my new article has nothing to do with the Waretown in Ocean County, NJ. My Waretown was located in Gloucester County, NJ and ceased to exist around 1874. The Waretown you linked me to is still there in Ocean county and is still thriving. I did mention that in the first paragraph but perhaps it was not clear enough. In any case I was hoping you could take another look and I'm sure you'll see it is a totally different Waretown article. I am open to whatever recommendations you might make. I apologize if I am doing things screwy but I'm totally new to all this (my first time experience) and it has been very daunting trying to do everything correctly. Thanks! Rich Ware (Tresprin48). Tresprin48 (talk) 22:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Jsfouche: I'm not sure if you left me a msg or not so I'm going to send this. I apologize if I am not figuring this out better than I am. Navigating all this is new and confusing for me. If you left me a msg could you give me a link to where I can find it? Here's what I wrote earlier:---
Thank you for looking at my new Waretown, NJ article which I submitted for review and which was rejected because one already exists. Please note, however, that my new article has nothing to do with the Waretown in Ocean County, NJ. My Waretown was located in Gloucester County, NJ and ceased to exist around 1874. The Waretown you linked me to is still there in Ocean county and is still thriving. I did mention that in the first paragraph but perhaps it was not clear enough. In any case I was hoping you could take another look and I'm sure you'll see it is a totally different Waretown article. I am open to whatever recommendations you might make. I apologize if I am doing things screwy but I'm totally new to all this (my first time experience) and it has been very daunting trying to do everything correctly. Thanks! Rich Ware Tresprin48 (talk) 23:18, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for contacting me. I have fixed this and moved the article to the mainspace. I originally tried to accept the article, but the system flagged me stating that the article already existed. I had to add a disambiguation to the title. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia!!!jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much! This is exciting! My first one. I may have some more in my brain that my end up here. Again, much appreciated and thanks for having patience with me. Rich Ware Tresprin48 (talk) 01:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hunted page
Hey.
Just wondering why the page for Hunted hasn't been accepted? I realise the reason for not accepting it is due to notoriety but this doesn't make sense as they are signed to the label Massacre Records, and there are many bands on this label's roster on wikipedia that have similar content to that proposed in my article... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HuntedUK (talk • contribs) 16:35, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
The reason I declined was not notability, but for references. The references are not reliable. The band's own website and its label's website are not third-party sources. The other source is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, which also fails the reliability test. The article needs reliable, third-party sources to pass the requirement. jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:40, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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I considered it, but I do know where the title comes from. It was a gaffe by Cain. I had tagged it as CSD before, then it was recreated as a redirect, so I felt RfD might be a better place to get consensus. I totally agree that it was useless as redirect. Thanks!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk06:38, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I need help!!! Please help me!!!
You edited an article I wrote. Im very new to this so I don't understand exactly how to do this. Can you please help me? I'm in need of some real help. Please? I hope to talk to you soon. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scr099 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Check out the links on your Talk Page. They have excellent information on policies, guidelines, and suggestions for writing articles. After you read these, if you have specific questions, please ask! Happy editing!!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk06:40, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Bounce House - New Article Revision
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback on my new article contribution "Bounce House". However, I disagree that this information should be listed under "Inflatable Castle". Inflatable castle is a specific bounce house, in a broad area. There are many more bounce houses beyond just inflatable castles. Also, bounce house is a very well- searched term and should really have its own listing.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your feedback.
The name has been discussed on Talk:Inflatable castle. It appears the name is very regional, but we cannot create duplicate articles for different names for the same thing. I would suggest that go to that talk page and start a discussion about it there. Happy editing! jsfouche ☽☾Talk15:03, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Article on Mufti Ismail Moosa Menk
Hi
You edited my article on Mufti Ismail Moosa Menk , you state i need to add more information on why he should be included on the wiki , however i have added whatever i could find , please advise me with a example on what you mean my more information , as i have read through all the articles and i still don't understand what it is that your looking for . the information you see is all there is about him , he is a Islamic scholar that is well known around the world and some sources are not online nor in the library as he has not done any books as stated by him , he does it for the good and not for profit . the only information on him are on you tube where his channel has many lectures by him touring the world. he is a example and beacon of what is Islam and the reason why i would like to have him on here is because he represent what is real Islam ,not the terrorist induced propaganda that has been put out there. Please review this carefully and i urge you to have a look at his YouTube channel : MufitMenroxs and you will see a man that is propagating a true and peaceful Islam and also removing fears and misconception about it.
Hello, I´d like to know what´s wrong with the sources a I used in article about Got Blue Balls (band). Thank you! :)
Idaina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.248.4.212 (talk) 10:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
I am just enquiring as to why the page 'PoolWerx' was put up for Speedy Deletion and removed? The page had previously been deleted and after some alterations was re-posted. The admin Cind.amuse posted the following comment referring to the PoolWerx page:
Just wanted to congratulate you on the work you did with the PoolWerx and John O'Brien (PoolWerx) articles. While they started out a bit rough, you've shown yourself to be a quick study. I appreciate your contributions and hope you decide to stick around! Again, well done! Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 09:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
There have only been very minor adjustments made to the article since the approval from an admin and do not understand how it could possible have been put up for speedy deletion again? If you could please inform me why it was deleted that would be great.
I am just enquiring as to why the page 'PoolWerx' was put up for Speedy Deletion and removed? The page had previously been deleted and after some alterations was re-posted. The admin Cind.amuse posted the following comment referring to the PoolWerx page after the alterations had been made:
Just wanted to congratulate you on the work you did with the PoolWerx and John O'Brien (PoolWerx) articles. While they started out a bit rough, you've shown yourself to be a quick study. I appreciate your contributions and hope you decide to stick around! Again, well done! Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 09:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
There have only been very minor adjustments made to the article since the approval from an admin and do not understand how it could possible have been put up for speedy deletion again? If you could please inform me why it was deleted that would be great.
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ogradyplant.com
Hi Jsfouche,
would you kindly tell me the reasons for deletion of ograydplant.com
Hey, just wondering about the deletion of my article on the Relationship Evaluation article.
I made the edits that were asked of me last time and submitted a different article and was wondering what I need to do/what I need to change to get an article accepted about the Relate Evaluation.
Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.
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Hello, Jsfouche. My nickname here is Lecen and I usually contribute on articles related to Brazilian 19th century. There are a few editors, including myself, which are trying to bring back from the dead the Wikiproject Brazil. Usually editors interested on Brazil find themselves utterly isolated when contributing here, with no one to rely on. There is no help to review an article we wrote, to share thoughts about an article, to resolve a content dispute, abolutely nothing. We want to change that once and for all. We want to create a place where an editor can feel at home, where he knows there will be others who will do their best to help him anyway they can. If you're itnerested, the first step is to place your name on the list of participants of the Empire of Brazil task force and add it to your watchlist. The task force will be the place where everyoen can talk to each other and where we'll start reviving Wikiproject Brazil. Please, think about it. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 01:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Those are great news! I hope you'll join us, Jsfouche. We are in need of sticking together, we can't afford to work here by ourselves only. Cheers, --Lecen (talk) 03:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Former countries introduction
Welcome, Jsfouche, to the Former countries WikiProject! You have just become part of an editorial group that focuses on improving Wikipedia's coverage of former country articles. Now that you've joined, the first thing you should do for our cause is add the {{User WPFC}} template to your userpage. Once you have, we will recognize your support with a Y before your name on the members list!
Being an official member of our team now, you really should introduce yourself on the members' talk page.
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If you're still not ready for anything big, the To do list has some articles that practically need no preparation to begin on. The Infobox maintenance section especially. It's articles like these that are dying for your skills!
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Sincerely,
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I have no idea what kind of shape the two previous versions were that had those two versions deleted,[2][3] but the current version... though it started off as pretty crappy,[4] has gone through some improvements.[5] What was nominated as a 93-word unsourced stub, is now somwhat better than when I found it. You are invited to revisit the article, and the above deletion discussion. Best, Schmidt,MICHAEL Q.23:31, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).
Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 1783submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.
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We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial.
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Thanks for selecting the nursing logo. I am proposing a better version of the same logo and offering to find or make & dedicate it to the public domain. See my comments [6]Tradimus (talk) 03:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable.
Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote!
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 1783 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.
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Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.
Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.
The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from October 22, 2012 – November 21, 2012.
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There is a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!
Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us!
Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral.
Articles for creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 1783 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our help desk.
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Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed.
Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November.
Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.
Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.
The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.
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Participation: Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, BDD and Miniapolis.
WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
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WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
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Participation: Out of 30 people who have signed up for this drive so far, 18 have participated. If you have signed up for the drive but have not yet participated, it isn't too late. If you haven't signed up for the drive, sign up now!
Progress report: Thus far we have reduced the number of May/June 2012 articles to just 124 articles, so we're on the right track. Unfortunately, for the first time in GOCE history, the number of articles in the backlog has actually gone up during this drive. While all participants are currently doing a fine job, we just don't have as many of them as we have had in the past. We have over 500 editors on our mailing list, but only 18 editors who have done a copy edit for the drive. If you're receiving this newsletter, it's because you have an interest in copy editing. Join the drive! Even if you only copy edit one article, it helps. Imagine how much progress we could make if everyone chipped in just one article.
Talk:Sporting Club Accra, Sporting Club Accra is a football club in Ghana. its renowned for its feeder system of producing players to renowned soccer/football academies and premier league clubs here in Ghana. Its licensed and registered at the Ghana Football Association and the Registers General department as a Ltd. All information given are genuine. I don't see why the page must be deleted. I hope the decision to delete it will be reviewed. Am open for further questioning. Thanks Check Mohammed Abu
Talk:Sporting Club Accra, Sporting Club Accra is a football club in Ghana. its renowned for its feeder system of producing players to renowned soccer/football academies and premier league clubs here in Ghana. Its licensed and registered at the Ghana Football Association and the Registers General department as a Ltd. All information given are genuine. I don't see why the page must be deleted. I hope the decision to delete it will be reviewed. Am open for further questioning. Thanks Check Mohammed Abu
Participation: Out of sixteen people who signed up for this blitz, nine copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
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Participation: Out of eleven people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
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Manahan will be playing with Lamb of God and The Acacia Strain in January. They aren't just some small-town band. They even have a music video for Narcotic] here. There are plenty of references already up and there are more to come, so I don't think deleting this page just yet is fair.
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Hi Jsfouche,
would you kindly tell me the reasons for deletion of ograydplant.com
Thank you
Relationship Evaluation
Hey, just wondering about the deletion of my article on the Relationship Evaluation article.
I made the edits that were asked of me last time and submitted a different article and was wondering what I need to do/what I need to change to get an article accepted about the Relate Evaluation.
Please let me know! Thanks!!
Carly Ostler
GOCE March drive newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update
GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs
Participation:
We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report:
Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far.
Special thanks:
Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers.
I think an article could be made about these laws, but this is barely a stub. Can we give the creator a few more days? I am prodding this instead. Bearian (talk) 23:20, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
That was odd. I was on the AfC site tagging old one for G13. Not sure how this happened. Did you move the article to main space after I tagged for G13? I am OK with it, just trying to figure out what happened. jsfouche ☽☾Talk23:34, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
No, you are right, it was an AfC, and tagged for speedy deletion. I removed some tags, moved it to main space, and placed it in the "proposed deletion" cycle. That gives Wikipedia:Wikiproject Law and whomever else a week to fix it. Bearian (talk) 23:40, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
content was wrong - vibroacoustic stimulation is vibroacoustic therapy... content existed was talking about fetal vibroacoustic stimulation... I corrected it now... vibroacoustic stimulation posted was correct - do not delete it... Cyrinus (talk) 03:09, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
You could not correct the mistake in your definition, but you made a sneaky attempt - which is vandalism of the VAT article and harassment. There is no meta or sock puppetry. It is contribution from all vibroacoustic therapists. Global effort. Anyway - I will fix your VAS article. Cyrinus (talk) 18:17, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
It's not my article. Which is a point you obviously keep missing. No one owns articles here. Let me just say one last thing to you, your shitty attitude will only serve to alienate you here on Wikipedia. You have ignored so many other editor's attempts of good faith to educate you and provide assistance. Those attempts are constantly met with cynicism, contempt, arrogance, and just plain old bad manners. You really should have listened to the advice given by others so that you could become a valuable editor here on the project. Instead, you get pissed off and have chosen to repeatedly harass and vilify everyone who has tried to help you. You see every attempt to provide feedback as an attack instead of an offer of help and the application of community standards and guidelines. This is a community of editors, and those who decide they will ignore etiquette and rules because they do not fit their agenda will not survive. I can only hope that at some point you come to your senses and realize that this is an encyclopedia and not a method of getting the word out about a particular topic. You made it clear that you and other therapists will not be ignored, so that makes it blatantly obvious that your goal is not to contribute to knowledge, but to promote a specific topic at all expenses. I wish you luck in your professional endeavors, and may you one day become a valuable editor here. Take care, jsfouche ☽☾Talk20:13, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
I am aware of that - you edited that article as a perinatal nurse - I am very familiar with perinatal field for more than 10 years - your edit was wrong. Stop bullying new users. You even got a note from Bureaucrat. Stop your Sherlock Holmes, paranoia and sneaky activities on new users. Most of the comments were not helpful for new user or contribution to correct the article. I read the guidelines. Most of the comments were not productive or guiding a new user - On top of that name calling - no wonder. Even in this post - "cynicism, contempt, arrogance, and just plain old bad manners" - name calling. I am simply answering and posting my references. I will edit the article and improve it. If you can contribute and help - fine. Stop your harassment or bullying tactics... Read your user page (exact opposite)... I do not need your blessing for my professional endeavors and I do not believe in luck - been there - done that (including your perinatal at much higher level) - retired. My goal is to contribute... not promotion or canvassing... I do not need wiki for my promotion... We have so many other ways on the Internet and social networks... lol Cyrinus (talk) 04:24, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
There you go again. Such arrogance. That is like the 5th or 6th time you have said that you and only you are an expert. You told Uncle Mitty that "Anyone can be an audio engineer. There are experts and wannabes." when he mentioned his expertise as an audio engineer. Then your above comment to me "been there - done that (including your perinatal at much higher level)". And then somehow you are a perinatal expert as well and told me I was wrong. And your repeated calling of Wiki Admins and editors as "idiots." It is a pattern of clear Megalomania. You repeatedly tell us all that we are not VAT experts so we should just shut up and move on and keep to what we know. Wikipedia does not work like that. If you cannot accept that, then I suggest it is you that needs to take your pompous, arrogant, over-inflated sense of self-importance and move on. This is not a stage for experts to showcase their research and promote their craft. It is an encyclopedia. jsfouche ☽☾Talk17:59, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Oh dear! Thanks for your patience jsfouche! In my experience, few things bring more attention to fringe articles more quickly than a single-issue POV editor with a persecution complex. --Salimfadhley (talk) 13:53, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Oh dear! uncle jeff is a good man. I irritated him by changing VAS article which was closer to his heart (VAS and VAT closer to my heart too). uncle will bring more babies to the world in 2014 (and new babies to wiki too)... yes we need to fix that VAS definition - FVAS sounds like giving stimulation to pregnant woman - it should be a stimulation to fetus. I will correct it with latest research - which is good for wiki. i removed the offending thread on google plus. thanks for all the help... uncle have a happy holidays! Cyrinus (talk) 01:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation
The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page!
The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there!
Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.
Hi Jsfouche! I've been trawling my watchlist. You might see that I made this change to your article: "Navbox name = Medical research studies". This name isn't displayed anywhere, and is used when you click the small 'e' button on the template, so changing the name will change what page you're editing when you click 'edit'. Other than that, I hope that you're well and enjoying the festive season! Kind regards, --LT910001 (talk) 04:40, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for all of your edits to nursing topics. You have contributed so much time and content to the coverage of our profession here on Wikipedia. Your work is appreciated. Kudos... and thanks again! EricEnfermeroHOWDY!05:35, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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You reverted an edit of mine in that article, an article you have not previously edited in recent history. You gave no reason, and my edit was still in process. I saved part of an edit, because it was a long edit, and I wanted to make sure my draft work got saved in case of computer malfunction. The purpose of the edit was to break an unordere4d long list of dozens of items into categories like Arts & Letters etc. It was a reasonable and good faith edit. What is your explanation? If you disagree with the nature of the edit change, please discuss your objections on the articles talk page. If you reverted the edit for some other reason, what is the explanation?Sbalfour (talk) 16:31, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
I have reverted my edit. It was not possible to tell that it was "in progress". To prevent this type of mistake, I'd suggest using your sandbox to do the edits, and when you have it how you want, copy and paste it into the article. This way, other editors do not see incomplete work and think it was an error. No harm was meant, but what was left on the page removed some content without explanation. That was the reason for the revert. jsfouche ☽☾Talk16:50, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
I did modify some of the bullet items, which is a list, to shorten the description following the name to no more than 2 lines. This article is not about biography - if someone wants to know about the listed person, they can follow the wikilink to the named biographical article. If there is no such article in the wiki, they can help wikipedia by creating it, and transfer the biographical info to that article. I did not lose any whole bullet items, i.e. names.
This list is an unordered list, whose inclusion criteria is undefined. It has become a list of trivia, and it should be structured in some way, as well as shortened, according to some recognizable criteria. For now, I'm leaving all names in it, until I can define those criteria. I'm going to be revamping the whole article, as I have time. If you have any suggestions, please include them on the talk page under the appropriate section(s), where I have extensive commentary. Regards, Sbalfour (talk) 19:48, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
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I edited a page yesterday and you removed it along with another entry on the page. It appears from the note that the problem was the external links. Is that the case? If I put the entry back without the external link would that be acceptable? I am fairly new at editing and there is a lot to learn. I did read the link document before I included the link. Apparently I didn't understand it completely. Would it be OK to put both the entries back if they didn't contain the links? Would that violate any wikipedia etiquette? Also am I using the talk page correctly? Thanks for your help Slamslam102 (talk) 17:08, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
I havent heard form you so I am using your comments from when you removed the content and assume the links were the problem. I am going to put the material back in without the links. If there's something other than the links that is the issue, please let me know. Slamslam102 (talk) 19:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Halla_Diyab#Syrian_refugees_controversy
hi, Im contacting you regarding the entry u originally reviewed at
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I have added some information to the Syrian_refugees_controversy section. the information was sourced and references were given.
however it appears that the subject of the entry "i.e., Dr Diyab managed to delete that contribution, making use of the fact that there were indeed some vandalism acts on the page following the controversy. however i see that deleting the addition i made is well and truly unjustified.
Xlantraymon (talk) 02:04, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Feedback needed on using special characters
Hello. Thank you for using VisualEditor! Having editors use it is the best way for the Wikimedia Foundation to develop it into the best tool it can be.
While we always welcome general feedback (please report any issues in Bugzilla in the "VisualEditor" productor drop your feedback on the central feedback page on MediaWiki.org), the developers are especially interested right now in feedback on the special character inserter. This new tool is used for inserting special characters (including symbols like ₥, IPA pronunciation symbols, mathematics symbols, and characters with diacritics). It is intended to help people whose computers do not have good character inserters. For example, many Mac users prefer to use the extensive "Special Characters..." tool present at the bottom of the Edit menu in all applications or to learn the keyboard shortcuts for characters like ñ and ü.
The current version of the special characters tool in VisualEditor is very simple and very basic. It will be getting a lot of work in the coming weeks and months. It does not contain very many character sets at this time. (The specific character sets can be customized at each Wikipedia, so that each project could have a local version with the characters it wants.) But the developers want your ideas at this early stage about ways that the overall concept could be improved. I would appreciate your input on this question, so please try out the character inserter and tell me what changes to the design would (or would not!) best work for you.
The "insert" pulldown on the task bar of VisualEditor will lead you to the '⧼visualeditor-specialcharacterinspector-title⧽' tool.
This is the ⧼visualeditor-specialcharacterinspector-title⧽ inserter as it appears on many wikis. (Some may have customized it.) Your feedback on this tool is particularly important.
Issues you might consider:
How often do you normally use Wikipedia's character inserters?
Which character sets are useful to you? Should it include all 18 of the character sets provided in the wikitext editor's newer toolbar at the English Wikipedia, the 10 present in the older editor toolbar, or some other combination of character sets?
How many special characters would you like to see at one time?
Should there be a "priority" or "favorites" section for the 10 or 12 characters that most editors need most often? Is it okay if you need an extra click to go beyond the limited priority set?
How should the sections be split up? Should they be nested? Ordered?
How should the sections be navigated? Should there be a drop-down? A nested menu?
The wikitext editor has never included many symbols and characters, like ℗ and ♀. Do you find that you need these missing characters? If the character inserter in VisualEditor includes hundreds or thousands of special characters, will it be overwhelming? How will you find the character you want? What should be done for users without enough space to display more than a few dozen characters?
Should the character inserter be statically available until dismissed? Should it hover near the mouse? Should it go away on every selection or 10 seconds after a selection with no subsequent ones?
Some people believe that the toolbar already has too many options—how would you simplify it?
The developers are open to any thoughts on how the special character inserter can best be developed, even if this requires significant changes. Please leave your views on the central feedback page, or, if you'd prefer, you can contact me directly on my talk page. It would be really helpful if you can tell me how frequently you need to use special characters in your typical editing and what languages or other special characters are important to you.
Thank you again for your work with VisualEditor and for any feedback you can provide. I really do appreciate it.
The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there!
Participation: Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Thanks for the offer of help on the GRU talk page! I certainly don't want to undertake such a thing alone, especially considering I try to loop in as many involved editors as possible in my work to keep things safe. I can go ahead and create the History of GHSU page now, and then my sandbox will have the first college page template and the beginning of the second page, if you'd like to stop by and offer feedback. I also haven't the slightest clue how to create a template like the one on the Georgia Tech page, so anything you'd like to offer would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! GRUcrule (talk) 14:22, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Feedback?
Hey, just wanted to drop you a line and see if you'd be able to swing by my sandbox and provide a bit of feedback before I go ahead and create three different GRU-related articles...all three starting points are here. Thank ya kindly! GRUcrule (talk) 20:23, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey Jeff - Just a quick thank you for taking the time to create the AJN article a few weeks ago. I meant to create it at some point last year, but I'm not too familiar with entries for journals and it just fell off of my radar. That one is an important entry for the project and I was tickled to see it "turn blue" recently. Thanks again! EricEnfermeroHOWDY!06:24, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here.
Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles.
Participation: Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1700 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!
Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone!
Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here.
Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28.
Participation: Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone!
Blitz: The August blitz will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30. Sign up here!
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you.
Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone!
Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here!
Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!
Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis.
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Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up
here!
Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!
Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone!
Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here!
Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88.
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