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Speedy deletion of KDeland

A tag has been placed on KDeland requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 19:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Arkells.jpg

File Copyright problem

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Demize (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Either it's just a stroke of bad luck that I got a banned IP because I have a dynamic IP Address, or I've been banned for the creation of a purely vandal article and the uploading of an image without knowing the copyright on it. The first one was a one time only thing to prove that Wikipedia is not a terrible source, and the second was me actually trying to contribute, but I understand what I did wrong there, and will not do it again. I will always find copyright information, and I will make sure that every edit I make is truthful.

Decline reason:

Two things:

Wikipedia searches for verifiability, not truth.
You are not blocked. MuZemike 20:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

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Request handled by: J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

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I see you added a neutrality flag to Lisa De Pasquale. Feel free to add any balance that you think is missing. I try to avoid anything too controversial with BLP for obvious reasons. Andrewman327 (talk) 03:47, 17 October 2010 (UTC)andrewman327

I would like to obtain an ACC account, as I would like to become more involved in the Wikipedia community. Julianmh (talk) 02:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Help!

I'm not sure why both of my posts have been flagged. I have not written anything that could be construed as biased or not based entirely on facts and references. Please advise what I have done wrong so I can fix it. I'm just trying to ensure the right information is up about this company and its CEO. Confused! Kirstinhepburn (talk) 01:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

See Ms. Hepburns open admission of COI here. WuhWuzDat 01:05, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that. I posted on her user page about it, explaining the reasoning behind the CSD nominations. julianmh (talk) 01:09, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, mainly because you have a Conflict of Interest about the subject of the articles, as well as because Vision critical doesn't show how it's notable. (reposted from the TB on Ms. Hepburn's page - I wasn't aware this is what they were for at the time I posted it) julianmh (talk) 01:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Why does working for a company automatically constitute conflict of interest? If a reasonable person can see that the information I am providing is unbiased, then it should be allowed, right? I know (and have worked for) several other companies who manage the content of their Wikipedia article (check out 'George Affleck entrepreneur' and 'Curve Communications' as specific examples) and theirs doesn't get them in trouble. Also, the Vision critical page does explain how it's notable - they developed a piece of software that is the most used community panel platform in the world. I think that's noteworthy.

So what's my next step here? Wait for my content to be deleted, then create a fake profile that doesn't appear to have a conflict of interest and repost? Or just be honest and admit that I'm close to the subject but that the content I've supplied is neutral? Advice is welcome - repeated accusations are getting tiresome, Wuhwuzdat. You can tell I'm new here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirstinhepburn (talk • contribs) 16:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Your content has been reviewed by an administrator and is no longer up for Speedy Deletion. Right now, you can only really sit and wait for somebody to edit it and remove any possible COI from it. A COI is brought up simply because you're connected to the subject in some way - it doesn't matter if it's written from a neutral point of view or not, there's still the inherent possibility of a COI. So for now, sit tight and somebody should look over and edit the articles soon. julianmh (talk) 20:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Awesome. Thanks for your help with this!! :)

Kirstinhepburn (talk) 00:48, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Demize, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, like KDeland, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted (if it hasn't already).

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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Reviewer permission

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged revisions, underwent a two-month trial which ended on 15 August 2010. Its continued use is still being discussed by the community, you are free to participate in such discussions. Many articles still have pending changes protection applied, however, and the ability to review pending changes continues to be of use.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under level 1 pending changes and edits made by non-reviewers to level 2 pending changes protected articles (usually high traffic articles). Pending changes was applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't grant you status nor change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.

If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:26, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, per your request, I've granted you Rollback rights! Just remember:

Rollback gives you access to certain scripts, including Huggle and Igloo, some of which can be very powerful, so exercise caution
Rollback is only for blatant vandalism
Having Rollback rights does not give you any special status or authority
Misuse of Rollback can lead to its removal by any administrator
Please read Help:Reverting and Wikipedia:Rollback feature to get to know the workings of the feature
You can test Rollback at Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback
You may wish to display the {{User wikipedia/rollback}} userbox and/or the {{Rollback}} top icon on your user page

If you have any questions, please do let me know.

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:27, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Andy Hayes Q

Hi Demize - I'm the one who submitted the Andy Hayes piece. Thanks for your comment - I was wondering if there is other content I should put into the piece to better establish notable? I've got the mainstream media mentions, as well as the published book. Anything else? I'm new so just want to play by the rules :-) Thx. -PR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkrocker22 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not completely sure if the article's notable - he does have a bit of mainstream coverage, but I can't actually find anything when I do a search. Like I said in my comment, he seems like he could be notable, but nothing I've seen actually definitely makes him notable or non-notable in my eyes. I'd recommend finding reviews of his works or articles about his works in mainstream media, and if there are enough of those referenced in the article, somebody should come along and approve it. I'm glad to help though, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask! d m z 04:10, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Nice to 'meet' you. :-) Thanks for replying, - I did include links in the REF section with all of the interviews in CNN/Wall Street/etc, should I have made those links in the text instead? ~~ PR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkrocker22 (talk • contribs) 05:41, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I saw those, but as they're articles he worked on, they aren't really reliable sources, although that they have been published establishes some notoriety. Also, when signing posts on talk pages use ~~~~ - it will automatically make a signature for you and timestamp it. If you wish to customize your signature (like mine is), you can do so under Your Preferences. d m z 14:48, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

No actually he was just the featured expert, he was just quoted in those newspapers. Testing fancy new signature... :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkrocker22 (talk • contribs) 20:28, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

ThanksAnd than

And thanks to you for reverting the vandalism to my page Cst17 (talk) 00:42, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

How do I submit something of which I have personal knowledge?

I made the edit to the page based on knowing the two individuals personally. Is there a way to submit information such as the change I made where that is referenced somehow? Funnymatt (talk) 08:25, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Knowing them personally won't work, you need reliable third party and verifiable sources. Since them telling you is original research, and not a third party source, it's neither reliable or verifiable. In order to add it, you'd need to find a third party source that would be able to confirm it's true and cite it. d m z 08:32, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: Martist

Hello Demize. I am just letting you know that I deleted Martist, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 03:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

IRC Cloak request

Just confirming. d m z 04:11, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Personalized Retargeting

Thanks for the reformatting help -- I'll keep an eye out for the page. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derekkorte (talk • contribs) 17:45, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I noticed it had sources in it but no reflist so I added that, and reformatted it to help a bit more. I hope you can get it fixed up and accepted by somebody! d m z 04:04, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

My talk page miszabot

Dear Demize, as per your answer on my talk page, I did make the change, but still the bot is not running :( Can you please check out once more if it is not a concern? — Legolas ^(talk2me) 14:34, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you didn't make any change, somehow - maybe you clicked the preview button instead of save? Anyway, I've moved the template to the top of the page and set the counter for you. The bot runs once a day, so you'll need to wait for that. I believe it runs around 2PM UTC. If it still doesn't work, tell me and I can check it over again for you! d m z 16:28, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Damn, i thought I had made the changes. Thanks again Demize. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 16:31, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Music

Hey, a music lover also. Nice to meet you. I play the piano. I was so lucky to get in February 2010 a Steinway & Sons concert grand [1] built 1877. My favourite music is the ragtime of Scott Joplin which I play since nearly 40 yrs, starting when I was 16 and got my frist piano from a school colleague. My second piano was a G.Adams, Wesel upright which I got from my Bro-in-law who is a professional organist for the catholic churc in GER. This piano served me for 29 yrs and is now in service for an internet girlfriend some 30mls away. And once I sung the barbershop, I was a "BAD Boy" (abbrevation B.A.D. is Barbershop Aus Dortmund (from Dortmund). There I was in contact to Tom Gentry, barbershop judge and music author living in Cincinnatti, Ohio area. Kind musical regards -- AxelKingg (talk) 22:32, 26 December 2010 (UTC) ==> AxelKing :-)

FYI

Feel free to use {{CHU|ver}} for SUL verification needed - might want to add it to the documentation as well =) –xeno^talk 02:48, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll add it to the documentation. If you could add it to the editnotices, that would be wonderful! d m z 02:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

And I've added it to the documentation. d m z 03:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

(I think) I've made it so clerks can maintain these themselves; see Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple/Editnotice, Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations/Editnotice. Cheers, –xeno^talk 14:19, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, and

Done. d m z^(public) 15:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Tyranny Sue's CHU request

Hi there, You left a message on my talk page about my CHU/S request. I don't know how I overlooked it but I only noticed it just now. Am I too late? Sorry!!--TyrS 07:43, 12 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyranny Sue (talk • contribs)

Yeah, Xeno closed it here because you appeared to only be using one account. You can open another if you wish, though. Also, I've added a section heading so the bot will archive this, hope you don't mind :p d m z 12:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Meant to give you this a while ago...

		The Guidance Barnstar
		For all your assistance shepherding users through the changing username process and helping to manage the USURP page, please accept this as a small token of my appreciation. –xeno^talk 02:17, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll add it to my userpage tomorrow, maybe later tonight. demize (t · c) 02:43, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thankless clerky task

If you want a thankless, menial, and tedious clerky task, you could update User:NoSeptember/crat stats which is about 4 months behind =) –xeno^talk 17:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, does seem menial and tedious. I've got quite a bit of stuff for school right now - exams start the 25th - but Tuesday I should be able to get around to it. And then I could see about writing a bot to do it, since it's going to be a rather annoying task that a bot wouldn't mind doing :p demize (t · c) 17:57, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

No rush. Bot would be awesome, if possible (complicated tables). –xeno^talk 18:07, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Give me enough time and I'll be able to write one that works perfectly :p demize (t · c) 18:11, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks =) –xeno^talk 18:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

If I do write a bot, and if I moved the 'crat stats into my userspase (with the permission of NoSeptember of couse), would I need a BRFA? It would only be editing in my userspace, and it wouldn't need the bot flag, so I believe that the accepted policy is no, I wouldn't, but nothing on the actual policy page says anything about it. demize (t · c) 00:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:BOTPOL#Approval process: "any bot or automated editing process that affects only the operators', or their own, user and talk pages (or subpages thereof), and which are not otherwise disruptive, may be run without prior approval". (Though you should be able to keep it under the NoSeptember umbrella with most of the rest of the stats and either have the bot write to a sandbox in your userspace and copy it over, or write directly to NoSept's page with permission). –xeno^talk 14:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Please don't change direct quotes

Hi, in your enthusiasm to replace "due to the fact that" with "because", please take care not to change direct quotes, as you did in this edit. Whether you like the phrase or not, this is exactly how the sentence occurs in the translation, and to simply change it while leaving it in quote characters is to misrepresent the source. Regards, Shreevatsa (talk) 03:09, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

I've been trying to avoid changing direct quotes, that one wasn't as easy to notice as others though. Thanks for the note though, I'll be more careful about it. demize (t · c) 03:30, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Great. I've changed the text to use a different translation (and made it more obvious that it's a direct quote), so it doesn't matter now.

BTW, "due to the fact that" is not always replaceable to "because". For instance, this book says:

It used to be commonplace for historians of mathematics to claim that traditional Indian mathematics was indifferent to proof, being more interested in numerical computations than in logical justifications. This was largely due to the fact that very few Sanskrit mathematical texts were accessible to non-Indologists at that time…

Now, replacing it with "This was largely because very few…" changes the meaning somewhat; here "due to the fact that" is better. I guess the same is true in most "Event A was due to fact B" sentences, which are not exactly equivalent to "Event A was because of B". Shreevatsa (talk) 05:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I believe I've seen a couple places where "due to the fact that" was better, and those I just skipped over. demize (t · c) 17:49, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

thanks for the note

In general, I despise style-correction via AWB. I am opposed to making everything "standard-phrases." Maybe I am terribly uncomfortable with having my speech "normed" by some automated process; I already feel like like I'm being rendered brainless when some computer tells me "to hear your options, say 'menu'". If there is nothing grammatically wrong with it, this should not be done. In this particular case, I feel that "because" is stronger in showing a correlation ("cause") than "due to". But that's just me, and is apart from the general point. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 23:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Just a note

Hi. Just a friendly note :) "...anything an administrator or bureaucrat says is not necessarily the final decision." Best. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 18:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh, just there because I do some work at CHU and UAA and don't want people thinking I have more authority than them. If you have better wording for it, feel free to suggest! demize (t · c) 19:06, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Also, how did you stumble across my talk page/user page? Just wondering :p demize (t · c) 19:09, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi again. I came across your name at CHU I guess :) And about the wordings, keep whatever you feel comfortable with. Take care and see you around. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 16:35, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Good article review

Thanks for your comments on the Loaded review, I've been working on it for quite a while now. My first good article nomination also and glad that it went well! HrZ (talk) 15:29, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation hold period?

I just recently left a request for the usurpation of a name, but, reading the page, I noticed that you would often put something like "Looks fine after the hold. demize (t · c) 18:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)" under requests. Since I can't seem to find anything on it, what is "the hold", and how long does it normally last? Sactage Talk 22:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Generally, the hold period for non-SUL requests is one week, after which a 'crat will fulfill the request so long as there are no objections. All the hold period is is the amount of time we hold requests before they can be filled, this is to allow the current owner of the target username time to respond (and acknowledge that they'll be renamed if they do nothing). demize (t · c) 22:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, now I understand. Thanks for the help! Sactage Talk 23:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

AWB and categorization

Hi, and thanks for expressing an interest in my recent post about getting some AWBers to help out with the categorization project. I've written up a page, User:Bearcat/AWB categorization and tagging, which provides a basic walkthrough of how to do the task, but of course feel free to ask me if you have any further questions or need advice or clarification. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 23:51, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

ACC access request

Confirming I'm requesting access for ACC. demize (t · c) 03:03, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Expand template

Hi, I reverted your edit at Brian Blade Fellowship (album) because the {{expand}} template was deleted some months ago and is no longer used on Wikipedia. See [2] for the details. First Light (talk) 21:17, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll let the author of Kissle know so he can remove the template. demize (t · c) 21:29, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, First Light (talk) 22:34, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Hello Demize, a very warm welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors. We are pleased to have you join us!

To start, you may want to copy edit an article from our Requests page, or pick one from our backlog. If you need any assistance, feel free to leave a note on our talk page, or you can contact any of our coordinators. If you are new to copy editing, you may want to join our Mentorship program. You may also want to participate in our Backlog elimination drives. Below, you will find list of useful links for your convenience.

Thanks again for joining the Guild, and do make yourself at home.

– Your GOCE coordinators: Diannaa ^(Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs and Slon02

05:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)