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The WPVG Newsletter (September 2008)

Newsletter delivery by xenobot 12:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Harmen1

Hi, i tried to make a article on my band Deanmoore but it got deleted and protected. Is there a way it can be unprotected please? Regards, --Harmen1 (talk) 15:21, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, take a look at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_unprotection#Current_requests_for_unprotection --Oscarthecat (talk) 16:44, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Taxxmann

I have posted Article about Indian Govt. Publishing company who is very much important because all the academic books in business schools we read is published by Taxxmann.

so do not delete —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dharmendarm (talk • contribs) 06:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi - if the Taxxmann page is recreated and it makes clear the company's notability, then no doubt it'll remain as an article. As it stood, the article made no claims of the company's notability, so the article was suitable for deletion per WP:CORP. Best regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 06:56, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Oscar it is TaxMann (not taxxmann). the company is publishing Indian Govt Direct & Indirect Tax Laws, Cases, Rules. Also publishing study material & books for Indian Institute of Management Schools. This is the only company publishing Supreme )Court Case Judgements for last (150 years).

There are many sutbs in wikipedia which is pointing many useful articles of taxmann.net. So i belive this company should be published. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dharmendarm (talk • contribs) 06:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

See the Taxmann is also publishing for delhi university http://www.du.ac.in/faculty_member_details.htm?id=1744. Indian Income Tax Laws printed from Taxmann http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/DITTaxmann/IncomeTaxRules/pdf/itr62Form3CJ.pdf http://incometaxindiapr.gov.in/incometaxindiacr/ppt_html20081017/itr4.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dharmendarm (talk • contribs) 06:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

CityVision

Hi Oscar?. I came across WIKI after a google and the first thing I saw was TIBCO Rendezvous. As a user of the CityVision product (in company of Bank of England, HM Treasury etc) I thought a factual article might be useful. Sorry if I broke the guidelines - I'd intended to follow the style of the TIBCO article, which presumably is OK? I think I'm missing the difference in approach, so any advice welcome. Rgds. BearJam (talk) 13:23, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Willie Bean

Hello, Willie Bean is an article that I am creating that has SEVERAL references that I am trying to add. I cannot add these references successfully when the article keeps getting deleted. Please allow me to make the framework of this page first and then decide before you add to speedy delete. Mnemnoch (talk) 17:48, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure. I've added the underconstruction tag to mark it as such, and fixed some formatting issues, added a nocat and stub tag too. --Oscarthecat (talk) 17:59, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Athena Study Abroad

Hi - This is in response to the comment you made on Athena Study Abroad:

Similar study abroad companies are on Wikipedia. This is to make people aware of the valuable concept of study abroad and global awareness. Many universities promote and work with Athena Study Abroad, and charities receive donations on behalf of the organization, which makes the company notable. Many study abroad websites make reference to the company. Have a good day. Jbenander (talk) 22:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the feedback. The article as it stood made no claims to notability, see WP:CORP. If notability can be made clear in a later version, then it should avoid the deletion. Hope this helps. Thanks, --Oscarthecat (talk) 09:51, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Garmin GPS 12

Hi, i'm not sure if this is the right way to talk to you by editing your talk page.

Blatant advert? I'm a little foggy on the definition, but I don't think it advertises the GPS 12 in any way. Garmin no longer makes this unit. Also, the article is in a format similar to the Garmin eTrex article, which I also made, and that article has been on here for almost a year, and it never got that warning.

Could you give me a better explanation of what's wrong with the article? I'll be happy to try to make improvements! :) --Trent021 (talk) 22:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - this is the right way to discuss it, via this talk page. The article merely read like a sales catalog definition of the Garmin GPS product. There's some guidance about this, at Wikipedia:CATALOG#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory. Some claim of notability really needs to be made. Hope this helps. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 23:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Now I see the eTrex article is up for deletion. Would removing info about the features of specific models help? Or perhaps putting them in a more casual way? --Trent021 (talk) 23:44, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, definitely. Plus some sources such as reviews, to confirm details of them. I've had a look at the TomTom article and it manages to use this approach. Makes it less like a sales catalog that way. Thanks, --Oscarthecat (talk) 08:47, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Nuclear Fusion Definition

Do you have a program that doesn't let interested persons contribute subject matter like definitions into the article about Nuclear Power. And is it one of your interests? And what was wrong with it as a submission? WFPMWFPM (talk) 19:09, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I reverted it as it rather looked like you'd added it onto the wrong page (should have been the talk page perhaps, as it was discussion on what fusion is, and you'd signed it, something normally done on talk pages). There's a good guide to using talk pages at WP:TALK if that helps. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

--Why should the definition of the subject matter be in the talk page? You have eleminated the article about Nuclear Energy where more basic items of subject matter might be discussed and moved everything to the Nuclear Power article without explaining the differences in kind of the subject matter and thus inviting comments about extranuous matters like feasability, economics, availability, hazards, etc, that are not pertinent to a lot of the parts of this subject and are inhibiting the process of organizing and developing a set of articles that does organize and develop the subject. And I read about wikipedia contributions and thought I was encouraged to "be bold". WFPMWFPM (talk) 21:07, 1 October 2008 (UTC).WFPMWFPM (talk) 21:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC) --How do I get a contribution into an article without signing it? WFPMWFPM (talk) 21:12, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk is for the talk page. Please take a read of WP:TALK to understand how this aspect of wikipedia works. By all means be bold but try to keep to the wikipedia guidelines, it avoids complete anarchy! Welcome and regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:18, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

--Well I looked at the talk page and I notice that they recommend references in the articles and that you help the contributor when he/she tries to make a contribution. And I want to say that I appreciate your response to my inqueries but I'm not an editor. Only a person interested in the subject matter and having a forum for discussion. But I would think that the editors/administrators should be also interested in the subject matter and be willing to help me with my attempts to improve an article as some have done. WFPMWFPM (talk) 22:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Any time you edit wikipedia, you are an editor. If you have suggestions for improvement and would like to discuss how to best incorporate them into the article, then by all means please describe them on the talk page & we'll see what consensus can be reached. Mishlai (talk) 02:23, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Jerry from Queens

Yeah, believe it or not, Seinfeld does call WFAN-AM and "schmoozes" with Steve Somers periodically. A typical exchange:

JS: Take the song for example.

SS: Mike & the Mad Dog's intro?

JS: Yeah. I mean, what's that about? "Talking sports, going at it as hard as they can"? I mean, I can think of many ways to talk sports, but I wouldn't go at it "as hard as" I can.

SS: Well, no doubt you're reading a lot into that line.

JS: Maybe.

... later ...

SS: Then again, we don't always talk sports. We just had a couple of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models here as guests.

JS: Really? No doubt you had to do a lot of research for the interview.

SS: Of course. I'm a professional.

JS: I'm sure you went at it as hard as you could.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know I wasn't blowing smoke up my backside. –TashTish (talk) 07:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks. I'll see if there's a source we can cite for the article then. --Oscarthecat (talk) 07:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

AFD

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Cookies seems too hasty and so disruptive. Please consider withdrawing your nomination. Colonel Warden (talk) 09:48, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Sure, fair point. I've withdrawn it for now, will review in a couple of days time. --Oscarthecat (talk) 10:31, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:49, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Why did you blow away a day in history

25 June 1997. You destroyed it. Why? --Petercorless (talk) 19:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, it was nominated as a speedy for reason A1 (not enough context). As it stood, the article looked like it qualified for A1. Did you plan to add a significant amount of additional content to it? --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:00, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Word of caution

Hi, I see you appear to be having a minor dispute with John-joe123. I just thought I'd let you know that in my experience, this user tends to ignore edit summaries and talk pages and normally just continues to revert edits until he get bored. I'm always torn as to whether consider it vandalism as he appears to just not know about these things. Just thought I'd mention it. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 19:45, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS CHIMPANZEE UK, why are you always stalking my edits and looking at my talk page? why can't you just leave things alone, you are not in charge of wikipedia and the ps3 article or anything to do with it, I only keep on readding information because I know i'm right and everyone knows it, it doesn't have to be sourced to be true, and I don't get bored readding info, its just that i don't have enough time to readd it, maybe you wouldn't be torn about wheter to consider my edits as vandalism if you didn't worry about them and minded your own business.--John-joe123 (talk) 16:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

John-joe, please be aware you're contravening WP:CIVIL with edits like this, and risk having your editing privileges removed. --Oscarthecat (talk) 17:56, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Playstation 3

yeh i know the thing about the percentages of ps1 and 2 games on the 60 and 2007 80GB ps3 are unsourced but the rest of the information i added was completely true, all of it is gotten fron the playstation 3 page, for example when i said that the 2008 80GB ps3 was identiacl to the one released in PAL territories except for the difference in hard drive size, you added "cititation needed", it even says on the ps3 articles page under retail configurations that it is and it also says all the other information i added about the accesories of the ps3, and when i said that the 60GB ps3 for NTSC territories was effectively discontinued and you put "cititation needed", i only put that there because no one was saying there was a cititation needed when it said that the 60GB ps3 was effectivly discontinued for PAL territories and I think thats unfair favouring NTSC territories over PAL territories.--John-joe123 (talk) 16:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, great. If we can ensure sources continue to be cited for any further additions, we should be able to avoid all this edit/revert trouble. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 17:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Just so you know

I have given John-joe123 a final warning for edit warring User talk:John-joe123#3RR warning. Just wanted to make you aware because I've seen you interact with him somewhat frequently over the last few weeks. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 17:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the heads-up and assistance. --Oscarthecat (talk) 17:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Well..

If you say "board member, notable?" it doesn't sound like a speedy deletion is warranted, even from your viewpoint. If you wonder whether someone is notable, you don't kill it within the first ten minutes; you start a discussion about it. Punkmorten (talk) 17:57, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I've withdrawn the speedy, will continue to watch the page and discuss. --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:59, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Template Substitution

Hi there, and thank you for using templates on Wikipedia. On one of your recent edits you used a template that should have been substituted but you did not subst it. Please subst templates that are meant to be substed in the future. Please take a look at Substitution to learn more about it. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you need any more help or want to reply to this please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 13:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Shodcast

You recently deleted my newly created page on 'Shodcast' due to G11 - blatant advertising.

Shodcasting is a new form of podcasting, referring to the art of improvising internet radio and recording a podcast in one take.

I would like to rewrite the article so that it does not contain blatant advertising.

Artyint (talk) 15:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

artyint

Well, if you're fairly sure Shodcast isn't a WP:NEOLOGISM then you could post a request on WP:UNPROTECT. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

hi

why was it removed? it was not experimental 92.238.109.113 (talk) 17:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - you'd edited the page to include content which was already available via the redirect. So redirect is sufficient, no point duplicating content. Regards,--Oscarthecat (talk) 18:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

POWER Magazine recreated

Just letting you know, POWER Magazine has been recreated with what appears the same problems mere moments after you deleted it. Thanks! Dayewalker (talk) 09:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. Now deleted and WP:SALTed ! --Oscarthecat (talk) 13:35, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (October 2008)

Newsletter delivery by xenobot 16:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Development history of the Final Fantasy series

Hi, you gave your input in the deletion discussion of this article; however, the problem remains on what exactly should be done with this article and the relevant featured articles. There is currently a discussion about it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Eight featured articles to be demoted. Please stop by and participate. Thanks. Megata Sanshiro (talk) 11:54, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Freebiejeebies

I see that you deleted the above, it appears to have been immediately recreated.Paste (talk) 09:45, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for the tip - have deleted again and WP:SALTed it this time. --Oscarthecat (talk) 10:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you kindly justify your deletion of this page. I do not believe it was advertising, let alone 'blatant' advertising. Perhaps you could have entered into more of a productive discussion and advise on how it could be improved? 163.1.212.48 (talk) 12:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Freebiejeebies

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Freebiejeebies. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.212.48 (talk • contribs)

Thanks, response posted. --Oscarthecat (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

why skoobid was deleted

Hi, I saw you deleted skoobid (without informing me...) I feel pity the article is lost, I wanted to rewrite it. Could you please next time create a talk before deleting? so it gives the author time to review and correct?

Are you going to delete: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(auction_website) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidorbuy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidtopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoveBid ... and so on? if not I'd like to know how you chose to define what type of content is 'advertisement' and which one is not as your judgment seems very subjective.

thanks, Sylvain —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonfas (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Skoobid appeared to just be an advertisement and made no claims of notability. It's been created, still seems rather advertisement-like, but I've posted a AfD so that others can comment before any actions (if any) are taken. On the subjective aspect, please take a look at WP:CORP and WP:WEB for details of company / website notability guidelines. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 08:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

1) This article has no commercial purpose at all, or at least, not more that the sites mentioned above in this talk where each online selling site detail their business model and justify why they are better than the competition.
2) how about "degressive flow" it's a new concept that has now an online application. Why can't it be referred into an encyclopedia?

from WP:WEB "website's achievements, impact or historical significance" In Taiwan this "new flow" attract 4000 unique users per week...

from WP:WEB "The website or content has won a well-known and independent award from either a publication or organization"
here you are (chinese): http://mr6.cc/?p=2422 (Mr6 is the largest chinese speaking blog for new techs)
I'd love to discuss with other admins about deletion if possible.
thanks,
Sylvain —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonfas (talk • contribs) 09:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - those are interesting facts about the site and do help to infer some measure of notability. The existing article didn't make many of those claims, and therefore was suitable for deletion. How about you created a new version of the page at User:Bonfas/Skoobid (note the lack of TM in the article's title, such names aren't permitted in wikipedia) and then ask an admin or some other wikipedia editors for their thoughts on whether it's suitable? I'd be happy to help in this regard. If then looks ok then content can be pasted over to Skoobid. --Oscarthecat (talk) 15:41, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

The Intelligent Agent Based Digital Preservation article

I would like to point out the user that created the article, User:Protageagent, may be a possible conflict of interest and the account has been blocked before. ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 10:28, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

He's now asking for explanation on we've deleted his article many times (he asked on my talk page). Can you share your insight? Thx! ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 10:37, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Mizuho (Japanese seaplane carrier)

I note you speedy deleted a brief article that someone had created on this ship. I have had another go and feel that it now warrants inclusion, could you perhaps have a look? Many thanks.Paste (talk) 10:38, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - new version looks a lot better, notable and sourced. Cheers, --Oscarthecat (talk) 16:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

The Old 76 House

While doing some new page patrolling, I found this article when I redirected a new article with a similar name to it. I'm curious how and why this article got deleted. I did some copyedits on it on November 16, 2008 and it seemed to be a valid article at that time. As a historical inn involving people and situations in the American Revolutionary War, it should pass notability. The page history showed that it had been around for several months. Some of the text repeated itself and I noted that it could use some more cleanup. I didn't see any reason to delete it though ... at the time I edited, it wasn't tagged as a copyvio or anything else. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 01:39, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi - my mistake! An editor had been creating multiple old 76 house titled articles and I was deleting the newly created bogus copyvio articles. I've now restored the article The Old 76 House. Please accept my apologies. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 08:48, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Should article on "What to Eat Now" be merged with that on Warner?

Dear Oscar the Cat, thank you for the tags you put on the article (which I created) on the television series What to Eat Now. I would not like this to read as an advertisement (Wikipedia is not an advertising website) but, in view of the tags, I am wondering whether this article would be better off being merged with that on Valentine Warner.After all, it seems strange that the article on What to Eat Now is longer than that on Warner! What do you think? See also my comment on the talk-page at What to Eat Now. Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Dr. James Clendinning

Um, speedy delete tag may wholly be justified, but removal of the two refs supporting Pen y Fal Hospital? I suspect the originator may have added this from first hand experience after visiting the site, we'll have to see. Evenso notability seems unlikely. The hospital itself, however, easily deserves its own article. If this article disappears so be it, but a future merge would mean those refs wasted? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Having an article for the hospital itself sounds good, the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Health Service project seems keen on having them too. But the refs given seemed to be cited out of context, e.g. "..was the superintendent of Monmouthshire Lunatic Asylum[1]" where the [1] ref makes no mention whatsoever of the good doctor. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, let's hope Wikipedia:WikiProject National Health Service have it all in hand. Refs could support hospital article but not this guy. Guess there's little point in trying to improve here what may well be deleted. Have drawn a blank on Google. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:21, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Pornstar (film)

Not a future film as it was released October 27. I have expanded and sourced the artcle per Film MOS. It has a number of notables and might actually be an interesting drama to watch. I think it might be worth keeping and improving. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:14, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

smoothvega

I fixed the smoothvega article with full accurate soucres. Please read now and don't speedy delete. ----Angie6913----

AfD nomination of Smoothvega

An article that you have been involved in editing, Smoothvega, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smoothvega. Thank you. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 21:40, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

My signature

My signature is fine. I'm not the only person who does this, in fact, admins do it all the time. If you think it's a problem, you're more than welcome to bring it up at some central discussion point. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 21:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Russian names

Are you kidding? I just started on the article a few minutes ago. I'm not don't with yet.(LonerXL (talk) 22:23, 27 November 2008 (UTC))

It looked like a rather odd list, no context. I've restored it now. --Oscarthecat (talk) 22:24, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Bentley's Hotel

Can you please be a bit more careful about removing links to deleted articles?

I'm not going to question your speedy deletion of the Bentley's Hotel article, as the created article was truly awful - however, the hotel is definitely notable, as the catalyst for one of the most significant events in Australian history. Please don't assume that because an article is badly written that something isn't actually notable. Rebecca (talk) 09:13, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the article consisted of just:

Bentley's Eureka Hotel was built at a cost to the Bentley family to the sum of 30,000 pounds from monies gathered together from the sale of their confectioners store at Elizabeth Street and other financial interests in Melbourne in 1853 when the Bentley's with their young one year old baby son "Henry Thomas Bentley" when they decided to move to the Ballaarat East gold fields.They knew the police magistrate John D'Ewes from Melbourne where he D'Ewes was the Police liquor licensing branch Inspector in 1852!All this has been published previously in Bob OBrian's book called Eureka the True Story 1992! And verifiable as such as i am its co author . I shall be adding to this page at a later date."

So didn't assert any notability in that state. Probably worth developing articles in your userspace or tagging with the underconstruction tag, if it's being worked on. The article was nominated for deletion by another user, I then deleted it. Links were removed automatically (and correctly) by the TW utility. Thanks, --Oscarthecat (talk) 09:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Please re-read what I actually said. I didn't write the article, and I specifically stated above that I wasn't challenging its deletion; being an admin, I could see that the article was crap.

The topic, however is notable - it's something Wikipedia should have an article on, and I cannot see a proper article on the subject coming even close to being deleted by an AfD. As such, removing redlinks to it is somewhat unhelpful. Rebecca (talk) 09:52, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'll take your advice on it being a notable topic. To me, when I was deleting it, it didn't stand out as notable (shop gets sold, family builds hotel with money...) Just so I know for the future, what part of an article like this (subtly) infers the topic's notability? Thanks, --Oscarthecat (talk) 10:01, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

If you're going to go the added step and not only delete an article, but remove redlinks to it, I'd suggest having a Google search and making sure that the subject isn't in fact notable. Nearly all speedy deletion candidates I've come across don't have redlinks that other people have added (that are actually referring to that particular subject); if they do, it's probably a good heads up that it would be a good idea to have a look around before deleting the links. Rebecca (talk) 21:31, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Long Beach Motor inn deletion

I Contest the deletion of my article "Long Beach Motor Inn" under the terms of A3 (No Context): 1. The article documents historical, accurate facts supported by valid web links by both primary and secondary sources generally accepted by Wiki. 2. The article is informative and provides information to the reader that summarizes a collection of information without advertising and holds a neutral view. Events mentioned therein are documented properly with time and date. --Tomblights00 (talk) 21:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)tombstone00--Tomblights00 (talk) 21:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

You seemed to replace the entire article with just some comments about why it shouldn't be deleted. So as the article had no actual content at the time, I did a speedy deletion of it. If you wish to recreate the article, other editors can review whether it's notable and whether should be removed. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 22:04, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

please accept my apologizes as I am a Wiki newbie. I have contacted the person whom deleted my article and will work to have my article restored. Thank you. --Tomblights00 (talk) 08:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC)tombstone00--Tomblights00 (talk) 08:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alec Abend

Hey there. I noticed that you nominated Alec Abend for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alec Abend. However, there was already a speedy deletion tag there. Usually, an article will go to AFD only if a speedy deletion request is delcined, and then a PROD is contested. --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 21:15, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Oops, you're quite right. I'll take the speedy->prod->afd route in future. I see it's now been speedy deleted too. --Oscarthecat (talk) 22:01, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

No worries. There's a first time for everything. :) --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:58, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Erika Zhao

Hi there,

Think I may have created a problem with the article on Erika Zhao. I see you deleted Erika zhao this morning. I had the article open in a tab, and was moving it to Erika Zhao. This seems to have worked. I also added the page to my watchlist, though, at which point I saw that you had deleted the article at 07:11 - hours before my apparently successful move! So now I'm a bit confused :) Did you later undelete it? Have I broken something? FWIW I agree that the article is pretty worthless as it stands, and having turned up zero usable Google hits I'd support a deletion. Just hoping I haven't screwed anything up. Cheers, Gonzonoir (talk) 13:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

There's a redirect from Erika zhao to Erika Zhao. The article still needs some work, at the moment it's just "Erika Zhao is a Chinese bassist who has played with the Chinese Symphony Orchestra. She is currently 44 years old, and is married with 6 children. Her career began in 1979.". Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 21:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, cheers. I've supported the delete. As a relative noob I'm still confused as to how I managed to edit a page that, it appears, you had deleted earlier the same day, but am sure the source of the confusion lies with me and not in the wider world :) Gonzonoir (talk) 14:14, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (November 2008)

Newsletter delivery by xenobot 20:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

note re deprod

Hi. Courtesy note: I've de-prodded Cultural_synergy. I agree it's a neologism, but Googling (her full name plus the term) suggests some degree of use in peer-reviewed journals, course syllabi, etc. May turn out to have insufficient usage to pass AfD, but RS suggest use may be sufficient for expansion. It's not a topic I'm familiar with though, so I don't know how much could ultimately be written on it. Best, Whitehorse1 22:29, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, thanks for letting me know. I've done a bit of tidying on it today. --Oscarthecat (talk) 07:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Guatemala

I fail to see what changes to Guatemala you find objectionable. Could you be specific? Thanks. --Buaidh (talk) 23:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Fluxx Goals

How could I have presented the Fluxx Goals in such a way to avoid deletion? I was expecting the page to remain and others would add the goals for the other versions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.25.168 (talk) 16:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the article listed some goals, but no context to explain what fluxx was, or what a fluxx goal was. Could it be a football thing, or is it a game / film ? If you locate an article for something similar, perhaps use that as a guideline? Happy to help with reviewing the new article with you. Perhaps create it in your own userspace first, to avoid anyone meddling / deleting / tagging it. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 17:20, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I've created a modified version here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevinstone/Fluxx_Goals which has more details. Once approved, this page will be linked to from the main Fluxx game entry --Kevinstone (talk) 23:52, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the intro giving context looks good. I wonder if some sources could be quoted? The article might get some editors considering it Gamecruft if they consider it goes into too much details regarding the goals. Hope this helps. --Oscarthecat (talk) 09:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Daniel Samonas

Can you please tell my why this page was deleted?

Thanks, dianne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielsmom (talk • contribs) 05:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

It's not a page I've edited / removed recently. And there's no record of such a page (not even a record of its deleted edits or history). If you want to repost it, I'll happily help review it. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 10:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

My Only Wish This Year

I have deprodded this article. It is not a hoax. In fact, I redirected it to a more adequate article that already existed. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:52, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the update. The creator had some "form" regarding hoax articles (Thenewzzshow), but this one's ok then. Cheers, --Oscarthecat (talk) 06:48, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Typo redirect Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (video games)

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The WPVG Newsletter (December 2008)

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Controversy over the usage of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man

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Regarding merge of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and the eradication of caste

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Deleted page retrieval

Oscarthecat (love the name)

You speedy deleted my page "Rick Dallas". As a new user/contributor here I now see the reason for taking it down. I would like to rewrite and resubmit but am having trouble getting the original. Been to Deltionpedia and tried figuring out the administrator help route too with no success.

Can you - or can you direct me to how to retrieve my page (of January 24, 2009).

Thanks Marcrothko (talk) 17:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi - popped the text onto your talk page. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 18:47, 1 February 2009 (UTC)