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File:Jean-Pierre Blackburn.JPG
Hi, Could you please help clarify the authorship and the copyright declaration of Commons:File:Jean-Pierre Blackburn.JPG? It is somewhat confusing. In one place the description page credits you as the author giving the rights to the public domain but in another place it credits another person as the author. Thank you. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:37, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Computing terminology
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The article Peggy Feltmate has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Does not appear to meet notability guidelines per Wikipedia:POLITICIAN.
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Hi, Simon. I've lived in and around this area for a little over twenty years and, candidly, I have never heard anyone but a real estate agent describe it this way. The phrase seems to have been coined as a way to make the stretch between Kingston Rd and the CN tracks seem more fashionable, rather like saying "breakfast nook" instead of admitting a kitchen was too small to eat in. Is the any evidence the term enjoys any currency outside of real estate ads? Virtually all the GHits returned on the phrase are ads for houses or apartments for sale or rent. -- Rrburke (talk) 01:21, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Kehrli new POV dispute
You were involved in an arbitration a couple years ago. [[1]] A nearly identical behavior and dispute has arisen. [[2]] I was wondering if you could pop in there and try to clearly define the scope and purpose of Wikipedia to Kehrli [[3]] as apparently the outcome of the last dispute and the resulting ban did not make such things clear. To summarize: He/she has chosen a different obscure unit-like scaling procedure and is trying to synthesize a well defined unit based on selective use of a few literature examples in combination with the widely accepted rules of metrology. Very elegant work that might be a good idea, but novel nonetheless, and thus not for Wikipedia. I am not a primary participant in the dispute. He/she has also been going over much of the material that he/she was banned from (for 1 year) and is persisting in the course of action that he/she was banned for now that the ban is expired. I have not been policing these actions and the pages have fallen into subtly novel/POV pages.--Nick Y. (talk) 20:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
- Simon: we all agree that Wikipedia needs to use "standard notation". We just do not agree what standard notation means.
- In my opinion "standard notation" means the consensus notation established by the Physicist IUPAP red book, the Chemists IUPAC green book, the International Standard Organization ISO 31, and the standards of the specialists in metrology (= the scientist that study measurment in general) which you find in the International vocabulary of metrology.
- In the opinion of Nick and Kermit "standard notation" is the jargon that is used by some people (not by all people) in their narrow field of science, mass spectrometry and that will not be understood by the wider public because it often contradicts the consensus notation established by the Physicist IUPAP red book, the Chemists IUPAC green book, the International Standard Organization ISO 31, and the standards of the specialists in metrology (= the scientist that study measurment in general) which you find in the International vocabulary of metrology.
- In short: They are pushing the jargon of a part of the mass spectrometrists, which are roughly 10'000 people worldwide. I am defending the terminology that is the international consensus, and also is used by some in their field (which I can prove).
- Kehrli is using his interpretation of the tertiary sources IUPAP red book/IUPAC green book/ISO 31 to justify rejecting all of the scientific literature on Kendrick mass (dozens of publications in the past decade). The new unit of mass that Kehrli has defined is original research and inconsistent with multiple verifiable sources. --Kkmurray (talk) 22:12, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
- I am not rejecting any scientific literature on Kendrick mass analysis. I am just saying that most of it is written in a sloppy jargon that is not understandable by the wider public because it is not in line with the terminology according to the scientific consensus and that in Wikipedia we should use the terminology of those papers that are actually in line with the consensus terminology. Kehrli (talk) 23:11, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
- Kkmurray is lying: the unit in my article Kendrick (unit) is defined in this recent publication: [4]. Kehrli (talk) 23:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Marsupial lion
Hey, just a heads-up...the redirect you redirected earlier today for marsupial lion-- that was a hot debate back in 2008. The editors involved are still active on Wikipedia, so don't be surprised if you get flamed at for it.
Just thought I'd warn you. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 02:27, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Nicola Furlong for deletion
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Placement of maintenance notices
I remember your commenting on this about seven years ago. What's your view today? Uncle G (talk) 10:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for your advice. I am new here. Next I try to make it better. Some edits may not be good, but some I think are very helpfull. Greetings --Nobody60 (talk) 16:24, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Shadow Keep
I saw you had some shadowkeep screen shots, do you know where i can dl that game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.74.165.79 (talk) 23:16, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:AFI 100 Years series
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Nomination of Bistro 990 for deletion
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Articles listed at AFD
I remember that you were a dissenting voice on the Bible verses, all of those years ago. You're probably thus a good person for an opinion here. Uncle G (talk) 14:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
10th
Sounds like a great idea. I would do my best to be there. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 15:45, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
It looks like the meeting is on! You said you were interested in attending an informal meeting with Sue Gardner while she was visiting in Toronto, and the plans have been firmed up. The event will be Sunday evening at the Linux Caffe from 6-8 pm on Sunday, Feb. 6.
If you have a moment, please add your name to the attendees list at Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/February 06 2011! - Amgine (talk) 03:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
The article David Margoshes has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Nomination of Eastern Avenue (Toronto) for deletion
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Streets
Don't forget my Burnview Crescent article. John Street was decided at an afd, and now you're going to undo that, add one or two facts, and leave it, instead of simply adding those facts to the list of roads in Toronto article? Your fight seems to be more for the principal of everything having its own article, and less about the merits of the individual subject and question. Are all of the road articles thus created about Toronto notable by default? - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:20, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Give me a Globe and a Star article specifically about Burnview Crescent and your point would be valid. Articles are evaluated based on the quality of the sources, and the sources fro John St are pretty good. - SimonP (talk) 20:24, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- There's plenty of sources on Sheppard Street as well. Two Mike Filey columns, an entry in Toronto Street Names, and lots of connection with Jesse Ketchum. Sheppard Street does not deserve and article. Niether does John Street. The facts can easily be added to its entry at List of roads in Toronto (don't worry about size, that article will be split as soon as the dust settles). - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Two columns, and a book entry? Sounds like it definitely meets GNG. I look forward to reading that article someday. - SimonP (talk) 20:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- It's not notable. Its a street with a name that can be traced. I don't even believe a single building fronts onto it today. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- If, as you say, several a book and newspaper editors have decided that an article on Sheppard St is worth running in their publications, then that meets Wikipedia's inclusion standards. Just as we don't decide TRUTH, we also don't decide what the would considers notable. Now if the articles are not actually about the street, but rather about the person who the street is named after, that's a different story. But if there are three credible sources with articles on that street, it should definitely have a page. - SimonP (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- It's about the name of the street, just like most of the entries in Mike Filey columns that describe Toronto streets, and just like most of the entries in Toronto Street Names. These discuss the names, but make zero mention of whats on that street or whether the street itself is important (and Sheppard Street is NOT important; it's one of the most minor insignificant side street in the core). As such, they belong in an article about Toronto streets, and not in their own independent article. By your logic, we should split out all the individual pokemon articles. Just because something is notable does not mean that it MUST occupy its own page on the encyclopedia, especially when most of the information is inter-related. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Could you point out multiple articles in a major newspaper or academic journal on a Pokemon that's currently merged? If so I'd full support unmerging that one. From the sounds of things the articles you're talking about are not about Sheppard St at all, they are about the fellow it's named after. In that case I wouldn't consider them as justification for an article on the street. This is very different from the three sources on John, which are all distinctly about the street itself. - SimonP (talk) 20:57, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- No, but I'm certain you could find independently published books that detail every single Pokemon... Something analagous to how Henry Scadding described the entirety of Toronto in 1873 and published that. It is ok to merge topics into larger articles rather than spinning them off on their own. Two paragraphs is a stub, not an article. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- A source going over every single Pokemon or building is a directory, and Wikipedia specifically is not a directory so those aren't fully valid sources either. - SimonP (talk) 21:08, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Likewise, a directory and tourist guide of the shops along many Toronto streets, which happens to include a few sentences that are almost verbatim of the entry in Toronto Street Names, is not a valid source to indicate the notability of the street. If a building on a street is notable, it should have an article; not the street. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed that would be a poor source to assert notability. Are there any pages that have only this as a source? - SimonP (talk) 21:16, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Between several of these types of sources, yes. Parliament Street and Victoria Park come to mind. Parliament street is notable because its named after the parliament buildings? No. The parliament buildings are notable, not the street. Anything that discusses where they were located must make reference to the street, because that is an identifiable location. Anything actually written about the street is more or less identical to the entry in Toronto Street Names, yet again. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:22, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- If that were the only source for Parliament I would agree, but there are also articles about other important sites along the street from the Distillery District to St. James Town. There is one on the former Parliament Streetcar. Combined these are more than enough to build an article around. - SimonP (talk) 21:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Between several of these types of sources, yes. Parliament Street and Victoria Park come to mind. Parliament street is notable because its named after the parliament buildings? No. The parliament buildings are notable, not the street. Anything that discusses where they were located must make reference to the street, because that is an identifiable location. Anything actually written about the street is more or less identical to the entry in Toronto Street Names, yet again. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:22, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed that would be a poor source to assert notability. Are there any pages that have only this as a source? - SimonP (talk) 21:16, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Likewise, a directory and tourist guide of the shops along many Toronto streets, which happens to include a few sentences that are almost verbatim of the entry in Toronto Street Names, is not a valid source to indicate the notability of the street. If a building on a street is notable, it should have an article; not the street. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- A source going over every single Pokemon or building is a directory, and Wikipedia specifically is not a directory so those aren't fully valid sources either. - SimonP (talk) 21:08, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- No, but I'm certain you could find independently published books that detail every single Pokemon... Something analagous to how Henry Scadding described the entirety of Toronto in 1873 and published that. It is ok to merge topics into larger articles rather than spinning them off on their own. Two paragraphs is a stub, not an article. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Could you point out multiple articles in a major newspaper or academic journal on a Pokemon that's currently merged? If so I'd full support unmerging that one. From the sounds of things the articles you're talking about are not about Sheppard St at all, they are about the fellow it's named after. In that case I wouldn't consider them as justification for an article on the street. This is very different from the three sources on John, which are all distinctly about the street itself. - SimonP (talk) 20:57, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- It's about the name of the street, just like most of the entries in Mike Filey columns that describe Toronto streets, and just like most of the entries in Toronto Street Names. These discuss the names, but make zero mention of whats on that street or whether the street itself is important (and Sheppard Street is NOT important; it's one of the most minor insignificant side street in the core). As such, they belong in an article about Toronto streets, and not in their own independent article. By your logic, we should split out all the individual pokemon articles. Just because something is notable does not mean that it MUST occupy its own page on the encyclopedia, especially when most of the information is inter-related. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- If, as you say, several a book and newspaper editors have decided that an article on Sheppard St is worth running in their publications, then that meets Wikipedia's inclusion standards. Just as we don't decide TRUTH, we also don't decide what the would considers notable. Now if the articles are not actually about the street, but rather about the person who the street is named after, that's a different story. But if there are three credible sources with articles on that street, it should definitely have a page. - SimonP (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- It's not notable. Its a street with a name that can be traced. I don't even believe a single building fronts onto it today. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Two columns, and a book entry? Sounds like it definitely meets GNG. I look forward to reading that article someday. - SimonP (talk) 20:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- There's plenty of sources on Sheppard Street as well. Two Mike Filey columns, an entry in Toronto Street Names, and lots of connection with Jesse Ketchum. Sheppard Street does not deserve and article. Niether does John Street. The facts can easily be added to its entry at List of roads in Toronto (don't worry about size, that article will be split as soon as the dust settles). - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- You shouldn't be fiddling with a live template that is on hundreds of articles. Use a sandbox; you should know that. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 18:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
If you're going to keep editing and reverting the live template, I suggest you test out your changes in a sandbox first. You can transclude {{infobox street/sandbox}} in place of the live template on any articles, copying the codebase for the template to your sandbox for your testing. Imzadi 1979 → 18:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Canada Streets
The Canada Streets WikiProject is up and running. I hope since you've taken on the task of improving these articles, and since you've been quite expressive about setting new guidelines for Canadian Streets, that you'll be an active participant in the formative period of the project. Cheers, ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 21:53, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Meetup attendants at Linux Cafe
Hello Simon, nice meeting you here. I have been wondering if adding names who actually attended that meeting would be an invasion of privacy. Obviously there are a few people who signed up but did not attend. What's your idea ? Thanks. -- Ktsquare (talk) 05:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Street Plan
Hi Simon. I have seen that you've made maps for various neighborhoods of Toronto. I would like you to make a map for Humberwood. I have the rough sketch read and I can give it to you. If you are willing to do it, then please contact me on my User Talk. Ossih (talk) 15:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Update on WP:AR1
Hey there! I just thought I bring your attention to WP:AR1 as I believe it could use an update for articles requested but not created from more than a year ago. There are like 5 items left (the Islam terms should be redirected but I am not bold enough to do it myself) so I hope if you have the time you can add a whole bunch of articles on the page. I would imagine that the actual amount of articles older than 1 year would be quite large so feel free to use your best judgment on what to add (things older than 2 years maybe?). Kind regards.Calaka (talk) 06:35, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
A Milestone
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Wondered if you could help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mario_F._Ferri 99.248.36.79 (talk) 06:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Overdue
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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Botticelli paintings
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Roosevelt ancestry
This link: [Roosevelt] is missing, and I would like to restore and edit if need be. Please advise. Thank You, JohnB52 (talk) 17:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)JohnB52 --JohnB52 (talk) 17:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
A question about Ageing/Aging
Hi I am confused as to which spelling was used first. I saw this diff and thought the page was moved to change spelling, but the history shwos the "Aging (life cycle)" page was created in 2008. I am just trying to sort out what was the original title. Can you clarify what this diff means? Thanks! Colincbn (talk) 02:43, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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I'm glad you found that a Milwaukee sculpture cannot be in the middle of Lake Michigan! Jgmikulay (talk) 22:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Page moves
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Research into the user pages of Wikipedians: Invitation to participate
Greetings,
My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.
I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?
With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.
I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.
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Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 21:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Back in 2005, you contributed to the deletion discussion of this article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Draft Beer Party. I believe consensus has changed since then and this article is no longer notable by our guidelines. I have renominated the article for deletion, and your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Draft Beer Party (2nd nomination). Robofish (talk) 23:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Simon, thank you for contributing the map of Henry Farm, Henry Farm map.PNG. Unfortunately, it shows HF extending east of Don Mills Road to include Parkway Forest, which is a separate neghbourhood. I don't have the technical skills to fix this. I'm hoping that you can. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 00:11, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1929 Ottawa sewer explosion
It doesn't seem like anyone has informed you yet, but the 1929 Ottawa sewer explosion article is up for deletion. Zagalejo^^^ 03:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Ago.jpg
Which building is this file a picture of? The Art Gallery of Ontario? It does not seem to be currently used. PleaseStand (talk) 16:33, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
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DJ E-V
why did you delete his page he is known for hella things in clevland. produces a bunch of mixtapes to. here are a couple websites.
https://www.facebook.com/therealdjev
http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+EV — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.147.54.122 (talk) 16:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to check if you were the original owner/taker of the photo 10 Navy.jpg.
If so I think you've made a mistake with it. That building is actually 35 Mariner Terrace, not 5 Navy Wharf Court. They're right beside each other and look almost identical with 35 Mariner being taller. I know that's 35 Mariner as I live in the same complex and the top of 35 Mariner is different to 10 Navy. The very top of 35 Mariner has a curved aerofoil shape for the entire length of its roof as is seem in this photo, and the top of the elevator shafts starts much further north than on 10 Navy. Canterbury Tail talk 02:37, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
- I just happen to live overlooking the two buildings, and they are very very alike with only a few minor differences (plus the height.) Canterbury Tail talk 12:34, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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Swansea, Ontario boundary map
Hi Simon:
Happy new year! I was checking on the map for Swansea, Ontario, as I am in the process of creating electoral district maps for the area going back to the 1914 redistributions both federally and provincially. In doing the research, I have become well acquainted with the former city limits of the old City of Toronto, which remained consistent in the west-end from at least 1909 until the 1998 amalgamation. The map that you have for Swansea is very good, but has a notable error: the eastern border never followed the western border of High Park, as one might naturally assume. The real border since at least 1909, started at the top of Bloor St. West, and just east of Wendingo Way, going in a straight-line down to Lake Ontario. This boundary put the western portion of High Park within the Village of Swansea until 1967. For verification, please see the City of Toronto's Annexation map, found at the City of Toronto archives. I was wondering, when you have the time, if you could correct the map and place the eastern border in its proper location? Great work otherwise, and I really like the series of maps you created for Toronto neighbourhoods.
All the best for 2012. --Abebenjoe (talk) 19:48, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
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MSU Interview
Dear SimonP,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
- Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
- Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
- All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
- All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
- The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar --Jaobar ([[User talk:Jaobar|talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.34.167 (talk) 21:32, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Category:Election commissions
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World Factoring Yearbook
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Nomination of List of University of Toronto people for deletion
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Objections for deletion of the Page Rahul_Easwar
The page Rahul_Easwar has been deleted. I have checked all the information in that page and verified the data. And i found all the information provided in the page is correct. When checked I found you have deleted that page. Please restore the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soumya.6262 (talk • contribs) 14:32, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Admin,
I created a page for mr. rahul easwar today on wikipedia. Mr. Easwar is an author and activist of well repute in our country.
I am a very late wikipedian and dont know the reasons of the page being deleted. The reason cited was suspected promotion. The links i had provided were all accurate. I can provide you with even more links, that will again prove that Mr. Easwar is a person identifiable as a notable personality by even wikipedia standards, as detailed in the website. i avoided all those links for brevity.
Mr Easwar is spokesperson for Sabarimala, which is the one of the largest pilgrimages (ref from forbes traveller, google search and wikipedia itself), and this can be substantiated by links from national media (mentioned below) in India and also from the wiki page of the family of the supreme priest of sabarimala.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/death-toll-crosses-100-in-sabarimala-stampede/140520-3.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article1118935.ece
http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&eid=31&pid=2724
Now, the presence of Mr. Easwar in the national media can be substantiated with any number of references, as he is a panelist for Social/Political discussions in the national media, in channels NDTV, Times Now,CNN-IBN, Aaj Tak, 9XM, and other channels.
Please let me know what else i should provide for the page to be re-instated.
Carolchriskevin (talk) 17:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)KevinCarolchriskevin (talk) 17:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)