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Hi,
I've seen in a few places you've mentioned WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES (or the idea behind its practical use) as "the compromise". It sounds like there's some backstory there that I don't have.
To me, just seeing that description, it seems like the opposite of a compromise. In other words, who is it a compromise between? If it's between those who want to apply WP:N to school articles and those who do not -- or between those who believe sources always exist for schools and those who do not -- then it seems to fall squarely on one side. A huge number of AfD debates could go either way depending on participation and tenacity, but we don't say "this side is always right from now on" without there actually being consensus for a guideline to that effect doesn't sit right. Am I missing something? Maybe what I'm missing is just all the drama that led to the rule in the first place -- that if I went through that I, too, would breathe a sigh of relief even if a sort of IAR guideline-not-guideline was required? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 01:49, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to go into detail. I indeed misread what the "compromise" is/was between. This is a more well reasoned way of framing the position than I've seen lately, when arguments have been dominated by demands that tradition take precedence over notability guidelines without going much further than that. I see granting ~"inherent notability" to a subject as a huge deal -- and if there is consensus for it to be so, then it's crucial it exist in the form of a policy or guideline rather than as informal understanding or tradition (I'm sure we could get into a number of discussions about the merits and problems with rules vs. traditions in the context of Wikipedia...).
While some who were part of the conversations leading to the compromise (and others) take it for granted, many others (myself included) take for granted that notability applies to every article unless modified, qualified, or exempted through some other policy or guideline -- because that's how it works for almost everything else (I can't think of an exemption as broad as secondary schools that is likewise uncodified somewhere). I agree that it's important for notability to remain a guideline. There's too much variability, too much subjectivity, too many other guidelines that modify it, and too great a need for judgment in exceptional cases. But providing a broad, [practically] beyond discussion exemption is just the sort of thing guidelines like the subject-specific criteria are there for.
Having read a great number of arguments on the subject now, I think I'm sufficiently persuaded to fall on the "support" side of adding it to a guideline should it be proposed, but until that happens I still see it as highly problematic to point to a descriptive essay to shut down discussion, asking for it to be treated as a prescriptive guideline. That's why I appreciate your rationale here, because it's not simply presented as WP:OUTCOMES -- a collection of noted trends that perpetuate themselves by their being wielded as an absolute rule.
In other words, your points are well taken. The problem is WP:OUTCOMES. I can't imagine those who support the notability of schools find it an ideal representation of consensus on the subject, either. I feel like I get the compromise, but if good will among the community was part of the reason for it, I think that the further we get from the date of that agreement, the more conflict and confusion the present arrangement will generate. Based on the above, I'd suggest you be one of those involved in drafting whatever RfC would address the problem? (Adding high schools to the gazetteer function of Wikipedia or WP:ORG seems the most straightforward rather than a whole new guideline).
Anyway, this is a longer followup message than I intended and I feel like I'm repeating myself a bit so I'll end there. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:50, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent input in an article regarding the Naima Reisser Company. I did go through the article again and fixed everything you mentioned in your last review. I'm happy to welcome you again to inspect the article and see if I've established the notability that's required of articles of this nature. Thank you again sir! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markpedia1 (talk • contribs) 06:30, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I wanted to know why you removed the deletion nomination of Draft:De Paul School Brahmapur, Draft:GMERS Medical College and Draft:Government Engineering College Bharatpur. Please expand on what you believe what "notability" is. If there are no reliable sources available for the schools, obviously they aren't notable. Writing "it's the top school in ____" doesn't prove notability, either. I could go ahead and edit something like Steve Jobs and write "He was a good at fishing" but if it doesn't have a reference proving it's real, it doesn't matter whether he was the best at fishing or the absolute worst. I agree with one the essay on schools, where it says:
“ | Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. WP:NOT states "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia." | ” |
I'd like to know what you follow for the notability guidelines on schools. I don't mean to be rude, and you have been here longer than me, but don't remove a CSD G13 from an article which obviously doesn't have any future, unless you, yourself, edit it and fix it. Draft:De Paul School Brahmapur was last edited on 14 April 2013, just under 3 years ago. Draft:GMERS Medical College was last edited on 8 August 2015 or 29 May 2013, depending on what you define an edit being; either way it's been at least 11 months since the last edit. Draft:Government Engineering College Bharatpur was last edited on 2 January 2015, a year and a few months ago.
Thanks for reading all this, I hope I didn't come across harsh at all, I'd just like to know your reasoning. I'll be waiting for a response, I'm watching your talk page so no need to ping me (not stopping you, though). Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:43, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
This may interest you. Wikicology, who you discussed here in September 2014, has continued his trail of destruction across the project, except this time he was meddling around with articles about poison gas, in a highly dangerous way (see e.g. this cleanup). A site ban is being discussed again. Peter Damian (talk) 17:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hi! I saw you deleted Air Evac without a consensus or a vote for deletion for that matter. Why? I would like to ask you to re-instate the page and then take it to a VFD as it's most usually done. Thanks and God bless you! Antonio Airman Martin (dime?) 05:23, 4 March, 2016 (UTC)
AntonioMartin, It was listed for 7 days according at the WP:Prod process, to see if there are any objections. As it was not objected to, the admin who reviews after the 7 days is expected to delete if they agree--and I do, it has no references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements sources showing notability and is in my opinion also considerably promotional. This can however be somewhat unfair to articles hich has been made a number of years ago,and which are not being actively followed. Therfore, you are entitled to have it restored on request.
But it would only be fair that I inform you that our requirement for this sort of article have gotten considerably stricter since 2004, and the article will almost certainly be deleted at our process, now called WP:AFD. It might be far wiser to write an article on the parent company PHI Air Medical, or even better on the ultimate parent Petroleum Helicopters Inc,-- if that is still the status of the company, But in any case It will absolutely need references such as I indicateded above to remain in WP, and it will need to show some significance beyond its local are.
The best way to ogo about it is to use a new process here, WP:AFD, and I have accordingly moved he deleted article to Draft:Air Evac. you have about 5 months to work on thearticle--to decide whether you want to change it to a more general article or expand it where it is. When ready, click the submit button at the top. DGG ( talk ) 04:28, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hey DGG, Sanjev here. I just thought it needed to be brought to your attention that there is a dispute on the formatting of Article Herald Square which can be found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Herald_Square under sections "Photos". Prehaps you would like to take a look to resolve this as the users involved seem to be in disagreement. --Have a great day :) , Sanjev Rajaram (talk) 18:33, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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I realize I'm coming to this a bit late, but I just saw the note on my recent draft of Christian Philipp Müller that it was going to be deleted from 27 Mar (it was deleted 1 Apr). I am new to writing Wikis, and went through several drafts. The original text was written by me for Müller's website, but when it was posted on his site it was flagged for copyright infringement. I understand the reason for stopping it because of that. So, I re-wrote the whole thing, including other projects that weren't there before and deleting others, and adding in more citations (as had also been requested). I also changed all the language over the course of several editing sessions (and many hours). However, the post was still deleted for copyright. Can you tell me why? Were my re-writes not sufficient? Now that the post is gone I can't go back and look at it, which is sad. It will take me a long time to rewrite something else. Thanks, Cjbucher (talk) 12:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Cjbucher
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David–
I've just seen a block I don't understand. It's not of me, Neonorange, but of a user, SusanaKavanaugh whose page I happened to see a few hours before it was blocked for G11 (only one edit, an that to set up a user page). The content was minimal, but did include a link to a home page, again, with minimal content. The blocking admin was Gogo Dodo. Unless admins are privy to some blacklist, I can't see any reason for this indefinite block. I only saw this by accident while following the trail of a reckless speedy delete tags by TJH2018. After checking this one, I removed the speedy tag and left an explanation on the tag gets talk page an on SK's talk page. If I've made a mistake, please let me know. And, if you feel it's worthwhile please help me understand the situation. I do n't particularly wish to contact Dodo Gogo directly, as I would have no idea of how to respond if there is pushback. — Neonorange (talk) 05:07, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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... not that it would change things, just for completeness, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing the BiondVax draft. Would you mind expanding a bit on your reasons for rejecting? I reviewed WP:MEDRS. From what I understand, the sources provided comply (including reputable news sources and peer reviewed journals) - can you please explain what I'm missing? As for "excessive detail" - I tried to include relevant unbiased information. When it comes to detail, what is "excessive"? Thank you WanderingJosh (talk) 12:49, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
An article you have previously deleted has been nominated at AFD. You may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ZippCast. Toddst1 (talk) 18:15, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi David, Hope you are well.
I was wondering if you had time if you could review the Draft I was working to improve for a recent editathon? It was submitted for review and declined, and then I followed the original editor to try and address citation issues, etc.
I think it's a very important page in terms of notability for an underrepresented group on Wikipedia, the person has had adequate press coverage, and this issue of Trans / TransLatina is very newly covered (or even not even covered) in broader culture and news sources today. So I wanted to aggressively follow up and get this on the main space as effectively as possible. So am asking for your expert eyes. Here's the page: Draft:Isa Noyola Thanks in advance, and all the best to you.... -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 13:47, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
As one of the most respected editors I know I hope you can take some time to join an important discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention about possibly finding a way to salvage Single-purpose editors and transforming them into positive WP collaborators in the general mainspace. I'm sure you run in to many of them as you wander around WP. I'm also sure that every now and then one of the SPA editors rises above the crowd and seems worthy of more of your time and effort. Your personal insight and experience would be appreciated. WP:WER has a declared mission to retain editors but we have become a relative ghost town (and I may be one of the few ghosts left in town) and User:Robert's idea may be just the boost the Project needs to revitalize. It's an opportunity for the Project to actually do something beyond handing out awards. I think Dennis Brown would like it. Please comment. Buster Seven Talk 14:28, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Perhaps you'll find this one interesting... A long-established Wikipedian had created a draft, on himself. It is at Draft:Derek Ramsey. 103.6.159.87 (talk) 18:58, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
When you get a chance, could you just copy-edit your accept comment in the recent RFAr? Thks. Alanscottwalker (talk) 19:30, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
User talk:DGG/Archive 119 Dec. 2016, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:DGG/Archive 119 Dec. 2016 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User talk:DGG/Archive 119 Dec. 2016 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 23:50, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi, You recently deleted my page RDX Inc. Let me tell you about this. I was trying to move rdx sports to rdx inc and didn't know about move page function. So I created a separate page RDX Inc which was empty page and try to to move rdx sports to rdx inc that page, which I think you figure out speedy deletion of page. That's why confusion raised. Please make my rdx Inc page live. added by user:Davidbooom, Jan 26, 2016.
I've removed your CSD tag on this article. It's not that I think you're wrong about the suitability for Wikipedia, but that I believe that the article presents enough context and the provided sources are good enough to meet the threshold of a claim of notability - the threshold that CSD A7 requires.--v/r - TP 04:03, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
I cannot belive how fast you are in deleting this article Jaime Mora Solís. I was just working on it. It is relevant to the Panama Papers and I can show this person is linked to Juergen Mossack via the law firm he works for and the conerex board. James Michael DuPont (talk) 04:17, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I noticed you have been active in the AfD lately. I've proposed a new section to replace the former "accreditation" section on the Talk page, here. I think the proposal threads the needle of the various perspectives, including yours. Would you please have a look and comment there? thx. Jytdog (talk) 07:58, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello DGG, Please restore back my article Draft:Natalia Toreeva, since I can't start from empty page. It has the websites I need to use. I will follow your advice. Thanks.Toreeva (talk) 12:50, 17 April 2016 (UTC) And another question I have: should I show how to read the ref. articles in English, or ref. are enough written in Russian? I have included in both lang. Thanks.Toreeva (talk) 18:56, 17 April 2016 (UTC) Would you restore the Draft, so I can use the references from there. Thanks.Toreeva (talk) 21:50, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello David, I'm repeating my question: Would you restore my Draft:Natalia Toreeva, since this is the first time I'm writing the article, and if the Draft is deleted, so my references will be lost. I will clean up the article, but I need to have those references I used. Thanks.Toreeva (talk) 01:35, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello DGG, I'm still waiting for your answer. I understand you are busy, but still.. I need your help. Thank you.Toreeva (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello Joseph2302, Thanks for the reply. I will re-write the text, but I don't want to spend un-needed time to search again for the references. It's waste of time. Can you send this Draft to my email if it is easier?Toreeva (talk) 17:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Done. Thanks, David.Toreeva (talk) 15:33, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
I am new here, obviously, but don't really understand how the page you deleted differs from the Bosch or Cosworth company pages that I used as a guide... The page is intended to replace one that was already there that was not appropriate as a description of the company (ie did not describe the company accurately) Thanks Cossie55 (talk) 11:44, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
thanks for the reply, it is good to understand how it is intended to work here. The main reason this began was a poor entry allowed here in the first place that was not appropriate. Updating this was merely to remove the inaccuracies of what was already allowed here. As an employee of the company, it is my responsibility to correct such items when published. Happy to leave this topic blank, but I will look at other pages like Cosworth again and see how I can make a more valuable contribution. Cossie55 (talk) 02:11, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Cossie55: Yes, there are hundreds of thousands poor entries here from earlier years when standards were lower. We improve them or remove them as we come across them, but most good writers here reasonably enough prefer to write new articles than fix old ones. Since you have a conflict of itnerest with at least one of the companies, the way to work here is: for an existing article if you want to make changes, suggest them on the article talk page, explaining your conflict of interest and afterthe suggested change, place a line reading ((Request edit)) -- include the two double curley braces; it will take a week or two, but an esxperienced editor will come around to check and if everything is ok, make the changes. If you want to statt a new article, do it in WP:DRAFT space. On your user page and the draft talk page, once more explain the conflict of interest. DGG ( talk ) 19:49, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the issues with my article are. The first time I did it was put into deletion and then to draft. The draft needs to be deleted.
What I did was to redo the article. I had to create it over again. The Chronicles of New Jack Era was available.
The first one I did, I did not have the format info box for a book.
Please advise?
Tks.
Adjoajo (talk) 01:21, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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DGG, alerting you to this COIN section as you initiated the AfD of Bulbul app, which is now back in mainspace. There are a couple of related SPIs to this COIN discussion too. —SpacemanSpiff 04:14, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hello. This article is being discussed at ANI and I thought you might want to add your 2 cents. --Cameron11598 (Converse) 06:52, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello DDG,
I am writing you regarding the biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_M._Ayyub (current version)
Please compare to the previous version that has been in use with some updates over about 8 years at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bilal_M._Ayyub&oldid=678678762 (30 August 2015 version)
The recent changes that were made by JYTDOG resulted in removing most of the content. It took significant effort and time to restore the first paragraph in the current version per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BAyyub.
I noticed that you added a comment under talk (either for this biography or at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BAyyub) that was later removed. Also I noticed that you have familiarity with biography styles of professors based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG#note_about_professors
I tried to restore and update well sourced information, but they were immediately undone by JYTDOG without offering any guidance. I examined the biographies of other professors and found consistency with norms although it could benefit of enhancement, but I need guidance.
Would you help to restore the content and give specifics to enhance content or provide sources? I am happy to help.
Thank you. Rob Robmishra (talk) 23:45, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
I did a procedural keep on this topic because it was nominated for deletion by the same editor, jps less then one month ago Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Kepler Candidates (2nd nomination) (closed less then two weeks ago). It a procedural keep justified? Valoem talk contrib 02:15, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
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Hi DGG! I'm reaching out because you recently deleted the article for Ogilvy CommonHealth Asia Pacific. The editor that created that article also updated the main Ogilvy & Mather article's infobox with several OCHA mentions and links, which are now red. Since the O&M article doesn't mention any other regional divisions, I think these links and mentions can just be removed. I have a financial COI with the article, so I don't want to make any changes myself. Would you be able to clean up the infobox by removing the "Rohit Sahgal" bullet from Key people and "Ogilvy CommonHealth Asia Pacific" from Subsidiaries? Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 15:46, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
First, I wonder if you could perhaps SNOW close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter L. Schindler? Also, I also wondered if you could evaluate Yuwei Shi which I'm currently questioning so I of course welcome your insight. Sincerely, SwisterTwister talk 22:33, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
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Please see my comment at Talk:Yorkville High School. It's a sensitive and difficult matter, and some folks might say it's not relevant to the article (I'd disagree). Your judgement, I'm sure, would be helpful. Smallbones(smalltalk) 14:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi DGG. I would like to discuss with you why the Aloha (company) page I created was deleted. It was deleted in less than 24 hours, and I did not have a chance to contest the speedy deletion. I disagree with the deletion because this page does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion CSD:G11 as mentioned in the nomination for SD tag. The article meets Wikipedia’s notability guidelines and the citations meet WP:RS guidelines as well. I also noticed that this page was a requested addition here, although I did name the page incorrectly. If there is a specific element of the page you feel could be improved, could you please identify that element? I can remove it and work on improving that part instead of having this page deleted. This is my first time creating a page so any additional information you can provide would be very helpful. Thank you. JointsinMotion (talk) 15:52, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
I've now done a fair bit of work on Draft:Mary Spiller. I would appreciate another pair of eyes on it – I'm sure it still contains stupidities that I've been missing. Maproom (talk) 09:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on Draft:Jonathan_Sackner_Bernstein. You describe the bio as "overly promotional".
I confess confusion. Promotional of what? Of the person? How does one answer the objection, "not notable" without listing the things that make someone notable? The bio is written, as best as I can tell, in a neutral, wikipedia tone. So it's not the tone (or if it is, no other reviewer has pointed out specific tone issues).
Is it the mention of the new project at the end? It's only a few words, and happy to delete.
My frustration is that hard-working volunteers (thank you) are reviewing the work of another volunteer (me) and not agreeing on their objections. A lack of consistency makes it almost impossible to improve the work, and feels like, "go away."
Thanks for your help if you can offer it. Sethgodin (talk) 14:47, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
I've added the number of cites from Google Scholar, as well as referencing his second and third most cited papers as you suggested.
I also added a section to the nesiritide article. I hope that's helpful.
I added several references to the TEDx talk. Having trouble understanding when something is appropriate on wikipedia merely because it's interesting and when it's necessary to support notability. Given that the subject is in fact notable, it seems as though other activities that are interesting to someone interested in the subject belong. I look at a featured article like Ernest_Emerson. I assume it's featured because a consensus believe that it's a good biography. But clearly almost everything in the article isn't of itself notable, is it? Or consider the fact that just about every NCAA div 1 basketball coach has a bio that lists the other schools where that person was a coach. Those high school or college coaching gigs probably aren't the reason they're 'notable', but some would argue that they're interesting.
In the case of this subject, I think the fact that he served in the FDA is interesting, as few notable scientists follow this path.
Anyway, I hope we're over the hump here. Thank you for taking the time and illuminating me on how this works!
Sethgodin (talk) 17:40, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
So, I sent you an email concerning another user. You can ignore that, there's now an ANI thread on it. –Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:59, 29 April 2016 (UTC)