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Hello Timtrent: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 15:30, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
please help improve Kingsley C. Dassanayake, they want to delete it from Wikipedia--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
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From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:16, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 03:49, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 16:27, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
How can we delete this entirely?
http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Draft:Mariam_Saab
It comes up when the subject's name is googled. One of the top searches of the subject is her name + wiki
Could you kindly close the request? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 500lightyears (talk • contribs) 18:04, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
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How to restore delete write Amna Nasir Jamal? I was working on it but it got deleted.
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 15:39, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Timtrent! I see you're taking a break from Wikipedia, but I'm dropping you a line to let you know that I have prepared some updates to Gigamon, an article you accepted via AfC in 2015. Should you return to Wikipedia, perhaps you could consider these suggested updates and move them into the mainspace if everything looks OK. As disclosed on the Gigamon Talk page, I have a financial conflict of interest as I'm offering these updates on behalf of the company as part of my work with Beutler Ink, so I am not editing the article directly. Thank you in advance, Danilo Two (talk) 14:57, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
I wanted to talk you about Glenn Mena. The artist is notable, which NK Ruth has more references about him. I wanted to know if you can help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajoke Nunu (talk • contribs) 15:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, hope this meets you well. You accepted the article for MCskill ThaPreacha in AfC in 2015 i think but it got deleted eventually. Now i think he has some really good sources that can get the article back on. I just wanted to ask if i have to write another one from scratch or i have to take it to deletion review? Will appreciate a response. MustaphaNG (talk) 22:41, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Fiddle Faddle 22:54, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
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On this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_R._Kowey was a note about disclosing for conflict of interest. Thanks for that. I have disclosed on my User page DLoyle.
Happy Holidays!
Donna Loyle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dloyle (talk • contribs) 14:32, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 02:35, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, there is an article you nominated for deletion in 2012 that was reinstated and is now under consideration for deletion again. Maybe you could take a look at it: WP:Articles for deletion/Michael Blakey (music producer) ||| Wikitigresito (talk) 21:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Tim, I'm planning to send User:Timtrent/Damon Matthew Wise (example) to MfD as an abandoned draft of an Afd-deleted article here (AfD). The subject doesn't seem to be notable, the original author hasn't edited in months and it's been five years since I wasted my time copy-editing it. Please let me know within seven days if you object to deletion and I'll leave it alone. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 20:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
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and further down. He says he's the CEO and also that he's an unpaid intern, asks for his VPN to be blocked. What do you think? Shall I block him? Would you ping me please if you reply. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 14:21, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, thank you so much for suggesting edits and making my first article good. --Thozhan Warrior (talk) 13:21, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for leaving tips on my newly created page. I appreciate your help. Origamikuren (talk) 15:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Timetrent, I am new to Wikipedia and my draft Dan_Niles was rejected due to it reading more like a resume according to your comment. I tried to copy the format of the Jim Simons, Kenneth Griffin, and Michael Bury articles (talking about his career, awards and quotes etc.) Given the comment was very brief as to why my article was rejected, I was hoping to get guidance as to what I should remove, edit, or reword to make it better. I had the following questions: 1. What sources should I look for that aren’t from the person themselves? My thinking was that CNBC, Fox, Yahoo! Finance, Marketwatch, and WSJ were a good smattering across both the political spectrum and financial opinions spectrum that were desperate from the source, but the comment implies I used to much from the source itself and that the sources lacked neutrality. 2. How should I modify the article to make it more objective, and if you had the time, I would greatly appreciate some examples so I have a model to work off of?
Again I apologize if any of this seems very basic, but I am a very new contributor to the platform and I would like to improve. Cheers, Alexander2357 Alexander2357 (talk) 04:32, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the feedback! I think I have a better idea as to how to write articles going forward. I really appreciate your time and hope you have a wonderful day. Alexander2357 (talk) 20:42, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
It appears that we edit-conflicted, but that we agreed that it was crud, and so that is all right. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:42, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Timtrent,
Thank you for your comment. Feedback is always OK, be it positive or negative.
I'm an IT specialist and a hobby guitarist, and would like to contribute on pages in these respective fields. When I wrote about Gig Performer, I researched similar topics, such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Rig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MainStage_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Visualiser etc. etc.
I wanted to maintain this simple and informative style, like in articles I mentioned: quick overview, basic features, info box, and references. I researched references from MainStage, Sonic Visualiser and Guitar Rig and added mine correspondingly. Can I kindly ask you to review these articles, and then take a look of mine again? It isn't any different when it comes to style and references. This topic is surely notable, because software is used for live gigging among many musicians, i.e. Chris Broderick from In Flames. For some magazines I don't have a live preview (they must be purchased, no preview). https://www.musictech.net/news/magazine/musictech-207-how-to-set-up-your-studio-for-online-collaboration/
I really thought this would be a lot because Sonic Visualiser is in Wikipedia, and it's the most basic article out there.
Can you please help me out with references, this software is available as trial, 14 days, it has public documentation, it's just software I like to use as well as Logic, Kamelot Pro, etc. There are no university publications, or books about those simple apps.
I'll highly appreciate all the help I can get to make my first article live. I had problems at almost every step of writing this articles, I even quit thinking to add screenshots because that seems really difficult with all the rules... I got tangled in all different rules...
Thanks and kind regards, --Npudar (talk) 19:46, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
@Timtrent
Yes, I have read all these recommendations (especially Wikipedia:Reliable_sources, Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything), and yes, when I read these guidelines, they all seem so reasonable. So, I'm asking myself what did I do wrong. I'll break this through, please check my references:
1. Release notes - I find info i.e. version, publish date, etc. on the official changelog or release notes for any software I use (right from the horse's mouth)
2. This is a magazine "Keyboard", Stephen Fortner wrote about Gig Performer, he was the editor of that magazine (unfortunately this magazine is now discontinued, but it doesn't change the fact it existed and the issue was published once). I found a preview and entered it.
3. Reference for time it was originally released (the same source I used for the current version, which is still v3.71)
4. Ask.Audio is a non-linear educating company, with bunch of courses, lectures, etc. It is not blog, forum, common newspaper etc. and Matt Vanacoro is a professional musician and producer: http://mattvanacoro.com/ his opinion counts, I guess. I used it for reference that VSTs (virtual instruments) can be loaded into Gig Performer (since it is an audio plugin host application, it's natural it supports instrument plugins, isn't it? I used "him" as a reference, because I tended to have all sentences referenced with different people).
5. Soundbytes magazine, I used this reference to introduce the term "rackspace". When you install Gig Performer, rackspaces are shown by default. There are no lies, there. Everyone can check it by installing software. Author of this article has also a great music career: https://www.davetownsendmusic.com/
6. Songs, setlists, I've taken from the official documentation. There is every option thoroughly explained, also lots of screenshots that confirm options are really there. When I'm stuck in any program, I use its documentation to fix things.
7. General feature page. For example, support for VST, VST3 and AU plugins. Yes, directly from the horse's mouth. As a Windows user, I personally used many VSTs, and imported VST3 plugins, Mac users prefer AU (I didn't make any of these claims in the article, just stated Gig Performer supports these types, nothing else).
8. Vincent Robin is another cool name in music industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk7HDIVH8Is
9. Reference 8 and 9 I used to prove that layout is based on connecting plugins by virtual wires. I thought it would be nice to show a video of it, so Wikipedia users can check it out without downloading software.
10. News web site. I used this as a proof that these features really exits (these features featured @ NAMM). I could link here official documentation or another 3rd party reviewer, perhaps?
Please forgive me for not coping well with these Wikipedia features (talk pages, section inserts, references' issues, tons of guidelines, ... ), I know you're experienced Wikipedian, I guess all puzzle parts fit just into place when one has 10+ years' experience. If my references are not OK (they look 100% legit to me, though), I'm all ears and open for advice. This is just about a cool software ~40 MB and everything's pretty transparent about it. Other articles I mentioned are also simple ones (Guitar Rig, MainStage, Sonic Visualiser, with fair references). I wouldn't have audacity to write about complicated CAD topics, etc. Just a guitar-based, e.g. tablature editors, Guitar Pro, Kamelot Pro, etc.
I hope things I write make some sense.
Thanks for your reply, and kind regards, --Npudar (talk) 22:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm aware I'm n00b. Npudar (talk) 22:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
@Npudar: Thank you for listing these, above, and thank you for breaking the paragraph. I'm going to do the same with a critique of each element:
Let me know what you think of my analysis, please.
I think that making these changes moves the draft into the class where it could be accepted. I suggest you make the changes and resubmit it. I try never to review more than once. Other eyes are always better, especially if I've done a reference analysis. I am now too close to this draft to be objective about it. Fiddle Faddle 08:06, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
@Timtrent: Thank you for your critique!
You asked what do I think about your analysis: unbiased, well written, and good to sharpen one's writing/logic (I'll definitely know how to behave next time). I don't think you became close to this draft, you only understand this topic better (I think understanding things is always a plus). I'll leave a reply when I manage to edit this article properly (Show Preview button is already so hot :-) Thanks and kind regards,
Npudar (talk) 15:46, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering what you saw in SKYSAWA that the previous two reviewers didn't? WP:NBUILDING says buildings 'require significant coverage by reliable, third-party sources to establish notability'? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:16, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
--Npudar (talk) 21:50, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
--Npudar (talk) 22:04, 24 J. une 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I'll continue to contribute, but in the beginning far simpler things, like changing version numbers, adding a few sentences to paragraphs, new references, etc. (I was doing that before I got the courage to create my own, I even got a "thank you"). Perhaps also to create my own page, like you did. I suppose that would be great to exercise. I like stuff related to computers, and guitars, I'll roam through those fields/topics. --Npudar (talk) 13:12, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
OK, done! :) I think it's now 100% by the book. I saw you don't like the visual editor, I think it's really neat for beginners. Thanks for your suggestions and best regards! Npudar (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear Editors,
I have created an article about Major Hugh Victor Duke (1918-1944) MC & Bar, killed during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. One Editor who examined the draft text said that there was too much genealogy in the 'Early Life and Ancestry' section, which i think was a fair comment, so I have greatly reduced this to what I consider the bare minimum.
Another Editor said that some of the references citing Wikipedia articles were not in the right format, which I have tried to change, as below. I would be grateful if you could please kindly look at these and let me know if they are okay.