The result was keep (speedy of relist per nominator request). After Midnight 0001 19:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Self-promotional article that doesn't appear to establish notability. -WarthogDemon 19:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Shizuo Imaizumi. Consensus is, at a minimum, that this style should not exist a separate article. Redirection was suggested, though, and is a good idea. — TKD::Talk 00:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think a case can be made for the founder of this "style" but in reality we are taling about a 4 dojo cluster. The interesting points are already raised in Shizuo Imaizumi. Perhaps a redirect. Peter Rehse 08:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:59, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This page appears to be an unsourced neologism. ~ Infrangible 23:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy close, nominator has been blocked indefintely as a single purpose account bent on deleting this page for no valid reason. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 00:15, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blatant commercial advertising, trivia, random unreliable sources that just mention the site and original research from primary sources. Previous AfD was rejected in favor of cleanup but no attempt at cleanup has been made. Tezza2 23:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:29, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable person, no sources to verify content. --Hdt83 Chat 23:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy close as bad faith nom. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 23:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is a neologism with the only sources given from a single author. Evil1987 23:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 23:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to just clean the unverifiable advertorial out of this, but that would just create a drastically smaller article that would still fail WP:CORP. I'm restricted to online sources, but I can find very little independent coverage to support this. Adrian M. H. 22:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. Carlossuarez46 00:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently non-notable software, used in Chinese speaking areas. Speedily deleted under WP:CSD#A7 by an admin that had checked for English language sourcing. Contested at DRV, where consent to list here for evaluation of any non-English language sources that might be found could be done was obtained. Attention requested from Chinese speaking editors. Absent some sourcing it should be deleted, but I don't speak or read Chinese, so I am only a weak delete. GRBerry 13:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Merge There is no consensus here for deletion.. Navou banter 17:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No evidence of non-trivial coverage by secondary sources, all I see is plot summaries on other sites. According to Wikipedia:Verifiability, "if an article topic has no reliable, third-party sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it." 17Drew 22:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Bullock
The result was Keep --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unreferenced biography, originally submitted in French. The subject has about 100 Google hits and does not seem notable. Shalom Hello 22:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 17:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a dictionary or a slang dictionary or a slang usage guide. USENET is not a reliable source; the article cites no secondary sources and may violate WP:V. The article completely ignores the past tense of the word "own" and instead focuses entirely on recent meanings of the word. All of the examples are original research, besides the fact that Wikipedia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc. should be used. It belongs on Urban Dictionary or Jargon File, or List of Internet slang phrases, but I don't think it deserves it's own encyclopedia entry. The term is already on the Leet page. This article has no sources besides USENET, Phrack magazine (emails from a Pete Shipley), and Attrition.org mirrors. WP:NEO says Generally speaking, neologisms should be avoided in articles because they may not be well understood, may not be clearly definable, and may even have different meanings to different people. Determining which meaning is the true meaning is original research—we don't do that here at Wikipedia. The phrase has alot of Google hits, but it's unknown how many of those use the slang meaning. Any slang meanings of the term can be added to Wiktionary. --Pixelface 22:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:30, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A music band for which I have not found indication of notability; my searches have uncovered some music albums with the same name, but not from this band. The article reads a bit self-promotional. I prod'ed the article a couple days ago but the tag was removed so I list it here now. Schutz 21:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep - nomination withdrawn, no delete calls. Non-admin closure. -- saberwyn 23:13, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am nominating this page for deletion because of my ongoing concern that Wikipedia is used to promote marginally notable figures in pseudoscience. I cannot find any independent reliable sources demonstrating this individual's notability, beyond the 20/20 interview alluded to in the text, which is certainly not flattering. A little digging shows that Mr. Ullman is not on the advisory board of Columbia University's center for alternative medicine[7]. I cannot find any reference to Harvard Med School even having a formal alternative medicine program (please correct me if I am wrong), nor the medical school of the University of Alaska. Finally, the article has strong COI problems, having been created at the behest of the subject (read the edit history) and having been edited by the subject himself. Skinwalker 21:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was speedy delete. -- RHaworth 06:09, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unsourced article about a book which doesn't exist yet (although by a notable photographer). Corvus cornix 21:05, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Redirect to Billy Ray Cyrus, which was way more accurate. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 23:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The page is basically a duplicate of the Billy Ray Cyrus page WAVY 10 21:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:07, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Seems like self-promotion, plain and simple. Written by a possible sockpuppet (User:Calvin&Hobbs12), of a user (User:SebastianProoth) who is aware that he should not be writing articles about himself.[8] AlistairMcMillan 20:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 00:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Almost nothing in the way of sources; appears to fail WP:BAND. -WarthogDemon 20:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was uncontested delete. Singularity 00:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable - at best - average minor league player, per WP:BASEBALL. Truest blue 20:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. --Coredesat 04:12, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The first sentence says it all, really. The sheer banality of "There have been incidents of persecution committed by Jews" says volumes. The very first sentence gives the lie to this attempted laundry list of grievances, rather similar to Historical persecution by Muslims - except this one runs out of steam, for a good reason. There's no evidence offered that there's anything to write about: that is, that anyone has actually looked at Jewish persecution as a thread in history, as opposed to isolated incidences of Jewish persecution - which is why Persecution of early Christians by the Jews is somewhat more impressive. I see no reason for this article to exist. There's no reason to think there's anything to write about without descending to unverifiable original research. Essentially, this fails WP:N. Moreschi Talk 20:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:10, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No supported assertions of notability (i.e. no references). Google brings up zero hits. Oli Filth 20:29, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedied. android79 20:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not notable. Fails every step of WP:MUSIC. Pure advertising. Page was created by User:Bangarang peter with no reliable content added from any other users. Advertising links that fail WP:EL. Btl 20:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep Eluchil404 18:43, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yet another "up-and-coming" non-notable singer. Article has already been A7-speedied three times today. --Finngall talk 20:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Redirected to Press Your Luck per FrozenPurpleCube. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 21:37, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article is almost entirely quotes -- uncited and unverifiable, violates WP:NOT. Remaining info is already available at Press Your Luck. This article was AFD as Redirect on 29 Nov 2005 but reverted by an IP user on 20 Mar 2006. Propose redirect be restored. HalJor 20:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. The boat was the subject of a third party source. Per WP:NN, "it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." --DarkFalls talk 03:52, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non notable boat. No sources are provided aside from those connected with the group that restored it. Daniel J. Leivick 20:06, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete Eluchil404 18:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One of many "Pay us to participate in our talent show. Agents and Casting Directors might show up!" organizations geared towards stage mothers. Article is strictly advertising copy.Richfife 19:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was a contestant in 2004 and don't understand why all of you are saying such things about this event. It changed my life! There were over 60 Agents, Managers, Casting Directors and Record Companies in attendance, and I got callbacks from 7 of them! I was offered a record deal by Jayson Perry who was with Oak Records at the time. I was being considered by Mozy Mosanko of Jive Records. Ron Harris with Who's Harris Entertainment, who engineered some of Christina Aguilera's first albums, was interested in doing some demo work with me as well as Robert Robinson with Bubba Groove, who gets singers for many of Disney's soundtracks.M2J
Anyone saying anything bad about this event does not have all their facts! I have personally spoken with many participants in Best New Talent Awards who have gotten their start in the entertainment industry from the contacts they made at this event. I have spoken to people who have gone on to work in television, film and on Broadway because of being seen by agents and casting directors while competing at this event. It is all that is says it is and more! They claim that this single event has changed their life and started their career when they normally could not have done it on their own. I have also personally spoken with agents and managers from the industry who look forward to attending this event every year because they know they will find the new talent and fresh faces they are looking for! (NLE)
See News Story video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn8xS2VfwKk Also http://www.starsearchcasting.com/html/talent_convention.php and http://www.starsearchcasting.com/html/your_agent.php and http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=116247090 (read the About Me section)
I understand that the BBB has to be cited, however here's the problem with the statement on the refunds. The BBB is citing Civil Code 1812 which does not apply to this company. How do we fix that? They claim that Best New Talent falls under laws pertaining to Employment Agency, Employment Counseling, and Job Listing Services Act, which it doesn't.
The result was unanimous delete. Singularity 00:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete No references, no assertion of notablity, obvious POV pushing & original research PEAR (talk) 19:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 17:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops. Article was already deleted in 2006 (I hadn't seen that when I tried to submit for AfD). Request speedy deletion. Non-notable website, article reads as spam, re-creation of deleted page. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 19:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:31, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Zero proof of notability in this article. A guitarist who plays for a red-linked band. No external sources, spammy, created by WP:SPA. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 19:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:30, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete Not notable: only 2 references, no assertion of notablity. Contains 4 links, all of which are link spam. PEAR (talk) 19:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(and possibly others) -SpuriousQ (talk) 22:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep the rewritten article, which is substantially improved from the one that received recommendations to delete. — TKD::Talk 00:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - directory of loosely associated topics. Listed items have nothing in common past happening to use some of Grieg's music. Tells us nothing about Grieg, the music, the items which included the music or anything else. Oppose merger to any other article that touches on the topic. The list was clearly split off from another article, most likely because those editors realized it was unsuitable for an encyclopedia article, but unfortunately they didn't simply delete it. Otto4711 19:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
JForget 00:12, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 17:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article seems to be based on inventing a neologism. It asserts that a "landcrawler" is a type of vehicle in sci-fi, giving an example from Star Wars (the thingie the little guys drove around in on Tatooine). Unfortunately, do a google search and you'll find the first link is to a real estate website; the second is to this Wikipedia article; and further down is mention of a "landcrawler" as being a beastie in Final Fantasy V. Basically, imprecise neologism, not notable, no sources. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 19:06, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete due to unsatisfied concerns about reliably sourced notability. — TKD::Talk 10:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable per WP:WEB. Doesn't contain any reliable independent sources Me5000 19:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's certainly Britain's only one. Douglasi
The result was delete. One sentence an article does not make. Wizardman 22:20, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This school no longer exists and does not really satisfy Wikipedia notability criteria Sloman 18:56, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. WP:OR concerns haven't been addressed - the sources listed do not appear to be relevant and new sources have not been presented here. --Coredesat 04:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sweet Jesus, what a rubbish article. It stinks to high heaven. If it weren't years old, I'd have speedily nuked this pile of excrement. Where do I start? For starters, it's unreferenced, it's original research/synthesis, and it's a massive violation of our policy of neutrality. It's a veritable NPOV free-zone. Blatant content fork. It's a whopping great laundry list dedicated to "proving" the crimes of Muslims, with no sense of balance whatsoever. It selectively "cites", not academic works, rather random quotations from God knows where and a couple of news reports. For heaven's sake, get rid of this thing. It's a horrific blot on the face of Wikipedia. Moreschi Talk 18:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete without prejudice against recreation if reliable sources are later found. — TKD::Talk 09:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a TV/radio/program Guide, nor a crystal ball. This is a press release disguised as an article. Pharmboy 18:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Dudley. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Russian language dictionary definition (word usage in Russian language), and original research, too `'Míkka 18:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Stockholm-based pop cultural movement". No sources, reads as spam, created by spam purpose account. No proof of notability. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 18:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article on a purported saying, but no sources given. Google provides 3 links for the full phrase, and 19 links just for the phrase "operation cootie shot" of which most are blogs and answers.com-type links; given this, I doubt this article can ever be referenced from independent third-party sources. Thus, non-notable. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 18:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 19:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Probable hoax - Google brings up nothing, and I find it unlikely that an eagle is related to a pigeon! Oli Filth 18:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. Now that the second part of the article has been sourced, most of the deletion arguments have been countered. The article needs much work, and there is a merge proposal to resolve, but these are post-AfD editorial actions. TerriersFan 03:57, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious, unreferenced, original, and poorly-written essay here purely to push a particular point of view. Blatant content fork of somewhere-or-other. A rant that will not be missed. Moreschi Talk 18:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Contested prod. Non-notable dicdef, unsourced. --Finngall talk 17:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails the notability guidelines set out by WP:MUSIC. All their releases are issued under the "In Media Res Music" label, suggesting they are self-releases. Also, they self-produce all their material. Their MySpace lists them as unsigned. I think the anon who created the page is a band associate. LuciferMorgan 17:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep, single purpose accounts noted. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is about a guy who wrote in videogames magazines about 10 years ago. These days he's an entirely unnotable freelance journalist who seems to struggle to get anything published at all. Many of the incidents described in the article are pretty irrelevant, and the sourcing and overall written style of the article is pretty poor. I believe the entry itself was first created by Campbell himself, otherwise it wouldn't exist at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mayor mike haggar (talk • contribs)16:26, 6 August 2007.
The result was Speedy A7 by User:MZMcBride. Non-admin closure. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 18:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I feel that this page should be deleted because it serves no purpose to the Wikipedia community. I am certain that the page was created for future vandalism and is about an unimportant local political official. Also the lack of information provides an empty article about an unimportant person. Inertia16 16:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy keep - no deletion reason given, and nominator has voted 'keep' below. Non-admin close. Tony Fox (arf!) 03:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While I sympathize with her family, she is not notable other than being a victim of a violent crime the Columbine massacre. Most of the article consists of things her relatives have done subsequent to her death. If their actions are notable, they should have their own page(s) Cap'n Walker 16:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A person is generally notable if they meet any of the following standards. Failure to meet these criteria is not conclusive proof that a subject should not be included; however, meeting one or more does not guarantee that a subject should be included.
The result was Speedy deleted by User:Android79 at 07:45, 7 August 2007. -- saberwyn 23:20, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely no context, references, or anything. It probably qualifies as a speedy delete for patent nonsense or non-notability. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 16:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:40, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Heavily Lacking in proper notables or notability. Heavy speculation. The darkfall project has been in development for many , many long years with very little notable information released or known about it therefor making it not notable enough to be covered in a encyclopedia at this point in time and should only be covered when it has reached a more notable state such as the point in time when it is picked up for publication by a notable publishing house for example. Tandurin 16:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Organisation which doesn't quite meet the notability guidelines, I don't think. We don't as a rule have articles on the tug companies in Dartmouth, Dover or Antwerp. I'm also concerned that there may be a hint of vanity in the article being created. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 16:20, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
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Keep To start, I am bias because I am the primary contributor to this site. However, I believe The Great Lakes Group does meet the notability guidelines. The Great Lakes Towing Company is currently in its 109th year of operation which was started by John D. Rockefeller and other notable industrialists. Further, it is the largest tugboat company operating on the Great Lakes and everyone in the maritime industry knows about “The Towing Company.” This Wikipedia site was created after hearing about several requests for it to be created. To address the comment about the lack of other tugboat companies in Wikipedia; Wikipedia currently has a site for Crowley, Foss, and Seabulk (all tug companies), the site also hosts other maritime companies which The Great Lakes Group does business with including Maersk, Canadian Steamship Lines, and the Mathur Museum. Finally, in regard to the comment “there may be a hint of vanity in the article”, I agree to an extent, however, I am trying to clean it up. With some time, I believe The Great Lakes Group article will be a great asset and notable addition to the Wikipedia site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.236.0.82 (talk • contribs)
Keep I have been watching the creation of this article closely as I am very excited about its creation. I do not believe it should be deleted as everyone in the maritime industry knows The Great Lakes Towing Company (The Great Lakes Group). It should be noted that Wikipedia has articles about Z-drive tugs, while Tugz Internation was the first Company in the United States to build and operated Z-drive tugs. I would think if Z-drive tugs is worthy of an article, the first company to build Z-drive tugs in the United States would also be worthy of an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User:R.Ocasio (talk • contribs)
Keep The maritime industry is often the forgotten industry. Everyone must remember that almost everything that you use day-to-day was on a ship or barge at one time or another. The Great Lakes Group does barging and tows these ships that transport everything from clothing to cement. If it was not for The Great Lakes Towing Company, massive amounts of cargo would not reach the people and industries in the Midwest and there would be billion ($) lost. I have not personally contributed to this article yet, but I have been watching its evolution and would like to see more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.125.253 (talk • contribs)
Keep – And for the group above…how about cutting down our comments and expressing a definite keep or delete rather than editorializing that never gives a definitive answer. Shoessss | Chat 18:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a category of industry that is underrepresented in Wikipedia. It is difficult to make an assertion of notability in these cases largely because press coverage tends to be confined to industry publications or incidental mention in the context of a maritime disaster. The most similar article I can find here is Smit International, which has conducted a number of high-profile towing and salvage operations - and that's no more than a stub. GLG could be condensed, but it is sourced - the Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer and New York Times certainly qualify. Acroterion (talk) 21:20, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I saw their coverage in the New York Times and see them all the time in the trade journals, definitely a notable company/article24.239.61.15 14:56, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep They seem to have a near-monopoly on tugboat operations on the Great Lakes. That's important business. The fact that this is a privately held company means it won't have some of the coverage that is typically found for publicly traded companies. Don't delete them for being privately held.--orlady 05:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Great Lakes ARE special to the many people who live here and love the ships, the crews and shipping in general that goes on around us every day. The Great Lakes Towing Company is a notable player in the marine industry in our area. Keep this article please. 69.216.168.1 14:29, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Truthfully, I'm slightly taken aback at the statement that the Great Lakes aren't that important. Not only do they hold 20% of the world's fresh water, they facilite a robust shipping economy between the east coast ocean ports and the bulk of the United States, especially the industrial sector. But, I digress. To the task at hand. The Great Lakes Towing Company, even if it weren't the most prevelant maritime towing establishment, is still notable enough to be worth mention on Wikipedia. Towing is a huge part of maritime shipping. Getting finished goods and raw materials from place to place efficiently is of great importance to the economic success or failure of a region. Without tow boats, barges and freighters which carry many different raw materials for industries along the Great Lakes could not deliver their cargo. I understand a lot of modern ships are equipped with bow thrusters, which allow them to manuever more efficiently, but even these boats need a push or a tow once in a while. Since it has been addressed, let's put the history of the company aside and focus on what ways this company works to keep the American economy moving. Taking a purely economical standpoint, this article, though it needs much attention and editing, is worth keeping. 84.115.137.214 15:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned, unreferenced article, which I do not believe satisfies the requirements of notability through coverage in independent third-party sources. If there is an article to be made about this subject, it's clearly not limited to just this university, as I can find programs of the same name at many others. If somebody wants that article, it's going to be entirely different from this one anyway. FrozenPurpleCube 16:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 09:51, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Notability not asserted, almost all edits suffer from a conflict of interest. Yamla 15:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Assistant Professor is correct. The year was 1969 and the current online information for the University of Cincinatti does not go back that far. Iplaws 17:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC). The subjest would not be regarded as an important figure in academia by independent academics for such a short teaching carreer. However in business and law this person's collective body of work is significant and well-known and this person has received notable awards and has been often nominated for them. His achievements are not all easily found via online searching. For example he is listed in current edition of Who's Who in the World 2007 and Who's Who in American Law, as well as many prior editions, but the listings are not posted online. He is also well know in the legal comunity and the Toy Industry for protecting and promoting the inventions of Howard J. Morrison, Ralph Bear and Marvin Glass and Associates, all of whom have listings in Wikipedia. Much of this is disclosed in Patent Office records in the U.S. Europe and Japan.[reply]
The result was Speedied. android79 16:25, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Organization set up 6 days ago -- no claim of notability. Contested prod. Fabrictramp 15:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Wholly unsourced, it fails WP:V and a search I carried out failed to produce any sources to underpin WP:ORG. Incidentally, there is also the issue of copyvio with a major part of the article a straight lift from the club website. TerriersFan 04:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Advert with no claim of meeting WP:NOTABILITY. Previously speedied and recreated. Contested prod. Fabrictramp 15:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was KEEP w/ strong recommendation to merge, or redirect. - Nabla 15:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is ridiculous. It has no cited sources, it's redundant and it looks like a teenage girl wrote it. There isn't a reason in the world it should still be standing. BaronessofBud 14:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was KEEP w/ strong recommendation to merge, or redirect. - Nabla 15:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article is poorly written, and is unecessary. BaronessofBud 14:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was KEEP w/ strong recommendation to merge, or redirect. - Nabla 15:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is poorly written, and does not establish any notable characteristics. BaronessofBud 14:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. No-one has bothered to add any sources whatsoever to this article during this AfD. WP:V, a core policy, overrides all "keep" arguments. If someone finds a reliable source for this list, they are welcome to merge it to wherever, provided there is consensus for such a merger. Sandstein 21:01, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Primary schools themselves are not notable, nor is Wikipedia a directory. Ki | jog 14:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
*Convert to a category. TerriersFan 01:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
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The result was
The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 09:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non notable. Wards in general are non-notable, no other ward in South Lakeland has an article Ki | jog 14:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 19:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sourceless; seems like a hoax Od Mishehu 13:59, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Redirect to Mean Girls. Not much content to salvage. Pascal.Tesson 04:09, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:NEO and WP:N. Not much else to say-non-noteable term. Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK)'s FA plea-please have your say! 12:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Rent (musical). — TKD::Talk 09:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is poorly executed and redundant. There's no point to an article containing information that's present in another. BaronessofBud 12:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedily deleted by user:RHaworth. Non-admin close by Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC).[reply]
My research of this novel has concluded that it has not yet been written, nor is the author well-known (or known at all). Nancy Vandal 12:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am also nominating the following related page for the same reasons:
Nancy Vandal 12:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Rent (musical). — TKD::Talk 09:22, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This page is poorly written and executed, and the information on it can be found on the RENT page. BaronessofBud 12:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Rent (musical). — TKD::Talk 09:15, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This page is poorly written and executed, and the information on it can be found on the RENT page. BaronessofBud 12:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:56, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article does not assert the game's notability, and does not provide external sources. Shalom Hello 11:53, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Jaleco. - Mailer Diablo 13:34, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails WP:CORP, apparently. No secondary sources have been given for this video game since PROD was contested in last December. -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 11:51, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:56, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oprhaned page, and the group is non-notable. It reads like a press release, and I suspect the anon who wrote the article was associated with the band. LuciferMorgan 11:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An encyclopedia deals with facts, not allegations. We have extensive coverage on the 2000 Fiji coup already; however, this article starts by mentioning conspiracy theories, and has exactly zero sources. Looks like original research to me. >Radiant< 11:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 19:42, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is essentially original research, and an arbitrary list. It states that certain USA politicians have been accused of war crimes but not convicted of anything. That's hardly novel - politicians are accused of random bad stuff all the time. For some reason this list focuses almost exclusively on the Bush administration, which means it's probably created for POV pushing. But a List of politicians who were accused of stuff without strong evidence is not encyclopedic. >Radiant< 11:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article gives no real evidence of notability to meet WP:MUSIC. fuzzy510 19:45, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep theese guys rock there are on guitar hero and that where i heard of them and they are good i downloaded there cd from itunes
The result was redirect to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Singularity 01:46, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This character is not notable and all other character pages from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Rocky Horror Show have been diverted to the coressponding articles.--Amadscientist 06:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus to delete; merging at editorial discretion. Sandstein 08:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is on a 'newly-coined neologism', a criterion for deletion. Please do not forget that Wikipedia is not a dictionary. It is recommended that some part of this article be merged into Lage Raho Munna Bhai, especially that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services bit. See WP:NEO. Ranvir Sena 09:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus. Sandstein 08:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is on a foreign-language word that is NEVER used in English and hence should not be on the English Wikipedia. Ranvir Sena 09:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A similar article Dada (Hindi), created by User:Classicfilms was deleted[27]. --Ranvir Sena 09:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus to delete, default to keep. Sandstein 08:37, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
List of trivia. As was mentioned on its Talk Page, is a virtual duplicate of Category:Defunct retail companies of the United States and does not merit its own article. Fails to meet WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information. Falard 14:00, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete all. Sandstein 08:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all - Wikipedia is not a TV Guide. The episodes of this talk show do not appear to have any independent notability and lists of guests by talk show are, in the long run, generally unmaintainable. Otto4711 15:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was deleted within another nomination, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spike Feresten episodes. This one looks to got lost into a WikiVoid. Nabla 14:05, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Sleep deprivation. Can be recreated as an article once adequate reliable sources for the use and meaning of the term are cited. Note that Radiant's AfD tag was deleted by the article's author. Sandstein 08:46, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Original research. All there is here is a variety of dictionary definitions because people can't seem to agree on what it means, and some vague allusions of things that may hypothetically contribute to it. >Radiant< 09:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Bakers Delight, where it is already mentioned. The article is unsourced and WP:CSD#G11 material. WP:NOR and WP:V, core policies, override the arguments for keeping, per WP:DGFA. Sandstein 08:54, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails WP:CORP; only reference given is the company's homepage. PROD was contested in last October, tagged with notability concerns in last December, but no independent sources have been added since then. -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 09:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was already deleted. >Radiant< 09:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To Wiktionary, if it even turns out to belong there, and isnt rubbish. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. We do not merge unsourced content, per WP:V. Sandstein 08:56, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Entirely in-universe topic. No reliable, verifiable sources to assert its notability, or any available real-world context. Delete or merge into Roronoa Zoro. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 08:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Although many people seem to enjoy editing this page, its premise of "Notable games" is pure navel-gazing. If the games are so notable, why don't they have articles? This sort of thing is just an opportunity for walking sports encyclopedias to talk to themselves. Absolutely no citations appear in the article, and they would be endlessly argued if they did. Speciate 08:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In one of those things I thought about later, "good faith" only applies to the nominator and the nomination. I am under zero obligation to "assume good faith" on the part of arguments... indeed, I have had persons describe some of my arguments as ridiculous, and I'm cool with that. I am under an obligation to remain civil. In that regard, I will not issue commands to other people; I'm afraid that I don't agree that preceding a command with the word "Kindly..." renders it civil. However, I thank you for your kind words, they are much appreciated. Mandsford 22:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:40, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails WP:BIO; no independent sources are currently given. Expert review by WikiProject Martial arts favoured listing the article on AfD. -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 08:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. Kurykh 23:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A small chain of theaters that do not assert notability in any sense. .V. [Talk|Email] 08:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
*Delete per WP:NOT#TRAVEL. And I don't think this can be expanded into a proper article. Spellcast 09:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Fox News Channel. — TKD::Talk 21:43, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No content or references, no likelihood that there will be verifiable content on this topic, let alone books or the like to establish notability. Croctotheface 07:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No clue. User:BaronessofBud started the Afd - I'm just completing it for completeness' sake SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 07:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. John254 00:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Subject is a band which fails WP:MUSIC. Nothing really remarkable at all; the article doesn't real say much besides the fact that the band exists. fuzzy510 06:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 13:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Subject is a fan movie which seemingly fails WP:MOVIE. Last time I checked, a Golden Llama award wasn't a terribly notable award. fuzzy510 06:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, cheap and easy. - Mailer Diablo 13:47, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Un-notable character from a fictional movie or stage production. The articles for other characters have been deleted and diverted to movie or show pages. Same should be done here. Amadscientist 05:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete per clear community consensus. Krimpet 06:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Trivia list that does little but mention a bunch of times the idea has been featured in jokes. --Eyrian 14:53, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unsourced (and has been so tagged for some time) article about totally non-notable author of non-notable book and handful of white papers Bigdaddy1981 05:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:Notability concerns. Very short article, no references. Has been tagged with notability tag for some weeks. SESmith 05:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus. Since nobody has strong feelings about this article, I think a well-done merger may not be objected to. Sandstein 09:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:Notability concerns. There apparently has been a published biography, but main source of notability seems to be that she was adopted by Joseph Smith, Jr. and Emma Smith. Google gives tons of hits, but most seem to mention her simply as a child of Joseph Smith. By visiting the cited link I was unable to come up with any other source of notability that we could use to keep article. SESmith 05:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy deleted as recreated deleted content. -- Longhair\talk 04:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article on non-notable 16 year old racing car driver. This article has been speedy deleted 4 times and in its latest form still contains no independent sources asserting notability. Mattinbgn/ talk 05:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete --DarkFalls talk 03:56, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NOT Indiscriminate information. Yes, the criterion is defined but the topic itself is so non-notable that it's an indiscriminate reason for a list. Also WP:NOT a guidebook for legal advice, at least in spirit, because the only possible use for this list is for buskers to know where they can make money legally. Saikokira 04:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was merge the sourced parts into YTMND. The assertions that it is "evidently notable" are weak, see WP:ATA, and lack of reliable sources is a very good policy-based argument for deletion. Pending a merger by someone who cares about this topic, I'm creating a redirect. Sandstein 09:06, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is a fad primarily known for spurring large threads on Something Awful and getting a few million hits on YTMND. However, it has not achieved a sufficient amount of coverage in reliable secondary sources to warrant having an article. I previously nominated this back in April. Those wanting to keep the article only cited its apparent fad status on some forums and views/hits. The community has rejected such arguments over and over - I believe the same should be done in this case. --- RockMFR 03:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Er, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I rather doubt it. I don't know where the creator got this idea, other than the rather nebulous "G4 has stated..." claim (which, for our convenience, isn't sourced). No sources, I haven't been able to find any mention, nobody I've asked has heard of it. To top it off, created marked with ((sprotect2)) and ((featured article)), both of which are obviously incorrect. Probable hoax, joke, or rather unsubstantiated rumor; either way, it should go. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was}Speedy Delete as an obvious hoax. Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 21:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This article is a hoax. There are no sources cited, for good reason. The Catholic church has established no universities for toy dogs. --DRTïllberġTalk 02:59, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Kurykh 23:46, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article as it currently stands appears to me to be incoherent and rambling, as well as being written in a non-encyclopedic tone, providing no encyclopedic value. It might qualify for speedy, but others feel it does not; it is being actively edited. Matchups 02:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Exodus 1:7-14 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Ramesses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Exodus 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
...the temple is a mass of inscribed and decorated blocks, columns, obelisks and statues of various dates, some of them even bearing the names of rulers of the old and middle kingdoms (Khufu, Khepren, Teti, Pepi I and Pepi II, Senwosret I), However the majority of the inscribed monuments are connected with Ramesses II and this led P. Monet, the greatest expert on the Tanis monuments to believe this was the site of the ancient Pi-Ramesses, the delta capital of the Ramesids. Nevertheless none of the buildings so far excavated can be shown to have been built before the reign of Pausanes I of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt and the inescapable conclusion therefore is that all the ramessid and earlier monuments must have been brought from other places.
In 1883 E. Neville excavated a large brick built enclosure (some 210 x 210 m) with a badly damaged temple at Tell el-maskhuta, in wadi tumilat. (In the late period a canal through this wadi enabled ships to sail from the Nile into the Red Sea) Most scholars, though not all, identify Tell el-maskhuta with ancient Egyptian Tjeku and Pithom, (probably from per-Atum, The "Domain of Athom") of the Exodus and the capital of the Eighth Lower Egyptian nome.
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[1], [2], [3]. Warning stack up even if it's handed out by different users. OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:30, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
WP:3RR, WP NPOV, WPZ:RV V, and vandalism for blanking content
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At least as early as Eusebius of Caesarea, Ramesses II was identified with the pharaoh of whom the Biblical figure Moses demanded his people be released from slavery. This identification has often been disputed, though the evidence for another solution is likewise inconclusive
Critics point out that ...The dates now ascribed to Ramesses' reign by most modern scholars do not match the internal biblical chronology regarding the date of the Exodus, and the now commonplace view is that the Pharaoh mentioned is not Ramesses. In the 1960s and 1970s, several scholars such as George Mendenhall[37] associated the Israelite's arrival in Canaan more closely with the Hapiru mentioned in the Amarna letters which date to the reign of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten and in the Hittite treaties with Ramesses II.
Ramesses II's late 13th century BC stela in Beth Shan mentions two conquered peoples who came to "make obeisance to him" in his city of Raameses or Pi-Ramesses but mentions neither the building of the city nor, as some have written, the Israelites or Hapiru".[38] The Bible states that the Israelites toiled in slavery and built "for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Ra'amses" in the Egyptian Delta.[39] The latter is probably a reference to the city of Pi-Ramesse Aa-nakhtu or the "House of Ramesses, Great-of-Victories"--i.e. ancient Pi-Ramesses (modern day Qantir) --which had been Seti I's summer retreat.[40]
Ramesses II greatly enlarged this city both as his principal northern capital and as an important forward base for his military campaigns into the Levant and his control over Canaan. According to Kenneth Kitchen, Pi-Ramesses was largely abandoned from c.1130 BC onwards; as was often the practice, later rulers removed much of the stone from the city to build the temples of their new capital: Tanis.[41] ...
This prompts one to remember that the books of Joshua and Judges both paint pictures of the Israelites as tribes acting independently or in small coalitions against their enemies and wonder how fast they could have coalesced to the point where an ancient and mighty nation such as Egypt would consider them worth mentioning.
Ron Wyatts hypothesis The Hebrew Exodus When? about 1500 B.C. Collateral source: Expulsion of of Hyksos (lived around Avaris, Egypt aka: Tell el-Dab'a) in Egyptian documents & wall paintings. Joseph's court seals have even possibly been found in Avaris. Also, A "cry out" to "L", one of the first letters indicating the Hebrew God has been found inscribed on Egyptian walls. Avaris is also the location of Rameses, the place where the Israelites settled (Genesis 47:11) and where they departed from (Exodus 12:37).
"In recent years archaeological research in the Sinai peninsula has burgeoned as never before. Intensive surveys and excavations have been carried out in all regions of the peninsula, and what was once a remote and mysterious region has become, archaeologically speaking, well known and relatively understood.
All this archaeological activity, however, has contributed almost nothing to our understanding of the Exodus. This is true despite the fact that the Bible describes the wanderings of the Israelites at great length and even provides us with a long list of place-names where the children of Israel encamped during their wanderings (Numbers 33). But, so far, no remains from the Late Bronze Age (15th-13th centuries BC- the period in which these events were supposed to have taken place) or even from the subsequent Iron Age I have been found anywhere in the whole Sinai peninsula, except for archaeological evidence of Egyptian activity on Sinai's northern coastal strip. Accordingly, no progress has been made in locating the Israelite encampments, in identifying their route, or in fixing the site of Mt. Sinai." (p.28. Aviram Perevolotsky & Israel Finkelstein, "The Southern Sinai Exodus Route in Ecological Perspective." Biblical Archaeology Review. July-August 1985, Vol. XI, No.4)
Rosen "The virtual absence of remains from the Middle Bronze or Late Bronze Ages in this area [the Lower Negeb] and the rest of the Negeb contradict the 38 year Israelite settlement recounted in Exodus. Similar problems attend virtually all attempts to identify specific sites (especially Mt. Sinai) in the Central Negeb with places mentioned in Exodus." (p.1064, Vol. 4. Steven A. Rosen, "Negeb." David Noel Freedman, Editor. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York. Doubleday. 1992. 6 vols. )
Dever :"The Sinai Tradition...All we can say is that recent extensive exploration of the entire Sinai by Israeli archaeologists, geologists, and others has turned up virtually no Middle Bronze/Late Bronze presence in the Central or South Sinai. Our current detailed knowledge of this remote and hostile area calls into question the biblical tradition of a million-and-a-half or more people migrating there (Nu 11:21) for some 40 years (De 2:7). The barren terrain and sparse oasies might have supported a few straggling nomads, but no more than that." (Vol. 3, p. 547. Willam G. Dever, "Israel, History of, Archaeology and the Conquest." David Noel Freedman, Editor. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York. Doubleday. 1992. 6 vols. )
Romer, a British Egyptologist, also noted the absence of any evidence in the Sinai for Moses' Israelites (600,000 warriors, or one and a half million souls)-Romer "Hard evidence of the Exodus event in the preserving deserts of the Sinai, where most of the biblical wandering takes place, is similarly elusive. Although its climate has preserved the tiniest traces of ancient bedouin encampments and the sparse 5000-year-old villages of mine workers, there is not a single trace of Moses or the Israelites; and they would have been by far the largest body of ancient people ever to have lived in this great wilderness." (p.58, "Genesis." John Romer. Testament, The Bible and History. New York. Henry Holt & Co. 1988. ISBN 0-8050-0939-6)
More recent research has shown there was a western semitic culture in the Negev but that it was totally unrelated to the Exodus. At Serebit el Khadim there were turquoise minesHistorian Diodorus Siculus, about 10 B.C. described the Sinai Peninsula in his Library of History wrote, "Moreover, an altar is there built of hard stone and very old in years, bearing an inscription in ancient letters of an unknown tongue. the oversight of the sacred precinct is in the care of a man and woman who hold the position for life." (Bk. 3, sect. 42, Loeb Classical Library, C.H. Oldfather, trans. [Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1993], p.211)
Like archaeologists their speculations are about as likely to be right as wrong only problem is that if Diodorus Siculus was the Zachariah Sitchen of his time, then Josephus was the Graham Hancock.Josephus in Josephus Against Apion. I, 26, 27, 32 mentions two Egyptian priest-scholars: Manetho and Cheremon who in their histories of Egypt specifically named Joseph and Moses as leaders of the Jewish race. Josephus states that Manetho and Cheremon stated that the Jews rejected Egypt’s customs and gods. They noted that the Jews practiced animal sacrifices which they witnessed on the first Passover.
These historians also confirmed that the Israelites migrated to "southern Syria" which was the Egyptian name for Palestine. They also mentioned that Israel’s exodus occurred during the reign of Amenophis who was the son of Rameses and the father of Sethos who reigned toward the close of the 18th dynasty which places the Israelites exodus between 1500 and 1400 BC. This confirms the Old Testament’s chronology for the Exodus occurring in 1460 BC.
Rktect 12:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]In 1761, Barthold Niebuhr, a German explorer, found a huge cemetery with tombs and a sepulcher atop an inaccessible mountain called Sarbut-el-Khaden. Inscriptions were found on the tombs and inside the sepulcher. (Voyage en Arabie, tom. i. p. 191). Niebuhr offered his doubts that the inscriptions were made by Egyptians as no carved inscriptions were ever found in Egypt; rather they were partial to painting images on plaster. He also found legible inscriptions not only on the tombs but also within a small temple carved out of rock, all found to be of the same written language as the Hebrew Exodus inscriptions. In another book, Niebuhr remarked "the wonderful preservation of the inscriptions upon this soft sandstone, exposed as they have been to the air and weather during the lapse of so many ages. On some of the stones they are quite perfect" (Niebuhr, Biblical Researches, vol. i. pp. 113-114). He found, as in the other Sinai inscriptions, that the hieroglyph-like writings were significantly different in form from Egyptian hieroglyphics, yet sharing similarities nonetheless. Also, no mention of Egyptian gods or common Egyptian symbols are to be found in the mountain-top graveyard. In addition to all of this, Niebuhr found numerous engravings of quails on the tombstones "standing, flying and apparently, even trussed and cooked" (Rev. Charles Forster, Sinai Photographed [London: Richard Bentley, 1862], p. 62) and noted that the Bedouins refer to this graveyard as the "Turbet es Yahoud" (grave of the Jews).
The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable software/game. No sources other than download sites to establish notability. --Hdt83 Chat 02:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. Singularity 01:37, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I removed a prod [34] because I think the article itself, in a way, asserts notability, purely because of where this person has worked. If I'm wrong, so be it...but better safe then sorry! Giggy Talk | Review 02:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was speedy keep, nomination withdrawn. Shalom Hello 22:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The original article, as written by a user whose name is identical to the article's name, contained a copyvio. User:DGG solved that problem, but the author's WP:COI ruins the potential neutrality and notability of the article. Shalom Hello 02:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Sandstein 09:13, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dear friends. I have nominated this article for deletion. I will explain my concerns.
The problem with this article is not only that it is an incomplete list. The major problem is, that, due to its scope, it_never_can_become a complete list! The problem cannot be solved by expanding the list - improving is is not a solution. This article's status as an incomplete list is not a temporary situation, but a permanent one.
Compiling a more or less complete list of world commemorative coins is next to futile. If you want such a list, you should get the Standard Catalog of World Coins, and you'll find, say, 500-1000 pages in that book consisting exclusively of world commemorative coins listings. If someone thinks that such a list should be available on Wikipedia, go get the book first, and secondly start typing the 500-1000 pages of this material into this Wikipedia article. (Oh, well, I suppose we'll have a copyright problem then).
Another problem is, that noone knows what defines the content of the list. Whatever it is, it just doesn't list the commemorative coins of the world, as suggested in the headline. So we know it's a list, but not what it's a list OF. Once we have established that the article's status as incomplete is a permanent one, we should ask ourselves: is a list of a small and casual handful of commemorative coins relevant for Wikipedia? Does it contribute to our knowledge? No. Complete lists of individual nations is fine. We can use them to gain an overview and deepen our understanding of the corpus of commems of that particular country. A permanently incomplete list, inevitably falling short of being anywhere near complete, cannot develop into an article about the general properties of commemorative coins. It will necessarily be a list of _some_ commems - one is inclined to think, that it is actually a list of some particular collectors own favourite commemorative coins from his own collection. Regardless, it looks like that, and this does not meet Wikipedia standards (as per WP:NOT#BLOG).
I would suggest going for a different solution. There is already an article called "Commemorative coin". This article is already linking to some of the more substantial Wikipedia pages on commemorative coins of individual nations. As further reasonably sound Wiki articles on commems of various nations are developed, they too can be added in the "See also" section of "Commemorative coin".
The concept of the article is unworkable. We should delete it, because it cannot achieve any purpose that might make it relevant for Wikipedia. Good luck with future work. Alfons Åberg 02:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was merge and redirect to List of bridges. The fundamental problem with this list is that there is no criteria for inclusion. A notable bridge in WP generally means one having an article. This list is a selection of bridges having articles but based not on an objective criterion but on personal opinion. The merge has been mostly carried out but some work remains, particularly on those bridges that are subject to country lists, the UK and US bridges for example. I have left the history accessible to enable interested editors to check and complete the merge. TerriersFan 23:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Page is a directory in violation of WP:NOT#DIR Sawblade05 01:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy Delete (no notability) CitiCat ♫ 03:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Autobiography of a nonnotable person. I am also listing the author's userpage:
The result was delete. Singularity 01:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is this a joke? - Wikipedia is not a bunch of unreferenced nonsense about snails pretending like it's an article. Otto4711 01:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No consensus. Hemlock Martinis 06:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not a directory of unassociated items. None of these things have anything whatsoever to do with each other besides happening to have some reference to a bird. Worthless. Otto4711 01:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete due to concerns about notability, reliable sources, and what Wikipedia is not. — TKD::Talk 14:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not a collection of every time someone spots a manatee. "Oooh, a manatee!" is not the basis for an encyclopedia article. Oppose merging any of this nonsense to any other article concerning manatees. Otto4711 01:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. The article consisted of one sentence that may or may not be meaningful ("Moral Cynicism is temptation to give up on the dreams and ideas of youth after complications of adulthood come to overshadow them.") and has zero sources. WP:V, as a core policy, overrides all "keep" arguments. Sandstein 20:52, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article is a dictionary definition and might be transwikied to Wiktionary. That's nice, because Answers.com doesn't have a separate entry for "moral cynicism". (Please forgive my moral cynicism.) Shalom Hello 01:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
*Speedy delete Already transwikied. Spellcast 08:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was keep. Singularity 01:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No independent sources at all for a band article that reads like bandspam. Seriously, it doesn't even try to be encyclopedic. It's WP:VSCA and fails WP:RS. Almost qualifies under CSD:G11. Also, unfortunately, because it's written as hype, it makes all sorts of assertions of notability that are not backed up whatsoever. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 01:19, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete per lack of reliable sources to establish notability. Eluchil404 18:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if this band fails notability, but I suspect they do. The only sources given are tweepop.net, allmusic, a blog, and (of course!) their own Myspace. I think that still fails WP:RS. They are currently "signed to" a redlink. I'd be happy to see this come out as a "keep", though, provided independent sources are added to this article. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 01:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Notability concerns aside, the article should have been speedy deleted as spam.. Pascal.Tesson 09:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable magician who according to the article, is a household name in many parts of Latin America & Spain and has been the opening act for the Bee Gees, and many others. Strange that a household name with such an impressive career only gets 160 Ghits, none of which are significant coverage in reliable sources. There are a couple of passing mentions confirming he made short appearances on magic shows, but nothing about Dylan Ace himself. Created by a single-purpose account. Saikokira 00:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Kurykh 23:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No independent sources, except for some website that went under in July 2007: thus fails WP:RS. No notability, no verifiability. Author (a WP:SPA) does note on the talk page some things the band did: but then after fighting off a prod, he disappeared and didn't bother. Thus, the article remains as WP:VSCA and still fails WP:V. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 00:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 20:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NOT indiscriminate information and loosely associated topics. Being "visited" by a musical is not a notable event in a city's history, so listing such events is indiscriminate. Saikokira 00:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was already merged so no real need for this AfD. Disputes over the content of the target article can be handled via normal editorial dispute methods. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 16:53, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Contested prod. Indiscriminate list (listcruft), No credible sources Helmsb 00:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NOT indiscriminate information. The same reasons as my previous afds at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/German names of English movies and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comic book names in Finnish both resulted in unanimous deletes. Saikokira 23:58, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did like the idea of Napoleon Dynamite as "Bus Man", but that can go in the Napoleon article. In this case, most of these are not variations on the original title; the few that are can go into the article about the individual movie. Mandsford 00:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Singularity 01:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable summer camp. It also reads like an advertisment: "You'll appreciate Weona's sensitive, experienced, and enthusiastic staff", "It is the ideal setting for hands-on fun, adventure, and learning" are just two examples. It also seems to be plagued by COI issues: "Our program has been designed with the safety of campers in mind." (Emphasis mine). .V. [Talk|Email] 00:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I think that it has some notability. It was open in 1897. Not sure.--DimaG 00:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus to delete. Strong arguments on both sides. On the one hand it is not an indiscriminate list being properly and systematically organised. OTOH it really could do with textual information - production details etc. TerriersFan 22:11, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is listcruft. Wikipedia is not a directory or indiscriminate collections of information. It is just a list of releases of videos, songs or interstitial segements, it doesn't even describe the episodes or shows. i said 00:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete due to concerns about verifiability, reliable sources, and notability. — TKD::Talk 00:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No sources (the one provided doesn't work), can't find any relevant google hits. Prod for sources was removed without any improvement to the article. Delete. gadfium 00:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was speedy deleted per WP:CSD#G11 - Blatant advertising Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 06:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a blatant advertisement for a firm of questionable notability at an improper location. — Laura Scudder ☎ 04:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. Krimpet 16:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can't figure out what this article is about, can't find any references to the subject on Google, and can't get a reply from the creator. I recommend that we delete it unless some kind of justification is given for its existence. GTBacchus(talk) 05:53, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirect to Alex Jones (radio). John254 00:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Views, in and of themselves, are not notable. Content was removed from Alex Jones (radio) here after lack of resistance on talk page (after one week notice). Some discussion has since ensued, but not supporting the creation of a sub-article. ZimZalaBim talk 14:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]