The result was transwiki to Wiktionary. Requested here, although anyone with a Wiktionary account (ie. not me) is welcome to do so. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 12:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Potentially non-notable neologism. It was supposedly "popularized" just today. GlassCobra 00:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 23:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article was PROD'ed for lack of notability, but contested since article asserted notability stating that it received various awards and recognitions, although only reference is the article's website. So discussion is brought here. Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 23:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete and replace with Help (disambiguation). —Wknight94 (talk) 03:18, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This page is a rambling dictionary definition with an irrelevant list tacked on. I really doubt that people going to an article on "Help" are interested in random links to Begging and Soup kitchen. Moreover, I don't really see a way that any decent article could be written on help; it's an impossibly broad topic. About the only thing that could be done with it are endless examples of how everyone in every walk of life can sometimes ask for help, and that doesn't make for a good article (see: "Often in sports people may call out for "Help" signaling that they need assistance from one of their team mates").
If this page is deleted, Help (disambiguation) should be moved to Help instead, and possibly some of the links on this page moved to that page's See also section. SnowFire 22:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 23:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Massive, MASSIVE COI taking place here. Also bordering on notability (probably not even there yet), and a very crappy article in general. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 22:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A few facts for your consideration:
1) None of the zine's principals created the article; the article was created by a fan. I rewrote the article due to numerous factual inaccuracies, and I included in the initial draft an unusual postscript explicitly stating the possibility of a conflict of interest. I also stated that no one outside of the original participants could possibly have a sufficient grasp of the facts to present an accurate historical record of the zine. The postscript - but not the actual article - was felt by the administrators at the time to fall outside of the boundaries of Wiki's stylistic standards, and it was eliminated. Great care was taken to maintain a balanced perspective on the subject at hand, and none of the people involved with the zine or mentioned in the article have ever complained that its portrayal is innaccurate (which, admittedly, doesn't actually prove anything; a careful reading of the article, however, clearly demonstrates a rather straightforward presentation of both "positive" and "negative" facts).
2) The possibility that the zine is a promotional item is nil, considering the fact that it folded in 1999, and that most, if not all, of the bands mentioned (including those that included members of the zine) have also folded. Had you bothered to read the article, you'd note that it contains no promotional material whatsoever.
3) So the article is crappy? Really? Crappier than, say, the forlorn stub on Forced Exposure that's been sitting around since February 2005? Less notable than the ultra-obscure zine The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds, or the laughably obscure Riff Raff? Why don't you simply delete all of these articles while you're at it? As for the zine's importance, it should be noted that while Ugly American was indeed a highly marginal publication, it still managed to carve out its own distinctive (and yes, occasionally recognized) niche during the indie-rock explosion of the nineties. Whether or not marginal cultural artifacts are worthy of inclusion within Wikipedia is a separate matter for the administrators to decide.
4) I'd like to state for the record that the article Ugly American (magazine) had enjoyed a peaceful existence until the administrator known as Wizardman deleted a fair-use image without first posting a warning (despite his claims to the contrary). I openly challenged this deletion as being heavy-handed and thoughtless, and now, less than twenty-four hours after that confrontation, the entire article is being considered for deletion. If the other Wikipedia administrators have any integrity whatsoever, they should at least consider the possibility that these events are not coincidental.
5) If in fact the deletion of the article stems from challenging an administrator, please spare me the appearance of thoughtful consideration and grave earnestness, kick-start this kangaroo court, and delete the article immediately, along with my lengthy postings to Wizardman regarding his somewhat questionable practices. Personally, I feel that the article is unfailingly accurate, fairly well written and wholly comprehensive, but should the administrators still decide to delete the article, then so be it. Encyclopedias throughout history have been selective and exclusionary, and really, why should anyone expect Wikipedia to be different? Either way, Ugly American has left its own, small mark on indie-rock history, one which can't be deleted by Wikipedia. J. Marlowe 00:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
points made by J. Marlowe
1) I am not sure how J. Marlowe knows for a fact that a fan started the article and not someone from the magazine. In anycase, if no one outside of the original participants could possibly have a sufficient grasp of the facts to present an accurate historical record of the zine, then it could be possible that a wikipedia article is not needed for this magazine. First articles need to rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Second, all the information provided has be be easily verifiable by any reasonable adult without specialist knowledge...something that you have claimed isn't possible.
2) I can't see how the article is promotional as the magazine in question is out of business.
3) You may be right about the other articles, however pointing at the dirt the other articles have on them does not mean that this article should have a pass. Those articles may deserve an AFD as well, however bringing up their shortcomings is not validate this article or help it in any way. If the magazine carved out a nitch, there should be newspaper articles, mentions on televisions shows or radio shows, or something to verify the claims made. Article fails WP:V
4) Please assume good faith. First you can verify by viewing the admin's contributions to wikipedia very easily to see if they did or did not create the warnings. Next, a user came accross the article and put it up for AFD. It's coincidence.
5)The article may be 'unfailingly accurate', but no adult can easily and reasonably verify the facts and claims made in the article. No matter how well written, and wholly comprehensive the article is...it still fails WP:V, WP:NN. Remember "Notability" is not a reflection of the mag's worth. The mag may have been brilliantly written, fascinating and topical, but it's not notable enough to ensure sufficient verifiable source material exists to create an article.
I have a few questions for Marlowe:
Has the book been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works whose sources are independent of the mag itself, with at least some of these works serving a general audience? This includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books or magazines, television documentaries and reviews. I couldn't find any.
Has the magazine won a major literary award?
We use those as notability guidelines for books and it works well for magazines too. Can Ugly American pass those notability questions?--Brian(view my history)/(How am I doing?) 23:41, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rather than speculate on the possibility of behind-the-scenes machinations by the Wiki administrators, I'd like to address instead the two purportedly significant issues at stake: verifiability and notability. The issues are related to the degree that both rely upon the existence of a critical mass of what I'll refer to as "third-party" documentation. Within marginal subcultures like the pre-Internet indie-rock underground of the eighties and nineties, however, this documentation barely exists. While the era produced numerous zines that churned out reviews of contemporary bands, definitively comprehensive and "authoritative" features and interviews involving both bands and other zines (and their writers) are notably lacking. As a result, later literature dealing with the period is necessarily dependent upon interviews with surviving principals. These first-hand and often highly subjective narratives have frequently formed the very basis of various "official", "historical" narratives with regard to the bands of the period. The quintessential example of an authoritative usage of a first-person account is the "standard" media portrayal of Black Flag. Black Flag are arguably the most influential American postpunk band, and yet aside from the recordings, the only historical narratives that have offered substantial insights into the group have been first-hand accounts, the most overwhelmingly influential being Henry Rollins' Get in the Van. You'll note that the Wikipedia article on Black Flag is currently tagged with a note chiding it for its lack of sources. Much of the article's "factual" content appears to have been taken almost verbatim from Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life. Azerrad gleaned the contents of his writing on Black Flag almost entirely from interviews with band members and - predictably - Rollins' Get in the Van (and not, it should be noted, from the zines of the period, despite their somewhat misleading appearance in his bibliography). Since its publication in 1994 on Rollins' 2.13.61 imprint, Get in the Van, which is a personal diary of life on the road with Black Flag, has become the de facto historical narrative of the band in the absence of any other similarly comprehensive documents. Prior to the book's publication, Black Flag, lacking an overarching, "master" narrative or a compelling mythology, were regarded as just one among many marginal but influential bands of the postpunk era. Following the release of Rollins' self-published, self-mythologizing tome, however, Black Flag's perceived historical importance grew steadily as mainstream writers now enjoyed access to a persuasive, prepackaged tale that they could easily reference and build upon (in the manner of, say, Michael Azzerad). Rollin's subjective account, then, can be said to have been historicized, or transformed into an "official", "objective" narrative due to the dearth of other contemporary sources. A second, slightly different, example of this phenomenon involves the underground zine Forced Exposure. Currently, the Wiki entry on Forced Exposure is a mere "stub", and will likely remain so for the duration of its existence, if only because the two primary members of Forced Exposure - Byron Coley and Jimmy Johnson - have been generally rather tight-lipped regarding the zine and its cultural significance. As a result, anyone attempting to write about what is regarded as one of the most influential underground zines of the eighties has available only a superficial collection of facts discernable by any casual observer. Insights into the fundamental nature of the zine, however, must perforce come from either Coley or Johnson (which is likely the reason a comprehensive account of the zine has yet to appear in any source that I'm aware of). Ugly American, though obviously not in the same league as Forced Exposure, shares that zine's fate of being bound by its insularity to narratives that are inherently subjective (the consequence being a lack of "authoritative", third-party documentation). One of the general results of an overall lack of third-party documentation is that in the absence of first-person narratives, cohesive, historical narratives per se do not, for all practical purposes, exist. First-person narratives then, are absolutely, historically essential in situations where other, more substantial documentation is either limited or incomplete. But does the lack of "authoritative", third-party documentation of important - though marginal - art necessarily mean that such art should not be included in an encyclopedic forum? The answer depends on how highly "marginal" culture is valued within the forum itself. A culturally conservative view (such as the one taken by "Markdsgraham" who impugns the worth of Ugly American by calling attention to its "mere" thirteen-issue run, ignorant of the fact that even Forced Exposure ran for only eighteen issues over a similar period of time) will deem marginal art superfluous and irrelevant, as it measures artistic worth solely in terms of the extent of the art's dissemination and the corresponding size of its cultural impact. A more liberal view will deem both marginal and mainstream cultures as being complementary and inseparable aspects of a larger cultural dialectic, and will value marginal art on its own aesthetic terms, concentrating more on the nature rather than size of its cultural impact. Where Wikipedia as a whole resides on this ideological spectrum is debatable, but the encyclopedia appears to be drifting towards a slightly more conservative position as its stewards increasingly seek to elevate its status as a definitive reference source. The ideological positions of most of the administrators involved in this deletion case, however, remain conspicuously opaque, and consequently, I can only plausibly comment on the efforts expended in attempting to meet Wikipedia's criteria for "verifiability" and "notability" during the composition of the article, offering in the process a few generalized insights on Ugly American's cultural relevance.
With regard to the article's "verifiability", I and a few other contributors have labored to both exhaustively illustrate the scope of the zine's wider cultural associations, and locate and provide any and all third-party documentation available on the Internet (said online documentation by definition constituting an incomplete record, precisely because the zine folded just prior to the transition of the fanzine per se into an almost exclusively Internet-based medium). As for Ugly American's "notability", the zine had substantial connections to a number of influential and critically lauded - but likewise highly marginal - musicians, writers and zines, and these connections - whatever their "worth" - have also been documented to the extent possible. While I know that Ugly American's cultural impact was small, I also know that the zine is recognized within admittedly esoteric circles as having carved out a unique and somewhat cultish niche, in the process creating a disproportionately large impact upon the small number of readers who felt a kinship with the publication's acid-addled combination of aggression, surrealism and dark humor. Am I able to prove this point beyond what's already been documented within the article? No. Does anyone outside of a handful of fanatics and weirdos actually care about the zine? Probably not. Do the marginal artists who have been associated with the zine - no matter how fleetingly - themselves merit inclusion within Wikipedia? Well, I'm sure that they'll find out soon enough. And if Wikipedia's deletion of the Ugly American article isn't necessarily a damning indictment of the forum's cultural and historical ideologies, do probing questions regarding the philosophical basis of the notions of "verifiable content" and "notability" that are being used by the administrators in establishing cultural worth still need to be asked? Absolutely. Overall, this particular deletion case seems to raise more questions and present more dilemmas than it answers or resolves, and in the final analysis, the only irrefutable truth to emerge from this morass is that the tediously predictable parting of ways between Ugly American and Wikipedia will do little to diminish either the cultural influence - no matter how small - that the zine exerted, or the joyful madness that it wielded. J. Marlowe 02:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep--JForget 00:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article seems to mostly list different "bushisms", and really doesn't seem to be anything more then a repository of quotes, and a lot of speculation. Not much fact to back it up, mostly references transcripts and other quotes. --HALtalk 22:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:52, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Completing incomplete AfD nomination. Page appears to be a WP:POINT masquerading as an article. Pure OR page about a neologism with no sources. Kesh 21:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. -- Longhair\talk 02:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Prodded by Indrian on September 13, 2007. I've rewritten the biography to remove conflict of interest issues and assert notability. I am not, however, sure if this cyclist is notable or not. Under Wikipedia:Notability (people), an athlete is notable if they have played or competed at the highest level in amateur sports (who meet the general criteria of secondary sources published about them). Greenwood rode in 2005 and 2006 for Recycling.co.uk, which is a UCI Continental team—the highest level of amateur team. SeveroTC 21:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:55, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable independent election candidate. Alksub 21:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Prod removed. Non-notable artist and illustrator. Almost an A7 speedy candidate, but as there are references cited AfD seems more appropriate. The references seem to be primarily about her more notable father. David Eppstein 21:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete, without prejudice to a redirect as suggested by The Random Editor. Carlossuarez46 23:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article is ambiguous Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 21:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Redirect to QuickTime. (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 12:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Content of page is duplicated by the QuickTime page, senseless, stub, etc. I see no reason for this stub to be kept, as it contains no unique information that it is not already in the QuickTime page. Should be redirected to QuickTime Josephberte-Talk 20:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. There's so little to merge that there's no real reason to. If someone wants to make a redirect or wants what's deleted then let me know. Wizardman 18:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Same reasoning as Articles for deletion/Erich Jacoby-Hawkins. Non-notable one-time failed candidate, editor again rebuffed request to merge into party/election article. Even less notable than Jacoby-Hawkins. Realkyhick 20:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
Copy of article on a runescape wikia article link devoted to the subject which it pertains. ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk|Contribs) 20:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also the following for the same reasons as nom:
The result was redirected to Shared parenting, with some minor details from the original article added. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 12:18, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
With not a single reliable reference giving primary coverage to this topic, it looks (and reads) like original research. The topic only gets about 800 Google hits, so it would seem to be a rather fringe aspect of parenting. A reading list gives no books specifically about the topic, only generic sources, so it would seem there is also a lack of published material on the subject. VanTucky Talk 20:10, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable radio hobbyist, only an amateur, never on a notable show. Contested prod. Alksub 20:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was: Article was deleted. Non-admin closure. GlassCobra 01:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Seemingly non-notable filmmaker with no sources. IMDb's only hit for "the complex" produces a film directed by one Jennifer Lane. Nothing to here to satisfy WP:N. Tx17777 19:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article does not assert notability. Person in question seems to be just an author of no particular importance. Article also lacks any kind of references, although that's not a surprise since a search on google only yields 15 results. I added a "Proposed for deletion" template but it was removed immediately by the author of the article (who seems to be the person in question), without giving any explanation. Marcus1234 19:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Regards to all Cyrus of Antioch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyrus of Antioch (talk • contribs) 15:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC) — Cyrus of Antioch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
TO ALL CONCERNED WITH THIS ARTICLE
I AM GEORGE G. BUTTIGIEG, THE UNKNOWING SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE. I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THIS ARTICLE AND THE ENSUING DEBATE AND I AM TRULY SHOCKED. LET ME POINT OUT THAT THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY A WELL MEANING MEMBER OF MY STAFF WITHOUT MY INVOLVEMENT OR PERMISSION,USING ONE OF THE COMMON E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR MYSELF AND STAFF. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HAVE MY CV BROADCASTED TO ALL AND SUNDRY ON INTERNET OR ELSEWHERE. ALBEIT THE MATERIAL IN IT IS NOT INACCURATE, I WOULD APPRECIATE ITS IMMEDIATE DELETION. IF DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH ME IS WANTED PLEASE USE georgeb@onvol.net. THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyrus of Antioch (talk • contribs) 21:19, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A Borg Swieqi Malta —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.232.199.137 (talk) 01:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
TO ALL CONCERNED WITH THIS ARTICLE
I AM REPEATING WHAT I HAVE STATED YESTERDAY. I AM GEORGE G. BUTTIGIEG, THE UNKNOWING SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THIS ARTICLE AND THE ENSUING DEBATE AND I AM TRULY SHOCKED. LET ME POINT OUT THAT THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY A WELL MEANING MEMBER OF MY STAFF WITHOUT MY INVOLVEMENT OR PERMISSION,USING ONE OF THE COMMON E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR MYSELF AND STAFF. I HAVE NO DESIRE FOR MY NAME TO BE ENTERED INTO WIKPAEDIA OR ELSEWHERE. ALBEIT THE MATERIAL IN THE WRITE UP IS NOT INACCURATE (THOUGHG INCOMPLETE) I WOULD APPRECIATE ITS IMMEDIATE DELETION. IF DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH ME IS WANTED PLEASE USE georgeb@onvol.net. THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS BEEN USED BY THE PERSON WHO REGISTERED AS CYRUS OF ANTIOCH, WHICH IS THE TITLE OF ONE OF MY SHORT STORIES IN MALTESE. I NEITHER NEED NOR DESIRE THIS PUBLICITY OR TO HAVE MY NAME ENSHRINED IN WIKIPEDIA. PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS WHETHER TO KEEP OR DELETE THE ARTICLE ANY FURTHER, BUT KINDLY DELETE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CANNOT SIGN THIS ENTRY BY MY USERNAME AS I DO NOT HAVE ONE, BUT PLEASE DO NOT REFER TO ME AS CYRUS OF ANTIOCH. I HAVE MADE MY VIEWS CLEAR TO ONE AND ALL. I SHALL NOT COMMUNICATE FURTHER ON THE MATTER. THANK YOU
GEORGE GREGORY BUTTIGIEG — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyrus_of_Antioch (talk • contribs)
The result was speedy deleted per WP:CSD#A7. Mr.Z-man 19:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
no assertion of notability of any kind Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 18:51, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was nomination withdrawn and accompanying speedy keep. —C.Fred (talk) 22:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Subject fails to meet notability guidelines as a physician and producer. No non-trivial sources to establish notabiity. Claims of notability as producer of an award-winning documentary. However, there is no substantial coverage to denote he himself won these awards. Notability is non-transferableSethacus 18:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This whole debate began when "droliver" edited "Janet Law" off of the breast reconstruction wikipedia site. The bigger question is why is oliver incentivized and seems so entitled to portray himself as the wikipedia authority on plastic surgery. Has he published any peer reviewed articles? Has he authored any chapters in textbooks? I do not run around wikipedia editing a myriad of references to plastic surgery. His user name links back to a blog with an advertisement for himself. Isn't that conflicted? Janet Franquet was a patient that I had the privilege of caring for who had breast cancer. When her insurance denied coverage of reconstructive surgery, I did the surgery anyway, and despite being ill on chemo, she was instrumental in lobbying with the NY senator for a change in the law. She later died. As a direct result of her efforts, the Womens Health and Cancer Act was passed. This was only the second time in US history that legislation was passed to cover a specific illness. As a result of her sacrifice, this legislation was named The Janet Law in her honor. This received widespread coverage at the time. For some reason, oliver wanted this information removed. I felt obligated to respond and feel her name should remain attached to the law that was named in her honor. A US law was named for her and she well deserved the honor for what she did. IS that not notable? If there is an issue with my name being on the breast reconstruction website, then take it off, but her's should remain. As for this site, I was encouraged by an administrator early on to continue with it
As for the films I was involved in, they qualify for notability on many accounts according to the WK guidelines for film notability noted in the prior debate and listed below:
"From General Priniciples of Notability in WK, under film section: "The film is historically notable, as evidenced by one or more of the following: Publication of at least two non-trivial articles, at least five years after the film's initial release. The film was deemed notable by a broad survey of film critics, academics, or movie professionals, when such a poll was conducted at least five years after the film's release.[3] The film was given a commercial re-release, or screened in a festival, at least five years after initial release. The film was featured as part of a documentary, program, or retrospective on the history of cinema. The film has received a major award for excellence in some aspect of filmmaking.[4]"
Concerning the films mentioned on this site they are notable per above:
-To date the films have been screened at numerous film festivals including: Tribeca Film Festival, Silverdocs, Woodstock Film Festival, LA Film Festival, Leeds Film Festival, Vienna Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, Asian American Film Festival, IFP Independent Independents at Lincoln center, Arizona Film Festival, etc
-To date the films have won such awards as: Tribeca Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, PASS Award from National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Asian American Film Festival, International Arizona Film Festival; including best documentary at several festivals:
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tff-aj-2007-awards.html http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/press/releases/2006_awards-release.htm http://www.slamdance.com/press/press_release.asp?article_id=556 http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pdf/pass_winners_2007 http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/public_documents/2007_wrap_release.pdf
-The films have been reviewed in multiple, national publications including, Washington Post, Variety, NY Times, Emanuel Levy, etc.:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933528.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/26/AR2007042601569.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6623791.stm http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=2741 http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/357760/Beyond-Conviction/overview http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931082.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
Tmwmd 21:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)tmwmd[reply]
Withdrawing nomination Not because of the films, but this which asserts that Dr. Wider worked with Sen. Alphonse D'Amato in the passing of the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, as suggested in the article. I suggest this link be added to the article and the article be proofread by an experienced editor for COI and other concerns.--Sethacus 22:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 12:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article is not about the cuisine, but about a cake that is in the cuisine Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 18:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 10:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable restaurant, article written by an employee with no sources. CitiCat ♫ 18:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:03, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable footballer. Has never played in a professional league. Mattythewhite 18:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was speedy delete
Non-notable software company. Infobox states they only have two employees. Notability not asserted or proven. No reliable sources OfficeGirl 18:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep (Nomination withdrawn without delete opinion) (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 12:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No sources, notability not asserted, I found nothing to show that this is a notable school. Brought here for discussion. OfficeGirl 17:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nomination Withdrawn. Thank you kindly to the users who have added reliable sources. OfficeGirl 11:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was no consensus/weak keep as a teaching method - Still needs revamping though. Non admin. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 12:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
hoax, no references on google found;prod deleted NeilN 17:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am also nominating the following related pages because hoax, no references on google found;prod deleted:
NeilN 17:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
*Comment I was able to find refs to the pollenpeeper fairly easily [6]. Yngvarr (t) (c) 18:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what the categories would be—educational software or something. Do we have a cat for fictitious organisms?
Maybe on the borderline of notability, but useful.
Thanks, NeilN, for mentioning this at WP:BIRD. —JerryFriedman 00:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 23:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is about a man in jail in India. I found it last week, full of original resaerch by synthesis about Indian anti-dowry law. The subject of the biography is himself not notable enough for a wikipedia article as per WP:N. There are two brief articles about this case in Indian newspapers, no books, no significant coverage in reliable secondary sources.
In wikipedia's terms there is no assertion of importance/significance and no significant coverage of the subject (WP:N). And as far as I can see this article fails WP:BIO's guide for notability.
As a declaration I must note that I have made significant changes to the page - removing a link farm to sites campaigning against Indian ant-dowry law (that have nothing to do with the article and therefore violate WP:EL). I also reorganized and referenced the page. Two sections about Indian dowry law which had nothing to do with this man or his case were removed - most of that info already is in place at Dowry law in India. This diff shows the page before my alterations [8] and this after them [9].
Unless or until there are secondary sources covering Harjinder Singh Khurana's life or case this article is just not notable enough for wikipedia.--Cailil talk 16:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete, whether debate is sport is (ugh) debatable, but given that no other individual winner (term loosely used because according to the article the school is the winner and this guy was a member of the debating team that did win for that school, but I digress) of these championships has an article indicates that the current viewpoint is these winners aren't notable per se and that's this guy's claim to fame. Carlossuarez46 23:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete- I move we delete Erik Eastaughs page, we can't have pages for the hundreds of winners of worldwide contended debating comps. Jembot99 15:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for lack of substantial independent sources. -- Sethacus 18:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Strike- voting has gone on long enough, clear consensus to scrub it.JJJ999 04:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep per WP:SNOW (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 12:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Future NFL seasons as a precedent. WP:CRYSTAL should apply here. The entire page lacks sources, and many of the additions are pure speculation and difficult to verify. Pats1 15:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 10:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - spammy article for a local business. The sources linked are blurb/directory listing sorts of things. There don't appear to be substantive reliable sources. Otto4711 15:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. Carlossuarez46 23:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete-Probably made up. Would need references to verify the two people are the same. Also, not very noteworthy I am suspicious of any page that seems to be a debater glory bio. Jembot99 11:21, 16 September, 2007
This entire article has been copied and pasted from Big Brother 8 (US)#Daniele. Definitely does not need its own page. Before this page was changed, "Daniele Donato" was a redirect to her bio on the Main BB8 page, which I will say again, is the same thing as this page. No reason for duplicate information, and she doesn't have enough notability for her own page. People will say "She will have enough notability IF...", and that argument is not acceptable, as per WP:Crystal. If this page gets deleted, the redirect will be reapplied. Rjd0060 15:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 23:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unable to find reliable sources. Does not appear to meet notability guideline for films. See this Google search. JamesTeterenko 20:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While it may be non-notable, there is some evidence for its existance on the community channel (distributor) website. see [10]
--PyromaniacTom 21:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No consensus. Carlossuarez46 00:01, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable band per WP:BAND. No tours, no apparent charting singles. Discography of 1 Ep, 1 Single, 1 x Album. Author contested prod. WebHamster 17:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No consensus on deletion, okay to redirect to Gary Lenaire. CitiCat ♫ 03:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A non-notable band in general. The only criteria of WP:MUSIC that Cripple Need Cane meets is #6 (one member was part of Tourniquet). Delete or merge to Tourniquet (band). CloudNine 12:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No consensus to delete. Carlossuarez46 00:02, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fails WP:MUSIC Notability and offers no more information than the main article, essentially making it a content fork. Seraphim Whipp 10:58, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:04, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Both of these pages are basically copies of the Wormmon and Veemon page. The changed evolutions are those of the authors original research who has been asked repeatedly to provide a source for these evolutions. Sorry if I have done this wrong but it is the first time I've nominated something. Trainra 03:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:05, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's a an extension for Firefox which hasn't been developed in 18 months, nor has the website been altered in that time. The software didn't leave beta stage and wasn't notable. The article while developed looks to have been written by the software authors before they dropped the project. Operating 00:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was KEEP, national TV newscasters are noteable. Rlevse 15:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Appears to be a non-notable fashion model. Third party sources all but do not exist: [12], and the only claim to notability in the article is from the subject's own website. Thus fails WP:V and probably WP:BIO. The Evil Spartan 18:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 10:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Deletion material. WP:V cannot be met, the article has - so far - no notability, is a shining example of a crystal ball, no reliable resources, and - if no verifications are available - it might be original research. I don't think there's any reasons beyond that, but give me a hit if you have any more. WaltCip 14:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep per Snow/invalid nomination - Non-Admin Closure . Fosnez 09:58, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's time to put it to rest. Thank you, Shir-El too 14:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Originally a vanity/advertising article, despite having notab tags applied since April 2007, its notablity still has not been proven. Nominated for deletion as originally inserted by company, and notablity guidelines Trident13 13:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete.--JForget 00:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Contested prod. The article is an autobiography, unless I'm making a serious mistake, and the author is the editor who removed the prod tag. There are no sources provided, so I've looked and looked for his films and for any information about him as a person. I can't find anything. Maybe he's a famous Azerbajani director and I'm simply ignorant. KrakatoaKatie 12:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Maxim(talk) 22:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable church. Fee Fi Foe Fum 10:28, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Maxim(talk) 01:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This entry is from the heyday of the Eragon book and movie. I feel that the topic of this article is not notable. Outsources are fan sites. Thank you for your consideration. Fee Fi Foe Fum 10:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete per the Snowball clause. This is a hoax and nobody wants hoaxes on Wikipedia. --Tony Sidaway 15:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is bogus info. Google search brings back 0 results. Google search
The result was Delete. Maxim(talk) 22:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non notable, and if this article still existed quote per here - "If you're going to make articles on every freeware game that's ever come out, we'd have Wikipedia full of those stupid flash games that you see on websites all the time." Likely to fail WP:SOFTWARE as it is quite close to Jumper in terms of notability, etc and comes from the same author. anger2headshot 09:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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--24.225.171.245 21:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My two cents. This page's a keeper. --Dreamcat 19:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC) — Catkilller7 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
--Cookinater 19:06, 16 September 2007 (PST) — Cookinater (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
(Discussion'd because people who don't use View New Posts'd never see it otherwise.) SAVE HOLD OFF RED Anger2Headshot has turned traitor and put Hold Off Red up for deletion. The debate is leaning towards "Delete" so far, if you include A2H's inital call for deletion. If we can get enough people here to vote Keep and give a good reason to do so, we can save the article. If possible, try and improve the article as well to help the cause. Also, people throwing about the fishing "WP:WEB" crap and A2H's "Oh well such a such a game was deleted, so it's only right we delete this too" is driving me nuts. EDIT: I don't know if Wikipedia tracks where visitors are coming from, so try and copy+paste the link rather than clicking it, just in case they trace it back here and discredit what we've all said because of it =/.
--anger2headshot 03:30, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Besides. Badwolf had obviously looked at this page in order to find it was up for deletion. 142.59.188.21 05:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. David Ruben Talk 00:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unverifiable. Zero mentions of this syndrome can be found on Google, nor any for the words "fuisz", "car", and "syndrome" together. ... discospinster talk 01:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If the reference and support for this is in a non-google searchable medical reputable medical journal, using the criteria that it must be on google would limit the usefulness of the whole encyclopedia. Seems like many of the comments come from people that say they don't have it so it can't exist. Glad to see the much more valid list of large chested performers discussion below is going better for the contributor.Fuiszt 16:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No hits on PubMed for any Fuisz RC, Time magazine article indicates just a letter to a journal which does not therefore establish that condition/name been generally accepted (i.e. fails WP:Notable). Likewise no relevant hits for "small car"/"small-car" to do with the knee. Close as per above consensus David Ruben Talk 00:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete--JForget 00:54, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
By the article's definition, everything in the list has "little importance to the series as a whole." If they don't have notability in the fictional universe, there's no way they have real world importance. 17Drew 08:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No concensus for deletion--JForget 02:18, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I originally prodded this article but a user objected so here it is at AfD. As I implied in the prod reason, if the subject doesn't want a personal website and has indicated a need for privacy, and is not especially notable, we shouldn't have an article about him on an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Indeed I found this article because an anonymous user removed some negative unsourced information - I'm referring to the second paragraph, not the first. As I also mentioned in my prod reason, I found this article about him from a reliable source, the Washington Post - however, it's terribly out-of-date. The article is also effectively orphaned - by that I mean that it is not linked anywhere in Wikipedia besides in a list. I was going to clean up this article but I thought deletion would be a better option per WP:BLP concerns. Graham87 07:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete Mr.Z-man 14:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable Canadian politician, running twice for the House of Commons as a secondary-party candidate. Article has distinct non-neutral point of view. Author has rebuffed requests to merge into larger article about candidates from this party. Only sources are self-published or published for him by his party. Simply doesn't meet notability for stand-alone article. Realkyhick 07:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy deleted under A1 and WP:SNOW. Capitalistroadster 02:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a lyrics database. GlassCobra 06:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let's have the strength to proceed to meet our destiny. Mandsford 17:36, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete all (non admin)(((db-afd))) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 11:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am also nominating the following related pages:
All are contested prod articles on accomodation at University College London. None offers any claim to notability beyond being something along the lines of 'largest catered hall at UCL'. Delete unless anyone can provide references showing their notability outside of the ivory towers of UCL. Nuttah68 06:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I challenged the prods as they seemed to be based on the assertation that halls of residence aren't inherently notable. I know WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS isn't a valid reason but there are several existing categories such as Category:University_and_college_residential_buildings. I've made a note on WikiProject Universities. Paulbrock 17:22, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was No consensus. Maxim(talk) 13:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This proseline is begging to be converted into an article, but I can't do it because I can't find an English source – not one. Google returned less than 10 hits, including AlexNewArtBot's COI lists. If there's no way to verify his notability, the article should be deleted. KrakatoaKatie 06:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Speedy deleted by User:Tone as a copyright violation. Non-admin closure Hut 8.5 10:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Notability cannot be verified. Most references given either don't work or link to someone else's information. Only remaining links are Myspace (remember, WP:YMINAR) and his own web site. Google hits are few and far between. I smell a hoax here, though I could be wrong. Realkyhick 05:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. Maxim(talk) 13:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy deletion was overturned at DRV. However, it should still probably be deleted for lack of notability, unless reliable sources showing that it meets WP:WEB can be produced. Eluchil404 05:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for nothing, and I'm glad everyone is being so grown up and gracious. FYA Donn Edwards 18:49, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
JkDefrag 3.7 (named for its creator, J.C. Kessels of Holland) uses Windows' own native MoveFile APIs (the same subroutines used by DEFRAG itself) to do its work, so using the program entails little risk of data corruption.
The application is standalone; it can be run in any directory and requires no installation, so it can even be run from a removable drive as part of a portable software toolkit. Any mountable read-write file system in Windows can be defragmented with it.
Some of the program's more sophisticated features are the sorts of things you usually only see in defragmentation software you pay for. It allows you to move seldom-used files to the end of the disk, or force all files to move to the front of the disk (i.e., as a prelude to resizing a partition). The utility also moves all directory structures to the front of the disk, creates a free-space buffer at the front 1% of the disk, and frees up space in the MFT reserved zone whenever possible.
However, it does not perform any more advanced file placement than that, possibly because Windows itself (XP and Vista) has internal management for those functions. (It's been suggested to the freeware's author that JkDefrag be instructed to not move files that have been tagged by the prefetch optimizer, and he plans to eventually include this feature whenever possible.)
The program is both free and open-source; it's been made available under the GNU General Public License in both 32- and 64-bit implementations. Along with the Visual C++ source code, the author has also provided a DLL library that allows the program to be implemented from other applications. Note: To make the program's options a little easier to deal with, cohort Emiel Wieldraaijer has written a GUI command interface for JkDefrag called JkDefragGUI.
Disk defragmentation
Windows' native Defrag application, based on the long-running Diskeeper defragmentation program, has never been very good, although it's been incrementally improved over time. After Microsoft started including a native file-defragmentation API in Windows (starting with Windows 2000), many individual programmers stepped up to create defrag tools of their own.
A number of freeware defrag programs offer similar functionality. Of those, the best I've found so far is the open-source JkDefrag from Jeroen Kessels. It can be run in a graphical mode, from the command line or even as a screen saver. While I'm not a fan of file-placement options -- it's not always clear what kind of performance benefit they provide -- JkDefrag has a slew of them, including the ability to move the least used and least accessed files to the end of the disk. One flaw: JkDefrag doesn't preserve any files specified in the Windows prefetch layout folder, so prefetching will break if you use JkDefrag consistently. (This isn't fatal; it just might have an unanticipated performance impact.)
Free stand-alone disk defragmentation tool
Defragmenting your hard drives is important, because doing so increases system speed and reduces drive wear by eliminating unnecessary disk read operations.
File are stored on your disk in sectors. The more compact your files are, the faster your disk subsystem can find the information and read it. So, naturally, the optimal storage pattern for any file is to have all of its sectors right next to each other.
That's where disk defragmentation tools come into play. Defrag tools rearrange your files so that they're stored contiguously. Windows comes with a built-in disk deframentation tool, but it's not the fastest one available, nor is it very flexible. In fact, you must run the tool as Administrator, which presents a problem for many users.
John Mason wrote to us about this problem and asked if we know of any disk defragmentation tools that are self-contained, can run from a flash drive, and don't require Administrator-level access in order to run.
John, I do know of such a tool. JkDefrag is a free, lightweight tool that that comes in three varieties. The first variety runs as a typical Windows desktop application, the second is a command-line version, and the third is a screensaver that defrags the drive when your screensaver kicks in.
RitaSkeeter 20:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]Another cool feature of JkDefrag is that it defrags floppies and USB-based media, such as flash drives. If you're interested, you can also download the complete source code for use in Microsoft Visual C++.
To quote from the Vopt AfD page: Another fundamental issue is that Wikipedia:Deletion Policy -- Wikipedia official policy that requires "Pages that can be improved should be edited or tagged, not nominated for deletion" -- seems not to have been followed here. The policy, which seems to have been completely ignored here, requires nominators to consider alternatives to deletion -- such as editing, tagging or merging the article -- before considering deletion as a last resort. Given that the article as it existed when nominated for deletion made explicit claims of notability and provided ample sources, there seems to be little justification for this clear policy violation. At a minimum, an explanation of the nominator's actions would be in order --RitaSkeeter 16:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Maxim(talk) 02:10, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Truthfully, my main problem with this article is that it's written by the subject and reads like it. In terms of Wikipedia policy, it's basically unsourced and probably unsourceable. P4k 05:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Does not meet WP:MOVIE NeilN 04:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. DS 12:59, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article appears to be a hoax. Information cannot be verified. Google and Wikipedia searches using "Carrownaclougha" link only to this article (which is orphaned). Previous CSD A1/A3 nomination was removed by article author after only five minutes. Article author's sole contribution to Wikipedia has been to this article. – Liveste 04:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep all. Maxim(talk) 01:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An article about individual episode of a television series that does not establish the notability/significance of the episode, and in addition, does not even contain much information. Reads more like an entry on one of those sites that documents episodes of television shows. Calgary 03:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am also nominating the following articles (most of season 3) for deletion for the same reason:
Calgary 03:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the debate was speedily kept as rewritten bio substub. FCYTravis 06:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Vanity nonsense FCYTravis 04:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article cites Uncyclopedia and is a non-notable internet meme. Spryde 11:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am concerned that this corporation fails to satisfy Wikipedia's inclusion guideline for corporations. I don't often use the "Google test", but nearly all of the Google Results come from Wikipedia or mirror sites. JavaTenor 03:31, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was redirected per merge to List of professional wrestling slang. I've made a request at RPP, but it's unlikely. Non admin. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 11:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Very, very small subset of professional wrestling information that isn't notable enough to warrant an individual article. I propose that Parts Unknown be added to the List of professional wrestling slang without all the crufty lists. Then a redirect should be placed on this page for the entry in the list. Nikki311 03:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete Acalamari 23:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This appears to be an autobiography of a non-notable politician. As I am not a speaker of the native language, I cannot do any further research on Google, so I am putting it here for community discussion. Seems to be a somewhat minor bureaucrat. Into The Fray T/C 03:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was purge. DS 13:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hoax. Was listed for speedy deletion, but, sadly, this is not a valid reason for speedy. David Eppstein 03:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Per Bielle, I'm adding Canadian Oil Stadium (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to this AfD. —David Eppstein 04:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:18, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The first version of this article was created as an autobiography in July 2006. It stayed uncategorized, orphaned and unreferenced for a year until it was speedy-deleted under CSD#A7 in July 2007.
The creator/subject of the article apparently discovered his bio had been deleted and recreated the article with only a few changes – and still didn't provide references or a single source other than his own site. Pure vanity. KrakatoaKatie 02:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Merge with main article. Maxim(talk) 01:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I came across this article while working through AlexNewArtBot's output of possible conflicts of interest in new articles.
I can understand a desire to centrally locate research into a disease or condition, but I have concerns. First, it's an invitation for spamlinks, and has the potential to become a serious COI battleground. More importantly, I think it's dangerous for Wikipedia to have an article titled "cure for disease X", despite the medical disclaimer. Our intentions may be good, but those intentions can turn around and bite us in the ass. I'm also wondering why this couldn't be covered in the Diabetes mellitus type 1 article in a "research into remedies" or some other benign title.
At the very least, it should be renamed – I've struggled to come up with a better name, but can't think of one – and claims of comprehensiveness should be removed. I'm uneasy about it, so I bring it here for discussion. KrakatoaKatie 02:36, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Second, once the medical disclaimer is there, this article has exactly the same chance of "turning around and biting us in the ass" as any other Wikipedia article on a medical issue. No one would seriously expect Wikipedia to render a cure to diabetes, so no legal or medical issue here.
Third, I really think the current name is good. There are at least two treatments listed in the article (the Edmonton Protocol and the stem cell treatment in Brazil), which already have reversed diabetes T1 in real patients, in the real world; So the wording "Cure for diabetes type 1" is not at all inaccurate.
Fourth, about the "spamlinks" and COI issues, that certainly is not what the article is meant for, and I, as all other serious Wikipedia editors (not to mention those particular users who actually have the condition), would remove any such unwelcome edits, just as they would be removed from any other article in WP. The possibility of stupid users doing stupid things should not, in any way, be a condition on the existence of a smart article edited by smart users. A.R. 15:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete Acalamari 23:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Despite the article’s hyperbole (“Sacred Fools is one of the most prolific theater companies in the nation, if not the world”) it lacks national or international notability. And with Sacred Fools’ local scope it probably has little prospect of becoming notable in the future. --teb728 02:26, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, it's Alex Sass here. Delete away if you like but yes the stated bio is true. If you wish to contact me im on globalsass@yahoo.com. I find my inclusion in WikiPedia a little unusual to say the least! JakeTM is probably notable and perhaps the STM theories but probably not my own life. I believe the entry came from a journo I know after an article given when quizzed about the launch of GayCheltenham. The novel is still for sale so you could check that I guess on Lulu or Amazon. Im never sure if entry in this sort of thing is positive, negative or neither! AS. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.63.51 (talk) 23:29, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have searched and cannot find any Reliable Sources giving any coverage at all to this subject, much less significant coverage. No sources are given in the article, but it says that he was mentioned in a gay publication. I have no idea whether that publication is a significant, reliable source, but we don't have the citation, either. There is a link to the gay community social networking site he founded. The article says he sold that, moved to Thailand and started writing a novel. Again, no reliable sources. And I see no notability. I think we need to DELETE. OfficeGirl 02:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete Acalamari 23:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable school, and nothing in the article is about the article topic. CitiCat ♫ 02:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. Carlossuarez46 00:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article was created by Kreckler. It was speedy deleted under WP:CSD#A7 a few days ago, but Kreckler recreated it and asserts some notability in the text. I don't see any actual notability, nor do I see any actual verifiable, sources. It's likely a prod tag will be removed, so I'm formally nominating it for deletion. KrakatoaKatie 02:08, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Keep. -- Longhair\talk 02:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An obvious POV fork and little more than a jumble of unsourced & unrelated statements. Anything on this article which is well sourced and relevant can be easily merged into the main Jesus article. RucasHost 01:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable software by a company of questionable business practices. See RegCure and its AFD. Bahustard 20:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An editor added ((db-web)) (It is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article.), and another editor removed it. I've been a bit suspicious of this article for a while, not sure whether it's notable or advertising, so I'm putting it up to the wider Wikipedian community to decide here. --Icarus (Hi!) 01:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 10:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dictionary definition; propose trasnwiki to Wikitionary. Blair - Speak to me 01:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was speedy deleted by me. J Milburn 11:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Completed AFD nom started by User:24.17.110.223. Possible nominated due to non-notabliity? -- Alan Liefting talk 01:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok it may be named for the inventor of the telephone, but the building (a local public school) is not notable at all and there are no sources provided to assert it. Delete JForget 01:28, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was delete. DS 13:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
GlassCobra 01:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete Acalamari 23:15, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article should be deleted per WP:N. The subject of the article may be unique and well meaning, per the comment of the author on the talk page, but that does not necessarily make it notable. WP is not designed for advertisement, even of worthy causes. Avruch 19:29, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Close - A misplaced redirect has now been converted into a stub. (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 11:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The page Pale-legged Warbler, Basileuterus signatus, redirects to Pale-legged Leaf-warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes, but a quick Google of the latin names shows that they are two different species. The page should be deleted until the species page is written
The result was Delete Acalamari 23:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Only 723 google hits. Doesn't appear to establish notability of the website. M1ss1ontomars2k4 19:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The result was Delete. -- Longhair\talk 02:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]