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Kermit High School Article Neutrality Question

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I just noticed a page that I regularly maintain was tagged as "The neutrality of this article is disputed" (as of September of 2011). I just wanted to know exacly how and why the article is in dispute since you left me no indication of what exactly was the issue in this case on the discussion page of the article. Please let me know what exactly is the issue is so that I can work on fixing it right away.

Also, I know the article is detailed, but I have never really heard of "too much information" on a site that is supposed to be educational. Just because a large number of people may not be interesting in Kermit HS doesn't mean we should limit the amount of information out there about it because someone might miss out on learning something that they may find interesting and/or educational. To my knowledge, there really is no irrelavent info in the article like your tag indicates. However, if you found such somewhere let me know so that I can correct it because I can sometimes overlook things too. Lastly, please consider removing your other tag which states, "This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience" because all this really tells me is that Wikipedia doesn't care about the details in articles that don't receive the attention of the whole world. I don't mean to be rude, but that last tag was just kind of insulting.

Thanks, KTownUSA (talk) 03:45, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Branson Air Express 2011 01 10

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Just got a message of accusing me of disruptive editing, an being non Neutral. How was my edit none neutral? I allowed the edit of the navbox indicating it is an airline to remain, even though it is clearly NOT a Certificated Air Carrier (Airline).

Since I do not know how to make a navbox fully I was hoping someone could work with it to transfer it into one that would be easily transferable to the other navbox public charters of similar to the public charter that Branson Air Express is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.183.168.207 (talk) 16:26, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]


List of Champ Car drivers who never qualified for a race

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WikiProject IROC

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You are listed as a member of WikiProject IROC. The WikiProject was recently marked as inactive. I have proposed either closing the WikiProject, broadening its scope to all North American or American stock cars, or changing it to become a taskforce under its parent Wikiproject WikiProject Motorsport. Please comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject IROC#Inactive.2C direction to go. You have one week to reply. Royalbroil 02:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:WinstonWestern.JPG

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Langhorne-race-sign.jpg

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We need to keep wikipedia up to date the information is needed.(Gordon24fan (talk) 21:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Happy First Day of Spring!

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Happy First Day of Spring!
A Beautiful Cherry Tree in Spring Bloom
Theres nothing like seeing a field full of spring flowers.

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Skybus

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You are part of the cover up! Dare you cover up the truth? Just because WalMart shoppers need to buy things for cheap does not mean they have the right to travel for cheap. You are covering up! You are one of the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo! Have a nice day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RSW-red sox win (talk • contribs) 18:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RaphaelMatos Pics

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Oops... No problem. They will be more specific names. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisg21090 (talk • contribs) 21:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jocko Maggiacomo

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I want to make sure that you know that there were 2 drivers with that name who were father and son. This article is about the son. I think the father was the famous sports car driver, so please check that the driver is from the right era. I think the father was known from his driving in the 1960s to 1970s, and the son from the 1980s. Royalbroil 03:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds reasonable. I wanted to be sure that you got the right guy, and it sounds like you did! Royalbroil 04:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport

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I don't know what your definition of "vanity" is. I do know that your removal of everything pertinent about this airport facility was way overboard. Apparently you have come to that realization, too. FYI, there is a community center there, and the Sunrise Side Woodcarvers had the event as reported in the Alcona County Review. The event is now past. I have no interest (pecuniary or otherwise) in any of these activities or enterprises. So from my point of view, I don't get your pejorative use of the term. In fact, I believe that in the context of the larger and more complete article, and the transformation of the airport form military to civilian uses, this item belongs here. Let me know what you think. Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 02:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Stan[reply]

Thanks for your thoughtful response. From my perspective, I did not know of any of this until I read the local paper (and I do use that term loosely). 7&6=thirteen (talk) 02:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Stan[reply]

Tony Renna

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Thanks for correcting my obvious error in the Persondata for Tony Renna. It was a copy-paste error that shouldn't have happened. My apologies. And thanks again. Truthanado (talk) 02:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flickr images

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I see that you found my flickr friend cakin's images from the Indy 500 practice. He didn't have them marked (the last time that I checked). I was meaning to bring it up at WikiProject AOWR. Thanks for taking care of it. Royalbroil 04:49, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Firestoneindylights.jpg)

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Juan Carlos Bolaños

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I noticed your edit to the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans regarding this driver. I'm not entirely sure if the source which you provided is necessarily correct, because two of the sources I use seem to say something different. Both the Le Mans Register and World Sports Racing Prototypes pages list Belanos as "DNS" for the 1972 race. From my understanding, this means he most likely practiced in the car, but was not assigned to drive. Granted, the #80 Kremer Porsche only lasted 39 laps, so it's possible that he simply did not get a chance to drive, but this is usually denoted on these two pages as "DND", for someone assigned to drive for the race but never getting an opportunity to get in the car.

My policy has always been to only assign the drivers which were meant to drive in the race and leaving out others who might have driven but had been dropped for various reasons. Are there any other sources which state that Bolanos was assigned to drive in the race? The359 (talk) 04:50, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your update on Bruno Bongongo

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VERY good! Articles too often go un-updated. Punkmorten (talk) 10:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Notability of GiftZip

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Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on GiftZip, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because GiftZip is an article about a certain website, blog, forum, or other web content that does not assert the importance or significance of that web location. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles, as well as notability guidelines for websites. Please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources which verify their content.

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Vandalism of Calvin Johnson (American football) article

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Hi, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to Wiki, but I noticed that you and I are/were both trying to remove vandalism from the Calvin Johnson (American football) page. I made a post on the "Request for Protection" page. Should I be doing something else? Thanks! Ian Glenn (talk) 20:42, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flagged Revs

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Hi,

I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear to people who visit your page :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template   «l| Ψぷさいrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 06:38, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA review for A. J. Foyt IV

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It looks like you did lots of work improving the article to GA standards. So you know, it's needs minimal improvement to retain GA status. Are you planning to work on it, or should I? Royalbroil 20:53, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1997 Indy 500 quote

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Was Arie Luyendyk's "What the f were the thinking?" deleted because of the third word? I just included the quote because ABC Sports amazingly did not have their five or seven second delay ready.97.125.28.1 (talk) 06:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Last

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Please explain your reason for the vote on this AFD. AFD is a discussion that is judged on the strength of its arguments. If you call something notable without explaining why, your opinion will carry little or no weight. - Mgm|(talk) 09:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obama

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I have an outline of a lengthy and legitimate article at User:THF/Obama with not a single "nutball conspiracy theory" in it. I'll draft it off-wiki this weekend. I encourage editors to participate in this project by sending me sources (or perhaps fully drafted paragraphs) rather than battling at DRV or on the Talk:Obama page about intermediate stages. If we present a fully-sourced, well-written neutral article, there shouldn't be a problem -- and if there is, it will be pretty damning of Wikipedia. THF (talk) 15:45, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

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As you are aware, the whole point of speedies is that it does not involve lengthy discussions. WP:Athlete seems to apply to participants, unless I've misunderstood (in which case it needs to be clearer). This guy seems to be a engineer, not a participant. I'm not clear why that makes him notable - David Beckham may be notable, but that doesn't mean the guy who cleans his boots is. Also, there are no independent verifiable sources to show that he meets the notability guidelines. You are of course at liberty to recreate the article. jimfbleak (talk) 05:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, fair enough, my apologies - I should have checked jimfbleak (talk) 15:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blick

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Good job on starting the Drew Blickensderfer article. You beat me to it! Royalbroil 00:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did major expansion on the article, and I'm going to nominate it at DYK. I'll put you down as the creator, so watch for your credit in about a week. Royalbroil 01:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Drew Blickensderfer

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Updated DYK query On March 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Drew Blickensderfer, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 07:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2009 Indy Lights season

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I was wondering why Martin Plowman was saying top ten on Twitter. ;) Ah well, all sorted now in the standings. Cs-wolves(talk) 00:42, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010 IndyCar Driver Lineup

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Why not leave the chart up and let it be developed as things progress? Driver's are often re-signed during the season... Nfrancis3 20:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not silly season when they've already signed a contract that guarantee's them the seat for 2010 champ- Check your info..what I posted is already contractually true, therefore it's not silly season or "crystal ball gazing". Nfrancis3 2:28, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

BTW, looks like I was right in the end.....if you look now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.96.15 (talk) 11:44, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:World Series by Renault drivers

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I noticed your comment on the talk page, about the missing pre-2005 drivers. Basically, I was going to stick them all under the Renault banner. It's similar to the GP2 Series/GP2 Asia Series drivers, who are all under the GP2 banner no matter which series they drive in. Similarly, the European F3 Open (née Spanish F3) drivers are all under the Spanish Formula Three banner. Hope that clears it up a little. Regards, Cs-wolves(talk) 00:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of violent spectator incidents in sports/archive2

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Hi. Did you want the above FLC to be withdrawn? I saw this comment, but wasn't sure. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks!

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Thanks for sorting out that nasty edit at Disco Godfather - I just popped in there to wikilink one item & didn't bother to check previous edits. Well spotted! --Technopat (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Preston Henn

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2010 race in Brazil

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Actually, the "A1GP issue" IS related. The A1GP series have released their schedule with a race in the weekend of March 13-14 (the same weekend of the proposed IndyCar race). The IRL have yet to announce the venue for the race, so the event may go to A1GP or, as I've seen in another report, it could be a combined weekend. It may be a good idea to research new input on Wikipedia before just deleting it. 97.125.99.2 (talk) 05:34, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Calling Drdisque

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Dear drdisque Wonder if you could have a look at the Moira Sullivan article again, and do a new evaluation. There are secondary source posts and the article was put up in good faith, trying to improve suggestions for all tags. Thanks and have a nice day !--Mjsullus (talk) 13:02, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Catalina Lercaro

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Because I am speaking Spanish, the woman jump and is the ghost. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.155.35.193 (talk) 12:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Venerable

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Why did you move the page? Venerable B. Sri Saranankara Nayaka Maha Thera just interested. Polargeo (talk) 16:53, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the whole name is his religous title. I can find hardly any instance of this name being used without Ven. or Venerable in front of it. I cannot move it back because I am not an admin. Can I suggest you check this out because I am soon to go off for my weekend break. Polargeo (talk) 17:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the move :)

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edit I hate it when I do "that". Search and leave the quotes when I make the article Jeepday (talk) 22:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Armand Morin

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Hello Drdisque, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Armand Morin - a page you tagged - because: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. NW (Talk) 22:22, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: DJ Lepke

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Hello Drdisque, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of DJ Lepke - a page you tagged - because: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. NW (Talk) 22:41, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CSD tagging

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Hi Drsique, I hope you don't mind. but I've removed your speedy tag from Woodstock Sound-Outs: Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, as no context is really for very short articles which just can't be put into context - a good guideline is that if you can categorise it then no context probably doesn't apply. ϢereSpielChequers 19:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism on Rice burner?

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Articles for deletion/2008 World Finals Odds

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The Articles for Deletion discussion for 2008 World Finals Odds which you participated in was closed due to a procedural matter. The disussion is opened again at at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 World Finals Odds (2nd nomination). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:54, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fire department photograhy

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Your PROD was removed by the original author. I suggest AfD. I'll vote to delete it you do. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:15, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please advise me on how I could add the Fire Department Photography Wikipedia. I believe the site meets the criteria set forth for inclusion into the wikipedia community. Fire Department Photography is not an advertisement site or for profit organization. It is mainly a site dedicated to the Fire Service for informational purposes related to photography. I am not trying to promote the site as much as I am trying to promote the type of Photography. I thought it would be no different than lets say Sports Photography, Nature Photography, or Fashion Photography. It is just called Fire Department Photography. I don't own the web site: I was just trying to add it to the information list. Thought I would try my hand in Wikipedia.

The fire service as a whole has a long proud tradition related to its service to the community and uses photography to tell the story. That story is being captured through the use of the web site listed. Maybe a Wikipedia page is not warranted in this case. But each time I try to add the web site under links on Fire Photography it is deleted. I am trying to work within the rules posted but must be missing something. Please help me understand what I am doing wrong. Tctrenr (talk) 04:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario

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FYI, since your vote I've cleaned up the Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario article a bit. It may not change your mind, but I thought I would let you know.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CSD declined for James Maslow

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Hi! I've declined CSD for the article James Maslow as under the criteria of CSD A7, if there is any assertion of notability, no matter how small and unreferenced, the article is not a candidate for speedy deletion. It is a candidate for PROD or AFD though. Stephen! Coming... 23:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My concerns about your tagging articles as WP:CSD A7

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Hi! I've just been through a number of articles you've tagged as CSD A7, and have declined all of them. Looking elsewhere on your talk page, I can see that others have been doing so. Could I please suggest that you review the criteria for notability and speedy deletion? It explicitly states: The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source.

In other words, even if an article is unreferenced, but makes some statement about how it is notable, then it is not a candidate for speedy deletion. One of the bands you tagged stated that it had been awarded the 2008 High Times Magazine “Doobie Award” for best new underground artist. That is a credible assertion of notability. If it were to go to AFD, it may be decided that this is not sufficient notability, and that the article should still be deleted. In which case so be it; that is what AFD is there for. CSD criteria are deliberately narrow to prevent new unreferenced and short articles being deleted without being given a fair chance.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to drop me a note. Stephen! Coming... 00:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Scott Harrington article and mention of his DUIs

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Based on the amount of resistance you're getting to including the text about Scott Harrington's DUI arrests, I'd suggest opening a talk page discussion about whether to include the text and, if so, how. There might be more support for a reworded mention. —C.Fred (talk) 23:37, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Going back far enough, I see User:Tired66 contributing to the article. While Harrington's racing number is not mentioned in the article, I can see your conclusion that that user has a COI, and I accept it as a reasonable conclusion. I have opened discussion on the talk page. For the record, your revert was the last thing time-stamped before my message, in case the last sentence of my comment comes into play. —C.Fred (talk) 23:49, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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Hello Drdisque! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 35 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 198 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

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Deletion of Allen Skillicorn

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Just Google Allen Skillicorn and you'll find hundreds of race results. 2 National Championships has to be revelant. --Loudes13 (talk) 00:54, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Allen May

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Hi. I just removed a PROD from this article because it meets WP:ATHLETE, but I was wondering if you might be able to do any sourcing, etc. to improve this article in case someone tries to take it to WP:AFD. --After Midnight 0001 04:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

USF2000

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Thanks for correcting my link mistake in the 2010 Indy Lights article. Yes I know F2000 is not a part of The Road to Indy program. Mercenary Roadie (talk) 19:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Jim Packard

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Hey buddy, I'm letting you know that I proposed the deletion of Jim Packard that you created three years ago. It's not currently sourced and the information provided in the article does not justify the fact that he meets notability criteria laid out in Wikipedia:BIO. Anyways, have a nice day :). Peter Napkin Dance Party (talk) 23:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Dr Emmeline Hill

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Hello Drdisque. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Dr Emmeline Hill, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. ϢereSpielChequers 08:25, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1911 American Grand Prize

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1914 American Grand Prize

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1915 American Grand Prize

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WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter

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Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Nascar1996 at 20:09, 25 July 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Rick Lavoie

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Hi, I'm not the creator of the article, but I believe we were editing on the article at the same time. I followed one of the links, and it took me to the PBS store, where the video of the special which aired on PBS is being sold. This article probably needs to be improved, not deleted so quickly. Please consider allowing the article to remain for enough time for it to be improved. Otherwise, I believe AfD might be the more appropriate venue. Best regards. ;0) --OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 06:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: My Mommy Manual

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Hello Drdisque. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of My Mommy Manual, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguous advertising (can be cleaned without a fundamental rewrite). Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:34, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NASCAR Newsletter August, 2010

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Speedy deletion declined: Arnold M. Weiner

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Hello Drdisque, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Arnold M. Weiner, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Bryos

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Hello Drdisque, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Bryos, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to software. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:08, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request for undeleting Cyberoam Security certifications

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This happened too fast. Today morning I received a speedy deletion tag on Cyberoam Security certificationsfrom you or someone else which alleged that the page was promotional. I tried to contest the tag by adding this: {{hangon}}. I was open to constructive suggestions in the user talk page and would have edited the whole article but before I could react, the article was speedily deleted by Fastily (talk · contribs). I request that I be allowed to rewrite this article. It is not promotional in intent. It's just a training and certification page which has substantial presence in Google. There are several other pages on wikipedia that have similar contents to the one that has been deleted. Check this page to verify a complete list Professional_certification_(computer_technology)

Please note the Cyberoam Security certifications page is no different from Juniper_Networks_Technical_Certification_Program, Zend_Certified_Engineer and other certification pages. They all revolve around certification courses that are fairly popular on Google. None of them are as famous as the one that has been deleted. I want a way to rewrite the deleted article again if there is a concern of unnecessary promotion. It can be trimmed down. --

If you're not the right person to address this, please let me know whom to approach in order to restore the article.--Tech editor007 (talk) 13:26, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nanosecond award

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Please could you leave a reason and date for the move? Simply south (talk) 00:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BOKU mobile payments page - request for deletion?

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Hi There,

I'm a relatively new Wikipedian, and I wanted to try and get more engaged. I submitted an article today on BOKU mobile payments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOKU_mobile_payments). One of the editors, @Drdisque submitted the article for deletion. Another editor, @Quarl, declined that request, but turned it over to the AFD. I wanted to ask for clarification on why it was requested for deletion, and what process occurs now.

I think the article keeps a generally neutral tone, is factual, and has multiple external sources from major reference websites including the NYT, WSJ, Business Week and more. Those external sources corroborate the facts in the article, and suggest to me that the topic is broadly interesting enough to warrant a Wikipedia entry. Would you mind clarifying any concerns about the page, and suggesting what I should do to make it better?

thank you, @Drs650 Drs650 (talk) 19:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Joanne Reid

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Hello Drdisque. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Joanne Reid, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: competing internationally, even at junior level is enough for A7. PROD or take to AfD if required. Thank you. GedUK  09:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLP-PROD declined on J. Fred Weston

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I removed your BLP-PROD tag on the J. Fred Weston article, because it is only for biographies of living people, unfortunately, and Watson died last year. I will endorse a standard PROD, though, unless this article is improved. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 19:47, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 2010 WP:NASCAR News

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inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. G. Quintel

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Sorry for the headaches caused by some anonymous IPs who fought a redirect... but they may not have been so wrong. In adddressing some of the nominator's concerns, we now have a decently sourced start class that shows Quintel winning 2 Nicktoons Network Animation Festival awards in 2005 and recieving an Annie Award nomination in 2010. The crappy stub that was nominated as this, has been expanded and sourced to become THIS... much better , and I do not mind saying so. Care to review? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:01, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

J. G. Quintel

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Might want to take another look, this got cleaned up. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 14:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FAZZT Race Team COI issue

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Hello DrDisque. The official FAZZT Race Team is trying to update the FAZZT Race Team page and it keeps reverting to an out of date version. We would like to change the page contents without getting into an editing war. Can you please work with us on this and please stop reverting the changes? We would certainly appreciate that. User:Tagliani77 (PatC from Fazzt Race team) Oct 19 18:35 --Tagliani77 (talk) 22:36, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1920 AAA Championship Car season

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Hey i just saw you made some changes to the AAA contest board page, thank you for your help! I joined with no intention of actually writing any "real" articles, just to fill holes in the season reviews, but getting farther into the project I realized how little information there was about early championship racing as a whole and was moved to write the article. I am by no means an author or reporter, just a concerned contributor i guess... anyhow... I did a write up on the 1920 season and im not too confident about my writing. would you take a look at it and let me know what you think. I am going to be very active in completing the AAA portion of history so any help from you would be wonderful. seems like the ACCR group is pretty dead I haven't gotten very many responses on the talk page. I have also edited navboxes for cart/indycar/champcar, iics, and AAA here when should I use the full box containing all information for the series verse individual navboxes for the tracks, champions and years? thank you for any help you haveEhall317 (talk) 21:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (October)

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Speedy deletion notification of Ankit Singh Gehlot

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I wish to say only this that why did you notify it for speedy deletion. oh..!! if this is the rules of wikipedia. who will write for wikipedia??

You search on google about this person. I am a great fan of his GreenIndiaInitiative thats why i wrote it. And why the hell, you put on it for speedy deletion. he is so popular that people hacked his websites also. if thats so, delete other articles also of popular living persons. thanks AlexNewBritain (talk) 06:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (November)

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program at MSU

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Hi! I'm leaving you this message because you're listed as a Wikipedian associated with Michigan State University. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is currently looking for Campus Ambassadors to help with Wikipedia assignments at MSU, which will be participating in the Public Policy Initiative for the Spring 2011 semester. The role of Campus Ambassadors will be to provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills (how to edit articles, how to add references, etc.). This includes doing in-class presentations, running workshops and labs, possibly holding office hours, and in general providing in-person mentorship for students.

Prior Wikipedia skills are not required for the role, as training will be provided for all Campus Ambassadors (although, of course, being an experienced editor is a plus).

If you are interested in being a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador, or know someone in the East Lansing area who might be, please email me or leave a message on my talk page.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to say only this that why did you notify it for speedy deletion. oh..!! if this is the rules of wikipedia. who will write for wikipedia??

You search on google about this person. I am a great fan of his GreenIndiaInitiative thats why i wrote it. And why the hell, you put on it for speedy deletion. he is so popular that people hacked his websites also. if thats so, delete other articles also of popular living persons. thanks


Speedy deletion of David Gunkel: David Gunkel

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In regards to the article on David Gunkel, it's profoundly clear you a) didn't read the article, b) as an engineer, are unconcerned with the prominence of communications in order to do a simple notability search on Gunkel and his work. It's this percieved provinciality of self-deluded Wikipedians as to why I hate contributing at times. Thanks for making the process not only arduous, but unenjoyable, you self-important tool. oshaberi —Preceding undated comment added 06:09, 10 December 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Elwalid Succariyeh

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I owe you an apology for giving the impression I thought you had acted in bad faith. That wasn't my intention, my criticism was directed at your hasty judgment that set in motion a process that's important and valuable when used appropriately but can also be disruptive and destructive.

Even if an article appears short of substance, if it's not obviously abusive or trivial the fact that someone went to the effort of creating it should suggest the possibility that the subject is of some significance. English is still a lingua franca and many people who use Wikipedia are not native English speakers. Non-English speakers are often aware of the notability of a subject not previously mentioned on Wikipedia but may not be able to create a lengthy or polished article.

We at the "Anglo-Saxon" end of the universe are often ignorant about the ways and practices of the non-English speaking world, not to mention what is or isn't important there and what might or might not be important to us too. We fall back on the assumption that our framework of understanding is the same as other people's. We are often unaware of significant differences in the conventions that affect the way information is organised elsewhere. For example the French custom of often putting the surname first, followed by the forename, or the difference in the way Spaniards and Portuguese order their maternal and paternal surname. Which is just a starter, without considering the non-Roman/transcribed world. We need to be aware that we may be looking at the world through a narrowly focused prism.

Equally English-language contributors may consider a stub better than no article at all. Stubs and "less than complete" articles serve two functions - they offer a starting point for further investigation and - certainly in my case - they often serve to stimulate efforts to make an article we come across more comprehensive and useful. Unfortunately I've got too much else to concern me at the moment inside and outside Wikipedia to be able to follow up the Elwalid Succariyeh article but like others it will hover at the back of my consciousness until one day with a bit of free time hopefully I'll manage to incorporate some of the Walid Succariyeh information.

In addition removing a stub may have consequences elsewhere. If you are trying to put together an article that involves elements that are important in their own right but shouldn't have too much time devoted to them in the article you're working on, creating a stub allows relevant information to be located elsewhere for consultation via a link while also creating the starting-point for an independent article. Without the stub the original article would be cluttered up with tangential, essentially redundant, information. Removing the stub destroys the structure of decentralised but interlocking sources of information.

That's the technical side of the issue. The reason for my impatience was the way more than a few people I have encountered on Wikipedia almost take a joy in removing articles that offer a slightly opened window onto a world they prefer not to look at unless it is packaged in a homogeneous and recognisable form, and without being bothered by the impact of their actions on other Wikipedia contributors and users.

You explained what you had done reasonably and sensibly, and you didn't resort to the use of Wikipedia guidelines as a weapon of destruction rather than a useful tool to combat abuse and trivialisation. The intensity of my criticism was due to my previous experience of aggressive AfDers who seem determined to impose respect for their version of a rule-book rather than help and encourage the making of knowledge available in a useful form, and as a result often deter others from contributing.

I'm robust enough not to be intimidated, unlike some less inexperienced contributors. My experience of misuse of the dictum that we should assume good faith at Wikipedia has, sadly, left me reluctant to acknowledge its universal appropriateness. Aggression and vandalism may be the product of good faith rooted in certainty and disrespect for others. I don't get involved with AfDs simply for the sake of an argument. To me Wikipedia is intended to be a constructive, cooperative endeavour. Too often it's been clear to me that a central element of the AfD process has been disrespect for the efforts and approach of others. Hence the lack of patience that led me to be more forceful than I might otherwise have been.

In this instance I'd also come fresh from having spent a lot of effort last week responding to the appeal to help clean up the backlog of BLPs only to find the next morning that the article I'd worked on - another "foreign" candidate for deletion - had been dumped without even the courtesy of informed by the deleter why all the effort involved was considered useless. It's back now, but this happens too often. It makes me angry to see how other contributors give up. Too many constructive people end up walking away from Wikipedia.

So, I'm sorry if I was more aggressive in the way I put my criticism than I perhaps should have been and I appreciated your civil response. Opbeith (talk) 11:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (December 2010)

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Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject NASCAR at 01:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Junior Strous

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Please stop editing the Junior Strous wiki with false information.

My name in NOT joseph.

I did NOT race for PDM racing, the name is winners circle group racing. Check the Indycar Entrant list.

Best — Preceding unsigned comment added by Junior Strous (talk • contribs) 15:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (January 2011)

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (February 2011)

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