User talk:Orangemike

Deletion of "Teresa Sue Bratton"

Dear Orangemike,

Could you please explain to me why you do not feel that an article on Teresa Sue Bratton meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines, yet an article on Larry Kissell does? Both are candidates for US Congress from North Carolina, but are otherwise unnotable. Please either delete Kissell's page or reinstate Bratton's. Thank you.

Sincerely, Rootsdj (talk) 17:46, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

MULAB

Hi Orangemike,

I created an article called MuLab about a sequencer that I use. It was deleted as "blatant advertising". I don't know if this changes anything but I am not the creator of the software, the reason I put it on wikipedia is because I found Gimp through wikipedia, I found Artweaver thanks to wikipedia, Blender too, anyways, I think this is a highly advanced piece of software that is available for free and it figures on KVR audio's page as "...rich virtual music studio". KVR is cited as a reputable source in some articles. I just added a request for it because I think it is a very good piece of freeware software that deserves an article. I was hoping that if I added a brief stub somebody else would find it and elaborate a bit more on it as I did with the Dead or Alive Online game article.

I don't think it would have hurt to wait a couple of minutes to allow me to relearn how to post references either, I forgot how to do it and when I looked at the other articles all I saw was "reflist" which confused me a bit, but anyway.

I hope this clears this out. My intention was not to do blatant advertisement. Kind regards,

PD: By the way, I just noticed that if you look at the screenshot I added before deletion(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mulabscreenshot.jpg) you will see I live in France, whereas Mu Tools's whois information returns as location New York - New York - Ntt America Inc.

PD2: I just looked at the admin information and it says belgium so my screenshot won't proof my point.... anyway I hope that someone will pick up my request soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darfunkel (talk • contribs) 01:32, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Diego —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darfunkel (talk • contribs) 01:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Tin Man (band)

I was working on the article adding in the references when you deleted. I have a back up and will be updating it soon. I understand your reasoning for deleting something so soon, so I am not bitter, just wanted to say I was on the case :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Readikus (talk • contribs)

Pocket Venus (Band)

Hello Mike,

I have been producing the Pocket Venus article and improving the content of the article when it was deleted today. As far as I'm aware the band are notable as they are one of the few unsigned bands to have been played on BBC Radio 1 prime time and was wondering if you could please un-delete the article so that I may carry on inputting information and making the wiki entry "more notable". Thanks.

Eldeviante.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Eldeviante (talk • contribs) — Eldeviante (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

A band member wrote an article... How it should be?

Deleted?

Dear Mike! We are very very disappointed. I had to collect information about the activity of a talented artist from the last 14(!) years. The leader of the present art project(Trinity's Breakfast) is a multitalented guy from the Eastern European area. The influences of his works, films(!), articles on the Eastern European popmusic scene got stronger and stronger in the years.

His Name is Zoltan Marton, but for him would be respectful if we recognized him through his present project, the Trinity's Breakfast. Zoltan Marton was the leader and producer of dozens of projects, bands as songwriter, studio engineer, singer, musician, teacher and video director as well.

He was even developing some new recording technologies...

His life wasn't really a fairy tale. He had to leave his country many times, because of the unbearable cultural air ...we could say political reasons. You know we are Hungarians, but thank God we can tell our story once... maybe for that part of the world which was't betrayed.

The people in Hungary are looking for him and looking for his music which was actually banned, because of jealousy. Now he is 33 years old, and he is hiding now from stages, but trying to collect all his works... this is a fight and this is a story that people are gonna read. So I want to ask you to be a partner of making a note about a living legend. http://www.myspace.com/trinitysbreakfast http://www.youtube.com/user/molekulaTV

The Article was not finished at all. I have deleted the under const. code because of estetical reasons.

At the talk page I said I am member of Trinity's Breakfast. And?

I am the wife of Zoltan Marton as well. And? Is this a problem sir?

Please use your imagination to accept that this case is not about a kid from the mama's house having the first myspace band with a guitar in the papa's garage.

We are in a misunderstanding with you I'm sure: It is a fact that the article is about a band for the first look, but we could recognize Trinity's Breakfast as a label or a symbol of a strong cultural line based on only one guy called Zoltan Marton.

The size of the finished article would be four times bigger and much more detailled...

So, please can you give me back the chance to make a note in the cyberspace about somebody who probably deserve it?

I would appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamarapilot (talk • contribs) — Tamarapilot (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Lou Lancaster Deletion

The wikipedia article I was writing for Lou Lancaster was deleted while I was still creating it.

First, I am a beginner to wikipedia, and followed its in-place directions to the best of my ability, but the outcome did not match what I expected from said directions.

My article-in-process was marked for speedy deletion, Following wikipedia's directions, I contested this, following further directions, I started to write my reasons for this in the discussion section under the article

Lo-Alas! My article was DELETED about 2 minutes after I contested - before I was allowed to post the discussion! This is not what the wikipedia directions indicated. Please provide a reason for this that is understandable, as I am quite confused!

Thanks Lavath —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lavath (talk • contribs) — Lavath (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

I came by to ask you about something else, noticed this, checked it out, did some research, and concluded that it was a valid article. Misformed, but valid. I've restored the article and polished it up so as to better indicate notability. Just letting you know. DS (talk) 15:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Notability of the book aside, what about his multiple appearances at the Magic Castle and on IMS instructional videos? DS (talk) 20:17, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Mayfair & Jackson

Why did you delete my Mayfair & Jackson article? There are tons of product related articles on Wikipedia (i.e. Alclad, Bunn-o-matic, Breville, the list is extensive) so why did you single me out?

Speedy deletion of Memeo

--with seemingly no other response other than tagging my new page as "db-spam"-- was just done by User:Ron_Ritzman. And then you (accidentally?) approved it, and just 33 minutes later, before I could even figure out what happened and respond as directed. And I've asked Ron_Ritzman about this but haven't heard back. I'm quite upset by this. Can you correct it? --MBParker (talk) 03:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

A7 deletion of Jackson Analogue

I would like to request that you reverse the A7 speedy deletion of this article (and it's talk). The article lists multiple releases under Island Records, which is now a label under Universal Music Group. I would say that meets WP:MUSIC criteria #5, or is at least an assertion of meeting that criteria. The article had already been CSD nominated for a copyvio, but the author had deleted the violating history/bio section, so I declined that CSD request and I was starting to let the editor know how to potentially get their text officially under the GFDL so that some form of it could be readded. - TexasAndroid (talk) 14:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Masterpapers

I do not consider that a spam account, though he needs to change the name, and I have advised him accordingly. The company is in my opinion notable, for better or worse, and I have been working with him on the article--see its talk page--it was used as an attack page, and i worked quite hard to get the attack removed. if the present article is deleted, I shall myself try to write another from scratch. DGG (talk) 15:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

much appreciated. DGG (talk) 18:47, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations

Thanks for the note. What is the difference between this article I started and the one that exists for Everything is Miscellaneous? - WilsonjrWikipedia (talk) 00:50, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Just for the record

I've reversed a speedy-delete of yours here, following a request from the creator, as {{db-bio}} didn't seem to apply. – iridescent 15:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

I write on my talk page that I work for MarketLeverage, so it's no secret. HOWEVER, I read on one of the pages on Wikipedia that if your business doesn't exist on MarketLeverage, and you want it to, you should: 1) Identify yourself on your talk page 2) Post a draft of the article 3) Put it on the project talk page to see if someone will move it.

I initially didn't know how to go about posting the MarketLeverage page properly. Since I've learned, however, I've followed all protocol, and have been very open about my affiliation with MarketLeverage. I am simply hoping someone will move my draft.

Is this OK?

Mlrebecca (talk) 17:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)mlrebecca

RE: Instructions on submitting an article

I read that beforehand, and then I found the page about submitting business articles. That's what I tried to do.

I created a draft. I'm not sure about my next step now.

Mlrebecca (talk) 18:51, 7 August 2008 (UTC)mlrebecca

Deletion of Renaissance Las Vegas Page

Orangemike -

I recently created an account and wrote an article entitled Renaissance Las Vegas. It was deleted by you due to 'blatant advertising'. I don't believe this is a correct assessment and would like an explanation of why my article was deleted so I can resubmit or get it reinstated. Thanks.

Jordan Burnside

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Renvegas (talk • contribs) 20:28, 7 August 2008 (UTC) 

Notability of Fiitjee

FIITJEE is a very well know nation-wide organization and has alumni numbering in hundreds of thousands. FIITJEE also operates several schools and is an important growing corporate organization and employs thousands of staff and faculty. Thus, an article on wiki about FIITJEE is not such a bad thing! Jainrajat11 (talk) 20:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Glenn phillips CSD

Hi Orangemike,

I'm curious as to why you've deleted Glenn phillips under CSD A3 despite my 'hangon' tag and message on the talk page stating my reasons. The article does not fit into criteria A3 since it does contain substantial content underneath the references section. The page was simply jumbled up. Thanks. —Cyclonenim^T@lk? 16:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I read your latest deletion log, thanks for checking. I haven't yet checked for duplicates ;) —Cyclonenim^T@lk? 16:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Well the story just keeps on unfolding, doesn't it! Didn't get a chance to look before it was deleted but I'm sure you made the right move. Thanks for sorting it out and sorry about the 'treacherous' metaphor ;) —Cyclonenim^T@lk? 17:04, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletionism isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as it's well founded! —Cyclonenim^T@lk? 17:09, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Deleted (A7) Aspen Woods (band)

Hi, I don't think this page should have been deleted. This band share a member with the notable band Secret Shine, thus making this entry notable too.

Honeykissed (talk) 17:32, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The Da Silvas

See the deletion log and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fábio Pereira da Silva. – PeeJay 17:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Deleted (A7) Aspen Woods (band)

Is it possible to get the page undeleted so I can add assertions of notability and reliable sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Honeykissed (talk • contribs) 17:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, you removed a Speedy Delete tag I placed on an article...

...and you were correct in your action -- I was at fault! The article was for P18 (band) and, I am glad to say, you did the right thing. I just wanted to give you a thumbs up on that good call. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 11:11, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

blatant advertisements for prop company?

Can you take a look at

• Heisler Beer - fictitious beer brand used in television and films
• Morley - fictitious cigarette brand used in television and films

Thanks! -- The Red Pen of Doom 00:24, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Chautauqua Airlines destinations

Maybe it was just a mistake, but I thought I'd let you know, I restored Chautauqua Airlines destinations. A large number of airline destination lists exist (Category:Airline destinations) and this particular one had over 100 edits since September 2007. Articles such as this should have at least gone to AfD, as many have (and survived). - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 06:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

WJOX

Thanks! - Dravecky (talk) 17:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The Iraq Page

Orangemike,

--hang on--

-Having examples of other databases are important such as Casualties of the Iraq War, Iraq War, Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties, ORB survey of Iraq War casualties and Iraqi Health Ministry casualty survey because it is a the other databases that are referenced do not go in detail of the U.S. and the Coaliton countries that are killed in combat or by accident.

Example below:

--"The Iraq Page" maintains the death toll of U.S.-led multinational coalition, by name (photograph of deceased), cause of death by combat or accident since the the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.

External link

• The Iraq page

Bnguyen (talk) 17:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Necktie (band)

You're right... the article wasn't interesting. I was just working on it. ^^

The point is that this article was useful for a disambiguation with an another band with the same name. The omonimy creates some problems to Necktie on sites such Last.fm... I will find an another solution, in the meanwhile. Thank you anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tongpu (talk • contribs) 20:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The First Fifty-One

Hi, I have commented on your prod at Talk:The_First_Fifty-One#Proposed_deletion. --Slashme (talk) 06:20, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Importance of the R.O.C

Hey Mike,

I'm not angry or anything, but how can you just request deletions on things you obviously know nothing about? The R.O.C is considered by HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of people to be a legend in the HORRORCORE scene. He just released his first album in over 8 years. I think that's pretty signficant to many loyal fans. I was going to add more today, but.. it was DELETED! Good job. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smoketoomuch (talk • contribs) 14:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: 1E

At least the guy who put the initial comment on the 1E page was willing to consider my comments! It's kind of harsh to just delete things, you know, especially when there are other blatent advertising pages on here, such as Faronics, who have got the comment at the top to do with being like an advertisement but haven't actually been deleted. I'd suggest that instead of deleting pages without second thought, that as you are quite obviously an expert in the area of what is good and what is bad you give people suggestions, such as 'Maybe take out these words' or 'maybe phrase this differently' or 'Maybe add in some of your competitors'. As a first timer on the site it's really put me off. The rule about now being able to edit your own page once you've received feedback is also fairly ridiculous; if I see that things can be amended, why shouldn't I fix them? Cheetham1E (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Fuel (band 2)

I was working on an article for the second time, and had the requisite "hangon" tag there along with discussion regarding the research I was doing, and you deleted both. What is the deal with Wikipedia these days? You can have articles about every new porn starlet that flashes a boob (seriously, are there actually 894 Female porn stars of note?), but the minute somebody starts trying to document a band that held nationwide influence on the underground punk scene in the early 1990's it's "whip-out-the-speedy-delete-button-time!" Ebullition sold 3,000 copies of the *re-release* of their album, Monuments to Excess, and that's *after* Allied Recordings and Broken Rekids both re-released it, and after Cargo records sold out of the original release - see http://www.ebullition.com/catalog42.html#3 Those sort of sales do not occur over a 10 year period if the band was not one of note. Finding information on Fuel can be a challenge, mainly because of the *other* Fuel and the fact that their career predates the web. The first speedy delete made a bit of sense, as I basically had something like "Fuel was a punk rock band from the earlye 1990's," but it should have been clear on my second attempt that I was having more success finding details, and more time should have been given before pulling out the executioner's knife. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Earlye (talk • contribs) 21:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

ProjectVisitor

Hey, my Wikipedia moderation protocol is super dated and I'm not sure how to protest the deletion of Project Visitor. You cite the deletion as being due to copyright violation with the official website. It is actually the other way around! I authored the original article which attracted official attention. See Internet Archive and the edit history for the deleted article. Is there any other resolution besides deletion? Thanks, I appreciate your help! Phil Harnish (Info | Talk) 00:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Comparison of P-51 variants and Comparison of Supermarine Spitfire variants

Thanks for your quick work on deleting these two articles; much appreciated. Cheers Minorhistorian (talk) 01:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Except they should not have been deleted. Copying an articles content to a new page then deleting the page (and thereby deleting its history) is not the way page moves (which this essentially was) is done. Tagging them with "speed-delete" was wrong, and an administrator should know this. I've restored the articles, moved them to the new locations and merged the edit histories. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 02:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I would just say that I wouldn't go deleting articles just because they've been tagged. Just "assuming" doesn't help in ensuring you're doing the right thing. A little investigation would be, I think, required. Ask a few questions: "Is the tag applicable or acceptable?" Check the edit history to ensure the tagger isn't just a vandal. Check the talk page. There are, of course, exceptions; blatant nonsense, attack pages etc. But this case was obviously not that. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 20:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Recreation of deleted item?

At WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 March 8#Category:Angry Video Game Nerd. --Silver Edge (talk) 02:17, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Max Kliegle

Please restore this article to allow for a fair, and honest discussion. Nfanslim (talk) 03:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect use of hang-on tag

OK, school me, please, then. What was incorrect about it and how can it correctly be used? I pretty much followed the instructions that were given to me with the speedy deletion notice. Homoaffectional (talk) 03:49, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Please help me

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eugenie_Patricia_Agus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nenetcurry

Keep recreating this MySpace nonsense over and over. --mboverload@ 04:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• Risker has deleted it. It might also need oversight, as it contained both personal information, as well as photographs, of minor children. ^S._D.Jameson 15:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of project visitor wikipedia page

Hi, I am the owner/administrator of Project Visitor (www.projectvisitor.com) referred to commonly as "themartian" (themartian at projectvisitor.com) The fans and supporters of my game have full permission to use the information from the games website from me.

This is a small indie game completely supported by a hard core group of supporters. Publishing information about the game on such sites as wikipedia helps maintain the history of the game and a lot of its intrigue.

I would like to politely request to have the Project Visitor page restored and I am willing to provide whatever information is necessary to aide you in verifying what I have stated in this letter.

Thank you very much and I hope we can work this out.

Christian "TheMartian" themartian[at]projectvisitor.com

ProjectVisitor (talk) 15:14, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

209.163.180.6 (talk) 15:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.163.180.6 (talk) 15:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

If you kindly restore the page you will see that Project Visitor was originally developed by Sega for Heat.net and... I don't know, it was released in Japan? We all know the notoriety threshold is somewhat arbitrary... if the page was deleted for copyright reasons, shouldn't it be restored now? Thanks for your time :) Phil Harnish (Info | Talk) 17:13, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Would you like me to restore it to a sandbox in your userspace so we can attempt to deal with the notability issues? --Orange Mike | Talk 17:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah sure, that sounds reasonable :) Phil Harnish (Info | Talk) 17:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi again. I see you restored the page to User:Ampre/Project Visitor. Do you believe it is still not notable enough? I could add a bunch of superficial factiods and make it look like a press release. Not to mention the need to hunt down a bunch of superfluous citations for each new claim. To be honest, I would prefer to keep the article light (if not lighter) and in proportion to the notability it deserves. I have no doubt that the way you view Wikipedia may be different than the way I do. (In this case, I think Wikipedia serves as a resource for anyone who sees "Project Visitor" or "10six" somewhere online and wants to know encyclopedic information about it.) I got a little long winded ;) Just looking for some direction. Thanks! Phil Harnish (Info | Talk) 23:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Yang Peiyi

Hi there. I see that you have speedily deleted the Yang Peiyi article. You may be interested to know that there is still an open AfD discussion for the article. Cheers. -- JediLofty ^User_Talk 15:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Offensiv – Young Revolutionaries

Hi. Could you undelete the above to here, please? Having made a start on it, I might one day look for the extra sources required (if they exist). Sardanaphalus (talk) 16:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you! Sardanaphalus (talk) 16:53, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Easy speedy

Looking for something to speedy delete? Shmell is about a neologism and is dying to be deleted. DickClarkMises (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, that turned out to be a G4 anyway! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:21, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't check the log. Good stuff. DickClarkMises (talk) 21:27, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Stan burdman

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Stan burdman. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. lifebaka++ 19:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

first time researching article to write

i see writing for wikipedia is slightly different than anything i've ever done before. how much time do i have to get everything together for an article before you opt to delete it for lack of content? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Urbanetryst (talk • contribs) 19:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Orangemike, a wiki page on a famous comedian and entertainer I made was deleted by you

I made an accurate wiki page on Stan Burdman, a comedy writer, shockjock, and video game reviewer. Anyway, it was deleted by a person at first but then I explained my case to undelete it and I guess it was brought back only to be deleted by you right afterwards. Is this some kind of joke? I talk to an admin, they bring it back, and then another admin deletes it a minute later? What is going on? I stated all the media and public things Stan Burdman has done, given external links to his work. He is a public figure and entertainer. I don't quiet understand what to do to keep the page from being deleted, especially since deletion is totally not warranted. Braddj1977 (talk) 21:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Yang Peiyi

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Yang Peiyi. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:42, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

zasz (band) and wakeup.feelsomething

these articles were deleted before i could add the media credentials! they have album reviews and an ondemand show! thats media coverage so the articles are legit, could you restore them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onewiththefunk (talk • contribs) 18:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

ya! sign bot! well how do i unprotect it! im new to this thing —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onewiththefunk (talk • contribs) 18:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

hello? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onewiththefunk (talk • contribs) 18:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

TAKING THIS TO HIS TALK PAGE TO AVOID DUPLICATION! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:13, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Bollywood

You may be interested to see this and the the discussion with the reverter here. An editor persists an saying that Bollywood referred to the whole industry which is inaccurate. Rather westerners ignorantly thought it referred to the whole industry chiefly because they wer enot aware of its other industries. It is not factual just a viewpoint. If you look at it from an Indian perspective it never was used to refer to the whole industry. Bollywood is Bombay cinema always been Hindi cinema, always will be not "Indian cinema" which includes all the other Tamil, Telugug, Malayalam, kannada, bengali etc industries. ♦ Dr. Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 19:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

User:AgentKB1

You warned this user about creating hoaxes, referring to the article Eggleberry. According to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eggleberry the article was previously created by AgentKB (talk · contribs), who was blocked indefinitely for creating nonsense pages, so AgentKB1 (talk · contribs) looks like an obvious sock of AgentKB. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 19:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: User:Frencher

He's most probably hoaxing, I left you a list at my talk page. --Enric Naval (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the user is creating several hoax articles and edits other articles with hoaxes. I tried to warn him regarding his edits but he keeps on saying strange things. -Danngarcia (talk) 03:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Marine Current Turbines

You've tagged this article as lacking sources and reading like an ad. Well I only had 4 references and they were all industry related. I've increased that to 7 including several independent papers. Is that enough for a short article?

But the one that puzzles me is reading like an ad. I've tried to give as straightforward account of a new technology company that is producing some really exciting developments. I've nothing to do with the company; I've pointed out some of the problems they've had; I haven't made any claims that aren't made several other places is Wikipedia. What is one supposed to do in describing a company? It may be not in your line but can you enlighten me with what you expect? Chris55 (talk) 22:54, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, Orangemike. I agree the language (in the Canada not Technology section) is similar to that used in promotions (tho not those of MTC), but the claim behind it actually comes from one of their collaborators, MTEC, not from MTC, as is referenced. That seems fair to me tho I will certainly make the language blander (I've cut out the "challenge"). (I could also quote a study from the University of Strathclyde, if I remember rightly, which makes the same point.) I think many people would accept they are the leader at this point in time, tho whether that will be true in a few years' time is anyone's guess. Chris55 (talk) 16:01, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Oleg Kolesnikov Article (speedy deletion)

Hello Mike, I noticed that the article on Oleg Kolesnikov had been deleted with an A7. I helped create the content for the original article and was surprised to find out that it was deleted. I believe the article needs to be restored because there are reasonable indications of notability. Specifically, Oleg has written a book in Computer Security called "Building Linux VPNs". The book has been translated into three languages. He's also well-known in the scientific community worldwide for the work he published with Prof.Wenke Lee on Intrusion Detection and Polymorphic Worms, including his publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, such as IEEE and ACSAC while at Berkeley Lab and Georgia Tech.

Please let me know if there are any further details you think might be required to restore the article. Cheers, Alex Omelchenko (talk) 05:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Don't take my message as offensive, but somehow it disturbs me that people can make 24000 edits to wikipedia to get nothing. I mean, you must be an editor of some magazine or something. In that case, I can understand your passion to edit. But 24000 seems quite a huge number of edits to me, considering that 1 single edit of correcting a typo takes close to 20 seconds, 24000 edits take 133.333333 hours. That is 5.55555554 days of nothing but editing typos on wikipedia. If you're creating articles or editing something huge, an edit might take 5 minutes. So you'll be spending 2.97619048 months on wikipedia. My question is not why, but rather: HOW? Thanks! Again, please don't take this as an offensive message. I mean no offence at all. Just asking for fun! Harradida (talk) 12:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

er, what? a warning?

I have a warning on my talk page that says I tried to recreate misfile's article in may2008. But I haven't even read that comic since 2007, nevermind thought about trying to get webcomics taken seriously on here. Odd. Ohemgee (talk) 20:14, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Governor_Walker_With_Audrey_E_Smith.jpg

I got permission, which I clearly stated for this pic:

Governor_Walker_With_Audrey_E_Smith.jpg

Why don't you help instead of just delete?

--Eckre (talk) 21:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Poke

Would you mind taking another look at this? I've added some more examples of malfeasance since you commented, but it's not going anywhere and I won't be around today. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 14:37, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

So I guess that's a "no", then? Thanks anyway. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 01:46, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Let's Play

Hey, I noticed that you marked my page for deletion. It was my first page and I'm still kinda new. If some things need to be referenced I would be pleased to do so but could you tell me what exactly needs to be referenced? Thank you. TheWanderer2995 (talk) 16:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your offer of help and guidance through the labyrinth of Wikipedia. I'll be in touch.--Cdestree (talk) 17:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Nirvanix

Hi Orangemike,

Thanks for taking a look at Nirvanix - I've added a references section and a bunch more references (there are 10 now) so assuming this is good enough I removed the templates you added. Feel free to put them back if you feel this was presumptuous and I'll take another look, but right now I'm trying to work out how to stop the vandalism and sock puppetry - if you can help there please do as I've never had to report something like this before. MediaMob (talk) 18:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

In particular, the suspected sock puppet's last edit was an incomplete nomination for deletion (there's no matching entry in the AfD page)... but the template says it must not be removed. MediaMob (talk) 18:32, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok they made a liar of me - the AfD nomination exists now.MediaMob (talk) 18:48, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Amanda Gore deletion

The page I created on well-known motivational speaker Amanda Gore was deleted before I could finish typing my response with the hangon. The directory for American Motivational speakers and the other pages about keynote speakers do not accurately and neutrally reflect the current keynote speakers who are out there on the circuit speaking on a regular basis. Gore was the first entry I chose to add as she is notable as both a female in a heavily male-dominated field and also as an Australian who has broken into the American market with great success. Any quick search for Amanda Gore reveals that she is one of the most highly recommended female motivational speakers by speakers bureaus who book the majority of corporate speaking engagements, and I believe she falls into the acceptable biography category as an entertainer and creative professional. Cited in Meetings West Magazine with a Best Speaker Award, http://www.amandagore.com/resources/BestSpeakerAward.pdf. Recent press release for a recent event with other industry notables, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1158394.htm. Could I please have this article restored? Christineconcon (talk) 18:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Template:Wipipedia

Why have you deleted Template:Wipipedia? That wasn't spam, it was necessary for attribution under GFDL of the articles imported from them. – iridescent 21:06, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

On further thought, I'm going to undelete it now, as a user has now taken it on themself to remove it from every article and is creating a copyright nightmare. Feel free to MfD it if you see fit. – iridescent 21:10, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Your deletion of {{Spunk}}

Excuse me, but why on earth did you speedy delete this external link template to the Spunk Library? The library is a now-inactive non-profit archive of anarchist texts. The template is no different categorically from {{myspace}}, {{anarchive}}, {{imdb}} etc. It was used to provide links from articles to reliable versions of original texts of classic resources, not the promotion of original work or copyrighted material. It is completely unacceptable to delete it as advertising, and I am quite disappointed you would delete this without consulting those who use it or reaching community consensus. I hope you reverse your action and repair the damage it has wrought. Sincerely, Skomorokh 21:24, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much for restoring it. It might save time to check what kind of website is being linked to, and who is doing the linking. In this case, I simply converted regular ex-links to the Spunk Library added by others to template form. Spam is usually added by one individual or sockmaster, and usually commercial or self-promotional. Eternal vigilance and all that, Skomorokh 12:55, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:email, I'm glad it worked out too. {{Wipipedia}} is a GDFL attribution template however, while {{Spunk}} is a vanilla ex-link template, intended to meet WP:ELYES criteria 2, 3 or 4, or WP:ELMAYBE criterion 4. I'm not sure how to convey that in the documentation, but I'll see if I can whip something up. Regards, Skomorokh 13:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

The Band LOK

Hello!

I'm just wondering why you deleted the page of the band LOK. They have made a major impact on swedish heavy metal industries and are still condsidered bigger than their off-shot, Lillasyster, by many. However, since their lyrics are in swedish they are quite unknown outside Sweden. Hence I understand why you deleted it, but there are many pages of bands who are not singing in english and are still notable enough to have a wiki, for instance Asta Kask, Dia Psalma and also Lillasyster. I'm not any type of creator of the page so I have no personal issues with the deletion.

//Joke (talk) 09:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

If you hand me the page I'll fix the page with reliable sources and then upload it again. How does that sound?

//Joke (talk) 13:12, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Oleg Kolesnikov Article (speedy deletion)

The problem here is that almost any academic is going to have published articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a book or two; that does not qualify :them as notable enough for their own article. For further discussion of our standards of notability as applied to academics, see WP:PROF

The article was for a {{computer security}} professional, not an academic WP:PROF. The example of a similar article is [1].

The WP article is based on the practical work of the author and the reviews from the community, see Slashdot review [2].

I checked and WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:OR should be in order.

It's very disappointing that you chose to delete the article without consulting with the community. I hope you reverse your action. Alex Omelchenko (talk) 15:15, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

OM, I've looked a tthe article. I'm not sure this would hold up at AfD, so I'm reluctant to take it to deletion review, but the assertion that someone has written a non-self published book book in any subject is a clear assertion of importance and in my opinion unmistakable precludes speedy deletion. Please undelete it and send it to AfD. DGG (talk) 17:47, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Dickeymcc

Dickeymcc has repeatedly recreated the article Flatlander (band) without substantial changes, despite repeated requests to make sure the band is notable (e.g., User talk:Justinfr, User talk:Bewildebeast, User talk:Dickeymcc). It was deleted per deletion discussion and recreated. You then deleted it and protected the page. I've repeatedly explained to the author what is required, but rather than make improvements they are now trying to circumvent the protection by creating the same article at Flatlander (musical group) again. Personally, I've had enough of his disruptive behaviour and would suggest some sort of administrative action. I'm messaging you because you were the most recent admin to act on this matter. justinfr (talk) 15:31, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

He's now making sarcastic remarks about 'some editors' on the article and removing my csd tags. I've added him to WP:AIV. justinfr (talk) 15:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh for the love of God

[3]. Jesus. WLU (talk) 21:04, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I may deserve a 3RR warning too, I haven't checked. Feel free to template me. WLU (talk) 21:12, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

You have an IMDB entry? That's awesome, I don't suppose you're you-tubed somewhere? I loved WBSM.

Yeah, I'm pretty much done on that talk page. C1963 has shown no evidence of having read even a single policy, so I'm not going to bother engaging and plan on reverting on site (unless he actually improves the page for a change). One thing I would really love, but never got from anyone I asked, is a suggestion on how to deal with this. I've run into similar editors before, and I'm just coming up dry on what to do. Help? WLU (talk) 23:18, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Bleiner

Dear Orangemike,

I have written an article regarding Mr. Thomas Bleiner, but you are uncorrectly accusing me of conflict of interests. I have no conflict of interests, as I am running a web publishing company that is related to automotive innovations. I have assisted to many innovations phases of hi-end technologies related to the increase of safety for automotive cars: due to my collaboration with cars industry I have been informed that the laser of Mr. Bleiner will be used in important OEM production. I have signed an NDA with the cars industries, but I have a letter from Mr. Bleiner that allows me to publish contents regarding his patents and his developments as I was collaborating with the patent office Maroscia Associati Italy. www.maroscia.it

Please reconsider the content of my article, and if you need further documentation please let me know.

Thank you Kind Regards Francesca Bonatta —Preceding unsigned comment added by Francescabonatta (talk • contribs) 21:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Garethrichards123

Hello, you might also want to delete the relevant talk page, if only to relieve the database. Regards, De728631 (talk) 13:28, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right. Good point. De728631 (talk) 13:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Independent Women's Forum

I think your edit introduced a POV problem, as I've detailed on the talk page: [4]. I think readers are smart enough to draw their own conclusions on this. DickClarkMises (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Invitation

Hello Orangemike! Thank you for your contributions to articles related to feminism. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject Feminism, a WikiProject aimed at improving the quality of articles dealing with feminism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the WikiProject Feminism page for more information. Feel free to sign your name under "Members". Thanks!

--Grrrlriot (♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ †) 17:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Restore please

Can you restore Tomás O’Flatharta as this page would no qualify for speedy as he is a plays at the highest level of his chosen sport Gaelic football Gnevin (talk) 21:36, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry still a manager at the highest level and is in the press as of 3 days ago [5] as assertion of notability has been made and so A7 doesn't apply Gnevin (talk) 21:41, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

St. Francis Hospital, WV

Why did you delete this? I wasnt even finished with it and i got the message about speedy deletion. Can you please reverse it? I was going to talk about how it is a historic area in Charleston and its great doctors and the fields it leads in. I assure you it is not an advertisement. Please reverse it so i do not have to re-do the whole page. =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enrichyourmind (talk • contribs) 01:09, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of James C. Fields

I nominated James C. Fields for deletion and then noticed you'd recreated it and saw your note about "legislators".

I've no idea what an "Alabama legislator" is and why they'd be notable, but I trust your judgement that it's correct. The existing links in the article don't help. Can you enhance it? --Dweller (talk) 10:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, no worries, TRM wove his magic. --Dweller (talk) 10:33, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for deleting Taylor Mccullough. I was 99% sure it was a hoax, but wanted someone else to look to be certain. Otherwise, I would have gone ahead and deleted it myself. Aleta ^Sing 17:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Modelogues Page

Hey, I wrote a page for a play I'm a fan of. The writer had tried to put it up but it was called advertising and not neutral. So I rewrote it and it got deleted again. I thought I would give it one more chance to see if you would okay it. I think it's very neutral and I have cited all the sources. It's on my user page:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DaveRobert/Modelogues
• user:DaveRobert/Modelogues
• Will you re-consider? Thanks.

DaveRobert (talk) 17:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Teresa Sue Bratton

Would the frequency of citation of Dr. Bratton as an allergy expert in Google News help the case for her notability and the worthiness of a Wikipedia entry on her? Rootsdj (talk) 18:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)