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Dear Reviewer, "Baran Nikrah" is a famous narrator and influencer in Iran. As a star and celebrity, she invited to many radio and TV programs, One of the most recent ones is: https://www.telewebion.com/episode/2257578

http://www.pririb.ir/portal/newsview/32128/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7

One of the works that she is part of that in Iranian national TV is "Shab Gard" which shows every night right now. Please have a look at the following link, at the begging of each episode she has a section: https://www.telewebion.com/program/66968

Her page in Instagram is one of the most active pages in Iran with around one million followers (over 900k and it is quickly growing): https://im.nitroapp.ir/report/baran_nikrah/instagram https://socialblade.com/instagram/user/baran_nikrah

This Wikipedia page would help to minimize fake news about her. So it would be nice of you if you change your mind and take back your "Delete" tag.

Thank you for your time and consideration, Best regards Saeed https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=l6eNITkAAAAJ&hl=en

Phoebe Whittemore Carter

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Terry Rakolta

Thanks for adding info to this article, but the claims about her religious background need to be sourced in a reliable published source. I did a quick search myself and couldn't find a citation, so I have removed it until we have one. Thanks! Jokestress 17:29, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Bruce C. Hafen

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Suffolk County, New York

Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that I reverted an edit you recently did to the above page. Quoted numbers like that and the opinion in the last sentence need to be backed up by citable resources (see WP:CITE for more information. If you have any questions, please reply here - i will keep an eye on this page in case you do. Thanks. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 18:17, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the citation! :-) -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 18:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Joseph L Holbrook

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Sriwijaya

Your last edit is unencyclopediac in tone and unsourced - you might need to read WP:MOS or WP:Not a little more carefully about putting POV text like that in without corroborating evidence to your assertion and tone SatuSuro 02:38, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

The actual information might be 'in fact' correct - but I suspect that it could be more neutral in tone - however I am not reverting it - just alerting you to the perspective of another editor - we are trying to make a NPOV online encyclopedia - and even if in essence the issue is correct - I have never found evidence in traditional historians writings about the canals of Kota Gede next to Yogyakarta for instance - yet an Indonesian archaeology student fifteen to ten years ago found that it had them from careful examination of air and satellite photos. so it goes - scuse the interruption to your flow of editing SatuSuro 02:43, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

request

Richmond, California id like to make a request for comment in the 80 image section please. Cholga saYS THANKS!^{Cholga is a SUPERSTAR}¡Talk2Cholga!_{Sexy Contribs} 01:04, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguity:Marcus Junius Brutus

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Notability of J. Wyley Sessions

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AfD nomination of Bryant S. Hinckley

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AfD nomination of Asia Area (LDS Church)

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Little context in Israel (religious notion)

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Family History Centers (Latter-day Saint)

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NAHID 15:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I think they might be notable--but I also think you should start over--the present page has too many mistakes, including in the title. First, read the page: Family History Library -- at the moment Family History Center is a link to that. the reason given was "(moved Family History Center to Family History Library: Main facility is the "Library", branches are "Centers".)" If you want to talk about the centers specifically, consider adding a paragraph to that page. DGG (talk) 21:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

July 2007

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Notability of Mal (Drevlyan leader)

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Redirect

To create a redirect, use the following code:

#REDIRECT [[Target article]]

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFearow (talk • contribs) 22:39, 27 July 2007

• I'm coming across incorrectly formed redirects. Please use #REDIRECT [[Target article]] --NeilN 23:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Captain William Mcintosh

As a major player in trying to sway the Muscogee decision on which side to join in the American Revolution, William McIntosh is an important political figure.Johnpacklambert 19:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

There needs to be sources to assert his notability. Feel free to recreate the article but if its just one or two sentences, it will be delete. There needs to be something more substantial.Sasquatch t|c 20:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Franklin West

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Redirect of Bishop of Roda

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Unsourced information

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French nobles

HI and welcome to wikipedia. Please remember to cite your souces otherwise your work may be deleted.Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 18:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Should we delete this list

Some people are selective they would like to see only lists of their own domination, what do u think does this list warrant deletion or should we let it stay?[1]--יודל 13:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 12:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries and sources

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, you continue to add material that is uncited, despite multiple requests from other editors (shown above) for you to provide sources for the information you add. Also, despite having been reminded, you still do not use an edit summary for the vast majority of your edits. I went over your most recent 500 edits, and you only used an edit summary 13 times. That's approximately 2.6% of the time. That's plainly unacceptable, according to Wikipedia community standards. Perhaps it would help if you activate the preference "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary", on the editing tab of your preference page. This will remind you when you submit an edit without providing a summary. Please cite your sources and use edit summaries, and you'll find that your contributions are removed much less often. --Darkwind (talk) 21:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I have been trying to provide edit summaries. I hope they are good enough.Johnpacklambert 15:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention to summaries and reference citations. I know it's more work, but it helps maintain quality. I particularly appreciate the identification of the source of the demographic data that you have been adding to US geographic articles.

However, now that I know you are quoting the Census Bureau's "American Community Survey" for 2005, I hasten to point out that these are estimates based on surveys of tiny samples. After poking around on http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/sse/index.htm , I determined that the 2005 survey was based on 1,924,527 interviews nationwide, which I calculate is less than 2% of US households. (They contacted a total of 2,922,656 addresses.) Numbers from this source should be identified as Census "estimates", not as facts.--orlady 17:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Kym L. Worthy

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John Fowler, 2nd Baronet

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AfD nomination of Missouri Independence Mission

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Thanks

Thanks for creating Poarch Band of Creek Indians. There was an article on the reservation, but none on the tribe itself until you started one. I'll add it to WikiProject Alabama and perhaps some other projects. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 16:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

No one has ever thanked me for creating an article before. Most of the time people try to kill the articles I create. It made my day.Johnpacklambert 17:00, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I also appreciate your factual contribution to Poarch Creek Indian Reservation earlier this month. Nice to see someone using a source that is not on the Web! -- Rob C. alias Alarob 17:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Mischa Markow

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Augustus F. Allen

Please see a discussion at a page you created, Talk:Augustus F. Allen, regarding categorization.—Markles 13:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Orson Pratt Huish

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! Good work on the article so far; I've been helping out with referencing in wikiformat and manual of style. Also, I listed the article at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Latter_Day_Saint_movement here. Feel free to join in that group if you're interested in this subject. Cheers, and happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Please note how I am adding readable text to your external links. Also, Huish's death is covered in the intro, so there's no need to remention it. This keeps the article freeof redunancy and inproves its quality. Happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Readable text is added as follows:

[http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearchresults/1,15792,4017-1-236,00.html Roster of Job Pingree Company] (note the space between the full link text and the text used to click on it)

Producing : Roster of Job Pingree Company

Hope this helps! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 19:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

• I can see you've been editing for some time, since September 23, 2006. I hope my advice has been helpful and not annoying... - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 19:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Qasim Barid I

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Hi, sorry about that notice. I was messing around with WP:TW and somehow i guess the page got marked for speedy deletion. Sorry, i have removed the tag. Tiptoety (talk) 22:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Svetlana Leontief Alpers

A tag has been placed on Svetlana Leontief Alpers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Blanchardb-^{MeMyEarsMyMouth}-timed 02:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Commercial link in Gaylord, Michigan

I note that 24.180.198.126 continues repeatedly to put in a link to a website that starts with the heading

"REAL ESTATE IS MY BUSINESS"

There is nothing else on that website. It is a commercial link, pure and simple. It does NOT belong in Wikipedia.

Moreover, he/she removes links to the Chamber of Commerce, which actually has lots of community information links, and to the airport. This is very strange.

Apparently this contributory wants to be the ONLY 'official Wikipedia endorsed real estate agent in Gaylord, Michigan.

It is wrong.

I don't know what to do, but would be happy to entertain any suggestions or assistance.

7&6=thirteen (talk) 18:16, 25 December 2007 (UTC)Stan

If it gets too bad you might have to put a lock on the article. I have no clue how to do that, but I have seen many articles where it has been done.Johnpacklambert (talk) 17:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Daughter of Jared

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Daughter of Jared, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 07:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Glade Knight

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Guerao de Cabrera

Hi, Guerao de Cabrera redirects to itself right now. I am guessing this is not by design? :) Just letting you know. --Ubardak (talk) 05:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Since you have not responded in about 20 minutes I will go ahead and nominate for CSD. Please feel free to add a hangon tag. --Ubardak (talk) 06:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Merge Proposal

As you are a recent editor of the articles in question, please see my merge proposal of Hugh Nibley and Egyptian names in the Book of Mormon - thanks. --Descartes1979 (talk) 04:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

After discussion and a second look, I am changing my proposal to merge with Linguistics and the Book of Mormon#Egyptian names. That is a much more natural fit for the content of Egyptian Names in the Book of Mormon. See the new discussion here. --Descartes1979 (talk) 21:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Bernard P. Brockbank

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Speedy deletion of John of Tella

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The speedy delete tag has been removed. Thanks ~ LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 02:53, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Amy Freeze

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European Mormon Studies Association

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article European Mormon Studies Association, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of European Mormon Studies Association. 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Cindy Ady's year of birth

Hi John - thanks for adding this. Do you have a source on it? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 18:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I extrapolated it from the year she graduated collegeJohnpacklambert (talk) 22:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

De Jong Concert Hall

Hi there. I came across your De Jong Concert Hall article yesterday (and I see that you created it yesterday as well). I'm worried it might not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, but before I go acting like a deletionist I figured I'd consult with you first. I couldn't find any sources about the hall from a preliminary Google search. If you have any third-party reliable sources, I can help you add them, source the article, and establish notability. Otherwise I'm going to wait a bit and then nominate for deletion. Thanks. -FrankTobia (talk) 13:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I have added some references. I am thinking though it might be better to create a unified article on the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center and move the article on the De jong concet hall there. There are enough outside references to the Madsen Recital Hall, including a Portland, Oregon based chamber ensamble playing there that it seems that it would make sense to do multiple listings.Johnpacklambert (talk) 15:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Very nice. I'm always humbled when I think a subject isn't notable at first glance, and then someone familiar with the subject adds a whole slew of references. I agree that it should probably be unified under Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, but I'll let you lead the charge. I've updated De Jong Concert Hall a bit, formatting the references using citation templates and fixing some typos. I'll probably continue to be a WikiGnome around this and related pages. Thanks again. -FrankTobia (talk) 16:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Los Angeles County Demographics

I was looking at the Los Angeles County article and noticed that on December 22, 2007 you added a footnote about Arabs and Iranians being counted as White by the Census Bureau. I followed the link to the Census Bureau page you are using as the basis for this claim and I could not find anything on that page about Arabs and Iranians being included in the White population count.

Could you point me to the section of the Census Bureau website that clarifies this information?

Thanks!

Epolk (talk) 17:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Çaka Bey and Chaka of Smyrna

Johnpacklambert, this is a friendly notice to inform you of an ongoing discussion about merging the articles Çaka Bey and Chaka of Smyrna, and the most appropriate name for the merged article. Since you created the latter article, I thought that you might want to contribute to the discussion. Regards, Aramgar (talk) 15:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thought you might be interested

Hello, I noticed you've made edits to Brigham Young University articles and thought you might want to become a member of the BYU WikiProject. We've recently revamped the project page and started a drive to improve BYU-related articles. We have a lot of articles under our project and would like assistance getting them to featured article status. Hope you'll join us. Go BYU!

--Eustress (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Estonian Latter Day Saints

Please see Talk:Jaanus Silla before adding this category to this article again. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Chico Mapenda

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I just went and declined the speedy, since the article does assert importance. Happy editing. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 22:09, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Emmanuel A. Kissi

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AfD nomination of Emmanuel A. Kissi

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AfD nomination of Emmanuel A. Kissi

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AfD nomination of Emmanuel A. Kissi

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Aaronios

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Please stop

Please stop adding birth date categories for individuals whose years of birth are unknown. Thank you. Badagnani (talk) 04:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

My estimates are based on either time of graduation from high school or college. Although these estimates are at times slightly off, I feel it is much better to put people in Year of birth categories than have them cluttering up the Year of birth missing category, which is a true behemoth.Johnpacklambert (talk) 04:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. Estimating birth dates should be placed in the lead (such as "born c. 1960" after the person's name), not in the categories. Doing what you are doing (creating birth year categories by estimating) is highly improper, and I am asking you kindly to stop. Further, please go back and undo all categories you have added by such estimates. Badagnani (talk) 04:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. Estimating by the age an individual was in a certain year, as found in the text of their article, is inaccurate in predicting their uknown birth year, because people are generally not the same age for all 365 days of a given year. Please go back and remove the improperly added categories from all articles for which you have improperly added a year of birth, by such improper methods. Thank you for this. Badagnani (talk) 05:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

The method gets us to one of two years in which the person may have been born. It is 50% accurate, and although not the best way, is way better than just leaving them totally unestimated. If more accurate information comes to light, they can always be reassigned.Johnpacklambert (talk) 05:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It is highly improper and unencyclopedic to add birth year categories for discrete birth years in cases where those birth years are unknown. This is something that undermines Wikipedia's credibility, something we must never allow to happen. Please stop. This is why we have categories such as Category:1950s births or Category:19th century births. Badagnani (talk) 05:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I ask you again, kindly, to go back through all of your contributions and remove any unsourced, estimated year of birth category you added in such a manner. Badagnani (talk) 05:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC) If you read through any death year category you will see that approximations of death year are aloowed. Why are birth years not also allowed to be aproximated in the way death years are.Johnpacklambert (talk) 05:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:ANI notice

There is a discussion about your editing at WP:ANI#User_adding_thousands_of_improper_year_of_birth_cats. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 05:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Reputation

The reputation of any encyclopedia depends on two things. These are accuracy and completeness. In that order.

If you as an encyclopedia editor must choose between inaccuracy (information that may be incorrect) and incompleteness (missing information), choose the latter.

In other words, if someone asks "is it A or B or C", and you do not know the answer, it is better to say "I do not know", which is honest, than it is to say "it is B", which you do not know whether it is true or false.

Wanderer57 (talk) 06:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Any estimate you make is original research. Without a cited birth date from a reliable source (or an estimate published by a reliable source and characterized as such), readers can make their own estimates based on the context of an article if need be. Far too many mistakes will be thrown into the encyclopedia and repeated around the world if you carry on with this method. Gwen Gale (talk) 15:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Speedy deletion of Richard Eyre (author)

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Alexander George

Hi! Where did you get the year of birth? Best, --Con^structor 15:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I estimated it based on when he graduated from college. I have changed it to a decade estimate.

Ok! Here you can read on. ;) --Con^structor 19:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Johnpacklambert I have rm'd the cat because, although you put it there in good faith and it is likely true enough, it is not sourced and could be mistaken. There is no emergency about getting these birth dates into articles and meanwhile, readers can infer a range of years for themselves if they care to do so. Gwen Gale (talk) 20:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAAFan 16:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Stan Neeleman

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Proposed deletion of Highland Park Community College

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Speedy deletion of Guillermo Franco (Godoy Cruz)

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Re: Articles on the LDS Church by State

I am not sure if this is where to put this. I want to say I really like these articles. I have thought of doing one for Michigan, but I am not sure I know enough yet. I can not get myself to figure out how to focus it. I am tempted to put a whole list of Mormons who have lived in Michigan, but I am unsure what type of limit I should put on time in Michigan. I also want to make sure to keep Strang out of the article completely, or at least mention him as little as possible.

I'm not a Wikipedia expert, but if doing one for Michagan, I would suggest creating a page for Michagan. To keep in uniform of the other pages: I would name the page The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan (You can use this link to create the page). This would keep it in consistant with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arkansas, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisiana, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mississippi, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oklahoma, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Korea, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tennessee, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga. If you'd like, you can use these for Ideas on what can be put in the article.

Make sure that this stays within wikipedia standars including Neutrality. It cannot be used as a pulpit. I would say listing all 42,514 members that lived in Michigan would be tedious. You can list some notable ones as done in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arkansas. Again, you can use any of the current articles as a template of what to write. There is mormonwiki if you want to share personal religious views. One good thing about wikipedia is that whatever you don't know, someone else can add or edit. Remember, Be bold If you know any information or articles that are not on wikipedia, share it (as long as it conforms to Wikipedia standards.

Some sources of information that you can use is Deseret News Church Almanac, LDS Church News or any other source that shows factual information.

Dmm1169 (talk) 01:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

There are several people in Wikipedia who are church members who at one point lived in Michigan. I am wondering if we should include Bruce R. McConkie who was born in Michigan.Johnpacklambert (talk) 15:52, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I would say that's fine, but it would be your call. For example, for Arkansas I used Elder Bednar as a notable member. He wasn't born in Arkansas, he does not currently reside in Arkansas, but he spent a good amount of time in Arkansas where he was stake president. And he became a significant member afterwards.

One thing about Wikipedia, is that anyone can edit the information. They can add missing information, or they can edit information that is not quite right. That's how Wikipedia got to where it is today.

I don't have a lot of knowledge about wikipedia. I'm just a user that has added and edited pages where it seems necessary. I know some of the basic rules of use, I use wikipedia help on those rules I don't know, and use my own common since on items that are not explained in either. If I'm wrong, it gets edited.

Dmm1169 (talk) 22:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Categories and disambiguation

I noticed you added categories to the article Eliot Frankel. Should the following be added as well? I have seen a disambiguation page for people with the same name and notes on other pages of people with similar names. “This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same personal name. If an article link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.” or “This article is about the musician. For the wrestler, see Johnny Smith (wrestler).” How do you do this? Should I add this to the following articles all with the same/similer names. Eliot Frankel, Elliot Frankl and Elliott Frankl--NBCnews (talk) 21:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

All three of the sections I added Frankl to were based on what the article itself said. I did not originate the assertions of birth and death dates or that he recieved an emmy.Johnpacklambert (talk) 21:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

NBCnews it appears you were the creator of the article and put the dates and such in. You have totally confused me with your question so I do not even have a clue how to began to give an answer.Johnpacklambert (talk) 21:14, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:People from Barcelona, Spain

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Speedy deletion of Taibuga

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Please do not put in a raw GoogleBooks link! If you want to cite the book, cite the book in a proper format. See WP:CITE for further details. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Creating categories

Hi; before creating a category, I find it helpful to search around a bit and make sure the category doesn't already exist under a slightly different name. I mention this because I saw you recently created Category:Newspapers in New Mexico; Category:People from Barcelona, Spain; Category:Grapes; and Category:Fruits. If you had searched around a bit beforehand you may have discovered that Category:Newspapers published in New Mexico; Category:People from Barcelona; Category:Grape varieties; and Category:Fruit already exist. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

George W. Bush Sewage Plant (talk page) response

Response posted to: Talk:George W. Bush Sewage Plant for article George W. Bush Sewage Plant. Click here for reply. Thanks! --Inetpup (talk) 22:59, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Please stop categorizing churches, you are incorrect

I noticed you categorized St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Alabama)‎ as a religious organization started in a certain year, basing your insight on the date the church was built. That is erroneous reasoning! The congregation / church, as an organization must have existed sooner, in order to fund the construction of this church. Likewise, you have gone around categorizing other churches based on dates of construction in the articles. Please stop! doncram (talk) 03:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

The St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Alabam) is the only organization I have categorized based on the year of its construction. Other churches I have categorized have been all based on their stated year of organization.Johnpacklambert (talk) 03:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

All right. Well, be careful. There are thousands of wikipedia articles now on individual churches (buildings) in the U.S. listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the field "Built/Founded:" in their infoboxes. Maybe on the other articles you are not incorrect, i mostly edit NRHP sites and if that's the first one you hit, i guess we are lucky. doncram (talk) 04:00, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, . . . Technically, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) dates its founding to Cane Ridge in 1804, not the merger of 1832, (which actually happened on December 31, 1831.)The question quickly becomes by whose standard do you pick a date and what is the founding event. Shouldn't a Neutral point of view begin with a perspective that does not evoke the response, "That is not the right date?" John Park (talk) 11:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

You are probably right. I tried to figure out what date best reflected the organization the article was about, but that gets complicated at times. If the Disciples of Christ would site 1804 as their founding date, I would say use that year in the article.Johnpacklambert (talk) 13:07, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I quote from the article:

The defining event of the Stone wing of the movement was the publication of Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery, at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in 1804. John Park (talk) 14:18, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello John- It looks like you have been very busy creating unnecessary categories and over-categorizing abbey articles with them. We do not need a category for every decade of abbey construction, and the term religious organization is not the best one to use, as many of these abbeys belong to the same "organization". It is a good idea to discuss with other editors your ideas for categories before you begin creating them en masse. Otherwise you risk making a lot of work for yourself and other editors evaluating, discussing, and deleting them. Thanks. -Eric ^talk 20:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello John. I have begun nominating some of your categories for deletion:

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_August_1#Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_the_1110s

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_August_1#Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_the_1100s -Eric ^talk 20:18, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Disambigs

Are usually only for articles in existence - creating with red links for a disambig is usually reverted or deleted (gelgel) SatuSuro 03:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Category:Places in Gujarat

You recently created Category:Places in Gujarat. I wanted to let you know that there was already a good category, Category:Geography of Gujarat which has a number of useful subcategories. I moved the article that you had put in Category:Places in Gujarat to a better category. --Eastmain (talk) 06:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

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CfD nomination of Category:Western Michigan University students

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Your request on Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach article

Hi, would you mind telling me why you put in a request on the Breidenbach article for it to be wikified? I already put in about a dozen internal links, shouldn't that be enough?--Number17 (talk) 19:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I didn't put in the wikify request. At least not knowingly.Johnpacklambert (talk) 19:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I checked again, you're right, it was the edit just before yours. Sorry to bother you needlessly!--Number17 (talk) 17:29, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Nanticoke Indian Association

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Columbia --> Colombia

I have moved Tama language (Columbia) to Tama language (Colombia), as Columbia is incorrect spelling. JoshuaD1991 (talk) 18:03, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Alberto Blanco

To my knowledge (and I have been one of the translators of Blanco), Blanco has not taught at the University of Arizona, yet you added U of A faculty to his categories. You added UT, El Paso, also, and that is correct--that is, he DID teach there but it has been quite a while Iie. he was a visiting prof--not tenured.) Perhaps you could delete the U of A info? thanks, millerowski —Preceding unsigned comment added by Millerowski (talk • contribs) 22:06, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

This is the line from which I based my characterization. "in 2000 he was invited as a resident poet at the Poetry Center of the University of Arizona". In my view working as a resident poet in a poetry center counts as being on a faculty.Johnpacklambert (talk) 22:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for butting in, but I agree with what John just said. Being in a faculty category is not usually limited to tenured faculty. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:34, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

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Again on Alberto Blanco

Dear Mr. JPL: Does that mean that at every university where Blanco has lectured as a visiting poet, there should be a line on the "categories" section naming that University? In that case, there would be close to 100. I myself am a published poet, but I wouldn't think that it would help researchers using an encyclopedia to know more than what is already in the article (were there a need for an article about a minor poet like me). Why look up the U of A and NOT find mention of Alberto Blanco? Thank you for your consideration.Millerowski (talk) 00:48, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Good work

Hi Johnpacklambert, thanks for your work on Category:Andrews University alumni and related parts to do with the Adventist WikiProject. Cheers, Colin MacLaurin (talk) 03:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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BOM Archaeology

Thanks for your edits at Archaeology and the Book of Mormon. However, I just wanted to remind you of the policies on Original Research, and Self published sources. Of the three edits you made, the only source you provided was FAIRs wiki, which according to wikipedia guidelines is not a reliable source. Also, you made an edit in the middle of a quote - which compromises the accuracy of what was actually said. Finally, some of the wording you added seemed a little like Original Research - which is a particularly rampant problem on this page. No offense intended, but I reverted or modified most of your edits. I don't think any content was lost though as most of what you had added was already in the article. Thanks for your help, and hope we can collaborate more. --Descartes1979 (talk) 05:27, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

A side note - steel production did not start after Joseph Smith's death. Archaeological evidence is clear that steel was produced as early as 1500 B.C. in various parts of the world, though never on the American continent. See Steel#History_of_steelmaking. --Descartes1979 (talk) 05:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I never said that steel production started after Joseph Smith's death. I said the Bessemer Process which is how we make steel today began after his death.Johnpacklambert (talk) 20:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The information I used was not drawn from a Wiki, it is drawn from a paper by William Hamblin that is on the FAIR cite. William Hamblin is not the owner or operator of FAIR so it is clearly not self published. Things that have been published on the internet in controllable fashion are citable. You did not understand the links I put up.Johnpacklambert (talk) 20:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Oops - I looked at the references more closely, and I apologize - I thought it was the wiki you were referencing. --Descartes1979 (talk) 22:28, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The FARMS Review

FARMS does some great work, however, "The FARMS Review" is a self-admitted polemic journal. The editor of the journal has stated specifically that the reviews of the books and articles that they perform are intended to promote faith. As a result, they ALWAYS lambast critical books and articles, and ALWAYS support sympathetic books and articles. If you have read any number of the reviews from this journal, the bias is extremely clear. As such we should be careful in citing "The FARMS Review". I have less reservations for other papers that FARMS produces. I personally try to avoid citing The FARMS Review, and can usually find the legitimate information from another source. Consider looking at Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought instead. --Descartes1979 (talk) 23:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Descartes, Dialogue" is as much an anti-Mormon source as FARMS is pro-Mormon, at least as it relates to this issue. The whole publishing of Metcalfe's, the founder of the ex-Mormon foundation, attack on those who defend the Book of Mormon is a case in point. just because it attacks the Book of Mormon does not make something even or unbiased.Johnpacklambert (talk) 03:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't think you are well acquainted with Dialogue then - they have both critical and pro LDS contributers which gives a very balanced view of a variety of issues - including this one. You are definitely going way out on a limb in saying that Dialogue is "anti-Mormon". I know of no one who thinks that but you. Remember that Dialogue was founded by a strong member of the church and BYU professor Eugene England.--Descartes1979 (talk) 04:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

You totally and completely ignored my qualifying statement. My point is Metcalfe's article on this issue fails even basic respectablility guidelines. What I am saying is that Dialogue has housed total attack articles with their only purpose being to disprove the historicity of the Book of Mormon. Yet you have the audacity to try to exclude from the discussion anyone who responds to such attacks.Johnpacklambert (talk) 12:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

You said: "you have the audacity to try to exclude from the discussion anyone who responds to such attacks." - have you even read the article from beginning to end? There is a great deal of text given to apologists to respond to every criticism. Your statement could be no further from the truth.

What exactly are your "respectability guidelines"? With respect, your diatribes are only showing your true colors as someone with a vehement pro-Mormon POV. Why not try and meet in the middle and give both critics and apologists equal weight? That is after all, the very core of WP:NPOV. Saying things like "this is a false argument" and other such blatant POV sentences will only result in more reverts by the entire Wikipedia community - not just me. --Descartes1979 (talk) 15:04, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Arguments about the historical origin of the word have no place in discussions of the accuracy of terms in a translation. This is a principal of analysis of translated documents that people seem to ignore in discussing the Book of Mormon. It is partly a result of its unique role as one of the few documents that people have to analize in its translation, and can not go to the original, but an argument that builds on the grounds that a word did not exist at the time referred to, when the word only exists in translation and is not required to exist in the original is not a valid arguement.Johnpacklambert (talk) 15:14, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Analysis of edits that I have reverted

Please see discussion at Talk:Archaeology and the Book of Mormon#Analysis of edits that I have reverted, where I have specifically talked about your edits and why I have changed, reworded, or reverted them. Lets please try to discuss it there before we do any more reverting lest we pass the threshold of WP:3RR and get the page locked or one or both of us blocked from editing.--Descartes1979 (talk) 05:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Civility

Johnpacklambert - I don't appreciate the comments you left on Rich jj's talk page - which strike me as coming close to the breaching the guidelines of WP:Civility#Engaging in incivility. If you have a beef with me, lets talk about it directly, rather than spreading messages behind each other's backs. We may come from different POVs, but we can still contribute together in a spirit of collaboration. --Descartes1979 (talk) 19:56, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

You have never shown a spirit of collaboration, only of destruction of the works done by others.Johnpacklambert (talk) 22:00, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

To follow up on my last comment, I find your deleting of my sourced statements about cimeters and putting back unsourced statements very distressful.Johnpacklambert (talk) 22:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide more detail so we can rectify the situation? What sourced statements did I delete, and what unsourced statements did I restore? I gave a detailed breakdown of why I did what I did at Talk:Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - have you gone through that list yet? I am here waiting to collaborate as soon as you are willing to stop the personal attacks and talk about it in detail. We can hash it out and come to a compromise. --Descartes1979 (talk) 23:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Andre Ramos

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BYU-Idaho category

Hey, I wanted to explain an edit I made. I noticed you added the category Category:Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni to the category Category:Brigham Young University alumni. I undid it because it makes a false assumption that someone who is an alum of BYU-Idaho/Ricks College is also an alum of BYU in Provo. That would be true if BYU-Idaho were a branch or satellite campus of BYU, but in reality, they are simply sister schools that share a common name and are part of the same system, much like the relationship between the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (believe it or not, sometimes credits don't even fully transfer between BYU and BYU-Idaho). Happy editing! --JonRidinger (talk) 02:35, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

• What you are ignoring is that BYU-Idaho is a part of the BYU system. We used to put BYU-Idaho alumni directly into the BYU alumni category. It has since been broken out. A worthwhile comparison would be the University of California. University of California alumni is a category, and alumni from the various campuses are then broken out. You may be right that BYU-Idaho alumni do not belong as a sub-category of BYU alumni. However there is some sort of relationship that ought to be relfected here.

The University of California system isn't a perfect comparison since many of its campuses are now equal in size and stature to the original at Berkeley (to the point that there is no clear "flagship") and the governance system isn't that clear either in terms of the relationship between the UC president and the chancellors of the other campuses (see University of California#Governance). In the BYU system, which I am hardly ignoring, each university has its own president; that is, the president of BYU is in equal standing to the presidents of BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, and the LDSBC under the umbrella of the Church Educational System. Also, there is no one institution called the "University of California" as each campus is a part of the whole University. There is definitely a BYU system, but since there is a school which is also called "Brigham Young University" listing alumni of BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii under it is misleading as it implies the person actually attended and graduated from that institution and also that BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii are somehow subserviant to BYU or are satellites, which they are not. Now, if there were a category of alumni of the Brigham Young University system, that would be different. There are no actual graduates today from just the "University of California;" they come from the various campuses (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.). As I look at the people listed as alumni of the University of California, reading their individual pages mentions them having gone to UCLA or UC Hastings (mentioning the specific campus), so they are incorrectly categorized simply as "University of California alumni." --JonRidinger (talk) 04:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

If your theory on this matter is correct than Category:Brigham Young University Hawaii alumni should be taken out of being a sub-category of Category:Brigham Young University alumni. However, you should remember that as of a year ago and probably much more recently that that the BYU alumni category instructed to put alumni of BYU Hawaii and BYU Idaho as well as both of those schools predecessor institutions into the BYU alumni categor.

This latter fact explains why the BYU alumni category has several alumni of both those institutions in it.Johnpacklambert (talk) 02:43, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

That may be true that a Wikipedia editor thought to do that, but since both BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii are distinct and independent institutions separate from BYU, they really shouldn't be sub categories of BYU alumni. There are many people, however, who are alumni of both schools, particularly of BYU-Idaho and BYU from the Ricks College days as students did their first 2 years or their associates at Ricks and then went on to BYU for their bachelors. The same could hold true for people who did work at BYU-Hawaii and then maybe did grad work at BYU. There is definitely a relationship between the three BYU's, but it isn't a central campus and satellite schools one; they are all related by the common name and being under CES. Perhaps a mention in the headings for each category making readers aware of the difference (for example "This is for alumni of Brigham Young University-Idaho. For alumni of Brigham Young University, see..."). I am currently doing grad work at Kent State University, which has a main campus and 7 regional satellite campuses, each of which uses a hyphentated name (like Kent State University-Stark). Students at all the campuses are considered students of Kent State University and many take some of their classes at the regional campus and have some classes at the main campus; that is not true of students at BYU-Idaho or BYU-Hawaii in relation to BYU. When I was a student at BYU-Idaho, I was not in any way considered a BYU student, nor did I have any connection with the campus in Provo. --JonRidinger (talk) 04:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, it seems another Wikipedian was aware of this and made some edits connecting the categories without making one part of another. Works for me and hope it works for you too! --JonRidinger (talk) 05:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

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Now sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A. Ricardo Sant'ana. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:21, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Eduardo A. Lamartine

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Now sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eduardo A. Lamartine. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:21, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Miguel A. Lee

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Now sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miguel A. Lee. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Religious articles

With regards to your recently made articles about members of religious sects, particularly those of the Mormon denomination of Christianity: I would ask that you please read WP:N, as the people in the articles aren't notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. I'm sure you understand! Thanks, Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 17:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Alejandro Sarabia Gonzalez

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Speedy deletion of Robert Cundick

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AfD nomination of David J. Whittaker

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CfD nomination of Category:1988 marriages

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• Please be aware that all of the other marriage categories that you have created have also been nominated for deletion. Cgingold (talk) 19:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Alexander Dushku

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AfD nomination of Von G. Keetch

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Proposed deletion of Carlos F. Rivas

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Moved to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Carlos_F._Rivas. In removing the {PROD}, it would be of assistance if you provided some reason, either in your edit summary or the talk page. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Since I'm unsure from your comments if you intend on returning to the discussion, I thought I'd reproduce my response here:

"John, I strongly encourage you to begin assuming good faith. I have never said the LDS Church is a "cult". I don't have any "anti-LDS goals". I'm a member of the Latter Day Saint WikiProject and have contributed much to the project. If you recall, I spoke up for "keeping" the Wolfgang Paul article. The problem with the Church News as a source is it is published by the organization that he's directly involved with. WP needs independent sources to establish notability. This is not diminishing the value of Church News, it's simply recognizing that it's not independent of the LDS Church. I also didn't intent to insult you in questioning what sources there are to establish his notability as a businessman. It was a sincere question—I'm not aware of any non-LDS Church sources that are available that would establish his notability in this area."

Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 20:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Kory Katseanes

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Steady work on schools is brilliant

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Steady work on schools and colleges is brilliant. Victuallers (talk) 14:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos F. Rivas

Hi there. I have just closed the discussion for this AfD as a delete. It appeared from your comments in the discussion that you are interested in continuing to work on the article, so I have taken the liberty of moving it into your userspace here. Should you not wish to have the article in your user space, please let me know and I will remove it. If you'll forgive an off-topic comment, it seems to me that if there were coverage of the subject's activities with EMI, that might provide his best path to notability. I know that articles appear about microlending groups with some regularity. Of course, they probably would be in Spanish, but there are ways of dealing with that too. Take care, Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 21:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Fistgate"

A page you created, Fistgate, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it serves only to attack some entity. Please do not continue to create attack pages, as you will be blocked from editing.

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Thank you. --RedHillian | Talk 08:38, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

"I have to say I have no sense that you have assumed I posted the article in good faith."......."You should not delete articles because you do not like the tone when editing them to alter the tone is a perfectly workable method". I'd suggest that if you want to lecture me on Good Faith you start adhering to it yourself. The article looked to contain severe BLP issues with a massive POV bias (maybe you misunderstand that G10 does not have to be totally literal about being an "attack"?). Accordingly it was deleted. Your new version seems to be far less POV and a decent and useful contribution. I assume the references stack up, as you clearly are experienced. If you approached me in a less agressive and confrontational manner you may find I'd be far more inclined to help you. Just a suggestion. Pedro :  Chat  21:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Calling something an "attack article" is fighting words. To say that something is such amounts to saying it is written in bad faith. I do not care if you think that that is not the case, that is the case to most of us. This is especially true when you start mentioning the possibility of banning someone from wikipedia because of such articles.Johnpacklambert (talk) 21:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Please note that I did not put the above template on your talk page or the article. The article was tagged by another editor and they noted that attack pages could result in a block - not a ban which is a different thing altogether. Clearly neither outcome is going to happen here. Look, I'm here to help but your agressive manner is not on. We don't have "fighting words" on Wikipedia - well we shouldn't at any rate. I'm sorry if we've got off on the wrong foot but I'd ask you reconsider your above comment in light of this. Pedro :  Chat  21:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries

It would be really helpful if you would use edit summaries. Without a summary, when you add categories, on the page history it looks like you are changing the external links section. Just the summary "+cat" would do. Thanks. Katr67 (talk) 03:49, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Michigan alumni

I am not sure why you removed Category:University of Michigan alumni from Dennis Franklin and Ted Petoskey? I have reverted these edits.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Michigan Wolverines Football Players is a sub category of University of Michigan alumni, so there is no reason for them to be in the category University of Michigan alumni when they are already in a sub category of it.Johnpacklambert (talk) 16:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Area Seventy

We had decided on the talk page not to make them separate tables so that one can sort the table on all seventy. Although right now one can only sort on name, we plan to have date of calling and birthdate also available. --Trödel 11:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Amram Musungu

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Notability of Amram Musungu

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Leonid Perlovsky

Leonid Perlovsky is not on the Harvard faculty. He's been a visiting scholar there, but that's not anything like being on the faculty. --John Nagle (talk) 17:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Visting professors count as faculty members. A visitning professor is a member of a faculty.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

He was only a visiting scholar, not a visiting professor. He's not a professor at any accredited school. Being a visiting scholar isn't that big a deal; I've been a visiting scholar at Stanford. --John Nagle (talk) 03:34, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I wrote to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard, and got this back: Visiting scholars are not members of the Harvard faculty (meaning, they do not have voting rights, any form of tenure or tenure-track stats, etc.). Instead, they are more akin to postdoctoral scholars, as they conduct research with our faculty and may be involved in some aspects of teaching. Finally, the appointments are typically short-term. . --John Nagle (talk) 16:28, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

William G. Tifft

Hello Johnpacklambert. Though Tifft has been on the faculty at the Univ. of Arizona there is no indication in his article that he was ever a student there. I suggest that he does not belong in Category:University of Arizona alumni, unless you have access to some information that is not yet in his article. EdJohnston (talk) 04:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Michael T. Benson Article

Just to let you know, I have done a little bit of editing on the article you created on Michael T. Benson. I deleted the Gallery section, as galleries are usually frowned upon in Wikipedia articles. I moved the only image that was in the Gallery section to the infobox. I also added the NPOV tag to the article, as it seemed like the article read from a biased or personal point of view. Crashedata (talk) 22:22, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I have no clue how to create a gallery section, so I did notdo that.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:22, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I did not put in the part about Benson's four children. However I think some of them are from his first marriage, to a grand daughter of Gordon B. Hinckley. I was hesitant to put information about this in the article. He is a living person, and there are certain levels of pertinance and respect we have to show in articles on living people. I believe the article links to the Deseret News piece that speaks of Benson's divorce among other issues. I in general try to err on the side of silence in the case of living people, but if you want to dig up other issues go ahead. I am sure there are people who have ill to speak of Benson as president of SUU as well.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I think you are mistaken. I did not add the NPOV tag because I think ill of him. I added it because the article reads like it is praising him. Wikipedia articles are supposed to take a neutral point of view and list all aspects that can be traced back to a reliable source, and be considered notable. I have no problem with the guy. As a matter of fact, I think he is a great person. However, again, Wikipedia policy dictates articles take a neutral point of view, and that article reads nothing like it was written from a neutral point of view. As well, I was just being nice by letting you know I edited an article you created. I never said that you added the section I removed. Regardless, it does not matter if the person is still living or not. If they are notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, everything that can be considered notable or news worthy in relation to them should appear in the article. Crashedata (talk) 07:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Terry Caster

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Ecoleetage (talk) 18:51, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

In appreciation of your work

Hello! I don't believe I made your acquaintance prior to recommending the deletion of the Terry Caster article that you put forth today. That's a lousy way to meet someone -- trying (and, in this case, succeeding) in getting rid of that person's contributions. I took a look through your edit history and I was greatly impressed with your work here. I hope that you can accept this offering as a token of my sincere appreciation for what you are doing for Wikipedia. Be well and thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 01:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		In appreciation of your efforts to improve the content and character of Wikipedia. Ecoleetage (talk) 01:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Good stuff

I've suddenly been running into your name and seeing all the new articles you've been starting (LDS-specific) and want to thank you for helping to fill in the gaps. Keep it up! Thmazing (talk) 19:19, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Rich Raddon

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Proposed deletion of Theodore Aaronios

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Notability of Scott Whitaker

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Category:Minnseota State University Moorhead faculty

I see that you created this category and later blanked the page. A faster way to delete a category you've created yourself is to place {{db-author}} on the page. This tag attracts the attention of an administrator who can perform the deletion for you. Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 21:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Category:Religious organizations established in 1480s

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Speedy deletion of Joseph F. Darowski

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Speedy deletion of Liz Lemon Swindle

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Harvard alumnus

Do post-docs make someone an alumnus? I thought, regardless of graduation, it was still acceptance and matriculation in a program. For example, I wouldn't consider someone enrolling at Harvard Extension School to become an alumnus, nor would I consider a post-doc to be one. Perhaps I'm wrong; enlighten me! Cheers! --Aepoutre (talk) 22:19, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

If you read through the alumnus criteria on some other schools they clearly state that anyone who has ever been a student there counts. At least people who got their degrees through the Harvard Extension School would be alumni. Post-doc programs are complexed, but I generally would say at least if the person spent a year in the post-doc program or did significant studies there it counts. I partially look at alumni listings as a way of tracing the transmission of information through various academic institutions, and generally that happens in post-doc programs. So far the only thing that there seems to be a clear consensus that does not count is honorary degrees (which means someone probably should go revise those alumni categorties that state honorary degrees count) since these tend to not really represent a real connection and some people have 20+, where as being a normal alumni involves spending time at a university, thus there is a finite number of universities someone can be an alumni of.Johnpacklambert (talk) 22:30, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Harold L. Sirkin

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Speedy Delete of Alex Oblad

Hi Johnpacklambert, I had to put a speedy delete on your Alex Oblad article. There is already an atricle at Alex Golden Oblad, which would make your article a duplicate. I'm sorry you took the time create the article, but it might be worth having a check through wikipedia, to see if any article has already been created. I must admit, when I started out, a whole bundle of my articles were deleted, and it really put the dampers on me. scope_creep (talk) 23:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I rearanged things to make the article redirect to the one on Alex Golden Oblad. I was able to transport the list of sources, which the article on Oblad lacked.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:44, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Edward C. Green

A tag has been placed on Edward C. Green requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Proposed deletion of Ryan T. Murphy

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Proposed deletion of Russell T. Osguthorpe

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Russell T. Osguthorpe, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Notability

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Speedy deletion of Joseph W. Sitati

A tag has been placed on Joseph W. Sitati requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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April 2009

Please stop. If you continue removing Articles for deletion notices or comments from articles and Articles for deletion pages, as you did with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_T._Osguthorpe, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. R3ap3R.inc (talk) 04:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I provided a very large amount of additional information on Osguthorpe. This is worthwhile information and should be considered.Johnpacklambert (talk) 05:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree it strengthens the article, but removing the nominate tag is a clear COI. Let an admin decide to remove the tag or to delete. R3ap3R.inc (talk) 05:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I think this is a misunderstanding. Anyone may remove a PROD. If notability is not eventually shown, then the article can be sent to AfD. The article's references need improvement, in my opinion. Worldcat shows his PhD thesis, but it is only held in the BYU library. If his books have any published reviews, the reviews could be summarized and cited. EdJohnston (talk) 05:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

True, if it is a prod, not a speedy or afd, even the author may remove the tag. I see his notability is primarily from his position in the LDS, not as an author. Try to find some references from published works or newspapers; as Ed says, the present ones are not really adequate. DGG (talk) 20:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Darren Hawkins

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As reviewing administrator, I of course removed the tag. But the articles you are creating on BYU faculty are not really adequate. You should show their notability more clearly according to WP:PROF. Give a full listing of their books, don't just refer to it. Include references to all published book reviews. If they work in fields where they publish papers, not books, list the three or four most cited. Any librarian at the university can help you get that information. List any awards they receive, and give references to them, if at all possible from outside the university. DGG (talk) 20:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

What is the best way to figure out what the most important papers by a particular figure are.Johnpacklambert (talk) 20:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Katherine Crouch

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Wikipedia style

You've been making some useful contributions. Here are a couple of tips, though: Adding a category like Henderson State University faculty is impractical. Unless you can quickly add at least one or better two more entries into the same category, the category is likely to get deleted. Also, please go back and fix the capitalization in these various headings you've been adding. Wikipedia does not capitalize every word. "Early Life" should be "Early life" in Wikipedia. Thanks. Doczilla _STOMP! 04:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Article on Warren G. Tate

Do you think now that President Tate is an Area Authority Seventy we can create an article on him?Johnpacklambert (talk) 17:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I would deem him having enough credentials to have one since he is now an Area Authority Seventy. At the same time, I don't think the article will be read much unless at least one of three things occur 1) he is linked from a more notable article, 2) he becomes well known, or 3) he becomes the middle of controversy.

After all, my mom's mission president (Richard G. Scott) has an article as well. Of course he became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.

Dmm1169 (talk) 18:05, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I wish I could share your optimism, but if you look through my user talk page you will find about ten articles on Area Authority Seventies that have been deleted, despite my efforts to disuade the deleters.Johnpacklambert (talk) 21:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Category:Brigham Young University coaches

I notice that this category you created is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:Brigham Young University coaches]] to pages that belong in it.

I tagged the category. This will not, in itself, cause the category to be deleted. It serves to document (in the page history) that the category was empty at the time of tagging and also to alert other watchers that the category is in jeopardy. You are welcome to remove the tag if you wish. However, removing the tag will not prevent deletion of the category if it remains empty.

If you created the category in error, or it is no longer needed, you can speed up the deletion process by tagging it with {{db-author}}.

I am a human being, not a bot, so you can contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 00:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Notability of C. Allen Ostergar

A tag has been placed on C. Allen Ostergar requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.  Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 21:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I am very frustrated by the speed with which some of my articles have been deleted. My especial gripe is with the deleting of the article on Richard I. Kimball. This article cited sources not connected with BYU. I do not know if there were enough, but it had potential.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:00, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I have a couple of comments, I suppose. While it's generally considered polite and productive to notify authors that their articles have been nominated for deletion, it's not strictly necessary; and it might be more appropriate to ask for such a notification from the person who proposed the deletion than from the person who subsequently deleted the article. In the case of Richard I. Kimball, which I see that you have now recreated with new information at Richard Ian Kimball, the article still does not appear to meet the criteria for inclusion. Most, if not all, professors have been published in some context; this alone is not evidence of notability (see Wikipedia:Notability (academics). The main criteria remains significant coverage of the subject of the article itself (or himself, or herself) in reliable, third-party sources. Showing that a professor's book has been reviewed in third-party journals may be one step towards showing the notability of the book, but is not, strictly speaking, enough to show that the author is notable. I'm a bit confused, because your talk page shows that you have a lot of experience with having articles nominated for deletion over quite a long period of time. I see that you have made various claims as to the notability of these articles on various talk pages, but have you ever gotten around to reading the guidelines for notability? It seems to me that you are referring to notability on the level of gut instinct, rather than referring to the criteria themselves. Dekimasuよ! 06:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

I have read the guidelines for notability of academics. I will hold that Richard Ian Kimball's book has been accepted as monumental enough to make him notable. At least at one time wikipedia included in its notability guidelines any author whose work had been reviewed in respectable journals. This may no longer be part of notability, but it once was, and if it is no longer than the problem is not that I have ignored reading notability guidelines but that they have changed.

Be that as it may, I think people will agree that Kimball has made significant contributions to the field of history.

Be that as it may, I have read the academic notability guidelines. That is why I even bothered to create an article on Marie Cornwall, because I figured the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion was one of those journals that was prestigious enough to make its author notable, which is a listed notability guideline.

Lastly, on the issue of Bill Kimball, he was State Senate Majority Leader in Arizona. The guidelines for notability of politicians clearly state that any member of a 1st rank-sub-national legislature (which would clearly be a state senate, and most people would also include the state house in such a category, but that is not relevent at this point) is notable.

I did not make that rule up. However, in the deletion of these two articles I have seen that all notability guidelines seem to get thrown out the window when people engage in deleting some articles. So what is the point of knowing notability guidelines, especially when I write articles so they clearly state things like the fact that Marie Cornwall was the editor of a specific journal because I figure this is at least enough information to make people pause long enough to open up a discussion of whether the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is notable enough to make its editor notable on such grounds.

So I hope you are beganing to understand why I am so frustrated. I tried to follow the guidelines set up by the academics notability rules, and what did I get, I got 16 or more articles I had created deleted with absolutely no warning at all.Johnpacklambert (talk) 21:07, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Notability of David G. Whiting

A tag has been placed on David G. Whiting requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Qwfp (talk) 10:54, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kenneth Norman Anderson

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Debbie Almontaser

You added the category "Columbia University faculty" to the article, but I don't see anywhere in the article where it says that she is a member of the Columbia faculty. Do you have a source for this? And then we could include it in the article as well (probably in the lead, even). -- Irn (talk) 01:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

The article says "Ms. Almontaser co-designed a curriculum for the Muslim Communities Project at Columbia University and for Educators for Social Responsibility/Metro." I interpreted being a designer of curriculum to make some one faculty. If you have more information, or have a different view on what this means, you are welcome to act accordingly.Johnpacklambert (talk) 01:04, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok. I don’t think designing a curriculum makes one a faculty member because designing the curriculum doesn’t mean she taught it. I'm gonna go ahead and remove that category. -- Irn (talk) 01:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Why did you revert that without responding or even including an edit summary? Please see Talk:Debbie Almontaser, where I have moved this conversation. -- Irn (talk) 02:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh, oops! You didn't just revert it, sorry about that. But I question the new category as well. -- Irn (talk) 02:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

If someone designed a curriculum for a University organization, they are in some way connected with that organization. The whole point of having categories like "Columbia University people" is to include people who have an ill-defined connetion to the University.Johnpacklambert (talk) 02:34, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of BYU School of Social Work

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Speedy deletion nomination of John R. Pfeifer

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Please stop adding birth dates

Please stop adding birth date categories for individuals whose years of birth are unknown. Estimating birth dates should be placed in the lead (such as "born c. 1960" after the person's name), not in the categories. Doing what you are doing (creating birth year categories by estimating) is highly improper, and I am asking you kindly to stop. Further, please go back and undo all categories you have added by such estimates. Badagnani (talk) 01:42, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

What article did I create a birth category in by estimation?Johnpacklambert (talk) 15:47, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy_Eiesland&diff=prev&oldid=297047385 --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

this also is incorrect unless you can provide a reliable source to back up the exact birth date you added. Rjwilmsi 19:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Seymour Brunson

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Articles for deletion nomination of Seymour Brunson

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invite

Hello. I noticed you've made edits to articles related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and thought you might be interested in participating in the LDS Church work group, part of the Latter Day Saint movement WikiProject . The group aims to serve as a hub for collaboration on Church-related articles. You don't have to be a member of the Church to participate, and the only requirement for active membership is that you edit at least one Church-related article per month. Best wishes! LDS-SPA1000 (talk) 04:40, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Anson D. Morse"

A page you created, Anson D. Morse, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how they are important or significant, and thus why they should be included in an encyclopedia. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and the guidelines for biographies in particular.

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Please support continued good articles

I have decided to dedicate time and effort to improving wikipedia. To do this effectively I need to devote time to this instead of money making pursuits. So, if you value good wikipedia articles please send your donations to me.

send checks to: John Pack Lambert 2380 Lindell Rd. Sterling Heights, MI 48310

Johnpacklambert (talk) 18:00, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Hilarious! I'll bet you'd receive a flood of checks if you promised to stop "contributing" to Wikipedia. If every person whose time you've wasted adding clutter here sent you a penny, you'd be rich! Eric ^talk 01:38, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Camille Fronk Olson

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Articles for deletion nomination of Alan J. Hawkins

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Speedy deletion nomination of Alvin Gittens

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Speedy deletion of "Enrique Resek"

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Jean-Louis Bergeret

I've translated and wikified Jean-Louis Bergeret, which you added as a machine translation a few months ago. I thought you may want a look.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 15:48, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Christy L. Best reply

See my talk page: User talk:Rich jj#Christy L. Best

Articles for deletion nomination of Peter LaBarbera

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AfD nomination of Sean E. Brotherson

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Tony Martin (songwriter)

Thanks for writing this article. Could you please remember to put a DEFAULTSORT tag at the bottom so it will list him under his last name in appropriate categories, and could you please make sure to add an infobox? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 18:35, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Peter LaBarbera

A tag has been placed on Peter LaBarbera, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Nice work

Nice work categorizing Historic Places by year. Categorizing them should be very useful in the future. Swampyank (talk) 16:09, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou for the support. There are so many that need to be done, some times I wonder if my work has any affect. Thankyou for the emotional support.Johnpacklambert (talk) 16:11, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

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RfD nomination of Lisa M. Lee

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AfD nomination of Brian M. Hauglid

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Proposed deletion of David A. McClellan

The article David A. McClellan has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Former assistant professor, now research professor. Low cites, COI.

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Proposed deletion of Jordan Nguma

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Daniel Greer

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Proposed deletion of Marilyn Arnold

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Articles for deletion nomination of W. John Walsh

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Articles for deletion nomination of W. John Walsh

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Consensus held that the renomination was too soon after the first one, so the discussion was closed as procedural keep. Swarm^(Talk) 06:28, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Established by year categories

If you add a category like Category:Settlements established in 1868, this should be supported in the article by text with a citation. If the information is not included in the text, the category can be removed since the article does not support that 'fact'. I suspect that you have sources for the information you are adding, but you should really add to the article to support the categories. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

What article are you suggesting I added to the category without support from the article? As far as I was aware all of my additions were supported by the article. This may boil down to a question of whether certain actions are or are not "establishing" a settlement. I could deal with your specific complaints if you were to site a specific article.John Pack Lambert 21:44, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Abdul Jalil I of Johor

A tag has been placed on Abdul Jalil I of Johor, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

I am confused about what this article is. RoboHomo (talk) 21:26, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Mmmm

Meat <3

Category sorting

A reminder that DEFAULTSORT uses a colon, not a pipe - e.g. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Orlando}}, not {{DEFAULTSORT|Ribeiro, Orlando}} —Paul A (talk) 07:26, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Evan Andriopoulos

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AfD nomination of Stephen Baskerville

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Jeffrey N. Walker

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Hi. This article came up for review today at the copyright problems board, and I believe that your rewrite has taken care of the issue. I wanted to answer your question from the article's talk page, though. Yes, I'm afraid that even if other biographies contain word for word the same material, we cannot, unless we can verify that the source it originated from is free of copyright concerns, either because it is public domain or because it is demonstrably licensed compatibly with the CC-By-SA license. The Terms of Use are explicit that only under these circumstances can we import text, although as set out at the copyright policy and non-free content guidelines we can import brief excerpts so long as these are clearly marked as quotation marks and used for defensible reason (attributing a point of view, etc.). I know it can be a real pain to rewrite relatively straightforward content, but the US copyright laws that govern Wikipedia permit a very low threshold for the creativity necessary to protect copyright, and we try to remain well within it. Many people find it helpful to incorporate multiple sources, though I can see that wouldn't do a lot of good if they're all using the same base text.

Anyway, thanks for rewriting, and please feel free to let me know at my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

BYU project request

If you can come offer your thoughts on this discussion, I would appreciate it. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Daniel E. Witte

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Daniel E. Witte

For the love of God, could you possibly use any more words to defend yourself? Your AFD !vote is one of the most tl;dr !votes I've ever seen. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 01:26, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Scot and Maurine Proctor

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Edit summaries redux

Hi John, just a reminder: please always use edit summaries when you edit. (Also, your talk page is 250kb long - it could be useful to archive some of the old discussions.) LadyofShalott 21:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey again, please use edit summaries. It is helpful to other editors to be given a quick idea of what your edit is. LadyofShalott 21:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

• I will try. It is hard to remember, but I did put one on my most recent edit.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. You can set your preferences to prompt you for an edit summary if you forget it. I've done that, and it works well to catch it if I try to save my edit without a summary. LadyofShalott 22:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I hate to nag, but...

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CfD nomination of Category:English College, Rome

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Redirect for Central YMCA College

I believe that your redirect for Central YMCA College is incorrect. The training school on the southside became part of George Williams College and later part of Aurora University. Central YMCA College was separate according to the reference [2]. I've been researching Central YMCA college a lot and from my research it was still there in 1945 when most of the staff and students left to form what is now Roosevelt University. However the accredidation did not transfer indicating that Central YMCA was in fact a separate school. Could you delete the redirect?Naraht (talk) 04:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

If you have that much info on Central YMCA college, just remove the redirect, and start and aritcle about it. I will however follow some of your advice and do that part, but I recomend you act quickly because I will make it an article that has no sources and thus will be in grave danger of deletion.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Please take a look at Central YMCA College and let me know what you think. It is still a little thin in places (I can't find the earlier presidents), but I think it has passed beyond stub level.Naraht (talk) 16:01, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank You, It isn't as good as the pages for schools that closed within the last decade, like Morris Brown College, though. Any suggestions that you have for improvements will be welcome.Naraht (talk) 18:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ariel S. Ballif Jr.

The article Ariel S. Ballif Jr. has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:Bio

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Earl M. Monson

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