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Hello..I am a bit confused on your recent declination of my submission.
First, you commented that wikipedia is not a reliable source for referencing; I find this fact interesting in that you are not allowing me to author a wiki article until I can PROVE my sources are reliable...is this not the same procedure for all other wiki pages? If this is the case then all wiki pages should have already been confirmed reliable, per your declaration, and I should be able to reference them.
Second, this athlete has competed in 10 Canadian National Events. I checked other curlers of the same stature and they have published wiki pages...this individual is notable and worth inclusion. Other than the references I have provided, I have no idea how to "prove" that she played in these events or attended charities etc...I have referenced the exact websites of many of these things. Do I have to get a letter from the 2010 Tournament of hearts organizers telling you she played in this national event? I would gladly welcome suggestions...looking at other comments to you..seems you are difficult with the references. As you can see by the sites I references, clearly I didn't make this stuff up.
I worked hard on this page, I believe I have used references that show this person is notable per your guidelines, other pages of persons of the same notability have been published. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Storm2334 (talk • contribs) 12:44, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
A curler is presumed notable if he or she
Has participated in a World Curling Tour sanctioned event. - CHECK Has participated in a World Curling Federation sanctioned event. Has participated in the Brier, the Tournament of Hearts or received a podium finish for another country's national championship, provided that the country has qualified a team into either the preceding or succeeding Olympics. - CHECK Has participated in an Olympic qualifying event for any country. Has participated in the Canadian Mixed, Junior or Senior championship. CHECK & CHECK Has participated in a provincial or territorial playdown leading to the Brier or Tournament of Hearts. - CHECK Has participated in a TSN Skins Game or Canada Cup of Curling game. Has received a podium finish at a Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship or the Canadian Masters Curling Championships. Has participated at the Paralympics. Is a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame or the WCF Hall of Fame.
I provided a direct reference to the World Curling Tour website showing this athlete participates on a team in the World Curling Tour. Under Team Mouzar, you will find the subject of my article, Stephanie LeDrew, third (http://www.worldcurl.com/teamslist.php?eventtypeid=51). Based on Wiki's criteria to be notable for curling, this subject meets 5 of these (See the CHECK's above). She plays on the world curling tour. I referenced documents to all of these and for the junior championships the actual game sheets with stats and everything.
So I don't understand where I fell short here.
Hi, Bonkers. I'm a bit worried about the terseness (and occasionally inappropriateness) of the boilerplate messages you leave dismissing people's AfC submissions. What worries me is that newbies may end up more discouraged than they need be. An example is your verdict on Nora Fry Lavrin. I understand that to read a submission carefully, and help a newbie with it, takes time and effort - and you may feel the pressure of a backlog of submissions - but it would be great if you could try to imagine how people might feel having their submissions rejected with little more than a whole bunch of new jargon. Dsp13 (talk) 17:33, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I have gone through the article and made the changes and fixes you were looking at and need you to go through and verify them. Please read through it carefully as there have been some major additions and some large changes. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 20:36, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Usingr Wikipedia:File mover, was easily done Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 17:35, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
And terima kasih too for showing how its done. Cheers, Bonkers The Clown (Nonsensical Babble) 12:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello. We're meeting again. First of all I wanna say to you, that I understand the WP policies and guidelines and know how to review. After my failing at your re-review I learnt them and now I'm ready to review articles at AFC. Can I start from there where I was stopped? I mean can I join to the January Backlog elimination drive? Please answer me.--Pratyya (Hello!) 12:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I've proposed a change of image for the above nomination Could you have a look and see if you're happy with it? Richerman (talk) 13:32, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
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Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bonkers, I was wondering if you had any suggestions to help me better the North Korea's cult of personality article? I'd really like to get it to a B rating at least but I'm not entirely sure what it's lacking. Coinmanj (talk) 06:23, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bonkers. I've moved your Peter Chao article into mainspace for you - for future reference, the correct CSD criterion for such moves is G6, using the template {{db-move|1=PAGE TO BE MOVED HERE|2=REASON FOR MOVE}}
. Nice bit of work, well done. Yunshui 雲水 09:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Peter Chao at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yunshui 雲水 10:52, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
I recently resubmitted an article for your consideration, Report on a National Bank: I'd like to withdraw it.
I've discovered sources that describe this Report as "The Second Report on the Public Credit",
In the Report, Hamilton proposed a national nank. This article alreay exists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Report_on_Public_Credit
The Report is also termed "The Report on a National Bank" in some of my sources, but the existing article has the correct title, with this caveat: The word "the" needs to be inserted to be perfectly correct. The Second Report on the Public Credit.
Garraty, John A. and Carnes, Mark C. 1999. American National Biography. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-512788-9 p. 908 36hourblock (talk) 20:27, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello Bonkers the Clown. Why are you accusing my edit of not being in good faith? I believe all the genealogical information I added is accurate and I provided 36 references to document the lineage. I also believe that establishing whether or not the Pawn Star Harrisons are related to both Harrison presidents is a relevant topic due to the discussion of this on their TV show.
You are the editor that first entered the fact that they mentioned the possibility of this presidential family relationship when you created the page on 2 June 2012. If you had not included that information, I would not have searched for the public documents to determine if such a relationship exists. If you believe the genealogical information is not accurate, please give your reasons. Because you said you are currently on wikibreak due to school, I will revert my edit back if you can not promptly provide any reasonable refutation. It took me a lot of work to include the 36 references.
What I added was no different in principle than what Smjwalsh added in August 2012. In August 2012 Smjwalsh added a reference to the obituary of Ruth Harrison (1910-1993) to establish that she was the mother of Richard "The Old Man" Harrison. I added a reference to the obituary of Richard Harrison Sr. (1908-2000) which establishes that "The Old Man" is both the son of "Richard Harrison Sr (1908-2000) and the grandson of William Calvin Harrison (1973-1935) and Josephine Samantha Frank (1879-1958).
If you do not have a problem with what Smjwalsh added, then you should not have a problem with what I added. It's the same principle; you just need to go through the references.
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An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofJami Floyd. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:31, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello Bonkers. I am in receipt of your rejection of my article on Milwaukee Radio Personality Bob Reitman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bob_Reitman
According to the message, it was rejected because the article "is not adequately supported by reliable sources." Before I invest time looking for additional sources, please explain why you do not consider the sources cited to be "reliable sources". They are: 1) the major city newspaper The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and 2) Milwaukee's Daily online Magazine, onMilwaukee.com .
Thank you, DSiegfried (talk) 12:29, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I understand what you're saying, inline citations allow the reader to associate a given bit of material in an article with the specific source(s) that support the material. In this case, much of the information contained in the article is shared between both of the two references that I cited. Inline footnotes are also usually required for referencing specific facts for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, but since both articles confirm much of the same facts, I can't see where any of the specific facts would be likely to be challenged.
I will do what you suggested but I can't do a lot to differentiate which source references which facts, since both articles are retrospectives of Reitman's career and therefore share much of the same content. DSiegfried (talk) 13:34, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I have set the in-line footnotes, added 4 more references and one external link. I think this should satisfy. I am re-submitting. Thanks for your suggestions.DSiegfried (talk) 14:11, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bonkers, thank you for reviewing my submission. However, I am confused by the generic notation that my entry "should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed". How independent can I get -- these are a range published newspaper and journal articles? All of the information in the entry is factual. It is frustrating to receive what feels like arbitrary notices, without more specific guidance. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliverbailey31 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bonkers, I haven't heard anything back regarding my submission. Please let me know what I should do, as none of the sources I've used for my article were created by me. they are independent published sources. Thank you!Oliverbailey31 (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey I am from 3RD HOME. I want to make this 3RD HOME article up to wikipedia standards. What can I do to make it better? What do I need to do? Please let me know your feedback. Thank you- Monika
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Hi Bonkers I emailed you about my subject's notability. Pianist Edmund Battersby is included in the encyclopedia, THE ART OF THE PIANO; its performers, literature and recordings.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DubalAmadeus Press 2004, UK pp35-503 and is a contributing author in REMEMBERING HOROWITZ,125 pianists recall a legend. edited Dubal, David.
can you help me to fix my article.
Thanks!
Mildred Jirak MildredJirak (talk) 19:37, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello Bonkers,
firstly I want to mention that I'm a newbie here and I apologize for any mistakes due to my lack of knowledge in contributing for Wikipedia.
You declined the submission of German cameraman and film director Henrik Peschel because it is not adequately supported by reliable sources.
I have only entered a brief career overview. His 3 mentioned nominations and awards are documented by sources. SPIEGEL is the most important news magazine in Germany, according to Wiki "one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, similar in style and layout to American news magazines such as Time or Newsweek". Grimme-Preis is according to Wiki "one of the most prestigious awards for German television", Hamburger Abendblatt is the largest Newspaper in Hamburg with a daily circulation of more than 280.000 copies according to Wiki and lastly there is the website of Unerhört music Filmfestival. Henrik Peschels work in film is also supported by data in IMDB.
Could you please give me a hint what other sources you need as proof of the notability of Henrik Peschel.
Thank you.
By the way, his new film Si-o-se Pol is currently in postproduction with a premiere expected in the second quarter this year so there are no reliable news sources yet.
Timothyweber (talk) 11:10, 2 February 2013 (UTC) Timothy Weber
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothyweber (talk • contribs) 11:08, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Jami Floyd at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:56, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Reviewing the havoc I've created? I get the darnedest WikiLove. Thanks for cleaning my page. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 09:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
The reason why we don't want the plot of A Good Day to Die Hard to be revealed is because it will spoiled the movie when it will be released in America and Canada at February 14th. BattleshipMan (talk) 17:00, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. Please stop misapplying the phrase "POV" to issues to which it does not apply. Facts are not "viewpoints". The Lead sections of biographical articles generally give the reason for which the subject is best known, which can be discerned by virtue of which things the subject first became known for, or by virtue of what aspects of their lives have generated the most media exposure. That George Clooney is best known for his work on ER and his post-ER feature films, as opposed to being in Return of the Killer Tomatoes, isn't "POV". It's an undisputed fact supported by the ratings/box office performance of the former. Similarly, Dan Brown is indeed best known for The Da Vinci Code. That book garnered a great deal of popularity, and generated a global controversy. That's not a "viewpoint", it's a documented fact, one which needs a citation as much as "Christmas falls on December 25" or "France is a country in Europe" need citations (hint: they don't. See this discussion for more on that). To argue that the statement in question is a "viewpoint" implies that it has equal validity with the claim that he is best known for Deception Point, Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, The Lost Symbol, or the two humor books he wrote with his wife. Are you really so pedantic as to suggest that?? Nightscream (talk) 06:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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One of my first acting gigs ever was acting in several scenes in a little film noir piece back in 1999. But the film then-in-progress was not finally completed and released until 2002. Since it was such a strange process, and out of curiosity.. one of those "whatever happened to" moments... I did a little research and was quite surprised. Turns out the indie film The Decay of Fiction had multiple festival releases over many years and lots of repeated coverage in multiple reliable sources. Heck... I even found an entire chapter of a book has been dedicated to an analysis of the film. Meeting WP:NF is a lock... but as I was in the film and wish no calls of COI, I will refrain from completing the article... but I can step back and let another bring the article to fruition. There's plenty there with which to work. If you'd like, please move the draft into your userspace. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:26, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for bringing one of the works of Pat O'Neill to the readership. From our various researches, I think his 1989 film Water and Power should be next. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC) |
Scratch the weird "International" and we have results. :) [1] [2] Found it! Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Prepare a nice DYK. :) Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 09:00, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. Thank you for your work at the Teahouse. Recently you answered User talk:Knhswiki on a topic named: How do you boost an article up the google search results?. The answer was technically correct, but you failed to warn the user (specifically at the user's talk [page) that s/he was in clear violation of the username rules and based on the subject of the post at the TH, it was clear that the intent was not to improve the encyclopedia. The user has been spamublocked. We would appreciate you issue a warning to them and/or report them to UAA. thanks for your help. -- Alexf(talk) 14:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Dharmaraja Ratha at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rosiestep (talk) 04:06, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Never do this again otherwise you'll have the piranha to deal with.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Now look what you've started! Yunshui 雲水 11:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
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Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:
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You have access to this?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:53, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Feel free to reword Julius Althaus, add your name to the DYK and clarify that it isn't purely copied PD material, Cheers.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:16, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
You and others previously declined the AfC submission Michael A. Potter.
I am asking all past reviewers to join the discussion about this article's current version. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 02:39, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Cool. I created most of the stubs on the Bahamas islands 5 or 6 years ago, not sure what has been expanded though.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:17, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
If you want you could start blue linking a few red links in Wildlife of Libya.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:10, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Have further expanded the article - should meet minimum word count now....(approx 4,400) Dan arndt (talk) 02:24, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey Bonkers. Thank you for notifying me about the Template:Did you know nominations/James S.C. Chao nom. You seem to have overlooked crediting Dr. Blofeld so please add him. Unclear why your name is listed first (which would make it appear that you're the article creator or the first to start the expansion). Also, the article doesn't appear to have 1500 ch yet; can you expand it? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:53, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
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As you worked on the Chao biography, I thought James Carroll (captain) might interest you. The article is mostly based on one source, which is PD, so in order to be eligible for nom, it would need more sources, and the PD material would need to move away from the current close paraphrase. If you do work on it, just let me know when you're done with your edits re: noming. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:23, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'd search for "James Carroll" + Alaska. Here are some good sources: [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:05, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Nomed it. Can you do the qpq review? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey there, I wonder if you wouldn't consider striking one of your questions at Tokyogirl79's RfA. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 03:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Carabinieri nominated the above article of yours for DYK, but missed the fact that it was only a bit over 1000 prose characters, while the DYK minimum is 1500, so it's well short of what's required.
Are you interested in expanding the article to over 1500 prose characters, or should we close the nomination? Please let us know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:12, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
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