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Acorn

It's always nice when these things can be resolved amicably - jimfbleak 15:37, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If articles are of equal status, eg US towns sharing the same name, a disambiguation page titled with that name would be appropriate. If one use is clearly more important than the others, eg Paris France, then that holds the name, while all the other uses of Paris go on the disambiguation page. Another example is Penguin.

It is my view that the large majority of people searchinging for acorn will be expecting the seed of the oak tree, so that should be the direct link, with other uses on the disamb page. It also avoids having to change so many links. [[User:jimfbleak|File:Jim.png]]

05:34, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I've never heard of ACORN, and if it's normally capitalised, that distinguishes it anyway. As I indicated, and I think you agree, some articles are more equal than others, so the question is whether this is the case for acorn. Why not raise the question on the talk page for acorn to canvas other people's views and try to reach a consensus? [[User:jimfbleak|File:Jim.png]]

Seems a fair summary, let's wait and see now - jim

Read my response to your post on my user talk page. Thanks! Kurt Weber 19:14, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

VfD

It is not appropriate to remove the tag from a page going through the VfD process. Leave that for the admin who counts the vote and archives the discussion after the 5 days are over. I have restored it. Also it is not necessary to comment on the articles talk page when listing it - comments do need to go on the VfD page. Rmhermen 01:22, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

If an article survives the VfD process, we don't allow it to be listed again for several months (although I don't know if that time period was ever formalized.) Certainly it could not be listed again next week. If nothing else when articles survive the process, the original lister will learn about the standards used to judge articles on VfD but often the articles can also be improved by taking into account the reasoning presented in the discussion. Rmhermen 13:12, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Copyright of ACORN article

Do you have permission to use the text you put into this article. A search on Google show at least some of it at [1] which clearly has a copyright notice on the bottom of the page. We cannot use copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright-holder (which needs to be listed on the page or the talk page). If you don't have permission this will have to be deleted. Note that copyright problems follow a different proceure from VfD. Rmhermen 13:25, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Do you mean you wrote the article at the ACORN website? If so could you add a statement to that effect on the article. I have seen some pages where the copyright bit was added to the talk page (like "I created this text which is also posted at www.xxxx.xxx and have licensed it under the GFDL for use on Wikipedia"). Rmhermen 15:42, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

re: cocaine

What did you mean by "screw up at bottom of page I can't fix it but you can"? porge 04:11, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Looks fine to me... possibly a browser issue? I'm using the latest version of FireFox and it appears normal. porge 23:37, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

An alternative perspective

LegCircus,

I am surprised to find that you have voted in favor of authorizing SysOps to ban Wikipedia contributors without right of due process.

Many of the organizations you support would have a difficult time delivering their message if the authorities could declare at any time that the strong language used by their leaders constituted a "personal attack" and should be shut down.

History shows that once dissenting voices are banned for freely expressing themselves, a coercive environment is created in which prior restraint is exercised before dissenting speech is even made.

This is why most free and fair legal systems do not authorize individual law enforcement agents to unilaterally act as censors.

Neither should Wikipedia.

The answer to offensive speech is always more speech.

If you should ever find yourself outnumbered when you are supporting an unpopular cause, and find that your passionate defense of your cause is cast as a "personal attack" by unscrupulous agents, you may wish you had voted against authorizing such an easy path to censorship.

Ben Franklin said it best, “Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.”

Respectfully, I ask that you reconsider your vote in this matter, but if your mind is made up, I respect your decision and thank you for taking part in the process.

Sincerely,

--DV 06:11, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

NAACP article title changed

LegCircus,

Just thought I would update you on the status of the NAACP article.

I researched your concerns about the title of the article and found that you were quite correct that the NAACP primarily refers to itself by its acronym.

For your convenience, here is the case I made for your suggested change, excerpted from the NAACP Talk page:

"The NAACP and other African-American organizations dropped the use of the term 'colored' many years ago, except for historical references. (See for example the NAACP mission statement: 'The primary focus of the NAACP continues to be the protection and enhancement of the civil rights of African Americans and other minorities.')"

"The use of the word 'colored' in the association's title is now an anachronism that is kept only to retain the identity of the association."

"Therefore, I respectfully request that the Admins move the contents of this article onto the 'NAACP' page, and then redirect the page, "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" to the 'NAACP' page."

After I poked around for a bit, the new SysOp PFHLai was kind enough to authorize the change, and explained to me how to make the change.

Thanks for pointing out a much needed change to this article.

Regards,

--DV 06:19, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Please vote for NAACP in "Collaboration of the Week"

LegCircus,

Since you have a history of contributing to the article NAACP, please consider voting to make this article a Collaboration of the Week.

If you will vote for this article, more resources will hopefully be brought to bear to expand and improve upon the contents of this article.

I have added bits and pieces and performed some proofreading, but by myself I can only do so much. (And my primary interest is in contributing to the Video Poker article :).

If this article is selected, many more readers will peruse this article, which could be a good thing, because if even a small percentage of those readers convert into editors, the result could be outstanding.

I thank you for your consideration.

Regards,

--DV 06:33, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Henry Kissinger protection

Well, I'll certainly monitor the discussion page, but I'm not sure that I want to be an arbiter in the sense of choosing which side is right about any given issues (I don't even know what the dispute is about yet). If people trust my input, I'll try to help the parties work out a mutually acceptable resolution. --Michael Snow 23:27, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

ACORN

At this stage, I'd recommend that you get more people to look at the article by linking to it from Wikipedia:Requests for comment. If after this, you can not come to any compromise over it, you could ask for help from a mediator at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation. Angela . 17:12, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know about the harsh editing, I intend to have a good look at the article when I have time. There seem to be a lot of contributors on Wikipedia from American right-wing or so-called libertarian circles who like to insert political bias into articles. They hate articles about things like ACORN. I suggest bringing in some sympathetic people to try and restore some balance to the debate and only if that doesn't work listing it on RfC. — Trilobite (Talk) 18:03, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

From little ACORNs mighty disputes do grow

Hey, man. I've been asked to look in on the ACORN dispute. From what I can tell, it looks like you're involved with the organization (I'm a PIRG person, myself, and a Wobbly), and Kurt, who did the VfD, is pretty seriously opposed. Wgfinley, on the other hand, seems to be an honest third party in this. From what I can tell, the stuff he has been doing hasn't been particularly prejudicial, and he has citations for the material he has put in about the SEIU and such.

Mainly, I hate to see this stuff escalate into folks losing their cool. I remember the hassles that ACORN went through. Please let me know, either here or on my talk page, if there are specific reasons why the material that Wgfinley is adding shouldn't be in there. Seems to me that a section on Controversies could work well. Like all the groups that organize, there are controversies following ACORN, and the leadership has done its share of unhelpful things in the past. Like I said, I hate to see this stuff get hot, so please let me know your side on this, and let's see if we can reach a compromise. Geogre 04:09, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Unfortuantely note headed Geogre, he went back and undid my revert and then made some more deletions. I've started a survey to try to address the issue. --Wgfinley 08:35, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Kissinger

Acting in response to a request from User:Stargoat, I've unprotected Henry Kissinger (after mistakenly editing it myself before seeing the protection, though all I did was add links). Just thought I'd notify those who were active on Talk:Henry Kissinger. Best, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 16:53, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments on the article on Kissinger. I find it very frustrating to deal with people who keep reverting every change, but I'll be damned if I'll let them turn Wikipedia into a centre of right-wing propaganda. Shorne 00:57, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

FAC page

There was some commentary on the FAC page that I'm copying this here just to make sure you see it. →Raul654 04:34, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

Object, at this time. Wikipedia has a large amount of articles on computer related topics, and these, in my view, make up a larger percentage of the total 'pedia than is appropriate to the goal of the project. We should not highlight this higher proportion by regularly featuring computer related articles, but seek to feature those which show the diversity and full scope of wikipedia. LegCircus 20:53, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)
- For the record, this objection is not actionable. →Raul654 20:54, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)
  - I don't know what that means, but if the objection breaks a wiki-code of behavior, allow me to apologize. LegCircus 16:08, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)
    - The directions at the top of this page say: All objections must give a specific rationale which can be responded to. If nothing can be done to "fix" the objected-to matter, the objection may be ignored. - in other words, if you object to the article because it is about a computer-related topic, there's nothing that anyone can do to "fix" your objection. Therefore, your objection is invalid. →Raul654 16:33, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

Prostitution

You marked the following as "conjecture" and removed it:

A significant number of prostitutes in some areas have resorted to prostitution to feed their drug addiction: they will generally not only have poor health from their drug dependency, but will be more desperate, and more willing to perform sex acts without safer sex precautions. If they use injected drugs, they may also carry blood-borne diseases transmitted by the sharing of needles.

I've moved it to the talk page for prostitution.

Romanticism

You noticed. The picture range several bells at once! I've been going through Special:Unused Images finding homes. I'm at #16272... getting a little punchy... Wetman 02:02, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your appreciation of my efforts regarding voter registration. I ended up expanding that, but it still needs a history section--I decided to scrap that part, just because all I know is U.S. history, and that not well. Hopefully, I'll do the necessary research soon. Best wishes, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 02:10, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

Kissinger again

Please check the page on Kissinger. It just got frozen because of that impossible guy who kept reverting things and inserting right-wing propaganda over and over. Now we're being told to work out the differences on the talk page—but I've been suggesting that for days, and the right-wing wanker hasn't discussed anything. Shorne 06:22, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

There was already a solution on the Kissinger page when you stepped in, and started making non-constructive comments and demands. We don't need that here. If you have a problem with VV, take it up there. If you have a problem with the the right wing in America, take it up Nov. 2. Otherwise, please start offering firm suggestions on changes to the article. Stargoat 20:31, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Awfully presumptuous of you to assume that I'm from the US and that I vote in their phony elections. For your information, every choice on the US's ballots is right-wing in my eyes.

The Kissinger page is plainly slanted. I'm trying to correct the problem. One or two people are standing in the way. Shorne 22:34, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Just wanted to inform you that the page was unprotected after a unanimous agreement on the wording of the introduction. VeryVerily did not participate in the discussion, but he immediately came to life when I made the change that all the participants had wanted—and reverted it. Is there anything that we can do about this utterly impossible person? Shorne 05:35, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I've had it.

I can't remain calm any longer in the face of this nonsense. VeryVerily and a few others have succeeded in turning this site into a forum for their own propaganda. They've gotten embroiled in many, many fights of the same sort (I've looked through the archives), and no one is doing a damn thing about it. Shorne 22:30, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

ACORN Mediation

LegCircus, once again you've deleted items that are factual and we've discussed a number of times. You have no justification for it. You also removed this article from the NPOV tag as well, which, quite obviously is still a problem.

In an effort to get this resolved I suggest that you and I agree to have a mediator assigned to try to work this out.

In the meantime, I have added more to the voter registration issue, apparently there are new cases in Colorado.

Wgfinley 14:13, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Kissinger again

Just wanted to let you know that a single troublemaker wouldn't abide by the unanimous decision about Henry Kissinger. There's now a vote in Talk:Henry Kissinger on what to do. Please check it out if you have a chance. Shorne 00:35, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Arbitration Election Get Out the Vote Effort

Hi LegCircus,

You helped me out with some articles before, so I thought you might be interested to know that there is an election coming up in December for the Arbitration Committee. If you haven't dealt with that committee before, it's a group that makes decisions when edit conflicts cannot be resolved by Admins nor by mediation.

Its important that a diverse range of viewpoints be represented in the makeup of this committee, and I think the best way to make that happen is to help to increase voter turnout.

One of the technical people on this site helped me to make a very convenient tag that makes it super easy to place this "get out the vote" banner on your user page:

If you support helping to increase voter turnout, please consider adding this tag to your user page, as a great many pages link to your user page. Just copy and paste the ArbComElection tag, with the pair of curly braces on both sides, anywhere on your user page, (preferably close to the top :), to get the job done.

Thanks in advance if you choose to help out.

Cheers,

--DV 17:04, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Exciting new feature to control campaign messages

Hi LegCircus,

Well, it seems that some folks seem truly put upon when it comes to campaign messages, even to the point of not wanting other users to receive such messages.

Please vote at Software and features, to approve an exciting new feature that allows users to control whether or not they receive campaign messages.

I'm hopeful that if users are allowed to explicitly declare their willingness to receive such messages, that others will not feel quite so offended.

If you'll support this effort, I think it will go a long ways towards increasing voter turnout in future elections.

Thanks in advance if you choose to help out.

Cheers,

--DV 11:33, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image:Goodlife7.jpg

This image looks like a screen shot. If it is could you please go to the image description page and put where you got it from plus a brief justification for fair use (e.g. screen shot - low resolution publicity shot) and then add {{fair use}} . I'm on a mission to get people to correctly tag images. Theresa Knott (The snott rake) 20:32, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
Multi-Licensing Guide
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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Image Tagging

Please tag Image:Acorn action.jpg using Wikipedia:Image copyright tags as a guideline. For now, it is marked "unverified". Thank you. -Superm401 07:31, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wal-Mart criticism split

I'm attempting to establish an solid consensus on whether or not to split Wal-Mart and Criticism of into separate articles. See the vote at Talk:Wal-Mart. Feco 20:54, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm solidly against the split. The rationale for the split, if followed to it's full conclusion, would divide all of wikipedia into "happy, fun time, positive enegry wiki" and "gloomy, beware, anti wiki." Facts are facts, wiki is beautiful it facilitates the rise of facts that people care about. The fact that there is criticism of Walmart, and the facts that justify those criticism, should have a significant place in the Walmart article.

please ignore spelling mistakes

Minimum wage deadweight loss

LegCircus, you asked about minimum wage causing deadweight loss.

When a minimum wage is imposed, it raises the price of labor to the consumer. The quantity of labor bought thus falls, since consumers of labor only buy a quantity of labor such that the consumer's benefits exceed the minimum wage price of labor. There is thus some amount of labor available at a cost between $0 and minimum wage that is not purchased. Deadweight loss describes this. Essentially, people whose labor is worth less than the minimum wage might find employment without the minimum wage but will not find employment with it. The total wages paid to the entire workforce in a system with minimum wages will thus be smaller than it would be were there no minimum wage.

For the purposes of discussing deadweight loss, the minimum wage acts just like a tax on labor.

I don't think this accurate. It sounds less like a description of an economic principle and more like rhetoric. Let me dig my old textbooks out of the closet.

This statement has no basis in theory, let alone reality: "The total wages paid to the entire workforce in a system with minimum wages will thus be smaller than it would be were there no minimum wage."

Image:Acorn action.jpg

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Protest Image

I've already commented once about the rationale for inclusion of Image:A16 IMF march.jpg in Protest on Talk:Protest. It is a cross-section of what you'll find at a typical demonstration, and many protesters do use profanity as part of their signage. It is fairly common. The image should stay. SchuminWeb (Talk) 21:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid duplicating commnents, let's take this discussion completely to Talk:Protest. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:08, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mowie di do

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Does AARP stand for Animal Accident Recovery Patrol?

I think you may have the wrong wikipedia user. If you are sure that I am the guy hten please refresh my memory. Jaberwocky6669 | ☎ 15:12, 12 November 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Raleigh, North Carolina

Just FYI -- the new Raleigh article, which hopefully will be done in the next week or so, will include information about how southeast Raleigh is the poorer part of the city. I'm a little antsy about including the prostitution information, though, because it seems to be singling out one specific type of crime that's not particularly notable (you said it yourself -- Raleigh isn't much different from any other city in that respect). A low murder rate, however, is notable and I plan to include that. Reference San Jose, California#Law and government and Boston, Massachusetts#Law and government -- murder rates are included, but typically nothing else.

Also, per the standards set at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities, ==Crime== should not stand alone as its own section. (See the two articles, both featured, above). I will, though, include it in the ==Law and government== section.

Thanks for your help. Take care -- PacknCanes | say something! 05:24, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your Question About Copyright & Press Releases

Hi LegCircus. You asked, Can you provide indication that press release are inherently un-copyrighted? You mentioned something about US courts deciding the issue

In the United States, as in many countries, a copyright is created simultaneous to the written work. When you write something, it is automatically copyrighted. As the copyright holder, you can transfer or sell your copyright in a variety of ways. For example, you can sell "all rights," and the new owner will have the exclusive right to exploit the copyright. You can also sell limited rights, e.g. first serial rights, one-time rights, first North American rights, etc. I just wrote a magazine article, for example, to which I sold first North American rights for 90 days. That means the magazine publisher has the right to publish the article for the first time within a 90-day period, but after that, all publication rights revert back to me.

In the US, there have been several court cases where companies issued press releases and then tried to control their use ex post facto. Thereafter, all or part of the press releases appeared in articles critical of the companies in question. The companies attempted to claim their copyright in the press release was violated; however, in each instance, the court held that the company issuing the original press release had granted all rights to any user in perpetuity by issuing the press release, thereby releasing the material into the public domain and beyond copyright protection. I don't have a cite on these cases, but I'll try to chase something down for you and also add it to the press release/copyright "talk" page. Regards, David Hoag 19:39, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Query on your minimum wage contributions and Debatepedia.com

Noticed your good contributions on the "minimum wage article". A number of wiki users have been working on a similar article on Debatepedia.com - Minimum Wage in the United States Debate. Thought you might be interested. Loudsirens 21:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Republican candidates for President

I noticed your list of presidential candidates. Ron Paul seems to be missing. He's raised the fourth-most amount of all Republican contenders and the second-most in New Hampshire.--Gloriamarie 21:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Notability of Affiliated Media Foundation Movement

A tag has been placed on Affiliated Media Foundation Movement 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. Neelix (talk) 17:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Affiliated Media Foundation Movement

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Affiliated Media Foundation Movement, 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.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because 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. Neelix (talk) 15:25, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Affiliated Media Foundation Movement

An article that you have been involved in editing, Affiliated Media Foundation Movement, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Affiliated Media Foundation Movement. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Neelix (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello LegCircus! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current 338 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

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Nomination of List of zombie films for deletion

The article List of zombie films is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Nomination of List of organizers for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of organizers is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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File permission problem with File:Cal Cunningham in Iraq.jpg

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Nomination of Michael Kallman for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michael Kallman is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Michael Kallman

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A tag has been placed on Michael Kallman 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. ...William 13:32, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

what's your opinion of this photo

I think it is a fail. What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.102.178.28 (talk) 02:24, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Brian Lunde

The article Brian Lunde has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

NN political operative, fails the GNG and WP:BIO. Only coverage in reliable, independent sources out there are a handful namedrops, quotes from or casual mentions. Notability tagged for over a decade.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ravenswing 18:41, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of National Consumer Law Center

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A tag has been placed on National Consumer Law Center 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 company, corporation or organization that does not credibly 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Gershonmk (talk) 04:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]