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Abandon Chip!

I have referenced to an article advertising the fact a new fanzine was available back in 2006 on the Scarborough FC website.

Is this a reliable enough source to remove the notability warning?

Notability tag

I saw your notability tag on Woopra and was curious as to why you didn't list it for speedy. It seems to be fairly blatant advertising. Sunray (talk) 18:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I did; editor DGG (talk · contribs) removed it. Consensus is a wonderful thing :) --Blowdart | ^talk 21:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it is! I will ask him about it. Sunray (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DGG replied here. As you were there first, would you be inclined to list it on AfD? Sunray (talk) 22:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At the minute, no; after a bunch of us cut it back my immediate spam concerns were mollified. Notability however hasn't been; but my own rule of thumb is to leave something notability tagged for four weeks to see if anyone else picks up the slack; then prod or AFD. But please, by all means, go for it yourself. --Blowdart | ^talk 05:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I will hold off and see what your approach brings. Sunray (talk) 14:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

coleraine

im not quite sure what you mean regarding your last messageHalowithhorns89 (talk) 12:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah right. OK, given the political "nonsense" around Irish/UK it's a fun issue. The existing templates for Northern Ireland rail routes treat them as UK railways; which they are, Northern Ireland being part of the UK. Classifying them as "Irish" or "Ireland" railroads, or using Irish rail templates rather than UK ones may well end up in the silly editing nonsense that infects the Derry article on a regular basis. It was just a thought; there's also consistency to take into account; one or the other really; and previous templates have always treated themselves as UK railroads. --Blowdart | ^talk 12:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm going by the geographical island of Ireland, rather than any political entity. Personally i call it Derry, however it is officially Londonderry Waterside railway station. I'm just being accuarate. the Sligo Leitrim Northern Counties Railway is in both NI and ROI, so how would i do that? have i done a good job on the templates?Halowithhorns89 (talk) 12:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh the templates are grand; no doubt about it. If you're going by the island itself then the existing templates need to change for consistency though. Don't you just love politics :) --Blowdart | ^talk 12:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good! Well, i wish i had a colour guide/catalogue rather than just using 00bb00. When you say existing templates, what do you mean? i read the "this is an Irish railway" as this is a railway on the island of Ireland. How do i make thigns consistant? just done the Mallow to Youghal and Cobh, but forgot to put "line" at the end, so need an admin to do that, currently on Mallow to Tralee. Would all branch lines deserve there own template? I hate politics lol, i'm very political, but on here i just go by facts.Halowithhorns89 (talk) 13:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, ok. UK railways are grouped by their political entities; and have the UKrail-header. They are classified under Templates for railway lines of the UK. As Northern Ireland is part of the UK, regardless of politics all railways which are self contained with NI should, to my mind have that classification. Cross border ones; well they could be categorised as both, although what header you use is anyone's guess. Interestingly Template:Dublin-Belfast railway line uses the UKrail-header, but does not have the classification of a UK railway. It's all a bit of a mess :) --Blowdart | ^talk 14:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm...well isn't it possible to re classify them? as the railways of NI were never part of British Rail, they were always part of the Irish network (Great Northern of Ireland operated County Armagh, Cunty Down, Louth and the line to present day Dublin Connolly? maybe an open discussion, in which put their two pence in. although my two points would be a sysytem for the rail network of the european island of Ireland, and that they were never BR.Halowithhorns89 (talk) 14:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah but then they are NI Railways, a self contained company running over the NI rails (and to Dublin). Indeed historically a separate company ran the lines within Ulster. But they're still UK railways, as Britain != UK. --Blowdart | ^talk 14:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

7 companies in all have lines that crossed the two political entities, i dont want to make a template under one country, and have ppl warring saying "this is UK" or this is ROI. I have been categorising the stations of ireland past present future, to keep all of the stations of one company in same place i always done as Ireland and Britain rather than ROI and UKHalowithhorns89 (talk) 15:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

we were gentlemen deletion

Sooo, I'm am still wondering what the reason is for deleting my complete article when there are referenced bases to help support what the band is. should i add more accomplishments for them. please do tell so i can revise it and put it back up. i feel it is important for fans to know what happens to some their favorite members of bands and what they are doing now, in that being concise in talking about any band. let me know what i can do to make it a "worthy" article thank you --Xjerkkx (talk) 07:03, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well; in general, as of course I can't see the article any more, nor can I see the state it was in when I tagged it the following would stop me from marking it for speedy deletion. Single / Album releases on a well known label, chart placements and reviews from well know newspapers or music press. References taken from the band's web site are not good references/citations. A read of WP:Note and WP:Cite would cover the common guidelines. --Blowdart | ^talk 07:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Braves-mets rivaly

Hey I not done editing this page can you wait till im done please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam81291 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Gary McHale

Good work finding the cites. I have been looking though news archives for something (anything!) with a positive spin but like you have not found anything - perhaps that is telling in itself.... Kind regards, nancy ^(talk) 13:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And I ended up just using the nice ones; as opposed to the ones calling him racist, foolish and point out that he travels over 100 miles to stage his protests *grin* It'll be interesting to see if any of the sockpuppet accounts I believe are his start posting as well. --Blowdart | ^talk 13:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gary McHale

I am currently adding all the links to news stories regarding this topic. In fact over a dozen links have been added but are continually deleted.

Negative news appear okay to link to but not positive news stories. Maybe I should be allowed to finish with all the links before it is deleted and decided whether it is unverified statements.

Deleting the whole post when there are many links cannot be reasonable and then claimed the statements are unverified.

Please reply ASAP —Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryMcHale (talk • contribs) 13:17, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See response --Blowdart | ^talk 13:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bindass Programmes

As suggested the Bindass Programmes page has been merged with Bindass. I was just trying to incorporate how other similar channels work..For e.g. see NDTV Imagine Programmes. Should I put a request for deletion for the programmes page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganeshcp (talk • contribs) 09:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, blank it and add a {{db-blanked}} tag to the page please. I realise consistency is good, but really, with that small an amount of programmes keeping everything in one place is probably best. Thanks. --Blowdart | ^talk 09:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dylan Taylor

Thanks for tagging, but I've removed the speedy tag as the article does contain assertions of notability.

I suggest Prod or AfD may be appropriate.

Anyway, keep on tagging... we need RC patrollers like you. --Dweller (talk) 15:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scribble Wiki

Please can you explain what was wrong with the page that I created? MillionaireMan (talk) 18:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It didn't make any claim to notability or provide any citations, hence it was non-notable and eligible for speedy deletion. --Blowdart | ^talk 18:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

you obviously cant read it said under construction. I was still creating the page when you slapped the tag on it MillionaireMan (talk) 18:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There was no under construction message. You can always build pages in your own user pages where they will be safe until you are ready to move them over. --Blowdart | ^talk 19:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who do you think you are?

Don't delete my real information sequence that I had to edit.

This is real research. This is a common conspiracy theory about leprechauns and aliens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jahalmightyone (talk • contribs) 19:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then perhaps you could prove this is commonly known; see WP:Cite. However generally conspiracy theories are not encyclopaedic. --Blowdart | ^talk 20:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Denys Page

I second the above comment. Honestly, have you seen Special:whatlinkshere/Denys_Page? Tiddly pop (talk) 14:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK so? You need to provide proof of notability. You haven't, you've simply said he's was a scholar. So go find citable proof of notability then A7 will not apply, or mark it as a stub and categorise him, which would go some way to mollifying the CSD. --Blowdart | ^talk 14:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aramaic Music Festival

How come you want that article to get deleted, when there are a lot of other music festival articles here in wikipedia? List_of_festivals#Music_Festivals AramaeanSyriac (talk) 09:45, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You make no claim of notability. Just because the festival is taking place does not make it notable; indeed the fact that it's in the future makes notability even less likely. --Blowdart | ^talk 09:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that its the first music festival ever held for the aramaic people which is a stateless people. the aramaic people lives in a diaspora and this music festival is a step forward for uniting the aramaic people. its not a usual music festival. AramaeanSyriac (talk) 09:52, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok so there's a claim of notability. Now you need to find citations to back up that point of view and reference them within the article. --Blowdart | ^talk 10:08, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. AramaeanSyriac (talk) 10:11, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should note though that you should not remove speedy delete tags from articles you have created yourself. --Blowdart | ^talk 10:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

usury

"at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Usury, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed"

I just added a missing space after a coma at the beginning of the article - this needed to be done. Regards, MrMPS

This is very weird. The diff showed that you had completely added the following; "The bible is an arcane, frequently tribal and sectarian text, dealing primarily with religious themes and issues. It is not a textbook on modern banking, economic and lending systems.", hence me rolling back. Bizarre. --Blowdart | ^talk 12:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What? No comprehend? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Archilles last stand (talk • contribs) 01:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ballot paper order

Hi Blowdart. Its just the order the returning officer places the candidates on the ballot paper by their surnames, simply A-Z order really. All we do is follow it as per WP:NPOV. Cheers - Galloglass 17:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I never knew that's how it was done. How interesting! I was simply adding people in party alphabetical order, but hey-ho, if that's the standard I will know for the future. --Blowdart | ^talk 17:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

dthree

There are numerous references to companies that exist soley for the purpose of identifying them. Seibel is a prominent example. If all references to all companies are removed I will not contend this , however if you do not remove Symantec, Oracle et al then you have no right to remove my company. Mitchton (talk) 23:24, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Mitchton[reply]

Yup.

Okay, yes. I see what you mean for speedy deletion. My bad. If you need me, i'll be deleting something now. MKguy42192 (talk) 09:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Platsauries, AQ Worlds, Artix Entertainment

Excuse me, but all of the edits I made were requested by the community of Artix Entertainment. These were all factual edits with no errors. I don't understand the noncompliance with your policies. Plus, vandalism? I think not. No part of what I wrote was vandalism. All of these edits were in good faith, and are honestly trying to improve Wikipedia. None were compromising its integrity in any way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dirgelicious (talk • contribs) 19:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You added "The game has also generated a new word called Platsauries". A new word is hardly notable; or frankly believable. So unless you can prove the existence of this new word; notable citations then any such edits will be up for removal. --Blowdart | ^talk 08:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LeagueUnlimited

I dont see why the LeagueUnlimited page should be deleted cause other websites, notably, BigFooty have their own page on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Novacastrian panther (talk • contribs) 01:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It appears someone agrees with your evaluation of Bigfooty and has nominated it for deletion as well. As far as I remember you made no claims of notability about the web site; hence it being nominated for deletion as a non-notable web site. --Blowdart | ^talk 08:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

canalside

ok, no worries. will sort it.