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Process improvement

This seems to be a tendentious nomination of a business-related article. The topic is extremely notable and rich in irony in the present circumstances. It inspires me to try the current rescue process and I am not finding it an improvement. The rescue tag was better because it encouraged you to actually edit the article. Warden (talk) 09:43, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• Cleaned up the article. Added references:

• Kock, Nereu F. ; et al. (1994). The nature of data, information and knowledge exchanges in business processes: implications for process improvement and organizational learning (Research paper). The Learning Organization. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)
• Cook, Sarah (1996). "Process improvement: a handbook for managers". Gower Publishing Ltd, et al. Retrieved February 04, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) ISBN 0-566-07633-0

— Northamerica1000 11:43, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Mailstorage

This topic appears to just meet WP:GNG from the following sources, with the first one listed below being one that I found and added to the article.

• Palmer, Shelly (March 31, 2011). "Storing Your Stuff by Mail". Fox News, New York. Retrieved February 04, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
• Chicago Sun-Times. "Naperville-based Storage Firm Thinks Outside the Box". Chicago Sun-Times.

However, other's in the article's AfD discussion (here) disagree. Placing this here in the hope that others can find and add more sources to further qualify this topic's notability. This article is also tagged for copy editing and reading like an advertisement. As ARS' scope also includes these types of article improvements, hopefully others can help to improve the article by copy editing. Northamerica1000 08:41, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

• This is a close call to me, but the the concept of "mailstorage" does deserve to be preserved whether in self storage or elsewhere.--Milowent • 14:10, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Oddcast (company)

Can some help me with this please? I started an article with references to them in the New York Times, but it still got nominated for a speedy deletion. The press section of their website shows they have received hordes of coverage for their activities, and their showcase shows all the things they have done for major companies. I've been adding things to the list that have news coverage for them. Need to come up with a good lead paragraph I think. Dream Focus 12:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

• I de-speedied, will take a look at it later today!--Milowent • 12:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
• I added a few sources, this company is clearly notable. What happened here is an outrage which happens every day, I am afraid:

1. Dream created a stub which included 2 new york times URL references, and which made a clear notability claim. "Oddcast is an online marketing company that was found in 1999, and whose works have been seen by hundreds of millions of people." It also listed some of the company's major campaigns with major companies. The article was no work of art, but it was BRAND NEW.
2. 3 minutes after creation, its tagged as sounding like an advertisement.
3. 15 minutes after creation, Dream removed the advertisement box, with edit summary "doesn't seem like an ad to me. I wrote it from a neutral point of view referencing the New York Times. the external links are to them and their notable work that gets coverage in the New York Times and elsewhere)".
4. 48 minutes after creation, another user removes alleged "peacockery",--which is, namely, the core of the notability claim of the stub, "and whose works they report as having been seen by hundreds of millions of people."
5. 7 hours later, it is now tagged for Speedy Deletion. Why? Under CSDA7, for no claim of importance! This is comically sad.
6. About 3 hours later, Dream returns to find this ridiculousness. He posts on the talk page to contest the speedy deletion, but as the article creator he cannot remove the speedy tag. Now I'm not sure about this, but I believe despite the contest notice the article is still in real jeopardy. So, Dream posts here for assistance, and luckily because other people know who he is and he's not just some random new editor, I am able to assist. But in any event, many newby editors will never return in time to contest the CSD - the article will be GONE.

Things like this should not happen. This is exactly what drives new editors off wikipedia. And as to established editors, shouldn't someone at least check who the article creator is before marking something as CSD? Can't there be some tool for that?

The problem demonstrated by this experience is common-what can we do about it?--Milowent • 14:42, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Reply at talk page. Diego (talk) 15:15, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

January 2012

Worlds of Ultima Online

Worlds of Ultima Online was nominated on January 27th 2012. The AFD is at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Worlds of Ultima Online. If anyone is familiar with this game, or has read reviews about its worlds in magazines or notable websites, please help add additional sources to the ones I already found. Dream Focus 20:14, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Is there any reason this content should really be deleted? The AfD seems to be upset that its in a separate article, however, there's no question that Ultima Online is extremely notable, and there are a slew of articles trying to cover it in a reasonable way.--Milowent • 14:08, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
  • I renamed it to List of worlds in Ultima Online since it is a list article, and mentioned how many other such list articles for worlds of notable series existed in Misplaced Pages, it the same as character and episode list. Dream Focus 00:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Abraham Bryan

Closed as Refocus and move.

• AfD in Category:Gettysburg Battlefield. Abraham Bryan, or Brian was a free black man who owned a farm on Cemetery Ridge at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, and with other blacks fled the area for fear of being enslaved by the Confederate troops. --DThomsen8 (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
• I've added pointers to articles and books mentioning the man. The AfD nomination is based on the biography guideline, but the article may work if the focus is placed on the incident instead of the person. Apart from my Keep, the AfD currently had only Delete !votes based on the lack of sources. Diego (talk) 10:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Pennsylvania Dental College

• I've already handled this one, but wanted to make a note here. This college is one in the same as Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, another stub subject to a suggested merge. I expanded the latter article, and suggested that Pennsylvania Dental College be redirected to it. This was a classic rescue situation, the subject was notable, the current content was weak, but if deleted its unclear if either article would have ever been recreated. It turns out that the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery was actually the 2nd dental college founded in the United States (its a bit more complex than that, but essentially that's the case), and the college spawned what became the current dental schools at UPenn and Temple. I.e., its an overlooked but important part of American dental history. (BTW, an article could be created on Dental Cosmos, the premier dental science periodical from the 1870s to 1938. )--Milowent • 15:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)