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GOCE November barnstars

		Leaderboard Award—5k articles—3rd Place (tied)
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing five articles of 5000 words or more during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—Word Count—3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing articles totalling 61441 words during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—Number of articles—2nd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing 44 articles during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		For the following amazing copy editing: List of Imortal episodes (16,596 words) during the November 2011 backlog elimination drive. --Dianna (talk)

		Special Barnstar: Largest Single Article
		This Special barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for courageously editing the largest single article during the Guild of Copy Editors' November 2011 backlog elimination drive – List of Imortal episodes (16,596 words). Your contributions are highly appreciated! – Dianna (talk)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		This barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing articles totalling 61441 words during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

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GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 backlog elimination drive Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation 45 people signed up for this drive this time; of these, 35 participated. This is similar to the number of editors who helped out in November. Thanks to all who participated! Barnstars will be distributed in the near future. Progress report Recent drives have been focusing on the oldest three months in the backlog. During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—July, August, and September 2010—from the queue, and there are less than 300 articles remaining from 2010. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the January 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy edit drive will be in March. Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor , S Masters (talk), Diannaa , Stfg (Talk), Sp33dyphil (talk), and Dank (talk)

GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:16, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Lisa Cimorelli

In the AfD for Lisa Cimorelli, I have bundled AfD for new articles about Amy Cimorelli and Katherine Cimorelli. None of the sisters is notable and their own, and personally I don't think the band is notable, but I will do a separate AfD for that. NJ Wine (talk) 02:27, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that, certainly agree with you on counts one and two; possibly on count three also. Let's see what others think. Basalisk ⁄_berate 02:28, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

I submitted the band Cimorelli for AfD on the grounds that they do not meet WP:MUSIC. The AfD for the band is not as clear-cut as the AfD for the sisters, but I could only find one independent source (Malibu Times) that gives them non-trivial coverage. I can't prove it, but considering the amount of puffery in Malibu Times article (e.g., compares them to the Jackson 5), I suspect that this is a non-notable band that had a very good friend at a newspaper. NJ Wine (talk) 03:21, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a look. Cheers Basalisk ⁄_berate 03:31, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Nemanja Latinović

Hey; I've declined the CSD here, because he clearly asserts significance (a lower test than notability). As you point out on the talkpage, this doesn't mean he meets the inclusion guidelines, and you're welcome to PROD or AfD the article. Ironholds (talk) 03:52, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Basalisk ⁄_berate 03:58, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

No problem :). Ironholds (talk) 04:12, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

No Gods, No Masters

Excuse me, you deleted content from this article with no good reason. There were citations coming for all these references. You say you support "in popular culture" sections but apparently not on articles you nominate for deletion? So which is it? Please give an explanation as to why you are REMOVING CONTENT on an article. Thanks. TurtleMelody (talk) 02:30, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

"Citations coming" isn't good enough. If you write random stuff on[REDACTED] and don't supply a source you can't cry foul when it gets removed. So to summarise, the reason I removed it was because I, as a reader, had no way to verify that you didn't just dream it one night and then put it in a[REDACTED] article. You're right that I support trivia sections, but I don't support unsourced content; refrain from lazy straw men please. As it happens I didn't see this for ages because you posted it on my userpage instead of my talk page, and in the end I ended up adding all the references you apparently had but were just hiding away. Basalisk ⁄_berate 04:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

GNG guidelines

Thank you for the note regarding your A7 nomination of Rangoli Restaurant. The subject fairly easily passes WP:GNG, based upon the significant international coverage in reliable secondary sources, and as such I would encourage you to reconsider your nomination of such. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 00:35, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Kabbage UK

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A tag has been placed on Kabbage UK, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising, . Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You may freely add information to the page that would confirm the subject's notability under Misplaced Pages guidelines. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. 86.149.252.182 (talk) 23:29, 6 June 2012 (UTC) ==

Hi - please will you let me know whether I've revised the entry sufficiently to remain on the[REDACTED] site? If not, perhaps you can give me some advice, there's an entry under "Kabbage" which is the name of my organisation, so perhaps I should simply add my details to that one? Any advice you can offer gratefully received, I really don't wish to be in breach of the rules for this site, nor exploit it for commercial purposes, I simply wish to have a voice in the same way that other companies do.

Thanks,

Kabir

Hi there. Don't add material to the Kabbage article because that appears to be a different company based in the US. I'm afraid I don't think your company merits an article on[REDACTED] because it doesn't meet the general notability guideline. I appreciate you're probably a new user and so you're probably not aware of this, but simple truth or existence is insufficient a standard to merit an article; the subject must be notable.

In addition to the problem of notability, since you've stated that it's your organisation, you probably have a conflict of interest. Misplaced Pages strongly discourages editing a subject area within which you have an ulterior motive, and I would suggest you do not try to create an article about yourself or your organisation. If such an article is appropriate, someone else will eventually write it for you. Hope this helps.

Let me know if you have any further questions. Regards Basalisk ⁄_berate 23:33, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

86.149.252.182 (talk) 23:29, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Types of cities by geographical region

i work heard to find some information sources to write this article so i am ask to not delete anything so I could expand the article !, this is not personal commentary by me !, maybe it need to change the name of this article. פארוק (talk) 11:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Blanking of Sarah Bakewell article

Hi Basalisk,

I do not understand why you are being so destructive to the Sarah Bakewell article. If there are words or sentences you think are 'cruft', that does not justify deleting 90% of the article and all the references. There were two book reviews cited in the article in well respected newspapers, which you deleted. The NYT review gives quite a bit of biographical information too. Please await the outcome of the AfD before deleting the article. Sionk (talk) 20:53, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

You are right, I've just noticed I did mention the word 'vandalism' in my message on the Talk page. I apologise, that was probably inflammatory on my part. Hopefully this can be sorted out amicably! Thanks for your explanation on my Talk page. Sionk (talk) 10:25, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Your suggestions for the Xentax Foundation page

Hi there,

Thanks for working with me on the Xentax Foundation page. I appreciate and welcome your suggestions. You've identified a number of citations needed. I understand that you refer to c64.org as not a standard. However, I do believe that http://noname.c64.org/csdb is the closest thing to a database that lists the most accurate timelines. For example, http://noname.c64.org/csdb/group/?id=6138 is the page for USB. The software listed there shows dates of creation when started in an emulator. I would like to understand better what kind of citation would be needed to confirm this, other than this CSDb which lists +100,000 software products? Thanks again! Theageofchaos (talk) 21:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi again. You're right that there is a lot of information on the c64.org website. The problem is that it is all the information on that website is user-submitted, and so it cannot be relied upon. On this page, it is stated that all the information on the website is submitted by registered users and is not checked by the staff of the website, and thus the website would not be considered reliable. This is important - the amount of information on the website is not relevant to its reliability. Even if it is consistent with what you personally know to be true, this still doesn't make it reliable as this is, in effect, original research.

Other sources which would not be considered reliable, for similar reasons, would include blogs (essentially the opinion of a single writer and not checked by anybody else). In order for a website like this to be considered reliable it would have to have an editorial team to check on facts. In terms of suggesting suitable sources, I'm afraid I'm of little help as I have little knowledge in the field.

I hope this clarifies why I don't feel that c64.org is a reliable source. However, I'm not always right, and if you would like a few more opinions I can make an enquiry at the reliable sources noticeboard? Basalisk ⁄_berate 23:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Also, thanks for being understanding. Your constructive attitude is appreciated. Basalisk ⁄_berate 23:13, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

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False accusations

Hi Basalisk, I appreciate your intense concern in this matter but be careful with wrong accusations. I did not expect being accused and even threatened to be blocked. What a community! And for those who do not know it, I did NOT post the video on Arthur Rubin on Youtube. It merely illustrates the experience I am having with him, and apparently I am not the only one. I have no problem in accepting that the "List of potential Nobel Prize in Literature winners" be deleted IF it cannot be backed up by adequate sources. What bothers me, however, is the extremely rude attitude in deleting articles prior to its PROD deadline so that the proposed deletion can neither be challenged nor factual evidence established in time. --Anthrophilos --Anthrophilos (talk) 18:16, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey hey, I'm not "threatening" you with anything! Apart from anything else I'm not an admin, and so you'll get no blocking from me. I was, as I said in the post on your talk page, just offering you some friendly advice because I don't want you to get blocked. If you check the ANI post you began you'll also see that I was the one pointing out that you probably didn't author the youtube video. I'd still recommend you stop linking to it though as it would probably be considered harassment. I meant no offence. Basalisk ⁄_berate 18:41, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Basalisk! Yes, I included a link to the video once in an edit. Let's see how this will be resolved. --Anthrophilos (talk) 18:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hi thanks for taking the time to read my edit summary, the longer point was that although Capsule of funeria is a hopeless article at the moment it has enough context to clearly identify it, so it is not a speedy delete candidate. I hope I have not distressed you. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. Thanks for the response. Basalisk ⁄_berate 11:23, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

SmartDefrag AfD

Hi Basalisk, I noticed that SmartDefrag article has been marked for deletion. I am currently testing a number of defragmentation tools and i believe that SmartDefrag (with all its unpleasant characteristics like the advertising pane at its bottom or the slowness starting...) may be notable having similar functionality to "set it and forget it" to DiskKeeper not found in other tools freeware. If you have other reasons why it should not be mentioned in Misplaced Pages, I'd like to know. Thank you.--Parsec09 (talk) 19:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm not entirely sure I understand all of your comment above, but I shall try to answer in parts:

1. The reason I nominated the article for deletion is because I do not believe it meets wikipedia's general guideline for notability. For a more specific outline of what might make a piece of software notable you could take a look at WP:Notability (software). If you look at that page you'll see that SmartDefrag doesn't really meet any of the criteria listed there - it's not covered by third-party sources in an analytical way, and it hasn't really made any lasting or historical impact on its field.
2. Whilst I've given you my reasons for believing SmartDefrag isn't a notable subject, you should note that I have merely nominated it for deletion. I have little further impact on the process; the article will now be discussed by the[REDACTED] community (you can find a link to the discussion in the banner at the top of the article) in an attempt to form a consensus, and this consensus will be enacted by an administrator.
3. As for DiskKeeper, I'm not familiar with that program, but the circumstances surrounding it and governing its notability may well be different. Even if they are not, the existence of an article about it does not constitute a reasonable argument for keeping the SmartDefrag article.

I hope this has clarified things a bit; don't hesitate to ask me further questions. Regards Basalisk ⁄_berate 22:50, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Basalisk, thanks for your reply. I realize to have a lot to learn about Misplaced Pages... :)--Parsec09 (talk) 00:05, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Any time. I realise how complicated it all seems at first, I was pretty daunted when I first showed up! Regards Basalisk ⁄_berate 00:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:44, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

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Your request

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Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagalejo^^^ 06:31, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Bridge Boy

I'd like to point out that the only reason Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Bridge Boy became a content dispute is because the subject himself successfully hijacked the discussion by pasting in a flood of his content-related comments from article talk pages. The ANI thread was opened because of complaints by several editors about violation of WP:OWN, WP:AGF, and especially WP:CIVIL. The content disupte comments are off-topic, and should be struck from AIN, but the thread should not be closed until a decision is made. The overwhelming consensus is that the decision should be block. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

That's fine, I can see where you're coming from. I indicated in my closing statement that I recognised it was a bold move, but I just felt that by that point the discussion was going nowhere. Feel free to re-open/start a new discussion, I won't object. Basalisk ⁄_berate 01:09, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I've take all the pages related to Bridge Boy and his controversies off my watchlist. It's obvious to me that he's going to go on attacking anybody who crosses him, but I'm tried of doing the heavy lifting necessary to put a stop to it. Bridge Boy will attack some other editor, that editor will go to ANI, and the whole circus will be repeated, without me. He's somebody else's problem now. Cheers. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:23, 5 July 2012 (UTC)