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| ::I don't think it is really appropriate to thank me for blocking a user who normally could have been a productive member of Misplaced Pages. I find it saddening whenever I am forced to block a non-vandal and apparently non-socking user, especially when it is indefinite, because it means that we and he have failed to appropriately integrate and communicate. Good luck. ] (]) 12:09, 7 October 2012 (UTC) | ::I don't think it is really appropriate to thank me for blocking a user who normally could have been a productive member of Misplaced Pages. I find it saddening whenever I am forced to block a non-vandal and apparently non-socking user, especially when it is indefinite, because it means that we and he have failed to appropriately integrate and communicate. Good luck. ] (]) 12:09, 7 October 2012 (UTC) | ||
| :::Agree. Still has made some very helpful contributions on some very contentious articles and I always pay attention to what they contribute. I hope a path to returning is quickly developed. ] (]) 12:39, 7 October 2012 (UTC) | |||
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Edit Filter Request
Hi Reaper! I see that the edit filter does not disallow motherf*cking or motherf*cker (I prefer not to use profanity, so I am intentionally abbreviating them). Can you please disallow these on both the Multiple Obscenities, as well as the AFTv5 filters? Thank you! --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 18:58, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
- The filter already matches them. Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Lonerkid69
Yeah, I thought he might be some long-term socker. However, I thought, best to leave it to that enforcement as it didn't rise to AIV standards. Daniel Case (talk) 15:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- That's fine! I just wanted to let you know that I'd ignored your administrative action. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:59, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
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Deletion of International Feng Shui Association
Just wondering whether you could do anything to get this page that I spent sometime researching and writting as well as getting copyright permissions. Puzzled why it was deleted. It kind of kills the motivation to contribute to Misplaced Pages (remember we are not getting any benefit at all).
Hi Yonatan, just wondering whether you could do anything regarding the mysterious speedy deletion of International Feng Shui Association ( as well as the taging for deletion for two of the photos that I already obtained permission to use them on restricted basis ) ?
Here is the same content that I wrote in the Talk page:
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Like any associations for any disciplines such as the IEEE, ACM, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and American Institute of Architects, as spear-heading non-profit association is needed in order to establish a common code of conduct, share knowledge, promote to higher level such as Fellow of an organization and meet up for general meetings. The International Feng Shui Association is essential a non-profit Feng Shui organization like the professional or non-profit organizations mentioned above. It has a number of world renounced GrandMasters in its core committee that would serve to advance the field as well as promote deserving practitioners to Masters or Grand Masters grade upon reaching the required benchmark standards. No other Feng Shui organizations in the world is of this magnitude and reach-out. So this page was created to help promote the art / meta-physics of Feng Shui. This is an international organization that attracts renounced speakers and participants from all parts of the world including USA, UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Mexico. It is not a local club level organization whereby it is organized by less qualified enthusiasts. I am very sure people from all over the world would interested in Feng Shui would be looking forward to events organized by this association. Making it easier to reach out to search for them. In case you are thinking that I took money to write this page, I assure you that I did not. As you could see, I have been contributing to Misplaced Pages because I like the contents in Misplaced Pages and has been benefiting from speedy search for information. So I thought it would be nice to educate or less the readers know about the facts that I wrote (which I am more familiar with) especially if they are useful. However, I also admit that I had taken courses conducted by one of the renounced GrandMasters but my writing of this page is independent of him ( he did not even know I wrote this page when I wrote it). Also I am currently not a member of the association. I hope you would be undeleting this page as it is useful and took some effort to research, write as well as get copyright permissions from the respective organization for use in Misplaced Pages. |
Thank you. <FabianEng> — Preceding unsigned comment added by FabianEng (talk • contribs) 05:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
- Firstly, I'd like to make it clear that I never accused you of paid editing or even of having a conflict of interest.
- I deleted the page because it had no indication of why the International Feng Shui Association was significant—all the page did was describe the organization's aims and membership.
- I actually had nothing to do with requesting that the images be deleted. However, they do violate our non-free content policies because they are not necessary for understanding what International Feng Shui Association is.
- When writing an article on a corporation or an organization, you should read the notability guidelines for corporations and organizations and the general notability guidelines. Basically, what you need to do is to have multiple reliable sources in the article, which will prove that the subject passes the notability guidelines. I hope this helps! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:59, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Yonatan / Reaper for the speedy reply,
I actually read the notability guidelines and found out that it actually meets the requirements. I quote:
"Organizations are usually notable if they meet both of the following standards:
The scope of their activities is national or international in scale. Information about the organization and its activities can be verified by multiple, third-party, independent, reliable sources. Additional considerations are:
Nationally famous local organizations: Some organizations are local in scope, but have achieved national or even international notice. Organizations whose activities are local in scope (e.g., a school or club) can be considered be notable if there is substantial verifiable evidence of coverage by reliable independent sources outside the organization's local area. Where coverage is only local in scope, consider adding a section on the organization to an article on the organization's local area instead. Factors that have attracted widespread attention: The organization’s longevity, size of membership, major achievements, prominent scandals, or other factors specific to the organization should be considered to the extent that these factors have been reported by independent sources. This list is not exhaustive and not conclusive."
Actually all these facts are written in the wiki-page that I wrote which was meant to inform people who are interested in Feng Shui that such an international organization exist (like IEEE, ACM etc) and they organize and international event annual and it has the backings of some of the best Feng Shui Grandmasters in the world including the world leading Feng Shui book writer Grand Master Lilian Too (Harvard MBA), her mentor Grand Master Yap Cheng Hai, GM Tan Khoon Yong ( Academic Advisor to the Department of Philosophy at Peking University) as well as other Grand Masters.
a) IFSA is international (currently already has members from at least 15 countries).
b) The photographs serve as proof of the appeal and the crowd they attracted for this event (since this non-profit organization is less well known).
c) It has been active for 8 years.
d) The Convention is the major event that they organize.
e) They recognize and promote Feng Shui practitioners to Master and Grand Master grades and the person who confer the Grand Master titles (like IEEE Fellows) are normally democratically-elected Singapore politicians (Members of Parliament).
f) As far as I know, this is the world leading Feng Shui organization. No other Feng Shui organization has the supports of 6 internationaly well-known Feng Shui Grand Masters and has such wide-reaching influence.
g) They accredit Feng Shui courses conducted by affiliated members and maintain quality control.
I have been wiki-ing for quite a number years and I know this is one that qualifies as a wiki-entry (also subjected to your judgement) as it is the world leading non-profit organization in Feng Shui ( an art and a science) that is internationally supported although Google search engine only captured "International Feng Shui Association" when queried using for with quotations.
Normally when a page does not meet certain conditions, it would be flagged with a small message ( I have rectified quite a number of them ) but for this page that I created, it was immediately deleted without me even able to do anything. I am unable to also insert additional references from reliable sources ( >)
I assure you this is a deserving organization. I would not even bother writing about this organization if it does not have the supports of some of the world leading Grand Masters (practitioners with reputations and years of practicing experience, write books and articles and teach Feng Shui and divinations). See for yourself the speakers for this convention ( at http://www.intfsa.org/ifsc2012_brochure.pdf ) whether it operates like a profit or non-profit organization and whether it reaches out to the international market. Most of the speakers are internationally acclaimed with some "new kids on the block" too.
I sincerely hope you would proceed on the my request to undelete the International Feng Shui Association wiki-page so that a deserving organization that spreads Feng Shui worldwide and educates the world could continue to reach out to the world.
As for the photo images which I also had to obtain copyright permissions to use them only for Misplaced Pages, I will deal with them only if this page is allowed to be undeleted as it is pointless to deal with them if this issue could not be resolved. Thank you and hope you would consider my request favorably. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FabianEng (talk • contribs) 19:08, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of the article "Neograss"
Hi Reaper. I've been adding some references to the Neograss article and it would be great if you could check it out. Regards Eselmel (talk) 15:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not too certain how reliable those sources are, since I can't read many of them. That said, anybody (including you) can contest the PROD tag by simply removing it. However, has there been any mainstream media coverage of the topic? If so, then adding those would go a long way in proving notability and most likely preventing the article from ever being taken to WP:AFD. As it is, the article might eventually be taken there for a wider discussion concerning whether it meets Misplaced Pages's notability criteria.
- My review of the sources currently in the article:
- I can't read this one.
- I can't read this one either.
- I can't read German, but there does not appear to be enough relevant content to meet the in-depth coverage required in the notability guideline for bands
- Possibly an unreliable source like IMDb.
- I can't read this source, and it would help if you linked to the actual page rather than just the front page.
- This one looks fairly reliable.
- I can't read this source.
- I hope this helps! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:42, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
WP:Quack
It's a duck Oz3.werp (talk · contribs) vs Folha-de-caju (talk · contribs)--RandomLittleHelpertalk 17:27, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. And tagged. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes
Hi. Reading the GA review of this article it looks like you have assessed it as good and left some additional comments. Is that correct or are you awaiting responses to your questions? Pinged Brains either way. AIRcorn (talk) 05:41, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- I've replied to your comments as well. -RunningOnBrains 15:25, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Pray the Gay Away? (Our America episode)
Hi,
Moving Pray the Gay Away? (Our America episode) to Pray the Gay Away? is not actually controversial as it refers only to the show and not the lowercase phrase "pray the gay away" which will still have a redirect elsewhere. All we are doing is removing the extra disambiguation. Please help on this. Thank you! Insomesia (talk) 20:26, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- I fully support moving it there, but I cannot use the administrative tools to unilaterally reverse someone else's move and/or edits. That would be equivalent to me protecting a page after editing it to lock my version of an article. After obtaining consensus, I will have no problem removing the unnecessary disambiguation. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Fair enough, thank you for letting me know. Insomesia (talk) 22:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Patt on the back
I revised Ralph Patt following your suggestions. Thanks again!
Cheers, Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- Patt on the back for Reaper Eternal
- Reviewed me Ralph Patt
- as fast as he could
- Read it, and pricked it
- and marked it with a ?
- Put it back in editing for me.
GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up
Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
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Thank you for blocking StillStanding
Thank you Reaper Eternal for blocking this user. I let this user get the better of me which effected my editing patterns and led to my topic ban. I am fully responsible for my actions, but I am glad that this editor has finally been blocked. Regards, --Mollskman (talk) 16:56, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- I was watching, and am here to say the same.—cyberpower Online 16:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think it is really appropriate to thank me for blocking a user who normally could have been a productive member of Misplaced Pages. I find it saddening whenever I am forced to block a non-vandal and apparently non-socking user, especially when it is indefinite, because it means that we and he have failed to appropriately integrate and communicate. Good luck. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:09, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Agree. Still has made some very helpful contributions on some very contentious articles and I always pay attention to what they contribute. I hope a path to returning is quickly developed. Insomesia (talk) 12:39, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think it is really appropriate to thank me for blocking a user who normally could have been a productive member of Misplaced Pages. I find it saddening whenever I am forced to block a non-vandal and apparently non-socking user, especially when it is indefinite, because it means that we and he have failed to appropriately integrate and communicate. Good luck. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:09, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
un-speedying
Did you read Talk:The wormhill dragon? PamD 17:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. http://www.wyrm.org.uk/ukdracs/wormhill.html confirms that this is not a hoax, although the factual error regarding the location should be corrected. However, the page is likely to be deleted due to a lack of notability, so I don't really see the point in bothering now, especially since I don't have a reliable source. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:52, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
References
Hello Reaper~! You were very helpful the other day in the chat room. Can you do me a favor and take a quick look at my article and tell me what you think about my references. I sumbitted my article and it was declined because of references. I know many teammates of my boyfriend tht have wiki articles with less refrences then the one i created. I was advised to check the guidelines for basketball and the are 3 catergories under it, my boyfriend falls under the first one but it doesnt specify whether he is to meet all 3 or just one, so im not sure if that is why it was declined.
I know you are busy but if you could just look at the links and tell me which ones you think are the issue because im not sure.Thanks! (Iknowball 20:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC)) http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Justin_C._Hamilton_(Basketball) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iknowball (talk • contribs) 20:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012
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Interesting new user
StillStanding-247 was blocked at 13:289 on 5 October by you. User:Sally Season was created on 21 Sept while SS247 was under pressure (to put it mildly)
In a total of 29 edits, this person overlaps SS247 on 5 pages. As this person has only edited on a handful of pages, the overlap is quite substantial, indeed. The tenor of this new editor's edits is, alas, notably similar to the prior editor. Not enough edits for me to state definitively the two are the same, but definitely the new editor is an "alternate persona" of someone per his comments and summaries. Cheers. Collect (talk) 21:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Sigma's RFA
Greetings Reaper,
The RFA at Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Σ, of which you were co-nominator, has identified a number of community concerns which may rise above the usual level of past unsatisfactory interactions, conflicts and personal dislikes which are typical of RFA in its current format. In particular there are concerns relating to off-wiki vandalism and on-wiki disruption of which you were presumably unaware at the time of identifying Sigma as a suitable Admin. candidate.
As prominent and widely respected Administrators your endorsement of RF candidates is highly influential, as can be seen from several of the supporting !votes. Therefore, in view of the level of concern relating to the past activities of the candidate, it is sufficiently important to ask you to consider whether you wish to comment on whether the candidate still has the confidence indicated in your nomination statement. There is a section on the RFA Talk Page.
Rgds,
Leaky Caldron 11:42, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
I will be raising a query as to whether your contacting the nominators in this manner is appropriate. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)