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Deleted party article

Howdy :) Purely out of curiosity, as I don't recall it's contents, but saw it on my watchlist: What was in the fuckerware party article? I'm familiar with the term, as a play on tupperware party (which does mention sex toys, so perhaps a merge to there would be appropriate, if there was any content? or a redirect if there was nothing useable?). Or was it just a remnant of pagemove vandalism? Thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:00, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only line it had was a redirect to Party plan. That's it. -- Alexf⁴² 21:01, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did I create it? (I don't recall doing so, but might have!) Might I request that you reinstate it as a useful redirect (as shown above, it is a fairly recognized term (search google-web for 9000 more)), or undelete and place it through formal wp:rfd? Please and thanks :-) -- Quiddity (talk) 03:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you did. I checked the ghits you mentioned and I the term exists (though new to me and frankly sounds like a hoax or vandalism term). Page was restored. -- Alexf⁴² 22:59, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! Oh yeah. I'm still amused by the creation edit-summary I used [1] "create (oh dear)".

I would source^[2] it in the stub-article Party plan, and add it as a bold incoming redirect, but I imagine that would upset more people than it would help... ;)

Thanks again. -- Quiddity (talk) 01:40, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

deletion of "polaris project"

Hey Alex,

You deleted my article about Polaris Project earlier today (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Polaris+project). I am actually a staff member of Polaris Project and I had permission to replicate information directly from the website (which was the reason cited for deletion) for the purpose of a Wikipedia article. We are hoping to expand our reach and inform the public about our initiatives, so please let me know how I can get our page back up on Wikipedia.

Thank you for your help.

Grassrootspp (talk) 19:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article was not deleted as a copyright issue as you said, but it was deleted as A7 because it did not assert notability. It talked about the project but did not offer any kind of reliable sources. The one and only reference it contained was circular, pointing to the website of the project itself. In order to get an article entered into the encyclopedia, you need to read the pages linked to above, plus it would probably be helpful for you to read and understand the rules and guidelines on conflict of interest and Business FAQ. -- Alexf⁴² 20:55, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do I prove notability? I am not sure what other resources I could possibly cite that would be more reliable than the website itself. Polaris has not had many other websites cite its tasks- does this mean we cannot have a wikipedia page? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Grassrootspp (talk) 14:40, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. Its own website is not valid proof. If you cannot find other cites that mention it (or newspaper or magazine accounts of it, for example), as detailed in the criteria for web notability page, then I'm afraid it does not belong here. Remember this is an encyclopedia, not a collection of everything that exists on the web or the world. -- Alexf⁴² 15:48, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be possible to leave the article as is, and then list several news articles mentioning Polaris and the work Polaris does under the references section? Thank you once again. Grassrootspp (talk) 15:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not as is but yes if you could supply proper references. It would be possible to userfy it to a private sandbox in your user area where you can work on it and have it reviewed by other editors before posting. -- Alexf⁴² 15:44, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Itz Si Duk - repeat offender

If you look at the articles this idiot has touched, it seems that it is a repeat offender coming back with a different account name each time. Is there something that can be done to identify the IP address used and ban anyone from that IP creating accounts like this? --TimTay (talk) 17:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You would have to place a {{sockpuppet}} tag on the user's page as a suspected sockpupeteer/sockpuppets and maybe request a checkuser, reporting him to ANI. -- Alexf⁴² 17:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --TimTay (talk) 17:29, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Wuaala

Hi Alex, you deleted my article about Wuaala. I'm trying to explain what this new video platform does. I'm not promoting this company more than the others that I'm refering on the article, in the article I mention the different advertising features and what makes it so different. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daunis (talk • contribs) 19:52, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looked like advertising to me. Also did not properly assessed notability. I see you have recreated it, an article that was deleted four times already. It will probably end up in AfD so we'll see what happens. -- Alexf⁴² 22:51, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Satanic Head

Hi, Alexf, thanks for your quick response regarding the deletion of Satanic Head. However, the deletion might be a bit pre-emptive given that we haven't yet established the sources for the orginal article on the Esperanto wikipedia or notified the original author. If the article was deleted because it didn't cite sources, then this is a more accurate reason for deletion. However, I'm trying to track down sources now, and it would be a good idea to leave the article in place while this process is underway. --Sumthingweird (talk) 03:20, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the original author of Satanic Head has now replied to me, citing the following sources [3][4][5][6]. They're all in Portuguese (one of the benefits, and difficulties, of the Esperanto Wikipedia is that because of the linguistic diversity of the contributors, there is also a diversity of source languages). Is it possible to restore the article and include the sources? --Sumthingweird (talk) 05:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I read Portuguese. I'll check them later today (I'm out the door to work now), and see if they can be used. Will post here later. -- Alexf⁴² 09:44, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who are you to judge revelance of things???

Really? Seriously?

01:08, 9 September 2008 Alexf (Talk | contribs) deleted "Wapstan" ‎ (A7 (group): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a group/company/etc.)

Seriously, I tink Wapstan is a very established name in the Montreal underground scene for years, his label Brise-Cul is one of the most productive label in Montreal and he performed with a lot of big artists and in many very important festivals... Seriously, who do you think you are to judge importance or significance???

It's not my problem if you are unaware of the hard work of people outside Internet...

But i highly think you have no authority to judge what people are doing... —Preceding unsigned comment added by ITFOR (talk • contribs) 16:41, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the administrator that was on CSD duty at the time the article was nominated for speedy deletion. The article was deleted as A7 because it did not assert notability under WP:BAND. You may think the band is important, but it is not notable for Wikipedia's purposes unless you can comply with at least one of the criteria detailed in WP:BAND. As per authority, you should please read our deletion policies before you make accusations. Also would be nicer for you to be civil. Antagonizing other editors would not help your case in any endeavor. If you want to complain about the deletion you can do so at Deletion Review. As it is, you have not supplied any valid rationale for why your article should be in Wikipedia. -- Alexf⁴² 16:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hassan Fadil

You have bloked my article, and what do you no about Hassan Fadil, it has a one of famous moroccan players in Spain in 1980s, and one of stars of Mallorca and Malaga -- Hatim000^talk 17:19, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not blocked but deleted, it's different. It was deleted under A7 rules of speedy deletion for not asserting notability under WP:ATHLETE. If it is as you say, then it should be easy for you to provide reliable sources for verification. The article had none. If you can supply that information and comply with WP:ATHLETE and WP:FOOTYN guidelines, I'm willing to reconsider. -- Alexf⁴² 17:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Machines Of Love

Hi, I posted an article not too long ago regarding 'Machines Of Love'. I have to be honest, don't you think you're being a bit overzealous? I mean, there are huge amounts of articles on things of complete non-importance, yet you seem to judge these things dispassionately. I'm not attacking you, personally, mind. I just think it's a bit harsh to go around and decide what's in and what isn't. You say there must rationale for it being in Wikipedia. I thought the idea of Wikipedia was to be an open platform? OK, rules and regulations, sure - but zealotry (not sure that's even a word!) seems to go against the basic idea.

I'm rambling, but to finish - Machines Of Love is a somewhat notable group in Ireland, I'm a member of it. We do quite well. We're reasonably well-known. We weren't trying to promote the band (seriously, on Wikipedia?!), I just wanted to have a little fun and whatnot. If you don't think we deserve to be in, so be it. But I tell you, this has kinda left a bad taste in my mouth about putting ANYTHING in Wikipedia.

MachinesOfLove (talk) 01:19, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.A.L.A.S

I don't make the rules. It is not zealotry, but following the policies and guidelines. The policies for bands are clear and well detailed in WP:BAND. Either a band is notable or it is not according to those policies and guidelines. -- Alexf⁴² 02:40, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock my IP

Hello Alex, My IP Address is blocked, Please unblock it . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricardodosizecson (talk • contribs) 03:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have your IP address. I checked the Autoblock list under Ricardo and under DerekKeane and did not find any block. I checked with the Autoblock detector tool under your two names and there is no IP Autoblock registered. -- Alexf⁴² 11:20, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank you

Thank you for placing a one-year block on anonymous editing from 198.83.124.253. — Robertpgreer (talk) 16:32, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bicycle Kick

Hi Alex, I have tried very hard to remain calm and civil in the face of user:MarshalN20s rudeness, personal attacks and near constant misrepresentations of my words and motivations (on my talkpage and on Talk:Bicycle kick). Could you please have a look the Peruvian section of the article and the talkpage discussion if you can spare the time. Could you review the conduct of the involved editors (myself included), kind regards E P 19:22, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just read some of the discussion at the Talk page for the article and your exchange with him in his and your Talk pages. I see a candidate for Dispute Resolution and I see gross incivility by User:MarshalN20. I am not knowledgeable on the subject of Peruvian football history to give an informed opinion at this point on who's right but the tone has to come down. I left a notice on his Talk page to the effect. If need be the page may have to be protected for a short while to cool things down, though I always consider that a last resort. Have you posted this to FOOTY for other knowledgeable football editors to comment on? You should. -- Alexf⁴² 19:58, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I requested help from Mariano shortly afterwards I reviewed the talkpage and noticed MarshalN20 compare Seleciones de la vida to Pinochet. Mariano has tried to calm the situation, and has remained calm in the face of insults. I then posted to WP:FOOTY, (I admit that I forgot to mention the incivility, which I shold have done). Around this time I began making edits to the Bicycle Kick article and article talkpage Marshal stepped up the rudeness and personal attacks and began misrepresenting my words and motivations. I then asked No 57 for help, but he did not respond. Now I am dragging you into this mess E P 20:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex, I appreciate the concern, but feel that the back and forth arguments will only continue unless, MarshalN20 calms down. In my opinion MarshalN20 is trying to take this quarrel onto the talk pages of other articles (Talk:Chile#Edit_War). Mediation would help diffuse this problem, especially since more than one editor has had an objection with the content in the Bicycle kick article. English Peasant, contributing in good faith has been dragged into this dispute, and for the sake of civility is requesting assistance to resolve the issue. I am willing to do my part, but arbitration from an administrator or other editors is completely necessary. Selecciones de la Vida (talk) 01:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. I prefer not to be the arbitrator for several reasons. I just tried to get people to calm down but would like to see other people getting involved (hence my suggestion of FOOTY), or Dispute Resolution as a last resort. -- Alexf⁴² 01:32, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: Civility

Lol. I do apologize for having acted in such a rude manner in the discussion, especially with all the expectators that it apparently has attracted. Hahaha. I've been stuck on this discussion with Selecciones de la Vida for quite some time, and things between the two of us really have gotten quite heated up. I've tried contacting a series of people for some sort of fair review to the dispute and article in order to solve the situation. These contacts include people such as Victor12, Hut 8.5, and even the main Wikiproject Football/Assesment page (This "FOOTY" you speak about). You can check on their talk pages, my talk page, and even the assesment page in order to verify this.--MarshalN20 (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Still, nobody has ever contacted me back on that and the only people that ever came into the article (Nanonic, IP Address 96.242.82.74, and English Peasant) only came in there to bash me and delete as much of the Peruvian section of the article (which contained perfectly sourced information) as they could. Now, what's more, English Peasant did not come into the page as a "Fair Judge," but rather he came one-sided with Selecciones de la Vida and did not seek to find a compromise to the problem. "EP" apparently has problems with me even mentioning the name of a club named "Lima Cricket and Football Club" and does not even want one ounce of mention about the football history of the port of Callao, which is the port where the move was allegedly made. I ask, what is wrong with including the football history related to the port where the move was allegedly made (Especially if I'm using sourced information)?--MarshalN20 (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you please do take some time to look at the article, you'll see that Selecciones de la Vida has constantly been inciting the heated discussion by constantly stating I write "sly comments," uphold "straw man theories," that I'm almost like an "Aesop," stating strange things such as that I'm "a silly rabbit," among other things. English Peasant has also fallen into the same thing by stating that he and the other "respectable editors" of the discussion do not agree with me and seemingly pointing towards my inclusions into the article not being wanted; additionally, he has stated that I'm paranoic and that I have "hijacked" the article (therefore further inflamating the situation). It seems to me that he is being much of a hypocrit in this "uncivility" situation.--MarshalN20 (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good sir. User:English peasant keeps making inflamatory attacks against me in the Bicycle Kick discussion page. I already took your advice of remaining calm and keep things at ease, but he keeps on creating provocative sentences that wish to keep sparking unnecessary "flaming" discussions. Since you seem to be a fair judge on this matter, would you please discuss this incivility from the part of English Peasant with him? I repeat, I am already following your advice, but English Peasant keeps on trying to create arguments and problems in the section by rambling on about the past problems which you said to let go and thus start with peaceful thoughts. Thank you.--MarshalN20 (talk) 13:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

user:Barack the Terrorist

This user, whom you blocked, has asked to change his username. As you hardblocked him, may I leave this request, which I have not answered, with you? You will see that I already declined his unblock request. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 13:15, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would not have unblocked had the roles been reversed and some other admin had blocked him. I see that he has already been denied three times as of this writing. In cases like this (blatantly hateful usernames) I practice RBI. -- Alexf⁴² 13:35, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Craig Heskey...

has been recreated. — Ceran thor [Formerly LordSunday] 13:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Couldridge

Thought vandal-only accounts didn't require warnings? BanRay 15:23, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Only for known socks of known vandals. Users need to be told. This is a kid who doesn't know better and was never told (until your message today). -- Alexf⁴² 18:48, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You deleted my Larry Antonino article, which I desire reinstated. Admittedly, I don't spend vast amounts of time writing articles or studying guidelines for article submissions, which may have been the reason that the article was deleted. However, I did assemble the article because there was a linked reference of Larry Antonino in another Wikipedia article, which information I was seeking, and the link lead nowhere. Wikipedia suggested that I add the article, which is what I did, having to research elsewhere on the Internet for who this person is, only to have it swiftly deleted shortly after its completion.

I have reviewed your guidelines for “notable,” for which he qualifies. You may add these links to his page so that all are aware of his notability:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031363/

http://www.smooth-jazz.de/starportrait/Antonino/VillageStrut.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawnbgreene (talk • contribs) 21:46, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Larry Antonino Article

You deleted my Larry Antonino article, which I desire reinstated. Admittedly, I don't spend vast amounts of time writing articles or studying guidelines for article submissions, which may have been the reason that the article was deleted. However, I did assemble the article because there was a reference of Larry Antonino in another article, which information I was seeking and the link lead nowhere. Wikipedia suggested that I add the article, which is what I did, having to research elsewhere on the Internet for who this person is, which only makes it that more annoying that it was so swiftly deleted after I had added the article.

I have reviewed your guidelines for “notable,” for which he qualifies. You may add these link to his page so that all are aware of his notability:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031363/

http://www.smooth-jazz.de/starportrait/Antonino/VillageStrut.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawnbgreene (talk • contribs) 21:48, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, notability may be there. I restored the article and added the external links (which you should have added, BTW). Now to the other issue. It is written as an advertisement and I see it has already been tagged to be deleted as G11. I'm afraid I have to agree with the poster. You may want to take the article off-line and rework it properly as an encyclopedic article. -- Alexf⁴² 00:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Davis page

Admittedly I only put a placeholder there, but swift deletion seems a bit arbitrary without waiting for the stub to get some completion. The person in question is notable, as a quick Google would have told you.

As you say, "Vandalism is futile" Danja (talk) 00:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article was totally unreferenced and did not assert notability in any way. You did not place a {{hangon}} tag on it nor added some reliable sources to it. The burden of evidence is on you. I am not saying the person is not notable (he may well be) but the article did not live to Wikipedia's standards and was challenged and subsequently deleted. I would suggest you work on articles off-line or in a sandbox in your user space to get them to a point where they are less likely to be challenged. -- Alexf⁴² 01:03, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted article on the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide

Dear Alexf, I didn't really understand why you decided I was infringing anyone's copyright. I quoted the sources, www.gariwo.net, under my responsibility, and this is also the organization I work for and which has a 20 years old experience at conceptualizing these subject matters, which would make a nonsense of me trying and putting up some brand new text. Furthermore, the content was interesting. What I mean to do is to link to all places in the world which have a Garden of the Righteous. Is there anything wrong? Have you got any suggestions for me to recreate the page without incurring in deletion? Best regards, Carolina Figini —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.36.162.63 (talk) 08:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is that Wikipedia cannot have copyrighted material. Everything has to be licensed under GFDL, else it is considered a copyright violation. You also have a conflict of interest under your own admission, which is also a problem. May I suggest you read the Five Pillars of Wikipedia to understand how we work and what is expected? Also these two other pages may be of help: How to write your first article and Business FAQ. Thanks and have a good day. -- Alexf⁴² 09:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Argentina Second Division

Hello-

I just realized that no one responded to your questions about the second Argentine division on the WP:FOOTY subpage. To answer your question, it might well be. We're in the process of adding leagues with as best of sources as we can for professional status, which is surprisingly difficult to find. If you know for sure that it is fully professional, or, better yet, have a source indicating that it is so we can definitively site it, then we can just add it to the list. I added several leagues today (India, Qatar, etc), so it's definitely a work in progress. matt91486 (talk) 19:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oooh. Had forgotten about that one. Thanks for the update. -- Alexf⁴² 21:04, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I just saw your answer to my aritcle....sorry for not answering sooner. I appreciate you taking the time.

How do I add a sandbox page to my user page so that I am not blatantly advertising. I thought my user page could be the testing ground. Is there another place to put the information so that I do not lose all the work I put into creating it?

Sorry to bug you again.Yitzhaac Pesach (talk) 13:34, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia:User page and Wikipedia:Subpages. -- Alexf⁴² 16:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fundacion Grupo Mayan

Hi Alexf, I just realized why it seems that all the references where the same, because it links to the groups official site. However, what I am trying to link to are scanned newspaper files they uploaded there. The groups site has a link to several pdfs that are scanned articles from newspapers at the time. It lists about 20 different newspapers, and has their scanned articles. I will see if there is a way to upload these pdfs individually to wikipedia so they may serve as sources. I have also added links to other websites unrelated to the groups website. Please let me know if this is enough so you dont delete it. I have read your suggested read and I feel this article falls under correct guidelines and is definitely a notable encyclopedic article. It is not a familiar topic in the US, but in Mexico it is. I think it would be a good thing to have in english wikipedia. I will also translate it to spanish and upload there. Let me know if it is ok now... Otherwise I will keep adding sources. Thanks so much Delia Moran (talk) 20:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fundacion Grupo Mayan

Hi. I am familiar with Fundacion Grupo Mayan/Daniel Chavez Moran. I have added some references related to some of the books that came out of this convention and some articles written by some newspapers on it. Hope this helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauracampero (talk • contribs) 20:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting James Kimmelman

You deleted a canidate supported by the Libertarian Party for Riga Township Supervisor http://www.lp.org/candidates/liberty-candidates-08/james-kimmelman http://libertarianpartycandidates.us/candidates/james-kimmelman-2008-riga-township-supervisor/ http://www.mi-libertarian-candidates-2008.info/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Libertarian7001 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article did assert notability under WP:POLITICIAN. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bicycle Kick

FYI, I have followed your advice and opened discussions at WP:FOOTBALL and WP:WIKIQUETTE. E P 23:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joey's Sports Blog

Is there away that you or I can retrive my entry so that I could improve it to meet the standards of Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtsports92 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Answer in your page. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion

I noticed that you tagged the page Wake It Up for speedy deletion with the reason "non-notable album". However, "non-notable album" is not currently one of our criteria for speedy deletion, so I have removed the speedy deletion tag. You can use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion if you still want the page to be deleted. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 12:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My fault. You are correct. Early morning here, before coffee, and I goofed. Thanks for the cluestick. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AribaWeb

Hi Alex. I'm super-duper confused by the deletion of AribaWeb. AribaWeb is *not* a corporate product -- It is free and open source. Just as the Eclipse Eclipse_(software) development environment was borne out of a commercial product at IBM, and the YUI Yahoo!_UI_Library library was the product of Yahoo, AribaWeb too has origins as a commercial product (in this case, at Ariba, Inc). But, again, like these two other (wikipedia-documented) open source projects, AribaWeb is not a commercial product.

AribaWeb is quite similar to many of the hundreds of web application development frameworks documented on wikipedia, and enumerated here: List_of_web_application_frameworks

As was highlighted explicitly in the article text, AribaWeb is more notable than many of the other frameworks already covered on Wikipedia because it 1) is one of the first frameworks of its kind (first deployed in 1999), 2) has been proven in real world deployment (millions of user desktops, hundred of thousands of companies, hundreds of billions of dollars of commerce) to a far greater degree than its peers, and 3) has a number of technically novel capabilities. In that sense it seems at least as worth of coverage as these (and other) similar frameworks already listed on wikipedia:

(Note that, unlike the most recent AribaWeb post, none of the articles for these frameworks site external sources for their relevance)

I understand that one of the original objections to the article was that there was an apparent conflict of interest because the original poster had a user name matching the topic name. An updated version of the article was subsequently posted by an independent authority on the framework but the post still met a similar fate. I believe that AribaWeb is worthy of citation in Wikipedia.

I would appreciate any guidance that you can offer on how the content of the article can be crafted to make evident AribaWeb's relevance and its worthiness to be described in Wikipedia.

Thanks! Metameta (talk) 18:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

résumés

Hi, Alexf.

You've linked to WP:RESUME on a user talk page. There's a discussion about that essay going on at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé#Tone - you might want to join in. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 19:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not often but yes I did. I just read the discussion you mentioned. Sure it bites a bit and I may have been a little hasty the couple times I linked to it, but these are people that needed a rap on the head with a cluestick. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I apologize for not acquainting myself better with Wikipedia, Alex.

I appreciate your prompt information.

Eric Patrick Marr (talk) 21:36, 11 October 2008 (UTC) Eric Patrick Marr, 10.11.2008[reply]

Re: Alexander R. Povolotsky's problem 1

Re: Alexander R. Povolotsky's problem 1 Please see my thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. Apovolot (talk) 01:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again

:)Yitzhaac Pesach (talk) 15:54, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]