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===Deleting of articles ===
===Deleting of articles ===
==== Current discussions ====
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Current_discussions current discussions, by date, of proposed deletes]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Current_discussions current discussions, by date, of proposed deletes]


==== Criteria ====
==== Criteria ====
*[[Wikipedia:Notability (people)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Notability]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary|Not a Dictionary]]
**[[Wikipedia:Notability (people)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Notability|Wikipedia:Notability]]<br>
**[[WP:CORP|Notability of corporations]]
*[[WP:CORP|WP:CORP|Notability of corporations]]<br>
**[[Wikipedia:Notability (websites)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Notability (websites)]]<br>


*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary]]
====Process ====

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*(1) Consider a redirect (format is #REDIRECT followed by a space followed by article name in double brackets) - see [[Wikipedia:Redirect]]

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*(2) Consider [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]] which starts five-day countdown
==== Options for a problem article ====
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*(Option 3) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:AfD_in_3_steps Deletion in 3 steps] ([[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion]])
*(Rarely) Speedy Delete - <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion]]
*(1) If totally junk, can propose a speedy delete. This is rare. Add a template <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>, per [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion]]
*(2) Consider moving to user space: [[Wikipedia:Userfication]] (includes some cleanup and a notification to user, per that article)
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*(3) Consider a redirect (format is #REDIRECT followed by a space followed by article name in double brackets) - see [[Wikipedia:Redirect]] - if the content can be moved elsewhere or exists elsewhere
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*(4) Consider [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]] which starts five-day countdown
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*(5) As last resort, start the AfD process [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:AfD_in_3_steps Deletion in 3 steps] ([[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion]])


=== Improving the quality of articles===
=== Improving the quality of articles===

Revision as of 17:30, 13 November 2006

Please post any comments on NEW SUBJECTS to my discussion (talk) page - thanks! Here's the link: User talk:John Broughton.

[The following are only notes to myself.]

One post per day

Wikipedia:Disruptive editing (is there a "see also" for Wikipedia:Resolving disputes?

Backlog

Pre-election

  • Clint Curtis - look at article as promised (request on my talk page)

2003, 2004, and 2005 financial disclosure forms - he sold the real estate investment company in 2003, with some profits in 2004, and sold the ranch and wine company in 2005. campaign debt as of mid-2003, campaign debt immediately after 2004 campaign, 2002 election results, 2004 FEC audit of 2002 campaign - report,

  • Curt Weldon - [12]. Also review facts in newspaper article on FBI investigation [13] to make sure are in wikipedia article (not the FBI investigation per se, but what FBI is looking at) [14]

Post-election

  • Jim DeMint - tax problems worth a sentence or two - [16]
  • USAToday: relatives: [17] - Rep CW Bill Young and daughter-in-law;

Also obit of father: [20]

  • Bob Perry - Bob J. Perry strikes again. The GOP stalwart and financier of 527 groups like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004 and the Economic Freedom Fund this year has donated $2 million to a 527 group called Americans for Honesty on Issues, according to a recently filed FEC report. [21] and [22] [23]
    • FEC reports this past week show that Bob Perry has also contributed $1 million to the Free Enterprise Fund, which has begun running TV ads against Ned Lamont in Connecticut. [24]
  • Harry Reid article needs more organization - moving "opinions" to Senate section (make into "political positions"; put part into "actions", part into new "Personal" section, which will include info from "early life" section.
    • Also, use TPM page: [25] to enlarge section on land sale, and make it clear that all three controversies resulted from initial articles by John Solomon, which is here [26]
    • Also, convert some external links into references, or discard if duplicate (fix a bunch of references first).

staff]

  • ATF head (scumbag): [28]

[35],

  • [Equatorial Guinea] - [36]

New article?

Wikipedia 2.0

Planned work


Wikiproject House Elections 2008

Draft: User talk:John Broughton/Wikiproject Notable races for the House 2006 How to set up: Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide

Cat for each article (nowikied sample): [[Category:United States House of Representatives elections by state|Illinois 8 2006]]

List of ALL 2006 House campaign articles with that category: here

Possible invitees

Resources

  • Robopolling - 2006 House seats: [50]
  • Alternative newsweeklies. Local newspapers with searchable archives, such as St. Petersburg Times (Bilirakis).

Pombo v. McNerney, 2006

Here's the story of a $25K grant for a demo project: [51]

So, the U.C. Berkeley School of Journalism is building the demo project, but as of 10/4/2006, NOTHING appears to be up, with the election just a month away: [52]

Actually, here's the (internal) blog on progress - so things are happening, but slowly: [53]
(Checked on 10/26 - last posting was 10/15 - I'm guessing that they have essentially given up having a website up before the election. I suspect they've given up having anything done before the election. I've not seen anything actually stating that they would, be it always seemed a reasonable presumption.

What's particularly interesting is the volunteer/citizen aspect, plus the idea of building a "template" for use in 2008.

Useful Links

(Initially based on information on the user page of Monkeyman)

Clarifying conversations

Particularly Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced negative material

Alternatives to arbitration

Vandalism/Spam

Vandalism

Spam

IP lookup

IP lookup

Tools (future)

See: Category:Wikipedia counter-vandalism tools


Deleting of articles

Current discussions

Criteria


Options for a problem article

Improving the quality of articles

Other

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