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Question

Hi, I realized that English Misplaced Pages have a lot of articles without direct references to the species such as this one: Cychrus marcilhaci. I checked the site Carabidae.org to which its linked, and despite all efforts of searching through Google for further description such as size and distribution that didn't yield anything, came to a conclusion: Should I delete the article? I mean, there might be a possibility that it only needs renaming, but I can't find alternative name for the species. Regards,--Mishae (talk) 23:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Another question, is it O.K. to use NCBI as an External link?: Cychrus bispinosus--Mishae (talk) 23:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe Misplaced Pages has an article on every species or subspecies as long as we can confirm their existence. As for the external link, right now you are using a template that shows the material was copied from a public domain source? Did you copy the information? If so, it is 100% okay, if not, the template doesn't belong. You can use the external link iff it expands on the information in the article. The link as it is presented does not. If you are able to use a deep link to something related to the species, you can use it. Ryan Vesey 06:40, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thats the problem, because that is as far as it can go.--Mishae (talk) 17:45, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi you posted my article for deletion

you posted my article for deletion due to a copyright infringement of the website i built, so there is no copyright infringement bc its material i wrote. If you do a who is search on that website you will see me as the owner. ?? I must admit wikipedia has me oh so very lost and feeling just totally defeated. Any suggestions. ALSO i just sent you an email of the same, as you will notice the email address is the specific domain which you state that i have infringed copyright... :-S HELP... THANKS AngelaUAE (talk) 10:59, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi Arun Panchariya. I noticed that the only secondary source that comes up in a Google News search is regarding your license being revoked due to a stock trading scandal. I don't think it's in your best interest to create an article on yourself, seeing that even if it did pass Misplaced Pages's many other relevant policies and guidelines, this information would inevitably end up being included in the article. CorporateM (Talk) 15:05, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks CorporateM for responding. AngelauAE, you may hold the copyright; however, that will need to be proven using the system mentioned to you on your talk page by BWilkins. That being said, I don't think you should go through that trouble, because the material on the consulate webpage will never meet the neutral point of view requirements of Misplaced Pages as it is too promotional. Ryan Vesey 23:05, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok guys thanks so much for your help and advise, like i said am not good at all at wiki and really didnt know what im doing here, so probably went about it all the wrong way. They kept asking for references so i was just posting all that i knew about. Learned quite a bit about wiki. Thanks AngelaUAE (talk) 14:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Not so subtle hint

Two things: a.) I wanted to thank you for defending ASO from the ludicrous allegations, I tried but was reverted almost instantaneously, and b.) I dropped a not-so-subtle hint at ANI on something I think you should do, if you can carve a little time out of your schedule (which I know is hard, but I wouldn't suggest if it wasn't important). Anyway, Happy New Year to you and good luck in your next semester at Penn. Go Phightins! 03:17, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi GoPhightins! I had actually seen that earlier and I think the same thing now as I do then that I'm just too busy to take on a thing like that. I need higher grades if I have any hope to make the deans list (3.7) and having a long term project that requires daily attention doesn't work for me. I need the ability to drop away for a week with no problem. You can always swing by if you need any help or advice if you choose to take on the case. Ryan Vesey 01:09, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'll certainly drop by if I have questions. Good luck on the Dean's List...if I'm remembering correctly you're into political science...maybe we'll have President Vesey . Go Phightins! 20:06, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: Thank you

I just did what I thought was best :) — ΛΧΣ 15:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

speedy

thanks for the speedy speedy decline :) Gaijin42 (talk) 21:36, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Excellent work on the expansion of the article. Its exactly along the lines of what I was intending to do after creating the stub. Gaijin42 (talk) 23:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

TBrandley 22:31, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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dietrich

Sorry about the confusion between the two cases! The stubenville story comes up on consistently when searching for Savannah Dietrich, and several of the stories around conflated them (with several now doing corrections saying so). I however, should have done a closer reading of the sources to identify it. Gaijin42 (talk) 15:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Deletion review

Note that I expanded my comment and edit conflicted with you. I'm not clear from your tone if you're serious; and if so, why you're looking to ask for a ban over months-old issues between the two of us while he's been having deeper difficulties with lots of people. Nyttend (talk) 17:04, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

You should never take administrative action towards any issue involving Doncram and I think it would be even better if you did not interact with him at all. It'll be difficult since you both work in NRHP; however, I have absolutely no trust in your ability to remain objective. Ryan Vesey 17:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

See SarekofVulcan's comment after yours, and note that I would have also done this if I had found anyone else doing it. You really should propose that he be topicbanned with Sitush, and Sarek, and apparently Pigsonthewing too, given the interaction going on at WP:BOTR. Nyttend (talk) 17:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Look, it is unambiguously not unambiguous as other administrators on your talk page pointed out to you. Ryan Vesey 17:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Also, can you please unhat those sections of your archive since the small text and font makes them prohibitively difficult to read? Ryan Vesey 17:23, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Please clarify "it" in your 17:21 comment — the whole situation, or something else? If the whole situation: if I remember rightly, I got no input from others until afterward. Regardless of what happens, I'll never intentionally delete a copyright infringement. And no, I'll not unhat, because they make the page simply too large. Couldn't you just zoom in with the browser, or copy the code so that you can preview it elsewhere? Nyttend (talk) 17:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for being a stellar gentleman. It's so kind of you to take such simple actions to make research and discussion on an active issue easier. By it, I'm referring to the G12. WP:CSD#G12 allows speedy deletion of "unambiguous copyright infringement". The definition of unambiguous is that it is not open to more than one interpretation. Cbl62 did not believe it was a G12, which means it was most definitely not unambiguous. The instructions for the speedy deletion criteria I linked clearly say that you should have used {{copyvio}}. Removing only the infringing material was certainly an option. Being unable to see the stub, but based on your comments at the DRV, there appears to be enough free material that G12 didn't apply. Sarek of Vulcan contradicts himself when he says the A3 didn't apply but the G12 "was fairly accurate". If the A3 didn't apply, at an absolute minimum the article should have been restored to that point. WP:CSD#G12 requires that earlier versions without infringement are maintained. Refusing to correct this error is the behavior I expect from you, but not the behavior I expect from an administrator. Ryan Vesey 17:34, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, if you want, I can undelete the pre-quote revisions and move them back to Doncram's userspace. According to the final comment in the "Doncram creating unacceptable articles in mainspace again" section of Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive727, the blocking admin here says that a major reason for the block in question was that he was repeatedly transferring the contents of another database to Misplaced Pages, and that's all that remains of this page aside from the quote; it wouldn't be helpful to undelete a page and leave it in mainspace when that page is seen as being disruptive. Nyttend (talk) 17:46, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Steubenville High School

I'm curious, why did you delete references from The Nation for being an unreliable source? It's one of the oldest magazines in the US and has quite a number of notable contributors. From what I can gather, it's a reputable source. Transcendence (talk) 20:54, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I had actually only checked the other link which was a blog. I then looked at the URL of the Nation link which said blog; although, on further review, it might be okay. Feel free to use the source if you'd like to modify the statement in any way. Ryan Vesey 22:45, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Ryan!

D Happy New Year! Kind of late to say that but oh well! Are your exams over yet? My finals are coming soon... but eh, they'll be easy! I miss talking to you! Red Hat On Head (talk) 20:25, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Sasha! Happy New Year to you too! My exams are over, I finally got my results in and they're decent, but not decent enough. To get on the dean's list at Penn you need a 3.7 (A- average) for the year. I ended up with a 3.6 for the semester so I need to work really hard this semester to make the list. I hope you do well on yours. Sorry for not being around. Ryan Vesey 05:50, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Just for possible interest

You may like to see my comment at User_talk:Bbb23#Unblocking_Croonerman. Not of immediate relevance to you, but I was thinking of you when I wrote it. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Mommie Dearest

Ryan, I take issue with your comment the the words "hundreds" is "likely false. It is not. The ads in Variety show that very clearly. I am not interested in opinions but facts. Your comment is an opinion. What I wrote was factual. Please try to maintain a civil tone and discuss things before undoing as per several comments form the ArbCom. After all, we are here to improve these articles for all people, not ourselves. As far as I am concerned, this is not a contest of egos. Thank you.Tal1962 (talk) 00:52, 8 January 2013 (UTC)