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Do not follow my edits. Darkness Shines (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

AfD Discussions

I'm not sure if you see the irony in asking "why is this article being singled out" on a dozen different AfD discussions; however I'd like to suggest that rather than writing long and similar commentaries at these discussions, that you add any reliable sources you have to the articles in question and help to demonstrate notability. There is no problem with book stubs as long as they meet the requirements of WP:NBOOK and many of the articles you are commenting on do not meet those criteria. Best wishes Flat Out let's discuss it 02:36, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

April 2014

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If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. Darkness Shines (talk) 10:24, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Book notability

You might be interested in the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Signature in the Cell. In particular, you might want to have a look at the list of reviews I've listed there. I can't guarantee that this article won't be deleted, but because I'm putting up substantial sources, I think I have the stronger argument. Best, Lesser Cartographies (talk) 08:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

As an aside: I think it's great that you're putting so much effort into helping to find sources for articles. It'll be a little bit easier on me (and other people you'll interact with) if you communicate about potential sources in a bit more standard way. If you're interested, take a look at template:cite, template:cite newspaper, cite web, etc. They're a little bit awkward work with, but they'll really help in communicating more clearly. For example, this:

*{{cite journal | title=What DNA Has to Tell Us About the Origins of Life | last=Scambray | first=Terry | journal=New Oxford Review | date=October 2010 | volume=77 | number=8 | page=40 | url=http://www.newoxfordreview.org/reviews.jsp?did=1010-scambray}}

ends up looking like this:

• Scambray, Terry (October 2010). "What DNA Has to Tell Us About the Origins of Life". New Oxford Review. 77 (8): 40.

Filling in the URL field is great, but even giving an ISBN or OCLC number is really helpful.

Hope you find that useful. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ping me. The WP:TEAHOUSE is also really good place to ask.

Lesser Cartographies (talk) 09:52, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Calypsomusic. I don't think further conversation at AfD is going to result in agreement. You're making a good-faith argument based on what you think wikipedia should be like, and I'm arguing from the policies we already have. I can certainly see your point of view at a geocities site may be perfectly useful, but we have a longstanding consensus with regards to verifiability: we don't use self-published sources (with a handful of very narrow exceptions). This policy saves us a lot of grief—granted, at the cost of missing a few articles. You're effectively asking us to abandon that stance, not for the benefit of the encyclopedia, but to keep one particular article. I understand your argument, I don't agree with it, and I think it's best if we left it at that and allow the closing admin to make the decision. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 11:24, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. --Calypsomusic (talk) 14:49, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

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Welcome

I like your username. Have you thought about contributing to our articles on the art form? It's in sore need of work. Guettarda (talk) 18:25, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Canvassing

Yogesh Khandke has not contributed for ages. Nonetheless, your message at User talk:Yogesh Khandke#Joke of the day seems to me to be non-neutral canvassing. Please don't do that. I've removed it. - Sitush (talk) 10:28, 16 April 2014 (UTC)