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==[[Treaty of Paris (1815)]]==

The article mentiones border change that include areas annexed by France between 1790-1792. However, I haven't found anything annexed in that period. Which exactly areas were swapped? [[User:Cautious|Cautious]] 17:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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==[[Need help editting an article]]== Hey David I was just wondering if you could help me to edit a certain article because you are an admin.  Its not questions about how to edit, its just something that needs an admin.  So please respond, btw I don't really get how to view your response to this so if its not just on this page then please post something on my talk page (obeyel) thank you. [[User:Obeyel|Obeyel]] ([[User talk:Obeyel|talk]]) 
Hi there. Question about "mid-1800s" on [[Talk:Victorian Internet]], could you take a look? -- [[User:Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]]

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Hi, could you protect [[West Wickham]] as there is much vandalism such as the name Con/Cornelius Mendez being repeatedly added, and also Shivan Sheosunker. These are addded by students of Langley Park school for Boys [[User:Brainbox_112|Brainbox_112]]

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Hi and thanks for adding [[List of employer associations]] and [[List of labor unions]] to [[List of reference tables]]. I also added [[List of stock exchanges]] to it. These are important in the research we are doing for project http://www.consumerium.org/wiki/ . If you have any leads on if there is a list of "national registries" (or something like that) I'm looking for registers of Companies and Associations it'd be greatly appreciated. --[[User:Juho|Juho]] 18:04 Mar 16, 2003 (UTC)

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[[Archinatural]] is an orphan. Could you find an article or two to link to it? [[User:Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]] 01:46 Apr 16, 2003 (UTC)

I was just getting it off of the Architecture page (since it didn't belong - probably some theory of some architecture grad student, but I don't think its important enough to link from there (given 0 google hits).  Maybe a candidate for deletion? -- [[User:Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]]

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Hello, I don't really have a comment on an article, but I thought I'd say hello to a fellow [[Quizbowl]] person!  [[User:Adam Bishop|Adam Bishop]] 22:17 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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Hello

Would you have any ''transport'' input to add to the [[local food]] article ? Thanks [[User:anthere]]
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I moved energy crisis back.  Rationale at [[Talk:Energy crisis]].

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Thanks for pulling in USPS info to [[timeline of postal history]]! I think some of the entries are too minor to merit a mention in global postal history (otherwise you'll have hundreds of entries listing each country's first "simplified postmark" etc), plus a lot of entries are now unclear as to which country they refer to.  Of course, if the US was the first to introduce an innovation, then those entries can stay. [[User:Stan Shebs|Stan]] 19:07 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Well, the USPS thing was grabbed from the usps history page, and so of course is biased (and tends towards minutia in later years.  Feel free to cut what you think is unimportant, though even a minor change in the US is probably more important (affects more people)  than when a minor country issues its first stamp. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]]

== Interstate Highways ==
In case you don't Watchlist [[Talk:Interstate highway]], wanted you to have opportunity to consider checking my full edit beginning
: '''Seeking further discussion of Interstates, including Route Nomenclature '''
: The topics of nomenclature for both Interstates & state routes have been idle 14 months on this[[Talk:Interstate highway]] page.  Before editing here on the subject, if it has been continued or made a standard elsewhere, can anyone direct me where?  ... --[[User:Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]]

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I'm in progress on a big edit & getting an edit conflict.  How big is yours? --[[User:Jerzy|Jerzy]] 00:49, 2003 Oct 26 (UTC)

OK, now i know how to survive an edit conflict, and realize the other guy in one can be done & gone when i'm experienceing it, if i'm slow enuf.  I'm happy with what you did, & hope you'll be happy with where i went on from there. [smile] --[[User:Jerzy|Jerzy]] 02:10, 2003 Oct 26 (UTC)
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Hello. It seems that you are very valuable contributer to wikipedia, but I have not made your acquaintence yet, so I will now say, "Nice to meet you.", --[[User:Alexandros|Alexandros]] 16:36, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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Re [[4-H]]: it seldom ceases to amaze me how many and which articles the 'pedia is lacking, and why no-one seems to think of them for so long.  Thanks for that one. - [[User:Hephaestos|Hephaestos]] 03:26, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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Much thanks for the help on the external links for the '''Improved Order of Red Men'''. Now I understand.  [[User: Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]]

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Just wanted to say "hi" to a anyone who cares about the AFSC :-) -- [[User:Bcorr|BCorr ¤ &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; ]] 23:03, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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Are you sure that Gary Glitter's R&R2 is the theme to Dr Who? Dr Who pre-dates the song by a decade at least - did the theme music change at some time?  I also wouldn't cosider R&R2 to be [[space rock]] at all. [[User:Bob Palin|Bob Palin]] 05:35, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
: search for "[[Doctorin the Tardis]]" by the [[Time Lords]], which is a variation on [[Gary Glitter]]'s song (there have been more than one [[dr. who]] theme).   Whether it is [[space rock]] or [[glam rock]] or something else is more subjective (there is no official [[board of space rock classification]]), but it is [[David Bowie]] like in my mind and he bridged the two. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]]

:I did search and it says simply that "a rythm" from R&R was used. [[Gary Glitter]] practically invented glam rock, in as much as he is like Bowie (and I don't think they are in the same league) it was during Bowie's more showy Ziggy days which are also considered glam rock. There really is no way to consider R&R a space rock tune. I like R&R2 btw, part of my youth.
here is a quote from Wiki on GG
"Finally, Leander and Glitter decided that glam rock was the way to go, and began recording "Rock and Roll", a fifteen minute song that eventually became two parts ("Rock and Roll (Part 1)" and "Rock and Roll (Part 2)")."

:"Doctorin' the Tardis" is a 1988 remix of the original 1963 [[Doctor Who]] theme by [[Ron Grainer]] together with Glitter's "Rock and Roll", made by the [[KLF]] performing under the name "The Timelords" (see [[The Timelords]] for details). It was part of a double A-side single with "What Time is Love". At no time was it the Doctor Who theme music. -- [[User:The Anome|The Anome]] 16:02, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
:: I am quite certain that watching [[Doctor Who]] reruns Saturday nights in the US on [[PBS]] in [[Atlanta]] c. 1988-89, the opening song was The Timelords version (having checked the MP3). I had always assumed it was older, but I am certain that it was in fact played at the opening of the episode.  This may have been a local, US or temporary phenomenon, but somebody remastered at least the Tom Baker episodes for rerelease.  Given that Dr. Who is science-fiction-like and involves space travel (as well as spooky Dr. Who sound effects), it is not too much a leap to call The Timelords version space rock. Whether that carries to Glitter, I don't know.  [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 15:49, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

::having never seen Dr Who in the US I can't comment on that and I haven't seen much Dr Who at all since the 70s, it was however my favourite program growing up, seems a bit dated now. I think that the original theme for Dr Who was certainly one of the earliest pieces of space rock perhaps only predated by the Tornado's Telstar. These are not just space rock/music because of the space connection, they experiment with "space" related sounds. Of course they weren't called that at the time since the genre didn't exist. I bet that the members of [[Hawkwind]] (the best space rock by far) grew up as avid Dr Who fans. Good conversation.
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''Air raid shelter''

David, how did you manage to remove all those paras from my air raid shelter article without showing your signature, somehow showing my name against the changes? You are saying instead you had reverted to my own page. I never removed my own pages. Please tell me. --[[User:Dieter Simon|Dieter Simon]] 00:48, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

: I didn't.  I don't have magic database access.  Perhaps you inadvertantly reverted the page to the last page I had edited, or some other user did (though I don't know how your name would show up unless there is a bug). See User Contributions, the only thing I did on that day was with the [[World's Fair]].  [[User:Manuel Bondarchuk|Manuel Bondarchuk]] 12:47, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC).

::Yes David, apologies, I have a feeling the site might have a software problem and might be corrupted. I'll try to find someone to take a look at it and see if that's the case. --[[User:Dieter Simon|Dieter Simon]]

== [[United States Office of Management and Budget]] ==

Can you explain how those pieces of legislation are related to the United States Office of Management and Budget? [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] 02:03, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

: some more so than others, I had a list of important legislation, but not so important that it should go on [[List of United States federal legislation]], so I moved it to the seemingly responsible agency.  Some day, there will be an article on each of these (as I find time I will do this, but someone else is free to go first), and if you would like to better classify them, that would be great.  [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 20:33, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Browse by category]] and [[Template:Categories]] ==

Hi David,  you might be interested in the debate going on at [[Wikipedia talk:Browse by category]].  I am somewhat partial to your cleanup, so you might be interested in following and joining in the discussion.  I think there have been some good additions by [[User:Kenny sh|Kenny sh]], since the old http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Wikipediatoc&oldid=2530290, but I think the current design is a little cluttered and the language and choice of terms somewhat idiosyncratic (compare to say, [[Encyclopedia Britannica]]). --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]]

:May be better [[Thinking]] instead [[reasoning]] in TOC? [[User:Kenny sh|Kenny]] 15:22, 2004 Aug 10 (UTC)

::I picked [[reasoning]] because I wanted something like [[abstraction]], [[thinking]] isn't quite the right nuance. Other one word suggestions are welcome[[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 21:52, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

== Architecture ==

Hi, Its a good idea of yours to have the main [[Architecture]] page on architecture(buildings). Its something I thought of doing after I created the disambiguation page. However, I don't know how long it will last that way because the reason I created the disambiguation page in the first instance was because people kept including the newly, and now equally well used, contexts:-). I will list the [[Architecture (built environment)]] page for deletion. [[User:KRS|KRS]] 18:13, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

un-re-direct-ification:
I assume making [[Talk:Architecture]] into a redirect to [[Talk:Architecture (disambiguation)]] was an accident, and fixed it.
If we have 2 independent articles (one is not a redirect to the other), then we need 2 independent talk pages, right?
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 20:20, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Israeli West Bank barrier - a wall ==
Hello, just out of interest, did you realise you might be doing somthing controversial when you included the WB barrier in the category:walls? It's caused quite a controversy... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Israeli_West_Bank_barrier#.22fence.22_vs_.22wall.22_vs_.22security_barrier.22] [[User:Pir|pir]] 19:32, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Natural sciences]], etc ==

Hi, I noticed that you depopulated [[:Category:Natural sciences]] except for its title article, and put the articles in [[:Category:Science]].  What's the reasoning behind this? Thanks [[User:Siroxo| ]]&mdash;[[User:Siroxo|<font color=#627562>siro</font>]][[User talk:Siroxo|<font color=#627562>''&chi;''</font>]][[User:Siroxo|<font color=#627562>o</font>]] 23:16, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

[[:Category:Science]] is linked from the front page.  The general idea is that users/readers/editors should be able to find categories with the fewest number of clicks.  Going from [[:Category:Science]] to [[:Category:natural sciences]] to [[:Category:Biology]] is 50% more effort (and time with sluggish servers) than simply science to biology. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 23:32, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

== Image:Michael iii.jpg ==

{{User:Diberri/Image tag request|Image:Michael iii.jpg}} --[[User:Diberri|David Iberri]] | [[User talk:Diberri|Talk]] 19:55, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

: done (public domain) [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 12:35, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

== [[Exploding whale]] ==

I happen to find this my most favourite story, so it's on my watchlist. I saw your edit about the king in see also. Please don't do that again, this could be counted as vandalism! - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 23:48, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
: Don't insult me by threatening me with calling me a vandal.  The king did explode (see the article), the items are related, as is obvious, by the potential change in chemistry/build up of gases in large mammals after death.  You don't own the story or the article.  The fact is correct (as far as is known), it does not interfere with the flow of the article, and is in fact related.  Get over yourself. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 00:46, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== Wikinews demo up and running ==

Hi!

I'm writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Board of Trustees has approved the first stage of the [[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]] project. There's now a fully operational English demo site at [http://demo.wikinews.org demo.wikinews.org]. This will be used for experimenting with various review models and basic policies before the site is launched officially in about a week. demo.wikinews.org will become the English version later.
 
You voted for the Wikinews project, so I'm asking for your participation now. Everything is open, nothing is final. What Wikinews will and can be depends in large part on you. There already is a [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l global Wikinews mailing list] for discussing the project. If you are interested at all, please subscribe -- coordination is of key importance. There's also an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] channel #wikinews on irc.freenode.net. Realtime discussion can help to polish up articles.
 
If you're looking for something to do, check out the [http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Articles_in_development articles in development] and [http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Articles_in_review articles in review]. Or start a new story in the Wikinews workspace, or ignore the proposed review system - it's up to you. I hope you'll join us soon in this exciting experiment.--[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]][[User:Eloquence/CP|*]] 01:59, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

== [[:Category:DavidLevinson]] ==

Would you mind removing your user page from [[:Category:DavidLevinson]]? I'm trying to help to clean up [[:Category:Orphaned categories]], and your category is one that is turning up. It would be helpful (and in keeping with [[Wikipedia:User_page#What_should_I_avoid.3F]]) if you would remove your user page from that category and request that it be deleted. -[[User:Aranel|[[User:Aranel|Aranel]] ("<font color="#ba0000"><u>Sarah</u></font>")]] 15:47, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

: done [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 16:49, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== Article Licensing ==

Hi, I've started the [[User:rambot#Free the Rambot Articles Project|Free the Rambot Articles Project]] which has the goals of getting users to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all of their contributions that they've made to...
#...all U.S. state, county, and city articles...
#...all articles...
using the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-Share Alike  (''CC-by-sa'') version 1.0 and 2.0 [[Creative Commons License|License]]s or into the [[public domain]] if they prefer.  The ''CC-by-sa'' license is a true free documentation license that is similar to the [[GFDL]] (which every contribution made to Wikipedia is licensed under), but it allows '''other projects''', such as [[WikiTravel]], to use our articles (See the [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|Multi-licensing Guide]] for more information).  Since you are among the [[Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits|top 1000]] Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at ''minimum'' those on the geographic articles.  So far over 90% of people who have responded have done this.

:'''Nutshell:''' Wikipedia articles can be shared with any other GFDL project but open/free projects using the incompatible Creative Commons Licenses (e.g. [[WikiTravel]]) can't use our stuff and we can't use theirs.  It is important to us that other free projects can use our stuff.  So we use their licenses too.

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the '''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>''' template (or '''<nowiki>{{MultiLicensePD}}</nowiki>''' for [[public domain]]) into their user page, but there are other templates for other options at [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User namespace#Licensing Templates|Template messages/User namespace]].  The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

:'''Option 1'''
:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>
'''OR'''
:'''Option 2'''
:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace '''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>''' with '''<nowiki>{{MultiLicensePD}}</nowiki>'''.  If you only prefer using the [[GFDL]], I would like to know that too.  ''Please let me know'' at my '''[[User talk:Ram-Man|talk page]]''' what you think.  It's important to know, even if you choose to do anything so I don't keep asking. -- [[User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]] 16:24, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

==RFC pages on VfD==
Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein]], [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig]] and [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney]] from [[WP:VFD]]. Each of them was listed by [[User:CheeseDreams|CheeseDreams]]. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 03:33, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)


==Unverified images==
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

*[[:Image:Intstate.gif]]

I notice it currently doesn't have an [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]]. Could you add one to let us know its [[copyright]] status? (You can use <nowiki>{{gfdl}}</nowiki> if you release it under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]], <nowiki>{{fairuse}}</nowiki> if you claim [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]], etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just ''let me know [[User talk:Poccil|at my talk page]]'' where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|[[User:Poccil|Peter O.]] ([[User Talk:Poccil|Talk]], [[User:Poccil/Automation.js|automation script]])]] 22:04, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S.  You can help tag other images at [[User:Yann/Untagged_Images]].  Thanks again.

==C/D Roads==
C/D roads are completely different from collector roads and distributor roads. The link to [[Hierarchy of roads]] does not belong on [[Collector/distributor road]]. --[[User:SPUI|SPUI]] 03:37, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

: Yes, they are different.  (Though they have similar functions, collecting and distributing traffic from a higher level road).   They are part of the hierarchy of roads however, allowing the separation of access and movement functions, enabling freeways to accomplish things that in their absence they could not. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 03:39, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::The only thing a C/D road allows a freeway to do is reduce weaving on its main lanes. It is simply a special type of ramp, and ramps are never included in the road hierarchy. --[[User:SPUI|SPUI]] 03:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::: It is a parallel roadway that allows the freeway to operate with less interference (and thus higher speed and flow), by shifting access functions away from the roadway.  It is more than a ramp (hence the name C/D road in your terms, or C/D lanes as I have seen (e.g. [[Interstate 270]] in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]). [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 03:47, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::::In the case of I-270, the outer lanes are simply a freeway/arterial-class road. In the case of more minor C/D roads, they are a type of ramp. A collector road takes traffic between local roads and freeways. Ramps usually connect collectors to freeways, and are extensions of the freeway. The C/D road lies between the freeway and the ramps, and thus has nothing to do with a collector road. --[[User:SPUI|SPUI]] 03:50, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::::: I made some changes to the [[hierarchy of roads]] article, feel free to elaborate. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 04:05, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
::::::Eh, I made some changes, nothing major. I'll leave the link from C/D road, though I still don't really think it should be there, at least the article now discusses them. --[[User:SPUI|SPUI]] 04:08, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

==Need a Deletion==

Dave, hi, I have written an article on Vailsburg, Newark.  I wanted it to fit into a template so I wrote copies at [[Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey]]; [[Vailsburg, Newark]]; and simply [[Vailsburg]].  Could you please delete the copies from [[Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey]]; [[Vailsburg, Newark]].  I only want [[Vailsburg]] to continue to exist.

[[user:dinopup|dinopup]]

: The standard as far as I can tell is that neighborhoods would use the  [[Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey]] format (see the other neighborhoods as an example).  Are you sure about this? Also the cat should probably just be [[:Category:Newark, New Jersey Neighborhoods]] since that is in [[:Category:Newark, New Jersey]].  [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 18:03, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

== Kiwanis Membership Stat ==

Where did you obtain the figures for [[Kiwanis]] membership?  The selected anniversaries and Kiwanis International website had report 600,000 members. --[[User:Paraphelion|Paraphelion]] 16:29, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

: [http://www.kiwanis.org/lit/stats.pdf] Kiwanis data. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 02:16, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

=="Transportation"==
Please observe the style concerning the first major contributor to a page. [[User:Maurreen|Maurreen]] 19:29, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'm interested in some rationale  and references pertaining to the changes you made to the Transportation article  ( [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Transport&diff=next&oldid=21346400 Transportation article diff] ) . Cycling as a major form of transport is and has been very popular in China and other countries, has been growing in Denmark and Holland especially, but also in countries like Sweden in recent years, and cities like Stockholm and London. Those countries are among the richest in the world and doing better than most other countries in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0778562.html]   The underlying causes for the decline in cycling seen in the western world, might well be other than affluency in itself.  Perhaps Hollywood and advertising has played a major role.  Wikipdia should be [[Wikipedia:NPOV]], but not to the detriment of  well argued and well referenced counterpoints to "common sense".  I do admit that the contribution of pro-bicycling editor,  also lacked somewahat in references though. --[[User:Mokgand|Mokgand]] 22:04, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

:: I edited the section to be more NPOV and better written. The previous version asserted "sustainability" which is at best a nebulous concept. Evidence is people are more or less selfishly rational when choosing the modes they do given their income, their desire to reach preferred ends, etc. That cycling remains a minor mode in most developed countries, and is shrinking in share as most countries get wealthier is a fact. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 03:40, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
::: I beg to differ, as I mentioned earlier, citing arguments and examples. Many people who cycle cite the apparrently selfish motivation of better health, and many studies support the notion that cycling might make a difference for health. Odense in Denmark increased cycling by 20% and saved millions in the health sector. I'll gladly give you sources if you want. What sources support  your view  ?   --[[User:Mokgand|Mokgand]] 22:58, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
:::: See e.g. [http://www.ibike.org/library/statistics.htm], bike mode share in Beijing was significantly higher than any US city (and is declining as wealth increases). Obviously, some select flat European cities have high bike mode shares. We are not arguing whether or not more biking is a good thing, so that it saved millions in the health sector is quite irrelevant. The facts are simply that as countries develop the automobile gains share at the expense of less preferred modes. This is about analysis not advocacy. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 23:21, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] ==

Don't list [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] for deletion, especially not if there is no previous discussion on [[Wikipedia Talk:Votes for deletion]]! -- [[User:Chris 73|Chris 73]] [[User talk:Chris 73|Talk]] 01:45, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

==Congrats==
Barring unforseen circusmtances, it looks like you're going to win the [[Wikipedia:Half-million pool|half-million pool]]. Congrats. [[User:Raul654|&rarr;Raul654]] 07:02, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

Seems that way to me as well. Congratulations.  --[[User:Alexwcovington|Alexwcovington]] ([[User talk:Alexwcovington|talk]]) 08:13, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Looks like the unforseen circumstances (database failure) caused you to slip to second place. Sorry. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|&#9998;]] 21:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Club/team certification ==

Hi,

re: your club/team certification proposal, I have proposed something very similar in October 2002 [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2002-October/013446.html]. My thinking on peer review has moved on a bit since then; I'm now trying to find a model which maintains uniform standards of quality throughout the project. But I thought you might be interested in reading the discussion thread that developed back then.--[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]][[User:Eloquence/CP|*]] 01:56, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

== expos/nationals debate ==

There is a major debate going on, and I wondered if you might want to chime in. The debate involves how to deal with franchise moves in baseball. The question is whether [[Montréal Expos]] should be its own article or if it should redirect to [[Washington Nationals]]. All other instances of franchise moves in MLB redirect the old team name to the new team name, and the history of the franchise is covered within the new team name (for MLB, NBA and NFL examples, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion/Montr%E9al_Expos see here]. Some people are confused and think the Expos and the Nats are different teams. Some people don't want to upset Canadian readers.

Indeed, the Washington Nationals are not a new team - the Montreal Expos franchise has moved to Washington, and the old franchise name should redirect to the new franchise name, just like the 20+ instances of this occuring in Wikipedia. For example, Brooklyn Dodger history resides in the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] article. New York Giants history, including the Shot Heard 'Round the World, resides in the [[San Francisco Giants]] article.

If you have the time, maybe you could chime in on the conversation there, [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Montréal Expos]]. [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] 21:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Question on old edit ==

Hi,

I noticed that in June 2002 (!!!) you added the datum that Ibn Nafis discovered the circulatory system in 1242 in the article [[Timeline of medicine and medical technology]].  However, this disagrees with the date of 1268 given in [[circulatory system]] by a whopping 26 years!  I looked online for a source to no avail; do you have a reference for the datum in question?  I would like to fix whichever article is in need of fixing, but I can't do it without a reference and unfortunately I can't find one myself.  (Internal inconsistencies drive me crazy!) Thanks for your help.

- [[User:Bantman|Bryan is Bantman]] 23:31, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

: The timeline data came from Niel Brandt with permission (see Talk page), I don't know more than that. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 01:08, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Los Angeles Neighborhoods]] ==

I saw your work on the Los Angeles category. To conform with capitalization standards, [[:Category:Los Angeles neighborhoods]], with a small "n", would be preferable. Further, I see that you're assigning L.A. companies to that category, which strikes me as an odd choice. Would somehing like "L.A. businesses" be a better choice? Anyway, thanks for the effort. Cheers, -[[User:Willmcw|Willmcw]] 21:50, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

== Category:Science protection==

I note you've protected [[:Category:Science]] twice now as a result of vandalism. However, both times there was only a single instance of vandalism, which is nowhere near enough to warrant page protection. Also, you didn't put [[Template:vprotected]] at the top of the page, you didn't put a note on the category talk: page explaining why you'd protected the page, and you didn't add it to [[Wikipedia:Protected_page#List_of_protected_pages]]. You should take a look through [[Wikipedia:Protection policy]], these steps are important for keeping track of protected pages and letting people know what's going on with them. [[User:Bryan Derksen|Bryan]] 07:07, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
: It is a category linked from the main page, and they are the first thing vandals can get too, hence their high rate of vandalism (see also History, Geography, Personal Life). btw, the Protect this page ought to automatically put on some standard template if it is in fact standard. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 21:45, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

== Plastics ==

*Just wanted to say 'Hi', and make known to you that the article on plastics seems to hold nothing on [[Polycarbonate]]s. I'm just a dumb double-E working on [[Drum (Container)]], but this seems an fairly significant oversight in the article. Since you were involved back near it's genesis, thought you should know. If you don't want to handle the matter, what do you suggest? [[User:Fabartus|[[User:fabartus| fabartus]] || [[User_talk:fabartus|TalktoMe]]]] 20:11, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

** Hi, I guess you can take it on if you want. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 12:34, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

==Photo request==
Hi David, I found you on the list of Wikipedians from Minnesota. I've been working on the [[Norman Borlaug]] article and we need some GFDL compatible images, are you in the vicinity of the University of Minnesota St Paul Campus? If so would you be able to take a picture of the bust of Borlaug and/or Borlaug Hall, you can see the non-free pic here [[:Image:Borlaug2003.jpg]]. Many thanks if you can, and thanks anyway if you can't. --nixie 1 July 2005 03:53 (UTC)

==Soul City==
Done and done. [[User:Jaberwocky6669|Jaberwocky6669]] July 2, 2005 14:46 (UTC)

== Category: Science response ==

I'm not sure what the protocol is, but I responded to your comment to me on my talk page, but since you haven't answered, I thought I'd just note it here too.  Feel free to delete this comment after checking out what I wrote.  :)
[[User:TimNelson|TimNelson]] 11:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

: Thanks for your response.  I've continued our discussion on the [[Category_talk:Science]] page, to make it easier for both of us to follow this via our watchlists.  [[User:TimNelson|TimNelson]] 14:24, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

== Category Mathematics ==

Hi I see you merged the mathematics portal and category page. To be honest I'm personally not all that fond about it, but there also are some real problems

* The mathematics portal is under-maintained (I believe the last update was made in April) and the fact that the most prominent mathematics editors don't seem to have noticed the change yet, makes me doubt it will be in the future. Are ''you'' willing to help with this?

* You carelessly copied the potal over, destroying the rather carefully crafted one paragraph introduction to mathematics, didn't bother to update the COTW (which currently is [[Manifold]]), removed the nice fractal image, and replaced the not so good Major fields of mathematics with the even worse Categories from the portal, and removed several banners.

Cheers, --[[User:R.Koot|R.Koot]] 19:44, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

: I think the wording is kind of tough, but I agree with [[User:R.Koot|R.Koot]]'s statement. Big changes of this kind be better discussed first at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics]]. [[User:Oleg Alexandrov|Oleg Alexandrov]] 22:08, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

:: Sorry for the though wording, being a non-native writer I found it difficult to phrase it more constructivly. --[[User:R.Koot|R.Koot]] 22:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

::: All of the other categories linked from the main page were merged with their portal pages. Please feel free to fix whatever you would like, the mathematics category page only refers to the boxes that are on the portal page. Hopefully increasing prominence will decrease undermaintenance. This being wikipedia, we act before we talk.  It looks rather nice to me right now [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 11:33, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

==Minneapolis meetup==
Hello DavidLevinson. I'm contacting you since you are listed at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Minnesota]]. I'm going to be at a conference in [[University of Minnesota Twin Cities#Minneapolis|Minneapolis]] and am planning a Wikipedia meetup for [[October 8]]. If you are near Minneapolis at that time, please see [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis]]. [[User:Angela|Angela]][[user talk:Angela|.]] 20:55, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

==Soul city==
Unfortunately things aren't exactly going as planned. May be a while before I make my way out there! Sorry... [[User:Jaberwocky6669|Jaberwocky6669]] 17:38, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

==[[Northern Breweries]]==

Hi there...quick question for ya. You added [[:Category:Cooperatives]] to the [[Northern Breweries]] article. I'm just wondering if it really fits, given that Northern isn't a cooperative ''anymore''. [[User:Bearcat|Bearcat]] 00:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

: I suppose you could create [[:Category:Former cooperatives]], there are a few others that would belong as well. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 00:52, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

==[[Railbox]] and [[TTX]]==

Hi, I see you added Railbox and TTX to [[:Category:Cooperatives]]...  would you think that all the terminal roads (railways in and around a city owned by the major connecting railways in that city, for example [[Indiana Harbor Belt]] and union station companies (companies set up to operate large stations such as Chicago Union Station, etc) are also cooperatives? I'm wondering if adding these to that category actually adds information  or not. Also, would you say that the [[Conrail]] Shared Assets Area is a cooperative? it is owned by the two railroads that use it (it's what remains after Conrail was demerged)... I would say it is not. Just curious as to your thoughts. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]] 04:13, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
: Maybe a new category [[:Category:Rail cooperatives]] would be appropriate? [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 22:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

==[[:Category:Rail cooperatives]]==
What do you think about renaming this to [[:Category:Joint rail lines]]? That term is in use, while "rail cooperatives" seems to not be widely used. We also have an article at [[joint railway]] describing the situation. There is also a [[:Category:British joint railway companies]] that would be a subcategory of it. --[[User:SPUI|SPUI]] ([[User talk:SPUI|talk]]) 13:21, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
: That takes care of part of it, but what about [[Railbox]] and [[Railgon]]? [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 13:45, 15 October 2005 (UTC)


==Tappan==
I don't have personal knowledge that [[Tappan]] is now part of Weedeater.  I just discovered that the link to the Frigidaire page was dead, and located a new description under the Weedeater page.  The corporate description here: [http://www.weedeater.com/corporate.asp Weedeater] says that Weedeater is the North American division of Electrolux A.B., formed in 1997 by the consolidation of  American Yard Products, Frigidaire, and Poulan/WeedEater.  So perhaps it is more accurate to say that Tappan is still a part of Frigidaire, a division of Weedeater owned by Electolux A.B., although the Fridgidaire connection is not explicitly stated on the website.    --[[User:Blainster|Blainster]] 01:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
: I think the "we"  at [http://www.weedeater.com/corporate.asp] refers to "Electrolux Home Products" rather than Weedeater. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 01:31, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
:After re-reading it, I agree, and restored the sense of your edit.  --[[User:Blainster|Blainster]] 01:47, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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==Zagat's==

Are you the one that deleted the Zagat's page that dealt with the SNL sketch?  I wrote that, and there was a discussion going on about its deletion.  I decided to merge it with other short-lived SNL sketches, and now I can't even find that original article, so I can copy it to another area. And who deletes a whole article and has the nerve to call it a minor edit? [[User:Leadpipevigilante|Leadpipevigilante]] 06:49, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
: No [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 13:31, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

== [[User:DavidLevinson#The future of wikipedia|The Future of Wikipedia]] ==

I saw your name on recent changes a few minutes ago, clicked on it, and I read your insightful composition.  You might consider sub-paging it and categorizing it into [[:Category:Wikipedia essays|Wikipedia essays]] for greater visibility.  If you still want it on your front user page too, which I'm guessing you probably do, then just put:
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on your main page. If you already know how to do this, forgive the apparent condescension... I just think it's something everyone should read. Regards. &mdash; <b><i>[[User:Freakofnurture/|<font color="006000" title="User:Freakofnurture">F<small>REAK OF</small> N<small>UR<sub>x</sub>TURE</small></font>]]</i> <small>(<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Freakofnurture&action=edit&section=new <font color="006000" title="User talk:Freakofnurture">TALK</font>]</span>)</small></b> 03:57, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

== Hitler ==

Dave, [[Hitler]]'s first name is spelt ADOLF, not ADOLPH. [[User:Kelisi|Kelisi]] 04:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

== [[:Image:Biltmore-Atlanta.jpg]] ==

David - I'm having trouble figuring out why this post card is in the public domain.  Could you add a line to the image description explaining why?  Thanks! -[[User:SCEhardt|<font color="blue">SCEhard</font>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<font color="#3D9140"><b>T</b></font>]] 16:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia talk:Stable versions#Certification gang]] ==

what do you think of this? -- [[User:Zondor|Zondor]] 16:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

== Re: Stable versions ==

"I don't understand what you did by voting against Wikipedia for stable versions, editing the article by adding a misspelled link, and then nominating that different version with the misspelled link. This is never going to work if you fiddle the article and require a new vote each time. I thought you supported your proposal." - i do support the proposal. that misspelled link was not intentionally done by me. something must be wrong with the media wiki software. i meant to only fix the self reference. you dont expect the nomination to be rosy, do you? -- [[User:Zondor|Zondor]] 16:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

== Low-value links in [[The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company|A&P]] ==

Hi David, a few days ago you reverted my edit to this page.  I did nothing but delete the low-value links per the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Internal links|MoS]].  Why did you revert my edit? &mdash; [[User:EagleOne|EagleOne]]\<sup>[[User_talk:EagleOne|Talk]]</sup> 17:52, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
: I disagree that year links are low value. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 22:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
:: Year links, as a general rule, add very little information to an article.  As such, I will continue to remove them wherever I find them (except for full date links).  However, I do not want to get into an edit war over this, so I will leave the A&P article alone. &mdash; [[User:EagleOne|EagleOne]]\<sup>[[User_talk:EagleOne|Talk]]</sup> 21:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

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== [[Early life of Joseph Smith, Jr./Stable]] ==

The notice was appreciated. Tweaking nearly finished articles is something I rather enjoy here, and the subject is interesting to me. I have already made [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Early_life_of_Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr./Stable#Suggestions: two suggestions], and am reviewing the rest of the article as much as I am able.

→ '''<font color="006400">P</font><font color="4B0082">.</font><font color="008000">Mac</font><font color="228B22">Uidhir'''</font> [[User talk:Pádraic MacUidhir|<font color="9400D3">(t)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Pádraic MacUidhir|(c)]]  18:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== reply: Early life of Joseph Smith ==

Hi David. I actually don't edit on that page, i just reverted vandalism. But it seems good to me. Cheers--[[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 14:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== [[Distinction without a difference]] ==

Your article [[Distinction without a difference]] has appeared in the [[WP:DEP|Dead End Pages]] list because it is not ''wikified''.  Please consult the [[WP:GTL|Wikipedia Guide to Layout]] for more information on how to write a good, wikified article.  I would encourage you to revisit your submissions and <nowiki>{{wikify}}</nowiki> them.  Thanks and happy editing! [[User:James084|James084]] 19:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== United Hardware ==

Just so you know - I have ruled that the article [[United Hardware]], although it ''did'' seem somewhat spammish, has been rewritten to the point where it no longer does. So it's no longer in danger of being deleted. I've left Death Eater Dan a message to this effect as well. [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] 23:47, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== Gold Bond medicated powder ==
You put a cleanup tag on [[Gold Bond medicated powder]] with the explination of "family values."  Can you explain what that means?  Thanks.  --[[User:Descendall|Descendall]] 04:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
: Read what the article says, paragraph 4 doesn't seem appropriate, even if true. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 16:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== "Simplifying" a name ==

you recently moved an article to [[Simmons]].  Why?  That is not the name of the business and there was already a redirect for that name.  The standard around here is that the article should have the correct name of the business and alternate names are redirects.  She we redirect [[Microsoft]] to [[MS]]?  Simmons is a common enough name that a Disambiguate page might be better in the place of [[Simmons]] in any case. ---[[User:J.smith|J.Smith]] 19:31, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
: Use common names is a principle, the full name the previous version The Simmons Manufacturing Co., LLC  is quite unwieldy, is it Co. Company, Co, do you include LLC L.L.C, etc. the beginning of the name with "The" is also quite strange. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 22:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
::I was just thinking of the case of [[AOL]] being redirected to [[America Online]]... but that makes sense I guess since they do business under both names.  *shrug* I dunno.  The newest name looks great, btw.   Oh... thanks for your help on my little project of expanding the coverage of mattress companies!  Are you involved in the industry?  ---[[User:J.smith|J.Smith]] 08:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

==RfA==
I didn't know if you knew about [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/HereToHelp|HereToHelp's]] RfA. I just found myself.  [[User:Hydnjo|hydnjo]] [[User talk:Hydnjo|talk]] 04:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Soul City ==

Hi. I noticed that you were the original author of [[Soul City, North Carolina]]. I live nearby in Winston-Salem (er, sort of near by), and visited recently to take some pictures for an assignment. I spoke with the people at the Green Duke House for a while about their history, trying to take in some things that I could add onto the article here.

I was wondering how you had come across Soul City, and if you had any resources you could suggest to follow up with. It's an interesting story to be told, and I can see some things being added onto the article here. Drop me a line sometime and let me know if you've got any ideas. Thanks. [[User:Tijuana Brass|Tijuana Brass]] 21:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
: I came across it via the HUD New Towns program. (I have an interest in New Towns, having grown up in [[Columbia, Maryland]]. I don't have any special sources, but their is a large literature on "New Towns" or "Model Cities". [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 21:16, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
::Sounds good, thanks. [[User:Tijuana Brass|Tijuana Brass]] 06:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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== GetCITED ==

In case you haven't noticed, [[GetCITED]] has been proposed for deletion. [[User:NickelShoe|NickelShoe]] ([[User talk:NickelShoe|Talk]]) 16:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Sig ==

On [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of shopping malls by state: States: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts]] I think you added an extra tilde. :) Just add three to the beginning so you can keep the original timestamp. Cheers. [[User:Wikibout|Wikibout]]-[[User talk:Wikibout|Talk to me!]] 04:10, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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== Red tail ==
Just doesn't look as good and caption is redundant. Such borders are often visual static on many Wikipedia pages. Doubly so here since it spoils the fresh, minty taste of the drop shadow. [[User:Pepso|Pepso]] 20:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
: It looks fine, and is standard, but more importantly, it includes the caption which is important for [[accessibility]] purposes. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 02:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
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== Featured list candidate ==

I thought you'd like to know that [[List of United States federal legislation]] has been nominated to be a [[WP:FL|Featured List]].  It needs 4 votes by [[October 2]] [[2006]].

As I have labored hard on the article, I would appreciate your looking it over.  You can find a discussion here: [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of United States federal legislation]].

Thank you!

—[[User talk:Markles|Markles]] 23:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

== Minnesota meetup ==

A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the [[Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Minneapolis#2006_Meetup|discussion page]] if interested. [[User:Jonathunder|Jonathunder]] 02:13, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
:Reminder: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis|Meetup]] October 29, one o'clock, [[Mall of America]]. [[User:Jonathunder|Jonathunder]] 16:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

==Geolinks on railway stations==
Hi David, I reverted your edit to [[East Croydon station]] because the Geolinks you added overlapped existing ones rendering both illegible. Obviously, we can only have one type of title co-ordinates. However, this raises a wider question: which style of co-ordinates should be used? Decimals of degrees, or degrees, minutes, seconds? I personally grew up with the latter, so that is what I've been using on various railway stations etc. But I'm wondering whether there's a policy on which type to use. Do you know? Cheers, [[User:A bit iffy|A bit iffy]] 13:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

* I don't know about standards, but [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates]] discusses the issue, it seems there is pluralism wrt to decimal degrees and degree/minute/second. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 18:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

== Amara's law ==

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== MacDade Mall ==

Why have you restored this article deleted pursuant to a perfectly acceptable AfD? Am I missing something here? [[User:Erechtheus|Erechtheus]] 17:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
:I deleted your restoration as a clear [[WP:CSD#G4]] — Recreation of deleted material, and posted a [[WP:DRV#MacDade mall|deletion review]] for you. Next time follow the process by yourself. You're an admin, you should know our policies. ~ [[User:Trialsanderrors|trialsanderrors]] 19:46, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

==National Urban League==
Thanks for adding the article on the [[National Urban League|Urban League]]!--[[User:Futurebird|futurebird]] 15:50, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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== RFC: Old Farmer's Almanac ==

Hello,

I am an employee of Yankee Publishing, Inc., of Dublin, New Hampshire.

Two months ago, I volunteered to update the Wikipedia listing for The Old Farmer’s Almanac – a publication owned by my employer.

I am contacting you because you have previously edited this listing.

I have endeavored to follow Wikipedia’s guidelines to the best of my knowledge and ability, and would appreciate your input on the [[Talk:Old_Farmer%27s_Almanac#RFC:_Employee-Suggested_Edits|RFC]] I posted today on the Almanac’s discussion page.

Best, [[User:NH-Nemesis|NH-Nemesis]] 21:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

== Oppose ==

Hi,
If you really meant to vote"oppose" in the poll [[Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll]], you put your vote in the wrong column!  [[User:Linas|linas]] 05:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It got moved somehow when their was an edit conflict. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] 10:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Wrong coordinates for [[Feltham railway station]]==
The coordinates you added for the above article are incorrect, they are copied from those for Farringdon Station. Can you please fix them?
Thanks --[[User:DarTar|DarTar]] 09:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)--[[User:DarTar|DarTar]] 09:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

== List of distressed shopping malls ==

I noticed one of your user subpages ([[User:DavidLevinson/List of distressed shopping malls]]) had a Miscellaneous pages for deletion [[Template:Mfd|template]] on it. Is the page supposed to be up for deletion?&#32;--&nbsp;[[User:Kenb215|kenb215]] [[User talk:Kenb215|talk]] 21:36, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
: no someone put that there, I don't think they should be deleting user pages, seems improper.

==Minneapolis==
{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};"
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | To DavidLevinson, on the occasion of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] reaching featured article. With thanks -[[User:Susanlesch|Susanlesch]] 06:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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==[[Baltimore Crisis]]==

Hi, I'm working on the Baltimore Crisis,
and the history page for it has you as the source of 
that Chile paid the US $75,000 in gold as the result of the Baltimore Crisis,
and I was hoping you could help me with a documentary source for the info,
or even better if you could add a foot note for the source to the Baltimore Crisis page, 
since if it is actually true it makes the thing very much more interesting than I had thought it was. 
Clearly if we can document it the info belongs in there.[[User:John5Russell3Finley|John5Russell3Finley]] [[User:John5Russell3Finley|John5Russell3Finley]] 22:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I found it myself [[User:John5Russell3Finley|John5Russell3Finley]] 05:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

==If you are interested==
As one of the earliest editors to the article, your input would be appreciated at [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/United States Secretary of Energy‎]], Thank you.--[[User:Southern Texas|<font color = "red">'''Southern''' </font>]][[User talk:Southern Texas|<font color = "blue">'''Texas'''</font>]] 22:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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== [[:Category:Garden suburbs]] ==

Hi David. I just added a suggestion to this category (see [[:Category talk:Garden suburbs]]). There is currently no category for Garden cities, and I think it would be better to have a single category covering both cities and suburbs rather than try to differentiate between them. What do you think? --[[User:RichardVeryard|RichardVeryard]] 16:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

==Meetup RSVP==
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<div style="float:left; padding:10px 10px 0 0; clear:left">[[Image:Flag of Minnesota.svg|100px]]</div><div style="float:left; clear:none; font-weight:bold; padding:10px"><div style="font-size:180%; padding-bottom:0.5em">Minnesota Meetup</div><div style="font-size:120%">Sunday, [[2007-10-07]], 1:00 p.m. (13:00)<br />[http://www.saintanthonymain.com/pracna.html Pracna on Main]<br />117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota<br />[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%22pracna+on+main%22&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.452734,77.255859&ie=UTF8&ll=46.377254,-92.460937&spn=31.793982,77.255859&z=4&iwloc=A&om=1 Map]</div></div><div style="font-size:150%; font-weight:bold; float:right; padding:10px">Please pass this on!  [[Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Minneapolis#2007_meetup|RSVP here.]]</div>
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== Lange Model ==
I noticed some revisions you made to the Input-Output Model article, and I was wondering if you would be willing to give me any feedback on additions I've made to the article [[Lange Model]].  Thanks so much! --[[User:EMB330|EMB330]] 04:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

== Hi David ==

Hello David! I was cleaning up some pages today, due to [[User:ImageBacklogBot|ImageBacklogBot]] replacing any [[WP:FU|fair use]] image with [[:Image:Example.jpg]], and came across an image you'd uploaded, [[:Image:TF-diamond-logo.gif]], which used the image in the summary, so it was replaced with the example picture. I removed the example.jpg, but I noticed that the image did not have a {{t1|Non-free use rationale}}, so I went ahead and added one, but no source was given, so it is placed in the [[:Category:Images without source|Images without source category]]. I realize it has been over 18 months since you uploaded it, but if you happened to recall where you got the image, could you please add it to the FUR for the source? I'd hate to see that image deleted! <small>[[user:ArielGold|<font color="8B00FF">'''Ariel'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/ArielGold|<font color="F64A8A">♥</font>]][[User_talk:ArielGold|<font color="007FFF">'''Gold'''</font>]]</small> 10:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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== [[Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates]] ==

David, Do you recall why you restored [[Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates]] back in April?  I would be curious to know because I have just AFD'd a similar trade association article, and though I was surprised by Hu12's "we are not a membership directory" deletion, it seemed reasonable at the time.  I vaguely recall editing the article, but I don't remember if I tagged it for deletion, or tried to rescue it.

Also, it doesn't seem to have an edit history?  Could you restore that too, please?

--[[User:Hro%C3%B0ulf|Hroðulf]] (or Hrothulf) ([[User talk:Hro%C3%B0ulf|Talk]]) 14:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
: Well I created it initially, and though we are not a membership directory, we are a compendium of human knowledge - which was the point, it describes an important (if obscure) organization in the coop market, which happens to have members, who mostly have articles, so it seemed reasonable to list. Certainly did not warrant speedy delete. I can't find the edit history somehow, so I don't know what step is required to get it. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] ([[User talk:DavidLevinson#top|talk]]) 20:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

OK - thanks.   I thought that the deleting admin's edit summary looked a bit odd.  I really hope that you don't discover in the long lost history that I speedy tagged it!  By the way, before the delete I tried to find significant online press coverage - and it was darned hard - because it is not a buying group, just really a networking kind of org, as far as I can tell.  Maybe you have seen some dead tree coverage? --[[User:Hro%C3%B0ulf|Hroðulf]] (or Hrothulf) ([[User talk:Hro%C3%B0ulf|Talk]]) 20:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

==re: [[National Academic Championship]]==
Congratulations on finding those sources.  I am concerned because we need secondary sources to really save this article (there are a lot of sources about teams winning the tournament, but to meet [[WP:N]], there really needs to be sources that directly address the topic, and there was nothing in what you left at the AfD that indicated that.  Could you provide a link to those articles so that we could check and make sure they are secondary sources ... might even be able to wrap this thing up quick. Thanks much! [[User:LonelyBeacon|LonelyBeacon]] ([[User talk:LonelyBeacon|talk]]) 19:22, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
: No links possible as far as I know, they are pre-Internet, and they are copyrighted or I would include the text, but you can find them in [[Lexis-Nexis]] if you have access (most universities do). The Newsweek article is especially on point, describing the tournament, the others are basically winners of X, which I think is still valuable, but not as good. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] ([[User talk:DavidLevinson#top|talk]]) 19:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC).
:: See also [http://www.highbeam.com/Search.aspx?q=%22national+academic+championship%22] for additional links, not optimal, but from reliable sources.

:::Hello again, David!
:::I noted that you are going to try at some point to bring back the NAC article when enough sources are put back together.  That is your business, and I certainly will not oppose an article that is properly sourced.
:::However, I do ask that you consider the following:
:::There is, as you no doubt know, some very legitimate concerns about this tournament (plagiarism, outright cheating, favoritism) that have been documented publicly.  Undoubtedly, because of the way these things are reported, these critiques will never turn up in a usable source.  Thus, the article becomes rather inherently one-sided.  As I stated before, the deletion of the criticisms section was a jumping off point for discussion about why the article should be deleted, however was not the reason that I began the nomination process.  I would ask that if you are truly interested in writing an honest article, that you wait until such a time as these criticisms can also be brought to light.  I do commend you for your hard work and effort, but I do ask you to think about the fact that there is "fact", and there is "honesty" (in terms of what an article presents), and that the facts so not always paint an honest picture.  Take care and peace! [[User:LonelyBeacon|LonelyBeacon]] ([[User talk:LonelyBeacon|talk]]) 00:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
::: While I don't particularly like NAC from what I've heard (never played it myself), I believe the deletion was wrongly decided by people who dislike the organization and want to delegitimize it, using the Wikipedia's AfD Calvinball process. At some point this will be recovered, though I don't plan to spend much time on it myself. Feel free to add anything to the working version on my page. What constitutes a usable source is a moving target, but for the basic facts there were plenty of usable sources. There are plenty of wikipedia articles less well sourced than this that would never be deleted. Granted, the criticisms of NAC may not have appeared in published articles, but they certainly appeared in observable sources (message boards, etc.) that can be used as additional references to complement more reliable sources. [[User:DavidLevinson|dml]] ([[User talk:DavidLevinson#top|talk]]) 01:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

== Scotland ==

Hello, Do you know what the coat of arms for scotland is if so can you please put it back onto settle this argument on the talk page --[[Special:Contributions/84.13.71.60|84.13.71.60]] ([[User talk:84.13.71.60|talk]]) 11:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

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==Thanks!==
So I've been working hard on getting [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] to Featured status. It's at FAC right now ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Georgia Institute of Technology/archive1|over here]]), and it looks like it will pass. I even started [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Georgia Tech|a WikiProject about it]]. Today, I wondered who originally started the article; turns out that [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Tech&oldid=110326 it was you]! Figured you would like to know :) —[[User:Disavian|Disavian]] ([[User talk:Disavian|<sup>talk</sup>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Disavian|<sub>contribs</sub>]]) 00:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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:Hi there, regardless of whether you are an administrator or not, the creator of a page shouldn't remove a speedy. However, in away you were correct to remove the speedy (correct in that the article passes CSD, but incorrect in that you shouldn't have removed it yourself). I think the articles main "claim to fame" is that it's won that award, so I'd suggest getting some sources in to it ASAP, so as to pass AfD (if the article is nominated for AfD. Sorry it took me a while to get back to you, I've been watching a film :). Best, - [[User:Kingpin13|Kingpin]]<sup>[[Special:Contributions/Kingpin13|13]]</sup> ([[User talk:Kingpin13|talk]]) 21:38, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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==[[DuMont Television Network]]==
Hi David,

In July 2002, you [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=DuMont_Television_Network&oldid=131270 created] Wikipedia's article on the [[DuMont Television Network]]. Since that time, the article has grown, references have been added, and the article has been listed as a Good Article. I've used the article on DuMont as a basis for articles on the [[NTA Film Network]] and the [[Paramount Television Network]], and others have used the article as a starting-point for an article at Citizendium. I'd like to solicit your advice on ways the DuMont article can be further improved. As the creator of the original article, you may have insight on areas which could be improved, need adjusting, or clarification. Let me know what you think. [[User:Firsfron|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Firsfron of Ronchester</span>]] 21:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

==Associated Grocers of Louisiana==
you created that article and i want to help you improve it and i was woundring if you can tell me where i can find info on it so i can improve it for you thanks[[User:Oo7565|Oo7565]] ([[User talk:Oo7565|talk]]) 19:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

==Minnesota Meetup==
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:Update: the meetup will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in St. Paul. Click '''[[Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Minneapolis#Can_attend|here]]''' for more details and to R.S.V.P. [[User:Jonathunder|Jonathunder]] ([[User talk:Jonathunder|talk]])

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If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add <code>{{tl|hangon}}</code> on the top of '''[[:Time–Life]]''' and leave a note on '''[[{{TALKPAGENAMEE:Time–Life}}|the article's talk page]]''' explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]] from independent [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] to ensure that the article will be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]]. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.[[Category:User talk pages with Spam-warn notices||{{PAGENAME}}]]<!-- Template:Spam-warn -->  [[User:Dappl|Dappl]] ([[User talk:Dappl|talk]]) 18:36, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for deletion]] nomination of [[:Gentlemen's agreement]] ==

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px]]</div>I have nominated [[Gentlemen's agreement]], an article that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion]]. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gentlemen's agreement]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.{{-}}Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. <!-- Template:AFDWarning --> -- [[User:RoySmith|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith|(talk)]] 21:13, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Association of College Unions International]]==
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==[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity]]==
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The article [[Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
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While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be [[WP:DEL#REASON|deleted for any of several reasons]].

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==MfD nomination of [[User:DavidLevinson/List of distressed shopping malls]]==
[[User:DavidLevinson/List of distressed shopping malls]], a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DavidLevinson/List of distressed shopping malls ]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).  You are free to edit the content of [[User:DavidLevinson/List of distressed shopping malls]] during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion.  Thank you.<!-- Template:MFDWarning --> <span style="color:green">Ten Pound Hammer</span>, [[Special:Contributions/TenPoundHammer|his otters]] and a clue-bat • <sup>([[User talk:TenPoundHammer|Otters want attention]])</sup> 04:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Interstate Van Lines]]==
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A tag has been placed on [[:Interstate Van Lines]] requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under [[WP:CSD#A7|section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion]], because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, ''etc.'') or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the [[WP:CSD#Articles|criteria for speedy deletion]], such articles may be deleted at any time. Please [[Wikipedia:Notability|see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable]]. 

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{tlc|hang on}} to '''the top of [[:Interstate Van Lines|the page that has been nominated for deletion]]''' (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on '''[[Talk:Interstate Van Lines|the talk page]]''' explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for ''speedy'' deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact [[:Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles|one of these administrators]] to request that the administrator [[Wikipedia:Userfication#Userfication_of_deleted_content|userfy]] the page or email a copy to you. <!-- Template:Db-notability-notice --> <!-- Template:Db-csd-notice-custom --> [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 14:22, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference ==

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse ([[Help_talk:Minor_edit#Should_we_remove_the_Preference_setting_to_.22Mark_all_edits_minor_by_default.22_.3F|consensus discussion]], guidelines for use at [[WP:MINOR]]). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was <code>true</code>. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to <code>false</code> in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and all users will still be able to manually mark their edits as being minor in the usual way. 

For well-established users such as yourself there is '''[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_78#Preference_to_mark_all_edits_minor_by_default_asked_to_be_removed_in_bugzilla:24313|a workaround available]]''' involving custom JavaScript. If you have any problems, feel free to drop me a note.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of [[User:Jarry1250]], [[User:LivingBot|LivingBot]] ([[User talk:LivingBot|talk]]) 20:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

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== Is this user posing as an Administrator?  ==

<small>''Threatening another person is considered harassment. This includes threats to harm another person, to disrupt their work on Wikipedia, or to otherwise harm them. Statements of intent to properly use normal Wikipedia processes, such as [[WP:DR|dispute resolution]], are not threats. [[Wikipedia:No legal threats|Legal threats]] are a special case of threat, with their own settled policy. Users who make legal threats will typically be blocked from editing indefinitely.{{anchor|NPLT}}''</small>
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'':Ahh don't give me that bullshit. I get so sick of single purpose editors telling me this shit. No where in your ''extensive'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/JohnLloydScharf edit history] have you reported a problem nor sought dispute resolution. Now take your complaints to the '''proper''' [[Talk:Haplogroup J1 (Y-DNA)|venue]] before you really piss me off and I say [[WP:DGAF|something]] you regret. - [[User:4twenty42o|4twenty42o]] ([[User talk:4twenty42o#top|talk]]) 21:49, 20 August 2011 (UTC)''

'''Is that an appropriate example of Wikipedia Policy for an Administrator with regard to civility and threats?''' Is this user an administrator or just posing as one? [[User:JohnLloydScharf|JohnLloydScharf]] ([[User talk:JohnLloydScharf|talk]]) 23:16, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Good Neighbor Pharmacy]] ==
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The article [[Good Neighbor Pharmacy]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
:'''Small, non notable trade group association with no substantial claim to importance. Plenty of listings but Wikipedia is not a directory ([[WP:NOTYELLOW]]). No reliable sources ([[WP:RS]]) or references that assert notability for organisations per [[WP:ORG]].'''

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be [[WP:DEL#REASON|deleted for any of several reasons]].

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your [[Help:edit summary|edit summary]] or on [[Talk:Good Neighbor Pharmacy|the article's talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion process]], but other [[Wikipedia:deletion process|deletion process]]es exist. In particular, the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]] process can result in deletion without discussion, and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]] allows discussion to reach [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for deletion.<!-- Template:Proposed deletion notify --> [[User:Kudpung|Kudpung กุดผึ้ง]] ([[User talk:Kudpung|talk]]) 23:35, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
== Nomination of [[Good Neighbor Pharmacy]] for deletion ==

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|42px|alt=|link=]]</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article '''[[Good Neighbor Pharmacy]]''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] or whether it should be [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]].

The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Good Neighbor Pharmacy]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. [[User:Kudpung|Kudpung กุดผึ้ง]] ([[User talk:Kudpung|talk]]) 01:56, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for creating [[Wikipedia:ACF Regionals answers]] in 2005. The last redlinked article was completed today. [[User:Jokestress|Jokestress]] ([[User talk:Jokestress|talk]]) 02:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
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== Nomination of [[List of power outages]] for deletion ==

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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of power outages ]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.<!--Template:AfD-notice-rand/default--> [[User:Secret|Secret]] <sup>[[User talk:Secret|account]]</sup> 02:30, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
==Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Charities==

'''[[:Category:Charities]]''', which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 January 17#Category:Charities|the category's entry]]''' on the [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion|Categories for discussion]] page.<!-- Template:Cfd-notify--> Thank you. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (koavf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 06:15, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Junior Achievement]]==
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A tag has been placed on [[:Junior Achievement]] requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under [[WP:CSD#G12|section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion]], because the article appears to be a clear [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyright]] infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of ''information'', but not as a source of ''sentences''. This part is crucial: ''say it in your own words''. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators '''will be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]'''.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you ''must'' verify that externally by one of the processes explained at [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]]. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission]]. You might want to look at [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] for more details, or ask a question [[Wikipedia:Help desk|here]]. 

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit '''[[Talk:Junior Achievement|the page's talk page directly]]''' to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for ''speedy'' deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.  <!-- Template:Db-copyvio-notice --> <!-- Template:Db-csd-notice-custom --> [[User:Epeefleche|Epeefleche]] ([[User talk:Epeefleche|talk]]) 20:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
== Nomination of [[List of power outages]] for deletion ==

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|42px|alt=|link=]]</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article '''[[List of power outages]]''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] or whether it should be [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]].

The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of power outages (2nd nomination)]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. <span style="color:green">'''Ten Pound Hammer'''</span> • <sup>([[User talk:TenPoundHammer|What did I screw up now?]])</sup> 01:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

==Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library==
;Minneapolis History edit-a-thon
The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.

'''Where:''' Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis<br />
'''When:''' Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm<br /> 
'''10 am - 11 am''' Orientation to Minneapolis Collection<br />
'''11 am - 5 pm''' Edit-a-thon<br/>
'''Website:''' [http://www.hclib.org Hennepin County Library], [http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/specialcollections/ Special Collections],  [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+Nicollet+Mall+Minneapolis+55401&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.578243,94.833984&safe=active&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=300+Nicollet+Mall,+Minneapolis,+Hennepin,+Minnesota+55401&z=16 Map & Directions]<br />
'''Parking:'''  Metered street parking or pay ramp in basement, enter on 4th Ave

For more information see [[Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota#2012]]. &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 00:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

== MSU Interview ==

Dear DavidLevinson,

My name is Jonathan Obar [[user:Jaobar]], I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community,  and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:
* Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
* Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
* All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
* All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
* The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name[[User:Jaobar/Admins_to_Interview_List_1|HERE]] instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --[[User:Jaobar|Jaobar]] ([[User talk:Jaobar|talk]])  <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Chlopeck|Chlopeck]] ([[User talk:Chlopeck|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Chlopeck|contribs]]) 14:08, 14 February 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Restonic Mattress]] ==
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The article [[Restonic Mattress]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
:'''Unreferenced; not notable; self-promoting to a degree'''

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be [[WP:DEL#REASON|deleted for any of several reasons]].

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your [[Help:edit summary|edit summary]] or on [[Talk:Restonic Mattress|the article's talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion process]], but other [[Wikipedia:deletion process|deletion process]]es exist. In particular, the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]] process can result in deletion without discussion, and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]] allows discussion to reach [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for deletion.<!-- Template:Proposed deletion notify --> [[User:Jack Greenmaven|Greenmaven]] ([[User talk:Jack Greenmaven|talk]]) 09:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


==Great American Wiknic==
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In the area? You're invited to the '''[[WP:Wiknic|Great American Wiknic]]'''.

'''Place:''' near [[Minnehaha Falls]] at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis<br />
'''Date:''' Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)<br /> 
'''Time:''' 12–3 pm

*Accessible from the [[50th Street / Minnehaha Park (Metro Transit station)|Minnehaha Park light rail station]], [http://www.metrotransit.org/maps-schedules.aspx bus], walk, bike, or car
*If driving, free parking available at 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
*Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

See '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#Great American Wiknic for Minnesota in June|the meetup talk page]]''' for more. &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 00:12, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
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==Wikipedia Loves Libraries event==
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In the area? You are invited to '''[[WP:Wikipedia Loves Libraries|Wikipedia Loves Libraries]]''' in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

'''Where''': [[Minneapolis Central Library]], 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis<br />
Special Collections (4th floor)<br />
'''When''': 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012<br />

For more info and to sign up (not required), see '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#Wiki loves libraries 2012|the meetup talk page]]'''. &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 14:50, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Timeline of other background radiation fields]] ==
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The article [[Timeline of other background radiation fields]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
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==Upcoming Wikipedia meetups==
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In the area? You are invited to the upcoming '''[[WP:Meetup/Minnesota|Minnesota meetups]]'''.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at [[Minneapolis Central Library]] this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to [http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/specialcollections/ call or email in advance] to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

'''Place''': [[Minneapolis Central Library]], 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis<br />
Special Collections (4th floor)<br />
'''Dates''': Saturday, June 1<br />
Saturday, July 6<br />
'''Time''': 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#2013|the meetup talk page]]'''.

<small>This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from [[WP:Meetup/Minnesota/Invite list|the invite list]].</small> &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 14:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

==Great American Wiknic==
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In the area? You're invited to the '''[[WP:Wiknic|Great American Wiknic]]'''.

'''Place:''' north of [[Minnehaha Falls]] in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis<br />
'''Date:''' Saturday, June 22, 2012<br /> 
'''Time:''' 12–4 pm

*Accessible from the [[50th Street / Minnehaha Park (Metro Transit station)|Minnehaha Park METRO station]], [http://www.metrotransit.org/maps-schedules.aspx bus], walk, bike, or car
*If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
*Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#Great American Wiknic|the meetup talk page]]'''.

<small>This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from [[WP:Meetup/Minnesota/Invite list|the invite list]].</small> &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 03:08, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

==Category:Chicago, Illinois==

'''[[:Category:Chicago, Illinois]]''', which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 July 22#Category:Chicago, Illinois|the category's entry]]''' on the [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion|Categories for discussion]] page.<!-- Template:Cfd-notify--> Thank you. <span style="border:1px solid;background:#800080">[[User:Purplebackpack89|<span style="color:#FFCC00">p</span>]][[User talk:Purplebackpack89|<span style="color:#FFCC00;">b</span>]][[User:Purplebackpack89/C|<span style="color:#FFCC00;">p</span>]]</span> 15:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

==Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3==
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In the area? You are invited to the upcoming '''[[WP:Meetup/Minnesota|Minnesota monthly meetup]]''' on August 3.

'''Place''': [http://lavvucoffee.com/ Lavvu Coffee House]<br />
813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414<br />
'''Date''': Saturday, August 3<br />
'''Time''': 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#2013|the meetup talk page]]'''.

<small>This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from [[WP:Meetup/Minnesota/Invite list|the invite list]].</small>

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==Category:Cendant brands==

'''[[:Category:Cendant brands]]''', which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 July 28#Category:Cendant brands|the category's entry]]''' on the [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion|Categories for discussion]] page.<!-- Template:Cfd-notify--> Thank you. <span style="color:green">'''Ten Pound Hammer'''</span> • <sup>([[User talk:TenPoundHammer|What did I screw up now?]])</sup> 17:42, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

==Invitation to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Invention|WikiProject Invention]]==
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! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:left; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em;">[[File:Pod lípou návrhovou cs znak.svg|left|80px]] Hello, DavidLevinson.
You are invited to join '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Invention|WikiProject Invention]]''', a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of [[invention]]s and invention-related topics.<br>
To '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Invention#Members|join]]''' the project, just add your name to the member list. [[User:Northamerica1000|Northamerica1000]]<sup>[[User_talk:Northamerica1000|(talk)]]</sup> 09:27, 29 August 2013 (UTC)<br><br></div>
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== Nomination of [[:List of automotive fuel brands]] for deletion ==
<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|48px|alt=|link=]]</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article '''[[:List of automotive fuel brands]]''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] or whether it should be [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]].

The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of automotive fuel brands ]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.<!-- Template:afd-notice --> [[User talk:Martin451|Martin'''<font style="color:#FB0">4</font><font style="color:#F00">5</font><font style="color:#F60">1</font>''']] 17:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

==yourself==
Assuming the names are not just coincidence, it's accepted as a guideline that people do not edit articles about themselves, except to ask for changes on the article talk p.-- see [[WP:Authobiography]].  We do not list names of people's students in articles, unless they are notable enough to have articles in WP. (If they are notable enough according to [[WP:PROF]] but don't have them, they need to be written!)  If you know of other articles where this is being done, please let me know so I can remove them also; my experience   is that it is very rare.  I'm sure you don't want the article to be viewed as promotional. (And we'd normally list the factor that most clearly demonstrates notability first, which in the case of [[:David Levinson]] is the named chair he hold.). '''[[User:DGG| DGG]]''' ([[User talk:DGG| talk ]]) 18:51, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

- ok, someone (you) introduced grammatical errors in the edit, which is why I reverted it.
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Associated Grocers of Louisiana]] ==
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==Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18==
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In the area? You are invited to the upcoming '''[[WP:Meetup/Minnesota|Minnesota meetup]]''' in commemoration of [[WP:Wikipedia Day|Wikipedia Day]].

:*'''Place''': Seward Cafe<br />
::2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404<br />
:*'''Date''': Saturday, January 18, 2014<br />
:*'''Time''': noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see '''[[WT:Meetup/Minnesota#2014|the meetup talk page]]'''.

<small>This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from [[WP:Meetup/Minnesota/Invite list|the invite list]].</small> &mdash;[[User talk:Innotata|''innotata'']] 04:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

== Invitation to join the Ten Year Society ==
[[File:Ten Year Society.svg|left|125px|link=Wikipedia:Ten Year Society]] Dear David,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the '''[[Wikipedia:Ten Year Society|Ten Year Society]]''', an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. 

Best regards, — [[User:Scott|'''<span style="color:#000">Scott</span>''']] <span style="color:#900">•</span> [[User talk:Scott|''<span style="color:#000">talk</span>'']] 14:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
{{clear}}

== Request for comment ==

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by {{noping|Anna Frodesiak}}. Your comments [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Pre-RfA_opinion_page|here]] is very much appreciated. Many thanks.  [[User:Jim Cartar|Jim Carter]] through [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Dakota Drug]] ==
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==  Proposed deletion of Central Grocers Cooperative ==
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The article [[Central Grocers Cooperative]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
:'''Does not appear to meet [[WP:ORG]] or [[WP:GNG]]'''

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==List of Classical Music Riots Deletion==
I first suggested deleting this article a year ago. Mainly, I've just been talking to myself on that page. It seems totally orphaned, aside from the occasional addition of some piece, that most definitely did not cause a riot. There are two issues with the page. The first being the small number of pieces that actually caused something that could be considered a very weak version of what most people would consider a riot. That part alone is the most problematic, in my view. If one patron hits another with an umbrella, is that a riot? 

Which leads to the second issue, which is that the definition of a classical music riot is woefully vague and completely unverified. Who has defined a classical music riot as "violent, disorderly behavior"? What constitutes "violent" behavior? Is booing or hissing "disorderly" behavior? Many of the footnotes provided for these pieces only prove that people booed or hissed at a premiere performance, which hardly rises to the level of a riot. Moreover, people boo and hiss at the Met pretty much every night of the week, depending on the production. 

So, I've proposed a compromise wherein a category tag would replace this article. Something much more inclusive, which could lump the mild disturbance in with the more free-ranging ones, while also drawing to users' attention pieces that were met with some level of resistance.

==  Proposed deletion of List of classical music riots ==
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== Your restoration of [[Ashfield Mall]] ==

Hello David, 

I've just been alerted to the fact that you've restored [[Ashfield Mall]], an article I deleted by way of a [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashfield Mall|unanimous deletion discussion]]. To unilaterally overturn a recently achieved consensus at AfD is very much out-of-process, so I've deleted the article once again (technically mandated by [[WP:CSD#G4|CSD G4]], since you made no edits to try addressing the notability and sourcing concerns). If you disagree with the deletion of the page – either because you believe I misinterpreted consensus at the AfD, or significant new evidence has surfaced since its closure – you may request a review at [[WP:DRV]]. Please do not restore the page again without following the proper procedure outlined in [[Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion#If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus|this guide]]. Thank you for your cooperation. Best regards, – '''[[User:Juliancolton|<span style="font-family:Script MT Bold;color:#36648B">Juliancolton</span>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[User_talk:Juliancolton|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:gray;text-shadow:gray .2em .18em .12em">''Talk''</span></sup>]] 00:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hey there David! I'm Windyshadow32, a new member of the sadly inactive [[WP:SHOP|Wikiproject Shopping Centers]]. I am trying to revive this project to highlight the unique stories of malls across the country and the world especially as we lose more and more of them. Undoubtedly, we will lose shopping malls due to the challenges we face at this moment. I want to document these stories before it is too late, but I can't do it without your help. I can tell by your contributions to Wikipedia and the pages/lists that you have created that you care about retail and will bring the right insight to the project. I would love to have your assistance in assessing the qualities of the different articles and placing them in the proper categories. Please let me know if you'd be willing to help; I really appreciate it!

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