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Minhas

Hi, I'm not sure why you did this. The Minhas article was turned into a surname list precisely because information could not be sourced. You appear now to have dumped the same sort of info from some other article (perhaps added there by someone as a POV forking exercise?) Some of it reads like a copyright violation and the Tyagi source is notoriously unreliable. The original clan/tribe article was stubbed for a reason and, really, I see no need to recreate the mess, whether copied from another article or written (unsourced) from scratch.

Are you planning to source it? - Sitush (talk) 11:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sitush, the material was present in Wikipedia already but in the wrong place, i.e. Timeline of 12th-century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam, while most of it had no relation to the 12th century. I recognise that only the opening paragraph is supported by references. I had a look in Google Books to see if there was any worthwhile support for the rest but I'm no expert in this field. I think at least the opening paragraph should be here somewhere, and it seemed to belong better in its own article about the clan, rather than in the set-index article about the surname. Some of the other clan sections in the "timeline" article are open to similar measures, but Minhas was far the longest: Noyster (talk), 11:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks. In that case, please can you revert all your changes and I will clean up the mess elsewhere. I've just been running through the series of "Timelines" and they're all WP:OR/WP:POV, and at least mostly created by a somewhat notorious, now inactive, POV-pusher - Intothefire (talk · contribs). We don't do this: if the stuff isn't sourced and it relates to an Indic clan or tribe, we bin it.

What was the Minhas article prior to your move literally had all that could be reliably sourced at the time and it isn't likely to improve. That's why it became more of a surname list. - Sitush (talk) 12:06, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Move of Minhas (surname) back to Minhas has been requested. (When you say revert all changes I presume you didn't want the content restored to the "timeline"): Noyster (talk), 13:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. There would be no point in moving the content back into the timeline because it isn't verifiable. Anyways, I've now redirected all of the by-century timelines to Timeline of Hindu clan conversions to Islam because every one of them suffered from the same problems - OR, not RS, POV etc. I was able to rescue one (Qaimkhani) for inclusion in what is left of that mess, after noting the sources I had already added ages ago to the clan article.

I'm not saying that Timeline of Hindu clan conversions to Islam can't be expanded. If that was the case then I'd nominate it for deletion. - Sitush (talk) 04:52, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of the verified oldest people

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Publishing the article

My article "Dhevaakar Suppiah" is still not yet published. I have created that as to write about a notable actor. I believe I have given a good references too. Already a month but still not approved to publish. User: Dhevaakar Suppiah Actor dheva_pro@yahoo.com dheva_pro@gmail.com Dhevaakar Suppiah Actor (talk) 15:17, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Dhevaakar Suppiah Actor You have been warned before about attempting to use Wikipedia for self-publicity. The current contents of your user page are very far removed from what would be accepted as an article. In particular, the page is still full of self-praise such as He made his life with the a meaningful journey and A man with many talents and a heart that cares and shares to quote but two examples. It completely lacks any references to independent sources (which does not include other Wikipedia articles) to demonstrate notability. If you continue in this way I have to warn you that your editing privileges are likely to be removed. The only alternative is to create a neutrally worded, factual and well-referenced draft and submit it for review using the process explained in Your first article: Noyster (talk), 18:39, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Lindy West

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Maxwell The Cat deletion

Please help me nominate properly Maxwell The Cat article for deletion. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 18:54, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello again Bbarmadillo. You have created a page with the correct title Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maxwell The Cat, but it hasn't been transcluded to today's log. I should ask for speedy deletion of your page (WP:G7) and start again. The process is set out here, but much the simplest way is to install Twinkle (if you haven't already). Then open the article in question, go for the "xfd" tab, type in your reason and the thing's done.

I would also suggest offering a stronger argument than "I think...", focussing on absence or inadequacy of coverage in reliable independent sources – and you will be expected to have looked for such sources yourself, not rely just on the fact that the article doesn't refer to any (see WP:BEFORE). What counts is not whether the video may be considered "viral" but whether it has received substantial independent coverage in the media. The deletion policy page sets out valid grounds for deleting an article. Regards: Noyster (talk), 22:55, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 07:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Birth date and age

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Issue with the date template

Hi. Please help me with Carl Fredrick Becker article. I couldn't find exact dates of his birth (only the year) and it creates confusion in infobox with his age. How can I fix it? -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 07:11, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bbarmadillo. Good to see your well-referenced new article. I should use {{Birth year|1919}} instead of {{Birth year and age|1919}}, as the latter is suitable for living people: Noyster (talk), 08:38, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. He was a cool guy, legendary in his field. I changed the birth date to birth year and also changed the template for death date. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 15:18, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Re: Real Madrid Castilla

Not only is that the current name of the team, but it was also the name of the team when Juan Mata played for them, which is the more pertinent fact, IMO. – PeeJay 11:54, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Sure, the name was current then as well as now:) I'll remember to clarify this if there is another challenge. With thanks: Noyster (talk), 11:59, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion

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What is wrong with the archive date?

Hi. Please check the article Jim Adler, reference number 10. I don't understand why the archivedate appears in red. What is wrong with it? -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 21:58, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Please ignore, I found the cause of this bug. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 22:10, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Main article not working at Patrick Sweeney (entrepreneur)

Please check Patrick Sweeney (entrepreneur) (in creation) part about ODIN technologies. I have inserted "main page" template into this part but it doesn't seem to work. What is wrong with it? -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 08:27, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

 Fixed In your link you correctly used a capital T in Technologies, but the article linked incorrectly used a small t. I've moved the article title: Noyster (talk), 08:41, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 16:51, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Nominating Marisa Peer article for slow deletion

Please help me to understand the sequence of actions for recovering Marisa Peer article. This is COI entry, but I haven't been able to state it after the warning from user Rentier, the article has been deleted too fast. I think that Marisa Peer is a notable person, she has been featured in several UK and US TV shows and authored 4 books. Her life and biography is covered by the US and UK press. I contacted the nominator and got negative feedback. I think this article should be nominated for slow deletion so that the community could decide it's fate. Maybe it should stay but in abridged version. Find the details on my request here talk. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 10:26, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Bbarmadillo, I'm sure you wouldn't want your article deleted by any mechanism. I didn't read it when live and now, of course, can't assess it. Especially for a known paid editor, it's sometimes a fine line between showing why a topic is important enough for an article ("notable" in our terms) and seeming to be promoting it or doing PR for it.

Here's my suggested course:

1. Have a good look at WP:NAUTHOR and ask yourself if you could make a reasonable policy-based case for asserting her "notability".
2. If so, add the title to your COI declaration.
3. Then go once more to Seraphimblade. Say you are disclosing your COI. Say briefly why you think the topic is notable and ask for "userfication" of the page so that you can work on it further and remove any apparent promotionalism.
4. If the answer is still no, post at Wikipedia:Deletion review with a reasoned case for userfication.
5. If this too fails, I hope you have kept the materials to reconstruct the article – just make a new one ensuring that it is well-sourced and avoids any hint of promotionalism. Perhaps put it through Articles for creation for a review before it goes live.

Hope this is helpful: Noyster (talk), 11:19, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Very helpful indeed, thank you. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 13:07, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Stephen Miller (political advisor)

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Consensus

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Roots indoor American football tournament

I rescued the link. You should probably alter your statement now. Thanks. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 16:51, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you WikiOriginal-9, I have duly changed the reason in the PROD, but the link – a bare results table once on the website of one of the participating clubs – does very little to establish "notability", so for me the PROD stands. If you know of independent sources with sufficient coverage of the tournament to establish notability, by all means add them to the article and remove the PROD: Noyster (talk), 20:45, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Personal Knowledge Comes

... from experience and is not easily Disproved. RCNesland (talk) 19:16, 24 October 2017 (UTC)