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– Page unprotected. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 17:44, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ghost Rider (motorcyclist) is a new article re-created by me after a refund and move out of my user space after a prior AfD. I can not create the corresponding talk page, Talk:Ghost Rider (motorcyclist), perhaps because it was salted. -- Brianhe (talk) 05:50, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it's salted. Unprotection requested at WP:RfPP. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:59, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

British Universities Articles - time for a project?

I'm concerned that many/most entries for British universities (apart from Oxford and Cambridge) contain a lot of value-laden, essentially marketing, material - such that it appears that much material has been put there by persons employed/engaged by the institutions in question. For instance, there are a lot of references to rankings and the like some years ago - usually dating to whenever the institution in question got its most favourable rating. For instance, the University of York page states it is the highest rated university under 50 years old in Britain, but this was in 2012, in 2014 it is Lancaster, and so on. This sort of information is of very short lifespan. Surely, it would be better if league table rankings were standardized, restricted to a few leading tables and confined to a single infobox in each article?

The University of Kent page states that it is "one of the prestigious British universities" which is not only illiterate but is also clearly a matter of opinion and unverifiable. My attempt to deal with this has been met by a revert and an accusation of "vandalism" which it most certainly was not. Many such pages contain statements about "excellent public transport links" and lists of on-campus catering outlets like KFC and Subway. This hardly seems notable material appropriate to an encyclopaedia entry.

In short, it appears that many wikipedia entries for British universities are being hijacked for marketing purposes by the institutions in question. These institutions have their own webpages and paper prospectuses in which to put this material before the public. They should not be abusing wikipedia.

Is it possible to launch some sort of Universities in the British Isles project to eliminate marketing and POV material from these articles and to police the pages to seek to prevent future corruption? I don't know how to go about this, but these seem to me to be important pages which ought to be properly neutral and "respectable" so to speak. Merehouse (talk) 20:42, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've got to tell you that it's a problem with university articles generally, not just British universities. You might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 03:46, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of religious sects and cults in Canada

can you make a list of religious sects and cults in Canada? thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.216.75 (talk) 06:43, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notability feedback

I'd like some feedback on whether or not this person is notable. He's been the CEO of several companies and he's mentioned in several well known publications. However, not all the articles are in depth. Here's a list of the best ones--I also have some smaller publications that I found through Highbeam: https://www.twst.com/interview/17924 http://www.wor710.com/media/podcast-media-linked-inside-advertising-and-media-MediaLinked/media-linked-inside-advertising-and-media-25255857/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/business/media/news-from-the-advertising-industry.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/guide-las-biggest-and-buzziest-shops-151000 http://www.fastcocreate.com/3029835/the-smooth-side-of-agency-entrepreneurialism-a-creative-shop-gets-into-the-nut-butter-busine http://www.inc.com/eric-v-holtzclaw/my-work-is-my-life-is-that-a-problem.html http://news.advisen.com/documents/AMX/20140421/00/201404210001GALE____PUB_ALL_900_V366865456.xml http://adage.com/article/news/zipatoni-ceo-jim-holbrook-leaves/47371/

Sorry if I've posted this request in the wrong spot. If there's a better place for this, please let me know. Thanks!Cecibell (talk) 15:24, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

None of the sources you've provided here are both reliable and substantial. Most are basic announcements of hiring. The interviews are considered primary sources, and therefore don't count towards notability. Honestly, writing an article based off these sources not only would result in notability problems, but I don't see how you could write something coherent with this little reliably sourced information. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:37, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please help me with using convert to automatically convert pressure into multiple units.

I was trying to edit Black light, specifically section "1.3 Mercury vapor". I wanted to add a second converted unit; the article previously had "...between 5 and 10 standard atmospheres (500 and 1,000 kPa)", using the markup "convert|5|and|10|atm|sigfig=1". When I tried to add psi as well, using the markup "convert|5|and|10|atm psi|sigfig=1" I got "5 and 10 atm psi^{[convert: unknown unit]}". I thought I had folowed the instructions at Help:Convert units, Help:Convert, and Module:Convert/documentation/conversion data/doc but obviously I did something wrong. Can anyone help me with the correct syntax? And can the help pages be updated to better explain the proper syntax usage? peatswift (talk) 20:45, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You probably want {{convert|5|and|10|atm|psi kPa|sigfig=1}}, which produces 5 and 10 standard atmospheres (70 and 100 psi; 500 and 1,000 kPa). Add abbr=on if you don't like the "standard atmospheres" instead of "atm". You should include kPa alongside psi since kPa is a SI unit. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 21:43, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

correction in data

I would like to bring into your notice regarding the error in the data entry of Indian Badminton championship winners viz, 1968 women's doubles winners is Sammy anti Tame and Jessie philip (it's entered wrong as Joe philip)..kindly make the necessary change. warm regards Dr Benjamin Philip s /o Jessie philip — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.97.215.98 (talk) 12:06, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to bring into your notice regarding the error in the data entry of Indian Badminton championship winners viz, 1968 women's doubles winners is Sammy anti Tame and Jessie philip (it's entered wrong as Joe philip)..kindly make the necessary change. warm regards Dr Benjamin Philip s /o Jessie philip

this is the original link in which I have noticed the error http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_National_Badminton_champions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.97.215.98 (talk) 12:08, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Policy consensus

If I correct an MOS error (i.e. correcting 12:00 p.m. to Noon per WP:TIME), but another user changes it back, then I revert it, and another user again reverts it, if this cycle continues, assuming I post on the article's talk page that directs to an already-established consensus (per WP:AVOIDEDITWAR), could I still be docked with edit warring since I am conforming pages to consensus? Ben^Yes? 12:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Edit warring, even if you are convinced you are in the right, should always be avoided. From WP:EDITWAR "it is no defense to say "but my edits were right, so it wasn't edit warring"". Яehevkor ✉ 13:05, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You might not get hit as hard for plain edit warring, but you will get hit for 3RR if you violate it. So don't. If the other party is edit warring in violation of MoS, report it... after you've tried to discuss, of course. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 14:27, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where would that (MoS) violation be reported? Ben^Yes? 23:28, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ben. Have you tried talking to the other editor first? Or tried getting a WP:3O? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:04, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Karam Family

I came across this article which consists of mostly redlinks. I searched for a couple names and didn't find anything useful. Any suggestions on what to do with it? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it provides no evidence that the family as a whole meets notability guidelines, I'd ~~WP:PROD it, and then~~ take it to AfD ~~if deletion is contested~~. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:06, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see it had already been WP:PRODed - and nothing has been done to establish notability. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:15, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm particularly concerned given many of the entries here seem to be BLPs. Membership in a particular family, or relationship to a particular person, is something that requires sourcing. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 01:58, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karam Family. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:24, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to split a list in 2 or 3

I would like to know it. May I request to answer on my talk page or let me know on my talk page when someone answers? Thanks in anticipation. I need help here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Baba_Amte#Other_awards_list_too_long. -- Abhijeet Safai (talk) 07:04, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We have a page at Help:Columns specially dedicated to the creation of columns. However, having briefly reviewed the article, I find the list of awards to be largely unsourced, and hence as such without any real encyclopedic merit. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:29, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for your time. --Abhijeet Safai (talk) 12:56, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re article problems

Dear admins, hello, I am having some problems with the article Tanoli and am not quite clear what to do at this stage/step? I went off Wikipedia some time ago and returned now and a short while ago edited this article mentioned here, for basic factual and reliability issues. See article Talk Page for full details. However, I find that possibly some users/editors have taken umbrage at my changes and I dont want to be involved in an edit war/conflict and I dont want at this stage to be over-alarmist either. Im not even sure which noticeboard to post my query/problem. So what should I do? Im at a total loss and in a bit of a quandary. Advice/guidance is requested, thanks. Khani100 (talk) 17:58, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Khani100[reply]

Mahfouz Bin Marei Bin Mahfouz / The Mahfouz Foundation

Hi there,

I have created the English version many times and every time the page is deleted without sufficient support from the Wikipedian who deleted the page. And everytime i ask anyone for an assistance either i get ignored or they are very busy and do not have time to respond.

So, please i need your assistance to retrieve the page of Mahfouz Bin Marei Bin Mahfouz as well as the page of The Mahfouz Foundation.

As you can see from the pages, they are very important for charities, students and patients in UK, Middle East and Worldwide.

Also, the Arabic version of the page of Mahfouz Bin Marei Bin Mahfouz is already approved in Wikipedia Arabic as per the link below:

https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B8_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B8

Please help me as i have been more than three months trying to create the pages and evertime i create them they get deleted.

Of course, any advice and suggestions from your are very welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance and look forward to hearing your positive feedback asap.

Kind regards, Ahmad Midoahmad (talk) 22:36, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]