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Please do not use talkback templates, if I have started a conversation on your talk page I will have your page on my watchlist and will know if you reply. On the other side of the coin if you start a conversation on my talk page I will reply on my talk page and will not leave a talkback template on your talk page so please watch for my response.


The Signpost
24 December 2024

Reverted changes in Google Play page

Hello, I see that you reverted my changes because the sources were not enough authoritative. Is this petition enough? https://www.change.org/p/sergey-brin-respect-the-efforts-of-small-and-indie-android-developers

The comments below the petition proofs that my statement is right and that indie developers are complaining about Google Play practices.

Thank you for review ;) Have a nice day.

BR, Petr

Rejection of API Chaining

Told you it would happen. Wiki editor didnt even read background... just insta rejected. Nw I get to go through this entire process all OVER AGAIN? I just talked to Netflix last week about implementing this am in talks with O'Reilly. Either you want to be a rpository of information or not. Can you talk to this editor? Otherwise I'm just going to remove all information and boycot wiki from now on because of this ongoing treatment. This is disgusting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orubel (talk • contribs) 20:57, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Thompson entry

McMatter, the references I have supplied *DO* support my edits. I suggest you read them and listen to them carefully. You can't possibly have done this in the time you took to undo all my hours of work. Do you even understand French and German.121.222.177.134 (talk) 00:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have read through your references and had the one french article translated and it does not fully support all your claims, or even speak in depth about Anna Thomson. at this point this article will be placed back up for Deletion.- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 00:12, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The French article? You mean the French spoken interview, for which there is no transcript, that therefore you cannot possibly have translated or understood since, by your own admission, you don't understand French. The German interview was written. If you don't understand German then you could have used Google Translator to have translated this. Is this what you did? Did you even bother to read the two NYT obits about Thomson's adoptive parents? If so, what did you not understand?121.222.177.134 (talk) 00:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to the information on the Wikipedia deletion page for 'Anna Thomson (which I have copied and pasted here for your convenience) the entry was deleted on the grounds that Anna Thomson is Non-notable minor performer; fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR.

The deletion process was 'Proposed deletion (PROD)'. According to the Wikipedia entry for PROD, Proposed deletion (PROD) is a way to suggest an article for uncontroversial deletion. It is a shortcut to the normal deletion review process (AfD), and a fallback for deletion proposals that do not meet the strict criteria for speedy deletion.

Critically, according to the Wikipedia page, 'PROD must only be used if no opposition is to be expected'.

With all due respect, PROD should not have been used in this instance because opposition was to be expected here. This is for the reasons that I outline below:

1. The first and most important reason why opposition should have been expected is that, as I write, there are six Wikipedia pages for Anna Thomson (born Anna Kluger Levine on 18 September 1953 in New York City) ) aka Anna Levine, aka Anna Levine Thomson, aka Anna Thomson, aka Anna Thompson, aka Anna Levine Thompson.

In alphabetical order, the six Wikipedia pages for Anna Thomson are in: Czech; Italian; Dutch; French; German, Spanish (Castilian).

2. The second reason why opposition should have been expected is that there is an ' Interview biographie d'Anna Thomson' ('Interview biography of Anna Thomson') on INA at http://www.ina.fr/video/I08260832. Here, on 27 April 2002, Thomson was interviewed by Thierry Ardisson about her role in Bridget (2001).

3. The third reason why opposition should have been expected is that there is a Facebook fan page for Anna Thomson at https://www.facebook.com/anna.thomson.fanpage

4. The fourth reason why opposition should have been expected is that there is an IMDB page for Anna Thomson under her name of Anna Levine at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505764/

5. The fifth reason why opposition should have been expected is that Anna Thomson, who is 61 years old and still working as an actress, has fifty nine (59) credits to her name on her IMDB page (see above) dating from 1969 to 2012.

6. The sixth reason why opposition should have been expected is that, according to her IMDB entry, Anna Thomson 'Gained cult status among French movie experts due to her performance in Sue (1997)'. Sue (1997) was the first film in a 'Trilogy of Loneliness', all set in New York, starring Anna Thomson, directed by Amos Kollek. The second in the trilogy was 'Fiona' (1999). The third in the trilogy was Bridget (2002) (see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_(Film) ). Also see http://www.planet-interview.de/interviews/amos-kollek/34007/

7. The seventh reason why opposition should have been expected is that that Anna Thomson had a substantial role as 'Alexandra "Alex" Arnold' in Jaded (1996). Notable about the English Wikipedia page for 'Jaded' (at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaded_(film) ) is that out of the eleven actors listed in the Principal Cast, only Anna Levine (Anna Thomson) does not have a current entry.

8. The eighth reason why opposition should have been expected is that Anna Thomson starred in 'Fast Food Fast Women' (2000) directed by Amos Kollek, and entered into the 2001 Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival). See: a) http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/201743/Fast-Food-Fast-Women/overview b) http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/97053/Amos-Kollek c) http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5168/year/2000.html

9. The ninth reason why opposition should have been expected is that Anna Thomson starred as herself in 'A Bitter Glory' (2001), a documentary directed by Amos Kollek, produced by Arte France. The film is also known as 'Bitterer Ruhm'. It was filmed in New York and released on 11 December 2001 in France and in Germany.

10. The tenth reason why opposition should have been expected is that Anna Thomson had roles in two Clint Eastwood films, the character of 'Audrey' in 'Bird' (1988), and that of 'Delilah Fitzgerald' in 'Unforgiven' (1992). Thomson's role as 'Delilah Fitzgerald' was substantial, and played a key part in the development of the film's remarkable, haunting and unforgettable pathos.

Though strictly not required under the terms of the process to be followed for 'undeletion' of the entry, I have taken some time to put together the ten reasons above in order to make clear to you my concern that this entry should not have been deleted using PROD. Clearly, in this instance there was an abuse of process. In my view, too many Wikipedia administrators are overzealous in their enthusiasm to delete Wikipedia pages on the grounds that a page allegedly fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. In my view, this is yet one more example of this excessive zeal.121.222.177.134 (talk) 00:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The 2 Obit claim 2 people died with a daughter named Anna Thomson, nothing saying it is the same person. There was no claim to abandonment on the street or adoption in either of those obits. Your first paragraph is not supported. As for your second paragraph, the interview with director Amos Kolleck only confirms some collaboration between them on a few films the rest of the films you added in that paragraph are not supported by that reference. Paragraph 2 not supported. "In France, through her roles in Kollek's films, Levine has gained cult status amongst critics." has no support as well, this is just a puff statement.

1. Inclusion in other wikis does not mean squat on English Wikipedia.
2. One interview does make someone Notable
3. Facebook means nothing.
4. IMDB is a another form of a Wiki, not a vaild reference.
5. The number of credits does not infer notability.
6. See number 4
7. This is not a valid argument for inclusion. WP:OTHERSTUFF
8. Notability is not inherited
9. Point not made.
10. Again point not made.- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 00:37, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rollbacker

I have granted rollback rights to your account. After a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, contact me and I will remove it. Good luck and thanks. 03:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)– Gilliam (talk)

Hello @Gilliam: and thank you, I imagine I will not get much use out of it as I prefer to check diffs prior to reverting and twinkle does many of the same things, but I can foresee some situations where it may come in handy with a multi-article vandal. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 03:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Cruz

The information about Cruz when he was 17 was re-inserted into the article, without discussion by another editor. I agree with you that the information is not notable.--MaverickLittle (talk) 16:54, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Daniela Nieves

Hello Mcmatter:

I added some references to the article Daniela Nieves, which yesterday you added the template {{prod blp}}. I want to know if is possible to remove the template now that have more than one reference. Warm regards. McEC16 (talk) 23:02, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello.

I see you have requested speedy deletion for Francis Tan Huan Chun. However, two different people have contested the deletion. If you have time, please give your thoughts on the contested deletion. Thank you. Pyrotle…the "y" is silent, BTW. 17:05, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Pyrotle: thank you for the message, it's one of the page creator which is contesting the CSD. I have responded but will let the admin make the choice. If they decline the CSD I will take the article to AFD.- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:11, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
All right. Thank you. Pyrotle…the "y" is silent, BTW. 17:14, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

I kindly request that you stop nominating my articles for deletion. All subjects I write about are notable and I do not represent anyone in any way. I am a free music blogger and reviewer in Southeast Asia and I am very clear about who is notable and who is not. Thank you for your attention. Jackchee (talk) 04:14, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jackchee:, You may be clear who is notable to you, but that does not mean they are notable to the English Wikipedia. Please take some time and review the policies I have linked in the deletion discussions and feel free to make policy based arguments to keep these articles. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:18, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @McMatter:, I am not exactly clear on how notability criteria works because the people I have blogged and created articles for are very notable in the southeast Asian music scene. Could you please help me improve the articles such that the persons seem as notable as they currently are? Thank you very much and appreciate your effort! Jackchee (talk) 08:27, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Undoing changes to Tiberius page

Hello, paganism is an pejorative term coined in the early Christian era & would be an anachronistic way to refer to the official Roman religion that Tiberius and his contemporaries followed. Also, the article that is linked is "religion in ancient Rome", so "ancient Roman religion" would be a more appropriate name.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.243.174 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

the pic of shakti mohan u used

the pic of shakti mohan u used is not shakti mohan its her younger sis mukti mohan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.57.148.71 (talk) 13:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you for your message.

Upon reviewing the guidelines for conflict of interest, I have updated my user page to include a declarative statement that I am making edits in connection with my place of employment which is a public archives. While I understand that Wikipedia does not support simply promoting organizations in a biased manner, the archives (Media Archives at the University of Toronto) holds primary source material that is publicly accessible and free to use. I am contributing these links as they identify such materials that directly relate to their respective article and would be of research value.

I am a new as an editor to Wikipedia, so I appreciate the notice of your changes and any further comments. Thank you.

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