User talk:Domdeparis

Hello, I see you've nominated my Frantic Assembly page for deletion. I am currently in the process of adding more information, and if you have a problem believing that they're real, just Google it. (Apologies, my phone won't let me add a heading so I just wrote it here.)

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Georges Wolinski

Georges Wolinski was born in Tunisia and had a mother who was from Tunisia. That makes him a "Maghrebian" (Maghrebian community of Paris covers Muslims and Jews) WhisperToMe (talk) 18:06, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alright.. I'm looking through references. Here's one thing I found:

He does say here that he considers Tunis to be "his" city: http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2015/01/07/wolinski-attentat-tunisie_n_6430130.html ("Il se rappelle également avec nostalgie de ses souvenirs d'enfance dans certains endroits de "sa" ville comme la maison de son enfance, rue de Marseille ou la pâtisserie de son grand-père à l'Avenue de Paris.")

Another: Oftentimes ethnic identity isn't as simple as the passport. One article talking about students in international schools stated that they have difficulty deciding who they are since they often move between places, are in different educational environments, and have different parents.

Using your Frenchman example: If his mother was American he could think of himself as such (since he was born in the USA he would automatically have US citizenship even if he had no American parents).

Third: Maybe the title should be changed, but when I wrote Maghrebian community of Paris I intended for it to be about all people living in the Paris region who have North African blood, including all nationalities and all religions, even if they split themselves up into sub-groups and only socialize within those subgroups. The focus is intentionally broad. I'm open for it to be renamed. WhisperToMe (talk) 21:34, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The reason why they are discussed about in a single article is because a lot of the references I consulted discuss "North Africans" as a single group. A lot of how these categories are decided is how the literature (books, magazines, newspaper articles, etc.) defines the group of people. A lot of the sources I consulted discuss "North Africans" and "Maghrebin" and "Franco-Maghrebians" while some which refer to Maurice Papon's crackdown refer to "Algerians."

Example: Davidson p. 129 states: "The "community" of Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians, however, was certainly not monolithic, as even the police acknowledged in their discussion of the North African "populations" of the Paris region"" but the rest of the essay still refers to "North Africans."

I wonder if the issue could be fixed by using the title "North African communities in Paris" with communities being plural? If North African has a better connotation that name could be used instead. Then "communities" would show that there are many different communities rather than just one. What do you think? WhisperToMe (talk) 16:09, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the title to North African communities of Paris, and I linked to Pied-Noirs from that article. I can do the same from Wolinski's article too WhisperToMe (talk) 17:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

BTW there are other instances where broad ethnic groups have many subgroups:

Indo-Canadians in Greater Toronto - "Indo-Canadian" refers to any Canadian of any South Asian background, so Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Nepalis, etc. are all included
Armenians in Los Angeles - Armenians are divided depending on which country they originated from: Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon/Syria, and/or Egypt. Iranian Armenians are also discussed in Iranians in Los Angeles: Iranians themselves may be divided into Muslims, Jews, atheists, and/or Christian Armenians

WhisperToMe (talk) 17:55, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how many French come from Libya or Mauritania (or whether they are counted as North Africans/Maghrebin). I think if Wolinsky identifies as any one of the subgroups (for example: "Tunisian") I think it would satisfy things. In the North African communities in Paris I cited the quote that says that the "North African" group has many different types of subgroups WhisperToMe (talk) 18:24, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Olive branch

Hey, sorry we got off on the wrong foot. Perhaps we can move forward more prouctively in the future. Hope so, we need more editors for wikiproject equine. Montanabw^(talk) 08:55, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Montanabw! No problem whatsoever! The olive branch is received with pleasure!!! And I'm sorry too so looking forward to maybe seeing you on other pages. Without being an expert I spent all my childhood and youth and some of my adult life around horses and am now also involved as a volunteer in the organisational team of one of the legs of the Longines Global Champions Tour, the Chantilly Jumping so I am quite passionate as you are by the looks of your contributions. And like I said I'm a freelance translator and do quite a lot of research on the subject sometimes. Domdeparis (talk) 14:35, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's excellent. With 3000 articles tagged for WikiProject Equine (WP:EQUINE if you want to join) and almost 10,000 for WikiProject Horse racing (many racehorse "biographies" there) there's plenty to do. One thing we very badly need is a global perspective on the international competition event articles. One thing I have longed to do but never put on the front burner is to properly source and cite to the FEI rules for Eventing, Show jumping, and Dressage. (Someone seems to maintain the Combined driving article, but that's about all) I've often thought that the "rules" sections of these articles needed to start with the FEI standards and then, those who cared could also create sections on the lower-level national styles/rules for the USA, the UK, etc. The big thing is that I really want to avoid a US-versus-everyone-else situation, as each view has legitimacy. We probably need to do some talk page discussions on many of the other articles on management and such. Though over the years there is something on just about everything, there is a lot of cleanup needed too -- my own work from 2006 has much room for improvement, and there are articles created in 2004 or earlier that I may have popped by to modify the biggest mistakes, but other than that they languish. Anyway, I'm rambling. Welcome! Montanabw^(talk) 21:54, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Welcome to WikiProject Equine! I'm especially glad to see that you know about the FEI disciplines, because many of the people here (me included) have little experience with that level of horsedom. White Arabian Filly ^Neigh 21:46, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

July 2016

Hello, I'm Omni Flames. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Queen Rania of Jordan with this edit, without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Omni Flames (talk) 10:01, 5 July 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Remove that red thing from the page "Giorgi Koshadze"

He is announced in extended squad for Georgia as a Centre. This is his first cap for National side after 2016 U20 Championship in England. His name is on Georgian Rugby Union site as squad member. He is in France right now together with a team for 1 week training course.

After what He will play his First match in Tbilisi against Japan.

Why you want to delete that page. it is ordinary Rugby player's page. --GeoRugby (talk) 15:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GeoRugby I presume that when you say "remove that red thing" it is because you do not understand a/ it is for an administrator to decide and b/ you shouldn't be giving me instructions Domdeparis (talk) 15:11, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you feel happy. ) after you put that red "thing" on the page. I added another source from GRU official web page. let it be like this if you wish it with all your heart. best wishes... --GeoRugby (talk) 15:18, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GeoRugby the idea is to only create pages for people that are notable. A young rugby player that has only played for one season and never for his country is not notable. You have created a lot of similar pages and none of them are noteworthy. Wikipedia is not a place to find everything about anything but an encyclopedia of noteworthy content. it would be better to remove these pages yourself. Domdeparis (talk) 15:22, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle

Go to Preferences>>Gadgets>>Enable Twinkle>>Sabe. Now if you want to nominate an article for deletion. go to the article, hover mouse of TW, click on XFD, and nominate it. However please do some research before nominating. --Tito Dutta (talk) 22:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tito Dutta I have researched the criteria WP:NRU and the player and he unfortunately comes nowhere near being notable enough. I shall use Twinkle to renominate him. Thanks for your help. Domdeparis (talk) 17:19, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great. --Tito Dutta (talk) 17:43, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, whats the problem with the wiki I made

What's the problem with it did you not think of actually telling me what is wrong with it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrPlunkett (talk • contribs) 17:53, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrPlunkett please be more precise. --Domdeparis (talk) 17:54, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I made one on chronicles of Elyria and instead of telling me how to fix it you marked it for deletion and now I have lost all that work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrPlunkett (talk • contribs) 17:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrPlunkett it is blatant advertising for a product that has not even come out yet hence my nomination for a speedy delete. I believe there is only one way to fix it and that is to wait until the product has been released and has become notable as per the criteria WP:GNG. There is no way of fixing it until then. Wikipedia is not a place to promote your products and if you are linked to the product please read WP:COI. You might want to contact RickBaltimore who validated the deletion. --Domdeparis (talk) 18:03, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

To second that, there's not any notability on the game as it is now. Games that have not been launched can be notable, but in the case for this game, there is not enough coverage in independent reliable sources to show how the game meets our general notability guidelines. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:22, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Dschslava. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, DJ Blue, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Dschslava^Δxparlez moi 21:11, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maxwell Kalman

Please see my note on your AFD discussion. Yoninah (talk) 22:44, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge Islamic College

Sorry, you can't use A7 on educational establishments (it says so on the label...). Schools, colleges and universities have to have prod or AfD (or both if prod is removed). What the position of driving schools and training centres for short order cooks is, I've never managed to find out. Peridon (talk) 14:05, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peridon: Thanks My bad, can't quite work out why schools are exempt but there you go. --Domdeparis (talk) 14:16, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've never been too sure on that either. One of those odd things that working on consensus throws up. High schools and universities are presumed to be notable, but no-one can easily point to where it was decided. Or even if. Junior schools are apparently considered non-notable unless very clearly proved to be, but are not allowed to be dealt with by A7. Middle schools are a headache as they cross the bounds of both high and junior. Peridon (talk) 14:23, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]