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Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

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Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2019

Hi HELLKNOWZ,

Thank you for responding to my post on August 2019 review of submission of 'Draft:Hero Cai'. I have seen that the key issue here is to prove that person is sufficiently 'notable'.

I have followed the links you gave and found that the wiki policy says 'Academics meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable'. And one of these conditions is 'The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the IEEE).[2]' [1]

Can I ask why the fellowship of the CIOL was not thought to meet this condition, while Fellow if the IEEE, which is an association for technical professionals, is? Can I assume that the CIOL, despite being the only lingiustic institution that has got chartership in the UK, is not considered as prestigious as bodies like IEEE? Would you suggest other institutions for linguists that MIGHT BE considered more prestigeous?

Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SophiaMMY (talk • contribs) 01:11, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will copy your message and reply at the AfC Help Desk. —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 08:41, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy. BigDwiki (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Template:Z48[reply]

Discussion at Draft:HelioHost

Hi Hellknowz, Thank you for your feedback on my draft HelioHost. Do you have any tips on how to make this article not sound like an advertisement? I put in some positive and negative attributes on this service in the article (ex. The servers keep crashing.) I strongly believe that this topic should be on Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, Xincoletta (talk) 22:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)
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