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Thanks for noticing the duplication

Hey, I saw that you deleted the duplicate article that i posted and wanted to thank you noticing its redundancy! (I apologize if I'm not using this correctly, I never used this feature before). The Red Rat Writer (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

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IPs similar to 175.120.229.46

Hey man, while adding those vandalism templates to pages like this is certainly standard procedure, if you see this automated vandalism with similar edit summaries, feel free to just report to AIV with a link to Special:AbuseFilter/815. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR!— 09:04, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Economic importance of bacteria

I'm terribly sorry, we had an edit conflict just now, stimulated by your absolutely correct observations on this article: I didn't mean to tread on you. I've suggested a way ahead on the talk page; there is more than enough work here for everyone. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:44, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

You asked what else there was to do; the main task is surely to add citations to the uncited material. As that is done, new materials will certainly come to light. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:56, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For improving Wheels For Wishes, a highly misleading ADVERT before you made the effort to write - and source - it right. E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:10, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

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Overprescription

I am certain this can be expanded into an article; there have been many articles and essays about this phenomenon beyond defining it. I de-prodded it. Bearian (talk) 18:13, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Kelly leonard

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Kelly leonard, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: previously declined. Do not retag pages an admin already declined. Doing so can be considered admin-shopping. Thank you. SoWhy 08:51, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Deletion Of "List Of Gaming Computers"

Can I Hide The Article And Edit It? N64 Gamer 500 (talk) 15:31, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

@N64 Gamer 500: I appreciate your willingness to edit the article. It looks like you have improved it, but I don't know that it is appropriate subject matter for an encyclopedia no matter how much energy you put into it. I don't want you to waste your time on an article that might not be sustainable, so I'm going to put it up for discussion now so that there's a definite judgment one way or the other. Thanks for checking in! 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 06:46, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Response to Your Message

Hi there, I'm not sure if this is the right way to leave a message, but I hope I'm doing the right thing. You have message me with regards to a section that I removed from a Wiki page. The reason is that I do not believe the events mentioned are correct and best representative to the truth. I have the feeling that whoever wrote these sections is/are only trying to give themselves some exposure and promotion at the expense of truth. I'm not sure if removing the section was the best thing to do, but I believe that when some individuals' names are mentioned in an incorrect manner, sections like those should not be up. Please let me know what you think. Sincerely.

I also apologize for having removed the sections again. I did that before noticing your message. Thank you.

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SophieTrophie (talk • contribs) 08:10, 8 April 2017 (UTC) 

@SophieTrophie: Hi SophieTrophie, thanks for sharing your concerns. In general, it is frowned upon to delete large sections of a Wikipedia article without explanation. When there's no explanation it's impossible to know if you deleted a large section by accident, because you simply didn't like it, or because it was incorrect. If you have a more balanced perspective that is backed by independent sources, I'd strongly encourage you to edit the page and incorporate those new sources. If you think the whole section is not correct, you can give an explanation in your edit summary message (the box below the editing window) or you can take the discussion to the article's talk page (Talk:Student_Federation_of_the_University_of_Ottawa). Thanks!49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 10:31, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Benutzer

(Move log); 07:28 . . 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk | contribs) moved page Benutzer:Die freiburgerin/Artikelentwurf to Perfect PDF Premium ‎(Moving to article name)

Benutzer is German for User. I'd moved the previous version to User:Die freiburgerin/Artikelentwurf, It's starting to look like Die freiburgerin isn't interested in following advice. Cabayi (talk) 09:10, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Kudpung. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, سید وحید اشرف, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:55, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Just curious...

...are the 49ers talking about leaving SF? Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:32, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

@Beyond My Ken:They left the City for Santa Clara a couple years ago.49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 07:40, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Facepalm Of course they did. As a New Yorker, I'm so used to our football teams not playing in New York City, and not even in New York State, that I interpreted your name as meaning that the 49ers were going to leave the San Francisco area for some other metropolitan area, but completely forgot that the new stadium wasn't in the city. Sorry about that.

BTW, San Francisco is my second-favorite city in the U.S. (after NYC), and I'm always bummed that I spend more time (because of my work) in Los Angeles then I do in SF -- although I was there in April. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:51, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Steve Wynn, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you.

That edit is concerning a widely-reported controversy. The paragraph is full of different major media citations. You may revise the words or raise any specific question on the talk page. Rude removal of all words without really reading the sources or providing sound reasons on the talk page is kind of vandalism. --Wildcursive (talk) 06:19, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Why my links are inappropriate?

Comment below left by User:JaneySmith

Thank you for your remark! I have read the guidelines once again and noticed that “External links” section should be kept minimal, and, according to this excerpt: “If the website or page to which you want to link includes information that is not yet a part of the article, consider using it as a source for the article, and citing it.”, should I cite the content of a page I linked to? But then it would be a reference, wouldn’t it? I am a bit confused here. I would like to continue adding the links to the pages with consumers reviewing Canadian insurance companies, but I would also like to know if I would be banned for this. I welcome any commentary, tips, and links to guidelines, which can help in improving my work here. I am new on Wiki, but I want to become a part of the family and be useful to this community. Thank you! P.S. I do not affiliate myself to Insureye Reviews Platform. I found this site a quite long age. All pages I link to are not commercial, though they do mention the possibility of using Insureye services. The site collects a lot of real reviews of Canadian insurance companies’ services and I thought that they might be useful for readers of Wikipedia. Anyway, why do you consider it to be spamming?

Reply

@JaneySmith: You added links to the same for-profit insurance review site to 30+ articles with very spammy titles. You have made no other meaningful contributions to the encyclopedia. Wikipedia is often vandalized by website owners who want to promote their website in Wikipedia or think that it will help their search rankings. This instance seemed to fit all the patterns: a for-profit site copying links to many Wikipedia pages without meaningful interactions. If you'd like to learn more about proper external links, please visit Wikipedia:External links. Please also consider Wikipedia:Spam#External_link_spamming. If you think that your links still pass the tests in those articles please feel free to try again and explain in your edit summary why the link is proper, but I would strongly advise against trying 30+ at a time again.49ersBelongInSanFrancisco 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:27, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Elemental Sculpture Park

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Elemental Sculpture Park, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: if any reliable sources exist, that's enough to indicate significance. Use WP:AFD instead. Thank you. SoWhy 08:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Argument against Proposed deletion of WAPT (deployment software)

Hi 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco,

you have added the "Proposed deletion" header to the article WAPT (deployment software) that I added yesterday evening. This article is a translation of the same page in French. Even though it may not be that notorious in the US, it is on this side of the Atlantic (mostly in French speaking countries).

To address the problems mentioned in the header, like the notoriety, I have already mentioned in the article that it has been audited and certified for Elementary Security Level (CSPN) by ANSSI, the French national cyberdefense Agency, which would be the French equivalent of NIST. CSPN is a kind of "light" version of Common Criteria certification. Actually WAPT just went through the "Elementary Qualification" process of ANSSI, which is the next step in certification process, but it has not yet been published on the ANSSI site. Indeed WAPT is heavily used in French administrations and certification.

WAPT is also part of curriculum in colleges and universities (you can find it mentioned on BCS programs), and it has just crossed the 400k desktops installed base.

The only caveat I would agree to is that the material around WAPT is still mostly in French. To address this issue, there has been a lot of work around internationalization of the project both on the software, the documentation and the community.

Cardondenis (talk) 10:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I happen to agree with that PROD, and have AfD'd the article. Also, I seem to hear some quacking coming from the article history. Kleuske (talk) 21:16, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm SshibumXZ. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Zachariyapothan Jeevichirippundu (2017 film), and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Regards, SshibumXZ (Talk) (Contributions). 06:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi, for further context, I unreviewed the article by mistake, and would like apologise for the same.
Regards, SshibumXZ (Talk) (Contributions). 06:02, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Alan Newell (Computer Scientist)

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Alan Newell (Computer Scientist), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Being professor at a notable university or college indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI#ACADEMIC). Thank you. SoWhy 07:29, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@SoWhy:, I was following WP:SCHOLAR which I believe is the official policy as to notability. There are 9 listed criteria and I do not see this individual meeting any of them. Under WP:SCHOLAR, simply being a professor is not supposed to confer notability in the absence of significant contributions to the field, significant awards, etc. That said, I understand that in practice (as demonstrated by WP:CCSI#ACADEMIC) the standards are often more loose for full professors at notable universities. I appreciate your hard work putting that page together and it's an excellent guide to actual practice. I'll keep in mind that page and will consider a BLP PROD or AFD if I encounter a similar situation, so that more voices can be heard in the discussion.49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:52, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

No doubt it is the guideline on notability. However, A7 is not about notability but explicitly a lower standard. Professoral notability is actually a very tricky field with approx. 50% keep-delete split at AFD, so it's not really something a single admin should decide. You can always use (BLP)PROD or AFD of course. Regards SoWhy 14:30, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Anthony Borges

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Anthony Borges, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: he might be notable enough to have a standalone article but even if not, his name is a plausible search term for the shooting and should at least be redirected there. Thank you. SoWhy 11:37, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

PS: A10 does not apply if the subject is not covered in the page you mention as a duplicate. The policy explicitly states This does not include [...] any article that expands or reorganizes an existing one or that contains referenced, mergeable material. Please be more careful in future and instead of tagging for speedy deletion, consider performing or proposing a merge per WP:ATD-M. Regards SoWhy 11:44, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@SoWhy:, thank you for the information and clarification. I was basing my determination that the person was non-notable on the guidance in WP:CRIME that individuals whose notability comes as victims of crime should have their stories covered (if at all) in the article about the applicable crime. I did not see meaningful new content in his article (it was very short and focused on a nickname) that added meaningfully to the article, but I understand why the stronger path would be a merge/redirect. Next time I'll merge/redirect rather than CSD if people may be searching for the name of the individual.49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:46, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

CSD and ATD are policy, CRIME is only a guideline about notability and notability has no place in speedy deletion (see above as well). After all, the article you mentioned did not contain any information about him, so if I had deleted his article, the information would be gone completely, which is not a desirable result, is it? Bottom line, only tag for deletion if no alternatives exist (WP:ATD, WP:PRESERVE). The information compiled at User:SoWhy/SDA might be helpful to you. Regards SoWhy 14:35, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

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I hope you don't mind that I've tagged for a G11 the article you'd PRODed. The advertising nature of the article is more obvious in the version before the author removed his name from the infobox. Regards, Cabayi (talk) 05:53, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Cabayi: - no problem at all, of course. I'm trying to be sensitive to not excessively tagging as CSD but I agree that one was totally appropriate for it with that additional context. Thanks for doing it. 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 04:38, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

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Converted PROD to AfD

Hi, your PROD tag had been deleted, but I agree with the deletion. Maybe you'd like to add your original arguments to the discussion, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highway_Rider_(Mobile_Game)&action=history

Thank you ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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	Thanks for having reviewed my Petrus Pavlicek translation. I still cannot link it to the original german page: I was not allowed to use the translation tool (I'm not an editor...). I wonder if you could possibly do it. Thanks! Cebraz (talk) 12:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

What is political?

Hi,

You deleted my three sentence contribution to Mess of pottage because you said it was too political and 'less than neutral'.

Just to refresh your memory here it is:

A recent public use was in a protest rally against the proposed tourist cable car route on kunanyi/Mt [Wellington]. The multi-award winning author, Richard Flanagan, used the term in his speech; 'We see our soul being sold for a mess of pottage and there is no end to the shame and the sadness that we must endure in order to have more and more tourists. And you have to ask: why is this government more interested in building a cable car for tourists than it is in building homes for homeless Tasmanians?'

I am uncertain about how you decided that in your opinion it is too political and you felt free to delete it without comment, instead of editing it to conform to your opinion.

Is it because I wrote, A recent public use was in a protest rally, which it was and has been reported as such in Australian national media? Is that too political and not neutral?

Is it because I added a description of the rally to give context to A recent public use and to explain why there was a rally and linked to that topic which is already in Wikipedia? (proposed tourist cable car route on kunanyi/Mt [Wellington].) Should that section of the Wikipedia entry on Mt Wellington be deleted as well?

Is it because I added the Aboriginal name for Mt Wellington? Adding indigenous names to landmarks in Australia has been controversial in the past among politically conservative men, but the fact is that it is now the official name as noted in the first sentence of it's Wikipedia entry; 'Mount Wellington, officially kunanyi / Mount Wellington'. The fact that it is spelt with a lower case 'k' can't be too political or 'less than neutral' as the palawa language uses no capital letters, though people are free to capitalise if they want; for example the Australian Bureau of Meteorology capitalises it on their weather page as 'Kunanyi/Mt Wellington'.

Is it because I contextualised the speaker as a 'multi-award winning author' and linked to his Wikipedia entry that describes his 17 literary awards? (The multi-award winning author, Richard Flanagan, used the term in his speech)

Is it because I quoted his actual words, as reported on a Tasmanian news and current events website and also played on the radio and TV news stories? Is that too political or less than neutral, even though that is what news programs have already done? In fact the Australian governments national radio service Radio_National has broadcast a recording of his entire speech at the rally.

Personally, I would hesitate to editorialise and alter the direct words spoken by a living person who is notable. (We see our soul being sold for a mess of pottage and there is no end to the shame and the sadness that we must endure in order to have more and more tourists. And you have to ask: why is this government more interested in building a cable car for tourists than it is in building homes for homeless Tasmanians?)

Perhaps the second line, starting 'And you have to ask', is unecessary and could be deleted; but the first line actually uses this literary phrase, which is the point of of my (now defunct and summarily deleted) contribution. The purpose of my contribution was to show that the phrase still has contemporary usage, otherwise we are stuck in quoting long dead literary writers and dusty antique tomes.

Or is it that the quoted words of a person giving a speech is just too political? (We see our soul being sold for a mess of pottage and there is no end to the shame and the sadness that we must endure in order to have more and more tourists. And you have to ask: why is this government more interested in building a cable car for tourists than it is in building homes for homeless Tasmanians?)

Looking at the Mess of pottage article I am starting to see too political and less than neutral bits. There is a direct quote from Karl Marx's writing; you can't get more political than that! There's also a direct quote from the writings of a 'Hindu nationalist' who is promoting Hindu culture and supremacy, that must be too political and less than neutral as well?

Could you please enlighten me as to which words and which phrases I wrote are too political and 'less than neutral', I would appreciate your reasoning.

Cheers,

123.3.237.96 (talk) 22:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

@123.3.237.96: Thank you for your long message. The edit you originally proposed to mess of pottage was drafted in a way that focused on the author of the quote and the political views of that author rather than the meaning of "mess of pottage." The goal of that wikipedia page is to inform users as to the meaning of the phrase, not to catalog every usage of it. The phrase is used in media many thousands of times per year (search Google News if you have any question). The way the quotation was added appeared to be more focused on the underlying political protest, which raised my concerns about the neutrality of the edit; I have not been able to find evidence that Flanagan's usage is particularly famous or well-known. I am still not convinced but I will consider your arguments. I agree that quotes from Marx obviously relate to politics, but the Marx quote appears to be based on his status as a famous author rather than an attempt to promote his politics. 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:51, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Speedy deletion declined: Our Planet. Theirs Too.

Hello 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Our Planet. Theirs Too., a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: establishing a notable observance day is a sufficient claim of significance. Thank you. SoWhy 07:15, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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Ye (album)

What do you mean, "vandalize?" All I did was add a higher-quality image of the cover art. People who read Wikipedia deserve nothing but the best version of any information that can be provided. IP138229240228 (talk) 05:43, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

@IP138229240228: The image you added was edited to contain different text than the actual album cover.49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:50, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

• I don't think the image I used was edited. Kanye sent it to me and said it was the real cover art. IP138229240228 (talk) 05:52, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

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Winston Peters

The media don’t know about this, but the covert CIA agents indeed infiltrated New Zealand government and ousted Ardern while she is on leave. By the way, are you from New Zealand or you just think unconstructive in your opinion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.136.107.125 (talk) 06:08, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

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I cannot believe what the Raiders are doing to their fan base. Makes the 49ers move seem tame in comparison. The 49ers moving was pure evil, but the Raiders move is dark lord of the Sith pure evil. I am not a Raiders fan at all, and even I feel sorry for those fans. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 15:07, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

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