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Hi, you deleted my post for the Bar Association of San Francisco. I have permission from the author and the Bar Association to use the language from the Bar Association's website under GFDL in the post. Should I get a confirmation e-mail from the author to you directly or should I give you the e-mail address of the author to get that confirmation? I'm still learning the ways of wikipedia, didn't realize I needed to have a confirmation e-mail sent directly before posting! Also I would appreciate it if you could send me the deleted post or repost it because I do not have an archived copy with all of the external news links I put in to show its notoriety. Thanks!

Vidontap ( talk) 16:52, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay in replying, I only just noticed your post. Essentially, there are a number of problems with the article besides the copyright infringement. The article had a promotional tone and feel, largely as a result of copying the material form the association's website. With WP articles we try to maintain a neutral point of view so it may be a better idea to write the content in your own words. The article alo didn't cite reliable sources for much of its content in order to help support the claim that the association is notable. What I'd encourage you to do is rewrite the article, in your own words, using the information from the various sources to guide you and having very little dependency on the association's own website. If you feel you still need the deleted material for this please let me know and I'll strip out the references and provide them to you. If there's anything else you feel you need, or if youb have any questions, please let me know. Many thanks, Gazi moff 09:22, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 6 - August 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of August 2008, the project has: 97 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 11 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 17 A-Class articles 238 Good Articles 0 articles in Good Article Review 14 articles for Peer review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: 4X, Alleyway, Conan (2007 video game), List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Midtown Madness, Wipeout 3 Topic: None Demoted FA/FL: None Promoted GA: Chocolatier, Cloud Strife, Discography of Final Fantasy I and II, Discography of Final Fantasy VII, The Guardian Legend, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Key Sounds Label, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Necrid, Paper Mario, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Secret of Evermore, StarCraft: Brood War, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Xenogears Original Soundtrack Demoted GA: GoldenEye 007 News Special note: The naming convention for the newsletter has altered. Instead of being labeled the month it is delivered, it is now labeled the month the content applies to. See discussion. There were 204 new articles in August 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. The following Wikiprojects are candidates to be turned into task forces. Nintendo Project: See discussion. Castlevania Project: See discussion. Pro Gaming Project: See discussion. The first video game genre article has reached Featured article status— 4X. Special thanks to Randomran for pushing the article up the quality scale. Feature: Departments Assessment Department: This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. 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sorry for not using hang on status while creating —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradeepchandar ( talk • contribs) 12:27, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

If you decide to recreate the article, I'd like to make some suggestions. Firstly, you would need to include reliable sources in order to show that what you're writing about can be verified. You also need to make sure that the company is notable enough for inclusion, with some specific guidelines on corporations here. Finally, you may want to start your article in a sandbox - a subpage in your own area that you can work on an article before moving it into the main encyclopedia when it's done. You can also use the {{ underconstruction}} template to show a work in progress. There's a tutorial available here on creating articles which may also help you. Hope this helps, Gazi moff 12:46, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Could you restored the Talk page of Human rights in Arunachal Pradesh or South Tibet and Tawang, as well as human rights of Tibetan people in India? I mean, talk page only. If you can't, write the source of talk page in User:虞海/Sandbox/Talk:Human rights in Arunachal Pradesh or South Tibet and Tawang, as well as human rights of Tibetan people in India, please? Better to recur the edit history. -- 虞海 ( talk) 10:01, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I should be able to do that for you. Please bear with me one moment while I take care of it for you. Gazi moff 10:35, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

This should be done, please let me know if there are any problems. Many thanks, Gazi moff 12:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Received, thanks! -- 虞海 ( talk) 07:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

If you can revert the edit history of Human rights in Arunachal Pradesh or South Tibet and Tawang, as well as human rights of Tibetan people in India to User:虞海/Sandbox/Human rights in Arunachal Pradesh or South Tibet and Tawang, as well as human rights of Tibetan people in India, it's a great appreciate.

I have a version of it, but I don't have the edit history. -- 虞海 (Yú Hǎi) ( talk) 09:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for not responding sooner. I'm a bit wary about performing this, primarily because the article was felt by some to be an attack piece. In order to avoid this n the future, I think it would be better for you to create a new article using the sourcing to guide you, rather than ressurecting a deleted one. Hope this makes sense. Gazi moff 14:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

I would like to discuss the Wiki article on The Scapecast, which was deleted on August 6, 2008. The podcast is run by a group of dedicated fans on a non-profit basis, and has gained noteriety in the podcasting community and with the studios/corporations that currently own the licenses to the franchise and show it discusses.

On July 25, 2008, User529 argued for deletion of the article by stating "non notable fancruft podcast. better suited for a farscape wiki. most of the hyperlinks are to external sites (such as episodes of the podcast), WP is for articles, not a free promotional/advertising web host." The podcast has become notable within the community and Farscape franchise, including the creators of the show, the actors, and the writers of the upcoming continuations. This evidence is presented in the show itself by its numerous interviews and interactions from the celebrity level to the fans. Further, by its very nature, the article will contain numerous exterior links as the files that compose the podcast are not hosted at Wikipedia. However, since the show covers connections to the "real world" outside the universe of the show, I propose that the article will further link into the rest of Wikipedia as the article develops.

I also note that User529 no longer exists on this service.

On July 30, 2008, Gotyear argued for keeping the article by stating "It won the Parsec Award for best fan podcast and is linked on the official site," which was countered by King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ who stated "The Parsec Award does not sufficiently establish notability; there are no reliable third-party sources." On the contrary, the Parsec Awards are given for podcasting excellence, and are a well-recognized award within the podcasting community. Many notable podcasts, including those run by notable and up-and-coming authors, are included in the ranks of those awarded. The Parsecs are also awarded at Dragon-Con, the most recognized sci-fi/fantasy convention in the world. It seems odd to me that other Parsec winners, such as Tee Morris, Mur Lafferty, and Scott Sigler would be allowed to keep their pages, but the Scapecast would not. The Scapecast was a winner of the award in 2006 and a finalist in 2007. An error within the nomination process forced their withdrawl from the 2008 competition, otherwise they were a finalist there as well. SciFi.com recognizes the Scapecast as a source for information on the series, and notes them on their Farscape site.

I request the article be reinstated so that it can be worked on and developed within the standards of Wikipedia. Thank you for your consideration and time.

Womprat99 ( talk) 20:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for taking a while to get back to you. Essentially, the article failed Wikipedia's policy on notability, in that it did not use reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. The only claim to notability was the Parsec award, but was not referenced and so could not be verified. The remaining content, such as episode lists, promotions and so on came under the policy on what Wikipedia is not, specifically Wikipedia is not a Directory. With this collection of problems inaddressed it was unikely the article would be restored. I originally agreed to userify the article at the request of User: Gotyear - it can be found at User: Gotyear/The Scapecast - on the understanding that the article would be improved and developed. Since then, only a single edit has been made to it. As a result, I would argue that tit is not yet ready to move back into the main article space yet. Hope this helps, but feel free to come back with any further questions you may have. If you feel my response is unsatisfactory you may also wish to explore deletion review as an alternative mechanism of requesting a revew of the closing decision. Many thanks, Gazi moff 14:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your time, Gazimoff. I appreciate your response and help with this. Womprat99 ( talk) 15:49, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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Done. Thanks for the reminder. Gazi moff 11:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Please note that this article, which you tagged as PROD some time ago, has been restored after a request at today's DRV. Stifle ( talk) 11:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I appreciate the heads up, and I'm glad someone's trying to rework the article. Many thanks Gazi moff 11:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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