User talk:Phantomsteve/Archives/2012/July
It's been more than two weeks since you made this edit, and there has been no response and no editing of the page. MfD? JamesBWatson (talk) 08:20, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
deletion of page about Bots (edi)Hi Phantomsteve, I noticed you deleted the page about bots (edi). I am the developer of bots open source edi software. I understand this page was not as I should be? I would like try try to make the page conform the requirements. I am not very familiar with the way the wikipedia editing process works; to me it looks like most references to the article (incl history/talks etc) are deleted. So please have patience with my ignorance.... do you have an example of what such a page should look like for a small open source software product? (I do have the disadvantage that edi (and edi software) is a niche and quite unknown; it is not 'consumer' software...)
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
I saw that you declined my temporary protection request, if you don't mind me asking why? its getting regular unsourced edits that are a pain in the backside. Jimmy Skitz's Answer Machine 10:43, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, you may want to take another look at Richmond Fire Department as I have began rescuing it and now it has independent sources including some unambiguous in depth coverage of one of the many environmental catastrophes that occur in Richmond and that this department in particular is notorious for dealing with. I have found more sources and will be adding them, thanks for giving it a second look and if you have any input or could help expand, copyedit, or trim the article in any way please be my guest. Thank you. -Troy.LuciferWildCat (talk) 02:38, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janet Devlin (singer)I redirected Janet Devlin per your close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janet Devlin (singer), as it was the originally nominated article, and it appears you ended up only redirecting the redirect from a move. I think its resolved, but I wanted to drop you a note as you may want to review the situation in case there was something more going on that I missed. Monty845 04:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
VideographyPlease see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KevJumba videography, Thanks, 117Avenue (talk) 05:32, 4 July 2012 (UTC) A cupcake for you!
Deletion of ISSAP, ISSMP, ISSEPHi, I was surprised to see ISSAP, ISSMP, ISSEP all deleted (almost a year ago!) for being "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion (CSDH)) " not other rational was given. Would you be so kind to explain why? The reference to G11 is not subtaintial enough. Thanks LarryG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:AE:0:1141:4916:B5CA:147B:64EE (talk) 18:26, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Ok, how is this: First, they are not “awards.” They are certifications, more specifically, a certification concentration within the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) domains. They are obtained by writing a 3 hours multiple choice exam and holding specific experience in the specific information security domain (architecture, engineering or management), and holding the CISSP certification. One, the ISSEP is a requirement by government for specific information assurance roles (DoD Directive 8570.1). Also I would suggested that the three (ISSAP, ISSEP, ISSMP) be marked as “stubs” until appropriately, referenced material can be sourced. The significant coverage, reliable, sources, and independence, of the three (ISSAP, ISSEP, & ISSAP) can be demonstrated by the following independent, verifiable references. My apologies they are in APA format as that is the one I work in.
The following references do not meet the independence criteria as ISC^2 is the administrator of the ISSAP, ISSEP, ISSMP, & CISSP certifications. They do however contribute to coverage, reliable, and sources:
FWIW, I would believe the either a CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, or CISSP-ISSMP is working behind the scences to ensure that Wikipedia is secure..... Please let me know if additional references are needed to establish general notability. I tried to select easily locatable refernces, and stayed away from references that required access to accademic or trade journals ($$$).
Ah. Now I understand the type of references you are seeking. Interesting since they are different from academic i.e., peer-reviewed, references. Here are three that should be easly retrivable: ISSEP:
ISSMP:
ISSAP & ISSMP
Here is the list of DoD Directive 8570.1 approved certifications. The ISSAP, ISSEP, ISSMP are all approved, not just the ISSEP as I mentioned earlier. You will note that the ISSEP and the ISSAP are the only certifications recognized under IASAE Level III. Unfortunately most do not have a DOI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.64.14.244 (talk) 16:53, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Deletion of articles about paint programs and graphic editors in general
Locking of Rangers FC's wikipedia pageHello phantomsteve! First, thanks for locking said page as quite a bit of violation seems to have occured. At this moment and time, there hardly is any debate about the status of Rangers FC (the club), even though the media and not least the support of rival football teams will try to make you think differently. The fact remains that Rangers FC is still and has not been liquidated or, matter of fact, ceased to exist. This can easily be verified from the club's homepage. The problem lies within the duality of club and corporate entity behind it - something very common in British football. The club as such was founded in 1872 and due to commercial and business interest, a corporate entity was founded in 1899. While it does own all the assets of the clubs, its shares, players and whatnot, it is the club who plays football and won all the trophies. That is essentially the same with any other British club, bar a handful of very small clubs who have no need for a company. The company behind Rangers FC since 1899 was called "The Rangers Football Club plc". This company went into administration in February 2012 and after a CVA failed, it was decided that this company (also cold the oldco (old company)) is to be liquidated, after (!) all assets, staff, shares et al are being transferred to the new owner's company, currently named Sevco Scotland Limited. This so-called newco (new company) is to be renamed soon, as the administrators said today. As can be seen, all the talk is about company here, not the football club itself. The football club was neither liquidated nor ceased to exist, which the current wiki page suggests. Unless the club is being wound-up and all assets are sold, as was the case with Third Lanark FC, it very much remains in existence. Hence I would suggest to revert the page to a format where it shows that Rangers FC is still there and able to play football and add to its history. I would further suggest to have a Administration 2012 section included in the article, which can explain (even to the Scottish media, who openly takes delight in naming the club "Rangers newco" these days) the facts and figures and ends the constant wrangles about the page. Speaking of which, the website should, IMHO, be padlocked for the time being, so that only verifiable and correct material will remain on it. Thanks for your time, Ynnis (talk) 12:23, 5 July 2012 (UTC) (Rangers FC shareholder) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ynnis (talk • contribs) 08:53, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 09 July 2012
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Deleted article: Explanation of copyright problemsYou deleted Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar as a blatant copyright infringement. At the AfC help desk the author asked for an explanation; he claims he didn't copy the content from anywhere. I cannot look at the deleted content myself; could you explain to him why the draft violated copyrights? Huon (talk) 23:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Rangers F.C. not a complaint just a requestHiya, Can you extended this protection there is still no consensus but we are finally making progress the request for comment is on hold for now since we are making progress on the talk page, but i dnt want to see all the good work we have made go down the drain when the protection expires and almost certainly edit warring will begin again, a extension of at least 1 week would be great more just gives us more time on itAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 20:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
I've been bold and made a very minor modification to your vote. I'm 100% sure it was an unintentional typo. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:50, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Newco RangersHi. I noticed you extended the protection on thr Rangers FC article to allow more time for consensus to be achieved. You may not realise but the Newco Rangers article and the Rangers FC article previously had protection due to expire at the same time - could I suggest that it might be helpful if protection on the Newco Rangers article was also extended so that protection on both is eventually lifted at the same time, once consensus is achieved? Regards Fishiehelper2 (talk) 06:31, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I've been bold and made a very minor modification to your vote. I'm 100% sure it was an unintentional typo. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:50, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Newco RangersHi. I noticed you extended the protection on thr Rangers FC article to allow more time for consensus to be achieved. You may not realise but the Newco Rangers article and the Rangers FC article previously had protection due to expire at the same time - could I suggest that it might be helpful if protection on the Newco Rangers article was also extended so that protection on both is eventually lifted at the same time, once consensus is achieved? Regards Fishiehelper2 (talk) 06:31, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
a small requestHello, can you please close this move discussion here Talk:NKOTBSB (group)#Requested move and move the articles? It's been more than a week and nobody objected but nobody seem to care moving them either. Thanks in advance.--Krystaleen 16:16, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Rangers FC extension again sorryHiya, Can you extend the protection to this article by another week, we have now finally moved forward and got agreement on one point, but we are still not at a point where we have a article ready to go. We are working on getting a neutral non bias article ready in the sandbox but we are still some way off from getting a consensus on it. Could you also extend the Newco Rangers article as well as these two are interlinked and edit warring will begin as soon as protection is lifted because there is still no consensus. I will request the admin who protected it extend it as well just rather get both extended it might be best looking at 2 weeks as it really taking time to get this dispute resolved but 1 week gives us more time, by us i mean my self and User:Fishiehelper2 as we are on the other side of the argument to each other but we are working to get one article that will combine both the above but we are meeting with opposition so it is hard work to get the consensusAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 12:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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We continue our Summer Sports Series this week with WikiProject Horse Racing. Started in November 2005, the project has grown to include nearly 8,000 articles maintained by 34 active members. There are 10 Featured Articles and 19 Good Articles included in the project's scope. In addition to preparing articles for GA and FA status, the project attempts to create requested articles and locate requested images. We interviewed Redrose64, Montanabw, Tigerboy1966, Ealdgyth, and Cuddy Wifter.
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Arbitrator Kirill Lokshin proposed a motion requiring the alteration of any instances of an editor's previous username in arbitration decisions to reflect their name changes. The Devil's Advocate has initiated an amendment request for the controversial Race and intelligence case.
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