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Russell Edwards article

thanx for yr comments of a couple of weeks ago - I'll check with Russell Edwards for any articles ABOUT him and if so, will revise. Otherwise, have to let it lie.... he has been reasonably prominent as Oz film critic -- incl. president of Film Critics Circle of Australia -- so will see what I can find when I get more time. (Also must do the article for the Australian Directors Guild which i promised!) Regards Martha Ansara 124.149.35.155 (talk) 10:50, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

00:55:08, 3 September 2014 review of submission by Hamahchisounds

• Hamahchisounds (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Austin Leeds (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello ,

Thank you in advance for your time. I am not sure what it means when it says this : This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability .

All of the references are legitimate sources and web pages and reflect the information noted on the submission .

Please let me know ,

Thank you

Hamahchisounds (talk) 00:55, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Amanda Eliasch

Spikequeen (talk) 07:41, 3 September 2014 (UTC)Aramovic seems to think the Amanda Eliasch Article is advertising. I edited it last night putting on a link on a book she organised Made by Indians, he seems to not like it. You seems the credible editor in all this. I checked the book and it exists, so I do not know what the problem is. I also corrected the name Bel Air FF, as it was written Belle Air, I looked that up too. There is more on the subject, but obviously it is subject to continual vandalism? Should there be a lock on it? I see you can do this. As with other film makers should the awards be in boxes? Spikequeen (talk) 07:41, 3 September 2014 (UTC)spikequeenSpikequeen (talk) 07:41, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

It's quite clearly not a speedy deletion candidate, but when you add information about things she's done, you need to cite them to secondary sources, rather than directly to the things themselves e.g. you added a sentence about a book of hers, but cited to the book itself. Sionk (talk) 09:47, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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18:03:41, 5 September 2014 review of submission by Rednoy

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  • Draft:Yonder (music service) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, can i rewrite the Yonder page write up and start from scratch? Please guide me as to how? Also, I am new to wiki writeup and was wondering if there is a way that i can directly copy paste my article from a word document? or what is the easiet way to post the writeup. Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Rednoy (talk) 18:03, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

I'd suggest you (re)write it by making a copy to your 'sandbox' then you can check to see whether any wiki markup/inline citations etc. work correctly. It currently reads like it is written by the company's marketing department, rather than by a non-involved editor writing an encylopedia article. Sionk (talk) 18:37, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

The Big Picture Art Exhibition

Hello,

I hope this email finds you well, in regards to my article, since i am new to Wikipedia, do you need me to get more resources and shorten the introduction and the section in cite 2 to not sound like a marketing page? the National is a official news paper of the country and it has one editor for art unfortunately. since UAE is a small country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramnath88 (talk • contribs) 08:12, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Smooth-On, Inc.

Hello, I am a bit confused as to why my submission was denied as it follows the same format as this article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJB_Enterprises Please let me know what I can do to improve my article. Thank you. Joslagle (talk) 13:37, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

See the instructions "What you can do" left for you on the draft. As for BJB Enterprises, it's an exceedingly poor article and I've put it up for deletion. Sionk (talk) 14:42, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

14:50:45, 8 September 2014 review of submission by LMazzolari

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  • Draft:Hardlight Studio (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Dear reviewer,

I'm Lara from Hardlight Studio. I have been very surprised when I found out our contribution has been rejected. As you can see the Studio is part of Sega http://www.sega.co.uk/corporate/ Hardlight released many games, just recently Sonic Jump Fever and Crazy Taxi: City Rush. You can find them on google play or App store. Also this is our website http://www.hardlightstudio.com/

Can you please let us know what do we need to improve the article and have a chance to get published?

Many thanks,

Lara

LMazzolari (talk) 14:50, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

See "What you can do" in the instructions left for you on the draft. You'll need to show the company has had significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent too (blogs,Sega websites or highly specialised sources don't count) i.e. newspapers, magazines or books are ideal. Sionk (talk) 14:55, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Request on 07:12:11, 9 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Costurk

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Dear Sionk, Thank you for review my submission. I am working on this now almost 6 months and could not succeed. As per your advice did add some interesting news reference just by AKSA in introductory section , and I did add some comments from SIEMENS company regarding AKSA however this article was in Turkish , I did submission and Hope this would make it work ,other wise Can you please help me , I am loosing my hope :-)

Thank you very much and for your time . Have a great day :-) Costurk

Costurk (talk) 07:12, 9 September 2014 (UTC) Thank you Sionk Big Thank you :-) Costurk Costurk (talk) 08:34, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Request on 13:23:30, 10 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Andrearaiter

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Good day! I have submitted an article about a company and it was rejected as being too much like an advertisement. I have seen other company's sites and am not sure I am understand the difference between telling a story and advertising. They all kind of look the same to me. Can you offer some pointers for me please? The page is My Grandma's of New England located in my sandbox at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:My_Grandma%27s_of_New_England

Thank you, Andrea

Andrearaiter (talk) 13:23, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Joseph Llambias Clatworthy

A month ago you PROD2-ed this, and it was deleted. Undeletion has been requested at WP:REFUND, so per WP:DEL#Proposed deletion I have restored it, and now notify you in case you wish to consider AfD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:05, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

AFCH script

2014-09-10T20:10:18 Sionk (Talk | contribs) moved page Draft:Vanessa Brady to Vanessa Brady (Created via Articles for creation (you can help!) (AFCH))

As you're using the old version of the AFCH script, please take a look at this discussion and the question (poll) raised below it. --Gryllida (talk) 11:15, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Mike Eliason

How do you know that the Icelandic league Matt Eliason is in isn't professional? NUSports.com says he signed a professional contract. MikeOtown (talk) 03:11, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

The football league isn't fully professional. Sionk (talk) 05:49, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Terese Coe

I have an email confirming that Coe was a finalist for the Barnstone translation prize, but I don't know how to reference that. Can I forward the email to you?

As to your other comments, fair enough...I'm working on gathering more references to critical discussions of her work. As a woman I find it kind of sad that I have to defend the notability of an accomplished, widely published, critically acclaimed, prize-winning poet like Terese Coe, when Kim Kardashian is in there because of her ass...but I do understand the need for documentation.

Rosekelleher (talk) 16:06, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately an email wouldn't be sufficient, sources have to be publicly available, not private correspondence. As for your other comments, well yes, I have to agree, it's often easier to find floods of coverage about celebrities than more serious topics. Hopefully if Coe is critically acclaimed and a major award winner proof won't be too hard to find. Sionk (talk) 16:58, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Rear-eject haul truck bodies

Fixed, I think. —Anne Delong (talk) 13:08, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Good job! The early history is particularly useful. Sionk (talk) 14:01, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

To my surprise, I actually found this interesting. I hadn't heard of this type of truck, but it makes perfect sense. I learn something every day while editing Wikipedia. —Anne Delong (talk) 23:08, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

05:20:06, 17 September 2014 review of submission by Valrandra

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  • Draft:Pasture Group Pte Ltd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Sionk, I would like to get a further understanding of your comments for the draft on Pasture Group Pte Ltd. Apart from the Product Innovation section, which I agree does not take an entirely neutral tone, would the rest of the sections be considered advertorial? If the entire Product Innovation section is removed, would the draft then be more objective? As for the references, there are supporting articles from neutral newspaper, just that these articles are archived in the respective news sites and are not retrievable. Thus the only source would be from the PDF of the original news clipping. Perhaps you could advise on this?

Thanks so much for your time and review! Valrandra (talk) 05:20, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Valrandra (talk) 05:20, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

15:11:46, 17 September 2014 review of submission by Psychetube

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  • Draft:The Longford Trust (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I will resubmit adding further references to "prove" that this organisation is well known enough. Please note that there are valid pages for The Longford Prize and The Longford Lectures, all of which derive from The Longford Trust.

Also when I resubmit and you do deem it acceptable, please can you remove the existing redirect - it now redirects to Lord Longford. I named it Draft:The Longford Trust - rather than just "The Londford Trust" - which is realise now is an error, but I did learn that. Psychetube 15:13, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Psychetube 15:11, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Andrew Woodall

After 13 days, no sysop would touch this, so I redirected it to the biggest play he;s been in. Bearian (talk) 14:52, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

How to add press texts to a draft

Hello!

Thanks for your Feedback on Harmen Vanhoorne! You told me to add news coverage on him and so I searched for press texts. I found some in brass magazines all over the world, but these are scans (PDF's) from the magazine. They are not free but I suppose it's fair usage to use them. The problem is I can't upload them into a Draft. Only in an already published page it seems.. How should I proceed in this case..?

Thank you! Pascal.paulis (talk) 11:33, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Robert Hamblin

Thank you Soink, true, I should write the article first before I categorise it. :)

Hamblin is very well known for his gender activism, however, in the last few years he has refocused his attention to his art. He has an extended solo exhibition set, and has had two exhibitions in 2014. May I put him back on the South African artists list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanya Pretorius (talk • contribs) 16:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Well, no, not until you've written a Wikipedia article to prove Hamblin is notable enough. Otherwise someone will surely remove his name again. I had a look online for news articles or expert reviews of his work and could only find one (lengthy) news article about his experiences of growing up transgender. Obviously you may have more knowledge about the subject than me, so I wish you luck writing the article. He certainly seems interesting. Sionk (talk) 18:55, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Linking Text

Hi Sionk,

Hope this finds you well.

I'm trying to link the text "Australian Department of Employment" to this wiki article, but I can't get it to direct to the Australian article (only to generic Department of Employment). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Employment_(Australia)

Please advise and thanks, Tee (talk) 15:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not 100% sure I understand you, but to pipe a wikilink to a differently named article you'd separate them by a vertical bar e.g. [[Department of Employment (Australia)|Australian Department of Employment]] gives you Australian Department of Employment

Sionk (talk) 17:26, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Sionk - that was exactly what I needed. Somehow I was putting a hash tag in there plus not sure what to do with underscores! Tee (talk) 12:22, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Ben Kelly (designer)

Nice one! Ben Kelly doesn't get nearly the notice he deserves, and we need to make the article longer ... a lot of people (e.g. me) learnt of him via Peter Saville, so I was quite pleased to find the quote where Saville gives Kelly the credit ... - David Gerard (talk) 12:55, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

No problem. Art and design is a relatively neglected area on Wikipedia so I try and improve articles wherever I can. Sionk (talk) 13:01, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Chris Williamson (architect)

I see you have tagged Chris Williamson (architect) for speedy deletion, his partners articlesAndrew Weston with no references at all and Steve Humphreys with poor references may need to go too.. afd? Theroadislong (talk) 16:54, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I would (in fact I will) speedy Andrew Weston if you don't beat me to it. Steve Humphreys would need to be AfD'd because of the claim to 'significant buildings'. Thanks for spotting them! Sionk (talk) 17:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Here's another partner Rob Naybour the only references it had were copied and pasted from the Weston Williamson article not clear how he is notable enough for a stand alone article.Theroadislong (talk) 18:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you very much for the feedback you gave for the Belluck and Fox page. I took your advice and included much better references and information that make the firm notable.

If there is anything else I can change or improve, please feel free to contact me.

Best,

(Rcpadgett (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2014 (UTC))

F. W. Dixon & Son

I cannot support your judgment in the redirect. This is a stub about a major architectural practice in Manchester that needs massive expansion. Instead the text is added to a person of dubious notability. To prove notability you need to prove the companies notability- by expanding the original article. Can I suggest you say oops- and revert these unhelpful changes. The next stage will be compiling a list of the companies works- and searching the trade directories in Manchester Central library and the local history collections in and and around Oldham. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 22:17, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

The article was clearly about Dixon and cited only to a biography page about Dixon. It looks like he was a sole practitioner until his son joined the company in 1906. If it was a major architectural company then by all means find sources about it and you're welcome to begin an article on it. Sionk (talk) 23:59, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Barry Reamsbottom

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Ilija Fonlamov Francisković

Hi, Sionk! What are the reasons for delition of my article? There are sources, and as I understood, there are no understandable reasons for that! Could you explane? Thank you. --Volimsebese1965 (talk) 21:41, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

The reasons are on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ilija Fonlamov Francisković discussion page. Sionk (talk) 22:06, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Discussion regarding the Nomination of Michel Mimran for deletion

Hi,

I see that you asked for the deletion of the page, and I’m surprised by this. I can’t see why you’d ask to delete an article which is part of contemporary art. Wikipedia requires sources for every claim made, and I believe those were provided for the page of Michel Mimran. Of course, the perception regarding the « quality » of the sources differs from person to person. You are asking for « evidence » of success, and I believe that a Diploma of the prestigious Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Paris, (FYI : he had the diploma n°3000 in 1976, for an institution that has existed for several centuries) along with notable exhibitions fit in that category. The Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Paris hasn’t scanned the works of its former students, hence why no links could be attached to the article. Tangible proofs, such as Beaux-Arts and Architecture diplomas, are in paper form.

You may also not be aware that the CAL (Cercle artistique du Luxembourg), which is also cited in the references, is the official art institution/academy in Luxembourg. To be part of the CAL, is also an « evidence » of success. Not every artist can be part of it : it requires to pass the selection and have had three successful exhibitions for 3 years in a row. Michel Mimran is also one of the only foreign members of the CAL. You can see it here : http://cal.lu/galerie.php

If by « evidence » of success, you’re are referring to the lack of art galleries mentioned, here’s the reason : Michel Mimran has enough private art collectors and welcomes his clients in his atelier in Luxembourg. He’s still working on the field of memory in art and still produces artwors, if you’re intenterested, I’d gladly send you pictures of his latest works.

The news coverages, mostly come from RTL channel in Luxembourg (part of RTL group, Europe's leading entertainment company) (Links n° 6 & n°7) I am sorry it seems confusing to you, but these are part of the Luxemburgish press. I’ll update some links as I’ve seen one or two have changed since the creation of the page. The only trouble with having to select « online links » is the fact that they don’t always remain active and online. I have however plenty of tangible sources /news paper articles, diplomas, press coverages, that are not available online.

I wish you did contact me to express your opinions first, rather than immediately upload a wikipedia page deletion. Wikipedia also stands for freedom of expression. This page has been written after a lot of researches, I see that you have two University degrees. So do I, in Literature and History/Political science. I speak 4 languages, and I have multiple interests, -contemporary art is one of them. This article is not a fancruft, it’s a biography about a French contemporary artist and architect. I have left countless informations aside, because I’m aware of Wikipedia’s source policy, (just to name one : As an artist, Michel Mimran was asked to be a member of the Association des Trophées francophones, but this sort of information is not published online obviously) Michel Mimran is part of the contemporary culture scene, and none of the material used is unsourced and potentially libelous and harmful.

Wikipedia is one of the largest general reference work. Since anyone can access and edit the website, it’s also the opportunity for people from all around the world to share their knowledge. We can always learn someting new. You may/or may not be aware of the work of Michel Mimran, but this is also what Wikipedia is for : to gather knowledge from all over the world and make it accessible to the majority of people.

Nevertheless I’m very glad to see the interest you’re showing in this artist, and if you’d like to have a look at the artist’s work, you’re more than welcome to give me an email and I’ll transfer it to the artist, who will send you pictures of his latest artworks.

Sincerely, Think88 — Preceding undated comment added 12:29, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Think88, I see someone has replied to your lengthy comment, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michel Mimran. As they say, subjects in Wikipedia need to be widely known and/or important. It is not sufficient just to exist.

If you know of newspaper/magazine/book sources about Mimran please add them to the article reference list. They do not need to be online, but they do need to be published (not private archives, certificates or letters). See WP:CITEHOW for the sort of information you need to provide for offline sources. Sionk (talk) 12:03, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for the clarifications. I'll update the article and add more sources such as newspapers and magazines, since I'm able to provide these informations. Sincerely, Think88 — Preceding undated comment added 17:33, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment Hello, I've deleted several non-working links, and have added more sources ( newpapers and medias) coming from third-party commentaries. Some sources refer to his work on perception and its impact, and some confirm his birth and other informations which you were questioning. Sincerely, Think88 — Preceding undated comment added 19:46, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Saiman Miah

Dear Sionk, I invite you to express your opinion about the article for deletion. --Rossi101 (talk) 19:22, 20 October 2014 (UTC)Rossi101

Smart cities

I am editing the smart cities article heavily at the moment and am inviting you, as someone who has contributed significantly in the past, to it to engage. Please engage on the article talk page if you are interested rather than here. Thanks. PeterEastern (talk) 08:28, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Bio page

Hi Sionk You merged again my page of Riccardo Silva with MP Silva page. Could you tell me why,? In December 2012 the page was merged after a discussion because without suffucient notes but the secoond time I wrote it I included a lot of references and notes. I wrote about him not only about MP Silva. I'm a bit demoralized Dishv80 (talk) 10:27, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

You need to take a look at Wikipedia's notability criteria and 'golden rule' - subjects need multiple significant coverage in reliable independent sources (i.e. newspapers, magazines, books etc.). Your new article suffered all the same problems of the old, deleted article (cited to brief mentions, articles about the company MP & Silva, random websites). You'll need to find reliable coverage about him and, I suggest, submit your article via Articles for Creation for a review before publishing it. Sionk (talk) 11:49, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

OK Sionk, thanks a lot for your time Dishv80 (talk) 13:01, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

About Christopher Wood (Scottish painter)

Hi Sionk. I'm confused. From what I can Google up, there appears to be two Scottish painters born 1962 of this name, one a landscape watercolorist, the other a color field artist. Or perhaps they are the same person, painting in two different ways. Both artists - or perhaps the same artist - get substantial Google-hits including art dealer and auction websites. Try "Christopher Wood" + RSW". ("RSW" is of course the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.) Would it perhaps be better if the article was considered under WP:AfD instead of WP:CSD#A7? Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:00, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I agree, it's confusing. According to Wood's own website he was born in Leeds and has received a number of awards (of what importance I don't know). Unusually the Wikipedia article seems to under-sell this painter. Hits on gallery and auction sites don't count towards his notability but, if the awards/elected memberships had been listed, I probably wouldn't have speedied it. If you want to remove the SD notice, fell welcome, and we can looks for one or two independent, reliable sources. Sionk (talk) 15:44, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

William Bidlake

Re the recently closed Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 September 28#Category:William Bidlake; the category is in use on William Bidlake, and he is not a building. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:31, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

True, easily remedied. Sionk (talk) 12:33, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

You've now removed the category from the article completely. I'm at a loss to see how this improves our offering to our readers. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:47, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Not sure what point you're making. Like you say, he's not a building. His buildings are listed in the article. Sionk (talk) 12:50, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Handy Games

I just wanted to thank you for the edits you made that I didn't catch. The HandyGames article is particularly susceptible to first party editing and it has been going on for some time. I've been watching the article but I did not notice the external links, so thank you for your edits! BlitzGreg (talk) 12:58, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Hackett Hall McKnight

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:32, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Stephen W. Williams

As a note, since Stephen W. Williams was a single-revision redirect before you tagged it, you could have performed the move yourself instead of needing an admin's help. Jackmcbarn (talk) 16:59, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Interesting, but I've never been able to move an article over a redirect in the past. Where are the instructions how to do that? Sionk (talk) 17:02, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

There are no extra steps. You just perform the move the same way you would if the redirect weren't there at all. Jackmcbarn (talk) 17:04, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Choc Covered Fried Rolls

The site you mentioned has been modified after several attempted edits (it will remain the same forever!). Any link to Persian history is erased. I believe it is public relations, and should be modified, or at least allowed historical clarification. The history of this roll did not start in Thunder Bay. The roll was modified there, but the real roll comes from Persia: while (arguably) the Thunder Bay creation did head south, it is consistently recreated (in one form or another) all across North America. The chocolate covered one has the biggest following. The hours of research that went into my two paragraphs should be allowed; if nothing else, as a sidebar to the Thunder Bay advertisement. Clyde DeForest Switzer (talk) 22:14, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

As I said on your draft, you are welcome to edit and improve the existing Persian (roll) article. Sionk (talk) 00:32, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

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Frank Roper

Sionk, we have been working simultaneously on Frank Roper; you just pipped me at the post! I made a couple of edits to your text before I realised that you had only just posted it. My working draft is in User:Verbcatcher/sandbox.

One of my starting points was User:Michaelm70, where another editor posted an apparently completed article in 2009. I checked with the Help desk and was advised that it was ok to use this material if it was properly attributed. However, I don't think we should use it without rechecking its sources.

In addition to some of your sources, I found

• "Frank Roper". Imaging the Bible in Wales database. University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
• "Frank Roper". Stained Glass in Wales. University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
• Stained glass at Our Lady of Cardigan: [1] [2]
• St Martin's Church, Roath: [3]
• The citations in User:Michaelm70 (I don't have these books or newspapers)

Commons has a good picture of Roper's sculpture in Llandaff Cathedral Lady Chapel (File:Llandaff Cathedral (7961850714).jpg), but I suspect a copyright violation and would avoid it.

If you're in Llandaff with a camera please try to get a photograph of the sculpture on the west wall of St. Michael's College chapel, similar to this. If it's in a public place or in premises open to the public then it would qualify for freedom of panaroma.

Feel free to raid my sandbox for material. I will hold off editing the article for a few days to give you a chance. Verbcatcher (talk) 04:10, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

File:Llandaff Cathedral (7961850714).jpg might be acceptable under freedom of panaroma. Verbcatcher (talk) 04:21, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

I have put relevant pictures in Commons:Category:Frank Roper. Verbcatcher (talk) 05:31, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Yep, I'm aware of the sources above, but I was trying to source as much as possible from books and news articles (such as the obit) to try and find out what work was widely known, rather than list everything that exists. He was very prolific, so listing everything he's ever done might be slightly OTT. Sionk (talk) 19:14, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

BTW feel free to join in! I've nominated the article for DYK so it would be good not to disturb the sentence about the foundry in his house. My intention was to fill in a redlink on another article and it turns out he is a fascinating artist. No idea why User:Michaelm70 didn't publish his article (I stumbled across it while looking for articles to add wikilinks to) but, yes, it gives clues as to where to look for more facts. I'd suggest any further discussion is carried out on the article Talk page. Sionk (talk) 19:24, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Amanda Eliasch COI

I saw that you added a {{Connected contributor}} for Merrypinkwoman to Talk:Amanda Eliasch based on this edit sum. Although I'm beginning to think there might be a possible COI based on this talk page post , I'm not so sure that MPW and Lyall Watson are one and the same. It looks to me like the first edit sum might have been just poorly worded and not an actual declaration of identity. -Marchjuly (talk) 21:51, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

True, if Lyall Watson is a guy, I guess "Merrypinkwomen" would be a very leftfield user name indeed! Sionk (talk) 00:55, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

08:52:16, 6 December 2014 review of submission by ستار نهاية

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  • Draft:Shafeeq Al-mahdi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

ستار نهاية (talk) 08:52, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

dear friend first i don't know much about the wikis but i still read the rules in my spare time off work :)

i hope you accept my submitted article or re-edit it as you like in the sections you see as not reliable 

the article was on a man called shafeeq al-mahdi he works as the head of the arts and crafts department in the iraqi ministry of cultures i know there are no english resources about him but the pages in arabic are all i could find and one of the pages is a government official page of the iraqi ministry of cultures so it should be reliable

and i do work in the ministry it self that's why i write these articles and i know most of the people there and i was willing to write and translate more pages in the arabic and english wikis

please tell me if there is anything i could do and i will correct it and do as much as i can to get it right in the next articles

yours sincerely sttar nohaya ستار نهاية (talk) 08:52, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Frank Roper

Mike V • Talk 06:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Habershon and Fawckner

Mike V • Talk 19:30, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Barry Docks

I just undid the edit you made to Barry Docks for two reasons. First, a brief description of construction of the railway and viaduct seems entirely relevant since they were built to serve the docks. A picture of the viaduct is included in the article, and deserves an explanation. Second, the edit did not just delete a sentence, but deleted the citation for the previous sentence, which covered both. It left the assertion "The Porthkerry viaduct was built for the Vale of Glamorgan Railway (VoGR), and still stands." without any source. We could discuss it on the article talk page if you want.

But you were right to replace "[[Porthkerry Park|Porthkerry]] viaduct" by "[[Porthkerry Viaduct]]", and I am restoring that. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:36, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

John Winterson Richards

Sionk, as Bubothe owl, I put up the original article on John Winterson Richards. I am not related to him nor have I ever been employed by him. I am familiar with him mainly through his work as a writer.

Just to be clear, I posted the article principally on his notability as a writer. His past political involvement is of secondary importance. It would have been wrong not to mention it but it is not the primary basis of his notability these days.

You are quite right that election as a councillor is not enough on its own to constitute notability – although it could be argued that as a past parliamentary candidate, a past leader of the opposition in a capital city, and a contributor to local government reform, he was not just another councillor, that is not why people look him up today. I note the page has a fairly steady stream of visitors.

Most of the hard data, including the full name and occupation of his mother, comes directly from the ‘Welsh Hustings’ book, edited by Ivor Thomas Rees, already mentioned in the footnotes. I did not think it necessary to include yet another footnote whenever a fact from that book is used. There are many other facts about him in that book but it seemed excessive to mention them all. Bubothe owl (talk) 11:50, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi Sionk, I came here to make a point similar to the main one already made by Bubothe owl. Unless you feel very strongly or want to debate it in detail, I propose undoing your last. Mirandajenifer (talk) 11:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Simply being a writer is not a claim to notability. You would need to demonstrate that at least one of his books is widely known, or recognised as importan, for example. Being only a local politician clearly doesn't meet WP:POLITICIAN notability criteria either. If he was the only Conservative councillor on the Council it's not a great surprise he was leader of the opposition! Sionk (talk) 11:56, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi Sionk, you might want to check out the title page of 'Xenophobe's Guide to the Welsh.' You will note that it has been in print for 20 years and has gone through a large number of reprintings. Since you appear to be Cardiff-based, you should be able to get a copy from your local library. The book Bubothe owl mentions is probably there too. Among other things, it should make it clear that, as Bubothe owl's original post says, being the Leader of the Opposition on the old City Council is a different thing from being the only Conservative on the new County Council. The Conservatives were the opposition on the former but the Liberal Democrats took over as the official opposition on the latter. Not wishing to start an edit war, I will not revert your reversion until you have had a couple of days to check the primary sources - having done so, you might decide to undo it yourself. Mirandajenifer (talk) 13:51, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for St David's Hospital (Carmarthen)

Harrias ^talk 12:02, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Notability of Breton_(Company)

Hello Sir

Breton virtually invented an entire new sector of construction material that has become quite huge, just counting people directly involved in it's production probably already consist of already, although overall stats for this sector have been hard to come by, I estimate that there are at least 1.5 million square meters of floors / walls each year that uses engineered stones, and that's only half of the (relatively lower profit margin) sector . none of that would be possible if Breton didn't invent the machine and process in the 1970s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RollingWave (talk • contribs) 01:21, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Bigsweir

A spot of consultation, or forewarning, before moving the article might not have gone amiss. Admittedly there is no village there, but there is Bigsweir House, and indeed the weir itself, as well as the bridge. Never mind. Mildly miffed = Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:31, 30 December 2014 (UTC) PS:... and Bigsweir Woods. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:34, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Oops, sorry! There was only the nearby railway station mentioned apart from the bridge, and the article was only in bridge categories. It seemed an obvious, unambiguous page name move. I'll add a comment to the Talk page to explain things. Sionk (talk) 12:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Infrastructure

Yea, there is some blurring. All infrastructure should be either a building or a structure. Take a water tower, it is a building and physical infrastructure. A dam will be a structure and generally physical infrastructure. But a theater may be part of the infrastructure and a building but not physical infrastructure. It all goes back to the main articles on what things are and they are sometimes not clear. Also, articles and subcategories may well not be a part on only one tree, depending on the subject and content. If clarification is needed, the most likely place to start is the redirect of physical infrastructure to Public capital since that is where this should be sorted out and using an article on capital to help, is not very useful for buildings and structures, but it is all we have a this point. Then you have the interaction of public infrastructure. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

That makes absolutely no sense to me at all. I don't see why Physical infrastructure redirects to Public capital when the term isn't used anywhere in the article. If the Category:Physical infrastructure is for Public capital is should be called Category:Public capital or Category:Public assets or Category:Government infrastructure. The category at least needs an inclusion criteria and, at best, needs renaming! Sionk (talk) 22:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I did not say it makes sense. I just pointed out the problem with lack of specific articles for the general topics in this area. So if you are qualified, you can write a new article. However, I have been thinking about redirecting physical infrastructure to infrastructure as a better short term solution. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Redirecting the redirect would make more sense! But in that case it would make sense to upmerge the Category:Physical infrastructure contents to Category:Infrastructure and move the computing categories to a suitable computing tree (I think they're using the term infrastructure to mean something different and, at the end of the day, there's no article called Computing infrastructure). Sionk (talk) 23:13, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I see the discussion was had in 2007 at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 11 but did not reach consensus. Maybe after 7 years it's time to try again. Sionk (talk) 23:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I have already changed the redirect which is basically from 2005. As to the merge, I'd probably stand on my comments from back then. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for improving the redirect. I was planning to do a CFD independently, and have now raised this at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_January_2#Category:Physical_infrastructure.

I also added a "see also" link for computing infrastructure – Sionk, I recommend this when you remove a category that has a debatable connection. – Fayenatic London 22:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Nice one! point taken. Sionk (talk) 00:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

About Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Prison Pets

Sionk, I think this article passes the general notability guideline test, but needs more reliable references and demonstrations of notability in reliable references. What do you think? Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:17, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

I think the general subject has legs (or paws??), as well as the Daily Mail article about the "Paws in Prison" charity, there's a 2001 general article in the UK's Guardian. I'm not entirely sure what the title of the article should be. The academic paper talks about "prison pups" while the Guardian article talks about "pets in prison".

In fact, there is an article which covers this subject, Animal-assisted therapy, and in my view it would be a better idea to add a sourced section there. Sionk (talk) 16:07, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

18:53:03, 6 January 2015 review of submission by Tee nme

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Hi Sionk,

Because I edited the SpotJobs article, Lewis has asked me to edit this article. I understand that it was declined due to it relying on a lot of brief mentions only. Can you please point me in the right direction for; 1) the types of added content that will make it an acceptable article, 2) how much more content is required for it to be acceptable and 3) other suggestions you may have.

Thanks, Tee (talk) 18:53, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

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Socialist Workers Party (UK)

If the list is verifiable, please reference each and every entry. As it stands it is a BLP violation and I have re-removed. GiantSnowman 12:07, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

That's completely stupid. Every link is bluelinked. By all means remove the few that aren't verifiable but it's destructive to remove the entire lists. Sionk (talk) 15:05, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Crickhowell Bridge

The DYK project (nominate) 20:58, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Cardiff Docks photo

Any idea where in the docks this might be? Andy Dingley (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Pretty sure it is looking across the lock gate at the end of the dry dock next to what is now the Doctore Who Experience. The red brick tower'd building in the distance is still there, dwarfed by yuppy flats. The big curved roof shed is Techniquest. You can see the terrace of houses of Windsor Explanade far left and I presume the red brick building on the far right is the Industrial and Maritime Museum. Sionk (talk) 16:29, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I couldn't find that red brick hydraulic accumulator / engine house, but it is still there, just shadowed by the new blocks. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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22:19:13, 23 January 2015 review of submission by Kira K. H.

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Good afternoon Sionk. Thank you for reviewing my article and giving helpful information. I am really hoping to fix what is wrong and make my article as informational as possible for it to one day be approved. As a new user to Wikipedia, I am still very much learning the "best practices." If you have the time, could you be more specific and let me know how I can best fix my article? It seems to be issues with sources but I am unsure where/how to add more citations. Should they be in text (which I thought were only for Wikilinks)? Or in an external links section? Should I get rid of the information about the recognitions the firm has received to ensure that nothing sounds promotional at all? I've already also found newspaper sources to help but I am also not even sure where to put those. As I do more research on this matter, any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Kira K. H. (talk) 22:19, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Kira K. H. (talk) 22:19, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

General newspaper sources will be particularly handy. Industry-specific websites and publications are less useful. The idea is to prove the company is widely known or important, using reliable secondary sources (rather than things written or published by the company).

Listing all the company's key personnel, or writing at great length about their building, is probably not what you need to concentrate on. We need to know the company's notable achievements. Are there any books written about this long established company?

When you list the sources, you need to describe them as fully as possible e.g. author, article title, publication, date etc. WP:CITEHOW has some useful tips. Sionk (talk) 22:52, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff

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08:23:16, 27 January 2015 review of submission by DianaRincewind

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This article is supported by references to the official site page and several articles, so I don't understand why it's been declined.

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Cardiff Meetup 4

Hi Sionk, would you be interested in this? Ham II (talk) 20:11, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Oops, just realised it was today! I imagined it was some time in the future. Unfortunately I was busy today so wouldn't have been able to make it anyway. Hope fun was had by all! Sionk (talk) 20:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

New Music in the South West

Dear Sionk

Re. the article on New Music in the South West. This is my first Wikipedia article, so I am very happy to receive corrections and challenges. I also understand that proper references are important, but articles on contemporary classical music are extremely rare in the mainstream press which is why there are not many secondary references.

Although it has only been around for a few years, NMSW is now, I believe, the most important contemporary music/education organisation in the south-west of England. In the last year it has given 50-odd 6th-form composers the opportunity to have their music performed and recorded by professional musicians (I know this because I am one of them). It has held some of the biggest new music concerts the region has seen in recent years and it has commissioned/premiered major new works by some of the most important composers in the UK. They are funded by Arts Council England.

I accept that, as a beneficiary, I have a personal interest in NMSW but I have tried to be objective and have only given factual information. I have also tried my best to follow the Wikipedia guidelines in creating this article.

I am sure that in the coming months more articles will appear in the press about NMSW and I will add these as I find them. Michael W Chance (talk) 21:36, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm sure NMitSW must appreciate your enthusiasm, but Wikipedia isn't meant to be a short cut for a publicity campaign. Organisations and events need to have been widely noticed before they get a Wikipedia profile. If journalists haven't noticed these achievements then someone needs to spend time contacting the newsdesks. Sionk (talk) 23:41, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dragonmead

Don't fprget to sign your post. {:>{)> 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:41, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Chalda Maloff multiple issues

I thought by adding secondary sources and clearing up insufficient inline citations as suggested it would correct the article but now I see your latest issue of being too close of a connection to the subject. How can I fix this? I feel the additions have made things worse. Help! (ChaldaMaloff (talk) 20:53, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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