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—Preceding unsigned comment added by zro ( talk • contribs) 11:17, 3 January 2010
Hey, could you please adjust settings for indefinite (unlimited expiry) semi-protection of 2010 article starting onwards? Unregistered users are may attempting add some non-notable/domestic events, unless registered users remove it/them and it/they do(es)n't meet the guidelines. ApprenticeFan talk contribs 01:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Why did you delete Pat Burrell????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I was planning on rewriting it!! Phils Phan 2009 ( talk) 21:45, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
I've seen your response to my request to have the Digimon articles protected. But while the two IP addresses I've listed have been blocked, the person who used them had notoriously used several addresses and successfully evading all of those blocks every time by using a different IP. I'm sure he will come back using another IP because right after 61.8.254.2 was blocked, the guy used 61.8.223.226 to continue his vandalism. Below are the addresses used for the past few months, but his brand of vandalism on several articles has been going on for more than two years now:
I'm just telling you the brand of vandalism he does, so I hope you reconsider on my request to protect the Digimon articles. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 13:58, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Ged. OK, what is the correct procedure, then? I've explained my rationale in the edit summary: misleading redirect nominated for deletion - Czech word for 'snow' shouldn't refer to a classical composer's article (we already have a redirect Sníh (song)). Could it be controversial or damaging for this project? -- Vejvančický ( talk) 11:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Re this article, I have just declined your protection request, I'm reposting my comments there here just in case the bot clears them away before you get to see them.
At this point, semi-protection wouldn't address the issue. If one editor embarks on an edit war, then they can be dealt with individually. If there is a pick-up in similar content from IPs, then relist as necessary. Additionally, have you used the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard to address the issue of whether the Ethiopian Review is reliable? Ged UK 22:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I would like to re-edit my page - Rou Cui Xiang. Do you allow me to do so? I'm going to write on what is Rou Cui Xiang and there's no link on it. thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.52.4.114 ( talk) 11:11, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ged. I've raised my views about mentioning Gareth's sexuality in the lead section. Please see Talk:Gareth Thomas (rugby player) –– ljhenshall ( talk page) 17:25, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Ged I am looking to make changes to the Avercast page so that it won't be biased in any way. If there is a current problem with it or additions I should make to it please let me know. I would appreciate all the help I can get.
Steve 20:13, 5 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSteve301 ( talk • contribs)
Hi, I just wanted to ask why you deleted my page? I was creating an article about a cute band called the "BFF Ice", but I was later surprised to find that someone had inserted a tag of speedy deletion. This happened to me already. Twice. And I'm really confused right now, as I don't know what I'm going to do! :( What really happened? Please reply to me right away...thank you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poochyena4ever ( talk • contribs) 12:55, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Trekkieman is my user name, I put up a page of a notable actor Douglas Tait I don't understand why you deleted it. Why ? everything I put up was legit and true info. about him. Please explain what I am doing wrong, it is very complicated on this site. Here is his imdb page for referance: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1408752/ Please help me. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trekkieman ( talk • contribs) 01:58, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry sir, but you did not take the time to read the information that I was writing. Douglas Tait is a notable performer or I wouldn't have known who he was or wasted my time putting his credits up on here. He has several huge movie and television credits. I had written his bio and started on the films he was in, which you deleted, and it had taken me several hours to do. I also added several fan links and his internet movie database page which you could have viewed. I ask again why did you delete this page? I don't understand. You say "There was nothing in the article that indicated why he's
notable." How could you say that when I put up that he was in Star Trek XI, Land Of The Lost, Freddy Vs. Jason, and many more big films. I don't know where your from but this is notable to me. There are actors on Wiki who don't have half the credits Tait has. Please tell me how I can get Douglas back up, and what I need to do to stop people from writing vanadalism. Here are links so you can see he is notable for yourself. [
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Please take the time to read before you delete.. It is very frustrating.
Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.108.45 ( talk) 17:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank You, I would appreciate you restoring the article. Douglas does have several starring roles in films that are located on his IMDB page, which I can list for you. The ones I listed above are supporting. I can post several other actor pages on Wiki who don't have half the credits as Tait and are on Wiki. I don't know how they were able to pass this intense process. If there are any tips or links you can give me once you restore the page, on how to not get cited for deletion I would appereciate the advice. Thanks for taking the time to write back. ( Trekkieman ( talk) 23:31, 4 January 2010 (UTC))
This helps a lot. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. Cheers, ( Trekkieman ( talk) 19:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC))
Hi, you just closed the afd for ( List of ) Alumni, Principals and Teachers of The Rajkumar College,Rajkot- RKCians as a merge, I've moved all the content across to the main page, could you delete the list page, probably as an unlikely redirect, redirecting is standard from a merge but the title is just too messy. I'd do it myself but I figured I ought not to. Cheers-- Jac16888 Talk 14:54, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
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Deletion was indeed what I wanted, so that Index (retailer) could be properly moved to Littlewoods Index. Unfortunately I forgot which page I wanted deleted and lost track of it when it was deleted on January 1. The page was restored on January 4, but not before a bot deleted the broken redirect at Index (retailer). That's the page with the revision history needed for the move. Sorry about that. I'll make sure to add the page to my watchlist next time to make sure everything goes according to plan. Reach Out to the Truth 21:24, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
As an example:
Article:The organization consists of the board of directors, the Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) and the working groups(WGs). WG's main activity is technical development and each WG starts their own theme with the approval of the board of directors. WGs are chartered for a period of 2 years and their outputs and significance are checked by TAC and are subject to approval by TAC. The members of TAC are appointed by the board of Directors.
Site: The organization consists of the board of directors, the Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) and the working groups(WGs). Their main activity is technical development and each WG starts their own theme with the approval of the board of directors. Basically WGs are chartered for a period of 2 years and their outputs and significance are checked by TAC and are subject to approval bay TAC. The members of TAC are appointed by the board of Directors. Ironholds ( talk) 14:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Oops! Sorry, I didn't think I had tagged that one- I was going to tag it for hoax and decided not to. I must have clicked it anyway- gah! sorry! ALI nom nom 21:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
You deleted this as an A7. As it stood it qualified, but the creator had been in dialog about how to improve it, and had asked for help in gettign it into the article incubator. Therefore, i am going to restore it and move it in the the incubator. This note is provided as a courtesy, so you wouldn't thing that by undeleting I was arguing with your deletion as the article stood. DES (talk) 22:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thanks! Leaky Caldron 12:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Yer the best. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ProperlyRaised ( talk • contribs) 16:38, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
You have accepted to protect the page
Human Rights in Venezuela, and more precisely the page edited by Rd232. I think that this is not fair:
- first, Rd232 writes that I refused discussion and it was in fact exactly the opposite: he has been reverting all the additions that I have made to this page, without discussion. On the contrary I have accepted a lot of the modifications that he proposed and he has refused absolutely everything.
- second, before protecting the page, on the basis of his modifications, wouldn't it be fair to ask me to provide my arguments? I was not informed at all of this request for protection. The request was made on the 8th of January at 9:58am and protected only a few hours after. There was no urgency anyway.
- is it fair that the guy who is always reverting and blocking the growth of this page takes the initiative to protect a page, just like that?
Voui (
talk)
21:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
i go fuck you mom and i go make you fucking horny kill —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.169.10.41 ( talk • contribs) 13:43, 13 January 2010
Thought I'd let you know that the abusive user User:EmailerToAllofyou, a sockpuppet whose sole purpose here is trying to spread information about a non-notable thirteen-year-old would be singer (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarey Savy) is spoofing your sig in declining speedies on his new article Sarey Savy (Singer-Songwriter). See this diff. Glenfarclas ( talk) 08:08, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Just so you know, your signature has been "forged" in a couple of places -- here and here by User:EmailerToAllofyou. I've blocked the editor for a week right now, but I think indefinite is in order, just don't want any more socking right now. - Spaceman Spiff 08:25, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for semi-protecting the page. I was getting tired of reverting vandalism on it every day. Happy trails! Throwaway85 ( talk) 11:09, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
hello,
you deleted my page Jammie Jolly and I need to know why? The importance of my page is that I am the only independent label making Gospel music on Staten Island in the city of NYC. I am independently own and operated and I am an african american who is living the dream of owning his own small business. I am looking to be inspriring to others. Can you please upload this page back, or tell me what else I an do to make this happen?
Thanks
God Bless
Jammie ( Jnice27 ( talk) 23:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC))
yes please do and I will work on this tonigth and read the doc to make sure to put the write info in there. —Preceding
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162.115.236.101 (
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18:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Two questions I have: 1) how do I add the pic box to the right of the page? Also can you read it now and tell me if its okay to post? I redid it and added the references which should validate it more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.243.203 ( talk) 19:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
Can you check my page now and tell me if you think its ready to post? I made the changes added the references. Also I'm not sure how to add the picture box? Can you advise on this part? I really appreciate you working with me. This is hard stuff, but i'm learning a lot about programing to make a page look good. Thanks
God Bless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnice27 ( talk • contribs) 04:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
Radio Interviews are the only thing so far. That BKS1radio.com interview is towards the end of the conversation. There is also enjoy harvest.com wkmb 1070 radio interviews. I will see what additional sources are available. You should be able to take a look at the site tomorrow to see what additional features I put up. let me know Thanks. I really appreciate all your help on this. God Bless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.243.203 ( talk) 02:42, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
I updated the picture and the document with additional resources. Man this is not easy lol! Anyway can you please take a look at the Jammie Jolly file and let me know if its ready and if so can you upload to the main server? Thanks look forward to your comments take care and have a great evening. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.243.203 ( talk) 04:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
who will post it officially to wilki you? or is there something I have to do? —Preceding
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68.174.243.203 (
talk)
03:05, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Soon to be moot but I've just noticed that the protection notice at Human rights in Venezuela is 1 week from today, i.e. 21 Jan, and doesn't match the protection expiry (15 Jan). This seems to be driven by {{ pp-dispute}} having an "expiry=1 week" parameter, which isn't documented in the template. Perhaps you could fix it, and, since the lengthening date may be a source of User:Voui's evident frustration, make a note on the talk page. Thanks. Rd232 talk 12:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi GedUK, I have a (hopefully) quick process question for you. Yesterday User:Molteninjabob replaced the dab page The Six twice with a hoax article. I reverted twice and posted warnings and additional information on the user's talk page. The user has now recreated the article in their userspace here. My concern isn't necessarily the inappropriateness or silliness of the article, it's that there are seemingly real people mentioned with an actual picture used. This would seem to me to be a BLP issue as there is no evidence that these non-notable individuals have consented to their images and personal information to be uploaded to Wikipedia. Is it appropriate to speedy delete the page from the user's sandbox? Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 14:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ged. As threatened, I'm here to pester you about the tools. Could you check that what I did to this guy was correct? I'm reasonably confident it was, but given it's my first ever block a second pair of eyes would be good.
Also, supposing he'd had a few productive contributions in his history too, making him not an SPA - what block length would have been appropriate then? 24 hours or so?
Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 21:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Given the IP editor who has been editing that article returns at infrequent intervals, a 3 day protection is probably of limited use. Is it possible to have it semi-protected for longer? Say a month? Justin talk 14:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
May I ask, what was your rationale for re-listing an article that had been listed for AfD previously, relisted, closed no consensus, reopened, and relisted twice already? We are now up to not just double jeopardy, but quintuple triple, and you just had to make it sextuple quadruple? Why?
Anarchangel (
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16:53, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
After tolling up the votes in the revision proposals, it emerged that 5.4 had the most support, but elements of that support remained unclear, and various comments throughout the polls needed consideration.
A finalisation poll (intended, if possible, to be one last poll before finalising the CDA proposal) has been run to;
Hi Ged, I'd like to ask your advice on an undeletion question. I'd written out a big paragraph here explaining my thoughts and a proposed cause of action, but a server error nuked it and I don't feel like typing it up again, especially as it's late. So, in brief:
The article's been deleted as a copyvio. The author asks for bits of it excluding the copied text to be restored, and the deleting admin's said on my talk page that she doesn't mind my doing so. But the clean bits are all mixed up with the copyvio content in the article history, so how do I go about doing so while respecting the GFDL?
Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 23:09, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the protection. I don't know what's going on on that page. All I know is that I've seen some apparently coordinated, geographically disperse vandalism on all types of solar articles lately. Apparently it's been going on at a slow burn rate for a while now. Out of curiosity, do you know what it's about? Shadowjams ( talk) 09:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, could you take a look at the edits of User:Loverdrive. As per WP:DUCK it is quite clear that this is the same user as the one hiding behind the various IP addresses editing This Is War and Edge of the Earth. He is continuiung to ignore quite clear consensus on both articles by reverting the numerous registered users that have undone his edits. The user has previously been blocked for disruptive editing in the past, and it is clearly counter productive to engage in a revert war with him, despite this disruptive editing in the face of very clear consensus amounting to no more than pure vandalism. Cheers Nouse4aname ( talk) 14:29, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
You're right, I have changed settings to 1 month. Regards, -- Angelo ( talk) 13:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I posted an entry for Goettsch Partners, a Chicago-based architecture firm that works internationally and was founded in 1938. Basic information on the firm was included along with a firm history, list of notable buildings (posted and linked elsewhere on Wikipedia), and links to outside sources. This information seemed to replicate similar content for other architecture firms already posted.
Can you explain why you deleted the page?
Matthewclarson ( talk) 21:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)Matthewclarson
I see your recent edit on Edge of the Earth. The afd is old. The recent edit of Loverdrive improve the page, and now it pass WP:GNG and WP:MUSIC.-- ItHysteria ( talk) 11:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I add an independent source for the release of the single and for the peak position in Japan. Now, I don't see problems. The page pass WP:GNG and WP:MUSIC.-- ItHysteria ( talk) 18:31, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I am almost convinced this is the very same editor as User:Loverdrive. I also have my suspicions regarding User:Matthew Riva. They all have overlapping editing patterns, and take a look at the way they all participated in the Edge of the Earth AfD, all signing their names in the exact same way, somehow introducing two hypens before the signature. ItHysteria has recently restored This Is War to the preferred version of Loverdrive [4], leaving the edit summary of "revert disruptive editing. don't remove positive professional reviews for negative ones.". Just wondering what your opinion is and whether I should file a sockpuppet report as if true, then Loverdrive is attempting to evade his block. Cheers, Nouse4aname ( talk) 18:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Kerαunoςcopia◁ galaxies 19:08, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
The only meaningful content on Translation Error Rate is
Translation Error Rate (TER) measures the amount of editing that a human would have to perform to change a system output so it exactly matches a reference translation. Due to the large space of possible correct translations, automatic machine translation (MT) has proved a difficult task to evaluate. Human judgments of evaluation are expensive and noisy. Many automatic measures have been proposed to facilitate fast and cheap evaluation of MT systems, the most widely used of which is BLEU, an evaluation metric that matches n-grams from multiple references. A similar version of this metric, typically referred to as the NIST metric, was proposed by George Doddington.
The first reference contains the following text in the abstract:
Translation Error Rate (TER) measures the amount of editing that a human would have to perform to change a system output so it exactly matches a reference translation.
It then contains the following text in the first sentences of the introduction:
Due to the large space of possible correct translations, automatic machine translation (MT) has
proved a difficult task to evaluate. Human judgments of evaluation are expensive and noisy. Many automatic measures have been proposed to facilitate fast and cheap evaluation of MT systems, the most widely used of which is BLEU [7], an evaluation metric that matches n-grams from multiple references. A similar version of this metric, typically referred to as the “NIST” metric, was
proposed by Doddington [2].
So, the entire contents of the article is lifted verbatim from the first reference. And despite the article's claim that this is a "common" measure, I can find no other mention of this measure other than this paper (which is published on many university websites, but appears never to have been published in any peer-reviewed journal -- making this a case of WP:OR as well). WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 12:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
DAKSH is SASTRA university's tech fest if i have to create the page what specific rules do i have to follow because all rules of wikipedia are very long and too many implications ...!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smavikir ( talk • contribs) 11:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Ged UK, I nominated Dirty Money (group) for deletion on 21 January 2010, but until now no one has commented on the discussion. Could you possibly leave your comment here about weather this article should be deleted or not?
Also following your notices, on my talk page, about creating two large lists nominating those mixtapes by each of those two artists I have nominated one of those and you can join the discussion here. Thank you. JuventiniFan ( talk) 16:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Why? This article contained no false references or links, and is linked and referred to by several other articles that have been reviewed and accepted. Simply citing that a particular music act is not notable enough is an opinion and not fit grounds for deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonpaulsergens ( talk • contribs) 22:30, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Ged UK/Archives/2010. You are receiving this notice because you have either supported or posted constructive suggestions during my recent self-nominated RFA, submitted on 18-01-2010. Please do spend a few minutes to read my comments on the nomination, and feel free to respond on the relevant talkpage for any further comments or questions. Thank you for participating. Regards. Rehman( +) 15:16, 25 January 2010 (UTC) |
Hello Ged UK, I'm writing to request that you consider restoring the article on Russet Noon, which was deleted back in April of 2009. The argument against keeping this article at the time was based on the alleged lack of notoriety of the novel. However, there is a Wikipedia section under author Peter David's main article, which is entitled Potato Moon. As you will notice, this section refers to Russet Noon by name, since Potato Moon is a parody of Russet Noon. Given that Peter David could be considered by many to be a legendary author in the comic book genre, how is it not notorious that he decided to host a red-robin satire on his personal blog about Russet Noon?
Please be kind enough to let me know your thoughts about this appeal.
Ladysybilla ( talk) 20:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Is it just me, or did the protection you added expire already? I'm assuming that wasn't intentional. -- Bfigura ( talk) 21:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Concerning the warning about edit warring on Yesterday Was a Lie which you placed on my talk page: the purpose of my edits was to remove changes which had been made under a bogus consensus reached by conversations between SPA/COI sockpuppets. The accounts in question have now been confirmed as, indeed, being sockpuppets. Seeing that this is the case, would it now be OK to return the article to the state it was in before those socks changed it to put the film in question in a better light? Thanks. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:55, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm having trouble staying logged in. I login like normal and then it logs me out automaticly on the 2nd click. Whats the deal and can you fix it.-- Todd Schoolcraft ( talk) 19:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
What part of G5 do you interpret as requiring that the banned user was banned for creating articles? G5 applies to all articles created by all banned users, regardless of any merit that the article might possess.— Kww( talk) 19:46, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Can you please protect the page again? Same anonymous user polishing the turdy parts. PR ( talk) 21:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
I ve tried to create this entry twice till now and it has been deleted without any notification twice. There is no dispute on the reliability of the content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Looneydoodle ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Drop in at the village pump here. Your views would be valuable on the setting up of a new category of established editors. ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ ―Œ ♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣ 13:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
You declined speedy on this, but the discussion at AfD is basically a giant argument for WP:SNOW. Could you please take a look, and if you agree with my assessment, delete based on WP:SNOW. The article is clearly a hoax, but not quite clearly enough to qualify for speedy. Nevertheless, it's not surviving AfD, and leaving it for the full week is pointless. — ShadowRanger ( talk| stalk) 18:21, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, you are right that I should not have put the "feel free to delete" comment in the RFPP request. It's just frustrating to have to go to this level of effort to fight socks of a banned editor from removing the deletion discussion links and speedy tags from other articles that she has created. Thanks for the semi-protection.— Kww( talk) 02:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 19:30, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
for the semi-protection on Mary Surratt. I had rather hoped this person would give up with the 3 month protection, but apparently not. He must have sit back and tried every so often to pop up the same day the old protection expired. Experience tells me the IP would return over and over. It's appreciated. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 09:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, is there any article describing the policy for dealing with vandalism/spam on user pages? Because it seems rather murky to me, I used to not touch userspace at all when patrolling recent changes, then I noticed user pages getting tagged with CSD and such so I figured it was allowed and followed suit. I'll try to be less hasty from now on, lesson learned, but it'd be nice to know what the guidelines are... XXX antiuser eh? 11:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I added the bands Lesser Of Two and Embers to wikipedia recently. You intervened to stop the speedy deletion of Embers. Thank you. I hope you could take a look at Lesser Of Two since these two bands are projects of the same husband and wife music collaboration. Also, Embers was nominated for deletion after you stopped the speedy deletion. I am new to wikipedia and I'm not sure if it is normal for people to nominate something for deletion after a deletion has been prevented. I provided the documentation that was requested, or at least I thought I did. After a quick look at other sites of similar bands there appears to be less documentation than what I have already provided. Is this normal?
Also, any suggestion would be appreciated since I am new to wikipedia.
Thank you.javascript:insertTags(' Noodlesteve ( talk) 12:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)',,)
Maybe you can't read, maybe you are stupid. GO HERE, CAN YOU READ THE DISCUSSION? THE SPIN RATING ISN'T 1,5. SO STOP REVERT MY EDIT!-- 95.247.183.68 ( talk) 12:36, 31 January 2010 (UTC) (Loverdrive)
Dear Administrator,
Hello there, and thank you for your comments. I am writing to you to ask if I can re-instate the beatlupus wiki page. I now have read the guidelines and understand the nature of the deletion - and please, all comments are welcome, thanks. I didn't understand the initial suggestion of incorporating some of the beat lupus info into another lupus site. Now I see why that was suggested. I had not yet updated my page with all the relevant information that it needs. I feel that there is some exciting content that is relevant to all patients and caregivers of lupus. This information has to deal with advocacy on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. Last year and the year before, the Lupus Research Institute, the largest funder of novel research for lupus in the United States, organized a lobby session. The requests were for funding to create an educational class about lupus for all medical students nationwide. The request was added and matched, and further lobby sessions have created more financial support for this program from the US government. Also requested was the higher of the two proposed hikes in funding for the National Institutes of Health. Also proposed was legislation granting power to the FDA to either approve or deny bio-similars.
I would like the opportunity to include all of this information on the beatlupus wiki page. The page will be geared towards complementary techniques to battle lupus which are unique yet non-controversial and are backed with countless medical journal articles that I plan to include. But of course let me know your thoughts. Please allow me to try to meet your requirements and work with you so I can share this information with the world.
The reason lupus and advocacy and complementary methods of treatment (diet and exercise) is relevant is because lupus affects 5 million people world-wide. It affects approximately 1.5 million Americans, and, in the United States, lupus is more prevalent than multiple sclerosis and AIDS combined.
I also want to provide links to current treatment. No new drug has been FDA approved for the dedicated treatment of lupus in 50 years. There is much new research being done and some of it has passed phase III clinical trials. As such, new important events are on the horizon for lupus patients, 50 years in the making. Please allow me to share these news releases and articles with others.
In addition, the site advocates that lupus patients and caregivers get involved and provides mechanisms for them to do so. This I feel is also a unique feature to the discussion of lupus. It promotes donation, awareness, and speaking out about lupus with the end goal of an eventual cure. With the potential new drug on the way, this issue is more pressing than ever before.
So in the meantime, as I understand it, I have the opportunity to re-write the beatlupus wiki page, is that correct?
I will try to do so with your approval as my highest priority! Thank you so much. If you would be so kind as to keep sending me emails to notify me of your comments, that would be much appreciated: my email address associated with wikipedia is rmizuno@comcast.net. As I am indeed new to wikipedia, this is all welcome and helpful.
Yours truly, Regan Mizuno Regan Mizuno ( talk) 18:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)