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Nintendo 3DS photo that you put under speedy deletion

I have created a fair use rationale for the (File:Nintendo3ds-final design.png) picure that you origionally put under speedy deletion. Here is yhe fair use rationale.

The image (File:Nintendo3ds-final design.png) is claimed under fair use as:

1.This is the main image in the Nintendo 3DS article,
2.The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the the most important thing in the article.
3.Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it illustrates the mai topic from this article.
4.The image depicts one of the most important pieces of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
5.Any copies made from this version won't look as good as the origional.
6.the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism.
7.There is no alternative, un-copyrighted, or free domain version of this photo available because all versions come from Nintendo, directly, or indirectly.

If you approve of this rationale, then please remove the speedy deletion tag on the article. If you do not approve of it, then please give me tips on how to improve it, and tell me what else that I have to do to get the speedy deletion tag removed. Thanks Jman442 (talk) 23:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I tagged it for not being in use, not for missing a rationale. When you get beyond that, though, as long as File:Blue Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010 (open) - white background.jpg is tagged with a free license, the image you uploaded isn't going to fly. (We can never use non-free media when free options exist) Now, I happen to think the so-called free images should be closely examined Commonsside, but I also know I am out of the mainstream in my view of non-free content, so other than tagging and deleting the orphans, I tend not to stick my nose in that area much. Courcelles 23:32, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:PRI Logo.png

I don't know why the jpeg went back onto the page - I've put the png back. The png was created per request to have a transparent background. I'd rather say you should mark the jpg as orphaned now. --Slashme (talk) 11:34, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. It'll be tagged when the database report is ran next time, after midnight UTC tonight. (I prefer to wait so I don't get into a tagging war if someone decides to revert your edit.) Courcelles 13:10, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Issue with your orphaned image notice

Where's the message? I'm the last person to have posted on your talk page? Courcelles 00:13, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

? Anyways I've left another message now, it just says "Ah right thanks" :) ··gracefool☺ 04:19, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Deal or No Deal.JPG

Hello, Courcelles. You have new messages at 5 albert square's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

21:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Lidia Vianu

I was wondering if you could advise me as to whether the links I sent you were good enough for my deleted page. Thank you so much, Lidia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.80.39.114 (talk) 09:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

I might kick this to WP:DRV myself, as I just can't see/find the kind of coverage we need... and yet I still have this suspicion that it should be there somewhere. Courcelles 21:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi,Courcelles

I would like to make it clear that I am the real Alison Weir,and we would like to edit my talk page.Thank you.Love,Alison. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.48.222 (talk) 21:01, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Please e-mail WP:OTRS. I can't help you unless you contact the response team. Courcelles 21:17, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Query

• 92.37.9.164 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Regarding Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Scientology#Church_of_Scientology_IP_addresses_blocked, and self identification by the IP as a Scientology organization official IP address - do you think this needs to go through the rigamarole of an AE report, or can the IP just be blocked per WP:ARBSCI? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

We can handle this here. Blocked for five years. Courcelles 20:56, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Can you log it at WP:ARBSCI sect for log of blocks and bans? -- Cirt (talk) 02:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Done. Courcelles 03:50, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! ;) -- Cirt (talk) 14:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Nicolas Loufrani

hello you have deleted a page about "Nicolas Loufrani". I have added several source that will enable this page to be on wikipedia. You can find all the changes to the discussion page. Please republish this page, as I don't really know how to do it,

Thanks--Drinas (talk) 19:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

This cannot be restored on request, as it was deleted following Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Loufrani. I can look into userifying it for you later tonight, though, as I'm running out the door right now... Courcelles 20:59, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

That would be great, thanks --Drinas (talk) 00:21, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Here you go, User:Drinas/Nicolas Loufrani. As a totally unsourced BLP, I've blanked it for now. Courcelles 02:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello thank you for that, Now the only thing I have to do is t rewrite an article with the sources I have found? Correct?--Drinas (talk) 10:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Exactly. Courcelles 20:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Path of Neo video game soundtrack

Thank yoou for dealing with that. After the original site went down, and with the inability to find any reliable sources, I woiuld have deleted the article myself. There was no way it could have survived anyway. ggctuk (2005) (talk) 11:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries- if the situation ever changes, it can be restored on request. Courcelles 20:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Re-uploaded

Now that we're moving our page, Punchbowl.com to the main WP space, this image it will no longer be orphaned so I'm putting the logo back up. I believe I have put the correct metadata on it (I used the upload wizard) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarrenTorpey (talk • contribs) 16:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Very well, the image looks fine now, though you do need to read WP:COI I believe. Courcelles 20:14, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

my name is tai kit

hi i need you to stop meddling with city without baseball thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.96.227.89 (talk) 00:29, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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Please restore image

Can you restore File:Blazeofglorysingle.jpg so I can add it back to the article. The newer image is actually the album cover and has been removed. Exxolon (talk) 02:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Done. Courcelles 02:23, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Exxolon (talk) 02:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Facepalm on my behalf! Acalamari 12:13, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Acalamari 12:13, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem. If I got charged a sixpence for each of my mistakes, I'd be a rich man indeed. Courcelles 12:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Horrible mistake

The Shot Calla was a charting album, which makes it notable. If you wanted refs, all you had to do is ask, restore please. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop (talk) 04:29, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Same thing with Choppa, what were you thinking? He's had charting albums and singles. Restore, please. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop (talk) 04:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

The first was a textbook A9. The artist's article was deleted, so the albums go automatically. The artist's article would have to be restored for that one to last. Choppa was a seven day old PROD of a underreferenced BLP. I'm ging to need to see the refs before restoring that one, though I won't A9 his albums at this point. Courcelles 04:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

What was the reason for this purge? D-Shot, Celly Cel and Choppa? Anybody else? All made it to the Billboard charts, which makes then notable, Celly Cel's Killa Kali, even went to No. 4 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Why would you delete all of them?

Read WP:PROD, a tag stayed on the articles for a full week, after which they are deleted by an admin. All someone had to do for a week was remove the tag. I saw barely referenced articles that were right on the line of notability at best, so I deleted them entirely within process. Courcelles 03:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Obviously you are not into hip hop related articles, but I am and you should have sought me out for my advice. The fact is people make mistakes and you made a horrible mistake. All the articles you deleted deserve to have articles and should be restored. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop (talk) 03:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides.jpg

Thanks! You can delete the local file again. Turns out the information was there all along, but it was masquerading as an interwiki link. (A leading colon, like in the title of this section, was missing. -- Ken_g6 (factors | composites) 18:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Gone. Thanks. Courcelles 03:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Quick note

Saw this edit come across the recent changes list. Cheers! TNXMan 20:15, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Courcelles 03:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Yoga of Silence Pt. II

Hi, i´m the author of this article and i was sending the request for undeletion. I don´t understand why an article about yoga of silence is considered as not notable enough for wikipedia. Seeing that it´s existing in four more languages, the article should at least get the chance to be discussed and revised by some more people! Loverofsilence (talk) 20:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Your undeletion request pretty much made the problem apparent- you admit there's no academic literature on this yet. While we don't need academic work, we do need high-quality reliable sources. Without a hint of those, there's very little that can be done on this topic. (I also note that several other language Wikipedia's have now deleted this topic.) Courcelles 03:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors

I saw you have been really active lately and I clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 23:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Active? Meh, I can barely even keep up with on-wiki stuff and OTRS right now, much less finding time to write articles. Maybe next term, if my general free time increases at all. Courcelles 03:45, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Featured list

Hi. :) So sorry about not being around to help correct and respond while the 1948 featured list was (and still is for some reason - pretty sure we've got consensus now, couldn't it be closed?) 'running the gauntlet' at FLC. I didn't even know it had been nominated, not being on and all! If something similar ever happens again, please don't hesitate to send an email - I'm always happy to receive them! Anyway, I'm still glad the list is intact - I was especially pleased to see the photo I selected for the lead still there. I just think it looks nice :D Arctic Night 03:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries- I don't mind babysitting FLC's; most of the time it's not hard work, just move a few commas around and clarify what was in my head that never quite got on the page. Dabomb used to close on Tuesdays and Fridays, though I think it has gone to just Fridays lately. Got anything else coming down the pipeline? Courcelles 03:55, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh :) I haven't got any lists at the moment - I'm mostly working on Persons of National Historic Significance who meet the notability test but are otherwise fairly obscure. I usually have enough on them for a DYK, but not nearly enough for a GA. It's so unfortunate to leave articles like that! I did nominate Tourism in Malta for GA status recently, as I found quite a bit of material on that. How are things on your end? Arctic Night 13:35, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm working on the rest of the Winter Olympic medallists lists... though only on the lists, not worrying about a word of prose at this point- see the 1960 and 2002 lists I put in mainspace. It's like all the creativity to write anything has left me lately, even on OTRS work where the whole point is to write e-mails- thank the saints for form replies that I can tinker with. June is going to kill me soon if I don't start making List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire look like our last FL together, List of accolades received by Up in the Air (Wanna help? I'd rather get a root canal than write right now, though my copyediting chops are still here.) If I had thirty hours in a day, no distractions, and could beat some sense into my coworkers at my real job, I might manage to keep up. (Also, you did such a great job at the '48 list, we could turn out these easily if I made the lists like List of 2002 Winter Olympics medal winners and you would write the prose.) Falling ever farther and farther behind... Courcelles 13:43, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh, it's OK - you don't need inspiration, as you've already edited enough for ten or twenty editors of my experience! I'd sure love to help construct some more lists, but to tell you the truth, I find making lists a little repetitive... maybe I could do the prose! The only reason I'm on hee right now is because I'm sick and can't do anything else - it's brutally honest, but remember how I keep taking those extended Wikibreaks? XD Arctic Night 13:55, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I sit there, I stare at a screen, and absolutely nothing happens. I may know the subject like the back of my hand, and read even more about it making the list... and nothing comes. A good many of my FL stars are from ones where I found a proseless list and wrote some, so this is kind of an interesting turnaround. And lists are a bit repetitive... We'll need 21 of these Winter Olympic lists and then one for the lead of the featured topic, though what I have no idea at all. Feel better, and if you ever feel like you need work, I'll always have some I can pass off on you ;) Courcelles 14:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for the get well wish :) Whenever I can't write any more I tend to do something a little more administrative, so once I run out of steam this time round I think it would definitely be a good idea to work on the FLs. Cmon FL director... just promote this one already! Arctic Night 16:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Arthur F. Carmazzi

we just attended a talk by the author arthur f carmazzi and did a google search to find this page being deleted. the talk was exceptional but our organization requires due diligence before engaging consultants. since you have deleted the page from wikipedia, should we assume that he is not of good character? is there something we should know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.2.118 (talk) 11:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

You should think no such thing- a person's character is not in any way indicated by the deletion of their biography on Wikipedia, merely that they fail to meet our relevant guideline, WP:BIO. In absolute terms, the vast, vast majority of people on Earth would have their articles deleted if someone wrote one; this doesn't mean they're not good people, it just means the coverage and notability isn't there. Courcelles 12:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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we were under the impression he had notoriety, his books are prominent in the book stores here in Singapore, he gets a lot of PR in the regional magazines, and we saw that he is ranked as on of the top 10 leadership gurus. it would appear that he has notoriety. but quite honestly i am not familiar with wikipedia criteria, is it more US centered for the English version? would you please clarify this for me. --203.117.33.5 (talk) 11:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Nationality has nothing to do with it, if there are intellectually independent sources, the article can be restored. WP:BIO applies to everyone, in the US, the Commonwealth, or Mongolia. (Though I'll admit people from English speaking countries are easier to find sources on. If, for example, the Straits Times had done a full piece on him, that would be high indication of the article being worth a second look...) Courcelles 12:44, 27 January 2011 (UTC)