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Rollback granted

Hi Crh23. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

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Accept reason: Autoblock lifted. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:05, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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NPP

Hi. Thank you for patrolling new pages. A CSD tag you placed at Andrij Kravets has been reverted. You may wish to either revise our notability criteria or discuss the issue with the second patroller. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:54, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

why did u remove my page?

I dont understand Wikipediagod69 (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Flawed democracy

Hey Crh23. I inserted the flawed democracy comment because other nations on the list (Indonesia for example) have been called flawed democracy on the same page as well. According to the democracy index, Turkey is less democratic than Indonesia, so I see no reason why we should name Indonesia a flawed democracy but not Turkey. This is why I made the change on N-11. Excuse me for bad english 87.210.14.58 (talk) 19:06, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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Mistake

Look, I explained why. I said that there should be more info about the season before the coaching changes, OK? Fresh Charles Sullivan (talk) 21:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, Fresh Charles Sullivan, I was just worried about the amount of content being blanked. If the content is not yet encyclopedic, I'm fine with its removal. crh23 (talk) 21:23, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Yeah sorry when I did that I got confused I'm new to Wikipedia. Fresh Charles Sullivan (talk) 21:28, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
No problem, we all make mistakes, me included. A couple of things for the future: put an extra colon before each reply on a talk page to format correctly, and if you're posting on someone's talk page to ask about a specific edit or article, it's helpful to link the article in question. crh23 (talk) 21:30, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Grande Torino

Hi, I am translating the Italian wikipedia article of the Grande Torino.

All football clubs have a "History of.." article and this is my attempt to condense the history section on the main Torino article which is too long. I have added the corresponding bibliography from the Italian wiki and will continually improve the writing, but as you can see, it is a big job. Danieletorino2 (talk) 12:59, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

You're doing a good job, but the Italian article looks a bit suspect, and I think it may be copied from a non-free source. crh23 (talk) 16:07, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I agree, it is referenced in the bibliography but it reads like it came out of a book. It also needs in-text citations besides the bibliography. I will eventually address these issues. Danieletorino2 (talk) 06:18, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_pub

hi,

you delete me edit but the link is dead and the information is in this page : http://www.freepokiesbonus.info/gambling-revenue-technical-paper-10.html i have just corrected and updated the dead link.

can you explain me the error?

you say "because it did not appear constructive" --> you prefer a 404 link it is more constructive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakin16 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakin16 (talk • contribs) 20:22, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

My problem is that I don't think that source is WP:RELIABLE, as the majority of the site appears to be a games site. Having looked around for a bit, that source seems to be a mirror of www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/ageing/technicalpapers/paper_10/technicalpaper10.pdf, so I'll change the ref to that, crh23 (talk) 20:28, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
"Gambling"
Gaming and betting is another major part of Australian pub culture. Legal gambling is a relatively new phenomenon in Australia, but illegal gaming has always been part of pub culture. Because ::legal betting on horse and dog races was for many years restricted to racetracks, and no off-track betting was permitted, illegal betting (usually known as "starting price" or SP bookmaking) ::proliferated. Pubs became a major venue for the collection of bets and the distribution of winnings. One Australian author has noted that SP bookmaking had become so widespread by the early ::20th century that constituted "a virtual national act of civil disobedience".
One of the betting games most closely associated with the Aussie pub was the coin game two-up, which was extremely popular during the 19th and earlier 20th century. It is most often ::servicemen would gather at local pubs to drink, reminisce and play two-up. Although still technically illegal, Anzac Day two-up games are now openly played in streets and laneways outside ::pubs and it has become a national institution that is now generally ignored by police.
Slot machines, known locally as "pokies", remain an important source of custom and revenue, although restrictive state-level licensing means that only a minority of pubs can operate them. In ::2002, over half of the $4 billion in gambling revenue collected by state governments came from pubs and clubs.[2]
I think the main idea is the pokies -> I do not agree with you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakin16 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
The content of the sources is the same, but my replacement source is hosted on a more reputable (government) website, rather than a games site (which could constitute WP:REFSPAM) crh23 (talk) 20:39, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
why you did not change the source for years then?
thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakin16 (talk • contribs) 20:42, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
The article had never previously been brought to my attention. There are thousands of dead links on Wikipedia, and I am only one person :-) crh23 (talk) 20:45, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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why did u remove my page?

I dont understand Wikipediagod69 (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I judged the page you created to server no purpose other than to attack an individual, so I marked it for deletion as such pages are not permitted on Wikipedia as per WP:ATTACK. crh23 (talk) 16:00, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Zoe Sugg

Hello, I changed her name to Zoë as it is her legal name–people might get confused pronouncing her name etc. The media usually spell Beyoncé's name as Beyonce but her name on Wikipedia is spelt correctly. I just do not get why people cannot correct her name. I was not trying to vandalise her page. I am really sorry if I come off as rude. Thank you for understanding. 202.160.35.131 (talk) 09:59, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

That's OK, the reason I reverted the edit is because the article title doesn't use the Umlaut (where Beyoncé does) and none of the sources that I looked at use the Umlaut, including her own site. If you can find a source showing that it is proper to use the Umlaut, what I'd do is include a note at the beginning to explain, rather than changing all occurrences. Thanks! crh23 (talk) 10:07, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Oh, okay. I have made a mistake, then. Thank you for the clarification. I guess Zoe did not use the Umlaut on her site because you would need to know the specific combination of keys to type an ë (it would be time consuming). Thank you, again! 202.160.35.131 (talk) 10:40, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you.

Hi there Crh23,

Thank you for your suggestions on how we can edit the page for Rethink Mental Illness - as suggested this is my personal account and we will use this now as the older account has been closed. I have a draft copy of the text for the page but wonder what is the best way of getting this to you so that you can review it before we put it up. Please excuse my ignorance - this is one of the first times I have used wikipedia and my governance team are asking me to make this page factually correct!

Warmest wishes,

Peerquaide (talk) 13:39, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

@Peerquaide: Hi! Because you have a conflict of interest in the area in which you wish to create the article, you need to use the Articles for creation process, in which will submit your article for review by experienced Wikipedia editors, who will review it for neutrality. Additionally, you will need to declare your conflict of interest as detailed in WP:COI. If you need any more help, you can ask me here or (for a faster and more knowledgeable response) go to WP:Teahouse. Thanks! - crh23 (talk) 14:30, 23 March 2016 (UTC) See below! edited 21:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with this - I will try this route and declare my interest as an employee.
Peerquaide (talk) 17:26, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
@Peerquaide: Whoops, I misunderstood your request! I thought you wanted to make a new article, I now realise that you actually wanted to make changes to the existing article! Sorry! What you actually need to do is to go to the talk page of the article in question, make a new section and put {{request edit}} above your requested changes. Then someone will be along soon to review the requested edit and implement it if they find it to be satisfactory. Sorry again for giving you the wrong info! - crh23 (talk) 21:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Changing of the image on David Berry (actor)

I note that you reverted the image. I note also that you say the changed image does not comply with your rendering of what a lead image should be. I note that you say it is not a natural depiction of the subject. Since you've never met the actor, David Berry, I question how you could make a neutral determination as per WP: NOV guidelines as to what is a fair/natural representation of the actor, David Berry. Furthermore, the lead image is of the subject and "his wife" and not of the subject alone, and does not therefore, "illustrate the subject specifically". A submission for change will be made shortly. In good faith I hope it is approved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maestro dmb (talk • contribs) 08:37, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

@Maestro dmb: The image you originally inserted wasn't terrible, but was inferior to the image it replaced (at least in my view), as it was un-natural looking to my eye. The one you have now added, however, is great: it looks natural and features only the subject of the article. It's copyright status is currently under investigation as it is not clear if the copyright holder (who I believe to be Brendon Thorne) has given permission to publish it under the stated license, but if permission is given then I consider it an indeed superior image for that article. Cheers —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:53, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Help with this issue

Sorry to bother you Crh23, but could you help me with this particular issue at the Help desk? It is to do with WP:BRD and another user. Thanks.--Neve–selbert 19:18, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

@Neve-selbert: Currently writing a reply, trying to get a grasp on the situation first. —  crh 23  (Talk) 19:23, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Would it be wrong to request the restoration of the status quo temporarily per BRD on these articles? I need some clarification. Thank-you.--Neve–selbert 20:39, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@Neve-selbert: Until further consensus is established, I would recommend that you either leave it or ask Baking Soda to revert for the time being. Anyone apart from them reverting further could be interpreted as warring, by uninformed editors (although by the letter of the law it is not).—  crh 23  (Talk) 20:44, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@Neve-selbert: That said, you are free to ask another editor to restore the status quo, but I'd still advise you don't. I won't be doing so, as I'm too involved to be completely neutral now. —  crh 23  (Talk) 20:56, 15 April 2016 (UTC) I take that back, that page is under various sanctions per WP:ARBPIA, so don't repeatedly revert on it at all. Additionally, on reflection, your asking other editors to revert things could be considered inappropriate. —  crh 23  (Talk) 09:53, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code 8 (2017 film)

While all are in agreement that an article on the projected 2017 film is premature, there is the general consensus that an article on the current short could be notable enough... that understood, the article has been edited and re-titled to be ABOUT the 2016 film. And since the corrected article is no longer about an unmade film, my own stance is that with these changes the article can now be kept as Code 8 and the projected 2017 film as a topic can be dealt with if and or when it happens. Pretty much for now we need only deal with a film which exists and is sourcable... and even the original nominator supports this view. Care to revisit the discussion? Thanks. Schmidt, Michael Q. 16:02, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

@MichaelQSchmidt: of course! I have done just that. Of course, any closing admin probably would have seen that the article is substantially changed from how it was when I put my position forward, but for clarity I have struck my comment anyway. Good job re-writing the article! —  crh 23  (Talk) 16:22, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
It's what I do. Many thanks. Schmidt, Michael Q. 20:42, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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R.E. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Header added —  crh 23  (Talk)

Hi There Crh23,

I have seen you making some suggestions with respect to Article name and Web redirects.

Can you please let me know how can the request to get the Institute name change be considered.

I am talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Energy_Management_and_Research

The name of the institute is now "Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon" and the current website address is http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/gurgaon.

The erstwhile website www.iemr.in is also getting redirected to the new web address. Dsachdeva123 (talk) 09:20, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Dsachdeva123. It looks to me like the Institute of Energy Management and Research has been bought by Great Lakes Institute of Management, so merely moving (what we call renaming on Wikipedia) the page could cause confusion. I'd recommend that Institute of Energy Management and Research be merged into Great Lakes Institute of Management. You can propose this by following the instructions on Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. Thanks —  crh 23  (Talk) 09:32, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Excellent work

Great work on reducing the backlog of biographical articles without listas/blp parameters. It's hardcore wikignoming but it helps editors better focus on BLP articles that need maintenance. Keep it up! —Tom Morris (talk) 16:51, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm somewhat cheating: using AWB to mark any page in Category:Dead people with talk pages in Category:Biography articles without living parameter as not living: listas is done automatically (I figure an incorrect listas is only very minorly worse than no listas). —  crh 23  (Talk) 17:04, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks

Hi Crh23, Thanks for your comment about the drumfinator. I couldn't help but notice that you've created a few articles for museums. As part of a project a group of new editors created an article for a museum in Ireland. It's a draft that's been waiting for peer review for two weeks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:National_Science_Museum_at_Maynooth Since you're the ideal peer-editor for a museum article would you mind reviewing it? Cheers, AB — Preceding unsigned comment added by AugusteBlanqui (talk • contribs) 07:56, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

@AugusteBlanqui: I've had a look at your draft and fixed a few issues I saw with it (relating to tone). Since I have now contributed to it, I won't be reviewing it as I am no longer uninvolved. I would be surprised if a review denied it though, as it looks plenty notable to me. —  crh 23  (Talk) 09:30, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Gustavus Loomis

143.85.196.19 (talk) 13:14, 6 May 2016 (UTC) Source: Kenneth E. Lawson, For Christ and Country: A Biography of Brigadier General Gustavus Loomis, (Greenville, SC: Ambassador International Publishers, 2011).

Riggwelter

Hi! It has been almost one month since Riggwelter blocked me from the Swedish Wikipedia including my own Talk-page. You enquired him about this on his Talk-page and he still hasn't answered even though he has been active. Is there any way I can go on and make an appeal or report this guy? Thanks for the help.--Butterfly1066 (talk) 21:35, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

@Butterfly1066: My only ideas are to try either the svwiki IRC [1] or the email address info-sv@wikimedia.org. If you email, make sure to explain your situation very clearly, providing links as necessary. It may help to focus on the talk page blocking, rather than just the block itself. I don't know how much luck you'll have, and I can't help a huge amount as svwiki is basically a different site from enwiki, so they do things differently there. —  crh 23  (Talk) 06:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I'll try one of these.--Butterfly1066 (talk) 18:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Adding St Ives Shopping Village to Google Maps

Could you please show me how to add this article on St Ives Shopping Village to Google maps. BugMenn (talk) 08:19, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

@BugMenn: We don't control Google maps, but when I search "St. Ives Shopping Village" on Google maps I am taken here, which looks to me like it is what you are looking for. Google do use Wikipedia, but we can't control what they do with the information. Template:Coord#Caveats implies that they only pay attention to coordinates in the title, but St Ives Shopping Village has those already. I suspect that they will not use the Wikipedia information, as they already have data on the place from other sources (including a floor plan). While I am not an expert with regards to this matter (and I might be wrong), I wouldn't think that anyone who doesn't work for Google would know exactly how it works. —  crh 23  (Talk) 09:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

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WP:NOTGALLERY

It doesn't look as if you have actually read this policy (in the last 10 years anyway). Please don't mis-cite it! Johnbod (talk) 18:39, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

@Johnbod: OK, I'll cite WP:IG instead. Images do serve to illustrate an article, but too many of them just clutter it up and reduce readability. —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:41, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Your idea of what is "too many" is clearly out of line with the great majority of editors and readers of articles on visual art. Johnbod (talk) 18:44, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
@Johnbod: The images in the galleries are tiny and difficult to properly look at. I had a look at some of the other articles on similar topics (1, 2, 3, 4), and that, along with the advice at WP:Gallery and the comment on Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Entries#Ancient Greek art, is why I made the choice to remove the galleries on Ancient Greek art. I boldly made the change and you reverted it so I assume it is controversial, I'll make a post on the relevant talk page to seek wider consensus. —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:55, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
I will be doing a lot of changes to the article, certainly including increasing the sizes, and improving the selection. But there will be galleries, in fact more of them! I suggest you wait until I'm finished. Johnbod (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

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Chris Davies (Liberal Democrat politician) page edits

Hi,

Thanks for the previous edit you made to the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Davies_(Liberal_Democrat_politician)

I was wondering if you could have a look at the new edit that I have proposed?

Many thanks,

Chris

Chris Graham Davies (talk) 14:34, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done —  crh 23  (Talk) 16:36, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Help with Ogilvy & Mather?

Hi Crh23! Are you still working through edit requests? If so, I was hoping you might take a look at a note I posted over on Ogilvy & Mather. I had been working with a few other editors on the entry, but it seems they're now busy with other projects. To be clear, I have a financial COI with this article. Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 15:20, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

@Heatherer: That looked good, so I went ahead and implemented it. In answer to your question: I do occasionally do edit requests, but there are quite a few of them to do and I like to do oldest first if I can. —  crh 23  (Talk) 16:47, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
That makes sense. Thank you so much for making an exception with this one (and so quickly!). I really appreciate it. Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 16:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

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Julene Good Also Known as Julene Stephanie Good

Message from Julenegood

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Hollywood Records
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Julene Good her height is 5'10 Julene Good hometown Torrance,California 

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Her Family members are all the Jay's in the family. Joe,Judy,Jonathan,Justin and Jeanette,Juliette Here are there Facebook pages. Joseph Good,Judy Anne Ford Good,Jonathan Good,Jeanette Good,Justin Good,Juliette Good well Juliette's Facebook fan page is coming soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julenegood (talk • contribs) 17:26, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

== Julene Good Also Known as Julene Stephanie Good ==

Julene Stephanie Good is an actress, model and famous singer and rapper song writer. For Hollywood Records Julene Good her height is 5'10 Julene Good hometown Torrance,California 

Julene Good birthday April 28th,1991

Her Family members are all the Jay's in the family. Joe,Judy,Jonathan,Justin and Jeanette,Juliette Here are there Facebook pages. Joseph Good,Judy Anne Ford Good,Jonathan Good,Jeanette Good,Justin Good,Juliette Good well Juliette's Facebook fan page is coming soon. And Guys Julene Stephanie Good aka Julene Good has dated and seen Cody Aaron Traweek Broke up around summer of 2013 Than got back together in 2016 Julene Good (Julene Stephanie Good) wrote her song and sings also raps to her song "Cody juggalo" she wrote and sing also raps to the song she wrote in 2013 Than after Cody and Julene have broken up Julene seen with Stephen Osborne also known as Vatili Stephen Osborne on July 7th, 2014 Vatili Stephen Osborne also known as Stephen Osborne on July 7th,2014 and on July 7,2015 And guys Julene has dated on February 16th, 2015 These are the guys Julene Good also known as Julene Stephanie Good has written songs about Stephen and Justin Jolly Jr. Also her own brother Justin Good The song Julene Good (Julene Stephanie Good) sings/raps to her song "Back To The Future" Julene Good Julene Stephanie Good and Taylor Alison Swift (Taylor Swift) met on February 14th,2016 in Harbor,City California near Star Bucks and Burger King

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Julenegood (talk • contribs) 17:48, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

@Julenegood: Do you have a question for me? Do you wish to write an autobiographical article? If so, I recommend you read Wikipedia:Autobiography, as such articles are strongly discouraged. I have left you some links on your talk page to help you get started with Wikipedia. —  crh 23  (Talk) 19:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Hello Crh23!

Haw i can chow more than 200 page at the same time, in this category.


Mr. Yassinosse ☚╣✉╠☛ 18:10, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Yassiiiiine, could you explain what you mean a bit more? There are 685 pages in Category:Fern species, do you want to show then in your web browser all at the same time? —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:14, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
yes, I want to show all pages at the same time. --

Mr. Yassinosse ☚╣✉╠☛ 18:21, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

@Yassiiiiine: Do you mean on the same page, or in separate tabs of the same browser? —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:24, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
I mean at the same page.--

Mr. Yassinosse ☚╣✉╠☛ 18:26, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

@Yassiiiiine: As far as I know, there is no way of doing this without using an external tool (I don't know of any that do this) or transcluding every page in that category onto one page, which is a very bad idea as it would be a huge page and would cause significant strain on the server. What is your reason for wanting to do this? There may be another way to achieve your end goal. —  crh 23  (Talk) 18:32, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
I want to try some pages with a fast method, and this is my method : I want to chow the 685 pages to try some of them. --  yassine :  student         18:55, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
@Yassiiiiine: When you say "chow" do you mean show? —  crh 23  (Talk) 19:28, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
yes that's what I mean. --  yassine :  student         21:34, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
@Yassiiiiine: Sorry, I don't know of a way to show 685 pages at once without crashing your browser or removing all readability. —  crh 23  (Talk) 09:57, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
no problem man, I'm just asking.--  yassine :  student         11:41, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Pinging after the fact

Just letting you know, this is not enough, it has to be on an entirely new line, simply adding a new signature isn't enough, per Help:Echo#Technical details. nyuszika7h (talk) 11:54, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

@Nyuszika7h: Didn't know that, cheers. —  crh 23  (Talk) 12:27, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Blue Star Coloring

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A tag has been placed on Blue Star Coloring requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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I have removed the speedy deletion tag, the news sources I read show that an encyclopedic article on this company can be written, or at worst merged with adult coloring book. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:15, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks Ritchie333. Gbawden: I wasn't certain when I started writing it, but I found enough independent coverage in the course of doing so to satisfy myself that it passed GNG (even if it might not be much more than a stub for a while). —  crh 23  (Talk) 12:07, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
I will generally decline any A7 nomination that is more than namechecked in two reliable sources, which this article is. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:12, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
It's a little scary actually - I've been away for the morning, so had an admin with a more lax approach to CSDs (if one exists) come along, the article could have been tagged and deleted before I had even had a chance to defend it. Sort of makes you think about how rigorous the deletion criteria have to be. —  crh 23  (Talk) 12:18, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
There are a couple of us who try and save CSDs / AfDs wherever it's practical - if I'm not about, MelanieN or Peridon might be able to look into it. I will as personal policy restore anything I delete that is not obvious vandalism, attack page or copyright violation as a draft on request, anyway. The CSD criteria is pretty well defined actually and I think admins are generally clueful, the problem is the NPP taggers, who require no qualifications whatsoever. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:27, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping, Ritchie333. I certainly agree that the article did not qualify for A7. I'm not sure it would pass AfD - could be borderline - but I personally would !vote "keep". The references already in the article provide lots more information that could be used to expand it - more about apps, for example, or more background about how the company was founded. I'm not available to do that myself right now, but I would encourage Crh23 to use the existing sources to put a little more flesh on the article. --MelanieN (talk) 20:05, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
I had doubts when looking at source 3, but then read on down.... I wouldn't have deleted it, and even if I had thought it wouldn't pass A7, I'd have offered to userfy it. (I prefer to userfy rather than draftify.) I'm surprised at the tagging - Gbawden is one of the more clueful taggers IMO. This was a fairly obvious case of not being written by a company intern (why, oh why, do companies get interns to write their articles?) or one of those outsourced apparently Indian or Pakistani outfits (similar comment...). I'd also support it at AfD if it came to hey lads hey. Fill it out a bit more, as best you can. It's a business with not a very long history - but one that looks profitable. (I think I'll get in touch with a young artist that's done some work for me to suggest she has a go in that line...) Peridon (talk) 21:20, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
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