User talk:Lawrence Waterhouse
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Legality of blades and SAK[edit]
Hello Lawrence
I do not doubt that the legality of blades or certain features affects sales of certain SAK models/variants in the concerned legislations.
There is however already a Knife legislation article available on Wikipedia that deals with the possession and carrying of (pocket) knives in several legislations. I doubt the various limitations imposed by the laws were intended to regulate the possession and carrying of Swiss Army Knives in particular. If you like you can refer to the Knife legislation article in the Swiss Army Knife article.--Francis Flinch (talk) 09:48, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of The Dark Volume[edit]
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Hello Lawrence Waterhouse,
It seems to me that an article you worked on, Current Astrobiology Research, may be copied from http://www.redorbit.com/education/reference_library/general-2/journals/1112547785/astrobiology-journal/. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.
It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.
Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 12:03, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Regarding this, even with the article of which it is a part now existing, there is still little to merit an article. Unless you are able to expand it with the necessary references to demonstrate notability I will have to nominate it for deletion at WP:AFD. Similarly International Astrobiology Newsletter (IAN) itself needs some references as well --Jac16888 Talk 17:07, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- Question Lawrence, could you please explain these articles a bit? I have merged the two, as the text stated that "Current Astrobiology Research" is a subdivision of the "International Astrobiology Newsletter", but on the website of the latter, all I find under "Current Astrobiology Research" is a list of external links. In addition, the CODEN mentioned in the infobox belongs to a completely different journal, Astrobiology (journal). All of the abstracting and indexing seems to be copied from the latter journal, too, as I cannot even find an ISSN for the "International Astrobiology Newsletter", let along it being mentioned in any Thomson Reuters database like the Science Citation Index. As far as I can see, the "International Astrobiology Newsletter" is a newsletter published by NASA, not a scientific journal, publishing meeting announcements and such. It does not seem to be notable at all. "Current Astrobiology Research" does not even seem to exist. What is this, an attempt at a hoax? --Randykitty (talk) 13:07, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- As can be seen below, there are more examples of new articles that you have created that fail verification. It seems that you just copied the contents of Astrobiology (journal) and only changed the lead and the names/links in the infobox. You cannot just claim that a journal is included in a slew of indexing services without actually checking that. Creating such articles is highly inappropriate and you should stop this disruptive activity immediately. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 13:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Journal of Astrobiology[edit]
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The article Journal of Astrobiology & Outreach has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- New journal, only 2 issues published so far. CODEN listed in infobox belongs to a different journal. Journal is not indexed in any of the databases mentioned in the article. No independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG.
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The article International Astrobiology Newsletter has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Newsletter without much apparent impact. CODEN listed in infobox belongs to a different journal (now removed). Journal is not indexed in any of the databases mentioned in the article. No independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG.
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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Randykitty (talk) 17:31, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
May 2014[edit]
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Astrobiology (journal) into another page. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:14, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
- I see that Randykitty is way ahead of me here. However: please make sure you provide proper attribution for any material written or edited by anyone but yourself that you copy or re-use within Wikipedia. And, whether attributed or not, please don't blindly copy the description of one journal to describe another; to do so is coming close to dishonesty. Any content you add to Wikipedia should, as you must know, be supported by independent reliable sources. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Draft:Bond (Data) concern[edit]
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