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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Gangaji

message: Gangaji being "famous" is relative. Restating what I have said many times: My objection has always been that the article is essentially promotional and apologetic and based on self-published sources associated with the subject, which are contentious (disputed claims), unduly self-serving (presents Gangaji's subjective claims as fact); makes claims about third parties (claims about Papaji that are suspect based on Papaji's own published statements which are not self-published); and involve claims about events not directly related to the subject (relative to Papaji and also the disputed lineage), which is prohibited by Wikipedia policy. The only NPOV and truly attributable source left is the Ashland Tidings newspaper article, and not even Rick Ross has anything more on this NRM group which some including ex-followers consider a cult than that article which illustrates the lack of notability. Meanwhile, whether citable in the article or not, not only has Papaji stated in third party published works more recently than Gangaji's last visit to her guru statements which conflict with her claims about her "mission", but there is widespread and substative criticism of the subject by relative experts (Kazlev, Langford) and other authors and spiritual teachers (Cohen, Conway), exclusion of which under policy grounds, while not applying Wikipedia policies that also excludes the self-published material, presents a misleading picture, and Wikipedia policy is to avoid misleading information just because secondary sourcing is lacking. The problem here is that when you have an obscure subject making exceptional and unverifiable claims in self-published materials, and due to obscurity these claims are not addressed in attributable, secondary sources, you are not permitted to present self-published material which should be excluded per Wikipedia either. No self-published information that does not meet the requirements is acceptable, and given the hard line in taking mere criticism of a person's subjective claims of spiritual attainment which being exceptional claims require more exceptional sourcing as unacceptable, as per Wikipedia policy, I continue to state it is better to have zero information than misleading information. The only acceptable article would be a stub based solely on the Daily Tidings article alone. I do not think Gangaji is notable enough to have developed the bulk of secondary, fact checked sources needed for an encyclopedic article. My position has always been that it is better it be deleted than to allow Wikipedia to be misused for promotional purposes. --Dseer (talk) 04:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Mendel Palace

message: I remembered playing this game in my childhood and had never heard it mentioned ever since. After about an hour of searching I finally discovered what it was called and replayed at all last night for the first time in 18 years. I am surprised that this excellent game doesn't have a more filled-in article. I filled in as much as I can remember. Hopefully someone will fill in any "official" info. Mylakovich (talk) 13:55, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Getting Started
Talk:Madagascar (disambiguation)

message: I've done a bit of a clean up, removing entries that ought not to have been there, and adding some that've been missed.  The page should not be a dumping ground for articles which merely have "Madagascar" in the title; there has to be a reasonable chance that "Madagascar" is a common way of referring to a topic (eg. when it's the name of a national sports team). --Sturm 21:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: Could there be a redirect for << Madagascar Palm >> to its botanical name Pachypodium lamerei?
Most people know the phrase "Madagascar Palm" but not the latin name.
It would be a very helpful re-direct.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.174.222 (talk) 12:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
Talk:J. Laurence Kulp

message: Laurence Kulp is not dead. According to the New York Times this morning (February 2, 2008) he has just resigned his position at the NAPAP.
:He resigned days after the acid rain report was published in 1987. See New York Times Dec 31, 1989
:Please recheck your source and post reference. The ASA did produce an obituary in Feb 2007 <http://www.asa3.org/ASA/newsletter/janfeb07.pdf>  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Another berean (talk • contribs) 09:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So, we have a dispute between Old Kulp Decompositionalists and Young Kulp Vivisionists! 11:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Not dead yet?
Talk:Bathurst Inlet

message: Disagree. One is a community and sports fishing lodge and the other is a body of water. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Wikipedia talk:This is not an edit war

message: Created new page.
I wonder if people still remember more about Soft Protection. Didn't people like RickK use it often?
--Kim Bruning (talk) 05:20, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What's Soft Protection.  "Forbidden" sounds so interesting.  I ask only for self educational purposes, and would never stuff it up my nose.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It only happens to be forbidden because it takes an indefinite number of reverts. Basically you declare a page or section of a page soft protected, watchlist the page, (perhaps together with 1 or 2 friends) and revert anyone who changes that page (or section of it). It is a tactic used by the great wikiwarriors of old ;-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 12:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Talk:How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (film)

message: Why are there two separate articles for this movie?  I do not know how to suggest a merging or deletion.  There is this article and also The Grinch (film).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkeboy (talk • contribs) 16:28, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge?
Talk:Tiff

message: There is little need for having two disambiguation pages, one for Tiff and one for TIFF.  There are so few entries that they easily could be merged into one, without causign lack of overview or creating confusion. Power.corrupts (talk) 11:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge executed. Power.corrupts (talk) 07:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: {WikiProject Anthroponymy} template copied from obsolete Tiff page Power.corrupts (talk) 08:00, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved template
Talk:DPO

message: There is another meaning for DPO that is not listed here, nor for that matter in many other places. It crops up in warnings in many computer systems and thus people like myself search for definitions.
The Disable Page Out bit (DPO) is a bit in the SCSI Block Commands
See [1] for details.
[1] http://t10.org/ftp/t10/document.05/05-344r0.pdf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.62.77 (talk) 20:27, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Planet X (disambiguation)

message: The opening paragraph originally read:
"Planet X is the tenth planet which travels all throughout the solar system. The planet is getting nearer to earth, but will not hit our planet, instead merely pass it, but not without causing catastrophic events. Planet X is believed to be the cause of the events found in Exodus, and also the great flood of Noah."
This is a fringe hypothesis, and is a highly inaccurate description of how the term "Planet X" has been used historically.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.85.17 (talk) 14:28, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaned up page 

message: The fact is that people will be in space--183.178.98.246 (talk) 20:18, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I retrofitted a new talk-section heading, since that doesn't seem responsive to the then-most-recent contribution either to the preceding talk section or to the accompanying article.   But since people already are at the ISS full time, the sparse ip-contrib'r's apparent assumption (that the talk contrib will make a point that colleagues will find relevant to the content of the accompanying article) may be lost, not only on me, but also on most of us.--Jerzy•t 06:54, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  ("... people will be in space")
Talk:Plano

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: No consensus. While there were definitely good arguments in support of the move, it is Plano as day that there was no consensus on long-term significance.   Red Slash 05:41, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Plano →  – WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT WP:USPLACE. The primary topic is Plano, Texas. See WikiNav (clickthrough) and Massviews (page views). SilverLocust 💬 19:14, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

text: *Weak Support per nom. Clearly meets WP:PT1. Arguably meets PT2. My only concern with that would be the Plano cultures, but based on clickstream and pageviews it doesn't seem like that should be a concern, unless other evidence were provided.--estar8806 (talk) ★ 19:26, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 17 August 2023
Talk:Wix

message: This disambiguation page may conflict with actual article about Windows Installer XML toolset if being viewed in Internet Explorer browser. That browser seem to dislike URLs that differ in case only. So I think it would be better to rename this page to "Wix (disambiguation)" (quotes for clarity only). GeorgeOne (talk) 21:48, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Logan | Talk 23:07, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, undone! I've not heard of that bug in IE. We need not change WP for such bugs. URLs are case sensitive and we use that to our advantage in WP, period. Widefox (talk) 18:29, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Platonic

message: I removed the following:
* Platonic push, in geology of or relating to earth's nonuniform tectonic plate drift and push.
as I could find absolutely no web references to the phrase in a geological context (except wikipedia mirrors). Please provide a reference if you restore.
Thanks OUGrad (talk) 13:28, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Platonic Push

message: Does the definition given here ("Platonic love, a relationship that is not sexual in nature") fit the one given in Platonic love (where it is opposed to romantic love, which can be non-sexual)? Wiktionary says "Neither sexual nor romantic in nature" and "Intimate but non-sexual affection", which is not very consistent. Apokrif (talk) 03:52, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Platonic love
Talk:West Lunga National Park

message: On behalf of African Parks via the Wyss Foundation, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I am submitting a request to have "" changed to "", the organization's current name. Since the Wikipedia article has been moved (see Talk:African Parks), I am trying to update links throughout the encyclopedia, but I don't edit articles directly because of my conflict of interest. Thank you in advance. Inkian Jason (talk) 22:51, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to update link 

message: This redirect is already in effect. The mention of management for this article could not be made, as the claim is unreferenced. Spintendo     </div> 01:10, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 13-FEB-2018
Talk:Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road

message: Well, some time back, the page named "Trans-Caprivi Highway" was renamed to the "Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road". But unfortunately, it seems that little change was done to the introduction to explain the "new title", whether it's "citations" or "notes"! For starters, the page says the route starts from "Rundu", while the article title says otherwise. Also, the last city in the title (Lubumbashi) is not mentioned anywhere apart from the "Route" section at the moment. The article's old name was "Trans-Caprivi Highway" & then the "article name" suddenly changed to have "Lubumbashi" mentioned in the title, meaning that something has changed and it needs to be reflected in the notes as well!
So, this page needs major editing in the Introduction. Any suggestions on the construction & grammar? Chils Kemptonian (talk) 02:08, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: We may also need to edit the "Infobox" there, since it has been proven that the road being represented in this article is not only in Namibia, but in Zambia and DR Congo as well. GeographicAccountant (talk) 07:48, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed name of page, but not page content
Talk:Katima Mulilo Bridge

message: Well, the notes in the article will make one wonder...
Under the "Requirement of the bridge" & "Construction" sections, it states that the bridge is "entirely in Zambia", meaning that not a single part of it is located within Namibia, which is true.
It states that the Bridge is part of the "Livingstone-Mongu Road", (M10) meaning that anybody travelling from Sesheke towards Mongu can cross this Bridge without touching Namibia.
Also, one can travel from Katima Mulilo in Namibia to Mongu in Zambia without crossing the bridge. Even the Image in the Infobox shows that this bridge "does not cross" any "national boundary".
So, I do not think that the Infobox (& Introduction) should read that "the Bridge is located in Katima Mulilo", to be honest.
We need to avoid making it look like "This Bridge" is what links the two countries, as one can go from Namibia to Western Zambia (Mongu) without crossing the bridge, unless we're specifically talking about "trade corridors" & linking the two capital cities (Windhoek & Lusaka), where it is automatically applicable.
A normal "border bridge" (like the Kazungula Bridge) has got immigration offices on either side of the river being crossed. So, the "Katima Mulilo Bridge" can't be called a "border bridge" in that regard, even if Namibia somehow helped in its construction, as both ends of that bridge are in Zambia.
So, with this information, would you recommend that we leave the text the way it is written (saying "Katima Mulilo is the locale of the bridge")? GeographicAccountant (talk) 13:01, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll just make time to correct the information in this article, as it is clear that not a single part of this bridge is outside Zambia. Even if Namibia helped with its construction, there is no part of this bridge within its territory. GeographicAccountant (talk) 00:15, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content Query
Talk:Irish Hobby

message: There's 2 images in the article - no probs with that - except the placement of the images skews the article text, making it difficult to read.  Anyone have any ideas on how to place two images in a relatively short article?  --HighKing (talk) 17:51, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: What about putting both images on the right hand side, one under the other?  --HighKing (talk) 11:31, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images in article
Talk:Fukuoka Tower

message: Fukuoka Tower was original intended to have many more floors and be taller than Tokyo Tower. Tokyo objected, as as a compromise only the top of the tower was built. The stiffness of the building, designed to be much higher, means that even on a windy day, the movement at the top is only 2mm, compared with an originally planned 2m. Does anyone have an English source for any of this? Stephen B Streater (talk) 19:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History needing a source before adding 

message: It would be great to include the purpose, function and/or reason for it's construction of this tower in the article.  I assume that it is for communication but why all the mirrors on the outside?  Why are the mirrors half mirrors T S Ballantine (talk) 08:23, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion for Improvement 

message: Is there anything else in the building? The article mentions only the three observation decks. Are there also offices? Are there residences? Is it a hotel? At the very least, is it a fancy communications tower? This is very basic information that should be among the first things discussed in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.4.239.249 (talk) 23:25, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What else is in the building?
Talk:Flip

message: Heard this is also a derogatory term for Filipinos - any truth in it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.252.188 (talk) 17:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

message: Added a link to Flip teaching. ProfMontgomery (talk) 20:28, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Flip teaching
Talk:Economy of Zambia

message: Removed uncited (and false) accusations.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.18.159.205 (talk) 11:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

message: Hello everyone, I am working for the International Trade Centre (ITC). I would like to propose the addition of an external link that could lead directly to the specific country’s trade data held by ITC. I would like you to consider this link under the WP:ELYES #3 prescriptions. Moreover, the reliability and the pertinence of this link can be supported by the following facts 
1) ITC is part of the United Nations
2) No registration is required
3) Trade data (imports/exports) are regularly updated
4) The link gives direct access to the trade database of the specific country
5) The addition of reliable trade data to the Economy section of the country could provide an appropriate contribution to the information therein contained. 
Thank you for your attention.Divoc (talk) 13:09, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ITC external link on trade data 

message: Hi. there is an orphan article Taxation in Zambia. I suggest that we merge that page into this one. Gbawden (talk) 09:23, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge suggestion

message: From https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/2006Zambian_exports.PNG, it seems there is a large trade between Zambia and Switzerland.
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/line/hs92/export/zmb/che/show/1995.2013/ shows it is a trade in copper.
http://www.times.co.zm/?p=58781 suggests that most of the copper is not actually sold to Switzerland at all, but to China. --Agamemnus (talk) 10:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zambian exports to Switzerland? 

message: Why fishing is not mentioned here with a single word? Ohter sources tell me, that fishing is third or second biggest emplyoment-sector of the country! TheStorm (talk) 12:03, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fishing? 

message: Under this section in the article, where "amounts" are mentioned, exactly which "exchange rate" are we using? I can understand the Dollar figures being mentioned but the Kwacha figures? GeographicAccountant (talk) 00:23, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public-Private Partnerships
Talk:Ingombe Ilede

message: I don't know what language this title comes from, but my knowledge of comparative Bantu linguistics tells me that the title should be Ingombe Ilede or even Ingombe Ilele, and the translation should be "The cow is sleeping/lying down", not "Where the cow sleeps" (literally, the name looks like it means "9.cow 9(it).lie/sleep.PRES-IND-STAT").
There is absolutely no rational reason for the dash at all, assuming that the name is from a Bantu language (which it most certainly is).
I shall do some internet research, and possibly even move this article if there are no objections.
Tebello TheWHAT!!?? 13:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suspicious title 

message: This reference is a web link which does not seem to work - recommend replacement or deletion:
"Ingombe Ilede of Southern Province - Zambian window into the past!". I cleaned up the references because there was a new reference generated every time the same book was being cited, I think due to different page numbers being cited each time. I also removed an old template flagging this article for improved references, since it now has many more reliable sources and is much improved. Usomi (talk) 22:40, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: About homohabiles when was he dicovered 102.144.35.230 (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  History education
Talk:Misisi

message: report about causes and effects population increase in compound of of lukasa in 102.147.40.117 (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  causes and effects of population increase in compound of lusaka misisi compoundof
Talk:Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 case

message: annoyingly, i can't find out what actually happened next? how did italy/albania/the commission countries resolve the issue, and where did the gold end up?
also, if anyone can find out and it happens to have been kept by the UK, could someone mention this in the corfu channel case article?
ta --Dak (talk) 06:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened next? 

message: The word 'case' in the title should not be italicized. 216.8.143.101 (talk) 13:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italics in title
Talk:KNUQ

message: Per the WP:Disambig page, "If only a primary topic and one other topic require disambiguation, then disambiguation links are sufficient, and a disambiguation page is unnecessary." Since the radio station call letters are the primary identification and the ICAO code reference to an airport is a secondary identification, a hat note is sufficient and requires no more steps than would a disambiguation page for people seeking the airport. - Dravecky (talk) 09:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rationale for deletion of disambiguation page
Talk:Holy Family Catholic High School (Minnesota)

message: Since 2007, when an enormous hunk of the "History" section of the school's own website, http://www.hfchs.org/, was introduced into this article, it has been a massive copyright violation, as well as shamelessly promotional. I have reverted to the last "clean" version, and did a bit to improve that old version as well. Please do not re-introduce copyright violations or promotional language. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 17:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversion to old version 

message: He sure knows how to capture a certain Pokemon Dols.
The Cantor function, denoted c(x), was a great help to Dr. Oak in finding the location where Dols hides; when Dr. Oak was questioned about the catching of pokemon Dols, he was quoted on saying that "Pokemon Dols was indeed harder to catch than that of the likes of Lugia and Entei!" 75.168.76.182 (talk) 05:24, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Professor Oak 

message: Dey gawt hotty gurlz an dat booty sew gud n nummy! :))) --Orange Mike  |  Talk 17:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  i luf holy family 
Talk:Energy recycling

message: energy recycling seems to be impossible because if it can happen then the 2nd law of thermodynamics will be violated.
I don't understand that. Please elaborate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishabh.view (talk • contribs) 16:50, 23 August 2012 (UTC)