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{{helpme}} I may be having a bit of trouble with the creator of an article I nominated for a speedy deletion: Brotherhood of the board. The sole author deleted my template once, and I am not sure whether the template, which I have put back there, will stay there. Vltava 68 06:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, it's been deleted. Vltava 68 06:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess that if it is not in your user contribs list, its not countedin your edit count in your preferences list, but it should be counted in this tool. Leujohn ^(talk) 06:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} How do I get an article's quality reassessed (or more specifically, the article for Poptropica)? I tried leaving a note at the responsible project page, but they never replied. Vltava 68 09:29, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I can think of. You could ask for one at the helpdesk if you like.  GARDEN  11:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why doesn't the infobox I added show up? Vltava 68 09:25, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It didn't specify which pre-formatted infobox to use. I fixed it. -- Mentifisto 12:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since you just gave me the message, I'll assume you're online. Can you help me compile the Fair Use Rationale while I'm changing the logo to SVG? Thanks. Leujohn ^(talk) 11:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your ER has been open past the 30 day limit, as a result, I have archived it. It gained one review, if you are not satisfied with that review, please renominated an appended nomination in the future. Best, --₮RUCӨ 20:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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{{helpme}} The table also contains the contents thingy, and I think it would look better if the contents thing was above the table (i.e. in the starting text). Unfortunately, I have no idea whatsoever of how to move the thing, or whether I even can. Vltava 68 06:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The table itself didn't have a closing tage ("}"), so I added it. Feel free to cut/paste the table wherever you deem it should go in the article (aka, be bold). :-) Killiondude (talk) 06:50, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vltava. You're right, the section is rather underdeveloped and "socialist composers" should be surely mentioned there. Here is a useful book about manipulation and censorship in the music, a part of this book is about music censorship in Eastern Germany, and I'm sure, that one Czech-English book was published also in the Czech Republic. There is a lot of material even for separate article. The Plastic People are one of the clearest examples of communist repression of the Czech popular music, it's already mentioned in the article. You can add their name and short specification to the section "bands". The current version of that article is mainly about American/English artists. --Vejvančický (talk) 07:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sasata (talk) 07:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vltava 68! I just wanted to inform you that I removed the speedy deletion tag you placed on Cities of the world- because: I suppose it could be deleted as a test page. But it could serve as a redirect If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me. decltype (talk) 10:23, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} Where do I change it? I'm sort of lost... Vltava 68 09:03, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Special:Preferences. You should find a link there. In the future, use the 'my preferences' link at the top-right of the page. — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 09:06, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No wonder, I knew it was in preferences, but I sort of overlooked it. Vltava 68 09:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I didn't know. Thanx. Laterzhan281 (talk) 03:59, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

why should an article about an actress who had main roles in major childrens tv shows be deleted?

i have provided a reference to her imbd page and a myspace which also lists her involvment with another show in the UK called Pop Idol.

she was an acress initially with credited roles and later decided to persue a career in music, but before she could release music she was killed in an accident. i dont see why she is NOT notable. there are less 'notable' people on here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 13ten (talk • contribs) 04:52, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're right in that WP:MUSIC basically covers 20/21st century music only, which is the most prevalent on Wikipedia. At this point, the primary criteria to follow for this kind of topic would be the general notability guideline (GNG), which covers all. To determine the notability of a more classic subject, I'd first try to search for significant reliable coverage (the basic premise of "notability"), whether the piece was featured somewhere, or performed by significant musicians at the time – in short, any evidence that it made a notable impact within its arena of music at the time. Web searching might be useful, although it will often turn up random or unhelpful hits. You might want to try Google Books, though, since it's quite useful for finding book sources. By the way, what's the article in question? JamieS93 22:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't speak or read German well, so I can't easily interpret the search results here. The question would be whether or not the reliable coverage is "significant" enough. The results may be clouded, too, since that may be a common German phrase, I don't know. de.wp is arguably the second most active and organized Wikipedia, though, and they don't seem to have the article, so I'm not sure about the notability at this point. You might not wish to do this, but if you really are concerned, you could always AfD the article yourself to ask for others' input if you question the article's notability. Best, JamieS93 00:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article List of Fictional Characters with Unnatural Age has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The list has remained empty since it was created on 5 July 2009. Also, the title should be List of fictional characters with unnatural age.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. LA @ 08:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I think it is stupid I couldn't change the title as writing under Priya Rai as it has being blocked. I believe Priya Rai (pornographic actress) should become Priya Rai nobody else has the name on wikipedia.

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Hi there! it was a list of URLS I removed, from what I read in WP:REF this does not constitute a list of references. There were no inline citations to correlate with the ref items listed so to me it just looked like a bunch of URLS, maybe there is a more effective way to utilize them? perhaps in-text linkage? Measles (talk) 09:15, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll help out when I get a chance. The in-game info should be, in my view, kept to an absolute minimum, unless there are verifiable third party sources to draw upon. This is really not my area, but I see this kind of problem a lot across wikipedia, I suppose the rules that apply to producing a synopsis for a movie article would be applicable here, but again, this is a grey area, because many of those articles never refer to independent sources. I tend to lean towards not including material, of any description, that is not properly sourced. Measles (talk) 09:00, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} The current IP I'm on is blocked from editing, so could someone undo the last two (or the second last only, but the last one was on the stuff added in in the former) edits by Professorbenji in International Christian School (Hong Kong)? It seems that the editor there was trying to divert attention (and make the article biased) from some of the controversy. Vltava 68 02:16, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, you should still be able to edit the article, as long as you are logged in. I would suggest trying again, (making sure that you are logged in) and if you cannot re add the {{helpme}} template, and we will work from there. Tim1357 (talk) 02:35, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If that does not work, try using the secure log-in, which should bypass whatever blocks are on your IP address. Tim1357 (talk) 02:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vltava 68, I was reading the article on ICS (Hong Kong) and noticed the section on "criticism & controversy". The criticism is very awkwardly written (i.e. written primarily from a negative POV) and the link is dead. Please could you provide an updated link and more information on the criticism. I have no direct link to the school - I just heard the name, and thought I would look up information about it. Muchado (talk) 02:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I need a your help improving Josef Bryks article for 17 November Template talk:Did you know#Josef Bryks. I will try to translate the rest of the article from Czech wikipedia. Thank you. --Snek01 (talk) 21:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I've been adding userboxen to my user page and noticed that you had several templates for composers that I admire. I'm one of those strange people that consider Dvorak's Symphony # 8 (née # 4) to be even greater than the New World Symphony and who prefers Smetana's Vyšehrad to Má vlast, and was wondering whether you will be adding templates for either of those composers.