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So Long, and Thanks for all the comments

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New criticism, comments, and feedback

From time to time I'll respond here and delete the old content; see history if you want the archive. J. D. Redding 22:50, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Telegeodynamics

The article Telegeodynamics has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:NOTMIRROR / single primary source public domain source material, not a real thing. Also self promotion of one editors book.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the page 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. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 16:21, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FAR notice

I have nominated Middle Ages for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Borsoka (talk) 03:37, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-''From time to time I'll respond here and delete the old content; see history if you want the archive''. --[[User:Reddi|J. D. Redding]] 05:50, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
+''From time to time I'll respond here and delete the old content; see history if you want the archive''. [[User:Reddi|J. D. Redding]] 22:50, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
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-[[User:Reddi|Reddi]],
-You may find it interesting to revisit the '''[[Wireless power]]''' or '''wireless energy transmission''' article and check out the recent changes.&nbsp; Here is an older version that will bring back some memories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wireless_power&direction=next&oldid=404193508  .
-Some additional words are located at [[User_talk:GLPeterson#Request_for_Assistance]].
-Best regards,<br>
-Gary, [[User:GLPeterson|GPeterson]] ([[User talk:GLPeterson|talk]]) 21:44, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
+==  [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:Telegeodynamics]] ==
-== Global account ==
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+The article [[:Telegeodynamics]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32;because of the following concern:
-Hi Reddi! As a [[:m:Stewards|Steward]] I'm involved in the upcoming [[:m:Help:Unified login|unification]] of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see [[:m:Single User Login finalisation announcement]]). By looking at your [[Special:CentralAuth/Reddi|your account]], I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on [[Special:MergeAccount]] and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with <nowiki>{{ping|DerHexer}}</nowiki>. Cheers, —[[User:DerHexer|DerHexer]]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:DerHexer|(Talk)]]</small> 11:55, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
+<blockquote>'''[[WP:NOTMIRROR]] / single primary source public domain source material, not a real thing. Also self promotion of one editors book.'''</blockquote>
-== Nomination of [[:Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla]] for deletion ==
-<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|48px|alt=|link=]]</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article '''[[:Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla]]''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] or whether it should be [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]].
+While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be [[WP:DEL#REASON|deleted for any of several reasons]].
-The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
+You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your [[Help:edit summary|edit summary]] or on [[Talk:Telegeodynamics|the article's talk page]].
-Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.<!-- Template:afd-notice --> [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 17:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
+Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion process]], but other [[Wikipedia:deletion process|deletion process]]es exist. In particular, the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]] process can result in deletion without discussion, and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]] allows discussion to reach [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for deletion.<!-- Template:Proposed deletion notify --> [[User:Fountains of Bryn Mawr|Fountains of Bryn Mawr]] ([[User talk:Fountains of Bryn Mawr|talk]]) 16:21, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
-== [[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]] ==
+== FAR notice ==
-{{Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/MassMessage}} [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 08:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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+I have nominated [[Middle Ages]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Middle Ages/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]].<!--Template:FARMessage--> [[User:Borsoka|Borsoka]] ([[User talk:Borsoka|talk]]) 03:37, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
-== Where did Tesla magnifier image come from? ==
-[[File:Magnifier-Tesla-Electrostatic.png|thumb|upright=0.3]]
-Hi!  I would like to find out where this image comes from.  You are listed as the uploader, but no source is given.  It is a valuable historic image, obviously public domain, but without source information it will eventually be deleted from Wikimedia Commons. I want to prevent that.  It is a circuit of Tesla's magnifying transmitter, drawn by Nikola Tesla, I would guess it is from one of his patents, but I can't find which.  Can you help?  Do you know the original source?  If not, where did you get it from?  Thank you very much for your help. --<font color="blue">[[User:Chetvorno|Chetvorno]]</font><sup>''<small>[[User talk:Chetvorno|<font color="Purple">TALK</font>]]</small>''</sup> 14:42, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
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-An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect [[Recent history]]. Since you had some involvement with the ''Recent history'' redirect, you might want to participate in [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 June 3#Recent history|the redirect discussion]] if you have not already done so. <!-- from Template:RFDNote --> [[User:Steel1943|<span style="color: #2F4F4F;">'''''Steel1943'''''</span>]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 19:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
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-An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect [[Fine arts movie]]. Since you had some involvement with the ''Fine arts movie'' redirect, you might want to participate in [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 July 1#Fine arts movie|the redirect discussion]] if you have not already done so. <!-- from Template:RFDNote --> [[User:Steel1943|<span style="color: #2F4F4F;">'''''Steel1943'''''</span>]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 19:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)