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Basis for deleting MC Mystic?
18:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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Inherently a game guide, providing little meaningful material but that which appears to have been copied directly from the manual and various websites. Patent gamecruft. Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 08:30, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Note: This deletion is very similar to List of maps in Battlefield 2142 and List of maps in Company of Heroes, which I believe set a precedent for this to be removed. Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 08:33, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete, this is unencyclopaedic gamecruft. I'm also concerned that using that many screenshots in the article is probably not fair use. Thryduulf 10:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete We're not a mapping resource for gameplayers. KillerChihuahua?!? 10:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete. I still despise the word cruft. But nominator has provided ample reasoning and precedent for deletion. - Mgm|(talk) 11:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete per nom. PJM 14:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete, per nom and per precedent. Ramsquire 19:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Delete per nom. Khatru2 05:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC) Delete per nom. --M8v2 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I do know that the page was very much incomplete, but it's a work in progress. Plus, it was on the requested page list for HaloWikiProject. It wasn't copied from any manual or website as was stated in the report, nor is it "cruft." As I said in the talk page, I was planning on improving it. Plus, there weren't any screenshots in the entire page. Why were screenshots even mentioned in the report? Please consider this, I'm wanting to improve this site however I can, but I need the opportunity.
I'm relatively new to this. Why can the existing KAMB article mention Midnight Massacre LARP at Origins and I cannot mention the KAMB LARP at Archon 30? I did not see how the Origins paragraph rises to the level of reliable sources you expect me to meet.
There is more justification for the KAMB entry and Atomic Squash article on this page:
I conducted an interview with Ryan Burns, it was not an expierment, and I tried to post the results of that interview as an article on Wikipedia. If you could just get back to me and let me know why you deleted it, that would be great. Thanks
Why would u delete the page on Bryce Adams. He is a profound film maker and you have just thrown the article out like THAT. You have no respect for film making, and obviously no life. please email me at bryceadATgmailDOTcom and let me know why you deleted it. I really look up to him.
Why did you delete the page on Bill Topich? You said it belonged in the test pages. I disagree. How much fame do you need to be posted here?
Thanks again. I'm sorry I got angry at you. Thank you for preserving Wikipedia from spammers. Sorry about the high lord heilio-whatever-it-was-thing. that was really over the top.
Why would you delete the page about BridgeMonkeys??? And we were making it so nice... What's the matter???
We the nation of Chewmerica are in outrage over your deleting of our glorious leaders views on the Nth Korean nuclear test. we want answers, for proof of such nation visit , you can see our leader and his cabinet discuss this terrifying issue. We hope that our leaders view on this issue can be voiced on wikipedia soon, our nation can not afford web space anywhere else.
Thank you for removing the Infinience article and I have removed a subsequent article I was in the act of writing about an app of the company. I read the WP:CORP article, and will follow it accordingly. Thank you! --
15:09, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I was told I could recreate the article if it was substantially different, and I guess what is substantially different is in the eye of the beholder. But if you look at the old article and this one, you will see they are completely different. I don't mean to create trouble by readding it but the deleting admin said that I could. I was able to find a reliable source that talks about her television commercials, and I feel strongly that the article is much better and fits the standards to be included. If you want to still delete it, then yes I will seek a deletion review. And I will get blocked for readding an article that I was told I could? That hardly seems fair.-- 14:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I see the page is now deleted and protected. Why was this article not given a chance in afd?-- 14:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
NawlinWiki, I respect your efforts, but the user behind that particular user name is not 'Louis Shum'. I have had previous adminstrators work on deleting libelous segments of that page, which is pretty much the whole thing.
Previously the same impersonator used 'Louis Shum' you may see that currently the user name is locked for good.
I have a pretty good idea about who the person in question is, but no proof. Even then there is very little I can do.
If one was to type in "Louis Shum" in Google, that particular page full of colorful fiction is the top search result - you can imagine how stressful this would be if someone done this to your own real name. (as in the one in your passports and and bank statements)
I have followed through Wiki guidelines on dealing with I ignored, I requested to delete it politely, I tried for mediation but its non-binding.
Wikipedia is not censored - but for articles there would be standards on the biography of living persons. Why not userpages?
07:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Nawlin, my comments on pederasty were not vandalism but factually accurate statements. I think your warning is unfounded. I would like some way to resolve these differences amongst us or go to a conflict resolution.
Honesty987
I put the speedy tag on
as the only edit to it was vandalism.
15:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if this is the right place. How long have you spent in the Faeroe Islands then?
Hi Nawlin, could use your expert opinion on how to handle a situation. I've been helping a newbie (who's not that great at English) cleaning up a series of articles. One of them,
was nominated for AfD (here ) in what appears to be a bad-faith nomination. The editor seems to have become frustrated with the process, has changed his/her vote a couple of times, now is going by a different name ("Protector") and, what I'm asking you about here, has now created a duplicate article with a slightly different name, . It looks like the AfD will end up with a "keep", so should this new one be speedied now, or wait for the AfD to close? Or, would it be more appropriate to simply redirect the new one to the old one? Thanks for your guidance.
15:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Comment This whole thing is becoming very troubling. Yes I am a new contributor but I am far from being stupid or naive or “confused.” I was educated in the US and I have earned my Ph.D. in 1979. One of my books earned the title: "Outstanding Academic Title" by CHOICE, Academic Library Magazine, 2003. I still do not know who is ITY who did the "bad-faith nomination" but what I do know that
are the same.
his user page writes: "When I need a break from writing, I can be found patrolling special: newpages and voting in AfD...I've put a lot of time into writing and editing articles to make this encyclopedia better, and I don't like see all the real junk that shows up to clutter the place." This statement can be a really big problem for wikipedia! his user page writes: "Thank you to Wikipedia editors for helping me. 74.66.233.248 is me too." Retrieved from "" This is again 's user site since he is using my own words in this page which was an earlier response of mine to his criticism. So consequently
are the same. I still wonder who is ITY!? Should the initiator of the deletion process have no responsibility? Is it free for all? Can one create a fictitious
and using a stolen identity i.e. quoting me? These activities can lead to real problems. I do believe that what I am doing is a solid service and I even pay for it. Thank you for redirecting the article .
I'm not sure how you're connecting me to . This is my only account.
17:26, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
I fixed the duplicate article and closed the AFD -- I'm staying out of any debate between the above users, and asking them to do any further debating somewhere other than my talk page.
17:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to not lose my cool, but Hercovic/protector/ doesn't appreciate those of us who have been helping her. I am editing since June and I've helped her along with Akradecki, but not any more. I'm getting annoyed by her ridiculous and foolish behavior. Her accusations are like her editing -- not accurate. Incidentally I wrote the "thank you to editors" comment in August, because I appreciated being helped. She doesn't write her similar comment to Akradecki till mid-September.
18:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi there! My original reason for requesting speedy deletion of the
article was as a copyvio of the website . At the bottom of that page, there is the following copyright notice: All content herein copyright 2003 Jeff Cavins unless otherwise noted :: . Does this still require an AFD, or can it be speedied for copyvio? I appreciate your help! -- 20:48, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
You deleted pebranding. I am just learning my way around the wiki-verse. Maybe it was a little vain of me to call myself, a leader in pebranding. Any advice in getting this as an entry? I'm trying to learn.
Thank You, B. Turner
May I ask that you inform user 66.193.232.253 on the proper way to propose a deletion and the issues and policies involved in the article ? I think I've properly explained it to him on the talk page, but I'd like to be fair. The main issue to me is that he has wanted to use the article as puffery and self-advertisement, and wanted to delete anything - however well documented-- that is critical. Thanks for any help possible. 11:38, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my , which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. --
13:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Why was this page deleted?
Thanks if you couldn't tell I'm new at this.
Kudos for keeping a cool head just now. I don't know what we're dealing with in this particular case. -
14:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
21:42, 5 October 2006 NawlinWiki (Talk | contribs) deleted "Bruce Clay" (a7, g11 spam for seo guy Bruce Clay has spent many a years working with Search Engine Marketing Strategies as well as providing education. Bruce Clay is known for helping internet marketers worldwide an effective way to increase search engine traffic.)
Question??? How can I add this section for the Famous SEO's Bruce Clay? What did I do that was wrong or spam?
I was referencing the other SEO's on the
Page and followed the wiki style from .
Why would that wiki post pass and Bruce Clay's did not...
I am just trying to get clarity
Thanks for the warning – I got edit conflicted so many times trying to revert that guy, I was about to leave something very rude and angry on his page :) —
- 18:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I meant to add "Mountain Whales" to the Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense page. It won't happen again.
I'm confused. How is a local politician notable enough for Wikipedia?
18:09, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
The article
was recreated with the same deleted comment... I'm going to tag the page for a speedy deletion, but I thought I'd let you know. ]] 23:54, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Why is Conor J Murphy being Deleted. All the information in there is verifiable, and there is no copyrighted content. Tell me at least what needs to be changed. -harthansen
Facts on a small UK business. Why was this taken off?
Were you aware of the personal attacks against you at ? Just thought you'd want to know.
15:59, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Please Stop Removing Kate Ashby & Please Stop Delete Speedy Deletion Note From Nickelodeon & Nickelodeon 2
I am in the process of creating an article (random Hand) which you have deleted for some reason ???? Why was the article removed after i started to edit it ??? ( 17:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC))
Thanks for replying, i understand why u deleted it, i always save and preview a lot just to see if have got the wiki links right but i am adding to it now :-) ( 17:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC))
we have been involved in disscussion for the article
the page is full of unverified and false claims and paparazzi style comments, so Nunh-huh and his budy SandyDancer, do keep reverting an article that is now ready for reconstruction in a good fashion manner, please look in to the details and eventually revert to the neutral accurate page , if you agree.-- 17:38, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Or, better, suggest to your friend Netquantum that he do the appropriate thing and discuss the changes he wants to make on the talk page of the article in question. -
17:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the words of advice. I am trying to learn the format as I go along. Hopefully soon enough I will get it right and be able to edit and create substantiative artivcles. Any other advice?
Would you take a look at the contributions of ? Based on the timing of the account creation and similarity of edits, mainly creating and populating duplicitive categories with the same capitalization errors, I strongly believe this to be a sock of
whom you banned as a vandal for the same behavior. Thanks!
01:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Please see the discussion at
and reconsider this deletion.
15:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure you are familiar with this company as It is an Official Company name and not an ad. Please investigate a little before speedy delete ok I see you are working really hard to help as I am as well but this is a good article on a company just as
is. I added to the talk page so please review and remove the tag. Thanks again. -- 16:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Please do not delete this I would like a review from an admin before it is deleted as I feel this is a good company description and not an ad. Heck I haven't even had time to make changes before it is gone. I am requesting you to refer this to an admin before it is deleted again.
Please let me know if this is ok so we can work together to get this resolved or what need to do to get it so it can be added.-- 16:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
The Barnstar of High Culture
For reverting the speedy tag on
16:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm not a vandal, I just need to get a message to the mom of my kids and I can't talk to her because of a restraining order but you make it impossible when you delete my articles, don't you have a heart? I send it to her on AIM and she reads it, whatever thanks anyways.
You are asking Wikipedia to help you violate a restraining order? Nice.
20:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
oops that was the vandalized version. Please undelete. I have recreated one revision. -
/ 03:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Is anything the matter? -
/ 03:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Please undelete history. Thx. -
/ 03:55, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
You did it. Thx. -
/ 04:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I would just like to know why you deleted my page. No true reason has been given, I would be ok if I knew. As of yet there is none, please let me know and tell me what I could do to make it better. Thanks.
04:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, big thanks from a new user. :) You're very speedy with the vandals. I'll get back to reverting their crap now.
17:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Though I know it is my responsibility to show factual information, it does not give you the right to say its not factual just because you are ignorant on the subject of volunteer emergency services. If you don't know anything about this subject and refuse to contact anyone to see if its factual, then why would you tag the page for speedy deletion. That is like me tagging your John Anderson page because I have no idea who he is. I don't know anything about sports so i should just ASSUME what you say is false? No, I'm not going to do that. Why? Because unlike some people, not saying you, I do not refute information that I am not aware of. But hey, thats me. Don't you think I have a point. If I were you I would be like, "yeah, he has a point. I think I will also take the initiative to find out if this is correct because I jumped to conclusions without all the information". At least thats what i would do. ----
I noticed your removal of the speedy tag and edit summary. This is definitely a notable store, and I'm in the process of collecting some sources on the talk page. I'll cite this article up this week, so feel free to pass the baton. Cheers.
00:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Great work!
01:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone added a [] tag, so I put in a footnote, but I wonder if our reference systems are clashing? As it seems there is some interest among at least one other editor in seeing this article sourced to its eye teeth I might go ahead and use your sources link as another footnote and remove the sources section. Let me know if you had something else in mind.
17:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi NawlinWiki, I note you blocked a few sockpuppets of Bulish yesterday. Another has been created, see . Regards,
01:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Didn't mean to offend anybody. We discussed this here: . The
redirects to Duke, so I don't see why UNC nicknames wouldn't qualify. - 03:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Ok, sounds good to me. I personally agree with you on this topic and think none of them should exist at all as I explained in the AfD discussion. I just created them because at the end it seemed like that's what people wanted. Also, when closing the discussion it was noted: "Please note that whilst I've recreated the article as a redirect to UNC-Duke rivalry, that is not part of this afd closure, the redirect destination can be changed via discussion on the article's talk page." I guess
didn't bother to have a discussion and took it upon himself to redirect it already. I'm still unclear though. If
redirects to
why shouldn't
and others also redirect to ? - 04:09, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi! Thank You for prime-minister data :-)
11:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi there! Nothing personal, I'm just curious what are your reasons for removing the candidate for speedy deletion tag from ? None were given in the edit summary
11:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
How is creating pages such as stateofcrime vandalism please?
Meh... If it's in the wrong place, sorry, im new. :)
Ok thanks for your reply, I read the article(s) you posted and still cannot see why it was deleted other than for being re-created, it has been edited from the version that was deleted the first time too. It did not contain any advetising material, such as "Go here it's great" I actually editied out the advertisement that was copied from the origional site. In addition to this it is not a commercial entity per se, I.E. - It's free...
Hi, I was editing this when you deleted it, although I did not create it. I believe it could have been a good article, if it had been sourced and wikified. I know one editor marked it as nonsense, but I don't think that was a correct tag.
15:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hah! Okay, now I get it.
15:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
My bad. — Preceding
comment added by
( o ) 11:11, October 12, 2006
Hi. I see you're on NP patrol and I wonder could you give me a hand. The
article is completely nn - it's a party invitation literally . I've tagged and retagged it as A7, warned the creator with {{}} but the tag is repeatedly removed by an anon. Any chance of taking a look and, if I'm right about its non-notability, deleting (there's a huge backlog of speedies and you're liable to miss this one anyway as the tag's not there half the time...). If you don't think A7's appropriate let me know and I'll AfD the thing. Regards,
16:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Cheers, mate.
16:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
It deeply offends me that you doubt the authenticity of Norway's proud tradition of celebrating the Feast of the Turd Fairy. Clearly you are so closed minded that any thing that seems slightly out of the ordinary must be fabricated. Maybe if you would take some time out of your rampant Wikipedia editing sessions and went outside and met some actual Norwegians you would see that the Turd Fairy is as big a part of Norway's culture as the Tooth Fairy is to American culture. With all due respect it deeply saddens me that people like you can so hatefully dismiss something as fiction because you have never taken the time time learn about others cultures and traditions.
I am wondering that if I can write about my school or not cos i would like to but i want to know?
18:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Here, add this to your trophy case: . "You must be doing something right!" (TM) -
/ 18:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I notice that you blocked 67.110.176.68 for vandalism at 14:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC). Take a look at
and you will see that 67.110.176.68 is already at it again. Please can you put another block in place. Cheers,
20:09, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
More vandalism going on (). If it's within the rules, please block. Cheers,
17:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
That was in no way a bad faith listing.
was flagging comments as being from special purpose accounts when in fact some of them were from accounts whose histories showed that they were not, and others were simply dial-up assignments. He was warning against this indiscriminant flagging, then deleted the warning. He was then warned against deleting warnings, so
simply acted as his proxy. You are letting
hide his history and
game the system. — 20:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Further to your temporary block of
on October 5, please note that this user continues to vandalise Wikipedia.
21:12, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
won't stop removing the db-copyvio tag from . What now?
21:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for removing that from wikipedia. --  21:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I understand your concerns about the photo copyright credits, and they could have been remedied. What is your reasoning for disqualifying this article as "experimenting" ?
206.131.39.68 has destroyed Lutefisk article, and many others today. I saw you gave a final warning on the page of user 206.131.39.68. I have no idea what to do with it, or how to report it. -- 18:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the support! I am sorry but I have to decline at this time. I admit to being interested in being an admin, but I am due to have a kidney transplant in the near future and will need time to recover before I can assume these duties. Thank you for the vote of confidence, may I reconsider after I have recovered?
01:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the userbox page help. I'm very new to the idea of creating userboxes, and I still have to figure out how to get the code to work as a template that other can use, like {{user stuffed animals}}. Out of curiosity, where exactly did my page accidentally go? I hope it wasn't just off the root directory! Thanks again. -- 02:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the compliment! I think I have also figured out how to get the userbox to that it can be easily used by other people: putting it in its own subpage off of my Userboxes page, and using that page as a master directory. Works a lot like
(among other OSs). Thanks again. -- 03:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for putting in the date of death for the tennis player John Hennessey. I see you've done a lot of similar edits -- my question is: what is "SSDI"? Whatever it is, it seems to be a very useful tool. Thanks....
03:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, great! I *thought* that SS might mean Social Security.... See you at Galatoire's one of these days -- I hope!
04:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't have time for this nonsense. Know of an appropriate way to speedy? -
03:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Check out . Looks like a misplaced note for you.
04:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
if you deleted my entry on Dollaratta i would ask that you reinstate the page on Heuristic art and consider that this was a sincere attempt to examine the implications of new forms of media in a sociological context. if you are neither a spoilsport nor the nsa, i hope you consider reading the books: Systems of Survival by Jane Jacobs, Order out of Chaos by Illya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers, General System Theory by Ludwig von Bertalanffy. — Preceding
comment added by
Hi. I saw you put a semiprotect notice on the article ... has the page actually been semiprotected by an administrator? Or did you just put the notice on it (which doesn't have any actual effect).
15:28, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks ... it was a good decision. I checked your user page first but didn't see any obvious sign that you were an admin ... if I'd seen that I wouldn't have asked. Cheers.
15:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Interested as to why you reverted the factually sourced (with the requisite attribution) addition of Doyle's first class averages. I daresay the man himself would wish them known.
I overturned your speedy deletion here and b I've explained myself there, thought you might want to comment.
19:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Why was this article deleted?
I generally block idiots like this guy whose only edit was a personal attack of the level that he did. He mentioned his victims by name and the guy had no other edits whatsoever. Someone like that isn't likely to create a featured article anytime soon.  :) I don't blow someone out of the water like that often, but this guy was just useless as an editor. Pure vandalism. -
01:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
"Professional day" is a term commonly used by recruiter/head-hunters in the united states when describing the work atmosphere to job candidates. If you go to job recruitment sites such , ,
and time the term "Professional day" you will always come up with search result including the term. It is often a source of confusion for people who are new to consulting and therefore I posted it here because the term is so poorly explained elsewhere. Please reinstate the article and allow others to contribute. Don't be so trigger happy with the delete button please.
can stay as far as I' it's just something I ran across on RC patrol. I take it that my idea of "notable" is not well calibrated for W Bae seems to have a ways to go yet before she reaches "one-hit wonder" status, let alone pulls even with .  :-) Cheers,
13:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, NawlinWiki! Thank you for supporting me in my , which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a
if you need any assistance. :)
-- 15:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Lingnerism is a very real movement. Check facbook if you don't believe me. You should do some research before automatically deleting whatever you want to.
stop killin sandbox2! 15:33, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Basis for deleting ? -- 17:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Please note that if my username is blocked it is very easy to get a new one :) Thanks for deleting a lot of content -- 18:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
The article you deleted was not intended as advertising. In light of the propsed PEEL wiki, I was creating a page here on the mother of all wiki sites that would in time be expanded to briefly cover the facts regarding
(as opposed to the ruthless self-aggandising that is planned for the PEEL wiki).
I shall not be re-creating the article again, but I hope you realise that you have removed potentially meritorious content, and may be putting off members from creating articles.
21:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I reported the username because it sounds similar to the vandal .
21:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
The AOL user was blocked on October 15, 2006...and then went back to vandalizing. -- 15:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
The reason the user was reported at AIAV was because his username was similar to vandals that  ( ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · ) has blocked, notably  ( · ) and  ( · ) - however, this user is not a sockpuppet of any of these users - I can confirm this, because I know the user  ( · ) personally.
Please inform Pgk about this, and let him know, if he wants verification, to just drop SunStar Net an email about this... OK??
Hope this helps! -- 17:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
If I decided to go for administrator privileges, would you support it? -
17:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Awesome! Now how does this work? -
02:46, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay. I'm not the type to nominate myself, but if there's an effective way to do so (e.g.: highlight my strong desire to fight vandalism), let me know.
One more thing: smile once in a while. You seem a bit tense. :)
Good night! -
03:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I only said you should smile more because you smiled in your original response to me, and it was something I can't recal I hope you weren't offended or put off by it. -
02:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
My RfA is . Thanks again! -
21:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry to get angry at you. You do delete a huge amount of vandalisim every day. Thank you for working to help Wikipedia. I just got angry that you deleted my article about the Zumbooruk.
Okay, I got an email from a registered user who would like to edit on Wikipedia from their school. The problem is that the school (Liverpool High School) is blocked at the moment. I am not so sure how to address the question due to my inexperience in dealing with such blocks, but I am wondering if it is possible for a non-blocked registered user to edit from a blocked IP address?
20:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it took me a while to find it because the user didn't tell me what the IP was. I unblocked
and then re-blocked them with anon-IP only. Hopefully it works.
20:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Before nominating an article for speedy deletion, please consider whether an article could be improved or reduced to a stub. Also, please note that some Wikipedians create articles in multiple saves, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its initial creation.
I had just created
and , both as stubs, and was working on them. I estimate nomore than 5 minutes passed between the creation and your deletion... :/ — 21:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I'll have to quote again, from the very page you indicated me:
Important note: Failing to satisfy the notability guidelines is not a criterion for speedy deletion.
Like I said, your deletion didn't even give me the ti I created the structure, went on to create the album article, and when I come back, the article is no more. It's hard to contribute like this. As for the notability guidelines, the most I can indicate to assert for the band's notability is . They really enjoyed some popularity, and did a series of concerts on Portuguese [Fnac] stores. Is there any way that the content I had submitted is recovered, or I'll have to start from zero? — 21:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
It's not Portuguese, it's Spanish. ;) Thanks for
I'll build content ("juice") upon that before re-creating them. — 21:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know:
I saw that two users were vandalizing the pages repeatedly and both appeared to be single purpose vandalism-only accounts, so I blocked them indefinitely. ( and )
21:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I was doing some NP patrol and saw you deleted the
article per CSD G1. Aside from the fact that the article should really be titled , this looks real, as absurd as the concept sounds. I was doing some Google searching and came across a couple of major-media links:
Now, whether or not Fried Coke is notable enough for an article here could well be debatable, but I thought I'd bring to your attention that it isn't patent nonsense. :) --
15:43, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
H just for your information, this user vandalised your warning to him. I have reverted to your warning and added a {{}} template.-- 17:33, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Can you look at what I've erased from my talk page
and tell me if I'm over-reacting ? I mean, is it a personal attack? (I hope you don't mind my dire I just didn't want to bring it up on ) Thanks. --
18:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for having removed the copyvio section and stopped the speedy deletion procedure on -- 10:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
From being a tightass. It was a joke. I have made a fair number of valid edits, and i don't need you telling me not to have fun every once in a while. Just remove it from the article and move on.-- 16:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Moisture Content - Nice work!
-- 17:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
I sent this editor a warning about article
while you were blocking him because of two articles I had not come across. Such is life.-- 19:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Please if you could tell me why you deleted the Article for Tanman, I would appreciate it.
wmmforizzl
has smiled at you! Smiles promote
and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{:}}, {{:}} or {{:}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!
I am working with removing bad redirects, and I need one deleted that is protected. The page name is . Thanks very much. --Willy
( - ) 12:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, I was not able to edit it, it said for me it was fully protected. But, now it is not taking up space anymore. Thanks, --Willy
( - ) 12:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I took my unblock accepted back immediately when I saw your block come thre IRC :)
17:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi NawlinWiki! I wanted to let you know that
is requesting to be unblocked. You indefinitely blocked him/her as a vandal-only account, which at the time seemed quite reasonable. The request for unblocking seems legitimate, but of course, if his/her younger brother continues to vandalise Wikipedia, then I'd be in favour of reinstating the block. I wanted to let you know and give you the opportunity to make the decision, as you were the blocking admin. Cheers!
02:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi again! It seems as if my message got lost in all the correspondance that seems to grace your talk page. The unblock request has since been denied, but by a non-admin who doesn't seem to be assuming any semblace of good faith. I was wondering if you'd check out the situation (I'm in favour of unblocking, but I wouldn't do that without your approval as the blocking admin). Cheers!
18:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Ah, ok. Thanks a lot! Sorry for the confusion (I was tripped up by the block message and its declination)
18:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I noticed the category you created for siblings of the U.S. Presidents, , and I have significantly expanded it. While editing the category, a thought occurred, under Wikipedia's , would it be appropriate to rename the category to limit inclusion to the siblings of U.S. Presidents? -- 03:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take a look at . Regards, --
03:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Rather than delete in a matter of seconds, why not explain to the submitter the reason?
I removed that content a second after you userfied it, thinking the user had placed it there. But I think it should stay blanked - since it appears to be an attack on someone. I've seen this before, and no longer tag bio pages for userfy since they often contain negative content, and the person posting may be someone else. -- 21:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
When I ask you to check few things for me, stop beinga jerk and be civil, you are only making things worse, did you correct anything? I doubt it.
Hey, could you help, this user,
is spamming a LOT of Bollywood sites with external links rubbish. Can you do something about it, if you think he's spamming? I currently don't have the bandwidth to do anything other than {spam} him? Cheers
11:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Cheers fella. Your tools are probably quicker than my hands (if you catch my drift...)
12:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Why do you not consider the removal of an AFD and talk page warnings not vandalism when it seems the Wikipedia policy is that they are vandalism?
16:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
has now been created for a fourth time. We do need to stop this. Will you protect the page, please?
19:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you.
19:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I got into a lengthy discussion about a newcomer yesterday who was a bit bitter about his first creation being deleted.  ( · ) had his
speedy deleted. I put up the db tag and you closed the deal. So I explained to him on his talk page the basics of
but I asked him to contact you if he still felt that his article was ok. Apparently, he did leave a message on your talk page (albeit one that lacks context ) and you haven't responded. This of course is quite ok as you're certainly pretty busy but if possible I'd like you to have a word with him just so that we don't unnecessarily lose a newbie on a misunderstanding. Thanks,
21:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Just curious why you deleted this usertalk...isn't it normal to have them simply archive such things?-- 21:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, what happened? Why was all history of the page removed??
21:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Don't worry about it...and thanks for the restoration.-- 04:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
This user (Mjk2357) has restored three times an article that was deleted four times by various administrators, including by you: . As noted elsewhere, this user has a personal vendetta against the forum where he was banned for multiple rules infractions (/forum/ , username: mjk1093, using IPs such as 68.80.88.*, 4.239.156.*, 4.90.214.*, 68.38.121.*, 68.57.31.*, 68.80.69.*, 68.80.88.*, provided for verification) and is using Wikipedia as his personal attack soapbox. I request that this user be banned. In addition, the company attacked by Mjk2357 is one of the first (if not the first ever) benefactors of the Wikimedia Foundation (, August 2004, whois on ).
I've accepted the decision of the admins on the article. However, this guy is a pretty obvious sockpuppet of . Check it out. Obviously I've ruffled some spammer feathers. Can't say that bothers me!
00:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your unspeedying of . I just didn't have anything to write there, but I guess I'll get some information and expand the article a bit. Again thanks for saving the poor little article : ) -- 17:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
NawlinWiki, Thanks for the tolerance - I appreciate it must be annoying! I've found out what I needed to know and it has stopped!
Just to explain, I tried in my testarea and it came up with an odd message - something to do with namespace, but how would I know that if I played in the sandpit that it would work on the main pages!
The main benefit is that I now know templates can substitute different text (it sounds obvious now that I say it!).
So, Next queston, how do I create a template to automatically put text in my own article?
How do I get a template to work in my testpages?
Don't worry if you are busy - I'll eventually work it out! -- 17:50, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Is this more sufficient?
18:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Is this where i leave stuff?? please reconsider the Hobomolobo page, i think local bands are very notable, especially from such a small town like stowmarket. —The preceding
comment was added by
Could you please take a look at the page Kirra Greece that I've created? And could you please edit it? Thank you!
22:25, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello N'awlins, On what basis did you delete the various categories of articles to be merged by month? They included content, and were perfectly functional new categories that were being used to help cleanup a backlog of articles to be merged. As far as I know (since I was working with them yesterday) there was absolutely no CFD review or notice on the appropriate discussion pages of "merge by month" and "articles to be merged." They are also completely harmless. By deleting these pages, you are undoing cleanup work, and producing more work for very experienced editors who probably have better things to do. Please do not delete pages, categories, or anything else out of process and without checking with the people who are working on them. Assume good faith. Thank you.
02:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
no worries. If they all had 0 members, it's because someone magically came along and dealt with their contents in the last 24 hours, so that's pretty cool... whoever tagged housekeeping wasn't paying much attention, I suppose. It is confusing because the "by month" part of the merge tag was only added in September, so there's a large backlog of articles that folks are retagging. So while the categories look old, they were all in fact created in the last few weeks. Such is cleanup!
02:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi! It's been less than 24 hours, and already I can't find the contribution I made about Hazzard. Has it already been deleted? I live in GMT+1, so I've been asleep since I wrote the article.
I found the following criterion for notability in music ensembles: "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that
note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such." Perhaps I forgot, but I thought I mentioned in the article that Herman Frank used to be in Accept, a band which is certainly notable.
yours, Odd M. Nilsen
Edit: I took the liberty of creating the article once more, and more thoroughly. I've included justification for the article on its discussion page. Forgive me if I'm making superfluous remarks or talking to the wrong person here.
yours, Odd M. Nilsen
Can I ask how you userfy someone - just saw you do it to info that you sent to . Are you an Admin or can anyone move this info?? 14:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks very much :):) 14:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Your advice please on the
page. Firstly, he created it himself after claming it was here for two years before. So I userfied it. He has since re-created it under different names "patrick smyth" and such like, and it is leaving a trail of redirects. I'm finding it hard to keep up. I thought it was going to be straight forward, but it's beyond me at the moment. Cheers.
15:41, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Phew, thanks. Stick to my depth in future. I'm trying to try all the facets of Wiki at the moment - I think until I gen up on all the stuff, if in doubt, I will stay out! Thanks for your help.
15:47, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey. You speedy deleted
on Oct 23 per CSD A7.
shows that the article did assert notability by mentioning
as a former member, and also
as a record label. This meets one criterion, possibly two criteria, of . I believe the article was originally just an infobox and I was the one who wrote the very short lead for it. Would you consider undeleting it and giving it a proper Afd? I'm sure it will survive it. .
15:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
It might have been a short article but an infobox with that much information does provide context, so I don't think it could've been speedied even per A1. And as of my experience, speedy deleting articles like these is discouraged, especially since it can
a newbie. But thanks for bringing the content back up. I'll see what I can come up with it when I have time. Cheers,
16:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey. Just letting you know I've re-created the article at , in case you want to Afd. The original title didn't follow the naming conventions. I guess it was created by the user who uploaded the logo?
12:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
It clearly states in order for a band to be notable that they must be a representative of an underground scene. The Social Fucks are becoming wildly popular in the sout florida punk scene and have become an icon of the re-creation of punk in south florida. Im not sure if im actuallly typing to Nawlins but I am jsut proving that there should at least be a SMALL page about them. I dont know what else to say man. I am not int he social fucks this is actually some one who runs the clubs down here in south florida. And i believe fully these KIDS shoudl be credited. So please let me write this small page.
Im going to load up that page one more time man. I run all the shows down here in Flroida and I havn't seen a band quite like these kids since the summer of 87 when I watched Black Flag take the stage by storm. These kids are ridiculous and need to be heard. So please.
How do I give verifiable resources?
There are youtube videos and I believe there was a small article somewhere about them closing down club X-it becuase of the social fucks, and if not that i also think there is over a million stupid little talks about them online
thx for that, im kinda new around here....i was especialy surprised by the speediness and efficiency that u showed...keep up the good work....maybe later i can write it in a way by which i can show u that he is indeed important for the locals there....thx.....ahmed.
so cant i like put that info on wikipedia in some other way??? oh alrite, but what if i can recreate the article but prove that he is indeed important. what do u mean by verifiable? (apart from its literal meaning) how am i suppoed to prove it to u guys......okay lemme give u an example. he took part in a mass gathering which was covered by a national tv channel. how am i supposed to verify that....?
so im gonna have to go to their website (hope that they have one) and then hope again that they maintain an archive of all their reports. comeon man this is PAKISTAN. not da usa. GEO news ppl wouldve recorded the thing. displayed it for 30 seconds and moved on. but were getting ahead of ourselves. when i write about that then i hope we can have a chat on it......but thx for givin me the general idea of things.
hey another thing.......how can the original editor of 'jhang' VERIFY that amanullah khan sial or anyother guy is a politician or a poet or a writer or something.......have u asked for that or dont u need to do that if its just a name in an article and not a whole page on it?
yeah but then u would have to delete everything on it......and that would definately suck and i would not want that to be honest.
aww man that suks.......u deleted all that info......and most of it was true (by the way im not the original author of that page just a resident). u deleted all that so u may as well delete 'A Famous Punjabi piece of poetry in Praise of Motherland Jhang' or the co-ordinates since he hasnt verified it!!!
i dont think u quite understand me........jhang is in PAKISTAN....and jhang is a backward city....where most things can hardly be verifiable.....i think this is just being unfair on us.
Hello, I noticed you edited a
related article. If you wish you can join the new . —
21:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi apologies I am usually a seriuos contibutor e.g see
but I just got in and saw this under the requests. I couldn't help it Who on earth asked for this?
21:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take a look at Biblical literalism I was going to report it over to 3RR but it's not really a 3RR thing but it is a edit war.
21:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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( . ) 11:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking . I've been watching him make a mess for a long time. --
18:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
HI I am very new to wikipedia so I want help/specific explanation. Why would you call it nonsense to report the common use of a term in the past? I grant it isn't a term heard at all now, but I poled a group of older people in my office (think over 60) and every one of them knew the term and smiled. Then they proceeded to tell their own stories of using it, and honestly I didn't want to hear about make out point from the old geasers at my office, but still they were raised all over the US. I thought it might be because all my sources were personal. My friends have given me sources for the term and I want to re-enter. They say it originated in an old movie, and I should have the name of it by this time tomorrow. The term has also been used in an "Everybody Loves Raymond" episode and by one of the comics on that redneck comic tour with Jeff Foxworthy. Another friend is going to give me the tape of that so I can also list who said it. It's becoming quite evident CCD turn (Come Closer Dear turn) was a widely used thing back in the fifties and into the sixties, and it probably died out as I said with the advent of seatbelt laws and the decline of popularity of front bench seats. I guess it does seem a silly thing, but no sillier than any of the other explanations of terms based on movies and tv shows listed on here. I can't see that it is any more nonsense than to say there is actually a term "Mickey Mousing". I mean I am sure we all use that term every day!
I went ahead and speedied this article you prodded - it's been posted five times in the past 24 hours, by three different SPAs. Feel free to overturn this if you think the prod should run its course. --
20:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Hmm... there is no Article 7...
How notable is LTHForum? I understand that there's no great need for a biography of every chat site on earth.
doesn't really need its history preserved on Wikipedia. But, I was looking things up and found the entry on eGullet, which is a prominent food chat site and has a pretty good entry on it. Then I tried to look up Chowhound, probably the best known food site, and it doesn't have anything. So I was thinking of writing Chowhound's entry, but that would be a larger project, so I decided to knock off a smaller one first. Smaller, but nevertheless, if food chat sites are of any consequence at all as a group, then LTHForum-- which is quite influential in Chicago, which is arguably the most important city in America and frequently referenced in local and even occasionally in national media (if old media is the new media's standard for importance), and thus the sort of thing someone might look up on Wikipedia once in a while when they run across it somewhere-- ought to have a few paragraphs as eGullet does, and as Chowhound doesn't, but should.
So I dunno, you tell me if it belongs. Hopefully you'll tell me somewhere less ephemeral than Article 7 proved to be...
You redirected this page to something else (probably while I was sorting out the AfD stuff) - should I delist it? The original author has since made a hash of the AfD page as well.
12:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Do you think the crap (beg your pardon) on this talk page matters anybody? It does not deal with the article, it's just fan rubbish. We not delete it? Confused,
15:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
18:23, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your answer :) because on
we handle things differently, and since I'm an admin there I've become a little precautious... Sincerly,
21:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for semiprotecting my userpage. Too bad the guy who vandalized my page FORTY times was already blocked. Admins have it SOOO lucky...
16:25, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
My name is Tim Emerson and I am doing a thesis on Phil Fischer who is a recording artist with a multi platinum album and I noticed you wanted to delete it because it was not notable. I dont understand.
He is well known in the Yukon and Canada from exploits that I have researched not to mention he has sold about 2.9 million cd's in the last three years.
I never posted here before and dont understand.
Hey, d'ya know where I can find an instruction manual to Wikipedia? I'd like to know how to do the captions on the pics. Thanks. PLEASE CONTACT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
you keep deleting my page? WHY? — Preceding
comment added by
12:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Another contribution from . I think it's block quotes from the source material. Not sure what to do.
12:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi my name is Brian Hodges and I'm a freelance writer researching an aritcle about wikipedia. I'm interested in interviewing several frequent contributors to the site. If you're interested in participating, please contact me at
23:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I would like to know why you deleted my listing of my company ARM TV.
I read that someone posted that it has no notability and I don't know what that means exactly. Could you please explain and is it possible for you to undo it. I spent some time on wording it and I don't think it is cool that you just deleted for no cause. It wasn't spam and my company is one of the few legitimate companies that exist in the sport of armwrestling. Did you even visit the site before you deleted it.
Thanks so much sir
Gary Roberts ARM TV — Preceding
comment added by
You did an oopsie! :) I had just restored him after DRV overturn. Always read the deletion log before you speedy. Best wishes,
15:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Actually, you could do me a big favor, and get a gold star for the day :), if you closed out the bottom three old DRVs. I've participated in all of them, and thus, really can't close them. I'd like to get them done before the end of the month, so that they show up in the October DRV log. Thanks,
15:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For remarkable industry and flexibility in rapidly addressing the many random task that arise in an administrative day, NawlinWiki is awarded this Barnstar of Diligence.
16:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I notice () you've chosen not to take action against this IP vandal. There are now 12 fairly recent warning messages on that talk page and I didn't even bother using another test4 for the vandalism to the
article, but posted straight to AIV. You've then issued a test4 for the further vandalism to the Colchester article. I'm trying to better understand admin decision making and wondered if you could let me know what would have prompted you to take stronger action. -- 19:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Ah. Gotcha. So, ironically, if I'd posted a test4 for Norwich City vandalism before you'd then seen the Colchester vandalism, you might have blocked? (Thanks for explaining btw...) -- 19:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. How about this () diff? -- 16:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed you temporary block of this user's page , and the person has vandalized at least 2 pages since. Maybe a longer block or ban is in order? -- 21:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
A tag was placed on that article and it was deleted. However, I was just disambigging (word?) it from ESFR: .
22:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, the IP that is blocked associated with a particular username is a public IP and apparently the guy you wanted to block is agreeing to give up his username and not post further tonight anyway:
"Well, I agree with that. I'll abandon this account, but the other Mycroft.Holmes really does need to stop deleting multiple users' contributions (not just mine!) to the Parma, Ohio article. It seems that every time someone other than Mycroft.Holmes adds something to that article, Mycroft.Holmes deletes it, even if the change was made as a compromise, even if the change includes references, etc. Mycroft.Holmes sees a new edit and just reverts it, apparently without even reading to see what the change is. So, again, I'm willing to abandon this account/user name, but I would urge y'all to not allow the other Mycroft to continue the resolved edit disputes on the Parma page. Because I am abandoning this account and because I use public computers, please unblock the IP that was associated with this user account so that other users may continue to edit. I personally am done for the day and night! But it would be unfair for anyone who uses this computer after me, whether they be anonymous or have their own user account, to be blocked because of the edit dispute between the two Mycrofts. Again, the IP need not be blocked and you may delete this account or whatever, because I'll either create a new one later or whatever, but I don't see any need to make new edits tonight, and I'd hate to have others unjustifiably blocked. Best and Happy Halloween, --Mycroft.Holmz 00:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC) for the last time . . ."
Anyway, because the other participant in their edit debate (Mycroft.Holmes) is also blocked, there's no need to continue blocking the IP, because I don't see new edits being made to the contested site. Continuing the block will only prevent other users from editing who have nothing to do with the Mycroft username/Parma page quarrel. Thanks and Happy Halloween! -- 00:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Note - the above unblock request is for
Thanks and Happy Halloween! -- 13:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for unblocking my IP and Happy Halloween! :) -- 21:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)-- 21:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest adding {{}} here and protecting it from furthur recreations? semper fi —
01:26, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noted that you deleted the archive of Parsssselltongue's talkpage . I don't think this is appropriate (in fact, it was moved from another page - [User talk:Parsssseltongue/MayJul06] - that PT had requested to be deleted, but which was declined on the basis that talk pages shouldn't be speedied) under G7, as the page in question has edits from a lot of different people on it who may wish that the communication is retained. I also notice that
suggests user talk pages are usually deleted only if there are legal issues involved. Cheers,
01:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for that. I'm not too worried about whether it's linked to or not (probably can't force someone to :) , just as long as the communications are available somewhere.
01:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
M looks like the speedy tag was reapplied a third time (I assume by PT) and deleted by another admin .
01:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Regarding . Try leaving vandals who do not have a long abusive past, at least one warning before posting the {{}} template. Regards, —
15:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree with you in theory, but this user had two prior blocks and a whole bunch of test4s on his/her talk page. It did, in fact, look to me like a "long abusive past." The edit I was warning against was . And the test4 did, in fact, stop any further vandalism from that user yesterday (it began again today, resulting in a different admin giving a third block). Thanks,
15:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Mmmkay, but I always believe in giving them a chance. In my opinion it is subtle vandalism that really threatens Wikipedia. —
15:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I was trying to edit those brackets, too. That must have been the source of the conflict.
Wikipedia needs to appoint a "grammar nazi" to go through the site and ruthlessly execute all "its/it's" conflicts, "their/there" conflicts, etc.
There seem to be some image issues on the skyscraper page, also. The turning torso building and the chicago skyline pic are not showing up. Perhaps a bracket issue?
Could you explain your reasoning about why you thought that the arguments were valid and in favor of keep? One presented a google hits count which is not part of WP:MUSIC, the second one just claiming that their are notable without much reasining or verifiability, and the third saying that it "clearly meets WP:MUSIC" without reasoning. I believe that this should be relisted to gain more consensus, do you agree?
19:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Gosh, thanks for all those well-thought-out, carefully checked commets at the AFD. In the future, to improve the level of your contributions to Wikipedia, might I suggest you improve your practices in two areas. First, you should actually read the article you are commenting on, and take note of its contents. Second, you should consider the claims made in the article against the relevant notability criteria, even, as necessary, checking the references and external links provided for the article..
is a well-known published author, not merely a blogger (although she is probably notable as a blogger, too). Her two books are listed by title in the article,even though none of you astute readers noticed that. (Apparently the identification of Benson as an "author" and the listing of the book titles in distinctive type was insufficient to tip off careful and well-informed Wikipedia edi perhaps one or two of you may have suggestions on how to improve such descriptions.) Her books meet the notability criteria, having been reviewed and discussed in major media. In fact, Benson is a native of the , and both her books have been reviewed/discussed in the , which even
acknowledges as "one of the world's preeminent critical publications." (The second review appears in the October 20, 2006 issue, and is not yet directly cited online.)
Benson's two books may be only available through such obscure retailers
and Barnes & Noble
, and the relevant pages give samples of reviews and indicate the caliber of Benson's audience.
Now I recognize that article deletion is a holy and privileged activity, and that deletion of articles about women whose claims to notability don't involve performances emphasizing, flaunting, or exposing their mammaries is a virtual sacrament which shouldn't be disrupted or contested, however ridiculous or inaccurate the basis, unless the circumstances are really really unusual. But while one of England's "leading cultural critics" is apparently not, by Wikipedia editor consensus, as notable as , and the
is apparently by the same consensus not a "major" publication with the stature and reputation of Color Climax Anal Sex or Big Fuckin' Tits, or even Juggs, I think she deserves to be included in Wikipedia.
I now realize that the excessive literacy and cultural awareness I displayed in recognizing the name of a well-known figure in the British academic-literary world is inconsitent with the qualities required of a good Wikipedian, and fully justifies the assumptions of bad faith you have all made. I now know that in-depth knowledge of any subjects outside of pornography, Pokemon, and professional sports can only damage the Wikipedian enterprise, and I will do my best in the future to follow your lead and to contribute only with regard to subjects about which I know nothing, or next to nothing.
Now (dropping the ironic stance) I deserve a public apology from each of the posters whose sloth, carelessness, malice, or incompetence led them to make unfounded, uncivil, derogatory comments about me (and about the entirely blamess Ms Benson). And I deserve a display of abject, public, unqualified self-execration from the ArbCom member who charged to the head of the attack. I expect, of course, nothing but renewed incivility, personal attacks, and evasion of responsibility.
20:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)}