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I've never done an RfC but have started one at User:Marc_Kupper/sandbox#RfC Granpuff. Could you please take a look to see if I'm on the right track or if there's a better course of action? Thanks. --Marc Kupper|talk 21:05, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, you deleted Heli USA. No worries, but could you please give me a copy? I think it might make a decent article, one day. Cheers, -- Chzz ► 01:12, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Was there a reason that this was deleted with no feedback, talk, dialogue. Seems kind of strange I will re-create, and if somthings up, please let me know speednat (talk) 09:22, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Just still confused, G6 states "Non-controversial maintenance, such as temporarily deleting a page to merge page histories, deleting dated maintenance categories, or performing uncontroversial page moves" and none of those fit, looking at categories even if it was empty, which I don't think it was there was 4 days for me to put at least my name in it. I am in the process of creating a "successful" rock-climber userbox, that automatically puts the wikipedian into this category if they use it. Don't take me the wrong way I just would like to know Why?? speednat (talk) 09:35, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, FYI, I reverted your revert [1] - it is the same user. But anyway thanks for your attention. Regards -jkb- (cs.source) 09:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the nom, I'll accept it and fill it out, but I'm about to fall asleep on the keyboard, I'll get to it once I wake up :) Q T C 11:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Glad to note that you feel writing a decent-sized stub, with five references from reliable sources constitutes "abusing article creation", yet an administrator deleting an article based on perhaps 4 or 5 comments, while ignoring the first AfD (which was far lengthier and substantial) is no problem at all. If the intent of yourself and Fritz is to chase off people who write such stubs, consider it accomplished. H2O Shipper 11:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind deleting this please? The article was moved during Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second Northern Ireland Revolt, and you have only deleted the redirect. Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 01:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
I was looking at an {{afd}} of an article that was recently restored. I had forgotten the problems I had asking the nominator to act in a civil and responsible manner. When I checked the talk page of the nominator I saw a note from you that he had retired, and planned to create a new wiki-id.
I vaguely know that policy allows a contributor to adopt a new wiki-id if they abandon their old one. Would you mind pointing me at that policy, so I can understand it better?
What I am particularly curious about is whether there is any support for those of us who had bad experiences with an individual under one of their previous wiki-ids to recognize them when they encounter us using their most recent wiki-id? Last September I got a very abusive comment left on my user page from a brand new contributor. Of course I wondered if they were someone I had encountered before, under a different wiki-id.
Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 02:23, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
P.S. I went on record on the village pump to the allegations that new user left.
You deleted the article on which I was working(7:49 am Mar 13 2009). It was not to be considered for a regular article until I had all the information together.
I am not sure why you deleted it? Perhaps I performed some kind of incorrect maintenance? I am just trying to learn the system and may have done something incorrectly.
Is it possible to get a copy of the material after it is deleted?
Thanks.Philipwsmith (talk) 11:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring it.Philipwsmith (talk) 06:38, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for catching this. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofNicholas_Chan. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ncknight (talk) 04:16, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
A few weeks ago you deleted the article "Sheree Silver," and you told me that if I wanted to bring it back I should submit a deletion review. However, Deletion_Review stated step number 1 as: "discuss the matter with the deleting administrator and try to resolve it with him or her first. If you and the admin cannot work out a satisfactory solution, only then should you bring the matter before Deletion review." So I thought I'd start here. The original article, when it was marked for AFD, was very short and I think it did meet most of the requirements for deletion at the time it was proposed. In conjunction with the discussion I therefore expanded the article with more information and more independent sources, although it was deleted regardless.
Are these new reasons enough to fulfill WP:Bio now?
http://wfoynews.blogspot.com/2008/10/family-on-wife-swap.html
(local news interview)
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1014.html
(reference to criticizing "rumpology")
http://www.myhomelifemag.com/08winter/08winter_basics.aspx
(she gave information to Home Life Magazine which they published)
http://pastguests.edfurbee.com/
(Past guest on local radio)
http://www.folioweekly.com/documents/August12.pdf
(Magazine that serves in the Jacksonville, Fl area: she predicted Obama would win, as well as some guy running in an election)
http://carynday-suarez.com/2009powawards.php
(Proof that her book won an award. It's with an organization that went out of business a few months ago, I called the number for confirmation.)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-monitor8-2009mar08,0,4841840.story
(The LA Times did a piece on how the families in the episode were)
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=133093&catid=19
(Jacksonville, FL News Broadcast "Good Morning Jacksonville" Interview about the last experience, this one, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpEYXLpreA
(her kids give their side of the story in a YouTube video, to a First Coast News Producer)
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_11861966
(Wife Swap husband criticizes Dr. Silver)
March 12, 2009 - Variety features "Wife Swap," in several articles and the executive producer names the Silver's first episode among the ten most memorable wife swaps in the show's five years on air. (Digital Variety has it at www.variety.com/article/VR1118001147.html)
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/goingthroughchannels/2009/03/friday-march-13-2009-wife-swap.php
(Blog on show predictions with a matchup of scientist/psychic)
(NY Daily News Interviews Dr. Silver and Richard Heene, the other swap dad. Richard says she introduced him to the "psychic" realm, criticizes, and Dr. Silver admits one reason she did the show was the economy.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/13/will-100th-wife-swap-be-different/
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090313/LIFE/903130336/-1/ENTERTAIN06
(Saying the wife Swap hundredth episode will be more of the same)
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=133615
(Latest Interview with the Jacksonville, Fl Broadcast "Good Morning Jacksonville", explains how she called the first kid an extraterrestrial, how UFOs are in this show, etc. This is on the day the hundredth episode will air).
(part of a set of interviews in march with a bunch of radio shows in the states, she talks about the rumor of controlling weather, her swap husband, and responds to criticism of her field)
March 13, 2009 8:00 pm - Wife Swap Silver/Heene (Show airs. Message board users label the show as "abusive." http://abc.go.com/primetime/wifeswap/index?pn=mb&cat=71886 One user commented, "It's the worst yet.")
Spring12 (talk) 02:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofSheree_Silver. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Spring12 (talk) 05:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I respectfully disagree with your decision to redirect the attorneys in the face of a clear consensus to delete. There was no support for these redirects nor does it make sense to redirect a unnotable person to his notable employer. Redirects should only be used when there is a consensus for a redirect or the person is of borderline notability. Some of the attorneys were probably even speedy eligible. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 03:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Did you mean to redirect to Finnish heraldry?Wilhelm_meis (talk) 04:03, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like to request a review on reversing the deletion of the article on Nicholas Chan. Comments by chase78 appears to be on a witch hunt; references based on cached copies reference links within the article can be clicked on and verified. Nicholas Chan is regularly featured in print in Singapore on issues regarding enterprise, and is known within the entrepreneurial circles at large.
Information about Nicholas Chan as commented by FreeRangeFrog as not meeting WP:BIO is due to compilation of data from publicly available print media sources as referenced so as to provide for information insight not available on online mediums. Addition comment on myself being a SPA (whatever that is) is irrelevant. I write articles that I can clearly gather quantifiable and verifiable data from as I am not a full time wikipedia admin nor writer.
Additional reference with Wikipedia:Notability_(people) with regards to published secondary source data is met, with references made to newspapers such as Today, The Strait Times and Bernama repeatedly on the areas of enterprise.
Meeting the additional criteria of receiving entrepreneurship related awards and nominations such as the Spirit of Enterprise 2005 (with reference) and the Fortis Heros 2008 on the area of Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore (not keyed in, but with PDF article on Fortis website) further reinforces the article.
Appreciate your review and assistance. Thank you. Ncknight (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_March_14#Nicholas_Chan
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofLord of This World (Black Sabbath Song). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 11:45, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Pardon me if I disagree but rangersarecool is a very smart 4th grader and would not make a account called rangerarecool1234. do you know who would? someone who wanted rangersarecool would. do you know who that is? davidthedograt. How do I know? im in his class. im also in david the dogman's class im also in foxcows, jeffhardys, and rangersarecool. if it wasnt for davidthedograt rangersarecool wouldn't be blocked. darknesswolf is another account used for cantributions, not vandalism! he was trying to get away from niv, who new what rangersarecools password was. (he found out while he was typing it in class) then he made darknesswolf. then a classmate comes and says ooooh lets make a account called rangerarecool1234 and create vandalism so they'l think im rangersarecool! oh and for good measure, he says he is rangersarecool on your talk page. hes not that dumb. hes in a gifted class, we all are. (exept sometimes I wonder about davidthedograt...) enyway hes a straght A student in gifted 4th grade and loves wikipedia. he always talks about it! sorry to disturb you, im just angry at the people who blocked him, and didnt unblock him. Jinxyouowemeasoda (talk) 13:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like you to reconsider the deletion of FlatPress article. If you look at the Weblog software article, "Free and open source software" section, three of the first four applications have less content than the FlatPress article. Also, FlatPress is one of the few applications that do not require a database, only a web server and PHP. Alexandrul.ct (talk) 00:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
I am having a hard time. I feel that I am being targeted by trolls that are vandalizing my efforts to improve wikipedia.
Right now what I need help with is that someone has taken the discussion about deleting the article from the top of the article. Can we please have that back at the top of the article, as well as a tag saying that this article has been vandalized.
Maybe I can take it from there. Thanks
I would like to know why the article [MyInfo] was deleted.
First, the Softpedia article was mistakenly attributed to the software author. You can easily see that the review is written by SoftPedia's software review editor Ionut Ilascu. You can also see that the newest version of MyInfo has no editor's review yet and uses the software author description instead.
In addition, MyInfo has a number of additional sources:
In addition there is a whole page devoted on this software in this book and there was an article and an interview with the software author in Wall Street Journal Online (which is available only to paid subscribers, I am afraid).
I think that for a relatively small software niche like MyInfo's one, these sources are enough to qualify the article as notable. riot_starter (talk) 11:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
How would you suggest dealing with this? [2] IMO its a personal attack and after I pointed out WP:UP#NOT #10 they made this refinement edit [3] Today they edited it again to point the link at the archive. [4] Tothwolf (talk) 15:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I didn't understand the reason you gave for deleting the redirect "Prairie coneflower". Debresser (talk) 17:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Then how come that when I try to create this page it doesn't say "You are trying to recreate a deleted page, Ratibida"? Debresser (talk) 22:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
That is precisely what I did. And I did so because Ratibida is the only of four types of coneflowers that doesn't have its own article yet, and I hoped that this redirect might be an additional incentive for some editor to write that article. I agree we usualy write the articles before the redirects, but still. Debresser (talk) 22:23, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok. Understood. It would perhaps be a nice idea to request the article to be written, and then put back the redirect. Debresser (talk) 23:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Could you do a history merge for the {{IRC clients msdos}} template? It should have been marked as {{R from merge}} but none of the templates that were merged to create {{IRC clients}} were marked. The others were still redirects and I've gone ahead and added the {{R from merge}} to make it very clear these were all merged into {{IRC clients}} (which I've since merged into {{IRC footer}}...) GFDL compliance is a chore ;P Tothwolf (talk) 17:09, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I was just noticing that your link for the 2008 "keep" discussion actually leads to the 2005 "delete" discussion. I was pretty annoyed at reading his page and got even more dumbfounded reading the "keep" discussion. Just a pile of mumbo jumbo, but at least the link should be corrected, even better, it would be nice if the previous discussions were also made obvious, if only on this discussion page. NYT best seller list is not notability, that was so depressing. I found the 2008 discussion by poking around a little:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/James_Arthur_Ray_(2nd_nomination) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.134.14.125 (talk) 19:11, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Dear sir. I have some documents that could proof the existence of Caribbean Commuter Airways, (Caricom Airways) if interested, please e-mail me at s.chin@caricomairways.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.2.190.58 (talk) 20:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofMyInfo. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. riot_starter (talk) 22:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by §hepBot (Disable)at23:17, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
My apologies for the timestamp on this close. The "wikiclock" said it was 16th but "AFD time" (however that's figured) seems to be a few minutes slow. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I am trying to restore the list of Green Green anime episodes by a step-by-step undo, since Wikipedia will not allow me to directly undo the post of the person who made the initial change (204.184.26.39). However, you appear to have an automatic routine set up to undo the corrections I am trying to put in. That being the case, I ask that you restore the page to the point immediately before the vandalism done by 204.184.26.39 so that the list of episodes is re-displayed.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.4.37.62 (talk) 08:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response. I appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.4.37.62 (talk) 09:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
e107 is an open-source CMS (content management system) whose article has been deleted due to (I am guessing) lack of input/defense from interested parties, after someone on a misguided de-clutteration jag decided it wasn't worth the non-ink it was non-printed on. I've been trying to compare various free, script-installable web content management systems. Wikipedia has entries for many of them. Until a few days ago, it had an entry for e107. simplescripts.com (via bluehost, my provider) offers it as one of their installs. I was hoping for a third-party take on the system, or a comparison of its features. But I won't find it here.
Google surely provides enough data to vouch for e107's existence, development vitality, and sizable installation base. Example info: http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=19
Looking at some of the other entries here, it looks as if you are promoting deletion of articles about CMS's in general. These are of interest to the internet community, have business consequences in many cases, are of contemporary interest. These can't have the same notability and reference standards as say, dog breeds -- if you (and the 'wikipedia community' that meets without requiring any sort of representative jury or quorum standards) are judging this kind of content as if it were fixed, non-evolving, demonstrably of interest to a majority of this or that institution in which some kind of authority is vested, etc., I think you are making a mistake. There are small but vibrant user and developer communities that are working with projects, systems, etc. that will not make it into PC World or NYTimes or whatever, because these are not widely known to people working in different areas. Some topics should be closer to the cutting edge than to the tail end of received (institutionally supported) opinion.
There are nuances related to category that should be recognized (and this is aside from the fact that I disagree with the general mindset that wikipedia should be culled of niche articles or allegedly sub-AAA-notability subjects). It doesn't make sense to delete technical articles because they deal with small projects. It makes sense to delete articles that are advertisements, or so broken with bias that editing becomes futile. It doesn't make sense not to apply the same standards evenly to articles in the same general category (which means dealing with people who know the subject, not asking a bunch of e.g., technical writers, or MBA's, what they think of, I don't know, MINIX).
Lastly, if you delete, or promote and achieve deletion, and then ask interested parties to file a request for undeletion as a means of redress, you are doing damage to the human spirit, subjecting it to the dumb violence of bureaucratic rectitude. Electrons may be inifinite, but human time and effort are not. It is much easier to delete than to create, and when in doubt, editing should always be turned to first and second and third. If there is any hope of salvaging work so that someone else might profit it from it in the future, I would ask that we please nurture that possibility. Skandha101 (talk) 04:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, well, this is the internet. "reliable sources" are hard to come by. Blogs don't count. Personal sites don't count. This, plus some common sense, is itself is enough to tell you that something is broken. Sure, anyone can start a blog. Or a vanity site. But some blogs are widely taken seriously or taken as reliable and authoritative (security, tech news, come to mind). Because of the way net publishing is done (drupal, joomla, wordpress, etc. all support blogging or blog modules) a lot of the big media sites have blogs. 'new media' is basically blogs. Some of those sites are crap, and some have legitimate reporters (and are more and more often cited by 'traditional' journalists or media themselves). Anyway, this is basically a culture war, but debate is prematurely foreclosed due to the zeal of many citizen editors to abide by the Rules As They Are Written. I'm just saying you should think it about. If you're taking part in so many deletion-quests, keep one eye on the changing landscape. Eventually, wikipedia will just be replaced as the de facto open compendium if it will not welcome new subjects and new editors, or niche subjects and niche editors. This shouldn't be understood as loosening standards, but as changing the parameters in a nuanced way. So, it has to be done intelligently. But I'm afraid that the system, as it is, drives away people who have the right kind of judgment to define new and useful parameters. One size does not fit all for all topic areas (or maybe it does, and I don't understand wikipedia). You're going to get all these afd's where no one opposes deletion, 'cause the relevant proponents already gave up and left in disgust. Skandha101 (talk) 07:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
I see that you closed the Frasier's Curse AFD as delete, without further comment. Are you sure deletion does not violate the GFDL? As I noted in the discussion, many phrases were copied from Frasier's Curse into the Frasier (season 6) article, so it's my understanding that we need to at least keep the history of the former.
I'm not an expert on the GFDL -- pretty much everything I know about it I've gleaned from AFD discussions -- so I may be completely wrong. I would appreciate some clarification on this issue, though. Thanks, Zagalejo^^^ 19:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
This page was deleted. I ask you for a restoration of this article, because there were some big mistakes in the debate. The debate mentioned an other article about this subject that had been deleted in January. I think the article I proposed was very different from the precedent one that I read in Wikibin. It seems to me that my article was deleted just because some administrators made a wrong relationship between my page and another one that had been deleted before. When a member of the deletion debate, Gordon... (I apologize, I forgot his name), presents as argument a relationship between my words "academic references" and the note "see the numerous self-publications by Muata Ashby", it is a complete mistake. My note about publications by Ashby was concerning an other part of the article and was not presented as an academic reference. The academic references I had given were very different, they refered all to several University Ph. D. : Lilyan Kesteloot, Dieux d'eau du Sahel, Voyage à travers les mythes de Seth à Tyamaba, L'Harmattan/IFAN, Paris, 2007, ISBN 978-2-296-04384-8, p. 75. Paul L. Hamilton, African People's contributions to world civilizations : Shattering the Myths, R.A. Renaissance Publications, 1995, p. 129. M. Adam, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Etranger, PUF, Paris, 1984, p. 256. Lilyan Kesteloot is Director of Researchs in IFAN (Dakar) and Professor at the University Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar), she is a great specialist of African cultures. M. Adam was professor of philosophy at Bordeaux University, in France. L. Hamilton is Ph. D, too. About the subject itself, it is a fact that there are several yoga schools and yoga masters troughout the world who teach Egyptian Yoga and wrote about it. Has a Wikipedia aministrator really to put in debate a fact that exists since long time ? My article was not about Khane himself, but about the branches of Egyptian yoga that I know. Khane cannot be forgotten, because he is currently considered in Europe, Africa and Canada as one of the main exponents of Egyptian Yoga. But I had mentioned other branches that are completely independent of his school. It is true that the main references I had cited come not from the USA (except the recent self-publications by Ashby and the book by Pr. L. Hamilton), but from UK, France, Spain and Senegal. Is the English version of Wiki dedicated only to USA ? Is something notable just when it is notable in the USA ? Is the rest of the world completely nonexistent ?Neferhotep (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
I thank you for your responses. I don't know how to do a WP:Requests for undeletion. I would be grateful to you if you can file a pro-forma request for me.Neferhotep (talk) 23:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofEgyptian yoga. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. As you requested. Prodego talk 23:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering if I could just get some feedback on the discussion there. I'm a bit distressed...I've disagreed with the outcomes of deletion discussions many times before but never as strongly as with this article. I also feel very strongly that the discussion had No consensus. I asked many questions. I feel like the other editors responded only by dismissing my comments, not by referring to sources and to wikipedia guidelines. Examples:
I find this deletion to be highly inconsistent with guidelines. If you could read over the discussion in more depth, and just give me some feedback on my talk page, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Right now, I'm planning on very cautiously re-creating the page in userspace until I have a fully-sourced page that I can just launch up there. I'm hoping that will convince people. I just wanted some outside feedback as to what is going on here because I can't help but feel like people just ganged up on me for no good reason--almost as if the other lawyers in the discussion somehow had a bone to pick with this particular guy or with the idea of including more lawyers in wikipedia, for some unknown reason. Cazort (talk) 13:58, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
On behalf of the Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign, we just want to spread Wikipedia:WikiLove by wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 16:18, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Regarding your recent closure of the AfD discussion of Math 55, what happens now that there is no consensus? Does the page stay? Acceptable (talk) 17:25, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
This was relisted for a more thorough consensus. But from what I've seen, it was only one !vote short of a WP:SNOW, and that vote was from the article's creator, who replied systematically to every Delete !vote, and the "quality" of his replies prompted me to openly invoke WP:DENY. One might argue that he may not understand English very well, but I doubt that. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 00:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Please could you userfy this page for us so we can edit it to suit the Wikipedia guidelines?
The clown category in Wikipedia has 46 American clowns, many of whom are less notible than Alan Clay. In the Australian clown section there are currently two clowns, neither of whom are still alive.
I'm sorry for the advertising in the first draft of the article. We just copied the resume. But we are happy to put the time in to turn it into a proper article.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TrishAUS (talk • contribs) 02:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there, random administrator whose name I've seen around quite a bit.
In the process of trying to grow my experience on Wikipedia, I made a non-admin closure on AFD:Wellworths (GB). I wanted to get a second opinion to see whether or not my closure was appropriate and justified. Thanks! Matt (talk) 03:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. An article was recently deleted through WP:Articles for deletion/Rajinder Kumar Kamboj. However the content had also been moved to Rajender K Kamboj where it still exists. Thanks. Taroaldo (talk) 03:58, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
I've seen you started the shiny new feature. If you plan on using it at Category:Media requiring renaming, I have put up a bot request to handle those files instead, I think that would be much easier than doing it manually. Just a heads up to save you unnecessary work. Regards SoWhy 08:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
May I ask why you deleted that article? Sophia's definitely notable - she's been on major talk shows to speak of her past as part of New York's early 90's club scene, is a contributor to numerous publications, and continues to perform internationally with her art. I don't know how good the article actually was, but she definitely needs one. Could you at least reopen it...? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.84.174 (talk) 23:50, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
This is a real mess, it was listed for AfD and deleted, restored at DRV but the AfD template was never re-added but it has been relisted several times since. Now seems to be a hoax, though hardly blatant given its taken this long to discover. Could you please delete, as the AfD though not 100% procedurally correct, seems to have reached an firm consensus. Forward planning failure (talk) 04:19, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take a look at 2009031310000561. Further information at here.-Andrew c [talk] 18:27, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Can you clarify what you meant by "selectively reenabled"? - Mgm|(talk) 19:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you fixed the misspelling that the name that File talk:Brookwood cemetery 5.jpg previously contained. It is one of many images that I have marked as containing a spelling error in the title. (I'm a member of WP:TYPO so this thing comes up a lot.) It is my understanding that it is now as easy as moving an article title to move a file title. And that you must be an admin to do the moving. Is that correct? The old method of manually re-uploaded and moving the history was an absurdly complex process. It used to be that users could be granted move status but I don't think that's the case anymore. It'd be really great if I was able to move images but the last time I RFA'ed I got SNOWBALL'ed, which kind of sucked because I've contributed more to wikipedia than some of the admins that voted me down. Anyway, is moving image names as simple as just moving now for admins? Jason Quinn (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
File:Death.jpg and File:Death (DC Comics).jpg seem messed up. As text, the first is a redirect to the second. However, the media is still associated with the first file.
The media needs to be redone so it's in the right place, Chris Bachalo and Death (DC Comics) need to be updated, and finally File:Death.jpg needs to be removed entirely so commons:File:Death.jpg is usable. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Could you look into undeleting File:Kvirclogo.png? This is the logo image for KVIrc, which is GPL software. I'm not sure why it was deleted under CSD I7 as the upload log shows it was tagged with the {{GPL}} template. [6] Tothwolf (talk) 21:41, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
[10] About a temp NOINDEX copy with history for evidence...? rootology (C)(T) 22:03, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
you totally confused me here.... StarM 01:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there-- I just had an edit conflict with you on the Bass player Afd. Here's what I had written:
Keep This needs to be a dabpage with 3 alternatives, Bass Player (the album), Bassist, and Bass Player (magazine). The third is a redlink, which per MOS:DABRL is acceptable since it has incoming links from multiple other articles requesting the article be written. In any case I'll write it tomorrow if I get a chance. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 03:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Should I just go ahead and change it back to a dabpage, or would that be warring? Or am I mistaken in my reading of MOS:DABRL? — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 03:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Per request at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bass player, please close this off. Sorry, I'm no expert. I'm still feeling my way around a bit. Thank you. Belasted (talk) 02:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
With reference to your note about my being a party or not,[11] the comment and use of a question mark in my discussion header was more an expression of confusion as to the scope of the issue than a request to be dismissed - I have changed it accordingly. I would think that as a procedural matter my request that we not entertain Noroton's vendetta against me is something we can take care of via a motion or workshop discussion, rather than handling now at the final stage of accepting this as a case. I would rather not consider that now, because I imagine most arbitrators are not keen to make a preliminary ruling on anything before the case even starts. Thanks, Wikidemon (talk) 16:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
any chance of coming to the NYC meetup, weekend after this on the 29th? DGG (talk) 01:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I found another image that was deleted by that bot. File:Acrophobia screenshot.png Looks like the it was caused by the page rename from Acrophobia (game)toAcrophobia (video game). Tothwolf (talk) 02:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that vandal and sockpuppet who kept harassing me on my talk page ;). DougsTech (talk) 03:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Greets! I have seen you closed the discussion. I just wanted to note that one of the nominated articles, namely After Forever (song), was deleted against WP:MUSIC policy. It was deleted under the supposition that it is not a single, but it was released as a single. I noted that in the discussion and presented a source, but I was ignored. The article also contained several sources including books and magazines. I would be glad if you can do something about it. Thanks and have a nice day!-- LYKANTROP ✉ 09:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Greetings! I just wanted to ask you - if you dont want to un-delete the article - could you please provide the source of the article, so that we can use the information that it contained, please? Thank you :) -- LYKANTROP ✉ 15:14, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I'd appreciate your opinion. You closed the {{afd}}ofJoshua L. Dratel. This was one of thirteen nominations for deletion made by the same individual in one fell swoop.
I acknowledged that there was some merit in some of their nominations. But in Dratel's case, and in several other, in my opinion, the nominator lapsed in filing poorly researched nominations on notable individuals.
I've listed some of the additional references for Dratel here
If you had been aware that Dratel had been so extensively covered, would you still have concluded the article merited deletion?
If you do not think the additional references are sufficient to establish notability, what addition do you think would be required?
Do you think that it would be appropriate for you to userify the original article, to allow additional references to be incorporated into it? Am I correct that if you, as the deleting administrator, are satisfied that a userified article has been sufficiently improved, you can authorize its restoration to article space, without requiring a DRV?
If you are prepared to userify the article, could you please do so here -- User:Geo Swan/review/Joshua L. Dratel?
Hi, Matt. I need some guidance about correcting a minor upload problem. I ran across this photo. It seems someone uploaded a file using a previous title. The old photo belonged in the infobox of Dorothy Dietrich -- and it appears to be properly licensed at Commons. The new photo is used in the Polish WP here (there isn't an article on the Englsh WP) and has public domain licensing there, but appears to be using the same Dorothy Dietrich photo licensing info. What is the proper procedure here? Should the newer photo upload simply be deleted, or should the two be separated and then proper licensing docs requested for the second photo? Or is a CSD tag appropriate on the second photo? There is probably a simple fix to this, but I wanted to avoid causing any mistaken deletions -- and, of course, would rather know the procedure myself. Regards. — CactusWriter | needles 10:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for helping me out, and I really appreciate it. Hopefully everything is taken care of now. I made a stronger password with letters and numbers this time. I had the false impression that 8 random numbers would be hard to crack, obviously I was wrong. Landon1980 (talk) 21:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Your hard work at AfD is appreciated. Heck of a lot of AfDs closed, and kudos for that. There will disagreements about some the closes, which is why we need bold admins to handle the tough ones. Enigmamsg 21:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC) |
Are you sure about your close here? Surely the fact that this is a copyright violation outweighs any other arguments? Phil Bridger (talk) 23:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Could you check into File:Berkeley Systems logo.PNG? It doesn't look like a bot deletion, but it might be something that can be fixed with a simple template addition. It might be good to have the original company logo back on the Berkeley Systems article since it looks like I'll probably end up doing some work on that article while working on a related article. Tothwolf (talk) 04:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
The words homosocratic, autosocratic and isosocratic along with a host of other obvious conjunctives of Socratic are in use in academic circles but usually not in publications and often made up on the fly in an attempt to explain concepts. I have been in many conversations where Latin or Greek conjunctives were resorted to. I do not know anyone who would publish a paper using one. The papers that do get published will not be found in Google because the journals do not permit Google indexing.
The reason the word Homosocratic is so important is because it is being used to describe Wikipedia and Wikipedia like institutions. There is an entire university using the homosocratic process and even a movement in Wikiversity to get them to institute a homosocratic interaction for learners.
Is there some other word you would like them to use. The word homosocratic is a reasonable use common sense exception to the rule against words not found in Google. 69.39.49.27 (talk) 05:26, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Please will you send a test email when you have a moment. I think I've set up the permissions correctly, and a tailored error message too, so your test will prove the efficacy of one! --Dweller (talk) 15:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Oh dear. Never saw it. I'll take another look when I get 5 minutes. Did you receive anything back at all? --Dweller (talk) 08:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Just a quick question. You just deleted List of controversial non-fiction books based on my nomination. Is there any robot or procedure to remove the now dead links to this page? Or are they just cleaned up by and by by editors who see the red links? --Art Carlson (talk) 10:27, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, could you please explain your decision on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Marvin Schur? I am quite astounded at this outcome. Are you saying that the article is notable, but merely needs a change in title? Thanks, WWGB (talk) 10:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I just discovered that User:Grockl has edited the archive of their sockpuppet report. I believe that this (along with this selective talk page cleanup) is in response to my warning to the user. Could you have a quick look and see if there is anything that needs doing? Thanks. --Hans Adler (talk) 11:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
The constant need to relicense, redescribe, re-whatever images every 6 months or so to save them from the newest rule change of the deletionists is why I, although an admin, here never bother to upload images I create anymore. Rmhermen (talk) 13:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, it appears that you edited this image File:Young Love Issue 1 (Crestwood-Prize).jpg, which I uploaded. Although I recall uploading it, the History page doesn't list me at all. I'm happy to add the description required, but remain bemused about how it disappeared - I recall creating it, and can see the remnants of it on the description page. Any idea what happened, and how to recover the initial text rather than having me re-create it, please? ntnon (talk) 16:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I note you instigated the deletion of the article about myself and wonder if you can further assist with advice.
Although I understand that being the partner of a print firm is irrelevant as far as notability is concerned, and that The Library Theatre is unimportant, The article was initially created in order to provide general information on me, as a playwright, for professional individuals who work with me in the theatre industry, and always look up everyone else on a team. I have no great knowledge on what is required, nor the patience to learn and no doubt worded things wrongly. However it has been there for over a year and some administrators had kindly contributed to get it in better shape.
I understood, that authors have a placing on the site, so long as they are not self published, or published by vanity publishers. I have plays published with play publishers Cressrelles and Jasper Publishing who are not in the least connected to me in business nor vanity publishers . A few of these are adaptations of classic novels which have been used by professional companies. Therefore companies who are considering performing the plays may wish to look me up, as did recently a professional theatre in Budapest who are currently adapting one of my plays for performance.
I have a novel published by small publishing company Seventh Wave Publiscations, which was initially in the top 20s list for it’s genre (fiction WW2) by major British book retailer Waterstones. It’s dropped down the list a little because there aren’t any left. There is shortly to be a re-print and re-sales of the first edition are at on sale at Amazon, they range from $30 – 60
I hae plays published by theatre play publishers who are nothing to do with me businesswise, nor vanity publishers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gillhiscott (talk • contribs) 19:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I need to preserve a reputation on the internet. Maybe a simple list of my publications would be acceptable, but cannot risk re-creating the article if administrators automatically believe it should be deleted. I feel a little hard done by as people with less achievements still have articles.
Any further opinion or advice? Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gillhiscott (talk • contribs) 19:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
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Since I closed this after you relisted it, I thought I'd tell you why. One "delete" voter who later stated redirecting might be a good idea. A few solid "keeps" and a strong rationale for a redirect. Therefore, I found a way to "split the baby". I closed as "redirect" but check out the closing statement. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm honoured that you think I'm qualified to become an administrator, but I really have no desire to become one - I just like making content on wiki. Thanks anyway! Skinny87 (talk) 08:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the note on my talk page. I've added a comment there (did you notice it was a block from nearly two years ago?). If you notice anything like that in future, could you direct it to the arb-l mailing list (or unblock-en-l), and not to me personally? I'll only end up forwarding it on. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 00:02, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Ugh. I really didn't see this coming so I failed to make a backup. Is there any chance you could just dump and userfy both the article and its talk page to user talk:Sillyfolkboy/sandbox? Don't worry, I'm not looking to recreate the article, but I think some of the writing and sources would help to write the new article "Islamic radicalism in the United Kingdom". I'm sure if you look at my last edits in the deleted history, and the page at time of deletion, then you can see I was pushing in that direction anyway.
Many users stated that the above, or similar, would be a much more neutral title. Indeed, many of the sources and academic studies directly focused on this issue rather than just British Pakistanis. I can guarantee that when I get around to writing I won't cherry pick bits from the article as was done previously. Thanks in advance. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 14:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm thinking of taking this to DRV. See [12] - with the evidence about the Spanish Heraldry Society, it looks as though what we have is an incestuous group of 'confraternities' and people, with no notability. I also see that a keep vote was from an account set up just for that purpose. Any comments? dougweller (talk) 22:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I am surprised that you closed this as merge to Rachel Corrie#Reactions.
Firstly, there is no consensus at all that this is the right action (not even a majority of "votes"). Secondly, trying to merge it back in the RC article is an obvious non-starter, for all the reasons discussed on that article's talk page - above all, it is far too long to be merged back.
I am wondering whether you might have misread some of the later contributions, which suggested merging into a separate article Public Reaction to the Death of Rachel Corrie (or similar title) which would allow a wider scope and remove the problem of perceived bias in an "Artistic Tributes" only article. That would have my support, and I think is the course which most contributors there would support.
--NSH001 (talk) 10:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Votes counted how the result is merge to Rachel Corrie#reactions is decided
I also want an explanation on how you decided after voting The general consensus was either keep or merge artistic tributes on a seperate General Reactions to Rachel Corrie page. Also the delete voters arguments were wrong since there are various other artistic tributes pages in wikipedia. Also no NPOV is an issue since the page has no unneutral side. Kasaalan (talk) 12:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
I'll let MBisanz answer for himself, but I'll point out to both of you that AfD is not a vote, nor is a !vote, so majorities and vote counting are irrelevant. I'll also point out to Kasaalan that "the delete voters arguments were wrong since there are various other artistic tributes pages in wikipedia" is classic WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. --Dweller (talk) 13:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
A Clear Answer to False Fork arguments "What Forking is and What Forking is not" Wikipedia:Content forking
- What forking is
- Forking can be unintentional or intentional. POV forks usually arise when contributors disagree about the content of an article or other page. Instead of resolving that disagreement by consensus, another version of the article (or another article on the same subject) is created to be developed according to a particular point of view. This second article is known as a "POV fork" of the first, and is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies. The generally accepted policy is that all facts and major points of view on a certain subject should be treated in one article. As Wikipedia does not view article forking as an acceptable solution to disagreements between contributors, such forks may be merged, or nominated for deletion.
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- There are some things that may occur from time to time that may be mistaken for content forking, when that is not necessarily the case. Some of them are listed here. Please note that meeting one of the descriptions listed here does not mean that something is not a content fork -- only that it is not necessarily a content fork.
- Article spinouts - "Summary style" articles
Main page: Wikipedia:Summary style
- Sometimes, when an article gets long (see Wikipedia:Article size), a section of the article is made into its own article, and the handling of the subject in the main article is condensed to a brief summary. This is completely normal Wikipedia procedure; the new article is sometimes called a "spinout" or "spinoff" of the main article, see for example wikipedia:summary style, which explains the technique.
- Even if the subject of the new article is controversial, this does not automatically make the new article a POV fork. However, the moved material must be replaced with an NPOV summary of that material. If it is not, then the "spinning out" is really a clear act of POV forking: a new article has been created so that the main article can favor some viewpoints over others.
- Summary style articles, with sub-articles giving greater detail, are not content forking, provided that all the sub-articles, and the summary conform to Neutral Point of View. Essentially, it is generally acceptable to have different levels of detail of a subject on different pages, provided that each provides a balanced view of the subject matter.
- However, it is possible for article spinouts to become POV forks. If a statement is inadmissible for content policy reasons at an article [[XYZ]], then it is also inadmissible at a spinout [[Criticism of XYZ]]. Spinouts are intended to improve readability and navigation, not to evade Wikipedia's content policies.
The bot did something I am not sure I understand. No gripe about it, just curiosity.
Long ago, I drew some military rank insignia and gave them to WP. One of these pictures was File:USAirF.insignia.e9cmsaf.afmil.png. It appears that on 19 March 2009 the bot resubmitted the picture under the different filename File:USAirF.insignia.e9cmsaf.afm.png. On 21 March 2009, two days later, it contacted me to tell me to update the licensing information on this new version. The original had that information.
Not that it matters. There is a much better SVG version available. My original should probably be deleted anyway. -- Wguynes (Talk | contribs) 13:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
... came as a great surprise. Thank you for the vote of confidence and for your nice words (though I have 0 Huggle edits!). The extra flags would be useful for various things that I pester kindly Admins for now. I'm not really sure that I would pass an RFA. I'm pretty much a niche editor and they tend to do poorly at RFA. If you still think it's worth a try - can we hold the nomination for a couple of days? I have a couple of delayed projects to finish off, some userpage re-organising to do and a busy couple of days coming up at work to boot. Cheers, (and thanks again) Paxse (talk) 17:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
You appear to have created a number of description pages for images that don't exist, such as File:Hebb bobby\\x7e sunny\\x7e\\x7e\\x7e\\x7e 101b.jpg and File:Coat of Arms of Székesfehérvár.jpg. Are you using some tool that's having trouble with Unicode filenames? --Carnildo (talk) 21:29, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you here. Can this image below on english wikipedia be deleted:
Its a duplicate of this image here that is being used on Wikipedia and which I transferred to Commons: File:Buddhist Temple at Maheshkhali Island.jpg
Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:40, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
FYI, the cascading protection on User:MBisanz/PP protects the following templates which would not otherwise be protected:
Also, the talk page is protected from creation. Thanks, Mike R (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi MB, I checked today and saw that you deleted the article FUZE Meeting. I do not understand what was non neutral about the article. Can you please help me get the article back on Wikipedia and modify it so that it fits Wikipedia norm instead of simply deleting it.
Thank you. ~FabulosWorld
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO WRITE YOU SO I AM SURE YOU RECEIVE IT. i AM NOT VERY GOOD WITH WIKI, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN I AM IGNORANT IN MY FIELD OF STUDIES. WHY DID YOU DELETE "VENETIAN PEOPLE" ARTICLE? THE PEOPLE IN VENETIA HAVE A LANGUAGE, A 3000 YEARS HISTORY, AND ALSO PRESENT LEGAL STATUS. THE SCOTTISH, THE CATALAN, THE BASQUE... HAVE MUCH LESS THAN VENETIAN, BUT YOU DO NOT DELETE THEM. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING PERSONAL AGAINST VENETIAN? DO YOU IGNORE HISTORY AND PRESENT SITUATION? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raffaeleserafini (talk • contribs) 17:42, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofFUZE Meeting. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 19:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
There was a lot of vandalism on the pages and that could be one reason why they were temporarily in an abandoned state. But they were not in an abandoned state. The article, even now, carries links to them . Could they somehow be recovered? White adept (talk) 05:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi .. It seems there is some issue with these file moves you made - could you please look into the issue.. [13][14][15][16]. White adept (talk) 22:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
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Dear MBisanz,
I just read the beginning of your deletion log for Venetian People. I imagine that you had other reasons in the rest of the text, but I need to correct you on the first statement. A Venetian ethnic group does indeed exist.
The following link has the Articles of Regione Veneto's Statute. This is an official law of the Italian Republic. It states "il popolo veneto" (Venetian People). Within the Italian Republic, only Sardinian and Venetians have the status of people (even though I personally believe that others should as well). This is not trivial, because according to international law, a people has rights of self-determination and protection. This is only what has been recognized by the Italian government. Here is the link: http://www.consiglioveneto.it/crvportal/leggi/1971/71ls0340.html#Heading14
Then, as far as publications goes, the following is a book on European ethnic groups that clearly lists and describes (even somantically) Venetians: "i popoli della terra", Tom Stacey, vol. 18, pp. 130-133, Mondatori editore, 1972. I believe this is the link to the English version, but I am not sure because it has only 144 pages, while the Italian publication I am referring to has 20 volumes. Anyway, here is the link: http://books.google.com/books?id=EnQ7AAAACAAJ&dq="peoples+of+the+world"+"tom+stacey".
Finally, even without official legal and bibliographical evidence, I find it very strong to state that an ethnic group does not exist. Especially in the case of a people who has an internationally recognized language, with dictionaries and literature. A people who had their own country for 1100 years. An ethnic group does not disappear in 150 years (6 generations), especially of this size.
Please reconsider your deletion. If 99% of the content was not wikipedia worthy, I am fine with your decision, but deleting Venetians as a whole, as an ethnic group, is not appropriate.
Thank you,
Bolivendarsen (talk) 08:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Just discovered this and wondered why, if the there were far more delete votes than merge or keep votes, the decision was to merge. I would've voted delete, BTW, as I seem to recall lists of majors as being unencyclopedic and serving little purpose besides advertisement (the only exceptions being particularly notable programmes found in reliable, third-party sources per WP:UNIGUIDE). --Aepoutre (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
In particular the user:hobojaks has been unfairly blocked.
In addition hobojaks has claimed the right to vanish. Do you think we could all agree that the discussion would be improved if comments could be made from this IP address. The user or users typing from this IP address is entirely capable of going to a public library and getting a new account, but doing something wrong to prove a point is generally not such a good idea.
The user or users typing from this IP address maintain that hobojaks no longer exists, and invoke not only the rule that users have the right to vanish, but also the ignore all rules rule when it comes to participating in discussion of the present deletion argument. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.171.210 (talk) 16:48, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi - could you take a look at this and see if it's any different to the one you deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Sheehan (entertainment journalist)? I don't know what to tag it with but I think it needs something! pablohablo. 20:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Could you check if File:X-Chat Logo.png (deleted) is the same as File:Logo xchat.png (commons)? Tothwolf (talk) 01:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Since I supported deletion I'm obviously happy with the way you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teleprompter usage by Barack Obama. As someone who has closed a few controversial AfD's in the past, however, I'm wondering if you might consider offering a bit of a rationale rather than simply saying "delete." Taking the latter route is hardly the end of the world or anything, but I think it might be useful for folks on the "keep" side (and indeed on the delete or merge side) to know why you made the decision. In part it's just a matter of fairness - there were a number of keep and merge !voters who made reasonable arguments - but also given the incredibly contentious nature of almost every Barack Obama-related article an exposition of your rationale might serve as something to point to when future conflicts/articles like these come up.
This is obviously just a friendly suggestion on my part - ain't no thing if you decide to leave it as is.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 02:46, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Could you please usefy this article? Thanks! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 01:30, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Would you be so kind as to transwiki Hitman weaponstowikia:annex:Hitman weapons? Sorry if it's too many requests at once, I just been going through some discussions to see if they're worwthile putting anywhere. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 19:13, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, regarding the above, since forking is the issue, would it be acceptable to merge the deleted contents with existing articles, such as Herbalism? Cottonball (talk) 04:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, MBisanz. In a related question to this AfD closure, I wondered what you would suggest for the remaining articles that weren't (but should have been) part of this AfD nomination? See here. Is the best course of action a new AfD nom for these? Thanks, Rkitko (talk) 13:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Following a recent discussion at the newly created Wikipedia:Mergers for discussion, I would like to request userfication of the deleted articles Killing Yourself to Live, After Forever (song) and Solitude (song) (AfD available here). There seems to be general consensus at MRfD that this content is better merged than deleted, and I would like the opportunity to see if there is any content that should be merged. --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:59, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Aloha, MBisanz. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind userfying the recently deleted Teleprompter usage by Barack Obama as I requested in my statement at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teleprompter usage by Barack Obama. Please let me know (on this page) if this isn't doable. Mahalo. --Ali'i 15:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
When you have a moment, if you can log back onto irc I'd like to discuss something with you. Synergy 16:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
21 March 2009
(diff) (hist) . . Colors of noise; 01:13 . . (+54) . . MBisanz (talk | contribs) (Tagging Image:White noise spectrum.png which is up for deletion per CSD (TW))
I think the problem with this image has been corrected (see its talk page). It looks ok to me, flat in linear space. On Colors of noise, it's the pink noise graph that looks like it's still wrong: it should be flat in log space but isn't. Was there some other reason why you tagged it for CSD? Cheers. Quaestor23 (talk) 18:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
This is for not pushing "refresh" before script closing this AFD :)
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--Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Who should move userboxes to userspace? I uncovered {{User no IRC}} while fixing a number of broken boxes and it doesn't look like something that should be in the Template: namespace. It doesn't appear to be in use but I guess the polite thing to do would be to move it to a subpage of the original author vs sending it to TfD. Tothwolf (talk) 02:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. I was just seeking some clarification on a couple of points. If an AfD is closed as a merge to something, who has responsibility for actually carrying out the merge? I'm presuming it's not the admin, but does it fall to the nominator, or just the general community? The same for redirects, though they at least are a quick job that the closing admin could do. --GedUK 08:25, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay, so what I know is that JC closed this debate as delete; then a couple of minutes later you relisted it. I wish I knew whether it was deliberate or not, but I don't, so I thought I'd ping you to find out. Hope you don't mind / sorry for wasting your time. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 12:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thank you for yourmessage i will read as many of these articles as possible —Preceding unsigned comment added by Insanity99 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, you deleted my page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_Creek,_Houston_/_Humble&action=edit&redlink=1 . I agree that I am completely new to wikipedia and the article was removed due to lack of additional sources, even some said that the neighborhood doesn't exist. This is not true. Here are some sources http://www.fallcreekhouston.com/ , http://www.har.com/masterplanned/dispProfile.cfm?commid=12 . That is my first page and yes, I don't know what I'm doing just yet, but now I don't even have anything I put there. Can you un-delete? This is all very confusing to me. It took me 10min to figure out how to "talk" here. I hope I'm doing the right thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmatwill (talk • contribs) 21:51, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Greetings - I hope that I am proceeding in the proper fashion (if not, I apologize up front). As the creator of the recently deleted 'Agent Moosehead' page, I would like to object, and inquire as to your decision regarding this matter.
Currently, Agent Moosehead is Deli Magazine's: Philadelphia Artist of the Month! In the past several months, AM has been sited in numurous media sources including interviews, reviews & more. Some of these include (but are not limited to):
http://www.thedelimagazine.com/philadelphia (just look at the top of the page - but prior to April 2nd if possible). There is a large banner that is hard to miss.
Below AM's prominently featured banner, you will see two stories pertaing to the band (one, an interviewe with AM guitarist Chris Dippolito, and one a featured story regarding a recent performance). You may need to scroll down or visit "page 2" by the time you check.
Aside from this, many of the older links that were provided WERE in fact valid, and were not properly acknowledged in the "history" section of the notes. Some of these include:
http://www.uwishunu.com/2009/03/09/lucky-old-souls-music-picks-of-the-week-14/ http://www.origivation.com/issues/origiVation_2007.11.pdf https://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/16424/music--live-music
Here are links to sites that quote an individual members of Agent Moosehead (there are others like it that I cannot locate): http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/12/06/culture-shock http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/12/20/culture-shock
Or what about this press mention: http://www.imprintmagazine.org/life/new_yorks_harvest_fair_rallies_through_hot_jams_and_cold_weather
In the "history details" regarding the decision to delete this page, someone sites an article or blog alledegly "written by the bassist." I would like to request verification of this particular link, as I am aware of all media related contacts for this and all other members.
Perhaps this particular mention was in reference to the request that was made by one of the Philadelphia City Paper writers asking for his (and other band members) opinion for their "culture shock" section (a section which tagline reads - ironically: "Things That Matter To People Who Matter."
Even a simple "google search" will lead to pages of validation pertaining to the significance of this band - including legitimate and sourced press quotes (non-self published sources).
Finally, I ask you to visit the following wikipedia page for an additional, previously approved reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philly_Sound_Clash
Any information that you could provide is appreciated!
Thank you! - John
Thank you kindly for the quick review and response, MBisanz. I will follow the proper protcol to appeal this decision and have the content re-evaluated (though I may have questions in the process). Thank you once again!
- John
I think I stepped in an anthill while working through my todo list when I started fixing the userboxes/categories the other day and I could use some assistance.
There had previously been an upmerge proposal for three of the categories (info here) and I thought it had already been dealt with but I can't find any further discussion now. At the time of the CfD, there were only a handful of users in these categories due to the removal of the category code from the userboxes:
Category:Wikipedians who use IRC
Category:Wikipedians who use irssi
Category:Wikipedians who use mIRC
And Category:Wikipedians who use XChat is the one I asked you about yesterday that had been deleted even before this CfD because it was empty due to the userbox category code removal.
When some rapid fire editing rolled in tonight, discussion ended up scattered across 3 talk pages: Killiondude, ABCD, and Black Falcon.
Black Falcon suggested talking to MZMcBride but I don't believe I've ever had any interaction with MZMcBride and I didn't want to just show up and drop a broken antfarm on his desk talk page unannounced either :)
--Tothwolf (talk) 08:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Please reconsider your close of this matter. Points to note are:
--Jzguzlowski (talk) 15:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks for the welcome, Matthew.
John
Just an administrative note on List of Everex Products. The article creator placed a {{hangon}} tag on the article after you prodded it, with a reason of "Everex Article Is Notable; This was a split; If necessary merge into original article". I assume they meant to contest the prod, so I removed both the prod tag and hangon tag. Just a heads up so you can decide where you want to go from here.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
I cannot begin to understand why you have listed the Chairman of Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket, for deletion. Over the years I have tried to use Wikipedia to spead a bit of light on Britain's largest companies and its top Executives - surely this is what Wikipedia is for. Please can you explain what you had in mind? Dormskirk (talk) 23:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Now hold on, that discussion was a bunch of socks agreeing with each other! That's no consensus! Please restore and relist or whatever's the procedure to restore deleted articles. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 01:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofBuddhism and the body. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. (went ahead and got this rolling per the discussion on the ANI page)Clay Collier (talk) 02:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on File:AsCoordClasp.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image with an unknown source or an unknown copyright status which has been tagged as such for more than 7 days, and it still lacks the necessary information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}}
tothe top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Radiant chains (talk) 06:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to say hi and thanks for the nice welcome. It has encouraged me to do more on Wiki!
Asian lawyer (talk) 20:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, MBisanz, but I made a big mistake nominating the article Stephen Porter (director) for deletion and the consensus went all towards speedy keep. In order to make up my error, I attempted to close the discussion per Wikipedia:Speedy_keep (non admin-closure). The debate was on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stephen_Porter_(director), but I wanted to be sure I "closed" it correctly. Is it alright? Thanks for your time, Spring12 (talk) 20:35, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
What on earth were you thinking about with these prod tags?[19][20][21][22][23] Would you do the same to articles about presidents of NFL teams? Or, in the case of Mostafa Makri, the equivalent of the president of the NFL itself? Shouldn't people who are trusted with adminship be encouraging editors to create articles about parts of the world that are grossly unrepresented in Wikipedia rather than slapping them down with deletion tags? I always try to assume good faith, but you are are really stretching that to the limit here. Phil Bridger (talk) 23:14, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Greetings back, MBisanz -
Thank you for the welcome message. Yes, I shall surely make plenty of errors in maneuvering through this Wiki-Labyrinth but the info you gave me so far is very interesting to me as well as (of course, you knew) helpful.
The list of “...tasks you can do” would surely keep us all busy for some time.
Again, thank you! --MrFyre (talk) 03:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
{{helpme}}
I've written and edited and annotated by article, but I can't seem to get it out of the sandbox and publish it. Please tell me what steps I need to take.
--Penultimatesiblings329 (talk) 09:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm glad to see that the article in available now. I wasn't sure if there was a time lag or if I'd done something incorrectly. Am I correct in assuming that whatever you did was something I couldn't have done myself? Penultimatesiblings329 (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again. Now I understand. I was assuming there were two different spaces. It was just the code that was holding things up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Penultimatesiblings329 (talk • contribs) 09:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Dear Mbisanz,
Hello, I'm new to wikipedia but need to know more specifically what should be changed to Atmospheric Radar Research Center to make it more notably and less biased. I've tried to tone it down a little and would hate to see the page removed so please let me know what else to change. Thanks, User:Rpalmerarrc
I've added some references/articles... can you please check and, if ok, remove the notability warnings? User:Rpalmerarrc —Preceding undated comment added 15:11, 29 March 2009 (UTC).
Thanks for your patience. I'm ready to rock and roll at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Paxse if you'll show me what to do to make it live. Cheers, Paxse (talk) 12:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, the afd result for this article is delete. I'm just wondering why it's still up. Thanks – Shannon Rose (talk) 13:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you!
I appreciate the welcome, and all of the helpful links you included!
I hope to contribute more in the future.
Madcomputerscientist (talk) 17:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Except for you, all admins listed in Talk:Chiropractic/Admin log #Uninvolved admins are either inactive or on wikibreak right now. Just thought you'd like to know, as (after a long period of inactivity) an edit war broke out on Chiropractic in the last 24 hours or so. Is it time to recruit more admins? (Not that I was ever good at recruiting....) Eubulides (talk) 07:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I am very new to wikipedia as well and hope I am doing this correctly.
A few weeks ago you helped to approve the deletion of an article I wrote on a local artist named Libby Booth.
Not only did this article take me a very long time to write (as I said, I am new to this), but I was quite annoyed that it was removed so quickly by simply "googling" her name to see if she is a notable artist.
Perhaps I am naive about how this sight works, and perhaps I need to explain my own credentials in writing this.
I am a history professor who has lived in the Central Michigan area for nearly 25 years. Booth is by far the best artist I have ever seen in all of this time, and in terms of her local notability, she is considered the top artist of the Michigan tri-city area and is hopefully going to be known nationally quite soon.
While her name may not produce many google hits, this is NO WAY reflects how popular or well known she is in this area.
Outside of publishing books, I have published over 20 professional encyclopedia articles and am well aware of who should or should not have documentation about their careers and life.
This whole evaluation and deleting process seems rather haphazard (perhaps it is not and I am naive about this format), but I would appreciate it if you could possibly remove this article from its current deleted status.
I would really like to contribute more to this site in the future, but this initial experience is leaving me very frustrated.
Any advice or comments?
Sincerely, Dr. Joel A. Lewis
Department of History Saginaw Valley State University —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redgramsci (talk • contribs) 04:21, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Please, you deleted a page [25] whose the AFD discussion did not lead to a Consensus at the WP sense. Can you tell me in my talk page the reason of this decision?? Gentilal (talk) 15:18, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
...at this MfD. Also check my deletion log; the page was deleted three times under three different names. I am soliciting the opinion of others as well. Thanks! Frank | talk 15:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello there, wondering if I could have a second opinion on something. I opened an AfD recently on a town which appeared to not be notable. The AfD was subsequently closed, before I (or anyone else) even had a chance to even rebut the argument of the person who closed it. I do not believe that the closure was supported by policy (at least any that I know of), and I think that others should be able to weigh in on it, as with any other AfD. Could you possibly re-list it so that it could at least be discussed? ←Spidern→ 17:42, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
You recently deleted the article for "SkillStorm." I think that this is a useful piece that with improvement is Wiki-worthy. Is there any way to improve the article and have it re-instated?Adiaza2181 (talk) 20:15, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion! I just wanted to inform you: ==Deletion review for SkillStorm== An editor has asked for a deletion reviewofSkillStorm. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Adiaza2181 (talk) 14:43, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like to have the authority to change the order of sections within the article classical hamiltonian quaternions. I am sympathetic with the ideas of the people who did all the hard work on the article and have spent some time reading both elements of quaternions and lectures on quaterions.
ThanksQuaternionist (talk) 20:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
who do you think was the most confusing, sly, vandalizing sockpuppets you ever delt of, or heard of? Rick Tryker (talk) 22:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
oh, by the way, im not trying to set a record. see on my talk
Could you see about restoring File:RJ9 Handset diagram.png and getting it moved to commons? A SVG version was redrawn as File:RJ9 Handset diagram.svg which has been transfered to commons but from what I remember a file being redrawn as a SVG does not "obsolete" the original PNG and an orphaned CC licensed image isn't grounds for deletion. The deletion discussion was here. Tothwolf (talk) 23:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I had a question about a redeleted article at WT:AFD#Redeleted article. Since you conducted some of the actions mentioned in my query, would you care to respond there? Thanks. — AjaxSmack 00:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I hope you'll find that I addressed your concerns. Thanks, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 00:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I've seen you field a couple "userfy with intent to merge" requests recently, so I hoped that you would have some thoughts on this issue. Feel free to refer me to the appropriate discussion page.
As described in WP:Merge and delete, all merged content must be properly attributed, with its history visible. My interpretation is that required source pages should live in article space whenever possible or rarely in Talk space. This is normally done by simply redirecting the page. However, following an AfD delete, what should be done with the userfied and merged article? Going to DRV to request history undeletion of a redirect seems like overkill, but the AfD outcome would have been merge and redirect if that were the consensus. Moving to a Talk subpage is rarely done. I approached Michig at User talk:Michig#Black Market Hero, but I want a better idea of what the best method is. Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 03:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello MBisanz
I noticed that you added the "autobiography" tag to the "Jon Kaas" page. This is not the case, unless it applies to one of the intermediate revisions. Can you please explain what the intention was, and I will try to clarify. Fluminense (talk) 07:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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For generally being all round great and constant involvement in AfDs. Jenuk1985 | Talk 11:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC) |
In light of (fairly) recent changes, you need to make sure you remove the line:
<noinclude>[[Category:Open Wikipedia bot requests for approval|{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|3}}]]</noinclude>
from the top of the B/RFA to remove it from the category. It no big deal really, but helps to keep things tidy. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 12:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for answer;
The (public) content of the mentioned AFD discussion page contains many KEEP opinions with arguments linked to WP policy...; There is thus not a consensus for deleting!!. In such case, the page is KEPT according to WP policy :....If the discussion failed to reach consensus, then the article is kept....
Is there anything wrong?? Thank you for answering here or in my discussion page.Gentilal (talk) 14:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Per a deletion debate (Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ryan_Asselta), you reestablished a redirect on this page and protected it. Unfortunately, the redirect is actually incorrect, but matches the delete consensus. The subject of the article is apparently a local broadcaster in Boston for WFTX, but the editor who proposed the redirect transposed two letters to WXFT - a Chicago station. This was clearly just a typo on the part of the editor, as he originally redirected to the correct article here [26] and [27]. While you're at it, you might consider protecting or deleting and salting Ryan asselta (with the surname case error). Majorclanger (talk) 12:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Which Friendly template are you using? I can't find it. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 12:32, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to lobby you on this, but,
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MBisanz, I apologize for bringing up this topic again (or if this is against procedure). An RfC is currently going on for the article Sheree Silver which concerns a fair amount of information (60+ sources), and the article was just nominated today for an AFD under Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sheree_Silver_(2nd_nomination). I'm not quite sure how to handle this, because restoring an old revision could start Wikipedia:Edit warring. I understand if this is forward, but I appreciate any advice. Spring12 (talk) 20:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for allowing the discussion. It shows how easy it is to post and keep an article in the Wikipedia no matter how self-promoting, notable (in the truest sense of the word) or accurate an article or organization may be. Claims of "sockpuppetry" and the like by users and admins without sufficient evidence to support it are not verified by objective parties or anyone for that matter. More importantly, the veracity of a company's claims, statistics and article content go unchecked as well. What was the decision to keep this article really based on? This type of "quality control" will only serve to decrease the value and credibility of Wikipedia over time. I would like to argue for more checks and balances within the Wikimedia system of arbitration. I will be sure to pass this discussion on to the Wikimedia board for further examination.97.93.93.8 (talk) 20:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
What community consensus and what community are you talking about. You and two other people decided to keep the article, the community (not sockpuppetries - and you know this or is your next argument ip-spoofing?) decided to delete this article.97.93.93.8 (talk) 23:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
May I consider your hint : " ... I believed and still believe the consensus was to delete.;. You may appeal it at WP:Requests for undeletion... " as an invitation not to discuss your decision with YOU ??? Gentilal (talk) 22:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
As a scientist, you are, for sure, patient and clement!!, and opened to discussion
I'd never asked you to change your mind!! but just for the reasons(you never gave) of your decision. If you do not have time; please answer to the following (even by a Yes/No statement!):
Finally; I count with your understanding and high-scientific level faith.Gentilal (talk) 00:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
In every case, your policy is clear. But if one proves to you that the AFD claimer managed this action to impose decision on WP:EN (and succeeded!) would you revise your attitude? Gentilal (talk) 08:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I've gotten trigger emails from 3 different projects of you changing my hard redirects. It is sort of amusing actually. --ShakataGaNai ^_^ 22:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Matthew,
Thanks for the (stylish) soft redirect on WB!
New Rochelle problem discussion notification: I've opened a new discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Long-running problem with respect to New Rochelle area articles.
This relates to the 4 part proposal i opened on March 26, which was closed on March 27 and archived at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive187#Proposal for unban, apology, amnesty for Jvolkblum and related others, and topic ban for Orlady.
This is a courtesy notice to all parties who had more than a one word comment in the previous discussion. I think it is a problem that won't go away, and I hope that you will be part of the solution, whether or not you and I have agreed previously. I hope that we can at least clarify the problem, if not immediately agree upon a solution. If anyone thinks this is inappropriate canvassing, I am sure they will express that. I don't anticipate too many separated discussions on this topic, but if this one is closed and a new one opens, I'll probably notify you again, unless you ask me not to. doncram (talk) 03:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Um, WTF? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I would urge unblocking. The user was looking for help archiving his talk page as it was getting too large and I helped him with that. I don't think he means to be insulting to other users. –xeno (talk) 02:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hopiakuta has been recently frustrated by his edits seemingly disappearing, and since Otheruse was deleted speedily in the midst of the RFD discussion you initiated, I IAR'd and restored it to show him where it went. Another RFD discussion (along with several related and similar CNR's) was opened at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 March 31, you may wish to comment there. cheers, –xeno (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
why did you remove this important file? commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/Image:Etzel_diryasin.jpg Now it is missing in wikipedia... see http://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F&action=history for details —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.36 (talk) 13:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I saw you closed the AbsoluteTelnet AFD with a relist. Does this mean I can remove the tags from the article that say "this article is being considered for deletion"? --Brian Pence (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm contacting you out of the blue, because I'd like some advice. While perusing Special:ListUsers, I ran across these two accounts Valley2city drinks elephant semen (talk · contribs) and Valley2city drinks horse semen (talk · contribs). At face value, these would seem to be personal attacks pointed towards Valley2city (talk · contribs). After reading WP:IU, I'm not sure what to do, because on one hand, it says "Disruptive usernames that have clearly been created only to cause trouble should also be blocked indefinitely...[]...Such disruptive usernames may contain harassment or personal attacks", and on the other hand it also says "Inappropriate usernames do not need to be reported or blocked if the user has made no contributions". These two accounts have not made any contributions. What would you do? Just leave them alone? Thanks for your advice. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 22:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
They pulled a fast one on you - they renamed the article. You deleted the redirect. The actual article is still there. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! Could you please close the merge subject. There is no need to delete nor merge. Thank you and all best, Party diktator (talk) 11:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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Gatoclass (talk) 15:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey MBisanz, just a heads up that the edit-warring might kick off again at Siena College - do you have any suggestions on how to calm things down? --hippo43 (talk) 15:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:National city bank.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Kalel2007 (talk) 21:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
--> User_talk:Jennavecia#Idea_for_a_contest_you_may_be_interested_in_running...
'nuff said, I think someone should give it a whirl....Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
PS: Pass around to any others who might be interested, I just thought of Jennavecia off the top of my head, others may be interested too (and she may not - dunno).
Dear MBisanz, several moths ago you deleted very quickly the article of Errol Sawyer. I have found more links and I would like to ask your assistance to edit the article so we can put it back in the Wikipedia again. Errol Sawyer is an important African American artist according to my opinion. --82.95.185.119 (talk) 17:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
What do you think about the present state of the article? I took a grabshot of the archival search of PF magazine and I scanned the whole article. Their server is very slow. Can we attach this pdf to the link? Do you have a normal e-mail address I can write to and send files to? My e-mail address is: fischerm@dds.nl
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.95.185.119 (talk) 10:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 21:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, saw you comment on Buttermilk's talk page. I would like to also draw your attention to her antics at Talk:Rodeo, Talk:Rodeo in the United States, Talk:Animal cruelty in rodeo and her edit history. Note too that she has made over a thousand edits since March 13 or 14, all one general topic, and that was the first day she ever appears to have edited wikipedia, yet appeared full-sprung with knowledge of policies and procedures. This is unquestionably a single-purpose account, and I cannot believe this is a new user who is a 16 year old kid given the combination of sophisticated knowledge of both sources and of wikipedia procedures and policies. Montanabw(talk) 23:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you please explain this closure? Geo Swan (talk) 03:14, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Four votes to keep and three to delete isn't a consensus to keep. At best it's "no consensus". DreamGuy (talk) 22:01, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Some random "vandalism" got me thinking about this so I thought I'd just go ahead and question your judgement—I think you got it wrong on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pop rap. In the end, no one was asking for a redirect, they were asking for a merge (which still hasn't been done). I think the article should be restored until the merger is complete. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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OnApril 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wallace Community College, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Victuallers (talk) 12:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello. While I disagree with the outcome of this AFD (policy-based keeps outnumbered slightly by some bizarre delete arguments including claims that the band doesn't really exist and that they wrote their own Allmusic biography), there was properly-sourced content there which belongs in WP. This could at least be merged into the 40 Below Summer and Flaw articles. Could you restore the article to my userspace so that I can attempt such a merge please? Thanks.--Michig (talk) 06:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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Shubinator (talk) 18:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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OnApril 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Shubinator (talk) 00:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Matthew, I'd like to withdraw my AfD nomination for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Life, in light of some good sources that one of the user's has dug up. Are you able to tickle that up for me when you get a moment please? Esradekan Gibb "Talk" 06:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
This user self-identifies as a minor and had his name and a picture of himself on his userpage. Beach drifter (talk · contribs) has removed all the identifying information per the discussion on the talk page, but it is still in the page history. Could you delete the userpage and restore the revisions that do not reveal this user's personal information? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 07:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you here. I notice this image on English Wikipedia: [28] was placed on Commons here by someone with no knowledge of performing an actual transfer. What would happen if someone placed a 'db-commons' tag on the first image? Then the Commons image wouldn't have an actual source because a proper transfer wasn't done. I tried to transfer the original image to Commons but of course I couldn't since this image with the same identical name exists.
All of 11 minutes. :-) Though to be honest I considered the "approval" to be a rather silly formality in this case. Dragons flight (talk) 08:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Nobody, not even the nominator, argued for deletion, so how come you closed this as a "delete"? Phil Bridger (talk) 08:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Matt
I want to complain about the Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Greece–Jamaica_relations close. One keep, one delete + nom, the only argument being WP:N might not be satisfied. With [29] + [30], I think WP:N is satisfied, and would like it if you'd restore it, and I'll add the refs & flush it out a bit.
Cheers, WilyD 12:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
As I see that you have enough people questioning your AFD closures, I keep it brief. Was your closure on this one because you found a particular keep argument compelling, or because of the split in the !votes? I'm not questioning the closure, I just want to know how to better phrase the next nomination after it becomes clear that Rand won't seek the Senate seat. Burzmali (talk) 13:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Matt. BTW, Can this be deleted: File:RichardMourdock.pdf Its a duplicate of File:RichardMourdock.jpg
Can you also kindly direct me to the Deletion codes page on Wikipedia...so I know how to tag a duplicate or an image file with a bad pdf format for deletion. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
Per my boss, I am creating Wikipedia pages for shows currently airing on Playboy TV. Is it possible for me to get clearance to upload Logos and safe pix for the individual pages I create(i.e. the recent 1 I did for Boy Nexxt Door)?
What's the proper process to get them up?
Thanks very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zepolekim (talk • contribs) 19:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again for your help.
I was able to load a logo up on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BNDLOGO.png. Just curious, I actually do work for Playboy and we own rights to this, but how do I verify it so it doesn't get removed?
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zepolekim (talk • contribs) 22:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello again,
Just to double check. I sent an email to that address, but have yet to get a response. Is that normal?
Thanks very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zepolekim (talk • contribs) 00:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
You made an addition to the AbsoluteTelnet talk page to record the 'keep' decision regarding the AbsoluteTelnet AFD. However, your edit points to the *original* AFD which the result was 'delete' The results of the new AFD (2nd nomination) was different. Can you please fix the talk page? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpence (talk • contribs) 01:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)