User talk:Davewild/Archive 5

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/MZMcBride

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On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Tiptoety ^talk 02:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thankspam

Hi Dave, belated post holiday thanks for your support and nice comments in my RFA, which passed by an embarrassingly wide margin. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here. WereSpielChequers 17:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Anguillan general election, 2005

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Gatoclass (talk) 17:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Flood of Red

Ages and ages ago i said i was going to give you a link to an interview which suggested notobility but i think it was never published. I still think the band is notable for inclusion on wikipedia, and i think there is webpages that will show this. They have toured in Europe and have recorded and album in Baltimore with a major recording studio and are due to play south by southwest festival, anyway these are some links.[1], [2](lenghthy interview), [3] Andrew22k (talk) 23:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dominican general election, 2005

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Shubinator (talk) 04:30, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for J Stalin

An editor has asked for a deletion review of J Stalin. 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. –Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I didn't initiate the review, by the way. I just noticed that you had not been informed yet. –Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mongolian presidential election, 2005

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Gatoclass (talk) 12:58, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Surinamese legislative election, 2005

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Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 08:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Swiss referendum, June 2005

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Gatoclass (talk) 11:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election, 2005

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--Victuallers (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Bolsover local elections

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Iudæus (talk) 14:29, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Redirect

Maybe I'm confused, but I was under the impression that article pages weren't allowed to redirect to user pages. Rwiggum (^Talk/_Contrib) 17:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I apologize. I was looking at another user's contributions page, and he had made several pages redirecting to his own user page, so I CSD-ed them. I guess that I thought this one was directing there too, but I was wrong. My mistake! Rwiggum (^Talk/_Contrib) 17:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Regarding recent speedy deletions

Hi, I noticed that you deleted Jonathan ieslin and Michael lulko per G10. I had tagged them A7 and G3. Would you consider my tags erroneous, or just cases where the articles met multiple criteria? If the latter, do you feel that G10 should take precedence over A7 even if the BLP is not entirely negative? Thanks in advance. decltype (talk) 09:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Makes sense, thanks a lot. decltype (talk) 06:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2005

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Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 09:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

SIEF

Hi

thanks for getting back to me. I suppose the second deletion was for the same reason as the first? (I've only today seen your response of mid-February...) What constitutes a reliable secondary source? Does it have to be a web link, or will references to some old-fashioned print sources suffice? As for web links, there is one to the SIEF homepage, which should serve to establish the bona fides of the association.

A couple more questions, while I'm here ...

It seems from my experience this far that unless one launches an entire edifice with cross-links to other topics, there is a risk that the entry will jo-jo up and down for some time, especially if - as in my case - the author only has time to check it every few days or sometimes even weeks. Would you recommend that we design a complex entry in its entirety first and then up-load it (in the hope it might survive)?

Also, a minor point: How do I set the name of the organisation in caps (SIEF, rather than Sief as at present)?

Thanks for our help. --Derbaer (talk) 15:34, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bermudan general election, 2007

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Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 22:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Armenian constitutional referendum, 2005

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Shubinator (talk) 01:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Flood of Red

There is another BBC interview with them recently at [4], sorry to keep bothering you, if this doesnt suggest notability then can you userfy the page for me. Andrew22k (talk) 10:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

List of state leaders in 1409

Here, with this link, could you add a specific link, please? --MikemoralSock (talk) 02:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lichfield Council election, 1999

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BorgQueen (talk) 19:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

St Albans Local Elections 2008

re Nigel Wood Smith, I'm not sure I see the logic in including his middle name (Anthony), as the other candidates have just a first name and surname. He's just unusual in that he has a double surname (Wood Smith). So if I'm Joe Bloggs (Mr Bloggs), then he's Nigel Wood Smith (Mr Wood Smith) 217.41.247.51 (talk) 13:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hartlepool Council election, 2000

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Gatoclass (talk) 10:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Unfortunately, my RFA was closed recently with a final tally of 75½/38/10. Though it didn't succeed, I wanted to thank you for your support and I hope I can count on it in the future. Even though it didn't pass, it had a nearly 2 to 1 ratio of support and I am quite encouraged by those results. I intend to review the support, oppose, and neutral !votes and see what I can do to address those concerns that were brought up and resubmit in a few months. If you would like to assist in my betterment and/or co-nominate me in the future, please let me know on my talk page. Special thanks go to Schmidt, MICHAEL Q., TomStar81, and henrik for their co-nominations and support. — BQZip01 — talk

DYK for Hartlepool Council election, 2002

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Paxse (talk) 06:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina

hi Davewild,

thank you for reading the article Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. I tried to improve it. I am sure there are a lot of issues to be corrected and I would be grateful for your information.

--Keysanger (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Algerian national reconciliation referendum, 2005

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Shubinator 04:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Gateshead Council election, 2003

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Shubinator 10:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Ushuaia

Hey, there is a dispute ongoing in the Ushuaia article. I would like to have your opionion on that issue and then maybe you can help to protect the page against vandalism from unregistered users? Dentren | ^Talk 19:55, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Could I ask you to participate in the discussion on this article. Justin talk 21:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Moroccan parliamentary election, 2002

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Shubinator (talk) 15:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Polish presidential election, 2000

Hello! Your submission of Polish presidential election, 2000 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Smallman12q (talk) 22:50, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lower Saxony state election, 2008

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Dravecky (talk) 07:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Polish presidential election, 2000

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Dravecky (talk) 12:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for improving this article. Will you work on other Polish elections? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 14:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nepalese legislative election, 1994

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Jamie^☆S93 16:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC) 06:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Armenian presidential election, 2003

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Jamie^☆S93 08:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Saint Lucian general election, 2006

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Dravecky (talk) 08:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003

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Giants27 21:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Cypriot presidential election, 2003

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Giants27 03:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2003

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Giants27 15:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Salvadoran legislative election, 2003

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Giants27 09:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

UK politics

Hi mate, I noticed you had edited the UK local elections 2009 page. I wondered if you would be able to expand upon an article I have created, entitled 2009 United Kingdom parliamentary crisis. It needs to deal with the fall in popularity for the main parties, a short section on the expenses issue and some details on the political changes to the cabinet. Cheers. 03md 10:14, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Captain Obvious

Looking at your deletion nomination for the Captain Obvious page, I'd like to point out that there is a page for Captain Obvious on Uncyclopedia. And it's good, too. --06SmithG (talk) 15:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Estonian parliamentary election, 2003

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Giants27 05:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Full-date unlinking bot

Greetings. I am a member of the Bot Approvals Group, and I am very interested in making sure that bots only run with community approval, in ways that are positive to Wikipedia. I read your thoughtful oppose !vote at the RFC, and I wanted to let you know about some safeguards that I can assure you would be in place, should this bot be approved.

First of all, I am adamant that no one should get "jumped on" for adding a link to the exclusion list. I'll be watching the ensuing discussion carefully, and if someone starts to harass people who make good-faith additions to the exclusion list, even when there is disagreement, I won't put up with that. There's been enough bad feeling generated already over this relatively minor issue, and civility is going to be required. I also wanted to let you know that if someone adds {{nobots}} to an article, this bot will not edit it. That could be a way to exclude an article without using the date exclusion list. Also, this bot would not be approved to run multiple times, obviating any revert wars. If a human and a bot disagree about formatting issues, the human is always right. (If a human and a human disagree later, that's a separate issue.) So no one should be made to feel that this (or any) bot's edits are certified as more valid than a person's individual choice in an article.

I don't know if this changes your mind about the bot idea, but either way, I just wanted to reassure you about what will or will not happen if this bot is ever approved. All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 20:20, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Redditch Council election, 2002

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Wikiproject:Did you know 14:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

RfC on merger of Bristol Indymedia with Independent Media Center

User:Simon Dodd has requested comment on the proposed merger. You are being informed as you participated in the recent AfD discussion. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:28, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Logan Campbell

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Deletion of Tiffany Holiday

Tiffany Holiday was in AVN Award nominee material. This would meet the WP:PORNSTAR requirement? BumbaBaby (talk) 19:20, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiffany Holiday where it was decided that the article did not meet the notability guidelines. If you feel you have new evidence that was not raised in that discussion then I would suggest taking it to Deletion Review where that evidence can be reviewed to decide whether the article should be recreated or not. Davewild (talk) 19:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Does starring in a series denoted in Wikipedia and another with received an AVN Award qualify as an exemption to WB:PORNSTAR criteria? BumbaBaby (talk) 18:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Logan Campbell

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BorgQueen (talk) 15:36, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA reminder

Thanks for signing up for the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Wikipedia stands to benefit from the improvements in the article space as a result of this campaign. This is a double reminder. First, the campaign begins on July 18, 2009 at 00:00 (UTC). Second, please remember to log any articles you have worked on during the campaign at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/Log. Thanks again for your participation! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 22:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Diana Golden

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Wikiproject:Did you know 17:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Seychellois general election, 1998

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Thank you for making WP:NODRAMA a success!

Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:

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Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 02:22, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

A bold proposal

The RfC has been pretty devisive. I want to try to get something good out of it. So I have created a project page for the community to address questions of reform. i hope you will check it out and participate, WP:Areas for Reform Slrubenstein | Talk 09:25, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jamaican general election, 1997

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Shubinator (talk) 03:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

PODS and PODZILLA

Why are these pages being considered for deletion? It makes no sense. Similar pages, United Van Lines and U-Haul have similar content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.215.154.165 (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Please discuss the deletion on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PODS (company) where you are can put your case for why the article should not be deleted. The AFD tag should remain on the article until the discussion has been completed. Davewild (talk) 20:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination)

Since you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 September 4#Ashida Kim, which was closed as relist, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination). Cunard (talk) 08:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for the quick work. IronDuke 17:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Satoru Rodas

Hi. I see you removed a speedy tag on this article. Just a few points:

• It was created by user:Satoru which suggests to me it is a self published article.
• The only ref is about company that he started which had 2 employees and went out of business 8 years ago.
• I googled latino impact magazine [5] and this is all the came up and 100 Latinos on the move [6]

I'm still thinking that notability hasn't been asserted and there may be other issues but I'm open to interpretation GainLine ♠ _♥ 19:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

The article quite probably fails the notability guidelines, however all that is required to avoid being speedy deleted is an assertion of importance or significance. The claim to being one of "100 latinos on the move" is a claim to significance and the list is almost certainly not a hoax[7]. A nomination for proposed deletion (or AFD if necessary) would be the correct forum for deleting the article which I agree is almost certainly not notable and the above claim would certainly not be enough to avoid deletion there. Davewild (talk) 19:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Didnt think it was hoax just clutching at straws on notability. I'll prod it but will probably have to go to AFD. Cheers for the input GainLine ♠ _♥ 19:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Brunei Museum Journal: a sigh of relief

Thank you! I wonder if User:TankTrivia needs a word in his or her shell-like about correct use of speedy deletion. It's worrying that he/she thought it a suitable candidate. Jasper33 (talk) 11:54, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

recently created

Hi, Davewild. Thanks for the clarification in the summary of this edit. I hadn't noticed, until today, that that criterion could only be applied to recently crated redirects. I don't understand, though, why does the recency make a difference here. Could you briefly explain me that? Thanks, Waldir ^talk 22:30, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

There was a recent discussion of this criteria on the policy page that probably explains it better than I could - Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 36#R3 - why only recent?. Basically from my reading the rationale was that people felt that older redirects should go through RFD as speedy should be kept to limited cases, although there were others who felt the wording should be removed. Davewild (talk) 07:43, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, reading that was rather enlightening. Lots of good points presented there. Especially Rossami's "offline links" argument got me thinking. And even though they tend to be more careful in print media, the linkrot argument is also worthwile. Still, I don't think this is the case, so I'll take that specific redirect to RfD. Cheers, Waldir ^talk 12:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

About Leila Khatami

You have removed the speedy tag on Leila Khatami article. Do you know something about her that makes her special? (If so, let other people know) I am an Iranian. Even in Iran nobody knows her. (Except her family!!!) The Article is a propaganda and should be removed as soon as possible. Bardia666 (talk) 13:38, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

I removed the speedy tag because speedy deletion is only for the most obvious and blatant cases. This article had had a speedy tag removed before back in 2007 by another administrator who felt there was an assertion of importance. Also as daughter of a former president and a research mathematician there is a possibility that there could be coverage to meet the notability guideline and they are enough of an assertion of significance that I feel it should go to AFD if the article is going to be deleted. You are welcome to nominate the article at Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion if you feel the article should be deleted. Davewild (talk) 15:05, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

About Jim Howard, Jr.

You have removed the speedy tag on Jim Howard, Jr. article. Is there something significant about this living person that makes this autobiography wiki worthy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.134.114 (talk • contribs)

There was enough in the article to just about qualify as an assertion of significance in my view. Speedy deletion is only for the most blatant cases and combined with a google search that showed there might be some coverage in reliable sources gave me the view that the article should go through Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion if it should be deleted. I note another admin has come to the same conclusion as well. If you feel it should be deleted you are welcome to nominate it for AFD. Davewild (talk) 06:58, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Paola Rey (pornographic actress)

I was just reviewing articles tagged for speedy deletion, and I reached a different conclusion from you about Paola Rey (pornographic actress). WP:G12 says: "[...] where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving." That article had an infobox, references, and categories. That said, It didn't look like the article meets WP:PORNSTAR, so I don't feel too strongly about it. — Sebastian 07:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

You are quite right my mistake, I have restored the article and removed the copyviolating material. Davewild (talk) 07:14, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! That's what I was trying to do, when we got an edit conflict. — Sebastian 07:23, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

West Lancashire Elections 2008

Thanks for the link. But sadly that does not help me as it does not show the results for North Meols parish council for some reason (it shows the results for all the other parish councils but not North Meols, werid). Which is what I really want. Thanks for you help though. 93gregsonl2 (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

But it does not matter as I will use the 2007 results for North Meols. 93gregsonl2 (talk) 22:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

IP vandalism

Hi. Some IPs have deleted the ressorced parts of the article Taraneh Javanbakht. Please protect this article against the IP vandalism. thank you for your consideration. Zohairani (talk) 21:19, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi, semi-protection is only used on pages which are subject to "heavy and continued vandalism". Considering there has only been one edit by an unregistered user since August, which was not vandalism but a misunderstanding of the policy over foreign languages sources, I cannot see that this criteria is met. I also note that the last edit in August by an unregistered user was a constructive addition of a userbox and categories. If there is continuing vandalism in the future then you can request protection of a page at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection where other admins can usually act quickly on a request. Davewild (talk) 21:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Youtube

Hi. Can youtube be used as a reference in the wikipedia articles? Please reply to me in my talk page. Thank you. Zohairani (talk) 14:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom Election RFC courtesy notice

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Questions/General/List

I notice that you added some questions to this page. You might have missed the instruction stating that users are limited to asking a single question. In consideration of this, and of the huge burden on candidates to answer questions, please consider removing all but one question from your submission. Stifle (talk) 10:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Davewild, could I second this request by Stifle? In a few days' time, I think the organisers of the election will be pressing home the one-question rule. Tony (talk) 09:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Catbus AfD

Hi. I noticed your close of WP:Articles for deletion/Catbus. I agree with your closing statement's consideration of merging. Some editors consider merge equivalent to keep and see a unanimous keep there, perhaps even a speedy keep, which is hinted at in WP:AfD and mergers#AfD outcomes. I've been thinking about writing an essay AfD keep variants describing nuances between keep and delete – would you have any interest in that? Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 03:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

question

While reading comments that somebody else wrote in an AFD about an Army major: Delete. Single event of an not otherwise newsworthy subject. Remember, no consensus = default to delete. Cla68 (talk) 04:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

But you wrote this:

The result was No Consensus defaulting to Keep. There is no consensus that I can see between those who think the list is inherently POV and unmaintainable, and those who think the issues with the list can be solved and that it is a valid topic for a list. I encourage those who think it should be kept (and others of course!) to discuss on the talk page ways to improve the list. Davewild (talk) 11:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of countries by formation dates

Who is correct. I think you are. Where's the proof. Thank you. Ipromise (talk) 04:42, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

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Risker (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Game Show Congress

Is it okay for me to list those two at AFD myself? Or should someone else do it instead? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 19:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Digirami edits on River Plate article

Hi!, I am truly sorry for the "vandalism" you have remarked on my actions, but this has a reason. The user I've commented has being changing River Plate article several times by adding an ignominous defeat against Liga (7-0), in the historical section of that article. I must remark that I've been the only one (unitl now) editing that article, and this guy is adding that piece of information as a matter of making fun on someone. I really dislike about this attitudes. I have talked to him, warning about this, but he didn't put down his attitude, so I decided to go on editing his own page.

Try to talk to him, because this situation is running out of my patience.

--VH1982 (talk) 17:51, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Reference your comment on my talk page. You need to stop your edits such as this one immediately and discuss the article civilly on the talk page. Every article is open to editing by anyone and where there is disagreement over the content this should be discussed not edit warred over. If you cannot reach agreement after a civil discussion you can consider Wikipedia:Dispute resolution such as requesting a third opinion. I notice Digirami has started a discussion here which you should consider joining and will get informed editors involved. Davewild (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Onboarding article - keeping

Appreciate your closing the deletion conversation on the article on "Onboarding". It seemed like a valid discussion in which people on both sides of the question made some very good points. I certainly learned a lot about how the Wikipedia community works. Gbradt (talk) 11:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)