Please be aware you've reverted the Flint/Davison paragraph three times within 24 hours. If you do it again, you'll break the Three-revert rule and most likely be blocked for a period of time. AlistairMcMillan 03:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I saw that you voted against the adminship of William M Connolly. I reviewed said candidate's actions on the Cold Fusion article and determined them to indeed be very biased and uncivil. I haven't looked at WC's actions on the aetherometry article yet though. The vast support for WC is truly disturbing. I am a candidate for the arbitration council. William M Connolly is precisely the type of biased and uncivil person that I would fight against.
I request that you review my candidate statement and questions at: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Vote/LawAndOrder , and consider voting for me, though only if you have suffrage for arbitration committee elections (registered before 9/30/2005, and have over 150 edits before 1/9/2006). The votes are vastly against me, so I will not win, but I have very few support votes, so voting for me will at least show that I (who is on your side) am less of a pariah. LawAndOrder 21:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey, cool to see another fan, and especially one not local. Yeah, I've been putting off writing the article for an eternity too, but I finally got around to it. Feel free to expand! Haakon 19:10, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Dear Jeff,
A colleague and I are working on a Boston Globe story about wikipedia, and we are looking for a few local folks -- we have talked to several already -- who like to contribute and have views about the project. Will you call me at xxx xxx-xxxx? Or you could also email me at (e-mail removed)@globe.com if you want to suggest a number where and time when I could call you. I'm thinking of a short chat on the phone. Also, it's possible that we would want to take your picture.
Thanks so much,
(name removed)
Hi, regarding your decision at AfD, I'm fairly certain the "411" group in the article is entirely male, and from California. You may wish to take another look :D. — TheKMan talk 15:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
(This is a continuation of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polkacide.) I agree that sometimes articles get deleted that shouldn't and it sucks when that happens. But consider how much time is wasted when a hundred people have to read an AFD and comment on it over a period of 5 days, just for the article to be deleted. Those people could have spent time creating other articles. I don't think this is a "deletionism vs inclusionism" issue; it is a "how do you spend your time most efficiently" issue. It's more efficient to delete and undelete the mistakes than be ultra-conservative. In Computer Science there is a maxim: "it is easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission". Cheers — Quarl ( talk) 2006-01-27 22:15 Z
You're correct that I've nominated a lot of junky bands for deletion lately. I don't think it's cool that I have to weed through a zillion junky bands that have less notability than people in my neighborhood just to get to bands that are actually worthwhile. And I'll continue to "clean up". Before you get to the point of blindly voting Keep on every one of my Afd's (it looks like you never vote to delete any music bands ever), take a look through my contributions and see how many bands I've saved by adding discographies and other hints at notability and how many others I've tried to start improving by tagging as uncat and unsourced, etc. Afd is not as evil a thing as you make it out to be. If we could get to a point where every band was clearly above a certain line, we wouldn't need to delete any others and Wikipedia wouldn't have the feel of a giant electronic one-cent used-CD store anymore. Just my two cents... — Wknight94 ( talk) 15:40, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, just a note to say nice work saving Reservoir Songs from deletion. -- Muchness 00:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Good call on
Encyclopedia Dramatica
!
I've moved the discussion, which I do as-and-when I find them.
Eventually the idea is that all currently-referenced discussions should be at AfD…, and we can maybe remove some of those VfD… redirects, but it's a long-term and very slow project.
HTH HAND —
Phil |
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sorry 'bout the mix-up. Thanks for the link. Tytrain 22:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, and for welcoming me to the fold of administrators. I'll do my level best to use the mop and bucket — or, as I said in my RfA, plunger — responsibly. Of course, in the best tradition of politicans everywhere, I've already broken a campaign promise and blocked a vandal (after I said "I don't anticipate using the blocking tool very often"). Nevertheless, I'll try not to let the unbridled power corrupt me. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 14:54, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Since this is kinda getting beyond the scope of the talk page... Yeah, this is how I tend to close AfDs, but honestly this was a very borderline case between "keep" or "no consensus". I was trying to err on the side of caution. I realize it might be seen as making an article more likely to get nominated again... so I'll take your comment into consideration in the future.
If it makes you feel any better, the one time a decision of mine has ended up on WP:DRV it was because someone wanted me to say "no consensus" when I'd said "keep". So you're never going to please everyone... -- W.marsh 16:07, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Jeff, I figured this would end up at deletion review however it was closed, and if you'd like to take it there I encourage you to do so. I'd be interested in the results. I did examine the prior keep vote, though a prior AfD does not alter the guidelines or criteria used in closing any subsequent AfDs. However, I do personally feel that later AfDs probably should bear a slightly higher "burden of proof" if they are to succeed, so this was one variable that pulled me in the direction of a "no consensus" judgment. As for verifiability, clearly the existence of the site and its various features are verifiable, but that's not the issue. What are sorely lacking are reliable secondary sources that characterize and describe LJ Drama. Without those, the article's prospects were very poor, and its potential scope extremely narrow. Regardless, the AfD met my typical definition of a supermajority for delete (normally I look for 66% of all good faith, reasoned votes), and I didn't find adequately extenuating circumstances to outweigh that supermajority. Babajobu 05:00, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering on what basis you think the group is notable if the number of fans, downloads, et. al are yet to be verified, and nerdcore has been around for almost a decade?-- Urthogie 15:39, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that. I did indeed find revisions before the vandalism. I have restored the page and reverted the vandlaism. I apologize for any inconvenience. That particular vandal was creating a lot of nonsense articles so I guess I just assumed that this was one, but I will remember to be more careful. Academic Challenger 03:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
'Too often, people will go there, see a band, and without thinking or researching, say "Yup, doesn't look notable, ooh WP:MUSIC, delete."' -I couldn't agree more. :) Keep up the great work! Madangry 20:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your bold edit of this page. I was the one who prodded it, but I certainly don't mind your edit. While I didn't think it likely that someone would type out the extra word, redirects are cheap and maybe it'll help a few people in the future. Thanks again, and keep up the good work! E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 03:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm running behind on the paperwork for DRV. This was going to be a note to let you know that I'd brought it back, but you've already spotted that. - Splash talk 00:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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The AfD for Popaganda!!! is not based on notability, as you point out it is a notable band. But the album is not yet released and wikipedia is not a crystal ball. In an industry as unstable as the music business, an album doesn't exist untill it's on the shelves. Ifnord 21:35, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
It was tagged as a (CSD G1) speedy.-- Dakota ~ ° 05:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
After seeing your approach to the Joseph Sobran article, I thought I would ask you to lend your expertise at LewRockwell.com, Lew Rockwell, and Tom G. Palmer. Hey, if you're good at conflict resolution you should really love these! In all seriousness, though, thanks for pitching in at the Sobran article! Cheers, Dick Clark 21:24, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Pretty tuff words there at the Joe Sobran talk page....—Preceding unsigned comment added by CaliforniaDreamlings ( talk • contribs)
I take the charge of vandalism very seriously. You have been distorting the facts on the LewRockwell.com page. It's easy to find small exerpts to back up a certain POV, but the fact is that the IHR is a group which argues that the Holocaust was conducted on far lesser scale than we currently consider it to have occured at, and IHR also argues that the Holocaust wasn't meant to exterminate Jews but only to put them into camps. Sobran's comments about Jews, found in http://www.marwenmedia.com/articles_images/SobranJewishFaction.html make it clear he is an anti-semite. Please do not distort these facts anymore. -- TheDookieMan 22:08, 23 March 2006 (UTC)TheDookieMan
Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy: There is no excuse for personal attacks on other contributors. Do not make them. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that you may be blocked for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thanks, Rogerman
While I don't have time to go to 4chan's forums, I do read about it. April Furs Day happened last year. Do you think 4chan will do it again? April 1st is coming up very soon! DyslexicEditor 16:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure I understadn you comment here? - brenneman {L} 12:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Let's just say, I'm warming up the "rough consensus" engine in the morning. =P I've changed it to keep after re-reading the debate. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 02:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Badlydrawnjeff, I came here after seeing your vote on the AFD for Flies Inside The Sun, and then read your thoughts on WP:MUSIC. It's great to find someone who feels the confines of WP:MUSIC are too restricting, as this is a view I share. I've been creating entries for many New Zealand artists from the 1990s - mostly those involved with the 'free-noise' scene. Back in the day, I really dug this scene, though following its nebulous personnel changes was a hefty task (especially before the internet was in wide use). Wikipedia is great for this task, but I'm fearing these bands are too obscure for WP:MUSIC and the deletionists who use it. Anyway, I was just dropping by the say "keep up the good work". Cnwb 05:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
I apologise, my comment was perhaps outside the bounds, of WP:AGF, although I still believe yours is too. That said, please don't remove my comments from a talk page, I don't think that's best practise to be honest. Once again, I apologise, though. Steve block talk 11:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Several days ago, you recommended undeleting the article for myg0t. I'm not sure to what extent you based your opinion on the prior AFD discussions. Since your comment, I discovered that the second AFD discussion in question had been vandalized by an anon user between the closure of the discussion and the start of the deletion review. The vandalism obscured several valid comments and made the strict vote-count appear to be a "no consensus" decision. If the prior AFD discussion played any role in your decision, could I ask you to review the unvandalized version of the AFD discussion? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 19:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to say you've done some nice work on the Elephant 6 articles (adding infoboxes, cleanup, etc.)-- Isotope23 17:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Regarding your comment on this user's page, I draw your attention to the section "Who do you think you are?". Note in particular the reference to the quote on his (other) user page.
Also bear in mind that his attitude towards such criticisms was to say "You seem to have confused me for someone who cares what you think. It was an honest mistake, I'm sure." then tell me not to use his talk page. Which seems pretty much to confirm that he has his own agenda, and plays the rules selectively when it suits this.
Fourohfour 11:25, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Please reconsider your vote on that. My research suggests that this person is just a self promoter and has added information to Amazon Wikipedia and other websites to create a false impression of notability (see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Possible_advertising_scam). Thanks Arniep 16:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I didn't authorize User:Fourohfour to speak on my behalf, and I truly resent his comments. As to your message, I'd like you to know that since you frequently remove my PROD tags and vote against me in deletion debates, I certainly do take your opinions into consideration. There are several articles that I haven't taken to AfD, even though I think they're worthy of deletion, because I suspect you'd prevent them from being deleted. I don't know if that's the kind of response you wanted, but it's true. Brian G. Crawford 23:17, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Look, I don't know how much you know about Joe Sobran, but he is an anti-semite, racist, and homophobe. Whether or not (and I'm not saying you do) think those things are okay, the fact is that his article should reflect the fact that many have stated that. I think the article in general should refelct a holistic consideration of Sobran, specifically concentrating on what makes him significant to the greater public. Those are the justificiations for my edits. Rogerman 20:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)Rogerman
Sorry badlydrawnjeff, I didn't see your note on Rogerman's talk page until after I reported his 3rr violation. I do agree that we need to work on coming to some long-term solution here, however. Cheers, Dick Clark 20:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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I noticed that you have had some trouble with User:Rogerman. Please observe his recent activity in the Billy Graham Edit History. This editor is concerned about antisemitism, as are most sane people, but he is not concerned about NPOV, as can be seen by his predilection for labelling biography subjects as controversial in the lead paragraphs of their articles. I looked at his user talk page and noticed that he has been asked by others not to do this, as well, and has been generally problematic in his crusade to spin other biographies with his POV. Joseph Sobran and Lew Rockwell have been hit, and I'm wondering long this continues before action is taken by admin? Projection70 03:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
I really resent that Jeff. Are you Projection70? After today coming to the point where we can work in a more cooperative fashion I would ask that we refrain from personal attacks. I quoted TheDookieMan because I agreed with his point.
Now let me ask you a question
Is your vision for the article one where all of the accusations of anti-semitism and all of their refuations are listed? Or should we just mention the accusation of anti-semitism that led to his firing? -- Rogerman 04:53, 20 April 2006 (UTC)Rogerman
Awesome user name.-- M @ r ē ino 20:55, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest that you rephrase this a bit? When I first read the "Why should this article be here?", I assumed you meant Wikipedia. After reading the rest of your page it seems you mean "Why should this article be on Afd?" or something to that effect.
(As a side-comment, and I'm not trying to start a war or anything, I personally like the first interpretation a lot better.) -- Hirudo 22:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I'm coming here to cut to the chase since we seem to be arguing over the top of each other and not actually listening to what we're saying. I think the meme guidelines are insane because if we apply them to any other topic, and believe me people will, they'll allow anything. Now internet related articles are a hard area, but I'd rather we had a list of people or sites who were considered reliable sources, rather than just allow a meme once it is a year old. A meme shouldn't get an article just because everyone is doing it, it should get an article because it's been reported that everyone is doing it. That's my opinion. I think that's what being an encyclopedia means. That's my take on WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. I'm going to post this at WP:MEME too, but I'm dropping it here too because I'm that sort of bloke. I would like to know why an article like Icy Hot Stuntaz requires no third party sources when WP:V states that Articles should rely on credible, third-party sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Appreciate it if we can at least get on the same page on this. Steve block The wikipedian meme 10:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
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So since there was already an existing article at the correct spelling Mike Shropshire (which isn't up for deletion), and I erged the Mike Shopshire content there... would you mind changing your vote to a redirect to Mike Shropshire for consensus?-- Isotope23 23:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Taking a look I've restored your latest revision, though I think it might get prod'd or request for speedy again, but its up as of this moment, thanks for the message -- Tawker 14:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
What are you talking about? I tagged it before you ever added your name to the edit history of the talk page. Check for yourself. I did things properly. Honestly, if I'd seen your signature anywhere on that article, I would've ignored it. I hear enough objections from you without getting anywhere near your pet projects. Brian G. Crawford 16:42, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I have posted additional material for review on the AfD. I don't think the band every really existed. [2]
Hey I take my hat off to you for your user page - too many idiots on wiki stay anons or hide their identities probably because they don't have the balls to stand by their edits... here they can be big and tough because they can hide! But you, like I lay your full name and it all out and I respect that. BUT, just be a little careful with your external links, esp to your blogs. There are some real serious psychos here and you don't wanna hand them your personal life on a plate. I link to my personal site, company sites and my anti-scientology website but avoid my real personal stuff. Just thought I'd drop you that line anyway. My "anti-passions" (if you like) are scientology and bush so your blogs were a fun read :) good luck with the job hunting too :) - Gl e n T C (Stollery) 17:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce myself to some of the people here-- Chapline R Vine( talk ¦ ✉) 05:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)