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AIV has been quite slow these days - when you have an IP on a rampage such as the one I reported to AN/I - I did so because AN/I is watched more closely than AIV. Just so you know my reasoning. Dusti *Let's talk!* 05:36, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
This will have been the third time that a discussion has been held regarding the deletion of the Cultural Marxism article. These 'neutral editors', quite likely sockpuppets themselves, similarly do not have the right to overturn consensus by claiming 'no consensus', especially after an admin has already acted to delete the page beforehand and especially considering the sheer volume of SPAs voting 'keep'. I will start a dispute on the talk page in a bit, but if your strategy is to tire out the editors in this discussion until only SPAs and sockpuppets remain to repeat obvious falsehoods, you might just succeed. Amitabho Chattopadhyay ( talk) 04:08, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello. I would suggest that reverting this editorial decision to disambiguate, in an attempt to enforce this close, is incompatible with the independence required to use admin powers any further in this matter. This topic has been given to editorial process. Disambiguation is an editorial matter not an administrative one. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:33, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
The article has now been nominated again [1]. Any chance you could overlook this, seems like the same argument again and again. Loganmac ( talk) 02:29, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello and Happy Holidays,
I see that you implemented the ban on User:FergusM1970, which I support fully. In glancing at a few of the articles he admits editing for pay, I noticed Ventura Film Festival, which was created and significantly edited by User:Filmfann. I am wondering if this account should be blocked, and if examination of the other articles on that list might lead to more sockpuppets. Sock hunting is not my area of expertise (or interest), but I thought that this was worth bringing to your attention. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:07, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Your block notice on the user's page is confusing. You closed the discussion at ANI with a consensus of an indefinite block, but your notice makes it sound like the user was site-banned. I think you intended to issue just an indefinite block that the user can appeal in the usual manner. I don't think there was a consensus for a site ban.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 05:39, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) In retrospect, DarkFalls can't be faulted too much when the closer makes no distinction between a ban and a block either. [3] Maybe a memo should be sent out to all the admins or something. No one ever seems to say "Interaction Block", "Topic Block" or "Community Block". But somehow "ban" gets interchanged with "block" all the time. There should be no confusion in the terminology, especially for admins. Blocks are blocks, bans are bans. Doc talk 07:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
How can bind the article page with Facebook. — Preceding unsigned comment added by علي محسن البكاء ( talk • contribs)
Thank you for ending that mess. After attempting to help, I felt like I was being sucker punched from all sides. It was the correct outcome, but what a ridiculous chain of events. -- Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 07:33, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
I will agree, it was the correct outcome. If only people didnt use wikipedia to launch personal vendettas, think of all the time that would've been devoted to actual "noteworthy" articles. Obviously the better judgement of the Objective wiki community prevailed. Hopefully we can all move on, time will tell as the author of all three articles is still under a block for puppetting himself.🐍 02:11, 11 January 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shark310 ( talk • contribs)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nate_Moore_(actor)&oldid=642189564]
Looks like someone recreated the deleted articles, in violation of WP:GAMING clearly an in an attempt to make a [WP:POINT]. Referring here to WP:G4, "recreation of a page that was deleted per discussion." The result of all three AFDs was a consensus to delete by the wikipedia community. Not "redirect." The recreation of already deleted pages ("Nate Moore (actor)" and "Dave Oren Ward") is a blatant attempt to get around the consensus and "circumvent deletion policy". Further, It seems petty, and even WP:SOURGRAPES. Even if done with "good intentions" (although difficult to imagine here given the creators vigilance in arguing to "include/keep" in all three AFDs), I can't imagine why such an experienced editor wouldn't be aware of the correct procedure to request deletion review or the wikipedia policy regarding recreated properly deleted articles. It should be noted that the current wikipedia process in AFD discussions allow for many consensus options: "KEEP", "DELETE", "MERGE" and "REDIRECT." The consensus here was to delete. Thus, it appears that the author of the re-created pages is blatantly ignoring the consensus due to a case of WP:IDONTLIKEIT. I would tag these two recreated articles for speedy deletion myself, per policy, but I don't want to be accused of CENSORSHIP Yet again by scalhotrod. However im sure that Admins don't take kindly to an editor circumventing policy to make a point. 🐍 23:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Could you consider cutting the protection of cleavage (breasts) to four days or so? A week seems a bit much. Johnbod, Evergreen and I had at least a dozen edits in there that had absolutely nothing to do with what was being contested like non-removals, moving of content and simply copyediting.
Peter Isotalo 12:15, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi DarkFalls your page is COOL! How do you make a user page this si just making no sense to me at all! Thnx, from a new user, Marshamallow 360! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marshamallow 360 ( talk • contribs) 17:54, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, this is concerning User:DarkFalls/SALT: the cascading protection you used there prevents the creation of a page; I have therefore pulled the protection back to semi. Sorry about just doing that, but you are rarely on here anymore. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar ( talk) 05:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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I noticed that you untagged articles under discussion at AFD after you closed them and while that's fine, if you expect to do more work at AFD, or any XFD area, it's helpful to use XFDcloser. It takes care of removing deletion notices and tags and also removes links from articles that have been deleted. The Wikipedia page on XFDccloser has more information but it's really simple to use and you just turn it on by going into your Wikipedia Preferences and checking off the XFDcloser box. It really makes the closure process user-friendly and the editing tool takes care of the more tedious part of closures. Any way, I hope you find this helpful. Liz Read! Talk! 23:01, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
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To fix misnested and obsolete tags, would you please edit User talk:DarkFalls/Archive bottom and change
''<font color=red>The above archive is a past discussion. Please direct all new discussion to the [[User talk:darkFalls|current talk page]]. Thank you.''</font>
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<i style="color:red">The above archive is a past discussion. Please direct all new discussion to the [[User talk:darkFalls|current talk page]]. Thank you.</i>
Sincerely, Anomalocaris ( talk) 02:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
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