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Fuck You for deleting the Irish Airborne Article

Thanks for blocking the latest Lucille Ball sock-vandal

Should I have reported that to WP:SSP#Reporting_suspected_sock_puppets? I thought that WP:AIV would be ok for such an obvious sock-vandal, but apparently not. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 21:55, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

This is how I spent part of New Year's Day: User talk:Bennbread... so my patience is at the same level (i.e. I'm fresh out). User:Antandrus shut down that sock...but I'm sure there will be more. I'm taking the same whack-a-mole approach as you are; I just have to hope for an available admin whenever a new sock pops up. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 22:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Protection Error

I would like to point out that your protection for Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg was not done correctly. I'm unsure if it was a mistake or if you just didn't know how, but when you protect an image from Commons, you need to make sure you get a Commons admin to protect the page there. Alternatively, you can download the image and upload it locally, and then apply protection as you did in this case. Thanks in advance, and I apologize if you knew about those processes already and this sounded condescending. -- tariqabjotu 23:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, you can add a parameter to the {{mprotected2}} template that says what article is associated with the protected page. For example, for templates transcluded into Ahmose I, you could put {{mprotected|Ahmose I}}. That might make things a little easier for admins looking to unprotect templates in pages no longer on the Main Page, as it gives them an idea of when the associated article was or will be on the Main Page. -- tariqabjotu 00:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

{{warning}}

I would like to replace the current image with Image:Fairytale waring.png so as to make the warning more friendly. I think warnings are often pointless and I would like to bring about more understanding of vandal culture. I am even thinking of creating wikipedia:penance program. frummer 21:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Short pages

Per your recent edit to The Llama Song, I'm wondering if it might be better in the long run to add some extra stuff to the {{deletedpage}} template so that it will automatically avoid being listed on Special:Shortpages. What do you think? ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 16:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

contested prod of 3760 B.C.

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from 3760 B.C., which you proposed for deletion, because I feel that this article should not be deleted from Wikipedia. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

It was orphaned because the year was wrong. Article has now been moved to 3761 B.C. --Selket 21:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Template:Genesis

Hi TexasAndroid, I was wondering how long a template like this one usually stays protected after an article in which it's used is featured on the main page. I'd like to add something to the template. You can see the discussion of that here. Thanks in advance. Robotman1974 14:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! That was quick. I've read about that particular vandal... it's a real shame that templates have to be locked like that but I guess it's one of the only solutions for now. Happy editing. Robotman1974 15:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Long comments for Shortpages

Keep in mind for non-maintenance pages like disambiguation pages that can and will warrant textual changes it may be best not to add a long comments to push them off Shortpages. Many of these pages instead need to be expanded with additional items linked or need explanatory descriptions added or birthdate information for persons, or general disambig formatting, etc. —Centrx→talk • 04:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I am using Shortpages to flesh out these disambiguation pages and other pages. Though, for many of them there is not much that can be done to flesh them out. I am just asking that you consider when you go through them whether there is more you can do to make it a better disambiguation page that facilitates navigation for the reader, rather than just pushing them off. Hopefully we will get to higher and higher bytecounts—it hasn't been up to 91 at least since I've used it in the last seven months—but once you get up to the level of the disambiguation page there is not much vandalism going to be there anyway. So, to some extent it pushes the pages off only to get more of the same kind of page, until eventually we get to those commented-out pages again that could still use improvement. Just something to consider. —Centrx→talk • 16:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

To some extent, there is nothing that can be done to flesh out some of these. There are good and bad parts to adding the long comments, so I myself am divided on the issue. —Centrx→talk • 16:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Refectory?

Hi TexasAndroid--I am working on Blackfriars Theatre, and I noticed that Refectory has been deleted; I am sorry if I am addressing the wrong person, but the log appears that you deleted it as the result of a PROD. Do you know if there is a way to check the reason for the PROD? I would like to recreate the page, which has more than 50 links to it. I am a novice in this, so I apologize if I am doing something out of process. Jlittlet 01:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Artistic Perspective Entertainment

I object to your deletion of "Artistic Perspective Entertainment" as result of a Prod. This companies works are receiving world release and press for the artists involved. A.P.E. Films and its two directors C.S. Vernon & Jimmy Lee are certainately more notable than many of the other music video & film directors/companies currently listed in Wikipedia.

Please excuse if I did not post this objection correctly in accordance with Wikipedia policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.115.92 (talk • contribs)

Philip Beckley

Could you explain to me what was exactly wrong with Philip Beckley and why it was deleted? What does it mean "Blanked by creator". If you dont like it in the proposed form we can work on it. I would appreciate if next time you send me a comment at least letting me know that the article was deleted (not to mention that you could just simply talk to me BEFORE it was deleted). --Zureks 10:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your speedy reply and explanation. First of all I would like to apologize, because it was all my fault. I was working on the page in my Sandbox. When I was ready I copied to content to the actual page. A then I wanted to remove the stuff from my sandbox (by as you say blanking it) - as you can see somewhere I got so confused that I also blanked the text from the actual article (see the Edit summary of that edition). Thanks a lot for your help and for undeleting that article. Have a nice day. --Zureks 16:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

u cnat

u cant. u know u cant. if u culd u would but u cant. U HAVE NO POWER OVER ME BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH seriously tho i know yuo cant do it so stop tryin ta fake tha funk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.19.171.226 (talk) 15:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Vesica_Piscis_(band)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Vesica_Piscis_(band). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 71.223.0.53 02:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Shortpages updated

And the bot has now finished running... Schutz 13:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll rerun the bot in 1-2 hours since it looks like you've done a lot of cleaning up already. If you want an earlier update, just ping me on my talk page. Schutz 14:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Regarding a category

Regarding Category:Russian-language films, since all other "X-language films" categories don't have the requirement that the films not be from the largest country with that language, perhaps it would be a good idea to rename it to something like "Russian-language films not made in Russia"? I also wonder if you could weigh in on the deletion discussions here and here. Esn 23:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

question about u2charist deletion

'ello. just wondering why you deleted the article with the aforementioned name that i'm really embarrassed to repeat because it's the silliest most absurd thing i've ever heard of? despite my urge to vomit when even thinking about it, i'm still curious, seeing as i've read lots and it gets "about 35000" hits on google. was the old article really bad, or did you share my nausea and just put any who, despite their best interests and self-preservation, wanted to find a wikipedia article that might help ease the stomach a bit, our of their miseries? --Chalyres 13:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

i guess that's probably a protest, then. --Chalyres 20:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

power sum

Your edit to the power sum disambiguation page seems inappropriate and I have reverted. The term "power sum" does not refer to those things. Rather, power sums are written about in those two articles. Michael Hardy 22:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Short disambiguation pages

Please at least check that these pages are formatted properly and link to the articles of the same name on Wikipedia before pushing them off the list. There is a similar situation for other pages; don't put a stub tag on a completely unsourced, unwikified article. The article should be wikified and the it should be verified that the topic at least exists. —Centrx→talk • 16:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Same Name???

Are you the same username from Virtual GlobeTrotting? ----Invader Soap^{Evil Jokes}_{Gir's Dog}February 13^th, 2007 (UTC)

Hey

you mean i can use any of the images from the wiki tan thing you sent me? =) thanks really! i had never seen any of the images that showed what i liked so i went and made my own. i really didnt know about images that i could and couldnt use untill recently. thanks so much for your help i can finally express myself (the right way) =) Maverick423 15:31, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

one quick question. i found wikipe tan in a more older version ( which is displayed on my userpage now) however its accompanyed by her youger versions too how can i go and request for a image of the older version only? it looks weird saying that the girls are umm hot and then having a pic of a young anime girl. gives me a odd wierd and unliked feeling. Maverick423 16:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Moonlight Towers

Yes, the copyrighted material obviously needed to be removed. But that doesn't seem like the best way to go about doing it; the fact that you didn't bother to replace the material unrelated to the Texan article seems rather careless. I'll replace my own contribution, but keep in mind that a lot of people (e.g., the anonymous ones) don't track the pages they edit. Miss Dark 01:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Still Couldn't Access!!!

I still couldn't access VGT. WHY?!?!?! ----Invader Soap^{Evil Jokes}_{Gir's Dog}February 13^th, 2007 (UTC)

Improper use of user page

Hi, picking an admin at random. There's a issue with a user page, specifically BassxForte. I removed portions that I believe violate WP:NPA and WP:AGF, but the user reverted it and asserted ownership of his user page, which isn't in accordance with basic policies. I don't want to get involved in an argument that will only go in cycles, so I respectfully ask for your assistance in the matter. ' 07:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Just One More Thing, Dude!

Just one more thing, dude! I can see that you misspelled "site". :) I fixed it! ;). And besides, what I can do for you is I can be your bot pal! I mean, you are a GREAT bot, dude (because the word "android" is in your user, android means "bot")! Won't that be great?! ;)

----Invader Soap^{Evil Jokes}_{Gir's Dog}February 21^st, 2007 (UTC)

Claire Coffee

Could you undelete Clair Coffee for me? The deletion log is here. - Peregrine Fisher 19:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher 19:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Jellybeans for You!

Here, I have some jellybeans for you!

Jellybeans.

----Invader Soap^{Evil Jokes}_{Gir's Dog}February 21^st, 2007 (UTC)

Template???

Is there a WikiSmile template around this site? ----Invader Soap^{Evil Jokes}_{Gir's Dog}February 13^th, 2007 (UTC)

Tamil Gangs

Please can you put that entry back up. It was broadly correct, important and wouldn't have taken long to find references. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.139.192.96 (talk) 18:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

You said in your removal of the prod on Tamil gangs that you had contested the prod on your talk page. But I can't find any such thing here - am I blind? Anyhow, I think your opinion on why it shouldn't be prodded needs to go on the article's talk page, not yours. --Alvestrand 14:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah. I understand - I did not see that you were acting in the role of admin, I thought you were acting in the role of the protester; I did not see the delete & restore in the article log. I've tried to follow the full AfD process (for the first time, so I may have messed up something). Thanks! --Alvestrand 15:08, 5 March 2007 (UTC):

On Quizap and stuff

Per the AfD on Quizap (refer to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quizap), the content was transplanted to a different page without a redirect. The explanation given, if memory serves, was that the new location - Quizap! - was the correct name. Does this mean that the article should be deleted, or that it should start anew in the AfD process? --Dennisthe2 17:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Bettina Redlich

would you consider reversing your speedy deletion based on Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Actors. I will get some of the details from the German article to expand it if needed. Agathoclea 23:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Good idea, that is the way around the problem. I will do that once I have a few more sources. Agathoclea 14:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Why deleted Manitoba Scholoastic Chess Association

I'm new at wikipedia and my article was recently deleted with the comments nn-org. After some further reading, I believe that this means the organization is not notable? Please confirm this.

I am not trying to create an argument, I want to understand what is not notable about the organization if its parent organization has not been deleted from Wikipedia? I realize that the parent organization is a national organization, but without provincial organizations the national organization would really not exist as an organization. Thank-you for your help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pichester (talk • contribs) 01:03, 27 February 2007 (UTC).

Category:Lasallian universities and colleges

I have nominated Category:Lasallian universities and colleges for renaming to Category:Lasallian educational institutions. Since you have made contributions to this category in the past, you might wish to participate in the CfD discussion. CounterFX 19:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Pat on the back for a vandal chaser

What don't kill the vandal makes me stronger.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.241.45.251 (talk) 05:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC).

Wolfcore

Why oh why did you take down Wolfcore? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BFSkinner22 (talk • contribs)

The only content was "'Wolfcore was born in Germantown, Maryland.It is an undescribible enigma". This totally lacks context (CSD-A1). And if this is, as I'm guessing, supposed to be the nickname for a person, then it makes no attempt at all to establish noteriety (CSD-A7). - TexasAndroid 16:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I felt the article was very clear. You're denying millions of valuable information, my friend. It's not a nickname, by the way, it's an undescribible enigma. BFSkinner22 17:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

So what's it gonna be man? Do I have to petition or something or will you do the right thing and return Wolfcore to wikipedia. Wolfcore is for the children!BFSkinner22 16:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

If you wish to appeal the deletion, the appropriate place to do so is WP:DRV. Good luck with it. - TexasAndroid 16:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Geoff Lapaire

Just in case you dont see it, why was it re-directed to Pure Pwnage. It has no info on Geoff, just info on the character kyle. Clarification would be appreciated.Quatreryukami 20:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

thank you; ill try to contact him somehow and do this. Quatreryukami 20:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Bleach categories

Ah, understood then. In explanation, those are not fictional character articles, they are fictional race articles, the corresponding character articles are at Bounts in Bleach and Hollows in Bleach. --tjstrf talk 21:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup templates

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup" etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 11:16 5 March 2007 (GMT).

African Grey Parrot

Thank you for your attention in fighting bookburners

Shanlung 22:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

You are right, I was getting heated despite myself. Thank you for stepping in. I would also like to see an impartial mediator step in to resolve this dispute as soon as possible. If you have the time, I would like to ask for your help. -- Nikodemos 19:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppets

You're not going to stop me from adding more evidence are you? It was Nikodemos that was being disruptive by arguing in the section where I was supposed to be providing evidence. Are you going to block me if I add more material? Billy Ego 19:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

question about Radio_Clambake deletion

Hey, I noticed that the Radio_Clambake Wiki page was deleted due to "On PROD for five or more days" and "Notability". Notability? What's that? Anyway, I sure would love it if this page was reinstated, since the site it speaks of is home to many famous people. Thanks. (Also, do I know you from City of Heroes/Villains?) --Radioclambake 19:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Anarcho-skinheads

I believe the old version of the article that was deleted was also called Anarcho-skinheads, or maybe it was spelled as Anarcho-Skinheads, Anarcho-skinhead or Anarcho-Skinhead. It was deleted a few months ago, and I think I was the person who proposed the deletion. Spylab 16:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Krystal Simpson

Could you please check your deletion of this article? As far as I can see, it was on AfD, not on ProD, but you closed it as being on ProD for more than five days. While I obviously agree that it should be deleted (I AfD'ed it), I think this was an error and a more procedural close may be better to avoid a WP:DRV and a possible second AfD. Fram 09:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Your revert of a bad redirect (Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg)

"revert. If the redirect is bad, please take it to WP:RFD. Don't just blank it please." Sure. Can you tell me how? Dddstone 18:45, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Split Femur Recordings, deleted.

Re:

Split Femur Recordings

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Split Femur Recordings, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

• Hi, just to let you know that the website for Split Femur Recordings, splitfemurrecordings.com, is now listed in Google, therefore fulfilling the requirement. Can this page be restored or does it need to be created again? Thanks

RSieradzki 01:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I have restored the article. It was deleted by WP:PROD. Your protest is all it takes to overturn the PROD deletion. PROD is for uncontroversial deletions to save the trouble of the more detailed WP:AFD process. That said, I highly doubt that the company meets notability requirements. Just showing up on Google is not enough. If someone decides to do a full AFD of the article, I suspect it will be deleted, for good this time. - TexasAndroid 12:48, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for restoring the article. I'm sure the company does meet notability requirements; it's a fully VAT-registered company, received various business grants from government projects and has just pressed its first CD release which is now available to buy on Amazon.co.uk (click here to see).

I appreciate that you're clearing up articles that don't meet Wikipedia's standards; that's a good thing (I try to do it myself when I have the time), however I do not agree with your stance on this article - the noted company is worthy of a wikipedia article.

Thanks again. RSieradzki 19:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Catcall redirect

"TexasAndroid (Talk | contribs) (revert. If the redirect is bad, please take it to WP:RFD. Don't just blank it please.)"

Whoops, sorry about that. Thanks for the info. CA387 02:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hot Wheels 1998 1999

Why did you delete these articles?

The delete comment gives the reason. They were listed on WP:PROD for over five days. Articles listed on PROD for that long without protest are subject to deletion at any point. But PROD is for uncontested, uncontroversial deletions only. If you wish to protest these deletions and have them resotred, just say so and I will do so. - TexasAndroid 12:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah!! I am protesting! I want the page restored because it does not make sense to delete a Hotwheel article that has info and tons more get to stay!Pendo 4 23:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review - Duck on a Rock

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Duck on a Rock. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ckatz^chat_spy 23:41, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Why the redirect for Alan Russell?

Alan Russell and David Allen Russell are two different people from two different centuries in two different professions. The redirect should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.182.28.177 (talk • contribs)

The fact that there are other Alan/Allen Russells in the world, one of whom happens to be a NASCAR driver, does not invalidate the redirect, IMHO. I'm sure that there are lots of other Alan/Allen Russells out there in other professions as well in this wide world of ours. But at the moment, the only one notable enough to have an article on the project is David Allen Russell. If you feel that Alan Russell, NASCAR driver, is notable enough to have an article, you are welcome to create an account and, after a few days, create the article. It will need to be sourced to show exactly why this Alan Russell is notable enough to have a page on the project. At that point, a disabbig page at Alan Russell between both of them will make sense. At the moment though, just changing the redirect to an unsourced, one line entry about the NASCAR driver is not productive.

If creating an article about the NASCAR driver is not in your skill set (which I fully understand, as I'm no major article author either), or you decide that he's simply not notable enough for a page, you could still try to have the redirect removed. In this case you should follow the proper process for removing bad redirects at WP:RFD. You will need to have a fairly persuasive argument for why the redirect is bad. - TexasAndroid 14:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Evolutionary Guidance Media and Dana Klisanin

Hello,

I believe the pages created representing Dana Klisanin and Evolutionary Guidance Media have been deleted in error and meet the criteria for notability for the following reasons:

--Referencing the criteria established by Wikipedia: Notability (academics)

Criteria 1 She is regarded as a significant expert in her area of research by the following independent sources: The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology & the International Society for the System Sciences.

Criteria 2 & 5 She is regarded as an important figure (i.e., as a pioneer of a new discipline) by the following independent academics in the field of transpersonal psychology: Bela A. Banathy, Marcie Boucouvales, Dan Gaylinn, J.F. Bugental, Paul Clemens, Jack Engler, James Fadiman, Jorge Ferrer, Daniel Goleman, Elmer Green, Stanislav Grof, Herbert Guenther, Tobin Hart, Michael Hutton, Stanley Krippner, Lawrence LeShan, John Levy, David Loy, Francis Lu, David Lukoff, Michael Mahoney, Micahel Murphy, peter Nelson, Kaisa Puhakka, Huston Smith, Tonu Soidla, Charles Tart, Frances Vaughan, Miles Vich, Jenny Wade Michael Wahburn, John Welwood.

Additionally, the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) i.e., the oldest organization devoted to interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature of complex systems, has recognized evolutionary guidance media as an original contribution (i.e., important new concept)to the field through the publication of Dr. Klisanin's work as well as through an invitation to present her research at the 50th annual meeting of said society.

I believe these pages need to be re-instated to Wikipedia.

Sincerely, A. Allen (Healthpro) --Healthpro 22:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

University of Health Sciences

It really had been proded for 6 days from the time I FIRST proded it!  :) 172.164.251.58 02:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

About Vandelism

Hey its me again. well i been seeing a IP address is editing Cinco De Mayo alot but is just vandelising it. it appears to be from a school IP and even says its from a school network. I remember hearing that if a vandel keeps being disruptive that you can acctually contact the administratiors of that school to tell them whats going on. well if this is the case i think it might be time for such action. most if not all the edits from this IP are disruptive as you can see here [1] and they have been blocked once already and still continue to vandelise. thanks for your time Maverick423 16:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Request to undelete Politically Incorrect Wrestling

Any chance you can undelete this article or at least explain in detail why it was deleted. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.236.174 (talk • contribs)

fair use of IPU image

I believe you are wrong about WP:Ath needing to drop Image:Invisible Pink Unicorn Logo.svg. I looked at the image page and it is not simply fair use, it is released under a license that permits its use here for purposes representing atheism. I believe it is thus permissible in Template:UserWPA2 as well as my userboxes, User:Coelacan/Userboxes/IPU3 and User:Coelacan/Userboxes/IPU4. — coelacan — 02:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Anatomy and physiology

Hi TexasAndroid. I agree with you about blanking an article not being the same as contesting a deletion proposal (and it's in the policy too). But there's more to this one. There had been an earlier deletion proposal by User:JuJube. I removed the first deletion proposal on March 3. The blanking removed the second proposal. Your deletion proposal was the third, and I removed it on the basis of the first one having been removed (by me), not on the basis of the blanking of the article. Which is to say that on March 3 I protested the deletion proposal, so if there's to be a next step, it would be Articles for Deletion. Hope that clarifies matters. [Copied from my talk page] Fg2 21:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Tom Neville (DJ)

Hi there, could you undelete this article. Tom Neville is a world renowned DJ / remixer.

Cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hybridcool (talk • contribs) 12:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

Sorry. I'm not going to undelete the article in it's current form. At the time of deletion, the article simply said "Tom Neville is a UK based DJ, remixer and producer." This is far from adequite for an article on the project. Articles need to be sourced to establish the truth of what was said. You call him "world renowned", but the article made no such claim, let alone showed sourced to establish this as true. You are welcome to recreate the article, but unless you give it some good sourcing (see WP:RS), it is likely to be quickly deleted again. - TexasAndroid 12:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you undelete the Gou-rou.com article?

Obviously it's not famous overseas, but it's reasonably notable amongst Anglophones in China. I was going to update the info there this evening but it's already gone the way of polyester shirts. So if you could just give it a quick undelete, that would be nice. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmcgrenery (talk • contribs)

Why did you delete the Radicore article?

Why was I not contacted before this article was deleted? Tony Marston 16:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

It was on WP:PROD for five days. That is all that is required for it to be deleted. The PROD noticed placed on the page *is* the notification that it is subject to upcoming deletion. However, PROD is only for uncontroversial deletions. If you wish to protest the deletion, just let me know, and I will restore it. - TexasAndroid 17:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it is bad form to mark an article for deletion without informing the author. I can see no reason why it should have been deleted as the content is no different to the articles on all those other frameworks. I would be grateful if you could reinstate it asap. - Tony Marston 21:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The Killer Bees (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide characters)

An article you worked on is up for deletion. You can see the debate here — JuWiki (Talk <> Resources) 01:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Stephen Harris Goldman Article Deleted?

I am extremely upset at your recent deletion of my article about Stephen Harris Goldman. He is a major figure in the Orlando area in the areas of the Arts, Sciences and Charitable Philanthropy. He is very well known and was the largest contributing designer of all currently used versions of RAID technology, as well as the first hardware designer to come up with a working intelligent disk controller. On what basis do you deny this article???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Youknowyouknowmyname (talk • contribs)

I am protesting this deletion! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Youknowyouknowmyname (talk • contribs)

By the time you left your second message, the article had already been undeleted for a number of hours. It was deleted via WP:PROD, which is for uncontroversial deletions only. Your first message made the deletion no longer uncontroversial, so I undeleted it. - TexasAndroid 04:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Stephen Harris Goldman AfD

I noticed the logs for Stephen Harris Goldman and that you were involved with an original deletion and restoration of this article. I was wondering if you would like to weigh in on the AfD currently underway for this article. I think your insight would be helpful. Thanks. --Valley2city^₪‽ 14:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein

Hello. I'd like to notify you that I've proposed that you be added as a party to the ongoing arbitration case Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein. You might want to comment on that motion. I would welcome any other contributions you might want to make, of course, with regard to the arbitration case as a whole. Sandstein 17:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Sigh. If I must, I must. I've done my best to stay far away from arbcom, not wanting to deal with the drama. I really have no idea what the normal procedures are for dealing with arbcom. Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere for how I'm supposed to respond? Where I should and should not comment? Any guidence of what I should do now would be appreciated. - TexasAndroid 19:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Believe me, I share your feelings. The whole procedure is a huge waste of time. However, since we do have the case now, and since your (in my opinion, unfortunate) unilateral unblock of Billy Ego was a factor leading up to it, we might benefit from having ArbCom looking at it as well. Not to get you sanctioned or anything, just to confirm that here's how unblocks should proceed.

I've been told by a clerk that this requires you to be added as a party to the case. If you want to get minimally involved, I believe that it will do if you state here (under "Comment by others") whether you agree to be added as a party, and, optionally, a brief comment about the merits (i.e., whether you believe the unblock to have been justified under WP:BP or not). Sandstein 06:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your statement on the issue. I've withdrawn the motion because this arbitration case is involved enough as it is. Have a nice easter weekend! Sandstein 06:54, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

William Christian (Manx)

I generally agree with you. However the situation is there are 3 Manx William Christians: 1. Illiam Dhone 2. Reverand William Christian CP JP BA - a member of the LegCo from 1883 to 1887 3. William Watson Christian CP JP - a member of the LegCo from 1848 to 1867.

I have no further information on these latter 2 but by virtue of them being Members of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man they are notable in the sense of Wikipedia and thus could have pages on them. I would suggest a disambiguation page would be more appropraite at William Christian (Manx) than just a redirect, as both WC 2 and 3 are linked from the LegCo page.

Manxy3 19:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

ZIP code

I've found another page on a ZIP code. - Hmwith 21:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Craigie and Debbie Zildjian redirect; don't get it?

Hi there. Thanks so much for your editing, TA. I also enjoy cleaning WP up. Was just hoping you'd take a moment and explain to me (I'm a relatively inexperienced wikipedian) why Craigie and Debbie Zildjian were redirected by you to the Zildjian company page. I would think that the sisters aren't really notable enough to warrant their own pages. The redirect seems to further muddle the waters by entrenching them, rather than exploring deletion. While they may run the company, they aren't the company, nor do they seem to have played a pivotal role in it's progress. They're only mentioned in the final sentence of the article, which seems to make the redirect even more indecipherable. I appreciate your illumination. Keep up the good work. JGray 06:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Just a practice I tend to do. I'm a deletionist in some ways, but an inclusionist in others. This leans towards the latter. Redirects are cheep, and if article A offers nothing extra above what is stated in article B, it IMHO does little harm to just redirect A to B. My redirecting makes no judgement one way or another on the notability of the subject. The subject may very well be notabile, or they may not. Redirecting is a judgement that the given article, as it stood, offers nothing useful beyond what is in the targetted article. On the other hand, if someone else wants to make the judgement that they are not notable, and put them up for deletion, I would generally have no problem with that. - TexasAndroid 13:28, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Why revert changes on Jack the Ripper?

Hi - I noticed you reverted my changes earlier today. Why? - JJ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joeljournal (talk • contribs) 19:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

That area is for a brief summary of the situation. No single suspect is mentioned, because as soon as you mention one, other editors will want their favorite suspect mentioned. If you want to add your suspect to the project, you should see about giving him a section in the List of proposed Jack the Ripper suspects article, not in the main Ripper article. - TexasAndroid 23:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Yoga

I understand the need to give editors a chance to cleanup before any action, but wikipedia is not a how-to guide, and an step-by-step explanation of executing hatha yoga asanas clearly violates this. VanTucky 17:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice. I wasn't sure how to go about it. I did an extensive cleanup of all the postures pages, and that was the only one that didnt have any acceptable content(from my perspective). VanTucky 19:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Nature And Organisation

Hello. Would you please move Nature & Organisation to Nature And Organisation? I don't seem to able to. The latter is the correct title. Thanks! :bloodofox: 02:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Need help w/ a vandal

Hello, I hate to trouble you, but I need the assistance of an administrator. I would take this to the administrator's noticeboard, but I am on a public computer with a limited amount of time to work. At any rate, 62.136.2.122 has vandalized the U2 article several times already today. I have reverted the edits, but he simply needs a block. If you look at his talk page, you will see that I warned him about this 48 hours ago, but it did not sink in. Someone needs to intervene. Thanks, as always, for your time and your efforts. ---Charles 19:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Mike Blair

Oops! I keep telling myself to check the history before speedying, but I have a terrible memory :P --Closedmouth 13:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I do know about that page, but thanks anyway. Very helpful. It'd be good if the Shortpages list would be updated more often, though --Closedmouth 09:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

High school article notability

Re this edit summary. Really? Is there any discussion you can point me to? I wasn't aware of that and it would change my thinking on a number of fronts if it is the case. Cheers. —Moondyne 13:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Not really sure. It's something I've seen said by others a few times. I don't personally agree with it, but it does seem to be the status quo that I have seen. And I'm not really opposed to the idea either, it's just there, as far as I'm concerned. Shrug. Sorry I cannot help you more directly. - TexasAndroid 13:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The Wild Forest

I noticed your recent edit to the above page. Should I do something like that whenever I create a deleted protected page?--Fuhghettaboutit 22:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

It would be useful. I patrol Shortpages for things to fix. The list is only updated every few days, and is limited to 1,000 entries. So I regularly do several things to bump things off the list, in order to get other items to be added to the list. Bumping the salted pages way down so that they do not show up is one of them. - TexasAndroid 01:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, can do. Just hope I remember.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Semur

I have to let you know that semur is never an accepted transliteration of the Chinese term 色目, as "semur" fails the google search. The correct transliteration should be semu or se4 mu4. Please revert the entry semur to redirect. Also, the original contributor who wrote semur was clearly mistaken in thinking that the term meant "colored eyes". Basic knowledge in Chinese historical literature of this period will rebuke such an absurd Eurocentric explanation on racial differences.

Bestlyriccollection

assist?

And would you be so kind as to assist me with the whatever it was you said was required?

Two categories were created which are inappropriate, given that there have been no findings of guilt or actionable conduct.

That harms my reputation and impunes my character. The longer it hangs around, the more people get in their minds a question of guilt.. rather than a presumption of innocence.

I would like my name cleared of these allegations and innuendo.

Thank you. Lsi john 16:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

-

Thank you. I've been led to believe that if things are not properly worded or phrased, deleting things can fail and then subsequent attempts are even more difficult.

This seems to me to be fairly clear cut, but I'm sitting here with all the information. Its not necessarily obvious to anyone else.

It seems that the articles are improper, and speedy would qualify. you say not, and I can't argue since I don't know what does.

I'm asking for help to simplify the process of removing articles intended to cast a shadow over my wiki-presence.

Lsi john 17:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

"Improper" is not a valid speedy criteria, and is far too vague to ever be one. Speedy deletion is for a very specific set of very limited criteria. "I don't like it" does not qualify either.

Follow the instructions on the MFD page, and you will be fine for the form of the request. The wording issue deals with your explanation of your reasoning for wanting the page deleted, and I'm really not the right person to assist you with that. I'm not a great wordsmith myself, don't know your mind for your reasonings, and really, really do not want to throw myself into the middle of the fight between you and User:Smee. I don't know the issues between the two of you, and am not of the right temperment or skill set to try to be some sort of moderator between you two.

I'm sorry, but in this case you are going to have to write up an explanation on your own that will convince other people that the category should be removed. - TexasAndroid 17:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks. Temperament is definitely required when dealing with Smee. As you can see, he shows up and says something 100% trivial, up just to poke the nest with a stick just to make sure I know that he's following me around. Its rather sad actually. Seems to be a game that he enjoys. I'll give it a whirl and see how it goes. Peace in God. Lsi john 17:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• Clarfication: In this case, "MFD", refers to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. It's like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, but for, well, "Miscellany"... Smee 17:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
  • Ponders how many different chats a user has to appear in, before it counts as stalking and attempts at intimidation? Smee, just know that what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. You can continue to harass me, you can continue to play your games, you can continue to throw obstacles in my way. It only shows your character for what it is, and it will only make me stronger for having had to learn the rules here by fire. Have you considered a refresher course from Landmark? Lsi john 17:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Your analysis of my actions are incorrect, not to mention inappropriate. And your reference to courses you think I have taken off-wiki are highly inappropriate. And in this posting on this user's page, I was helpfully trying to point you in the right direction for more information on MFD. But it is as always most amusing to see how you spin things in your inner perceptions... Smee 17:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
      • Spin Spin Spin. You have forbidden me to post on your userpage. You have created the categories and you branded the old account a sock puppet. You could delete any of them if you chose to. The fact that you won't, the fact that you know I am trying to get the old account deleted, the fact that you wont help (other than to point me to a link you knew I already had, the fact that you've seen me suggest motivation for your pop in hellos, yet you persist, goes directly to the credibility of my claims. The fact that you brought this to TexasAndroid's page (and all the other pages you pop into), speaks to your respect for other editors. Ive asked you to stop, and if you need me to repeat it, please stop following me around. Please stop joining conversations to help me. Please stop what appears to be attempts to intimidate me. Why do you care if anyone knows that I suspect you washed out of a landmark seminar? If they're as bad as you paint them to be, that should be a good thing for you.

Mr TexasAndroid, Please accept my apologies for Smee's disrespect and for my participation in having brought him here. Though he is responsible for his own conduct. Lsi john 18:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• As you request User:Lsi john, I will avoid posting on this talk page again. However, I was unaware that you knew where to look for the MFD page, and was pointing it out to you here. Smee 18:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
  • Not even remotely possibly true, sir. You monitor my every movement. I have zero doubt that you already know that this editor posted that information on my userpage. Can I prove it? Of course not. Which is why you can pretend that your assitance was innocent. You're a sharp guy, clearly there is a missing piece above. You knew where it was, and you knew what it said. There was no reason for you to Help here, or are you suggesting that this editor couldn't explain MFD for himself? By the way, for full documentation, since this will be used by someone.. after he left here, he followed me to Lsi admin and added hangon to a speedy delete that I entered. That was fine, but he didnt provide any reason.. When I began editing my reason for speedy, he began editing the area I was working on which is also one of his harassing tactics with me. So he promised to leave this chat alone, but then went to another and harassed me there.. thats how he works.

Mr TexasAndroid, again, I am truly sorry that this got brought here. It was not my intention, but clearly it was the result. Lsi john 18:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Bass Strike

How do I make an article providing with text?Cause Im not good creating a new page.--Mariofan90 21:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I've undeleted it, and made a couple of edits to try to make it a valid stub. It really needs sourcing of some kind, though, to verify that the game existed. - TexasAndroid 21:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Rule the Seas

What is the difference between this having this game or any other game that is on the wikipedia? This game has just as much notability as any other, more than others even! What more do you need? It was initially deleted due to "obvious copyright violation" but I disproved that, and now it's deleted because it isn't notable? It has over 16,000 users since it's launch is Jan. 2007. What more do you need, so that it can be provided? At least restore the page to the point where it can have it's own talk/discussion page back to discuss this on. (MitoTranin 23:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC))

Please see Chaos Software (company)]

You deleted Chaos Software (company) as not notable. Someone has recreated the article. Do you want to tag it for speedy? --Eastmain 22:16, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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World of Padman Advertising

Hi,
I was not trying to advertise for either the game or the producer. The game is fully GPL'ed. It is based on the ioquake3 engine and has now become stand-alone. I play games sometimes on Linux, being a full-time linux user, and I know how people always say there are no good games for linux. This game could actually be a number 1. I showed it to more of my friends and they suggested writing a wikipedia article, since there was none about it. I still haven't gathered enough information about the game, and the article was also my first wikipedia article. I am asking politely for guidance and approval on writing this article.
Thank you.
Brokenthorn 08:48, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Chaos Software

Hi,
Please unlock this page. There was no reason to delete it and lock it. It gave a general description of what the company does and develops. How in gods name is that violating any rules? This place is getting absurd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Software_%28company%29
Sosoman78 10:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Please read WP:CORP. The issue is not the format of the article, but the notability (or more specifically, the lack of notability) of the subject. - TexasAndroid 12:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[Freeplay Energy]

Hi, please undelete this article, it was blanked temporarily pending approval of one of the people mentioned but then my system went down and I could not get back online to unblank it, the last archived version has the articl;e in its entirety. HalifaxRage 12:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks! HalifaxRage 13:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Athgoe

Hi TA - I've just corrected an edit you made to Athgoe. Describing somewhere in County Dublin as being a UK-geo-stub would probably get you into some interesting fights if you ever visit the emerald isle! :) Grutness...wha? 23:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Lea Wait

Fine, deleted. I noted, and there was a talk, that the piece was a very minimal stub, to be filled in after my day was not so busy that I could not do it just then. I would have appreciated the courtesy of a question about that, some connection, not an unthinking delete. By the way, I am redoing it, and Lea Wait is an American author, many national awards, in historical fiction in the areas of children's books and detective stories, set in 19th century Maine. --Dumarest 17:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

AT&T rv

Just saw, sorry about that, looking at the history it looks like my revert came within a minute of your change so that explains why I didn't see it! --Squiggleslash 12:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

the daily wtf

Hi, I see you deleted it. (now named Worse Than Failure) I suspect it should be kept, this is a major technological site. But before I go hunting around for stuff stuff I thought I ought to take a look at what was originally on the article. Could you put a copy in my user space? Thanks. Mathmo ^Talk 22:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Double Dragon (Music Producer)

Hi TexasAndroid, a user asked ttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ATom_harrison&diff=136633869&oldid=136614946] me to undelete Double Dragon (Music Producer). I deleted it, he recreated it with a question about its deletion, and then you deleted it as no-context. If you don't object, I will restore it and let the user work on it. Tom Harrison ^Talk 23:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

My deletion was of an article that asked, on the article itself, why it had been deleted. You are the deleting admin still on the original version, so I will leave it up to you the fate of the original version. - TexasAndroid 03:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hi-Zack (Mobile suit). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jeffpiatt 04:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Linda Leary, Richard and Paul Heilbrunn, And The Yogurt Connection

Thanks for your feedback, TA. These sources are included. The indictment, in particular, is compehensive. What else would you like to see? Thank you very much. = Lee

• The New York Times (August 4 1990), Ex-Civic Leader Is Jailed in Drug Smuggling, Section 1; Page 24, Column 1; National Desk

• Harris, Beth (December 20 1989), Prosecutors Seek to Keep Family Jailed on Pot Smuggling Charges, The Associated Press

• Kusmer, Ken (July 19, 1989), AP Writer, Feds Await Return of Prominent Family to Face Drug Charges

• 136-Page Indictment, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, (317) 229-3700 - —Preceding unsigned comment added by I3142p168 (talk • contribs)

I'm very much not an expert for offline sources. If you had l;inks to online versions of these, they would be very useful. Baring that, I'm inclined to restore the page, subject to referring it to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. That's where the experts on sourcing hang out. It would then be up to them to decide whether your offline sources would qualify. Does that sound reasonable? - TexasAndroid 20:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Linda Leary, Richard and Paul Heilbrunn, And The Yogurt Connection

I will add links to outside references; have scratched "historic", "pioneering" and sourced "largest". Thank you very much.- --I3142p168 20:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Nicholas Hagadone‎

Begging your pardon, but any claim of this guy being a major leaguer at this point is completely bogus. At this point, he's a college pitcher who was drafted yesterday in the MLB draft and will not likely be a big-leaguer for a few years yet. Please explain. --Finngall ^talk 21:38, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination submitted. Thanks for the reply. --Finngall ^talk 23:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Heinrich Mueller Redirect

I was wondering why you removed the redirect. If someone chooses to record under a particular pseudonym (He doesn't actually record per se, he just remixes and produces under this pseudonym), then it is their decision. The pseudonym can be found on the discogs page, and I know it is a bizarre bit of referencing, but I also own quite a few of the remixes. I did not feel it was right to put a note at the top of the Heinrich Muller page, so the only way I could think was a disabmiguation page. I feel it reflects poorly on me, but until the other day I did not realise that the Heinrich Mueller in the article even existed. That is part of the joy of wikipedia, learning new things in a haphazard way. - - Curious Gregor^TALK 09:18, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

There are several factors at play here.

1. This is not a nick name that anyone would want tagged to them unless they deliberately picked it for themselves. A nickname so similar to a major Nazi figure? Definite WP:BLP concerns here. This is not something that can stand unless very well sourced, IMHO.
2. I thought there was no mention of the nickname on the target page. I now see it mentioned in the list, and you have added an offhand mention of it as well. So that issue is dealt with.
3. Considering the WP:BLP concerns with the nickname, it really needs to be very well sourced. A source is needed showing that this is indeed a regular/accepted nickname of his.

Given all that, if you could provide sourcing for the nickname, I would not object to having the disambig restored. IMHO the discogs link is not sufficient in this reguard, given that it is user-added information as well, and thus is effectively unsourced information. This gets into the definition of "reliable" sources.

On a side note, looking at the Gerald Donald page itself, I don't really see anything that establishes his notability. Without that, the page is subject to Speedy deletion at any point. If you want to avoid the possibility of the page being deleted at some point down the road, you would be well advised to consult WP:BAND, and add some indepenant sources that help establish why he is notable. - TexasAndroid 12:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

It has already been up for a speedy delete and the notability proved. - - Curious Gregor^TALK 18:01, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

effectively unsourced information. This gets into the definition of "reliable" sources.

On a side note, looking at the Gerald Donald page itself, I don't really see anything that establishes his notability. Without that, the page is subject to Speedy deletion at any point. If you want to avoid the possibility of the page being deleted at some point down the road, you would be well advised to consult WP:BAND, and add some indepenant sources that help establish why he is notable. - TexasAndroid 17:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I see no sign of a previous Speedy attempt on the Gerald Donald page. - TexasAndroid 18:03, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry the delete was on Dopplereffekt, the arguement to keep the article included the fact that it included Gerald Donald, who was one of the members of Drexciya. I can elaborate if you would like me to. On the Heinrich Mueller front, these links are to albums that include his remixes [2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8] - - Curious Gregor^TALK 18:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Why del the article "Diplomate in National Board"

Hi,

I feel offended that my article has been deleted so early when I was in the process of editing it. I understand that it had materials similar to ones from copyrighted websites. But I was editing it and the article was deleted while I was working on it.

Mind Swapper 17:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Copyright violations are not something we take lightly around here. You simply *cannot* copy material from other sites to ours. It's that simple. If you wish to start a brand new version of the article from scratch, go for it, but you cannot copy the material from the other sites, even temporarily. Copyright laws are not something we can afford to take lightly around here. Sorry. - TexasAndroid 17:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking that headmouse. He obviously does not grasp wikipedia has rules, after being told many times. He likes to get in edit wars, but something else is happening. You (and I) are being attacked on his talk page. Please protect it, thanks much, --trey 19:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Suggestions?

Do you have any suggestion on HeadMouse (talk · contribs)? While I feel that he means well (I totally disagree with Trey's labeling HeadMouse`s actions as vandalism) and only wishes to improve the project, HeadMouse has been extremely obstinate and remains focused like a singularity. I really want to help the guy, but at this point I am about out of ideas. Thank you for your time, Kralizec! (talk) 19:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Creating an entry about a product, vs balant adverticing.

I am rather at loss here. I first tried to suggest an article about a book. 6 months passed without anyone bothering to answer the suggestion. After contacting wiki I was told to make it my self. I did, and it was deleted as Balant Adverticing. Fair enough in one way, since any post about any product available is in one way a form of adverticing. Yet, there are thousands of posts about buyable products on wiki. So, in all fairness where does the line go? The reason I posted the article as a suggestion in the first place is that I have been part of making this book. So following the guide lines it would be more appropriate if someone not related to the book were to make the article here at wiki. Failing that, I posted an article where I said nothing positive nor negative about the book - I just stated a few facts. Having compared entries with a lot of other books, I thought this would be the right thing to do. I am rather new to Wiki, and I am trying to learn here. Still the deletion process is quite harsh when one spend hours trying to do things right and then getting it all deleted. So before I try again, please give me some hints on what I did wrong? ref: Book of Games volime 1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bendik Stang (talk • contribs)

Userfied at User:Bendik Stang/Book of Games volume 1 for now, so that you, at the least, have not lost your work. As for what next, I'll need to think on it some more. At this point I'm not really sure where to point you for guidence. I'll think a bit more. - TexasAndroid 12:43, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I am glad the work is not lost. I appreciate the dificulty in coming up with an answer ;) As a side note. We are publishing volume 2 in November this year, and if there was a way to submit books to Wiki for evaluation it might solve this kind of problem.

September 2007: I have re-entered the book The Book of Games Volume 1. This time I have used a similar book as a template. The entry this time is not detailed - rather the opposite. Have you given this topic about Balant adverticing more thought? Bendik Stang 20:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Deleting Trunki for "blatant advertising"

Why have you deleted the article "Trunki" for blatant advertising? I echo the comment made above, where do you draw the line to say that the article for iPod is not blatant advertising but the article for Trunki was. I stated facts about Trunki, nothing was made up to make the product seem better than it is. I would be very interested to be given some detailed points of where i went wrong exactly. It seems a very harsh policy you are running. Constructive criticism would be very helpful rather than you just deleting the article without warning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davelaw 00 (talk • contribs)

I'll let Trunki have another try, and have restored it for now, but have placed an advertising notice on it. Take a look at the links on that notice, as they give the project's position on advertising. And just because I have restored it does not mean that some other admin will not delete it once again as advertising. - TexasAndroid 12:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Daniel Bennett (saxophonist)

Please restore the talk page as well, as you've restored the original article. Thank you. Errabee 13:21, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Monterey Boulevard

"I'm no great author of Wiki pages". I'll say. Youre a deletionist at best. At worst - an annoyance. Your PROD of the above article was made in bad faith and intended to slip under the radar of an AfD. I intend to recreate the article with additional references and will put it on watch. Thanks for your contribution to WP mate. Dudes like you are really appreciated. 203.57.241.67 03:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)Encise

Wow. So following procedures is now bad faith? Interesting. And for someone who tosses around a lot of project words, you appear to know little of how the processes in question work. If something is on PROD for five days, uncontested, it becomes subject to deletion at any point after that. Period. That it took you three additional months to protest speaks volumes as well for how important this page is to you. I have no idea what you are meaning with your "slip under the radar of an AFD" comment. I do not see any signs of a previous AFD having been filed for this article.

But anyway, for PROD deletions, any protest, even after the deletion, makes the deletion no longer valid. You have protested, no matter how incivilly, so the page is now back. No need for you to recreate it. but looking at it, I really do not see why it would be considered notable enough for the project, so I will now go file an AFD on it. See you there, I'm sure. - TexasAndroid 12:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Álvaro Augusto Matos Almeida

Not that I'm attached to the article, but I'm curious about the trans-wiki component here. This guy has had an article on the Portugese wiki for a month now. If a subject is sufficiently notable on one wiki, wouldn't it automatically be notable enough for any wiki with editors willing to do the translation? In this case, it's pretty much a word for word translation. I don't recall having read anything on this one way or another. What are your thoughts? Rklawton 20:28, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

The different projects have different requirements for inclusion. Just because he's notable for one project does not make him notable for another. That said, I don't really consider the leaders of small towns/parishes to be automatically notable, if that is their only claim to notability. From the article on the city, it's a small city of ~ 15K people. I'm sorry, but it does not matter if that city is in Portugal or the US, the mayor of a 15K population city is just not automatically notable, IMHO. Heck, even in San Antonio, Texas, USA, where I live, a city of over 1 million, only 3 of the seven mayors from the last 20 years have articles. And two of those three are notable in good part because of other things that they have done. The others were simply not notable enough at this point. - TexasAndroid 20:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I am the guy that proposed the article for deletion and therefore I read your comments about this issue because I wanted to check its effective deletion. I just want to explain that Mr. Álvaro is the leader of a civil parish (a tiny subdivision of a municipality). The municipality is Resende, Portugal and is sparsely populated, but the civil parish that we are talking about is even smaller and is not Felgueiras (a city of some 15k inhab., with the same name, that is located in another municipality and has not relation with Resende or Mr. Álvaro) but Felgueiras (civil parish). Felgueiras (the civil parish in the municipality of Resende) has only 316 inhabitants. The wikilink in the article was not correct because it referred to the larger city of Felgueiras instead of the civil parish in Resende. Page Up 21:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to respond. If, for some really strange reason, I ever wanted to look this guy up, at least I can find him in the Portugese wiki. Rklawton 21:31, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Del: Jonathan McLear

I perhaps can understand why you deleted my entry ("Jonathan McLear). Will you, however, restore the page to my user:jmclear ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmclear (talk • contribs)

If you felt you were notable (See WP:BIO), and were wanting the article userfied in order to work on it to eventually place it back out in article space once it met project policy, I would gladly userfy it to a subpage. However, as it appears to be about you yourself, and you are asking to have it placed as your user page, I'm afraid I will need to decline. WP is not Myspace. We allow regular editors to use their homepages to tell a little about themselves. But the user pages are not there to allow non-editors to put up vanity pages about themselves. Those types of home pages get delted all the time, and would almost certainly eventually get deleted in this case, as I see no edits from you that are not about... you. So sorry, but I will need to decline. - TexasAndroid 15:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

My intent was, in fact, to continue work on the userfied article as some of my works will soon be getting published. I did not realize that I had to state my intent for my previous request. I am fairly new to the wiki community and am unsure the rules and regulations to posting. I understand that WP is not a mySpace, nor do I have a history of turning it into that. Please note that my entry was purely professional, listing my compositions and credentials; there were no "vanity" entries as I recall. I would appreciate it if you would please userfy my entry. Thank you. - --Jmclear 13:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Short article revert

Thanks for the explanation, I was wondering what you were doing. Wouldn't it be better to add the invisible comments to the copyvio template itself? It would definitely save much time and effort on your part, and would be a more effective long-term solution. Thaurisil^t_c 03:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I saw others with the same comment. The copyvio template replaces entirely the article contents. As it stands, that means that every time it is used, it will cause a listing on the short pages. Can it either be ignored, or have the template lengthened so that it will never be listed on short pages? -- Whpq 19:28, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that the cached shortpages listing is 1,000 articles long, and only 1,000 articles long. Every article that shows up on this list that does not need attention by the short pages patrollers is one less article on the list that potentially could benefit from the attention. By regularly bumping off the list a variety of pages that do not need attention from the short pages patrollers, I bring onto the list more and more pages that may benefit from the attention.

As for lengthening the template, you would need to lengthen the tempalte name so that any use of it would be beyond that 1,000 pages limit. Currently that is working out to around 107 characters, but that's a moving target, subject to just how far down that 1,000 pages reaches each time the cached report is generated, which is once every 3 - 4 days currently.

One solution would be to have those who place the copyvio template subst it. The substed version of the template is far, far over the shortpages limit, and is thus a total non-issue. but for now, I have no problem adding the invisible comment to the pages to bump them down. The only person who's time is spent with it ends up being me. - TexasAndroid 19:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

User talk:LuLu3

You may recall blocking this user back in January; they're asking for another chance, now. Did you have any particular opinion or comment, on the matter? – Luna Santin (talk) 02:32, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Gotcha, thanks. The unblock request has been declined. – Luna Santin (talk) 17:34, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Remove Forced Redirect on Eric Dill

Recently Dc222 removed the forced redirect on "Eric Dill." However, it appears that you put the forced redirect back into effect. Can you remove this forced redirect? Eric Dill's record should be populated as he is an independent musician with Atlantic Records. User: Summerridge123 10:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Nothing in my edit prevents a real article from being created there by an established user. The page is only semi-protected, not fully protected. Semi-protection blocks anonymous users and new accounts from editing, but allows older accounts. It is protected because it has an extended history of improper handling by anons. External redirects, copyright violations, blankings, etc. There have also been repeated questions raised as to whether he has an notability separate from that band. Dc222, who you mention, simply blanked the redirect, which is a very vandalistic action. I reverted the blanking.

Given all that, IMHO the proper option is to leave it protected, and leave it redirected, until an established user creates a proper, sourced article that is well referenced and establishes his separate notability. - TexasAndroid 14:44, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, TexasAndroid! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Daniel 08:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Banning the Lucy vandal

This user has created sleeper accounts to vandalize Lucy Ball's page. I have decided to start a discussion to ban this user at the community. Please add any evidence. Miranda 15:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Adam Long Review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of ADAM_LONG. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ajaxsemaphor 06:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)