User talk:Testmasterflex

This is a page about me. I like...

Not a discussion board

Welcome to Wikipedia! I am glad to see you are interested in discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Barack Obama are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 06:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I was not using this as a discussion board. Testmasterflex (talk) 00:54, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

September 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions, including your edits to Talk:Sarah Palin. However, please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not be libelous. Any controversial statements about a living person added to an article, or any other Wikipedia page, must include proper sources. Thank you. Kelly ^hi! 03:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Kelly and Sarah Palin

On your behalf, I just removed a template you pasted onto the talk page for User:Kelly. Using templates as an equivalent retaliation is not acceptable on Wikipedia. User:Kelly was correct to remove your commentary from the talk page for the Sarah Palin article. What you posted was a clear violation of our policy on discussing and writing about living people. Please continue to make positive contributions to Wikipedia, but understand that WP:BLP violations will be removed.   user:j    (aka justen)   03:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

AFD

Hello, just to inform you that comments at AfDs which merely say "Keep per the 5 pillars" are so vague that they'll probably just be ignored. You'd need to say which pillar you're talking about and more important, exactly how that pillar relates to the notability of the article under discussion. Thanks, Black Kite 21:29, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

The pillars are very are very important. They include Wikipedia being and encyclopedia, maintaining NPOV, free content, a code of conduct that include consensus, WP:POINT, WP:AGF, and lack of firm rules. This is important to Wikipedia as a project. Please review WP:FP to increase your knowledge of these important guidelines. Thank you for reviewing my contributions and have a nice day! Testmasterflex (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the pillars are very important. However, posting an AFD rationale of "per the 5 pillars" is completely unhelpful. Per which pillar? How does that pillar apply to this AfD? As I said above, if I am closing an AfD, I am likely to discount such "votes", and I know that many admins will do the same. As WP:AFD says, "When making your case or responding to others, explain how the article meets/violates policy rather than merely stating that it meets/violates the policy.". Thankyou, Black Kite 16:44, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Want to take the time to remind you that the above commentary still stands, and is as relevant and meaningful as it was one year ago when you applied it. Please also see WP:WIARM for other details. Thank you. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Ethnic group articles

Hi. In light of the failure to reach consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afghan British‎ I've suggested that there be a discussion of the various issues raised, here. Your input would be appreciated. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:47, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Talk:Reefer Madness. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. — Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 08:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

September 2009

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, such as on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1000 Crime Quiz, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. Please also note that the shortcut for the five pillars document is WP:5P, not WP:FP. Please make specific arguments when using this as a rationale in AFD debates. Relying on this without a reason is unlikely to influence consensus. Cmprince (talk) 17:52, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Could you please explain...

You placed a brief "delete" on User:Fire 55's third {{afd}} on Shona Holmes in three months. The reason you offered for your "delete" was BLP1e.

Howver, several of us had asserted that her precedent setting court case, initiated in 2007, and her agreement to inject herself into the US health care debate, are clearly TWO events.

Could you please explain why you discounted this counter-argument?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 02:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)