User:RenamedUser jaskldjslak901/Archive33

Rudget!

Dear Secret, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget . 16:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Your input is required.

Diff. · AndonicO ^Hail! 01:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Lakers-Kings rivalry

I'm trying to determine if it's worth the effort this late in an AfD to try to save the Lakers-Kings article. You mentioned that you wanted to see sources; I put a few up on the AfD page for it. I think the article can be properly sourced and salvaged, but since it's late in the week, I'm just wary of putting a ton of work into it without seeing if there would be some keep support if I work on it. So I'm just sounding you out to see what you think of the sources and if you think I should go for it. Thanks. matt91486 (talk) 20:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I restored article that you deleted

I admit that the previous version of Swami_Premananda_of_Trichy was formally a BLP violation, but all was uncontroversial and also described on the websites of his followers. I had signed a petition for his release from jail. Andries (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

List of career achievements by Brett Favre

Hey Secret, I was wondering if you would be so kind to lift the creation-protection from this article title. I would like to start working on it so I can decrease the size of Brett Favre and have it resemble List of career achievements by Michael Jordan. I hope all is going better than it sounds for you. Thanks in advance.
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 05:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Debate over Article for Deletion: Clemson University football recruiting scandal

Clemson University football recruiting scandal has been nominated for deletion per WP:AFD. Please participate in the debate here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clemson University football recruiting scandal, if possible. Thanks. Thör ^hammer 09:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Question

In this edit, were you supporting the candidate or responding to me? I was reluctant to change fix the format in case it was a response instead of a support. Thanks. Acalamari 20:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Supporting Secret ^account 20:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, just wanted to make sure. Acalamari 20:14, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Greg Benson - sources were added

It's fine if you still favor delete, but I wanted to see if you had re-read the article now that it had reliable sources rather than only YouTube and MySpace pages, as you had noted. Lawikitejana (talk) 04:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

The Cherry Street Tavern

Would you please reverse that uncontested prod? Thanks. --evrik ^(talk) 20:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. --evrik ^(talk) 16:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

My rollback was taken from me and I did not know. Why was it taken from me? Was it my inexperience? Supergodzilla^20|90 16:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Leo J. Meyer

Hi! In line with the process defined at WP:DRV, as the closing administrator on the debate Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leo J. Meyer. My reasoning for this is two fold - that only 4.5Hrs were allowed before its extension debate and your closure; and that at as there were 16 references for someone with 40 medals, across 20 promotions and three wars, I believe that his notability under WP:BIO is established. I also note that there is no comment on the closure notice except "The result was delete." Thank You! Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 20:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

There wasn't 16 sources in the article, there was only 5 and a bunch of unrelated external links. Three of the five sources are other wikipedia articles explaining what the metals are, the other two are passing mentions. Sourcing was a concern that was never met in the AFD. Obvious consensus to delete. Secret ^account 20:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Please be mindful in your responces of WP:AGF. I'm looking at the cached version, counting - three notes, seven external sources, six external links - I'm not counting the See Also section. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I did WP:AGF, check the links closer, almost none of them talks about the subject of the article Secret ^account 02:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA Nom

I'd certainly welcome a co-nom if you so wish! Hard to believe that was less than two weeks ago, but - To your credit - your comment got me seriously thinking about an RfA, and now here I am. SO, really, this is all your fault. UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 04:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey Secret, I just wanted to say a quick thank you for your support at my RFA. I will work hard to live up to the expectations of the community. Thanks again!
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 18:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Meta Knight

If possible, do you think you could possibly just change the result to redirect? The amount of merge and delete votes almost doubles the amount of keeps, and as you said, they were mostly irrelevant. They really shouldn't count much towards anything as none of them provided anything constructive. If the no consensus came from the merge and delete votes being split in places, the article would have had to stay a redirect to retain the history anyways. Either way, it would really help, as none of those people are going to let the original merge stick. TTN (talk) 21:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

There was clearly no consensus to keep, merge, or delete. Tim Q. Wells (talk) 22:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Tim, stop going through TTN conribs, let some other users in the talk page settle the merge. Secret ^account 23:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I participated in the AfD. When someone asks the closing administrator to change the result, it gets my attention. I will participate in this discussion. Tim Q. Wells (talk) 23:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

If it could be done, I would love to just go by the original discussion to merge them. The problem is that I have many anons, some single purpose users, and the bad type of inclusionists trying to wikilawyer by using consensus as a means to stall and keep the article. The related projects are fairly dead at this point, and an RfC rarely gathers a number consensus large enough to ever get around the wikilawyers. That's why I turned to AfDs in the first place. TTN (talk) 13:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Would deletion review be applicable in this case? I really just want to get this over with somehow. TTN (talk) 20:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DRV wouldn't be acceptable, i'll try to make a merge in the talk page Secret ^account 21:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

TTN has redirected Meta Knight and it has been two days with no discussion so I think the matter has cooled down and unless someone reverts and complains I think we can consider this matter resolved. --Sin Harvest (talk) 00:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Well there has been a few complaints about it in the Talk:Meta Knight and Talk:List of Kirby characters talk page I don't know if you want to act on it by opening a new discussion or just leave as is but I thought I should let you know anyway. --Sin Harvest (talk) 01:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Sisters (TV series)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sisters (TV series). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. --W.marsh 22:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Independent School Barbarians

Four or five people who probably know nothing about Rugby Union and you delete a really interesting and informative entry about a very significant new initiative in UK and Irish Rugby. A perfect example of everything that is wrong about Wikipedia! Admins playing God! Paste (talk) 00:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

I wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 06:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Sock

Hi! I'm confused. I just saw Confirmed as a sock of User:Travellingcari per a checkuser so blocked indef, butWikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kimo_Williams very strange though. Secret account 21:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC) and I'm not sure what you're talking about here. I read the forums to get an idea of what's going on since I'm still learning but I have no idea who Kumqat is. I edit from an unsecure wireless connection at times, could that cause a similar IP address? I'm really not sure what's going on here, but I believe I contribute productively to Wikipedia and intend to continue doing so but I have no idea who this user is. Can you help me out? Travellingcari (talk) 22:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It's supposesully a sock of you per Checkuser, please don't create extra accounts please, even if it's to test articles you created. That could get you in trouble in the future. Secret ^account 22:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I swear that this is my only account. I thought I had signed up back in 2006 after a friend mentioned adding photos under User:SKingList but since that account doesn't exist, I don't think I ever signed up. I assume via your use of supposedly that you're assuming good faith, and I thank you for that. I'd be happy to do whatever I needed to show that this is the only account I edit under. Travellingcari (talk) 22:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I am WP:AGF, it seems strange that a checkuser result had connect you two together, I also noticed a talk page listed of CSI New York article that you made, and that Kumqat nominated another one for deletion, and with recent AFD debates you two made that resulted in WP:SNOW or speedy keeps, it's fairly obvious. Just consider yourself lucky though. Secret ^account 22:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm confused. I've been in a discussion about the notability on CSI: NY characters that stemmed from me proposing Stella Bonasera for deletion and mentioned it in the context of an AfD just to establish that there was consensus about the issue. I don't know what else to say since you have a tool that says I have a sock and I know I have only edited from this account. I intend to go back to what I have been doing, contributing to Wikipedia as I feel that I have been productive. If you or others think otherwise well... I have no idea. Travellingcari (talk) 23:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

1-800 New Funk

And I'd like to comment a entry you deleted as Jaranda: 1-800 New Funk. It's a music album by Prince (mainly) and other artists.

Perhaps it was deleted because it was considered an advertisement of a phone line. But it isn't, it's an album (you can see these links: Prince_discography year 1994, album songs and lyrics, and even a link to buy the album). During some time Prince used that phone number to sell his music, but now it's not working. So I think it had to be undelete (perhaps with a disclaimer explaining the different meanings of the entry).

Yours, --El Pantera (talk) 22:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't find the logs anywhere, better link please? Secret ^account 22:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, the link is this one: 1-800 NEW FUNK --El Pantera (talk) 22:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

The article I deleted was a WP:CSD#A1, as lack of content (just a track listing, didn't tell anything else, even the artist) it's very easy to just recreate the article. Thanks Secret ^account 00:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Transwiki to non-Wikipedia projects

Hi, I'd like to ask for a clarification, if I may. On January 12, I added a note to the Charlie Witmack deletion discussion indicating that I was going to transwiki the article to Wikipopuli.com. You wrote: "Transwiki is only for another wikipedia project, not a private wiki." I was basing my suggestion on this line in WP:GD: "Transwiki is a recommendation to copy the article to a sister project in Wikimedia (such as Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks, or one of the foreign language projects) and remove it from Wikipedia, either by deleting it or redirecting it to another article. It has also been used to recommend a transfer to a wiki aimed at a more specific audience (for example, Wookieepedia for Star Wars topics, WikiFur for furry fandom topics)." In that context, do you think it's reasonable to transfer an article that was bound for deletion to a site more friendly to it? My follow-up question would be a philosophical one. I basically created Wikipopuli because I saw that many biographical articles were being deleted from Wikipedia for non-notability, and it seemed like their ought to be a home for such articles, so long as they aren't libelous, nonsense, etc. I understand why articles with basically no external sourcing can't be allowed on Wikipedia, but do you think there's a reason why something like Wikipopuli shouldn't be allowed, or even encouraged? Thx. TheYellowCabin (talk) 03:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It's because of licensing of the history and such Secret ^account 04:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocks through checkuser

Why do you not tag blocked socks on their userpages? I've noticed several times that you have blocked users as sockpuppets, citing checkuser, but leave their userpages in place. Just curious, as you are the only admin I've encountered who handles blocks in that fashion. Horologium (talk) 04:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacen Solo

Allow me to respectfully disagree with that closure. Examining the quality and validity of all the keep rationales combined, this is a clear-cut delete. User:Dorftrottel 02:30, January 30, 2008

I think Secret was right this time as it was definitely a no consensus to delete. Best, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 02:31, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

You just believe that encyclopedic standards should be completely abolished. And your own rationale to keep the article is completely invalid and should have been disregarded accordingly. User:Dorftrottel 02:44, January 30, 2008

We just have a disagreement about what encyclopedic standards are for an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I am definitely willing to vote delete on occasion, as I did here, here, here, here, here, and here. In any event, no one's argument should be dismissed when submitted in good faith. My concern is that we do not alienate our contributors and readership. I whole-heartedly agree that sources are important. I just prefer to see more effort made at finding those sources. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 02:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

No, you are in disagreement with the notion that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. That's all. Arguments should be evaluated by their quality and validity to gauge consensus. Alienating the hoi polloi is very necessary indeed. User:Dorftrottel 03:39, January 30, 2008

I totally agree that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, as described by the five pillars of Wikipedia (i.e. it "includes elements of general encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias, and almanacs") and by its founder (i.e. "the sum of all human knowledge"). I agree that hoaxes, personal attacks, opinion pieces, etc. have no place as articles in any good encyclopedia, but verifiable information on notable topics as broadly understood by our large community of contributors is acceptable. Please do not dismiss thousands of editors who volunteer their time in good faith to better what many of us still believe is a worthwhile project with such remarks as "Alienating the hoi polloi is very necessary indeed." And for what it's worth, if you would ever like to work on improving any particular article, I'd be happy to help. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 03:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Acually it's was a confusing AFD, with alot of merge comments and such so I closed as no consensus, discuss a merge in the talk page Secret ^account 04:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Animate Projects

Hello

Can you explain please why our page has been deleted? We had only just started entering copy. We are a not-for-profit organisation funded by Arts Council England and have taken over a funding scheme producing films that has been running for 17 years. Please can you restore it so that we can add more information about the artists and films that have benefited from the scheme?

Many thanks Abigail

AbAddison (talk) 18:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Read WP:COI and WP:N, and WP:ORG Secret ^account 19:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Ultraexactzz is now an Administrator

My RfA was successful, and closed with 44 Supports, 6 Opposes, and 1 Neutral. For your support, you have my thanks - I fully intend to live up to the lofty yet not-a-big-deal responsibility you have granted me. For those who opposed my candidacy, I value your input and advice, and hope that I may prove worthy of your trust. Special thanks to both Rudget and bibliomaniac 1 5 for their expert coaching and guidance. I look forward to serving the project, my fellow editors, the pursuit of higher knowledge, et cetera, et cetera. Again, you have my thanks. UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 01:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Four (drink)

Sure. As you say the main issue was the question of reliable sources, as raised by the nominator. Looking through the other comments in the discussion:

Mh29255 just stated that it was not notable, without any direct discussion of the sources and why they may not be valid.
LADY GALAXY initially stated that the sources were insufficient, but then changed her opinion on whether the article should be kept (albeit without indicating why).
Eastmain then claimed to have added references
Gavin Collins and you both stated that the claimed that the sources were invalid as press releases (although Gavin did not suggest that the article should be kept or deleted)
Eastmain then claimed that the articles only used press releases, and should not be considered press releases
You then said that *if* they were press releases they would not be sources

My view of this discussion was that there was no clear consensus on whether the references were valid sources, which was the main issue for its nomination. Perhaps a relist may have generated more discussion, but in my opinion there had been enough (albeit not a lot) of discussion without consensus on the key issue.

I would have no objection to you raising this at DRV, if you felt that a review would be useful, although I do note that somebody has actually opened a new AFD for the article anyway. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 23:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Yea I meant to say it's still a press release those sources. Secret ^account 00:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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Camp Poyntelle

Could you restore that article and let it go up for AfD? I thought the article was okay. --evrik ^(talk) 15:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Arlington Avenue (Ottawa)

All streets are not "inherently notable". Yet once again you have badly misinterpreted our criteria for notability. I appreciate your enthusiasm for saving articles, I really do, but you need to slow down on the PROD tag removal and please take some time to properly educate yourself. — Satori Son 13:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I strongly agree with Satori Son, you removed quite a number of prods that I did (as an anon), even though the articles has serious sourcing issues and won't survive an afd for life. Secret ^account 00:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree. I have de-prodded a number of articles which have either not gone to AFD or have gone and survived and many of them were very obviously articles that should have been kept. I don't understand the negativity of some people for giving articles a chance. I certainly do not unpord articles randomly and you seem to forget that if the article is discussed somebody often comes forward to provide sources. Satori is unhappy with me, I believe, and making a point about interpreting criteria because of the decision he made to speedy Trium which was overturned by a large majority at DRV. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 00:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Roads aren't notable unless they are a state route or an highway, there is long standing consensus on that issue. Same with Geneva Red Wings‎, teams from minor college leagues never survive anything, some prods were valid removal, like phone brands, etc, but try to read up on WP:OUTCOMES, and all our policies, as you do have some confusion on our notabilty guidelines looking at your prod removals. Secret ^account 00:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

They are open to interpretation, and will also change of time with more discussion, so maybe we see them differently - that is not a difficulty in understanding. You seem to be trying to pressurise me to err on the side of not de-prodding articles, where I believe we should err of the side of de-prodding where a discussion could be helpful. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 00:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Not really, if an article has no sourcing, and no reliable sourcing can be found, and it's long standing consensus to delete those types of articles, it's easier to prod and delete, than to keep, as AFD is backlogged as it is. Secret ^account 00:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure it's easier to delete without discussion than discuss and maybe keep, but what adds more value to the encyclopedia? Wikipedia would be richer with the occassional extra discussion than with fewer good articles. I don't think that a backlog at AFD is a reason to not try to keep potentially good articles, even if they do need a bit of work. Also, each discussion is valuable in reviewing the criteria, just because "we have always deleted articles of type X" doesn't mean that "we always will delete articles of type X", none of this is set in stone, unless there is never any more discussion. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 00:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Try to find sources though, having weak claims of notabilty would take it out of WP:CSD area, but still isn't a good reason for a prod removal, again while consensus can change, you have to check would it survive an afd or not, as removing a prod just for the article being redeleted in afd is more or less process just for the sakes of process, and we try to avoid that. Secret ^account 00:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the real thing that we are trying to avoid, at any cost, is good articles been deleted. Sure, a few I de-prod may end up getting deleted at AFD, but a whole lot don't - so I don't think that is a bad outcome. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 01:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

The Fast and the Furious 4

I had agreed with MrStalker's reasoning, and restored the prior version, thus closing the review. Could you please re-restore it? --Orange Mike | Talk 22:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Lets see what the community decides first, i endorsed the deletion, if anything, let another admin close it and relist it on AFD. Secret ^account 22:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/IRC

This arbitration case has closed and the final decision may be found at the link above. Giano is placed on civility restriction for one year. Should Giano make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, Giano may be blocked for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling. All parties in this case are strongly cautioned to pursue disputes in a civil manner designed to contribute to resolution and to cause minimal disruption. All the involved editors, both the supporters and detractors of IRC, are asked to avoid edit warring on project space pages even if their status is unclear, and are instructed to use civil discussion to resolve all issues with respect to the "admin" IRC channel. For the Arbitration committee, Thatcher 04:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

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RFA thanks

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Thanks for supporting me! My RfA passed with a final tally of 5 neutrals, 1 oppose and 148 supports, a turnout I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm going to do everything I can to help out the community, help with sysop tasks, and of course, contribute to the encyclopedia. If you ever need a hand with something, feel free to give a shout! Cheers!

Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 17:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

NHL one-gamers

I undid your blanking/redirecting of the articles for NHL one-gamers Jerome Mrazek and Shane MacEachern. WP:BIO clearly states that biographies are warranted for "Competitors and coaches who have competed in a fully professional league." At WP:HOCKEY, we have decided to limit that to players who played in the NHL, WHA, or other top-level league of its time and/or made a serious impact at a minor-league (AHL, IHL, ECHL, etc.) level. Please take this up at the WP:HOCKEY talk page, or at another appropriate venue, before just turning articles into redirects. Thanks. Skudrafan1 (talk) 05:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I've left a question for you at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of retired professional American football quarterbacks (eom)

Editor possibly using Wikipedia for promotion of their company

These edits here look very suspicious to me, as I've reverted this persons edits on the [Alex Rodriguez] article when it looked like it was promoting a cell phone company. Best, Googie man (talk) 20:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day!

A short/sweet little message, which I hope has made your day better! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Onome Sodje

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Onome Sodje. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Mattythewhite (talk) 23:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Robin Graham page citations provided

Just wanted to let you know that I've added citations to the Robin Graham page. I also included the URL for each of the L.A. Times article PDFs but, as only ProQuest members can view them, I'm not sure that's helpful--

The Great Pumpkin King gave me some formatting pointers and you may want to provide some further direction. My thanks to all you good Wikipedia folks. LynnMaudlin (talk) 04:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Sewn Mouth Secrets article

Why did you delete the article for the album Sewn Mouth Secrets ? The LP has a 4.5 on All Music Guide, was released by Relapse Records, an important indie label and the band that made it is, Soilent Green, were the first to combine sludge metal and deathgrind. It's been re-released so I don't think it's a "forgetable" album. Gothbag (talk) 19:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Unblock

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I've unblocked Support wikipedia so he or she can get a username change. Also I think by accident you marked prevent username creation for the user when you blocked the user. Since Support wikipedia doesn't seem like a vandal's name, it could have been easier for the user to just create a new account instead. Anyways, I just thought since you were on a wikibreak and the requested name wasn't a violation of username policy you wouldn't mind if I did the unblocking. Cheers, Icestorm815 • Talk 21:40, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

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Leo J. Meyer

Whoops, wrong template. Anyway, you closed the AfD for this article on (I think) January 24th. I recreated it today in response to a message I saw on Wizardman's talk page. It looks like the article has undergone some revision and improvement since it was deleted, but about simultaneously someone else created a DRV and a third person CSD tagged it as a recreation of deleted content. Please weigh in if you are interested. (My opinion is that the article meets the article meets the MILHIST notability guidelines, marginally meets WP:N and is relatively high quality - and so should be kept. Also, since it isn't technically an identical copy of the deleted article, a DRV isn't really necessary at this point). Avruch^T 20:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Leo J. Meyer

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Leo J. Meyer. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Hello, I think I goofed and confused you as the nominator and User:KrakatoaKatie as the closing admin, for which I apologise. I've listed it at Wikipedia:Deletion review#Leo_J._Meyer, I think a lot of the concerns about WP:N and WP:V have been addressed there. I'd appreciate your input in the discussion, I'm not an editor of the article, but my personal belief is that it meets the WP:MILHIST notability guideline, which both includes and supersedes the WP:N guideline. Mrprada911 (talk) 02:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't stand not knowing

Hello, I was reviewing a DRV when somebody stated you were on indefinite wikibreak, and it was struckthrough, so I followed my curiosity to your userpage. Now I have this need to know what is "ED"? Thanks, Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 03:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfB

I wanted to personally thank you, Secret, for your participation in my recent RfB. I have heard the community's voice that they require more of a presence at RfA's of prospective bureaucrats, and I will do my best over the near future to demonstrate such a presence and allow the community to see my philosophy and practices in action. I am thankful and appreciative that in general, the community feels that I am worthy of the trust it requires of its bureaucrats, and I hope to continue to behave in a way that maintains your trust in me and my actions. I hope that over the near future, you will become comfortable and satisfied with my understanding of the particulars and subtleties inherent in the RfA process, and that I may be able to count on your support when I decide to once again undergo an RfB. If you have any suggestions, comments, or constructive criticisms, please let me know via talkpage or e-mail. Thank you again. -- Avi (talk) 17:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear Secret, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your concerns about my candidacy. Unfortunately very few of the opposes gave me advice on points I should improve upon (bar the examples of incivility), and I ask you now, very humbly, to visit my talkpage, should you have any concerns about any of my actions here.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Post deletion - National Center for Technology Innovation

Dear Secret, On January 13, 2008 you deleted our posting titled “National Center for Technology Innovation.” The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) is funded by the Office of Special Educational Programs at the U.S. Department of Education and we seek to help education technology innovators create technology solutions to help students with special needs. We are unclear as to why our post was deleted as we simply would like to inform web users of the different ways we can offer free resources and work with others to help students with special needs. We are therefore requesting that our original post be undeleted. Thank you for your assistance. Please feel free to contact us on our talk page. Regards, AsNCTI (User:AsNCTI [1]) (User talk:[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AsNCTI]) Note: We (AsNCTI) edited this comment after posting. Thanks. (User:AsNCTI [2])

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If the article is deleted, unlink it, but I suggest you not alter history. — Κaiba 20:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Unblock request - Pearllysun

Pearllysun, who you blocked indef over sockpuppetry, has made an unblock request. Looking over his records (talk page, contribs, etc), I see the following:

He was never warned about using multiple accounts.
He seems, in general, to be a good-faith user, although he does pretend to be a different person from his apparent sockpuppet (Бриллиантжемчуг).

I think, given the above, that his block shouldn't be indef. What do you think? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

University Christian School

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Speedy Deletion of Opera Deleware

You didn't give me any chance to respond. Less than one minute. That was incredibly unfair and bad practice for an administrator. And notability was there. Opera Deleware is a professional opera company and a very old one at that. It is also a part of OPERA America and part of opera wikiprojects goal to create pages on all of America's opera companies.Nrswanson (talk) 20:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Patent Nonsense?

The article recently deleted titled "Prestonism" is in no way patent nonsense. Wikipedia itself defines patent nonsense as "gibberish." Had the article consisted only of "18y0ouha[qopqiuhfq[[aahiuh1oiuqhosy7oa87ys" I would understand the deletion, but the article clearly defined Preston's idea, and provided graphical support. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmillard10 (talk • contribs) 15:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Michael David Garcia

Pretty old block (set twice, so will ask both blocking admins). Seems to have something to do with the username. Currently requesting unblocking. Any insight would be appreciated. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that. They tipped their hand. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Confederacy of Independent Systems

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Phyton

Hello! :) Late last year, Phyton was nominated for deletion. After a short discussion, it was ruled that the article should be deleted (4 delete/3 keep). Based on the consensus, you deleted the article. I had suggested a merge and/or redirect of the article to List of Greyhawk deities, hoping to preserve the edit history. After the fact, I decided to create a redirect anyway. I'm wondering if it's possible to restore the original article, and turn it into a redirect, thus preserving the edit history? If you agree, you can either obliterate the current edit history, or just add it to the original edit history. Thanks, BOZ (talk) 02:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Selena-DreamingOfYou-wiki.ogg)

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Deletion Review for Phyton

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You're awesome, thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 12:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Thanks for deleting Hudson george thomas, I accidentally recreated the page 'cause I took too long to put the speedy template on it.

Thanks again!

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re: Index of Professional Sports teams in the United States and Canada

I wasn't aware that non-sysops weren't supposed to close No Consnsus AfD's. I was trying to help clear a backlog and went with my gut on it, probabally relisting it might have been a better idea. If you want to take it to deletion review, you are more than welcome to. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 18:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

PS, are there any times when non sysops can close AfD discussions. I've been chided now a couple of times, first for tying to close a delete discussion, then for closing a merge, now this one. Not being an administrator, am I limited only to clear cut keep discussions, or should I not be closing discussions at all. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 18:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Son of Stimpy

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Silly aside

Seemed amusing a user called Secret resolving the Secret pages MfD. :D Orderinchaos 09:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages

A User:Secret closing an mfd on Secret pages... Cute. -- Cat ^chi? 03:03, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I had the same thought Hobit (talk) 01:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

deleted "PyTables" ‎ (G12: Blatant copyright infringement)

Dear Secret

I've created the stub for PyTables article and filled it with content from its homepage. Yes, I've noted the bot message concerning G12: Blatant copyright infringement, but I've put appropriate tag and message, that I'm going to expand it in near future. After some hours I found it deleted. Could you please undelete it? There is no reason to force me do a job twice.

thank you

Zeliboba7 (talk) 12:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I have submitted a request, at WP:DRV, for PyTables to be restored temporarily to Zeliboba7's user space. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 08:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Saavedro

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Deletion review for Irish National Teachers' Organisation

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I, however, have requested a full review as I don't believe the article was deleted according to deletion policy. Stifle (talk) 17:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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Destrachan

Hello! :) In March 2008, Destrachan was nominated for deletion. At the time, there was no suitable page for this article to be redirected to, so based on the consensus, you deleted the article. I have created a new page, List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition monsters, which which would be a proper destination to merge and/or redirect the article to. I'm wondering if it's possible to restore the original article, and turn it into a redirect, thus preserving the edit history? BOZ (talk) 17:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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