User talk:Stephen/Archive June 2007

"JIFFY"

Hello. I'm trying to figure out what happened with this article. I restored it last night and then made an edit to it to add some more info and a reference. After that, it looks like you deleted it again and restored it again, but I can't locate my edit in the page history. Am I doing something wrong, or did something get corrupted in the database? I can't figure out what happened or why I can't see my edit in the deletion history. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 11:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

History shows no deleted edits, so my restore must have brought everything back? Database glitch? --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 12:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Must have been. Maybe I got a database lock when I did my save and just didn't notice. I've made my edit again to the best of my recollection using the same source I did last night. I think it passes notability now. If someone feels it should still be deleted, I guess it can always go to AFD. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 12:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Oli Sykes

I'm not sure what has happened here! I received a message on my talk page from a bot telling me that the page Oli Sykes had been deleted! I thought, well at least when I created it, that it was a redirect page? It should be redirecting to Bring Me the Horizon. Unless someone else altered it which prompted you to delete it? I am a bit confused! Please explain to me! Thanks, Asics talk ^{Editor review!} 15:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Non-basic form redirect speedy deletion decline

You declined deleting Eesti Rahvusliku Liikumise asking why they are bad. I just felt the need to explain why it was nominated. In Estonian each noun has FOURTEEN such forms. Should there be fourteen such redirects? If not then why should one arbitrary redirect(it is a form used when talking about ownership or property) exist? --Alexia Death 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey, thanks for unblocking me. I can;t say much else because then somebody might think I'm being too social. I will be sure to edit the mainspace more often Thanks, (A User again,) AlexHillan 18:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 19:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Black Box images

Uh, what was wrong with the license for the two images of David Warren and the first prototype black box? They're freely usable historical images. Garth M 07:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

There's a clear explanation on your talk page. They were incorrectly licenced. And what do you mean freely usable? Someone must own the copyright? Or have they been released into public domain? --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 08:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Jeffree Star (singer)

Just wondering, how come you deleted this page? To the best of my knowledge, the old Jeffree Star page was removed due to lack of notability, but that's hardly the case now with his recent success on iTunes, becoming Jared Gold's spokesmodel, and his upcoming reality show, all of which is verifiable.

Hi

I don't get it. Whats wrong or bad about the Battle Animals page?

I explained what was wrong up above on the 17th May. Huh? RuneWiki777 23:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

One more question. What is secondary references?

The opera corpus

Hi. I've just seen your edit. Perhaps you could tell us about the rationale for your edit - on the Talk Page. Thanks. -- Kleinzach 04:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

History of deleted article

Hi there, I was just about to check the history of Peter Leeds when you deleted it. There's an actor of the same name [1] and I wanted to be sure that his article hadn't been overwritten before I posted a PROD. I'm just looking for some reassurance, I guess. Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Jimmydiscount

Could you ban this guy as soon as possible? He (or she) sounds like a reincarnation of Johnny the Vandal or just a sockpuppet of the 155.144.251.120 IP address, which you just blocked about half an hour ago, doing the same vandalism on the System of a Down article. Alex 03:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I was actually about to talk to you about this guy, too. I reported him for sockpuppetry at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jimmydiscount. First time I've reported a sockpuppet, and I think I put them in the wrong order like I noted on the page...but whatever. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. Bsroiaadn^Talk 04:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA ...

Hi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship and for your congratulations on my talk page. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete Eboard?

It wasn't spam, or atleast no more spam then anyother article that decribes a online service. It is used by thousands of public schools in the US, and was still in the early stages of research gathering (meaning I wasn't done with it) I would've left the construction tag on, but I was previously warned about leaving that on for more than a day, so I took it off, not expecting it to be attacked 10 minutes after getting put up.

Regradless that would explain why it was deleted under the terms of being too short, or adding no value, but it had no spam. I even re-edited it after it first got tagged for spam, removing anything that could've been considered spam, which was the starting price (which again is often put in WP articles). Almost every WP page on a commercial product has spam in it, from walmart, to youtube (BTW, eboard, isn't fully commercial. It isn't a product sold to the general public, but for educators, and school districts, so I don't know I could turn that into spam anyway). I was still gathering information for the page, so whatever spam it had would've nothing compared to those articles. The only reason I created the article in the first place was because I wanted to find out info on it, and WP didn't have a page.

Did you even read the talk page? Or did you just go straight for delete? I think a product that is used by public schools all over the country, deserves a page on WP, and I don't know how something that is for educators, and school districts could be considered spam. So please tell me, besides the external link to eboard's homepage, what was the spam, that warranted a deletion? Maybe if you tell me, I can recreate the page without that. Rawboard 07:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Fark.com sprotection

How dare you?!!1! U totally protected teh wrong verson, d00d!!1!

Um, I mean, thanks. I was just pondering whether I should bother Alison with this again instead of taking it straight to WP:RFPP. Sigh, I guess the peace didn't last long. I'll keep an eye on the article in case sprot doesn't work. Cheers Seed 2.0 10:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Andrea Masley

Wipe her clean! Ben Georgia was my other newbie error; ah, to be young again! --David Shankbone 11:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Dcrcort

Perhaps I should post this elsewhere, but the above mentioned user has an attitude problem and lacks respect for anyone that disagrees with his ideas. I encourage you to review the history of his edits and the way he addresses other users. He is sarcastic and irrespectful. I think his editing privileges should be revoked permanently. Andy Rosenthal 03:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

You just deleted this. I never heard of it myself, but it survived a previous AFD with an unanimous "keep". I only noticed it because somebody transcluded the old discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music) at today's AFD log, probably as some way to open a discussion. Shouldn't this be re-nominated on AFD rather than speedy deleted? Pharamond 13:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Thanks!--SarekOfVulcan 00:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hapland

Hi, Stephen, can you take another look at the db-repost on Hapland? According to this 2nd nomination it was deleted through AfD. Thanks, Marasmusine 15:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Mariano Brizzio

Hi, Stephen. Yesterday I contested the deletion of the Mariano Brizzio page and explained that I did not understand how this physician's article was up for deletion, yet the other 650 entries in the American physician category were fine. The answer I got back from another user was brief, and simply referred me to the BLP page. I read the page and still did not understand what specific parts of my article I could fix. I responded to my talk page again asking for an example of what information on the page seemed not valuable, and asked for an example of an entry about a living person done correctly. Both the Mariano Brizzio page and the talk page were deleted by you before I could check to see if there were anymore responses. Can you please help me by telling me specifically what I did wrong on the Mariano Brizzio page? Thank you. Oeawiki 16:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi-Zack (Mobile suit)

Jeffpiatt reposted this particular article yet again and, while I do not have a saved copy of the page prior to its last deletion, it looks like he changed very very little of the article; whatever was changed looks to be superficial, and no actual improvements were made to the article. Maikeru 18:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Smeggypants

Hi Steve. I had to re-block the above edit after your username filing unblock. He immediately filed the request but then went on to abuse the unblock well after your request for him to stop. Applied usernameblock again - Alison ☺ 00:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Greetings Steve. I must apologise. I didn't ignore the request to cease editing under the name smeggypants on purpose. I missed the message. I am new to this blocking lark. I am not out to purposely disrespect any wikipedia rules. I won't ask to be unblocked again and will wait for the new username. Thanks for your understanding S-Pants ( signed out ) 90.242.39.46 00:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Kirsten

You reverted my cleanup of Kirsten, and claimed in the description that the page was "Not long enough to spin of [sic] given names". The consensus on Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#Last name disambig is that groups of more than about 5 to 10 given names/surnames should be moved to their own article. There were 15 on the Kirsten page. Please join the discussion and spell out exactly what is "long enough". By reverting the cleanup, you have broken the guideline "People who happen to have the same surname or given name should not be mixed in with the other links unless they are very frequently referred to simply by the single name". Please restore Kirsten (given name). You can also clearly see that the person who tagged it for deletion because it duplicated entries in Kirsten was not accurately reporting the situation. Chris the speller 01:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Undone, wasn't aware if those changes from May. Thanks for the update --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 02:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawal

"Your account cannot be closed, but if you wish I can delete your user page, and blank and protect your talk page. Please let me know if this is what you wish after your block expires". Yes, please, remove my username at the highest level possible. Especially if that includes blocking my return even if I ever change my mind. --FateClub 02:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hitmenrpg.com

This article shouldn't have been deleted, it had already been nominated and meets notability standards, a simple google or MSN search will confirm the TRUTH 02:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

DRV

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 04:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Charles Goldstein

i noticed that you removed the delete tag from Charles Goldstein. Maybe you found some info that i didn't because i can't find this player anywhere. The info on this "stub" is also very wrong as he never played in the NHL (as the article claims). If he did indeed play on the Canada National Team, i can't find him. Were you able to verify that "Charles Goldstein" actually exists or what? If you were, point me to that source, please. If not, then delete the article. Masterhatch 04:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the tip. i have made a lot of edits over the years with wikipedia, but i haven't played with deletion too much. Next time i spot a nonsense article, i will use the tag you mention. thanks. Masterhatch 05:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Rfa

Just dropping by to say "thank you" for supporting me in my recent my RfA. I passed the vote, and am now an admin. It will take me some getting used to with the new tools, but I thank you again for the trust. Have a good one, and, as always, happy editing! Jmlk17 04:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Why has the Juice(Rapper) been deleted???

why has this page been deleted as it is a valid rapper that does in fact exist and also there was enough information in the page for it not to be deleted.

Segger Microcontroller Systems

Hello Stephen, I've reinstated the spam tag for Segger Microcontroller Systems, please see the discussion page for that article. --Witchinghour 15:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Source Four Revolution

I had started this article as a reference to provide other interested parties with information about this moving light from ETC. Why was it deleted? There were no advertisements in the page, simply infomration pertaining to the features and specifications of the light.

What gives?

--Lbgaus 19:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Our Lady of the Earth and Sky

A page you db'd has been recreated. A couple links have been added that mention the group's existence, but otherwise it appears to be the same article. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 00:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Hello, Stephen/Archive June 2007, and thank you so much for your support in my recent RFA, which passed 59/0/0! I will try very hard to live up to your expectations – please let me know if I can help you in any way, but first take your cookie! Thanks again! KrakatoaKatie 00:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC) NOTE: I'm not very creative, so I adopted this from RyanGerbil10 who swiped it from Misza13, from whom I have swiped many, many things. Chocolate chip cookies sold separately. Batteries not included. Offer not valid with other coupons or promotions. May contain peanuts, strawberries, or eggs. Keep out of the reach of small children, may present a choking hazard to children under the age of 3 and an electrical hazard to small farm animals. Do not take with alcohol or grapefruit juice. This notice has a blue background and may disappear into thin air. The recipient of this message, hereafter referred to as "Barnum's latest sucker", relinquishes all rights and abilities to file a lawsuit, to jump on a pogostick while standing on his head, and to leap out in front of moving trains. KrakatoaKatie, Jimbo Wales, and the states of Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma are not liable for any lost or stolen items or damage from errant shopping carts or unlicensed drivers such as Paris Hilton.

please restore talk page

Could you please restore the talk page for Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music; note that an Afd has been raised since the speedy & deletion review. John Vandenberg 04:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Done, sorry I missed it. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 04:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

applied information economics AFD

Several new citations and links have been added since your first comment. Please take another look.Hubbardaie 12:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for not blocking me for breaking the three revert rule on Thursday night, and thanks for sending Applied Information Economics to AfD, rather than speedy-deleting the article. There was a misunderstanding on Thursday night, but I didn't see it at the time. --SueHay 03:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:John Davis (football player)

Could you please restore this talk page? On June 10th, you deleted it according to CSD G8 - Talk page of non-existant article (see log) but according to the history the article exists since 20 March 2007, and has never been deleted since (see log. Thank you. Errabee 10:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Beanybeanybeany

Hi, again. Could you ban this guy as soon as possible as well? He (or she) has been vandalizing pages articles — including The Offspring — by adding nonsense/false information. Feel free to check his (or her) contributions. Alex 22:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

That was unnecessary

Don't delete articles no one is going to look at anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krnwonseungee (talk • contribs) 07:15, 12 June 2007

On-screen clichés deletion

I see you deleted On-screen clichés, but I can't find any discussion page for the deletion, other than an old one from Apr 2006 at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/On-screen clichés. Was there a discussion about this? Also, your comment was "csd r1", but as I recall that page was a complete article and not a redirect (?). — Loadmaster 15:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Spam

Is this guy allowed to have weblinks on his user page User:Anilmathewm--AdamJWC 08:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Twin Thousands

Why was this page deleted? The band features past/present members of Cursive and the Arcade Fire, both very notable bands, and as such fulfills the Wikipedia band notability criteria. Gus Peterson 18:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

From WB:BAND - A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, hip hop crew, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria - 6.Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable.

Twin Thousands fulfil this criteria. Gus Peterson 17:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

RMS-XXX Line of mobile suits

Just alerting you that Jeffpiatt seems to have reposted the Hi-Zack article yet again under a different name after the article title was protected to prevent recreation yet again. There don't seem to be any differences in the article except for the introductory paragraph. Maikeru 02:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Rodney Arthur

I'm puzzled as to what to do with this article. It was created and deleted in April, for {{db-bio}}. It was created and deleted again today, for the same reason. Shortly after you deleted it today, the author re-created it again. -FeralDruid 03:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Cynthia Ozick

Thanks for protecting Cynthia Ozick! Barbara Osgood 20:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

"Gstaad Palace"

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Gstaad Palace. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Milehnort 09:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC) --milehnort 11:22, 17 June 2007 (GMT)

Moved comment

Dear Stephen,

I don't understand why you deleted my content page and its related talk page. We are a small, non-profit arts group trying to do what Wikipedia actually wants people to do--use Wikipedia and post accurate information. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to create an account, how to post the article etc. I followed the Wikipedia instructions. I had to pay a babysitter while I did these tasks. I am a single parent with no extra cash for stuff like that, so I am really steamed that you trashed my work and caused me to waste time, and that you did not even read the "hang on" tags that I posted in accordance with Wikipedia rules. Furthermore, you publically asserted that I had done something illegal, without checking the details. That's slander, and it's also "against the rules." If you're really interested in not breaking rules, you could have said, "this page contains approximately the same text as bostoncecilia.org's page. Although the author of the Wikipedia entry has entered a "hang on" tag and claims to have rights to the text, including verification information, I am choosing to delete this page."

Instead, you did this: 23:25, 14 June 2007 Stephen (Talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:The Boston Cecilia" (CSD G8: Talkpage of non-Existent Article) 23:25, 14 June 2007 Stephen (Talk | contribs) deleted "The Boston Cecilia" (This item is unquestionably a copyright infringement of www.bostoncecilia.org/about/about-us.html, and no assertion of permission has been made. (CSD G12))

Your statement that "no assertion of permission [had} been made" was completely incorrect. As soon as I created my page, I saw that it had been flagged for speedy deletion. I then followed the Wikipedia instructions to the letter, in order to avoid deletion. I wrote a lengthy message on both the Boston Cecilia talk page and my member talk page. Apparently you did not bother to look at the talk page you deleted.

Frankly, you have no way of knowing whether the page I created was "unquestionably a copyright infringement of www.bostoncecilia.org/about/about-us.html." All you can really be sure of was that the text was nearly identical. This is of course, as I explained in detail on the talk page, because our group wrote and owns both pieces of text. Really, I am so frustrated that you saw fit to destroy my page without even following the Wikipedia guidelines regarding "hang on" tags. It's just not very nic at all; you wasted my time, and you ought to restore my page.

-Genevieve Hendrey The Boston Cecilia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostoncecilia (talk • contribs) 07:06, 17 June 2007

Plerase restore Neotone Records

Could you please restore Neotone Records? The article included references, including a newspaper article about the company, which were an assertion of notability. --Eastmain 01:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The article included two references; one about a band, and one about the company. These only show that the company exists, but do not assert why the company is notable enough for inclusion. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 01:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh

Thanks for understanding our plight ;) [2] Riana ⁂ 04:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, yeah, I edit war and I swear too damn much when I unblock myself :) Take care! Riana ⁂ 06:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Deco Da Man

Ummm - I don't recall his signing up to Yksin's remedy. He has been indefblocked twice now! Guess it's a bit late now ... :) - Alison ☺ 05:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

As I just told Alison, even if Deco Da Man didn't sign up to my remedy, I think he'll find it necessary to at least address those concerns & do some mainspace edits, or Ryulong is sure to block him again. Meantime, the kid has seen a full Australian day in & out without replying -- hope he wasn't scared off. As you know if you've read the full history, I'm in full agreement with you that this second block was quite harsh. For that matter, so was the first. Ryulong appears to believe in immediate action, without first giving warnings or trying to work with the user, regardless of age or newbie status. Geez, this kid only has 113 edits! Anyway, thanks for your part. --Yksin 16:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Driftless Area Coulee Region

I did a move, and got what I think is a continuous loop. All it does is redirect, without the text, some of which I added. HELP! --MarkTwainOnIce 05:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

PS Driftless Area is the better title, as the article itself admits.--MarkTwainOnIce 05:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. No need to respond. --MarkTwainOnIce 05:56, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Peiremans

Hi, I was actively fighting this speedy. I would like it back; I have a Basque magazine reference. Chubbles 09:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Explain how one magazine reference meets the requirement of WP:BAND? --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 09:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I have a Basque-language music magazine which names this group's album as the 11th best of 2005, and an interview they did with same magazine. I found a Basque-language music site with a biography, and a short blurb on them in English on a third site. Furthermore, members of this band are also members of Berri Txarrak.

For what it's worth, I found this page surfing the newpages, and I see this as an attempt to fight systemic bias. No administrators speak Basque, and apparently no one is fluent enough in Basque and English to write competent articles about their music scene, so Wikipedia, unforunately, says nothing about it. Chubbles 09:46, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

in any case, I would appreciate the opportunity to work with the article as it was when it was deleted, because I can't remember everything it said to recreate it right now. Then, if you feel it still does not meet notability, we can let AfD decide. Chubbles 10:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I have to go to bed now. I will return to this matter tomorrow. Chubbles 10:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I've put it at User:Chubbles1212/Peiremans. Hope you can improve it. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 11:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I think I've done enough work to keep it from deletion at this point; what is the proper procedure from here? Should I move it, or just re-create the article? Chubbles 23:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Chubbles 04:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

thanks

I guess you cleared my talk page, that is fine. I had tagged it for delete, but clearing does the job. R H Pearson 12:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Stephen - well what more can I say with a name like yours I have always known that you are great guy! Thank you for your positive prompt.--VS ^talk 13:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Irakli Kovzanadze

Hi. I'm trying to figure out why you deleted this article. it was made by the consent of Irakli kovzanadze itself.it looks like you,ve deleted it. I dont know how to make it otherway. It is second time when it has been deleted.Please if it is possible restore that article. Thank you!

TerrorStorm

Dear Stephen,

I think there may be a misunderstanding here:

01:14, 18 June 2007 Stephen (Talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:TerrorStorm" (CSD G8: Talkpage of non-Existent Article)

I started an undeletion discussion, in reponse to an invitation from wikipedia to do so, as the article page is create-protected. If you feel the talk page is not the right place for this, could you please provide me with a link to the right place? Thx — Xiutwel (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

CSD AutoReason

I was informed earlier today about a bug in IE6. I've since fixed it per the suggestion and IE6 is working fine again. Just thought I'd let my spamlist know that they need to purge their local cache (Ctrl+F5 on most browsers) to get the latest version of the script. Regards, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 16:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

TerrorStorm

An editor has asked for a deletion review of TerrorStorm. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dear Stephen, I don't know whether *you* are the appropriate editor to notify? — Xiutwel (talk) 21:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Palm

yes I know, and this does not help with our GA status. I've been planning to take a trip over there at some point myself just to see it all with my own eyes, when I do go over I will of course take lots of photos for the article. Until then we will just have to hope Phenus comes back and sorts it out. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 06:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Interplanetary Expeditions

I'm glad you were able to understand all the mumble-jumble on the page, with the 2 speedy-deletion requests by me and his {{hangon}} request with him stating that he did want the page deleted. Jru Gordon 08:29, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Kwansaba

I am still uncertain why this is deleted. I posted a note explaining why kwansaba was notable. It is a new form of poetry that is gaining in popularity. I am an English teacher and plan on using this form of poetry with my classes. I am on a listserv with over 500 other teachers, which is where I first heard of this new form. When I looked up information on it, it was noted that it is the only form of poetry created by African Americans that can be traced to a specific time and place. Somehow I feel that is notable in and of itself. There are over 600 websites that mention kwansaba and over 40 news articles in the Google archive.

Frankly, I fail to see the problem. Maybe it is just that I am new to this and didn't get the explanation in the right place. I hope to see this article restored, at least as a stub. I have contacted the group that originated this new form to see if they could expand on it. But it is definitely not limited to East St. Louis, IL. I am in Alabama, and others who I have talked to about this form of poem are from around the country.

Ogre Art 15:22, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Joel Selwood

Can you please unblock his page so an article can be created. He is a VERY notable footballer and there is more than enough information on him to make proper article. Cheers Crickettragic 15:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello there

Hello you blocked my account sometime ago for creating pages that were wrongly deemed inappropriate. I was hoping by now you have done your own research on Picnic Monsters and the Pineapple Dishwasher and realized they are perfectly legitimate topics for Wikipedia. But if you need still more convincing please talk to my friend Veinor. He will vouch for me. And then we can work together to create a better wikipedia.JJAshfiel 15:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

I see you got rid of my request on the Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, and can you tell me why--Yankees10 00:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

The thing is he cotinues to do it and there is nothing that is stopping him--Yankees10 00:56, 23 June 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

PeaceNT and Edtropolis

No, I'd never heard of Request an Account. Thanks for enlightening me. Corvus cornix 01:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Me neither. And I've been around for a little while. Thank you for setting me straight. I've apologized profusely to PeaceNT for my ignorance and for jumping to entirely the wrong conclusion and being inexcusably paranoid and ignorant. Thanks again for setting me straight there. MastCell ^Talk 02:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey Steve, thanks for coming to my defense, that was very kind of you :) Have a wonderful weekend, Peacent 12:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Sprint damper

Hi, you deleted the whole article! The first paragraph was fine as a stub and I think existence-worthy. Unfortunately some idiot then arrived and wrote a following section on why you need a sprint damper with a link to his company which *was* blatant advertising which should have been removed, something which I commented on in the discussion page.

Any chance we could have it back before that event as a stub? Steering dampers are an important part of some sportbikes and almost all racebikes. Cheers. 84.9.32.226 10:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Australia article population figure update

It does not appear that the population figure has been updated as requested on the protected Australia article's talk page, despite your confirmations that it has. ??? —Upper Lines 05:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Simpsons Realities

I disagree about your decision concerning the project's insignificance and committed page deletion. Before creating the article, I read Wikipedia rules carefully, and according to WP:SOAP, par. 4, pages like this one are perfectly acceptable unless they are written in unobjective or biased style, or are about a really small website, which is all obviously not true. Please explain on which criteria you have estimated the project's insignificance and how it's possible to restore the deleted article. Thank you. Dagdamor 13:43, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Steve? Are you there? Please respond... wiping stuff is easy, explaining your behavior is harder. But I want you to explain it, because I need to be sure it wasn't a mistake or something against Wikipedia rules. Thanks. Dagdamor 02:06, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:SOAP has nothing to do with it. Have a look at our policies on notability for web sites, and how everything must be verifiable. You did nothing to assert why the web site is notable enough for inclusion, with secondary sources. You can rewrite the article to included this, with no guarantee that it will not be deleted again, or take the deletion to WP:DRV for review. Good luck. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 02:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

First of all, if you questioned the project's notability, you should have asked me, or website owner about that, or, in the worst case, put the deletion tag into the article. Not to delete the whole stuff immediately! I was subscribed to the article changes, and I didn't receive a single notification about the proposed deletion, thus didn't have a change to justify it. That's not right. Second, you didn't answer my question. You didn't explain why you considered the project insignificant. And no, the absence of significance proofs doesn't make the project insignificant, there is a thing called presumption of innocence. Third, we are talking about a rather special thing here. SR is an unofficial fan art site. It's extremely hard (if not impossible) to win an official recognition from the trademark owners due to obvious reasons. Does that mean that ANY unofficial site, not depending on its history, content and importance, should be claimed insignificant? In this case, Wikipedia automatically loses a lot of interesting content, and this doesn't sound good to me. Dagdamor 09:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

First of all, if you questioned the project's notability, you should have asked me, or website owner about that, or, in the worst case, put the deletion tag into the article. Not to delete the whole stuff immediately! I was subscribed to the article changes, and I didn't receive a single notification about the proposed deletion, thus didn't have a change to justify it. That's not right.'

There is notification on your talk page, which you have responded too.

Second, you didn't answer my question. You didn't explain why you considered the project insignificant. And no, the absence of significance proofs doesn't make the project insignificant, there is a thing called presumption of innocence.

Not on Wikipedia. The onus is on you to show notability.

Third, we are talking about a rather special thing here. SR is an unofficial fan art site. It's extremely hard (if not impossible) to win an official recognition from the trademark owners due to obvious reasons. Does that mean that ANY unofficial site, not depending on its history, content and importance, should be claimed insignificant? In this case, Wikipedia automatically loses a lot of interesting content, and this doesn't sound good to me.

No. But you need to show that your web site is covered by third party, secondary sources asserting that it is significant. Try actually reading some of the guidelines you have been directed to before you continue your ranting. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 09:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

If you read my talk page, you know that the article was proposed for deletion once, but the administrator has decided to remove the deletion tag and give me a chance to collect some proofs from the third party sites. That's not an easy thing to do, and can't be done in few days. Why you make the irreversible decisions so quickly, ignoring the previous person's decision? Instead of wiping the content, you could question yourself, can the article be an useful contribution to Wikipedia or not. That's more important question than the formal significance. Ranting? Come on, I'm trying to justify my point, and yes, I've read those rules carefully. Don't attack me personally, all I want is to do a good contribution for Wikipedia. SR page could be a good and interesting article, and even if I can't prove it's format significance, it's obviously not a small, or commercial, or badly done website - what those notability rules are aimed at in the first place. In other words, being an admin, you should know when strict rules can be formally applied, and when not. Dagdamor 09:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Warhound

hi man. i was just wondering why you deleted a perfectly normal page for the upcoming game of warhound?? i had followed all the rules and everything was like all my previous pages which i have created without a fault. any explanation from your side? Oli3 11:31, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Warhound was deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warhound. You can take it to WP:DRV if you wish. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 11:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I have just created the page Warhound once again, this time I have done it up good. Please let me know if I have done something wrong as I am sure the article contains relevant details about the game. Thank you. Oli3 14:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Implicsphere

Hello, I'm trying to figure out why the article "implicasphere" was deleted. It immediately got a tag for speedy deletion, saying that it was not notable enough, then I amended it and explained on its talk page why I thought it was notable, but I can find nothing that refutes my justification. I'd be grateful if yo could direct me to where this argument is put, so that I can pursue it. Sorry if I'm doing this the wrong way, but I'm new to this process. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redmagic (talk • contribs) 16:04, 27 June 2007

User talk:Sacksofffifth

Thanks for the note. "Filth" is used, esp. in British English, for feces. If we block "poop" in names this makes sense to me. Also, the user in question was in the middle of a vandalising spree when I blocked them. Not enough to be blocked at that time, but added to the username, it was enough to go there IMO. Will leave a note at user's talk page later. --Fire Star 火星 19:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I read sacks of filth when I saw it. If it refers to Saks Fifth Avenue, then he is till going to get a username block. If the guy had been a good faith user, I would unblock, but he was being abusive, so either he comes up with a very good reason for me to change my mind or he gets another chance with another name if he wants one. --Fire Star 火星 22:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Cheers. The user (whom I will watch for a while) was allowed another chance to recreate an account by serendipity (I was really inclined to permablock originally, but a hunch held me back), so I think he should just take advantage of it and learn how Wikipedia works. I appreciate your input. --Fire Star 火星 22:35, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I agree, there could be some socks around. Good call Steve! --TTNJ 01:46, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

About the block of Sacksofffifth

I see the user Firestar got the username wrong. Its fiFth not fiLth, so technically, that user should not be blocked. And even so, I feel that fiLth does not mean poop, and then I could say cigarette means fag which means gay.--TTNJ 19:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

VirtualSteve

		Thank you for your support and comments at my RfA
		Hi Stephen, It still amazes me that otherwise "anonymous" editors take the time to place !votes and personalised comments on RfAs. Whilst I would have normally thanked you at the time of you leaving your message, the importance of my not appearing to be canvassing prevented me from so doing. Now that everything has progressed successfully I can finally thank you. I intend to uphold a style of good adminship and will welcome your further comments at any time in the future, even if they are in the form of admonishment. I will be happy to help as an admin wherever and whenever I can --VS talk 22:58, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Archive

Thanks for deleting that so quickly! --Milton 06:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit war on Battle of Washita River, complete with personal attacks

Dear Stephen, I hope you can help out with this. It's not even really my battle, but I became involved after one of the concerned parties made a complaint on the talk page of a completely different article that I've got on my watchlist. My account of events as of yesterday is at WP:ANI#Problems between HanzoHattori and Custerwest, which mostly devolved into a discussion of HanzoHattori (talk · contribs)'s other issues as an editor -- though in the present case he is being pretty restrained, even keeping himself from doing reverts on Custerwest's edits; as opposed to Custerwest (talk · contribs) who is completely rewriting an article apparently against consensus, has tended to his own blog-style website a lot as a source (though appears to be improving his use of sources now) & has a pretty POV attitude, plus has made a number of personal attacks on HanzoHattori. See also both participant's user talk page, as well as my own, as they most recently are taking it to me under the apparently false perception that I am anything other than just another editor who wished they knew how to discuss things without calling names & edit warring. I'm not qualified to judge on the issues of fact in the article itself, but maybe it needs protection until concensus can be reached? And certainly Custerwest needs to stop making personal attacks. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. --Yksin 16:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, no, actually it seems that people at WP:ANI could care less. Discussion there yesterday focused on HanzoHatti's older issues, & haven't addressed Custerwest's abuses at all. But maybe the people at Talk:Battle of Washita River will get it sorted out without admin help, if only for lack of any other choice. I've done what I could do. --Yksin 00:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Zeitgeist the movie

hi you incorrectly deleted my entry. This is a FULL LENGHT PRODUCED MOVIE. The reason you gave is "The given reason is: It is an article about a web site, blog, online forum, webcomic, podcast, or similar web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject. (CSD A7)" this is not a web site, blog, online forum, webcomic, podcast, or similar web content. You are incorrect in your deletion, please retore the article and I will modify it to meet standards. ALSO, you deleted teh article within 5 minutes of me putting a "hangon" request, which is against policy. Thank you for restoring the page and letting me know when you have done so. Squarepush3r 09:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

you may be right about that guidelines on notability and veriable content however you have still ignored a "HANGON" tag without giving adequate (over 5 minutes even) time for correction. How can I correct an article if its deleted within 3 minutes of a HANGON tage? Surely you have a time limit you must adhere to or else the HANGON process is worthless, is it not? Squarepush3r 10:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Help creating a page

Wikipedia is a Great Site!! I have only been a user for a couple of weeks so I am just starting to understand all the abilities and requirements for posting. I created a page then started to edit it on line and it was removed for copy right violations so I created the page in "Windows Note Pad" and then copied and pasted it from note pad to the page creation box and again it was deleted for copy right violation.

Am I doing something wrong?

I looked at several other pages on the Professional certification page and followed there examples. Below is another version of the page that I would like to create but I wanted to check before I posted it and got blocked from adding/editing pages to the site.

Nortel Certifications in Network computing, is an Information Technology (IT) professional certification on Nortel products and IEEE standard technologies. The Nortel Certification tests are administered by a Prometric test center. Nortel Training is accomplished by Nortel training partners like Global Knowledge.

External links

• Official WebSite

was it ok to include here for review??? If there is something wrong with the page could you let me know so I can change it?

Thanks - PassportDude 20:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Frozen (band)

Hi Stephen,

I want to understand why you deleted the Frozen (band) wiki. Frozen is an active band in the Montreal Metal Scene. So, they are remarkable, non-controversial and have a really good reputation in Montreal. They deserve an article to represent them.

Best regards, RoxyRed

RfA thanks

Hi Stephen. Thank you for your support and kind words in my RfA, which passed with 95 support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral !votes. It means a lot to me to have your individual support and the collective support of so many others. I truly will strive to carry myself at a level representing the trust bestowed in me as I use the mop to address the never-ending drips of discontent in need of caretaker assistance. Jreferee (Talk) 07:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)