User talk:Alexandra Spencer

Your recent edits
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Ropes
There's a nomination, then a discussion. It usually lasts seven days - can be done earlier if a Speedy is decided on (which can be keep or delete). After seven days (or longer if things are lively) a 'closing admin' will look through the discussion and make a decision. Only admins have the power to delete - the rest of us can remove stuff but it's not actually deleted. Sometimes a non-admin may close a discussion - but that's only for keep as he can't delete, and only where it's a very clear consensus. The closer is someone who hasn't taken part in the discussion, except perhaps to give guidance on procedure. To respond to a comment, use colons. One at the start of a line gives a small indent, then as responses build up just add more. You'll see them in the Edit window. (Well, you will now, 'cos you'll be looking...)
 * This is one colon in. Sorry if you think us hard - but think on. We'd be knee deep in election addresses and general spam otherwise. I'm largely a spam hunter and hoax-buster. Hoaxes can be fun when well constructed and fake-referenced. I've congratulated the creators of a few (as I nominated them for deletion...).
 * Two colons. SPAs are single purpose accounts - who usually disappear without trace after commenting (and often telling us what the rules are or ought to be). If an SPA gives a well reasoned contribution, they will be given consideration at that level. Unfortunately, most don't realise that we've seen it all before because they've not been here before.
 * Three. If you want somewhere to put the info, try aboutus and LinkedIn. They are free (last time I looked, anyway) and will accept your stuff without this sort of procedure. (It's not censorship, just maintaining the setup of the encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is not censored, just edited. Well, advocating (or soliciting for) illegal things with children or posting similar images is not allowed, but I would think aboutus etc have similar rules on that sort of thing.

If you can get stuff to fit our requirements, let me (or MelanieN) know. There's no bar on bringing an article back from the dead in an improved version. I'm working with someone on one at the moment, and MelanieN is a specialist in rescue. Most of us regulars are willing to offer help and advice. Anyway, hope to see you around now you're here. Peridon (talk) 13:15, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Cracking up...
(Could have sworn I put this on your page. Didn't.)
 * Some people like to keep all a particular correspondence on one page. I don't worry about it. (It's rarely anything so important to the future of either me or Wikipedia.) Don't worry about cluttering - there's a nice little bot that comes in every so often and tidies the older sections into neat archives. (Not quite sure where they are - but as I never look at them I don't bother looking for them...) Anyone who knows the month and year of anything they want can use a copy, paste and alter thing at the top of my page. If you want to keep to one page, but want the other party person to know you,ve said something, just put (and sign it) on their talk page, preferably at the bottom (unless they request otherwise). "sorry for being such a novice" - did you think I emerged fully equipped with all these codes and procedures like Aphrodite emerging from her dad's headache? (If you look at the edit page, you'll see how I manage to keep that curly bracket thing from operating so you can see the code not the display.) Peridon (talk) 21:34, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Not ignoring you - my usual autumnal chest infection struck. After I stop coughing, I'm usually OK through the winter. Starting to catch up with things. Peridon (talk) 19:13, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Back again...
I've just looked at WP:POLITICIAN again, and can't see any way LP could have passed it - can't refer back to it now, of course. As to WP:GNG, this was also doubtful ('a person doing a job' is a frequent comment of mine), and there is also "Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not appropriate for a stand-alone article." Given the timing of the article's appearance, it is understandable that we took it for a bit of promotion (we might be wrong...). As to promotion on the articles of incumbents, that will be watched for - and if you find any that's escaped notice please feel free to deal with it, or if it's a bit close to home area, ask someone for help. It's best not to deal with it if you find it on the article of someone who is the enemy, so to speak... Please feel free to ask any time. I'm not always at home - but can usually get a connection when away. The delay this time was a nasty infection on the chest coupled with having to do a rewrite and get scripts out for approval. If I'm not around (or if you prefer another opinion or different advice), MelanieN is a good editor, Yopienso is too and has political knowledge, and James B. Watson is a fair minded admin (most of them are...). Peridon (talk) 17:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)