User talk:Bearian/ArchivesJan2010

dyk hook is too long
Hi, your dyk hook here is too long. The max length for a hook is 200 characters. I think you can easily shorten it. Happy New Year! — mattisse (Talk) 23:39, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Gossip
I hear there's talk that Harold Ford Jr. moved to New York and is planning to take on Kirsten Gillibrand for her Senate seat? ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:28, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It's an interesting development. I'm skeptical actually. Gillibrand seems have gotten some flack from the party bigwigs along the way, perhaps she's not considered enough of an insider or her "moderate" politics aren't pleasing to the powers that be? But I'm not sure they're going to run one of their own against her. Admittedly I don't really know much about the situation, and I thought Edwards seemed like a strong candidate... (although I think he got carried away with the two Americas rhetoric).
 * Gillibrand seems like a pretty strong candidate as a moderate (if trends holds the way they seem to be heading), especially outside of the Big Apple. Ford Jr. is actually a moderate too, from what I understand, (is he the one that narrowly lost in Tennessee?) but I don't think he has the same cred with the upstaters who I think make up a sizable proportion of the electorate. Although he may be more attractive to downstaters? Not sure. It's interesting anyway. Keep me updated. :) Is Cuomo pretty much a shoe in for governor? And what's Mark Green up to these days. Giuliani???
 * Did you make it to the Grape Festival? :) Maybe these candidates will all be campaigning at the next one??? Take care and Happy New Year. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:57, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 10
Please explain at Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 10 how the AfD applies to why a harmless redirect that helps the readers should be deleted. Cunard (talk) 01:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification.

AfD does not have jurisdiction over RfD. I have replied at the RfD and am interested in why you believe that deleting this redirect would be a net positive for Wikipedia. Cunard (talk) 02:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I still don't see how this redirect would not be a net positive. Cunard (talk) 02:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have asked the closing admin to provide input about this. Cunard (talk) 21:16, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Mass deletion of non-hamlets in Alberta
Hi Bearian, I've noticed your involvement on various talk pages regarding this topic. It appears all will be resolved as keeps instead of deletions. I just wanted to apprise you of my comments on User talk:117Avenue, User talk:117Avenue, and User talk:117Avenue, if you hadn't noticed already. If you notice that one or more actually end up being deleted, please advise as I'd be curious to know why. Cheers, --Hwy43 (talk) 06:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

College Heights, Alberta
RE: User talk:Hwy43 Thanks Bearian. I condensed it a tad from its original form (as edited by you) to remove its discussion tone. I hope it is concise and sufficient. Cheers, --Hwy43 (talk) 04:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

About deletion of page about Alya Nuri
Hi,

I know that the links confirming the girl's authenticity are less but I keep on updating the article with new links whenever she does something new. Now when I came to update the article this time and came up with a link about Alya Nuri on FOX News and some more links I found my article deleted. Can you please restore it so that I can add some more authentic links to make the article worth it to be kept on wikipedia. Thank you Viralthoughts (talk) 19:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)Viralthoughts

Thank you very much for re-creating the stub. Can you tell me what kind of references are required because all the links I have used about this girl are talking about her and only one link is about the article written by her. How can I get this page on to live status and make it more authentic. Guide me please. Thank you Viralthoughts (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2010 (UTC)Viralthoughts

AfD Renato M.E. Sabbatini
I'm asking everyone to take another look at based on recent changes to the article. Upsala (talk) 13:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC) I've posted a summary of his citations via Web of Science, as you requested. Upsala (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day NYC
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 9th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Sunday January 24, 2010 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Your e-mail
Hi. Awhile back you had sent me an e-mail, at a time when I was travelling and wasn't able to look then into the issue you raised. I'm back active now, but don't know if the issue has been resolved. If you still need me to look into it, please let me know and I will do so this week. You can respond either here or by e-mail. Thanks and regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Community de-Adminship - finalization poll for the CDA proposal
After tolling up the votes in the revision proposals, it emerged that 5.4 had the most support, but elements of that support remained unclear, and various comments throughout the polls needed consideration.

A finalisation poll (intended, if possible, to be one last poll before finalising the CDA proposal) has been run to;


 * gather opinion on the 'consensus margin' (what percentages, if any, have the most support) and


 * ascertain whether there is support for a 'two-phase' poll at the eventual RfC (not far off now), where CDA will finally be put to the community. Matt Lewis (talk) 02:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

How to make Alya Nuri page go live
Hi,

I have made the required changes to show that the girl is a notable person and has got some award and has been interviewed as well in media. Her series has been reviewed as well. Now can you please tell me how I can make the page live from the stub you created for her page. Please give it a review to see if it needs any more changes. I hope this time it has some strong links. Thank you Viralthoughts (talk) 18:19, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Viralthoughts

Hi Bearian,

I have made the changes in the article and added more authentic and reliable sources and links. Please give it a review and tell me how I can make it live again? Thank you Viralthoughts (talk) 13:45, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Viralthoughts

Coffee is bullying and threatening an editor about removing PROD tags
As an admin can you look at this please? I message a couple of other admins too. User_talk:Power.corrupts. Ikip 05:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I am scratching my head about your comments...LOL. I was hoping to avoid more ANI drama today. Ikip 05:51, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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Peter Craig Thorp
I apologize, that was my mistake. Thank you! -- GorillaWarfare  talk 00:33, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Choate (law)
Thank you, because I've learnt something today! I will now use "no longer inchoate" if the opportunity arises. --Mkativerata (talk) 04:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Imput
The deletion log at Talk:Imput has: * 23:15, November 30, 2009 Bearian (talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:Imput" ‎ (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup: G8: Subpage of a deleted or non-existent page) There is (and was) a real page (well, a redirect at least) at Imput, so could you please restore the talk page. Matchups 19:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, obviously I had no idea what the content was, but I think that's irrelevant anyhow. The talk page shouldn't have been speedy deleted because the article exists.  The reason the subject came up in the first place is that the article history contains a reference to the talk page, so we should bring it back if only to remove that mystery. Matchups 02:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've listed this at DRV. Matchups 04:29, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Homosexuality
Please STOP lying on my talk page. What I did was not vandalism.andycjp (talk) 00:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Please review the Epistle to the Romans andycjp (talk) 01:16, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!!
Thank you very much for the barnstar. Homophobia is everywhere and hard to combat. C T J F 8 3 chat 02:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * We'll I failed once and currently have no desire to retry. Could change in the future though. C T J F 8 3  chat 05:56, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll let you know if I change my mind. Could use help from current admins.... C T J F 8 3  chat 06:07, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thankyou for the heads up- it's so interesting to know that in your world God only talks in Greek...andycjp (talk) 10:03, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

User:Nashanisho
Thanks for letting me know, good sir! miss r a i n... speak 15:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Discussion invitation
Ikip 05:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

(refactored) Ikip 04:42, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Pete Williams (journalist)
Messages such as this look like canvassing. Please do not do that again. Cunard (talk) 18:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Notice
Thanks for the notice, but I don't think I am allowed to improve an article about myself! I think someone threw up a conference CV once. I keep an eye on it in case of vandalism, but happy for it to go -- Snowded TALK  21:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Bad BLPs
Thanks for inviting me to look at your AFD. After looking at your BLP contribs and past AFDs I'd love to get your opinion regarding my suggestion (or any of the suggestions for that matter) on the RFC on unsourced / generally bad BLPs.

Feel free to read and comment with what you Think

Nefariousski (talk) 22:44, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Peter O. Price
you seem to have made one of your very rare mistakes here.  DGG ( talk ) 00:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * and also at Corey Jones. How many references do you want?  Despite the recent drama, please try to remember WP:BEFORE, especially point 9: When nominating due to sourcing or notability concerns, make a good-faith attempt to confirm that such sources don't exist.  Otherwise wait for the RFC to be completed and then we'll work under the new regime.  For now, please stick to ALL the current policies and guidelines.  In case your response is "you've had 3 years"... well we've had 18000 articles on the project's cleanup list, with 2000 on the Unreferenced BLP section - which was listed as #82 of the 108 cleanup categories on that page.  It wasn't in flashing lights or anything else to say "fix these ones first".  Since last week we have brought this number down to just under 1100.  So the old idea of normal editing and collaboration can still work - we don't need to be bullied by PRODs or deletion threats to get the job done.The-Pope (talk) 07:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I agree with you 100%. I've tried for the past 3 years to fix up articles, and get nary a pat on the back or a barnstar, much less any help.  The barbarians at the gate have taken over Wikipedia.  They cry: Carthago delenda est! - get rid of 60,000 articles all at once, delete on sight!  When others do the same, that is, ProD unreferenced articles, they get away with it, quoting Chairman Jimbo.  But all I've gotten is grief over the past few days when I've been as sloppy a few times, as they have been for years.  At least I've made some good test cases to show that I'm right.  That's my only consolation around here.  The proposed rules suck like dead bunnies.  I was just testing them to prove that they won't work.  I'm glad at least you two have noticed.  Thank you again! Bearian (talk) 18:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC) See  Deletionism at Meta. Bearian (talk) 19:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)