User talk:Bearian/ArchivesSeptDec2016

Deletion review for User talk:Beamking
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The Signpost: 06 September 2016
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September 14: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
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Lauren Southern
Please delete your recent vote because you already voted delete on 27 August 2016.
 * No, I only voted once. I am not the same person as . Bearian (talk) 19:28, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I guess I was reading too fast. MB 21:23, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Unauthorized attempts to modify or modifications of any information stored on the State's web pages may result in criminal prosecution.
Hi there, The discussion of Templates_for_discussion/Log/2013_July_11 "Unauthorized attempts to modify or modifications of any information stored on the State's web pages may result in criminal prosecution."

maybe this is a reference to hacking and the modification of the content on the server itself? James Michael DuPont (talk) 08:29, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 September 2016
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Sun October 16: CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon
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The Signpost: 14 October 2016
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Saturday October 22: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
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Mary Kavanagh
I have no objection to keeping this article. I hope that someone will resolve its longstanding issues. Rogermx (talk) 01:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . Bearian (talk) 01:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 November 2016
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Hiya!
Would you be so kind to merge Latina_stereotypes_in_hip_hop to Mami (hip hop)? I don't know how. Thanks in advance, &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 18:20, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, but not immediately., can it wait a few days? (written earlier, forgot to do the tildes) Bearian (talk) 00:00, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * We potatoes do not experience a single linear timeline, unlike humans. &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I knew it was a difficult question &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk)  21:24, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Shamefully asks for more time. Bearian (talk) 03:27, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Time is a social construct made by humans for humans. &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 22:49, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Look, we both know that this merge isn't gonna happen. Can you please remove the merge templates? Please ping me when you've removed them. &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 22:38, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 00:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Saturday November 12: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences (plus Sunday Indigenous People's Justice event)
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New deal for page patrollers
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Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

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The Challenge Series
The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.


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Theory of infinitely extended particles
The subject article was tagged as "endorses the proposal to delete" by yourself - it has been restored as a contested PROD. I have informed the original PROD proposer (User talk:Dukwon), in case (s)he want to go for AfD. Ron h jones (Talk) 22:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim
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The Signpost: 4 November 2016
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Question on Rodd Wolff AfD

 * Brian, you’ve made my day as you are the first editor to weigh in on the Rodd Wolff AfD and offer actual improvements to the article, so I thank you for your time and expertise. If you’ve read through the this AfD you might have noticed I’ve taken quite a beating.  :o)


 * But back to the reason for this note, I do have a question for you. In the opening paragraph you deleted a major portion of a quote from a book.  The entire quote was “Without the stuntman, the movies that we so enjoy today would be very boring. It was the stuntman who allowed the actors to continue working. They were men and women who put their lives on the line daily to make their fellow actor look good. Rodd Wolff was one of these modern day cowboys who put his life on the line in the world of motion pictures.[1]”  All of that was from the book The Heart of a Cowboy by John H Conley Jr.  You  deleted the first 3 sentences and left only the “Rodd Wolff was one of these modern day cowboys who put his life on the line in the world of motion pictures” part.  By deleting the first 3 sentences the remaining sentence doesn’t make sense by itself.  What was your logic for deleting the first 3 sentences?  Was it because you agreed with some of the other editors that this was “gibberish,” or did you not recognize the firs 3 sentences were part of the quote?  I will admit that perhaps I didn’t have my citation correct, perhaps I should have put quotation marks around the entire quote (I am a newbie at this Wikipedia stuff)?


 * Actually I don’t mind deleting the entire 4-sentence quote as it wasn’t in the original writeup, I added that quote only to address a complaint of the AfD nominator, something like ...“''the subject is not notable as the profession of stunt performers is not notable,...it’s not like they are real actors…” I added that book reference and the quote about the importance of the stunt perfomers in general.  So I now seem to be in a Catch-22 position.  My adding that quote for the nominator gets criticized as being gibberish by other editors.

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 * Anyway, thanks again for your improvements, but at this time it probably doesn’t matter as I see another Delete vote just came in. Zootsuit1941 (talk) 21:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy birthday!
Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 04:18, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . I was literally on the other side of the world. Bearian (talk) 13:37, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)
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Season's Greetings
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Bearian: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 15:30, 18 December 2016 (UTC)


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 * Thank you, . I was away... Bearian (talk) 13:39, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 December 2016
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:17, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . I was in the very warm Philippines. Bearian (talk) 13:40, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Holiday Greetings! Brian

 * Thank you, User:7&amp;6=thirteen. 2017 has got to be better than 2016. Bearian (talk) 13:43, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Mitchell Schwartz - barnstar
Although I !voted "keep" at Articles for deletion/Mitchell Schwartz (public figure), I am thankful for your lengthy and well-reasoned closure to "delete" this article. Bearian (talk) 20:08, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you. It was a close that did require some consideration, and I can well understand why some were voting to keep, as there was an appearance of notability in the amount of coverage of his role in the Obama presidential campaign. But it was shown that that coverage was largely self-generated, and our practise is not to give weight to such promotional and temporary coverage. It may be that he does become notable later on and an article can be created then. If you or anyone else wishes to use the deleted material to create a new article, please let me know and I will userfy it.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  10:01, 1 January 2017 (UTC)