User talk:Closedmouth/Archive 11

BSO (Azad)
I've moved this article to User:Delawory's userspace and redirected BSO (Arad) to the main article again. I've never done anything like this before and I just want to ask - is this the right response to this situation? Cheers. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) 14:06, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Good idea. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion Of Coleco Music
The article refers to one of the first argentinian electronic projet that are involted in the chip music scene. They organized the first argentian 8 bit cultural event, Goto Start, to promote the argentian chiptune scene. They have also been released through 8bitpeoples netlabel, going one step beyond the argentian electronic music frontiers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lulunotyou (talk • contribs) 13:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but none of this shows how they are notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. Please read WP:Notability (music). --Closedmouth (talk) 07:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I think that Coleco Music has become the one of the most representative artist of a notable style like 8 Bit, Chiptune, Video Game Music, in fact Coleco Music had been refered in bitpop's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitpop), Gameboy Music's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameboy_music) and 8bitpeople's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8bitpeoples) And Coleco Music is representative of the electropop scene of Buenos Aires. Coleco Music has released an album in the more important indie labels in chiptune scene(8bitpeoples) and His songs were also included in the Gamewave Podcast Compilation Vol 1 of the Pterodactyl Squad label. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lulunotyou (talk • contribs) 19:45, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Geoff Etherton
Why has this page been deleted? I am involved in 'new forms of ministry' and I understand that Rev Etherton was one of the first ordained pioneer ministers in the Church of England. Time will show that this will be a revolutionary step - it is the first change in a title of ordained ministry for hundreds of years, perhaps you have failed to understand this? I wonder whether you are simply anti-religious as I see other posts that are to do with religion have been deleted by yourself. I also believe this deletion goes against the policies & ethos of wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.142.177 (talk) 22:45, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If you would like me to restore the article, I would be happy to. The accusations really aren't necessary. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes if you would restore the article. Also, an unreserved apology for the accusations —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.142.177 (talk) 09:49, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Closedmouth (talk) 10:12, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

prod2
Hi - quick question - I saw you fixed my subst'd prod-2 here. I guess that is to have categorized appropriately - however I am surprised that there is a problem because that was done with twinkle. Is there a problem with the way Twinkle puts that tag on such that I should either not use that function or notify the Twinkle dev team? Thanks for catching it. JCutter (talk) 06:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, if Twinkle is doing that you might want to drop Amalthea a note. Prod2 shouldn't be subst'd. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:10, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Will do - thanks.  JCutter (talk) 22:45, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Amalthea says it's fixed - thanks.  Also - left you a quick note on my talk page.   Sorry for the trouble.  JCutter (talk) 14:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Proud (John Stanley play)
I noticed the AfD on this was closed because you had speedied it. The creator of the article (I assume) had placed a plea on the AfD that the article was now properly sourced. As I can't see the article now, I can't say whether it was or not. If he did add sources, then the CSD wouldn't have been met. I just wanted to let you know, in case you didn't notice these and would like to reopen the AfD. Gigs (talk) 20:01, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, the AFD was already closed, I deleted it under CSD criterion G4. 637Productions recreated it after it was deleted. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't notice the second nomination, sorry. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you userify it for me? It appears that there may be sufficient reliable sources for it now that the play is actually running, judging by a google search. Gigs (talk) 18:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ User:Gigs/Proud (John Stanley play) --Closedmouth (talk) 05:16, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Gigs (talk) 23:08, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Please bring back the previous created article
Performing a Speedy Deletion to OneLink Communications is a bad idea. I know there's not much, but let other users add more information. The word "OneLink" simply redirects back to MetCard, and not to OneLink Communications. JMBZ-12 (talk) 23:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Restored, probably didn't need to be speedied. I'm starting to think A7 is being overused. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Please allow the "WorkXpress" page to be readded
On April 17, you had deleted our WorkXpress page. On it were the very basics of who we are and what we do. Now, I understand that Wikipedia is to not be used as an ad space, but I honestly felt like our post was in line with others like Wolf Frameworks, Salesforce, or force.com.

If what I wrote previously was inappropriate, please let me know why as compared to these other pages. Or, please let me know if I may readd my content.

Thank you in advance, Jake JBurns2009 (talk) 19:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not willing to restore any version of the article you attempted to create. And please stop creating new accounts to dodge a block for recreating the article. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:49, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

DDP talk page
Can you restore the talk page to Dominicans Don't Play CashRules (talk) 18:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅, sorry, slipped my mind. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:49, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Restoration of KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Hi Closedmouth,

My page was recently deleted, as it was considered a personal promotion. However, that is not the case and I have created a new account for myself under the username Liz Beres. The page I had created was entitled KEIGWIN + COMPANY; if you could help me restore what work I already have made I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you have any suggestions in restoring the page and looking it over, please let me know so that I can avoid deletion again.

Thanks so much, LizLiz Beres (talk) 05:00, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!Liz Beres (talk) 13:41, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

I understand that images need to have corresponding description pages so that their source and copyright information can be documented...how can I access that if I'm a newer user?Liz Beres (talk) 14:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Your heads up
Hi, thanks for the heads up. The reason for the confusion is that I rangeblocked 199.216.194.0/24, and placed the warning on the pages of every IP in the range that had recently edited Macbeth of Scotland. Unless I missed something and the range isn't blocked? Mfield (Oi!) 05:18, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * seems to be good ? Mfield (Oi!) 05:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah! Of course. I admit I'm a rangeblock moron, but that's a bit embarrassingly stupid of me. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:28, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Flicker images
Hello! I was told to go here by the user User:Realist2. I am in the middle of planning on taking No Jacket Required to a featured article nomination, and it is currently at Peer Review. One of the reviewer's concerns was that there was a lack of images, and they recommended that I go to Flicker. I went there, and found an image, but I don't know exactly what I need to do, how to ask the user for permission, and how to properly upload it and such. Would you be able to help me out? The image is here. Thank you very much, and have a great day! Carpet Crawler message me  22:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, send me a message whenever you get any updates. :) Carpet Crawler  message me  00:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, this guy's a commercial photographer who's had issues with people using his photos illegally in the past. This should be interesting. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:35, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for taking a while to respond, I am not watching this talkpage... my fault! Anyway, really? I'm guessing this means he's not a big fan of us adding his photo to the page? :( Carpet Crawler  message me  03:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey there! I'm just sending you a message saying that I might not be available this week, due to finals, papers, and exams, so if you get any updates on the situation, would you be able to send me a message on my talkpage saying what's up? Thank you. :) Carpet Crawler  message me  05:23, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. I'll follow up on the request I made today or tomorrow, so I should at least get a response, positive or negative. --Closedmouth (talk) 06:30, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Please restore "Nneka Egbuna" -- here's why
Thank you for your attention and on-going work on Wikipedia. Much appreciated.

However, I must request that you restore the Nneka Egbuna page that I created. She is an artist of some critical acclaim in Europe, and her music is of potentially substantial interest in the United States. However, there is no way to get information on her other than pasting together bits and pieces of her biography elsewhere, and I was attempting to provide a Wikipedia-appropriate resource. Let me know if I have misunderstood the criteria for inclusion.

If I have simply mis-cited resources, please let me know and I'll fix the page once you have restored it. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshuaskov (talk • contribs) 21:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Restored, found a reliable source. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:29, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Just wondering
Just wondering why? JCutter (talk) 05:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was just seeing if that would get it out of PRODSUM. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:09, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I am wondering if it is the nested nowiki in curly brackets that is causing it... which also caused a problem when I used twinkle for prod2 (I have reported to twinkle bugs).  JCutter (talk) 05:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there was a change made to that broke a couple of things. Since reverted. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:30, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Natalie Tran images
I take your point. The uploader of those images had tried asking for free images, run into trouble, and was advised to upload the images he did, on the basis that similar images already existed. I've tried to cover for the uploader to avoid the images being deleted before he had a chance to respond, but it's probably most appropriate if you could resolve this with him. I must confess to being totally confused as to official policy, anyway. Radagast3 (talk) 08:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That video nerd image is inappropriate also. Thanks for the link. I'll take it up with the uploader. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That wasn't what I intended, but if it's against policy it's against policy. I'm still hazy on why, though. Radagast3 (talk) 09:31, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

put dj three back up
its not advertising Jackoff... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.186.243 (talk) 19:08, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You have failed to present a cogent or well reasoned argument on favour of the article's existence. Good day to you, sir. --Closedmouth (talk) 20:47, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Please dont reinstate redirect from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Wanstead to Trafford
OLOL school has nothing to do with Trafford. Please leave the accurate content on Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Wanstead in place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Achillhousedonkey (talk • contribs) 23:40, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I can't remember why I redirected it to Trafford, but our policy on primary schools is to redirect them to their location's article. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Evony
Hey,

You said in your restoration comment for this article that you should have read the comments on the talk page before deleting. Those comments pre-date the deletion debate which closed as delete. I was going to delete it, but have decided to hold off in case I'm missing something obvious. Let me know if you decide to delete after all.

Cheers, A le_Jrb talk  10:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, yeah, I probably didn't look at the timestamps properly. I was thinking that it should probably go through another AFD, but it's no big deal. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone else got it anyway. No big deal. Cheers, A le_Jrb talk  10:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

MSP Partners
Why was the MSP Partners page deleted? I'd like to post some information about this organization.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apohran (talk • contribs) 12:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Pare ta Chnaria Mou
Hi Closedmouth

I see you have removed the speedy template from Pare ta Chnaria Mou. You don't need any reason at all to do so, so obviously I don't object. However, the reason you did give ("artist's article exists") doesn't actually give rise to a presumption or even claim of notability&mdash;in fact, the reverse is true. See WP:NSONGS.

While many commentators at AfD discussions use the statement that "in general, if the musician or ensemble that recorded an album is considered notable, then officially released albums may have sufficient notability to have individual articles on Wikipedia" to mean that all albums of notable musicians are intrinsically notable (a bizarre interpretation, in my view), the guideline actually explicitly states the opposite presumption for songs: "Most songs do not rise to notability for an independent article."

Regards, Bongo  matic  12:27, 11 May 2009 (UTC) Should you wish to reply, please do so here. I will watch this page for a few days, so no talkback or other comment on my talk page is required.
 * I agree that the recording is probably not notable (consider redirecting), but A9 requires that the artist's article not exist. It says it right there at WP:A9. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That is a very good point. Bongo  matic  17:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks
Just want to say thank you for your help. Have a nice day. Melindamelinda (talk) 08:52, 15 May 2009 (UTC)Melindamelinda

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Thanks for welcoming me. :-) --I dream of horses (talk) 16:32, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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User:TheJiggySaw
Regarding the RFSD of his page - while I agree that it was poorly written, I think it is also clear the user has no intentions to use & contribute to WP in the fashion of which it is intended - wanting instead to use it more as his personal picture gallery and web space - hence the RFSD. I have already had to undo a couple of edits he made on articles as well as on my own user page (not my talk page). Just an fyi... thanks Srobak (talk) 15:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but it's no reason to G1 his user page. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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Bio
Why did you delete this bio that I had added?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_J._Schlesinger

Any help would be great. I'm new to Wikipedia. I've pulled the link to his Web site off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmidtbo (talk • contribs) 15:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It was an ad for Mr. Schlesinger, and we don't accept advertising at Wikipedia. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

German Law Journal
The article I just created on behalf of the staff of the journal is not about ourselves but about an actual journal that is part of the Washington and Lee School of Law. Please do not delete this page as I believe it is informative for prospective students.

Germanlawjournaleds (talk) 23:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I never deleted an article named that. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Batavia / Batavia (disambiguation)
Your deletion of the #REDIRECT Batavia -> History of Jakarta and the subsequent move of "Batavia (disambiguation)" to "Batavia" leaves the page "Batavia" with about 120 links to it which, I wager, refer overwhelmingly to the old name of Jakarta. Under the previous arrangement, those links would have found their way to an article about the relevant subject via that REDIRECT; now they lead to a disambiguation page. I think this is not an improvement for most readers.

This situation arose because the article "Batavia" from a disambiguation page to an article about the region of the Batavians in Roman times. This was seen as unsatisfactory, given the intent of the majority of links to that page. The rationale and details are discussed at Talk:Batavia (region).

I suggest to move the current disambiguation page Batavia back to Batavia (disambiguation) and then change the resulting REDIRECT at "Batavia" to point to History of Jakarta. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 16:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * At the time I moved it, "Batavia" redirected to "Batavia (disambiguation)", which is redundant. The incoming links can be disambiguated, but if you think it should be moved, feel free to pop a WP:RM request in. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/130.102.0.175
Could you reblock? It's been blocked thrice recently and there's still vandalism emanating from the IP.  Enigma msg  09:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm on my iPod at the moment, you might want to try someone else. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:41, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind, they've stopped. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:11, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked for another week.  Enigma msg  06:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Wiley Album
why did you delete the wiley album people may have used that but not any more because you deleted it what was the point of doing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.218.61 (talk) 16:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't a clue as to what you are referring. --Closedmouth (talk) 18:32, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

knowthyneighbor.org
I'd like to know what it is about this group that they keep getting deleted while their political opponents remain on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoteOnMarriage.org)? Knowthyneighbor.org is even referenced on this page. Their significant contribution most notably is the revolutionary activist strategy of posting petition signatures online has led to the White House commenting, national recognition, and most recently outed the CEO of Walmart as someone who signed away GLBT rights to adopt in Arkansas. What more do you need? Certainly the opposing group (VoteOnMarriage.org) can claim nothing as significant, so I believe an explanation is owed.Salemmaman (talk) 03:03, 20 May 2009 (UTC)salemmaman May 19, 2009 11:03PM
 * Sorry, but all of the links in the article pointed to Youtube, which is not considered a reliable source for several reasons. The article also didn't mention any of the things you've listed here. If you'd like some tips on how to write an article about the organisation without it being deleted, please see Your first article. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

You might want to go back and recheck your facts, the article did in fact discuss the posting of signatures to the petition to end marriage equality in Massachusetts, which gained KnowThyNeighbor.org national attention. Furthermore, the cite for Tom Lang was a news article from the Boston Globe, and the cite for Aaron Toleos was from Advocate Magazine where he was featured. All of what I had put up as video to cite facts where from the news re-posted on YouTube, not just amateurs filming protests and posting them. Let me cite two examples so you can see what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMGUaCpmEPU&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_YOzC5aSE

I believe the Boston Globe was also cited but can't tell since I can no longer see what we put up. Salemmaman (talk) 13:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)salemmaman Monday May 25, 2009.

May I please have a copy of the article sent to me? Thanks. Salemmaman (talk) 22:49, 31 May 2009 (UTC)salemmaman

Flicker image
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I was very ill for the past week. I presume you had no response from the user over the image? Carpet Crawler message me  04:29, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't need to apologise for being sick :P And no, no response yet. I'll keep trying, though. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, let's see what happens. I presume that we'll just have to give up if we get no response. Carpet Crawler  message me  21:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It has been a week. I guess they didn't reply? :( Should I just move on? Carpet Crawler  message me  20:05, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think we may as well give up now. I'm pretty much ready to nominate this article for FAN. Thank you for trying! :) Carpet Crawler  message me  22:41, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * A barnstar for failing. Thanks. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Idle question
What caused a revision to be purged from the edit history of “Marginal utility”? —SlamDiego&#8592;T 02:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Traceable personal information. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:07, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * TNX. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 09:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Please send copy of knowthyneighbor.org article
You stated on May 20 that my sources were all YouTube and thus not credible, so I would like to review the article for myself to see what needs to be changed. I recall that the YouTube videos were all television news reports and asked you about this on May 25 but you have not answered me. Why would you ignore the question? Clearly you've been here every day. This is highly frustrating.Salemmaman (talk) 23:00, 31 May 2009 (UTC)salemmaman
 * User:Salemmaman/Knowthyneighbor.org There you go. I didn't notice your earlier message. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Dick Wirthlin - dead or alive?
Hi there. On May 18, you made this edit to Dick Wirthlin, adding the category '2001 deaths'. However, as far as I can tell, Dr Wirthlin is still alive - see, for instance, this source from 2007, which states 'despite being almost 76, he has no plans to retire yet'. I assume this was simply a mistake, and have removed the category (it's possible you got confused by the 'end of term - 2001' in the infobox, which is when he ceased to be a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy). If there's something I'm missing here, please let me know. Robofish (talk) 00:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was a stupid mistake on my part. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:01, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Hiking in Chile
Why did you delete Hiking in Chile?

It was not advisement. There was no links to any company and/or agencies. All sources were from Chilean newspapers, some in Spanish, some in English. I believe the deletion was unwarranted considering it was well sourced, it was in neutral language, and more importantly I had no chance to even dispute the speedy nomination. Likeminas (talk) 13:29, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, restored. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:55, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, we were using that
Closedmouth, I'm a relatively infrequent editor, so sorry in advance if I'm responding in the worng place. Some editors on Barack Obama were trying out using Barack Obama/Sandbox to refine revisions, and discussing them on Talk:Barack Obama/Sandbox. I had erroneously entered text on the Talk:Barack Obama/Sandbox page, we moved it properly to the main Barack Obama/Sandbox page-- and now you've delted the sandbox (though its Talk page remains). Were you going to put it back? I'm not logged in; you can reply to me at User Talk:CouldOughta. Or just put back the page. 12.101.35.226 (talk) 15:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Humm. Now there are editors on Barack Obama who are thinking maybe the page should have been deleted. So I guess it should remain deleted for now. Sorry, I think. 12.101.35.226 (talk) 22:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Just do you know it was really me, I'm now logged in. I've tracked down the page history and see the whys & wherefores. Thanks for administering. CouldOughta (talk) 01:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Glad that was sorted. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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User:Guido den Broeder/Toolbox e.a.
Any particular reason that you restored subpages of a banned user page? These are speedy deletable and serve no purpose whatsoever. Can I ask who has requested their undeletion? Fram (talk) 09:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Guido requested the undeletions in IRC. I didn't realise he'd been rebanned, I thought they'd been deleted at his request and he'd just changed his mind :-/ Didn't mean to shit on your head like that, although I can't see any harm in leaving them. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, they are basically useless, as soon as his talk page gets emptied from everything but the ban notice. They only serve to guide people to his own wiki-project, and I don't think we should give any exposure to banned users and their websites. Anyway, no harm done, I was a bit surprised to see them restored so fast, it's good to know that he still keeps a close eye on his pages here :-) I'll redelete them now per WP:CSD. Fram (talk) 09:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, I should have looked into it closer before acting. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:46, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Prod on Marcus Solis
Who contested the Prod? The IP user that removed the tag didn't contest it. He simply removed the tag to put one up about American English. Adding that tag (which is all he did to another article not under Prod) was not contesting it. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If a prod tag is removed, the prod is contested. WP:PROD. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It was removed in error. Look at the guys history. It's a vandal account. Niteshift36 (talk) 11:16, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not a vandal account, it's not an account at all, it's a shared IP, anyone could have made that edit, please assume good faith. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The account, that day, as well as before and since, has been used mainly to vandalize an article on the color blue. It was used within minutes to do it. Common sense tells me when the PROD was NOT contested and the guy just removed it to put a different, wholly unrelated tag on the article. Assuming good faith doesn't mean we have to ignore the obvious. Regardless, itthe article is AfD. Niteshift36 (talk) 13:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought you might find it interesting to note that the IP was blocked as a sockpuppet today. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:35, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it wasn't. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * No, you're right, he just vandalized his own page. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

FYI
I have no idea what/why you guys are going on about, and don't have time to investigate, but I dropped a note here to draw eyes. Please put down the tools for now, and discuss it there. rootology /equality 12:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Silly misunderstanding, no need to comment. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:24, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Could you please explain further...
You recently added a Europeanized sort tag to an individual with an Arabic name. Since Arabic name styles don't use inherited lastname-surnames this is generally a very bad idea.

Did you have a reason to believe that an exception should be made for Ibrahim Shafir Sen? Geo Swan (talk) 15:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not being entirely familiar with Arabic naming conventions/ordering, that was probably a mistake on my part, feel free to fix it. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Iasos (musician)
oh god hes watching us. i for one welcome my wikipedia overlord... You deleted the article on Iasos (musician). i had it on my watchlist, intending on improving it. while he has not released cds/records on major labels, his music is not exclusively self published in the past (his website of course has all his stuff from the past, so that cant show notability), and has gotten a lot of attention within the new age community. i think he does meet notability guidelines. the article as it existed was horrible, and gave no indication of notability. i would like you to either recreate the article, or allow me to recreate a better article (either for real or in my sandbox), and perhaps you can tell me if that article shows notability in your opinion. i dont need the article recreated to have a copy as it was cached by google. i actually would prefer it not be recreated as it was, as its worse than useless as it was. im a believer that the first iteration of an article should be respectable enough so that if it appears in a google search, the searcher will come away reasonably well informed, more so than other top links, ESPECIALLY the websites of the subject, which are often lousy and just there to self promote. Id like to get to it within the next week or 2. I think if i can find the source for Alan Watts saying he is writing the classical music for the New Age, that could help. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know what exactly you want me to do here. If you want to recreate the article in a better incarnation, you don't need my permission. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:13, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

For all that tiresome admin work
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Just a quick note
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to say that I got a kick out of you deleting the talk page to my recently deleted vandalbox as a G3. :) t'shael  mindmeld 22:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, didn't even think that. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Classical Chinese Wikipedia
I guess you're right, but it wasn't properly contested - he just reverted and called it vandalism. Innerear (talk) 18:13, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

A piece of advice regarding Luis Monge
Do you think I put the PROD tag on it too prematurely? --I dream of horses (talk) 18:19, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Meh, that's a judgement call really. You can never tell what's gonna happen after you click save. It's usually a good idea just to wait a few minutes, as there's no rush, but anyone can just remove the prod if they want to so it's no big deal. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:12, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought that was the case. Thanks. --I dream of horses (talk) 15:41, 8 June 2009 (UTC)