User talk:Elsendero/2008-04

Deletion
Hello,

I was just curious as to why you deleted Digital Stick from the Application launchers from List of portable software. Is it due to the fact that there is not a Digital Stick page on Wikipedia yet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.210.97.177 (talk) 19:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, that would be part of the consideration, but really, it was more because a cursory web search for info on either "Digital Stick" or DigitalStick turned up a many results for many kinds of Digital Sticks but none apparently related to the topic. I would expect something that would demonstrate "notability", see WP:N. Your view? Elsendero (talk) 20:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Disk Image Reference Link Deletion
I am just wondering why you deleted a reference link for the "Disk Image" page. It was used to back up the second paragraph of Part C under Data Recovery Imaging heading. The link I posted was direct to a technical whitepaper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SergeShirobokov (talk • contribs) 13:15, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope it's alright with you that I will copy this discussion to the article's talk page to get feedback from others. Elsendero (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Drudge
Three points:

1) You did not explain your reasons on the talk page, as I did. Please do so, because a brief statement like "those are problematic, too" just doesn't cut it.

2) You did not explain why you feel author and editor are inappropriate. Is there any question that Matt Drudge is the author of that website? And as far as editor, I can understand your misconception because of the common understanding of editor. But, if you ask anyone who has worked as an editor at a major newspaper (as I have), they will tell you that the primary job of editors is to select articles to be published and write headlines. That is precisely what Drudge does. In any newspaper, the job description "selects articles to publish and writes headlines" would qualify as an editor. In smaller community newspapers, where basically all the stories are off the wire, the editor(s) do nothing else but exactly what Drudge does.

3) If my terms are problematic, why are YOUR problematic terms somehow superior to mine? Your position does not require that my terms be somehow "problematic." It requires an assertion that your terms are LESS problematic than mine.

Until these points are remedied, I am going to revert your changes. Post your reasons on the talk page and describe your position. Wikipedia etiquette certainly requires at least that much. 75.3.194.189 (talk) 23:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied on the article's talk page. The creator (talk) 03:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)Elsendero (talk) 02:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

April 2008
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Including links to one site and not the competition is also wrong. I have re-invoked the links in question to osx86scene.org, maconpc.org, and hackint0sh.org as they are indubitably a contribution. Adding links to insanelymac only is complete bias and censorship. The creator (talk) 03:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)