User talk:Fixnichols

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used mainly for trolling, disruption or harassment. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Materialscientist (talk) 04:16, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * You should know that DGG is among the most likely to try to keep articles on Wikipedia. If DGG has decided your article isn't keepable, then there must be a really strong reason for it. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 04:17, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * 'Comment. I deleted the article on Jesse McGraw as an expired Prod. The editor who placed the proposed deletion request said " WP:NTEMP would suggest that this individual is only relevant in the context of one event, and likely to remain a "low-profile individual", and, as a result would not warrant a biographical article. The general rule by WP:BIO1E would be to cover the event, not the person, and in reference to WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, this individual's news coverage is unlikely to go beyond this single event. The article has also been marked as an Orphan since April 2011, with no resolution." not me.

I did not disagree, so I deleted it. The subject was convicted of  "computer-tampering charges for putting malware on at least 14 computers at the Texas hospital where he worked". , which does rather seem like a relatively routine crime these days.

Tghe article was displayed with the deletion banner for 7 days, and nobody objected. But since it was deleted only because nobody objected and I as deleting admin thought the reason for deletion to be in conformity with our to our policies), it can be restored at the request of any good faith editor here, in which case it would normally be sent for a community decision according to WP:Afd, where anyone can express their view, and a different admin judges what the consensus wants to do with it.

Therefore, had you simply asked me at my talk page, I would have restored it as a matter of course, & sent it for discussion, and you could have made your case for it. But instead you chose to leave a string of insults at the top of my talk page. Two people noticed, one removed the insults, another blocked you, both quite rightly. Your unblock request above shows so that you continuing insulting me, though in somewhat less dramatic language. Before you could make a plausible case for the article, you would need to understand our criteria: WP:BIO, WP:BLP and the general concept that not everything that happens is part of the historical record for the purpose of an encyclopedia. The general policy is NOT NEWS. There is also the factor that someone who has been imprisoned for a routine crime should not necessarily be stigmatized indefinitely by having their name highlighted in searching on the most widely used general information website in the world. The concept is known here as DO NO HARM--unless the crime is so notorious that the person is already the subject of truly widespread coverage, or is a public figure otherwise, we do not generally think it fair to include an article--We are not the Avenging Angel. You would consequently need to argue that the sources in the article from Wired and The Register plus whatever else there may be amounts to such coverage. In extreme cases, we would delete such articles without a discussion, but I think it not quite so extreme as to do that. In this case, it is a question of judgment and values, and the application of our rules must be decided by the community. My advice is that in my opinion I rather doubt the community will accept this, but I have been known to be wrong.

I think you do have a right to be heard, but the community also has a right to be protected against the abuse you seem likely to give at the discussion. I am therefore shortening the block to 2 weeks, to prevent disruption and give you sometime to acquire a judicious frame of mind suitable for convincing others. At the end of that time, if you wish to post politely on my talk page and ask for it to be restored, I will do` so (and send it for afd). If in the meanwhile any editor in good standing asks me, I shall restore it then also.  DGG ( talk ) 04:57, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm unblocking and reblocking--I do not think I am too involved to shorten a block. Will someone who does this more regularly apply the correct templates if I do this wrong.  DGG ( talk ) 04:57, 7 February 2012 (UTC)