User talk:Flash Bang Man

Welcome to Wikipedia!
Airplaneman  ✈  20:59, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! The cookies are delicious! Flash Bang Man (talk) 17:20, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Reconsider
They deleted an article I worked on, too. It was even well sourced! Bummed me out. Birk. and Micro are just too new to be notable IMO. But one day soon they will be. You can recreate an article at any time (once you get that NY Times source). I'd like to thank you for introducing me to flash fiction. I'd never heard of it before encountering you. It's pretty cool, actually. See--you are appreciated. Anyway, there's much to add to Wikipedia in the area of flash fiction. I hope you'll stick around. Lionel (talk) 23:13, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll second that. I hope you don't actually disappear from the project. I don't like seeing material deleted from wp, and although it's probably not the 90% rubbish you suggest there is plenty that needs fixing and improving. I hope you can help. And if you don't come back, thanks for giving me the opportunity to find this and this. Best wishes, Bigger digger (talk) 23:22, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And also, if you do stick around and want some help and tips along the way, just give me a shout. Some of the comments that you blanked off your page weren't massively constructive, but I'll try and help you out if I can. Bigger digger (talk) 23:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion and retiring
Hey Flash Bang Man, I saw your comment about retiring from Wikipedia on the Birkensnake articles for deletion page and just thought I would say that you shouldn't let that one discussion get to you, and that there are other areas to contribute which will be less contentious. The discussion of Birkensnake, and in contested articles for deletion in general, seems more adversarial than most you will find on wikipedia. I tend not to get heavily involved in AFD's due to the prevalence of strong opinions and the constant, and sometimes incorrect, reference to official policy. If you are interested in small press stuff, you might try going through and improving those articles. Another section that definitely needs improvement is Dusty_articles, most of which haven't been touched for over a year. Dialectric (talk) 23:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Birkensnake
Flash, don't despair! It looks like Birkensnake was deleted in violation of SPA. Specifically, the close out violated this:

"The SPA tag may be used to visually highlight that a participant in a multi-user discussion has made few or no other types of contribution. However a user who edits appropriately and makes good points that align with Wikipedia's communal norms, policies and guidelines should have their comment given full weight regardless of any tag."

The second sentence of the close out was this: "I have discared every spa vote."

Additionally, the statement in the close out that "The policy based consensus from experienced editors is that this is not properly sourced so the counsensus is clear" is also not true. The vote was 4-4 (keep-delete) when SPA's are eliminated. The result should have been "no consensus."

However, I don't recommend you try to reopen the article now. If Birkensnake is something important to you, wait for Birk 3 to come out. You may then have a few more reliable sources to win over more votes. In the mean time as others have pointed out, there are plenty of articles that need some work. I'd like to see you stay and I think you might actually enjoy it. HeartSWild (talk) 18:22, 29 August 2010 (UTC)