User talk:Mercurywoodrose/Archive2

List of unusual deaths
Feel free to nominate for deletion. --JeffJ (talk) 04:17, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: transparent Aluminium
As I tried to express on my user page, I am keen to any misinterpretation of science. Please feel free to attract me to such events. This particular article does seem fascinating (scientifically) but can be easily misunderstood; I am sure it will be picked up soon, and somebody will try to insert the news report into some WP article. Materialscientist (talk) 06:31, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Base 69
Thanks for your work on this hoax article. If you see something suspicious on a mathematics page, you can bring it up at WT:WikiProject Mathematics. This page is patrolled by many expert mathematicians, including some who are administrators. After I marked Base 69 for speedy deletion, I reported it there, and it was deleted within an hour by one of these mathematical admins. --Uncia (talk) 11:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:File:Henry Louis Gates, Jr. mugshot.jpg
Hi Mercurywoodrose. I deleted File:Henry Louis Gates, Jr. mugshot.jpg per WP:CSD as the file was a duplicate of a file on the Wikimedia Commons (note the little commons symbol in the upper right corner of the page). You can still see the file even though it was deleted because Commons and Wikipedia are connected in such a manner that all Commons files can be "found" (by searching) on Wikipedia. If you believe the other copy of the file should be deleted, you may initiate a deletion discussion on Commons as well. Hope that helps to clarify things. Cheers,  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 01:08, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Guy Davenport
But then you delete a delightful, factual, sentence from the Guy Davenport page! If you review the history of that page you will discover that it's often been deleted before -- and then restored by one of us who believes that it DOES say something important about Davenport, in a way that he would appreciate. Perhaps you will reconsider? SocJan (talk)
 * Don't let SocJan get you down, Mercurywoodrose. One day, when we're all dead, someone will come along and clean up the Davenport article. Deor (talk) 22:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I second Deor's motion: Don' t let me (or any other contributor) get you down. Well-intentioned edits are always welcome. Your deletion of that sentence was undoubtedly well-intentioned; it was just that that sentence had already been debated and the decision had been to retain it, despite its somewhat odd nature.
 * The larger point is that anyone who cares about this or any other entry and wants to contribute to it is welcome. Be assured that your work is appreciated, even if sometimes people disagree with you.
 * The last thing I would want is for another contributor to feel unwelcome. I know all too well how that feels: there was a period when I got drawn into discussions (not here but in a peripherally related entry) that became very unpleasant.  Some rather strong personalities pop up editing Wikipedia, people who tolerate no dissent from what they appear to take to be divinely inspired truth (about subjects some of us think far less open and shut than they do).   SocJan (talk) 10:00, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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Negative calorie food
See Articles for deletion/Negative calorie food. Fences &amp;  Windows  23:37, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Malayalam literature
Hi, thanks for your interest in the article. As you suggested I will try to expand it to make it an article rather than a list and when it has enough material, I will split the article and inform you. Then you can have fun in fixing the list. As of now please let it be and I need some time for the work. Kinda busy in office these days. Thanks again, man.--Anoopkn (talk) 11:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Stumbling around
I was stumbling around the Wiki late at night tonight, and noticed that your archive link had been broken. I don't know if it was old vandalism or something, but I fixed it for you. Hope you don't mind! (Just revert it if you do!) ;)
 * Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 08:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, hitting random article is a bit of a gamble. It shows how, in an overall sense, "the wiki" isn't very clean; especially, when you consider some of the huge sub-stub creations which some editors are using automated processes to create.  For example, see the almost comedic List of lakes in Nova Scotia which an editor just created all of the links—a whole bunch of unnotable, unexpandable articles which would be better served by a detailed list, with the particularly notable ones linked appropriately.  None of the articles created (at least the ones I've clicked through) contain any more information than can be inferred from the initial list which they were on.  :)
 * Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 20:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * PS Lakes like the top one, Bras d'Or Lake, deserve articles. The others, not really.

Sandra Seacat
This article you started was prodded, I removed the tag and added a couple of sources. Fences &amp;  Windows  23:16, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
--Marc Kupper&#124;talk 07:31, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Administrator intervention against vandalism
Hi, I fixed the page but AIV is for reporting persistent vandals and spammers only. Cheers, Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 16:58, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Foreign Policy isn't an WP:RS?
40 year old magazines are not good enough for you? Are you kidding? -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 00:53, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The panels convening in California, Texas, and China are at best tangentially related to Palin's political rhetoric, so I don't think a merge is viable. And I don't see why people keep invoking WP:NPOV here; the article takes no position either for or against these groups. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 10:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Rationales
There's a lot of discussion of what "the participants in the prior AFD discussion" meant. As one of the actual participants in that first AFD discussion, perhaps you would like to visit the second AFD discussion to make it clear what your view was, and is now. Uncle G (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Stanley Krippner
Just a note to encourage you to continue participating. As far as I see, you did nothing at all to start or add to any conflict, your conduct has been exemplary, and your views are IMHO quite in line with the consensus about how such articles should be written and whether they should be kept. (Don't have the time to add and explain my own keep to the AfD) If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask me if you think I could be of any use.John Z (talk) 08:49, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Deletion discussion redux
Hi. Just a friendly notice to alert you to the discussion here. It concerns the proposed deletion – again - of the article on the band The Shells, for purported lack of notability.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:04, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Per your request
I created a mass request per your request here Articles for deletion/Bringer of Storms. The deletion can be seen here Articles for deletion/L. B. Graham Tim1357 (talk) 10:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment from article subject
I actually do not write for vanity press, but public radio and for quality journals and am a PhD in cinema studies. An article I wrote was published on Maya Deren in a reputable anthology by a well known film scholar (Maya Deren and the American Avantgarde ed Bill Nichols) which was new research. Experimental film work is on IMDB. I don't know why this page was approved, improved at every suggestion and now is under question. I have taken extensive time to explain that the editing of tags was an unknown to me, the warnings came within the space of an hour by a group of Swedish wiki admins ( I live in Sweden too) and I am unused to the my talk function in that there is never any talk to discover this. I am learning more about Wikipedia however, and think the entire structure is fantastic. I am sorry I found out late in the game and do take the situation seriously. Flagrant abuse vis a vis ignored warnings should imply flagrant intention to disregard and I just did not see them. I making every effort to rectify what I can. At this point since a simple article by a film scholar is putting admins on edge, would it not be easier to bring this to a quick end. I am still a film scholar with publication, I am verifiably published, and I am on IMDB. I did not do this for vanity but for public information all of which is factual. And the page has been suggested to two different forums on biography, and journalism. ("This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Journalism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Journalism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.") Thankyou for your time and attention to this and best wishes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjsullus (talk • contribs) 23:41, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

thanks!
Thankyou for your invaluable feedback. I guess you don't know till you do. And I appreciate it. I would have been receptive to this two years ago as well, the fact that the page has been up this long and is now being questioned has been hard. I did not mean to incur the rath of Swedish wikipedia by trying to translate the page in Swedish ( it is my second language) but felt that the "Name dropping comments" because of interviewing major film artists on the page and verifiable publication regarded as a CV detracted from the sincerity of the page. I got off on the wrong start! I write for public radio,and film cultural forums and experimental film is not a big item. My article for Bill Nichols was major, but Maya Deren is only major to some. She was a notorious self promoter too, and never would have been able to be who she was without it, I guess this has influenced me spending over a decade studying her work. I created a website for this purpose for other scholars. And in this little niche world I am known and more than that want to challenge "commercial film" reviews for the trades with another voice. As with Maya Deren's avantgarde work I have tried to follow on this road in film practice and theory. I see what you mean. And will try to follow your excellent suggestions, I guess I have seven days? This has been most constructive! mjsullusMjsullus 00:15, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Maya Deren page
OK thanks for the suggestion. I will try to add some verifiable information to her. I hope since I spent time in the archives her mother donated to BU and saw her outtakes, and put it all in a thesis that it will be accepted! Its great to have someone understand the big picture! Thanks! mjsullusMjsullus (talk) 00:20, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
Article listed at User:Mercurywoodrose does exist now. Comments and contributions welcomed. - 2/0 (cont.) 00:24, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Maya Deren
Hello again! I made some additions to the Maya Deren page, there was actually some incorrect information. As for the Moira Sullivan article, there are secondary posts now, will see what the decision will be. Thanks for your suggestions! PS How exactly does that work with AdF within seven days, what is the process, there is secondary material now in article, so far prognosis on Afd page looks bleak..... mjsullusMjsullus (talk) 23:49, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

WP editor cyberstalking abuse
(talk) 16:04, 27 October 2009 (UTC) would like to report Gameon for harassment of legitimate contributions on Wikipedia.

This person is cyberstalking, coming into user mytalk space, unsolicited. Reading mytalk discussion not written to him. Making claims that are libelous, and unfounded based on personal opinion. No article should have to go through the unfair scrutiny that gameon has subjected this page to. If this page is deleted it will be because of harassment. Author has addressed all the issues raised from the tagging, reduced the number of links, wikified, provided verification. Author has looked at all the rules and regulations on WP with a respect for WP but not for editors who harass contributions. There are no clear cut cases for any of the issues receiving the warnings on this page.(added by msjulius (sp), aka moira sullivan)

Goodbye and thanks.
I respect the time you took to write. I have asked that the page be removed because I have had it with the unpleasant, bad faith and harassment of a certain X WP editor. I do not want the article associated with WP. I don't want to take anymore time documenting what is impossible to fix, prove, verify to the 10th degreee etc. Regarding your particular comment, it was actually used by another X WP editor. What you write is helpful. Unfortunately everyone is not like you. I want to leave with at least one nice memory. Have a nice day! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjsullus (talk • contribs) 21:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)