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Walking Cradles
Sorry, I'm apparently doing something wrong when I try to use your deletion dispute page, because nothing is showing up.

I see no difference in terms of written information between this page and the other shoe company pages I've seen on Wikipedia – which I researched and looked into before posting this.

Category:Shoe companies

Do you simply not allow information about small companies? If so, please realize that the shoe industry is a very small world. The reason I'm putting this up on Wikipedia specifically is because of the number of designers-in-training that are ending up on our site, both from the US and internationally. It's far easier for them to be able to go down a list of shoe manufacturers and see if the company makes the kind of products they want to design than it is to go to each individual website, or such was my thinking. As you can see reading the article, the information presented specifically tells young designers what they need to know about this line. Isn't that part of the purpose of Wikipedia?

If the size of the company is the issue, then I strongly feel you need to rethink that policy, particularly when you're talking about this sort of industry. My next entry was going to be on Ars Sutoria, but if Wikipedia is just going to delete it, then I won't waste my time.

Incidentally, that's the top footwear design school in the world – and painfully difficult to find information on for young designers.

Your quick response
I would like to thank you for you quick response in blocking 24.199.235.66. Your efforts in preserving wikipedia's quality are well appreciated indeed ! Thanks again! Dread Specter 19:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Master Exploder
I included the but you didn't allow debate. Why? There wasn't really a consensus if you delete straight away.

Please respond.

Tenacious D Fans 16:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Please give me the chance to allow a debate. Can you let me keep Master Exploder up. If you had checked the history of Master Exploder you would have seen it started of poorly, then was agreed to be a redirect, then I made a completely new version of it. I then started the debate in the talk page and you stopped it before time.

Tenacious D Fans 16:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay fair enough I'll debate it there. But what do I do? Do I start a topic there? Please help?

Tenacious D Fans 16:45, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Merope. I did everything as instructed. I'm sorry if I seemed a bit terse to start with. Please don't take it against me.

Tenacious D Fans 16:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Why was Master Exploder deleted again? It was listed for Deletion review/Log/2006 December 20 and the consensus was the restoration of deletion history and redirection to The Pick of Destiny. Milchama 17:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

company homepage
I wanted to add a page for my company Blue Water Media (www.bluewatermedia.com). Is there an example I should follow in doing so?

Thanks, Greg Gjbluewater 16:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Why?
Why did you kill my page before I had a chance to finist it? Seems a bit snobby to attack the casual contributor who is less skileed with page creation.

Magdeb 17:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Weefek
Is not being attacked, I know the webmaster of this site and he really is voted worst of the web, I think it is honourable that someone who can do something such as this is worthy of an entry into wikipedia, I would mind next time not to attack him personally though. I talk to this guy, who I have known my whole life and he thinks it's just as stupid as shoving a mace down your throat just to get a laugh. I didn't mean to attack him, I shall re-post it just not attacking him this time? Miserablef 17:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Shrink Packaging Systems Corporation
Shrink Packaging Systems Corporation was the name —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Magdeb (talk • contribs) 17:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC). Magdeb 17:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

TressCox Lawyers
Dear Merope,

Can you please let me know why the amended page for TressCox Lawyers was deleted? The text had been extensively rewritten based on the text I read of similar firms on Wikipedia. Are there any guidelines that you could suggest that I follow in order for the page to satisfy Wikipedia standards?

Regards

TressCox 22:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete my page?
I don't understand why my page, The short life and tragic death of my cat Pookie, was deleted. It is entirely original and not plaigirised from newhere. It is xtremely importnat that the world read my page. Many people have asked me to put this article here. Why is it deleted?! You have no right to delete it!! You just hate my cat!!! You killed Pookie, didn't you!!!11on3!! Put my page back!

Happy New Year to the Queen Bitch Vandalslayer -FisherQueen 22:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The Talks
Its a band woman!!!!!!!!!!!! A BAND!!!!!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JFBurton (talk • contribs) 21:09, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Victorian Era
Hiya.

You reverted a ton of work I did on the Victorian Era page because, apparently, I deleted too much that was written by others. While I understand that that is a concern, the fact of the matter is that the page is a mess and I attempted to make it better. In the wake of your revisions, I posted suggestions for revision in the talk pages and have seen no responses. There have been no substantive revisions since I made my (now reverted) edits. As it is, the page is abysmally weak and, frankly, I tell my students not to bother with it (they even complain to me about it).

Is there some process I'm supposed to go through when improving the page that I'm unaware of? I commented on 21 Dec that the page was in need of help and then, on 22 Dec posted suggestions for revision. There have been no responses.

Please don't misunderstand this message. I'm not complaining that my revisions were reverted. I'm complaining that my revisions were reverted and that I'm reluctant to make any other changes for fear of wasting my (and my students') time. As I said just now in the talk page, this is one of the reasons why more academics don't work on these pages.

In short: I want to revert the page to my changes. If I do so, will they simply be reverted again? How long am I expected to wait before I revert actions such as yours? --Str1 wsu 07:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Bang bang Bonanza (podcast)
Ok i have clue what Im doing here with this talk thing so bare with me. I'm creating a page about a online podcast with info on each episode and cast members like many TV shows have on here. I dont see why it wouldnt be allowed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ell the Ewok (talk • contribs) 14:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

Deletion of Cuckundoo Records
Hi

You deleted the page of Cuckundoo Records, due to, I believe, lack of content. I was planning to update it bit by bit and did not realise that it was unacceptable to just have the Box with external links. Is it ok to proceed with the entry?

Thanks Chickenegg 14:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Missed one
User:Geo.plrd/Phoenix/member is still a blue-link at time of writing. – Chacor 18:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Phoenix
You should probably delete [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=Geo.plrd%2FPhoenix&namespace=2 these] pages too. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 18:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I suck! I get it.  ;)  They should all be burninated now.  --  Merope  18:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I would recommend dropping a note off at WP:AN just for the record. Congratulations on ending this quickly! Carcharoth 18:26, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ignore that. It is already on WP:ANI. Carcharoth 18:27, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue VII – December 2006
The January 2007 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by grafikbot 19:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Article – OnlineLabels
Hello, I was just starting with Wikipedia learning how to create and edit. Carolyn Doran in Wiki's main office in St. Pete suggested I try to create my own page. I'm not sure why it was deleted.

The goal of my page is to create an area where people can learn about our companys history and at the same time get ideas for labeling their products. I have tons of valuable content that would help users.

Thanks for your consideration,

Matt
 * You can judge for yourself, but to me OnlineLabels still looks like a blatant ad, complete with a product list. Unfortunately, I think it's unavoidable that when the creator is involved (WP:COI), they think it's encyclopedic. I don't know if there's a salvageable article there or not, or if the company even meets WP:CORP to begin with. Fan-1967 22:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Countdown timer
Is there any way I could get you to glance at Countdown timer? The creator keeps removing speedy delete tags, and I tend to think it's advertising. Philippe Beaudette 00:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, someone else got him. Thanks! :-) Philippe Beaudette 00:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea why you deleted the page I was attempting. I contested it, and then you deleted it within a few hours. You called it spam and I explained that it wasn't and why. Lame. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smart1979 (talk • contribs)

Phoenix
I am objecting to the deletion because the subpage was a working pilot of a proposal. Bearing that in mind will you restore User:Geo.plrd/Phoenix?

Sorry for any misunderstanding or inconvenience G e  o. 18:42, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

User:Geo.plrd/Phoenix on deletion review
An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:Geo.plrd/Phoenix. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. G e  o. 19:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

FashionIQ.com
Hi,

The page is still being edited and as such, we are taking great care in not using the exact contents from the about_us.php page of that site. We have been referring it only for putting it up here.

The material is copyrighted indeed but we are trying our best to only take what is relevant and frame it in our words.

Thanks, People At Ensparc

Zelda
I see you're a zelda fan, I like that game, too. Wiki is Freaakky. 20:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Dev920
Those edits were because I don't have the CSDs memorized and screwed up. Anyway, you have my word that i will not harass her. G e  o. 09:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I accept that. If he tries to make a point again today, I will report it straight to you. Is this OK? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 10:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Patrick Treacy
Hi there, I am trying to insert an article on Dr. Patrick Treacy and it is being continuously deleted. I (employee of Active Online www.activeonline.ie) have been charged by Dr Treacy to insert the article (to which he has the copyright) into the wikipedia resource. Active Online is currently Dr Patrick Treacy's web design vendor and is performing this task under his instruction/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activeonline (talk • contribs)

Keith hayes
Hi Merope. Oddly, I'm going ask for you to restore the A7 article you just deleted, that I flagged for speedy. I was incorrect that he's not yet published – I misread the article. He's published one book and another's on the way. I still don't believe he's notable and was planning to take it to AfD, but I think an even slightly dubious speedy is a shame for a newbie-created article. --Dweller 15:12, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Dunno how, but I've screwed up the AfD nom. Please look at Articles for deletion/Keith hayes and see if you can fix it for me!!! Ta. --Dweller 15:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah. Having looked at your user page, I now understand why you're good humoured. Being unafflicted with the disease known as "being a bloke", you are lacking in the bitter and twisted department. --Dweller 15:39, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Roxy Blue
Thought you'd like to know that Roxy Blue is back for its sixth deletion. Perhaps some salting is in order? John Reaves 15:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Please undelete / unlock my page on Lorna Garman.
I may be a slow writer who has been struggling with broadband problems, but Lorna Garman was deleted far too quickly, while I was still clarifying the links and references. It was seemingly deleted without you even bothering to search wiki or google, otherwise you would have known that she was notorious in the bloomsbury set, the lover of lucian freud and laurie lee, the sister of lady epstein and is a major subject of a current best seller that is reviewed on all major literary sites. ... and reviewed on BBC Radio 4 the gold standard for intelligent radio.

Please either undelete or stop a block on the page. As a new user I don't know how to do it. And thanks a bunch for allowing me to spend another hour of my time recreating stuff for the second/third time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.229.29.19 (talk) 15:47, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

Hello Merope, Thank you for undeleting the Lorna Garman page.

Thanks again. You earned it. The hostility and hardship meted out by the powerful to the sarcaste is a sad indictment of the human condition. Consider that the flatterer is no more than a hypocrite with an agenda, who so loathes and disrespects the arbiter of power that he is prepared to say any falsehood in order to attain a personal goal. The sarcaste however, speaks truthfully, if dialectically, from the heart, what you read is what is felt, although it does raise hackles and damage prospects.

Just a suggestion
You might want to take a look at WP:RPP. The backlog is slowly building up there. Diez2 16:48, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Keegan Grabhorn
Hey, can you kill this attack article (again)? Keegan Grabhorn -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs)  16:48, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Another malformed AfD
...this time, not one I messed up! Please take a look at Articles for deletion/Waldo Jaquith and utilise your healing powers. Thanks. --Dweller 19:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

your favorite games
Those are some awsome games, especially Zelda. --Bobtots 19:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)bobtots

tagging
Hi there; I'm working my socks off here, and you keep deleting articles before I've finished tagging them! (just kidding)--Anthony.bradbury 22:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of SaltyDogs Productions article
You've deleted this article(partly written by me) because it was "not notable" according to you. I know, I should have added sources and notoble articles about SaltyDogs Productions. I think that it is notable because it is one of biggest game modification(mod) development organizations existing. It has been mentioned by several of the largest publications within the game (modding) community.

I'll restart the article and include links to some of them. Mecanita 12:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

SaltyDogs Productions
Ok. I know several interviews were done and I'll look and ask for them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mecanita (talk • contribs) 14:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

Only 66?
Come on, with a little effort you can get that up to 3 digits in no time ;-) Fan-1967 15:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe Guy can give you some pointers. Fan-1967 15:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship
I had created a Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship history page, it existed for 10 minutes, and then Merope deleted it. Who are you and why did you do this? Do you work for wikipedia? You posted a question on the talk page and then right after that you deleted the article. I was cleaning it up AS you were deleting it. Don't delete my articles. I am being civil but if you delete something i started without a reasonable attempt to talk about it first ill report you somehow ok. thanks.


 * thanks for your input. if you delete something i started again without a reasonable attempt to talk about it first ill report you. thanks. if you look around you will find:

High school football Kansas State High School Activities Association the catagory of High school sports associations in the United States

and if you keep looking you will find sites about state high school and amatuer sports championships like: Cahokia Conference List of University Interscholastic League events Royal Bank Cup

wikipedia is a free encyclopedia about everything that can be cited.

you say that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information; but wikipedias definition of an indiscriminate collection of information does not include anything like the Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship entry i created. so, like i said wikipedia is a free encyclopedia about everything that can be cited. it is very frustrating to have some like yourself interject themselves into an entry before it is even finished and cite rules they havnt seemed to read as reasons for deletion. This is all I am going to say and is the last time I ever hope to talk to you. Thank you.

Deletion Review
I can't figure out how to enter it. Incidentally -

"I do so love breaking out the salt shaker. "

Did it occur to you that you might just be dealing with a new user who has never tried to do this before and had no idea what was going on or that you were deleting anything? I thought I'd deleted it by accident. Perhaps before making such comments on longerterm pages about new users, you should take the time to find out what the heck is going on.

And when you have things like this on your site: Alden Shoe Company

It's a bit frustrating to get the followup I've gotten on this one.

dubai Mercantile Exchange
Hello,

You seem to think that the page we created violated a copyright and deleted it. It does not – we own the copy. Please let me know what the next steps are.

Thanks

Sleuther2. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.128.233.5 (talk) 13:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

asshole
whyd you delete my article?fucker —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Syko The Clown (talk • contribs) 16:18, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

how was that inappropriate?
I love him.I was talking about drugs or death or something.Simply love

Attack pages
lolol -- sometimes it seems like they're moths to a flame. They can't help reposting that attack page just one more time. NawlinWiki 16:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Why was my page deleted?
Why was the article about Endicott College The Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies deleted? thanks Jcommett 20:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I know the information came from that source. I work for them in the web department and we own the text. That specific text has already been proofread and approved. So what am I supposed to do now? Jcommett 20:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Why? I don't get it. Andy Bushell is a real person. I know him. I can put more info on later. Sorry. Im sorry. I'm reallty new.

Jeff Craig
What was wrong with the article?Njsamizdat 20:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Walking Cradles
Article has been created a third time, after your warning to the author. Philippe Beaudette 21:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome – and thanks for your kind words! Philippe Beaudette 21:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

The Logo Creator
Hello Merope. I hope all is well.

I was in the process of writing an article about The Logo Creator software. It was apperantly deleted by you before I could correct what you had intially wanted me to correct.

Please let me know what the article did that was removable. The article was written and included here on Wikepedia because it was the first of its kind in the world. A notebable fact. I had included links to Archive.org to verify this was a fact.

Thanks for any help you can provide on why the article was deleted!

- Marc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laughingbird (talk • contribs)

Hello Merope.

Please forgive me, I'm not quite sure how to respond to your comments. You had asked me to verify that "The Logo Creator" was the first of its kind other than by providing links from Archive.org.

It was verified in a review on internet.com (http://www.wdvl.com/Reviews/Graphics/Logo/) back in 2001. No other software like this existed at the time (which is why I included the links to Archive.org. Proof that TLC was the first on the internet.

Archive.org is the best proof as it's an independent research department that collects data from the web.

Thanks for the time Merope.

- Marc


 * As the one who nominated it for deletion, I would also point out that Laughingbird was the name of the company that created the program, so it seems like shameless self-promotion (and probably a violation of NPOV) to me. The last sentence also said something about it being the first "and best".  Philippe Beaudette 21:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Philippe. Fair enough.

The article was intended as point of interest. Since The Logo Creator was the first of its kind, I felt it to be a point of interest.

I will remove the 'best' part of the comment. Any chance on giving the article a second chance?

- Marc


 * Well, you'd need permission from an administrator to bring it back, and I'm not one. But, I think generally they'd say that if it's not written by a disinterested third party (which you clearly are not) in a neutral point of view, it's unlikely.  Philippe Beaudette 21:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion Review – Walking Cradles

I've followed the instructions and can't get it to appear. What am I doing wrong?

Cashless Buyback(tm) speedy deletion -

I posted an article on Cashless Buybacks(tm). It was targeted for speedy deletion. After substantial editing, it was still "speedily deleted" as "blatant advertising" without any additional explanation.

I posted a very dramatically shortened article to stick to the bare facts. You deleted that article even faster.

Are you trying to extend knowledge or block it?? The subject of Cashless Buybacks(tm) is a matter of discussion among leading litigators (Morrison & Foerster), academics (U. of Iowa, U. Calif Berkeley, U. Colorado), periodicals (CFO magazine, Time Magazine) and has important bearing on the related topics of corporate governance and derivative securities. A paper on the subject posted on SSRN (a site which includes postings by Nobel laureates) was among the top 10 downloaded papers in the category of Corporate Finance in late 2006 – early 2007.

I guess this is my last attempt to make a contribution. It's turning into an incredible waste of time. Do you have a superior or are you alone the ultimate authority?GLeachim 16:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Please can you tell me why everytime I try to create a page called Koloron it is deleted.

The last time only had this wording"Koloron is the name in Esperanto for colour. It is also a paper like material for painting on."

I am very new so please excuse any mistakes I have made.

Regards

Pete

Sorry I forgot to leave my sig.on the Koloron question.--Drachsi 16:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

The Logo Creator
Merope, this one's back... looks like he got someone else to create it for him this time. They nicely put a holdon tag on it, but it's not listed for Speedy Deletion. I'm not sure how to handle it at this point.

Philippe Beaudette 18:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I've never done an AfD before... why don't you, and I'll watch? :-)


 * Your secret is safe with me. I'm doing the same thing to a page right now.  Philippe Beaudette 18:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, you rock. Philippe Beaudette 18:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

What Happened to my "list of vehicles in Jurassic park" page? It keeps disappearing, and saying you did it?

Tyler Colley 18:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

"oh I am going to regret this"
Welcome to the Twilight Zone where truth is much stranger than fiction :-) Mr Christopher 19:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, well :-) Mr Christopher 14:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for blocking him. John Reaves 19:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Merope:

I submitted the article Ideasphere. I want to know if there is a specific sentence that you deemed as promoting a company, etc.

Thanks!

Dalej78 23:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Jake thro
Ugh, looks like this was an ugly case. Anyway, next time you have to delete same article bazillion times, please consider salting it. It tends to be the best way to limit the damage the vandals can do, even through sockpuppets. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 00:19, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

User: JFBurton
Can you please leave my user page alone? It was me editing it. JFBurton 08:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

"Embittered atheists"
The only solution is to grow a thick skin...although this doesn't mean you have to tolerate it. I am a practising Christian, Methodist, convert (ex-atheist), who keeps getting that kind of crap over at the ID article (and elsewhere). The thing I find hilarious though is that ID is actually born of a lack of faith (Phillip E. Johnson, the father of ID, pretty much said that he couldn't believe if the bible wasn't literally true), and the idea of demanding proof is actually against the core ideas Christianity. In addition, reducing God to a tinkerer isn't in line with ideas of omnipotence. Blaming God for bad design is also anti-religious, as is the idea of saying that God is intelligently responsible for evil. In essence, ID says that God is a minor, malicious deity. So if people who see the divine in that way want to call one an atheist...you should say "thank you for not including me in your twisted world view" :) Guettarda 16:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Andyroost
I tried to leave a warning for this user (nn-warn on a local band he created an article on), but find his Talk page is protected since a temp block. Fan-1967 18:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * On my list, for what it's worth. Suspect the block will be reinstated permanently, sooner or later. Fan-1967 18:43, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Vilification of creationists
Merope, could you please have a look at [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Evolution&diff=prev&oldid=100757640 this edit] and respond accordingly? Thanks. Philip J. Rayment 02:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Philip J. Rayment 08:09, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Changes to Sundance Vacations Article
Hi, hope all is well. I added the company website to the external links. I would like to remove the reference to scam.com, as that link is no longer valid, is that okay?. I would also like to make some changes to the article, and realize that the article needs a neutral POV. Should I just make the edits and wait to see what you think, or send you the changes I’d like to make, and get “pre-approved”? I’ll do whatever is easiest/best. Thanks for your continued efforts- Kathjim 19:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Have a good Wikibreak
Your health problems sound like way less fun than the new Zelda game, so here's wishing you more of the latter and less of the former. -FisherQueen (Talk) 23:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I do have lovely painkillers, though.  :)  I should be healthy and blocking vandals soon enough.  --  Merope  03:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

unblock
Hi Merope! No, I think the block was fine: not only that, I had a block tab open on that same user myself but you got to it first. I use a two-question test, which I used as a decline reason: is the user here to help build an encyclopedia? and if not, are they actively interfering with those of us who are? It seems to work. In addition, I don't think I have ever seen a "good" user start with a snarky post to AN/I; it's always someone looking to stir up trouble. Best, Antandrus (talk) 03:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your request to disengage
Regarding your "request to disengage" in the discussing regarding ID on Raspor's talk page, I have previously suggested to Raspor that he should stop discussing these issues, so as long as others are doing so, I will comply. However, I disagree with your assessment that he is not interested in improving the article. Raspor has demonstrated problems and POV in the article in a few specific ways, which would not have happened if not for the fact that he has been attempting to discuss the article. The degeneration of the discussions to discussing the issue is partly due to his own inability to express and explain himself properly, partly to his opponents' reactions to him (including vilification), and partly due to his opponents inserting their anti-ID POV into the discussions. Philip J. Rayment 05:25, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Reverts
Thanks so much for reverting the malicious edits on my userpage!!!

 T  yson Moore   01:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Pah! No thanks for me, I see. Last time I revert that userpage :-) Seriously, thannks to yourself and FQ for the reverts to User:130.63.161.233's edits on my page. The quality of vandalism on my page was, frankly, poor though. What's happened to young vandals today? Eeeh, I remember when it were all fields round here (etc, etc). Tonywalton  | Talk 09:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

article deleted
Would like to know why you deleted the article entitled "Rogers Ltd., Inc. " From your notes I gather you decided the company wasn't notable enough? If so, I'd like to point out: - someone thought it was notable enough to link to from the Middletown, Oh page well before I decided to create the page. - the company is one of the 20 biggest jewelry retailers in the US - the company is historically significant locally, and is one of a handful of well known landmarks in the city.

Thanks, jh75

WP:AIAV
Hi there, I have reported a few vandals when they have been warned properly then blocked then persisted, so just out of curiosity, if they have been blocked and continue to vandalise the do you start again with the warnings or skip straight to another block?--  Telly addict  18:45, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice!

WP:AIV "bad report" template
Is pointing them at this any use? Tonywalton | Talk 19:05, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I'm lazy enough to be considering renaming it User:Tonywalton/RV though, to save typing. Tonywalton | Talk 19:18, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Could be worse, it could be User:Ryanpostlethwaite, who at one point was getting pleas to change his sig because the markup was just about a page long. Ryan's a gay nazi as well, by the way (or so the anon who called me one [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ryanpostlethwaite&diff=99333279&oldid=99180250 said]). Tonywalton | Talk 19:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I quit, I'm going home.
Every time I gear up to speedy a page, I'm getting a message that you deleted it. You go girl, wit' yo' fast trigger finger. :-) Philippe Beaudette 22:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The rest of us have rage, too, and now I'm going to have to go take up clubbing baby seals or something. I kind of like badbio with kids, because I think they really do just think (in most cases) that they can build a "homepage" here.  Some of them deserve worse, though.  Philippe Beaudette 22:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I rather like the sweetness 'n' light myself – I use it if the CSD#A7 subject looks anything like the username who created it. I like it better since I put the Wikipedia is not myspace bit in in bold, though. It's got the "Oi! There are rules around here" for people who don't know better and probably never will, and explains properly to people who genuinely want to be proper editors. On the other hand, how about we set up sealopedia.org – the encyclopædia anyone can edit  but where vandals get clubbed to death"? Tonywalton  | Talk 22:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * HA! I like it.  I see the userfy template has gone through a lot of changes, too: it used to say, "Hey, don't post that on the main site, but post it here, instead!" and I didn't really like that.  I kinda wish we could speedy delete any pages by users who have no real contributions to the encyclopedia, but that's apparently too subjective.  Still, I stick with vanity, and then skip straight to t2a.  --  Merope  22:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Put me down in favor of sealopedia.org. Of course, I'm such a deletionist that if it were up to me this thing would be sitting around 200,000 articles. :-)  Philippe Beaudette 22:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm such a deletionist that I won't be happy until the entire thing is empty. --  Merope  22:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 'm sch dltnst tht thnk ppl wh s vwls shld b bnd Tnwltn 22:38, 18 Jnry 2007 (GMT)
 * My brain hurts. That was mean, TonyWalton!.  Philippe Beaudette 22:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * ? ... !!  -FisherQueen (Talk) 01:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * BLOCKS FOR EVERYBODY --THE ROUGE ADMIN
 * Don't you people have article you could be speedying. Quit the chatter and get back to work. Fan-1967 05:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Finally someone who can help me
I had meaningful entries for Greg Schwartz and Tim Handren (which have links on the entry for USAA). The Handren entry had more than one contributor (and I know him personally and had his approval for the content). The Schwartz entry changed to be a "redirect" to USAA and all the other content was deleted, but there was no history or anything else I could find to explain the change. I have known him for 24 years and we are friends (oh yeah he is also my CIO). The entry was true and accurate and non-critical.

Can you help me understand why their real entries were wiped out?

Hillcountrygrump 22:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
I tried to revert the vandalism to your user page but I clearly don't know how to do it properly, so I'm going to let someone else try... Sorry! I tried to help! Leebo 86 15:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ha, well at least he's a vandal with a purity of focus. Thanks for the reverting tip... It's so easy, I guess I tried to make it harder than it was :P Leebo 86 15:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Creationist vilification again
Merope, could you have a look at [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Philip_J._Rayment&diff=prev&oldid=101929673 this post], mainly towards the end.

Disclosures: A:  The post includes my comments that he has copied there to respond to. B: I have already responded to most points in his post, in strong, but I believe civil, terms.

Philip J. Rayment 08:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. Philip J. Rayment 10:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

My edit on Fq's talkpage
I'm assuming that you will understand that this".Obviously it's made Merope a better person – Goddess knows what she'd be like otherwise" is a joke, but in case some overzealous talk page watcher claims it's an attack I thought I'd better make that clear here. Yeah – FQ would be a bloody good admin, IMHO! Cheers, Tonywalton | Talk 01:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Srebrenica massacre
Do you have any idea what User:Bosniak is talking about when he says that I've "deleted huge chunks of data from [the] Srebrenica Massacre article"? I looked through a [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Srebrenica_massacre&diff=102176870&oldid=102173872 diff between my first and last edits today] but as far as I can tell the only changes have been typographical (replacing hyphens with em-dashes, trimming whitespace, etc.). If I've accidentally removed information I'm happy to fix it. —Psychonaut 08:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Wow THAT was quick. I went to save the page and it was deleted I thought there might be room in my musical genre There are only a handful of us in the "New Weird America" musical category I am new at this and I feel that I must repect your opinion on this matter. Please leave me a message, unless you ONLY act as the police Thank you Mam

Wow THAT was quick. I went to save the page and it was deleted I thought there might be room in my musical genre There are only a handful of us in the "New Weird America" musical category I am new at this and I feel that I must repect your opinion on this matter. Please leave me a message, unless you ONLY act as the police Thank you Mam

Block of
Dear Merope, I saw that you blocked this user for a period of 31 hours. After reviewing the diffs as presented on the administrator noticeboard, I see a lot of potential WP:BLP violations and libellous editing. As he has been continuing his edit-warring since 15th January 2006, would you mind if I increased the duration of the block to one week? Regards, — Nearly Headless Nick  11:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You may want to read over the comments (not just the diffs) at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, where this very issue is being discussed. Thus far there seems to be unanimous agreement (except from Bosniak himself, of course) for a long-term or indefinite block. One week is probably too short. —Psychonaut 11:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I have no objection to the increase of the block duration. I only request that you mention it on the AN/I report on this user (here) and explain to the user why you are lengthening the block (which I imagine you would do anyway).  Thanks.  --  Merope  11:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I have left a message on WP:ANI. Thanks for your quick response. I know you love Tom, but please don't hold anything against me. :P — Nearly Headless Nick  12:27, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Other Users Pages
Which User are you on about Merope? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ali Hamed El Bastawisi (talk • contribs) 19:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

Politics Now (weblog)
Merope, I wonder if you would mind terribly glancing at Politics Now and particularly at the Talk page and giving some feedback to me? I'm happy to be wrong, if so, but particularly would like an admin to glance more than a second at it and see if I am! Thanks! Philippe Beaudette 22:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help and feedback! Philippe Beaudette 00:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for your support in my RfA. I withdrew when it became clear that the uphill climb had crossed the snowball threshold, but I appreciate your support and the process gave me some good ideas for other ways I can be contributing to Wikipedia. I'll work on the areas that came up in the discussion, and try again after I've gained wider experience.

I appreciate your confidence in me, and the process has made me more interested in participating at a deeper level in Wikipedia, so even though it wasn't successful, I think it was a good experience. I'll definitely take you up on your offer of coaching.-FisherQueen (Talk) 12:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

User:Bosniak again?
I'd appreciate a second opinion, as not completely familiar with his editing patterns. See Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Thanks, Asterion talk 18:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Request
Hi, could you please delete my user and talk pages? I've already asked User:Asterion but he seems to be busy these days. Thanks.--Hadžija 23:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Online Casino Payouts
I sent you a message asking why you deleted my submission about 'online casino payouts'. I did not get any response. It seems to me that when somebody arbitrarily removes a text submitted in good fair, the least that the editor can do is offer an explation or reason. Otherwise we are into the Dictatorship of Wikipedia Editing

Regards

Trafixltd 15:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)Mike DruttmanTrafixltd 15:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I spent quite a lot of time writing a piece about online casino payouts. I was careful to keep everything objective. Hardly had I pressed the 'submit' button when it was rejected out of hand by Merope, who probably didn't even read it.

So I ask, what are the chances of getting anything published on Wikipedia with this unfair and draconian approach?

Trafixltd 15:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)Mike Druttman, TrafixTrafixltd 15:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

400,000 Faces article recently deleted
Dear Merope: This was my first time writing an article, and it's a learning process, so I apologize if it seems that I was trying to use what I view as a great resource in a frivolous manner. My article on 400,000 faces was deleted because I did not show why it should appear on Wikipedia. I believe it should appear on Wikipedia because it is an important student organization with nearly 400,000 members nationwide. Since my tone of voice can't be ascertained through text, I am asking with full respect and not sarcastically, is this not sufficient for a Wikipedia entry? If so, how should I change the article so that it can be included? Thank you for your time and help. Kln4yd

Also, after viewing the guidelines on notability, I can cite outside sources that have written articles about the 400,000 Faces group. Will this help meet criteria? Kln4yd

Hi, thanks for the welcome message! I previously left you a message on your talk page containing my questions about an article I wrote that was deleted, but I see that I forgot to sign it in the correct way, leaving my username and timestamp. Hopefully, this will work out, and please see also the message I left regarding the 400,000 faces deletion. Kln4yd 21:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Dear Merope,
 * We have been messaging regarding the 400,000 faces prospective entry. From your helpful information and that of Mr. Douglas, I was able to use google news to find three articles from unquestionably objective sources (Monterey Herald, San Luis Obispo Tribune, and Delware University student newspaper), and at least more one from one that seems fine, timetoprotect.org, but is itself concerned with Darfur headline news. How do I know if I now meet the notability standards? Would you say so? And what is the best way to go about integrating these outside sources into my entry? They objectively confirm much of the information I already have, should I simply cite them after this information, as references at the bottom the of the page, or as external links for further information or verification? Thanks so much for your time and suggestions, it is great to be a part of such a supportive user community!


 * I am sorry I am a beginner and I see that I forgot to sign the above message. Kln4yd 01:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I think the 400,000 Faces entry might be ready, I was told to check with an admin


 * Dear Merope,
 * After receiving some much-needed help and suggestions, I have improved upon and verified the 400,000 Faces article to the point where I hope it is ready to be considered as an entry. I was told to have it reviewed by an administrator and ask. It is on my user page, where you restored it. Please review it at your convenience, hopefully I can soon become a real contributor to Wikipedia!
 * Kln4yd 02:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I have cleaned up User:Kln4yd/400,000 Faces.  — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 09:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley
Jerry lavoie 22:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)



has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Links related to the JAMES F. JUSTIN MUSEUM
Hi

I was wondering if you could assist me with a deletion problem I am having with another editor. As you probably do not recall you quick deleted an article I wrote about an artist a while back because I did not have alot of details in the article to start with (I thought I could add that in as I went – noob here). I wrote to you about the details of the article (the artist was museum collected, collected by notables such as members of a scion family in the art world, award winning and reported by the media etc). You said that would be fine if I cited sources, and I subsequently did some weeks ago and the article was online. Today I decided to start doing some editing, adding links to pages I maintain in an unrelated area (I collect oral histories, have several hundred, the site has been used by the National Archives, New York Times, BBC, universities, authors, national parks, students etc etc) from relevant sites. My thought was to start out this way and as time allowed start whole new articles where subjects of interest had not been covered (military unit histories was likely to be first but thats not really relevant atm I suppose).

Anyway, some spam program didnt like my links (why? I have no idea, they dont even have pop ups on em, let alone anything spamish) and when I tried to figure out what was going on a mod came in and deleted the artist article that you said would be fine.

Soo long story short, I would be most appreciative if you could undo the deletion of my article on Bob Justin (you will need to undelete it I do not have a saved copy).

Second I would appreciate finding out how I might go about linking to sites as relevant in my Museum collection without getting hassled like this? The main sites are CCC History site http://members.aol.com/famjustin/ccchis.html Military Oral History Site http://members.aol.com/famjustin/miloralhis.html

Greatly appreciate your assistance. - JJ
 * Please see my reply at User talk:Shadow1. -- Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs&#124;links&#124;[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:JeffGent&action=watch watch]&#124;logs) 22:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of "Answerbag"
I saw that you deleted the article for "Answerbag" (formerly located at "Answerbag.com") for not being "notable", and as the founder of that site, I would like to object. Answerbag is a serious site that has been around for almost four years, and it is the #2 social Q&A site next to Yahoo Answers: http://weblogs.hitwise.com/leeann-prescott/2006/12/yahoo_answers_captures_96_of_q.html. Cnet ranked our site as being equal with Yahoo Answers: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-9239_7-6634568-1.html. MIT's Tech Review thought we were notable enough to be in their Top Social Q&A sites review: http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/17932/. We've been covered on TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/07/answerbag-bets-the-farm-on-widgets-and-an-api/. How is this not notable?

It meets the notability guidelines of "The company or corporation has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company or corporation itself.", and "The company or corporation is listed on ranking indices of important companies produced by well-known and independent publications."

And last but not least, there multiple Wikipedia articles that actually cite Answerbag as a source. Red-eye flight Celebratory gunfire Dei Gratia Regina Platform game Tar Heel

Please let me know. You can contact me at joel@answerbag.com. JoelDowns 00:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Another Question
Hey Merope, another question for you. At Talk:CHAK 104 NB, the user has placed the information from the deleted (for notability) article on the talk page. Surely the info can't exist there either, can it? But... what should I do about it? I mean, I have never put a speedy tag on a talk page, but don't think the info should exist there. Also, didn't want to delete the text... Thanks for your help.... Philippe Beaudette 06:12, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That talk page appears to have been deleted administratively.  — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 18:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Nah, on advice from Merope and others, we hit it with db-talk. Philippe Beaudette 00:39, 1 February 2007 (UTC)