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Improperly Deleted Radio Station Articles
I wanted to make you aware of this ANI thread which involves radio station articles speedy deleted under A7. I am going to need some help. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 00:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Watched it all get wrapped up, and thought the best role I could play right now was to tie a bow around it. If the discussion carries on somewhere else, I'll weigh in.
 * Friendly advice, though? You might want to think about softening your tone a bit. Even when you're right - which in my experience you usually are - you're sometimes coming on stronger than you really need to. Flies with honey, and all that. Again, friendly advice; you know I respect your work a lot. Mlaffs (talk) 00:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I do that alot, and I don't mean to. I guess I get too caught up and with two or three posts from other people, I get stressed or my Aspergers acts up or something.  I don't mean to sound cranky or come on too strong, but I will work on that some more. :)  Thanks for "tying that up in a bow".  I think Bearcat and I are going to work on updating the articles in question to NMEDIA and GNG standards.  If he doesn't have time, then I will after GoT. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 01:11, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think I knew that you had AS; feel like I should have. Mlaffs (talk) 01:15, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I used to have it on my userpage in the "About Me" section, but people would mention that and not take me seriously. That or they would use that as a reason to harrass me, so I dropped it.  But I was diagnosed with it in 2003, though the doctor said I probably had it since birth.


 * Like everyone with a form of Autism, we all have that one subject we know a lot about and mine, of course, is radio and television stations. :) -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 02:02, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of WDID-LP


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on WDID-LP requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Quick Question
Why did you remove the sorting calls from the "Radio Stations in [State]" category? Are we not putting those in there anymore? -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 23:33, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Louisiana and Minnesota are each split across K and W pretty equally, so we don't use the sort for them. The K and W stations just end up getting mixed together, which isn't good. You could still use it for a city category within those states, depending on what the other calls are there - IIRC, Lake Charles, Louisiana is all K stations. If there are only a few W stations (Iowa, for example, I think), sort those with the micro sign (µ) at the start. If there are only a few K stations (Mississippi, for example, I think), sort those with an asterisk at the start. Mlaffs (talk) 23:40, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I never thought about the Ks and Ws getting mixed up. Makes sense though.  I will have to keep an eye on those for when I venture outside of my "coverage area". :)  Thanks for the info. :) -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 00:02, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries. It talks about it in the categorization section on the WPRS page, but it doesn't get explicit about which states are a concern. Mlaffs (talk) 00:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I have never read the entire WPRS page. Maybe a list of the states with Ks and Ws should be posted.  Some might not know that there is more than one K in Pennsylvania (there are 4, 6 if you add the TV stations). -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 00:36, 7 July 2015 (UTC)