User talk:Newyorkbrad/Archive/2017/May

Deletion
I am concerned. When I find a questionable article I take a look at the notability criteria, check per WP:BEFORE, and then I often nominate it for deletion. If I see some stub about a head-of-state, Olympian, or Nobel Prize winner I leave it alone because I know the notability criteria. I know anyone that played a single game in even some overseas semi-professional league is probably notable because that's what WP:NSPORT says. WP:TVSHOW doesn't say that this episode (or any episode of any show, ever) is inherently notable. I'm not making these nominations to make people angry or because IDONTLIKEIT. For you of all people to claim that every episode of that show is notable is nonsense. I've lost a lot of respect for you because of it. Don't bother replying. You're wrong and the damage you've done is irreparable. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 23:01, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

User:Cathytalledo
I believe that this person has been uploading copyrighted and fair use images as her "own" work. I think she believes that if she uploads something, then it is her own work. Can you take a look and see if you can explain it to her? All the best. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:47, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Slate essay
Re the Slate essay you linked here, I wonder: 1. Why is it a Slate essay and not a Wikipedia essay? 2. Has his "bureaucracy reduction" suggestion, specifically, ever been discussed on-wiki? If so, where? &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  18:50, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your interest. I never know when an Easter egg like that in one of my comments will ever be noticed or not. Answering your queries: (1) You'd have to ask the author that question. As you may know, he's also written a book about Wikipedia, which I reviewed here, but I believe he's done some introspection on-wiki as well, though I forget whether here or on Meta. (2) The subject has been alluded to at various times, but I'm not sure if a dedicated initiative was ever started on it. Perhaps some TPWs can chime in with some useful links. I can imagine how such a discussion would go, however: everyone would agree that the morass of policy-and-guideline pages needs to be chopped back, but when it came down to concrete suggestions to axe a particular page or section, suddenly there would be shrieking, "oh no, that one is important and we can't do without it." Every all, every word of policy-and-guidelines seemed like a good idea to some part of the community, once upon a time. As it happens, I often encounter my own examples of elephantiasis of rulesmaking everytime we get a "request for clarification" of the ruleset on ArbCom discretionary sanctions. I read the request, and I think to myself, "I can't answer that one, because I don't understand all the rules any more myself." And so it goes. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Apologies for my late reply, Mandruss. My essay was a direct reply to the critique of Wikipedia on Boingboing, and I was trying to reach out to the audience that does not typically visit Meta. I'm engaging in discussions on different projects, too :) Pundit | utter  19:52, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

"Credible threat of harm & murder"
Thanks for closing this before I saw it. Just, thanksDlohcierekim (talk) 21:15, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:20, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Ian Brady
FYI, in the light of three (now four) subsequent calls at WT:ITN for an IAR posting of Ian Brady at RD, I have reopened the discussion at WP:ITNC but have kept your comment in the discussion in its chronological position. Yours, BencherliteTalk 23:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks for letting me know. Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Offline
I'll be away for a few days because of a death in the family. Newyorkbrad (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

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