User talk:Skitzouk/Archives/2008/September

Full names
Hi, I found O'Neill's full name using this website. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Offstage trumpet
Why would you propose deletion within minutes of another editor creating the article. To my knowledge, there is no rule that says that you have to write a complete article "off line", and then post it to Wikipedia. An article can develop over a reasonable period. Could you give a person a fair period to get the article going...I dunno, perhaps 1 or 2 hours, before proposing an article for deletion? (except in the case of obvious vandalism, such as "Mary Bobosski is a ((#$)*", which is obviously not a real article). I think that you were too "quick on the trigger", fellow editorOnBeyondZebrax (talk) 20:04, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, I just checked the History section. I started to have self-doubt, and think that maybe my mind was playing tricks...maybe the article had been there for a while??? The article was created and then four minutes later, up went the deletion tag. OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 20:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What confused me about the policy was that I see "stub" articles with little more than a title and a single sentence. I suppose in some cases those are OK because a group have editors have decided, as part of a Wiki project, that an article is needed on that topic. Also, I have never had such a quick proposed deletion before, especially for such a low-profile article. But I went to that list of "started-and-never improved" articles, and I see your point. Most people just start badly, and walk away. My practice, though, is to develop the articles into respectable product...but I understand that you can't be scrolling through everyone's contrib's section...ThanksOnBeyondZebrax (talk) 20:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)