User talk:Tonywalton/Archive-Aug-2009

Drag boat racing
Hi Tony! I'm a new contributor (less than 1k contributions), and I can see from your profile, that you've really contributed quite a lot. I've noticed that you were a contributor to this article - drag boat racing. My brother raced for several years in his life (out in California), and in fact broke a world record in his class. I'm sure that having an article about him probably isn't notable enough though. I did look at some of the other notable links to articles on drag boat racers, and only found one or two out of the whole list that were actual drag boat racers, the others referenced some other sport related athlete with the same name (football players, drag racers, etc).Zul32 (talk) 21:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Whew! Those edits (I presume you mean to the Drag boat racing article itself) were a long time ago and were pretty much housekeeping; I listed the article for deletion then delisted it after its creator requested time to work on it. I've not touched it or looked at it for over three years.


 * It certainly sounds as though you know a lot more about the subject than I do. I guess it sounds as though it needs some cleanup and I'd be happy to help you out with that (but you supply the drag boat racing expertise).
 * Firstly, notability of your brother. Notability is a guideline, so it's not set in stone. The relevant guideline is probably this for your brother, though it's a little difficult with a sport such as drag boat racing which hasn't such a world-wide following. I wonder if people named as notable surfers might provide a clue as to who gets included... There's also a potential problem with conflict of interest in writing an article about a close relative.


 * As for the listed people who aren't drag boat racers, they should probably be removed. The applicable policy is verifiability. If proof can be found in a a reliable source that someone should be there then fine, otherwise they should be removed. However watch out for similarly-named people (such as Alastair Cook and Alastair Cooke) - has someone just put the wrong name in the article?) and identically-named people (such as Tom Jones and Tom Jones). I'll take a look at the article (tomorrow, it's getting to beer o'clock here in the UK!) and get back to you about specifics. Cheers, Tonywalton Talk 22:38, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No Tony, I'm no expert on this subject (at all) I've just enjoyed watching my brother race. Perhaps others will spend a bit of time working on it and help improve the article.Zul32 (talk) 14:36, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Turkish Maid
Hi Tony,

As you'd know I tagged Turkish Maid for speedy deletion, a deletion which you effected. I tagged it as G3 Pure Vandalism. You deleted it as A7 not meeting general criteria for inclusion. Did I do it wrong? I mean it was (as far as I could see) total shite put up by some smart arse for a laugh. This happens to me a bit. I nominate something for speedy deletion, it gets shitcanned but under a different criterion than the one I nominated it for.

I find all of this most vexing. I've read all the documentation but yet something eludes me. Hoping you can shed some light here. Crafty (talk) 13:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC) == Wikipedia Signpost : 3 August 2009 ==


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re "Recent Death" templates
The Robin Cook was an oversight, my mistake. Feel free to remove those that you feel are past the need for the template. There was, however, no need for the bolded emphasis in your posting. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 22:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

DBZfan29
I wonder if DBZfan29 realizes that by bringing up the Abtract thing, he's only showing that he is the one engaging in some wikistalking? *sigh* His ranting is getting rather annoying. No one is stalking him and his own claims that I am are so ridiculous. Anyone could easily see that I've been working on the DB articles for over a year now, long before he even had an account. The only edits of his I've ever interacted with have all been related to DB articles, and I don't revert improvements. His continued throwing around of the whole stalking thing is so annoying. He has no idea what its like to really be stalked...I know he's just throwing a tantrum but ugh. Anyway, thanks for continuing to try to help him understand the issues and trying to get him to try to learn more appropriate behavior. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 01:55, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

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