Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was keep, a snowball keep and the only interested parties have now been banned from the debate for turning it intoa cesspit. 22:55, 31 October 2006 (UTC) ( Above closure was by User:JzG, who forgot to sign. the wub "?!"  13:42, 1 November 2006 (UTC) )

User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard
Violation of user space, Votestacking

Violation of user space, Votestacking:

As Jimbo Wales himself opined : "Using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea." What can I not have on my userpage

I am taking the liberty of reposting Derex's succint thoughts regarding this possible misuse of a user page / space. In light of the upcoming Nov 7 elections, and the risk that it could be used in an effort to affect actual votes, or Wiki user's free access to information, I also respectfully ask that it be "Speedy Deleted".

"The Conspiracy Noticeboard has been serving as a de facto noticeboard for people proposing and following AFD's on a particular topic: 9/11. To an extent has begun to broaden its focus into politically related articles in general, serving as an AFD conservative noticeboard. Among several recent examples, the Yellowcake forgery nomination was listed there as it went on AFD. This sort of private noticeboard strikes me as quite counter to the ideal collaborative and neutral spirit of AFD. I doubt, for example, that we would permit a WP:AFD noticeboard on topic X. Isn't that what AFD itself is for? So, I personally take issue with a user-space page which is serving the same role of co-ordinating editors with a particular outlook. There seems to be quite a lot of pre-discussion among editors watching that page, almost all of it off the relevant article talk pages. An unwiki lack of transparency, in my opinion."

I couldn't have said it better myself. Fairness And Accuracy For All 08:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC) (ex NBGPWS)


 * Note: I think the closing admin should look at this, apparently this whole thing is actually NBGPWS making an accusation --Nuclear Zer0 11:17, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Another Conspiracy Theory from a Conspiracy Theory Board member. You posted this at the top of a page laid out in chronological order in violation of protocol. I assume you feel that your newest Conspiracy Theory is so Tin-Foil-Hat worthy that it deserves to be on top of eveyone elses measurered discussion on the issues, but that's not the way things work around here. I filed an ANI. (Note that I wouldn't have called it a Conspiracy Theory except for the fact that when I refactored your use of that term towrds me, you reverted my refactor, and claimed that the term is not insulting - You're a Conspiracy Theory Board Member, so I accept your expertise on this matter as it relates to the use of the term Conspiracy Theory, among Conspiracy buffs such as yourself) Fairness And Accuracy For All 21:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess the irony is that you allege we want to delete conspiracy theorist articles regardless of merit, yet you are now calling me a conspiracy theorist. I guess I am self-hating at this point. --Nuclear Zer0 21:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think what Nuclear Zer0 is objecting to is the claim that there's a "Conspiracy Theory Board" which has members. I don't think an objective analysis would find two people on the "board" who agree on much of anything.  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 21:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep as previously kept in an MfD under a different name, and now even less possibly considered POV. Note that the (partial) nominator, as NBGPWS, was adding AfD's not related to conspiracy theories, (some not even started) to the list.  If he cannot use the list properly, it may show he does not know what a proper list might be.  It should also be noted that many projects keep AfD lists related to that project; I see no reason why an individual cannot keep AfD lists related to a topic, as long as any AfD related to that topic may be included.
 * speedy reject Speedy Delete, if I see it appear, for the reasons given in my Keep !vote. &mdash; Arthur Rubin | (talk) 08:45, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Link to previous MFD? I think you're mistaken about that. 21:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * OOPS, no MFD. I was thinking of something else entirely.  Still Keep, for the other reasons in that sentence.  Thank you for keeping me honest.  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 00:23, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment What's ironic is that numerous members of the Conspiracy Noticeboard commented on, and voted to delete the article which you mention. The same article which they objected to me posting - which they said was of no interest to them - and out of place on the board - with one editor commenting at length several times. Odd, huh? The Byron Insert Deletion Discussion Fairness And Accuracy For All 08:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * should also be noted that many projects keep AfD lists related to that project I would be interested in a list User_talk:Arthur_Rubin. What article are you two talking about? Please remember that most editors have not been involved in these arguments that you have. If what Fairness/NBGPWS is saying is true, then this statment: I see no reason why an individual cannot keep AfD lists related to a topic, as long as any AfD related to that topic may be included. is false. Travb (talk) 11:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * NBGPWS added deletion requests for Clinton Chronicles, which was removed, but was then reinserted and I retagged with NBGPWS's signature (all during his block), and The Byron Insert, which is clearly off-topic. He did repeatedly reinsert both, which I'll put down to unfamilarity with Wikipedia guidelines. Puns on "insertion" are entirely NBGPWS's fault for inserting the AfD on The Byron Insert.  WikiProjects I'm familiar with which attempt to keep lists of project-related deletions include Mathematics and Numbers.  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 14:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * There is also Guantanamo Prisoners, and I know a general one for videogame based AfD's, I can dig up the project if needed. --Nuclear Zer0 14:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete As per Fairness And Accuracy For All/NBGPWS. Many well researched articles have been deleted or been voted for deletion by those with strong political or ideological biases. See: Articles_for_deletion/Clinton_Chronicles I believe the absolute worst abuse of wikipolicy are those editors who push their own POV by deleting articles whose POV they disagree with. No matter what a persons political perusasion, and the political slant of the article, this should not be allowed to continue on wikipedia. I comment more about this here: Village_pump_(policy).  Dispite NBGPWS own AfD's, he has some excellent points.  This votestacking article should be deleted. Travb (talk) 11:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Note this user voted in the same manner as many of the user who watch this noticeboard, on the Clinton Chronicles AfD, which was keep, however not all voted in tandem, Crockspot, Strothra and Edison all voted merge or delete and only 3 other participants voted keep, pretty even split. Further Derex, the author of the MfD justification also voted keep on that article, so I am quite confused as to the point of bringing it up, especially when its shows the non-bias of the group, 3 voting keep, 1 merge, and 2 delete, technically more supporting it being kept then voting for deletion. --Nuclear Zer0 19:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment The nominator has been blocked just last week over vandalizing the board he is now attempting to get deleted, you can see his block log under User:NBGPWS the specific block is at:, he has been told so far by another admin that the page is permissable as all AfD groups that cover a specific area, cartoons, war articles, Guantanamo Bay prisoners etc. --Nuclear Zer0 11:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Nominator has a history of blocks relating to this board and vandalism, as pointed out above please see User:NBGPWS, I guess when you cannot vandalize it anymore you look for someone to delete it instead. This is clearly a WP:POINT violation as the paragraph listed above doesn't point to a rationale and the user has been told the noticeboard acts as all noticeboards related to a small group of articles, such as conspiracy based ones. --Nuclear Zer0 11:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per myself (quoted at top). If we would accept a wiki-space article like this, then this ought to be deleted and re-created there, where it's public. If we wouldn't accept such, then this ought to be deleted. Either way it should go. Derex 12:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Looks like people on both sides wanting articles to stay or go based on whether they believe the goverment's official coverups for their conspiracies. Anomo 12:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Doesn't single out individual editors and is merely a list of articles related to conspiracy theories and theorists, most of whom listed are not notable anyway. It's in userspace anyway...so no harm no foul.--MONGO 12:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete simply because it is in one person's userspace. Noticeboards are very dangerous things, and need community oversight to ensure that they are being used fairly. By definition, this can't. --InShaneee 14:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Would you be ok with this if it was moved to WikiProject_Deletion_sorting? --Nuclear Zer0 15:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep and Move to Wikispace Bad faith nom. Nom was blocked for a month under User:NBGPWS for vandalism of this page, and steadfast refusal to stop. MONGO lessened his block to 48 hours under the assumption that he would cool it and stop harassing the noticeboard and its users. Beyond this, anyone can list a conspiracy article on the noticeboard, as evidenced by the nom himself. Those who use the board are not guaranteed to argue for or against deletion, and there is no political bias on the board except against cruft. Its founder is a Democrat. I myself use the board heavily and I'm quite liberal. I can personally say I've voted "Keep" on several articles put on the noticeboard, for reasons such as article improvement during the AfD process, articles being nominated too soon after a previous keep, and many others. Nom's campaign against what he believes is a "conservative deletionist squad" borders on wikistalking, and though he's gone through proper channels this time this is not votestacking.--Rosicrucian 15:20, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have revised my above note to accomodate Sparkhead's proposal below.--Rosicrucian 21:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Just so its clear, "deletionist hit squad" was an actual term used to describe the noticeboard participants by the nominator:     --Nuclear Zer0 15:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment You're one of the editors who voted on The Byron Insert AfD. If it was compelling enough that you and several others board members voted in and commented on this AfD at length, I can't fathom how you would continie to call my actions of bringing the AfD to the board 'vandalism'. It was an appropriate AfD for inclusion on the board for you, or you would't have voted on it. This was perhaps a violation of WP:POINT, but the actions of the board showed that the board operates like a 'private club' banning participation of people with whom they may not agree, or like. Fairness And Accuracy For All 19:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Just to point out, you were not banned from anything as you later added Clinton Chronicles on the grounds you felt it was a violation of BLP and consipiracy cruft, and the people who use the noticeboard took a look at your addition, one I was skeptical about its merits, and some weighed in on it. So I am not sure of who the private club is when you are allowed to edit the noticeboard, not like permission needs to be given, and further it was taken seriously, though I was against an addition by you after the now admitted WP:POINT violation. --Nuclear Zer0 19:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Note that when I attempted to add The Clinton Chronicles AfD, it was immediately removed,  by Nuclear who is now claiming how open the board is, and that 'anyone' can post there! Deletion of Clinton Chonicles Fairness And Accuracy For All 19:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You should put this under my comment so it makes some sense and gains context, I point out however that I stated: "So I am not sure of who the private club is when you are allowed to edit the noticeboard, not like permission needs to be given, and further it was taken seriously, though I was against an addition by you after the now admitted WP:POINT violation."That is a quote from above, which is why I ask you move it, and I guess this as well.--Nuclear Zer0 19:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Given your prior disruptive behavior on that noticeboard, I think we were all a little gunshy when you showed up there again with an actual serious nomination. It's the peril of the boy who cried wolf, and while it was removed, it was later re-added and we agreed it was a good faith nom. The irony here is that if you had approached the noticeboard in a non-adversarial manner, this wouldn't have happened.--Rosicrucian 20:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I would also like to note, that people weighing in on the Bryon insert doesnt actually prove anything, If I went to a military history noticeboard and kept spamming an article on my software company with no sources, and people state they feel it should be deleted, that does not prove that its not a military history noticeboard, simply that the AfD was brought to some's attention, even by means of vandalism. --Nuclear Zer0 19:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I took action on Byron Insert because after you added it, I noticed that someone had removed the official AfD notice, and it needed to be put back in place. That does not change the fact that it was an inappropriate article to add to the conspiracy noticeboard, and that your repeated adding of it violated WP:3RR and was flying in the face of WP:POINT. It was needlessly disruptive, and the admins have already made clear that they agree with that assessment. --Rosicrucian 19:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete or move to Wikipedia space. Catchpole 15:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Move to WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Conspiracy Theories or something similar.  *Sparkhead  15:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * keep per Author Rubin and Rosicrucian. Sparkhead's suggested move makes sense as well. JoshuaZ 16:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Just to be transparent, I have made a copy of the page at User:NuclearUmpf/Temp where it will be moved to Wikipedia space if a delete vote goes through and adapted to meet Sparkheads suggestion. --Nuclear Zer0 16:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rosicrucian. Alphachimp 16:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Bad faith nomination that smacks of a personal attack against a number of editors, myself included. As pointed out above, I vote in lockstep with no one, and have opposed many of my alleged "cabal mates" on a couple of AfDs. This is handwringing run amok. - Crockspot 16:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep clearly a bad faith nomination when someone uses a rational such as this “In light of the upcoming Nov 7 elections, and the risk that it could be used in an effort to affect actual votes,” Brimba 16:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I urge admins to look at the edits of several of the board members. I believe they will find that several of the board members are 'working overtime' to add 'negative' info into the articles of numerous US Politicians running for office on Nov 7, 2006. Fairness And Accuracy For All 19:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Do any of you voting keep have an issue with it being moved into wikispace? It seems that would cover all the bases as similar pages already exist.  *Sparkhead  16:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd require a more thorough explaination on what would be required of it if it were to migrate to wikispace. While the deletion sorting page seems like a likely candidate, its format also seems radically different. Perhaps you could explain further your proposal?--Rosicrucian 17:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know that I'd change the formatting much. The way the current DS pages are structured are not a required format, and it seems most of those AfD's don't see the sheer volume of comments the AfD's listed on this page do.  Note the "template" at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Template which isn't far off from the current structure of this page. I think it's a good fit.  *Sparkhead  20:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That does seem like a pretty workable format.--Rosicrucian 21:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment I endorse "move to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Conspiracy_Theories or something similar" per Sparklehead Fairness And Accuracy For All 20:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep many wikipedians keep special interest pages. Torturous Devastating Cudgel 20:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. The reasoning given for this proposed deletion makes no sense:  I see no connection between conspiracy articles and this vague reference to conservatives and upcoming elections (do liberals support conspiracies more than conservatives?), nor is there a pattern of voting a certain way in the AfDs proposed, and it appears that there was an attempt to use the board for a point so that it could be nominated for deletion.  Sandy (Talk) 20:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment If I hear the term "bad faith nomination" one more time ever on Wikipedia, I'm going to puke. And I've heard it a lot lately. Just because someone has disagreed with you in the past, even about that article, does not make a nomination bad faith. It also has absolutely zero relevance to the merit of the AFD, which other can judge perfectly well themselves regardless of the hypothetical malign and vengeful motives of the nominator. It's a bogus ad hominem argument. .... I'd also, in the spirit of transparency, like to know who here commenting has actually used that page. Well, I actually do know, and it's quite a few. But on a wiki it's nice to be upfront about everything. To an extent, it's the same issue as this nom is trying to resolve. My involvement: I have commented unfavorably about this page before, and I became aware of it a week or two ago. Derex 20:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Those of us who use this board and have commented so far have been pretty open about it on this page.--Rosicrucian 21:11, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * some have. Derex 21:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment -- this nomination is a nice twin to Derex's harassment at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Morton devonshire/Mumites, which was a keep. Morton devonshire 00:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Lovely, more ad hominem &mdash; the last resort of those without any substantive arguments. This old page (now completely different) which I nom'ed speaks for itself. I withdrew my nom after you blanked the page yourself, so a "keep" isn't much vindication (as you essentially deleted it yourself). What on earth has on article by Morton Devonshire titled "Why I hate Mumia" got to do with this nomination by someone else about something else where your name hasn't even been mentioned? Derex 01:12, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep Central location for single topic. It's Wikiproject of sorts.  Everyone from everywhere is free to peruse and use the information.  --Tbeatty 22:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Most everyone from everywhere has no idea it exists. Plus, obviously from the history, not everyone is welcome to add things. Hence, the idea of moving it to somewhere in wikispace. Derex 22:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Arthur Rubin, Rosicrucian and Tbeatty. If this should go, then the pages devoted to saving school stubs from deletion need to go too. Jayjg (talk) 22:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Posts like the following (more to come) are more proof of the board's admitted agenda and/or bias."'Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lori Klausutis (third nomination) -- not conspiracy theory, but axe-grinding piece of cruft promoted by Left-Leaners. Had been deleted and then re-created. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morton devonshire'''"Left-Leaners Fairness And Accuracy For All 23:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * She was the subject of a conspiracy theory, according to the deleted article. Seems relevant to me.  Just because the nominator couldn't produce a coherent reason is no reason to delete if there is one, just as your failure to produce a coherent reason for your nominations is no reason to delete if there is one.  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 23:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declaration_of_peace (not directly related at all, but it deserves a look)'' Nominated by Aaron 23 Sept 2006 Declaration of Peace Fairness And Accuracy For All 23:40, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This one was removed within 20 minutes. Using it as an example against the page is completely disingenuous. GabrielF 23:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 'Disingenuous'? How many board members voted in the AfD? Fairness And Accuracy For All 01:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. It’s routine for users to keep list of articles they are interested in on their userpages, see e.g. User:XP/PendingDeletionsofNote, see also User:XP’s inquiry to Admin Tyrenius about the use of such pages, and Admin Tyrenius’ endorsement of the concept.  Further, this is a nomination from the former NBGPWS, now calling himself Fairness And Accuracy For All, who was blocked for 30 days for disruption of Wikipedia.  If you wonder why he nominated this, peruse this comment from his old talk page:  ”It would take me about 180 seconds to get a new IP address and username, if I actually CARED too. I don't. Let Wiki get overun by Conservative axe grinders who go back to their far-right wing boards and BRAG about 'getting over' on the 'Commies' who run Wiki - since that what your actions are, in essence, helping to accomplish. It doesn't hurt ME one bit, just Wiki. NBGPWS 05:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)”.  Yes, this is a bad faith nomination.  Morton devonshire 02:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * "Using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea."Jimbo Wales -- What can I not have on my userpage - Fairness And Accuracy For All 03:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You're completely misinterpreting both what Jimbo said and what we're doing. Jimbo doesn't mean that you can't use a userpage to help clean up the wiki and we aren't campaigning for anything except eliminating inherently bad articles. In fact, the only one attacking people is you. GabrielF 02:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've attacked no one. "inherently bad" ? Your private board shouldn't play judge, jury and executioner as to what you, or anyone else considers 'bad'. Fairness And Accuracy For All 02:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Who said they do? This is becoming overly dramatic at this point. If an article is put on the noticeboard it still goes through the normal AfD process, and AfD is not a vote anyway. --Nuclear Zer0 03:50, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment I don't need to respond in kind with quotes from you. Admins know how to find them. Fairness And Accuracy For All 02:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. After looking at the page itself, the nomination doesn't make any sense to me. It's someone's innocuous user subpage, listing a bunch of AfD results of interest. So freaking what? Grand  master  ka  04:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete - Though keeping it does serve as proof that there is indeed a conspiracy to delete pages that do not match the GOP version of reality. BenBurch 04:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * As a guy whose spent the last week making phone calls for democratic house candidates I resent that. This has nothing to do with the "GOP version of reality" LOOK AT THE PAGES THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED! First, the vast majority are only tangentially related to American politics. Second, they weren't nominated or deleted because people disagreed with the subject, they were deleted because they didn't meet wikipedia policy, particularly notability. Do you honestly believe that we need article's on books that are owned by fewer than 30 libraries? Or people whose only claim to fame is that they are someone's webmaster? Do you think that getting rid of those articles has anything to do with politics? Some leftists have this tendency to purge anyone who disagrees with them  - it drives me absolutely up the wall. GabrielF 05:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I actually had a lot of useful contributions to wikipedia planned for this week, but instead I've been spending my time responding to vandalism of the noticeboard, vacuous accusations on my talk page, the village pump, various AfDs and deletion reviews and now here. This nomination is groundless and absurd. "Fairness and Accuracy for All" - a user who was recently blocked for a month for incivility, vandalism and violating 3RR - is upset that an article about a friend of his was deleted. He brought the AfD before deletion review and deletion was endorsed, he tried vandalizing the noticeboard on my userspace and was blocked, now he's trying a frivolous and time wasting MfD. This is a revenge nomination. It makes absolutely no sense - the idea that I'm somehow trying to influence the midterm elections is laughable. Almost none of the articles nominated have anything to do with politics. Finally, the noticeboard's record speaks for itself. 46 out of 55 or so AfDs listed have been either deleted or merged, many of them were decided unanimously. Look through those AfDs and see if they were nominated for political reasons or because they were sucky articles. You'll see that this nomination is completely baseless. GabrielF 05:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per MONGO and GabrielF. There's no harm in a user keeping a list of articles. --Aude (talk) 11:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - like my list of pages at User:Tom harrison/ToDo. Tom Harrison Talk 16:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per NuclearZer0, Rosicrucian, and Morton devonshire as many editors (both conservative and liberal, Republican & Democrat) have tracked AfD by this list as this is useful. So much for my "Wikibreak" - I couldn’t resist this any longer. I spotted this last night, and since then this has become a circus by one specific editor. This same editor got blocked for disruptive behavior pertaining to this ConspiracyNoticeboard, and now wants to prove a point by deleting it altogether under a new name. Don’t miss the forest because of the trees here people, this was a bad faith nomination. I am surprised this has continued to go on like it has. JungleCat    talk / contrib  21:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * "this was a bad faith nomination." Puke, as above. Derex 21:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not one of those wife asking- Does this dress make me look fat? situations, you can tell the truth here. JungleCat    talk / contrib  22:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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