Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Bowie State University, Department of Public Safety

The following text was removed from AfD page for several reasons, including that the discussion of sockpuppetry has no real bearing on this deletion debate. For the sake of clarity, I have removed the post by the creator's partner at the same time; however, the closing administrator may choose to put such weight on it as s/he chooses.

- Let it be, what is wrong with everyone, do we really have nothing better to do than attack someone's work. Look if the information is verifiable there is no reason why anyone needs to address its existence on the site. Wikipedia was created to be a media that everyone can resort to for information about all sorts of subjects that they are interested in, so the size of a department has nothing to do with its notability. Concentrate your efforts in finding the articles out there that publish misrepresentations of the truth. The test is simple, if the information is verifiable, and is true, then there should be no reason why we would delete it of this page. This site is created to encompass all information, from minute to large details about any existing subject. Please do not delete, because this will mark a trend of opinionated deletions that do not address the truth in an article or its verifiablility. The article in question does have refrences and third party citations, so leave it alone!!!!!! Orthodoxpharoah (talk) 08:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Orthodoxpharoah


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 * Check out the edit history on Orthodoxpharoah's user page . Obvious sockpuppet. --L. Pistachio (talk) 09:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

All I would ask of User:Lord Pistachio is that he remain objective and look at all evidence provided (as a courtesy I'm sure he would want done if the tables were turned on him) Thanks to all for an objective look. Sallicio (talk) 20:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Sallicio
 * Please check it out...also, check out User talk:Lord Pistachio, you can also check out my user page, in which I make no bones that User:Orthodoxpharoah is a friend of mine (along with two other wikipedians, one of which is an admin). I think he may be taking this a bit too personally. I explained to him about this "obvious" sock puppet (and also a reasonable compromise for the AfD). Anyway, if anyone has any questions feel free to contact me!Sallicio (talk) 11:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Sallicio
 * I'm not taking this personally, I'm just calling out a blatant violation of the rules where I see one. Whether it's a sockpuppet or a meatpuppet, it's equally against policy. --L. Pistachio (talk) 17:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Part of "not taking something personally" includes being objective to all evidence provided, which you are obviously not. When one starts to realize that he or she is wrong the "well anyways" start to slip in. Now, I understand that all the jury here has to go on is circumstancial evidence, (as it is quite impossible to have direct evidence in a forum such as this) I proffer some questions all should ask themselves when investigating this or anything else:
 * Does the suspected person have an established history on the site?
 * What contributions has the suspect given?
 * Does the suspect have a history of suspected sockpuppetry?
 * Does the suspect have a history of starting or participating in heated debates?
 * Does the suspect fit the "profile" of a user that would have sockpuppets?
 * Does the alleged sockpuppet fit the profile as such?
 * Note - regarding the allegations of sockpuppetry and meatpuppetry, please see Suspected sock puppets/Sallicio and Sallicio's explanation on that page. (I would also encourage more comments there.)  --Iamunknown 22:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)