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Scrottball

hello i see one of my friends has put up a[REDACTED] article about scrottball

i also see that you deleted the page for certain reasons. I know his story was vulgar and that lots of stuff was fabricated but scrottball is a real sport that we invented a while ago and now we have a large community of people that know of/play scrottball. I am asking that if we put up a legitimate scrottball page with rules styles etc that you do not take it down because it would be really cool if the world can learn about and perhaps play our sport —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.153.10.133 (talk) 06:09, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Please see the appropriate guideline, in this case Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages is not for things made up one day. It explains all the reasons why such a page should not exist, even if the subject indeed exists. Regards SoWhy 06:14, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

deleted entry

Hello! You deleted the entry I created - "11:12, 12 May 2009 SoWhy (talk | contribs) deleted "Youth and environment europe" ‎ (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)" and I wanted ask why? There are many similar entries on Misplaced Pages about similar organisations or federations, like "European Environmental Bureau" - http://en.wikipedia.org/European_Environmental_Bureau, European youth forum - http://en.wikipedia.org/European_Youth_Forum, http://en.wikipedia.org/Taiga_Rescue_Network and more and they aren't considered as promotion or advertising, so why was my entry considered one? Thank you,

Venusnoire (talk) 12:14, 12 May 2009 (UTC) venusnoire

None of those entries use like like "our goals..." or try to actively promote the subject in question. Your article did and as such was deleted. Please review Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view, Misplaced Pages:Spam and Misplaced Pages:Your first article for more information on how to and how not to write an article. Regards SoWhy 12:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Could you please explain further...

Could you please explain why you deleted the article about Paul Holden? Yes, I know you listed WP:A7. But Misplaced Pages:Notability (people)#Politicians lists professions which should be considered notable, and should be exempted from discussions over whether they are notable. It explicitly exempts:

"People who have held international, national or first-level sub-national political office, including members of a legislature and judges."

Holden is one of the judges on the United States Court of Military Commission Review.

Note, the article on one of his colleagues, Amy Bechtold, was nominated for deletion.

Could you please direct my attention to the place where the deletion of the Holden article was discussed? Geo Swan (talk) 02:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

The content of the article was:

{{Infobox Person
| name=Paul Holden
| age=16
| birth_place=Chelmsford
| education=  2003 - 2010
| work=
| a levels= Religous Studies, Information Technology, Biology, Geography
}}

A different Holden, quite obviously.
Cheers, Amalthea 03:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Geo Swan (talk) 05:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure, anytime. Amalthea 06:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for TV Tropes

An editor has asked for a deletion review of TV Tropes. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I initially posted on the admin who closed the deletion discussion, but since you show up in the deletion log I thought I should inform you as well. Thank you. Sgore (talk) 11:12, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Moving edit history and deletion of List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicide totals

Hi. I decided to keep improving the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicides after getting a block over how I wanted it. Keeping it there unfinished I thought was taking unnecessary space up as well, hence wanting it deleted. Anyway, is it possible you or someone else can move the edit history from the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicide totals to the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicides?

Concerning the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicide totals, the reason I wanted it deleted is I merged it with the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicides so there was no point in keeping. I didn't know how to redirect but my understanding was there's little point in the article as it's merged (and been enhanced) since. I just want the edit history put in with the List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicides if it's not too much hassle.

Thanks. Power Society (talk) 10:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation. I left a redirect behind at List of metropolitan regions by intentional homicide totals, for it does not really hurt to have one for now. Regards SoWhy 12:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Odie5533 (talk) 04:50, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Shameless thankspam

FlyingToaster Barnstar

Hello SoWhy! Thank you so much for your nomination in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of 126/32/5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust. FlyingToaster

As SoWhy's inofficial holiday replacement, I accept this barnstar and will place it on my (non-existent) awards page. ;)
Good luck with the new buttons, Toaster! Amalthea 10:41, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

You are most welcome. I'm glad to see this on my return today, it truly fills my heart with joy (and that makes three successful nominations by yours truly ). Have fun with the new buttons at your disposal :-)

And thanks to Amalthea for handling my talk page in my absence, that was very sweet of you :-) Regards SoWhy 11:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back! FlyingToaster 11:31, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm still a bit dizzy, I was in NYC not 14 hours ago and 3 hours ago I was in Paris, I literally just came through the door (needless to say that I have not really got any sleep and am now trying to sort through my stuff^^). But in case you need any help, just ask :-) Regards SoWhy 11:46, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

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See Talk:Darwinius_masillae re: semi-protection

Please consider contributing to the discussion at Talk:Darwinius_masillae#Semi-protected after nine anon edits in two hours?. Thanks. 67.100.125.164 (talk) 12:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

RFAR

Hi SoWhy. Pardon me for coming to you with this, but I don't believe that I have the tenure to be posting to 'crat boards outside any items which would directly involve me. I noticed that you have similar views regarding the "Wheel War", and I wondered if you might offer my thoughts to fellow admins and crats.

The entire Giano incident (the current one), seems to me to stem from the interactions of Xeno and Giano. As I understand it, and I've done some extensive reading over the last couple days, their communication revolved around edits to the article: Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer. I looked through the article history, and have not found any edits by User:FlyingToaster in that article. I also reviewed the thread on Xeno's talk page #Madame_la_Comtesse! here, once again I see no comments by or about FT, and in fact, no mention of FT up to and including the discussion of the block in any manner. My point is: The fact that someone may, or may not, have been upset due to some recent (and unrelated) event, doesn't seem to me to be a reason to pull an editor into an RFAR case of wheel wars. If I were to be having a disagreement with User:ABC on article 123. And at a later time violated a policy such as NPA or CIV while talking to User:XYZ about article 789 - then the item which should be evaluated would be my interactions with XYZ. If I wished to open a separate thread or discussion about ABC, fine, but it is a separate matter.

That's not an opinion on whether or not there should, or should not, be a RFAR on the FT RfA. That is not my place to opine one way or the other. That's also not any reflection on any editor here, I have the utmost respect for all the people involved, and truly believe that everyone is only attempting to make Misplaced Pages a better website. Again, I apologize for coming to you with this, and dumping it in your lap, but you were the closest thing I could find to an established editor who was relatively uninvolved. (at least from my understanding at this point in time). Feel free to correct me, or admonish me, if I am out of line, or outright wrong in either my actions or my views. Best. — Ched :  ?  18:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I doubt my word would hold much weight in this case. Those opposing FT and her adminship see me for nominating her as somehow responsible for anything she did months ago, although I have no idea why that is. And I am sorry to say but I fail to see what you expect me to do here. I personally think everyone should calm down and I have decided to keep myself from getting too involved. I suggest you offer your thoughts with a statement at the RFAr case, your views are not less important just because you lack any artificial "seniority" (I'd even say that you, unlike most people there, can offer a truly neutral view, not being involved with this user before). I agree with you that some people seem to be desperately trying to link two incidents that are not related in any way. But all we can try to do is to try and convince ArbCom of that. I stated this already, I think if you feel the same you should just put this in the RFAr. Regards SoWhy 18:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

mmmm ... valid points all the way around SoWhy. OK, I'll give it a go, although I may get some of the formatting wrong along the way. I just hope everyone can put this behind us ASAP, and we can get back to the more mundane "User:ABC reverted my good faith edits" kind of things. Appreciate your time an consideration, Cheers. (think I just copy/paste and edit .. it'll save me a few keystrokes ;)) — Ched :  ?  20:49, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about formatting, just copy the style others used and you'll be fine. :-) I, too, hope the drama will subside soon but I fear this community is prone to it so there will be new drama soon. Anyway, you are welcome, feel free to ask whenever you need help. Regards SoWhy 20:55, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Saeed Tiwana

Not sure if you noticed, so I figured I'd comment, but this guy has been spamming his bio in multiple places with facebook/personal/business contacts. Asside from wondering if any of it is even true, there's more than significant wp:coi issues. Just thought I'd make a note of that. --Human.v2.0 (talk) 19:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed. But as I have shown in my rewrite, there is at least one reliable source mentioning him, so it fails A7. Regards SoWhy 19:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Concerning Deletion of article on Christiane Vleugels

If you think the person concerned is not significant enough, I may add that the Gallery des Beaux Art is well known in Cologne, that her works reached as far as Egypt, that she has fans from all nations, that at least four thousands of people, and probably far more, are continually keeping up with her works, and that Vleugels has been widely acclaimed for originality and photorealistic detail.

If people need to have "significant hits at news.google.com/archivesearch," then I challenge you to explain why many people mentioned in other biographical articles return no significant search results on Google News. Two examples I picked at random from the list of Belgian painters, also contemporary:

Philip Henderickx — no references except concerning the "mixing of exotic drinks"

The "De Vriendt Brothers" — no references except in an anniversary list.

You will find many more examples of these. Misplaced Pages is full of people and things that no one has ever heard about. If the article is not allowed to be created, it cannot grow, and one can only tell how well the people are really known from whether or not the article grows.

You must admit, the similarities are very close, as these also concern stub articles about little known contemporary painters which return no significant search results on Google News — yet, these were not deleted, in contrast to my own article about Vleugels. This is unreasonable and unjust, and I protest.

Please discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypernovic (talk • contribs) 21:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Please review Misplaced Pages:Other stuff exists as to why your argument is none at all. But let's see the other articles, shall we? Philip Henderickx has a reliable source mentioning him, which is enough to avoid speedy deletion. De Vriendt brothers is a copy from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition and as such presumed to be a notable topic. In comparison, the article you create did not have any indication why the subject should be considered meeting our notability guidelines. If you can provide reliable sources to verify that this is in fact the case, you are welcome to recreate the article. If your only claims stem from having fans and work in a gallery though, I advise against it. Many YouTube artists have much more fans than 4000 and still we do not think they are notable, do we? If she really is acclaimed, then it should be easy to find a single newspaper or critic writing about her, shouldn't it? Regards SoWhy 21:58, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Stupid (me I mean)

Apologies for forgetting to follow the standard AIV format earlier, I think my brain must have (hopefully) temporarily gone AWOL. I even posted the report on ANI initially! --Malleus Fatuorum 23:57, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I know this kind of situation you mean, luckily that has not yet happened to me while on Misplaced Pages ;-) Don't worry too much about it :-) Regards SoWhy 08:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

CSD RFC

Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion/Simplify_policy_RfC#Concerning_the_opinion_of_the_Arbitration_Committee - I think that the wording there is yours, with modification from an older ArbCom. Could you comment there on why the changes were made, and whether it was just a 'make it sound better' edit, or some issue that came about through ArbCom?   M  03:57, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Paul Berry (musician)

You declined a speedy deletion tag on Paul Berry (musician). This article was re-tagged for speedy deletion, and I have removed the tag. So far, the consensus at the AfD is to A7 the article. What do you think? Cunard (talk) 08:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I think reviews in reliable sources and releases on notable labels are enough to fail A7 and I have commented on the AFD in that way. Ten Pound Hammer has a history of incorrectly tagging CSD so I'm not surprised by his !vote (although I am surprised by Dank agreeing with him). Regards SoWhy 08:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting at the AfD. I've seen TPH's incorrect tagging in several of the AfDs I've participated in. The most recent case was Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Miike Snow (album) in which the CSD was added by TPH, declined by Dank, re-added by TPH, removed by me, re-added by TPH, and then deleted by Jéské. It's frustrating that he disregards the opinions of people who work at CSD. Cunard (talk) 09:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

In that case though the fault partially lies with Jéské for ignoring the previous decline, thus allowing TPH to forumshop successfully. But of course, if you notice something like that, you should remind him to not do so again. Regards SoWhy 09:16, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. I'll notify TPH if he does that again. Cunard (talk) 20:26, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Admin

Ok, First of all, how was your vacation? I hope it was good.Now, I have a question. How many edits is a good amount to go up for adminship?i have 1.5k (not that anyone is counting :P) and I first planned to go at 2k edits but now I am having my thoughts about that. I think I could make an Admin because of my involvement iwth several wikiprojects, and two articles nearly GA, One of which I have done 90% of,Lifeline ( The sound section needs to be bettered or taken out completely , and a reception section would either way, make it a GA). While my other one is in my sandbox, and is about to be created, which has mainly edited by Me and User:MelicansMatkin, Bulbasaur evolutionary lineAnd some other mid level stubs, listed on my Userpage. I am hoping you don't take this as I am taking you for a training ground (which I am DEFINITLY not), You are just my most respected Admin, and I like to hear your opinion above everyone else, Cheers!--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ _Death 16:54, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

It was great, although too expensive. Thanks for asking. :-)

Usually, people have 2000-3000 edits but those who have many automatic edits, the threshold is usually 5000 or higher. But that's just a rough estimate. Seeing your editor review yields some constructive criticism, you might want to wait for some time as both The Earwig and Timmeh raise valid points that will be lead to opposes and criticism at an RFA. I think I said it before, but you seem too eager to get adminship (see WP:TROPHY for how that might look like), which is not a good thing. You should consider getting yourself some experienced admin coach who is knowledgeable in that area and can evaluate your chances better than I can. Regards SoWhy 17:44, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm happy your vacation went well.And yes I have asked someone and currently waiting for a reply about coaching, as I got another answer saying about 3k for me, because of the quality and my created articles, but I think I'll goo off this more than that.Also I am sorry that I seem to be too eager to be an admin, I do not look at it as a trophy, but rather an opportuninty to help more, because recently I have been working in areas such as WP:AFD and would like to delete articles when a consensus have been reached etc..Well thanks for answering my query. Cheers!--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ _Death 18:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Coudl you delete User:Permethius/Sandbox4, as It is my subpage and I ahve no use for it anymore. Thanks--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ _Death 18:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Good luck with coaching then. I deleted your subpage. Regards SoWhy 18:05, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!--Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ _Death 19:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

CPUSH

Given your comment here, are you aware of WP:CPUSH? It seems a similar concept but I haven't been tracking it's adoption. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 14:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Diego de Landa (Calderón)

Hello. I have started discussion suggesting an article which you moved be moved back. See Talk:Diego de Landa Calderón and please make any comments there. Thank you. -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I have just fulfilled a requested move, I have no opinion on that matter. Regards SoWhy 17:30, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

The Middle East (band)

You deleted a valid folk band from Townsville Australia - Why? they have been written about: http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/FeaturedArtist.aspx?artistid=12670

http://oceansneverlisten.blogspot.com/2009/05/blood-middle-east.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.197.175 (talk) 08:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Because when I came across it, the only content of the page was "Watch this page". Regards SoWhy 11:24, 24 May 2009 (UTC)