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Benjamin Disraeli#Bentinck and the Leadership

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in the said paragraph, you added a reference of a certain Morley, but the bibliographical information is missing. Do you still have it, in which case, could you add it, please? Thanks in advance? --Jerome Potts (talk) 21:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

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S-line usage and page layout factors

I have started some work on this stub: Rydal,_New_South_Wales since it is local to where I live. I note the railway information has already been contributed.

My preference is for the rail information panel to appear under, and aligned with, the geographical information, i.e., forming a right hand column. (Currently the rail information is centered under the text content.)

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Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Duck Island, garden feature

Hi, Mackensen. Please add a closing rationale to Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Duck Island, garden feature. Summarizing the arguments of the debate will allow the users to understand how you weighed the arguments. Note that I do not disagree with your close of this AfD, but in divided discussions, it is best to provide a rationale. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 19:43, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

  • Thanks, but I've been at this a while and I didn't see a need for a rationale. The consensus was to delete and the arguments were grounded in policy. I think a rationale is needed when consensus is non-obvious. Cheers, Mackensen (talk) 00:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
I think there is to provide a rationale, since the deletion was disputed. I am particularly concerned because Cunard continued the AfD "in order to "generate more discussion about MuffledThud's "keep" opinion". Three hours later, there was one additional comment, a keep, with a suggested title change -- and just two hours after that you closed as delete. This in my opinion is ignoring both the general concept behind relisting--and if you regard Cunard's relisting as an admin action,more specifically not paying any respect to the grounds on which he made it. I think you do need to provide an explanation of why you did that-- first, why you did not keep it open longer, and second the seeing a relisted debate, obseving an additional keep, and closing delete. You're essentially reverting Cunard's close without prior discussion with him and over his subsequent objections. (I have no particular view at this pointon the issue of the article--I did not comment at the AfD) DGG ( talk ) 19:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
I agree with DGG's assessment of the situation. Please explain why you ignored the relist. In this AfD, there was the nominator, three "delete" opinions (discounting the unregistered users), and two "keep" opinions (discounting one unregistered user). The "delete" opinions mainly discussed how the article was being used to make a political statement and lacked sources, while the "keep" opinions provided numerous sources about the topic. I believe that the AfD should have been more of a "no consensus" close since none of the "delete" opinions discussed the validity of the sources provided by MuffledThud (talk · contribs). I relisted the discussion so that those who voted "delete" could explain whether MuffledThud's sources were valid or not. Cunard (talk) 21:28, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, for one, I missed the date on the relist. I came to the debate from the old AfDs list, and naturally assumed that the relist was far earlier. I wouldn't have closed the debate at all had I seen that it was on the 17th. I'm quite content to be reverted immediately on those grounds--the relist should stand and the debate should be moved to the correct date. Taking the debate as a whole, leaving aside that I missed the date of the relist, the most comments favored deletion and I found them persuasive. Furthermore, the article itself seemed (to me) a fairly obvious and implausible WP:COATRACK. In any event, I'll reverse myself on the grounds that the relist should go the full measure, and I apologize for the mistake. Mackensen (talk) 22:42, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it looks like a coatrack, but I didn't see enough discussion in the debate for it to be closed as delete. Thanks for relisting the debate; I've moved it to the correct date. Best, Cunard (talk) 23:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Re: T&P station

Yes, there is something wrong. The NRHP parameters have shrunk considerably compared to those from the Trains parameters. I've noticed that a lot of the combined Trains/NRHP infoboxes you worked on have this problem. Not all of them, mind you, but a lot of them nonetheless. ----DanTD (talk) 16:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

  • Well, the font size in Infobox Station is slightly smaller ever since we switched over to {{Infobox}}, but that's true project-wide. I don't really see that as a problem. Certainly not one which would justify keeping a forked template. However, the font size should be consistent across all of them. I would be curious if you could point to a converted Infobox which didn't have this "problem." I mean, I think we're talking about one point in font size, if that. I can barely see it. Mackensen (talk) 16:21, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

F-Zero

Please do not move series articles like this again. These things are controversial (especially since there was not a consensus to include that guide) and should be done through WP:RM. TJ Spyke 00:09, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

BLP Relisting of Thomas K. Dye‎

Hi. Just dropping you a line that I'm going to be disputing the way this was re-listed and closed out. Despite the re-listing policy, there *were* more than a two comments on this, and there *were* stated policy reasons for people saying keep. The closing admin also appears to have done so without consensus being shown. --Barberio (talk) 00:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

  • What you refer to as a policy is actually a guideline; the purpose of a relisting is to broaden a debate, which is what happened. I didn't think the discussion had sufficient commentary, and the doubling of comments after the relisting could only aid the discussion. Feel free to challenge the close at DRV, but I don't see the relisting as being in error or subject in itself to review. Cheers, Mackensen (talk) 00:35, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Should the WP:RELIST guideline be changed? I don't think the rule that "the discussion has only one or two commenters (including the nominator), and/or it seems to be lacking arguments based on policy" is what any admins are going by. Fences&Windows 01:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
It's a guideline; it's not enforceable. I've been closing deletion discussions for five years and I've never heard of any such thing. I doubt whomever wrote the current wording had any idea it would be used as a justification for overturning a subsequent close. Mackensen (talk) 01:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Look, if you don't like the guideline, find consensus to get it changed. Don't just go around saying "It's only a guideline, I don't have to follow it." The guide line is the only documented[REDACTED] process that allowed you to re-list in the first place, if you don't want to follow it, don't re-list.
Ignoring, or apparently being ignorant of, the consensus developed guidelines... then turning around and saying "well, since we've not been following it, we don't *have* to follow it at all" is exactly the kind of stuff that gets people upset at Admins. Don't like a guideline, work to change it, don't just ignore it and declare it invalid *because* you ignore it.--Barberio (talk) 04:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
About a year a couple people on the Deletion Process talk page decided to spell out in greater detail how the mechanism worked. This was apparently in response to a phenomenon of multiple relistings. It was not their intention to bind administrators to any stricter standard; if it was, they would have needed to seek wider input. The guideline is just that: they're a suggestion about how to conduct a deletion discussion. For actual policy, see Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy. Changing a policy page does not change a policy by itself, unless it has consensus (leaving aside that this isn't a policy, it's a guideline, and administrators are free to depart from it). The relisting was fine and completely within policy. Now, let's look at what the relisting portion of the guideline currently says:
However, if at the end of the initial seven-day period, the discussion has only one or two commenters (including the nominator), and/or it seems to be lacking arguments based on policy, it may be appropriate for the closer to relist it, to get further discussion to determine consensus. It may be closed once consensus is determined without necessarily waiting a further seven days.
That said, relisting should not be a substitute for a no-consensus closure. If the closer feels there has been substantive debate, disparate opinions supported by policy have been expressed, and consensus has not been achieved, a no-consensus close may be preferable.
Nothing in that compels the administrator to relist or not relist; rather, it spells out a situation where you should consider doing so. That page is meant to guide an administrator, not bind him or her. It clearly leaves it to the discretion of the administrator to decide whether a debate has had sufficient input to warrant an actual close. On reviewing the debate, I decided that it had not, and would best be served by an additional seven days. Mackensen (talk) 12:00, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Please note that I've said all I'm ever going to say on this question, and indeed never expected that I would ever have to write so much on the matter of relisting a deletion debate, nor that the ethical balance of the project would hang on this matter. Mackensen (talk) 04:16, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The issue is no longer the re-listing, but the attitude you have taken that Administrators are free to ignore guidelines at will and declare them to be "wrong" simply by refusing to act by them. That affects the ethical balance of the project, by giving Admin the power to nullify policies and guidelines created by general editor consensus. Admin are not a ruling class who get to decide what rules they will follow. --Barberio (talk) 04:22, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure what about that note said "please, let's continue this on my talk page." I've already responded on the village pump where it's more visible. I have not taken the attitude you ascribe to me and I find your entire approach deeply repugnant and offensive. Mackensen (talk) 04:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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Anyone who creates a valid article under a title I'd deleted is more than welcome to do so; I don't generally keep track anyway.  :) Thanks for all of your great work and the great new article. Always a pleasure to see your stuff and have a word or two with you. Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 08:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Kudos to you, sir, for this excellent article! (Though as a resident of NW Ohio, I admit that I might be a bit biased ... ) Thanks, — Kralizec! (talk) 03:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you very much ;) Mackensen (talk) 11:46, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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OK, got it thanks. I've asked for a change to be made to the template syntax: Template_talk:Infobox_SCOTUS_case#WP:MOSDASH. Tony (talk) 01:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Mackensen, I'm putting this here because it was you who blocked the sockpuppets and underlying IP in this investivation. Two new heads, User:Antoniarowland and User:Madgebrandt popped up this morning, presumably from a different IP. This looks very much like bot spam, and going through another CU request seems a little tedious - any chance you could check to see if there's another IP that could be blocked? Blocking the socks as they pop up is a no-brainer, but because they keep creating new ones that don't return after the first spam attack it doesn't prevent future spamming. Cheers, bonadea contributions talk 10:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

template:S-rail-national

I am confused about the use of this template. Is this now the recommended template for UK stations to show the lines which serve it? I have been unable to work out how to set-up the old destination stations that used to appear in the 'left' and 'right' templates. Template:S-line/FCC left/Cambridge is an example that used to work, but creating template:S-line/National Rail left/First Capital Connect (as National Rail is the System, and First Capital Connect the Line does seem to produce any output.

Any ideas? Ajcoxuk (talk) 01:18, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the reply, but the example you suggest also doesn't appear to be working in the manner I thought. If you compare the section for Manchester Metrolink you will notice the previous and next boxes containing the text 'towards' and a linked destination station. Having moved to using the S-rail-national template I cannot get these destination stations to appear. If the template is just a tweaked copy of s-line, then I would expect this functionality to still be available, but how does it now need setting up? I would guess it is something to do with setting up the 'left' and 'right' templates, as I mention above, but to-date I have not been successful. Thanks again Ajcoxuk (talk) 12:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
    • Strike that; you were right the first time (it's been a while since I looked at this). National Rail is the system, but s-rail-national was designed to make that non-obvious. At the request of UK:RAIL, terminus display is suppressed and not implemented. Mackensen (talk) 21:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

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Athenean "sockpuppetry "case"

I would greatly appreciate if you would answer my e-mail from two weeks ago where I demanded explanation and more details about the sockpuppetry case that I initiated. Thank you very much.Draganparis (talk) 13:07, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

  • I'm sorry; I missed your email at first. Having now read it I have nothing to add to what I said publicly and I regret that I cannot give you a more specific answer to your query. Best, Mackensen (talk) 22:43, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


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Metra-style infobox suggestions

If I'm not mistaken, we've both considered new Metra-style infoboxes, and I think I've just come up with one;

  • Title pages should have a medium-blue background with white helvetica lettering(as done on the official signs).
  • Titles for segments such as Station statistics, Services, other info, should always be in correspondence with each Metra color, and lettering should be either white or black, depending on which is more visible.
  • In the event that a station has more than one line(Clybourn, River Grove, Western Avenue Milwaukee District, many stations along the Metra Electric line from Millennium Station to Kensington/115th Street), those segments of the infobox should be black with white lettering. Exceptions are for stations that share services with Amtrak and the Chicago "L's."

I didn't actually make any of these yet, I just thought I'd throw my idea for them your way. What do you think of it? ----DanTD (talk) 13:18, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

  • I like the sound of that and it shouldn't pose any great technical barrier. Let me play around with that. Mackensen (talk) 13:44, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
  • I'm testing the generic Metra style at Clybourn. The one problem I'm hitting is the blue linked text from the "type" parameter disappears against the blue background. It may be necessary to modify Infobox station to deal with that. Mackensen (talk) 14:04, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
    • That's going to be a pain in the neck, with ramifications elsewhere. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of type and it's probably a style violation somewhere to keep it in the above matter. Mackensen (talk) 14:27, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

No hard feelings

Wow. I may not agree with your suggestion, but you sound incredibly hurt. I just happen to think that the existing naming convention makes a lot more sense(although I'd like to see a return of SEPTA's old names, and maybe a return of the Newark City Subway), and if it seemed like I was jumping down your throat over this I apologize. I just hope you don't think I mean any harm. ----DanTD (talk) 00:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Atlantic City Line

A lot of these stations are still owned by Amtrak and have the old Amtrak codes. There must be a reason for that. ----DanTD (talk) 02:05, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

  • I can't speak to the ownership, but Amtrak started through-booking to the Atlantic City Line stations in 1994, and kept doing so after the Express stopped running. I think they do that for other NJT stations on the corridor but I'm not sure. Mackensen (talk) 21:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

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New image on Spring Garden (MFL station)

I see you finally posted an image for Spring Garden (SEPTA Market-Frankford Line station). I was planning to make this part of my trip as well. Only in the picture I wanted to take, you could acutally see Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania. Just one more for me to consider skipping. ----DanTD (talk) 23:49, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Request for lifting of restriction

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