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It's clean-up duty, mopping up after the dishonest, incompetent, and fanatical. Can't imagine why you'd have a problem with that.

Some ground rules before you leave a message

I am not an admin. I did not delete your page or article, nor did I block you. I may have, at the very most, suggested or urged deletion of pages or articles but I have no power or ability to do so on my own. I'm just an editor.
This also means, of course, I cannot undelete your page/article, nor unblock you. I can, however, offer you a cookie.
If you are here to make an argument dependent on arcane or convoluted interpretations of Wikipedia guidelines or rules, note that Wikipedia is not game of nomic nor a court of law. Adherence to common sense and rational argument trumps ruleslawyering, as far as I'm concerned. I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt, thankyouverymuch.
There is no Rule 4.
Don't post when drunk. Seriously.
All communication sent via the "E-mail this user" link is considered public, at my discretion. Reasonable requests for confidentiality will be honored, but the whole "e-mail is sacrosanct and private" argument I do not buy for one solitary second. Do not expect to use that argument as an all-purpose shield.
Do not assume I'm stupid, especially when arguing for something obviously untrue. I do not respond well to having my intelligence insulted.
Don't lie to me like I'm Montel Williams. Do I look like Montel Williams? Do I? NO? Then don't lie to me like I'm Montel Williams.
Especially bogus, hostile, and/or trolling remarks are subject to disemvoweling.
Please post at the bottom of the page and "sign" your posts using the squiggly things (--~~~~).
Please extinguish all cigarettes, as this is a No Smoking page.

Thank you. -- The Management.

NAFOURA Magazine

I would debate your message regarding whether NAFOURA Magazine on WIKI is being used as a form of advertising for the benefit of a company. NAFOURA Magazine is an important resource for many belly dancers worldwide. Deleting this page from WIKI ultimately is stopping belly dancers from being aware of its existence and the amount of positive useful knowledge that the magazine adds to the belly dancing art worldwide. Please be aware that there aren't any other magazines that focus on belly dancing and in context to the world market. Deleting this page from WIKI is a big shame, especially for all belly dancers and for the belly dancing art, which lacks enough credible publications that promote it. Please reconsider your decision. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nafoura (talk • contribs) 14:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not spamming

NAFOURA Magazine isn't a profit making business thank you very much. No one takes earnings for the amount of hard work that goes into it. The magazine is genuinely dedicated to furthering knowledge and awareness of belly dance. Your response is typical of someone who clearly has no idea about Belly Dancing. I will keep this remark and publish it in the next issue of our magazine. Let's see what our readers think of your inaccurate comment and whether in fact the page is spamming.

What do you call this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_(magazine) Spammming??

Ahem, it was me that deleted it. I would love an honourable mention in your magazine – big B, small h. Thanks. – B.hotep •talk• 14:51, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CSD

I noticed you tagged quite a few {{db-spam}} user and user talk pages, and many of them were quite old. I believe I deleted most of them. How were you able to find them so quickly? Thanks for the hard work! Plastikspork (talk) 05:34, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Peeball

Help? What did I do wrong? I must admit I find Wikipedia very confusing (clearly as I don't even understand how to sign correctly) but, as a new user, I'm only trying to create good content about useful and positive topics. Obviously my style isn't right but please help me correct it? At the moment I'm feeling rather attacked which I'm sure wasn't your intention?

Thanks—Preceding unsigned comment added by Herculous (talk • contribs) 00:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WooMe, speedy deletion

You commented on my talk page suggesting that it be speedily deleted. I had information on there requesting feedback, which I incorporated before posting my article. I would like to contest that as well as contest my talk page being deleted. I used the advice given to me on the WooMe article when writing the Mingle2 article, which was not deleted. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/mingle2 . The pages I created are not blatent advertising. I did use a twitter post as a reference, which is not a reliable source I understand. There are many sources on the article that I wrote, especially since WooMe is listed as the top 10 most popular dating sites according to TechCrunch which is a very reliable source for the industry. Appreciate your feedback as I'm interested in keeping my wiki account in good standing, thanks! Vlectronica (talk) 17:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Actragroup

As always, thanks for your hard work. One request: add the {{notenglish|[language]}} tag when the G11 page is not in English, so that everyone is looking at the same thing. I can muddle through German, French and Spanish (at least, enough to make a G11 call, usually), but Dutch leaves me clueless. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 15:40, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to a Tweet

Hey, saw your post on ANI about how to link to a specific Tweet. Here's what I found on a google search:

First, make sure you’re logged in and on the “Home” page of Twitter. On the right, click on “updates”. Locate the tweet you’d like to link to, and find where it shows how long ago the tweet was tweeted (ex: “about 2 hours ago”). Click that and you should be taken to a page that displays only that specific tweet. Copy the url in the address bar, and paste it where ever you want to link directly to that tweet.

Hope that helps! — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 13:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:WalktoEndMS

Hello, Thank you for taking the time to read my article. I am just learning to navigate my way through Wikipedia. My intention was to post the article under the Charity/finance/fundraising section like the other charity fundraisers. I thought I might be able to do that through the personal page. Would you happen to know how I can post my article in that section? Do you have any other advice for me so I don't get flagged like this in the future? Thank you for your help--WalktoendMS (talk) 16:10, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brandishing the Speedy Delete on my user page

That just sucks. Sorry, someone had to say it. Obviously I hadn't edited the page in some time, and yes, it was about my company. But I'm trying to follow the guidelines to the best of my ability. Once I had completed the article (and I was a long way off - I tend to be a heavy editor/rewriter) I was going to submit the article to an editor and ask for neutral feedback on the piece. I had no intention of publishing the content as-was.

If you could assist me in creating a neutral article regarding my company (because we're noteworthy IMO) then I welcome your sharpest editorial red pen, so to speak. First, however, I'll need my goddamn user page content replaced.

Very truly yours, Motobasura (talk) 22:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahem. Calton didn't delete your user page, Dank did. So, why don't you go over to them and ask them. – B.hotep •talk• 22:15, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I read the needlessly flippant instructions - this was the only starting point I could find. How did you uncover who deleted my user page? I found nothing in the history. (You know, for the next time I have something deleted...) Motobasura (talk) 22:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At the top of the history there is a link which says "view the logs for this page" that will tell you. Viridae ^Talk 22:23, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely, thanks for the assistance. Motobasura (talk) 22:32, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete on My Page

Hey. My post is somewhat similar to the previous one. I am not going to publish my article as it is. It is about my company but will modify it before actually posting it. Will also be asking for formal feedback once i am done. Instead of putting the speedy deletion tag, what will be be helpful is if you can give tips on how to improve it, and not make it sound like blatant advertising!

Cheers, Shruti

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrutikedia (talk • contribs) 07:00, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Plusein, Re: Ctreatures of the Wind speedy deletion

Hi, thanks for watching over Wikipedia. I researched other wiki pages about similar fashion entities, and based my entry on those and my own thoughts on an acceptable entry. I have read the related wikipedia guidelines and edited the article in what I think is a reasonable way, and said they same on the page's talk page. Thanks! Plusein (talk) 07:20, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Lexington Principles on the Rights of Detainees

In this instance, on a second look, I realized you're absolutely correct and this is a blatant candidate for deletion, and I added a delete comment accordingly.

Since I've only recently started getting involved in AfD's for law, I'm wondering if you could gather together some hyperlinks that would inform me of the AfD principles and put them on my talk page. I would appreciate that.

Agradman ^talk/_contribs 14:53, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Calton, please don't make this difficult -- I'm attempting to extend an olive branch here and demonstrate to you that I'm not an adversary. I made this comment here since you were unhappy with my contributions to the AfD; I think you are right in requesting deletion, and I sought to revise my comments there to reflect this; if you think I've interfered with your purpose there I'm willing to make further changes to make this clear. In requesting information on the AfD procedures, I'm trying to indicate that I'm ignorant and willing to learn. There's no reason to turn this into a fight. Agradman ^talk/_contribs 15:06, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All right, that's a fair critique of Limited global quota for upland cotton. I've made several changes to the page, including:

created a page for the redlink, Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
added content from the federal government webpage on the program, and included the hyperlink
included a hyperlink to the previously-existing text on Wikisource, consisting of President Carter's proclamation creating the program.

Of course, you're welcome to put an AfD on the article at any time, but I hope this answers your concerns.
On a related note, are you suggesting that a prerequisite for creating Wikipedia articles is a knowledge of each of the AfD criteria? In addition to requesting info on the AfD criteria, I now need to ask for a citation to that claim. Thanks. Agradman ^talk/_contribs 15:46, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:Username_policy#Draft_revision_of_the_policy

See particularly this. - Dank (push to talk) 20:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I want to add a footnote to my message at WP:UAA, "If promotional edits continue, please warn first, then report to WP:WPSPAM". I need to give the standard answer since it's UAA and people are looking for standard answers there ... but of course there's no rule that you have to watch for and report spam. - Dank (push to talk) 03:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UAA

Have you considered adminship so that you can clear them out yourself? --Step hen 02:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just letting you and other editors who do a lot of listings at UAA know that the username policy has underwent some changes as of yesterday. You may wish to look it over at your convenience. Cheers, Nja²⁴⁷ 09:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Angieyuneve

In regard to this edit, I tend to think that if someone is using their user talk page for advertising, speedy deletion of the page is not the best way to deal with it, because any warnings to the editor (such as warning them not to use the page for advertising) will get deleted as well. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:22, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at Met's talk page. - Dank (push to talk) 16:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Btw Calton ... as you can see, I never did escape from G11 work, I'm still on the job. Maybe I'll get a vacation some day ... - Dank (push to talk) 16:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Attacks on living persons

I removed your attack per WP:BLP. Please do not restore it; thank you. --NE2 05:40, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hullaballoo Wolfowitz

I have been looking through the archives of user Hullaballoo Wolfowitz and noticed that he has harassed you in the past. I have noticed he has a history of editing harassing other users as well. This editor attacked me in an AfD for "axe grinding" and then started reverting unrelated edits of mine calling me a "disruptive IP anon" etc. I admit I was a bit short when the AfD was new because the living person that was its subject started canvasing before I had added the article to the AfD log. However, he refuses to discuss anything with me on his talk page which makes me think this isn't a fluke. I don't know what to do in a situation like this so I have opened a Wikiquette alert about this subject and seek your advice. 74.237.158.41 (talk) 06:40, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional information needed on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Urllee52

Hello. Thank you for filing Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Urllee52. This is an automated notice to inform you that the case is currently missing a code letter, which indicates to checkusers why a check is valid. Please revisit the page and add this. Sincerely, SPCUClerkbot (talk) 13:04, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Username reports

Hey, I saw your reports at improper usernames and wondered if you were using an automated script to do the reporting? Thanks. Netalarm 16:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And I'm wondering if it is one person behind the recent ones today. Dougweller (talk) 13:30, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: User:Calton/Watchlist

"Watchlists" of that sort aren't exactly encouraged. Keeping tabs on pages is fine, but that's what we have Special:Watchlist for. Keeping tabs on people is a different story; people, unlike pages, can get quite offended by somebody tracking their every move. If you'd like, I can restore the page, but you'd have to consent to removing all information about editors and anything that could stir drama. Thanks, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:30, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't quite call it paranoia. There are a lot of people who would call this 'stalking'. In a form, it is. I appreciate your good intentions, but, unfortunately, in this scenario they don't outweigh the potential consequences. Bring pages you think are troublesome to attention at WP:MFD if you feel it is prudent, just don't stalk anyone. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 05:54, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use common sense here. Bring up the issue with the users in question, or approach an admin about the topic. Don't file it away and season it with snide comments. Again, you've got to use common sense here; you don't have the right to track people just because you see them as a detriment. I need not wave policy around, nor do I need to IAR. A good way to deal with this, if you wanted to deal with it appropriately, would be to talk to the users, warn them with kind words (not templates), and walk them through what Wikipedia is and isn't. If the accounts are dead, put the pages up for MfD. Do it all in a neutral sort of way and you should be okay. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anywho, I'm going to bed, then I work in the morning, so I apologize for my absence in that time. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Calton,

Please can you tell me which is the supposed spam link in my article on Experiential Travel?

Experiential travel is a new and booming sector in the travel industry and I feel a wikipedia article on this sector is highly relevant and necessary.

Please find below some news reports and articles on Experiential Travel that may help prove it's relevance for wikipedia:

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If you could explain where you feel my proposed entry is a breach of wikipedia's regulation then I will make it my priority to adjust the article accordingly so that wikipedia has a suitable article for Experiential Travel.

Many Thanks,

Sarah