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My Recent RFA

Hello and thank you for your recent support in my last RFA. I have unfortunately had chosen to withdraw my RFA with a Support of 7 and Opposition of 26 and 0 Neutral. I am in good sprites to attempt a possible RFA in a later time with more experience. This seems one of the main concerns expressed by the Wikipedia community as well as fixing my grammatical errors.I hope you support me in my discussion to withdraw and I am looking forward to your support in a future RFA's and other edits made by myself here on Wikipedia.

Thanks Again,

Staffwaterboy ^{Critique Me} 00:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Vermin Supreme for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Vermin Supreme is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vermin Supreme until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Ironholds (talk) 16:09, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Synagogue articles

Hi. Recently you have been nominating a lot of synangogue articles either for A7 deletion or AfD. Many (possibly most) of these congregations are likely to be notable. However, we have only a few editors who spend a lot of time on articles about places of worship. Therefore, nominating them all at once makes it a lot more difficult for people to address notability concerns within a short time frame. Could you possibly hold off on further nominations for now? JoshuaZ (talk) 17:50, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

I am cleaning up the synagogues that clearly lack notability. You are welcome to help in the effort. Thanks! Basket of Puppies 17:54, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Your comment that the synagogues in question "clear lack notability" seems to be problematic. See for example the example that caused me to notice your actions, the tagging of Beth Israel Congregation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) for speedy deletion, when the article itself states that it is the oldest synagogue in Ann Arbor. Similarly, your AfD of Cuban Hebrew Congregation seems to reflect not having looked for sources at all before AfDing the article. This is not helpful. Please slow down. JoshuaZ (talk) 17:59, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

I am confused. Are you trying to bring the AfD discussion to my talk page? That is entirely inappropriate. Please only discuss the merits of the congregations on their relevant AfD pages. Ok? Basket of Puppies 18:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

The AfD is being as an example of the general haste which you are nominating articles. The point is that your actions are in general unhelpful, disruptive, and likely to provoke drama. Slowing down your nomination rate, or doing minimal Google news searches before nominating would both help a lot. JoshuaZ (talk) 18:06, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

The only thing unhelpful here is your attempt to circumvent process by harassing me. Basket of Puppies 18:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

• Hi Basket. I've generally found you to be a very good editor, so I don't understand what's going on. I share the concern that Joshua is trying to delicately convey to you here -- it is a concern that concerns not just one AFD, but the collection of them. As you can see, some of your AFD nominations are meeting with 100 per cent disagreement. The vast majority (if not all) are failing to garner consensus support. I would suggest that you might take into consideration the consensus views of the community. BTW -- Joshua is not, from what I can see, trying to harass you. He is trying to "reach" you, through conversation on your talk page. If he had ill intent, he would not be likely to do so. In fact, editors, faced with the current situation, could without criticism bring an AN/I or an RFC/U. This is by far the better, and more delicate, approach. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:04, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Large number of synagogue article deletion proposals. Thank you.Jayjg ^(talk) 19:06, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

See also

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Growing number of AfDs and Speedies. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 23:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Article deletion rate

Hello, You seem to be nominating articles for deletion at a very rapid rate. I know you are an experienced editor, but are you actually searching for sources before you send these to AfD (or tag them for speedy deletion for that matter)? WP:BEFORE would indicate that you really should, but the rate these are coming could lead someone to believe that you aren't. Of course WP:BEFORE isn't really binding, but...

In any case, would you mind slowing down to say 10 articles a week? That would give people time to try to source them at a reasonable rate. I think you'll still hit all of these over the course of a year and those that aren't notable will end up deleted while those that are will likely end up sourced. Otherwise we're likely to see articles deleted that we really should have. Thoughts? Hobit (talk) 04:47, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

• (Sorry, I'd not noticed the comments above before I wrote this, else I'd have merged them with the above). Hobit (talk) 04:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

FYI

[1] – ╟─TreasuryTag►consulate─╢ 13:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Please see WP:AN#Proposed topic ban for Basket of Puppies. ╟─TreasuryTag►constablewick─╢ 13:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

You may be interested in Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Is WP:BEFORE obligatory? – ╟─TreasuryTag►Acting Returning Officer─╢ 21:00, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

fyi

Hi. I know you've already expressed a view by nominating the article, and it of course may not change your view, but I just wanted to let you know that since then I added a number of sources to Agudas Achim Congregation (Alexandria, Virginia), the subject of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agudas Achim Congregation (Alexandria, Virginia). Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:19, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

It's an excellent job is sourcing the article and expanding it, but I am still unsure what makes the congregation notable. The speakers and attendees do not cause it to be notable, per WP:NOTINHERITED. If anything I would change my !vote to weak delete. Basket of Puppies 04:27, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

I also didn't focus on the speakers (though in retrospect I doubt Presidents speak at the dedication of every house of worship) and attendees, and would not expect you to. Just on the RS coverage, over an extended period of time, regarding a variety of matters related to the synagogue. I believe that we may well also weigh longevity (the fact that the synagogue is a nearly-century-old institution), but could not off-hand name you a citation for that. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:40, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Check that. I found the reference. Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) states: "Non-commercial organizations ... Additional considerations are: ... Factors that have attracted widespread attention: The organization’s longevity ... should be considered to the extent ... reported by independent sources."--Epeefleche (talk) 04:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

I think the most appropriate place for this conversation is the AfD. Basket of Puppies 04:55, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

As you wish. No worries. I was trying to follow Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, which says: "If the reasons given in the deletion nomination are later addressed by editing [and the nomination is not withdrawn] ... leave a note on the nominator's talk page to draw their attention."--Epeefleche (talk) 05:05, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

TT-talkback

Hello, Basket of Puppies. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Temple Emanuel (St. Louis, Missouri).
Message added 11:02, 26 June 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

╟─TreasuryTag►Africa, Asia and the UN─╢ 11:02, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

It is unnecessary to continue to leave me these notices as I have the afd on my watchlist. Basket of Puppies 11:09, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, following the tide of condemnation I received following your complaint about me at ANI </sarcasm> perhaps you could consider deducing that there may be something in what I said after all. ╟─TreasuryTag►Syndic General─╢ 08:08, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

This is truly a unique encounter. Basket of Puppies 17:56, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

[2] ╟─TreasuryTag►Regional Counting Officer─╢ 17:31, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

[3] ╟─TreasuryTag►Syndic General─╢ 19:12, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

It is unnecessary to post these notices to my talk page. I watchlist the pages I am conversing on. Please do not issue any more of these notices for any future conversations. Basket of Puppies 19:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I just wanted to be absolutely sure that we wouldn't be playing the "I didn't spot that comment" game. ╟─TreasuryTag►ballotbox─╢ 19:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

TT, if you post here again I will report you for harassment. OK? Consider yourself banned from my talk page. Basket of Puppies 19:20, 29 June 2011 (UTC)