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Encouragement

Please persevere through all the drama surrounding The Shells article and Rjanag. I believe such drama drives many good editors away, and I don't want it to happen to you. You do good work and I appreciate it. - Draeco (talk) 00:29, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 13:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For your your valiant efforts to defend The Shells (folk band) article with your reasoned arguments and perseverance, and for taking conflicts in your stride and continuing undeterred with your good work as a Wikipedia editor. Illegitimi non carborundum. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 01:44, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

WP:ANI--Rjanag; Rjanag Arbitration

With heavy heart, I have reported Rjanag at the ANI here based on what I believe was grossly uncivil behavior during the Shells affair. It is neither a personal attack against him nor a favor to you, but his behavior compelled me to act. As an involved party I think you should know. - Draeco (talk) 06:19, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for your note. My heart too has grown heavier the more the relationship between the nom and the closing admin reveals itself.

As you know, now that that ANI has closed, I've opened up this Rjanag arbitration. Quick question as to your comment there. You indicated that you don't recommend de-sysopping as he didn't abuse admin privileges. My reading of WP:ADMIN, as I quoted it there, was that de-sysopping is one possible appropriate treatment of an admin who displays consistently or egregiously poor judgment, or who seriously, or repeatedly, acts in a problematic manner or has lost the trust or confidence of the community, including repeated/consistent poor judgment, breach of basic policies (attacks, biting/civility, edit warring), "bad faith" adminship (gross breach of trust), and conduct elsewhere incompatible with adminship. Did I miss something (in which case I should amend my request), or do you read it differently? Or perhaps just have a more lenient approach than WP:ADMIN? Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:15, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Apologies

This may be too little too late, but I have left you a message with my apologies at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Statement by Rjanag. Thank you, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 18:13, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Full reply @ Rjanag Arbitration

• I'm saddened that you did not do so many weeks earlier. But only after being completely unrepentant through dozens of requests/incidents involving me and others, an AN/I, an arb request being filed, evidence pouring forth regarding your extraordinarily close relationship with the closing admin, and arb voters indicating that they do not agree with your pooh-poohing of the matter. And even yesterday you were saying you do not need to apologize. It certainly makes it look as though rather than being heartfelt, this has more to do with your desire to avoid the scrutiny of an arbitration.

Finally, on further inspection, your "apology" is barely an apology at all -- as you fail to admit and to apologize for your persistent incivility, untruthful statements, bullying, wikihounding, gaming the system, edit warring, and knowing COI. Further inspection also reveals that your behavior spreads over a number of matters, and impacts a number of editors. They deserve better. My full comments can be found at Rjanag Arbitration. --Epeefleche (talk) 07:56, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

A word in your ear

I participated in the first Shells AfD in question. AfD is a frequent stomping ground of mine, and I find it extremely common to see articles like The Shells to be put up for AfD, and just as common to see them deleted as a result of them not satisfying the basic notability and sourcing requirements of WP. Sometimes creators/editors who fail to accept that. There is occasionally dogged opposition to a deletion, which you demonstrated to see the article wasn't deleted, leading to bitter fights which may get personal. The Shells AfD was certainly one of those. I believe the tone set by Rjanag in the AfD was not appropriate, effectively winding up people who would have supported the deletion on the merits of the case alone that prevailed eventually. While I applaud you for your tenacious fight to keep the article, I believe that the lesson to be learned would be to strive for improved sourcing and better writing of an article to avoid the common pitfalls which lead to deletion. I have been upset when articles I have contributed significantly were put to AfD, because it's a natural tendency to want to look after one's baby. I know the above from Rjanag is not the unreserved apology you feel you deserve. But hard as it may be, I hope you will not take the deletion too personally. Perhaps one day, The Shells will be a notable band... I hope you will stay around for when that happens. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 04:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. We can have different views as to the AfD merits. We're not alone--just look at the votes at the two AfDs. That's fair. And needn't be uncivil. I've created nearly 200 articles in my years here, and made more than a few thousand edits, so I have a bit of a sense for notability.

I credit you, however, for agreeing with those of us who believe that the tone set by Rjanag in the AfDs was not appropriate. Not many have crossed the aisle, stood up, and made themselves heard on that point.

Also, his misconduct included misstatements. That does not lead IMHO to the best decision-making by those who are trying to make a decision based on facts, not misstatements.

Many editors noticed his misconduct. At least 20 discussed it with him in the past few months, with communications ranging from complaints to warnings to AN/Is. Those 20 editors from what I can tell are essentially unrelated--joined only by their common concern over his misconduct.

As to the "ownership" point, I don't get the sense that Draeco brought the Shells AN/I, or that the other editors spoke up about the conduct that led to the Shells and the other AN/Is, because of "ownership" issues. Quite the opposite. Rather, they think as I do that misconduct is bad, they care about this project, and they believe that misconduct of this sort adversely impacts the project.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:18, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

• I sympathise. With all your experience, he still managed to wind you up. In my previous dealings with him, he's been pretty no-nonsense, occasionally blunt; he's never been abusive, but one can sense what lurks below the surface. I don't know what's got into him. I'll make a mental note but I'd rather not have to spend time looking into it for now. Happy editing! Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

• It's not every day I see an admin write one editor: "You can go f_ck yourself" [letter redacted], use the same choice words to another editor, and also write "if you bring them to ANI … you will get bitch-slapped so fast it'll make your head spin … You f_cking moron”. [letter redacted]--Epeefleche (talk) 03:09, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

No you don't. Whoever let the lord of the jungle out? ;-) Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 18:14, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Aafia Siddiqui

Some terrific work there on Aafia Siddiqui Bachcell (talk) 19:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

• Great work on Aafia, It's more factual now!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.219.88.140 (talk) 19:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

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Eric Ely

Thank you for your Wikignome-like edits. What do you think, substantively? Bearian (talk) 21:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm puzzling over why the article is up for AfD, frankly. Does the nom dislike you? I'm just poking around the article for the moment and looking at the sources, and curious what others have to say.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

As you can tell from my comments at the AfD, I found Greg L’s analysis somewhat short of what I think you are entitled to when someone reviews your article at an AfD, and suggests deletion of your article.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:43, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

2010 Times Square car bomb attempt

You've been doing incredible work on this article and I wanted to make it clear how much I appreciate your work on it. You've been prolific in editing the article, and adding in relevant information, and while I've followed this story myself, in all of your edits I've not disagreed with you once (maybe I missed something... or maybe I thought the police commissioner should be facing the other direction....). Thank you, and please keep up the good work. I'll try to help as much as I can. Shadowjams (talk) 10:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar suggestions for Jimbo

I've never given out a barnstar. But I imagine Jimbo deserves one for this.[1][2][3]

Can anyone suggest which template I might consider using? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Lacrosse

Hi, I noticed your contributions and thought you might be interested in joining WikiProject Lacrosse. If you are interested in contributing more to Lacrosse related articles you may want to join WikiProject Lacrosse (signup here). --Yarnalgo _talk to me 17:46, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Threeafterthree; Block

Just indeffed Tom for disruptive editing per your report. Thanks, FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:22, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks. One down; it's a start.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Got a moment?

Hi. I noticed that you just answered a concern for a user over on the wikiquette alert page. Could I impose on you to take a look at my entry and advise accordingly? Thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 05:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

• Got your thoughtful response and I thought I should thank you here as well. I'll do what you suggest right away. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 05:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind comments!!!

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List of Jews in sports

Consider adding Sam Stoller to the list. He was an NCAA sprint champion and a remarkable man. Cbl62 (talk) 23:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Review request

It is a small world. Your DYK link for Cordoba House led me to the December, 2009, Times article--your source for the phrase, "its location was a selling point for the Muslims who bought the land." Although I don't recognize the building at all from the pictures, I shopped there when it was being operated by Sy Syms. I still have a couple of his coat hangers from that single trip in the early 1980s.

Curiously, Syms died last year, just about the time that Abdul Rauf was announcing his plans for Cordoba House--I don't think that was the cause.--Komowkwa (talk) 02:50, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on the school webcam lawsuit article

Thanks for your work on Blake J. Robbins v. Lower Merion School District‎. Blue Rasberry 04:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Byron Krieger; birthplace

I really do not understand why you keep putting his place of birth in the lifespan brackets. It does not belong there. Can you please explain your edits, because your edit summary is not sufficient. So what if he competed for the United States? The actual place of his birth (Detroit, Michigan) is not particularly notable - in fact, considering that he did compete for the US, that makes it not particularly notable. If he competed for another country, then maybe it would be worth mentioning, or if he was born somewhere else... but an American competitor being born in the United States is nothing notable. Canadian Paul 14:13, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I got your "will reply soon" email almost a month and a half ago... I think that's more than a reasonable amount of time to wait for a response... Canadian Paul 05:27, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

nice work Decora (talk) 17:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

If I can help...; sourcing

...with the sourcing of Targeted killing as per that conversation at WP:RS/N, let me know. Bigger digger (talk) 02:51, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

What a kind, generous, offer! Of course -- feel free (if you think it would be helpful). Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Didn't quite make it today, got a bit side tracked. But you really need to stop fanning the flames that PBS feeds on. There's no need to return repeatedly to the RFC, which will close in its own good time. The conversation at the reliable sources noticeboard could've been wrapped up quite quickly if you'd have said "ok, here are some page numbers". Or ignored it. You would have had to add the page numbers eventually (I figure if you didn't he would add dated fact tags and use that as justification to delete the info after a week), so why not just play his game? He's going to make you play it anyway so you should play in the easiest manner you can. The rules are skewed massively in your favour, and he must enjoy all the pointless forum shopping and pointless debating. Say your piece, do what's necessary, and let time take its course, as we all know there's no deadline! Sorry if this is a bit teaching you how to suck lemons, but I think for your own wiki-sanity it might need saying! And sorry not to reply to your email, but I don't have a suitably anonymous email address set up and don't think it necessary. Best, Bigger digger (talk) 02:45, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Off2Riorob

Hi -- I have noticed your comments about this editor in a few places, including Scottmac's talk page. You might have noticed mine as well: [4], on the Ed Miliband talk page, the Geim page, and [5] here. RFC/U requires that two editors have raised concerns with the user directly, on his talk page. I have already done that (the first link above, which he simply deleted). Nomoskedasticity (talk) 08:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes -- As Scott had been intensely involved with both the AN and the Geim page, I thought it would be quite appropriate to afford him the ability to take appropriate admin action. Unless he was too involved already as an editor, as may be the case (though he seemed to be involved in pleading Off2's case (as an editor), which likely would have allowed him to take some action). Scott has not responded. At the very least, especially given Scott's silence, I thought I should give Off2 the opportunity to consider my concerns with his behavior (whether or not I pursue an RFC/U ... which, as it turns out, is something that Scott has mentioned as a possibility as well). So I've just left word for Off2 as well.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I have not taken any admin action as regards Rob. And I have not "pled his case" either. I archived a thread because I believed that the voluntary agreement covered the most pertinent points. Others were free to disagree with that, or indeed revert my closure. Closing or opening a thread is not an admin action, and if I'd been reverted I would not have closed it again - that would be for others to decide either way. As for Robb's actions, I've not examined them at all. However, it might be best to ask some neutral editor to do that. Generally raising behaviour questions once you are in a content dispute (and particularly one as vexed as categorising BLPs by identity) is more difficult. You will not be seen as objective. If you've concerns about my admin actions, feel free to raise them with me, at the moment I'm not sure I've taken any.--Scott Mac 15:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Scott Mac -- perhaps I misunderstand RFC/U, but I would have thought that the point is precisely to request comments from neutral observers. True, I would not be perceived as objective about O2RR at this juncture -- so the the point would be to request comment from others who would be perceived as objective. Is this not how it works? Nomoskedasticity (talk) 18:33, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. I was only suggesting that getting someone uninvolved to mediate might be useful.--Scott Mac 18:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Yemen-Chicago Plot

Thanks for your work on this article! It's developed a lot since I created it a couple of days ago. There's an extra layer of depth now that I wasn't able to provide with just the BBC articles I was using. – Novem Lingvae (talk) 06:40, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The article is looking great! I've nominated it to appear on WP:ITN. The discussion is at [6]. – Novem Lingvae (talk) 22:01, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

ITN: 2010 cargo plane bomb plot

Yay!!! – Novem Lingvae (talk) 21:05, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah dude, I'm watching the page views too! Really I just started the article and you took over after the first day. Every time I refresh the page history there's like 20 new edits by you. Good job man! Talk about just diligently reading every newspaper as they put out an article on the issue and incorporating the new facts. I look forward to collaborating on IR articles in the future. :D – Novem Lingvae (talk) 06:51, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Geim article

Hi,

I posted a proposal for a cleaner version of the bio. I'm not sure if you check the talk page (plus it was moved up by a few anon. comments) so I though I'd notify you here. Basically, it compresses redundant info. and puts sources in refs. Like, instead of saying something like "The Forward and RussianInfoCentre and Physics World reported that..." it would say ""Several sources (link to footnotes) reported that..." That way it just seems a lot more professional, and the flow improves significantly.

Please check it out, and make any suggestions if you want. Regards, --Therexbanner (talk) 17:32, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

In concept, it is certainly fine. But it may be that some who are not as quick as you are may need additional assistance.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:07, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

I've addressed it in the text, with your notion and those expressed on the tp by others as the guide. Different working, but same concept and I hope it addresses precisely the point you range.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Geim; Jewish

Why don't you gey over yourself and leave living subjects alone, three Christian Grandparents makes him a whole lot not jewish, all the world can see he is a single quarter jew, the size of which is a minor genetic issue. Also if you are unable to discuss like adult and insst on adding silly templates to my talkpage then stay off my talkpage. Off2riorob (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Your understanding of the matter seems, with all due respect, to be perhaps on par with your spelling in your above missive. In any event, please respect core wikipedia policies such as verifiability, consensus, and the Project's general distaste for disruptive editing. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 14:44, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

If you are going to cite verifiability, best to read the sources. The RIC did not say he was Jewish, but "born to a Jewish family". I've corrected the text to reflect the sources accurately.--Scott Mac 14:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

This brings to mind a conversation we once had regarding the possibility that you might be tag-teaming with an editor. I'm trying to recall his name. Also with regard to the propriety of you acting both as a sysop on an article and as an editor on the very same article, which raises perhaps questions under wp:admin.--Epeefleche (talk) 14:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

What the fuck? What is this? Are not we all supposed to working for neutral verifiable content accurate to the sources? I saw a dispute between the two of you, and rather than jump in with blocks and templates I thought the best way to settle was to examine the sources. What's your problem with that?--Scott Mac 14:59, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

On my talk page, I would appreciate it if you would make an effort to find some other language to express yourself. Children view this page at times. It's a robust language, and in it you may well find similarly satisfactory expressions that they would find perhaps slightly less offensive. As to the substance of what I am saying, I assume your understanding of my comment is such that I need not provide diffs, and discussions of Arb Committee applications of wp:admin, and reference prior AN closes, and the like. This isn't an AN/I or an arbitration -- we're simply seeking to communicate with each other. So I imagine further explication is not necessary here.--Epeefleche (talk) 15:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I changed the material to reflect the given sources more accurately. The previous version seriously misrepresented the sources. Would you rather I had left the inaccurate version?--Scott Mac 16:08, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Ignoring your rather energetic exaggeration, I'll limit myself to suggesting that the beginning of your answers lie in WP:ADMIN and the arb cases decided applying the relevant principle.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I've no idea what you are on about. If you think I've misread the sources let me know. Otherwise, I think I'll just let it go.--Scott Mac 18:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Plans; prior AN/I

Thanks for the heads up, I don't think they will succeed but it's good to know they're planning it. Did you let Jayjg know as well?Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 08:23, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

• No -- only you. Jayjg and I have made complaints about each other at AN/I. To put it delicately, he is not really an editor I choose to converse with.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Ike Davis

I watch all the current Mets players and I must say that the Ike Davis article is the best of the lot, by far. Have you considered taking it perhaps to GA?--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 03:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

A quick review of the article astonishes me. Well done! I'd be very surprised if it isn't accepted as a GA. I also suggest going for it. Jusdafax 10:06, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Why, thanks much. OK -- in the New Year I promise to give in to peer pressure and take it to GA. Happy holidays to all.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:07, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. Tx for spurring me on.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

575th Signal Company

If you would like a copy of this article put in your userspace so you can include details within 75th Infantry Division (United States) or anywhere else, please do say so, and I'll do it. Regards Buckshot06 (talk) 21:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind offer. Certainly -- that would be great. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:38, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors

I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 00:23, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

List of Iranians

Hi Epeefleche, thanks for watching this article! Cheers.Farhikht (talk) 12:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe a candidate for your list?

Sandy Cohen (ice hockey)? Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:35, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought. Good hockey player, but not IMHO quite notable enough (compared to the others on the list) .... Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Moe Berg

Are you sure that Rockefeller recruited Berg for the OSS? None of the references you cited there say that. Our Moe Berg article says "To do his part for the war effort, Berg accepted a position with Nelson Rockefeller's Office of Inter-American Affairs on January 5, 1942." Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Yes -- I have spent the last half hour of my life trying to unwind the edit conflict caused by us both working to improve the article at the same time. So it is going in in pieces. What I have reflects a ref that supports that statement -- I'm not in the habit of making material up, for purposes of inputting it in wp, or acting on what my father told me he knew to be the case. When I work through the edit conflict, it should be clear in the article.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

List of African writers by country

Hello! I notice you've made a series of edits removing redlinks from this page. Do you mind if I revert your edits, temporarily leaving the unreferences redlinks you've removed, in order to work to provide references for those that I can? Many have entries in a single source, Killam & Rowe's Companion to African Literatures. Best, Dsp13 (talk) 02:42, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

If that's something that you can do right away, as I'm guessing it is if it largely comes from one source, just go for it. If it will take more than a day or two, I would suggest that you copy it to a user page or the talk page, and work on it at your leisure. The guideline is somewhat strict on this, but either way you should be able to address it without too much upset I would think. Best. --Epeefleche (talk) 03:00, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

ta. I'll userfy as you suggest - but if you could hold off doing more to that page for the moment for a couple of days, it'd be great.Dsp13 (talk) 10:53, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

No worries. Nice working with you. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:16, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah...

Sometimes it is hard to see the wood for the trees. Having now seen Fæ's perspective on that conversation... I can't do anything but see it in a new light. I think I do now see where you are coming from, while there was no intention to push anyone away I basically ended up going into a rant about WP:V :S And I finally see what you mean about removing others work; and while that specific example was unintentional (and probably a reasonable removal) I did just offhanded it as "not part of this discussion" :S Damn. I appreciate you getting me to finally consider this appropriately. (More delicately; I don't want this to come off as a way to appease you, reading Fæ's words has made it click and I will reflect on this.. "enthusiasm"). As I mentioned elsewhere in the RFA my other most active online forum is a community where we spar over ideas/thoughts/proposals and I suppose vestiges of that still exists, even if I miss them. Will work on this. --Errant ^(chat!) 11:21, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

I appreciate your additions to Orio Palmer. Cullen328 (talk) 14:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Date styles

Heya Epeefleche,

I saw you modified some dates over on the List of home run records. I could care less, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything bad. I thought that styling a date as (example) 27 May was equally acceptable as styling it May 27. Have I been wrong in this assumption?

Hi. No worries. You might want to take a glance at the guideline entitled WP:STRONGNAT, which indicates in pertinent part: "Articles on topics with strong ties to a particular English-speaking country should generally use the more common date format for that nation. For the US this is month before day". I would think that records in major league baseball have a strong tie to the US. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Poor form on my part not signing ... sorry about that. Thanks for the explanation ... I will watch that in the future.

Funny, that.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words

There should be more editors with your kind of good nature. You help make WP a better place to volunteer. Happy editing! Chris the speller (talk) 20:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Fully agree from my part. Btw, I also like to do flèches but more often in foil than in epée ;). Best regards and thanks again for your comments. 95.23.42.162 (talk) 20:38, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Script tools

I use wikEd on the Firefox browser. Firefox underlines misspellings in red, and wikEd allows the use of JavaScript regular expression syntax to find and correct errors. I have some examples on my /regular subpage. I have many more regular expression scripts, in case you were looking for something special; just ask. Happy editing! Chris the speller (talk) 15:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

RFA/boing

right church, wrong pew - I love that; well said.

"Is this the right room for an argument?" hehe.

Gods, I really do hate RfA, sometimes. Always, actually. Chzz  ►  17:22, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing. Classic. All-too-familiar. Really ... classic.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:19, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Heh. There's also a quote from Dr. Strangelove, "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" — which I think should be the motto of AN. Gotta laugh about these things, otherwise we'd go completely insane.  Chzz  ►  16:13, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Here is an idea--an "AGFN". Modeled on the RSN. Editors there discuss whether another editor has -- by his/her statements/actions -- rebutted the presumption of AgF. Perhaps that would help lower the intensity of the "War Room" discussions. As those editors on the "I've been shown to be not deserving of the assumption" list would have a lesser voice.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Careful now; allegedly, 2000 years ago, a guy was nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change.  Chzz  ►  03:37, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Golden Globes article

• You're welcome. Few things piss me off worse than for me or someone else to do substantial work on an article, and then getting the reaction "Big deal, I still hate it". Mandsford 20:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Phishing Alert

Those who happen by this page may wish to be on the alert for efforts to hack into their private email accounts.

As happened to one wikipedia editor, as described in short here.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:19, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

For your heads up on phishing

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Sam Fuld

Since you seem to be active there, I thought I'd let you know I've started the review at Talk:Sam Fuld/GA1. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:00, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I thank you for your contribution to one of wikipedia's latest WP:GA's

This user helped promote Sam Fuld to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:34, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Fuld again

Wow, your talk page is almost as busy as mine! Anyway, I've passed Fuld. Nice work. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:50, 10 March 2011 (UTC) Here:

This user helped promote Sam Fuld to good article status.

FL?

I noticed your name and Sportswoman of the Year Award pop up on my watchlist. I think this could be an FL without a tremendous amount of work, though the scope needs to expand and include the 1980-1992 professional and amateur award winners. Interested in working together to get it there? Courcelles 10:34, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Sure thing! Sounds like a fine idea. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 14:21, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Great, I'll try to get the other tables in by the weekend. Courcelles 16:06, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Let me know if I owe you anything on this.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:55, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Copyright concerns – fair use rationale for images

Hi there. You recently uploaded a number of images with claims of fair use. In case you were not aware, a rationale of "for use in the infobox" is not sufficient. You must provide a detailed and valid reason for including the image in the article (the purpose) to explain why it meets our non-free content criteria policy. For the images you have uploaded I would say they are "the primary means of visual identification of the subject or topic". Please also see our non-free use rationale guideline for further guidance. Regards, _wjemather^bigissue 10:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

In posting yet again on my talkpage, WJE has ignored my clear request that he not do so. A request that I have reiterated to him.

WJE was blocked just two months ago for disruption on my talk page, following his hounding me. WJE protested his block twice, his block was affirmed twice, and he then deleted all mention of his block from his talkpage.

The first affirming sysop said: "It's really not a good idea to fixate on another editor and get into a prolonged conflict with them, which you clearly have done." Yet now, two months later, here WJE is—doing it again. The fact that WJE fixated on my very few recent image-creation edits is a clear sign. The sysop appears to have been correct. I have asked that WJE stop.

The final affirming sysop said to WJE, as to WJE's disruption: "you do not convince me that you won't repeat it". That sysop appears to have been prescient, as well. I have again asked that WJE stop.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

As you have been told before, the raising of clear and obvious editing problems relating to policy is not hounding, and responding as you have with such accusations will not be tolerated. You would also do well not to quote people out of context and misrepresent what they have actually said.

Despite Greg reaffirming that you must provide proper rationale for these images and giving further guidance, and having had plenty of time, you have still not done so. In my view is is unwise for an editor with an open CCI case to demonstrate further total disregard for copyright issues. This is the final warning you will receive in this regard. Please do as requested and rectify this as soon as possible. _wjemather^bigissue 08:25, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Greg also reaffirms that you, WJE, by coming here less than 24 hours later to badger him about how he hasn’t reacted quickly enough—at least to your satisfaction—after you pointed out the shortcomings of his work, is poor form. You’re acting like a 12-year-old. To use your imperious style: Final warning. Greg L (talk) 14:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

• I note the highly personal tone in this section, but can we just discuss the fundamental issue(s). The lack of references to specific images makes it difficult to assess the situation, as each fair use claim is highly context-dependent. For example, far use is almost never acceptable when it comes to even low-res images of living people, but are almost universally accepted to illustrate books and albums. So, could we have some concrete examples, please? --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:37, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

• Fair question.

First of all, the truly fundamental issue is being discussed at AN/I here. The issue being, given the history of hounding and warnings described there, and the most current events in the wake of the recent 2-day block of WJE for same, how we should address matters.

Second, as to the substantive "image rationale" question you pose, the simple answer is that WJE failed to supply any diffs. But I would guess he is referring to my add of an image and rationale for a book cover (no images of people) of a book on philanthropy. And my similar adds of 5 covers/logos of local US Jewish newspapers (again, no images of people; let me know if you need those diffs as well).

He attacked my "use in infobox" rationale for the images. However, that is the accepted rationale for many thousands of such images.

Furthermore, I added those images and rationales only after receiving precise, detailed advice from senior editor Beyond My Ken (who focuses on images), which I followed.

See BMK advice, and BMK's comments on the substance of WJE's assertions here ("technically correct, but in my opinion is being overly pedantic. ... As far as I am aware, most people understand that "for use in the infobox" means "to visually identify the subject of the article" or whatever wordage the editor used. Per WP:BURO I don't think it's absolutely necessary to change what you did (on my advice)").

Inasmuch as WJE has been requested to stop posting on my tp, and I would hope he will comply with my request at this point so as to not violate wp:harass, I imagine if he wishes to communicate with you on this issue he will do so on your tp or in some other manner.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:11, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

• I would agree with the description 'pedantic'. He may have a point if there is no critical commentary on the cover itself within the article, but such use without commentary is largely ignored, or overlooked as being a mere technicality. Also, Mather doesn't seem to be previously interested in image use. Unusual enough to re-ignite suspected hounding as motivation, given history of bad blood between you two. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 03:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Place of birth in lead

Epeefleche, wanted to get back to you on message about place of birth in the lead of articles. Most of the high-quality biography articles, ones rated Good Article or Featured class, seem to omit place of birth/death from the parenthetical opening to the lead. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) appears to support that practice as well. I agree with the omission because it makes the leads cleaner looking. Place of birth/death can be listed in the infobox and should be integrated where appropriate into the body of the article or farther down in the lead if important enough. Jweiss11 (talk) 17:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Ntrepid

Hi Epeefleche, Just wondering – if you've any spare time – if you'd have a look at Ntrepid to see whether anything can be added etc. I'd like to take it to DYK but it's a bit on the short side; there's not much info on this shadowy organisation. Thanks, Ericoides (talk) 07:50, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

referencing redlinks in lists of people

Hi, I know you help clear out unreferenced redlinks in lists of people - I have a question about the guidelines there on which I'd be interested to hear your view. Dsp13 (talk) 21:34, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

List of table tennis players

Hello again Epeefleche,

so I agree with you that a wikipage or a reference should be present for each player in the list. For this reason I'm beginning to create missing wikipages. Therefor I gently ask you to not remove random players from the list since the list is curretly acting as my reference point. If you would like to helo you could create missing players wikipages.Cialo (talk) 14:07, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) - Hi, if articles of these people are going to be created later it should be easy to provide a single WP:RS that supports them being in the list. Other wise the redlinked names are worse than useless to the reader and encourage drive by additions of any name at all. Ivan Andreadis this for example (and others) sits there uncited and unexplained without any worth at all. Off2riorob (talk) 14:22, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

List of table tennis players

Thank you for your work with dab... I have created the table tennis players paged and linked ;) --Cialo (talk) 13:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Ike Davis

Just an FYI, posted a GA review. Staxringold _talk^contribs 22:38, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Wjemather

I have closed the thread and imposed an interaction ban on Wjemather. I doubt the advice is needed but: avoid interacting with him, even though the sanction is technically not two way. FWIW I feel there was no consensus to block him at this time, esp. as it is something of a "one-off" since the last block he had (and I am inclined to mark it down as a last chance). Hopefully by not interacting that simply solves the problem. Cheers. :) --Errant ^(chat!) 00:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:00, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Nice choices

I appreciate your taking the time to select some images for List of sports-related people from Mississippi (diff). Given the number of available choices, I like the selections that you made. — CobraWiki ^{( jabber | stuff )} 17:21, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Danny Valencia/GA1

Started the review! Staxringold _talk

RFC discussion of User:Philip Baird Shearer

A request for comments has been filed concerning the conduct of Philip Baird Shearer (talk · contribs). You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Philip Baird Shearer. -- Parrot of Doom 11:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Contredanse (band)

I have removed the prod tag you placed on Contredanse (band), as per policy an article that has been discussed at AfD (as this one was in 2007) is permanently ineligible for prod. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this; please do not interpret this action as my endorsement for keeping the article. If you still wish to pursue deletion, feel free to open another AfD. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:09, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Good call. Completely agree. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:24, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

And ... it has now been deleted.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Polish music prods

Can you slow down with the prods of Polish musical groups and bands? Just looking quickly at the large number you recently prodded I can tell that you're tagging a lot of groups which are very clearly notable (anyone even vaguely familiar with Polish rock music would have heard of them - which is also evidence by the interiwiki links in some of them). But at the rate you're going it might be difficult to keep up with you.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:48, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem. All of them in fact failed A7 in my view. They lacked indicia of notability, such as 2 notable musicians, or albums for notable labels, or appropriate awards, etc. For example, Exodus (Polish band), which you just prodded, saying that the notability was "already indicated in the article" -- I can't find such an indication that meets wp criteria for notability of bands (and the article is completely bereft of references). If they are notable per wp rules, I'm happy for them to remain of course. Perhaps you can find support that is not reflected in the current sourcing, which is reflected in the Polish media. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:52, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

For that one, I'da thought that "one of the leading progressive rock bands in Polish rock in late 70s and early 80s" would've been enough. I realize that a lot of these are stubs and unsourced and I wouldn't have a problem with this if it was spread out over time but I (or I expect, others) am not going to have enough time to fix them all at once. Btw, can you leave a note about which ones you prodded/tagged at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland? I know about a lot of those, but some, especially the more recent ones, I am not familiar with and there's probably folks there that can help. Thanks.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I didn't see anything that meets the guidelines. "A leading band" is not a criterion. And because we need a "credible" claim to notability, I think that when the only statement is "X band -- a leading band" -- and the like, without any support, and without even any indication of indicia used to to measure whether they are a "leading" band, that A7 is appropriate in any event. You can see what is PROD'd on my recent contributions list. I don't intend to prod any more this month, but may AfD some depending on how they look as PRODs are removed, so in that sense there is a bit of flux. And, of course, PRODs are removed, as well as tags, so the whole matter is in flux as a result of that. Feel free to look at what I have PROD'd, and leave the note you mention. It will be great if Polish-speakers can bring them up to non-PRODable status, to the extent that can be accomplished. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:05, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

The Shipwrecks and The Bash (band)

I've restored both of these articles per a request at WP:REFUND. However, I'm curious as to why you used a CSD rationale as your PROD reason. If you think these 2 articles should be speedy deleted then why not just use {{db-band}}? --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Ahah -- thanks for the pointer, Ron. I see -- I've been using the speedy rationale, but putting the articles through a non-speedy process.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:29, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Brunette Models|concern=A7

I don't agree that Brunette Models is proposed that this article has been deleted. This team is very significant in Poland. Is played in Europe, the U.S. and worldwide. It is one of the precursors of ambient-style music in Poland. Sorry, does the proposal to remove is because Brunette Models has a Jewish origin and he has problems with the organization of the Nazi Redwatch? Maybe the same person suggests the deletion of Wikipedia, and that other one portal?

• Brunette Models on REDWATCH website

Thanks and regards! Γραφή (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:58, 22 May 2011 (UTC).

No, I'm not seeking to delete the article because of an anti-Semitic leaning on my part, driving me to delete the article because the band has a Jewish origin. And no, I am not seeking to delete the article because of any personal bias on my part in favor of Nazi organizations.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Aerolit

As I see you ventured boldly into a whole hornet's nest of underdeveloped band artciles. After some thought I agree with your work: if someone cares about them, they must take care. Otherwise wikipedia may quickly turn into a source of misinformation, since it is often blindly copied in multitudes, especiallty for little known topics. Muslim lo Juheu (talk) 17:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, your take is correct. I'm a fan of bands, and fully supportive of us having good articles. And, as you can tell, my primary focus on wp is content creation. Having articles on bands that do not meet our standards waters down the helpfulness of the project, IMHO. But I would always prefer to have support for notability discovered, and an article kept. And this area is one that does appear to attract more non-notable articles than many other areas. Your note is especially appreciated, of course, as we have different views as to one particular band article. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Pancake images

You're welcome. And thanks for informing me of that; I wasn't aware that MoS had a guideline for that. What's ironic is that I myself don't generally care for sandwiching images like that, but in trying to make the images work in that article, I thought they ended up looking all right. Can you link me to the relevant MoS page? I'll look it over and remove some of the images if need be. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 23:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate your discretion and even-handedness. I particularly appreciate the MoS link, largely because I have now discovered the Picture Tutorial, which shows me how to co-align images, which I've never gotten around to learning how to do. Thanks! Nightscream (talk) 23:40, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

incomplete AFD

• Chittay (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You left an incomplete AFD there. Just FYI, I found it when I was going through the weekly list. tedder (talk) 14:31, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Tx. I'm not sure what the SNAFU is. I'm leaving all through twinkle. Some seem to be incomplete I learn (when I bot completes them ... which seems to be what happens if they are left as-is). How do I check if any one I've twinkled is incomplete through some twinkle snafu, and if they are how do I perform the last step? Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 15:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, if Wikipedia is heavily loaded Twinkle will sometimes fail. A bot will complete step 3, but not step 2. (steps at WP:AFDHOWTO. To check for incomplete step 2, reload the article page and make sure the AFD discussion link isn't a redlink. To check for step 3, you can look for "what links here" on the AFD discussion. But again, step3 can be picked up by a bot, so I worry about it less. But step 2 involves your argument for deletion. Sometimes I'll copy the deletion rationale from the twinkle popup box- if it fails, I can try again and paste the rationale. tedder (talk) 16:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll check for redlinks as you suggest. In the meantime, I PRODed the article, which seemed to work, and perhaps is what I should have done in the first place. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:08, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

No worries. Most "step 2 incompletes" are an IP who doesn't leave rationale or something similar- when I saw it was a more productive editor than I am, I figured it was worth letting you know about it. tedder (talk) 16:12, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: H'Sao

Hello Epeefleche. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of H'Sao, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Probably sufficient info to avoid Speedy. maybe PROD or AfD would be a better choice. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 18:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

What "sufficient info" are you referring to? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Just a simple thanks for your hard work! Regards, Tinton5 (talk) 19:27, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Féfé

Hi Epeefleche, I found some independent review material from the NRJ Music Awards that covers Féfé, and also added some information from it to the article, and have commented on the afD noting my changes. However, Féfé really seems to be tied strongly to the much more notable K'Naan. I'm a little new to the deletion process, so I wondered whether merging the information into the K'Naan article might make any sense, since there are indeed very few articles that cover Féfé exclusively. Let me know what you think. I Jethrobot (talk) 20:56, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

FYI

Just wanted you to know that I struck my delete vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaarei Tefillah based upon your improvements to the article. Good job. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 13:10, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations.

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For your efforts on Aafia Siddiqui.

Well done on keeping your composure and fighting the good fight. Cheers- V7-sport (talk) 06:57, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Earl Williams (basketbal coachl)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Earl Williams (basketbal coachl). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - this was a tyop. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at this was a tyop - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Epeefleche (talk) 00:48, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't block you per WP:DTTR :) --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:54, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

That is the funniest thing I have read on these pages in MONTHS! Thanks for giving me a good belly laugh! Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:58, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing for Dan Grunfeld and Franklin Lakes

I saw your addition of Dan Grunfeld as a notable to the article for Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. No source was included to support his residence there. I know that his father Ernie Grunfeld lived there during Dan's early childhood to teens, as is stated and sourced in Ernie's article, but I can't find any reliable and verifiable source to support that Dan lived there. The same issue applies to his inclusion on the New Jersey notables article. I have very strong reasons to believe he did live in Franklin Lakes, but without a source there's an issue. What source were you relying on? Alansohn (talk) 20:52, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I was working off of its entry in his wp article, but it is further supported by a NY Daily News article ( "The kitchen of the Grunfeld home in Franklin Lakes, N.J.... On one wall is a family picture, puzzle style, with five pieces. Four of the pieces are Ernie Grunfeld, his wife, Nancy, and their children, Rebecca and Danny.") and a Newsday article ("The Jersey Kid Danny Grunfeld of Franklin Lakes N.J. is only 8 yet he emerged as one of the leaders of the Wildcats Maybe it's genetic his father Ernie..."), and a Jewish Tribune article ("Dan Grunfeld ... was born in Livingston, NJ, before moving to nearby Franklin Lakes."). Perhaps you limited your search to "Dan", and missed the RSs mentioning "Danny" and "Daniel" (there are more under Daniel as well)?--Epeefleche (talk) 21:10, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I sometimes have to remind myself of alternate versions of names and how Google doesn't think of that for you. There was a source staring me in the face in the article about his father that says he lives in Franklin Lakes with his children, including Danny. I realized immediately that I had missed potential sources, but I had what I needed. Thanks again for the other sources. Alansohn (talk) 22:34, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Well done!

Just wanted to say well done for creating so many well-referenced articles on Israelis recently! I assume you are trying to complete the set of the 200 greatest Israelis? If you are planning on creating any more, it would be worth linking them to the corresponding article in the Hebrew Wikipedia, which may also be able to provide more information (for instance, I garnered Dan Shilon's birthdate and place of birth. Cheers, Number 57 15:44, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Yes -- I've been using the list as a starting point for some articles; exactly right. I'm not sure I know how to link them to the corresponding Hebrew articles -- feel free to let me know how, or do it yourself. I do sometimes look at other language articles for sourcing, but only use the underlying RSs for info, if I can read the language. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:35, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

All you have to do is find the article on the Hebrew Wikipedia and then use its title to link it from the English one (i.e. for Dan Shilon it was [[he:דן שילון]]. If you don't have a Hebrew enabled keyboard, this should help! Cheers, Number 57 09:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

new articles - Israel project

Hi Epeefleche - since you've recently added a whole bunch of new articles, I've listed them here. It would be really great if you could list them yourself, though, since it takes a while for them to show up on the radar. --Sreifa (talk) 06:32, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Jack Mealey

Great work expanding the Jack Mealey page. Alex (talk) 02:15, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

FYI

Cheers for writing the article Hanna Zemer. Please try to use the template {{WikiProject Israel}} and not WP Israel (for compatibility reasons). —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 09:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

List of Sardinians

could you stop to continue to cancel part of the article? "There must be an article on the subject, or a ref--or the entry is to be deleted" is it a rule of wikipedia? if it creates proplems to you, begin to write an article about the subjects! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.10.250.134 (talk) 17:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

• Yes -- it is a rule of wikipedia. See WP:LISTPEOPLE. We don't encourage people to add names to lists of people, where there is no wp article on the person, and no refs indicating that the person is notable.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

A neutral party would be invaluable

There is currently a dispute resolution open for a page I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to resolve, Heroes in Hell. The dispute page is located here and the relevant dialogue related to this dispute is on the talk page of the article. It would be helpful to get another opinion in here from someone uninvolved with the dispute. I must warn you though, you might want to get comfy before you start going through this material-- there's a lot to read. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 04:55, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Citation Strange Son

In the article Strange Son, the citation is the one that appears next. I'm not sure how it isn't clear that the citation with the sentence, "Nigel Cole (A Lot Like Love; Calendar Girls) has signed on to helm Strange Son for Revolution Studios, Variety has revealed." doesn't make it clear what is the correct citation for the sentence. Joe Chill (talk) 19:34, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

There are multiple citations that follow the sentence, so without cluing in the reader they don't know -- just from looking at the article, without clicking through -- which applies. In any event, IMHO it is better to add a fn to the sentence. It is your hook sentence. Also, the sentence can always be separated from the sentence that follows it, by a later editor. This ensures that you will not end up with your ref in a a succeeding para, where it would not be seen as applying. Also, btw, this is a US subject -- which is why I changed the date format from British to US. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

That's fine. I understand your reasoning. I had editors repeatedly tell me to cite sources that way (must be British). I also had editors repeatedly tell me that the plot didn't need to be cited because the book, film, or whatever is the citation (must be confused, I can't find anything that says that). Joe Chill (talk) 19:44, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

No worries. As to the first point, next time that happens you can direct the mis-informed editors to read WP:STRONGNAT. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:45, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thanks for your great work on Hebrew authors! Ijon (talk) 21:06, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Dates

Hi. Please don't make random formatting changes to the date articles as you have done here. The date articles conform to a template and the formatting shouldn't be changed without discussion to consensus at WT:DAYS. Thanks. – Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 23:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

The formatting change you point to has nothing in it that's specific to dates – it is a dash formatting change that has been widely used and accepted across the project for years. There is nothing inherent in date pages that I can imagine would require that they be treated differently than other Project pages in this respect.

(And I can't imagine why you called it a "random" change – it was nothing of the sort).

Following WP:YEARLINK on date pages. But now that we are on the subject, I notice we have an overlink problem on the date pages. They fail to follow the project guideline relating to overlinking of years, which is set forth at WP:YEARLINK – the pages generally link the first mention of each year. Our guideline states plainly:

Year articles (1795, 1955, 2007) should not be linked unless they contain information that is germane and topical to the subject matter—that is, the events in the year article should share an important connection other than merely that they occurred in the same year. For instance, Timeline of World War II (1942) may be linked to from another article about WWII, and so too may 1787 in science when writing about a particular development on the metric system in that year. However, the years of birth and death of architect Philip C. Johnson should not be linked, because little, if any, of the contents of 1906 and 2005 are germane to either Johnson or to architecture. [emphasis added]

Can you please explain why raw years are linked on the date pages, in contravention of our overlink rules?

Others who care about such things watch this page I know – feel free to chime in.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:05, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll start with the formatting change. I understand that on its face this wouldn't seem like a formatting change but the date pages are kind of their own animal. The dashes are more heavily used in the date articles than anywhere else. Most users don't know the difference between – and – and usually would use - if given the choice. We had a mix of these before and changing to the common – solves the problem – passing editors don't have a problem copying the example set by all the other entries. It helps to keep the 366 date articles consistent. As far as linking years is concerned, the date pages are a bit out of the normal MOS in that regard as well. From the MOS: "not be linked unless they contain information that is germane and topical to the subject matter". In this case, the date articles are about dates and linking is appropriate. The WP:DAYS guideline does say that the year should only be linked once per section. And the only reason I called the change random was that you only did it to one out of 366 pages. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 18:05, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Following Project dash guideline on date pages. I see no reason for not following the Project dash guideline in date pages. We have many pages that have heavy use of dashes, other than dates, across the project, including "People from" pages and the like. Furthermore, the few hundred date pages are a fraction of the pages that use dashes. For purposes of respecting wp guidelines, and for consistency, those pages should follow wp guidelines -- that's the purpose of guidelines. And as to your assertion that: "The dashes are more heavily used in the date articles than anywhere else", while as I point out above that assertion is of questionable accuracy, it is also of no moment even if true -- we follow guidelines on all applicable pages; we don't suspend the dash guideline on "[dashes] more heavily used" pages, just because dashes are more heavily used -- any more than we would suspend any other format guideline on a page with heavy usage of the notation in question (whether it be a dash, quote, period, ref, etc.).

Following Project WP:YEARLINK guideline on date pages. Here again, there is no reason that I can see for the date pages to violate the clear wp guideline. Your assertion that "As far as linking years is concerned, the date pages are a bit out of the normal MOS in that regard as well" is not borne out by the MOS. There is language that is more specific,, that I had already quoted to you above, relating specifically to the linking of years. It makes clear that the linking at the date pages is not appropriate, and does not fall within what is "germane and topical to the subject matter". It says: "the years of birth and death of architect Philip C. Johnson should not be linked, because little, if any, of the contents of 1906 and 2005 are germane to either Johnson or to architecture. Yet this is precisely what you are doing on the date pages -- flouting the very precise language of the guideline.

As to your last point, there is nothing "random" in making a completely consistent, non-random change to every dash in an article, consistent with formatting across the Project for years. That is non-random. One doesn't have to change every date article to avoid the disparaging accusation of their changes being random. If I changed one of every three dashes within the article, that would be random, but wholly consistent changes across the article are obviously (I would have thought) non-random.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:06, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Remember that guidelines are just that. They are not laws and they need to be applied with an understanding of their principles and the reason why they are to be applied. In the case of the date articles, experience has shown that applying the suggestions in the guideline leads to inconsistency and a maintenance headache. Adhering to the guideline for the sake of doing so is not practical.

In articles about dates the date itself is relevant and so is a year. If nothing ever linked to a year article, they would all be orphans. They wouldn't even be walled gardens because they couldn't even link amongst themselves. Why would we have year articles if nothing ever linked to them? -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 20:50, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Remember that wp guidelines are there for an important purpose. Wikipedia guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practice. Here, the guideline speaks directly to the issue at hand. You haven't indicated any reason to flout the guideline other than IDON'TLIKEIT, and NOTLAW -- we don't build the project based on flouting consensus on that basis. There is no "understanding" of the principles that is lacking -- the example I have now quoted twice to you directly addressed the linking of years relative to a person's date of birth or death. And your "headache" article is no different that the "headache" suffered at other article -- this just sounds like a non-consensus approach being applied in a less-than-400-articles corner of a Project with millions of articles. I suggest that we bring the inlining of dates issue up at the guideline page that speaks directly to the issue, at the talkpage for WP:YEARLINK. I don't think you've addressed the conflict between the very clear terms of the guideline, and your "we follow our own rules" view. Would you like to kick off the discussion, or should I? In short, I think that the date pages should follow WP:YEARLINK, and don't think they do now.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:59, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

It's very clear to me why WP:YEARLINK shouldn't apply to the date articles. I'd be shocked if the authors of the guideline intended that no year should ever be linked. By your argument I can see no scenario in which a year would be linked. I don't know how to express more clearly that a date article is of the same subject matter as a year article. Philip Johnson is a biographical article; it is not about dates and there isn't a year article about him. The date articles are about dates and therefore linking dates within them is entirely appropriate. I've given my interpretation of the practice and haven't implied that it's that way because I like it but it seems entirely reasonable to me. I invite you to begin the discussion in the appropriate forum so that you will have the full advantage of forming your case against this practice. I will certainly enforce any consensus that is reached through the discussion. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 21:35, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ryan Lavarnway

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Regarding File:Yoni-candid.jpg

I have removed File:Yoni-candid.jpg which you added to 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon with this edit, because it does not have a valid non-free media use rationale for the article. Please see Wikipedia:Non-free content for the applicable policy and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline if you want to address the issues. Thank you. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I see that there is already a FUR, the terms of which apply to the use. Would you like me to clarify that the FUR applies to the use in question? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:16, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

The file must have a separate rationale for each article where the file is used and each rationale must give the name of the respective article where the file is used (see WP:NFCC Policy 10c). WP:FURG shows how to write the rationale. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 08:52, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I will get around to giving it a look. That is helpful.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:20, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Danielle Frenkel

I believe archiving is a better solution, but it's your place... that's why I like to copy discussions to my TP... actually, the only info on the Heb page I found no verification is about her studies... it was probably written in some profile article in newspaper or magazine... just yesterday while waiting for a doctor appointment I read one of these in a women's magazine (that's the kind of stuff you usually find there)... if you don't mind, please check if my edits didn't make a mess of the refs...--Nitsansh (talk) 03:43, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Next time you want to do an article on a Israeli athlete (Jewish or not...), I'll be happy to help... there's lot of sources that were published in Hebrew only that you won't find unless you read the language...--Nitsansh (talk) 03:43, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

To each his own. I will check the article at some point. I don't know if you entered it, but one item missing when I last looked at it was her city of birth. Thanks. Good to know an editor with command of and access to Hebrew papers ... we just saw an article deleted in part, I believe, because of the lack of any such (willing) editors.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:02, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup of non-notable bio articles

Hi. Thanks for your note on my page. I admit that when I recommended the Michal Heiman article for deletion, it was my intention that it be deleted, not improved. The fact that someone came along and greatly improved the article was a happy accident. But I did not nominate it for deletion with that intention. In fact, I still think the subject is not notable enough to warrant inclusion, but now that the article is properly edited and sourced, it meets - minimally - the standard. I actually also disagree with the idea that it's up to the nominator to do the research to support notability - that should be up to the author. But I accept that this is a community standard and shall not raise a stink. I also still believe that the Reuben Jones article is not notable, either, but the military crowd seems to disagree and again, that is a battle that isn't worth fighting. Thanks for your tips and though I still feel my nominations were accurate, this is a community effort after all so I will not object. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finsternis (talk • contribs) 04:57, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks for your note. There is much on wp that many of us individual editors find incorrect, silly, or wrong-headed that is backed by consensus. Sometimes it is a consensus of very few editors. Take the wp rule as to quotes -- that tells us not to include the final punctuation mark within quotation marks, in circumstances where all reputable style guides would include it within quotation marks. Or ... I could go on. Much here is not intuitive, and does not follow common sense (e.g. ... "let's make sure that date of birth and place of birth appear in different sections, unlike all other encyclopedias"). Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:06, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced Biographical Content

Hello. You recently gave me a warning for unreferenced content in the biography of a living person. I can certainly understand your likely thought process in doing so, but I feel inclined to defend my reputation. When I read the warning, I was particularly confused because I never remembered reading, or editing, the article in question: Ryan Braun. Upon inspection, it was labeled as an edit performed with Huggle; however, I have no memory of reverting the deletion of information regarding Braun's sexuality. More interestingly, the automatically created edit summary says that I reverted four consecutive edits in one click. This last bit of information shows that something strange was happening. I believe I figured out what.

After looking through the recent edits to that page, I noticed one which I have a memory of seeing and reverting on Huggle. I made the controversial revert while scrolling back a bit to older edits made a few minutes before. The aforementioned edit, it seems, was vandalism built on vandalism; when I saw it, I clicked "revert". However, in the three minutes that had elapsed since 24.36.38.61's edit at 1:39, other edits had been made, including good-faith ones. Huggle, thus, reverted all edits made at and after 1:39, while I did not know that such edits had been made. In the past, I had seen Huggle stopping me from accidently editing pages that had been already reverted between the time I was seeing them and the time they were loaded onto Huggle, so I assumed that this would always be the case. Apparently it wasn't.

I apologize for any misunderstanding, and hope that I have explained adequately how my controversial revert was, due to partially human and partially computer error, reverting the wrong things. Thank you for reading. Marechal Ney (talk) 03:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Ahah. Many thanks. Yes ... when I see an editor adding an unreferenced statement that a living person said they are gay, I tend to give a warning. But I totally understand your explanation, and am sorry that the computer snafu caused the misunderstanding. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:20, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

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Márton Vas

Hello!

Just wanted to say thanks for your kind words :) Actually, it was you who "forced" me to make the related article a bit better, as following you created the talk page it appeared in my watchlist and when checked the page I was so terrible upset to see in what condition the article is. (Duh, I hate to see one line stubs. Why did I not expand it earlier...)

On the other hand, as I saw, you edited a lot of Jewish related articles so I guess you have the knowledge and sources. Márton has a younger brother, János Vas, who has to be a Jew as well. Maybe is there a reference that supports it? It could be a good addition to the article. -- Thehoboclown (talk) 13:44, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

On Mike Morse (Baseball)

My reliable source on Mike Morse (Baseball) being engaged is I know the woman he is engaged to. It's not published in an article, but I do know for a fact that they are engaged. Please put that back up on Wikipedia.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.116.187.166 (talk) 00:42, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry. But that is not how wp works. You need a reliable source for such an entry. Personal knowledge does not suffice. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Angel Orensanz Center

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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List of swimmers

I agree with deletion of swimmers with no articles or RS supporting them. I've expanded the intro to better specify inclusion criteria, and added a source for one of the redlinks.

Per WP:BURDEN we should do a cursory search on the web/news/books for RS before deleting the rest of the redlinks. Since WP:N doesn't apply to list contents, but WP:V does, how about using large athlete statistics websites as sufficient RS for inclusion or a news article? Stats sites have been used as RS in vast swaths of sports articles, so how about this one? Of course, wherever multiple RS are found, the athlete's article should just be stubbed and sourced. --Lexein (talk) 13:24, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Per wp:LISTPEOPLE, which is the most relevant guideline as it applies specifically to lists of this sort, the burden is on the person adding the name in the first place -- they should simply not add non-referenced redlinks ("A person may be included in a list of people if all the following requirements are met ... The person meets the Wikipedia notability requirement... If a person in a list does not have an article in Wikipedia about them, a citation (or link to another article) must be provided to establish their membership in the list's group and to establish their notability.... The person's membership in the list's group is established by reliable sources....." Note -- per the above, the people on such lists must in fact be notable -- we don't add names of swimmers, for example, who exist but who are non-notable.

Per WP:BURDEN, as well, the burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds the material in the first place, and we may remove any such inappropriate unsupported material. This is especially true of BLPs. Lists of people are magnets for people adding red-linked names, lacking any sourcing whatsoever. There are thousands of such entries, though I've personally likely cleared out thousands. My problem is with the low-hanging fruit primarily -- those entries that lack any article as well as any RS refs ... I have no problem with using reliable sports stats sites, such as sports-reference. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:49, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry if I was unclear. I'm well aware of the problem with additions of redlinks, such as at List of indie rock musicians. WP:BURDEN also asserts the good practice of trying to find RS before deleting an unsourced claim. I tend to apply this, because I'm big on preserving, but fine with deleting unsourceable material after checking. WP:LISTPEOPLE does indeed answer the general question, but at List of swimmers you'd keep low hanging fruit items which are delinked and possess an inline RS citation? I'm thinking mainly of Olympic and Nationals placers. --Lexein (talk) 09:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi. The way that I read it, wp:LISTPEOPLE is the more specific applicable guideline, and the one therefore in my mind to focus on most. It is pretty clear on this. BLP issues raise the bar even further -- and encourage on-sight deletions of unreferenced material. The talk page discussions at wp:LISTPEOPLE are even more draconian -- many editors read it to require deletion if there are not multiple refs per entry, saying one ref for a redlink is not sufficient. Further, some (minority) editors believe all entries should have refs, whether a bluelink entry or redlink. In any event, the general language that you point to in the more general guideline is of course a nice, good practice thing to do -- but that language is not as strong as the other language, which is more specific, and common sense makes it impractical for me to check all such entries on lists. There are tons of inappropriate bare redlinks -- a high percentage are not appropriate, and the entering editor can't go around foisting responsibility on good-faith editors who are cleaning up a list, by making them do research where the entering editor clearly violated the rules with the add in the first place. And little is lost -- we are speaking about bare entries here, completely content-less. If you wish to spend time researching all such entries, that is of course fine, but its not something that is an obligation under the guidelines for other editors to follow. If you think my view is not the common understanding, however, feel free to raise the issue at wp:LISTPEOPLE at the talk page, and just let me know and I will join the conversation. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 14:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. I certainly didn't intend to take up this much of your time. The LISTPEOPLE Talk archives are illuminating. I was not imposing any expectation on you about sourcing! So far, the redlinks at List of swimmers#Lithuania seem appropriate - they all seem to have records and strong placings, so I've unlinked and sourced several. (I prefer to use the word violation only when real harm is probable or real mal-intent is evident which could expose WP to legal liability). I see your point about foisting, and I resent it when it's clear that that's what's happening. And have no fear of me delving into a career as a redlink rehabber . --Lexein (talk) 15:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Rehabbers are always welcome!--Epeefleche (talk) 23:19, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lon Myers

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DYK for Margie Goldstein-Engle

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lilli Henoch

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

AfD tag formatting

It appears that within the AfD template when placed in articles, there needs to be spaces between the vertical bars "|" where the page name is within the template. Otherwise, the link to the AfD is a red link. When the spaces are present, the link functions properly. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm. Odd. I'm using Twinkle ... do you think it has a kink? Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:18, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Turns out it's a matter of purging the cache. When doing so, the red link becomes functional. Someone directed me to the information at WP:PURGE. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:04, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Copyright concerns

Hi Epeefleche,

Please if I can ask you for help regarding the issue of one particular edition, reflected on my talk-page. In my edition on the subject of J Street I was accused by user Malik Shabazz for Copyright violation As you are highly respected expert in this field I would like you to ask for your opinion regarding this issue. I am sure that my edition (which was removed by user Malik Shabazz do not constitute Copyright violation).

Here is my article that was written at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Street#Funding and later removed by Malik

According to the The Washington Times, J street has been co-funded by directors of organizations such as the Arab American Institute and the National Iranian American Council. Also, J Street funds have been raised from a lawyer who represented the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, and from Ray Close, a former foreign agent for Saudi Arabia, who was also a CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia, and have allegedly worked for the former head of Saudi intelligence service. The Washington Times reported that J Street had been paying Ben-Or Consulting, a company which is partially owned by Ben Ami, tens of thousands of dollars. This findings, presented by The Washington Times, are showing that Ben-Or Consulting , the Tel Aviv-based company partially owned by Ben-Ami, charged J Street at least 56,000 dollars in consultation fees, prompting charity experts to raise ethical issues regarding Ben Ami's conflict of interest and self- dealinghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/30/jewish-group-pays-pr-firm-co-owned-by-president/?page=1

Objections stated by Malik Shabazz are looking non sense for me, and are written on my talk-page- Please can you give me your opinion on this issue? --Tritomex (talk) 02:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Will take a look when I have a moment, though I don't have one right now. As to Malik Shabazz, I have generally found him to be an editor with whom one can have a thoughtful conversation, and would suggest that you pursue that tack for the moment. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:35, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kurt Epstein

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:03, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Epeefleche. Thanks for the kind words. I did the date formatting based on him being born in Czech and representing them at the Olympics, but I have no issue with your rationale for the current format. Another really interesting article on an Olympic athlete! Lugnuts (talk) 18:37, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, some editors can get bogged down in trivial edit wars over formatting issues, etc. As long as the dates are correct that's the main thing! Good question about the Olympic athletes for 2012. I guess most of them would already be notable - IE they're already established in their sport and have now done enough for Olympic qualification, so there should be some sources to show general coverage. I aim to finish off the Olympic fencers from 1992 onwards, before picking another "minor" Olympic sport and working through the years on that. Lugnuts (talk) 20:16, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Tx. I, of course, applaud your focus on that "minor" sport. Nice work. --Epeefleche (talk) 20:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

No probs. WP:STRONGNAT might help with regards to the date formatting. I think I mentioned it before, but it's really interesting to read about former Olympic athletes, esp. those who fought and died during the wars. Still alot of work to do! Lugnuts (talk) 08:39, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

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your comment at AE

That whole sentence-in-each-article has to be revisited. It's the strangest thing I have ever come across Wikipedia. Templating dozens of articles with some new-fangled verbiage with RS's not on the direct subject? It violates all kinds of wiki-policies, let alone that no other encyclpedia has anything similar. Then editors are blocked if they don't follow the guideline? It's really wacko. Where is this discussion anyway? I found this discussion about proposal to add the word "settlement" into the first sentence of dozens of article and that failed as "no consensus." How and where did this happen? --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 03:54, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it could my attention as well. And I had the same question as to where it "happened". I posed that query prominently in the AE discussion. And I agree -- it does seem to be at odds with our guidelines on synth. If it is an agreeable practice, and not a violation of synth, I do have a few thoughts (as also indicated) as to verbiage that we can agree on in a discussion, and then place in all articles that are related to -- but not mentioned in -- the source we use.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:01, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

I totally agree with you.I think its obvious violation of WP:SYNTH.I think it should be revisited again.--Shrike (talk) 15:24, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm happy to be part of any discussion revisiting it. Any thoughts as to how best to initiate such a discussion? My thoughts are two-fold. One: It would be good to understand why such a result is not a violation of WP:SYNTH. Two: If it is not a violation, it would be interesting to apply the approach to a number of other areas.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:08, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Delila Hatuel

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:02, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

My 2¢ with Mkativerata

I thought I should let you know I have honest concerns about Mkativerata’s conduct and honestly and frankly expressed them on his talk page (∆ edit, here). Greg L (talk) 01:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

November 2011

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Request reason:

I certainly didn't intend to disrupt the CCI, and don't intend to in the future.

Just the opposite. I had already firmly committed to assisting the CCI.[7][8] And I've already started to help out at the CCI policy page.[9][10]

I (mistakenly) honestly thought Mkat (M) was an involved editor in the I-P area. Because that is what his user page says. I also honestly was concerned that his blankings of bios of Olympic athletes were retribution, as I recalled reviewers leaving 1-line stubs instead. I now understand from M that he is not in fact an involved editor, and from Moon that blanking is the norm. I apologize to M for my mistakes, and hope he can understand how I made them honestly.

Further details, below.

1. Voluntary Clean-up. I acknowledged my mistakes. And I volunteered to help clean up my inadvertent copyvios, as I mentioned at ANI. In whatever way others considered most helpful. See my conversations with Elen, Moon, and M, in which the details of my assistance—including how I can delete violations I discover, flag checked text for the benefit of reviewers (without making any determinations myself), and timing—are discussed.[11][12][13]

A significant number of commenting editors (Wizardman, Hut, etc)[14] seem to have missed this completely. Their comments indicate they thought the opposite was the case.

BTW—I appreciate that M himself indicated that my more recent edits, over the past year, did not contain copyvios ("Fact: Everything I've seen Epeefleche create since the CCI started is copyvio-free."). I take my commitment here seriously, and I appreciate the gravity of copyright issues.

2. Support CCI. I'm fully supportive of the CCI moving forward. And have been fully supportive of all copyvios being deleted (if not fixed.) I've said this at ANI as well. The pace of remediation will accelerate with my assistance.[15][16][17]

I'm also happy to volunteer to assist with an additional CCI, of Moon or Mkat's choosing, given the backlog they mention. I've devoted much of my time over the years to helping improve the Project in various areas, and I'm happy to do it here.

3. Voluntary CCI Policy Copyediting. As a first step in assisting pro-actively in CCI clean-up, I undertook to and already began to copy-edit our CCI policy.[18][19] For clarity. To be transparent and collaborative, I also opened up discussion at our CCI policy talkpage, explaining my effort.[20] Moon responded positively there.

4. CCI Article Edits. As to assertions of "CCI disruption"—my editing of CCI articles reflects that the opposite is the case. I've made only 3 article edits, ever, following deletions of text in CCI article clean-up efforts.[21][22][23] Each edit was an effort to respond to M's concerns. My last edit did just that, it would appear. I never made any edits at all that interfered with CCI cleanup; just the opposite.

5. Mkat and I generally agree. Interestingly, M and I may well agree on 99% of his deletions. In all of the sentences he (and others) deleted at the CCI, to this point we've only disagreed with regard to 2 sentences. In each instance, I was able to address his concern.

6. Efforts at talkpage discussion. After revising the 2 sentences mentioned above, to allay M's concerns, I did seek (without success) to engage M in talkpage discussion.[24] To better understand his reasoning. And better communicate my views. My effort was not intended to be disruptive; just the opposite.

Similarly, I (and other editors)[25][26][27] asked M this week, re 2 articles that he had blanked, which sentences concerned him.[28][29] I asked so I could address his concerns, if possible. I said that at the time. In the one article mentioned above in which we had worked together, he had done exactly that. I thought it a normal request. I didn't ask him about the deleted sentences at the TK article, because I knew which they were (and had not contested his deletion). I also inquired as to whether we have a review process if editors have different views (because we do have a review process for articles deleted at AFD, but I couldn't find one here.)

7. ANI. I opened the ANI because: a) M said a "close paraphrase" existed where I did not believe that was the case (I'm not alone in this view); b) he was not communicating with me at the talkpage; and c) I felt that in the absence of communication from him it would be helpful to have more eyes on our interactions.[30] A number who spoke to these issues at ANI raised the same points.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Notably, that was all I requested. I didn't ask for any sanctions, as a disruptive battleground editor might. I asked for only one thing—simply more eyes on future interactions.[40]

8. "Involved Editor" discussion. My understanding that M was an involved editor in the ARBPIA area was based entirely on M's own statement, on his userpage.[41][42] If what he meant in that self-identification is not what I naturally understood it to be—which seems to be what he has said most recently—then I withdraw my comment, and apologize for any confusion. I wasn't making a personal assessment. I simply accepted at face value his own statement. I stated this at the ANI. I had no way of knowing that M's self-identification as an editor involved in the I-P conflict didn't mean what it said on its face. But again—while some editors (Prioryman, etc.) think I made a personal assessment of M in this regard, or even expressed a view as to his leanings, I did nothing of the sort (it may be that I've been confused with others). Given my mistake here, I'll avoid any future criticisms of M, for any reason (including those relating to wp:admin).

9. No canvassing. There was clearly not any "canvassing". I left a neutral note. At the talkpages of 3 editors. Editors who had divergent views. And who were involved in the CCI discussion to which the ANI related, and which M had referred to.

10. Others. As to the editor M says was "attacked", by me saying that the editor was hounding me? That editor was in fact found to be hounding me. And was interaction banned. While the CCI is appropriate, the editor was indeed banned. As to Spl—I don't recall that as having being part of this CCI, though we did have a strong difference of view on a substantive copyright matter.

12. Retribution and article blanking—withdrawn. I had the honest impression—based on my prior CCI experience of articles being stubbed to one sentence—that M was acting in retribution by not leaving such a 1-sentence stub.[43] I now accept what Moon has helpfully explained. Based on that, my initial impression was mistaken.

13. Close Paraphrase. There seems to be a wide divide between M and Hobit[44][45][46][47]/Geo Swan[48][49]/Stuart Jamieson[50] (for example), as to what constitutes a "close paraphrase".[51] That's the only substantive difference that M and I have had since the CCI was launched, as far as I can recall. I share the view expressed by Hobit et al. Perhaps someone can suggest a way to determine which view is correct—perhaps even (recognizing that they are busy at the moment) seeking input from one of the foundation lawyers.

As I mentioned to M and Moon a couple of days ago, I have limited access to computers until a week from now, and cannot add diffs from this computer at the moment, so please understand if you only hear from me intermittently (that's also the reason for the delay in this response). Also, if you could copy/paste this into the ANI, that would be appreciated Epeefleche (talk) 03:19, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

As I now have access to a computer and the time, I've added the diffs/refs referenced immediately above, and will add those for the below posts as well. I also appreciate that the blocker wrote that "Any admin may unblock when they are satisfied that Epeefleche will no longer disrupt the CCI.".--Epeefleche (talk) 16:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Clearing the unblock requests, declining at this time but encourage user to continue discussion about possible agreement to unblock and resubmit when an accord has been reached. WGFinley (talk) 22:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

The common sense thing to do here (and while I do think there's a good number of copyvios that Eppefleche was - probably out of ignorance - responsible for, see Targeted killing, I also think the indef block was excessive and unjustified) is to unblock him but request that he first participate fully and in good faith in the clean up, before he resumes normal editing. So...

• Unblock him
• Restrict his edits/posts to those related to the CCI issues which were raised.
• Once the CCI is successfully concluded, Epeefleche can resume regular editing.

That way it's a win-win. The copyvios get cleaned up faster and Epee gets to go back to normal editing. While copyvio is a very serious concern, 1) it's actually a Wikipedia wide problem and who knows how many people do it, a random selection of articles suggests that it's pretty common - and this is because we NEVER educate editors as to how not to commit copyvios (hell, "NO COPYVIOs" isn't even one of the main pillars!), and 2) these seem to have been made in good faith. I think at some point Eppefleche got a little defensive and rather than helping to resolve his old mistakes made things worse by his comments and posts - but still, I don't see how keeping the indef block in place would benefit either him/her or the project. Volunteer Marek  04:33, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate the apology. But 6 and 7 miss the point why you were blocked: for incessant talk page and ANI badgering, questioning, pestering and text-walling. No-one can work sanely on your CCI responding to that kind of rubbish. And you need to accept that in light of your record you really don't have the right to a "different view" on copyright questions; you're going to have to accept the blanking, deletion and removal of your content pretty much without debate. That's the only way it will work. In light of the pretty much unanimous consensus in support of your block at ANI, I think you're going to have to recognise this. --Mkativerata (talk) 09:15, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Tripped over this while patrolling CAT:UNB; I am very concerned about the phrase "inadvertent copyvio". You can't copy something accidentally. You just can't. Copying someone elses work is always intentional, and if Epeefleche believes that his copying of the text written by other people was "inadvertent" I have little faith that he could stop himself from doing it again. --Jayron32 04:37, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

You say that you "…have little faith that he could stop himself from doing it again." Actually I have considerable "faith". If an error was made sticking too close to wording found in sources—that can be corrected. While I understand your point concerning the word "inadvertent" perhaps one should not dwell on one single word to the exclusion of an entire message. Bus stop (talk) 05:02, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

The copyvio is inadvertent when an editor has paraphrased it slightly, believing that they have done enough to prevent it being a copyvio. Epeefleche has generally reworded his contributions the problem was that up until CCI they were still too close to the original text. The editors undertaking the CCI have said that his newer contributions (since the CCI started) do not seem to have this problem. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 06:44, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Fine, but you are not requesting an unblock. He is. I would like him to explain why copying someone elses words, and changing a few of them, is still very very bad, and how that is different from "doing it right". I would need to see Epeefleche, and not you, explain why his purposeful, deliberate copying of text, and changing a few words, was wrong, and what sort of editing would be right. --Jayron32 21:47, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Posting on behalf of Epeefleche, with permission; copied from his email to me.

@Close Para issue, etc. Mkat (himself) wrote: "Fact: everything I've seen Epeefleche create since the CCI started is copyvio-free."[52]

I've been asked to share my understanding as to what constitutes a "close paraphrase" (CP). A CP is a copyviolation. One must, as described below, limit similarity in creative linguistic characteristics and structure to the point that they are non-substantial.[53][54][55]

US caselaw suggests that there is not a copyviolation unless the copying is "substantial" both in quantity and in quality. Courts consider additional factors that include: a) the size of the entire work vs the copied text, b) the level of creativity in the copied text, c) the uniqueness and intricacy of the copied text, and d) how "central" the copied text is.[56][57]

When CP has been asserted, I've sought to address concerns via good faith remediation. As Unscintillating indicates, I did this in the Berman article.[58][59] I've also tried to engage the asserter in discussion on the article talkpage, if remediation did not satisfy him. As suggested by our rules on CP. See the Berman talkpage.

As Moon said, "Sometimes there are good faith disagreements as to what constitutes a close paraphrase. It happens". As Hobit, Jamieson, and Geo's extensive comments at ANI indicate, this was the case with Berman edit # 3. They all thought that the text deleted in that edit was not a CP. Feist and its progeny are relevant US caselaw.[60][61]

But the key take-away is that even in that instance, I sought to remediate and address any felt concerns.

In the future, where a CP violation would otherwise exist, I'll apply more often Mkat's suggestion that "in-text attribution is a way around the problem". Excision is another solution. Another remedy is the use in accordance with our non-free content policy of a short quotation. Use—if available—of public domain or compatibly licensed sources avoids the issue, as does permission of the copyright holder. It can also be helpful to use multiple refs.[62][63][64]

As I now have access to a computer and the time, I've added the diffs/refs referenced immediately above.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:05, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

To avoid causing confusion, I'm not responding to any of his words in this edit, but just sharing them. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:56, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Epeefleche, it concerns me a bit that your response here addresses US law more than it seems to address Wikipedia's standards. I'm sure you know, given your length of time here, that Wikipedia's standards towards non-free content are deliberately more narrow than US copyright law. You may be able to get away with closely paraphrasing a paragraph out of a 500 page book in a Wikipedia article legally, as it would qualify as fair use, but it does not mesh with community standards. Per copyright policy: "Wikipedia articles may also include quotations, images, or other media under the U.S. Copyright law "fair use" doctrine in accordance with our guidelines for non-free content. In Wikipedia, such "fair use" material should be identified as from an external source by an appropriate method (on the image description page, or history page, as appropriate; quotations should be denoted with quotation marks or block quotation in accordance with Wikipedia's manual of style). This leads to possible restrictions on the use, outside of Wikipedia, of such "fair use" content retrieved from Wikipedia: this "fair use" content does not fall under the CC-BY-SA or GFDL license as such, but under the "fair use" (or similar/different) regulations in the country where the media are retrieved." We are not simply concerned with US law here, or with such factors as may influence leniency of our use as our non-commercial status. I would suggest that you stop thinking, if you are, of "copyright law" and more of "copyright policy." What is a "copyright violation" on Wikipedia - a violation of our copyright policies which require that information taken from non-free sources be presented in your own language and structure, unless you are utilizing brief and clearly marked quotations - would not necessarily be an infringement of copyright under US law. It might not rise to substantial similarity to copy three sentences from a book, for instance, but it is certainly a violation of our policy, unless the material is handled as described at WP:NFC. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:12, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

What concerns me isn't just the incorrectness of Epeefleche's view (as if the law, as opposed to academic dishonesty, was our only concern) but the fact that he/she continues to have the argument. It is continuing to have the argument that will continue to disrupt the CCI. --Mkativerata (talk) 00:21, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm also quite concerned with the legalistic, rather than the practical, comments by Epeefleche. The proper way to read sources, to use those sources to compose novel text which capture the idea of the source text while being the wholly original text of the wikipedia writer, and the proper sourcing thereof is how to do it right. I was looking for Epeefleche to explain how to read source texts, how to internalize and understand the ideas thereof, how to compose ones own writing based on those ideas, and to cite the source text. Instead I get a bunch of legalistic hoo-haa? I am not encouraged. No, I am not. --Jayron32 05:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Jayron32—have you posed any question(s) to Epeefleche? If not, then why are you saying, "I was looking for Epeefleche to explain…"? Why don't you pose a question to Epeefleche, and in that way move the process forward to unblocking someone (Epeefleche) who has been both a productive and a constructive editor? Much of what he has said in his request to be unblocked above is of a conciliatory nature:

"I certainly didn't intend to disrupt the CCI, and don't intend to in the future. "

"I apologize to M for my mistakes, and hope he can understand how I made them honestly."

"I take my commitment here seriously, and I appreciate the gravity of copyright issues."

"The pace of remediation will accelerate with my assistance."

"My effort was not intended to be disruptive; just the opposite."

"I now accept what Moon has helpfully explained; based on that, my initial impression was mistaken."

If you are going to focus single-mindedly on fault-finding you are going to find fault. I also think he should be able to explain the origin of certain misunderstandings that occurred between him and other editors. That could be of a partially exculpatory nature—those may be mitigating factors in what transpired. This is a social project—or at least that is in my understanding of it. If you wish to ask a question of Epeefleche—that might move the dialogue forward. Bus stop (talk) 16:22, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Epeefleche, who should be back at a computer with web access soon, sends the following:

@Mkat--I wasn't trying to continue an argument. I apologize if it seemed that way. Jayron asked me to reflect my understanding as to WP policy on close paraphrases.[65] I re-read our policy and Copyright FAQ, and what they linked to,[66] and tried to comply. I would certainly not have responded had I understood you would not want me to.

Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume you don't want me to explain my understanding of WP policy further, other than to to assure you that I understand that WP policy requires that we present information taken from non-free sources in our own structure, presentation, and phrasing (unless it is a conforming quotation). Epeefleche.

Passed along verbatim at his request. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:30, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Some thoughts on the issue and a proposal

The problem here has not been in your clean up work; the problem has been in your insinuative and aggressive stance towards Mkativerata and some of the others who have addressed copyright issues with you. I don't remember ever having any particular problems with you myself, but I've been shocked by the way you have pursued the recent work on your CCI and am actually impressed that Mkativerata is persisting in the face of it. I have seen CCI cleaners run off of CCIs before by aggressive CCI subjects; it's a major source of disruption in that thankless and understaffed field. You certainly would be welcome (by me, anyway) to rewrite problematic content from scratch. But you have to stay out of the way of people evaluating it and not follow along repeatedly asking "What's wrong with this article?" And you certainly can't personalize it in the way that you have. There are literally thousands of articles to be evaluated; nobody will ever be able to finish if you do that. And there is a growing body of evidence that there are problems in many articles.

CCI will undoubtedly cost some content that is not a copyright problem. That's unfortunate. One of the main purposes of CCI is to try to avoid this, by giving each article evaluation, but it is not completely avoidable since we cannot access all of your sources and we are not able to presume that any of the content you wrote in this period is free of problems. There will very likely be points in the CCI when somebody will blank an article you wrote because it looks like it might have been copied and the sources can't be checked. In the ordinary course of "copyright problem" board work, we don't delete content because it looks like it might have been copied. In a CCI, we sometimes must. CCI remains preferable to the alternative, which is the presumptive deletion of everything per Wikipedia:Copyright violations.

The most constructive way you can contribute is not to say "Prove this one is a problem" but to simply replace challenged text with new, rewritten from scratch. It may not be fun, especially if you think that the original text was fine, but it is the most expeditious way to get through the tedious work of evaluating each of these articles and replacing any confirmed or likely problems. Nobody wants to have to do this, but unfortunately your work in this period has required it. While it may not be a copyright standard you would adopt for Wikipedia, it is the one the community has embraced. Given your skills, I'm pretty sure you could be a force for good in this if you would just put your focus to the cleanup instead of challenging the need for it. :) Barring that, I think your only other option would be to just stay out of the way and do your work elsewhere.

To that end, I have a proposal. I'm not going to unblock you myself, but will reproduce this next paragraph at ANI for community input. It's possible that my proposal will be shot down. :)

I would support your unblock if you would pledge to stop slowing progress (1) by challenging (openly or by insinuation) the existence of the problem and/or (2) by casting aspersions on the competence or motivations of the people doing the work and would instead agree to focus (if you work on the CCI at all) on rewriting content from scratch. Alternatively, I would support your unblock if you were topic banned from the CCI - which would mean staying away from any article tagged as a problem until after it has been resolved and from the people who tag them in any venue. Because I'm never comfortable with silencing people, I would be okay in that case with your having one acceptable person to whom you can email, agreed upon by the community at ANI. This will avoid you becoming a target of an actual vendetta if somebody should choose to take advantage of your vulnerable position. Email to one neutral, designated person rather than on-Wiki communication would eliminate any unintended disruption, as public aspersions on a CCI volunteer in any venue may have a "chilling" effect especially if others are influenced by your accusations. If the person chosen for you to contact agrees there is an issue, he or she may raise it in an appropriate venue.

Apologies for the length. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:53, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Epeefleche is not at his computer and is unable to post to Wikipedia but has emailed me the following, with permission to post it on Wikipedia:

As I indicated to you, Elen, and M in our discussion on your talkpage even before the block, I'm happy to assist in the CCI in whatever manner (if any) others see fit.

I agree to whichever of your suggestions is deemed preferable. And whichever it is--I agree, as before, that the copyvios should be deleted (if not fixed). I think that your safeguard makes sense as well, for the reasons you state.

I'm going to reproduce this at ANI as well so that others can see his input. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:29, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

I think Moonriddengirl's proposal is sensible and realistic. Jclemens (talk) 20:46, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

• I too think Moonriddengirl's proposal is sensible and realistic. A key nugget of that wisdom is encompassed in these two sentences of hers: The most constructive way you can contribute is not to say "Prove this one is a problem" but to simply replace challenged text with new, rewritten from scratch. It may not be fun, especially if you think that the original text was fine, but it is the most expeditious way to get through the tedious work of evaluating each of these articles and replacing any confirmed or likely problems. So long as Epeefleche conducts himself in a manner where his actions are part of the solution rather than amounting to objections over how others go about fixing past copyvio problems, there will be less wikidrama and faster improvement to the project. Greg L (talk) 19:07, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

An observation and some unanswered questions

I think it Epeefleche is to be unblocked he should not go any where near the articles that are being clean up, (s)he has been given months and months to do that and has been found wanting. I also think that there should be a moratorium on this editor creating or recreating any articles until there is a consensus at ANI that (s)he can do so. I suggest this because there is no evidence that Epeefleche has had an epiphany but rather the (s)he is mouthing platitudes under the duress of a block.

Epeefleche I asked you talk:Targeted killing "As you wrote and then created the article at 00:21 on 30 September 2010, and as it was so quaintly described 'shepherded it' for all these months, don't you remember which parts if any you copied? If you do then why don't you start by listing those pieces you copied from other sources?" You did not reply. So what is the answer?

On ANI you wrote "We are talking about Mkat's deletions yesterday -- years (and 50-80,000 edits?) after I wasn't familiar with our copyvio rules." I asked "Is Epeefleche stating the when (s)he wrote the Targeted killing article on 30 September 2010 (s)he was not familiar with the 'copyright rules'?" and if not familiar when did you become familiar? Well what is the answer to those questions? This is particularly pertinent given the statement given Greg L on on 8 Jan 2011 on Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Epeefleche where he in-part explains away your actions, because he explained that you have expertise on American copyright law (something that you did not acknowledge or deny at that time). -- PBS (talk) 14:41, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Having looked into it more I assume that Greg L reached his conclusion from a statement you made on 24 December 2010 on the same page, or have you made similar claims about your expertise else where on Wikipedia? -- PBS (talk) 15:16, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

I tend to agree with PBS. It was clear to me after I unblocked him from his last indefinite block that he had simply said those things that I wanted to hear, and never actually understood that he had been canvassing. I regretted undoing the block.—Kww(talk) 15:45, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Since I tend to edit on a wordprocesser from various "copied" sources, often jumping between several files, I can see how despite one's trying to change things to avoid copy right violations, one could "inadvertently" make one (especially the way Win7 messes up Wordperfect, but den't me started). However, I also know that Epeeflech has been a very tenditious editor with a strong POV so I can understand where User:PBS and User:Kww are coming from. CarolMooreDC 19:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Just for context here, the scenario you describe certainly can happen, but this is not always what we are seeing with Epeefleche. Since I can't reproduce the whole thing here per our policies, this was the first paragraph in the source used for the article Benny Bass (now rev deleted):

Regarding Benny Bass, Jack Dempsey was quoted as saying: "He is the greatest fighter of his weight and inches I have ever set my eyes upon." At a diminutive 5' 2", Benny possessed a bull neck and extraordinary musculature around his shoulders & biceps. He was a powerful force & rarely fought at over 130 pounds. Bass was one of the hardest punchers ever in the featherweight & jr. lightweight divisions. Contemporary Ring Magazine writer, Francis Albertani, described Benny as "A deadly puncher, cool as the proverbial pebble under fire & a masterful boxer."

This was the first paragraph Epeefleche placed in the article. For clarity, I'm bolding precise duplication.

Regarding Benny Bass, Jack Dempsey was quoted as saying: "He is the greatest fighter of his weight and inches I have ever set my eyes upon."[citation omitted] At a diminutive 5' 2", Benny possessed a bull neck and extraordinary musculature around his shoulders & biceps. He was a powerful force & rarely fought at over 130 pounds. Bass was one of the hardest punchers ever in the featherweight and junior lightweight divisions. Contemporary Ring Magazine writer, Francis Albertani, described Benny as "A deadly puncher, cool as the proverbial pebble under fire and a masterful boxer."

The third to the last paragraph in the source says:

Benny was no dummy, however, and even though he lacked much formal scholastic training he had a sharp mind, as evinced by his fluency in five languages. Applying himself with the same resolve he had displayed in the ring, Benny passed a Civil Service exam and worked a desk job for the Philadelphia traffic courts for many years.

This the last paragraph Epeefleche placed in that section:

Benny was no dummy, however, and even though he lacked much formal scholastic training he had a sharp mind, as evinced by his fluency in five languages. Applying himself with the same resolve he had displayed in the ring, Benny passed a Civil Service exam and worked a desk job for the Philadelphia traffic courts for many years.

Some of the content between was original, I believe most of it was not. This remained in publication for years before it was detected, I'm afraid.

While this is among the more extreme set of examples, it is not alone. Epeefleche may have improved his practices in recent years (I'm told he has and don't doubt it), but his violations of copyright policy in articles like these are pretty blatant. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:01, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Moon. I've not contested that some of my earliest entries (which include the one you cite above, from over 4.5 years ago) were not appropriate. And I've agreed that any such copyvios should be deleted. I appreciate your comment as to not doubting that I have improved my practices in recent years.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:47, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Epeefleche. I know you haven't contested that. I don't mean to beat you up about it or imply any ongoing issues. I was just clarifying for CarolMoore. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:51, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm actually pretty concerned by Epeefleche's response, which continues on with a previous theme that the copyright problems are from years ago. While it's true that the copying and pasting was especially obvious and egregious in the early years of Epeefleche's career, the CCI opened about a year ago because of copyright and plagiarism concerns with recent edits, where the violations were slightly more subtle but clear nonetheless. For example, Epeefleche's edits to Targeted killing, made September 2010, have recently been deleted due to copyright concerns. But only 2 weeks ago, Epeefleche denied that there were any significant problems with copyright in that very article."I don't see the copyvio that is claimed as warranted deletion of this article". This is the crux of the matter. Does Epeefleche accept that there were significant problems of copyright and plagiarism up to December 2010 that need to be cleaned up? --Slp1 (talk) 13:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Slp1—I think Epeefleche merely defends the article (Targeted killing) against deletion in the link that you provide above. My personal opinion is that the copyright problems at Targeted killing are relatively minor. There are limited acceptable ways of communicating information and it is a matter of judgement how far a restatement of the material found at sources should differ while still maintaining the original thrust of that material. Epeefleche has clearly expressed a willingness to try to clear up any remaining copyright problems. Bus stop (talk) 15:30, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but "defending" the article is exactly the problem, as it indicates that Epeefleche has not accepted that there is an issue to fix. Why would it be a good idea for him to "clear up" copyright and plagiarism violations that he (and you apparently) do not appear to accept exist. Here is some of the text that Mkativerata removed from the Targeted killing edits from September 2010. I've bolded the text that comes directly from Haaretz[67]:

The opinion, deciding a case brought by two human rights groups, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, set forth [note: preceeding is not even mentioned in Haaretz, and thus is more of a problem with WP:V] what is allowed and what is prohibited, and the directives it gave assured future judicial oversight of all cases in which a targeted killing exceeds the limits of these rules. If it should turn out that a targeted killing was illegal, it might lead to a trial and the paying of compensation to the innocent civilians who were hurt by it. Under the ruling, those involved in causing terror are civilians who have lost the protection granted to civilians "for the period of time during which they take direct part in hostile acts." The question of whether they continue to constitute a threat must be scrutinized carefully before a targeted-killing order is issued. Such an order must not be issued as an act of revenge, punishment, or deterrence, but only in prevention. The information that a civilian became a participant in hostile acts must be sufficiently well-founded. The threat must be "strong and persuasive", and the person must be party to "ongoing action that does not limit itself to concrete sporadic or one-time action." Also, targeted killing must not be engaged in when an arrest may be made without real danger to the lives of soldiers; and targeted killing should be avoided if it will lead to disproportionate collateral harm to innocent civilians.

As you can see, Bus Stop, whole sentences have been copied verbatim. There is virtually no creativity and even the (acceptable) quotes are framed identically to the original source. It boggles my mind to think that you think that this is acceptable, "relatively minor" (as you put it), and that this is a situation where there was no other way to express the content. I really don't think you are doing yourself, or Epeefleche any favours here by arguing that this is a judgement call. Multiple administrators with expertise and experience in this area have determined that there is a problem.Slp1 (talk) 02:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Slp1—I actually didn't say that copyright problems do not exist. More importantly Epeefleche did not say that copyright problems do not exist. As I wrote above, Epeefleche defended the article against deletion.

You say "But only 2 weeks ago, Epeefleche denied that there were any significant problems with copyright in that very article."I don't see the copyvio that is claimed as warranted deletion of this article". [68]

I don't think you are correct in your above interpretation of what Epeefleche has written. I don't read Epeefleche denying in the above quote that there are "any significant problems with copyright in that very article". He is merely arguing that copyright problems do not warrant the deletion of the "Targeted killing" article. Bus stop (talk) 03:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Bus stop, you need to stop this obfuscation. As I said, it doesn't do you (or Epeefleche) any favours, because despite what you and Epeefleche have claimed, the article Targeted killing and Epeefleche's edits did indeed warrant deletion. Or at least User:Moonriddengirl, who has lots of experience and expertise in this area, thought so.[69]. Do you want to contest Moonriddengirl's actions? If so, let me know, and I will help you figure out where and how you can contest this. --Slp1 (talk) 03:27, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Slp1—please don't jump to conclusions and claim that I am obfuscating when I don't believe that I am. Bus stop (talk) 04:57, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Bus stop I wrote out a reply here but as it is longer than I expected this is deeply intended I am moving it down. But it will have the same time stamp as this edit -- PBS (talk) 08:50, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Looking at discussion above and the web pages, I see it was far more than inadvertent. I am sure people POV pushing to get as much anti-Muslim (or perhaps pro-states that are anti-Muslim) material into Wikipedia find it easier to cut and paste from the hundreds (or thousands) of anti-Muslim websites out there chock full of such articles. Targeted killing being one example; others probably just not discovered in various Israel-Palestine related article where I've run into Epeefleche before. Under WP:ARBPIA Epeefleche could be banned from editing in any articles regarding Israel-Palestine-Muslims-Jews if further evidence of his doing copyvio was found in any relevant articles. If he was banned, I'm sure he'd find it easier to control himself on sports articles. I hope that whoever is reviewing his case is considering this as an option. As an advocate I am interested in seeing advocates learn to be "Wikipedia first" editors who avoid even minor POV/WP:RS issues. And this goes way beyond that. CarolMooreDC 18:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

CarolMooreDC—I think you are unnecessarily politicizing this discussion. The relevant questions involve the willingness of the editor concerned to work with even those editors who may hold contrasting political points of view. I think he has stated that unquestioningly. He has stated not only apologies to those that have deemed his edits to be copyright violations but he has stated a commitment to refrain from a repeat of the same and to help with the clearing up of remaining copyright violations. Why is he being sidelined from participation in remediation that he has offered to provide at for instance the Targeted killing article? Bus stop (talk) 19:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not an admin or participant in that page and can't answer that. I'm just making a general statement that copyvio could or seems to be be a way of POV pushing that I was not familiar with but will keep my eye on for in the future. (And in some articles that the two of us happened to have edited in the past.) CarolMooreDC 05:13, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Bus stop the problem is this Epeefleche wrote "I don't see the copyvio that is claimed as warranted deletion of this article" (and much else like that). If (s)he were not obfuscating, and publicly recognising that (s)he was still breaking copyright policy as late as September last year, (s)he would not have put the word "claimed" in there, because if one accepts the evidence then the sentence would read "I don't see the copyvio(s) [in the article] as warranting deletion of this all of the article".

Even in his/her latest posting in this thread, while there is an acknowledgement of "some of my earliest entries ... [mumble 4.5 years ago] ... were not appropriate", there is still equivocation (as it may be that some edits last month were still "not appropriate"). Epeefleche has yet to answer the simple questions:

1. When did you become familiar with the Wikipedia rules (or US law) on copyright violation?
2. When was the last time, that you contributed text to this project that broke Wikipedia copyright policy/(and US law)?

We know that as recently as 30 September 2010 (s)he when (s)he created the article targeted killing (s)he was was still breaking Wikipedia copyright policy in articles on this site, and before we can go forward, we need to know when it stopped. (S)he is not helping other editors or herself/himself by fudging an answer to these questions. If Epeefleche has had an epiphany, then (s)he should be willing to stop fudging and give clear precise answers. -- PBS (talk) 08:50, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

You don't think you are being a little too demanding? Must he answer those questions? Hasn't Epeeflech copiously expressed the willingness to move forward violation-free? Haven't his remarks all been conciliatory? Hasn't he offered to help with the remediation of any copyright violations which he has made? Were there no promises to clean up past copyright violations then I could understand your taking a different tack in the form of your questions posed. But given the already-provided assurances that past copyright violations will be cleared up, I think your questions seem out of place. I don't think we should be grilling someone with questions as those you pose above. Bus stop (talk) 11:24, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

I’ve carefully reviewed this thread and ancillary issues pertaining to it. I have come to the following conclusions.

Epeefleche’s old copyviolations should be and are in fact being deleted. He apologized for his lapses. He reiterated that he does not intend to be disruptive. The community should give him the benefit of the doubt and Assume Good Faith. AGF is not merely an empty slogan and it should be applied here where the user has expressed genuine contrition for his actions.

Others on this thread have correctly pointed out that his recent text entries do not have those problems.

He has been blocked for over two weeks now and under the totality of circumstances an unblock now seems to be the appropriate way to conclude this matter. I am certain that the events that gave rise to this unfortunate affair will not be repeated.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 17:58, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Just one more observation. An editor's quality can be measured in part by peer recognition. Epeefleche has done some exceptional work on Wikipedia and the barnstars he's collected for various accomplishments from his fellow editors stand as testament to the quality of his contributions to Wikipedia. I think that should count for something and should act as a mitigating factor.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 18:59, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

@Bus stop. If I am being a little too demanding then from what Epeefleche has written about this issue, can you answer after what date did Epeefleche stop committing copyright violations?

The survey only goes up until the time it was initially run (7/Jan/11). Can you tell from anything that Epeefleche has written on the talk pages, that there are no copyright violations in Epeefleche's contributions for the rest of this year? The thing is that most people will assume good faith and if (s)he says there are no copyright violations this year, then it will be accepted. But without such a statement how do we know there are not more of the same? After all, clear violations were present in material as late as 30 September 2010, so how do we know, without a statement from Epeefleche or a further systematic sweep, that text added this year is clean? -- PBS (talk) 08:41, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I have been involved in contentious discussions where Epeefleche has impressed me with the cogency of his discourse. I am also often impressed with his industrious efforts as an editor. I find an indefinite block to be somewhat excessive and feel that in all probability the editor and wikipedia would be better served with a finite block and a limited range block. There are certainly areas that the editor could continue to be productive in without getting into the same area where he has gotten in to the trouble at issue here.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:22, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Tony, that was one of the proposals on the table last time. :) It took me a few minutes to find the ANI thread; I think it's fallen into this weird bug that truncates searches on a page that is too large. It's here. I think at this point that an unblock would be fairly uncontroversial if Epeefleche would agree to the topic ban and just steer clear of the CCI and people who work it. I'd be happy to trot it back by ANI. Maybe this time the discussion will go more smoothly and not derail so that we can wind up with a consensus for how to move forward out of this limbo. Unfortunately, I have to agree with several who commented at the last ANI that some of Epeefleche's well-wishers wound up doing substantial damage instead of helping him out. :/ I'm sure they meant well, but distracting the conversation with 11th hour challenges of whether a problem existed at all (where clear consensus based on the evidence found that it did) only stopped talk of unblocking altogether. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

PBS—you refer to a "systematic sweep".[70] I think that you should ask Epeefleche if he would be agreeable to checking all his edits for 2011. I think that could be done in private by Epeefleche. You express a valid concern but I think that all that is needed is a statement of intention from Epeefleche to thoroughly review all of his edits for 2011 to see if there are any other copyright violations and to correct them if any are found. Bus stop (talk) 15:17, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

The last systematic sweep on Epeefleche's work was done on the 7/Jan/2011, his/her permission was not required. If you think my concerns are valid then why do you think it unnecessary for Epeefleche to answer the two questions most recent I put to her/him? -- PBS (talk) 20:36, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not looking back to see what the two questions are, but anybody can do a sweep. I've run the list from February to the current day ([71]; that link is not permanent but will last a few days). New articles are marked N. I've spent about 45 minutes doing spot checks into new articles and I have not found any issues or really seen any major red flags. Of course, that doesn't mean there aren't any, but from everything I've seen, Epeefleche is on top of the issue now. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

After reviewing the discussion, it appears that the obvious violations were in old articles, not new ones, and that Epeefleche has pledged not to disrupt CCI again. Based on this statement, unless something new comes to light in the next couple of hours, I plan to unblock. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:42, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

On what conditions will you unblock? Will you impose the topic ban for which there was consensus at ANI? --Mkativerata (talk) 19:46, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

On the conditions that he stay away from WP:CCI, and, as Jehochman put it, "be banned from complaining about any editors cleaning up his copyvio messes or otherwise obstructing their work". Jayjg ^(talk) 20:18, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. While I can only speak for myself, I'm fine with an unblock on those conditions. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:26, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for being the voice of reason here, Jayjg. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 20:28, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

While one can expect Jayjg to be reasonable, personally I wouldn't insult the other interested parties by suggesting that he is the voice of reason here. causa sui (talk) 20:57, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Apologies to other editors who have contributed here. My point was simply that I feel Epeefleche has been blocked long enough. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 21:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

O.K., I will unblock Epeefleche based on the statements above. Epeefleche, as a condition of unblocking, please stay away from WP:CCI, and please do not complain about or hinder the efforts of editors who are attempting to ameliorate any perceived copyvio issues with articles you have created or material you have added. Jayjg ^(talk) 23:17, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back, Epee.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 01:55, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sergy Rikhter

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:04, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jowan Qupty

Orlady (talk) 06:15, 27 November 2011 (UTC) 10:54, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or

Orlady (talk) 06:15, 27 November 2011 (UTC) 10:54, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

WELCOME BIENVENIDO, BENVENUTO, BONJOUR

Fresh off your wikibreak, I want to be first second (I see brewcrewer, above, beat me to it) to welcome you back. Greg L (talk) 02:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bat-El Gatterer

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Kiftaan

Just some friendly advice, but I think its pointless arguing with Kiftaan about Sunni percentages. This guy insists there are only two sects in a homogeneous islam, despite articles such as Islamic sects proving him wrong. I've tried, but debating him is circular. You just end up repeeating the same thing over and over but it does not enter his brain. Pass a Method talk 18:47, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Internet Solutions

Heloooo I got a Speedy Deletion message for an article (snub) on Internet Solutions I created a while back. It certainly did not have a single bit of copyright information in it when it was created. Surely if someone else later adds copyright info (allegedly), then that should be reverted? Furthermore I wasn't even able to see if it was in fact copyrighted as claimed by G12 invocation.

All this happened to fast and within 24 hours, is this good practice?

Feels a bit.. wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meepdeedoo (talk • contribs) 23:29, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I do recall seeing what appeared to be copyvios, but don't have access to the article now that it has been deleted. Perhaps if you contact the deleting admin, 5 albert square, he can afford you an opportunity to see what it looked like, and you can address the issue. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:36, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Cool will do thanks Meepdeedoo (talk) 23:52, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Sure. A suggestion -- I've taken a glance at some other articles you created, and they seem to lack refs. I'll point out where. The best course would be to add them, especially as some of the articles have claims (e.g., "largest"). Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:54, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I did plan to add them at a later stage. My idea was to create stubs first them flesh them out with all the references. Been meaning to get them build properly on my user page first this time :) Meepdeedoo (talk) 00:13, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right

OffToRioRob a.k.a. YouReallyCan left a late-hit snide remark on my talk page after he and another editor tag-teamed at Demi Moore. This, after one snide, childish remark after another. Ah, well — at some point Wikipedia will mature and we'll have to have credentials and our real names to edit here, and things will be better. With regards, Tenebrae (talk) 06:06, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

173.179.213.86

I asked for temporary semi-protection of that vandal's target page, and they've granted it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:29, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Brilliant. Am embarrassed that I didn't think of that myself. Hopefully, he won't (continue to) engage in questionable edits on other articles, as he did yesterday. Thanks. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:32, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

There's more than one way to skin a troll. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Heitcamp

Yes you're right about it. I too wondered if there might not be another page, but I had to leave the computer before I could follow it up. Article deleted. fwiw, the deWP page is probably a copyvio also. Does your unified password work there? I cant recover the password I used for it. DGG ( talk ) 02:08, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks ... I'm glad we successfully addressed out difference in views. As to the "deWP" page ... apologies, but I'm not sure what that is.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:36, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

A boon for thee!

		The Anti-Spam Barnstar
		Your effort in fighting spam is appreciated. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:18, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Deleted Page: Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Sekilau

Dear esteemed Epeefleche,

I humbly seek clarification concerning the email I received from MediaWiki Mail on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:48 PM, entitled "Wikipedia page User talk:Bluesguy62 has been created by Epeefleche." The email informed me that "The Wikipedia page "User talk:Bluesguy62" has been created on 22 December 2011 by Epeefleche, with the edit summary: Notification: speedy deletion nomination of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Sekilau. (TW)"

Further details concerning the issue are as follows: 20:23, 22 December 2011 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Sekilau" ‎ (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of )

At this juncture, allow me to clarify that the official website of the school at <http://skbs.freehostia.com/> was deleted by Freehostia in May 2010 after two successive successful hacking attempts; because (according to Freehostia) the website posed a security risk to other users of their free webhosting service.

Next, with regard to the deleted article and website, allow me to confirm that I, Abdul Aziz Sanford (bluesguy62@gmail.com) am the webmaster and sole copyright owner of all materials contained within; as well as a teacher at the school since 2004. All the text is my own composition, and all images were either scanned by me from old photographs/documents or captured by the school's photographers or yours truly.

I may be contacted by email <bluesguy62@gmail.com>, my cellphone 012-9855262 or the following mailing address: Abdul Aziz Sanford, Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Sekilau, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

Kindly also allow me to share the fact that my exact text has been reproduced without my permission on websites such as: (1) <http://www.thefullwiki.org/Sekolah_Kebangsaan_Bukit_Sekilau>, (2) <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sekolah-Kebangsaan-Bukit-Sekilau-Kuantan/327828849169?sk=info>, (3) <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sekolah-Kebangsaan-Bukit-Sekilau/139262229434679> and (4) <http://wn.com/Sekolah_Kebangsaan_Bukit_Sekilau>.

Last but not least, I do declare that the sole intention of creating the Wikipedia page in question was to share information about the school with the world, and nothing else. It took me one year to gather the needed materials. I thank you for reading this humble submission. God bless and take care.

Yours humbly, Abdul Aziz Sanford @ bluesguy62Bluesguy62 (talk) 21:46, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello, friend. I am not an admin, but you may wish to contact User:Fastily, who is the admin who addressed the apparent copyvio issue. As to the photos, from your description it is possible that you do not have a copyright interest of photos that you did not take yourself (but just scanned, etc.), but I would not know the answer without knowing more. Best of luck.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:56, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Michael Ferns for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michael Ferns 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/Michael Ferns (2nd nomination) 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.Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Ferns (2nd nomination)

At the last AFD I proposed that article issues could be addressed procatively, but did not do it myself at that time. I am so glad that being an asmin allowed me the ability to look at the copyvio-deleted versions so I could better understand how it could be best addressed... a total rewrite based upon the one remaining sentence. And in the year since the last AFD, just enough new sources were available (un-found by the nominator) to allow a better article. And too, I disagree with the nominator's insinuation that the notable BAFTA Scotland is both non-notable and somehow not a part of BAFTA... making that organization's recognizing and encouraging New Talent as dismissable. The mop is a handy thing to have. :) Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:29, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK?

With its 35x expansion, wanna help determine a decent DYK? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:30, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

AfD nominations

Rather than take so many primary/elementary schools to AfD, under the principles of WP:BRD it would be much better if you dealt with them directly i.e. delete the content and merge/redirect to the appropriate school district or community. If anyone objects to a particular article being dealt with in this way then revert it (assuming they didn't) and take it to AfD instead. If you do redirect then remember to leave {{Redirect from school}} on the page. --Bob Re-born (talk) 09:04, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I gave your suggestion some thought. I prefer to not be so bold as to redirect these articles, as at times some editors have questioned the general premise that such schools should be deleted. Out of respect to them, and since they may follow afd pages but not the individual articles, in general I think it better to allow them the transparency of an afd.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:21, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

I have to congratulate you on this superb AfD rationale. It brightened my day. A little latin makes things look so much classier. ;-) bobrayner (talk) 13:53, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I tried to think of a classy Latin rejoinder, but failed.  ;) --Epeefleche (talk) 22:16, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Lists of people

Hello! I am seeking your opinion because you seem to be knowledgeable in the the WP:LISTPEOPLE policy area. The article List of female composers by birth year includes a number of direct links to articles on other-language Wikipedias for composers not covered by articles on the English-language Wikipedia. I removed these as they seemed to contravene my reading of our policy: several of the articles on other-language Wikipedias are poorly referenced and to a standard that probably wouldn't survive on EN-WP, and at least one has had an article on EN-WP deleted. Another editor has reverted my change, arguing his case on Talk:List of female composers by birth year. I would welcome your thoughts on this matter. Best wishes! --Deskford (talk) 15:21, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Running Man Barnstar
		This is in recognition of your work on the Lon Myers article. The more historical biographies are easily forgotten, but can often be among the most important. This has been on my to do list for a long time. It hasn't helped that I've been working from contemporary articles first, rather than the reverse! Thanks. SFB 21:01, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Surrey primary schools in AFD

I was wondering if you were intending to nominate the other schools in Category:Primary schools in Surrey in addition to the 2 you've already done? Fmph (talk) 21:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

They are certainly worth looking at, with that in mind. But I'm giving the schools a chance to breathe, as I noticed that some of the school AfDs don't have any !votes as of yet, and don't want to overload the community. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:2 5, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what selection criteria you are using? Random? ;-) Fmph (talk) 02:07, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Whatever a search of primary schools reflects, with a focus on those that are unreferenced or lack historical aspects or architectural aspects or were tagged for notability or lack of refs, etc, and holding off some if they prompt greater controversy until it is addressed (eg, Ofsted reports). But as to the ones you question, most are appropriate for a nom, I think, once the controversy on Ofsted reports has been addressed, and the community has had a chance to !vote on the others so as not -- as I indicated above -- to overload them. There was at least one that I might not myself nom, given its historical significance, but others might.--Epeefleche (talk) 15:21, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

All primary schools

If I may make a suggestion: why not simply blank and redirect obviously non notable primary schools as most editors and admins (who are aware of the precedent) do anyway according to the rationale I keep putting on all the 100s of sudden AfDs that are turning up this week? It's an uncontroversial operation and a totally accepted procedure even if it's not written in policy. If the creator complains, it can easily be reverted and then sent to AfD. Boldly redirecting would save all the unnecessary bureaucracy, and me and other editors the time having to paste 'Redirect' votes, and another admins having to close all the AfDs - we have huge backlogs of far more complex AfD to cope with that sometimes take an hour or more to resolve.. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I prefer to not be so bold as to redirect these articles, as at times some editors have questioned the general premise that such schools should be deleted. Out of respect to them, and since they may follow afd pages but not the individual articles, in general I think it better to allow them the transparency of an afd. Also, as you suggest, not all editors are aware of or agree with the precedent (one vociferous senior editor in particular markedly disagrees with it), and there have been some discussions (e.g., as to 10th grade schools) where some editors have asserted a consensus but not pointed to where such consensus exists when the request was made. We would benefit from a bright-line rule in our org notability standard, reflecting what people think is the agree-upon view as to schools below high schools (or below 10th-grade schools, if that is the consensus). Even then, as schools which special attributes -- e.g., historical, architectural, etc, will be treated differently, there will be areas of gray. Finally, while you and I have agreed on the vast majority of recent AfDs, even we have disagreed at times, and I would rather have the oversight of editors like you to confirm my view than act unilaterally. AFD insures that, while the other approach does not. Perhaps that is why we do not have unilateral deletion even for completely clear copyvios, or advertising, or the like. One thought though -- is there a way to, for example, nominate for afd all articles in a category (or all except "x")? That would streamline the process.--Epeefleche (talk) 15:21, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

• The process for group nominations is described at WP:BUNDLE. It shouldn't come to that though, as it seems that all of these nominations should not have got through WP:BEFORE which urges editors to "... consider merging or redirecting to an existing article." The result of this nonsense is that Wikipedia is accumulating large numbers of pages about these schools but that these pages are disruptive deletion discussions rather than productive content. It is a sad waste of everyone's time. Warden (talk) 15:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Hotels

Must you really drill me multiple AFD warnings? Kindly give me the links to the AFD pages afterwards. Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:17, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

I nominated 1 article you created for AFD, and am required to notify you of the AFD. The link to the AFD is enclosed in the notification. I also nominated 1 article you created for speedy deletion, and as I am required to I notified you of that. The information you need is at that article page, which is linked to in the notification. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:23, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Remove the speedy tag of Absheron Hotel please, pretty sure its a notable skyscraper in Baku.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:25, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

It has been moved. Unless I am incorrect, it appears that both articles that raised notability issues and lacked refs have now been redirected.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:41, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Keep is for the article as it is merged into one about the company. I would withdraw the nomination if I was you, the article on the company won't be deleted.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:09, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I commented at the AfD. The AfD relates to whether the article you merged into another article warrants a stand-alone-article, and is not a !vote on the article into which you merged it. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

AfD

One of the fundamental flaws in the management of Wikipedia is the very mantra that it's 'the encyclopedia anyone can edit'. Personally, I think that is a wonderful founding philosophy and it's what has made it the world's largest online knowledge base. However, it needs controls, so unfortunately it has policies and guidelines, and admins to enforce or implement them. Hence the next flaw is that anyone can vote in sensitive areas such as AfD or RfA. This occasionally results in the paradox that you have illustrated: The majority vote by tally is achieved by the people who turn up to vote, and that the apparent consensus, due to their ignorance of existing policies, guidelines, or precedent, or due to not wanting to recognise those rules, guidelines, or precedents, is in conflict with an existing policy or precedent.To quote TerriersFan:

Firstly, it is predicated on a misapprehension; no-one claims that high schools are 'inherently notable' just that they should be kept on pragmatic grounds, as are designated settlements, fauna and flora, named bridges, numbered highways, airports, super-regional malls, railway stations, high court judges, peers of the realm, religious saints etc. When there is so much work to do on Wikipedia the thought of fighting 50,000 high school articles only to prove that most of them are notable makes me shiver! We have had several attempted standards on schools (and if we are to try again why not include all schools?) and they have all failed in the face of the determined opposition of a minority of editors. What we have is a pragmatic position (redirect most elementary schools (except those clearly notable) and keep high schools (except those that can't be verified)) which allows us to move on to more urgent stuff.

So what is a closing admin to do? --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:37, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Some astute points. I agree with all you say as to the fact that we can have mismatches between broad consensus, and consensus at any particular AfD. The problem is especially prevalent I expect: a) when there are few editors who !vote at a particular AfD, and b) in some contentious areas. At the same time, we do tend to recognize that consensus can change, and have mantras such as IAR ... which editors seem to invoke simply when they dislike some rule. One way we address this problem is by editors at an AFD addressing any ignorance of existing policies, guidelines, or precedent by supplying an inline link to the policy or guideline -- or the discussion that reflects the precedent, if one exists. That allows a closing admin to adhere to the more policy-based and guideline-based approach, I expect, though if there are a number of !voters and what is "pointed to" is not a guideline but rather something looser and less clearly articulated, I expect a closer might give it less weight. In any event, I think the best course if a consensus exists in precedent but not in a guideline is to supply the community with greater clarity by writing it into the guideline. I think that the consensus as to schools would benefit greatly if it were articulate in the guideline itself.

I would be happy to work with you (and the rest of the community) at fashioning something that the community could !vote on, for addition to the notability guideline. I have a sense that broadly speaking the community believes that in schools through grade 9, absent special historical or architectural information, we do not keep an article on the school as a standalone (but rather either redirect/delete/or merge it). My sense, though I know some editors such as you have a different view, is that generally this is the approach for schools through only grade 10 and 11 as well. And that for high schools (through grade 12) and above, we keep the articles presumptively -- as long as there is RS support for its existence. Do you think that the aforesaid might have in it the kernel of something that could be improved (first by you, and then perhaps by some of the other regulars at school AfDs and others with interest?) and turned into a draft guideline addition to our notability standard that could be !voted on the community? A guideline would have more clarity than the varying statements we've seen at AfDs as to what precedents are, and (whatever it is) would allow a closer to more confidently close such AfDs in accordance with the consensus as articulated in a guideline ... rather than taking your or my word as to what the precedence shows, and how clearly it reflects consensus opinion.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:40, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Probably nobody is more aware of the paradox surrounding school notabily than TerriesFan, CT Cooper, Tedder, and myself as we have basically been the driving force behind the WP:WPSCH project for a long time and we are all admins and hence are supposed to have some clue on policy. However, we are in a quandry. Alone today, two near identical school AfDs have been closed with opposite results just on the fact that different people turned up to vote. Closers can only really take into account the local consensus, whatever policy or precedent says - What would happen for example if the consensus was to delete Barack Obama; can an admin legitimately say "I'm closing this as 'keep' because you're all wrong" ? The unwritten consensus for schools is very clearly established in precedent and is: non notable primary and middle schools (grades 1-8) get redirected, and secondary schools (generally grade 7/8 - 12/13 or grade 10 where they don't have a 6th form but teach to school leaving age, such as GCSE 'O' level) get kept if they are proven to exist. This precedent exists mainly to avoid the unnecessary bureaucracy of sending every single school through AfD and making them GNG compliant. Let's face it, any school is more notable than some 17 year old who has played one game as a reserve in an obscure football league but who gets procedurally kept on a simple name listing on some soccer site, or some 6 month old baby who was used as a prop on the set of Coronation St. and is listed in the cast at IMDB, or an X-factor kid who made the semi final and never got a record contract. Personally I don't care what the criteria are for schools, but I would like some firm ruling either way because as an admin it leaves me completely frustrated. The problem however, is that every single discussion to get some ruling laid down is a WP:PEREN and has either ended with no consesnsus or just simply died out as has the most recent attempt at WT:WPSCH before anyone could even agree on a proposal statement.. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:49, 3 January 2012 (UTC).

A number of issues there.

1. Schools are not listed on WP:PEREN. maybe they should be, but for now they are not.
2. The 'unwritten consensus' that you quote can and has changed, as far as I can see. But there is very good reason for the change. The idea behind merge and redirect is that the encyclopaedic matter from the source articles should be moved to the merge target. Unfortunately with most of the current crop under Afd, there is no encyclopaedic content to be merged. Whether a school has 357 pupils or 380 is not encyclopaedic. For a start, these numbers are time-dependent. They are a census count of a spanshot in time. They may be used to pad out an otherwise notable article, but are not suitable for inclusion in a locale#Education section. So all that generally happens would be the addition of a redirect from merge. So what? Why is that of any benefit to the reader or paedia. IMHO, it's a waste of space and only encourages those who wish to create unreferenced stub after stub and give the project a generally bad name.
3. If it is proving impossible to achieve consensus on a notability guideline, then maybe the regulars need to take some the blame for this. Perhaps the current crop of dogmatic standpoints need to be wiped away and a new, and different, consensus found. For instance, instead of trying to pass a huge big all-encompassing guideline, why not try a short snappy one that only covers the areas where there is agreement?

Just a thought .... Fmph (talk) 14:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

• AFD is an inefficient system and seems quite moribund now that the participation is derisory. The idea of pure Wiki deletion seems better. Now that revision deletion is available to admins to handle the serious cases of copyright violation and defamation, PWD should be reconsidered for all the other stuff which isn't suitable for speedy deletion. Warden (talk) 12:38, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

  PWD was badly needed when participation was high. Now that it isn't, the need is critical. causa sui (talk) 21:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have seen several promising notability guideline proposals [72], [73] shot down as "failed" because some editors objected to what several editors had developed, with them (edited to add: the guidelines, not the editors) being tagged as "failed" or as "essay." A different crew of editors show up at proposed guidelines from the cadre who watch AFDs, so established practice/common outcomes/consensus at AFD is hard to make into a guideline. It seems easier to add a criterion or sentence to an existing guideline than to get a new guideline accepted. One of the rejected notability proposals mentioned above, Wikipedia:News articles, may have led to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#2.9 Wikipedia is not a newspaper. A bold (but carefully crafted) addition to WP:ORG for high schools versus primary schools might prompt some discussion on the talk page of that guideline, leading to a sensible compromise criterion which would implement the presumption of notability for verified schools going through grade 12, and redirect for schools through grade 8. The devil is in the details: Is the presumption of notability granted to schools which only educate to grade 10, when that is the highest level people in some country typically get? What about junior highs educating to grade 9? What about 19th century US grade schools, when that was commonly the highest grade of education completed for 95% of the students, per Secondary education in the United States? Re=reading WP:ORG it is pretty hardline deletionist, with the stipulations of "no inherent notability," the general "multiple reliable independent secondary sources with significant coverage," and the killer: "On the other hand, attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability; at least one regional, national, or international source is necessary." If a school is a "noncommercial organization," then a requirement is "The scope of their activities is national or international in scale." (This would lead to stretches such as "the school choir toured Spain last year, and there are exchange students from various countries.") How can any assertions "All schools are notable" or "This grade school won the Good School award given to only 5% of the schools" get past the strict requirements of WP:ORG cited by some editor when an admin goes to close the AFD? The question is not "Why are most grade schools/middle schools merged or deleted," but "How do many high schools survive AFD?" Edison (talk) 21:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Yas Island

Hi,

You placed a speedy deletion tag on my talk page regarding the now deleted Yas Island page. I didn't actually create the page, I just moved the original article (which was about the racetrack on the island) to Yas Island Circuit. I can only assume that an article was created about the island itself by copying and pasting from the web and somehow you've mistakenly thought I was the one responsible. Readro (talk) 09:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

No worries. It is an automated notice -- the bot can make mistakes like that. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 09:35, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

CSD A7

Your recent posting on my talk page seems uncivil, appearing contrary to WP:HARASS and WP:DTTR. For example, advising me about creation of my first article is redundant and demonstrates that you are not reading what is posted in your name. CSD A7 has a very low threshhold and that topic passed it easily in my opinion. For more details, please see this survey which advises that "As a general rule of thumb, if there are references, then the article probably is not deletable via A7.". So it proved in that case, but I expanded the article to make sure. This was personally inconvenient and that's the trouble with speedy deletion - it does not provide any time for a response and so is discourteous. Please see WP:WIHSD for more advice, if you are new to this activity. Warden (talk) 14:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Please don't feel that way. There is nothing personal -- I didn't even know that you were the creator of the article until the automated system gave the standard automated notice to you, which is crafted it would appear with civility in mind. To my eye, there was no claim to notability in the article. It is easy to create an article on something that exists with refs, but in my experience not everything that exists meets our notability standards. For that reason, simply having a ref does not confer notability status on an article that otherwise appears to not demonstrate that its subject meets our notability standards. Apologies if your feelings were hurt -- that is certainly not intended. --Epeefleche (talk) 18:15, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

[Pardon me for butting in...] Well, the Colonel is certainly right in some aspects, though harassment should be judged by intent as well, and I'll take Epee at their word that such was not the intent. Colonel, I absolutely agree that the automatic templating sometimes causes such notices on the pages of seasoned editors. Colonel, you also know, of course, that Epee is not new to the process--certainly you have crossed swords before. Epee, maybe it's a good idea, next time you nominate one of the Colonel's articles, to manually adjust or even remove the template; it's a courtesy that they deserve, IMO. As for the Colonel's comment on what is generally deemed speediable, I think I have to agree with them: with a couple of references in this version, including one from Billboard, it's pretty likely that the CSD nomination will be rejected--I personally would not delete it, since believable claims to notability are made, besides it having references. Best to both, Drmies (talk) 18:00, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

SNOW on elementary school AfDs

Well, since an editor has voted "keep", I guess SNOW is out. What I've decided to do is AfD the larger articles; and just BOLD merge/redirect the stubs, as no consensus is needed for a merger and there's already a consensus for those type of edits Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 21:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

I think that all primary schools and elementary schools and junior high schools, absent material unusually notable circumstances, should (per what I am told, and see, is convention) have their stand-alone article text deleted. There are some editors, however, who I understand disagree, and think they should in general be kept. Or whose criteria for keeping the articles is much lower than that of the rest of the community -- so low, in fact, that the vast majority of English primary schools would be kept as stand-alone articles. Given that, I've personally not been inclined to take bold action in this regard, but preferred to let the community speak, though some editors have suggested precisely the bold action you are taking.

If the stand-alone text of the article is in fact deleted at AfD, I've seen varying close outcomes -- split between redirect, delete, and (less frequently) merge. Absent consensus on that in !votes and in closes, I personally am hesitant to make that choice myself. But I'm just speaking for myself, and recognize that some editors are bolder.

My understanding is that all high schools and above are, by convention, to be considered "keeps", with the exception being if there is a lack of RS evidence of their existence.

As to schools that end in grade 10 or grade 11, I had thought that they were treated in consistent fashion with primary/elementary/jr. high schools. But there seems to be a lack of consensus among editors on this point, and some think that they should be treated as high schools. Some think that that depends -- in some countries treat them as high schools, and in some as lower schools.

As to defunct schools, I was under the impression that their inactive status does not impact our determination, but at least one editor opined (and !voted) otherwise.

I think that the process could be streamlined if we were to have a notability guideline reflecting consensus as to the above. Some editors are unfamiliar with convention, some may mis-state it, and some may not trust other editors' assertion as to what convention is or whether it may have changed. And some statements of convention have in fact failed to reflect the on-the-ground consensus (or lack of consensus) that I've seen. Perhaps that is a reflection of the adage that "consensus can change". In any event, if we do have consensus on some of this, it would be helpful to state it in a guideline.

Also -- If there is in fact consensus during an AfD, sysops could also close such AfDs as Snow closes, which would streamline the process.

My main concern here is that we should have a common, consistent approach. Whether it is that we redirect such articles, or delete such articles, or merge such articles is less important to me that that we generally, if this is indeed the consensus, delete the article as a stand-alone. A secondary consideration is what we do not -- and we can determine that the result should be delete, or merge, or redirect either by following some yet-to-be-written guideline (preferred) or, in the absence of consensus/guideline, at the AfDs as we do today. In any case, a guideline can only help.

Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll never get a SNOW close, as another editor always votes the "all schools are notable" ticket to get my goat. And proposing "only high schools are notable" will lead to a big bucket of syrup with him. I don't think we'll be able to get the hard-and-fast consensus on it at this time, because things are looking keepist in general at the moment. The outcome 90%+ percent of the time is redirect to a higher-level article, which is why I think a BOLD redirection, particularly of the smaller or unsourced articles, is the way to go. If someone doesn't like it, then AfD it, but I've done that 4-5 times now and never been challenged Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 18:46, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Loreto College Marryatville

Two comments regarding your recent edit

• Your edit summary (wp:datescript-assisted date/terms audit; see wp:unlinkdates, wp:overlink) is rather cryptic; just stating wp:overlink would be much clearer.
• Why is it overlinking? It is (was) the only place in the article where it is linked.

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:16, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Template edit summary accounts for its cryptic nature. It was overlinking per the indicated guideline -- not that the word appeared linked too many times, but that per the guideline no linking was necessary.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:56, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Template edit summary accounts for its cryptic nature. - Obviously! That's my point. Why not use a more useful summary?

but that per the guideline no linking was necessary. - Hmmmm. Maybe. However, it looks strange that every word in that line is linked, except that one ...

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 09:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

The summary as it was had the added benefit of indicating that a date/terms audit had been conducted as well. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Turkish architects

• Hello. I noticed that you edited the List of Turkish architects article. I have two questions that I'd like to discuss:

- I noticed that all the additions that were made by various users have been reverted. Some of the very important Turkish architects were deleted from the list. I believe the reason you did this change is because none of these articles were created in English Wikipedia otherwise they'd be on the list. Am I right? Otherwise for instance Sedad Hakkı Eldem is undoubtedly one of the most important Turkish architects of its time.

- Also I believe what each architect designed should not be a part of this article. If you look at the other countries, they only listed the name of the architects only. Therefore I deleted the building names. Thank you. Mimar77 (talk) 22:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hi Mmar. As I mentioned in the edit summary, I deleted entries which lacked both wp articles (i.e., redlinks) and appropriate independent RS refs, per WP:LISTPEOPLE which indicates that one or the other should exist (some people actually read it as requiring multiple refs, if no article exists. Some editors do accept links to other wikipedias -- while others do not, saying that they do not necessarily have the same notability requirements. None of these had such links, however, and personally I take the more liberal approach myself here, and do not delete such entries (though I don't challenge others who do). You should feel to re-add such names if they either a) have a wp article you can link to on english wp (to be safe), or have appropriate refs. You can find discussions of those approaches on talkpages. As to what each architect designed, I agree that it is unusual to list the building names, but as I am not aware of a prohibition against it I did not myself delete those names.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:24, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you for the explanation. I will either create english wp articles for the architects that I believe are notable. Or I will add them to the list with redlinks with appropriate references. Mimar77 (talk) 22:49, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Joseph's School, Oamaru

For shits and giggles, see the latest contribution. Drmies (talk) 17:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:11, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Going a little bit too far now

Would you like an ANI about your iinsidious suggestions - and a few other things to boot? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:55, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I've just read your first diff -- you are joking, right? And forgot to put a smiley face at the end of you sentence?

Did you really think that that was anything other than a joke? If so, how is that possible?

First of all -- what could the COI possibly be? Oh was seeking deletion of a school that had the name Confucius in it. People with real COI seek to create non-notable articles about themselves or something they are connected to. Not delete them. That's pretty obvious, no?

Plus, As you can tell from the top of this page, Oh has corresponded with me for years.

Plus, and most importantly -- in case anyone somehow didn't get it, there was a smiley face at the end of the joke. That means, in common parlance, the same as "jk, jk, jk", and "LOL", and "the aforesaid is a joke". I'm completely thunderstruck, Kud. --Epeefleche (talk) 09:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• Mea culpa. Severe oversight on my part! --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 09:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Logical conclusion I'm afraid - everyone here knows I live practically just round the corner from KK uni (I also used to teach there). Perhaps you should make it clear whom you are addressing, and for safety's sake keep the chat off serious discussions ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:19, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• But I did think I made it clear whom I was addressing. I addressed my comment to Oh.

Plus, the comment clearly related to a similarity between Oh's username and the name of the subject of the article. There is certainly a similarity between the names "OhConfucius" and "Confucius Institute at Khon Kaen University" -- but no such similarity at all between the name "Kudpung" and the name of the institute.

And I certainly have no idea what corner you live on. And apart from the other points made above, I added a smiley face (as you just did, just now). I remain thunderstruck.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:06, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• I guess it's true what someone once told me: across the internet, many cues are absent (visual and tonal, etc.). Add to that, the cultural aspect, and results can become unpredictable and misunderstandings can potentially crop up anywhere. I'm mildly tickled by this episode, and I hope you all can be too. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 07:30, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

oh 1 |ō|

exclamation

used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, disappointment, or joy, or when reacting to something that has just been said : “Oh no,” said Daisy, appalled | : Me? Oh, I'm fine | : oh, shut up. New Oxford American Dictionary

There's certainly a connection between that and the post that immediately preceded it. Oh well... Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:42, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Kud -- You and I both indent when we want to refer to an immediately preceding comment. That wasn't indented. So -- as usual -- my comment referred to the initial statement of the nom . (Clue 1).

And the nom was named OhConfucuius, which would explain me calling him Oh, just as I call you Kud, and as many call me Epee .(Clue 2).

And the entire content in my note is pointing out the similarities between the names of the "subject of the article" {Confucius Institute ...} and that of the nom. Well, that name isn't even mildly similar to the name "Kudpung". But is starkly similar to "OhConfucius". (Clue 3).

And you have no reason to assert -- as you did -- that I (and "everyone here"?) know what corner you live on. (Clue 4).

And the post had a smiley face at the end. (Clue 5).

I had thought that with all of these contextual clues, there might have been a small chance that perhaps upon reconsidering them you might say something along the lines of ... "whoops, I erred, apologies for missing that (we all make mistakes), and for not assuming good faith (that might have led to a more friendly message from you even if you had still missed all 5 clues), and for the above message that was based on my misunderstanding." To which I would have responded: "No worries at all, mate -- I join Oh in being mildly tickled by it, and appreciate the note, and view the matter as completely behind us."--Epeefleche (talk) 08:20, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm just an old and wrinkled conservative, cantankerous, poker-faced Pom with absolutely no sense of humour. I thought you would have known that too. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hahaha, Lot of Laughs, that's funny. :-} _{[Previous message is meant for Kudpung; Note: OhConfucius -- please don't misinterpret it to think that I believe that you are funny].}--Epeefleche (talk) 08:39, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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Dominik Büchele‎

I don't understand how WP:Music has any say on a reality tv show. WP:Music should stick to music. Kingjeff (talk) 04:33, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't refer to WP:Music. I referred to the music notability guideline talkpage, where the notability of contestants -- especially those who did not place in the top 3 -- in a Pop Idol-like contest was discussed. Wikipedia:Notability (music) does seem the correct church, and correct pew, as best I can tell. The guideline already speaks to when one is notable, depending on how one fairs in a major music competition. Feel free, though, to join the discussion there. Of course. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:43, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

But there are 4 distinctive phases. There is the auditions which is the first round, the recall which is the second round, the Top 15 (for Germany) which is the semi-final part and the Top 10 (for Germany) which is the final phase. So, he clearly qualifies under notability. Kingjeff (talk) 05:02, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll follow up on your comment at the Notability/Music talkpage linked to above, so as not to birfurcate our conversation. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:25, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

You might want to check for albums and singles charts. I know he has done some. I don't know if any of them have been succesful enough. Kingjeff (talk) 05:52, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Right. The reason that I only tagged the Dominik Büchele article, and did not nominate it for AfD, is because while I think he may not be notable, I am not yet decided. His article failed (by the above criteria) to demonstrate notability. But at the same time, I saw enough in my review of the coverage of him to suggest that a deeper exploration was necessary -- there may be elements of notability in his case that are not reflected in the article. As you suggest. I'll not nominate it unless I am comfortable that I've been unable to find such other indicia of notability. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:07, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

WP:MUSICBIO states that he "may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria". Point 2 states "has had a single or album on any country's national music chart". He's been on Germany national music charts. I hope this solves the problem. Kingjeff (talk) 17:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi King. I agree that meeting Point 2 would solve the problem.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:46, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Hotel Kangerlussuaq

in the event you're not watching that page, just a heads up I removed the PROD & added some sourcing. May not be notable in the end, but it needs more than AfD, I believe StarM 19:00, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Date format changes

What was the point of this edit[74]? The Cite News template enters the access date in the d Month year format. Even though I grew up with Month day, year, I don't see any good reason to take the time to hand enter the dates.--Hjal (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Then let me introduce you to ... WP:STRONGNAT.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:31, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

We've already met. However, at the top of this edit box is a set of templates for citing newspapers, journals, websites and books. For the access date, the "cite news" template uses the date format preferred by the U.S. military, as follows: <ref>{{cite news|last=Lastname|first=Firstname|title=Article title|url=www.foonews.com|accessdate=17 January 2012|newspaper=Foo News|date=January 3, 1927}}</ref>. It doesn't seem to use my local time, either. Perhaps you should try to get the template changed to do something different. The template's usage guidelines say, "accessdate: Date when the news item was accessed, if it was found online. Should be in the same format as the rest of the article. Must not be wikilinked." However, the version of template that this editing form provides does not have that functionality, and I doubt that it could be easily automated.--Hjal (talk) 07:35, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Help me, here. We are in agreement as to what the guideline says. But your problem is that the template that you are using has a default to a date format that is other than the one suggested by the guideline?--Epeefleche (talk) 23:36, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, yes... But it's not just "the template that you are using," it's the template provided by whatever authority creates the article edit box. Is there a policy somewhre that clarifies whether guidelines take priority over the actual infrastructure of the project? Regardless, I'm OK with you or others going around correcting the date formats. And I don't think that I will live long enough to understand the link that you sent me.--Hjal (talk) 04:41, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Michael Henrich article

Another IP address originating from Italy has again removed the same well-sourced material from the Michael Henrich. Either Henrich himself is editing his article (as it's hockey season and he plays in Italy) to omit any published material that cites his lack of ability to make an NHL team, or someone who follows him around Italy is doing it. I suspect it's actually him, as all the IP addresses used since User:Casaroo was blocked originate from Ontario where he lives (the same material was removed from an IP in Toronto, Ontario and from a public library in Tiverton, Ontario in July - assuming home and while on vacation - which if that is the case is a bit disturbing IMHO). I requested that the page be semi-protected previously and was turned down - would you think that a new request is necessary? Clearly warnings do nothing to deter this user, and blocking IPs isn't helping. Semi-protection for a few months would solve the vandalism that is persistent on the article. Thoughts? --Yankees76 ^Talk 23:31, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Sound idea -- though I would imagine you would be more likely to receive protection for a shorter period, at least initially. I support your thoughts -- feel free to link to here when positing your request. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:34, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks! --Yankees76 ^Talk 23:35, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Adelbert Range Trek

That article didn't see it coming. A move in 2005 then blam! Put'er down! I'm going through a backlog, would it be cool if I ask your opinion if some seem deletable? - RoyBoy 02:39, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Paradise Park, Cornwall

I've taken out about half of Paradise Park, Cornwall, a page you tagged as a copyright violation. I think that the remaining stuff, while similar to what is on their website, passes on the safe side of WP:Close paraphrasing, so I removed the G12 rather than deleting. However, if you have time, it would be great if you could take another look at it and see if maybe I'm just missing more copyvios. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:41, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hi Q. I've looked around, and can't find an original source that would indicate that what remains is a copyvio. It may well be -- it has zero refs, and I often find that unreferenced long text is a copyvio; and it may suffer from meeting our verifiability policy, but I can't find a primary source that it is copying. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Shopping centers

I've declined your A7 speedy deletion requests of La Molina Plaza, Istana Plaza Bandung, and Hyatt Plaza. Shopping centers are not eligible for the A7 speedy deletion criterion, as it is specifically limited to companies/organizations, among other specific categories. You are free to take them to PROD/AfD if you still believe that they should be deleted.--Slon02 (talk) 04:28, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

To my knowledge, shopping centers are companies, partnerships, or some other form of organization (e.g., LLC or LLP). The shopping center tenants pay rent to the landlord organization.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:33, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Pardon me for butting in; I saw this after reading the reply to my message above. My guess is that whether or not a mall is a company would depend. Where I used to live in the US, most malls were owned by a larger management company, like Westfield Group. This would mean that each mall is actually the branch of a company (like a single location of a corporate owned store, like Walmart). Oddly enough, it almost seems like that means it's not eligible for A7, because the criteria specifies "organization", not "organization or its sub-divisions". That is quite a counter-intuitive idea--it would mean that an article on something like Tax Working Group of the Second Accounting Division of the U.S. Division of Multinational X would technically not qualify under A7. Unless you already know of precedent, perhaps it would be helpful to seek clarification from WT:CSD, and maybe even a re-write of the policy. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:36, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

It is not uncommon for companies to have subsidiary companies, to firewall risk. A subsidiary would be an organization. In any event, either way, it is an organization. The organization is the entity that signs the contracts -- such as lease agreements to the shops. Hence this sentence in Yahoo Finance describing the company: "Westfield Group, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retail property group in Australia, the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom." --Epeefleche (talk) 05:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Army Public School and College (Pakistan)

Would you mind clarifying your stance on the copyvio to the other editor in yes/no since the current list does not mirror the format of the original (actually it is pretty ugly here) and I've been reverted on re-adding - also see my edit summary. [75]. Thanks. --lTopGunl (talk) 01:55, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

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What is going on with him? I see you've run into him at your Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lockleys North Primary School, and you may have noticed he brought your schools AfDs up in Dream Focus' ANI recently. The guy seems perfectly willing to ignore the consensus from the zillions of previous school AfDs. Not only that, he accuses me of WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT and WP:COMPETENCE because I reaffirm that consensus; at the same time offering a frankly ridiculous argument that age is a determinant. He also left a TLDR diatribe on my talk page that was essentially a borderline personal attack. Frankly, he's turning into Dream Focus Jr. Would you do me a favor and tell him to tone it down? Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 00:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

You pointedly refuse to engage with WP:BEFORE and quote non-existent policy (primary schools are "inherently non-notable") so this is quite categorically a WP:COMPETENCE issue and you treat an attempt to get you to follow the process as "TLDR". I'll leave it at that for now. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 00:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Now that he's here, would you mind explaining to him why BEFORE doesn't have to be followed 100% of the time, how not following it does not equate to incompetence, and in general why all the articlea you and I have nominated should be deleted or redirected? I know you, I and others have mentioned the working consensus to him several times...I guess he needs to hear it again Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 00:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

@Purple -- I've just been trying to understand where Danjel is coming from, at that AfD. It is helpful to at least understand his thinking. Only with that as a starting point can we work towards consensus. I think, at this point, that he has personal views that he feels strongly about, which -- at least much of the time, though not always -- are not in accord with the consensus at individual school AfDs that I've seen of late.

But part of our challenge is that we have something short of a bright-line notability guideline. Danjel isn't the only editor opining as to what our approach should be. And while some point to less-than-on-point-guidelines, or as to their personal view as to how the last x AfDs have closed (and I'm guilty of something akin to that), we've seen that matters are often not as black-and-white as many of us might believe. Editor x thinks there is a consensus for not having stand-alone articles in most cases, editor y thinks redirects are cheap while his colleague thinks we are not a directory, editor z thinks all schools of a certain age or enrollment should be kept. And, of course, (wp being what it) is most editors in such discussions state their conclusion as though it is ineluctable, and bristle at those who say ... "not so much". I would be very happy if we were to have a bright-line notability rule in this area, as it would streamline discussion -- that is more important to me than the particulars of what the consensus guideline might say.

As to the personal aspect of his communications, I'll at the moment let others weigh in as appropriate. (BTW, I would suggest crossing out the poke at Dream -- he is an editor in good standing, whose heart appears to be in the right place, and who has properly saved many articles ... IMHO). As to the personal stuff, I would suggest that to the extent you can you ignore it and take the higher road. Other editors reading such discussions can often understand them. If it becomes unbearable, you know the ways to address it. Best of luck.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Purple -- I've devoted some time in an effort to address the matters that you highlighted, but at the end of the day fall back to my prior comments, immediately above.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:32, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, just started adding refs. I will try to add more refs from now on. --B for Bandetta (talk) 01:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Schools

If you go to any outback Australian town, you'll notice that there are a couple of permanent structures which form the centre of the town: a school, a pub, a war memorial and one and/or another of a railway station, police station or another pub. Take, for example, Junee, population ~3000, Maps which was practically built around Junee Public School. It's likely the same all over the planet, not just Junee.

These schools are the centres of their communities. Through their existence they have significant impact on the local history (and also, by definition, education) per WP:ORGIN. Now, for some schools its going to be hard to have anything but a stub verifying the existence of the school. In those cases it's better for the content to be merged into the locality (where, who knows, it may be able to incubate). But for schools where a bit more can be, or has been written, then that article deserves a little bit more consideration. Agree?

Junnee Public School, by the way, was founded in 1880 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in Australia. A number of its buildings are heritage listed. *shrug* ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 05:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Should this discussion not be taking place on WP:SCHOOLS? Notability is not decided in user space. The current definition of notability is quite clear - significant coverage in independent sources. If we don't have that then how would we 'know' that the school is notable? Fmph (talk) 07:13, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

This is not a discussion for the point of reaching a decision. It's just between two editors.

If we're going with significant coverage in independent sources, then half of what's been deleted over the past few weeks passes. I'd be happy with that, but I get the impression that Epeefleche wouldn't. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 07:20, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I'd have to dispute that. I think your interpretation of 'significant' and 'independent' are quite different from mine. Fmph (talk) 08:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

What are you disputing? Independent significant sources? So Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Middle Harbour Public School (2nd nomination) passes, it had sources in SMH, a major broadsheet newspaper here in Australia. As I said, I think you're on the wrong track. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 09:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

If that's 'half' then we are only disputing 2 noms, in which case I'd give you that one. Fmph (talk) 09:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

[76] Hey, I should say, I'm all for this. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 09:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

What has any of that got to do with AfD noms? Fmph (talk) 09:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

All public primary schools in NSW have "public school" at the end of their name. About half of those results mention a school, like [77] (Ferncourt Public School), [78] (Gladesville PS), [79] (Rainbow St. PS), [80] (a whole bunch of schools topped by St. Francis Paddington Catholic School) and [81] (Rouse Hill PS)... All of these are notable because of the coverage they've received in an RS? If I can count on your Keep votes, I'll get started straight away. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 09:39, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

As an aside, and back to what I was saying before, most of those schools are also interesting because they're quite old. From Ferncourt PS in 1886, Gladesville PS 1879, Rainbow St. PS (late 1890's?), and Rouse Hill (1875). ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 09:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

AfD is not a vote count. As an aside, you seem to be concatenating numerous mentions of the term 'public school' with the requirement for significant references. Sure, most of this are independent sources. But significant coverage? I wouldn't think so. And anyway, my point was about your assertion that half the recent AfDs had significant coverage in independent sources. I just don't believe that half of them did have such. Else they would have survived. Show me a bunch of current AfDs with significant coverage in independent sources? Fmph (talk) 10:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

And having looked through those links, IMHO only two of them would help towards notability - Gladesville and Rainbow - but only if something else confirmed these were significant notability issues. A school which makes films? WP:RUNOFTHEMILL possibly. A Head removed by parental vote? Possibly, because the article mentions that heads were worried that it mighht set a precedent. Well if it had set a precedent and now there was a flurry of such votes, then as the first it would be notable. Have any of these been up for AfD? Fmph (talk) 10:09, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, OK. This is a problem. You don't have local knowledge. Principals are never voted against by their Parent groups, Rainbow St. PS is the only occurence I can recall in my history of having worked with NSW schools. Same goes for Ferncourt PS' Ethics program (Google for Ethics Schools NSW for a head slapping fun time regarding Religion-State relationship). As for precedent setting, Middle Harbour, pointed out above, set a precedent

I selected out those issues because they're pretty heavily covered in Australian media. You could find articles covering the same issues at various other Australian news outlets. *shrug* Therefore, you would suggest that articles on these schools should survive? As I said, cool. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 10:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

You seem intent on putting words in my mouth. Where you see precedent, I see a one-off not-particularly-notable unusual occurrence. And we shouldn't need 'expert' or local knowledge to know if a subject is notable. The sources should tell us. Sorry, but you haven't convinced me of anything yet. 12:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

You have quite successfully missed the point. I'm not trying to convince you of anything, nor am I trying to write an article in order to support the information that you should be able to see at the sources (seriously, you're suggesting that sources provide a complete justification for why schools are successful?). So, I'll recap:

I suggested that there be criteria for schools to fulfil in order to be considered notable, based on the relatively more subjective nature of WP:ORG. You suggested that schools be considered notable on the basis of mentions in reliable sources. I provided a number of articles mentioning schools in regards to fairly major and well reported issues (here in Australia) where I would worry that Epeefleche, among others, would not consider them to pass muster. You moved the goal-posts and said that they're not notable because we shouldn't need local knowledge to understand that the issues are major. You appear to have abandoned your first point that schools be considered notable on the basis of mentions in reliable sources, and therefore we can leave it aside as being a distraction like I first thought. Did I miss anything?

I'll return, again, to the point that Epeefleche and I were going to discuss: a more objective means of identifying notable schools. Per my point above, I think that schools are significant components of their local communities and am more inclusive. I would suggest that age, enrolment, and status be a simple way of approaching the issue. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 06:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't think I'm the one missing the point.

1. I never mentioned 'mentions'. I was very clear. significant coverage in independent sources.
2. You tried and failed to convince me that every mention of the phrase 'public school' in an oz context meant half of recent AfD decisions were wrong. I'm guess some editorial licence was used.
3. I'll return to my original point. discussions on changes to, or agreement about defining notability, are not for users pace. WP:SCH would be a good place to start.
4. i'm done. This is unproductive.

Fmph (talk) 07:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hi all. I'll just comment on the last point. I agree with much of what Fmph says overall, on a substantive level, but (unless I'm missing something, which is possible) it is I think perfectly fine for editors to discuss their views on what the current state of play is, and what changes might be made to it and how such changes might be effected, on editor talkpages. As you can see from above posts from a number of members -- just on this talkpage -- it is certainly not unusual. As Wikipedia:User pages says, "User pages ... are useful for organizing and aiding the work users do on Wikipedia, and facilitating interaction and sharing between users. User pages mainly are for interpersonal discussion, notices, testing and drafts". But, your point is well taken that to get the broadest consensus, other pages -- whether they be a project talkpage or a notability talkpage or the like -- will be more likely to attract more editors. Judging from just the above string, however, I think that might at this point become very long, very quickly. No harm thinking it out here (though note: I may well delete it at some point in time). IMHO, of course. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

It has been discussed at WP:WPSCH in the past (several times), and I'm told that there's an RfC in the works. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 07:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

By the way, are you planning on actually interacting with this topic (except to reply to Fmph) at any point, or was this exercise in WP:AGF a massive waste of time/effort on my part? ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 14:41, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Waiting for the dust to settle, and others to have their say.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:46, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Dan -- it was helpful to better understand your views. I've given them some thought. As with many of wp's approaches, the approach used generally vis-a-vis schools is not one where there is an objective "correct" way to address it, and an objective "wrong" approach. What we do have is some guidance in guidelines, some guidance in course of dealing as reflected in other AfDs, and whatever the community consensus is. A number of editors seem not to take this approach -- for this reason, some of the conversation has been polarizing. And there has been a bit of posturing, where some editors state their position as though it is an ineluctable conclusion, and anyone who doesn't see it their way is stupid, uninformed, or evil. That's unfortunate.

My view is I'm happy to go with whatever the consensus view is. One problem with this of course is that different editors describe the consensus view differently. But there seems to be a general consensus on most articles. A notability guideline on schools would clarify the matter further, and streamline discussion.

I hear your view, and if there were consensus support for it, I would actively support application of it. I don't see that support. If you can create it, I will support you, but until then I think it may not be in the best interest of all to apply a notability approach at AfDs themselves that is contrary to the notability approach we've seen garner consensus support at those AfDs that we both have been at. Better to seek to garner that support on talkpages, I think. IMHO, of course.

As to tone -- as I said, I think that conversation has become polarized, but there is no need for it. I don't think that personally directed remarks do much to win third parties over. Just the opposite. I would suggest that all tone down the snarkiness, to raise the intellectual level of the discourse. That's not giving in. That's just effective wiki discussion, IMHO.

Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:46, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I have come to the opinion that half of the editors in primary school AfDs could/should be ignored as all they see are "primary school" and !vote accordingly.

The other half, I feel, have an unbalanced view of what is and is not notable in regards to wikipedia. As an example which I found while working on a draft in my userspace the other day, Alfords Point Bridge, which is a 4 lane minor bridge over the upper section of the George's River would probably be considered notable, even though it has barely any "significant coverage" whereas nearby Alfords Point Public School would be rejected out of hand, no matter what sources could be found (not that I'm saying it's notable, it's way outside my area of work). I am wondering what, then, would be enough?

Ignoring your deletion blitz over new years, and just concentrating on your recent AfD activity in regards to schools (where I assume that you have started following WP:BEGIN): you have rejected a school which was exceptionally highly ranked in standardised tests and involved in statewide significant programs (i.e., the Ethics program which has been widely reported in NSW and Australia) and you've rejected a school which has been on the receiving end of major grants. So what, then, is enough? What would make a primary school notable in your eyes?

Two points. One -- you've not taken on my suggestion as to personal attacks. I imagine you either don't agree as to my comments in that regard, or have some other driver. Second -- in both the AfDs you point to the consensus is that there should not be a stand-alone article. You might give some thought as to why that is the consensus view -- not just one editor's view, but the consensus view of the community at those AfDs. If you believe in WP:CONSENSUS, you might wish to have that impact your future !votes. All I see in your above post is that you disagree with others -- what I'm asking you to consider doing is to recognize consensus here, how your view has been a non-consensus one at times, and how you might bring your notability !votes into closer line with consensus.--Epeefleche (talk) 10:49, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't see personal attacks in what I've said above. I don't know what you're talking about. If you're talking about Purplebackpack89, then I've explained why I think that there are serious competence issues, and they're legitimate.

WP:CONSENSUS can only work as far as people participate in discussion from a neutral standpoint. As I said, AfD in regards to school seems to progress with people starting from a standpoint of primary schools are not notable and can not be proved to be notable (half of the !vote'ers won't stick around to continue the discussion, and the other half, seemingly or avowedly (in at least one case), believe that there is nothing that an editor can do to prove the notability). This is a place where a consensus, at least in it's normal sense here at wikipedia can't be achieved. Like WP:RFA, for example, there are some serious issues that need to be worked out.

Negotiation would be fantastic, and I'm more than willing to see if that can happen. But that can't happen when one party won't even spell out their position. So, again, my question to you in order to find some area where there can be compromise is, again, what do you think needs to be done to show that a primary school is notable? ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 11:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

So editors who believe that primary schools are inherently non-notable won't even spell out their position? I would have thought that was about as clear a position as could possibly be. But you don't. C'est la vie. Vive la difference! Fmph (talk) 14:52, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

It's also completely intractable. It'd be like a gay marriage discussion where there are a myriad of views possible between allowing gay marriage for various reasons and disallowing them for various reasons, and then the position that gay people aren't human. *shrug* ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 15:27, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Dan -- if you don't see you're personal attack, perhaps that is part of the problem. As to your substantive remarks, I would not agree that -- just because an editor does not wish to devote his Saturday brunch time to chatting with you -- his position is baseless. If an editor were to say: "I think that, absent special indicia of notability, individual football games are not notable", and choose not to get into a long discussion as to "why", that would be understandable. So it is here. And many like-minded editors have in fact discussed their views with you. If you wish to seek consensus for a bright-line rule that every school that is 50 years old, for example, or any other such view that you hold, that's fine and commendable. If you can gain consensus for it, that would streamline discussion. However, there is no evidence that that view has consensus support. Quite the opposite. In the interim, acknowledging what consensus is on points like that, and that while you sincerely hold certain views they are not the consensus views of the community, would perhaps be helpful.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:38, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

If you are so sensitive as to interpret criticism of your and/or your colleagues' behaviour as criticism of your and/or your selves, then... *shrug*

If you had put thought to what constitutes notability for a school article (as is practically required by steps C & D under WP:BEGIN), then it shouldn't be too hard to spell out a scenario in which a primary school article passes by your criteria. I've laid out some of my criteria above, you should be able to do the same. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 00:18, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Your fellow editors have a right to dislike personal attacks and inflammatory statements, and be sensitive to them. A failure to AGF, and continued unfounded accusations of what an editor is thinking or what an editor's actions are off-wiki with regard to looking for sources -- especially in light of their disavowals -- is not appropriate. And may do little to help you make the point you are trying to make. As to your notability standards, I've already pointed out that they are non-consensus, as demonstrated in the very two AfDs you point to. Your view that being 50 years old makes a school notable does not appear to be a consensus view. If there were an RFC on the subject, I think that editors would be split as to whether some number of years would -- without more -- make a school notable, but I expect based on what I have seen at the AfDs that the notion that a 50-year-old school is per se notable would be rejected out of hand. In any case, there isn't a need to address hypothetical schools -- we have our hands and time full with real schools. Though I do think a guideline would be helpful. In the meantime, I urge you to consider in what way your views at those two AfDs are at odds with the consensus views of your colleagues, and perhaps let that influence your thinking as to what the consensus approach is at wp. We are a collaborative community; it is great to have different views, and discuss them, but at the end of the day if your view is not that of the community it does little good to retreat into disparaging others who don't share your view. --Epeefleche (talk) 00:48, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

It's not a matter of "personal attacks" when a user flat out states what his views are (i.e., that WP:BEGIN is beneath him, that all primary schools are "non-notable"). Equally it's not a matter of personal attacks when AfD nominations are made at such a frequency that any consideration of notability simply could not be performed as in your case between your nominations of Engadine Public School and Middle Harbour Public School. In any case, this is criticism of your behaviour, not an attack on your person. The continuing soccer-player style faking of injury for the benefit of spectators/"referees" is really quite tedious.

You still evade the question of what, in your mind, would constitute notability for a primary school. I've asked you directly several times now and put forward my views. WP:AGF can only go so far before your evasiveness begins to suggest that you're deliberately keeping your position nebulous in order to hide your real perspective. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 01:00, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

It is a personal attack to ask an editor "do you do x off-wiki", have them respond "yes", and then assert blandly that they have not done x. It is also a failure to AgF. That's without even discussing any personalized attacking statements at AfDs and elsewhere. It strikes me that a number of editors have raised similar concerns with regard to NPA and AGF. As with giving a think to the consensus at AfDs, and how your views have differed from those of your colleagues at times, you might do well to pay heed to concerns about personal attacks. As a side matter, that could perhaps be a reason why some editors who disagree with your simply state their disagreement succinctly -- some might thing that they are "feeding" behavior by engagement beyond what is necessary. Editors, you may have noticed, aren't required to engage in you, though from the above you can tell that some have paid you that courtesy up until this point. But where questions have been answered, and you pose them again because you dislike the response -- as in your last query -- there is really little more to say other than "read the prior post". Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:11, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

BLPs requested by subject for deletion

Carried over from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Pierce I think the current policy is here: Wikipedia:DP#Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs. Deryck C. 21:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Excellent. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:06, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Gallery gun

I have started this, will give it more attention this evening.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 22:08, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Nice work.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm not real happy with it yet. I will probably make subsections on "Gallery gun", "Parlor gun", "Flobert gun" and when I get better source material "Saloon gun" (A larger caliber rifle with a chamber insert to allow it to shoot smaller rounds indoors).--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:12, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

If you can move it along quickly enough, you may well have a DYK.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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Walter Bosshard

Hi Epeefleche. Was reviewing CSD and came upon Walter Bosshard. The article is certainly deletable as the text stands now, but there is a detailed article on the German Wikipedia about him. I will try to expand with my limited German and help from brother Google. -- Samir 22:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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Joe Claussell

just a heads up on the article that just closed as delete at AfD. Don't know how you came across it but there were a ton of redirects. Just a heads up in case his article pops up again. StarM 23:47, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:47, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

YOur edit at my talk page

While I understood and accepted yor concern, the way you expressed it makes me wondering whether you spend too much time in wikipedia or simply disrespect the colleagues who are not well versed in policies, guidelines, traditions and other wikilore and wikilaw. Lom Konkreta (talk) 02:09, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Responded. Best. Have a pleasant day.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

As I have already said, I understood what you really meant, despite a thick layer of accusation in vandalism, disruption and whats not. Hopefully my skin is thick, I can see through wikiholism. I made the comment above in hope you will take it easier on warning templates, which may be quite discouraging and for a newbie look more like fight than cooperation. I cannot believe that you really thought that my goal was to disrupt your nomination. Quite the opposite: I threw in a yet another article of equal quality. (Or did you think that it may be kept?) Lom Konkreta (talk) 17:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

No worries. My concern was that you added -- into my post, preceding my signature, and altering the text that I had written -- the suggestion that a second article be nominated for AfD. That of course made it appear, to someone reading the post, as though I had suggested the 2nd album for deletion. While I had done nothing of the kind. And, as I indicated to you, would not have. I don't think that the 2nd article should be deleted. Changing another person's words, to make it appear that they said something that they did not say, is I would think obviously something that should be avoided. It doesn't matter whether it is a doctoral dissertation they write, a check they make out, a wikipedia AfD posting, or a note to their friend -- to alter their words, and have it appear that they said something that they did not say, should I would think be something one would obviously avoid. One doesn't need to be "versed versed in policies, guidelines, traditions and other wikilore and wikilaw" I would think to realize that this is something one might avoid doing. IMHO, of course. If you wish to nominate a second article for deletion, feel free to start an AfD on it. But please don't change my words, including changing the words within a sentence that I wrote, making it seem as though I took a position that it the opposite of my view. Much appreciate. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:43, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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Deletion of GAA pages

I am questioning your decision to eliminate numerous GAA pages. Yes, these competitions are amateur, but if you use that rationale you should eliminate all GAA pages since the organization is an amateur body. You could use the same rationale to eliminate many rugby pages, but I do not see you doing this. Yes, some pages by some users are badly written, and contain elements of bias, but these articles contain important GAA info. If you understood the nature of the sport, you would see that the small parish club playing in its own local competition is as important as Kerry playing in Croke Park. I have tried to clean up some articles, but it takes time to get to to the hundreds of different ones that have been set up. Good manners are rather uncommon nowadays, but please try to provide some common courtesy. Pmunited (talk) 17:08, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Perhaps we have different views as to notability. For example, I see that I suggested that a page be deleted -- Limerick Minor Hurling Championship -- which apparently you created, that is about an amateur, county-wide, under-18 hurling competition that appears to me to be non-notable. It also happens to be bereft of refs, which falls short of meeting our policy at wp:v. I do think there is a place for notable amateur events, but this does not seem to me to fall into that class.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

When I first started with Wikipedia, there were extensive articles on these types of competitions in several different counties. I began to add the few I was most familiar with - Cork, Waterford, Clare. I would argue that to a GAA fan, these are important, as any club will on its own website will list not just their senior success, but also their minor, under-21 etc. I feel that Wikipedia should have this information. I have generally refrained from adding articles on "B" competitions, unless I have complete data. I am in the process of adding the sources that I have for many of the competitions that you have challenged. If I do not have sources at hand, I will notify you and understand if you proceed as indicated. One possible problem I do see is with the Waterford competitions. I began those, but several others have added lots of data since on teams, scores, etc. I am not sure if I have sources available. Pmunited (talk) 20:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Understood. The text for notability on wp is not, however, whether it would be notable to a GAA fan. It must meet our notability standards. These under-age-21, amateur, count-level competitions do not as best I can see meet our notability standards. We have many sports represented on wp that are themselves notable, but where such amateur, age-group, local competitions that do not meet our notability standards are not covered.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Greetings Epeefleche and Pmunited - I'm not unfortunately au fait with a lot of the language used around deletion policies and notability on Wikipedia. Just to suppport Pmunited's broad stance on the issue at hand. Some of the articles proposed for speedy deletion were created by me. I will do my best to supply sources and references. Best wishes. Heshs Umpire (talk) 13:31, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Greetings. Many thanks for your contributions. Unfortunately, many of the articles were completely or largely unsourced, bereft of indicia of notability. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 13:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Epeefleche, I still disagree with you concerning the notability of these GAA articles. I believe that you cannot get a full understanding of GAA from only the senior competitions. The whole ethos of the GAA is the local club. All competitions are amateur. The other grades are very important - indeed most clubs do not play at senior level. I will continue to add sources for as many articles as possible this week. I do think you are taking an over aggressive position in many places, where you have deleted large amounts of information. Pmunited (talk) 16:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

To warrant a wikipedia article, a subject must be notable. Much material has been added that appears to be non-notable. Notability is not measured as you suggest by whether a fan of the sport would find the under age 18, for example county-level competition to be notable. If it were, we would reflect all manner of age-18 local-level amateur competitions as stand-alone wp articles. We don't, because even though a fan of such competitions may like to have a wp article, they generally do not meet our standards of notability.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:04, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I would add my support to the two other contributors, we are only doing our best to help build a record of such competitions for people to be able to access, admittedly in certain cases references are difficult to find, if they exist in published form at all, but in spite of this are quite accurate records of the competitions in question. And yet that work is been disregarded by someone who doesn't understand where we come from on this subject, hiding behind this 'notability' nonsense. Not the first time this has happened on wikipedia, makes you wonder why bother with it at all. BlackWhite77 (talk) 02:09, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

I understand. Unfortunately (or not, depending on one's view), wikipedia is not a repository for all information that everyone would like record. See, for example, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. This is no doubt a disappointment to some, as many people would like to record information with regard to their favorite person, company, school, sports team, mall, book, etc. -- our "notability" and deletion discussions always involve articles that reflect some record some person or persons wanted to record. People are, of course, able to create their own websites and host there information that they would like the world to see. But wp is not, as I said, for hosting all information. For that reason, wp developed a sifting process -- standards that articles must meet in order to be hosted on the Project. Even if something "exists" and there is "accurate" information about it, that is not in itself generally sufficient. It must be what wp deems notable, which is a higher bar. Our general notability guidelines, and some of the rationale behind them, can be found at Wikipedia:Notability. More specific guidelines as to sports can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (sports). WP may view an article as non-notable, and delete it, if it fails to meet these guidelines. This is the case even if a matter is "true" and accurate". For some reason, we do see from time to time articles that lack substantial, independent coverage on a county-wide, amateur, 18-years-olds competition in some sport. That is the sort of thing that is of great interest to those connected with the competition, but may well not meet our standards for notability. Most sports don't have a great deal of this type of article on wp -- this goes as well for sports that are Olympic sports, as it does for those that are non-Olympic sports. The people who created articles that don't meet our standards may well not have been aware of them in the first place, which is unfortunate. But the reasons for what you call this "notability nonsense" are as described in the links that I gave you, and the articles that can be linked to through those. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:34, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Folks, Further to what Epeefleche says if you believe these articles are notable in the sense that the subjects are well known within the GAA world; but that they are not notable in the Wikipedia sense of being noted in Neutral, Independent, Reliable sources with enough detail that we can write an article - Then why not consider moving them to writing them on our sister site Wikia? Wikia doesn't have any notability requirements and will happily take your articles within a specific sub wiki all about GAA. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 09:10, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

thanks for the message, let me know if there is a 2nd AFD nomination, also it happend during the Afd disscution of Arsames (band), where the writter of article is the promotor of the band! and I think the article is not proper for wikipedia. plz take a look. Spada II ♪♫ (talk) 07:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Brenda Stubbert tagged as needing more BLP citations

Hi! You tagged the Brenda Stubbert article as needing more BLP citations. The article has three citations. Is there some particular piece of information that is missing? Thanks, I will watch for your repy here! jmcw (talk) 09:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Userspace

Sorry, but your nomination of User:PJKs shirt/Southmoor Primary School is a disgrace. Please respect someone userspace and the drafts in it. Night of the Big Wind _talk 11:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

As I indicated at the AfD, the deletion request was lodged initially in the wrong place. Somehow, it came up in my general search. I asked (as I expect you know) at the AfD that it be moved, as it did not belong at AfD. I see that (after the mis-placed AfD was properly closed) another editor has now nominated the text at issue for deletion at MfD (where I had requested the discussion be moved), with a third editor supporting its deletion. See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:PJKs shirt/Southmoor Primary School. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

That draft article in userspace has now been deleted. See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:PJKs shirt/Southmoor Primary School.--Epeefleche (talk) 13:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Serial nominating

I hereby complain about your serial nominating. I have only picked out a few to check, and in all cases I could easily find reliable sources. Could you please lower your nomination pace and do a genuine effort to find sources for articles you nominate? I would hate to bring this to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, but you are seriously disrupting Wikipedia with your actions. Night of the Big Wind _talk 14:48, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Nominating things for deletion is not disrupting the project--Guerillero | My Talk 14:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

The sheer volume of his nominations combined with the dodgy quality makes it disrupting. With a nomination as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/User:PJKs shirt/Southmoor Primary School, an article in the userspace, I start doubting about AGF. Night of the Big Wind _talk 15:49, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I came to this talk page after seeing the userspace page at AfD. I'm not going to address the "serial nominating" complaint, but I just wanted to chime in that userspace drafts can be deleted per WP:STALEDRAFT, and they often are at MfD. The way I see it, Epeefleche's main violation with this specific AfD is that he opened the discussion at AfD instead of MfD. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:58, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

That draft article has now been deleted. See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:PJKs shirt/Southmoor Primary School.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:42, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

• Looks like good work to me. Pointing out an obvious mistake as the tipping point to stop assuming good faith shows poor judgement on the part of the complainant. The sheer volume of dodgy quality articles that exist warrants bringing many to the appropriate forums to see if they belong. I often see passing complaints in the AFD discussions that focus on why the nominator is wrong to nominate articles rather than just sticking to making a black and white point as to why they should be kept. We've got janitors and we've got researchers. Janitors are very important to help sweep up the crap and push researchers to improve. I've seen many articles, stagnant for years, that get pushed into good quality articles because someone nominated them for deletion. Unless you have specific evidence that indicates bad faith, don't pull that card out. You've got a lot of volunteers here. Some see a problem and want to make sure it's noticed and taken care of by a more knowledgeable editor or one that has more free time. We don't all have the luxury of time to dig out and insert sources but we may have time to point out that something needs a broader look. Both types of contributors are needed, welcomed, and valued. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 16:19, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

A janitor normally uses a mop, Epeefleche uses a Bulldozer. Night of the Big Wind _talk 16:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

This business of dividing Wikipedia into lazy finger pointers and article-clean-up crew has no basis in reason.  AfD is not clean-up.  If we wanted to use AfD for clean-up, we could set a robot to work nominating articles for deletion.  Unscintillating (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

• The vast majority of those articles on which I !vote delete or nom for deletion are closed as deletions or redirects, rather than maintaining the stand-alone article. The vast majority of those articles on which I !vote keep are closed as keeps or merges. The AfD that Night refers to was initially misplaced, as discussed above and at the AfD itself. The discussion has been, as I requested, moved to MfD, where so far all editors who have !voted believe it should be deleted. As to looking for sources, it is my practice to look for them in gnews and gbooks, at minimum, and not !vote for deletion or nom an article unless I see an absence of substantial, multiple, RS coverage. That is borne out in the percentage of my noms that result in deletions or redirects.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Because nobody is prepared to spend all day to counter your flood of PRODs and AfD's... Night of the Big Wind _talk 15:33, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
    • The only reason that so many of these articles have been deleted is because there has been a concerted campaign in the absence of the usual active school editors. The sheer scale of the nominations has also meant that people haven't had the time to investigate them all properly. A number of legitimate articles have been deleted or redirected as a result of this campaign. I'm already in the process of trying to restore a couple of affected articles. Another side-effect of this deletionist campaign is that new editors who have just started to contribute to Wikipedia get frightened away if their first attempt to create or edit an article results in that article being deleted. I've already seen this happen in one case where a well sourced article for a notable primary school got caught up in this frenzy of activity. It is very disruptive to the project. Dahliarose (talk) 16:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Yet more bad faith accusations that only the 'inclusionists' investigate AfD candidates properly. Total and utter nonsense. 'Deletionists' also investigate properly. They just come to different conclusions. Doh!. Fmph (talk) 16:38, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

• Comment  The half a dozen articles that I have seen nominated were either redirected without deletion or kept.  These nominations were a diversion of editorial resources.  The point is that if there are reliable primary sources for a primary school, and limited secondary sources, that a concerned editor should move the reliable material to the parent article and do the redirect him/herself.  Unscintillating (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

• As I said -- the vast majority of those articles on which I !vote delete or nom for deletion are closed as deletions or redirects, rather than maintaining the stand-alone article. The vast majority of those articles on which I !vote keep are closed as keeps or merges. Some editors I understand would simply redirect such articles without discussion, as Un might (they think that takes care of getting rid of the stand-alone (the main issue), that there is little harm in a redirect, and that that avoids discussion). I don't choose to, because that deprives any editor with a different view--who looks at AfDs but does not have the individual article on his watchlist--of a voice. As to school articles, those AfDs that are currently open at which I've !voted or nominated the article are listed here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools; it seems that they are likely, for the most part, to close in accordance with my nominations or !votes.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:06, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I suspect that your 150 nominations have a poor record for needing admin tools, that was true for my sample of six, and you don't deny it when you group delete, delete-and-redirect, and redirect-without-delete all together.  Since my last discussion here I started down the list of school AfDs that you provided and was able to look at only two before I got to Auburn Village School, not one of your noms, not even technically a bad nom, because the article failed WP:V, but IMO a poorly-prepared nom that didn't assert that the topic failed WP:V, and given that the nom was claiming that a primary school failed notability, the nom IMO should not have been allowed to proceed at AfD.  I spent a couple of man days and have found that the topic is not only WP:V verifiable, it is notable enough for a stand-alone article.  It is easy to understand that you are frustrated about some recent events, so I hope you aren't taking it out on the work of editors that created primary-school articles.  Regards, Unscintillating (talk) 05:44, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I follow much of that. I'm not sure I do those things. But as to the AfD you refer to, which is one I've !voted on but which as you say was nominated by another editor, I'll follow its course with interest. Other than that, I stand by what I said above. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:57, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: I am frankly ashamed of the bad faith assumed by Danjel, Dahlia and Big Wind. They seem to have parleyed not liking the results of discussions into Epeefleche and I being menacing, incompetent editors who are always acting in bad faith. This is just deplorable Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 17:49, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Danjel, again

You had said if Danjel keeps it up I should report him to ANI. He continues to lambaste my rationale for deletion, even when it isn't relevant. But most disturbing, he called Fmph a troll, for no other reason than disagreeing with him. I told him to stop that on his page; he rolled back my comment. I think the only way to get him to stop is to get admin action against him; but if I start an ANI thread; he'll BOOMERANG with accusations against us. Should I take him to ANI anyway? Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 20:54, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Don't do it on my behalf! I'm fine now. I had good long cry this afternoon and followed it up with a half bottle of whisky, but I'm much better now. Fmph (talk) 21:03, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I assume you're joking... Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 21:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Not when I say please dont refactor my contributions. Fmph (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

@Purple -- I believe what I said was that I had devoted some time in an effort to address the matters that you highlighted through talkpage discussion. But that as to the personal aspect of his communications I would "suggest that to the extent you can you ignore it and take the higher road. Other editors reading such discussions can often understand them. If it becomes unbearable, you know the ways to address it." Wikipedia:Dispute resolution is the policy I had in mind. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "User:Danjel and school AfDs". Thank you. --Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 00:30, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll follow the discussion (at minimum).--Epeefleche (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I've been told that DR wasn't the place for it, so I moved it to WQA Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 22:35, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Figures...I WQA him about him calling me "flat out wrong" and "incompetent" too much...so he responds by calling me "flat out wrong" and "imcompetent" (and you too, BTW). D00d don't get it Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 16:50, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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Suggestion

Hi E. I saw your post on the TV project notice board about KBCH-TV. I thought that I would let you know that the number of editors that respond there has dwindled over the years. In case you don't get a quick response you may want to also post your question at the Wikipedia talk:Notability or even Wikipedia talk:Notability (organizations and companies). I can't guarantee that they will be any better but I jsut wanted to give you some options. For what its worth I don't think it meets wikiP's requirements. Cheers and enjoy your weekend. MarnetteD | Talk 23:30, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

AFDs and article tagging

I am somewhat concerned about your recent edits. You seem to be very actively tagging articles for lack of references and nominating articles for deletion. I have not investigated all the articles that you've tagged and nominated but I have been involved in some of the school article that you've nominated for deletion or tagged. I've noticed that you often seem to inappropriately add ref improve tags to articles that already have references. Many of your school AfDs have been flawed. You seem to be under the misconception that all primary schools are non-notable which is not the case. School articles have to comply with WP:N. While perhaps the majority of primary schools will not merit an article in their own right, many do. Some notable historic schools have been caught up in this AfD campaign of yours while regular editors have been busy and not able to help improve and source the articles. Work now has to be done to get these articles restored. Your edit history suggests that you only spend a few minutes looking at each article before tagging it or nominating it. Could I suggest that you devote less time to tagging and deleting and more time to constructive editing by adding useful content and sources. If you are going to tag articles or nominate them for deletion you should spend more time reading the article, checking that references exist and checking to see what sources are available. Dahliarose (talk) 14:13, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Can you provide some specific examples? Does this fall under the discussion above? -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 15:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

This does fall under the discussion above on serial nominating though attention now seems to be diverted to serial tagging instead. Lyneham Primary School is an example of an article that got tagged despite already having 11 references. This article Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Peter's Middle School, Old Windsor got deleted and then I had to spend some time working out procedures to get the article restored under the redirect. When the article was first nominated there were no sources so the initial votes were based on that, but it was the same few people who have recently been popping up at school AfDs and routinely voting delete on the basis that primary schools are inherently non-notable. Even so, the infobox showed that the school was founded in 1799. I would have thought that any editor would realise that there was no such thing as a primary school in 1799. This knowledge would then alert them to different strategies to search for sources. Sources were subsequently added to the article, but too late to save it from its fate. I'm now working to get the article restored when I have more time. Also take a look at [this edit history prior to nominating Knoxfield Primary School for deletion. It is quite clear Epeefleche has made no attempt to look for sources prior to the AfD nomination. It may turn out that the article doesn't justify an article but each article needs to be considered on its own merits. There probably is a need to clear out a lot of rubbish on Wikipedia but careless drive-by editing without following proper procedures such as WP:BEFORE is not the way to do it. Dahliarose (talk) 17:17, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

As to school articles, those AfDs that are currently open at which I've !voted or nominated the article are listed here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools. It seems that they are likely, for the most part, to close in accordance with my nominations or !votes. That has been the case generally - the overwhelming majority of articles on which I have voted delete at or nominated have closed with the stand-alone article/text being erased. Similiarly, the overwhelming majority of articles on which I have !voted keep have closed with their text being kept as a stand-alone or as a merge. Furthermore -- I've stated in the past that I routinely do a wp:before search, which includes gnews and gbooks at a minimum, before nominating an article. No doubt, that has much to do with why the closes tend so often to be in line with my !votes.

I took a glance at the most recent AfDs at which Dahliarose and I !voted and had different views. It does happen. At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Bede's Prep School, she !voted keep, I !voted delete or redirect, and the close 3 days ago was redirect. At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li Sing Primary School, she !voted keep, I nom'd the article and indicated I was open to a delete or redirect, and the close 26 days ago was redirect. At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Peter's Middle School, Old Windsor, she !voted keep, I nom'd the article and indicated I was open to a delete or redirect, and the close 26 days ago was redirect. So it is clear that Dahlia and I have had substantive differences. (We were, at the same time, in accord that the text should not be deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Army Public School and College (Pakistan), and the close agreed with us). There are, of course, times where I may !vote or nom delete, and the result will be keep, but they are the distinct minority. The last 3 AfDs where we have differed, as I've indicated, the consensus been as indicated above, and all open school AfDs seem likely to close in similar manner.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Editors will necessarily have disagreements on the outcomes of articles but you still haven't answered the salient points raised above with regards to serial deleting and serial tagging both of which are disruptive. Serial deletions do not allow editors to assess the situation properly, leading to flawed AfD decisions. Your editing history suggests that you are not making the necessary checks for sources before nominating articles for deletion. It is impossible to do proper checks in two or three minutes. What's the point of providing links to searches if you don't spend any time reading through them before nominating? Your school searches are also flawed as schools often undergo name changes so a school with "primary" or "middle" in its name would have been called something else in the past. It takes time to make these sorts of checks and establish the history. Searches also need to be done on the local version of Google for the appropriate country not on Google USA. Dahliarose (talk) 18:23, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, editors will always have substantive disagreements. My point as to our difference in view was that in the last 3 differences that we have had, the consensus has supported my view. And that the vast majority of the time, my !vote at AfD has been in accord with consensus. That is a salient point -- it strikes me that you came to my page to complain, directly after 3 disagreements where the consensus was that your view was not the correct one. Also, as to the school articles currently at AfD -- another salient point -- the "problem" that you identify does not appear to exist. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools. Furthermore -- I've said repeatedly that I routinely conduct a wp:before search that includes gbooks and gnews. I never said -- and am curious that you would assert that that is the case -- that I do it directly before a nomination. To the contrary, I routinely do my searches first on a number of articles, check other non-online sources if available, and only then nominate articles. Your above assertion that "It is quite clear Epeefleche has made no attempt to look for sources" is flatly untrue -- please stop making such untrue assertions. As to refimprove tags -- they are not for articles wholly bereft of refs; there is a separate tag for that -- and they help encourage compliance with our core policy of wp:v.

I do hope that you are not casting false aspersions simply because of substantive disputes. I welcome you giving voice to your views on substantive issues where we differ. It is to afford editors like you that opportunity that I do not boldly -- as some have suggested -- redirect such articles, as that would hide such action from editors who only follow the deletions boards and do not follow the articles. But I think that baseless aspersions and failures to AGF do not advance our discussion.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:39, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Your editing history shows that you are drifting very rapidly from one article to another adding tags, prodding and nominating articles for deletion. Thankfully you've stopped mass nominating schools for deletion but in about six weeks from the middle of December onwards over 150 of the 200 or so schools that were nominated for deletion were nominated by you. I'm not too fussed about the outcome of individual school AfDs. I can easily reinstate the ones I'm interested in that merit standalone articles. It's just more hassle and more work. I'm more concerned about the bigger picture and ensuring that proper procedures are followed. Dahliarose (talk) 19:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

You appear not to have read my prior post. Your assertion is false. Untrue. I'm uncertain as to why you would make a false assertion, have it pointed out to you that it is false, and then repeat it. I described for you above how I review articles before AfD. I also referenced the last 3 articles where we differed. In each case consensus supported my !vote and rejected yours. I supplied the link to all ongoing school AfDs at which I have !voted or nominated articles. That also reflects the same pattern of in-consensus !voting on my part. I recognize that we may differ at times substantively, which is fine. But if you would please stop making baseless assertions, that would be most appreciated.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Your 150+ school AfD nominations are in your editing history so it's not a false accusation. The outcome of individual school AfDs is immaterial. The problem was the sheer scale of the nominations which did not allow editors the chance to review the articles, let alone add sources. I see no point in discussing this issue further, but I'm pleased to note that your editing has now moved to more constructive areas and that you are now welcoming new editors. I hope the problem will not recur again. Dahliarose (talk) 23:46, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Actually -- the problem today is your repeated false assertion as to my wp:before search. It is false. It is inconsistent with the degree to which the AfDs close in accord with my !votes. It is inconsistent with the fact that where we have disagreed these past three weeks at AfD, it is your view that has been rejected. I've told you that more than once that your assertion is incorrect, and explained how I do my wp:before search. Please stop making false assertions. You and I disagreed at the last three school AfDs that we both !voted on over the past month. In each instance, the community rejected your view. You followed those three disagreements, these last three weeks, closing with the consensus being against you by littering my page the above repeated false accusation. Your maligning of an editor whose substantive view is other than yours -- to the extent that you repeat mis-truths as to their wp:before search -- is perhaps not helpful. And, when it comes in the wake of the community deciding that your view was not the consensus view at the three most recent AfDs at which the two of you !voted, it raises questions why you are making these untrue assertions. Please -- feel free to disagree with me and with other editors on substance. But please don't make untrue assertions as to their wp:before behavior, just because over the last three weeks the community has viewed your substantive position as wrong. Please don't do it here -- if you otherwise feel impelled to, you can stay off this page -- and please don't do it elsewhere. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:00, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

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Analysis of the results of your last 25 Primary-school AfD nominations

Of your last 25 Primary-school AfD nominations, two of the 25 resulted in the use of admin deletion tools.  These 25 ran from Knoxfield Primary School through Finchale Primary School.  The two exceptions are:

• Engadine_Public_School deleted by Guerillero on 17 January
• Mater_Dolorosa_Catholic_School_%28South_San_Francisco%29 deleted by Guerillero on 17 January
  

FYI, Unscintillating (talk) 01:50, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

• In how many of them did the result match my request -- which I imagine, in if not all, was to ax the standalone article, and either delete or redirect it? And in how many was the article, in contrast, closed a keep?--Epeefleche (talk) 01:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

"ax the standalone article" is not a defined term, so I'd be arguing if I tried to answer.  "AfD" stands for "articles for deletion", not "articles for axing".  To answer your other question, there were two cases of keep in the 25.  Unscintillating (talk) 20:17, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the kind words, and help, at the Sleepy Hollow AFD. I appreciate it. Sergecross73 msg me 03:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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Deprodding of Corio Village Shopping Centre

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Advice

Epeefleche you need to take the advice of others and back of. You are both as bad as each other and no good will come to either of you by continuing it you both have history. Im saying the same to night. This has dragged on and its clear now neither you are totally in the right.

Also I'm going to point out to you that me and night very rarely get along but in this case he had a point which I'm not saying you didn't but this only came to something when several people had the same issue as night did as i said at before if i had come across this i would of checked your recent prods as I'm sure you would mine to make sure they aren't all the same. Thats where this should of ended before you both felt you were hounding each other. Edinburgh Wanderer 21:02, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I've never hounded Night. Please see wp:HOUNDING. I've not followed Night around the Project (as he has admitted following me), turning up at pages he edited. And I've not at those pages confronted his edits with de-PRODs, and contrary !votes, and edit warring, and removal of appropriate tags, and violations of wp:CHALLENGED, and Twinkle abuse, and violations of wp:OR. And I've not written to him: "you can stick that hurling article straight up in your <censored>.". As Night has done. This has been pointed out to your repeatedly. I would appreciate it if you would not make accusations that are at odds with the facts.

As to my running a tool to see what percentage of my !votes are in-consensus, and then comparing them to the 2 editors who suggested that my !votes were flawed, it is a reasonable way in which to explore whether there was any basis in the assertion. Clearly, there isn't. When Night !votes in a non-consensus fashion 6x more than I am, it is certainly curious that he should say he is following me and confronting my !votes because of my poor !voting record. There is simply nothing in my running the tool to respond to that accusation that falls within wp:hounding — I've not at all followed Night to any article or AfD to confront his edits.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Ive said the same to the both of you its up to you and night whether you leave each other alone or not is up to you.Edinburgh Wanderer 21:40, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

As I said -- I've not engaged in wp:HOUNDING. There is no hounding behavior that I've engaged in, which I should "stop".

You're coming across like someone who, seeing one person hitting another, says "Both of you stop hitting each other". But I've never hounded Night, following him to articles to confront his edits. The record is replete, however, with him doing the opposite, with de-PRODs, and contrary !votes, and edit warring, and removal of appropriate tags, and violations of wp:CHALLENGED, and Twinkle abuse, and violations of wp:OR.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Im leaving this alone to be honest I'm sick of this Drama and would rather concentrate on content rather than waste time on a dispute. But ill tell you what i mean by back off as I've said at my last comment at ANI. Night started it no doubt. I don't think it extends as far as hounding however the deprods are fine anyone can do it possibly after that he took it to far and extended to personal attack albeit minor. Then why i say you needed to back off and bare in mind as i don't think nights was 100% hounding neither do i think yours are but by running reports going through archives to check for his warnings and block log that was looking at him just like he did to you it provoked him. Nights logs are not pretty but neither is yours. If he stays away from you and stops his attacks and what you perceive as hounding which he will because if he dosent it will be dealt with hay ill report him myself. Then its only correct that you agree to stop running reports on him and checking his talk page for stuff. Since you are a good editor and as you say the stats are ok my last point to you would be to say that is you appear to have upset a few people with your AFDS even although most are correct so all you have to do is slow down a bit. As far as i can see its the rate not the nomination thats annoying people have you considered helping at Wikipedia:New pages patrol they badly need the help of people reviewing and nominating new articles for deletion where appropriate. Im no longer watching ANI and will shortly unlatch your talk page.Edinburgh Wanderer 19:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I think you are full of good faith, but I don't think that you are reading carefully. Night's edits speak for themselves, and are well-documented. The string is poster-child to support the claims in that regard, including those of incivility, edit warring, etc.

As to hounding -- since I assume good faith, I assume that you are not reading the policy. It is very clear. Your assertions in my regard -- repeated an astonishing number of times, given their deficit -- are simple not true. This has been pointed out to you many times, and the policy has been provided to you in both inline fashion and in quoted extracts. The elements of what hounding is (which does not match my behavior in the least) and what hounding is not (which -- oddly enough, is what you keep on insisting is in fact hounding), are all there in the policy. And yet you keep repeating yourself, even with it being clear that your assertions are at direct odds with both the facts and the policy. It's all very curious.

If as you say Night desists in the complained about activity, that should address the concerns that started the string.

But you really owe it to yourself to read what the elements of hounding are. Wikihounding requires, which I've not done, following another editor to join discussions of the editor on multiple pages they edit, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. And then read the policy further, to see what is not wikihounding -- using contribution logs in a dispute resolution process to gather evidence to be presented. This is all spelled out quite starkly at wp:HOUNDING.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:44, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

First of all it is you that calls it hounding not me when brought up at first forum it was very much not hounding at that time as was told to you by a couple of admins. It then escalated because night reacted badly to to what you call dispute res. Its not dispute res when you through it back in his face which you did even when you compared yourself to me that wasn't dispute res. Now you say night has a long history but so do you going back to your non productive days which are there to see as his are so you raking through his went you have history is provoking. Now night wasn't the only editor to disagree with you, As i see another editor is de prodding your articles so if they start de prodding your articles frequently will that be hounding and the next is that hounding. You need to stop taking things so seriously because this will keep happening. Edinburgh Wanderer 19:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, it was hounding then (DGG only distinguished his edits -- but they were apples and oranges compared to Night's edits), and that of course is academic as the nature of the activity was made even more clear over the ensuing days. And yes -- I used contribution logs in a dispute resolution process to gather evidence to be presented. That's precisely what I did.

And it in no way involved following another editor to join discussions of the editor on multiple pages they edit, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. That is what hounding is. Read the policy. I didn't do that. Even you don't assert that I joined discussions Night was first engaged in or articles he edited to inhibit his work. Yet -- astoundingly -- while the elements of hounding aren't met in the least, you kept on repeating an untrue statement to the effect that there was hounding.

What i fail to understand is that why night leaving you alone isn't enough for you. It means you don't have to deal with him. Edinburgh Wanderer 20:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh -- I thought I said at AN/I that that would suffice, for me. I've sought to take a very civil approach with Night. I first engaged him in conversation, in both edit summaries and then moreso in talk page discussion across many posts. Only when that failed, did I bring the matter to a board. And though I could have brought it to AN/I, where sanctions are sought, I brought it to the far more mild wikiquette board. Of course, with the edit warring, incivility, and other violations, all of which fall into the nature of matters that can result in blocks, it perhaps would have been appropriate at AN/I. But my focus has been on exactly what you refer to, and I've not pushed as I might for sanctions beyond that, though I can understand why others have and would not think anyone wrong for applying them given the long string of behavior that has been detailed, and the prior warnings for the same ilk of behavior.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:33, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

The interaction ban is all thats needed but for that to work you need to agree to it too which is what I've been trying to get you to do. Now me an night have had arguments many times but he means well and actually i do wonder how you don't get along as you have very similar views. All I'm going to say is that you don't need to keep bringing up his past its evident as is yours. Now just because your past on wiki wasn't good does not mean you aren't productive now (which you are) and the same goes for night in the future so by constantly bringing up the past it encourages past behaviour to continue. The only positive for wiki is you both agree not to interact with each other and get on with your own lives. But please don't use reports in that way it makes night angry and in fact me as well there was no need to compare me as i don't doubt the validity in the end but i do some of the reasons as Gnews isn't conclusive for some of the more abscure ones and the speed. If this had been at a form of dispute res then maybe and in fact if you continue to disagree with other editors on this topic then i would do that as constant disagreement isn't going to go well in the long run.Edinburgh Wanderer 20:56, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

That makes no sense. That is like it would have been had you suggested that Deborah Gibson not hound Robert Bardo. The record is replete with evidence of him hounding me, and I'm happy to accept his offer to not do so. The record has zero -- how much clearer can I be with your -- evidence of me hounding him, and I have not done so. If Night lives up to his word, which I assume he will, that will address for the future the problem that led to the noticeboard strings.

Furthermore, if you dislike the stark fact that hounding requires following an editor to articles that they have edited to confront their work -- then seek a change to the policy. Don't mis-state it. And if you don't like the fact that hounding does not include using contribution logs in a dispute resolution process to gather evidence to be presented -- then seek a change to the policy. Don't mis-state it.

Ed -- why don't you demonstrate your good faith here, indicate that you now understand that your accusations of hounding were misplaced as you had not carefully read wp:hounding, and stop trying to attack the victim? I can't imagine why you mis-stated wp:hounding and its application to the instant facts--again, and again, and again. And why you are now following up by again, and again, and again asking that the victim agree not to engage in activity that the victim has not engaged in. But which only the hounder engaged in. It is all highly peculiar to me.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:09, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Im sorry but given you ignore everything i say to you and accuse me of accusing you of hounding which i never have just that you started to exhibit some of the same things night did which you openly agree you did you see it as dispute res night dosent and i don't think the way you presented it was either. An interaction ban works both ways I've proposed a motion for it to be informed as was the aim of the any raised. I have now taken your page of my watchlist as you have no intention of discussing civily and being the bigger person and I'm not going to discuss with you any more.Edinburgh Wanderer 21:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I have not ignored you. I've read, considered, and responded to your every comment. Pointing out where you mis-state policy, or mis-state facts, is not ignoring you. I'm sorry if you feel it is.

As to your assertion that you never accused me of hounding -- I'm flabbergasted.

Do you recall that after I said that Night was hounding me, you asserted (baselessly) that "Epeefleche began doing what he accused night of"?

And that you subsequently wrote: "Epeefleche started hounding him back".

And that you then wrote: "the result of this should be ... both warned about hounding".

How can you make such a blatant, bald-faced mis-statements -- saying now that I "accuse me [Ed] of accusing you of hounding which i never have"? It is astonishing to me. Of course I wasn't hounding -- yet you baselessly accused me of it. And you now make yet another mis-statement of fact, when you flatly deny doing what you so clearly did.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I have to agree with Epeefleche here, Ed. You explicitly said on ANI that Epeefleche engaged in the same behavior as NotBW. Never once did you actually present any evidence that Epeefleche followed Night around, specifically chose to comment in discussions Night was involved in, or in any way engaged in Wikihounding. Such criticisms are unwarranted. If you want to criticize Epeefleche for his prodding or other "deletionist" behavior, then fine (even though I would disagree with such a criticism, it is at least one based in facts), to accuse Epeefleche of hounding, or to accuse him of making up that accusation are simply improper. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:35, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your training exercises and kind words at my RfA, which was successful and nearly unanimous. Be among the first to see my L-plate! – Fayenatic L (talk) 14:10, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Deprodding of Scotia Centre Mall (Saskatoon)

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Gabe Carimi

I would encourage you, before jumping to conclusions, to remember the Wikipedia policy on assuming that people are editing in good faith. If you would look at the google results YOU cited as proof of your reversal of my edit, you will notice that the first hit is the wikipedia page and the second page is this:http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/Carimi-Has-New-Number-Needs-Nickname-120994684.html which CLEARLY STATES THAT HE HIMSELF DOES NOT USE OR LIKE OR WANT this nickname. I would kindly ask that you revert your change of my change and apologize for assuming my edits were not in good faith. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.89.61.218 (talk) 22:48, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Why are you deleting this when I am trying to have a conversation with you about this issue? I have cited my source and made a clear argument. You are just deleting my comments because you believe otherwise. :(