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WP:SAL No one has actually objected to the idea that it's really pointless for WP:SAL to contain any style information at all, other than in summary form and citing MOS:LIST, which is where all of WP:SAL's style advice should go, and SAL page should move back to WP:Stand-alone lists with a content guideline tag. Everyone who's commented for 7 months or so has been in favor of it. I'd say we have consensus to start doing it. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ   Contrib. 13:13, 2 March 2012 (UTC) I'll take a look at the page shortly. Thanks for the nudge. SilkTork ✔Tea time 23:18, 2 March 2012 (UTC) I guess the real question is whether to declare consensus and WP:BOLD it, or do merge tags and open a merge discussion at WT:MOSLIST. I'm all for going with the bold direction, since it seems unlikely to be controversial that the MOS page on lists should actually contain the MOS advice about lists.  :-) — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ   Contrib. 23:53, 2 March 2012 (UTC) There's been a deal of activity on the page recently. I've not had a chance to absorb that yet. I may just potter around this evening doing light stuff, then take a closer look over the weekend. SilkTork ✔Tea time 00:31, 3 March 2012 (UTC) No hurry! I meant "bold" not "reckless". :-) — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ   Contrib. 11:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC) I still have this in mind - on hold, but not forgotten. SilkTork ✔Tea time 13:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC) Future Perfect at Sunrise Hi there. I was wondering if you could have a look at the history of these two articles : 1 and 2. I think the admin is abusing his admin right. pays no attention to my edit summary ( talk page ) and claims that a very well known book is unreliable. And the worst is that he is threatening to block me !!! Thanking you in anticipation. In fact 08:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC) Oh, another thing, I beieve he is Wiki Hounding me. He appears anywhere I edit, and opposes me. I have already asked him not to do so. But he keeps on doing that. In fact 09:37, 22 April 2012 (UTC) I've had a quick look, and there seems to be some history between you two. I wasn't able to make a judgement on the recent edits just by looking at them - it would require studying the subject and reading some sources. I don't have the time at the moment to spare to go into that kind of depth as there are ArbCom matters for me to deal with, and I'd like to keep some spare time on Wikipedia for myself - both for any research I need to do, and also just to do some edits as a pastime. I will keep your request on my talkpage though, to remind me to look into when I get the time. Meanwhile, as regards the edits themselves and the revert, you could try an initial polite, neutral discussion with Future Perfect, and if that doesn't get anywhere, ask for a WP:Third opinion or WP:Editor assistance. SilkTork ✔Tea time 15:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC) Thank you. I have always tried to be polite. (That is for sure the first rule.) So perhaps we could work on this case some time in future. Regards, In fact 09:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Honky Tonk Heroes

Thanks for working in the review, I'll do my best to assess your concerns.--GDuwenTell me! 20:25, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

I'll pop along shortly to have a look. Am suddenly busy in real life, so Wiki time is reduced, and the priority is the ArbCom stuff when I do get time here. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 13:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

No problem, take your time. We'll take care of everything at some point anyway. I'll start working on Jailhouse Rock.--GDuwenTell me! 17:56, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Agree. With a little work I see the article reaching GA status, and I don't see the matter hanging on too long, it's just a question of getting round to it. I'm looking today at a couple of other GA reviews I've taken on, so people have something to work on, then I'm coming back to yours. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

That's fine, maybe we can get back to Waylon Jennings on another occasion. I think that we'll finish with Honky Tonk Heroes and Jailhouse Rock soon anyway. I understand that reviewing an article sometimes might take longer, but we'll get there.--GDuwenTell me! 19:25, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

I am normally slow, but I have been particularly slow on the three GA reviews I still have left as my real life situation has been rather busy recently and when I do get to Wikipedia I have to prioritise ArbCom stuff, and then with the time I have left I find I want to do minor edits, or some distracting stuff - like closing contentious AfDs! I feel especially bad about the Get Carter! review because I haven't even finished it! SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 19:50, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Jailhouse Rock

I started working on the article, I'll be assessing your concerns through the week. --GDuwenTell me! 20:17, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I have been woring on the cast section, I'm trying to find more details now on the production.--GDuwenTell me! 23:23, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Your comment on my appeal

Hi SilkTork, I'd like to correct a point you made here on my appeal. The controversy you referred to had nothing to do with the ARBCC sanctions, where there is not and has not been any controversy whatsoever. The issue in that discussion related to the ARBSCI restrictions, specifically an editor's attempts to go after me for supposed violations. It makes no sense to oppose a lifting of the ARBCC sanctions on the grounds of "controversy" if there has not been any controversy. I'd be grateful if you could reconsider this. Prioryman (talk) 07:22, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

File:Greg koch, chris and me.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Greg koch, chris and me.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:26, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

• Done. Deleted the file. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:23, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

GA Review

Just like to say a very big thank you for the thorough GA review! -- Lemonade51 (talk) 14:29, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Good luck with tidying it up and further developing it. Will you take it up to FA level? SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 14:38, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Hope to. I will most likely take the article to WP:GOCE in the coming weeks to get it fine tuned. Then another crack at peer review and nominate it if all goes smoothly. Any idea how I should go about citations; something you touched upon the review? -- Lemonade51 (talk) 14:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

The FA reviewers like consistency in reviews. Criteria 2(a) says: consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes (<ref>Smith 2007, p. 1.</ref>) or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1)—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references; for articles with footnotes, the meta:cite format is recommended. The use of citation templates is not required.. Because of that "consistently formatted" phrase, a number of reviewers want all the citations to be exactly the same - that is, if cite 1 has author, publication, date, page number, then all the other citations need to be author, publication, date, page number, and if any citations are found to be author, page number, publication, date then they will ask for it to be changed. There are editors who enjoy or don't mind doing such meticulous formatting, and it might be useful to find one. You could try User:Jenks24 or User:Nikkimaria - they are two people I know who are interesting in citation formatting of FA articles - if they are not willing or able to do it themselves, they might suggest someone. You have more short format citations than full format, so you may decide to go with that, as that would be easiest. Most Wikipedians find the full format more useful and reader friendly than the short format, and I am a supporter of full format so that is what I would urge, but the decision has to be those who are going to do the work. Some Wikipedians, I think, find the shorter method easier for editing purposes if there are a lot of different sources, as it reduces the amount of text in the article in editing mode. So it's a balance between the needs of the editor and the needs of the reader. My feeling is we should always put the reader before the editor. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 15:06, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John F. Ashton

Thank you for taking the time to close this lengthy AfD debate. I agree with your comments and your assessment of the consensus. Cunard (talk) 23:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 23:17, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

As per WP:N, "Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material."  It is the nutshell that identifies that we look for "sufficiently significant attention".  Unscintillating (talk) 23:38, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 23:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't see a single piece of objective evidence at the AfD that impeaches any of the 70 sources as being what WP:GNG defines as "trivial coverage".  As is typical in such arguments, there is no quantitative definition of how the known sources fall short of what would have been "sufficiently" significant attention.  I do see quantitative evidence (such as "2.5 pages") of individual sources with , that there is much more than minimally significant coverage.  WP:GNG is commonly understood as requiring two "good" sources the length of a newspaper article, which is a benchmark that is far surpassed.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:43, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

However, it might not be a bad thing to move the article to JJBs user page for a while.  I think it would make things go more smoothly if the close was changed to "Userfy".  Unscintillating (talk) 00:43, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I find it highly proceedurally-irregular that more than a week after the AfD was closed it was reverted to a different result without any notice (amounting to a speedy deletion), not to mention that less than two thirds was ruled to be a consensus. I think a fresh AfD would have been more appropriate, because of the substantial work and research put into article since the original close, which could easily have given rise to much clearer arguments than was possible before the original close. You did not acknowlege that sources had been found directly refuting a large fraction of the specific arguments that had been put forward as a basis for deletion, and under the circumstances I would have at least expected temporary preservation in the incubator. I also fail to understand why you found reconfirmation of votes worthy of positive comment (since I don't see how future AfDs will benefit from your obliging all sides to keep redundantly and persistently reiterating their positions). So this is me courteously asking you to take another look at whether deletion is appropriate at this moment given the process? Cesiumfrog (talk) 01:00, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I understand your concern. What happened was I went to AfD to close some old discussions. This AfD was listed as the oldest one, so I put a {{closing}} notice on it and began to close it in the normal way. As part of my closing process I read the article and the article talkpage, and checked the article history; as I did that I became aware that it had been previously closed, and that the closer had then undone their close as they felt they were unable to commit to writing a closing rationale for their "no consensus" decision. Like yourself, I did then pause to consider the implications of that, and felt that in essence the closer had returned the AfD to the pool, and it was as if that close had not happened. If I hadn't checked the talkpage and the article history, I would not have been aware of the previous close. The circumstances are, however, interesting, and it would be appropriate to test if the procedure was acceptable by taking it to DRV, and I would support that. The article had changed since the AfD, and the discussion had not covered those changes, which included information from the New Scientist article. In the circumstances a relisting for seven days might have been more appropriate, and it would have been more helpful if the original closer had done that. By the time I became aware of it, I had already spent over an hour on the review, and I think that would have influenced my decision to continue and finish the close. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:33, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

(ec) Well, this was rather a surprise for my letting WP go for 2 hours. Never thought of that eventuality, that would allow an article with 70 independent sources to be deleted. Yes, please userfy to me, with full history of course, if that is the right outcome. I am disappointed that you didn't mention that there were eighteen reviews of four books other than the anthology, which were incompletely rebutted; only a couple comments mentioned them, and all referred only to the chocolate book and not to the other three reviewed books. These reviews were asserted to satisfy WP:AUTHOR and were not rebutted at any time by any of the delete !voters I can find (I only found 13 such !voters). Also after close it came out that Ashton was a Chartered Chemist after all (CFRACI), which probably settles the question of PROF#C3. Based on this data I would of course appreciate your making any clarifications necessary for the record. JJB 01:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I have userfied to User:John J. Bulten/John F. Ashton with the full history. When you feel the article is ready to be moved back into mainspace it's just a case of removing the <!-- --> code from around the categories, and then doing a page move - full editing history will remain with the page. It would make sense to ask an admin to look over the article before making the move so that the article isn't speedy deleted as a recreation of a deleted article. Sometimes people will voluntarily take a newly recreated article to AfD in order to test out consensus, but that is up to you.

As regards the reviews and the CFRACI, such information is useful in building up a profile of a topic in order to establish notability. The various guidelines that we have regarding notability are not bright lines - it is not intended that if a topic meets a criterion that they are automatically notable, nor that if they do not meet any criteria that they are automatically non-notable. The criteria are useful guides. The majority of those in the discussion felt that article did not sufficiently meet the criteria, and it was worth noting that as the article was being developed during the discussion, and that arguments were also being developed, that a number of people had revisited the article and the discussion and re-affirmed their delete !votes - sometimes early delete !votes count for less if new sources or arguments come to light during the discussion, and the !voter hasn't noticed. I felt that there had been a healthy (and civil) discussion of the article, and good points had been raised on both sides, but that on balance the consensus was sufficiently enough in favour of the delete view for deletion to take place. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

• I have listed the AfD at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 May 24. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:57, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate your communicativeness, a rare and desirable quality. Though I have strong views about the subject, I have not formed any opinion on the unique process that occurred other than its being WP:ASTONISHing as stated. JJB 14:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC) I guess I will need to ask some ticklish questions about the second close's text here after all, and I apologize that my request for clarifications was clearly too generic.

• Could you please userfy the full talk history? I'm sorry I neglected to mention this. I had listed 16 more sources there for "posterity", and much other useful discussion there is essential to work that could establish notability more clearly.

Done: User talk:John J. Bulten/John F. Ashton SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 20:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

• In your close, do you see any need to adjust your !votecounts and reasonableness percentage? 31 accounts edited the AFD. Keep (13): Professor marginalia, Phil Bridger, Xxanthippe, Guillaume2303, David Eppstein, Yaksar, Hrafn, Salimfadhley, Dominus Vobisdu, Thine Antique Pen, IRWolfie-, Nomoskedasticity, MrOllie; Delete (9): John J. Bulten, StAnselm, Mormon Man, Unscintillating, Tonyinman, Cesiumfrog, DGG, 202.124.73.201, DrPhen; Abstain or comment (1): Joe Decker; Administrative (8 including duplicates of IP editor): Snotbot, Gene93k, PhantomSteve, SilkTork, Armbrust, 202.124.74.80, 202.127.72.61, 202.127.72.13.

You're right. Looking at my figures I was using the five bar gate counting method - four down strokes and a fifth crossing through. I then counted each five bar gate as a 10. I didn't count the non voters for the sake of the counting, so adding the three gates as 10 instead of 5, gives me the extra 15 for the voters. I didn't count Mormon Man's vote. Including his vote makes the figure more like 59% than 64%, but that is not significant enough to make any difference. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 20:39, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

• Since you mention GNG, do you want to mention WP:BASIC, which is an SNG? "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability." No rebuttal describing the point at which combination toward notability is achieved (e.g., 70 sources).
• For "meant", read "met"?
• Since editors indicate CFRACI status, rather than FRACI status, would have made a difference, and since this was documented after AFD, do you want to mention that? First such comment: Phil Bridger 17:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC). Probably more on deleted talk page.
• Since DGG referred to "books" rather than a book, do you want to mention the additional 4 reviewed books, or adjust your classification of the "main book"? 5 multiply-reviewed books were sourced, 3 were totally ignored, and the chocolate book had many more reviews than the "main book".

I am not trained in diplomacy and do not know the best way to approach this, so I have asked you these points directly, as knowing these answers will help guide my work toward clarifying notability. Clarifying your stance on these "neglected aspects" here would be very gratifying. Thank you for your attention. JJB 18:38, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I have listed discussion at DRV due to the unusual nature of the procedure, and I have offered two reasonable ways forward there. I don't think there is any more benefit to be gained from micro-analysing the AfD discussion here. I think there were good points raised on both sides; however, on balance I felt that the views for deletion were more convincing. I understand that you will have a slightly different interpretation, and I accept that. My feeling at this stage is that your efforts would be better placed at working to improve the article so you can move it back into mainspace. I suspect that with a few more solid sources the article would be able to stand up convincingly as notable. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 20:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, I certainly appreciate and agree with the last two sentences, which were very gracious, and I always respect the agreement to disagree as to other points. JJB 20:58, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Cool. As regards WP:BASIC, yes, I am aware of it - I am one of the significant contributors to WP:BIO. ;-) SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 21:11, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I have an objection

I object to something in the amendment thread. It's Mathsci's comments that the committee has decided I was definitely proxying for Ferahgo, like this one. From your comments on the proposed decision, I know the committee's view is that I got involved in Wikipedia because of an off-wiki discussion, but that she didn't ask me to. I'm glad the committee isn't going to enshrine Mathsci's view of events in the amended finding of fact. But he's misrepresenting the committee's decision by claiming they already ruled he's right about me. Jclemens already tried to correct him about this here, but Mathsci kept repeating it anyway.

My Very Best Wishes commented about how Mathsci's aggression has a chilling effect on any disagreement with him, and that it's continuing even after he was admonished for it. I'm afraid if Mathsci keeps repeating his version of what the committee decided about me for long enough, it might turn into a sort of unofficial amendment even though the committee never agreed with it. Do you know if there's any way to stop this, short of opening another case or review? I don't know what to do about it, so I'll be glad for any advice or help you can offer.-SightWatcher (talk) 21:27, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

6.1) SightWatcher is indefinitely banned from editing and/or discussing the topic of Race and Intelligence on any page of Wikipedia, including user talk pages, or from participating in any discussion concerning the conduct of editors who have worked in the topic. This editor may however within reason participate in dispute resolution and noticeboard discussions if their own conduct has been mentioned.

Under the above remedy I would suggest you limit your comments on this topic to the arena where your conduct has been mentioned. And where your conduct is mentioned, judge carefully if you actually need to respond. In this case I don't think you need respond - your conduct is not under investigation. You are simply being mentioned. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 22:10, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

I think it's discussing my conduct to accuse me of proxying for someone else, and to claim Arbcom ruled I've been doing that even though Arbcom ruled no such thing. When people are saying this, is there really nothing I can do about it?

I'm not very reassured the problem is going to go away now, based on Mathsci's response to you in the edit summary here. [1] trolling is posting stupid things just to provoke a reaction.-SightWatcher (talk) 04:14, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

I would strongly advise you to concentrate on building articles, and to cease commenting on other users who were involved in the Race and Intelligence topic. You don't need to make any such comments, and in doing so you are aiding in the creation of a toxic atmosphere and may find yourself being banned from Wikipedia. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 07:26, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

I have quite a bit more damning evidence I've gathered together on this which I have not shared yet - and if an amendment is requested over that issue, I will pass it on. Captain Occam and his proxies have collectively contributed some 1500 edits which are directly related to R/I -- approx 1500 since his R/I topic ban went into effect, and they've been causing crazy over this everywhere they go. This needs to stop. Professor marginalia (talk) 05:08, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

I think you need to show the evidence once you have made the accusation. Jello carotids (talk) 11:21, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Top of the Pops LPs

Hi,

I noticed that (for I think the second time) you have redirected Top of the Pops volue 18 LP (and I assume Volume 20) to the main Top of the Pops Album Series page, thereby effectively removing the original pages. While I agree that all the individual albums in this series don't need pages, these two do.

The reason is that they both made number 1 on the UK national LP chart. That makes them notable in itself - and, there's a wiki page listing all the UK number 1 albums, with links to the individual pages. Also, the success of these LPs was instrumental in getting the chart rules changed so that budget LPs were no longer permitted, so they have a minor place in recording history. This has been covered in publications like Mojo, the Hit Albums chart books, at least two BBC radio documentaries etc.

So, I think they are certainly notable and need their own pages. Do you agree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MegdalePlace (talk • contribs) 11:02, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi Megdale, thanks for getting in touch to discuss this. I can recall buying some of the Top of the Pops albums, and I'm certainly aware that there is a nostalgic cult interest in the series, so even though the main article is unreferenced, it is likely that it can be supported by reliable sources (as required by our notability guidelines such as WP:GNG) if someone was prepared to put in the research needed. That main article - Top of the Pops (record series) - would certainly be the place to detail the greatest commercial successes of the series. If any particular individual album had been written about enough in reliable sources to generate sufficient material for a standalone album, and it had citations back to the sources, it could be split off from the main article per WP:Summary style. So I think the first thing to do is find good quality sources for the main article, and then to build up information on key albums within that main article. When you think you have enough material to split an album out into a standalone article, let me know and I'll take a look to give you further advice. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 17:40, 25 May 2012 (UTC)