User talk:WilyD

Plato and Aristotle discussing something. Unexplained:Plato's laptop.

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Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 11:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

The intended hoax thing

Okay thank you, can you tell me which article that was? Again thanks Wgolf (talk) 17:01, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Great Johnsonissac (talk) 11:14, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

David Record page deletion links

This page was rejected twice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/David_Record and it was deleted twice by User:Admrboltz on 13:36, 31 January 2014. It seems that it is reverted since a new page is created and when new discussion take place. Is there a way to check previous pages or dig into archives.

The image is copied from http://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/3071341-brampton-hip-hop-artist-tours-uk/ (bit.ly/1e8WqXD)

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Pork Pie Jeffery article

Hi. It's late here, and I thought the year read 1995, not 1895. Thanks for catching my error. gsk 11:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Don't you have anything constructive to do

...than gathering links to old dirt about me to your sandbox, and starting a pointless DRV process to salvage a single IP-editor talk page comment? I'd expect this kind of counterproductive, time-wasting activities from trolls only, not from other administrators. jni ^(delete)_{...just not interested} 12:37, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Fathoms!

Bravo. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 06:35, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

{{Infobox Indian Jurisdiction}}

Hi.

{{Infobox Indian Jurisdiction}} is awaiting deletion in the holding cell. You should probably get used to using {{Infobox settlement}}.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 10:46, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

"that's not a reason for deletion" - since when is needless duplication a reason?

Oh never mind, I'll just delete the category from its redirect re this, which was where I saw the problem.Skookum1 (talk) 12:48, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

RFD: "No argument has been made to support deletion"

Can we try to get to the root of this. It is very annoying that you just copy-paste that. I know what you will say, that yes there are arguments for deletion but none of them support it, but that is just splitting hairs (in any case, RfD is redirects for discussion, so copy-pasting a standard bit of text is hardly a discussion, is it, so your words then tend to carry less weight). You know it is annoying not only to me but other regulars at RfD. If you are going to copy-paste your RfD comments, then you could say "I oppose the deletion" or actually just omit the text altogether. It may not seem so to you, but that choice of words implies that other good-faith editors (and I don't mean me, the latest one you did it on I hadn't even commented on) are somehow idiots or don't know what they are talking about. You may not mean it that way, but to at least one editor that is how it sounds and I suggest you rephrase it or stop using it. Si Trew (talk) 16:55, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I replied at mine. I do appreciate your hard work at WP, sincerely, I just think you should stop appearing to be giving others the brush-off. Si Trew (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Replied at mine. If you are watching my talk page, I needn't clutter yours by telling you so. Si Trew (talk) 17:56, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

recreated spam

A page you recently deleted has been recreated: User:Soccermomguide. INeverCry 18:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

I think your decision to turn down the speedy deletion of Vpered (disambiguation) is a mistake. This article does not serve any purpose, apart from the main Vpered article there is only one other alternative meaning, which is now dealt with by a hatnote at this article. PatGallacher (talk) 00:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Vpered (disambiguation) has now been nominated for deletion. PatGallacher (talk) 17:17, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Crash (song

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Regarding Achilles Statius (disambiguation)

Since there seems to be a disagreement amongst us regarding the interpretation of WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{Db-disambig}}, rather than starting an unnecessary edit war regarding my template placement on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), I thought I'd chat about it here. The wording WP:CSD#G6 and the wording on {{Db-disambig}} seem to contradict each other: the reason I state this is because the wording of WP:CSD#G6 doesn't mention WP:PRIMARYTOPIC at all, but {{Db-disambig}} does. Also, WP:CSD#G6 says "lists at least two pages" and {{Db-disambig}} says "disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages"...

The way I have interpreted the phrase disambiguates fewer than two extant Wikipedia pages and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); on {{Db-disambig}} is that a disambiguated page is an article that has a disambiguator in its name (or is not spelled like the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC but could be confused for it), considering that in the case of a disambiguation page being at a title that ends with "(disambiguation)", that means that a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC has been determined and that its title is not disambiguated. In the case on Achilles Statius (disambiguation), it seems to meet the criterion listed on {{Db-disambig}} with the way that the template is currently worded (since only one title either has a disambiguator or only one title could be confused with the primary topic's spelling). In fact, with the fact that there is a primary topic, the disambiguation page does seem unnecessary since pointing to the other page is possible by putting a hatnote on the primary topic's page.

From what I have seen, this is the purpose of the {{Db-disambig}} tag (and without stating names, other administrators seem to agree with that, considering that other administrators have deleted articles I have tagged with {{Db-disambig}} in the past for pages in the same state as Achilles Statius (disambiguation).) If you don't believe so, I may have to open a WP:RFC regarding this, considering that the contradicting wording on WP:CSD#G6 and {{Db-disambig}} seems to be causing some interpretation issues that I can see myself. Steel1943 (talk) 14:06, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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Pro 12 to Pro12

I see that you have moved Pro 12 to Pro12. Does that men you are going to move, for example, 2013–14 Pro 12 to 2013–14 Pro12 for consistency? Hamish59 (talk) 09:59, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

ANI notification

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Scott • talk 11:34, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

WilyD, I can't bring myself to comment at ANI, and I don't know why Scott is incapable of just asking you first, but please remove your characterization of Gorobay's comment as a racist slur. It's really unfair. --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Foreign-language redirects

Hi WilyD, you've surely noticed the state of the backlog at RfD. Today I closed a couple of older discussions that I had participated in that had listed for a while and had unanimous consensus, which I hope most editors could agree is reasonable under the circumstances. I wanted to respectfully ask if you would be alright with me closing discussions for these foreign-language redirects in which consensus is clear and only you support keeping the redirect. You're certainly entitled to your position on these issues, but I think you can see consensus and what little documentation we have on it are against you.

When I say that I seem to be the only one closing RfDs these days, I say so with dismay, not pride. Under the circumstances, I'm trying to find creative approaches to maintaining the backlog. Again, this would only apply to discussions that have listed for seven days and for which you're the only editor advocating keeping. I did a quick scan of such discussions to make sure there weren't any with just one or two editors in opposition, and there seem to be at least four in opposition in all cases. Since I am among the opposing editors, I can't perform an uninvolved close. I hope you'll agree to this for the sake of the backlog, but if you don't, I will understand. Best regards, BDD (talk) 19:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Notification of new discussion on WT:CSD

WilyD,

Since we had talked about it recently, I just wanted to inform you that I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Propose clarification: CSD G6 - when does it apply to disambiguation pages with only two listed articles? regarding clarification on when disambiguation pages with only two entries should be deleted per the CSD G6 criterion. Steel1943 (talk) 23:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

More reasons to keep

Hello WilyD, long time ago you have expressed your views on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictators. Now I have improved the related articles and lists with systematic findings based on published reliable sources from history and political science. However, two of them are currently submitted to Afds (by a Chinese Wikipedian who in the past has personally attacked me for my contribution to politics-related articles in Chinese Wikipedia). Your comments are welcome and appreciated: (1) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictatorships (2)Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_modern_dictators_in_Latin_America. Thanks.--_{(comparingChinese Wikipedia vs Baidu Baike by hanteng)} 15:22, 5 April 2014 (UTC)