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"JIFFY"

Hello. I'm trying to figure out what happened with this article. I restored it last night and then made an edit to it to add some more info and a reference. After that, it looks like you deleted it again and restored it again, but I can't locate my edit in the page history. Am I doing something wrong, or did something get corrupted in the database? I can't figure out what happened or why I can't see my edit in the deletion history. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 11:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History shows no deleted edits, so my restore must have brought everything back? Database glitch? --Steve _(Stephen)^talk 12:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Must have been. Maybe I got a database lock when I did my save and just didn't notice. I've made my edit again to the best of my recollection using the same source I did last night. I think it passes notability now. If someone feels it should still be deleted, I guess it can always go to AFD. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 12:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oli Sykes

I'm not sure what has happened here! I received a message on my talk page from a bot telling me that the page Oli Sykes had been deleted! I thought, well at least when I created it, that it was a redirect page? It should be redirecting to Bring Me the Horizon. Unless someone else altered it which prompted you to delete it? I am a bit confused! Please explain to me! Thanks, Asics talk ^{Editor review!} 15:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-basic form redirect speedy deletion decline

You declined deleting Eesti Rahvusliku Liikumise asking why they are bad. I just felt the need to explain why it was nominated. In Estonian each noun has FOURTEEN such forms. Should there be fourteen such redirects? If not then why should one arbitrary redirect(it is a form used when talking about ownership or property) exist? --Alexia Death 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Hey, thanks for unblocking me. I can;t say much else because then somebody might think I'm being too social. I will be sure to edit the mainspace more often Thanks, (A User again,) AlexHillan 18:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 19:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Black Box images

Uh, what was wrong with the license for the two images of David Warren and the first prototype black box? They're freely usable historical images. Garth M 07:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a clear explanation on your talk page. They were incorrectly licenced. And what do you mean freely usable? Someone must own the copyright? Or have they been released into public domain? --Steve _(Stephen)^talk 08:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Jeffree Star (singer)

Just wondering, how come you deleted this page? To the best of my knowledge, the old Jeffree Star page was removed due to lack of notability, but that's hardly the case now with his recent success on iTunes, becoming Jared Gold's spokesmodel, and his upcoming reality show, all of which is verifiable.

Hi

I don't get it. Whats wrong or bad about the Battle Animals page?

I explained what was wrong up above on the 17th May. Huh? RuneWiki777 23:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One more question. What is secondary references?

The opera corpus

Hi. I've just seen your edit. Perhaps you could tell us about the rationale for your edit - on the Talk Page. Thanks. -- Kleinzach 04:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History of deleted article

Hi there, I was just about to check the history of Peter Leeds when you deleted it. There's an actor of the same name [1] and I wanted to be sure that his article hadn't been overwritten before I posted a PROD. I'm just looking for some reassurance, I guess. Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Jimmydiscount

Could you ban this guy as soon as possible? He (or she) sounds like a reincarnation of Johnny the Vandal or just a sockpuppet of the 155.144.251.120 IP address, which you just blocked about half an hour ago, doing the same vandalism on the System of a Down article. Alex 03:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was actually about to talk to you about this guy, too. I reported him for sockpuppetry at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jimmydiscount. First time I've reported a sockpuppet, and I think I put them in the wrong order like I noted on the page...but whatever. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. Bsroiaadn^Talk 04:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA ...

Hi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship and for your congratulations on my talk page. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you delete Eboard?

It wasn't spam, or atleast no more spam then anyother article that decribes a online service. It is used by thousands of public schools in the US, and was still in the early stages of research gathering (meaning I wasn't done with it) I would've left the construction tag on, but I was previously warned about leaving that on for more than a day, so I took it off, not expecting it to be attacked 10 minutes after getting put up.

Regradless that would explain why it was deleted under the terms of being too short, or adding no value, but it had no spam. I even re-edited it after it first got tagged for spam, removing anything that could've been considered spam, which was the starting price (which again is often put in WP articles). Almost every WP page on a commercial product has spam in it, from walmart, to youtube (BTW, eboard, isn't fully commercial. It isn't a product sold to the general public, but for educators, and school districts, so I don't know I could turn that into spam anyway). I was still gathering information for the page, so whatever spam it had would've nothing compared to those articles. The only reason I created the article in the first place was because I wanted to find out info on it, and WP didn't have a page.

Did you even read the talk page? Or did you just go straight for delete? I think a product that is used by public schools all over the country, deserves a page on WP, and I don't know how something that is for educators, and school districts could be considered spam. So please tell me, besides the external link to eboard's homepage, what was the spam, that warranted a deletion? Maybe if you tell me, I can recreate the page without that. Rawboard 07:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fark.com sprotection

~~How dare you?!!1! U totally protected teh wrong verson, d00d!!1!~~

Um, I mean, thanks. I was just pondering whether I should bother Alison with this again instead of taking it straight to WP:RFPP. Sigh, I guess the peace didn't last long. I'll keep an eye on the article in case sprot doesn't work. Cheers Seed 2.0 10:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrea Masley

Wipe her clean! Ben Georgia was my other newbie error; ah, to be young again! --David Shankbone 11:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dcrcort

Perhaps I should post this elsewhere, but the above mentioned user has an attitude problem and lacks respect for anyone that disagrees with his ideas. I encourage you to review the history of his edits and the way he addresses other users. He is sarcastic and irrespectful. I think his editing privileges should be revoked permanently. Andy Rosenthal 03:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

You just deleted this. I never heard of it myself, but it survived a previous AFD with an unanimous "keep". I only noticed it because somebody transcluded the old discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music) at today's AFD log, probably as some way to open a discussion. Shouldn't this be re-nominated on AFD rather than speedy deleted? Pharamond 13:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Thanks!--SarekOfVulcan 00:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hapland

Hi, Stephen, can you take another look at the db-repost on Hapland? According to this 2nd nomination it was deleted through AfD. Thanks, Marasmusine 15:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mariano Brizzio

Hi, Stephen. Yesterday I contested the deletion of the Mariano Brizzio page and explained that I did not understand how this physician's article was up for deletion, yet the other 650 entries in the American physician category were fine. The answer I got back from another user was brief, and simply referred me to the BLP page. I read the page and still did not understand what specific parts of my article I could fix. I responded to my talk page again asking for an example of what information on the page seemed not valuable, and asked for an example of an entry about a living person done correctly. Both the Mariano Brizzio page and the talk page were deleted by you before I could check to see if there were anymore responses. Can you please help me by telling me specifically what I did wrong on the Mariano Brizzio page? Thank you. Oeawiki 16:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi-Zack (Mobile suit)

Jeffpiatt reposted this particular article yet again and, while I do not have a saved copy of the page prior to its last deletion, it looks like he changed very very little of the article; whatever was changed looks to be superficial, and no actual improvements were made to the article. Maikeru 18:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Smeggypants

Hi Steve. I had to re-block the above edit after your username filing unblock. He immediately filed the request but then went on to abuse the unblock well after your request for him to stop. Applied usernameblock again - Alison ☺ 00:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Steve. I must apologise. I didn't ignore the request to cease editing under the name smeggypants on purpose. I missed the message. I am new to this blocking lark. I am not out to purposely disrespect any wikipedia rules. I won't ask to be unblocked again and will wait for the new username. Thanks for your understanding S-Pants ( signed out ) 90.242.39.46 00:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kirsten

You reverted my cleanup of Kirsten, and claimed in the description that the page was "Not long enough to spin of [sic] given names". The consensus on Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#Last name disambig is that groups of more than about 5 to 10 given names/surnames should be moved to their own article. There were 15 on the Kirsten page. Please join the discussion and spell out exactly what is "long enough". By reverting the cleanup, you have broken the guideline "People who happen to have the same surname or given name should not be mixed in with the other links unless they are very frequently referred to simply by the single name". Please restore Kirsten (given name). You can also clearly see that the person who tagged it for deletion because it duplicated entries in Kirsten was not accurately reporting the situation. Chris the speller 01:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Undone, wasn't aware if those changes from May. Thanks for the update --Steve _(Stephen)^talk 02:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawal

"Your account cannot be closed, but if you wish I can delete your user page, and blank and protect your talk page. Please let me know if this is what you wish after your block expires". Yes, please, remove my username at the highest level possible. Especially if that includes blocking my return even if I ever change my mind. --FateClub 02:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]