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Chem-Dry Edit

You prevented or commented on an edit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chem-Dry per your request I have replied to you in the TALK section of that page. Please review.

Wsiimsupport (talk) 15:27, 23 September 2008 (UTC)wsiimsupport[reply]

Edgar se cae and similar subjects

Hi, I thought I'd respond on your page rather than clog up Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar se cae. There have been articles on similar subjects recently though I don't think many if any have survived. One of the more notorious ones involved a video of teenagers deliberately orchestrating a motorcycle accident in a public playground. Keep an eye on Articles for deletion (as I see you do), they're bound to crop up! Mallanox 22:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is all that remains: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crawley Moped Roundabout Video Mallanox 22:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

question

Hey, u "messaged" me or whatever and deleted my gear section in tom delonge whyd you delete them. If its because they didnt have a source, how would i cite photographs and first hand accounts, such as when ive seen him live? IShootNewbs 01:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Recent AfD

Hello. You recently participated in an AfD discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taco Bell menu. The article was deleted but is up for deletion review here. I thought you may be interested in participating in that discussion. Ifnord 03:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ifnord. I've left my feedback, although I'm not sure what good it will do. RFerreira 19:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mimi Gardner Gates

On the AfD you voted Merge into William H. Gates, Sr. I've added some notes to the article, namely the books she co-authored and a reference to her influence in the Association of Art Museum Director's guideline against selling art collection pieces. I think those items help establish her individual notability in the art world (and apart from her husband and step-son). I would appreciate any time you may give in reviewing the additions to see if they merit a keep. Thanks. Agne 19:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Agne 20:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD vote on Lone Wolf Real Esate Technologies

Hi! I was just looking at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lone_Wolf_Real_Estate_Technologies, and I think you may have based your comment on a misunderstanding. They don't claim 3000 offices; they claim that their customers have a total of 3000 offices. Would that change your opinion? Thanks, William Pietri 00:36, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go raibh maith agat!

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Hi there, RFerreira!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 08:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Unclosed AfD

Hi there, Mr. Admin. Please can you take a look at closing Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Haverford_Review. This dicussion is now on its 10th day, and as you can see it's not a particularly controversial discussion at all and there's no reason for it to continue so long, so it seems to have just slipped through the cracks. Thanks very much for your adminning efforts. Bwithh 00:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. As I stated in the request itself, I respect your decision to oppose me based on my short tour of duty, but I hope I can earn your trust. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. -- Merope ^Talk 13:55, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. NCurse _work 15:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks from StuffOfInterest

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which finished with a tally of 52/6/1 (~90%). It was an interesting process which gave me a chance to learn a bit about myself and about the community. My intention now is to slowly ease into using those additional buttons on my page. No use being over eager and mucking up the works. The support of all those who went over my record and/or rallied to my defense after the big oppose vote was instumental to the success of this review. Again, thank you! --StuffOfInterest 12:00, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfB With A Smile :)

Strange Close & Re-List

The Afd that you voted on at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Walter has been closed and relisted by an Admin at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Walter (second nomination). Before re-listing, the vote was 19 delete, 5 keep. Morton devonshire 22:26, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/X. Claire Yan

You wrote to keep iff the NYT bestsellers were substantiated. While it's hard to prove a negative, I was able to, instead, find a space on her campaign page bio that said that she edited NYT bestsellers, which suggests the claim was in error. So you may want to change your comment on the AfD. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 17:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Phantom discussion

Hello. You recently participated in a discussion on the possible deletion or merger of some Danny Phantom characters. While all the articles were kept, I noted that many of those commenting on the debate suggested merging some characters into a main list. Seeing this, I've compiled a list of some of the minor characters who may not need their own article, and would like the opinions of those who weighed in originally. You can participate in the discussion here. Ral315 (talk) 18:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you very much for your support in my RfA. Unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. However, I do appreciate your comments, am still in support of the Wikipedia project, and will continue to contribute without interruption. Thanks again! --Elonka 11:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Thanks!
Thanks for your input on my (nearly recent) Request for adminship, which regretfully achived no consensus, with votes of 68/28/2. I am grateful for the input received, both positive and in opposition, and I'd like to thank you for your participation.
Georgewilliamherbert 05:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AIV

Not that I disagree with you... but comments such as this are not exaclty a model of civility. But keep up the anti-vandalism work! Cheers! --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 05:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was the most neutrally phrased term I could come up with under the circumstances, sorry if I offended anyone. RFerreira 05:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy to AfD

Your comment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fascist Fascist:

Contested speedy deletions should go to AFD, not DRV in my opinion. Either way, cut the guy some slack for nominating the article for deletion on his own, will you? RFerreira 06:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree that contested speedies shouldn't bog down DRV and any (noninvolved) admin should be allowed to recreate and send to AfD, but as of now speedies are subject to deletion review and then, if at all, AfD. If you want you can propose a change in procedure at DRV talk. You'd surely have my support. ~ trialsanderrors 00:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How did this ever come to be, I wonder? Was it through instruction creep? I am rather curious about this one, because this specific piece of the deletion process seems to be overly bureaucratic and (I believe) the project as a whole would be better served if these were moved directly to AFD when they crop up. RFerreira 23:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Back at you buddy

How ya doin? The citations for the page on Idareds are as follows: I whacked the text from the french page, and then ran it though altavista, and cleaned up the grammer in Micro$oft viod. ...

Hmmm Maybye it was the german page... I cannot remember. but its the same page as another language, and HappyCamper helped.

Not much here to say. See ya

Artoftransformation 06:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andros Karperos Middle School

Whether it's a vote or discussion isn't as big of a deal to me as those guys trying to belittle the opinions of others. People disrespecting others really bothers me, I apoogize if I caused any undue hassle. Just H 03:16, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's a discussion, not a vote, but by both accounts, the consensus was going towards deletion, not keeping. You tried to suggest otherwise without any reason (not for why you wanted to keep it, nor why you thought it had a consensus to do so), and I wanted to show that both by arguments (which is the correct way) and by numbers, you were incorrect. This is not belittling, just showing flaws. As for why I support deletion over redirecting (in reply to the closers query): I have tried redirecting school articles, and people just undo the redirect and recreate the article, no matter how useless it is (e.g. Dashwood School, Banbury). There is no policy or guideline against recreating a redirect, but there is against recreating a deleted one. So I prefer deleting above redirecting in many cases. But I'll not actively oppose the AfD, I'll only join the discussion if someone else would take it to DRV or undo the redirect without seriously sourced additional info showing notability of the school. Fram 06:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see a Merge vote as different than a delete vote. Just H 20:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the redirect is undone without adding sourced information, I will take it to DRV; that would seem to me an attempt to end-run around the consensus determined through the AfD. I see no reason to contest the result now, though. (And in reply to RFerreira, I do not object to redirecting these stubs -- although I do wish the merges would be performed more proactively by those who end up !voting to do so.) Shimeru 07:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deprod comment C.O.G. Miller

I've deprodded this after adding a few links, even though it's way short of 100% evidence of notability, and I've left a note on the talk page too. What do you think? --Mereda 13:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the article does nothing to give any context as to why this person is notable, other than he was the head of PG&E for a few years. Even more unfortunate is that Google only provides 91 unique matches for this figure, and most of them are derivatives or mirrors of Wikipedia, so there isn't much to work from in terms of reliable sources on-line. I'll ask the creator, Tobyk777, if he has any other source material to expand from. RFerreira 03:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That's a good way of handling it. If that approach too fails to draw out any printed sources, then I guess the only road is AfD. (My reservations certainly wouldn't justify a "keep".) --Mereda 17:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken it to AfD now. Maybe someone there will notice it and fix it. --Mereda 10:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belated thank you for all of your kind words.

I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we?

Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be.

Again, thank you. –Luna Santin

Thank you for your trust. Luna Santin 13:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:List of media personalities who have vandalised Wikipedia

It looks like the deletion police are trying to circumvent a previous AFD again. See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of media personalities who have vandalised Wikipedia. As you voted keep, could you cast your vote again? - Ta bu shi da yu 23:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stacy Schiff

The "know it all" extlink has been in place since the article was created [1]. I'm concerned that the timing of its removal may be taken the wrong way by people who don't know or care about the Self-ref rule, and who may report on it in a forum outside of Wikipedia, in a light we have no control over. I've seen it happen before, journalists love a good story, see the most recent mess over journalist Talk:Timothy Noah. -- Stbalbach 06:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should be clear from my explanation on the talk page plus the edit summary why the link has been removed. If you are going to dispute the removal please do so on the Stacy Schiff talk page, not here. RFerreira 06:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#Regarding notability of Football (soccer) players

Hi, seeing you have been involved in previous Afd debates on the subject I invite you to contribute to this discussion to clarify certain issues about football player notability. I think clearer guidelines are needed to avoid repeated inappropriate nominations for deletion and time consuming discussions. Cheers! StephP 22:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD's

I'm just curious, how long do deletion debates usually last before they're closed? TenPoundHammer 12:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks from Akhilleus

RFerreira, thanks for your support in my successful RfA.

As the picture shows, the goddesses have already bestowed my new weapons,
which I hope to use to good effect. If you ever need assistance,
or want to give me feedback on my use of the admin tools,
please leave me a message on my talkpage.
--Akhilleus (talk) 17:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Buff Bagwell

Honestly, I can't be stuffed edit warring over a wrestler. But having read the article, I can't see anything there which I believe would violate either WP:LIVING or be otherwise objectionable. Why the deletions (and why not mention on the article talkpage?) MojoTas 06:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The multitude of edit summaries are more than sufficient for this endemic problem. RFerreira 06:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

James Earl Salisbury

Hey RFerreira, since you were involved in the James Earl Salisbury AfD, I'm letting you known that after discussion with Mckaysalisbury I've restored the page to generate more discussion, and hopefully a clearer consensus. You may wish to comment on the talk page.--Cúchullain ^t/c 20:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alians

The article has been much improved since you indicated that it should be deleted. You may wish to reconsider your position on its AFD. Caerwine Caer’s whines 22:23, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD closure

In my opinion, the debate that you closed above does not qualify for a non-administrator closing as speedy keep. The discussion was only two days old and instead you could have made note of the rewrite in the discussion rather than closing it early as well as against the general consensus of the debate. Instead, please make your issues known at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corporate censorship (2) without closing it.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 09:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to disagree, but I stand firmly behind my closure. I need not comment any further in this deletion debate. RFerreira 05:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for comment

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 05:16, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BLP

(copying comments for ease of communication) Your comments regarding WP:BLP are fundamentally wrong. I suggest you go read and then re-read what it actually says; replacing unsourced material about a living person which has been challenged is cause for a block. RFerreira 05:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Let's review this 'policy', shall we?

Editors who repeatedly add or restore unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons may be blocked for disruption.

This material is not 'contentious'. It's not being 'challenged'. Those terms imply some level of discourse or argument. He's simply deleting the unsourced material and waving his e-peen around. This is nothing but vandalism wrapped in misinterpretations of policy. Chris Croy 06:04, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That isn't how we've been practicing this policy for the last year or so. I encourage you to raise this issue on the administrator or BLP noticeboard if you are having trouble with policy interpretation, so as to avoid any future problems. RFerreira 06:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, --El on ka 06:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DRV

I have initiated a deletion review of an AFD which you were involved in. You may wish to contribute to the discussion. Balancer 04:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of big-bust models and performers (5th nomination)

Reply left. It's good to see someone willing to actually discuss the article. Epbr123 20:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please help

Centre 2000 is up for deletion again - you helped keep it once. :-( Also a similar article at Macleod Mall. Please weigh in on the discussion.68.144.31.71 02:58, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No big deal

Not an issue. JoshuaZ (talk) 19:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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RfA

I don't want to seem unfriendly, but I suggest that you withdraw your RfA to avoid pile-on !voting. It seems unlikely that it will succeed; various editors have raised concerns which present serious barriers to you gaining adminship at this time. Particularly, your lack of CAT:CSD involvement (considering that you stated that this would be your primary area of involvement) and recent inactivity are rather worrying. Again, I don't want to seem unfriendly, but I thought it only fair to give you a 'heads-up' as it were. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 20:32, May 27, 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Richard, but I will let this run its natural course. I am under no obligation to edit on a constant basis, and am here to help when my schedule permits. If the community feels that I cannot be trusted with the tools, that is no big deal. I am only offering to help and will accept the outcome, whatever that may be. RFerreira (talk) 20:36, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, but I have closed your Request for adminship prematurely per WP:NOTNOW. Numerous people have their own personal standards by which they judge RfA candidates, and this particular RfA was all but assured of not passing.

I am sorry about this, and I hope you don't take it personally. If you continue to contribute to the project in a positive fashion, I am confident that you would be able to submit a successful RfA in the future. You may wish to consider applying for an evaluation by other Wikipedia editors for feedback on how to obtain the necessary experience. Once you are ready to request adminship again, there is a great admin coaching program available, as well as a guide to requests for adminship.

If you really want it re-opened, it can be, but RFAs are not the place to ask for general feedback, instead please try an editor review or admin coaching as linked above. If you have any other questions about becoming an administrator, please don't hesitate to ask me. Useight (talk) 20:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The purpose of my self nomination was not to receive editor review or coaching (although I do understand that happens naturally as part of the RfA process) but thank you none the less. I don't take it personally and respect the wishes of the few who have commented. I would have liked to have received responses from more than 8 people, but will respect your decision to close it early. Thanks, RFerreira (talk) 20:55, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please explain more fully?

Could you please explain more fully the opinion you expressed here?

I asked you if it would be possible for you quote the exact passage of the policy you paraphrased.

Another participant offered a quote from WP:BIO. But that passage from WP:BIO says something different than your paraphrase. I asked the closing admin to discount your opinion, since it seemed to be based on a misunderstanding of what the policies actually say. I hope you don't take this personally. If I misquoted policy I would want that pointed out to me. Maybe there is some other policy I overlooked, that comes closer to the paraphrase you used. If so I would still welcome having it drawn to my attention.

I have no objection to you feeling that the policies should include the phrase you used. I have no objection to you taking a role in working to have the policies modified to include the phrase you used. But, if it is not currently a part of a current policy I would prefer that this closure not treat it as if it were part of a current policy.

If you have other concerns over this article I would be very interested in knowing what they are.

I think it is important to do our best to understand the position of those who disagree with us.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 15:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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vandalism about birthday on McGee article

Seriously. You really want me to prove my birthday and have registered as vandalism that I deleted your demand for same? That's um not the nicest or most reasonable claim there, is it? See Orange Mike's concurrence. Did you validate your birthdate?? --74.76.183.8 (talk) 22:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Goncalino Almeida Wiki Page

I was wondering why you changed all the editing that i did. All of the information that i put in is correct and i got it directly from Goncalino himself. Just curious, and if possible we, as in me and him, my father, would like the page changed back. Thank you very much. Jockeyrunner1 (talk) 06:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)Lino[reply]

Please review the Wikipedia:No original research policy which covers this in great detail. If you have any specific questions beyond that, I would be happy to assist. Thank you, RFerreira (talk) 15:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Walker (checkers player)

Could you please take another look at this article? I have added a number of references and I think the article is in much better shape now. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 03:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Independence Day!

As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway! :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day! Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 01:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RFerreira RE: RAVAGE's page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAVAGE_%28rapper%29

i ventured to the page above... after someone told me it might be deleted..

i am in discogs as a legitimate indie artist.. and i am an activist here in NY state.. i am not sure what do to but..on wiki pedia..

i appeared here 1st:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsta_Island_Czars

someone put that page there..and i saw the link for my name and clicked on it.. and decided to update the page with the most relevant stuff that i am doing..

why is the page nominated to be deleted? 2:55 PM EST, 11 July 2008

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Everything test

What is this "everything test"? I'd like to know, 'cause it makes me smile when something fails the everything test. :) JuJube (talk) 14:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

elgooG

I have added a few sources to elgooG. It's still a short article, but I think that now it meets WP:WEB. Anything that circumvents the heavy 'net censorship in China like that must be very notable indeed. Ten Pound ~~Hammer~~ Farfel and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells• Otter chirps)} 02:58, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Rollback

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Deletion of White Hispanics category

I was wondering why you removed certain peoples from the category White Hispanics, even though they fit the description based on their bios. There is a long article devoted to white Hispanics so it seems that the category is appropriate. Please do respond.

Please try to gain consensus for this category before you begin populating it again. RFerreira (talk) 21:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Mark Martin

Why did you move the NASCAR driver from Mark Martin to Mark Martin (racecar driver)? The NASCAR driver is FAR more notable and famous than the other 2 people with that name - light years ahead. Per WP:COMMON the main article should be his and a disambiguous page made for the others. Royalbroil 20:26, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your posts with four tildes. ie ~~~~ -- I'm not sure this person is quite famous to the level of Michael Jackson or others. Note also that a previous move request has been rejected on this same basis. What evidence do you have to support your claim? Light years ahead seems like quite an exaggeration. ;-) RFerreira (talk) 19:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about forgetting to sign. It's one of the first times that I've made that error. There was consensus when the article was moved from Mark Martin (NASCAR) to Mark Martin back one year ago. Check the talk page for the archived discussion. Let's do the discussion on the article's talk page. Royalbroil 20:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When you move a page to make a disambiguation page, you really should work through the links to the page so that readers clicking on a link are taken to the appropriate article instead of a disambiguation page. There are a lot of links to Mark Martin that need to be updated. ~ Bigr Tex 23:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In time. Thanks. RFerreira (talk) 22:28, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Old user, out of practice...

Why did you revert my edits to Gun Politics? I brought back the short explanation of each country, and I'll make it a bit bigger. Haven't edited the wiki in over a year, so if I'm wrong, lemme know. 123.200.164.122 (talk) 00:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, lack of source... wish you'd put it in the summary. 123.200 here, by the way. Will fix that up later. 203.143.248.114 (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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complex magazine links

Is there a way to return the links to Complex.com for all of the celebrity articles you removed them from without doing each one over again? The links are good, feel free to check them out. They will lead readers to more information, photos, and interviews with the people they are trying to learn about. Is that not what wikipedia is for? I'm not affiliated with the magazine, I was not breaking any rules, I respect the dangers of advertising and promotion for a site like wikipedia but I don't think it's fair that you removed all of the links.Ryanwalpole (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The 1 Second Film (2nd nomination)

Hi R. Just wanting to let you know that I added a bunch of references to this article, which might address your concerns here. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 00:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

George Dickerson AfD

I saw you voted to delete the article George Dickerson. I should state that the AfD was created in bad faith by one of the numerous sock puppets who swirl around Dan Schneider. George Dickerson is a very notable poet, actor, and writer who easily qualifies under WP notability guidelines. Just because sock puppets are fighting on both sides of this Dan Schneider issue is no reason to decide that a notable article should be deleted. While the article does need additional references, I hope you will re-examine this issue. Thanks.--SouthernNights (talk) 01:08, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

croquette article

Why have you wiped out the croquette article twice? A request for sources is better than taking out 90% of the text, imo, especially since some of the material was actually cited. Zeng8r (talk) 03:48, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So Real Cru

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Delete ?

I would just like to know why you reverted my edit at Afd here.--Theoneintraining (talk) 14:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Award of a Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		The Barnstar of Diligence is hereby awarded in recognition of extraordinary scrutiny, precision, and community service. Awarded by PhilKnight (talk) 19:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD for P. W. Griffith

I noticed you closed out Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P. W. Griffith, thank you. Can you please complete the process and remove the AfD header on the article P. W. Griffith as well?--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heroin article

Why did you revert my adding of the InChI metadata, it doesn't show up unless users have a specific thing in their monobook.css and it allows for searching of articles by their ID Christopher Pritchard (talk) 18:36, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your message arrived a little late. Please go recheck that article. :) RFerreira (talk) 18:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Taft

Hi there. With all due respect, I've decided to contest the prod of Jerry Taft. He's been a high-profile weatherman in a major metropolitan area for several decades, so at the very least, the article should go to AFD for a broader discussion. Just wanted to let you know.... Zagalejo^^^ 05:52, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Comradesandalio

Please stop trying to intimidate User:Comradesandalio. There is no rule forbidding the recreation of articles that have previously been deleted. 74.66.87.36 (talk) 16:09, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]