User talk:Slakr

Hey Slakr, Thanks for all the work u do!

slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable. Leave a message and he will respond whenever he gets a chance— that is, assuming he gets a chance. Cheers =) zOMG!!! I need urgent assistance!!!1!! — banana? — kiwi?

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Camp Lambec

Camp Lambec (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Please review the closure of this deletion. I'm perplexed that no one bothered to tell me that it had been listed. I was the major author on the article. I am perplexed why it was relisted twice. Perhaps because they someone didn't get the strong response they wanted? It passed muster under Creating Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Camp Lambec - Lambec Lake. Sometimes articles need time to grow. This one was killed prematurely. Thanks. --evrik ^(talk) 21:15, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

WP:Articles for deletion/Rock Revolt Magazine

I don't see a consensus to delete here, soft or not, refundable or not.  Rather I see an AfD with a true consensus of all three editors involved.

This is related to your close at WP:Articles for deletion/Crown Hill, Indianapolis, which IMO also had a consensus to incubate, and was discussed here.  Your comment there twice stated that incubate is "asking for delete"...no, incubate means incubate, not delete.  Your comment argued that incubation wasn't needed because editors could have improved the article while it was at AfD...no, AfD is not cleanup, while incubation provides a place for cleanup outside of mainspace.  Your comment argued that incubation "keep[s] things that are unqualified for mainspace around indefinitely"...no, the life of an article in the incubator is shorter than the life of a userfied article.  Some userfied userspace articles are now eight years old.  Your comment argued that userfy is preferred to incubate, but the policy at WP:Deletion policy#Incubation states, "Incubation provides several benefits over the previous practice of moving such articles into user space."  Twice your comments did not reply to the question, "Do you agree that incubation is a process to improve the encyclopedia?".

Please explain your close.  Unscintillating (talk) 14:10, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

So I'm guessing you're requesting that this be undeleted, so I've gone ahead and put it at Draft:Rock Revolt Magazine for you. Cheers. --slakr^\ talk / 03:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

• Since you've moved the article to draftspace, can you please change the close to "incubate" now?  Thank you, Unscintillating (talk) 23:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• @Slakr:  Unscintillating (talk) 04:49, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Protip: you're not gonna get people to give you their honest opinions on a topic if you become known for making it a habit of re-quoting things they've said in the past to try to snipe them with it in the future. Believe it or not, surrounding yourself with friends that don't feel obligated to watch their every word around you tends to be more advantageous than merely having acquaintances that will only ever give you political responses; the former nets you people who'll bend over backwards to keep you happy, while the latter simply will never care. That's sound advice both here and in real life, fwiw. --slakr^\ talk / 09:28, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 3 and WP:ANRFC

Hi Slakr. Thank you for your detailed closing rationale at Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 3 in response to my closure request at WP:ANRFC. I've noticed that you are a prolific AfD closer and was impressed by your thoughtful comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kardashian Index (which is currently at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 October 8#Kardashian Index).

Would you consider also closing discussions at WP:ANRFC, which doesn't have regular closers at the moment? Your insight and willingness to explain your closes in detail would be very helpful at WP:ANRFC. If you don't have the time or inclination, then no worries. Thank you again for your Archive.is close! Cunard (talk) 03:15, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

No prob. I can't commit to being truly regular due to chaotic schedules in real life, but I'll at least try to drop by periodically. I tend to focus on backlogged areas anyway. :P --slakr^\ talk / 10:42, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

That's fine. WP:ANRFC needs all the help it can get, so irregular closers are good too. :) Cunard (talk) 01:28, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Problem about SineBot

Hi, and I've noticed that SineBot has left a message about how to sign posts (and this is the second time). As far as I know, I haven't forgot to sign my posts since the last time it gave me that message (and that's in June, 2014). Can you please evaluate this and make a reply. Thanks. Wikipedian 2 09:09, 22 October 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipedian 2 (talk • contribs)

{{Unsigned IP}} draft for discussion

Hi, I've proposed some changes to {{Unsigned IP}}. Since this affects SineBot, I'd appreciate your input on the proposal. I've started the discussion at the template's talk page. Thanks! Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 23:32, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Request for Repair ;)

Dear Slakr, recently (after some years, obviously) I've written couple lines while I wasn't logged in, vide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/194.96.19.219 —— What shall be done? Could you repair this? Pretty please and thank you ^_^ SR-7v (talk) 21:12, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

SineBot signed an unsigned2 template

After adding an {{unsigned2}} template to a comment, SineBot signed it. I reverted. --50.53.52.45 (talk) 18:34, 9 November 2014 (UTC)