User talk:MER-C/archives/11

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AIV

MER-C, you've done enough counter-vandalism to know AIV isn't for reporting on inappropriate usernames. We can block inappropriate usernames if they continue editing and someone complains and/or an admin notices, but if it's a single-purpose account used to make nonsense pages or whatever, then there's not much point in pulling the fire alarm that is AIV.--Kchase T 09:37, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

It's the only way that works with the required speed which I have access to, and the other admins don't seem to mind. In all the hundreds of inappropriate usernames I've reported, no-one's complained, except for the occasional error. MER-C 09:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I have no problem with it as I dont see anywhere mroe suitible. Viridae^Talk 09:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

It's policy: "However, administrators may block inappropriate usernames on sight. Reports of obviously offensive usernames should be posted at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.". yandman 10:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

(lots of edit conflicts) See WP:ANI#WP:BITE_Case for more info. I should have pointed you that way at my first posting. Some of the comments near the bottom explain in more detail the point, I'm making, which is that it's really confrontational and discouraging to be blocked before you've even started editing. I'm not saying you shouldn't report "User:death to niggers and jews", but the milder one's aren't too terribly important.

On a different note, many wikipedians, myself included, spend too much time telling others what they are doing wrong and not enough giving proper encouragement. MER-C, I've seen you constantly putting in good work at AFD and tireless counter-vandalism. For that, sir, I salute you. Have a barnstar.--Kchase T 10:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I award you this barnstar for your tireless and prolific contributions to AFD, including extensive and knowledgeable use of policies and guidelines.Kchase T 10:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I've shared my opinion at WP:ANI, what I said in a nutshell was that our username policies need to be more prominent when people sign up to create an account. MER-C 12:54, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I need to go read the username policy in depth, again, so I don't leave any more wrong and initially condescending messages on the talk pages of valued editors. I apologize for that. It was the wrong way to start. I saw your ANI post. Good idea. Hopefully it will get implemented.--Kchase T 21:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. By the time I had seen it, you had reverted. Viridae^Talk 09:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 10:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Carphone Warehouse, a customer's perspective

Why were the recent changes reverted?

I mean: What is wikipedia and the internet if not a way to increase accountability and responsability for one's actions? Including those of large companies.

Thanks, DV —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.109.90.183 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is neither a blog nor a soapbox. MER-C 10:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Maybe the format and the tone was inappropriate. But the company's malpractice merits some form of mention, I'll leave that up to you for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.109.90.183 (talk • contribs)

You're more than welcome to add such a criticism section, but it must be neutral and verifiable with third party reliable sources. MER-C 12:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

nn-Warn headers

Have you noticed the automatic header has gone when you place a nn-warn notice on a user's page? See User talk:Fazayal for examples - I manually inserted my header in afterwards. Bubba hotep 10:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

It's been on and off for the past month or so, with the last revert yesterday. I can't be stuffed changing my monobook to fix this and I can't be bothered fixing it afterward as it's a waste of time. Let's hope they make their minds up, so I only have to change it once. MER-C 12:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I've seen the Template talk page, but it doesn't seem to say why they keep changing it - and the edit summaries are equally unrevealing. Ho hum, we only work here, eh? :) Bubba hotep 12:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Looks like they are going to make the header an optional parameter. The discussion is at WT:CSD, right at the bottom. MER-C 13:02, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for that. I've added my vote. Bubba hotep 13:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Rollback

Fixed. Voice-of-All 05:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. MER-C 06:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I've just changed by monobook to incorporate this script instead of the previous one which has fallen over since the addition of the "undo" button (had me stumped yesterday, must admit. Just getting used to the differences (all good). Just one thing you may be able to clarify - when warning a user with the "t", "t2", etc. button, I take it you have to manually add the page name into the header (or the subst:test section) to reference which page the vandalism refers to? Bubba hotep 11:33, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

(deindent for code) No you don't. The raw output of the script is:

====Regarding edits made during [[{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTDAY}}]] [[{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}]] ([[UTC]])====
{{subst:test1}} ~~~~

The buttons, from left to right, are {{test1}}, {{test2}}, {{test3}}, {{bv}}, {{blank}}, {{blank3}}, {{spam}} and {{spam2}}. I have an additional {{spam4im}} button but only because I do a lot of stuff related to spambots and corporate vanity accounts and a {{nn-warn}} button because of the large numbers of pages I tag for burnination. MER-C 11:40, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, do you use IE. Because I use Firefox and it doesn't open the talk page after the rollback. Bubba hotep 12:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

It's most likely popup-blocked. I use Firefox too, because I wouldn't contemplate installing Windows on this computer. MER-C 12:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Looks slightly embarrassed and turns off pop-up blocker Yes, that will be it! Plus it didn't help that my PC is running like a bag of bollocks today. Cheers for that, as usual. :) Bubba hotep 12:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

editing Saeed Khan Rangeela

Your recent deletion of an article on Saeed khan Rangeela is vandalism. The article was written by a renowned newspaper of Pakistan. You can also verify the information by google search on Saeed Khan Rangeela. Your editing is false and full of insufficient reliable published sources independent of the subject. Moreover, the emphasis should be on Saeed Khan Rangeela and not on some Unknown looser Jamil Khan who have no record of anysort. I hope you don't mess up with my eidting again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ANoreen (talk • contribs) 17:12, 20 December 2006.

You copy and pasted that text from another website. This constitutes a copyright violation and must be removed in accordance with our copyright policy. In fact, what you did may constitute vandalism, not what I did. And it's your responsibility to verify the information, not mine. I'll only "mess up with [your] editing" if you don't follow our policies and guidelines.

So why don't you think about what you did, instead of what I did for once? MER-C 02:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Splatterball

Hi! I noticed that you tagged the above article for speedy deletion, but that the article did not satisfy the criteria for {{db-bio}}. I'd just like to suggest that you avoid tagging articles for speedy deletion unless they meet the very letter of the tag you're using. In this case, Splatterball did indeed assert notability: that's enough to avoid speedy deletion.

The reason for this is simply that CAT:CSD is meant to be populated with articles that administrators can make a snap decision about, without needing to research the article. When the article in question claims that "Splatterball was a popular paintball-style online game", but the speedy tag says that it has no assertion of notability, the administrator needs to spend time researching the matter and making a decision -- or, more usually, tagging it with {{prod}} or taking it to WP:AFD instead. It's a waste of time, but one that's easily fixed by simply being really, really pedantic. ;)

Finally, I'll add that yes, I believe the article should be deleted. However, it'd be out of process for me to actually carry through with that, so it couldn't be done: just be absolutely sure that the article is exactly described by the speedy tag, to save a little time down the line. Thanks! Daveydweeb (^chat/_review!) 11:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

"Popular", like many other phrases, is just a meaningless buzzword that I've seen countless times before. I wouldn't call it an assertion of notability unless some actual numbers are provided. MER-C 12:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops, you did it again?

I'll give you this much: you're not slow in passing judgement! Next time, do please at least refer to the discussion page before you make claims of vandalism. Otherwise it might appear that your trolling around looking to boot someone for no good reason... Thanks, Uptional 08:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops, my mistake. Apologies. I've reverted the warnings on your talk page. Unfortunately, due to time and connection speed constraints, I can't check talk pages, but wholesale removal of content without a note pointing to the talk page are pretty dodgy. MER-C 12:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

input

After the deletion of the Randy McKay article I have listed some of the others, not quite sure if i did so correctly. the origional talk has been archived [1], however I know you have more experience in this area and would like some input for future reference.--Hu12 00:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd send them all to AFD now, as they appear sufficiently controversial to merit it. It's best if you file the debates, though. MER-C 03:53, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Pomassl Edits

I believe I have satisfied the concerns outlined in the 'speedy deletion' category for the Franz Pomassl article, namely referencing how the musician is 'notable' with regards to 1990s electronic music and musicians. I'd appreciate it if you would review your edits and remove the notice, or provide additional guidance to resolve this. Thanks. Alex 09:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Since the article no longer meets any of the CSDs, I've removed the tag. MER-C 09:39, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Akaai.jpg

Hello MER-C, you tagged the image with {{db-g1}}. But I do not agree with the tag and I have removed the same. The image could be useful for some article or user page. The uploader has already released the image in public domain. It would be better to discuss it with uploader before tagging with patent-nonsense. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 14:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Since the related article is up for deletion, I'll !vote and mention it there. MER-C 08:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Ummmm....

With regard to this AfD, actually there is a Wiktionary entry for it; also, the Wikipedia article has been revamped. Please take a look. – SAJordan ^talk_contribs 07:49, 24 Dec 2006 (UTC).

I am amazed... !Vote updated. MER-C 08:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Arria Belli

Thanks for your concern with the prodding, but I just changed my username from Marialadouce to this one (Wikipedia:Changing username proves it). I have since restructured the whole userpage, dividing it into three parts, because it was incredibly cluttered and awful to look at. Arria Belli/Marialadouce | parlami 12:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

That page was in the main namespace, not in the place we'd expect to find it. I've moved it to User:Arria Belli/Navelgazer, however the resultant redirect should be deleted in accordance with CSD R2. Merry Christmas! MER-C 12:21, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your time; I just asked my adoptive admin to move my old userpage to my new one so I could keep all the old edits. I had modified my new userpage before realising I had to move the old one to it! I didn't realise what I had to do because my old userpages were moved to the new ones automatically on fr: and it:. Sorry for all the trouble this caused. Mea culpa.

Happy Festivus Christmas to you as well. Arria Belli/Marialadouce | parlami 12:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Paul J. Gelegotis Memorial Bridge

The article Paul J. Gelegotis Memorial Bridge has been substantially rewritten with multiple nontrivial sources, after your vote for deletion. Would you please reconsider your position. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin Murray (talk • contribs)

I've done so. Merry Christmas! MER-C 03:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Holiday Wishes

Tractorkingsfan would like to wish all of his Wikipedian friends, of which you are one, safe and happy holidays. Cheers, --Tractorkingsfan 06:12, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

And a very merry Christmas to you too! MER-C 07:08, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays MER-C/archives! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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And a merry Christmas to you too! MER-C 13:43, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Updating WP:DEP

I have at my disposal the means to update WP:DEP with a dump dated November 30 2006. The downside of this is that it is huge, and slightly out of date and thus full of redlinks. Would you prefer I refreshed it now, or waited until L-Z is finished? I'm asking you since you seem to be a frequent contributer to the dead-end pages work, and I want to get some opinions before I just go ahead and add thousands of more entries. Thank you. Salad Days 12:23, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd say move the old one out of the way and link to it. That list is huge, even by WP:DEAD standards. L - Z would take another month or so to finish, someone left a whole lot of stuff out.

On an unrelated note, I won't be around there for a while, my watchlist is full of prodded unremarkable towers. I prodded 2.5 times my daily contribution of 15 today and there's still plenty to go. Merry Christmas! MER-C 13:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's pretty nuts. The consensus seems to be to wait until this batch is cleared out, for morale purposes. Merry Christmas to you! Salad Days 19:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Slevin Kelevra

You voted delete for Slevin Kelevra, where the information given by the person nominatng to delete was not accurate. Please revisite the discussion.

Thanks --Kevin Murray 16:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

It appears that the nomination is now correct and I don't see a reason to change. MER-C 03:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page -- I appreciate it! ~~ Meeples (talk)(email) 09:29, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 09:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

King Levitation

Please leave it deleted, for it ruins the illusion, and the whole trick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Topdezzy (talk • contribs)

See WP:SPOILER for why I reverted you. MER-C 09:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

You clearly don't understand how us magicians want to stay. We don't want people to know our secrets. Even though there is a spoiler, the person will still look!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Topdezzy (talk • contribs)

Did you read the link above? Chances are that they'll consult that particular article after they have seen the trick. If what you want is to be implemented, hundreds of articles need to be rewritten to accommodate the change. MER-C 10:10, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Geometric Software Solutions Private Limited

Hello, MER-C. You seem to be online, and are a WP user that seems to do good work, and have your head on straight, so I would like to ask if you would be willing to take a look at this article, and the AFD. I fear a conflict brewing, and I'm not sure how I'm handling myself, not to mention being ready for sleep now. Assistance with keeping this from becoming a conflict would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time! Charlie 10:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about removing the comment. I'm still getting used to WP's guidelines and such. Charlie 12:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Nah, it's not a guideline, it's simply how I run things over here. I prefer to archive stuff rather then remove it. MER-C 12:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Alright then. Won't happen again =). PS: Keep fighting the good fight, man. Charlie 12:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Naomh Olaf

Hi ,

i hope that you are well. I have noticed that you have marked my article on Naomh Olaf for speedy deletion. I would like to muse this opportunity to highlight the reasoning behind my addition of the page. Firstly I am not sure if you are familiar with the Gaelic Athletic Association which is the largest sporting organsiation in the Republic of Ireland , and has two native sports namely hurling and Football which are unique to the Ireland.

Naomh Olaf is an affiliated member of the GAA and undertakesa great deal of work on promoting the Irish culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Obriainp (talk • contribs)

So why don't you say so when you initially say so when you created the article. This example sums it up quite succintly. MER-C 12:34, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Aploigies , that is a fair point. Thanks for your help.

Transmitter site AfD's

In response to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Caradon Hill transmitting station, if you think that transmitter mast is not notable, you haven't seen this category: Category:UK transmitter sites. I reckon only two or three masts there are notable. Maybe a mass cull like the war on US masts, which resulted in every US mast article there being deleted. --tgheretford (talk) 12:46, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Pfft. Oh great, more crap to prod. I've prodded 107 "articles" over the last 3 days and 45 today, most of which are such unremarkable towers. Better call in the deletionist cabal for help... MER-C 12:53, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Aubrey_Hornsby

Aubrey Hornsby has been rewritten. Please check to see whether this now meets standards. --Kevin Murray 01:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I've had a look at it, there's a problem with the sourcing. MER-C 02:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Channel listings for D* & others

Didn't you participate in the prior AfD? I've been in the midst of so many lately, that I lose track of some folks... --Mhking 07:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Nope, wrong timezone. I hope there aren't any WP:ILIKEIT votes this time. MER-C 07:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Joestella

Thanks for reverting the vandalism. This was the first time my user page was vandalised... I'm off to celebrate the milestone. :) Joestella 10:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 10:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose Jupiter as this week's WP:AID winner

AzaBot 14:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Martha Washingtonians

I've seen your comments at AfD and you seem to be a good critic. Can you look at Martha Washingtonians? I found this while working through the clean-up pile fixing articles and am not sure that it is worth rewriting.

Thanks

--Kevin Murray 23:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Seems like a good merge/redirect candidate to Washingtonian movement due to verifiability issues. MER-C 02:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

FP

Thanks for the featured picture notice. Bobanny 06:50, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 06:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

you deletion

If what one is attempting is a positive contribution to Wikipedia, a revert of those contributions is inappropriate unless, and only unless, you as an editor possess firm, substantive, and objective proof to the contrary. Please explain your objectives for deleting all information referring to ICOM-CC on the Art Conservation and Restoration page. JWACPH

What you're doing is spamming as far as I can tell. MER-C 13:37, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

How can you call adding information on an international ngo for spamming? How can links to North American conservation institutes be accepted? (Jwacph 13:59, 28 December 2006 (UTC))

Spam for a charity is still spam, and what you posted was a corporate profile and 15 external links to the company's website. How is that not spam? MER-C 13:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

List of big-bust models and performers

Hey, I noticed you closed the AfD after only seven hours. I realize it was all "keep" at this point, but I think it's a bit premature to close it so quickly- lots of people are on holiday/with relatives at this moment, so they can't access their computes as readily as they'd like to. I think you should re-open the discussion just so others can have their say. --Wafulz 15:03, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

There's no point in doing so. MER-C 06:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Nadasoft article

"No reason why this should be noted".

Well, this is an encyclopedia right? Why should other things get articles? Why does Pure Pwnage have an article? The Nadaosft article will end up getting a proper written article. But currently, im too tired and I dont have any contact with the owner. Im jsut trying to expand Wikipedia, then you go flag it to be deleted.

-:KSA:-TWINTURBOSkyline 11:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

At the time, that particular article gives no indication whatsoever why that particular corporation is different from the millions of other small businesses out there. Wikipedia is neither an advertising service, a directory nor an indiscriminate collection of information, Therefore, to be eligible for an entry in Wikipedia, a corporation must satisfy our notability guidelines. MER-C 11:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

1 Night in Paris

Sorry, it was my mistake not to fill out the edit summary. However, I believe my edit has merit and I justified myself on the talk page before doing it. The Plot section didn't even include plot, and in addition there is nothing interesting nor notable about the details. I expect you may remove this post as this is a non-event and you may want to keep this page clean. 70.66.9.162 13:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Plot details are encyclopedic, but whether or not there is a plot is debatable. :) MER-C 13:08, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your policy insight; I haven't a grip on it yet. 70.66.9.162 13:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually this one is buried at WP:SPOILER. However a good place to start Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. MER-C 13:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

TrekBBS deletion review

Thank you for your opinions in the TrekBBS AFD. I do not agree with the closing admin's decision and have listed this now under Deletion Review. As you had participated in the AFD, I wished to inform you this in case you wished to voice your opinion on this --Brian_{(view my history)}/^{(How am I doing?)} 17:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

AfD Peter Fossey

Greetings, You might want to reconsider your keep on this one: The site you refered to is the "Australian Open Track & Field Championships" and not the "Official Commonwealth Games". He did not finish the Commonwealth games, and only placed 4th in the Australian meet. SkierRMH 00:04, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

My original suspicions were correct, the guy fails WP:BIO. MER-C 03:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Hu Jintao

Heh - first time I've ever had an edit conflict while trying to do a speedy keep! You beat me to it! Grutness...wha? 06:32, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

What strikes me as bizarre is the three people who !voted before I closed the "discussion"... MER-C 07:36, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For fixing the afd I did not close properly. I'll remember to do that next time.  :) Navou ^talk 08:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 11:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

List of channels available on SkyCable AFD

Hi, since you started this nomination, but haven't participated in it in a while, I thought you might want to take a look at it again. I notice that somebody has added the various network affiliates to it. I can at least understand nominating a cable network's lineup, those tend to vary from region to region, I disagree with including a national satellite broadcast, but I can at least understand it. Arguing for the deletion of a list of network affiliates though....is beyond my understanding though. Since you didn't add it though, I thought you might best comment on it. I really hope you don't agree though. FrozenPurpleCube 05:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

It seems the article has been changed to meet my concerns, as it is no longer a raw list of TV channels which I can turn to a cable TV guide for. There are still ways to make it better, of course, such as to make that distinction clearer. I've withdrawn the nomination, but since there are still delete !votes, I can't close it. MER-C 07:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the switch to neutral. If anything, it will allow me (and others) to put together additional independent sources and to clean up the articles to more suitably address the issues that are raised. However, it seems some are so married to their position that they are not able to see the forest for the trees. --Mhking 16:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Very Important FYI

I think User:Nimbat230 might be a sockpuppet or meatpuppet due to the fact that his old Wikipedia username was MAR-C, which is similar to yours. Just an FYI. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 05:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I know exactly who he is. I came across it while patrolling yesterday and decided to assume good faith. Let's hope he has reformed instead of being a nuisance. MER-C 07:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Then again... maybe not. MER-C 07:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dude! You go so fast

I just saw the reversion on the John Mayer article, just as I was searching for how to revert it. Can you tell me how to revert stuff like that? I'd love to know... Lego1496 08:37, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

First of all, here's how to do it. There are a number of automated vandalism reversion tools out there, including VandalProof (Windows only), VandalSniper (the equivalent of VandalProof, but on Linux), Javascript rollback tools and various stuff relating to this live IRC feed of Special:Recentchanges. MER-C 08:45, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks. I just realized I removed part of the article without realizing. --Cyktsui 08:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. MER-C 08:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Beach Priory Gardens

The prod is contested. --Blotchun 14:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar

Hello Mr MER-C. This is User:Subhashdus. I saw your comment on my article on Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar. My article has not been given any such comment by administrators who gave their honest opinion in last 2-3 months. Please let me know what I need to do now and whom I should take approval from to make any changes that are needed. I am confused. Happy New Year to you. Subhashdus.

The problem is that it looks like a resume, not an article. You don't need any approval to clean up an article, just do it. Some advice on writing good articles is available here. MER-C 02:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Cplot @ WT:RFCU

Another one to add to your collection. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 02:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Has a checkuser been run yet? I'm wondering if there are any more puppets. I've tidied up after this one. Might file a request later today, but I've got a feeling that this stuff is coming from that wireless IP. MER-C 03:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Harry Potter article for deletion

The Harry Potter in translation series AfDs need to be divided into separate entries as they are different article could have different outcomes. John Reaves 06:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The nom was pretty clear that it was a group nomination. If and when there is a consensus to unbundle the articles, it shall be done. MER-C 06:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Periyar

His name is Periyar.Periyar district and University is named after him.Tamil Nadu government calls him Periyar hence changed it asked for India expert to see it.It was earlier called Periyar someone changed it .125.22.158.169 09:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

That's because Periyar is better suited to be a disambuation page which points to the article in question. There are other notable things and people named Periyar and they need to be mentioned too. MER-C 09:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

UPLB

Thanks for reverting the changes made by 125.60.243.22. It took me a lot of time just to research stuff for the UPLB wiki page, and I'm glad you immediately detected and corrected the vandalism. You from UPLB too? Kudos. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe fob (talk • contribs)

No, I'm just one of many Wikipedians who check edits as they happen for vandalism. MER-C 10:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

If a user, anonymous or not, is doing a lot of vandalism, what's the best way to report their account? Is there a quick way so that admins can quickly check the list of people so marked and block them if necessary? They might only need to block them for 5 minutes and they'd lose interest.

The other way is to continually revert their vandalism, when it might be better to wait til they've bored themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SpookyMulder (talk • contribs)

First you hand out the appropriate warnings then go to WP:AIV when you have issued a final warning. You'll be surprised how persistent some Wikipedia vandals are. MER-C 12:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

TalkImpact

I have one question. Why can TNA Impact Community be allowed to stay and TalkImpact can not when they are basically the same thing, only one is offical and the other is not? BrianRFSU 06:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The very first thing below the title in says TNA Impact Community "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy." As for TalkImpact, it should be deleted because "it is an article about a person, group of people, band, club, company or website that does not assert the importance or significance of the subject." Enough said. MER-C 07:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I still think you are wrong but there is no way for me to fight you guys, you are like the police , you do whatever you want. My unoffical page meets the criteria as I read it , and yet everytime I post, you guys delete it .

There is, if you can provide evidence that such sites meets WP:WEB. MER-C 07:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I did , the 1st time, I posted it. I had about 5 different formats which allowed Talkimpact to be notable based on Wiki-rules, and yet the TOSCops deleted it.

Well, if there was any assertion of notability neither I nor the two deleting admins saw it. MER-C 07:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Which brings me back to my police comment BrianRFSU 13:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there is a kind of informal patrol which aims to filter out all the vanity, spam, cruft and advertising, plus the other stuff that doesn't belong before it gets lost in the entropy of the main namespace. But let's cut to the chase. How does TalkImpact pass WP:WEB? If you can provide evidence, I can arrange an undeletion for you. MER-C 13:37, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I believed that I did that, but if you can explain the criteria in such a way that I can understand it.

• The content itself has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself.

For an article on webcontent to be verifiable, we need multiple third party reliable sources.

• The website or content has won a notable independent award from either a publication or organization.

Self-explanatory.

• The content is distributed via a medium which is both well known and independent of the creators, either through an online newspaper or magazine, an online publisher, or an online broadcaster.

If webcontent is distributed through well-known and independent publishers, then it is notable. MER-C 02:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Auld Lang song trivia

I'm sad to see that someone (apparently you) has already tagged the item I posted for deletion, because I value the life of the wiki community. I'd searched for the item elsewhere, and not finding it imagined that others searching for it might enjoy seeing it on wikipedia. I appreciate your efforts to protect the wiki community. Still, if such sincere efforts to make contributions are to be greeted with immediate deletion, I fear the spammers have won.

Jw4nvc 07:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The problem was that "it was a short article providing little or no context". Another concern is that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, so articles consisting of pure unsourced trivia are very deletable anyway. MER-C 08:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Matthew Fletcher

Thank you for your involvement in the discussion of this article's deletion.

However, a new source has become available, as mentioned on the disscusion site, should you wish to reconsider your vote. --Reverieuk 19:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, he still fails WP:BIO as he seems to be notable only because of his death. MER-C 02:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Universe as this week's WP:AID winner

AzaBot 21:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Michael Perham

I had not heard of his voyage until hearing his success on our national news evening last. --Ricksy 07:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Now there's a notable teenager, but in the first version I couldn't really distinguish him from a hole in the ground. MER-C 07:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

British Bulldogge AfD log entry

Thanks for moving the AfD for this to the proper log page. I'd never used NPWatcher to auto-create an AfD before, and now I know why... I'm not sure why it appended the "0" to the "4" and created a whole new log page. Time to submit a bug report. :P --Kinu ^t/_c 07:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

That's one of the reasons why I'm a somewhat manual new page patroller. MER-C 07:26, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree... I've always done it the hard way, checking diffs, typing out warnings. Recently I had the genius to think that trying out a program or three would make my Wikilife easier. But, alas, sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth. C'est la vie. --Kinu ^t/_c 07:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I've come to a compromise between the two: IRC feed, Javascript speedy tagging and a {{subst:nn-warn}} button. MER-C 07:47, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for moving the deletion request

have a nice day

81.157.160.230 13:27, 4 January 2007 (UTC)