User talk:Mike Keith Smith
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Regarding deletion of the article on you. Are you really sure you want an article on you. Unless you are really famous such articles tend to be scewed due to the lack of balance of published information. Fred Bauder 14:49, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Well in many ways I'm not bothered about the article. I didn't ask for it in the first place, but I'm concerned about the way it was maliciously targeted by someone known to me with a longstanding personal grudge (Chilvers) who then alerted homeontherange to restart his campaigning again against Lauder-Frost and now me as well. Can't the Wikipedia 'bosses' see what these people are up to? Anyway, I would say that my background is as interesting as hundreds of other minor figures on Wikipedia (porn stars etc) Mike Keith Smith 17:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
- What they are up to is making a political point. This may or may not constitute biased editing. You may use Wikipedia's dispute resolution process if you wish to pursue the matter. The "Wikipedia 'bosses'" are aware of the general phenomenon, but not of each particular instance. There is no regular monitoring of users for biased editing; we respond on a case by case basis when relief is requested; although cases so extreme they constitute vandalism are policed by administrators. Fred Bauder 12:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
If you like, there's nothing stopping you from posting your biography on your User:Mike Keith Smith page. The added advantage is no one else would be permitted to edit it. If you want I can access the deleted Michael Keith Smith article and paste it onto your user page at which point you can do with it what you wish. Homey 13:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I think your accusations are a bit unfair - I banned one of the users who you had sued because her sole purpose for using wikipedia seemed to be for stalking you and making malicious personal attacks. As for this Chilvers person, his alerting of me just drew to my attention the degree to with the Lauder-Frost and other articles had evolved into overly long, overly fawning, POV and unencyclopedic pieces detailing seemingly every dinner ever attended and every letter ever written to the editor. Everyone seems to agree the current Lauder-Frost article is a vast improvement and it is NPOV and not politically biased. As for your article, given that several of the articles subjected to an AFD survived and yours was the sole one that did not I think you should take that as a sign that the community did not view you as notable enough for a wikipedia entry, not as a sign of political bias. Certainly, your intervention in the AFD did not help your case. There is a rule of thumb is that there is an inverse relationship between one's notability and the time spent by said individual on wikipedai trying to assert their notablityh. That is the less notable the personage, the harder they'll fight to retain an article. Those who are truly notable don't have the time or energy to spare to devote to an article on themselves, they're too busy doing notable things to be bothered. Homey 13:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
OK I've done as your suggested. I've only just picked this up because I've been busy doing notable things lol! Mike Keith Smith 18:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted article
Here is the content of the deleted article. If you wish to place it on User:Mike Keith Smith, go ahead:
Michael Keith Smith (born 1953), commonly known as Mike Smith, is chairman of the Conservative Democratic Alliance, a strongly right-wing pressure group in the United Kingdom. Professionally, he is a chartered surveyor.
Smith had been a member of the Conservative Party and of the Conservative Monday Club since the early 1970s. After Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith had proscribed the Monday Club as an organisation, Smith was expelled from the Conservative Party in 2002, although this action was later reversed by court order.
Smith was also UK Independence Party candidate for Portsmouth North at the 2005 general election. Both Tory candidate Penny Mordaunt and the Eurosceptic political commentator Richard North blamed Smith's intervention for the Tories' failure to win back the seat from the Labour Party; had all UKIP voters in the constituency voted for the Tory candidate, the Tories would have narrowly won [1]
Smith has been highly critical of the George W. Bush administration in the United States, and of the Iraq War. He has a particular dislike for Michael Gove, who he regards as neoconservative. However, he is equally opposed to Britain's membership of the European Union.
Homey 14:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Keeping the Links
Mike,
I didn't realise that the article about you had been deleted. As the person who started the article, I would have appreciated one of the deleters tipping me off to ask me why I thought you were notable enoug to have an article. Oh well, I don't suppose that you mind the article being deleted.
Anyway, if you want to keep the formatting and links, just copy and paste the text below my signature.
JASpencer 22:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
'''Michael Keith Smith''' (born [[1953]]), commonly known as '''Mike Smith''', is chairman of the [[Conservative Democratic Alliance]], a strongly right-wing pressure group in the [[United Kingdom]]. Professionally, he is a chartered [[surveyor]]. Smith had been a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and of the [[Conservative Monday Club]] since the early [[1970s]]. After Tory leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] had proscribed the Monday Club as an organisation, Smith was expelled from the Conservative Party in [[2002]], although this action was later reversed by court order. Smith was also [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] candidate for [[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]]. Both Tory candidate [[Penny Mordaunt]] and the [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]] political commentator [[Richard North]] blamed Smith's intervention for the Tories' failure to win back the seat from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]; had all UKIP voters in the constituency voted for the Tory candidate, the Tories would have narrowly won [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-1229,00.html] Smith has been highly critical of the [[George W. Bush]] administration in the [[United States]], and of the [[Iraq War]]. He has a particular dislike for [[Michael Gove]], who he regards as [[neoconservatism|neoconservative]]. However, he is equally opposed to Britain's membership of the [[European Union]].
Thanks James. Well, don't worry about it. Mike Keith Smith 15:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your bio nominated for deltion again
Hi your article has been nominated for deletion once again. This could be poltical vandalism
