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[edit] Could you explain the deletion review

Hi, i don't know if you are the right person to ask, but it seemed you closed the deletion review of this page, Comparison_of_one-click_hosters and I don't quite understand the result. Could you just give a small explanation please. This is what i understand from it:

There is an extensive list with hosters with their details on a page. One admin merges 10% of the content into another page and redirects it there. People complain about the lost content, and want or revert ( im not an adept at wikipedia histories ) the page back. This goes back and forth, so the admin puts the page up ask for deletion. The result is keep. The admin waits a year, and then deletes the page, discussion and all history of it. This I disputed by asking a deletion review where most people seemed to go for overturn, after which the admin only restores the history, not the talk, and does not restore the redirection.

The result now is that the content is not deleted, but it is buried somewhere in history logs. Basically thats like killing it softly, no? Redirection is like delete in reality? What should we do now? Should I put up a page called Extensive comparison of one-click hosters?

Could you please clarify one and other, thanks.

dennis -- Hostingcomparison (talk) 12:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Contesting a closure involving a merge and redirect or non-merge and redirect to an Articles for Deletion debate is not an issue for Deletion Review. Merge, as an AfD close, is equivalent to a keep close plus an editorial decision to merge. Keep closes don't prevent editorial merges and merge closes don't prevent the merge being editorially undone to become a keep. Each change is an editorial decision for the two article's talk pages (with an eye on the prior AfD input), not something that requires a deletion review to bless. Merge closes only need to go to DRV if:-
  1. ...the history was deleted and lost for GFDL purposes,
  2. ...the redirect was protected and the admin won't unprotect, or
  3. ...the AfD should have closed as delete.
You rightly went to DRV when #1 occured. Now that has been overturned, we're back to it being a purely "merge and redirect" scenario. Per what I said above, it is now an editorial issue which should be hashed out on article talk pages; DRV is not the appropriate venue for contesting merge and redirect actions. Daniel (talk) 02:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Note: Some of this comment has been copied from this close by User:GRBerry. :)

[edit] Deleted GraalOnline article maliciously recreated secretly in german...

I'm sure you of all people should remember the heavily biased, NPOV, WP:WEB unsourced self advertisement that was forced to be deleted due to lack of fair sources, threats, and immaturity by Stephane Portha and his sockpuppets/meatpuppets and other trolls... Well it has secretly been recreated in German at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graal_Online unless it is fairly sourced and non biased, which it looks more or less to me like a simple rehash of the same old garbage then it should be deleted for all languages and kept that way... Vipercat (talk) 19:51, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Daniel has no authority on the German wiki (and probably never will). You could try talking to DerHexer about it though... —Dark talk 23:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Might be confused with de:user:Daniel; that's user:-Daniel- here. Not likely since I'm sure our Daniel has happy memories of this topic! giggy (:O) 01:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
zOMG! A German Daniel? Is that possible? —Dark talk 06:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Technically, he's an SUL Daniel! :O giggy (:O) 06:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
As DarkFalls says, I can't help you unfortunately due to my lack of de (beyond what I learnt in Year 7 German). Plus, de isn't very welcoming of me due to certain...issues...which I initiated, including SUL :) Maybe ask someone on de:Wikipedia:Administratoren? Cheers, Daniel (talk) 02:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
On that note, Commons has said no too. giggy (:O) 02:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank goodness the decision will most likely be taken out of their hands with central conflict resolution...I'm pretty sure my 47,000 edits and 5 +sysops beat this person's 1,500 edits if he wants to dispute it (as he does). Daniel (talk) 03:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
47,000 edits and the 5 +sysops are countered by your obnoxious personality... so don't be so confident. —Dark talk 04:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I think you missed a <sarc> there :) Daniel (talk) 04:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Aah, but that assumes that what he says is incorrect... giggy (:O) 04:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I had no intention of putting a "<sarc>" in my comment. —Dark talk 04:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
... Daniel (talk) 04:35, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #17

Number 17, June 7, 2008

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of May 2008.

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Storm of the month

Cyclone Nargis
Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis was the costliest and deadliest natural disaster in the history of Burma (Myanmar). It formed on April 27 in the central Bay of Bengal, and after initially tracking north-northwestward it turned to the east. Quickly strengthening to reach peak winds of at least 165 km/h (105 mph), Nargis made landfall in the Ayeyarwady Division of Burma on May 2 near peak intensity. The cyclone killed at least 80,000 people and potentially over 300,000. Passing near the metropolis of Yangon, the cyclone destroyed thousands of buildings, and damage was estimated at over $10 billion (USD). In the wake of the storm, the ruling military junta of Burma initially refused foreign aid, and after they allowed foreign assistance, the government was criticized for its poor handling of the aftermath of the storm.

Other tropical cyclone activity

  • Northwestern Pacific Ocean – Typhoon Rammasun was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide during the month, though it did not affect land. Tropical Storm Matmo formed east of Luzon in the middle of the month and lasted for three days. Severe Tropical Storm Halong (Cosme) was the deadliest storm in the Pacific basin, causing 58 deaths and $94 million (USD) in damage after hitting Luzon on May 17. At the end of the month, Typhoon Nakri formed and reached peak intensity over open waters before becoming extratropical in early June.
  • Eastern Pacific Ocean – Tropical Storm Alma was was the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record. Forming from a trough on May 29, it became a strong tropical storm before making landfall near León, Nicaragua, killing at least two people.
  • 2008 Atlantic hurricane season– Tropical Storm Arthur formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma as it made landfall on Belize, causing flash flooding and at least nine fatalities.

Project News
Several other languages are active in the realm of tropical cyclone articles, though as much as ours. The French Wikipedia has 76 storm articles, the Spanish Wikipedia has 99 storm articles, and the Portuguese Wikipedia has 116 storm articles. Each of the projects have several storm articles we do not have, and the coverage on non-notable storms outside of the Atlantic is better, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

During the month, User:Potapych finished working on Template:Infobox Hurricane Small, which is used for the small Infoboxes in season articles; he has updated several season article already with the changes.

Main Page content

Storm article statistics

Grade Feb Mar Apr May
Featured article FA 36 38 40 41
A 8 8 8 17
Good article GA 123 130 131 129
B 96 91 103 101
Start 216 211 208 209
Stub 7 9 9 9
Total 487 487 499 506
ω 2.96 2.94 2.92 2.88
percentage
≥Less than B		 45.8 45.2 43.5 43.1
percentage
≥GA or better		 34.3 36.1 35.9 367.0

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The May member of the month is Juliancolton. Joining the project in November 2007, Julian has become an active member of the project, working on new articles in the Atlantic basin. He has created two featured lists (List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present) and List of New York hurricanes), and rewrote the article on 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, which became featured during May. Juliancolton is currently working on a featured topic for Hurricane Dennis and its effects by region.

♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] My RFA

Just wanted to say no need to be sorry. The whole point of RFA is to voice your opinion. Have a good day. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 07:33, 9 June 2008 (UTC)