User talk:Intheshadows
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[edit] My Apology
I apologize for prodding the page you made. At the time, I thought prodding was the way to go. Had I looked more closely, I would not have prodded the page. When I follow the newest articles at Special:Newpages it's like taking a hefty dose of caffeine. I digress. I just wanted to say that as a human, I err (sometimes more often than other times). I look forward to seeing new articles from you in the Newpages area! - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 05:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sarah Jacobson proposed for deletion
Someone has tagged the article that you helped created on Sarah Jacobson for deletion. If you don't want this article deleted I recommend that you join in the debate and leave feedback on the talk page - click here. --David Straub 07:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Make sure to leave some comments at the proposed deletion page too at click here - And if you have any friends make sure they leave comments too. Other wise it will probably get deleted. Also, add some more sources and citations. If you have several that will lessen the likelyhood of deletion.--David Straub 11:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- I think you've improved the article to the point that they would have a hardtime justifying it's deletion now. It would help if you also found sources for information in the last paragraph. Also, the editors on wikipedia get really anal about all the correct tags and coding, because it's a pain for them to have to fix all of it. They'd rather delete a page then fix it. I input the wikipedia tags for the references. One problem is that once these editors propose a page for deletion they'll ask all of their editors friends to support them in deleting it. So you may want to go to the talk pages of anyone who has supported the deletion proposal and leave comments. Finally, a lot of these editors who propose deletions write really horrible articles themselves, and you might want to point that out. I'll keep an eye on the page. --David Straub 01:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- Yea, that was impressive the support this article got in the end. Good job updating the article. If you need any other help in the future let me. Bytheway, I was in the same high school as Sarah Jacobson. She was two years ahead of me, but I never knew her. It was only later I learned that I had gone to school with a film director and then the next thing I knew she had died. Life goes fast! --David Straub 12:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- I think you've improved the article to the point that they would have a hardtime justifying it's deletion now. It would help if you also found sources for information in the last paragraph. Also, the editors on wikipedia get really anal about all the correct tags and coding, because it's a pain for them to have to fix all of it. They'd rather delete a page then fix it. I input the wikipedia tags for the references. One problem is that once these editors propose a page for deletion they'll ask all of their editors friends to support them in deleting it. So you may want to go to the talk pages of anyone who has supported the deletion proposal and leave comments. Finally, a lot of these editors who propose deletions write really horrible articles themselves, and you might want to point that out. I'll keep an eye on the page. --David Straub 01:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit summary
--Geniac 15:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hey
Thanks for the help with Mr. Lady Records. Proto::► 20:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Invitation
Hey there. I saw your edits at Queercore and Dumba, and would like to ask you to join WikiProject LGBT studies. :) Would you be interested? Cheers Raystorm 22:48, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of queercore bands
There has been some discussion about removing external links from the List of queercore bands page -- do you want to take a look and see what your opinion is?--Larrybob 01:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I agree that it is useful information. I have worked for a long time to try to share information about queer culture through my zines and websites, like Queer bands on tour. There are sites that have tried doing collaborative queer culture things which weren't exactly wiki-like, more like collaborative blogs, like Queerkit and Queerpunks.com. It's a little frustrating that there doesn't seem to be one central place where everyone knows to go (though even when there is a central place like GayHipHop.com not everyone goes there...) Bands come and go, and not every one is notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia article. There is certainly plenty of other stuff in Wikipedia which is not encyclopediac in nature. --Larrybob 18:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
The article has now been deleted, but I saved the content in my user space: User:Larrybob/List_of_queercore_bands -- information may be useful in the future. --Larrybob 19:29, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family
Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Spellcast 08:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hello
Just thought you might be interested in this: Portal:Feminism/Feminism_Task_Force --Grrrlriot (talk) 00:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
