User talk:John Talbut

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[edit] co-counselling

Most CCI co-counsellors have a benevolent view toward RC - I'm curious John, do you feel this includes you? :-) MarkThomas 06:28, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Why would you think it doesn't?John Talbut 06:38, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gathering

I noticed you put back the Gathering section in the decision making article and asked for the article to be restored... for what it's worth, proposed deletions are generally overturned upon request since they can be stopped by anyone objecting. I was the one who tagged the page with the proposed deletion, and apologies, I suppose I should have notified you (assuming you were the main contributor to the page).

That said, should the page be restored, I will likely nominate the article for deletion in the normal path. I'm not sure what to say aside from the concern listed on the prod; it's an overlong dictionary definition. The article had a lot of blather about how people meet up and gather and discuss their problems and everything gets worked out sunnily. How does this say anything more beyond "a gathering is people meeting and discussing problems?" That's just a specific type of normal gathering with not a whole lot to say about it; not exactly a topic for an encyclopedia.

If the article's writing could be tightened to make it clear what exactly a "gathering" is beyond the normal sense of the term (if such a meaning exists), who talks about it, and so on, then maybe the article should be kept, but eh. I suppose you'd know more than I; are there sources discussing gatherings in this context? SnowFire 16:11, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

SnowFire, "a lot of blather about how people meet up and gather and discuss their problems and everything gets worked out sunnily" does not seem to be very npov. You do not seem to have understood the article, so perhaps you are correct that it needs tightening. Gathering is a formal process for decision making, it is not a gathering of people but a gathering of information. Once the article is restored we can see how it needs to be improved.John Talbut 06:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
My apologies for not getting back to you earlier, John. As SnowFire says, you can restore the article by all means, but it is still open to deletion through our articles for deletion process. This does not mean that it definitely will be nominated for deletion - just say there's a chance. Cheers, Riana ⁂ 15:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Panocracy

An article that you have been involved in editing, Panocracy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panocracy (2nd nomination). Thank you. Anarchia 03:21, 9 October 2007 (UTC)