User talk:Kbdank71

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 If you post something for me here, I'll respond to it here. Likewise, if I leave a message on your talk page, I'll watch it for your response.
If you leave a message for me on an evening or weekend I will respond on the next business day, as I do not edit during those times.


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[edit] Please place new items at the bottom, thanks!

[edit] Dr S

If by Dr S you mean Submillimeter I do know where he is. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 14:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doin' well

Hi Kbdank; since you seem a bit frustrated about all the BS lately, I just wanted to let you know that I think you have been doing a fine job lately at CfD. I have never seen you close one of these where your judgment has not seemed like the "right call" to make, even when such decisions have gone against what I personally hoped would be the result. I think you're a great neutral arbitrator in closing these. I know others do criticise, but 99% of the time it's largely because the result was contrary to what they themselves wanted. I'm sure you know that, but I wanted to let you know that some editors do appreciate the work you do, and the time will come that you can take those pants off again! Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

(Grin) - jc37 05:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Superheroes without aliases

Sooo, was this because listifying would be more trouble that you felt it was worth? : ) - jc37 05:38, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

No, it was more for a) you were the only one who wanted it in a list, the other two simply wanted deletion. If it were unanimous to listify, I'd have added it at CFD/M for listification. But considering our respect for each other is mutual and known, I have to try to remain neutral, lest I get dragged yet again to DRV for going against vote count consensus. yes, the wikistress meter is still at 4 b) way way too many times CFD will listify something only to have it then deleted at AFD, and c) an ongoing CFD doesn't preclude the creation of a list. If you want, the contents can be found here, from Zatara and going to Ann O'Brien, ignoring a few from may 10th in the middle.
Sorry, that probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but it's the only one I have right now. The last few days I've found I just don't have the energy to care about CFD, or WP in general. I probably just need a quick break.
And while I'm typing, big nod and thanks to GO'f for his supportive post above. These days I'm also too lazy to put things in the right sections. --Kbdank71 13:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
First, I'm sorry to hear that CfD is stressing you again. I sincerely wish people would realise that we're all volunteers.
And a great big hearty :PPPPP at Wikipedia politics standing in the way of doing what's right : )
And I do hope you could tell that I was mildly teasing in my initial question. I was curious, but I hope you know me by now that I wouldn't attack you for a closure.
As for fictional topics, I've come to the conclusion that in most cases, they tend to just work better as lists than categories. (And hey, if they AfD the list, then there's always DRV for that too : )
A part of this is that I'm trying to get back involved in CfD myself. I've been so distracted by RL, and by the myriad other things going on around WP.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, I hope the stress relieves, and you feel better soon : ) - jc37 17:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

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[edit] Bot approved: dabbing help needed

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[edit] Indymedia @ User talk page

If by chance you have nothing better to do, you might take a look at this user talk page, which turns out to be nothing more than an Indymedia article. (I came across it while checking to see if "Ghost Troop" was discussed anywhere on Wikipedia, and whether there was any mention of Captain Eric May's antisemitic rants.) In any event, it seems that this was also the one and only edit ever done by that editor. I'm pretty sure this page meets some criterion for Speedy Deletion, but I'm barely staying awake as I type this, and all I could think of was leaving a note for an admin (that would be you) who might know precisely what to do about it. (I figured you could probably use a bit of a break from CFD, at any rate. :) Cgingold (talk) 12:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleted as G12, copyvio. Good catch! Enjoy your sleep. --Kbdank71 13:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you very much for posting.

I managed to be able to sign in today, but once I sign out today, probably won't be able to in the near future until I figure out the issue. As I noted in the email to you, I'm fairly sure it has to do with some new way that Wikipedia is handling cookies. (And I'm positive now that the change has to do with SUL implementation.)

While I think SUL is great, if it doesn't allow me to edit, what good is it? : )

Anyway, I hope you have a much better day : ) - jc37 00:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Do you know what category jc37 is referring to here? He says the information should be on this page, but I don't see anything. Perhaps Category:Wikipedians interested in media as propaganda? Thanks. VegaDark (talk) 18:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

No idea. I think he was pointing you here to explain his computer problems. If I were to take a guess, I'd say the propaganda cat is a nice target for deletion, but I'm not really sure if that's the one he meant. --Kbdank71 18:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: DRV on Category:Dyspraxic Wikipedians

You said "Perhaps if it were flawed, yes, but "flawed" is only your opinion, and obviously is not shared by others"

I didn't check the DRV in time to respond to this comment, but I feel I should. Your statement couldn't be more wrong. One other person in the uCfD supported keeping, and several comments back on the mailing list shown here. There's been other discussion, but I'd have to dig deeper to find it. -- Ned Scott 04:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

There may have been others who may have disagreed with the nomination to delete, and therefore wanted to keep, but none that I saw that thought the nomination was flawed, aside from you. I read User:Ned Scott/User categories, and while I agree that some user categories may be used for collaboration, I think such uses are extremely rare, and the vast majority of people in these categories are only in them for self-identification purposes, nothing more. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that if I asked for help from any of the people in these (or any other user categories), I would get either a useless or no answer, and it would have been a colossal waste of time. In fact, I'd support the de:wp practice of only languages and locations. Bottom line, I agree with you in theory, but in practice, we couldn't be farther apart. --Kbdank71 13:54, 12 June 2008 (UTC)