User talk:Mp3hist

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[edit] MP3 Newswire and MentaNet News

Hi Mp3hist. First off, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia - you're doing a great job adding to many articles.

I've come across MP3 Newswire and MentaNet News, which it seems you probably know quite a bit about. To me, it appears that these articles might not be important enough to be in Wikipedia, so I've nominated them to Wikipedia:Votes for Deletion. Your input at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/MP3 Newswire and Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/MentaNet News would be appreciated as we figure out if these articles fit into Wikipedia.

Thanks. -JJLeahy 19:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

First of all, sorry for the trouble. I believe now that your efforts were completely valid, but to a lot of people, it looks like you're trying to boost up the rankings and readership of the site. I've added some support to MP3 Newswire in VfD, and we'll see what other wikipedians think. (I'm not sure if you are familiar with MentaNet News since you never edited it under Mp3hist, but that doesn't look very good - probably a merge with Richard Menta).

As for the next time, I think putting links within the history sections of articles might be a good idea. Normally, people looking just for the history of MP3 (or other topics) will look at the history section of MP3, so those links would be best there. I think that most wikipedians will agree that as long as it doesn't look like spamming, appropiate links are always welcome.

Oh - lastly - please sign in when you vote on votes for deletion. If it's coming from an IP address, I technically have no proof that it was you and not someone imitating you.

I hope that helps, that you're not too mad at me (it's understandable), and you continue with your contributions to Wikipedia. -JJLeahy 15:43, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

And one more thing - please vote below everyone else's on VfD. -JJLeahy 15:48, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello again Mp3hist -

I've already seen your explanation, and the above the section on the talk page and the Comment I put at the bottom of the VfD are in response to those. Now that it's on VfD, it can't be stopped, and I don't tend to vote on pages I nominate.

As I've said, I think your time capsule idea is a good idea, but if I were doing it, perhaps there's a more effective way. Making edits this way might 1) allow users looking into the history of variety of topics to see the snapshots in time you intend, and 2) make it obvious to other Wikipedians that you're not spamming but adding to the history of these topics.

The worst thing that could possibly happen now is that MP3 Newswire gets deleted, but it could always get undeleted, especially if futher edits show the importance of the site.

Good luck, and happy editing! -JJLeahy 18:59, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of MP3 Newswire and MentaNet News

As you probably know, an admin cleaning up VfD closed the debate and deleted the articles. Had I known MP3 Newswire turned out to be a notable website, I wouldn't have nominated it, but after I did there was really nothing I could do.

If your angry at Wikipedia, I'd understand that. What I recommend now is making edits like the one in the above section. You should wait some time before placing the article on Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion. What would be in your best interest would be to place MP3 Newswire on Votes for Undeletion when a major news story is on the site - the smaller the alexa rank, the better the chance it will be undeleted.

Thanks for your hard work through all of this. -JJLeahy 15:38, 11 August 2005 (UTC)