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Neutomic Keyboard (AfD discussion)

Thanks for closing out this AfD. However, I notice that the other mentioned articles and categories - bandmember and all their albums - were not deleted. Um... would you take care of them too? -Freekee 04:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for letting me know; I've deleted the rest. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-01 04:42Z
Thank you very much! In the future, I'll try to list them more prominently. Happy 2007! -Freekee 06:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Cheers —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-01 21:54Z

Polycephaly

Regarding your edits to Polycephaly. Thanks for your contributions, but do please try to use fewer edits - it's difficult to follow nearly 150 edits and your edit summaries don't really summarise what it is you've been doing. Cheers. violet/riga (t) 09:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and I'll try to use less edits. For now I guess you can just use the history tool to do a long-range diff. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-01 21:54Z

WRT54G firmware articles

Afd debate said redirect to WRT54G for tomato (firmware) and nonnotable similar articles eg DD-WRT, openwrt - quite sensible. But several have been reverted since, by different people, and some then back again. Seems to be a problem. Perhaps the redirect should go direct to the 3rd-party firmware section so it's clearer what's gong on? Also some of the items there could then be very slightly more informative, e.g. I've added link to Tomato manual at Wikibooks - the original article would make a fair intro to the manual, actually, if the author wanted to add it there. Mjwild 09:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, though the objection that DD-WRT is not only for WRT54G is understandable. As I stated at Talk:DD-WRT, I suggest a new article Aftermarket wireless router firmware or such to merge information from these. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-01 21:49Z
That objection applies equally to Tomato (runs on Buffalo) and I'd guess most of the others. I don't see any comment on this in the deletion debate, though - was it raised elsewhere? My point really is that whatever the treatment is, it needs to be consistent. The issue with an Aftermarket wireless router firmware article is that it might well become a place for debate between the adherents of different firmwares somewhat as happened with the Sveasoft article, which would help no-one. The place Tomato has arrived at, to have a "User Manual" at Wikibooks which can contain unlimited detail, seems a good one. On process, what's the appropriate mechanism for a debate on a collection of articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjwild (talk • contribs)
I don't think "the editors of that article would argue if we merged" is really an argument against merging. In fact, it's an anti-argument. The reverse, splitting an article on one subject into two articles from opposing viewpoints is called "POV forking" and is considered a no-no. If you want, you can nominate all of them in a group nomination (see WP:AFD for how), this would create a more "binding" result than the one at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomato (firmware), since this one didn't officially include those articles. Another thing you could do is create a discussion and post it at {{cent}}, though the scope of the debate would have to be much wider than 10 or 20 articles (for example a proposal for merging all non-notable software and firmware products to a page describing the software category) to merit an announcement there. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 09:43Z
Thanks - I'll think on that. Would it be a good idea to populate Aftermarket wireless router firmware first, at least with headings and text copied from the present articles? No point doing a lot of work ahead of a debate, otoh it might help to have the proposed alternative to look at at least in draft. If I do that, is there some tag that would save it from being e.g. speedied pre-debate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjwild (talk • contribs)
I would recommend writing two or three paragraphs, then it wouldn't qualify for speedy deletion at all, and it would be a good place to merge those articles - ideally it won't be just a concatenation of all those firmware articles onto one page, but rather a synthesis of the general ideas and trends, with specific firmwares mentioned as examples. In that case a merge/redirect from the individual firmwares might not be controversial and won't have to go through AFD at all. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-03 00:27Z



The Football League 2005-06 (AfD discussion)

I don't think there was consensus to merge. You have 1 for keep, 1 for delete and 2 for merge. 2 is only 50% of the vote. Kingjeff 03:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for writing. Including the nomination, there were 2 recommendations for outright deletion, and 2 for merging, so 4 that wanted the article gone. You were the only one wanting to keep the article as is. I stand by the closure, but you can have the decision reviewed at WP:DRV if you wish. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 03:40Z

Jancey Sheats (AfD discussion)

I protest the deletion of the Jancey Sheats page. What makes any other news anchor notable? Jancey is a major newanchor for central Arkansas, and that along is notable to the people of this state. I feel the man (who is a news programer) must have some bias against Miss Sheats and as such that was the reason for his recommending her deletion. Otherwise you should delete most of CNN, network anchors, or Fox News. One does not make one more notable than the other. I request immediate advocacy in this matter. Kerusso 04:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for writing. I have undeleted Jancey Sheats and reopened Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jancey Sheats (I concede consensus was thin), but I doubt the result of the debate is going to change. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 05:58Z
Hey, Quarl... I don't wish to press the matter, but have we established a consensus for this article? (If not, no worries.) Amnewsboy 09:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Well you guys insisted on a deletion, and no matter what, you had your mind set on deletion. Guess wiki is not as open as promoted. I will be dropping out of all editing, advocacy work, and certainly will have my family retract their support due to this. Kerusso 15:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Erik Bornmann (AfD discussion)

My vote wouldn't count anyway, as I was outnumbered, but I'm one of the few people knowledgeable about the material in the list; I was prepping my AFD statement since being unblocked this afternoon (I was blocked unfairly, and on a vague technicality, which had the effect of preventing me from getting at the AFD while it was up, as it was placed by the same admin at the same time as I was blocked; in response to her advice to "cite my claims" I was holding off until I had the time to mine the records of the article for the instances of rascalpatrol's and his allies' vandalism, threats and insults towards other editors and edits in the past; the rest of my position is explained in the following bit, which I was going to post before bed tonight after digging out the needed cite-links; the redirect will wind up being ended when the trial begins in a few weeks and Mr. Bornmann's name is all over the papers (again), so at least as I can see from what is now the redirect page that the file-history of their censorship/cover-up efforts hasn't been erased, as it would have been had the page been deleted My unposted AFD statement on Erik Bornmann is as follows, FYI:Skookum1 09:04, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Keep, Restore, and Protect This article’s uncensored, un-neutralized comments constitute valid encyclopedia content regarding an important current legal case and political scandal which is in the news on a regular basis. I feel the suggestions to delete are redirect are based in the manipulated, “neutralized” content (to use rascalpatrol’s term) and I also feel rascalpatrol’s post above is manipulative and deceptive. Issues of core wiki pillars – censorship and freedom of speech – are critical in determining the value and survival of this article and those connected to it. It is not incidental that the “neutralizing” camp here has counterparts on BC Legislature Raids who regularly work to keep Mr. Bornmann’s name from that article, or indeed any significant and already well-publicized and well-documented details currently made vague or left out entirely. The allegation that a concerted effort is being made to discredit Mr. Bornmann is unfounded, as are the allegations by his supporters/promoters in the talk page that those attempting to add relevant materials are in league with “those criminaly charged” (sic), when in the course of even recent posts on the talkpage rascalpatrol describes a group of people who are actively seeking to patrol and “neutralize” the article. There is a fine line between neutralization and censorship, but “neutralization’ as used by rascalpatrol et al means nothing like what NPOV is supposed to mean in Wiki, nor does it conform to the censorship Wiki pillar, nor the freedom of expression pillar; WP:BLP can be observed so long as only materials in police documents, court evidence etc or concerning the public interest are what’s there; news coverage/opinion can be cited ‘’as such’’, with most of that in a “press coverage” area on BC Legislature Raids and related non-personal articles (so long as that article is left alone by the same or related “neutralizing” SPAs as have worked over this article). This article needs to be kept, restored, and protected from further manipulation and censorship. To delete on the grounds that it (currently) contains nothing worthwhile would be to collaborate with a campaign of active and admitted censorship of material that concerns the public interest. Redirecting it to BC Legislature Raids is a non-starter because each of the principal players in the case will (eventually) have as detailed an account here as well, although rascalpatrol et al. maintain that Mr. Bornmann has been singled out – again, allegedly by people hostile to Mr. Bornmann at a personal and partisan level. My only partisanship here is in the interests of open democracy and preserving the public record from being “massaged” by p.r. campaigns, and if this case was about NDPers, Tories or Greens I would have the same position (just to prove I’m fair I’ll go look around Robin Blencoe and Glen Clark and see if anyone ‘’there’’ has done similarly partisan whitewashes of BLPs such as this article has become; although as I recall anti-NDPers have worked over those and similar pages at length….). Admittedly Mr. Bornmann is and was not an elected official as with other political bios; but he is still a prominent party supporter/activist as well as a corporate lobbyist involved with the sale of public assets and with companies doing business with the government – and the sale of assets in questions was and is a highly controversial sale the debate over which is still on the public agenda. And, to be quite frank, the entire scandal is framed by mounting allegations of a cover-up, and the mutilation of this article as well as the circumstances/consequences of the AFD should be considered in this light; deletion would be a cooperation with politically partisan cover-up efforts as much as tolerating the existing censored version of the page. It is not only Mr. Bornmann’s reputation that’s at stake here, it’s a matter of the public record and of civil democracy. Only POV material on Mr. Bornmann should be deleted; NPOV,citable material should be restored, ‘’and protected’’.Skookum1 09:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for writing. I have re-opened the debate so that you may make your statement, though I suggest you shorten it so people will actually read it. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 09:20Z

Thank you for the opportunity to post a follow-up comment, and I will shorten it (it's why I had it in *.doc format); I'm naturally prolix; I'll post it in the morning/afternoon, as I would like to provide cites to the edit history of the deletions and threats/insults made as suggested by Zoe (I think that's what she was suggesting, on my talk page (last bit of that section). The snipe on the article's talk page about "our little gremlin is back again" and that I should "get a day job" was about me, by the way (although I own't bother citing it as it's trivial), as they think I'm a returnee from earlier edit wars; in actuality I only came across this article this last week...such nastiness and paranoia is typical of their edits, comments and edit comments...). Look for my follow-up tomorrow, and I know other BC editors are interested/alerted but, given the New Year, they haven't responded yet, if they're going to. But again, thank you and I'll be on this when I get up tomorrow (it's 1:25am in my timezone and I've been doing history writing and BC Wikiproject templating all day....).Skookum1 09:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you again for extending the AFD, as it gave me time to ref all my cites, although rather than shortening my post it wound up longer :-| but to good effect, I think, as you can see from the subsequent comments and votes on the AFD. One big question/problem, though, other than the fact of there being at least three apparent sockpuppets or at least handful-of-articles-on-the-same-topic SPAs who've "voted", is that - as I knew a while ago but ignored and "got around" (hence my previous problem, as I confronted rascalpatrol about his conduct on his webpage...) - is that the sig-link he's using does NOT go to User:rascalpatrol but to User:rascalpatorl instead. He must be hand-typing his sig, rather than using the four tildes. Not sure what that's called, but it's definitely willful deception and seems like an abuse of Wikiquette, and not in a small way. I'd comment on it but I've said enough already but as you are one of the two admins who've been by the page, I'm bringing it to your attention and asking either what to do about it, or for you to forward it on for investigation by the appropriate department/panel.Skookum1 08:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Just to note I was mistaken earlier about the sig on the AFD going to the wrong userpage; it was his sig in the Erik Bornmann talk page that goes to "rascalpatorl" = http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rascalpatorl&action=edit (that's a "copy link" right-click from his sig on the talkpage). I'm pretty sure it did the same from the AFD page earlier when I tried it, but it didn't do it now; there's no changes in the edit history that I can see, so I must have been mistaken in thinking I tried it from there. Still, deception in sigs on a talkpage is a serious issue; also pls see Sockpuppet report by User:Bobanny. Also the template at the top of the talkpage saying the decision was made is still there, despite your reversals on the main page; should it still be?Skookum1 09:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Question Regarding relisting AFD's

What are the steps you use to relist for more debate? Thanks in advance for your help Navou talk 09:31, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Navou, the instructions are at Wikipedia:Deletion process, though it's a bit cumbersome to do it manually, so I have a script that automates it. But, it should only be done by administrators, in general (I never even heard of non-admins wanting to do it so I don't know what people's opinions would be, you should ask at WT:AFD). —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 10:06Z
I would like to see non-administrators relisting, experienced wikipedians should be able to tell when an article is not generating consensus... however, non admins relisting may be something that does need to be discussed, so I will bring the discussion to the talk page. Additionally, is there any way I could get my hands on that script? Thanks again. Navou talk 10:25, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I can see for discussions where after five days no-one, or maybe only one person, has commented, that would be an obvious relist, otherwise it's a grey area since the admin has discretion. Anyway, get consensus at WT:AFD before doing it :) The script is at http://www.cubewano.org/wpt/scripts/xfdclose.js. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-02 10:31Z
Site seems down, I'll recheck tommorrow. I'll prolly get the discussion started tommorrow as well. Thanks for your help. Navou talk 10:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I can't seem to get it from that site, could you email it to me by chance? Navou talk 21:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

AFD

I did? Are you sure? I reverted Saturdays AFD list because a random IP tried to list "Snow pea" (or something like that) on the Saturday AFD list on monday. I thought i only removed that one item. If by some fluke i screwed up, i'm sorry. dposse 15:33, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Denton Bible Church (AfD discussion) on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Denton Bible Church. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorfer (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the note. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-03 00:50Z

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Thank you for your support

Thank you for your support in the RfA on my behalf. It is an honor to have received your expression of confidence. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA did not pass. It is my wish that I will continue to deserve your confidence. Sincerely, --BostonMA talk 19:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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TrekBBS

I'm not sure how this is done, but I'm just a user who's noticed that almost all references to 'TrekBBS' have been edited out of the main Trek areas. The original article is just gone, and the paragraph in Trekdom has similarly been edited away. It seems to a lot of people that someone has it out for 'TrekBBS' and that's not good, especially considering they are a large part of Trekdom, and at least deserve more than a passing sentence in that article. The TrekBBS is notable, and I know there's information out there to verify that. And the only reason I'm asking you is that you seemed to be the one with his head on straight in all the discussions on the subject, whereas most seemed to be pining for deletion for whatever reason. Sorry to bother you, hope you have a good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.14.178 (talk • contribs)

Frank Atwood

Hello! You recently closed an AfD on the article Frank Atwood, where it was determined that a redirect was appropriate. I'm afraid this page has now turned into an incredibly lame edit war where an anonymous IP keeps reverting it without explanation. Not that it's hard for you or I to redirect, but the page history is getting clogged. Is there anything to be done? GassyGuy 21:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

List of FieldTurf installations on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of FieldTurf installations. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Lovelac7 09:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar from WP:UW

The Working Man's Barnstar
I award this barnstar to Quarl for your help and assistance in getting the WikiProject user warnings to the review phase, and to let you know your input has been appreciated. Khukri (talk . contribs) 22:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFA/Nilfanion

Thanks for contributing to my RfA! Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me. Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me.--Nilfanion (talk) 22:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Canvassing

Hey, I reverted the page to the version originally spun out from WP:SPAM and completed the move. A number of your edits have been reverted in the process, but in the course of the discussion it became clear that reverting to the sanctioned version and treating it like an accepted guideline would be the better way to improve the content. Feel free to dig out your changes from the edit history and discuss them on the talk page. ~ trialsanderrors 02:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Digital Photography Review on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Digital Photography Review. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Thue | talk 14:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Balloon fetishism (AfD discussion)

Balloon fetishism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (restore|AfD)Undelete Balloon Fetishism. The lack of 'scholarly research' on a under researched subject should not be a reason to delete an encyclopedia entry. The internet is full of commercial, public, and personal websites devoted to the topic of Balloon Fetishism. Here is several informative websites:

http://www.deviantdesires.com/map/balloon.html http://www.answers.com/topic/balloon-fetishism

Here are numerous Balloon Fetish online communities (some straight and some gay):

http://balloonbuddies.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoysBalloonsandCondoms3/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddymenlooners/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BalloonPlaytime/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balloonbangingboys/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenBustingBIGBalloons/?yguid=201617095 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/menwithballoons/?yguid=201617095 Sonicyouth1 18:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Drawee

This is on the page Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than two years. The page Special:Whatlinkshere/Drawee is short -

  • List of legal topics
  • Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than two years
  • Wikipedia:Requested articles/list of missing legal terms
  • User talk:Quarl/Archive 2006-06

The word does have a listing in Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drawee)

In June of 2006 User:Teke built the page then you deleted it (for good cause) User talk:Quarl/Archive 2006-06 and here I am thinking about building it again. Seems like the best solution is to link the red link on List of legal topics to the (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drawee) do you have any idea how to do that? Is it even possible to wiki link to Wiktionary? Jeepday 03:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC)


I figured it out Wikipedia:Soft redirect done deal Jeepday 03:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Please take a look at this User_talk:Jeepday#Wiktionary_redirectsJeepday 05:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

I had considered waiting until ~2500 edits before accepting a nomination, but the > 180 article AFD backlog, in particular, is encouraging me to reconsider, and I'm willing to let the nature of my contributions stand in contrast to the number of my edits. If your offer of an RFA nom still stands, I'd be humbled and honored to accept it. Serpent's Choice 07:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Lisa Fury

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lisa Fury. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Paulley 00:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)