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[edit] Another Deletion Review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Amy Zidian. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Invisifan 22:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Do consider actually talking to me before rushing off to DRV, thanks. -- Steel 23:04, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Apologies - just following the process as I could find it. Personally I find WWE completely pointless -- she ended up on my Watchlist do to repairing some serial vandalism -- but regardless of my lack of interest the Speedy was inappropriate based on the current article ... However I'm not familiar with all the procedural in's & out's in cases like this--Invisifan 23:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another Deletion Review

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 February 9#Westfield Warrawong, which is a group review. You speedy deleted Westfield Pakuranga, and another admin overturned it (along with other articles), and the whole mess got dropped on deletion review. GRBerry 20:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Way ahead of you. [1] -- Steel 21:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Didn't realize that you had added to the listing without commenting in the review. Sorry. GRBerry 21:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harassment

The user that was vandalising the article Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series) has CONTINUED to harass me and others on my talk page.

I'm growing less and less patient with this person, who refuses to identify themself(ves). RingtailedFox 03:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

He twice tried to blank the note he left you back on the 27th. I wouldn't really call that continued harassment. Have you seen the rubbish I have to put up with? (Example: [2]) -- Steel 13:04, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Derek smart

Has been unprotected. Immediately, there was a supreme Cmdr style edit by an anon on the page, removing the Ars Technica link, and editing the SEC filing. Guess what the edit sum was? Yep, same as the named editors, "Fails WP:RS and WP:BLP". I've reverted back to the protected version, with the execption of a disambiguation. Please reprotect this page until the ArbCom case closes and the proper remedies have been passed....as of right now, nothing will happen but another edit war if the page is unprotected (as there are no remedies as of yet against the tendentious editors). ⇒ SWATJester On Belay! 19:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ANSWER!

Why do you keep erasing my questions. This is the last time I will ask. I want a reason for you deleting Saviours Of Rock Saviour of rock 14:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

First you make a stab at the "overzelous moderators" on this site, then you blank my entire page, then you threaten to release a spambot, now you're here making demands of me? -- Steel 23:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

And you still dont give an answer!! This is what I am talking about, no wonder you guys get so much vandalism! So what you deleted because.....hmmm ok. Saviour of rock 06:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] internal errors

LOL.. :) --Fang Aili talk 15:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Valitone

Steel, It's obvious to me that your not gonna change your mind no matter what argument I try and pursue. I will never understand why you were opposed to it but its clear that your not gonna put it up. The only thing I request is if people start writing pages for artists please look into the matter more rather than just deleting it. This won't be the last time a Valitone page is upoaded but I'm not spending the time when it will just be rejected.

After reading the paragraph please delete it as I'm not interested in pursuing the topic unless a miracle happens and you change your mind. I'm not planning to reply so please end the 'debate'. Thanks.

[edit] Debian Live

I'm working on a Debian Live article which IMHO important enough to be mentioned in wikipedia. The article was written few hours ago but you deleted it before i even finish it. I tagged the article as a stub and as a work on progress. Why you deleted it? Whadar 00:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Has anyone other than those involved with it written anything about this "community initiative"? -- Steel 00:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
How about distrowatch? [3]. There are more reviews and articles as well.
Whadar 22:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
The one you linked to doesn't really cut it. -- Steel 23:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Debian Live will be more recognized when Debian Etch released (should be really soon). Why don't you tag it as "scheduled to be released"? I don't understand the reason for the total dismissal of this article... If I find more written articles, it might change your mind?
Whadar 00:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
We need multiple non-trivial sources. So far none have been provided. -- Steel 00:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think I can find such sources. In the mean time, is it possible to merge to the main Debian article?
Whadar 00:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Merging into the main article would be fine. -- Steel 00:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'll need few days for it... can you restore the article in the mean time?
Thanks, Whadar 00:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I've moved the text here. -- Steel 00:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, why is the Protect2 template used instead of the Protect template? eg WP:EL. I'm curious as I've never seen it before and I am wondering why it is used in lieu of Protect. Is it used because it doesn't display a text box? Parasite 08:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, there are several tags at the top of the page already and another would clutter things up more than they are already. -- Steel 17:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] eWise Network

Hi, being new to editing wikipedia the article I put up wasn't of sufficient quality. I've noticed you were the one who deleted it and wondered if you might let me know why it was deleted? I saw a tag about blatant advertising. I put a message up on the talk page about revising the content and have got the revision to a state that I think is not advertising anymore. Would you please look at User:Ewise/sandbox2 to give me a comment on whether you think this is of sufficient quality, and what I'd need to change if it isn't? If it is OK do I just place it up again? Thanks, Ewise 15:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Let's start with the basics. Has anyone written anything substantial about eWise? -- Steel 22:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Choir Deleted?

Hello Steel, Can you share the reason why you chose to delete the entry for the Anna Crusis Women's Choir? I've seen (and understand) your concerns regarding promotional pages for musical groups, but the Anna Crusis Women's Choir is an historical organization -- the oldest feminist choir in the United States, a member (a grandmother member) of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, and a social activism group since the '70s, Anna's history is not one of a mere singing group looking to promote their concerts. In the U.S., we are a cornerstone of the women's music movement. I'm re-creating the page, and I know it needs to be filled out further, but first we want a summary page up there. I hope that wasn't why you deleted it, but if it was, it won't be a summary page for too long. This is the choir's website which has a little more information about the organization: Anna Crusis Women's Choir Thanks for your time, Roguegrrl 16:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

The article appears to be a copy & paste job from http://www.annacrusis.org/herstory.html. The text from that page is copyrighted and can't be used on Wikipedia. User:Steel359/Copyvio has more information. -- Steel 23:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oaxtepec

I created Oaxtepex with 'x' at the end by mistake and I am now trying to delete it. The misspelling is not common or representative, I just happen to make it and it happens to be very similar to the correct one. However, I don’t think it is good practice to have articles with incorrect spelling redirecting to others if it not an alternative spelling. I would very much like if you could reconsider putting back again the speedy delete tag; perhaps with the correct reason? SoyYo 18:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

x is right next to c on keyboards, and redirects are cheap. WP:RFD is the place to go if you want to take this further. -- Steel 23:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elvis Sinosic

Why was the Elvis Sinosic entry deleted? 15:03, 13 February 2007 Steel359 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Elvis Sinosic" (CSD A7/G11) This page had been in wikipedia for quite some time and had been approved. All I did last night was update some of my entries to ensure they were correct (dob etc). Then the page was deleted? Please let me know what is going on. Regards Elvis Sinosic

That may have been a bit hasty of me, the article has been restored. I was going to put it up on WP:AFD but decided against it. -- Steel 23:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for that. I do apologise if I did anything wrong. Yesterday was my first day ever editing/using wikipedia so I am still learning. I'm slowly learning the rules of this place. Regards Elvis Sinosic

[edit] Today's Featured Article

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, Shadow of the Colossus will be "Today's Featured Article" on February 22nd. So, congratulations! --PresN 23:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Mmm, I saw that (In fact, I meant to leave Ryu Kaze a note about it, seems you beat me to it). Will be an interesting day. -- Steel 23:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bialy Orzel

Hi i'm new and have recently writen about a polish folk dance group that i belong to. it was up for one day then got deleted. i found no reason why it should have gotten deleted...there was no copyright infragments, or any sort of issues with it, all it had was info on the group...so why did it get deleted? thelink "WAS" Bialy Orzel: Polish Song and Dance Ensemble —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CWilczewski (talk • contribs) 21:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

The text is copyrighted according to http://www.bialyorzel.com/Main%20Frameset%20-%20English.htm where it was lifted from. See User:Steel359/Copyvio. -- Steel 23:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

RE:Yea...As i repeat i am part of the group and i have permission to use it from the author (the dance coriographer), and he was not very happy that this incodent occured. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CWilczewski (talk • contribs)

Oh dear. What a shame. Anyway, see User:Steel359/Copyvio. -- Steel 20:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seleucid Empire

Hi, I just added a more complet comment in the talk page of the protected Seleucid Empire's article. 82.226.217.121 18:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello, Steel. May I ask exactly why my argument was flawed? I would appreciate a clearer answer. Thank you. -- P.B. Pilhet 01:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I replied to you on the MfD. -- Steel 01:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
All right, I'll give you those points :-) But still, our NPOV policy doesn't cover userspace, and the guidelines (not policies) which regulate userspace content are loose and open to interpretation. And, according to the closing admin and most of the community involved in that XfD, the interpretation was keep. I apologize if my !vote offended you (as I see you listed yourself as a homosexual), but there are two things I'd like to point out: (a) I'm entitled to my own beliefs and interpretation of the userspace guidelines, and (b) when closing XfD's, I would not let my own personal convictions get in the way of my decision. My decision would be based on consensus alone. Thanks for your !vote on my RfA, but I don't really think it's a legitamte reason to oppose someone's RfA simply because your personal beliefs conflict with theirs. Again, sorry if I have offended you. -- P.B. Pilhet 01:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
It's not because of my sexual orientation. Closing XfDs involves picking out the good arguments from the bad ones. Your argument on the MfD was poor, which suggests to me that your ability to pick out the good from bad is lacking. I'll sleep on it (it's gone 2am) and will take another look tomorrow. -- Steel 02:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
PS. It's astonishingly hard to offend me. You can call me a cocksucking faggot for all I care. -- Steel 02:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for at least reconsidering, Steel. And I'm glad I didn't offend you, as that was not my intention. -- P.B. Pilhet 02:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for taking off your oppose vote, Steel! -- P.B. Pilhet 16:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Protection

I noticed that you and another admin have been swiftly killing the backlog on the page protection list. However, it seems you overlooked the request for Shadow the Hedgehog. There's two other requests with it so I just though I'd call it to your attention. While I'm here I'd also ask if you could block the user "Tommy55" from the editing the Knuckles and Rouge pages. He's been given several warning to quit vandalizing them but ignores them. His edits break the NPOV rule and he also removes entire sections he doesn't agree with. Thanks for your time, and I apologize beforehand about snapping at the one individual ^^'GrandMasterGalvatron 20:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

The other two pages you listed aren't really getting enough activity to justify protection. I protected Shadow's page anyway because I know the feeling of constantly reverting fanwank. Unfortunately fanboy isn't a reason to block someone, I think engaging in discussion with Tommy might be a good idea as you don't seem to have tried that yet according to his talk page history. -- Steel 21:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for my congrats!

Thanks for leaving a congratulations! I appreciate the support very much. ⇒ SWATJester On Belay! 02:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jason Edward Robertson

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jason_Edward_Roberson. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jason E Robertson 21:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Jason E. Robertson

[edit] Hello

The Rasulzadeh article has been locked for a very long time. The article must be changed to its previous version where it includes sourced information taken out by Adil. Thanks.Azerbaijani 01:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Rasulzadeh??? -- Steel 01:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Institute of Brand Science

Hello, just bringing an issue to your attention since you were the closing admin for the Institute of Brand Science AFD. The Institute of Brand Science has been recreated without passing through deletion review. Can you check whether it should be speedied as a substantially identical repost of the AFDed article? If not, it should probably be prodded or relisted at AFD. --Muchness 15:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, it was created by the same guy as last time, with no improvements on the multiple external sources front. Reads even more like an ad than last time. Close enough for me. -- Steel 16:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for sorting this out. I left a {{recreated}} note on his talk page. --Muchness 17:38, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zelda: TP

Thank you for killing any chance the article has of being considered a Good Articele. I won't revert your edits (at least today), but I won't stop anyone else. Yes the tivia section should be trimmed down, but not deleted (nor should the enemey section be removed). Lrrr IV 20:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PCO deleted, why?

Why was the wiki on the rapper PCO deleted? I was working on it for hours (while moving furniture in my house) and come to find it deleted? It was a page on a rapper.. I checked the criteria for speedy deletion and it applied to none of them. AquaStreak 21:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC) Also, to add to this, if it was because there were no external links, its because I didn't get that far yet.AquaStreak 21:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:CSD Articles, #7: No assertion of notability. -- Steel 21:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

And what does that mean? -_-AquaStreak 22:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

It means that this rapper hasn't done anything special to warrant an article here. -- Steel 22:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Then how come other rappers who aren't anything special don't have their pages deleted? AquaStreak 22:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Example? -- Steel 22:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%2B_%28rapper%29 From the looks of the wiki, PCO is more popular than that, and PCOs Wiki had more content. PCO has also released an album which you can get online, in which roughly 2000 people downloaded. Etc.. AquaStreak 22:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

According to the article he's won some competition and become an "international success". -- Steel 22:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, thats just 1 rapper. Do a search for them, and you can find rappers that don't have any special recognition and have wikis. I'm just saying that I feel it was a bit unfair to delete an artist with 1 album out and 4 promotional ones on the way. Thats all. AquaStreak 22:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
By the way, the article above listed him as a one hit wonder.. AquaStreak 22:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and sorry for rambling on, but someone above said this: "Steel, It's obvious to me that your not gonna change your mind no matter what argument I try and pursue. I will never understand why you were opposed to it but its clear that your not gonna put it up. The only thing I request is if people start writing pages for artists please look into the matter more rather than just deleting it." I agree with this. AquaStreak 22:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that thread above should have been archived by now. That's odd.
Anyway, if you feel like you're being treated unfairly then you're more than welcome to tag these other unremarkable rappers with {{db-band}} or put them up on WP:AFD. -- Steel 22:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyber Nations Article Deleted

The article for the online game Cyber Nations was deleted although there was only one person for deleting it on its discussion page and that person was the person who added the deletion tag. There was nearly a page of evidence otherwise. Cyber Nations has more traffic than many sites that have a Wikipedia page ([4]), caused a controversy that was in several noted newspapers ([5]) and has over 30,000 users. It more than qualifies for a Wikipedia article. - Pious7 18:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It seems like random biase on your part, considering Cybernations is very well known across the internet and has even had an article written about it in the Washington Post. The argument that it is still in beta is also ridiculous considering many major MMORPG's run in the same faction, where developers add content during play.Madmonkey24 19:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I am going to agree with both of these fellows. Cyber Nations has been noted in major news papers and has a large user base. Furthermore the article was re-written to fir wikipedia standards. I think this deletion wsa extremely out of hand.I hope this gets resolved quickly and maturily. Jeff503 19:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

You'll want to take this and this over here. -- Steel 19:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Done. - Pious7 21:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Since you warned this user at User_talk:Masterbutthead on the 2nd of this month for vandalism, they've since vandalized a further two articles; one was Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on February 3rd, and the other was today's main page (February 18th). The account seems to be primarily used for vandalism. Can you use action you deem appropriate? Thanks. LuciferMorgan 23:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Indefblocked. -- Steel 00:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] D'oh!

Whoops, sorry for leaving the userspace redirect at Mortal Kombat: Devastation. Thanks for catching that. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

That's the janitor's job. -- Steel 23:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, but I'm a janitor too. :\ EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
In fact, it wasn't even a janitor who picked up on it. Special:Undelete/Mortal Kombat: Devastation. Puts us all to shame. -- Steel 23:28, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Procedure

Are rejected MedCab cases deleted as a regular procedure? Where is a rule for that? I believe they should be archived, not deleted.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  04:59, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ealing Quaker Meeting deleted?

I created the article Ealing Quaker Meeting yesterday, but came back to it today and found it had been deleted, as it was "not notable". I disagree with that; there are other articles about meetings or meeting houses, as there are articles about temples and churches. I was definitely planning on expanding it further, and Wikipedia is not paper. Ealing Quaker Meeting has many people, and I think it would be very useful to have an article on it. Drum guy 18:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Has it been written about by anyone? -- Steel 19:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
In 2004, Ealing Times wrote about it (and it has a newsletter and website). Drum guy 19:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok. What we need is multiple non-trivial sources. The Ealing Times article would probably cut it as one. Are there any more? -- Steel 19:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
That's the only one I can find on the web; I've read a lot more about notability and I think you're right, it probably isn't notable. Would it be possible to undelete it (possibly in the sandbox on my userpage) so I can copy it, to be able to create the article slightly more quickly if it ever does fulfil the notability requirements? Thanks for your help :) Drum guy 13:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I've C&P'd the text here. -- Steel 15:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
That's brilliant, I've saved it; thanks for your help! :) Drum guy 15:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem(ish)

Okay here's the thing:

User:Empire Earth and I disagreed on Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, and we went back and forth reverting (see here). I reverted twice, and he reverted 4 times. However, we talked about it before I reported him and we've solved it, so I don't know what should happen next. I also am between a rock and a hard place because I must report this as 3RR since it's policy. Where do I go for 3RR anyway?--Clyde (talk) 22:43, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:AN3 is where 3RR reports go, though in this case if you've solved the dispute and there's no more reverting then there's no need for a report. -- Steel 23:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
So if you solve a problem without having them blocked, you don't need to go to 3RR?--Clyde (talk) 23:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
That's right. -- Steel 00:09, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Garage Sales

I hope I'm editing this right. I wanted to put a page out there showing the bloom of Online Garage Sale programs (which started with the introduction of google maps api, and others). The problem is every time I write something I get stung on some type of language or writing problem. Either it looks like I'm advertising or something about spam. The latest was to write an article about the Garage Sale Network protocol which got deleted because of "advertising/spam". But by that logic SMTP, FTP and IMAP should be deleted as "advertising" as well. I'm a programmer and it's becoming obvious I don't have what it takes to contribute to wikipedia. Writing was never my strong point, and my articles never seem to stay long enough for people to improve on.

I was wondering if you or someone could write the page on Online Garage Sale programs and I can put in the data/chart of features and known sites?

ie something like Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

A few sites to start with are: Garage Sale Source Garage Sale Mapper Garage Sale Hunder Garage Sale Organizer

As for features for the chart, I was thinking of: Free/Commercial, GPS Support, Country, Sharing (ie GSN or other network linking sites), Year started??

I just had the idea since I was recently looking and it took me forever. Would have been nice to have a single source listing this. If I'm looking I'm sure others are.

--MikeyCarter 14:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps information on online garage sales would be better off as a section of the actual garage sale article. – Steel 15:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another Advertising Spam Question

Why are these articles not deleted? Is this advertising products? Thus is SPAM'ing?

Oracle_database, Microsoft_Windows --MikeyCarter 14:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seleucid Empire

I realize you may have good reason to completely lock this article and while I beleive it should continue to be locked. There are two infoboxes at the end of the page and take up a great deal of space. These boxes for "The History of Greater Iran" are very long and I would please like it for you or someone to remove one of these. Thank you. Dougmuffins 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. – Steel 15:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doughmuffins (talk • contribs) 22:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] The Institute of Brand Science deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Institute of Brand Science. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jambaloop 19:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC) I will add the references you are seeking when the article is reinstated. Or, if that can be done beforehand let me know if that is possible as I can edit it now.Jambaloop 20:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC) Pardon my ignorance...how do I find the deleted article to provide references? Jambaloop 20:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

You don't need the deleted article to do that. Just post them here or on the DRV. – Steel 20:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


  • Here are referencesJambaloop 21:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


Sarkar, Christian, The Institute of Brand Science web, <http://www.EmoryBI.com>. Retrieved on 20 February 2007 

Srivastava, Rajendra (2006-11-12). "State of the Institute". Colloquium on Internal Branding. 

Schultz, Don (September-October 2006). "Trash Trove". Marketing Management 15: 10-11. American Marketing Association. 

Thomas Jr., Greg; Jeffery Parkhurst (November-December 2006). "Suite Talk". Marketing Management 15: 48-54. American Marketing Association. 

[edit] DRV Norms

Yes, XfD closing and/or deleting admins are allowed to endorse their own actions. We want them to comment, which is why the instructions for deletion review specifically say to notify them (via template). Those instructions may not be followed very well (I've seen both nobody notified and an AFD nominator notified), but you are absolutely encouraged to participate fully in reviews of your own actions. (We also ask people to talk to you before they even start a deletion review.) GRBerry 19:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, people rushing me off to DRV without talking to me beforehand does my nut in (especially with run-of-the-mill A7s which I've no problem sending to AfD). Anyway, I wasn't confused as to whether I was allowed to comment, that seems trivially true. It was more about whether I should say "endorse my own deletions", or something else like "comment from deleting admin". Which would you recommend? – Steel 20:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I recommend an "endorse as deleting admin" style form. I'd recommend the comment form for when you wish to offer only an explanation without also saying that your action was correct. And if you reach the point of thinking that it should be overturned, you are encouraged to actually do so even while the deletion review is running; just make it visible so we can close the DRV and not waste any more of anyone else's time. GRBerry 21:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I'll do that. Cheers. – Steel 21:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New user

hi. im new to wikipedia. what is wikipedia about? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shadowman14 (talk • contribs) 00:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

The pages Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Introduction explain it better than I could here. – Steel 00:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The Legend of Zelda (Wii) restored

This article has been restored after its deletion was contested at Wikipedia:Deletion review. As you nominated the article to be deleted via WP:PROD, you may wish to nominate the article for a full deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.

GRBerry 02:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] moods

I've been in so may controversies recently, I can't even remember the issues. So, I'm not going to criticise anyone's mood right now. Thanks for the olive branch. And I'm sorry if I've been a moody prat.--Docg 14:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

The drama on the site these last few days has gotten silly. I should've made a better effort with my wikibreak. – Steel 14:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
You may want to comment on your action listed here. I don't think you have been otherwise invited to participate. Cheers, NoSeptember 20:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bfa image deleted?

I would really appreciate it if Wiki mods would be more userfriendly instead of instantly deleting something they don't like: it'd be nicer if they could post on my Talk page and tell me what's wrong with something. I uploaded Image:Bfa.jpg and just forgot to put my source. Big deal; it'd be nicer if you guys could TELL ME before me having to go through heck again to reupload it. Has Wikipedia ever heard of being user-friendly? Infinityrealms 18:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

If you want to re-phrase that so it's more of a query than an angry rant, I'll reply. – Steel 17:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Team effort

In the spirit of reducing the amount of Wikipolicies and obviating confusion (see WP:LAP), drafts are in progress for a unified deletion policy here, and a unified protection policy here. These should really be team efforts, so since you commented on the matter earlier I would like to ask your help. The intent is not to change policy, merely to clarify and remove reduncancy; thus, anything that inadvertently changes the meaning should be fixed. We should be ready to move the drafts over the existing policies soon, but this needs more feedback and consensus, otherwise it'll just get reverted by people who "like the old thing better". Thank you for your time. >Radiant< 13:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Republic

May I ask why you deleted the article of 'Republic, The Campaign for an elected head of state'?RepublicUK 16:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[6]. – Steel 19:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Dog Pound deletion

It appears this item has been created four times today and deleted that many times. I saw its recreation while on RC Patrol. Recommend a protected deletion. Morenooso 20:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

It got recreated a fifth time as I went to protect it... – Steel 20:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Automated Value Model

Why did you delete this page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Meldrop (talk • contribs) 20:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

[7]. – Steel 20:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Why do you continue deleting this page? How can I change it so you don't delete it? Please explain what is wrong with it. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meldrop (talk • contribs)
It's spam for some unremarkable "automated real estate evaluations tool". – Steel 20:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
It is not spam. AVM's are used all the time in the US for property appraisals. I'm trying to add useful information about AVM's on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meldrop (talk • contribs)
Useful maybe but it wasn't all that encyclopedic. – Steel 23:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The other Chrishan album AFD

is here: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/17_(Chrishan_album). - Richfife 23:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, right. I'll note that on the AfD. – Steel 23:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block to Bmdsherman

Greetings! Not sure if you're monitoring his talk page, but User:Bmdsherman is wondering what he needs to do to get unblocked. I didn't see a tag on his Talk page for the reason for the block, though I did see the block log. (Personally, I don't quite blame any admin for blocking a user whose two contributions are a copyvio article creation and a disambiguation-type link toward the page.) Since practice is to start everything with the admin who made the block, I just wanted to relay the message on his behalf, to make sure this doesn't go unaddressed. Regards, —C.Fred (talk) 03:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal Pack deletion

Why did you remove the Proposal Pack article I was working on? Its under the "Business Software" category describing a software book on writing proposals. It follows the same format as other business software entries. It's mu understanding that is what the Business Software category is for, for describing a business software tool. It's a neutral description of a proposal pack and a discussion on topics related to proposal writing such as what to include. User:ilauder

Which other articles was this one based on? – Steel 00:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Request for Unblock on Autoblock" template ettiquette

(Sorry for such a clunky heading :-)
Hi Steel359, maybe you can answer a couple of minor autoblock questions I have that I didn't find answers to elsewhere. When the autoblock is removed, should I remove the "request for unblock" template or does the unblocking admin usually do it? Also, I have never seen people with "Your request to be unblocked has been granted" messages on their talk pages, like here -- do users generally remove those? I was under the impression that autoblocks are not that uncommon, but also that removing content from talk pages is discouraged. I'm just wondering what's the best thing to do here. Thanks in advance for your help, Icemuon 11:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

There are a few exceptions (removing declined unblock requests to make way for a new one, for example), but users are allowed to remove what they like from their talk pages. In your case, nobody is going to yell at you for removing the autoblock lifted template. – Steel 12:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

.... For reverting the vandalism on my userpage, its much appreciated RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 13:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the delete

Thanks for deleting the Casa By The Sea page a place that many people suffered threw, and some people were trying to keep that from happening to others. Threw awareness of history, and instead of giving suggestions or tips to help the "POV problem" (in your eyes), you delete it. It wasn't tagged with Neutrality dispute so power trip succeeded. --Lettruthreign 02:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Puncture fairy

You deleted this page, after I had added a 'hangon' tag and given a reasonable explanation for its existence in the talk page. Your explanation is invalid. Please tell me how to appeal against your action. Bards 13:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

On the talk page you said that this is well documented. Do you have non-trivial sources about the term? – Steel 13:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
It is a common part of contemporary cycling subculture language, as yet documented in minor ways. The fact that that search gives over 1,000 hits on the term "puncture fairy" should tell you that it needs to be debated, not speedily deleted. I believe you acted against the rules, and in bad faith. Bards 13:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Am I to take it you are ignoring me now? Bards 23:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Your Recent Message

Can you tell me who it was that you mentioned e-mailed you regarding a warning? I do not keep track of who I warn, because of the volume of reverts and warns I do weekly. ThePointblank 00:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I remember what was happening. I was thinking he was trying to delete my speedy deletion notice and deleted the whole page by accident, so I moved to restore the deletion notice and warned him. He could have instead changed the deletion notice to the {{db-author}} notice himself, or sent me a message to have the notice removed or changed. I can't read people's minds, especially if I am reverting and tagging articles at a very rapid pace and give little to no second notice except when tags and warnings are removed by the author, which I keep track through the Recent Changes page. ThePointblank 00:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Raintime

A band who is going to play on the same venue as bands such as After Forever (check Google hits) cannot be deleted without even sending it to Requests for Deletion. Moreover, notability was asserted in my edit with the inclusion of the fact I just cited. It is, for all intents and purposes, a notable band - again, Google hits. I'm restoring the article. Thank you for your time. --Sn0wflake 03:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Haven Institute Deletion

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Haven Institute. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. William Meyer 07:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I have followed the protocol to request a Deletion Review. Have I done this properly? What is the usual time line on such a process? I am eager to make whatever corrections are required, if the pages are undeleted. Thanks for your help. Respectfully, William Meyer 17:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart

An arbitration case in which you were involved, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart, has closed. For a period of six months, no single-purpose account may revert any edit made to the Derek Smart article. This article is referred to the Wikipedia editing community for clean-up, evaluation of sources, and adherence to NPOV. Any user may fully apply the principles of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons to this article. Supreme Cmdr is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Supreme Cmdr and other surrogates of Derek Smart are also banned from editing Derek Smart, but may edit the talkpage. This is a summary of the remedy provisions of the decision, and editors should review the complete text of the decision before taking any action. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 23:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Northside Nasties Deletion

Howdy, i was just wondering if i get the athletic department or marketing department to say something about the student spirit groups naming the northside nasties and briefly describing them, it that would be a legitimate source? it would be on a page on the official website. It may take a while to get one up, i have talked to the marketing department, but along with most thing on a college campus, sometimes they take a while to pull through. also, if there is an article published in the school newspaper, would that count?

please let me know whenever you get a chance, i am in no rush. thank you so much and have a nice day.--MisterEPerson 07:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

A term needs to be in widespread use to have an article on it. In this case, we'd need people external to the university itself to write about it/them, so the official website or school newspaper wouldn't really be sufficient. – Steel 13:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emanuel School Deletion

This is unwarranted...I was actually going to flag it as sounding like an advertisement (not me, btw), but to just delete this entry altogether is not really on. Surely the first stage is to flag a disputed entry and it can go to the talk page first? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.212.70.122 (talk • contribs)

It was painfully self-promotional. – Steel 17:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The deletion of this page is completely going against Wikipedia precedent, without having flagged it up, or sending it to request for deletion. Surely flagging it for a re-write would have been of better warrant that instant deletion, for which there seems to be little reason, without re-writing it to cut-back the 'promotional' references? I suggest this page is restored and flagged for deletion, giving people a chance to alter its content immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.100.35 (talk • contribs)

I plan on re-writing it myself soon. – Steel 20:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Draft (band)

In what way have you found this band to be "Not notable"? In this case you've deleted the entry for a band that's comprised of the remaining members of the band Hot Water Music since they've disbanded and The Draft are on a major label. I fail to see how their entry isn't any less notable than others, much less a target for speedy deletion. Emnii 07:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I generally don't respond to messages like that from people with stuff like this on their userpage, but as far as The Draft goes, you appear to be right. – Steel 13:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
The truth hurts sometimes. Emnii 19:40, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia

Thanks for semiprotecting Wikipedia's article. I noticed it got vandalised twice in 10 minutes. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, contribs, odometer) 00:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Why we unprotect that page "to see if it's still a vandal target" is beyond me. – Steel 00:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to you for working tirelessly and endlessly on the more laborious or repetitive of Wikipedia tasks, i.e. adminship duties. Keep up the good work. Parker007 20:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


Heh, thanks! – Steel 20:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
LOL! Now I know why you gave me that barnstar [1]. Too bad it didn't work. – Steel 23:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I did say I was sorry that time. Oh well. :) --Parker007 18:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emanuel

I have removed Emanuel School from your salt list. As a UK student, I am surprised that you appear to have not heard of the school. If you really think it is deletable, the article must have an AfD debate, but I am confident the conclusion would be "strong keep but clean up the spam tone". -- RHaworth 18:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I was planning on rewriting it myself when I had the chance [8]. I guess I won't do that now. – Steel 18:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you delete my article?

You deleted my article only minutes after it was nominated for speedy deletion AND after I had added a 'hang on' tag AND comment in the talk page. I believe the article met the notability requirements too. Funkybear

I, unfortunately, do not have psychic powers. What article are you on about? – Steel 01:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
This article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_mitchell Funkybear
Ok, then. Has anyone written anything about him? – Steel 01:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I will add more in time but I already provided citations to two articles about the photographer Funkybear
Not having access to them it's difficult for me to pass judgement myself. Go ahead and recreate the article (at Graham Mitchell, though, instead of Graham mitchell). – Steel 01:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I could provide copies but they are written in Russian. If I recreate the article, what's to stop me from going through all this again with another moderator? Is there no 'undelete' function? Funkybear
Well, there is an undelete function. I suppose we could use that. – Steel 01:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Special:Undelete/Graham Mitchell is very interesting. Looks like you have been through all this before. – Steel 01:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, and every time the article was deleted even though I used the 'hang on' tag AND added comments on the talk page. The article was deleted without any response from the mods. After the first trigger-happy mod, I assume the others just followed the trend. This is the first time I have tried to contact a moderator after the deletion. Please help overturn what I consider to be very unreasonable behaviour on the part of some of the mods here. Funkybear
I have no sympathy for people who use this site to promote themselves. – Steel 01:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Groan... I have already been through this. I'm not Graham Mitchell. If you are not willing to help then could you do me the courtesy of telling me how to contest this decision? Do I have to become a moderator myself?

[unindent] Yes, and, like last time, this website showed that you most likely are him. – Steel 01:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

You moderators sure like to make assumptions. Great neutrality! Funkybear
It's 2am. I'm going to bed. – Steel 01:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
PS. Even if you're not him, you're clearly associated with him and/or Foto-z in some way. Read up on WP:COI.
I've read that already after a previous problem. From everything that I've read I don't believe the deletion is in accordance with the rules. A quote from that page "conflict of interest is not in itself a reason to delete an article, but lack of notability is." I look forward to your response. Funkybear
Still hoping for an answer...Funkybear 16:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  1. Impatient, aren't you? I do have other things to do in my life other than tend to you.
  2. My original reason for deleting the article, viewable in the log, was neither lack of notability nor WP:COI, so there's no real problem here.
  3. Your article was tagged for speedy deletion by four different people on four different occasions, and deleted by four different admins. You're in the minority here.
  4. So... case closed. – Steel 18:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Now it's open again. Being in the minority or majority is hardly an accurate barometer for who is right or wrong! Furthermore your reason given in the log is also not supported by the evidence. If each of the admins merely follows the actions of a previous admin, then you cease to have a useful purpose. I'm still waiting for a single valid reason Funkybear 22:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Self-promotion for some photographer (If not self, then clearly written from someone with a WP:COI). Case closed. No more messages on this will be responded to. – Steel 00:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
You fail in your responsibilities as admin, by both ignoring genuine posts and acting on a personal agenda rather than in the interests of Wikipedia. You repeated the irrelevant COI reference, so i will repeat my quote from the Wikipedia guidelines: "conflict of interest is not in itself a reason to delete an article"Funkybear 00:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment

You've deleted the article about Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment; I see no difference between this article and the many other articles about private schools (see for example, Baylor School or Roxbury Latin School. Roseapple 02:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia = an encyclopedia. Your article = something from the school's prospectus. – Steel 18:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
So if it's written like Baylor School rather than Gabriel Richard High School it would be acceptable? Roseapple 00:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I think the easiest thing to do would be to give you some pointers:
  • Try not to use language you would expect to see in a prospectus, or on the school's website. Essentially, phrases like "students are encouraged to...", "The parent body is diverse economically, socially and in terms of religious affiliation" or "The term “consciousness-based education” is used to describe the school’s philosophy and approach to education.".
  • Avoid any kind of "Mission" section.
  • Make sure the content you add is attributed to a reliable source preferably external to the school itself. This especially for statistics like that top 1% in the Iowa Educational development thing.
  • Try and keep it short.
  • Neutral point of view and attribution are important. Try and keep conflict of interest in mind as well.
I'll try and find an article to use as a model for this one. – Steel 00:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much. I was really trying to respect NPOV while writing it, however their mission statement is so different from other schools I felt I should include it. The term "consciousness-based education" is used repeatedly by the school to describe itself, but other words could be used. I would really like to see an exemplary school article; most of those in wikipedia seem very similar to what the MSAE article used to be, in fact I modeled it after the other school articles I looked at Roseapple 01:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
School articles are rarely very good on Wikipedia, but I'll try and find one. Incidentally, if you need the text from the deleted article for whatever reason, I'll make it available. – Steel 01:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I've had a look at the list of what people consider to be the best articles, and picked out Plano Senior High School and Stuyvesant High School. I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you were aiming to do with your article. – Steel 01:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much. I'd like to work on the new article in the next couple of weeks. Should I send it to you somehow before I post it or just post it? Roseapple 01:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Just post it. After having a re-read of the article, it's actually better than I remember it being. I'm beginning to think I may have been a bit hasty, and I apologise for that. Still, no lasting harm done if the new version is better. – Steel 01:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Casa By The Sea page

Your speedy delete of that page was unwarranted. You said POV problem, for example what if there was a criminal orginazation and there is a wealth of info about there crimes. What if there is little to no info in defense of them. Does that mean that they are not fairly treated if theres a page on them, and that there crimes and they them selfs don't deserve a place in history because they don't have enough info to defend them? If thats the case I don't understand how there could be a Nazi page. --Lettruthreign 23:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cruft, etc.

True, it can be a challenging task. Which is why I like the FF WikiProject, because there's not much cruft and/or cruft defenders in the first place, which makes it much easier :) — Deckiller 21:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

There's still a ton of work to do :) Right now, we're working on Final Fantasy II and XII. — Deckiller 21:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Cool. I was updating the WPFF membership list the other day, and I must've added 100+ names to the former members list. A lot of users have left, but I think we have another core group forming soon. — Deckiller 21:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Not sure; he left sometime in August after the X, VII, and VIII promotions. Probably busy with school (although after Essjay, I don't know if I believe that he's a schoolteacher quite yet :) ). — Deckiller 22:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't want to sound like a recruiter, but would you like to come back to article writing with the FF WikiProject? We could use all the input we can get :) — Deckiller 22:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

None need writing; we just need to imporve what we already have, merge, get some input, etc. — Deckiller 22:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyber Nations

I'm just a Cyber Nations user who wants to help get an article up for us. What do I need to do to accomplish this? - RossGarner

There's an article in the works over at User:Pious7/Cyber Nations, but the game needs to have been the subject of non-trivial works (i.e. so far no-one other than people associated with the game have written anything about it) before it can be moved and become a proper article. – Steel 11:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Salt.js

Hi, Steel. My purpose here is to ask you about (Salt.js), the monobook that you are using right now. I think you'are the one who knows more about Salt.js. What do you usually use Salt.js for? In my opinion, Salt.js is very similar to monobook.js. Am I right? I'm really curious about Salt.js. Could you please explain to me bit about Salt.js? Please reply in my talk page. Cheers! Daniel5127 | Talk 02:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centralized video game navbox discussion

You previously expressed a strongly-stated opinion about a video game navbox or all video game navboxes in general, or perhaps I clicked on your talk page by mistake. Whichever it is, you are invited to offer your opinion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Navboxes III: Son of Navboxes. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PEBS

I notice that Wiki has many pages dedicated to schools, both secular and religious... past and present. Wiki contains biographies for religious leaders living and dead... founders of various organizations, etc. Wiki contains biographies of missionaries, too. Wiki holds pages about orphanages, hospitals, stores, restaurants and the like...

Providence Evangelical Bible Seminary was birthed by the South Asian Gospel Alliance and will very likely hold a significant place in religious history in the coming years. I am still researching the subject, being very interested in the second largest country in the world (India) and every religious, economic, and political facet of it. PEBS seems to have a vision for starting schools, orphanages, and hospitals which is sure to tremendously impact New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra and the surrounding areas. PEBS may very likely send out today's Hudson Taylors and Adoniram Judsons (for whom there are wiki pages).

This page in no way promoted a company, product, group, service, or person and would NOT need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Wiki rules state that simply having a company, product, group, service, or person as its subject does not qualify it as BLATANT ADVERTISING; "an article that is blatant advertising should have inappropriate content as well". This article had NO inappropriate content.

What EXACTLY must be done to prevent PEBS speedy deletion!?!

Thanks a ton! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

It was promotional and it would need to have been fundamentally reritten to become encyclopedic. – Steel 22:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

WHAT made it promotional?!? I requested aid in making it "encyclopedic". I found no fault when compared with other, active wiki listings of like nature. What must be done to reactivate the page and give it clout? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

What on earth are you comparing it to? The fact that you can't see what was wrong with the article suggests to me that you shouldn't be the one writing it. Read WP:ATT, WP:NPOV and WP:COI. – Steel 23:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

That was pretty mean. I have only been kind. I have pleaded for suggestions to aid me in staying within wiki guidelines. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.244.121 (talk • contribs)

I'm going to copy and paste some suggestions I offered to someone else earlier:
  • Try not to use language you would expect to see in a prospectus, or on the school's website. Essentially, phrases like "students are encouraged to...", "The parent body is diverse economically, socially and in terms of religious affiliation" or "The term “consciousness-based education” is used to describe the school’s philosophy and approach to education.".
  • Avoid any kind of "Mission" section.
  • Make sure the content you add is attributed to a reliable source preferably external to the school itself. This especially for statistics like that top 1% in the Iowa Educational development thing.
  • Try and keep it short.
  • Neutral point of view and attribution are important. Try and keep conflict of interest in mind as well.
I would really like to know what you compared your article against for you to find no fault with it. – Steel 00:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


Wonderful! Now THIS is helpful! Thanks so much for your time! I compared the entry to several other schools, actually... many of which contained mission statements. And I will certainly site external sources. Thank you, again. ~Tina

[edit] Cuba

Thanks for semi-protecting it, I was going to look at requesting it if more of the same IP edits kept happening, but I wasn't sure exactly what threshold to use for requesting it. I may request it with Kim Jong-il soon if the IP vandalism keeps occurring there. Any ways, thanks! -- Whereizben - Chat with me 23:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll try and keep an eye on Kim Jong-il, but it doesn't look too bad at the moment. – Steel 23:02, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Twinkle

Well, people over the past have commented to stop my bot from editing, and to not confuse myself with a bot, I add that. Nol888(Talk)(Review me please) 01:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

No, I don't mind, go ahead. Nol888(Talk)(Review me please) 01:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rfa Thanks

Hey Steel, just wanted to say a bit thankyou for your support on my Rfa, it is really much a appreciated, oh and I bet your right - I'll be sick of the buttons soon! Cheers again, and feel free to contact me when I mannage to mess up! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sony Protection Group

Why did you delete Sony Protection Group without putting up a notice first. Isnt that procedure? Also other similar gaming forums/blogs are listed such as Playstation Underground and Kotaku so what criteria have i not met. i mention in the article about a project underworks that could be the equivalent to xbox's gamercards which is big in the gaming community and i think the site deserves to be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elortt (talk • contribs)

It's some random forum which was created a month ago. – Steel 23:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is getting ridiculous

Dude look at the history. There is a lot of good content being added by anons, but the vandalism is nuts. Does one out way the other? Should it be semiprotected?--Clyde (talk) 00:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh wow, that book takes me back some years. Anyway, if protecting it will save you effort, then I'll protect it. – Steel 00:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, ran into it somehow through linking a while back. I'm hesitant to ask for protection though, since it is one of those articles that new people edit often (for better or for worse), probably because that's all they can think of to search for (maybe like George Washington). Protecting it might send a bad message. In a couple days, if this trend hasn't changed, I'll request semi.--Clyde (talk) 01:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's up to you. I'll protect it if you want it protected. – Steel 01:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Not yet. I'll wait it out a few days, then let you know.--Clyde (talk) 01:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah it's time to semi-protect it, if you're not too busy. It's been pretty much all vandalism.--Clyde (talk) 23:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Aah, sorry Clyde, I hadn't noticed this message here. Looks like I was busy dealing with idiots at the time. I've protected it now. – Steel 13:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.--Clyde (talk) 14:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fields (band)

Hi - I can see why the arguments to stop deletion failed, but have put in an undelete linking to sources that prove notibility.

National tours for MTV2 and supporting Bloc Party, lots of press, album in a few weeks on Atlantic/Warner etc.

Not having seen the original article it probably needs work I'm guessing - once undeleted i'll look into it. :)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Fields (band). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nli10 16:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why does BT remain?

As you are trying to remove product (company) placement, why dont you remove the reference to BT. As this can also be considered as 100% product placement under Wikipedia rules. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spfarquhar (talk • contribs) 16:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "Turkic alphabets" protection

Because "This page is not being moved", you have declined protection from User (and Admin) Dbachmann who repeatedly removes the article from public scrutiny by merging and deleting substantial contents, and by this maneuver prevents open discussion of the article. I understand that my request was incorrectly stated or addressed. Will you please advise me on correct course of action in my case. My objective is to prevent User (and Admin) Dbachmann from repeated killing this article in its infancy by merging maneuver. Barefact 20:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Dispute resolution. – Steel 01:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Protect

Good work on that merge! >Radiant< 14:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Realistically it was always going to be the easiest and least controversial of the suggested merges. – Steel 17:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning your Admin Coaching assignments

Your name is still listed at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Volunteers. The department is heavily backlogged with student's requests for coaches, and we need your help!

Note that the instructions may have changed since the last time you checked, and the department now follows a self-help process...

If you don't currently have a student, or if you believe you can handle another one, please select a student from the request list at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests and contact them. See the instructions on Wikipedia:Admin coaching. Good luck.

If you are no longer available to coach, , please remove yourself from the volunteers list.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    03:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the newest addition to twinkle collection

Have you tried my twinkleprotect? →AzaToth 15:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I installed it briefly to check it out, but there's a couple of things admins can do on the confirm protect page that aren't currently in twinkleprotect (enabling cascading protection and setting expiry times, for example). I set expiries on almost all my protections and as it stands I can't do that with twinkleprotect. I was going to talk to you about it but I thought you'd probably had enough of me bugging you about your scripts. – Steel 15:35, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Hehe. true, it's not 100% yet. I thought that it could be good releasing it when it was functional, and get pointers on whats "needed". →AzaToth 15:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
It's added now at least. →AzaToth 16:19, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Yayay AzaToth! – Steel 16:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I't will automagically pre-mark cascade to true for pages in main space. →AzaToth 16:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh, the default should be false for all namespaces. – Steel 16:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
oh, I thought that cascade would be the default for normal articles, I'll fix that then. →AzaToth 16:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Cascading protection is rarely used (basically just for the Main Page and salting). – Steel 17:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Now, I would like a process to fix all the protections templates so they make some sort of sense in combination, i.e. having locical names, and locical paramters etc... →AzaToth 16:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you're asking there. – Steel 16:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
First it's the naming of the protection templates. At the moment, I'm using this regex for matching: "protected|(?:t|v|s|p-|usertalk-v|usertalk-s|sb|move)protected(?:2)?|protected template|privacy protection", second, they seems not to all have a parameter to specify expiry. →AzaToth 16:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Basically, you want to standardise the protection templates? – Steel 16:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes. →AzaToth 16:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether there's a process for that. I'd just go ahead and make a supertemplate (I'm guessing you have something like {{Protected|<typeofprotection>|<expiry>}} in mind?) and somehow phase-out the older templates. – Steel 17:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
As I'm not and admin, it's rather difficult fo me to do it :) →AzaToth 17:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, you don't need to be an admin to make the template... – Steel 17:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Made a proposal at WP:VPR#Standardize protection templates →AzaToth 17:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] new Maharishi School article

Hi -- I'm trying to create a new Maharishi School article and its up for speedy deletion again. Can you look at it as it is now to see if its up to standard?

Thanks Roseapple 00:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I've dealt with the speedy deletion problem [9]. – Steel 00:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and quick response! Roseapple 00:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good Question!

Your edit summary made me smile! Have a good night. --Keesiewonder talk 02:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks. – Steel 15:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St Thomas More High School for Boys

Thank you for protecting this article. TerriersFan 23:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I do try and make myself useful. – Steel 23:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JRB

You said[10]. please try to communicate with the user. Problem is that it is many users (anons) who are creating POV problems. Also somebody who adds statements like ". His focus on fighting for a cause, made him a hero in the eyes of some young Sikh men and women who felt they were being discriminated against by the Indian government of Indira Ghandi." (misspelled "Gandhi") and misrepresents this reference [11] by stating "Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is praised by some Sikhs as a matyr of common time and defender of the Sikh faith. However for some Sikhs he set back the role of Sikhs in India..." is going to be difficult to deal with in a rational way. Same problem with previous anon edits like [12][13]. Looks like it is part of an anon trolling effort. Could you offer me some suggestions here? Birdsmight 19:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Not being an expert in the subject area it's hard for me to discern POV, but I decided to give it a short semi-protection. If it continues you'd probably be best of bringing it up on the admin noticeboard. – Steel 22:28, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One Elephant block comments

What are your grounds for listing One Elephant as a suspected sock of RunedChozo?

I have asked Guy similarly why he indef blocked. Barring evidentiary linkage to a known troll, the situation is suspiciously WP:BITEey... Georgewilliamherbert 20:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

One Elephant and RunedChozo were confirmed as sockpuppets by checkuser. – Steel 22:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Where was the checkuser? IRC? It's not in RFCU or the CU archives. Georgewilliamherbert 22:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Jon Harald Soby ran it on request (not from me) [14]. I assume it was on IRC. – Steel 22:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I have followed up with Jon. Georgewilliamherbert 23:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sprot

hi - what is the status of Barack Obama? I can't make sense of the edit summaries. thanks Tvoz | talk 19:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kansai-ben

Thank you for responding on WP:AN, I put another question there. I agree with you on the sources, but I don't know where to find better ones and Macken is being a bit of a dick. Just Heditor review 20:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again. I'll check back in a few days when things have calmed down and if Macken hasn't done anything, i'll do my best to add to that article, I think that subtopic is notable. On another note though, I don't know what to take out of that you think that Wikipedia thinks itself not to be reliable. Just Heditor review 20:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Um... isn't it kind of uncivil to call me a dick, even if you do it with a wiki link? Not that I really mind, but I think it's weird you'd make all this fuss over my usage of the word "bullshit", and then call me a dick. Mackan 20:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Also, please post on the talk page if you have opinions on the article instead of hoping that "I won't notice" if you change it in a couple of days. Mackan 20:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Mackan, you should read that essay. And thank you for reminding me. I'll put something on the talk page saying that i'll come back in a few days to the article. Just Heditor review 22:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Replied here. Joie de Vivre 23:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I do have a watchlist. – Steel 23:52, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Haven Institute

Hi, you may recall that this came up at DRV after you speedy deleted the original article as an advertisment. The DRV was speedy closed after, I set up a page in the users space for them to work on & they have made a lot of effort trying to come up with something that meets our policies.

I wondered if I could ask you to cast your eyes over it to see whether its ready for a return to main space. The page can be found at User:William Meyer/Haven Institute.

This is the first time I have tried to help a user in a case like this so I'm not really sure how far I should go so please be gentle if I have completely screwed this up. Thanks. --Spartaz Humbug! 20:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh I remember this. Having a look at the article, it's not the way I would write it, but it's not a G11 candidate anymore. – Steel 20:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, can I ask whether you would object to my moving the thing back into main space or whether you would prefer it to go through DRV? I agree about the style of the thing but it probably needs other eyes - which means it needs to be in mainspace. Sorry to be a pain. Spartaz Humbug! 10:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Nah, don't bother with a DRV. Just move it into mainspace. – Steel 11:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Cheers! --Spartaz Humbug! 17:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block

I think you did some excellent work in clearing up the blocking policy. Don't let the blind reversion of someone who doesn't understand it put you down, keep up the good work! >Radiant< 13:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question for Steel

When did I do that? DarthZantetsuken 17:19, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It was a mere summary. DarthZantetsuken 17:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for protecting the Richard Walter page

Brent Turvey has been intent on slandering Mr. Walter. He does so on his own websites and has been relentless in trying to do so on wikipedia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Buzzle45 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for the protection on the Richard Walter artical...the edit war was getting out of hand....Shoessss 17:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)