User talk:Westolly

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I would be willing to vote on an entry - I'm not sure I have the time to start a motion myself. John Smith's 22:31, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

To be honest I'm not sure how to do it! In all seriousness, I would wait for a while - the request for deletion was fairly recent. That gives you the perfect opportunity to get editing yourself. John Smith's 23:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Please stop posting the same request on multiple talk pages. --Lee1863 15:01, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Sino-American war

To be quite honest, I would rather not nominate it. I feel I have opened a can of worms in nominating the article I did for deletion. Usually, I would play a big part in the deletion debates, but you will notice that I am not in this particular one, as I am not really sure what I think about the matter. I am glad that no one has particuarly challenged my grounds for deletion, because I am not certain I would be able to defend them! Nominating an article for deletion is easy enough, but I wouldn't reccomend nominating such a controversial one unless you are pretty certain where you (and Wikipedia's policies) stand on the matter. The nomination process is easy enough, and explained here. J Milburn 15:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not going to nominate the article again for AfD (I'm not quite what you mean by "restarting the AfD"; "no consensus" is still a closing of the AfD). A second nomination so soon after the first one closed (a week ago) is clearly inappropriate, in my opinion, unless something major has changed.

Also, for what it's worth, Uncle G is considered somewhat of an authority on notability (one of the key criteria when considering a deletion); I'd rather not tangle with him unless I'm absolutely sure of my grounds.

Finally, while I have doubts about lashing together two separate threads (Vietnam-era confrontation and 21st century confrontation), I think the primary offense was the title; the new title, while not exactly right (in my opinion), is much less crystal-ball-ish than "Sino-American war". -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)