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RL Barnstar

The Real Life Barnstar
- For dealing with a critical and delicate situation that had real life consequences and where you likely helped save a life, I present you with this Real Life Barnstar. Bravo and very well done! Dreadstar † 23:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Bravo! Readin (talk) 03:08, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

NOINDEX on David S. Rohde

Is there any reason to leave {{NOINDEX}} on Talk:David S. Rohde? You added it in March. Now that the story has broken I can't think of any reason to keep it. Could you remove it please, or at least say you won't object if someone else does? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 23:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


non free images

i was under the impression that all photos used in wikipedia were free to use anywhere. i thought that was a precondition to their use? plz explain to me how non free images are used. also, is it ok to upload personally taken photos? EL HOMBRE.. EL MITO...LA LEYENDA (talk) 04:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

oh ok now i understand, thanks for clarifying that for me... i just thought my page was being accidently vandalised by a bot EL HOMBRE.. EL MITO...LA LEYENDA (talk) 20:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

More On Non-Free Images; Clarification/Assistance?

Hello RJD -

Two years ago you helped me in my work on an article regarding Bob Shane, one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio, by adding a correctly-formatted template for WP:NFCC for a picture of Shane [1]. As you can see from the page, User:Aspects is disputing the claim of fair use and has slated the image for deletion tomorrow, 7/1/09.

User:Aspects maintains that a personal snapshot of Shane decades past the period of his notability - which is, however, non-copyrighted and free - uploaded and placed on the page by me is sufficient to serve the needs of the article. I have responded both here [2] and on the Talk page with examples here[3].

I have read thoroughly and pondered the ten criteria on WP:NFCC and the fair use section on images here [4].

The regulations surrounding fair use on the pages cited are substantially subjective - e.g., and operatively here, #9 from WP:NFCC - "Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding."

Essentially, I maintain that the use of Image:Shane62.jpg meets that criterion; User:Aspects does not. I have considered going here [5] for review. However, before I do so, I would appreciate any input/reaction you might be able to give me, however brief, since image use does in fact seem to be an area in which you have substantial experience. Thanks, Sensei48 (talk) 16:41, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt response here. Que sera, sera. I think though that the "wiggle room" occurs in the interpretation - and it is just that - of the passage quoted above. The non-free image was intended by me as an addendum, and I'll likely remove it - it serves no central educational purpose to the article.I may be able to upload legitimately a non-copyrighted image that fits the bill. Sensei48 (talk) 17:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Question per your offer

"So if you have any questions, feel free to ask me." Please post the OTRS ticket to the extent it does not compromise anyones privacy or put their life at risk. Thanks! Hipocrite (talk) 19:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I cannot do that. OTRS tickets are confidential and it would be extremely inappropriate for me to release the content of one. - Rjd0060 (talk) 20:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Could you request that whoever submitted it permit its distribution?
Either way, in the interim, could you describe the relationship of the ticket submitter to the individual kidnapped, and give a brief summary of the rationale used by the submitter for the removal of information? Were you, or other OTRS individuals aware that the individual was, in fact, kidnapped at the time, were you left in the dark, or were you actively misinformed? Hipocrite (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Hipocrite, as Rjd0060 has explained, the OTRS ticket is confidential so questions of the sort that you are asking are inappropriate. FloNight♥♥♥ 20:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Hipocrite, User:Rjd0060 deserves, and got, a barnstar, not the third degree. Fred Talk 20:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Hipocrite, as a matter of policy, it is not a good idea for us to republish OTRS tickets. It is especially not a good idea to do so if the purpose is to find fuel to retrospectively debate a policy decision of this sort. MikeGodwin (talk) 20:46, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
It is especially not a good idea to facilitate retrospective debate over a policy decision that was made by a small cabal of Wiki elites in contravention of Wiki policy? Why not, exactly?

64.22.103.251 (talk) 18:18, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

  • Mike, I am not asking this as a result of the policy discussion on Wikipedia. This is a national news story of interest to millions of Americans who are only now finding out that they were misled by the press such that the press could protect one of their own.
  • Fred, he offered to answer questions. If he wants to retract that offer, I'll certainly stop asking him and go back to pestering the NYTimes Public Editor, who will hopefully come clean about how many people they lied to in perpetuating this cover-up. I'm not pestering any of the other admins, who I suspect are quite blamless in this self-serving media self-dealing. So, now that that's over...
  • Flo, I don't see how my questions are inapropriate. Firstly, the word "confidential" from the OTRS info page on en.wp links to the meta privacy policy. Specifically, that says "The ticket system team may discuss the contents of received mail with other contributors in order to respond effectively." Secondly, it does not guarantee the privacy of the identity of the sender of the mail. Further, putting all of that aside, asking the question is not inapropriate, while answering it might be, because I'm not bound by the privacy policy. Let me try a different question, as this might solve all of the problems.
  • Was the OTRS mail sent by Jimmy Donal Wales? Were you misled by Jimmy Donal Wales at any time? I hope we can all agree that the WMF has no duty to keep his coorespondence private. Hipocrite (talk) 20:50, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Hipocrite, you are way out of line here, as already alluded to by another arb and the wiki lawyer. Knock it off. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:02, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
      • Again, I am not out of line. Difficult questions are difficult, and if the owner of this talk page wants me to stop, I will, but it's not against any rules or policies or procedures for me to ask embarassing questions, and it's certainly not going to get anyone killed, anymore. Hipocrite (talk) 21:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Hipocrite, playing 20 questions to figure out the content of the ticket content seems like it violates the spirit of the OTRS policy that allows people to send anonymous comments and request to the WMF volunteers for processing. The on site actions are present in the article history and speak to the way that the situation was handled with the article. I don't think that the other details are as relevant as you make them appear since the contributors voluntarily made the actions of their own accord. FloNight♥♥♥ 21:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your time, everyone. I got a copy of the ticket from a source. Hipocrite (talk) 21:12, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

As the author of the email to OTRS in question, I have no problem publishing the full text of it here. I have no idea what Hipocrite is going on about, there was nothing misleading about it, it was the immediate emergency request that I made upon learning of the situation, and it is precisely as has already been explained in the press and elsewhere. I believe Hipocrite is trying to make something out of nothing here and I find his line of questioning, and manner of questioning, extremely rude.
"Due to an extremely sensitive BLP issue involving grave personal danger, please protect the biography of David Rohde for 3 days. I would do it myself, but having this be done quietly is important, and me doing it would likely raise special notice which would be counter-productive."
Within a short time after my making the request, Rjd0060 did the protection requested, and either soon after or just before, he and I also had an IRC (I think it was IRC, but I am not sure at the moment) conversation in which I gave him more information, so that he could - on his own - determine what course of action to take.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 21:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Speaking as a journalist, I'd like to publicly thank Hipocrite for going through the aggravation necessary to obtain that information. Running the gauntlet seen above is unpleasant. Jimmy, note as a logical matter, the event does involve, well, let us say, many statements which make it completely reasonable to be skeptical of other associated statements (I'm trying to put it as politely as possible, but it is a simple fact which shouldn't be denied). -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 00:30, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


Undelete request

Hi there, as per IRC conversation could you please undelete 'File:BobbyTaylor and the Vancouvers-01.jpg'? I'll provide a fair use rationale within 7 days or whatever is necessary. Latest version, please.

Thanks a lot! --Echo and I (talk) 03:42, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much!!! --Echo and I (talk) 07:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Hey Rjd. I asked on #wikipedia-en about the admin channel, got pointed to Wikipedia:IRC#Pending_requests_for_access_to_channels, and told I had to be cloaked. Where can I read up on that stuff? I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but I'm now using Chatzilla since my mIRC timed out. I'm not hugely knowledgeable on the IRC stuff, just want to be able to ask a question here and there at times. Any help would be appreciated ... thx, and Cheers. — Ched :  ?  04:17, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank You

The Helping Hand Barnstar
Just wanted to say thanks for all the time you spent helping a n00b (that would be me) Rjd. It's greatly appreciated! — Ched :  ?  07:54, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for protecting the article Xenu. However, I fear that a longer period of semi-protection may be required, in light of the prior protection logs on the article and the propensity for vandalism to it. Cirt (talk) 13:37, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Question regarding clarifying David Rohde article actions

Hi, speaking as a journalist, could I please ask you for clarification of something you wrote?

"I wish people would stop complaining about Jimmy who really didn't do anything in this situation, contrary to the NYT article who made him out as a "leader" of sorts. I heavily reviewed a request that was received via our email ticket system and I acted on it in a way that I felt was appropriate."

But Jimmy made that request per above, right? Isn't that being a "_leader_ of sorts"?

"We (as in OTRS agents) respond to sensitive queries on a daily basis (though I'll admit none are quite like this one)."

Right, but when it comes from The Co-Founder, isn't that a little different from the day-to-day request? I mean, are you really ever going to act against his directives, much less ever roundfile him with something like Wikipedia-is-not-censored?

General Disclaimer, addressed to all: I know, good intentions, etc., and Jimmy thinks I'm a (insert-personal-attack-here) - I KNOW. Can we all just focus on the material, thank you? -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 05:46, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I really don't believe it matters who the original request came from. Whoever sent us the request, I would have reviewed it the same and acted as I felt appropriate and/or necessary. - Rjd0060 (talk) 14:27, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. Now, I cannot argue with your belief _qua_ belief, but I'll note that such belief is not objectively convincing. That is, I'll accept you "really don't believe it matters who the original request came from". But that's not evidence that it doesn't matter who the original request came from. Anyway, do you see how your original statement conveys a very strong impression that Jimmy did not send the initial ticket, and so the _Times_ has misreported the events? If I understand you correctly, you're basing your objection on an interpretation of the word "leader", where a request (ticket) from The Co-Founder does not qualify as "leader of sorts" and means he "really didn't do anything"?
I'm not interested in pounding you over this relatively minor aspect. That's not why I do journalistic work. But I urge you to look over your comments and see how it could happen that you'd get accused of trying a cover-up (note, I'm NOT accusing you of being part of a cover-up here, I'm saying to be sensitive to a way you could easily be misunderstood in a very negative manner).
A word of advice - if you're ever asked to do something, well, let's say "controversial", by someone in authority (and let's not pretend Jimmy is some sort of aw-shucks peer), for your own protection, make it very clear who is leading. Because documents get leaked, others talk, and if it comes down to a crunch, those authorities aren't going to take a fall for you. Wikipedia's mythology about being community-run is particularly pernicious here (there are legal reasons for it), and I suspect eventually some naive acolyte will get badly hurt one day. -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 20:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Sun

Thanks for the edit. Apparently Portal:Featured content displays a random featured article with every page load; that's where I noticed the red linked image. —SpaceFlight89 (talk) 14:59, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Commendation

Hello! I hope I don't come across as silly, but I wanted to commend you for the manner in which you disengaged from Juliancolton's RfB. I am certain this was a difficult and sensitive matter, and I wanted to state that I am impressed with the grace you displayed in closing your participation in the discussion. Thank you and be well. Pastor Theo (talk) 04:31, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Final vandalism warning?

Why did you leave a final vandalism warning on my talk page? I've committed no vandalism that I'm aware of, nor have I received any previous lower level warnings from your or anyone, so I'm wondering if this was an error. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of page on James Roberts, Jr

Greetings, if I can find third-party references, can I bring that back? Mr Roberts was in fact famous on the martial-arts tournament circuit, I should be able to dig up some third-party references, such as Black Belt Magazine, etc.

Mail if necessary for speedy response to thardman at thomashardman.com

Thardman22 (talk) 02:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Uncommunicative editors

Ya know Rjd. There's at least 3 such editors are know of, who are limited to corresponding with others. 2 of them frequent NHL articles: 1 is the Sniyer guy & the other (I won't say his name) is a big fan of & concentrates mainly on the Philadelphia Flyers & ralated articles. GoodDay (talk) 23:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Hudler

When Hudler signed had signed the contract with Dynamo, he had previously filled for salary arbitration, therefore making him still a property of the Red Wings. He is obliged to play in the NHL next season. NHL has approached the IIHF to intervene. So until the whole case is solved, please do not change the information. Norum (talk) 08:37, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Detroit Red Wings 2009-10 Season

I noticed you changed the format of the table I had placed with the preseason schedule and placed the edit note as consistency with the table. If you look at the other NHL season pages, that is the format on all the pages. If I missed the consensus in WP:Hockey I apologize, but I was following the format set on the other pages. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 08:21, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Restore on article on James Roberts, Jr

Thanks for the speedy restoration.

Much of the information comes from personal memory, but there are also online sources which aren't directly linked to downstream from Mr Roberts. I should be able to dig up some references from Black Belt Magazine as they are starting to bring some of their history pages online. Many thanks again, Thardman22 (talk) 06:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

The Cult of Sincerity uncontested WP:PROD - undelete?

Hello, I was wondering if you could undelete The Cult of Sincerity. I'm not sure how complete the article was before it was WP:PRODed but I'd like to take a stab at filling in notability issues.

Thanks,  ~ PaulT+/C 04:30, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

IRC cloak

The toolserver tool for requesting IRC cloaks seems to be dead. How do I go about getting an IRC cloak? Happy‑melon 19:41, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

User talk:0kmck4gmja

At User talk:0kmck4gmja, you have just deleted 678(!) edits. I object to this. The talkpage history is indeed relevant to reconstruct article histories, and the talkpage contributions are not owned by the user in question but by whoever made them. I also object to the obscurantist practice of hiding pages under titles like "0kmck4gmja", this isn't above-the-board. I see no reason for this deletion, as any edits made by any editor are irrevocably released under the GFDL. User talk histories are often relevant in reconstructing the history of content debates. --dab (𒁳) 14:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I am aware of WP:RTV, which explicitly states it's best to not delete user talk pages on request. I apologize for implying you moved the user to 0kmck4gmja. This was apparently the user's own attempt at obfuscation, not yours. I still object to the deletion, and talking down to me isn't going to change anything. Judging from the talkpage history, this is a case of IRC-admining, to the effect that administrative decisions have been made that cannot be traced on-wiki. It is also not a big deal and I am not going to go on a crusade over it. I have simply told you, as my fellow-admin, that I object to a decision of yours. I don't expect you to jump to attention but I do expect you to take due notice. --dab (𒁳) 16:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

"The Network"

You can block an individual, but as you know, you can't block "The Network"! When a block is initiated, we just simply change chapter responsibility! Look for us later this week at another ISP!--TheKnightExemplar (talk) 22:32, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:RFPP

I've seen you moderate requests on this page and was wondering if you would look at my nomination for Big Brother 2009 (UK)? Thanks, DJ 22:38, 27 July 2009 (UTC).

IRC Cloak

I noticed that you are one of the IRC Group Contacts. I just started using IRC tonight, and my nickname is King_of_Hearts. Could you give me the IRC Cloak wikipedia/King_of_Hearts? Thanks. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:11, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Also, could I join #wikipedia-en-admins? Thanks. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Unblocking me

Thanks for getting rid of my autoblock! I really appreciate it. --Edge3 (talk) 03:10, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

IRC Cloak

Hi, I noticed your name on King of Heart's userpage. I'm interested in obtaining an IRC cloak as well. Will you be able to help me with this? Best, →javért stargaze 06:40, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination

Hello, I was wondering if you could temporarily semi-protect the article Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination over the next twenty-four hours. There is likely to be random IP vandalism, and is expected to be a high visibilty article as the event progresses in just a short time from now. I didn't want to add this to the Requests for protection page as I've been declined once before for something like this, and it ends up being vandalised to hell and back until hours after the event is already over, and a lock is finally added. (Shaheen Jafargholi's article was a prime example during the MJ funeral.) Anyway, sorry if it seems random that I contacted you, you were the first administrator I saw on the Requests page. Any help will be extremely helpful in managing the article, when the time comes. Gage (talk) 15:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

I am extremely familiar with the policy, thanks though. But, seeing as you seemed to be more accesible than the delayed response on the part of the RFPP volunteers as a whole, contacting you here would probably be better if it gets out of hand, which is almost certain. I hope you don't mind, as it would, again, be extremely helpful. Gage (talk) 15:48, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

IRC Cloak

Hello Rjd. Tried reaching you on IRC earlier but to no avail... I noticed you were one of the group contacts for IRC. Since the cloaking request is down, do you know how I would be able to obtain one? Thank you! -Pax85 (talk) 21:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Rjd0060, Kingpin13 (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Kingpin13 (talk) 22:55, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for edited that protected page for me, as well as fixing my mistake. Kingpin13 (talk) 22:55, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Why was I deleted?

I am "Steven Pederson" the subject of an article you deleted. (Yes, I realize *I* was not deleted, an article on me was deleted. However it does feel a bit like being srubbed into non-existence.)

The article wasn't a vanity article--I didn't create it, it was reasonably sourced, and I made it a point to leave it alone (resisting the temptation to update it and make it a vanity piece--my subsequent ventures have not been the source of independent coverage.)

I'm not any sort of member of the wikipedia community--have done no more than correct an few inaccuracies (unrelated to this), never before even needed an account. From what I can divine, the reason for deletion was so obvious that it didn't need to be explained. Well maybe to insiders. As a mere mortal who simply uses wikipedia as an information source... breaking all the links stands out as a red flag.

As I write this I realize that coherence to outsiders is a general issue, and you're just probably just one editor, not a spokesperson for the organization. But you DID delete the article so you're the touch point for wondering why....

Interestingly, the deletion didn't even make it into deletionpedia. Talk about ground into insignificance. ;)

Anyway, may I dare to ask: Why was I deleted? Austeve (talk) 22:34, 9 August 2009 (UTC)Austeve

BBUK 09

The protection runs out tonight, the last two years it has been usual to let the protection run out after the last day, as you were the last to protect it, could you extend it to midnight 4th September (or one minute into the 5th). Darrenhusted (talk) 13:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

ARBCOM

You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Javert, Rjd0060, and Jimbo and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew R. Smith (talk • contribs)

My account has been compromised (my fault really, I had a very simple password), and used maliciously in my absence. I apologize for any trouble caused under my name, and would like this arbcom case closed. I am available for questions, and would like to help clean up the crap that has gone on in my absence.Drew Smith What I've done 11:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Facepalm

I'm thinking "headesk" myself. How obtuse can one person be??? KillerChihuahua?!?Advice 14:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Hey now, let's be nice. What does a facepalm contribute to the discussion?    M   02:09, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the admin help at article Marc Koska. Cirt (talk) 04:12, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Immediate commons deletion

Could you please delete commons:File:RememberMePoster.jpg, I have uploaded one to the Wikipedia with a proper license • S • C • A • R • C • E • 15:08, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! • S • C • A • R • C • E • 15:11, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

That was fast! Thanks.

time: 3 minutes, 12 seconds, quite respectable. Thanks. --Abd (talk) 02:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

uFDEX

Strange that you removed the network protocol uFDEX as it's a real system used in many applications. Because it's also an internal network between MCU and other electronics, companies using this does not really tell they use uFDEX but if you think it does not belong to Wikipedia then let it be that way... 58.147.28.186 (58.147.28.186) 06:32, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Terry Baum

Hi could you userfy this to me? It was deleted as a not notable politician but she is a quite accomplished playwright and performer and her run for congress was a part of her performance peices "Baum for Congress". -- Banjeboi 13:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I would like you to rethink

Declining the page protection for the IP talk. It says that users are not allowed to remove blocks still in effect.Abce2|Aww nuts!Wribbit!(Sign here) 22:56, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Not sure if you have it watchlisted, but I tried to add some clarification to the IP talk page discussion taking place on MBK004`s talk page. The section in question is User talk:MBK004#User talk pages. Thank you, — Kralizec! (talk) 04:30, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

glenn beck talk page: ANI

FYI: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Glenn_Beck. tedder (talk) 03:06, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Renaming {{otheruses4}}

I've started a new thread on Template_talk:Otheruses4#Request_move_discussion about moving {{otheruses4}} to a less esoteric title. You suggested that I try to get more people into the discussion by posting to the Village Pump, I'm not very familiar with it, can you suggest which forum to post to? My best guess was Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals), but I'd hate to spam the wrong forum. Also, if you have an opinion on the matter, please add to the discussion. Thanks, Sligocki (talk) 20:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Josh Magennis

You recently left a message on the talk page of User:Southbankmolineux about ignoring the consensus about the article but he has simply re-added the information again and stated that he will keep re-adding it. I've never had a problem with an edit war before so I hoped I could leave it up to you to take the appropriate action. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 21:35, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Centereach, New York

You once acted to defend a page I had worked on from vandals, so I am dropping by to see what can be done about an IP address that has now messed with the census data on Centereach,_New_York three times in the last 10 days. From their User_talk:69.113.203.59 talk page, it looks like all their edits are vandal edits. Thanks for any help you might lend. --Neighborhoodpalmreader (talk) 05:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahmad Jamal

Greetings Rjd0060 - I see you have just edited the Ahmad Jamal article and left an edit summary referring to the discussion on the talk page. However, as you have not left any rationale on said talk page and the consensus reached is that his birth name is to be included - as per Wikipedia guidelines - I'm confused as to what criteria you are applying. As you are an admin. I take for granted you know something I don't, but please explain. Thank you. --Technopat (talk) 23:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Greetings again Rjd0060 - have just seen your edit to the talk page. Message received, but I have a sneaking feeling the OTRS will be contested. Regards, --Technopat (talk) 23:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for explanation on my talk page.--Technopat (talk) 23:53, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to drag this one out, but thought the following gem from the French article might be of interest: [[6]]. It's a well-known "fact" that he changed his name (as did many other musicians on converting to Islam in the '50s, 60s and 70s) and I'm sincerely worried that the Wikipedia Foundation is being hoodwinked over this matter - not by Jamal himself, but by his close collaborators. Do you know if the evidence submitted via OTRS been taken at face value or has the Foundation itself accessed the public records? Obviously if the Foundation were being threatened with legal action as part of this polemic the perspective changes, but verifiability is where Wikipedia is at! Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 00:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for latest clarification - please don't think I'm doubting your personal good faith in this - it's precisely the authenticity of the copies you have received that I harbour doubts about. But it's too late at night over here to worry 'bout it now. Thanks for your admining. G'night! --Technopat (talk) 00:37, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Images?

Hey, I saw you deleted Images i uploaded from flickr on wiki commons. Can you please explain my why as it said I can upload if it says "Some rights reserved".

Images are: Kotor_ulaz.jpg Kotor_pogled.jpg

Cheers!

Rave92(talk) 13:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Image 2

Hey, me again. I uploaded this image again : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kotor_ulaz.jpg

But the author gave me a permission to add it with condition mentioning him. Is that ok? Rave92(talk) 13:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

You're telling me what to do?

That's strange considering the fact that the New York Times told you to remove my David Rohde edits. I must say that you being a part of that cover up surprised me greatly. Pahjwok Afghan News was really unreliable, eh? HA, whatever. At least you gave Darrenhusted a warning too. Thank you for doing that. 72.186.97.162 (talk) 01:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for pointing out that I made an edit on AN/I that removed other people's text. I would never have noticed. I don't understand why there was no edit conflict notice. I double-checked everything to make sure I wasn't somehow deleting more text as I was putting the other text back, and I'm pretty sure it's OK now (this diff stream shows no deletions). -- Soap Talk/Contributions 02:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Knee-jerk reversion

Please exercise care when performing a blind revert, as you did here. Not doing so will undo not only changes you find problematic, but also the valid changes made during that same edit. It's an easy mistake to make; one that will happen less frequently with experience. You can find more information at WP:Revert. With regards to your comment on my talk page, thank you for the link to the WP:BLP section on relatively unknown people. I do not see how that applies to the 3 sources listed in the Lewy article; perhaps you could elaborate? If you choose to do so, it would probably be advantageous to respond on the article talk page in case other editors are interested. Regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 19:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Rjd0060 -
You came to my talk page to advise me on the fundamentals of BLP, a category of articles I have specialized in since I began editing Wikipedia. Bad form. You then reverted content you considered negative, while claiming you didn't see the 3 high quality sources to which it was cited. Possibly an oversight on your part; possibly willful negligence. During that revert, you also deleted other content without any explanation at all. Bad form. When I asked you to elaborate on your reasoning for the deletion of sourced content, you responded not with your reasons, but with further incivility: your blatant disregard to the BLP policy is appalling; I see that you're not interested in logical discussion; [you are] ignoring one of the most important policies that we have. On top of all that, you inform me you are OTRS, and therefore I "clearly don't know the full story". Wait, is this the same OTRS described in the opening paragraph as comprised of "Volunteers trusted to give courteous and helpful responses?"
Here's the full story, Rjd0060. I hate drama, but you have pushed too many buttons here. I am one step away from taking this situation to the noticeboards for review. I am requesting that you strike your comments from my talk page, and I am re-requesting that you elaborate on your objections to the 3 (now 4) sources cited for the content in the Lewy BLP. Please take this opportunity to return this to a cooperative effort, instead of an adversarial one. Regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 20:51, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
You are correct your assessment that my edit summaries could have been a little more ... let's say, constructive. Let's see if we can resolve this to everyone's satisfaction. Xenophrenic (talk) 21:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Indukti

Hey,

Why have you deleted page about rock band Indukti, wich is present on others pages of English wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Indukti?
Is also present in Polish, German and Spanish wikipedia:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indukti
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indukti
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indukti

Could you help me restore this page? I'm not experienced user of wikipedia and English isn't my native language

TYA!

Cozy64 http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja_wikipedysty:Cozy64 e-mail:cozy@indukti.com, 21:30, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Not sure which license applies

Hey, I wanted to ask you under which copyright status I could upload this image: http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7571/danilovicstamatovicgoranovicjo.gif

It is an USA official document but as you can see, it dates back over 100 years. So is this picture public domain since it copyright status expired? Or should I upload it under US government copyright? Rave92(talk) 12:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Chugworth Academy Deletion

"A small web comic with no significance" seems pretty harsh, considering that at its height it received 50,000 unique hits a day and a nationally licensed book from a legit publisher. http://us.macmillan.com/chugworthacademyvol1 http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/chugworth.com

Just check its max trends, it remained in Alexa's top 100,000 for the portion of its lifespan while it did update.

Now admittedly, the comic has been in remission, but it seems like the proposed deletion was right before it started up with new updates, and so no one was paying attention to the article, but lacking in updates is not uncommon to web comics. It seems at the very least that the grounds for deletion are erroneous, as the comic had quite a large reader base and some significance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.2.228.8 (talk) 22:41, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Close to Home (Song)

Can you move Close to Home (Song) to User:Sheled Umlal/Close to Home so that I may work on it? —Preceding undated comment added 19:26, 11 October 2009 (UTC).

Eric Violette

This article is one you salted a little over a year ago -- would you consider removing the protection? (The subject is the guy who plays the pirate in the FreeCreditReport.com commercials.) I'm not sure about notability -- it's a singing pirate, after all -- but since the article was salted (and since the last deletion review) there have been reliable sources reporting on the subject. (See [7]). It may be worth opening it up to see if anyone writes a usable article.

My primary concern is that if we leave something salted that long, a subject that was not notable under the guidelines can become notable -- but we won't get an article about it because rank and file editors won't be interested in navigating deletion review or unprotection. Unless we really need to leave this salted to avoid disruption, I think we should try to open it up to see whether the subject has become notable. Thoughts? --TheOtherBob 16:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. --TheOtherBob 21:22, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Email

Check mail. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Hylden Lord

I noticed you deleted this along with Hash'ak'gik which redirected there. I am not sure what these originally looked like, but while it probably did not deserve an individual article since it was not the main character of these games, they could both redirect too List of Legacy of Kain characters#Hash'ak'gik which describes the guy. Would it be okay to restore these and change them to redirect there? Also I am wondering, whatever content was originally at this article, would it be possible to find an archive to see if any could be incorporated and merged into his description on the LoK character list page? Sarafan Lord, Hylden General & Dark Entity are other terms for the same character which I hope can also be directed there, since they were not previously deleted I figure they might be recent additions. Tyciol (talk) 00:38, 23 October 2009 (UTC) .

Warning

Please do not revert edits that aren't vandalism. RMHED 00:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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PET Biology

Why deleting such a page. Even if it's not a complete reference it's always better than nothing, and nothing there is still. Wiki Editoritis? - Preceding unsigned comment added by Grimmert of old (talk • contribs) 16:41, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Veracity (album)

If I wish to re-create a page, I'm told to contact the admin who deleted it. I would like to re-create the Veracity (album) page. I have made a user-subpage that you can look at. [8] and I plan to expand it a bit with the information at the following two urls: [9] and [10] most likely tomorrow or Saturday. Please let me know what you think, I'd be happy to have any feedback. FallenWings47 (talk) 18:24, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Marc Koska

Marc Koska's WP entry has been vandalized again. I think it needs to be protected permanently now, because this keeps happening. Johnalexwood (talk) 18:19, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Great - thanks for looking into this :) Johnalexwood (talk) 19:27, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Nice one - I can do something else with my time now rather than being on constant vigil! So what do I have to do when I want to make a legit edit to Marc's page? Johnalexwood (talk) 03:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

RfC Filed Concerning Ahmad Jamal's Birth Name

I have filed a Request for Comment concerning Ahmad Jamal's birth name. If you are going to claim that he was given the name "Ahmad Jamal" back in 1930, it would only be fair to disclose what information you have to that effect, and to respond to information in the public record that indicates otherwise. Please see Talk:Ahmad Jamal#RfC on Not Giving Ahmad Jamal's Birth Name as Frederick Russell Jones-RLCampbell (talk) 17:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Jon Drew entry deletion

I am responsible for creating a wiki page for the well known and respected music producer Jon Drew and have noticed that you have already deleted a previous entry under that title. Was it not sourced or referenced properly? I would like to know more about why so I don't make the same mistake. (Maybealex (talk) 21:19, 30 November 2009 (UTC))

Semi-protect

In May you semi-pp-ed my user page, as I am going to be unable to log on for about a month could you fully-protect the user page and my talk page, and semi-protect all my talk archive pages, if you have the time. I would rather not return in a few weeks to a bunch of vandalism. Cheers in advance. Darrenhusted (talk) 22:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for this ⬅ ❝Redvers❞ 08:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

epesiBIM

Hi! You deleted the page stating that: 00:18, 19 December 2008 Rjd0060 (talk | contribs) deleted "EpesiBIM" ‎ (Deleted because expired WP:PROD; Reason given: Non notable software.) Well - the software was downloaded more than 10,000 times from SourceForge.net and we have visitors from 135 countries. Can you restore it please? (jtylek 22:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

northwest migration

i just want to ask why u deleted "northwest migration". I see you deleted it because it doesn't have any sources to back it up. while it is just mentioning neo-nazis. who are moving whites to the northwest coast of the u.s. it would be nice if it was still up there. honestly people need to know what they are planning. while it may be nothing, wikipedia is about sharing knowledge and i believe that article was important. —Nightslayer78 (talk • contribs) 10:34, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Phi Delta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

This was the reasoning for deleting the page:

23:32, 29 April 2008 Rjd0060 (talk | contribs) deleted "Phi Delta Sigma Fraternity, Inc." ‎ (Deleted because expired WP:PROD; Clearly autobiographical and no secondary sources showing notability..)

Is the actual page information salvageable or will the writer need to start from scratch? Also, I understand it may have seemed autobiographical considering one of it's own members wrote it, but would the university's recognition of the organization be acceptable as a source (http://stars.umd.edu/dsp_description.asp?id=16701&sem=206)? --X3tinaa (talk) 05:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I just read up on the 'prod' tag and don't believe the page creator realized what it was, so I'd like to have the page restored. How do I go about making this request? Also, if you wouldn't mind giving me some feedback on improvements for the page, that'd be great! :) --X3tinaa (talk) 14:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)


Macaco

Hello. Hey, how would I be able to recreate the Jorge Patino page? What would I need? He is notable by my definition, and I'm sure that I can find tons of media sources about him, both printed and online. He's a well known name in MMA and Jiu Jitsu, especially here in Brazil. Macaco fought in the UFC, Pride, he defeated Ronaldo Souza (Jacaré), among other stuff. How can I get started? Thank you. Moro-no-lixo (talk) 14:27, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for the feedback. I'll start gathering info, checking sources, and doing some of the easier stuff as soon as the weekend kicks in. My life is boring. Moro-no-lixo (talk) 16:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Poliorcetics

Hello,

Over a year ago you deleted the page Poliorcetics -- which I have no complaints about. Your deletion notice was as follows: 22:11, May 29, 2008 Rjd0060 (talk|contribs) deleted "Poliorcetics" ‎ (Deleted because expired WP:PROD; Reason given: Non notable jargon.) I thought, however, that it would be good as a soft redirect to wiktionary:poliorcetics. If you don't mind, I shall recreate it with Template:Wi. Cheers! –The Fiddly Leprechaun · Catch Me! 20:49, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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Marc Koska

The entry for his charity The SafePoint Trust has been removed. I've left a message for user Alexf who removed it - any advice you can give me to get it put back asap?Johnalexwood (talk) 13:33, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Bowling

Hey there. Looks like we walked over each other on the page while trying to tidy it up.  :) Sorry for removing the template, I didn't realize it was there. ArcAngel (talk) 19:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Ping

I have sent you an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk) 00:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

EvilDay

Thanks Rjd0060, for blocking that stalker. GoodDay (talk) 00:30, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Riseofryujin

Hello, you likely will not remember me, but I was formerly a member of Wikipedia called Junsuiene. In July of 2008 I started an article with my friend called "Ryujin Hachisu", an article, which regretable, was deleted in September of the same year. My searches have resulted in my finding that you were the one who happened to delete it. No, I do not suggest that you somehow return it to Wikipedia, merely that if you can, find the article in your archives and email it to me at <removed Rjd0060 (talk) 23:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)>. If you can do this, I would be most grateful. Sincerely, Riseofryujin Riseofryujin (talk • contribs) 23:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Done! Have a nice day. - Rjd0060 (talk) 23:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Underground Railroad

Thanks for adding the protection on that page. It's getting hit pretty hard. Another one that's really getting hit is Pocahontas. Sometimes there seems no rhyme or reason to the crazy vandalism here. lol MarmadukePercy (talk) 22:55, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

You might also want to protect Patrick Henry. That one's been getting hit a lot too. MarmadukePercy (talk) 02:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Blood & Ink Records

I'm interested in recreating the Blood & Ink Records entry and could use some guidance. You deleted the item last time it was posted. --dwwhite1982 (talk) 11:22, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

You're free to re-create it however be sure to familiarize yourself with notability guidelines before doing so. - Rjd0060 (talk) 21:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Now (band) deletion

Hi. I noticed that the article for this band had been deleted by you. You may have been unaware of their collaboration with artiste Damo Suzuki, and their subsequent entry in Damo Suzuki's article discography section. Although I am unsure whether this itself constitutes notability (although perhaps it should), do you happen to still have the original article as it stood anyway, for me to see please? Caspar (talk) 12:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

SlimBrowser

You deleted the SlimBrowser article in 2008 after an expired prod.[11] Could you undelete it so I can make an edit similar to [12] refering to [13], which to me makes it notable enough, in that some people will want to know what it is.--Rumping (talk) 10:25, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks - I have reduced it to a less ad-like summary and then added the new point. --Rumping (talk) 15:45, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Save your "civility" wanrings

Adults get angry. They swear sometimes. Deal with it. I was swearing. So what? Scottaka UnitAnode 01:58, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

thanks (seaworld item)

appreciate your noticing (and hopefully noticed that I had asked the other party, numerous times, to join the conversation (which they apparently refused to do, and instead chose to attack an editor instead). SpikeJones (talk) 13:44, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

My signature

Hey, do you reckon that this is okay? Silverヨッシー!, and also, do you know where I coud get a name change? Thanks! Silverヨッシー! 06:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

James Roberts, Jr.

I can't figure out why a two-month old PROD tag was removed from a page rather than having the article deleted.[14] I know it's ancient history, but do you recall any of the details?   Will Beback  talk  23:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for that background. It looks like he never found any significant sources, so I'll AfD it.   Will Beback  talk  01:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Psych. rock list

Hi Ryan. I've recently prepared the "List of psychedelic rock artists" which is fully referenced. And, I am so willing to create the page, all is ready. But Wikipedia suggests me to talk to you before recreating the page since it was deleted by you earlier. Can I get what your opinion? I have references listed in the article for each artist, over 120, I don't see any reason not to create the list page since it's fully referenced. I am aware some bands don't fall in a specific genre, and if there are such bands in the list that I've already prepared we could put them under discussion. If necessary, the artist could get deleted. Thanks in advance. Elitropia (talk) 14:52, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

User talk:208.123.41.35

Hello, you'd blocked this an an open proxie. The block has expired, and I've just vandal warned. Don't know what if anything is to be done. Dlohcierekim 15:45, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

IRC Cloak Request

Hi. Wanted to leave a cloak request.

1. My project username is Wifione

2. Desired cloak format is wikimedia/wifione (as I wanted to contribute not only to wikipedia, but also to the wikimedia strategy task force). In case that's not possible, then wikipedia/wifione

3. Link to the confirmation edit on my talk page

Thanks ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 17:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Will do. ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 06:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

ThomasLH:

Hi I cannot find out how to post spreadsheet-looking information. When I try copy and pasting an ex; spreassheet, the columns do not work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasLH (talk • contribs) 14:23, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

predicting the future

Hello. Regarding this edit that you made back in March, I believe that this specific 3RR possibility will pop up again. The topic has previously been settled per the Sea World incident via RFC, and this appears to be a continued riff on the same. Aside from continuing to go to RFC, talk pages, etc in order to continually explain previous consensus, history thereof, and what WP policies do/don't apply, what other suggestions would you have to minimize unconstructive conflict in the future? (discussion links available, if you need them) SpikeJones (talk) 14:00, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Ahmad Jamal

Hey Rjd, can I ask you to have a look at the talk page of this article and the (old) conversation about the birth name issue? Is it correct that the real birth name (for which there are ample sources--see the history, or Google Books) is not to be used? Please answer on the talk page, for future reference. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 02:05, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Permission to make a Final Destination 5 Page

Hello, with the recent news of a director on board for the sequel, is it possible for me to create a page for the film? You can read the news here: [[15]] Tell me what you think. Thanks. Cigammagicwizard (talk) 04:21, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, this is about you deleting the Lance Bouma page. I understand that he is not yet a professional player, but he is the Vancouver Giants captain, and has served the team for 5 years. I think he still deserves a page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Batgrenade1 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Heemraad

Hi, I am recreating the Heemraad page which you previously deleted. Since the Dutch have a peculiar form of government with a separate shadow government for their struggle against water, I think it is important to have pages for these low government positions. It may seem silly, but it is necessary to distinguish them from the regular government officials. To sum it up, the government bodies today in order of rank are 1) National, 2) Provincial, 3) Municipal, and 4) Water boards. In medieval times and earlier however, the water boards were the same as municipal, and since it was a country of duchies, this was also the highest form of government. Jane (talk) 07:41, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Came to Rjd0060's page in pursuit of another deletion of his. Upon reflection, I thought the deletion (that I wanted reversed) was technically "correct" but improperly implemented. So too with Heemraad: the material should be rolled into Water board (The Netherlands), and "Heemraad" should redirect there (likely with an anchor). 24.130.67.253 (talk) 05:11, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

MIA?

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Pentex

Hi, I hit a link: http://www.metafilter.com/70493/Monsanto-Milk which, in mentioning "Pentex" linked to the Wikipedia entry for that topic. I see you deleted it. As I mentioned above (RE "Heemraad") it seems to me that although the subject doesn't merit its own entry, the content of the old Pentex entry, if still available, would more-properly be rolled into Technocracy_(Mage:_The_Ascension) (which also relied upon a link to "Pentex" for completeness) than simply erased. 24.130.67.253 (talk) 23:44, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

John Dieterich

Hi - I see you deleted this page because of an expired prod. This musician is a member of multiple notable bands - I'm not sure if they were in 2008 or not, but can you possibly restore the article that was deleted, if there was anything meaningful there? Thanks. PermanentVacay (talk) 05:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Tony Anthony (evangelist) (deleted page)

Hi, I note you had a role in deleting this page. I'm currently trying to put together a picture of the claims made by Anthony which may be fraudulent. If you can help in any way, please respond on my talk page, thanks!EutychusFr (talk) 18:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Jurickson Profar (deleted) I see you deleted Jurickson Profar. You obviously know nothing about baseball, because he is one of the top prospects in all of baseball for the Texas Rangers. He is rank the 12 best prospect in baseball by Baseball America. He is not a "non notable Little League player." He was a notable Little League player who won the first Little League World Series for the island of Curacao with a home run. Now he is ranked the second best shortstop prospect in all of professional baseball only behind Manny Machado by Baseball America. But I look him up on Wiki and I see he was deleted as "non notable." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.95.120 (talk) 23:37, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Potti

i noticed in 2008 u deleted the page of Potti the legendary and probably best counter-strike player of all time. you sir, are an idiot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gotham12 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DELETED

You also deleted on 00:02, 26 October 2008 a page dedicated to Nelson Montes-Bradley, historian, producer. There are enough references to justify his inclusion in Wikipedia. I would like you to reconsider. Thank You. Sabonarola (talk) 06:49, 20 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabonarola (talk • contribs)

Jurickson Profar (deleted)

You deleted Jurickson Profar. I go to look up the 12th ranked prospect in all of baseball by Baseball America (Jurickson Profar of the Texas Rangers) and it tells me someone deleted him because he is a non notable Little League player. He is one of the best prospects in all of baseball. Do you know much about baseball? Shouldn't a baseball expert be making these decisions? http://www.rotohardball.com/2011/7/7/2264150/texas-rangers-jurickson-profar-best-shortstop-prospect-in-baseball http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-rangers/headlines/20110724-rangers-top-10-prospects-report-ss-jurickson-profar-can_t-stay-off-the-bases-this-week.ece http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110414&content_id=17765840&c_id=tex http://dallas.sbnation.com/texas-rangers/2011/7/11/2269607/jurickson-profar-shines-in-futures-games http://dallas.sbnation.com/2011/8/8/2351975/jim-callis-on-jurickson-profars-numbers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.95.120 (talk) 23:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

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You deleted on 00:02, 26 October 2008 a page dedicated to Nelson Montes-Bradley, historian, producer. There are enough references to justify his inclusion in Wikipedia. I would like you to reconsider. Thank You. Sabonarola (talk) 06:49, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Deleted MU/FO section in 2008 - Why?

I see you removed the section on the MU/FO 4GL back in 2008. MU/FO was an important development in the early 80's in systems design, and should be recorded here. I was a major contributor and mentioned in the articles, and yet I was not contacted regarding this entry and it's removal. Please re-instate the article. The original link was ../wiki/MU/FO. Warwickp (talk) 04:17, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Artificial clouds

Hi Rjd0060. I am interested in what was prodded on this subject. Would you be willing to move it to my userspace? I am interested in the subject and a proposal to build them and float them over hot stadiums in the Middle East. Thanks. Candleabracadabra (talk) 22:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps Cloud seeding is what you're looking for? — Ched :  ?  22:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I don't think seeding a cloud to cause precipitation is the same as creating a cloud to provide shade and a cooling effect. Candleabracadabra (talk) 16:43, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

hey ...

Welcome Back. — Ched :  ?  22:19, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Man. Hope to fill some dead time in life with some stuff around here again. -Rjd0060 (talk) 22:31, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Don't know if it's just me or not - but the whole place seem a little wacko lately, more so than normal even. Just skim through the last couple AC cases (civ, and TimidGuy ban appeal) for a sample ... and of course the ever popular daily soap opera of AN and ANI. well, I'm just glad to see another rational reasonable adult around the place. cheers. — Ched :  ?  17:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Joseph Kony

I see you protected this page. Would you care to look at this recent edit? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Documentation for gadget authors

I saw you had done some work on heavily-used gadgets. We're trying to start a library for gadget authors to use. Please check it out and post any questions or comments there. -- ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 01:16, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Page protection

Thank you very much! Ocirne94 (talk) 13:50, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Daily Mail

Thank you for Protecting the Daily Mail article. But for the record I am not "edit warring", I am removing disruptive edits from a very determined editor who has resorted to writing childish personal insults on my talk page. Thank you for your assistance. Christian1985 (talk) 23:23, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

For this, best regards QU TalkQu 23:40, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Titan Maximum Protection Request

Rjd0060, first let me thank you for your assistance and I believe you might have been the admin from my previous request, In any case hopefully things can back to normalcy with a temporary block. If they continue after the block ends I'll make a Vandal report and go from there. Again many thanks for your assistance. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 23:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Objection to decision

I object to your labelling me an edit warrior by upholding the complaint at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#Dmcq_at_Wikipedia:Fringe_theories.2FNoticeboard.2FHeader_.28result:_Page_protected.29. The person who brought that does not allow me to notify them of problems on their talk page and did not contribute to the discussion or give reasons for their revert. The wording removed by him was that proposed by another person in the discussion. I have seen that person using records of blocks etc against people before in discussion to blacken them and I don't wish that against me. I had not been on the page for a day and a half so why else did they suddenly go and file a complaint on that evidence. So could you please revert your protection with a note saying it was a mistake. Otherwise could you please explain how I was edit warring as described in Wikipedia:Edit warring. Dmcq (talk) 11:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes I would have preferred you look at it with a view to blocks rather than upholding that other persons complaint when there were only two attempts to put two lots of different stuff up with people reverting without discussion and the one complaining not providing any other means of communication. Plus it was stale and there was a discussion going on, what was the point of that person asking for a block then except to try and blacken me in anyway they can? I am sorry that you have chosen to uphold this decision and hope in future you will check what's happening a bit more closely rather than bolstering up people who just block without discussion. Dmcq (talk) 17:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Their baaaaack!

Hi, just wanted to let you know our friendly neighborhood IP editors are back on Robot Chicken and again removing referenced material and not leaving a proper edit summary. Any suggestions? TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 05:52, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Deletition

Listeners of The Ron & Fez Show on SiriusXM have been purposely asking Mark Zito questions to update his Wikipedia but now it has been deleted because it was deemed autobiographical. Since he hasn't been writing it himself and it had been edited by multiple people, this doesn't make sense to me. Is there anyway to get it reinstated? The show has listeners all around the world and it makes sense for it to be there.

Thank you, J — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jharrison22 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Man,

Have you had a chance to check into this? I would like to at least get the text of the page for a fan site. It had a lot of edits.

Thanks, James — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jharrison22 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted

I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.

This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets (extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.

We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!

I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.

Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.

Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 21:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Whoops?

Possably sock of User:Tylerm3801

User:166.147.72.146 is a Possably sock of User:Tylerm3801. Just thought I would let you know.--Dcheagle 22:02, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

ConfirmAccount extension

Hey :). You're being contacted because you are involved in the ACC process, or participated in the original discussion in '08 about the ConfirmAccount extension. This is a note to let you know that we are seeking opinions on switching this extension on, effectively making the ACC process via the Toolserver redundant. You can read all the details here; I would be very grateful if people would indicate how they feel about the idea :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

recreating a speedily deleted article

Hello. I think I am to inform you that I am attempting to recreate the article on Nick Courtright, which you had deleted. I have the sources to support the relevance of the article. I'm not terribly experienced at making wikipedia pages; therefore, the error was on my part and not due to any lack of important to the poet's wikipedia page. Obviously, if you have any hints that could improve the page it will be greatly appreciated. Now that I choose to reembark? How do I go about recreating the page? Do I begin again as I began before? Thank you. Vcczar (talk) 17:11, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Failure of protection

After you protected General relativity, two different IP-users edited it. In other words, your protection failed. What gives? Is this a bug in the software? Or did these IP-users somehow get privileges which they should not have? JRSpriggs (talk) 05:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

RFPP Predator Award

 Slakr's RFPP Predator Award

For your work in helping to tear apart backlogs at requests for page protection by pouncing on requests, I hereby award you this deluxe, camouflaged, tiger-like padlock. Not sure why you'd necessarily need a deluxe, camouflaged, tiger-like padlock, but at least it's a nice conversation piece. :P

Keep up the great work. =) Cheers, --slakr\ talk / 01:52, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

I dropped you a line on IRC but I'm not sure if you're around that. Thanks! Killing time of boredom. Rjd0060 (talk) 02:44, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

speedy deletion

Hi, I'm writing because the page I created on Travis Marsh was deleted. I understood I had until today to respond, and it is 9:38pm pst on April 23rd. I would appreciate the opportunity to respond, and for the article to be put back up please. Travis Marsh is a legitimate singer, and in the article I cited references, including one from The Price Is Right. I would appreciate your help in guiding me with this article to prevent it from being put up for deletion. At the very least, given its still April 23rd (for me), would you consider putting the article back up so I can write a more thought-out response? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TannaKhaldi (talk • contribs) 04:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

OTRS volunteer?

You have the template at the top of your talk page but I'm just wondering, are you actually an OTRS volunteer? Rjd0060 (talk) 01:26, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes - Can I help you with something concerning OTRS issues? - Youreallycan 15:25, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I only asked because I didn't recognize your username. But it would appear your OTRS account was closed. Please consider removing the tag, to avoid confusing others. Rjd0060 (talk) 20:14, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Why has my account been closed, do you know? Can you link me to the details ? - Youreallycan 20:16, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure - might have been something as simple as inactivity. Just ask one of the OTRS admins. Rjd0060 (talk) 20:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Right - thanks - Youreallycan 20:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

F8 deletions

Hi Rjd0060. When you delete a file with an equivalent on Commons, please make sure that the Commons version is of the same or higher resolution, and if there is more than one version in the history, that all versions have been transferred over (this can be done quickly with tools:~magog/oldver.php). The relevant image this time is File:MaastrichtStreet.JPG (you'll notice I moved over the higher resolution version, but unfortunately I wasn't able to move over the first of the two versions of the file because after your deletion, Mediawiki had a bug and lost the content). Thanks for your help in clearing the backlog. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:36, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Original research

Why did you delete "Original research is good"? --66.168.217.209 (talk) 23:07, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

What was the exact title (case sensitive) of the article, or do you have a link? Rjd0060 (talk) 23:15, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
It was in the Wikipedia namespace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.217.209 (talk) 02:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Dartmouth

I'm concerned about full protection at Dartmouth College. The problem on that article is IPs and newbies deleting material they don't like, even to the point of edit-warring. If there's no sanction for that behavior, there's no incentive for them to discuss and work towards consensus. After all, we're talking about people who don't know how Wikipedia works (and in some instances manifestly don't care, as continued reverting even after a 3RR warning shows). Nomoskedasticity (talk) 15:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Page protection

Hello. Regarding your recent protection of spirulina (dietary supplement)... the page is being targeted by IP socks of KBlott (talk · contribs) - 173.206.228.220 (talk) and 173.206.240.200 (talk). Beyond those IP socks of a banned user - which were properly reverted - I don't think there's any serious edit-war taking place. I was wondering if you'd consider reducing it to semi-protection, with the understanding that it would be re-escalated if there was an edit-war involving non-banned users. Thanks. MastCell Talk 19:13, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi ,I see that you protected Causes of World War I, we have a recurring vandalism problem @ World War I casualties. You may want to protect that page also. regards --Woogie10w (talk) 00:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of "Wikipedia:SpiderGraph chart article"

Dear Rjd0060,

I'm contacting you because this is my first article and I need help to understand how Wikipedia works. I'm the Author of "Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/SpiderGraph chart", that I started 7 months ago and have rewritten 4 or 5 times and on 3/24 you deleted. We were in the middle of an AfD discussion proposed on 3/27 by Glrx and I was in the middle of addressing all their comments and objections and when I went back to paste in another discussion response, the article was gone! I don't see how a decision to delete could be carried out, after I have proven all of their objections wrong and no decision has been made, that I know of?? Did you even read the discussions?

Previously, I had sent the following message to a friendly Reviewing Editor for her advice, but as yet, have not received any reply:


Shearonink, 4/22/12, A Plea for Help and a FAVOR regarding: Articles for Deletion/SpiderGraph chart

Dear Shearonink,

During January & February, you were friendly and very helpful while my article was in AfCreation! I forget the date, but at some point, I wrote you about someone seemingly wanting to put notches on their belt & trying to establish a Kingdom?? I forget the exact way I phrased it??

Mabdul, declined my article on 1/22, I made his changes and tried to clear up his incorrect assumptions with a 2 page response on 1/23. Mabdul replied on 1/24 and also asked his friend CharlieEchoTango to join in. My 1/31 response to them, mentioned the "Six (6) Comments" section of the article using other user sources (which I believe Mabdul later deleted) and also the "impartial comparisons" from other sources to address their COI comment and to answer Charlie's WP:NOT comment, I found WP:NOT#DICT (#2), that proves this article to be Very Notable per a Wikipedia Policy, which is also mentioned in this discussion.

Around Feb. 23rd, my article went public! On Feb. 24th, Chap, the Ripper did a Major Overhaul & Removal of most of my article. It was almost unrecognizable. I almost gave-in to his intimidation, but I didn't want it to reflect bad on WP, so I rewrote the article for the 4th or 5th time, around 3/12.

No new tags were placed on the article for almost 2 months, but the old Tags from early Feb. remained on top of the article. I thought someone had just forgotten to remove them. I thought all the hurdles had passed!

On 3/27/12, I received a notice that my article had been Proposed for Deletion by Nominator Glrx, which I answered on 3/31/12, with a 6 page Objection to Deletion reply, because all the accusations sounded like he hadn't even read the article or didn't understand it! Glrx, a PhD in Philosophy, hit me again on 4/3/12 with more of the same:WP:N, DUE, NOR, NPOV, & COI, and again on 4/9, with 11 more items. However, I proved all of his assumptions incorrect in my 4/10/12, 8 page reply!

Also on 4/3/12, Gene93k Added a Note Stating that "this debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions."

So Far, everyone that has come forth to vote for deletion, sounds like they never read the SG or Radar chart articles and maybe not the discussion either. I feel like I'm being Sandbagged for a Speedy Deletion by a tag team of kids! I try to spell everything out for them to clarify or correct their incorrect assumptions or accusations, but I guess their vote still stands?? Today, I spent all day writing a reply to Jorgath (a 26 yr old, non-technical, college student) & Livitup.

IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, please do me a favor and read over the deletion discussions and see what you think They all seem in a big hurry to hang the article & me out to dry and I don't know why. I just want to get on with my life! When you read my answers, you will see that this article is very Notable! It looks to me like, no matter what I say or do, they intend to go ahead with the Deletion.. As you read the discussions, I believe you'll see that there is definitely no COI.

End of message to Shearonink


PS - Rjd0060: I was going to file a Grievance, stating Admin Abuse to Glrx and request an undo, but didn't because I noticed that he didn't delete the article, even though he has been extremely prejudice and unwavering. Have you ever performed any informal mediations? Is there anything you can do to help me?

Respectfully submitted, Gregory L. Chester Gregory L. Chester 22:34, 27 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregLChest (talk • contribs)

Persistent vandalism by China Unicom Beijing province network 114.xxx.xxx.xxx IP user(EngineFlux vandal)

Can't the Wikipedia admins give him a long 1 year ban for persistent vandalism of the GeForce 600 series and the Talk:GeForce 600 series articles? It's really annoying having to revert his vandalism all the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.51.58.102 (talk) 05:15, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Template talk:Pp-vandalism#"This protection is not an endorsement of the current version"

Please explain why you declined my edit request. The template is fully protected and I am not an admin. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 20:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Have you seen my question? Lophotrochozoa (talk) 17:06, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for accsepting my rollback request

Thank you!!!!!

Deleting the page: Shazzie

You recently deleted the page Shazzie which I believe to be in error. Your comments were that "it was self promotional and that you can't call yourself a TV presenter if all you've done is record an 8 min clip for an obscure…" This information is incorrect. Shazzie is a writer, TV presenter and recording artist. She has contracts with publishers both in the UK as well as the USA. Her TV show is in the final editing stages and is due to be aired soon throughout Europe. If you take issue with the TV show not being live yet, then of course remove that and it can be added again once aired, and even query anything that you find "self promotional". But it's not on to remove the whole page of a recognised published author, and I am requesting that you undelete it immediately. I look forward to your reply. Thanks for your time. Scribble64 (talk) 15:08, 6 May 2012 (UTC) Scribble64

Why disclaimers?

Hi. I wonder why you added the disclaimers on this (and others)? --MGA73 (talk) 20:25, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Entry about me deleted. Can I get it back?

Hey there,

I had an entry created about me by someone and it looks like you've deleted it. Can I appeal? I have a listing on IMDB. Any good?

The deleted entry was 'Ben Green Comedian'.

Any pointers gratefully recieved!

Regards,

Ben (Greensville (talk) 23:55, 18 May 2012 (UTC))

Article not showing on google search

Dear Administrator

I create 2 article name Nadia Samdani and Dhaka Art Summit but it not showing on google search result please advice what I need to do to showing it on google search.

Taslim ahmed (talk) 07:08, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

UEFA EURO 2012

I see that you have made a full protection of this article. Even though I understand the background of this, with the many editing conflicts, I am worried that it will not be updates as well as before. Right now I see that the subarticle are already updated with the info on the Netherland versus Germany match. But since the article is now protected the editors normally doing this work can not do so. Have you considered how this article will be updated after every match? Are you going to do that twice a day, or have you asked other adminstrators for help. This article depend on fast updates for internet trafic, if it are not updated the trafic will stop. And I am sure we all agree that Wikipedia being popular is a good thing.Before the full protection it was updated during the games, that I guess is not necesary. But it should be updated straight after each match, and preferly at halftime too.

I will put this notice on the talkpage of the article, maybe you would like to explain the actions you have taken to keep the article updated there too? To put everybodys mind at ease.

Jack Bornholm (talk) 21:08, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I'd like to echo these concerns. Euro 2012 is an extremely high-profile topic right now, so I understand your decision to institute full protection. But it seems in doing so that you've locked a great many good-faith editors from ensuring accurate coverage of the event. As Jack has pointed out, there's an awkward inconsistency with the latest match. The way I see it, these inaccuracies and incompletion will reflect more poorly on Wikipedia than anything that's being prevented. I hope you'll consider dealing with individual troublemakers, if that was your concern, and a return to semi-protection. Thanks for your time.
--BDD (talk) 21:29, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Jack, you were one of the ones involved in the edit war so you're not quite neutral on the issue. Putting that aside, yes it is a highly watched article. More the reason to prevent edit warring. I don't believe this is a valid reason for unprotection. If some sort of conclusion is reached on the talk page (I see that there is ongoing active discussion) the page can be unprotected. And of course, if you disagree with my action you may request unprotection on the relevant noticeboard (but please link this discussion to it as well). Rjd0060 (talk) 01:44, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, Rjd; I admire your transparency in this case. I've brought up the issue on that page, so feel free to make your case there. --BDD (talk) 05:29, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
RJD I hope you won't consider my unprotection of the page wheel-warring. I can see why you protected, but I believe in this case blocking warring editors is a better solution--Jac16888 Talk 13:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Nope, as I said above I'm fine with my actions being undone. It's a wiki. ;-) Rjd0060 (talk) 17:21, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:SpiderGraph chart

I'm looking for my "Objection to Deletion" response to Glrx that I believe you deleted on 24 April, can you help me? Gregory L. Chester 19:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregLChest (talk • contribs)

As the talk page of this particular article contains discussion relevant to the deletion of the article, I've restored it (as the deletion policy allows. You can view the discussion there. Rjd0060 (talk) 00:37, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
GregLChest has left long message on my talk page where he clearly wants a WP:DRV of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SpiderGraph chart. My sense is that he believes he's started the DRV by leaving the message on my talk page (he's tagged my talk page as the subject of a deletion review). I believe such a review is doomed and I don't want to bother other editors with it, but I also think it is his right to request it. Consequently, I think the right thing to do is submit the DRV for him rather than let him struggle with the procedural mechanics. The first DRV step, however, is a discussion with the reviewing admin. Do you want to discuss the AfD result with him first, or should I just submit the DRV? Or adopt some other course? Glrx (talk) 17:42, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

ATTN. Rjd0060:

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR ADVICE BEFORE I FILE A GRIEVANCE OF "ADMINISTRATIVE ABUSE AND LACK OF ACTION" TOWARD Glrx REGARDING THE DELETION DISCUSSION FOR THE WP:SPIDERGRAPH CHART ARTICLE YOU DELETED ON 24 APRIL 2012!

PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I DON'T BLAME YOU! THE ARTICLE WAS NOT IN THE PROPER CONDITION DUE TO 3 REVIEWING EDITORS AND CORRECTIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE THE ARTICLE WENT PUBLIC, UNFORTUNATELY, THE ERRORS WERE NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL DURING THE DELETION DISCUSSION.

THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF THE DRV I POSTED ON Glrx's USER TALK PAGE, BEFORE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE WRONG PLACE FOR THAT ACTION. I HAD DONE SO BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE NOMINATOR WAS ALSO THE MODERATOR OF THE DISCUSSION. THEREFORE, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION ON Glrx's TALK PAGE PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE DISCUSSION! SORRY, BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST ARTICLE AND I'M STILL NOT AWARE OF ALL THE WP POLICIES AND PROPER ACTIONS TO TAKE!

I HAVE LEFT THE FOLLOWING, AS IT WAS POSTED TO Glrx's TALK PAGE, TO SAVE TIME AND AVOID ADDITIONAL ERRORS:

ATTN.: Glrx,

In your 27 March & 2 April 2012 "Proposal for Deletion," you stated that: "This article has many faults. It fails WP:N. It appears to be based on a single 1985 journal article by G. L. Chester. Secondary sources endorsing this particular chart are absent." You additionally questioned compliance with WP:N, DUE, NOR, NPOV, COI, and ADVERT. [16] [17] Then, in the 2 April 2012 revised Proposal, you muddy the waters by adding comments about my trademark, that had been removed long ago and has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion!

In my 31 March 2012 "Objection to Deletion" and Response to your concerns, I answered you're WP policy concerns and included a copy of my15 January 2012 reply to WP:N/N:

Complying to your comments regarding Notability, I have copied my 1/15/2012 response to WP:N/N:

This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria (A7) and/or guidelines on notability. Please provide more information on why the subject is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. Thank you.

THE IMPORTANCE & NOTABILITY FOR INCLUSION IN THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT MATTER: "Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/SpiderGraph chart" [18]

In the above Notability Response, in the 7th paragraph, beginning with: "Fortunately ... " the (1985 primary source) trade magazine article (Ref. #4) and the (Very Notable 1986 Secondary Source), The Standard Handbook of Industrial (a/k/a Factory) Automation, that is found in the Library of Congress (Ref. #5), were mentioned! Those facts were mentioned again twice in the body of my response. (re WP:N & V) (NOTE: I think 3/31 was the 1st time that Glrx saw these references and I don't believe any attempt has been made to inform the Reviewing Editors!)

(THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING THE ABOVE TWO REFERENCES, that was not discovered until after the article went public and was Proposed for Deletion: a Reviewing Editor, Chiswick Chap, performed a "Major work over & removals" on 24 February 2012 to the whole SpiderGraph chart article, cutting it in half and incorrectly blending the above two (2) references into one (1) called "SpiderGraph paper by G.L. Chester" in the "A Charting Style Timeline," that was also reduced to just "Timeline" section.[19] Unfortunately, at that time, all mention of a secondary source was scrubbed from the article, which wasn't discovered until later, which biased the voting Reviewing Editors against the article!) (Most Reviewing Editors, including Glrx, stated that they thought the "SpiderGraph chart was just another Radar spider chart!" This is definitely contrary to the purpose of the article!)

On 2 April 2012, Glrx added his "Delete as nominator." comments.[20] Chester's claims ... are not persuasive, and they fail to understand the axis-order and linear/sqrt scaling problems of the radar chart (and how those faults directly carry over to a SpiderGraph). (A FACT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FALSE!) The computer software used to create the radar charts causes the problems and the SpiderGraph charting method uses no computer! (In my 4/9 reply to Glrx, I asked him to clarify his statement, which he ignored and has never complied with!)

On 21 May 2012, I reminded Glrx again about the drastic revision that had removed any mention of a secondary source for the article[21], which had caused his "incorrect assumptions" and all of the "Delete votes" from the Reviewing Editors. Still no message went out to the REs about the omission that could have informed them and hopefully cause them to change their votes!

Glrx's 21 May 2012 reply was "I am not the route for an appeal on the AfD decision. (And yet, I thought he was in charge of the Discussion. Unfortunately, he never stated that the Discussion was over??) In his 3rd paragraph, he states: "I don't see any new statements in your comments above." (Which seems to be one of his "pat answers" for not answering and doing nothing!) I had previously mentioned the Industry Handbook as the missing secondary source 3 times in the discussions, but never received one comment whatsoever back from any of the REs, so I thought it must mean more if it comes directly from Glrx, the Nominator.[22] Consequently, I replied back stating: "You should have known, that w/o all the facts, no RE could be expected to make a sound judgment!" Also, I tried to clarify my reasoning for not citing the obvious facts when comparing the two charts and the necessity for a jury of technical peers![23]

I waited about 10 days to see if you would comment on my reply to your 21 May statements, but nothing! I had to assume you were trying to run the clock out, without commenting on my suggestions to Recuse yourself or obtain informal mediation, so I asked you if you needed more time to do the right thing. (which was, Respond to my answers to your accusations and do something!) [24]

Your 8 June 2012 reply was more of the same: Discussion going nowhere; You haven't stated anything new; Repetition won't make them true; I've understood your position for a long time (but you haven't taken any action on!); You haven't "proven" anything; My position is you don't understand the substantive content issues (please describe what you're talking about here??) or WP's requirements for articles; and oh yes, "this one takes the cake": You clearly do not understand the axis order, area, or manual vs. computer arguments above. (You have never answered my question about "how," in your statement that "Radar chart faults carry over to SpiderGraph charts, because they don't, they both have different charting methods!).

HERE ARE SOME OF WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE DESIRED TRAITS FOR A GOOD REVIEWING EDITOR OR ADMIN: a) I believe they must know more than just WP policies, they must also DISPLAY GOOD COMMON SENSE. b) They must do more than debate, THEY MUST MAKE HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS, BE NEUTRAL & TAKE ACTION, WHEN NECESSARY! c) They must have A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION (just having a degree doesn't mean much!). d) They must DEMONSTRATE MATURITY, to help keep one's Ego in check! e) They must know that Maturity breeds INTEGRITY! f) They must BE SELECTIVE TO WORK ON PROJECTS THEY HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF! g) They must AVOID FROM BUILDING POWER-BASES!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS I HAVE, FOR FILING A "GRIEVANCE OF ABUSE OF ADMIN POWERS": 1) Glrx has not demonstrated "any" of the above desired traits in our dealings!

2) Your PfD stated: Secondary Sources are absent! My Reply mentioned the Industry Standard Handbook in the WP:N statement and twice in the body of my reply! You did not ACT to find the reason for the Difference in Statements??

3) When I mentioned the Secondary Source Handbook 3 times in the Discussion, again you did not ACT to look for it in the article nor to acknowledge my comments about it in the discussion!

4) When I told you that RE Chiswick Chap had rearranged & shortened the article and omitted any mention of an Industrial Standard Handbook, as well as goofed-up the Reference citations, which helped create this whole SNAFU, I was surprised that you ignored it and didn't try to verify my comments & inform the voting REs! I further believe that the REs were not informed in order for you to retain your advantage of "100% Consensus for Deletion," mainly because you could not see the difference nor explain your "carry over comments" regarding the two charting methods! Which has now been exemplified by your "You clearly do not understand ... " intimidation comments in this, your very last response! [25] It would have definitely changed the outcome! (Two & a half months and never receiving your explanation is to long a time to wait??) (I think nine months is also a very long time to write any article for WP!) (It was never fun! I lost a lot of sleep!!) (To many non-technical, egotistical Bullys, making haphazard deletions, about something they know nothing about!)

5) When I told you I had noticed that Mabdul had lied in his RfA/Question #5, you ignored that and told me "to learn about colons & diffs!" You also didn't comment when I told you Mabdul had previously deleted 3 sections of the article! Mabdul has proven himself to be an Egotistical Bully and when you told me that you came to this article through Mabdul, you became suspect to me, which later proved to me, the old adage: "Birds of a feather, ...".

6) You could have treated my WP:NOT#DICT comments with Common Sense, guide me to a location or even made an exception when you knew I was looking for a rule of thumb for writing encyclopedic articles & learn about their acceptance and that I was not planning to use it for a Dictionary! The same is true about using Common Sense, when "not citing, when the facts are obvious !"

7) You could have used "Due Diligence" and better discretion in the selection or elimination of educated(?) REs when their first comments were: "I...wow. I just have no idea, but I'll give this a shot." or if they were a 26 year old college student! You should have known that at least the RE's Education and Maturity were very important for them to be fair & impartial for this article! (That's where an information sheet about each RE (at least sex, age, & education) would have been very helpful to know who you're corresponding with!) (Having a PhD in Philosophy really doesn't tell me anything about who Glrx is??)

In addition, like I previously mentioned, a Wiki Foundation survey for new authors to make comments about REs would have been a good Checks & Balance idea, to help eliminate Egotistical Bullys! With that, maybe this SNAFU would never have happened!

Needless to say, I would appreciate the SpiderGraph chart article being reinstated (undeleted) and having Chiswick Chap correct his self-inflicted errors!

PLEASE NOTE: If your lack of action is not corrected, I will be submitting this Grievance to the Admin Noticeboard, of which, I'm sure you are well aware!

Respectfully submitted,

Rjd0060: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK! Gregory L. Chester 22:58, 22 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregLChest (talk • contribs) Gregory L. Chester 21:09, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you but I really couldn't care less what happens to this particular article. I have nothing to do with whatever you're talking about here ... all I did was undelete the talk page, per a request. You'll have to pursue this elsewhere. Rjd0060 (talk) 13:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

ATTN: Rjd0060,

Ryan, I realize that you had nothing to do with my plight, that's why I started out with a Disclaimer and then filled you in! I didn't expect you to care about the article, but I did think you'd care about the WP Process of being helpful & impartial, especially when a Reviewing Editor makes a mistake, but doesn't care enough to correct it?? I'm only asking you for helpful advice about the proper action to take, because you are neutral?? Unfortunately, "pursue this elsewhere" doesn't help me very much??

Sincerely, Gregory L. Chester 19:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregLChest (talk • contribs)

Ryan,

I just happen to think, since the SpiderGraph chart article was deleted because the very notable secondary source reference in the article was removed by a non-technical Reviewing Editor just after it went public and then the article was deleted before the error was discovered, is it possible to undelete the article into the AfCreation area, so I could make the necessary corrections and then have it Relisted with an "expert-subject" tag, so comments from a more knowledgeable group of peers could be obtained?

Thanx in advance for your consideration, Gregory L. Chester 00:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC) Gregory L. Chester

Deleted Article "Kevin Deters"

Dear Rjd0060,

I am writing you this message because I want to receive a copy of the deleted article "Kevin Deters". Can you please send it to me on my talk page?

Sincerely,

Colosiant (talk) 22:42, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your prompt action here. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 13:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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