User talk:Phantomsteve/Archives/2011/March

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I apologize for any impoliteness. . The line between closing a/c opinion and evaluating opinion is not always clear. I think you intended to do it right, and did not mean to suggest otherwise. DGG ( talk ) 02:48, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, and thank you also for saying that at the DRV. I apologise if I over-reacted to your comment! I always enjoy reading your opinions at AfD (or DRV!) because I know even if I disagree with it, it will be considered and well worth reading. I am now going to go to bed and try to shift this illness so that I can do my night shift tonight! -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 10:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

R. D. Reynolds

There was an MFD over GaryColemanFan's userfication of R. D. Reynolds which is suggesting that it be moved back to article space. But I can't do that since the title is salted. Could you please move it back to article space? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 18:05, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I see that you got it sorted! Sorry I couldn't do anything - work and illness has prevented me from coming online for a week! PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Undelete the Shou Shu page

01:51, 20 December 2010 Phantomsteve (talk | contribs) deleted "Shou Shu" ‎ (A7: Article about a group or club, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject (CSDH))

Deleting something because you cannot see the importance or significance of it is an individual problem; there's no reason everyone else should lose access to this page. Please restore the page and the information on it.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoenixfire1213 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in responding - between work commitments and illness, I have not been online for a week!

Looking at the content of the Shou Shu article as it was when it was deleted, there is indeed nothing to indicate why it is either important or significant. There were no references in the article, and when I tried to find coverage in the media (newspapers, magazines, etc) or in academic works, I could find nothing.

If you can find some coverage at reliable sources which are independent of the subject (i.e. not a website of a Shou Shu club, or written by a teacher of Shou Shu), then let me know, I can look at them, and then I can consider restoring it.

If you feel that the deletion was in error, and that there is an indication of the importance or signficiance of the subject within the article, then please feel free to take this to Deletion review where other editors can judge whether my deletion was incorrect. Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:59, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

SIEW - updating number of participants

Hi Steve, thanks for your earlier reply!

About updating the number of participants to 14,000, checked internally on the "Industrial Automation Asia" article and verified that it was an independent editorial piece. There are also other articles that state the 14,000 number of participants, including this article in The Singapore Engineer (page 26). Based on this, would you be able to update the number of participants in the infobox to 14,000?

Noted that the article isn't a wiki. :) Many thanks for your help and advice. Ssumin (talk) 12:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I have done that now PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 01:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you :) Ssumin (talk) 12:42, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Leeds Labour Students Deletion

You deleted Leeds Labour Students when the debate was not finished and no consensus had been reached.. if you're going to stick to the letter of the rules at least follow that one too — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomfollett (talk • contribs) 03:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure how you reached your conclusions above, but to refute them:

1. The discussion was relisted at 00:04, 13 February 2011 - I closed the discussion at 04:10, 23 February 2011, 10 days later - far more than the 7 days required before closing a discussion - so I stuck to the letter and the spirit of the rules on that.
2. The last contribution was 14:56, 22 February 2011 - 14 hours before I closed the discussion. This is hardly the sign of an on-going debate, especially as the previous contribution to the discussion had been your contribution at 02:55, 6 February 2011 (2 weeks before) - so I stuck to the letter and the spirit of the rules on that.
3. There was (in my view) a consensus: the nominator and one other person has said that it should be deleted. Yours was the only dissenting view to that, and you were the creator and only significant contributor to the article, so you are bound to be biased.

If you feel that my closure was incorrect, then I must say that I disagree, as per my reasons above - but if you still feel so, then please feel free to take this to Deletion review. If you do, please explain that we have had this discussion.

Incidentally, please accept my apologies for my late response - between work and illness, I have not been online for a week! Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 01:15, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

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