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your block of truthjusticeamericanway

Regarding the matt sanchez page. This is a classic case of biting newbies. I "know" Truthjusticeamericanway and he is not Pwok. I will swear to it on a stack of frivolous lawsuits. See Elonka's page for more, unless the cabal forbids you.

Deletion of Middle Earth Mud Page/MUD Pages in General

You recently deleted a page I'd created a while back before registering on Middle Earth Mud. When I saw the page was up for deletion, because it didn't have any third party sources I went to the discussion page of that rule and posted there, what I will now re-point out here:
If the Middle Earth Mud page was blatant advertising, then pretty much EVERY Mud related article on Wikipedia is blatant advertising. With almost any Multi-User Dungeon out there the only sources available are going to be posted by either the administrator of the MUD or by it's players. If Wikipedia's gonna remove this sorta information, fine, but do it fairly across the board. And personally it greatly saddens me if that is indeed the policy, cause that will greatly reduce the amount of material to be found on wikipedia. Having all that information in one spot was extraordinarily handy.
If that's not the case, and it was just the way the article was written, then how could it be rewritten so as to not be blatant advertising? Aside from including third party links, because believe me, the only ones for any mud that could be included were written by people involved in that MUD in some way. Thanks,
TrueAlcon
Ahh, missed your response. My apologies. I'll just wander on over to the MU* community page and see if I can help them find ways to better establish notability.
--TrueAlcon

Old advice

Do you remember some old advice you gave me in April, when combating a sock puppet to make it clear what I was doing?[1]. The same sockpuppet has returned. Well, has returned several times, but this time is squawking on WP:ANI about it. I've done exactly as you, NYB, and MichaelLinnear were recommending to make it very clear who and why I was reverting and yet I'm getting a bunch of pile-on there and on my talk page again. SchmuckyTheCat

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2Wire page deletion

Was wondering how the 2Wire entry was seen as 'blatant advertising' and wondered if you could assist me in making it more neutral.

Thank you, Scout Falta —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoutfalta (talk • contribs) 16:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Attention

≠Dear All

I have made a page about the band that I manage “ Massar Egbari “ and I was checking out the page and I found that the page has been deleted . Please clarify the reasons and the solutions of any problem that I might don’t know which affected my page . Please handle . Waiting for your feedback

Regards Sherine Khalil sherine.khalil@link.net Band Manager of Massar Egbari Band www.myspace.com/massaregbari —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.205.238.204 (talk) 10:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid the reason is because it was pretty clear that the article was intended to be promotional. This is, of course, your job, but we do not allow promotional material of any type, and it is subject to speedy deletion. We also require that a significant amount of reliable source material exist on a subject before writing about it, from sources independent of the article's subject. If such source material does exist, please point me to it and I'd be happy to help in a more neutral draft of the article. Otherwise, I'm afraid the band is not suitable for an article at this time. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 05:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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Challenging things

Regarding your response [2]. Some editors, including me, raise our eyebrows when someone "challenges" an entire article. I am firmly behind WP:V, and whenever someone points out a specific claim in an article I edit I either find a citation for them or remove the claim (here's one example [3]). That's is a normal part of writing. Even among the most inline-citation-disavowing editors I have never met someone who would argue against it.

I find it frustrating when someone wants to "challenge" the entire article, but not any particular fact in it. There isn't a policy that everything has to have a citation on it, but the purpose of "challenging" the entire article seems to be to induce editors into adding them anyway. It's a question of the reason for the challenge - challenges that are made for scholarly purposes ("I don't think this is true" or "where can I read about this") are wonderful. Challenges made for stylistic purposes are less so ("there aren't enough cites in this paragraph, so I need to challenge a few facts so that citations get added" would be an extreme case of this). — Carl (CBM · talk) 16:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Chinese Language page

Hi. You made deletion to links and short description of sites useful for Chinese language learners. The links are intended to provide valuable access, not spam. They were neither intended to provide extensive directory listings, nor detailed description of the site holders' intentions. Rather than deleting the links, I suggest reviewing and restructuring them to be of benefit to students. They may need attention of an experienced educator to provide background, comparison and evaluation of individual sites, citing the purpose and the benefit to learners. I believe the deletion is inappropriate, as there is no such item in Wikipedia yet and as it benefits users. 19 Sept 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.54.210.236 (talk) 08:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Deletion Review && Tom Stearns

Hello Seraphimblade,

I write to you with a request that you represent the side of "do not delete" for the article Tom Stearns, on Deletion Review. This article has been the subject of a fierce attack by several administrators. I have laid out the facts about the notability of the individual. The article shouldn't have even been speedily deleted in the first place (as per your FAQ). Some administrators may not like my manner of reacting to their mistakes, but they can kiss my ass. I request you to rewrite the request I made. These mob of wolves appear to think that I am trying to do myself some favor by posting this article. They are so happy to deny me the happiness. An intelligent administrator like yourself, on the other hand, knows that your job is to focus on the content - whether the page for the individual is notable, or not.

Thanks, I would appreciate your help.

Peterchristopher 10:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)