User talk:Fang Aili/Archive6

This is an archive of inactive discussions. Please do not edit it. If you wish to revitalize an old topic, bring it up on the active talk page.

Archive 1: 9 August 2005 - 13 February 2006

Archive 2: 14 February 2006 - 21 March 2006

Archive 3: 15 February 2006 - 28 April 2006

Archive 4: 29 April 2006 - 6 June 2006

Archive 5: 6 June 2006 - 23 June 2006

Archive 6: 23 June 2006 - 1 August 2006

Archive 7: 1 August 2006 - 22 August 2006

Archive 8: 23 August 2006 - 2 September 2006

Archive 9: 2 September 2006 - 13 October 2006

Archive 10: 14 October 2006 - 6 November 2006

Archive 11: 6 November 2006 - 21 November 2006

Archive 12: 22 November 2006 - 20 December 2006

Archive 13: 21 December 2006 - 5 January 2007

Archive 14: 6 January 2007 - 6 February 2007

Archive 15: 6 February 2007 - 5 March 2007

Archive 16: 5 March 2007 - 28 March 2007

Archive 17: 29 March 2007 - 3 May 2007

Archive 18: 4 May 2007 - 20 June 2007

Archive 19: 1 July 2007 - 25 July 2007

Archive 20: 26 July 2007 - 13 December 2007

Archive 21: 14 December 2007 - 28 April 2011

Deletion: Byron Smith

You have just deleted a page that I am working on. You used Speedy Deletion, although the criteria you mentioned are clearly not "patent nonsense or pure vandalism." Byron Smith is a important figure in current mountaineering circles. I am planning to ad much more.

Mark User:Mwamsley

Deletion: TheListUpdater

You have deleted a page that was about a company selling old Disney World items. First off, it was a young article, and although it may have sounded a bit bias, YOU had ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT to cite it as "spam/vanity". I do not own, am employed, shop, or even live near Mouse Surplus. You could've tagged it so someone would rewrite, as SENSIBLE users have done, but it's a young article about a company. Why don't you go ahead to List of United States companies and pick off companies at your leisure? It would be a shame if what YOU were doing was Vandalism. Know what? I'm going to rebuild Mouse Surplus, better than what I had it before! And I'm going to save it on my hard disk. (by TLU) TheListUpdater 19:45, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

possible AfD?

Hi, I can see that you know more than a little bit about deletions so I want to get your opinion on something. The article Tony Grove is a single sentence which (I think) fails to assert notability per WP:BIO, and it seems doubtful the article could reasonably be expanded. Do you think this is an appropriate candidate for AfD? If so, should it get a "Prod" or just get nom'd for AfD? Thanks in advance for taking the time to educate this newcomer! PS - I noticed you are currently located in Milwaukee, WI. You have my heartfelt condolences :) Also, you can respond here when convenient; I've got you on my watchlist. Doc Tropics 20:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I like Milwaukee!

First I'd do some quick google research on the guy, and if nothing came up, then give it a prod tag. If someone de-prods it and you still think he's NN, then go with AfD. Cheers! --Fang Aili ^talk 22:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Fang! I'll follow your advice. I just had to tease you a little because I spent many years in WI, and I hate snow :) Milwaukee can be fun though, especially The Safe House! Doc Tropics 22:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, The Safe House is way cool. I don't like winter either, but, heck, it's home. --Fang Aili ^talk 22:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

If it feels like home to you, then it must be...Home. I had already done the Google search as the first step; out of the first 50 hits I previewed only one mentioned the guy, and that was our article :) It seems like it's time for a prod. Very exciting, I've never done this before so, um...er...what do I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doc Tropics (talk • contribs)

In the article, add {{prod|Why you think it should be deleted}} at the top. --Fang Aili ^talk 01:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I got the Prod in place per your directions. Thanks for taking so much time to help a newcomer :) Doc Tropics 03:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Anytime! --Fang Aili ^talk 16:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion: TheListUpdater

I apologize that I exploded over Mouse Surplus, but I would like the original content back so I can hopefully rebuild and rewrite it in the next coming months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheListUpdater (talk • contribs)

Questions

Hi Fang Aili,

I've been working on a list of questions, slowly deleting those which I could answer myself by checking the various policy pages. The list of questions I'm left with, I feel positive, only has questions that I felt I couldn't answer by checking myself. If you have some spare time, and don't mind answering some of them, please feel free. I've left them on my admin coaching page. Thanks, --Firsfron of Ronchester 06:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

For adding to my Userpage

I award you this cookie for having great taste in movies

I love the quote you added to my Userpage! If no one else can tag it with an attribution in a few days I'll do it myself and add another quote.

But I'm not going to use..."I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit; after all...it's the only way to be sure." --Doc Tropics 17:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Good day, madam

Hey you :) Digfarenough 17:48, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: User talk:Allenginzburg

Thanks! :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 16:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for checking those so quick! :) re: db-bio Ste4k 18:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Yes, I wasn't sure, and I always appreciate a second opinion. These four are all connected and haven't any reference. They are all original research and I will be nominating them for deletion. Thanks again.  :)

Hi again! Which one of the AfD hadn't enough detail for you? Ste4k 09:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Too many cookies

You've earned another cookie but I don't want to clutter your talkpage. I'm going to see if it's possible to get a 'ribbon' like the ones available for Barnstars; if so I'll be adding ribbons to your cookie :) BTW, profanity is a non-issue...not a problem at all. Besides, that's the first quote anyone put up that has me completely stumped! If anything, you deserve extra credit for it. --Doc Tropics 15:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion: The Wussies (band)

You deleted The Wussies (band) at 16:52, 21 June 2006. I don't know much about the band, but its web site seems to assert notability by saying: "Our album Mourning Sickness is reviewed in Zero Magazine!" Could you please consider restoring that page and adding a link to Zero Magazine's review at http://zeromag.com/articles/cd_view.php?id=1092&pi=0 -TruthbringerToronto 18:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion Minotast

I was trying to create my own talk page and you deleted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Minotast (talk • contribs)

Rescinding an AfD

I started the AfD for Theaxa in haste, and have since retracted it. is there an admin who can close out the discussion for me? --DarkAudit 21:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion - First Act Limited Edition Guitar Series- Lola

You recently deleted the above referenced page. I am inquiring why you deleted it as it was full of relevant information on its subject.

Thanks,

Joseph Adolph Jadolph (talk · contribs)

First Act Limited Edition Guitar Series- Lola

I am the owner of the content that was added so it is not in violation. How do I add this to the page?

Thanks,

Joe Jadolph (talk · contribs)

Fender

Are you trying to tell me that Fender didn't create all the copy and images for the Wikipedia page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadolph (talk • contribs)

Fender

Search wikipedia for the word fender, who is a guitar manufacturer. This page is much more in depth than the one I was trying to create. I don't understand how this page can exist, in addition to all the individual guitar pages, and the First Act Limited Edition Guitar - Lola page you recently deleted can not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadolph (talk • contribs)

Deletion of page for band Düp

You deleted the page I was creating for my band Düp. I was working on that page and now it's gone. What happened? Please reply. I believe you mistakenly deleted this page for my band Düp.

-sunishun Sunishun (talk · contribs)

Deletion of St Kilda/Port Melbourne line railway stations

how about next time before u delete a page i create u leave me a note, i created those pages last night and didnt then have the time to enter the information in them, seeing u took the time to delete them you can now put them back up! --Dan027 08:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your nice words, Fang Aili - they were very nice! -- Natalya 11:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Request to delete stuff.

IIRC, you're an administrator. I don't know if you're allowed to do this, but can you delete everything in my user namespace and user talk space (should just be the main pages, a monobook.js, and user talk archives)... I'm done with Wikipedia. Thanks. -- Jjjsixsix ^{(talk|review)}@ 19:38, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Mmkay, thanks. I pretty much decided this would be the case last week, gave it a bit more thought, and basically just finalized it. It's a great project and all... but sometimes the disfunctionality of it just drove me nuts. -- Jjjsixsix ^{(talk|review)}@ 19:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

People tend to frown upon having User talk pages deleted. Could you undelete that and just blank and protect it. — The King of Kings 22:08 June 30 '06

Whenever I tried to request my right to vanish before, they allowed me to delete everything but my talk page. Unless he has something to hide, I don't think the history of the page should be deleted. Its probabaly better to just undelete, blank and protect so everyones edits aren't deleted. — The King of Kings 23:08 June 30 '06

sockpuppets on parade

HI, there appears to be a (large) number of sockpuppets involved in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/What Really Happened (2nd nomination). I looked to WP:ANI first, but they seem to have a 3 week backlog and an AfD is a little more time-sensitive than that. I know that in other AfDs the remarks of confirmed sockpuppets have been struck out; it seems to be appropriate in this case, but I'm not sure where to turn for help. Can you point me in the right direction? --Doc Tropics 22:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

You mean you have something to do on a Friday night that doesn't involve the computer? Next thing you'll be claiming you have an RL too. Thanks for looking in on the AfD; I figured the closer would sort through it, but as you noted, there were more than a couple of Anons involved and it's getting a little goofy on that page. Have a good weekend :) --Doc Tropics 23:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Hi, is everything okay, you never seemed to reply. Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 22:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thanks

Thanks for putting the template on my userpage :) -- Where 20:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Nigga Know Technology on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Nigga Know Technology. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. --Deathphoenix ʕ 03:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've been trying to make sure most admins are made aware of any DRVs for their closures. --Deathphoenix ʕ 01:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:ESP/UPA note

Greetings, Fang Aili. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Fir0002 for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.

If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. fetofs ^Hello! 12:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On July 5, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nikolai Panin, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

DYK

On July 6, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Herma Szabo, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Ladies/Women

Thank you for that. I have left my comments and sources on that page. → JARED ^(t)  14:31, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion question

Is there a policy concerning deletion of inappropriate user names? If so, I think User:Mattdonsisgay1 would qualify. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 15:17, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Hope your stress passes soon

File:Esperanza.Fhloston.jpg

Esperanza hopes that your stress will blow away soon.

Erica,

I saw that you were stressed from the alerts page, so I figured I'd drop in and say hello. Don't let individuals get you down- you've done a great job so far of staying civil in your discussions, and I'm confident that if you keep using common sense and previous discussions to try to show consensus, the situation will work itself out. You're a great lady...er, woman...and I'm sure your continued presence at the figure skating articles will make that corner of the wiki a much better place indeed. :o)

EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 02:44, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Hehehe... with EWS23's lady/woman comment, I don't know what else would cheer you up (it certainly gave me a laugh!). I'm sorry to hear that you're stressed out, though. It's always hard when what seems like a simple discussion escalates into something that causes issues. I know that you will work it out in your lovely way, so don't despair! -- Natalya 03:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll chime in and add some warm wishes. I hope your Wiki-stress is relieved soon. Take care, Firs. --Firsfron of Ronchester 03:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

You guys are great! Thank you. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 16:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Stressed?

Hey Fang, I noticed that Pair skating is causing you stress, I hope it clears up or has already done so. Unfortunately I can relate, I returned from holiday, I use "holiday" in the loosest sense of the term, and I found three imposters. Thank you for helping with my Admin Coaching, I hope you can keep it up (mysekurity (that it?) has gone walkabout ;). Cheers, Highway ^Batman! 16:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

*bounces* The O.C.! ; ) I have to wade through paperwork to do anything. I found another imposter of me, then I had to file a checkuser, create a category, realize why the name looked exactly like mine (which gave me a headache!) and now I wait. I'm not sure to log it in the arb com or not because it was a week afterwards. I really don't know in general. Anyway, Highway ^Batman! 16:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

They're in the voting stage, and two are already listed. And someone already left a note on the Proposed decision talk page. It doesn't make much difference, all the main points are covered. Who was I kidding went I thought summer would be calm? ;) Highway ^Batman! 16:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion Absolute Skating link

Hi there,

I have added a link to Absolute Skating a while ago and now I see that it has been removed. The site is part of the same genre as Golden Skate, SkateWeb, and FSU and quite as successful so I would like to know the reason why, please. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weirdvision (talk • contribs)

Figure Skating Spins

First of all, thank you for the warm welcome to WikiProject Figure Skating.

Since I'm unfamiliar with templates and styles, I was wondering if you think the figure skating spins article is getting a bit disorganized. I thought of maybe categorizing spins based on basic positions, like upright/sit/camel/layback, and possibly a mention of pair/dance spins on the main figure skating spins article.

Should we just organize the spins on the current article or should we create a few more articles based on basic spin positions or categories? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MuskMelon (talk • contribs)

s

Could you please explain this, where you reverted me on ITN? violet/riga (t) 21:37, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem, thanks. violet/riga (t) 21:40, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page

You deleted my page that I was working on. It was a work in progress, and I was about to finish it as soon as I got home from receiving more information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aeryck89 (talk • contribs)

Your stress

Hi. I saw on the alerts page that you're stressed, so I thought that this might help...

For you...

Just to remind you that you're a really speciel user, whom is deeply loved and respected by all of us, your friends.

Hoping that stress will fly away real soon, Thε Halo ^Θ 12:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Velociraptor

Congrats on getting this on the main page. I'm sure you worked on it quite a bit! :) --Fang Aili ^talk 13:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! All six of us worked really hard on this article (there are more than 6 people signed up for the project, but only six people regularly contribute). This is the first time I've ever actually added inline cites to articles. It's really great to see some of my work featured on the main page... at the same time, getting to the main page just leads to a lot of vandalism and strange edits that have to be closely monitored. ;) Well, see ya around, Fang Aili! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 13:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, someday I'll have a figure skating article featured and on the main page. The problem is that I really don't know that much about figure skating, so I'd have to do actually book research! :O Or maybe the figure skating wikiproject will get a bunch more members.. I can only hope. --Fang Aili ^talk 13:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I checked, and you guys do have a WikiProject template with a link to the figure skating wikiproject on the article talk pages. For us, that's part of the reason our project is active at all. We stuck our tag on all 1,000 talk pages, and that helped us get some more volunteers. Hang in there... you'll get a featured article. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 13:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

IP Blocks

Saw your post at Wikipedia talk: Block log. To answer your question, open proxies are the only IPs which can be blocked indefinitely. There is too much potential collateral damage otherwise, not just for current users but future ones from the same IP. Wikipedia: Blocking policy gives a maximum block time of one month for vandal IPs. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

UW-Milwaukee

I noticed your revert here [1], and I agree. I'm discussing the batch of similar changes with the editor here User talk:CollegeSportsGuy, in case you want to chime in. --mtz206 (talk) 17:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Chad Borish?

Excuse me, but why was Chad Borish deleted? It happens to represent teenage mental anatomy in middle class america and can be used for unreferenced reading --216.233.172.247 00:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Slave Ship

I know this is a bit late, but what was the copyvio on the article on the book Slave Ship, that the entire article had to be deleted? —Skope 19:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, cool. I just didn't know what had been on there. We at the Star Wars WikiProject have our hands full with tons of articles, and I'm part of the crew attacking the book and comic articles and getting them up and in shape. That wasn't the way the article was going to stay. An intro and summary among other things were going to make their way in there. I guess I'll wait until I have those things ready before I start it back up. Okie dokie... —Skope 20:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On July 15, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andrée Brunet, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man ✍ 10:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching note

Please see User:HighwayCello/Admin coaching, Highway ^Batman! 23:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Highway ^{Return to Oz...} 13:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

The Dropouts

is a local band in Dallas why would you delete the entry? you should do some research before you just delete things I've read the other users complaints that you deleted fender and the first act guitar?! look for yourself www.myspace.com/thedropouts —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarynobtik (talk • contribs)

Admin Coaching

Hi Fang Aili,

I finally feel like I'm close to pursuing an adminship. With your tips, I've been able to really iron out some of the kinks in my editing and solidify my knowledge of the sometimes obscure policies on WP. With your help, I've become a better editor. If there was anything you were holding back for later in my training, I guess now would be the time to unleash it. :) Firs. --Firsfron of Ronchester 02:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I was confused. :) Thanks. --Firsfron of Ronchester 00:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Well, Petros has been doing most of the work, so you may want to tell him too. Although it is a shame about HighwayCello. I seriously saw that he had controlled the things that had made me oppose him in his previous RfA, so I was looking forward to support him. :( Titoxd^(?!?) 00:04, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I've assigned you to coach Master of Puppets, with Ilyanep as your fellow coach. Let me (or EWS23 while I'm away) know if you have any questions. Cheers, Petros471 22:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

lily and opika

dear fang aili,

difficult was only to find any sources, I created german article about kimmie, but first concern is to help with hungarian and slovak topics. --Mt7 16:31, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

German Translation

I have picked an article you requested, History of Figure Skating, as my next German translation project. It's a lengthy article, so it could take up to a week to translate. I'll let you know when it's been completed. Happy to be of service, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 05:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

About this... It might take a bit longer than I thought, not because the translation is difficult, but because I was just made an admin and I'm still very fascinated with my new rights. After a week of power-drunkenly closing AfDs and such, I'll settle down and get to work once again. RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 19:38, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I've settled down and translated a bit. You can find a link here. I do have to say, my admin week was interesting. I got involved in a user talk page war, blocked over fifty usernames permanently in twelve minutes in a fight with a particularly irascible account creation troll, deleted nearly 200 things, and cleaned out eight days of TfDs. It was a busy week! RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 04:58, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Pedometer

Regarding the nv spam deletion for the Pedometer wiki entry, I would like to discuss the possibility of adding Accusplit Pedometers as an external link, and the validity of accustep10000.org as a more valid entry for the 10,000 Steps a day activity link.

I have modified the Pedometer page once more. The reasoning behind changing the 10,000 steps link is because the current link is serving as an advertising link to the Shape Up America store and a more valid link is to information about the creator of the 10k steps program and the program itself.

SoundOfEmotion 17:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Vesperholly's Barnstar

I'm about to list most of Vesperholly's picture contributions on images for deletion. He's claiming at they are GFDL, but if you notice in his description he's clearly getting them from Scratchspin and incorrectly listing them as GFDL. Scratchspin pictures are not suitable for Wikipedia ... see Template:Scratchspin. Sue Anne 18:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I just left this message for Sue Anne, thought I'd let you know as well:

I contacted Andrea Chempinski directly via email and she gave me permission to use her photos on Wikipedia: "I do allow Wikipedia to use my photos but they must include "(c) Andrea "Hoo" Chempinski" in the caption of the photo with a link to www.scratchspin.com. So long as this is done you can put photos on whichever skater pages you'd like." Vesperholly 20:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

PS - Thanks for the Barnstar. :) Vesperholly 21:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

no time!

Sorry. I've been very busy with work and other things and have no time to work on Wikipedia skating articles right now. Dr.frog 21:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin coachee reporting

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I've become your new cause of stress admin coachee, and am ready for coaching; Ilyanep is the other. I set up a page that, while not very large, should help coordinate efforts. Thanks for undertaking me, and I'll talk to you in a bit! Cheers (and I was kidding about the stress part ;)), Master of Puppets ^{Giant Enemy Crab!} 22:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Jackson Haines

On 28 July, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jackson Haines, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for the contribution! I enjoyed reading the article; didn't know who he was before. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 04:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey there... I saw a figure skater on DYK and just knew it was you. You're all about that stuff. :) Digfarenough 19:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hey Fang Aili! Thanks for your coaching and encouragement thru this entire process. I have no doubts that a good portion of the reason my RfA was successful was because of your beautifully-written nomination, and I'll work hard to assure I don't let you down, or everyone who voted for me. Thanks for letting me be your "padawan". I consider you a mentor and a friend. Thanks for everything, Firs. --Firsfron of Ronchester 21:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

IRC

I can't seem to get it to work. How do you get it to work? GangstaEB help me improve! 01:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox!

Hey, Fang Aili/Archive6, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 07:43, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Tonia Kwiatkowski

I wrote the recent additions to the Tonia Kwiatkowski page. As a competitive figure skater (currently competing in domestic and international masters-level (i.e. old people!) events, and preparing to take my senior-level (8th and final) USFSA skating test), much of what I wrote was based on my own knowledge, as I have watched competitive skating since the early 1980s, have many performances on tape, and personally know a number of elite-level skaters, judges and officials. When I was in doubt regarding details, I double checked my facts with video recordings and archival article research on lexis-nexis and other news databases.

Almost all of the competition event details I wrote about on the Tonia Kwiatkowski page were events which I either watched live, have seen recordings of, or both. For those details where written press coverage is available, would you like citations to those? I am uncertain, however, how to source things which can only be confirmed by watching a spoecific video, or more generally by watching coverage of the sport over a period of 2.5 decades. For example, my comment on Tonia's style development is based on watching her performances over many years. Because I saw these performances as they occurred (and can rewatch many of them using my own videos or those on youtube or various skating video-sharing online forums), I witnessed the progression in style over a long period of time. How does one source this obvious change in style and dress, or than to say it is self-evident if you watch videos and compare her appearance in 1990 with her appearance in 1996 and 1998?

I am also the author of the Karen Magnussen page, which, from my perspective, contains no more or less potentially biased statements.

I prefer to remain anonymous for the time being, so perhaps you can reply here which components of the Tonia Kwiatkowski article you believe are slanted towards her. I have no bias for or against the skater, but was merely reporting the qualitative nature of her competitive career beyond easily verifiable results, which was all that was on the page. Please also state which facts you think should have citations or sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.223.155 (talk • contribs)

I would love to take your edits at face value. However everything on Wikipedia must be verifiable. What's self-evident to you might not be so to others. Whatever sources you have, please list them. They need not be online sources; you could cite "short program, 1992 U.S. Nationals", for example. (I wonder if some of her programs are available on youtube.com.) But I must stress that "qualitative nature" is not the same to everyone. If you're to state these points you must have sources to back them up. But thank you for taking the time to add to the article. I know it's hard to source everything, but we must strive to do so. Thanks. --Fang Aili ^talk 15:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Just stopping by to say 'Lo

Hey Erica how are you? KOS | talk 15:24, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes indeed I am, maybe we should tell Tito he wasn't the last to find out! :) KOS | talk 15:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I've been on IRC most of the morning. :) KOS | talk 15:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

No worry, things happen. :) KOS | talk 15:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Surfing (Counter-Strike)

The article Surfing (Counter-Strike) you speedy deleted was NOT a repost of the earlier article. It was a completely different version. It was a really terrible article, I agree to that, but CSD-G4 did not apply in this case. Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 14:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:NOT a gameguide is also not a proper reason for speedy deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surfing (Counter-Strike) (second nomination). Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 15:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I've relisted it: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surfing (Counter-Strike) (third nomination). Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 15:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know this AfD is mentioned in a discussion I started on the AfD talk page: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#Too liberal closure and deletion_during_AfD. Best regards, Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 09:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

revert

Thanks for the quick revert! --Fang Aili ^talk 17:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Looks like user is angry about a non-notable band article that was deleted. I'm watching for further issues.--Firsfron of Ronchester 17:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

You're fast! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 17:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations...

...(I think) on hailing from "the most 'representative' state". --EEMeltonIV 05:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: liberal interpretation of AfD rules

Just to let you know that one of the AfDs you closed recently is mentioned in a discussion I started on the AfD talk page: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#Too liberal closure and deletion_during_AfD. Best regards, Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 09:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for this heads-up, but I didn't close the AfD. It was closed by Fang Aili and I tidied up the AfD after him/her as a housekeeping measure. This has been copied to Fang Aili's Talk page. Regards,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  13:15, 1 August 2006 (UTC)