SRMach5B

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bad behavior possible here

I am sure you know that Obama (Fukui) is a city that is much older than Mr. Barack Obama. Mr. Obama is also not well known outside the USA. You may not know that the Obama (Fukui) article is about 1 year older than the Mr. Obama article.

If you look up Clinton, you see the disambiguation page, not the Mr. Clinton or Mrs. Clinton article. There are several small towns named Clinton, but all are much smaller than Obama. Yet, Clinton has a disambiguation page and the Obama page is redirected to Mr. Obama. This is wrong.

Can you lock the Obama page so that people will not change it to redirect to Mr. Obama.SRMach5B 03:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Page protection is used as a method to cool down edit disputes, it is not a measure used to prevent other users to edit the page to enforce a point of view. I think you need to use the proper dispute resolution, use the talk page or talk to the user whom you are in dispute with, please see WP:DISPUTE. If you really think the page needs page protection, place a request on WP:RFPP. Yamamoto Ichiro (山本一郎)(会話) 03:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry that I did not know all about locking a page. What do you think about the Obama page being a disambiguation. This way it does not favor Mr. Obama or the city, just like the Clinton page?SRMach5B 03:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

First of all, please try to use proper terminology, it's "page protection" not "locking a page", just to avoid confusion in the future in case if you talk to another newbie. About the disambig issue, I do not have an opinion or stance on it because I rarely edit articles myself, as I mostly administrate, so I can't really help you much there. I would strongly suggest you start a discussion regarding this on the article talk page, or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page for assistance. Yamamoto Ichiro (山本一郎)(会話) 04:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Malia Obama (2009)

A tag has been placed on Malia Obama (2009) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. noq (talk) 18:37, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Please don't create articles just to stop other people doing it. It's an annoyance to go around after you deleting them. If you want/need a page protected against recreation, use WP:RPP. Thanks. GedUK  18:40, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello, SRMach5B. You have new messages at Milowent's talk page.
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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard

I have restored your comments at the above noticeboard. However, you should have not then opened a second front at WP:ANI. I've closed off the ANI comments and you need to wait for other editors to weigh in. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 23:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)